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The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz
FINDING THE PERFECT BOOK TOUR OUTFIT w/ KATE FROM NAPTIME KITCHEN
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B
Welcome to the Carpool podcast with Kelly. Everyone likes to tell me how toxic candles are. Like, I can't post about a candle without being like, you would act like I'm spraying like gasoline in my home with the messages I get about candles. And respectfully, like, I just need you guys to spray. Just like, let me have that. Like, let me have my candle. I'm so sorry. If you don't want to light them in your home, that's fine. If candles are what takes me out, like, that's what takes me out. And Liz, your mom time off starts now. Welcome back to the Car bowl podcast with Kelly and Kate, co host alert.
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C
Okay, y'.
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B
All.
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C
Kelly was like, hey, can you please help me? You know, Liz doesn't have child care. And. And I was like, kelly, I have been waiting for this moment. Cause you're not here as a guest, Liz. But I've been waiting my whole life for this.
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B
And I would say the pressure's on because when you're a guest, you can kind of sit back, relax. It's up to me to ask the questions, keep the conversation going. We are equally responsible for keeping the conversation going. I don't have questions prepared for you. This is not necessarily a walk in the park. And really, I can't believe you said yes. Because the biggest thing that's changed since the last time we've talked is now you're a New York Times best selling author. And like, I just couldn't believe you just like had a slot available. Like, don't you have like best selling author things to be doing today? Like, that's just crazy. So grateful you made the time.
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C
You would think, but actually you become a best selling author and then you still like wake up and make your children's lunches and just clean your house and do your laundry and all the things.
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B
So the book's been out now almost a month. Almost a month, yeah. And I find it fascinating how I'm not tired of the content.
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C
Thanks.
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B
Like, it's just, it's just like it was the pre. You were writing it, it was the pre order, it was the podcast. Now it's out. Now it's the book tour. Like, you're just keeping it so fun and fresh. Are you enjoying author life?
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C
I am. This part is very fun. Like, I'm really, really trying to soak it up. It almost reminds me of there when you have your first baby and everyone is so excited and everyone wants the news and then, you know, no offense, but it's like by the time you have your fourth, they're like, hey, just text me, like, let me know. Yeah, they're not coming to the hospital. I feel like this is my first and I'm just so ex. Like it's just never going to be this exciting again. Like, even if I were to write another book or do another book tour, like, it just won't be this like excitement around the first one. And so I'm really, really trying to soak it in as best I can while also being like, equally very tired during the process.
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B
I mean, everyone, I mean, I know a lot of people in my personal life who have now got their hands on the book. Everyone's loving it, is there? And if you haven't got it, you need to go order it. Cause right now it's instant gratification. Cause you can probably just like get the audiobook right away. You could get the Kindle version right away or you can get on a day and a half on Amazon. So if you couldn't stomach the idea of like doing a pre order, now's the time to just get it in your hands today. Yes. When do you hit the libraries? How does that work?
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C
I'm in the libraries.
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B
You're in the libraries?
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C
Yes. That was really fun. We actually told people ahead of time, like, you can request the book to your library. Like that's something people do. And then they were like, some people were like, I'm number 15 already on my library's wait list. And I was in like a place, it would have been like in like Columbus, Ohio. And I would be like, oh my gosh. You know, you just don't assume that there's like even people following you outside of your geographic area. So you're like, wow.
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B
Yeah, I feel like it was such a. It's such a unique. I'll call it a genre of a book because it's not technically an autobiography. It's not technically like a self help book. It's not technically, it's obviously not fiction. Like, it's just this like, combination of. It's about you, it's about your life. But you're inspiring, you're learning, you're being relatable, you're a great storyteller. Like, it's just like, what is, what is this, what are you calling this genre?
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C
I know. Well, it's funny because they put me in the religion section probably because I worked with a Christian publishing house, but I. Which I'm fine with. But at the same time, I kind of wish they didn't just because, like, I would never want. I think that if you do not share the same faith as me, you would still like, have a. Could get out of the book.
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B
Yeah. That's shocking that they would put you there.
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C
Yeah. I think it's because I'm through a Christian publishing house, but I would. But I think that these struggles that I have are like, universal to other, other people, no matter, like, what you believe. And I think that you would find you would feel yourself, like, seen and understood in a lot of ways, no matter what your faith is. But on the New York Times, I'm self help. Like, that's my classification. It's so funny too because on Amazon you get into all these, like, different ranking categories and it'll be like number one in Christian women's self help.
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B
Right.
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C
And then there's Christian women's issues or self help or like there's so many, like, subsets. It's. It's kind of funny.
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B
That's kind of how the podcasts are too, because, like, our category is leisure. And then we're like. But then we're so we, like, we're like, we don't rank as high in leisure, but then we rank like so high in auto. But like, auto's a category in leisure. It's kind of the same thing.
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C
It's. Yeah.
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B
You know, it's just like everyone loves a label.
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C
Yes.
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B
Well, how is. So now you're on the Road. Like, you're touring?
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C
Yes.
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B
You're book touring?
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C
Yes. I'm doing 10 stops. I've done three. So I'd started in Charleston, and then I just did two in North Carolina. And my kids, like, my whole family came with me to that stop. And that was really fun, like, for them, really, all four of them. And people were, like, asking them to sign their books, you know? So Alberta is drawing, like, a heart into people's books.
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B
Oh, my gosh.
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C
And then this upcoming weekend, I'll do Charlotte, Greenville, and Birmingham.
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B
Okay.
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C
Which in my head, were, like, close together. They're really not very close together. Do those with my mom, and then I'll do two around the D.C. charlottesville area with one of my best friends.
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B
So fun. Yeah.
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C
And then I'll do Augusta in there, which isn't too far from Charleston. So we spaced them out kind of. So that I would be gone for a couple days, but then be home for, like, five to six days. Just. I don't think I could have mentally done a lot in a row. And then also, just for the sake of our kids, I was like, I need to come home and then leave and come home, like, just. Yeah. You know?
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B
And I think, like, one thing that everyone's talking about is how good your outfits have been.
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C
Thanks.
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B
Did you hire a stylist?
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C
I did not hire a stylist. I do. I. I have been trying to get better just in my life, but my aunt and my cousin, like, my aunt and her daughter have been just helpful, especially with, like, I feel like I can. I can really hone in on one part of an outfit really well. But I very much struggle with, like, okay, what shoes do I pair with this? Shoes are the hardest part for me. So sometimes I will text my aunt and my cousin. Me in, like, five out, like, the same outfit with five pairs of shoes. And I'm like, which one? And they will help me with the footwear. And then I. There's, like, a couple of outfits that I have, like, splurged on. But then Rent the Runway. I am doing for the first time, and I am loving it. I don't know if I would do it forever. Like, I don't know if I would be able to be like, do I have enough going on in my life? But for something like this, I mean, like, my outfit last night or two nights ago. Two of my upcoming outfits in the next week are all Rent the Runway.
