The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz Jan 14, 2026

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Nissan Pathfinder

The Nissan Pathfinder is a family SUV that has lots of space for kids and their stuff. It's a good choice if you need a vehicle that can fit everyone comfortably.

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Honda Passport

The Honda Passport is a type of SUV that is roomy and good for both city driving and off-road adventures. It's a great choice for families who need space and versatility.

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Nissan Armada

The Nissan Armada is a large SUV that can carry many passengers and has a strong engine. It's great for families and can tow heavy things like trailers.

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Hyundai Palisade

The Hyundai Palisade is a midsize SUV that feels fancy inside and has a lot of space for families. It has modern technology and is comfortable to drive.

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Rivian R1S

The Rivian R1S is a new electric SUV that can go off-road and has a lot of room inside. It's a good option if you want an eco-friendly vehicle that can handle outdoor adventures.

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Nissan Serena

The Nissan Serena is a roomy family car that can fit a lot of people and their stuff. It's designed to be comfortable and practical for everyday use.

Company

Stellantis

Stellantis is a big car company that makes many different car brands. It was created when two companies, Fiat Chrysler and PSA Group, combined.

Car

The Chrysler Pacifica Plug-In Hybrid is a family-friendly minivan that can run on electricity and gasoline. This means you can drive it using just electric power for short trips, which can save on fuel costs.

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miles per gallon

Miles per gallon tells you how efficient a car is with fuel. The higher the number, the farther you can drive on a gallon of gas, which means you'll spend less on fuel.

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Jeep Wrangler

The Jeep Wrangler is a tough, boxy vehicle that people love to take off-road. It's famous for being able to drive on rough terrain, but it doesn't get great gas mileage, which is something to think about if you're looking to save on fuel.

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Jeep Wagoneer S

The Jeep Wagoneer S is a new electric version of the classic Jeep Wagoneer. It's designed to be more environmentally friendly while still offering the features of an SUV.

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Buick Enclave

The Buick Enclave is a family-friendly SUV that has a lot of space inside for passengers and cargo, making it great for road trips.

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Jeep Wagoneer

The Jeep Wagoneer is a large SUV that offers a mix of luxury and off-road features, making it suitable for both city driving and outdoor adventures.

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Jeep Grand Cherokee

The Jeep Grand Cherokee is a versatile SUV that can handle both off-road adventures and comfortable city driving, making it a popular choice among drivers.

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Ram trucks

Ram trucks are strong vehicles designed for tough jobs, like towing and carrying heavy loads, making them popular among people who need a reliable work truck.

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Dodge Charger

The Dodge Charger is a big car that looks sporty and can go really fast. It's great for families who still want a fun car to drive, but it also has a lot of space inside.

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Dodge Ram

The Dodge Ram is a big truck that can carry heavy loads and is good for work. It's also comfortable enough for everyday driving.

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Ram 1500

The Ram 1500 is a big truck that can carry heavy loads and is comfortable to drive. It's a good choice if you need a vehicle for work or for hauling things around.

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Lotus Elise

The Lotus Elise is a small, super light sports car that's really fun to drive. It's built for speed and handling, but it doesn't have a lot of extra features like bigger cars do.

LIVE

Welcome to the carpool podcast with Kelly.

We will need to wake up because if everything you see online is offending you, you have to

go touch grass immediately.

You have to go get in tune with reality.

And Liz.

So I went on Instagram and I searched pizza and I watched about three videos of people

eating, like doing a mukbang of pizza and I'm like, actually, looks like it's gonna

slap.

And now it all starts now.

Welcome back to the carpool podcast with Kelly.

And Liz.

Hey, Liz.

Hey, Co.

Well.

Exciting news.

The most exciting news.

I'm pregnant.

She's pregnant.

So exciting.

You're first time doing it alone without me.

I know.

That's true.

That's crazy.

I know.

This feels like, this is my third pregnancy.

This feels like the first time I've ever experienced a first trimester, though.

The way that my other first trimesters was like, well, you know, I just have like some

food aversions and like I'm not really craving like the vegetables and salmon that I

used to eat for, you know, I want to talk about like so mild, honestly, probably

fabricated just to make myself feel better about getting fast food.

Oh my gosh.

I have been in the trenches of nausea and fatigue.

Like and what's so fun about like, Elizabeth, like to find out what she wants to eat, she

has to see pictures of food.

So like I've been trying to be a supportive sister and I've been like, do you want to

get Chick-fil-A?

And she's like, like, she doesn't want to hear the words.

She wants to see photos.

So the past couple of weeks, like when we're deciding what to eat, she just

scrolls the door dash until she sees a photo of something that looks good.

I scroll, you know what?

This is actually the hack.

And like, literally, you should see my discovery tab on my Instagram is all just

food and there's a lot to get to, but let's just start with this.

This is my fighting nausea hack.

So I get nausea, really nauseous when I don't eat.

So I have to eat.

I have to eat constantly, but things don't always sound good.

So what I do, so let's the other day, I didn't have anything in my house

except I had a frozen pizza, but I was like, how am I going to eat a frozen pizza?

So I went on Instagram and I searched pizza and I watched about three

videos of people eat like doing a mukbang of pizza.

And I'm like, actually looks like it's going to sound good.

Yeah.

So that's kind of, so that's actually kind of been freeing for me

because then it's like, OK, this is what I have.

So the next day I had the leftover pizza and I did the same thing

to make it sound good again, and it works.

It works for me.

Liz, I would like to see you for someone who loves to consume food content.

Why don't you?

Why don't you dibble and dabble in some food content?

I don't know if I could.

Yeah, it's a certain person.

It's a certain person.

You're actually such an aggressive fast eater.

I don't think you'd have the patience.

Yeah, to like set my camera up and like do multiple takes.

