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But like, when my number of pickups is like 170,

like I picked up my phone 170 times to look at it in a day.

That's insane.

And Liz.

You need to make your bed.

It's gonna start your day off right.

It's gonna do like these things and like, okay.

Well, I'm starting my day off by racing a toddler

to the toilet because he's potty training right now.

So forgive me that I didn't make my bed.

Your mom time off starts now.

Welcome back to the Carpool podcast with Kelly.

And Liz.

Happy Friday, everybody.

We did it.

We made it.

Except does anyone else feel like sometimes the weekends

are more chaotic than the week?

I was literally just about to say that.

I'm like, we made it, but no, it's just like the weekend.

Darn it.

I remember like prior to kids,

like just the feeling of a Friday

and just like the feeling of being able to like do whatever

and whatever you want.

And just like bed rot for the entire weekend.

Oh no, I vaguely remember those days.

Now I'm just like praying I can like get in a nap

between coming over from the Chicago auto show.

So we have like a kid entrepreneur thing on Sunday.

We're going to and we have the Super Bowl that night.

So actually we'll be getting a nap in this weekend.

Maybe on the 35 minute plane ride from Chicago

back to St. Louis.

It feels like your best shot.

I can't sleep on planes.

Elizabeth can always sleep on a plane.

I can never sleep on a plane.

It can literally be one of my most awake 10 a.m.

I can have just had a espresso, a cappuccino.

And the moment I get on that plane, I'm out.

Yeah, I know.

I really, I am so envious of those people

who can just like fall asleep for like quick little naps.

Like Elizabeth is like,

you're not scared of a 30 minute nap.

I prefer 30 minute naps.

If I sleep longer than 30 minutes,

it's like something's wrong with me.

Like I'm sick or I'm pregnant or something.

No, not I.

I rarely nap and well, I shouldn't say that.

It depends on the day.

Like most things.

I'm like, if I get a 30 minute nap,

I am, if I'm exhausted, I need 30 minutes

and then I am great.

And that's like the best place to be.

Cause the problem with like you, you should like Maddie,

he, he naps for two hours.

So like he, if he's tired, he just like,

he can't get a nap because there's not two hours

to allocate to that.

So it is good to know that I'm always just like 30 minutes away

from being a new person,

but even those 30 minute pockets

are near impossible to find.

I do wonder if that's a learned skill

or if it's just something you're born with.

I think it's something you're born with

because dad is like that too.

Like dad and I can both take 20, 30 minute naps

and then be fine.

And like you and mom, mom doesn't nap, mom can't nap.

Yeah.

Cause it's also like being able to nap for 30 minutes

and also waking up refreshed and not waking up groggy.

Like I wake up so refreshed.

I wake up so groggy.

Yeah.

Yeah, I can't do that.

It's a genetic thing, I think.

So I want to do something like so crazy.

By the time this podcast has come out,

I may or may not have already done it.

Okay.

I want to like make a reel, but I'm so scared

it's going to flop.

But have you ever seen those reels where it's like,

I'm about to take off.

I wonder how many, you know,

celebrity accounts I can get to comment before I land.

I kind of want to do that, but like with car accounts

because like every car brand,

almost every car brand started following me on Instagram

and Kia has really been blowing me up.

They've been commenting on all my recent posts.

They just gave me a follow on Instagram.

And I'm just wondering if I could do like,

about to take off for a flight.

I wonder how many car manufacturers I could get to comment.

But then what if no one comments?

Yeah.

And is it cute or is it like thirsty?

Oh, I think it's thirsty.

Yeah.

But I think it's like,

do they want to be a part of something?

Sure.

I might just do like car related accounts

because then like hopefully like my other like reviewer friends

could like pop in on it.

Sure.

Yeah.

Okay. Well, I mean, I think it's worth a shot.

I mean, you can always delete it.

Like you said, it's only a 35 minute flight.

So if someone doesn't, people don't comment,

you can just delete it.

And will the only proof we'll ever have

is this podcast recording.

Well, and let's just do this.

You just, since I won't have my phone,

sorry, I have Fred here on my lap too.

If you guys hear someone groaning in the background.

How about you monitor it

and if like we're 20 minutes in and no one's comment

should just delete it.

Do you know what I mean?

Sure. Yeah.

I like tag everyone too.

Hi, Fred.

So I would tag everyone too.

Okay, go play.

Hi, Fred, Fred.

Mommy's working.

No, you're not working anymore.

No.

I don't know why I think I can get things done

with my children.

Don't either.

I think you, I think you sometimes get confused

that like George and Hattie are not Fred and Libby.

Yeah, they're really like,

they're really slowing me down, like in a major way.

No, like I would literally never attempt

to work with my kids.

But that's because like I'm, that's all I know.

Like, you know what the easier side can look like,

which is, you know, a five and a six year old.

You just can't give me a second, Fred.

Like, come on.

I mean, I turned out, I'm not trying to be a hero.

I gave him an iPad.

Like I thought I had at least 40 minutes.

Libby's taking a nap.

I'm just trying to squeeze things in.

Totally.

Okay, so where did we leave off?

Okay, so yes, I'm going to attempt that reel.

Okay, sounds good.

