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Over 40. Child-free

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hello there. How does an interesting. Introduction.

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I have a feeling when we listen to it, it's

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going to sound fine. It's my facial

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expressions that really do it up. Yes. See

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Tracy's face. One day, we'll have to record

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ourselves doing. Doing the podcast.

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Okay. Very interesting. It's

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not as bad. Do you remember? The time we

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did Facebook live and we didn't

1:14

have anything to hold the phone. So we like duct

1:16

taped it around. The

1:19

phone around. Yes. We got

1:21

to find, I have a picture of that somewhere.

1:23

We were set up very high-tech that

1:25

day. That was a long time ago. It was.

1:29

I forget what we were doing then. I

1:31

don't know. We were going live for something

1:33

and I don't know. Before there was like all

1:36

of this stuff to go live with and stink,

1:38

like. Having fancy stands. There

1:41

weren't even selfie six then. Oh,

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God, we're old. We just ate we, every time we talk,

1:45

we just age ourself more and more. Well that's

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because we're doing the over 45.

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Good point. It was funny

1:54

because I was talking today about how long it's

1:56

been since I've written an IEP. And I don't

1:58

feel like I've worked as long

2:00

as I actually have. And I was like, wow. It was

2:02

like 23 years. Holy

2:04

shit. And that was midway

2:07

through my career. Was

2:09

the last time? Well, not midway, but

2:12

I was already, I was 1,

2:14

2, 3, 5 years into. Into my career

2:16

when I stopped actually teaching. And

2:19

went to behavior. You're all old.

2:21

I am old. Yeah, well, you're only

2:23

a year younger, so, but that's means I'm younger.

2:26

I guess. sO bear

2:28

with us today. We're a little sleepy.

2:32

We went to brunch today to celebrate

2:34

our besties birthday. Happy birthday, Michelle.

2:37

B or brunch figgle

2:39

brunch. Lots of delicious

2:41

foods, so much good food. The only

2:43

thing I didn't get to have was the white cheddar

2:45

corn bread. And you're like shut up about the

2:47

white cheddar cornbread, but white

2:50

cheddar. Was it white cheddar? Cheddar cornbread.

2:52

It just, I've never heard of such a thing.

2:55

And you have a, we didn't need to add one more thing to our,

2:57

no, we didn't. We. Over

3:00

ordered the buttermilk biscuits. But

3:02

they were worth it. It was delicious. It was

3:05

funny because one person ordered them and

3:07

they came out. Everyone was like, oh

3:09

my God, they look so good. And then I feel like

3:11

everyone at the table ordered their own and

3:13

they were huge. They were huge. Thing

3:15

that we shared them. Yeah. But we still didn't even. Finish.

3:18

There was probably two whole ones. If

3:21

you took together everybody's plates left. They're

3:24

lost. Yeah, I eat and I eat plenty. Oh.

3:28

And then I had a big old. Legal,

3:30

online bagel. So,

3:32

yeah. It's sleepy time. I did

3:34

take like a 10 minute nap. You did. I

3:36

know when you were like, hi, we ready to record?

3:39

I was like, I thought you were sleeping.

3:42

I was coming out of it. I wasn't really in a deep

3:44

sleep. I mean,

3:46

how could you be? I was in and out with Winnie

3:49

and. Football is on. Football

3:51

is on. It's a beautiful

3:54

day outside. It really is. I'm

3:56

going to be really sad when it starts to get super

3:58

cold during the day. I say that it's not

4:00

going to happen. Like it gets cold at night. Things

4:03

have been sewn. They

4:05

have. How's your week been? iT

4:08

was busy. As usual.

4:11

yeah, same here. Nothing really. Well,

4:13

no, I shouldn't take Shane here. I did take

4:15

off two days last week for mental health.

4:18

Yes. Because I

4:20

really needed it. My medicine. I

4:22

was out. CVS. And

4:25

I didn't take, I hadn't taken it for a few days

4:27

and it's really crazy how. It

4:29

really affects me and I just could not go.

4:31

So I had to take Took two days off. But

4:34

I did get my medicine and it really kicked back

4:36

in because by Friday, I was.

4:39

Back to normal and everything

4:41

was fine. Well, that's good. Cause sometimes

4:43

if you're off of your medicine for too

4:46

long, Going back on,

4:48

it takes a while to get back in. I

4:50

remember, I think it's the medicine I'm on now.

