JD and Abbie: Captured Before the Rapture

[libgirl2]

I guess I shouldn't have laughed. We have a dry erase board on our stove that I use to write down appointments! 

[zoomama]

oh we have the family calendar on the wall too! its a must-have visual reminder for me.

[lookeyloo]

6 hours ago, SMama said:

I keep everything in my phone, and it’s shared with my iPad and MacBook. I’ll just have to cross my fingers my phone doesn’t crash. Although SGirl, SBaba, and I share a family calendar. That way we can see what everyone should be doing. 

I do that too - iPhone, iPad and iMac, AND a paper planner from the Dollar Store, because one cannot be too careful!!!

[floridamom]

I use a physical hanging calendar in my kitchen and another one at my desk for appts, etc. No need to buy anything. I get the calendars free every year from my church.

[GeeGolly]

For work I use Outlook, for home we use a paper planner. Old habits die hard. So hard, we buy the same planner every single year, lol.

[floridamom]

I am glad that Abbie is working as a nurse in a hospital. I hope it's because she wants to and not because they really need her income to make ends meet.

[Salacious Kitty]

8 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

For work I use Outlook, for home we use a paper planner. Old habits die hard. So hard, we buy the same planner every single year, lol.

LOL, despite several tutorials, Mr. Kitty can't get the hang of the calendar on his phone (which I kindly share with him). So, we have a wall calendar for all of his appointments. Since he's still going to PT once a week, and the sessions are on different days at differing times, he needs it. 

[lookeyloo]

Remember when we were supposed to go to a "paperless" society?  Haha

[Zella]

31 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

So hard, we buy the same planner every single year, lol.

Taking this to Small Talk! :) 

[smallfry]

On 6/1/2023 at 5:27 PM, SMama said:

Abbie is shilling a planner on IG. Who the heck uses those nowadays? 

Many teachers use planners for planning units, tests, conferences, etc.

[Gemma Violet]

Abbie and JD have a new photo in IG stories:  They and the kids at a hot air balloon event.

[Salacious Kitty]

So I guess he wasn't part of the helicopter rescue fleet deployed to SoCal today. 

[ginger90]

It’s not exactly a big presence.

No clue who went, but it looks like the balloon festival was Friday and yesterday.

Edited August 21, 2023 by ginger90

[Salacious Kitty]

The way Mediccrap wrote that implies they left ahead of the storm, so probably Saturday. 

I didn't realize that those junker choppers could fly so far. 

[oliviabenson]

I guess they didn’t go to Hawaii to help.

[Salacious Kitty]

1 hour ago, oliviabenson said:

I guess they didn’t go to Hawaii to help.

Their planes can't make it across so much open ocean. 

[YupItsMe]

Abbie posted some pics of her and John on the beach, but they are just a clothing ad. 
 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx_EvP7uxjb

[lianau]

13 hours ago, YupItsMe said:

Abbie posted some pics of her and John on the beach, but they are just a clothing ad. 
 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx_EvP7uxjb

They were all on a beach holiday. Joy posted a video on Youtube.

[auntieminem]

Quote

There was chatter that she was in attendance when the last Duggar grandbaby was born. A picture surfaced with a curly haired nurse in the background. But I don't recall if her face could be seen. 

Brought this over from Jill/Derick thread since it is about Abbie working as a nurse.  It was discussed in this thread or Joy's and I think Joy had said that her SIL worked at the hospital where she was delivering. 

Edited October 27, 2023 by auntieminem

[Quof]

Austin's sister is a doula and attended at least one of Joy's births.  Labor and Delivery nursing is a really specialized type of practice and it's really unlikely Abbie went from non-practising LPN to L & D nurse in the blink of an eye.

[auntieminem]

On 5/29/2023 at 2:21 AM, Snow Fairy said:

Pickes has it on Facebook

 

 

This was posted a couple of pages back. Someone who looks like Abbie weighing the baby.  

[CalicoKitty]

I can't tell if this is Abbie or not, but, at least at my hospital, it is entirely possible that an LVN would be working in the newborn nursery.  Only RNs in NICU, but LVNs can work in regular nursery and postpartum care.  This includes care for C/S deliveries with no complications.  

[Notabug]

10 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:

I can't tell if this is Abbie or not, but, at least at my hospital, it is entirely possible that an LVN would be working in the newborn nursery.  Only RNs in NICU, but LVNs can work in regular nursery and postpartum care.  This includes care for C/S deliveries with no complications.  

LPN's can work in all aspects of labor, delivery and postpartum.  It is quite possible that Abby is now working in the healthy newborn nursery or even on labor and delivery where getting the initial weight and measurements on a newborn is part of her job.

[AstridM]

14 hours ago, Quof said:

Austin's sister is a doula and attended at least one of Joy's births.  Labor and Delivery nursing is a really specialized type of practice and it's really unlikely Abbie went from non-practising LPN to L & D nurse in the blink of an eye.

Joy doesn’t know the difference between a doula and a nurse?

[cmr2014]

2 hours ago, AstridM said:

Joy doesn’t know the difference between a doula and a nurse?

Probably not.

I think that even those of us who actually spend time thinking about them and the poor education they received would be surprised by how many really common, ordinary things they haven't seen and don't understand.

[AstridM]

10 minutes ago, cmr2014 said:

Probably not.

I think that even those of us who actually spend time thinking about them and the poor education they received would be surprised by how many really common, ordinary things they haven't seen and don't understand.

