FACT OR FICTION - CAR EDITION

Summary

Podcast Summary: "FACT OR FICTION - CAR EDITION" | The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz

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Introduction

In this episode of The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz, released on November 5, 2024, hosts Kelly Stumpe and Lizz St. John dive into a blend of lighthearted conversation, parenting insights, automotive trivia, and heartfelt stories. As third-generation auto-industry experts and busy moms, Kelly and Lizz navigate the challenges of family life while sharing their passion for cars from a millennial mom's perspective.

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1. Weather Woes and Seasonal Shifts

Kelly and Lizz kick off the episode by lamenting the unseasonably warm fall weather.

• Lizz expresses her frustration: "I'm just wondering if anyone else is having an unseasonably warm fall so far because we have not really gotten a lot of cozy fall vibes." [02:08]

• Kelly echoes the concern, worried about an extended fall season: "I'm just afraid that it's gonna have fall until like Christmas, and then like winter is going to come in like January, February, March, April." [02:26]

The sisters discuss the impact of the weather on family activities and their anticipation for traditional fall experiences like apple cider, chili, and bonfires.

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2. Parenting Challenges and Playground Etiquette

A significant portion of the episode delves into the complexities of parenting, focusing on playground etiquette.

• Kelly shares a troubling experience: "I discovered a new breed of person that I absolutely can't stand... a person at the playground who does not watch their child." [21:44]

• She recounts observing a mother engrossed in her phone while her child repeatedly takes toys from Kelly's son, James.

• Lizz offers her perspective on handling such situations: "I would be like, hey, I don't know if you saw, but your daughter keeps taking this toy from my son. Maybe let's talk about it." [25:26]

The discussion highlights the balance between avoiding confrontation and ensuring children's well-being, emphasizing the importance of attentive parenting.

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3. Fact or Fiction - Car Edition (Game Segment)

Introducing their interactive segment, Lizz presents a game called "Fact or Fiction - Car Edition," challenging Kelly to identify whether certain car models are real or fabricated.

• Lizz explains the rules: "I have six car models that are no longer around or were never around. I want to see if you know which ones were real and which ones were not." [10:47]

They explore various car models, providing educational insights:

• GMC Jimmy

  • Lizz: "The GMC Jimmy was a sport utility vehicle produced from 1969 to 1991." [12:10]
  • Kelly initially mistakes it as fake but Lizz clarifies its existence.

• Lincoln Mark

  • Lizz reveals: "Lincoln decided to discontinue the Mark in 2010, just after five model years." [13:02]

• Hyundai Getz

  • Kelly guesses it’s real, and Lizz confirms: "The Hyundai Getz was real." [14:03]

• Nissan Musket

  • Kelly correctly identifies it as fake: "I'm gonna say not real." [15:00]

• Ford Ralph

  • Both agree it's not a real model: "Ford Ralph is not real." [15:22]

• Buick Tereza

  • Lizz states: "The Buick Tereza is a minivan marketed from 2005 to 2007." [16:15]

This segment not only entertains but also educates listeners about lesser-known automotive history.

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4. Household Chores and Organizational Tips

Kelly and Lizz discuss their struggles and preferences regarding household chores.

• Kelly admits her disdain for lack of buttons in cars: "I really hate cars that don't have... give us back buttons. Bring bad buttons." [19:01]

• Lizz shares her newfound preference for hand-washing dishes: "I'm really kind of on my hand washing grind." [37:41]

They exchange tips on managing household tasks efficiently, emphasizing the importance of organization in a busy household.

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5. Listener Advice: Choosing the Right Family Vehicle

Responding to a listener named Jen, Kelly and Lizz offer advice on switching from a 2019 Ford Expedition Max to a more manageable vehicle.

• Jen’s Query: "I'm looking into a 23 to 25 Honda Pilot or maybe an Odyssey... I really want something that's more reliable and isn't a land yacht." [41:55]

• Lizz recommends the Odyssey over the Pilot for better space management: "I would go Odyssey for that reason." [43:14]

They discuss the merits of each vehicle, considering factors like reliability, space, and family needs, ultimately endorsing the Honda Odyssey as the optimal choice for Jen’s situation.

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6. Recipes Shared: Dish to Drive Through

Kelly and Lizz exchange favorite recipes, presenting easy and family-friendly meal ideas.

• Kelly’s Barbecue Chicken Sliders

  • "I put chicken breast in the crock pot and mix barbecue sauce with Italian dressing." [44:07]
  • Adaptable for gluten-free diets: "If I don't have gluten-free bread, I serve over baked potato or sweet potato barbecue chicken sliders." [44:35]

• Lizz’s Stuffed Pepper Soup

  • Combines ground beef with bell peppers, tomatoes, and rice for a hearty soup.
  • Lizz warns about rice expansion: "Rice expands and you forget that when you're making a soup." [46:00]

These culinary tips provide listeners with practical ideas to diversify their meal planning.

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7. Blake's Besties: Honoring Lost Babies

In the poignant Blake's Besties segment, Kelly and Lizz honor the memories of babies lost too soon.

• Jasmine's Story:

  • "We miss our angel Quinn every day and we'll make sure her memory lives on through her big brother and little sister." [50:44]

• Melanie’s Tribute:

  • "He left a mark on all who knew him and is missed so terribly." [52:00]

This segment offers a compassionate space for mothers to share their grief and preserve the memories of their lost children, fostering a sense of community and support.

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Conclusion

Kelly and Lizz conclude the episode by encouraging listeners to subscribe and share the podcast, emphasizing the inclusive and supportive environment they've created for fellow moms navigating the complexities of family life and automotive interests.

“If you enjoyed riding with us, tell everybody, everybody you know there's room in the car for everyone.” [52:24]

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Notable Quotes

• “I'm just afraid that it's gonna have fall until like Christmas, and then like winter is going to come in like January, February, March, April.” — Kelly [02:26]

• “The Lincoln mark... I discovered it's called the Mark.” — Lizz [13:34]

• “Rice expands and you forget that when you're making a soup.” — Lizz [46:00]

• “We miss our angel Quinn every day and we'll make sure her memory lives on through her big brother and little sister.” — Jasmine [50:44]

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This episode of The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz seamlessly blends humor, practical advice, and heartfelt stories, making it a relatable and enriching listen for parents and car enthusiasts alike.

Transcript

[Kelly]

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[Kelly]

Welcome to the carpool podcast with Kelly.

[Liz]

And the person in front, like a mom turned around and said, you guys need to be quiet. And I told mom after, I was like, can you believe she did that? And mom's like, well, good. They probably needed to be quiet.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

And like now I totally get it. I'm like, yeah, you know what? They did need to be quiet.

[Kelly]

And Liz, why are male birds always more attractive than the female birds?

[Liz]

I don't know.

[Kelly]

It's giving cardinal, it's giving peacock. It's giving rooster. Your mom time off starts now.

[Liz]

Welcome back to the carpool podcast with Kelly and Liz. And it's November. Elizabeth.

[Kelly]

It's. It's October. Flu.

