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Welcome to the Carpool Podcast with Kelly.
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You know, we live in kind of a rural area, so it's like half a hog. It's like a load of clean fill, like clean gravel, you know, square bales.
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And Liz Kelly's text from Saturday, February 15 I've never felt this burnt out in my life. I'm having an out of body experience. My response probably best to stay out of body right now. This too shall pass. Your mom Time off starts now.
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B
Welcome back to the Carpool Podcast with Kelly and Liz. Elizabeth and I both had influenza.
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A
Our family did.
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B
Our, our families did and we conveniently got it also during like the coldest snap slash snowstorm of the year. That was like just, that was, that was an added layer and it has completely altered and changed who I am as a person. It is my testimony.
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She's not joking. Like she has said that so many times. So let's back up. We both, both of our kids starting getting sick on the same day and it rocked us. And I think a lot of people kind of went through it around the same time. I mean, yeah, it's six season, it's February, it's flu season and influenza A lasts so long.
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B
Yes. Well, and it's just, it's interesting. I don't think we've had the flu and I don't know if I've ever actually had the flu with kids. The common cold or not even common, like a cold strep Covid. Like bring it on. The flu was, it was just different every day and I Think that's what made it so hard. It was a different combination of people sick, different symptoms felt by different people here. So anyway, I don't want to make this a complaining episode, but I do just, like, want to give some context to, like, one, like, what we've learned. Because, first of all, like, I've. I took copious notes. I have so many notes on, like, how I can prepare better for next year for when this inevitably happens again. And like, I'm just not even. I. I'm genuinely not being dramatic. And if you think I am being dramatic or like, you think I don't have any real problems, like, that's fine. But, like, it was by far one of the hardest weeks of my life. By far.
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Mm. Yeah. So we, Kelly and I have. Were texting a lot, just going back and forth on who's feeling what and everything. And, you know, probably day, I don't know, five into it, we were like, we need to have a mindset shift. Because if we think, because it's. You don't really know what you're getting into, obviously you don't know when it's going to hit and you also don't know how long it's going to last. So we woke up one day and, oh, we're not working today. Oh, kids are staying home. Well, maybe tomorrow we'll be able to work. Maybe tomorrow we can go to the grocery store, do the things that we needed to do. And it was just a real punch to the face every morning when you wake up and school's canceled or kids are sick or someone has a fever again or someone threw up and then your entire life is derailed. And I was like, I can't assume that I'm going to be able to ever go back to my regular life because I will be disappointed every day that I'm then stuck in the sickness. So we were like, we need a mindset shift. So let's take notes, let's figure out how we're going to get through this. And then next February, we're going to be hopefully more prepared for what is to come because it's inevitable. Kelly's text from February. Saturday, Saturday, February 15th. I've never felt this burnt out in my life. I'm having an out of body experience. My response, probably best to stay out of body right now. This too shall pass.
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B
And she goes, then Liz goes, call mom after rehearsal. She'll make you feel better. And I said, I talked to her this morning. She didn't make me feel better, but I've lived four lives since then. I'm telling you, I'll never be the same after this.
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And then I go, yeah, well, my evening is banking on Maddie making a 20 minute layover because, oh, Maddie was out of town, as he usually is. And she goes, I'll shut. Kelly goes, I'll shut up and give you space. Space to be the winner, I mean.
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B
Anyway, all to say is we made it through. And it wasn't even like it was the sickest we'd ever been. It was just the combination of just like different people having different sicknesses. And what I didn't like about the flu is it was almost like the climb up was even slower than the climb down. It's just I kept waiting to wake up and feel good and I would wake up and feel like 5% better. And I'm like, is this supposed to be the W of the day? This is all the better I'm going to feel today.
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Yeah.
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B
And even still, like, I'm better, but I can tell I don't have the pep in my step. My typical razzle dazzle. Because things like, like working out would never, like, will I ever have the energy to work out again? Will I ever have the energy to unload a dishwasher? I really don't know. And it was just like 10 days. It was like 10 to 12 days of just survival mode. And like the longer you're in survival mode, almost like the harder your kids get because, like we've had the screen time, we've had the snacks. Like everyone is so tired of everyone. There's nowhere to go, it's so cold. We can't have people come over. We can't. I can't even ask for help really, because I don't want to get people sick.
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A
So this just sort of sets the scene of what we just experienced.
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B
Yeah.
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A
So what we want to talk about is, I want to talk about the notes that we, we took on how to prepare for the sixth season. If you don't mind, I'll start because I think you probably have more than me because I actually didn't get sick. Thank goodness. You know, I only have two kids, so number one, I don't know why we were preparing freezer meals for our maternity. Well, I know it was for our maternity leave, but you don't need a freezer meal in August. August, Great name, unnecessary timing. You need a freezer meal. We need to be adding freezer meals to the prep of the holiday craziness because someone's going to get sick. You might Be snowed in. You're not going to be able to go out and get groceries and you're gonna need something from your freezer. I. It was just. It was just chicken nuggets every night to the wind. Like, I could not. I didn't have time. My kids needed me. I couldn't then go and like, prepare a dinner. And also the roads were terrible and it was really, really bad. So I didn't want to get out and leave. I could have used some freezer meals and I had none.