4:53

That they told me that if

4:55

I miss it more than two days,

4:57

I actually have to go back to the beginning

5:00

and restart the dosage. No,

5:03

I haven't. It was seeing their. I haven't

5:06

changed dosage. Oh, okay. Yeah,

5:08

I've gone up since I started, but yeah,

5:10

he was like very adamant about the fact that.

5:13

Don't miss it. And I was like, don't worry. I

5:16

will not. When I went back, everybody.

5:18

Yeah. How, how are you feeling? I feel good. Cause

5:20

you can't explain to Peter. To explain to people.

5:23

You know, if you're not physically.

5:25

Right. They can't really see it and they don't really

5:27

understand. I was like, I'm feeling much

5:29

better. Yeah. She'd be like. My stomach

5:32

was hurting. Yeah. I try

5:34

not to say anything and not answer any questions. So

5:37

it's hard because then when you open up that door,

5:39

then everyone's like, oh, then you get the

5:41

pity. Oh, are you feeling

5:43

better? Either that, or you get

5:45

the people like what's the matter with you? Just soak

5:48

it up. So then,

5:50

you know, so I just didn't say anything, but that was my

5:52

week. So I had to have two days off. We

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did get very fancy last

5:56

night, Nicole and I had date nights.

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Yes, we did. We went to see wicked.

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We went to this. So,

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yeah, we went to Philly and I've

6:08

always wanted to see wicked. And

6:10

Nicole has seen it and it's not her

6:12

favorite. But for my

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birthday. She well. She

6:17

gave me the card with a

6:19

picture of wicked tickets, but they weren't,

6:22

it wasn't coming until now. So

6:25

we celebrated my birthday

6:27

in her birthday month. So it was a win-win for

6:29

everybody. It was a win-win. What'd

6:31

you think of wicked? I really liked it. I,

6:33

the story was really cute. I

6:35

liked how they. Brought

6:37

in some of the wizard of Oz and,

6:40

you know, it's like, oh, well that. It

6:42

doesn't explain it, but it's like, oh, that's

6:44

a cute way to be like, oh, that's how you got a 10

6:46

man. Right. I see

6:48

what you're saying about the music. Wasn't

6:51

my favorite for music. I

6:54

felt like the songs went on.

6:57

Really long. And a lot of

6:59

times it was just like one person singing,

7:01

like. It's different if it's like a puppy

7:04

and like a guy and a girl singing back and forth

7:06

and you know, almost telling a

7:08

story, but. These were

7:10

really long songs. I mean. Fine.

7:14

Just not like. It wasn't tapping

7:16

my toe. Yeah, I

7:19

liked the story. I think it's cute. Yeah,

7:21

it was funny. Like it had some funny parts.

7:24

The one girl though. Did

7:27

at times sound like an opera singer.

7:29

Like it was a little too high

7:31

for me. Girl and a. Who

7:34

then becomes Linda. yEs.

7:38

I just like when I go see a musical, I want

7:40

it. I want to be able to sing along. I want

7:42

to be able to bop along to it after I had learned after

7:44

I hear it for the first time, kind of like Mamiya

7:47

well, just you wait because August

7:49

of 20, 24. We are going

7:51

to go see mama Mia. Yeah.

7:55

So now, now I understand why I liked.

7:58

To better. Let's not even start

8:00

there. Because I can sing along the

8:02

grease two. Okay. All of

8:04

the songs. So we were on

8:06

a Facebook live the other night and

8:09

we were talking. And

8:11

talking about going to wicked and how it wasn't

8:14

Nikolas. His favorite? And.

8:17

Then she brought up grease. Big

8:20

fan of Greece who doesn't love Greece.

8:23

Greece to. No,

8:25

I'm a much bigger kind of grease too. And the

8:27

music in Greece too is way better than Greece.

8:30

Really. No.

8:32

Yeah. I need to get you are going deaf.

8:35

It's just because you, as the original for you, I

8:37

don't know why, but grease two songs are, are

8:39

way better and there's nothing better than cool rider.

8:43

Not a fan of the song at the end of

8:45

Greece too. And then the song that Michelle Pfeiffer

8:47

sings. At

8:50

the whatever it's called

8:52

for all, they all tell Cho. Yeah.