No, no, I'll just I someone has to be a consumer of the content

and I will gladly take that position, but I'm pregnant.

I am. Let's see how far I'm 10 weeks.

So we just had our first ultrasound one baby.

I should find out the gender this week.

I did the blood test.

Did you know they can do the blood test at eight weeks now?

I love to see technology advancing.

Technology is advancing for the better.

So I should know the gender soon.

I thought I was not going to find out the gender.

That lasted all of about 10 seconds until I found out I was pregnant.

I'm like nine months is a long time.

You you fall in one camper.

You don't the people who have done it twice.

The people who have found out and not found out.

Those are the only people I'm interested in hearing from

on like which one they actually thought was better.

I don't know the world.

Go ahead.

Sorry, I interrupted you.

I always live in a world where like the day I found out what I'm having is

exciting day.

The day the baby's born is an exciting day.

So I have two exciting days to year one.

So sorry.

I will say though, when my one friend and I granted she's one of my best

friends, but when she gave birth and we didn't, she didn't know the

gender and she was like, I'm in the hospital.

I have never been so on the edge of my seat to receive a rather text

message.

So it's like if I knew she was having a girl is like, Oh, great.

She's in the hospital.

I'm so excited.

Like that's amazing.

Can't wait to see a picture of the baby.

But like it's just a baby.

But when you other people with a gender reveal.

Yes.

It's exciting.

Well, teach their own teach their own.

And you know what?

I was pretty gung-ho about not finding out.

And then one of our family or one of our friends, they gave

birth.

They have two girls.

They didn't find out the birth of their third.

It ended up being a boy.

So it's like a best case scenario situation.

And I asked them, I said, was it worth it?

And the father said yes.

And the mother said no.

And I'm always going with the mother.

She was like, now I have nothing.

Like I wish I had boys clothes.

Like I'm not prepared.

And I'm like, that's so me.

I mean, I'll be prepared cause I have one of each.

But.

Well, in a way you have one of each, but in another way.

Not that it ever matters, but like it literally doesn't

matter what you're having.

Like if you had two girls, I, it just doesn't matter.

Like you're okay.

You're getting a brother or sister.

Yeah.

So anyway, I am finding out and I should have the results

this week at, as this moment, I am so.

Disgustingly confident it's a boy that if I find out it's

a girl, I will be gooped and gagged.

And if I found out it's a girl, I'll be like, yeah.

We all think it's a boy.

I, I don't think anyone in our family is, it thinks

it's a girl like with their whole chest.

I'm referring.

You and I have both referred to the baby by the name

that we plan to name our next boy.

Like that's crazy.

And I don't see that stopping.

So very exciting.

I'm so excited to get another niece or nephew, probably

nephew.

And you know, I just like wouldn't be a year at the

car without a baby.

So.

Totally.

And you know what?

It's so funny cause leading up to this, there were

like a couple of, is she pregnant?

I'll tell you when you'll know that I'm pregnant.

You will know that I'm pregnant when I go so dark on

Instagram and I don't post stories like for days at

a time where I post like one story.

I've had nothing to say on my Instagram because the

only thing that is consuming me is what my next meal

is going to be.

What Instagram mukbang I'm going to watch and like

just how horrible I'm feeling.

And I just like can't get any of these like

totally funny relatable thoughts out cause I

like couldn't tell anyone.

So anyway, I'm back.

Feels good to clear the air and I feel nothing in

terms of like, I don't wish I was pregnant.

So I think that's a good sign that like I am very

good and confident being done with my four.

Like I'm not feeling like now you're also miserable.

So we'll see.

Like I do think I'll have a little any of your

bum, but maybe not.

Yeah, we'll see what happens.

Yeah.

And the most exciting thing is you got to

make three across your personality.

Like three on car season.

Like the content alone.

Thank you for your service to the community.

Yeah.

Definitely going to be getting back in the minivan

as soon as possible.

Not that the pathfinder couldn't do three across,

but I'm just like really, as everyone knows,

I'm really missing the minivan.

So definitely going to use this child as an

excuse to like just drive a minivan full time.

Well, Liz, congrats.

We're so excited for you.

I think I speak on behalf of all of the car poolers.

And without further ado, we do still have an

episode to get to and we have like a lot of

things to cover.

At the time of this recording, that's Monday.

This is coming out on Wednesday and we had

just completed a photo shoot.

That's right.

More models will let me be clear when we pay

someone to take pictures of us were models.

Yeah.

But the website renovation is still underway.

We're getting closer, but we need a few

more photos of the for the website.

So we had to book a photo shoot.

We also want to do before Liz got too

pregnant.

Just so the photos continue to age well.

Because we won't be doing this every year.

So that's what we have this week.

And Friday we are announcing the car mom

car of the year.

So if you have not voted, get to the link

in my bio and get after it.

Get to the polls.

Which we had.

I voted stickers.

No, thank you.

Because it's really important for your

voices to be heard.

And I'm telling you, the manufacturers are

starting to listen.

Like we need them to know when they're

doing a good job and when they're not.

So the finalists are the Honda Passport,

the Nissan Armada, the Ford Expedition,

and the Hyundai Palisade.

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Okay.

So anyway, we are just going to get

into our driveway dumps

because I think like that's just kind of the most

pressing things that we have to chat about.

I mean, industry news today is juice,

juice.

You're going to love this story.

It's hysterical.

So stay tuned for industry news.

We also had a ton of good ditch the drive through

submissions come through via email.

So thank you guys for your service.

We're going to be reading some of your ditch

the drive throughs.

But first and foremost, I had a really productive weekend.

Actually, I had a horrible weekend.

It's too expensive out there to simply go outside.

I had to stay in.

I had to go to not one but two like kids play places

this weekend, which

it's like, why did I just pay to potentially

catch influenza?