I haven't, I have not seen that yet.

Well, and you're not on TikTok as much.

Speaking of TikTok and reels,

I can't even wait till our last three transactions segment

to do this, because I don't think

we have that plan for today's episode.

I made a major, major life purchase.

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah, I know about this one.

Let's hear it.

Yeah, because you have access to my PayPal.

I'm like, I just don't like you always knowing what I'm writing.

No, I have access to your email and I,

it's good because sometimes important things come through

and I need to see it, but also I can see

like every purchase you make.

And I'm like, oh, interesting.

She just bought this.

Anyway, I bought a brick.

Now, what is a brick?

First of all, it's $59, which feels a little more expensive.

It feels so expensive.

I had very much like committed to wanting to buy it.

And then, you know, I get through my PayPal

and I was like, oh, okay, I was thinking like 36.

Yeah. I was, I wanted to land there.

I did not.

I landed at like 62 by the time it was all said and done.

Now, what is the brick?

A brick is something that will block,

like you're distracting social media apps.

And then to unlock your phone,

you have to like tap it against the brick again.

Now, I'm really wanting to cut down my screen time

and my scrolling for like so many reasons,

mainly because I think I will be so much more productive

and dare I say happier without the constant scrolling.

My phone had to get its screen replaced

a couple of days ago.

So Tyler like left one evening and just like took my phone.

Like I was home, so I didn't need a phone.

Like, you know, we have access to the internet.

If I like had to call someone,

like I could pull up my laptop,

but he took my phone and had my phone.

It was the best feeling in the world.

It felt so, I felt so like grounded

and connected to my children again.

And it felt like the outside world didn't exist.

And I loved everything about it.

And I know like, I wish I would have like the self control

to just like put it in the drawer and walk away,

but I just simply, I do, I don't, it's not working for me.

I can't delete the apps off my phone

because I have to work on them every single day.

The time limit thing is like so easy to bypass

that this brick thing I think is gonna be really helpful.

Now, I haven't, and I've talked to a couple,

I have two friends who have them and love them.

I think also Kate from Naptime Kitchen has it too.

And all I'm looking to do is to cut down on the scrolling.

Like I just, like the number on my phone

that makes me the sickest is not my screen time

because to me my screen time is my screen time,

but it's the number of pickups I have in a day

because like your Apple can also track that,

which if anyone was good for them,

they would delete all of those metrics

because like all you're doing is making people

not want to be on your devices anymore.

But like when my number of pickups is like 170,

like I picked up my phone 170 times to look at it in a day.

That's insane.

Yeah, no, I know.

So I bought it.

I'm trying to see how it works.

So you tap it.

Yeah, so like my plan is like,

let's say I'll put it like on my fridge or something.

And then I'll like, I'll brick my phone

and then I just like would have to get back up

to like unbrick it.

So like when I-

So like just block social media or okay.

It blocks the distracting apps.

So I would also love to use it on like on a Saturday

when I'm like gonna go to like, I don't know,

somewhere with the kids,

I want to brick it before I leave

because I don't need to be uploading and scrolling

like in the moments between like me

and the kids at the pumpkin patch.

Like I want it bricked.

And then when I get home,

if I want to upload something,

if I want to post a picture or I want to share a photo,

then I will do that.

Yeah.

I don't know.

We'll see.

And I just, yeah.

I mean, like the only problem is like I just-

Go ahead, sorry.

This company is just like really capitalized

on people's addiction.

Well, and I think the first step to,

I think the first step to recovery is admission.

Yeah, I have a phone addiction.

So just so to all of you, first of all,

so check yourself.

Here's what's gonna really though,

cause a lot of friction in my life though,

is I know the second I am like so not on my phone,

I'm gonna wanna strangle my husband

because I'm gonna be like, you're always on your phone.

Yeah.

Even though I hadn't been on mine for like five seconds.

Yeah.

Okay.

I was just gonna be very curious to hear how you love it.

I agree.

I mean, I think we all know that we're happier

when we are not scrolling.

Well, and Liz, that's a great segue to my next topic

that I wanted to talk about

and that was a fast lane philosophy.

I actually have two to share with you.

Okay, my first fast lane philosophy is there was this guy,

I don't know who this person is, but he was on Fallon.

I'll tell you who he is in a second

because first I have to read you the quote.

And he said, he deleted his Instagram, this guy.

And he said, I'm tired of everyone else's business

being my business.

Let me tell you who this person is.

Gabrielle Basso.

I don't know who that is.

Sorry if I'm supposed to.

I'm sorry, I'm so unplugged.

I just like don't even know who these people are.

She's so bricked up.

Anyway, I'm tired of everyone else's business

being my business.

And he gave kind of like a weird example

that I don't relate to.

He said that he was scrolling his phone one day

and someone was posting like the top amount Everest.

And he's like, I shouldn't know what that looks like

because I haven't been there.

And I'm like, okay, we'll chill out.

Oh, all right.

That's not, that wasn't the right one to say.

But I do agree.

Like I just need to worry about my business

a little bit more.

But also I want you guys to worry about my business too

because this is a job after all.

I'm going back and forth.

It's hard to separate the art from the artist right now.

Yeah.

