Sometimes we can dread that unforseen knock at the door or be pleasantly surprised! Sure it could just be a friend stopping over, a neighbor needing to borrow some flour, or it could be a surprise over night stay! Krista & Corrina share some great personal tips & tips that have definetly impressed them!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is the Mad's Own Mom Squad podcast, a production
of iHeartRadio. Hard working real mamas having real conversations. Now
sit back, relax, and get ready to talk mom life
with Christa and her squad.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
So, Karna, let me ask you a question.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
How much anxiety do you get when you hear this
at the door? You're like, who the hell is at
my house? I don't know about you, but sometimes I
get really, really nervous because I'm like, oh my gosh,
what's going on? Because my house looks in a disarray,
And You're like, I wasn't expecting anyone to come over
into my house.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
M Okay, well here I gotta tell you the truth. Okay,
this is like every hour of my neighborhood. Oh it is, Yes,
it really is. Everybody just comes over. The garage is open,
people are in my dryway playing basketball, And to be
honest with you, I do have anxiety about it, but
I kind of have to just go with the flow.
There's so many kids around, so many families around.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Oh I love it.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Okay, So you and I have like a different ride,
we have different lifestyles.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
So this is a great topic because I think just
being a woman in general and just being a mom.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
You're busy, you got stuff to do.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
But like you said, people will come and go and
stop by, whether you're in an apartment like I am,
so I have my neighbors coming by and just saying
what you're doing, you know, blah lah, or like you said,
you have a great neighborhood where you know a lot
of people, and sometimes you're like, Okay, what do I do?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
What's my game plan?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Especially when someone does come over and maybe like family
comes over and they're like, hey, yeah, we want to
day for a couple of days and expecting it or
so I came across this really interesting article thanks to
Martha Stewart, because you know.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
She's the guru. She know this at all, she knows
it all.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
So we thought that Karina and I would share just
like these really really fun easy stock up tips in
case things like this occur. Right, So, like you start,
because since you are a guru in this department.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
So like I feel, I've been in this for a while.
People coming by all the time, and I basically always
make sure I have five basic things. And this is
not just guests staying over. This is people who are
just popping by for a couple of hours. Now, a
lot of my guests are tiny. They're people little teeny
tiny people meaning like eat and under with their adult parents,
(02:16):
you know. So I always want to make sure I
have juice boxes. That's my go to for sure. I
want to have loads of juice boxes of cut right. Okay,
it's like, no matter what, I'm not going to feed
a kid every single time, but a juice box is
really great because it kind of keeps them occupy and
makes them feel special and it does fill them up
for you know, however long they end up being there.
(02:38):
I always make sure i've drinks for adults, whether that's
just sparkling water, like a bottle of wine in the freeze.
I always like to make sure I have stuff to
host or just even cold water, you know. And then
I always like to make sure I have a couple
frozen meals in the refrigerator or I'm sorry, in the
freezer because I have family that pop by and I'm like,
you know what, let's stay a little bit, let's have
(02:59):
some food. And then I look in the refrigerator and
I'm like, oh my gosh, I have nothing, or I
don't want to cook, so then you have, you know,
a couple of meals that you you know those I
really love those pasta dishes that come in a bag
and it has like everything in it.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yes, I love those, Yes.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
And like, yeah, they're not super fancy, they're not homemade,
but nobody's expecting that if they just pop over, right, right.
So I like to have a couple of those just
tucked in the way back of my freezer and then
you know, and there you go. You got everybody happy, right.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
I love I like the frozen meal because I just
eat that in general, like when I'm by myself and
I don't have ga the week that I have, I'm
always That's how I feed myself.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I know it's probably not the best, but it gets
you thrue so fine.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
It just gets you through. And then if you happen
to have any spinach, you'll throw that in some mushrooms.
