November 21, 2025 • 21 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Morning Breeze.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
The Morning Breeze on demand music from Toto at six
twenty one. Here on ninety eight point one The Breeze.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
You've got the Morning Breeze with Carolyn and Court And
as we do every weekday morning, at this time, it's
time for the Morning Breeze Brain Teas sponsored by Mike
Council Plumbing. You're in clean hands with Mike Council Plumbing.
Visit them at mc plumbing dot com. Today's question fifteen
percent of us say, when you buy this for the
first time, you can consider yourself an adult. All right,
(00:31):
let's see what you think. Eight seven seven nine eight
one oh nine eight one is how you reach us
with your guesses.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Let's see how sharp you are on a Friday morning
before long holiday week. Reggie in Berkeley, Good morning. What
is your guess?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Maybe a television?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
A television? Oh, that's always a big first purchase.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Yeah, I think I was like twenty one, twenty two
when I bought my first TV for me.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
How old were you? Reggie was twenty also? Oh okay, yeah, yeah,
kind of an adult thing to do.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Otherwise you're just borrowing your parents, right, Yeah, it's.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
A great guess. It's not the correct one though. Okay,
all right, Reggie, have a great day, Happy Friday. Okay,
thank you, okay, kay in pleasant in good morning. What's
your guest for the brain Teeth today?
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Fuel for your car?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Fuel for your car? Oh, when you first gas up
your car, you go to the gas station by yourself,
or at the day you had somebody fill up the
car for you. Sure. Remember when you go to a
few gas station and it was full service or self serve, Yep,
you'd go fill her up, Yeah, fill her up with unletted. Yeah,
if that were the case. Because I started filling up
(01:45):
my own I had to pay for my own gas
as a kid. I was an adult apparently at fifteen
years old. Sixteen years old, Yeah, remember that was so much.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
My daughters have this scam going on where they like
to have me borrow their car. They're like, Dad, could
you drive my car just to make sure everything's running okay?
And I'm like sure, And then I'll go running it
around block and I'll be like, oh the gas is low,
I better fill it up that Wow. What a racket,
And they have me figure it out. Pretty gas is
a great guess, but it's not the correct answer.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Okay. Fifteen percent of us say, when you buy insurance
for the first time, you consider yourself an adult. Oh whoa, sure,
it's an adult thing to do. It is such an
adult thing to do. That's the one bill adult thing.
It sure is.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Okay, And whether it's car insurance or health insurance whatever,
you're like, why am I paying for this?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
All, have a great day you too, Take care okay,
all right, take care bye. We also heard from David
who listens to us, and Hollister, who threw out your
first alcohol purchase.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Oh yeah, makes you feel like an adult when you
can buy alcohol and you are you're an adult.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
And you hope when you walk into that seven to eleven
and you get that bottle Boonz Farm off the bottom shelf.
You don't even know what this is because you don't drink.
It's like rock gut. Okay, it's terrible. It's like six dollars.
But you walk in and you're like, I hope they
carved me because I'm an adult now, right. So I
think David's guest was good too. That's pretty pretty great
(03:18):
guest as well. But that was fun morning Bruce brain
tease every weekday morning at six twenty, we invite you
to join us play long and be sure to join
us this morning at seven forty. Once again, it's another
chance for you to pick up that fun four pack
of tickets to the Alameda County Fair. Yeah. They've got
a Black Friday Cyber Monday sale that's coming up real soon,
So we want to make sure you're locked in for
(03:39):
next summer with four tickets to the Alameda County Fair.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Again.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Yeah, we'll do that at seven forty this morning, here
on the Breeze, the Breeze six forty one, Cyndy Lauper
on the Morning Breeze with Carolyn and Court. Happy Friday
morning too, Thank you for being here. It is time
for ask us anything. We do it every weekday morning
at six forty, and it is a chance for you
to ask us anything that is on your mind at all,
(04:03):
no matter how big or small. Oh, I sound like
doctor Sells. Bring us your questions, an and Fish to Fish, Redfish, Bluefish,
Bring us your questions at eight seven, seven, nine, nine eight. One.
Of course, as we always say, you can send them
to us with our free iHeartRadio app using that talkback mic. Yeah,
or you can do what phil Did in San Pablo,
(04:24):
who sent us.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
A message through Instagram. Oh okay, says hey, Carolyn in Court.
Love the show with Thanksgiving next week.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I'm curious to know. Do you have any favorite Thanksgiving traditions?
Oh okay, very appropriate. Well, we're not going to have
the same tradition. I can guarantee that what is your
family tradition?
