WE ALL END UP WATCHING BLUEY

Summary

Summary of "WE ALL END UP WATCHING BLUEY" Episode from The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz

Release Date: April 17, 2025

In the episode titled "WE ALL END UP WATCHING BLUEY," hosts Kelly Stumpe and Lizz St. John delve into a variety of topics ranging from parenting challenges and personal life updates to product reviews and culinary adventures. This detailed summary captures the essence of their lighthearted and engaging conversation.

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1. Parenting Reflections and the "Bluey" Phenomenon

Kelly and Lizz kick off the episode by reflecting on the dynamics of parenting and how it serves as a great equalizer among friends and acquaintances.

• Lizz on Parenting:

  "Parenting is such, like, a level playing field in some ways. In some ways it's not. In some ways it is...he was so much cooler than me, and now I think I'm cooler than him..." [00:06]

• Kelly's Take:

  "Watching Bluey and chained in diapers... The great equalizer." [09:08]

The duo humorously compares their past social standings to their current parenting lives, highlighting how the shared experience of raising children bridges previous gaps. They joke about everyone, regardless of their former roles like jocks or student council members, now uniting over watching the popular children's show "Bluey," which they aptly describe as "the great equalizer."

2. Product Spotlight: Built Puff Bars

A significant portion of the conversation centers around Built Puff Bars, a product that Lizz has developed a newfound appreciation for.

• Lizz's Excitement:

  "I'm going to give them a platform. I need to give them a platform." [05:21]

• Kelly's Opinion:

  "I've tried them before, and I didn't like them because they just taste, like, so artificial... But I'm on a health journey now, so I love it." [02:30]

They discuss the challenges in sourcing Built Puff Bars, initially unavailable on platforms like Costco and Amazon, prompting them to order directly from the website. Kelly shares her change in perception, moving from disliking the artificial taste to appreciating the product as part of her calorie-counting regimen.

3. Kelly's Personal Life Updates

Kelly provides an extensive update on her life journey over the past few years, outlining significant milestones and future plans.

• Life Timeline:

  • 2021: Maddie returns from a deployment, they get engaged, and begin moving back to St. Louis from Dallas.
  • 2022: Purchase their first home, Maddie secures a new night shift job, they get married, and discover they are expecting their first child.
  • 2023: Birth of their first child.
  • 2024: Expecting their second child and relocating within Missouri.
  • 2025: Two children, long-term home established, Maddie's MBA graduation, home renovations underway, and plans to welcome another child.

• Kelly's Aspirations:

  "By the end of 2025, I just feel like I'm going to be [settled]. I'm really excited." [10:00]

She expresses excitement about the upcoming stability and the completion of various life changes, including home renovations and reducing the frequency of her husband's deployments by Maddie's career advancement.

4. Navigating Home Renovations and Family Dynamics

The conversation shifts to home renovations, highlighting the teamwork between Kelly, Lizz, and Kelly's husband, Tyler.

• Kelly on Renovations:

  "We're doing the renovation because Tyler has offered to do a lot of the work that he can do for us." [14:12]

• Lizz's Support:

  "We are getting a nanny... which is huge." [11:33]

Kelly discusses the extensive renovations—kitchen, laundry room, and flooring—describing it as a "snowball effect." They also touch upon the decision to hire a nanny due to the high costs and logistical challenges of daycare, especially with two young children.

5. Recent Purchases and Product Reviews

In their "Recent Bank Account Subtractions" segment, Kelly and Lizz share their latest purchases, blending practicality with humor.

• Kelly's Purchases:

  • Belt Hole Puncher:

    "I bought a hole puncher. I'll have the rest of my life with this." [17:37]

  • Glue Trap Strips:

    "I take the glue trap and I just go and like stick it on the back of the stink bug that's like crawling up the window." [21:02]

  • Popsicle Molds: Discussing her shift towards homemade popsicles as a healthier alternative to store-bought versions.

• Lizz's Purchases:

  • Geometry Dish Towels:

    "Get your mom and your mother-in-law geometry dish towels for Mother's Day... over a thousand reviews on Amazon and has a 4.8." [23:53]

  She praises these dish towels for their quality and aesthetic appeal, emphasizing their value despite the higher price point.

6. Health and Fitness Journeys

Both hosts share insights into their personal health and fitness routines, underscoring the balance between discipline and flexibility.

• Kelly on Calorie Counting:

  "I'm on a health journey right now, and I'm just being, like, so very mindful of what I'm eating. I'm counting my calories and all the things." [02:30]

  Kelly discusses how calorie counting has provided her with a sense of control amidst her busy life changes, contrasting it with her previously disciplined routine before pregnancy.

• Lizz's Fitness Efforts:

  "I'm working out pretty consistently right now. I'm on week three, so I feel good about that." [18:17]

  Lizz shares her approach to incorporating workouts into her daily routine, including using the garage for exercise and keeping workout equipment readily accessible.

7. Culinary Adventures and Recipes

A significant and engaging portion of the episode is dedicated to cooking, with both hosts sharing their favorite recipes and kitchen hacks.

• Homemade Popsicles: Kelly advocates for making popsicles at home, emphasizing simplicity and health benefits over store-bought options.

  "It couldn't be easier to just make popsicles at home, so why would I buy them?" [27:26]

• Flank Steak Recipe:

  "We're making flank steak this week... It's not for everyone, but I love it." [33:48]

• Barbecue Chicken and Sweet Potatoes: Lizz describes her plan to prepare a barbecue-themed meal using the crock pot, complemented by sweet potatoes and corn on the cob.

  "Barbecue chicken in the crock pot is so good. It's so dang good." [36:32]

• Hibachi for a Birthday Party: Lizz discusses her strategy for hosting a large hibachi-style birthday party, sharing tips on preparation and sourcing ingredients.