You got a pasta dish. And so I like to
have these kinds. Whenever I go shopping, always want to
make sure that I am stocked on these. So when
people we do pop, I always have some kind of
drink to offer, and then if they stay longer, I
do have a quick meal to give them. Of course,
you know, I love hosting, and you know that.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Oh my gosh, I know you're very good at it,
and I you know, and I just yeah, and it
comes naturally to me.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
So I always think about simplicity and then to hang
out with people that make you feel good. I hang
out with a lot of people who are in the
same boat as me writing. They have little little kids,
so if they step on a sloppy diaper on their
way in through my door, it doesn't phase them. I
will hang out with people who are, you know, who
(04:26):
might have higher expectations. Get rid of those people.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
You don't need that. You don't need them, you don't
need try.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
To press anybody. I also read a really funny quote
that said nobody cleans faster than someone who hears I'll
be over in ten minutes.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Oh for sure, right, yeah, I mean I can clean in.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
Ten minutes, find out there seven over or like my
favorite is like if we're all walking home from school
and they're like, Eh, why don't you come on in
for a drink, and they stay outside like talking to
the kids or something, and I know they're coming in
about three minutes. The amount that I can pick up
absolutely in, you know, in the three minutes that I
make my way in.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, and then I love that.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
You know, there's there's one way of cleaning, which is me,
which I'll just like clean the floors, wind text, you know,
get the gel and put it in the toy bawl.
And then you have those other friends of yours who
are like, oh, what are you doing?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Oh I'm cleaning as well. Oh really?
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Oh no, what they're doing is the deep clean, Like really, really, dude, you're.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
On the ground, You're scrubbing your floors. I'm like, I don't.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
I don't have time for that.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Oh who does I'm rearranging my closet. I'm cleaning my storage. No, No,
the time.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Is time for that, you know, like what I do? Aye,
that's what I think.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Once a year I try, but I just like I'm
not good at it and I don't know like how
to do it properly.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
You know what, nobody's looking in your corners. Nobody's looking
in the corner.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Don't look under my bad They just don't, you.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
Know really at the end of the day, And that's
my hang out with people who don't clean.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yeah, I love it. I love it.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
You know, keep your keep your orbit with the same people.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
With it all going well.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I love that for you know, like you said, people
just stopping by in a neighborhood fashion especially, But then
you know, just like us ladies and having our girlfriends sometimes,
you know what, having our girlfriendstp by because you know,
sometimes you know you'll have your girlfriend over, but she
needs to stay over because maybe a breakup just happened.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
She's sobbing. Like you said, let's grab the wine. So
here's some like.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Really fun things, especially if you have somebody coming over
and now they're going to stay You're like really okay,
So I love some of these tips. Some of them
is like the mini baskets. Are you I bet you're
someone like this that has the baskets like with the
cute little like toilet trees in them.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Whether I see I knew anybody baskets a little glass jar. Okay,
I've moved up. Okay, No, no, no, I'm just kidding. No,
baskets are great too. No, yeah, I do. I always
have like a like an extra of everything in case.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Okay, I love that, so like toothbrushes, combs, dry shampoos,
crazy order, you got it.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
No, no, no, I don't.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Go that far. No.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
No.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
I feel like if anyone that is close enough to
me that it stay overnight can use my deodor.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
End that's true, that's true.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
I like this too also just as a fun little
thing like having uh you know, special slippers for someone
or comfy socks that you haven't opened.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I love that. Yeah, you like that.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
They also say, especially with now with allergy season being awful,
just having like a little like a little med area.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
Well, I mean, I I mean, I think everybody should
have a medicine area, so you know, in some in
some capacity, I.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Don't a lot of people seeing my medicine.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
Well, I mean, like you know the time with like
IV profen like or like allergy medicine or band aids
or you know, things like that. They should have a
section for you know, endying and then your private medications
can be somewhere else, in somewhere else. But I do,
I do have like a little drawer where it's like
extras of everything that's more for anyone. I like that
(07:50):
the whole family or something, you know.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
So you have your own like personal area, and then
you have like a guest.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
Yes, like I have a laundry closet or linen closet
they call them, you know, and like in it I have,
you know, like it's just one of those little pull
out plastic shelves, and in it like toothbrushes and toothpaste,
and then the bottom dental floss, and then the other
bottoms like you know what, you know, sanitary thing, you know,
like my tampons, and then like you know, I use
(08:17):
all that too, and I keep it stocked up. And
then I have a section where it's like kid met
if they need it, and then again and then and
then my own personal stuff that's like in my bedside table.
You know, no one's going there.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
All of us ladies that are like me were like, okay,
we need to actually just go over to Corona's house.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Are you taking? Like I also have like a road trip.