Speaker 1 (04:44):
The one that comes to mind instantly is one that
my youngest daughter, Sloane invented about seven years ago, where
she realized that she loves Secret Santa or the show
White Elephant Gifting, and she's like, well, why don't we
do this around Thanksgiving? And we're like, well, it's just
not a thing you do for Thanksgiving. So she came
(05:05):
up with the thing. It's called Secret Turkey.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Is this Sloan's angle to get a gift? Every time
you tell me a story about Sloan, there is an
angle for her to benefit And I thought, I'm not
going to say it, and as you started talking, I'm like,
it's this sounds like an angle for a prize.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Exactly what it is, and we have kept it going
every single year. It's actually really cute wherever we go
if we show up for Thanksgiving. We are doing secret
Turkey because Sloane, once again, it's a gift and it's
it's not great, it's a ten like ten dollars is
the max. Sure, and cute, it's super cute and everybody
loves doing it.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
So yeah, so we got secret Turkey happening next week.
That's really cute. Okay, we definitely don't have the same.
Two things. For me. Number one, I grew up and
still am a huge fan of Snoopy, Charles Schultz, so
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Oh sure, I mean I'm single, and
I will watch it by myself every year before Thanksgiving,
usually the night before I will put it on and
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watch it or find it on TV. Number one, but
number two a tradition that my family has had. And
this isn't even a tradition. Nobody talks about this. It
just happened for years. And unfortunately now with my mom
with her situation with dementia and she's living in a
senior community, Yep, our Thanksgivings don't look the same. But
for many years, my mom was the person that brought
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the pies to Thanksgiving. My mom, we'd go to my
brother John's house, My mom would show up every year
with the pies and there would be slices missing already,
and it became like one year I just posted it
on social media. I was like, does this happen to
anybody else? Because my mom would like her own pies
so much that she'd want to keep some for herself.
(06:45):
So she would cut pizzas out and then bring the
pie and she'd choke these pies and we'd be like, Mom,
great move, smart move. I've done that with pizzas.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
If I've gotten and picked up a pizza, you come home,
I'll eat a slice and then I'll try to push
it back together.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Yeah, that's weird. My mom didn't even try. She's like,
here's the pies, and we're like, okay, so you got
a piece of pecan and a piece of pumpkin at home.
We see. Good for your mom. That's awesome. So Phil,
thank you for that question. That was a nice trip
down memory lane. If you have a family tradition for
Thanksgiving you want to share with us, we'd love to
hear from you this morning. That's always a really fun conversation.
We're at eight seven seven nine eight one oh nine
(07:21):
eight one. You can send it to us through social
media as well, if that's easier for you to do
so it Phil did yep, and be sure to join
us this morning at seven forty.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Can't remind you enough about this, your chance to win
tickets to the Alameda County Fair. It had t happening
in June and July of next year.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I walked out the front door this morning and it
was so cold. Yeah, like, oh my gosh, winter is
for sure coming. And then I thought about the fact
that we're giving away these Alameda County Fair tickets, and
I got excited because it's like we can look forward
to summer already thanks to everybody at the Alameda County Fair.
So be here about an hour from now seven forty
your chance to win those tickets on the Breeze.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Kim Carnes at seven oh four Here on ninety eight
point one the Breeze. It's the Morning Breeze with Carolyn
and Court and as we do every Friday morning at
this time, it's time to announce our latest Morning Breeze
Person of the Week, which again is a celebration of
somebody great in the Bay Area.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Doing good things. As you mentioned a minute ago, we
are talking to co workers today. For this week's Morning
Breeze Person of the Week, it's Stacy, who nominated her
co worker Megan. So we've got Stacy on the phone first.
Tell us all about Megan and why you nominated her.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Well, I met her when we started working at Stanford
your surgery in Santa Cruz. Okay, my husband and I
moved from sending Us to Santa Cruz. And she's just
been awesome to us and accepted us, and she's just
an amazing person with the patients, with everyone.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
So do you work together now? You both work at
Stanford here. Oh yeah, okay, okay, in neurosurgery. Wow. And
how long?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (08:50):
How long have you been working together?
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Right, we've been working together for eight months, but she's
been here for fourteen years.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Okay, that's pretty incredible that you have only worked with
her for eight months and you're already recognizing how Yeah,
she's just.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
An amazing person with everyone, with her family, especially her kids,
and with patients. She goes above and beyond for them.
Patients are nervous for surgery, so she's always there for them,
taking all the cause and assuring them and everything's going
to be Okay.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Wow, Yeah, it makes a big difference. Huh.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Yes, she has a lot of empathy towards patients.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
It sounds like she's the perfect person for what she does,
Like she's the exact type of person you want when
you're going in for these medical procedures.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Yes, are you at work right now?
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Yes? I am.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Do you know if she's there?
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Yes, she's here.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Okay, So if we called her, do you think you
could get her to pick up. Yeah, we're gonna put
you on hold. Don't tell her it's calling, and we're
going to call her right now. Okay, Okay, you're back.
Are you being on hold music? Yeah? Okay, it's the
lady you twist to the person of the week. Hello, Hi,
(10:05):
is this Meghan? This is she Megan. It's Carolyn and
Court from ninety eight point one of the Breeze. We
also have Stacy with us on a thought. Oh bye, okay,
So Stacy, you tell Megan why we're calling.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Because I put in your names because you're an amazing
person and I wanted to recognize you as being like
the most wonderful person and you always think of everyone
before taking care of yourself. Oh you're so sweet. Thank you, Stacey.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
So in case you didn't know, Meghan, we do a
thing here on the Morning Breeze. It's called the Morning
Breeze Person of the Week where we recognize people in
the Bay Area who are just going above and beyond
serving their communities, just really great at their job. And
Stacy wrote to us and basically said, even though she's
only known you a short amount of time, you've just
made such an impact on her and she wanted you
(10:59):
to be recognized.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Oh. I don't even know what to say. Thank you.
