← The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz
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Welcome to the carpool podcast with Kelly. Like, of course I'm overstimulated. And then, like, I'm snapping at my kids because they're asking for milk during breakfast and I'm looking at taste like I'm disgusting. I know, but I'm woman enough to admit it.
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B
And Liz, I had to teach Maddie. This is how sun tropes eat a dessert. Okay? You put some foil over it, you put it in the corner, and you always leave a fork or a knife inside of the container.
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A
Your mom time off starts. Welcome back to the carpool podcast with Kelly.
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B
Liz, why are you laughing?
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A
You're just.
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B
I was like, so high energy. I wasn't prepared for that. Am I the only one who just heard that?
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A
I'm sorry, this is what someone who hasn't had sugar in three hours looks like. Like, I am the picture of wellness.
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B
You are bouncing off the walls.
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A
You guys, we have so much to talk about. Last we spoke, I was still eating sugar and my phone wasn't bricked. Now I'm bricked and sugar free, and I'm. You're about to be sick of me.
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B
You're a new woman.
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A
Well, here's what I want to start with. I'm sorry. How are you?
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C
Let's see.
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B
No, I'm good. Nothing. Nothing new. Nothing new to report. I have my. I've decided my Lenten promises, so I want to go over those, but I have. I haven't told you yet what they are, but I'm like, really dying to know about the brick, actually, because I don't understand how it works.
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A
I can't wait to dive into this. First of all, it is Ash Wednesday. So today for many of us is the start of Lent, and it's a great time to be bricked. So first of all, the way that I wish I could be getting paid for the amount of bricks that I'm about to sell on this podcast.
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B
It.
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A
Is an incredible invention. So first of all, look yourself in the. I mean, everyone has a problem. Everyone could be on their phone last. Like, that's not a secret. Now, the concept of a brick is like you put it on your fridge, you tap your phone to it. It locks your apps to untap your. To unlock your apps, you have to re tap it so you can still, of course, get to it. And you know, there's a lot of people who are like, oh, I would just unbrick it all the time. Which is totally valid. But I think the way I've kind of approaching the brick is like, I'M okay if I want to sit down and scroll, I'll unbrick my phone. The problem is it's me looking at my phone while I'm walking from the bathroom to the kitchen. Like, that's where I'm just like, it's the passive.
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B
The passive scrolling.
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A
That's where it's like, I'm waiting for the toaster to pop up, and I'm scrolling on social media and then seeing something upsetting. Like, that's where it's like, if you want to unbrick it, unbrick it. That's not what I'm trying to stop. I, I, I can put my phone down and walk outside. It's. I have got to kick the muscle memory. Like, it's insane because how many times do you find yourself, like, on your phone when you're like, I didn't even want to be on my phone. I'm so sick of it today. So enter brick now. Something I did not know which brick is not advertising enough, so I'm going to do it for them, is you can set schedules so you don't even have to really use your brick. I just turn my social media off from the hours of 6am to 8am okay.
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B
How is this connected to your phone, though?
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A
Like, I have no idea. I'm not. I'm sorry. I'm not. I have no idea.
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B
So you don't have to tap it. You just have it set up on your brick and now your phone just shuts off.
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A
Well, my social media shuts off. I know.
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B
I know the.
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C
Yeah.
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A
From. From. From 6 to 8am So I, I did that because, again, I don't need to be scrolling my phone in the morning. Like, I'm trying to get the kids ready for school.
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B
Yeah.
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A
And, like, if I have a spare few seconds, I will simply, like, clean the kitchen or, like, brush my teeth. So the morning schedule has been so nice. And I did that. I did that seven days a week, 6 to 8am I'm unreachable. Now, I do want to preface it with this. When you set up your brick, they do show you. Each brick gets five emergency un bricks. But if you use your five bricks, you have to buy a new brick. So, like, if I ever had to, like, let's say I'm, like, on vacation, my phone's bricked, and you, like, you know what would be like, Taylor Swift DM me because she's pregnant and needs to know what car seat to get. Like, I could go to my settings and unbrick my phone manually. But you only get to do that.
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B
Five times and then you have to buy a new one. Wow.
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A
Yeah.
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B
So it's like super emergency.
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A
So it's for. Yeah, no. So it's for emergencies. It's for emergencies. So my current schedule is 6, 8am I can't be reached. And then it's 5 to 8pm I also can't be reached.
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C
Okay.
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B
And can't be what? What now? What apps do you have that you can't be reached? Because I could call you 100.
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A
Great question. Tick tock, Facebook, Instagram, Gmail.
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B
You're not getting notifications and you can't log on.
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A
You can't go on the apps. And when you click on the app, it says you're bricked. And then it says get back to living. And I'm like, you know what? I will get back to living. Brick. Okay, so here are my biggest takeaways. I'm on day like three and I'm so. I'm only breaking it for five hours a day. Like it's not that. And like again, they're during. It's not. I'm still scrolling during the day as I want to, as the job requires. But here's two things I've done. One, I'm loving like just pre recording my Instagram content. Like if I'm out with the kids and like they do something funny. Like yesterday they were making skulls. They were making skulls out of rocks and mud. It's exactly what it sounds like. It was adorable. And I was like, oh, this is so fun. I'm gonna post on Instagram. But I was bricked. So I just took a video of it and then I uploaded it later.
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B
Right.
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A
I'm also. I have such a new found and I feel like people who give up social media for if they ever do like you know, 30 or 40 days without it, they're always talking about Pinterest. Pinterest is an amazing. I did not block Pinterest. It's an amazing social platform. Like I went on Pinterest. You know, Pinterest is, it's only beautiful images of things. Yeah. You know what?
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B
Social media is only, only dooms and horrible stuff.
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A
It's hearing horrible things.
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B
Yeah.
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And I'm on Pinterest and I'm like, I should make that patriotic centerpiece. Like, I would like to try that soup. Those are cute shoes. Like it's just beautiful pictures. Okay.
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B
Pinterest in a big way, I like.
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A
And I just, I. I never deleted.
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B
It off my phone.