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B
Will you outfit repeat? Or will every book tour get something fun and fresh?
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C
Everyone gets something fun and fresh.
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B
Yeah, that's so fun.
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C
It's like my one chance.
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B
I'm telling you, you've really honed in on your personal style. Like, I feel like I'm gonna start like looking. I feel like I'm gonna like, I'll start sending you stuff. Cause I think I could pinpoint, like, oh, this is so Kate. I think the dress you, the Rent the Runway dress I think you had last night was stunning on you.
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C
Thank you.
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B
I'm like, dang.
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C
Thank you. And I feel like, you know, it's good with, especially with Rent the Runway. Cause you'll start to realize, like designers, that you're like, okay, this designer fits me well. I know what size I am. And then like, for instance, that was Ula Johnson, who. Not cheap. But I was on Rent the Runway, so I was like, okay, this is wonderful. If I want to, I'm. I'm wearing a dress of hers next week. And again, I rented it. And the best part was like, the event's over. It's like wrinkled. I've been in it all the, you know, the whole time, and I'm like, and I just get to return this dirty. Totally.
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B
I know.
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C
So the, the whole concept, I have had a very good experience with so far, especially for like, and I think I was telling my sister in law, I feel like you get the dopamine hit of getting to where something really feels fun and like, maybe like a little outside your box or like colorful or something that if you wore it like four to five times in a row, you might be like, okay, Yeah, I feel like I've been wearing this a lot. But on Rent the Runway, you just kind of get like all the fun of it and then you return it.
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B
Right?
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C
It's.
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B
Yeah, I'm obsessed. They've been really good. I've should get on that because I have so much travel in October. I have to go on like four or five trips in October. My least favorite. The trips are fun. And they're only like one or one night. I think I have three one night trips and then one, maybe two. Two night trips. It's going to be every week though. I'm gone.
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C
Yeah.
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B
And yeah, it's like, what to wear is like. Truthfully, it's just, it's just one of the hardest parts. And I hate packing clothes. I hate packing clothes like that.
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C
The worst. And Rent the Rent, I haven't used it. But Rent the Runway does have, like stylists that you can be like, I'm wearing this outfit. Can you give me shoes? That you think would be good. And they all, like, help do that.
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B
I just, like, love when you're, like, shopping like, J. Crew or wherever, and they're like, do you want this whole outfit? And I'm like, yeah, you know, like, I love. I like when they do that with the kids clothes, too, because I love matching. I love. And I. I think we kind of like to dress our kids the same way, too. What one? Like, you know, whatever. Like, nah, we like to try to dress our kids the same way. But I love, like, the bright mixed prints, like, like, very, like, fun colors. And it is sometimes so hard to, like, put those outfits together. So I love when I'm shopping on, like, Bowdoin or Hannah Anderson or even, like, Gap, they're like, do you just want these leggings that go with this shirt? I'm like, yeah, I do. Thank you.
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C
Yes.
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B
So couldn't be easier.
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C
And then also, I do think a huge part of my struggle right now is because of just the, like, free for all that shoes are having. So I'm doing an ad for anthropology, and I'm so excited. It's for the Colette pant, which I love.
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B
And I just got my first Colette pant. Amazing.
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C
They're wonderful.
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B
Unbelievable.
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C
I was like, you know what I love?
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B
What?
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C
This. I love it. I'm just going to see what shoes they put the model in, and I'll just get those shoes to wear with the outfit. So the model is in, like, a super cute, like, vest that matches the Colette Pant. Like a very stylish look. And then this was red. This was like a red look. But then on the bottom, she is wearing half calf socks and sneakers, which I'm like, okay, I get. Because it's like, it's just kind of that, like, raw trendiness. But I was like, if I wore this, like, I mean, it looks like I could go to a business meeting. That's how, like, you know, slim, stylish, put together the top two pieces are. And I was like, okay, I get what they're trying to do here, but I would feel like a total fool. Like, it would look like I just forgot, like, I was running and I forgot to change my shoes. And so I'm like, come on, anthropology, like, throw me a bone. What. What shoes would you actually wear with this?
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B
No, the shoes are out of control. I'm so tired of it because. And now that I think, like, you know what days I miss? I miss the days. And I know people can still wear this. And I'm and Elizabeth and I talked about this literally yesterday. I miss the days of skinny jeans and riding boots. And, like, that was the only option. Like, we just wore skinny jeans and riding boots, and now we've developed all these new jeans, which in a way, I think have been good because there's so many. Like, people can now really wear the jeans that are the most flattering to their body type. But now that leaves us with the question. It's like, now I have. So now I have certain shoes that can only go with certain cuts of jeans and vice versa. Like, yes, it's egg. It's exhausting.
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C
Yes, I can't.
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B
And, like, what are we supposed to do in the winter when we have these jeans that aren't skinny and then I don't want to have exposed ankles. Like, I totally get how these cute Mary Janes are fun for now, but what. What is my. What's my January look like?
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C
And that is where we are different. Because I was just thinking I owned a pair of riding boots and, like, never got to wear them because we would just so sweat. Like, we would, like, so desperately want to put on the riding boots. And you would have, like, a panic attack because you would. You were so hot. But I'm living my best life because in January, I am in, like, Mary Janes with my ankles showing because I live in Charleston. Okay.
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B
Yeah.
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C
So is. You should move here.
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B
We actually have different realities. Yeah. No, because we get, like. We probably get your win. We like the. The days on the calendar where it makes sense to wear a pant and a Mary Jane. I'm telling you, it's like 12 days a year where it's like. I mean, it's just like, we have such extremes here in the Midwest. Like, it's so hot, and then it's winter. That's so interesting. Yeah. Okay, well, that makes sense.
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C
I'm sorry.
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B
I thought. Speaking of, like, shopping and outfits, one segment that we have planned for today is to do our last three transactions where we share our recent bank account subtractions.
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C
Yes.
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B
I would love to know. Why don't you kick us off? Like, what's one of the last three things that you bought?
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C
Okay, one of the last three. It's a hitter is, well, an Apple watch. Because my Apple watch broke. Okay. And I have not had it for, like, a week. And I don't. You know, I don't know if you're an Apple Watch person or not, but I have felt. I have felt lost. I have felt. I. I don't know where I am in space. I never know what time it is. My Apple Watch tells me what's next on my calendar because it just shows, like, what's next on a calendar? And so I have just been. I feel like an astronaut that is untethered from the spaceship and is just floating. And it comes today. And I am thrilled.
