Lunchbox’s Holiday Drama in Texas & His List of Questions for Morgan’s Engagement

Summary

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The Bobby Bones Show

Episode: Lunchbox’s Holiday Drama in Texas & His List of Questions for Morgan’s Engagement
Date: January 10, 2026
Host: Morgan
Guest: Lunchbox

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Overview

This lively podcast episode features Morgan and Lunchbox diving into their chaotic and memorable holiday experiences. Lunchbox recounts his family’s dramatic Texas trip—filled with mishaps, sick kids, and even a dog ER visit—while Morgan fields a barrage of hilarious, pointed questions about her recent engagement. The chemistry between the two offers humor and heart, delivering plenty of laughs even as they navigate life’s more stressful moments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Lunchbox’s Holiday Vacation Drama

(Starts: 01:05)

• Travel Debates & Traditions:

  • Lunchbox planned to drive the family (with three kids and a dog) from Tennessee to Texas post-Christmas.
  • He and his wife debated whether their kids should wake up at home or at their grandparents’ on Christmas.
    • “But you know what else is a memory? Waking up at Granny and Grandpa's and having your cousins there and going bananas.” — Lunchbox [01:37]

• Neighborhood Christmas Party Weirdness:

  • Stayed for a neighborhood party just before the trip, held in an unfurnished house because hosts had moved to Africa.
    • “So you went to a party in an empty house?” — Morgan [05:17]
    • “Yeah.” — Lunchbox [05:19]

• Road Trip Hijinks:

  • Multiple stops for kids’ bathroom needs, bodily fluids: a long gas station stop, surprise vomit from his son, leading to cleaning the car and eventually stopping overnight in Texarkana.
    • “He threw up all over the car… No, he didn’t mention he had to throw up, did he?” — Lunchbox [09:12]

• Ongoing Kid Sickness:

  • The trip included sick kids and an ER dash.
    • “Let’s put it this way, I was going 95 trying to get them to the ER.” — Lunchbox [10:55]

• Splitting Holiday Time:

  • Spent most of the time at his parents’ home, with vivid descriptions of cousin chaos and creative games from “Granny".
    • “Granny is Ms. Creative. She has these games that are freaking fantastic… every year she has different games.” — Lunchbox [13:40]
    • Describes unique games, sleepovers, and family fun.

• Parental Pride:

  • Lunchbox’s dad won “Yard of the Month” for December after years of trying.
    • “He got the best yard for December… Decorations were the absolute home run.” — Lunchbox [25:09]

2. Pet Pandemonium: The Dog ER Visit

(Starts: 17:02)

• Dog Family Dynamics:
  • First Christmas with their rescue dog, Chase, who quickly gets into mischief with his parents’ new rescues, Harry and Sally.
  • Within 45 minutes of arriving, they’re off to the emergency vet after a rough play session.
    • “If there is something we know how to do, I’m telling you, we know how to spend money on doctors on the holidays.” — Lunchbox [17:21]

3. Family, Football, and Festivities

(Starts: 22:02)

• Reuniting with Old Friends; Family Football Rituals:
  • Lunchbox reconnects with old buddies on the golf course.
  • Enjoys Sunday Night Football; friendly family rivalry between the Bears and 49ers fans.
• Reflections on Family Dynamics:
  • Brother’s idiosyncrasies, slumber parties with siblings’ kids, calm vs. chaos at in-laws’ home.

4. Morgan’s Engagement Interrogation

(Starts: 27:28)

• Behind the Scenes of the Proposal:

  • Lunchbox peppers Morgan with questions—hilarious and genuine—about her engagement.
  • Morgan details how her fiancé coordinated with a videographer and photographer (including sneaking into the proper bathroom for mic setup!) to capture the proposal at Botanica, just before Christmas.
    • “So when we first got into Botanica…he had to go to the bathroom again…so apparently in this bathroom…” — Morgan [28:07]
    • “But my question is...why did we need a mic?” — Lunchbox [29:35]
    • “Because you want to capture the audio of what he’s saying.” — Morgan [29:49]

• Family Reactions:

  • Only Morgan’s sister knew beforehand; parents and the rest of the family were shocked, joyous, and emotional.
    • “And in the video, you can see my dad, like, tearing up, and he’s wiping away tears.” — Morgan [33:54]
  • The proposal scene was intimate, followed by Facetiming friends and family.

• Wedding Party & Future Plans:

  • Lunchbox needles Morgan about wedding party plans and ring practicalities, mixing jokes with genuine curiosity.

5. Financial Funnies & “Retirement Planning”

(Starts: 38:49)

• Changing Times:

  • They riff on paying methods—checks, cash, digital, and Lunchbox’s unique “retirement fund”: a jar of loose change.
    • “And that’s my retirement. And now it’s a lot less cash being used…” — Lunchbox [39:03]
    • “Your only retirement is this change in a bucket?” — Morgan [39:54]

• Fantasy Football Funds:

  • Lunchbox jokes he could invest fantasy league money, Morgan points out the legal/ethical risks.

• Ring Insurance & Wearing Habits:

  • Morgan discusses plans to insure her engagement ring and anxieties about losing it; Lunchbox admits he doesn’t wear his ring much.
    • “It’s cool right now, year or two, you’ll barely wear it.” — Lunchbox [42:41]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Family Road Trips:
  “It was a happy holiday!...We’re gonna drive to Texas…And I told my wife…But you know what else is a memory? Waking up at Granny and Grandpa’s…”
  — Lunchbox [01:10-01:37]

• Neighborhood Party in an Empty House:
  “So you went to a party in an empty house?”
  — Morgan [05:17]

• On How the Family Celebrates:
  “Granny is Ms. Creative...This was like pool noodle soccer...Another game, she wrote numbers 1 to 25 on stickers and hid them through the house.”
  — Lunchbox [13:40-14:38]

• ER Visits Are Tradition:
  “If there is something we know how to do, I’m telling you, we know how to spend money on doctors on the holidays.”
  — Lunchbox [17:21]

• Morgan’s Proposal:
  “I have no idea what’s happening over there. I’m, like, zoned into him because I’m just like, what was happening? …I was tearing up as he was, like...and surprised and, like, overwhelmed with excitement.”
  — Morgan [31:46, 44:28]

• Retirement Plan or Just Spare Change:
  “And that’s my retirement. And now that it’s a lot less cash being used…It’s really frustrating me.”
  — Lunchbox [39:03]

• Ring Anxiety:
  “Right now, I’m taking it off all the time because I’m scared, which is probably worse than I’m taking it off all the time.”
  — Morgan [43:35]

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Holiday Debate, Neighborhood Party: 01:05–06:20
• Road Trip Family Drama: 06:20–11:51
• Holiday with Extended Family: 11:51–17:02
• Dog Drama & Vet Emergency: 17:02–21:13
• Games, Football, Family Rituals: 21:13–27:12
• Yard of the Month Story: 24:47–27:21
• Proposal Deep Dive: 27:28–37:05
• Ring, Wedding, & Retirement Talk: 37:33–44:05
• Final Reflections on the Engagement: 44:05–45:06

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Conclusion

This episode is a laugh-out-loud look at the messy realities of family holiday celebrations, from vomit-filled road trips to dog hospital runs. Lunchbox’s storytelling is full of self-deprecating humor and heart, while Morgan offers a sweet, behind-the-scenes look at her engagement. Both offer relatable glimpses into modern family chaos, handled with wit and affection.