My husband and I moved here to Santa Cruz. He's
just stand there for us and just making sure everything's
okay and everything's good with us.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Well, you guys are awesome. You're good humans. You're like
a special person at work and outside of work as well.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Oh it is.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
And what we do for our Morning Breeze Person of
the Week every week is we award them brunch for
two on a city cruises boat. So, oh my god,
you're going to jop on a city cruises boat and
you and a guest, you're gonna go out on a
Sunday morning, enjoy brunch, take a morning off to just
take care of yourself for once since you're so busy
taking care of everybody else. Wow, that's freaking awesome. It
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is pretty freaking awesome. We're happy to do it for you,
and we thank you for all you do to make
everybody else's world for air place.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Thank you so much for Colleen.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Well, Stacey, this wouldn't have happened without you being so
thoughtful and for reaching out to us and telling us
about Megan. And when we saw the nomination, we're like,
we have to call her right away. So thank you. Yeah,
how sweet.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
You guys are awesome.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Thank you so much. This is one hundred percent Stacy.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Yep, I'm gonna go give her a big hug right now.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
I love you, Stacey. You're so sweet.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
You guys are great. We'll have a good day and
enjoy your weekend. And happy Thanksgiving to both of you.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Yes, happy holidays.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Okay, bye girls, bye bye, by bye.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
And if you have somebody in your life that's like
a Megan, or even if you're you're like a Stacy, right,
sounds like Stacy should be nominated as well, No kidding,
get those nominations into US ninety eight one The Breeze
dot Com for the next Morning Breeze person of the
week that is foreigner. I want to know what love
is Morning Breeze. Carolyn and Port seven twenty seven, Good morning,
(12:52):
Happy Friday morning to you. Thank you for being here
every weekday morning at this time. Thanks to our friends
at the San Francisco Symphony, we bring you the more
you know.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
So, as I just mentioned, if you've ever wondered to yourself,
does decorating early for the holidays actually make you feel happier?
Because oftentimes that's what you hear people say. It's just like, hey,
I just wanted I wanted more light in the house,
holiday spirit. I want the holiday spirit or the lights
on the tree. It makes me happy.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Yeah, And I've always thought this is a to each
his and her own, which it is. I don't know
the answer to this, but I'm guessing that it's whatever
works for you.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
But science has an answer to this. Okay, If it
does in fact actually make you happier, the answer is yes.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
It does. Okay, is that it Welcome to working with Court.
I do have the reasons why. Okay. It obviously evokes positive.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
Of memories and emotions when you put up that tree
and you're looking at the decorations you've collected over the years.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
There's a lot of memories that come for that. It
reduced the stress, believe it or not. Yep.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
And the biggest thing in the scientific portion is that
it leads to dopamine boosts in the body. Okay, it's
all about that dopamine.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Have you ever walked into somebody's house where they've got
their Christmas tree all decorated and they've got like part
of the beauty of Christmas is, like you said, the memories,
right of course, And you know, each person has their
Christmas tree and they've got these ornaments that some of
them go back decades and you open that box to
get those ornaments out, and you're like, this is the
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ornament that my grandmother needle pointed back in nineteen seventy whatever.
But then when you go to someone else's house and
they've got those ornaments on their tree. Have you ever
been with that friend who's like, oh, let me tell
you about these ornaments and you have to sit through.
They don't have the same nostalgia, right, and you're you're
really so happy for them, but you get to hear
(14:52):
the story of every ornament.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
But this extends not just to the smith's tree or
whatever you might be decorating, whether it's for Hankah or Kwanza,
whatever you're putting up, it's just gonna bring these memories
of I don't time's gone by that are great.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
I can't believe I'm about to say this statement on
the air because I do not enjoy when court says this.
But I am not here to yuck anybody's yum. Are
you happy? I finally you've embraced it. I know, but
I said it. I'm not here to yuck anybody's yum.
I think that it brings me joy though when my
friends are like, hey, this is my grandmother's ornament from
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because I see how happy it makes them. So I'm
not trying to say like that's a bad thing when
that happens. But so basically what.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
You're saying is, don't try to show Carolyn anything. If
it means something to you, it probably won't mean anything
to Carol.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
No. Well, I mean, honestly, I guess for all of us,
I'm just speaking for the people, but you are. Yeah, yeah,
So I do love this.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Put up that tree this weekend and then don't feel
bad about it.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
I put holiday lights up around my mantle the other day.
