We See Danger Before Men Do!

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Welcome back to the she Said podcast with Amy and Lisa. Episode four zero. The big four zero. [00:00:07] Speaker B: So we're 40. [00:00:08] Speaker A: That's. [00:00:09] Speaker B: That's it. [00:00:09] Speaker A: That's exactly it. Easier for you to say you're 40 than me. I'm a tad bit older. [00:00:15] Speaker B: I feel like I came flying in here on two wheels. A very long day today. How about you? I'm trying not to be irritated today. I'm really fighting. I think we all go through that. [00:00:26] Speaker A: It's been an interesting week for me, too. It's just a lot with my mom. It's coming up on a year. My mom was in skilled nursing in January trying to get better. And so the snow coming in. We're filming this on or edit. Recording this on Wednesday. So the weather hasn't hit yet, but it's coming supposed to. Yeah, yeah. And so we got a snowstorm when she was there, and to fight my way to get there and then driving or taking her downstairs on the wheelchair so she could see the snow. So all those memories are, like flooding back into my head this week. It's been a rough week. And then I went through her winter clothes Friday over there to get some donated and stuff, and whoa. It hit me. [00:01:11] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:01:11] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. I had no idea because when we went through so much of it in the beginning, I think I was just numb from everything. And then now it's been a year. Oh, it was tough. [00:01:23] Speaker B: It is. I know that. I know what you're talking about. And then that smell. [00:01:26] Speaker A: Oh, her perfume. You could smell the perfume on her. All of her turtlenecks and. Yeah, most of the time I was with her when she was buying them, and it was just. [00:01:35] Speaker B: It's hard. Another phase, another step. So. Well, somebody had asked what were some. What they were like, what are some things people are doing to prepare for the winter storm. And the one thing I. Well, I say one thing. A bit of advice. After having pipes break and losing water, losing power multiple times in Oklahoma for an extended amount of time. I always say just get your laundry caught up because pipes freeze. [00:02:03] Speaker A: Right. [00:02:04] Speaker B: Get your garbage disposals ran, because I've had that stuck with crap in it and couldn't run the, you know, power. And make sure the dishwasher is ran also, so you've got all your dishes clean and whatever. Because one of the storms, we had to actually take off a downspout and catch melting snow into a Rubbermaid bucket. So we had water to flush the toilets because we couldn't get a plumber to the house. A pipe had broke, so we had to turn up all the water, so. And dog food. Make sure there's dog food. So. And of course, all the other necessities. But is there anything you're doing that you know of? [00:02:37] Speaker A: No, I. I need a shovel. And the shovels are all sold out. Oh, yeah, I had one, but I broke it last winter. And so I was like, oh, man, I should get one. And there isn't one left in Tulsa. [00:02:51] Speaker B: You could really find one at an estate sale today if you went to one. Probably always selling tools and shovels. Look on marketplace. [00:02:59] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm sure there's one somewhere. I didn't look that hard because I didn't have time, but the main stores didn't have any already, so. No, I mean, I'm already. I. I stay pretty stocked up on everything, so I'm good. I was kind of thinking about that this morning. Like, do I have dog food? Which I do. Um. Cause it's. I mean, if it's as bad as they say it's going to be, it's going to be a rough weekend. Hopefully it doesn't turn out that bad. [00:03:21] Speaker B: I think I'm okay with being snowed in. I think we'll see. [00:03:25] Speaker A: Yeah, I know that's true. By the time everybody hears this, it'll. We'll be in the middle of it. So we'll know then if it's good or bad. [00:03:32] Speaker B: But. [00:03:33] Speaker A: I went to the Malfi restaurant on Brookside. Have you been there? [00:03:36] Speaker B: I've been there once. [00:03:37] Speaker A: Did you like it? [00:03:39] Speaker B: They had just opened. I've not been back. But again, you know me, I'm just not. I don't love fancy food. [00:03:46] Speaker A: Not that fancy, though. That's what I kind of liked about it. It was. [00:03:49] Speaker B: I mean. Well, I do not. [00:03:52] Speaker A: Chicken fingers? [00:03:52] Speaker B: No, it wasn't chicken fingers. I'm trying to remember if I got a. A salad maybe or something. I just. I would go back and try it again. I think they were just getting their groove and, you know, that was. It was a group of girls. We went. So would you get. [00:04:09] Speaker A: I liked it, but I don't do pasta, obviously, so I did the short ribs. [00:04:15] Speaker B: Okay. [00:04:15] Speaker A: They only have three items that aren't pasta