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Speaker 1:
[00:00] Your hair looks so pretty. Good morning.

Speaker 2:
[00:02] Well, thank you. It's really... Good morning, everybody. My hair is actually light from being in the sun these last couple of weekends down in Florida. It just bleaches right out. Looks great.

Speaker 1:
[00:16] It looks so good.

Speaker 2:
[00:17] Thank you. Does yours do that?

Speaker 1:
[00:20] It does. It does get... It like, yeah, it definitely changes colors because I'm leaving for LA in a few days, so I'll be hiking in the morning. But the sun doesn't really come out in the morning. It's, you know, it always has that like haze to it, but...

Speaker 2:
[00:35] Oh, yeah, yeah. It burns off.

Speaker 1:
[00:37] Oh, my gosh. So I played pickleball this morning and one of my favorite... One of my favorite ladies is Kaylee, and she is hearing impaired. And so I, Lindsay and I were going to take a class to learn more sign language. So it's just for just to be more respectful. She reads lips like...

Speaker 2:
[01:00] Do I know her?

Speaker 1:
[01:03] Probably because she's with us a lot. Oh, she's not... She's on spring break because she teaches at the School for the Deaf. So she doesn't play during the day typically. But so Lindsay and I, my dear friend who I adore...

Speaker 2:
[01:17] I love it. I love Lindsay. I love her.

Speaker 1:
[01:20] So I said, would you like to take a class with me? And she goes, I would love it. So we were going to take a class at CCAC. It is two nights a week for like eight weeks, three hours. And I'm like, I can't come. And she's like, me neither. So I download an app.

Speaker 2:
[01:40] Oh, there you go.

Speaker 1:
[01:42] But she's teaching us things. So today she taught us. What comes around, goes around. Oh, I love that one. But what comes around, goes around. So I'm going to use that. And then bullsh-t.

Speaker 2:
[01:58] I love. Love it.

Speaker 1:
[02:00] It's so easy. Nice shot. Like nice shot. I'm learning a lot.

Speaker 2:
[02:07] Nice shot. Nice. Yeah, that's a good one. Nice shot. I love that. What's her name again? Kaylee. Kaylee. There's a girl I played with in Monroeville last summer outdoors. Michelle was her name. Really good. Really, like really good. And like she's, I don't know if she's a 100 percent nonverbal, but everything was signed. Like she would, her mouth would move, but nothing came out. So I don't know if she just didn't, you know, we couldn't understand the sounds. But did she, she taught me how you don't count. One, two, three, four, five. It's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Yep. That's it. Ten.

Speaker 1:
[03:04] Yep. Yep.

Speaker 2:
[03:05] And I thought that was so interesting.

Speaker 1:
[03:07] And she's, I said, every time we're together, we need to learn more words. But she was teaching us bad words too.

Speaker 2:
[03:14] And that's what the territory when you're playing pickleball.

Speaker 1:
[03:18] And her husband's like, I said, she's teaching us bad words. And we were showing him and he was laughing so hard.

Speaker 2:
[03:24] That's so cute. Well, that's so great that she can get out and play. I mean, of course she can. But that her friends and peers who play with her want to learn. That's wonderful that you want to learn more. You don't need a college course. You need someone like, you need not a translator, but just someone like she is doing.

Speaker 1:
[03:47] And I ask her all the time and I'm trying to repeat stuff. Well, and I've been faced up on YouTube. I've been watching this lady. It's really hard for me to maintain things. So I'm going to do like little things at a time, but she's just, she's really, a really, really good player.

Speaker 2:
[04:04] Like, I mean, she's awesome.

Speaker 1:
[04:08] She's very athletic. I found out today she has three girl or three kids. I think a 14, 11 and eight year old.

Speaker 2:
[04:17] But oh, that's wonderful.

Speaker 1:
[04:19] That's good for her.

Speaker 2:
[04:21] I wonder why if she was born that way.

Speaker 1:
[04:24] Sometimes I don't know, but I love when she screams because she'll scream and I laugh so hard when she gets mad. She says a few words. So I don't know. I just think she's just, I think she must be a teacher. I wanted to ask her if she's a teacher, but she's really cool.

Speaker 2:
[04:41] I wonder if that something like that is hereditary.

Speaker 1:
[04:47] I don't know. But you know, Maddie's friend in the movie, Millie, she is, you know, no, tell me I don't know. Yeah. So the one girl that's in the movie with Maddie, she has to, you know, she's hearing impaired. She does sign language and all the girls learn sign language. It's so cool.

Speaker 2:
[05:06] Does she speak in the movie?