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A
But like when you're just. When you're it doesn't give you the same dopamine hit as, like, a good TikTok scroll sometimes, but it's better. Like, it's better. So I've been doing that. I've also been, like, obsessed with my notes app and my reminders app because then it's like, when I think of something I want to do or check, like, oh, I want to check in on that. You know, did so and so have a baby. Oh, I wonder about this. I want to look up this. I go to my notes app and I write it down. I'm also finding that, like, I'm more like, if I do need to scroll, I'm more productive with, like, things I want to do. So, like, for example, I've been looking for a piece of furniture. The girls need a dresser in their room. And, like, now if I, like, want to scroll on something, I'm looking at dressers because, like, that's productive.
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B
Yeah.
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A
So I'm obsessed. I'm about to break my phone even longer. And I, like, it's just. And it's not to even. I'm not even really looking to cut back on my screen time as much as I'm just not looking to doom scroll. Doom scroll in between. Like, of course I'm overstimulated. And I'm like, I'm snapping at my kids because they're asking for milk during breakfast. And I'm looking to take. Like, I'm disgusting.
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B
I know.
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A
But I'm woman enough to admit it. So I'm bricked. I'm bricked, baby.
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C
Yeah.
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B
That's actually one of my Lenten things is, like, working on the doom scrolling. And maybe the brick is like, I'm.
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A
Gonna buy you a brick.
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B
The good route. Because I really can't cap, like, my Instagram usage because sometimes I'm editing, like, a real. Or, like, filming stuff on Instagram. Like, whatever. It's the job. It's hard to, like, cap that. But, like, I'm with you. I've had such a hard time sitting down, finding time to sit down and come up with my Lenten promises. Because when I am sitting down doing nothing with my kids, I'm scrolling or putting. Or when I'm putting them to bed, like, I'm scrolling and it's such a waste of time. And it's like, why don't you just sit here and reflect and come up with ideas or, like, like you said, do something productive when I'm just sitting here. Like, use my freaking brain. Because between chat, GBT and doom scrolling I can feel myself getting dumber and, like, totally need to work my brain.
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A
Yeah, Elizabeth, not us. Not on our watch. It's so funny. Dad called me, and Dad's like, I heard you got a brick. And I'm like, yeah, I did. He goes, I'm so proud of you. I was like, like, dad just doesn't like calling to tell us that.
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B
No.
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A
He was like, good for you, Kelly. I am so proud of you.
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C
Oh.
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A
Like, thanks, dad. So it's. It's. It's just the perfect invention because it's. It realistically cuts back on your screen time. I can't delete the app. I do this for a job. Also, I don't want to delete the app. I love social media, and I learn a lot on social media, and I connect a lot, and there is good to be had there. It's just. I want to be way more intentional about it, and it is like, I love the scheduling. Like, I'm not. I don't think I'll ever actually. I can't picture myself, like, going to, like, the brick anymore. I just like the scheduling. Yeah. So I think you should definitely get one.
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B
Okay, well, if you have, like, a affiliate link or something, I would love to give you.
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A
No, I have nothing. And they're not even on Amazon. Like, I. I'm losing money on this because people are just gonna go. I'm literally losing money because people are just going to go watch my Instagram store.
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B
Any affiliate platform.
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A
I got an email where it's like, sign up for your referral link. But, like, that's just for the lay people. Like, anyone could do that.
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B
Yeah.
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A
I need Brick to reach out to me in a major way.
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C
Yeah.
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A
Because I'm officially your number one spokesperson brick.
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B
If you're.
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A
And I want. And hey, Brick, let's come up with a car brick. I would like to come up with a car brick because how many people are checking their social media at a stoplight or worse?
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B
Oh, car brick.
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A
Free idea. I'll help you promote it.
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C
Okay.
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B
Okay. So you're bricked, and you are three hours into your sugar free fast.
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A
So I started two days early because I wanted to, like, I was feeling motivated. I also ate half a gooey butter cake over the weekend. It was disgusting.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Like, you know, it was. It was one of those situations where I just, like, kept trying to even up the sides.
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B
Huh. You know what? I had to teach Maddie. I had to teach Maddie. This is how sun trips eat a dessert. Okay. You. You put some foil over it. You Put it in the corner. And you always leave a fork or a knife inside of the container and you just go. And you just pick at it. And then slowly but surely there's no more. Like, don't. Don't know.
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A
We would never.
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B
Oh, we would never commit to.
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A
You would never cut a slice like that.
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B
And like, commit and enjoy. It's like, it's a little here, it's a little there. I was like, do not move my fork. What are you doing? Washing my fork. My fork stays in the container.
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A
It's the. It's the Texas sheet cakes fork now.
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B
Yeah.
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A
100. Yeah. So I was like. And I also want to start today because I wanted. I think so many people are doing this journey with me. So I wanted the podcast to be a more, like, accurate reflection of like, what you're going through that day if you're starting on Wednesday. So not to flex on you, but I. By the time you're listening to this, I'm two days in and I have never been so. First of all, micro hobby alert. I've never been so motivated by something and I don't even know what it is. I think it's that. Well, before I go any further with this, here's one thing I did want to say because I know I've shared about it a little bit, but I had a really rough Q4 health wise. Like, I had my allergic reaction and then I know I shared like bits and bobs, but, like, Elizabeth can attest to it. Like, I was not the same. I really, really struggled with anxiety, with my cortisol, with my energy levels. Like, there was several months where, like, I felt like I couldn't be alone with all four of my kids because I was like. Or at least I feel like I couldn't take them out anywhere because I felt like I didn't have the energy. I would look back at my old Instagram stories and I would, like, hate myself because I'm like that. Who is that girl? Like, how does she. How can she do that? I cannot even imagine doing that. So due to, like, some supplementation, a little medication, a lot of sleep prioritizing me time, I have gotten back to where I was prior to my allergic reaction. But I just want to say, like, I would there. This is not gonna be for everyone right now. Like, it's not for you right now. Like, I'm gonna.
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B
It is so not.
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A
I'm a good spot to do this, so. But I just want to know, like, if you are not in a good spot to do this. Do not feel bad, because six weeks ago, I was not in the spot that I am now. Wanted to get that out of the way, but I'm ready to go sugar free. Well, I am going sugar free. So first of all, I'm so excited because I, like, woke up, you know, now that's. Now that I have this mental clarity, I woke up and I was like, I'm a top charting podcaster. I bet I could get the author of this sugar fast book to come on our podcast. Like, why wouldn't she want to come on? Yeah, she's coming on.
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B
How far into the book are you?
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Well, I'm day one, so just like, day one. It's like a devotional.
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C
Every day.
