Lake Girls, Ocean Girls & Life Lessons

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Welcome back to the she Said podcast with Amy and Lisa. We're back after a little couple week break. [00:00:07] Speaker B: Yeah, I feel a little more awake today. It's all gloomy weather, which doesn't help. [00:00:13] Speaker A: Geez, I can't even get over this weather. It's going to be this way all week. [00:00:16] Speaker B: No, I have a blanket on my lap right now. [00:00:19] Speaker A: I know you're going to freeze. A Memorial Day weekend at the lake. It's supposed to be really cold. [00:00:24] Speaker B: Is it really? [00:00:25] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:00:26] Speaker B: I refuse to believe it. [00:00:28] Speaker A: Okay, man. [00:00:29] Speaker B: Really? [00:00:29] Speaker A: I heard. [00:00:30] Speaker B: I'll tell you what, it's been so windy out there. I mean, like, I feel like you don't even see as many boats as you would already see. And I don't know if it's because the wind is so bad. No, because grand gets waves. [00:00:41] Speaker A: Does it? [00:00:41] Speaker B: Oh, big, big swells. I mean, it's interesting. [00:00:45] Speaker A: You know, I've never been to Grand Lake, ever. [00:00:47] Speaker B: Well, you're missing out. [00:00:49] Speaker A: I'm not a late girl. [00:00:50] Speaker B: You are missing out. [00:00:51] Speaker A: I'd go to the ocean. I just don't like lakes. I've never been a lake girl. [00:00:55] Speaker B: Yeah, I'd rather be in the lake than the ocean. [00:00:57] Speaker A: Really? [00:00:58] Speaker B: Ah, yeah. There's too many things that are, like, wrong. Like, I don't love hanging out in the lake either. You're not gonna like, see me just swimming, wanting to hang out in the water. [00:01:07] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:01:08] Speaker B: But I just like being out there. [00:01:11] Speaker A: So I like the. I don't necessarily go hang out in the ocean, but I do like being inside an ocean. [00:01:16] Speaker B: Yeah, I'll do that. Yeah. I don't really. [00:01:18] Speaker A: Not in there. [00:01:19] Speaker B: Shuffling my feet for. [00:01:21] Speaker A: No. I'll walk through the stingrays. If I'm walking along the beach and get my feet in the water as it. The wave comes up. [00:01:27] Speaker B: Stephen got hit with a stingray right in the ankle in Florida. Wow, that was good stuff. [00:01:34] Speaker A: Those things are bad. [00:01:36] Speaker B: It hurt. It was. It was a lot of pain. [00:01:38] Speaker A: Yeah. I've heard. I have a really funny story about stingrays, but it's too long to tell here, but it's hilarious. I was with a guy in the Dominican Republic and I was nagging him because I wanted. I wanted. We want. I had to go to a dinner and he didn't want to go with me. It was a company obligation for me and he didn't want to go. And I was just bugging him, bugging and bugging him all day. And we were sitting by the beach and he finally just got up and there was a sign that said, no swimming Stingray. Like, they were all over the place. Or jellyfish. It was jellyfish and no swimming. And he got up and he went and got in the ocean and swam out as far as I could see him out in the ocean. And when he finally came back, I'm like, what are you doing? The sign says right there, no swimming because of jellyfish. He goes, I figured that was better than I could get stung. Easier than sitting here listening to you. [00:02:24] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. [00:02:27] Speaker A: He went to dinner with me, I'll tell you that. [00:02:29] Speaker B: Well, I had warned Stephen there was a big blob of stuff kind of going across the water. And he was real curious. And I. Rocky was a little boy, maybe three, and we were out there with some. Our family and stuff, too. But I was like, do not go out there, whatever you do. [00:02:44] Speaker A: Like, that's not good. [00:02:45] Speaker B: Whatever that whole system is out there, that's not good. As soon as I went inside the house, I hear Rocky comes running up the beach yelling for me that he. That dad had been. So Stephen wandered out without. You know, after I'd warned my adult child not to do it. [00:03:02] Speaker A: He did it, too. Funny. Well, I was just telling you that my sleep score last night was 85. I even got a crown above my. [00:03:11] Speaker B: That's crazy. [00:03:12] Speaker A: I know. I've had a few really good nights of sleep, but I. I went to hear a neurosurgeon who was talking about brain health, and, boy, I was locked in. And he there, you know, the two things that you really need for brain health is sleep and exercise. And he really talked about sleep and that how important it is to get seven to eight hours of sleep a night, which is. I. I'm not getting seven to eight hours. I'm lucky to get six. If I get six and a half, it's a good night. And that's only because I don't go to bed early enough. And I get up too early, right? But he said. And I've been really following not every one of his things, but most of them. But he said, to sleep with your room between 62 to 67 degrees. Which I never did that before. Now I am. And it is like a nice. It's just cold in my house when I wake up. [00:04:04] Speaker B: I like being cold when I sleep. [00:04:06] Speaker A: I do, too, but I've been piling on with covers. Yeah, but he said, you really need to breathe the