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Welcome to the Carpool Podcast with Kelly. Like, he's been dribbling up and down our hill. Like, he's dribbling, dribbling, dribbling. We don't have a basketball hoop. He currently just tries to throw the basketball and hit the branch of the tree in our yard.
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And Liz, after we, like, ripped on vibration plates and that, you just need to go, like, jump in a circle. We then got an offer to do an ad for vibration plates on the podcast.
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Your mom time off starts now. Welcome back to the Carpool Podcast with Kelly and Liz. And this is your last Friday episode for a while.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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It pains me more than it probably pains you. I love the podcast.
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B
Me too.
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But we have to make the most out of this weather, and we have to just be batching all. All outdoor car content as possible, not
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because of the weather, but because we've got a deadline as well of a baby. Although Tyler's been doing a great job
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at filming your tours, I know he is very. It's very interesting. He's a lot more coachable than he ever has been. There was years where, like, you couldn't tell him anything, and now he's just like. So he's softened.
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Do you think he softened or the way you ask things has changed. Have you learned how to approach him?
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No, I think he has softened. I think I've learned other things on, like, how to, you know, be married to somebody. Like, I think I've. I've made major improvements.
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Sure. I think we can always be improving.
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What I'm saying you can always be improving, and I like to always be improving.
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Like, we really are.
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We are in. Like, we are in a real. Like, we've just. We've grown a lot, and we've grown a lot together, which has been fun. But, like, he. The reasons I love him now. This is, like, so annoying that it's turned into, like, a Tyler Love podcast. But the reasons I love him now are not the reasons I loved him when I got married to him. Do you know what I mean?
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Totally. And you just unfortunately, like, you just don't know when you get married, like, what's important to you and what you like, the life experiences you've had. Just, like, it's. You do choose the right person, but there is a level of it that does kind of feel like luck. Like, you know those reels that are, like, when you're. When you're postpartum, it will matter who you married. And you're like, yeah, I, like, wasn't considering you Know, having to have someone, like, change a pad for me, like, when I was getting married, like, that wasn't top of mind.
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Well, in kind of like, a hot take that I have is. I don't believe in soulmates or I don't believe that. Like, I actually think this. And this is crazy to say, but I actually think I could have a successful marriage with a lot of people in this world. But, like, I chose Tyler. Tyler chose me. But I do think it's about. I think a marriage is about how hard you work at that marriage. Not always about love, obviously.
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B
Totally.
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You know?
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No, I'm, like, randomly on, like, the marriage side of Instagram right now. Like, I, like, watched one reel too long, and now I'm getting fed. Like, yeah, ways to improve.
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Okay.
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And no, I'm just, like, I'm really liking it. Like, I have a wonderful marriage, and Maddie and I have a great relationship, but because it's the most important relationship in my life, I'm like, yeah, what. What are the people saying? Like, how can I improve? Like, how can I better? Like, I don't want to get stuck in a. In a. In a rut where I just feel like, well, we're in. You know, we're married and we're in love, and, like, I'm just gonna keep doing what I'm doing. Like, no. Like, how can I approach things differently or do things differently or respect him differently and will that? Like, I'm just. I'm having fun challenging myself in my marriage and trying to just to, like, love and respect Maddie in new and different ways. And I'm, like, taking my marriage really seriously.
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That's so good.
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B
I think it's important to take your marriage seriously.
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And you know what is very interesting about marriage? And I was talking to a friend about this, and we were just. Because I'm not. You know, you always hear the advice, like, don't talk bad about your husband, other people, blah, blah, blah, blah. But I do think sometimes it is okay to talk about how hard it is to be married sometimes because there's so much support for your hard mom days. And, like, if I hear a mom complain about her hard mom day, I never once for a second think, she doesn't love her children. So, like, or she's a bad mom or she's better. But, like, there is a level of, you know, sometimes when you hear someone complain about their husband, and, you know, I'm using this all lightly, complain about. I'll say the marriage, because the marriage is. Is a hard thing to do you're immediately like, oh, they're headed for divorce. Like, it's just like, that's so true. That's such a jump. And I just, I would like to see more support for that. Marriage is hard sometimes.
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Yeah, totally.
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You know what I mean?
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Yeah.
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So I just want you guys to know my marriage is hard sometimes, as is probably all of yours, but. It is, but I'm with you. It is wonderful. I actually, I at one point ended up on like the overly marriage side of TikTok and, or Instagram or TikTok and I actually didn't like where I was because then it was all this like comparisons when it was like people saying, you know, here's what my husband does or like, here's how to be like a godly husband or blah, blah, blah. And then I would just compare the things that I wasn't doing or Tyler wasn't doing. And I didn't always love that. But those were just a couple of toxic reels that I saw, I guess.
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Yeah, no, I don't know how I've kind of ended up on just like the perfect curated side of just like good for you, you know, not trying to just do everything. Like I'm very much like just trying to do everything all the time and like not ask for help. And it's like maybe if I did ask for help or give things to or like give up control of things, then I would be happier and my husband would be happier and my husband would, you know, every. Everything is better. And I'm just like, I don't know, it's just been, it's been really nice and I'm just excited. I'm just having fun with like taking my marriage in a very like serious way. So that's like something that I'm doing,
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you know, one piece of content that I hate. It's when it's like a trend and it's these women being like me on a Tuesday at home goods because I married a provider.
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It's like, because I didn't marry a loser.
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Like what an unhappy mean. You're a mean girl.
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You're a meanie.
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You're a bully. Yeah, like, like that's just such. And there's a way you could say, so thankful that I'm able to do this. Like you should say that instead of like it's some girl's fault because her husband. Because, because they're a two income household. Like you're insane.
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It's very mean. It's very unhinged. It's like and you're right. Like, it's, it's, it's, look at me, I'm better than you.
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It's, look at me.
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And it's not, it's just like, it's. I saw this one the other day that was like, hey, if you're, if you have to have an income, if you have, if you have a two income household, that doesn't mean your husband's a loser. I'm like, I can't believe someone literally had to make an Instagram to post that. But I knew exactly what, why she posted it.
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Yeah, yeah, that's really mean, girl. And if you ever made that, like, that's fine. And I don't think you're a mean person, but I think that was mean. You know, I think you should probably delete it.
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I think you should just like, maybe like, you could just like rephrase it.
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You can rephrase it. And like there is, there is something beautiful. And I mean it's beautiful when moms can stay home and when a husband provides. Like, that is beautiful.
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But I like the ones that are like, you're so lucky you get to stay home. And then it's like the luck and it's like him working so hard or.
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Yeah, I'm good with those.