related, which was the chicken, the salmon, and the short ribs. I went with short ribs and they had. It was on polenta and actually was really, really good. [00:04:25] Speaker B: Okay. [00:04:25] Speaker A: I got short ribs. [00:04:27] Speaker B: Well, I love to see a business do well over there. [00:04:29] Speaker A: Yeah. And it was packed. [00:04:30] Speaker B: Pure Foods just closed down this week over there. [00:04:33] Speaker A: Oh, really? [00:04:34] Speaker B: Where are they located? I Guess they have a jinx location. But they. They shut their doors this week, so. [00:04:40] Speaker A: Yikes. [00:04:41] Speaker B: Mm. [00:04:42] Speaker A: I haven't been to Brookside in a long time. I love that people. [00:04:44] Speaker B: I thought about Blue Mercury this morning, and people really need to go. If they are thinking Sephora or Ulta, go to Blue Mercury on Brookside. I mean, I don't know that the prices are any more expensive. They just have a very cool kind of a. More of a variety of different things that maybe you won't find at Ulta, but you also get what you would find there too. So. Pretty cool. [00:05:04] Speaker A: Little. You know, I've never been, but I need to go in there. Actually gonna try this out on my dad. I was gonna do it Friday and I forgot because my poor dad's my guinea pig for anything healthy. But you soak your feet in hydrogen peroxide. [00:05:16] Speaker B: I mean, hydrogen peroxide's so good for you. [00:05:18] Speaker A: Supposed to help you detox. Help with any, you know, toenail issues, which he has. Him, obviously, as a 90 year old. I don't think you get to be that age. And I have toenail issues. And, you know, with chemo and stuff. It's so bad on your nails because anything that grows or reproduces. What is it? Not reproduces, but recycles. [00:05:38] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:05:38] Speaker A: Like your skin and your hair and your nails. Anything that grows, basically. So my nails are not lovely since chemo. And I was. So I was gonna. I'm gonna start doing that, just trying it and see what happens. Because it's a great detoxer and kind of, you know, your feet are sort of the end of everything. [00:05:55] Speaker B: There's a great book you can get called the One Minute Cure. You can get it on Amazon and it's super small, but it is so interesting about hydrogen peroxide. I have the book at home. Yeah, I mean, it is. You have. It's a food. You want to make a food grade, right? Or you buy a food grade, which was actually hard to find here in Tulsa. I had to get it in old Mulgi when I got it. But, I mean, it's all about, you know, being able to consume it with your water. You would just put like a few drops in your water. Has to be food grade. Don't take advice from me. Go buy the book. It's a cheap book, but it is, you know, cancer fighting. It has all of these cures to it. It's very interesting. You got to get it. Your bright dad will probably like it. [00:06:36] Speaker A: Yeah, he's. In fact, I. I had him watch a video A couple weeks ago about it. And then last week, I said, we probably should soak your feet again, because I haven't done that in a while because he's had so many little issues that we've been going to the podiatrist about, but those are all cleared up. So I said, we should soak your feet again. And. And so then he goes, yeah, maybe in hydrogen peroxide. And I was like, what? Because he's not. You know, I have. [00:07:00] Speaker B: Did he say he noticed the change or. [00:07:02] Speaker A: We haven't done it. [00:07:03] Speaker B: Oh, okay. [00:07:04] Speaker A: Because I forgot to. I mean, we got busy. I was helping him clean his house and stuff, and so I didn't get a chance to get him settled down and do it. But the fact that he said maybe with hydrogen perox dioxide was shocking to me because, you know, he's. He's not quite into all the natural wellness stuff like I am. [00:07:20] Speaker B: And I'm telling you, one of my sons used to have the most wet feet growing up. Like, the wettest, sweatiest feet. And his shoes would just reek. I can't even tell you. It was insane. Well, I finally did a foot soak with him with bentonite clay in it and apple cider vinegar. I didn't. I was just kind of doing it to detox his feet. They did say it could help with stinky feet. Do you know, we have never had. I'm talking five years later. We've never had another problem with his feet reeking like they did now. If he gets his shoes soaking wet and then goes and wears them till they get rotten, of course they're gonna sink. It completely changed. I don't know if it changed the ph of his feet. I don't know. But I can tell you right now, like, we're shot. We were just talking about it again the other day. He's like, how wet my feet would get. And after we did that, they quit. Like, it worked. So. And it helps with toe fungus, too. [00:08:15] Speaker A: So it's interesting. I like the. Just the detox side of it and just. And it's just like soaking or not soaking your feet, but baking soda with. In lemon