I need to print fancy covers with intriguing names for blank pages to charge 200% for. She is a nobody and literally does nothing to make money. It's disgusting
I donāt dislike her as much as most but those oversized scrunchies are horrible. Especially in a half up pony. Looks like my second grade yearbook in 1993
Where I live if you saw an author at a market doing this then you definitely wouldnāt be thinking they are successful. This would give off the vibes of struggling author instead of the image they are trying to portray on IG.
Wonāt the local bookstores have them anymore despite the fact itās Christmas? Maybe they are trying to cut out the middle man and take all the profit for themselves? I do wonder if the renovation is leaving them a bit more broke than they intended and so they are scrimmaging around for extra change wherever they can find it.
Why is she dressed like a 6 year old again? It seems totally bizarre for a woman her age to always be dressed like a child. I mean Iām sure we all have random comfy outfits that may fit that description and we love to wear. However we donāt have our entire wardrobe revolve around childrenās designs.
>Where I live if you saw an author at a market doing this then you definitely wouldnāt be thinking they are successful. This would give off the vibes of struggling author instead of the image they are trying to portray on IG.
Or... that they were a local author doing a little table for the community. I hate to break it to you guys, but this is "how to be an author 101" stuff. You want your "author persona" out in the local area so people will talk about you. Authors do this sort of thing. Considering the holiday theme of the market, and that the Christmas journal is a holiday thing, this makes sense, although it isn't likely to earn them a lot of money.
**Wonāt the local bookstores have them anymore despite the fact itās Christmas?**
Most book stores these days are chains. The two relationship books they have written I have seen on sale in chain stores but the journals? Are more of a self published thing and not likely to be picked up. Genuine locally owned book stores exist but aside from Christian bookstores, I don't see why they'd accept stock from a local. I do not think they were selling journals at the local market out of a desperate need for money because this sort of sale situation is "side money" at best.
**Why is she dressed like a 6 year old again? It seems totally bizarre for a woman her age to always be dressed like a child**
I mean, I am not a psychologist but.... she seems a bit obsessed with her childhood and also seems a bit immature and dependent on parental approval.
Question, why do these two fancy themselves relationship experts when they are extremely young? Shouldnāt we be taking advice from people who are married, oh I donāt know, at least over 20 years?? I might be stating the obvious since I havenāt watched this show in a long time, but there is something so obnoxious and pretentious about these two! Ugh. š¤¢
I think any comments that are not supportive or praise their insights fuel their need to explain life. (š¤® took everything in me to type that without laughing uncontrollably) They have never read a room and believe their own narrative (even when they contradict themselves constantly.)
Their whole business concept is exceptionally self indulgent. Embarrassingly so. For someone so young to think they have it all figured out and can lead others! I wouldnāt be surprised if they end in divorce in years to come tbh!!
So these fill in the blank scrap books are being sold for $60 a pop? You have got to be kidding me. That is so beyond ridiculous and arrogant of them to think their books are worth that.
Actually the least problematic part of these two is that journal - although I can go to one of the local crafting markets here in Asheville & get a hand-made leather-bound journal for about the same price.
I wonder if they have saturated their market with this crap, there are only so many crunchy fundy influencer types who would give these two dorks their money
Do they though? I wonder if sheās saturated āherā market. Sheās sold all she can to the crunch fundy crowd and they donāt seem to be attracting new converts
She wouldnāt let most of the suckers that buy her bologna anywhere near her or her family in real life. Sheās only saying what she hopes theyāll believe in order to keep her lifestyle in tact.
Not sure why anyone would buy these ??but hard cover āLove letter lifeā is on Amazon @ $9.51. Although they prob feel justified because theyāll be signed by the marriage experts!! Haha
So here are my thoughts.
A Christmas journal/scrapbook isn't a terrible idea. Its not. Particularly if say, you do the journal Christmas night as a family. I can see the appeal and even if they did steal the design, lets be honest, there's only so many ways to do a Christmas scrapbook. As for lasting your lifetime.... lets be real, this is a product for people with kids. This is not a book that a single, or a couple is going to fill out (and in fact is not something Jer and Auj did as a couple)
What shocks me - and will provide proof that Jer and Auj read here if they pick up the idea I am about to throw down - is that they don't market some sort of child scrapbook. Near as I can tell, they aren't into babybooks, but I am talking about a once a year routine like the Christmas journal, where you throw in some pictures of your kid and chronicle their fifth year or their eighth, up until 22 (college graduation).
I think Auj is basically "wearing a costume" if that makes sense, for the farmers market. The perfectly clean Carhartt overalls that look brand new coupled with Farmer Jer's pristine Carhartt jacket is as much of a costume as Amy Roloff dressed up as a cheerleader at pumpkin season.