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B
Yeah, I don't. I've. I wore an Apple wash back when they first came out when I was selling cars, because I was like, oh, it'll be so nice. Because when I'm on the lot, like, I can get the notifications for my customers. And I didn't like how tethered I felt like, I didn't like that my phone was constantly beeping. I do think I have considered getting back to the Apple Watch game because one, for two main features. One, I'd love to ping my phone. Cause literally, where is my phone?
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C
Yes. That's the other thing.
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B
Like, where's my phone? I'm always going on my laptop to do the. Find my. To ping it. Like, it's exhausting. And I also would love to get a more accurate step count in a day. I agree. Because I just don't, like, I don't carry my phone around enough to feel like it's accurate. So I've considered now you can probably turn off notifications. Like, if I don't want to have text notifications or like, Gmail notifications on my Apple Watch, I don't have to do that.
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C
You can turn them all off. Yes. But it is funny. I was like, is this what everyone else feels like that doesn't know how many steps they've taken? Because I like to know how many steps I've taken.
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B
Do you like to. How many do you get in a day? Like, without trying?
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C
It is. It is so incredibly, like. What's the word I'm looking for? Up and down. Like, one day I'll get like, 4,000. And I'm like, okay, that wasn't great. And then I can get like 12,000. But 10,000 is harder than it looks.
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B
That's what Elizabeth told me because Liz was an aura ring and she's like, 10,000. It's a long walk and a lot of activity. Yeah, like, 10,000 is hard. And where do we come up with 10,000? And what does 10,000 mean?
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C
I don't know. It's a good point. Like, why couldn't we switch it to 5? It's so much more doable.
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B
Okay, so that's a good one. I might. Like I said, I'm Considering I'm also trying to decide if I'm going to get a new iPhone. My camera, I think that the. I think that Apple sabotages me because, like, my camera just. My camera is so foggy all the time now. And it's like, I. It doesn't. Like, Elizabeth and I have content phones. Like, we film content that has a shared icloud, so we can, like, easily find our footage and edit it. My content phone literally couldn't have a crisper, cleaner camera. My phone, like, I literally hold them up next to her with both the cameras on, and I'm like, how is one so much better? And I've adjusted the settings. I've done absolutely everything.
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C
What is your content phone?
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B
It's an iPhone. Like, I'm telling you, it's the same iPhone.
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C
It was the same iPhone.
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B
It's the same iPhone.
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C
Oh, wow.
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B
It's the same iPhone. But mine's. Mine's the bigger size. My personal one. I'm telling you, there's something messed up. I think Apple's just, like. They just know I'm gonna cave and buy it, but I'm not buying the air. And I need to decide. I just think, like, they're getting there. The cameras are kind of becoming almost too much, you know, And I get that they're trying to. What they need to come out with is, like, I'm not a photographer. Like, I don't need a. I need really crisp, clear video. Like, come out with the influencer phone. Like, enough of us are doing it.
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C
Yeah.
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B
I don't need 12 lenses. I don't like 12 lenses. Cause then it's, like, changing the depth of the video, like, while I'm recording. It's horrible.
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C
Yeah. And you use a nice camera a lot, right?
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B
No, we've stopped.
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C
Oh, you've stopped.
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B
Now we just use our iPhones because it's so much easier to keep our footage because, like, now Elizabeth and I are so organized that, like, when we film, let's say, like, the Ford Bronco tour, then on the content phone that we share, it's a shared icloud. Me, Elizabeth, and our website editor, we have a Ford Bronco folder. So any video we've done in the Bronco, any photo we've done in the Bronco, any car setup we've done in the Bronco can all be found in the folder. So it was one of the best business decisions we did.
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C
Yeah.
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B
But anyway, one of my recent transactions, I literally shared about it last night, is I had to rebuy the parchment papers. Always I mean, and I know it's like if you don't know what we're talking about. You can buy parchment papers on Amazon, the 12x16. They're pre cut and you just pull them out and it's the most I use. At least I use them once a day.
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C
Yeah. I had someone stop me on my book tour and was like, hey, I just have to ask you, the pre cut parchment paper, like, is it really that big of a deal to just like bring out parchment paper and do it? And I was like, well, it's just like about. It's like anything in life that you can make more convenient. I was like, once you just reach down and pull that sheet out versus like getting out the whole thing and like trying to see if you got the right amount for your pan. And I was like, yes, it's. It really is that much easier. And it's not like it's so much more expensive.
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B
No. You know, I use them where I like it the best is when I'm. We eat a lot of meat, grill a lot of meat. So I love to put it on a cookie sheet, put my raw meat, season it, and then when I put my meat on the grill, I take the parchment paper off and now I have a clean pan. Yes, like that. I'm telling you, like, that is enough. I'm obsessed. And I just. It lasted me exactly one year. So. Yeah, you really are.
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C
You're really almost 14 bucks for.
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B
For one year. Yeah, no, I really, I really am.
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C
Okay. Another one of mine is my daughter Millie is turning 7 on Friday. And that was another big, like, big part of the book tour. I was like, I cannot be gone on the 19th. I have to be home on the 19th. And we, I took her took. This was like one of the best things I've done. Her birthday was coming up. It's in the middle of my book tour. I'm like, I'm overly stressing about it because it just felt like this like, big thing of like, what. What does Millie's birthday mean? Because also she is not having a birthday party this year. We don't. You don't get a birthday party every year in my house. It's like we do them on certain ages. So I took her to coffee and I was like, what? Like, tell me about what you would love to do on your birthday. And she was like, I would love to have ice cream sundaes and watch a movie. It's a Friday night with like two friends in the. That both live in the neighborhood. And I was like, okay, okay. And then I was like, what. What does an ice cream sundae mean? And she told me two ice cream flavors, and she told me three toppings, like, the most. In my head, I was like, okay, I need mini M and Ms. I need crushed Oreos. I need this. And she was like, I would love it if there was spicy sprinkles, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce. And I. It just was so much easier than I had, like, lived it up to be, right? And so it was like, okay, I need to go to the store, and I need to get cookie dough ice cream and strawberry ice cream, and then I need to get these three toppings. Like, that was what. And then I was like, what about the pizza? And she was like, I would love Papa John's. Like, I was like, okay, it could not be easier. So all of a sudden, this thing that just felt, like, really big was like, actually, this is not a big deal. Like, this is so easy. I can do this. And so the. The next day, I needed to go to the grocery store, and I was like, her birthday's not for a week and a half, but I am just gonna go ahead and I'm gonna buy these two flavors of ice cream and these three toppings that she wants. So I guess that's just to say sometimes just talking to your children and finding out now somebody. I told this story on Instagram, and someone was like, wait till Alberta says she, like, wants a trip to Europe. Like, totally would. But it's, like, funny when you're, like, their, like, desires are so much easier than what you would even think.