juice. That's the other thing that is great for detoxing and energy and all of that. So I'm. When I was going through chemo, you know, you're in such a. Not alkaline state, and you're supposed to. [00:08:35] Speaker B: Be in an acidic state. [00:08:37] Speaker A: Yeah. And so you're supposed to get in. So I was drinking alkaline water. I was doing everything I Can. To try to keep your body in that neutral state. And so I've always kind of leaned towards alkaline products and water, and for that very reason, because I feel like if your body stays in that perfect PH balance, you're the likelihood of cancer growing. And so. [00:09:02] Speaker B: Very true. So. [00:09:04] Speaker A: So I'm gonna do that. I'm. I hate drinking lemon juice stuff. Like, people put lemon in your water in the mornings. [00:09:11] Speaker B: You could eat a whole lemon raw. [00:09:13] Speaker A: You can. [00:09:14] Speaker B: Oh, I loved it when I was a kid. I mean, I had to, like, get told quit just because of the enamel thing. Oh, yeah. I'd put salt on it and just peel the whole thing out of it and eat it. [00:09:23] Speaker A: Wow. [00:09:24] Speaker B: Well, my mouth is watering right now. [00:09:27] Speaker A: I mean, how in the world. [00:09:29] Speaker B: I don't know. I could drink pickle juice, too, like nobody's business if I didn't know that. I would blow up like a blimp from sodium. [00:09:37] Speaker A: Right. [00:09:37] Speaker B: I would drink it in a heartbeat. [00:09:39] Speaker A: Wonder if you are. Have you ever had your PH tested? Just. I'd be curious to see if maybe you are, I wonder. Acidic, and that neutralizes it. And that's why you can eat it. [00:09:49] Speaker B: Ever since I was a kid, and, I mean, I loved it. [00:09:52] Speaker A: That's so interesting. I like it. Wow. I can't even. I can even put, like, you put a little. Few drops in water and I'm like, done. Don't eat it. [00:10:02] Speaker B: Oh, that's funny. [00:10:03] Speaker A: Oh, I can't handle it. [00:10:05] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:10:05] Speaker A: So I don't know about the baking soda with lemon juice, but I might give it a try. Just to give it a whirl. Yeah, we'll see. I won't drink much of it, but I'll try. [00:10:14] Speaker B: Yeah, give it a try. At least make sure your lemons have seeds. [00:10:17] Speaker A: Yes. [00:10:17] Speaker B: People don't know that. So otherwise you're just getting a fake lemon. God didn't grow it if it doesn't have seeds. So think about that. Every fruit. [00:10:27] Speaker A: With every fruit. [00:10:27] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:10:28] Speaker A: We get watermelon especially. Everybody looks for the seedless watermelons. [00:10:31] Speaker B: I wouldn't. No, I don't want a seedless watermelon. [00:10:34] Speaker A: I was looking at apples in the grocery store Sunday and all the different varieties of apples. [00:10:38] Speaker B: Me too. [00:10:39] Speaker A: Which one's the real one? Which one's, like, the original apple? [00:10:43] Speaker B: I think, like, I don't know, Granny Smith. [00:10:45] Speaker A: Is it Granny, or is it just, like, a Red Delicious? [00:10:48] Speaker B: I don't even know. [00:10:48] Speaker A: I don't either. [00:10:49] Speaker B: I. I know Granny Smith had the lowest, like, glycemic for sure. I don't know. We need. [00:10:55] Speaker A: We need you to find out, Granny Smith. Don't you. [00:10:57] Speaker B: I mean, I eat it. Yeah. That's what I get. If I'm going to get an apple, I'd prefer to get the. [00:11:02] Speaker A: That. [00:11:03] Speaker B: Not that I haven't bought other ones, but. No, I don't love them. I don't think you would. Because I like them dipped in caramel. [00:11:10] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. They all sort of work better. [00:11:13] Speaker B: Yeah, because that's the. [00:11:15] Speaker A: That's the sour con. [00:11:16] Speaker B: They're sour, but I don't. I don't like that kind of sour. [00:11:19] Speaker A: You don't like that kind, but I'll eat it. It's like the kind that will burn your stomach. [00:11:24] Speaker B: Blow me up. Like a blend. [00:11:28] Speaker A: The. [00:11:29] Speaker B: That kind. [00:11:30] Speaker A: So. [00:11:31] Speaker B: So we went shopping. Or didn't go shopping. My best friend was shopping at Tulsa Hills a couple days ago and we were on the phone and she started freaking out. I'll make this a short story. She noticed a car was following her to her car, and it was a single man in a car. So she is like panicking on the phone and she gets in. She's like, what do I do? What do I do? I'm like, well, lock your doors, obviously. And I was like, take a picture of the car because they kind of stopped by her too. And then it went on. So she got really good pictures of this car. It ends up circling from Dick's all the way around Tulsa Hills in front of. Stops in that. Stops in front of that Verona for a little bit, a female store. Then it goes forward, stops in front of Michael's, another heavily