July 10, 2022 • 23 mins
Bonus Episode!! For this listener-led series, Amy sat down with podcast listener, Aubrie Asprec, and answered a list of questions she came up with! Aubrie is a 27-year-old new mom that lives in Fresno, California and works in Human Resources in the Air Force (her husband is also in the Air Force!!) Aubrie’s questions for Amy: “What book are you reading right now? Or do you have a favorite book that you would recommend? Favorite Starbucks drink right now? What have you learned most about yourself lately? Will George Strait ever come on the podcast? What would you do to prepare for something like that?” Hope you enjoy this little Q&A whether you listen to it on a ‘Sunday Stroll’ {shout out ‘The Walk Thing’ — iykyk!!} or not! :)
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Happy Sunday. Welcome to Listener Q and A episodes I
don't even know really want to call it. Aubrey is
sitting across from me. She is the listener that submitted
an email to four Things with Amy Brown at gmail
dot com to be a part of the Listener Q
and A series, which I did I think three or
four in a row, and then I had to take
(00:25):
a break, and then now I'm back to recording a few,
and I think they're just gonna randomly pop up on Sundays,
you never know. I don't want to commit myself to
it too much, just because it's so fun. But it's
just like finding the time and not wanting it to
just be like a super rushed thing. And Aubrey one time,
I'm trying to keep them at like thirty minutes. But
(00:45):
one time I was doing one and I straight up
talked for like almost fifty and then I got in
trouble because I was late to my next thing. But
it's just cool to put a face to like listeners.
We don't ever get to see listeners faces unless it's
out in public or we run into one, So to
be across from an actual listener, it's like I would
stay here for a very long time. But that being said,
(01:08):
we'll get right into Aubrey's questions. But Aubrey, I'd love
for you to just introduce yourself and tell us a
little bit about you. Okay, so long time listener, first
time caller, but I love your podcast so much. I
just have to say you and Cat are my friends.
And you don't know it, but I live in Presso, California.
So I listened to the Bobby Bone Show right after
(01:31):
seven am on the West Coast. My husband and I
are both in the Air Force. We recently just had
a baby, eight month old, little Brady, So I do
mostly like human resources in the Air Force, but I
love it. I've been in for nine years, big reader,
big shopper, Target is my favorite place ever. I'm a
(01:51):
new mom. I'm a wife five years, so like I
can relate a lot to you, Amy, and not just
in terms of like being a mild harry wife and
I'm being a new mom. You have more age range
as far as your kids compared to mine, but all
the same, we're all learning together. So yeah, um, I
guess that goes into one of my things because I
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am a big reader, and you do recommend a lot
of books on your podcast, But I like to know
what book are you reading right now and is this
something that you would recommend to a friend or is
there one that you always recommend to a friend. Well,
currently I am reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
and it is a fiction book, which is not normally
(02:35):
where I go to. I like nonfiction. Something about me
wants to know that it really happened. This is all
aside from the self help or like therapy category, which
I have been reading a lot of those types of
books too. But I just needed a break for my brain.
And it's totally fiction but loosely based on Elizabeth Taylor,
(02:59):
so they say. But I am really enjoying it and
I would recommend it to a friend like this would
be a fun one to do a book club about.
When I lived in North Carolina. In fact, when my
husband was stationed at Fort Bragg, I lived in Southern Pines,
North Carolina, and I was part of a book club
there and I enjoyed that so much. It was so fun,
and that's something I haven't really been a part of
(03:21):
since I moved away from there. I haven't been a
part of a book club in Nashville. We've talked about
maybe doing one virtually. I know at one point in
time Mary and I were thinking about doing one with
like either a squaw or just four Things listeners. But
then you know, back to that time thing. It's just
like and all the different things that we have going
on in life. But I would recommend that book right
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now because that's what I'm currently reading. Okay, cool. I
picked up Sean and Maquis books because of your podcast,
so I've read I'm reading Cold Tangerine right now. I
love it. It's a Yes, she has so many wonderful books.
You know. My if you listen to that episode, some
people maybe didn't, I recommend you go back. But I
surprised my sister with Shawna because she is the biggest
(04:05):
fan and has read all of her stuff. And her
latest book is I just hadn't learned that yet. Yes,
I love that one too, So that's the latest one
you can check out, which was why she came on
the podcast. But she does have a lot of good
ones out there. Yeah, I love that one. So usually
when I read books, copy with me, but sometimes I
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don't always get a Starbucks but do you have a
favorite Starbucks go to right now? Oh, and just to clarify,
I wanted to make sure. I was like, I feel
like I said that wrong, but it's I guess I
haven't learned that yet book. Yeah, you know similar, I
guess I haven't yet. I was like, I guess, I
guess I should get that right. Oh, and then I
know I don't get into I mentioned I don't get
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into fiction, but of course I was a huge Hunger
Games fan. So if people haven't maybe they've seen the movies.
But if if that's a book, I wish I could
go back and experience for the first time the whole trilogy.
I probably feel like someone broke up with me. When
that ended. I was very sad, Like I was just
like heartbroken. It was over, I mean gay happy endings.
