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Welcome to the Carpool podcast with Kelly.

This could be like the most cocky thing I ever say in my life.

But I really don't think if I won the lottery,

it would change me.

Of course, there'd be signs.

There would be signs.

And Liz.

Should we consider bringing back moon lodges, the red tent,

menstruation pots?

Your mom time off starts now.

Welcome back to the Carpool podcast with Kelly.

And Liz.

And I'm shaking like a leaf because I'm recording

at the farm today.

I'll tell you why in a second.

And I look out the window, and there is a huge coyote.

Yeah, this is our second time starting this recording

because she goes, holy beep.

That's a huge coyote.

Looking out the window, huge coyote.

I thought it was a wolf, which I'm not sure.

First of all, I'm not sure it wasn't.

I mean, I know like wolves aren't really in Missouri,

but are you sure?

Because look at the video I just sent you.

Yeah, no, I mean, it's definitely a coyote.

But that's a dog.

That's a full-size dog right there.

That was so spooky.

It's so spooky.

You never really see them at this time of day.

You never really see them in general.

I just feel like it's just not something

that really comes across my desk or my window

for that matter.

But anyway, I'm at the farm today because Tyler's grandma,

who I've spoken out before, Isla Faye is her name.

Hattie's named after Hattie Faye.

One of my favorite people in the world that I've ever met.

And she does a four-year-old preschool.

So a couple times a month, she takes all her four-year-old

great-grandchildren who are in preschool

but not in kindergarten yet.

And she does preschool with them.

There was five there today.

I mean, the woman has 55 great-grandchildren

and she's like, so she's keeping five four-year-olds

at her house and they're making grape jelly.

Wow.

I mean, I could never.

I could never.

On my best day I could never, let alone be in,

how old is she?

How old is she?

I think in her 90s?

She's no, she's not 90 yet.

Okay.

She's not 90 yet.

But I think she's 89.

I think she's 89.

Oh yeah, she's, it's incredible.

It's unbelievable.

And she volunteers for this.

And she's like, you know, I will have breakfast.

I will be frying eggs and bacon for breakfast.

And then we will do lunch.

And she's like, you know, I have a curriculum

because she used to be like a preschool teacher.

So yeah, and there she goes, bring a jelly jars

if you would like grape jelly.

And I said, I will be there.

So anyway, the farm is closer to where she lives.

So I'm at our parents' farm recording the podcast.

Hence Coyote.

So that's the long-winded way.

So what a day, what a day.

What a day, second thing's very exciting

about the state of Missouri.

We have a Powerball winner.

I know, aren't you just like kicking yourself

like dang, I should have bought one.

No, we bought, Tyler bought tickets

and I just texted him and I said,

did you check your number?

And he hasn't responded to me.

Oh, actually I don't know how the Powerball works.

Do you pick a number?

I just give you a random one.

I think you can do either.

You can just let the machine pick or you can pick.

Tyler, I actually really respect that about Tyler.

He will always, when it gets high,

when people start buzzing, he buys tickets,

which it's so good.

You know me, I always want to be a part of something.

So.

I should have bought one.

And he used to be a part of something.

I genuinely can say with my whole heart,

I've never bought a lottery ticket in my life.

I wouldn't even know.

I'd feel like an idiot.

I'd be like, can I have a power?

Do I just say, can I have a Powerball ticket?

Yeah, I have no idea.

So anyway, I'm waiting to see if he's gonna text me back.

I mean, I don't assume we're winners, but I don't know.

But at this moment.

I can't rule it out.

You could be what, millionaires?

Billionaires.

No, actually I think it's split.

It's split.

Yeah, it's split.

So like 800,000aires.

And this could be the most cocky thing

I ever say in my life,

but I really don't think if I won the lottery

it would change me.

I don't think it would change you either.

I really think so.

I just think I could handle it.

I think it would not change.

I really think, of course, like there'd be signs.

Like there would be signs.

Kids might be still be sharing rooms,

but Kelly would definitely get a new room at the time.

Wouldn't change your kids sleeping quarters,

but it might change your bag.

Oh my gosh, can you imagine?

No, the signs would be, I would definitely get a new car.

I have multiple cars is really what it would be

and I would say it for the name of science.

But I have a new passion project of mine.

I would really like to, one day, like I'm always dreaming,

but I'd love to get a car for each year

that my kids was born and like keep it in perfect condition

and then pass it down to them.

You know, some people just like do that

with a bottle of wine.

Oh, that's a good idea.

You know what, that's a way more way to do that.

Maybe I'll consider that,

but I'm saying if I am Powerball winners, my plan is,

I'm going, first of all, my plan is,

I would buy some of the land next to our house.

I would build a garage.

You need a garage.

I need a garage.

I'd build a garage, a sensible one.

Like I'm talking to me like a 10 car garage,

just like a 10 car garage.

Yeah, that feels sensible, yeah.

And then I would fill it with all of the cars

that I want.

Up to 10, well, and you've got,

well, Tyler goes four of those will have to be

reserved for your children's cars.

Okay, does this like,

I said, Tyler, did you check your Powerball tickets?

There's a Missouri winner.

And he goes, not yet.

Did someone win?

I said, yes, in Missouri.

He goes, oh my gosh.

Oh, so they don't know who the winner is in Missouri?

I don't think it's been claimed yet.

So like this is what happens.

So like they can see,

they can say that a winning ticket

was sold in Missouri and Texas.

Okay, okay.

