December 30, 2025 • 44 mins
Amy and Kat are feeling motivated and introduce a simple but powerful way to declutter: give your stuff a performance review. Inspired by a tip from a Harvard professor, they talk about how we “hire” items to do a job and how freeing it can be to fire the things that no longer serve you.
They also break down the red flags that your house might have too much stuff, from constantly organizing without results to feeling anxious in your own space. Plus, a listener's voicemail proves that if we don’t clean out our homes as we age, we can end up with so much stuff that we won’t even recognize when our own things are being wrapped up and gifted back to us. Lol.
P.S. Listen to Beth’s Dead if you haven’t already done so!
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
All right, break it down.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
If you ever have feelings that you just won't Amy
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Speaker 3 (00:15):
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Speaker 4 (00:23):
Stop you feel things.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
This is Feeling Things with Amy and Cat.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Happy Tuesday. Welcome to feeling things. This is our final
episode of the year.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I'm Amy, I'm Cat. That crazy.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
That just made me a little like sentimental.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
It's our final one. I mean, goodbye twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
It's not like we're not goingwhere. No breaks here, and
it's not like it's been a full year of us
doing the podcast. But I don't know. When you said that,
I was like, huh, that's one of twenty five and
how are we here?
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Well? The calendar time time?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
This is crazy, I know it is.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Do you have a particular feeling of the day, Like,
what if we had to pick a feeling of the year?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Oh, oh, grateful it's over?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Wait is that really how you feel?
Speaker 3 (01:14):
I mean, I.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Feel like twenty twenty five was just okay, It's not
my worst year. No, I've had worse, but I know
for a lot.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Of people it's been difficult.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So I just felt weird.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
I feel like twenty two and five.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Was just weird. I was gonna say blah, like me,
but there's been It's hard to say that because there's
been so many good things.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Exactly, there's been good, there's been bad. It's definitely mid
not my word. Yeah, but like the kids say, this
year's been mid mid. But I have gratitude for so much.
Don't get me wrong.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Look, we we we we were born this year feeling things.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yes, I'm trying to figure out how to say that,
but like that's a good thing for us that came
from twenty twenty five. This is the best decision we ever.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
And our whole lives ever ever.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
When it comes to this podcast.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I would do this year again. I just wouldn't. If
I had a choice of like five different years, it
probably probably wouldn't choose it.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Yeah, like I would.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
I wouldn't mind living it again, but I wouldn't be like, yes,
I get to do twenty twenty five again.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Yeah, like twenty twenty five, Okay, yeah, maybe I'm not
doing twenty twenty one or twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Again ever, ever, never, ever, ever, ever when undo.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Them Yeah, undo, undo, undo, Well, no, really, we'll just
do feeling of the day, because feeling the year it
was just a quick thing that we randomly did. Maybe
reflect on your year and see what you're feeling for
the year is and then think about your feeling of
the day.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Are you asking me that I'm.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Telling you, I'm telling our listeners. I'm saying, like that's
something to reflect on. Yeah, Like, it just came out
of my mouth when we started recording. But I didn't
plan on us talking about a feeling of the year.
But if you had to put a feeling attached to
your year, what would it be.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
I have an idea what I going to attempt to
do this, but don't hold me to it because I
can't promise anything. I think it'd be really cool to
have a chart. Follow me, have a chart of feelings,
and I keep track of both of our feelings of
every week, and at the end of the year next year,
I can like say, like, we felt annoyed seventeen times,
(03:20):
we felt excited forty times, we felt.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Okay, So you can be like, according to my data,
this is what our year was I love it? Okay, okay, yeah,
hold you to it.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Okay, waite, we keep the chart in the room.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
You pet like a tally mark under you know, let's
do it. Okay, okay, So what's your feeling of the day.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
I'm trying not to take your feeling because I feel
like I wouldn't have chosen that one, but I saw it,
so now it feels like it's my feeling. So if
I was gonna be honest, I feel, please be honest.
I'm a big liar. I feel I want to say, fine,
that's not a feeling. I'm trying to think. I had
(04:02):
an interesting therapy session yesterday where I was like not
really allowing myself to feel what I really was feeling.
So I'm trying to think what that is. I feel unfeelingable.
What what would the feeling be? You be the therapist, now,
what would the feeling be that where I like, I'm
(04:23):
feeling muted not did I have feelings like I can
feel excited and but my true feeling is I think
sad and angry and melancholy. Melanchol Yeah maybe yeah, melancholy
fits like me.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
What's up with that?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
More Today? Determined.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
It's during it's been Christmas in New Year's and well
that have coming trip to New York.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
It's both. I do have all that excitement and happiness
and joy, but I also have all this other stuff
that I because I live in the happiness and excitement
and joy like that, I will choose to. So I'm
trying to access the darker side of me that isn't
just the annoyed because I think I'm really easy to
go to.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Being annoyed, and you're easy to get to.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
I mean, you express your annoyance easily, but you know
what you can identify.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
You're feeling so annoyed and irritated by people, but that's
not my real root feeling. So I'm trying to like
access that, but it's hard right now. So I was
trying to think of what that would be. I'm feeling blocked,
but that's not a feeling. So I'm feeling excited and challenge.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Well, it's interesting that this is where your feelings really
are ish and I put down because you said you
saw mine in the dock because we have our Google dog,
I put motivated. Maybe you're motivated to figure out your
darker feelings. Okay, so I'm not gonna lie. I put
that in the dock yesterday.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Oh have things changed?
Speaker 3 (05:59):
I don't know. I don't know what. What was I
feeling motivated about.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Does it have to do with the content of the episode.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
I don't Maybe yeah, maybe because I was building the
episode and I am feeling motivated to get my house
together because I'm what, yeah, like I've been what's the
word I'm looking for deliberately chose to stay home for
myself for lots of reasons, but one of them was
(06:30):
to kind of with that time, have things a little
bit more organized in my home?
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Do you feel like you're still putting your house together
a year and a half after moving into it.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Specifically, we need a work day in our podcast room
because this room I know that it's on me, but
I would really like a body double partner for it.
So I am enlisting you because we share this space. Like,
I will tackle this room, but I need a body double.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Wait, I can come do that.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
I know, we just need to schedule it. Okay, I
know you would, I just haven't asked you, and I
know in but with our ADHD would just be really
good for us to each other to like if we're
both doing it together at the same time.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
That's called body doubling. Right.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Yeah, there's no video right for this right now, but
people probably see this the videos that we post and like, oh,
it looks so nice in there. If we could only
flip the camera.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, just to like paint a picture. I have my
mom's Oh should I move that? No, I can't move
that into my dinner. I have my mom's dining hutch,
just chilling my dad's bucks. Like, well one is yeah,
one my grandpa like actually shot in like nineteen thirty
(07:45):
something some screen cat brought over a long time ago
when we were gonna do like outfit pictures, and I
had a plan when we first started the podcast for
like yeah, and then we'll take a picture of the
outfits we're wearing every episode and be like, this is
what we're wearing, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
I was like, wait, I just wear sweatpants most of
the time.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Right, And then that quickly died so that can go
with like the sheet.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Yeah, it's like a backdrop, That's what it is.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I have like plastic bins of storage full of like
pictures and photo frames that I need to take up
to my attic. We've got extra seating and stools and
blankets and framed work memorabilia for me, like do you
see me and Thomas Red over there?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
I see it every week. And then extra panels.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Ectly yeah, sound panels. Yeah, we have some work to do,
but this is good.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
This is good.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
This leads right into what items in your house do
you need to fire? Because we tease that that's what
we were going to talk about this episode. And I
think as people go into the new year and they
want to declutter and hold themselves accountable to like a
stress free home. Yeah, I mean, could you imagine what
if this clutter is hindering our performance?
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Can I ask you a question?
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (09:03):
What are you going to do with those animals?
Speaker 3 (09:06):
My bucks?
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (09:07):
I'm put them in my attic. I guess I'm not
getting rid of them.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Okay, That's why I was My question was like, we
all have those items that I mean something.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
But you also they were my dad's And what if
one day I have a cabin I'd hang it out.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
I was thinking, like, what if Stevenson wants to hang
in his room? One day?
Speaker 3 (09:24):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Sure, but like you, they're You're not hanging those anywhere
in your house.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
No.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
I used to have them hung in my house and
I had a spot form and they looked legit. Okay,
like when this when I at my other house, I
had the cabin room and it looked a legit in there.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
It fit the vibe.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Where'd you put that Caeno sign?
Speaker 1 (09:41):
It's in my dining room, but I doesn't really match
in there.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
I don't know what I'm gonna do, Okay.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I just had it wondered of, like, what do you
do with that kind of stuff when like you can't.
Maybe that's part of what we're going to talk about.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Well, yeah, we're doing a performance review of your house. Okay,
So if you've had a hard time getting rid of things, well,
what items in your house do you need to fire?
Because when we buy things like stuff for our house
or maybe even clothes, makeups, things for your car, et cetera,
we are hiring that item or product to do a job. Right, Yeah,
(10:14):
We're like, hey, I'm buying you. You have a job
to do. Get to work. Every once in a while,
it's smart to do a performance review of all of
our things. An example that might be is this item
doing what I hired it to do. If not, you
fire it aka get rid of it.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
But what if it's not doing what I hired it
to do? Because I'm not.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Okay, well then you don't need it? Like, do you
need it? You've had it all year? Do you need it?
Speaker 2 (10:39):
I feel like you're mad at men?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
No?
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Sorry, Okay, So this is a tip from a Harvard professor,
and I'll read exactly what was written. A Harvard professor,
Clayton Christiansen, suggested we hire products for jobs. Things to
fire are items that aren't working, like clothes that don't fit,
clothes that don't make you feel good, old gadgets, or
anything causing clutter or stress instead of solving a problem.
