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Welcome to the Carpool podcast with Kelly.
Can you like order me can you order a latte?
No, again, like I need someone to like line me up and like really like.
What can I get you?
And Liz.
Okay, so we need to bounce back to the dating scene for a second because like I think a lot of people are just curious.
Like we're all just like married and have kids like are you going on dates?
Like what is the dating scene?
Your mom time off starts now.
Welcome back to the Carpool podcast with Kelly.
And Liz.
And Sydney.
Wow.
Sydney's back from Down Under.
So what they say?
No, not particularly, but I would say it probably.
Oh, but it's it's not okay if I say it.
No, it's fine if you say it. I'm just, I don't know if they would really refer to themselves as Down Under as much as the Americans would refer to it.
Well, in the way geography works, it's all about like where you are compared to where you're talking about.
So they are in fact Down Under.
Yeah.
So our sister Sydney, number three of four, number four of five is back in town from Australia.
She's been there for 10 months.
10 months.
First time she's been back in 10 months.
Well, I had, I had a brief, I met mom, dad and Grayson in Hawaii.
Yeah.
Back in Missouri though.
Back in Missouri.
Correct.
We're so happy to have you back.
We just couldn't miss the opportunity to have such a world traveler on the podcast, let alone one of our other sisters.
We thought we would just bring Sydney on kind of catch up with her.
I mean, this is, this is like us hanging out.
I mean, I barely talk to you, barely see you, barely see you, barely talk to you because of the time change.
And we're super excited to have you back for just a short time.
And then it's to my understanding that you're going back to Australia.
I am going back.
I'm going back.
I'm here for nine, 10 days.
And then I pop right back on another 15 hour flight.
And I'm back Down Under.
For how long?
For TBD.
I was hoping she was any of some more concrete answer.
Yeah, I wish I had one for you.
I said, what are you doing in Australia?
Literally.
Good question.
Good question, guys.
I like it.
So to put it quite simply, but well, let's start with, well, not what am I doing?
Why am I in Australia to start?
I, as some of you may know, was a rower in college and a lot of rowing draws a lot of like, it's a big scholarship sport.
Mostly it's not a massive sport in the US.
A lot of international girls will come to the US to row.
So when I was living in Dallas, I was the only American girl in my household that I've lived with three Australian girls and a British girl.
And then we all left and I was just grinding away at the dealership, grinding on my purpose.
Your purpose?
And my good friend, April, was like, hey, you know, it wouldn't be impossible for you to come to Australia.
Looked into it, guys, it's not impossible.
Maybe cost me about $800 for my initial visa, which I'm not condoning anyone moved to Australia.
It's not really our audience.
It's not really our audience.
They're gonna pick up and move to Australia.
So yeah, basically, I just had a bunch of friends there.
So I thought, you know what?
It'll be fun.
And that's, that's honestly, which is kind of a boring answer.
People asked me, I now work at a BMW dealership down there.
What are you selling cars?
I do not sell cars.
I do some like, I do a lot of the cars deliveries, the handovers, I do some admin.
I run some Excel spreadsheets.
I help run the CRM and like assign leads and just do a bunch of basic kind of boring reporting stuff.
Always, always ends back on your purpose.
No, it is so fun that like you were selling BMWs here and then you go to Australia and you're working at a BMW dealership.
Like it's, it's, I think it's such a fun story.
It is fun.
It is fun.
It's same, same, but different.
Like they have all the same furniture as the BMW dealerships in the States, which is kind of weird.
It's kind of fun.
Well, it's just giving brand is giving cohesion.
So good to know wherever you go, the BMW store is going to have some similar.
The same, the same desk.
I'm used to looking at.
Yeah.
That's kind of wild.
A piece of home.
So said we asked the carpool crew Instagram if they had some questions for you.
And I just feel like the question we had like happy out of the way is like, are you going to be Robert Irwin's American girl?
Okay, guys, I'm going to have to break this news gently.
I will not be Robert Irwin's American girlfriend.
I think we have to look this up guys.
I think we have to look into it for one.
Robert Irwin is I believe 21 and to my knowledge, I am 25.
Also, that's, that's kind of a jump as well as older feeling than 21 is 21.
Yeah.
I don't like that.
Oh, sorry.
Yeah.
10 years older than him.
Oh my gosh.
He's also about like, I think he's like five, seven, five, eight.
Like guys, it's just not going to work.
Robert Irwin five, seven.
He wears it well.
He does.
That's shocking though.
I thought he was at least six one.
I think I can see it.
I think I could see the.
So not only am I 10 years older, but I'm four inches taller.
Great.
That makes him kind of less of a heartthrob if you ask me.
Okay.
So are you going to be anyone's American tourist in Australia?
Again, TBD not at the moment.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think we should keep it that way.
I think you should find an American tourist from America.
I think you should just meet like a boy from St. Louis and live in St. Louis.
Yeah.
That's kind of like what everyone else is doing.
This said, here are some more questions.
Let's talk about the food in Australia.
Is it good?
What's your favorite?
Are you having shrimps on the Barbie?
Is that like a slur?
Don't they eat spam in Australia a lot?
No, not a lot of spam.
I think you're thinking like Hawaii has a lot of spam.
At least I haven't come across a ton of spam.
So I live in Melbourne, which has to some people saying some of the best food in Australia.
And guys, it is truly really, it's really good.
I'm not going to lie.
I'm not going to show your code.
It's really good.
Also the good thing about just living in like such a small little like city area is there's
so many nice little local restaurants, lots of big chains.
I can't even, and there's just any type of food I could really want to get.
I can get and I order a lot more Door Dash in Australia than I ever did in the US.
My favorite place.
I love to get pho, like just like a beef pho.
I love.
What is pho?
Is that PHO?
PHO.
I thought that was like Korean.
