Maxwell 29: You Can Leave Your Vest On, Second Verse Same as the First

[HeadshipRegent]

Teri’s video was so awkward to watch. 

[Foudeb]

And let's not forget this five-part bit of drivel was penned by a woman who: 

- confessed to not loving her children as much as she should

- hid in her bedroom all day while her kids were small

- was so unable to care for her kids she devised a tight schedule to keep them occupied without supervision 

- brags about homeschooling but produced "graduates" who can barely string a sentence together. 

But yeah, sure, pile guilt on women who chose to work outside the home because *that* is the problem. To which converting to a patriarchal cult is the answer. 

And let's note how fathers get a free pass from both abandoning their children in favour of their careers and from doing chores. Somehow the higher calling of wiping dirty bums all day isn't something the penis having need to aspire to eh. And why not, if it's so fulfilling, may I ask?

[JermajestyDuggar]

Just so you guys can compare, here’s a bontrager meal. So different from Maxhell.

[MamaJunebug]

3 hours ago, catlady said:

And our esteemed authoress is at it again:  

“Mom wrote an excellent series about Holly Homemaker which is a five part series.  I encourage you to read it as you have time if you haven’t already.”  

Let me help you, Sarah. 

“Eight years ago, Mom wrote an excellent five-part series on Holly Homemaker.  If it’s new to you, I encourage you to take a look as your time permits.”

 

Perfect edit, but I always imagine PSarah just so bored witless by the whole thing that she writes whatever first comes to mind and chooses “publish.”

[mango_fandango]

Ugh yes the “fully love my kids” comment was awful. 

[Granwych]

22 hours ago, Burpies said:

I get ear infections a lot, I've even lost hearing in my right ear because of the frequency of my ear infections, and one of the worst ear infections I ever had occurred over a day. One day, as far as I could tell I was fine, after dinner I sat down on the couch and my ear was full and painful, and then perforated overnight. I'm not saying this is what happened, but it is possible.

 

 

I' ve had an ear infection  manifest over a matter of hours.  Ended up in the ER with Demerol shots; that bugger hurt.

[Jana814]

1 hour ago, Granwych said:

I' ve had an ear infection  manifest over a matter of hours.  Ended up in the ER with Demerol shots; that bugger hurt.

That’s horrible!  I had an ear infection 5 years ago it was the worst. I hadn’t had one since I was a kid at that point I felt as though I was drowning on one side of my body. 

[PennySycamore]

@daisyjane1234, I think you should go ahead and copy and paste what you wrote here on their stupid blog.  That way Stevehovah or Terify would be sure to read it before it's deleted..   It's wonderful!

[JermajestyDuggar]

I’m a SAHM and I don’t like the whole “daycare raises your kids” argument. It’s so gross and completely untrue. 

[johnhugh]

OK fess up, which one of us attempted to post this which was not approved on the Lolly the fucking Honemaker part 1 post:

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While we had several positive blog comments about ChorePacks from other ChorePack users, we had one negative comment. We chose not to approve that comment on the blog, because there was so much we wanted to say in response to it, and that required a greater investment of time. Here is the blog comment:

“That poor little girl. She’s happy because she’s pleasing mommy like all children do. She should be out playing with friends, playing dress up or let’s pretend, MAYBE a few small chores here and there–but CHOREPACKS? You people are going to kill that child’s spirit before she’s 7. God forbid she wants to be anything other than Holly Homemaker–do they have chore packs for future lawyers? Or Astronauts? I hope that she grows up to realize that she’s worth more than just an unpaid scullery maid/nanny.”

Have we ever seen Nate or Chris’s  blessings photographed with those horrid clip on compound ID chore cards? I cannot recall seeing it.

I take it Teri’s new book has been delayed further ‘at the printers’ hence hen flogging this old book.

 

[courtlylove]

"Our customer shared that now she sees the importance of training children to do chores–it helps to prepare them for life!"

Prepare them for life!!! What are they doing now? Oh, of course, the living death that is childhood in Maxhell.

[Black Aliss]

10 hours ago, catlady said:

“Eight years ago, Mom wrote an excellent five-part series on Holly Homemaker.  If it’s new to you, I encourage you to take a look as your time schedule permits.”

 

FTFY

[MamaJunebug]

3 hours ago, johnhugh said:

OK fess up, which one of us attempted to post this which was not approved on the Lolly the fucking Honemaker part 1 post:

Have we ever seen Nate or Chris’s  blessings photographed with those horrid clip on compound ID chore cards? I cannot recall seeing it.

I take it Teri’s new book has been delayed further ‘at the printers’ hence hen flogging this old book.

 

I’m pretty sure they showed Abby at about 4 years of age wearing one and (guess what!) smiling happily. IIRC she was barefoot which caused quite a flurry of comments from our hive. 

Then again, it might have been a customer’s little girl. But FWIW, I am remembering it as Abby M. 

[Divemaster01]

"Our customer shared that now she sees the importance of training children to do chores–it helps to prepare them for life!"

