December 19, 2024 • 36 mins
Shawna and LaLa are back, and this time they’re sharing their ultimate holiday gift guide! After both experiencing unexpected hospital visits on the same day, they’re ready to lift the holiday spirit with their favorite gift picks.From must-have toys to wellness essentials, they wrap up their guide featuring amazing brands: Air Doctor, Day Break Skincare, Fifth Dimension Skincare, Hatchimal, iHealth, Latitude Board, Melii Baby, Mophie,
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
What's up you're listening to Shauna and Lala. Check us
out at Shauna and Lala dot com on social media
at Shauna and La La. You could find me on
Instagram at the Real Shauna May and.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Check me out at Bella Underscore Lalla one two five.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
It has been a jam packed week few weeks for us. Actually,
we've both been sick. We've both been having a lot
of medical issues, and on top of that, trying to
get our holiday guide up and running and trying to
stay up with that. It has been insane. So we
(00:43):
just want to apologize for being a little bit late
with our holiday guide, but our health just decided to
deteriorate and at the same time, literally.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yes, yep, I just had to go to the hospital
last night.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I had to go to the hospital yesterday morning.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Yeah, it's not good. Totally different issues on both ends.
So it's not like we caught something from each other.
But yeah, so we are not.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Even like the same it's not even both ends like
different ends. It's kind of the same end.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Actually, well yeah, digestive related.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
But I just meant like, it's not a cold, it's
just you know, you're dealing with something else.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I'm dealing with something else.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah, with digestion. So it's it's really it's been a
little bit stressful. And it's like, we have so many products,
great products to talk to you guys about, to tell
you guys about. If you've been following our website, you're
following our Instagram, our social media, you've been watching us,
reviewing them and showing and sharing them with you guys.
So hopefully you've been doing that, and that's great. Hopefully
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they're on your Christmas list. You bought them for your
your friends and loved ones. That's what we love to
see and hear. And yeah, I mean Christmas. I can't
believe it's here. None of a lot of my gifts
in common. Today, Me and Shauna, we were sitting in
the car, like, let me check on the major gift
they bought from my daughter. You know, you always get
your kid one big gift and then the rest are
(02:01):
like little things, like, well, at least we do.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
So yeah, I bought her a bounce house, an indoor
bounce house, which what I loved about it was it
didn't need a fan or a motor like those big
blowing things that are so loud and It was like
an air mattress. Now, the air mattresses they make nowadays,
you just turn a switch and it inflates itself.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Oh and then you lock it. So it was perfect.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
It was a small mini indoor blow up house where
you just turn it on, it inflates, and then when
you're done, you turn the switch and into flates. So perfect, right.
I bought two of them, one for my daughter and
one for my friend's daughter. And I've been waiting it
said it told me it was shipped. Everything looked legit.
Guys like, I am very I'm always checking into that
kind of stuff.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Everything.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Yes, I'm always like this sounds too good to be true.
The price was a little good, too good to be true.
But it was a Black Friday deal, so I'm like,
all right, it's half off, all right, a bounce house
for forty dollars, all right, it's Black Friday. So anyway,
I've been checking the tracking number. It's been saying it's
in transit, blah blah blah. I just went on today
because I'm like, Christmas is coming soon, where's this bounce.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
I was the one that said you better check up
on it.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah, So I clicked on the tracking number and it
said error. I'm like, hm, that just worked the other day.
So then I click on the website and it's says
this website is no longer here. And I started having
like a little panic attack, like no, no, no, no,
this has never.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Happened to me. How can I be that stupid?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Everything I checked it just disappeared. I found their Facebook
that's still up, and they had they just posted pictures
of the bounce house three days ago, and you saw
every emoji on it was angry faces, and it said
had forty comments, but when you clicked, the comments were
not there, so they must be deleting the comments. Some
had comments, And then people are saying, where's my bounce house?
Speaker 3 (03:47):
You scammed me? I called my bank.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
So I was scammed, guys, and a like hundreds of
other people were scammed. I don't know what to do
now for a gift for her, and I got to
figure out how to get my money back, because I, yeah,
I don't want to deal with that right now, with
everything else we have going on, I don't want to
deal with this.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
You know, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
I mean, did you call your bank yet? No?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Because we were doing this, you know, like it was.
It just all happened. And then we're doing the products,
we're doing the radio show. So I'm gonna have to
woofs out tonight, sit down, call my bank and handle
that and then figure out what the hell.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Can I get my daughter.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
That's a good gift, that's big, that's not crazy, crazy priced,
you know what I mean, Cause I kind of based
everything off this big gift, Like, all right, it was
only forty dollars, I could spend more on the little crap. Now,
I spent a lot on the little crap, and I
wanted her to have a big gift to like we
like to make it an experience when they've come downstairs
to see something crazy.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
You know.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
One year we did a basketball hoop in the living room.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Another year I did a trampoline in the living room.
So I wanted this to be that wow factor. So
now it's not what about a bike? Does she ride
a bike?
Speaker 4 (04:53):
No?
Speaker 3 (04:53):
She doesn't know how she's three.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
But I was gonna think I was thinking of power wheels,
maybe like a small cheap power wheel. I want to
get her, like the little Princess one is, Like I
think it's too small for her. She's gonna outgrow that
really quick. It's fifty sixty bucks. I'm like, all can
do that, but it's really tiny, so I might have
to do the next step up and then I'm looking
at one hundred and fifty dollars, so I might have
to just bite the bullet and do that or not
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and just say, you know, she doesn't know any different.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
She's three.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
She's gonna be excited no matter what's under the tree.
I'm just kind of upset about it because I really
liked the bounce house.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
It was really cute.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
So as you know, every holiday season we do gift
bags for the children at Garnet Medical Center, the pediatric unit,
which is our local hospital. The hospital was so appreciative.
She was like, oh my god, oh my gosh. She
couldn't believe it. So thank you to all the brands
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that donated. And we had a really good year with
all the donations. I know, we have to say thank
you to star Dust. They are these reusable bags and
they're pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Yeah, they're very like the biodegradable and they had happy
Holidays written on it. So really cool company. I love
what they stand for. Pathwater that was they make really
awesome water bottles. Yeah they're full, you know, it's it's
like water inside of it, but it's reusable, refillable.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
And they had them for the kids.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
They had paw Patrol on it, SpongeBob nerf and what
was the other one.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
I'm forgetting, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
They have so so cute and then there's a line
for you to write the kid's name on it. I
love that kids don't mix them up. Yeah, there was
like a little line. Really cute. Love that with Pathwater.
Lucky Dog Designs gave us our gift tags.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Each bag. We put the gift tag.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
On there, you know, we wrote a little note on
the back of it. So that was really cute, a
cute touch to add to our gift bags.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
And we have Rebound Wear, which is a company specifically
made for people with disabilities. They actually have clothes as well,
and they donated these cool little bags. If you you
could put like a change of clothes in them. If
you soil your underwear, your your pants or clothes, you
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could just you know, put your clothes in there. It
works actually as like a little purse too. Yeah, so
it's cool.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Had socks in there, chapstick it was a little cute
little gift bag for them.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
And uh, my favorite otis spunk Meyer.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Ooh the brownies.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Yeah, the brownies. The cookies are actually my favorite. Really, yes,
they were the cookies. And the only reason I know
this is because my friend's mom worked in the kitchen
at the school. The otis spunk Myers cookies were the
ones that we ate in high school.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Really, the big ones. Yes, they were my favorite.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Oh my gosh, yes, do they sell them? What do
you mean?
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Like, does the cookies taste the same as the ones
we got in school?