populated female store. [00:12:16] Speaker A: Right? [00:12:17] Speaker B: This is like at 8 o' clock at night. Goes all the way to the end of Tulsa Hills, cuts back around, goes back towards Lowe's. And Belk stops in. Belk, like, he's sitting there looking, scoping, you know, what might be across the way. He ends up pulling up in front of Sally's Beauty Supply and she's getting pictures this whole time. She's like, he just got out of the car and he's got a big bag on his shoulder. And I was like, man, this isn't good. You've got to call the police. Like, there's going to be a single female working in there. And. And then she's like, he just put on a black ski mask, Amy. I like, my heart sunk. And so she hung up. She calls the police. I call the girl and like, listen, this is going to be a weird phone call. I want you to know the police are on their way, they're being called, but did a man just walk in there with a ski mask? And she's like, yeah. And she was trying to say really, like, you know, relevant to the conversation, so she didn't look. Give it away. [00:13:11] Speaker A: Right. [00:13:12] Speaker B: And so I. She was like, oh, I need to go grab something. And I guess she was texting the. The Tulsa Hills line that they have for security. Security was heading over there, and she was like, I. I need to run out to my car and get something real quick. And that's what she was telling that guy. Well, at that point, security walks in. He goes out when he. He had nothing to do in there. Like, nothing. And so she's on the phone with me, and she's like, oh, my God, thank you so much. I don't even know. Like, this is weird. Well, he took off, was pacing on the side of the building. Next thing you know, Rack Room Shoes is calling security, and they're like, we have a man in here. Like, we need you. I don't know what happened after that, but there has been a whole thing with the. With this going on at Tulsa Hills. There's been a ton of women talking about it on that group that I always look at people getting followed, like. And the thing is, it's happening so much. There really isn't enough police force to do anything that, you know, that needs to be done. I'm like, what is it? We need to have a group of women that starts at a whole group where we're staking out on these gut people and they go down, or we'd. [00:14:18] Speaker A: Probably catch them if we did it. [00:14:20] Speaker B: I mean, seriously. So. [00:14:21] Speaker A: So we don't know if he got caught. [00:14:23] Speaker B: Don't have any idea. And who knows what he's been guilty of? What was. What was in that bag? Was he gonna. You know, was he gonna grab and go a bunch of stuff? I don't know. I don't know what he wants in Sally's. Or was it a bunch of duct tape and God knows what? So very concerning. [00:14:37] Speaker A: And it's scary that those stores like that. Like, they have a woman by herself. [00:14:41] Speaker B: Working by herself, and really all security is doing is running these people off. [00:14:45] Speaker A: Well, yeah, I don't think they can do anything else. [00:14:48] Speaker B: No. But I feel like there should be a profile built on these people, and maybe they are. Yeah, we need to make it more common knowledge. [00:14:56] Speaker A: I used to get followed all the time in my car. I got really good about dodging people, and I pay attention. I've always been that One that really pays attention. Like, I was in seeing a roommate from college, and her husband was at home, and we had run to the mall, and I could tell there was a car behind us for a long time after the mall. And she was getting ready to turn on her street, and I said, shelly, don't turn. Don't go down that way. She goes, why? I'm like, because that car's been behind us for a long time. She's driving, and she goes, what car? And I'm like, the car right on your bumper that's been back there the entire time since we left them all. And so I said, don't drive to your house. And so we. I'm like, just drive till you lose him. And we did, and we lost him, but he was totally following us. [00:15:37] Speaker B: But. [00:15:38] Speaker A: And she had no clue. Completely clueless. It's like, you got to pay attention. I'm always looking, and if I see a car. Car behind me for too long, I go around the block. I will not go home. [00:15:49] Speaker B: No. [00:15:50] Speaker A: So scary. [00:15:51] Speaker B: No. Yeah. People gotta just go with your gut. It's okay if you're wrong, but I'd rather be wrong. [00:15:57] Speaker A: I remember tied up when I was selling those Tasers, and I had a Taser party, and I had a police officer there. And she said, if a man is walking right at you in a parking lot and you feel uncomfortable if you ask him to stop or you're too close or get away from me. If he was up to no good, he would obviously keep coming. If it was an accident, they typically apologize and go, I'm sorry, or get mad and go, sorry, I wasn't in your space. [00:16:23] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:16:24] Speaker