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I totally agree. Here we are in. I'm 9-13- pulling out a freaking ziti. It's like, get, go grill. Kelly. It's a beautiful day.
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Go outside. Y. Yeah.
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You have your health. Like, what do you. What do you want? What do you wish for? I know freezer meals for the sixth season are just. Freezer soups would have been amazing. Freezer breakfast, like anything. We were just. Because you also, like, that's when you need the nutrition and just the meals, like the, the protein, the calories. I mean, this was like the. When we were sick, this was like the first time in my recent life where I, like, didn't have time to eat. Like, I would like, literally have to let myself go hungry. And I was. I would sit and be like, okay, what in my vicinity has the most calories that will fill me up the quickest? Because I have three children screaming at me right now and Tyler's taking a nap because he's so sick.
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Yeah.
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That's where I'm at.
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Yep.
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So 100, like, will prep some meals around the holidays and I think it's fine. Do I want to put that onto my. But even before the holidays, I think, because I think a freezer meal, I. I'll eat a four. I'll eat a four month old freezer meal. I'm not about.
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Well, November. Yeah.
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So I think, like, we could do this. November. October, November. That's when I'm stocking in the freezer. I'm not doing th. August again.
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A
No, that was. That was a waste. That was a waste of everyone's time.
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B
Well, it was nice because we were like having the babies, I guess. But the way that like dealing with a newborn versus dealing with four sick kids during flu season, like the newborn.
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And take the newborn to the grocery store. What are you doing?
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B
What are you doing?
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Especially when you have childcare and you're just hanging out with a newborn. Yes.
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B
Now, additionally, I feel like around, you know, cold and flu season, I think I'm just going to Start having, like, a cold and flu probably storage tub in my. I needed activities. Yeah. And I'm to the point where it's like, I had to start buying attention. Like, for a while when the kids were sick, it was really hard because when the kids are sick, like, it's all the screen time. Like, whatever makes you feel better. Like, Want to watch YouTube Kids? Want to watch a movie? Want to watch your iPads? Like, I don't care. You have 102 fever. Like, just get comfortable like that.
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What would I be doing if I had a fever in bed? Watching tv.
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That's what I was telling myself, too. I'm like, all I'm doing is, like, I don't need to. I know better. Like, it's fine. It's. It's a couple of days. Like, they're fine. The problem was the kids got better. Tyler and I got worse. And at this point, like, after three days of screen time, like, you can tell, like, their personalities are changing. Things are getting crazy. And we needed some activities. So luckily we're going to Arizona in a couple of weeks. And I had bought, like, some plane activities off Amazon to, like, try, like, some sticker books, like, those little gobble things. Like, I had, like, a Lego kit. We blew through all of them.
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So that.
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So that was expensive, and that was disappointing because now I have nothing for Arizona. But I also just think next year I will prepare for that. And maybe it's less Christmas presents and it's something in this bin and that comes out when we get sick. Like, we're just like. Just like, to have, like, or a new coloring book or new markers or, like, just something for the kids to do.
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Yeah. A craft, you know, even. Even if it's just. If it's ingredients for a sensory bin.
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Right.
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But you have to have that prepared because when you're in the trenches, you don't have time to go, then go get everything out and, like, put it all together. And you don't have the mindset. Like, you have to have this stuff prepared before you're in the trenches.
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Totally. And I also think what I took away, like, next time one of my friends is sick with. Sick with the flu, like, I'm going to drop off, like, a sensory bin is a great idea or just something for their kids to do. And that is. That's so hard because I think people want to. To serve you or people want to help you, but, like, they can't come over.
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Yeah.
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So that was, like, one of my main notes. So, like, the prepping the freezer meals and then the having the stuff.
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I'm also kind of, like, thinking about year round. Like, if you're ever at the thrift store and you see a toy your kids might, like, buy it, put in the bin.
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B
Put it in the bin.
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If you're at Target and everything's on, there's, like, a toy your kid might like on clearance, like, put it in the bin.
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Sick day. Bin.
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Sick day. Bin.
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Emergency stash. Yeah, I think it's a good idea.
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I think you can be preparing it throughout the year, is what I'm saying.
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Yeah. But I think it's really important. Like, this is not. This is not your rainy day. This is not your rainy day. This is like, you're beyond desperate, and you're gonna need this.
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Yeah.
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I don't know, Liz. I think those were kind of just, like, my main points.
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I mean, I would say one more note that I had in just something that came across us, and I mentioned this earlier, but it's really just the mindset shift. Totally. You have to put yourself in the mindset that it's gonna. It's going to be crummy and it's. It's going to be hard, and you're not going to get to do anything that you want to do for the next several days, and you're in survival mode. And I honestly woke up happier knowing that it was just time to freaking grin and bear it and push through. Because the days that I woke up thinking I was going to get to do something that I had planned on doing, I started the mornings out in a really bad spot because I was sad for myself.
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B
Mm.
