November 2, 2024 • 37 mins
Happy Weekend! Amy and Morgan share how they spent their Halloween and their plans for early Christmas decorating. Then Amy opens up about adult dating and Morgan simultaneously had one of the best and most interesting massage experiences ever. And using common household items… and odd, but amazing feelings.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Best Bits of the Week with Morgan.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Part one behind a scene with a member of the show.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
What's up, everybody? Welcome to the Best Bits this weekend.
I am joined by Amy Amy.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
How are you hi? Happy to be back? Except for
this is our first time in our new studio doing this,
I know, and we're.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
In like a little pod studio.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
So hopefull feels weird, it goes okay, Yeah, it looks
like it's working.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
At least we're recording. That's a good sign.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Everything else TVD Yeah, hopefully this sounds okay.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
So we did have a bunch happened on the show
this week. Amy had a personal bonehead story. You came
in at number one and you are on this weekend,
so naturally that fits right, Okay. Lunchbox always gets mad
when he's not number one when he's on that ohe
I don't know that.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I've ever thought about that, but yeah, well that's because
it's Lunchbox.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
And Bobby addressed some Internet rumors about himself. Traffic talk
came back. We talked about some alcoholic beverages and very
dangerous ones. We had some Halloween stuff happen for myself
for lunch Box and there was some parking garage drama.
So all of that is over on part two. But
we are, you know, well inside information here. We're recording
(01:11):
this on Halloween currently. So do you have any Halloween
plans or things that you've done for Halloween up until now?
Or has it been like zero Halloween in the Brown household.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
No, We've been getting my son's costume ready. He's some
men in black or a man in black for trigger
treating or for something else for trick or treating. Okay,
so no, he's wearing you know, black suit, black tie,
black sunglasses.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Do they wear halloween as to school anymore?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Ear piece? He could have worn it to school, he
chose not to, so he'll be debuting it tonight. He's
got a little men in Black badge where we printed
out like I just ordered like a little insert with
a lanyard thing on Amazon and then printed out his
own little custom like his photos on it, so it
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looks like he actually works for m IB.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Does he have like a little alien friend, a little
blow up alien dollar or anything.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
No, just and he doesn't even have him been in
black partner. He just says he's just him. He's just
so low he's just.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
So low before Will Smith figured out his partner.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah yeah, yeah, okay, so that's fun. Yeah, he's excited.
My daughter's not dressing up. They had a little thing
at church last night and she was like a scarecrow,
but she just like drew on her face and.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Did you wear like some overalls?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
No, it was just her. She just didn't know. She
was like, I wanted to be a square scarecrow, but
then she really she couldn't really complete the look, so
she just dressed kind of normal but then had a
scarecrow face.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Okay, a fun funhousehold activities any pumpkin carvings or.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Fall now, sure they didn't want to do any of that.
I don't know if they're just aging out. But she's
not doing anything tonight. Now she is going to dress
up as a pirate on Saturday with her friends, and
I it's like everything in me to make sure that
it's not, you know, like sexy pirate.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
She is getting to that age and where it's possible.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Is it a party. Somebody's having a party. Yeah, okay,
so fun. See it's the after party. What about you?
Have you done anything for Halloween?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
No, it's not I've never really gotten into it. I
don't really get excited about dressing up. I guess I've
always been a little envious of people that take it
a little more seriously and like have a lot of
fun with it. But it's just never been my personality ever,
even when I was a kid or not my thing.
I don't know why. So No, I'm going to walk
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around tonight, I guess, but just dressed as me.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
No, you're not even gonna put on like a onesie
or anything. You could do a onesie easily.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I have a bone onesie. I gotta find it though,
like a skeleton. Yeah, but I don't know what I
did with it when I moved.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
I feel like you wore that when y'all went to
visit Saint Jude, Right, I feel like I remember that
picture of all of you guys. Okay, that's the only one.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (03:50):
No Halloween stuff? Well I've done. This will now be
my third weekend of dressing up for Halloween. I'm not
normally super into Halloween, but this year, for some reason,
I've just been.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Wait, I thought you were gonna stay home this weekend.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
I am one night. One night, I'm going out for
a Halloween party at a bar.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Okay, you literally said the other day, I'm not doing
anything this weekend.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
I got I got convinced. I'm not very hard to convince.
If I'm just sitting at home, then I'm like, Okay,
well I don't really have a reason not to. So
I am going to go to a Halloween party. But
and I have a new costume. So far, I was
Sabrina Carpenter Dolly Parton and now tomorrow, me and one
of my good friends who's a brunette. We were trying
to come up with like iconic blonde and brunette duos,
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and we landed on Regina George and Gretchen Wieners from
Mean Girls.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Oh that's gonna be cute.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Yes, So I have like a little costume where like
you know the part in the movie where her tank
top gets cut, m h, and she's had a cart
and she just kind of walks around like whatever that
I'm wearing that outfit, and then she has like a
Gretchen Wiener's and I've encouraged her to bring around toaster shirtles.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
That's gonna be so cute. I love that movie. Do
you know I saw when I was looking for a
fun factor the other day for the show. It was
only a few years older than uh whoever was was it?
Whose mom?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Was she?
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Rachel my cath.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Yeah, well Regina George Yeah, Rachel mc cat.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Yes, so she was only a few years older than
her playing her mom.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
That's so funny. And they made her I feel like
they made her look like with her clothes and stuff,
made her look like she was older because she was
the one that was always wearing the tracksuit.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Mm hmm. It's like I'm a cool mom. Yeah, not
a regular mom, but.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Like in the face. She never did. It was just
like more of the outfits and stuff and the way
they style their hair. But that's funny. So yeah, that's
our It'll be my third time dressing up. And then
after that party, I will be decorating for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
This medions yeah same, like I'm ready, Yeah, we're I'm decorating.
I decided the first week of November because I want
to enjoy it for as long as possible.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
See that's how I am. Because you go through so
much effort of putting it up and then you can
only have it for a month. That's stupid. Enjoy it
for the whole month and then Thanksgiving. I never really
have decorations for Thanksgiving. I'm not gonna put up a
bunch of stuffed turkeys, you know. And Pumpkin's already over.
A pumpkin is associated with Halloween.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
No there. You can still have them out through Thanksgiving, you.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Can, but like nobody's ever selling pumpkins anymore, you know
what I mean, Like the pumpkin stands and stuff stop
selling them at the beginning of November.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Yeah, Christmas has already taken over.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Oh yeah, so it'll be Halloween one night next week
or next night on Christmas when I'm staying home, I'll
be doing Christmas stuff. So that's just going on over there.
How are the kids doing besides Halloween?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
They're doing great. We just got grades for like where
they are currently, and I was very proud of them,
so or I am very proud of them.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
So that's exciting. Is that the first quarterly review?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I guess I don't I don't know how it works anymore.
It's like mid yeah, we halfway.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Because then you get another one after December.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Right, yeah, at the end of the semester. But I
was just very proud of them and you know, English
being their second language, there's some stuff that, you know,
just some of the fundamentals that they didn't have. It's
not even just the English as their second language, but
not having some of the basics to build upon because
they didn't come here until later and they didn't have
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those fundamentals at their school in Haiti. So it's just
very cool to see them grow and learn and evolve.
I think Stevens is going to be into music, though
I need to get him into some music classes because
I don't know. I'm like, is there like a high
school he could go to that would just tap into
more of his creativity and we don't have to worry
about chemistry and math and you could always happen because.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Like choir and drama classes and stuff.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I feel like most no, but he still has to
do all the other things. I'm like, is there a
school where we can just be like, hey, look, we're
not going to focus on this, this, and this because
you don't need it. There's more a way he's going
to need it, or just like I don't know, or
basic life skills. I just as a parent, sometimes it's
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so frustrating because I know he's never going to need that.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
You just don't see him going down that pathway now.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
And I mean, I know what I didn't need. And
these are things that were a struggle for me in
school too, and I think I would have benefited like
having other options. And there are like art schools, I know,
I guess.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
I just don't know that we have them here, but
I know there's art schools.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, I just starts. He's in seventh grade now, So
I was just thinking if I start looking into now,
or if any listeners happen to know or you have
any recommendations for me, like if you've noticed something similar
in your kids where there's a spark there but you
need to nurture it. But I just don't know how
to do that while we're like all of our time
is dedicated to homework. Yeah, and that's so tough in
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all of the other subjects that are a little more challenging.
So I don't know that's where we are, So I'll
take I'm open to feedback tips any parents have been
down this road before me, But I think I'm going
to spend the next Ben and I were talking about it,
like the rest of seventh and eighth grade trying to
figure out his high school plan. Maybe it won't be
(09:00):
the traditional route. Well there's nothing wrong with that, No,
not at all. So she was even talking about not
going to the traditional route for college and she's just
getting into cosmatology and maybe just going and doing that
like a trade type school versus college. She has all
a's right now except for chemistry and that one. She's like,
(09:24):
I'm trying to figure out how to bring it up,
but she just the way she grades is so tough.
