Jill, Derick & the Kids: Moving On!!

[galaxychaser]

I think Jill watches Netflix like the rest of us.

[Mollie]

2 hours ago, galaxychaser said:

I think Jill watches Netflix like the rest of us.

Jill should be helping Samuel learn to talk.  The kid is 15-months-old and should be able to speak several words.  Yet, he has never been videoed by Jill saying simple words like Mama or Papa.  I know there were severe complications when he was born and maybe he is suffering long-term effects from oxygen deprivation during birth. Samuel seldom smiles, either.  He always looks like he doesn't understand what is happening around him.

[lookeyloo]

4 minutes ago, Mollie said:

Jill should be helping Samuel learn to talk.  The kid is 15-months-old and should be able to speak several words.  Yet, he has never been videoed by Jill saying simple words like Mama or Papa.  I know there were severe complications when he was born and maybe he is suffering long-term effects from oxygen deprivation during birth. Samuel seldom smiles, either.  He always looks like he doesn't understand what is happening around him.

Two things.  First, I think there is a wide range of when kids learn to talk.  I have two examples.  One is my brother who didn't make intelligible sound til he was almost 5 and ready for kindergarten.  My mother said he would go to school with a diaper, a bottle in his pocket and not being understandable (only to me and an aunt).  Over the last period before school, it all fell into place.  He went on to get a PhD.  Second example.  Niece, now 19, said no words except DAH DAH for her father.  She never said mama.  She was basically mute.  But she had a way of communicating.  Sister in law said the pediatrician said if she didn't start saying more words by age 3 they would have her tested.  Just before she turned 3 she started speaking.  She is a sophomore in college doing well.  Here's a third example - we have a cousin nearby, for now.  First baby is 19 months old. He says very little.  They just had the second baby on Sunday.  First baby is alert, has a way to communicate, knows what people are saying to him.  He will be fine.  

Second thing, but not related to your comment, but, here I am and I had a thought.  When the first Mr. lookeyloo and I were married, he was in medical school.  We had one, then two babies.  I was a stay at home mom, and he worked 36 on and 12 off for a long time.  I did fine in the daytime.  Babies and I went on walks every nice day, I took care of them and the small apartment.  Neighbors were hit or miss.  We had a car but lived in a city so if I took it out, no telling where I could get a parking space. Anyway, by dinner time, everyone else was in their house with their families and I tell, you, those evenings can get very long.  Sometimes first Mr. lookeyloo would get us passes to something called "staff house" where students, interns and residents could eat, but, family needed a pass.  It was really nice to walk over there and have a meal with him, and then I'd have to go home, bathe the babies and get them into bed and sit alone...  When he was home he was studying or exhausted and sleeping.  So while I love to snark on the Duggars/Dillards, I think maybe I have a clue why she goes to eat with him.  

[Nysha]

20 hours ago, QuinnInND said:

Who wants to bet she took the kids too? And forced them to sit quietly on the floor or something. 

I'm pretty sure the classmate who posted on Reddit would have mentioned it if she had brought the kids. I think she attends class with Derick to get away from them.

Continuing on @lookeyloo's theme. I think Jill has been taking her kids outside all along. However, it may be that their after-dinner routine included time with daddy and now that he's not there as often, she was at a loss as to what to do to fill those long hours between dinner and bedtime. Hence the friend suggesting the great outdoors and a couple of balls. Plus, it sounds like she packed them up and went to the park since I don't recall seeing any ditches in their backyard.

[Oldernowiser]

On 10/3/2018 at 3:16 PM, Mollie said:

Samuel seldom smiles, either.  He always looks like he doesn't understand what is happening around him.

Actually, to me he looks like he understands all too well. “Well, great, my dad’s a sanctimonious self-centered unemployable putz and my mother’s a well-intentioned brainwashed idiot. Looks like it’s going to be up to that giant kid and me to keep this ship of fools afloat.”

What’s he got to smile about?

[Jynnan tonnix]

1 hour ago, Oldernowiser said:

Actually, to me he looks like he understands all too well. “Well, great, my dad’s a sanctimonious self-centered unemployable putz and my mother’s a well-intentioned brainwashed idiot. Looks like it’s going to be up to that giant kid and me to keep this ship of fools afloat.”

What’s he got to smile about?