No, that's, it's Vietnamese.
Oh, okay.
But the Australians would say pho.
And I'm like, it's actually pho because it is pho.
If you look it up, it's pho.
So that's like probably one of my favorite things I have.
Interesting things they do at like a culture shock at like a Home Depot, which they call
like a Bunnings.
Well, it is called Bunnings.
You can get a sausage sizzle, which is just like a piece of white bread with like a sausage.
And then you just dress it up or they call it, I believe they call it a snag as well.
And that's like a big thing.
It sounds like a worse hot dog.
Um, yeah, but they actually are a sausage sizzle does kind of hit also.
Okay.
So does an Oscar Mayer.
You know what I mean?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's just like time and place.
But like how good would it, I think it's like, it's like the ace hardware popcorn, you know?
No, I think, I think Americans should take that.
I think we should be serving hot dogs at Lowe's.
I would get one.
They do.
They do sometimes.
They have like $1 hot dogs, like out front.
Let me never seen that in my life.
It's like on Saturdays or Sundays sometimes they're like grilling hot dogs.
Yeah, I think it has to be a weekend.
It's just like the Costco effect, you know, I think that's a good idea.
How often are you in a Lowe's?
How often?
Quarterly.
I feel like Tyler probably does that more so.
Yeah.
No, but I quarterly pop in.
Okay.
Not on hot dog days, I suppose.
No.
Okay.
Hold on.
I feel like she has more culture shock.
Tell them about the bars.
The bars?
How you were saying how like they won't serve you.
Oh, so yeah, like this, this is everyone.
I feel like everyone likes to think everyone's culture is like the best at drinking for some
reason.
Like it's some like crazy accomplishment.
But like the Australians also hold that same kind of sentiment.
But this is what I'll say in the U.S.
Well, for one, let me just get a lot.
Let me just get into some big differences.
Every single drink is measured in Australia.
So every, like if you get a vodka soda, it is one shot fully measured out, dropped in.
You get a glass of wine.
There's no three count pours in Australia.
No, no, no, no.
A shot is an ounce, you know.
Every wine you get at like a pub has like a little marker on it to how much they're supposed
to fill it too.
So they like, they like to drink a lot, but you cannot actually really be public intoxicated.
Like one time I was just like kind of in a, I don't know why, but like we're, I think
I was like kind of hungry when we were going to a bar, so maybe just didn't have the best
look on my face.
And the guy was like, well, how many drinks have you had?
And I literally hadn't had that many.
I'm going, yeah, dude, not, not, not a lot, but they will not let you in if you are very
drunk into a bar, which like in the U.S. we're like, come on in.
The more the merrier.
The more the merrier.
But there it's like, no, you actually, you can go somewhere to drink as long as you're
not too drunk.
You're like, oh, okay.
And every like canned drink for one, a canned drink is so expensive out of like a liquor
store.
Like I think like a 10 pack of white claws, like 50 bucks.
It's insane.
But you go out and every canned drink has how many standard drinks it is.
So it's like a white claws, like 1.2 standard drinks and yeah, everything has to be measured
and how many drinks it is.
They're very strict.
Well, it just sounds like they're teaching or responsibility.
I'm kind of into it.
I'd like to.
What's the drinking age there, 18?
18, which is also, yeah, when you rock up to a bar and you're like, oh my God, that
is an 18 year old and it looks like one.
That's tough.
Well, Robert Irwin's been drinking for years there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
100%.
So how old are 18 year olds right now?
Or what year were 18 year olds born in?
Robert Irwin is 21.
Born in 03.
So three years after that.
So like 06.
Like 06, 07 models are drinking in Australia.
That's wild.
That is wild.
Oh my God.
We are so old.
Okay.
So we need to bounce back to the dating scene for a second because like I think a lot of
people are just curious.
Like we're all just like married and have kids.
Like are you going on dates?
We're all living vicariously through you.
Like just can you give us some tea?
Like what's the dating scene like?
Are you partaking?
I can't say I'm really partaking a whole lot.
No.
Been on like a date or two.
Yeah.
Nothing really to write home about guys.
Honestly on that.
That's so disappointing.
But are they, do they like your accent?
Some people like my accent.
Some people don't like my accent.
It just depends.
Like do they tell you they don't like your accent?
Like what is the perception of Americans in Australia?
Well, there's also a lot of Canadians in Australia.
So everyone's like, oh, like when would you have ever in any foreign country go out and
speak and someone goes, Oh, are you American or Canadian?
Cause I feel like everywhere, like if I were to go to Europe, it's always, almost always
the default is where in America are you from?
Where everyone in Australia goes, Oh, are you American?
Are you Canadian?
Right?
Oh, where are you from Canada?
And I've just never been asked so much from Canadian before, which you know, I don't mind.
You give Canadian.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I can see that.
You think they'd be able to hear the difference in our accents?
Yeah, but not all Canadians sound as Canadian as you think.
I actually work with a Canadian and he sounds so American.
And I'm like, you don't even sound like sometimes like sometimes those Wisconsiners, they'll
get you.
You think they're Canadian, like a Minnesota.
That's true.
That's true.
I'm like, are you from, I've had this one.
I was selling cards in the States.
Oh, are you from Canada?
No, from Minnesota.
I'm like, you sound very Canadian.
Okay.
I guess you're right.
But do you ever, like when you're ordering a coffee, are people always like, Oh, I like
your accent?
Or is it just like pretty common there?
Cause I feel like if I heard an Australian person in America, I'd be like, yeah, I don't
think I, I think I think people think a lot more of my accent than they actually do.
Do you ever try to fake an Australian accent when like you're ordering a coffee just for
like, if you blend in?
Yeah, I'd be lying.
I'd be lying.
If I said I didn't, sometimes it's just like, well, also sometimes that is here, everyone
else order it.