8:56

I mean, you got a belt out, a little hopelessly

8:58

devoted for you. For two

9:00

U is it hopelessly devoted to you?

9:03

Yeah. I mean, right. They're good songs,

9:05

but not all the songs are way

9:07

better. Full rider is the worst.

9:10

Cool riders, the best song. loNg

9:12

now. This is where our tastes in

9:14

music. Yes. You have a bad taste

9:17

in music and I have good taste in music. Well,

9:20

it's that you think that I agree. I

9:22

like pop music. That's what I like. Okay.

9:25

Well, hoppy pot and you like. Weird

9:27

music. So therefore grease your favorite.

9:30

I mean, let's be honest. The only music

9:33

I don't like is country. That's

9:35

true. Yeah. So, I mean, there

9:37

are musics. We like

9:39

that are the same. I just like to say you like

9:41

bad music and I know because you're wrong and

9:44

you just try to keep making people

9:46

believe us. You

9:48

know, Then I would say 90%

9:51

of your music taste is also bad.

9:54

I would say you're wrong. Well,

9:56

because we like 90% of the same

9:58

music. So it's that extra

10:00

10% that we defer. Country.

10:03

That's amazing. Such

10:07

good music tells great stories. Does

10:09

it. Does everybody dies?

10:12

Sometimes they deserve to die. Earl

10:14

Earl deserve to die. Earl. If

10:16

you don't deserve to die. If

10:19

there's country listeners out. They'll be like, yeah. Earl

10:21

did. That's right. Earl.

10:24

All right. Well, everybody else in the music country, music

10:26

songs don't necessarily. Now

10:29

I will say. Like

10:31

Carrie Underwood is country. I

10:34

think she's a cross over. I

10:37

like some, I mean, I don't know

10:39

all of her songs, but I do like some of her songs

10:41

and I. Did like Schneider Twain, but she was also

10:43

another crossover. So I guess

10:46

I like a hybrid. Oh

10:50

with that. That sounds good. Yeah.

10:53

See that little that's just like you graduated

10:55

the Tennessee. Okay. I

10:57

have a certificate. Dammit. That's

11:00

kind of like the certificate version of. I

11:04

had a Penn state alumni credit card. Okay.

11:07

Oh, we'll give it to you. Not everybody can have that.

11:09

No, not everybody. Nice. Oh,

11:11

hi, Winnie. Cool. We need

11:13

is very ancy today. She

11:18

wants her dental sticks. It's not

11:20

time. It's too early for that. Yeah.

11:22

Cause then she forgets and. At like six o'clock

11:24

she comes and bothers me again. And I'm

11:26

like, dude, you already had your dental psych. Last

11:29

night. She literally was like all

11:31

wound up and barking at me

11:33

and kept running over here. What is your problem?

11:36

And I think that's what it is, but. Fired

11:38

up. I've never seen her try to communicate

11:41

with me this much. And I was like, yes, still not

11:43

gotten one. She said, bitch, give me my treats.

11:45

She already had it. It's not my fault. She begs

11:47

for it early. She's like, I watched you eat more

11:50

treats than you should have and you should get from him. Yes,

11:53

your posts will films working. You can get your

11:55

own shit. I'll put them in a bag

11:57

on the floor. They're all yours.

12:05

I mean, I'm not gonna lie. We'd have some treats

12:07

of my own yesterday. I

12:09

don't care. I'm the adult.

12:15

She's pretty old. Let

12:18

her live out her best life. Oh, she

12:20

lives her best life. You

12:22

know what? She had plenty of treats yesterday and

12:25

all of the days when she knows through everything

12:27

and finds her worms to eat. That's a

12:29

good snack for her. And now I

12:31

think. Protein. I think now she's moving

12:33

on to. Balled

12:36

up dried out coop. Maybe

12:38

it was like deer poop or bunny poop. I

12:41

don't know my parents old

12:43

dogs. They used to love

12:45

eating the frozen.

12:48

Either deer poop or bunny poop,

12:50

it was like little frozen ice cream treats for

12:52

them. And

12:54

I'm like, no, you're not eating another dog shit,

12:57

because I don't know what's in that shit. And I'm not

12:59

paying. Paying for you more

13:02

thousands of dollars when your belly's upset.