(05:07):
But I was like, wow, how selfage. I mean, so
sad it ended, but the author's probably so yeah. So
that was a fiction book that totally sucked me in.
And then now the Seven Husbands of Evelyn hug Um. Okay,
so Starbucks Starbucks drink, I feel like I'm Typically my
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boring answer would be an almond milk latte, but iced
because it's summer, I'm doing. I'm all about iced. Even
when I'm making my coffee drinks at home, I am
making them iced with just my almond milk and a
shot of espresso or something. But when I'm feeling a
little more fancy at Starbucks, I have them add the
(05:50):
salted caramel cold foam. Oh, you know on top I've
never seen. It's like the white stuff they put on
that's like just amazing. But my pro tip for that
is they put so much. Just have them put the
regular amount. But if you happen to be going home
with your order, you can go home and scoop off
about half of it and put it in a mason
jar and then put it in the fridge and put
(06:11):
it on your coffee the next day. But that, yeah,
oh my gosh, for sure. I think the brown sugar
espresso from Trader Joe's or brown sugar creamer from Trader
Joe's is so good, So I use that as a
on top. I'm gonna have to try that so good,
it's very sweet, So I use it as a phone
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instead of a creamer. So this is a harder one. One.
Have you learned about yourself lately? Oh? Gosh, there's a lot. Actually,
I'm still learning, and I don't think I think it's
more me trying to break down, Oh well, why is
it that I'm this way? Or And I'm still trying
to work through it and try to have grace for
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myself with the ways that i am even if I'm not.
I'm not proud of it, right. I've learned that it's
okay to try to do better next time or grow
from it. And you know, sometimes that means revisiting some
things and revisiting conversations with people. But I've learned that
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I can do it and have the hard conversations and
we can be better for it. In the end. I
have learned that sleep is my best friend. It is
incredibly important, and so I'm doing all kinds of things
to try to make sure that I can get adequate sleep.
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It's pretty powerful, and we sort of have put it
to the side. I mean not so much anymore, because
you hear about it all the time, like the importance
of the sleep, But we never used to prioritize it.
It was always like, oh, are you you know eating
this way? Are you working out? Are you getting like
I would lose sleep to get my workout in, and
now I would say, oh, heck no, I'm to choosing
(07:57):
sleep over a workout. So has shifted. But I'm doing
things like I've changed my bedside light bulb to the
this allburn color because it's the type that isn't going
to disrupt my production of melotonin and so that way,
So at a certain time, if I'm retired to my
room for the night, if i have the TV or
(08:19):
computer on, I try to have my blue light block
glasses on, but I try to keep all the other
lights off and turn on my lamp so that is
the only light that's in there, so that can help
keep me prepared for sleep. And then I'm doing other
things like on the weekends when I can. I can't
so much during the weekday, but I'm trying to get
early morning sunlight because that kickstart your body into producing
(08:42):
the proper melotonin throughout the day so that you can
sleep better at night. So I'm listening to podcasts about sleep,
I'm reading things online about sleep. So I've learned that
when I do get a few nights of really good sleep,
which I get isn't possible for everybody, especially you. And
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we go through seasons. But if we have the ability
to try to set ourselves up for success as much
as we possibly can, then we will be better off
for it. I have found that when I get adequate sleep,
like just my overall my emotional response to things, as
I'm a very emotional person and I can be reactive
(09:25):
to that. It's another thing I've learned on myself that
I'm trying to not control because I don't want to
dim a part of me. I don't want to dim
my emotional side, but I don't need to react in emotion.
But that adequate sleep helps me be more level headed
with things and not be so reactionary. Yeah, I've heard
(09:45):
that like even preserves a war. I don't know. I'm
in the military, so obviously my focus is like stuff
like that. But sleep deprivation is a form of torture,
Like that's like a real thing, Like they will keep
you up as long as possible because of how much
it affects you. Even that goes into sugar creetings, which
is crazy to me, Like how the body, Like if
you don't get enough sleep, your body is only focusing
(10:08):
on the stuff that you can get energized, which is
usually like a lot of sugar, a lot of you know, carbs,
a lot of that stuff which are not all bad,
which are not you know that I love cookies and stuff,
but that's not gonna help me the rest of the
day either. So sleep okay. Yeah, first, as a new mom, no,
that was not on my mind. I was literally trying
(10:29):
to survive. But now I got to bed at eight
o'clock and I am very fond of that. So what
time do you wake up? Four am? Okay? So yeah,
you need to That's what time you have to go
to bed at eight o'clock because that's how you're going
to get your complete like as many hours as most
they say most people need like that seven to eight
(10:50):
maybe even nine hour range if possible. Yeah, four am
because I have to get my work out in and
I do my little like Bible study reading time. It's
like myself care of time, and it's only when people
are asleep and usually for it, and people are definitely asleep.
So eight pm and I'm like, I need to go
to bed right now. Even if that means you have
to turn off you know, real housewoxes overly hills, I'll
(11:12):
do it, but I'll go to sleep Hey, that's I mean,
that's a good show to stay up for if you're
going to do it. I know, I love this season.
(11:32):
You said you've been reading the Shawn and Niquis books.