I'm gonna do a road trip, a field trip.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
It's more like a field trip or how to do
things right way.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
I have plenty of juice boxes.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Okay, well I like it. I like it.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Other great things everybody loves is a great smelling candle,
especially if you have cats like I do. Sometimes the
can Robot, which I spent six hundred dollars on does
not work properly, so you need that kiddy robot. They
also say extra hangers for coat spaces, maybe clothes, maybe
your girlfriend is staying for a week and you had
no idea.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
Yeah, yeah, all those are really good. I think I
think we mentioned this earlier, but like having extra soap
bars okay, because it's like you don't really want to
share your your you know, squeeze shower gel or just
having extra soap bars. And one one little tip that
I always liked that I saw online it could have
been from Arthur Stewart, is to take a new bar
(09:30):
soap and actually cut it into three parts and put
them in a little baggie. And then that's like, you know,
because you know, guest staying for five days, Yeah, they
won't use a whole bar soap, so then why give
them a whole bar soap so cut it.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
I like that.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
And also if you have more than one person coming,
that's a really good idea, especially with like kids, that's
a really great airbem being stuff.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
I was gonna say, that's that's another thing. And you
know another thing I do is I like when there
are big clear sales of getting like those slip on slippers, okay,
because I do like it when people take their shoes off.
I don't require it because my mom, you know, is
someone with bad knees and needs her shoes for balance.
So I never tell people they have to. You just
(10:13):
never know. But I prefer people took their shoes off. Okay, yeah,
But so I like to have little slippers because you know,
it's like when you have one floors, it is.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Cold, yes it is. And if you have carpet it
gets dirty.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Yes, And then you know, all these big time stores
have discounts on slippers, like right now, actually is the
time to buy them. They're like two bucks.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
I love that batch of them.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
See, I'm the kind of person when someone my girlfriends
come in, they're like, should I take my shoes off?
I never say yes, even though I want them to.
I just never say it.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
I just say I do. I say whatever is comfortable,
whatever's comfortable, because yeah, because I feel like a lot
of older people come to my house too, right, you know,
and I'm like, no, mamber uses for balance, So I'm
not gonna like I don't want you.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
To fall to fall. I get it. Okay.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
They also say, and I love this. Charging cables absolutely nice.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
And I love that putting the Wi Fi somewhere where
people can see. It's like you cannot stand up when
people ask me.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Do you have like a really cute adorable sign that
says my Wi Fi password?
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Is I'm going to I'm going to just let you
take a guess.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Absolutely, yes, huh yes, And I bet it's like super cute.
But it's like either black and white or it's Beasian
black or Beasian white.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
It's a magnet that's on my Okay, on my refrigerator,
and it is because I know your color tay bar.
It's neutral.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
I know your color day car.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
That's the only reason why I say that. Well, you
know what, these are really great things because I mean
they are true. I think charging cables are probably the
number one go to in my house because we have
so many of them, but we don't have like either
the court is missing or the cable part is missing, yes, or.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Having an extra And is really nice because if a
guest does come over and they need it and you
need it, you don't be awkward right about it?
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Right?
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Ye oh.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
I was going to say another thing that I think
is really nice to have if you're not a tea
drinker or if you're not on the other side of it,
a coffee drinker, to just always have something that if
someone did come over and they're like, hey, you want
a cup of coffee. Oh, I don't drink coffee. Hey,
I have a couple options of tea. Sure, no, like
it just it's that's something I've learned because I'm a
(12:19):
coffee drinker, but my entire family are tea drinkers, Okay,
So I always just like, even like when I go
to a hotel, I just like snag one or two
little tea bags when like the you know, the breakfast
buffet area, and I just keep it there available. So
I think that's another thing that's nice, because you know,
I do feel like you're one or the other kinds
you are, you are anybody.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
I also have to put it out there because I
am a coffee snob. I will be so sad, like
literally so sad. If I go to my friend's house
and she does have coffee but she doesn't have cream, I.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Can't have coffee that I won't I will say no.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
I won't, yes, and then I'll be in a really
badde okay, And you don't want a ginger, get a
bad mood.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
Don't want to drive, Always have like like a little cream.
Yeah either creamy cream.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Half and half. It's not the same as cream. Can
I put that out there? Yes, thank you, it's.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Not the same.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Remember the half and half?