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And so there was just no time to be sad for. I'm like, whatever. This is it. This is where I'm at.
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Yeah.
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And you brought up the good point. Maddie had told us this because there is this really hard Marine Corps training that. That they do. It's like. It is absolutely horrible. Like, you have to fight people. You get pepper sprayed. You are running for, like, 100 miles. Like, you have to. Like, people are literally punching you. Like, it's horrible. And Maddie says more guys quit before than during it because you're so nervous and worried and have the anxiety about what is to come, that you quit before you even get there. And the guys who just push through it, like, yes, it's hard. It's. It stinks. But you're not quitting in the moment. You're quitting before the moment starts. And that doesn't totally apply to motherhood, because you can't quit. But it's. It's the mindset shift. It's like, it's. You have to put your blinders on and move forward and go through the. Go through the bad moments.
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Totally. So anyway, that was flu season 101. I. I'm also living in. I kept telling Tyler, and I'm such an optimist, and Tyler's kind of a.
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More.
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Not. He's not a pessimist, but he's more of a pessimist than I am, I think. Elizabeth and I were raised with, like, toxic optimism, almost like our dad just always was. So positive.
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Optimism is a very, very good way, too.
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We have only been taught to see the good in every situation. Every situation.
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Positive attitude all the time.
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Positive mental attitude.
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That's all we heard growing up. What's the magic word? Attitude. That's what we. We weren't raised with. The magic word was please. The magic word in our house was attitude.
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Yeah, it was. So I kept telling Tyler, I was like, hey, I think this is going to be our hardest flu season ever. Like, this is going to be the hardest one. And he's like, what are you talking about? I'm like, well, next year, Fred will be three. We'll be able to talk to Fred more. Libby will be older. Libby will be sleeping, hopefully better. Like, I'm not saying we're never going to have harder days, but, like, I think this was going to. I think this was the hardest time.
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Well, you know what I'm thankful for with this flu season is that it wasn't like the stomach flu.
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I would have rather had the stomach flu, really.
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See, I've never had the stomach flu with kids, and that, I think, would be really tough.
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Yeah, it is. You'll enjoy.
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But it doesn't last as long, I guess.
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No, it doesn't last as long, and it's just a little bit more predictable, I think. Like this. Whatever. I. I really didn't come on here to be so complaining. More just like, solidarity show, share what I learned.
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I don't think we're being very complainy. No.
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I think we have a great positive.
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Mental attitude for what we went through and where our. Our mental attitude was a few days ago. I think we're actually doing great.
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I have never called Liz crying more in my life. It was really dark.
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Kelly was in a really dark spot.
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I wasn't a dark. And I'm. I'm. Okay, I'm. I'm. Mom enough to admit that I was in a very dark spot. And I was texting Naptime, kitchen. At one point, I'm like, four kids. It's too many kids. Like, I just. I can't. I can't do this. Like, I. Everyone needs me all the time. None of my. And none of my kids can do anything on their own. They're all too young.
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Mm.
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No one can. Can do anything. No one can make themselves any food. No one can even, like, whatever. But I also just did really, like, learn that I need to, like, do some. This is like, I'm gonna kind of have like a self care week because I just really felt like I gave to everybody. I cared for everybody else. No one cared for me. Which is fine. Which is fine. But like, even, you know, Tyler's version of caring for me is like, taking the kid. Like, we would, like, kind of switch off, like, napping and taking the kids. But he never took Libby.
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So it was just like, mom always has one kid.
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A mom always has one kid, you know, which is.
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It's fine because it's easier because that's what they get.
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It's fine because there's not. Yeah. What am I gonna do? Have, like, him go to the living room with Libby while she's crying?
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Yeah. And then he doesn't ignore her crying.
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Yeah. No. Not worth it.
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So anyway. Okay. We're both kind of having. So our kids are better. Everyone's good. We're feeling good this week. We actually have a really big branded photo shoot.
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Yeah.
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Which also. No, don't plan anything. Like, a major branding photo shoot in February.
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That was our other thing. February. Next February. I'm not planning a thing. Any day I show up to work is a blessing.
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It's a blessing.
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It's always a blessing. But there will be no, like, we have big projects that we've started for the car mom. Like, I had huge, like, partnerships this month that were supposed to go out, like, none of it. February is. I'm coasting through next February.
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Totally. So we have a big branded photo shoot. The first, like, big one we've ever done. And so I'm getting my hair done. We're doing spray tans, we're getting our nails done. It is a self care kind of week because these photos will live forever.
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Mm.
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So they'll feel good.
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Anyway, all to say is we're, like, kind of gonna be doing some, like, Liz said, some self care stuff. And I just feel like no one took care of me. And I'm gonna try to take care of myself this week and just be a tick more selfish. I mean, I'm Very much the mom who. I'm just very much the person who, like, we'll clean the kitchen before I take a shower. And I need to stop that because I don't think anyone but me cares if the kitchen is dirty.
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Yeah.
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It's just such a balance.
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It's such a balance.
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Anyway, let's move on from that. Do you want to talk about, like, what's on our dumbs? Because I do have, like, luckily, I just have had so many thoughts.