I have no idea.

So anyway, we like had a super busy Saturday

running all around.

So then Sunday, I was like, we're not leaving the

house.

We're going to church.

We're staying at home.

That's what we did.

And I had a really productive Sunday kind of like

cleaning some things out.

And you know what I started doing, which was like

just such a fun little thing to do.

What?

I started listing items on Marketplace,

but for free because they're not good items.

Like, of course, like I'm going to list a good

item.

I shouldn't say they're not good items.

Um, I just like wanted them gone and I

wanted them to go to like people who need

them.

And like, I could of course take it to

but also just like list it and then like the

people who like need it.

And it's just easier for people to find.

It's easier for them to find.

And then it's free instead of paying.

And it's free.

And I know like sometimes like Google won't

even take items.

So like I have a lot of kite baby

pajamas that are stained.

Like they're fine.

They just like they've made it through two

to three kids.

Libby's growing out of them.

And I'm like, what am I going to do

with these?

Like they are good.

They have a lot of life left in them.

I don't want to like write a description though.

Like explaining it and listening for $5.

So I'm like free.

Gone in seconds.

Yeah.

Like to the point now when I list something,

I just take it down to the mailbox and I just

like look at my messages.

Uh huh.

Yeah.

And then you can also like search for

things for free on Facebook Marketplace

too because I tried to find like those

buy nothing groups because that's what

that girl Nicole always talks about on

her TikTok, which I just like am still

loving following her.

Um, but there's like no buy nothing

groups around where I live.

So I was like, I'm just gonna post it free

on Marketplace.

And the Marketplace amount would probably

be mad at me and probably told me to

like list it for like $3 or $2.

But I just had fun doing it this way.

Yeah.

Okay.

Perfect.

I do.

I will say maybe I should have put

like a low price because I do think

it like gets people a little bit more

of a commitment to it, you know.

Yeah.

For sure.

Um, but that's what I did.

And I kind of just realized like some

of my favorite content to consume,

they're two very random specific

things that I actually can't necessarily

relate to because they're they're not

experiences that I'm going through.

But I am so inspired with people who

who are on like a serious weight loss

journey and are a serious paying off

debt journey.

Like those two people I find to be

and they document it and I applaud

their vulnerability.

And I just think it's it's

truthfulness in my favorite content.

And I don't know why because I'm

not on a major weight loss journey

and I'm not actively paying off

it.

But I'm so inspired by them.

That actually that is actually on

my dump as well.

I wanted to talk about a creator who

I noticed you follow as well.

We've never talked about her, but I

started following her too because

she was just peering all over my

my discovery.

And that's Sammy Wettemeyer.

She just came across my desk one

day.

So here's her story.

Her and her husband have felt

we need to get around the podcast.

They have felt called to be paying

off their debt.

Their debt is through student loans,

car payments.

They had a little bit of credit card

debt.

But like that's like that's like the

big ones.

And starting on January one, she

was like day one of 365 of paying

off our debt.

They currently have like $180,000

in debt.

And I don't know what it is about

this girl.

But I am like checking her page

every day to see her update.

And I am loving her.

I'm inspired by her.

And she's like blowing up like she

like just started growing up.

She has a 112,000

Instagram followers.

She started on January one.

Like it's crazy.

But no, so funny because I

feel like I know her now.

Like I'm just a really big supporter

of hers.

And she posted.

So her husband is a

her husband is a police officer

and she's a stay at home mom

and she's also homeschooling

her kids.

I don't know how many kids she

has or what their ages are.

I've been like six and eight or something.

I have no idea.

Anyway, she went on this

rant on one of her posts saying

this is why I'm a stay at home mom.

I'm homeschooling our kids.

This is the decision we've made.

Like everyone's saying, oh,

why are you just making your husband

work?

Why don't you go get a job?

Like you're paying off student loans

for a job you're not even working.

And she was a teacher.

Which I think is important to note.

Anyway, she went on this rant on this

on the it was like this rant on this

post.

And I was just like six to my stomach

and like I so I commented

and I said, I'm so sorry

that you like I hate that you had

to even justify

being as homeschooled and a stay at

home mom.

Like what you're doing is so honorable

and humbling.

Like you're doing great.

Like truly just an encouraging

message.

Anyway, I opened my Instagram app.

Someone wrote back to that comment.

Like a hate message.

Can you read your exact comment?

Let me read it verbatim because I was

like.

I'm not I'm not you.

I'm not used to this.

Okay.

Oh, and I wrote back.

I said, I hate how much you had to

justify your decision to homeschool

your kids.

The most honorable and humbling

calling us.

Someone could have.

I'm sorry.

You've gotten nasty DMs.

You're doing amazing.

Now.

Looking back, I could have said

also stay at home.

I wasn't thinking that much about

this.

I'm just like, I know how bad

it feels to get a hate message.

Like it really makes you question

yourself worth.

Makes you question a lot of the

decision you've been making.

So I just wanted to be like a

positive person being like you're

doing a great thing because she's

she gets a lot of hate messages.

Sage comments back.

While she doesn't need to justify

anything, your comment is worded in

a way that feels very much like

you're saying parents to utilize

public or private school are not

doing an honorable thing.

Homeschooling is not some amazing

or honorable or humbling thing.

It's a neutral option to educate

your children signed a mom who has

homeschooled private school and

public schooled their kids so far

currently doing two of those

simultaneously for older twice

exceptional kid public school

during the day homeschooled at

night for the grade level for them

to start college next year at 13

and I'm like.

You just said.

That it is not an honorable or

humbling thing to stay at home

with your children and teach

them, which is a crazy thing to

say.

So I clap

and then I love the signed and

then insert all of her credentials

when I said, you know, that's my

pet people who are like.