I just didn't know if you had a book recommendation.
And then, uh, you've mentioned the Trader Joe's creamer. But
so is that your tip? What if you go to
Starbucks though, what's your order? Okay, coffee? Shall I I
don't like the sweetness of coffee in terms. I like
how it tastes, but like you know, they put four
pumps of brown sugar and banana and classic, so I
(11:55):
like the brown sugar shake and espresso. But I get
really embarrassed when I say that at the very it
stuff with it so long I don't even understand. But
they know, right, They're like they don't care, but I
think they care. So I go in the app and
I downgrade everything. So I only want like two shots
to espresso, only one pump of brown sugar, and like
(12:17):
alm the milk or oat milk, and then that's it.
So that's my go to. But I only do it
to the mobile order because I can't say that to
someone's face. I'm sure they hear all kinds of things
from people, so that's really not that making the deal, right, Yeah,
you know, like it's a you know, they talk about
those people that have the long stickers, and it is
(12:38):
a long sticker because I'm downgrading everything, so it looks
like I'm doing a bunch of stuff, but really I'm
just like, you know, twinking the recipe. So it's not
like super sweet for me, but that's mine. And then
Shana niqu Chris. I loved her book. I guess I
haven't learned that yet because I think on her podcast
you Need Therapy, she talked about hustle culture, which was
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my favorite, my favorite EPI said of hers. But she
talked about how much that involves in our life even
from the beginning, like in high school. That was something
that was something for me, I think because I had
social media when I was in high school on twenty
eight or seven, so like social media has been around
for me for a long time. And so she was saying,
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we had to learn stuff so fast because we're trying
to get the best job and the best thing and
like and what I felt like I had to learn
everything by the time I got to college, and I
had to like when I graduated, I had to know everything,
and that's just not true. You know, that's just not true.
We're continually learning, were continually having experiences. So Shanna's book
was like amazing to me because I was like, no,
(13:40):
I haven't learned that yet, and that's okay, you know,
like it's okay that I haven't learned those things because
only twenty eight what do you our? Seven? I keep forgetting?
What do you expect? You know? So yeah, I don't know.
That was a great book. I mean, Cold Tangerines is
actually really good too, but it's kind of hard because
she references a lot of her life and fool Tangerines
that I already know about in her newest book. So
(14:02):
I wish I kind of would have gone back earth.
And then also had Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller,
and that one was a good one because again I
listened to all your recommendations. I'm like trying to write
them down usually i'm driving, so I like go back
and listen to all your book recommendations. So but I'm
a fast reader, So any book recommendations that anybody has,
(14:23):
I read them. I haven't had to get a kindle
because my Amazon boxes were getting like too much, so
like ordering books and they would come in like each box,
and I'm like, okay, not necessary, I'll just get a kindle.
I haven't been able to read electronically like on a
any kind of kindle or I've had or anything. I
(14:45):
still want to hold the book. Yeah, Now do you
consider if you listen to a book reading the book? No,
I don't feel like it. I don't know. I'm a highlight.
I'm like a highlighter. But again, I'm such a book's
not though. I don't like dog yours, Josh. I don't
like when you put books like in between stuff. I
don't like any of that. So like here, I just
(15:09):
do not like that. So when I write, when I
give my books to people, I give it like I
have like a so like a lot of bobs off
like love does and everybody always I've given out multiple times,
so I buy new ones to give to people because
I'm like, here, just take it. You don't have you
can keep it. If you want to give it away,
then you give it away. But like, I find my
books very precious to me. But then I decided it
(15:30):
kind of got expensive to keep buying books because books
are not like five dollars. They're very much on the
high end of price range. And if I love it,
I'll buy it and then I'll keep it in my
little library. But I don't like the Kindle. It's fine.
I do enjoy the book thing, but I don't know.
I I like the Kindle. It's low light, so it's good. Yeah,
(15:50):
so it doesn't disrupt your sleep? Right? Yes? Yes? Man? Okay,
So I have one last question. It's pretty easy. I
know the answer is, you would like George Straight to
me on your podcast? I'm sure. But will he ever
come on the podcast? I don't know. I guess I
don't want to say no, because then that's putting out
there that he won't because every time I can't ask
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you who your dream person is, I totally expect that
George Straight, and I'm like, oh, I guess you didn't
say it. And then I'm like, but what question would
you ask him? If you could? I guess I would
ask him why he doesn't come to Nashville more. Why
don't you come to Nashville and do radio interviews on
the body doone show like all the other artists do
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all the time. Because he lived in Texas. Okay, you know, honestly,
this gets a little bit more personal. And George Straight
was a big part of my childhood. Of course, grew
up listening to his music. But my uncle was the
manager of his ranch for years. I mean he lived
on the ranch, managed the ranch. When I was a kid,
I went and visited the ranch and he took me
(16:55):
down to the I don't know arena area where George had.
It was like roping, and he introduced me to George
and I wore a George Straight T shirt like a lamo.