  "I'm going to do hibachi for 12... Prepping everything." [37:32]

The hosts exchange tips on efficient cooking methods, such as using day-old rice for fried rice and sourcing quality sauces like Primal Kitchen's Yum Yum Sauce.

8. Overcoming Parenting Challenges

Kelly and Lizz candidly talk about the hurdles of parenting, including managing children's hair and household responsibilities.

• Lizz's Struggle with Child's Hair:

  "She's beautiful. But like sometimes, like, I struggle to get her to look polished enough, like for church." [31:10]

  She shares creative solutions like using headbands with bows to keep her daughter's hair manageable and stylish.

9. Conclusion and Upcoming Content

As the episode nears its end, Kelly and Lizz tease upcoming content and encourage listeners to stay engaged.

• Kelly's Excitement for Future Episodes:

  "We're going to have some big, big things coming. Lots of content to come." [14:39]

• Final Thoughts: They wrap up the episode with a nod to their next segments, reinforcing the podcast's blend of personal anecdotes, practical advice, and relatable humor.

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Notable Quotes:

• Kelly on Calorie Counting:

  "I have felt more free, to be honest with you." [03:19]

• Lizz on Home Renovations:

  "Tyler's a handy Tyler. One thing about Tyler, he's handy Mandy." [14:28]

• Kelly on Homemade vs. Store-Bought:

  "I can't make a built puff bar at home." [27:26]

• Lizz on Headbands:

  "They're always selling out. But I'm here to talk about them." [05:37]

Final Thoughts

"WE ALL END UP WATCHING BLUEY" is a quintessential episode of The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz, seamlessly blending personal stories with practical tips. The hosts' authentic conversations about parenting, product preferences, and life changes offer listeners both entertainment and valuable insights. Whether you're a fellow parent navigating similar challenges or simply seeking relatable and engaging content, this episode promises a delightful ride.

Transcript

[Kelly]

Welcome to the carpool podcast with Kelly.

[Liz]

Parenting is such, like, a level playing field in some ways. In some ways it's not. In some ways it is. But I was like, he was so much cooler than me, and now I.

[Kelly]

Think I'm cooler than him and Liz. Ultimately, I'm like, it couldn't be easier to just make popsicles at home, so why would I buy them? I can't make a built puff bar at home. Your mom time off starts now. Now. Welcome back to the Carbo podcast with Kelly and Liz. Sorry, I hit record. What? As soon as you took a bite. What are you eating?

[Liz]

We had it yesterday. It's my current hyper fixation. It's bread with turkey pepper jack cheese, mayonnaise in a salted tomato. Let me tell you something. The salted tomato takes it from, like, kids sandwich to, like, deli gourmet.

[Kelly]

Okay. Because you made it, or I had it yesterday as well, at your house. And I'll be honest, I thought it was extremely mid. But I didn't have the tomato one. I didn't know you had tomatoes.

[Liz]

Oh, yeah. I added a salted tomato, so that's kind of what I did. For me, I didn't know. I'm actually glad that I can kind of bring this up with you in front of, like, a lot of people, because I'm going to be a little sassy to you for a sec because I got an order of built Puff bars, which I, like, love my Built Puff Bars.

[Kelly]

And, like, you were so excited.

[Liz]

We'll get there. I got a new. Like, they're. They're not. They're not easy to find because Costco used to have them. Costco didn't have them. So you have to, like, they're, like, not really on Amazon. So you're like, it's a to do. You have to go on their website and order them, which is just like. That's a to do in itself.

[Kelly]

Oh, you can order them on their. On their website?

[Liz]

Yeah. Where were you ordering them from?

[Kelly]

Amazon? Yeah.

[Liz]

What? Elizabeth. No, you go to the source.

[Kelly]

Okay, I'm going to the source. Okay, Sorry. Continue.

[Liz]

But, you know, you got to make an account and fill out your shipping information. Like, it's such a to do. And if you're gonna do it, you unfortunately also have to, like, order a lot or it's not worth doing it. So all this to say, and I'm gonna be honest, shipping doesn't. Shipping takes a couple of days. It's. I've waited up to, like, a week and a Half before. So I finally get my shipment in, and Elizabeth, like, didn't tell me, and she took, like, three of each or one of each I took.

[Kelly]

First of all, you said, do you want some? And I said, sure.

[Liz]

Well, I was hoping you would say no because in the past you told me you didn't like them, so.

[Kelly]

Yeah, okay, well, I'm. I'll order some, and I will give you one of each. I didn't think it was that big of a deal. In the past, I've tried them, and I didn't like them because they just taste, like, so artificial. And don't get me wrong, they do still taste artificial. But I'm on a health journey right now, and I'm just being, like, so very mindful of what I'm eating. I'm counting my calories and all the things. For me. I love it. I'm a calorie counter. It makes me feel more in control. It's weird because I feel more in control of what I'm eating when I'm counting my calories. I don't know when I'm not. I'm okay, if it's not for you. Move past it.

[Liz]

No, that's not being sassy. I just, like, I'm. That's. So. It would do the opposite for me.

[Kelly]

It does. And. And I think that people can sometimes think that, like, calorie counting can be toxic. And I think for some people, it can. For me, I'm not an intu eater, so I will. My brain will shut off, and I will just go eat whatever. Anything. Like, I will go eat anything. And so I'd be like, why would I want this built puff bar when I'm fine with just go eating with just eating a cookie? You know? It's like. So then it's not as good when you're comparing it to, say, a cookie. But lately I. I've been pregnant the last two years, and before I got pregnant, I was very disciplined, very healthy. Worked out seven, six, seven days a week. Ate very clean. And when I got pregnant, I threw it all out the window and whatever. Say what you want to say about me. I haven't felt like myself because I haven't been having that discipline and being in the gym and eating healthy and all this stuff. So I woke up one day and I'm like, I'm gonna download my fitness pal again, and I'm gonna start counting my calories. And it has. I have felt more free, to be honest with you. It's weird because it's. I'M restricting in some ways, but it allows me to be more free in other areas.