But for her to have all a's and then, I mean,
what I never had all a's.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
No, that's awesome. She sounds like she's working really hard
to do that, but she.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Is, though she actually I know she could do more,
and so it makes me curious, like, oh wow, if
she were to really go all in, like she could
have hundreds across the board. But I like that she
has a good balance. She's bright. Stevenson is bright. It
just they shine in different ways.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Yeah, and they should. And he's very into music, like
very and maybe if you're able to at least implement
some more creative music stuff, maybe the other school stuff
doesn't feel so heavy for him, you know what I mean,
Like he can have things to look forward to, and
then the classes at least start so daunting throughout the
day for him. Yeah, and maybe that's a balance until
(10:21):
you're able to he gets older and you're able to
maybe send him somewhere that is more of an arts
driven school, because I know those exist.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Yeah, I have to been, and I just had this conversation.
So that's why. Also, I'm not really sure because it's
not like I've started the research yet. We're just like, Okay,
we've got a year and a half to try to
figure out what high school maybe could look like.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
And what about the new house. How are things going?
Speaker 2 (10:41):
I love it. It's perfect.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Less uh do y style projects happening or still happening.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
I mean, I think we're pretty much done. Like I
feel settled. Like I've got to work on the podcast room.
That's really all that's left, okay, and I have to
figure that out. But it's quaint. It's perfect. All of
our rooms are really close together, Like I love that
the kids we hang out way more.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Yeah, just being in close proximity and not so spread out. Yep,
that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
So I love it.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Okay, Well, a little life update from Amy. We're gonna
take a quick break and we're gonna be right back.
I have two kind of random things that have happened
to me really recently, and maybe it'll make you think
of some things that are happening in your life. So
one I went to eat at Le Petite Chef, which
is like a little teeny tiny chef that cooks for
(11:34):
you on a projection I saw you post about that.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Yeah, okay, that looked really cool.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
It was so much fun. Even there was kids in there.
There was a whole variety of types of people that
came into there, which I thought was also really cool.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Is that a forever like a thing? Or is that
a pop up?
Speaker 1 (11:47):
It's a pop up for the next several months. Okay,
then I think they're trying to make it up for
everything depending on how it goes. But it was like
a dinner and a show, but you had like a
private show at your table because the projection screen had
the little chef cooking meal the meals you were going
to eat in front of you on the table and
then the meal would come out. And it was just
a cool experience and that I expected the food to be, like, oh, okay,
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it's more about the show. But the food was so
good and.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Now I like want to order the food to take
out and I can't.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
The only way to get is to like go and
have the petite chef.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Yeah, it's not gonna be possible, no, but it was
so good.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
So that was a fun experience that I didn't anticipate
to be as fun as that it was.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
I maybe need to take the kids to that. Oh,
they would love it. And that's really cool. Okay, so
bad you reminded me about that.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Yeah, Like so that was a fun, cool new experience.
And then I also, I need your thoughts on this
because I went and got a massage. You know when
you get like a little thing in the mail and
you see you can get something off, You're like, ooh,
I'm gonna try that. Because I got a little keup
on for it. Well, there was a new massage place
by my house. I was like, let's definitely go try.
I got a little keep on for my birthday. I
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go in and honestly, Amy, it's one of the best
massages I've ever had. But it was a guy because
I didn't specify on there, like what I preferred, because
I didn't know anybody there. I was just like, you know,
you guys teach it, you guys do whatever you want
to do. And when I walked in, I was like, okay,
well it'll be fine. But Amy he was kind of
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doing like Pete stretches a little bit on me, and
I feel like I was exposed in a few moments
during that massage.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Oh that's uncomfortable. It was like a tree to be
like like, I don't need you to stretch my legs open.
What was he doing? It was like, well, I.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Know it sounds weird. Well, first of all, it was
a traditional Swedish massage, which I'm not super familiar with. Okay,
but I imagine that's just like.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Fel like there's just like a normal massage, okay.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
But he was doing like like my my leg would
come up and then it would be like moved over
in one way or then another, and then he had
like deep tissue massage, but it wasn't deep. I was confused.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
It was deep, but it wasn't deep, so what was it?
It was deep, but it was like but he wasn't
supposed to be.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Yeah, I didn't like it was just supposed to be
a Traditionalish massage. It wasn't a deep tissue massage.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Uh huh, So did you say anything? No, I just
kind of like, what am I gonna I'm literally naked
under this blanket.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
I'm like, what am I gonna say?
Speaker 2 (14:08):
This your underwear?
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (14:09):
I have my iron, but like I think my underse
people don't.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
He would like tuck the blanket under me as to
like intentionally try to make sure I wasn't exposed. But
there were still some moments where I was like, I
feel a little this feels a little.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Weird, but it was the best massage you've ever had.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
I felt so good after.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Okay, well, I don't know. Now you gotta decide are
you going to go back? Right?
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Like?
Speaker 2 (14:31):
But I mean I would just ask. I'd be like, oh,
is this a thing like that you do to everybody?
Or you just maybe feel like what the body needs? Yeah,
maybe he can tell like, oh, this would probably feel
really good for her because of what I'm picking up.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Probably wasn't more of that because obviously nothing happened after.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
It was just in that moment that would make me uncomfortable.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Yeah, and I just felt like a little vulnerable.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Yeah, I don't like going to men at massages.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Well, and I wasn't gonna like say anything because I
didn't specify. But again, and they just only ask like
who do you want In particular, it was like I
don't know anybody here, so I guess just give me one,
and that's what they gave me. And I wasn't gonna
walk in and be.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Like, oh, never mind. Yeah, I just kind of allowed it. Well,
did you like google it if that was normal? I
don't know. I'm trying to look up, like look at
their menu like sweeted. Maybe it says like, FYI, no,
we also stretched. It definitely doesn't say that that I
looked at. Okay, well, maybe he was just list he
was like feeling out what your body was gonna need.
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And I guess I'll clarify. I mean, I've gone to
male massus sis, but I just prefer going to a
female like I don't. I don't. I just can't really
fully relax. And that's not any male messus's fault. It's
just I personally feel more relaxed and comfortable, which is
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the point of the massage if I'm with a fellow female.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Yeah, well, it's true because you're exposed, right, like you're
majority naked underneath a blanket, so that would make sense too.
There was even one point which I have had other
female massage therapists to do this where they go like
all the way underneath your back and like pull it
kind of up.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
But even when he was doing that.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
I was like, I feel a little close proximity in
this moment.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
Oh, but that's gonna feel good?
Speaker 1 (16:20):
It did?
Speaker 2 (16:21):
I want that telling you?
Speaker 1 (16:22):
It was like genuinely one of the best massages I've had,
And that's why I'm like, do I even just because
I just like kind of let it go? Does that
to me?
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Like you could go back? I just want to. You
just need to understand, is that.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Let's maybe not do some leg stretches on me because
that felt a little weird. Yeah, but those were my
experiences lately been too little like fun.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Yeah I'm doing so is it? Do I have any
weird experiences that have happened to me?
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Weird or new or just fun things that have happened
in your life recently? It can be all across the board.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Let me think here, well.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Because those are just things that have happened, I'm like, oh,
these are necessarily normal, but they're new and they're different
from me. So I'm learn mean to explore new things.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Yeah, I am still continuing my journey of adult dating,
which is new, very new. I think that I have
determined that I don't like going on dates like multiple dates.
I think with adult dating, like I could date multiple
people if it's like a one date thing, like I'm
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getting to know someone on that one date and then
maybe the next night I have one date with somebody else.