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There's like not like direct attacks on other people's lives or other people's husband.
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It's not like calling someone else's husband a loser because you work too. Like, that's so crazy.
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I know.
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Touch grass.
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B
Yeah.
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Okay, what other big topics can we cover? We covered marriage. I have some new thoughts on AI if anyone's interested in hearing.
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B
Okay, sure.
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I think I like a lot of things about AI and I'm just not going to be. I, I just refuse to not be optimistic about the world because I have four children in it. It's like I just refuse to ever be like so cynical about where the world's going. So I'm gonna keep this like, surface level. But I do think social media is going to go through a really. I think people are going to get over it in a major way because I'm now being served all these like, ways. I can use social media for the karma better. And these people literally want me to like, scan my face and then I can record content with no makeup. And their AI will put, their AI generator will put makeup on me and put clothes on me. And I'm just like, how did we. People aren't going to like that. And I, People are going to get over that. So Fast. They're going to get over it so fast.
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If you want to know how, one of the ways to be successful in social media, it's to be authentic. You know what the least authentic thing
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in the world is?
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Artificial intelligence. Anytime I see a real, I can immediately clock it. When it's like some new AI creator, I roll my eyes, I click on their profile, and I'm like, you people have this. You have this many people following you. Or I'll read the comments. And the comments can't tell it's AI. And I'm like, everyone is so dumb. Like, wake up. You can always tell. You can always tell. And if you can't tell, you need to figure it out. No, I. I have no patience for it. I have. I will have no interest in ever following an AI creator, because why would
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I, or even creators who, like, use AI overly, like, use AI too much. I'm telling you, I actually think it's going to be good for our business because we've always stood out for being authentic, and now we're just gonna, like, rise to the top even more.
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I'm good with AI as a tool. Like, interior designers. I want to see your AI. I want to see your AI renderings. If, like, that girl who made those outfits for you, she, like, clearly somehow put. She used AI, that was. That was a good visual. Like, as a tool and as a visual, not as a whole dang thing. I'm not. I. I have no picture.
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I like using it for, like, it's been so helpful for us to. I can you upload one of my YouTube videos? It can read the transcript, and then I can say, okay, pull out my three main points that I had on the Mazda CX90, and, like, then I could make a real. Like, I like all of that. I just think once it starts replacing a human, it gets, like, a little.
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I don't. I mean, I have.
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My word is dumb. This is dumb.
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It's.
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This is dumb.
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And also it's like, who's behind it? Like, some guy on a computer screen is, like, behind this, like, gorgeous Instagram model. Like, it's not real, it's dumb, and I don't like it. So I agree with you. I'm good with it as a tool. And I think that I would like to give more credit to people just, like, being smarter and, like, not falling for it and just, like, not letting it take over.
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Yeah.
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So what do I know?
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Well, we know a lot. And it was so funny because the other day I called Liz and I'M like, hey, what's our YouTube blog? And I'm gonna try this new AI tool to do video editing. And it actually was, the thing was it was pretty cool but it just like was so. It just was so AI, do you know what I mean? And I think I. It's going to. The thing with social media people don't understand is like it's to the point where I think views are like one of my lowest metrics. Like I don't give a rip about how many followers you have or how many views you have. I literally care about what kind of community you have. And we have always prioritized our community and that's. Sorry, if you want to talk business, that's where the money is. Like you have to have. They're not. These platforms aren't paying what they used to for views. They're just not. We used to like do way better on YouTube. I used to be making so much money a month on my Instagram reels. Now I literally make like 2 or 300amonth on my Instagram reels. And I was making thousands at one point.
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Yeah.
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So like that's just. And I'm not getting less views. They're just like over the. They're just prioritizing less and less. I think cuz more creators now, more people than ever are making this content. But it's all about your community.
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Agreed.
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Luckily we no and like we really do. And people don't talk about that enough.
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Well we talk about the Facebook group
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is like such as. Like I love that place. Such a safe place.
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I can't believe for being like a car reviewer channel how amazing our community is.
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I know, it's like so random and
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people like stay around. It's just like I'm so grateful and I just.
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Me too.
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I'm just really proud of what we've built and. And when I say we, I mean all of us because the compliments like I love when I get invited to an event and like a major manufacturer will come up to me and like they're not complimenting me, they're complimenting all of you because they know that we are all engaged and in tune and like we are all expecting certain things. It's like really interesting. Like we're kind of like a force. Well.
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And like I like still talk to my sleep trainer. People ask me her name all the time. It's Marley. Molly Tartel Tartalagia. I can never say I'm sorry, Molly. Anyway, so I, I send her her name to people all the time on my DMs. And she will tell me, like, the people who you refer told me they found you through. You are the nicest people to work with. And I'm like, what a compliment.
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I. It's like I hear that all the time too. And it's like, I'm as proud as, like, someone complimented my children. I'm like, yeah, I know they're great. Like, I don't even know who it is. No, yeah, Jen, she's great.
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I know Jen. Love Jen.
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Don't even need to know much about her. Yeah. So just so thankful for all of you. Okay, so tomorrow, AKA so interesting because by the time this podcast comes out, I will already be back. But I'm going to Vegas for less than 24 hours. For 24 hours.
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That's so crazy.
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I know. I kind of. We were going to stay two nights, but it's just too much with the auto show coming up and so I am going on. I guess I can talk about it because he will have already known by the time and he doesn't want to listen to the podcast.
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You kind of talked about it on the podcast already.
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Okay. Did I?
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Yeah.
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Okay. Well, he hasn't said anything. So I'm surprising Tyler with a Bronco off roading experience. This is actually really cool. So Ford reach out to me and they're like, do you want to come on this Bronco offering thing? I'm like, what is this? So they have like five locations all around the country and you literally just go for a day or a half day experience. So if you're a Bronco owner, I think it might be included in your Bronco purchase. I don't know though. But even if you're not, you can just pay to do like this half day pass and you drive a Bronco. Like, it's intended to be driven, like, off roading. Like, I have to wear long pants and hiking boots. They said, we'll get muddy. Like, cool. And I was like, Tyler is going to love this. Like, this is so going to be so fun for him. And I kind of wanted to, like, I don't know, he always surprises me. I never surprise him. So I told him that I have a speaking engagement in Vegas and, like, Liz can't go. So, like, I need him to go with me. And he's like, excited because, you know, it's a day away from the kids and we get to go to Vegas for 24 hours, but he thinks we're just gonna, like, go to a stuffy panel. He's gonna hurt a speech he's heard 100 times for me. And I'm trying to figure out when to tell him.