[Liz]

And then you don't feel guilty because you don't feel guilty if you had something.

[Kelly]

Yeah. And I also think too, it's like, I'm on a path now. And maybe that's just what it is. I'm on a path. I'm. I have 15 pounds pre. You know, 15 pounds to lose from where I was pre baby. Really? 20. But I'm. I'm gonna let those other five just. I'll hang on to the other five. And I just have a path and I can see the light and I can see my direction, and I'm really loving it. I'm really excited. So anyway, I wanted something sweet and I also gave up sweets for lunch, so I haven't been able to have like a straight up ice cream.

[Liz]

Oh, I forgot.

[Kelly]

So I had one of your built puff bars, and after not having, like, true sweets in a long time, it was tasting very good.

[Liz]

Well, I had a separate person call me, someone who works for the car mom, Stephanie. She called me today and she was like, you were so right about the bill pop bars. And she's like, people aren't talking about them. I'm like, people aren't. People are talking about them because they're always selling out. But I'm here to talk about them. I need to give them a platform.

[Kelly]

She goes, how lucky are we that we live in the same time that built puff bars exist?

[Liz]

Anyway, I don't have a code, but Sam, Smaller Sam, pcos on Instagram does. And her code, smaller Sam.

[Kelly]

Then you get. Okay, perfect. Okay. And that's on their website. Okay, done. Yeah, I'm ordering some. They don't have flavors, like, in stock right now.

[Liz]

They do have a lot of flavors in stock.

[Kelly]

No, they have five.

[Liz]

Oh. Last time I checked, they only had three. So you're already on it anyway. Okay, that's that on that. I like it.

[Kelly]

Okay, sorry. That's that on that. I'll have to order after this podcast. Anyway, we have a cast. Do you like cast better than pod. We cast to get to.

[Liz]

I just don't. When you say on the pod, it sounds like you're like a millennial. Like, just like. It's like a bro who's like, I am on the pod, bruh. It's so. I have to say something. I have to get this off my chest.

[Kelly]

What?

[Liz]

Oh, you look like.

[Kelly]

I don't know what you're gonna say.

[Liz]

There is just like, something. So I don't Even I. I can't put a word to the emotion, but I was doing my light little Facebook creep the other day, and I came across, like, someone I know for just, like, a guy that I knew in my previous. Like. Like, never dated the guy or anything. He was just, like, a cool guy on the baseball team. Okay. And now he's just, like, a chewy old dad.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

And it's like, it's. Parenting is such, like, a level playing field in some ways. In some ways it's not. In some ways it is. But I was like, he was so much cooler than me, and now I think I will limit it.

[Kelly]

Parenting really does level the playing field out for everyone. It really knocks everyone down.

[Liz]

It's. Well. And it. Yeah. So I'm not saying I feel I. I hadn't thought about this person in seven years, like, genuinely.

[Kelly]

Well, Kel, some people peak in high school or in college, but I'm not.

[Liz]

Even saying, like, he's not peaking. Like, I. I don't know anything about him. And, like, it's not even that he, like, looked bad in the picture or, like, anything. It's just like.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Like, you're at Disney on Ice.

[Kelly]

Okay, I see what you're getting at now.

[Liz]

Like, okay, you know? Yeah. You know, you have the diaper backpack on. You're holding your little girl. Like, it's just like, okay. We're all. Okay.

[Kelly]

Seen it.

[Liz]

We've all done that.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

I bet your wife made you wear Christmas jammies and take a picture.

[Kelly]

Yeah. We're all doing the same thing now.

[Liz]

I'm just saying it's like, I can't express and don't go wrong. Then, like, people who are mean to you in high school, then, like, I mean, there's a level of that that I probably, like, need to go, you know, I probably need to not have those kind of feelings because it feels a little good. But this wasn't even that. Like, I didn't even feel. It was just, like, very.

[Kelly]

So what you're saying now we'd have.

[Liz]

Something to talk about?

[Kelly]

Yeah. Or like, you lived this life that seemed like you had it all figured out. I'll go. And you were cooler than me, and now we're both doing the same thing.

[Liz]

But we're both watching each other.

[Kelly]

We ended up in the same. We ended up at the same spot.

[Liz]

It's like when we tell parents, you know, whether you do breast milk or formula, like, that I'll end up eating McDonald's at the end of the day. Like, you know, I mean, I've been, it's like, you know what, whether you're like the jock and I'm like the student council person, we all end up watching Bluey. Watching Bluey and chained in diapers. Mm, mm. The great equalizer.

[Kelly]

The great equalizer. Oh my gosh. That's actually hilarious. Well, Kel, I feel like I have so many updates to give. Let me just run it, let me just run it back. I've had like a wild last several years and the end of 2025, I really feel like it's going to come to the end of my go, go, go, non stop crazy life changes and I'm gonna feel settled with where I'm at. At least that's what my goal is going to be. Let me just run you through where I, where I've been. It's 2021. 2021, Maddie gets home from a year long deployment. We get engaged. We start to move home from, from back to St. Louis, from Dallas. 2022, we buy our first house and move back to St. Louis. Maddie gets a new job. He's working night shift. It sucks. We get married. 20 22, we also find out that we're pregnant with our first child. 23, we have our first child. 24, we find out we're pregnant with our second child. We move again a different part in Missouri, have our second child. 2025, I now have two kids. I'm in my long term home. And what we plan to do this year is Maddie's graduating with his MBA he's having, he's going to do something new in the Marine Corps, which means he won't be as gone as often, which will be great for me. Don't plan on getting pregnant. Major home renovations done, going to be done. And then by the end of 2025, I just feel like I'm going to be like sat and settled and I'm so excited. It's just been so many life changes. Go, go, go non stop. And end of 2025, I just feel like it's all going to have come to a close and then I'll probably get pregnant again. Probably, hopefully.