That's cool.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Step one and I love it. That's probably where you're
It's probably where you're gonna end it too, right.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Yep, you get it, Court, all right, we're at eight
seven seven nine eight one oh nine eight one. It's
the more, you know, we do it every weekday.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Morning.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
It's seven twenty five here on the breeze, and.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
A reminder coming up next here on the morning breeze,
seven forty, it's another chance to win a four pack
of tickets to the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Yeah, be thinking about those warmer days ahead June and
July of next year. You can lock in those four tickets.
You got them ready to go for when the fair
is here. So be here at seven forty your chance
to win on the breeze. It's the morning breeze. It's
Carolyn and Court. Congratulations, you did it. You just won
four tickets to the Alameda County Fair.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Yeah, I'm excited.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
We are very excited for you. What are you doing
right now? I'm worthy, Oh I'm driving. You don't try
you're driving a dump truck in trying to win fair tickets.
What a day. I love this. I just dropped off
one load. Girl. Welcome to the Morning Breeze. Who is this.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
By the way, Acy mcknott, Well, congratulations, You've got yourself
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(17:34):
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Speaker 2 (17:37):
Be safe out there, Stacy, get back to drive in
there you go. I will all right bye, It's maroon
five eighth nine. Good morning. It is the Morning Breeze
with Carolyn and Court. And I will just say before
we get into this, you said that you've got something
going on with the holidays coming up. Kind of a conundrum.
Was the word that you used with your in laws?
(17:58):
You need my advice, But I want to open this
up to everybody because I wouldn't say that my advice
is always. You're my Carolyn, You're my ann Landers, You're
you're my dear Abby, dear Abbey. All right, So what
is going on with your in laws? First of all,
do they listen to show? They may they may not.
(18:18):
Makes it a little bit more awkward, but go ahead, court, Hey,
that's on them, not me. That's true. So, as you
know I am.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
We're going to my wife's family for Thanksgiving next week,
quick trip, and we're going to be staying with my
in laws. They've got they're in the house my wife
grew up in. Yeah, it's a modest little house, three bedrooms,
and so but there's four of us in our family.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
There's my wife, my two daughters.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
And so it's a little tricky when it comes to
where do we all stay because they've converted one of
the bedrooms.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Into an office.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Okay, so they've got a dedicated guest room. There's the
office that's got a small little pull out, and when
the girls were younger, not an issue. They could sleep
in that poll out, no problem. But my adults, my
youngest is seventeen. Yeah, she's like full sized.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
Kid and like a full sized candy bar. But I can't.
And then quinn is.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Quinn is twenty. Yeah, so we're all at this age
where like we're kind of crammed in there. So we
have done this every now and then, especially on like
long stays, my wife and I will get a hotel
room in town.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
That's what I was thinking you should do. This is
like one night. But I'm just sitting there thinking about this.
How many nights are you going to be there? This time?
Just one? Oh, it is just one night.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Just one, but oh yeah, and in the past it's
been like multiple days when and that's when we get
get the hotel.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
I still think you should get the hotel. I think
it needs just going forward is just a given. Because
here's the thing. I don't want to offend them or anything. Well,
first of all, they're listening. We've just solved it. You're
not going anywhere for Thanksgiving. But seriously, you're in laws.
I have met them and they are lovely people there,
but at the end of the day, the in laws
just want to hang with the grandkids. Anyway, Sure, here's
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what I would do. Let the girls stay in that
guest bedroom, or one in the guest bedroom and one
in this converted office, and then you and Randy go
to a hotel, or both girls stay in the bedroom
and you go to the hotel. I think I already
said that. Yeah, so I would say either way, you
and Randy going forward, just go to the hotel and
just tell them, guys, we're cramped in here. We'll come
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over first thing in the morning, we'll leave, We'll spend
the whole day with you, will leave late at night.
It'll be as if we're there. We're just not yes,
and you and Randy need your own space anyway. It's
the holidays, sure, so you know, I like I just
I feel bad. I don't know to take offence to
any of it, but I also want to get a
good night. Step. This is not an offense sort of situation.
(20:47):
You're not offending them in any way. Again, just keep
telling yourself. They want to spend time with the with
the girls, right, Not that they don't love you and Randy.
They do, but they want to be with a girl.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
They will also be taking care of our dogs, but
that's a that's question, that's a whole.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
Bots on them, and they should No, I'm just kidding.
I'm totally kidding. That's what I would do. But if
anybody feels any different way or has any different ideas,
I'm sure you're open to taking calls from people.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Is there is there a different kind of solution or
should I just suck it up? Yeah, that's the that's
really want to know, Like, I know what I want
to do, get what I'm leaning towards. But do I
just need to be like ads a night?
Speaker 2 (21:23):
You got to get the hotel. Let's see what people think.
Eight seven seven nine eight one nine eight one. Send
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Yes, it's going to be great. We'll start it at
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The Morning Breeze.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
The Morning Breeze on demand music from Toto at six
twenty one. Here on ninety eight point one The Breeze.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
You've got the Morning Breeze with Carolyn and Court And
as we do every weekday morning, at this time, it's
time for the Morning Breeze Brain Teas sponsored by Mike
Council Plumbing. You're in clean hands with Mike Council Plumbing.
