Jill, Derick & the Kids: Moving On!!

[bythelake]

1 hour ago, GeeGolly said:

The actual sushi is Jill's favorite food color, but overall it's actually a nice pic.  Jinger vs Jill - who will win?

I would never have figured out that the cutting board was the map of Arkansas. Good catch.

[cmr2014]

That looks pretty revolting to me -- significantly less revolting than Jill's usual fare, but pretty bad.

You know what does look nice? How about separating the sushi rolls, so that we can see the colors and patterns? Maybe they could be arranged nicely on a plate with some dipping sauce and the chopsticks?

You know what it would really take to make them look better? Trying -- even a little bit.

[Steff]

oh wait, this will help explain it all.

 

deena.dillard

Yay! It looks like the kit worked! :)

 

They got a sushi kit as a gift. 

[McManda]

8 minutes ago, bythelake said:

I would never have figured out that the cutting board was the map of Arkansas. Good catch.

State shaped cutting boards are pretty popular around me, but I live in a pretty recognizable state. I never understood the appeal when your state is basically a square or a rectangle.

They're also usually used as serving boards because just if the time they're too small or weirdly shaped to do any real meal prep on.

[Catlyn]

9 hours ago, Zahdii said:

Derick won't bother because it's woman's work and he probably can't even make himself a sandwich.

I'm sorry, I became twelve. To the prayer closet...Blame Meechelle

Edited December 24, 2018 by Catlyn

[Gemma Violet]

9 hours ago, Zahdii said:

Jinger entered the Wife Wars and blew both of them out of the water (in some respects) by snagging a college educated, professional athlete who claimed to have given it all up to become a minister, and then Jinger not only moved away from the family, she thrived.  She even seemed pleased to not become pregnant within weeks of her wedding, and when she finally had a baby she did it in a hospital.

And she had the coveted girl while Jill had two boys who will never help her with the housework.

[Scarlett45]

Homemade sushi is fun but it’s hard to learn to roll it! I’ve tried several times and admit I gave up. IF Jill or Derrick actually made sushi I commend them for learning a new skill. 

[Fostersmom]

1 hour ago, Steff said:

I'm not buying that Jill made it.  If she had, she would have put it on her Instagram just to silence her critics.  If she made it with him, she would have bragged about #BestHubbyEver.  Even without a "recipe", she would have shown it off.    I'd bet that DereDick made it & is trying to take some of the criticism off poor wittle Jilly Muffin.    I have my doubts that she is capable of straight up lying about something (misleading, yes) but no doubt that DereDick would absolutely lie about something like this. 

Made, bought at the grocery store, same thing, right? 

If she had just made it and sliced it, would she have washed the knife before taking the pic? Especially doubtful given Jill's other cooking pics. 

[Marshmallow Mollie]

Does one whip up sushi? 🤔 Seems like it would need some planning. Dude definitely feels threatened. Regardless of whether Jinger did take a shot at them, Derick, with his gigantic chip on his shoulder, is sure to interpret it as such.

[Mojitogirl]

Derrick has a video of Jill making the sushi. Izzy is nowhere to be seen.  He also says that they put up their Christmas tree today sonI guess their “dates” were more important than a tree for their kids. And they definitely don’t do Santa because he mentions having all the gifts out today. 

[farmgal4]

On 12/22/2018 at 6:39 PM, Fostersmom said:

I don't make home made soup, but it seems to me this recipe is lacking things. No spices, salt, or something to balance all the acid from the tomatoes and lime juice? At least it's not beige for a change, but this sounds like little more than tomato juice. 

A packet of taco seasoning would do wonders for this recipe, and it’s simple enough that even Jill can manage it. 😎

Edited December 24, 2018 by farmgal4
Added something.

[BradandJanet]

1 hour ago, Marshmallow Mollie said:

Does one whip up sushi? 🤔 Seems like it would need some planning. Dude definitely feels threatened. Regardless of whether Jinger did take a shot at them, Derick, with his gigantic chip on his shoulder, is sure to interpret it as such.

Thank you. Nobody just "whips up" sushi, not even a sushi chef. It just sounds wrong, like whipping up French macarons or Beef Wellington. 

