WE'RE HAPPIER WHEN WE'RE NOT SCROLLING

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz

Episode: WE'RE HAPPIER WHEN WE'RE NOT SCROLLING
Date: February 6, 2026
Hosts: Kelly Stumpe & Lizz St. John
Theme: Millennial mom life, screen time boundaries, social media, auto industry news, and everyday strategies for family life.

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Episode Overview

In this candid and relatable episode, Kelly and Lizz dive into how reducing mindless scrolling and social media use leads to greater happiness and presence as moms and business owners. They discuss their personal habits, boundary-setting tools (like the "Brick"), and offer philosophical reflections on balancing productivity versus mindfulness. The conversation ranges from practical solutions for digital burnout, mom-life confessions, religious traditions, auto-industry updates, to smart family tips and tricks.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Struggle with Screen Time and "Phone Pickups"

• Kelly shares a recent attempt to curb her screen time and confesses just how often she checks her phone:

  "Like, when my number of pickups is like 170, like I picked up my phone 170 times to look at it in a day. That's insane."
  — Kelly (00:01, 08:54)

• Discussion of habits, genetics, and efforts to be more present. Lizz and Kelly compare nap habits and daily routines, pondering what skills are inheritable and which come with motherhood logistics.

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2. Practical Solutions for Digital Detox: The "Brick"

• Kelly buys a "Brick"—a device that blocks distracting apps—hoping to reduce screen time and reclaim family focus:

  "A brick is something that will block, like, your distracting social media apps and then to unlock your phone, you have to like tap it against the brick again."
  — Kelly (06:25)

• Motivation: Kelly describes the relief she felt when her phone was away and how screen addiction creeps up:

  “It felt so—I felt so, like, grounded and connected to my children again.”
  — Kelly (07:45)

• Acknowledging the difficulty of self-discipline:

  “I wish I would have like the self control to just like put it in the drawer and walk away, but I just simply—well, I do. I know it's not working for me.”
  — Kelly (07:51)

• Lizz’s response: While recognizing tech’s role in their business, both agree the mindless scroll needs boundaries.

  “I mean, I think we all know that we're happier when we are not scrolling.”
  — Lizz (10:37)

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3. Social Media Philosophy: "I'm Tired of Everyone Else's Business Being My Business"

• A quoted insight sparks reflection:

  “I'm tired of everyone else's business being my business.”
  — Gabrielle Basso, quoted by Kelly (11:13)

• Kelly and Lizz wrestle with the tension between being content creators and needing boundaries:

  “It’s hard to separate the art from the artist right now.”
  — Kelly (11:35)

• Lizz highlights relatability versus comparison traps on social feeds:

  “I cared more about the stranger's business than my friend's business.”
  — Lizz (12:50)

• Strategy suggestion:

  “A healthy edit of your social media followers is also a really important thing to do. Always be editing.”
  — Kelly (13:09), Liz (13:15)

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4. Finding Presence & Letting Go of Productivity Guilt

• Philosophy segment:

  "Changing from how much can I get done to how relaxed I can be while doing it."
  — Kelly quoting Kate from Naptime Kitchen (14:40)

• Lizz’s real-life skepticism:

  “How relaxed can you be when you’re cooking over a hot stove with a toddler pulling on your leg?”
  — Lizz (15:09)

• Reassuring perspective from experienced moms:

  "Twenty years ago, I was not making my bed every day...there will be an opportunity in your life to do it. It's just not right now."
  — Lizz, recalling an older woman's advice (15:34)

• Permission to not be perfect:

  "I'm letting go of the guilt of like, well, if you didn't make your bed in the morning, then you're not going to start your day off in a successful way. It looks different."
  — Lizz (16:57)

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5. Faith and the Approach to Lent

• Kelly discusses religious traditions around Lent, plans to give up sugar for spiritual and personal growth:

  “And a lot of the things that we do is we fast…And this year, I want to go hard. And I want to give up sugar. Like, 100%.”
  — Kelly (22:12)

• The sisters weigh the challenge of defining what "giving up sugar" really means, discuss flexibility for special occasions, and connect fasting to spiritual reflection:

  “When you're hungry, you're supposed to pray. So you are constantly, like, brought back to the reason you're doing it and constantly brought back to the Lord.”
  — Lizz (25:29)

• "Micro-hobby" and personal transformation: Lent as a time for both faith and self-improvement.

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6. Community Life: Fish Fries and Allergies

• Lively promotion of Catholic fish fries for Lent:

  “Even if you’re not Catholic, get you to a Catholic fish fry during this Lenten season!”
  — Kelly (26:17)

• Tips: Go early, bring your own sauces, enjoy quick food, and let the kids run free (28:13).

• Kelly’s upcoming fish allergy challenge and plans to cautiously reintroduce fish before attending.

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7. Listener Q&A: Used Two-Row SUV Recommendations

• Listener Taylor seeks a used, roomy two-row SUV under $20,000:

  “My favorite…is the Ford Edge. Excellent car, excellent car. You should be able to find one under 20.”
  — Kelly (30:25, 30:33)

• Other tips: All two-row SUVs generally have good trunk space, but the Edge stands out for size and value for money.

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8. Kids’ Clothing Recommendations

• Kelly runs through her favorite brands for fun, durable, non-character-driven kids’ clothes: Tea Collection, Burt’s Bees Baby, Carter’s Little Planet, Quince, and more (32:17–36:54).

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9. Auto Industry News – "Hot Tea"

• Hyundai Santa Fe redesign:

  "Apparently the Santa Fe is getting like a redesign...it looks so much better...way better headlights."
  — Kelly (38:44–39:25)

• Chicago Auto Show sneak peek: Toyota is teasing a reveal; excitement for cross-industry products like rotating car seats from Britax.

• Upcoming Car Mom Auto Show:

  “We are working on our vendors, collecting our activations, things of that nature...date is June 13th.”
  — Kelly (40:30, 40:36)

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10. Super Bowl Talk: Commercials and Plans

• Insider look at automaker Super Bowl commercials:

  "The two automakers are Toyota and Cadillac. These are the only automakers confirmed."
  — Kelly (44:11)

• Fun reflection on preferred sports storytelling:

  "I want someone to start a podcast where they just tell me really fun, wholesome sports stories...I will cheer for the team that's most likely to get made into a movie."
  — Kelly (41:30)

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11. Super Bowl Hosting and Recipe Tips

• Lizz's hosting hack: Order wings and pulled pork in bulk from a local barbecue joint—easy, cost-effective, and crowd-pleasing (45:21).

• Kelly’s menu brainstorm: Buffalo chicken dip, party sliders, crockpot barbecue meatballs, veggie tray; strategies for delegating and prepping with kids’ schedules in mind (47:28–49:29).