[Liz]

Flu. See ya.

[Kelly]

See ya. It's gone. It's November. It might as well be December. It's already January 1st in my mind.

[Liz]

And I'm just wondering if anyone else is having an unseasonably warm fall so far because we have not really gotten a lot of cozy fall vibes. And I'm so worried we're gonna have one of those falls where it just doesn't exist and we go from summer to winter.

[Kelly]

No. What I'm. Yes, but what I'm more worried for is that we're going to have a fall that lasts into December, and that's when that's the only time of year that I want. Oh, goodness, that was slow. I'm sorry. That's the only time of the year that I want snow. And I'm just afraid that it's. We're gonna have, like, fall until, like, Christmas, and then, like, winter is going to come in, like, January, February, March, April.

[Liz]

I don't think that's good. I think it's going to be cold in December, but I would have assumed it would have been cold in October. And it was in. At least in Missouri, it was blazing.

[Kelly]

Day of recording.

[Liz]

I have a sweater.

[Kelly]

Yeah. Day of recording is 80 degrees.

[Liz]

I know. It's crazy. I'm just. I'm really hope. I'm like, just. I'm dying to. To get a fall vibe going on, and there's things I want to do. There's apple cider to be. To be drank, and there's chili to make, and there's bonfires to be had, and I'm still over here, like, you know, doing popsicles. I know I can't live like this.

[Kelly]

I know.

[Liz]

It's been nice for the girls. I think the newborn girlies, because it's easier with this weather to get them out.

[Kelly]

This is true.

[Liz]

And, you know, my kids don't really mind because, like, we're just playing outside more, but I'm, like, ready to play outside in a coat. You know what I mean?

[Kelly]

I totally. I totally get it.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

I totally get it. I know. I just feel like we missed. We kind of missed the boat, and it's like. No. Now I feel like we get one month of fall, and it's sad.

[Liz]

Yeah. I don't want to be. I don't want to be that podcast that talks about the weather, because I don't know if, like, that's the thing people care about, but that's just where we're at.

[Kelly]

Yeah. Does just feel, like, relevant. But anyway, happy November. Which also means that the carpool podcast is back to two episodes a week. Somehow. Somehow we're gonna do that.

[Liz]

Mm, no. And that feels good. That feels good. Because I've honestly been hating our episodes because I just feel so far removed from the person who recorded that. For the person I am listening. Like, what was I literally talking about in the last episode? I'm only gonna. My kids are only gonna get two presents, and I want to redownload TikTok. Like, who. Shut up.

[Kelly]

No, Kelly. Literally. I Was like. I was like, I just think we need to, like, let this moment pass. Like, I know that you're going by your kids. Well. And did you see that Tick Tock is officially being banned?

[Liz]

I didn't say that it's official. Well, that's good. I don't. Are you sure?

[Kelly]

Yeah, I saw it. I meant to send it to you. Tick Tock. Ban. Tick Tock. Us Ban. Here's why time is running out. Three days ago. So it's. So it's. Well, in January, it's going to be.

[Liz]

Unless something happens.

[Kelly]

I mean, I guess that. I guess.

[Liz]

But bottom line is I don't need my eggs in that basket.

[Kelly]

No, that's exactly. That's what I'm saying. So.

[Liz]

But anyway, I'm just saying I. I just want everyone to know. Like, I don't think that was an accurate reflection of who I am, you know? And that's what you get if you give me a mic. 7 weeks postpartum when I haven't slept. Like, you just don't. It's a. It's. It's a roll of the dice. And that's what you got. Y. I'm not gonna buy my kids 10 presents. But, no, I think we might, like, do four or five. Like, calm down.

[Kelly]

I was like, you're, like, so hot and cold. Like, nothing that you say can be held against you at this moment in your life.

[Liz]

But anyway, speaking of eggs in a basket, another downside. The only downside of the weather getting colder is I'm really worried what this means for my egg production of my chickens.

[Kelly]

Wait, I thought we weren't talking about the weather anymore.

[Liz]

No, but I wanted to transition to my chickens because here's the thing. We've had these things since June. It's five. We're five months in, haven't had an egg, which they say five months. So I'm like, okay, it's been five months. And now I hear that the colder weather makes them lay eggs slower.

[Kelly]

Oh, so it's just, like, bad timing to have gotten chickens.

[Liz]

I guess so. Did I tell you that we have.

[Kelly]

Two roosters, so they don't know if they're male or female when they're chicks.

[Liz]

I just don't think they, like, try that hard to check. I think they just, like, put them in a box and send them to you. But here's another thing I was thinking, which I haven't Googled this, and I think somebody should. I guess I should have before the podcast. Let's do this while I'm Talking. How does. So we have two roosters, and everyone's like, oh, that means you're gonna have so many chickens, which obviously it doesn't because, like, the chicken has to, like, sit on the egg for it to, you know, be like, grow. And we're going to pull our eggs, but we don't really know what to do with these roosters. We might get rid of them, we might not. I'm. We're just kind of like, see what happens. But I'm just wondering, like, how does it work when you have a rooster? How does the egg get fertilized? And is it like a one to one ratio? Or, like, once a ch. Does a chicken get fertilized and does the chicken lay, like, 10 fertilized eggs? Or, like, does the chicken have to get re. Fertilized every time? Do you know what I mean when I'm saying the word fertilized?

[Kelly]

Okay, I.

[Liz]

Is this worse than the TikTok discussion?

[Kelly]

I'm not really sure what you're asking here. Are you asking? I mean. Okay. The rooster transfers sperm to the hen. This first fertile egg is laid 36 to 48 hours after mating.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

The sperm can remain viable inside the hen for several weeks, ready to fertilize any eggs the hen lays. Does that answer your question?

[Liz]

It does. No, it does. Okay.

[Kelly]

O very technical terms.

[Liz]

Interesting. Interesting.

[Kelly]

Okay. I'm happy that something that you were wondering for your personal life now everyone who listens to the podcast knows about.

[Liz]

Well, Tyler thinks. And also we got rainbow chickens. Right. And I think we did luck out, though, because, like, two of the most beautiful breeds. I don't even know what they are. I need to start learning what the breeds of my chickens are because I had a friend over who has chickens the other day, and she's like, oh, that's an Easter egger right there. Oh, that's. She knew. She knew what I had, and I don't even know what I have. No, but my roosters are beautiful.

[Kelly]

What is up with that? Why. Why are male birds always more attractive than the female birds?

[Liz]

I don't know.

[Kelly]

It's giving cardinal. It's giving peacock. It's giving rooster.

[Liz]

Yeah. Rooster.

[Kelly]

It's giving Mallard.

[Liz]

Yeah, I guess because, like, girls are.

[Kelly]

You know what? Actually, I think it is. I think that the girls are supposed to, like, lay in the nest and, like, protect the eggs and so they're supposed to be more camouflaged.

[Liz]

Yeah, no, I think. I think it's things like that. And I think, like, girls are attracted to, like, shiny Colorful things.

[Kelly]

Totally.