Visit them at mc plumbing dot com. Today's question fifteen
percent of us say, when you buy this for the
first time, you can consider yourself an adult. All right,
(00:31):
let's see what you think. Eight seven seven nine eight
one oh nine eight one is how you reach us
with your guesses.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Let's see how sharp you are on a Friday morning
before long holiday week. Reggie in Berkeley, Good morning. What
is your guess?
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Maybe a television?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
A television? Oh, that's always a big first purchase.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Yeah, I think I was like twenty one, twenty two
when I bought my first TV for me.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
How old were you? Reggie was twenty also? Oh okay, yeah, yeah,
kind of an adult thing to do.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Otherwise you're just borrowing your parents, right, Yeah, it's.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
A great guess. It's not the correct one though. Okay,
all right, Reggie, have a great day, Happy Friday. Okay,
thank you, okay, kay in pleasant in good morning. What's
your guest for the brain Teeth today?
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Fuel for your car?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Fuel for your car? Oh, when you first gas up
your car, you go to the gas station by yourself,
or at the day you had somebody fill up the
car for you. Sure. Remember when you go to a
few gas station and it was full service or self serve, Yep,
you'd go fill her up, Yeah, fill her up with unletted. Yeah,
if that were the case. Because I started filling up
(01:45):
my own I had to pay for my own gas
as a kid. I was an adult apparently at fifteen
years old. Sixteen years old, Yeah, remember that was so much.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
My daughters have this scam going on where they like
to have me borrow their car. They're like, Dad, could
you drive my car just to make sure everything's running okay?
And I'm like sure, And then I'll go running it
around block and I'll be like, oh the gas is low,
I better fill it up that Wow. What a racket,
And they have me figure it out. Pretty gas is
a great guess, but it's not the correct answer.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Okay. Fifteen percent of us say, when you buy insurance
for the first time, you consider yourself an adult. Oh whoa, sure,
it's an adult thing to do. It is such an
adult thing to do. That's the one bill adult thing.
It sure is.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Okay, And whether it's car insurance or health insurance whatever,
you're like, why am I paying for this?
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
All, have a great day you too, Take care okay,
all right, take care bye. We also heard from David
who listens to us, and Hollister, who threw out your
first alcohol purchase.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Oh yeah, makes you feel like an adult when you
can buy alcohol and you are you're an adult.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
And you hope when you walk into that seven to eleven
and you get that bottle Boonz Farm off the bottom shelf.
You don't even know what this is because you don't drink.
It's like rock gut. Okay, it's terrible. It's like six dollars.
But you walk in and you're like, I hope they
carved me because I'm an adult now, right. So I
think David's guest was good too. That's pretty pretty great
(03:18):
guest as well. But that was fun morning Bruce brain
tease every weekday morning at six twenty, we invite you
to join us play long and be sure to join
us this morning at seven forty. Once again, it's another
chance for you to pick up that fun four pack
of tickets to the Alameda County Fair. Yeah. They've got
a Black Friday Cyber Monday sale that's coming up real soon,
So we want to make sure you're locked in for
(03:39):
next summer with four tickets to the Alameda County Fair.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Again.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Yeah, we'll do that at seven forty this morning, here
on the Breeze, the Breeze six forty one, Cyndy Lauper
on the Morning Breeze with Carolyn and Court. Happy Friday
morning too, Thank you for being here. It is time
for ask us anything. We do it every weekday morning
at six forty, and it is a chance for you
to ask us anything that is on your mind at all,
(04:03):
no matter how big or small. Oh, I sound like
doctor Sells. Bring us your questions, an and Fish to Fish, Redfish, Bluefish,
Bring us your questions at eight seven, seven, nine, nine eight. One.
Of course, as we always say, you can send them
to us with our free iHeartRadio app using that talkback mic. Yeah,
or you can do what phil Did in San Pablo,
(04:24):
who sent us.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
A message through Instagram. Oh okay, says hey, Carolyn in Court.
Love the show with Thanksgiving next week.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I'm curious to know. Do you have any favorite Thanksgiving traditions?
Oh okay, very appropriate. Well, we're not going to have
the same tradition. I can guarantee that what is your
family tradition?
Speaker 1 (04:44):
The one that comes to mind instantly is one that
my youngest daughter, Sloane invented about seven years ago, where
she realized that she loves Secret Santa or the show
White Elephant Gifting, and she's like, well, why don't we
do this around Thanksgiving? And we're like, well, it's just
not a thing you do for Thanksgiving. So she came
(05:05):
up with the thing. It's called Secret Turkey.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Is this Sloan's angle to get a gift? Every time
you tell me a story about Sloan, there is an
angle for her to benefit And I thought, I'm not
going to say it, and as you started talking, I'm like,
it's this sounds like an angle for a prize.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Exactly what it is, and we have kept it going
every single year. It's actually really cute wherever we go
if we show up for Thanksgiving. We are doing secret
Turkey because Sloane, once again, it's a gift and it's
it's not great, it's a ten like ten dollars is
the max. Sure, and cute, it's super cute and everybody
loves doing it.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
So yeah, so we got secret Turkey happening next week.