Remember when we always used to get

those messages like, yes, as a

former teen, as a former teen.

Yeah.

As a mom who wears pink on

Wednesdays and has two kids under

the age of five, whose husband is

a firefighter, my opinion on this

is I know.

And so she said signed and then gave

me her credentials.

And I said, really wasn't

including any other person or parent

in my comment was just lifting up

Sam.

I want her to know she's doing a great

job and a wonderful thing.

When I comment directly on

someone's video, it's a message for

them not to call out every

single parent out there.

And I do think humble and

I do think homeschooling your

children is humbling and

honorable.

I stand by that being a stay at

home mom and taking on schooling

has to be incredibly difficult.

I have so much respect for her.

Genuinely cannot believe that comment

was taken negatively.

I believe in every parent's choice

educate their children how they

see fit and what's best for their

family.

And sounds like you're doing a

great job as well.

Did she respond?

No, of course she didn't.

Yeah.

Sage.

Like that's the definition of

needs to touch grass.

And it's like, I don't think

people people need to wake up

because if yours if everything

you see online is offending

you, you have to go touch

grass.

Yeah.

Immediately.

Yeah.

You have to go get in tune with

with reality.

And that's like I think one of

the scariest things about AI is

our reality is already so

distorted.

Like just as it has been over

the last 10 years of social

media has blown up and AI is

just going to continue to

distort our reality.

I just think you have to make

sure you're connecting with real

people and like you just

you're you're you're online

with reality and what's not

reality.

And it's so crazy because like

that is one example of like I

comment on someone else's

video like this woman doesn't

and then this woman read through

her comments.

Also watch the video read

through her comments and then

like how to go comment on a

comment.

Like it's so like you are so

deep and like when I

commented that it's like I

might as well have sent her

direct message.

Like I do not think that

anyone else is going to see

that or interact with that.

You know, so anyway,

don't know why that one

like really triggered me but it

kind of did.

Maybe I need to touch grass.

Maybe it's the pregnancy

hormones.

Could be.

But anyway, she is a good

follow and she's so inspiring.

Yeah, I really like following

her.

Obsessed.

Anyway, something else on my

dump.

I am one more targeted

Instagram ad away from buying

the Halara sweat pants

jeans.

Well as I see those for you,

I'm going to be honest.

I kind of think now is the

time.

The Halara sweat pant jeans.

I don't know why the Halara

ones are the ones that are

specifically like all over

my Instagram.

Because they're tall girl

friendly.

I think they're like always

bragging about that.

Okay, I need to find someone

who's tall girl friendly and

I'm going to order some

sweat pant jeans because if

that works,

that would be insane.

Yeah, they look really cute.

They do, right?

Oh, I might just have to do it

for research.

The only targeted Instagram

ad that I have been getting,

and I don't know why I'm

targeted on this,

but I keep getting ads for this

thing called.

What is it called?

Eleola or something.

It's like a white powder

that goes on your food for like

kids who like are really picky

eaters.

I've never seen this.

You would have thought this

would have come across my

desk.

No, that's what I'm saying.

Hold on.

What is it called?

What would I look up?

I don't know.

Picky eater.

Dust.

Okay.

It's called

Eleola.

E-L-L-A-O-L-A.

It's an unflavored kids

essential multivitamin.

It is.

I'm seeing it.

I'm seeing it three to four

times a day.

And I do not have picky

eaters.

I don't know why it's

just keeps coming across my

desk, but similar to

buying it.

I mean, they are.

It is propaganda

at this point.

How many times I've seen this

ad?

It's powerful.

I'm literally

about to place an order.

What's the last time

you bought something off a

straight up targeted ad?

Honestly, I do not really fall

for the ads because they

start to make me feel

questionable.

Like I probably won't buy

the whole R1s.

I'll probably find a

different brand because

I'm like because you're

targeting me so much, I

don't trust you.

And I feel like you're a

scaler.

I don't feel that way.

That's how I feel.

I think that's an outdated

mindset.

I think that that used to be

true.

Like it was only crap you'd

see on like tic-tac shop or

like Instagram ads.

Now I think like every

reputable brand is doing

those kind of ads.

Sure.

I fell for it.

I don't know.

Two.

Very recently.

One I'm looking at and it

was a bad buy.

It was a bad buy.

I found these

paint by numbers,

but they were like

religious paint by

numbers.

It was like Catholic art,

but paint by number.

And I ordered one for you

for your birthday.

But it's huge.

Like I have to get it.

I was wondering could you

told me you ordered me

something off an Instagram

ad for my birthday and it

like never came in.

I never heard about it.

I'm so nervous.

What is that?

What are the dimensions?

I guess I wasn't paying

attention to it.

Oh.

Like it won't even fit in my

frame.

It's huge.

Oh, it's pretty though.

I know it's pretty.

But yeah, where do I hang

that?

Well, what size is it?

See, it doesn't even say

and it took forever to come.

It arrived so sketchy.

Well, and then it's like,

how is the paint quality?

You know, it's like,

that's why I really don't

order paint by numbers

outside of paint like Frida

because I know that quality is

good.

And the other ones,

you never know what you're

getting.

No, it's huge.

I have no idea what you're

going to do.

Well, I'm actually not going

to give it to you.

I'm going to donate it to

luckily it's dinner auction

season.

And one thing about me,

I love a dinner auction.

So I'm going to donate it

to our school's dinner

auction.

And I actually think it'll

be a big hit.

Like I actually think it

will do well.

I have been though.

So March, February,

March is dinner auction

season where I live.

Okay.

That's like,

we're all like the grade

schools do their dinner

auction.

Now we go to three to four

a year.

We go to our schools and

two of my sister-in-law's

schools.

I, you don't understand.

I love a dinner auction.

It's like just such a fun

night for me.