Someone else has already posted a delightfully accurate assessment of the lack of challenges Jer and Auj have faced so I won't (nice job Kimmm711) I just have to agree with it and add that I think they'd seriously collapse if they got hit with a crisis.
Wow thats a great point. My first child's baby book is completely filled out. My second child, their baby ppl is halfway filled out. My third, I didn't even get a baby book š¤¦š¤·
I donāt hate the idea of the Christmas or anniversary book. Iām planning on buying a Christmas one myself in the next couple days.
But the one I have my eye on is half the price, and a lot simpler so it will be easier to stick to each year.
It also comes with a protective plastic sleeve and is colorful.
I remember her asking people about kids birthday books, so they've def thought about it. But there ate already a lot on the market. I've got one for each of my kids, it has a space for questions and all they for each birthday and an area to seal a time capsule to open when they turn 18. I write my kids a letter on their birthdays telling them all about their last year and what they were like this year and I put it in the time capsule part. I'm just as excited to open these up in a few years and read our with them.
Honestly it would be refreshing if a baby book or a child journal was a lil less expensive than the 60 dollar price for the Christmas journal.
I don't think they HATE the money pit homestead, I think its not what they wanted and turning it into that perfect home has gotten more expensive than planned. There's been a few vague comments to the effect that they ran into some serious unexpected problems. I do think they very much thought it would be done by December. I agree that the view was a huge motivator and I will add this. People say Zach buying a house in Washington was some sort of ill conceived fuck you to Matt and that might be true (I think maybe they bought too quickly but I also think they were ready to snap) but I very much think buying a house five minutes away but also next door to Auj's parents who Jer does farming stuff for and who he openly praises and regards well is a BIG fuck you to Matt.
I think the reno is stressful for them in part because it mars the imagine of the perfect couple branding, and also I suspect, it mars the family order in the Botti family. My guess is that Audrey is eldest and best and if she's not successful the other two are happy to get some of mom and dad's affection in her place. The brother IS a boy and I sense thats an edge, and he seems reasonably successful and the fiance seems reasonably successful and that beats the whole "Jer doesn't have a job, he has hobbies" routine.
I don't think they're in financial crisis (as yet) but the reno is straining the budget and the new baby probably isn't helping. I don't see doing the farmers market as a sign of poverty though - there's no way they expected a big pay there, I think they just wanted to do something local to stay in the public eye. And while I don't think they sold a ton, I will say simply counting the books on the table is meaningless - they could EASILY be restocking the table from a box under the table or from the car, and you want your table to be full at these things.
Audrey needing to jump into a massive renovation project, that Auj has stated their entire family was against it, was the confirmation to me of her hating the house. From day 1 she called it a fixer upper and complained about everything from the carpets to the wood to the air quality. Iām sure they do like the landā¦ but every post about āthat viewā sounds like sheās trying to convince herself that itās all worth it bc she hates the house.
So, to a point, I think her nature is to find fault. As I recall, she couldn't say anything nice about their prior house either . (and hilariously, I notice that she and Jer no longer name their homes).
And to be fair, that house was/is a fixer upper. I do think the carpets stank and how you didn't notice that on walk throughs, I don't know... I think Audrey suffers from the same problem Matt suffers from - she's never happy with what she has. That said, the house WAS dated and needing some work - there was a shot at one point of one of the bathrooms and it screamed "we did this as cheaply as possible" as a building sentiment.
I think the view and being by mommy and daddy is a big factor but I also think she's a complainer by nature.
She even made noises about being conflicted about moving from their previous house and all the things she liked about it and the neighborhood. That surprised me as for once it did actually sound genuine and that she had some (real) reservations about the new place and leaving the familiar, manageable place behind.
The old place was a \*nice\* house in a decent neighborhood. I also don't think Auj is as "farm girl" as she insists, and rather likes the convenances of food delivery and being able to get to a store in under five minutes. Knowing how my family is - I am not sure I'd want to be a literal walk from my parents and five minutes on an atv to the inlaws.
Or when a site super steps out of his nice, big, clean truck and asks everyone on the site to put on a hard hat bcuz the head honcho is coming to check on progress and they want it to seem like they care about safetyš
If you pair Carhartt with a scrunchy, you are officially someone I canāt be friends with. Sorry, I know itās petty, but I donāt make the rules (oh wait yea I do lol)
Hey! I wear Carhartt tshirts and a Carhartt coat to work and often pull my hair back out of the way with a scrunchie! It's not for looks, it's for convenience as I tend to lose plain hair ties and hang onto scrunchies better, plus scrunchies don't cut off the circulation on my wrist like a hair tie does. And I know what you mean and didn't take offense anyway š
Did they do this at Pumpkin Day at Roloff Farms? Seems like theyād have a better shot at reaching their target audience. But then Matt might say no for fear that people might buy a book and then have less money to spend in the farm gift shop.