Unfortunately, it appears that there is all too little difference between the look of sincere perplexity and outright demoralization.

[leighdear]

I do agree with those who think Jill is so desperate for content on her social media sites, that she's inflating every meal, trip outside or jaunt to Costco into something, ANYTHING that might elevate her wretched existance into something her followers might appreciate.  No matter how dull the activity or unappetizing the food looks, she probably feels that she's making a valuable contribution.

She's not very bright and has limited prospects for a rich and full life.  Her husband is an albatross and her children will have futures almost as bleak as hers.  She just doesn't know any better, so I can summon up some pity for her and the kids.  

Deartick however, gets ZERO compassion, ZERO understanding and ZERO consideration from me.  He knows better.  Idiot. 

Edited October 5, 2018 by leighdear

[xwordfanatik]

I can't be the only one that just thought of something like this.

OK, here it is.  Dillweed & Jill seem to share a brain.  The downside to this, of course, is that when one learns anything new, the other one loses an equivalent number of words, sentences, or whatever it happened to be.

I'm sure I read upthread that at least one other poster thought that Jill has regressed as of lately.  Could it be due to Dillweed going back to school, and learning new words, or even new thoughts, to crowd out all his previous hateful thoughts he's had in the last months or years?  Wouldn't that be nice?

Weird, I know.

[Barb23]

Isn't it time for a new recipe from Jill?  I find myself looking forward to them & the snark that follows.

[allonsyalice]

15 minutes ago, Barb23 said:

Isn't it time for a new recipe from Jill?  I find myself looking forward to them & the snark that follows.

she's writing up her boiling water post as we speak. 

[Misslindsey]

3 hours ago, allonsyalice said:

she's writing up her boiling water post as we speak. 

Jill will then tell us that she learned how to boil water from her mama, who boiled water for the family often. Also, if you do not need to boil water for a huge group of people just cut the recipe in half! Yay boiling water! #boilingwater #besthubbyever #Jesuslovesboiledwater #kidscanplayoutsideIjustlearnedthat #Derickisinlawschool #Iamgoingtobringboiledwatertobesthubbyevernextstudysession #Yay

Edited October 6, 2018 by Misslindsey

[Triple P]

1 hour ago, Misslindsey said:

Jill's will then tell us that she learned how to boil water from her mama, who boiled water for the family often. Also, if you do not need to boil water for a huge group of people just cut the recipe in half! Yay boiling water! #boilingwater #besthubbyever #Jesuslovesboiledwater #kidscanplayoutsideIjustlearnedthat #Derickisinlawschool #Iamgoingtobringboiledwatertobesthubbyevernextstudysession #Yay

Served with some homemade bread and a big salad.

[DragonFaerie]

Oh look!  She can even open a couple of cans for this recipe to keep on her can opening roll.

Edited October 6, 2018 by DragonFaerie
role and roll are different

[Rabbittron]

30 minutes ago, DragonFaerie said:

Oh look!  She can even open a couple of cans for this recipe to keep on her can opening roll.

Either roll or role fits.

[Albanyguy]

2 hours ago, Misslindsey said:

Jill's will then tell us that she learned how to boil water from her mama, who boiled water for the family often.

And then she'll tell us that boiled water is so versatile! You can put a teabag in it and it'll turn into an easy, super amazing hot beverage! Or you could put a spoonful of instant cocoa in it to make hot chocolate! Or add a simple bullion cube and it becomes a fast, yummy chicken soup dinner for the whole family (add two bullion cubes if you need soup for fifteen or more people)!!!

[Westiepeach]

4 minutes ago, Albanyguy said:

And then she'll tell us that boiled water is so versatile! You can put a teabag in it and it'll turn into an easy, super amazing hot beverage! Or you could put a spoonful of instant cocoa in it to make hot chocolate! Or add a simple bullion cube and it becomes a fast, yummy chicken soup dinner for the whole family (add two bullion cubes if you need soup for fifteen or more people)!!!

Slow down! You are going way too fast for me. Next thing you are going to tell me is that you can add dry pasta to the boiling water and it will cook! 

[DragonFaerie]

6 minutes ago, Westiepeach said:

Slow down! You are going way too fast for me. Next thing you are going to tell me is that you can add dry pasta to the boiling water and it will cook! 