I love to buy things.

And I love that I'm

buying things that are

a tax write-off.

Like that's fun for me.

Can buy through the business.

Like I'm getting something

and I'm making a donation.

I love,

I love like it's like going

to a wedding for me.

Like I love seeing like,

oh, what does this school do?

Oh, how much should they raise?

How much did they raise last year?

Are we going to be at this year?

Like I just,

I drink the Kool-Aid.

I'm obsessed.

I love dinner auctions.

Can't wait for your kids to

get in school and I can start

going to your dinner auctions

too.

Yeah.

Anyway.

And a really fun perk of my

job is I get sent a lot of

stuff that I save all year.

I save it all year to

make these amazing dinner

auction baskets.

And I'm kind of like in

competition with myself

because like,

what did the car on basket

do last year?

And can I top it this year?

Like how much money can I bring

this year?

So I just put together my

first one.

Huge.

I had a shark,

styler.

I had a Tommy John robe.

I had so much skincare and PR.

I had jewelry in there.

It's,

I think it'll,

I think it'll bring

six, seven hundred bucks.

No, Kelly.

And then I went to her

office the other day and I

was so cold.

So I took a blanket out of

her closet and it was like a

Chevy blanket that was

folded up really nicely.

And she was,

you did not just unfold that

Chevy blanket.

That was going in my,

one of my dinner auction

baskets.

Yeah.

I was so mad at her.

I was so mad

because I thought that would

do well too.

I had a whole Chevy

sent me all this PR and I'm

like, this basket's going to

kill.

It's a Chevy basket.

People like that's a kitschy

thing.

People want to buy it a

dinner auction.

Now are you assembling the

basket?

Absolutely not.

So that's not my strong

suit.

No.

So depending on the auction,

whether in law,

Barb, she loves a cellophane

wrap.

Like she loves to get the

little, you know,

the paper grass and set it up.

And she goes through,

she's so amazing.

She goes through every item

and prices it out because

like I wouldn't do that.

I'd be like, I don't know.

All this stuff was free.

Like it's probably around,

you know, X amount of

dollars.

No, she goes through

every little thing itemizes

it.

And she'll be like,

dib-stick $36.

Okay.

And she'll do that now.

You got to know the

basket's value.

Which is fair.

You know the basket's value.

I would just kind of,

I would guess to me,

but I just like love

going to dinner auctions.

So all's to say,

I'm putting it out there.

St. Louis people who has

a dinner auction coming up,

I can probably scounce together

two more baskets slash I have

some more Virgin Mary paint

by numbers because I actually

actually bought three of them.

You bought three?

Well, I bought one for you,

one for mom, one for me.

I thought they were little.

Huge.

I genuinely need to go look

back at my order.

I really think they sent me

the wrong size because I would

not have done that.

And I,

they weren't that expensive.

So anyway, all's to say,

I just come across my desk

if you have a dinner auction

coming up.

Were you thinking like inches

and it said,

it was actually like feet?

I don't know.

Are you thinking like

three by five?

Yeah.

I don't know dude.

It's huge.

I don't know.

Okay.

Yeah.

It's almost dinner auctions

season.

I'm so excited.

I'm so excited for you.

Are you going to come?

Do you want to come to my

dinner auction this year?

I don't know.

You kind of live far away.

Yeah, I get it.

I actually don't think it'd

be your vibe.

What's this?

Yeah.

It's a small talk.

Yeah.

Art is really fun though.

I'm sure it is.

Art is kind of rowdy.

We have this thing called

like a duck pond there.

And you know how like,

you have a carnival game

where you would like pick up

a duck.

Yeah.

Well, instead of a duck,

there are little bottles of alcohol.

Uh-huh.

And you pick one up.

So you have to pay $10

to do a draw for the duck pond.

You for sure get a shot,

which is exciting.

But some of them have

something underneath it,

which becomes a prize

for you to get.

Okay.

That's fun.

Yeah.

I do love stuff like that.

And I always do.

I love the raffle

like the lottery ticket basket.

I'm always buying the

lottery ticket raffle.

Like that's so fun.

Okay.

Yeah.

Okay.

Love it.

Here for this year.

I'm hoping to get,

and it's competitive,

but there's two things I have

on my eyes on for my kids' school.

One,

front row tickets

to the kindergarten concert.

Need.

Yeah.

Simply need.

Need.

And they have,

I love this one.

So I feel like every school

does it a little differently.

But the way we do pick up

is everyone parks

and like then the kids

come out

and for auction

is the front spot.

Yeah.

So it's like last in first to leave.

Yeah.

Considering.

That one has to go for a lot.

Well, yeah.

The only thing is it's like,

it's not the easiest spot to park in.

And like if you're getting there last,

like then everyone eyes on you

for to back in my giant

Expedition Max to the spot.

I'm not saying I can't do it,

but I'm just something to think about.

We always,

when mom and dad would go

to the dinner auctions

for our high school,

we said,

we're going to get the front row parking.

So when we show up to school running late,

we don't have to walk in the giant parking lot.

That was always the best.

Always the hottest thing to get.

Yeah.

That's so fun.

So great.

That's fine.

Love an auction.

So real quick,

I want to share a base model luxury

that was actually written into us.

And she's like,

I think this is a base model luxury.

It's more of just like,

I think a life hack.

But I think it's kind of genius.

So this comes from Victoria.

She says,

I have found an easy way to speed up

the dreaded process

that is post-center cleanup,

the chucket bucket.

I simply keep a small bin under my table.

Think the bin they use

at the hospital wash,

pump parts,

or one of those bins

you'd put in a toy organizer

for size reference.

When dinner is done,

the chucket bucket gets put

in the center of the table

and each of us put our plates,

cups, silverware,

bibs, et cetera,

straight into the bucket.