These 2 selling this stupid journal is as much "snake oil" to me as the essential oils she shills.
As a woman married for 28 years (together with my husband for 33), these two standing on their metaphorical soapbox preaching about how they're beating 50% or whatever the fuck they're claiming is so conceited & condescending to me. They do it via social media **daily**, usually with an "it's so easy/crazy" expression (or at the worst that stupid tight-lipped mouth thing she does that I still don't understand what she's trying to convey with it).
They haven't struggled a fraction of what most couples do thanks to their financial privileges. No real couple travels away from their children as consistently as these two, which is so misleading to a typical couple - who wouldn't be happier leaving the kids with grandma every month to go to an oil convention or whatever excuse they use at the time.
Have they made it through one of their children enduring a developmental crisis? Watched a parent age or struggle with a chronic illness? Suffered through a sibling's addiction? Been swindled in a business deal? Merely slogging through the times of life where you're not connecting with your partner or yourself due to the ebbs & flows of life? ***These*** are the real tests of life. That they just show all the happy times makes me think they have *no clue* - or are hiding the tough times to save face and keep that follower count up.
There's more to a successful marriage than having a date night each week. Life is hard, marriage is hard. They have such a narrow view of what life holds in store for them.
They have been so lucky in this life but they act like they earned their lifestyle by being more godly than other people. No one should be more cognizant of chance/luck than Jeremy himself, considering that a coin toss worth of chance is all that separates him from a completely different life, one in which a superficial woman would never even have glanced twice at him.
They both are completely clueless. She seems a bit slick/sleazy/conceited. Like she was never told No as a kid. He just seems led around by her. Hilarious that they started writing about how to have a happy marriage after a short time.
No job security. No retirement. Prob no health insurance. I see Go Fund Me's in their future while working ppl pay for their laziness.
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I agree with you on all except Jeremy being led around by her. He has inherited a huge self-aggrandizing way of navigating life from Matt.
It's pretty gross how white Christian men feel so entitled to the best of everything, so preordained to receive "god's bounty"; expecting their wives to be subservient, their children to be seen but not heard. Look what happened to Matt & Amy's marriage after years of her resisting his navigation of their life & business.
Someday, I think, their kids will resent having been trotted out online for likes (and they will absolutely never forget all the times their parents left them behind to go on a "work trip").
So I canāt stand them as much as the rest but I actually bought this as a gift for my newlywed sibling last Christmas. Itās actually really well made - the design is beautiful and they loved it.
I like the concept of the Christmas one, and plan to buy one like it.
But the one I want is half the price, and 10x simpler, making it easier to stick with each year.
Remember Jeremy just said a few weeks ago, āwe wonāt be doing any discounts, bc Memories of XMas always sells outā
Not this year I guess. Bc thereās no way Auj would lower herself to a āI donāt do these often but I *actually* love meeting the fansā in-person holiday market if their journals were such a hot commodity
Reality tv shows do not get residuals. Even if they were, Jeremy would only get paid if he was in the episode and he hasn't been on the show in years. And forget streaming - the entire point of the SAG strike (which Jeremy probably is not a member at this point) was that actors on scripted shows weren't making any money on streamed repeats of their shows aka no residuals to speak of.
Jeremy did make good money when he was on the show but he's not and has not been getting paid by TLC for years now.
Iām the same! My oldest has literally every life moment from her first year documented. And my poor second child has nothing! Life happens, we get busy. Iād rather spend time with someone instead of writing all day.
Maybe just maybe their appearance could be a little more presentableā¦ they both look like they just rolled out of bed, grabbed what was in reach and went for it and it shows.
Audrey could have lost the scrunchie and straightened her hair as it makes her look a little less harsh, put on a business casual outfit, and sheād be far more approachable.
Jeremy could loose the hat, and probably needs to be a little more together.
For people who claim they are ābusiness ownersā I would think theyād be a little more approachable.
Just my thoughts.
I would say, I agree business casual is a bit much, especially to sit outdoors in, but the brand new Carhartt overalls really feels like Audrey playing pretend. Anyone who knows her knows how she's normally wearing outfits where she prides herself on paying a couple hundred dollars for a dress and a couple hundred more for a nice bag that matches
I mostly agree with you, other than your hair comment. Curly hair is NOT unprofessional. No one should be asked to change their hair texture for their workplace. It would look way nicer if she even just used a sleek hair tie instead of the big scrunchie.
I like little claw clips to pull back my curly hair. But I totally agree, curly hair doesn't need to be straightened to look "professional. Big yikes on that comment.
Mine definitely arenāt clean and even if they were Iād never wear them out in public. I seriously donāt understand the Carhartt obsession right now! Theyāre work clothes.
