Joyful Christian Homemaking- All things Candy

[fundiefan]

I just went to her site for the first time in a few weeks. She is telling people about the actual role of women. All you females, run over there and find out from the expert of all experts what your role is. No doubt you will also be told how to fulfill it.

[Idolatry]

I feel for the poor Jehovah's witnesses who knocked on the door of this bundle of fun. Holy crap. Why would you need this many "arguments" to tell these poor evangelists. How long was she talking to them??? Everyone else just says no thanks and shuts the door. Or I say I'm ex-Mormon (a lie), and then they flee.

[anniebgood]

She was in OKC when I first started reading 6years ago but she's bounced around a few smaller cities since then. Bethany and Guymon come to mind, but correct me if I'm wrong.

They left Guymon and went to Edmonds. Eric's dad found where they had moved the trailer to and went there and she told him she couldn't talk to him and mailed the gifts he had left for the kids back to him unopened. Bitch.

I think something happened at the church they were going to, hence the FIC post. I also think Erik may have lost his job and they are broke. :hand:

[Mac1138]

They left Guymon and went to Edmonds. Eric's dad found where they had moved the trailer to and went there and she told him she couldn't talk to him and mailed the gifts he had left for the kids back to him unopened. Bitch.

I think something happened at the church they were going to, hence the FIC post. I also think Erik may have lost his job and they are broke. :hand:

Thanks for the update. I thought something must have happened, for her to say "In recent experience and discussions with others, I now see that I need to study and write more about these areas as well, so I will endeavor to do so in this article." It may be the closest thing to humble that I have ever read by her. :D

[Muriel]

Thanks for the update. I thought something must have happened, for her to say "In recent experience and discussions with others, I now see that I need to study and write more about these areas as well, so I will endeavor to do so in this article." It may be the closest thing to humble that I have ever read by her. :D

Where did you get this info anniebgood ? I always read Candy's blog and I saw nothing about that...

[anniebgood]

We know she would never say anything about their personal lives. I have contact with Eriks sister and she occasionally posts updates on a group page that we are on. I left a comment on the blog after she made a comment about being nice to people and I asked her how she could be so hypocritical with that statement when she slammed the door on the kids grandfather. Candy said a long time ago that they divorced Erik's side of the family for being Catholic (after they got a bunch of loans from them). So no contact at all. Think about how much her kids are missing (like the Maxwell's) by not being able to see or meet their cousins.

Candy's a particular burr under my saddle, I'm not able to articulate it but I really would like to meet her face to face and tell her what a mean hateful woman she is. :nenner: :head-desk:

[Muriel]

Thank you anniebgood !

I remember Erick's sister from the good ole days of Sweeping the cobwebs ;)

Candy will never change and with her self righteousness she will end her life very lonely I guess...

[Mac1138]

So did they move again, recently? Her blog activity seems like she doesn't have a regular internet connection. Who's the jokester that commented on her latest post asking for a home tour? ;) Anniebgood, is there still a Sweeping group somewhere? I followed the blog but only commented once in a while.

[serenityd]

Ah, yes. The crazy does run deep in the Brauer household. Of course it is multiplied by many because of the fact that they both believe themselves to be the smartest, most logical, humans on the planet with extra special IQ's and MENSA invites and the government spying on them up because they know too much. The number and levels of fail in that house cannot be measured.

I particlualry enjoy their use of creative spelling, capitalization, grammar and language. They love their Thesaurus. Only the forget about context all the time so it is even funnier.

I can't imagine anyone actually lets either of them talk so I suppose it's good they have the Interent to get all that crazy out. I mean, it's got to go somewhere, right? They can't keep it bottled up inside them. It will poison them and then only the most magical of apricot pits would save them but we all the know the goverment keeps those magical pits under lock and key.