Instead of making five or six trips

back and forth to the table in sync,

I make one trip

and simply grab everything

out of the bucket,

load in the dishwasher.

If there's food in the plates,

I scrape it into the bottom

of the bucket,

dump that in the trash

before rinsing.

This comes especially in handy

in the spring, summer,

and fall when we eat outside.

I love the chucket bucket.

She says eventually

she'll buy a collapsible bin

so she can store it

even better.

But like right now,

kind of just sounds like

throwing it under your table

is like getting the job done

for her.

No, that's,

I'm inspired.

I mean, that's what they do

at those restaurants

when you have to clean up

the food yourself.

You just go and put

everything in a bucket

or in a bin.

I do something,

not the chucket bucket,

but semi-similar.

When I am making dinner

sometimes,

I will just put

a Walmart bag

on my,

or just a plastic bag

or a box.

If I get an Amazon box

or something,

I'll just put it

on my island

and it's a trash thing.

If I open something,

I'm just throwing it

and they're like

but yes, I really like that one.

But also like

cleans,

like you can like then

put your,

I put everything in the chucket

bucket,

clean the rest of the house

and then do the dishes.

I've been doing that lately

when I clean up.

I like to get

all the dishes

in one spot

and then like

clean the rest of the kitchen

or opposite.

So that way

when I'm just standing

in front of my sink,

I can like open my laptop

up and like watch a show

because I'm not moving.

You can do that

when you're moving around

and you're like

taking multiple trips

but like I put everything

over to the sink

and then I do it

all at one time

and that's been really nice

and I will say

I have one episode

left of Desperate Housewives.

So I am like one dinner,

one or two dinner

cleanups away

from finishing

and then

I'm a free agent.

So I'm a currently

a free agent.

I tried to watch

The Masked Singer.

I'm sorry.

I think it's a horrible show.

Here's the

here's the big

plot hole with The Masked Singer

like dancing with the stars

is successful

because the stars

are making content

around the show.

The Masked Singer

people are anonymous.

Yeah.

So it's like

they can't promote it

to all of their followers

which is silly.

Yeah.

It's also like

I've never seen a

Masked Singer reveal

and been like gooped

and gagged.

I'm like who is that?

Well that's the problem

and then I'm feeling

so bad because like there

I've only watched one episode

but I act.

It doesn't matter.

I accidentally watch

one episode of the

first season thinking

I was watching this season.

Whoops.

So wasted.

That's literally 40 minutes

of my life.

I'll never get back

because I thought it was

this season

but it was last season

and they're being like

that's got to be Sabrina

Carpenter

and I'm like Sabrina

Carpenter is the biggest

star in the world.

Like she's simply not going

on this lowbrow show.

I'm sorry.

And now the person

under the mask

like is going to feel

like you're disappointed

but it is a compliment.

It is a compliment

but like be so for real.

Mass singer.

No.

They're throwing like

crazy things out there

and like you're

you're telling me that

all of these judges

like know who the heck

these like random

people are.

Like they don't.

Exactly.

I don't like that show

so I'm not

watching it again.

Sorry.

I can't do it.

Also it's like

anything I need to see

I will see on Instagram

the next day

like dancing with the stars

it's like no

I liked the packages

I liked being part of something

I like devoting

you're not voting on the

mass singer like

there is simply no reason

to watch that show

because anything

worse seen I will see

the next day on my phone.

It's interesting too

because they might

get the same level

of stars that dancing

with the stars does.

Like they could

have gotten Dylan

Efron and I would have

been like OK who

who knows who Dylan

Efron is like whatever

but because

of the way that dancing

with the stars is filmed

now like Dylan Efron

is like a huge deal

in my book.

Like he probably could

get the same level

of star.

Right.

OK.

So last night

I started traders.

OK.

And I literally

was like what is the show

about.

I'm literally watching

the first episode.

They're not explaining

what it's about.

I'm like

50% of the way in

I still don't know

what the show is about

but the stars

they have

I thought the stars

were actually pretty

impressive.

So on this season

they have Mark ballast

from dancing with the stars

obsessed.

They've got a couple

of housewives like Lisa

Rina.

Which did you watch that show?

Uh-huh.

Lovely Serena.

Yeah.

Jorinda is another big housewife

and then they've got

some other housewives.

I never watched Atlanta

but I'm loving the Atlanta

housewife who's on it

obsessed.

They have

some people from Love Island

some people from

Survivor big brother.

They've got like

a couple of figure

skaters.

It's a lot of stars.

It's 23 people

and they're kind of

they're

they're kind of stars

they're kind of

they're referring themselves

as gamers

because like I wouldn't

consider like survivor

people or big brother

people stars

but like they're

they're in that

they know how to play

these games.

So basically the premise

of Traders is

there's

in this season

so far there's

four traders

as in traders

as in like

betraying.

See I thought it was

about stocks.

I thought it was

okay.

I thought they were

it doesn't matter

and then everyone else is a

what do they call themselves

you're a trader

or you're like a

follower.

I don't remember the word

and the traders

kill someone

and like

basically like vote them off

but there's like different

challenges that they do

and like you can get like

a shield so that you're

protected.

I'm one episode in

now are people trying to

determine who the traders are

to vote them off?

See I'm not

I'm not all the way there yet.

Okay you don't have a lot

of information.