That's really cute. Okay, we definitely don't have the same.
Two things. For me. Number one, I grew up and
still am a huge fan of Snoopy, Charles Schultz, so
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Oh sure, I mean I'm single, and
I will watch it by myself every year before Thanksgiving,
usually the night before I will put it on and
(06:02):
watch it or find it on TV. Number one, but
number two a tradition that my family has had. And
this isn't even a tradition. Nobody talks about this. It
just happened for years. And unfortunately now with my mom
with her situation with dementia and she's living in a
senior community, Yep, our Thanksgivings don't look the same. But
for many years, my mom was the person that brought
(06:23):
the pies to Thanksgiving. My mom, we'd go to my
brother John's house, My mom would show up every year
with the pies and there would be slices missing already,
and it became like one year I just posted it
on social media. I was like, does this happen to
anybody else? Because my mom would like her own pies
so much that she'd want to keep some for herself.
(06:45):
So she would cut pizzas out and then bring the
pie and she'd choke these pies and we'd be like, Mom,
great move, smart move. I've done that with pizzas.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
If I've gotten and picked up a pizza, you come home,
I'll eat a slice and then I'll try to push
it back together.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Yeah, that's weird. My mom didn't even try. She's like,
here's the pies, and we're like, okay, so you got
a piece of pecan and a piece of pumpkin at home.
We see. Good for your mom. That's awesome. So Phil,
thank you for that question. That was a nice trip
down memory lane. If you have a family tradition for
Thanksgiving you want to share with us, we'd love to
hear from you this morning. That's always a really fun conversation.
We're at eight seven seven nine eight one oh nine
(07:21):
eight one. You can send it to us through social
media as well, if that's easier for you to do
so it Phil did yep, and be sure to join
us this morning at seven forty.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Can't remind you enough about this, your chance to win
tickets to the Alameda County Fair. It had t happening
in June and July of next year.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I walked out the front door this morning and it
was so cold. Yeah, like, oh my gosh, winter is
for sure coming. And then I thought about the fact
that we're giving away these Alameda County Fair tickets, and
I got excited because it's like we can look forward
to summer already thanks to everybody at the Alameda County Fair.
So be here about an hour from now seven forty
your chance to win those tickets on the Breeze.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Kim Carnes at seven oh four Here on ninety eight
point one the Breeze. It's the Morning Breeze with Carolyn
and Court and as we do every Friday morning at
this time, it's time to announce our latest Morning Breeze
Person of the Week, which again is a celebration of
somebody great in the Bay Area.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Doing good things. As you mentioned a minute ago, we
are talking to co workers today. For this week's Morning
Breeze Person of the Week, it's Stacy, who nominated her
co worker Megan. So we've got Stacy on the phone first.
Tell us all about Megan and why you nominated her.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Well, I met her when we started working at Stanford
your surgery in Santa Cruz. Okay, my husband and I
moved from sending Us to Santa Cruz. And she's just
been awesome to us and accepted us, and she's just
an amazing person with the patients, with everyone.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
So do you work together now? You both work at
Stanford here. Oh yeah, okay, okay, in neurosurgery. Wow. And
how long?
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (08:50):
How long have you been working together?
Speaker 3 (08:53):
Right, we've been working together for eight months, but she's
been here for fourteen years.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Okay, that's pretty incredible that you have only worked with
her for eight months and you're already recognizing how Yeah,
she's just.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
An amazing person with everyone, with her family, especially her kids,
and with patients. She goes above and beyond for them.
Patients are nervous for surgery, so she's always there for them,
taking all the cause and assuring them and everything's going
to be Okay.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Wow, Yeah, it makes a big difference. Huh.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Yes, she has a lot of empathy towards patients.
Speaker 1 (09:29):
It sounds like she's the perfect person for what she does,
Like she's the exact type of person you want when
you're going in for these medical procedures.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Yes, are you at work right now?
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Yes? I am.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Do you know if she's there?
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Yes, she's here.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Okay, So if we called her, do you think you
could get her to pick up. Yeah, we're gonna put
you on hold. Don't tell her it's calling, and we're
going to call her right now. Okay, Okay, you're back.
Are you being on hold music? Yeah? Okay, it's the
lady you twist to the person of the week. Hello, Hi,
(10:05):
is this Meghan? This is she Megan. It's Carolyn and
Court from ninety eight point one of the Breeze. We
also have Stacy with us on a thought. Oh bye, okay,
So Stacy, you tell Megan why we're calling.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
Because I put in your names because you're an amazing
person and I wanted to recognize you as being like
the most wonderful person and you always think of everyone
before taking care of yourself. Oh you're so sweet. Thank you, Stacey.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
So in case you didn't know, Meghan, we do a
thing here on the Morning Breeze. It's called the Morning
Breeze Person of the Week where we recognize people in
the Bay Area who are just going above and beyond
serving their communities, just really great at their job. And
Stacy wrote to us and basically said, even though she's
only known you a short amount of time, you've just
made such an impact on her and she wanted you
(10:59):
to be recognized.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Oh. I don't even know what to say. Thank you.