(11:04):
Think clothes you never wear, unused gym equipment, duplicate kitchen tools,
or decord that doesn't inspire. Essentially any item failing at
its job of adding value to your life, freeing up space, money,
and mental energy according to decluttering principles. So okay, that
is what you need to do. You need to like
(11:24):
go around have a conversation with each product. I had
to do this with some makeup the other day. I
already knew that we were going to talk about this.
So I had it in my mind and I opened
up a cabinet and there's this Charlotte Tilbury something or
another that I bought four years ago. Okay, I've worn
it like once in four years, and so I was like,
are you doing like no, and yes, that's on me.
(11:47):
I'm not using it. But I just don't think I
want to use this particular foundation or whatever it was.
I don't really wear foundation. So I chunked it. Plus
it's four years old, so you what it? I chunked it.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Okay, interesting that you shared. I would have said chucked
chucked it. I chucked it.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Oh, I chunked it.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
But I have a friend that sets she's from Alabama.
I wonder if it's like a Southern thing. Chunk it
turn it out? Interesting? See. I have a hard time
with that because I would have been like, I spent
a lot of money on this foundation, and what if
I need it one day? So I'm probably gonna be
bad at this, but I like it. Like I have
a Garmin watch from like ten years ago that no
(12:27):
longer the GPS doesn't work, but I still have it
in a bag because of why Because what if I
take it to a shop and get it fixed one day.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
You're not You could donate it. It doesn't work, okay.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Okay, donate it for Okay, it doesn't work. You just
need to throw chunk it.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
I need to chunk it.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
That Garmin watch from ten years ago is fired.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
I need to fire it because it's not working. Yeah,
it's literally not working.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
It's literally not doing what you hired it to do. Okay,
Like when you hired that watch and had a purpose
and now it is dead.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Like how did I move it to my new house?
Why did I do that?
Speaker 1 (13:05):
See? And that's the thing. We end up doing that,
and then it just ends up accumulating over time, and
then that's when we have too much stuff, which leads
me to the red flags. Okay, that your house has
too much stuff. Okay, these flags, I'm going to read
through them. Basically, there's gonna highlight if you have too
many things. Okay, Like in this room, like I'm storing
(13:26):
some stuff in those plastic bins so that it's all
organized and I can find it easily. But I guarantee
you there's things in those bins that just need to
be fired.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
You're storing them so you can get to them. Easily,
but like, will you ever need to get to them? Correct?
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Red flags? Here we go, red flags, here we go.
You can't find things you know you own. Check cleaning
takes forever. You're not cleaning, you're just moving piles around.
(14:02):
I mean maybe it depends in here you avoid certain rooms.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
No, I don't feel that you.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Organize constantly, but nothing stays organized.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I cannot claim that I organize constantly. I can't remember
the last night organized something.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
Surfaces never stay clear.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
My kitchen counters are always they always have stuff piling
on them. Like i'll move, I'll clean it, and then
again I'll I clean it before I came here. When
I get home, I bet there's stuff on the kitchen counter,
like envelopes and so many envelopes.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
So maybe you need like a little basket.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
It's clutter still, But the basket.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
You can put in the cabinet. Or do you have
a drawer.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Do you have a junk drawer?
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Yeah, and it's so crammed full of stuff.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
I think you get through it. You've just moved in.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
I had a junk drawer in my old house, and
I put everyone in that junk stow in a bag
and I transwer it to a new junk and then
dumped it in there.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Okay, you feel anxious at home? I don't really have that,
although that's like back to this room. We are just
spending a lot of time in here and we're working.
Like what if we get this room all spruceduff, we
get it cleared out, and then suddenly we're magically better.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Which would be crazy because I was about to say
I don't feel anxious in here, but I bet if.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
It was, probably because it's my house.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Okay, I was gonna say, I bet that I would
feel better if it was really clear. So it'd be
a fun experiment. We should do it and not tell
listeners and see if they can tell which episode we've
cleaned the room.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
I think my real feelings came out because it's sort
of contradicts myself, because like, I don't feel anxious in
my home at all, but this is like its own room.
I feel like this is our podcast room, Like it's
not a part of my home I hang out in
unless we're working.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
That's true.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
You know, at other parts of my house I'm in
all the time and I don't feel anxious in them.
But right now, especially because we're focused on it and
feeling a little.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
I feel like the walls are caving in on us now.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
You're always thinking about more storage. Yeah, and then you
keep items for a quote someday that never comes.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
There's nothing worse, and I already want to redact that,
because there are things worse. But it is an annoying
feeling to get rid of something because you're like, man,
I don't need it, and then you have to breebuy it,
you know.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Yeah, but like how often does that happen?
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Every now and then?
Speaker 1 (16:34):
I try to think of like what though? Like what, like, well,
this one time trying to think of that. Yes, stalling,
If you really slow, you'll think of it.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
So so on this one time, I do have to admit.
So a couple of years ago, No, that was stalling.
You really, I do have something I need to get
off my chest. Okay, so then I do something about this.
A couple of years ago, we went to a couple's
I don't remember if the theme was, but you had
(17:06):
to have like a couple's costume. It wasn't Halloween, Oh,
Singo to Mayo or it was single to Mayo and
the Kentucky Derby. You could have a costume in either.
So I dressed up as a pinata and then Patrick
dressed up as a kid. He had like a blindfold
and a bat cute. It was really cute. I hope
made my costume out. It was so cute. So I
(17:28):
have two examples of things here. So the costume, I
glued tissue paper to make it look like a pinata
on a shirt, and I threw it away after because like,
you can't wash the shirt. But then a couple of
weeks later a friend asked to borrow the costume and
I had thrown it away, and that was upsetting. That's
(17:49):
one thing I wish I kept it so somebody else
could have used it. Okay, So there's that Patrick wore
a sombrero or I think a sombrero as part of
his costume, and he wanted to throw the hat away
after we went to the party because he's like, what
am I ever gonna need a sombrero again? And I
wouldn't let him because I was like, well, I don't
(18:09):
want to have to buy another sombrero. I don't want
to spend any more money on sobreros than I've already spent.
So I've been hiding it in my laundry hamper for
I think two years, so.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
That he doesn't get rid of it.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Yeah, I don't know, like why did I put it's
been in the bottom.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
You're hiding it, or that's just where you store it.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
I stored it and that's just been in the bottom
of my laundry hamper.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
I don't know how you've stored it.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
And it's so it's out of.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Sight, so that yeah, he doesn't he isn't like donating
it or and he's not like, let's get rid of this.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
But now it's smushed at the bottom of my towel
laundry hamper. It probably doesn't even smell I got it.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
So, like I while you were telling that story, I
thought of an example of something that I got rid
of where I had that thought of, like, if I
ever need something, I'll just go buy this again, because
for a costume when you're I had bought this like
black top hat, and I found it recently in my
guest room closet and I'm thinking, why do I have
this black top hat? And then I'm like, well, what
if I need it? And I'm like, but I haven't
(19:08):
needed it in years, And then I made the decision
to put it in the donate pile because if I
need another black top hat, I'll just address that issue then,
Like I didn't need to keep the black it was
like collecting dust.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Well I think that's my point is like I was like, no,
what if we need I know, but I fired it.
You need I got it. I know when I get home,
I'm firing the sombrero. Look at you now, I don't
even want to wear that sombrero if I do need
to use it. But also like I'm never needing that.
I'm never gonna need it.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Growth.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
I feel like we just witnessed growth.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Yeah, yeah, you're there. It's time.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Go in there, get that hat out of the hamperer
and you fire.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
I'm going to throw it right in the trash and
there you go. It's where you belong.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
So on a recent episode, you told us about or
we were talking about gifting things walking around your parents'
house and or anybody's house in your family and grabbing
actual items from the house and wrapping it.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Up and gifting. That's people.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
So do you want to explain that because we have
a voicemail from one of our listeners, Linda explaining that
her family did this and it was so much fun.
So this would be something people could keep in mind
for a family gathering or start tradition your Christmas next
year or something, or if like there's a birthday gathering
or get together this year, it could be like a
funny thing to do. So we got Linda's voicemail, but
(20:27):
I wanted you just set it up in case listeners
and hear that episode they know what Linda's talking about.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
So I saw this on social media last year, I think.
But basically, imagine that your whole family goes to celebrate
Christmas at your grandma's house, and everybody in the family
picks an item unbeknownst to your grandma from your grandma's
house and wraps it and gives it to somebody as
a gift. So everybody, like everybody picks one thing, they
(20:53):
wrap it, and they give it to a random person.
So then when you're opening gifts as a family. I
have to find their original video of this, because the
grandma was so sweet the whole time and you start
to open gars.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Oh that's pretty, She's like, I have one just like
that that looks familiar.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Yeah, or like you'll wrap like a little clock and
she'll be like, oh my gosh, I used to have
one that looks just like that. Or it starts to
you can wrap a sweater of hers or like something
random for the kitchen and from the kitchen, and then
eventually you would hope that the grandma whoever you do
this too, catches on and is like, wait, these are
(21:30):
my things. But it's just like a cute prank. Yes,
and it's just so sweet to lot well.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
And in Linda's voicemail, you'll hear that it took her
a minute for her parents to catch on, and especially
her mom. And I was like, oh, maybe that's a
red flag they have too much stuff, you know, like
that could be an indicator, like if you have so
many things in your house. Because I think Linda said
like twenty different people participated. They had twenty gifts wrapped.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Twenty that means it's time to yes and give.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Maybe, But I feel like older people, like when I
think of my grandma's house, like she had so much stuff,
and she had a basement and it was just full
of stuff, Like there was just so much cool stuff.
I think, well, when she passed away, we didn't nobody
really wanted any of it because my grandma smoked and
everything had a deep or a thick.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Layer of smoke smell on it. Okay, that's fair. I
just my grandma's house. We took so much stuff from it,
and it was like some of it's some of it's
like in boxes because like what are you going to
do with it?