[Liz]

No, no, no. Different than us.

[Kelly]

Totally. Anyway, let's stop talking about birds on our podcast. I have to just make a note to everyone, I apologize. I have some work being done at my house right now, so I apologize if you hear some banging and clanging. I'm getting my AC replaced. And furnace bummer. Which is something we knew going. Moving into the house that they were very old. Like, we got an inspection. They're like, yeah, these are going to need to. Need to be replaced. But mad, really? Maddie luckily works for an ink track company, so we were like, if we're going to replace them, we gotta get them replaced now. Doesn't mean it's cheap to get them replaced, but we're doing that. And here's the thing with moving into a new house. And here's something about me. I am, like, exceptional at complaining about my life, regardless of the situation. So when I moved into a new construction home, I'm like, oh, it's so annoying. I have to buy blinds. I have to buy all this added stuff. I have to finish out a basement. I. I want to move into a house that already has all that stuff established. Move into a new house. Oh, I have to replace my H vac. So, basically what I'm saying is, no matter where you move or how you move or what you move into, you're going to have to spend a lot of money to do it.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

And also, I still have to replace the blinds in this house.

[Liz]

Homes can be money pits. They're money pits.

[Kelly]

Totally. How do you know if. I guess you don't know if you're in a money pit or not. Maybe you do.

[Liz]

Yeah, I think we all are.

[Kelly]

Is this a podcast? Should we start this over?

[Liz]

No. I thought. I thought it's been really interesting so far. I think we all learned something about chickens.

[Kelly]

Okay.

[Liz]

We talked about the weather. I mean, we're just.

[Kelly]

We're coming, we're warming up.

[Liz]

I think everyone's gonna give us some grace. Like, we're coming out of maternity leave.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

We have two babies on our laps. Like, yeah. It's not an a game podcast. Sorry, you guys, but I'm here on the mic.

[Kelly]

The postpartum sweats and just holding a baby. It's all the things.

[Liz]

Okay, well, why don't we get into my game? Because I came up with a fun game idea that I think everyone will enjoy.

[Kelly]

Okay, perfect.

[Liz]

I need something, and it is called Fact or Fiction.

[Kelly]

Okay.

[Liz]

And I'm going to. I have six car models that are no longer that May or may not no longer be around, slash, were never around. And I want to see if you know which ones were real and which ones were not.

[Kelly]

Did you come up with the ones that were fake? That are fake? Yes.

[Liz]

Okay, well, obviously, who else would have come up with them?

[Kelly]

I wasn't sure if this was like a game that you saw someone else play.

[Liz]

Nope, I came up with the real. Well, I didn't come up with the real ones. I chose the real ones based on the cars I don't think that, you know, exist. And I chose fake ones based on cars that didn't exist.

[Kelly]

Okay, okay.

[Liz]

So you're just gonna say. And I just want to, like, there was a really big Trend in the 90s, early 2000s, and I think they were trying to name cars people. So, like, you know how my dog's name is Tommy, huh? Like they were trying to do that with cars a little bit in the 90s.

[Kelly]

I don't understand that connection. I don't understand what you're saying.

[Liz]

Well, I'm saying that's. That's our first car.

[Kelly]

The gm.

[Liz]

No, the GMC Jimmy. Real or fake?

[Kelly]

Fake.

[Liz]

It was real.

[Kelly]

The GMC Jimmy.

[Liz]

The Jimmy.

[Kelly]

The Jimmy. That's terrible.

[Liz]

I pulled up a little fact about each one to read it to you.

[Kelly]

Yeah. Intrigued. What kind of.

[Liz]

The GMC Jimmy was a sport utility vehicle that was produced from GMC from 1969 to 1991. It was just like your run of the mill, like five passenger suv. It was called the Jimmy. You've never seen a Jimmy on the road? Because I've seen him on the road.

[Kelly]

Okay, well, when I Google it, I've seen a Jimmy. I didn't know it was called a Jimmy.

[Liz]

It's called a Jimmy. Yeah. Isn't that interesting?

[Kelly]

That's very interesting.

[Liz]

It was the Chevy Blazer equivalent, but like not the new Blazer, like the old Blazer. Like you know the box, little tissue box. The GMC Jimmy. Okay, okay. So you are down. I have a point. You lost a point.

[Kelly]

I lost a point.

[Liz]

Okay, let's follow up with this one. The Lincoln Mark.

[Kelly]

That's fake.

[Liz]

That's real.

[Kelly]

The Lincoln mark.

[Liz]

Lincoln mark. Lt was their F150. It was like a luxury truck called the Mark.

[Kelly]

Lincoln Mark.

[Liz]

The economic recession of 2008 significantly impacted the luxury car segment, and the high priced marque was particularly vulnerable. Additionally, the competition offered compelling alternatives. With lackluster sales. Lincoln decided to discontinue the mark in 2010, just after five model years. No one wanted a luxury truck The Lincoln Mark. And I came up with this game because I was driving the other day and I looked over and saw a Lincoln truck. And I was like, I forgot that they made a truck. And then I was shook to my core. I discovered it's called the Mark.

[Kelly]

The Mark. Wow. Okay.

[Liz]

I know. So I got you on those.

[Kelly]

I'm winning.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

Yeah, you are winning.

[Liz]

Okay. The Hyundai Getz gets. Yeah. G, E, T, Z. The Hyundai Getz.

[Kelly]

Well, now I'm just trying to play, like, a mind game with you. Like, would you do two trues in a row? Yeah.

[Liz]

I'm actually not telling you how many are real and how many are fake. So, like, don't think it's like. Yeah, I mean, they're all. I can only. I have four more to do, and I couldn't. I can't tell you how many Real. Harmony. Fake. They could all be real. For all you know, I could have tricked you. So go with your gut. The Hyundai gets.

[Kelly]

Gets. I'll say Real.

[Liz]

The Hyundai gets was real. Hmm.

[Kelly]

It was.

[Liz]

I thought it was kind of a good name, actually. Bring it back. And remember when we had what's his name on the guy from Kia and he just, like, kind of, like, opened the curtain? James. And he kind of opened the curtain how? Like, a lot of the times, like, they. They pay for the trademarks of these names. So sometimes it's cost effective to, like, bring a car back because you have the name.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Hyundai Getz is so fugly. Like, she needs.

[Kelly]

Yeah, no, I just googled it. Yeah, it's the Gets.

[Liz]

The guts is real. Okay, ready? Ready for the next one?

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

The Nissan Musket.

[Kelly]

Musket. I'm gonna say not real, like, with a K. I'm gonna say not real.

[Liz]

Yeah, it's not real.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Okay, next we have the Ford Ralph.

[Kelly]

Ford Ralph. I want that to be real, but I don't think it's real.

[Liz]

Ford Ralph is not real.

[Kelly]

Yeah, that I see. Of all the names, that is actually a good one. I could see that, like, if. If Ford brought back, like, one of their vintage trucks. But do you remember when we went to the New York auto show a couple years ago and they were like. It was when the lightning came out. And so they were allowing you to test drive the electric truck, and then they also had that, like, fake electric truck.