But didn’t Jana once train as a doula?

[cmr2014]

20 minutes ago, AstridM said:

But didn’t Jana once train as a doula?

I think she did for a very short time. I still think it's possible (probable?) that Joy doesn't know the difference between a nurse and a doula. The family really doesn't value education and I can see her being unable to understand the difference between "taking a class" and "getting a certification" and "getting a degree." I also don't think she really understands or cares about different areas of expertise.

[Salacious Kitty]

3 hours ago, AstridM said:

Joy doesn’t know the difference between a doula and a nurse?

We're talking two different people. Austin's sister is a doula. Abbie is possibly a L&D nurse. 

[lascuba]

1 hour ago, AstridM said:

But didn’t Jana once train as a doula?

Yes, but only so she could be Jill's accountability buddy while she was training to be a "midwife". She clearly had no interest in it.

[andromeda331]

9 hours ago, lascuba said:

Yes, but only so she could be Jill's accountability buddy while she was training to be a "midwife". She clearly had no interest in it.

I felt bad for both girls. Jill clearly wanted to do it and couldn't do it unless she found someone else to be her accountability partner and Jana didn't want to do it but had to.

[Salacious Kitty]

1 hour ago, andromeda331 said:

I felt bad for both girls. Jill clearly wanted to do it and couldn't do it unless she found someone else to be her accountability partner and Jana didn't want to do it but had to.

Right? I guess they didn't trust her proctor, Venessa, to oversee her and shield her from sin. There was nothing wrong with her while Jill trained under her; all her problems came long after Jill had graduated. 

[BetyBee]

I guess individuality is frowned on in the Duggar family. That's why is so hard to come up with anything particular to that child when wishing them a Happy Birthday on SM, which presumably, they won't see until adulthood for the boys and after marriage for the girls.  

[andromeda331]

23 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Right? I guess they didn't trust her proctor, Venessa, to oversee her and shield her from sin. There was nothing wrong with her while Jill trained under her; all her problems came long after Jill had graduated. 

That and Venessa was incompetent. Too bad Jill couldn't be trained with a competent midwife.

[Salacious Kitty]

29 minutes ago, andromeda331 said:

That and Venessa was incompetent. Too bad Jill couldn't be trained with a competent midwife.

It wasn't known that she was incompetent when Jill trained under her. Her mistakes came later. 

[auntieminem]

Five years and only 2 kids.  They do seem to be a real love match. It is nice they keep a lower profile.  https://www.instagram.com/p/CzL6T99OXlR/

[libgirl2]

18 minutes ago, auntieminem said:

Five years and only 2 kids.  They do seem to be a real love match. It is nice they keep a lower profile.  https://www.instagram.com/p/CzL6T99OXlR/

They are almost "normal". 

[ginger90]

I don’t normally use this word, but he looks like a dork.

[Natalie68]

On 10/28/2023 at 9:26 AM, cmr2014 said:

Probably not.

I think that even those of us who actually spend time thinking about them and the poor education they received would be surprised by how many really common, ordinary things they haven't seen and don't understand.

Does Joy know the difference between your and you're?  Doula vs nurse is WAY too hard!  HA!

[auntieminem]

JD and Abbie posted a reel of their anniversary Caribbean cruise.  I was wondering why most of the married Dugs all seem to have fall anniversaries and then I recall it is probably has to do with show filming schedule. I think Jill said something about it in her book. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzlryTgOCbb/

[oliviabenson]

Jill’s comment lol.

[oliviabenson]

Does Abby photoshop herself? She doesn’t look like herself. JD looks happy.

[CalicoKitty]

I'm glad they had a good trip.  Nice to see that she is wearing "normal" shorts and tops with skinny straps.  They look like a normal couple on a cruise.  They look very happy.  I'm sure they did not spend all their time in their room having "Bible study" like Pecan and Priss.

[Gemma Violet]

Good for JD and Abbie.  I've never been on a cruise, but those who have been tell me the Disney cruises are the absolute best.  (And not for the faint of heart, cost-wise.  Lol.) 

[Lindsay Loo Hoo]

Disney is extremely expensive…however they are one of the top tier cruise lines. Who wears cowboy boots on a cruise? They do look genuinely happy though unlike other Duggar couples (I’m looking at you Ben and Jessa) 

[mom2two]

they probably did disney because there are no sinful casinos on board.

[Scarlett45]

5 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

Does Abby photoshop herself? She doesn’t look like herself. JD looks happy.

Abby looks the same to me, just a bit thinner (which is noticeable in the face). Also her hair is pulled back (which makes sense given the climate). 

[libgirl2]

On 11/13/2023 at 7:04 PM, mom2two said:

they probably did disney because there are no sinful casinos on board.

lol! I think it family friendly which appealed to them, even without the kids. 

[oliviabenson]

On 11/13/2023 at 8:47 PM, Scarlett45 said:

Abby looks the same to me, just a bit thinner (which is noticeable in the face). Also her hair is pulled back (which makes sense given the climate). 

That’s it. She lost weight. Her face shape is different too. 
 

They actually look happy which is nice. Beats the way Jessa and Ben look lol.

[AstridM]

12 hours ago, oliviabenson said:

That’s it. She lost weight. Her face shape is different too. 
 

They actually look happy which is nice. Beats the way Jessa and Ben look lol.

I’m not sure she had any weight to lose 😢

[libgirl2]

6 hours ago, AstridM said:

I’m not sure she had any weight to lose 😢

It could also just be getting older.