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Yeah, Oh I'm gonna have to get some.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Yes, And I'm I'm trying to figure out, like where
they sell them, because I've been I've looked at Shop right,
I've looked at Walmart. I can't find them.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Maybe gas stations because gas stations always had that kind
of stuff.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
And big thank you to Subtle Energies and Vanessa White
from Better Homes and Gardens. She's a local realtor. She
also donated. And thank you to Freeman pr for donating
a bunch of toys.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Oh my god, the little building blocks they did.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
The amazing tree decorator, ornament decorator, which is always my
son's favorite still is he still talks about it, still
does play mobile, busy booth, bunch of different toys they
put in it. They stocked these kids up with a
bunch of cool toys that we absolutely loved. So we
know the kids are gonna love them and it's going
to distract them from what they're going through and smile.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Songs that was so cute. It's a sticker and you
put it has like a QR code on it, and
you scan the QR code and it plays music. It
was really really cool.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Yeah, you can make stories. You can make it.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
They had a whole little set for the kids to
create and use their imagination and have song in their story.
I loved it. We the hospital actually loved it. When
we were explaining it to them, they were looking it over.
So that's really cool.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
And Canvas discount, which is actually a gift for anybody.
You could take a personalized picture and make a personalized
puzzle out of it, which is like super cool, so it's.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Unique for the hospital.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
They gave us cute little pictures of a Koala bear
and the baby Koala on it. Yes, it was so adorable,
So they sent us puzzles and pictures. But for anyone
that wants to order something personalized, go to Canvas Discounts
dot com.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I know a lot of people and a lot of
companies this year's sow what we were doing and they
really wanted to get involved. So if you're interested in
getting involved with that, let us know. We love working
with you know, people and companies to help make these
kids days in the hospital a little bit bright. You know,
it doesn't even just have to be for the holidays, birthdays,
regular days that they're stuck in that hospital bed. And
(10:06):
we just love doing this and it really brings joy
to us and it feels good, you know, it feels
really good.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Yeah, and moving on, we are going to move quickly
for our holiday guide. We have reviewed so many products.
We still are doing products just because of everything going on.
Like I said earlier, we have just been behind with
all of our medical stuff going on. But I don't
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know if you guys seen our Julina she did a
baking segment with Melly Baby, and that's one of Lalla's
favorite companies, like for like food Storage and the Little
Snack cos.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
They're so cute.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Everything they make is just so thawed out and so cute.
I love it, but Julina loved it. The baking set
was absolutely adorable. There were these tiny little baking utensils
that fit her little hands, and she was so excited
when she saw it. She knew that meant we were baking,
and that she had her own stuff because she always
uses mine, you know. But yeah, the video you gotta
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watch it was she was she's a superstar, and not
just saying that she's my daughter. She really, you know,
she's something else.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Right when the camera came out, she was like, Hi, everybody,
I'm Julina.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
And I'm making cookies for Santa.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
And I was like shocked. My three year old just
had did this big sentence, you know.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
I mean, she can talk, but sometimes they don't put
everything together and it's kind of like broken, you know.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
I was like, oh my god, look at her. Look
at her.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Go.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
We were like can you say that again after we hit.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Record, But yeah, they were so cute. She made cookies
with them. They were easy for her to use with
her hands, you know, her little hands. They sent us
the snack compartments, which is always great. They have a
mini one, which which I actually like better because the
other one that they sent, which is great, it's a
bigger one for her, it was just too much to
have on.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Her lap in her car seat. This one is perfect.
It's a smaller size.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
She doesn't spill a lot of it, you know, she's
getting them out, So I love that so much.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
After she was.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Done making the cookies, we put the cookie on her
Santa cookie board and it's from Smiling Tree Toys. Absolutely gorgeous.
It is this authentic wood safe you know, they use
safe products, and it's carved. It's engraved with a little
spot for Santa's favorite cookie, a little spot for Santa's milk,
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a little spot for the rein deer trees where you
could put a carrot, and then it says Dear Santa,
and then love and you can personalize it to whatever
you want to write. So we have our last name
on there. So stinking cute and it's you know me,
I love my natural wood. I always say it. My
house is full of natural wood everything. So it just
fits perfectly with my decor and it was really cute.
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So Juliana, after she made her cookies where her mellow
Baby set, she put her little cookies on there and
the milk for Santa, so I'm excited for her to
use it on Christmas Eve.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
And really cute. They also sent her a.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous wooden carved like name puzzle, so her
name they carved. It's like a puzzle you take the
letters out so she can learn the letters of her name.
It had a little rainbow at the end which also
comes out like a puzzle piece. Beautiful National wood colors,
safe and I think that's a great Christmas gift too.
Something I love personalize anything. Anything that's personalized makes it
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that extra It's extra special because someone took the thought
and the time to do that and get that for you.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, you'll have to post the picture of it.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Yes, they have a ton of different things on their
website too. It's not just those two items. Like Sean
Andmi were looking through it, there was a ton of
amazing stuff. So go to smilingtreetoys dot com and just
check out all the stuff that they have. Another great
brand that was I think a great gift was Tiny
Easel and my daughter and her friend were They loved it,
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absolutely loved it.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
I sat them down. It's like a little art kit.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
The one we got sent it had easel in it,
tiny easel. They had watercolor paints in it. It had
one of the easel of the canvas had a drawing
on it, like just outlines for you to paint, you know,
color it in.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
And they sent little wooden Christmas trees. They were the
cutest thing. The girls.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
That was their favorite part was each getting a Christmas
tree and painting it whatever color they wanted to paint.
I have them all over my house right now. My
daughter like put them everywhere. They're super cute. So it
is something that is it's creative. It comes in a
little kit. Everything is small, it's thought out, even the
water cups so that they don't spill it. Absolutely love
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this company and I will be purchasing more from them.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
And the other products that we are going to talk
about quick is Mophy. I absolutely love their products. They're
really durable and they last. For cell phones. I got
the travel charger and it's it's like three and one
so it could charge my phone, my Apple Watch, and
my AirPods all at once. And I really liked that,
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you know, and it folds up really small, yeah, really small,
and has like its own little pouch I absolutely love it.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
It's great for traveling, either to work or on vacation
because instead of taking three different chargings, charging wires and
cords and whatever else the blocks, this is one, yeah,
one thing and a boom, you're done.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Folds up.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
It's the size of I don't know, the smaller than
the palm of your hand. And it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
So it's a little bit bigger, I would say, than
my cell phone.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Oh it was. I mean like when it's folded up.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Oh yeah, when it's folded up, it's so small, like
slip it right in a book bag, like.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
The little size of a wallet probably, So that was great.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
They also sent me their portable charger, which I used
for the Anthony Rodia show.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
We you know, we had a hectic day. We had
to go interview him.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
My phone was dying, our travel mic was dying, and
I grabbed the MOFII portable charger and that was great.
It lasted charging my phone on the way there. Then
I was able to charge the mic, the travel mic
and it was just perfect. So highly recommend getting one
of that, keeping it in your purse or your car
because I always realize my phone is dead when I.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
Need it the most.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Yeah, your phone is always done.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
I know, I don't know what it is.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
You know, my mom's is always two. I don't know
what it is either.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
But you know she needs a mofie.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yeah she does. I've been waiting for mine to get
to that point, but hopefully it won't. Hopefully it'll be
a few years.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
The other product we want to mention is Sour Patch Kids.
They sent us really cool stocking stuffers. Julina loved it.
Mm hmmm.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
And an Advent calendar, which is so cool. Like, we
in my household were big Advent calendar since I was
a kid. Actually, my mom always got the chocolate ones.
I get my kids a chocolate one. So every day
you open up a new little door depending on the day,
December one, December second, and there's a treat inside and
this is a sour Patch Kids one.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
How cool is that?
Speaker 2 (16:52):
Like Gille loves Sour Patch Kids, so he can't wait
every day to get his little daily dose of a
Sour Patch Kid.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
Now he take them all at once.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
No, that's that's the rule.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
And when you have an Advent calendar, you have to
go each day is a different door, you open it,
you take a treat out so he knows better.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
I check. Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
One of my favorite Christmas gifts we got this year
is the Latitude boards. I am a big antipas I'm Italian,
so we don't call it charcouterie.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
We call it antipasta.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
So we when we go to parties, when we have
when we host parties holidays, we always have antipasta and
we need boards like that, like cool boards. You can
put everything on pretty boards. And this one is even
better because it keeps the food cold. So pitcher a wooden,
beautiful cutting board. And then the center is a ice
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pack that comes out and you can put it back in.
