Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 47 Mins
Theme: Domestic Chaos, Sean Diddy Combs Court Case Updates with Jay-Z allegations, Killer Kangaroos, AITA, Book Club Review!
Welcome back to This Is My Circus — where the chaos is real, the animals are escaping, and the only peace you’ll get is in the bathroom with a burrito.
This week, Stephanie and Meredith break down:
- The latest Diddy courtroom chaos — another juror booted, leaks in the courtroom, and Secret Service Sam’s questionable switch-up.
- The bizarre and unconfirmed Jay-Z paternity allegations and why he’s refusing a DNA test.
- The real criminal? A kangaroo in South Carolina and a dead hammerhead shark dropping from the sky. (Sharknado is real.)
- Plus: Fake food poisoning to escape the kids. Worth it? Totally.
🐾 Animal Drama Rundown:
- A wallaby loose in Tennessee
- A kangaroo “murder?” in Myrtle Beach
- An emu on the run
- Zebra Ed now has a book deal
- And a “baby shark” falling from the sky during disc golf
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- Converse ripped off a small designer, and we’re mad about it
- Summer camp for women? Yes, please. But we want glamping, not Girl Scouts.
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- Why we both started new businesses (Refined Occasions & Honey Drop Media)
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(00:00):
Welcome to, this is my circus,the podcast where we embrace the
chaos and keep it real aboutparenting, pop culture, true
crime, and the books we can'tput down because let's be
honest, life is one big circusand we're just trying to survive
with caffeine, sarcasm, and alittle true crime obsession.
So if you love unfilteredconversation, questionable
parenting hacks, and deep divesinto the things that keep us up
(00:21):
at night, you're in the rightplace.
Buckle up, grab your popcorn,and let's get into the chaos.
I'm Stephanie.
I'm Meredith.
And welcome to you.
This is my circus.
I did the karate chop.
Totally karate chop.
You're ready to take out that.
Mic's been a day.
Been a day.
I feel like we say that all thetime.
We do.
We do.
But you know, it's life.
(00:42):
So it's been a life.
It's been a life, you know, weall have, we all have things.
We all have issues.
We all have good and bad andwhatever.
So here we are.
Yes.
You know, who's having badDiddy, you know, who's having
bad is, that jury becausethey're like all in trouble.
Yes.
Yes.
They're all in trouble.
(01:03):
So, okay, so last week we talkedabout juror.
Juror six.
Mm-hmm.
Did that one get He got booted.
Okay.
But now confidential info, likewhen they locked down the
courtroom mm-hmm.
And kicked everybody out forhowever long.
Mm-hmm.
Well, whatever was said in that.
Timeframe.
Mm-hmm.
While the jury was still there,but nobody else was got late.
Oh.
And so one of the jurors,they're trying to figure out
(01:25):
which one.
Oh, late it.
So the judge said he was gonnatake everybody's cell phones and
like, go through their cellphones.
Oh, somebody's gonna turn phone.
So I don't know.
But yeah, again, glad I'm not onthat jury.
Same, also glad I'm not Jay-Z.
What?
I didn't see nothing happen.
Ooh, I, you know, I hate to sayanything about him because I'm
(01:46):
always scared that a's comingafter you.
Yes.
So he and Diddy are facingallegations together?
Yes.
Okay.
I mean, I've seen that along theway, but I've never seen that
he's ever been like, brought upon charges or anything.
So no charges, but just more,investigation, investigation
discussion.
And he is wanting the minor to,tell them who he is like or who
(02:11):
she, who, the minor they want toidentify themselves.
I also saw that there is aperson now, no longer a, a
child, but supposedly he is thefather of the child.
And if they do A-D-D-N-A test,it would prove that the mother
was a minor at the time when shegot pregnant.
And so he keeps, refusing to dothe DNA testing.
(02:32):
Mm-hmm.
Oh my goodness.
And the guy looks just like him.
I mean, yeah.
A carbon copy.
Yeah.
Well, and actually this child,at that point, this happened in,
I wanna say in 2000.
Mm-hmm.
With Diddy and Jay-Z, and itsaid at the time, 30-year-old
Jay-Z.
He is 55 years old right now.
(02:54):
Oh my God.
I did not realize.
Yeah.
That is crazy.
Mm-hmm.
Crazy.
Jay-Z.
Um, so yeah, they're not a minoranymore either, obviously.
But yeah, that's bananas, Uhhuh,all of it, all the things.
Saw some more videos onStephanie Sue, where she was
(03:14):
given some reports.
Yes.
Well, I saw, secret Service,Sam.
Mm-hmm.
Said and I don't know if he gotpaid off by Diddy's team or
what.
I don't really know.
But he was like, oh, well I wasin the elevator with Diddy's
best friend, and they say thatpuffy doesn't know her and he
never mouthed.
I know you.
And I was like, but if he didknow, he's never gonna admit
(03:37):
that he's timing this.
Perfect.
Right, right.
Yeah.
He's definitely got paid off forsomething.
Something happened there.
Secret Service, Sam.
Secret Service.
Sam, letting us down.
You were doing all the goodthings.
Yes.
And here we are.
And here we are.
So it's just been a lot going onthe, we talked about the Zebra.
They caught the zebra.
Have you seen though, that nowthey're releasing children's
(03:57):
books about the Zebra?
No, but I love that.
I have to show you this picture,like the zebras day out.
It's like the zebra on the run.
Ed the Zebra is wild vacation.
I love it.
I do too.
And I love that they named himEd.
Mm-hmm.
Did you like that, that newvideo that I sent you with the
police chasing the emu?
The emu isn't, that was not, hewasn't, they ran fast.
(04:19):
I, I thought, I don't know.
He was in no rush.
And I think that the police werejust trying to keep track of it.
Like, I don't think that theywanted to get out of there.
It was just like we, you've saidmultiple times stop with the
Jumanji.Dice.
Yes.
Like it's just too much.
There was another, um, likethere's another animal on the
run, on the lamb.
I dunno why I love saying on thelamb.
(04:42):
Well, I just feel like anybodythat's got odd animals.
Yeah.
Let's keep tabs on that.
I think the animals are justgetting smarter and learning how
to escape.
Is that what you think it is?
I do, I think are ling But,yeah, if you've put an air tag
on him mm-hmm.
On your animal.
Oh, and I found the, the otheranimal that was loose, sorry,
(05:04):
Tennessee.
This in the other, uh, wallaby?
I feel like we had a wallaby outnot too long ago.
Was that in South Carolina orwas that Tennessee?
Okay.
Um, I feel like there was oneloose not too long ago.
Oh, I was so proud that I foundDid you talk about the guy that
was found dead in the, thekangaroo cage?
In, in Myrtle Beach?
No, that was like last month Ithink.
(05:27):
But um, the family owns like, Iguess like a little petting zoo,
or not petting zoo, but like a,one of those I guess you can go
visit the animals.
I don't really know.
Yeah, yeah.
But they had a big kangaroo,like it wasn't like the cute
little wall be right.
It was like a kangaroo kroo.
It was the big jack ones.
I was like, there's something tomiss here though, because dude
like left to go to the store andhe came back and the brother was
(05:49):
in the kangaroo cage.
Pummeled.
I feel like this is anotherTiger King.
And I was like, somebody beatthe bejesus out of him and put
it in there.
Somebody setting up thekangaroos like, yeah.
And the brothers said it wasnever an aggressive kangaroo.
I feel like all kangaroos areaggressive, but Why do they eat
(06:09):
dogs so much?
I don't know.
But they're always trying to get'em.
I'm like, leave the dogs on.
I know.
I would fight a kangaroo forRex.
Oh, absolutely.
I would.
I would fight a kangaroo forRex.
He was so excited when I cametoday and I had my little treat.
I wanna tell you something aboutkangaroo babies.
Oh no, I won't.
(06:30):
I won't.
Well, now I have to know.
But is it about the birthing ofit?
Because I don't wanna knowanything about it.
No.
Any, I don't wanna know any morebirthing, you know they have the
pouch.
Yeah.
They're in there like whenthey're like this big.
Yeah.
I didn't know that.
I thought that was literallylike on Winnie the Poo when the
little rabbit or neitherchamber, they're like, grow
there.
Yeah.
(06:51):
I didn't know this.
Yeah, it's like the, almost likean embryo that's just ready for
everybody to see it.
Like no.
Yeah, I thought like they, yeah,that I learn things all the
time.
Yeah.
That's part of growth.
Well, there was a rescue centerin Australia or somewhere and
the mom kangaroo died.
(07:12):
So there was the baby and theydressed up like a kangaroo and
the, they would open up thepouch and the baby would jump
in.
I think that's adorable.
That's what I wanna see.
See, this is where I'm like you,I don't wanna see it like
growing and stuff though.
Like it was like a littlehairless thing in the, this is,
no, we don't, we don't do that.
(07:32):
Gimme the panda being spit out.
Not Stephanie Siri.
No, mine.
Give me those.
I, I like my, my fuzzy animals.
You want fur?
You want fur and feathers.
Okay.
Well, speaking of animals,'causeDylan went to the beach last
week.
Yes.
While he was there, I wasscrolling and I sent this
(07:54):
picture to him.
It was close to Myrtle.
Mm-hmm.
Um, but people were discgolfing.
Okay.
Um, we like that whole sport,whatever you wanna call it.
Yeah.
I don't get it.
Like, yeah.
Anyway, throwing a Frisbee inthe woods to go into a little, I
don't like, I, I have nocoordination anyway.
I can't aim a Frisbee.
(08:15):
No, we just go, it just goes,it's just a bowling ball.
I can't bowl either.
I can't either.
I hate bowling because I suck atit.
But there were disc golfing and.
A baby hammerhead fell outta thesky.
I saw that.
So I asked Brian about it.
This is the Brian moment of the,of the show that I always have a
(08:35):
Brian thing.
And he's like, that's not real.
That's ai.
I don't think so.
I think it was real.
It was a real news thing.
That's what I said.
It was.
Well my, the first source Ilooked at was like W 4 72
Chicago.
And he was like, why wouldChicago have that so odd?
He thinks a bird had it.
Well, and that's what somebodyin the comment said, yeah.
Like a bird dropped it.
(08:56):
Yeah.
But I'm like, that is crazy.
Could you imagine a no?
And I was like, I sent it toDylan and I said, Sharknado.
Sharknado.
Yes, exactly.
And of all the things ahammerhead shark I know.
Well, they just caught ahammerhead, right off one of the
North Carolina beaches, a 14foot hammerhead.
That's huge.
(09:17):
Yeah.
There's a huge great white outthere too.
Have you ever seen those appswhere they have like tagged
them?
Yes.
There was one named Mary for along time that would stay on on
our coast, but yeah, there'sanother huge one out there right
now.
Be careful guides.
Yeah.
And a, a girl just got her handnibbled shopped off.
Oh, by a shark nibble.
(09:38):
Chopped off potato.
Potato in Florida.
Yeah.
It's crazy.
I was like, hmm.
Hard pass.
Yeah, yeah.
No, thank you.
They're scary.
So our week is going better thanDiddy's, but how has your week
been?
Oh my goodness.
It has just been a crazy busy,um, started on Friday.
(09:59):
Jackson had a football camp thathe went to for Western Carolina.
And it was here in Charlotte?
It was at Palisades High School.
Okay.
So that was on Friday.
And then after that he had abasketball tournament for
school.
Well, you know, we were havingthose summer storms or whatever,
pretty much every day.
And it's, it's what, whathappens, right?
Like it's not a surprise.
(10:19):
Well, check-in was like at one30, the camp started at two.