A: But to say to them out loud, stop, I'm uncomfortable. And most men will, if they're up. If they're just a nice guy walking too close, they're gonna go, sorry. [00:16:34] Speaker B: I did that once. A quick trip. And it was. I mean, I think I might have told this story before, and I lost it on a man. But he had already. You could tell he was. It was. He was a homeless guy, but you could tell he was already going to other people in the parking lot. So when he started, I'd got out of my car. I was opening my door, stepping out, and he starts coming over to me. And, man, I was in a bad mood. And I had just. I screamed. I was like, stop. I am not in the mood for you today. And he. [00:17:01] Speaker A: And he stopped. [00:17:02] Speaker B: He was kind of shocked. A lady next to me looked at me, like, what just happened? And then he tells Me. He was like, well, I was just gonna tell you your tire's low. [00:17:13] Speaker A: But. [00:17:14] Speaker B: I don't know, I also could have just totally shocked him because he was approaching other people, and I was not in the mood to get approached by some stranger. I mean, you know, with my kid in the car and all that, I was so, you know, if he probably wouldn't have been approaching people before that, I wouldn't have been so on. So on edge. I believe in being kind to people, but I have a gut instinct, too. But I was like, oh, well, thanks. Bye. What do you do? [00:17:38] Speaker A: Well, I did that with a homeless guy at QuikTrip, too, because, you know, and also those police officers, they taught me a lot about safety and what the criminal, the real criminal is going to do versus a guy that's just being clueless. But if it's a guy that's truly in trouble, car trouble, or needs gas money, they're not going to come to a woman. They're going to go to another guy because they know that's going to make the woman uncomfortable. So if a man approaches you and says he's having car trouble, he's up to no good. And this is coming from, you know, Tulsa police, but I had a guy come up to me and ask me for money. And I said, you don't ask a woman for money. [00:18:13] Speaker B: Good answer. [00:18:14] Speaker A: And he goes, okay, well, I just needed a quarter. And I'm like, no, you don't. Just don't do it. He just slings off like, wow, I'm a loser. [00:18:22] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:18:23] Speaker A: But it's like, stop. [00:18:24] Speaker B: Don't ask me. [00:18:25] Speaker A: It makes me uncomfortable. And so, I mean, I learned a lot from them, but it's true. You just got to tell them to back off. I'm not interested. [00:18:32] Speaker B: Just get loud. [00:18:34] Speaker A: Yeah. So everybody looks at you like you're an idiot. But it's okay, because you're going to be getting in your car safely. [00:18:39] Speaker B: I mean, that's the goal, 100%. [00:18:42] Speaker A: That's scary, though. It's. I mean, this world is just bonkers. So you can't really trust anybody anymore. [00:18:50] Speaker B: No. And I was with. With. With my son last night. We're on the way home, and I was really kind of in a little bit of a traffic jam, and there were some people walking on the side of the street a little bit. There was nothing going on there. But I remember I. I kind of told him. I was like, man, I'll tell you what. Because I kind of had a plan that if I were to get surrounded by A bunch of idiots around my car threatening me. I'm just going to tell you that's a threat on. I will take that as a serious threat on my life. Like you can hang me up by my toes and that you're going to be threatening me. I won't handle that too well. But I'm like, okay. So my plan would be to bump the car in front of me lightly because a lot of people won't move. I've been stuck in the most dangerous traffic jam and was going to have to pull through Woodward park because people were too frozen to move. I'm like, get out of the way. Like this is. What are you all doing just sitting here? [00:19:40] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:19:41] Speaker B: So I was like, all I could do is bump this car lightly, start moving it forward. Sounds terrible, but I'm. People are going to get run over. [00:19:48] Speaker A: Right? [00:19:49] Speaker B: He's like, mom, I kind of feel like you are like wanting to run over. Like that is not the case. I just need to have a plan because the kind of the reality of crazy things happening and maybe not so much here, but if you travel somewhere. [00:20:01] Speaker A: Right. [00:20:02] Speaker B: Better have an idea of how you're going to handle it. I'm not waiting for my window to get broke on me. No. People are absolutely losing their minds. So. [00:20:09] Speaker A: And road rage now. [00:20:11] Speaker B: Oh, it's. It's. People really don't know how many wolves are parked next to them at a stoplight. The most innocent looking people you would ever think are some serious hungry wool. [00:20:24] Speaker A: That will do anything to set them off. You set them off and it's