And then I say it that way.
Can you like order me?
Can you order a latte in Australia?
Um, no, again, like I need someone to like line me up and like really like.
Hey, what can I get you?
Yeah.
Yeah.
No, that won't.
But okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
We will move on.
Okay.
Maybe after a couple of three count pours in America, we can.
I feel like the thing people are always talking about Australia is just like the animals and
the snakes and the spiders and the kangaroos.
George is always talking about the snakes.
Are you seeing kangaroos?
Have you run into like deadly venomous snakes and spiders?
Or are you just like so in the city that it's not even a thing?
I think right now I'm so in the city that it's not really a thing.
My friend Ava has let me know that there are certain houses that are just more like spidery.
There's certain things I am scared of.
Ava's been swooped by a magpie before, which I don't know if you guys know what a magpie
is.
No, Google in that.
But they will swoop at you.
So Ava had one swooper right in the eye once.
Oh, they look so freaky and like so unassuming.
This is a nightmare fuel.
Oh yeah.
Shoot, Kelly, if you're scared of birds.
But yeah, so like being swooped by a magpie, that's something that can happen to me in
the city.
Kangaroos, if you like go to like a golf course or like a little bit more rural, like yeah,
one time we went to a beach town, guys, there's just like cockatoos everywhere or like they
look like parrots.
Sometimes I'm just like out and I'm like, that's a parrot.
Like what is that doing?
And they're like, no, that's a bird.
That's a pest.
And I'm like, that's the most beautiful bird I've ever seen.
Yeah.
Like they're like pigeons or cockatoos kind of thing.
But we also, yeah, we also do have pigeons, I believe, but maybe don't quote me on that
amount.
And are kangaroos just kind of like whitetail deer, like the whitetail deer of Missouri?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Probably.
I don't see a lot in the city.
If I go out a little further, then yeah, you'll see them.
I've seen like a couple.
It's pretty common.
It's like deer, like pretty common people hit kangaroos with their cars.
I could see that.
Yeah.
That's crazy.
Okay.
Let's talk a little bit about, you are kind of the queen of like the wish list.
The wish list.
Do you have anything on here?
Wait, hold on.
Can I ask her one more thing about Australia first before we move on to that?
Sid, because what I also have found so fascinating is it's like a different season there.
So what season is it in?
We're spring going into summer right now.
Wow.
And we're falling into winter.
We're falling into winter here.
Yeah.
And it is, it's starting to get lovely.
The winter wasn't that bad, but it also is like, it's like maybe like low 40s and it
feels a lot colder than low 40s because it's windy and there's no humidity.
So it's like really dry.
Yeah.
And also for some reason the houses just aren't really insulated.
So like I was always just like kind of cold in my own house anyways.
Interesting.
And you drive on the other side of the road there?
I do drive on the other side of the road.
Has that been a hard adjustment?
Hard adjustment.
Yes and no.
I was driving with Ava for so much.
Like I was in the passenger of her car so I kind of knew.
Certain times like when you just go to make a turn and I still like, I've never, but
sometimes I'm just like driving and I'm like, wait, wait, wait, let me, let me just think
for a second.
Cause I just get a little spun around.
Totally.
But I, yeah, it's honestly not that hard.
Have you driven since you've been in the period?
I'm so on autopilot.
Yeah.
I drove here to Liz's in a Ram 2500.
Guys, I drive an IX one, an electric X one in Australia and I just drove a Ram 2500.
Well, you're back in America.
God bless America.
USA.
Okay.
Let's talk wish list.
Do you have anything?
So what Sydney does is when she sees something that she wants or like something that she
wants to splurge on, she makes it, writes it down on her phone, which is smart.
So then when birthdays, Christmas, maybe she gets a little bit of extra cash comes around.
She knows exactly what she wants cause she's been thinking about it.
And Sid has, Sid has, I mean, she's got good taste, but she also just, she finds like,
she has good finds.
Like really, like what do we have to do to beg you to post on Instagram more?
I like nice things.
I like nice things.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Um, current on my wish list was just like, just so boring.
But guys, I need a new phone.
I need, I want an iPhone 17 Pro Max.
I have a 15 plus right now.
That's my wish list.
Just really waiting to cross that one off.
That's on the top of my list.
Um, I don't have an exact one yet, but I am currently also on the lookout for some cute
earrings to switch up mine.
But I wear my earrings.
Like you guys change out your earrings.
I wear my earrings 24 seven.
I believe you have a thousand piercings.
I have 12, 12 ear piercings.
So I just need to get, I just buy myself gold earrings and I never take them out.
Yeah.
You could, you, you could do something a little bit more interesting.
They're a little boring right now.
Yeah.
They're just like gold hoops.
So I'm looking to trade those out.
Other things in my wish list.
Um, I'm just missing like a lot of like, I want some like, I love like nice clothes,
like nice, nice tops.
I just bought myself, I wish I knew the brand, but I just bought myself this nice top and
I just, I just love wearing it.
It's just like one of my favorite things.
Um, and I, what's it called?
I just like, I bought myself new jeans.
I'm, I just forget like buying nice jeans.
It's just like,
Well, so he took so much of my PR yesterday.
I like said she could like look through and like grab a couple of skincare items.
She took a whole bag.
Well, and then I said, Oh, did you get a bunch from Kelly?
And she was, yeah, but I'll look at what you have.
Yeah.
She's a mooch is what she is.
100%.
Um, yeah, I don't have like, oh, this is one thing guys.
So we have to take full advantage of while we're in America, American deodorant guys.
That is just so superior.
I just bought myself a secret.
Completely clean invisible gel stick or invisible solid stick guys.
It's, it's one of life's simple pleasures.
I've been using like roll, they have like roll on deodorant only or like spray roll on
or spray.