[Liz]

Yeah, that was like, the old body style.

[Kelly]

That was. They should come out with that and name it the Ralph.

[Liz]

Yeah, Ralph's a good name.

[Kelly]

Ralph's a good name. I like Ralph.

[Liz]

I like Ralph. For a kid name. To be honest with you. I know we're past that. I'm past that phase in my life. But like I put Ralph on my list.

[Kelly]

I don't think I put Ralph on my kid, my baby name list. But I do like it for like a truck or a dog.

[Liz]

Okay, next is Buick's take on a minivan. The Buick Tereza.

[Kelly]

Tereza. I'm going to say that's real.

[Liz]

That's real. And I'm honestly not sure I'm pronouncing it right. And the real story was that Buick had a minivan.

[Kelly]

Yeah. That's crazy. The Hyundai gets look like it's a minivan without the functionality. So that's kind of crazy. Yeah.

[Liz]

The Buick Tereza is a minivan marketed from buick from only 2005 to 2007, which is kind of crazy.

[Kelly]

Didn't we say Buick should make a minivan when we were saying who would make a good minivan?

[Liz]

I think we did say that. Well, it's kind of wild to me that like GM doesn't have a minivan in the game. Like what are you doing?

[Kelly]

Well, we were just saying like Buick is like really like doing a lot of good in their designs. And isn't Buick like primarily bought by females?

[Liz]

Yeah, and that's their favorite statistic that like their. So it's like so give us a minivan and just like take it over the edge.

[Kelly]

Yeah, so just give us a minivan.

[Liz]

And speaking of Buick, I did talk on my stories a couple weeks ago how I was going to get an enclave press car. And I just want everyone to know they did have to reschedule my loan. So I have not had the press car yet. But I've been busy with other press cars. I've got an Odyssey and a Sorrento in my driveway.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

And that Odyssey, it's, it's probably, it's just, it's, it's so functional. Like it's so functional. It like hurts.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

And you just make a lot of it. It's kind of like that like it would be like a 22 year old like making up excuses for like some toxic guy she's dating because it's just like so X, Y and Z. Not toxic. That's the wrong word because like she's not toxic but like I know it's a haunted Odyssey but like look at this.

[Kelly]

Yeah, no, I see.

[Liz]

And it just feels like I think I just like going to shake the. Shake the Honda Odyssey engineers hands. Well, I want to shake their hands and I want to smack them for taking away the ceiling vents. And you know something else I'm hating about this minivan this week, which something I don't think I would have noticed unless I did a week long loan. It doesn't have, you know, keyless entry, how you can like hit a button and it locks or unlocks the car.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Okay, so on some minivans, like on the Kia Carnival, if you hit the button, it starts opening the door. So it's awesome because like then literally Fred could open the door at the minivan. Well, awesome or not awesome depending on your kid.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

But the Honda Odyssey doesn't have a button. I don't, I like, I wish it had a button. You have to like do the handle first.

[Kelly]

I know. I really hate cars that don't have. If they have the keyless entry, they don't have the button. My Pathfinder is one of them because it never, it never unlocks riders. You lean up against it and then it locks. It's just, I like a button. Just give us a button.

[Liz]

I don't know what this movement is to take away buttons.

[Kelly]

It's crazy where it's an attack on buttons. There's an attack on buttons, there's an attack on buttons. And I just think that we need to be, we need to call it out.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

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[Liz]

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[Kelly]

Well, this podcast is kind of all over the place because we kind of like skipped right over our dumps. But I do have something very important that I want to talk about on my dumpling.

[Liz]

Well, I just feel like I had to save the podcast by bringing in the game and now I feel more warmed up.

[Kelly]

Don't you? Okay, Yeah, I feel warmed up too. And I'm ready to. I'm ready to get back to complaining about things. Okay, we have to talk about, like, I'm gonna call this playground etiquette. Okay. Because I took James to the library and I discovered a new breed of person that I absolutely, like, can't stand. And I don't, I don't say that very often. Like, I don't. I'm not really into, you know, like mom shaming or like talking bad about people necessarily. Like, I, you know, I try and I try and see the good in people and I try and back that up a little bit. For the most part, however, I find this Type of person to be just, I can't stand. And I didn't know that they existed until I became a mom. And that is a person at the playground, or in my case, the library, who does not watch their child. So I took James to the library and, you know, he was playing with the toys. He went and started playing with these, like, dinosaurs. And this little girl who was probably, I don't know, 20 months old or so, just, like, came over and took the dinosaurs from James.

[Liz]

Wait, she was 20 months old or 20 months older than James?

[Kelly]

20 months old? Ish.

[Liz]

Under two? Almost two. She was.

[Kelly]

Maybe she was two. I don't know what. She. Maybe she was older than Fred. I don't know. Anyway, she was. She wasn't like, speaking. And so whatever. She comes over and she, like, takes the dinosaurs from James, and James is upset. And I don't know what you do in that situation. Like, I'm not going to, like, touch this child by being like, give that back. Or like, correct. And I'm also like, it's okay, James. Like, we can go play with something else. This doesn't bother me that the child, who does not know better took Dinah, took something from my son because, like, all kids do that. I look over at her mom. Her mom's on her phone now. This wasn't just a. I was looking down at my phone one time. She was looking. It happened repeatedly over and over again to my kid, to other kids. Like, I kept watching it happen. And, you know, I gotta be like a hawk on James because he's like, he'll run away and he'll, like, get into things. Like, he's still kind of too young for me to, like, sit in the corner. Her mother did not look up from her phone, I kid you not. One time did not look up. Took toys from so many people and then started, like, hoarding them by her mom. So now she just had this, like, pile of toys. And her mom didn't notice. Her mom didn't do anything about it. And I. I literally thought to myself, this is terrible, but I'm like, someone could take your child and she wouldn't have noticed. Like, that is how bad it was. Like, she did not look up from her phone one single time. And I just think we need to talk about, like, a playground etiquette for, you know, checking on your child every now and then. And then also, like, what do you do when there is, like, a stranger kid, Maybe hit your child or take something from your child or, like, interacts with your child in A negative way. Like, what are you supposed to do when the mom is, like, not paying attention?

[Liz]

Well, I hate that the mom wasn't paying attention, but I also think if she wasn't paying paying attention, I probably would be like, hey, I don't know if you saw, but, like, your daughter keeps taking this toy from my son. And maybe, hopefully she'd be like, oh, my gosh, I'm so sorry. Like, I was, you know, working on my emails. Like, maybe let's give her the life of the doubt. Like, I'm so sorry because, like, she, she. Maybe she didn't and like, she should be watching her child. But I would hope that if you told her what would happen and, like, I would want to know. Like, if I have four kids, like, we go to the library, I don't have eyes on every kid every five seconds. If one of my kids did something, I'd want to know.