Speaker 1 (22:32):
But it's a memory, I know, I think some of
the sentimental like family stuff, like you just find storage
for it, hopefully if you have it. But then you know,
like remember my mom's rocker, her little sweet rocker thing,
her glider. I really held on too that for a
while and then finally just decided to list it on
Facebook Marketplace and call it a day. And I feel
(22:53):
good about that. But I had to wait for the
right time.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
What's the difference between your mom's glider and those books?
Speaker 3 (23:00):
No, yes, it's not the right time. I guess.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Time.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
Well, the glider, like the paint was starting to chip
and peel, and I was gonna either have to get
it repainted find a space for it.
Speaker 3 (23:10):
I can't. It was huge.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
I couldn't haul that up to the attic. The bucks
I can throw in the attic, no problem. Sure, if
I find a space for them that works, I can
hang them up, no problem. They're not chippin' true. They're
good to go. Okay, let's play Linda's voicemail.
Speaker 5 (23:24):
Here you go, Hey, Amy and Kat love the show.
Just listening to yesterday's podcast about when Kat is talking
about regifting things from your parent or grandparents home and
then opening at Christmas. I've got a bigger family. There
was four siblings, and on Thanksgiving, that was when we
did last year Thanksgiving, we did the shopping I guess
(23:47):
you would say, at my parents' house. So all of
us were taking turns stealing different things like kinsles, little
knickknacks and pictures off the wall or different things. Somebody
even got a a fan, like it was a big
fan that was in the dining room, and so that
was our idea. We were going to see all the
stuff we gifted. We ended up having twenty some different items,
(24:12):
and it was enough for all of us to have
at least one including the kids. So I don't even
know how many presents were opened at this point. And
my dad caught on before my mom did, and it
was just so funny because he was looking like that
looks very familiar, and then my mom she was just like, oh,
that's awesome, haha whatever, like and then there was like
(24:33):
a sign or something that really gave it away. That
so then everybody started laughing and then we went through
and like open the rest of them. It was just
so funny, and I recommend anybody do that because it
just makes her a really good time. All right, love
the show.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
So seeing that funny like she I want to do it,
She said her mom was like wait a second. And
then then her parents didn't even notice that the fan
from the dining room.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Was missing.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
That would be red flag time to maybe maybe her
parents need to do the what items in my house
do I need to fire?
Speaker 2 (25:08):
Maybe all those items that people wrapped up everybody gets
to leave with them. Yeah, it depends if that's how
the game works. And I would have picked some specific
things in my parents.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
I'm going to get this diamond ring, this necklace, this jewelry.
Your mom's like wait a second, put that back, Okay.
Along with decluttering our houses or coming up with plans
to declutter and whatnot, something Cat and I have been
obsessed with is Beth's Dead. It's a podcast. In fact,
(25:40):
if you were walking around your house and you are
cleaning in the new year, and you need something to
listen to, and you're done listening to every Feeling Things episode.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Ever, Yeah, you can only start this after you've caught
up on all of it.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Then you are in luck because you get to binge
Beth's Dead and you get to binge it all in
one sitting, like you don't have to wait. Like Cat
and I started listening when they were just releasing week
to week. Unless you subscribe to their Patreon, you could
get it all right away or you paid, but we
weren't paying, so since we were waiting for the free version,
we were having to wait week to week. But now
(26:12):
everything's out, and so this is Cat and I's warning
that it's all out. It's our announcement that it's all out.
And next next week we're going to talk about it.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
We're going to talk about it because I have some
serious thoughts and I'm trying not I'm trying to save
them for the podcast, but I really want to talk
about it.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
We like Cat, just so y'all know, we're saving this
for y'all, like even our conversation between us, because I
have thoughts. Cat has thoughts, and I'm so curious if
our thoughts are the same. I think I feel like
they might be, but maybe not, maybe not.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
I feel strongly I am.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Let's just say, I am feeling things. Oh yeah about
Beth's dead. And if you need some end of year
slash New Year entertainment, you have our permission to cheat
on feeling things.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
It's a wild ride.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
It's wild. Not that I need to give you all permission.
That was dumb when I say that.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Also, like they're like, oh, okay, all right, listen to
it now, Like.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
People don't listen to other things. I mean, I listen
to lots of other things. Which my sister's friend, I've
known her my whole life too, but she was my
sister's best friend growing up and they are still friends
to this day, and our moms were friends. Like she
sent a text recently she was laughing at something that
we said, and I I replied back, I said, I'm
this is making me smile so big right now because
(27:35):
you listen. And she was like, oh yeah, you and Cat,
And I'm like, you know Cat because she lives in
Dallas and you know, she's a physical therapist and a mom,
Like I just.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
Didn't know she listened, like you know Cat too.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
I love Cat.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
I mean, I know, I know, but it's like, oh
she knows.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
Kat.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
She listens and she was laughing at something we had said,
and it just made me smile. It makes me smile
when our friends listen, because I have zero expectations of
our friends listening, or like when my boyfriend listens, like
he'll make jokes sometimes and I'll be like, wait, Cat
and I were just talking about that.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
He's like, yeah, duh, because that's why I said it.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
And I was like, you listen, and he's like yeah,
this morning at the gym, and I was like, oh.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Is it? Is it your boyfriend's go to podcast.
Speaker 3 (28:22):
Or is only I'll have to ask him, but I
don't know that he's a big podcaster.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Okay, because Patrick only listens when he's like run out
of things, or if he knows I talked about him,
so I need to talk about him more.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
I guess, Oh, like if you can, if he knows
that he shocked about him, well he'll listen to this one.
Tell him yeah, oh you.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
Came up a couple of times. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
Let me call Alex and let me just ask him,
like if he has any it might be at work.
So I would never do this, and I'm like, take
a break, do do do?
Speaker 3 (28:59):
Oh? Hey, yo, hey, before you start talking. Oops. I
just hung up on him.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
I didn't meant to meet.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
It didn't sound like him.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
I think there's his daughter in the background, so he's
not at work. Ya hey, heads up here on the podcast. Okay,
I'm recording.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Oh wait, wait, Rex, is that you?
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (29:20):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (29:21):
This son?
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Oh okay, what.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Do you want to do?
Speaker 6 (29:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (29:28):
I need your dad? Okay, thank you, Rexy. Okay, So
do you listen to any other podcasts which just go to? Okay,
like what's your go to podcast?
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Second?
Speaker 1 (29:56):
But like what makes you because I know you don't
listen to all the episodes? Like what makes you decide
to listen?
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Nothing else to do?
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (30:10):
You know?
Speaker 1 (30:11):
When I'm getting on the StairMaster, what does he listen to?
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Usually? Like in the car? Like music or books?
Speaker 3 (30:21):
What?
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Kat wants to know. What you listen to like when
you're in the car the radio?
Speaker 2 (30:26):
No, the radio? Yeah, not even like Spotify.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
He's old school, do you she wants to know, not
even like Spotify. You just listen to the radio, which
I appreciate. Because that is how I make a living.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
Yeah, that's true, but that has nothing to do with me.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
You've always been radio.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
Okay, so no audio books.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Then, yeah, do you listen to audio books?
Speaker 5 (30:48):
No?
Speaker 2 (30:50):
Crazy? Okay?
Speaker 3 (30:51):
Right well here all right.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
We just wanted to know what motivated you to listen,
and clearly you don't have a podcast you listen to
unless you really need and board. Then then you listen
to feeling things.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Got it?
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Got it?
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Okay, bye bye.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Bye.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
Okay, So there you have it.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
So if you're ever on the stare Master, yeah, we're the.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Podcast for you. So, if you're ever on the stare Master, yeah,
we're the podcast for you. I'm just like picturing with
(31:40):
the gem on the Staremaster. I need to ask Patrick,
like if what why do you listen? He'll probably say
like because because you talked about me?
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Right, I want to Alex doesn't even know when I
talk about him though, so did you tell him, hey,
we talked about you today.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
He'll see like an Instagram reel or his friend somebody
will say something to him, or that's true.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
I bet you Instagram sometimes spurs. Yeah, a StairMaster, a
StairMaster session, if he probably sees something on Instagram.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
He's like, Oh, I gotta go on the stairs.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
I gotta go check that out. Okay, I know you
have a New Year's cocktail to share before we let
everybody go, in case people are looking for something to
make sip on yes tomorrow night, to bring in the
new year, to kiss twenty twenty five goodbye.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Yes. So have you ever heard of a Hugo sprits.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
I've heard of it, but I have no idea what's
in it.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
Okay, it's akin to a gimlet, which is my favorite cocktail.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
And because of you, I've adopted gimletz as my.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
Gimlet is the best kind of giml Yes, and they're
so easy to make. Just so you know, you could
google this. But it's just Saint Germain, which is like
elder elderflower liquor. It's like floral jann Er vodka and
lime juice. It's so easy to make. And a cucumber
of course, So this is a more like because those
are strong. A gimlet's strong. This is a more like fun,
(33:04):
just like sippy cocktail Hugo sprits. It's elderflower liqueur, white
cranberry juice. Well, I'm giving you a holiday version. So
white cranberry juice, orange juice, prosecco, soda, water mint. We'll
put this in the show notes. But it's a really cute,
fun cocktail. You mix all together, you put it in
(33:24):
a wineglass. Have you ever had aparol sprits? Yes?
Speaker 6 (33:27):
Okay, so it's that, but like gimlet version. Okay, because
a lot of people don't like aperol. I don't even
know how to say april. Well, you just like it,
if I, if I, if I've ever ordered that at
a restaurant, and like aerosol.
Speaker 1 (33:41):
Aero sprits, please April aperol?
Speaker 2 (33:45):
Okay, you're oh, you learn something new every day afall.