And wow, that secret deodorant guys.
Wow.
You just don't know how good you have it until you don't have it.
So he was so excited to go to the store with mom the other day because you have like so
many more options in America when you go to the store, then you do an Australia.
Yeah.
And I, one of my simple pleasures is going to the grocery store.
I, I love perusing.
I love, I like to cook.
So I just love perusing.
I love seeing what's new.
I love seeing what's fresh.
I like seeing what's on sale.
I just like seeing what, what inspiration is going to start.
I hope you brought a ditch to the drive through because you were such a good.
Oh, it's already, it's already guys.
I already got it locked and loaded.
Okay.
Good.
Well, I thought with Sydney, since we have Sydney here, we could play last three
transactions.
Just, I'm so curious and what Sydney's transacting on and it can't be deodorant.
So now it is time for last three transactions.
We, we share our recent bank accounts, subtractions.
And we're just doing two.
Yeah, we'll just do two.
Wait, let me see if I can find something interesting.
Well, it's not supposed, well, yeah.
I mean, yours can be interesting.
ours are supposed to be our last two.
My last ones will truthfully just be like at the airport.
Well, what was the first meal you had when you landed?
That was interesting.
Jimmy John's turkey Tom and a big Coke zero.
What is Coke zero?
Is it just like Diet Coke, but Coke?
Yeah.
I'm not very familiar.
Okay.
One of my last three transactions.
I'm really excited about it.
I bought off Amazon.
I ordered some of those, um, like cordless lamps that you charge with like an HD or
a USB-C.
I have those like touch it and it turns on.
I just need better mood lighting in my house and I thought I could put those on
like my bookshelves or something.
So I'm really excited to see how those look.
Cause you just never know what was on.
Love, love, love, love, love.
One of mine right before I got on the plane, I stopped at the grocery store,
my comfort place, my favorite place.
And I spent like $40 just buying that bunch of snacks to bring home.
So I brought some cookies and slash biscuits, some Tim Tams, gummy candy,
raspberry bullets.
What else?
I just brought back a bunch of Australian cookies.
Those little cracker cookies.
So I just brought back a bunch of food for the family.
And I want to try something.
You've already tried?
Yeah.
I went to mom and dad's house because I don't live so far away.
I might as well be Dananda.
That's the way you guys treat me.
You might as well.
You might as well.
I, speaking of Jimmy John's, that wasn't my last transaction because I bought
Jimmy John's for Heidi's party.
I wasn't going to do food.
And in the final hour, I'm like, I cannot have these people over and like not
offer them something.
So I did a quick Jimmy John's catering order.
Honestly, it's a 10 out of 10 situation.
It pencils, it smacks, it's impressive.
It was good.
I was there.
I had two.
The sandwiches, yeah, they're great.
It's just great.
So, and I feel like it's, there's just no way I could feed that many people for
what I could cater Jimmy John's for.
I mean, I shouldn't say no way.
But it's, it's a big, it feels good.
Jimmy John's, good sense.
Any like sub place, they have the best catering.
It always feeds a crowd well.
Yeah.
And it's easy to do that.
And you don't need to get them a lot of notice, which I like.
Like I think I would place my order the day before.
You're going to wasn't that big of a deal.
It's not like if you call another place to cater, they need like 10 days to figure
it out.
Yeah.
And it's just a no way deal.
Like you just go pick it up.
They give you the boxes.
It's not like doing Chipotle or something where they have to like bring the flames
and the things like it's very easy.
Yeah.
Okay.
One of my last transactions.
I'm curious to see how this turns out.
I found, we're having this big party.
This is why Cindy's in town actually.
We're having this big party at our family's farm.
So our family's farm we've had for 20 years.
So we're having a party to celebrate 20 years of it.
Um, and it's like, we're kind of going to Western chic.
Like we're just really leaning into the farm of it all.
Um, so I was trying to find an outfit for Maddie and mom sent me an Instagram ad that
she saw for this company called Poncho and it's men's clothing, like like nice thick
clothing, like shirts.
And they come in tall sizes, which that is just like such my, such his cross to bear.
Like his arms are just so long that any long sleeve shirts never work on him.
So when they come in tall sizes, I'm like, done.
I'll give you my money.
So I ordered him this like denim, this like brown, apparently like Denimie material
Western as long sleeve button up.
Exciting.
I'm very curious to get it and see how it turns out.
And Maddie likes to wear a little razzle dazzle.
Like Tyler is not like to wear razzle.
Like if I bought Tyler something for this party, he would be so mad at me.
So I don't know that Maddie would wear razzle dazzle.
I just think that, um, he just doesn't care.
And when I say, I want you to wear this, he doesn't have an opinion strongly towards it.
But like, he'll, he, you know, he'll throw on a Bolo tie to like be funny and like has
a cowboy hat.
So, you know, he'll lean into it.
See Tyler's the guy who like, he likes a shirt, likes a pair of boots, buys it in every
color multiple, multiple times.
So like if one goes out, then he can just like pull another one from his stash.
Like the man will be wearing the same thing 40 years from now.
And that's just his journey.
And you know what?
Go off capsule wardrobe, capsule wardrobe.
His neck, his necklines have changed since you guys met.
He used to be the deepest V wearer.
And now he's a crew neck guy.
Now he's a crew neck guy.
It's which, which is good.
He evolves.
He evolves.
I'm sure we'll run into the V neck again over time.
Cause that's the only way he can be worn sometimes, but it was very much, it was like he would
get V next from Target.
He wears like Levi jeans and then area boots, like just done the little capsule wardrobe
King.
Everything goes with everything.
Well, what I was thinking, three different items of clothing, I guess.
No, but like he has whatever he has enough.
Like I'm going to put him in like a Henley and like a jacket for the farm party, you
know, something like that.