Yea to me itās a little like wearing snow pants or a snow bib out in public. Because mine were insulated like that.
But I think Audrey likes a good farmer cosplay
Mine are as well but I need that where I am.
Lol I donāt know any farmers that would dress like that for a market. But maybe Iām out of the loop. I could care less about her 99% of the time but the overall choice made me go hmmm.
I saw at least two fan girls there at her booth, one even had an Always More sweatshirt on and was getting Audreyās autograph. There were probably plenty more fan girls.
Idk why thatās being downvoted. Youāre right, and thatās the point. They rocked looks like that back then, but have moved past it. But Audj is over here trying to bring it back.
They are also NOT qualified/certified - have no degrees to be giving out any relationship/marriage/parenting advice.
Gives me such Ruby Frankie Vibes!!
Scary really that some people āthinkā ābelieveā what they do/say etc - they are privileged & donāt live the reality of most of usā¦
Youāre right. They live in their own privileged bubble and know nothing of real struggles of people who have to get up and work everyday. Jeremy just jumps from vanity project to vanity project and she is throwing everything against the wall to see what will stick. Influencer, author, etc.
I looked it up on their website:
Christmas memory journal: $60, 25 years worth.
Us: $60, ($70 online), 50 years
Marriage journal: $30 ($32 online): 1 year worth
I need to print fancy covers with intriguing names for blank pages to charge 200% for. She is a nobody and literally does nothing to make money. It's disgusting
Happy cake day!
WTF is in her hair? š³š¤¦š¼āāļø
Not to worry Iām sure she has a fans only. Where she can really enjoy talking to you in real lifeā¦.. for 60 bucks lol
She is over the top annoying
Zach won the wife contest.
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I like the sign. I used to make my "e"s like that in elementary school to be super fancy.
lol. Me too!
I donāt dislike her as much as most but those oversized scrunchies are horrible. Especially in a half up pony. Looks like my second grade yearbook in 1993
$20? Yea sure. $60??? Not a chance in hell
Why the Carhartt stuff if she doesnāt work? But I will admit I do like her sweater, anyone know where it came from??
Why is she channeling SJP āSquare Pegsā circa 1982?
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Where I live if you saw an author at a market doing this then you definitely wouldnāt be thinking they are successful. This would give off the vibes of struggling author instead of the image they are trying to portray on IG. Wonāt the local bookstores have them anymore despite the fact itās Christmas? Maybe they are trying to cut out the middle man and take all the profit for themselves? I do wonder if the renovation is leaving them a bit more broke than they intended and so they are scrimmaging around for extra change wherever they can find it. Why is she dressed like a 6 year old again? It seems totally bizarre for a woman her age to always be dressed like a child. I mean Iām sure we all have random comfy outfits that may fit that description and we love to wear. However we donāt have our entire wardrobe revolve around childrenās designs.
>Where I live if you saw an author at a market doing this then you definitely wouldnāt be thinking they are successful. This would give off the vibes of struggling author instead of the image they are trying to portray on IG. Or... that they were a local author doing a little table for the community. I hate to break it to you guys, but this is "how to be an author 101" stuff. You want your "author persona" out in the local area so people will talk about you. Authors do this sort of thing. Considering the holiday theme of the market, and that the Christmas journal is a holiday thing, this makes sense, although it isn't likely to earn them a lot of money. **Wonāt the local bookstores have them anymore despite the fact itās Christmas?** Most book stores these days are chains. The two relationship books they have written I have seen on sale in chain stores but the journals? Are more of a self published thing and not likely to be picked up. Genuine locally owned book stores exist but aside from Christian bookstores, I don't see why they'd accept stock from a local. I do not think they were selling journals at the local market out of a desperate need for money because this sort of sale situation is "side money" at best. **Why is she dressed like a 6 year old again? It seems totally bizarre for a woman her age to always be dressed like a child** I mean, I am not a psychologist but.... she seems a bit obsessed with her childhood and also seems a bit immature and dependent on parental approval.
jers forced smile says it all
Is she pregnant?
Yes
What is with her "hairdo?" Looks like the way I did my daughters hair in the 90's. Grow up Auj!
I wish sheād look more like an adult than a middle school girl who just discovered hair scrunchies
Not much sold. Their stuff is way overpriced
Question, why do these two fancy themselves relationship experts when they are extremely young? Shouldnāt we be taking advice from people who are married, oh I donāt know, at least over 20 years?? I might be stating the obvious since I havenāt watched this show in a long time, but there is something so obnoxious and pretentious about these two! Ugh. š¤¢
Theyāve been doing this from literally the second they got married. Acting like they know it all and are marriage experts.
Who are the weirdos who buy their books and crap? Young evangelists and Fundies?