So you take the ice peck out, you put it
in the freezer, let it get frozen. You put it
back into the cutting board. You shut the little end
of it, and then you lay your cheeses and your
meat's on there, and it keeps them cold and fresh.
And it is absolutely amazing because let me tell you,
as an Italian, when you have the antipasta sitting out
and you have the muzaredel, it gets warm and then
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it doesn't taste as good like the tomatoes and the
cheeses when they get a little warm, it's not good.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
So I love this.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
It's and I just use it the other day and
for Christmas, it's coming out again for all the cheeses
and meats, and it's gonna keep everything nice and cool
and fresh and absolutely absolutely genius idea.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
We love it.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
I think it's a really cool idea. And I'm not
a big like cheese and charcuterie person, but my cousins are,
and I should really tell them to get one.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
On top of being cool, it is actually the first
ever teak charcuterie board that has the ice pack in
the course, So really good, great idea. I love it,
super smart and get onto latitude board dot com and
order those Latitude boards for the holidays of New Year's
is coming to If you don't have it by Christmas,
order them now.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
You're not gonna regret it.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Speaking of being Italian, got an Italian basket like a
gift basket from Supermarket Italy dot com and it was
so cool for me. Growing up, there was just different
desserts and treats and games that we played that you
don't see in your average Walmart or grocery store around here.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
So this basket was just all geared.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
And themed on things that are from Italy, the Troni,
the games that they were in there, the card games
that were from Sicily and different parts of Italy that
you don't see anywhere. So I love that, the cookies
they had in there, and it just brought back a
piece of my childhood that I haven't seen or played
or tasted in a long time. And this is a
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great gift if you have family that's from Italy or
the old school Italians that haven't been able to have
this stuff or you know, or get this stuff in
their area. And I love stuff like that, like making
it personalized like that, and it's something different.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Blue season is here, which also means Covid season is here.
I Health sent us those forehead thermometers and they also
have an ear one I believe too. But they also
sent us COVID and flu tests, which yeah, I mean,
I don't want to promote being sick, but it's inevitable.
(20:16):
Covid and flu are back and apparently strap throat and
a really wicked stomach virus is going around to no So,
but you can get those at iehealth dot com. And
Julina reviewed the cutest toy It's called a hatchable, and
(20:36):
I had never heard of this thing before, but it
is like it's almost like a Ferbie.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Oh my god, a Ferbie on steroids. It's so cool.
It was like even me and your mom actually were
so intrigued by it and fascinated.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
I felt like we were little kids again. We're like, whoa.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
It comes in an a giant egg, and then you
have to pet the egg, you have to kiss it,
you have to tap it, and when you do that,
the hatche mole, like the the little animal inside starts
to make noises, like you know, tweeting and chirping and
making weird noises, saying mama.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
And Jelena was just.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Amazed, like, oh my god, what's in there.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
I'm like, it's your baby.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
And then the more that you hold it and you
keep it warm and you rock it, it starts to hatch.
And I know it's called the hatchable, but I didn't
really expect. I thought you had to like hatch it yourself,
maybe like crack it open. No, this thing does it
on its own. It cracks itself out of the shell,
like without you even having to do anything other than
like maybe tap it or rub it, you know, and
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it hatched out smoke. The smoke came out. It's safe, guys,
don't worry. At first, I was like, what the heck's that?
The smoke came out. It just made it a real
big experience. The music, the lights, it was like rainbow
colored lights. Absolutely amazing toy. Once it's out, it can
learn to talk it, it flaps its wings. It's super cute,
and my daughter absolutely loves it.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
It is the coolest thing. And uh, for all who
know me, I'm a huge hot chocolate person. I'm actually
drinking it right now. Two Rivers Coffee sent us a
box of different flavored hot chocolates and coffees, and let
me tell you, they have the best hot chocolate. It's
for like the currig machines. Yeah, but they have totsy
(22:28):
Roll hot chocolate. They have Andy's hot chocolate, like so
many different kinds.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Yeah, Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
My mom loves the mint one. I love the totsy
Roll one.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
But I haven't just Tootziol so good.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
That's that's amazing because I haven't had those in a
long time and they're so chocolatey, like not. I liked
it because it wasn't too chocolate too. You don't even
like chocolate, I know, but I like Tootsi rolls. So
that's why I'm excited to try this because tootzeolls are
one of my I shouldn't say favorite, but I really
like them, So that would be yummy as a hot
coo go. And another perfect stocking stuffer, Mighty Miss sent
(23:07):
us their daybreak Reset missed for your Skin, and this
is something that if you have skin that's kind of
like gets inflamed or red or just irritated, this is perfect.
It southes your skin, it calms your skin, and it
restores it. And what's great is that you can use
it multiple times throughout the day, So just stick it
in your purse, spray your face when you feel like
it needs that kind of reset.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
And I love that.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
So perfect stocking stuffer for male or female, because everyone
needs to take care of their skin. Another great stocking
stuffer that I absolutely obsessed with is Fifth Dimensions Midnight Oil,
and this is a natural rejuvenating night oil. I love
the smell of it, I love all the ingredients. It's safe,
(23:51):
it's natural, and it helps it really it gives me
that glow that I'm looking for in the morning. I
put it on at night before bed. It's gentle on
my skin, it doesn't make me break out. It's a
great option for sensitive skin, and it helps to nourish
your skin. And it helps support healthy cell turnover, which
is great. That helps you rejuvenate your skin tone, clear
(24:15):
your skin tone, it helps even out your complexion, which
is all things I want at my age. I'm getting
older and I need all the help I can get.
So finding a product that I feel safe, is safe
for my skin, safe for my body and has all
these great ingredients in it like apricot and rose hip
and sea buckthorn, That's what I want. And you can
go to shop fifth dimension dot com. We have a
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coupon code for you guys to use. Try it out
and get it in those stockings and.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
The coupon code is forty with Love.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
And when Christmas is coming up, every year I get
the kids Christmas pajamas.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Most parents do that.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
So with my toddler it's you know, she's never had
cute socks for Christmas. Well, Little Yoga that changed everything.
They sent us a bunch of different Christmas themed Little
Yoga socks for my toddler. They are super cute. The quality,
You could feel the quality and you ever touch a
sock and some feel like flimsy and thin, you know,
(25:09):
you know these are not gonna hold off well when
the kids walking in them. These are really really thick
and they have the little non slip bottom which I love.
And she's been wearing them, but I saved one pair
for Christmas, so they're brand new and they look nice,
you know, with her Christmas pajamas, but absolutely the cutest
things ever.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
And they have other socks.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
It's not just Christmas socks there, so go on their
website check it out Little Yoga Socks dot com. And
for mommy, the pajamas I'm gonna be wearing are these gorgeous,
absolutely gorgeous midnight blue PJ set that I got from
Valerie Perez and their website is wrap up by VP
dot com. And they're just so cute and so soft.
(25:50):
They are made from a breathable polysilk blend, so it's
kind of like it's really luxurious. It's really sexy, and
I'm gonna feel a little sexy on Christmas morning, you know,
it's it's you know, it's modest, so I'm not saying
I'm gonna look sexy, but I'm gonna feel that way
by how nice the fabric is. And Vali Prez has
a ton of different things on her website kimonos, dresses,
(26:12):
mommy and meat outfits, accessories, a ton of pajamas, so
that there's just a ton to pick from. I couldn't
even choose. It was hard, but this is absolutely gorgeous.
I'm gonna share a pict with you guys, and hopefully
I'll feel nice and comfy on Christmas morning.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
And the next product that we have to talk about
is air Doctor. Having a good air purifier is essential,
especially during flu and cold season and covid season. You
just need a good air purifier, so check out air Doctor.