Speaker 4 (13:11):
That's not cramer?
Speaker 3 (13:12):
What I mean?
Speaker 4 (13:13):
What do you do if it's n't expected?
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Well, that's why we're here to tell you.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
Always half a side of the breast milk from the frame, okay,
or the breast milk. No one's going to come to
my house now, yes they are.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
I'm coming to your house.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
And the next the next segment we should do is
about really because I do love your style cream very relaxed.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Very like casual chic.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Right yeah, god, what did I just read The latest
trend when it comes to decorating. Now homes is still farmhouse,
but it's got a it's got a switch on it,
like antique farmhouse. Okay, yeah, so I'm like, oh really
so yeah I still like the very white, yeah house.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Being away from all white. Like you see my little
sitting area Okay, I actually had this old antique chair.
Oh a right, it's funny. I'll take a picture of
it I want to show to you. And I put
it in the corner. And I actually found it off
the side of the road. I think it came from
like an antique dining room set, but there was just
one chair left. Oh, and I just took it and
stuck it in the corner and it looks amazing. It's
(14:17):
so fun.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
I love the side road fines you've got.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Oh well, yeah, they're always the best. They're always the best.
They're super cute.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Anytime that G and I drive by this one farmhouse,
we're like, oh my gosh, that's just amazing, you know,
because I love like the barn doors especially, those are
the cutest things.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
We used to have that in our old house. But
that's still like, yeah.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
We should have a whole conversation on decor.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
I would be on top of that.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
That knows a lot about Oh my gosh. And that's trending. Yeah,
that's weird stuff trending this year.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Well, you know what, I had a great find at
Saint Phinney's. That's realzing.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Oh my gosh. I was like six dollars is beautiful
wooden piece that says welcome. It's got Oh my god,
really cute like binery around it.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Yeah, it's really really sweet, so that could be. That
could be definitely.
Speaker 4 (15:01):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Why not save money, honey, I know, save money.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Body, you save money, Save money, and don't open up
your door when someone knocks on it.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
That's what we're here to say.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
And have lots of fresh mass and tee indeed and
creamer and.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Creamer and cables and all that stuff. All right, well, girl,
you can come over to my house anytime.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
You know.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
I'm gonna have creamer for you. Thank your name. I
love you girl.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
So, Karna, let me ask you a question.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
How much anxiety do you get when you hear this
at the door? You're like, who the hell is at
my house? I don't know about you, but sometimes I
get really, really nervous because I'm like, oh my gosh,
what's going on? Because my house looks in a disarray,
And You're like, I wasn't expecting anyone to come over
into my house.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
M Okay, well here I gotta tell you the truth. Okay,
this is like every hour of my neighborhood. Oh it is, Yes,
it really is. Everybody just comes over. The garage is open,
people are in my dryway playing basketball, And to be
honest with you, I do have anxiety about it, but
I kind of have to just go with the flow.
There's so many kids around, so many families around.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Oh I love it.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Okay, So you and I have like a different ride,
we have different lifestyles.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
So this is a great topic because I think just
being a woman in general and just being a mom.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
You're busy, you got stuff to do.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
But like you said, people will come and go and
stop by, whether you're in an apartment like I am,
so I have my neighbors coming by and just saying
what you're doing, you know, blah lah, or like you said,
you have a great neighborhood where you know a lot
of people, and sometimes you're like, Okay, what do I do?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
What's my game plan?
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Especially when someone does come over and maybe like family
comes over and they're like, hey, yeah, we want to
day for a couple of days and expecting it or
so I came across this really interesting article thanks to
Martha Stewart, because you know.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
She's the guru. She know this at all, she knows
it all.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
So we thought that Karina and I would share just
like these really really fun easy stock up tips in
case things like this occur. Right, So, like you start,
because since you are a guru in this department.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
So like I feel, I've been in this for a while.
People coming by all the time, and I basically always
make sure I have five basic things. And this is
not just guests staying over. This is people who are
just popping by for a couple of hours. Now, a
lot of my guests are tiny. They're people little teeny
tiny people meaning like eat and under with their adult parents,
(02:16):
you know. So I always want to make sure I
have juice boxes. That's my go to for sure. I
want to have loads of juice boxes of cut right. Okay,
it's like, no matter what, I'm not going to feed
a kid every single time, but a juice box is
really great because it kind of keeps them occupy and
makes them feel special and it does fill them up
for you know, however long they end up being there.