[Kelly]

Yeah. You know, I guess that's just me, like, really hating confrontation. And maybe it's something that I need to get over because, like, that is my worst nightmare. To, like, go up to someone and be like, hey, get like, your kid is taking. Like, that gives me such cringe. Ick. Like, I would hate to do that, but maybe just like, something you have to do.

[Liz]

But it's also, I think once you become a mom, you kind of realize, like, well, I'm. You put your kid first. And it's like, well, I'm not gonna, like, punish James by like, saying, okay, play with something.

[Kelly]

I don't know, like, okay, we can share. Because, like, there's There. He didn't need. He didn't need to share. You know, like, there were plenty of dinosaurs to play to go around.

[Liz]

Yeah. But then on the flip side, I just think there's like, you know, you've been in situations where the mom just. You and the mom just have very different parenting styles. And it's even happened with, like, playdates I've been on, like, and nothing, like, crazy like that. But I'm. It depends on the age of the kids, I would say, because I think that that's very young. But I, I am a little bit hands off in the sense where it's like, I do kind of think kids need to work it out. A. And I think that sometimes my kids are going to get toys stolen from them. Okay. That's part of life. Like, let's find something else. Or, like, ask them if you can play with it when they're done. Or tell them, like, hey, I was playing with that Can I finish my game?

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

It's very difficult, though. And you'll like, once you start, like, going on play dates with people, like, it's difficult.

[Kelly]

So awkward.

[Liz]

And even, like, my good friends, like, people I would consider close friends of mine, like, it's still awkward and we just have different styles. And I only have, like a few friends who I would like who would correct my kids and I would correct their kids. But I like when other people correct my personally, I like when other people correct my kids. I think that's also. I like my kids to have a healthy respect for. For most any adults, really.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

In their. In their lives. Like, if. If another adult tells you to do something or not to do something, I would expect them to listen to the adult.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

And, you know, obviously, like, I'm. Obviously, I control which adults my kids are around. So it's like adults who are trusted at all, like, that I trust. But yeah, you know, if they tell you to give it back, then give it back. Or if they tell you not to do that. And mom always used to. I remember, like, I'll never forget one time we were at church and, you know, we're. We're a pew of seven and like, you know, mom's on Mom. Our mom was like a cantor at church. She was like. She would sing at church. So it was like all of us and dad or whatever in the pew and, you know, whatever. And I remember Craig and Sydney were being really bad. I bet they don't even remember this. Craig and Sydney were being really bad. And the person in front, like a mom turned around and said, you guys need to be quiet. And I told mom after. I was like, can you believe she did that? And Mom's like, well, good. They probably needed to be quiet.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

And like, now I totally get it. I'm like, yeah, you know what? They did need to be quiet.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

And you know who they listening to? The stranger. Because kids always listen to strangers.

[Kelly]

Oh, yeah. But never to you.

[Liz]

But never to you. So I was like, you know what? Go off. Tell those kids to be quiet. So obviously, obviously there's a balance, but.

[Kelly]

It'S just like I have never. Obviously never been in that situation before. And it's just like a whole world that I never knew existed of just. Yeah. The playground and the etiquette and the rights and the wrongs. And I was just. I was. I've never been. I was just so frustrated with her. So anyway, that's my. That's my dump. I really needed to get that out thank you for giving me a platform to do so well, Liz.

[Liz]

I'm so happy that you could do that here.

[Kelly]

Yeah. I.

[Liz]

What's one thing I want to talk about on my dump is I have my new favorite show in the world, and it's Desperate Housewives.

[Kelly]

Okay. You were telling me about this. I still haven't watched it yet.

[Liz]

No, I'm only on season one, and there's like, eight seasons. And Tyler. When I told Tyler I found a new show, and I was like, I think you'll like it, too. He's like, well, how many seasons is it? And I was like, I don't know. He's like, what does it matter? He's like, well, you just. You want to know, like, what you're getting yourself into. I can't believe it's eight seasons. That feels so overwhelming because, you know, I get to watch, like, 30 minutes of my show every single day with the way my life works, and it's going to take me years. So I'll be watching Desperate Housewives for years.

[Kelly]

No, but I think that's good. I would rather have something to. I would rather. Seasons.

[Liz]

I would, but I just can't believe. And I. What's also good about the show is, like, it's old enough where, like, I'm not going to get spoilers or anything, so please, no one tell me anything. But it's so good. I find that I. I think my favorite genre of show is dramedy.

[Kelly]

Okay. Yeah.

[Liz]

Like, you know, it's a funny show, but there's a good plot. Like, it's not a sitcom. A dramedy.

[Kelly]

Yeah. Well, I think those are. Those are good to binge, too, because they're light, but there's still, like, a.

[Liz]

Storyline to follow, and there's just so many, like, twists. There's so much. There's so much going on. And it's one of those shows. It's on Hulu, if you're wondering. It's on Hulu. It's one of those shows that from the five minutes into the first episode, you're hooked because, like, there's a big, like, bombshell, like, something huge happens in the first five minutes, and then they just build off of that. And then while they're building off that, like, other things happen. And it's also one of those shows where. Which I like a show where the audience is finding out things that the characters aren't finding out.

[Kelly]

Okay.

[Liz]

So, like, there's. So you kind of, like, have time to sit with it or, like, you're Hearing, like, a snippet of a conversation, you're like, well, what could that mean? And then, like, what is that? What is she gonna say when she finds out what that means? So just, like, really, really good.

[Kelly]

And where do you watch it?

[Liz]

Hulu.

[Kelly]

Oh, Hulu. Okay. Yeah. I did have to recently get Hulu for House for Mormon Wives, so I should probably watch it before I cancel it again.

[Liz]

Well, it's eight seasons, so you'll never finish, so just, like, just decide you're going to invest in that or not.

[Kelly]

Maybe I'll just wait for the next season of Mormon Wives to come out. Yeah, I'm watching Friday Night Lights, also eight seasons, also more dramatic. Yeah, I wasn't really into it, and now it's just kind of something like High Schoolers. No, I know, but it's just like. But you know what is so funny, actually? So when I watched it, when I tried starting it in high school, I obviously related to the high schoolers, and now that I watch it, there's, like, a lot of parents in the show, and so, like, I relate to the parents. Like, there's. It's about, like, their teenage daughter. You know, she's starting to get into things that teenagers might do and how you. She's, like, looking at photos of her daughter as a child, and, like, she can't believe that her daughter's growing up and, like, wanting to do these things. And I'm like, oh, my gosh, I'm. And then she punishes her, grounds her, and I'm like, I'm so Team mom right now. Like, I am relating to the parents on the show and, like, could not relate even less. The teenagers on the show.

[Liz]

Oh, that's so funny.

[Kelly]

Which is maybe, like, a good thing. It's like, then maybe if you haven't seen Friday Night Lights since you were in high school, maybe watch it now and you'll, like, see it with fresh eyes and, like, a new perspective, and it's like a brand new show.

[Liz]

Wow.

[Kelly]

Whoa. Maybe.

[Liz]

Wow, huh?

[Kelly]

Innovative.

[Liz]

So innovative.