They got out there and the linewas getting really long and all
of a sudden the bottom justdropped out of everything.
So we had another friend named aKyle with us, and they came
running back in the car and theyare sweaty, gross, soaking wet,
like cleats soaking wet, youknow, all disgusting.
(10:40):
So it just smelled like mold.
Oh my god.
It was terrible.
So they just, I mean like thefloorboard was like soaking wet.
Yeah.
From them just so they'resitting in the car and we're
waiting on it to pass and theysend like a email blast out that
the lightning has moved, youknow, all the things.
So it's okay.
So they went, did the camp.
They had a good experience, youknow, they showed out, they did
(11:01):
their things.
Mm-hmm.
And we were, Mackay was goingwith us to the basketball
tournament that was in RockHill.
I was like, okay, cool.
Great.
Come on, Mackay.
They were so, so we went toWalmart and I was like, I'm
running in what do you need?
Dry?
They both needed socks.
They both needed underwear.
Their shorts were fine.
And then Mackay needed a shirt.
I was like, okay, clearancerack.
Here I come.
So I got them socks.
(11:23):
They just a pack of socks.
A pack of socks.
They were on sale for whateverreason.
I don't know.
But I was owning it.
And underwear is expensive.
It's, it's like a five pack for,it wasn't even five pack, it was
like a three pack for 20something,$30.
And I was like, for someunderwear that they're just
gonna wear.
Mm-hmm.
No.
So Clarence, right?
(11:43):
Mm-hmm.
Had a two pack, which wasperfect.
Yeah.
Of boxer briefs, which is what Itold'em first.
I was told'em I was getting'emtidy whites, but I was like, you
should do it.
They're expensive too, and I'llspend that much money on it.
I got Garfield underwear andthey were like kind of arguing
over who wanted which pattern ofGarfield, like, oh, that's
(12:06):
awesome.
One had like little garfieldsall over it and the other one
had like Garfield Strip, I don'tknow.
Anyway, afterwards I was like,how was the underwear?
And they were like, it wasreally tight.
It held everything in.
Yeah, I pretty much so Garfieldunderwear for the win.
Went to the basketballtournament all, all Friday,
(12:26):
Saturday.
Father's Day was Sunday.
Mm-hmm.
So of course that was a busy daytrying to do all the things.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Cooked for Brian, cooked for myfather-in-law.
And, yeah, I, I just feel likeit has just been a very busy,
busy time.
Yeah.
I need a vacation.
Same, I need, I need to gosomewhere where I'm not plugged
(12:49):
in unless I wanna be plugged inmm-hmm.
And not have anybody else I needto take care of.
Mm-hmm.
And or nobody else.
I need to be like, oh, okay.
Well I'll go get you somethingto eat.
I, I don't wanna do anything.
Yeah.
Maybe we can go to that campyou, tagged me in.
Okay.
So I tagged you on TikTok orsomething, and it's a summer
camp for women.
(13:10):
And there, but it's like camp,like, when you were little
mm-hmm.
Camp with all the campactivities mm-hmm.
But like grownups.
Yeah.
And I think that sounds like alot of fun.
Mm-hmm.
Like, I really want to kayak.
Mm-hmm.
Really?
Yes.
I have always wanted one.
And it's always been like, wedon't have time because of, you
know, we've had the little pondon our property.
Like, I could go in a circle acouple times.
(13:31):
Yeah.
But we've been so busy, wehaven't had time.
So I would love to go and do allthe activities, but I also want,
like, I want upgraded sheets.
Yeah.
Like glamping.
Yes.
Yeah.
I'll need the ac.
Yeah.
And a fan.
Oh, 100%.
But I wanna do the fun things.
Yes, too.
Um, kayaking is not for me.
Okay.
(13:52):
Paddle boarding's not for me.
Okay.
I feel like.
If I flipped a kayak.
Yeah.
Or if I, I would be so scared Iwouldn't be able to Yeah.
Because your legs get upunderneath.
Yeah.
Well, they have a couple, I'mnot panicked.
Panic.
What?
Like, I would panic.
I really would.
I would, I am not good in thosesituations.
They have the ones that yourlegs go in, which is what I
want.
I wanna sit down in, but theyhave'em that you sit on top too.
(14:14):
Mm-hmm.
And where you can almost kind offall off and be separate.
Yeah.
So like, the paddleboarding, I'mokay with'cause you have control
of your own body.
Body.
Yeah.
Which is my problem.
I don't want control of my ownbody.
I, I just, I, I don't know what,it just freaks me out.
I don't know.
Yeah.
But again, this might go to thething that I think I'm better at
(14:37):
things than I actually am.
It's working for you though, sojust, I mean, stick with that.
Stick with that.
Let's go.
Yeah, let's go.
Um, did you hear about thisfunny article popped up for me
this week and I've got to tellyou a little bit about this.
Okay.
Are you ready?
I am ready.
It's a little bit older.
Okay.
But it's worth the read.
Okay.
So this is from December, 2020.
(14:58):
Okay.
Okay.
12-year-old student.
Name Cow Bell.
First of all, parents are awful.
He caught public attention fororganizing a surprise lunchtime
dance party in the boys'restroom at St.
Anthony's Catholic College inManchester, England.
Is that code word for somethingelse?
No.
(15:18):
Showing a talent for creativityand a flare for event planning.
He promoted the event onSnapchat, inviting fellow year
eight boys, so that his grade tojoin the celebration, he went
all out.
He brought in a full DJ setup,complete with mixing decks,
sound speakers, and colorfuldisco lights, turning the
bathroom into a mini night club.
(15:40):
How big are their bathrooms?
I have no idea because, and I'mpicturing like Jake from two and
a half men in the bathroom, likemixing it up a little bit.
But, it says that he also handedout Cadbury Twirl bars and
bottles of.
Lucas aid, I don't know ifthat's like an English something
(16:01):
or something.
Mm-hmm.
To his desk.
It lasted around 30 minutesbefore school staff discovered
the party and stepped in to stopit.
Teachers confiscated all theequipment and brought the
celebration to an end while theevent raised a few eyebrows that
also earned some smiles.
Kid is amazing.
Boots and pants and boots andpants.
I'm just trying to figure outhow big this bathroom is because
(16:24):
our school bathrooms were notbig.
No, it's very minimal space tolike, maybe a couple of sinks
and then maybe like in thelocker room kind area.
But I'm also picturing, okay, soour imaginations go everywhere.
Yes.
So.
Of course I'm picturing likethey're in blazers, like in
(16:45):
uniforms and he is got like thetie loosened and while he's like
mixing it up a little bit likeRis Bueller.
Yeah.
So, anyway, I think it's great.
Awesome.
I thought that was great.
Yeah.
It was a little bit older, butthat caught my attention.
I was like, I love this child.
Yeah.
Hmm.
Behave at school though kids,but also have a good time.
You're only young once, what'sthe worst they can do?
(17:11):
As long as there wasn't any likeparty favors.
Yeah.
I didn't see any, anything likethat.
Yeah.
But think about two.
He carried all this stuff in.
I'm wondering like though,because, well, this is 2022 and
that was COVID time.
Mm-hmm.
December of 2020.
Yeah.
I don't know because they've gotthe mini ones or even like the
laptop mixers or whatever.
(17:32):
Yeah.
So he, that could have all fitin a backpack.
Yeah.
Oh, you know, I was picturingthe big setup.
Yeah, yeah.
Like the big, the clubs back inthe day where it was like the
thing.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Isn't that funny?
Yeah.
Mm, I know.
Good old days.
I know, I know.
I thought that was really cute.
And I was like, I gotta tellSteph.
Um, well thanks to you I startedwatching Secret Lives of Mormon
(17:55):
Lives and I binged like thewhole season one.
Okay.
Did you watch?
I haven't finished.
Okay.
No, I needed a break.
Okay.
What did you think?
I can't stand Whitney.
No, no.
The jump like annoying'cause apick me.
Yes.
Like wants to be in charge.
Yeah.
I don't like her.
And there's somebody else thatI've seen on TikTok who they're
(18:16):
like, I'm trying to get back inthe club.
Do you know who that is?
Is it the blonde chick?
Yeah.
I watch half of like season twoepisode one and then I like
start doing stuff productive.
But.
If it's the same chick, like theblonde chick, she was in the
original, TikTok mom or mom talkor whatever.
Yeah.
That was in the scandal.
Okay.
(18:37):
But she just, I guess, divorcedher husband and now wants to get
back into mom talk.
Oh, okay.
But she like dipped.
Okay.
When that whole thing, when allthe, the stuff came out.
Yeah.
And then, yeah.
So Okay.
If that's the same one Yeah, itprobably is.
But it sucks you in.
Yeah, but I'm like, this is whyI don't have female friends.
(18:59):
I.
I mean, I do.
Oh yeah.
What?
Because, okay, so what, is therelike six or eight of'em?
I can't remember exactly.
Yeah.
But there's little of courselittle groups within the group.
And they are like in theirtwenties.
Yeah.
Like their twenties or whatever.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But they all in these littlegroups, they all talk bad about
each other, and then the groupskind of shift and then they're
(19:20):
all talking bad about eachother.
But Whitney is the catalyst forall of it.
She is.
Then she wants to play likevictim Uhhuh, you know, don't be
mad at me.
I didn't say it.
And like she totally did.
Yeah.
And she totally stirred thewhole pot to get all of that
going.
Yeah.
And then she gets called out forit and she starts to freaking
cry.
Yeah.
Like.
Give me a break.
I'm not a fan of her at all.
(19:41):
I can't stand her.
Mm-hmm.
No.
When you said, thanks to you, Ithought you were gonna talk
about your, baby birth andvideos.
That too.
Let's not ever say that again,because my algorithm, I don't
wanna see dolphins being born.
I really, really, really wantyou to see the panda though.
I don't wanna see that either.
It's stick a watermelon seedgetting spit out.
(20:03):
Don't listen.
Oh my goodness.
Speaking of Siri, so I saw todaythat Donald Trump has come out
with his own cell phone serviceand his own cell phone.
Right?
Okay.
So I was watching the video onthis and Somebody in the
comments was like, I will 100%switch over if instead of Siri's
voice.
It's Donald Trump's voice.
Oh my gosh.
(20:25):
Oh my God.
That's true.
That is true.
I just laughed like that isgreat.
I was like, oh gosh.
Do you change your, like voiceson, on the, so let me be clear
'cause I'm having a hard timewith words again on ways I
again, change your, right nowmine is the how to train your
dragon guy.
(20:46):
Yeah.
So I love, I'm, I'm down for allthat.
Like, give me fun.
Give me snoop giving medirections.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, slow up.
We about to roll up to the hazy.
Hold up.
Wait in a minute.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Give me all the funny voices.
I am a hundred percent down.
Yeah.
(21:06):
There is a, text reader mm-hmm.
That you can have Snoop's voiceor that's cool.
And it's like ai, so it'll readkind of like Alexa, but you have
better voices because Alexa notit sometimes she struggles.
Yeah.
I cannot stand Yeah.
Whitney though, on that show andthat right?
There is the reason why youdon't have a big group of
(21:28):
girlfriends either.
I.
Mm, I know.
No, thank you.
I've got a few and, we're all sobusy.
'cause a lot of us are, we'reall just at different phases.
Like, some of them have kidsthat are already gone, and some
of us are, kids are still there,and we're trying to hang on for
every last second.
Oh, I wanted to say this, whenyou said, when we were talking
(21:49):
about ring tones, have you seenthe meme that it's like.
In 2005, I paid a dollar 49 forringtone.
Yeah.
And now my phone's always onsilent, you know, that's me.
Same.
Mm-hmm.