I know I go back and forth too

because there's some business I don't care about.

But then there's also some business

that feels like very relatable.

You know, like I...

Totally.

My friends and I like have a snap.

The only reason I sell Snapchat,

it's only my girlfriends from college.

That's how we communicate.

And one of them was like, yeah, I'm doing a 48 hour fast.

And I'm like over here,

like I just admitted ordering Taco Bell at 10 a.m.

And I was like, okay, well, that doesn't feel great

because I'm doing like nothing to better my health.

And then I saw like an Instagram

that was like a pregnant girl eating something,

like some fast food.

And she owes me rewarding myself

because I grew a gold bladder and a liver today.

And so that's what I needed to see.

Like I needed to ground myself in that

because I was also like grounding myself too much

in my friend's business,

but I should care about my friend's business.

And I cared more about the stranger's business

than my friend's business.

Well, and I'm just wondering if there's a level of like,

I'm just seeing too much of the business

because I'm on my phone too much.

Because maybe it's not like,

I just don't need to see everyone's business

what feels like seven to eight hours a day.

That's so much I'm seeing people's business, you know?

And I do think just like a healthy edit

of your social media followers

is also a really important thing to do.

Totally.

Always be editing is as-

You know, there's a feature on Instagram

you can go to who you're following

and you can see least interacted with

and you can see who you interact with.

And then you're like,

oh, I don't even follow your stuff.

I'm gonna remove you.

Well, and sometimes I like to see my most interacted with.

Or yeah.

Why is this person always coming up on my page?

Maybe a better way to approach it is most interacted with.

Let me see somebody else for a minute.

Yeah.

But anyway, please stay interacting with us

because we're trying to change the auto industry.

Despite all of that,

we're still trying to use it for good.

Okay, my next fast lane philosophy,

kind of like a,

we're gonna take a little bit of a nose dive.

But I feel like on the last episode

we talked a lot about, you know,

kind of a pulling wisdom from like people

who are a couple of phases ahead of you in life

and just like the importance of that.

And this was a really great quote

that actually Kate shared from Nap Time Kitchen.

Let me go back and find it.

It's like this older woman in this reel.

I think she's an older woman zesting an orange or a carrot.

And she says,

changing from how much can I get done

to how relaxed I can be while doing it.

Let me read that again.

Changing from how much can I get done

to how relaxed I can be while doing it.

I want you to think about that.

It's just hard to be relaxed

when you're like so overstimulated.

Yeah.

Like it's not always the rat race, you know?

It's just like, can you get to a place of like,

you know, zen while doing your daily things.

Can you like relax and cook dinner, not just cook dinner.

How relaxed can you be while cooking dinner?

How can you get yourself there?

Yeah.

How relaxed can you be?

Yeah.

No, I'm just kind of struggling with this one

because I like where I like the intent,

but it's also how relaxed can you be

when you're cooking over a hot stove

with a toddler pulling on your leg?

Well, I'm not sure I'm at the phase of my life

to relate to this one yet.

Well, I think that brings us to the next point,

which was the reel that you saw that I want you to talk about.

The reel that I saw that was also an older woman.

I like loving older women creating content.

Please, like, that's what we need.

And she goes, 20 years ago, I was not making my bed every day.

I was not baking.

I was not gardening.

And the greater point being when she was a mom to young children,

she she was not doing these hobbies,

these things that you see people do on social media

that like you aspire to want to do.

There will be an opportunity in your life to do it.

It's just not right now.

And while it feels like so long

and like all we have going on,

I just think about even even our own mom,

like she's just like arriving.

She's thriving right now and she has hobbies

and she's doing Bible study and music lessons and golfing.

And like she's having a great time

and her life has been this way for several years,

longer than the years, you know,

that she was like in the thick of it, really.

Totally.

I it's such a it's such a good reminder

that people aren't always showing.

Just like every year and every moment of their life.

Like it's not that that's simple, like real.

And in a way, like it felt like it gave me the permission

to like let go of some of the guilt of the things

that I'm not doing right now.

Yeah, me too, which I agree.

It's felt really, really good

because it's like because I don't make my bed

because you see like if you make your like these are habits

that you need to do every day, you need to make your bed.

It's going to start your day off right.

It's going to do like these things.

And like, OK, well, I'm starting my day off

by racing a toddler to the toilet

because he's potty training right now.

So forgive me that I didn't make my bed.

Like that is not that's not I'm I'm letting go of the guilt of like,

well, if you didn't make your bed in the morning,

then you're not going to start your day off in a successful way.

Like I it looks different.

Do you guys know something?

I don't make my bed every day.

No, I don't make my bed every day.

I mean, I prefer it when my bed is made.

Same, but I don't think I could.

I don't think there's much of a correlation

between the days my bed is made and the days my day.

My there's not a correlation between the days

my bed is made and the days it's not made to me.

Yeah, but you know, it's like always like the habit to do

to set you up for like a good rest of your day.

Like that's always the example that they use.

Why is that?

I think like getting dressed is not going on.

Dress changes my day more.

Yeah, I would agree.

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Anyway, speaking of giving things up similar to my phone.

So the real today, really, again, this was actually my business.

So I'm happy I saw it.