But you know, I'm trying to fit the entire fam and we're doing family pictures before.
So like the pressure's on there.
So I have been buying, I had to buy all the kids, like all the kids need like one thing,
like make their outfits complete.
And I robbed, actually I didn't rob.
They robbed me.
Carter's little planet line.
I'm obsessed.
I'm obsessed.
Carter's little planet in Gerber's modern moments.
Those are such good clothing brands for like, from our like hard tried and true.
Like the Gerber modern moments is at Walmart.
Carter's little planet is on Carter's.
And I got all the kids Christmas jammies, $16 a pop go off.
I got Hattie a jacket, Hattie jeans, Georgia sweater, Libby overalls.
Something for everyone.
Something for everyone.
And then I, my true last transaction was I bought a anthropology jacket off Sydney that
she had bought for the farm party and she tried it on.
And then I said, that looks like me.
I want that jacket.
And she was going to return it.
So I think I'm set.
It's burgundy, which is like, not typically me.
I'm like, so obsessed with blue.
Um, and anything like I wear professionally, like I like to keep in the blue color scheme
just because I'm trying to build a brand.
But in my personal life, I'll put on a burgundy.
You never know.
Burgundy.
You never know.
Burgundy cheetah print jacket.
It's burgundy.
It's like a, it's like a, like, what, like a utilitary jacket, utility jacket.
And it's burgundy.
And then the inside is leopard.
And, and on the, the, the, I think on the collar, the like collar and the sleeves are leopard
as well.
My memory is right as the one who did the pretty excited about that.
Pretty excited about that.
I just thought, um, speaking of that, when I went to buy that jacket that I then sold
to Kelly, because I was going to return it.
I then, because I was so stressed, what am I going to wear to this farm party?
Um, I live in Australia, which like, again, wasn't really my, my, my wardrobe right now
isn't really serving like Western chic in the slightest.
Um, so then I went to the mall panicked about that anthropology jacket.
No one knows probably going to return it or I was just going to put together an outfit
with it.
And then I also popped into made well.
Um, one, they have great jeans.
I love their jeans too.
They have such good tops.
And I want myself a really cute denim top with like a little necktie attached wearing
it with jeans, a little Canadian tuxedo, a bell, and then some boots I have.
And we're calling it a day.
And I'm very happy with that.
Sydney, I'm so happy you found something.
Sydney was sending us stuff with her Australian wardrobe and it was just like, you're missing
the vibe.
Yeah.
The best thing I had was a t-shirt I had that said cowboys make better lovers, but then
I just looked so casual.
You can't wear that.
I can't be in the same room.
Like when dad's like, what's your t-shirt?
Say, said like, so this is a family party.
I can't.
I can't.
I think mom actually told me to wear that too.
You're crazy.
Can't trust them.
I'm a bigger prude than mom.
That's for sure.
We were literally taking our family photos before.
Like you can't be wearing that shirt.
That's crazy.
Also, Sid, how would you know?
First, secondly, how would you know?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
You haven't met a couple.
Another purchase I made that was kind of exciting.
I went into Target.
It was my secret deodorant.
And then just a couple of drugstore makeup items because I just, there is drugstore makeup
in Australia.
Just kind of for me seems really expensive because it's in Australian dollars, I think.
And the taxes already included.
So it probably actually pencils out to the same amount, but buying a powder for 10 US
dollars before tax versus like 22 Australian dollars with tax.
It just seemed like a better investment on mine.
So yeah, I just, I did, I did have a lot of fun in Target.
So did you stock up on the deodorant?
I just got myself one big, one big one.
Okay.
It was a $13 one.
I like two of them though.
Yeah.
But I do, I mean, I do have deodorant.
It was just something that.
We just don't know when you're coming back.
Well, yeah, probably like Christmas.
So that doesn't seem too far.
Is this your Australian drivers license?
Yeah.
Oh my gosh.
Let me look at this.
And you know, it's crazy for me to get my Australian driver's license full swap over.
I thought I'm going to have to take tests because they're very strict about getting
your driver's license in that country.
I rock up to Vic roads, which is where I get my driver's license.
And they just said, and gave me a full Australian driver's license.
No.
Hey, do you actually know how to drive on the left side of the road?
Do you know the rules of the road?
I do now.
Did I then probably not, but I have a full driver's license.
Wow.
That's so interesting.
I agree.
I feel like they should have put you through the ringer a bit.
I mean, for how strict they are and like the drinking of it all, you think that they
would kind of care about.
Same with the drinking and driving of it all.
They are beyond strict about everything.
This is so interesting.
I don't think the regular Australian who gets their driver's license finds you.
They get their driver's license at 18.
I don't think they get a full driver's license until they're 21.
And I rock up there at 25 years of age and just get a full driver's license like that.
Oh, that's interesting.
It's not until 18.
Not until 18.
And again, you're still then on your learner's permit for like 18 to like maybe close to
19.
And you have these, they have these P's like it's like a little square with the letter
P on it.
And that signifies who's, um, what level of driver every driver is.
I mean, I don't have a full license, obviously.
Well, Sid, thanks for sharing about your Australian journey.
Yeah.
Um, okay.
Well, let's get into Sydney.
He has to leave kind of soon.
So let's get into, um, well, we can do digital.
Let's do a digital drive-thru.
So in case Sidney has to leave, we can let her go.
Um, so now it's time for a digital drive-thru where we give you an easy dinner recipe to
mix it up to get you out of your dinner rut.
Dinner rut.
So, um, so I can't actually say this is my recipe.
This is Ava's recipe.
My roommate.
It is my favorite thing she makes.
It is my chi chi pie pie whenever Ava makes it.
Okay.
It's just like, oh, I just come home and I know it's a bit of a laborious meal, but
it's also not, it's also not.
Um, we make stuffed peppers.
They say capsicum down there.
