What’s in my bag & our current hyper fixations

Summary

Always Here
Hosts: Abby Howard & Abby Howard | Daylight Media
Episode: What’s in My Bag & Our Current Hyper Fixations
Date: June 26, 2026

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Overview

This lighthearted and lively episode is another quarterly installment of “Abby’s Favorites,” where sister-in-laws and co-hosts Abby & Abby Howard dive into the practical, funny, and sometimes chaotic realities of their lives—from what actually lives in their bags to their current beauty, fashion, food obsessions, home upgrades, and family hacks. The tone is warm and playful, with constant tangents, authentic confessions, and a spirit of making everyday motherhood and womanhood both relatable and fun.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Welcome, Context, and Checking In ([01:44–10:21])

• Update: Addy is out, and producer Hannah is filling in (off mic).
• The hosts reflect on funny moments from past episodes (including listeners asking if they were “high” during their favorites episode).
• Early-morning gym woes and pregnancy aches humorously recounted.
• Outings with kids, including a shout-out to the Phoenix indoor play place, "Super Play" ([05:55]).

“My hope, though—this is just also so light—but I feel like there was a stretch there where we ate out so much because we were traveling back to back… Eating at home actually has healed me.” – Abby B ([07:46])

What's in My Bag: Real Mom Bag Confessions ([10:21–22:38])

Abby B’s Coach Bag Inventory:

• Diapers (two sizes for two kids), wipes, sunglasses (Ray Bans), wallet, kids’ teether toy, hair scrunchie, three pens (the iconic Pilot G2), hand sanitizer, Supergoop sunscreen, snack mix, 12 (!) lipsticks (Merit, Kosas, Tatcha, Buxom, ELF, etc.), sanitizer, trail mix, sunglasses, trash, gift cards, and $13 cash.

Abby A’s Diaper/Backpack Inventory:

• Trash, spray hand sanitizer, study book, goldfish, gummy worms, cough drops, crayons, hairbrush, Play-Doh, crafts and bookmarks, napkins, tied-to-go stick, clips, pencil, tech deck, moldy clementine, socks, plane tickets, and two (!) actual lip products.

“It’s messed up how the ratio of tech decks to lip products in here—the ratio is off.” – Abby A ([21:52])

Notable Memory:

• The notion of “mom coded” items, like moldy clementines and half-eaten snacks, surfaces as a running joke.

Beauty & Skincare Obsessions ([25:24–41:53])

Favorite Moisturizers:

• Abby A: Neutrogena Hydro Boost (“light, goes well under makeup”). ([26:26])
• Abby B: La Roche Posay Double Repair Moisturizer (“super thick—perfect for very dry skin”). ([26:50])

Repeat Purchase Hero Products:

• Both: Ilia Skin Tint
• Abby B: Therese & Honor collagen eye patches (“massive difference in my under eyes, a month’s supply for $20!”. [28:22])

Worth-the-Hype Products:

• Both: Supergoop sunscreen (notably the Play and Unseen versions, plus mention of a Trader Joe’s dupe). ([29:41])
• Bonus: Summer Fridays and Merit lip products praised for hydration and color; Well People translucent powder for gentle brightening.

Unique Recommendations:

• Merit Minimalist stick (“blurs your entire skin…doesn’t feel like anything’s on your face”—Abby A [35:56]); Tresemme Mega Control hair gel as a fast beauty hack ("I use this on my eyebrows every day.” – Abby B [38:01])

Splurges Worth the Money:

• Abby A: Bio Ionic Curling Iron (“if it ever broke I’d immediately repurchase.” [38:50])
• Abby B: Fresh Rose Water Toner (“continued to purchase for six years—even though it’s $45 a bottle—it’s that good.” [41:31])

Drugstore Gems:

• Abby A: Jergen’s Natural Glow (“you can’t mess it up”). ([41:59])
• Abby B: Versed Vitamin C Serum (Target).
• Scent Update: Daisy Eau So Fresh (Marc Jacobs) and Dime “Stay Awhile” (clean, vanilla scent).

“You know what, I’ve always been obsessed with Honolulu Cookies…” – Abby B ([67:48])

Fashion Faves & Practical Picks ([46:38–56:19])

• Abby B: JoyLab Target set (midrise shorts + sweatshirt), New Balance 9060s (“wanted these for three years, will buy in more colors”), Abercrombie men’s sweatshirt (“my most asked link”). ([47:10], [50:29], [92:44])
• Abby A: Quince white cotton skirt + Abercrombie bra-free cami (“literally bought a ton; so thick, double-lined”), Crocs jelly flip flops (“supportive, versatile—sadly misplaced!”), and “cakes”– triangle, stick-on bra alternatives that “fix” the pastie issue ([55:23])

Food & Drink Hyperfixations ([60:04–76:43])

Coffee & Snack Orders:

• Abby A: La La Land’s Banana Cloud Latte (“tastes like real banana, not overhyped”, [60:48]), dried mango (sweetened).
• Abby B: Pumpkin spice lattes year round, Dots pretzels (“cinnamon sugar flavor lights me up—yes, it’s MSG!” [65:26]), Scandinavian Swimmers as the potty reward treat.

Sweet Treats:

• Abby A: Sweet Lorenz cookies (“they look weird but taste so good—dairy and gluten free”). ([66:36])
• Abby B: Honolulu shortbread cookies, homemade kid smoothies.

Costco & Trader Joe’s Must-Haves:

• Jasmine sticky rice packets, elote corn chip dippers, rotisserie chicken (“pull it hot, use all week—$5 feeds a family!” [69:01])

“That’s the one thing I will doomsday—I will put that in my bunker.” – Abby A, on Trader Joe’s Elote Chips ([71:07])

Current Hyper-Fixation Foods:

• Abby B: Scandinavian Swimmers (“all natural dyes!”)
• Abby A: Grilled salmon with lemon, sea salt, and sweet Thai chili sauce.

Favorite Drinks:

• Abby B: Custom “wellness” mega-drink with Clean Simple Eats protein & creatine (“it’s pink, it’s sweet, and it’s making me glow from the inside out.” [74:17])
• Abby A: Olipop raspberry sherbet (“it really tastes like sherbet!”)

Home Upgrades & Little Luxuries ([76:48–85:14])

Game-Changing Home Items:

• Abby B: Dyson cordless vacuum, IKEA Scandinavian-named pantry baskets.
• Abby A: Ninja Crispy air fryer (“non-toxic, glass, huge capacity, so easy to clean” [77:50]), Shark cordless vacuum.

Scent & Cleaning:

• Pura smart home fragrance (caveat: “amazing but the $15 cartridges don’t last long” [80:43]), O-Cedar mop v. RoboRock (“sleep-while-you-mop!”)

Favorite Little Luxuries:

• Both: Cozy Earth sheets, ChiliPad mattress topper (for customized cooling at night).

Kids & Family Life ([85:16–91:53])

Toy Worth the Money:

• Strider balance bike, refillable water balloons, Sunday Swim Co. towel shirts (“wearable towels kids never want to take off.”)

Snack/Learning/Parenting Hacks:

• Snack: Haya Greens chocolate milk powder, smoothie as daily snack delivery vehicle.
• Hacks: Backyard pool, Veer wagon, Maybe Baby carrier.
• Book Recs: “Wonder” picture book (lessons on kindness), “Jesus Storybook Bible.”

“Anyone that has a ChiliPad doesn't shut up about their ChiliPad because it changes you.” – Abby A ([83:33])

Shopping & Influencing ([92:29–97:26])

• Abercrombie men’s paisley sweatshirt (Abby B’s “most asked” link [92:44])
• Maternity Amazon onesie (Abby A's top pregnant friend recommendation [94:46])
• UnbuckleMe car seat gadget ([95:01])
• Walmart $3 tank tops & kid shoes as under-$25 MVPs.

Quickfire Listener Q&A ([97:50–110:05])

1. Senior Year Advice: “Don’t check out. Participate in all the cheesy things. Senior year is peak high school.” ([98:30])

2. Becoming a Stay-at-Home Mom: “Create routine—even if you love lack of structure, your day and your kids’ behavior thrive on predictability. Seek community—a weekly playdate or walk makes a world of difference.” ([102:13], [105:00])

3. Trends That Should Never Return: Peplum tops, bandage/tube skirts, infinity scarves, elite Sperrys (“boat shoes”), business casual blazers, low rise skinny jeans, Toms, Nike tempos (with unjust school dress-coding stories). ([105:53])

Memorable Quotes & Timestamps

• “It’s messed up how the ratio of tech decks to lip products in here—the ratio is off.” – Abby A ([21:52])
• “That’s the one thing I will doomsday—I will put that in my bunker.” – Abby A ([71:07])
• “Eating at home actually has healed me. Not my—ahem—still have stomach problems. But just everything about it, I just feel a lot better.” – Abby B ([07:46])
• “Anyone that has a ChiliPad doesn’t shut up about their ChiliPad because it changes you.” – Abby A ([83:33])
• “When I looked back at those Sperrys—tan with plaid fabric, fold-over—I realized, yeah, they were NOT cool.” – Abby B ([107:16])
• “Don’t check out. Participate in all the cheesy things. Senior year is peak high school.” – Abby B ([98:30])
• “I literally never vacuumed before [the cordless] and I was 25. So don’t tell me.” – Abby B ([77:22])

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Engagement & Patreon

• The episode closes with listener voicemails and a promise of bonus favorites on Patreon.
• Top review is read aloud and the hosts reiterate how much they value the community:

  "...if she feels like it's a gift to her, I feel like this community is a gift to me too." – Abby B ([112:22])

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Episode Takeaways: Heart, Humor, & Hacks

• Authenticity Over Aspiration: The Ab(h)bys model vulnerability, mess, and laughter—whether it’s the embarrassing contents of a mom bag or full-blown product obsessions.
• Community: Both are adamant about the importance of mom community, routine with flexibility, and supporting each other through all stages.
• Practical Recs Only: Nearly every category comes with a specific, non-sponsored recommendation—from kids’ stuff to pantry chips to favorite beauty buys.
• Relatable Playfulness: Nothing is off-limits—from confessions about moldy snacks to unpopular takes on “bad fashion” nostalgia and encouragement to participate in the present “cheesy” moments.

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Additional Notable Timestamps

• [14:05] — Detailed lipstick/pens tally (12 lippies, 3 pens: “iconic”)
• [37:01] — Discovering “blur stick” vs. “minimalist stick”
• [50:29] — New Balance 9060s “waited three years”
• [65:26] — Dots pretzels “MSG and proud”
• [80:03] — Pura “expensive, but worth it”
• [88:55] — “Don’t dry the Sunday Swim Co kid towel...it’ll shrink!”

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For Listeners Who Haven’t Tuned In

This episode is a crash course in the Howard sister-in-law lifestyle: equal halves resourceful and relaxed, full of crowd-sourced tips and real-life laughter, it's an hour-plus of accessible recommendations, candid confessions, and the feeling that your mess is not just normal, but shareable—and often pretty funny.

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Transcript

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So you're saying with Hilton honored, I can use points for a free night stay anywhere? Anywhere.

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What about fancy places like the canopy in Paris?

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Yeah.

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Hilton Honors, baby. Or relaxing sanctuaries like the Conrad in Tulum Hilton Honors, baby.

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Ooh.

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What about the five star Waldorf Astoria in the Maldives?

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Are you gonna do this for all 9,000 properties when you want points that can take you anywhere, anytime it matters where you stay. Hilton for the stay.

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Pasties.

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Wow.

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Is that what they look like these days?

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Oh, these are called cakes. One small problem.

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Okay.

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I don't know where the other one is.

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Of course.

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Del Lotte corn chip dippers.

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I put that on my tip.

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That's the one thing I will doomsday.

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What's in your bunker? Canned corn. I'm a loser. Every week on our planning calls, I'm like, what about what's in my bag?

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A tech deck. Did people want this content?

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I'm actually surprised I don't have a Hot Wheels in my purse. Moldy Clementine is very. Mom couldn't. Ooh, do we have a jingle for Abby's favorites?

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Should we make one right now? I'll beatbox

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Abby's favorite.

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Okay, we're gonna workshop that.

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Welcome back to Always Here. We're your hosts, Abbey Howard and Abby Howard.

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Hello. We should say Addy's not here today.

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She's not here. Hannah is in her seat. She's our little producer today. Hey, you don't have a camera, though, so just a microphone.

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Yeah, yeah. She's like, I was not prepared for this.

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Sorry, Hannah. Hannah's on our team, if you guys didn't know that, so.

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And, yeah, Addy's just visiting her family back in Missouri, so.

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Yeah, I keep getting mixed up with that in the cruise. It's her family time this week.

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She's in Missouri?

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Yes. That's so fun.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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Well, we're here to share the hope and the heart with heart and humor. We've done this back to back to back now. So I'm like, what is going on?

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What is there to talk about? I'm sure we'll think of something. No, I feel like this is gonna be a really fun episode. The last time we did this style of episode, we decided we're kind of do this quarterly.

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Yeah. Does that feel too often?

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No.

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No. Okay. Sick.

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I don't know. Ask them.

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Yeah, we did our Abby's favorites episode. This was like one of the OG formats that we thought of when we were talking about doing a podcast that we were really excited about. And originally we were like, let's do it monthly. Like, wow, that's crazy. That is actually crazy.

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No, the last time you filmed, when people thought we were high.

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Yeah. They kept asking if we did edibles or something. I don't know why. We were like just so on one that day.

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Here's the thing. If you don't ever do them, then just sometimes it naturally happens. Like, you got to get higher as well.

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Yeah. You're like, ooh. Just high off life.

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High off life, whatever it is.

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So maybe we'll try to channel that energy again today. Yeah, I hope we can.

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I hope we can. You needed a coffee upon arrival.

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Yeah, I did.

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I'm in pain, so that's my heart. I was shocked when I walked into the gym today. Who do I see? Not even just at the 8:30 class, but early.

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I was five minutes early.

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What came over you?

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I don't know. Truly, I don't know. I felt a little weird.

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Like it was like an accident.

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Yeah, it was. It just feels unnatural getting to places five minutes early. Like I sat in the car and just like twiddling my thumbs, you know, I wasn't gonna go inside. That felt embarrassing. So I just waited until everyone else started to go inside.

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I would do the same, obviously. Yeah, early.

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But yeah.

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Yeah, that was a little stressful.

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But I was on time. It does make a difference when you get the warm up part of your workout because the warm up's pretty difficult.

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Yeah.

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So I normally never make the work warm up. So that was fun. Yeah. Add a little element to my workout.

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I'm hurting. That's my. That's literally my heart.

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It was a really hard.

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My body hurts so bad from that. I'm like, that was bad. Bad idea.

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What is it the jumping or the running or the running really hurt and then. Yeah.

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But you know what kept me going?

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Why?

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I saw that video of that woman that was 40 weeks pregnant that did like a five minute mile.

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Whoa.

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I was like, I physically can do this. Okay. I physically can't do a five minute mouth.

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I.

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But I physically can run while pregnant. I can't.

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Yeah.

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Literally at this point, I can't.

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I Don't think you can. I could, I felt like I couldn't. I feel like I was gonna get prolapse or something from it, which could happen so bad. Yeah. Just maybe listen to your body.

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And I wasn't even, I wasn't even running. Like I was really like.

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Yeah, I stopped running early. I. And I love to run. Like I run frequently when I'm not pregnant. And the minute I start get pregnant at like 17 weeks, I get the worst sciatic pain and like the worst public floor pain. I'm like, it's just not worth it.

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It was the, it was the pubic bone.

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Huh.

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But now that hurts. And my lower back hurts. And I think it. We did squat clean jumps onto the ledge and that was just like the most insane amount of pressure for like. I was like, nah, I don't want to do that.

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I didn't even do that move. Not pregnant.

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No one did that move. And I was like, yeah.

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I just didn't feel safe.

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Sam was watching me so I was like, I'm just gonna do it.

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Sure, I'll do it.

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I did 12 pound weight, so it wasn't like I was really doing anything crazy. But yeah, I was like. So then today when we did the play date with our kids, I was like, I'm sitting here the whole time. Yeah, Yeah. I literally can't possibly move. And now that both kids go potty and at different times I'm like walking,

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you gotta get up.