13:06

I can't just give her some Pepto and move on. No,

13:08

you can't. You got to figure to do that. Yeah. And

13:10

we already did that once we're done with that. That

13:13

costs me a lot of money. All right. Well,

13:15

she doesn't, you too. You do your best to keep her away from

13:17

that. Oh, I do. I give her warnings.

13:20

I'm like Winnie. Winnie. Come

13:23

on. And then when she doesn't listen, I give

13:25

her a yang. Let's go.

13:27

I mean sometimes, sometimes you just gotta do it. Sheriff

13:29

who's in charge. Yeah. If people are watching

13:32

me, they probably think I'm the worst

13:34

dog owner ever, because there are

13:36

a number of times I'm just dragging her

13:38

down the street because she's trying to get back to

13:41

eat stuff that she's not supposed to eat. That's okay.

13:44

I think all dog owners have experienced things like

13:46

that now. Don't care. So

13:48

I she's got a harness on, so I can't. Break

13:50

her neck. You're down the street. Probably

13:53

a plus. So big week this

13:55

week. Yes. That's the start of

13:57

my favorite week within my holiday month.

14:00

Wow. Why it's my favorite

14:02

week, because I only have to work two and a half days

14:04

this week. That's so nice. Yeah. So

14:06

it's my favorite week of November.

14:09

I technically have to work on. Black

14:11

Friday, but. There won't be anything

14:13

to do. So I'll basically just be sitting

14:15

there staring at a wall for eight hours. Well,

14:17

there won't be a lot of people there. Right? So

14:19

maybe this time you can. Actually like go on

14:21

your computer and do things that aren't work-related

14:24

because no, one's going to be looking over your shoulder. No,

14:26

of all the, all of the bigwigs will probably be

14:28

off. And there's us little plans.

14:31

We'll be sitting at our desks. I did have the

14:33

opportunity to take off, but then I probably

14:35

could have. But then I did call out last

14:37

week, so, oh yeah. It works

14:39

out. Nobody's going to be there. Why

14:42

not get paid to go in? And it's true.

14:44

Super hard, so true. True. But

14:46

I do love Thanksgiving Wednesday night into

14:48

Thursday. Love it. What. Why

14:51

Wednesday into Thursday. For a holiday.

14:54

So like, So

14:57

holidays. It's. Oh,

15:00

isn't that like the big day

15:02

that everybody goes out. And go out, let's

15:04

go up to our investees in. Hanging.

15:06

Hanging out, but I feel too old now.

15:08

I don't like to go out. I like to stay in. I'm

15:10

not going to lie. If I don't leave by.

15:14

One or two to drive up to my parents'

15:16

house. I'm probably not going

15:18

because the traffic on Wednesday before

15:20

Thanksgiving is a nightmare. It has everybody's

15:22

traveling. Yeah. So

15:25

we'll see, we'll see what time I actually

15:27

finish work. Closed down the computer.

15:30

Pack it up because I'm sure I'll be working over break. Taking

15:33

it with me. And then get on the road.

15:36

And go to my

15:39

parents. Eat a little perky.

15:41

Some mashed potatoes. I

15:43

don't even know what we're doing. We're going, we're going to go to Mike's

15:45

parents. I'm not sure what we're having for dinner. I'd

15:47

be getting. Turkey from work. I don't think we're going

15:50

to cook it for Thanksgiving. And we'll pick it

15:52

up. They just give

15:54

you one. Certificate. Butterball

15:58

certificate. And I guess we just go, I didn't really

16:00

read the card yet. I think you just go where they sell Butterball

16:02

turkeys. Just exchange.

16:05

The thing for. It did

16:07

get her to get free. Turkey

16:09

or ham I forget. Or maybe you could choose

16:11

between the two. At giant,

16:14

they build up points. And if you get like 400

16:16

points, you can get a free one. I only

16:18

actually picked it up one year because cooking

16:21

my own Turkey or ham. But somebody

16:24

like one of my friends, it was just her and her husband.

16:26

And she was like, do you mind if I take it?

16:29

Not at all. Sorry. Went to

16:31

the store. I'm a Turkey always

16:33

get your Turkey and. Ham, what am I going to

16:36

do with it? Give it to me. Okay. I

16:38

don't think I have the points this year, but. That's

16:41

okay. I have a Turkey. I don't eat. Exactly

16:43

going to get Hanford Christmas. Oh,

16:45

you do love your Honeybaked ham. I

16:47

do. And be amazing if they gives the honey baked

16:49

ham. There you go. I mean, if they're going

16:52

to give you ham, I feel like that's the

16:54

easiest thing to do. Like just send it to the store.