(02:38):
I always make sure i've drinks for adults, whether that's
just sparkling water, like a bottle of wine in the freeze.
I always like to make sure I have stuff to
host or just even cold water, you know. And then
I always like to make sure I have a couple
frozen meals in the refrigerator or I'm sorry, in the
freezer because I have family that pop by and I'm like,
you know what, let's stay a little bit, let's have
(02:59):
some food. And then I look in the refrigerator and
I'm like, oh my gosh, I have nothing, or I
don't want to cook, so then you have, you know,
a couple of meals that you you know those I
really love those pasta dishes that come in a bag
and it has like everything in it.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yes, I love those, Yes.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
And like, yeah, they're not super fancy, they're not homemade,
but nobody's expecting that if they just pop over, right, right.
So I like to have a couple of those just
tucked in the way back of my freezer and then
you know, and there you go. You got everybody happy, right.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
I love I like the frozen meal because I just
eat that in general, like when I'm by myself and
I don't have ga the week that I have, I'm
always That's how I feed myself.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I know it's probably not the best, but it gets
you thrue so fine.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
It just gets you through. And then if you happen
to have any spinach, you'll throw that in some mushrooms.
You got a pasta dish. And so I like to
have these kinds. Whenever I go shopping, always want to
make sure that I am stocked on these. So when
people we do pop, I always have some kind of
drink to offer, and then if they stay longer, I
do have a quick meal to give them. Of course,
you know, I love hosting, and you know that.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Oh my gosh, I know you're very good at it,
and I you know, and I just yeah, and it
comes naturally to me.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
So I always think about simplicity and then to hang
out with people that make you feel good. I hang
out with a lot of people who are in the
same boat as me writing. They have little little kids,
so if they step on a sloppy diaper on their
way in through my door, it doesn't phase them. I
will hang out with people who are, you know, who
(04:26):
might have higher expectations. Get rid of those people.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
You don't need that. You don't need them, you don't
need try.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
To press anybody. I also read a really funny quote
that said nobody cleans faster than someone who hears I'll
be over in ten minutes.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Oh for sure, right, yeah, I mean I can clean in.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
Ten minutes, find out there seven over or like my
favorite is like if we're all walking home from school
and they're like, Eh, why don't you come on in
for a drink, and they stay outside like talking to
the kids or something, and I know they're coming in
about three minutes. The amount that I can pick up
absolutely in, you know, in the three minutes that I
make my way in.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, and then I love that.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
You know, there's there's one way of cleaning, which is me,
which I'll just like clean the floors, wind text, you know,
get the gel and put it in the toy bawl.
And then you have those other friends of yours who
are like, oh, what are you doing?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Oh I'm cleaning as well. Oh really?
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Oh no, what they're doing is the deep clean, Like really, really, dude, you're.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
On the ground, You're scrubbing your floors. I'm like, I don't.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
I don't have time for that.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Oh who does I'm rearranging my closet. I'm cleaning my storage. No, No,
the time.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Is time for that, you know, like what I do? Aye,
that's what I think.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Once a year I try, but I just like I'm
not good at it and I don't know like how
to do it properly.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
You know what, nobody's looking in your corners. Nobody's looking
in the corner.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Don't look under my bad They just don't, you.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
Know really at the end of the day, And that's
my hang out with people who don't clean.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yeah, I love it. I love it.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
You know, keep your keep your orbit with the same people.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
With it all going well.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
I love that for you know, like you said, people
just stopping by in a neighborhood fashion especially, But then
you know, just like us ladies and having our girlfriends sometimes,
you know what, having our girlfriendstp by because you know,
sometimes you know you'll have your girlfriend over, but she
needs to stay over because maybe a breakup just happened.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
She's sobbing. Like you said, let's grab the wine. So
here's some like.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Really fun things, especially if you have somebody coming over
and now they're going to stay You're like really okay,
So I love some of these tips. Some of them
is like the mini baskets. Are you I bet you're
someone like this that has the baskets like with the
cute little like toilet trees in them.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Whether I see I knew anybody baskets a little glass jar. Okay,
I've moved up. Okay, No, no, no, I'm just kidding. No,
baskets are great too. No, yeah, I do. I always
have like a like an extra of everything in case.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Okay, I love that, so like toothbrushes, combs, dry shampoos,
crazy order, you got it.