cold air. You cover up and get warm, but you need to be breathing the cold air. It's just like that cold air. Your Core needs to be cold in order to get a deep sleep. [00:04:18] Speaker B: Sleep. [00:04:19] Speaker A: He said, just kind of like he compared. Not compared it, but like bears and hibernation, the cold. You can sleep better. So he said you always have to have a cold room in order to get your body temperature. He said the only other way to get your body temperature low is to do an ice bath. And no one wants to do that before they go to bed. And so he said cold room, which I have started doing. And then blackout curtains are a very dark room. He said you have to sleep in pitch black. [00:04:44] Speaker B: He said, I'm. The eye mask does every time. I'm like, why do I not have this on every night? And because it absolutely makes a difference. [00:04:51] Speaker A: It does with a heavy sleep. But it kind of. I've been pulling it off in the middle of the night. Like it feels like it's suffocating me. Even though it's not even near my. It's really on my eyes. [00:04:59] Speaker B: I like. But just the silk one, the. Like the one, you know, that makes the silk pillowcases, that brand. I have one. I have that one. It's just light on my eyes. It's not heavy. You're talking about the contoured like. [00:05:10] Speaker A: Yeah, it's too. [00:05:11] Speaker B: That's too much for me. [00:05:11] Speaker A: Too much. I gotta get. So mouse. [00:05:13] Speaker B: Get just a simple silk. [00:05:17] Speaker A: Just enough to cover it up. I need to do that. [00:05:19] Speaker B: And it works great. [00:05:20] Speaker A: Is making me crazy. And then he also said to listen to, like an audiobook. Not one you want to, you know, retain the knowledge from the book. Nothing that you're interested in, but just a book that Mainly pick out the voice that's soothing to you. Because I listen to some audiobooks and the voice is so annoying, I can't finish. He picks that. He usually does a man's voice because of the baritone, the bass, the voice. And he turns it on really slow. Like you can. You can do the. Change the speed. Yeah, I guess it depends on what you're listening with it. He turns it on really slow. So it's like, whoa. [00:05:54] Speaker B: Wow. [00:05:54] Speaker A: Just really monotonous. And he goes. It puts him to sleep. He does it for 20 minutes. And he said, I've never heard the end of the 20 minutes. [00:06:01] Speaker B: I've heard of a. An influencer was talking about it sometimes. And they use the Bible app and they take the voices off the app. The Bible app. And it just zonks them out every time. [00:06:13] Speaker A: Just because of the. Probably the tone of the voice and the. [00:06:16] Speaker B: It's not anything like Heavy. Yeah. I mean, it just puts them asleep. [00:06:20] Speaker A: Well, he says even, like, if he gets up to go to the bathroom at night, he comes back, he turns it right back on, and he's back asleep. But he said, just don't pick out something you really want to gain knowledge with because you want. You want it to shut off your brain. And he said, if you don't, then that's when you start thinking back to, like, 1975 and all the mistakes you made in life. Yes. [00:06:39] Speaker B: When you're trying, my brain starts working. [00:06:41] Speaker A: Especially women. We tend to turn. Turn our brain on at night and think everything that we wanted to say or we didn't say or. [00:06:48] Speaker B: So true. [00:06:49] Speaker A: It's so funny how your head just plays all that in when you were trying to sleep. But it's been working. The other thing I've changed, I've always taken magnesium glycinate at night, which was supposed to help you sleep. But what I have noticed is it made me really. Like I was telling you, I had restless leg. Like, my left leg would just start twitching and I'd get really jittery. And so I was like, I don't know if it's. I thought it was that, but I never knew for sure. And then I was listening to some doctor, and he said to take magnesium L Threonate, and it calms your brain, slows all that down. And I switched over to L Threonate. And it has made a big difference. [00:07:29] Speaker B: Really. Okay, writing that down. [00:07:31] Speaker A: I stopped that. You should. You're supposed to take glycinate, but. And it's supposed to be for sleep. In fact, I was buying a new bottle and the girl was trying. I couldn't find it. And I was panicked because I'd taken my last two, and I'm like, I need it tonight. [00:07:44] Speaker B: Where'd you get it? [00:07:46] Speaker A: I got it at Whole Foods. [00:07:47] Speaker B: That's funny, because I have it in my. In a cart right now. But it's not the. Let me look and see what it was A. And actually, I asked Stephen it was if it was a good one to get. And he never answered me. [00:07:58] Speaker A: Glycinate or the brand? [00:08:01] Speaker B: It is the liposomal magnesium glycinate. [00:08:07] Speaker A: So is that a good one? Well, liposomal is. It absorbs faster, so that would be a good one. [00:08:13] Speaker B: Okay. [00:08:13] Speaker A: Anything Liposomal is really good. It's a. It's a. The way they make it. Your body absorbs it quickly. [00:08:19] Speaker B: Okay, well. And speaking of things that are in our cart. My cart, someone was talking about using it's it's by Ebonyl EBA and called Ebonyl. I think that's how you say it. Urea