Um, I will not be saying that.
They say what?
Capsicum?
Yep.
Is that the whole dish or are they calling peppers?
That's what a bell pepper is.
A bell pepper is called a capsicum.
And a pepper is like the spicy one.
Um, but so stuffed peppers, stuffed bell peppers.
So to make the filling one, Ava and I hide so many veggies in this.
And I think as you guys know, I'm a slightly picky eater.
So I think Kelly just perked up when she found out I'm hiding a lot of veggies in this and
I don't even taste it.
So we start, we just saute, you know, a little bit of carrot, onion, um, a little bit of
celery, beurre mirepoix, I believe is what it's called.
And then we also grate, grate a zucchini, grate like an entire, like maybe one or two whole
zucchinis, cook that up.
And then we go ahead and throw in some ground beef, cook that up, season it, bada bing bada
boom, add some marinara sauce to it.
And then at this point, your bell peppers are roast cooking in the oven.
You take them out, you stuff the peppers, top it with some cheese, stick it in the oven
again.
And guys, it is seriously, it tastes like a bolognese stuffed pepper.
It's like the greatest thing ever.
So you're not doing rice?
I feel like, I feel like a lot of, um, we do put like maybe a little bit of rice in it,
not a lot.
Um, but I feel like a lot of times we go a little bit of Southwestern when we do the
bell peppers or the stuffed peppers, but guys, like a basically a bolognese stuffed pepper
absolutely hits.
What kind of cheese?
Mozzarella on top.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's seriously one of my favorite dinners.
And I just, every time I eat it, I'm like so shocked as to how many vegetables we hit
in the oven.
Well, and it's one of those things like would love to get that simmering on the stove.
Yeah.
Like it's a good, yeah.
Yeah.
So that's my go to.
Okay.
I said, well, we'll get in, we can do our industry news in our Blake's besties.
Um, after you leave.
So thanks so much for joining us.
Is there anything else you want to tell the carpoolers?
Um, wait, let's talk about one more thing.
Why aren't you posting on Instagram and doing influencing?
I don't think I do anything interesting enough.
I wish I did.
You do your living here in America living in Australia.
You send us all the time of you going to these like cool coffee shops.
Like sometimes that's just what people want to see.
And also you are a really good cook and baker.
Oh yeah.
I do.
I'm a mom of four living in mid wet, like the middle of Missouri and I'm making it.
I make like anyone can do it.
Yeah.
We'll try.
We'll try.
We'll see.
We'll see what we get.
Empty promises in weeks.
Like I just don't.
Empty promises.
Yeah.
I know.
I do have to get better on my Instagram because I feel like now anytime I post, I just lose
a bunch of followers because everyone's like, who's this chick?
I would just like love you to like get on your story and be like,
Well, I think I think now that we're going into summer guys, I think I was a bit of
it.
It was winter.
It was dark.
It wasn't.
Every time I got out of work, it was pitch black.
So we'll try.
We'll get on there.
We're going to be walking to the nice coffee shops, getting the coffee, the breakfast.
Post your make a cooking video.
You also know how to edit videos.
Like you're so.
It's just like, I can't even have this.
I'm going to get, I'm going to get mad if we keep talking about it because I'm just like,
I can't.
It's like, I just, you have so much potential.
And I would love to see it.
Everyone would love to see it.
Yeah, true.
True chains.
But sure.
I said, keep doing what you're doing then.
Fine.
If you don't want to.
Rating RPR when you come over.
All right.
Said the squid.
Well, thanks for joining the carpool podcast.
I will see you sometime this week tomorrow.
See you tomorrow.
Yeah.
True.
Bye girl.
Bye.
Okay.
Liz.
Now it's time for industry news where I saw the hot tea going on in the auto industry.
And the biggest story of late is the Wagoneer, the Jeep Wagoneer got redesigned, got kind
of just like moved around a very, honestly, some very confusing upgrades.
Overall, the upgrades themselves, I like it really comes down to like the naming.
So if you remember like when the Wagoneer came out, they were like so upset at the fact
where they're like, it's a Wagoneer.
It's not a Jeep.
But like it is a Jeep.
It's a Jeep Wagoneer.
Like they were being so weird about it.
Like they were being weird and they were being confusing about it.
Yeah.
Well now they're like, yeah, that was confusing and weird.
So.
Okay.
It says.
So first of all, like they've changed now it says Jeep on the front.
Like that's like the big thing that everyone's called this out.
What on that other Wagoneer on the Wagoneer s we called it out that it said Jeep.
Jeep everywhere.
And we were like, I thought it wasn't supposed to say.
Totally.
Every year.
So jeeps being like, no, you're right.
Look, we had name recognition.
Like that was weird to try to make the Wagoneer like its own brand.
Yeah.
So now the front of it says Jeep.
But the model, the separate model Wagoneer is being discontinued.
And now the lineup is exclusively branded as the Grand Wagoneer to reduce customer confusion.
Because then there was the Wagoneer and the Grand Wagoneer and it was like a trim level
difference.
Now it's just the Wagoneer.
No.
Now it's just the Grand Wagoneer.
Sorry.
Yes.
Now it's just the Grand Wagoneer.
The Jeep Grand Wagoneer.
How many times can we say Wagoneer in the story?
They are going to offer a, it's a hybrid.
They're offering a hybrid.
It's new lineup is the new cars are priced more competitively.
So the starting price is under 65 K.
They're doing more simplified trims.
So it was, it used to be series like series one, series two, series three, which like
isn't fun.
I didn't like that.
Now they're called the limited, limited altitude in the summit obsidian, which is also like
a word salad.
And there's some new like, I mean, besides that it's just like your run of the mill redesign.
It looks really, it looks good.
I liked the old one though.
It doesn't look that different.