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B
That's so. And, like, I love that you brought her into it. Made it a conversation. That sounds delicious. Like, what a birthday. What a. What a great birthday party. Her birthday.
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C
Yeah. So that's.
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B
Yeah, that's so fun. You know, Hattie. Hattie has a big birthday next month. She's turning five.
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C
Oh, big.
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B
So it is big. And, yeah, it was. It was a different answer. You know, it was this, that, and another thing. And it is. She. She gets this, that another thing. Because five is a big birthday. And then George is, like, gonna be seven, and seven again isn't, like, a big birthday for us. And he's like, well, I'm gonna do that, too. And it's like, no, you're not.
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C
Sorry, George.
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B
They are different.
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C
And we had Johnny turn 8, and I'll. And Millie turned 5 in the same year, which is. 5 and 8 are two of our big. It's like, 1, 5, 8, and 10 is kind of what we've landed on.
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B
Okay, I'm gonna steal that. I like that.
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C
10 is a. Is a trip. And so Millie had a birthday at home and John Robert wanted to go to topgolf. And I remember thinking like, okay, when we got like the cost for topgolf, thinking like, oh, wow, this is like, not cheap. But let me tell you what, you think that an at home birthday party is cheap. And then you like rent the bounce house and you get the Chick Fil a platter and you get the juice boxes and you think about how you have to clean your. And you get a cake and you're like, I would do topgolf three times over. For all the hidden costs of the at home birthday party.
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B
It can definitely. It can definitely escalate.
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C
Yeah.
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B
And we don't. I don't know when we're going to get here, but like the way that we do birthday parties and maybe this is where I live and who we hang out with. Like, even George's birthday, like, if I'm inviting. And we have a lot of family friends, so, like, if I'm inviting kids, it's like they're bringing their husband and all of their kids. So, like, next thing you know, I'm feeding 45 people.
- [24:04]
C
Yes.
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B
I'm like, oh, my gosh. Like, this is so I've started with Hattie's birthday. I think I'm gonna be like, it's two to four, we're having cake. Like, this is not. I'm not having a birthday party over a mealtime anymore. Like, this is just crazy. This is crazy.
- [24:17]
C
It's so much work. It's so much work.
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B
Okay. One of my last transactions is I had a Facebook Marketplace run this morning. Very exciting. Like, I just like, I'm so loving Facebook Marketplace these days. And you gotta be careful because the only. It's the most sensitive algorithm out there. I talk about this a lot, but, like, if you like and I. These still come up, but I stared at a reborn baby doll too long. That was for sale because I was trying to figure out what it was. And now, like, that's what. That's at least 25% of my Facebook Marketplace feed is these reborn baby dolls or their clothes or their accessories. Like, Facebook just. I'm probably about to do it because at this point, it's like, they do look kind of cute. Maybe I will take one. And now I know what they're going for, so it feels like a good deal for when I see one. Not what I bought, though. I Bought a lot. I love lots of. They just make it worth the drive. I bought a lot of boating clothes for Hattie.
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C
Ooh, okay, that's a big. That's a steal.
- [25:12]
B
No. I got eight pairs of leggings for $8 a piece. And they were. So it's every color under. It was every color under the rainbow. They were her size. They were great condition. She's like, they were worn lightly. Like, there's no holes, rips, tears, stains.
- [25:28]
C
Yeah.
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B
And what. So those are. I got them $8 a piece. So I got $60 for eight leggings, and they're easily $20 a piece.
- [25:35]
C
Yeah.
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B
So I was very excited. And then I love going. Whenever I'm buying something from a seller, though, I will always go look at, like, what else they have. And she separately had a bowdoin tunic listed that was also in Hattie's size. So I said, hey, add the tunic.
- [25:48]
C
Yeah.
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B
So I'm jazzed about it.
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C
Jazzed. And I was very inspired by your person that you had on that did Facebook resell. I still just had not gotten there. I think by the time I get to the place where I want things out of my house, I like of my house. And I remember her saying in the episode, you really do have to be okay to hold on to things and, like, wait for someone to want to purchase them.
- [26:12]
B
Yeah.
- [26:13]
C
Which is where I'm not. I'm like, I gotta get this out.
- [26:15]
B
No, she says she, like, she just posted that and her name's the Marketplace mom on Instagram, that she just sold something that had been listed for like a year and a half.
- [26:25]
C
I know.
- [26:26]
B
I'm like, oh, my God.
- [26:27]
C
I'm like, where's your storage?
- [26:29]
B
She keeps. So she keeps a bin. So she has a bin in a closet. It's like, if you have a closet in a bin, like, I could. That's great.
- [26:36]
C
It's a great idea. It's like clothing.
- [26:39]
B
And I do, like, even if you're not. Maybe if you're. Even if you're not the most, like, money motivated person, because several times she's saying, like, she's selling things for like three to five dollars, which, you know, still adds up. But I do think it's such a service to, like, list it and get it into. Get into hand to someone who needs it. Because, I mean, that boat, I mean, Bowdoin's a little different because those are expensive. But, like, she knew what she had. And I was so happy that I didn't, Like, I. I was gonna buy her some Bowdoin leggings. So the fact that I just got to do it for $8 a piece, I was so grateful that she just listed them together made it so easy on me. I didn't even try to negotiate. I just paid it.
- [27:13]
C
Yeah. Speaking of personal style, I look at Bowdoin and I, like, want to be a woman that dresses like I in a Bowdoin catalog. I don't know why I'm not, but it's like, I just, I'm like, I think it's so aspirational, but it never. It never ends up on me looking the same way.
- [27:29]
B
Well, it's a lot of dresses.
- [27:31]
C
Yes.
- [27:32]
B
It's a lot of dresses. Their pants don't come in tall sizes. Like, that's really hard for me. I definitely like the Bowdoin kids.
- [27:40]
C
Yeah. So cute.
- [27:41]
B
It's so cute.
- [27:43]
C
Okay. My final transaction, which honestly is almost like a ditch the drive thru. And we have talked about this before. We talked about this on the last Take them a meal when we chatted. But I just cannot say enough about buying a quiche from your favorite bakery. I have a just. It's not. I don't even have that busy of a week, but I just feel very physically drained. And I just got back and I'll like, leave again this weekend and for me to. I'll go buy a quiche and it will be a great, like, it might be like spinach and feta or, you know, whatever. And then I will eat it for lunch every day with a bagged salad and just. It is such an elevated, delightful lunch. And, you know, sometimes I go, the quiche is like $25, which I feel like you're like, oh, 25. This is like eggs. Like, why I don't want to pay for this. But I think I'm going to do it myself. I'm not. And $25 for like five days of lunches.