You also got in the mail York tests which are
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food and allergy tests and food sensitivity tests, so there
is a difference between food allergies and food sensitivity. But
Lala and I will be testing ourselves this week and
sending in our test samples, and when we get the results,
we will let you all know what they are and
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what we are allergic to and sensitive to, which I
cannot wait to see because I am allergic to everything
under the sun. So I want to see maybe if
there is something that I'm miraculously not allergic to anymore,
and you could find that at York Tests dot com
y O r K T E s T dot com.
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On the phone right now, we have a good friend
of mine, Lucas Prada. Haven't seen you in forever. You
have moved to Florida, Yes, I have.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
I am now a Fluoridian. I've been trying to do
this for years after college, going to school down here,
and I'm finally back for good. I can say that
loud and clear.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
But you will be back in town in New Jersey
or Long Island, I should say on December twenty eighth.
You have a show coming up with Raina.
Speaker 4 (28:09):
Yes, I'll be back on Saturday, December twenty eighth. We
did the same show last year in February. Well, I
should say this year in February, and we had about
over a thousand people show up to the show.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
It was packed.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
It was really really fun. Rain and I performed together,
we did our duet together, and it went so well
that they decided to bring us back this year in December.
So it's gonna be fun looking forward to it. I'm
not looking forward to wearing a coat, but I'll have
to deal with it.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
You'll have to bring like a hot gloves, you know, you,
Michelle Mia, You're gonna have to really address warm because
your blood is going to be so thin from moving
to Florida.
Speaker 4 (28:54):
Yeah. Absolutely, Well, we're gonna we're gonna make sure that
we pack a lot of coats. Gonna be there for
the holidays, so we'll be there for a while.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Yeah. So what can our listeners expect to see on
the twenty eighth?
Speaker 4 (29:08):
What do they expect?
Speaker 3 (29:09):
What can they expect?
Speaker 1 (29:10):
Yeah? What kind of show?
Speaker 4 (29:11):
Well, let's just say four to five songs plus the
duet with Reina, A lot of energy, a lot of throwbacks,
a lot of classics. It's just songs that I used
to perform years ago that everybody loves this thing along too,
So it's gonna be definitely a lot of energy.
Speaker 1 (29:31):
Yeah, well, we can't wait. And that's December twenty eighth.
And what is the theater at or the venue?
Speaker 4 (29:39):
So it's called Malkah's Pub in Wantau, New York. It's
gonna be probably at ten o'clock. Start to get there early.
There's always a line there. It's in wan Tau, right
right by the train station, and it's just gonna be fun.
I'm also coming back again in February. Is February. Yeah,
(30:01):
I'll be it somewhere in New Jersey at a freestyle
concert and that's gonna be I think it's on the fifteenth,
February fifteenth, so I'll be coming back and forth. Definitely
getting back into the shows, something I haven't done in
a long time. But I think it's time.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Yeah, I think it's time to we all miss you,
oh thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (30:28):
It's been a minute. Definitely been a minute. Love performing
Love the reaction from the crowd, love when they sing along.
And the best part about performing lately, maybe not this show,
but the shows that I can bring my daughter, you know,
to see her at three and four years old on
the side of the stage singing along. Yeah, she knows
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the words to all my music, which is pretty amazing.
And to see her enjoy it and know what daddy does.
And she gets to watch me record my show on
series Act Sam on the Utopia channel three forty one.
I do a show on there every weekend, Friday, Saturdays
and Sundays, and she's on the show once in a while.
She likes to actually introduce music.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Does she. Well, she's gonna have her own show one day.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Well let's see. Let's see. She loves to dance, she
loves to sing, she does ballet. Now, she's a great
little ballerina. And she's got a lot of rhythms. So
let's see what happens.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
Yeah, she's following it right in your footsteps.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
I'm sure she likes alsa.
Speaker 4 (31:35):
She loves alsa, definitely loves Elsa. But her number one
princess is see you hear that Moana Molana. Yep, she's
right next to me, so she's hearing us. What are
you gonna tell her? What? Oh? Fanta called her this
morning on FaceTime. Oh really cool, that's cool. Yeah, so
(31:59):
we're in joined the whole you know, elf on a shelf,
which is pretty funny. And so it's a little late
for me, but better late than never, right.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
Shauna, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 4 (32:13):
Better late than never. But no, I'm excited about the show.
I'm excited about the fans. I'm excited about you know,
being up in New York. It's gonna be chilly, but
it's okay, I'll make sure I dress warm and uh,
being on that being on that stage with Raina, it
just brings back so many memories of what it used
to be like in the early two thousands and performing
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and the hearing the crowd just sing along with you.
There's nothing better. So it's fun. It's just something that
I put off for a while, and now I'm getting
back into the swing of things. So yeah, you'll be
hearing a lot more of the Lucas product performing on
stage all over the place.
Speaker 1 (32:53):
Well, we can't wait, and everyone stay tuned to Lucas's
Facebook page for more information and future shows. And hey,
maybe you'll get back into the recording studio. You never know.
Speaker 4 (33:07):
I definitely will because I have a few things that
I've been pretty much putting aside and putting off and
putting off. But I can't put it off much longer.
We have we have a couple of tracks that I
just never finished. Just been busy. I'm doing other things.
But I'm definitely gonna get back in the studio. I mean,
it's right down the hallway, it's in my house, so
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there's no excuse to get to the studio. So you'll
be hearing some new music soon as well.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Thank you Lucas for calling in today. Everyone check out
his show at the Marquee. Is that how you pronounce it.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
It's at multkay He's in Wantau, New York. So it's
a used to be a small little railroad Irish hub
and now it's this giant concert hall. So if you've
never been to maulkay Hees, make sure you check it out.
It's beautiful place. They do tons of acts there, major bands,
and the sound system is incredible. And to me, me
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and Raina and a really good DJ I think his
name is Neils. He rocks the house. So it's gonna
be fun. December twenty eighth Saturday, and it's actually my
birthday party as well, so make sure you come out.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
That's right, Your birthday's the three is right?
Speaker 4 (34:21):
I think it's the thurdie. It's my birthday, but we're
going to celebrate on that Saturday night.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
Awesome. Well, I am hoping to get there. Hopefully it
doesn't snow and it'll be good weather so that we
could take the ride down and see you guys.
Speaker 4 (34:36):
All right. I can't wait. Hopefully I don't want to
see any snow to be honest.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
Oh me, neither. I've already had it. You know. It's
snow twice already, and I'm just over it.
Speaker 4 (34:47):
I don't blame you. Well, Thank you, Sean. I appreciate it.
Always great to have a giant supporter like you. I
can't thank you enough for all the years that you've
supported my music. So I just want you to I
want to say thank you to you and your staff
and your team and everybody you work with. Thank you
so much. Very lucky to have a fan like you.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
Oh, thank you. And you have supported me since the beginning.
You were one of my first interviews. I was just
talking to my mom about it. I think I was
like fifteen when we met, fifteen or sixteen.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
I think it was at a didn't I do, like
a signing at a Tanning salon or something like that
in New Jersey?
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Yeah, you did. Yeah, and then you did a show.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
That's the first time I met you.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
Yeah. And then you did a show somewhere else in
New Jersey. I can't think of where it was, but
there was like hundreds and thousands of people there. They
were all there for you.
Speaker 4 (35:45):
Those were the days.
Speaker 1 (35:48):
I was just like, oh my gosh, like it was.
It was crazy. I can't think of where that was, though,
I'll have to.
Speaker 4 (35:56):
I'll remember. I'm going to think about it too. Maybe
I have photos from that event.
Speaker 1 (36:00):
Yeah, I definitely have pictures. I'll have to pull them
up on my old laptop.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
And well, thank you so much, and.
Speaker 1 (36:12):
That's our show. Thank you so much for tuning in.