[Liz]

But that'll be, that'll be a walk in the park. A pregnancy, just one.

[Kelly]

A pregnancy, a pregnancy without moving, without my husband being gone for a bit, you know, a chunk of it. It's gonna be a walk in the park. But we are doing a lot of renovations at our new house and I haven't, and I haven't talked about this. Oh, and the other bay, life change I'm taking my kids out of daycare and I'm getting a nanny, which is huge. Which I wasn't really going to talk about, but I don't know why I wasn't going to talk about it. But we are getting a nanny. It's the same price as daycare, which is crazy. Daycare is just so expensive. If you have to send two kids full time. In my daycare, like dozens.

[Liz]

Two.

[Kelly]

Two young kids? Yeah, two young kids full time. They don't offer a sibling discount. Neither one of them, like, they're both really expensive right now and they don't offer like a four day a week situation. So it's like five days a week. It's. It's crazy. So we're getting a nanny. I'm very excited about it. We're also renovating our kitchen. And when we decided that we were going to run out of our kitchen, I was like, well, if I'm going to run at the kitchen, I might as well renovate the laundry room. And if I'm going to renovate the laundry room, well, eventually I want to. We're going to have to move out of the house. Well, if we're going to move out of the house, I might as well redo the floors. And it's just been this like, snowball effect of all of these renovations that have to get done, which you had.

[Liz]

A plan to all do. It's just the timing of them is if. If you're here, you're already there.

[Kelly]

I'm already there. I might as like, let's just do it all. Yeah. I kind of wanted to wait, but like, life is only going to get more crazy and more hectic. So anyway, that's like all the big stuff that I have going on and I'm so excited and I just feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. And my life for so many years has just been, get through this, get through this, get through this. And now I just have to get through this. And then I'm gonna be like, set.

[Liz]

I'm very excited for you. I hope you take us like along the journey on the home renovations. I think that that's like such. I'm glad that I'm not going through it again. And I feel very like hearing just your logistics. I'm just so feeling so blessed that we were able to do it before we moved in.

[Kelly]

Yeah. Because we will have to move out. We're moving in with Craig and Chris, which will actually be. I'm like, really looking forward to it. You're gonna be so jealous, Kelly.

[Liz]

I know.

[Kelly]

Like, I'm gonna be hanging out with mom and dad all the time.

[Liz]

We should move with me.

[Kelly]

No.

[Liz]

Yeah, I know.

[Kelly]

No, thanks.

[Liz]

Would be great. Content, though.

[Kelly]

No, no, I'm. I'm okay. Thank you. And luckily, though, part of the reason we are also able to do the renovation is because Tyler has offered to do a lot of the work that he can do for us.

[Liz]

Because Tyler's a handy Tyler. One thing about Tyler, he's handy Mandy.

[Kelly]

He's handy Mandy. He can do it all. So, anyway, big, big things coming. Lots of content to come.

[Liz]

Well, good. Well, speaking of content to come, do you want to do last three transactions.

[Kelly]

The segment where we share our recent bank account attractions?

[Liz]

Yeah, I just thought it could be, like, a fun thing to do.

[Kelly]

Sure. Let's do it. Let me pull up my Amazon cart.

[Liz]

Yeah. And I will not include built puff bars, and I would expect you not to include bill puff bars as well.

[Kelly]

Yeah. But. Oh, well, can we talk about the. Before we get into that, can we talk about the porch decorations?

[Liz]

Go over to Elizabeth's Instagram. She made a whole real really b about it. And Elizabeth zhuzhed up my porch, which. And the other thing is, my husband is just, like, a little. He gets very nervous when we bring new things into the house. He gets very. He gets a pit in the stomach every time he sees the mail truck come because he's just. I don't know where. I honestly don't know where this is all stemming from. He probably, like, needs. We probably need to, like, look inward on him, but he's just very worried that the house is going to become too cluttered, which, like, spoiler alert, like, we have four kids. Like, it already is. But I'm very. And I. I've now just kind of figured out how to navigate this. Like, he just. If you try to. I think I, like, tried to include him, and it's just better to not include him. And, like, if he's like, what's this? Like, he's over it before he even says it. Like, he doesn't. I don't really know how much he actually cares. Just, like, he doesn't want to, like, see it happen, you know?

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Like, I. I think that, like, if he ever. I need him to go on a trip and I'm going to, like, get the house landscaped, I'm just not gonna. I'm just, like, not. And I'm just gonna very much ask for forgiveness. That's what you have to do with him.

[Kelly]

So do you also. Do you like it?

[Liz]

Do I like it? I love it.

[Kelly]

Thank you.

[Liz]

It's so cute. I love the rocking chair. I can't believe the quality of the rocking chair, to be honest with you.

[Kelly]

The quality of the rocking chair is just from Amazon, and rocking chairs are.

[Liz]

Not cheap without that one. But that one was. I mean, that was, like, what it was.

[Kelly]

I think it was 95, which. But I mean, that feels good to me.

[Liz]

That feels good to me. Like, I've walked by a rocking chair before, and it's like 350. Yeah, I'm sure it's, like, handcrafted. Like, this one's not, but, you know.

[Kelly]

All to say, but it was wood.