But the minute it's like two dates, then I feel
weird because I feel like, so if you tell the
other person even though there's no expectations from that person,
or that person might be dating multiple people. Yeah, I
feel like that's what my therapist keeps trying to tell
(17:44):
me Amy, this is adult dating, and I'm like, well,
I don't like it.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
You're the one date threshold, Like if we make it
past the first date, then I'm just going to see.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
You, like if we're going to go out again, I'd
rather just focus on that person and then like yeah,
texting and calling, like I don't know, it just feels here.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Here's the thing. Yes, it's adult dating that when you're
just casually meeting each other and understanding getting to know
each other, that you can date multiple people.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
What I can.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
That's not for everybody, it's not for me like it
just because that's more of the norm doesn't mean it's
wrong that you don't want.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
To do no, not at all. And I have friends
that there it's like, it's great. It's a great way
to get to know yourself. We get to know what
you want, what you don't want. And I mean I've
been I don't know, I think I lasted four days
well in adult dating.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
And maybe this, like do you do you feel like
you classify yourself as a deep feeler, like you feel
things really quickly, or you just under like the feelings
come fast or anything on that level.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Oh, like for the person I'm going out with, like
I would like fall hard fast.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Not necessarily fall, but you just feel connected pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Are you? Yeah, I can, And yeah no that doesn't
always happen.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Okay, no, So that's why I am more guarded. I
think this is why this might be more of your speed,
because it takes you a little bit longer to like
start to feel things for somebody, so you want to
get to know them on a deeper so you can
really make that decision. Whereas you have someone like me
who's a deep feeler, and I can feel things relatively
a connection or not a connection relatively quickly, and so
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casual dating works for me because I can pinpoint that
pretty fast. But for you, it's more of a connection
that you have to take some time with it to develop, right.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
And then I feel like if I'm taking time with
multiple people, it just feels.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
And you wouldn't because once you hit a threshold even
I mean I really say, like around that five date
mark of with someone, you're kind of making a decision
of Okay, I'm just going to start to pursue you,
even if you're not like boyfriend girlfriend, you're like, Okay,
I'm going to focus my attention on seeing where this goes.
Is really around that fight five date level, and that
might be for you where you're starting to be like, okay,
(19:52):
maybe something's here. But you know what I mean, I
don't know if any of this is making the right sense,
but that could be why this is something.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
I mean, it's the theory. Yeah, yeah, it's just I've
been going with the flow. But yeah, I've hit a
five date, seven date, like I've Yeah, I don't know.
Maybe there'll be more of an update later.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Okay, yeah, well that's fun though it's new, it's exciting,
it is I'm very happy. Well then that's all that matters, right,
Glad that I've figured it out, because like I was
not that.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
I was like, this is sort of exhausting, and not
that that not because there was lots of people everywhere. No,
it was just two. I was like, I don't like this.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
You know, it is it's hard to balance it, especially
when it's something that's unknown and you're not sure what's
going on in understanding other people's emotions and how they're
going to handle that type of situation too, because it's
not just you involved anymore, there's other people involved.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
I will say that I was getting ready one day
to go out on a date and I got a
call from a friend that was like, hey, are you
still dating so and so? And I was like, yeah,
I'm getting ready right now. We're going to do something tonight.
And she's just like, okay, well I'm at dinner right
now with someone that's going to lunch with him tomorrow.
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And I was like what. I was shocked, not because
I wasn't. This was before I this this is that's
the moment that I decided, okay, I need to If
he's going to see multiple people, then I should try
that too. And so after that we had a conversation
about it, and it was a very mature adult dating conversation.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Hike you referring to it as adult dating.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's me adult dating, and uh, you know,
we decided we'll keep talking. And also, I guess we're
dating other people, which I didn't have. I guess I
didn't think I had a right to say anything to
him because it's not like we were exclusive, so it's
not like he had to tell me. And I tried
(21:50):
to keep it in but we were hanging out, remember,
because he was just like so then we were on
our date and I just couldn't help myself, and I
was like, I have something to say. I don't think
I was that passionate with I think I was more like, hey, like,
heads up, I have something to tell you. Yeah, and
he's like what. It's like, I got a phone call
tonight and it's mine in my own business getting ready,
(22:12):
and this is what I was told. So like, I
don't want anything to be weird, but I know that
you're going out with tomorrow, and uh, he just kind
of like hung his head and he's like yeah, but again,
we weren't exclusive, so there was nothing to say. You know,
I wasn't upset, like he didn't owe me anything, but
I was just like, hey, this is just a good
(22:33):
this is a good time for us to have a
conversation of like what what are we doing? Yeah, and
it was like, okay, well we're adultating casually date and
date other people, and so that, like I said, that
is the moment in which I was like, okay, well
then I am going to also go out with somebody else.
And then that was I gave that like four days
(22:54):
and I was like I can't do this. I don't
like it.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
But again it's okay that you don't like it. You
don't have to. There's no there. Genuinely, this is what's
so funny about dating conversations in general, and people get
so peeved at other people and how they date. There
is genuinely no actual right or wrong way to date
if it feels good and feels right for you, and
how you want to go about doing it fast, slow,
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one person, multiple people while you're trying to figure it out.
There really isn't a right or wrong as long as
you feel good doing it. Now, if you feel bad
doing it, then by doing something wrong. But there really
isn't like this one two size that's going to fit
everybody for how dating works, especially in the landscape of
dating today, so especially as adults.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
As Amy says, adult dating well involvement at mine are
all adults with kids, Like we're all adults with kids,
I know. And so it's another layer where I think
communication is just so imperative because.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
Which is hard, because unfortunately you're trying to communicate. Communicating
is hard.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
I've had good I've had a good I guess run
or good luck with people that are able to communicate.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Yes, But I think it's also I think you have
to give yourself more credit to because I think you're
also doing a lot of good communicating.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Thank you. Yeah, I'll take that. I agree because I
have to. Sometimes I might be the one starting the communication,
but they follow as they're willing to participate. They don't
just like shut down.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Willing participant is a good thing. But yes, I think
you are a really good communicator. So that's where that's helping. Okay,
we're gonna take one more quick break. We'll be right back.
These are just some funny questions that I came up with.
So are you ready for this?
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Ready?
Speaker 1 (24:48):
What's a common maybe household item that every time you
use it you feel really badass?
Speaker 2 (24:56):
A common household item that like maybe a bunch of
people use and have like a little shock back, and every
time you use it, I love it.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
I feel so awesome.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Yeah. I go to the garage like fire it up,
and I love like just going around. I do the
base boards with it, or if I have to clean
something in my car, I don't know because I don't
really use a drill or anything like I that's me
picturing myself being badass would be using a drill, But
I don't really do that, so I guess my shock back.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
But I feel like that is cool because it's one
of those that it feels really clean after. It's also
probably a cleanliness feeling after you do it, you're like, oh,
the house is spotless and I did that.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Yeah, and it's wet dry like I can suck up whatever.
You'll get it all. I highly recommend them. If you
don't have one, be a good Christmas gift for somebody.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Is it the one that's the handheld not like a
regular vacuum or is it.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
I mean it's a shock back so it looks like
a like a like a round tub oh with a
little host. But it's like green and it's got like
a little thing. And then you can go around and
just like suck things up. You can clean stuff in
your car, lean stuff around the house. You can.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
I've always used those for my car. That's my specific
like little car vacuum is that? And then I have
a vacuum inside the house. We use it for all
the things, all the things. Yes, cat litter, Oh my gosh.
Cat litter gets around the house so much. I feel
like all vacuum one day and then the next day
I'm like, how where did this come from? Her?
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Little your cat's palls.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
Literally, but they're everywhere. I do not understand how such
a teeny tiny thing can make such a huge mess.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Do what litter?
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Do you use? Pretty litter?
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Same? Okay good. I was gonna say it's the best.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
I love it, but it's little crystals everywhere because she'll
and I've watched her, she'll shoot out of her little
robot and it just it's like spriic. I'm like, why
can't you just gently step down out of that thing.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Yeah, you have a little robot, yeah with pretty little Yeah. Oh,
I didn't know you could do that. My cat, I
had a little robot. I had to get rid of it.
She couldn't figure it out. Really, it was always a mess.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Yeah, Like she wouldn't go there.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
I don't know, she just wouldn't go all the way in,
and it just always end it up a mess, and
then it would get stuck and it was like it
was supposed to rotate, but I didn't know. Well, whatever
one I had, you could not put pretty litter in it.
You had to put this other kind and anyway it
was well, I think they'd want you.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
To use a specific kind, but it works in there.
I've never had issues with it. Oh well good, Yeah,
but she, I mean I just said the other one
and she started using the litter robot by herself. And
she was eight years old, so she just like I
think she likes finer things and didn't know that she
had the option of finer things until that moment. That's funny, okay,
But yours, yours also creates a mess.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
It's not just mine, yeah, I mean mine's not all
over the house, but it's over by her litter box.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
Yeah. I've even tried to put like the little mats
that are specific to help them, and it does nothing.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Yeah. I've bought two, i think over the time course
of having Maggie, and I've thrown both away because I'm like,
this is stupid.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Yeah, it just like it keeps collects there, but it
doesn't actually stop it from going anywhere.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
So you know, fellow cat parents, if you have some
really great tools for stopping litter tracking, I think is
what they call it, that'd be cool. Okay, Well mine
was a cordless drill.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Oh nice, because.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Anytime I get it out, I'm just like, yeah, I
know how to use this, and I feel really powerful.