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B
You read it every day.
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A
Okay, you read it every day.
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B
I gotcha.
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A
So the book gives you. If you're doing it with if. Here are my rules, and I'm gonna tell you my rules, and then I'll tell you what I've done to set myself up for success. My rules are no processed sugar, no added sugar. So that's like sweet baby rays. Can't have it. That's like ketchup. Can't have it. There's sugar in it. I'm not doing it. That sandwich bread. Can't have it. Need to find some sourdough asap.
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B
Okay, I can make you make me some sour.
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A
Don't you sour. I'm not doing maple syrup and honey. That's. That's me. I'm not doing it. I want to deprive myself of not having something sweet, and I want to de. To me. I'm like, I'm already gonna suffer so much. Like, I don't. I want to see the spiritual and the physical results of a true sugar detox. So I'm not doing maple syrup and honey.
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C
Mm.
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A
If you wanna do it, do it. Um, I'm also limiting fruit. The first two weeks. I'm gonna eat fruit pretty regularly. After, like, the first two weeks, I'm probably gonna drop it down to, like, berries and maybe an orange. Like, I'm not gonna be eating, like, bananas all day again. That's just me. So those are my rules. Now, technically, my fast is 48 days. Cause lens, as we know, as we learned last time, is 46. And I started two days early.
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B
Mm.
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So I'm at 48 days here. The biggest stress I have to survive three dinner auctions, which you know how much I love a dinner auction. Especially the dessert bar. The dinner auction, when it's like a homemade carrot cake from a Church lady. Those are my favorite things in the world.
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B
Yeah.
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A
How does I have three dinner auctions? Tough considering buying one and putting in my freezer. Stay tuned.
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B
Good idea.
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A
So I have to survive the three dinner auctions. I have to survive a trip to the New York auto show. Those are, like, the two biggest events that I have. Everything else is just, like, me and my life. Like, I think it's going to be fine. Now, you're probably wondering how I'm. How I've set myself up for success. Of course. Of course I'm going to tell you. Number one is I. Oh, I am not cutting out. I'm not doing, like, artificial sugar. I am still having Diet Coke. I know, I know. Again, this is my journey, not yours. So I'm keeping Diet Coke at least for the first two weeks to get. Because everyone's telling me the first two weeks are horrible. Like, the first two weeks, like, you, it's. It's. Your body is detoxing, and then after that, you stop craving it and it gets a lot easier. Okay, so first two weeks, I'm keeping fruit and Diet Coke. Second two weeks, I'll be sure to update you guys, but I'm. There's no maple syrup or honey to be found.
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B
Okay.
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A
Okay. Here's everything I'm doing to set myself up for success. One, I bought a new water bottle because I have a Stanley. Love my Stanley. It's another Stanley. It's just, like, in a fun, new, fresh color.
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B
Okay, sure.
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A
Just, like, something to signal that, like, you're gonna. You gotta drink a lot of water. And I need to be, like, excited to drink water. And, like, I love my copper brown Stanley, but, like, it's just. It's losing its spark for me. I need to put it away for a while, and then I'm sure that come fall, I'll be ready to pull it back out again. But I need something bright and fun to look at. Okay. My phone's also brick, so I'm, like, trying to find serotonin highs wherever I can.
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B
Sure.
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A
Do you know what I mean?
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B
What. What color do you get?
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A
Okay, well, I haven't bought it yet. I'm going to Target after this recording.
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B
Oh, okay. Okay.
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A
Sorry. I'm going to get a new one. I'm going to do, like, a pink or a green or a blue or a yellow. Like, something bright. Something I don't have. Okay, next, like, my biggest. Which I don't know if this is just, like, my experience, but, like, my biggest time where I crave sugar or Something sweet is at night. Like, we eat dinner and then, like, I want to, like, get the kids to bed. Like, I'm always, like, wanting to, like, go grab a sweet.
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B
Mm.
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A
Can't do that. So in replace of that, I was like, I have to find an amazing new show to watch because, like, when the night hits, like, I have to look forward to something that's not like a Reese's Egg.
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B
Mm.
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A
So I started this. I hope this show is gonna turn out for me. If not, someone stop me now and give me a new suggestion. But mom watched it. It's called Victoria. It's like, it's like a historical fiction, which I love about Queen Victoria. Question mark. Okay, well, it was Saturday. Love Island. I'm just like, I'm too.
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B
Why not Land Man? I've been talking about man constantly. Okay. Land man did that for me. Like, obviously I was still having. But it was something. I was so excited to, like, put the kids to sleep and go watch it.
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A
I need to, like, my new satisfaction needs to be like, I'm gonna get in my bed with my heating pad and my ice water and my bright pink Stanley and turn on Land Man. Like, that's. That's the best I'm getting.
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B
Paramount. I think it's on Paramount.
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A
Plus what I'm not doing is a Reese's egg scrolling tick tock because I can't do those things. Like, I'm different. I'm bricked and sugar free.
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B
Aren't you gonna feel, like, so unplugged when you just watch, like, the big screen versus, like, the tiny screen? You're like, wow, I'm, like, so connected.
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A
And, like, when Tyler and I watch it together, I'm like, this is the most quality time we've spent in weeks.
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B
Our marriage is thriving.
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A
Okay, that's an excellent idea. I'll switch to Landman because Victoria first episode was slow, but I was hoping it was going to get better.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Okay. Finally. I spent the entire evening yesterday once I found some bricked looking at Sugar Detox transformation videos and pictures because I was like, I need to hear from the horse's mouth that this is going to change my life and that every video is. This is going to change your life. Like, it is the most amazing thing that you can do for yourself. Like, the skin benefits, the energy, the immune, the. The weight loss, the bloating loss. Like everyone says. Like, the food noise is gone. Like everyone says, it's like the best thing that you can do. So here we go.
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B
Okay, well, you know, I'm So excited for you. I can totally understand this excitement to like really challenge yourself and to do something like really hard. You have just been so pregnant or postpartum and just like really like getting. You've been in survival mode for so many years that you've really never been able to like set yourself up to do something like this. So I'm really excited.
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A
I agree.
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B
I think it might be a little bit difficult because we could not. Because like, we could not be in more different phases right now. So like, us together, not gonna be great. But I'm really, really excited for you.
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A
Thanks. I'm excited too.
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C
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A
So what are your Lenten promises?