So this is a more holiday wintery version of that
because spritzers are kind of like summary, so this makes
it a little bit more like you can have.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
It so like if you've got the mint, or maybe
if you throw in cranberry or something, it just gives
you holiday vibe.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Holiday vibes. And here's a pro tip, and I just
started doing this. If you get one of those, I
guess you could do this in any kind of ice
cube tray, but I got one of those silicone ice
cube trays. And I put a couple one because I
don't think I think my ice cubes were small. One
or two cranberries in there, and then a little like
mint leaf or you can put like a rosemary sprig
(34:23):
or something and then fill it with water. Then you
have really pretty ice cubes to put in your drink.
It's cute, and like, I think that people will think
your drink tastes good just because it looks really cute,
even if you mess up on the recipe. Festive festive,
So New Year's hugo sprits.
Speaker 1 (34:42):
Your New Year's cocktail, and you could make I mean,
you could also whip up something like a mocktail. I'm
trying to decide. I'm probably gonna dry January again.
Speaker 2 (34:51):
Well they have I forgot what it's called, but they
have elderflower liquor that is non alcoholic, and then you
could make with just cranberry juice soda water, you can
do a sparkling grape juice or something.
Speaker 1 (35:05):
I have no idea this actually works, so I'm not
gonna like report on the name yet. And it might
even be called the Patch. I don't know the company.
I was sent them for a package of them for free.
But I told you that I had a gimlet the
other night, and I actually had two cocktails that night,
and I had work the next day, and I knew
I was gonna be drinking, and so I put this
(35:25):
patch on my body. And it's supposed to like release
vitamins or nutrients or something into that helps with out harm.
Speaker 3 (35:33):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
They said, they said, put this patch on before you
go out, or you can put it on the next morning.
But I was like, well, I'm putting it on before
I go out. So I put the patch on, and
then my boyfriend and I were out. We were at
a Christmas party for like his friends, like a little dinner,
and I pulled up my sleeve and I was like,
check out my patch. He was like, what is that.
Speaker 3 (35:55):
I said, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
A company sent it to me and I'm testing it out.
I mean, I felt it, okay.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
I didn't feel for somebody who's very concerned about the
chemicals that their shirts was all natural. You just said
you didn't know what was in it.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
Well, I mean when I say I don't know, like
I don't know, but it was like vitamins. It wasn't
like weird stuff. I don't think it was sent to
me by like a company that is, you.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Know, uh, reliable in Okay.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
Okay, my body minded, Okay, health conscience.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
I do have a gripe. I don't know if that's
what you would call this, but I'm gonna use that word.
And this is a little bit I'm bringing up old news.
So I'm sorry, I'm just gonna do it. But a
couple of weeks ago, when we had the talk about
the chemicals, So a couple of weeks ago, if you
guys didn't hear that episode, Amy asked me if I
washed my clothes before.
Speaker 3 (36:46):
I wear them, specifically underwear.
Speaker 2 (36:51):
And then it went to bed sheets and all that,
and my answer was no, I do not do. I
just put things on. I'm very trusting, even especially if
something comes in a package then like it's like whatever.
If you look, I made a reel and I put
it on Instagram. If you look on that reel, you
go there, you will see the majority of people are
like team Amy, I wash everything, or like Kat, I
(37:13):
can't believe.
Speaker 3 (37:14):
You do this.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Okay, well you're the one that captioned it Team Amy
or change cat. You made it a competition.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
I did, But here's my gripe. I got so many
d ms saying don't worry your girl. I am the same.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Because they don't the secret saying team cat and they
won't post on the reel.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
And I'm like, this is this is even more upset
because you're letting me be publicly shamed like there is.
You need support, I need support like we there, shame
grows in silence. Stand up for yourself and me postme cat.
Speaker 3 (37:51):
Right.
Speaker 2 (37:51):
Well, so I just am saying that to the stick
up for myself. I know it looks like I am
in the minority, but if I could count up my
dms and add them as comments, I think we're pretty even.
I'm not even gonna say I'm winning. You still might
be winning a little bit more because I do think
you have a point. Thank you. You definitely do have
a point. I will start. I'm going to think about
(38:13):
washing my underwear before I wear them when I buy them.
I really strongly think about it. And bed sheets that
actually I never even considered it, So thank you for that.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
Howden do you wash your sheets?
Speaker 3 (38:24):
Talk about that?
Speaker 2 (38:26):
That is private information?
Speaker 3 (38:28):
Okay, you probably do it every week, yes, once a week.
Speaker 2 (38:32):
I think I try to do it once a month.
Speaker 1 (38:34):
I know what we have to talk about this, but
this is too late in the episode.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
It depends defends I actually I can't say this.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
Let's oh, like, yeah, I get it, you're married. Is
that what you're talking about?
Speaker 2 (38:50):
They'll be washed sure than that. But if.
Speaker 3 (39:03):
Patrick's listening now, CAD's like, I don't know why I
can't have a baby? Wait, is that you're supposed to
do that? Just kidding?
Speaker 2 (39:24):
Okay, all right, Okay, so I guess it is more
than once a month.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
But if that, no, I get it.
Speaker 2 (39:31):
If I lived alone, singly, what about pillowcase?
Speaker 1 (39:35):
Would you just maybe swap pillows or swap the pillowcase out?
Speaker 2 (39:38):
My pillow cases are swapped, I feel like more than
my sheets.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
Okay, I hang in on more because I don't have.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
To have it as a match, because I feel like
the pillow case gets more dirty than the sheets.
Speaker 1 (39:48):
Okay, anyway, this is a whole nother, whole other episode.
Happy New Year. No, seriously, I love doing this with you.
I love laughing with you, like us laughing like and
making think of like how much we've laughed recording this year,
and it is one of the best decisions that we
(40:09):
made So it was a pro for twenty twenty five,
like us going for it because we made the decision
to do it in twenty twenty four and it took
us until April of twenty twenty five to finally get
all of our ducks in a row and make it happen.
And so I'm proud of us for taking that leap
because it was a risk?
Speaker 2 (40:25):
Was for me?
Speaker 3 (40:26):
Was it for you?
Speaker 2 (40:28):
Would you say it was a risk? What do you mean?
Speaker 3 (40:29):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (40:30):
Because what about it didn't work?
Speaker 3 (40:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (40:33):
Like then it's awkward.
Speaker 3 (40:34):
It's like, well you'll, well, uh when you just go
back to being just friends?
Speaker 1 (40:39):
Yeah, and then how do you I mean, we already
had fifth thing together, spirity knew what it was like
to work together. But still like, yeah, but we've had
some hiccups too of you know, divvying up responsibilities or
and then if it is one person's responsibility, and then
I'll chime in. You're like, well, I didn't ask your opinion,
And I'm like, oh, shoot, you're right, you didn't. I'm
sorry you asked me about something else. Because it's like,
(41:01):
you know, stay in your lane, like you do what
you do, and I'll do what I do and then
if I ask your opinion, yeah, I've.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
Been getting a little bit sensitive around me.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
No, but it was it was fine, but I mean,
you know.
Speaker 3 (41:11):
Things like that.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
I was like, your opinion was right.
Speaker 3 (41:16):
Yeah, sometimes it just takes a whole time.
Speaker 1 (41:19):
But I am very, very very grateful we made this happen. Yeah,
and I'm grateful for our listeners. And well, Kat and
I do need to sit down and have a little
planning sash for twenty twenty six of like I think
you and I both have talked about like we I
know I've been saying it for a couple of years now,
(41:40):
like I want to get something face to face, like
I miss our lives. You were a part of my
life in Kansas, you flew out, you did both the
shows in Nashville, and I think Nashville is a good
central location. There was a while where I was trying
to plan different tour stops before we merged into feeling things,
and I.
Speaker 3 (41:57):
Was looking at like Tampa and Boston.
Speaker 1 (41:58):
And while I do think we could do a tour,
I think we could also like just start like we
do need to have a meeting.
Speaker 3 (42:06):
But I'm just gonna throw this out there.
Speaker 1 (42:08):
They think we could also plan something for Nashville and
our national people come, but also people would come like
a they would come like it's a central location, it's
a fun place to visit, and we could make it
worth their time to come, and then we could pick
other spots to go to. But I miss the interaction
(42:30):
with our listeners.
Speaker 3 (42:30):
I'm craving that.
Speaker 1 (42:32):
So I hope that that's on our what do the
kids say?
Speaker 3 (42:35):
Or millennial people say? I hope that's on our Bingo
card for twenty three six. I don't know if that's still.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
Cool to say. I think the actual saying is, well,
that wasn't all my Bingo card for this year, but
I hope I'm gonna do the saying the different this
way and say I hope that's on our twenty twenty
six bing Go card.
Speaker 2 (42:51):
We should make Bingo cards instead of vision boards.
Speaker 1 (42:54):
Huh oh, I get what you're saying, Like, instead of
doing a bit like we make a being ooh.
Speaker 2 (42:59):
And then when it happened, we have to talk it
like a sticker on it?
Speaker 1 (43:01):
Sick? Do people do that?
Speaker 2 (43:03):
We will if somebody has had to have done that.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
Okay, well maybe if we if we make up our
own little format. We could throw it in our newsletter
and our listeners could fill it out them how they want.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
That'd be sick okay, sick okay.
Speaker 1 (43:14):
See Yeah, Feeling Things Podcast gift that keeps on giving.
And if you haven't signed up for our newsletter, make
sure you do that for twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (43:23):
Yeah, sign up. The link is in our bio. It's
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also in the show notes, so you can just click
on the show notes wherever you're listening to this, type
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Speaker 1 (43:34):
If you want to email us, especially for Couch Talks
episode for twenty twenty six, hit us up with your problems.
We got you, Hella Hey there at Feeling Things podcast
dot com. You can also call and leave us a
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and those are in the show notes as well, in
case you didn't have time to drop that down. We
hope you have.
Speaker 3 (43:56):
The end of the year you need to have.