I think I brought it out the other day just
to screw in one screw, and I felt really cool
in that moment.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
But it was one screw, Like I really didn't do
all that much. I'm picturing it. I feel like I'm
a little jealous.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
At least I know how to use it too, because
you have to take a little thing out and put
the right size drill in it to use it. Yeah,
the drill bit. Look at us modern day women. Okay,
the last question, I have, what odd feeling do you
really like? And what I mean by this is like.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
Like right now I'm biting my lip and it hurts
really really bad, but I keep biting it because it
also feels good like that.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Yes, and I was like dry it because I'm like,
I know, if I asked this in our main studio,
all the guys will.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
Be like, oh, this is so dirty.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
But the reason it was is because like I love
rain in general, but when it's like perfectly misty outside
and I'm just walking like I'm kind of getting a
nice little cold tower but not really and it's not
doing anything to me, that feeling on my skin, I
it makes me so happy. I'll just stand out there
in the mist like I'm just like a little veggie being.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
Misted in the grocery store.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Oh so that feeling, and yes, the body feeling is one.
I was trying to come up with some others because
I feel like there's so many odd feelings.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
Like if I have a mosquito bite and I itch it,
it's so good, and like the minute I just succumbed
to the itch and I just scratch it. I know
I say itch it, but really you're scratching it. But
I when I was little, I used to always tell
my mom, itch it, itch it, and she like, if
I had one, she would scratch it with her finger
and then like poke it, do the little ex yes, yes,
(29:47):
and so that's actually works. No, I don't think so,
because I feel like I still itch after I do it. Yeah,
I don't, but yeah, I still do it. That's not
a thing. It just is something that we do to.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
I guess you started that, but yeah, it's one of
those miss that we used to do when we were younger.
Oh man, Yeah, I'm trying to think of some others. Oh,
when you know, the worst feeling is when you get
an itch on the bottom of your foot, but when
you're finally able to scratch it because your shoes are on,
those are the best itches. Also on that same level,
there has to be others. It was like odd feelings,
(30:22):
the things that you don't really think about.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
I know right now, I just keep biting my lip,
and biting my lip over and over. Was really like
the pain of it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Oh, I love cute aggression feeling, Like when I see
my dog and she looks so singing cute and I'm
just like I just want to I just want to
shake you and I just like get it pet her
like really hard, and she's like, what is wrong with you?
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Yeah? I love cute aggression. That could work. I guess
with my cat. My dog, she's a mess my dog.
I'm so angry with her. She gets into everything. She
wants to eat everything. You know. Recently she ate the
money and yesterday she was eating a wooden spatula and
like one of my favorite wooden specialists, and she destroyed it.
(31:05):
She just gets up on the counter, like even stuff
that I put far away, or like if I leave
a cabinet open. Now she started to go into the
cabinets and I mean I walk her and give her attention,
and I guess she's just still bored or needs something.
But she ate an entire pack of gum, which is
very dangerous.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
Do you think she's like just hungry.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
No, no, I'm agree. I assume not.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
But I was just like, maybe they're.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
You mean, like she's lacking like a nutrient, like is
she's searching for it? Right? That's like when she eats
the drywall out of the wall.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
That's not good.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
She'll do that. She'll start digging little holes in the
middle of the wall, Like, what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (31:46):
That's not good? You know two things you could do
to to maybe help if it's like a brain energy thing.
They're sniff mats that you can get on Amazon, and
you put a bunch of treats in there, and then
she feels like she maybe that's something she could be eating, right,
And it's like a thirty minute activity and they sniff
through the whole mat. It's like felt and they just
try and search for treats and you can make it
(32:07):
harder or easier on them and it'll preoccupy them for
a while.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
Okay, honestly, I might look into ordering whatever that is,
because yeah, even with her food, I got her one
of those balls where it's got a few holes in it.
It's like a Kong ball, and she has to nudge
the ball around the house so that the food falls
through the hole and out, and then she gets to
eat it, so she's not just eating out of a bowl.
She's eating out of this ball. But then she pushes
(32:32):
the ball or all around the house and then there's
a little piece of food everywhere. If she happens to
like forget one, and then I have to find the
ball every time it's time the feeder, and I'm like,
does anybody know where the ball is?
Speaker 1 (32:43):
Where's the ball? Okay, well, maybe start giving her her
regular feeding and then try the sniff mat because the
sniff mat will all be in one place.
Speaker 2 (32:49):
Okay, Yeah, Well I'm going to look it up. Sniff mat.
Got it? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (32:52):
And then also I've seen people where they do a
similar concept with the sniff bat, but they put it
in like a frozen towel. Basically, they put a bunch
of different treats and they put it in water in
like a bowl, and they freeze it and then put
it in a towel. Also freeze the towel and kind
of it's like a they have to pull it back
and liquid and it becomes an activity for them and
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it consumes a lot of their time and tires them
out because it's using their brain energy.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
Got it?
Speaker 1 (33:17):
Similar on that concept, the sniff mat is the easier one,
but the ice could be the second level. If the
sniff mat doesn't work, Okay, maybe somethings to.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
Try really looking it up right now all the things?
Speaker 1 (33:28):
Yes, I mean yeah, or maybe there is like a
nutrient she's missing and that's what it is. Because trains
start giving her like carrots and blueberries.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
They like those.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
You can put those in the sniff mats. It's gonna
be different nutrients to give her.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
I just like freeze them in there. Yeah, I didn't
know they could have blueberries. Blueberries are really good for
their brains. Okay, but no grapes.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
No grapes, no grapes or chocolate. No com Yeah, no
zou in peanut butter, but most peanut butter doesn't really
have it anymore.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Oh, I thought that Bobby just had an article about
how some peanut butters are adding its sugar free. You
always have to watch them, which is what you have
to the sugar free gum is why that's an ishe.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
If you get like the natural Jiffy that wants peanut
butter and water, so you're fine peanut butter and water
or peanuts and water, sorry, peanuts and water. I think
that's how they use it to mash it.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Oh, it's like not what I think.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
They also add oil and molasses sometimes, okay, which I
could be wrong, But the only reason I know this
is because I've looked at a lot of ingredients and
peanut butter is always an easy one because there's always
like two or four ingredients.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
I'm now looking at sniff mat I'm literally on Amazon
right now, sniff Matte for dogs.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
There you go, and like I said, you can make
them easy to start, and she can gradually work up
to harder because you can, like it has a like
these little things where they contract. Oh wow, okay, yeah,
maybe that'll be something.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
A lot of these have good reviews. But then sometimes
I wonder, I'm like, are there really three thousand people
that have reviewed this?
Speaker 1 (35:01):
But that I never know? On Amazon, I don't really
trust Amazon review you know what.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
I've started to look at when I click on Amazon,
like it'll tell you if you click on the item
and you scroll down. Sometimes it will say this is
a commonly returned item that I have loved.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
Starting to see and they'll give like a synopsis of
the reviews. It's helpful of people liked this, this and this,
and they didn't like this.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Although I will say that was on a shirt that
I ordered Stevenson, like a white button down because I'm
going to take him to the CMS. So I ordered
him a little black suit off Amazon with a white
button down and the white button down. It said it
was commonly returned, but it was had still some solid
(35:43):
reviews and it was a really good price. And then
it had to cupe on. So I was like, well,
I'm just gonna okay, fine, if I have to return it,
I'm just going to give it a try. And I
got it in and it's perfect. It's perfect.
Speaker 1 (35:54):
It might because it's a piece of clothing and sometimes
they don't fit right for people.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
True, so that's why it's returned a lot good points.
It's like crappy.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
I would be more used to that on like items
like this where they're not clothing. Clothing is tough to
do online, but yeah, I can attest. Remy has one.
And Remy doesn't really like a lot of brain activities.
She's pretty lazy, but she loves the sniff Matt.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
Okay, I know, I may have to show them to
you when we get done recording, and you can tell
me which one you actually got because there's a lot
of key ones.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
Okay, I got you. But maybe it'll help hopefully, Hey, yeah,
this could change my life.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
That's the hope. That's what we're trying to do.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Okay, well, we're gonna jump out of here, but Amy,
thanks for joining. I hope everybody had a very happy Halloween.
Speaker 2 (36:37):
Amy.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
Tell the people where they can find.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
You, hear you all that good stuff at Radio Amy
on Socials podcast for Things with Amy Brown and yeah,
it's probably the easiest and best ways to find me, okay.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
And I am at what Girl Morgan on All the Things.
You can check out both of our podcasts amys or
Things with Amy Brown like she said, and I am
at take this personally and of course so you can
follow the show at Bobby Bone Show.
Speaker 2 (37:02):
See y'all next time. Bye. That's the best bits of
the week with Morgan.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
Thanks for listening.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
Be sure to check out the other two parts this weekend.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
Go follow the show on all social platforms Bobby
Speaker 2 (37:13):
Bone Show and follow at Webgirl Morgan to submit your
listener questions for next week's episode.
The Best Bits of the Week with Morgan.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Part one behind a scene with a member of the show.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
What's up, everybody? Welcome to the Best Bits this weekend.