cream, 40% plus salicylic acid, 2%. And it's a foot cream. But her doctor told her to use it on her body and said it has really just changed her whole skin texture. And it's not expensive. It's like a. It's a bestseller on Amazon, but it's like 15.95 for a tub of it that's in my cart. [00:08:51] Speaker A: I've actually been thinking about estradiol on my face. You know, I know some people have said it, they. Some people say they love it and some have said I don't notice any difference, but I'm thinking about trying it. It makes sense. [00:09:03] Speaker B: It does make sense. [00:09:04] Speaker A: And you really. I mean, you're going to get a little bit of that absorbed into your system, but not enough to affect anything. [00:09:11] Speaker B: Yeah, let me know. [00:09:13] Speaker A: Yeah. I started to ask Karen today to order some when I was over there filming her, but I didn't do it. I forgot started talking about something else and I didn't do it. But. And the other thing I think is helping with my sleep is I've been doing the vibration plate. I've had it forever and I haven't done a great job on it. Every time I do it and I stand on it, I feel like for the next four days my knees jacked up. [00:09:32] Speaker B: Oh, it kills me. Yeah. [00:09:34] Speaker A: So I had. I stopped doing it for altogether because I'd do it a couple nights and then I'd be crippled for a few days and then I wouldn't do it anymore. [00:09:40] Speaker B: And I was like, okay, even for a few minutes. That's what it. I'm like, that is my. That is what I come up with. Like, it really inflames my low back and my knee so bad. [00:09:51] Speaker A: And you think about it, I mean, you're standing on it and it's vibrating your teeth out of your head. So why wouldn't it jack up, stuff like that? Well, I saw somebody on Instagram where she said to lay down on the floor and put your legs on it from your. The bend of your knee down to your feet and make sure that the bend of your knee is on it because that's that main vessel that goes down to your feet. And so I started doing that. I've just finished my third week, I think third week from sleep wise. It has changed. It just relaxes me so much. So I start doing it around 8. I did it at 10 o' clock last night and it my heart rate didn't lower, my heart rate got down to 70 is the lowest it got overnight. And usually it's like 58. And even the oura ring said this morning your heart rate stayed elevated last night. Did you do something? Did you eat something late at night? [00:10:41] Speaker B: So crazy it's got. [00:10:42] Speaker A: You gotta just pay attention to all that stuff. Yeah. And so I figure it was that we probably got my metabolism kicked in or something because I set on it first and I've been putting my arm. [00:10:52] Speaker B: I can't do that. [00:10:53] Speaker A: I know you've got the back. I don't have back issues, but I've even been sitting my hand on it on each side for like three or four minutes and it vibrates. [00:11:01] Speaker B: Rattle those arms. [00:11:02] Speaker A: It does. It's tightening up my arms. [00:11:04] Speaker B: I did use your trick of using it laying down like that. And except for I put a pillow on it, which helped absorb a little [00:11:10] Speaker A: bit of the shock. And I. I did feel just a [00:11:12] Speaker B: little more energized and I only did it for a few minutes, but I was glad. [00:11:17] Speaker A: I love it. I love the feeling when it stops. You just sort of. Your legs just sort of tingle. But I have lymphedema from chemo and from the surgeries. And so it's really helped with my. The, the swelling on my legs. You know, at night when I'd get home, if I had like wearing ankle socks right around my ankle, you'd see that indentation. Well, now even at night I'm not seeing that anymore. So I think it's keeping the swelling down during the day. So I'm kind of excited about that. But I love the feeling after your, especially your lower legs. I think probably because my legs are probably just the weight of the fluid makes them heavier and this just sort of calms everything down. [00:11:54] Speaker B: I did dry brush this morning and it felt really good. Before I got in the shower, I just dry brushed my whole body. That helped with circulation and skin and all that. And I was like, okay, I can maybe get used to this. [00:12:07] Speaker A: Isn't it funny though, as we've gotten older, like all these things that we're learning about that your body needs that. Like, like there's a whole sleep thing. You shouldn't eat late at night because then that keeps your heart rate up because your heart rate's trying to. Your body's trying to digest the food and, and all those little things that as when you're young, you can do all of it. It doesn't affect you. And how you sleep. You sleep like a baby. But when you're older can just pass out. [00:12:30] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:12:30] Speaker A: And sleep until no one can pass out. [00:12:33] Speaker B: Everyone's passed out except for me. [00:12:34] Speaker A: That dog thing irritates me because she will literally lay down and she's snoring and I'm like, yeah, really? [00:12:42] Speaker B: Exactly. [00:12:42] Speaker A: They can sleep like nothing. So I had a scare. I back up a little bit. I spoke at a church on grief after losing, you know, without losing my mom and probably won't ever do