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For engagement photos and proposal video, check Morgan’s Instagram: @webgirlmorgan
More wild stories: “Box Family Holiday Adventures” on the Sore Losers podcast!

Transcript

[Morgan]

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[Morgan]

What's up, friends? And happy Saturday. This weekend. Lunchbox is joining me. What's up, lunch?

[Bobby Bones]

Happy New Year.

[Morgan]

We're like, a week past New Year at this point.

[Bobby Bones]

I know, But I.

[Morgan]

It's 2026.

[Bobby Bones]

I know, but I was just telling people. I don't know that I've told these people. Happy New Year.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And I'm impressed that you can still hit those buttons.

[Morgan]

What do you mean? With the. With that big old ring.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, dang, I thought he'd weigh down the fingers. You, ah. You got to use two hands to pick it up, but you still, with your left hand, were able to hit the buttons and turn this sucker on. And I was like, whoa, Blinded by the light. Isn't that a song? Yeah, that is Blinded by the Light. Oh, my goodness.

[Morgan]

He did good. He did good.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so that was just my one, one engagement joke for the first start of the first bit of the podcast. I'm sure there'll be more to come, folks. More to come. Oh, my goodness.

[Morgan]

Okay, well, before I let you rant on about my engagement, let's talk about your holidays.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, man. What about my holidays? It was a happy holiday. Yeah. What else you guys do? We drove. So we were gonna drive to Texas, to Austin, to see my family. Shout out box family. And Austin, Texas. And we were going to go there on the 26th.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

After Christmas, After Christmas, do Christmas here.

[Bobby Bones]

And then go there.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And I told my wife, that doesn't really make sense. Why would we wait till the 26th? She goes, well, I just want them to have memories of waking up in their bed on Christmas. I said, they're going to have plenty of those memories. But you know what else is a memory? Waking up at Granny and Grandpa's and having your cousins there and going bananas. She's like, we just never did that as a kid. I looked her in the eyes, I said, look, we used to do that every four years. Maybe we'd wake up in our bed for three. The fourth year, we'd go to Grandma and Grandpa's. And you know what? I remember driving to Grandma and Grandpa's and the memories we made at Granny and Grandpa's. I called them Grandma and Grandpa, but we call my parents Granny and Grandpa.

[Morgan]

Why Granny and Grandma? Why not Grandma? She's not like Grandma.

[Bobby Bones]

No, she's Annie and is her name.

[Morgan]

Oh, so Granny.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it just rolls.

[Morgan]

It okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Like it.

[Bobby Bones]

That was her creativity, by the way. And so after thinking about it for about you know, 30 to 45 seconds, my wife goes, you know what? You're right. Let's go ahead and go. So we left that Saturday that we got off.

[Morgan]

Yep. Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

The Saturday before Christmas. Whenever. Drive, baby.

[Morgan]

Now you guys have the doggo.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but we drive. It costs money to fly.

[Morgan]

It does cost money to fly, but.

[Bobby Bones]

You know how cheap it is to drive.

[Morgan]

That's true, but it's also just takes a lot longer. How far is the drive from here to Texas to Austin?

[Bobby Bones]

It's right around 12 hours.

[Morgan]

Okay, so you're with no stops. You're the same with me with Wichita.

[Bobby Bones]

Correct.

[Morgan]

It's. It's a pretty brutal drive.

[Bobby Bones]

And we had decided that we were going to try to do it in one day.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I do it in one day.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't have three kids.

[Morgan]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

I was about to add that I do have a dog and a cat, though.

[Bobby Bones]

Different.

[Morgan]

That adds a little party because they.

[Bobby Bones]

Don'T sit there and eat and drink and they just lay there.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. So we decide we're going to drive it one day and we're going to wait because my oldest son was supposed to have a basketball game. I was like, well, after the basketball game, we'll be ready to go. Bam, we're out. Then come Thursday, we find out he has no basketball game. And I'm like, what? Let's leave on Friday. Neighborhood Christmas party on Friday. Couldn't leave, so that's okay. It's okay. We're going to have the car.

[Morgan]

Was the neighborhood Christmas party worth it to stay?

[Bobby Bones]

No, absolutely not.

[Morgan]

It wasn't fun.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, I talked to the same three families that I talked to anyway.

[Morgan]

And that you typically hang out with.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. It's not like I mingled with all these other neighbors.

[Morgan]

Like, it sounds like a you problem, though. Why didn't you mingle?

[Bobby Bones]

Because this is what happens when you go into a situation. You start talking to the people you know, and the next thing you know, it's an hour later, and you're like, oh, well, we haven't talked to anybody else.

[Morgan]

Fair. That does happen.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, it's not like it's planned.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

It's just. You see, I'm like, oh, man, how you been? Da, da, da. You start talking because you know their kids, they know your kids. You ask them about that. What? And then you're like, oh, man, it's been an hour. Should we meet other people? Ah, we're good.

[Morgan]

Wait, so do you go to one of their houses for the party or is it like out on the street?

[Bobby Bones]

No, no. Is it someone's house?

[Morgan]

But is it at one of those, like your close friends? It was at somebody else's.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, here's what's crazy. It was a house that the people had. They had volunteered to host the party.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And then I don't know the guy, what he does for a living, but they decided they were going to move to Africa maybe for two years. That's for a missionary trip or something.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that where they.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I mean, missionary trips happen everywhere, so.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Well, I don't know. Maybe it's somewhere.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And so they were like, well, I guess you guys can still have the party. But there was no furniture.

[Morgan]

So you went to a party in an empty house?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Did they at least have food and drinks?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, we had food and drinks. Like. Yes.

[Morgan]

I guess that might be the best scenario.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, because then nothing can get broke. Well, I mean, it's not like a rager. That's the thing. It's not like a rager. These are.

[Morgan]

But the kids go, no, no kids. Oh, it's just.

[Bobby Bones]

It's at night. Adults.

[Morgan]

Okay then. Yeah. Not having furniture is a little weird.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, so it was. It was a little weird. Like there was a table that they put out to put food on.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And then that was it.

[Morgan]

And everybody just stood around. Everybody sit on the floor at one point?

[Bobby Bones]

No. People leaning up against walls.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Window sills, but that's it.

[Morgan]

So it's kind of their going away party also.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, they weren't there. They were gone.

[Morgan]

They had already left. So they offered their house, but then they.

[Bobby Bones]

This came up, I guess after. After they had already volunteered to have it.

[Morgan]

So who put the foot food out and everything?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, it's potluck.

[Morgan]

So people brought things.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

But then who brought the table?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know. Maybe the neighborhood committee or whatever. I don't know. Neighborhood board, whatever they're called.

[Morgan]

Anyways, we're derailing from neighborhood.

[Bobby Bones]

We're like, it's okay. We're gonna have the car packed and ready to go. Saturday morning, we wake up and go, okay. Was the car packed?

[Morgan]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

No. Okay, cool. That's all right. That's all right. I'm not mad, I'm not annoyed. No big deal.