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Yeah, for sure.
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Okay, so first things first. We were kind of in, like, our smoothie making era a lot, because that was something easy to eat, a little nutritious.
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Protein.
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Protein. And I was telling Liz, you know, maybe everyone's doing this. Liz was already doing this, so it might not be that good of a hack. But whenever I have, like, berries that are, like, on the. On the out, you know, like some squishy blueberries, like, you know, a questionable looking strawberry. I have a bag in my freezer that I just, like, put, like, questionable berries in. I'd been doing that with bananas for years, but, like, I just started doing it with berries also.
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The questionable. The questionable berry bag.
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The question.
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Yeah, the bad berry bag.
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The bbb.
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The bbb.
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I like the qbb. The questionable berry bag. The qbb. And then, like, that's what I use to make my smoothies. And Liz was like, yeah, no, everyone does that. Like you. This is wheels on the bus all over again. I was like, okay, I didn't know that. But then we were talking, like, why, when you make a smoothie at home, it doesn't matter what fruit you use, they all taste the same.
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They always taste the same, and they never taste like the one that I'm getting at a smoothie joint.
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Like, if I do, like, blueberry or if I do peach, how do they taste the same?
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Okay, what liquid do you put in your berries? Because I think I actually might have figured it out accidentally.
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B
Well, sometimes orange juice. Is that disgusting?
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No, orange juice is not disgusting. But I made James a smoothie and I used apple juice because that's what I had. And I, like, licked the. The side of the blender. Some fell off or whatever. And I was like, oh, that tastes different. That's a different flavor profile. And I think because Kelly and I talked about this, it's like, why do all. Why do they all taste the same? I think it depends on the juice that you use.
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B
Interesting.
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A
I think that the juice will help have a different flavor. But I really want to up my smoothie game.
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I'M ready to up my smoothie game. I need some. I also think when you, like, go get a smoothie at like a great place, I think they really do like some more citrusy things. I don't know if I'm doing that.
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If anyone has hacked. Maybe we need to add a new segment or just talk. Maybe our ditch the drive throughs are some smoothies. Like, who has the killer smoothie recipe? And guys, I'm not talking. Here's what I don't want to receive. Bananas, berries, orange juice, protein powder. Like spinach that I don't. I've made that. I know what that tastes like. I need. I need you to tell me. I juice a lemon and that changes my life.
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I agree.
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A
I need, like, I need the hack.
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I need the hack. They have. They're all running together for me. And they taste sure like if you use peaches versus blueberries, they taste a little different, but they also don't. They taste like a homemade smoothie. And I'm just. I get burnt out on those.
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Me too.
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They're hard to finish. So anyway, that's that.
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So that's. That's that on smoothies.
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B
Okay. Speaking of, like, self care, I just wanted to say that unfortunately. Fortunately. Unfortunately, by Saturday, this, this last Saturday, I was feeling pretty good, which was good because it was my school's dinner auction. And you guys know how important. Dinner auction. Like, you know how much I love a dinner auction. Tyler, unfortunately, was not. Well, still. So that means I was left at the dinner auction with a number. With a paddle.
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A
With a paddle.
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B
Damage was done. Damage was done. I find that live auctions are very strange because I have a lot of notes on dinner auctions. Can I just kind of go on a dinner?
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Please, please.
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B
Because live auctions are strange because. And if you don't know what a live auction is, it's when someone's like, okay, who will give me, you know, $200 for this? And like, people raise. Okay, here's 200 hours, 250.
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A
Okay. I think everyone knows what a live auction is, but if you want to get into more, what you're referring to as a dinner auction, like, who was it for?
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B
Okay, sure. Well, I just. I wanted to give you that context because I don't think everyone knows that. So a dinner auction, maybe this is something like. I think every school does this, but it's like for a school or for a church or for a charitable organization, but it's a dinner and they have silent auction items where you just like, you know, output People on paper, and they have oral auction items. And it's a fundraiser for the school. So I go to, like, three or four dinner auctions every year because all of they're really big in, like, where Tyler grew up. And we go to all of Tyler's sister's kids schools, and now we go to our kids school. So, like, I'm going to three, like, three solid every year. They're all different. They're all fun, though. I mean, I'm just like, it's my kind of night out. Like, I don't know. I don't know. I just find them very fun. So anyway, I find oral auctions, though, very strange, because if you're gonna be bidding, like, either way, it's like kind of. I don't want to use the word embarrassing, but. So you start bidding on an item. Okay, well, you either have to. And it starts going up high. Okay, well, you either have to decide, okay, am I going to let everyone know how much money I just spent on this thing, or am I gonna let everyone know that I don't have the money to spend on that thing? Do you know what I mean? So it's like, it's. So let's say it gets up to like a thousand dollars, and you're just like, I'm out. And they're like, oh, she's out. And I'm sure no one's looking at you like that, but to me, I feel like. I don't know if it's better to, like, no, I gotta see this thing to the moon. And then everyone's gonna be like, like, where is her husband?
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Yeah.
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Or it's like, what, you don't care? So I find oral auctions.
