Maxwell 43: Divesting from the First Church of Stevehovah Reversalist

[NoseyNellie]

There is ZERO effort being made to market things adequately.  There will be a book launch.. no title*that's a secret*, no clue as to plot * that's a surprise!* and if THAT is the photo they are using to market their author daughter... why??? Anna Duggar from 10 years ago called and wants you to know the slicked bang look is not really attractive..

[fundiefan]

39 minutes ago, NoseyNellie said:

There is ZERO effort being made to market things adequately.  There will be a book launch.. no title*that's a secret*, no clue as to plot * that's a surprise!* and if THAT is the photo they are using to market their author daughter... why??? Anna Duggar from 10 years ago called and wants you to know the slicked bang look is not really attractive..

I don't think they believe they need to market the book - the more I've thought about it. They have a built in audience & that is who they are selling to. People who have bought their books all along; people in their "club" of like-minded - or somewhat likeminded because let's face it, there aren't many like Stevie boy out there -  kristchens. 

In a way it's busy work for Sarah. To make it look like she's living a productive life. But every single book is the done the same. She starts in summer & by Thanksgiving, it's released just in time for Christmas. Same "editors" & test readers. Same illustrators. Same process, same everything. They follow a template and part of that template is knowing exactly who will shell out money for her little books. In the grand scheme, it's actually kind of sad. Even her stories have no change, no progress, no growth. Read the first book she wrote and I'd bet my life this new one sound exactly the same, with different characters, but the same poor writing, with a ton of bible verses thrown in. 

 

[fundiewatch]

I completely agree about the books being Sarah’s busy work— and so is the blog. That picture of her is awful, and not just the hair. That odd undershirt under the sweater look messy and disconnected. 

[Katzchen24]

13 hours ago, Bluebirdbluebell said:

The quote says the tragedy is related the message of "chosing to forgive through devastating cirumstances".  

Some possibilities:

1. Dad discovers Mum didn't vote the way he said she should
2. Mum and Dad find out the kids have been watching Glee on the television at a friend's house 
3. Mum and Dad find out eldest daughter's* fiancee's** parents were in a porno*** 
4. Youngest Moody child goes through a rebellious phase and won't eat burritos

 

* I've not read the books but I'm pretending the eldest daughter is over 18

** No Moody girl will ever marry

*** Hang on, that was the Andersons..... 

[fundiefan]

In his latest Swift Otter video, Joseph is claiming 20 years of development experience. He's 31 years old.

He says 10 years of Magento development, and that's not questionable. But, 20 years? He started IT development at the age of 11? 

I don't know if I believe that. Maybe he was learning about it at 11, but to consider that experience? 

More Maxwell exaggeration. They can't seem to take or give anything at face value. 

[IReallyAmHopewell]

12 hours ago, fundiefan said:

They follow a template and part of that template is knowing exactly who will shell out money for her little books.

In that, they are doing well. They do KNOW their audience. No one else would buy it except as a gag gift

 

On the book's tragedy: Katzchen24's 4, Youngest Moody child goes through a rebellious phase and won't eat burritos is sooooooo likely!

Or else it's someone in the community stops attending church and they must "encourage" that person to return?

UGH.

 

[Bluebirdbluebell]

6 hours ago, Katzchen24 said:

Some possibilities:

1. Dad discovers Mum didn't vote the way he said she should
2. Mum and Dad find out the kids have been watching Glee on the television at a friend's house 
3. Mum and Dad find out eldest daughter's* fiancee's** parents were in a porno*** 
4. Youngest Moody child goes through a rebellious phase and won't eat burritos

 

* I've not read the books but I'm pretending the eldest daughter is over 18

** No Moody girl will ever marry

*** Hang on, that was the Andersons..... 

As far as I know this book is part of the Hill Top Adventure series. This features a different family with only two children and they are not the Moodys. 

Sarah Maxwell did write a book set in the future about the Moodys where the oldest daughter is a married missionary. If I recall correctly she's a missionary in Africa. 

I'm not sure Sarah isn't growing in her writing. I would have to read the books and currently I don't have time to read them. 

[OhNoNike]

13 hours ago, fundiefan said:

In his latest Swift Otter video, Joseph is claiming 20 years of development experience. He's 31 years old.

He says 10 years of Magento development, and that's not questionable. But, 20 years? He started IT development at the age of 11? 

I don't know if I believe that. Maybe he was learning about it at 11, but to consider that experience? 

More Maxwell exaggeration. They can't seem to take or give anything at face value. 

My oldest has had 7 years of experience as an artist. 