that again. Yeah, no, that was horrible. But I will tell you I really cried through most of it. I really had struggled with speaking about her. I just, I was too soon, shouldn't have done it, but I wanted to. But two things that happened that was really cool. I had so many people come up to me afterwards and said they, you know, would obviously can't wait to meet my mom in heaven because they. She sounded like such a special person. So I was like, okay, well I got that point across because I don't, I kind of blacked out. I don't remember anything I said. But I got the sweetest note from a girl that was there that she was the youngest person there. She's probably 20, maybe 24, 25. She had a two year old and it was her mother in law that asked me to speak and she wrote me a note on Mother's Day morning and said that she was thinking about me and she knew it was probably going to be a really rough day and so she wanted to let me know that she was thinking about me. But she said, I also want to let you know that what you said that day about how your mom championed for you has changed my perspective on raising my daughter. And she said it really has. That taught me that I need to champion for her for her whole life. And she said it's really changing the way I'm gonna mother her now. I was like, wow, I got something across. But I did talk because my mom was my biggest, you know, fan. She was such a champion for everything I did. And so I was that thought that was really cool. But anyway, I get home that day, it was a brunch. So I got there at 9:30. Well, it started at 9:30, so I got there about 9 and then I was gone all day. Came home just briefly and then went to the Hill shopping Center, met a friend for lunch, was out there till probably five and then I came home for a minute, left again and ran errands and got back finally about 8 o'. Clock. So I'M sitting in my living room after that and I get a notice on my phone that there. An air tag is close by or whatever. I forgot the message. It tells you. But I was like, an air tag. So I've panicked a little bit. I was like, where? I don't have an air tag. I don't own one. [00:14:58] Speaker B: Right. [00:14:59] Speaker A: So I got on and showed me where I had been. And the last thing where it tracked me was coming from like 27th and Harvard. No, 23rd in Harvard, which I had been. There's all that construction on Harvard. I had been sitting in traffic at 23rd in Harvard. [00:15:17] Speaker B: Right. [00:15:17] Speaker A: Because it's all backed up coming underneath that underpass at Harvard. I was like. I was. It showed the complete route from that spot to my house. And I was like, well, I was. That's where I was. I just came from there. And so. And the first time it saw the air tag was at 8:30 that morning. And then it saw it again then. And the last time it saw it was 11:30 at night. So I'm walking around my house trying to connect to this air tag. And it would find it and it would start spinning, saying, you're to going. You're. It's. Move closer, move closer. I went out, went underneath, went around my car. I was so panicked. And so I'm like, where. How did someone put an air tag on my car? I checked the pockets of my. I had a jean jacket. Check the pockets. Because it was. It would connect in my house. It would connect to the air tag. [00:16:02] Speaker B: Oh, that's so creepy. [00:16:04] Speaker A: Anyway, I was like, start searching and looking it up, trying to figure out what it could be. And everything it told me was that more than likely somebody was parked in the neighborhood close by my house. And my mind, it was picking up on my phone. And if I left the next day, if it tracked me the next day, then obviously it's on my car somewhere. And if it didn't track me, then it was probably some car parked around. And I know my neighbors had company from out of town and I thought maybe they had it in their luggage or something and that's where it picked up. But it scared the daylights out of me. I'm like, really? Someone wants to kidnap me? That would literally sell me into some traffic black market. I was like, why me of all people? But anyway, it looks it didn't track me the next day and it hasn't shown up since. [00:16:49] Speaker B: So freaked me out. [00:16:51] Speaker A: Oh my gosh. [00:16:54] Speaker B: Because I have air tags, so. [00:16:56] Speaker A: Oh, well, that's True. If you have air attacks. I knew I didn't have any. So I thought, well, you know when you hear horror stories that people have air tags put on their cars at a gas station or. And I had been at the church, I got there around nine. So I was like, well it says 8:30. Anyway, I was, I completely relived my whole day thinking, well, I was at a restaurant for five hours. Could have. Someone could have put on there. And I'm like, but I mean seriously, I'm not your typical person that they're going to come and steal now. They. [00:17:24] Speaker B: It is scary. I mean they want anyone and everyone. [00:17:28] Speaker A: Well that's probably true, but it's. Apparently it didn't happen. It just scared me. [00:17:33] Speaker B: Speaking of. Well, I guess annoyed or scared. So I went by. I had my hair colored this morning, which I still have a hair mask. And it's why my hair looks wet and greasy, because I have. I just left the conditioner in it. But I was leaving in Torchy's parking lot, which has all