I thought that someone had claimed it at that point.

No, like the machine's just, no.

I'm saying I can be a Powerball winner.

Okay, so it's not rolled out.

Okay, so we do need to be logistically thinking

about this 10-gar garage.

Like this is at the moment, potentially.

So anyway, what all's to say is there will be signs,

but I just think I'd be a really good Powerball winner.

I think you'd be a great Powerball winner.

Anyway. I think you'd be a great Powerball winner.

I think you'd be a good one too.

But you know those shows that like ever,

you know those shows that like the lottery ruined my life.

Yeah, yeah.

But I think I think you'd be a good one

because I actually think Tyler is very good at

keeping you guys like, like he is a budget.

Tyler's a budget.

Tyler does this thing.

It's like, honestly, like really tripping.

And every month he makes me go through every transaction.

Yeah, I would hate that.

He goes, I don't care.

And he's very nice about it.

He's like, but this is what you spent

on coffee shops last month.

And I'm like, he's like,

I just want you to know where you're at.

And I'm like, this feels toxic.

Yeah.

Yeah, I don't think I need to know that information.

No, so every month we go through every transaction.

Yeah.

It's really fun.

Love that for me.

Love that for you.

Well, the Lions had a tough loss this weekend.

So that's the next thing.

So that's kind of where,

so first of all, I love being a Lions fan.

I love being a football fan.

And I want to make a retraction.

Football is exciting to watch.

And I'm sorry that I slandered.

I'm sorry that I slandered football.

I don't know.

You know me, sometimes I'm just saying things

that and seeing it was like, I don't know.

Like I shouldn't have said that.

Football is fun to watch.

I was wrong.

I haven't watched it in so long.

And yes, I normally don't watch the game

with a team in mind.

But I...

You've got to be cheering for someone.

So two things.

First of all, like I just love the hustle and bustle

of having a team.

And even Tyler, like don't let him fool you.

He did not watch a second of the game,

but he has really taken on like that

were Lions fans as a family.

And we went to a fall festival

and there was like a girl with a lion shirt on

and he's like, hey, we got a big game today.

And I'm like, oh.

Like look at you.

You're a part of something.

Now we're just a part of something.

And now this girl and I are like,

like now we're all like we're Lions fans.

So I think he enjoyed being part of something.

I enjoy it.

I got to get a game day shirt

because I have a sweatshirt,

but it was too hot for that.

And now that we have that.

Anyway, I need to get a shirt that I can wear

so people can say, oh, are you a Lions fan?

Like that's just like...

Maybe like a hat too.

Yeah, that's just like interactions

that I want to have on game days.

Well, it's so funny because I'm connected

to Kelly's calendar,

which first of all,

I would totally recommend being connected

to your sister's calendar and or also her email.

Because like I saw that you just placed

a big little Sleepy's order

and I'm like, what's your situation order?

Like, so Kelly's email is connected to my phone.

So I can see all of her emails come through.

It's for business,

but then I see the personal ones too.

And anyway, I'm looking at her calendar

and she's going to go,

she's going to Detroit in a few weeks.

And on her calendar, it says Lions game.

And I'm like, oh my, it's Lions versus Raiden.

So I'm like, oh, are you going to the Lions game?

And she goes, no.

I was looking to the schedule

and there was a button to add all the calendar.

She added all the Lions games to her calendar.

I'm committing, first of all, I'm committing to the bit.

So yeah, I'm Googling wins the next game

because I just want to know

because I had so much fun watching the first one.

And then easily it said,

do you want to add these to your calendar?

And I said, well, that's innovation that excites.

Of course I want to add these to my calendar.

So now they're all added.

Anyway, as far as, let me just like

go back to the game for a second.

So first of all, if you, it is so fun

to have something on in the background.

And I had the most, and I mean this with my whole heart,

the most productive Sunday of my life

because the game was on.

So like if I wanted to look at something,

if I wanted simulation, like I would look at the game.

I wouldn't look at my phone.

But I was running around my house.

I was holding laundry.

I was on the dishwasher.

I was reorganizing the kid's shoes.

Like I was all over the place.

I had the game on at three different TVs

just so I could like always be popping

and then checking the score.

Like I just like was so ridiculous.

It was so much fun.

And the Lions got their butts kicked by the Packers.

Now here's what I want to say.

Here's what I want to say.

The Packers played amazing from what I can tell.

The Packers played amazing.

The Lions did not play amazing from what I can tell.

Cause I mean they lost, but like, you know,

there's losing and then there's playing bad.

The Lions I think played badly.

And I'm watching the game.

And it's like fourth quarter, like five minutes left.

And they start telling like all these streaks

that the Lions are going to lose.

And one of the streaks was,

it had been 49 games since they didn't score a touchdown.

So they scored a touchdown.

No, I'm sorry.

They scored a touchdown 49 games in a row,

at least one touchdown.

It's the fourth quarter.

They've only done two field goals.

They haven't scored a single touchdown yet.

Wow.

In the last minute of the game,

they score a touchdown to keep that streak.

So thank goodness.

We almost lost our football or our touchdown streak.

So anyway, it was so fun.

And the next games on the 14th,

like edge of my seat, 12 o'clock can't wait.

And I found myself yelling at the TV, you know,

I'm just like trying to get everybody into it in my house.

Like I'm trying to be exciting, excited about it.

And I just can't say enough good things

about football and being a part of something.

And Jared golf, golf is our quarterback.

So I learned that.

