Jill, Derick & the Kids: Moving On!!

[Oldernowiser]

I choose to believe that Sam was the ringleader because I see him as the Leader of the Rebel Forces who will some day lead his Duggar generation to freedom.

This was a performance art protest against an oppressive regime.

Go, Sam, go...

[BradandJanet]

So, the kids mess up the kitchen in this little house and nobody stops it, but Jill is out with her camera and wearing her best distressed jeans (fresh from her ad spread) to mope it up? I guess Derick was hiding in the office or out on another GrubHub run. 

[BitterApple]

4 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

So, the kids mess up the kitchen in this little house and nobody stops it, but Jill is out with her camera and wearing her best distressed jeans (fresh from her ad spread) to mope it up? I guess Derick was hiding in the office or out on another GrubHub run. 

Derick must love his GrubHub gig. It gets him out of the house and away from Jill and the kids. He can also use the "company policy" excuse, whether true or not, to prevent them from tagging along. 

[Natalie68]

18 hours ago, BitterApple said:

I almost hope Jill did stage it, because otherwise, wow. I know toddlers can be sneaky, but their house isn't that big. It's scary to think the boys are running amok, causing that kind of destruction and Jill is completely oblivious. Were Derick and Jill in the middle of sexy times when the first incident happened? 

That is what got me.  They did all of this without either of the parents knowing?  It isn't a huge house FFS.  Are they popping sleeping pills?  Cause that is the only way they wouldn't have heard that going on.  

17 hours ago, annakate said:

I do say outta and I have a masters and work in a medical field

I don't have your creds but I say it as well.  I also have the mouth of a truck driver so take that as you will.  HA!

[Sew Sumi]

Someone stole Derelict's lunch. I'm sure they were disappointed. 😂

[Lunera]

They probably dumped it because it looked and smelled like vomit. 

[doodlebug]

1 hour ago, Lunera said:

They probably dumped it because it looked and smelled like vomit. 

Most likely, someone on the custodial staff was tasked with tossing out everything in the fridge that had spoiled and Derick's lunch looked worse than the month old moldy ham sandwich on the bottom shelf.

[galaxychaser]

I don’t get people stealing lunches out of communal areas. I just don’t. It’s wrong.

[madpsych78]

I'm also in the camp that Sammy primarily made the mess in the kitchen, and at most Israel was a witness and didn't tell Jill/Derick. Israel is four and doesn't strike me as spiteful, so I have a difficult time imagining him making the mess on purpose. 

The Scalia quote refers to a "big family," which would implicate Josh as he's the oldest of 19 (Derick and Izzy are each the oldest of 2). I don't think Derick wants a bunch of kids, so I don't think he's talking about Izzy, or himself for that matter. Of course, he could just be talking about no one and it is merely a pearl of wisdom he picked up in class.

[Sew Sumi]

1 hour ago, galaxychaser said:

I don’t get people stealing lunches out of communal areas. I just don’t. It’s wrong.

I agree that it's totally wrong. But did he really think tweeting about it would get it back? He's assuming that the thief follows him. 

Not bloody likely. 😂

[Zella]

3 hours ago, galaxychaser said:

I don’t get people stealing lunches out of communal areas. I just don’t. It’s wrong.

It is, and that's why laxative exists for you to teach them a lesson they won't soon forget. O:-) 

[Kiss my mutt]

Jill actually looks cute in that photo. She looks more pulled together and is smiling with her mouth closed so her gummy smile isn’t showing. 

[dariafan]

2 hours ago, Zella said:

It is, and that's why laxative exists for you to teach them a lesson they won't soon forget. O:-) 

Eating Jill’s food should be punishment enough 

[Zella]

22 minutes ago, dariafan said:

Eating Jill’s food should be punishment enough 

True! May not have needed a laxative and still had the desired effect. 😂

[JoanArc]

8 hours ago, doodlebug said:

Most likely, someone on the custodial staff was tasked with tossing out everything in the fridge that had spoiled and Derick's lunch looked worse than the month old moldy ham sandwich on the bottom shelf.

No. Numerous posts on reddit from other students at the school. There's a lunch thief running amok, stealing things, tossing lunch boxes wherever. Guess it wasn't Der doing it.

[Zella]

9 minutes ago, JoanArc said:

No. Numerous posts on reddit from other students at the school. There's a lunch thief running amok, stealing things, tossing lunch boxes wherever. Guess it wasn't Der doing it.

Pretty much anything he'd do on campus would be at the law school. A thief among the potential lawyers?

FWIW, though, i saw some pic he posted where they seem to have lockers, and that kind of pissed me off. The humanities graduate students/teaching assistants at the U of A never got lockers! And if there was a fridge in my department, nobody ever showed it to me. LOL

[EVS]

Does (or should I say ‘did’) Derick have a Pistol Pete lunch box?

[madpsych78]

Yeah, the first thing I thought was, "Derick has a lunch box?"

I mean, I have a lunch bag, but hearing "lunch box" just reminds me of the Cabbage Patch Kids lunch box that I used to have in elementary school in the 1980s!