16:56

DRAM, give us anything. I'm just like, Screw

16:59

you. Yeah, where

17:01

you a little bastards. So,

17:03

yeah, we don't have too many big plans. I'm excited

17:06

just to watch just. I had to chill out, watch football.

17:08

Yeah, it is a fun football weekend.

17:11

I remember the first

17:13

time I was ever in Vegas was

17:16

over Thanksgiving. We went, I

17:18

think like Wednesday to Sunday or Tuesday

17:20

to Sunday. And that was actually

17:22

really fun. I will say November,

17:25

December is a great time to go. Like the weathers

17:27

chilies, very rainy. But

17:29

there's not a lot of people there. So

17:32

we were down at the casino in the, like the

17:34

bar area. And

17:36

the Macy's day parade was on.

17:38

So we were in Vegas. So

17:40

of course we turned it into a betting opportunity.

17:43

So we started throwing money down on the table

17:45

and betting which float was going to come up next.

17:47

I'm not gonna lie. I was working with a lot of kids

17:50

at that point. I cleaned

17:52

house. I

17:55

don't think we'd want to be there this week. There's the

17:57

One racing is happening.

18:00

Yeah, the. F1 racing. I saw

18:02

somebody post about F1 and I

18:05

did not know what they were talking about. Yeah. Formula

18:07

one formula one. Vegas.

18:10

I've seen lots of pictures and I think that was there,

18:12

I guess. I don't know. Maybe today it was race day, so maybe

18:14

it'll be done. Gotcha. Interesting.

18:19

So. And then I, I always

18:21

like black Friday and after cause then I started my Christmas

18:23

shopping. Some people I know start beforehand,

18:25

but I just like to wait. Yeah. I've

18:28

never been at well, I've never. Ever been a

18:30

black Friday. In person

18:32

shopper. I have gotten more

18:35

into the online shopping. However, it's

18:37

very strange because the black Friday special

18:39

started like two months ago. Which

18:41

I feel like that's what black Friday

18:43

in general is turning into. It's like, It's

18:46

not the same as it was no. Like,

18:48

no, one's getting up early to go because everything

18:50

starts either the night before,

18:52

which is the big debate.

18:55

Or even that Wednesday people are doing

18:58

shopping and I'm like, it's not black Friday

19:00

though. We used to get up

19:02

at like three in the morning. My

19:05

aunt. And we would go shopping and

19:07

it would just be fun to go out and whatever,

19:09

but now it's just so different. Yeah. So

19:11

I don't know. I don't actually, I haven't even seen if anything,

19:14

if there is a reason to go out. Yeah.

19:16

On black Friday. Do they even

19:19

still open that early? Thanks.

19:22

No, I haven't. I like I said, I guess I haven't looked. The

19:24

look of now, I'm curious to see if they're really like,

19:26

do they have like actual black Fridays, like

19:28

doorbusters and that kind of thing. Going into the store.

19:31

That's true. Cause then I also feel like

19:33

cyber Monday is just. Over

19:36

like it's it's basically, I guess I

19:38

would say it's more cyber Monday every day

19:40

than it is black Friday. Yeah, technically,

19:43

because it's all virtual. Yeah. Or like

19:46

buy online, which I'm not going to lie works for

19:48

me because I do. Do all of my shopping online,

19:50

unless it's something I absolutely can't get.

19:53

But typically Amazon is my place to go

19:55

and shop. But I do love small

19:57

business Saturday. Yes. Always love to

19:59

support a small business. Yes,

20:01

I'm going to try to see if there's any, any

20:03

small business events going on on

20:05

that Saturday and try to go, you know, you will be

20:07

here. I know it has some vendor events. Yeah.

20:11

That's fine. But I

20:13

do. Yeah. So I say, So I like to save it. I

20:15

like to go out and just, even if I buy stuff online,

20:17

I just like the atmosphere. Yeah. Of

20:19

the holidays just to be out. Enjoy

20:22

it. Yeah, my cold dead soul doesn't

20:24

allow me. Wow. You

20:27

know, not every, not everybody can enjoy it.