She’s 9, but her Gymboree teacher was very impressed with the artwork she did on art night when she was 2.  She could stamp her handprint like a professional. 

Edited November 11, 2020 by OhNoNike

[anachronistic]

They talked about how adorable Elliots smile is.....then didn’t show a picture of him where you could see him smiling. Well, kind of from the side, but not really.

also they acknowledged that we are living in covid times while talking about someone who does stuff with a group of non-family kids then has her elderly grandmother over for lunch. ?‍♀️

[NancyDrewFan1989]

On 11/7/2020 at 8:32 PM, Jana814 said:

I wonder the same thing, & how they are going to tell their grandkids that Trump wasn’t re-elected. 

They probably already know. But, they are praying all the conspiracy theories are true that it was election fraud. 

[fundiefan]

I was wondering why no Veterans Day post. So I looked back a couple of years. 

November 2017, 2018 & 2020 - Sarah's new book! No Veterans Day post. 

November 2019, no book from Sarah so granddad got a Veterans Day post. 

Looking back also reminded me we're coming up on OSS posts, maybe Feed the Starving Children, family pictures, an incomplete, unhelpful mention of this year's TG menu (same as the last however many years, since it's in an Excel spreadsheet & they won't change that!), cramming into the car with the perpetual girls to look at lights & listen to 12 voices of Christmas. Decorating to glorify god for Christmas, so no tree & no Santa & no fun. Just edifying. - right after the tiny TG meal by whatever "crew" shows up this year. 

And I just have to say it, I know we talk all the time about how boring & repetitive & predictable these people are but damn, it sure seems extra insane when looking for something and seeing it in their blog for many  so consequcitve years. It's not our imaginations. These people do the same thing every year, every month, every week, every day....I would go freaking insane & end up committing crimes just to give my brain & life....something. Anything!

[Jana814]

I’m surprised they didn’t do a Veteran’s Day post. One time they did a post Steve tried to make it about him. As though he spend a career in the service when he didn’t. 

[Dandruff]

On 11/10/2020 at 2:54 PM, Katzchen24 said:

Some possibilities:

1. Dad discovers Mum didn't vote the way he said she should
2. Mum and Dad find out the kids have been watching Glee on the television at a friend's house 
3. Mum and Dad find out eldest daughter's* fiancee's** parents were in a porno*** 
4. Youngest Moody child goes through a rebellious phase and won't eat burritos

5.  Moodys go around the neighborhood, unmasked, to bother people about religion.  Someone loudly tells them to go to hell.

6.  An item is left off the family grocery list and a recipe must be altered.  Everyone can tell the difference.

7.  The family bible is misplaced and precious time is taken from the schedule to locate it.  Lunch is served late.

8.  A Moody child takes off his/her bib without permission.  Clothing is stained and the floor must be cleaned.

9.  The toilet clogs on bean burrito day.  An item is found that didn't belong in there.  Cramping and intense flatulence occur during the wait.  They have difficulty opening a window.

10.  Mom goes on strike and refuses to put toothpaste on dad's toothbrush for him.

[thoughtful]

57 minutes ago, Dandruff said:

 

10.  Mom goes on strike and refuses to put toothpaste on dad's toothbrush for him.

That's it! Possible titles:

Rogue Mom!

Laugh at My Cheese Paper Sandwich, Will You?

Papa's Main Squeeze Won't Squeeze

[Foudeb]

They have to be trolling us - picture of kids looking glum titled "happy kids"? A three year wait to clean some windows? Several pictures of people with their backs to us... Cleaning... Windows...? 

Are they parodying themselves here? Is this what passes as a joke in Maxhell? 

[fundiefan]

22 minutes ago, Foudeb said:

They have to be trolling us - picture of kids looking glum titled "happy kids"? A three year wait to clean some windows? Several pictures of people with their backs to us... Cleaning... Windows...? 

Are they parodying themselves here? Is this what passes as a joke in Maxhell? 

Sometimes I think they do parody themselves, but they're not self aware enough to realize it. 

It took 2 people 75 minutes to clean the windows (I'd say that's not very thorough, but what do I know. I only clean my windows twice a year, in an apartment, and it takes a good couple hours to do it well - with one person - you know, more than paper towels & Windex smushumg around dirt). 

So, barely clean windows in just over an hour. And, in 2.5 years they couldn't find that 75 minutes in their schedule? OK, fine, they get a "pass" during COVID, kind of  - but, um, we're still in the midst of COVID, the highest rates to date, and they did it. So, that's not really an excuse. 