I am joined by Amy Amy.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
How are you hi? Happy to be back? Except for
this is our first time in our new studio doing this,
I know, and we're.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
In like a little pod studio.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
So hopefull feels weird, it goes okay, Yeah, it looks
like it's working.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
At least we're recording. That's a good sign.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Everything else TVD Yeah, hopefully this sounds okay.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
So we did have a bunch happened on the show
this week. Amy had a personal bonehead story. You came
in at number one and you are on this weekend,
so naturally that fits right, Okay. Lunchbox always gets mad
when he's not number one when he's on that ohe
I don't know that.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I've ever thought about that, but yeah, well that's because
it's Lunchbox.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
And Bobby addressed some Internet rumors about himself. Traffic talk
came back. We talked about some alcoholic beverages and very
dangerous ones. We had some Halloween stuff happen for myself
for lunch Box and there was some parking garage drama.
So all of that is over on part two. But
we are, you know, well inside information here. We're recording
(01:11):
this on Halloween currently. So do you have any Halloween
plans or things that you've done for Halloween up until now?
Or has it been like zero Halloween in the Brown household.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
No, We've been getting my son's costume ready. He's some
men in black or a man in black for trigger
treating or for something else for trick or treating. Okay,
so no, he's wearing you know, black suit, black tie,
black sunglasses.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Do they wear halloween as to school anymore?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Ear piece? He could have worn it to school, he
chose not to, so he'll be debuting it tonight. He's
got a little men in Black badge where we printed
out like I just ordered like a little insert with
a lanyard thing on Amazon and then printed out his
own little custom like his photos on it, so it
(01:57):
looks like he actually works for m IB.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Does he have like a little alien friend, a little
blow up alien dollar or anything.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
No, just and he doesn't even have him been in
black partner. He just says he's just him. He's just
so low he's just.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
So low before Will Smith figured out his partner.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah yeah, yeah, okay, so that's fun. Yeah, he's excited.
My daughter's not dressing up. They had a little thing
at church last night and she was like a scarecrow,
but she just like drew on her face and.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Did you wear like some overalls?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
No, it was just her. She just didn't know. She
was like, I wanted to be a square scarecrow, but
then she really she couldn't really complete the look, so
she just dressed kind of normal but then had a
scarecrow face.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Okay, a fun funhousehold activities any pumpkin carvings or.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Fall now, sure they didn't want to do any of that.
I don't know if they're just aging out. But she's
not doing anything tonight. Now she is going to dress
up as a pirate on Saturday with her friends, and
I it's like everything in me to make sure that
it's not, you know, like sexy pirate.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
She is getting to that age and where it's possible.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Is it a party. Somebody's having a party. Yeah, okay,
so fun. See it's the after party. What about you?
Have you done anything for Halloween?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
No, it's not I've never really gotten into it. I
don't really get excited about dressing up. I guess I've
always been a little envious of people that take it
a little more seriously and like have a lot of
fun with it. But it's just never been my personality ever,
even when I was a kid or not my thing.
I don't know why. So No, I'm going to walk
(03:27):
around tonight, I guess, but just dressed as me.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
No, you're not even gonna put on like a onesie
or anything. You could do a onesie easily.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
I have a bone onesie. I gotta find it though,
like a skeleton. Yeah, but I don't know what I
did with it when I moved.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
I feel like you wore that when y'all went to
visit Saint Jude, Right, I feel like I remember that
picture of all of you guys. Okay, that's the only one.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (03:50):
No Halloween stuff? Well I've done. This will now be
my third weekend of dressing up for Halloween. I'm not
normally super into Halloween, but this year, for some reason,
I've just been.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Wait, I thought you were gonna stay home this weekend.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
I am one night. One night, I'm going out for
a Halloween party at a bar.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Okay, you literally said the other day, I'm not doing
anything this weekend.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
I got I got convinced. I'm not very hard to convince.
If I'm just sitting at home, then I'm like, Okay,
well I don't really have a reason not to. So
I am going to go to a Halloween party. But
and I have a new costume. So far, I was
Sabrina Carpenter Dolly Parton and now tomorrow, me and one
of my good friends who's a brunette. We were trying
to come up with like iconic blonde and brunette duos,
(04:31):
and we landed on Regina George and Gretchen Wieners from
Mean Girls.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Oh that's gonna be cute.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Yes, So I have like a little costume where like
you know the part in the movie where her tank
top gets cut, m h, and she's had a cart
and she just kind of walks around like whatever that
I'm wearing that outfit, and then she has like a
Gretchen Wiener's and I've encouraged her to bring around toaster shirtles.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
That's gonna be so cute. I love that movie. Do
you know I saw when I was looking for a
fun factor the other day for the show. It was
only a few years older than uh whoever was was it?
Whose mom?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Was she?
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Rachel my cath.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Yeah, well Regina George Yeah, Rachel mc cat.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Yes, so she was only a few years older than
her playing her mom.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
That's so funny. And they made her I feel like
they made her look like with her clothes and stuff,
made her look like she was older because she was
the one that was always wearing the tracksuit.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Mm hmm. It's like I'm a cool mom. Yeah, not
a regular mom, but.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Like in the face. She never did. It was just
like more of the outfits and stuff and the way
they style their hair. But that's funny. So yeah, that's
our It'll be my third time dressing up. And then
after that party, I will be decorating for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
This medions yeah same, like I'm ready, Yeah, we're I'm decorating.
I decided the first week of November because I want
to enjoy it for as long as possible.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
See that's how I am. Because you go through so
much effort of putting it up and then you can
only have it for a month. That's stupid. Enjoy it
for the whole month and then Thanksgiving. I never really
have decorations for Thanksgiving. I'm not gonna put up a
bunch of stuffed turkeys, you know. And Pumpkin's already over.
A pumpkin is associated with Halloween.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
No there. You can still have them out through Thanksgiving, you.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Can, but like nobody's ever selling pumpkins anymore, you know
what I mean, Like the pumpkin stands and stuff stop
selling them at the beginning of November.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Yeah, Christmas has already taken over.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Oh yeah, so it'll be Halloween one night next week
or next night on Christmas when I'm staying home, I'll
be doing Christmas stuff. So that's just going on over there.
How are the kids doing besides Halloween?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
They're doing great. We just got grades for like where
they are currently, and I was very proud of them,
so or I am very proud of them.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
So that's exciting. Is that the first quarterly review?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I guess I don't I don't know how it works anymore.
It's like mid yeah, we halfway.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Because then you get another one after December.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Right, yeah, at the end of the semester. But I
was just very proud of them and you know, English
being their second language, there's some stuff that, you know,
just some of the fundamentals that they didn't have. It's
not even just the English as their second language, but
not having some of the basics to build upon because
they didn't come here until later and they didn't have
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those fundamentals at their school in Haiti. So it's just
very cool to see them grow and learn and evolve.
I think Stevens is going to be into music, though
I need to get him into some music classes because
I don't know. I'm like, is there like a high
school he could go to that would just tap into
more of his creativity and we don't have to worry
about chemistry and math and you could always happen because.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Like choir and drama classes and stuff.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
I feel like most no, but he still has to
do all the other things. I'm like, is there a
school where we can just be like, hey, look, we're
not going to focus on this, this, and this because
you don't need it. There's more a way he's going
to need it, or just like I don't know, or
basic life skills. I just as a parent, sometimes it's
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so frustrating because I know he's never going to need that.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
You just don't see him going down that pathway now.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
And I mean, I know what I didn't need. And
these are things that were a struggle for me in
school too, and I think I would have benefited like
having other options. And there are like art schools, I know,
I guess.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
I just don't know that we have them here, but
I know there's art schools.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, I just starts. He's in seventh grade now, So
I was just thinking if I start looking into now,
or if any listeners happen to know or you have
any recommendations for me, like if you've noticed something similar
in your kids where there's a spark there but you
need to nurture it. But I just don't know how
to do that while we're like all of our time
is dedicated to homework. Yeah, and that's so tough in
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all of the other subjects that are a little more challenging.
So I don't know that's where we are, So I'll
take I'm open to feedback tips any parents have been
down this road before me, But I think I'm going
to spend the next Ben and I were talking about it,
like the rest of seventh and eighth grade trying to
figure out his high school plan. Maybe it won't be
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the traditional route. Well there's nothing wrong with that, No,
not at all. So she was even talking about not
going to the traditional route for college and she's just
getting into cosmatology and maybe just going and doing that
like a trade type school versus college. She has all
a's right now except for chemistry and that one. She's like,
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I'm trying to figure out how to bring it up,
but she just the way she grades is so tough.
