Erika Shupe *grim rictus* Large Families on Purpose Part 3

[mango_fandango]

Totally and absolutely completely disgusting, but my ex was a bit over the top about germs, and seemed to have quite a bit of knowledge of ways that military guys "relieved stress" while on duty or whatever... Super absolutely gross, I know.  But also a point of view perhaps not instinctively covered by FJ members.  

Nope. I didn't get it at first....then.... oh dear. Eesh.

[zadie]

I repost these links fairly frequently because they are really important.  VERY hard on the heart, but also entirely true and worth our time and attention: 

the 5-part Reuters investigation on rehoming: http://www.reuters.com/investigates/adoption/#article/part1

Evangelicals, baby obsession, and the trauma of real, actual children: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/christian-evangelical-adoption-liberia

More should have been done for Hana.  Beyond tragic.  There are no words.  I hope she knows peace now.  

 

Omg they talked about Seren Allison's Trim Healthy Mama book on the 700 Club SO recently. *gags* These people disgust me.

[Guest]

Here's what I think went down in the Shupe household that day:

Erika: You're kidding! You found *porn* in their attic?

Bob: [chuckling] Yeah.

Erika: [sharply] You didn't touch it, did you?

Bob: Huh? No! No, we refused to handle it, yeah, that's what we did. . .we told the customer, no way, we're not touching this box, it has porn in it. And they were OK with that.

Erika: Good, good boy, Bob.

I wonder if she let him pick out his OWN jellybean that day.

[Eternalbluepearl]

Our Christmas tree growing up was never hodge podgey.  My mom couldn't stand it and frankly neither could I.  Each year we changed the color theme of our tree and I always got to pick that.  One year we had a purple Christmas tree, one year we had a pink theme.  Your tree sounds adorable.

Mine is pink and purple themed.  I also dislike hodge podge. 

[OnceUponATime]

 

Also, this is a super personal opinion but I hate her 3 foot Christmas tree. I understand why adults sometimes don't want them and why smaller ones can be good, I get that. This year I have a rosemary bush that has been trimmed into a tree shape.

A rosemary bush is a good idea. I want one although I don't think my chances of finding a nice rosemary bush around here are that high. My current one is nearly dead so a replacement would be useful.

I was planning on getting a mini tree this year but I haven't found any that I like yet. The last few years we haven't had a proper Christmas tree although I did badly decorated the dragon tree. We really fail at holidays . Three days ago my partner was telling me that I wasn't not allowed to start decorating yet because it is still more than 4 weeks away from Christmas... it took a few times of me saying 'It's the 1st of December' before he realized his mistake.

 

[iweartanktops]

I think my fiancé and I are going with a mini tree, possibly fake. We're going to get it this weekend. We live in a small apartment. I'm so excited to decorate this weekend! I ordered some small ornaments. They are just the classic balls, in gold, green and red. 

This is our first Christmas together! Not as a couple, but in the last years we spent the holiday apart, with our respective families. This year we live together for the first time, and we will visit my family over Christmas Eve and Christmas. 

[Rosie]

Where is the Thanksgiving album?  Not seeing the photos you refer to on the blog.

[JillyO]

Where is the Thanksgiving album?  Not seeing the photos you refer to on the blog.

It's on the LFoP Facebook page.

[Rosie]

Thanks!

[desertvixen]

My father always did the "living tree" that you could plant outside after Christmas, and I want to do one the first year we have a real house that's only going to belong to us, rather than military quarters.  This house does have some evergreens outside that I'm going to decorate next weekend, after I take a brief scenic trip (all expenses paid by the Army).

[Rowan]

My father always did the "living tree" that you could plant outside after Christmas, and I want to do one the first year we have a real house that's only going to belong to us, rather than military quarters.  This house does have some evergreens outside that I'm going to decorate next weekend, after I take a brief scenic trip (all expenses paid by the Army).

My parents did that the first year they were married. The next year, they couldn't find any tree they liked nearly as much so they went to their yard and cut the previous year's one to use again! 

[older than allosaurs]

We have a Douglas fir in a big pot on wheels. In December we roll it in, light it up, and decorate with 40 years of random ornaments. The rest of the year it lives on the deck.

It was a volunteer that sprouted in our small back yard. My tender-hearted housemate couldn't bear to have me pull it up, and we have no place for a tree that can reach 100+ feet, so this was our solution. It's now on year five. I guess it's kind of a doug fir bonzai as it only grows a couple of  inches a year now.

 

[Jingerbread]

The last several years we've had trees about 12' tall because anything smaller gets lost in this place, but this year, we're dragging our heels.  Just dragging.  The mess afterward.  Don't want to do it.