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So lazy. But you know what, they didn't even notice the difference. They were having a great time. They're sweating like crazy.

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That was such a fun. That was a good place. You guys are right. Should we shout it out?

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Shout out. Super play.

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Super play. Yeah, the owner was there today and he said they're opening up two more locations in Arizona.

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Yeah, I'm such a huge fan. We have hosted a birthday party there before. We go there frequently. It's great because like when you have high energy kids, but you live in a climate that is like 120 degrees, right. Like summer time, you gotta get out of the house. But like what are you gonna do? You can't go to the park. You don't want to go to the pool every single day. And so.

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And if your kids don't swim, it's like what do you do? You know?

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Yeah. And so it's a great air conditioned place where they can blow up some skinny. It's very clean, super clean, very friendly. And they like have, they're very intentional about like having eyesight. On a lot of areas and, like, no screens and it's kind of, like, throwback themed.

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Yeah, it was really cute. Yeah, they had a lot of fun. CJ was obsessed.

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Their soft pretzels are insane.

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It looked. Yeah. I was like, huge.

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Don't start. Because once you start, you can't stop.

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Okay, good.

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They're so good. They shouldn't be.

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Yeah.

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So how's my heart? What's your hard.

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I don't really have a heart. I was laughing because I posted a video with Caleb that he's been doing the Shed, you know, and someone commented, and I got a couple messages being like, you talking on the podcast about how burnt out he is and giving him this massive house project to do. I was like, you know what?

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Fair.

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And you know what? He did tell me he is burnt out officially. So I'm like, great. Sorry. But it's a hobby. Maybe it's like, filling, fulfilling.

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This is filling your cup. Right? Right.

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This is creative. Creative outlet.

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Yes.

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But I'm not, like, putting the pressure on him to finish it. It will just be really nice to have the separate office space when it is done. So he's kind of feeling motivated to do that. But I don't think we have, like, a serious hard. Yeah, Just that.

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No, mine's not serious.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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My pubic bone will be all right.

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And you should just lay down after this. Lay horizontally in your pool.

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Yeah. Yeah. That is what I'm. That.

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Yeah. Coming up. Let's get all the pressure off that.

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That sounds amazing. But my hope, though, this is just also so light, but I feel like there was a stretch there where we ate out so much because we were traveling back to back.

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Yeah.

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Eating at home actually has healed me. Not my. Yeah, I still have stomach problems, but just everything about it. I just feel a lot better.

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Yeah. The inflammation in your body, probably.

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I just like eating at home.

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Yeah.

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I just. Do I feel better? Mm, I guess maybe. Yeah, it's inflammation.

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I don't know what it is. Well, it's really crazy, like, because I cook almost every single meal at home.

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Yeah.

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I mean, we. It's not even like, oh, once a week, we eat out. Like, we very rarely eat out. And so when we do go through spurts, I go on a vacation or a trip, we're eating out constantly. It is, like, really a night and day difference in how we feel. And I think it is just, you know, different sodium. And maybe it's not even like you're eating unhealthy foods. It's just the Oils and everything are different. You just feel it when you're used to a certain thing.

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Yeah. And I think it's just, I don't know, you can control the portions more. There's also that, like.

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Yeah, for sure.

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I don't know, I just feel a lot better and I feel like sometimes eating out just. I'm like, oh my gosh, we just spent so much money.

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Yeah.

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I'm just that now I can make that at home.

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Totally.

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Just feel better about everything.

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For sure. For sure. My hope. This is actually really exciting. My dad is a radio DJ in St. Louis and he's done that on the same radio station for 50 years.

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That's so cool.

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Isn't that crazy? So this.

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Have him on the pod.

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Have him on the pod. He would love to. He has been his job literally for 50 years.

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And so your dad's job is my dad's worst fear.

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No, truly. Everyone was like, bring the dads on. It's like, I just don't think we'd get both dads.

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No, I would have some.

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I know. I'll just do something with my dad on my own.

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His extreme phobia.

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He is having the radio station. It's a rock station. So they're throwing him like a big. Well, they're doing a huge concert and then they're honoring him at this concert. Yeah. So I'm going home for it on Friday. Just like a 24 hour trip. I know it's going to be a whirlwind, just like a turnaround thing. But we're going to go on stage and present an award to him. My sisters and I, they put together a little video that and John our, our father in law and all of their uncles like Uncle Bob, Uncle Brett, they're all going, isn't that fun? I'm gonna be on stage like, hey, Uncle. Hey, father in law. I know. And they have like a compilation video that's so CJ and Vivian put a little video in, congratulate my dad. So, yeah, it'll be really fun.

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That's really sweet.

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I know.

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That'll be great.

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I'm excited and I'm excited just to see my sisters and hang out with them. So I'm really. Even though it's just be a day, I'm pumped.

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That makes it fun.

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It totally does. Yeah. So that'll be. That's this weekend. So I'm sure I'll recap it when I get back. But yeah, we thought it'd be kind

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of fun today and it kind of fitting with this episode of doing Favorites to do what's my bag Element. And when I say we, I mean Abby because she carries a bag and I don't carry bag regularly. So mine's going to be every week

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on our planning calls, I'm like, what about what's in my bag? I think I recommend.

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No, I need this. I need to know what to put in a bag because here's the thing. We went to New York and I like had a purse cuz I rented it from like fashion Pass for my outfits. And I was like, I need to carry this, right? And I was like, guys, look what's in my purse. One lipstick.

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No, I'm not. I think you'll see in my purse it's mostly lipstick.

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Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So let's see what's in our bag.

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We're going to do it. Okay.

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It's going to be literally just an authentic. I just grabbed this from my mud room.

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Yeah, same.

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I, I don't know.

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Haven't open. Nothing has changed. Grab my bag. Do you want to go first?

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I think you should go for it.

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Mine's a little heavier.

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Thank you. No, mine's. Mine's heavy, but.

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Okay, well let me show off the bag first. This is my coach outlet. I think it's the air and shoulder bag in chocolate brown. My favorite bag. I'm obsessed with it. I'm gonna start with the outside pockets first because those are boring and easy. Okay. The one pocket I have two size 3 millimoon diapers for Ms. Vivian. And I also. Oh, look, first lippy. Let's count them up at the end. Vaseline lip therapy. Rosy lips. I don't love this, but I was

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gonna say I've never seen you use that one.

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Yeah, it's not that good, but you know, when in doubt. Okay, the other side. I have two outer pockets. I have two size 5 pull up diapers for CJ. I also have some wipes from hello Bello. These ones are scented, but they're not scented. It's like essential oiled.

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No.

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Yeah, they are. They're.

[A]

Give me that. I use those.

[B]

Aloe. I know, and they smell nice.

[A]

Aloe is not essential.

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They smell.

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Yeah, I don't think. I'm not smelling anything.

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You smell nice. Oh, and ladies, you know we're back to this. So there's two lights, which is not doing nothing for nobody. But you know, just in case there's an emergency. Oh, I got three of those. Okay, now to the main pocket I have a organic apple, sweet potato I actually should probably throw this away because I think it's. I think it's had some extreme heat to it. So we're gonna throw plastics. Put that one in the. Yeah. Get that microplastic out of here.

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Get that microplastic out of here.

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I have my sunglasses. These are some Ray bans that I love. Got them for Christmas. And within this case, it's actually a part wallet. So I have a couple. My insurance card. I have a debit card in there handy. Yeah, I'm like, you know, I always bring that around. And then a chew toy. I'm sorry. Teether toy. I always call them chew toys. They are scrunchie. My keys. I have.

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I've never seen you wear a scrunchie.

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Yeah. I don't know why that's in there. It's got a lot of hairs coming out of it. I just got this hand sanitizer at Trader Joe's.

[A]

They have good hand sanitizers.

[B]

Yeah. It smells delicious. I love that one. I have three pens. These are the best pens. The Pilot G207. Love them. I should have bind this to my list. And we're going to the list. This is a great pen. I've used these since college. Specifically good pens. Okay. I have the little supergoop unseen sunscreen. I just keep my bag, throw it in my part on my face. There's a lot in this bag.

[A]

No, it's. I think this is very. All this makes sense in a bag.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

I'm taking notes.

[B]

I have a little chocolate trail mix. This is my favorite one from Trader Joe's. Yeah. Cashews, almonds and chocolate.

[A]

Chocolate. How does that not melt?

[B]

I just put it in today. I was going to eat it, but then you got me that salad some.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I did Venmo Matt for that, by the way. Why? I have some trash.

[A]

Okay. That's what mine's all gonna be. Yeah.

[B]

Okay, then I have. Should we count the lipsticks about to come out?

[A]

Yeah. Okay.

[B]

I actually love this.

[A]

Well, you have good lips. Thank you. Dress them up.

[B]

This is the Tatcha. The Kissu lip mask. This is like their.

[A]

It's your favorite.

[B]

I love this. It's like the laneige version of it. It's really good. Okay, then I have two of the Kosis Lip pulse glassy lip pumpers in these pinks that are really pretty. My favorite lipsticks ever are from Merit. This is the signature lip. It's really, really hydrating. I'm a very, very dry girly. The color bespoke is my favorite. I have it on right now. And then the color ginger is like a orangey brown. It's also very pretty.

[A]

That'd be a good color on you.

[B]

Really good color. Thank you so much. Okay, then I have the buxom. I took this from your PR closet. I love it. Full on plumping lip creme in Mexican hot chocolate. Fantastic color. Then I have the merit lip lip liner Signature lip in bespoke. I have a kissing jelly. It's actually empty, so I'm gonna throw that one away.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

This is like cleaning out my bag.

[A]

It's a good idea.

[B]

The One Skin Lip spf.

[A]

I really like this.

[B]

We did an ad with one skin and I really like this.

[A]

I always thought it was weird that you put sunscreen on your lips and my lips got burned last week again. Really?

[B]

Yeah. I. I have to because I get freckles on my lips. I got more. I got a Maruku Juicy lipstick from Tarte in Hibiscus. I have a roll on of Ralph Lauren. Midnight. This surely is expired. Midnight romance. I haven't had that since high school.

[A]

How did it end up in your brand new bag?

[B]

I think I thought it was my dime. One that I've been transferring over. Okay. Another bespoke lip liner. My Jones Road cool gloss and pink gold shiver. My elf lip lacquer in Wild Rose Rose. So if you guys are ever wondering. And then I have some gift cards and cash. I'm not going to show you guys. Sorry. That's it.

[A]

How much cash you got in there? That's what you want?

[B]

I think I have $10. Oh, no, I'm sorry. Oh, I got some singles. I have 13.

[A]

Booyah.

[B]

That's truly from my mom. She surely gave CJ some money and I kept it.

[A]

That's sweet.

[B]

No, I think she's actually know what that's from. It's when we went to the baseball game. She gave him some cash. So. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 12 lipsticks in there. You just gotta start throwing them in there.

[A]

Gotta start throwing.

[B]

Yeah. And three pens of the same kind. Throw them in there.

[A]

Throw them in.

[B]

Yeah. That's my bag.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Thank you. I got a little sweaty. Was that too long?

[A]

No. You were going so fast.

[B]

Oh, okay. Because I thought I was boring people.

[A]

I'm gonna really have to go fast because this is all just. This is pathetic. This is. I do like this bag. It's actually a diaper bag, love. You can wear it as a backpack or as. It doesn't look like a diaper bag. It. Which I feel like was acceptable because I had two toddlers. I was like, I don't need a full on diaper bag.

[B]

I like the shape of that a lot.

[A]

Oh,

[B]

well, is it just diapers?

[A]

Just trash. Okay. Hand sanitizer, which actually this is something I will say. This is a parenting hack spray hand sanitizer, if you haven't figured it out, is just the only way because it just rolls off their hands.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Hate the smell of this, though. Actually, do you smell that?

[B]

The Touchland.

[A]

No, this is a off brand. Off brand Touchland.

[B]

You know what that reminds me of? The Lip Smackers. It smells like a kid thing. Totally.

[A]

Okay, great. Got our study book right here.

[B]

Beautiful.

[A]

Oh, wow. Just like so much kids trash.

[B]

Goldfish bag of gummy worms.

[A]

I had a sore throat for about four weeks, so there's a bunch of cough drops in there.

[B]

What flavor?

[A]

Crayons. Oh, the Ludens. Sugar free wild cherry.

[B]

Never tried.

[A]

They taste good. They don't necessarily make your throat feel better though.

[B]

They never do.

[A]

Another hand sanitizer. Perfect little hairbrush. Oh, it's actually the Tangle Teaser, but just a smaller one.

[B]

Oh, that's cool.

[A]

It's actually really good. I mean, can't show you. How many crayons are in here?

[B]

Are they in the box?

[A]

They all fell out.

[B]

So just the box and then a bunch of crayons all on the bottom.

[A]

And you know what? Here's all my cough drops.

[B]

Oh, perfect. I hate when that happens.

[A]

Couple beef sticks. Not surprised by that.

[B]

Oh, my gosh.

[A]

Got quite a like. I mean, I can't even tell you how many things of play D'oh.

[B]

What? Abby is this bag. Where'd you go that you brought all this stuff?

[A]

I need Play doh. Where we go?

[B]

You bring Play Doh to restaurants and.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Really?

[A]

I play with Playdoh at a restaurant.

[B]

That's.

[A]

And they need crayons.

[B]

That's true. That's true.

[A]

A little craft that Griffin made.

[B]

Cute. Jesus is for everyone.

[A]

Oh, I actually intentionally saved this one because.

[B]

Uncle, that's so cute. I have ours on the fridge.

[A]

What's that bookmark that our friend made us?

[B]

I love that I use mine.

[A]

I do as I. It's clearly in my bag.

[B]

Have you used this bag since? Both?

[A]

Yeah, actually, it does go with me places.

[B]

Cute.

[A]

A bunch of napkins.

[B]

Oh, this was smart.

[A]

This was smart. Never used it though. Tied to ghost stick.

[B]

That is smart.

[A]

That was smart. I had a good thought there.

[B]

That's smart.

[A]

A couple Clips.

[B]

Perfect. I actually pulled these clips out of my bag when I got here.

[A]

See?

[B]

See?

[A]

I was prepared. Pencil.

[B]

I feel like a pencil is a lost utility in my house. We have one mechanical pencil.

[A]

I actually specifically like these pencils.

[B]

I remember loving those in school.

[A]

They're really good. And I also do have a specific lead count I like. And this isn't the right one.

[B]

Shucks.

[A]

I like a thicker lead.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, a tech deck. Did people want this content?

[B]

I'm actually surprised I don't have a hot Wheels in my purse, because the little wheel things. A tech deck. And 8. Perfect.

[A]

These tech decks are really cool.

[B]

Those are really cool.

[A]

But you have to know that they. This is so niche. They come. The real tech decks come without the wheels. And like, like all this on it to build it. And Matt had to build it. And he was like, I like. This was a really fun idea, Abby, because it took me two hours to do, like, three of them.

[B]

It's like the teeniest, tiniest.

[A]

Another screwdriver deck. Oh, heck.

[B]

Moldy clementine is very mom coded.

[A]

I don't think this is the content they wanted. Microplastics. Get rid of it. At least we know your hands are. I like. I don't recognize this. I don't recognize.

[B]

Got some super, super socks.

[A]

Is my gripe. Every indoor play place requires their own personal socks.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

And I surely never have the right one in the right bag at the right time.

[B]

I just always keep mine in the car.

[A]

This is from the airplane.

[B]

Yeah. A bunch of. What are those? Tickets. Boarding passes.

[A]

Boarding passes and also bag tags. That's everything.

[B]

I mean, that was entertaining. That's a true mom bag. That is a true mom bag.

[A]

That is so spooky, scary. And, you know, I promised I'd give people authenticity and

[B]

another tech test.

[A]

Oh, Ricola. Yeah. Don't look in there. I don't want to do it again.

[B]

She's been sick, ladies and gentlemen.

[A]

I was sick, okay? Literally, I was like. I showed up. I was like, oh, my gosh. A lippy. I don't like this one.