Make sure to check out our holiday guide at our
website Shaunaandlala dot com, and follow us on social media
at Shauna and Lala. You could follow me on Instagram
at the Real Shauna May and.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Check me out at Bella Underscore Laala one two five.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
We will see you in two weeks
What's up you're listening to Shauna and Lala. Check us
out at Shauna and Lala dot com on social media
at Shauna and La La. You could find me on
Instagram at the Real Shauna May and.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Check me out at Bella Underscore Lalla one two five.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
It has been a jam packed week few weeks for us. Actually,
we've both been sick. We've both been having a lot
of medical issues, and on top of that, trying to
get our holiday guide up and running and trying to
stay up with that. It has been insane. So we
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just want to apologize for being a little bit late
with our holiday guide, but our health just decided to
deteriorate and at the same time, literally.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yes, yep, I just had to go to the hospital
last night.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I had to go to the hospital yesterday morning.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Yeah, it's not good. Totally different issues on both ends.
So it's not like we caught something from each other.
But yeah, so we are not.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Even like the same it's not even both ends like
different ends. It's kind of the same end.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Actually, well yeah, digestive related.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
But I just meant like, it's not a cold, it's
just you know, you're dealing with something else.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I'm dealing with something else.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah, with digestion. So it's it's really it's been a
little bit stressful. And it's like, we have so many products,
great products to talk to you guys about, to tell
you guys about. If you've been following our website, you're
following our Instagram, our social media, you've been watching us,
reviewing them and showing and sharing them with you guys.
So hopefully you've been doing that, and that's great. Hopefully
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they're on your Christmas list. You bought them for your
your friends and loved ones. That's what we love to
see and hear. And yeah, I mean Christmas. I can't
believe it's here. None of a lot of my gifts
in common. Today, Me and Shauna, we were sitting in
the car, like, let me check on the major gift
they bought from my daughter. You know, you always get
your kid one big gift and then the rest are
(02:01):
like little things, like, well, at least we do.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
So yeah, I bought her a bounce house, an indoor
bounce house, which what I loved about it was it
didn't need a fan or a motor like those big
blowing things that are so loud and It was like
an air mattress. Now, the air mattresses they make nowadays,
you just turn a switch and it inflates itself.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Oh and then you lock it. So it was perfect.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
It was a small mini indoor blow up house where
you just turn it on, it inflates, and then when
you're done, you turn the switch and into flates. So perfect, right.
I bought two of them, one for my daughter and
one for my friend's daughter. And I've been waiting it
said it told me it was shipped. Everything looked legit.
Guys like, I am very I'm always checking into that
kind of stuff.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Everything.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Yes, I'm always like this sounds too good to be true.
The price was a little good, too good to be true.
But it was a Black Friday deal, so I'm like,
all right, it's half off, all right, a bounce house
for forty dollars, all right, it's Black Friday. So anyway,
I've been checking the tracking number. It's been saying it's
in transit, blah blah blah. I just went on today
because I'm like, Christmas is coming soon, where's this bounce.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
I was the one that said you better check up
on it.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Yeah, So I clicked on the tracking number and it
said error. I'm like, hm, that just worked the other day.
So then I click on the website and it's says
this website is no longer here. And I started having
like a little panic attack, like no, no, no, no,
this has never.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Happened to me. How can I be that stupid?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Everything I checked it just disappeared. I found their Facebook
that's still up, and they had they just posted pictures
of the bounce house three days ago, and you saw
every emoji on it was angry faces, and it said
had forty comments, but when you clicked, the comments were
not there, so they must be deleting the comments. Some
had comments, And then people are saying, where's my bounce house?
Speaker 3 (03:47):
You scammed me? I called my bank.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
So I was scammed, guys, and a like hundreds of
other people were scammed. I don't know what to do
now for a gift for her, and I got to
figure out how to get my money back, because I, yeah,
I don't want to deal with that right now, with
everything else we have going on, I don't want to
deal with this.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
You know, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
I mean, did you call your bank yet? No?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Because we were doing this, you know, like it was.
It just all happened. And then we're doing the products,
we're doing the radio show. So I'm gonna have to
woofs out tonight, sit down, call my bank and handle
that and then figure out what the hell.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Can I get my daughter.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
That's a good gift, that's big, that's not crazy, crazy priced,
you know what I mean, Cause I kind of based
everything off this big gift, Like, all right, it was
only forty dollars, I could spend more on the little crap. Now,
I spent a lot on the little crap, and I
wanted her to have a big gift to like we
like to make it an experience when they've come downstairs
to see something crazy.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
You know.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
One year we did a basketball hoop in the living room.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Another year I did a trampoline in the living room.
So I wanted this to be that wow factor. So
now it's not what about a bike? Does she ride
a bike?
Speaker 4 (04:53):
No?
Speaker 3 (04:53):
She doesn't know how she's three.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
But I was gonna think I was thinking of power wheels,
maybe like a small cheap power wheel. I want to
get her, like the little Princess one is, Like I
think it's too small for her. She's gonna outgrow that
really quick. It's fifty sixty bucks. I'm like, all can
do that, but it's really tiny, so I might have
to do the next step up and then I'm looking
at one hundred and fifty dollars, so I might have
to just bite the bullet and do that or not
(05:17):
and just say, you know, she doesn't know any different.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
She's three.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
She's gonna be excited no matter what's under the tree.
I'm just kind of upset about it because I really
liked the bounce house.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
It was really cute.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
So as you know, every holiday season we do gift
bags for the children at Garnet Medical Center, the pediatric unit,
which is our local hospital. The hospital was so appreciative.
She was like, oh my god, oh my gosh. She
couldn't believe it. So thank you to all the brands
(05:50):
that donated. And we had a really good year with
all the donations. I know, we have to say thank
you to star Dust. They are these reusable bags and
they're pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Yeah, they're very like the biodegradable and they had happy
Holidays written on it. So really cool company. I love
what they stand for. Pathwater that was they make really
awesome water bottles. Yeah they're full, you know, it's it's
like water inside of it, but it's reusable, refillable.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
And they had them for the kids.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
They had paw Patrol on it, SpongeBob nerf and what
was the other one.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
I'm forgetting, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
They have so so cute and then there's a line
for you to write the kid's name on it. I
love that kids don't mix them up. Yeah, there was
like a little line. Really cute. Love that with Pathwater.
Lucky Dog Designs gave us our gift tags.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Each bag. We put the gift tag.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
On there, you know, we wrote a little note on
the back of it. So that was really cute, a
cute touch to add to our gift bags.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
And we have Rebound Wear, which is a company specifically
made for people with disabilities. They actually have clothes as well,
and they donated these cool little bags. If you you
could put like a change of clothes in them. If
you soil your underwear, your your pants or clothes, you
(07:13):
could just you know, put your clothes in there. It
works actually as like a little purse too. Yeah, so
it's cool.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Had socks in there, chapstick it was a little cute
little gift bag for them.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
And uh, my favorite otis spunk Meyer.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Ooh the brownies.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Yeah, the brownies. The cookies are actually my favorite. Really, yes,
they were the cookies. And the only reason I know
this is because my friend's mom worked in the kitchen
at the school. The otis spunk Myers cookies were the
ones that we ate in high school.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Really, the big ones. Yes, they were my favorite.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Oh my gosh, yes, do they sell them? What do
you mean?
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Like, does the cookies taste the same as the ones
we got in school?
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Yeah, Oh I'm gonna have to get some.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Yes, And I'm I'm trying to figure out, like where
they sell them, because I've been I've looked at Shop right,
I've looked at Walmart. I can't find them.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Maybe gas stations because gas stations always had that kind
of stuff.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
And big thank you to Subtle Energies and Vanessa White
from Better Homes and Gardens. She's a local realtor. She
also donated. And thank you to Freeman pr for donating
a bunch of toys.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Oh my god, the little building blocks they did.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
The amazing tree decorator, ornament decorator, which is always my
son's favorite still is he still talks about it, still
does play mobile, busy booth, bunch of different toys they
put in it. They stocked these kids up with a
bunch of cool toys that we absolutely loved. So we
know the kids are gonna love them and it's going
to distract them from what they're going through and smile.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Songs that was so cute. It's a sticker and you
put it has like a QR code on it, and
you scan the QR code and it plays music. It
was really really cool.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Yeah, you can make stories. You can make it.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
They had a whole little set for the kids to
create and use their imagination and have song in their story.