Speaker 4 (06:54):
No, no, no, I don't.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Go that far. No.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
No.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
I feel like if anyone that is close enough to
me that it stay overnight can use my deodor.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
End that's true, that's true.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
I like this too also just as a fun little
thing like having uh you know, special slippers for someone
or comfy socks that you haven't opened.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I love that. Yeah, you like that.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
They also say, especially with now with allergy season being awful,
just having like a little like a little med area.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
Well, I mean, I I mean, I think everybody should
have a medicine area, so you know, in some in
some capacity, I.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Don't a lot of people seeing my medicine.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
Well, I mean, like you know the time with like
IV profen like or like allergy medicine or band aids
or you know, things like that. They should have a
section for you know, endying and then your private medications
can be somewhere else, in somewhere else. But I do,
I do have like a little drawer where it's like
extras of everything that's more for anyone. I like that
(07:50):
the whole family or something, you know.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
So you have your own like personal area, and then
you have like a guest.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
Yes, like I have a laundry closet or linen closet
they call them, you know, and like in it I have,
you know, like it's just one of those little pull
out plastic shelves, and in it like toothbrushes and toothpaste,
and then the bottom dental floss, and then the other
bottoms like you know what, you know, sanitary thing, you know,
like my tampons, and then like you know, I use
(08:17):
all that too, and I keep it stocked up. And
then I have a section where it's like kid met
if they need it, and then again and then and
then my own personal stuff that's like in my bedside table.
You know, no one's going there.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
All of us ladies that are like me were like, okay,
we need to actually just go over to Corona's house.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Are you taking? Like I also have like a road trip.
I'm gonna do a road trip, a field trip.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
It's more like a field trip or how to do
things right way.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
I have plenty of juice boxes.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Okay, well I like it. I like it.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Other great things everybody loves is a great smelling candle,
especially if you have cats like I do. Sometimes the
can Robot, which I spent six hundred dollars on does
not work properly, so you need that kiddy robot. They
also say extra hangers for coat spaces, maybe clothes, maybe
your girlfriend is staying for a week and you had
no idea.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
Yeah, yeah, all those are really good. I think I
think we mentioned this earlier, but like having extra soap
bars okay, because it's like you don't really want to
share your your you know, squeeze shower gel or just
having extra soap bars. And one one little tip that
I always liked that I saw online it could have
been from Arthur Stewart, is to take a new bar
(09:30):
soap and actually cut it into three parts and put
them in a little baggie. And then that's like, you know,
because you know, guest staying for five days, Yeah, they
won't use a whole bar soap, so then why give
them a whole bar soap so cut it.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
I like that.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
And also if you have more than one person coming,
that's a really good idea, especially with like kids, that's
a really great airbem being stuff.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
I was gonna say, that's that's another thing. And you
know another thing I do is I like when there
are big clear sales of getting like those slip on slippers, okay,
because I do like it when people take their shoes off.
I don't require it because my mom, you know, is
someone with bad knees and needs her shoes for balance.
So I never tell people they have to. You just
(10:13):
never know. But I prefer people took their shoes off. Okay, yeah,
But so I like to have little slippers because you know,
it's like when you have one floors, it is.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Cold, yes it is. And if you have carpet it
gets dirty.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Yes, And then you know, all these big time stores
have discounts on slippers, like right now, actually is the
time to buy them. They're like two bucks.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
I love that batch of them.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
See, I'm the kind of person when someone my girlfriends
come in, they're like, should I take my shoes off?
I never say yes, even though I want them to.
I just never say it.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
I just say I do. I say whatever is comfortable,
whatever's comfortable, because yeah, because I feel like a lot
of older people come to my house too, right, you know,
and I'm like, no, mamber uses for balance, So I'm
not gonna like I don't want you.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
To fall to fall. I get it. Okay.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
They also say, and I love this. Charging cables absolutely nice.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
And I love that putting the Wi Fi somewhere where
people can see. It's like you cannot stand up when
people ask me.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Do you have like a really cute adorable sign that
says my Wi Fi password?