those tenants. Okay. And. But somebody has taken it upon themselves to go and dump two mattresses, a washing machine. The trash is overflowing. But I'm like, who? I'm not, you know, I'm not going to criticize a person having to put a bag of trash in a big dumpster. I mean whatever we personally call the city, you can add. For $10, you can add to your water bill. You call them and ask for a bulky waste and $10 and they will pick it up the day of your trash. And you can put a couch, you can put a Volkswagen Beetle out there for. But for the fact that they go and they just dump it in a neighborhood like parking lot. It is just gross. Yeah. And you had mentioned you saw somebody this weekend open up their car door and just shove out all their trash. [00:18:45] Speaker A: Well, apparently it was in my. Across the street from my house. This after the weekend on Monday morning I opened up my curtains and there's just. That's what it looked like. Someone literally just opened up their door and shoved their trash out. There was food bags and cups and all on the curb. I'm just like, really people? [00:19:03] Speaker B: Wow, it's so disrespectful. So as an event planner. So I have a question. I already know the answer, but I'm like, this is a good topic for people, if they want to banter back and forth about it, that it's. You have planned a ton of events. Okay, I've planned boohaha alongside you. And I Know that immediately. Like there were volunteers, first of all, that were organized or a paid cleanup crew immediately following that event. Like it happened during the event, after the event, like people were picking up trash and it still, it was boohaha. Trashed. Yeah. Because people throw their wrappers everywhere. It's disgusting. However, people do get busy immediately cleaning it, but the city does not provide us extra. No trash cans, extra porta potties. Like, it is a private event that is being held on city property. As you, an event planner, is it your responsibility to order enough of everything? [00:20:04] Speaker A: Yes. Or hire a cleaning crew. And I did both. I had a trash can every three feet. And then I also my last entry in the parade was the Junk man here in Tulsa. And his job was to wrap up the parade. He was the last one. And he stopped and picked up the trash cans that I had along the street. He didn't pick up the trash in the gutters, he picked up the trash cans. And then I had a crew come in and clean up afterwards. And then myself, like my first ball drop on Brookside, they shot off confetti from the. [00:20:38] Speaker B: Oh, I remember that. [00:20:39] Speaker A: Guess who was out there at six o' clock the next morning picking up confetti all over the grass of Channel 2 was me and my volunteers. And so, yeah, you, you're you. It's not the city's responsibility to clean up your trash, it's your responsibility. [00:20:52] Speaker B: And like I have, like, I can go in Ty's golf bag right now and there's going to be a Walmart bag that he knows. If you're in a situation and you've got trash, this is your Walmart bag and it sticks with you until you get home to a trash can or whatever. But. And I've always thrown a fit, even if my kid thought, oh, it's a wrapper. No, like there just is. No, you put it in your pocket, you do whatever. [00:21:18] Speaker A: Well, you have a story of where Ty was fishing and he left with a water bottle. And he didn't come back with a water bottle. Drove out there to find the water bottle. [00:21:27] Speaker B: I forgot all about that. Yeah. So if you didn't hear the first of the our series or whatever. Ty had been fishing at a private pond and I knew I'd send him with two water bottles. And when he got back in the car, I know there weren't any trash cans around there. I didn't see his water bottle, just the plastic one. And I asked where it was and he kind of was like, well, I think I just left it there and I had already driven all the way home back from where that was to our house. He couldn't believe it. But I mean I loaded him up, made him drive and I even took. I took $10 gas money out of his money too or something like that. I remember I took gas money off of him. [00:22:08] Speaker A: He did. [00:22:09] Speaker B: And I made him go find it at the pond. He found it and came back with it. But it was it annoying for me as his mom to have to teach him that lesson. Yeah. Because it was a real inconvenience to me. But it had to be done. Like it just had to be. So. [00:22:23] Speaker A: Yeah, I don't get the irresponsibility of that. I just. [00:22:26] Speaker B: Yeah, sorry. If you don't have trash cans, bring a bag and carry it yourself till you get home and put it in your own trash. [00:22:31] Speaker A: There are trash cans everywhere. You can find them if you're really looking. [00:22:34] Speaker B: Why the crap do you have so trash anyway? Like what? Who? What? Like why do you have so much trash walking a street? [00:22:41] Speaker A: I think that was my biggest surprise when I did Boohaha is as. I mean I'd had trash cans every. I mean they were just feet apart from each other, all up and down. And the amount of trash in the street gutters at the end of that parade was shocking to me. That you have a trash can right beside you, but you choose to throw it in the street. [00:23:06] Speaker B: It's a choice. [00:23:07] Speaker A: What are you people? Where were you