And I just want to say like, if you want to be a football fan one,

like I've never met a Lions fan

who hasn't accepted me with open arms.

So like I think the Lions were ready for anybody who wants to join.

I think I can say I'm a half-lion.

The Lions done is plenty big.

But also like, I think the first step

to becoming a football fan is like,

you go on Abercrombie's website and you buy a sweatshirt.

And maybe just buy whatever sweatshirt you like the best.

And like, if that's reason,

like that can be your reason.

It doesn't matter because I'm telling you,

like what are the reason on these men?

Like, like they're picking their team.

Either like everyone's just doing whatever,

like everyone has their own reason

for how they became a fan.

So Liz, I wanted to say like, either get,

like you need to be a Lions fan

or I want you to go on Abercrombie.

I want you to pick a sweatshirt

and I want you to commit to the bet.

Okay, that's fine.

So I do need a professional team.

We are Notre Dame fans in the college front.

So that is something that we do.

And that is, that's kind of fun for me.

Like I'm kind of leaning into that a little bit.

Like the kids all have Notre Dame stuff.

I need to get a new Notre Dame shirt.

Like one of my biggest goals in life

is to like take Maddie to a Notre,

like never been to a Notre Dame game.

He has been offered,

but like things have come up where he has made it go.

Like that is like on the bucket list.

Let me just say like, if I am a Powerball winner,

I will make that happen for the family.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

I do think just like hearing you talk about this

and just like knowing you

and just how things happen in your life.

Like Lions are going to go to the Super Bowl

like Ford, GM, someone's going to like fly Kelly

and her entire family out to go to,

you're going to be on the field.

Like you're going to be doing the flip, the coin flip.

Like something like that is going to happen to you.

No, I do say, maybe you might be a Powerball winner.

I do get lucky like that.

You do get lucky.

No, but you get lucky, but like this is the luck right here.

It's like you talking about it, you getting into it.

Like you making it a thing.

Like you speak it into existence.

Right.

Oh, anyway, I am like loving the Lions

can't win for the next game and I am sad about our loss.

Yeah.

But I have a lot of respect for the Packers.

I just want to say that go pack.

Like I could see, I think the Packers will

and the announcers were saying like the Packers

and Lions are both like fighting for the Super Bowl.

So like if the Packers like Packers

are probably my second team right now.

Okay.

Cause I just, you know, I want to have options.

Like if the Packers make it,

like that'll be exciting for us too.

But go Lions.

Go Lions.

Wow.

Anyway, it is week two of clipping our podcast for video.

Endless options.

Yeah, endless options already.

And I'm breaking out so bad.

Look at this.

I'm entering my ugly era.

I'm breaking out the makeup,

the foundation that I've been using lately

has been so good.

I'm like, this is the best foundation

when on light clown makeup today.

Like it's just the hair is not herring.

Nothing is working for me.

Anyway, I'm about to start my period.

The, these are the signs.

And I just want to say, should we consider bringing back

Moon Lodges, the red tent?

Is that what they're called?

Menstruation huts.

Like we had it good.

Like hold on, didn't, did we?

Well, I think we could, I think here's the thing.

I think the idea was there.

I think the execution of the said 1400s wasn't,

but I do love to see a 2025 take.

I think there was like definitely

some oppression going on there,

but I've also been doing some research on it

because I had this thought this morning.

And there were some Moon Lodges in some cultures

that were like very empowering and spiritual.

And it was like, oh, you're menstruating.

Going to this hut with all the other girlies

who are menstruating, which are probably

your best friends because you're all synced up.

And just go hang out in there for a week.

Well, it does feel like we were expected to do less back.

It feels like we were maybe expected to do less back then

because I'm expected to go about my day.

But that's what I'm saying.

Like we didn't have to, we had.

I'd love to see a 2025 take on that.

I think it's an interesting idea.

Like I would love to just not be seen right now

in this state and go hide out for a week,

but instead I am going to be posting on social media.

Well, and that's just of the times

and that's of your occupation.

I know.

So I'm just saying, how did I get here?

And how did you get out?

No, ugly era is such a thing.

And I'm so happy that like people have kind of come,

like I feel like we're all on the same page.

And again, we're not saying you're ugly.

We're saying you're ugly right now.

No, we're not.

No, and I think it's really come out that it is totally,

and we've said this, it totally has to do with your cycle.

Because last week I was, you know, you don't talk badly

about yourself, okay, well I was glowing.

So what do you want me to say?

Don't be so conceited in yourself.

I was glowing.

We had two viral reels last week.

I don't call that an accident.

And yeah, so, and now it's like,

don't ask me to make a reel this week.

Don't expect anything.

Yeah.

No, it is so tough.

I just like, and I'm so new to periods

because I've just had so many kids

in the last couple of years.

So it's just like, it feels like I'm doing it

for the first time all over again.

It is so much worse after you've had kids.

Well, I just like can't believe I live in a world

where it's like, so one week a month,

like my genes don't fit.

Like, okay, like I'm not getting enough,

my price per wears going down at this point.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay.

That's kind of like a crazy statistic.

Yeah, no, it's, but that's what I'm saying.

Like, yeah, bring back the Moon Lodge.

Yeah.

Like, if again, if I'm a power ball winner,

I'll definitely like fund some sort of study on ugly

areas and I'll see what we can do to improve.

Maybe I'll get maybe we'll maybe I'll start

a new business called Moon Lodges.

You are kind of like blowing through this $800,000.