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Is I'm going to I'm going to just let you
take a guess.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Absolutely, yes, huh yes, And I bet it's like super cute.
But it's like either black and white or it's Beasian
black or Beasian white.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
It's a magnet that's on my Okay, on my refrigerator,
and it is because I know your color tay bar.
It's neutral.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
I know your color day car.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
That's the only reason why I say that. Well, you
know what, these are really great things because I mean
they are true. I think charging cables are probably the
number one go to in my house because we have
so many of them, but we don't have like either
the court is missing or the cable part is missing, yes, or.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Having an extra And is really nice because if a
guest does come over and they need it and you
need it, you don't be awkward right about it?
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Right?
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Ye oh.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
I was going to say another thing that I think
is really nice to have if you're not a tea
drinker or if you're not on the other side of it,
a coffee drinker, to just always have something that if
someone did come over and they're like, hey, you want
a cup of coffee. Oh, I don't drink coffee. Hey,
I have a couple options of tea. Sure, no, like
it just it's that's something I've learned because I'm a
(12:19):
coffee drinker, but my entire family are tea drinkers, Okay,
So I always just like, even like when I go
to a hotel, I just like snag one or two
little tea bags when like the you know, the breakfast
buffet area, and I just keep it there available. So
I think that's another thing that's nice, because you know,
I do feel like you're one or the other kinds
you are, you are anybody.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
I also have to put it out there because I
am a coffee snob. I will be so sad, like
literally so sad. If I go to my friend's house
and she does have coffee but she doesn't have cream, I.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Can't have coffee that I won't I will say no.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
I won't, yes, and then I'll be in a really
badde okay, And you don't want a ginger, get a
bad mood.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
Don't want to drive, Always have like like a little cream.
Yeah either creamy cream.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Half and half. It's not the same as cream. Can
I put that out there? Yes, thank you, it's.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Not the same.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Remember the half and half?
Speaker 4 (13:11):
That's not cramer?
Speaker 3 (13:12):
What I mean?
Speaker 4 (13:13):
What do you do if it's n't expected?
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Well, that's why we're here to tell you.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
Always half a side of the breast milk from the frame, okay,
or the breast milk. No one's going to come to
my house now, yes they are.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
I'm coming to your house.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
And the next the next segment we should do is
about really because I do love your style cream very relaxed.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Very like casual chic.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Right yeah, god, what did I just read The latest
trend when it comes to decorating. Now homes is still farmhouse,
but it's got a it's got a switch on it,
like antique farmhouse. Okay, yeah, so I'm like, oh really
so yeah I still like the very white, yeah house.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
Being away from all white. Like you see my little
sitting area Okay, I actually had this old antique chair.
Oh a right, it's funny. I'll take a picture of
it I want to show to you. And I put
it in the corner. And I actually found it off
the side of the road. I think it came from
like an antique dining room set, but there was just
one chair left. Oh, and I just took it and
stuck it in the corner and it looks amazing. It's
(14:17):
so fun.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
I love the side road fines you've got.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Oh well, yeah, they're always the best. They're always the best.
They're super cute.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Anytime that G and I drive by this one farmhouse,
we're like, oh my gosh, that's just amazing, you know,
because I love like the barn doors especially, those are
the cutest things.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
We used to have that in our old house. But
that's still like, yeah.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
We should have a whole conversation on decor.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
I would be on top of that.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
That knows a lot about Oh my gosh. And that's trending. Yeah,
that's weird stuff trending this year.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Well, you know what, I had a great find at
Saint Phinney's. That's realzing.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Oh my gosh. I was like six dollars is beautiful
wooden piece that says welcome. It's got Oh my god,
really cute like binery around it.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Yeah, it's really really sweet, so that could be. That
could be definitely.
Speaker 4 (15:01):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Why not save money, honey, I know, save money.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Body, you save money, Save money, and don't open up
your door when someone knocks on it.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
That's what we're here to say.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
And have lots of fresh mass and tee indeed and
creamer and.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Creamer and cables and all that stuff. All right, well, girl,
you can come over to my house anytime.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
You know.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
I'm gonna have creamer for you. Thank your name. I
love you girl.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
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