raised? [00:23:09] Speaker B: Honestly, it's a choice and it's gross, but it is not the city's fault. [00:23:14] Speaker A: No, it's not. No, not at all. [00:23:17] Speaker B: Your event planner is the one responsible for, you know, planning enough trash cans [00:23:23] Speaker A: and then clean up. [00:23:24] Speaker B: You're the secondary person who also. And why would you even throw the trash down on the ground? It's like so you're going to throw it knowing someone's going to come pick up after you. If you think about the whole mentality is just screwed up. Pick up after yourself. [00:23:35] Speaker A: And that's been the biggest thing that I dealt with during that whole all my outdoor events is like the irresponsibility of people and how they just don't care. Like really, we planned this really cool event for you. You just experienced, it was fun and you don't have any respect for the people that put it on. And that's how you think about it is just throw your trash on the curb. [00:23:56] Speaker B: I. I don't understand. [00:23:58] Speaker A: I have a hard time wrapping my head around it. I don't get it. [00:24:00] Speaker B: We're not meant to understand it. I'll say that. So. [00:24:05] Speaker A: And it doesn't. It's not always cheap either. Sometimes you have to pay for it. I paid a cleaning crew to come. [00:24:09] Speaker B: Yeah. Don't plan the party if you can't afford to have it. [00:24:12] Speaker A: Part of the budget. You got to throw it in there. On a positive note, you got to come to my second dinner of chapter two of my seat at the table. [00:24:23] Speaker B: How fun was that? Very good. I went home and bought that chicken meal. [00:24:27] Speaker A: Did you? [00:24:29] Speaker B: Right away. Yeah. [00:24:30] Speaker A: Somebody else did, too. I was thinking. Somebody else bought it, too. It's my now, my go to. It's good. Yeah. [00:24:36] Speaker B: Because it's called. What was it? [00:24:37] Speaker A: Grandma's Chicken. [00:24:39] Speaker B: Chicken and Rice. Yeah. [00:24:40] Speaker A: Casserole. Yeah. I thought it was really good. [00:24:43] Speaker B: It was really good. [00:24:44] Speaker A: So I'm just having so much fun. This time. I'm doing French country Twal. [00:24:50] Speaker B: Oh, I love it. [00:24:51] Speaker A: Blue and white. Yeah. I'm really excited. I. My dining room table. The flowers are still alive, by the way. [00:24:57] Speaker B: That's crazy. [00:24:58] Speaker A: They're almost at four weeks because I bought them a few weeks ahead of time to lay it out. Trader Joe's. They put magic in their flowers. [00:25:04] Speaker B: That's amazing. [00:25:06] Speaker A: It's crazy. I mean, they're still literally the ones in the hanging. [00:25:10] Speaker B: Yeah, they're all. [00:25:11] Speaker A: They look the same. Even the hydrangeas, which can be really finicky sometimes. And then all my. The flowers that I had stuck in the lemons and the limes that were without water for all day, I took the toothpicks out and put them in water. They're still alive. Those calla lilies. [00:25:29] Speaker B: That's interesting. [00:25:30] Speaker A: It's like magic. [00:25:32] Speaker B: They're GMO'd flowers. [00:25:33] Speaker A: Something's happening with Trader Joe flowers. They really fertilize or something. So anyway, I'm excited for this one because it's going to be good. Really fun. [00:25:43] Speaker B: Yeah, that was a good time. Good company. [00:25:45] Speaker A: It's always fun. I. It's so funny because I always think of me when I put those groupings together. It's like the football draft. I mean, I've got them all laid out, and I'm trying to figure out what each person's career is and what I. Or, you know, their. Their religion or all sorts of things I look at to see if they're going to be a match. And every single time I do it, there's always one two people that have a connection somehow with the other person. I mean, you and Amy knew a lot of the same. We really did I was shocked. Well, we. She and I know a ton of the same people were, like, how We've never met before because there's just so much of a connection. But every single time that string has already been connected even before. Like, the first night, the two people. That. One canceled because she wasn't feeling well, but so the two came anyway, which is the first time to have three people. And it's really set up for four people. So it was. It's a little weird, but it worked. And they walk in and they scream because they used to work together for 40 years, and I had no idea. Yeah. So it was like a little homecoming week day for them. So it's just funny how it. Even though I think I'm doing it just by how I. Their careers, I think they're going to have a lot in common, really. And then they already know [00:27:03] Speaker B: something here. [00:27:03] Speaker A: I know it's really funny, but it's been fun to do because it's like, oh, wow. So I was right. My instincts have always been, maybe you [00:27:11] Speaker B: should start a match. [00:27:12] Speaker A: I should be a matchmaker. I have been a matchmaker in my past. I have five couples that met at my house and are married. [00:27:17] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. [00:27:18] Speaker A: Years ago. [00:27:20] Speaker B: Yeah, you should be a matchmaker. [00:27:22] Speaker A: Yeah. So at least I can match friends. [00:27:25] Speaker B: I said matchmaking. We'll