all over anything. Speaking of that, I just saw on social media this morning and it's sort of haunting me is a woman. You know how you see the videos where they post a picture and they say this? They have no idea what's about to happen to change their lives forever. And it was her kids all playing outside, riding on those little miniature cars. And then the next video is their house is completely burned and they lost the battery. No, they lost their 8 year old son in the fire. And it was propane tanks. [00:20:58] Speaker B: Oh my gosh. [00:20:59] Speaker A: Close to the house. And it just used its tanks as fuel. And they were. It was in the middle of night and they were sleeping and their other child has 30% burns on their body. And so the whole moral of the story is don't keep your propane tanks close to your house. And I'm like, well, they're in your grill, on your patio, outside. So I've just been thinking about or. [00:21:20] Speaker B: Attached to an rv. [00:21:22] Speaker A: Yeah. Outside your house. I'm like, well, where do you put them? Because everything's on your pat. Well, these were outside, but too close to the house outside. So I don't know what happened. She didn't go into detail about, did they explode? Did a fire start and they were there and they added fuel to the fire? I don't really know, but I've just been thinking about. I have, you know, how many fire pits in my backyard. I have propane takes. [00:21:45] Speaker B: That's scary. [00:21:45] Speaker A: Yeah. So I've just sort of. I didn't. I tried to figure out what happened, what actually happened, and she didn't really go into detail, but it's kind of had me freaked out about propane tanks today. [00:21:56] Speaker B: That. Yeah, I don't. I mean, I keep mine outside. Mine are probably too close to the house maybe, but I worry about the ones, you know, on an RV and stuff like that. I read something interesting I was talking about, you know, because my husband doesn't like me being, you know, backseat driver. But I can't help it. I mean, I. I see things that he doesn't. And he doesn't understand that that's natural. Just like I understand, like, my car. It's like our cars are like pets. I. When there's one little iota of a sound different, we feel it, we hear it. It is. We're very in tune with that. And they could be like, I don't hear it. No, I hear it, I feel it. And there's something different. Well, it says a woman behind the wheel can predict danger 0.7 seconds faster than men. And science explains why. It's about perceptions. Studies show that the women notice small changes in the environment. Faster, like a car drifting slightly, a foot hovering over a brake, a pedestrian slowing down. The brain flags these tiny sign. Women's tend to scan wider, not straighter. Reaction time is not just muscles, it's prediction. It shows women are more likely to anticipate what might happen next, not just react to what already happened. And then under pressure, many men narrow focus and push through. Women become more alert to surroundings. Heart rate rises, but awareness spreads instead of shrinking. It doesn't mean that women are perfect drivers and men are bad. It just means we are. Our brains are like. Our backseat driving is useful. That's what I'm gonna say. [00:23:22] Speaker A: It's funny because I do think women have an instinct that men will. Don't even come close to. [00:23:28] Speaker B: No, I mean, like, I taught Steven to use the hazards. He was like, that's really. Probably a really genius Tip. Because I'm like, I don't. Hazards aren't just for pulling over on the side of road, in my opinion. Especially like on i44, when you're cutting over to get on the BA and all those cars slow down, there's all these weirdo stops on the way. As soon as I see a car slow stopping, I don't care if it's 100 yards ahead of me, but I can tell there's going to be some kind of congestion or whatever. I hit my hazards so that all those people behind me are well aware there's something. There's a change in the environment. And it, I mean, my kids do it. Stephen does it now. I mean, as. Even as a police officer, he's like, man, that actually is like one of the, the best ideas. So don't know where I came up with it, but I'm gonna say it was me. [00:24:12] Speaker A: You invented it. [00:24:13] Speaker B: My instincts. [00:24:14] Speaker A: No, I do think we have some really strong ones in all sorts of situations. [00:24:19] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, did you hear about the hunter car pile up in Michigan in the ice, in the snow? I mean, just happened a few days ago, but a hundred cars all just slammed into each other. Super snowy conditions, which then prompted me to make sure I have a. You know, I always keep a backpacks. Backpacks, plural, in my car of their go bags. They're ready for any emergency. But there you can go into chat GTP and say, hey, make me a car list in case I get stranded in my car. And we're not even talking about straining your car for days. But I don't want