[Kelly]

Okay, can I also talk about something else that I'm, like, obsessed with right now, please? I'm like. I'm like, you know, I love a deal, and I love to, like, find, like, coupons, which is something about me. So I've talked about this couponer that I like to follow, and she talked about this app, which I'm probably the last person coming to it, but it's called Ibotta, which I'd heard of, but I never downloaded it.

[Liz]

Pronounced Ibotta, not Ibotta.

[Kelly]

Ibotta.

[Liz]

Ibotta.

[Kelly]

I think it's like I bought a.

[Liz]

Like I. Oh, is it like that? Yeah, I bought a.

[Kelly]

Like I bought a I B O T T A. And they just have like all this cash back. So at places like your grocery store at Target. So anytime before I go shopping, I will just, you know, I'm running low on toilet paper, so I'm like, what kind of cash back can I get on certain brands of toilet paper? And then I'll be like, oh, cotton L, you'll get a dollar back if you buy it. And then at Target Circle, It's a buy one, get one, 20% off. So I bought four things of Cotton L today, got $4 back. Anyway, all that to be said, I've gotten $50 in cash back from using this app for like a couple of weeks. 50 bucks? 50 bucks for stuff I was already gonna buy.

[Liz]

50 bucks.

[Kelly]

50 bucks. I'm obsessed with it. I just, I like it. I, it gives me like, I get a, I get a rush. I like to see myself like getting those few extra dollars. Like, I just, I don't know.

[Liz]

And then you take that 50 bucks and you go buy something you'd never buy with it.

[Kelly]

Yeah. You know, or what?

[Liz]

Or I don't know.

[Kelly]

I don't know. It's just one of those things that like. I remember when we first got monetized on YouTube and we made like our first 40 bucks and it was like, Cal, we made 40 bucks off YouTube. It felt like the most money I could ever make off of something. And I just. Because like you got it out of nothing. Like, we invested nothing to make that 42. We just uploaded a video and it's.

[Liz]

Just like a lot.

[Kelly]

Huh?

[Liz]

We invested. But like, you make the video, you make the video.

[Kelly]

But like it was free. And then I don't know, it's just. Again, it's just those lips. Sometimes I'll get like a check and it's like, oh great. You know, and it's. Whatever it is and it just doesn't even faze me. But for some reason, these 50 bucks cash back that I never would have gotten otherwise unless I bought the friggin Cottonelle toilet paper. It feels like gold to me.

[Liz]

I understand that, you know.

[Kelly]

Yeah, you get a paycheck and you're just like. Sometimes you're just. It, it doesn't phase you in the same way that like this extra little 50 bucks does. I don't know, it's exciting and it's fun and it's something that's going on in my life. I bought a.

[Liz]

Something that's going on in my life is I am. I have two things that are like things that people did for, you know, decades, and I'm just now doing them again. And I have, I want to tell you what they are, okay. One of them obsessed with having cash. I'm such a cash girl now. And I just love, you know what I do? I go to the bank. I go to the bank and I would normally go to the bank, go to the atm and I'm like, no, you know what I want to do? I want a better variety of bills. And you guys know I spend so much time in my car. I love being in my car. Luckily, Libby is such a good car napper. So, like I'm looking for things to get out of the house without getting out of the car. Like, it's my favorite type of air. And I talk about that all the time. Hitting up your local bank teller to being like, hey, could I have, could you turn this, you know, $50 into a bunch of fives instead?

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

And now I have all these $5 bills and it's like so easy to just, you know, give a tip or pay cash for things. Like, I'm just liking cash. I like having cash.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

And everyone else wants to go cashless. And I'm like, no, I think it's nice to have cash. And I'd started this new thing with the kids when I need them to burn some energy. Now the rule is if they can catch a chicken, they get a dollar.

[Kelly]

Oh, okay.

[Liz]

Yeah. So that's the type of allowance we have around here. Yeah.

[Kelly]

You know, I think it should be. I hate the places, I think it should be outlawed. The places that don't accept cash. What's up with that? Yeah, that's in the places, like no card only. It's like, what do you mean my physical currency is no good?

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

What are you talking about? I just don't think that should be allowed. But I'm with you.

[Liz]

Never, I've never been like, I truthfully have never been a cash girl. But now there's just something I just, I.

[Kelly]

Well, you said when you said having like school age kids, like they always need like a dollar for pizza day, dress down day. Like they always need a dollar for something.

[Liz]

And don't be scrambling, like, just go and get $50, $51 bills and just like put it like, you know, somewhere in your house.

[Kelly]

Here's what you should do. You should go and get download Ibotta. And then once you have $50, put it into your bank account and then go to the bank and get $50 cash. It'll feel great.

[Liz]

It'll be like the best money that you've ever spent.

[Kelly]

50 bucks.

[Liz]

And then go get a coffee.

[Kelly]

Well, when you're paying for a coffee and you gotta give $7 of your 50, then that feels like a lot. I'd rather swipe that one away.

[Liz]

No. What's interesting about me is I have easier time spending cash because to me, it's already gone. To me, it's already.

[Kelly]

It's already out of the bank account.

[Liz]

It's already out of the bank account. Like, to me, cash. I'm like, it's fine. I got like, I have an easier time spending cash. I don't know why. Okay. Another thing I've been doing. This is so embarrassing. I'm even gonna say this out loud.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

I think I've been sleeping on hand washing.

[Kelly]

O. Kelly.

[Liz]

Hand washing dishes.

[Kelly]

Oh, hand washing dishes. I thought you meant washing your hands. Oh, no. And I'm like, oh, you better not say that.

[Liz]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Kelly]

Sorry.

[Liz]

Hand washing dishes.

[Kelly]

Okay.

[Liz]

I'm just. And don't. Don't get me wrong. Like, I mean, we're a family of six. Like, I'm. I have a dishwasher. My friend Ashley doesn't even have a dishwasher.

[Kelly]

What?

[Liz]

Yeah. You didn't know? She doesn't.

[Kelly]

I didn't know she didn't have a dishwasher.

[Liz]

Do they live in, like, super, like, do they live in, like, a. Like a historic home? Doesn't have a dishwasher. It's beautiful. It's just, like, historic. No dishwasher. And so I still like my dishwasher, but there are times where it's like, I'm making, like, lunch for myself in a bowl, and I have the audacity to, like, rinse the bowl and put on the other side of the sink and not just. And then wait for the magical time where the dishwasher's empty and I can reload it again.

[Kelly]

Like, dry it off and put it back.

[Liz]

Like, hand wash it, dry it and put it back.

[Kelly]

Yeah. Totally lazy.

[Liz]

Positive.

[Kelly]

Yeah, totally.

[Liz]

So I'm just, like, really kind of on my hand washing grind. I'd rather hand would like to be as well, 10 dishes than, like, I don't want to unload in the dishwasher. Is the by far. I don't remember what we said was the worst household chore. It's unloading the dishwasher.

[Kelly]

I think it's putting away laundry, but we'll just agree to disagree on that.