[B]

Is that your only lip product?

[A]

Only lip products do you not get dry lips? It's messed up how the ratio of tech decks to lip products in here. The ratio is off. Oh, wait.

[B]

Do you not get dry lips? Oh, who's this?

[A]

Oh. Oh.

[B]

What is it?

[A]

This was smart. A little deodorant stick. Wild deodorant.

[B]

That. Oh, that's cool.

[A]

Oh, heck.

[B]

Oh, shoot.

[A]

It's fine.

[B]

Shove it back in there.

[A]

A mineral sunscreen.

[B]

That's the one that you showed last time. That has the brush. Yeah, yeah. That's really nice.

[A]

That's good. And then another lip product.

[B]

Ooh, that's red.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Do you use that? I was gonna say, I've never seen a red.

[A]

This is getting really goofy really fast. We gotta put this away. I don't know. This thing is scary. I need lessons. I need lessons and I need help lessons. Here's the thing. That gets so heavy too.

[B]

Yeah, they do. They do.

[A]

The kids are like, I can't carry my own water bottle. And I'm like, just throw it in my bag. 50 pounds later.

[B]

That's the beauty of the doona. You can just start throwing them on little boy sometimes. Like, here, baby, hold that.

[A]

Thank you. You give her a whole hydro jug?

[B]

Yes, yes. And I have a hook on it. So I'll have mine on the hook and then I'll have CJ's just like kind of resting in there.

[A]

I think you get a hook.

[B]

Yeah, I need to find. I think Teresa got it from Yoftimu.

[A]

I'm serious.

[B]

It's a great hook.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Well, yeah, heck, remember she went through. I remember she had like one season where she really loved Teemu when it first came out and she got a bunch of like, little gadgety things. And I use that every day.

[A]

Yeah, we did get a lot of gadgets.

[B]

Yeah, it's fun.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

That was. That was a great warm up.

[A]

Sweating. See, it is stressful.

[B]

It is stressful. I was like, nervous. I was boring people, but me too. That's a lot of lip products. That was good. I'm glad we did that.

[A]

Hope we didn't bore you.

[B]

Glad we got that off our chest.

[A]

Yeah, I need. I need an overhaul.

[B]

We just needed to let you guys know every part of our lives, especially what's in our bag.

[A]

Guess based off our bag. What if. If we're type A or type B? Thank you to ZOC Dock for sponsoring this portion of today's episode.

[B]

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[A]

Seriously.

[B]

I used it literally last month to book C a doctor's appointment. Cuz we have not had established doctors since we moved to Phoenix and it was so easy to find a doctor and that feels like such an overwhelming task. There are so many criteria to find a good doctor and I really felt like ZOC do made it simple.

[A]

Oh, seriously. We actually, Matt and I were talking about this. Like we feel like a certain type of shame sometimes for not having established a prim doctor where we are, but It's a very overwhelming task. And like you said, ZocDoc makes that whole process feel very possible. And that turnaround is so fast.

[B]

Same day sometimes.

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

Okay, we're starting off Abby's favorites.

[A]

Woo Woo.

[B]

Do we have a jingle for Abby's favorites?

[A]

Should we make one right now?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

It should be a little. It should be a little boppy.

[B]

Okay. You lead it and I'll harmonize.

[A]

I'll beatbox. It's so stupid.

[B]

Abby's favorite.

[A]

Okay, we're gonna workshop that.

[B]

I found it so depressing.

[A]

Okay. All right. I have some show and tell, but some of it. Matt took the car. Okay. We had to go somewhere and a lot of it's in my car.

[B]

Perfect.

[A]

That's what we should never do is what's in my Car video.

[B]

Sometimes I open it, I'm like that.

[A]

How many clementines will be in there?

[B]

It's terrifying. Roll under the seat forever. Okay. First up, we're doing beauty and skincare, which I had a lot of fun in this. This department. Okay. Number one, what is your ride or die moisturizer?

[A]

I didn't have one actually for that. Oh, Yes, I did.

[B]

Okay, let me hear.

[A]

I love the hydro. What's it called?

[B]

Hydro Boost.

[A]

I've never heard of.

[B]

Oh, is it blue?

[A]

Yeah, yeah. I've used that since college.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

I like it for during the day because it's really light on the skin and it goes well under makeup.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's not the most hydrating one you can get, but I feel like you want the hydration at night anyway. I don't want anything heavy on the sun, especially in the summertime.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah, Matt and I both love that one.

[B]

Yeah, I think Caleb's used that one.

[A]

It's a gel, it's not a cream.

[B]

I do like a gel moisturizer. My favorite is the La Roche Posay Double Repair Moisturizer. I think it has a weird name like Double Repair Tolerain or something like that, but it's really good. And I have. It is really thick, but I have super dry skin. So I need something that's a little more full strength, you know, needs to really soak into my face.

[A]

Do you wear that during the day?

[B]

I wear it all the time.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[B]

I do. I'll put my moisturizers on. Moisturizer on in the morning after I shower midday and then at night.

[A]

Yeah, same.

[B]

So, yeah, I put on three times a day.

[A]

Okay. Wow.

[B]

Yeah, I put it on a lot, but it does do the trick. You can get at Target and all that too, and I feel like you get a lot of it. It's a big stuff.

[A]

Is really, really good.

[B]

Really good. Everything. I love it.

[A]

This one I mentioned last time, but I'm going to keep talking about it. The product I repurchase without thinking every single time is the Ilia skin tint. I have not repurchased a product more times than that one. Same. I think, like, it just is an automatic rebuy when it's done.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I wouldn't say it's like it's. I think it's fairly priced, but I wouldn't say it's like cheap to just like impulsively buy. But it's like, I need it. I know assembly, it's a necessity at this point.

[B]

Do you have an issue with it spilling all over your bags?

[A]

Got to be careful.

[B]

Yeah. I keep mine in a plastic bag. That's smart because it's blown out so many times and I've had so many people message blowing out. Kitty Tom. So many blowouts blown out so many times and people have messaged me and I messaged them, the company, and they were like, yeah, we're working on it. Haven't changed anything. So that's.

[A]

Are you closing it really tight?

[B]

Super.

[A]

Oof.

[B]

I know. Okay. The product. The product I repurchased, I. These are new, and I've. I've repurchased them twice now. Is the Therese and Honor eye patches I'm really into. I'm in my eye patch game, and I've tried the collagen ones. The pink, the yellow one, which is the vitamin C, and the blue, which is something else.

[A]

What is this the brand of? I don't even.

[B]

Therese and Honor. Yeah, they're just on Amazon. It's a Korean skincare brand.

[A]

They're the ones that, like, everyone uses.

[B]

No, I haven't seen anybody. I just bought them on Amazon because they had good reviews and they're really effective. Like, I noticed a massive difference in my under eyes. And they're affordable, like road eye patches. I don't, you know, can you look up the price and how many you get? But normally you'll get like, maybe 10 patches. Yes. It was just annoying. And you just don't get that many in a pack. What is it for the road? For example, Sephora has six of them for 25 bucks. Six eye patches, single use for 25 bucks. There's 30 patches in the tourism honor for 20 bucks. So it's a whole month of eye patches for $20. That's a big difference.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And they really work. I like the collagen ones the best. In the pink. Yeah, I. I put them on right

[A]

when you wake up.

[B]

Yeah, it's. I love it.

[A]

I feel like my kids were fascinated.

[B]

And talkie kept poking up like, what is that? Every morning? I was like, you want to poke it? Yes.

[A]

Did you have a beauty item that was actually worth the hype?

[B]

I put the Supergoop sunscreen.

[A]

But, yeah, yeah, yeah. I would agree.

[B]

And I hate saying that. I have. I have it.

[A]

Hold on.

[B]

I have it. I show and tell that.

[A]

I really would agree with that.

[B]

And I. I hate saying that because this sunscreen is so expensive. I like. This is the Supergoop play. People said that unseen sunscreen that I keep my purse. There's a Trader Joe's dupe.

[A]

Really?

[B]

Apparently, yeah. So if you're at Trader Joe's and you see it, maybe pick it up and try it. But I'm allergic to majority of sunscreens, actually. They give me full body rashes. And the Supergoop I haven't had any reaction to. It's really lightweight, and I have not had A single sunburn.

[A]

I think it's worth spending, actually.

[B]

Really good.

[A]

Because it also, like, it is skin care.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

We justify spending a lot on skin care.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And there's some creepy things in sunscreens.

[B]

Yeah. And this has lasted me a long time. Like, we live in this. I've been using this maybe since April.

[A]

And I'm still so easy to rub in. I hate when it's so hard to

[B]

rub in, Especially with kids.

[A]

You have a moving target.

[B]

Totally agree. I love it.

[A]

Yeah. La Roche Posay also has a good one.

[B]

I do. I have the kids one in here.

[A]

Yeah, that was what I was gonna say.

[B]

I love the kids one. And it's. It's not so thick to where it doesn't rub in on them. Like, it rubs in really well on cj.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

And it doesn't turn his skin purple. Some of the mineral ones turn their skin really like. And then I don't know if they're getting burned. I thought it was. Now I'm confused. I guess it's not a mineral. Well, it's cleaner.

[A]

This one is mineral. You're gonna be able to tell because it, like, it does go on, like, purpley white, but it does rub in really well. And it doesn't leave a cast. It's the freaks of nature 1.

[B]

Where do you get that?

[A]

I think they have it at Target.

[B]

I've never even heard of that brand. That's cool.

[A]

It's new, I think.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

So this one is a good one. If you are wanting mineral. Especially, like, if you go to Hawaii, you do want a mineral because of the reefs.

[B]

Yeah, dude. They have just like the lotion one and not a spray. Or is it just spray?

[A]

I'm sure they have a lotion I believe too.

[B]

Okay. Fun.

[A]

I do think. Okay. On the topic of lip things, I'm not an expert on lip products, but I do love the summer Fridays ones. And I feel like everyone always talks about these. I feel like either talk about road or summer Fridays, but this new one.

[B]

What is this?

[A]

Look at the color.

[B]

Can I put it on? Yeah. I've never actually tried a summer Fridays.

[A]

It would look so good on your lip. Like, that color. I love a bright on you and it does. It looks good on you.

[B]

I'm gonna get my lipstick off.

[A]

I really like this Smells good, like, because it gives you just enough, like, little color. It smells really good. And this thing lasts. I have this one. Well, I have one I've had for almost a year, and it's still.

[B]

That's a Big tube.

[A]

It is a big tube.

[B]

That's a big tube. Yeah.

[A]

So, I mean, they. They charge a lot for a lip product, but you can wear it for a really long time.

[B]

Yeah. What is it?

[A]

This is vanilla beige. I think these are 27.

[B]

And then does it have SPF?

[A]

No. SPF.

[B]

That does feel really nice on the lips, though.

[A]

It does.

[B]

I actually don't think it smells good.

[A]

You don't like a smell?

[B]

I don't dislike the smell, but I

[A]

don't think it's like their birthday cake. One smells really good.

[B]

How much is it? 24.

[A]

24.

[B]

Okay. So that's like a nice. Like a high end.

[A]

Yeah. Well, because other ones color, I feel, like, dry out my lips, and this one has color, and it hydrates my lips.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I like that. My current makeup obsession, it's. It's got to be this merit signature lip. Talking about lips, it's in the color bespoke. I have a handful of these in multiple of their colors. They're my favorite lipsticks I've ever worn.

[A]

Really?

[B]

They're so hydrating, and I don't think the colors are like. You know, sometimes you put a lipstick on and it has color, and it, like, goes into the creases on your lips or it just.

[A]

It doesn't feel like I'm old enough to wear lipstick.

[B]

I didn't either until I got this. And I'll never go back. Like, I love this lipstick so much. And also, this is, like, the perfect color for this me. It's like a nudie brown but pretty. And they have the lip liners that go with them, and they're just really good products. I love everything merit. I love it. I love it.

[A]

It is really good.

[B]

My favorite makeup brand.

[A]

Next, we're doing our current makeup Obsession. I don't know. I think Obsession is strong for this, but I've started using the well people powder from Amazon, and I love a translucent powder. I know it's not trendy right now. Maybe not because you have dry skin.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But for me, I would like a little powder, especially to set my under eye concealer. I literally just put it briefly underneath my. Like, a little bit underneath my eyes, and then just in my T zone. I like.it with a little makeup triangle. And their powder. Their powder is clean, and it does. It's amazing.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

It's a loose, translucent powder.

[B]

When you. Okay, here's what's always throwing me off with the translucent powders. Do you put it in, like, the lid?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

And then I just Dab it.

[B]

Dab it in there.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Because you know, when you put it in the powder itself, it just. It's like way too much.

[A]

You can't even do that because it has like a little dial. But yeah, that would be way too much crazy. That would be great.

[B]

That would be a lot.

[A]

I feel like it sets my. That, my concealer so it. My mascara doesn't drip down the day or like anything settle into my creases or anything. I like it.

[B]

I should try that. I've always wanted to try an under eye powder, but yeah, I'm dry. But I feel like it helps brighten your under eyes so much.

[A]

It does. It brightens it so much. And this one's so light on the skin. I feel like a lot of them are really heavy where it's like your skin underneath your eyes is so. Is different from the rest of your face. It's so thin. Okay. And so putting anything heavy on it

[B]

just can make it.

[A]

It goes in the crease. It's not good. This one's so lightweight. But then on a lot of those powders, what do they use? I think they use like talc. And that's not. I don't know. Yeah, I don't think you want to use that.

[B]

Yeah, I don't think talc is. It's not appraised.

[A]

It's not. It's not highly.

[B]

Not highly recommended.

[A]

This one's clean and it's. It's amazing. I'll continue to repurchase one as long as it's available on Amazon. I was using the Ilia one, but this one's much, much cheaper.

[B]

What was it called again?

[A]

It's called. Well, People is the brand.

[B]

And you get off Amazon.

[A]

You get off Amazon.

[B]

Okay. I've never even heard of that.

[A]

Well, People Translucent Powder.

[B]

Fun. My. My answer for that one was the Merit.

[A]

Bespoke on the Merit one, though. Since you love Merit, you use their blur stick.

[B]

No.

[A]

You've never used it?

[B]

No. What do you use it for?

[A]

Okay, this thing is so cool. I saw an ad and I was like, this would be so good for, like, I think about, like our mom's generation.

[B]

Wait, what's the difference between a blur stick and the. What's it called? They're like main.

[A]

I think this is their main thing.

[B]

Yeah, I have it in a handful of clothes, but I've never used it.

[A]

Okay. You literally. It's just like those ads. It's like a crayon. You just put it on your skin and I do kind of think you need their brush.

[B]

Their brush is good.

[A]

Rub it in, and your skin is literally looks totally new, but it feels like nothing's on your skin.

[B]

Huh.

[A]

And it's clean.

[B]

Do you put it on over your skin tone or just do it on days you don't use the skin tone?

[A]

I just do this on days I don't use a skin tint.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And especially if I'm like, okay, I'm gonna go to the gym, and then I'm gonna go do something afterwards if I want to feel slightly put together. Like, if I. I don't know why. If I have a doctor's appointment after the gym, I'm like, I want to have a little something. And this combo is amazing. It literally is. Like, you could put this in your car and just. You'll feel put together.

[B]

That's my older sister. She works in the hospital, and she was saying that a nurse, or maybe her. Another PA with her was wearing that, and they were talking about how much they love that product.

[A]

It's crazy.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's actually very wild how it works.

[B]

Okay. I have. They've sent it to me in a couple different colors. I've never used it because I'm like, what do you mean? You do. You put marks, like, all over your face and have to blend it. I don't know why that felt weird.

[A]

It does feel weird. And you. You don't need as much as you think you do. Like, I would say, like, you could

[B]

literally just, like, interesting.

[A]

And then it blends in so well. It literally just. It blurs your entire skin. I don't really understand how they do it.

[B]

What's it called? It's got a name.

[A]

The Minimalist.

[B]

Minimalist. Yeah. That's what this is. That's what that is. The Minimalist.

[A]

The Minimalist.

[B]

Yeah. Okay. I'll have to try.

[A]

I've been calling it the wrong name this whole time.