Lent is in like 12 days.

Yeah. What? Yeah.

Wow. So if you don't know, well, I think a lot of denominations

like recognize Lent, but it's like a really big deal on the Catholic Church.

And Lent is the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter.

Right? Yeah. Ash Wednesday and Easter.

And as Catholics, we do like a couple of things to like prepare our hearts

and our spirits for Jesus resurrecting from the dead.

And a lot of the things that we do is we fast.

So we fast on Ash Wednesday.

We fast on Good Friday.

We don't eat meat on Fridays, which is when we do our fish fries,

which I cannot wait for fish fry season.

I have a story about that though in a second.

And we normally give something up.

Now, some people, people do this totally differently.

Some people like to add things.

I like to give things up because we're kind of trying to symbolize

the time where Jesus went into the desert and fasted for 40 days.

So I'm more of the belief and the conviction that like it's to give things up.

Last year, I gave up Diet Coke, which honestly was pretty easy.

OK. And this year, I want to go hard.

OK. And I want to give up sugar.

Yeah. Like 100 percent.

Now, me and Chachi Pity, we're talking about this

because people say like I give up sugar, but what does that really mean?

Like fruit, you know, fruit has sugar in it.

Honey, like can I give up sugar?

Probably so. But can I have something that's sugar free?

OK. OK.

So I don't exactly know where I'm going to land on this.

I don't exactly know what my journey is going to look like,

but I want it to be hard.

I love that.

Didn't you give up sweets last year?

What did I give up last year?

No, I didn't.

I actually have been exempt from Lent for the past several years

because you are exempt if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

So I was breastfeeding last year, so I didn't I may have done something.

But I have sweets because you just you ate your lactation cookies.

Yeah, you did. Oh, I gave up.

Oh, you're right. So I didn't have sweets, but I could have my lactation cookies.

But it wasn't sugar.

It was like a sweet treat after dinner.

It was like, you know, chocolate or it wasn't it wasn't sugar.

Anyway, sugar sounds a lot harder.

I know.

I think I'm going to be thinking about strategies,

but I've also seen some reels of people who like cut out sugar

and like the difference in their skin and their face and their body

for like 30 days is like insane.

No, they say they feel amazing.

They say they feel amazing.

So I think the hardest parts are going to be I have to stop having sugar in my coffee

unless I'm going to say like I can have honey

because I have ice, honey lattes.

Yeah. So I'm just like, should I count honey or not?

Anyway, we got to figure that out.

I'm like not going to do like sugar free.

So like, I don't know what's in built puff bars, but like I'm cutting those out

because I don't want it's not just the sugar.

Like I want to get away from the sweets too.

Yeah.

Now, we do have some events on the calendar that like I do think I will have to cheat on one event.

But it's a really good one because on March 13th, which will be like in the middle of Lent,

actually, our priests are coming over for dinner.

We will be having dessert.

So I do feel as though that would be an exemption or you just don't have the dessert.

Yeah, but like I bought it at our dinner auction that like the priests make us dinner.

Yeah. So like, what if like, father comes in with like

as a dessert and then I deny it?

Well, because you gave up sweets for Lent, I think he'll I think that would be

an appropriate response to your parents.

Anyone would understand it should be the priest.

Well, we'll see.

But I'm considering like maybe cheating that one time.

But what if I don't like the dessert?

I don't know.

I'm really excited for you to try something like genuinely hard.

No, it's giving.

You know what it's giving?

It's giving my girl hobby because here I am now.

It is. And it's also giving transformation.

And I know that people sometimes have a thing to say.

It's like, oh, well, you shouldn't just give up fast food because you're doing it

like for a reason to like be healthier or whatever, like it's so you can lose weight or anything.

But I do feel as though you will go through a transformation.

And I think in a lot of ways, that's what it's about.

And the other thing that I think it's nice when you're giving something up,

if you're really, really craving it, what I like to do is pray instead of exactly

like have the thing.

So it's like that's what fasting supposed to do.

It's like when you're hungry, you're supposed to pray.

So you are constantly like brought back to the reason you're doing it and

constantly brought back to the Lord.

It's a constant reminder of Jesus's sacrifice and love for us.

So I am excited.

But if I decide to go through this, which I'm like 90 percent sure I am.

I'm going to go so ham on Fat Tuesday.

I'm doing a muckbong catch me doing a muckbong.

Yeah, I'm I'm telling you, I don't even I wouldn't even say I eat a lot of sweets,

but I definitely have something sweet every day.

Yeah, a couple of times a day.

Yeah. OK, so I I support you.

I don't know what I'm going to do.

Like I said, I'm not going to do anything.

I won't be fasting.

I will not have meat on Fridays because I think that's easy to do.

Um, I haven't just I haven't thought about it.

I need to figure out what I'm going to do.

And so that brings me to my next point.

So one of my favorite parts about Lent is the fish fries, which like even if

you're not Catholic, get you to a Catholic fish fry during this

Lenten season. Me and Tyler love fish fries.

We go to several around where we live.

We rate them.

We give a rating for like the quality of the food and the price because

I think that's important.

Like how much could some people some places kids eat free.

Some places kids are 12 bucks.