I'll be honest, between the 10 car garage,

funding a study.

Do you know what it costs to fund a study?

It's not 800,000.

It's 800 million, Elizabeth.

Oh, 800 million.

Oh, Elizabeth, it's 800 million.

Oh, okay.

Like, I would have to spend, I, should we do some math?

No, that's not, no one cares.

I have to spend a lot of money every single day.

And then I'm pretty sure you just like,

then it will-

Oh, do I think $800 million will change you?

Yeah, I do.

Oh, you do.

Yeah, I do.

Well, you give half the taxes immediately.

So now we're done to four.

Oh, okay.

So now it's just, and then, okay, it's dwindling away.

Your studies, studies cost millions to fund.

Wow.

So, we'll see.

Well, anyway, another really big thing that happened this weekend,

a little Catholic news, if I can share.

Now, if you're not Catholic,

I think you'll still find this interesting.

And I think it's a very interesting, like,

trivia night conversation.

Like, it's interesting.

It's news.

It's what's going on in the news.

And it's good to learn about other faiths and cultures.

So listen up.

This is interesting.

So, Catholics have saints.

And saints are people who lived very holy lives.

They, like, performed miracles,

and then they get awarded sainthood.

You have to have performed miracles where you were alive

and in a miracle after your death as well.

And then you also have to be dead to become a saint.

So anyway, the Catholic Church had a big weekend

because we got our first millennial saint.

Because, like, when you think saint,

you think, like, martyr in the 1300s.

And I mean, that's, like, I'll be honest,

the majority of them.

So this is very exciting because this kid,

the name Carlo Achittis,

I think I'm saying that right, Carlo,

he died at 15 and he lived in Italy.

Now, listen to his story.

So he died in 2005, okay?

So he was born in 1991.

I was born in 1993.

So he died at 15 in 2005.

And he's being called, like, God's influencer.

Because on his short time, in his short life on Earth,

he, first of all,

like, his parents were what you would call, like,

Catholics, but not, like, practicing Catholics.

And he was, like, always blowing up his mom

to be like, let's go to church, let's go to church.

Like, his parents, like, didn't even go to church

and he always wanted to be there, which is interesting.

And around the time I think he turned, like, 13,

he built a website, which, like, back in 2005,

like, I'll be honest, that feels like miracle enough.

Like, there's no square space.

There's variant of gaming and coding.

Like, that's the type of kid he was.

And so it's just, like, so fun that we have, like,

a saint who played video games.

Like, that's like, it's all crazy.

So anyway, he developed a website

and he was compiling a website of all the Eucharistic miracles.

Now you're like, what's a Eucharistic miracle?

Now the Catholics believe that the Eucharist,

the communion, is the body and blood of Jesus Christ,

not just a symbol.

Whereas, like, some of the Protestant states,

Protestant religions believe it's just a symbol.

The Catholics are like, no, it's actually the body and blood.

And throughout history, there's been all of these miracles

of that being proven.

So, like, for example, a priest will lift a host up,

will lift the communion up, and then blood will appear on it.

And, like, you can look up Eucharistic miracles.

They really are fascinating to look up.

And Carla was like, I'm going to make a website

that houses all of these into one place.

So that's what he did.

Around the age, around when he was age 15,

he developed a very rare type of leukemia

and, like, it progressed very quickly.

Very quickly, and he passed.

Like, within, like, maybe a month or two.

Like, it was very quick.

And he told his mom.

He was his parents' only child.

And he told his mom.

He's like, I'm okay.

Like, I'm not, I'm not nervous.

Like, I'm ready to go be with Jesus.

And I will send you a sign when I, like,

I will send you a sign.

So, a couple years later, his mom at 46

gives birth to twins on the same day that he died.

So, four years later on the day to his death,

twins were born.

Fast forward 15 years.

So, at the age that he was when he died,

fast forward 15 years, those twins attended this weekend

the canonization of a brother they've never meant,

St. Hood.

And his mother was one of only two people in history

to ever have lived through their child's canonization.

Yeah.

I don't know.

I was like, I loved the history.

I loved the story.

And I found it very interesting.

Um, no, it's, it's very interesting.

Um, the videos of like his mom seeing her son be sanctified

in the word.

Sure.

Um, what were his miracles though?

Okay.

The miracles attributed to St. Carlo.

Acutus.

I don't know how you say it.

Um, canon, for his canonization,

maybe it's canonization is the healing of a Brazilian boy

in 2013 with an annular pancreas and the healing of a Costa

Rican student in 2022 from a severe head injury.

The healing of the boy occurred after his family prayed

for Carlos intercession and touched a relic of the then

teenager and the healing of the Costa Rican student

began after the mother prayed at his tomb.

Yeah.

So I mean, it's not, you can say it's not easy to become a

saint.

And I don't know.

I just thought it was interesting and exciting.

And it's cool because now, like when they are showing

his like picture and stuff, it's like so like millennial.

Like it's like, we now have like a picture of a saint

and like he's like 15 and has like a polo and a

backpack on versus like all of our other saints.

Again, they're like medieval time vibes.

This is like totally different.

So yeah, I thought it was interesting.

I thought you might find it interesting.

I just wanted to share.

I love it.

Thank you for sharing.

You're welcome.

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finding little ways to luxurify my life

besides winning the Power Bowl.

Yeah.

If you don't.

I know, he's not responding,

so I'm assuming that means we didn't win.

Okay.

