Based on a couple of recommendations (mainly CH and JK), I have started my new naptime/laundry folding addiction: The Duggars.
It's available on Netflix Watch Instantly and I watched the first season this week. Of course, "watch" is a loose term since I have it on as I do something else like clip coupons or sort matchbox cars.
I'm enjoying seeing how a household with 17 children (she's pregnant with #18 in the first season) can run so smoothly. It's like a fast forward in my life... but we don't plan to have 2 dozen kids, so it's more like our life 15 years from now minus a baseball team and a basketball squad. Okay, it's nothing like my life at all, but it's entertaining.
What I want is a flashback to what life was like when she had 5 or 6 little ones and no teenagers. You know, "Previously in Arkansas..." or "In the beginning there was chaos..." Life with cooks, maids, and a laundry service must be nice. But how did Ma Duggar survive all the years leading up to that and still have a smile on her face?
Maybe it's in the following seasons... I'll let you know.
I only get to watch it when we're at Mom's house, but I've had a chance to read part of the book 'Ma' wrote and it didn't sound too pretty in the beginning. Knowing that makes me feel much better on days when I can't seem to handle 4 and she floats through with her bus load.
ReplyDeleteI concur! I too, watched it recently. It was like reliving my childhood, only with half the amount of siblings.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting all the facial expressions different family members give on camera, that belie their true feelings, and directly contradict what they're saying.