Candy should have stopped to think that someone from her past that actually knew her might one day stumble across things on the web that pertain to her! For one, she was 15 when she and erik got together, he was 34. This is after she had been living with his 32 yr old friend who had been her manager at taco bell! She came from quite the family up in the mountains and to this day I have yet to meet anyone who made such a vulgar first impression. Ie., simulating a blow job in the middle of a Dennys. I interacted with her and erik for over 3 years due to my friends affiliations with erik and a racing club. And BTW when she's telling everyone what a genius he is as an inventor someone might ask why their stay was so short lived on the east coast and why they came back as holy rollers. They were wearing t shirts with pictures of hell with the caption " smoking or not", or how erik screwed up everyone's car by telling them to file their rotor caps because he only read part of the information in a Jacobs manual. Then there's their brainwashing days with a group called forum. First they were 7th day adventist, then pentecostal, their own church had a hand in running them out of town during their last residence in the state of... (not wanting to violate the private info rule) could go on and on. The only reason I even bothered posting is after stumbling on this page I was utterly disgusted by all lies this girl spreads. Who knew, we all assumed they were still living in an rv somewhere in Texas or Oklahoma. Yeah, the old crowd back here in ... also know why they left the state. I was there and I saw and heard so much!

[serenityd]

Supposedly, Candy homeschooled herself through highschool then lived with a (male) roomate who was 'just her best friend'. She was working at a Taco Bell, inside a Casino. At 17 she met Erik. She wasn't his type at all (and she's been trying to make herself into his type ever since). Together they moved to another state and that's when they lived in the mansion and the government tapped their phones and followed them because of the work Erik was doing/things he was inventing. The were not married but found their god during this time. I think this also the time-frame when Candy had her high powered IBM career. She's been vague about that, but never failing to remind anyone who will listen that it existed. After the government drove them to abandon Erik's super special work, they moved back to their original state and married themselves and began the life as especially blessed and chosen super Christians. Some time after they married themselves they got legally married - I think it was three years later. So, they officially lived together without marriage and then pretended to be maried while living together and then got married for real.

Okay, her best friend and manager was way more than a friend for which he got a lot of flack, funny enough from Erik as well. Mind you Erik had dated a girl 8 years younger than himself when he was in his 20 ' s and she was 14 or 15. Erik self appointed himself to oversee Candy the over sexed, borderline illiterate child with no clue on how to conduct herself in public. That mansion on the east coast is where the final brainwashing occurred for those 2. They came home telling some off the wall story about a guy who had his brains splattered on the street and their new found friends did a laying of hands and prayed and prayed and everyone saw the miracle of the man's brains sucking back into his skull! I couldn't make this crap up if I was on acid! Also, during this time is also when Candy hit Erik and he grabbed her hand and forcibly made her continue hitting him until he bled and wiped his blood all over her. Around the same time they had an epic fight where he tried to take off in a car and she jumped on the outside of the car and he accelerated to 60 miles an hour! (Her claim) upon their return from the east coast and sharing these stories, although they claimed government was out to get them, everyone in the group came to the general consensus that the group of scientists couldn't deal with the crazy and booted them. And oh yeah Candy in case you are reading this please do remember how many of us witnesses did hear all of yours and Erik's rants, all of which would be more than happy to substantiate my claims. Her son didn't not know his address, he was running away from home and gave false info to the cops so he wouldn't be returned! There are years of her insanity and they all point to a serious mental illness!

[serenityd]

That's right! I had forgotten that she went from Taco Bell to high-powered IBM career!

It is sort of comforting to know that Erick's original "type" wasn't underage Taco Bell employees.

Hahaha, high powered IBM job? She was sitting in an office with several computers I can't even recall what she said she was doing but do recall her being so happy to be making $7/hr! Pfft, she also didn't keep it for long either!

[serenityd]

Well of course, she wasn't wearing her sooperspecial do rag at the time.

The shooting story has had several permutations. At this point I don't think she herself knows which one is true. IIRC she said her parents drank and fought a lot, and she used to hide under the bed to stay out of the way.