But I mean I was probably ten years old. But
my uncle was very simple. I mean he didn't I
mean that was probably a big deal for him to
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be like, hey, okay, I'm going to take my niece
down to meet George Straight. Because he didn't. He didn't
do that, Like it wasn't like he didn't walk around
like I worked for George Stray. I mean, he was
a hard working South Texas cowboy and that happened to
be the ranch he managed, and he took it seriously.
But he was way older. My dad was the youngest
(17:38):
of like seven and my dad was old for me,
like I was my dad's last child, like I have
a brother in his fifties, and you know, growing up,
I mean, my dad was married four times and I
I'm the last child, so you know, my dad was
just always older. But my dad's passed away a lot
of well his all of his siblings passed away. But
my uncle he died, and I guess I would ask
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George maybe what he remembers about my uncle Ted. And
I know he's friends with my uncle Frank too, who
was the town veterinarian and mayor of Dilley, Texas, a
small town in South Texas, And so I guess I
would probably get personal with George. I mean, of course
I would want to know about his early career and
starting out and what it's been like growing up singing
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at in bars in Texas and then rising to national
stardom and family balancing that, and then having this big
country career in Nashville, but then choosing to live in Texas.
Most artists choose to live here. Where's that? So some
business type questions, but then for me, I probably wou
get literally personal, and I would ask him about my
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uncle Ted and my uncle Frank. But I know I
don't ever, I don't ever have any expectations of George
coming on. I saw him in Austin last year, and
I did I geek out, But I mean I see
him so few and far between that it's not like
he sees my face and knows, oh that's Amy ted
Moffits and she works on the Bombybone Show. You mean
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he didn't remember you? And no, no, no, no, especially
not from when I was a kid. So when I
saw him come off stage at i Heeart Festival Country
Festival in Austin, I was literally right there, and lunch
Box is like, you have to go over, you have
to go over and say hi to when he's right there,
and I'm like, okay, okayy. So lunch Fox is like
taking pictures. All my pictures are like blurry, but I'm
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grinning from ear to ear. And I didn't even like
take an official posed picture with him because I didn't
want to impose on that. But I did just want
to say like, hey, I just wanted to say hi.
And I was like, any time I meet him, I
reset with Hi. I'm Amy ted Moffitt's niece. I work
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on the Bobby Bone Show. But that gives him the
context that he needs and he's like oh. And then
his wife, Norma, was standing next to him and he goes, well, oh, well, Amy,
I'm sure you've met Norma before war, and I'm like, no,
I haven't, but high but I think he just assumed
at this point I probably know Norma or at some
point in my life I had met her, but I
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had not. And anyway, he's just a dream. I love him.
The probably have really good marriage advice. I have no idea. Honestly,
I don't know anything, and I that's maybe something. Well,
my uncle would have never said. I mean, my uncle
just didn't talk about George. That's what I mean. Like
when I say he wasn't you don't generally know right
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personal stuff about your boss, right, I guess well, I
mean I think he maybe did, But I just my
uncle didn't talk about it like it's he didn't make
it this. He didn't wear a sign that says oh
I managed. He wasn't a braggy person about it by
any means. I probably told more people in the world
that he managed ranch than he ever did. It just
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not something that came out of his mouth. So I
guess what I mean is my uncle maybe would have
known but it's not like he talked about them in
that way. It was like very much respect for like
this is just my job, this is what I do.
I'm a cowboy. But also with celebrities like you just
never know. I mean, some people have been married forever
and you have no idea. It might be the most beautiful,
(21:16):
wonderful marriage in the world, or it might be absolutely miserable.
We don't know. Yeah, true, Well, I have appreciated our
chat and I loved all your questions. If you had
a podcast and you could have, you know, a dream guest,
who would it be. I don't know. You know, it's funny,
it's probably it's cheesy, but maybe Bobby. But that's only
(21:37):
because we have a mutual friend that he doesn't know about.
So I'll say that for a later time. But he
is so interesting and I know that he talks about
his life so much and everybody and you know his
books and things, but he is probably one of the
most interesting people with his work, ethic and where he's
been in life all the way up until now, and
(21:59):
all his dreams. Like he even heard him say today
that he would never retire, and I'm like, what, that's insane?
Like everybody wants to do that, but he's probably one
of those people that I would definitely want to just
interview and talk about. He's such a good interviewer too,
So that and Donald. I want to hear Donald Miller
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part two, by the way, just saying so like that.
He was amazing to kill so many words of wisdom.
There's this Skuy Tim that he wrote a book called
The Secret Society and he works with Donald and he's
going to be coming up my podcast soon and I'm
super excited about that sit down. And then also I
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would like a Donald Miller part two as well. My
sister and I are going to do his storytelling workshop
with Ali fallon in October, so maybe at some point
we'll have a follow up after that. Maybe maybe we
can make that happen. Yeah, there you go. I'm sure
that people would love that. Aubrey shout out for sending
in an email and asking the questions, and yeah, anybody
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else can just send an email to four Things with
Amy Brown at gmail dot com. Whether you want to
do listener Q and A, or you've got a question
for the fifth thing that I do with Kat, or
you have topic ideas for the four Things podcast or
guests that you would like to hear interviewed on the show,
and we can see what who we can line up
possibly and uh yeah, I just appreciate everybody listening so much.