[B]

When you said blursic, I didn't know what you meant, but it is the minimalistic.

[A]

Okay. So minimalistic.

[B]

That's a mouthful. Some minimalistic. It sounds like one word, but minimalist really?

[A]

Does minimalist stick? I think if you're like, I feel like I use the Ilias skin tint, and I feel really put together. I'm also recording myself a lot.

[B]

Mm.

[A]

I think the average daily wear. That would be amazing.

[B]

Yeah, it's a little bit. Maybe a lighter option because I wear the Ilias content when I'm, like, doing a full face of makeup, too. Yeah, that's my, like, foundation kind of.

[A]

No, that's my. Yeah. I don't go more than.

[B]

Yeah. I don't just wear that, like, every day. Okay. The product that makes me feel put together in 30 seconds. Did you have one for this?

[A]

That was mine.

[B]

What was. Oh, the minimalistic. Yeah, no, that's perfect. Okay. Yeah, you did the minimalistic.

[A]

That makes me feel put together in 30 seconds.

[B]

I would believe that mine is. Where is it? My Tresemme mega control hair gel.

[A]

Here's my thing about that.

[B]

Okay, Let me hear it.

[A]

You use that for makeup, but you bring that whole huge bottle.

[B]

No, they always have this in the travel section.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yes. I have a travel one that I keep. My makeup bag.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I use this on my eyebrows, but

[A]

that's still pretty big for your makeup bag.

[B]

I guess. I keep it in my toiletries bag.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

It doesn't go in my makeup bag.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Okay. I use this on my, obviously, my dirty hair days. I do a lot of slick backs.

[A]

This.

[B]

If my hair looks bad, I'm just gonna slick it back 30 seconds. Done. I also use this on my eyebrows every day. Yeah. Hopefully not forever in the future, but, you know, as of right now, that's my product and. Yeah, that's my. That makes me feel good. And put together in 30 seconds. Eyebrows brushed, hair slick back, Go.

[A]

My eyebrows have been really, really bad recently.

[B]

It's like an instant facelift when my eyebrows are brushed up.

[A]

Mm. I needed it. That's a good hack.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

Beauty splurge. I'd buy again tomorrow. This isn't necessarily beauty, but my curling iron. I have the bio ionic long one.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And it was a splurge. I looked back at that price. I bought it years ago, and it has. It's never done me wrong, really. My hairdresser used it on my hair, and I was like, oh, I really like this. And it's very gentle. I don't know what the. The blades are. I think it's tight.

[B]

I have such a beef. I have such. I have such a curling iron crisis.

[A]

What is your curling iron crisis?

[B]

I had the best curling iron. I bought it in high school, and it had double had changing barrels, and they were ceramic barrels. And my hair held that curl for days, like, so. Well, never used hairspray. Like, the curl was so unbelievable. It went out after Caleb and I got married. I purchased four different barrels and curling wands, and I got stuck with one that I just didn't return fast enough, and I hate it. And it's a titanium barrel. I don't like it. I know.

[A]

I don't know what mine is.

[B]

It says that they have ones that

[A]

are ceramic, metal complex or titanium.

[B]

Is it silver?

[A]

No.

[B]

Is it black?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Then it's probably ceramic.

[A]

Okay. Yeah, ceramic.

[B]

It's the best. I think ceramic hold makes the best curl.

[A]

These, this, this curling iron, I can curl my hair super, super fast. It, it's really, really good. And if it broke, I would repurchase it right away.

[B]

That's how you know it's good.

[A]

Yeah. I've used it for years and years and years and I feel like a good curling iron is something that I'm like, yeah, it's worth a little extra spending.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And it doesn't. It does not damage or crisp up my hair. Yeah, I really don't think it does.

[B]

Oh, I hate my hair.

[A]

Obviously it's doing some damage. But I have the 1.25 inch, which I feel like is with all the changing hair trends. I feel like 1.25 is very neutral and it like it has served me through all of them.

[B]

Uh huh. That's good. Mine that I put is the fresh rose water toner. My roommate in college bought this. She went through a skincare phase. She bought so much skincare and then she didn't end up using it, so she gave it to me and I was like, this is so cool. And I used it all. It completely changed my skin. And then I went to buy it and I was like, wow, it's $45. I'm so upset about that. But I continued to purchase it for about six years. Twice a year I would go through two of the big bottles a year. So I'm like, okay, every six months I think I can cough up 45 for a product that is truly changing my skin. And I haven't purchased it within the last year because I've just PR other skin care stuff's been sent and I want to use up stuff that I've have. But I will be repurchasing this again. It really was so good on my skin. And it smells good. It's super hydrating. If you don't have dry skin, you don't need it. But it's a really good rose bush. Well, I tried the Mario Mose bush. You're so dumb.

[A]

I'm not kidding. You can actually make rose water. Really? I mean, is it literally just rose water? No.

[B]

I think there's other stuff. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because I tried the Mario Badescu rose water toner trash. Not good. So bad. And so I tried some other ones to offset the price of this one and the rose. The fresh is the best.

[A]

I know.

[B]

Super good.

[A]

I love the smell of roses.

[B]

It's really pretty. No? Amazing. Amazing product.

[A]

Our next category is the drugstore find I'm telling everyone about. Honestly love this stuff.

[B]

Jurgen's Natural Glow.

[A]

Jurgen's Natural Glow. I. This is from the drugstore. And so some. Not every day. Do you want to or not? Not even necessarily every week. Do you want to do like the full mousse? Self tanner? And this is. You can't mess it up because it's a lotion and it's just so. It's so easy. Just put this on. I put lotion on my body every day after I shower. And so just sometimes I will use this and I feel like it gives a nice. I haven't used it in a minute, but like, it gives a nice glow without. Like, no one's gonna be like, oh, did you tan?

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Like, it's very subtle, but if you do it, if you keep up with it, I feel like it's just. It's very maintainable.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

It actually is hydrating.

[B]

I remember when they came out with that. I was in middle school. I have such a distinct memory.

[A]

I remember it too.

[B]

I got it in palm.

[A]

I was like, I need lotion.

[B]

Same. I was addicted and I put it on so much that I got orange, like all over. Oh, well, yeah, I'm sure it's changed since I was in the 70s.

[A]

It's a good formula. This one you cannot mess up.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Because if you could, I would have.

[B]

I also was 11, so you know what I mean? I was going a little crazy. My mom was like, you need to stop. You need to stop. My drugstore. Fine. This is the verse. Vitamin C. Skin brightening serum. Love it. Vitamin C apparently is really important and really good to use. And I noticed a big difference in my skin when I used it. Really affordable. Get at Target. It's the Versed brand. I really like all their stuff. I use their under eye concealer, too.

[A]

I've never used anything by them.

[B]

Yeah, I know. I got on their PR list and they sent me some stuff and I was like, wait, I love this. And I will be purchasing it all with my own money.

[A]

Nice. Vitamin C serum.

[B]

Yes, it's. I think it's their skin brightening serum.

[A]

When you put that in your routine at the end of the day.

[B]

No, I do it morning and night.

[A]

Oh, my gosh.

[B]

I do everything all the time. I know. I can't think about splitting it up. The only thing I don't do twice a day are my eye patches. I only do those in the morning.

[A]

I think that's why Augie likes them. He loves pirates. The scent I'm wearing on repeat once again or. I don't think I talked about this last time, but this has been a staple all my life, and it especially comes back in the spring and summer. I love Daisy. Oh, so fresh. Like, that's a. I like the Daisy by Marc Jacobs is fine, but the oh, so fresh, it smells so, like, bright. And honestly, it reminds me of when Matt and I started dating. So I, like, love it.

[B]

So much stuff in here.

[A]

My bag.

[B]

Maybe I'll just dump it on the ground.

[A]

Okay, go for it. This episode's getting casual.

[B]

No pot of gold here today. I have my eye patches. I'm not showing the things. These are the eye patches.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

This is the vitamin C one. I like the pink ones a little bit better. Okay. I'm using the dime. Stay a while. Odoo Parfum. This is their new scent. Look. Oh. First of all, this bottle is really pretty. So beautiful. Normally, their bottles are not that pretty. I love this scent. They just dropped this right around Mother's Day. It's a little sweeter than Seven Summers. I think Seven Summers is the muskier version. This is a vanilla scent. I mean, I love vanilla. I love, love, love this so much. And dying perfumes are all clean, which I really love, especially when I'm holding my babies. You know, nothing transfers and makes them itchy. So I can't recommend this enough. I love it. If you like sweet scents and you like vanilla, you'll like this. It's really good.

[A]

Do you wear perfume every day?

[B]

I do wear perfume every day. I used to wear the Marc Jacobs daisy. I loved it so much, but it actually smelled bad on me because, you know, sometimes when they mix with your skin, they don't smell as good.

[A]

That just happened to me.

[B]

That one smelled bad.

[A]

It just happened.

[B]

I continued to buy it because I still, like.

[A]

I don't quite understand that. Like, I know they're like. It's the PH levels, but like, this flight attendant.

[B]

Remember we went to New York?

[A]

The flight attendant that smells so good.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I went to go purchase his cologne.

[B]

For yourself?

[A]

Yep. Because it smelled. It was like a feminine okay on him, at least on me, it smelled. I couldn't get away from me.

[B]

Good thing you tested it.

[A]

Yeah. I remember when I was like, okay, so this was a male flight attendant who smelled amazing. Like, actually so good. And I. And it Wasn't overwhelming, but I knew it was him that, like, smelled so good. Yes. And so I, like, was just sitting in my seat. It's one of those things where I was just like, wow, do I have social anxiety? Because I was like, do I say cologne or do I say perfume? I couldn't. I couldn't figure it out because I was like, I don't know if this is in my head. It wasn't a cologne. I was overthinking it. And I was like, I don't want him to think I'm trying to make him girly.

[B]

Your smell is amazing.

[A]

I went with fragrance.

[B]

Fragrance is good. Safe. Safe bet.

[A]

So I was like, wow, I'm really overthinking this. Couldn't stop.

[B]

Like, I don't think you'd be offended if you said cologne. I don't think so.

[A]

So, I mean. Yeah, I don't think so.

[B]

No. That's funny.

[A]

He wasn't like a super masculine guy. Like, I mean, I wanted his scent.

[B]

Right. Of course. I love it. Well, let's move on to fashion.

[A]

Yeah. I feel like I. My beauty. I'm not beautiful right now.

[B]

Yes, you are. I don't.

[A]

Well, I mean, I haven't been feeling inspired to buy beauty products, but I've been buying a lot of new clothes.

[B]

See, I am the opposite. I feel like I've been doing a lot in beauty because I just felt not great about, you know, I didn't feel comfortable in my skin. So I didn't buy any clothes for a long time or anything.

[A]

Nothing fits me.

[B]

Yeah, exactly.

[A]

It's just hard.

[B]

Yeah. Well, see, I was like, well, let's just squeeze in.

[A]

Squeeze it. Do you have very noticeable. No. You look amazing.

[B]

This outfit formula I'm living in, my girlfriend's got me this set from Target for my birthday. It's these shorts. It's from Joy Lab. I know. And they got me the matching, like a shirt to go with it. They're so cute. They're a mid rise, which I really like.

[A]

I love that color combo. Thanks.

[B]

Yeah. You can't really hear me talk, but it's a mid rise. They're shorter than I've worn in a long time, which is also probably why I like them so much, because I've only been wearing, like, longer shorts. I'm pretty tall, so I feel like lengths and inseams can be a little tricky sometimes. And these are really fun. And I love the color and the material of them is fun too. It's like a sweatshirt material.

[A]

Different Target.

[B]

So fun.

[A]

Joy Lab. That's a good brand.

[B]

So cute.

[A]

Okay. My outfit formula, I'm living it. I'm literally wearing it today because I knew we were going to talk about this and I wore it the last episode. Same formula, different colors. This skirt is from Quints.

[B]

Really pretty.

[A]

And I feel like everyone has been wearing white skirts like this recently. But this is a skirt that I can for sure wear now. It's not uncomfortable at all right now. Even though it's very tight, it's not squeezing me at all. It doesn't leave marks on me and I'll be able to wear it once baby comes to. And then these bra free camis from Abercrombie.

[B]

I was wondering if that was the Abercrombie one. It's so cute.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

The material looks like you can tell

[A]

I'm not wearing a bra. It's not giving support, but it smooths everything.

[B]

And I'm like, yeah, we just need the nips. Just cover the nips.

[A]

I'm. I just want my nips covered.

[B]

Yeah. For me personally, if I get cold, I don't want people to know.

[A]

Yeah. And sometimes you still can.

[B]

I know sometimes they gotta mind on their own.

[A]

But no, I like literally bought a ton of these. They're. I would say they're a little bit more like you're spending a little bit more. But the quality is so good. Matches the price. Like they're double lined. They're thick. They have like a small pad on the inside so that smooths everything out. And I just. You can't wear them enough. Yeah, you can dress them up, dress them down and they fit the bump. Really. I really think this is a formula that I'm just going to continue to wear for the next.

[B]

I want that skirt. I didn't realize I was from Quince.

[A]

Quince. Oh my God. Yeah. And I feel like white is spooky scary. But I haven't had a problem yet.

[B]

I probably haven't looked at it because I don't know if it would be the same length on me.

[A]

You can pull it up or pull it down.

[B]

Really? Okay, maybe I'll get one. I'll see you. Because I really love that and I'm really into long skirts.

[A]

I'm trying to get my mom to get one.

[B]

Yeah. Super cute.

[A]

Really good quality. Because here's the thing. White skirts like this is double lined as well, but it's very breathable.

[B]

Mm. It's cotton gauze.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That's really nice. Love formula. What are your most worn shoes right now?

[A]

I lost Them. What? But they're good.

[B]

What? What do you think you lost them?

[A]

Rocks? Flip flops. They have these Jelly.

[B]

Those were cute. Abby, what do you mean you lost them in this house?

[A]

I think. I think they're in my mud room somewhere.

[B]

Shoot.

[A]

I've tried to look for them. It's really cute.

[B]

That's so sad. You're gonna see.

[A]

This is a reoccurring theme. I need to get my life organized.

[B]

The nesting stress of, like, getting everything

[A]

organized in a suitcase somewhere that I forgot to unpack.

[B]

Okay. Maybe Hawaii.

[A]

It could be. Maybe Hawaii. I haven't seen them since Hawaii. Maybe I left them in Hawaii.

[B]

Oh, I hope not. That's far.

[A]

They were so good while they lasted.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Dang. You would never think they were Crocs. We'll link them so you can get yourself a pair.

[B]

I don't deserve another pair of really cute sandals.

[A]

They really do.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Good support. You could dress them up, dress them down. I mean, I'll wear them with anything. I got the nude ones, but I almost got the pink ones because I thought they were fun.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But then I was like, with shoes, I'm very impractical. I have to be able to wear with everything.

[B]

Totally. I kind of the same. My most worn shoe right now is my new balance 9060s.

[A]

Let me show you. With New Balance, I get so confused with the numbers.

[B]

That's so hard.

[A]

Wait. What size shirt do you wear?

[B]

This is a. I usually wear, like, an eight. This is a US Women's eight and a half. Yeah. I wear a Big foot. Compared to you. They're very dirty. I wear these all over New York. They're very comfortable to walk in. I love the colors of them. I personally love a chunky shoe. I do. I know that's not popular anymore. People like the samba. But every time I put on a flat tennis shoe, my legs look weird. It's just not a flattering.

[A]

I don't want to jump on that.

[B]

I don't want to either. I'm like, maybe if I wear pants. But I live in Phoenix, so how often am I wearing pants?

[A]

Flats. Because those were so in.

[B]

Huh? No, it's like, where do my. Why do my ankles look like that? My calves. It's just not flattering on my leg. So I like. I like a shoe that gives me a little lift. And I love these. They're comfortable. They're cool. I wanted these for three years, and every Christmas they were sold out. And I finally got them this past Christmas, and I will repurchase them. In more colors.

[A]

They're really cute.

[B]

Thanks.

[A]

I like those.

[B]

Me too. There was a category that Abby did not answer.

[A]

Call me out.