Okay but I do think

eventually it will get that

way because like

so like

let me explain this to you

so in the first episode

there's nine people

who are up for

elimination

the traders get a pick

who's up for elimination

so like

whoever

doesn't die

obviously isn't a trader

because the traders pick

the people

okay

I don't know

here's the thing I don't know yet

I'm enjoying it though

okay

I think it's worth watching

it's

okay

it's fun

okay

I wish I had more to say

this is not a very good recap

but I'm only one episode in

okay

you know what after watching

Dancing With Stars

I really like getting to know

like stars

influencers

or whatever you want to call

them

like I like

I like getting to know them

on like a more personal level

so I'm actually

I'm into it

so maybe

well and I think this game

there is a level of strategy

to it and I can already tell

well and I might watch

Survivor this year too

we've talked about this

yeah

I would like to do that

so the survivor

there's survivor

people who are on this show

they have like such

strategy to it

where like the housewives

and like some other people

are just kind of like

in La La Land

the survivor people

are there for the strategy

so like in the first

challenge

one of the survivor people

was like let's

let's team up with them

against us

and I was like

that was such a smart move

something to think about

but

I'm going to shut up

because I don't know

what I'm talking about

and besides that

I watched a lot of football

this weekend

obsessed go bills

they won

okay cool

I'm like really into

the whole Indiana

of it all

and Fernando

we love

so Grayson went to Indiana

that's college football

and they are

killing it

back to the NFL

for one second

so Lions are out

I'm cheering for

the Buffalo Bills

but I'm also cheering

for the Chicago Bears

because

that's Pope Leo's favorite team

okay

and like they have

the holiest man in the world

on their side

so it just does feel

like the Bears might stand a chance

and I watched

the Bears vs Packers game

the Bears

scored

they were losing the whole game

the Bears

scored 25 points

in the fourth quarter

it was

insane

wow

it was insane

interesting

that is crazy

okay

that was like the most

random like TV

recap

football recap

segment in the world

I'm so sorry

you are just kind of

all over the place

but that's okay

I chugged this coffee

and I haven't eaten today

so I've kind of got

the shakes

okay

well let's get into

industry news

are we still the hot tea

going on the auto industry

okay

stick with what you know

Cal

maybe you can flush out

like a full thought

on this segment

that was so true

okay

remember how last episode

we talked about

where we were

when Victoria's secret

decided to stop selling swimsuits

yeah

this is the auto equivalent

because Stalantis

scraps the Jeep

Chrysler plug-in hybrid

vehicles

amid the EV slowdown

which is the worst

idea

I've ever heard

yeah

now the Jeep

Chrysler has like

they have not made a good decision

in forever

I'll just say that out loud

the Jeep plug-in hybrids

I could take or leave

like I don't know

whatever

the Chrysler plug-in hybrid though

is one of my favorite cars

the Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid

it was so niche

and there isn't other plug-in

family cars like that

that can fit a lot of people

like they're so rare

and I recommended this plug-in hybrid

all the time

yeah

and they're scrapping it

yeah

I mean I wonder how sales are doing

I mean there has to be a reason

so the reason that

and this is like just really interesting

I'm reading the article

I'm reading an article from CNBC

and of course like they're blaming sales

I would say

taking away something

is not going to fix the sales

like maybe we need to adjust the marketing

the product

the reliability

but just like scrapping it

I don't think

I don't think is the answer

maybe they haven't hit

people with enough Instagram ads

exactly

maybe that's

maybe they should try that first

so they do cite that

the sales are down

and a lot of it is because

EVs are so much

EV sales have

kind of

declined

tax credits have gone away

and it really just does depend on like

basically who the president is

and like what the administration is doing

like what they're deciding to push

like really affects

what the manufacturer

it affects how advantageous

EVs are for the manufacturers

and it says

and some people don't maybe realize about

the way that the federal penalties work

is basically

there are regulations that are saying

and I don't have the exacts but like

there are regulations where it's like

hey you guys have to average 25

miles per gallon across your fleet

so what manufacturers would do is

they would come out with these like

rinky dink hybrids

that would get 50

to offset the cost

the fact that the Wrangler gets 14

right so that's one of the reasons

they were using the p-hebs

but also p-hebs

have ticked up so much

and when we look at like what Toyota is doing

Toyota is crushing the hybrid game

and they're not putting their emphasis on the EVs

and I feel like

Stellantis like tried to do all of it

and they were bringing us the Wagonier S

which was an electric Jeep Wagonier

which literally no one asked for

and like we like

the Chrysler Pacifica

they need to here's what

Stellantis needs to do here's my playbook for them

okay

you need more Chrysler cars

like give us a freaking like I said in the last episode

give us your Buick Enclave equivalent

keep the Pacifica fix your atrocious headrests

start with that

Jeep needs to be Wrangler

you can keep the Wagonier

Grand Cherokee that's it

get rid of everything else

Ram needs to just be trucks

Dodge you can let go of

yeah

you don't need like a whole brand in Dodge

if you want to keep your like

charger and make it a Ram charger

like just like take it

someone needs to just absorb that

I don't know I mean Dodge is a

I don't know Dodge has got name recognition but

but remember Dodge used to be what they called their trucks

and then they're like no now our trucks are called Rams

like they're just constantly

I would actually say get rid of Ram

before you get out of Dodge

because Ram is only the truck

no you're right get rid of Ram

and Ram can be Dodge

yeah you can just drive a Dodge truck

you can drive a Dodge truck

you could drive a Dodge Ram

1500

not a Ram 15 you're 100% right

yeah

glad we got there

signed a

owner of a

Ram 1500

signed to average podcasters who

don't know how to recap a show for the life of us

okay let's get into

dishes that I have through

we share an easy dinner recipe to mix it up

to get you out of y'all

dinner right

exactly

can I just tell you what I made last night

that when like

my in-laws came over last night

and I was like able to quickly throw this together

and like kind of

hit it out of the park despite me feeling like

not great

like a chicken cutlet

obsessed

like Elizabeth

that I think is going to be the new it food

a chicken cutlet

it should be because like