Some kids don't like it's just very interesting to kind of see how it all

comes out.

The only problem is which I am going to figure this out by then,

but I have not had fish since my allergic reaction.

Oh, yeah.

Now I have introduced shrimp and I was fine.

All of my blood, all of my blood work, two blood work panels, a prick test.

Everything says I'm not allergic to fish.

I'm still not going to have anchovies because I do think I am allergic to

anchovies, but I don't think I'm allergic to like salmon, tuna, cod,

catfish, so I need to try that prior to my first fish fry.

And I'm going to go.

I like just need to like go to mom's house when like someone else can watch

my kids in case I go into a reaction and I need to eat some fish.

Yeah, you do.

So that's like on my to-do list.

Let me just, can I just promote one more time for everyone?

If you're not Catholic, why you should still go find a Catholic fish

traneario. Here's why.

Number one, they don't just have fish.

They sometimes will have like for kids like a pizza or a pasta option.

So if your kids aren't going to eat fried cod, like they will have options for them.

And it's like a great way to go somewhere, go out and let your kids run around

because there's kids everywhere and it's usually in the gymnasium.

So like you can sit and eat a meal with your husband and it's OK if your kids

are causing a ruckus, if they're running around.

Some of them have kids activities.

Most of all of them have playgrounds because it's out of school

and relatively like they're pretty affordable.

So it's kind of like a good.

And you get an instantaneously.

I think the worst part about going out to eat with kids is like

you have to then like wait 20 minutes for your food to come.

No, we do it's most of the time it's a buffet style.

Yeah, you're getting your food.

Now, although I'll tell you what, I stood in line for 45 minutes.

It was like the first it was the first fish fry of Lent.

And I squeezed in line for 45 minutes.

Yeah, well, it was a really poppin one.

So maybe go later in the season as people kind of like get off the fish fry.

Well, and I also like to go as earlier.

I would just hit hit hit it.

Sure. You know what? We went like right.

We went at the worst time.

Like, yeah, go as soon as they open.

You go five thirty. It's going to be tough.

We screwed it up. Yeah.

I also do like I am a little bougie with it and I will bring my own lemon

and tartar sauce and like or like a spicy cocktail sauce if they're serving shrimp

there because the sauce is the provider just never really quite do it for me.

But the fish is really good.

That's a good. That's a good hack.

Yeah. So OK.

Well, moving right along, we do have an advice question.

Oh, OK. And then I have some good industry news.

And I'm excited about this one because this is a topic that I feel like we always say

we want to dive into, but we just never do because there's just bigger fish to fry.

So this comes from Taylor.

I have an SUV question.

My husband and I have a twenty three twenty thirteen Chevy cruise

that we absolutely love mostly because it's paid off.

But we have been having issue after issue with it lately.

Luckily, my husband's very handy and usually order parts and fix it himself.

However, I'm worried about continuously dumping money into a thirteen year old

car with roughly one hundred and fifty thousand miles on it.

All to say that we are looking looking into a two row SUV.

We have two kids, six and two.

Our family car is a twenty seventeen Chevy Traverse, which I would give my left arm for.

What suggestions would you have for a two row SUV that is on the larger

size and less compact without making the jump to three rows would also appreciate

the decent trunk? We always buy use and do not care about bells and whistles.

We're hoping to stay under twenty K. Do you have any suggestions?

Oh, this is an interesting one.

I would say I am going to recommend one of my favorite cars.

I don't think you know what I'm going to say.

Do you want to try, though?

I don't. I don't know what you're going to say.

And that is something that they stopped making back in, I think, twenty twenty three,

which was a mistake, and that is the Ford Edge.

Oh, yeah, you do love the car. Excellent car.

Excellent car. You should be able to find one under twenty, like, you know, go pre-owned.

That I mean, that's like that's a that's a standout car to me, in my opinion.

And the beautiful thing about two row SUVs is like all of them have good trunk space.

They all have, right, they all have good trunk space.

But the edge is big.

It's still affordable, especially going pre-owned, because the problem

with some of the two or SUVs, like we talked about the Honda Passport a lot

in recent episodes, and the problem with the Passport is like it's still so expensive.

Like it's not that much more expensive to get a pilot.

So you're you know, you're paying for other things like you're paying for

like the looks and the off roading capabilities and like other the performance.

But in terms of you're not saving a ton of money by going that direction.

So that's just something to think about.

OK, thank you.

Hopefully that helps tailor up so random.

But I also just I shared this on my stories yesterday,

but I got a huge T collection order in.

They were having some really good sales and I am just obsessed with their clothes.

And I kind of want to do like a reel on this, because I feel like over the years,

I have really kind of figured out like where the best kids clothes are

that aren't like so insanely expensive.

I mean, you got to hit the sales on some of these places that not everybody has

that are exactly the style I'm looking for.

Like I like colorful, fun clothes for my kids, but not too character.

Like I don't know. I'm very specific.

Like I don't want.

I want colorful clothes that aren't ugly, believe it or not.

Like that's just like kind of where I've landed on this.

That's so interesting.

And anyway, I just want to just share like where I've been finding my kids clothes

recently, because it's not your typical like Target, H&M, Zara, Walmart,

which I also like all of their clothes.