[B]

The Amazon find that earned a permanent spot in my closet. It's this plaid spot skirt. I've worn this thing to heck.

[A]

I thought that was from a boutique.

[B]

No, it's from Amazon. It's. It's $50, so it's not cheap for Amazon.

[A]

Some of the Amazon prices, it's. It's a little bit. It's a little.

[B]

I mean, it's, you know, it's a good price. I am sad because Caleb accidentally stepped on it and it did rip. Oh. And it's not really a rip that I could sew and fix. It ripped vertically, which is weird. Not at a seam. But I have worn this skirt so many times, and they have maybe five or six different colors of it, and the quality is amazing.

[A]

You have five or six colors?

[B]

No, no. They have it in five or six colors, but I've worn it for family photos. It's just a great neutral, but it still has a pattern. It's a really thick cotton material. It's lined. It's heavy. It just. Well, I thought it was good quality till it got stepped on. But I love the waistband. I can wear it pregnant, postpartum and just normal. It's probably been one of my favorite little fashion finds. It's so versatile in this color.

[A]

That is a good one.

[B]

Yeah, I know. I love it. I'm bummed that it's torn, but probably still see me wearing it. I will continue.

[A]

I'll be looking for it.

[B]

Thanks. You call me out.

[A]

So the next category we have is the accessory I grab every day. I said my gooders.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I wear them every day. I don't personally want to buy nice sunglasses, and I think they look really cute. They stay on my face.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Which I've come to realize. I think I have a weird shaped face because a lot of sunglasses, really, you just have a big nose. They, like, squeeze. I just don't like the feel of them. All the gooder ones are so comfortable. They don't slip. You could probably run in them.

[B]

No, you do. I run in mind. Yeah.

[A]

I've never done it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But they would stay. And they're durable. They are really durable because I'm telling you, I've put them to the test. And I think they have some really cute ones, too.

[B]

They have some fun shapes. My mom got obsessed with Gooders years ago and got all of her pickleball girls. Like, her whole little group Chat of pickleball girls all bought them after she told them she's my mom is the ultimate influencer. I'm not kidding. She is. She's such an evangelist. Like when she gets on something, she does not shut up about it. And she's uses big superlatives. Best ever.

[A]

Can't be fun to my mom for that too.

[B]

Yeah. I'm like, okay. But she sells people on it and so now her pickleball group chat is the gooder girls. So cute.

[A]

Come to it.

[B]

My everyday accessory is my Apple watch. I literally wear it every day.

[A]

Oh, shut up. That's a dumb Garmin.

[B]

I know. I mean Garmin, you can convince me.

[A]

Garmin literally all the way.

[B]

I just like having a wearable of some whatever sort.

[A]

Yeah, no, I didn't understand it until I had one. Like I was like, I'll just look at my phone.

[B]

Yeah, I, I was so anti Apple watch for a long time kill but always talk about it in college. Like when the Apple watch I said that's so stupid. You don't need that. And then when I worked at topgolf, I saw all the other waiters texting on their Apple watch and I immediately went and bought an Apple watch so I could text Caleb on my shifts. I was like, I can't go six hours without talking to him.

[A]

That's hilarious.

[B]

Yeah. And never gone back.

[A]

Never gone back.

[B]

The piece of clothing getting me the most compliments. Do you have one for this?

[A]

No, no one's complimented me recently.

[B]

Yeah, you're just so ugly. I'm just kidding. You have this dress version. I feel like that gives you a lot of compliments.

[A]

Yeah, I used that one last time. I love it.

[B]

It. It's the quince high neck cashmere, cotton cashmere high neck tank. And yeah, this color is the brown color. Every time I wear this.

[A]

It's such a good color and it's

[B]

such a flattering shirt.

[A]

It is so fun and it's dressy

[B]

but also can be worn casual. I mean layer it. I want them to come off with different colors because I don't really like the other colors. They have. They have a pretty blue but it keeps selling out before I get it. I know that's the only other color I want. I don't want the cream. I mean that's nice. I just have a lot of cream. Love that shirt. A million amazing shirt. It's so stretchy.

[A]

A million amazing.

[B]

A million amazing times amazing. Amazing.

[A]

Oh, this one I have a really weird answer for. Okay, this category is if I could only wear one thing this season. There's not a lot of things I want to wear. I honestly don't want to wear clothes.

[B]

But. Of course. But we must. Pasties.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

That's what they look like these days.

[A]

No, these are called cakes. So. Okay. My thing is that I've always. I thought you were gonna put it all in. Let me just. No, I can't. You went for your shirt. I was like, I have to cover my belly. Okay. So one small problem.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I don't know where the other one is.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

And you want to know why?

[B]

Why?

[A]

I took it off in the car and then.

[B]

Oh, yeah, one stay.

[A]

It's got to be in there somewhere.

[B]

You have someone come detail it. They're like, what is this?

[A]

No, but these things. Okay. I actually have to talk about. About it for a minute.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I'm confused. I gotta explain. So this is not pasties. Don't confuse it. Not the same product. Not even close.

[B]

It's not sticky.

[A]

Not sticky.

[B]

Let me see that.

[A]

It's been washed. Don't worry.

[B]

Oh, you wash it.

[A]

I mean.

[B]

Yeah, it just stays.

[A]

So let me explain. They have a circular one and they have this triangle one, but they have. They have a sticky option and then they have a suction option. Oh, this thing is amazing because the sticky one, I feel like, comes off with sweat.

[B]

Yeah, it does.

[A]

It also kind of hurts to take off sometimes. Like if you're not sweaty. Like, either it's falling off or you can't get it off.

[B]

Right.

[A]

This. I don't know the science behind it. It's actually genius. I would say wear it more with a little bit more fitted things, but I've worn it with loose things too, and they still stay on. I think it's about finding the right fit. Oh, but they like you. They have instructions.

[B]

I don't.

[A]

Do I demonstrate? You basically just like. Like lay it flat on your skin and then your. The heat from your skin just sticks it right on it. Like suctions on.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

Doesn't hurt to take off. It's really. It's not going to get messed up because it's not like getting less sticky.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And it's great for the summer time.

[B]

Wow. I actually like the triangle shade better than a circle because I remember getting.

[A]

It looks like you have huge areolas.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

This blends so well because it's so thin on the edges.

[B]

Right. Okay.

[A]

This is a very natural eye option.

[B]

I'll never forget when those. Like the petals or like, you know, and there's Just the one that was just supposed to cover the nip. And I've had that. Literally, I'm like. It just magnified it.

[A]

Mega aerial.

[B]

Why is it a huge circle? So big right there? I was like, get rid of that.

[A]

This. They saw an issue and then they fixed it. I'm not even kidding. It's really, really smart. And these are only $33, and I feel like it would really last.

[B]

Well, the sticky boobs that you get at target, they're like 25, and they're basically. You can use them twice. And then.

[A]

Yeah, these are really good.

[B]

Ah, I have to get some of those.

[A]

Really believe in those.

[B]

If I could only wear one thing this season. I went athletic route. I'm obsessed with my Lululemon Shake it out shorts.

[A]

Check it out.

[B]

I got them in two colors. They're the high rise or medium mid rise. And I just love the length. Again, I'm tall five eight. This is a two and a half inch in team. I was very scared. But they're longer in the back.

[A]

Biker shorts underneath those, though.

[B]

Only when I'm doing things where I'm laying on the ground. Okay, because.

[A]

Does that defeat the purpose? Because then you could just wear biker shorts.

[B]

No, because I wear. I wear these, like, running, and I wear them out and about, and I wear them on weight days. But if I'm laying down, they're just loose and flowy. So they fall down to have underwear.

[A]

Yeah, they do.

[B]

But listen, I have a lump where I don't want people to see.

[A]

Is that what it is? Yeah.

[B]

I'm embarrassed. I need to get it removed.

[A]

No,

[B]

no one needs to see my lump. Okay.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. I didn't know that was the reason. I did not. It make depressed.

[B]

It's called a lipoma. Okay. If everyone needs to know.

[A]

Let's talk about it.

[B]

It's in between my legs, and when I lay down, you can see it. And so I just cover, you know, when I'm doing some stuff that they're laying down. And, like, if I'm laying down, my butt cheeks come out. So I just, you know, a little modesty.

[A]

I don't see that color a lot.

[B]

Yeah, it's new. I got the matching shirt to go with it. I thought I was gonna wear for the always here event. And then I was like, it's not red, it's pink. So I didn't wear them. But I love it. I love it so much. I love the shorts. I'm gonna buy them in more colors.

[A]

I have two Shake It Out. Is that a new style for them?

[B]

Huh? And I just love them. They're flowy, they're flouncy, and they're the best shorts ever.

[A]

I never wear shorts like that.

[B]

I didn't either. I've just always been in biker shorts. And I was like, I just don't actually want to wear biker shorts all the time.

[A]

No, I don't either.

[B]

I just felt like it was my only option for a while. I know.

[A]

Yeah, now's not my time, but eventually. Okay, here's where I can yap.

[B]

Food and drink, girl.

[A]

I like beauty, fashion.

[B]

Food, food. Let's talk.

[A]

Tell me more. No, actually, this one's kind of fun. I feel like my go to coffee order. Usually I'm making coffee at home. I would say 99.9 of the time.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I prefer it that way.

[B]

Right.

[A]

But when we did our little staycation close to, like, in Phoenix, we decided to go to La La Land because they had two locations. I've had it before in la, but I think I, like, ax. Like, I think I knew that La La Land was cool when I went to la, but I didn't know why it was cool. So I just got a vanilla latte. Okay.

[B]

Why is it cool?

[A]

I think they have really unique drinks.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

And they're famous for. One of their famous drinks is the banana cloud latte.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

I got. And it was so yummy. I feel like it was. I thought it was gonna be one of these, like, overhyped places. It literally tasted like real banana. Like, I feel like they probably make it with real banana. It wasn't too sweet. It was delightful. Really comes in a really cool cup. I actually saved my cup and washed it out, and now I use it and make my own coffee.

[B]

Oh, that's fun. That's fun.

[A]

Like, I want to feel like I'm there every day. Their cups are really cool and they're. It was just a fun atmosphere.

[B]

It was packed. It's yellow, it's happy. I was gonna ask, was it still really crowded?

[A]

Yeah, there was some hoopla happening. There was some hoopla?

[B]

Who hoopla from, like, teen girls or what?

[A]

No, like angry soccer moms.

[B]

Lord help me if that ever becomes me. I never want to become an angry.

[A]

You would never. You would never. It was like this lady's like, we really have somewhere to be. And, like, I'm like, everyone's.

[B]

Oh, yeah, we're all busy ladies.

[A]

Like, I don't know. Like, we had what you ordered on the app because we knew it was gonna be really busy.

[B]

Yeah. Smart.

[A]

And then she was, like, leaning in the window and she was like, we ordered 40 minutes ago. And she's, like, starting to just go off. And I'm getting sweaty and stressed out. And then she's like, can we just have that one? Like, she's pointing to a specific drink. She's like, that's. That. Can I have that one? She's like, that's somebody else's.

[B]

Yeah. What?

[A]

And she's like, no, but we. We need to go.

[B]

We're like, man. I honestly, though, 40 minutes away for a coffee is absurd.

[A]

No, like, that's what the wait time. Like, that's what. Oh, they told you on the app. It's like she had ordered 40 minutes ago, but it was like, to pick up then.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

So I was like, you're kind of just pulling this one.

[B]

Oh, you're stretching this one. Yeah. You can't steal coffee.

[A]

They tried to. I mean, they were disorganized, sure. But it was.

[B]

It was hoopla.

[A]

There was a ton of people there. And we're like, ma', am. You're.

[B]

Ma', am, sit down. We're all waiting my go to coffee order. I honestly, anything spice, like when we were in Tahoe, immediately got the pumpkin spice latte that's on the menu. I don't care what season it is. I'm getting that.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Especially because it's cold. So cold. I love a pumpkin spice. I usually get things half sweet.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because I do think these coffee, they go a little cray, cray, cray, cray. I do like the flavor of coffee, personally.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

So, you know, just a little seasoning, a little pumpkin. Little pumpkin.

[A]

Excuse me.

[B]

I'm sorry.

[A]

Is that. I only want it to be hot. I don't want pumpkin spice cold.

[B]

No. I never want pumpkin spice cold.

[A]

Yeah, that's weird.

[B]

No, that's weird. Unless it's the pumpkin cold brew.

[A]

Oh, yeah. You like that?

[B]

I love that pumpkin cream cold brew. I do. I do. It also comes out in August in Phoenix. So what am I going to do? I have to order something.

[A]

We're going to get it. We're going to get it.

[B]

Thank you to Goodr for sponsoring this portion of today's episode. Abby, you look amazing.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

So cool.

[A]

We have not been shy about being both huge fans of Goodr. Even Abby's mom is loving Goodr. I think she got my mom on Goodr.

[B]

She got everybody on Goodr.

[A]

Everybody on Goodr. And you know what? It's because it is such a great sunglass I don't believe in spending a lot of money on sunglasses. Personally, I just, I can't be trusted. I will sit on them. My kids will rip them. Like, rip the lenses out or the sides off.

[B]

We sit on them, we see, sit on them, lose them.

[A]

And I'm telling you, these are very high quality, durable sunglasses. Lightweight. Don't slip off my face, and at an amazing price. I also think they're very stylish too.

[B]

Yeah, they're cool.

[A]

I have so many different styles.

[B]

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[A]

Okay, this one was kind of lame, but it's just like, let's never forget, snack disappearing from my pantry Charms. Oh, I do love charms.

[B]

Oh, what is it? Sorry.

[A]

Which I will keep saying all the time, but I've been really snacking on some dried mango.

[B]

I. Yeah, but sweetened, right?

[A]

Sweetened.

[B]

I made that mistake one time. I got tossed.

[A]

Tastes like cow tongues.

[B]

Literally tasted like I was like, what? What? Vegan? No, no, no. Sorry. What animal leather is this?

[A]

You gotta get this sweetened. And so it's just not as healthy. They're probably putting some on it on there, but I feel better about it.

[B]

Who cares?

[A]

I like it a lot. Yeah, it tastes delicious and you don't need much. Like, it's really satisfying. Yeah, I would love dry mango.

[B]

Dry mango from Costco. The snack disappearing from my pantry are those Dots pretzels variety pack from Sam's and Costco. You go high. Dots pretzels are so good. Is that what they're called? Yeah, yeah, the Dots. Oh, they have a cinnamon sugar pretzel that just lit me up. When I put that in my mouth, wasn't that good? That was the cinnamon sugar. Oh, every pretzel is coated so perfectly with cinnamon. I just want. It took me back to the toast you make as a kid.

[A]

Oh, yes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Do those have msg?

[B]

Yeah, they do.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah, the original one does.

[A]

That's why you like them so much. I mean.

[B]

Yeah, that's why I don't buy them often.

[A]

Oh, it's just the original one, I

[B]

think at least the original one definitely has msg. Do all of them have msg?

[A]

Don't tell her if they do.

[B]

Actually, I will continue to buy this in the sugars. The honey mustard ones are really good too. They're also in that variety.

[A]

Those are zingy.

[B]

So zingy. They make CJ's breast meal so bad.

[A]

It says the original in the southwest ones have msg.

[B]

Okay, so just those two? Yeah, you're good. Cinnamon sugar. Light me up. Light me up.

[A]

And you know what? What's a little msg?

[B]

More than we have rice pretzels.

[A]

The sweet treat I'm currently obsessed with. Have you had those sweet Lorenz cookies?

[B]

I'm gonna be honest, they don't look good.

[A]

I know they don't. I actually so agree with that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

They don't look like they bake right Ever.

[B]

Right.

[A]

They just look so weird. They're actually so tasty.

[B]

Interesting.

[A]

They're dairy free and gluten free.

[B]

So what are they made with, like,

[A]

lard, a lot of sugar?

[B]

I don't know. Is lard dairy free? Certainly. It's just chemicals. I'm just making that up. I know. They're. They're supposed to be healthier, right?

[A]

I don't know. I mean, they're. They are so delicious, though. I really stand on. I stand by that. They sell them at Walmart now, too.