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It's for the kids. Yeah.
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So I find oral auctions a little interesting, but this was. This was my first time going to our new school's dinner auction. And I have to hand off to them the creativity, because they were just. I swear, they were just making things up to auction off. For example, name the playground for a year. Yeah, just the year you get to name the playground.
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A
That's silly. What'd that go for?
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Like, over a thousand dollars.
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A
Oh, my gosh.
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B
I know. It was like, be the Koozie sponsor of. Of next year. So it's like, you gotta have, like, there's 200 people in the room, and it's like your logo gets to be on the Koozie. Like, that was going. That went for thousands people were it. You know, and then they do the fun things. Like, they just really Try to take advantage of you at every aspect. Which I, which I, which I like. I'm here, I'm. It's for the children, but it's like front row seats to the preschool concert. I was like, I got outbid.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Sucked. And then it was like, you know, this parking spot.
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A
Well, the parking spots are, those are worth it.
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B
I think the parking spots were worth it too. Anyway, I was just, I was impressed with, with the things they were just making up, you know.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Now, I gave a, I gave a pretty stellar auction item this year, but I think I'll do it maybe a little different next year. But I had basically just taken all of like a six months worth of PR and I split it between these like three dinner auctions that I'm going to. But like, they had over like $800 value in each basket. But mine was on a raffle.
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A
Okay.
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B
So it was a 52 chance raffle. So they only sold 52 tickets to win my basket.
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A
50. Okay. Okay. So, okay. How much was the ticket?
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B
$20.
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A
Okay.
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B
But this dinner auction did a really good job of like, there was something. So your ticket includes alcohol and food. But then they, you know, there was little things that you could do. So like I've, I've spoken before how they don't serve dessert. You want dessert? Go to the dessert auction. I, I would. So, like, that's fun. So like now you're cleaner paying 50 for a cheesecake because, like you want to have dessert at the end of the night.
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A
Ye.
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B
Then they had a ton of raffles to give away. And like, you know, we live in kind of a rural area, so it's like half a hog. It's like a load of clean fill, like clean gravel, you know, square bales. That's what we're.
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A
This sounds so much fun. Like, I like the Hustle and Bustle. I like that. I like that we're raising money directly for the school. Like, totally.
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B
I can see my cash and you can see.
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A
We can see where your cash is going and you're gonna give to the school anyway.
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B
Liz, this was darling. So you get in, you get a folder. You open the folder. It has a drawing from one of the kids at the school. Oh, it was like Sally, grade three. And she drew me this little. The theme was wizard of Oz. A Wizard of Oz picture. Good touch, good touch. Now this was, this, this interaction was wild. I've never seen this before at a dinner auction. But they had something called a duck pond. And my friends were telling me, like, oh, you're gonna love the duck pond. Like, the duck pond's so fun. And think, like, carnival game for a kid. Like, when you pick up a duck and if it has a prize on it.
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A
Don't tell me they're real ducks.
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B
No, no, no, no, no. They were mini bottles of alcohol. So there was a.
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A
But you could see with the square. With the square bales and the half a hog, it wasn't a stretch for me to think there might be real ducks.
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B
Totally wasn't a stretch.
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A
Okay, so there's many alcohol bottles.
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B
So many alcohol bottles. And then you would, like. You had to Pay. It was $10 per pole. And they're so good because they're like, do you have cash? Do you just want to use your number? Like, your little thing number? And, like, you know, you're. If it's not real money, it's Chuck E. Cheese money. You're like, put it on my number.
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A
Yeah.
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B
134. And then they're like, how many? One. I'm like, six. And next thing you know, like, next thing you know, it's going to be for $60.
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A
Yeah.
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B
To pull these little. Anyway, so you would pull up the bottles, and then you would take off the top of the cap or like, there was a thing over the cap. And if it had a number you.
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A
Won, what would you win?
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B
They had all sorts of prizes. Like, they had, like, junk to, like, treasures, basically. And I want a dart board.
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A
Oh, just what you need, a dartboard.
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B
So guess where that's going. The sick bin.
- [30:20]
A
The sick bin. The sick bin. Okay, so this is all coming full circle.
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B
It always does, Kel.
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A
I one time went to a dinner auction, and they had. Do you remember what was that game called where you would walk in a circle and get desserts?
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B
A cakewalk.
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A
A cakewalk. They had an alcohol walk. So it was the same concept as a cakewalk, except instead of getting cake, they had all these, like, bottles of alcohol and stuff. And I'll never forget, I went with mom to it, and I was in college at the time, and I freaking put mom's number down a ton of times for the alcohol walk and stocked my college house up with all of the fun stuff.
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B
That. An alcohol walk sounds fun.
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A
An alcohol walk's a good idea.
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B
That's so fun. So anyway, it was a great dinner auction. My next one's in two weeks. I'm very excited.
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A
It is dinner auction season.
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B
Tyler was so bummed to miss it.
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A
I know. Yeah, I bet.
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B
But probably best because, like I said, I kind of but there was no one there. I had no. Like, I need to be supervised of those kinds of things.
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A
I think it's best if you don't. It's fun, Kel. It's for the kids.