And then there's the Taco Bell inside the casino where she met Erik. As far as I know even in the non gaming parts of casinos you have to be over 21. Perhaps this was an Indian casino and the rules were different? She chased Erik and he let himself be caught.

If her kids don't turn out to be the perfect clones she wants, I feel so sorry for them.

The taco bell was outside the casino part in a mountain gambling town and she couldn't work past 10 pm because she was a minor. She did not meet Erik there! She met Erik in her Taco Bell managers living room.

[serenityd]

The Packard Bell employment is new although the 'management' positions at the age os 18-20 are not. In the past it was always just IBM. The saving everyone she looked at and worked with is new. (Although it has always been heavily implied and not limited to her high powered career co-workers). Her perfect light just automatically brings people to Jebus; that's why she's god's chosen one. The miscarriage has been changed a bit as in the past she said the fetus was a perfectly formed baby boy and they held him and prayed over him. She ignored the part of her first birth where god told her, directly and personally, that everything was fine and to go ahead with an unassisted home birth. She also skipped where her husband broke her water with a paperclip. I see she did not skip the link to her educated, well documented (ahem) post about how Christian women don't need epidurals because if you're truly saved it won't hurt because you're so special god took all the pain out of childbirth.

I am not even going to touch the claim that she got some Wiccan gay dude to confess he wasn't really gay. The bitch needs to be bitch slapped several times over from all directions for dragging that shit into it.

Whenever a fundie - and Candy in particular - wants to prove how great their god is, they talk of curing gay people, mean people chaning their attitude, working women staying home, whores become wholesome, Dark Magic stopping as god fixed them - and we can all name many other Christian salvation (for themselves and the subjects in their stories) cliche's. Candy's stories are straight from the fundie text book on how to lie and exaggerate and pull out the worst of the worst (in your own opinion) situation and have god fix it.

She broke my brain when I read this. Not only because of the retelling and alterations from previous versions, but from the blatant text book god magic.

I am so disgusted reading this about her miscarriage! All of us that were around I think it was 95 or 96 had to hear the same God awful story about how they couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl so they named it Jamie, she and the hubs put it in a box, performed their own funeral and put it in the bottom of a pond! Later she accused some chick that had been visiting from out of state of being a witch and cursing her and causing the miscarriage! If memory serves said witch was a midwife and had a lot of kids! Someone should ask Candy about the Gordon Michael Scallion map they showed everyone and how she and erik were going to have children of the blue star. See, back then they were all sorts of alien loving freaks!

[whoviana]

My favorite recent Candyism (because, oh, are there many!): A couple years ago she had this looong post about how there is no such thing as autism (however people who have this apparently made-up condition are more likely to be saved). Yet in yesterday's post she claims to be "blessed to be an Aspie". Oookay.

Oh there isn't? Whew. Good to know. So I guess those people all over the world who fall underneath the Autism spectrum have nothing really to worry about, especially not the abuse they're dealing with on a daily basis, and the difficulties struggling to function in the real world like a "normal" person. Gee, she must be one smart woman. :oops:

[Savoring Samsara]

If only Tapatalk would let me post the popcorn eating smiley.

Please, serenityd, do go on...

[serenityd]