20:29

I've been trying to get into the holiday spirit

20:31

this year. Yes, we'll. Do you have

20:33

your Charlie brown questions? Trig? I know, I don't think it made

20:36

it out last year. So

20:38

we're, we'll get it out this year. With

20:40

it's one little ornament on it. It's so cute.

20:42

It is cute. I'm not gonna lie. I left my Charlie

20:44

brown Christmas tree. It's perfect

20:47

for me. How do you feel. Feel about the Grinch. Are

20:49

you baking? And I've been current. I love the Grinch.

20:52

There's a Mimi out there. That says

20:54

that the older you get, the more you understand

20:56

the Grinch. And why he wanted to be.

20:59

Alone with his dog because people.

21:02

Perfect meme. Yeah. Totally get it now. I'm

21:04

kind of understanding the popularity with the Grinch

21:06

and adults. I didn't really get

21:08

that. I'm not a fan of the movie.

21:11

But I think it's really just like, Not even

21:14

the cartoon. I've

21:17

never watched the one with what's

21:19

his face. Yes, Jim Carrey.

21:21

I never watched that one. Yeah.

21:24

I don't know, I've never been a fan so I could take

21:26

the grantor or leave it. I will say,

21:28

I do love the

21:30

Christmas. Our tunes like.

21:33

Those are my favorite, you know, frosty,

21:35

the snowman Rudolph. Carly

21:38

round Christmas. I do

21:40

like Charlie brown also has the great

21:42

pumpkin. For Halloween. I did. See

21:44

that this year. But I do

21:46

enjoy those, those get me in the holiday spirit.

21:49

You and Mike. Whereas the other night we were looking

21:51

for something to watch and Christmas vacation

21:53

was on. Can't watch it yet. I'm not,

21:56

we're not there yet. I'm not as shower, Christmas,

21:58

new Christmas music. My house is decorated for Thanksgiving.

22:01

Come Friday. Let

22:04

me give her changes. We

22:06

go to Christmas, we can start with like the

22:08

hallmark Christmas movies. Like I haven't

22:10

even watched one of them yet. Wow.

22:13

And I love them, but I'm like, I wish they would make

22:15

like Thanksgiving movies and that's true. I

22:18

did just see some, somebody posted.

22:21

I'll have to find it. All

22:23

of the holiday movies on all

22:25

of the streaming apps. I saw that. So

22:27

it was like Netflix prime, Hulu,

22:29

and listed all of the ones on there. Yeah.

22:31

I did see that. So for those that

22:33

don't have the hallmark channel, which I do

22:35

every year, because I get. Some sort of

22:38

TV for football. So I do have

22:40

the hallmark channel for the holidays. Yeah. But

22:43

I just have, I like to watch Christmas

22:45

vacation and white Christmas on Christmas

22:48

Eve. I don't know that I've ever watched

22:50

a white Christmas. Yeah.

22:53

I w I, is that the one about the, when the bell

22:55

rings? That is Miracle

22:57

on 34th street. No. Just

23:00

hollering out movie names. Miracle on

23:02

30. Four streets different. Why

23:04

can't I think of every time. About

23:06

rains in April. Guys in the winnings. The

23:11

holiday movie. It's

23:13

a holiday. Movie. I feel like it's

23:15

a very depressing holiday, maybe. At

23:18

the end, I guess they celebrate, but I feel

23:20

like it's, I mean, it's not, it's not the scourge

23:23

movie, right. What's that called? Lots

23:25

of Christmas, Carol. Oh Christmas, Carol.

23:28

I am blanking today. I'm

23:30

real mad about. I

23:33

need to get. All right, look it

23:35

up. So I didn't, I do know

23:37

that there's a channel that's going to have, I mean,

23:39

how they have, cause I hate. What's

23:41

the maybe. The kid sticks, his tongue. Oh,

23:44

a Christmas story. I hate

23:46

that movie. And every year it's always on 24.

23:49

Four hours on Chris starting on Christmas

23:51

Eve. Channels is having Christmas

23:53

vacation. 24 hours.

23:56

I liked that. I mean, I like a Christmas story

23:58

to me. It's a classic, but I love.

24:01

Christmas vacation. Yes. So

24:03

I'm excited. For that. So actually my Watch

24:05

it earlier before Christmas, even watch it a few

24:07

times. Okay. WhY can't

24:09

I find. I don't know. Maybe that'll

24:11

be the question. Help

24:14

us. Mike help us out. What does it mean?