[Liz]

It's wood. I think the planners are nice. I can't wait to, like. I mean, I won't do it, but I hope that you remember to, like, throw, like, a Christmas bow on them.

[Kelly]

Yeah, for sure. For sure. Okay, well, go check it out. It's on my. On my Instagram. Okay, let's get into our recent bank account subtractions. You know what I bought the other day? Haven't used it, but bought it since. I'm on, like, such a get fit journey. A belt hole puncher. I want to start wearing belts more. The girls are wearing belts.

[Liz]

It's an accessory. It's an. You forget to accessorize. It's like you have jeans and a T shirt. What if you. What if you put on a belt?

[Kelly]

What have you put on a belt in the hoop. And, you know, as many of us are. We're fluctuating in our sizes. So I put on this belt, and it fit around my waist. It fit around my hips. It didn't fit around my waist. And, like, I wanted it to be, like, a waist moment. So, you know, I said, you know what? Whatever. I'm gonna buy a hole puncher.

[Liz]

The rest of your life.

[Kelly]

I'll have the rest of my life.

[Liz]

It was.

[Kelly]

It was 10 bucks.

[Liz]

Yeah, you'll have the rest of your life.

[Kelly]

Yeah. I haven't used it yet.

[Liz]

Okay. Well, I recently am also, you know, I'm on a health journey adjacent. I mean, we're just. We're going about this a little differently, but I haven't been working out. I'm just like, I'm sorry. I'm never gonna be the influencer.

[Kelly]

I just.

[Liz]

I don't. I'm not. I'm just never gonna get my life around to, like, post every time I work out. And also, you guys don't need to See that? But, like, I am working out pretty consistently right now. I'm on week three, so I feel good about that, but I really want to. And I work out with Libby most mornings. I put her on the ground. I only do a 30 minute workout. Like a 30 minute, like, guided weight workout, which is a start for me. And I just, like, right now, like, I just put, like, Libby on the ground. But the other night, the other day, it was so nice outside. I'm like, so nice. I have this huge garage. I'm like, I should work out in the garage. And then I can put Libby in her, like, bouncer thing in the garage, and she can, like, bounce around and I can be getting my pump on. So I bought just two weights to keep in the garage.

[Kelly]

Okay, what. What weights did you get?

[Liz]

So I have a 5, 10, and a 15 downstairs now. Could I have taken one of those to the garage? Yes. But the point is, it's like, listen, logistically, like, so if I decide I want to work out in the garage, then I'm supposed to, like, hold Libby or, like, put Libby somewhere run down. I just, I wanted it to be so easy for me. And sometimes I feel like the 5 to 10 jump is a little big. Like, I felt like I kind of, for some of, like, you know, my raises. So I got an eight. I'm gonna keep the eights in the garage.

[Kelly]

Nice. I love it.

[Liz]

And then I was gonna buy a yoga mat, but I was like, you know what? I'm buy a yoga mat. You know what? I have, I have a ton of quilts. I bought all these quilts at these dinner auctions. So I brought a quilt. And it's gonna be fine. It's gonna be. It's gonna totally check the box. So I'm hoping that. And I downloaded the. I got my Peloton app on my phone so I can do my Maddie Magagios split training five days. And I'm just like, I could do a garage workout in a moment's notice. Like, if the kids are playing nicely outside, I could grab my eight pounds and just like, start pumping.

[Kelly]

That's amazing.

[Liz]

So that's what. So I'm very excited.

[Kelly]

Okay, good. I'm excited for you. That's a good idea. I should do the same thing.

[Liz]

I just need to be able to, like, I mean, this summer, like, especially, like, when you're a mom and you're at home with your kids in any capacity, any of your kids, any time of day, I don't always want to, like, reserve it for Nap time either. Because like nap time. I'd like to get something else in or maybe not myself. Like, I think I should be able to do a 30 minute workout with my kids in some capacity.

[Kelly]

I agree. Orally. Okay, start 30 minutes, whatever. You get 15 minutes. And it's better than nothing.

[Liz]

Better than nothing. And my kids play so well outside. Like even Fred, if I. And Libby is so happy in her little like walker bouncer thing. So that's. That, that's. That's the current plan.

[Kelly]

Okay, here's something that I got. Okay, this is very specific, but it's the second time I've ordered it so.

[Liz]

Specific than the belt.

[Kelly]

These are. These are very niche problem solving things that I've ordered lately. I bought more glue trap strips. What's a glue trap strip, Liz? It is a piece of paper with like a super, super sticky.

[Liz]

Doesn't it like catch mice?

[Kelly]

It catches bugs. And here's why I get it. There are stink bugs in my house. They can get through the little crevices and I'll just see a stink bug crawling on a window. I don't like the feeling of taking a tissue and feeling a bug in the tissue makes my skin crawl. My husband's not always around to get the bug for me, so I have to man up and do it. So I bought these glue traps and what I do is I take the glue trap and I just go and like stick it on the back of the stink bug that's like crawling up the window. And then I didn't have to touch the stink bug. And then he stuck to the trap. And I'll do it with wasps. If there's upper wasps in my house, which there are sometimes. And stink bugs. And would work on a spider too, but I haven't seen any spiders. And sometimes I'll like leave them at the. On the top of like my windowsills or stuff just to like catch passive. Passive insects.

[Liz]

That's so good. See, we catch our bait live to feed it to the reptiles here. Oh yeah.

[Kelly]

How do you catch it live?

[Liz]

We put in a jar. Major takes or. Yeah. Or like slightly dead. Like they'll eat.

[Kelly]

I feel like it's gotta be fresh.

[Liz]

Like, you know, today's catch, if you will.

[Kelly]

Who's catching it? You're not catching it.

[Liz]

I'm not scared of a stink bug.

[Kelly]

See, I don't like the feeling.