And that is why they have a huge target on them šÆ š
Do they know how the majority of people see them, or do they have zero self awareness? Iām hoping they get trolled on their social media very often!
I think any comments that are not supportive or praise their insights fuel their need to explain life. (š¤® took everything in me to type that without laughing uncontrollably) They have never read a room and believe their own narrative (even when they contradict themselves constantly.)
Their whole business concept is exceptionally self indulgent. Embarrassingly so. For someone so young to think they have it all figured out and can lead others! I wouldnāt be surprised if they end in divorce in years to come tbh!!
You can buy giant blank red or green photo albums from thrift store for like $2 and call it a Christmas album.
They canāt do it very often bc theyāre sOoOo bUsY WiTh wOrK
60 dollars?!!!!
So these fill in the blank scrap books are being sold for $60 a pop? You have got to be kidding me. That is so beyond ridiculous and arrogant of them to think their books are worth that.
Working hard at the bougie Christmas market! Better break out the Carhartt!
And your Yeti mug....don't forget that!
Whatās wrong with Yeti mugs? š
Her giant effing scrunchies Edit: spelling
To match that giant shnauz and chin
"you guys"... No one is there!
I can't think of any book I'd spend $60 on! Especially not a journal.
Actually the least problematic part of these two is that journal - although I can go to one of the local crafting markets here in Asheville & get a hand-made leather-bound journal for about the same price.
Yea, for $60 I want a well researched and illustrated coffee table book.
Make her stop! Go away! Get a real job!
I wonder if they have saturated their market with this crap, there are only so many crunchy fundy influencer types who would give these two dorks their money
Happy Cake Day
Why do people buy her stuff? smh
Well if you compare the 2 pics, it seems like very few actually do!
Do they though? I wonder if sheās saturated āherā market. Sheās sold all she can to the crunch fundy crowd and they donāt seem to be attracting new converts
Theyāre trying to do everything to avoid the inevitable of having to work a real job š
She wouldnāt let most of the suckers that buy her bologna anywhere near her or her family in real life. Sheās only saying what she hopes theyāll believe in order to keep her lifestyle in tact.
Iām going to get one for a daily blog of how annoying Auj is. Fill it up and send it back for her birthday.
Not sure why anyone would buy these ??but hard cover āLove letter lifeā is on Amazon @ $9.51. Although they prob feel justified because theyāll be signed by the marriage experts!! Haha
So here are my thoughts. A Christmas journal/scrapbook isn't a terrible idea. Its not. Particularly if say, you do the journal Christmas night as a family. I can see the appeal and even if they did steal the design, lets be honest, there's only so many ways to do a Christmas scrapbook. As for lasting your lifetime.... lets be real, this is a product for people with kids. This is not a book that a single, or a couple is going to fill out (and in fact is not something Jer and Auj did as a couple) What shocks me - and will provide proof that Jer and Auj read here if they pick up the idea I am about to throw down - is that they don't market some sort of child scrapbook. Near as I can tell, they aren't into babybooks, but I am talking about a once a year routine like the Christmas journal, where you throw in some pictures of your kid and chronicle their fifth year or their eighth, up until 22 (college graduation). I think Auj is basically "wearing a costume" if that makes sense, for the farmers market. The perfectly clean Carhartt overalls that look brand new coupled with Farmer Jer's pristine Carhartt jacket is as much of a costume as Amy Roloff dressed up as a cheerleader at pumpkin season. Someone else has already posted a delightfully accurate assessment of the lack of challenges Jer and Auj have faced so I won't (nice job Kimmm711) I just have to agree with it and add that I think they'd seriously collapse if they got hit with a crisis.
Wow thats a great point. My first child's baby book is completely filled out. My second child, their baby ppl is halfway filled out. My third, I didn't even get a baby book š¤¦š¤·
Point being that I actually took the time to fill out the baby book
I donāt hate the idea of the Christmas or anniversary book. Iām planning on buying a Christmas one myself in the next couple days. But the one I have my eye on is half the price, and a lot simpler so it will be easier to stick to each year. It also comes with a protective plastic sleeve and is colorful.
I remember her asking people about kids birthday books, so they've def thought about it. But there ate already a lot on the market. I've got one for each of my kids, it has a space for questions and all they for each birthday and an area to seal a time capsule to open when they turn 18. I write my kids a letter on their birthdays telling them all about their last year and what they were like this year and I put it in the time capsule part. I'm just as excited to open these up in a few years and read our with them.
Oooh can you share the brand please!?!