[irisheyes]

1 hour ago, Mojitogirl said:

Derrick has a video of Jill making the sushi. Izzy is nowhere to be seen.  He also says that they put up their Christmas tree today sonI guess their “dates” were more important than a tree for their kids. And they definitely don’t do Santa because he mentions having all the gifts out today. 

We didn’t really do Santa, and we still put our gifts out after the kids go to bed on Christmas Eve (and I have two teenagers, so it’s not like we’re fooling anyone).  We also put out milk and cookies for Santa. There’s just something about those traditions that I want my kids to remember when they move out. Sure, at least 3 out of the 4 know that the cookies are going to go back in the cookie jar (or my husband will eat them), but they still look forward to it every night. Derick and Jill suck if they aren’t letting their kids experience that.  Childhood is short enough as it is. If you don’t want to “do Santa”, then don’t, but don’t try to kill all of the magic of Christmas. 

 

And, if they can keep booth boys out of wrapped gifts, then they must have their spirits seriously broken, cause I don’t know a toddler in the WORLD who would be able to let easy to tear, crinkly paper alone. 

[Misslindsey]

4 hours ago, bythelake said:

I would never have figured out that the cutting board was the map of Arkansas. Good catch.

Hee! A friend gave me one of the state where I am originally from which is a very recognizable state (Michigan). I live in Chicago since I graduated college, so if someone gave me one of Illinois it probably would take them a second to figure it out as well.

[QuinnInND]

32 minutes ago, irisheyes said:

 

 

And, if they can keep booth boys out of wrapped gifts, then they must have their spirits seriously broken, cause I don’t know a toddler in the WORLD who would be able to let easy to tear, crinkly paper alone. 

Not my toddlers. They were all over their birthday presents in April. No way I could keep them from ripping open packages. Even my 8 year old would pick gifts up and shake them to see if he could figure out what's in them. 

And my MIL gave is a cutting board in the shape of Texas when we got married. Even more awkward to work on than the Arkansas one. 

6 minutes ago, Misslindsey said:

 I live in Chicago since I graduated college, so if someone gave me one of Illinois it probably would take them a second to figure it out as well.

We lived in Plainfield for a while.  But Michigan is an easy shape to remember. 

[CalicoKitty]

I live in California, so that cutting board would be hard to use.  But I love my Iowa board.  It is a very useful shape.  I bought mine at Bed Bath and Beyond.  I think they have all states.

[MunichNark]

I did wonder about the chopping board, but her food is just beyond the pale. And she seems utterly incapable of self reflecting and advancing herself.

[ginger90]

5 pictures 

 

[GeeGolly]

What is Mr Cathy holding? A flask? Hand soap? Sanitizer? I hope for his sake it's a flask.

[JoanArc]

Why post such low quality pictures? Cathay must be advising Derick how to gloat to the kids there is no Santa tomorrow morning.

[Jynnan tonnix]

14 minutes ago, JoanArc said:

Why post such low quality pictures? Cathay must be advising Derick how to gloat to the kids there is no Santa tomorrow morning.

They were taken by Izzy. The text explains it. It's actually relatively cute.

[Catfin]

23 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

What is Mr Cathy holding? A flask? Hand soap? Sanitizer? I hope for his sake it's a flask.

It’s an apple sauce squeeze packet. All the snack rage with the pre-school set.  No doubt he wishes it were Jaegermeister.

[cmr2014]

I may be completely wrong, but I don't think Mr Bynum wants to be part of this dog and pony show. If that's the case and he's asked not to be shown, this isn't okay. It's fine to laugh among themselves about "that adorable rascal," Izzy, but it's not okay to post the pictures.

[irisheyes]

3 hours ago, Jynnan tonnix said:

They were taken by Izzy. The text explains it. It's actually relatively cute.

I’m actually impressed that they found this funny. I would have expected a punishment for Izzy for getting the phone without permission. 

[Quilt Fairy]

17 hours ago, Sew Sumi said:

Derelict, knock off the "wifey" shit. Yeah, it's Jill, but it's still demeaning to most of society.

He got a "babe" in there as well. 