[B]

Yeah, I saw that.

[A]

They're really.

[B]

Okay. Well, that's good to know.

[A]

I'll make some for you.

[B]

Yeah, I probably won't buy them to try them, but if you make them,

[A]

at least it's weird because you're looking at it. You're like, that is an unappealing cookie. They taste really, really yummy.

[B]

Well, that's good. That's good. Have you seen that viral dessert where you just put them over frozen fruit and you bake them and then the frozen fruits underneath and you put the cookie dough balls around it?

[A]

That sounds delicious.

[B]

Yeah. And you can have like a scoop of ice cream.

[A]

It's specifically their cookie dough.

[B]

I'm pretty. I've seen a Lot of people do it with their cookie dough. Yeah. Yeah, you should try that. I feel like you'd like that. That dessert. My sweet treat. You know what? I'm changing the one that I wrote down because that's boring. The one that I've always been obsessed with. Honolulu cookies. Yeah. Give me a Honolulu cookie.

[A]

You do love.

[B]

I do love them. Them little shortbreads.

[A]

You kind of got me on those.

[B]

Because again, it's a cookie that you look at, you're like, that looks dry. And then you eat it. You're like, that's the most incredible shortbread up there in my mouth.

[A]

But they're very, very flavorful.

[B]

Love it. And I love the white chocolate macadamia coconut one. It's so unbelievable.

[A]

And the little minis, do they. I think they sell them at Costco.

[B]

That's why I gotta shout them out, because it's just unbelievably good. Every time I go to Honolulu. Not that Getting some. And in Vegas, they had a couple stores.

[A]

Do they.

[B]

And I would get boxes every time I went there. Okay. Just for the cookies,

[A]

I'm like, and the spa.

[B]

And the spa.

[A]

Of course. The thing I buy every single Costco trip. Not me bringing up Costco so much when I was there, like, it doesn't.

[B]

It doesn't save you money.

[A]

It doesn't. But it's fun to shop at.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

Okay. I always buy those rice packets.

[B]

Yeah, the pre made ones.

[A]

Yeah, it's good rice. Microplastics for sure.

[B]

For sure.

[A]

Good rice.

[B]

Good. Jasmine sticky rice. Good.

[A]

And I get the white rice. Yeah. They have brown. If that's. If that's your. That's your prerogative, right? Of course it's not my prerogative.

[B]

I don't know. The bodybuilders eat the white rice, so I'm gonna go with the white.

[A]

Yeah, See, that's why I do it.

[B]

Exactly. The bodybuilders.

[A]

Bodybuilders do it. I'm telling you, it saves so much time. Cooking rice is just such a hassle. And this rice is really delicious. Every time I serve it to people, I feel very like, yeah, I don't make rice. I just gotta do this. But then they're like, this rice is amazing. I'm like, yeah, it's actually sticky rice.

[B]

It is really good.

[A]

But I don't know if it's like authentically sticky sticky rice.

[B]

Well, also, I'll share mine. That is good. I got mine's rotisserie chicken. I'm not leaving without a rotisserie chicken. Get that Sam's Club rotisserie chicken up in my car.

[A]

Is the Sam's Club one good?

[B]

It's $5. Yeah. I love it. It's really good. Doesn't taste like hot dogs.

[A]

Costco one. I can't do it again.

[B]

I know. You had that one bad one.

[A]

And I gotta tell you, I haven't had a rotisserie chicken in four years.

[B]

No, this rotisserie chicken at Sam's is really flavorful.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Tastes like a chicken.

[A]

Tastes like a chicken. Yeah.

[B]

And I love it.

[A]

I.

[B]

You have to pull your rotisserie chicken when it's hot. It's the easiest time to pull it. You pull at the beginning of the week, throw it on your salads, throw it on crackers, Throw it in so

[A]

bad when you open it up, when you. From the fridge. Absolutely.

[B]

Every time it smells like farts. Yeah.

[A]

It freaks me.

[B]

Yeah, me too. I still need it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But it's also five bucks. I'm like, if I get two or three meals out of that chicken, it was worth the five dollars. You know, it's a little freaky.

[A]

That's five dollars. But I need to get back on my rotisserie chicken game, and maybe I just need to switch to Sam's just for the chickens.

[B]

I'll just buy you one.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

You're welcome.

[A]

Bring me a chicken. The traders. Okay, this is the next category. Is the Trader Joe's item. I refuse to shut up about the elote corn chip dippers.

[B]

I put that on my chip.

[A]

So good.

[B]

Unbelievable chip.

[A]

Thank you. Like, I really like delivering groceries, so I don't want to go into a store. I will go into the store for these chips.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Good with a dip.

[B]

They have a really good guacamole. I have it on here, too. It's the chunky Greek yogurt guacamole. It's so good with the chip. With the chip. Every time I go to trade to get.

[A]

They are spicy.

[B]

Extremely.

[A]

But they are so flavorful. They're sweet, salty. Have such a good flavor.

[B]

So the best chip of all time.

[A]

They are. So if they ever get rid of those, I will go clean them out of the rest.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

That's the one thing I will doomsday.

[B]

I will put that in my bunker.

[A]

I'll put that in my bunker.

[B]

What's in your bunker? Can corn. Oh, loser.

[A]

I don't think they're shelf stable, but they don't need to be because they're gonna zag really quick.

[B]

I don't think chips like that aren't shelf stable. The last a nuclear bomb. My current hyper fixation food is also from Trader Joe's. Yeah. It's a Scandinavian swimmers.

[A]

Scandinavian.

[B]

That's our potty training treat right now. All their candy.

[A]

Are you getting a treat every time you go potty as well?

[B]

I'm like, you get a treat. I get a treat. All their candies and stuff are made without food dyes. It's all natural food dyes. So I'm trying to get all my candy just from there. And it's unbelievable.

[A]

Wait, does he still get a treat every time he goes to the potty?

[B]

Yeah. It's motivating us see that.

[A]

That we had to change that because then we were just tinkling.

[B]

He's getting to get candy all day. I know. You know, he hasn't clocked that yet. He's still only going when he wants to go.

[A]

We found a hacker.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Hyper fixation food is literally just grilling. We once again, we have grilled literally every single night. Perfect. And specifically salmon. I had the hugest piece of salmon last night.

[B]

That looks good.

[A]

Matt goes. Matt goes. There was a massive piece, but I couldn't find. I was like.

[B]

He said, I couldn't find it.

[A]

He's like, you ate that whole piece of sand. It was.

[B]

Yeah, I saw it. It was a big piece of salmon.

[A]

Whole thing. I went kind of crazy.

[B]

That's almost like a ten dollar if you go to Aldi. That piece was almost like the whole package of that. You get.

[A]

I ate that whole thing.

[B]

Good. You should.

[A]

I was my Omega 3.

[B]

The Omega 3s were through the roof. You said it's for baby's brain.

[A]

Baby's brain needed it. Salmon's so good. And the best way. I'll just say it right now because this, it makes it so easy. Just little lemon juice, fresh lemon juice. Salt. Get good salt. I love sea salt. That should actually be one of my favorites.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

All the time sea salt. Have I said that before?

[B]

You said it last time.

[A]

Their garlic sea salt is so good. And then we top it with some sweet Thai chili sauce. It's so good.

[B]

That's awesome.

[A]

The drink getting me through the day.

[B]

This is hilarious.

[A]

You're not a drink, girly.

[B]

Listen to this concoction I've been brewing the last four days. Cleans and bleeds. You're welcome for this. Okay. You ready for my mega wellness? I told you it's hot girl summer for me.

[A]

I'm getting hot.

[B]

No.

[A]

What?

[B]

No, this is a. Okay. I get this big glass Jug that you're supposed to put breast milk in, and it has a handle and like a. It's big. It's for your fridge. I put a lot of ice in it and a shaker bowl. And then I fill to the brim with water, and I put it.

[A]

Shaker ball in a glass.

[B]

That feels bougie. Okay. I'm putting in one scoop of my sour watermelon. Clear, protein best.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

There we go. That's the base. I'm going in with one scoop of my pink starburst creatine and glutamate.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Okay. A little sweet. Sweet. Then I'm going in with a half scoop of the strawberry watermelon electrolyte, all from cleans and bleeds. Let me tell you, that drink is pink, that drink is sweet, and that drink is making me glow from the inside out.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

It's giving me great.

[A]

Do you feel fancy?

[B]

Yeah, yeah. I'm like, surely this can't be good for me, but I supposed to be.

[A]

No, I feel like that's all good.

[B]

Yeah. Thanks.

[A]

I have to tell this story because that's reminding me the same vibes as this lady I was talking to. I was like, yeah, like, you look amazing. Like, what? Like, she's had many children. And she's like, yes, I drink this tea. And I was like, oh, she actually has, like, a thing that she does.

[B]

All right.

[A]

And it's this tea that makes me not eat.

[B]

Oh, shoot.

[A]

All day. Oh. She was sipping it, and she's like, yeah, this has. I don't know what it does. It just. It suppresses your appetite.

[B]

Perfect.

[A]

She's like, so I only eat dinner. And. And even then she's like, sometimes I'm like, not even that hungry.

[B]

Like, I'm like, okay, so you'll look good for about five years, and then you're gonna go slowly downhill.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

That's not longevity. I was like, man, I'm maybe some broccoli. I was like, wow, that's honest.

[A]

What a hack.

[B]

I feel like normally people don't. They don't eat. They don't tell you. Elise. They're like gatekeeping that.

[A]

She was like, this is like, I've

[B]

just been eating really clean nothing.

[A]

She's like, I don't eat wow. All day.

[B]

And, like, literally, honesty, I guess.

[A]

Don't do that, guys.

[B]

Don't do that, guys. That's bad.

[A]

This is the drink getting me through the day, I would say. I really love the new Olipop raspberry sherbert drink. You should try one before you leave.

[B]

Yeah, I'm doing it. I have tried it. I'm doing an ad for them this month.

[A]

Really? Okay. I love ollipop so much. I actually really like all their flavors.

[B]

I love their orange.

[A]

New flavor. The orange. That's a hot take.

[B]

And their ginger ale. Their ginger drink was my absolute favorite.

[A]

Ginger good, too.

[B]

So good.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But the sherbet one. Delish.

[A]

It actually tastes like sherbet somehow. I don't really know how they did that, but it tastes amazing. And it's such a treat with my dinner. I literally look forward to it every day.

[B]

Do you say sherbet or sherbet?

[A]

Am I saying it wrong? I say sherbet.

[B]

Okay. So that's the Midwest thing, I'm pretty sure.

[A]

Is it?

[B]

Do you say that, Hannah?

[A]

We say sherbet.

[B]

You say sherbet like there's an A fake R. I also say that it's actually spelled sherbet, which makes me. Not on my iPad saying that.

[A]

Not my iPad.

[B]

Not the way I spell it.

[A]

Wow. That's crazy. It's sherbet.

[B]

Pretty sure.

[A]

Sherbet.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

No R. I want to puke.

[B]

That's so American of us. So English of us.

[A]

I'm gonna shut up for the rest of this episode.

[B]

We're gonna move on to the home category.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I had some fun ones for this.

[A]

I do, too.

[B]

Okay. A household item that changed my life. It's my Dyson cordless vacuum. In your. It doesn't have to be a Dyson, but you need a cordless vacuum. I'm sorry. If you're moving a cord from outlet to outlet to outlet to outlet, I will never, ever in my life vacuum my house. I just won't.

[A]

And I didn't. I didn't actually good vacuums.

[B]

I didn't either. It was my 25th birthday present, and it's carried me through.

[A]

I have the Shark cordless one.

[B]

It's life changing.

[A]

It is. It's so nice.

[B]

It's just amazing.

[A]

I just kind of would kick it around.

[B]

I literally never vacuumed before that, and I was 25, so don't tell me cordless. Cordless is the way I was probably stuck.

[A]

This one is brand new, but I just used it. I used it last night and I used this morning, and I'm using it tonight. I'm gonna use it all day tomorrow. The Ninja Crispy.

[B]

I want that air fryer, Abby. It was good.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. Give me, like, a full, honest review later. Because I've been seeing ads and I was like, is this a Good appliance. No, it is good.

[A]

It's non toxic glass.

[B]

Yes. So easy to clean.

[A]

Which I feel like is a very common.

[B]

The biggest gripe with an air fryer.

[A]

An air fryer? Yeah. It's so small, but has a like 10x the capacity of my other air fryer. My other air fryer was huge.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I could only get like eight chicken nuggets on here. They have a big. You can even cook a chicken in it.

[B]

What?

[A]

Yes. Their biggest size. It's crazy. It works so fast. I feel like before I would have to preheat mine. They do say you can preheat it, but I didn't need to. They have very easy settings. It's dishwasher safe.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

They have a lid so you can store it in the container in your fridge after you make it. Brilliant. They really thought of everything.

[B]

That's brilliant.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I really want. I'm putting that on my wish list.

[A]

It's really fun.

[B]

Okay. Mine is. I got these IKEA baskets for my pantry organization. I wish I could pronounce it. I'm not going to. I'm not going to say it.

[A]

No, we can't.

[B]

We can't pronounce it. I don't speak Swedish. I don't speak the Scandinavian language. But yeah, it's amazing. And they're really. All their bins are very affordable. This one is 4.99. It's like the perfect size for a pantry. Sliding it in inserts. I think it begins with a D. Hannah and I wish. Yeah, it's 4.4.99 a basket. I bought 17 of them for like less than $100 for my whole pantry. I felt like that was a really good price point for organizing and. Yeah. Making it really functional.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Yeah, their bins are great. I used to, when we had our business, our clothing business, all of our bins came from ikea. They're the best price. Great plastic bins.

[A]

I never think about going to ikea.

[B]

I just, I mean storage.

[A]

I need to organize my life.

[B]

It's really good for storage organization.

[A]

Help me.

[B]

Yeah, we'll put it up. I'll link them because I can't say them, but it is a great bin there.

[A]

What did you say for the thing making my house feel less chaotic?

[B]

That was it. My IKEA baskets.

[A]

Oh, duh. My house is chaotic.

[B]

Wait, what did you. How did I get to that?

[A]

The household item that changed my life. Did you didn't know.

[B]

I did the cordless vacuum.

[A]

Oh, so you're ahead. Shoot.

[B]

I'm Sorry.

[A]

No, no, no, no, no.

[B]

That's the thing making my house feel less chaotic are my IKEA baskets for my pantry.

[A]

I. Mine is not a really good answer for this, but I just wanted a reason to talk about my pura because I.

[B]

That makes me feel less chaotic. No, you're like the hip.

[A]

No, my list is. My house is chaos, so.

[B]

So at least make it smell good.

[A]

Yeah, I love a good smell thing. I love a good smell thing. And I feel like I need to do better with my clean fragrances. So I got my pura back out and my gripe with the pura. I gotta be honest about it. What you go. The fragrances run out so fast.

[B]

Really?

[A]

So like you.

[B]

And they're expensive, right?

[A]

And they're expensive.

[B]

How much is a free fill?

[A]

I don't know. Perfect.

[B]

30.

[A]

I'm scared. I'm on pins and needles.

[B]

Don't they have it where you can make.

[A]

Looks like they're 15 bucks. Each. Each.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

See, that's, That's.

[B]

That's a lot for a little thing.

[A]

And they don't last.

[B]

Shoot. But don't do. Can't you do like a low setting and then like a high setting?

[A]

Yeah, you can, but I have a big space to fill in. I do need to put it on a high setting. I want to smell it.

[B]

I got you.

[A]

So it's a. I'm just telling you it's an investment. It's a. It's a thing that is just. It's just how it is. I feel like the. The ones that last forever are also toxic, so.

[B]

Sure. Of course. That's how it goes. Here's the trade off.

[A]

And you know what? I took that. I took that trade off for a while, and now I'm back to doing the clean ones. And it's really fun. They smell amazing.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

They have some really good fragrances. Yeah, really good.

[B]

Yeah. Like high end smelling stuff, which I'm like, oof.

[A]

They have so many amazing collaborations and they really. They make it easy to use. It does use an app, which usually is a gripe of mine. I don't want everything to connect to an app.