• Meatball recipe tip:

  “Meatballs, barbecue sauce, grape jelly. What do you know about that?...If you did one to one, you would live to tell the tale.”
  — Kelly (47:59, 48:42)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On letting go of perfectionism:

  “I’m letting go of the guilt of like, well, if you didn’t make your bed in the morning, then you’re not going to start your day off in a successful way.”
  — Lizz (16:57)

• On digital detox:

  “I think the first step to recovery is admission. Yeah, I have a phone addiction. So just—so do all of you, first of all. So check yourself.”
  — Kelly (10:06)

• On faith and fasting:

  “When you’re hungry, you’re supposed to pray. So you are constantly, like, brought back to the reason you’re doing it and constantly brought back to the Lord.”
  — Lizz (25:29)

• On mom realities:

  “I’m starting my day off by racing a toddler to the toilet because he’s potty training right now. So forgive me that I didn’t make my bed.”
  — Lizz (00:14, 16:57)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Phone pickups & digital habits: 00:01–03:13, 08:54–10:37
• “Brick” anti-scroll device discussion: 06:25–09:46
• Social media philosophy and editing followers: 11:13–13:35
• Productivity vs relaxation philosophy: 14:40–15:24
• Letting go of mom guilt (making the bed & more): 15:34–17:51
• Lent, giving up sugar, and fasting: 20:46–25:33
• Fish fries for families: 26:17–29:06
• Listener SUV Q&A: 29:13–31:26
• Kids clothing advice: 32:17–36:54
• Auto industry news & Chicago Auto Show teasers: 38:18–40:44
• Super Bowl, sports stories, commercials: 40:54–45:05
• Super Bowl hosting & dinner hacks: 45:16–49:30
• Meatball recipe tip: 47:59–48:42

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Episode Tone & Style

Laidback, candid, warm, supportive, and gently self-deprecating. Kelly and Lizz blend humor, mom honesty, faith, and practical advice, all with their signature millennial mom energy. The episode moves briskly—jumping from personal confessions to actionable tips and industry tidbits, always centering the reality of being busy moms and business partners in a digital world.

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Transcript

[Kelly]

Welcome to the carpool podcast with Kelly. But like when my number of pickups is like 170, like I picked up my phone 170 times to look at.

[Liz]

It in a day.

[Kelly]

That's insane.

[Liz]

And Liz, you need to make your bed. It's going to start your day off right. It's going to do like these things and like, okay, well I'm starting my day off by racing a toddler to the toilet because he's potty training right now. So forgive me that I didn't make my bed.

[Kelly]

Your mom time off starts. Welcome back to the carpool podcast with Kelly and Liz. Happy Friday everybody. We did it. We made it.

[Liz]

We made it.

[Kelly]

Except does anyone else feel like sometimes the weekends are more chaotic than the week?

[Liz]

I was literally just about to say that I'm like we made it. But now it's just actually the weekend.

[Kelly]

Darn it. I remember like prior to kids, like just the feeling of a Friday and just like the feeling of being able to like do whatever and whatever you want and just like bedrot for the entire weekend.

[Liz]

Oh no, I vaguely remember those days.

[Kelly]

Now I'm just like praying I can like get in a nap between coming over from the Chicago Auto show. We have like a kid entrepreneur thing on Sunday. We're going to and then we have the super bowl that night.

[Liz]

So.

[Kelly]

So I actually don't think I will be getting a nap in this weekend. Maybe on the crazy that you even thought you could maybe like on the 35 minute plane ride from Chicago back.

[Liz]

To St. Louis feels like your best shot.

[Kelly]

I can't sleep on planes. Elizabeth can always sleep on a plane. I can never sleep on a plane.

[Liz]

It can literally be when am I most awake? 10am I can have just had a espresso, a cappuccino and the moment I get on that plane, I'm out.

[Kelly]

Yeah, I know. I really, I am so envious of those people who can just like fall asleep for like quick little naps. Like Elizabeth is like, you're not scared of a 30 minute nap?

[Liz]

I prefer 30 minute naps. If I sleep longer than 30 minutes, it's like something's wrong with me. Like I'm sick or I'm pregnant or something.

[Kelly]

No, not I, I, I rarely nap and well, I shouldn't say that. It depends on the day.

[Liz]

Like most things I'm like if I get a 30 minute nap, I am, if I'm exhausted, I need 30 minutes and then I am great. And that's like the best place to be. Cuz the Problem with, like, you. You should like Maddie.

[Kelly]

He.

[Liz]

He naps for two hours. So, like, he. If he's tired, he just like, he can't get a nap because there's not two hours to allocate to that. So it is good to know that I'm always just like 30 minutes away from being a new person. But even those 30 minute pockets are near imposs.

[Kelly]

I do wonder if that's a learned skill or if it's just something you're born with.

[Liz]

I think it's something you're born with because dad is like that too. Like, dad and I can both take 2030 minute naps and then be fine. And like you and mom. Mom doesn't nap. Mom can't nap. Yeah, because it's also like being able to nap for 30 minutes and also waking up refreshed and not waking up groggy. Like, I wake up so refreshed.

[Kelly]

I wake up so groggy.

[Liz]

Yeah, Yeah. I can't do that genetic thing, I think.

[Kelly]

So. I want to do something, like, so crazy. By the time this podcast has come out, I may or may not have already done it.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

I want to, like, make a reel, but I'm so scared it's gonna flop. But have you ever seen those reels where it's like, I'm about to take off? I wonder how many, you know, celebrity accounts I can get to comment before I land. I kind of want to do that, but like, with car accounts, because, like, every car brand, almost every car brand started following me on Instagram and Kia has really been blowing me up. They've been commenting on all my recent posts. They just gave me a follow on Instagram, and I'm just wondering if I could do, like, about to take off for a flight. I wonder how many car manufacturers I could get to comment. But then what if no one comments?

[Liz]

Yeah. And is it cute or is it, like, thirsty?

[Kelly]

Oh, I think it's thirsty.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

But I think it's like, do they want to be a part of something?

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Sure.

[Kelly]

Am I just say, like, car related accounts because then, like, hopefully, like, my other, like, reviewer friends could, like, pop in on it.

[Liz]

Sure. Yeah.

[Kelly]

Okay.

[Liz]

Well, I mean, I think it's worth a shot. I mean, you can always delete it. Like you said, it's only a 35 minute flight. So if someone doesn't. If people don't comment, you can just delete it and we'll. The only proof we'll ever have is this podcast recording.

[Kelly]

Well, and let's just do this. You just Since I won't have my phone. Sorry. I have Fred here on my lap too. If you guys hear someone groaning in.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

The background.