Wait, wait, WHAT?  You can cook dry pasta in water???  Don't you just open a can of it since it comes with sauce already on it???

[MunichNark]

52 minutes ago, Albanyguy said:

And then she'll tell us that boiled water is so versatile! You can put a teabag in it and it'll turn into an easy, super amazing hot beverage!

Now, now, stop teasing! It's late here and I'm heading off to bed, but don't make Jilly Bean's head explode with tea! Black proper tea, herbal tea, green tea...and they all require different stages of water boiling or not as the case might be, so perhaps she could actually learn how to boil water properly first.

What did I ever do before the Duggars and this Forum came into my life? Where else could I snark so delightfully?

'night all...........

[ginger90]

So far, Derick has retweeted 3 tweets in support of a recent confirmation. I’m assuming he wants his view known, but doesn’t want the replies he would get by tweeting his own words.

[DangerousMinds]

13 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

So far, Derick has retweeted 3 tweets in support of a recent confirmation. I’m assuming he wants his view known, but doesn’t want the replies he would get by tweeting his own words.

ASSHOLE

[truthtalk2014]

3 hours ago, Albanyguy said:

And then she'll tell us that boiled water is so versatile! You can put a teabag in it and it'll turn into an easy, super amazing hot beverage! Or you could put a spoonful of instant cocoa in it to make hot chocolate! Or add a simple bullion cube and it becomes a fast, yummy chicken soup dinner for the whole family (add two bullion cubes if you need soup for fifteen or more people)!!!

OMG.  This post just really made me LMAO.  Jills recipes are just so snarkworthy. 

[galaxychaser]

Can’t...stop...laughing...

[Quilt Fairy]

6 hours ago, truthtalk2014 said:

Jills recipes are just so snarkworthy

And, as all y'all have just proven, you guys don't even need one of her recipes to snark on it!

[TresGatos]

16 hours ago, ginger90 said:

So far, Derick has retweeted 3 tweets in support of a recent confirmation. I’m assuming he wants his view known, but doesn’t want the replies he would get by tweeting his own words.

He's probably picturing his own glorious confirmation to the highest court in the land because it's God's will! 

[Trillium]

3 hours ago, TresGatos said:

He's probably picturing his own glorious confirmation to the highest court in the land because it's God's will! 

I 100% believe this is his goal. Because he is that arrogant and delusional.  

Edited October 7, 2018 by Trillium

[Barb23]

19 hours ago, Westiepeach said:

Slow down! You are going way too fast for me. Next thing you are going to tell me is that you can add dry pasta to the boiling water and it will cook! 

I quickly read your post as "you can add dry PANTS to the boiling water." I had a quick picture in my mind of Jilly doing the laundry in a big pot on the stove pioneer style.  Time for new glasses....

[JoanArc]

1 hour ago, TresGatos said:

He's probably picturing his own glorious confirmation to the highest court in the land because it's God's will! 

That, or he stands in front of a mirror with a monocle and has Jill call him 'Senator Dillard'.

[andromeda331]

11 hours ago, JoanArc said:

That, or he stands in front of a mirror with a monocle and has Jill call him 'Senator Dillard'.

Or Mr. President.

[magpye29]

On 10/3/2018 at 6:30 PM, lookeyloo said:

It was really nice to walk over there and have a meal with him, and then I'd have to go home, bathe the babies and get them into bed and sit alone...  When he was home he was studying or exhausted and sleeping.  So while I love to snark on the Duggars/Dillards, I think maybe I have a clue why she goes to eat with him.  

Same thing here.  My husband was active duty army and spent a lot of time deployed, so when he was stateside, I tried to make sure the kids had lots of time with him.  When he had CQ (an overnight indoor guard duty), the kids and I would bring him supper and hang out and watch a movie with him or play games in the dayroom.  Yeah, he was just across the base and would be home in the morning, but he spent so much time away that we felt we needed to take advantage of opportunities to be together.

[ginger90]

New blog post:

 

Thalia’s Chicken Spaghetti Sauce

Oct 8, 2018 | Recipes | 0 

A friend of mine, Thalia, gave my family (the Duggars) this recipe back several years ago. It’s quite tasty and great when you’re not looking to count the calories. lol And it’s another recipe that’s easy to throw together when feeding a crowd. This recipe feeds about 6-8 people.