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B
So the scrolling for sure, I probably should just get a brick. I don't total my approach to it, but I want to, I just, I don't want to scroll around my kids. You're. I, I need to get a break. I'm gonna order that today.
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A
Okay, you're gonna get brick.
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B
Kind of the big area that I'm feeling very like bogged down and distracted and stressed in my life and it's just like not making me a better person or mother or wife. And is the chaos, disorganization and the amount of stuff in my home.
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C
Okay.
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B
That we bring into our home declutter. That's where my noise is. And I really want to have less and I want to work with less and I want to buy less and I want to just have more systems in place. So I wrote down 1 through 40 on little notes. And I'm going to pull one every day and I'm going to donate or throw away. And if it's something really good, I'm going to sell it on Marketplace. I'm going to donate whatever I get from Marketplace to my church. I'm going to get rid of that many items. So If I pull 37, I'm getting ready 37 things. The next day I pull 40. One day I might only pour one. Pull one with that. I also made a list of areas in my home that could be consolidated, that need to be organized, that need to be like sifted through. And that list is at 37 places. And that could be one drawer that could be a.
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C
A kid's.
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A
Interesting.
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B
That could be a kid's toy box. So it's something that like kind of depending on the amount of toy you.
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A
Have to get to 40.
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B
I'm at 37. I figure throughout the. I'll find other areas I can add to it. I don't think I have to have them all figured out right now. But anyway, like, James's toy box might not take me very long. Whereas, like, my office dresser is going to take me a minute. So I can. I can kind of like pick and choose how much time I have that day. And also, once I pull my number, if it's a high number, I'm like, okay, I've got to go to this area because I know you.
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A
Right. Like, they can correlate. Sure.
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B
That I could pull out. And I'm just really hoping that by the end of it, I want it to be hard. Like, I want there to be a day where I'm like, I don't know what else to get rid of. And I just like, have to like, pick something and then like, live with just less. And I know it's really. Probably won't even be that hard, which is like, disgusting. We're just. I'm just feeling like, so bogged down and so distracted.
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C
Oh.
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B
And then the other thing I want to do is I have the Halo app and I want to like, listen to a daily reflection every day. I just don't do that. And I just.
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A
Oh. First of all, Hallow app. What do you know about Jeff Cavan's daily reflection? Hallow app is the best. I'm. I live in the hell up every day. And Hallow, you can do something fun. If you don't know that is. I do. It is a Catholic app. But it would be good for any, any Christian to listen to the Hallow app. You can schedule. You can put like a schedule in there. So like every day at 2:50, it's like, hey, listen to this devotion right now when I'm like driving to the kids school. It's good. Interesting that you didn't do 46 days. Just did 40. So you're not doing it on Sundays.
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B
Well, and you know, I don't know. I know that like we're gonna be. If. If I'm going to the auto show. Like, we do have that trip. So I was kind of like building in like some buffer days.
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C
Yeah.
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B
But.
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A
And like, that would be like. If you added to. Gone up to 46, like, that would be so many more items.
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B
No, I know it would be. It would be like hundreds more items.
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A
I'm wondering if you should just do like six more that just say like five, you know, just for like. Yeah.
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B
And again, like, I think this can all be like, kind of subject to like, to change starting with 40. But like, you know, I can always.
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A
Add more but you're not going in any order. Like you're just picking out a fresh one every day.
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B
No, I just wanted to pick out a fresh one. And you know what? I actually recently did like a big donation drop off too. And I'm not including those. So like I'm really starting. Yeah, I want it to be hard.
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A
I don't think it's going to be as hard as you think. Mainly because I also did a big donation haul recently and this weekend I went through all of my kids clothes and yeah, it's so many clothes. It's so many things. And I kind of want to talk about just like it's kind of a good topic just to talk about junk. Yeah. And consumerism at its worst as always. And like we just simply have to stop with the tchotchkes. Like the little dollar bin spots. Like you are just, you're lighting your money on fire because you're gonna throw them away or your kids are gonna break them. Like I decided this year, which I would like to get your take on this. It was Valentine's Day this past weekend. I did not get my kids anything for Valentine's Day. We grew up, mom never got us. Mom would maybe like every couple of years get us something. Like mom didn't get us a present for Valentine's Day.
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C
No.
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A
I'm just letting you guys know I didn't do that. I just wanted to say that because like, I know what I could have bought and what I could have done and I did not do it.
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B
Well, you see it, you see it on social media and I saw some people to talking about this on social media saying, hey, I just want to give everyone like the validation that like if you didn't give your child a Valentine's Day present, that's okay. There are some people whose like gift giving is their love language and like that brings them joy and that is how they are showing love. And that is wonderful if that's what you want to do. I don't want anyone to log on to social media and be like, oh shoot, my husband didn't get my daughter flowers. Or I didn't do, I didn't have a Valentine's Day basket for them. Like that doesn't make you a bad mom. Our mom actually for the first time, let's say I'm 31, she gave me some candy. I think that's the first val she. I think that's like the first Valentine's thing she's ever gotten for us. And like think Chris is the greatest Mom. To have ever lived.
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A
Yeah. 100%.
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B
She's not a basket gift care package mom.
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A
Right, right. And, like, the kids just got a lot. Like, they got a lot at school.
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B
Yeah.
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A
I don't have to tell you. So I. I didn't do it.
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C
And I'm.
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A
I'm already thinking about, like, my east, and I kind of had this realization with stockings this year because I was like, remember I said, like, my stockings are consumable, so that's bath bombs and snacks. Like, that's what. It's consumable. And so I'm kind of like, looking down the barrel of, like, Easter and kind of like what my plan's going to be. So I know this is, like, so far in advance, but for Easter, I'm gonna do consumables. Heavy. Heavy on the consumables. And every kid's getting their pair of Crocs for the summer. Yeah.
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B
Mom used to just give us goggles for Easter.
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A
Yeah. Like, we didn't get toys for Easter.
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B
Yeah.
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A
And I'm not doing junk. Like, you're not gonna catch me buying a Tic Tac toe board with eggs and bunnies on them. Like, I'm like, the Target dollar spot. It's sucks.
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B
You don't need. Yeah, yeah. No, it's just. It's. It's cute. It's consumerism. It's gonna end up in the trash.
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A
Yeah. Yeah. And when you have four kids to buy for, like, if I go to five below, like, I'm. It's okay. It still cost me 75 to buy junk.