[Kelly]

How about you monitor it and if like we're 20 minutes in and no one's comment, just delete it. Do you know what I mean?

[Liz]

Yeah, I like tag everyone too. Hi, Fred. I will tag everyone too. Yeah.

[Kelly]

Okay, go play.

[Liz]

Hi, Fred.

[Kelly]

Fred, Mommy's working. No, I would. No, you're not working anymore. No. I don't know why. I think I can get things done with my children.

[Liz]

I don't either. I think you. I think you sometimes get confused that like, George and Hattie are not Fred and Libby.

[Kelly]

Yeah, they're really, like, they're really slowing me down. Like in a major way.

[Liz]

No, like, I would literally never attempt to work with my kids. But that's because, like, I'm. That's all I know. Like, you know what the easy, easier side can look like, which is, you know, a five and a six year old.

[Kelly]

You just can't give me a second, Fred. Like, come on. I mean, I turned out, I'm not trying to be a hero. I gave him an iPad. Like, I thought I had at least 40 minutes. Libby's taking a nap. I'm just trying to squeeze things in.

[Liz]

Totally.

[Kelly]

Okay, so where did we leave off? Okay, so yes, I'm going to attempt that reel.

[Liz]

Okay, sounds good. I haven't. I have not seen that yet.

[Kelly]

Well, and you're not on tick tock as much. Speaking of tick tock and reels, I can't even wait to our till our last three transaction segment to do this because I don't think we have that plan for today's episode. I made a major, major life purchase.

[Liz]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, I know about this one.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Let's hear it.

[Kelly]

Yeah. Because you have access to my PayPal. I'm like, I just don't like you always knowing what.

[Liz]

I have access to your email. And I. It's good because sometimes important things come through and I need to see it. But also I can see like every purchase you make. And I'm like, oh, interesting. She just bought.

[Kelly]

Yeah, this. Anyway, I bought a brick. Now what is a brick? First of all, it's 59, which feels a little more expensive.

[Liz]

It feels so expensive.

[Kelly]

I had very much, like committed to wanting to buy it. And then, you know, I get through my PayPal and I was like, oh, okay. I was thinking like 36. Yeah, I was. I wanted to land there. I did not. I landed at like 62. By the time it was all said and done. Now what is the brick? A brick is something that will block, like, you're distracting social media apps and then to unlock your phone, you have to like tap it against the brick again. Now I'm really wanting to cut down my screen time and my scrolling for, like so many reasons. Mainly because I think I will be so much more productive and, dare I say, happier without the constant scrolling. My phone had to get its screen replaced a couple of days ago. So Tyler, like, left one evening and just like took my phone. Like, I was home, so I didn't need a phone. Like, you know, we have access to the Internet. If I like, had to call someone, like, I could pull up my laptop, but he took my phone. I didn't have my phone. It was the best feeling in the world. It felt so. I felt so, like grounded and connected to my children again.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

And it felt like the outside world didn't exist and I loved everything about it. And I know, like, I wish I would have like the self control to just like put it in the drawer and walk away, but I just simply. Well, I do. I know it's not working for me. I can't delete the apps off my phone because I have to work on them every single day. The time limit thing is so easy to bypass that this brick thing I think is going to be really helpful. Now I haven't and I've talked to a couple. I have two friends who have them and love them. I think also Kate from Naptime Kitchen has it too. And all I'm looking to do is to cut down on the scrolling. Like, I just like, the number on my phone that makes me the sickest is not my screen time because to me, my screen time is my screen time, but it's the number of pickups I have in a day because, like, your Apple can also track that, which if anyone was good for them, they would delete all of those metrics because, like all you're doing is making people not want to be on your devices anymore. But, like, when my number of pickups is like 170, like I picked up my phone 170 times to look at.

[Liz]

It in a day.

[Kelly]

That's insane.

[Liz]

Yeah, no, I know.

[Kelly]

So I got it.

[Liz]

Trying to see how it works. So you tap it.

[Kelly]

Yeah. So like my plan is like, let's say I'll put it like on my fridge or something and then I'll like, I'll brick my phone and then I just like would have to get back up to like Unbrick it.

[Liz]

So, like block social media or.

[Kelly]

Okay, it blocks the distracting apps. So I would also love to use it on like, on a Saturday when I'm like, gonna go to, like, I don't know, somewhere with the kids, I wanna brick it before I leave because I don't need to be uploading and scrolling. Like in the moments between, like me and the kids at the pumpkin patch, like, I want it bricked. And then when I get home, if I wanna upload something, if I wanna post a picture, I wanna share a photo, then I will do that.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

I don't know. We'll see. And I just. Yeah, I mean, like, the only problem really.

[Liz]

Capital. Go ahead. Sorry. This company is just like really capitalize on people's addiction.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Well.

[Kelly]

And I think the first step to. I think the first step to recovery is admission. Yeah, I have a phone addiction. So just. So do all of you, first of all. So check yourself. Here's what's gonna really though, cause a lot of friction in my life though, is I know the second I am like, so not on my phone, I'm gonna want to strangle my husband. Because I'm gonna be like, you're always on your phone.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

Even though I hadn't been on mine for like five seconds.

[Liz]

Yeah. Okay. I'll just be very curious to hear how you love it.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

I agree.

[Liz]

I mean, I think we all know that we're happier when we are not scrolling.

[Kelly]

Well, and Liz, that's a great segue to my next topic that I wanted to talk about. And that was a fast lane philosophy. I actually have two to share with you. Okay. My first fascinating philosophy is there was this guy. I don't know who this person is, but he was on Fallon. I'll tell you who he is in a second because first I have to read you the quote. And he said he deleted his Instagram. This guy. And he said, I'm tired of everyone else's business being my business. Let me tell you who this person is. Gabrielle Basso. I don't know who that is. Sorry. If I'm supposed to. I'm sorry. I'm so unplugged. I just like, don't even know who these people are.

[Liz]

She's so bricked up.

[Kelly]

Anyway, I'm tired of everyone else's business being my business. And he gave kind of like a weird example that I don't relate to. He said that he was scrolling his phone one day and someone was posting like the top of Mount Everest. And he's like, I should know what that looks like because I haven't been there and I'm like, okay, well, chill out. Like, all right, you're missing. That wasn't the right one to say. But I do agree, like, I just need to worry about my business a little bit more. But also I want you guys to worry about my business too, because this is a job after all. I'm going back and forth. It's hard to separate the art from the artist right now.