[Liz]

I'm not. I listen a bird. I can't literally. I was. When I was home alone this past weekend with Fred and Libby, Tyler was like, you have to feed the baby chicks and you have to get the eggs and the baby chicks. I can do because they can't fly. I just don't. I don't. I don't like things that can fly or even flap their wings. I know chickens can't. Can chickens fly? No. I only thing is they can flap their wings. Why do chickens still have wings?

[Kelly]

Why?

[Liz]

I guess they can kind of flap cuz like they get. They get kind of high up when they like they roost. Anyway, I was so scared of these chickens. I sent Fred in solo to get the eggs. I was on the other side of the door. Couldn't even get like I sent my 2 year old in solo cuz he's not scared.

[Kelly]

Wa. I was at your house the other day and I was going to go get the eggs. Those chickens also like don't run in a corner. Like when a person comes in. At least that one black one.

[Liz]

Penny. I know Penny's friendly and I don't like it. I don't like.

[Kelly]

No, I get away from me. But go be scared in the corner. I don't want you very close to me.

[Liz]

I know. Totally.

[Kelly]

Okay, wait, so what did you buy?

[Liz]

Oh, oh no. I was just saying that I catch my bait live and then we started talking about.

[Kelly]

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

[Liz]

I recently bought more geometry dish towels. I think I talked about this on the last episode but I. Listen to me and listen to me good. Get your mom and your mother in law geometry dish towels for Mother's day. I'm like in the same way that like built puff bars have changed my life. Geometry dish towels. If my gm I only have one right now. If my geometry dish towel is clean, I will. I choose. I hand wash the dishes because that's how much better the dish towel is.

[Kelly]

Wow. It's okay. I need to order some.

[Liz]

They are amazing and I just think like get that. Maybe like a wooden spoon. Like one of those cute like wildflower mugs that. That one girly pop sent me.

[Kelly]

Oh.

[Liz]

Oh that's cute designs on Etsy. Two H's. Oh, that's cute designs. That's the wildflower mug wrapped in a geometry dish towel. Done. Bada bing. Bada bing.

[Kelly]

Okay. And you can get them on Amazon. Yeah. Or where do you get them?

[Liz]

I get them on Amazon. I'm sure. Maybe you could like go to their website. But these are the ones I just got. And let me be clear. Two of them were 32. Like it's a bit of. It's a bit of a. Oh okay.

[Kelly]

Whoa. It's a just hiccup. Yeah, they're very cute.

[Liz]

I was going. And they're actually not that cute. Like it's kind of cute, but it's not amazing. But it doesn't even matter to me because they're that good.

[Kelly]

Okay. Glowing, glowing reviews.

[Liz]

Like it has over a thousand reviews on Amazon and has a 4.8.

[Kelly]

Wow.

[Liz]

There's nothing else I like about them.

[Kelly]

Okay, done. Say less.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

Okay. Something that I bought recently. Sometimes I feel like we are just sold stuff and told that we need to just buy things pre made. Even though it's super easy, just make them ourselves. One thing being popsicles, I don't know what the ingredients are in a popsicle. Like a children's popsicle. I can't imagine it's good. But like when I've been making people. Huh.

[Liz]

Depends on the popsicle, I would say.

[Kelly]

No, I'm sure that there are some that are good, but like, I don't know. I don't know what's in a bomb Pop, you know?

[Liz]

Totally.

[Kelly]

Since I've been making Sloan's purees, I have like pureed stuff and then I put it in the freezer and like pureed. Just strawberry, frozen. Tastes like. Tastes good. It's nice. So I bought popsicle mold and I'm gonna make popsicles this summer. And I don't think this is a super unique thing because I do think that people make popsicles, but they're like so easy to do. Here's all. Here's how you puree strawberries. In case you don't know. Clean your strawberries, cut that, Cut the leaves off, blend them. You don't even need water because there's like water in the berry. So it becomes liquidy.

[Liz]

I wouldn't have guessed that. Yeah, Okay.

[Kelly]

I know because I did this wrong. You could. I mean, for a popsicle, I guess you could add like a little bit of water, but you don't need to. Or fruit juice, I guess, if you want to. And then pour it in your popsicle mold and your popsicles using the fruit. That was maybe gonna go bad. Only one whole ingredient. Just strawberries. No added whatever. Super easy to make. Popsicle mold. Pack of six. Also off Amazon. Everything's off Amazon.

[Liz]

I think we're just so funny because like this in the same breath. When we're like no added sugar, we're like. So the bill puff bars, like they definitely have something weird.

[Kelly]

For sure.

[Liz]

But it's a balance. It's a give and a take.

[Kelly]

It's A. It's a given a take. And it's just like, ultimately, I'm like, it couldn't be easier to just make popsicles at home, so why would I buy them? I can't make a built puff bar at home.

[Liz]

Okay, I get that. I get that. But I think sometimes it's like, I don't know. I've never got on the makeup popsicle train. I can't tell you. And I'm not saying this to be sassy to you. I can't tell you how uninspired I am to ever try it, though.

[Kelly]

I just really.

[Liz]

Yeah, it just doesn't do anything for me. Like, it's like, where do I put them in my freezer? Like, they're gonna dip over. Like, you know, it doesn't come out of the mold. Right. I don't know. I just. I'm not sure it's for me.

[Kelly]

I think that you're judging it before you've tried it. Obviously you are, but whatever. So it's not for you. It's not for you. That's fine. I'm just saying, I just think about all the things that were just sold, and we're told, like, because it is sold, therefore you can't just go do it yourself. Maybe it's just me being a trad wife, just, like, wanting to make, like, homemade popsicles, which is frozen fruit juice.

[Liz]

It's a convenience thing. Like, I want to just.