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B
Yeah.
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A
It's like. It's like the great Charmin Ultra once said, less is more. When we say less is more, it's more absorbent than the regular bull brand for sure. What you used to love, now you're gonna adore Charm and Ultra.
- [29:19]
B
I did not know you knew that entire song. I feel like I heard that for the first time.
- [29:26]
A
Don't you know that one less is more when we say less is more? Yeah, it's a great. I say it all the time to my kids.
- [29:33]
B
Less is more sounds familiar. But I didn't know it had. I didn't know that there were.
- [29:40]
A
Why is that in my head. Watch that. Like, watch something just like Mandela affect that and like it never existed.
- [29:44]
B
Huh. Anyway, okay, so that's what we're doing.
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A
So we're. So we're busy. Oh, and guess what we're doing today. Well, you know.
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B
What? Oh, we're. What? The tour we're gonna go do.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Oh, my Gosh, you guys, this website redesign has been like the greatest thing for us because I'm literally going through every single car tour we've ever done. And I was like, kelly, we have not done. We have not toured the Honda Pilot, one of your favorite, most recommended cars since 2023.
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A
It's disgusting.
- [30:17]
B
It was actually 2022, but it was a 2023 model year.
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A
I was pregnant with Fred.
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B
Right.
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A
Fred just turned three.
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B
Right. Big problem.
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A
And it's agreed. It's a car that I recommend all the time. So. And I mean, it's so hard because, like, a. Cars obviously don't undergo like a refresh every single year. The problem is people don't know that. And like, so for SEO purposes and like, growth purposes, it does do us. It is helpful for us to do a new tour every single year. You know, sometimes we try to, like, take a slightly different angle at it or like, I'll bring like, different car to, like, make it fresh. Because from 23 to. From 22 to 23, it was the exact same Honda Pilot. Now for 26, we got a little bit of a zhu. We got a little bit of an upgrade, so we're going there. And speaking of consumerism, I bought the most consumerism type thing on the market, but I don't know, I bought a jacket that says it's like a racer jacket that says Honda.
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B
Feels like you'll use that.
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A
Feels like I'll use that. Yeah.
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B
That felt like a good buy.
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A
Oh, I agree. So we're going to tour the new Honda, the refreshed Honda Pilot. First time in three years. I've been in them several times. I just don't know why we've never filmed a tour.
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B
I don't know. We just think we're like, oh, we have the tour. I know.
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A
Well, we've kind of figured it out because here's the problem. If you guys like people like when we give, like, behind the scenes bts. So the way I get my press cars is through agencies. Well, one of the. So the agencies are split. So, like, some manufacturers go with Drive Shop, some manufacturers go with G. Schmidt's, and Drive Shop has way more limited inventory. So, like, they just can't always get me cars. They also don't have a hub in Chicago. Their nearest hub is Detroit. So, like they have. If I get a press car, they have to drive from Detroit to St. Louis.
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B
Right.
- [31:55]
A
That's insane.
- [31:56]
B
Yeah.
- [31:57]
A
Now it's insane that they drive from Chicago to freaking my house every week. It's insane. But the Problem with G. Schmidt is they just don't have, they have like Subaru, Kia, Hyundai, Ford, GM and drive shop has like Toyota, Honda and a few other ones. So like for a while there, like G. Smith is just like always trying to send me the like another Kia Sportage or like a Subaru Outback. And I'm like always like just touring the press cars that I have in my driveway and then you forget that, like, okay, well I haven't had a Honda in forever.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Now we're girls with resources and we're resourceful. So we have the dealership connection in St. Louis which allows us to have access to any car we need. You know, if our, if our family doesn't have the lot. We've made great relationships over the years. So I texted Dave Mung and asked and I'm like, I need to get me in a pilot. And he goes, come on down. Yeah, he doesn't care.
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B
I can't wait to get back in it.
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A
I mean it is, you know, they, they are the self proclaimed king of the carpool lane. Their words, not mine.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Because my word would have been queen at the carpool line.
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B
And it's, and it's a, and it's a great car. I love a little seat. Like it's. I'm just, I have, I'm so. This job is so fun because I am just like so more in it now that I'm thinking about three kids and what that's going to look like and what that means and I don't know, I'm just, I'm really excited to look at this with like a totally new perspective because if you were pregnant with Fred when we toured that I was pregnant with James, I didn't even have a kid.
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A
No, we've learned so much. No, we've learned so much. Speaking of being pregnant, which I'm not, but kind of a. If you like a part of motherhood that people don't talk about enough is how hard it is to take care of your younger kids and feel like you're missing parts of your older kids lives. And that's just something that's like really been hard on me lately because you know, Libby is the. Libby and Fred are. It's like they have physical needs, but George and Hattie have emotional needs. And it's just really hard when I feel like I had to put their emotional needs on the back burner to meet the physical needs of the littler kids. And you know, sure. Like I, yeah, I'm doing everything right. Like I Put Libby to bed, and then I get one on one time with George. Like, I'm doing all that, but there are just days where it just doesn't feel like enough. And, like, I'm mad that I can't. Or not mad. There's just days where sometimes I feel like I'm being robbed of their youth. I know it sounds dramatic and. And. And I know that the good way outweighs the bad because, yeah, I'm not always there, but you have your sister Hattie. You guys can get closer. I'm giving you the gifts of siblings. That's just been something that's been hard, and I'm sure it's harder on me than them, but I don't have any tips. I'm just letting you guys know that's what I've been dealing with.
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B
Well, I think mom could probably give you some tips on that because I know she certainly felt that way.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Yeah. No, I feel. I feel the same way. I actually feel the opposite. I feel like I'm constantly trying to meet the needs, the never ending demands of a toddler that I'm missing out on. Sloan's, like, the phases and something that Maddie and I have kind of realized. Sloan was hard because she could only breastfeed and I didn't have enough milk and whatever. Like, Maddie was very involved with, like, night feedings with James. Like, and him and James had a much better first year of life. Him and Sloan had a. Was much more rocky because, like, she only wanted me because I had to. I breastfed her for a year. And it was also, like, we just very much defaulted. Like, okay, well, I'll take Sloan. You take James. I. When this new baby comes, it's gonna be like a very big goal of ours that he and that baby have a better first year than him and Sloane now him. And, like, he could not love Sloan more. Like, he's. He's.