24:16

He found it. Look. Oh, it's

24:18

a wonderful life. It's a wonderful life. I

24:21

have never seen any of those movies. It's

24:24

a wash and I'm like, I feel like that's just like,

24:26

they're just like Christmas clarifies. Yeah. Like

24:28

we grew up, we watched all the cartoons

24:30

and then we watched a Christmas story and

24:32

you know, of course the. Holiday

24:34

favorite debate. Diehard. I

24:40

guess I I'm in the generation. Apparently that's

24:42

supposed to think it's a holiday movie. 'cause

24:45

I feel like a lot of gen Xers thing. It's. I

24:47

don't think it's a holiday movie. I like to

24:49

say it's a holiday movie just to get people

24:51

fired up. Because it's almost

24:53

like saying any movie

24:56

that has Christmas in it. It's

24:58

a Christmas movie. So it's really

25:00

not. It's just that it happens to be

25:03

the. Did it come out? At Christmas

25:05

time. No, I think it's just because they had. It

25:07

happens at their Christmas Eve party. Which is funny

25:09

because there's other. Well,

25:12

I guess they're all considered Christmas movies.

25:14

I don't know. I don't think it's a Christmas movie,

25:17

but Hey, if you, if you want to think it's a Christmas movie

25:19

and that's like your thing every year, I will say. Starting

25:22

around Christmas time. You have to. You

25:25

have to rent it, like, so like, Right now

25:28

and probably watch it for free somewhere, but once

25:30

it hits a certain point in December, like you have to run

25:32

it because I think. Greedy bastards.

25:35

So I think it's starting to be recognized more as

25:37

a. Okay. So here's

25:39

the question. You don't like it

25:41

as a Christmas movie, but do you like

25:43

the movie? I mean, I've seen it. I

25:45

could take it or leave it. Okay. I

25:49

mean, I don't think it's the worst movie I've ever seen. It's

25:53

a good feel. Feel good holiday

25:55

movie. Such a feel good holiday. So,

25:58

yeah, I don't, I don't know that I'm like every Christmas

26:00

being like, oh my gosh, I have to watch die hard. I do

26:02

with my other niece. Gotcha. All right.

26:04

That's fair. That's fair. Yes,

26:06

my brother-in-law is a huge

26:08

Christmas story fan. So

26:11

it usually is playing at my sister's house

26:13

unless somebody wants to watch something else. It is

26:15

just a Christmas story on repeat. I didn't see the

26:17

real Christmas or Christmas tree story

26:20

house when I was in. Cleveland. I was with you.

26:22

Oh, And we saw

26:24

that. Yes, we did not go in, but we saw

26:27

it and it was good. Mostly because that is good and perfectly.

26:29

Yeah. And I didn't want to pay to go in.

26:31

I like it, but. It's

26:33

not worth that much to me. So

26:36

I actually do not like it fall. There's

26:38

somewhere. I just read the other

26:40

day that has a huge statue

26:43

of the leg lamp. I

26:47

have to find out where it is because that just

26:49

makes me kind of laugh and I hope it glows

26:51

at night. A lot of it. I mean, if they're going to go,

26:53

if it's going to go to the far better. So,

26:56

yeah, starting to get in the holiday spirit.

26:59

We're going to try this year. I'm gonna see what I

27:01

can do. Sorry. You should watch some of these movies

27:03

to get into. But I'll have to wait until

27:05

at least next week. Yes, you will. Thanksgiving

27:08

time. The Turkey says back

27:10

off Santa it's my holiday. That's

27:12

my fever. That somebody actually

27:14

in Delco has. They have it

27:17

up. They have the Santa's blow up and he's laying down

27:19

and a Turkey and they have a sign that

27:21

says back off, Santa is my holiday. Oh. Oh, that's

27:23

funny. The real life version. Oh, I love

27:25

that. So, That's good. You should

27:28

do that. Okay. We're

27:30

not, I don't think we're allowed to have inflatables. Oh,

27:32

no. I think the HOA frowns upon that.

27:34

Well, that's stupid. Wow. When

27:37

you live with an HOA. Although I think ours is probably

27:39

the least HOA. As from

27:41

Ali's state, which reminds

27:44

me. I think we owe the HOA. He's

27:47

just shaking his head for 2023. I

27:50

just really, I just remember that I hated my

27:52

HOA. They're probably not happy with us.