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And Aubrey, thank you for taking time out of your
day to do this. Thank you. Thank you for your time.
I really appreciate it. And thank you for serving our country.
You and your husband, thank you, thank you. Bye bye,
Happy Sunday. Welcome to Listener Q and A episodes I
don't even know really want to call it. Aubrey is
sitting across from me. She is the listener that submitted
an email to four Things with Amy Brown at gmail
dot com to be a part of the Listener Q
and A series, which I did I think three or
four in a row, and then I had to take
(00:25):
a break, and then now I'm back to recording a few,
and I think they're just gonna randomly pop up on Sundays,
you never know. I don't want to commit myself to
it too much, just because it's so fun. But it's
just like finding the time and not wanting it to
just be like a super rushed thing. And Aubrey one time,
I'm trying to keep them at like thirty minutes. But
(00:45):
one time I was doing one and I straight up
talked for like almost fifty and then I got in
trouble because I was late to my next thing. But
it's just cool to put a face to like listeners.
We don't ever get to see listeners faces unless it's
out in public or we run into one, So to
be across from an actual listener, it's like I would
stay here for a very long time. But that being said,
(01:08):
we'll get right into Aubrey's questions. But Aubrey, I'd love
for you to just introduce yourself and tell us a
little bit about you. Okay, so long time listener, first
time caller, but I love your podcast so much. I
just have to say you and Cat are my friends.
And you don't know it, but I live in Presso, California.
So I listened to the Bobby Bone Show right after
(01:31):
seven am on the West Coast. My husband and I
are both in the Air Force. We recently just had
a baby, eight month old, little Brady, So I do
mostly like human resources in the Air Force, but I
love it. I've been in for nine years, big reader,
big shopper, Target is my favorite place ever. I'm a
(01:51):
new mom. I'm a wife five years, so like I
can relate a lot to you, Amy, and not just
in terms of like being a mild harry wife and
I'm being a new mom. You have more age range
as far as your kids compared to mine, but all
the same, we're all learning together. So yeah, um, I
guess that goes into one of my things because I
(02:12):
am a big reader, and you do recommend a lot
of books on your podcast, But I like to know
what book are you reading right now and is this
something that you would recommend to a friend or is
there one that you always recommend to a friend. Well,
currently I am reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
and it is a fiction book, which is not normally
(02:35):
where I go to. I like nonfiction. Something about me
wants to know that it really happened. This is all
aside from the self help or like therapy category, which
I have been reading a lot of those types of
books too. But I just needed a break for my brain.
And it's totally fiction but loosely based on Elizabeth Taylor,
(02:59):
so they say. But I am really enjoying it and
I would recommend it to a friend like this would
be a fun one to do a book club about.
When I lived in North Carolina. In fact, when my
husband was stationed at Fort Bragg, I lived in Southern Pines,
North Carolina, and I was part of a book club
there and I enjoyed that so much. It was so fun,
and that's something I haven't really been a part of
(03:21):
since I moved away from there. I haven't been a
part of a book club in Nashville. We've talked about
maybe doing one virtually. I know at one point in
time Mary and I were thinking about doing one with
like either a squaw or just four Things listeners. But
then you know, back to that time thing. It's just
like and all the different things that we have going
on in life. But I would recommend that book right
(03:44):
now because that's what I'm currently reading. Okay, cool. I
picked up Sean and Maquis books because of your podcast,
so I've read I'm reading Cold Tangerine right now. I
love it. It's a Yes, she has so many wonderful books.
You know. My if you listen to that episode, some
people maybe didn't, I recommend you go back. But I
surprised my sister with Shawna because she is the biggest
(04:05):
fan and has read all of her stuff. And her
latest book is I just hadn't learned that yet. Yes,
I love that one too, So that's the latest one
you can check out, which was why she came on
the podcast. But she does have a lot of good
ones out there. Yeah, I love that one. So usually
when I read books, copy with me, but sometimes I
(04:26):
don't always get a Starbucks but do you have a
favorite Starbucks go to right now? Oh, and just to clarify,
I wanted to make sure. I was like, I feel
like I said that wrong, but it's I guess I
haven't learned that yet book. Yeah, you know similar, I
guess I haven't yet. I was like, I guess, I
guess I should get that right. Oh, and then I
know I don't get into I mentioned I don't get
(04:46):
into fiction, but of course I was a huge Hunger
Games fan. So if people haven't maybe they've seen the movies.
But if if that's a book, I wish I could
go back and experience for the first time the whole trilogy.
I probably feel like someone broke up with me. When
that ended. I was very sad, Like I was just
like heartbroken. It was over, I mean gay happy endings.
(05:07):
But I was like, wow, how selfage. I mean, so
sad it ended, but the author's probably so yeah. So
that was a fiction book that totally sucked me in.