My husband and I moved here to Santa Cruz. He's
just stand there for us and just making sure everything's
okay and everything's good with us.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Well, you guys are awesome. You're good humans. You're like
a special person at work and outside of work as well.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Oh it is.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
And what we do for our Morning Breeze Person of
the Week every week is we award them brunch for
two on a city cruises boat. So, oh my god,
you're going to jop on a city cruises boat and
you and a guest, you're gonna go out on a
Sunday morning, enjoy brunch, take a morning off to just
take care of yourself for once since you're so busy
taking care of everybody else. Wow, that's freaking awesome. It
(11:46):
is pretty freaking awesome. We're happy to do it for you,
and we thank you for all you do to make
everybody else's world for air place.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Thank you so much for Colleen.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Well, Stacey, this wouldn't have happened without you being so
thoughtful and for reaching out to us and telling us
about Megan. And when we saw the nomination, we're like,
we have to call her right away. So thank you. Yeah,
how sweet.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
You guys are awesome.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Thank you so much. This is one hundred percent Stacy.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Yep, I'm gonna go give her a big hug right now.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
I love you, Stacey. You're so sweet.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
You guys are great. We'll have a good day and
enjoy your weekend. And happy Thanksgiving to both of you.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Yes, happy holidays.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Okay, bye girls, bye bye, by bye.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
And if you have somebody in your life that's like
a Megan, or even if you're you're like a Stacy, right,
sounds like Stacy should be nominated as well, No kidding,
get those nominations into US ninety eight one The Breeze
dot Com for the next Morning Breeze person of the
week that is foreigner. I want to know what love
is Morning Breeze. Carolyn and Port seven twenty seven, Good morning,
(12:52):
Happy Friday morning to you. Thank you for being here
every weekday morning at this time. Thanks to our friends
at the San Francisco Symphony, we bring you the more
you know.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
So, as I just mentioned, if you've ever wondered to yourself,
does decorating early for the holidays actually make you feel happier?
Because oftentimes that's what you hear people say. It's just like, hey,
I just wanted I wanted more light in the house,
holiday spirit. I want the holiday spirit or the lights
on the tree. It makes me happy.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Yeah, And I've always thought this is a to each
his and her own, which it is. I don't know
the answer to this, but I'm guessing that it's whatever
works for you.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
But science has an answer to this. Okay, If it
does in fact actually make you happier, the answer is yes.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
It does. Okay, is that it Welcome to working with Court.
I do have the reasons why. Okay. It obviously evokes positive.
Speaker 1 (13:50):
Of memories and emotions when you put up that tree
and you're looking at the decorations you've collected over the years.
Speaker 2 (13:55):
There's a lot of memories that come for that. It
reduced the stress, believe it or not. Yep.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
And the biggest thing in the scientific portion is that
it leads to dopamine boosts in the body. Okay, it's
all about that dopamine.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Have you ever walked into somebody's house where they've got
their Christmas tree all decorated and they've got like part
of the beauty of Christmas is, like you said, the memories,
right of course, And you know, each person has their
Christmas tree and they've got these ornaments that some of
them go back decades and you open that box to
get those ornaments out, and you're like, this is the
(14:30):
ornament that my grandmother needle pointed back in nineteen seventy whatever.
But then when you go to someone else's house and
they've got those ornaments on their tree. Have you ever
been with that friend who's like, oh, let me tell
you about these ornaments and you have to sit through.
They don't have the same nostalgia, right, and you're you're
really so happy for them, but you get to hear
(14:52):
the story of every ornament.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
But this extends not just to the smith's tree or
whatever you might be decorating, whether it's for Hankah or Kwanza,
whatever you're putting up, it's just gonna bring these memories
of I don't time's gone by that are great.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
I can't believe I'm about to say this statement on
the air because I do not enjoy when court says this.
But I am not here to yuck anybody's yum. Are
you happy? I finally you've embraced it. I know, but
I said it. I'm not here to yuck anybody's yum.
I think that it brings me joy though when my
friends are like, hey, this is my grandmother's ornament from
(15:33):
because I see how happy it makes them. So I'm
not trying to say like that's a bad thing when
that happens. But so basically what.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
You're saying is, don't try to show Carolyn anything. If
it means something to you, it probably won't mean anything
to Carol.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
No. Well, I mean, honestly, I guess for all of us,
I'm just speaking for the people, but you are. Yeah, yeah,
So I do love this.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
Put up that tree this weekend and then don't feel
bad about it.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
I put holiday lights up around my mantle the other day.
That's cool.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
Step one and I love it. That's probably where you're
It's probably where you're gonna end it too, right.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Yep, you get it, Court, all right, we're at eight
seven seven nine eight one oh nine eight one. It's
the more, you know, we do it every weekday.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Morning.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
It's seven twenty five here on the breeze, and.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
A reminder coming up next here on the morning breeze,
seven forty, it's another chance to win a four pack
of tickets to the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
Yeah, be thinking about those warmer days ahead June and
July of next year. You can lock in those four tickets.