Speaker 2 (43:58):
Bye Bye
All right, break it down.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
If you ever have feelings that you just won't Amy
and Cat gotcha covin locking m brother, ladies and folks,
do you just follow an the spirit where it's all.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
The front over real stuff, tell the chill stuff and
the m but Swayne, sometimes the best thing you can
do it just.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
Stop you feel things.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
This is Feeling Things with Amy and Cat.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Happy Tuesday. Welcome to feeling things. This is our final
episode of the year.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
I'm Amy, I'm Cat. That crazy.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
That just made me a little like sentimental.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
It's our final one. I mean, goodbye twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
It's not like we're not goingwhere. No breaks here, and
it's not like it's been a full year of us
doing the podcast. But I don't know. When you said that,
I was like, huh, that's one of twenty five and
how are we here?
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Well? The calendar time time?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
This is crazy, I know it is.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Do you have a particular feeling of the day, Like,
what if we had to pick a feeling of the year?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Oh, oh, grateful it's over?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Wait is that really how you feel?
Speaker 3 (01:14):
I mean, I.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Feel like twenty twenty five was just okay, It's not
my worst year. No, I've had worse, but I know
for a lot.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Of people it's been difficult.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So I just felt weird.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
I feel like twenty two and five.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Was just weird. I was gonna say blah, like me,
but there's been It's hard to say that because there's
been so many good things.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Exactly, there's been good, there's been bad. It's definitely mid
not my word. Yeah, but like the kids say, this
year's been mid mid. But I have gratitude for so much.
Don't get me wrong.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Look, we we we we were born this year feeling things.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yes, I'm trying to figure out how to say that,
but like that's a good thing for us that came
from twenty twenty five. This is the best decision we ever.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
And our whole lives ever ever.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
When it comes to this podcast.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I would do this year again. I just wouldn't. If
I had a choice of like five different years, it
probably probably wouldn't choose it.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Yeah, like I would.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
I wouldn't mind living it again, but I wouldn't be like, yes,
I get to do twenty twenty five again.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Yeah, like twenty twenty five, Okay, yeah, maybe I'm not
doing twenty twenty one or twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Again ever, ever, never, ever, ever, ever when undo.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Them Yeah, undo, undo, undo, Well, no, really, we'll just
do feeling of the day, because feeling the year it
was just a quick thing that we randomly did. Maybe
reflect on your year and see what you're feeling for
the year is and then think about your feeling of
the day.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Are you asking me that I'm.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Telling you, I'm telling our listeners. I'm saying, like that's
something to reflect on. Yeah, Like, it just came out
of my mouth when we started recording. But I didn't
plan on us talking about a feeling of the year.
But if you had to put a feeling attached to
your year, what would it be.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
I have an idea what I going to attempt to
do this, but don't hold me to it because I
can't promise anything. I think it'd be really cool to
have a chart. Follow me, have a chart of feelings,
and I keep track of both of our feelings of
every week, and at the end of the year next year,
I can like say, like, we felt annoyed seventeen times,
(03:20):
we felt excited forty times, we felt.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Okay, So you can be like, according to my data,
this is what our year was I love it? Okay, okay, yeah,
hold you to it.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Okay, waite, we keep the chart in the room.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
You pet like a tally mark under you know, let's
do it. Okay, okay, So what's your feeling of the day.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
I'm trying not to take your feeling because I feel
like I wouldn't have chosen that one, but I saw it,
so now it feels like it's my feeling. So if
I was gonna be honest, I feel, please be honest.
I'm a big liar. I feel I want to say, fine,
that's not a feeling. I'm trying to think. I had
(04:02):
an interesting therapy session yesterday where I was like not
really allowing myself to feel what I really was feeling.
So I'm trying to think what that is. I feel unfeelingable.
What what would the feeling be? You be the therapist, now,
what would the feeling be that where I like, I'm
(04:23):
feeling muted not did I have feelings like I can
feel excited and but my true feeling is I think
sad and angry and melancholy. Melanchol Yeah maybe yeah, melancholy
fits like me.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
What's up with that?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
More Today? Determined.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
It's during it's been Christmas in New Year's and well
that have coming trip to New York.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
It's both. I do have all that excitement and happiness
and joy, but I also have all this other stuff
that I because I live in the happiness and excitement
and joy like that, I will choose to. So I'm
trying to access the darker side of me that isn't
just the annoyed because I think I'm really easy to
go to.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Being annoyed, and you're easy to get to.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
I mean, you express your annoyance easily, but you know
what you can identify.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
You're feeling so annoyed and irritated by people, but that's
not my real root feeling. So I'm trying to like
access that, but it's hard right now. So I was
trying to think of what that would be. I'm feeling blocked,
but that's not a feeling. So I'm feeling excited and challenge.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Well, it's interesting that this is where your feelings really
are ish and I put down because you said you
saw mine in the dock because we have our Google dog,
I put motivated. Maybe you're motivated to figure out your
darker feelings. Okay, so I'm not gonna lie. I put
that in the dock yesterday.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Oh have things changed?
Speaker 3 (05:59):
I don't know. I don't know what. What was I
feeling motivated about.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Does it have to do with the content of the episode.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
I don't Maybe yeah, maybe because I was building the
episode and I am feeling motivated to get my house
together because I'm what, yeah, like I've been what's the
word I'm looking for deliberately chose to stay home for
myself for lots of reasons, but one of them was
(06:30):
to kind of with that time, have things a little
bit more organized in my home?
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Do you feel like you're still putting your house together
a year and a half after moving into it.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Specifically, we need a work day in our podcast room
because this room I know that it's on me, but
I would really like a body double partner for it.
So I am enlisting you because we share this space. Like,
I will tackle this room, but I need a body double.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Wait, I can come do that.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
I know, we just need to schedule it. Okay, I
know you would, I just haven't asked you, and I
know in but with our ADHD would just be really
good for us to each other to like if we're
both doing it together at the same time.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
That's called body doubling. Right.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
Yeah, there's no video right for this right now, but
people probably see this the videos that we post and like, oh,
it looks so nice in there. If we could only
flip the camera.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, just to like paint a picture. I have my
mom's Oh should I move that? No, I can't move
that into my dinner. I have my mom's dining hutch,
just chilling my dad's bucks. Like, well one is yeah,
one my grandpa like actually shot in like nineteen thirty
(07:45):
something some screen cat brought over a long time ago
when we were gonna do like outfit pictures, and I
had a plan when we first started the podcast for
like yeah, and then we'll take a picture of the
outfits we're wearing every episode and be like, this is
what we're wearing, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
I was like, wait, I just wear sweatpants most of
the time.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Right, And then that quickly died so that can go
with like the sheet.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Yeah, it's like a backdrop, That's what it is.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I have like plastic bins of storage full of like
pictures and photo frames that I need to take up
to my attic. We've got extra seating and stools and
blankets and framed work memorabilia for me, like do you
see me and Thomas Red over there?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
I see it every week. And then extra panels.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Ectly yeah, sound panels. Yeah, we have some work to do,
but this is good.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
This is good.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
This leads right into what items in your house do
you need to fire? Because we tease that that's what
we were going to talk about this episode. And I
think as people go into the new year and they
want to declutter and hold themselves accountable to like a
stress free home. Yeah, I mean, could you imagine what
if this clutter is hindering our performance?
Speaker 2 (09:01):
Can I ask you a question?
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (09:03):
What are you going to do with those animals?
Speaker 3 (09:06):
My bucks?
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (09:07):
I'm put them in my attic. I guess I'm not
getting rid of them.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Okay, That's why I was My question was like, we
all have those items that I mean something.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
But you also they were my dad's And what if
one day I have a cabin I'd hang it out.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
I was thinking, like, what if Stevenson wants to hang
in his room? One day?
Speaker 3 (09:24):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Sure, but like you, they're You're not hanging those anywhere
in your house.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
No.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
I used to have them hung in my house and
I had a spot form and they looked legit. Okay,
like when this when I at my other house, I
had the cabin room and it looked a legit in there.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
It fit the vibe.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Where'd you put that Caeno sign?
Speaker 1 (09:41):
It's in my dining room, but I doesn't really match
in there.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
I don't know what I'm gonna do, Okay.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I just had it wondered of, like, what do you
do with that kind of stuff when like you can't.
Maybe that's part of what we're going to talk about.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Well, yeah, we're doing a performance review of your house. Okay,
So if you've had a hard time getting rid of things, well,
what items in your house do you need to fire?
Because when we buy things like stuff for our house
or maybe even clothes, makeups, things for your car, et cetera,
we are hiring that item or product to do a job. Right, Yeah,
(10:14):
We're like, hey, I'm buying you. You have a job
to do. Get to work. Every once in a while,
it's smart to do a performance review of all of
our things. An example that might be is this item
doing what I hired it to do. If not, you
fire it aka get rid of it.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
But what if it's not doing what I hired it
to do? Because I'm not.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Okay, well then you don't need it? Like, do you
need it? You've had it all year? Do you need it?
Speaker 2 (10:39):
I feel like you're mad at men?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
No?
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Sorry, Okay, So this is a tip from a Harvard professor,
and I'll read exactly what was written. A Harvard professor,
Clayton Christiansen, suggested we hire products for jobs. Things to
fire are items that aren't working, like clothes that don't fit,
clothes that don't make you feel good, old gadgets, or
anything causing clutter or stress instead of solving a problem.
(11:04):
Think clothes you never wear, unused gym equipment, duplicate kitchen tools,
or decord that doesn't inspire. Essentially any item failing at
its job of adding value to your life, freeing up space, money,
and mental energy according to decluttering principles. So okay, that
is what you need to do. You need to like
(11:24):
go around have a conversation with each product. I had
to do this with some makeup the other day. I
already knew that we were going to talk about this.
So I had it in my mind and I opened
up a cabinet and there's this Charlotte Tilbury something or
another that I bought four years ago. Okay, I've worn
it like once in four years, and so I was like,
are you doing like no, and yes, that's on me.