- [28:43]
B
Yeah.
- [28:43]
C
Is.
- [28:44]
B
Is a pencil in pencils. I need to see. I love the passion in your voice when you talk about this. I need to find my local bakery with a quiche. I have not.
- [28:52]
C
Me too.
- [28:52]
B
Yeah. I don't have one. I don't have one. And an average quiche is tough because I can make an average quiche for sure. So I need to really work on sourcing that.
- [29:04]
C
You need the one where you're like, wow, this crust. This is a real crust.
- [29:07]
B
And I. Yeah, I like a lot of ingredients too, because, I mean, I could do a ham and cheddar. I want. I want a feta. I Want maybe a goat cheese or like.
- [29:15]
C
Yes.
- [29:16]
B
Some roasted sun dried tomatoes. Like I want something and I also think it's a good. Yeah. Because it's not. I think sometimes we forget to meal plan for us. Like, it's all about like, you know, what am I going to feed the kids? Like getting the kids lunches, getting the kids breakfast, getting the kids dinner. And then we deserve to have like, I love the Kate eats a fancy lunch. It's like, well, I'm home alone during the day while the kids are at school, like working. So that's when I could like kind of have my moment in the sun.
- [29:49]
C
Yes. And eat your food where nobody else is. Like, I didn't like that or I don't want that. It's like, I don't care. It's actually not for you, it's for me.
- [29:56]
B
That's a really great idea. I'm gonna put that on my list of things to source today. I've just gotta find one. I know, I've gotta find one. Okay. My last transaction was I. I'm so excited because I am working with a dream partner of mine which is Athleta. Yay. Yes. So I did one athletic activation. Now I'm doing my second Athleta activation. And I. One thing about working with Athleta in the capacity that I am though is they do make you buy your own product and then, which is fine because then you get the commission and they give you a floppy. It's fine. I'd buy it anyway. But I just placed my athletic order for my upcoming activation. The only sting that I kind of told my manager, I was like, no, but like I'm promoting the sale, but like I don't get to do the sale.
- [30:39]
C
Oh yeah, that is a right.
- [30:41]
B
You know what I mean? So like athletic. I don't know if I can say it but like it is going to be. They're having a sale coming up, but they're like, hey, you have to buy pieces for the sale. It's like, well, can I get the sale price? Do I have to like, no.
- [30:50]
C
I'm like, okay, yeah.
- [30:52]
B
But I mean I love, love, love Athleta. So I just, I can't wait for my order to come in. Can't wait for my order to come in.
- [30:59]
C
And they support your tall girl lifestyle.
- [31:01]
B
They support my tall girl lifestyle. They also just like run a little big, which is just. I just feel like every brand should do that, you know, like there's nothing worse than a brand running small. So like I'm normally Like, getting normally. Like, my true size is probably a medium, but sometimes I buy smalls in Athleta. And that's just. It's just. It's like a fun. It's just like a fun thing to.
- [31:17]
C
Feel such a cute girly.
- [31:19]
B
Yeah, it's just like. So that's like, that's fun. And they have. I. I love, love, love Athleta, fall and winter, because, you know, the summer, the summer is just. The pieces aren't very exciting. Like, you know, it's a tennis skirt and a tank top. Like, that's just all you're doing. But this is like jogger, long sleeve tee, trench coat, hat. Like, it's just like, it's a. It's a fit.
- [31:40]
C
Yeah, it's a fit. I did live my squirt girl summer. Like, I just embraced my squirt lifestyle.
- [31:46]
B
I love that.
- [31:47]
C
And so I am feeling a little lost going into fall of what is my new skort.
- [31:53]
B
But do you guys have. I get. But like, how long. How hot will it. How long will it be hot there for?
- [31:58]
C
Well, it's funny because we're getting, like, cool weather. Where. Aren't y' all getting, like, kind of unseasonably warm weather?
- [32:03]
B
Yeah, we're unseasonably warm. Okay, so it was 100 degrees yesterday.
- [32:05]
C
Yes. We are getting, like, the weirdest cold weather for September. Like, everyone is rejoicing. We're outside. We're like, what? It's. It's bizarre that it's 65 degrees outside. So. Yeah, Nate was telling me there's like some sort of weird pattern that's like, we're getting cool weather, you're getting warm weather when y' all should be getting, you know. But I mean, we'll get like, it'll get chilly. And because we're so weak, we will feel like it's really cold. Like, I'll be wearing a winter coat because I feel cold. But you would be like, this isn't very cold, Kate. But we'll get into, like the 40s.
- [32:36]
B
We'll get into the 40s. And like, when do you, like, when would it be appropriate to, like, make a chili? Like, what is that? Like, not a November. That's. That a November thing?
- [32:45]
C
Yeah, probably November, because unfortunately, Halloween is like, very hit or miss. You're like, should I buy my child a long sleeve outfit? And then the year you do, it's like 80 degrees. They're sweating. So Halloween is always like, it stinks when it's a hot Halloween, you're just like, this feels wrong.
- [33:04]
B
Yes, we go through the. Yes, we go through the same.
- [33:06]
C
Okay, that makes me feel better that y' all have that.
- [33:09]
B
Yeah. November gets way more consistent. Okay. Well, that was fun. Yeah. I'm glad we've been transacting a little bit.
- [33:15]
C
We have been.
- [33:16]
B
Okay. Next segment I wanted to do with Kate is called Is our base model luxury where we share a recent new discovery? Yes. And this is something. It might be an item, might just be a vibe, might just be a thing, but it's something that's just, like, elevating your. Your daily life. I'm going to start. And this is, like. So this is, like, not a groundbreaking one, but it really is something that's. I'm very much, like, trying to kind of, like, ease into fall, and I just love. I love trying to cultivate that vibe even when the weather's not there yet. Okay. I'll just say is, like, the two things that I. The two things that I did is I got out my fall tea towels. I think that there's. I think it's so easy and so fun to have a seasonal tea towel. It's the changing of the guard, and it's just. It's the tea towel that you. Maybe you just keep out. You use it. I mean, I use it. It's not like no one's allowed to touch it. But then I wash and I put it back where it goes. I like, though, like to really kind of commit to the bit. And, like, I put my summer ones in the closet. Like, they don't sit in the drawer because I think it's, like, so fun to just bring out.