After speaking with a few of us that were present for all this insanity back in the day and reminiscing on the insanity thats been present from way back then I was reminded of how obnoxiously snotty she and hubs both were on their return from east coast. If what they were doing is witnessing then I'll have to say nothing sent the masses yelling and screaming faster in the opposite direction than Candy. Her husband has always been paranoid, he once gave a letter to one of those friends in case anything ever happened to him! This had nothing to do with the government but some female that he had dated. She was supposedly mentally unstable and get this a fundie! He was heard far and wide back in those days saying if he was going to date anyone religious it would be a Catholic since they weren't as prone to mental disturbances. He was one of the oldest in that group of friends, most of us were mid twenties-30 range. We were all appalled by him dating this child who had the mental maturity of a 12 yr. old at best. The general opinion was he had a child that he could mold into exactly what he wanted. It's not rocket science to see that his about face was because the fundamentalist religious track they were on was perfect for grooming her into submission and guess what he had the bible as back up. When we all first met Candy it was immediately clear that she had no social graces but it was also clear that she was a manipulative liar as well. She used that whole deer in the headlights act first on her manager from Taco Bell, hey... it got her out of her crappie life up in the mountains. I don't think she even lasted a month at that taco bell job. Some of the group felt sorry for her and tried to get her a job etc, reached out to her. She didn't want help or erik made sure he controlled the level of influence from the outside, whichever, the point is that she was never some sweet, innocent, naive little girl when we met her. She used the Taco Bell manager and moved onto erik. She was glued to his side and it certainly stroked his ego having this pretty little thing fain wide eyed innocence. I recall someone referring to her as a Lolita. She exhibited inappropriate jealous and provocative behaviors. The racing group that used to meet up was one of her favorite times to play the poor me game but she could never keep her stories straight. Some in the group knew Erik's family and all said they were very nice people and the other 2 brothers and sister were nothing but kind. A couple even knew his parents and described them as welcoming, kind and generous. This whole divorce the family crap has nothing to do with Catholicism, it's because they unanimously disagreed with them as a couple due to her behavior, age, and the flights of fantasy they were constantly on. They were going around predicting that California was going to fall into the ocean, one of Erik's brothers lived there, epic tidal waves, let us not forget the whole thing with the blue star (planet X) that was going to come so close to earth that it would cause all of these natural disasters. Nibiru. That was what they called the planet, and they were going to wait and have children of the blue star! No one could take them seriously about any of that. The group they joined called forum seemed like a cult and they were trying to recruit everyone to that as well! This was before the days bible thumping. Shows a pattern don't you think? Point being is that it actually infuriates me that either one of those 2 would be a sounding board for any group religious or not. They are both toxic. That dribble about everyone picking on candy is just that dribble. She was obnoxious and I was over and done with interacting with her the first time I met her. She was rude and obnoxious and both erik and the Taco Bell manager kept making excuses for her behavior. Unfortunately due to the circle of friends I ran in during those years she was a common site at Erik's side. You could literally watch the group shift to the opposite side of any room we were in. She has always been hateful and it has nothing to do with religion, there is a reason she had no friends and people kept her at arms length at best. Her chronic lying also always present. Fundamentalism just gave her a free pass to be more upfront about it.

[serenityd]

As i am sure that Candy lurks, I will take this opportunity to ask her a couple direct questions and I can't wait to see how she decorates her blog after this. Remember one of the guys from the group that died during his dialysis? The one you pronounced was probably in hell? Remember the girl with a child who developed a genetic disease that eventually killed him? Remember why you thought her family had been dealt that horrible hand? Remember how quickly after meeting erik that you two were scroggin like monkeys and sharing your sexual. exploits publicly? How many times over the years have you accused others of sin or called them filthy names? Who appointed you as anyone's accuser or judge? Is it or is it not Satan himself that is referred to as the accuser? Guess that makes you no better than him. Here's something for you to chew on... has it ever dawned on you what those children are going to do as soon as they are legally old enough to flee? If Satan is the great deceiver then perhaps it's you that's been tricked. You don't spread love and light, you spread venom! Aye, much like a serpent I'd say. God help the young and naive who stumble across your crap and buy it. As always though the TRUTH comes out sooner or later and I take heart in the fact that all sooner or later see through your webs. Why don't you just call a spade a spade and own the fact that the grass wasn't greener on the other side of the fence and you committed yourself to your own lonely plight? Could that be why over the years you've dedicated so much time online having tantrums, quoting chapter and verse that could have been spent just loving and caring for your kids? If God is always protecting you and the kids why can't they see their family members? Won't he continue to protect them? Of all the people that you've claimed to lead to salvation, how many will even still speak to you? How many people have you harmed and alienated? Godly? I think not. How many have you falsely accused? How many times have you bore false witness? From reading all of these other people's posts it seems pretty frequent. I do want to thank you though with one of your husband's favorite sayings about corrupt people and their place on this earth, " they were put there to be an example of how not to be"! How funny is it that it's been years since I last thought of you and simply stumbled upon all of this by looking up a recipe for homemade candy canes? Perhaps God is using me? I do/did know you, witnessed most of your ugliness and definitely heard the tales of all the others so inclined to continue interacting with you. You profess modesty? I recall years ago that camel toe you were sporting in one of your website pictures! We all had quite the chuckle over that one, funny it was only up for a day or so. Did erik catch you or did someone point it out? Modeling? Seriously? Prøve it. As a matter of fact prøve any of your outlandish claims. I have witnesses besides myself that can back up my statements. Where are yours? I didn't notice any of your complaints about frustration in the bedroom on your blog but you sure as hell didn't mind bending the ears of people that didn't want to hear it. And since you are all about truth and honesty how about putting up some actual records, cos comes to mind. Or let's address why you have to run so often and disappear. A good God fearing woman such as yourself should have nothing to hide. Put on that breastplate honey, stay put and know that God will surely not let you suffer anything that you don't deserve, or maybe he can use you as a testament to your faith in his protection! Quit running. And before you go getting all huffy about me bringing up personal facts about you, let us remember that you made it all public by blogging about it albeit falsely.