But for her to have all a's and then, I mean,
what I never had all a's.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
No, that's awesome. She sounds like she's working really hard
to do that, but she.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Is, though she actually I know she could do more,
and so it makes me curious, like, oh wow, if
she were to really go all in, like she could
have hundreds across the board. But I like that she
has a good balance. She's bright. Stevenson is bright. It
just they shine in different ways.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Yeah, and they should. And he's very into music, like
very and maybe if you're able to at least implement
some more creative music stuff, maybe the other school stuff
doesn't feel so heavy for him, you know what I mean,
Like he can have things to look forward to, and
then the classes at least start so daunting throughout the
day for him. Yeah, and maybe that's a balance until
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you're able to he gets older and you're able to
maybe send him somewhere that is more of an arts
driven school, because I know those exist.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Yeah, I have to been, and I just had this conversation.
So that's why. Also, I'm not really sure because it's
not like I've started the research yet. We're just like, Okay,
we've got a year and a half to try to
figure out what high school maybe could look like.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
And what about the new house. How are things going?
Speaker 2 (10:41):
I love it. It's perfect.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Less uh do y style projects happening or still happening.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
I mean, I think we're pretty much done. Like I
feel settled. Like I've got to work on the podcast room.
That's really all that's left, okay, and I have to
figure that out. But it's quaint. It's perfect. All of
our rooms are really close together, Like I love that
the kids we hang out way more.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Yeah, just being in close proximity and not so spread out. Yep,
that's awesome.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
So I love it.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Okay, Well, a little life update from Amy. We're gonna
take a quick break and we're gonna be right back.
I have two kind of random things that have happened
to me really recently, and maybe it'll make you think
of some things that are happening in your life. So
one I went to eat at Le Petite Chef, which
is like a little teeny tiny chef that cooks for
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you on a projection I saw you post about that.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Yeah, okay, that looked really cool.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
It was so much fun. Even there was kids in there.
There was a whole variety of types of people that
came into there, which I thought was also really cool.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Is that a forever like a thing? Or is that
a pop up?
Speaker 1 (11:47):
It's a pop up for the next several months. Okay,
then I think they're trying to make it up for
everything depending on how it goes. But it was like
a dinner and a show, but you had like a
private show at your table because the projection screen had
the little chef cooking meal the meals you were going
to eat in front of you on the table and
then the meal would come out. And it was just
a cool experience and that I expected the food to be, like, oh, okay,
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it's more about the show. But the food was so
good and.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Now I like want to order the food to take
out and I can't.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
The only way to get is to like go and
have the petite chef.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Yeah, it's not gonna be possible, no, but it was
so good.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
So that was a fun experience that I didn't anticipate
to be as fun as that it was.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
I maybe need to take the kids to that. Oh,
they would love it. And that's really cool. Okay, so
bad you reminded me about that.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
Yeah, Like so that was a fun, cool new experience.
And then I also, I need your thoughts on this
because I went and got a massage. You know when
you get like a little thing in the mail and
you see you can get something off, You're like, ooh,
I'm gonna try that. Because I got a little keup
on for it. Well, there was a new massage place
by my house. I was like, let's definitely go try.
I got a little keep on for my birthday. I
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go in and honestly, Amy, it's one of the best
massages I've ever had. But it was a guy because
I didn't specify on there, like what I preferred, because
I didn't know anybody there. I was just like, you know,
you guys teach it, you guys do whatever you want
to do. And when I walked in, I was like, okay,
well it'll be fine. But Amy he was kind of
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doing like Pete stretches a little bit on me, and
I feel like I was exposed in a few moments
during that massage.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Oh that's uncomfortable. It was like a tree to be
like like, I don't need you to stretch my legs open.
What was he doing? It was like, well, I.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Know it sounds weird. Well, first of all, it was
a traditional Swedish massage, which I'm not super familiar with. Okay,
but I imagine that's just like.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
Fel like there's just like a normal massage, okay.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
But he was doing like like my my leg would
come up and then it would be like moved over
in one way or then another, and then he had
like deep tissue massage, but it wasn't deep. I was confused.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
It was deep, but it wasn't deep, so what was it?
It was deep, but it was like but he wasn't
supposed to be.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Yeah, I didn't like it was just supposed to be
a Traditionalish massage. It wasn't a deep tissue massage.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Uh huh, So did you say anything? No, I just
kind of like, what am I gonna I'm literally naked
under this blanket.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
I'm like, what am I gonna say?
Speaker 2 (14:08):
This your underwear?
Speaker 1 (14:09):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (14:09):
I have my iron, but like I think my underse
people don't.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
He would like tuck the blanket under me as to
like intentionally try to make sure I wasn't exposed. But
there were still some moments where I was like, I
feel a little this feels a little.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
Weird, but it was the best massage you've ever had.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
I felt so good after.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Okay, well, I don't know. Now you gotta decide are
you going to go back? Right?
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Like?
Speaker 2 (14:31):
But I mean I would just ask. I'd be like, oh,
is this a thing like that you do to everybody?
Or you just maybe feel like what the body needs? Yeah,
maybe he can tell like, oh, this would probably feel
really good for her because of what I'm picking up.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Probably wasn't more of that because obviously nothing happened after.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
It was just in that moment that would make me uncomfortable.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Yeah, and I just felt like a little vulnerable.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Yeah, I don't like going to men at massages.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Well, and I wasn't gonna like say anything because I
didn't specify. But again, and they just only ask like
who do you want In particular, it was like I
don't know anybody here, so I guess just give me one,
and that's what they gave me. And I wasn't gonna
walk in and be.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Like, oh, never mind. Yeah, I just kind of allowed it. Well,
did you like google it if that was normal? I
don't know. I'm trying to look up, like look at
their menu like sweeted. Maybe it says like, FYI, no,
we also stretched. It definitely doesn't say that that I
looked at. Okay, well, maybe he was just list he
was like feeling out what your body was gonna need.
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And I guess I'll clarify. I mean, I've gone to
male massus sis, but I just prefer going to a
female like I don't. I don't. I just can't really
fully relax. And that's not any male messus's fault. It's
just I personally feel more relaxed and comfortable, which is
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the point of the massage if I'm with a fellow female.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Yeah, well, it's true because you're exposed, right, like you're
majority naked underneath a blanket, so that would make sense too.
There was even one point which I have had other
female massage therapists to do this where they go like
all the way underneath your back and like pull it
kind of up.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
But even when he was doing that.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
I was like, I feel a little close proximity in
this moment.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
Oh, but that's gonna feel good?
Speaker 1 (16:20):
It did?
Speaker 2 (16:21):
I want that telling you?
Speaker 1 (16:22):
It was like genuinely one of the best massages I've had,
And that's why I'm like, do I even just because
I just like kind of let it go? Does that
to me?
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Like you could go back? I just want to. You
just need to understand, is that.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Let's maybe not do some leg stretches on me because
that felt a little weird. Yeah, but those were my
experiences lately been too little like fun.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Yeah I'm doing so is it? Do I have any
weird experiences that have happened to me?
Speaker 1 (16:46):
Weird or new or just fun things that have happened
in your life recently? It can be all across the board.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Let me think here, well.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Because those are just things that have happened, I'm like, oh,
these are necessarily normal, but they're new and they're different
from me. So I'm learn mean to explore new things.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Yeah, I am still continuing my journey of adult dating,
which is new, very new. I think that I have
determined that I don't like going on dates like multiple dates.
I think with adult dating, like I could date multiple
people if it's like a one date thing, like I'm
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getting to know someone on that one date and then
maybe the next night I have one date with somebody else.
But the minute it's like two dates, then I feel
weird because I feel like, so if you tell the
other person even though there's no expectations from that person,
or that person might be dating multiple people. Yeah, I
feel like that's what my therapist keeps trying to tell
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me Amy, this is adult dating, and I'm like, well,
I don't like it.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
You're the one date threshold, Like if we make it
past the first date, then I'm just going to see.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
You, like if we're going to go out again, I'd
rather just focus on that person and then like yeah,
texting and calling, like I don't know, it just feels here.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Here's the thing. Yes, it's adult dating that when you're
just casually meeting each other and understanding getting to know
each other, that you can date multiple people.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
What I can.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
That's not for everybody, it's not for me like it
just because that's more of the norm doesn't mean it's
wrong that you don't want.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
To do no, not at all. And I have friends
that there it's like, it's great. It's a great way
to get to know yourself. We get to know what
you want, what you don't want. And I mean I've
been I don't know, I think I lasted four days
well in adult dating.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
And maybe this, like do you do you feel like
you classify yourself as a deep feeler, like you feel
things really quickly, or you just under like the feelings
come fast or anything on that level.