[ginger90]

The lunch box post by Derick has gone poof!

[graybrown bird]

Just like the lunch box!

[ginger90]

A long video:

[louannems]

2 hours ago, madpsych78 said:

Yeah, the first thing I thought was, "Derick has a lunch box?"

I mean, I have a lunch bag, but hearing "lunch box" just reminds me of the Cabbage Patch Kids lunch box that I used to have in elementary school in the 1980s!

We had the nerdiest nerd of nerds at my workplace.  He brought his lunch every day in his old childhood lunch box!  It was red plaid and tin.  He had replaced the handle several times.

I also thought Derick's was a Pistol Pete lunch box that someone stole.  Not that they cared for the food!

[louannems]

Yes, I sat through Jill's long video on my Saturday morning!  The YAYS were forthcoming one after the other.  The Are You Having Fun's were endless. But what really struck me was just how many more times Jill addresses Sam compared to Izzy.  Like ten times more often.

Poor Izzy was so hot and sweaty.  When Jill asked him (for the hundredth time) if he was having fun at the zoo, he said no, and Jill giggled.

I was horrified how many times Jill let Izzy stick his fingers in the enclosures.  I thought for sure that chicken was going to peck his finger right off.  And goats will eat anything, although that goat did seem sweet.

I can see Jill perpetually speaking in toddle speak, even as her boys mature, even if she has no more blessings.

[dariafan]

3 hours ago, madpsych78 said:

Yeah, the first thing I thought was, "Derick has a lunch box?"

I mean, I have a lunch bag, but hearing "lunch box" just reminds me of the Cabbage Patch Kids lunch box that I used to have in elementary school in the 1980s!

I had a muppet babies and proud of it !  But I was in elementary school:).  Which is where Jill should be    Poor Izzy.  

[Zella]

8 minutes ago, dariafan said:

I had a muppet babies and proud of it !  But I was in elementary school:).  Which is where Jill should be    Poor Izzy.  

Mine was Alf. 😂

I didn't think too much about the lunch box thing, but yeah that is kind of weird phrasing. (At least to my ear.) Before I started my own business, I certainly had a very plain lunch bag thingy that I took to work and then even a heavy duty cooler type thing that was a literal box. And they all certainly functioned as a lunch box, but I would never have referred to it as that. It was just "lunch."  I had quite a few coworkers who also brought their lunch--usually in tupperware or bags--and none of them called it a lunch box either. Again, just lunch. 

[PradaKitty]

Maybe it was the kind of “manly” lunchbox Fred Flintstone and construction workers sitting on high beams ( in Gorilla Glue commercials) use.

[PradaKitty]

Jill! Are you having fun?! What’s that?!! Yay!!! Are you having fun? What’s over there? Yay!! What’s that? Are you having fun?!!

Annoying, isn’t it, Jill?

[louannems]

2 minutes ago, PradaKitty said:

Jill! Are you having fun?! What’s that?!! Yay!!! Are you having fun? What’s over there? Yay!! What’s that? Are you having fun?!!

Annoying, isn’t it, Jill?

I see you also found a way to waste a perfectly nice Saturday morning!  Life is too short to watch Jill's videos!

[BetyBee]

I sped through the ridiculously long video, which may be why I was less annoyed than those who saw it through from beginning to end.  It looks like a nice zoo and Jill seemed to be saying normal informative things (that she read off the signs).  I'm sure there was a lot of "Yay!" and "Are you having fun?"  There always is, but this did look like a fun day for the boys.  And no sign of #bestpapaever, so I guess she got there on her own (or maybe her "sweet friend" drove.

[lulu69]

12 hours ago, JoanArc said:

No. Numerous posts on reddit from other students at the school. There's a lunch thief running amok, stealing things, tossing lunch boxes wherever. Guess it wasn't Der doing it.

I wouldn't be surprised if Dreck is in fact the lunch thief and his post was merely a diversion, as in, 'see someone stole my lunch too.' 

Dude has to eat. 

[Kiss my mutt]

Derek was probably secretly glad his lunch was stolen so he wouldn’t have to eat Jill’s fixins. 

[doodlebug]

2 hours ago, Kiss my mutt said:

Derek was probably secretly glad his lunch was stolen so he wouldn’t have to eat Jill’s fixins. 

Well, if the lunch thief did take Derick's meal, that may be the end of the crime spree.  One bite of whatever Jill fixed for his lunch would put him back on the straight and narrow in an instant.

My lunch box was Yogi Bear, BooBoo, Deputy Dawg and the rest of the Hanna Barbera cartoon gang.

Edited October 5, 2019 by doodlebug

[Higgins]

I had the Shaun Cassidy lunchbox. Well actually, it was The Hardy Boys but I only had eyes for Shaun.

Edited October 5, 2019 by Higgins

[ginger90]

[ozziemom]

2 hours ago, ginger90 said:

No Derelict? This actually looks like a fun, normal fall activity.

[Oldernowiser]

2 hours ago, ozziemom said:

No Derelict? This actually looks like a fun, normal fall activity.