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A
No, that's. Yeah.
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B
She puts the saint in St. John the other day. And, like, she so does. She's wonderful. But, like, we really want to prioritize him in this new baby's relationship. And so that means, like, instead of mom defaulting or instead of dad defaulting to go hang out with the bigger kids, it's like, no, you sit here and. And feed the. If, you know, if this baby can have formula and everything, you sit here and feed the baby. I'll go take care of the big kids because I don't want to miss out on the big kids. And we don't want him to not have, like, this good relationship where he can calm the baby and the baby, like, wants to be with him.
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A
Yeah.
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B
So we're gonna really try and, like, prioritize that.
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A
I think that's really smart.
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B
I mean, we'll see how it goes. I know it's tough because certain baby just, like, once mom and.
- [36:46]
A
No, it is tough. And, like, you know, I just. I'm also, though, so proud of my kids. Like, I had such a good weekend with. With my older kids. Like, they are just also. The weather broke, so it was like, amaz. But I chose on my Instagram. But, like, here is just. Here's how I feel. Like, even on my bad days, like, I do think I'm doing a good job as a mom because Fred took a marker and colored our pillars outside of our house. And I've Knock on wood. Like, I've never had issues with kids coloring on walls. Like, we've just, like, we've. We've been. Of course it's Fred to be the one to mess it up. So Fred colored all over the walls. And I was, like, obviously mad at Fred. Like, you know, Fred got in trouble. And then I said, okay, Fred, you're going down for a nap. So I went to go lay down Fred for a nap. I come back out, and Jordan had to go, mommy, we have a surprise for you. And I'm like, oh. Like, they wiped off the mark. It was a. It was a washable marker. I'm like, oh, they cleaned it up. Like, they're so cute. No, no, no, no, no. I get out there, they found white spray paint. First of all, they shouldn't be playing with spray paint.
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B
No, no.
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A
And they spray painted over the washable marker.
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B
Yeah.
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C
How does it look?
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A
And it's darling. Horrible. It looks horrible. Luckily, it's on, like, the inside of the pillars. Like, when you are like, literally no one will ever see it. And like, when I'm, like, rocking on my front porch, when me and Tyler are like, when are old and gray and, like, I see that. Like, I know it will warm my heart. Like, I totally. I understand that. And, like, my face went from, like, my face, like, dropped a little bit. And, like, they got so nervous, like, they did something bad. And I was like, I'm not. Nope. I'm. I'm choosing. I'm choosing Joy. And I was like, you fixed it. Like, they were so excited.
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B
Intention, Matt.
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A
If.
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B
If intention ever mattered, it mattered here. And so true. Elizabeth wanted to make you happy. They wanted to save their little brother. And they got Creative and they found a solution.
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A
So true. So they were just cute. They're just cute. Kids are cute. Kids are fun.
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C
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A
Well, what else do we have?
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B
Well Kelly, do have an advice question if you would be so kind to answer it. Oh Elizabeth, I would love to. I feel like we've been talking, we've been answering some questions on like that jump from two to three and that unique space but this is a jump from three to four.
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A
Okay.
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B
Even more unique ongoing flexibility. So I just kind of want your take on it. Hi Kelly and Liz. I'm a mom to three four year old, three year old, eight month old. I drive a 2018 Honda Pilot and I am doing three across. We want at least one more baby soonish and we also want to foster. Ideally we won't foster out of birth order so if we started now we would take a baby eight months or younger. We will likely be buying the car in the next six months to a year once my husband is out of residency. I know I'm probably looking at a minivan or an expedition but curious to your thoughts. My husband drives a Toyota RAV4. We would sell his car and he will take the pilot. The car seats I have now are two gray coast limp at three LX and a nuna pipa. So I'm just curious, she's, let's get pregnant. Maybe foster, what's going to offer her more flexibility with like having four to five kids, an expedition or a minivan?
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A
Well, an Expedition with a bench seat will offer more flexibility than a minivan. So now the benefit now in terms of like hardware and people, because the Expedition is a wider car than like the Honda Odyssey would probably be my, my minivan pick for you. But the Honda doesn't have a car seat tilt. So it has none of the minivans. I think the Pacifica does. The Pacifica does, but no, none of them, none of the other minivans have a car seat tilt. So like you're not really, you know, you're gonna kind of be. If you do three across, it's going to be difficult to access the third row. Additionally, three across in the third row of an expedition, like, if you were ever to have to do that would be a lot easier than the third row of the Odyssey.
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B
Right.
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A
So expedition with a bench, if, if you have the budget, for sure. But if you don't have the budget, which, like, I mean the difference in those cars can be up to $40,000. So like it's, I think the Odyssey, especially if you're just gonna do five, like, if you're not gonna go to six, I think the Odyssey can work, but probably not very well because I feel like, which was like the ages of your kids. Like, I'm already thinking like, okay, so then the three year old has to go to the third row. Well, I guess you could do like a bait. I'm talking all over the place. It's hard to know without the ages of the kids what would work. I'm confident that both would fit. If you asked me which one was more versatile, which one would be easier because like there's fitting and then there's which one fits easier. They both fit. The Expedition will fit easier.
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B
That's kind of just what I'm getting at. Like she has, I think she is open to either. That's what it sounds like. She said expedition or a minivan. And I think that's just the big question is if you could go either way. Obviously, budget not included. And this is kind of your situation. For you, it's. It's an expedition.
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A
Totally.
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B
Okay.
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A
For me, it's an expedition.
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B
Yeah.
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C
Okay.
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B
Well, that's our advice question.
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A
Well, and it was a good one. And The Honda Pilot's a great car, and I can't wait to go see it this week.
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B
I know.
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A
What else is, like, a big, like, car that we want to go look at?
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B
Yeah.
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A
What are you just, like, dying to get back in?
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B
I'm not, like, dying to get back in this car, but I do think it's prudent that we do a new tour of it, which is the Volkswagen Atlas. Yeah, Like, I'm not dying to get back in one.
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A
But you know what? I'm kind of dying to get back in.
- [43:41]
B
What?
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A
Alexis tx.
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B
Yeah, it's been a minute.
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A
I'm always talking about the Lexus tx. I love that car. I love that car. I'm dying to get back in that. I'm dying to get in an Acadia.