Speaker 2 (18:42):
Oh, like for the person I'm going out with, like
I would like fall hard fast.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
Not necessarily fall, but you just feel connected pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (18:52):
Are you? Yeah, I can, And yeah no that doesn't
always happen.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Okay, no, So that's why I am more guarded. I
think this is why this might be more of your speed,
because it takes you a little bit longer to like
start to feel things for somebody, so you want to
get to know them on a deeper so you can
really make that decision. Whereas you have someone like me
who's a deep feeler, and I can feel things relatively
a connection or not a connection relatively quickly, and so
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casual dating works for me because I can pinpoint that
pretty fast. But for you, it's more of a connection
that you have to take some time with it to develop, right.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
And then I feel like if I'm taking time with
multiple people, it just feels.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
And you wouldn't because once you hit a threshold even
I mean I really say, like around that five date
mark of with someone, you're kind of making a decision
of Okay, I'm just going to start to pursue you,
even if you're not like boyfriend girlfriend, you're like, Okay,
I'm going to focus my attention on seeing where this goes.
Is really around that fight five date level, and that
might be for you where you're starting to be like, okay,
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maybe something's here. But you know what I mean, I
don't know if any of this is making the right sense,
but that could be why this is something.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
I mean, it's the theory. Yeah, yeah, it's just I've
been going with the flow. But yeah, I've hit a
five date, seven date, like I've Yeah, I don't know.
Maybe there'll be more of an update later.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Okay, yeah, well that's fun though it's new, it's exciting,
it is I'm very happy. Well then that's all that matters, right,
Glad that I've figured it out, because like I was
not that.
Speaker 2 (20:25):
I was like, this is sort of exhausting, and not
that that not because there was lots of people everywhere. No,
it was just two. I was like, I don't like this.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
You know, it is it's hard to balance it, especially
when it's something that's unknown and you're not sure what's
going on in understanding other people's emotions and how they're
going to handle that type of situation too, because it's
not just you involved anymore, there's other people involved.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
I will say that I was getting ready one day
to go out on a date and I got a
call from a friend that was like, hey, are you
still dating so and so? And I was like, yeah,
I'm getting ready right now. We're going to do something tonight.
And she's just like, okay, well I'm at dinner right
now with someone that's going to lunch with him tomorrow.
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And I was like what. I was shocked, not because
I wasn't. This was before I this this is that's
the moment that I decided, okay, I need to If
he's going to see multiple people, then I should try
that too. And so after that we had a conversation
about it, and it was a very mature adult dating conversation.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Hike you referring to it as adult dating.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's me adult dating, and uh, you know,
we decided we'll keep talking. And also, I guess we're
dating other people, which I didn't have. I guess I
didn't think I had a right to say anything to
him because it's not like we were exclusive, so it's
not like he had to tell me. And I tried
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to keep it in but we were hanging out, remember,
because he was just like so then we were on
our date and I just couldn't help myself, and I
was like, I have something to say. I don't think
I was that passionate with I think I was more like, hey, like,
heads up, I have something to tell you. Yeah, and
he's like what. It's like, I got a phone call
tonight and it's mine in my own business getting ready,
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and this is what I was told. So like, I
don't want anything to be weird, but I know that
you're going out with tomorrow, and uh, he just kind
of like hung his head and he's like yeah, but again,
we weren't exclusive, so there was nothing to say. You know,
I wasn't upset, like he didn't owe me anything, but
I was just like, hey, this is just a good
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this is a good time for us to have a
conversation of like what what are we doing? Yeah, and
it was like, okay, well we're adultating casually date and
date other people, and so that, like I said, that
is the moment in which I was like, okay, well
then I am going to also go out with somebody else.
And then that was I gave that like four days
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and I was like I can't do this. I don't
like it.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
But again it's okay that you don't like it. You
don't have to. There's no there. Genuinely, this is what's
so funny about dating conversations in general, and people get
so peeved at other people and how they date. There
is genuinely no actual right or wrong way to date
if it feels good and feels right for you, and
how you want to go about doing it fast, slow,
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one person, multiple people while you're trying to figure it out.
There really isn't a right or wrong as long as
you feel good doing it. Now, if you feel bad
doing it, then by doing something wrong. But there really
isn't like this one two size that's going to fit
everybody for how dating works, especially in the landscape of
dating today, so especially as adults.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
As Amy says, adult dating well involvement at mine are
all adults with kids, Like we're all adults with kids,
I know. And so it's another layer where I think
communication is just so imperative because.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
Which is hard, because unfortunately you're trying to communicate. Communicating
is hard.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
I've had good I've had a good I guess run
or good luck with people that are able to communicate.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Yes, But I think it's also I think you have
to give yourself more credit to because I think you're
also doing a lot of good communicating.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Thank you. Yeah, I'll take that. I agree because I
have to. Sometimes I might be the one starting the communication,
but they follow as they're willing to participate. They don't
just like shut down.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Willing participant is a good thing. But yes, I think
you are a really good communicator. So that's where that's helping. Okay,
we're gonna take one more quick break. We'll be right back.
These are just some funny questions that I came up with.
So are you ready for this?
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Ready?
Speaker 1 (24:48):
What's a common maybe household item that every time you
use it you feel really badass?
Speaker 2 (24:56):
A common household item that like maybe a bunch of
people use and have like a little shock back, and every
time you use it, I love it.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
I feel so awesome.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Yeah. I go to the garage like fire it up,
and I love like just going around. I do the
base boards with it, or if I have to clean
something in my car, I don't know because I don't
really use a drill or anything like I that's me
picturing myself being badass would be using a drill, But
I don't really do that, so I guess my shock back.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
But I feel like that is cool because it's one
of those that it feels really clean after. It's also
probably a cleanliness feeling after you do it, you're like, oh,
the house is spotless and I did that.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Yeah, and it's wet dry like I can suck up whatever.
You'll get it all. I highly recommend them. If you
don't have one, be a good Christmas gift for somebody.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
Is it the one that's the handheld not like a
regular vacuum or is it.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
I mean it's a shock back so it looks like
a like a like a round tub oh with a
little host. But it's like green and it's got like
a little thing. And then you can go around and
just like suck things up. You can clean stuff in
your car, lean stuff around the house. You can.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
I've always used those for my car. That's my specific
like little car vacuum is that? And then I have
a vacuum inside the house. We use it for all
the things, all the things. Yes, cat litter, Oh my gosh.
Cat litter gets around the house so much. I feel
like all vacuum one day and then the next day
I'm like, how where did this come from? Her?
Speaker 2 (26:22):
Little your cat's palls.
Speaker 1 (26:24):
Literally, but they're everywhere. I do not understand how such
a teeny tiny thing can make such a huge mess.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Do what litter?
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Do you use? Pretty litter?
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Same? Okay good. I was gonna say it's the best.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
I love it, but it's little crystals everywhere because she'll
and I've watched her, she'll shoot out of her little
robot and it just it's like spriic. I'm like, why
can't you just gently step down out of that thing.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Yeah, you have a little robot, yeah with pretty little Yeah. Oh,
I didn't know you could do that. My cat, I
had a little robot. I had to get rid of it.
She couldn't figure it out. Really, it was always a mess.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Yeah, Like she wouldn't go there.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
I don't know, she just wouldn't go all the way in,
and it just always end it up a mess, and
then it would get stuck and it was like it
was supposed to rotate, but I didn't know. Well, whatever
one I had, you could not put pretty litter in it.
You had to put this other kind and anyway it
was well, I think they'd want you.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
To use a specific kind, but it works in there.
I've never had issues with it. Oh well good, Yeah,
but she, I mean I just said the other one
and she started using the litter robot by herself. And
she was eight years old, so she just like I
think she likes finer things and didn't know that she
had the option of finer things until that moment. That's funny, okay,
But yours, yours also creates a mess.
Speaker 2 (27:35):
It's not just mine, yeah, I mean mine's not all
over the house, but it's over by her litter box.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
Yeah. I've even tried to put like the little mats
that are specific to help them, and it does nothing.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Yeah. I've bought two, i think over the time course
of having Maggie, and I've thrown both away because I'm like,
this is stupid.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
Yeah, it just like it keeps collects there, but it
doesn't actually stop it from going anywhere.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
So you know, fellow cat parents, if you have some
really great tools for stopping litter tracking, I think is
what they call it, that'd be cool. Okay, Well mine
was a cordless drill.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Oh nice, because.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Anytime I get it out, I'm just like, yeah, I
know how to use this, and I feel really powerful.
I think I brought it out the other day just
to screw in one screw, and I felt really cool
in that moment.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
But it was one screw, Like I really didn't do
all that much. I'm picturing it. I feel like I'm
a little jealous.
Speaker 1 (28:23):
At least I know how to use it too, because
you have to take a little thing out and put
the right size drill in it to use it. Yeah,
the drill bit. Look at us modern day women. Okay,
the last question, I have, what odd feeling do you
really like? And what I mean by this is like.