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Okay, first of all, before you go any further, can I just like, tell you I need to write this down right now. Bring your freaking glasses. Your AI glass or your. Oh, that's so you can film this stuff.
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Bring meta glasses. I'm gonna write that down
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because that would be fun for him to wear. I assume he's gonna be doing the driving or for you as the passenger to like get his reactions and stuff.
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Yeah, I have. It's so funny. I don't have a huge desire to drive. I have a huge. Because I will be anxious about it, but I. If Tyler's driving, I will trust Tyler wholeheartedly and I will just have fun.
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Yeah, I think you should let Tyler drive for sure. Passenger princess.
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It totally. And I gotta film. Someone's gotta make the content. But anyway, I feel like this would be such a fun. I mean, I haven't done it yet, so I'll give my full recap, but I feel like be such a fun couples trip. Like, Kate from N Kitchen was just talking about the importance of making core memories with your husband.
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This is like such a marriage podcast today.
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I know this is a marriage podcast, but yeah. So I hope we make like a real core memory.
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And then I. I love that.
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And then after that. So it's like a four hour thing. We come back from the base camp, we go back to our hotel, and I made. Oh, Matney made us a dinner reservation at a sushi restaurant.
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Tyler loves sushi.
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Tyler loves sushi. And I actually haven't had sushi since my allergic reaction in like a formal capacity. But I have had tuna and salmon and. And sushi actually one time. So I know I'm fine and I'm feeling comfortable enough to indulge a nice
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sushi restaurant in Vegas. That's going to be a hefty bill. I've seen how much sushi, your sushi your husband can put down.
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I know.
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Tyler's more of like a 12 all you can eat.
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I know. Maybe I'll put them like chopsticks. You know what I mean?
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Yeah, I'd bring him a snack.
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I'm definitely gonna have to like, bring them like just some pro. It's like this is like to taste and enjoy. Like you can't get full or like order a side of rice. You know what I mean?
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Yeah. Like get like a Terry. Like, do they have a teriyaki chicken?
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Sure. Probably. Yeah. You're right. No, he cannot. Tyler cannot. Well, he'll bankroll us if he just tries to fill up on sushi.
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That's what I'm saying.
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It is incredible.
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It's shocking what Kelly and I can split because Kelly and I would always split when we would get sushi. Like, Tyler would eat that entire thing and then our leftovers that we didn't finish was splitting.
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I know when we used to get sushi a lot, he'd sit down and be like, sort of like six or seven rolls. I'm like, tyler, there's two. And he will put it down.
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No, it's shocking.
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He's so shocking.
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Well, that'll be so fun. I'm excited for you guys. And then you get back and it's auto show week, which is so exciting.
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I am a little less stressed than I was on the previous podcast and I'm more just excited at the moment.
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Me too.
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Okay, good.
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That's where I'm. That's where I'm at as well.
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So, yeah, it's like we've made progress on that.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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So things to share. Things to share.
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Okay, that's. That's good. I would love to know your Father's Day. Your Father's Day gifts as well. Yeah. I have been transacting a lot. I'm trying to think about. You can go first because I got to think about what's like, most relevant.
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So now it's time for last three transactions where we share our recent bank account subtractions. And I am slightly trying to. Brainwash seems like the wrong word. I would like love one of my kids to play basketball. I like basketball and my kids are going to be tall and like, I just think it's a fun sport. So Georgia, the basketball camp this past week and he actually improved a lot. Like I was actually really impressed with his dribbling and he's been dribbling all around the yard. Like he's been dribbling up and down our hill. Like he's dribbling, dribbling, dribbling. We don't have a basketball hoop. He currently just tries to throw the basketball and hit the branch of the tree in our yard. So funny. So Tyler and I were like, we need a basketball hoop. So we bought a basketball hoop.
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Wow. I know, that's huge.
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I'm really excited. It's again. And it's another thing to go do. So it's like get outside and shoot 10 baskets, then come back inside. I love giving my kids those kind of tasks. Like, if they're at. When they're mouthing off, like, I don't do timeout. I don't really do dental parenting. I say run to the end of the driveway and back. I like a little physical movement to kind of reset everybody. So I think this basketball hoop will kind of give us that. It's one. It's adjustable.
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Yeah.
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We can like start at the eight foot, go up to the ten foot. I'm really, really excited.
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We play basketball all the time in the yard, Grant. We played pig. We played around the world. Like, it's just. It's something to do and it's. And it's fun. Matt. I bought Maddie a basketball hoop for like Father's Day or something a couple years ago. And we don't play really that much, but when we do, like, we're making memories. We're like laughing out loud. Like, we're cackling. Like, it's so much fun to just like shoot hoops. Okay. Something that I recently bought. I was having a
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bit of a
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mental breakdown on just everything coming up and like with the baby. And I was just very much feeling like I'm not prepared and like I need to be doing something to get the baby ready. So Maddie and I, like, it's. It's really weird this time around just because I don't have like a spare bedroom to be putting all the baby stuff in or to be working on her clothes. Like, it's, it's. We have, we. We have a four bedroom house, but one of the bedrooms is my office and I not ready to move my office. So we decided we're going to put our dresser and changing table in the hallway right outside our bedroom because I don't want to wake the kids in the middle of night. Like, a baby needs a clothing change, like at literally all times of the day. And I'm not trying to mess up with my other kids sleep. So I did a poll on my Instagram and everyone voted on my dresser and art. And I ordered a new dresser and a new piece of art to go in my hallway. And it's going to. I think it's actually going to be really pretty, but it's also going to be functional as a dresser and changing table. So I'm very excited about it. And like, once that gets in. I'm going to have Maddie build it and then I'm going to be able to like put all of her clothes away and I will feel like I'm. I'm doing something to prepare for this baby. I'm like having a lot of anxiety about. About it.
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Yeah. Lizard called me kind of in a panic the other day.
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B
Yeah.
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A
And I said, well, bury it for two more weeks and then we'll talk about it.
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B
No, for sure. Yeah.
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A
Yeah, I think, I think that's going to be a good use of the space. I mean, I honestly have my kids clothes in all sorts of unconventional places and I like it that way. Sorry. Like, it just, it's just what works.
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B
Well, you just have to think about what works and, and really like having it. Having a dresser in another one of my kids bedrooms was not going to work.
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A
Yeah.
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B
So I had to have it in a place that like I could access.
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A
Yeah.
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B
In the middle of the night when my other kids are asleep. Because like I like to wake up, I like, I like to stand up. I like to change them at the changing table because it kind of wakes me up a little bit more than just like in the bed. Like, whatever. So anyway, that's what I ordered.
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A
Okay. That's a good one. I can't wait to see it come in.