[Morgan]

What time would you typically leave? Because, like when we got up to leave and we're leaving at 5:00am okay, well, because I want to get there before it's super Dark out. That's always my goal, but I know different. You have kids?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. I was planning to be on the road at 8.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

On the road at 8?

[Morgan]

Yeah. What time did you end up leaving?

[Bobby Bones]

9:40.

[Morgan]

That's not too bad.

[Bobby Bones]

That's bad when you have all. Like in the afternoon when you have all week.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm just saying. It's all right. I'm not upset.

[Morgan]

Okay. So we started the trip a little frustrated.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, I was cool, man. I'm in a good mood. I'm on vacay.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And then we're just start making great time. We are. We are smoking it.

[Morgan]

Do you drive the whole time mostly, or do you guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Very rare. Like, my wife hates driving at night.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Doesn't like driving when it's dark, you know? So it's mostly I do the driving.

[Morgan]

Okay. And if you get a little sleepy.

[Bobby Bones]

Then I'll let her drive for a little bit. But we are driving and we're somewhere in Arkansas. And my middle one's like, I gotta go to the bathroom. I gotta go to the bathroom. And I'm like, why? And he goes, yeah. So we pull over and he goes.

[Morgan]

Poop on the side of the road.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no. In a gas station.

[Morgan]

I remember last vacation where you wouldn't take them to the gas station.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, that was just a pee.

[Morgan]

I know. I just didn't know if it changed.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, no. And, well, we ran into the gas station. They only had one working bathroom. And he was dancing, dancing, da da Dance the night away. And the lady was like, that was in line in front of us, goes, oh, you can go ahead of us. I'm like, oh. Little does she know he has to poop. So then we got in there and we were in there for like 15, 20 minutes because he's pooping.

[Morgan]

Oh, dear.

[Bobby Bones]

And she's just sitting out there waiting. And I come out. I'm so sorry. And she just looked at me like, screw you. And I was like, I got you. No big deal. And so we got back on the road. We're driving. We were making great time. I don't know if we. We may have stopped. That may have been our only stop so far.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, we brought snacks and packed lunches. No, we had stopped at a rest stop earlier to pee. Forgot about that one. Right when you got into Arkansas out of Memphis. It's the first. It's the right out there as you come over across that bridge into Arkansas. It's the first rest area. We stopped there, but. But anyway, that's derailing the story. It has nothing to do with this story. Then we are four and a half hours from Austin.

[Morgan]

Okay?

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, we are going to make it by 10 o' clock at night.

[Morgan]

Pretty solid for solid. A full day and three kids.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. And middle child says. Dad. Dad, I gotta go poop. I'm all right, man, no problem. Let me find him. Exit the road, pull into the gas station, put it in park. He threw up all over the car. No, he didn't mention he had to throw up, did he?

[Morgan]

Was he car sick?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know. You're asking the wrong person. You had to ask him.

[Morgan]

Okay, but like, did he throw up again? Was he sick after that point or just like a one off?

[Bobby Bones]

He didn't throw up again, but at that point we had to go into the bathroom. He did poop again.

[Morgan]

Is there a lot of bodily fluids that are happening on the street?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I know, I know. People are probably not really enjoying this very much. And we had to clean out the car.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Then we decided maybe we should just get a hotel. Because if he's sick, it gives a little bit more time for him to feel better. He gets a good night's sleep and we're not immediately bringing those germs to grading grandpa.

[Morgan]

Yeah, true.

[Bobby Bones]

And so we drove about. After cleaning the car, we drove into 30 more minutes because we were right in Texarkana when he Blah.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And so we drove like 30, 45 more minutes. So then we were four hours from Austin and we found a hotel. And that was the start of my vacation.

[Morgan]

Man, you always have a lot of bodily fluids or sickness that happens on your vacation.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that was just the first.

[Morgan]

Well, obviously your kids had strep that you mentioned on the big show.

[Bobby Bones]

That was at the end of the vacation, but there was another one in the middle. You can go check out sore losers from this past Monday to hear all about it. It was a parent's worst nightmare.

[Morgan]

Like they all got sick again.

[Bobby Bones]

It was terrifying. Let's put it this way, I was going 95 trying to get them to the ER.

[Morgan]

Why do you guys always have ER trips?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't. Because we're parents.

[Morgan]

Okay, but like, you're the only parents that I hear of this constantly happening on vacation specifically, I don't know, but.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm just telling you, got to go listen to the sore losers from this past Monday.

[Morgan]

I think you might be cursed in some way.

[Bobby Bones]

No, we really might be. I mean, I think it's like karma. The world hates me. I always Tell you guys the world hates me.

[Morgan]

Okay, well if you keep saying no.

[Bobby Bones]

One ever believes me.

[Morgan]

If you keep saying the world hates you, then it's going to keep hating you.

[Bobby Bones]

But no, I try to, I try to put good vibes, you know. Let me, let me see what the name of the episode was. It was called the Box Family Holiday Adventures. Okay, go check that one out. Sore losers. And you can hear all about it. But let me tell you. But besides all the, you know, medical bills that we accumulated over the break, it was fantastic. My parents house was so much freaking fun.

[Morgan]

So you split between in laws and your parents?

[Bobby Bones]

Split. I would say we spent 95% at my parents and then like two days at the in laws.

[Morgan]

Okay. Why?

[Bobby Bones]

Because we just saw the in laws for Thanksgiving.

[Morgan]

Got it. Okay. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And so we dominated my parents house.

[Morgan]

Nice. And was your sister's fan.

[Bobby Bones]

Like my sister. My sister and her kids came over a bunch. My brother and his kid. His kid came over a bunch. My brother came over a couple times.

[Morgan]

I say I feel like your brother's never really there so I always ask about your sister.

[Bobby Bones]

He was a couple times. Yeah, he came over a couple times. So yeah, we had a slumber party with all the kids like the day after Christmas.

[Morgan]

Nice.

[Bobby Bones]

And it was crazy. I mean we're talking seven kids, nine to ages from ages nine to four, two nine year olds, three seven year olds, a five year old and a four year old.

[Morgan]

It's a lot of kids, A lot.

[Bobby Bones]

Of kids running around all day.

[Morgan]

But did you guys have a sleepover for Santa?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Because they did. The Santa came to, you know, the cousin's house. Cousin's house. And they came over at like 2:30. But Santa hit Grain and grandpa's and that was cool. And it was good. Like the first couple days we came, my sister, no one came over. So my kids got one on one time with granny and grandpa because they never get that because whenever I get there I'm always like, yo sis, get over here with your kids. I want to see you and your kids. And then we come over and it's just like chaos and this. They actually got one on one time and so it's great. But the slumber party was fantastic. They stayed up till 12:30.

[Morgan]

Were they tired the next day?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, they woke up and like here's what's crazy. We were going so hard. So hard. There were days my kids slept till.

[Morgan]

8Am that and they don't normally wake.

[Bobby Bones]

Up at 6, 6:15.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you guys were going hard.

[Bobby Bones]

It Was.