And then now the Seven Husbands of Evelyn hug Um. Okay,
so Starbucks Starbucks drink, I feel like I'm Typically my
(05:29):
boring answer would be an almond milk latte, but iced
because it's summer, I'm doing. I'm all about iced. Even
when I'm making my coffee drinks at home, I am
making them iced with just my almond milk and a
shot of espresso or something. But when I'm feeling a
little more fancy at Starbucks, I have them add the
(05:50):
salted caramel cold foam. Oh, you know on top I've
never seen. It's like the white stuff they put on
that's like just amazing. But my pro tip for that
is they put so much. Just have them put the
regular amount. But if you happen to be going home
with your order, you can go home and scoop off
about half of it and put it in a mason
jar and then put it in the fridge and put
(06:11):
it on your coffee the next day. But that, yeah,
oh my gosh, for sure. I think the brown sugar
espresso from Trader Joe's or brown sugar creamer from Trader
Joe's is so good, So I use that as a
on top. I'm gonna have to try that so good,
it's very sweet, So I use it as a phone
(06:32):
instead of a creamer. So this is a harder one. One.
Have you learned about yourself lately? Oh? Gosh, there's a lot. Actually,
I'm still learning, and I don't think I think it's
more me trying to break down, Oh well, why is
it that I'm this way? Or And I'm still trying
to work through it and try to have grace for
(06:52):
myself with the ways that i am even if I'm not.
I'm not proud of it, right. I've learned that it's
okay to try to do better next time or grow
from it. And you know, sometimes that means revisiting some
things and revisiting conversations with people. But I've learned that
(07:13):
I can do it and have the hard conversations and
we can be better for it. In the end. I
have learned that sleep is my best friend. It is
incredibly important, and so I'm doing all kinds of things
to try to make sure that I can get adequate sleep.
(07:35):
It's pretty powerful, and we sort of have put it
to the side. I mean not so much anymore, because
you hear about it all the time, like the importance
of the sleep, But we never used to prioritize it.
It was always like, oh, are you you know eating
this way? Are you working out? Are you getting like
I would lose sleep to get my workout in, and
now I would say, oh, heck no, I'm to choosing
(07:57):
sleep over a workout. So has shifted. But I'm doing
things like I've changed my bedside light bulb to the
this allburn color because it's the type that isn't going
to disrupt my production of melotonin and so that way,
So at a certain time, if I'm retired to my
room for the night, if i have the TV or
(08:19):
computer on, I try to have my blue light block
glasses on, but I try to keep all the other
lights off and turn on my lamp so that is
the only light that's in there, so that can help
keep me prepared for sleep. And then I'm doing other
things like on the weekends when I can. I can't
so much during the weekday, but I'm trying to get
early morning sunlight because that kickstart your body into producing
(08:42):
the proper melotonin throughout the day so that you can
sleep better at night. So I'm listening to podcasts about sleep,
I'm reading things online about sleep. So I've learned that
when I do get a few nights of really good sleep,
which I get isn't possible for everybody, especially you. And
(09:04):
we go through seasons. But if we have the ability
to try to set ourselves up for success as much
as we possibly can, then we will be better off
for it. I have found that when I get adequate sleep,
like just my overall my emotional response to things, as
I'm a very emotional person and I can be reactive
(09:25):
to that. It's another thing I've learned on myself that
I'm trying to not control because I don't want to
dim a part of me. I don't want to dim
my emotional side, but I don't need to react in emotion.
But that adequate sleep helps me be more level headed
with things and not be so reactionary. Yeah, I've heard
(09:45):
that like even preserves a war. I don't know. I'm
in the military, so obviously my focus is like stuff
like that. But sleep deprivation is a form of torture,
Like that's like a real thing, Like they will keep
you up as long as possible because of how much
it affects you. Even that goes into sugar creetings, which
is crazy to me, Like how the body, Like if
you don't get enough sleep, your body is only focusing
(10:08):
on the stuff that you can get energized, which is
usually like a lot of sugar, a lot of you know, carbs,
a lot of that stuff which are not all bad,
which are not you know that I love cookies and stuff,
but that's not gonna help me the rest of the
day either. So sleep okay. Yeah, first, as a new mom, no,
that was not on my mind. I was literally trying
(10:29):
to survive. But now I got to bed at eight
o'clock and I am very fond of that. So what
time do you wake up? Four am? Okay? So yeah,
you need to That's what time you have to go
to bed at eight o'clock because that's how you're going
to get your complete like as many hours as most
they say most people need like that seven to eight
(10:50):
maybe even nine hour range if possible. Yeah, four am
because I have to get my work out in and
I do my little like Bible study reading time. It's
like myself care of time, and it's only when people
are asleep and usually for it, and people are definitely asleep.
So eight pm and I'm like, I need to go
to bed right now. Even if that means you have
to turn off you know, real housewoxes overly hills, I'll
(11:12):
do it, but I'll go to sleep Hey, that's I mean,
that's a good show to stay up for if you're
going to do it. I know, I love this season.
(11:32):
You said you've been reading the Shawn and Niquis books.
I just didn't know if you had a book recommendation.
And then, uh, you've mentioned the Trader Joe's creamer. But
so is that your tip? What if you go to
Starbucks though, what's your order? Okay, coffee? Shall I I
don't like the sweetness of coffee in terms. I like
how it tastes, but like you know, they put four
pumps of brown sugar and banana and classic, so I
(11:55):
like the brown sugar shake and espresso. But I get
really embarrassed when I say that at the very it
stuff with it so long I don't even understand. But
they know, right, They're like they don't care, but I
think they care. So I go in the app and
I downgrade everything. So I only want like two shots
to espresso, only one pump of brown sugar, and like
(12:17):
alm the milk or oat milk, and then that's it.