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B
Well, it's for the kids.
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A
It's for the kids.
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B
And you do get stuff like, that's like, so you're. If you're already like my sister in laws, they're. They're always about the gift cards. Like, if there's a gift card on the silent auction, like, they're. That's like their favorite thing to go try to go for. And they were explaining it to me one time. They're like, well, I'm already gonna go there. Like, I'm already gonna go to lunch at Jimmy John's. So I'm gonna, like, get lunch. And it's like my donation to the school. Yeah, it's like a twofer. Yeah, like, that's so true.
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A
It's so true.
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B
So anyway, send me. I'm like, probably. I'm probably. Like, I need to be involved in a dinner auction. Because, like, I'm. It's just like my thing. Like, I love.
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A
You need to be on the committee.
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B
I want to be on the committee. I want to be on the committee. So everyone has, like an amazing dinner auction. Like, send me dinner auction dms. Like, I thought this one was brilliant. I thought the duck pond was fun. I thought the using your number for the raffles was genius. You know, I love the dessert thing.
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A
Like, you want to go to a random dinner auction? No.
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B
Like, well, maybe if it's like, amazing. No, no.
- [32:26]
A
Like, send ideas, Send ideas.
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B
Okay, but like, I'm like, I would. I would go to a random dinner auction. Like, I just think they're fun. You know, they do a video of the kids and everyone's. All the kids are like, well, and this is why we're here. You know, I. I don't know.
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A
Totally. I love the community. It's so hard to be. It's hard to find a feel like you're a part of a community. And I think that the early days of motherhood are very lonely because you don't have the school and you are just entering your. You're entering grade school years. And I just think that that's so much fun. Mom and dad always say that the grade school years were the most fun because you get with the parents. Everyone's in the same boat. You're going to the freaking dinner auction in the gymnasium. Like, everyone loves it.
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B
Totally.
- [33:12]
A
It's a good vibe.
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B
It's a great vibe. So anyway Liz, that's that my little dinner auction recap. So sad for Tyler.
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A
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A
I agree.
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B
And these have both just kind of come to me Now I'm all about the constructive criticism on them. Okay. I don't think. I love. I don't. I'm open to changing the names. Open the. Changing the ideas. The first one is something that Elizabeth and I came up with on our phone, and it's called your make model. And it's like, when I call Elizabeth and I'm like, hey, like, I need a new deodorant. Like, what's your year make model? Like, what are you using? Like, what deodorant are you using? But it could be anything. So I think, like, maybe we could do, like, two. Like, what's your year make model?
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A
Mm.
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B
And then we could just do make and model. But I think a year make model sounds more fun.
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A
Well, I don't know how you do year.
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B
Well, you don't. It's just like, if I asked you what you drive, I'd be like, what's the year make model of your car?
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A
Okay.
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B
Do you know what I'm saying?
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A
Okay.
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B
Okay. So, like, Liz, year make model hand soap.
- [36:46]
A
Oh, gosh. Okay. Well, I'll tell you. Year make model is the Trader Joe's hand soap. Whatever seasonal scent they currently have.
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B
Oh, I've never tried the Trader Joe's hand, so.
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A
TJ's.
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B
Yeah, I'm a Michael. I'm a Michael works girl. You know, the ones you get at Marshalls? Yeah, I like a foaming hand soap.
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A
See, I use. I refill my hand soap. Like, I have a pretty glass one, and I will take the Trader Joe's one and refill it, because I don't feel like you can ever buy, at least at Target. Like, there's no really good bulk refillable hand soap. So I will buy one from Trader Joe's, unscrew the cap that has a perfectly good thing and pour it in my. My pretty. Oh, that's so interesting container.
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B
But it's not foaming.
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A
No, it's not foaming.
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B
Oh, see, now I have to have foaming hand soap. I can't believe you don't use foaming hand. So that seems crazy, but I like.
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A
To have my pretty glass container.
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B
And that's your make model.
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A
Okay.
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B
So it might not go anywhere.
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A
Okay.
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B
Okay, let's do. Maybe. Do you want to do one more? Like, maybe a little more interesting?
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A
Do you have one off the top of your head, or you want me to come up with it?
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B
I think I've, like, kind of brought a lot to the table so far, so. No. I feel like if you could come up with, like, one thing It'd be helpful.
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A
Okay. Well, you didn't tell me we were doing this, so. Okay. Year make model shampoo. Okay.
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B
So currently I am using Divi shampoo and conditioner.
- [38:24]
A
Divi's good.
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B
I like it.
- [38:27]
A
Everyone was asking about a Pantene update and I did give one on the Facebook group. Here's the thing. I was hoping my life was going to be changed and it was like, why have I ever been using anything expensive? Like, it's amazing. It's getting the job done. It hasn't changed my life.
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B
Okay.
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A
Unfortunately, the times that I've used new shampoo and I've noticed like, wow, I love the way my hair smells. I love the way it feels. Has been two times in my life and it was. Olaplex was really good and I really. I used Debbie for a little bit. I didn't rebuy it, but I did like Divi as well.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Pantene. It's checking the box. It hasn't changed my life. I'm sorry to report.