do a she said matchmaking. Yeah. [00:27:29] Speaker A: Thing. That would be fun, though. Think about that. Figure out people that would work together. [00:27:33] Speaker B: I don't know if I can figure out people anymore. [00:27:35] Speaker A: Well, they're hard to figure out. That is for sure. I'm just going by, like, their careers and what I know that they're like, their hobbies are. I wouldn't know if they would. If a. A man and a woman would work together. [00:27:45] Speaker B: Right. [00:27:45] Speaker A: Not sure I'd be good at that, but. Well, like I said, I've had five people meet at my house, and as far as I know, they're all still married. I haven't. I know several of them are, but I don't know about. Like, there's one that they moved to Dallas, and I don't know if they're still together, but. Well, in one. Did they meet at my house. They did meet at my house, too. They both passed away. [00:28:04] Speaker B: Oh, they did? [00:28:05] Speaker A: Yeah. Well, one. He. She died of breast cancer, and he passed away in his sleep really young. [00:28:12] Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. Yeah. [00:28:14] Speaker A: So that's only one, but I think the others are. I know there's at least two couples still together, so that's kind of fun. [00:28:20] Speaker B: Well, that Is impressive, though. Well, we were talking about your chicken. [00:28:25] Speaker A: Yes. [00:28:26] Speaker B: You know how especially our age, we're not getting enough protein or. It's a fight. It's a struggle, in my opinion. And everyone else I talk to, but they. Even my kids are like, that does look really good. Make it. And it was those. What are those little pasta noodles that are like the little hollowed out there may be like 2 inches long and they're little. What is that? [00:28:46] Speaker A: It's rigatoni. [00:28:48] Speaker B: It's like a little cylinder. Yeah. Okay, so just. It's the cylinder. You know, pasta. Okay. So this lady made one that was worth. I think it was like, 45 grams of protein for her bowl that she made. So easy, though. And it's pasta boiled and ready to go. And then she puts 100 grams of cottage cheese on it. A big scoop. Because that ends up kind of like melting it in a way. Like, it just kind of takes it down to where it's really more of a. Like a cheese. She puts a grilled chicken breast, chopped up, some parmesan, some cooked spinach, a tablespoon of pesto, some garlic powder and salt and pepper. And it looks like something you get at the Olive Garden that, like, so good. So I will be going to Trader Joe's tonight to get what I need to make it, and we'll see how it goes. I'll report back next week. [00:29:36] Speaker A: It is hard to get protein. I struggle. I was just telling you I ate a hamburger patty for breakfast this morning. [00:29:42] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:29:43] Speaker A: Just trying to get enough protein in, because especially just for your muscle, it's so hard. [00:29:49] Speaker B: This girl who got in incredible shape. I mean, I really like her content because was. She was very overweight. And then her body is, like, busting. I mean, it's crazy. But she talks about how, like, those little edamame packets that you can get, they're like 10 grams of protein. I think. [00:30:07] Speaker A: I do love those. [00:30:08] Speaker B: And then she will do a thing of string cheese, which is like 6 grams of protein. And then she adds those chomps, those beef jerkies. And that was like another 10, maybe. Yeah, probably right there. You're at like 26 grams of protein for a snack that you. I mean. Oh, my God. Okay, so I went and bought that stuff. [00:30:29] Speaker A: I didn't know string cheese had protein in it. [00:30:32] Speaker B: I got the. Yeah, it says six grams, so I get the light one. But now are all these things gonna be. It's like, I can't win. I can't be. I'm will never be just some whole Food eater that probably has any. Like, my stuff is gonna have some. Some processing going on, I'm sure. [00:30:48] Speaker A: Well, especially when you're trying to get that much protein, it's hard to. You've got to do it either with a protein shake or. I mean, I drink those protein. What are they? I forgot the name of them, but they're. It's a good quality protein. But they say you shouldn't even do that if you're really trying to be healthy, because those. [00:31:07] Speaker B: Right. [00:31:07] Speaker A: Those have other things in them. But, man, when you're trying to get a certain number of protein in a day, you kind of have to do some of that stuff to make it. [00:31:17] Speaker B: No. And the. The girl's name that I got that off of, if anyone wants to go see the recipe, it's called Sarah's Plates on tick Tock S A R A H S plates. That's where I found it. So I'm hoping she's got some other ones. [00:31:31] Speaker A: I just saw yesterday a commercial that those chomps that you're talking about, they're coming out with chicken. [00:31:37] Speaker B: Oh, really? [00:31:38] Speaker A: They have two new. Two different. I'm sure it's spicy and. [00:31:42] Speaker B: Well, they're strong. I'll tell you that. Because I'm like, wow, I cannot talk to anybody else today. [00:31:47] Speaker A: Yeah. Strong. [00:31:49] Speaker B: Yeah. So that you got to be careful of. Don't be. [00:31:52] Speaker A: And then the ones that have the spicy are really hot. [00:31:56] Speaker