But Dylan did show me how tomake any song into a ringtone.
Oh, did he?
Mm-hmm.
To use the GR garage app.
Yeah.
It was like that.
And then there's like two appsthat you have to convert.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But he did show me how to dothat.
(22:10):
So smart.
So smart.
What were we just talking about?
Don't know.
TV shows.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, well, are you watchinganything else?
So I finished, Handmade Tale.
Handmaid's Tale.
Did you watch it?
I just like a couple episodes.
I just couldn't get into it, soit took me several times.
Like I would start watching itand then I was like, I can't.
(22:32):
Mm-hmm.
And then like, you know, monthsor a year, whatever later.
So finally I got into it andthen the last season just
dropped.
Didn't like it.
Mm-hmm.
Very disappointed.
Yeah.
I don't know what I would'vedone different, but I hate it
when it's like Yeah.
Still into, into Gossip.
Girl.
Are you still on season one?
(22:52):
No.
Okay.
I'm like four.
Well, there you go.
Progress.
Yeah.
I've finally made some progress.
You really are Blair more thanSerena.
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
It's fun.
Yeah.
So there was a new, I don't knowhow new it is, but it was new
for me watching it, on AmazonPrime.
It's, I think the Good Sisterand it's based off of a book.
I feel like I've seen that.
(23:13):
But it's a series.
okay.
And so that has, jessica Beal init.
Oh, okay.
It was pretty good.
It's only like eight episodes orsomething like that.
It's not very long.
Okay.
But it was okay.
Did you see the one that she didcandy?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
She's got a very wide varietyof, uh, skills.
(23:35):
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
She's good characters.
She is, she is.
Um, do you like Conversesneakers like Chuck?
Mm-hmm.
So I do too.
I've probably got 10 pairs, butI will never buy another pair
again.
And this is why, why?
Because I'm so mad at Converse,so Converse did a, collab
mm-hmm.
With a small designer.
Mm-hmm.
And his name is Kelly.
(23:58):
Don't make me, I'm gonna laugh,but his last name is, but.
But his line is called, and it'sbeen this way for years, love
Comma Kelly, like, like a loveletter.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
So he collabed with Converse on,I guess for a very short time
on, you know, limited editionshoes or whatever.
Mm-hmm.
Well, then Converse stole thewhole concept and started doing
(24:23):
love comma Chuck for theircampaign, like their own
campaign.
And so I was like, oh, this islike, that's Vy.
Yeah, that is, he's stealingthis, this small designer.
Yeah.
Who came up with this little, Imean like his, his little
marketing gig.
And so then I went to thecomment section because, because
that's So did you run, did youtrip when you were trying to get
(24:44):
there?
And this has happened severaltimes before with Converse.
Really?
Yeah.
I was like, oh, I can't buyChucks anymore.
I know, I like'em too.
I had some that I loved.
They were low top.
Mm-hmm.
And they were gray and theywere.
Perfect shoe.
Yeah.
But eventually I had to, Chuckhad to chuck the Chucks.
(25:06):
Well, I'll never buy em.
No, though.
Shame on you.
Do better converse.
I know.
I really like, area, like littleslip-on shoes.
I liked hey dudes for a while,but there's just nothing to
those.
Those are not comfortable to meat all.
Dylan loves them.
They, uh, there's no, my age isshowing, there's not like no
support, no structure.
They're just floppy littlepieces of canvas.
(25:27):
Yeah.
My age is showing, Have you beenwatching anything else though,
or did the Mormon wives take upall your TV time?
I mean that's really all thatI've been.
Digging into.
Yeah.
And like that's just my, when Iget sick of scrolling, middle of
night.
Like an old pond.
Yeah.
Like mindless.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I get it.
Oh no, no.
(25:48):
I'm lying on, Netflix.
The new season of Jenny andGeorgia came out.
I need to watch that show.
I like it.
I heard it was good.
It is.
I have, I have that on my list.
Yeah.
On my list.
So I did watch the newest seasonof that.
Yeah.
Jackson's been watching thebasketball playoffs.
I'm like, can we just stop hop?
And if the game is not even agood game, he's like, eh.
(26:08):
So yeah, lots of exciting stuffgoing on.
Really Lovely.
But, but just, I feel like it'scrazy right now.
Like things are, I just havebeen so busy.
Well, that's because we havesome new ventures.
Yeah.
Well that's true that we aredoing it, which is.
Starting some, starting a newbusiness.
Yes.
It, so do you want to telleverybody?
(26:28):
Yeah, I'd love to.
So I have started a smallbusiness for, day of
coordination for weddings.
So it is called refinedoccasions.
Please follow me on the socials.
But what it is, is I will be thebossy person on a wedding day
that tells everybody where togo, when to go there, where to
(26:50):
go.
I need to find a better way tosay that, but tell everybody,
everybody in their place at theright time, at the right time,
and, communicate with thevendors.
Let them know where to go, whereto park.
You know, it's the little thingslike that that like the, your DJ
might need to know something andthey don't know who to talk to.
So I would be like the point ofcontact for them that day.
Coordinating the first dancetimes all, uh, the pictures, you
(27:14):
know, all of everything that youneed somebody to do, but you
don't want somebody in yourfamily to have to do it because
then they miss out on the event.
Yeah.
That would be me.
I've already got a couplebooked.
I'm really excited.
Mm-hmm.
And, I'm looking forward to justpursuing this and seeing what
happens with it.
I'm pretty good at being a chaoscoordinator, so I think it'll be
(27:36):
fun.
Yeah.
Um, now you have some excitingnews too.
Well, I am starting social mediamanagement for organic social
media, not like paid ads yet.
Um, so I love this for you.
I know.
I love the creative part of it.
Mm-hmm.
And that's kind of where Ishine.
Yeah.
So I am super excited aboutthat.
(27:56):
What's the name of yourbusiness?
Honey Drop.
I think Media.
That is adorable.
Yes.
And your logos and stuff likewe've been chatting back and
forth with it.
So.
So you, so perfect.
I love it.
Yeah.
Have, you've got a couple ofcustomers lined up already too,
right?
Yes.
So, then that's kind of why,this whole thing sparked was,
people had ask.
(28:17):
Yeah.
So I, I'm excited.
It's something new and mm-hmm.
Just kind of where I feel like Ishine.
Yeah, absolutely.
My area of expertise.
Let me know when you would liketo manage refined occasions.
Got you.
Girl.
I'm excited for you though.
It's fun to have things, as anoutlet.
Like this podcast is an outletfor both of us.
(28:39):
Yeah.
But it gives us time to, that weset aside to be an adult.
Yeah.
And to just, you know, I'm, I'ma yapper, as Brian and Jackson
would say, but a lot of times Ifeel like I'm rushed with them
or I can't.
Have conversations'cause we'realways trying to do, so this is
like a good time for me toreconnect with you.
So having these little sidehustles are ways for us to have
(29:03):
an outlet.
Yeah.
Get some creative energy out andjust, you know, make a mark.
Yeah.
Make money and, and make somemoney.
You make money doing what youreally like to do.
Yeah.
Like why not?
I know, I know.
So, and since I've been helpingAshley with all of the weddings,
I really saw that this was ahuge need.
(29:25):
So, I really think that it'sgonna, it's gonna be really
good.
You went to a event lastweekend?
Yes.
I went to an event, in King'sMountain.
Mm-hmm.
At a venue where they just haddifferent, Vendors there that
were representing their businessor just making connections.
So that was fun.
Yeah, it's a little awkward.
Like I don't have, you know, I'mnot a photographer, so I don't
(29:47):
have like a display book.
Right.
I don't, I don't have merch, Idon't have whatever.
So it's just like me trying tomarket myself walking around and
being, you know, adorable.
So, Oh my gosh.
But the coolest lady was there.
I've got to show you thispicture.
Have you ever heard of somebodywho's at a party event wedding
and they are like paintingscenes?
(30:09):
Yes.
There was a lady there that doesthat, and she painted me in like
a minute.
I know.
It is so cool.
It's of course just likewatercolor wet or whatever, but
it was the neatest thing.
She just like, but she was justkind of doing that as like a
little gate to get people tocome over, of course.
But.
She had like first danceexamples where the bride and the
(30:31):
groom were dancing and she hadpaint.
I was like, oh my gosh.
So I saw on TikTok, I might havesent it to you.
I might not have, I don't know,because I was like, oh, she
probably is like sick of weddingstuff, but no, um, it looked
like it was a blank canvas.
Mm-hmm.
And the bride in the groom, andthere was like a canvas
underneath, like to catch itall, but mm-hmm.
They poured glitter over it andit made a portrait of the bride
in the groom.
That's really cute.
(30:52):
And it had like their weddinggate on it, whatever.
But they did it right at thewedding.
Mm-hmm.
It was so cool.
There are so many really coolthings that are available now.
So if you know of anybodygetting married ll give you a
good damn.
Seriously though, I do have somemic.
Just as I build my portfolio, Iam given some, some very heavy
discounts.
Just trying to get that built.
(31:12):
So I'd love to help anybody.
Are you open to helping anybodyelse right now with your social
media or are you still tryingto, um, yeah, I mean, if, if
somebody is in need, definitelyreach out.
Yeah, we'll figure it out.
We'll figure it out.
Very good.
Did you wanna do, am I theA-hole?
I'd love to.
Okay.
Do we have one?
We do.
Okay.
(31:43):
Am I the a-hole for lockingmyself in the bathroom with a
burrito and pretending I hadfood poisoning just to get a
break from my family for 47minutes?
Absolutely not.
Next.
Okay.
So, hi.
Hi, 33, female mom of three tinylunatics.
(32:05):
Seven male, four female, twofemale have reached the fake her
own digestive demise for peaceera of parenting.
My husband, Chaz, yes, fakename, but fits the man who once
told me it can't be that hard tomultitask a diaper change and a
phone call is a decent guy withthe situational awareness of a
traffic gun.
(32:27):
She's great.
I like her so far, and I didn'tread any of this.
I just saw the, the title Uhhuhand I was like, this one's sick.
This is it.
Yeah, this is it.
It started when I told him Imight need some alone time
because I was on the verge of anervous breakdown and he
replied, didn't you just havealone time two days ago when you
went to Target?
I was buying diapers andhemorrhoid cream Chas.
Anyway, fast forward toSaturday, the house looked like
(32:50):
a cross between a tornado and aChuck e.
Cheese, the toddler's nakedagain, and someone spilled an
entire family sized box ofCheerios into the air vent.
I'm nursing a caffeinewithdrawal headache because
someone Chas used the last ofthe espresso pods and replaced
it with decaf.
I hit my limit when the4-year-old screamed, you're a
bad mommy because I cut herbanana wrong.
(33:12):
I have so much sympathy for her.
Do I?
I'm not proud, but I grabbed apillow, a blanket, and a beefy,
cheesy, completely undeservedburrito, Uhuh that was deserved.
Mm-hmm.
Every bit of that, she shouldhave taken two, walked into the
bathroom and declared, I think Ihave food poisoning.
And then I locked the door.
Let me just applaud her.
Yes.
For the next 47 gloriousminutes, I sat on the floor, ate
(33:36):
my burrito in peace, watchedtiktoks on silent, and made
myself a cozy little bathroomcave.
I even lit a candle forambiance.
I faked a few groans and flusheda toilet once for realizing
realism.
I felt like an Oscar worthyactress.
Look at me being smart here, butthen Chaz bangs on the door
(33:58):
yelling that he doesn't know howto handle all three kids at
once.
That I'm being dramatic.
I say nothing.
Silence is power.
Eventually I emerge holding mystomach like I've just fought
God in diarrhea.