I also know either way,

he's probably gonna try to trick me.

That's just so him.

Yeah.

Don't believe it.

There's no shot you won.

There's no shot.

Well, there's a shot, but there's no shot.

There's no shot.

So anyway, my base model luxury is,

and I got this tip from the last time we went to Detroit,

again, Go Lions,

because at the hotel,

and some nice hotels do this,

they give you black washcloths.

Mm-hmm.

So they have their white towel,

but then they have black washcloths,

like wash your makeup off

because who wants to get a white towel all dirty?

Yeah.

So I bought a pack of black washcloths

as my makeup removing,

as like my face washing,

taking off my makeup cloths.

That's a good one.

And it just, first of all,

they're so easy to launder

because it's like,

oh, those are mommy's like black washcloths,

like take them there.

And they don't show my makeup.

And, you know,

I'm just like,

I'm not like getting like foundation

all over my gray towels, you know?

Mm-hmm.

I mean, I've ruined so many white towels

and it's not even just the taking the makeup off,

it's that you apply your makeup

and then you have to go wash your hands.

And like, I mean, I guess you could like,

you know, get into like bleaching

or like a, I guess a lot of makeup

like comes off in the wash,

but like, what if it doesn't?

They don't always.

Doesn't always.

I mean, some of these tubing mascaras,

like I don't know what the repercussions

of a tubing mascara is.

Yeah.

So that's a good one.

That's mine.

I'm just like, I'm loving like a black washcloth.

It's just, I actually feel like I'm at a hotel.

Yeah.

Okay.

I signed me up on that one.

Okay.

Here's my base model luxury.

So it's been kind of cold in the mornings.

So it's feeling like fall.

It's making me want some pumpkin spice in my coffee.

But I am like a very serious.

I like pot coffee,

drip coffee, whatever you want to call it.

And heavy whipping cream.

So I'm not really interested in playing with new creamers.

That's not my jam.

Yeah.

But I want that little taste.

So what I do is I get flavored whipped cream.

Flavored whipped cream.

So you can get a pumpkin.

You can get a maple.

You can just get plain.

Even just plain whipped cream on top of your coffee.

Just kind of elevates it a little bit.

And so you can do that with the pumpkin.

You can do that with the peppermint when we get into Christmas season.

It's just elevating your coffee with whipped cream instead of creamer

if you're not into the creamers.

Well, it's interesting because you're giving yourself a different flavor profile

without committing to the whole cup.

Exactly.

Those first couple of sips are really, really good.

And then it's like, okay, I had my little taste of that.

Now I'm ready to get back to what I love, which is my coffee.

Which is your coffee.

But again, the first couple of sips of coffee, like those are,

no exaggeration, the best parts of my day.

Yeah, for sure.

And I've really been committing to like,

because I so, I so go, I'm like,

sometimes I'm hot coffee, cold coffee, hot coffee, cold coffee.

Like I don't know what season in my life I'm going to be in.

I'm sure I could study it and kind of figure out what the pattern is.

But at this point, I don't know what it is,

but I'm on my hot coffee grind right now.

Another study to fund perhaps.

Another study to fund.

No, because there is something one day I'll just wake up and be like,

I want iced coffee.

And one day I'll wake up and be like, I want hot coffee.

But it's not, it's not day by day.

I do it for a couple of weeks and then I move on.

So it is interesting.

For sure.

And the first couple of sips of a hot coffee,

like it's a vibe that must be like,

like I seek out the perfection of that vibe.

It's bringing me joy just thinking about it.

And like, do you ever get sad when you finish your coffee

because like then you know,

you can't like have that same vibe until tomorrow.

Yeah, because even if you make yourself another cup,

it's not the same.

No.

And you know what else?

What?

I started drinking some coffee in the evening.

Yeah.

And it doesn't keep me up, which is good,

which I don't know how it doesn't keep me up

because the way like I can't wake up until I have it.

So again, another thing to study.

Yeah, for sure.

But it's just like, that's what I want these days.

Like I'm just not really drinking that much,

which is like so crazy.

Because I feel like, like I used to like,

love to have like a glass of wine or like a seltzer.

And then I'm just like always like seeking out,

just like I want like something for me to sip on

and like that something is a coffee.

Okay.

Yeah, I really haven't been drinking either.

I need to get on,

the thing is I need to get on tea.

Yeah.

Well, because tea can have a lot of benefits too.

Like coffee,

coffee I don't, isn't like bad for you,

but I don't think it has like a ton of added benefits.

Totally.

Whereas tea definitely does.

And now you have your beautiful teapot.

Totally.

So yeah.

Well, those were our base model luxuries.

And now are you ready to finish your news?

I am.

Okay.

First story is by Edmonds.

And it said Mercedes bit,

and this is the headline.

Mercedes Benz will bless the world

with a new G-Class convertible.

And yes, this one will be coming to the US.

So the G-Class,

think G-Class,

think G-Wagon.

And they're saying,

basically they're saying SUV convertible.

And anything that even is slightly needs

on Toronto convertible coded is story enough for me.

There's no picture.

There's no picture yet.

It's just,

you can see what they have looked like in the past.

Yeah.

Which is darling.

No, here's the thing.

It's a good idea

because it's not really a convertible.

It's just giving Jeep Wrangler.

Yeah.

Ford Bronco.

Soft top.

You can remove the top,

remove the roof.

So I think that is exciting.

And I don't know,

I'm just like,

I like when G-Wagons,

I love G-Wagons.