Speaker 1:
[05:09] No, she's deaf. She's, I don't know if that's, you know, she's hearing impaired. I don't know if you're allowed to say deaf. Are you allowed to say that?

Speaker 2:
[05:16] Well, I think so. Usually people who are deaf can't speak because they never learned, they never heard it. So they don't know how. Like there's a, they go hand in hand.

Speaker 1:
[05:29] Yeah. She was in The Quiet Place, the movie. She's beautiful. She is, she's like a little, you would call her, I know what you would call her if you met her.

Speaker 2:
[05:39] What time?

Speaker 1:
[05:40] Angel face.

Speaker 2:
[05:42] Oh, she's an angel face.

Speaker 1:
[05:43] Yeah. She just has the beautiful porcelain skin. Oh, I love it. Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[05:49] That's great. And the movie is kicking ass. It is.

Speaker 1:
[05:52] It's been great.

Speaker 2:
[05:53] That's so awesome. How exciting.

Speaker 1:
[05:55] So yeah, but so we're not Kelly's not here.

Speaker 2:
[05:58] She's traveling and oh my gosh, we forgot to tell everybody Kelly. Jill, are you missing something?

Speaker 1:
[06:07] Jill, tell them everybody what you're doing on Sunday.

Speaker 2:
[06:09] Well, oh, okay. You know, I've been traveling so much and I apologize for missing last week to everybody. It's really, it's difficult when you're traveling, you know, Ubers and taxis and airplanes. It's not like I was in my car drive. I just, there was just no way to get on to see my people. So I apologize. But every weekend, Melissa, for the last two months, I've been away. Can you believe that?

Speaker 1:
[06:40] Well, you have a baby now too.

Speaker 2:
[06:41] So, you know, but that was even in between. Yeah. But anyway, I do have a baby now. I like that sounds good.

Speaker 1:
[06:50] I like how you put it. Of course.

Speaker 2:
[06:53] So we're headed, a couple of us from our Pickleball Harbor are headed to Nationals, Pickleball Nationals. It's a tournament down in Naples, Florida.

Speaker 1:
[07:04] What's it called?

Speaker 2:
[07:06] It is called, I think it's called USA. I'll look it up.

Speaker 1:
[07:13] That's fine. I'm just curious.

Speaker 2:
[07:14] I will. You're right. I should know because I wasn't going to go. We planned this months ago. My husband planned it months ago. And I said, no, honey, Riley will be having her baby and she might need me. And I don't want to plan anything. So anyway, it just turned out that I'm going to go for one event because it worked out. But I did have to register six weeks ago. And it's all lottery.

Speaker 1:
[07:42] I know that's what Carol said.

Speaker 2:
[07:44] It's all lottery. He said, just sign up and then if we get in, we'll go. If we don't, we won't. So I signed up. He and his doubles partner, his men's doubles got in. And I didn't with him or with my ladies double. I'm like, great. That's the way it was supposed to be. I'm not supposed to go. You go without me. And he didn't want to go without me. And then a week later, he doesn't like to travel alone. He's, you know, like that needs a little. We all need that though. It's okay. Little needy. And then a week after that, this was about five weeks ago, over a month ago, he got an email that said a position opened up. Do we want it? So he's like, you can come with me. So let's go play. So I'll be there for four days. I play one event. He's playing two events. And, you know, so travel in, play 13th, play 14th. Or I think it's 14th, 15th, come home the 16th.

Speaker 1:
[08:44] Okay, got it.

Speaker 2:
[08:45] I'll be home on Thursday next week.

Speaker 1:
[08:48] So do you know that Andre Agassi is playing against Anna? Do you know that? On the April 15th at 7 o'clock at ESPN. So I'm watching.

Speaker 2:
[08:58] Well, that must be the Nationals then. If it's April, if it's the 15th.

Speaker 1:
[09:03] Well, they're doing it live on ESPN.

Speaker 2:
[09:06] That's okay. All the pros go. It's Nationals.

Speaker 1:
[09:09] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[09:10] I mean, it sounds crazy. Yeah, we've seen. Because remember, we were in San Diego in November this past year. And we saw a lot of the pros. Agassi wasn't there because it was a different...

Speaker 1:
[09:24] Agassi and Anna.

Speaker 2:
[09:29] I really want to see her. I think. Yeah, we'll be there on the 15th. That's Erno's doubles.

Speaker 1:
[09:36] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[09:37] Oh my God.

Speaker 1:
[09:37] That would be amazing. I would love to see that. Oh no, they're going to be in Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida. Don't even know where Hollywood, Florida is.

Speaker 2:
[09:50] That's interesting. Well, it's not far from Sarasota. It's not far. We're going to Naples, but it's not far.