[Liz]

Yeah, I know. I go back and forth too, because there's some, there's some business I don't care about, but then there's also some business that feels like very relatable, you know, Like, I totally was my. My friends and I like, have a snap. The only reason I sell Snapchat is my only my girlfriends from college. That's how we communicate. And one of them was like, yeah, I'm doing a 40 hour, a 48 hour fast. And I'm like, over here. Like, I just admitted ordering Taco Bell at 10am and I was like, okay, well that doesn't feel great because I'm doing like nothing to better my health. And then I saw like an Instagram that was like a girl eating, a pregnant girl eating, eating something like some fast food. And she goes, me rewarding myself because I grew a gold bladder and a liver today. And I'm like, that's like, that's what I needed to see. Like, I needed to ground myself in that because I was also like grounding myself too much in my friend's business. But I should care about my friend's business and I cared more about the stranger's business than my friend's business.

[Kelly]

Well, and I'm just wondering if there's a level of like, I'm just seeing too much of the business because I'm on my phone too much. Because maybe it's not like I just don't need to see everyone's business. What feels like seven to eight hours a day. That's how much I'm seeing people's business, you know?

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

And I do think just like a healthy edit of your social media followers is also a really important thing to do.

[Liz]

Totally.

[Kelly]

Always be editing is as you know.

[Liz]

There'S a feature on Instagram you can go to who you're following and you can see least interacted with and you can see who you interact with. And then you're like, oh, I don't even follow your stuff. I'm. I'm gonna remove you.

[Kelly]

Well, and sometimes I like to see my most Interactive with. Why is this person always coming up on my page?

[Liz]

Maybe a better way to approach it is most interacted with. Yeah.

[Kelly]

So it's like, let me see somebody else for a minute.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

But anyway, but please stay interacting with us because we're trying to change the auto industry. Despite all of that, we're still trying to use it for good. Okay. My next fast lane philosophy, kind of like a. We're going to take a little bit of a nosedive. But I feel like on the last episode we talked a lot about, you know, kind of pulling wisdom from like people who are a couple of phases ahead of you in life and just like the importance of that. And this was a really great quote that actually Kate shared from Naptime Kitchen. Let me go back and find it. It's like this older woman in this reel. She's an older woman zesting an orange or a carrot. And she says, changing from how much can I get done to how relaxed I can be while doing it. Again, changing from how much can I get done to how relaxed I can be while doing. I want you to think about that. It's like relaxing.

[Liz]

You're like, it's not so over stimulated. Yeah.

[Kelly]

Like, it's not always the rat race, you know, it's just like, can you get to a place of like, you know, Zen while doing your daily things? Can you, like, relax and cook dinner? Not just cook dinner. How relaxed can you be while cooking dinner? How can you get yourself there? Yeah, how relaxed can you be?

[Liz]

Yeah, no, I'm kind of struggling with this one because I like where I like the intent, but it's also how relaxed can you be when you're cooking over a hot stove with a toddler pulling on your leg?

[Kelly]

Well, I'm not sure.

[Liz]

I'm not sure I'm at the phase of my life to relate to this one yet.

[Kelly]

Well, I think that brings us to the next point, which was the reel that you saw that I want you to talk about.

[Liz]

Reel that I saw that was also an older woman.

[Kelly]

I like loving older women. Content, please.

[Liz]

Like, that's what we need. And she goes, 20 years ago, I was not making my bed every day. I was not baking. I was not gardening. And the greater point being when she was a mom to young children, she. She was not doing these hobbies, these things that you see people do on social media that like, you aspire to want to do, there will be an opportunity in your life to do it. It's just not right now. And while it feels like so Long and like all we have going on. I just think about even, even our own mom. Like, she's just like thriving. She's thriving right now and she has hobbies and she's doing Bible study and music lessons and golfing and like she's having a great time. And her life has been this way for several years. Longer than the years, you know, that she was like in the thick of it really.

[Kelly]

Totally. I. It's such, it's such a good reminder that people aren't always showing just like every year and every moment of their life. Like, it's not I. That. That simple, like real in a way. Like, I felt like it gave me the permission to like, let go of some of the guilt of the things that I'm not doing right now.

[Liz]

Yeah, me too.

[Kelly]

Which I agree. It's felt really, really good because it's like.

[Liz]

Because I don't make my bed. Because you see, like, if you make your, like these are habits that you need to do every day. You need to make your bed, it's going to start your day off right. It's going to do like these things and like, okay, well, I'm starting my day off by racing a toddler to the toilet because he's potty training right now. So forgive me that I didn't make my bed. Like, that is not, that's not. I'm. I'm letting go of the guilt of like, well, if you didn't make your bed in the morning, then you're not going to start your day off in a successful way. It's like, I. It looks different.

[Kelly]

Do you guys want to know something? I don't make my bed every day.

[Liz]

No, I don't make my bed every day. I mean, I prefer it when my bed is made.

[Kelly]

Same. But I don't think I could. I don't think there's much of a correlation between the days my bedders made in the days my day. My. There's not a correlation between the days my bed is made in the days it's not made to me.

[Liz]

Yeah, but you know, it's like always like the habit to do to set you up for like a good rest of your day. Like, that's always the example that they use. Why is that?

[Kelly]

I think like getting dressed. Getting dressed changes my day more.

[Liz]

Yeah, I would agree.

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[Kelly]

Giving things up, similar to my phone solar reel today. Really? Again, this was actually my business, so I'm happy I saw it. Lent is in, like, 12 days.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

What? Yeah. Wow. So if you don't know. Well, I think a lot of denominations, like, recognize Lent, but it's like, a really big deal in the Catholic Church. And lent is the 40 days between ash Wednesday and Easter, right?

[Liz]

Yeah. Yep.

[Kelly]

Ash Wednesday and Easter. And as Catholics, we do, like, a couple of things to, like, prepare our hearts and our spirits for Jesus resurrecting from the dead. And a lot of the things that we do is we fast. So we fast on Ash Wednesday. We fast on Good Friday. We don't eat meat on Fridays, which is when we do our fish fries, which I cannot wait for fish fry season. I have a story about that, though, in a second. And we normally give something up. Now, some people. People do this totally differently. Some people like to add things. I like to give things up because we're kind of trying to symbolize the time where Jesus went into the desert and fasted for 40 days. So I'm more of the belief and the conviction that, like, it's to give things up. Last year, I gave up Diet Coke, which honestly was pretty easy.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

And this year, I want to go hard.

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Okay.

[Kelly]

And I want to give up sugar. Yeah, like, 100%. Now, me and ChatGPT were talking about this because people say, like, I give up sugar, but what does that really mean?

[Liz]

Like fruit, you know, fruit everywhere has sugar in it.

[Kelly]

Honey, like sugar. Probably. So. But can I have something that's sugar free?

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

Okay. So I don't exactly know where I'm gonna land on this. I don't exactly know what my journey is going to look like, but I want it to be hard.

[Liz]

I love that.

[Kelly]

Didn't you give up sweets last year?

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

What?