- [34:22]
C
Yeah.
- [34:22]
B
And you could. So I actually got. We got a great gift for one of our wedding presents, was someone got me a tea towel for every holiday, which was just, like, fun. So, like, they gave me, like, a cute Fourth of July, a cute Easter. So, like, I had all of these. And then I have, of course, like, my date, my day, like, my other dish towels, but I bring out that seasonal one. The problem is now. Have you tried geometry towels?
- [34:43]
C
Okay. No, but yesterday I was like, I need to try. I feel kind of passionate that I really like the ones that I have, but I think I need to trust you and try this. Well, for all I know, this is going to be parchment paper. And just like, you thought about it, and you love it. Now maybe I will be like, kelly, I've been wrong. I apologize for not trusting you more.
- [35:03]
B
No, that's okay. Not just gonna hurt. Cause I feel like anything you. I don't even if you tell me to buy something, just, like, I'm like, okay, sure. I don't ask a question. Now. I would say I did not. I wasn't very passionate about my towels, so I could see how, like, maybe I just. I was just using like a classic, like, Target one. I don't know. But I think that they're excellent. I think that the Amazon, like, the thousands of Amazon reviews they have will back me up.
- [35:28]
C
I'm going to order some today.
- [35:30]
B
I'm going to send you one.
- [35:32]
C
Wow. Thank you.
- [35:33]
B
I'm just going to do that. I'm going to text it. I'm gifted by the karma. I'm going to text my sister right now and say, send Kate a geometry towel, please. And I'm even going to pick it.
- [35:45]
C
Thank you. Okay. Should I go for my baseball?
- [35:49]
B
Sorry, I have a part two to mine. Okay, I'm ready. My part two is that I've also been. I've brought out my seasonal candle now. I'm sorry. I like candles and I get, like, I don't know why. Like, people. I mean, I don't know why everyone likes to tell me how toxic candles are. Like, I can't post about a candle without being like, you would act like I'm spraying, like, gasoline in my home with the messages I get about candles. And respectfully, like, I just need you guys to just, like, let me have that. Like, let me have my candle. I'm so sorry. If you don't wanna light them in your home, that's fine. But, like, if candles are what takes me out, like, that's what takes me out.
- [36:27]
C
We have a candle lit in the kitchen right now, and I'm like, if cand wrong, I don't want to be right. I'm just with you.
- [36:33]
B
Yeah. I'm just going to train my body to filter those toxins out.
- [36:36]
C
I just think I like fragrance in general. I just like fragrance.
- [36:40]
B
I like fragrance. And, like, I've. I've stopped using the dryer beads. Like, you guys yelled at me for that. So. Okay, that's fine. I'm not using that. I'm using unscented soap. Like, that's. I use branch basics on my counters. Like, respectfully, like, let me have my candle. And I like bringing out a fall candle now. I don't do a sweet. I don't like a sweet pumpkin set. I'm so specific. But I'm more of like, what's like a sweater weather fallen leaves crisp, you know? Like, I don't do. I don't do the I don't like to do sweet scents. I like to do sweeter scents in the spring, surprisingly. But anyway, so I have my fall candle, I have my dish towels out, and it's just kind of like, totally changed the vibe of my kitchen.
- [37:18]
C
Yes. Wow. Okay. I love that because even when it's, like, hot outside, you know, we can just.
- [37:24]
B
We can cultivate that vibe inside.
- [37:26]
C
Well adjacent to the dish towels. I actually bought recently bought new bed sheets because Rifle Paper company did a collab with the company store and I. I shared them on Instagram.
- [37:38]
B
Oh, my gosh. I saw these yesterday. Please go on this tangent. This is such a good one.
- [37:43]
C
They're so pretty. And there I have just realized, I. Interestingly enough, at Anthropologie, when I got to work with them, I got to, you know, buy some stuff, and I bought some floral bed sheets, like, colorful bed sheets. I put them on my bed, and all of a sudden I was like, this provided so much, like, color to my bedroom. I. I don't, like, make my bed fully. I, like, pull my sheets up and then fold them down so you can, like, see the lip of the.
- [38:14]
B
So do you put them on backwards then?
- [38:15]
C
Yes.
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B
Or upside down or.
- [38:17]
C
Yeah, I put them so that when you fold them, you see the print.
- [38:19]
B
You see the pretty. Okay.
- [38:20]
C
Yeah.
- [38:21]
B
Yeah.
- [38:21]
C
That's, like, funny because that's how I was taught. And I'm like, no, no, Nate, you're doing it wrong. And he's like, why do you do it this way? And I'm like, this is the way you do it so that when you fold it, you see the pretty side. Yeah, but it's like. And our. We have a one story house. And so we. I go through my bedroom to get to my office. So I see my bedroom a lot during the day and the difference in having, like, a bright or just seasonal or pretty bed sheet.
- [38:46]
B
I'm obsessed with this tub. I'm obsessed.
- [38:48]
C
And I think that there was this huge phase of the white bed sheet, like, hotel living. Crisp white bed sheet. Love that. But my walls are like a cream color. There's nothing in my bedroom that's, like, overly colorful. And so the bed sheets just all of a sudden bring this, like, really fun element. And I can. You can change them so easily. It's not like I'm committing to a comforter or a duvet. I'm just like. And so the ones I got, they're floral, but the colors, like, definitely pull autumn. Like, it's like.
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B
Yeah, no, I'm looking at it right now it's called the Lottie, right?
- [39:22]
C
Yes, the Lottie. And it's. And they did multiple like rifle paper company did this big collab. Kelly will link them for you. But they are. And it's so funny because I just posted a picture of Alberta in the bed and then I got so many of like what are these bed sheets? And it's just a lot.
- [39:38]
B
You're so right. It's such like, it's so fun.
- [39:41]
C
I know.
- [39:41]
B
Oh, they're selling out. Oh, Lottie's sold out. I'll have Lottie's sold out in my. In a king.
- [39:47]
C
Okay, well there's lots of others.
- [39:48]
B
There's lots of others. Yeah. I'm going to do this because I agree I just have all the whites and I like my, I like my duvet cover. But what if I got printed sheets.
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C
And it's such a, like if you were to like in two years be like, whoa, totally over that phase. It's like you didn't wallpaper your bedroom. It's bed sheets. Like didn't wallpaper your bedroom. It's so. It's such an easier thing to change. And so that has been just like this fun. Like I just walk in that has kind of been like my, my changing of the tea towel. Like I'm like, oh, they just feel kind of fall, but they're not like over. I could wear them any time of year. Like it's not like they have Christmas trees on them, but they just feel kind of fall. And that has just made me happy also.