Speaker 1:
[09:58] Yeah. So it's, I think it's so cool. It says the event marks the fourth edition of Pickleball Slam, returning to the Florida venue for a high-stakes showdown between tennis legends and professional pickleball stars. So I think it's a whole bunch. It must be so much fun.

Speaker 2:
[10:15] That sounds really fun. That's more of a specialty. That's not like a national, you know, if they have all the tennis pros.

Speaker 1:
[10:22] I think it's really cool because Andre Agassi, I think I told you this, he said, after you're like 50 plus, you don't normally make more friends, but pickleball makes you make new friends.

Speaker 2:
[10:33] Yes. Yeah. Well, this morning, I didn't get to play pickleball here. Oh, it's called the US. Minto National Championships. Oh, M-I-N-T-O. I don't know. US. Minto National Championships. I don't know. Listen, people don't ask me how we do because I'm sure it's not going to be great. I didn't even want to go, but it will be fun to be around everybody and watching really good play. And they have to all the levels.

Speaker 1:
[11:01] You'll do so. Oh my God. You're going to be crazy. I wish I could go cheer you on.

Speaker 2:
[11:06] I wish you could. You can.

Speaker 1:
[11:08] Well, I'm going to LA., so.

Speaker 2:
[11:11] Oh, okay.

Speaker 1:
[11:12] Yeah. I'm leaving on Thursday.

Speaker 2:
[11:14] Good girl.

Speaker 1:
[11:15] I'm going to organize.

Speaker 2:
[11:17] Oh yeah. Well, I'll be to Kenzie's new place.

Speaker 1:
[11:22] Then I'm going to help Kent and Maddie go through her clothes, too. And she's just like overwhelmed. And I love doing that. So yeah, I enjoy it.

Speaker 2:
[11:31] Can you come to my house? I'm always overwhelmed.

Speaker 1:
[11:34] So you should see what I did yesterday. I emptied out everything in my bathroom.

Speaker 2:
[11:41] Good girl. Wait, your master bath.

Speaker 1:
[11:45] Yep. I have so much product, Jill. My product is coming out of my ears. So I pulled everything down, wiped everything down, organized. I even organized my shower. I put like, I have four shampoos. Why do I have all this? But I got rid of stuff.

Speaker 2:
[12:01] Good girl.

Speaker 1:
[12:02] There was some scrubby things that were moldy, believe it or not.

Speaker 2:
[12:07] I believe, well, it just means they don't dry. They stay wet. And then, you know, because you shower every day or every, you know, whatever.

Speaker 1:
[12:14] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[12:15] It's not that you're dirty people. We know that.

Speaker 1:
[12:17] No, it's just from the mall. And then I just organized that I, I organized my sport closet. I call it my sport closet. It's like all my t-shirts, my pickleball and my golf and my pilates.

Speaker 2:
[12:32] I love that you have a sport closet. I'm jealous.

Speaker 1:
[12:34] That's Maddie's closet. Turned it to my closet. I mean, even my drawers, I have the socks that I wear for sports.

Speaker 2:
[12:41] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[12:42] Underneath that, my leggings. Underneath that, my shorts that are biker shorts.

Speaker 2:
[12:47] Yeah. Yeah, I love it. It feels really good to be organized like that. And this is not a good exception. So don't go by me, you guys. But I always say to Erno, to anybody, like, oh, I'd be so organized if I had a really big closet. Not really the case. You can still organize. I don't, but I should.

Speaker 1:
[13:14] I could organize, like, I can organize in a small space because I have. And I mean, I'm just lucky. And I literally went through and got rid of a lot of things that had dust on the shoulders. I'm going to continue to do so. And I, you know, I gave bags to Krista. Um, and of course, she has an event. She has an event.

Speaker 3:
[13:40] Wow.

Speaker 1:
[13:42] She lays them out.

Speaker 2:
[13:43] She gets. That's really nice. Yeah. She. Yeah. I've given her lots of stuff and, and it goes to really good use at the, at her church.

Speaker 1:
[13:55] Yeah. And it's so nice. And I want to tell whoever, apparently someone said something rude about us talking about homeless people. And first of all, I never blow my, I never toot my own horn. If you guys only knew all the service work I do, and I don't ask for accolades, I don't care. I said, Oh, I just hand them 20s because first of all, I don't normally have cash on me. I used to keep dollar bills in my, but I don't anymore. But if I see a family that needs something, I'll hand them a 20 because if that's all I have.

Speaker 3:
[14:28] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[14:28] I'm not bragging. That's just nice. What's wrong with that?