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B
We are up.
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A
So going on the basketball line, we recently inquired one of our old neighbors trampolines and. Sorry, I love a trampoline. We don't let like the little kids on it, but like the big kids again, wears them out. Like so fun. Wears them out. And I told you guys I've been bouncing on the trampoline. Cause I don't believe in a vibration plate. I just do 10 bounces on the trampoline and I think it does the same thing and it's so much more fun. And I'm kind of thinking of like, okay, how could I like judge up the tramp a little bit, you know?
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B
Can I say one thing about vibration plates so everyone knows that we are authentic girls.
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A
Yeah.
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B
After we like ripped on vibration plates and that you just need to go like jump in a circle. We then got an offer to do an ad for vibration plates on the podcast. And I was like, oh, shoot, I gotta turn this one down. So I said, no.
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A
So authentic.
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B
So authentic. No.
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A
Yeah. I do think it's a kind of a waste of money also. Just like, are you serious? Like you're going to store that in your house? Like jump?
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B
I don't know. I don't Know anything about this? I don't know anything about them, but I was like, well, I'm not going to. We're not going to do this.
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A
So anyway, I'm trying to think, like, how can I change up the trampoline? So I recently bought lights and a basketball hoop that connect to the trampoline.
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B
Should I do basketball hoops?
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A
Yeah. Well, we will.
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B
So your last two of your last transaction is a basketball.
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A
Like I said, I'm trying to brainwash. No, but this one on the trampoline looks cool. You just hook it to the net, and then it comes with, like, some softer balls. I think the kids will think it's fun.
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B
No, I agree.
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A
And then I bought these LED lights, which Holler's gonna hate. He's gonna complain every time I tell him to put them up, but they, like, go around the perimeter of the trampoline. Then, like, at night, if they send them out there, like, the lights will be changing colors on their trampoline. Like, I think it sounds fun.
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B
It's fun. It's them out there longer and it keeps.
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A
And that's what I'm saying. I'm always looking to keep them out there longer. And I kind. Did I share my popsicle theory on the last episode I did, right?
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B
I think so, yeah. How mom would give us three popsicles a day but, like, find a Popsicle. There's so many, like, very clean popsicles on the market.
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A
But the point with popsicles is they have to eat them outside. And I. More times than not. If you send them on the Portrait of Popsicle, it's like if you give a mouse a muffin, if you send them out, Moussa muffin, mouse, a cookie, doesn't matter. Dog a donut. If you send them outside with a popsicle, the next thing you know, they, like, see a bug or, like, then they go there. And they might not be out there for an hour, but if they were out there for an extra 15 minutes, W. Yeah.
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B
And if you go. If they eat it outside, it usually melts.
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A
Yeah.
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B
As well. Okay, let's see. What else did I. What else have I bought? I got a new. I got some. This is so boring. I got. I got headphones. We're going to the air show. Oh, Kel, you need to do this. We're going to the St. Louis Chesterfield Air show this weekend. Very exciting. Gonna be so loud. So bought my kids some hearing protection off Amazon, and I do feel like maybe Tyler should run to the farm and grab your kids some hearing protection. If you Guys are coming.
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A
We have some.
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B
Okay. I've never been to an air show. I don't really know what to expect.
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A
Haven't been to the air show. Looking forward to it.
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B
I do live, like, just a few miles from the air show, so I do think my house is going to be, like, miserable to be at all weekend. But
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A
you think?
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B
I just think it's. I mean, it's really loud. Just like being by this airport.
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A
Wasn't it last year?
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B
No, it's every two. It. It hasn't happened since I've moved here.
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C
It's.
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B
It's every, like, two years.
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A
Oh, that is interesting.
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B
And it already passed before we moved into the house, like, the first year. And so this is our second.
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A
I'm a little worried about, like, the parking situation and everything.
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B
I know. I just, like. I don't know what to expect.
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A
I know. Sometimes, like, I hate, like, really, like, large events like this, you know?
- [28:43]
B
Me too. I know, Like, I hate parking.
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A
I hate, like, parking. It's just that really.
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B
I know.
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A
Okay, my last. Oh, go ahead.
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B
Nothing. You can go ahead.
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A
Okay. So my last transaction is. I thought this would be, like, a fun Father's Day gift. And I've always wanted one of these again. Something to keep my kids outside more. The theme of my last three is outside, you know, at a bar where they have those wood things that have a string and a ring on it. I bought one for the barn.
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B
That's a good idea.
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A
I thought it was a good idea, too. Now I don't know how I'm gonna hang it because I don't want the kids, like, break it. Like, I don't know if it's, like, a kid thing or. I could just picture Tyler. He's. He's always talking on the phone. He's up at the barn. He's drinking a beer. He's on the phone, and he's just doing the ring thing. I thought it'd be fun. I thought he would enjoy it. So I actually kind of bought it for him. But then, you know, and then I feel like when anyone comes over, they, like, do the ring thing at our house. And it's like the kids are making a competition. Maybe I got, like, a stool for the kids to stand on again. I'm just trying to make my. Outside the happening place because my house cannot take the wear and tear of this summer.
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B
Also, like, what a flex. If your kids can just, like, really kind of hack it. And then when they go. When they're, like, in their 20s and they go to A bar. And there's one of those things, and they're, like, so good. It's like playing darts.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And you're, like, so good at it,
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A
so isn't that kind of a good idea?
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B
No, it's. Yeah. That's good.
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A
I feel like anyone could get that. Like, just buy it and put in your garage or put it, like, in your deck or on your deck or something.
- [30:13]
B
Even in your basement. It doesn't have to be outside or your basement.
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A
Totally.
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B
You could. It literally is so out of the way, like, when you're not using it.
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A
It's so out of the way when you're not using it. That's the classic room games. Great for gray rooms, patios, home bars, and more.
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B
Some of these things that you do, Kelly, I just, like. I don't know when you have time to think of these things.
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A
Yeah, I got a lot of.
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B
You have a lot going on in your brain.
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A
Yeah. I don't know.
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B
At all times.
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A
I think it's like a distraction mechanism. Sure.
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B
Yeah. Like, you don't want to face, like, the. The pressing things. You're like, classic Ringgate.
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A
Well. And Tyler's always like, if I have a stressful day, he's. I'm like, I'm gonna. I'm having a stressful day. He's like, okay, well, like, go sit down. I'm like, no, I'm gonna cook. I'm gonna cook dinner. He's like, why? And I'm like, because that's how I want to relax.
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B
Yeah. Yeah.
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A
Your judgment's not helping.
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B
I'm very overwhelmed. It's time to get the KitchenAid mixer out and make banana bread.