Later that night, I come clean.
Cha says I'm manipulative, andthat I quote, abandon him with
the kids.
(34:19):
My mother-in-law, who somehowgot involved via FaceTime
because of course she did,called me lazy and disrespectful
for faking an illness.
I'm getting, I'm so pissed offfor her, but like I cook clean,
work part-time from home, keepeveryone alive, and I haven't PE
alone since 2018.
So, Reddit.
Am I the a-hole for faking foodpoisoning and hiding in the
(34:41):
bathroom to eat a burrito alonebecause I needed one singular
moment of peace in thishellscape of a weekend.
Girl.
No.
And next time you just take yourheadphones in and you don't have
to listen to TikTok in silence.
Very good.
I'm just worried about hersetting the candle and like the
blanket on fire.
So just be careful.
I'm assuming like it was likeProbably, yeah, probably.
But again, I'm picturing likelegit blanket fork.
(35:03):
Yeah.
So, but no.
Mm-hmm.
I hate that for you, that youhad to, you know what, like Chaz
bring his mother into this.
Yeah.
Like be a man Yeah.
And handle the freaking kids.
Right.
And you just called her, like,told her that she had a long
time grocery shopping.
You can handle the kids for 47minutes.
(35:25):
Chaz.
Yeah.
I'm so frustrated for them rightnow.
Like, and for the mother-in-lawto, to, yeah.
No, right.
Lazy and disrespectful girl, Iwould have lost, I don't even
know if I would have lied.
I would've just been like, I'mgoing to, I'm just need a
(35:46):
minute, just disappear.
Mm-hmm.
I do know right after I hadJackson, I was so freaking
overwhelmed and I didn't knowwhat I was doing.
Um, I went into my closet andjust cried for a little bit and
then I came out and it was okay.
I do that all the time.
I mean, yeah.
But that was just the firstinstance.
In the last probably like fiveyears, I had spent a lot of time
(36:08):
in my closet.
I had a designated, like I hadleft a pillow and a blanket,
like in my old house.
Mm-hmm.
Had a pillow and a blanket in mycloset, and I would just go in
there and cry and I would lay onthe floor and cry in the closet.
It was like, I even just left itin there.
(36:28):
I mean, not a bad idea to have aplace, but I hate that for you,
that you had to do that.
Yeah.
And I, I hate that for our, ournew bestie here for having to do
that.
I'm, I, I like the burrito ideathough.
I know snacks but hilarious.
It like my stomach CURTs, butlet me get the cheesy burrito.
Well, I'm sure she hid it.
I hope so.
(36:49):
As she was getting stuff itunder her.
Oh my gosh, though.
No, I feel terrible for her.
But those moments, I hope shehad a glass of wine too, like,
or was like, you know, like, ora bottle of tequila.
Yeah.
But the, the cut my bananawrong.
Oh my gosh.
(37:09):
Dylan was never, ever picky.
Jay, we never had thoseproblems.
We never really had like, thebreakdowns for, you know, me
rearranging his sheets on his BAor whatever.
I don't even know.
I can't even think of anything.
But yeah, like wore the wrongshoes today or Jackson was
really easy.
Yeah.
So was Dylan.
So I feel for you.
Yeah.
But thank God I never had to Oh,no deal with that.
(37:33):
Yeah.
I feel really, really bad forher.
If you are listening, my friend,and you are near us, you come
hang out.
Yeah.
We'll put you a pillow in theoffice in here.
You can hang out with Rex.
He is like a, the perfectemotional support animal.
I told somebody today I wasBrian's emotional support
(37:55):
animal.
Anyway.
No, you're not the A-hole.
No.
Your husband and yourmother-in-law actually are but
what ifs She is a queen.
The, a-hole.
Yeah.
Sorry.
No, I hope that this will teachthem that you need more time
too.
Yourself other than just, youknow, your target hemorrhoid
creamer.
So your, your response next timewill be, I saw, your work in
(38:16):
parenting.
I will not be taking your Yeah.
Advice.
Right?
This is the outcome of whatyou've done, so we're not
listening to you.
Yeah.
So no, not the whole.
Yes.
All right.
Well I think it is time for ourbook.
So if you're not our bookies, welove you.
Have an awesome week.
Come back next week and listento us and tell your friends too,
too.
Love you.
Love you.
(38:37):
Bye Bye.
Alright.
This week we read the UnHoneymooners by Christina
Lauren, and I loved this book.
I did too.
Okay, so let's blurb blurb.
The blurb of the blurb.
Perpetually unlucky Olive isforced to fake a honeymoon with
her nemesis.
Ethan, after a twist of fateleaves them, the only ones
healthy enough to claim hersister's all expense paid trip
(39:00):
only to discover that pretendingto be in love might not be so
bad.
After all, this was such agreat.
Summer read.
Mm-hmm.
Palette, cleanser, whatever youwanna call it.
Yep.
Loved it from start to finish.
I did too.
It was so, so, so cute.
And it reminded me a lot of thatone that we had read before a
few weeks ago Abby Geminis thatwe've talked about a couple of
times where it was the thirdbook in the series, but we
(39:22):
didn't read it for the podcast.
We just read it on our own.
Did we just read it on our own?
We did.
Oh, okay.
So y'all need to read that, Ithink, but read'em in order.
Yeah, you're right.
That's the one that I texted youabout.
Just a very cute mm-hmm.
Still emotional.
Yeah.
I mean, still, you know, itwasn't just bland, right.
It wasn't all, you know,rainbows and puppies and
predictable.
Mm-hmm.
Well, as you're now in thewedding business Yeah.
(39:44):
The start of the book, thesister's getting married and
they have a seafood buffet andeverybody in the wedding, except
for Olive and Ethan.
'cause Ethan doesn't do buffetsand Olive is allergic to
seafood.
Mm-hmm.
So they are the only two in thisentire event that doesn't get
this food poisoning, that arespared from this horrible,
(40:04):
horrible, it sounds atrocious.
So what, as a day of coordinatorwould you have done?
Oh my God.
I would, I would get thecaterer.
I was thinking of you while as Iwas listening, as you were
listening, you were thinking ofme.
I was Because you were like, ohmy God.
Um, uh, so my, my priority inthat moment would be to take
(40:26):
care of the bride and groom.
Who was profusely throwing up.
Mm-hmm.
I wanna make sure they werecomfortable and Okay.
And whatever.
And I'd honestly probably call 91 1.
Yeah.
Because that's too many peoplefor one person to try to handle.
Yeah.
But it was talking and when itwas talking, like I was getting
disgusted hearing about it.
Me too.
They went into, into detail andI'll fast forward, fast forward.
(40:47):
Yeah.
Put it in without the details.
Yeah.
How do I Okay.
Spoilers.
Yeah.
Like, I liked that.
I know.
We always say it, so, but Iliked that the, the groom.
I forgot the brother's name.
I do too.
I forgot it too.
But I liked how the groomthough, ended up being a jerk.
Yeah.
And she ended up leaving himUhhuh.
Yeah.
But I loved that like.
(41:08):
That typically is not the way alot of these books work out.
Yeah.
It's usually, oh, I forgave himand So I really enjoyed just the
breath of fresh air with some ofthe different things.
I loved the slow burn mm-hmm.
Of Ethan and Olive.
Mm-hmm.
Because they, they did not likeeach other.
(41:28):
Right.
And so it was like the bickeringand like the mm-hmm.
And then they, the tension.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
I thought it was awesome.
Mm-hmm.
You know what I really liked toowas the night that he got drunk.
Mm-hmm.
And it's like he had been this.
Almost stuffy guy in my mind.
And then he was just likeadorable little goofball.
Mm-hmm.
I really liked that transitionto, I thought that was done
(41:51):
really well.
I think all the characters wereso relatable.
Mm-hmm.
And like so holistic.
Like you could really likepicture this in real life.
Yeah.
A hundred percent.
And I think that the charactersdeveloped really, really, really
well.
Right, right.
For the whole book.
Even the, like the little subcharacters, like the gay cousin.
Yeah.
I loved him.
Olive was relatable because likeshe was like, I'm curvy.
(42:14):
Yeah.
Like, I'm bit, I don't wanna siton his lap.
Yeah.
You know, that kind of thing.
And a, a lot of that was in herhead, but still it, it was how
she felt.
She was like, I like my curves,I like my body.
Right, right.
And if you don't like it, right.
And she was like, I'm gonna siton his lap, but I'm not gonna,
I'm gonna like hover and my legsare shaking'cause I don't wanna
put all the weight on.
Yeah.
I laughed out loud when, well,first of all, like I've never
(42:34):
been so intrigued to have amassage class together.
Not separate.
So in the book, they have acouple's massage and they
thought they were getting acouple's massage where they're
both on the tables gettingmassaged.
Yeah.
And it's a massage class.
Right.
And so Ethan is massaging olive.
Yes.
And you could like feel thetension mm-hmm.
(42:56):
Between the two of them.
Yeah.
And I was like, well, that'sintriguing.
Right.
Right.
But then Olive says, and I, Itook this as a quote because I,
it made me, I literally laughedat question.
Okay.
she says in her head, she wantedto tell the masseuse to scram
and lead them to their brothelroom in peace.
Yes.
It was.
So, I keep saying quirky about alot of these books, but they
(43:18):
are, they're, they're just, so,this is a great palette
cleanser.
I and the lines that she wouldsay like that, like she, she was
wearing the bridesmaids dressand they were calling it a
skittle, and then it busted onher like just cute.
Yeah.
Oh, there was some, there wassome not for kids parts in there
too.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
But it was just so, it was good.
(43:38):
Yeah.
But it was only like a one onechili pepper.
Oh, one chili pepper.
Yeah.
It wasn't, it wasn't thespiciest sweet pepper red.
Yeah.
And then at the end, he had thebridesmaid dress made into a
tank top.
And when he was trying to winher bag, it was a big, you know,
production thing.
Romantic gesture.
Mm-hmm.
I liked the part too when yousaid romantic gesture, when he
was talking about his ex and shewas like, you, romantic gestured
(44:00):
her and she whiteboarded you orsomething like that.
Yeah, it was just in permanentmarker.
In permanent marker.
It was.
Great, great.
Great book.
Great Beach.
Read for sure.
Easy read, fast read, palate,cleanser, all the things.
Yeah.
I would add 10.
Same.
Yeah.
10 outta 10, yeah.
But yeah, such a great greatrom-com book.
(44:21):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Agreed.
Love it.
Well, there is another bookafter this about them Uhhuh, so
I bet it's about the sister.
It's, no, it's um, like the, thewedding something build up to
the wedding or whatever.
Yeah.
Okay.
I'll have to read that.
Did you listen to the audio bookor No Audio.
Okay.
'cause there was, the firstchapter of the next book at the
end.
Oh, I probably just, yeah.
(44:41):
Okay., I didn't even grab ityet, so I went onto our next
book, but yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
Cool.
I am, I am feeling this.
I know a lot.
We really like dark and twistedtoo, but for some reason right
now, this is really working forme.
I think because everything's sohectic right now.
Maybe, it's just lightenseverything up.
I think so, and not that I stilldon't like the dark and twisted,
(45:03):
but it's just been a breath offresh air to read some fluffy
stuff.
Mm-hmm.
That's not predictable andboring.
Right.
Because that's always been mything.
Like, I don't necessarily needit to be twisted.
I just don't want predictableand boring.
Right.
And these fit the bill.
Yeah.
And I do like to break it upYeah.
To give us a little bit of areprieve.
Yeah, for sure.
For sure.
I, and Twist Yeah.
Does get to be a lot.