[Morgan]

It was a party at Granny.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, dude, let me tell you, Christmas was awesome. Granny. Let me tell you. Let me tell you about granny. Granny is Ms. Creative. She has these games that are freaking fantastic. Every year she has different games. I love that when we go in the summer, different games. And this was like pool noodle soccer. Like, you cut pool noodles in half and you get a beach ball and you had to hit it with the stick. And that was one of the games we played in the summer, this winter. One game was, she had stickers and she wrote numbers 1 through 25 on them, and we hid them throughout the house. And the kids had to go find them, come back, and stick them on the wall in 1 through 25 order. And you think, oh, the kids aren't going to get into that. They're going to be so annoyed. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Oh, my gosh. They were running around the house. They're all ripping things apart, all in the bathroom at one time, trying to find. I mean, great game.

[Morgan]

Oh, she's so fun.

[Bobby Bones]

So fun. Then we. She. But we had a snowball fight.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

She had ordered, like, I don't know what they are. Like, phone. Not even foam, but cloth. Like, stuffed. Like snowballs.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And.

[Morgan]

And so when the kids are really nice on Christmas.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Well, it doesn't really snow in Austin either. So when all the kids are sitting around, the adults come popping out with snowballs and start pegging people, and then it just erupts into a snowball fight.

[Morgan]

Is that okay? So on your guys's Christmas day, I assume you guys have food. Santa comes, and then do you guys just play games and stuff throughout the rest of the day?

[Bobby Bones]

Play with the toys. Yeah, Rip all the toys open. Play. Yeah, we do everything. Then we had the. The rolling game where she got, like, this red tablecloth, and it had different squares or rectangles, and you put prizes at different spots. And then you take a bottled water that's closed and you roll it.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Okay. I've seen some of these on social media, and I love them. They're like, minute to win it kind of games.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. And you. Wherever it rolls and stops, you get that prize. Yeah, it was great. Great. And then. Then, oh, my gosh. I had to post a picture of me. She saw something online about how to make a sweatshirt into a wreath. So we were all wreaths.

[Morgan]

She. Oh. So it's like your hands go above.

[Bobby Bones]

You go about your head, and you got to put them in your sleeves, in your wreath. Got the bow and everything.

[Morgan]

And she made them for all of you.

[Bobby Bones]

She made them for all of us. Boom. A family of wreaths.

[Morgan]

That's funny. That's awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, my gosh. I mean, hot glued all that on there.

[Morgan]

Use that next year for your family Christmas.

[Bobby Bones]

Family photo maybe.

[Morgan]

I think you should.

[Bobby Bones]

That's pretty good. That's the one. My seven year old. They got to bring one picture into school and show to the class and then talk about their holidays. And he looked through all of them. He's like, ah. I was like, what about the wreath one? That was the first one I said. He goes, no, I don't want that one. They looked at all the pictures. He goes, dad, how about that one? He picked the wreath one.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but you suggested it. It's not that cool.

[Bobby Bones]

Exactly. Once he saw it. Okay, I'll do that one. You know, exactly he suggested. So yeah, it was a fantastic holiday. Like, I mean, we had so much freaking fun.

[Morgan]

Okay, wait. I have follow up questions. We're gonna take a quick break.

[Bobby Bones]

We gotta take a break.

[Morgan]

Yeah, and we'll come back. I have follow up questions.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so hold. Don't point that ring at me. Stop.

[Morgan]

This is. This is not even the.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, sorry, sorry. I was just blinded by the light of that other ring. Sorry.

[Morgan]

Hey, hold on. This was your guys first Christmas also with Chase, your new rescue dog, correct?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Morgan]

How did he do? How did he like it?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, let me tell you. Let me tell you. Oh, you think that only children went to the emergency room? Oh, no.

[Morgan]

You also had an emergency vet visit.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah, man. I mean, let me tell you, if there is something we know how to do, I'm telling you, we know how to spend money on doctors on the holidays.

[Morgan]

And you know how to sneeze. Oh, boy.

[Bobby Bones]

Whoa.

[Morgan]

That was a really good fake sneeze.

[Bobby Bones]

It's not fake, y'. All.

[Morgan]

Where's my real. Those are real.

[Bobby Bones]

Those are my. Those are real sneezes. Oh, my goodness.

[Morgan]

You know how to spend money on doctors that don't give you answers? So.

[Bobby Bones]

Correct.

[Morgan]

You're really good at this.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like a theme. It's unbelievable. And I. I don't know. Like, we got there and my parents just got two new dogs because both their dogs passed away in the last six months. So they got Harry and Sally. And Sally is on heartworm medicine, so she has to be calm.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

So she is on a leash. So when we get there, my dad brings out Harry because Harry can be kind of.

[Morgan]

Are Harry and Tally both rescue dogs?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Morgan]

Okay, so they have different Personalities based on what they've been through.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Good morning and happy New Year. Happy New Year.

[Morgan]

Sorry, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, dude, can you even see in here? It's a Saturday, dude. The lights aren't on. Oh, but that bling from that ring.

[Morgan]

We're not doing that.

[Bobby Bones]

Get out.

[Morgan]

Get out. You guys are insane.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know why he's here on a Saturday. That's what you're probably doing. His show. His rock show. So Harry can be a little. As my dad said, he's kind of grouchy at the beginning, but so he came out. He tried to get chased and tried to get chased. So he went on a walk around the block. He's still trying to get Chase. So then we switched. I walked Harry and my dad walked Chase, and they kind of. Kind of became friends. And then we let him loose in the backyard, and it was pure pandemonium.

[Morgan]

I don't know if that means it was good or it was bad.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, it's great. They were just going crazy, and they were. And then we had to teach Chase how to use the dog door, which I need to get at my house. I need a dog door. And in and out, in and out. It's like the Tasmanian Devil.

[Morgan]

You don't need a dog door, though, because Chase would stay outside because.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, he does stay outside. But it's better than me leaving my back door open.

[Morgan]

That's true. But, like, wouldn't he just stay out there all the time instead of ever coming?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know. I think the option of having to be able to go in and out maybe be better. I don't know. But this whole running. I mean, leaving the back door open is very annoying and it's costly.

[Morgan]

So then how did it work with Sally when they came in from being crazy?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, Sally was on steroids, so she was just going to chill.

[Morgan]

Oh, so she did go with Chase then.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah. And.

[Morgan]

And Chase was living it up his family.

[Bobby Bones]

He was just the best Christmas of his life.

[Morgan]

Oh, good.

[Bobby Bones]

It was his first Christmas. No, because he was born in November.

[Morgan]

So isn't he a year?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah. But I don't know what he was doing for Christmas last year. He could have been on the streets.

[Morgan]

It's true. You know, so this was really his first Christmas.

[Bobby Bones]

This is his first Christmas. Rehabilitated. Yeah.

[Morgan]

This is awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

We got him off the streets, you know, he changed his life around. He really buckled down.

[Morgan]

Yeah. You guys changed his life, but he didn't have a life that he needed to change.

[Bobby Bones]

He didn't no, no, he did. He was on the streets and he was. I mean, but.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but he did that to him.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but you don't know what he was getting into. You know what I mean? Bad influences, hanging around the wrong people. So we got him off the streets.

[Morgan]

Okay. All right. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And he's never going back.