[Liz]

It's not because laundry is putting away laundry. You have to look at a laundry basket and, like, that's an eyesore. I don't. Dishes. Out of sight, out of mind. The things closed up when I unload it. It doesn't change my life at all. It looks the same.

[Kelly]

No. But I do feel, like, such a rush when I, like, open a dishwasher.

[Liz]

And it's always empty. Oh, my gosh.

[Kelly]

Feels so good.

[Liz]

I know. And Tyler, like, wonder, like, Tyler, do you want something nice for me? Try to unload the dishwasher.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

You know what I mean? And then ask for whatever you want.

[Kelly]

That is such. That is such my love language is an unloaded dishwasher.

[Liz]

Like, next time I go visit a new mom, I'm going to go to her dishwasher.

[Kelly]

Oh, that's so true.

[Liz]

Do you know what I mean? Sure. But anyway, back to hand washing. I'm into it. Hand washing dishes.

[Kelly]

Hand washing dishes. Just to clarify, Kel, I was, like, so nervous. Are you just talking about your chickens? And you'd be like, I'm into hand washing now. It's just very nervous.

[Liz]

No, we wash. We go through. I will say the amount of hand soap. I've noticed an uptick in my hand soap bills.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Because we're going through it. We had to stop. We had to stop. You know, I like the foam. I like a foaming hand soap. Soon.

[Kelly]

Okay.

[Liz]

Yeah, it's a low lift luxury. I like a foamy hand soap. We had to simply stop with that in the mud room because I just cannot be putting a foaming, like, lavender scented hand soap every time George comes in from touching Leo. I'm going broke. We had to go. What's. What's the brand like? The little.

[Kelly]

I know. It's like, clear and it has, like a goldfish on it.

[Liz]

Yeah, whatever. That one is like, literally the cheapest hand soap. Save the nice stuff for when company comes over. Yeah, it's soft. So. Yeah, they had a Halloween one. I stocked up. And when those go on clearance, I mean, literally, like, I feel like we're doing like a bottle every two weeks. Like, I'm not even kidding.

[Kelly]

Well, you can buy it in bulk. Maybe you should try that. And then you just refill your little plastic one.

[Liz]

Seems like someone's worked to refill it, but. Yeah, you're right, you're right.

[Kelly]

I don't know. See what's on Ibotta. That's what I would do.

[Liz]

Okay, well, are we ready for what do we have next? Advice.

[Kelly]

We have industry news.

[Liz]

No, we don't. Because that was my fun little game.

[Kelly]

Oh, okay. That certain cars existed. Okay, well, we do have an advice question that we could do. And actually this advice question also included a dish to drive through that I thought sounded good. Okay. This comes from Jen. Hi. Kelly and Liz. We have a unique situation. We adopted my 13 year old nephew in July. We have had him since he was five, but finally finalized our adoption. Congrats. And we have a two year old still rear facing. We plan to rear face as long as possible and to have one more baby for sure. Currently we drive a 2019 Ford Expedition Max. I'm thinking of training it in. I love the car but we've had some minor issues and I think it might be too big for us. Also my husband can't park it even though he flies airplanes for a living. I'm looking into a 23 to 25 Honda Pilot or maybe an Odyssey. I wanted to hear your thoughts on what we should do and if we should trade it in for something else or what your recommendation might be. I really want something that's more reliable and isn't a land yacht.

[Liz]

Okay. 13 year old, 2 year old wants one more kid.

[Kelly]

Yes. Okay, 2 year old.

[Liz]

What year is their expedition?

[Kelly]

It's a 2019.

[Liz]

19 was a bad year for the expedition. Like if you go on consumer reports, like it's shockingly lower than the rest of them.

[Kelly]

Oh.

[Liz]

So yeah, I think it out of your expedition.

[Kelly]

Okay.

[Liz]

I think, and you know, I agree that sounds especially an Expedition Max. That sounds like a lot. And I also think like you'll have a 13 year old okay. In three years. Like you'll have a 16 year old and two years you have a 15 year old. Like are they, are you gonna want them to like practice driving on your car? Maybe drive your car one day? I don't think any 15 year old needs to be driving an Expedition Max. Like that would be huge. That'd be so hard.

[Kelly]

So she liked the Odyssey or the pilot?

[Liz]

Yeah, I'm fine with, I'm fine with either. Did she say what year?

[Kelly]

Or she wanted to go new 23 to 25 pilot.

[Liz]

Oh, okay. I. This is really hard. This is really hard. Part of me is lean Odyssey because I do think you'll have a jump scare from Expedition Max to Honda Pilot in terms of space. Yeah, I think you will be like where and adding another kid. You know what I mean? So like you're going to get a smaller car and add another kid and like cut your cargo space like literally in half. I'd probably go Odyssey for that reason. Okay.

[Kelly]

And do you think if she's like, no, I'm very much like aware of what it's going to look like. Do you think a pilot would work for her situation?

[Liz]

Well, I think the biggest hesitation is, you know, I don't know when you want to have another kid, but if you want to rear face for as long as possible, you're probably very likely going to have two rear facing kids. And then the Odyssey's the got G.

[Kelly]

O A T. Yeah. Okay.

[Liz]

The goat for that. Like two rear facing kids and a pilot's like, then how do you access the third row where you're getting the bench. Like a 13 year old squeezing between two car seats and a bench for everyday use. That doesn't sound fun.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

So I would do, you know, two rear facing seats. Magic slide, third row access for the 13 year old. Stick them back there.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Bada bing, bada boom.

[Kelly]

Bada bing, bada boom.

[Liz]

Get a Odyssey. Final answer.

[Kelly]

Okay. I also want to share her. Ditch the drive thru. Cause I thought it sounded really good and it's sometimes just one of those things that maybe we've even talked about before. But sometimes you just need a reminder. But I don't think we've done this.

[Liz]

Totally.

[Kelly]

My favorite dish to drive through is barbecue chicken sliders. I put chicken breast in the crock pot and put equal parts barbecue sauce and Italian dressing. About one cup of each. Cook on low all day or high. If you ran out of time, serve on Hawaiian roll sliders with coleslaw. I just get our grocery store pre made bag and mix it together. All my family eats this and it's a fan favorite. I'm gluten free so if I don't have gluten free bread, I serve over baked potato or sweet potato barbecue chicken sliders. That sounds great.

[Liz]

It does sound great. Barbecue is such a, such an underrated flavor profile and maybe that's just the midwestern dentist. But like I agree like barbecue so good it gives buffalo but in a much more kid friendly kind of way.

[Kelly]

Yes. Yeah, it's so true. Just as easy as buffalo but more kid friendly and like makes great leftovers. So just wanted to bring that would.

[Liz]

Probably freeze well too. And then you just pull that cooked chicken. It's a good idea. I'm going to bring a dish to the drive through too because I don't know if you saw recently I did make another pot of soup.

[Kelly]

Oh, well, we do have to record two podcasts. You just want to save it.

[Liz]

Nope, I don't. Okay.

[Kelly]

So I just find another one. Okay.