to be sitting in my car for five hours without the ability to stay warm. [00:24:57] Speaker A: Right. [00:24:57] Speaker B: In an ice storm, which could. All these people had to wait to get towed to get moved. Like they weren't stuck in their cars. So that's why you do want to have your extra water. Because if you get dehydrated, you can get hypothermia easier. Like you can. There's just important things little hand warmers keep in there. [00:25:14] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:25:14] Speaker B: Extra socks to cover your hands. But they said the number one thing people don't realize that keeps their warmth is their head. You've got to have your head covered, number one, because we release so much. [00:25:24] Speaker A: From your top of your head, you. [00:25:25] Speaker B: Know, Heat from the top of our head. [00:25:26] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:25:27] Speaker B: So anyways, those are just some little things, you know, never light a candle in your car because it. Yeah. But a lot of people don't know that kid would do it, you know, unless you have, of course, the Windows cracked. I don't know what good that's going to do. Keep heat in. Definitely. People probably need to look at their little car packs and see what they have in case they do slide off in a ditch and they gotta sit there for a little bit. [00:25:47] Speaker A: I don't even want it to happen. I hope that doesn't happen here as. [00:25:50] Speaker B: Far as snow either. But you do know I kind of love a little bit of Survivor. [00:25:54] Speaker A: I know you do, Lisa. [00:25:57] Speaker B: And I could not be more different. [00:25:58] Speaker A: I'm not surviving in the snow. I'm staying in. Well, and also just I love the fact that my office is literally a mile from my house. And so, yeah, on those snowy days we've had in the past, I can. I can go ahead and come in. I'm usually the only one in here, but everything's here. It's just easier for me to work in the office. [00:26:16] Speaker B: A lot easier. [00:26:17] Speaker A: But I don't have to get out on the highway to get here. When I've been downtown almost my entire career of having my business. And so now not being downtown and not having to get on a highway. [00:26:27] Speaker B: Yeah, no kidding. [00:26:28] Speaker A: Dealing with all that is so nice. Just cutting through the neighborhood because no one's out, so it's just you. And so I actually really like living that close to the office. Yeah. So, you know, last week we talked about my cottage cheese bagels. Yes. Holy moly. I've been served with 8,000 cottage cheese recipes since then. You know, it's so funny how your phone. But I made them again. But I did half of the batch with blueberries in it, tiny bit of honey, and then sprinkled them with powdered sugar. [00:27:01] Speaker B: Dang. [00:27:02] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. [00:27:02] Speaker B: I've seen some jalapeno slices in ones, too, where they made. Like, the jalapeno ones. [00:27:06] Speaker A: Yeah, that doesn't sound good to me. [00:27:08] Speaker B: A little bit of spice. [00:27:10] Speaker A: No, keep my. Anyway, so there's 8 million things you can do with cottage cheese. There's cottage cheese brownies. There's cottage cheese pizza crackers. And I got served with every single one of them since last week. Talking about it. [00:27:23] Speaker B: I just got a huge tub of it this week, so I'm ready for it. [00:27:26] Speaker A: I'm gonna drain your cottage cheese. That's. [00:27:28] Speaker B: Oh, that's right. [00:27:29] Speaker A: That's the key. [00:27:30] Speaker B: So did you use an immersion blender to chop? [00:27:32] Speaker A: I use just a regular blender or mixer. Like hand mixer. [00:27:35] Speaker B: Yeah, just. [00:27:36] Speaker A: And I did that with just the flour and the cheese. [00:27:40] Speaker B: Okay. [00:27:40] Speaker A: And then I put fresh blueberries in there. And I think lemon zest would be good with the blueberries too. [00:27:47] Speaker B: Sounds good. [00:27:48] Speaker A: It would be good. [00:27:50] Speaker B: Sounds fancy. [00:27:51] Speaker A: I know. [00:27:51] Speaker B: It's good to start out with my everything Bagel seasoning. [00:27:54] Speaker A: Yeah, I did a batch with those too. And I actually made a sandwich out of it just because they're so thin. Yeah. So I just did some. Some chicken and lettuce and tomato and. [00:28:05] Speaker B: Okay. That'd be delicious. [00:28:06] Speaker A: It was actually, like, I haven't had. I don't eat bread, so that. It was. I thought I was, you know, eating a gourmet meal because I had really good. It was actually. And I had the. Cook it for. I don't really watch it. I just kind of wait till it gets a little brown on top. Sure. I do it 350. Probably 10 minutes, 15 minutes. It doesn't take very long because they're so thin. I did do baking powder. I didn't really notice that much difference there. Probably maybe a centimeter. [00:28:33] Speaker B: Okay. [00:28:34] Speaker