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A
LOL.
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B
Like, I'm very overwhelmed.
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A
That's me. I'm planning. Before we leave. I. I always like to leave my family with a casserole. It's just kind of like my new thing, because one a casserole. A casserole chicken pot pie. Like, I like making. They're one of a favorite comfort meal that's also really good to send to, like, the grandparents houses the next day for, like, lunches or whatever. Oh, my gosh. And I have a huge development. I haven't even told you this yet. George likes cheese again. Oh.
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B
What brought that on?
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A
So if you guys. I don't know if I've told this a lot, but George one day just, like, started hating cheese to the point where it's like, I couldn't even make a baked ziti because it had cheese in it. He. If he got pizza, he would rip off all of the cheese, put the toppings back on and eat the crust and the pizza. Like, it was, it was really starting to like annoy me, to be honest. And it was like, cheese is good. Like, how do you just like, not like cheese? And I also, I'm not used to this because I don't have picky eaters. My kids are all great eaters. So I'm like annoyed. And then one day my mother in law came over and she was making, she brought us dinner and she made homemade pizzas and she was like making them in the oven and she had brought all these different kinds of cheeses and she's like, george, do you hate all cheeses? Like, let's do a cheese taste test. And George is adventurous enough to try things still. So she had all the little cheeses and she put them all in little piles and he taste tested them. He's like, oh, I like that one. I like that one. Because he likes cheese. Because he's crazy. Because you know, you know what he does? Like, he likes Doritos and cheeses. He's always liked those.
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B
Yeah, he was just going through and
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A
so then he like got a little, I would say, like, you know, she's curious. He's like, oh, that's pretty good. Like, I kind of like that. And then we ordered pizza and he goes, I want cheese pizza. And now he, now his pizza is just cheese pizza. So that's the scenic route to tell you what I'm making for dinner tonight.
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B
Cheese pizza.
- [33:06]
A
No. Oh, I said I was making a casserole.
- [33:08]
B
Sorry.
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A
This is such a classic casserole that I haven't made in forever. And it is chicken broccoli cheese casserole.
- [33:19]
B
Yeah.
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A
It's a great flavor profile. And like my favorite casseroles all include rice a roni. Sorry. It's the Midwestern in me. So I get a Midwest. I get a Midwest. I get a rice, a roni for cheese. I get sour cream, cream of chicken, like classic casserole staples, chicken, a bag of frozen broccoli, mix it all together, top it with freshly grated cheddar cheese, pop it in the oven. So good.
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B
Sounds so good.
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A
It is so good. So that's what I'm making for supper tonight. And it's going to, the crowd's going to go wild.
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B
That, that always feels good. When you just like know it's going to be a home run. Then it's like worth the time as well.
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A
Yeah, that's one of the things I do to like help my mom guilt When I'm traveling, I actually have a couple of tips. I, I was going to make a real about it but then it just like didn't turn out that good. But my main tips for traveling is when you, if you have to travel for work. One, I just to help my mom guilt. I like to make a great meal before I leave and a great meal when I come home. So I just like know that I'm gonna serve my family before I leave, before I come home. And I plan those out ahead of times, you know, just makes me feel better. The other thing I do is I actually stopped over planning their schedule because then if something didn't go to schedule, it felt like no one was listening or it was a failure and it was just like. And I'm not there to like know what the vibes are. Like maybe the vibes weren't that the kids needed to go to his parents house by 9am because that's the time that I said, yeah, you know.
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B
Yeah.
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A
So I like stopped planning it. I stopped playing out every single second of it. Or you know, I'd say, and then I'm gonna try to have this person come over to like play with the kids so like you can get a break. And it's like, I'm done. We're done.
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B
Yeah, I think, I think that's like one of those things where we're trying to be helpful by planning these things out. Whereas really you're not giving. This is maybe my marriage. My marriage Instagram that I'm seeing. But then like you're not giving if your husband's staying back or whoever. Like you're not giving them any freedom or opportunity or moment to like step up and like do it themselves. Like they're perfectly capable. You're just, you're trying to be helpful but sometimes it's, that's not helpful.
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A
Well, and then if something goes wrong, then it's oh, you didn't stick to my schedule. Instead it's like, oh, you decided to do that. Sounds fun. So I have just really stopped playing the stuff out. And I also stopped calling the kids at night. Like that's the biggest thing. I used to call and say goodnight. That's so stupid because then they're sad and then you're in a hotel room by yourself. Sad. Call them in the morning. Yeah, call them in the morning. Or call them like right when they get home from school. Do not call at bedtime. Horrible idea. Yeah, so that's that on that.
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B
Okay, well my last, last transaction because we're Still. We're still.
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A
Oh, my gosh. I'm so sorry. Yeah, we actually.
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B
No, it's fine. You know, I. In order to feel a little bit better, like, to make forward motion on this baby coming, I ordered some new baby bottles. I don't keep baby bottles from previous babies. Something about me, they always end up like, the. The ounces has faded. I don't know how many ounces are in it. And like, I need to know how many ounces are in it when it's like a baby. So I. At least with Sloan, maybe I kept them from James to Sloan. And by the time I was done with Sloan, I'm like, these. I have one bottle left. And then we put cottage cheese in it for a real. So anyway, I ordered two different kinds of baby bottles. I'm doing the glass baby bottles, which is like, so.
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A
That's so you. You're always so 20.
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B
No, it's so 2026 is what it is. Totally wouldn't have considered a glass baby bottle in 2023 when I had James, but I got Tommy, Tippy and Dr. Brown's glass baby bottles.
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A
Why?
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B
And just.
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A
Just like, you're just seeing.
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B
Because I think. Because I do think that, like, some babies take to them differently. I like to have two different options just to see which one she'll like more because it's like it came in a two pack and a three pack, so. So if she ends up taking to one more than the ones that I pie in the future, I'll go that brand. Um, well, I don't know. I just kind of felt like there was the vibe to get two different types and those came in and I was able to breathe a little bit easier.
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A
I like it. Okay, well, good job, babes. Proud of you.
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B
Um, thanks. Thanks, thanks, thanks. Oh, and also, I didn't say this about the art that I ordered, but the art that I ordered is from Etsy and I sell some.
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A
I want to get. I literally want to buy that print. I loved it.