Speaker 2 (28:43):
Like right now I'm biting my lip and it hurts
really really bad, but I keep biting it because it
also feels good like that.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
Yes, and I was like dry it because I'm like,
I know, if I asked this in our main studio,
all the guys will.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
Be like, oh, this is so dirty.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
But the reason it was is because like I love
rain in general, but when it's like perfectly misty outside
and I'm just walking like I'm kind of getting a
nice little cold tower but not really and it's not
doing anything to me, that feeling on my skin, I
it makes me so happy. I'll just stand out there
in the mist like I'm just like a little veggie being.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
Misted in the grocery store.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
Oh so that feeling, and yes, the body feeling is one.
I was trying to come up with some others because
I feel like there's so many odd feelings.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
Like if I have a mosquito bite and I itch it,
it's so good, and like the minute I just succumbed
to the itch and I just scratch it. I know
I say itch it, but really you're scratching it. But
I when I was little, I used to always tell
my mom, itch it, itch it, and she like, if
I had one, she would scratch it with her finger
and then like poke it, do the little ex yes, yes,
(29:47):
and so that's actually works. No, I don't think so,
because I feel like I still itch after I do it. Yeah,
I don't, but yeah, I still do it. That's not
a thing. It just is something that we do to.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
I guess you started that, but yeah, it's one of
those miss that we used to do when we were younger.
Oh man, Yeah, I'm trying to think of some others. Oh,
when you know, the worst feeling is when you get
an itch on the bottom of your foot, but when
you're finally able to scratch it because your shoes are on,
those are the best itches. Also on that same level,
there has to be others. It was like odd feelings,
(30:22):
the things that you don't really think about.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
I know right now, I just keep biting my lip,
and biting my lip over and over. Was really like
the pain of it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Oh, I love cute aggression feeling, Like when I see
my dog and she looks so singing cute and I'm
just like I just want to I just want to
shake you and I just like get it pet her
like really hard, and she's like, what is wrong with you?
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Yeah? I love cute aggression. That could work. I guess
with my cat. My dog, she's a mess my dog.
I'm so angry with her. She gets into everything. She
wants to eat everything. You know. Recently she ate the
money and yesterday she was eating a wooden spatula and
like one of my favorite wooden specialists, and she destroyed it.
(31:05):
She just gets up on the counter, like even stuff
that I put far away, or like if I leave
a cabinet open. Now she started to go into the
cabinets and I mean I walk her and give her attention,
and I guess she's just still bored or needs something.
But she ate an entire pack of gum, which is
very dangerous.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
Do you think she's like just hungry.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
No, no, I'm agree. I assume not.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
But I was just like, maybe they're.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
You mean, like she's lacking like a nutrient, like is
she's searching for it? Right? That's like when she eats
the drywall out of the wall.
Speaker 1 (31:40):
That's not good.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
She'll do that. She'll start digging little holes in the
middle of the wall, Like, what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (31:46):
That's not good? You know two things you could do
to to maybe help if it's like a brain energy thing.
They're sniff mats that you can get on Amazon, and
you put a bunch of treats in there, and then
she feels like she maybe that's something she could be eating, right,
And it's like a thirty minute activity and they sniff
through the whole mat. It's like felt and they just
try and search for treats and you can make it
(32:07):
harder or easier on them and it'll preoccupy them for
a while.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
Okay, honestly, I might look into ordering whatever that is,
because yeah, even with her food, I got her one
of those balls where it's got a few holes in it.
It's like a Kong ball, and she has to nudge
the ball around the house so that the food falls
through the hole and out, and then she gets to
eat it, so she's not just eating out of a bowl.
She's eating out of this ball. But then she pushes
(32:32):
the ball or all around the house and then there's
a little piece of food everywhere. If she happens to
like forget one, and then I have to find the
ball every time it's time the feeder, and I'm like,
does anybody know where the ball is?
Speaker 1 (32:43):
Where's the ball? Okay, well, maybe start giving her her
regular feeding and then try the sniff mat because the
sniff mat will all be in one place.
Speaker 2 (32:49):
Okay, Yeah, Well I'm going to look it up. Sniff mat.
Got it? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (32:52):
And then also I've seen people where they do a
similar concept with the sniff bat, but they put it
in like a frozen towel. Basically, they put a bunch
of different treats and they put it in water in
like a bowl, and they freeze it and then put
it in a towel. Also freeze the towel and kind
of it's like a they have to pull it back
and liquid and it becomes an activity for them and
(33:13):
it consumes a lot of their time and tires them
out because it's using their brain energy.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
Got it?
Speaker 1 (33:17):
Similar on that concept, the sniff mat is the easier one,
but the ice could be the second level. If the
sniff mat doesn't work, Okay, maybe somethings to.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
Try really looking it up right now all the things?
Speaker 1 (33:28):
Yes, I mean yeah, or maybe there is like a
nutrient she's missing and that's what it is. Because trains
start giving her like carrots and blueberries.
Speaker 2 (33:35):
They like those.
Speaker 1 (33:36):
You can put those in the sniff mats. It's gonna
be different nutrients to give her.
Speaker 2 (33:40):
I just like freeze them in there. Yeah, I didn't
know they could have blueberries. Blueberries are really good for
their brains. Okay, but no grapes.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
No grapes, no grapes or chocolate. No com Yeah, no
zou in peanut butter, but most peanut butter doesn't really
have it anymore.
Speaker 2 (33:57):
Oh, I thought that Bobby just had an article about
how some peanut butters are adding its sugar free. You
always have to watch them, which is what you have
to the sugar free gum is why that's an ishe.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
If you get like the natural Jiffy that wants peanut
butter and water, so you're fine peanut butter and water
or peanuts and water, sorry, peanuts and water. I think
that's how they use it to mash it.
Speaker 2 (34:18):
Oh, it's like not what I think.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
They also add oil and molasses sometimes, okay, which I
could be wrong, But the only reason I know this
is because I've looked at a lot of ingredients and
peanut butter is always an easy one because there's always
like two or four ingredients.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
I'm now looking at sniff mat I'm literally on Amazon
right now, sniff Matte for dogs.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
There you go, and like I said, you can make
them easy to start, and she can gradually work up
to harder because you can, like it has a like
these little things where they contract. Oh wow, okay, yeah,
maybe that'll be something.
Speaker 2 (34:54):
A lot of these have good reviews. But then sometimes
I wonder, I'm like, are there really three thousand people
that have reviewed this?
Speaker 1 (35:01):
But that I never know? On Amazon, I don't really
trust Amazon review you know what.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
I've started to look at when I click on Amazon,
like it'll tell you if you click on the item
and you scroll down. Sometimes it will say this is
a commonly returned item that I have loved.
Speaker 1 (35:16):
Starting to see and they'll give like a synopsis of
the reviews. It's helpful of people liked this, this and this,
and they didn't like this.
Speaker 2 (35:23):
Although I will say that was on a shirt that
I ordered Stevenson, like a white button down because I'm
going to take him to the CMS. So I ordered
him a little black suit off Amazon with a white
button down and the white button down. It said it
was commonly returned, but it was had still some solid
(35:43):
reviews and it was a really good price. And then
it had to cupe on. So I was like, well,
I'm just gonna okay, fine, if I have to return it,
I'm just going to give it a try. And I
got it in and it's perfect. It's perfect.
Speaker 1 (35:54):
It might because it's a piece of clothing and sometimes
they don't fit right for people.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
True, so that's why it's returned a lot good points.
It's like crappy.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
I would be more used to that on like items
like this where they're not clothing. Clothing is tough to
do online, but yeah, I can attest. Remy has one.
And Remy doesn't really like a lot of brain activities.
She's pretty lazy, but she loves the sniff Matt.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
Okay, I know, I may have to show them to
you when we get done recording, and you can tell
me which one you actually got because there's a lot
of key ones.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
Okay, I got you. But maybe it'll help hopefully, Hey, yeah,
this could change my life.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
That's the hope. That's what we're trying to do.
Speaker 1 (36:30):
Okay, well, we're gonna jump out of here, but Amy,
thanks for joining. I hope everybody had a very happy Halloween.
Speaker 2 (36:37):
Amy.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
Tell the people where they can find.
Speaker 2 (36:38):
You, hear you all that good stuff at Radio Amy
on Socials podcast for Things with Amy Brown and yeah,
it's probably the easiest and best ways to find me, okay.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
And I am at what Girl Morgan on All the Things.
You can check out both of our podcasts amys or
Things with Amy Brown like she said, and I am
at take this personally and of course so you can
follow the show at Bobby Bone Show.
Speaker 2 (37:02):
See y'all next time. Bye. That's the best bits of
the week with Morgan.
Speaker 1 (37:07):
Thanks for listening.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
Be sure to check out the other two parts this weekend.
Speaker 1 (37:10):
Go follow the show on all social platforms Bobby
Speaker 2 (37:13):
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