[LilJen]

14 hours ago, irisheyes said:

We didn’t really do Santa, and we still put our gifts out after the kids go to bed on Christmas Eve (and I have two teenagers, so it’s not like we’re fooling anyone).  We also put out milk and cookies for Santa. There’s just something about those traditions that I want my kids to remember when they move out. Sure, at least 3 out of the 4 know that the cookies are going to go back in the cookie jar (or my husband will eat them), but they still look forward to it every night. Derick and Jill suck if they aren’t letting their kids experience that.  Childhood is short enough as it is. If you don’t want to “do Santa”, then don’t, but don’t try to kill all of the magic of Christmas. 

 

And, if they can keep booth boys out of wrapped gifts, then they must have their spirits seriously broken, cause I don’t know a toddler in the WORLD who would be able to let easy to tear, crinkly paper alone. 

Our kid got a kick out of the milk & cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer, even after she knew the truth. dh would chomp away most of the carrots, messy reindeer fashion, for verisimilitude.

[Sew Sumi]

Hey Derelict, look who DOES do Santa (and quotes heathen movies)

[ginger90]

[DangerousMinds]

Does he realize Jesus could not have actually been born in December?

[galaxygirl76]

14 hours ago, Catfin said:

It’s an apple sauce squeeze packet. All the snack rage with the pre-school set.  No doubt he wishes it were Jaegermeister.

I wish I had Jaegermeister while looking at those pictures and I'm not even there.

51 minutes ago, DangerousMinds said:

Does he realize Jesus could not have actually been born in December?

That requires critical thinking skills. He clearly doesn't have those based on his tweet on how Jesus loved everyone because Derick sure as hell doesn't.

[awaken]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

Hahahaha!  Derick, following Christ’s example of loving everyone?  Crazy talk!  

[kalamac]

3 hours ago, DangerousMinds said:

Does he realize Jesus could not have actually been born in December?

I have seen so many facebook posts in the past month about how "Jesus' birthday is the reason for Christmas, not Santa and presents! Share if you agree!", that I think there's a huge amount of people out there that really believe Jesus was born on December 25th. In Derrick's case though, regardless of what he believes, he can't miss a chance to make himself feel more holy than all the heathens out there.

[andromeda331]

4 hours ago, awaken said:

Hahahaha!  Derick, following Christ’s example of loving everyone?  Crazy talk!  

I can't stop laughing at that one. Oh, Derick! That was a good one! Next your going to say Jill is following Julia Child's example of cooking. 

[sigmaforce86]

On 12/23/2018 at 7:25 PM, McManda said:

State shaped cutting boards are pretty popular around me, but I live in a pretty recognizable state. I never understood the appeal when your state is basically a square or a rectangle.

They're also usually used as serving boards because just if the time they're too small or weirdly shaped to do any real meal prep on.

The poor people in Rhode Island; the only thing they can fit on their states board is one olive at a time.  OK, just kidding but couldn't resist.

I'm not completely obsessively germ phobic but I'm definitely not a fan of wooden cutting boards unless they're used for basic things like breads, maybe some cheeses.  Hopefully they just arranged the finished sushi on there; I'd never cut up the raw fish for it on a wooden board, same with raw meat, especially chicken......the chances of the juices soaking into the wood and not being able to clean the board properly just gives me the shivers.  That said I don't believe for a minute that Jill made that sushi.  I'm not even sure I believe Derrick made it vs they bought it and "made" it by artfully arranging it with some side veggies.  Also made from scratch or bought already done that stuff is, for the most part, expensive!

8 hours ago, ginger90 said:

I very, very, very much want to skip over to Twitter and ask Derick if his sentiment includes loving Jazz Jennings.  I'm sure if I did he'd probably fall back on the well used "love the sinner hate the sin" response right before blocking me.  The hypocrisy and lip service is strong with this one.  (Would Derick get the Star Wars reference or take that as a compliment I wonder?)

Edited December 25, 2018 by sigmaforce86

[McManda]

14 minutes ago, sigmaforce86 said:

I'd never cut up the raw fish for it on a wooden board, same with raw meat, especially chicken......the chances of the juices soaking into the wood and not being able to clean the board properly just gives me the shivers. 