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B
Yeah. So here's what I did. Let me tell you what I did, and I'll. And if it hasn't come in yet, but I saw this girl on Instagram talking about how she doesn't like to buy art from, like, HomeGoods and what she. She's like an interior designer. She's like. What I would do is I would try and find art online on, like, Etsy that, like, actually speaks to you, and it's not just, like, what's available at Home Goods. So I was like, okay. I'll do that. So I found a print that I thought was really cute, and it was 16 for the digital download. Got the digital download. Then I went to this website called Canvas Pop. Don't know how. Don't know the quality yet, but I wanted it. I wanted it in a framed canvas, and I wanted to be big. It's 24 by 24. Uploaded my print. I was able to pick out the frame. They had, like, seven different frame options. I went with gold, and when I checked out, it was $123, which. So all in for this custom. What kind of custom? Like, print that I actually love. That's 24 by 24. I'm like 140 in on it, which is more expensive, probably, than what I would get at home goods, but I don't think it's that much more expensive than what I would get at home goods.
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A
I don't think so. It's enough of that size, and you love it size.
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B
And that's what I'm saying. Like, it's not just like, oh, what was available is like, I got to pick from all of this girl's digital downloads. Like, this is the one that I like. This is the one that matches the colors. This is the one that I could see in multiple places in my home. And I felt like it was a. A pretty good investment. So that was my process. So we'll see how it turns out. I'm really hoping it turns out well, but.
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A
But, like, is the. The download you bought can go to that size? Like, it's got the pixels or whatever.
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B
Yeah, Yeah. I had no problem.
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A
I think it's gonna be all the
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B
prints, but I got no, like, pushback from the website of, like, this might turn out blur.
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A
But you did a canvas? Not just.
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B
I did a canvas. I wanted a framed canvas. I didn't want over it or, you know. No, it won't have glasses. That was just a framed canvas is what I wanted for the space.
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A
But a framed canvas.
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B
I imagine framed canvas would be more. More expensive than just, like, a glass frame, which you could have also done. I could have also gotten it printed at, you know, Walgreens poster.
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A
No, this is a good. I need to. Once I get a little more headspace, I'm gonna start doing some stuff like this. I have. I've been really slow with the art in my home because my husband doesn't like to hang things on the walls. He just wants me to take my time, which is fine. He doesn't want to put a lot of Holes in the walls. But I am ready to, like, start getting some things. And I have. I have noticed. I am actually. This is kind of crazy about me. I actually love art and sometimes things just do speak to me and I can't even explain why. And I like more modern art, too, than I was expecting myself to. Like, I was actually looking at quince, and Quince actually had really good art, too.
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B
Really?
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A
Yeah, like, everything. But I do like the idea of, like, the going to Etsy. But I mean, was it just. To me, that's also, like, home goods. Like, I haven't looked at an Etsy digital download print that I can then take on canvas pop to know if I'd like it better. But the Quint's art was looking like anthropology art for way cheaper.
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B
Okay, there you go. That's good to know. I've never. I've never looked at their art. I just liked it because if you're looking for something so specific, like a certain colorway, like florals, like, whatever. Yeah, yeah, he probably has it. And then while I was on Etsy, I also found this girl that does, like, custom gallery wall picture frames. But they're not like, just plain. Like, they're. They're eclectic and they're different. And she makes. She can, like, send you this collection of gallery walls. And I'm like. It's just. Etsy is just. I'm, like, kind of in love with Etsy right now. There's just such a good.
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A
Elizabeth.
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B
Yeah, there's such good stuff out there. And, like, that's where the creative people are. Like, I am not a creative and I want to have a beautiful home, but, like, I cannot visualize it. I feel like Etsy is where I am turning for other people to visualize these things. Like this. This, like, eclectic gallery wall thing is, like, so stunning. I might buy it.
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A
And why don't you tell everyone else what you bought on Etsy, too? I think I did.
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B
I think I did in my last three transaction. It was my birthday banner.
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A
Well, do you want to give us an update since it's coming?
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B
It almost brought me to tears. It nearly brought me to tears.
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A
It. Or make a birthday banner. That's your summer bucket list.
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B
I was. I'm gonna post. It's gonna go up in a few weeks because James's birthday's coming up. So I didn't post about it on my stories, but I asked for primary colors with some neutrals and genuinely brought a tear to my eye, like, minus text. Did you immediately. I love it. And
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A
Mine is so joy Sparky. Like, I will never not love it.
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B
Yeah. And our kids will fight over it one day. And that's the goal in life, isn't it?
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A
Yeah, I hope so. I hope so.
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C
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A
Something else I want to do. So the last, like, this is. Speaking of, like, framed photos, the last, like, renovation project we have to do in our house is we need to do a kid's bathroom. So, like, there's this oversized closet that has, I guess, the rough ins for a bathroom. Like, the people should have put a bathroom in there and they just kept it as a closet. And right now the way our house works is, like, the only shower is our shower for the kids. So, like, it's fine now because, like, they take a shower and bath with us. But, like, you know, eventually, like, I don't need to, like, share my bathroom with, like, all these smelly boys.
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B
No.
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A
And so, like, eventually we need to have, like a kid's bathroom. And when we do, I'm going to do the thing where you frame a black and white bath photo from when they're babies.
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B
Yeah.
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A
I was in my friend's house the other day and she had black and white photos of all of her kids, like, when they were around probably like seven to nine months. And, like, it is just these little, cute, chubby, you know, slippery little babies in the bath. Like, it's so cute.
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B
I made sure that I have one of Sloan and James of the same age. I made. I think I made sure that it was like, specifically, like, a good bubble bath. Like, I put bubbles in it, which maybe I wouldn't normally do.
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A
I didn't do that. So my minor. I went through my phone. Mine are fine. They're all. They're not. Not all the same, though. Like, and they're all in different kinds of bass and like, but like, if you're. If you have. If you just have one, like, I'm with Liz. Get that photo and then print that out.
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B
Yeah.
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A
And put that in your bathroom. Like, such fun bath art. Is all your babies when they're little babies.
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B
I know, I know, I know. It's so cute.
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A
So cute. We have so many good ideas. Like, are people listening?
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B
I do feel like we have good ideas.
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A
I think we have great ideas. Great ideas. Okay, are you ready for. What is it called? Industry ninja news?
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B
Yeah, I am.
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A
Where we share the hot tea going on in the auto industry.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Okay. Our first story is why Nissan's tough new SUVs and trucks are so important. So we've talked about this a little bit But Nissan is doing a family of these new body on frame SUVs or vehicles. And it's one of like the most exciting things I think they've done. So they're going to have five models on this new body on frame platform. The Xterra SUV, which we're all gooped over, which is coming in 2028, which is going to be priced under $40,000. You have so much of my attention. Then they're doing a next gen Frontier midsize pickup truck. Okay. They're doing a Pathfinder size suv, but I guess not the Pathfinder, like maybe it's like a more rugged off roading body on frame version and two and three row SUVs for infinities. They're going to start with this new frame platform on the exterior on 2028. All will be compatible with the same V6 and V6 power hybrid powertrains. And it's just kind of like watch out for Nissan.