[B]

So annoying.

[A]

But the app is actually really easy to use.

[B]

Well, that's good.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I feel like my house doesn't have a scent. Like, I feel like my house doesn't smell good or bad. I keep it clean and I vacuum and everything's out. So it's. It doesn't smell bad. But when we're gone for a trip and I come back, I walk in, I'M like, my house just smells like a house. Like it doesn't have a smell. Cuz everything I use is non scented.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I get a little sad about that. So I really do want. And I'm not gonna do. I'm not gonna do the air.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Things that go into the air, the essential oils. I'm not doing that.

[A]

I don't think those usually smell good.

[B]

They don't. And I think some of them do. But then also people are like, they're toxic for dogs and kids. I'm like, I'm not gonna. What do you mean? I have dogs and kids, so what do you mean? I can't breathe it in.

[A]

The pur is really the option and it's expensive, but it really is nice.

[B]

Okay, well, it's good to know. Glad you love it.

[A]

It's really amazing.

[B]

My favorite little luxury at home. Yeah, it's my cozier sheets. Let me tell you something. I've been a skeptic. I'm like, certainly. Who cares? It's a sheet. What difference can it make? I. Okay. The whole time we've been married, we've had Target sheets. Never thought anything about them. I get in my bed every night, I lay in those cozy earth sheets and I am like, shoot, these are really good sheets. And I am just so.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Pleased to say that it's. It is a luxury that I love.

[A]

I know. We spend so much time in bed.

[B]

I know. They're so comfortable.

[A]

My luxury is also related to the bed.

[B]

What is it?

[A]

It is chili Chili pad.

[B]

I knew it. I knew it was going to be chili bad.

[A]

I know, you guys, don't you hate it when the expensive things are actually worth it?

[B]

I know, I know.

[A]

And I say, I think expensive sounds. It's a luxury. It's a luxury. We don't. Do we need a chili pad? No, we don't need a chili pad. Has it made my life better? Yeah, it has. I literally. Matt and I talk about it every single night. Like, I'm so excited. Just it's like, what temperature are you setting your side at? And it's just like.

[B]

It's a conversation.

[A]

It's so nice. And. And it improves my quality of sleep.

[B]

I mean, our friends Dave and Val. There you go. They just never shut up about their chili pad.

[A]

And here's the thing. Anyone that has a chili pad doesn't shut up about their chili pad because it changes you.

[B]

Well, I mean, at least it works. I feel like it's sad and good to know that your money was. Well, Spent.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, it's like a bummer because now I want to buy one and they're expensive, but good to know that at least it'd be worth your purchase.

[A]

I think you'd be like, wow, yeah, that one was a pretty penny and worth it.

[B]

Worth it.

[A]

Which is scary to say.

[B]

We're gonna speed it up. We're gonna speed it up because we've got a lot. We've got a lot to go through. Okay. My favorite cleaning product. That deserves an award. My o cedar mop. It is trusty, tried and true. Manual gets the job done clean.

[A]

Do you feel like Cinderella when you use that?

[B]

Absolutely. I feel like Cinderella. I'm usually singing It's a hard knock life while I'm doing it. Let me tell you. Then I walk on my clean floors and my baby's crawling on my clean floors. And it's. I'm like, you know what? It's worth it.

[A]

It. I said, robo rock.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

They it mops your floors and you just turn it on when you go to sleep.

[B]

Shoot. I want that. I want that. I want to do things while I'm sleeping.

[A]

Yeah. It is so nice. We were like, thank you, Rocky. Night, night.

[B]

Thank you, Rocky.

[A]

A purchase that is earning its keep. I've talked about it last time. I'll talk about it again. Cuz my jura. Yeah, you espresso maker. It just makes me so happy every single day.

[B]

I didn't purchase this. It's my caraway pants. I got sent them because I didn't add for them. Love my caraway pants. So I can't say it was a purchase that's earning its keeps because I did not technically purchase it, but I would repurchase them.

[A]

I use caraway exclusively.

[B]

Exclusively.

[A]

Minus my cast iron.

[B]

Exclusively. Cast iron and caraway. That's on the same. Great cook.

[A]

Their storage container. Food storage, love.

[B]

I want. Yeah, I like their organization too. Really great product.

[A]

Amazing.

[B]

Yep. Kids and family.

[A]

Family. Okay. This one's fun. I feel like I can always talk about kids stuff, but we'll try to go quick because we know that everyone. Not everyone has kids. Right. The toy that's actually worth the money. I said the strider bike.

[B]

A hundred percent. Abby, that's a great answer.

[A]

Yeah. That one is like there's not really a dupe for it, in my opinion, for that age. They're really great. Yeah.

[B]

We got ours on Facebook Marketplace. They're always on Facebook Marketplace because kids outgrow them. And so we got it for Christmas and it's an amazing bike. I think it's gonna make transitioning to a pedal bike so much easier. It's so fun watching them on those bikes. I put refillable water balloons.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Our dog eats those, though, unfortunately.

[B]

Yeah. Lewis is trying, but they're so fun. CJ's so entertained by them, and he just plays them in our little kiddie pool, and he just pops them, and they're so fun.

[A]

It keeps them entertained for such a long time.

[B]

I know. My sister got them for. For his birthday last year, and it's a great toy.

[A]

You can get them at Costco.

[B]

Perfect.

[A]

The thing my kids can't stop talking about. Danny, go. We started doing this. It's on YouTube, but I used it when I was a substitute teacher for, like, students. Like, they call it, like, a brain break. Get your wiggles out.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But it's like, they do get up and, like, participate it in it, and it's like a guy who does songs. Matt and I were like, this actually was a missed niche that we could have delved into because it feels fitting for me. I was like, sharks in the water. Like, I think I'd have fun.

[B]

That'd be fun.

[A]

So we do a little rebrand. It would be the kids category, probably fun. Kids fitness activities.

[B]

Kids fitness activities. Danny, go.

[A]

Kidding. I'll never do it, but Danny goes, great. And I think it's a good use of your screen time because your kids are also moving.

[B]

Yeah. What can I. What can CJ not stop talking about kinetic sand. But everyone ignore what I just said and move on to the next one. Don't get your kids kinetic sand. For a while, I was all about it. I was, like, bragging about. I'm like, I'm such a kinetic sand mom. And then my dog ate it. And then.

[A]

And now it's a mess.

[B]

So maybe wait.

[A]

Maybe wait until your dog is.

[B]

Until your dog dies. Kidding, kidding, kidding. I love my dog.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I did wish him dead. When I was postpartum, I will say

[A]

that I had dark thoughts.

[B]

You know, some people have, like, dark thoughts about their children. I had dark thoughts about my dog.

[A]

I think it's common.

[B]

Yeah. I was like, he would have diarrhea or something. I'd be like, oh, maybe it's cancer. You know, like, really dark thought. But I love him. And now. And I'd be so. Obviously we're back. But, yeah, there was a postpartum.

[A]

They're not allowed to misbehave.

[B]

And he did a lot.

[A]

And he did a lot.

[B]

I love him, though.

[A]

All Right. I saw you also have this. So what category did you put your Sunday swim coat in?

[B]

Oh, I put it under the Amazon purchase. That deserves a standing ovation.

[A]

Okay, well, this is that. And it's also a parenting hack, because when our kids get out of the pool. Okay, Sunday swim Co. Little thing here. Our friend actually created this brand. They're these wearable towel shirts. Super high quality, amazing quality. So cute. I mean, and I can't wrap my kids up in a towel without them tripping or like, they also just.

[B]

Just. It's just CJ gets really mad when I take this off of him. Like, he wants to wear it all day long. I love it. Yeah.

[A]

And it has a little hood. They look adorable in there.

[B]

So cute in them.

[A]

And it dries them off.

[B]

Yeah, it does. And they have a little pocket. They're shorter in the front, longer in the back. The hood. I mean, they're. Every time CJ wears, I'm like, oh, he's so.

[A]

They're so cute. That one, too.

[B]

This one. And then the. The plaid one.

[A]

Don't dry it.

[B]

Don't dry it because it is 100 cotton. Like, don't try it more than once. They do shrink a little bit the first time I watch.

[A]

Yeah. I don't.

[B]

I just hang. Dry it now.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Which is fine. It's a towel, so it dries fast.

[A]

But they're so good. They're so, so good.

[B]

So good.

[A]

And like Abby said, you can get them on Amazon, too.

[B]

I love it.

[A]

What's the parenting shortcut?

[B]

Oh, oh, our little swimming pool in the backyard. Oh, I'll link it. It's a really, really good little kid kid swimming pool.

[A]

That's fun.

[B]

Yeah. CJ's in it for hours.

[A]

The snack my kids are inhaling. I'm actually really proud to say this one, the Haya Greens. It's not really a snack, but it's the Haya Greens plus Superfood, their chocolate milk powder.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

On days where I'm like, did they get anything nutritious in their bodies? I just feel really good that they drink this every single night. They think they're drinking chocolate milk. And it has greens and vitamins and minerals in there.

[B]

Amazing.

[A]

And I know it fills them up.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And yeah, I. I love that stuff.

[B]

Yummy. Mine? Yeah, it's the Oikos. No, actually, I'm changing mine. It's this fruit smoothie I make every day. CJ is inhaling that fruit smoothie. It's not really a snack, I guess because I'm mixing A drink. But, yeah, I'm. I'm throwing spinach in there. I'm throwing protein. Don't come for me if kids can't have whey protein. I'm putting it in there. Sorry. I put a yogurt container in there. I'm like, loading up that smoothie, and it's awesome.

[A]

He downs it.

[B]

He does the thing.

[A]

Making family life easier. My veer wagon. I love my veer wagon.

[B]

So that was helpful in Tahoe.

[A]

It collapsed really well. And my kids are like, I love. I think it's important to have a good stroller. I have to do some negotiations to get them in a stroller. Whereas the wagon, they're more likely to get in. They can get in and out freely, and it can fit four kids. The one that we have.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

We fit three.

[B]

I'll change my. I have an answer for this one.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

My maybe baby carrier. To go hands free with your kid. Makes your life so much easier. And I love the maybe carrier. It's super comfortable. It's a linen material, so it's not so hot for Vivienne. And it's really beautiful. I feel like it's the art of pop dupe, kind of.

[A]

Yeah. Because that one. So silly.

[B]

So silly. Expensive for no reason. And the maybe carrier, I think is. It's maybe 150 or maybe still nice. It's really expensive. But, I mean, you use it every. I use it a little cray cray. I think it's like 600.

[A]

I think some of them are even more.

[B]

That's literally the duna. Like, I'm sorry, but my car seat and my baby carry don't need to

[A]

be the same price. I have one we used a lot,

[B]

but, yeah, it's a great carrier.

[A]

Crazy. Crazy.

[B]

But the maybe is the more affordable option of that.

[A]

Yes. And the book we read over and over and over and over, we actually have. I have a really good recommendation for this. The Wonder. You know, Wonder, the series, like, the movie. They have a chapter book. They have a picture book. And the. And it's such a good. The kids really get it. And so basically this. The main character is named Augie, which is. They think is really fun, too, but he has one eye in the book, and it's like a little doodle. And the kids really understand, like, why are the kids making fun of him? They're like, because he's different. And then we're like, is that any reason to make fun of, like, the conversation, like, clicks in their mind about, like, being a friend to everybody. And what to do if you see someone bullying someone or like not being nice. And it. The conversation really, really makes sense for them. It's not too long because I feel like it's parents.

[B]

Oh, sometimes the books are so long. Who wrote this?

[A]

And it's a beautiful book too. And I think it's a great. It's a great read.

[B]

Cute.

[A]

I've got it for my kids.

[B]

Yeah, I want. I want you to send the link of that. I don't know that one.

[A]

I should.

[B]

We. The Jesus Storybook Bible. It's the best little kids Bible. It's so cute. Cj. We're about to finish it with cj so we'll start it over again. But every. I mean, the illustrations are beautiful. He loves reading it. He thinks every character in that book is Jesus, which is funny. I'm like, no, that's actually Jonah. Just. It's a really amazing kids Bible. And it's just. Yeah, we love reading it as a family.

[A]

That's a classic.

[B]

We're going to shopping and influencing. Influencing the thing that I influenced everyone around me to buy. Now I don't know if it's everyone around me, but my most asked link every time. And the things I've sold a lot of is this Abercrombie sweatshirt. You got this for me for Christmas.

[A]

I also got that for my cousin, I think.

[B]

Yeah. Two Christmases ago.

[A]

It's a men's one.

[B]

It's a men's sweatshirt. They still sell it. It's the best fit. I have it in a large for the men's and it's the comfiest, best quality sweatshirt. Like the fact that I've had this for two years and it's still so soft and still so cool and relevant tells you that it's a great buy. Like the fact that everyone's still begging for the link of this.

[A]

It's such a good fit.

[B]

It's such a good fit.

[A]

I love it. I'm obsessed with it. They have another color that's very similar to that too. Really? Yeah.

[B]

Just the gray without the paisley. If you don't like the patches.

[A]

No, it has patches too.

[B]

My head. I just started. Patches, patches, patches, patches, patches.

[A]

That should have been when we had the category of the song. I accidentally placed 17 times.

[B]

Peaches, peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, peaches. Jack Black Peaches.

[A]

I love you. Super Mario Legend has it that Jack Black did them one day.

[B]

I believe it.

[A]

It feels just like work of art.

[B]

If you haven't seen the Super Mario Brothers movie, just Know that song will live on Freeze.

[A]

We have seen it million times and it's pretty good.

[B]

So good.

[A]

I actually really like that movie.

[B]

It is fun.

[A]

The thing I. I actually have one for this. So a lot of my friends that are pregnant have been asking me, like, what do I wear right now? Because it's kind of. It's a difficult time. It is this summer.

[B]

This is a naked.

[A]

I think winter's easier to be big pregnant, but I have never been big pregnant in winter.

[B]

Totally. Me neither. So.

[A]

So there is a maternity onesie on Amazon that's actually so good that I can. Yeah, it is. I. I love a onesie because I. I have a hard time with bands. Like, it's like you're always thinking under the bump or over the bump.

[B]

Right.

[A]

How about we don't decide? Because neither one's agreeing, if we're totally honest. And it has little pads in it and it's very comfortable.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You could just throw something over it. Tie something around your waist, make it feel more dressed up. It's so comfortable.

[B]

Right?

[A]

I work out in it too.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Cute.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

With a T shirt.

[B]

Oh, I know exactly which one you're talking about. And that one is really cute.

[A]

It's really. I mean, it's just. It's so comfortable. Can't beat it. Good quality, too.

[B]

Yeah. Cute. Love that.

[A]

I have a good Amazon purchase that deserves a standing ovation.

[B]

Let me hear it.

[A]

It's a kid's one. And you need to know when to. You need to know your child and when to use this. But there's this thing called an Unbuckle me on Amazon. So it goes on their seat belt so they can get. I feel like they quickly learn how to do the top one.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But the bottom one is really hard, especially if you cinch it tight enough, like where it's safe. It's. It's hard for me sometimes to get.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But it's a device where they can push it and then it'll release the two clips. Oh, that's the reason we're training is because we're getting a three row vehicle. And so I'm like, I don't want to climb to the back every single time to unbuckle this. My son's sitting in the back. And so this device. Another. I was like, how do we do that?

[B]

How do we.

[A]

Like, how do we figure this out? I was like, oh, you need this device. And it really is so smart. You push it and it releases. Yeah.

[B]

Wow. That's really cool. I never even heard of that.

[A]

That's cool.

[B]

Yeah, that's a great Amazon purchase.

[A]

It's really. Yeah, it's great.

[B]

The one that I put for this category was the Sunday swim coat towels. Because that's where you get them. You get them on Amazon. And we're going to shout out the small business.

[A]

Heck, yeah.

[B]

Heck, yeah, Maddie. The under $25 purchase punching above its weight. My gosh. These Walmart $3 tank tops. I'm wearing it right now. I have them in four colors. It's the most simple, basic tank top of all time. Thanks. I have it in white, red, green, and brown. I wore them nine months pregnant. That's when I bought them. Because I was like, there's nothing long enough when my waistbands are low, that covers my belly. And these tank tops are long, but you can also, like, pull them up. It's just a really basic, like, the most basic rib tank you could possibly picture. They're three bucks. And I've had them for. Since September. I mean, since last summer. And they're still in good quality. I just hang dry them.