27:55

And this letter is all the time because I just

27:57

hate having to pay them well. And do you remember

27:59

my HOA? That was when we had the deck

28:01

and you had to stain your deck and we did not

28:03

do underneath because it was surrounded by

28:05

bushes and trees. And

28:07

somebody literally went under

28:09

our deck. And then find

28:12

us for not having the underneath of our deck

28:14

painted. Oh my God. Yeah. They

28:16

were a little, I was like, dude, like you literally

28:19

had to scale through trees. To

28:21

get to underneath our deck. Like it was not

28:23

an easy feat. Yeah. I'm not a fan

28:25

of each ways, but I will say. While we don't

28:27

really have, I don't even know if we have an HOA board

28:30

anymore. Like. Oh, geez. They

28:32

just, basically somebody just collects our money and

28:35

puts it in for whatever it goes for. Well,

28:37

that's crazy. If no one's running it, then. You're

28:39

not getting my money. I think it was cause we

28:41

had to pay. I don't know, who's upholding

28:44

the HOA laws. I say, you. Some

28:47

buddies. I guess probably. Maybe we

28:49

could get away with that. I don't know, who's upholding

28:51

those laws. You know, there's some nosy neighbor

28:54

that's walking around. It

28:56

moves out. Oh, that's true. Well, you don't know all

28:58

the neighbors, maybe there's another one. As they could have

29:00

moved in all the neighbors around us now are

29:02

all new. As in our. All the neighbors

29:04

around us are new. And so I don't know.

29:07

I don't maybe up one of the other streets.

29:11

And at the bottom of the bag. Hopefully they

29:13

don't drive by our house too often. You never know. Of

29:15

course those little nosy. Guys get

29:18

very adamant about their HOA laws.

29:20

I guess they do. I mean, somebody is, cause somebody is out there

29:22

collecting money and making sure they get paid. HOA,

29:25

but yes, I'm not going to have big inflatables in

29:27

my yard. All right. Fine. I

29:30

will decorate. I can't wait. Yes.

29:34

I can't wait to get my Charlie brown Christmas tree.

29:36

They do so much decorating. It's going to be very hard for

29:38

you. I, my

29:40

Tom Brady elf on the shelf, says out all

29:42

here around. He's up on his shelf. But

29:44

we just don't take them down. So he just

29:47

sits there. She's a little dusty.

29:51

And then he gets up there to clean it. So.

29:54

It just sits tight cause watching us.

29:57

There you go. I don't know. Who's

29:59

he reporting back to bill? Yeah, bill

30:01

now that we were good fans. I

30:05

like it. I like it. Wow. Alright,

30:08

well, What should we do for question

30:10

of the week, this week? It's kind of a mellow

30:12

day. We're a little tired. Do

30:15

we want to, do you want to do like Thanksgiving

30:18

themes? Like. What's your favorite?

30:21

Side dish for Thanksgiving, or

30:24

do you want to jump into like, what's

30:26

your favorite Christmas movie? Why don't

30:28

we do? How about we do. Do

30:31

you have you decorate it for CRE do you decorate for Christmas

30:33

before Thanksgiving? That's

30:35

always a good, that is a big debate. Alright.

30:38

I like it. Okay. I

30:40

have not decorated yet. I

30:42

am decorated for Thanksgiving because I think

30:44

that you should decorate for Thanksgiving and then Christmas.

30:47

I do love. I'm going to end with this.

30:49

Why saw a. I

30:52

don't know if it was an article. Mimi. About

30:54

people who love to decorate before.

30:58

First miss. And how to get away with

31:00

it. So they put up their Christmas

31:02

tree in October and put a sheet

31:04

over. It and said it was a ghost. I like that.

31:07

That was good. So that's how you get away with it.

31:09

So I might've sent that to a

31:11

few of my friends whose husbands

31:13

are anti putting it up, but they love

31:16

it. And I'm like, this is your way to get around it. So.

31:19

Next year they're there ready for next year? Cause

31:21

I saw it after, after October. I

31:23

have prepared. It's nice. So we'll

31:25

make sure you do all of the podcasts, things like

31:27

share. Come join the group, joining

31:29

the conversation and come tell us what

31:31

you think of when. You should decorate. All

31:34

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