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B
Yeah, I'm obsessed. My mother in law kind of had something similar. She, she was. And this is like an even easier way to do it. She's really into pillowcases. So she does something really cute. Like whenever our kids go to her house to nap, she, she has bins of pillowcases. So like they have their pillow and she goes, go pick out what pillowcase you want for your nap. And it's so precious. And then she got, she was getting rid of a lot of pillowcases because she has so many. So she like gave us a lot of the pillowcases from the kid's childhood. And like, let me be clear, they don't match the kids beds at all. Literally. Who cares? It's so fun. George is like, you know, so when we do sheet change, I'm like, go pick out your new pillowcases you want on your bed. And it is just like so, so fun.
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C
Yeah.
- [41:14]
B
And so you could just so like so easily just start. You can buy Pillowcases for even cheaper. So you could just buy your kid a Halloween pillowcase. And like, you know, the red does not have to be. Their beds don't have to match. Like, my kids rooms look like they're. They're. They're busy, but. But they're their rooms. And when they're older and they want to. They want to do that, they can. Like, I just, like, I'm not going to stress myself out.
- [41:35]
C
No, I love that. Our kids also. It's like, I bought them matching bedspreads. They are in the closet, and my girls are using, like, fleece prints. Well, they. Two of them have Lola blankets, and they are. They sleep with their Lola blanket, and then the other one's like a fleece princess blanket. It's like they're. It's so ugly. It's so colorful. But I'm like, you know what? That's like, what they love.
- [41:55]
B
That's what they love. That's awesome. So, okay, so we're gonna quickly move into industry news, and then we're gonna do Dish the drive through. There's not a ton of stories happening, but I thought this one was kind of interesting, and it kind of bring it up one more topic I wanted to talk about, and that is this is from Motor Trend, and it says car design. AI can't design cars worth a damn. So AI, here's my issue with AI. I thought it was gonna be, like, this big, scary thing, and I'm just so incredibly annoyed with it at this point because I have been, and I think Facebook is the worst. And I still. I told you, I'm really big on Marketplace right now. So, like, I'm still logging onto Facebook a lot and, like, just scrolling like that feed. And every single story on Facebook is just, like, a fake AI story. Or it's like they're taking someone's face, making it look like they're crying, and, like, putting a fake story with it. And, like, you look at, like, where the news source is from, and it's from this, like, random group, and I'm just like, I don't even want to go on Facebook anymore because now I know that nothing's real, that I'm reading, and I'm just exhausted. Like, I guess I really thought it was gonna be more scary.
- [42:59]
C
Yeah.
- [42:59]
B
And it's just. It's just annoying. It's just annoying.
- [43:01]
C
Okay. On a similar note, not scary. First off, I loved Liz's episode on what she was using ChatGPT for. I was like, it gave me, like, a lot of Great ideas. But on a similar note, Nate and I have laughed, like, multiple times. ChatGPT has just keeps getting things wrong for us.
- [43:18]
B
Yeah.
- [43:19]
C
And so, like, this is very simple. I was like, trying to schedule my flights for this upcoming book tour stuff, and I was like, what time zone is Birmingham in? And it was like central time. And I was like, great. And then I just really wanted to double check myself. And I was like, okay, so what time is it in Birmingham? And it told me it was two hours back from my time. So then I looked at Nate and I was like, wait, is central time two hours behind us? And he was like, Kate, no, it's one hour behind us. And I was like, okay, well, ChatGPT is telling me that it's two hours earlier in Birmingham. And then I just quickly googled, what time is it in Birmingham? And it gave me the correct time. ChatGPT gave me the wrong time. I was like, what time is it currently in Birmingham? And ChatGPT gave me the wrong answer. And I was like, how did you miss? Like, it wasn't even a hard question.
- [44:09]
B
That should have been a layup.
- [44:10]
C
And it's scary. I'm like, what if I had been like, okay, that's what time it is in Birmingham?
- [44:14]
B
Well, I agree. And that's where I think, like, I'm keeping my money on Google. Because the thing is, like, ChatGPT may have been the first, but, like, I think Google's Gemini is a lot better than it was. And I just trust Google more. So I have not. I, like, I've never. I have not paid for ChatGPT. I don't feel that need to do that. And I've just been kind of on my Gemini grind and I just. I don't know.
- [44:40]
C
Do you pay for Gemini?
- [44:42]
B
No.
- [44:42]
C
Okay. No.
- [44:44]
B
I'm just, like, asking the things. But I agree. I think it's. It's just. And I think there's gonna be things we're going to use it. But I really was like. I remember when it first came out thinking, like, this is so scary because no one's gonna know if the images they're seeing are real or fake. And it's like, no, actually, we all do because to the media's credit, which, like, I literally hate to credit the media ever, but, like, they really do. I think you can trust the trusted sources. Like, if they. If, like, if they're putting something out, you're like, okay, that's what the person actually said. But I think it's kind of scary for celebrities because I'm already seeing, like Travis Kelce said this and it's like he just like did like they're just making up stories. It's just these bots that are like making up these stories, putting a picture of his face with a quote and it's like he didn't say any of that. Yeah, like, it's just, I'm just kind of like, I'm just like over it. Like, I think it's just. I'm bored with it. I'm honestly bored with it. So anyway. But one problem that is happening in auto is because people are falling for which we're gonna get smarter. And certainly the generation below us is gonna get really smart and just know what's really and what's not. But they put out a lot of AI renderings of cars. So like one thing that came out was like the Excursion, the Ford Excursion, which was like a very popular full size car that they don't make anymore. They're like, Ford's bringing the Excursion back and it's like this rendered photo and it honestly looks really cool, but it doesn't exist. So you gotta be mindful. Yeah, you got to be mindful. Speaking of things in the future, this is a story from car dealership guy. It says, Hyundai Motor temporarily grounds air taxi startup. And. And I just kind of reminded me, like, where are we at with air taxis? You know, like, why? Which is like, where are we at with flying cars? Because I did think we would have flying cars by now in a way. And apparently they were doing it at Hyundai Motor. So it says. But they're pausing it because they are having a leadership shake up and it's just not as big of a priority. But it says when Hyundai launched Hyundai's evtol strategy, it signaled a major bet on the future of mobility. Taking flight in the air with the company announcing in 2021 that will be part of its $7.4 billion investment in smart mobility Solutions. And I'm just wondering, like crystal ball, do you think cars will take to the air or do you think that we're fine on the ground?