But these are just like a little bit more off the beaten path, if you will.

And I'm very much

of the mindset where like now that I know I've had the experience of

saving kids, saving clothes for kids.

And I kind of pay attention to like what I actually saved.

And then what I put that second kid in like now that I've done this a little bit

with George and Fred and Hattie and Libby.

Now when I'm buying for specifically George and Hattie,

my mindset is just a little different because I know what I'm going to want to save.

Like I know what's worth saving.

I know what's worth splurging on.

And then I know what's like not worth splurging on.

And what to me, like my biggest problem where it ultimately comes down to

is I buy my clothes, especially in the past and past.

I buy too many like nice clothes for my kids.

And then I buy too many play clothes for my kids.

And I never have like enough in the middle.

OK. And like even like for something like church,

like I don't get my kids that dress up for church.

Like my boys are wearing like a Henley, maybe a polo.

Like they're not wearing a button down every single Sunday,

which is that's just not the kind of vibe.

So I'm kind of transitioning from like more wearable,

slightly dressier clothes.

Anyway, I'll just say my favorite place to shop for kids clothes, if anyone's wondering.

Number one, tea collection, chef's kiss.

They have their t-shirts are amazing.

They they're so fun without being stupid.

And I love the colors like so.

Basically, everything how he wears is from T Collection

and all of George's clothes are from T Collection.

Utah, you don't you don't really need to go any further.

You talk about T Collection all the time.

I think we all know you are the biggest fan.

Moving on to my next one.

This is kind of one that you put me on to.

But like Burt's Bees, Babies, go to their website,

bypass the what you're finding that target.

Their website has some adorable clothes.

Adorable clothes, great jammies, affordable.

It's like all my kids where I used to with James,

I was like very much like a little sleepy Kate and Lane kite baby.

And then I realized like James was just such a skinny kid

that all those fit him really well.

And like sometimes those bamboo jammies are just like a little bit tight over

when you've got like a little roll on your thighs like Sloan does.

And I just love the Burt's Bees.

They wash great.

They I love the price of them.

And I just like I love buying pajamas for my kids.

But I hate spending thirty six dollars a pop.

Burt's Bees is always on sale.

And it kind of like gives me that fix of like wanting new jammies without having to spend it.

Well, and I have written down on my summer notes because as I'm like kind of shopping,

I am kind of referencing back what I wrote about last summer.

Because it's like also the thing is like when you have four kids,

if you want to buy anything matching or coordinating, you have to make haste

because then someone's size is going to be sold out in April and I'm going to be so mad.

So I am kind of like starting to curate like a bit of a summer wardrobe for the kids.

Just like kind of not not not going crazy.

There's kind of like seeing what I need, you know, what everyone's themes

going to be this year in terms of like, OK, like how is going to work pink and navy?

Boys are going to wear navy and gray.

Like I'm just trying to be strategic with it.

Like what color crocs am I getting everybody?

Because that was on my list that everyone needs name brand crocs.

So choosing what color croc to get is a little stressful.

Sure.

But I did write down that I want my kids to have matching American jammies.

Because like you get I mean, those are just so fun to wear like

Fourth of July Memorial Day Labor Day, like whenever we go to the lake

and then like I want to give everyone a bath and put them in pajamas

and have a freaking popsicle outside, like that's what I want them to be it in.

So. Fourth of July jammies are such an underrated holiday to get.

Like the other ones are so fleeting.

If you like get the get the Fourth of July jammies,

if you're going to get any holiday.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

So my next one was Carter's Little Planet, unbelievable.

Go to Carter's website, but like only look at their little planet brand.

The sweetest things.

Libby's favorite clothes that I got from last year,

like the clothes that I put in her baby box from last summer were all Carter's

Little Planet.

And then my last one is kind of like a new find, but it's Quintz.

Yeah, they have they have kids clothes now.

They have kids clothes now.

And if you like that hand, I also like Hannah Anderson, but I just I find

I like T better than Hannah Anderson.

And I think they're very much the same.

Quintz has started to kind of make.

I feel like for a while they were just jammies,

but now they've got like some fun printed dresses.

They've got some good some good basics.

So shout out to Quintz.

OK, love it.

So anyway, I feel like what holiday is coming up?

President's Day?

Question mark Easter.

No, but like what sale holiday is coming up?

I believe it's president's day.

Yeah, that sounds right.

So just, you know, they might be having some sale.

So it's just like never, unfortunately for us,

it's never too soon to think about.

Spring and summer clothes for children.

And this grinds my gears.

Little than I have talked about this at length.

I do get frustrated, though, like they do in store.

They flip over the seasons too soon.

If you walk into a target right now, there's a you'd be hard

pressed to find anything with long sleeves on it.

I know it's so stressful.

And now like the shorts in the in the short sleeve shirts are out

and like some of the size is already missing.

I'm like, do I need to be buying this stuff right now?

But I don't really fully know what size she's going to be in.

Like her best comfortable size is really annoying.

It's exhausting.

OK, now it's time for industry news where I spill the hot tea

going on the auto industry.

Let's hit it. Why do we have some hot tea?

OK, the first story is this came across my desk.