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B
Okay. I'm excited. I mean I am a Nissan. I. Nissan has her problems, but I'm still a big fan of hers. And the Pathfinder is one of my favorite cars and the Xterra was one of my favorite cars and I just hope that this kind of puts them in the market that they're trying to be in.
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A
Yeah. And like where's the Nissan Quest? That was their minivan. Just like kind of interesting.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Okay, so that's just like a little update. I'm just like always trying to like keep everyone abreast of like where Nissan's out with there. And I'm kind of excited for like what this other Pathfinder size SUV is. Wasn't like Sarah, did it used to be a third row or was it always just been a two row? I think there's always been a two row.
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B
I don't remember.
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A
And then remember the flop of the Boulder from Hyundai? Like are we so for real?
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B
I mean like we thought it was a flop. There was other people. Like obviously it's just a concept, but
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A
there are people in the industry who are saying like it'll never come to fruition. Which like I thought that was crazy. Like I didn't know that they could just do that. I know they could just like debut a concept and then like never rule it out. Out. Yeah, but we'll see what happens.
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B
Maybe that's the point of debuting a concept, is it's like to get the vibes before you move forward.
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A
I guess that is true.
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B
Like a fool's check.
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A
I'm so excited to like Be a Bronco girl. And I got, like, all this Bronco merch. Like, I'm gonna be, like, kind of fitted up.
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B
You got it or they sent you some?
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A
They sent me some.
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B
Oh, nice. Well, Bronco merch is the easiest merch
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A
to come by, but it's like the cutest merch to come by.
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B
And it's the cutest merch to come by. Like, I know Abercrombie has some Bronco stuff. Oh, that reminds me, I got Maddie one of those Abercrombie shirts. Oh, I think. I think I talked about this. One of those Abercrombie shirts. NFL shirts. And he's like, this is the softest shirt I own. I need to go buy him. I should get him some more for Father's Day.
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A
You should. Abercrombie like T shirts and sweatshirts. I don't. Honestly, the rest of their clothes I don't totally love. I did just order a set from them that was pretty cute. But they. I shouldn't say that, actually, because I have a pair of pants that I love from them too. I guess I just haven't loved their jeans, which I feel like is kind of a hot take because I think everyone's talking about their jeans. I've never loved. I think madewell jeans are way better.
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B
The Abercrombie jeans are stiff.
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A
They're so stiff.
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B
But. But they're. They're, I think, pretty reasonably priced. And they have a variety of sizes because they have, like, the curve love. They have tall. They have petite. So I think that they're just like an easy place to shop because of the variety and the price point.
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A
Their loungewear, like, their sweatshirts are my favorite sweatshirts.
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B
Yeah.
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A
I can't say enough good things about them.
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B
That's a really good Father's Day gift idea, is to get your husband a. His favorite NFL team shirt from Abercrombie because he'll love it because it's soft. You'll love it because it's soft.
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A
It's like a good church of steel, too.
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B
Also, like a vintagey look. So it's like a very, like, cool, cool guy approach to these shirts. Like, because sometimes the NFL, like the sports shirts are just, like, so ugly. These are actually very cool looking.
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A
They look vintage. Is that what you just said?
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B
They look vintage? Yeah. So you'll just, like, you'll appreciate seeing your husband in this versus something that he could buy, you know, at whatever. A sports shop.
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A
I need to get new Lions merch. I mean, they literally have jeans with the embroidery on the Back pocket. I cannot wait for football season.
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B
I hope I get into it this time because I'm really, I want to feel something and I just, I was
- [51:30]
A
so into it, I couldn't even explain it. Here's what you need to do. I'm telling you this helped a lot of football season is you need to go to your team's website and add all of the games to your calendar because then you're just a little aware of what's happening. I need to follow my girl Simone's playbook because she tells you what's going on and she's amazing. We should get try to get her on the podcast. Anyway, football season is not for a while. Okay, my next story, back to industry news for a sec. Is Consumer Reports put out there best used cars for teens? This is when the Consumer Reports in the IHS collab like I'm always, I always look forward to this list every year and I am going to give you, they do kind of like break it down to categories. I'm going to give you the best for safety under $20,000. That's the list. I'm going. They have under 10, they have best deal. They have best this. I'm going to give you Safet safety and I'm gonna give you the cars that I would consider. Okay. Okay. So they give, they say the Mazda 3 for small cars. I personally would, I plan on putting my teen in a small SUV because I just think I like a little mass in a collision sometimes but or a mid sized car really just anything like over £3,000 I think is like really important. So and this is so helpful because they give you this under 20 and it also had a good rating by the IHS.
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B
Okay.
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A
So some mid sized cars, you've got the Nissan Altima and the Toyota Camry. Two great options. Nissan Altima 2022 or 2021 Toyota Camry 2020 or 2019. And then we go to the small SUVs. We've got the Mazda CX5 2021 or 2020.
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B
Okay.
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A
Volkswagen Tiguan 2022 Subaru Forester 2020 Nissan Rogue mid size SUVs would be Subaru Outback built after 2019. Okay. Or Ford Explorer built after 2020.
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B
Okay. That's a pretty solid list I like for a teen. For me, like I like to go on like I like that side. Like I like that.
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A
Oh so Also Hyundai Tucson 2022 if I had to, I always say this like if I had to get and who knows what where I'll come But, like, as of today, if George was turning 16, I don't even know how we're gonna do cars. It's so interesting. And, like, it's. People are so, like, everyone handles it so differently. I do think we'd probably get George, like, a small truck. Mm. But we'll. All of them. I don't know. We also might make George and I share a car for a while because, like, what are they cars for? And they're going to turn 16 a year apart from each other. But anyway, let's pretend they're getting their own cars. George is probably going to get, like, a GMC Canyon or a Ford Ranger, and I probably get Hattie Honey Tucson. That's what I would say today. Or a Mazda CX5. Sorry. I'm kind of on the Mazda grind after my week at the ihs, because they were. They were incredible.
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B
You can't. I mean, you can't argue with the facts and with the crash tests.
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A
No. But the Hyundai also performs very well, so I probably would still do. I like the looks on the Honey Tucson a little better.
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B
Sorry. Mazda.
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A
And I like tech better. I think the Mazda Tech's a little hard. I'd probably get her a Hyundai Tucson if I had to choose, like, at this exact moment.
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B
Yeah, that will be.