[Liz]

Did I give up last year? No, I didn't. I actually have been exempt from Lent for the past several years because you are exempt if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. So I was breastfeeding last year. So I didn't. I may have done something, but I.

[Kelly]

Didn'T give up sweets because you just. You. But you ate your lactation cookies. Yeah, you did.

[Liz]

Oh, I gave up.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Oh, you're right.

[Liz]

So I didn't have sweets, but I could have my lactation cookies. But it wasn't sugar. It was like a sweet treat after dinner. It was like, you know, chocolate or. It wasn't it wasn't sugar. Sugar sounds a lot harder.

[Kelly]

I know. I think I'm going to be thinking about strategies, but I've also seen some reels of people who like, cut out sugar and like, the difference in their skin, in their face and their body within like 30 days is like insane.

[Liz]

No, they say they feel amazing.

[Kelly]

They say they feel amazing. So I think the hardest parts are going to be I have to stop having sugar in my coffee. Unless I'm gonna say, like, I can have honey because I have iced honey lattes.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

So I'm just like, should I count honey or not?

[Liz]

Anyway, you gotta figure that out.

[Kelly]

I'm like, not gonna do like, sugar free. So, like, I don't know what's in built puff bars, but like, I'm cutting those out. Cause I don't want. It's not just the sugar. Like, I wanna get away from the sweets too.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

Now we do have some events on the calendar that like, I do think I will have to cheat on one.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Event.

[Kelly]

But it's a really good one because on March 13, which will be like in the middle of Lent, actually, our priests are coming over for dinner. We will be having dessert. So I do feel as though that would be an exemption.

[Liz]

Or you just don't have the dessert.

[Kelly]

Yeah, but like, I bought it at our dinner auction that like, the priests make us dinner.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

So like, what if, like, Father comes in with like, as a dessert and then I deny it?

[Liz]

Well, because you gave up sweets for Lynn, I think he'll. I think that would be an appropriate response to your.

[Kelly]

If anyone would understand it would be.

[Liz]

It should be the priest.

[Kelly]

Well, we'll see. But I'm considering, like maybe cheating that one time. But what if I don't like this? I don't know.

[Liz]

I'm really excited for you to try something, like, genuinely hard.

[Kelly]

No, it's giving. You know what it's giving? It's giving micro hobby. Because here I am, now it is.

[Liz]

And it's also giving transformation. And I know that people sometimes have a thing to say. It's like, oh, well, you shouldn't just give up fast food because you're doing it like for a reason to, like, be healthier or whatever. Like it's so you can lose weight or anything. But I do feel as though you will go through a transformation. And I think in a lot of ways that's what it's about. And the other thing that I think is nice when you're giving something up, if you're really, really craving It. What I like to do is pray instead of exactly, like, have the thing. So it's like, that's. That's what fasting's supposed to do. It's like, when you're hungry, you're supposed to pray. So you are constantly, like, brought back to the reason you're doing it and constantly brought back to the Lord.

[Kelly]

Constant reminder of Jesus's sacrifice and love for us. So I am excited. But if I decide to go through with this, which I'm like, 90, sure I am, I'm gonna go, so ham on Fat Tuesday. I'm doing a mukbang. Like, catch me.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

Doing a mukbang.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

I. I'm telling you, I. I don't even would. I wouldn't even say I eat a lot of sweets, but I definitely have something sweet every day. A couple times a day.

[Liz]

Yeah. Okay. I. I support you. I don't know what I'm gonna do. Like I said, I'm not gonna do anything. I won't be fasting. I will not have meat on Fridays, because I think that's easy to do. I. I haven't just. I haven't thought about it. I need to figure out what I'm gonna do.

[Kelly]

And so that brings me to my next point. So one of my favorite parts about Lent is the fish fries, which, like, even if you're not Catholic, get you to a Catholic fish fry during this Lenten season. Me and Tyler love fish fries. We go to several around where we live. We rate them, we give a rating for, like, the quality of the food and the price. Because I think that's important, like, how much? Because some people, some places kids eat free. Some places kids are 12 bucks. Some kids don't, like. It's just very interesting to kind of see how it all comes out. The only problem is which. I am going to figure this out by then. But I have not had fish since my allergic reaction.

[Liz]

Oh, yeah.

[Kelly]

Now I have introduced shrimp, and I was fine. All of my blood, all of my blood work, two blood work panels, a prick test, everything says I'm not allergic to fish. I'm still not going to have anchovies because I do think I am allergic to anchovies, but I don't think I'm allergic to, like, salmon, tuna, cod, catfish. So I need to try that prior to my first fish fry. And I'm gonna go. I, like, just need to, like, go to mom's house when, like, someone else can watch my kids in case I go into a reaction and I need to eat Some fish.

[Liz]

Yeah, you do.

[Kelly]

So that's, like, on my to do list.

[Liz]

Let me just. Can I just promote one more time for everyone? If you're not Catholic, why you should still go find a Catholic fish trainer. You. Here's why. Number one, they don't just have fish. They sometimes will have, like, for kids, like, a pizza or a pasta option. So if your kids aren't going to eat fried cod, like, they will have options for them. And it's like a great way to go somewhere, Go out and. And let your kids run around, because there's kids everywhere and it's usually in the gymnasium. So, like, you can sit and eat a meal with your husband and it's okay if your kids are. Are causing a ruckus if they're running around. Some of them have kids activities. Most of all of them have playgrounds because it's out of school and relatively, like, they're pretty affordable. So it's kind of like a good.

[Kelly]

And you get it instantaneously. I think the worst part about going out to eat with kids is, like, you have to then, like, wait 20 minutes for your food to come. No, we do. It's. Most of the time, it's a buffet style.

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[Kelly]

So you're getting your food now.

[Liz]

Although I'll tell you what, I stood in line for 45 minutes. It was like the first. It was the first fish fry of Lent, and I squeezed it in line for 45 minutes. Yeah, well, it was a really popping one. So maybe go later in the season as people kind of like, get off the fish fry.

[Kelly]

Well, and I also like to go as earlier I would just hit. Hit it.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Sure. You know what?

[Liz]

We went like, right? We went at the worst time. Like, yeah, go as soon as they open, you go 5:30.

[Kelly]

It's gonna be tough.

[Liz]

We screwed it up. Yeah.

[Kelly]

I also do, like, I am a little bougie with it, and I will bring my own lemon and tartar sauce and like, or like a spicy cocktail sauce if they're serving shrimp there, because the sauces that provided just never really quite do it for me. But the fish is really good.

[Liz]

That's a good. That's a good hack.

[Kelly]

Yeah.

[Liz]

So, okay, well, moving right along, we do have an advice question. Oh, okay.

[Kelly]

And then I have some good industry.