I think they're so fun.

Like I don't think I'd ever own one

unless I was a Powerball winner.

But there's like,

you can't tell me that's like

not one of the best looking cars out there.

This is Mercedes G-Wagon.

Like it's so iconic.

It's a very good looking car.

And we haven't toured one

since literally you started the car,

mom, five years ago.

But don't they have net,

netted cup holders?

The one we toured had netted cup holders.

That's unforgivable to me.

Yeah.

You know,

it's just like one of those cars

that like you just like do it.

It's like high fashion.

Like you just like do it in irony.

Like the car is like a runway.

It's not real life ready.

Yeah.

You know.

Totally.

You look great in allergy.

Thank you.

Like there's high fashion

that's like runway ready.

And like, yeah.

That's the G-Wagon.

So anyway, we'll see what happens.

I'm excited for that.

Okay.

Speaking of $800 million,

Elon Musk could become a trillionaire

under Tesla's new pay package proposal.

Just interesting.

This says that Tesla has proposed

an unprecedented,

which is like such a buzzword these days.

Ever since the pandemic,

everything's unprecedented.

Everything's been unprecedented.

Oh, anyway,

Tesla has proposed an unprecedented

one trillion compensation packets

for CEO Elon Musk

that would spend 10 years

and require him to grow the company's

market value to at least 8.5 trillion

while expanding the robo taxi business.

So first things first,

this is interesting

because Tesla right now is worth a trillion.

It says Tesla's current market value

is around one trillion,

meaning that Musk would need to grow

it more than 8-fold to earn the payout.

But like,

I feel like there's so much opportunity

in this robo-taxi business.

Like, what's the world going to look like

in 8 years?

Yeah.

If they are projecting that kind of payout.

So...

Also like,

what even would Elon Musk

do with a trillion dollars?

I'm sure there's a study.

There's a study that needs to be funded.

Let us...

We've got studies over here.

Elon, if you're listening.

We've got...

We've got studies that need funding.

So that's that story.

I don't really keep it like the works of Tesla.

I mean, because the thing is,

it's like one thing about Tesla

is they're not just the cars anymore

for a lot of reasons,

but like, you know, there's...

They've got their hands in a lot.

Yeah.

As do all the billionaires

have their hands in a lot.

They seem to be busy.

You could be joining them.

I really wish my husband would text me that.

I know.

How is it running to look it up?

Because he's probably...

I'm assuming he did and we didn't win.

Like, that's where I'm going to put my flag.

But I promise,

I will tell you guys if we win.

Actually, I probably won't.

I'm right.

Like, you don't tell people.

I have no idea.

No, no.

Okay.

Three reasons why General Motors

is number two in U.S. electric vehicle sales.

Now, this is interesting to me.

Mm-hmm.

Because it's always been.

Like, in the last couple of years,

just like the EV trajectory

has been very fascinating

because it was so...

Like, Tesla was so ahead

of every other manufacturer

in terms of EVs.

And like, Tesla had such a market share

on the EVs.

And it was kind of the question of like,

who's going to be giving...

Who's going to be number two?

Because like, number two is still...

Like, they all kind of started

around the same time, right?

Mm-hmm.

And Ford was doing really well

with their EVs.

Like, the Lightning was very popular.

The Mach-E was very popular.

But General Motors has now kicked Ford's butt.

And it says that GE...

GM is gaining on Tesla in the U.S. EV market.

And here are the three reasons why.

This is a story from Autoblog.

It was a good article.

So, first of all,

the thing I remember about GM is technically...

I'm not saying it's cheating,

but I am saying they have Chevy Cadillac GMC.

So, like, Ambuac.

So, like, they have...

It's like a four-in-one kind of vibe.

Mm-hmm.

You know what I mean?

Mm-hmm.

But one of the big reasons is that

GM kind of prioritized cheaper EVs.

Okay.

So like, for example,

the Equinox EV starts at 33

without incentives.

Yeah.

So, that's like much lower

than any of Tesla's cars,

which is interesting.

Right.

So, affordability, which is like...

Yeah, like, that was what we were saying.

So, thanks, GM, for listening.

Mm-hmm.

GM also is doing a lot of work

on, like, this scalable EV platform.

So, like, we've...

Like, instead...

The way that they are building the EVs is different

because they have a different battery system.

I feel like that's enough.

I don't know the minutiae,

but that's enough for the reason.

And now their EVs are profitable,

probably because of reason two and three,

which is, like, one,

their platform is a little different,

and they've really...

I think that the big thing is

they are doing a lot of

the foundational elements of the EVs.

Like, they're sourcing

and they're building a lot of them

because they're building them themselves.

And now that they're profitable.

So, I actually think that GM also,

just like, from my perspective,

there's a lot of diversification

in their EVs.

Like, and because there's a lot

of diversification in their model,

but, like, you know, we've got

the Cadillac Vistic,

the Cadillac Lyric,

the Escalade IQ,

the Chevy Silverado,

the Equinox.

Like, there's so many of these...

Something for everyone.

There's something for everyone in the EVs.

And that's kind of always been

except for a full size.

It's like, why have a truck

and not a full size?

Yeah, I don't know.

It does feel like...

I always stand by the fact

I think, like, the manufacturers

all going after, like,

the trucks before the full size

of SUVs, like, was so interesting.

Or, like, the minivans.

Like, I feel like minivans

are begging to be EVs.

Begging.

I agree.

I mean, because you don't have to put...