I loved it. We the hospital actually loved it. When
we were explaining it to them, they were looking it over.
So that's really cool.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
And Canvas discount, which is actually a gift for anybody.
You could take a personalized picture and make a personalized
puzzle out of it, which is like super cool, so it's.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Unique for the hospital.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
They gave us cute little pictures of a Koala bear
and the baby Koala on it. Yes, it was so adorable,
So they sent us puzzles and pictures. But for anyone
that wants to order something personalized, go to Canvas Discounts
dot com.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I know a lot of people and a lot of
companies this year's sow what we were doing and they
really wanted to get involved. So if you're interested in
getting involved with that, let us know. We love working
with you know, people and companies to help make these
kids days in the hospital a little bit bright. You know,
it doesn't even just have to be for the holidays, birthdays,
regular days that they're stuck in that hospital bed. And
(10:06):
we just love doing this and it really brings joy
to us and it feels good, you know, it feels
really good.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Yeah, and moving on, we are going to move quickly
for our holiday guide. We have reviewed so many products.
We still are doing products just because of everything going on.
Like I said earlier, we have just been behind with
all of our medical stuff going on. But I don't
(10:34):
know if you guys seen our Julina she did a
baking segment with Melly Baby, and that's one of Lalla's
favorite companies, like for like food Storage and the Little
Snack cos.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
They're so cute.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Everything they make is just so thawed out and so cute.
I love it, but Julina loved it. The baking set
was absolutely adorable. There were these tiny little baking utensils
that fit her little hands, and she was so excited
when she saw it. She knew that meant we were baking,
and that she had her own stuff because she always
uses mine, you know. But yeah, the video you gotta
(11:10):
watch it was she was she's a superstar, and not
just saying that she's my daughter. She really, you know,
she's something else.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Right when the camera came out, she was like, Hi, everybody,
I'm Julina.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
And I'm making cookies for Santa.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
And I was like shocked. My three year old just
had did this big sentence, you know.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
I mean, she can talk, but sometimes they don't put
everything together and it's kind of like broken, you know.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
I was like, oh my god, look at her. Look
at her.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Go.
Speaker 4 (11:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
We were like can you say that again after we hit.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Record, But yeah, they were so cute. She made cookies
with them. They were easy for her to use with
her hands, you know, her little hands. They sent us
the snack compartments, which is always great. They have a
mini one, which which I actually like better because the
other one that they sent, which is great, it's a
bigger one for her, it was just too much to
have on.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Her lap in her car seat. This one is perfect.
It's a smaller size.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
She doesn't spill a lot of it, you know, she's
getting them out, So I love that so much.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
After she was.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Done making the cookies, we put the cookie on her
Santa cookie board and it's from Smiling Tree Toys. Absolutely gorgeous.
It is this authentic wood safe you know, they use
safe products, and it's carved. It's engraved with a little
spot for Santa's favorite cookie, a little spot for Santa's milk,
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a little spot for the rein deer trees where you
could put a carrot, and then it says Dear Santa,
and then love and you can personalize it to whatever
you want to write. So we have our last name
on there. So stinking cute and it's you know me,
I love my natural wood. I always say it. My
house is full of natural wood everything. So it just
fits perfectly with my decor and it was really cute.
(12:50):
So Juliana, after she made her cookies where her mellow
Baby set, she put her little cookies on there and
the milk for Santa, so I'm excited for her to
use it on Christmas Eve.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
And really cute. They also sent her a.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous wooden carved like name puzzle, so her
name they carved. It's like a puzzle you take the
letters out so she can learn the letters of her name.
It had a little rainbow at the end which also
comes out like a puzzle piece. Beautiful National wood colors,
safe and I think that's a great Christmas gift too.
Something I love personalize anything. Anything that's personalized makes it
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that extra It's extra special because someone took the thought
and the time to do that and get that for you.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Yeah, you'll have to post the picture of it.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Yes, they have a ton of different things on their
website too. It's not just those two items. Like Sean
Andmi were looking through it, there was a ton of
amazing stuff. So go to smilingtreetoys dot com and just
check out all the stuff that they have. Another great
brand that was I think a great gift was Tiny
Easel and my daughter and her friend were They loved it,
(13:53):
absolutely loved it.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
I sat them down. It's like a little art kit.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
The one we got sent it had easel in it,
tiny easel. They had watercolor paints in it. It had
one of the easel of the canvas had a drawing
on it, like just outlines for you to paint, you know,
color it in.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
And they sent little wooden Christmas trees. They were the
cutest thing. The girls.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
That was their favorite part was each getting a Christmas
tree and painting it whatever color they wanted to paint.
I have them all over my house right now. My
daughter like put them everywhere. They're super cute. So it
is something that is it's creative. It comes in a
little kit. Everything is small, it's thought out, even the
water cups so that they don't spill it. Absolutely love
(14:33):
this company and I will be purchasing more from them.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
And the other products that we are going to talk
about quick is Mophy. I absolutely love their products. They're
really durable and they last. For cell phones. I got
the travel charger and it's it's like three and one
so it could charge my phone, my Apple Watch, and
my AirPods all at once. And I really liked that,
(15:00):
you know, and it folds up really small, yeah, really small,
and has like its own little pouch I absolutely love it.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
It's great for traveling, either to work or on vacation
because instead of taking three different chargings, charging wires and
cords and whatever else the blocks, this is one, yeah,
one thing and a boom, you're done.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Folds up.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
It's the size of I don't know, the smaller than
the palm of your hand. And it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
So it's a little bit bigger, I would say, than
my cell phone.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
Oh it was. I mean like when it's folded up.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Oh yeah, when it's folded up, it's so small, like
slip it right in a book bag, like.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
The little size of a wallet probably, So that was great.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
They also sent me their portable charger, which I used
for the Anthony Rodia show.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
We you know, we had a hectic day. We had
to go interview him.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
My phone was dying, our travel mic was dying, and
I grabbed the MOFII portable charger and that was great.
It lasted charging my phone on the way there. Then
I was able to charge the mic, the travel mic
and it was just perfect. So highly recommend getting one
of that, keeping it in your purse or your car
because I always realize my phone is dead when I.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
Need it the most.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Yeah, your phone is always done.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
I know, I don't know what it is.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
You know, my mom's is always two. I don't know
what it is either.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
But you know she needs a mofie.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
Yeah she does. I've been waiting for mine to get
to that point, but hopefully it won't. Hopefully it'll be
a few years.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
The other product we want to mention is Sour Patch Kids.
They sent us really cool stocking stuffers. Julina loved it.
Mm hmmm.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
And an Advent calendar, which is so cool. Like, we
in my household were big Advent calendar since I was
a kid. Actually, my mom always got the chocolate ones.
I get my kids a chocolate one. So every day
you open up a new little door depending on the day,
December one, December second, and there's a treat inside and
this is a sour Patch Kids one.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
How cool is that?
Speaker 2 (16:52):
Like Gille loves Sour Patch Kids, so he can't wait
every day to get his little daily dose of a
Sour Patch Kid.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
Now he take them all at once.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
No, that's that's the rule.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
And when you have an Advent calendar, you have to
go each day is a different door, you open it,
you take a treat out so he knows better.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
I check. Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
One of my favorite Christmas gifts we got this year
is the Latitude boards. I am a big antipas I'm Italian,
so we don't call it charcouterie.
Speaker 3 (17:23):
We call it antipasta.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
So we when we go to parties, when we have
when we host parties holidays, we always have antipasta and
we need boards like that, like cool boards. You can
put everything on pretty boards. And this one is even
better because it keeps the food cold. So pitcher a wooden,
beautiful cutting board. And then the center is a ice
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pack that comes out and you can put it back in.
So you take the ice peck out, you put it
in the freezer, let it get frozen. You put it
back into the cutting board. You shut the little end
of it, and then you lay your cheeses and your
meat's on there, and it keeps them cold and fresh.