 

2 lbs. angel hair noodles (cooked)

 

Sauce:

1 green bell pepper

1 onion

2 T. garlic

2 sticks butter*

1 can cream of mushroom

2 cans cream. of chicken

1 can tomato soup

1 can diced tomatoes

2 cans mild rotel

2 tsp. chicken boullion

4 cups chicken (diced, cooked), or 3 cans of chicken

salt & pepper to taste

In large skillet or pot, sauté peppers, onion and garlic with butter. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 20 min. stirring occasionally. Serve with about 2 lbs. cooked angel hair noodles!

*or olive oil

 

[Marshmallow Mollie]

Grossssssss

[doodlebug]

2 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

New blog post:

 

Thalia’s Chicken Spaghetti Sauce

Oct 8, 2018 | Recipes | 0 

A friend of mine, Thalia, gave my family (the Duggars) this recipe back several years ago. It’s quite tasty and great when you’re not looking to count the calories. lol And it’s another recipe that’s easy to throw together when feeding a crowd. This recipe feeds about 6-8 people.

 

2 lbs. angel hair noodles (cooked)

 

Sauce:

1 green bell pepper

1 onion

2 T. garlic

2 sticks butter*

1 can cream of mushroom

2 cans cream. of chicken

1 can tomato soup

1 can diced tomatoes

2 cans mild rotel

2 tsp. chicken boullion

4 cups chicken (diced, cooked), or 3 cans of chicken

salt & pepper to taste

In large skillet or pot, sauté peppers, onion and garlic with butter. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 20 min. stirring occasionally. Serve with about 2 lbs. cooked angel hair noodles!

*or olive oil

 

TWO POUNDS of pasta for 6 people?  TWO STICKS of BUTTER to feed 6?  She ain't kiddin' about not counting calories!

And, in what universe is 4 cups of fresh diced chicken equivalent to 3 cans of chicken?  She doesn't even understand how to convert cups and ounces when going between the two measures.

I cannot even with the 3 CANS of cream of crap soup and the single onion and single pepper providing a meal for 6.

[Celia Rubenstein]

It looks so ... shiny. I guess two sticks of butter will do that.  And seven cans of glop. Seven. Ten if you use canned chicken. I think that must be some kind of record.

Edited October 8, 2018 by Celia Rubenstein

[queenanne]

Er, what on earth would be the equivalent in olive oil, of 2 sticks (!?) of butter??

As I eyeball my olive oil pourings, I can't even imagine!

[louannems]

11 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

New blog post:

 

Thalia’s Chicken Spaghetti Sauce

Oct 8, 2018 | Recipes | 0 

A friend of mine, Thalia, gave my family (the Duggars) this recipe back several years ago. It’s quite tasty and great when you’re not looking to count the calories. lol And it’s another recipe that’s easy to throw together when feeding a crowd. This recipe feeds about 6-8 people.

 

2 lbs. angel hair noodles (cooked)

 

Sauce:

1 green bell pepper

1 onion

2 T. garlic

2 sticks butter*

1 can cream of mushroom

2 cans cream. of chicken

1 can tomato soup

1 can diced tomatoes

2 cans mild rotel

2 tsp. chicken boullion

4 cups chicken (diced, cooked), or 3 cans of chicken

salt & pepper to taste

In large skillet or pot, sauté peppers, onion and garlic with butter. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 20 min. stirring occasionally. Serve with about 2 lbs. cooked angel hair noodles!

*or olive oil

 

Good god!  Have some fat and salt over your white flour!  That is not healthy.  Two lbs of pasta is a lot, and only four cups of meat, so one tablespoon per serving?  And one measly pepper?  Jill needs to modernise her recipes.

[Absolom]

All of that fat has to be thrown in now and again to make sure they aren't all constipated.  It makes my stomach hurt just to read Jill's recipes like that.

[graefin]

Does she even need to specify at this point that any recipe she posts is calorie laden and meant for "feeding a crowd"?

It is great, though, that she spelled out that by "her family" she meant the Duggars; I might have been confused otherwise. ?

Edited October 8, 2018 by graefin

[JoanArc]

Mmmm.. Jill's famous 10 Can* Pasta. I think we should measure her recopies by how man cans of something go in them. I'm sure she thought she was impressing the word by using one fresh green bell pepper. See, they eat green veggies!