I mean, I guess EVs are pretty,

are pretty zippy,

but, like,

you can have not the most

traditional performance

as you would have in an ICE vehicle

because no one's expecting

performance out of a minivan.

Well, right.

Right.

Also, I just have to say

I love my minivan.

I love it.

Yeah, you're like,

once I'm talking about it.

Yeah, I know.

What do you love about it?

I love the Carnival.

I, first of all,

I feel like I'm a part of something.

And maybe that's it.

Like, when I see another Carnival,

when I see another minivan,

I'm like, oh, hey, mom.

Like, we're just moms.

Be bopping around.

Like, you know,

I also just don't think

the people expect as much

out of me on the road,

which I appreciate.

Okay.

And also,

the sliding doors are amazing.

I didn't realize how much stress

I was carrying in my day-to-day life

of parking

and having to worry about

opening a door.

Like, I can park

at the best parking spot.

Like, I can take the best parking spot.

Like, I don't have to look at

who has enough door space.

Like, that's really, really nice.

And I also just like how big

the cabin feels

and how wide the windshield feels.

But it still feels like

I'm driving a mid-size SUV.

Like, I don't feel like

I made that jump to the full-size SUV

drive physically wise,

but I do feel like I have the visibility.

Yeah.

I think that's a good summary of it.

I do think, I mean,

that benefit of the sliding doors

is so important because,

you know, not only get to worry about, like,

you have people to open up the car,

the doors widen up to get kids in and out

or a car seat in and out sometimes.

So it's definitely freeing too.

And I just bought,

you know, I'm on my consignment shop grind

as I'm trying to furnish my home.

I bought bar stools from a consignment shop

and I took Maddie's truck to pick him up.

But then when I got home

or back to my parents' house,

I was like, I have to take these to our house.

I'll take your truck tomorrow.

But then I'm looking at them.

I'm like, actually,

let's just put them in the back of the minivan

with the third row down.

And I have, I have stuff already back there,

like big stuff.

Like I have a pack and play back there

because I'm about to go on a road trip.

And I fit my pack and play and four bar stools.

Yeah.

No, it's, um,

if you don't need the third row

and you have the bench of a minivan,

you have a truck.

You have a truck.

You have a truck bed.

You have a covered truck bed.

It's amazing.

And the bench is awesome.

It's so nice for these road trips

we've been going on that I can sit in the third row

with the, or in the middle seat with the kids

be so comfortable.

I mean, I just, I love it.

I'm a huge, huge fan of the carnival.

That's so good, Liz.

I'm so happy for you.

And a lot of people like,

don't like minivans because of the drive.

And, um, like, yes,

it does not have the same pickup.

But if you put it into sport mode,

it has just as fine a pickup as like

a mid-sized SUV on their comfort mode,

I will say.

Sure.

It's fine.

Sure.

And it's also just like, you know,

I think everyone has like different thresholds

and expectations for like the performance of a car.

And yeah, it's fine.

It's fine.

I did do like such an interesting story

set on like super niche reasons

why people said no to a car.

You know?

Yeah.

And it was very eye-opening

because, and I've always felt this way.

And like, when I do my consultations,

if someone's like,

I drove the Pathfinder didn't like it,

that's enough for me.

Like, I don't even need you to explain.

Like, I don't,

I don't even need you to like try to figure out how to explain it.

I really feel like when you get in a car and you drive it,

you know if it's going to be a deal breaker for you.

Yeah.

Like, and if you don't like how it drives on the test drive,

I really don't believe you're ever going to like how it drives.

So.

I think you'll get used to it.

I think, I think in some instances,

you will get in a car and you will say,

I don't like this.

And it's not that you don't like it.

It's that it's different than from what you're used to.

And that's especially if you're going from

an older vehicle to a newer vehicle,

that maybe has a little more zip and more crash prevention

technology and sensors and beepers,

you're like, well, this is too much for me.

But that's just a new car.

Yeah.

No, I think there's a level of do you not like this car

or do you not like new cars?

And you know, it's also like the realization of

at some point you're like,

I don't want any of the bells and whistles.

It's like, well,

I don't know how to tell you they all come with that now.

So you do have to have those,

like you have to kind of have that realization.

But it was very interesting just the reasons that people

said no to cars.

And I don't know.

I'm just going to live in the camp where it's like,

I'm just going to respect it.

I'm just going to say, okay, that's fine.

That's that's reason enough for me.

The reason enough for you.

Yeah.

But the most ridiculous one I got was they didn't like

the color of the miles on the odometer

because they were red and they don't like red.

That's crazy.

Well, I think there's not like,

you know, I think there's deal breakers.

And I do think sometimes you need to,

but they said that was a deal breaker.

And I felt like that was a very interesting deal breaker.

But then it's just like, that's their deal breaker.

So like maybe other things, you know,

wouldn't be their deal breaker.

Right.

I would, if you ever don't like the display or something often,

I don't think you can maybe change that,

but oftentimes you can change the displays.

So just might be worth exploring.

Totally.

You know.

Okay.

So are you ready for a ditch the drive-through

where we give you an easy dinner recipe to mix it up

to get you out of your dinner rut?

Yup.

Do you have one or am I bringing it?

Oh, you're bringing it.

Okay.

Well, I just wanted to, okay,

this is kind of like a girl dinner.

This is a mom dinner.

Okay.

It's not like kids are having chicken nuggets tonight,

but something for mom, for you.