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B
What about like Herbal Essence?
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A
Yeah. And you know what? Unfortunately, I bought a huge pack. I bought like the jumbo Pantene. So catch me and about seven months and then I'll try Herbal Essences now.
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B
You know who has my favorite? Like, if I had to probably only buy one shampoo and conditioner the rest of my life tomorrow, if they were like, you have to decide today, you know, I probably would buy. It's the Kirkland brand shampoo.
- [39:37]
A
Oh.
- [39:38]
B
So it's the Costco shampoo. But it's supposed to be like a pure ology dupe.
- [39:42]
A
Mm.
- [39:43]
B
And it comes in a giant container and it's the Kirkland. It smells great. Yeah, it's fine. Every shampoo is really more like what you do after the fact. You know what I mean?
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A
So totally. Okay. And that's your make model. What is your next segment?
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B
Next segment is not quite as fleshed out.
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A
Which is okay.
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B
Which is saying a lot because that one wasn't very fleshed out. But I was scrolling this Instagram on. I was just. I was so into reels. The algorithm was so confused because it's like we've shown you every. Every mom related thing out there. So let's, let's, let's go for something new. And I went to the frat bro side of Instagram, I guess you could say. And there's this Instagram page called could be the Move. Okay. And it's hilarious. I was binging them and it's basically these like frat this Frat guy or, like, ex frat guy who just says things. That could be the move. So, like, for example, it was like. And I'm gonna say how I assume they talk. Like, quick game. A catch before the bar with a. With a mitt. Keeps the. Keeps the arm warm. Builds. Builds anticipation. Could be the move.
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A
Mm.
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B
Do you know? It's like, could be the move.
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A
Could be the move.
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B
Could be the.
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A
Here's it could be the move. You're going out on a date night with your husband. Hire your babysitter an hour and a half before you have to leave, so that way they can watch your kids while you get ready.
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B
Could be the move.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Could be the myth.
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A
Could be the move. No.
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B
Yes. Like, this could be the myth.
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A
Could be the move.
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B
Perfect. That's perfect. So I don't have a name yet, but then I was texting Grayson's boyfriend Drew, because I'm like, drew, do you run? Like, are you running this Instagram account? Because this is just. The vernacular is just so you. And it was so funny. And I said, drew, I need to make sure that you're following this Instagram account. I swear, you could be running it. And then I like. In the screenshot, it says liked by Drew Cocoza. So I was like, oh, never mind. Confirm that you like it. And he goes, I wish I was running this account. All time account. Lots of good moves on there. And he goes, I've DMed them some great ideas, but nothing has landed yet. And I was like, we'll just start sending. Start sending them my way. I need to make this a segment on the podcast. I just need to think of a name. And here are the names he gave me. Drive it like you mean it. No Dashboard decisions, Rear view mirror moves.
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A
Okay.
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B
Just a couple potential names.
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A
Okay, well, those are pretty good right off the bat.
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B
No, for sure.
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A
Dashboard decisions, jumping off points.
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B
Or we could say, like, I like that could be the move. I'm. You guys have to go follow. It's. I. I'm. It's like, wake up before you're dead on vacation. Could be the move.
- [42:41]
A
Oh, yeah, I saw that one.
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B
They're so funny.
- [42:44]
A
They're so funny. Okay, here's a segment that I want to introduce. I want. Okay, I want to get back to the Great Eight, because I do think that the Great Eight sparks really good random discussion. However, I think the Great Eight gets a little bit redundant and a little long when we keep going back to argue different points. So madd this podcast that he loves. It's called Pardon my take. And they have this thing called Mount Rushmore, and it's kind of similar to the Great eight, except they don't go back and argue them and determine a winner. So it would be the Mount Rushmore of fast food restaurants, and Kelly would bring her lineup of four fast food restaurants, and then I would bring my lineup of four fast food restaurants, and then we determine who has the better lineup. So. And then we can throw it into the carpool. Who. The carpool crew. Who. Who had the better lineup, Kelly or Liz?
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B
Oh, that's fun.
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A
So who had the better. About Rushmore is how these guys do it. To my understanding. I've never listened to it, but Maddie was telling me about it, and I just think that it would be a little bit. It would kind of give great aid energy without being as long and redundant. And also, we don't always have to determine a winner. You know, it's not. Not everything's a competition. So I was thinking about doing the name would be model lineup or something like that. You know, what's your sedan? Suv, truck, minivan.
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B
Oh. Oh.
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A
But I don't think you have. I don't think you have to get. Narrow it down as much there. But model lineup is.
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B
But you just pick four.
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A
I was thinking you just pick four.
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B
Oh, okay. I think that's a fun game.
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A
Yeah.
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B
So that. So that's what's new.
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A
That's.
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B
That's what's on the horizon.
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A
Mm. Yeah.
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B
Give us your feedback.
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A
So here's what everyone needs to tell us in the carpool Facebook group. Number one, what if you have a good smoothie recipe that doesn't taste like a homemade smoothie? What is it? Number two, dinner auction. Things. Ideas.