So that's my go to. But I only do it
to the mobile order because I can't say that to
someone's face. I'm sure they hear all kinds of things
from people, so that's really not that making the deal, right, Yeah,
you know, like it's a you know, they talk about
those people that have the long stickers, and it is
(12:38):
a long sticker because I'm downgrading everything, so it looks
like I'm doing a bunch of stuff, but really I'm
just like, you know, twinking the recipe. So it's not
like super sweet for me, but that's mine. And then
Shana niqu Chris. I loved her book. I guess I
haven't learned that yet because I think on her podcast
you Need Therapy, she talked about hustle culture, which was
(12:58):
my favorite, my favorite EPI said of hers. But she
talked about how much that involves in our life even
from the beginning, like in high school. That was something
that was something for me, I think because I had
social media when I was in high school on twenty
eight or seven, so like social media has been around
for me for a long time. And so she was saying,
(13:18):
we had to learn stuff so fast because we're trying
to get the best job and the best thing and
like and what I felt like I had to learn
everything by the time I got to college, and I
had to like when I graduated, I had to know everything,
and that's just not true. You know, that's just not true.
We're continually learning, were continually having experiences. So Shanna's book
was like amazing to me because I was like, no,
(13:40):
I haven't learned that yet, and that's okay, you know,
like it's okay that I haven't learned those things because
only twenty eight what do you our? Seven? I keep forgetting?
What do you expect? You know? So yeah, I don't know.
That was a great book. I mean, Cold Tangerines is
actually really good too, but it's kind of hard because
she references a lot of her life and fool Tangerines
that I already know about in her newest book. So
(14:02):
I wish I kind of would have gone back earth.
And then also had Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller,
and that one was a good one because again I
listened to all your recommendations. I'm like trying to write
them down usually i'm driving, so I like go back
and listen to all your book recommendations. So but I'm
a fast reader, So any book recommendations that anybody has,
(14:23):
I read them. I haven't had to get a kindle
because my Amazon boxes were getting like too much, so
like ordering books and they would come in like each box,
and I'm like, okay, not necessary, I'll just get a kindle.
I haven't been able to read electronically like on a
any kind of kindle or I've had or anything. I
(14:45):
still want to hold the book. Yeah, Now do you
consider if you listen to a book reading the book? No,
I don't feel like it. I don't know. I'm a highlight.
I'm like a highlighter. But again, I'm such a book's
not though. I don't like dog yours, Josh. I don't
like when you put books like in between stuff. I
don't like any of that. So like here, I just
(15:09):
do not like that. So when I write, when I
give my books to people, I give it like I
have like a so like a lot of bobs off
like love does and everybody always I've given out multiple times,
so I buy new ones to give to people because
I'm like, here, just take it. You don't have you
can keep it. If you want to give it away,
then you give it away. But like, I find my
books very precious to me. But then I decided it
(15:30):
kind of got expensive to keep buying books because books
are not like five dollars. They're very much on the
high end of price range. And if I love it,
I'll buy it and then I'll keep it in my
little library. But I don't like the Kindle. It's fine.
I do enjoy the book thing, but I don't know.
I I like the Kindle. It's low light, so it's good. Yeah,
(15:50):
so it doesn't disrupt your sleep? Right? Yes? Yes? Man? Okay,
So I have one last question. It's pretty easy. I
know the answer is, you would like George Straight to
me on your podcast? I'm sure. But will he ever
come on the podcast? I don't know. I guess I
don't want to say no, because then that's putting out
there that he won't because every time I can't ask
(16:12):
you who your dream person is, I totally expect that
George Straight, and I'm like, oh, I guess you didn't
say it. And then I'm like, but what question would
you ask him? If you could? I guess I would
ask him why he doesn't come to Nashville more. Why
don't you come to Nashville and do radio interviews on
the body doone show like all the other artists do
(16:34):
all the time. Because he lived in Texas. Okay, you know, honestly,
this gets a little bit more personal. And George Straight
was a big part of my childhood. Of course, grew
up listening to his music. But my uncle was the
manager of his ranch for years. I mean he lived
on the ranch, managed the ranch. When I was a kid,
I went and visited the ranch and he took me
(16:55):
down to the I don't know arena area where George had.
It was like roping, and he introduced me to George
and I wore a George Straight T shirt like a lamo.
But I mean I was probably ten years old. But
my uncle was very simple. I mean he didn't I
mean that was probably a big deal for him to
(17:16):
be like, hey, okay, I'm going to take my niece
down to meet George Straight. Because he didn't. He didn't
do that, Like it wasn't like he didn't walk around
like I worked for George Stray. I mean, he was
a hard working South Texas cowboy and that happened to
be the ranch he managed, and he took it seriously.