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If you hadn't read it, read it.
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Mm-hmm.
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Welcome to, this is my circus,the podcast where we embrace the
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(00:21):
at night, you're in the rightplace.
Buckle up, grab your popcorn,and let's get into the chaos.
I'm Stephanie.
I'm Meredith.
And welcome to you.
This is my circus.
I did the karate chop.
Totally karate chop.
You're ready to take out that.
Mic's been a day.
Been a day.
I feel like we say that all thetime.
We do.
We do.
But you know, it's life.
(00:42):
So it's been a life.
It's been a life, you know, weall have, we all have things.
We all have issues.
We all have good and bad andwhatever.
So here we are.
Yes.
You know, who's having badDiddy, you know, who's having
bad is, that jury becausethey're like all in trouble.
Yes.
Yes.
They're all in trouble.
(01:03):
So, okay, so last week we talkedabout juror.
Juror six.
Mm-hmm.
Did that one get He got booted.
Okay.
But now confidential info, likewhen they locked down the
courtroom mm-hmm.
And kicked everybody out forhowever long.
Mm-hmm.
Well, whatever was said in that.
Timeframe.
Mm-hmm.
While the jury was still there,but nobody else was got late.
Oh.
And so one of the jurors,they're trying to figure out
(01:25):
which one.
Oh, late it.
So the judge said he was gonnatake everybody's cell phones and
like, go through their cellphones.
Oh, somebody's gonna turn phone.
So I don't know.
But yeah, again, glad I'm not onthat jury.
Same, also glad I'm not Jay-Z.
What?
I didn't see nothing happen.
Ooh, I, you know, I hate to sayanything about him because I'm
(01:46):
always scared that a's comingafter you.
Yes.
So he and Diddy are facingallegations together?
Yes.
Okay.
I mean, I've seen that along theway, but I've never seen that
he's ever been like, brought upon charges or anything.
So no charges, but just more,investigation, investigation
discussion.
And he is wanting the minor to,tell them who he is like or who
(02:11):
she, who, the minor they want toidentify themselves.
I also saw that there is aperson now, no longer a, a
child, but supposedly he is thefather of the child.
And if they do A-D-D-N-A test,it would prove that the mother
was a minor at the time when shegot pregnant.
And so he keeps, refusing to dothe DNA testing.
(02:32):
Mm-hmm.
Oh my goodness.
And the guy looks just like him.
I mean, yeah.
A carbon copy.
Yeah.
Well, and actually this child,at that point, this happened in,
I wanna say in 2000.
Mm-hmm.
With Diddy and Jay-Z, and itsaid at the time, 30-year-old
Jay-Z.
He is 55 years old right now.
(02:54):
Oh my God.
I did not realize.
Yeah.
That is crazy.
Mm-hmm.
Crazy.
Jay-Z.
Um, so yeah, they're not a minoranymore either, obviously.
But yeah, that's bananas, Uhhuh,all of it, all the things.
Saw some more videos onStephanie Sue, where she was
(03:14):
given some reports.
Yes.
Well, I saw, secret Service,Sam.
Mm-hmm.
Said and I don't know if he gotpaid off by Diddy's team or
what.
I don't really know.
But he was like, oh, well I wasin the elevator with Diddy's
best friend, and they say thatpuffy doesn't know her and he
never mouthed.
I know you.
And I was like, but if he didknow, he's never gonna admit
(03:37):
that he's timing this.
Perfect.
Right, right.
Yeah.
He's definitely got paid off forsomething.
Something happened there.
Secret Service, Sam.
Secret Service.
Sam, letting us down.
You were doing all the goodthings.
Yes.
And here we are.
And here we are.
So it's just been a lot going onthe, we talked about the Zebra.
They caught the zebra.
Have you seen though, that nowthey're releasing children's
(03:57):
books about the Zebra?
No, but I love that.
I have to show you this picture,like the zebras day out.
It's like the zebra on the run.
Ed the Zebra is wild vacation.
I love it.
I do too.
And I love that they named himEd.
Mm-hmm.
Did you like that, that newvideo that I sent you with the
police chasing the emu?
The emu isn't, that was not, hewasn't, they ran fast.
(04:19):
I, I thought, I don't know.
He was in no rush.
And I think that the police werejust trying to keep track of it.
Like, I don't think that theywanted to get out of there.
It was just like we, you've saidmultiple times stop with the
Jumanji.Dice.
Yes.
Like it's just too much.
There was another, um, likethere's another animal on the
run, on the lamb.
I dunno why I love saying on thelamb.
(04:42):
Well, I just feel like anybodythat's got odd animals.
Yeah.
Let's keep tabs on that.
I think the animals are justgetting smarter and learning how
to escape.
Is that what you think it is?
I do, I think are ling But,yeah, if you've put an air tag
on him mm-hmm.
On your animal.
Oh, and I found the, the otheranimal that was loose, sorry,
(05:04):
Tennessee.
This in the other, uh, wallaby?
I feel like we had a wallaby outnot too long ago.
Was that in South Carolina orwas that Tennessee?
Okay.
Um, I feel like there was oneloose not too long ago.
Oh, I was so proud that I foundDid you talk about the guy that
was found dead in the, thekangaroo cage?
In, in Myrtle Beach?
No, that was like last month Ithink.
(05:27):
But um, the family owns like, Iguess like a little petting zoo,
or not petting zoo, but like a,one of those I guess you can go
visit the animals.
I don't really know.
Yeah, yeah.
But they had a big kangaroo,like it wasn't like the cute
little wall be right.
It was like a kangaroo kroo.
It was the big jack ones.
I was like, there's something tomiss here though, because dude
like left to go to the store andhe came back and the brother was
(05:49):
in the kangaroo cage.
Pummeled.
I feel like this is anotherTiger King.
And I was like, somebody beatthe bejesus out of him and put
it in there.
Somebody setting up thekangaroos like, yeah.
And the brothers said it wasnever an aggressive kangaroo.
I feel like all kangaroos areaggressive, but Why do they eat
(06:09):
dogs so much?
I don't know.
But they're always trying to get'em.
I'm like, leave the dogs on.
I know.
I would fight a kangaroo forRex.
Oh, absolutely.
I would.
I would fight a kangaroo forRex.
He was so excited when I cametoday and I had my little treat.
I wanna tell you something aboutkangaroo babies.
Oh no, I won't.
(06:30):
I won't.
Well, now I have to know.
But is it about the birthing ofit?
Because I don't wanna knowanything about it.
No.
Any, I don't wanna know any morebirthing, you know they have the
pouch.
Yeah.
They're in there like whenthey're like this big.
Yeah.
I didn't know that.
I thought that was literallylike on Winnie the Poo when the
little rabbit or neitherchamber, they're like, grow
there.
Yeah.
(06:51):
I didn't know this.
Yeah, it's like the, almost likean embryo that's just ready for
everybody to see it.
Like no.
Yeah, I thought like they, yeah,that I learn things all the
time.
Yeah.
That's part of growth.
Well, there was a rescue centerin Australia or somewhere and
the mom kangaroo died.
(07:12):
So there was the baby and theydressed up like a kangaroo and
the, they would open up thepouch and the baby would jump
in.
I think that's adorable.
That's what I wanna see.
See, this is where I'm like you,I don't wanna see it like
growing and stuff though.
Like it was like a littlehairless thing in the, this is,
no, we don't, we don't do that.
(07:32):
Gimme the panda being spit out.
Not Stephanie Siri.
No, mine.
Give me those.
I, I like my, my fuzzy animals.
You want fur?
You want fur and feathers.
Okay.
Well, speaking of animals,'causeDylan went to the beach last
week.
Yes.
While he was there, I wasscrolling and I sent this
(07:54):
picture to him.
It was close to Myrtle.
Mm-hmm.
Um, but people were discgolfing.
Okay.
Um, we like that whole sport,whatever you wanna call it.
Yeah.
I don't get it.
Like, yeah.
Anyway, throwing a Frisbee inthe woods to go into a little, I
don't like, I, I have nocoordination anyway.
I can't aim a Frisbee.
(08:15):
No, we just go, it just goes,it's just a bowling ball.
I can't bowl either.
I can't either.
I hate bowling because I suck atit.
But there were disc golfing and.
A baby hammerhead fell outta thesky.
I saw that.
So I asked Brian about it.
This is the Brian moment of the,of the show that I always have a
(08:35):
Brian thing.
And he's like, that's not real.
That's ai.
I don't think so.
I think it was real.
It was a real news thing.
That's what I said.
It was.
Well my, the first source Ilooked at was like W 4 72
Chicago.
And he was like, why wouldChicago have that so odd?
He thinks a bird had it.
Well, and that's what somebodyin the comment said, yeah.
Like a bird dropped it.
(08:56):
Yeah.
But I'm like, that is crazy.
Could you imagine a no?
And I was like, I sent it toDylan and I said, Sharknado.
Sharknado.
Yes, exactly.
And of all the things ahammerhead shark I know.
Well, they just caught ahammerhead, right off one of the
North Carolina beaches, a 14foot hammerhead.
That's huge.
(09:17):
Yeah.
There's a huge great white outthere too.
Have you ever seen those appswhere they have like tagged
them?
Yes.
There was one named Mary for along time that would stay on on
our coast, but yeah, there'sanother huge one out there right
now.
Be careful guides.
Yeah.
And a, a girl just got her handnibbled shopped off.
Oh, by a shark nibble.
(09:38):
Chopped off potato.
Potato in Florida.
Yeah.
It's crazy.
I was like, hmm.
Hard pass.
Yeah, yeah.
No, thank you.
They're scary.
So our week is going better thanDiddy's, but how has your week
been?
Oh my goodness.
It has just been a crazy busy,um, started on Friday.
(09:59):
Jackson had a football camp thathe went to for Western Carolina.
And it was here in Charlotte?
It was at Palisades High School.
Okay.
So that was on Friday.
And then after that he had abasketball tournament for
school.
Well, you know, we were havingthose summer storms or whatever,
pretty much every day.
And it's, it's what, whathappens, right?
Like it's not a surprise.
(10:19):
Well, check-in was like at one30, the camp started at two.
They got out there and the linewas getting really long and all
of a sudden the bottom justdropped out of everything.
So we had another friend named aKyle with us, and they came
running back in the car and theyare sweaty, gross, soaking wet,
like cleats soaking wet, youknow, all disgusting.
(10:40):
So it just smelled like mold.
Oh my god.
It was terrible.
So they just, I mean like thefloorboard was like soaking wet.
Yeah.
From them just so they'resitting in the car and we're
waiting on it to pass and theysend like a email blast out that
the lightning has moved, youknow, all the things.
So it's okay.
So they went, did the camp.
They had a good experience, youknow, they showed out, they did
(11:01):
their things.
Mm-hmm.
And we were, Mackay was goingwith us to the basketball
tournament that was in RockHill.
I was like, okay, cool.
Great.
Come on, Mackay.
They were so, so we went toWalmart and I was like, I'm
running in what do you need?
Dry?
They both needed socks.
They both needed underwear.
Their shorts were fine.
And then Mackay needed a shirt.
I was like, okay, clearancerack.
Here I come.
So I got them socks.
(11:23):
They just a pack of socks.
A pack of socks.
They were on sale for whateverreason.
I don't know.
But I was owning it.
And underwear is expensive.
It's, it's like a five pack for,it wasn't even five pack, it was
like a three pack for 20something,$30.
And I was like, for someunderwear that they're just
gonna wear.
Mm-hmm.
No.
So Clarence, right?
(11:43):
Mm-hmm.
Had a two pack, which wasperfect.
Yeah.