[Morgan]

Well, I'm glad.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So this is great. But, yeah. So here. All about the medical bill with the. The vet box Family adventure.

[Morgan]

Chris, was it an emergency er? Because those vet bills.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah, it was. It. It was the day we got there.

[Morgan]

Oh, man. Yeah, those suck.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's just say it was. We were in Austin for 45 minutes before we had to go to the emergency vet.

[Morgan]

Was it something he did on his own, or was it with Harry and Tally?

[Bobby Bones]

It was with him and Harry.

[Morgan]

Yeah. That's hard.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, no, no, no. It wasn't bad.

[Morgan]

Okay. They did a roughhouse too hard.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Morgan]

Did Chase Terror's acl.

[Bobby Bones]

You'll have to go listen to the.

[Morgan]

Sore losers, and you have to tell me.

[Bobby Bones]

I can't tell you because then that ruins it. People won't go listen.

[Morgan]

Yes, they will.

[Bobby Bones]

No, they won't. I need people to listen. Like, I need. Like, people are listening to this, and if they want to know why we were going 95 and then. Why. What happened to chase sore losers?

[Morgan]

All right. That's a long tease if I've ever heard one.

[Bobby Bones]

No, it was really short, actually. It was only like, 12 seconds.

[Morgan]

Is there anything else from your vacation that you really loved?

[Bobby Bones]

I got to play golf with Garrett, Greg, and Jacob, my boys.

[Morgan]

That your boys from back home?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So that was nice. That was a really good time. And I got to see no teeth Keith.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

He came over. He's a 49ers fan. I'm a Bears fan. They played while I was in town.

[Morgan]

They play each other?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. So it was great. It was Sunday Night Football, so he came over and batters box. Who's my brother. He's a big 49ers fan, but he has his routine. He has to watch at his house.

[Morgan]

Why do you have some 49ers fans and some Chicago Bears fans?

[Bobby Bones]

Because my brother's mental. I don't know. My mom grew up in Chicago. My dad grew up in Chicago. Bears.

[Morgan]

Okay. So your brother just found influence elsewhere?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Probably no teeth Keith. I don't know.

[Morgan]

Where are 49ers?

[Bobby Bones]

San Francisco. Yeah. But, yeah, my brother was like, you can come over and watch it. And I was like, all right. I'M bringing the whole family. He's like, well, you can come and leave the kids at Granny's. And I'm like. He's like, we got, we got specific, you know, like got our blanket on the couch and we have our seating arrangement. There's not enough room. And I'm like, bro, I'm in town one. How many times? Once, twice a year.

[Morgan]

Does your brother have kids?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, he has a nine year old boy.

[Morgan]

He's past the young age phase though.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, he's still nine. He still likes to play. But I mean, they have their whole routine. I don't know. I was like, bro, it's one time. Who cares?

[Morgan]

So did you go over and watch it?

[Bobby Bones]

No.

[Morgan]

Did he come over and watch the game?

[Bobby Bones]

No. No.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

Literally did not come over. So my sister came over with her three kids, my three kids, Keith, my mom and dad. And we. And that's the thing, we didn't watch the whole game. We were out playing, running around, you know, watch a little bit here and my brother not gonna go for that.

[Morgan]

He has to watch the whole game.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah. Oh, gosh.

[Morgan]

And sorry, my alarm just went off at my house.

[Bobby Bones]

I was not trying to steal your ring. Quit.

[Morgan]

No, no, my. My fiance. I'm not used to saying that yet. He said I'll feel arm on accident.

[Bobby Bones]

Good, good. Yeah. So there you go. I mean, that was my holiday. It was great.

[Morgan]

Yeah, it sounds fun. Did you enjoy yourself?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh my gosh. Yeah.

[Morgan]

You relax. You sleep in.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, I was so tired.

[Morgan]

Yeah, like.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, I was so tired. Like it was. I mean, it was. Go, go, go. Let me tell you, those kids don't. They don't.

[Morgan]

So do you need a vacation from your vacation?

[Bobby Bones]

No, because we went to in my in laws. I mean it's so much more. Just.

[Morgan]

Chill, okay?

[Bobby Bones]

Because there's not a hundred cousins running around. There's just not pure chaos. Three dogs running around. You know what I mean?

[Morgan]

It's more so you got to catch up on your sleep a little bit more there.

[CVS Advertiser]

Yes.

[Morgan]

Relax.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Podcast Host]

So that different vibes.

[Morgan]

We like different vibes.

[Bobby Bones]

Different vibes. A lot quieter, a lot more calm. There's not a lot of yelling.

[Morgan]

That's good for you though. You need that every once in a while.

[Bobby Bones]

But I did. My dad did win a prestigious award.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

He won.

[Morgan]

You're about to joke with me, aren't you?

[Bobby Bones]

No. The art of the month for December.

[Morgan]

You were joking with me. I'm not saying that he didn't win that. But you were Messing with me that it was like a prestigious award from the HOA or something.

[Bobby Bones]

Whoa, whoa. There is no hoa but the neighborhood committee or whatever they are. Okay.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

He got the best yard for December.

[Morgan]

I bet he really.

[Bobby Bones]

Decorations were the absolute home run. Best Shout out, pops.

[Morgan]

That's awesome. Does he have a lot of, like, inflatables?

[Bobby Bones]

He has, like, three inflatables, but he had all these candy canes. He had lights. He had everything.

[Morgan]

A little Griswold house, he had.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, and then on the side yard, he had the manger set up and all this. And he had the. The cross on the chimney. I mean, dude, he. And he goes, I wasn't even going to put that up. All this up. Then when you guys said you were coming, I was like, I better get the lights out for the kids. And he told the guy, he said, I'm going to tell you what, I'm a little upset that I never won this before. I've lived here. And he goes, I've lived here 30, 40 years.

[Morgan]

Wait, so do you think he got it at a. Some. Some sympathy there?

[Bobby Bones]

Nope. Nope. Because I've lived here 39 years. My yard used to have no grass in it. 12 bikes, baseballs, baseball bats, soccer balls, gloves, and I never won it. Then he goes, isn't that what a yard is supposed to be, is for kids to play in? Who cares about fancy bushes and nice flowers? He goes, but I'll take the sign.

[Morgan]

So he told them that as he was getting the award.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that's funny. Yeah, that's really funny. Your dad's cool and parents are cool.

[Bobby Bones]

And then he. He did text. He goes, the other day, he texted. I think it was two days ago. He goes, bad news, guys. The sign is gone because it's January.

[Morgan]

Somebody else got awarded. Yeah, he got one month, though, and that's the best month.

[Bobby Bones]

But, yeah, he got the best. He got the. He got it. He was so excited.

[Morgan]

Oh, that's so fun.

[Bobby Bones]

And the committee posts the winner on their Facebook page, like, oh, best lot. You know, best house. And had a picture. And he was all.

[Morgan]

He is you are him. He is you.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And then my mom was mad. My mom was like, the one year I didn't help, and he wins the one year. Hey. So now he's going to tell me that it's him that wins.

[Morgan]

You know what? Good excuse for her not to help, though.

[Bobby Bones]

Ding.

[Morgan]

I like it.

[Bobby Bones]

I agree. I agree.