You got them ready to go for when the fair
is here. So be here at seven forty your chance
to win on the breeze. It's the morning breeze. It's
Carolyn and Court. Congratulations, you did it. You just won
four tickets to the Alameda County Fair.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Yeah, I'm excited.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
We are very excited for you. What are you doing
right now? I'm worthy, Oh I'm driving. You don't try
you're driving a dump truck in trying to win fair tickets.
What a day. I love this. I just dropped off
one load. Girl. Welcome to the Morning Breeze. Who is this.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
By the way, Acy mcknott, Well, congratulations, You've got yourself
a fun four pack of tickets to the twenty twenty
six Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton. Don't miss their Black
Friday Cyber Monday sale. Get the biggest deal on admission tickets,
carnival rides and more at Alameda Countyfair dot com. The
sale ends December second at midnight, but you don't have
(17:34):
to worry about that because you have won that lot.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Be safe out there, Stacy, get back to drive in
there you go. I will all right bye, It's maroon
five eighth nine. Good morning. It is the Morning Breeze
with Carolyn and Court. And I will just say before
we get into this, you said that you've got something
going on with the holidays coming up. Kind of a conundrum.
Was the word that you used with your in laws?
(17:58):
You need my advice, But I want to open this
up to everybody because I wouldn't say that my advice
is always. You're my Carolyn, You're my ann Landers, You're
you're my dear Abby, dear Abbey. All right, So what
is going on with your in laws? First of all,
do they listen to show? They may they may not.
(18:18):
Makes it a little bit more awkward, but go ahead, court, Hey,
that's on them, not me. That's true. So, as you
know I am.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
We're going to my wife's family for Thanksgiving next week,
quick trip, and we're going to be staying with my
in laws. They've got they're in the house my wife
grew up in. Yeah, it's a modest little house, three bedrooms,
and so but there's four of us in our family.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
There's my wife, my two daughters.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
And so it's a little tricky when it comes to
where do we all stay because they've converted one of
the bedrooms.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
Into an office.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Okay, so they've got a dedicated guest room. There's the
office that's got a small little pull out, and when
the girls were younger, not an issue. They could sleep
in that poll out, no problem. But my adults, my
youngest is seventeen. Yeah, she's like full sized.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
Kid and like a full sized candy bar. But I can't.
And then quinn is.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
Quinn is twenty. Yeah, so we're all at this age
where like we're kind of crammed in there. So we
have done this every now and then, especially on like
long stays, my wife and I will get a hotel
room in town.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
That's what I was thinking you should do. This is
like one night. But I'm just sitting there thinking about this.
How many nights are you going to be there? This time?
Just one? Oh, it is just one night.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Just one, but oh yeah, and in the past it's
been like multiple days when and that's when we get
get the hotel.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
I still think you should get the hotel. I think
it needs just going forward is just a given. Because
here's the thing. I don't want to offend them or anything. Well,
first of all, they're listening. We've just solved it. You're
not going anywhere for Thanksgiving. But seriously, you're in laws.
I have met them and they are lovely people there,
but at the end of the day, the in laws
just want to hang with the grandkids. Anyway, Sure, here's
(20:03):
what I would do. Let the girls stay in that
guest bedroom, or one in the guest bedroom and one
in this converted office, and then you and Randy go
to a hotel, or both girls stay in the bedroom
and you go to the hotel. I think I already
said that. Yeah, so I would say either way, you
and Randy going forward, just go to the hotel and
just tell them, guys, we're cramped in here. We'll come
(20:26):
over first thing in the morning, we'll leave, We'll spend
the whole day with you, will leave late at night.
It'll be as if we're there. We're just not yes,
and you and Randy need your own space anyway. It's
the holidays, sure, so you know, I like I just
I feel bad. I don't know to take offence to
any of it, but I also want to get a
good night. Step. This is not an offense sort of situation.
(20:47):
You're not offending them in any way. Again, just keep
telling yourself. They want to spend time with the with
the girls, right, Not that they don't love you and Randy.
They do, but they want to be with a girl.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
They will also be taking care of our dogs, but
that's a that's question, that's a whole.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
Bots on them, and they should No, I'm just kidding.
I'm totally kidding. That's what I would do. But if
anybody feels any different way or has any different ideas,
I'm sure you're open to taking calls from people.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Is there is there a different kind of solution or
should I just suck it up? Yeah, that's the that's
really want to know, Like, I know what I want
to do, get what I'm leaning towards. But do I
just need to be like ads a night?
Speaker 2 (21:23):
You got to get the hotel. Let's see what people think.
Eight seven seven nine eight one nine eight one. Send
us your advice or us court your advice with our
iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
Using that talk back mic, and be sure to join
us later this hour eight fifty as we go commercial free,
ninety eight minutes of NonStop, commercial free, relaxing favorites.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Yes, it's going to be great. We'll start it at
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