(11:47):
I'm not using it. But I just don't think I
want to use this particular foundation or whatever it was.
I don't really wear foundation. So I chunked it. Plus
it's four years old, so you what it? I chunked it.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Okay, interesting that you shared. I would have said chucked
chucked it. I chucked it.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Oh, I chunked it.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
But I have a friend that sets she's from Alabama.
I wonder if it's like a Southern thing. Chunk it
turn it out? Interesting? See. I have a hard time
with that because I would have been like, I spent
a lot of money on this foundation, and what if
I need it one day? So I'm probably gonna be
bad at this, but I like it. Like I have
a Garmin watch from like ten years ago that no
(12:27):
longer the GPS doesn't work, but I still have it
in a bag because of why Because what if I
take it to a shop and get it fixed one day.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
You're not You could donate it. It doesn't work, okay.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Okay, donate it for Okay, it doesn't work. You just
need to throw chunk it.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
I need to chunk it.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
That Garmin watch from ten years ago is fired.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
I need to fire it because it's not working. Yeah,
it's literally not working.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
It's literally not doing what you hired it to do. Okay,
Like when you hired that watch and had a purpose
and now it is dead.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Like how did I move it to my new house?
Why did I do that?
Speaker 1 (13:05):
See? And that's the thing. We end up doing that,
and then it just ends up accumulating over time, and
then that's when we have too much stuff, which leads
me to the red flags. Okay, that your house has
too much stuff. Okay, these flags, I'm going to read
through them. Basically, there's gonna highlight if you have too
many things. Okay, Like in this room, like I'm storing
(13:26):
some stuff in those plastic bins so that it's all
organized and I can find it easily. But I guarantee
you there's things in those bins that just need to
be fired.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
You're storing them so you can get to them. Easily,
but like, will you ever need to get to them? Correct?
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Red flags? Here we go, red flags, here we go.
You can't find things you know you own. Check cleaning
takes forever. You're not cleaning, you're just moving piles around.
(14:02):
I mean maybe it depends in here you avoid certain rooms.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
No, I don't feel that you.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Organize constantly, but nothing stays organized.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
I cannot claim that I organize constantly. I can't remember
the last night organized something.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
Surfaces never stay clear.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
My kitchen counters are always they always have stuff piling
on them. Like i'll move, I'll clean it, and then
again I'll I clean it before I came here. When
I get home, I bet there's stuff on the kitchen counter,
like envelopes and so many envelopes.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
So maybe you need like a little basket.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
It's clutter still, But the basket.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
You can put in the cabinet. Or do you have
a drawer.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Do you have a junk drawer?
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Yeah, and it's so crammed full of stuff.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
I think you get through it. You've just moved in.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
I had a junk drawer in my old house, and
I put everyone in that junk stow in a bag
and I transwer it to a new junk and then
dumped it in there.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Okay, you feel anxious at home? I don't really have that,
although that's like back to this room. We are just
spending a lot of time in here and we're working.
Like what if we get this room all spruceduff, we
get it cleared out, and then suddenly we're magically better.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Which would be crazy because I was about to say
I don't feel anxious in here, but I bet if.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
It was, probably because it's my house.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Okay, I was gonna say, I bet that I would
feel better if it was really clear. So it'd be
a fun experiment. We should do it and not tell
listeners and see if they can tell which episode we've
cleaned the room.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
I think my real feelings came out because it's sort
of contradicts myself, because like, I don't feel anxious in
my home at all, but this is like its own room.
I feel like this is our podcast room, Like it's
not a part of my home I hang out in
unless we're working.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
That's true.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
You know, at other parts of my house I'm in
all the time and I don't feel anxious in them.
But right now, especially because we're focused on it and
feeling a little.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
I feel like the walls are caving in on us now.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
You're always thinking about more storage. Yeah, and then you
keep items for a quote someday that never comes.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
There's nothing worse, and I already want to redact that,
because there are things worse. But it is an annoying
feeling to get rid of something because you're like, man,
I don't need it, and then you have to breebuy it,
you know.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Yeah, but like how often does that happen?
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Every now and then?
Speaker 1 (16:34):
I try to think of like what though? Like what, like, well,
this one time trying to think of that. Yes, stalling,
If you really slow, you'll think of it.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
So so on this one time, I do have to admit.
So a couple of years ago, No, that was stalling.
You really, I do have something I need to get
off my chest. Okay, so then I do something about this.
A couple of years ago, we went to a couple's
I don't remember if the theme was, but you had
(17:06):
to have like a couple's costume. It wasn't Halloween, Oh,
Singo to Mayo or it was single to Mayo and
the Kentucky Derby. You could have a costume in either.
So I dressed up as a pinata and then Patrick
dressed up as a kid. He had like a blindfold
and a bat cute. It was really cute. I hope
made my costume out. It was so cute. So I
(17:28):
have two examples of things here. So the costume, I
glued tissue paper to make it look like a pinata
on a shirt, and I threw it away after because like,
you can't wash the shirt. But then a couple of
weeks later a friend asked to borrow the costume and
I had thrown it away, and that was upsetting. That's
(17:49):
one thing I wish I kept it so somebody else
could have used it. Okay, So there's that Patrick wore
a sombrero or I think a sombrero as part of
his costume, and he wanted to throw the hat away
after we went to the party because he's like, what
am I ever gonna need a sombrero again? And I
wouldn't let him because I was like, well, I don't
(18:09):
want to have to buy another sombrero. I don't want
to spend any more money on sobreros than I've already spent.
So I've been hiding it in my laundry hamper for
I think two years, so.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
That he doesn't get rid of it.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Yeah, I don't know, like why did I put it's
been in the bottom.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
You're hiding it, or that's just where you store it.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
I stored it and that's just been in the bottom
of my laundry hamper.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
I don't know how you've stored it.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
And it's so it's out of.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Sight, so that yeah, he doesn't he isn't like donating
it or and he's not like, let's get rid of this.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
But now it's smushed at the bottom of my towel
laundry hamper. It probably doesn't even smell I got it.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
So, like I while you were telling that story, I
thought of an example of something that I got rid
of where I had that thought of, like, if I
ever need something, I'll just go buy this again, because
for a costume when you're I had bought this like
black top hat, and I found it recently in my
guest room closet and I'm thinking, why do I have
this black top hat? And then I'm like, well, what
if I need it? And I'm like, but I haven't
(19:08):
needed it in years, And then I made the decision
to put it in the donate pile because if I
need another black top hat, I'll just address that issue then,
Like I didn't need to keep the black it was
like collecting dust.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Well I think that's my point is like I was like, no,
what if we need I know, but I fired it.
You need I got it. I know when I get home,
I'm firing the sombrero. Look at you now, I don't
even want to wear that sombrero if I do need
to use it. But also like I'm never needing that.
I'm never gonna need it.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
Growth.
Speaker 1 (19:35):
I feel like we just witnessed growth.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Yeah, yeah, you're there. It's time.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Go in there, get that hat out of the hamperer
and you fire.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
I'm going to throw it right in the trash and
there you go. It's where you belong.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
So on a recent episode, you told us about or
we were talking about gifting things walking around your parents'
house and or anybody's house in your family and grabbing
actual items from the house and wrapping it.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Up and gifting. That's people.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
So do you want to explain that because we have
a voicemail from one of our listeners, Linda explaining that
her family did this and it was so much fun.
So this would be something people could keep in mind
for a family gathering or start tradition your Christmas next
year or something, or if like there's a birthday gathering
or get together this year, it could be like a
funny thing to do. So we got Linda's voicemail, but
(20:27):
I wanted you just set it up in case listeners
and hear that episode they know what Linda's talking about.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
So I saw this on social media last year, I think.
But basically, imagine that your whole family goes to celebrate
Christmas at your grandma's house, and everybody in the family
picks an item unbeknownst to your grandma from your grandma's
house and wraps it and gives it to somebody as
a gift. So everybody, like everybody picks one thing, they
(20:53):
wrap it, and they give it to a random person.
So then when you're opening gifts as a family. I
have to find their original video of this, because the
grandma was so sweet the whole time and you start
to open gars.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Oh that's pretty, She's like, I have one just like
that that looks familiar.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Yeah, or like you'll wrap like a little clock and
she'll be like, oh my gosh, I used to have
one that looks just like that. Or it starts to
you can wrap a sweater of hers or like something
random for the kitchen and from the kitchen, and then
eventually you would hope that the grandma whoever you do
this too, catches on and is like, wait, these are
(21:30):
my things. But it's just like a cute prank. Yes,
and it's just so sweet to lot well.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
And in Linda's voicemail, you'll hear that it took her
a minute for her parents to catch on, and especially
her mom. And I was like, oh, maybe that's a
red flag they have too much stuff, you know, like
that could be an indicator, like if you have so
many things in your house. Because I think Linda said
like twenty different people participated. They had twenty gifts wrapped.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Twenty that means it's time to yes and give.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Maybe, But I feel like older people, like when I
think of my grandma's house, like she had so much stuff,
and she had a basement and it was just full
of stuff, Like there was just so much cool stuff.
I think, well, when she passed away, we didn't nobody
really wanted any of it because my grandma smoked and
everything had a deep or a thick.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
Layer of smoke smell on it. Okay, that's fair. I
just my grandma's house. We took so much stuff from it,
and it was like some of it's some of it's
like in boxes because like what are you going to
do with it?
Speaker 1 (22:32):
But it's a memory, I know, I think some of
the sentimental like family stuff, like you just find storage
for it, hopefully if you have it. But then you know,
like remember my mom's rocker, her little sweet rocker thing,
her glider. I really held on too that for a
while and then finally just decided to list it on
Facebook Marketplace and call it a day. And I feel
(22:53):
good about that. But I had to wait for the
right time.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
What's the difference between your mom's glider and those books?
Speaker 3 (23:00):
No, yes, it's not the right time. I guess.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Time.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
Well, the glider, like the paint was starting to chip
and peel, and I was gonna either have to get
it repainted find a space for it.