And I'll be honest, right now it's only spy photos.

Like it's I haven't found it from like motor trend.

But I've seen it on enough like third party,

lesser known websites that I do think it's incredible.

But apparently the Santa Fe is getting like a redesign

or like a refresh, because of course they are. OK.

But it looks so much better.

Like OK, jaw droppingly better,

because the worst part about the Hone Santa Fe is exterior.

Do you know what it is, Elizabeth?

It's it's flat, but no.

Well, it's it's H headlights that look like dog bones.

Oh, that's a universal experience.

Everyone says that.

Here's the new one.

It looks like the Lexus TX or GX even when I got to look these up.

I can't see that very well.

Oh, do you want me to send you this facelift? No, I can find it.

Oh, yeah, those are better headlights.

It's funny. That's the only thing you can see.

Way better headlights.

So I'm kind of excited about that.

I'm kind of excited.

I don't know what's being released at the Chicago Auto Show.

I got the schedule yesterday.

Toyota is having a big press conference,

so I'm wondering if they're going to be debuting that like weird car

that they've been trying to tease and like get buzz about the Highlander, perhaps.

That would be exciting.

That's like the only like real thing being released.

I think I mean, BMW is having something.

But like how much I don't know if that's like really.

What if it's just like a sedan?

Not I mean, I just don't know to do about that. Right.

Um.

Well, see, I'm also going to Brytax

is releasing their like new rotating car seat there.

It's exciting.

It's like love like that's like a helpful crossover for me.

Cars. Yeah, I love that.

All in one place.

OK, I love that.

I love a car seat launch at an auto show.

That's what I'm saying.

I think that's kind of fun.

Do any car seat brands want to do a launch at our auto show?

Does anyone want to do anything at our auto show?

Yeah, what do you want to do?

Now is the time to be reaching out.

Yeah, we are working on our vendors,

collecting our activation, things of that nature.

And let's just remember, remind everyone that the date is June 13th.

Yeah, tickets will be available soon.

But mark your calendar, book your flight.

OK, our next story is Super Bowl is this Sunday.

Seahawks versus Patriots.

I have officially switched to cheering for the Patriots

because of quarterback drinking in a man.

They've been dating since middle school.

It's adorable.

And that's where I just realized, like, I would like free idea.

I want someone to start a podcast where they just tell me

really fun, wholesome sports stories, like no offense, leave out the details.

Like, I'm sorry, I don't care how many like running yards a person has.

Don't care.

What is the story?

Like, Fernanda Mendozo had an amazing story, right?

Yeah.

What's his name?

Who's the bills quarterback?

Josh Allen had an amazing story.

Yeah, Drake May has an amazing story.

So I'm looking, I just I will cheer for the team

that's most likely to get made into a movie.

Like, that's my opinion on sports.

Yeah, and I really think we should like, I mean, I do feel like these people are

like so gas and hyped up as they as they deserve to be.

But it's like also just like be a wholesome person, be a wholesome,

humble athlete, and you will be liked so much more free idea.

Athletes, free idea.

Athletes, OK, athletes.

So anyway, now I know what you're thinking.

Every team I've cheered for has gotten out of the playoffs the next game.

Yeah.

So that is tough for the Patriots fan.

I don't know what kind of luck that I what kind of luck I bring.

Doesn't sound great.

But you have my enthusiasm.

OK.

Now, let's talk about Super Bowl commercials.

Specifically, let's talk about which automakers have.

Confirmed 30 air seconds spots.

OK, two of them.

Only two costs between eight to ten million dollars.

Yeah, that's what this says.

OK.

For Super Bowl, LX, which is let me think about that 55.

No.

59.

What Super Bowl is it beats me?

What is it?

I feel like there was just I feel like there was just a really big one.

Like it was just 50.

X is 10.

L is 50.

X is 10.

If the fifth what Super Bowl is it?

They're like LX.

I'm like, no, I know.

No, what does LX mean?

What is up with that?

The only time Roman numerals are literally ever come across

our daily life is the Super Bowl.

Oh, it's 60. That's right. OK, that makes sense.

Oh, it's a big one.

That is a big one.

OK, I feel like if it's like the 60, like say 60.

Also, why can't people say Super Bowl?

Why can you only say big game?

That feels like a stupid rule.

I couldn't agree more with you.

Like if you ever notice like any like during the commercials,

they can't say Super Bowl.

They say big game.

Big game.

That's dumb.

LX.

That's the term level of some key is.

That's a fun fact.

Oh, yeah.

We're so done that we didn't know that.

Do you think that's what?

No, that's not what the brands are.

They're not doing Roman numerals.

No.

OK, anyway, the two automakers are Toyota in Cadillac.

These are the only automakers confirmed Cadillac is kind of surprising.

Cadillac is super surprising.

Last year, Ram had one with Glen Powell and Jeep had one with Harrison Ford.

2024 Volkswagen and BMW and Toyota had one.

2022 featured BMW with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I'm just like I do like when we get the wholesome.

Like.

American American truck.

So that's interesting.

Yeah.

Well, I wonder if Toyota, if they are going to launch this,

if they do launch his car at the Chicago auto show, then like.

Smart next steps could maybe be a release of it at the big game.