[Liz]

News, and I'm excited about this one because this is a topic that I feel like we always say we want to dive into, but we just never do because there's just bigger fish to fry. So this comes from Taylor. I have an SUV question. My husband and I have a 2013, 2013 Chevy Cruise that we absolutely love mostly because it's paid off. But we have been having issue after issue with it lately. Luckily my husband's very handy and usually order parts and fix it himself. However, I'm worried about continuously dumping money into a 13 year old car with roughly 150000 miles on it. All to say that we are looking, looking into a two row SUV. We have two kids, six and two. Our family car is a 2017 Chevy Traverse which I would give my left arm for. What suggestions would you have for a two row SUV that is on the larger size and less compact without making the jump to three rows. Would also appreciate the decent trunk. We always buy used and do not care about bells and whistles. We're hoping to stay under 20k. Do you have any suggestions?

[Kelly]

Oh, this is an interesting one. I would say I am going to recommend one of my favorite cars. I don't even think you're gonna know what I'm gonna say. Do you want to try though?

[Liz]

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

[Kelly]

And that is something that they stopped making back in I think 2023 which was a mistake. And that is the Ford Edge.

[Liz]

Oh yeah, you do love that.

[Kelly]

Excellent car, excellent car. You should be able to find one under 20 like you know, go pre owned. That I mean that's like, that's a, that's a standout car to me in my opinion.

[Liz]

And the beautiful thing about Turo SUVs is like all of them have good trunk space.

[Kelly]

They all right, they all have good trunk space. But the, but the Edge is big. It's still affordable especially going pre owned because the problem with some of the tour SUVs like we, you know we talked about the Honda passport a lot in recent episodes and the problem with the passport is like it's still so expensive. Like it's not that much more expensive to get a pilot. So you're you know you're paying for other things like you're paying for like the looks and the off roading capabilities and like other the performance. But in terms of you're not saving a ton of money by going that direction. So that's just something to think about.

[Liz]

Okay, thank you. Hopefully that helps Taylor out.

[Kelly]

So random. But I also just, I shared this on my stories yesterday but I got a huge tea collection order in. They were having some really good sales and I am just obsessed with their clothes and I kind of want to do like a reel on this because I feel like over the years I have really kind of figured out like, where the best kids clothes are that aren't like so insanely expensive. I mean, you got to hit the sales on some of these places that not everybody has that are exactly the style I'm looking for. Like, I like colorful, fun clothes for my kids, but not too character y. Like, I don't know, I'm very specific. Like, I don't want. I want colorful clothes that aren't ugly. Believe it or not. Like, that's just like kind of where I've landed on this.

[Liz]

That's so interesting.

[Kelly]

And anyway, I just wanted to share like, where I've been finding my kids clothes recently because it's not your typical, like Target, H and M Zara, Walmart, which I also like all of their clothes, but these are just like a little bit more off the beaten path, if you will. And I'm very much of the mindset where like, now that I know I've had the experience of saving kids, saving clothes for kids, and I kind of paying attention to like what I actually saved and then what I put that second kid in. Like, now that I've done this a little bit with George and Fred and Hattie and Libby, now when I'm buying for specifically George and Hattie, my mindset is just a little different because I know what I'm going to want to save. Like, I know what's worth saving, I know what's worth splurging on. And then I know what's like, not worth splurging on. And what to me, like, my biggest problem, what it ultimately comes down to is I buy my clothes, especially in the past. In past, I buy too many, like, nice clothes for my kids and then I buy too many play clothes for my kids. And I never have like enough in the middle.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

And like, even like for something like church, Like, I don't get my kids that dress up for church. Like, my boys are wearing like a Henley, maybe a polo. Like they're not wearing a button down every single Sunday. Like, which is. That's just not our kind of vibe. So I'm kind of transitioning from like more wearable, slightly dressier clothes. Anyway. Also say my favorite place to shop for kids clothes, if anyone's wondering. Number one Tea Collection, Chef's Kiss. They have. Their T shirts are amazing. They, they're so fun without being stupid. And I love the colors. Like, so basically everything Hattie wears is from Tea Collection and all of George's clothes are from tea Collection.

[Liz]

You toy. You don't. You don't really need to go any further. You talk about Tea Collection all the time. I think we all know you are the biggest fan.

[Kelly]

Moving on to my next one. This is kind of one that you.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Put me on to.

[Kelly]

But like Burt's Bees babies go to their website, bypass the, you know what you're finding at Target. Their website has some adorable clothes.

[Liz]

Adorable clothes, great jammies, affordable. It's like all my kids, where I used to. With James, I was like, very much like a little sleepy's Kaden Lane kite baby. And then I realized, like, James was just such a skinny kid that all those fit him really well. And like, sometimes those bamboo jammies are just like a little bit tight over when you've got like a little roll on your thighs like Sloan does. And I just love the Burt's Bees. They wash great.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

They.

[Liz]

I love the price of them and I just like, I love buying pajamas for my kids, but I hate spending $36 a pop. Burt's Bees is always on sale, and it kind of like gives me that fix of like, wanting new jammies without having to spend it well.

[Kelly]

And I have written down on my summer notes because as I'm like, kind of shopping, I am kind of referencing back what I wrote about last summer because it's like, also the thing is, like, when you have four kids, if you want to buy anything matching or coordinating, you have to make haste because then someone's size is going to be sold out in April. I'm going to be so mad. So I am kind of like, starting to curate, like, a bit of a summer wardrobe for the kids. Just like, kind of six. Not. Not going crazy. Just kind of like, seeing what I need. You know what everyone's theme's gonna be this year in terms of, like, okay, like, how he's gonna wear pink and navy, boys are gonna wear navy and gray. Like, I'm just trying to be strategic with it. Like, what color crocs am I getting, everybody? Because that was on my list that everyone needs name brand crocs. So choosing what color croc to get is a little stressful.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Sure.

[Kelly]

But I did write down that I want my kids to have matching American jammies because, like, you get. I mean, those are just so fun to wear. Like, 4th of July, memorial Day, Labor Day, like, whenever we go to the lake. And then, like, I want to, like, give everyone a bath and put them in pajamas and have a freaking popsicle outside. Like, that's What I want them to be it in.

[Liz]

So 4th of July jammies are such an underrated holiday to get. Like, the other ones are so fleeting. If you, like, get the. Get the 4th of July jammies if you're gonna get any holiday.

[Kelly]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. So my next one was Carter's Little Planet. Unbelievable. Go to Carter's website, but, like, only look at their little planet brand. The sweetest things. Libby's favorite clothes that I got from last year, like, the clothes that I put in her baby box from last summer were all Carter's Little Planet. And then my last one is kind of like a new find, but it's quints.