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B
It's been so long since we've seen an Acadia. Like, I can't even, like, fully remember what these cars look like. Like, that's so bad.
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A
Well, I just, like, had a lot of fun at the Chicago Auto show, so, like, I was. I did have eyes on the cars, but, yeah, I'm dying to get back in the kitty in kind of like a major way.
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B
Now that I have, like, such heart shaped glasses on for the Kia Carnival. I would love to see other minivans, like, with. With like, different eyes.
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A
Yeah, no, I'd love to spend, like 30 days in a Sienna. Like, I'd love to do an Expedition fast. Like, I'd like to do an expedition fast, if possible. I might have to. I might try to see if I can arrange that. That would be in any capacity. If any manufacturer would like to support my expedition fast, I'm happy to give you a solid 48 days. But I will be bruntly honest. That's what they don't always like about me, you know?
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B
No.
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A
Yeah, that's what they don't always like about me. But I'd love to spend.
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B
What would you want to drive?
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A
Honestly, this is gonna be, like, such an insane. Like, you're. This is gonna be the last thing that you're gonna expect from me, but just because I feel like I need to really understand the car more. I'd love to get in a Sienna.
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B
Mm.
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A
I want to, like, really make sure I get the 36 miles per gallon. I want to really, like, figure out if it's. I just. I. I would like to explore the Sienna. Yeah, maybe I'll work on that. Okay, now it's time for industry news, where I spill the hot tea going on in the auto industry and the hottest Story that I have to talk about is the fact that the auto start stop button is dead. They're taking it off cars. They've changed the legislation because remember, I'm not going to get political with you, but I am just going to let you know that whoever is in office controls what the manufacturers care about and need to know that going into it, like they don't care about saving the world. They care about who gives them. I shouldn't say that, but like they're always in it for the tax breaks.
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B
And like that's just some people there care about saving the world. But ultimately like the big decisions have are it all boils down to money.
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A
Totally. So I said, good news, this feature is dead. And I got so many insane comments. People being like, like, oh my gosh, you hate the environment. Like, like just totally missing the point. And like totally actually the auto starts off feature, which, which if you don't have a newer car, count your blessings right now because that, that, that feature on so many of these cars, whenever your car came to a complete stop, it would shut the car off. Now some cars, you could turn it off. Some cars recently stopped giving you the ability to turn it off, which is insane. I find this to be a borderline dangerous feature because like, you know, sometimes, like for example, if you like stop in an intersection, you don't always have the momentum because your car stopped for a second. Like it sucked. It sucked. It was inconvenient, it was annoying and it didn't save that much fuel economy.
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B
On a hot day your AC would just shut off and you're just like, I'm hot. You know, like, what is going on?
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C
Yeah.
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A
And like this is, you know, this is a two minute light. Great. So annoying. So there are so many more fuel efficient things that manufacturers could do that they're not doing. And then I got on my soapbox about the lack of hybrids available and how I'm sick of it. I'm sick of it. I'm not an EV hater. I actually love EVs and I actually think the EV adoption has been exactly as I predicted for the country. It's like the people who want them have, have them and now they have options. I'm so happy for them. But like for a state to come out and be like, we're all like California, we're only going to be ev, only going to be Evie by this. Okay, let's be so for real for a second. Like how much of your community, how much of your residents live in apartment complexes? Yeah. Live in, live in mobile homes, live in houses without garages. Okay, so how are they charging these cars? Yeah, like, let's be so for real for like two seconds. It's like, you know how much it.
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B
Costs to buy a new car and then what? They're not going to get anything on their trade in because gas cars aren't going to be worth anything.
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A
Well, that, it wouldn't exactly play out like that because like, they would just be new car, new car. Like, the goal was just like, I have new cars be only evs, but it just, it doesn't matter. It's like, it's still just, it's not gonna work for everybody. And like, we just need to realize that, like, it's not gonna work for everybody anyway. So we also have celebrities in private jets. So like, let's just calm down about the fuel economy for a second. Like, let's just get our priorities straight for like two seconds. Hybrids are the answer to a greener America, like 1000%. Here's why. The same materials it takes to build one EV, you could build six hybrids. Okay, so instead of having one person in EV, we could have six people in a more fuel efficient vehicle. We need more cars that are fuel efficient to make a bigger difference. And the car manufacturers have literally, up until this year, it's getting better this year, but up until this year they've done everything but prioritize hybrids on their least fuel efficient cars. Let me drag a couple of manufacturers for a second. Ford. I love Ford. You guys know I love Ford. Me, Tyler, both drive Fords. Ford put all of their eggs in the F150 Lightning. They went after an electric pickup truck and they took away the hybrid Explorer.
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C
Okay.
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A
General Motors, they were like, you know what? The GMC Hummer ev. What?
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B
Yeah, right?
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A
What? Yeah. So, like they have. So, so why aren't they doing hybrids? They have the technology because they can. The Hummer is 11,000pounds and it has a battery in it. So the Hummer's ev, but your Tahoe is not even a hybrid. Things that make you go, but sure, let's put an auto start stop in everyone's car to inconvenience them. But then what? But then what we're going to do to offset our fuel regulations is we're going to come out with an ev. That sucks. Just so. Because. Because then what they do is then their entire model lineup has an average. And then if they meet that average that the administration sets, it's fine. That's why they come out with stupid EVs to draw to, to bring down their, their average. Anyway, also that feature is dead. And now we are finally starting to get some hybrid family cars, which is exciting. Which is very exciting. We have the Grand Highlander, the Lexus tx, the Palisade. The Telluride is going to come out. The carnival is going to come out of hybrid. We have the Sienna, we have the Chrysler Pacifica. Like they are coming. There's not enough. And I just don't understand like why we still can't have them in the full size. Which, which you could make the argument are actually the least fuel efficient cars.
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B
On the.
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A
Again, if it was all about fuel economy, you could focus on making the least fuel efficient cars more fuel efficient before making stupid electric cars that no one's asking for. Like the Hummer ev. Just my, just my two.
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B
Such a dumb car sense.
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A
Just kind of like, interesting.
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B
No, it's interesting.
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A
That's my soapbox. That's industry news. That's from the car mom's mouth.