[Liz]

Yep. Because by that time, this is going to be. I'll be on to my next pot of soup, because we're recording ahead. Wow. So I think if we ever do another cooking challenge, I want to do a ground beef challenge, because Elizabeth and I, you know, we got a quarter cow, and we have so much ground beef. You would not believe how much ground beef comes out of a quarter cow. Like, so much ground beef. And I love ground beef, and I am always looking for recipes to do with it. So I was looking up soup recipes with ground beef. I was maybe gonna try, like, a taco soup, because I normally make chicken tortilla soup, but I was like, what if I did it with ground beef? Like, I make Tacoma with ground beef. Why can't I turn that into a soup? But then I decided not to do that, so maybe that'll be our next one.

[Kelly]

Okay, we're taking the cedar Groot.

[Liz]

This is the scenic root. And then I came across a stuffed pepper soup. Now, I love a stuffed pepper.

[Kelly]

Who does?

[Liz]

What's not to love? Turn it into a soup. Superior way to enjoy that flavor profile. We'll never make stuffed peppers again. Why the extra step? Throw it in some soup. It's delicious. Gluten, dairy free. W. All my kids ate it. W. Amazing leftovers.

[Kelly]

W. Okay, so how do you make it?

[Liz]

So you take some ground brown ground beef. I feel like, to me, when I think stuff el peppers, I think green peppers. So I did two green peppers, one yellow pepper, and the color of it all. It's so beautiful. And some onion and some garlic. You know, you. You marry all of that together. And then crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, beef stock, or bone broth. I like to use bone broth, a little extra protein, extra flav salt, pep, your spices of choice. And then you add in some rice. Now, here's what you have to watch with rice, because I made this mistake before. You're adding, like, your cup of rice, and you're like, surely I should add more rice, because it, like, disappeared. And, like, this is a big family. And I'm adding uncooked rice. I shouldn't make that. I'm adding uncooked rice. Rice expands and you forget that when you're making a soup. Yeah, So I didn't measure because I don't measure when I cook. And it normally works out okay for me, but I Came back, and I had not made soup. I had made rice. So then I had to add. So then I had to add a whole other thing of beef broth to make it sound.

[Kelly]

Oh, my gosh.

[Liz]

To make it soup again. No, like, there wasn't a piece of. There wasn't liquid to be. There was, like, barely any liquid left.

[Kelly]

Soda.

[Liz]

It was rice. It was rice. It was. I needed then a bell pepper to put the mixture into, but I wanted a soup.

[Kelly]

Yeah. Okay.

[Liz]

So I had to just add more beef broth.

[Kelly]

Okay. That's a very good note. Thank you for clarifying.

[Liz]

And that's my dish to the drive thru, which is an easy dinner recipe to mix it up to get you out of your dinner rut. So we just gave you two recipes for this week, and guess what? Double it and freeze it. Double it and give it to the next person. Be neighborly. Go drop it off at someone's house.

[Kelly]

Yeah. And unload their dishwasher while you're at it.

[Liz]

And unload their dishwasher. It is so hard to unload someone else's dishwasher.

[Kelly]

No, it's so true. You really can't do it. You also can't fold someone else's laundry.

[Liz]

So I think. And I wouldn't. Because, like, what if you accidentally picked up some of their husband's clothes like that?

[Kelly]

That's what I'm saying. Like, you can't.

[Liz]

But isn't it crazy when you, like, go to someone's house and you, like, open up where the silver drawer is supposed to be, and it's, like, on the other end of the room and you're like, that's crazy.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

And I think that you and I. I think this is what you do. You set up your kitchen how, like, your childhood kitchen was set up to the best way that you can. Like, where your different drawers would go.

[Kelly]

Mm. Yeah, I know. I need to. I need to get your. Those organizing girls to come over to my house. My house is such a so messed.

[Liz]

Up to be organized. Stl.

[Kelly]

So okay. To be organized. Xl. Yes. Thank you. Okay, Kel. Well, since it is November, we are doing Blake's Besties at the end of every episode. So Blake's Besties is where we wear. Share the stories of. Of infant. So October was Infant and pregnancy Awareness. Infant and Pregnancy Loss Awareness Month. And we moved Blake's Besties to November. We talked this on our last episode. So we're just going to read some stories of babies who were gone too soon. And so if you don't want to listen. That's what the rest of this episode is going to be. So if you want to not listen to it, see ya. If you want to keep listening, we are going to share two stories right now. So this comes from Jasmine and she says hi Kelly and Liz. Sadly, I'm writing in for the second year in a row for the Blake's Bestie segment. Hopefully my email thread is visible so you can see the one I sent last year about baby pain. I delivered our Rainbow Babies on March 1, 2024. Two girls shocked to say the least. We found out about halfway through our pregnancy about a birth defect with twin A. She had not be. She would not survive long after birth. We got to spend three hours with our beautiful girl, Quinn, middle name Jasmine after me, her mother and our baby be. We named Navy, middle name Quinn after her big sister. So we had Quinn, Jasmine and Navy Quinn. Carrying twins for 36 weeks was an experience that I will never forget. So cool. So fun. So heavy. They wrestled around in there like you would not believe. Every week I did. Didn't know how they could stay in any longer because I felt like I was about to bust. But the twins were flipping around like they were having a king size. Like they were in a king size bed. Lol. We miss our angel Quinn every day and we'll make sure her memory lives on through her big brother and little sister. Thank you guys for bringing awareness and helping people remember the good times that went along with the bad. Remembering all the little ones that were taken too soon. Also, congrats on your two precious girls. Love, Jasmine.

[Liz]

Wow.

[Kelly]

Yeah, that was really sad. Also, I love those names, Quinn and Navy.

[Liz]

The names are incredible and I really enjoyed hearing about how like the girls interacted like in the womb together because like, you can just kind of hold on to that as like the memories of, you know, them playing together.

[Kelly]

And yeah, they did get to. That's.

[Liz]

Yeah, they did get to. And like that was. That was a really beautiful part. So I'm happy that she included that.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Okay. This comes from Melanie. Hey gal pals. I wanted to share about my sweet Micah, who was the sweetest, chillest, most scrumptious baby boy. He was born with half a functioning heart but was filled with the most love while his life was taken far too soon. At 259 days old, I will forever feel his embrace. When I held him, he was chubby, red cheeks and feathery soft hair and the most beautiful blue eyes. He left a mark on all who knew him and is missed so terribly. Much. Thank you for creating a space for moms like myself who want a chance to talk about their babies whenever given the chance. Melanie, I totally know what she means when she says feathery hair. Like, that's such a good description of like, of like a newborn's head where they just get like a little wispy hair.

[Kelly]

Totally. So if you want to write in and share your stories, you can do so by writing to a [e-mail] all right. And that's it. And with that, that is our episode. So thank you so much for listening to the Carpool podcast, and we will talk to you next time.

[Liz]

See ya.

[Kelly]

Thank you for listening to the Carpool.

[Liz]

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[Kelly]

And if you enjoyed riding with us, tell everybody, everybody you know there's room in the car for everyone.