And it is absolutely amazing because let me tell you,
as an Italian, when you have the antipasta sitting out
and you have the muzaredel, it gets warm and then
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it doesn't taste as good like the tomatoes and the
cheeses when they get a little warm, it's not good.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
So I love this.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
It's and I just use it the other day and
for Christmas, it's coming out again for all the cheeses
and meats, and it's gonna keep everything nice and cool
and fresh and absolutely absolutely genius idea.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
We love it.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
I think it's a really cool idea. And I'm not
a big like cheese and charcuterie person, but my cousins are,
and I should really tell them to get one.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
On top of being cool, it is actually the first
ever teak charcuterie board that has the ice pack in
the course, So really good, great idea. I love it,
super smart and get onto latitude board dot com and
order those Latitude boards for the holidays of New Year's
is coming to If you don't have it by Christmas,
order them now.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
You're not gonna regret it.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Speaking of being Italian, got an Italian basket like a
gift basket from Supermarket Italy dot com and it was
so cool for me. Growing up, there was just different
desserts and treats and games that we played that you
don't see in your average Walmart or grocery store around here.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
So this basket was just all geared.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
And themed on things that are from Italy, the Troni,
the games that they were in there, the card games
that were from Sicily and different parts of Italy that
you don't see anywhere. So I love that, the cookies
they had in there, and it just brought back a
piece of my childhood that I haven't seen or played
or tasted in a long time. And this is a
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great gift if you have family that's from Italy or
the old school Italians that haven't been able to have
this stuff or you know, or get this stuff in
their area. And I love stuff like that, like making
it personalized like that, and it's something different.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
Blue season is here, which also means Covid season is here.
I Health sent us those forehead thermometers and they also
have an ear one I believe too. But they also
sent us COVID and flu tests, which yeah, I mean,
I don't want to promote being sick, but it's inevitable.
(20:16):
Covid and flu are back and apparently strap throat and
a really wicked stomach virus is going around to no So,
but you can get those at iehealth dot com. And
Julina reviewed the cutest toy It's called a hatchable, and
(20:36):
I had never heard of this thing before, but it
is like it's almost like a Ferbie.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Oh my god, a Ferbie on steroids. It's so cool.
It was like even me and your mom actually were
so intrigued by it and fascinated.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
I felt like we were little kids again. We're like, whoa.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
It comes in an a giant egg, and then you
have to pet the egg, you have to kiss it,
you have to tap it, and when you do that,
the hatche mole, like the the little animal inside starts
to make noises, like you know, tweeting and chirping and
making weird noises, saying mama.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
And Jelena was just.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Amazed, like, oh my god, what's in there.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
I'm like, it's your baby.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
And then the more that you hold it and you
keep it warm and you rock it, it starts to hatch.
And I know it's called the hatchable, but I didn't
really expect. I thought you had to like hatch it yourself,
maybe like crack it open. No, this thing does it
on its own. It cracks itself out of the shell,
like without you even having to do anything other than
like maybe tap it or rub it, you know, and
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it hatched out smoke. The smoke came out. It's safe, guys,
don't worry. At first, I was like, what the heck's that?
The smoke came out. It just made it a real
big experience. The music, the lights, it was like rainbow
colored lights. Absolutely amazing toy. Once it's out, it can
learn to talk it, it flaps its wings. It's super cute,
and my daughter absolutely loves it.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
It is the coolest thing. And uh, for all who
know me, I'm a huge hot chocolate person. I'm actually
drinking it right now. Two Rivers Coffee sent us a
box of different flavored hot chocolates and coffees, and let
me tell you, they have the best hot chocolate. It's
for like the currig machines. Yeah, but they have totsy
(22:28):
Roll hot chocolate. They have Andy's hot chocolate, like so
many different kinds.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Yeah, Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
My mom loves the mint one. I love the totsy
Roll one.
Speaker 3 (22:42):
But I haven't just Tootziol so good.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
That's that's amazing because I haven't had those in a
long time and they're so chocolatey, like not. I liked
it because it wasn't too chocolate too. You don't even
like chocolate, I know, but I like Tootsi rolls. So
that's why I'm excited to try this because tootzeolls are
one of my I shouldn't say favorite, but I really
like them, So that would be yummy as a hot
coo go. And another perfect stocking stuffer, Mighty Miss sent
(23:07):
us their daybreak Reset missed for your Skin, and this
is something that if you have skin that's kind of
like gets inflamed or red or just irritated, this is perfect.
It southes your skin, it calms your skin, and it
restores it. And what's great is that you can use
it multiple times throughout the day, So just stick it
in your purse, spray your face when you feel like
it needs that kind of reset.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
And I love that.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
So perfect stocking stuffer for male or female, because everyone
needs to take care of their skin. Another great stocking
stuffer that I absolutely obsessed with is Fifth Dimensions Midnight Oil,
and this is a natural rejuvenating night oil. I love
the smell of it, I love all the ingredients. It's safe,
(23:51):
it's natural, and it helps it really it gives me
that glow that I'm looking for in the morning. I
put it on at night before bed. It's gentle on
my skin, it doesn't make me break out. It's a
great option for sensitive skin, and it helps to nourish
your skin. And it helps support healthy cell turnover, which
is great. That helps you rejuvenate your skin tone, clear
(24:15):
your skin tone, it helps even out your complexion, which
is all things I want at my age. I'm getting
older and I need all the help I can get.
So finding a product that I feel safe, is safe
for my skin, safe for my body and has all
these great ingredients in it like apricot and rose hip
and sea buckthorn, That's what I want. And you can
go to shop fifth dimension dot com. We have a
(24:37):
coupon code for you guys to use. Try it out
and get it in those stockings and.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
The coupon code is forty with Love.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
And when Christmas is coming up, every year I get
the kids Christmas pajamas.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Most parents do that.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
So with my toddler it's you know, she's never had
cute socks for Christmas. Well, Little Yoga that changed everything.
They sent us a bunch of different Christmas themed Little
Yoga socks for my toddler. They are super cute. The quality,
You could feel the quality and you ever touch a
sock and some feel like flimsy and thin, you know,
(25:09):
you know these are not gonna hold off well when
the kids walking in them. These are really really thick
and they have the little non slip bottom which I love.
And she's been wearing them, but I saved one pair
for Christmas, so they're brand new and they look nice,
you know, with her Christmas pajamas, but absolutely the cutest
things ever.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
And they have other socks.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
It's not just Christmas socks there, so go on their
website check it out Little Yoga Socks dot com. And
for mommy, the pajamas I'm gonna be wearing are these gorgeous,
absolutely gorgeous midnight blue PJ set that I got from
Valerie Perez and their website is wrap up by VP
dot com. And they're just so cute and so soft.
(25:50):
They are made from a breathable polysilk blend, so it's
kind of like it's really luxurious. It's really sexy, and
I'm gonna feel a little sexy on Christmas morning, you know,
it's it's you know, it's modest, so I'm not saying
I'm gonna look sexy, but I'm gonna feel that way
by how nice the fabric is. And Vali Prez has
a ton of different things on her website kimonos, dresses,
(26:12):
mommy and meat outfits, accessories, a ton of pajamas, so
that there's just a ton to pick from. I couldn't
even choose. It was hard, but this is absolutely gorgeous.
I'm gonna share a pict with you guys, and hopefully
I'll feel nice and comfy on Christmas morning.
Speaker 1 (26:27):
And the next product that we have to talk about
is air Doctor. Having a good air purifier is essential,
especially during flu and cold season and covid season. You
just need a good air purifier, so check out air Doctor.
You also got in the mail York tests which are
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food and allergy tests and food sensitivity tests, so there
is a difference between food allergies and food sensitivity. But
Lala and I will be testing ourselves this week and
sending in our test samples, and when we get the results,
we will let you all know what they are and
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what we are allergic to and sensitive to, which I
cannot wait to see because I am allergic to everything
under the sun. So I want to see maybe if
there is something that I'm miraculously not allergic to anymore,
and you could find that at York Tests dot com
y O r K T E s T dot com.