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B
I want to hear all about it. Like, send me. There's not a dinner auction. Thought too small. Like, I'm obsessed. I'm telling you, I'm obsessed.
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A
Yeah. Dinner auction thoughts. Feedback on potential new segments, slash segment ideas that you have.
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B
Yeah.
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A
This is a collaborative podcast.
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B
This is a collaborative podcast. And now I want to move on to ditch the drive thru where we give you an easy dinner recipe to mix it up to get you out of your dinner rut. Is that okay with you?
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A
Yeah. No. For sure. Sorry.
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B
Well, first things first. I don't think we gave enough attention to the power of Chihuahua cheese.
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A
I brought. I brought a lot. I brought Chihuahua cheese up.
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B
I know. I know you did. I know you did. And so then I bought some.
- [45:28]
A
Oh, and then you realize it's a melting cheese. It says on the thing on the container, it's a melting cheese, as all cheese should be. And why. Why is it that some cheese isn't.
- [45:41]
B
Melting, especially of the shredded variety? Like, what else is it good for? Chihuahua cheese. We've been making quesadillas, and they really are just. I've been putting it in my eggs. It's just a next level experience. It really is. It's excellent. It's excellent.
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A
So is that your ditch the drive thru?
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B
Well, I just wanted to kind of give it. Yeah, I mean, that's. That's, that's. That's part of it. The second part is I have been making a really controversial sweet potato lately, and I'm gonna share the recipe, and I'm like, being. I'm like, being really brave right now.
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A
Okay.
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B
What are you laughing at?
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A
I am looking at on our reminders app how you spelled Chihuahua.
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B
I literally knew you were gonna bring this up. I literally knew you were gonna bring this up. Chihuahua is a very hard word to spell because, like, you sound it out. And then I go, chi. So wow. Wow.
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A
Like, what is C W I H U a? H U a.
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B
Well, I didn't know that. I don't want to know how I spelled it. I was close. Anyway, so here's my controversial sweet potato.
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A
Okay.
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B
So first of all, like, you're doing it right in the oven. You know, you're not taking it out until it's, like, sticky on the pan, you know, like, caramelized, if you will. So good. Then I browned a pound of ground beef. Okay. To the ground beef, I just added salt, like, good salt. So I opened up the sweet potato, put the ground beef on top, added a lot of salt. Then I added honey.
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A
I had a feeling you were gonna go there. Okay. Yeah.
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B
Then I added some honey and, like, a little bit of butter on the ground beef.
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A
Okay.
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B
And it was.
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A
You're like, so Carnivore diet girl.
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B
Is that carnivore diet girl?
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A
It just sounds. I just feel like carnival diet people always have, like, a butcher board with honey and butter and.
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B
Well, I think I've been eating honey way before the carnivores made it. Cool. Like, I've been having iced honey lattes for years.
- [47:43]
A
That's true. We have the receipts.
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B
So. I didn't know that was carnivore, Jace. I mean, I thought it was, like, eating, like, meat and healthy carb. But anyway, that's what I. I mean, it is a delicious combination.
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A
Okay. I. I would try it.
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B
Would you try it?
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A
I would try it.
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B
Yep. Potato, like sweet Potatoes are so good. A sweet potato, like, honey would be good. And, like, I'm telling you, the ground beef, if you don't add taco seasoning to it, it's just basically like, it doesn't have a ton of flavor.
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A
Okay. I would be open to trying that.
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B
It was really good.
- [48:17]
A
You know what I tried, which is kind of speaking of just, like, putting butter on random things, I tried a butter date.
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B
Oh, I've been into the butter. Are we carnivores?
- [48:26]
A
Are we carnivores? Actually, like, I think dates have, like, so much, like, sugars and carbs in them. Like, they're.
- [48:34]
B
I don't know, they're like one of those foods that aren't actually healthy.
- [48:38]
A
No, it's like, oh, look at me. I'm eating a date. And then it's like, wait, is this actually doing anything for me? I do think I will swear by dates before labor, though. For real. So anyway, if you're. If you want to try the date train, you just get dates a little. Put some. Put, like, a slab of butter inside of your date and then, like, a little bit of salt. So good.
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B
Sounds so.
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A
Has no business being as good as it is.
- [49:01]
B
Really.
- [49:02]
A
So good.
- [49:03]
B
I've been having that, actually, so I don't know why I said really. Like, I was surprised.
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A
I don't know why you did either, because you literally just said you've been having them as well.
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B
Well, I'm not all there. You know what I mean? I've come a long way, but I'm not. I'm not back up to a hunted yet.
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A
Yeah, well, is that.
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B
I mean, that's all. I mean, that was a lot. Like, I said what I wanted to say. Still kind of coming off the dinner auction high and the flu a low.
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A
Mm.
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B
And.
- [49:28]
A
Okay, so that's gonna be our episode. So thank you so much for tuning in to this episode of the carpool podcast, and we will talk to you next time.
- [49:35]
B
See ya. Thank you for listening to the Carpool Podcast with Kelly and Liz.
- [49:41]
A
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.