[Liz]

Yeah, they have. They have kids clothes now.

[Kelly]

They have kids clothes now. And if you like that Hannah. I also like Hannah Anderson, but I just, I find I like T better than Hannah Anderson. And I think they're very much the same. Quince has started to kind of make. I feel like for a while they were just jammies, but now they've got, like some fun printed dresses. They've got some good. Some good basics. So shout out to Quince.

[Liz]

Okay. Love it.

[Kelly]

So anyway, I feel like, what holiday is coming up? President's Day, question mark?

[Liz]

Easter?

[Kelly]

No, but like, what sale holiday is coming up? I believe it's President's Day.

[Liz]

Yeah, that sounds right.

[Kelly]

So just, you know, they might be having some sales. So it's just like never. Unfortunately for us, it's never too soon to think about spring and summer clothes for children. And this grinds my gears. Elizabeth and I have talked about this at length. I do get frustrated though. Like they do in store. They flip over the seasons too soon. If you walk into a Target right now, there's. You'd be hard pressed to find anything with long sleeves on it.

[Liz]

I know, it's so stressful. And now the, like, the shorts in this and the short sleeve shirts are out and like, some of the size is already missing. I'm like, do I need to be buying this stuff right now? But I don't really fully know what size she's gonna be in, like, her best comfortable size. It's really annoying.

[Kelly]

It's exhausting. Okay, now it's time for industry news where I spill the hot tea going on in the auto industry.

[Liz]

Let's hit it.

[Kelly]

Why do we have some hot tea? Okay, the first story is this came across my desk and I'll be honest, right now it's only spy photos. Like, it's. I haven't found it from, like, Motor Trend But I've seen it on enough like third party, lesser known websites that I do think it's credible. But apparently the Santa Fe is getting like a redesign or like a refresh because of course they are.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

But it looks so much better.

[Liz]

Like, okay.

[Kelly]

Jaw droppingly better. Because the worst part about the Hyundai Santa Fe is exterior. Do you know what it is, Elizabeth?

[Liz]

It's, it's flat butt.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

No. Oh.

[Kelly]

It's its H headlights that look like dog bones. Oh, that's a universal experience. Everyone says that. Here's the new one. It looks like the Lexus TX or GX even.

[Liz]

Well, I gotta look these up. I can't see that very well.

[Kelly]

Oh, do you want me to send you this facelift?

[Liz]

No, I can find it. Oh yeah, those are better headlights. It's funny. Like the only thing you can see.

[Kelly]

Way better headlights. So I'm kind of excited about that. I'm kind of excited. I don't know what's being released at the Chicago Auto Show. I got the schedule yesterday. Toyota's having a big press conference. So I'm wondering if they're going to be debuting that like weird car that they've been trying to tease and like get buzz about the Highlander perhaps.

[Liz]

That would be exciting.

[Kelly]

That's like the only like real thing being released, I think. I mean BMW is having something but like how much I don't know if that's like really. What if it's just like a sedan?

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Not.

[Kelly]

I mean, I just don't know what to do about that.

[Liz]

Right.

[Kelly]

We'll see. I'm also going to Britax is releasing their like new rotating car seat there.

[Liz]

It's exciting.

[Kelly]

It's like love, like that's like a helpful crossover for me. Cars. Yeah, I love that all in one place.

[Liz]

Like, okay, I love that. I love a car seat launch at an auto show.

[Kelly]

That's what I'm saying. I think that's kind of fun. Oh.

[Liz]

Do any car seat brands want to do a launch at our auto show?

[Kelly]

Do any car seat brands want to do a launch at our auto show? Does anyone want to do anything at our auto show?

[Liz]

Yeah. What do you want to do?

[Kelly]

Now is the time.

[Liz]

We are, yeah. We are working on our vendors, collecting our activations, things of that nature.

[Kelly]

And let's just remember, remind everyone that the date is June 13th.

[Liz]

Yeah. Tickets will be available soon, but mark your calendar, book your flight.

[Kelly]

Okay. Our next story is super bowl is this Sunday Seahawks verse Patriots. I have officially switched to cheering for.

[Liz]

The Patriots because of quarterback drinking.

[Kelly]

In a man they've been dating since middle school. It's adorable. And that's where I just realized, like, I would, like, free idea. I want someone to start a podcast where they just tell me really fun, wholesome sports stories. Like, no offense, leave out the details. Like, I'm sorry. I don't care how many, like, running yards a person has. Like, don't care. What is the story? Like, Fernando Mendozo had an amazing story.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Right?

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

What's his name? Who's the Bills quarterback? Josh Allen had an amazing story.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

Drake May has an amazing story. So I'm looking. I just. I will cheer for the team that's most likely to get made into a movie. Like, that's my opinion on sports.

[Liz]

Yeah. And I really think we should. I mean, I do feel like these people are, like, so gassed and hyped up as they. As they deserve to be, but it's like, also just, like, be a wholesome person. Be a wholesome, humble athlete, and you will be liked so much more. Free idea athletes. Free idea athletes.

[Kelly]

Okay, athletes. So, anyway, now I know what you're thinking. Every team I've cheered for has gotten out of the playoffs the next game.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

So that is tough for the Patriots fans. I don't know what kind of luck that I. What kind of luck I bring. Doesn't sound great, but you have my enthusiasm. Okay, now let's talk about super bowl commercials. Specifically, let's talk about which Automakers have confirmed 30 air second spots.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

Two of them. Now, these spots cost between eight to $10 million. Yeah, that's what this says.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

For Super Bowl LX, which is. Let me think about that. 55. No, 59. What Super bowl is it?

[Liz]

Beats me.

[Kelly]

What is.

[Liz]

I feel like there was just. I feel like there was just a really big one. Like, There was just 50 years ago.

[Kelly]

L is 50. X is 10. If the fifth, what Super bowl is it? They're like, LX. I'm like, no, I know.

[Liz]

No. What does LX mean? What is up with that? The only time Roman numerals are literally ever come across our daily life is the Super Bowl.

[Kelly]

Oh, it's 60. That's right. Okay, that makes sense. Oh, it's a big one.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

That is.

[Liz]

I feel like.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Okay.

[Kelly]

I feel like if it's like the 60, like, say 60.

[Liz]

Like, also, why can't people say Super Bowl? Why can you. Why can't only say big game? That feels like a stupid rule.

[Kelly]

I couldn't agree more with you. Like, if you ever notice, like, Any. Like, during the commercials, they can't say Super Bowl. They say Big Game.

[Liz]

Big Game.

[Kelly]

Lx. That's the trim level of some Kias. That's a fun fact.

[Liz]

Oh, yeah.

[Kelly]

We're so dumb that we didn't know that.

[Liz]

Do you think that's what. No, that's not what the brands are. They're not doing Roman numerals.