I've always read that plastic cutting boards are the hardest to clean properly, because the nicks from your knife are where the germs are. The more scarred your plastic cutting board is the harder it is to sanitize, and you're supposed to chuck it, which is wasteful and can be expensive.

The harder the material of the board the harder it is on your knives, too.

I don't really practice what I preach, though. I have two cutting board (and none state shaped!) - a plastic one for raw meat and a wooden one for everything else, basically.

[doodlebug]

9 hours ago, DangerousMinds said:

Does he realize Jesus could not have actually been born in December?

Even more relevant: does Derick realize that loving one another includes LGBTQ people, Muslims and liberals?  That loving others means accepting them as they are and not constantly lecturing them and forcing his own beliefs on them?

[ginger90]

Video 

 

[Zahdii]

20 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Video 

 

Cute.  Too bad he's now too damned holy to allow his own children to visit Santa. 

And while I'm snarking: Jill, why did you cut off the video when Dericks younger brother was up?  Even if he was too excited to talk, I'm sure that would have been fun to watch, too.

Edited December 26, 2018 by Zahdii

[magpye29]

6 hours ago, kalamac said:

I have seen so many facebook posts in the past month about how "Jesus' birthday is the reason for Christmas, not Santa and presents! Share if you agree!", that I think there's a huge amount of people out there that really believe Jesus was born on December 25th.

I don't know that I agree with this.  Most people "know" that Jesus wasn't born on December 25th, but because that's the day we've universally agreed to celebrate his birth, we treat it as his birthday.   We could have chosen any day, and it wouldn't change anything except maybe the type of decorations used.  Imagine an April 25th celebration of Jesus's birthday--it would be all pastels and baby animals and spring flowers.  I don't know if I'm making myself clear here.  Whatever date was arbitrarily chosen to commemorate Jesus's birth, his birth would be the reason for the season.   

[crazycatlady58]

7 minutes ago, magpye29 said:

I don't know that I agree with this.  Most people "know" that Jesus wasn't born on December 25th, but because that's the day we've universally agreed to celebrate his birth, we treat it as his birthday.   We could have chosen any day, and it wouldn't change anything except maybe the type of decorations used.  Imagine an April 25th celebration of Jesus's birthday--it would be all pastels and baby animals and spring flowers.  I don't know if I'm making myself clear here.  Whatever date was arbitrarily chosen to commemorate Jesus's birth, his birth would be the reason for the season.   

Thank you for saying this better than I would have.

[GeeGolly]

The Izzy apple didn't fall far from the Derick tree.

[lookeyloo]

27 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

The Izzy apple didn't fall far from the Derick tree.

Really! Or should I say - totally! I thought that was Israel. 

[Portia]

14 hours ago, DangerousMinds said:

Does he realize Jesus could not have actually been born in December?

 

10 hours ago, kalamac said:

I have seen so many facebook posts in the past month about how "Jesus' birthday is the reason for Christmas, not Santa and presents! Share if you agree!", that I think there's a huge amount of people out there that really believe Jesus was born on December 25th. In Derrick's case though, regardless of what he believes, he can't miss a chance to make himself feel more holy than all the heathens out there.

 

3 hours ago, magpye29 said:

I don't know that I agree with this.  Most people "know" that Jesus wasn't born on December 25th, but because that's the day we've universally agreed to celebrate his birth, we treat it as his birthday.   We could have chosen any day, and it wouldn't change anything except maybe the type of decorations used.  Imagine an April 25th celebration of Jesus's birthday--it would be all pastels and baby animals and spring flowers.  I don't know if I'm making myself clear here.  Whatever date was arbitrarily chosen to commemorate Jesus's birth, his birth would be the reason for the season.   

I agree with magpye. Believe me, I know a LOT of really dumb evangelicals, but I doubt many (if any) of them think Dec. 25 is Jesus's sho-nuff birthday.

[Oldernowiser]

I would be shocked if there was actually fish in that “sushi,” let alone raw fish.

Probably avocado (hence the photo) and maybe some Velveeta.

[Rabbittron]

My uncle is a Catholic priest and both of us have decided after much debate the Jesus was born April 17th.