Of boxer briefs, which is what Itold'em first.
I was told'em I was getting'emtidy whites, but I was like, you
should do it.
They're expensive too, and I'llspend that much money on it.
I got Garfield underwear andthey were like kind of arguing
over who wanted which pattern ofGarfield, like, oh, that's
(12:06):
awesome.
One had like little garfieldsall over it and the other one
had like Garfield Strip, I don'tknow.
Anyway, afterwards I was like,how was the underwear?
And they were like, it wasreally tight.
It held everything in.
Yeah, I pretty much so Garfieldunderwear for the win.
Went to the basketballtournament all, all Friday,
(12:26):
Saturday.
Father's Day was Sunday.
Mm-hmm.
So of course that was a busy daytrying to do all the things.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Cooked for Brian, cooked for myfather-in-law.
And, yeah, I, I just feel likeit has just been a very busy,
busy time.
Yeah.
I need a vacation.
Same, I need, I need to gosomewhere where I'm not plugged
(12:49):
in unless I wanna be plugged inmm-hmm.
And not have anybody else I needto take care of.
Mm-hmm.
And or nobody else.
I need to be like, oh, okay.
Well I'll go get you somethingto eat.
I, I don't wanna do anything.
Yeah.
Maybe we can go to that campyou, tagged me in.
Okay.
So I tagged you on TikTok orsomething, and it's a summer
camp for women.
(13:10):
And there, but it's like camp,like, when you were little
mm-hmm.
Camp with all the campactivities mm-hmm.
But like grownups.
Yeah.
And I think that sounds like alot of fun.
Mm-hmm.
Like, I really want to kayak.
Mm-hmm.
Really?
Yes.
I have always wanted one.
And it's always been like, wedon't have time because of, you
know, we've had the little pondon our property.
Like, I could go in a circle acouple times.
(13:31):
Yeah.
But we've been so busy, wehaven't had time.
So I would love to go and do allthe activities, but I also want,
like, I want upgraded sheets.
Yeah.
Like glamping.
Yes.
Yeah.
I'll need the ac.
Yeah.
And a fan.
Oh, 100%.
But I wanna do the fun things.
Yes, too.
Um, kayaking is not for me.
Okay.
(13:52):
Paddle boarding's not for me.
Okay.
I feel like.
If I flipped a kayak.
Yeah.
Or if I, I would be so scared Iwouldn't be able to Yeah.
Because your legs get upunderneath.
Yeah.
Well, they have a couple, I'mnot panicked.
Panic.
What?
Like, I would panic.
I really would.
I would, I am not good in thosesituations.
They have the ones that yourlegs go in, which is what I
want.
I wanna sit down in, but theyhave'em that you sit on top too.
(14:14):
Mm-hmm.
And where you can almost kind offall off and be separate.
Yeah.
So like, the paddleboarding, I'mokay with'cause you have control
of your own body.
Body.
Yeah.
Which is my problem.
I don't want control of my ownbody.
I, I just, I, I don't know what,it just freaks me out.
I don't know.
Yeah.
But again, this might go to thething that I think I'm better at
(14:37):
things than I actually am.
It's working for you though, sojust, I mean, stick with that.
Stick with that.
Let's go.
Yeah, let's go.
Um, did you hear about thisfunny article popped up for me
this week and I've got to tellyou a little bit about this.
Okay.
Are you ready?
I am ready.
It's a little bit older.
Okay.
But it's worth the read.
Okay.
So this is from December, 2020.
(14:58):
Okay.
Okay.
12-year-old student.
Name Cow Bell.
First of all, parents are awful.
He caught public attention fororganizing a surprise lunchtime
dance party in the boys'restroom at St.
Anthony's Catholic College inManchester, England.
Is that code word for somethingelse?
No.
(15:18):
Showing a talent for creativityand a flare for event planning.
He promoted the event onSnapchat, inviting fellow year
eight boys, so that his grade tojoin the celebration, he went
all out.
He brought in a full DJ setup,complete with mixing decks,
sound speakers, and colorfuldisco lights, turning the
bathroom into a mini night club.
(15:40):
How big are their bathrooms?
I have no idea because, and I'mpicturing like Jake from two and
a half men in the bathroom, likemixing it up a little bit.
But, it says that he also handedout Cadbury Twirl bars and
bottles of.
Lucas aid, I don't know ifthat's like an English something
(16:01):
or something.
Mm-hmm.
To his desk.
It lasted around 30 minutesbefore school staff discovered
the party and stepped in to stopit.
Teachers confiscated all theequipment and brought the
celebration to an end while theevent raised a few eyebrows that
also earned some smiles.
Kid is amazing.
Boots and pants and boots andpants.
I'm just trying to figure outhow big this bathroom is because
(16:24):
our school bathrooms were notbig.
No, it's very minimal space tolike, maybe a couple of sinks
and then maybe like in thelocker room kind area.
But I'm also picturing, okay, soour imaginations go everywhere.
Yes.
So.
Of course I'm picturing likethey're in blazers, like in
(16:45):
uniforms and he is got like thetie loosened and while he's like
mixing it up a little bit likeRis Bueller.
Yeah.
So, anyway, I think it's great.
Awesome.
I thought that was great.
Yeah.
It was a little bit older, butthat caught my attention.
I was like, I love this child.
Yeah.
Hmm.
Behave at school though kids,but also have a good time.
You're only young once, what'sthe worst they can do?
(17:11):
As long as there wasn't any likeparty favors.
Yeah.
I didn't see any, anything likethat.
Yeah.
But think about two.
He carried all this stuff in.
I'm wondering like though,because, well, this is 2022 and
that was COVID time.
Mm-hmm.
December of 2020.
Yeah.
I don't know because they've gotthe mini ones or even like the
laptop mixers or whatever.
(17:32):
Yeah.
So he, that could have all fitin a backpack.
Yeah.
Oh, you know, I was picturingthe big setup.
Yeah, yeah.
Like the big, the clubs back inthe day where it was like the
thing.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Isn't that funny?
Yeah.
Mm, I know.
Good old days.
I know, I know.
I thought that was really cute.
And I was like, I gotta tellSteph.
Um, well thanks to you I startedwatching Secret Lives of Mormon
(17:55):
Lives and I binged like thewhole season one.
Okay.
Did you watch?
I haven't finished.
Okay.
No, I needed a break.
Okay.
What did you think?
I can't stand Whitney.
No, no.
The jump like annoying'cause apick me.
Yes.
Like wants to be in charge.
Yeah.
I don't like her.
And there's somebody else thatI've seen on TikTok who they're
(18:16):
like, I'm trying to get back inthe club.
Do you know who that is?
Is it the blonde chick?
Yeah.
I watch half of like season twoepisode one and then I like
start doing stuff productive.
But.
If it's the same chick, like theblonde chick, she was in the
original, TikTok mom or mom talkor whatever.
Yeah.
That was in the scandal.
Okay.
(18:37):
But she just, I guess, divorcedher husband and now wants to get
back into mom talk.
Oh, okay.
But she like dipped.
Okay.
When that whole thing, when allthe, the stuff came out.
Yeah.
And then, yeah.
So Okay.
If that's the same one Yeah, itprobably is.
But it sucks you in.
Yeah, but I'm like, this is whyI don't have female friends.
(18:59):
I.
I mean, I do.
Oh yeah.
What?
Because, okay, so what, is therelike six or eight of'em?
I can't remember exactly.
Yeah.
But there's little of courselittle groups within the group.
And they are like in theirtwenties.
Yeah.
Like their twenties or whatever.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But they all in these littlegroups, they all talk bad about
each other, and then the groupskind of shift and then they're
(19:20):
all talking bad about eachother.
But Whitney is the catalyst forall of it.
She is.
Then she wants to play likevictim Uhhuh, you know, don't be
mad at me.
I didn't say it.
And like she totally did.
Yeah.
And she totally stirred thewhole pot to get all of that
going.
Yeah.
And then she gets called out forit and she starts to freaking
cry.
Yeah.
Like.
Give me a break.
I'm not a fan of her at all.
(19:41):
I can't stand her.
Mm-hmm.
No.
When you said, thanks to you, Ithought you were gonna talk
about your, baby birth andvideos.
That too.
Let's not ever say that again,because my algorithm, I don't
wanna see dolphins being born.
I really, really, really wantyou to see the panda though.
I don't wanna see that either.
It's stick a watermelon seedgetting spit out.
(20:03):
Don't listen.
Oh my goodness.
Speaking of Siri, so I saw todaythat Donald Trump has come out
with his own cell phone serviceand his own cell phone.
Right?
Okay.
So I was watching the video onthis and Somebody in the
comments was like, I will 100%switch over if instead of Siri's
voice.
It's Donald Trump's voice.
Oh my gosh.
(20:25):
Oh my God.
That's true.
That is true.
I just laughed like that isgreat.
I was like, oh gosh.
Do you change your, like voiceson, on the, so let me be clear
'cause I'm having a hard timewith words again on ways I
again, change your, right nowmine is the how to train your
dragon guy.
(20:46):
Yeah.
So I love, I'm, I'm down for allthat.
Like, give me fun.
Give me snoop giving medirections.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, slow up.
We about to roll up to the hazy.
Hold up.
Wait in a minute.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Give me all the funny voices.
I am a hundred percent down.
Yeah.
(21:06):
There is a, text reader mm-hmm.
That you can have Snoop's voiceor that's cool.
And it's like ai, so it'll readkind of like Alexa, but you have
better voices because Alexa notit sometimes she struggles.
Yeah.
I cannot stand Yeah.
Whitney though, on that show andthat right?
There is the reason why youdon't have a big group of
(21:28):
girlfriends either.
I.
Mm, I know.
No, thank you.
I've got a few and, we're all sobusy.
'cause a lot of us are, we'reall just at different phases.
Like, some of them have kidsthat are already gone, and some
of us are, kids are still there,and we're trying to hang on for
every last second.
Oh, I wanted to say this, whenyou said, when we were talking
(21:49):
about ring tones, have you seenthe meme that it's like.
In 2005, I paid a dollar 49 forringtone.
Yeah.
And now my phone's always onsilent, you know, that's me.
Same.
Mm-hmm.
But Dylan did show me how tomake any song into a ringtone.
Oh, did he?
Mm-hmm.
To use the GR garage app.
Yeah.
It was like that.
And then there's like two appsthat you have to convert.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But he did show me how to dothat.
(22:10):
So smart.
So smart.
What were we just talking about?
Don't know.
TV shows.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, well, are you watchinganything else?
So I finished, Handmade Tale.
Handmaid's Tale.
Did you watch it?
I just like a couple episodes.
I just couldn't get into it, soit took me several times.
Like I would start watching itand then I was like, I can't.
(22:32):
Mm-hmm.
And then like, you know, monthsor a year, whatever later.
So finally I got into it andthen the last season just
dropped.
Didn't like it.
Mm-hmm.
Very disappointed.
Yeah.
I don't know what I would'vedone different, but I hate it
when it's like Yeah.
Still into, into Gossip.
Girl.
Are you still on season one?
(22:52):
No.
Okay.
I'm like four.
Well, there you go.
Progress.
Yeah.
I've finally made some progress.
You really are Blair more thanSerena.
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
It's fun.
Yeah.
So there was a new, I don't knowhow new it is, but it was new
for me watching it, on AmazonPrime.
It's, I think the Good Sisterand it's based off of a book.
I feel like I've seen that.
(23:13):
But it's a series.
okay.
And so that has, jessica Beal init.
Oh, okay.
It was pretty good.
It's only like eight episodes orsomething like that.
It's not very long.
Okay.
But it was okay.