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On the phone right now, we have a good friend
of mine, Lucas Prada. Haven't seen you in forever. You
have moved to Florida, Yes, I have.
Speaker 4 (27:47):
I am now a Fluoridian. I've been trying to do
this for years after college, going to school down here,
and I'm finally back for good. I can say that
loud and clear.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
But you will be back in town in New Jersey
or Long Island, I should say on December twenty eighth.
You have a show coming up with Raina.
Speaker 4 (28:09):
Yes, I'll be back on Saturday, December twenty eighth. We
did the same show last year in February. Well, I
should say this year in February, and we had about
over a thousand people show up to the show.
Speaker 1 (28:24):
It was packed.
Speaker 4 (28:25):
It was really really fun. Rain and I performed together,
we did our duet together, and it went so well
that they decided to bring us back this year in December.
So it's gonna be fun looking forward to it. I'm
not looking forward to wearing a coat, but I'll have
to deal with it.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
You'll have to bring like a hot gloves, you know, you,
Michelle Mia, You're gonna have to really address warm because
your blood is going to be so thin from moving
to Florida.
Speaker 4 (28:54):
Yeah. Absolutely, Well, we're gonna we're gonna make sure that
we pack a lot of coats. Gonna be there for
the holidays, so we'll be there for a while.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Yeah. So what can our listeners expect to see on
the twenty eighth?
Speaker 4 (29:08):
What do they expect?
Speaker 3 (29:09):
What can they expect?
Speaker 1 (29:10):
Yeah? What kind of show?
Speaker 4 (29:11):
Well, let's just say four to five songs plus the
duet with Reina, A lot of energy, a lot of throwbacks,
a lot of classics. It's just songs that I used
to perform years ago that everybody loves this thing along too,
So it's gonna be definitely a lot of energy.
Speaker 1 (29:31):
Yeah, well, we can't wait. And that's December twenty eighth.
And what is the theater at or the venue?
Speaker 4 (29:39):
So it's called Malkah's Pub in Wantau, New York. It's
gonna be probably at ten o'clock. Start to get there early.
There's always a line there. It's in wan Tau, right
right by the train station, and it's just gonna be fun.
I'm also coming back again in February. Is February. Yeah,
(30:01):
I'll be it somewhere in New Jersey at a freestyle
concert and that's gonna be I think it's on the fifteenth,
February fifteenth, so I'll be coming back and forth. Definitely
getting back into the shows, something I haven't done in
a long time. But I think it's time.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Yeah, I think it's time to we all miss you,
oh thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (30:28):
It's been a minute. Definitely been a minute. Love performing
Love the reaction from the crowd, love when they sing along.
And the best part about performing lately, maybe not this show,
but the shows that I can bring my daughter, you know,
to see her at three and four years old on
the side of the stage singing along. Yeah, she knows
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the words to all my music, which is pretty amazing.
And to see her enjoy it and know what daddy does.
And she gets to watch me record my show on
series Act Sam on the Utopia channel three forty one.
I do a show on there every weekend, Friday, Saturdays
and Sundays, and she's on the show once in a while.
She likes to actually introduce music.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Does she. Well, she's gonna have her own show one day.
Speaker 4 (31:16):
Well let's see. Let's see. She loves to dance, she
loves to sing, she does ballet. Now, she's a great
little ballerina. And she's got a lot of rhythms. So
let's see what happens.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
Yeah, she's following it right in your footsteps.
Speaker 4 (31:31):
Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
I'm sure she likes alsa.
Speaker 4 (31:35):
She loves alsa, definitely loves Elsa. But her number one
princess is see you hear that Moana Molana. Yep, she's
right next to me, so she's hearing us. What are
you gonna tell her? What? Oh? Fanta called her this
morning on FaceTime. Oh really cool, that's cool. Yeah, so
(31:59):
we're in joined the whole you know, elf on a shelf,
which is pretty funny. And so it's a little late
for me, but better late than never, right.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
Shauna, that's right, that's right.
Speaker 4 (32:13):
Better late than never. But no, I'm excited about the show.
I'm excited about the fans. I'm excited about you know,
being up in New York. It's gonna be chilly, but
it's okay, I'll make sure I dress warm and uh,
being on that being on that stage with Raina, it
just brings back so many memories of what it used
to be like in the early two thousands and performing
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and the hearing the crowd just sing along with you.
There's nothing better. So it's fun. It's just something that
I put off for a while, and now I'm getting
back into the swing of things. So yeah, you'll be
hearing a lot more of the Lucas product performing on
stage all over the place.
Speaker 1 (32:53):
Well, we can't wait, and everyone stay tuned to Lucas's
Facebook page for more information and future shows. And hey,
maybe you'll get back into the recording studio. You never know.
Speaker 4 (33:07):
I definitely will because I have a few things that
I've been pretty much putting aside and putting off and
putting off. But I can't put it off much longer.
We have we have a couple of tracks that I
just never finished. Just been busy. I'm doing other things.
But I'm definitely gonna get back in the studio. I mean,
it's right down the hallway, it's in my house, so
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there's no excuse to get to the studio. So you'll
be hearing some new music soon as well.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Thank you Lucas for calling in today. Everyone check out
his show at the Marquee. Is that how you pronounce it.
Speaker 4 (33:40):
It's at multkay He's in Wantau, New York. So it's
a used to be a small little railroad Irish hub
and now it's this giant concert hall. So if you've
never been to maulkay Hees, make sure you check it out.
It's beautiful place. They do tons of acts there, major bands,
and the sound system is incredible. And to me, me
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and Raina and a really good DJ I think his
name is Neils. He rocks the house. So it's gonna
be fun. December twenty eighth Saturday, and it's actually my
birthday party as well, so make sure you come out.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
That's right, Your birthday's the three is right?
Speaker 4 (34:21):
I think it's the thurdie. It's my birthday, but we're
going to celebrate on that Saturday night.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
Awesome. Well, I am hoping to get there. Hopefully it
doesn't snow and it'll be good weather so that we
could take the ride down and see you guys.
Speaker 4 (34:36):
All right. I can't wait. Hopefully I don't want to
see any snow to be honest.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
Oh me, neither. I've already had it. You know. It's
snow twice already, and I'm just over it.
Speaker 4 (34:47):
I don't blame you. Well, Thank you, Sean. I appreciate it.
Always great to have a giant supporter like you. I
can't thank you enough for all the years that you've
supported my music. So I just want you to I
want to say thank you to you and your staff
and your team and everybody you work with. Thank you
so much. Very lucky to have a fan like you.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
Oh, thank you. And you have supported me since the beginning.
You were one of my first interviews. I was just
talking to my mom about it. I think I was
like fifteen when we met, fifteen or sixteen.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
I think it was at a didn't I do, like
a signing at a Tanning salon or something like that
in New Jersey?
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Yeah, you did. Yeah, and then you did a show.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
That's the first time I met you.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
Yeah. And then you did a show somewhere else in
New Jersey. I can't think of where it was, but
there was like hundreds and thousands of people there. They
were all there for you.
Speaker 4 (35:45):
Those were the days.
Speaker 1 (35:48):
I was just like, oh my gosh, like it was.
It was crazy. I can't think of where that was, though,
I'll have to.
Speaker 4 (35:56):
I'll remember. I'm going to think about it too. Maybe
I have photos from that event.
Speaker 1 (36:00):
Yeah, I definitely have pictures. I'll have to pull them
up on my old laptop.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
And well, thank you so much, and.
Speaker 1 (36:12):
That's our show. Thank you so much for tuning in.
Make sure to check out our holiday guide at our
website Shaunaandlala dot com, and follow us on social media
at Shauna and Lala. You could follow me on Instagram
at the Real Shauna May and.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Check me out at Bella Underscore Laala one two five.
Speaker 1 (36:32):
We will see you in two weeks
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