[ILoveJellybeans]

I have an artificial tree, currently a bit bare as this is my three little kittens' first Christmas, and last year one of the kids dropped the box of fancy ornaments and half of them smashed. I got some clay and some cookie cutters and we made our own Christmas decorations, tomorrow we are going to paint them. They used the ones from the playdoh box too, but who says you cant have a duck, seahorse, dinosaur or snail alongside more traditional ones (and the ones they designed themselves, there is a Moshi Monster on there too).

 

Erika would hate my house. Although I might let her loose in the 12 year old's bedroom because it is a disgusting biohazard.

[princessmahina]

I always wonder about the fundies who read what we write about them here. Is Erika poring over these pages, getting bored and irritable over our discussions over our own Christmas trees? Is she intrigued or jealous over the large ones being discussed? Does she want us to stop derailing the thread and talk about her some more? My mind just boggles sometimes thinking about it. 

[Dark Matters]

Back in the dark ages, when I was a kid, we always had a large, real Christmas tree.  We lived in a split level house with a cathedral ceiling in the living room so the tree was always set up in the stairway corner of that room.  I could see it from my bedroom and enjoy the lights as I went to sleep.

One year, my dad decided to trim the tree with angel hair instead of tinsel.  For those that don't know, angel hair is finely spun fiberglass strands and if you touch them without using gloves, you end up with very itchy skin from the fibers breaking and embedding themselves in the skin.  It was a gorgeous tree but we were not allowed to touch it or try to scramble under it to get the presents out.  Lesson learned, Dad went back to tinsel the following year.

Nowadays, since it's only me and my canine niece and nephews, I have a small, fake tree set up on my kitchen table and a slightly larger one set up on my TV cabinet.  Many of the ornaments on them are handmade by myself and by friends and I really enjoy my little trees.

[mango_fandango]

I always wonder about the fundies who read what we write about them here. Is Erika poring over these pages, getting bored and irritable over our discussions over our own Christmas trees? Is she intrigued or jealous over the large ones being discussed? Does she want us to stop derailing the thread and talk about her some more? My mind just boggles sometimes thinking about it. 

If she wants us to discuss her more, she needs to come up with new material. She could do a post about acquiring Happy, or whatever. That's the problem with people who don't use blogs as a diary and instead post things about organisation and homeschooling and stuff. They eventually run out of material, and, in Erika's case, repost a lot.

[church_of_dog]

I wonder if she let him pick out his OWN jellybean that day.

I really want this to be a raunchy euphemism...    

[Antimony]

I always wonder about the fundies who read what we write about them here. Is Erika poring over these pages, getting bored and irritable over our discussions over our own Christmas trees? Is she intrigued or jealous over the large ones being discussed? Does she want us to stop derailing the thread and talk about her some more? My mind just boggles sometimes thinking about it. 

Hard to say. Today, I walked into a room of students shit talking me (I TA...and they didn't like their grades) and I just sat down, started eating my lunch, let them talk for about 10 minutes more, started laughing and said, "Hi...I'm your TA." They aren't in my lab section but I still get their papers. For me, that was really amusing but I'm not dishing out personal weird life advice...just paper formatting advice. 
 

I also think that Erika, and most fundies, don't have a lot of confidence in themselves. If they truly did, they wouldn't flounce so often. That, and I feel a lot of people like Erika who chose to live this life didn't have much confidence to between with. 

[StepMonsterInLA]

No, she doesn't read here, because she is still spelling STRAIGHT incorrectly. Or is she fucking with my brain?   I need a life. 

[thebestusername]

Wow I have no words. Wait yes I do I wouldn't be writing this post If I had no words. But seriously this lady is crazy I hope that the diet doesn't stunt her Children's growth,

[princessmahina]

No, she doesn't read here, because she is still spelling STRAIGHT incorrectly. Or is she fucking with my brain?   I need a life. 

Well, people have pointed out her shitty spelling before, and she countered with, "I don't have time to learn to spell."

Because it's not important at all that a person in charge of nine other people's education know the difference between "straight" and "strait" or "wry" and "rye." 

Just for fun- what are your favorite Erika-isms?

I'll go with rye for wry, merry jane for mary jane, and stirofome for styrofoam. 

Oh and Coco for cocoa, of course. *chuckle*

[Antimony]

Well, people have pointed out her shitty spelling before, and she countered with, "I don't have time to learn to spell."

Because it's not important at all that a person in charge of nine other people's education know the difference between "straight" and "strait" or "wry" and "rye." 

Just for fun- what are your favorite Erika-isms?

I'll go with rye for wry, merry jane for mary jane, and stirofome for styrofoam. 

Oh and Coco for cocoa, of course. *chuckle*

This reminds to make my hot cocoa recipe that Erika would truly loathe because it's Friday and I accomplished a lot of homework-y and studying nonsense today. 

[Guest]

Rye and merry jane are two of my favorites, and I also enjoyed pallet for palate.

[Antimony]

Rye and merry jane are two of my favorites, and I also enjoyed pallet for palate.

Has she...googled the words "Merry jane"? Christ.