But he was way older. My dad was the youngest
(17:38):
of like seven and my dad was old for me,
like I was my dad's last child, like I have
a brother in his fifties, and you know, growing up,
I mean, my dad was married four times and I
I'm the last child, so you know, my dad was
just always older. But my dad's passed away a lot
of well his all of his siblings passed away. But
my uncle he died, and I guess I would ask
(18:02):
George maybe what he remembers about my uncle Ted. And
I know he's friends with my uncle Frank too, who
was the town veterinarian and mayor of Dilley, Texas, a
small town in South Texas, And so I guess I
would probably get personal with George. I mean, of course
I would want to know about his early career and
starting out and what it's been like growing up singing
(18:23):
at in bars in Texas and then rising to national
stardom and family balancing that, and then having this big
country career in Nashville, but then choosing to live in Texas.
Most artists choose to live here. Where's that? So some
business type questions, but then for me, I probably wou
get literally personal, and I would ask him about my
(18:45):
uncle Ted and my uncle Frank. But I know I
don't ever, I don't ever have any expectations of George
coming on. I saw him in Austin last year, and
I did I geek out, But I mean I see
him so few and far between that it's not like
he sees my face and knows, oh that's Amy ted
Moffits and she works on the Bombybone Show. You mean
(19:06):
he didn't remember you? And no, no, no, no, especially
not from when I was a kid. So when I
saw him come off stage at i Heeart Festival Country
Festival in Austin, I was literally right there, and lunch
Box is like, you have to go over, you have
to go over and say hi to when he's right there,
and I'm like, okay, okayy. So lunch Fox is like
taking pictures. All my pictures are like blurry, but I'm
(19:27):
grinning from ear to ear. And I didn't even like
take an official posed picture with him because I didn't
want to impose on that. But I did just want
to say like, hey, I just wanted to say hi.
And I was like, any time I meet him, I
reset with Hi. I'm Amy ted Moffitt's niece. I work
(19:48):
on the Bobby Bone Show. But that gives him the
context that he needs and he's like oh. And then
his wife, Norma, was standing next to him and he goes, well, oh, well, Amy,
I'm sure you've met Norma before war, and I'm like, no,
I haven't, but high but I think he just assumed
at this point I probably know Norma or at some
point in my life I had met her, but I
(20:10):
had not. And anyway, he's just a dream. I love him.
The probably have really good marriage advice. I have no idea. Honestly,
I don't know anything, and I that's maybe something. Well,
my uncle would have never said. I mean, my uncle
just didn't talk about George. That's what I mean. Like
when I say he wasn't you don't generally know right
(20:32):
personal stuff about your boss, right, I guess well, I
mean I think he maybe did, But I just my
uncle didn't talk about it like it's he didn't make
it this. He didn't wear a sign that says oh
I managed. He wasn't a braggy person about it by
any means. I probably told more people in the world
that he managed ranch than he ever did. It just
(20:55):
not something that came out of his mouth. So I
guess what I mean is my uncle maybe would have
known but it's not like he talked about them in
that way. It was like very much respect for like
this is just my job, this is what I do.
I'm a cowboy. But also with celebrities like you just
never know. I mean, some people have been married forever
and you have no idea. It might be the most beautiful,
(21:16):
wonderful marriage in the world, or it might be absolutely miserable.
We don't know. Yeah, true, Well, I have appreciated our
chat and I loved all your questions. If you had
a podcast and you could have, you know, a dream guest,
who would it be. I don't know. You know, it's funny,
it's probably it's cheesy, but maybe Bobby. But that's only
(21:37):
because we have a mutual friend that he doesn't know about.
So I'll say that for a later time. But he
is so interesting and I know that he talks about
his life so much and everybody and you know his
books and things, but he is probably one of the
most interesting people with his work, ethic and where he's
been in life all the way up until now, and
(21:59):
all his dreams. Like he even heard him say today
that he would never retire, and I'm like, what, that's insane?
Like everybody wants to do that, but he's probably one
of those people that I would definitely want to just
interview and talk about. He's such a good interviewer too,
So that and Donald. I want to hear Donald Miller
(22:19):
part two, by the way, just saying so like that.
He was amazing to kill so many words of wisdom.
There's this Skuy Tim that he wrote a book called
The Secret Society and he works with Donald and he's
going to be coming up my podcast soon and I'm
super excited about that sit down. And then also I
(22:39):
would like a Donald Miller part two as well. My
sister and I are going to do his storytelling workshop
with Ali fallon in October, so maybe at some point
we'll have a follow up after that. Maybe maybe we
can make that happen. Yeah, there you go. I'm sure
that people would love that. Aubrey shout out for sending
in an email and asking the questions, and yeah, anybody
(23:04):
else can just send an email to four Things with
Amy Brown at gmail dot com. Whether you want to
do listener Q and A, or you've got a question
for the fifth thing that I do with Kat, or
you have topic ideas for the four Things podcast or
guests that you would like to hear interviewed on the show,
and we can see what who we can line up
possibly and uh yeah, I just appreciate everybody listening so much.
(23:26):
And Aubrey, thank you for taking time out of your
day to do this. Thank you. Thank you for your time.
I really appreciate it. And thank you for serving our country.
You and your husband, thank you, thank you. Bye bye,
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