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A
Or a Tiguan. I like the Tiguan, too.
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B
I really like the Tiguan.
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A
I know. Tiguan's a good car. Tiguan's a good car.
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B
And Tiguan's a cute car, too. Like, that's so cute for, like, a girl to be bop around in.
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A
Totally, totally.
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B
That's going to be a really fun time in our content. It's like, what. I know the teen content stuff is so interesting.
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A
And hopefully, like, when, like, my kids are turning 16, like, another sister, like, has a baby, and we're just, like, covering all facets of life.
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B
Yeah.
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A
You know?
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B
Yeah.
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A
It is so weird now to be, you know, what am I, 20 something months postpartum and the most important I've ever been in my life and how I literally don't. I. I really can't even connect with people who are pregnant right now. Like, I almost feel like I never experienced it, which is, like, such a wild thing to say. But, like, I was like, I did that. Like, I did that four times, and I can't even, like, I. I don't have the. I don't know the right word, but it's like, I almost just, like, I don't relate well.
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B
I mean, it's something that, like, really. At least for me, like, I really shut. Like, I don't. I. I am having such a hard time remembering. And I had kids really close together. Like, what the newborn stage really is. Like, because you're just so in it. Like, I really do believe you block a lot of it out.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And I know that it's hard, but I'm like, it's hard, but is it that hard? Especially when you've had, like.
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C
Was Sloan really that hard?
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B
Because in my mind, I think it's going to be not that bad. But, like, I just. I know you just forget. Yeah, you just forget. Your body really blocks it out. But I am at the point in my pregnancy where people who I have known we were pregnant at the same time are starting to have their babies. And I know I'm still two months out, so. Or 10 weeks out. Like, I'm still. I'm 30 weeks pregnant, so I'm still a ways out. But I am starting to see these people have their babies that. And like we've been pregnant at the same time. I'm like, I want. I kind of want to be right now.
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A
Yeah. It's so interesting. It's very strange. Yeah. It's just a. Strange that a group of people and like a thing that I was once so in. And like. And like, when you're into. It's like I was the girl. Like, I was always the girl was pregnant or had a newborn. And now I'm just like, not. And now I'm in this, like, new phase of. It's like, well, now I'm like, trying to figure out what it's like to be like a kid Mom. And I'm just like, I don't know. I don't. I don't feel like an expert where. I guess when I. When I. When I was pregnant with Libby and even Fred, like, I just kind of felt like the expert. Like, I felt like I could speak to it and now I can't. Yeah. Like, I had a friend asked me for a formula wreck. Like, what formula is good? And I'm like, I have no idea. I haven't given formula in like a year and a half. Like, I use Bobby. Is that still the one? Like, I don't know. Don't listen to me. I don't know anything about this.
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B
Yeah. And I don't think it is. I think I'm going to do it. I think there's like a new hot one. That's what I'm saying. It's like 20, 23 glass bottles were not a thing. And now, like, glass bottles, especially for like, a newborn, is, like, the thing to do.
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A
Well, the microplastics.
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B
The microplastics.
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A
I have got to replace my plastic cutting board. Yeah, I just, like, don't want to.
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B
Caraway has good wood ones. They require a little bit more maintenance. And I would keep one for chicken.
- [58:08]
A
I know you got to keep one for. Well, I don't need one for chicken because I use my little paper sheets. But I need a small. The thing is, I need a small wood one because the plastic one, I have a nice big wood cutting board, but I have a little plastic one that I love pulling out to, like, cut up an apple. Like, I'm not gonna put my giant cutting board to cut an apple. So I need to get a little wooden one that's easy to pull out to cut. You know, little things for kids. Like, if I'm chopping, I'm chopping, but if I just have a cut, I
- [58:38]
B
sometimes just, like, keep one out on my counter all day, though.
- [58:42]
A
Really?
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B
Like, if it's a big one. Yeah. And I mean, I can, like, wipe it down quickly because it's like, how dirty is it getting? But if I'm just, like, cutting up fruit or vegetables throughout the day. Yeah, I'll just leave it on my counter. But I. I've got. That's. I've got good. I mean, you have good counter space too. I know maybe not everyone has great counter space, but, like, yeah, no, I know I'm gonna be chopping multiple, like three meals a day and snacks. So I just kind of keep it out. Okay, well, we have to do ditch the drive through, where we give you an easy dinner recipe to mix it up to get you out of your dinner rut.
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A
Oh, I did think my broccoli chicken cheddar casserole counted.
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B
Well, here's what I'm making tonight. I'm trying my hand again at a roast. The last roast I did turned out. The last three roasts I did prior to that did not turn out. So we might be having pizza tonight, only time will tell. But I'm doing a Mexican style roast in the crock pot and I got the like, like the street taco tortillas and so what I'm gonna do is I'm going to line them up on a sheet pan and I'm going to put my shredded beef in them, cheese on top, fold them over, fold the tortillas over, more cheese on top of the tortilla, pop it in the oven. So then they're like, gonna be, like, really crispy, cheesy, like street tacos.
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A
Oh, you're doing it upright.
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B
I'm doing it upright, yeah. And like, I went to the farmer's market over the weekend. I got some, like, salsa from the salsa girl. And I have some corn I might do. I have that. Everything but the elote seasoning. So I think I'm gonna, like, do some corn, put some mayonnaise, whatever it is, like mayonnaise and butter and stuff, and then my elote seasoning. And I'm gonna do, like, corn and street tacos for dinner.
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A
I think the ditch the drive scissors just be like, doing it upright. Like a simple meal, but doing it upright.
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B
Yeah. And you know, my. My corn's frozen. Like, I have frozen cobs.
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A
You have frozen cobs?
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B
I have frozen cobs. Did you know you could have frozen cobs?
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A
I did, because my mother in law doesn't for her shrimp oils.
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B
Yeah. So, like, my cobs are frozen and they've been frozen for a long time, and so now it's just time to use them. Like the. Literally, I bought none of this stuff. I bought the street tacos, the. The street tortillas.
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A
Well, let's see how it turns out,
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B
because my roast was in the freezer, my cobs were in the freezer. So this is like, very much just like, I didn't have to go to the grocery store kind of meal. And I hope it turns out I'm really having high expectations.
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A
Yum.
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B
Okay, so with that, that's going to be our episode. So everyone have a great, safe, fun weekend.
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A
We'll talk to you guys on Monday. Monday. Monday, Monday.
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B
Wednesday.
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A
On Wednesday. Well, we'll talk on Monday, but they'll hear it on Wednesday.
- [61:19]
B
Yeah. All right, well, we'll talk to you then. Bye.
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A
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.