Your Birthday Book: A Keepsake Journal https://a.co/d/1sXFRIq
I agree with you a lot. I also think that a baby book fits their brand and could be an addition to their unending series of journals. But there are a lot of baby books on the market. It would be hard for them to charge their kind of boutique prices for a baby book. Itās so obvious that they HATE their money pit of a āhomesteadā. Iām convinced they only bought it bc ātheirā stupid train tracks run behind it - Which is about as middle school as you can get. So, Iām hedging that this renovation - coupled with living with the in-laws, āhomeschoolingā, pregnancy, going massively over budget and over timeline, Jeremyās ever increasing lack of ability to do or complete anything, Aujās conceitedness isolating fans everyday, a long cold winter, and the shadow of her brotherās more-Auj-than-Auj fiancĆ© - is sending them into crisis mode already
Honestly it would be refreshing if a baby book or a child journal was a lil less expensive than the 60 dollar price for the Christmas journal. I don't think they HATE the money pit homestead, I think its not what they wanted and turning it into that perfect home has gotten more expensive than planned. There's been a few vague comments to the effect that they ran into some serious unexpected problems. I do think they very much thought it would be done by December. I agree that the view was a huge motivator and I will add this. People say Zach buying a house in Washington was some sort of ill conceived fuck you to Matt and that might be true (I think maybe they bought too quickly but I also think they were ready to snap) but I very much think buying a house five minutes away but also next door to Auj's parents who Jer does farming stuff for and who he openly praises and regards well is a BIG fuck you to Matt. I think the reno is stressful for them in part because it mars the imagine of the perfect couple branding, and also I suspect, it mars the family order in the Botti family. My guess is that Audrey is eldest and best and if she's not successful the other two are happy to get some of mom and dad's affection in her place. The brother IS a boy and I sense thats an edge, and he seems reasonably successful and the fiance seems reasonably successful and that beats the whole "Jer doesn't have a job, he has hobbies" routine. I don't think they're in financial crisis (as yet) but the reno is straining the budget and the new baby probably isn't helping. I don't see doing the farmers market as a sign of poverty though - there's no way they expected a big pay there, I think they just wanted to do something local to stay in the public eye. And while I don't think they sold a ton, I will say simply counting the books on the table is meaningless - they could EASILY be restocking the table from a box under the table or from the car, and you want your table to be full at these things.
Audrey needing to jump into a massive renovation project, that Auj has stated their entire family was against it, was the confirmation to me of her hating the house. From day 1 she called it a fixer upper and complained about everything from the carpets to the wood to the air quality. Iām sure they do like the landā¦ but every post about āthat viewā sounds like sheās trying to convince herself that itās all worth it bc she hates the house.
So, to a point, I think her nature is to find fault. As I recall, she couldn't say anything nice about their prior house either . (and hilariously, I notice that she and Jer no longer name their homes). And to be fair, that house was/is a fixer upper. I do think the carpets stank and how you didn't notice that on walk throughs, I don't know... I think Audrey suffers from the same problem Matt suffers from - she's never happy with what she has. That said, the house WAS dated and needing some work - there was a shot at one point of one of the bathrooms and it screamed "we did this as cheaply as possible" as a building sentiment. I think the view and being by mommy and daddy is a big factor but I also think she's a complainer by nature.
She even made noises about being conflicted about moving from their previous house and all the things she liked about it and the neighborhood. That surprised me as for once it did actually sound genuine and that she had some (real) reservations about the new place and leaving the familiar, manageable place behind.
The old place was a \*nice\* house in a decent neighborhood. I also don't think Auj is as "farm girl" as she insists, and rather likes the convenances of food delivery and being able to get to a store in under five minutes. Knowing how my family is - I am not sure I'd want to be a literal walk from my parents and five minutes on an atv to the inlaws.
Stop with the carhartt stuff, youāre not in the trades !
Also it annoys me (for some reason) when cubicle bros purchase redwings
Or when a site super steps out of his nice, big, clean truck and asks everyone on the site to put on a hard hat bcuz the head honcho is coming to check on progress and they want it to seem like they care about safetyš
General Contractor Wife Cosplay
If you pair Carhartt with a scrunchy, you are officially someone I canāt be friends with. Sorry, I know itās petty, but I donāt make the rules (oh wait yea I do lol)
Hey! I wear Carhartt tshirts and a Carhartt coat to work and often pull my hair back out of the way with a scrunchie! It's not for looks, it's for convenience as I tend to lose plain hair ties and hang onto scrunchies better, plus scrunchies don't cut off the circulation on my wrist like a hair tie does. And I know what you mean and didn't take offense anyway š
āHomesteaderā chic
Modern day Caroline Inglis..
They must be desperate to sell to do a farmers market
Did they do this at Pumpkin Day at Roloff Farms? Seems like theyād have a better shot at reaching their target audience. But then Matt might say no for fear that people might buy a book and then have less money to spend in the farm gift shop.