[A]

Gotta have them.

[B]

I know. Three bucks, you can't. And if it's bad, you can't lose. You could use it as a dish rag if you don't like it. Do you know what I mean?

[A]

Bucks is crazy.

[B]

Crazy.

[A]

Honestly, I didn't have one for this, but you just jogged my memory. Speaking of Walmart, I feel like Walmart. I don't think about buying anything but groceries usually. But I've started buying my kids shoes from Walmart.

[B]

Smart.

[A]

And they have a sandal that I got that is. They can put it on themselves.

[B]

Huge.

[A]

Amazing. It can get wet and it's dressy enough to wear with khakis. Or you can wear it casual. I'll link them. But they. We have brown and navy, so I can tell who's his shoes. But they are great. I feel like these are things I didn't appreciate until I had kids.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Shoes are my biggest gripe. Gripe.

[B]

I think CJ's in between sizes right now. So I'm like, either your toes are crunched or you're falling over. I don't know what to tell you.

[A]

I'm just tripping.

[B]

Well, that was really fun. Should we move on and move to some Patreon ones?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Okay. We'll keep those. Keep some extra for Patreon.

[A]

Yeah. I do have a secret one.

[B]

I do, too.

[A]

Sorry.

[B]

Maybe I'd be the same. Ask, ask, ask. Abby.

[A]

Hi, this is Molly Culver. I live in South Dakota. And I was wondering, what advice would

[B]

you give me as I'm heading into

[A]

my senior year of high school? And also, love you guys, YouTube channels and Instagram.

[B]

Thank you. That's so sweet. Thank you.

[A]

I honestly love that you said where you're from. Let's add that if you remember when you're leaving a voicemail because that's really cool.

[B]

I only know one girl from South Dakota.

[A]

I know none except for her.

[B]

Sweet. Now I know two.

[A]

Now I know two. Okay, senior year of high school, what do we think?

[B]

I would say don't check out. It's so hard not to check out. But your senior year of high school is really fun.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Do everything.

[B]

Do everything. Like, participate in all the cheesy things. Even if it feels weird or goofy, like, I don't know, just soak in the, the high school experience. Because I feel like the high school experience really is just your senior year. You know, you got prom and the dances and they do special, like the lock in and different special things.

[A]

That's good advice.

[B]

The skip day, you know, it's just really fun to participate. And I think it could be really easy to be like, oh, I'm over these people, I'm over school, I'm over this. Because that is like a real feeling. But yeah, just soak it in.

[A]

Yeah, I think that's really good advice because a lot of. There's a lot of options now to do online or to only go for like a couple hours a day. Now, I did take off last period my senior year and I don't regret that. But like, yeah, I did too. I think that, yeah, I always did everything because I just was cheesy like that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I was shamelessly cheesy. And I honestly think that made high school really fun.

[B]

It makes it so much more fun.

[A]

Like if you're just a goober and you just really don't care because it's really just. It's so, so not serious. Like, it did like it. I can't tell you how not serious high school is.

[B]

It's not serious.

[A]

Not serious.

[B]

Yeah, it's really not.

[A]

Like, and so just have fun. Like, I know that seems like easier said than done, but like, the way to do it is like you're saying, just commit, do everything and commit to it. And it's like, yeah, maybe you don't like it. That's the time to find out what you like and what you don't like. And it's the time to just like, I don't know, be nice to everybody.

[B]

Be nice to everybody. Go to all the sporting events. Go to all the things. Just go to all the things.

[A]

I remember feeling really stressed out at times. Like before I was on Palm, going to sporting events was stressful for me because all my friends were either playing in sports.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

In the marching band or on the dance team. And I was like, oh, my gosh,

[B]

who are you going to sit with?

[A]

Who am I going to sit with? Yeah. And then I just went and I found people to sit with, and it was scary. And then I was like, oh, I had so much fun.

[B]

Yeah. And you get to support your friends.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And it's like the last time you're doing everything, like your sports and activities, and so it's just good to be, I don't know, a cheerleader for your friends.

[A]

Hi, Abby. Abby and Addie. My name is Angelina, and I called in a few months back now asking your advice on whether I should quit my corporate job or stay at home and be a full time stay at home mom. And I actually decided to take the leap and quit my job. So thank you for that extra push of encouragement that I needed to make such a big life decision. But my question is, now that I will be home full time with my two little boys, what recommendations do you have for breaking up your day? You know, making sure it doesn't stay monotonous or also helping to foster a good learning environment for them to prepare them for preschool or eventually kindergarten. Thank you.

[B]

Oh, my gosh.

[A]

First of all, that really stressed me out thinking that you made a really big life decision and we were responsible for part of that. But I'm so glad you're enjoying it.

[B]

Me too.

[A]

It's good to hear from you again.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Thanks for the update that you're able to. To be home with your kids.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It really is.

[B]

You're all gonna love that. Yeah.

[A]

You'll never regret that.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

So my advice for this, I have a lot of opinions on this because I feel like that was something I had to learn and get into a groove of create structure. Even though, like, it. One of the best things is that you don't have structure. But creating some type of structure makes your day so much better. I think my kids behave so much better. They know what to expect. Expect. I feel like my clarity of mind is better. And also when there's no time constraints, you just kind of.

[B]

Yeah. You actually don't do anything.

[A]

You don't do anything. And that is. So we have, like. I wouldn't say like a schedule, but we have a routine and we pretty much stick to it every weekday and the kids know what to expect. We have like the same routine, so.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Because we also do this.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So like we just wake up, do breakfast, get dressed pretty quick. My thing is like I got to get out the door pretty quickly in the morning or else I see. I think that we go downhill fast.

[B]

Sure.

[A]

Like the messes are created, like chaos is happening. And so we go to the gym. My kids come with us. I love a gym that has good child care and that my kids look forward to going to and can see their friends too because it's important for them to socialize as well. Then we do a fun activity. Then we come back home and do rest and quiet time and then they have scheduled time where we I'm able to work and then they do learning activities with my mom. Fun.

[B]

Yeah, it's really good. I think trying to break it up with like out of the, out of the house time of the day and in the house time of the day. And my in the house time of the day includes nap time. So it's like nap time and then dinner time usually.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But I do like, I actually enjoy getting out of the door a little bit, having a little bit of a slower morning. So I'm not like waking up and rushing out. I like having like a slower breakfast. I think two, I'm really clear in the morning and so I like waking up and like having a few hours, like an hour before. Well, what time? Having like two hours before we leave the house of just like I'll play with cj, I'll make a slow breakfast, we'll have breakfast together. Like it's a little bit more slow. And then we'll go out, we'll go to the gym and then an activity or like whatever errands we have going on that day that will be like our out of the house time. And then when we come back it's nap, which usually I'm working in the afternoons too. So either we have like a babysitter there or my mom is there when she's in town or he's sleeping, they take long naps or I'm there and then it's usually around when he wakes up his dinner time. So I feel like if you can schedule it in chunks, he takes like a three hour nap.

[A]

He also goes down so late.

[B]

He goes down at 2:30.

[A]

That's so.

[B]

Yeah. So we have most of our day and then he usually naps until dinner and then we'll have like some evening family time, and he still goes to

[A]

bed early at night. It's a really a wonder.

[B]

It really is a wonder. Actually. Today he went down for his Napoleon like one. No, he went down too. But I. Before that, like when he was younger, I used to go to the gym in the afternoons. So I would have like morning time of play at the house. Maybe we'd go to the grocery store or go out somewhere and then we would go home, have an afternoon nap, and then we would go to the gym in the afternoon. And that helped break up my day too. I just feel like finding something that you know that you want to do every day that's kind of like, hey, this is our goal post. Non negotiable. And then just finding where you need to put that marker.

[A]

My recommendation for you too is to find other moms that stay home because it can be really lonely. Even though you, like, love your kids and you really want to spend all the time in the world with them, it can be isolating. And it can happen really suddenly too, I feel like. And so just having routine where it's like once a week we go on a walk with our kids, that community just makes. I mean, it's good for so many reasons, but for your mental health and also for your kids to socialize and also just like to ask advice. Just having other moms that are also home during that time of day is really, I think it's a necessity of mine. Yep. Hi. I was just wondering, what's a trend from your teenage years that should never come back?

[B]

I hope you all have a good day.

[A]

Sorry, what was that?

[B]

What's a trend from your teenage years that should never come back?

[A]

So many.

[B]

Oh, you mean 2014? 2012. Wow. Let's think about it. Do you remember when we wear those, like tight bandage skirts? Like really tight bandage skirts? Do you remember those?

[A]

They kind of came back though. Wait, bandaged? I don't know.

[B]

The bodycon. Tight bandage. Almost like tube skirts kind of.

[A]

No. Do you remember the peplum?

[B]

Peplum tops?

[A]

Those skirts too.

[B]

The peplum skirts.

[A]

Oh my gosh. Wait, why was I wearing a blazer

[B]

in like high school?

[A]

Yeah. No, truly, like ugly blazers, right?

[B]

Like really form fitted 3 quarter sleeve blazer with like a button. Why did. Why was I dressing? Business. Cash.

[A]

Oh, I got mine. I got mine. That I literally wore so much like people talked about it. Infinity scarves.

[B]

Infinity scars are so bad. I had these sperries. I'm sorry. Sperries. I know they're kind of making a Comeback.

[A]

Thank you, Sperry.

[B]

I had these berry.

[A]

Caleb still has his fairies. They're horrific. But I will say Matt's berries aren't the boat shoes. He has the, like, loafer.

[B]

No, Caleb is the boat shoe. And I'm like, why are you even holding on to those things?

[A]

How do they smell?

[B]

Oh, they just exactly how they look.

[A]

Musty.

[B]

I bought these. I thought they were the coolest thing because I liked things that were, you know, unique and different. They were a high rise. Sperry. That had fold over.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And it was tan and it was plaid fabric.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And I wore those things. I thought they were so cool. And yeah, I look back at images and they were not cool.

[A]

Toms.

[B]

I never got into Tom's. I didn't like the flatness.

[A]

They're not cute. They look like Peter Pan shoes.

[B]

Not cute. Yeah, yeah.

[A]

And I had some.

[B]

I didn't like them then, personally.

[A]

Yeah, well, because they're not cute. I know.

[B]

You know, it's something I still can't get behind. It's a Birkins stock.

[A]

Furry Uggs. Oh, I like Birkenstock.

[B]

I know a lot of people do. I'm really in the minority, but I've just never liked them.

[A]

Well, also, I mostly like them because they're very supportive shoe. Like, I. I can't wear regular flip flops.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, my jelly Crocs were a stretch, but those are really supportive. Yeah. A lot of shoe trends.

[B]

So many bad shoes.

[A]

So many bad shoes.

[B]

I feel like we've come a long way with shoes. Like, there are just many more options.

[A]

I'm having so many flashbacks. I remember when I really wanted Nike dry fit shorts. Those were like, so cool. Those like, certain styles.

[B]

Oh, this, the tempos. Those are coming back.

[A]

I. Yeah, I think that they're fine, but I got dress coded for mine.

[B]

Oh, you're too short.

[A]

They. They said that they were too short and I was like, this feels like.

[B]

Like I am like 5 foot tall.

[A]

It feels like you're picking on me because I'm pretty sure everybody in the school is wearing Nike the same shorts.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

And they weren't that short. And they even like tapered a little bit.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

So they wouldn't even ride up.

[B]

That's. That's funny. That's really funny.

[A]

That was really rude.

[B]

I was gonna shoot that just brought back. Oh, I did the Nike id. Customize your own shoes with some Air Maxes. And I spent so cool weeks customizing these for my birthday. And it was like the coolest thing ever.

[A]

This Is how I know you were a cool kid now.

[B]

I mean, occasionally I would get some things that were pretty cool, but I was. Didn't make me cool. I just thought I was dressing cool. Skinny jeans, they can stay in the past.

[A]

Oh, my gosh. Yes. You were just talking about that. They are so unflattering.

[B]

Low rise skinny jeans too, at that.

[A]

With the holes in the knees.

[B]

Butt crack was always out. Why was I okay with my thong just out? Like, I was just okay with.

[A]

It didn't happen because I just said nothing. But so they stayed, right?

[B]

I always had that back gap and it was just horrible.

[A]

There's so many things that can stay. What are we gonna think about what we're wearing now?

[B]

I already know.

[A]

I know that barrel jeans are going to be so bad. And honestly, probably all the really.

[B]

But here's the thing. Denim, if it fits your body type, it's not trendy.

[A]

Okay?

[B]

You know what I mean? Like, the barrel jeans look really cute on you. If I were to buy barrel jeans, you'll be like, okay, trend girl. Like, they don't look good on my body. But if a denim is trendy at the time of the moment, but it fits your body type, like, if you're. Right now, you're like, skinny jeans look amazing on me.

[A]

Then it's not.

[B]

Then that's what looks amazing on you.

[A]

All I see in myself are my calves when I wear skinny jeans.

[B]

I haven't tried a pair on so long. I don't even.

[A]

I don't own them anymore.

[B]

The minute those went out, I was like, sweets. Hi, Nora.

[A]

Thank goodness. So uncomfortable.

[B]

So uncomfortable.

[A]

Okay, that was really traumatic.

[B]

That was a good question. That's it. That's it. Oh, my gosh. If you guys want to call and leave us a voicemail and ask a question, the number is 602-456-9690. Thank you guys for calling.

[A]

So, yeah, do you have a recipe?

[B]

Shoot. Why did I feel like. Why do I feel, like, ill prepared?

[A]

I have right here. Easy summer side sauteed vegetables. I feel like we get really, really boring with veggies, which is so funny because I know that the last episode I put brussels sprouts because I've been really trying to switch this up because I literally just make broccoli every single night. And we love broccoli, but it's good to switch up the veggies a little bit. And this is a good blend. That's actually really flavorful too. It's got zucchini, asparagus, Carrots, mushrooms, even. It's red bell pepper. And so it's a little extra effort. But if you're grilling, I feel like this is a good side dish to put with it. Yeah, very summery, very fresh and yummy yum.

[B]

Okay, that sounds really good. Mine is a caprese tortellini salad, and I made this one time, and Caleb called it goody goody salad. He's like, what is this called? Goody goody salad? Like, trying to be funny, but it's basically tortellini's mozzarella pearls.

[A]

Oh, you've made this for me.

[B]

Basil. It's so good.

[A]

So good.

[B]

It's so good. So easy. And, yeah, it's just a hit. You put big, fresh tomatoes in it. It feels fresh. It's filling.

[A]

Get your basil from Trader Joe's.

[B]

It's so cheap. It's honestly cheaper to buy the whole plant.

[A]

Get you that plant.

[B]

It's such a big, like, bush of

[A]

no, you can get a lot of.

[B]

But it is a big bush of Sorry. Got to stop saying.

[A]

Got to stop saying bush. Let's read a review. Reagan, thank you so much those of you who write reviews and rate us and heart us and like us, hype us and share us and all the things, we really appreciate it. So, Reagan, 1999 says, I love this podcast. Five stars. I was so thrilled to hear that you guys were starting this podcast. I genuinely love Fridays because I get to listen to this podcast. You guys are so funny, kind hearted, and make me feel like a friend. It's been such a gift to me as I became a mom this past year. Congrats. Thank you so much. Love you guys. That's so sweet. I've, like, had the pleasure of actually meeting a lot of you that listen that live, live locally, and it's just.

[B]

Oh, it's so cool.

[A]

It's so cool.

[B]

It's crazy. I'm like, man, we get to do it together. And just hearing, like, if she feels like it's a gift to her, I feel like this community is a gift to me too.

[A]

Oh, so. So 100.

[B]

Yeah. It's been really, really fun. Thank you guys so much. Well, that was a great episode. I think people might be bored, but

[A]

was on another level. Thanks, guys, for listening.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And remember, we're always here. Bye, guys.