 

If that's life, then put me out of my misery now ?  You have your whole adulthood for chores, but I often put adventures BEFORE cleaning the ceiling fans, especially during our short summers here in Wisconsin.  I would love to throw a wrench in the works when their "vacation" time comes.  The mountains probably try to hide when they come around every year to Colorado.  There are other states in the USA, just sayin'.   It would be great just once if they had a big argument about going someplace different for a change. Oh, and also that poor Sarah sneaks out with her sisters and buys some jeans on the sly  

[mango_fandango]

I get enjoying the same holiday every year. Some people will love hiking. But it’s their only holiday. They haven’t done anything else for years. Haven’t they ever wanted to go anywhere else? It doesn’t have to be instead of Colorado, it can be in addition to it. Go somewhere on the coast, heck even another mountain range.

When you stay in a holiday cottage here in the U.K., it’s common for the owners to leave a “visitor’s book/comments book”, where guests leave comments/recommendations (eg “we loved our stay”, “this pub is really good”, “x attraction is fun and good for kids” etc). Some families come back for another visit. I remember reading through one visitors’ book for a particular cottage where one family stayed there over TWENTY times. I just remember thinking “didn’t they ever want to explore a different bit of Somerset?” or wherever the hell it was. But I guess some people just don’t like change. We always went somewhere different every holiday. Sure we’ve visited Devon several times (southwest), but different bits each time. 

[tabitha2]

It’s The Maxwells. Can you see them on a beach, even a quiet private one?  But I can see them enjoying old house tours or boat tours if they tried them. 

 

[MamaJunebug]

They go seem to enjoy tram rides thru a safari park. 

[nausicaa]

5 hours ago, mango_fandango said:

I get enjoying the same holiday every year. Some people will love hiking. But it’s their only holiday. They haven’t done anything else for years. Haven’t they ever wanted to go anywhere else? It doesn’t have to be instead of Colorado, it can be in addition to it. Go somewhere on the coast, heck even another mountain range.

The other thing is--I really doubt every single one of the six adults wants to just go hiking in Colorado every.damn.year. I'm all for people being boring and wanting familiarity. If the same annual hike in Colorado is Steve and Teri's thing, have at it.

But I'm gonna guess, just from how human nature works, that maybe Mary doesn't love hiking as much and would like to go swimming instead, or Jesse and Anna would like to mix it up and try someplace new this year?

[Alisamer]

19 minutes ago, nausicaa said:

The other thing is--I really doubt every single one of the six adults wants to just go hiking in Colorado every.damn.year. I'm all for people being boring and wanting familiarity. If the same annual hike in Colorado is Steve and Teri's thing, have at it.

But I'm gonna guess, just from how human nature works, that maybe Mary doesn't love hiking as much and would like to go swimming instead, or Jesse and Anna would like to mix it up and try someplace new this year?

So true. Even with all the indoctrination at least some of them - the boys at least - must wonder about what else is out there! I get having an annual thing, sure, my family usually goes to the beach for a week each year. Now, that's not the only place we go. We do different restaurants and experiences every time we are there. But we do sit on the same or a similar beach a few hours a day for a week every year. I usually get through 2-3 books over the course of the week! But if we have to skip a vacation? The beach is the one we skip. It's been there, it'll be there. We'll take the option for something new whenever possible, and starting in Elementary School we'd sometimes go on trips without our parents - first with groups or church, later possibly with friends and their families, and then in high school with just friends.

My parents are retired, and I never know where they're going to be! They're a member of at least three groups that go on frequent trips, and go somewhere nearly every week. Camping one weekend, a day trip with the church seniors the next, meeting to plan the next long trip with the traveler's club, etc. 

I know some people are homebodies, and that's cool. But really, all the kidults at their ages being happy to have their only vacation be hiking with mom and dad at the same place they've always gone their whole lives? Really? Sarah wouldn't rather go on a writer's retreat? Jesse wouldn't rather go for a bike tour somewhere? None of them would like to go take a weekend long class on weaving or sewing or whatever? None of them are even curious about what other mountains might be fun to hike?

I do suspect we only get a carefully curated view of what they want us to see. I really hope their lives aren't as boring as they present them to be. 

[MamaJunebug]

21 minutes ago, Alisamer said:

do suspect we only get a carefully curated view of what they want us to see. I really hope their lives aren't as boring as they present them 

I absolutely believe that’s true. Maybe Steri don’t “visit the boats” (Missouri term for going gambling in floating casinos) and Jesse doesn’t do BMX but betcha ANYTHING they all do lots more in their considerable amount of leisure time than what they publish. 

[Dru]

On 4/3/2019 at 10:18 AM, JermajestyDuggar said:

Just so you guys can compare, here’s a bontrager meal. So different from Maxhell.

The salad alone is way better than anything they eat in the compound. It contains vegetables other than iceberg/romaine lettuce and frozen peas. Forget about the pesto chicken, that looks like it has actual savory flavor.

[wallysmommy]

I so want to kidnap Sarah and take her to Mardi Gras.

[mango_fandango]

I wonder when we’re going to hear about Teri’s book? 

[IReallyAmHopewell]

On 4/2/2019 at 8:17 PM, anjulibai said:

I thought it was clever, too. I wish they'd done something similar with Benjamin's name. 

The boys are also A-Z--not and "interfiled" list if you will.

Andrew

Benjamin

Because of calling Andrew "Drew" it confuses things and makes Benjamin look like they gave up on A-Z. It's just 2 separate A-Z lists.  

Isn't that right, Steve? Must not mix boys/girls.

[Granwych]

1 hour ago, wallysmommy said:

I so want to kidnap Sarah and take her to Mardi Gras.

You're braver than I am!  Sarah would probably be frozen in a doorway, whiter than a ghost.