[Morgan]

Okay, we're going to take one.

[Bobby Bones]

We're going to talk about your Holidays.

[Morgan]

We're going to take a quick break.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Back.

[Morgan]

And I'm gonna leave this over to you. Help me. All right. Lunch. I'm gonna let you ask whatever questions you want to ask, I guess.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, man.

[Morgan]

I don't know if I want to do this.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, you do want to do this. Like, did you cry?

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

I got a question. This is what really, I. I didn't understand. How was he miked? Well, how were you guys? Mic'd up.

[Morgan]

Oh. So he had a videographer there and the videographer miked him. So it was kind of funny when we.

[Bobby Bones]

Wait, if he's miked. How did.

[Morgan]

You didn't. It's underneath your shirt. You can't see it.

[Bobby Bones]

But how did he get miked up without you knowing?

[Morgan]

So when we first got into Botanica, which was funny because I was giving him a hard time before we left, he always has to pee. This is like a thing. He always has to pee a lot. And so we. He had peed before we left. We get into Botanica, he's like, I got to go to the bathroom again. I was like, are you kidding me? You literally just went, whatever, go to the bathroom. So apparently in this bathroom.

[Bobby Bones]

So he met up with another video in the bathroom with my brother in.

[Morgan]

Law, because my brother in law was also trying to help and, like, get us away from the situation. So I didn't start to become suspicious.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it.

[Morgan]

So, yes, they. But he went into this bathroom hoping to meet a videographer while there was just an old guy and a young kid in there. He's like, I don't think either one of you are. They were in the wrong bathroom. So then it became this whole thing that, like, we were kind of going around the park and I was like, what are we doing? We're just going to be walking. Like, you know when you go in a place and there's like.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, there's a. There's a routine and you follow it.

[Morgan]

Yeah, we were not following it. And I was like, what are we doing? What's going on?

[Bobby Bones]

How did they see. That's what I don't understand. How do you mess up which bathroom?

[Morgan]

Well, there's like three different bathrooms in there.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, but you say the bathroom right when you walk in.

[Morgan]

Well, there's two entrances. Oh, guy was on the other one. So then, like, we're walking. They're like, okay, we're going to go get a drink. And when they went to the drink is when they finally went to the right bathroom.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you know they Were going back to the bathroom?

[Morgan]

No, I thought they were going to get a drink.

[Bobby Bones]

Did they come back with a drink?

[Morgan]

Yeah, some of them did.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

But it took a long time. They're like, that line was like so long. And it is. It's a really busy day. You're two days before Christmas. So everything was like, not so suspicious. But enough where I was like, okay, you guys are being weird, whatever. But I wasn't putting something together.

[Bobby Bones]

But my question is, okay, no, no, call me. I. I don't want to be skeptical Harry or Stewart the skeptical, but why did we need a mic?

[Morgan]

Because you want to capture the audio of what he's saying.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it. Okay.

[Morgan]

Because I. He knew I would want that. He knew I wanted the documentation of it, but he actually just had hired a photographer to take pictures. That was actually all he did. The photographer?

[Bobby Bones]

Did you see the photographer?

[Morgan]

Not until he was getting down on one knee. I knew her.

[CVS Advertiser]

She.

[Morgan]

Her and I went to high school together. Her name's Stacy.

[Bobby Bones]

Whoa, whoa. He went in the bathroom with a chicken?

[Morgan]

No, that's. Hold on. That's a photographer. The photographer is all he hired. But her she had offered him was like, hey, do you want a videographer?

[Bobby Bones]

Like, a videographer and photographer are different.

[Morgan]

Not the same thing.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it.

[Morgan]

Now the videographer is a dude.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it.

[Morgan]

So he wasn't planning on that. He was just going to have somebody capture like iPhone, video or whatever. But she offered him the videographer to come and that's who was like, you definitely want audio if you're going to do like.

[Bobby Bones]

So how long after he got miked up did he propose and did this?

[Morgan]

Within like 20 minutes.

[Bobby Bones]

But did you see this girl you knew before that?

[Morgan]

So my whole family was kind of standing on stairs. My family didn't know it was happening, but we were like taking a picture.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, they had to know because they. He had a mic on.

[Morgan]

You can't see the mic.

[Bobby Bones]

Nobody. The brother in law's there, bro.

[Morgan]

The brother in law. My sister knew that was it. Nobody else knew it was happening.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it.

[Morgan]

So, like, my family's all like standing kind of up like the, the tree sits down in this little thing and then there's like stairs on each side where you can kind of walk up. And my family was up waiting on the stairs because it was like we were just taking a picture in front of the tree. And as we're taking. My sister's taking that picture of us, I see Stacy, like pop out behind my dad like a smidge. And I Was like, is that. And I kind of like. But as soon as I realized it was her, he was getting down on one knee, and that was the only moment I could finally put it together.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so did you get pictures back?

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah, we posted them.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, those are them.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Those are professional.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Those aren't iPhone?

[Morgan]

No, those are iPhone.

[Bobby Bones]

So when he gets down on a knee, does your mom go, like. Does she freak out?

[Morgan]

I have no idea what's happening over there. I'm, like, zoned into him because I'm just like, what was happening? I don't. I'm just like, word vomiting because he's down on one knee, and I'm like, what's going on? And then he just starts doing his speech. So I have no idea what's happening anywhere else until we finally, like, the.

[Bobby Bones]

Whole botanica clap for you, Botanica.

[Morgan]

There was a lot of clapping. Yeah, there's a lot of clapping. But there wasn't. Where the tree was is kind of a little bit more secluded area, so it wasn't like there was a whole bunch of people.

[Bobby Bones]

So it's not in the middle of botanic. Botanica.

[Morgan]

Botanica.

[Bobby Bones]

Botanica. Got it.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Huh. So then what do you do to celebrate? You leave botanica immediately?

[Morgan]

No, we still, like. We ended up finally, like, now getting to enjoy Botanica, which is what we normally do.

[Bobby Bones]

No, there ain't. You don't enjoy botanica now. You're just like, oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Morgan]

There was a lot of walking around and just talking about like, that, and I was freaking out because there was a ring on my hand, and I was like this. I said, oh, my God. A lot. There was a lot of like.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I mean. So it's not like you're. Whatever you're doing. It's like people are like, oh, let's go to dinner afterwards. It's like, what? What? What? That's all you. And then you keep going over the same. I imagine you just go over whatever just happened about 5,000 times that night.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Because then we, like, FaceTime. We'd FaceTime his family first when we got home.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

They knew a lot of his family knew it was happening because he had talked to them before we left.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it.

[Morgan]

So we FaceTime all them, and then we FaceTimed all our friends. There was a lot of the same story.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's crazy, because I didn't get a FaceTime.

[Morgan]

You didn't?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah. So I guess all your friends know. All your friends. All your friends. Dang, man. Did you guys hear that? She FaceTimed all her friends. I sure as hell didn't get one.

[Morgan]

Yes, the friends who will likely be on my. In my wedding party if I.

[Bobby Bones]

You're gonna have a wedding party?

[Morgan]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't.

[Morgan]

I might. We might elope. I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, your girls that you've all you've been with since high school or college. Sorry. They want to be in your wedding party.