[Mac1138]

If only Tapatalk would let me post the popcorn eating smiley.

Please, serenityd, do go on...

Here you go! I'll join you. :popcorn2: :popcorn2: :shock:

Candy has been quiet for at least a week.... all drama and delicious gossip aside, I do hope the family is ok, especially the children. They never asked to be dragged through any of this.

[serenityd]

I think everyone agrees regardless of their level of loathing for candy that the kids are the innocent victims in all of this. Hopefully there is someone sane around that can provide a voice of reason. Not too many more years until they will at least legally be able to get freedom. I hope at some point their estranged family members are allowed in. Every kid deserves loving family members, sad they've been denied this due to their parents combative and hostile natures.

[serenityd]

I really wish some of the other people that know candy would post on here that can personally attest to the disruptions that her witnessing has caused in other marriages due to misinformation or generally just sticking her nose where it never belonged.

[fundiefan]

"It's not rocket science to see that his about face was because the fundamentalist religious track they were on was perfect for grooming her into submission and guess what he had the bible as back up."

{Sorry, my Chrome or something is acting up and I cannot use the buttons to quote or emphasize}

Many people have said exactly this for years and said as much countless times. He found a young, mentally slow young girl and groomed her and raised her to be 'his. The bible is a great tool for natural and intentional manipulators and Erik found the perfect combination with his young girl and religious/crazy track.

[serenityd]

It's reassuring to know that even people who have never met them in person can see through the BS. On a side note, back in the day when she had made a modeling claim she did get called out on it and one in the group asked to see her portfolio, she didn't have one! What model doesn't have a portfolio and really? A cat walk? I shot coffee out my nose when I read that one.

[anniebgood]

When she still allowed comments on her blog, I called her out on the "wonderful home life she had". I asked her about hiding under the bed because her parents were drunk and fighting. She came after me like a wet cat. And her minions did too. How could I dare impinge on her blessed bio like that?

Thanks for sharing about her life in Colorado. (It's not a secret) I agree that the kids are the innocent victims in this. Scary.

[serenityd]

Back when we all first met her the original running story was about her horrible life, her horrible parents, so on and so forth. Also, the first story was she got kicked out of school, then there was a story about the school not having any gifted and talented programs so she got bored and quit. Long history of inconsistent stories with that one.

[fundiefan]

Long and ongoing history of inconsistencies. That's one of the biggest beefs people have with her. She says one thing one minute then another thing the next. Then if you dare to question what she once said, she has a hissy fit and disappears or passive-aggressively calls you out on her blog. She's famous for saying "you must have me confused with someone else" and that fame doesn't come from a one - off.