Did you see the one that she didcandy?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
She's got a very wide varietyof, uh, skills.
(23:35):
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
She's good characters.
She is, she is.
Um, do you like Conversesneakers like Chuck?
Mm-hmm.
So I do too.
I've probably got 10 pairs, butI will never buy another pair
again.
And this is why, why?
Because I'm so mad at Converse,so Converse did a, collab
mm-hmm.
With a small designer.
Mm-hmm.
And his name is Kelly.
(23:58):
Don't make me, I'm gonna laugh,but his last name is, but.
But his line is called, and it'sbeen this way for years, love
Comma Kelly, like, like a loveletter.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
So he collabed with Converse on,I guess for a very short time
on, you know, limited editionshoes or whatever.
Mm-hmm.
Well, then Converse stole thewhole concept and started doing
(24:23):
love comma Chuck for theircampaign, like their own
campaign.
And so I was like, oh, this islike, that's Vy.
Yeah, that is, he's stealingthis, this small designer.
Yeah.
Who came up with this little, Imean like his, his little
marketing gig.
And so then I went to thecomment section because, because
that's So did you run, did youtrip when you were trying to get
(24:44):
there?
And this has happened severaltimes before with Converse.
Really?
Yeah.
I was like, oh, I can't buyChucks anymore.
I know, I like'em too.
I had some that I loved.
They were low top.
Mm-hmm.
And they were gray and theywere.
Perfect shoe.
Yeah.
But eventually I had to, Chuckhad to chuck the Chucks.
(25:06):
Well, I'll never buy em.
No, though.
Shame on you.
Do better converse.
I know.
I really like, area, like littleslip-on shoes.
I liked hey dudes for a while,but there's just nothing to
those.
Those are not comfortable to meat all.
Dylan loves them.
They, uh, there's no, my age isshowing, there's not like no
support, no structure.
They're just floppy littlepieces of canvas.
(25:27):
Yeah.
My age is showing, Have you beenwatching anything else though,
or did the Mormon wives take upall your TV time?
I mean that's really all thatI've been.
Digging into.
Yeah.
And like that's just my, when Iget sick of scrolling, middle of
night.
Like an old pond.
Yeah.
Like mindless.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I get it.
Oh no, no.
(25:48):
I'm lying on, Netflix.
The new season of Jenny andGeorgia came out.
I need to watch that show.
I like it.
I heard it was good.
It is.
I have, I have that on my list.
Yeah.
On my list.
So I did watch the newest seasonof that.
Yeah.
Jackson's been watching thebasketball playoffs.
I'm like, can we just stop hop?
And if the game is not even agood game, he's like, eh.
(26:08):
So yeah, lots of exciting stuffgoing on.
Really Lovely.
But, but just, I feel like it'scrazy right now.
Like things are, I just havebeen so busy.
Well, that's because we havesome new ventures.
Yeah.
Well that's true that we aredoing it, which is.
Starting some, starting a newbusiness.
Yes.
It, so do you want to telleverybody?
(26:28):
Yeah, I'd love to.
So I have started a smallbusiness for, day of
coordination for weddings.
So it is called refinedoccasions.
Please follow me on the socials.
But what it is, is I will be thebossy person on a wedding day
that tells everybody where togo, when to go there, where to
(26:50):
go.
I need to find a better way tosay that, but tell everybody,
everybody in their place at theright time, at the right time,
and, communicate with thevendors.
Let them know where to go, whereto park.
You know, it's the little thingslike that that like the, your DJ
might need to know something andthey don't know who to talk to.
So I would be like the point ofcontact for them that day.
Coordinating the first dancetimes all, uh, the pictures, you
(27:14):
know, all of everything that youneed somebody to do, but you
don't want somebody in yourfamily to have to do it because
then they miss out on the event.
Yeah.
That would be me.
I've already got a couplebooked.
I'm really excited.
Mm-hmm.
And, I'm looking forward to justpursuing this and seeing what
happens with it.
I'm pretty good at being a chaoscoordinator, so I think it'll be
(27:36):
fun.
Yeah.
Um, now you have some excitingnews too.
Well, I am starting social mediamanagement for organic social
media, not like paid ads yet.
Um, so I love this for you.
I know.
I love the creative part of it.
Mm-hmm.
And that's kind of where Ishine.
Yeah.
So I am super excited aboutthat.
(27:56):
What's the name of yourbusiness?
Honey Drop.
I think Media.
That is adorable.
Yes.
And your logos and stuff likewe've been chatting back and
forth with it.
So.
So you, so perfect.
I love it.
Yeah.
Have, you've got a couple ofcustomers lined up already too,
right?
Yes.
So, then that's kind of why,this whole thing sparked was,
people had ask.
(28:17):
Yeah.
So I, I'm excited.
It's something new and mm-hmm.
Just kind of where I feel like Ishine.
Yeah, absolutely.
My area of expertise.
Let me know when you would liketo manage refined occasions.
Got you.
Girl.
I'm excited for you though.
It's fun to have things, as anoutlet.
Like this podcast is an outletfor both of us.
(28:39):
Yeah.
But it gives us time to, that weset aside to be an adult.
Yeah.
And to just, you know, I'm, I'ma yapper, as Brian and Jackson
would say, but a lot of times Ifeel like I'm rushed with them
or I can't.
Have conversations'cause we'realways trying to do, so this is
like a good time for me toreconnect with you.
So having these little sidehustles are ways for us to have
(29:03):
an outlet.
Yeah.
Get some creative energy out andjust, you know, make a mark.
Yeah.
Make money and, and make somemoney.
You make money doing what youreally like to do.
Yeah.
Like why not?
I know, I know.
So, and since I've been helpingAshley with all of the weddings,
I really saw that this was ahuge need.
(29:25):
So, I really think that it'sgonna, it's gonna be really
good.
You went to a event lastweekend?
Yes.
I went to an event, in King'sMountain.
Mm-hmm.
At a venue where they just haddifferent, Vendors there that
were representing their businessor just making connections.
So that was fun.
Yeah, it's a little awkward.
Like I don't have, you know, I'mnot a photographer, so I don't
(29:47):
have like a display book.
Right.
I don't, I don't have merch, Idon't have whatever.
So it's just like me trying tomarket myself walking around and
being, you know, adorable.
So, Oh my gosh.
But the coolest lady was there.
I've got to show you thispicture.
Have you ever heard of somebodywho's at a party event wedding
and they are like paintingscenes?
(30:09):
Yes.
There was a lady there that doesthat, and she painted me in like
a minute.
I know.
It is so cool.
It's of course just likewatercolor wet or whatever, but
it was the neatest thing.
She just like, but she was justkind of doing that as like a
little gate to get people tocome over, of course.
But.
She had like first danceexamples where the bride and the
(30:31):
groom were dancing and she hadpaint.
I was like, oh my gosh.
So I saw on TikTok, I might havesent it to you.
I might not have, I don't know,because I was like, oh, she
probably is like sick of weddingstuff, but no, um, it looked
like it was a blank canvas.
Mm-hmm.
And the bride in the groom, andthere was like a canvas
underneath, like to catch itall, but mm-hmm.
They poured glitter over it andit made a portrait of the bride
in the groom.
That's really cute.
(30:52):
And it had like their weddinggate on it, whatever.
But they did it right at thewedding.
Mm-hmm.
It was so cool.
There are so many really coolthings that are available now.
So if you know of anybodygetting married ll give you a
good damn.
Seriously though, I do have somemic.
Just as I build my portfolio, Iam given some, some very heavy
discounts.
Just trying to get that built.
(31:12):
So I'd love to help anybody.
Are you open to helping anybodyelse right now with your social
media or are you still tryingto, um, yeah, I mean, if, if
somebody is in need, definitelyreach out.
Yeah, we'll figure it out.
We'll figure it out.
Very good.
Did you wanna do, am I theA-hole?
I'd love to.
Okay.
Do we have one?
We do.
Okay.
(31:43):
Am I the a-hole for lockingmyself in the bathroom with a
burrito and pretending I hadfood poisoning just to get a
break from my family for 47minutes?
Absolutely not.
Next.
Okay.
So, hi.
Hi, 33, female mom of three tinylunatics.
(32:05):
Seven male, four female, twofemale have reached the fake her
own digestive demise for peaceera of parenting.
My husband, Chaz, yes, fakename, but fits the man who once
told me it can't be that hard tomultitask a diaper change and a
phone call is a decent guy withthe situational awareness of a
traffic gun.
(32:27):
She's great.
I like her so far, and I didn'tread any of this.
I just saw the, the title Uhhuhand I was like, this one's sick.
This is it.
Yeah, this is it.
It started when I told him Imight need some alone time
because I was on the verge of anervous breakdown and he
replied, didn't you just havealone time two days ago when you
went to Target?
I was buying diapers andhemorrhoid cream Chas.
Anyway, fast forward toSaturday, the house looked like
(32:50):
a cross between a tornado and aChuck e.
Cheese, the toddler's nakedagain, and someone spilled an
entire family sized box ofCheerios into the air vent.
I'm nursing a caffeinewithdrawal headache because
someone Chas used the last ofthe espresso pods and replaced
it with decaf.
I hit my limit when the4-year-old screamed, you're a
bad mommy because I cut herbanana wrong.
(33:12):
I have so much sympathy for her.
Do I?
I'm not proud, but I grabbed apillow, a blanket, and a beefy,
cheesy, completely undeservedburrito, Uhuh that was deserved.
Mm-hmm.
Every bit of that, she shouldhave taken two, walked into the
bathroom and declared, I think Ihave food poisoning.
And then I locked the door.
Let me just applaud her.
Yes.
For the next 47 gloriousminutes, I sat on the floor, ate
(33:36):
my burrito in peace, watchedtiktoks on silent, and made
myself a cozy little bathroomcave.
I even lit a candle forambiance.
I faked a few groans and flusheda toilet once for realizing
realism.
I felt like an Oscar worthyactress.
Look at me being smart here, butthen Chaz bangs on the door
(33:58):
yelling that he doesn't know howto handle all three kids at
once.
That I'm being dramatic.
I say nothing.
Silence is power.
Eventually I emerge holding mystomach like I've just fought
God in diarrhea.
Later that night, I come clean.
Cha says I'm manipulative, andthat I quote, abandon him with
the kids.
(34:19):
My mother-in-law, who somehowgot involved via FaceTime
because of course she did,called me lazy and disrespectful
for faking an illness.
I'm getting, I'm so pissed offfor her, but like I cook clean,
work part-time from home, keepeveryone alive, and I haven't PE
alone since 2018.
So, Reddit.
Am I the a-hole for faking foodpoisoning and hiding in the
(34:41):
bathroom to eat a burrito alonebecause I needed one singular
moment of peace in thishellscape of a weekend.
Girl.
No.
And next time you just take yourheadphones in and you don't have
to listen to TikTok in silence.
Very good.
I'm just worried about hersetting the candle and like the
blanket on fire.
So just be careful.
I'm assuming like it was likeProbably, yeah, probably.
But again, I'm picturing likelegit blanket fork.
(35:03):
Yeah.
So, but no.
Mm-hmm.
I hate that for you, that youhad to, you know what, like Chaz
bring his mother into this.
Yeah.
Like be a man Yeah.
And handle the freaking kids.
Right.
And you just called her, like,told her that she had a long
time grocery shopping.
You can handle the kids for 47minutes.
(35:25):
Chaz.
Yeah.
I'm so frustrated for them rightnow.
Like, and for the mother-in-lawto, to, yeah.
No, right.
Lazy and disrespectful girl, Iwould have lost, I don't even
know if I would have lied.