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C
That's a great question. I definitely was like very much believing. Didn't they say the Jetsons was meant to be like 2023 or 2030 or something wild like the year of the Jetsons? Yeah, I don't know how I feel about it. I think I feel like kind of scary about it because I'm just like, do we have the tech? Not even the tech for the cars to fly, but the tech for the like, navigation in the air. That's the part that I'm like, how are we going to navigate this? Well, guys, because.
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B
So, first of all, The Jetsons was 2062, so there is still some.
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C
Okay, okay, sorry.
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B
That makes us feel good. I'm aligned with you. It just feels like another new thing we have to regulate. And I just wonder, are we that far off from teleporting? Is anyone? Cause that actually would get me excited. I would love to just teleport somewhere, and I'm just wondering if it's like, we can just skip over the whole flying. Let's go from driving to teleporting.
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C
I'm gonna be honest with you, Kel. I think we're really far from that.
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B
Okay. Okay. I think that's fair. I also would imagine if they don't like scented candles, I can't imagine what they would say about teleporting, putting your family through that. But, yeah, we're probably far off from that.
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C
I would love to see a deeper jump in everyone doing more automated driving, but I'm personally not doing it, you know.
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B
Oh, I'm upset. It's pretty cool.
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C
My car, like, even if it wants to stay in the lanes, it beeps at me if, like, my hand comes off the wheel. Like, it's like, don't you take your hand off the wheel, though? So it's like, trust us, but don't you take that hand off that wheel, missy. Whereas I know some cars are like, you can truly, like, sit back and drink your coffee.
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B
Yeah. Some cars, like, just keep your eyes on the road. We'll take it from here.
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C
Yes.
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B
Yeah, I do think that you're right. That probably is next step before we teleport. And I think it'll be interesting to. I think it'll be interesting if cars ever, like, not even so much that I want to, like, sit there and scroll my phone while I'm on the road. But I think would be more interesting is if then a car could. Could drop you off and then go back and get another member of your family or, like, go get another member of something. Like, I think that's what kind of my always been. My dad's prediction that the thing with cars is there's such a. They spend so much of their life sitting and, like, it's kind of, like, such a waste that it would be cool if it's like, the car can take the kids to school, come back, pick you up, take you to work, leave work to go, you know, get the kids.
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C
Yeah.
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B
Like, so, like, that could just be kind of like, families might be able to get down to having less cars if the cars could start coming back home.
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C
Yeah, I like that.
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B
I think we'll probably. I think I'll probably. We'll probably see that in our lifetime. Maybe. Maybe not. Okay, next last segment, we have to do dish drive through. We share an easy dinner recipe to mix it up to get you out.
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C
Of your dinner rut.
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B
Thank you. I was good.
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C
I'm sorry.
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B
I have something, and then if you have one, I'd love to hear what you're doing too.
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C
Okay.
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B
But I feel like every six months, I just bring up tuna on the podcast because it's just like. It's one of those things. It just. It just. Every couple months, it comes across my desk and I hyper fixate on it, and then I stop. But recently, I have been making a tuna melt, and it is unbelievable. So I just take tuna. I take a little bit of mayo, a little bit of Dijon. I add a little pickle juice. Okay. I mash it up. I put it on a bagel, like a good. Like a good bagel. I put a piece of pepper jack cheese on it, and then I put it in my air fryer for, like, three minutes. Unbelievable.
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C
You know, I don't actually. It's hard for me to get behind warm tuna.
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B
Really?
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C
Yeah. I don't know, Cal, but I. I don't know. I'm already trusting you. The dish towels. That might be the. The warm tuna.
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B
I don't want to. I don't. I don't want to plant my flag on that for you. Like, if it doesn't sound good, it doesn't sound good, but it's excellent. I'm gonna have it for lunch. Like, I can't wait to wrap this so I can go make it. I'll send you a picture.
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C
Okay. Please send me a pick. I. Mine was kind of adjacent is. And I've shared this as a real, like, last year. But I just think that the grilled cheese sandwich, the way that, like, when I make it. So I'll make them for dinner, and it's like I'm making my kids like a grilled cheese sandwich. Half of them don't even want a good bread. They want, like, the crappy white bread with, like, a slice of cheese. But then I'm. I'm. The cutting board's out. I'm already doing it. So then for my. Myself, I will, like, use a better cheese. I will slice an apple on there. I will put, like, yes, a fun I'll put, like, fig preserves if I have them. I'll use sourdough bread if I have it. And so it's like, I'm still using the same cutting board, but I feel like I can have such an elevated grilled cheese experience while at the same time giving my kids whatever version of a grilled cheese. And if I'm cutting the apple for my sandwich, I can put apple on their plates. Like, I can use all the same elements.
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B
Huh. But I love. I love a meal that's on a spectrum. Like, I love a meal where it's like, you can do the most, you can do the least. Like, you can do it for the kids, you can do it for you. I think that's like, just. I think those are really versatile and important meals to have when you have a big family and just, like, different preferences and, like, I mean, I just can't wait for the day my kids. I kind of, like, really appreciate the cook that I think I am some days, you know, because, like, right now, like, they're just such. My talents are so waste. Not wasted, of course, but, like, they don't know what I'm capable of. And my husband doesn't know what I'm capable of either. But I'm with you. I would love just like, no one in my family would eat a sassy grilled cheese but me. But one day they will. One day they will. And I'm so excited to share that with my children.
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C
Yeah, me too. Now that they're older, we're in the same boat.
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B
Well, George doesn't like cheese. And I'm telling you, it's the most annoying thing. He's just, like. So, like, he doesn't like cheese.
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C
I. I don't know. Each of my kids is different. Johnny's, like, my best eater, but he doesn't really like pasta, which is, like, devastating.
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B
Yeah.
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C
So it's like he. I'm making. I'm making him, like, meatballs on the side so that he'll eat the meatballs because. But he's, like, so not a picky person that I'm like, I kind of just have to give it to him. I'm like, you know, if you don't like pasta, it's okay. He'll eat, like, sushi or Indian food.
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B
Right.
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C
Whereas nobody else is going to touch that.
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B
Yeah, that's. That. That's kind of how George is like. George is probably my best. Best eater.
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C
Yeah.
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B
All my kids are pretty decent either.
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C
So you actually, your kids are really great eaters.
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B
From what I can tell I've been pretty blessed with.
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C
With.
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B
They're all. They're all good eaters. And so I think, honestly, I think George's. I think I feel George's the most because they'll all eat veggies, fruit, protein. Like, what else can you really ask for? All right. Well, anyway, Kate, that's our episode.
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C
Thank you so much for having me.
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B
You have. You saved my butt. That's your for sure. So thank you so much for joining the Carpool Podcast, and we will talk to you guys next time.
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C
Bye.
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B
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 everybody you know there's room in the car for everyone.