[Morgan]

Oh. Yeah. I mean, we might.

[Bobby Bones]

I've met them. They want to be in the wedding.

[Morgan]

You've met a bunch of different ones of them. Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. So. I know. I know.

[Morgan]

I. I just don't know. I. I might want a really small wedding. I don't know. I don't want to spend a bunch of money on a wedding lunch.

[Bobby Bones]

So what. Did. Did your dad cry? Like, what happens?

[Morgan]

Yeah, there's. In the video, you can see my dad, like, tearing up, and he's, like, wiping away tears. And my mom's freaking out. She's so excited because she had no idea it was coming.

[Bobby Bones]

But your sister already knew, so is she emotional or she already, like, I already knew.

[Morgan]

No, like, she knew it was coming, but she was still freaking out that it happened. The whole moment had just.

[Bobby Bones]

Was the baby there?

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Did the baby freak out?

[Morgan]

No, baby's too young.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Baby didn't care.

[Morgan]

Months old.

[Bobby Bones]

Baby didn't care.

[Morgan]

She was, like, sleeping.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it. So then you leave Botanica, and do you go out and get drinks or you go home? What do you do?

[Morgan]

Yeah, I mean, we went home, and we were FaceTiming and stuff, and then we.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's right.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Then we played games with the family and stuff. So we were celebrating just, like, hanging out at the house.

[Bobby Bones]

Got it.

[Morgan]

We did celebrate with more drinking and stuff that week. We went out with a bunch of my different friends and at home, so.

[Bobby Bones]

So were you not worried that someone in Wichita was going to post it before you did?

[Morgan]

Oh, I did have that panic because we went to church on Christmas Eve and somebody came up.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, amen.

[Morgan]

Amen.

[Bobby Bones]

Hallelujah.

[Morgan]

And somebody came up to talk to my sister, and she, like, then was like, oh, hey, I listened to the show, whatever. And I literally, like, panicked, and I just, like, slowly moved my hand. I was holding the baby at the time, and. And I just kind of slowly moved my hand underneath. I was like, I hope she didn't see that, because I hadn't posted it yet. Interesting, because I didn't post until after Christmas.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. I have no Idea.

[Morgan]

I know. Like, timeline's weird.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Well, the only reason I knew is because I think it was my mother in law. My mother in law texted and goes, oh, Morgan's engaged. I was like, what I know of.

[Morgan]

You probably weren't on social media.

[Bobby Bones]

No, that's. I was like, oh, let me go. So I was like, I guess I'll go look. That's. And that's how I knew.

[Morgan]

That's when you found out.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, because I was like, I have no idea. I mean, my. See, that's what's funny is when people text me because I'm like, I don't know people. Like, I don't pay attention. Like, I am in my own world.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And it's like. Like, people are so. I mean, I don't want to call people dumb, but this girl we used to work with, right? She used to be a sales girl for us. She texted me. She goes, oh, my gosh. Bobby really won them. And I'm like, how dumb are you? Like, how. Like, you worked with him. Like, how? Like, I'm just like, I can't. And I just texted her back and I was like. Because, a. I had no idea what she was talking about.

[Morgan]

You again, been on social media.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes, I had no idea. And I was like, there is zero percent chance he won. I don't know where you got that.

[Morgan]

You didn't go online to see what was happening. You just, like, were, like, responding.

[Bobby Bones]

That's why. Well, she didn't say, oh, I saw it on Instagram or wherever she saw it. So I didn't know anything about him posting that he won till we came to work and he was talking about how he did that. I was like, why does this girl think he won? Like, what?

[Morgan]

And then you finally started putting all the pieces together.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Now I'm like, oh, and I should have been so harsh to her. Like, I was like, there's zero percent chance. I don't know where you got that online. And then she never replied. So I was like, okay, well, I put that to bed.

[Morgan]

And your wife is normally more online than you are.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, she is. She's been doing a better job of not being online. I've been, you know, telling her, hey, get offline.

[Morgan]

Why get offliner to get offline.

[Bobby Bones]

Because it's not good for you.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a waste of time.

[Morgan]

Much of it. Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

No, it's a waste of time. It's a waste of time.

[Morgan]

Yeah. But you post, you can't say that people are following you.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, I Understand? I get that. But it. Yes. It's a weird. It's a weird thing.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that I say it's a waste time, but then I post because I think I'm supposed to post.

[Morgan]

You are supposed to post.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

If you want people to follow you and you want to go viral and all those things. Yes. Okay. Well, anything else that you have questions about before we get out of here?

[Bobby Bones]

How much that ring cost?

[Morgan]

I don't know. He's. He's been saving for a while.

[Bobby Bones]

So you didn't ask him?

[Morgan]

No. This is not my business. My. My only one thing that I said.

[Bobby Bones]

To him is, you have to know because you have to get an insured.

[Morgan]

Yes. And so I'll find out eventually. At this moment, we haven't.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, well, that's not good. Because if you lose it.

[Morgan]

I know. And I'm really worried about wearing it.

[Bobby Bones]

The first thing you should do is get it insured.

[Morgan]

I know, but it was hard. We were over Christmas and nobody was open, and we had all of that, so. But we are. It's on my list to do specific. Actually, by the time you probably hear this podcast, I will have done it, because it's been on my list to do it this week specifically.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

But I did tell him. I was like, please don't go into debt for a ring. That's very important to me, so.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I mean.

[Morgan]

You have a lot of people that go into debt for weddings and rings and stuff, and I just.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, you're right.

[Morgan]

How I.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, no. You don't want to be in debt. Yeah, that's true. Did he pay a credit card or cash?

[Morgan]

I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you write a check?

[Morgan]

I don't think he wrote a check. A lot of people don't write checks now.

[Bobby Bones]

You don't have checks?

[Morgan]

I do.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

I'm not like a lot of people, though. There's not a lot of people that write checks now.

[Bobby Bones]

I would say 50% of people still write checks.

[Morgan]

I would say, like, 15%, maybe.

[Bobby Bones]

Really?

[Morgan]

Yeah. Venmo Cash app. I mean, there's too many things that exist now.

[Bobby Bones]

My dad, he doesn't do the atm debit card.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

He'll go to his bank and write a check for two. Cash.

[Morgan]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

And get cash out of the bank.

[Morgan]

You do that?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I haven't. I have a debit card. But I will say that I forget my PIN all the time. Like, I always go. And I'm like, what is my pen?

[Morgan]

How do you forget a PIN of something that you use? Often?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I usually just go to the bank and do a withdrawal.

[Morgan]

So you always pay with cash?

[Bobby Bones]

No, but I like to have a little bit of cash in my pocket.

[Morgan]

That's fair. But then, like, when you go and make purchases and stuff out in the world.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I'm going to tell you, it sucks. My retirement has taken a hit.

[Morgan]

You do have a retirement.

[Bobby Bones]

Because what I used to do is when something was $3 and 12 cents.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Give them $4, and then they're going to give you 88 cents back. That change I put in a bucket.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And that's my retirement. And now that it's a lot less cash being used.

[Morgan]

Hold on. Your only retirement is this change in a bucket. Am I following that correctly?

[Bobby Bones]

No teeth. Keith taught me this.