 

Quote

 And it’s another recipe that’s easy to throw together when feeding a crowd

"I threw this together. It's what I think of you and your group."

* Assuming use of 3 cans of chicken. Who'd ever want fresh chicken? Not her friend Thalia, that's for sure!

 

Edit: Celia Rubenstein beat me to the can count! Great minds...

Edited October 8, 2018 by JoanArc

[scriggle]

13 minutes ago, queenanne said:

Er, what on earth would be the equivalent in olive oil, of 2 sticks (!?) of butter??

As I eyeball my olive oil pourings, I can't even imagine!

1 stick of butter equals 1/2 cup. So there's a cup of pure fat in that recipe.

ETA: I simply can't imagine using a cup of butter/oil to saute one onion and one pepper. At most you'd need a tablespoon.

Edited October 8, 2018 by scriggle

[graefin]

On the plus side--there are vegetables, and they aren't green beans? ?‍♀️

[leighdear]

Somebody mark down the date.  Jill posted a picture that did not look like a plate of vomit. 

The recipe is still kinda crappy, full of additives, preservatives, sodium, sugar and fat.   But the photo is definitely a step up.  

[Celia Rubenstein]

15 minutes ago, queenanne said:

Er, what on earth would be the equivalent in olive oil, of 2 sticks (!?) of butter??

As I eyeball my olive oil pourings, I can't even imagine!

I looked it up. You would need 3/4 a cup of olive oil.   That's more oil than I use in a week. In just one dish. I feel kinda sick thinking about it. I can't imagine eating it. 

What does that stuff look like when it cools down in the fridge and the butter solidifies? I'm guessing it must get crusted over and slimy as the sauce breaks apart. Nasty!

ETA but I agree with @leighdear the photo is a big improvement over what Jill usually shows us.  I especially like how she dug up a piece of the green pepper to put on top. If I didn't know what was in it (or who made it), I might be tempted to taste it! 

Edited October 8, 2018 by Celia Rubenstein

[doodlebug]

2 minutes ago, graefin said:

On the plus side--there are vegetables, and they aren't green beans? ?‍♀️

Yep, one green pepper and one onion split six ways.  They each get a tablespoon of veg along with their can and a half of crap,  5+ ounces of pasta, and third of a cup of pure fat.

[Absolom]

10 minutes ago, Celia Rubenstein said:

What does that stuff look like when it cools down in the fridge and the butter solidifies? I'm guessing it must get crusted over and slimy as the sauce breaks apart. Nasty!

That's a problem the Duggars probably never have so I can let them pass on that part.

[Oldernowiser]

So I really want to vomit right now but can’t decide whether it’s because of that recipe or the thought of Scarick as President.

Edited October 8, 2018 by Oldernowiser

[louannems]

1 hour ago, doodlebug said:

Yep, one green pepper and one onion split six ways.  They each get a tablespoon of veg along with their can and a half of crap,  5+ ounces of pasta, and third of a cup of pure fat.

Two ounces of uncooked pasta makes one cup cooked.  So six servings would be almost three cups pasta each! Along with a tiny bit of protein and a sliver of pepper!  Rediculous!

[Mindthinkr]

1 hour ago, louannems said:

Have some fat and salt over your white flour! 

I can think of many other ways that I could die than by eating this mess. I lost the sodium count at about 2000 mgs per person. One being chocolate. 

[emma675]

Can you imagine how much fat and grease is left on the plate after someone is finished eating (or, more than likely, has thrown it in the garbage)?

[doodlebug]

26 minutes ago, louannems said:

Two ounces of uncooked pasta makes one cup cooked.  So six servings would be almost three cups pasta each! Along with a tiny bit of protein and a sliver of pepper!  Rediculous!

It seems pretty clear to me that Jill knows less than nothing about cooking and doesn't have the vaguest idea how to translate a recipe into proper servings.  The photo she is using shows far more chicken and peppers and far less pasta than a 'typical' serving of her recipe would provide.  I am not a cook, not by a long shot, but even I know 2 sticks of butter is one heckuvalot and that 3 cans of chicken is not much at all for 6-8 people and not even close to the amount in 4 cups of cooked fresh chicken.  The school of the dining room table strikes again.

[Soup333]

I normally just lurk here but I have to say my mouth dropped when I read two sticks of butter. That's utterly disgusting.