Well, “no Derrick” seems to help...

Edited October 6, 2019 by Oldernowiser

[cmr2014]

Cathy's face looks very different. I hope that her face is filling out because she's regaining her health, and not because she's on medication that is affecting her health.

While I find her unpleasant, it's clear that she adores her grand-kids (unlike that other grandma), and it's really important for them to have someone in their lives who actually sees them as individual humans.

[galaxychaser]

Why isn’t Izzy wearing shoes?

Izzy is so tall and yep looks like papa.

[BigBingerBro]

5 hours ago, cmr2014 said:

Cathy's face looks very different.

You're right..... I hope nothing is wrong.

[floridamom]

Jill should put those boys in sneakers that fit properly with socks for her outings with these little guys.  On another note, my lunch box was a Barbie and Midge black patent leather one with the thermos 'on the top'....wow, really cool for first grade in 1964. I loved it!

[FizzyPuff]

21 hours ago, louannems said:

Yes, I sat through Jill's long video on my Saturday morning!  The YAYS were forthcoming one after the other.  The Are You Having Fun's were endless. But what really struck me was just how many more times Jill addresses Sam compared to Izzy.  Like ten times more often.

Poor Izzy was so hot and sweaty.  When Jill asked him (for the hundredth time) if he was having fun at the zoo, he said no, and Jill giggled.

I was horrified how many times Jill let Izzy stick his fingers in the enclosures.  I thought for sure that chicken was going to peck his finger right off.  And goats will eat anything, although that goat did seem sweet.

I can see Jill perpetually speaking in toddle speak, even as her boys mature, even if she has no more blessings.

Thanks for watching the video Louannems I saw it was over 20 mins long and passed. 

[Barb23]

2 hours ago, floridamom said:

Jill should put those boys in sneakers that fit properly with socks for her outings with these little guys.  On another note, my lunch box was a Barbie and Midge black patent leather one with the thermos 'on the top'....wow, really cool for first grade in 1964. I loved it!

I also had a black patent leather Barbie lunchbox circa 1968 & recently came across it while cleaning out my mom's house. Maybe I could send it to Dreck as a replacement for his stolen one.  

I'm glad that Grandma D got to go with them to the pumpkin farm. I remember  her going in past years so maybe this has become a nice family tradition.  

Hope Izzy is watching pumpkin carving YouTube videos to brush up on his skills. 

[BitterApple]

9 hours ago, cmr2014 said:

Cathy's face looks very different. I hope that her face is filling out because she's regaining her health, and not because she's on medication that is affecting her health.

While I find her unpleasant, it's clear that she adores her grand-kids (unlike that other grandma), and it's really important for them to have someone in their lives who actually sees them as individual humans.

My first thought was Cathy put on some healthy pounds. She looks much stronger compared to how thin and frail she was while undergoing chemo. Hopefully she isn't sick again.

I think Israel, Sam and Felicity are the only Duggar offspring to have the benefit of doting grandparents. Boob and Michelle only care about numbers, and it doesn't seem like Jessa goes out of her way to involve the Seewalds. The Kellers live in Florida, and the Caldwells/Swansons are preoccupied with babies of their own. I think Cathy makes up for a lot of the affection that Jill lacks.

Edited October 6, 2019 by BitterApple

[PradaKitty]

I don’t know why you expect Jill to put her boys in proper footwear. She has no experience with proper footwear!  She grew up wearing flip flops for everything, including hiking and on “building sites”.  The girls all shared shoes and probably never had shoes that fit properly. 

She needs to ask Cathy for advice on shoes and growing boys. 

[ginger90]

2 pictures:

[Minivanessa]

And . . . Jill is the only one in the photo doing the "I gotta pee so bad" semi-squat. She'd look so much better if she just stood normally. I got nothing about her clothing, looks like a jean skirt with leggings underneath and a huge tragic purple sweater or duster thingie on top. At least she braided her hair, but those sandals should have gone to the landfill long ago.

Everyone else in the photo is dressed simply and casually - a top and some trousers or jeans, and a decent pair of shoes. They look nice. Then, there's Jill. Who is doing the Duggar "Extra Layers So We Can Scream Modesty,™ Assembled From the Communal Rag Bag" thing.

[ginger90]

[Ohiopirate02]

1 minute ago, ginger90 said:

I wish someone would take a pair of scissors and chop off that extra bit on her braid.  Her ends look horrendous.  She would still have a buttload of hair left.

[doodlebug]

40 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

I wish someone would take a pair of scissors and chop off that extra bit on her braid.  Her ends look horrendous.  She would still have a buttload of hair left.

She could easily just trim her hair to breast level and it would look a thousand times better.  The bottom foot or so of that mop is just heinous.

[louannems]

Jeeves, I think Jill is wearing her distressed jeans from citrus and lemon. Actually, my first impression was all of the women are wearing citrus and lemon tops, but I guess I just don't like most fashionable tops these days.

I'm happy Jill has her church friends.  These are normal Baptist women, not isolated, home-churching, blanket training gothardites. Probably most have their kids in public school, too, or christian school.