Maxwells, you are doing life wrong & have made an idol of your scheduled if it takes you 2.5 years to have roughly one hour available to help out your aging mother/grandmother who lives alone, 20 steps from your front door,

 

 

Edited November 12, 2020 by fundiefan

[NoseyNellie]

For the love of all things sacred and holy.. it took over a year to get to the windows.. and it literally took 75 minutes for 2 people.. and you PROUDLY post this?  And this no doubt had to be a PLANNED event.. at NO POINT over the past 18 months has there been any time that the family was visiting with GIGI that they could grab HER windex and paper towels and do a quick clean?  Its not like they lugged the ladders, squeegees and hoses out to get to the 2nd and 3rd floor... For people that made a living telling others how to schedule cleaning and chores they are killing their blog posting about their procrastination...

 

and those solemn and glum looing faces are not happy kids!  lol

[sparkles]

They posted about cleaning windows and the fact that it took them a year to do it. Cleaning. Windows. I just can’t with them. Honestly, I don’t even know what to say. And people look up to this shit. 

Edited November 12, 2020 by sparkles

[Howl]

9 hours ago, Dandruff said:

6.  An item is left off the family grocery list and a recipe must be altered.  Everyone can tell the difference.

and this

9 hours ago, Dandruff said:

9.  The toilet clogs on bean burrito day.  An item is found that didn't belong in there.  Cramping and intense flatulence occur during the wait.  They have difficulty opening a window.

are my faves.  What is the item that didn't belong?   Will someone be spending time in the prayer closet?

I wonder how they handle farting in their household. Does everybody do it and pretend that it didn't happen?  Who's the worst farteur? These are humorless people, so they can't even make light of it.  Which brings me to: Is farting referenced in the bible?

[Tangy Bee]

I think they just needed something to do. My windows have to be splattered with bird poop before I decide to clean them, and that doesn't happen in years.

[freejugar]

Why do they only clean windows on spring? Their schedule is so stupid and convoluted, no wonder they're so unproductive

Why can't they be like the rest of us heathens that clean when they see something dirty?

[fundiefan]

15 minutes ago, freejugar said:

Why do they only clean windows on spring? Their schedule is so stupid and convoluted, no wonder they're so unproductive

Why can't they be like the rest of us heathens that clean when they see something dirty?

Because dirt doesn't know their schedule. 

[SassyPants]

True story, my parents who are nearing 90, clean the windows in their single story 1600 square foot home every month and have forever. He does the outside and she the inside. Conversely, after a lifetime of having to help With that chore (I told you my dad was rather Stevish with chores), I have rarely cleaned the windows in any of my homes. At times I have paid to have someone else clean them, but most of the time I just ignore that task. 

[fundiefan]

5 minutes ago, SassyPants said:

True story, my parents who are nearing 90, clean the windows in their single story 1600 square foot home every month and have forever. He does the outside and she the inside. Conversely, after a lifetime of having to help With that chore (I told you my dad was rather Stevish with chores), I have rarely cleaned the windows in any of my homes. At times I have paid to have someone else clean them, but most of the time I just ignore that task. 

Those who don't clean their windows or randomly or whatever do so by choice. It's the Maxwell schedule that is the culprit in this scenario. So strict that something they claim to do in spring & fall fell to the wayside for two years because the poor schedule was upset by a porch that needed to be torn down and COVID. 

[HoneyBunny]

You know, my husband and I are guilty of occasionally leaving a task to be done for far too long, but in our defense it’s usually because we haven’t figured out how to do it.  Case in point:  the slides on one of our bathroom vanity drawers got bent and broke, and that drawer sat in the MBR closet for a year. In our defense, I had had a surgery that required three months of recovery followed closely by five months of travel outside the country. We bought slides from Home Depot we thought would fix it, but they wouldn’t work, and I was kind of kicking myself for not replacing that vanity a few years ago when we remodeled the bathroom. 

But, while we catching up on everything else that needed to be done (much bigger and more time intensive things), my husband was thinking about that drawer. In the end he removed the slides that were on it, straightened them in a vise and reattached them with short screws instead of the staples that were originally used. It probably took about 30 minutes of work and it was done. And I was very happy. 
 

But windows and other things that don’t require a lot of thought...we’re cleaning one window or another nearly every week.  The sun shines in in the morning or evening, we see they’re dirty, and we clean them. Takes about 5 minutes because they’re the tilt in kind (in fact, they look exactly like GiGi’s, which I suspect are Renewal by Andersen). I do make an effort to remove the screens every spring and clean them.   No schedule necessary. 

Edited November 12, 2020 by HoneyBunny