B: I haven't tried that. [00:31:57] Speaker A: I don't like those because I'm like, [00:31:58] Speaker B: this is as strong as this is. And. [00:32:00] Speaker A: Yeah, they are. People love those chomps, though. I see people eat them all the time. And any. Anytime you look at some sort of fitness person, they're always recommending those from Costco to buy the big bags at Costco. Y. Oh, time I have to go back to your dumpster diving. On a positive note, I started to tell you, and then I got. I saw a woman yesterday. [00:32:19] Speaker B: I know what you're gonna say. [00:32:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:32:20] Speaker B: Did you watch and daughter? Yes. [00:32:22] Speaker A: And they what? [00:32:23] Speaker B: I am, like, shocked. Well, first of all, it is sad to think how is this not going to women's shelters and all. Like, how is all this. I mean, I'll be honest. If I passed the dumpster and saw that stuff, I'd probably be stopping, I [00:32:37] Speaker A: think dumpster diving, too. So we're talking about. There was a video on Instagram yesterday of this mom and daughter that go dumpster diving after it. I mean, home goods. [00:32:47] Speaker B: She is on her A game. [00:32:49] Speaker A: The things they were finding in this dumpster. Two Dumpsters at Home Goods. Why are they throwing all that away? [00:32:55] Speaker B: It's literally. It is, you guys, it is full, Full packages of kitchen towels, of dishes that have no cracks, no breaks, muffin tins, muffin tins that are still in the wrap they came in. And it is true. It's like. And it isn't just home goods. I mean, they go everywhere. The dog food place, the Petco, the huge bags of blue diamond dog food. And in here you've got shelters begging for food like, sorry, if it's a month expired, my dog's still getting it. [00:33:26] Speaker A: I had no idea stores were throwing stuff away like that. [00:33:29] Speaker B: Yeah, that was pretty. I kept going through it and I'm like, I made Stephen watch, too. I was like, look at what they're getting from Home Goods. But that little girl cracked me up because she is on. She is. [00:33:39] Speaker A: That was her job. [00:33:41] Speaker B: And every other day climbing is that [00:33:43] Speaker A: thing you could hear all, mom, just, [00:33:45] Speaker B: I need your help, Mom. You know, it's good when she's calling her mom. [00:33:49] Speaker A: That was crazy. I had no idea. I don't know that I would ever jump in a dumpster, but, man, they got some great things for gifts. [00:33:55] Speaker B: She is not scared friendly. That little girl is after it. So, yeah, you'll have to look up dumpster diving on Tick Tock or something because it. It was comical to watch. [00:34:04] Speaker A: Wow. [00:34:05] Speaker B: But depressing, too, to think that we are that wasteful of a country. [00:34:08] Speaker A: Wasteful? I mean, the wind. [00:34:11] Speaker B: Well, even there's places that do luxury bags and stuff and they are expected to slice them. They cut up bags and purses so that people cannot dumpster dive and get them for free. Now that's a fact. Or a lot of times they'll cut up those towels so people can't get in. But one lady who works at the store said she didn't have the heart to do it because she knows people will come in and get the stuff and do something worthy of it. That's great. A lot of stores like Ulta and all them, they're expected to, like, break that makeup and all kind. Like, I hear their. Their dumpster divings are insane. From what I hear, the makeup that gets thrown out of Ulta and Sephora and all those places. [00:34:45] Speaker A: What a shame, huh? There's so many good things at those places that could go to. [00:34:49] Speaker B: Yep. It's so sad. [00:34:50] Speaker A: It's going to take a little bit of effort. You're going to have to put a program together to make it happen. But. [00:34:55] Speaker B: But the problem is they can't and the same thing goes for. I know teachers witness how many school lunches and breakfast that are just wasted. The fresh fruit. I couldn't even believe it. I remember when my kids had went to Elliot, I was shocked to see the full milks unopened, the full, you know, juices, the full fruits that weren't even touched, just thrown in the trash. And unless you got a teacher who's willing to just take it to her room and be like, yeah, you aren't. That they will save it for their kids in the morning or somebody that might need an extra snack, like, good for them. [00:35:29] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:35:30] Speaker B: That's where I'm like, man, do fight the system. See what happens. [00:35:34] Speaker A: What are they gonna do? [00:35:34] Speaker B: They're gonna fire you for having fruit in your room. [00:35:39] Speaker A: That's a shame, because there's so many places that could really use that to give it to some people that really need the food. That's really. [00:35:45] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:35:46] Speaker A: I was shocked. I'm like, holy cow. And then the lady said, what are you gonna. What are you gonna do with those? Well, I'm like, I'd give them as things you can do. Well, we're way over. [00:35:57] Speaker B: Are we really? Yeah. [00:35:58] Speaker A: Wow. So we will be back next week. [00:36:01] Speaker B: Over and out. [00:36:02] Speaker A: See ya. [00:36:03] Speaker B: Bye.