At the big game.

On a commercial.

I didn't think about that.

So we'll see.

OK, well, let's talk about what we're making for the Super Bowl,

because some of us might be hosting I hosted last year.

So I want to say what I got, which I thought was such a good hack.

And then Kelly's hosting.

I just want to make a correction.

The hybrid, the new Toyota is not being released at the Chicago auto show.

Oh, OK.

OK.

And then Kelly is hosting some friends.

And so I want to hear what you're making.

But first, I'm going to go first because I did it last year.

Totally.

Last year I had the sum piece over and I.

Ordered in bulk from my local barbecue place.

I ordered wings and I ordered pulled pork and we made pulled pork nachos.

And it was a such a low lift meal to throw together.

And we had we had delicious wings and also I feel like they're kind of like

more affordable when you order them in bulk from a barbecue place.

So we had the wings and then we had our entree, which was nachos,

which is like what you need for the Super Bowl probably had like a veggie tray

or like something else on the side.

But those were like my big things picked it up that afternoon.

Super easy.

I am very I haven't given much headspace to the food, to be honest with you,

mainly because like again, I haven't even gone to Chicago by the time this

podcast has come out yet.

Crazy.

And I still have to like come back on Saturday night, wake up Sunday,

church entrepreneurship thing that we're taking the kids to.

I'll tell you about that after I experience it.

And then prep food and then have people over the Super Bowl.

No.

And that's why my hack might actually be the move because you just got to

order like the bulk of the food and then you just put it together today.

Matinee, if you're listening, maybe a call.

I did now.

I did send out a text to my friends who live around me because the thing is

it's like the games until 5 30.

Yeah.

So one idea, like I don't live by people who live close to me.

And I did say, hey, if anyone wants to come over Super Bowl,

we will be watching the game at least through the third quarter, LOL.

I hate how late the game is just to kind of let people know that they're

absolutely not welcome to stay till 10.

Yeah.

Like that was very much.

Yeah.

So it's just like stay.

Like we'll all watch the halftime show and then kindly leave.

Yeah.

Because like by the time that rolls around, like it'll be late and my kids

need to get ready for bed and it's a school night.

Yeah.

So I what my original thought was I have some for Buffalo chicken dip.

I was going to make that.

Smart.

Um, I am considering making chili.

That's a good one.

And that's all I have.

I'll do a veggie try.

I don't know if I do chili.

I'm going to like probably stick it to more like more like app apps.

I can have some sweets still.

Plus, um, if I don't do chili, I was going to pivot to do like party

sliders and like crockpot meatballs.

Like my favorite recipe.

I'm sorry.

Meatballs barbecue sauce, grape jelly.

What do you know about that?

Yeah.

I've never made those before.

Oh, you put them on like what a Hawaiian roll.

No.

You just eat them.

Hmm.

Sometimes I'll make that.

Let's just make that our ditch the drive through because I made

that this past week for the kids and I made rice and broccoli.

And like we put it on a rice and broccoli party balls and rice

and broccoli.

What's our, what's our grape jelly barbecue sauce ratio?

Oh, I have no idea to taste like one to one.

Like, are you doing more barbecue or the more grape jelly?

I'm probably doing a little bit more barbecue.

Yeah.

That sounds right.

Let's say if I like fill up my crockpot.

I mean, it's just like, we've lost me to measure sauce.

It's like, well, how much sauce do you want?

I don't know.

Yeah.

But it's not good to know like the general ratio.

I think you did one to one and you would live to tell the

tale.

Okay.

And I think if you like one and a half to one.

Yeah, I like one and a half to one better.

Okay.

Um, so I'm going to plan that.

And yeah, I kind of need to get on it.

Okay.

Maybe I will just or the thing with like nachos, though,

it's like I'm having a lot of people over and like,

then that's a little harder to like make your own nachos.

Yeah.

That's true.

Maybe I'll just do, maybe I'll just get like sliders.

I wish I'm going to do that.

That's better than that.

I do think it's a good hack to know that like your

barbecue restaurant that you maybe don't think of,

like they will probably have wings too that you can pick up

because I cannot.

That's one thing I cannot make at home is my own wings.

Like we've tried and never works out.

I'm always ordering wings and picking them up.

Yeah.

I don't think I'm going to do wings because I'm doing the buffalo

chicken dip.

Oh yeah.

So I think I'm going to make buffalo chicken dip.

I think I'm going to order barbecue pork.

I think that's what I'm going to do.

Put it in the crock pot so it looks like I made it.

Get a line rolls barbecue sauce.

Maybe like two types of barbecue sauce to feel fancy.

Veggie tray.

Maybe like some fruit.

And then like one more like, like one more,

like I need someone to like make jalapeno poppers.

It feels like someone can offer.

Hey, can I bring anything at this point?

I'm sure they will.

Yeah.

That's a great thing.

Okay.

Well, with that, that's going to be our episode to everyone.

I hope you have a great weekend.

Hope you enjoy the big game.

Hope you eat great food.

Kell, hope you have a great time in Chicago.

Thanks, babe.

I'm very excited.

Be sure to follow along.

And we will talk to you on Wednesday.

See you guys.

Bye.

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