Mom made this the other night.

Last night, she made a St. Louis salad,

which is like a grinder salad kind of.

It's got the salami,

it's got the artichoke hearts.

Like it's got the Italian, like it's so good.

She's never made this before,

but she went out and she like looked up a St. Louis salad,

got every ingredient.

She got the artichoke, the canned artichoke hearts.

She got the nice cheese.

She got the salami.

She cut it upright.

Like she did it right.

It was better than I've had at any other restaurant.

So I just say that to say that if there's like a salad

that you love from a restaurant.

So it's a Greek salad from Panera.

Cause I do love that.

Do it right.

Go out and buy all the ingredients.

You can probably make it better at home

and you can have way more of it too.

Well, and the thing is,

it's like when you're making a salad,

you can, cause I've done this before too.

It's like you can prep all the ingredients

and then you just have to assemble at lunch.

Yeah.

My mouth is like watering.

I really want a salad today.

I have no plans for lunch,

but you know what the town,

the farms that did just get?

Wendy's.

And I believe Wendy's has salads.

It's really hard to find salads at fast food places.

I think Wendy's has a good salad.

Chick-fil-A, you know.

We're dreaming.

It would never happen out here.

No.

That sounds really good.

No, I don't have a dish to drive through.

I asked my kids what they wanted for dinner tonight

and Hattie told me spaghetti,

which I haven't made in a really long time.

I'm really worried.

You know, I'm so sentimental.

And you know, I always like what my kids to like.

Someone's posted on the Carpool Facebook.

I saw your new micro hobby.

Kelly's micro hobby is finding things

that her kids are going to fight over after she's dead.

Like what?

That is a study we need to look in.

We need to fund your brain.

Well, I think the problem is

our mother was not very sentimental.

No.

And like I can't think of it.

I mean, I have like a few things

that I want that are moms,

but like when I tell mom, like, oh, I want that.

She's like, Kelly, you want that?

That's what you want.

That old thing?

And I'm like, I'm trying to compliment you

and you're yucking my yum

and it's your dang thing.

So anyway, so mom's not like that.

My mother-in-law is like so sentimental,

like almost overly, not overly,

but like pretty sentimental.

And I'm trying to find a balance in between, you know?

Yeah.

But anyway, I'm also just like,

I'm really having fun like design.

What's the word?

Like I'm, I'm like,

this is my children's childhood, you know?

Yeah.

And every child, and I think this is interesting,

every child likes their mom's spaghetti.

Okay.

Yeah.

I mean, don't like, you know,

and like, I don't know if this is like so niche behavior,

but like sometimes like I'd go over to a friend's house

and like their mom made spaghetti

and it's like, you don't like it.

Uh-huh.

Yeah.

Like spaghetti is so like personal.

Like you only like your mom's spaghetti.

I don't have that for my kids.

Like they're missing out on, like I need to get my-

You don't have a spaghetti recipe for your kids?

Straight to jail.

Not even like, yeah,

but like it's not even a recipe.

It's just like, I need to just like commit to my noodle sauce.

Do I add meat seasoning combo?

And like I just need to do it the same time.

So I'm like, howdy,

we can absolutely have spaghetti tonight.

And I need to start adding,

I need to start making it monthly.

I just, spaghetti just isn't always something

that comes across my desk.

And I don't know why.

I think I do know why.

I think because I've always had babies

and like who wants to give spaghetti to a baby?

So messy.

Although we have spaghetti a lot

because it's one of the few things that James will eat.

And I do think that meat sauce is the move.

It's easier than meatballs.

And you know, I love a meatball.

But also a more guaranteed way that they're going

to get the protein in,

especially James like doesn't eat protein.

Yeah.

So what sauce are you using?

Or are you just like a...

Rouse.

Yeah.

So basic.

Rouse.

Isn't that the, that's the one.

Yeah.

Rouse.

Yeah.

It's basic, but it's good.

I like the taste of it.

But you know which one I love from St. Louis?

You can get it at St. Louis grocery stores.

It's on the Hill.

Oh yeah.

That's a good one.

So sometimes I like to mix Rouse and on the Hill

because on the Hill is such a specific taste profile

that like it's kind of too much.

So I will, I will do a mixture.

It's the most basic Parmesan cheese like craft.

Oh, if, if it's not shelf stable, I don't want it.

Yeah.

And something that mom used to give us that stuff with me

and I started eating once I was pregnant again.

It was weird.

And I got pregnant with James.

I would crave all the things I had as a kid.

And that is spaghetti.

And then just one toasted white bread with butter.

White bread with butter.

See, and my kids have never experienced.

So I'm going to get on it.

So we're going to get butter bread.

Okay.

So we're having a spaghetti night.

I mean, I'm going to commit to meat sauce.

I'm just, you just ground beef.

Ground beef.

Yeah.

I'm saying this with my whole heart.

I can't, I want to do a blind taste test of these spaghetti sauces

because I buy Rios and it's like, it's giving prego.

Like I don't taste a difference at all.

Well, I think a taste test would be interesting

and I also think the ingredient list is probably

interesting too.

Yeah.

You know, you're into like ingredients.

It depends on the day.

To be honest with you.

And it totally depends on the day.

But I do think a spaghetti sauce taste test is such a good idea.

Yeah.

Totally.

I feel like we could probably pull that off.

So anyway, that's what's on my dish of the drive through tonight.

Okay.

Well, I love it.

Yeah.

Well, that's going to be our episode.

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