[Kelly]

No. Okay. Anyway, the two automakers are Toyota and Cadillac. These are the only automakers confirmed.

[Liz]

Cadillac is kind of surprising.

[Kelly]

Cadillac is super surprising. Last year, Ram had one with Glen Powell, and Jeep had one with Harrison Ford.

[Liz]

2024.

[Kelly]

Volkswagen and BMW. And Toyota had one 2022 featured BMW with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[Liz]

I'm just like.

[Kelly]

I do, like, when we get the wholesome, like, American. American truck. So that's interesting.

[Liz]

Yeah. Well, I wonder if Toyota.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

If they.

[Liz]

If they are going to launch this. If they do launch this car at the Chicago Auto show, then, like, smart next steps could maybe be a release of it at the Big Game.

[Kelly]

At the Big Game.

[Liz]

On a commercial.

[Kelly]

I didn't think about that. So we'll see.

[Liz]

Okay, well, let's talk about what we're making for the super bowl, because some of us might be hosting. I hosted last year, so I want to say what I got, which I thought was such a good hack. And then Kelly's hosting.

[Kelly]

I just want to make a correction. The hybrid, the new Toyota, is not being released at the Chicago Auto Show.

[Liz]

Oh, okay. Okay. And then Kelly is hosting some friends. And so I want to hear what you're making. But first, I'm gonna go first, because I did it last year. Totally last year, I had the stumpies over, and I ordered in bulk from my local barbecue place. I ordered wings, and I ordered pulled pork, and we made pulled pork nachos. And it was a such a low lift meal to throw together. And we had. We had delicious wings. And also, I feel like they're kind of, like, more affordable when you order them in bulk from a barbecue place. So we had the wings, and then we had our entree, which was nachos, which is, like, what you need for the Super Bowl. Probably had, like, a veggie tray or, like, something else on the side, but those were, like, my big things. Picked it up that afternoon. Super easy.

[Kelly]

I am very. I haven't given much headspace to the food, to be honest with you. Mainly because, like, again, I haven't even gone to Chicago by the time this podcast has come out yet.

[Liz]

Crazy.

[Kelly]

And I still have to, like, come back on Saturday Night, Wake up Sunday church, entrepreneurship thing that we're taking the kids to. I'll tell you about that after I experience it. And then prep food and then have people over the Super Bowl.

[Liz]

Well, and that's why my hack might actually be the move, because you just got to order like the bulk of the food and then you just put chat.

[Kelly]

Yeah, we do that today. Matney, if you're listening, maybe call. I did. Now I did send out a text to my friends who live around me. Because the thing is, it's like the game's not till 5:30.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

So one, I did. Like, I only have people who live close to me and I did say, hey, if anyone wants to come over super bowl, we will be watching the game at least through the third quarter.

[Liz]

Lol.

[Kelly]

I hate how late the game is. Just to kind of let people know that they're absolutely not welcome to stay till 10pm yeah, like, that was very much.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

So it's just like, stay. Like we'll all watch the halftime show and then kindly leave. Yeah. Because like, by the time that rolls around, like, it'll be late and my kids will be needing to get ready for bed and it's a school night.

[Liz]

Yeah.

[Kelly]

So I. What my original thought was I have stuff for buffalo chicken dip. I was gonna make that.

[Liz]

Smart.

[Kelly]

I am considering making chili.

[Liz]

That's a good one.

[Kelly]

And that's all I have. I'll do a veggie try. I don't know if I do chili. I'm gonna like, probably stick it to more like. More like apple apps. I can have some sweets still. Plus if I don't do chili, I was going to pivot to do like party sliders and like crock pot meatballs. Like my favorite meatball recipe. I'm sorry, Meatballs, barbecue sauce, grape jelly. What do you know about that?

[Liz]

Yeah, I've never made those before. Oh, you put them on like what, a Hawaiian roll?

[Kelly]

No, you just eat them. You just eat them sometimes. I'll make that. That'll be. Let's just make that our ditch the drive thru. Because I made that this past week for the kids. And I made rice and broccoli and like we put it on a rice and broccoli party balls and rice and broccoli.

[Liz]

What's our. What's our grape jelly barbecue sauce ratio?

[Kelly]

Oh, I have no idea. To.

[Liz]

To taste like one to one. Like, are you doing more barbecue? The more grape jelly?

[Kelly]

Like, I'm probably doing a little bit more barbecue.

[Liz]

Yeah, that sounds right.

[Kelly]

Let's say If I, like, fill up my crock pot, I mean, it's just like, people ask me to measure sauce. It's like, well, how much sauce do you want? I don't know. Yeah, but it's not.

[Liz]

I just think it's good to know, like, the general ratio.

[Kelly]

I think if you did one to one, you would live to tell the tale.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

And I think if you're, like, one.

[Liz]

And a half to one.

[Kelly]

Yeah, I like one and a half to one better.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

So I'm gonna plan that, and, yeah, I kind of need to get on it.

[Liz]

Okay.

[Kelly]

Maybe I will just. Or the thing with, like, nachos, though, is, like, I'm having a lot of people over, and, like, then that's a little harder to, like, make your own nachos.

[Liz]

Yeah, that's true.

[Kelly]

Maybe I'll just get, like, sliders. I'm just. I'm gonna do that. That's better. That's easier.

[Liz]

I do think it's a good hack to know that, like, your barbecue restaurant that you maybe don't think of, like, they will probably have wings, too, that you can pick up. Because, like, I cannot. That's one thing I cannot make at home, is my own wings. Like, we've tried. It never works out. I'm always ordering wings and picking them up.

[Kelly]

Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna do wings because I'm doing the buffalo chicken dip.

[Liz]

Oh, yeah.

[Kelly]

So I think I'm gonna make buffalo chicken dip. I think I'm gonna order barbecue pork. I think that's what I'm gonna do. Put it in the crock pots so it looks like I made it. Get a line rolls, barbecue sauce, maybe, like, two types barbecue sauce if you're fancy. Veggie tray, maybe, like, some fruit. I need, like, one more, like, app. Like, one more, like, I need someone to, like, make jalapeno poppers.

[Liz]

You will. It feels like someone can offer. Hey, can I bring anything at this?

[Kelly]

But I'm sure they will.

[Liz]

Yeah, that's a great thing. Okay, well, with that, that's going to be our episode. So, everyone, I hope you have a great weekend. Hope you enjoy the big game. Hope you eat.

[Kelly]

Mm.

[Liz]

Kel, hope you have a great time in Chicago.

[Kelly]

Thanks, babe. I'm very excited. Be sure to follow along, and we.

[Liz]

Will talk to you on Wednesday.

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[Liz]

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[Kelly]

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