[Morgan]

I'm just making sure I'm following correctly. Yes or no.

[Bobby Bones]

Because that was what Keith would do. He would go somewhere, pay with $3, get the 88 cents back, and he'd throw the 88 cents on his floorboard and he's like, that's the retirement kid.

[Morgan]

So this is a. Yes. That's your only retirement.

[Bobby Bones]

That's my retirement.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

But it's. It's retirement.

[Morgan]

It. Yes. You should probably go, like, put that in, like, a fund.

[Bobby Bones]

I should probably. But I don't know how much it is.

[Morgan]

Well, you can go get it. Like, take it to the bank. Take it. Take it to wherever you do. To count the coins.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And put it in a fund so it can start making money. Otherwise you're not making money off of it.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. But it is cool to see that jar and see it fill up. That's cool.

[Morgan]

But you can keep doing that. But like, every so often. Every so often you take the change and you take it in. So. Because you love free money.

[Bobby Bones]

I do.

[Morgan]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You can get free money if you invest that.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

To make money off of your money. So if you go do that and then you can still keep getting change. You can just refill it.

[Bobby Bones]

But the problem is I don't get as much change because it's a lot of cashless world.

[Morgan]

I know.

[Bobby Bones]

It's really frustrating me.

[Morgan]

And that's why your retirement's taking a hit.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Morgan]

Okay, so.

[Bobby Bones]

And you know what I should do? And there's another thing I should do to make money somewhat like. Cause fantasy football, like the Sore Losers, we do a big league over there. In the Sore losers podcast, there's 48 teams. So everybody pays me their money in the beginning of the year. So I have that money for six months. So I should put it somewhere.

[Morgan]

You should not.

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Morgan]

You should not. You. You're not a bank.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, but I should put it. Ray told me that I should put it in Roth.

[Morgan]

IRA or something.

[Bobby Bones]

A cd.

[Morgan]

Okay, yes. I mean, you make money off of that, but that's other people's money. And then you're sketchy, and then you could definitely get called on the IRS for that. I don't know how, but I feel like you could.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, really?

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, maybe I shouldn't do that.

[Morgan]

That's too sketchy. Because it's other people's money and they're going. It's going. Supposed to be going to something.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Morgan]

And then you use it for that when you're not actually a bank. Banks do that, right? They take your money and they spend it and do whatever.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't know that either until a couple years ago.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I thought all my money was literally just sitting at the bank.

[Morgan]

Maybe once upon a time. Not now. Yeah, but you're not a bank, so I don't know. I don't know how, but I feel like that's not. You don't want to get the IRS called on you for that, so I would not do that.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, but because you were saying free money, and I was like, speaking of free money, it made me think of that.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but that. That's dirty money. That's what we call dirty money.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, man. Crap.

[Morgan]

All right, yeah, let's. Let's not do that. I don't want the irs.

[Bobby Bones]

So do you take a shower and you leave that ring on?

[Morgan]

No. Right now, I'm taking it off all the time because I'm scared, which is probably worse than I'm taking it off all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, it's okay. Listen, here's the thing about the ring, and I hate to be Debbie Downer here. It's cool. Right now, year or two, you'll barely wear it.

[Morgan]

You never wear a ring.

[Bobby Bones]

I know.

[Morgan]

Why don't you ever wear a wedding ring?

[Bobby Bones]

It's just, I don't do jewelry. I'm not. I don't wear watches.

[Morgan]

You get one of those, like, silicon rings.

[Bobby Bones]

I've never worn anything. And my wife barely ever wears her ring. Her. Like, her engagement ring. You know what I mean? It's like. It's cool in the beginning, but then it's like, oh, my God, I got to. Where is it? Oh. And it's like. It's just weird.

[Morgan]

Yeah, it is weird. And trust me, they're like.

[Bobby Bones]

And my wedding ring doesn't fit perfectly, so it can fall off pretty easily.

[Morgan]

So you should get, like, a silicone.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but that's not the same thing. It's not the wedding ring, so what's the point?

[Morgan]

But, I mean, yeah, you should start wearing it, though. It'd be good for, you know, I.

[Bobby Bones]

Wear it to, like, event. Like, if it's a nice event and I'm getting dressed, I put it on.

[Morgan]

Okay. So nice things.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. It's just every day, it just looks weird to have a nice ring when I'm wearing a hoodie and pants.

[Morgan]

Okay. Okay. That's mine.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm just not. And I'm worried about getting it stuck on my finger if I get hurt at work.

[Morgan]

Yeah, her at work.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

That's like, if you, like, operate heavy machinery.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I was really with you being like, I'm worried about getting stuck on my hand. And then he said at work, and. Yeah, you tap out on that one. Okay, we're gonna jump out of here. Do you have any other remaining questions?

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, man, I probably do, and I just can't think of any. I probably forgot them. God, I probably.

[Morgan]

What is funny about the ring? And I'll. I'll leave it at this. He proposed, and I made him, like, get up off of one knee and, like, kiss me and hug me because I was so excited. And then he, like, pulled back after our little, like, moment of celebration. He's like, so, do you want the ring? I had, like, forgotten that he was ring on my hand, so.

[Bobby Bones]

Did you cry immediately?

[Morgan]

I was tearing up as he was, like.

[Bobby Bones]

You were in shock speech.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And surprised and, like, overwhelmed with excitement. Yeah, all of the.

[Bobby Bones]

Pee your pants.

[Morgan]

I did not pee my pants.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so some people. Some people pee your pants and they get so excited.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that's not me yet.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, Sage On Survivor season 49, she. It's like, I. You know, I just. When I get excited, I pee. Like, I just peed right now.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And she would peel up in her pants.

[Morgan]

You pee your pants when you get excited?

[Bobby Bones]

No, No, I don't.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I've just heard of it.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

And so I just wondered.

[Morgan]

I did not. I did not. But thank you for asking that question.

[Bobby Bones]

Just wait till the first time you misplace that ring.

[Morgan]

I know. I'm not looking.

[Bobby Bones]

It's coming. It happens.

[Morgan]

Don't put that on me.

[Bobby Bones]

No, no, I'm just telling you here.

[Morgan]

Before you put bad juju.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm telling you. Hey, go live that Sore Losers podcast from this past Monday and find out everything that happened. Radio Lunchbox on the socials. That's my handle. Thanks for having me on a Saturday. I'm gonna go take a nap. Oh, actually, we got basketball games.

[Morgan]

Well, we got to answer some questions really quick before you leave. Listen.

[Bobby Bones]

Questions. Oh, gosh. All right. I'll tell my kids I can't watch them play basketball today.

[Morgan]

Oh, my goodness. Okay. And you can follow me at webgirl. Morgan, you can follow the show at bobbyboneshow. My the video we're talking about is up on my Instagram page from the engagement if you want to see that. And that is all. Goodbye, everybody.

[Bobby Bones]

Peace. Happy New Year.

[Podcast Host]

That's the best bits of the week with Morgan. Thanks for listening. Be sure to check out the other two parts this weekend. Go follow the show on all social platforms.

[Bobby Bones]

Bobby Bones Show.

[Podcast Host]

And follow ebgirlmorgan to submit your listener questions for next week's episode.

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