Speaker 3 (23:10):
I can't. It was huge.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
I couldn't haul that up to the attic. The bucks
I can throw in the attic, no problem. Sure, if
I find a space for them that works, I can
hang them up, no problem. They're not chippin' true. They're
good to go. Okay, let's play Linda's voicemail.
Speaker 5 (23:24):
Here you go, Hey, Amy and Kat love the show.
Just listening to yesterday's podcast about when Kat is talking
about regifting things from your parent or grandparents home and
then opening at Christmas. I've got a bigger family. There
was four siblings, and on Thanksgiving, that was when we
did last year Thanksgiving, we did the shopping I guess
(23:47):
you would say, at my parents' house. So all of
us were taking turns stealing different things like kinsles, little
knickknacks and pictures off the wall or different things. Somebody
even got a a fan, like it was a big
fan that was in the dining room, and so that
was our idea. We were going to see all the
stuff we gifted. We ended up having twenty some different items,
(24:12):
and it was enough for all of us to have
at least one including the kids. So I don't even
know how many presents were opened at this point. And
my dad caught on before my mom did, and it
was just so funny because he was looking like that
looks very familiar, and then my mom she was just like, oh,
that's awesome, haha whatever, like and then there was like
(24:33):
a sign or something that really gave it away. That
so then everybody started laughing and then we went through
and like open the rest of them. It was just
so funny, and I recommend anybody do that because it
just makes her a really good time. All right, love
the show.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
So seeing that funny like she I want to do it,
She said her mom was like wait a second. And
then then her parents didn't even notice that the fan
from the dining room.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Was missing.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
That would be red flag time to maybe maybe her
parents need to do the what items in my house
do I need to fire?
Speaker 2 (25:08):
Maybe all those items that people wrapped up everybody gets
to leave with them. Yeah, it depends if that's how
the game works. And I would have picked some specific
things in my parents.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
I'm going to get this diamond ring, this necklace, this jewelry.
Your mom's like wait a second, put that back, Okay.
Along with decluttering our houses or coming up with plans
to declutter and whatnot, something Cat and I have been
obsessed with is Beth's Dead. It's a podcast. In fact,
(25:40):
if you were walking around your house and you are
cleaning in the new year, and you need something to
listen to, and you're done listening to every Feeling Things episode.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Ever, Yeah, you can only start this after you've caught
up on all of it.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Then you are in luck because you get to binge
Beth's Dead and you get to binge it all in
one sitting, like you don't have to wait. Like Cat
and I started listening when they were just releasing week
to week. Unless you subscribe to their Patreon, you could
get it all right away or you paid, but we
weren't paying, so since we were waiting for the free version,
we were having to wait week to week. But now
(26:12):
everything's out, and so this is Cat and I's warning
that it's all out. It's our announcement that it's all out.
And next next week we're going to talk about it.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
We're going to talk about it because I have some
serious thoughts and I'm trying not I'm trying to save
them for the podcast, but I really want to talk
about it.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
We like Cat, just so y'all know, we're saving this
for y'all, like even our conversation between us, because I
have thoughts. Cat has thoughts, and I'm so curious if
our thoughts are the same. I think I feel like
they might be, but maybe not, maybe not.
Speaker 2 (26:44):
I feel strongly I am.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
Let's just say, I am feeling things. Oh yeah about
Beth's dead. And if you need some end of year
slash New Year entertainment, you have our permission to cheat
on feeling things.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
It's a wild ride.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
It's wild. Not that I need to give you all permission.
That was dumb when I say that.
Speaker 2 (27:08):
Also, like they're like, oh, okay, all right, listen to
it now, Like.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
People don't listen to other things. I mean, I listen
to lots of other things. Which my sister's friend, I've
known her my whole life too, but she was my
sister's best friend growing up and they are still friends
to this day, and our moms were friends. Like she
sent a text recently she was laughing at something that
we said, and I I replied back, I said, I'm
this is making me smile so big right now because
(27:35):
you listen. And she was like, oh yeah, you and Cat,
And I'm like, you know Cat because she lives in
Dallas and you know, she's a physical therapist and a mom,
Like I just.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
Didn't know she listened, like you know Cat too.
Speaker 2 (27:50):
I love Cat.
Speaker 1 (27:51):
I mean, I know, I know, but it's like, oh
she knows.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
Kat.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
She listens and she was laughing at something we had said,
and it just made me smile. It makes me smile
when our friends listen, because I have zero expectations of
our friends listening, or like when my boyfriend listens, like
he'll make jokes sometimes and I'll be like, wait, Cat
and I were just talking about that.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
He's like, yeah, duh, because that's why I said it.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
And I was like, you listen, and he's like yeah,
this morning at the gym, and I was like, oh.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Is it? Is it your boyfriend's go to podcast.
Speaker 3 (28:22):
Or is only I'll have to ask him, but I
don't know that he's a big podcaster.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Okay, because Patrick only listens when he's like run out
of things, or if he knows I talked about him,
so I need to talk about him more.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
I guess, Oh, like if you can, if he knows
that he shocked about him, well he'll listen to this one.
Tell him yeah, oh you.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
Came up a couple of times. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
Let me call Alex and let me just ask him,
like if he has any it might be at work.
So I would never do this, and I'm like, take
a break, do do do?
Speaker 3 (28:59):
Oh? Hey, yo, hey, before you start talking. Oops. I
just hung up on him.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
I didn't meant to meet.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
It didn't sound like him.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
I think there's his daughter in the background, so he's
not at work. Ya hey, heads up here on the podcast. Okay,
I'm recording.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Oh wait, wait, Rex, is that you?
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (29:20):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (29:21):
This son?
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Oh okay, what.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Do you want to do?
Speaker 6 (29:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (29:28):
I need your dad? Okay, thank you, Rexy. Okay, So
do you listen to any other podcasts which just go to? Okay,
like what's your go to podcast?
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Second?
Speaker 1 (29:56):
But like what makes you because I know you don't
listen to all the episodes? Like what makes you decide
to listen?
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Nothing else to do?
Speaker 1 (30:10):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (30:10):
You know?
Speaker 1 (30:11):
When I'm getting on the StairMaster, what does he listen to?
Speaker 2 (30:15):
Usually? Like in the car? Like music or books?
Speaker 3 (30:21):
What?
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Kat wants to know. What you listen to like when
you're in the car the radio?
Speaker 2 (30:26):
No, the radio? Yeah, not even like Spotify.
Speaker 1 (30:30):
He's old school, do you she wants to know, not
even like Spotify. You just listen to the radio, which
I appreciate. Because that is how I make a living.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
Yeah, that's true, but that has nothing to do with me.
Speaker 3 (30:42):
You've always been radio.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
Okay, so no audio books.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Then, yeah, do you listen to audio books?
Speaker 5 (30:48):
No?
Speaker 2 (30:50):
Crazy? Okay?
Speaker 3 (30:51):
Right well here all right.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
We just wanted to know what motivated you to listen,
and clearly you don't have a podcast you listen to
unless you really need and board. Then then you listen
to feeling things.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Got it?
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Got it?
Speaker 3 (31:07):
Okay, bye bye.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Bye.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
Okay, So there you have it.
Speaker 2 (31:12):
So if you're ever on the stare Master, yeah, we're the.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Podcast for you. So, if you're ever on the stare Master, yeah,
we're the podcast for you. I'm just like picturing with
(31:40):
the gem on the Staremaster. I need to ask Patrick,
like if what why do you listen? He'll probably say
like because because you talked about me?
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Right, I want to Alex doesn't even know when I
talk about him though, so did you tell him, hey,
we talked about you today.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
He'll see like an Instagram reel or his friend somebody
will say something to him, or that's true.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
I bet you Instagram sometimes spurs. Yeah, a StairMaster, a
StairMaster session, if he probably sees something on Instagram.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
He's like, Oh, I gotta go on the stairs.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
I gotta go check that out. Okay, I know you
have a New Year's cocktail to share before we let
everybody go, in case people are looking for something to
make sip on yes tomorrow night, to bring in the
new year, to kiss twenty twenty five goodbye.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Yes. So have you ever heard of a Hugo sprits.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
I've heard of it, but I have no idea what's
in it.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
Okay, it's akin to a gimlet, which is my favorite cocktail.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
And because of you, I've adopted gimletz as my.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
Gimlet is the best kind of giml Yes, and they're
so easy to make. Just so you know, you could
google this. But it's just Saint Germain, which is like
elder elderflower liquor. It's like floral jann Er vodka and
lime juice. It's so easy to make. And a cucumber
of course, So this is a more like because those
are strong. A gimlet's strong. This is a more like fun,
(33:04):
just like sippy cocktail Hugo sprits. It's elderflower liqueur, white
cranberry juice. Well, I'm giving you a holiday version. So
white cranberry juice, orange juice, prosecco, soda, water mint. We'll
put this in the show notes. But it's a really cute,
fun cocktail. You mix all together, you put it in
(33:24):
a wineglass. Have you ever had aparol sprits? Yes?
Speaker 6 (33:27):
Okay, so it's that, but like gimlet version. Okay, because
a lot of people don't like aperol. I don't even
know how to say april. Well, you just like it,
if I, if I, if I've ever ordered that at
a restaurant, and like aerosol.
Speaker 1 (33:41):
Aero sprits, please April aperol?
Speaker 2 (33:45):
Okay, you're oh, you learn something new every day afall.
So this is a more holiday wintery version of that
because spritzers are kind of like summary, so this makes
it a little bit more like you can have.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
It so like if you've got the mint, or maybe
if you throw in cranberry or something, it just gives
you holiday vibe.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Holiday vibes. And here's a pro tip, and I just
started doing this. If you get one of those, I
guess you could do this in any kind of ice
cube tray, but I got one of those silicone ice
cube trays. And I put a couple one because I
don't think I think my ice cubes were small. One
or two cranberries in there, and then a little like
mint leaf or you can put like a rosemary sprig
(34:23):
or something and then fill it with water. Then you
have really pretty ice cubes to put in your drink.