[Kelly]

You know, I think that the. The con. Incon. The inconvenience doesn't outweigh that convenience. Like, it's not so inconvenient to me that I can't just make them at home.

[Liz]

No, I get that. Okay, that's a take. That's a take.

[Kelly]

And I'm sure we would have. There are some things you're like, I would just prefer to do that at home. And I'm like, no, let me buy it from the store.

[Liz]

Well, I really want to make strawberry jelly this summer. I don't know what is in. I don't make strawberry jelly or I want to make homemade jalapenos. Like, jarred jalapenos. I don't know why those two things are, like, so important to me. I'm thinking about, like, throwing, like, a girls party to do it.

[Kelly]

How do you make jelly?

[Liz]

I'm sure it's not that hard. I think it's probably organic. I could go get. Get strawberries. You put them on the stove. I think jalapenos would be easier.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

And I love homemade jarred jalapenos. Like, I love them. So I think that I might do, like, a spicy, sweet party. Kind of like we did, like, with the makeup party. Like, just, like, bring the gals over and, like, we'll do something. Like, we'll walk out if you're, like, with something, you know.

[Kelly]

Okay. I think jam's really easy to make, Cal.

[Liz]

I know. I think we should make it.

[Kelly]

Okay. We need strawberries. Add them to a saucepan. Mix in sugar. Stir frequently over medium heat, bringing to a rolling boil. Once boiling, add lemon juice. Boil for 15 minutes, until jam reaches 220.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

When you read the right temperature, poured into a jar.

[Liz]

Now, now, that's all fine and dandy. It's how to seal a Mason jar. Because then you have to, like.

[Kelly]

No, it's the ceiling. I would love to can things. Canning sounds scary.

[Liz]

It can't be that people have been doing it for so long. And, like, Teller's grandma, like, makes her own grape and strawberry jelly and her own pickles and cans them all. And she's 87, so. 89. I'm sorry. So it does feel like we should be able to handle it.

[Kelly]

But it's one of those things I need. That's one of those things that I need someone to come over to my house and hold my hand and show me exactly how to do it and write down the answer.

[Liz]

Well, the problem is she has. She's shown me. I. So I can't ask her again because. So I just. Because that's. I just have to. But I think it's nothing that a TikTok tutorial can't teach me. And here's the other thing. It's like, yeah, I think it's fine. I'm gonna figure it out. We're gonna do that, though. That's, like, something I'm feeling passionate about. I'm gonna, like, make a lemonade. Make a homemade lemonade, and we're gonna jalapeno party.

[Kelly]

So you would be willing to make strawberry jam, but strawberry popsicles are worried?

[Liz]

Yeah. No. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know what it is. I don't know. It's fine. I can't explain. I'm curious to hear if anybody else, like, it agrees with me.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

My.

[Liz]

I still have to do my last transaction. My last transaction is. I'm really struggling with. I've been struggling with Hattie's hair for a while because she has cowlicks for days. Her hair is very thin. No, it's not thin. She has a decent Amount of hair. But it's very fine hair. Like the individual strands are very fine and she, her hair is very soft. It's pin straight. There's not a curl or a kink to be found except for all of her cowlicks. And I just like struggle to get her to look and not again, she's beautiful. But like sometimes like I struggle to get her to look like polished enough, like for church. Like it's. She's just like always looking like a little disheveled, you know. And it's thing is because I was holding on to like her little whale spout Classic. We call it regular. Regular. That's how she says it.

[Kelly]

That's a name.

[Liz]

I was like, how do you want your hair? She goes regular.

[Kelly]

Oh, regular.

[Liz]

Yeah, regular. And that's just like a little pony on the side right here. And that's fine. But then I don't know, she's like, wasn't all that into it. So I found a new way to do her hair that's also. I don't always have time to do like a. I can. I'm a pretty good braider, but we don't always have the time for that either anyway. And you know, now she's like my big girl. Like now she's going to be five eventually in October. So we started doing the headband with the bow. A headband bow combo. I've ordered three off Amazon since our discovery of this. It's giving us everything we want. It's getting her hair out of her face. It's. There's no ponytail to be found. It's still a bow. She loves it. But the headband wasn't enough razzle dazzle for us. Now some head headbands probably have enough razzle dazzle. But the thing with headbands, it's like, like I have some of these darling headbands and I'm like, well, this doesn't go. Like, this headband is a crazy print in itself. Like it doesn't go with the dress at all.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

So we ordered like regular gross grain wrapped headbands with a bow.

[Kelly]

Fabulous.

[Liz]

Yeah, that's all.

[Kelly]

Okay. Cute. Okay, well, that is our last three transactions where we share our recent bacon cost attractions.

[Liz]

Yes. We are gonna have to skip industry news today because I do have to make it to school pickup.

[Kelly]

Oh, okay.

[Liz]

Unless you want to like bring the industry news while I on your own and I can go.

[Kelly]

No. Well, do you want to ditch the drive through though?

[Liz]

Yeah, no, I want to be around for ditch the drive through. That's what I'm saying.

[Kelly]

Oh, okay. So we're just keeping. Okay, well, then now it's time for ditch to drive through, where we give you an easy dinner recipe to mix it up to get you out of your dinner rut.

[Liz]

Now here's what's on my. I'm giving. I'm giving everyone a whole three days worth of suppers.

[Kelly]

Oh.

[Liz]

Based on what I'm making. Okay. I'm doing flank steak this week. Very excited about it.

[Kelly]

Kind of a controversial recipe.

[Liz]

Is it?

[Kelly]

People don't like it the way we like it.

[Liz]

Well, they're wrong for that.

[Kelly]

There's been. There's been talks of people who don't like our flank stink recipe.

[Liz]

Okay, well, really? I thought it was so beloved.