It's mainly just like the front grows a little different, but the big news is now it's going
to say Jeep everywhere.
And now it's just called the Grand Wagoneer and now there's new series.
The bigger problem with the Wagoneer though is like, they've got to get their reliability
under freaking control.
Yeah.
They've got to make these cars more reliable.
Like it's crazy and they have to sell them.
Like I'm telling you, they are rotting.
They're not rotting, but they're growing roots on dealers lots.
That's what we say when a car's been there for so long, like they're growing roots.
They're so expensive and now they're outdated.
So if you want an insane deal on a car, I'd try to go find a Wagoneer, like a 25 Wagoneer.
There you go.
But I would lease it because I don't want you dealing with that reliability.
Go lease a Wagoneer.
That's the hack right now.
You know what?
I just, I hope that this like makes that makes everyone happier, like it makes everything
less confusing.
It makes me happier.
It makes me happier.
It just feels like we took the longest route ever to get here.
To end right back up here.
You know, it was confusing.
It was confusing, but anyway, that's industry news.
That's kind of all anyone's talking about right now.
Okay.
I will say, I do like their trim level.
I do like that.
What?
Limited summit and altitude, something.
I've been thinking about that.
Like I like that.
It's like the.
No, so it's, no, but it's called, it's the, it's the limited altitude is one trim.
And the summit city in is another trim.
Like cause that would be cute if you did like the parts of a mountain and it's like the
summit was like the highest trim.
I guess the base of a mountain like base is kind of a bad trim name, but like,
that's a cute idea to like go with like a mountain.
Yeah.
That's a cute idea.
Um, Fred.
Yeah.
They just like, they almost hit the mark and then they missed the mark.
Just hire us deep.
Yeah.
Um, okay.
Kel, are you.
Oh, something I want to talk about really quick.
Um, people that we have such mixed reviews on our dancing with the stars recaps.
And I feel like maybe we should do something like maybe put like, add that,
like tack them on to the end of an episode or something.
Cause some people liked them.
And I liked them.
And I liked, I liked it.
I liked the funniest meme.
It was like, is dancing with the stars good or am I just finally old enough?
Um, yeah.
Yeah.
I love it.
I will watch it.
I don't know what we're going to, that's fine.
Do you want to like workshop?
I mean, do you want to talk about the,
I guess we can talk about it later.
I said, I need to bring it up right now.
Well, let's just, we can share our thoughts on the dedication.
And we're just like so far behind by the time.
The next one came out.
No, I know.
That's what I'm saying.
I think like we should, if we want to do it, maybe we can like record it like on
another day and then tack it on to the end of Friday's episode or something.
I understand what you're saying.
That's not a bad idea.
Um, but I feel like everyone's actually liking the new recording schedule.
Like I think we all had fun on Friday when like we had a new episode to listen to
to like kind of fun and exciting Tuesdays were tough though.
Like it was hard to get to Tuesday.
Yeah.
And not have an episode.
Yeah.
That was tough.
So I feel like that's a bummer, but then it's so fun for Friday.
Totally.
Um, okay.
Well, are you ready for Blake's besties?
Have we done all our segments?
Is this the last one?
Okay.
Um, Blake's besties is where we honor the babies that have gone too soon during pregnancy
and infant, infant loss awareness month.
So we are going to read a few stories and if you want to, um, write in you to tell us
your story, you can do so at hello at the car mom official.com.
Okay.
This comes from, I want to make sure I didn't send you this one.
And I did.
This comes from Claire Kelly and Liz.
Thank you so much for sharing these.
I didn't realize how special it was until I experienced a loss of my own this past summer.
We found out we were expecting baby number three in April.
We were a little nervous, but also so excited.
I joked with my husband that this was our savory baby because instead of only eating
crackers, like my other pregnancies, I craved hot cook meals with lots of flavor.
At our 11 week ultrasound, we saw that the pregnancy was not progressing.
We were so sad.
I didn't understand how I could miss someone I had never met, but I thank God every day
that I got to carry my baby.
I asked my dad, he's a landscaper to pick out a tree to plant in honor of my baby.
He picked out a tree called Cherokee princess, which was so special as I thought I felt this
baby was my wild little girl.
Thank you so much for letting us share stories.
Love your podcast.
What's a Cherokee princess?
I don't know.
Let's look it up.
I think that's really.
I think what?
Oh, it's beautiful.
Oh, it's like a dog.
Honestly, honestly, you should take that for your model idea.
A Cherokee princess.
Yeah, that's cute.
That is a cute.
That's a fun idea.
A tree.
A tree because like you can just see the tree grow throughout the years and it could
maybe remind you of like your baby growing, like what you're, you know, it could help,
could hurt.
I don't know, but I thought that that was really sweet and special.
Okay.
Mine comes from, I believe Tanya.
You kind of cut off Tanya.
It's Tanya.
Yeah.
Okay.
I've been a carpenter since day one.
I've always been hesitant to ride in because my story felt less than as he didn't, as we
didn't name our miscarriage baby, but through the years stories, I felt called to finally
share and honor our angel on Father's Day of 2020.
I found out we were expecting our second child.
We were so excited for our son, Henry, to become a big brother for our kids to be two
years apart.
Just a week later, we moved into our new house and set up what would be hit their nursery
filled with love and anticipation.
At our eight week appointment, there was no heartbeat.
We lost our sweet baby at seven weeks, five days, and it was devastating and so lonely.
My husband couldn't be there with me because of COVID restrictions.
So we FaceTime through one of the hardest moments of our lives and the blink of an eye,
the future we had imagined disappeared.
Exactly one year later on Father's Day 2020, our rainbow baby Adeline was born and completed
our family.
I think about our angel every single day.
I can't wait for the day I get to hold them and finally know if they're a boy or a girl.
My heart tells me a boy and to love on my baby for eternity.