A: Thicker. [00:28:34] Speaker B: So it's like a cup of flour, cup of bagel of cream cheese. I mean, and then it's. Yeah, cottage cheese. And then a teaspoon of baking powder is what they say, right? [00:28:43] Speaker A: Yeah, a teaspoon. Okay. Yeah. If you're gonna put that in there. And I did cinnamon in the blueberry one. Okay. A little bit of honey just to give it some sweetness, because I don't do sweeteners. Like artificial sweeteners. [00:28:57] Speaker B: Yeah, that's a really good one that I got right here. [00:28:59] Speaker A: It was so good, though. I'm gonna. I'm gonna do it again. I'm gonna keep doing it because it's like 10 grams of protein. So if you had two for a sandwich or you got 20 grams and then your chicken on there. [00:29:10] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:29:10] Speaker A: Getting your protein in that. It's pretty good. [00:29:13] Speaker B: Well, and I got that yucca app was. I bought some quinoa rice. It came in, like a box of five at Sam's the other day. It was like kind of the pre. Package quinoa. And it. It rated a 92 out of a hundred. It was so good, too. And I just, you know, grilled up some chicken in a pan and then put a package of that. A nice little protein meal. [00:29:35] Speaker A: Queen was so good for you too. [00:29:37] Speaker B: Yeah. So. But it was a five pack at Sam's and highly recommend it and scored a 92 out of 100. I was really surprised to see that score. So anyways, also, two times this week, I've had two people all over 50 kind of just make the comment how in the world. Do you still have so much hair? Because, you know, our hair starts thinning. I mean, it's. And I. Over a year ago, I went through that. Like I was. I went from a gigantic ponytail to a much smaller ponytail. It was really weird for me. And I do feel like a hundred percent. I know I talk about it all the time, but I swear the black seed oil has been. Because it's good for all that. Yeah, I feel like my eyebrows have thickened up. I mean, I've done it now since March, so February, March of last year. So anyways, this, that Melly Sanford that I like to watch, she had a few good tips with the black seed oil. And I did just start taking just the black seed oil and putting it under my eyes this week. So we'll see how that goes. Because they say it's good for dark circles. I get my black seed oil from that get blessed botanicals. But like they said, you can do black seed oil plus castor oil under eye treatment. Black seed oil plus clove is an all natural antifungal for toenail fungus. Black seed oil plus lavender oil. It helps with sleep and relieve foot pain. Black seed with coconut oil relieve skin inflammation. Black seed with jojoba is a scout treatment for hair growth. Black seed oil plus manuka honey is an all natural toothpaste. Black seed with baking soda is a spot treatment for dark spots on your skin. Just make a little paste and makes this really dark spot. Black seed oil with baking soda as a spot treatment or for smooth skin like a small exfoliator. So you can do that like on a spot and then do your other things. So black seed oil with warm water plus sea salt is an oral rinse for inflamed gums. Black seed with warm water plus manuka honey is a digestive aid. And I also have a jar that I'm letting ferment for three weeks. [00:31:38] Speaker A: Oh yeah. [00:31:40] Speaker B: Well, the castor oil with the cayenne pepper. Wait to see how it feels on my knee. The last one is black seed oil plus lemon plus water. It supports detox pathways to improve bile flow. I use the same one she uses, which is the organic cold press hexane free from blessed botanicals. So lots of good things. I wholeheartedly feel like that's what's kept me well and has kept my hair filling back out. [00:32:07] Speaker A: You talked last week about a friend that has something that if you take it, the black seed oil, you don't taste it. And she was gonna text you. [00:32:14] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Okay. I'll put that on my list and see. I didn't. I forgot to ask her what it is she. [00:32:21] Speaker A: You did ask her. You texted her. [00:32:22] Speaker B: Oh, she did. [00:32:22] Speaker A: Oh, and she texted back during the podcast and said she would send you a picture. [00:32:27] Speaker B: I don't know if she did that or not. [00:32:28] Speaker A: Okay. [00:32:29] Speaker B: Okay. I'm putting that on because I want. [00:32:31] Speaker A: To know for sure. For me. Because I can't handle the Black Seed. We're way over time. [00:32:35] Speaker B: Well, that's good because I've got to run to an inspection. [00:32:38] Speaker A: I gotta get you. [00:32:39] Speaker B: My day is busy today. [00:32:41] Speaker A: So. Survived this. [00:32:42] Speaker B: We did. So it's been a busy week. It's a really busy week. Week for me this week, so I feel like every minute is kind of one appointment to another. [00:32:50] Speaker A: But that's good. Well, we'll talk to you guys next week. [00:32:53] Speaker B: See you at 41.