I would've just been like, I'mgoing to, I'm just need a
(35:46):
minute, just disappear.
Mm-hmm.
I do know right after I hadJackson, I was so freaking
overwhelmed and I didn't knowwhat I was doing.
Um, I went into my closet andjust cried for a little bit and
then I came out and it was okay.
I do that all the time.
I mean, yeah.
But that was just the firstinstance.
In the last probably like fiveyears, I had spent a lot of time
(36:08):
in my closet.
I had a designated, like I hadleft a pillow and a blanket,
like in my old house.
Mm-hmm.
Had a pillow and a blanket in mycloset, and I would just go in
there and cry and I would lay onthe floor and cry in the closet.
It was like, I even just left itin there.
(36:28):
I mean, not a bad idea to have aplace, but I hate that for you,
that you had to do that.
Yeah.
And I, I hate that for our, ournew bestie here for having to do
that.
I'm, I, I like the burrito ideathough.
I know snacks but hilarious.
It like my stomach CURTs, butlet me get the cheesy burrito.
Well, I'm sure she hid it.
I hope so.
(36:49):
As she was getting stuff itunder her.
Oh my gosh, though.
No, I feel terrible for her.
But those moments, I hope shehad a glass of wine too, like,
or was like, you know, like, ora bottle of tequila.
Yeah.
But the, the cut my bananawrong.
Oh my gosh.
(37:09):
Dylan was never, ever picky.
Jay, we never had thoseproblems.
We never really had like, thebreakdowns for, you know, me
rearranging his sheets on his BAor whatever.
I don't even know.
I can't even think of anything.
But yeah, like wore the wrongshoes today or Jackson was
really easy.
Yeah.
So was Dylan.
So I feel for you.
Yeah.
But thank God I never had to Oh,no deal with that.
(37:33):
Yeah.
I feel really, really bad forher.
If you are listening, my friend,and you are near us, you come
hang out.
Yeah.
We'll put you a pillow in theoffice in here.
You can hang out with Rex.
He is like a, the perfectemotional support animal.
I told somebody today I wasBrian's emotional support
(37:55):
animal.
Anyway.
No, you're not the A-hole.
No.
Your husband and yourmother-in-law actually are but
what ifs She is a queen.
The, a-hole.
Yeah.
Sorry.
No, I hope that this will teachthem that you need more time
too.
Yourself other than just, youknow, your target hemorrhoid
creamer.
So your, your response next timewill be, I saw, your work in
(38:16):
parenting.
I will not be taking your Yeah.
Advice.
Right?
This is the outcome of whatyou've done, so we're not
listening to you.
Yeah.
So no, not the whole.
Yes.
All right.
Well I think it is time for ourbook.
So if you're not our bookies, welove you.
Have an awesome week.
Come back next week and listento us and tell your friends too,
too.
Love you.
Love you.
(38:37):
Bye Bye.
Alright.
This week we read the UnHoneymooners by Christina
Lauren, and I loved this book.
I did too.
Okay, so let's blurb blurb.
The blurb of the blurb.
Perpetually unlucky Olive isforced to fake a honeymoon with
her nemesis.
Ethan, after a twist of fateleaves them, the only ones
healthy enough to claim hersister's all expense paid trip
(39:00):
only to discover that pretendingto be in love might not be so
bad.
After all, this was such agreat.
Summer read.
Mm-hmm.
Palette, cleanser, whatever youwanna call it.
Yep.
Loved it from start to finish.
I did too.
It was so, so, so cute.
And it reminded me a lot of thatone that we had read before a
few weeks ago Abby Geminis thatwe've talked about a couple of
times where it was the thirdbook in the series, but we
(39:22):
didn't read it for the podcast.
We just read it on our own.
Did we just read it on our own?
We did.
Oh, okay.
So y'all need to read that, Ithink, but read'em in order.
Yeah, you're right.
That's the one that I texted youabout.
Just a very cute mm-hmm.
Still emotional.
Yeah.
I mean, still, you know, itwasn't just bland, right.
It wasn't all, you know,rainbows and puppies and
predictable.
Mm-hmm.
Well, as you're now in thewedding business Yeah.
(39:44):
The start of the book, thesister's getting married and
they have a seafood buffet andeverybody in the wedding, except
for Olive and Ethan.
'cause Ethan doesn't do buffetsand Olive is allergic to
seafood.
Mm-hmm.
So they are the only two in thisentire event that doesn't get
this food poisoning, that arespared from this horrible,
(40:04):
horrible, it sounds atrocious.
So what, as a day of coordinatorwould you have done?
Oh my God.
I would, I would get thecaterer.
I was thinking of you while as Iwas listening, as you were
listening, you were thinking ofme.
I was Because you were like, ohmy God.
Um, uh, so my, my priority inthat moment would be to take
(40:26):
care of the bride and groom.
Who was profusely throwing up.
Mm-hmm.
I wanna make sure they werecomfortable and Okay.
And whatever.
And I'd honestly probably call 91 1.
Yeah.
Because that's too many peoplefor one person to try to handle.
Yeah.
But it was talking and when itwas talking, like I was getting
disgusted hearing about it.
Me too.
They went into, into detail andI'll fast forward, fast forward.
(40:47):
Yeah.
Put it in without the details.
Yeah.
How do I Okay.
Spoilers.
Yeah.
Like, I liked that.
I know.
We always say it, so, but Iliked that the, the groom.
I forgot the brother's name.
I do too.
I forgot it too.
But I liked how the groomthough, ended up being a jerk.
Yeah.
And she ended up leaving himUhhuh.
Yeah.
But I loved that like.
(41:08):
That typically is not the way alot of these books work out.
Yeah.
It's usually, oh, I forgave himand So I really enjoyed just the
breath of fresh air with some ofthe different things.
I loved the slow burn mm-hmm.
Of Ethan and Olive.
Mm-hmm.
Because they, they did not likeeach other.
(41:28):
Right.
And so it was like the bickeringand like the mm-hmm.
And then they, the tension.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
I thought it was awesome.
Mm-hmm.
You know what I really liked toowas the night that he got drunk.
Mm-hmm.
And it's like he had been this.
Almost stuffy guy in my mind.
And then he was just likeadorable little goofball.
Mm-hmm.
I really liked that transitionto, I thought that was done
(41:51):
really well.
I think all the characters wereso relatable.
Mm-hmm.
And like so holistic.
Like you could really likepicture this in real life.
Yeah.
A hundred percent.
And I think that the charactersdeveloped really, really, really
well.
Right, right.
For the whole book.
Even the, like the little subcharacters, like the gay cousin.
Yeah.
I loved him.
Olive was relatable because likeshe was like, I'm curvy.
(42:14):
Yeah.
Like, I'm bit, I don't wanna siton his lap.
Yeah.
You know, that kind of thing.
And a, a lot of that was in herhead, but still it, it was how
she felt.
She was like, I like my curves,I like my body.
Right, right.
And if you don't like it, right.
And she was like, I'm gonna siton his lap, but I'm not gonna,
I'm gonna like hover and my legsare shaking'cause I don't wanna
put all the weight on.
Yeah.
I laughed out loud when, well,first of all, like I've never
(42:34):
been so intrigued to have amassage class together.
Not separate.
So in the book, they have acouple's massage and they
thought they were getting acouple's massage where they're
both on the tables gettingmassaged.
Yeah.
And it's a massage class.
Right.
And so Ethan is massaging olive.
Yes.
And you could like feel thetension mm-hmm.
(42:56):
Between the two of them.
Yeah.
And I was like, well, that'sintriguing.
Right.
Right.
But then Olive says, and I, Itook this as a quote because I,
it made me, I literally laughedat question.
Okay.
she says in her head, she wantedto tell the masseuse to scram
and lead them to their brothelroom in peace.
Yes.
It was.
So, I keep saying quirky about alot of these books, but they
(43:18):
are, they're, they're just, so,this is a great palette
cleanser.
I and the lines that she wouldsay like that, like she, she was
wearing the bridesmaids dressand they were calling it a
skittle, and then it busted onher like just cute.
Yeah.
Oh, there was some, there wassome not for kids parts in there
too.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
But it was just so, it was good.
(43:38):
Yeah.
But it was only like a one onechili pepper.
Oh, one chili pepper.
Yeah.
It wasn't, it wasn't thespiciest sweet pepper red.
Yeah.
And then at the end, he had thebridesmaid dress made into a
tank top.
And when he was trying to winher bag, it was a big, you know,
production thing.
Romantic gesture.
Mm-hmm.
I liked the part too when yousaid romantic gesture, when he
was talking about his ex and shewas like, you, romantic gestured
(44:00):
her and she whiteboarded you orsomething like that.
Yeah, it was just in permanentmarker.
In permanent marker.
It was.
Great, great.
Great book.
Great Beach.
Read for sure.
Easy read, fast read, palate,cleanser, all the things.
Yeah.
I would add 10.
Same.
Yeah.
10 outta 10, yeah.
But yeah, such a great greatrom-com book.
(44:21):
Yeah.
Yeah.
Agreed.
Love it.
Well, there is another bookafter this about them Uhhuh, so
I bet it's about the sister.
It's, no, it's um, like the, thewedding something build up to
the wedding or whatever.
Yeah.
Okay.
I'll have to read that.
Did you listen to the audio bookor No Audio.
Okay.
'cause there was, the firstchapter of the next book at the
end.
Oh, I probably just, yeah.
(44:41):
Okay., I didn't even grab ityet, so I went onto our next
book, but yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
Cool.
I am, I am feeling this.
I know a lot.
We really like dark and twistedtoo, but for some reason right
now, this is really working forme.
I think because everything's sohectic right now.
Maybe, it's just lightenseverything up.
I think so, and not that I stilldon't like the dark and twisted,
(45:03):
but it's just been a breath offresh air to read some fluffy
stuff.
Mm-hmm.
That's not predictable andboring.
Right.
Because that's always been mything.
Like, I don't necessarily needit to be twisted.
I just don't want predictableand boring.
Right.
And these fit the bill.
Yeah.
And I do like to break it upYeah.
To give us a little bit of areprieve.
Yeah, for sure.
For sure.
I, and Twist Yeah.
Does get to be a lot.
(45:24):
So 10 Outta 10.
If you hadn't read it, read it.
You'll love it.
Loved it.
Mm-hmm.
Our next book is the vacancy inroom 10.
Okay.
Lemme pull up the, okay.
The blurb.
When Anne Harley's husband Henrycalls her with a terrible guilty
confession, she can't believewhat she hears.
It has to be a bad joke.
The mild, predictable artist shemarried would never hurt a fly,
let alone commit murder, but herconfusion turns to her when
(45:45):
police find his body washed upon the banks of the Rio Grande,
desperate for answers to themillions of questions his
untimely death has raised.
Anna checks into the second.
Sycamores.
Mm-hmm.
The rundown motel turnedapartment Henry rented as an art
studio.
As she absorbs every bit ofgossip, the electric mix of
residents are willing to shareabout her husband and each
(46:07):
other.
She begins to piece together apicture of a very different man
than the one she married and thelife he led behind her back.
The more she learns, the lesssense things seem to make.
She finds herself wondering, didshe ever really know Henry at
all?
But Henry's secrets aren't theonly ones.
As Anna's search for cluesexpand, cast, the mysterious,
(46:29):
jaded motel manager seems moreand more determined to keep Anna
in the dark.
And when threatening lettersstart appearing at her door,
Anna has to decide what's moreimportant, the truth or her own
safety.
It.
That was a long blurb.
That was a very long blurb.
So that is the vacancy in Room10 by SNA Nova Glass.
Yes.
(46:50):
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