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B
Okay, well, now it's time for Ditch the Drive Thru where we give you an easy dinner recipe to mix it up to get you out of your dinner rut. And if I may just give an update because like, I just like ranted about my picky eaters, of which I still have, but I have a new approach to dinner. James. And I think James is getting older and he's just like growing out of a phase. So I think that a level of it is I did nothing. But something that I have Maddie and I have noticed has been helpful in getting him to eat is I just set the table. Maddie and I eat with him. So he see, when he like sees me, he's kind of like me where he has to like see someone else eat it. And then it sounds good. Like he literally threw all of his strawberries on the ground and I didn't.
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C
Even look at him.
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B
I just took a bite of a strawberry and I was like, you know, smacked on it a little bit because it was delicious and juicy. And he's like, I want that. I'm like, all right, well, here are your ground strawberries. Anyway, just removing the pressure around food has really been helpful. So I just like set it in front of him. He's like, I don't want that. I'm like, that's fine, you don't have to eat it. And then I eat my meal. Maddie and I talk. And then he explores. He might take a bite.
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A
That is really good. Some kids need that, that to sit with them.
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B
It's not, you know, because we, we tried the. Well, you could have a popsicle if you eat your dinner. Just take one bite. Oh, you'll get. Your muscles will be so big. Like, we put all of this and we would, we would like be a jazz. When he did eat, which also put pressure on it. We are trying to remove any and all pressure. And it's just like, here it is. Take it or leave it. Eat it or don't eat it or don't. I, at this point, I literally don't care because, like, if you're hungry, you'll eat and if you're not, you're.
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A
You won' out.
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B
And the fruit bowl is always open.
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A
That's how we grew up. Fruit bowls always open.
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B
So anyway, I know you have a ditch to drive through, but I just wanted to, just, just, I wanted to applaud my success because that three nights in a row, no, four nights in a row, my whole family ate their dinner with me and I. It was a wonderful feeling.
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A
Did you get emotional?
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B
I did, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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A
It's a beautiful thing.
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B
Both, both my kids wanted seconds.
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A
Yeah. I am starving, I'll be honest. Which they did say is a side effect of going sugar free. And again, I know it's only been like four hours. I'm starving, so I'm hungry. So I'm gonna go eat something after this and I'm gonna tell you my first, like three meals that I'm making. And kind of like my approach dinner is like, it's gonna be like. I mean, I think I'll be able to still make my family some really great dinners. And like, I'll add sauces to the kids and I won't add sauce to mine. It's just kind of like my, my vibe. So first supper tonight we're doing hamburger bowls. So I'm just doing ground beef. I'm gonna fry potatoes because I can have fried potatoes. I can, I can have that. Lettuce, pickles, red onion, like chopping it up. I'm only gonna add mustard. And I think I guess I could add mayo to mine too, because the ketchup has sugar in it. So we're having those for supper tonight. Tomorrow I'm making a chili and my mother in law gave. Oh, I wonder if those jarred jalapenos have sugar off to find out. We're doing a chili and then we're doing chicken Caesar salad wraps.
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B
Love a chicken Caesar salad.
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A
Well, that's what I'm saying. Primal Kitchen Caesar dressing. It's anchovy and sugar free, and it's unbelievable. It's so good. Like, I'm craving it right now. Good. So that's what we're doing.
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B
Okay, great. Well, something that I made for dinner the other night that was really great. It was kind of like a new take on a Mississippi roast.
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A
Okay.
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B
For a new profile for Mississippi Rose.
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A
So I want you. I know what, I want you to talk about this. I want to hear how it was.
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B
So instead of doing the ranch packet and the brown gravy packet like I would do on my Mississippi roast, I took a Italian dressing seasoning packet because I wanted to do, like, an Italian. Like an Italian beef. Like a Portillo's Italian beef was kind of was my inspiration. So it was. First of all, I think you have to cut your roasts up to make them shred better. Because my last roast I made did not shred. This one shredded beautifully, and I also added a lot more liquid to it. So I added, like, beef stock, the. The packet. I added some pepper, cheese, and I just, like, cut it up into three big chunks.
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A
Yeah, no, that's a good. That's a good thought. Because depending on the size of the roast.
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B
Yeah.
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A
And why not just cut it up.
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B
Like before and then it's like, just. Yeah, done.
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A
It'll cook faster. That feels like a no brainer.
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C
Exactly.
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B
So then I got hoagie rolls, and I topped it with. I. So I took the hoagie rolls, I put the shredded beef on there. I put a slice of cheese on top, pop them in the oven. So the cheese kind of melted, and the. The bun got a little toasted. And then on mine, I had. I just added, like, peppers and stuff. Like, you can judge it up. Maddie ate it plain. James ate it plain. Delicious had it the next day. And if I'm eating leftovers, like, in the world of me having to doordash everything, if I'm eating leftovers, you know, it was good. And I was so jazzed to have those leftovers the next day. Okay.
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A
I simply need to try this.
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B
It was great.
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A
Yeah, I think my kids would love that. And that's so versatile too. Like, you could also put it in a pasta. You could just eat it plain. Yeah, yeah.
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B
Sloan ate it plain. Sloan had literally, actually eight helpings of it.
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A
Yum.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Okay, well, look, guys, that's your episode. I mean, like, I'm getting the sugar shakes. I need to go eat something.
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B
Okay.
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A
Pray for me. I'll pray for you. If you're doing. If you're joining me. In our fast.
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B
Okay.
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A
And, Elizabeth, I hope you take us along on your decluttering journey. Like, you should make some reels about it. It.
- [56:48]
B
Yeah, I thought I wanted to, but then, like, anytime other people post those, I like, never like to watch them, so. And also, I'll probably be throwing away things that people have gotten me, and so I don't really want to, like, air that.
- [57:03]
A
That's so true. Like, okay, so some things are best kept private then. That's.
- [57:07]
B
But maybe I'll, like, share how many I'm giving. Maybe it'll be, like, story content. So, like, follow me on stories.
- [57:12]
A
Ooh, for bts. Bts. Well, I just, like, posted a. Like, get ready with me as I tell you my rules for my fast. Like, I'm a lifestyle influencer now.
- [57:20]
C
Oh, wow.
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A
So watch out.
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B
Branching out. All right, well, that's gonna be our episode, so thank you so much for listening to the Carpool podcast, and we'll talk to you next time.
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A
See ya. Bye. Thank you for listening to the Carpool Podcast with Kelly and Liz. Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode. And if you enjoyed riding with us, tell. Tell everybody. You know, there's room in the car for everyone.