It's cute, and like, I think that people will think
your drink tastes good just because it looks really cute,
even if you mess up on the recipe. Festive festive,
So New Year's hugo sprits.
Speaker 1 (34:42):
Your New Year's cocktail, and you could make I mean,
you could also whip up something like a mocktail. I'm
trying to decide. I'm probably gonna dry January again.
Speaker 2 (34:51):
Well they have I forgot what it's called, but they
have elderflower liquor that is non alcoholic, and then you
could make with just cranberry juice soda water, you can
do a sparkling grape juice or something.
Speaker 1 (35:05):
I have no idea this actually works, so I'm not
gonna like report on the name yet. And it might
even be called the Patch. I don't know the company.
I was sent them for a package of them for free.
But I told you that I had a gimlet the
other night, and I actually had two cocktails that night,
and I had work the next day, and I knew
I was gonna be drinking, and so I put this
(35:25):
patch on my body. And it's supposed to like release
vitamins or nutrients or something into that helps with out harm.
Speaker 3 (35:33):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
They said, they said, put this patch on before you
go out, or you can put it on the next morning.
But I was like, well, I'm putting it on before
I go out. So I put the patch on, and
then my boyfriend and I were out. We were at
a Christmas party for like his friends, like a little dinner,
and I pulled up my sleeve and I was like,
check out my patch. He was like, what is that.
Speaker 3 (35:55):
I said, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (35:56):
A company sent it to me and I'm testing it out.
I mean, I felt it, okay.
Speaker 2 (36:01):
I didn't feel for somebody who's very concerned about the
chemicals that their shirts was all natural. You just said
you didn't know what was in it.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
Well, I mean when I say I don't know, like
I don't know, but it was like vitamins. It wasn't
like weird stuff. I don't think it was sent to
me by like a company that is, you.
Speaker 2 (36:20):
Know, uh, reliable in Okay.
Speaker 1 (36:23):
Okay, my body minded, Okay, health conscience.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
I do have a gripe. I don't know if that's
what you would call this, but I'm gonna use that word.
And this is a little bit I'm bringing up old news.
So I'm sorry, I'm just gonna do it. But a
couple of weeks ago, when we had the talk about
the chemicals, So a couple of weeks ago, if you
guys didn't hear that episode, Amy asked me if I
washed my clothes before.
Speaker 3 (36:46):
I wear them, specifically underwear.
Speaker 2 (36:51):
And then it went to bed sheets and all that,
and my answer was no, I do not do. I
just put things on. I'm very trusting, even especially if
something comes in a package then like it's like whatever.
If you look, I made a reel and I put
it on Instagram. If you look on that reel, you
go there, you will see the majority of people are
like team Amy, I wash everything, or like Kat, I
(37:13):
can't believe.
Speaker 3 (37:14):
You do this.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Okay, well you're the one that captioned it Team Amy
or change cat. You made it a competition.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
I did, But here's my gripe. I got so many
d ms saying don't worry your girl. I am the same.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
Because they don't the secret saying team cat and they
won't post on the reel.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
And I'm like, this is this is even more upset
because you're letting me be publicly shamed like there is.
You need support, I need support like we there, shame
grows in silence. Stand up for yourself and me postme cat.
Speaker 3 (37:51):
Right.
Speaker 2 (37:51):
Well, so I just am saying that to the stick
up for myself. I know it looks like I am
in the minority, but if I could count up my
dms and add them as comments, I think we're pretty even.
I'm not even gonna say I'm winning. You still might
be winning a little bit more because I do think
you have a point. Thank you. You definitely do have
a point. I will start. I'm going to think about
(38:13):
washing my underwear before I wear them when I buy them.
I really strongly think about it. And bed sheets that
actually I never even considered it, So thank you for that.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
Howden do you wash your sheets?
Speaker 3 (38:24):
Talk about that?
Speaker 2 (38:26):
That is private information?
Speaker 3 (38:28):
Okay, you probably do it every week, yes, once a week.
Speaker 2 (38:32):
I think I try to do it once a month.
Speaker 1 (38:34):
I know what we have to talk about this, but
this is too late in the episode.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
It depends defends I actually I can't say this.
Speaker 1 (38:45):
Let's oh, like, yeah, I get it, you're married. Is
that what you're talking about?
Speaker 2 (38:50):
They'll be washed sure than that. But if.
Speaker 3 (39:03):
Patrick's listening now, CAD's like, I don't know why I
can't have a baby? Wait, is that you're supposed to
do that? Just kidding?
Speaker 2 (39:24):
Okay, all right, Okay, so I guess it is more
than once a month.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
But if that, no, I get it.
Speaker 2 (39:31):
If I lived alone, singly, what about pillowcase?
Speaker 1 (39:35):
Would you just maybe swap pillows or swap the pillowcase out?
Speaker 2 (39:38):
My pillow cases are swapped, I feel like more than
my sheets.
Speaker 3 (39:41):
Okay, I hang in on more because I don't have.
Speaker 2 (39:43):
To have it as a match, because I feel like
the pillow case gets more dirty than the sheets.
Speaker 1 (39:48):
Okay, anyway, this is a whole nother, whole other episode.
Happy New Year. No, seriously, I love doing this with you.
I love laughing with you, like us laughing like and
making think of like how much we've laughed recording this year,
and it is one of the best decisions that we
(40:09):
made So it was a pro for twenty twenty five,
like us going for it because we made the decision
to do it in twenty twenty four and it took
us until April of twenty twenty five to finally get
all of our ducks in a row and make it happen.
And so I'm proud of us for taking that leap
because it was a risk?
Speaker 2 (40:25):
Was for me?
Speaker 3 (40:26):
Was it for you?
Speaker 2 (40:28):
Would you say it was a risk? What do you mean?
Speaker 3 (40:29):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (40:30):
Because what about it didn't work?
Speaker 3 (40:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (40:33):
Like then it's awkward.
Speaker 3 (40:34):
It's like, well you'll, well, uh when you just go
back to being just friends?
Speaker 1 (40:39):
Yeah, and then how do you I mean, we already
had fifth thing together, spirity knew what it was like
to work together. But still like, yeah, but we've had
some hiccups too of you know, divvying up responsibilities or
and then if it is one person's responsibility, and then
I'll chime in. You're like, well, I didn't ask your opinion,
And I'm like, oh, shoot, you're right, you didn't. I'm
sorry you asked me about something else. Because it's like,
(41:01):
you know, stay in your lane, like you do what
you do, and I'll do what I do and then
if I ask your opinion, yeah, I've.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
Been getting a little bit sensitive around me.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
No, but it was it was fine, but I mean,
you know.
Speaker 3 (41:11):
Things like that.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
I was like, your opinion was right.
Speaker 3 (41:16):
Yeah, sometimes it just takes a whole time.
Speaker 1 (41:19):
But I am very, very very grateful we made this happen. Yeah,
and I'm grateful for our listeners. And well, Kat and
I do need to sit down and have a little
planning sash for twenty twenty six of like I think
you and I both have talked about like we I
know I've been saying it for a couple of years now,
(41:40):
like I want to get something face to face, like
I miss our lives. You were a part of my
life in Kansas, you flew out, you did both the
shows in Nashville, and I think Nashville is a good
central location. There was a while where I was trying
to plan different tour stops before we merged into feeling things,
and I.
Speaker 3 (41:57):
Was looking at like Tampa and Boston.
Speaker 1 (41:58):
And while I do think we could do a tour,
I think we could also like just start like we
do need to have a meeting.
Speaker 3 (42:06):
But I'm just gonna throw this out there.
Speaker 1 (42:08):
They think we could also plan something for Nashville and
our national people come, but also people would come like
a they would come like it's a central location, it's
a fun place to visit, and we could make it
worth their time to come, and then we could pick
other spots to go to. But I miss the interaction
(42:30):
with our listeners.
Speaker 3 (42:30):
I'm craving that.
Speaker 1 (42:32):
So I hope that that's on our what do the
kids say?
Speaker 3 (42:35):
Or millennial people say? I hope that's on our Bingo
card for twenty three six. I don't know if that's still.
Speaker 1 (42:40):
Cool to say. I think the actual saying is, well,
that wasn't all my Bingo card for this year, but
I hope I'm gonna do the saying the different this
way and say I hope that's on our twenty twenty
six bing Go card.
Speaker 2 (42:51):
We should make Bingo cards instead of vision boards.
Speaker 1 (42:54):
Huh oh, I get what you're saying, Like, instead of
doing a bit like we make a being ooh.
Speaker 2 (42:59):
And then when it happened, we have to talk it
like a sticker on it?
Speaker 1 (43:01):
Sick? Do people do that?
Speaker 2 (43:03):
We will if somebody has had to have done that.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
Okay, well maybe if we if we make up our
own little format. We could throw it in our newsletter
and our listeners could fill it out them how they want.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
That'd be sick okay, sick okay.
Speaker 1 (43:14):
See Yeah, Feeling Things Podcast gift that keeps on giving.
And if you haven't signed up for our newsletter, make
sure you do that for twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (43:23):
Yeah, sign up. The link is in our bio. It's
also in the show notes our Instagram bio, but it's
also in the show notes, so you can just click
on the show notes wherever you're listening to this, type
your email, your name, and.
Speaker 1 (43:34):
If you want to email us, especially for Couch Talks
episode for twenty twenty six, hit us up with your problems.
We got you, Hella Hey there at Feeling Things podcast
dot com. You can also call and leave us a
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and those are in the show notes as well, in
case you didn't have time to drop that down. We
hope you have.
Speaker 3 (43:56):
The end of the year you need to have.
Speaker 2 (43:58):
Bye Bye
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