[Kelly]

I mean, some people like. It's not. I'm just saying it's not for everyone. I think we have rose colored glass.

[Liz]

There's nothing. It's steak and steak sauce. Like, what's that? Where are we people?

[Kelly]

I don't know what to tell you. Some people aren't liking it. I love it. I could. I'm. A mouth is watering just thinking about it. Yeah.

[Liz]

And I'm doing it upright. I had. And you know what I'm trying to do? Oh, I'm still trying to clean out my pantry because guess what I still have in my freaking pantry.

[Kelly]

What?

[Liz]

Israeli couscous. I've been talking about this for months. Ambitious kitchen. I have a bone to pick with you because I'm so sick of looking at this. Anyway, I'm gonna do flying steak and Israeli excuse. Goose Chatgpt is saving me. It just. It's saving all of us.

[Kelly]

It's amazing.

[Liz]

So that's what I'm making. One day we are doing. I was gonna do a taco night, but I didn't have tortillas and I had chips. We're doing a nacho night, which I'm excited about.

[Kelly]

Okay. Love it.

[Liz]

I'm just using what I have, but instead of just like getting another thing, a tortilla, it's like, no, we're gonna finish this bag of chips because we're trying to, like, cycle through things this summer. I'm sorry, I'm all over the place. But this summer, I am going to become an ingredient household. I do not like to have snacks. Snacks? We never had snacks growing up. Yeah, I mean, you know, there's always something to eat. Like, I'm not saying let my kids go hungry, but like the pre packaged snacks, I'm not buying them this summer. I'm Just not if I don't buy them. Then it's not an issue if I buy them. It's a huge issue for everyone.

[Kelly]

Yeah. Hot take. But I'm here for it. We turn out fine.

[Liz]

Okay, I probably will have some for, like, on the. Okay, that's a lie. I'm honestly just lying to everyone right now. I will have some for on the go snacking.

[Kelly]

Well, you have to, like, for the.

[Liz]

Going to the park or to church or, like, to wherever. But, like, I just don't want to, like, have them all the time.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

Okay. So that was one supper. No, that was two suppers.

[Kelly]

Okay. Yeah, that's two.

[Liz]

And then for my final supper, we are making again. It's. It's a tale as old as time. We are making barbecue sweet potatoes.

[Kelly]

Yum.

[Liz]

Barbecue chicken. Sweet potatoes.

[Kelly]

Barbecue chicken in the crock pot is so good. It's so dang good. I love it.

[Liz]

The whole barbecue flavor profile. And my kids like barbecue, which is so exciting. Just such a good flavor profile. And I want to do it upright with some corn. I still need to go get corn, but I thought that'd be, like, a fun, like, taste of summer. Barbecue chicken. Sweet potatoes with some corn on the cob.

[Kelly]

Mm. Barbecue chicken and a crock pot is, like, a great thing to make for a party in the summer. Like, get some buns.

[Liz]

I know. I never think of it for a party. It's such a good idea.

[Kelly]

Never think of it for a party.

[Liz]

It's such a good idea.

[Kelly]

I'm thinking of it next week.

[Liz]

We are throwing Tyler, like, a 35th birthday party on with. For his side of the family at our house. Like, we just invited his siblings and his parents over, and I was like, what am I going to make these people? And I think I'm. I'm going to do something kind of crazy.

[Kelly]

What?

[Liz]

I'm going to do hibachi for 12. 12 people.

[Kelly]

Whoa. Yeah.

[Liz]

Plus kids.

[Kelly]

Now. Have you. How have you done hibachi before?

[Liz]

I've done hibachi three times.

[Kelly]

Okay.

[Liz]

I've done it for my family twice. And I've done it for. No, I've done it for my family, and I've done it for another couple twice. So, like, different couples, but I don't know for my family and for two other families.

[Kelly]

Okay.

[Liz]

I learned a lot along the way. Yeah. Preps everything.

[Kelly]

Okay. That feels like you could. That feels like you need to, like, film some of that.

[Liz]

Well, I don't know if I can. No, I don't. Maybe if you come over and film me. I certainly can't handle anything else than just making the Hibach.

[Kelly]

Well, it feels like you could, like, set up a tripod.

[Liz]

But you know what the hack is?

[Kelly]

What?

[Liz]

You go to the Chinese restaurant, like, the local Chinese restaurant in your town, and you just order four containers of white rice. Because day old. Because day old rice works better for the fried rice.

[Kelly]

Okay, good to know.

[Liz]

And so maybe they won't give it to you day old, but you just get, like, the day before, stick it in your fridge.

[Kelly]

Oh, yeah, probably.

[Liz]

So you do that. You get the egg, you get the mixed veggies to make the fried rice.

[Kelly]

Okay.

[Liz]

And then I wasn't do, like, veggies also. But I think if I do, I think I'm not going to do veggies also. And then. And I'm also not performing. I'm not doing a show.

[Kelly]

Yeah. Okay.

[Liz]

And then I think I'm gonna do steak and shrimp, because I feel like that's fancy. Like, I normally would just do chicken, but I feel like I should do steak and shrimp to be fancy. And then the key is Primal Kitchen's yum yum sauce.

[Kelly]

Oh, is it good? I saw at the store the other day, Elizabeth, some primal Kitchen I don't like.

[Liz]

Some Primal Kitchen is a little too primal. The yum sauce is excellent.

[Kelly]

Okay, good to know.

[Liz]

I had to source it through Thrive Market. Like I sourced it.

[Kelly]

Okay, good to know. I literally saw it at the store and I did not buy it because I was not sure. But, guys, that is going to be our episode. So thank you so much for joining and listening to the carpool podcast, and we'll talk to you next time. 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.

[Liz]

The car for everyone.