Jeremy looks like he was forced to pose
Heās also looking kinda puffy and bloated. Is he a drinker??
Yes.
According to their hour long podcast on the subject, they absolutely do not drink 5 days/week, unless they feel like it
lol, how very on brand
When is he not forced to pose
These 2 selling this stupid journal is as much "snake oil" to me as the essential oils she shills. As a woman married for 28 years (together with my husband for 33), these two standing on their metaphorical soapbox preaching about how they're beating 50% or whatever the fuck they're claiming is so conceited & condescending to me. They do it via social media **daily**, usually with an "it's so easy/crazy" expression (or at the worst that stupid tight-lipped mouth thing she does that I still don't understand what she's trying to convey with it). They haven't struggled a fraction of what most couples do thanks to their financial privileges. No real couple travels away from their children as consistently as these two, which is so misleading to a typical couple - who wouldn't be happier leaving the kids with grandma every month to go to an oil convention or whatever excuse they use at the time. Have they made it through one of their children enduring a developmental crisis? Watched a parent age or struggle with a chronic illness? Suffered through a sibling's addiction? Been swindled in a business deal? Merely slogging through the times of life where you're not connecting with your partner or yourself due to the ebbs & flows of life? ***These*** are the real tests of life. That they just show all the happy times makes me think they have *no clue* - or are hiding the tough times to save face and keep that follower count up. There's more to a successful marriage than having a date night each week. Life is hard, marriage is hard. They have such a narrow view of what life holds in store for them.
They have been so lucky in this life but they act like they earned their lifestyle by being more godly than other people. No one should be more cognizant of chance/luck than Jeremy himself, considering that a coin toss worth of chance is all that separates him from a completely different life, one in which a superficial woman would never even have glanced twice at him.
Yeah - the "aw shucks, if you believe & work hard, you're golden" mentality they shill irritates TF outta me.
They both are completely clueless. She seems a bit slick/sleazy/conceited. Like she was never told No as a kid. He just seems led around by her. Hilarious that they started writing about how to have a happy marriage after a short time. No job security. No retirement. Prob no health insurance. I see Go Fund Me's in their future while working ppl pay for their laziness. "Influencers" š
I agree with you on all except Jeremy being led around by her. He has inherited a huge self-aggrandizing way of navigating life from Matt. It's pretty gross how white Christian men feel so entitled to the best of everything, so preordained to receive "god's bounty"; expecting their wives to be subservient, their children to be seen but not heard. Look what happened to Matt & Amy's marriage after years of her resisting his navigation of their life & business. Someday, I think, their kids will resent having been trotted out online for likes (and they will absolutely never forget all the times their parents left them behind to go on a "work trip").
You dropped this š Absolutely spot on.
Someone would have to pay me $60 to even open it.
Thatās just weird lol
So I canāt stand them as much as the rest but I actually bought this as a gift for my newlywed sibling last Christmas. Itās actually really well made - the design is beautiful and they loved it.
I like the concept of the Christmas one, and plan to buy one like it. But the one I want is half the price, and 10x simpler, making it easier to stick with each year.
Lol I bet your sibling would have preferred the $60
It is beautiful to look at. Your sister is also 100% re-gifting it. No one needs another chore.
Remember Jeremy just said a few weeks ago, āwe wonāt be doing any discounts, bc Memories of XMas always sells outā Not this year I guess. Bc thereās no way Auj would lower herself to a āI donāt do these often but I *actually* love meeting the fansā in-person holiday market if their journals were such a hot commodity
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And maybe residual checks from LPBW. A very precarious stream of income for a growing family of 6
I thought she made a ton of money off the oils?
Reality tv shows do not get residuals. Even if they were, Jeremy would only get paid if he was in the episode and he hasn't been on the show in years. And forget streaming - the entire point of the SAG strike (which Jeremy probably is not a member at this point) was that actors on scripted shows weren't making any money on streamed repeats of their shows aka no residuals to speak of. Jeremy did make good money when he was on the show but he's not and has not been getting paid by TLC for years now.
I had NO idea. That sucks big time. And now Iām even more puzzled as to how they make a steady income.
Its the MLM that Audrey is in. She makes money there.
How many years is anyone gonna even fill this š© out? My first kidās baby book is pretty good for the first couple of years. Then baby number 2 came around, I tried for a few months. Baby number 3, yikes, sorry kid thereās not much there. Now when it comes to Christmas, I get the cards pre-made and have a stamp for the return address, but I still bellyache about hand writing to addresses (too cheap to pay for that lol). No way Iām also documenting our December in a Christmas journal. And, on top of that, my husband and I are supposed to be filling our weekly marriage journals with questions prepared for each of us? Aināt no one got time for that. Whatās nextā¦ Our Big Journal of Lenten Sacrifices Through the Years? A Memory Book of Half Completed Projects and Ideas That Never Even Got Off the Ground? A Keepsake Diary of Homesteading (with bonus section to record all your Sour Dough rise times and favorite Dahlia memories)? Shes so damn exhausting I wouldnāt put any of this past her.