[ginger90]

[floridamom]

Yes, I agree that Jesus was not born on December 25, 0000. He was born in the spring according to text in Scripture. Long ago a pope decided that Christians universally needed a day to uniformly recognize and celebrate the birth of Jesus together in unity; across the earth. This pope, (I don't know which one) thought that it would be easier to convert pagans to Christianity if the Church's celebrations and holy days co-incided with the timing of the pagan ritual holidays...so there we have the liturgical calendar; the Annunciation, March 25th, exactly 9 months before December 25th; the birth of Jesus. We do know that Jesus was crucified in His 33rd year of life on Earth during the Hebrew holiday of Passover; so Easter is in the Spring; coinciding with the first full moon after the spring equinox. It's all astrological, really. Therefore, I don't see why the Church is so against astrology.

This is what I have been taught by my family; old Italian Catholics. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on something here.

I would also like to wish all of my fellow Christian posters here a very happy and blessed Christmas day today. My fellow posters here who are not Christian or of any faith, I would like to thank you all too for being respectful of all beliefs on this board. I wish you all too, a very happy and healthy New Year. May your dreams come true.

Hey, I thought Jill grew up believing that a Christmas tree was pagan and not Christian. Her parents didn't allow a tree for this reason. Michelle herself stated this in an early episode of their show. How is it ok for her now to have this 'pagan symbol' in her house? They really need to address the obvious and they never do.

[Christina87]

10 hours ago, magpye29 said:

I don't know that I agree with this.  Most people "know" that Jesus wasn't born on December 25th, but because that's the day we've universally agreed to celebrate his birth, we treat it as his birthday.   We could have chosen any day, and it wouldn't change anything except maybe the type of decorations used.  Imagine an April 25th celebration of Jesus's birthday--it would be all pastels and baby animals and spring flowers.  I don't know if I'm making myself clear here.  Whatever date was arbitrarily chosen to commemorate Jesus's birth, his birth would be the reason for the season.   

I agree sooooo much!!! I also hate, HATE with a passion when people nastily snipe, "Christmas has NOTHING to do with Jesus, you idiot!!! It's a pagan / whatever other religion they can think of / etc holiday!!!"

This drives me crazy, because even if the early church leaders had not chosen December 25 to line up with festivals the people already had, they would have celebrated Christmas at some point in the year. It likely wouldn't be the big spectacle it was today, but it would still be a church holiday. It might be on the scale of something like Pentecost, but it would still be a holiday. The fact that we have the wreaths, snowflakes, and poinsettias is an added bonus, but it's not the holiday itself. 

I just wish people would chill. I remember learning in high school about how leaders converted others to Christianity by scheduling Christmas and Easter during major festivals, and I thought, "cool! What a bright idea!" People all over the world have converted others over the centuries, and as long as these people converted willingly, who cares? It's just a piece of trivia that shouldn't be so offensive. I hate how one side gets in your face and screams about how Christmas isn't about Jesus, thinking you'll be utterly defeated as you sink into a well of tears, while the other side (like Derick) absolutely insists on being ignorant, and eschewing anything secular like Santa. Why can't we all just enjoy the holiday however we see fit? /rant

[galaxychaser]

Why is there Star of David ornament? The Dillard’s aren’t Jewish.

sams expression lol. 

[Albanyguy]

3 hours ago, galaxychaser said:

Why is there Star of David ornament? The Dillard’s aren’t Jewish.

sams expression lol. 

Some Fundies are very into the Jewish roots of Christianity. I think that secretly they prefer the angry, vengeful God of the Old Testament to the loving, merciful Jesus of the New Testament. They love restrictions and prohibitions like the Ten Commandments and the rules laid down in the Book of Leviticus and they get turned on by the idea of God raining terrible punishments down on offenders. They see the Jews of the Old Testament as far more righteous and worthy of admiration than the Jesus who inexplicably keeps loving and forgiving everybody.

 

I could easily see Derick falling into this mindset. Of course, if he and his fellow fanatics had any real understanding of Jewish theology, with its emphasis on peace and forgiveness, they wouldn’t be nearly as interested.