the way you get the chicken

you smell you hand it with a mallet

and then like you always have eggs

I always have breadcrumbs I always have flour

and like it is such an

approachable way for me to eat chicken

like we'll eat an entire chicken breast

in that way

put a little cheese on top

put some marinara whatever

lemon like worlds your oyster at that point

like everyone was like this is great

I was a little messy to make though

I saw a real and it was like

eating the original protein bar

a chicken cutlet

100%

where like

next day baked

chicken breast will make me

feel like want to throw up

a chicken cutlet the next day

always it's like what's up with just like

a little bit of breading that like

I'm still getting the same amount of protein

I just got a little bit of breading on it then

it's good to dip in a bunch of sauces

like no it's so different

it's so different

so I went to Whole Foods the other day

and I was like so hungry

trying to try any more protein

and I was like they were just selling chicken cutlets

cold chicken cutlets grabbed one

grabbed a lemon just put lemon on my

chicken cutlet Hoover day

I was like that was

you could even do that or you could even just do seasoning

like a lemon pepper or like a salt and vinegar like seasoning

on top of a chicken

cutlet like my mouth is watering

I wanted chicken cutlets so bad right now

yeah

so good

that's not the dish the drive through but it is

a good one to remind you that they exist

100%

okay

are you ready for today's just the drive through

yeah

I have not been

ditching the drive through I told my husband

look

there's no need for

you for our marriage

for any there's no reason

for you to go through

my door dash

statements

for the next couple of weeks

it's something

it's something you don't need to worry about

I don't have it under control

it's actually wildly out of control but it's okay

this too shall pass

okay this comes from

Elise

aka Jen

hi Kelly and Liz I don't know if you guys are still taking DTD's

via email but I figure I'd send anyway

of course we are

we had an elevated mac and cheese

for dinner tonight and it was so good

I included everything I included specific measurements

below but ultimately measured with my heart

this serves two adults and a toddler so double

up if need be

boil water and prep 8 ounces of whatever

noodles you have and then in a separate pan

put one cup of milk

two tablespoons of butter

a half a teaspoon of salt pepper

everything but the bagel

a low taste spice from TJ

oh that's so good

and a small amount of yellow mustard

trust me on medium heat and stir frequently

until the butter is melted

drain pasta and return to pot

pour the milk mixture over your noodles

on a low heat slowly add

small amounts of shredded cheese

I use the Mexican blood because what I have on hand until melted

serve with whatever veggies you'd like

obsessed

so basically it's just like

in a saucepan she put milk butter

seasonings but her seasonings she did was

everything but the alote

which that's like a must pick up

from Trader Joe's everyone talks about

everything but the bagel seasoning sorry

I think we're all burnt out on that

we're all burnt out on that

do not make corn on the cob this summer without

this alote seasoning it is

unbelievable

adding it to a mac and cheese sounds amazing

and I'm so excited about this because

I think George is starting to get over

his cheese issue

oh good because the other day one of

my favorite ditch the drive-thrus that I just made

because we had it on hand I had to use it up

is chicken

broccoli

like a cheesy chicken broccoli casserole

and

like that always hits

and I wasn't making it because I'm like

oh George isn't gonna like the cheese

but like my favorite which I get that it's not the most

healthy but like respectfully I just

it is to me

I never

have two to three rice eroni boxes

on hand I love rice

I love rice eroni

I'm not in my rice eroni era

Elizabeth get in your rice eroni

era because it's the perfect

it's so versatile

it's a great just like

carby side to go with like whatever you're having

it's so cheap it would go great

with a chicken cutlet actually 100%

but it's also like oh you want

to open the casserole in a minute it's what

I make my poppy seed chicken casserole with

and is what I make my broccoli so they have different flavors

so like for the broccoli chicken

cheese casserole I get the four cheese rice eroni

broccoli

a can of cream of chicken a little sour cream

and chicken mix it all together

and I pop it in the oven

George didn't even know it was cheese so that was good for me

okay interesting

yeah

okay so we just gave you three to the drive through so I don't

think anyone needs to be drive through in this week

we're all ditching it

yeah totally

okay and that has to be our episode before I let go

on another tangent and I need to eat a chicken cutlet

because this caffeine is kind of making me feel wacky

okay well thank you so

much for listening to the carpool podcast

and we'll talk to you next time

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About this episode

Exciting news kicks off the episode as Liz shares her pregnancy journey, discussing cravings and the unique ways she copes with nausea, including scrolling through food photos. The sisters dive into various topics, from dinner auctions to the latest in the automotive industry, including Stellantis' controversial decision to scrap certain hybrid models. They also share relatable stories about parenting, food hacks, and their favorite TV shows, all while keeping the conversation light and humorous. Join them for a fun and engaging ride filled with personal anecdotes and industry insights.

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There's some BIG news to kick off the Carpool today, but we aren't spoiling it here! You gotta listen to get all the deets. Then, Kelly and Lizz have a lot to talk about on the Driveway Dumps. Kelly is getting rid of more items on Facebook Marketplace and is enjoying just putting them out for free. Lizz is getting in fights with random people in the comment section. Both are falling for the targeted ads on Instagram, leading to the purchase of a LARGE paint by number set. This week, Kelly and Lizz have a listener submitted Base Model Luxury and we're wondering why we never thought of this. Get ready for the Chuck-it Bucket! It doesn't sound glamorous, but we promise this could change your dinnertime routine! You are going to remember where you were when you heard today's Industry News. Stellantis is ending production on some of our favorite vehicles and we are not okay. Why aren't they coming to the Car Mom before they make any of these decisions?!? Finally, this week's Ditch the Drive-Thru is VERY needed by one of the mom's today who has been doing a TON of DoorDash lately! If you love the "Everything But the Elote" seasoning from Trader Joe's, this elevated mac and cheese is going to make it to your recipe list asap.

The Carpool with Kelly and Lizz

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