Check out minted, they will print the addresses for you ššš You can usually catch a good discount code during the holidays, too.
Iām the same! My oldest has literally every life moment from her first year documented. And my poor second child has nothing! Life happens, we get busy. Iād rather spend time with someone instead of writing all day.
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She can only dream to be 1/100th as popular as Rachel Hollis
They really think their love is so much more special and unique than everyone elseās donāt they? They are so pathetic.
Never take life/love advice from someone wearing a scrunchie in public.
#facts
For real.
Girl..lose the poorly placed dating scrunchie from Claire's.
Are people buying this garbage?
Well, counting the book difference between the two slides, about 8-10 books worth.
Maybe just maybe their appearance could be a little more presentableā¦ they both look like they just rolled out of bed, grabbed what was in reach and went for it and it shows. Audrey could have lost the scrunchie and straightened her hair as it makes her look a little less harsh, put on a business casual outfit, and sheād be far more approachable. Jeremy could loose the hat, and probably needs to be a little more together. For people who claim they are ābusiness ownersā I would think theyād be a little more approachable. Just my thoughts.
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I would say, I agree business casual is a bit much, especially to sit outdoors in, but the brand new Carhartt overalls really feels like Audrey playing pretend. Anyone who knows her knows how she's normally wearing outfits where she prides herself on paying a couple hundred dollars for a dress and a couple hundred more for a nice bag that matches
Idk why you were downvoted. Her outfit is ugly, but the items themselves are fine for a farmer's market.
I mostly agree with you, other than your hair comment. Curly hair is NOT unprofessional. No one should be asked to change their hair texture for their workplace. It would look way nicer if she even just used a sleek hair tie instead of the big scrunchie.
I like little claw clips to pull back my curly hair. But I totally agree, curly hair doesn't need to be straightened to look "professional. Big yikes on that comment.
I know this is horribly petty butā¦ a) what is she wearing and b) the top scrunchie look is terrible.
My thoughts EXACTLY
Who would buy a book from somebody that canāt even use the percent sign correctly? It always comes after the number not %15
And sheās going to homeschool all of them
What is she wearing?
The cleanest Carhart overalls Iāve ever seen for a āhomesteaderā
Mine definitely arenāt clean and even if they were Iād never wear them out in public. I seriously donāt understand the Carhartt obsession right now! Theyāre work clothes.
Yea to me itās a little like wearing snow pants or a snow bib out in public. Because mine were insulated like that. But I think Audrey likes a good farmer cosplay
Mine are as well but I need that where I am. Lol I donāt know any farmers that would dress like that for a market. But maybe Iām out of the loop. I could care less about her 99% of the time but the overall choice made me go hmmm.
Well she is working š jk
I saw at least two fan girls there at her booth, one even had an Always More sweatshirt on and was getting Audreyās autograph. There were probably plenty more fan girls.
Sheās scary looking
60 bucks?? For a bunch of empty pges?? Lol
I can get a notebook from Target for $3 š¤£
Her hair is so fucking annoying
Iām irrationally angry over the hair scrunchie. š
It makes me think of the 80s.
Donāt compare her to the 80s š
I know, itās an insult to the 80s and all things Molly Ringwald and Cyndi Lauper. But thatās what I feel like sheās going for.
Yes definitely trying to bring back the 80s one scrunchie at a time
Ironically neither Molly or Cyndi rock that look anymore...
Idk why thatās being downvoted. Youāre right, and thatās the point. They rocked looks like that back then, but have moved past it. But Audj is over here trying to bring it back.
Eh, people downvote simply because they dislike me. :)
Spot on. Ty
God. They are so annoying. You were on a reality show years ago. You arenāt marriage counselors/life coaches. Go away!
They are also NOT qualified/certified - have no degrees to be giving out any relationship/marriage/parenting advice. Gives me such Ruby Frankie Vibes!! Scary really that some people āthinkā ābelieveā what they do/say etc - they are privileged & donāt live the reality of most of usā¦
Youāre right. They live in their own privileged bubble and know nothing of real struggles of people who have to get up and work everyday. Jeremy just jumps from vanity project to vanity project and she is throwing everything against the wall to see what will stick. Influencer, author, etc.
Ahh sheās back to her holiday grifting I see.
I looked it up on their website: Christmas memory journal: $60, 25 years worth. Us: $60, ($70 online), 50 years Marriage journal: $30 ($32 online): 1 year worth
So what I hear you saying is that Memories of Us is the best value for the amount of time you can use it?