Thank you for creating a space for these stories and for helping us heal and continue to honor
our angel babies.
I'm just saying it's always exactly one year later.
Like I know it's one thing about this.
It's always exactly one year later.
I know and it's always to the day.
Like how many times do we have those stories?
All the time.
And also just the COVID times must have been so.
I mean, you had a you gave birth in 2020.
That must have been so wild.
Like your husband couldn't be there with you during your ultrasound appointment.
Like that is so crazy.
Honestly, like and I know we were like a lot smarter.
We were a lot scared, but like we really.
A lot of moms went through some really unnecessary trauma by themselves.
And I actually had COVID when I was my 20 week pregnant.
So I had to get tested before I could before you could let go in for your
appointment or whatever.
And I actually had COVID at 20 weeks with Hattie.
And I had to drive there.
I had it was like just such a traumatic experience.
Like I had I'm pregnant like literally.
And this was I announced my pregnancy in April.
So this was like May of 2020.
Like it was super in the in the thick of it.
And I had to drive to my OBGYN with George in the backseat as a baby.
And it was when they had to like do the bad no swab still.
Like I'm literally freaking out because I knew I was not feeling very good.
And they made me drive there.
Do a drive through test with George crying the backseat.
I'm like freaking out a little bit.
And I had they had to delay my anatomy scan by like four weeks.
So they would see me again.
Just the whole thing was just sucked, you know?
And then Tyler couldn't be there for anything.
You had to give mask.
You had to give birth with a mask on.
You couldn't have any visitors.
Like it was just I mean, I know we all have like our own
like stories and traumas and like it was just it was just such a weird hard time.
But like, yeah, I mean, a lot of women get a lot of bad news
and do a lot of hard things by themselves.
And I just want to shout out to the people who had the COVID babies because it
sounds really hard. Yeah, it sucked.
And it was very scary.
Um, OK.
Speaking of 20, 20 babies, this round comes from Brianne, dear Kelly and Liz.
Thank you so much for sharing the Blake's Bessie stories.
I found out I was pregnant in October of 2020 with my second child.
We were shocked to say the least because our first just turned one September 30th.
We were excited for another baby, but knew we wanted to keep the gender a surprise again.
This pregnancy was completely normal.
I had some morning sickness, lots of exhaustion and started to crave McDonald's Coke zero.
I never drink soda, but I had to have it with our nugget.
We went in for our routine 20 week anatomy scan on my birthday.
It was during COVID.
So my husband could be at the ultrasound with me, but had to leave immediately.
We heard the heartbeat and saw a very wiggly baby.
When the ultrasound tech told my husband he could come
stay while we wait for the doctor to see me, I could send something was off.
The doctor finally came in to see us.
He told us he made an appointment for me to see a specialist the next day
because there was swelling in the baby's brain and abdomen.
They can't clear the heart and they are only finding one kidney.
My heart sank, but I knew I needed to trust that there was a plan for nugget.
More blood work was taken and more ultrasounds.
We found out I had CCMV and the baby no had no bladder either.
The prognosis wasn't good.
Three weeks later, we lost our little nugget at 23 weeks.
We still think our nugget is is still we love to think our nugget is still with us
because I love drinking ice cold Coke Zero.
We have been blessed with two more beautiful babies.
And I feel I have been handpicked by our that I feel have been handpicked by our nugget.
We found out nugget was a girl months after the loss.
Most of our family wanted to know the gender, but my but my my dad did not.
We never shared with him, but I knew he would have loved her so much.
I am the only girl with three brothers and such a daddy's girl.
My dad passed away three years ago, and I believe he was welcomed into heaven
with my baby girl. They now get to watch over us together.
Yeah, nuggets, cute nuggets, cute Coke Zero.
Also like why is soda such a pregnancy craving?
Nothing that's nothing hits harder than a little bubbly.
So those are our Blake Blake's bestie stories.
So thank you for listening. If you made it this far, we will continue to honor
these babies throughout the rest of October.
And if you made it this far, I just want to say that I'm proud of you
because I know these stories are difficult to listen to.
And I know a lot of people turn them off.
But I'm really proud of you if you listen, because I think it's important that we all.
Hear them.
So thank you so much for listening to the Carpool podcast and we'll talk to you next time.
Love you guys. Bye.
Thank you for listening to the Carpool podcast with Kelly and Liz.
Make sure you're subscribed so you never miss an episode.
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About this episode
Sydney returns from her ten-month adventure in Australia, sharing her experiences and cultural insights. The sisters discuss the differences in the dating scene, food, and lifestyle between the U.S. and Australia, including the unique drinking laws and the prevalence of Australian wildlife. Sydney also talks about her job at a BMW dealership and the challenges of adjusting to life back home. The episode wraps up with a fun segment on their recent purchases and a heartfelt discussion about their wish lists.
Original notes
Sydney is back from Australia and ready to spill all the Australian tea. The Carpool listeners have a ton of questions for Kelly and Lizz's sister about living down under for the last ten months. She reveals all about dating the food, driving and dating in Australia. Plus, is she Robert Irwin's American girlfriend?
Since Sydney is the wish list queen, this is the perfect time to rundown Last Three Transactions. Apparently, Australian deodorant sucks so that was first on Sydney's list to get once she got back to the states. She also stocked up on Australian snacks before her return for the family to enjoy. Meanwhile, Kelly and Lizz are transacting and getting ready for the family farm anniversary party. It's a chic cowboy theme and the outfits needed to match.
After Sydney reveals her Australian Ditch the Drive-Thru, it's time for Industry News. Jeep is upgrading and rebranding the Grand Wagoneer. Kelly and Lizz explain why this is a good move on Jeep's part.
Finally, we celebrate the lives of three angel babies lost too soon in honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month with Blake's Besties.
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