Speaker 1:
[14:32] Well, apparently someone said something that we're ignorant to homeless people. And I'm like, first of all, I'm not. And I've been, as you know, Jill, you know everything I do. I don't go on there and say, Oh, I did this today, this today, this day, because it's about a big heart.

Speaker 2:
[14:49] You feel sorry for them in your heart, whether they want you to or not. It's who you are. So you will give, you'd give the shirt off your back.

Speaker 1:
[14:58] Uh-huh, I would. And I don't need people to give me accolades.

Speaker 2:
[15:04] Yeah, right. I don't know. Well, I think ultimately, unfortunately, homelessness is a mental illness. I mean, there are a lot of them. Now, I know there are families who lose their home and that's different. But when you see a single person, unfortunately, it is very sad.

Speaker 1:
[15:26] I mean, there's a sweet man that lives near my place in LA, and he definitely has mental illness, but he's so nice. Like, I could feel the vibe. And when I go up and give him dog bones for his dog, he's like, oh my gosh, I thank you so much. My dog will love this. And he's really nice. He definitely has mental problems. But there's a lot of families, Jill, like in LA. And, you know, we used to service them when we went to Compton. But I'm not, I've been a friend. Yeah, but I don't care. I do not say I did this because...

Speaker 2:
[16:02] Listen, if we let every negative comment get to us, we, you know, we wouldn't be here.

Speaker 1:
[16:09] No, I'd be in a little ball in the corner. So, I mean, it's just part of the course.

Speaker 2:
[16:13] Hey, what jacket is that?

Speaker 1:
[16:15] This is the jacket you have that I bought.

Speaker 2:
[16:18] Oh, it's so cute. Oh, my God, it's so cute on you.

Speaker 1:
[16:22] But I got it on sale because they were hardly any left. So, this is an extra small. I was lucky that they had it.

Speaker 2:
[16:31] It's darling. It's probably last year's color. Maybe that's why it's on sale, but who cares? Pink is pink.

Speaker 1:
[16:38] So, wait, you want to hear this? I wanted to get a new pair of sneakers. Greg and I had to go to Sam's Club, and we were right by...

Speaker 2:
[16:47] Oh, going, going, going, gone. Going, going, going, gone.

Speaker 1:
[16:49] Going, going, gone. I said, can I just run in there real quick? Because there was a pair of sneakers. I wanted to see if they had, and they did. They had them. It was what Anna Lee wears. Okay, they're Nikes. Oh, you probably will do well with them because your feet are different than mine. They were like $65, and then you take them to the register, and then they are whatever. I put them on, they weren't enough support for me because I have my bad ankle.

Speaker 2:
[17:16] You know, I wear inserts.

Speaker 1:
[17:18] I should get them.

Speaker 2:
[17:19] I ordered inserts online. Just on, I really like my inserts. But anyway, go ahead.

Speaker 1:
[17:24] Sorry. So I love my New Balance. They're called New Balance Coco, and they're for Pickleball, and they're higher on the side. And guess what? They had, they, the ones I want are $125. I didn't buy them because I don't need them. Okay? But they had them there. They were $65. I took them to the register. They were $45.

Speaker 2:
[17:54] $45.

Speaker 1:
[17:55] That's great. That's a great...

Speaker 2:
[17:56] They're online.

Speaker 1:
[17:57] Yeah. They're online for $125.

Speaker 2:
[18:01] You did good. You should go get an extra pair. Don't your feet, your tennies wear out much quicker on the Pickleball court, so you need a court shoe.

Speaker 1:
[18:10] I have, so they're all Pickleball. I have three pairs that I'm going to like rotate. Oh, no, four. Sorry.

Speaker 2:
[18:16] I'm rotating four pairs. That's smart. Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[18:18] I match my outfit.

Speaker 2:
[18:20] Yeah, of course. But the important thing is they'll wear out like your left sole or your left heel. They wear out differently. Each foot is different from if you're left handed or right handed or drag your feet. It's so funny. I wear out the same spot on each shoe differently.

Speaker 1:
[18:43] Off to another subject. I just have to tell you how frustrated I am with the American health system. I am trying to make an appointment. I was on the phone for two hours the other day. No appointment. I was on today. The woman that I called, she was so rude to me. She actually hung up on me.

Speaker 2:
[19:03] Wait, wait. Appointment where? And is this not your primary care physician or who are you dealing with?

Speaker 1:
[19:11] No, my primary is lovely. They are like so nice. So I'm trying to get in with this Helena doctor. She's a menopause specialist. So I called the other day and the girl was very nice, young girl. She said, I can get you in in May. And I was like, oh, I don't want to wait that long. I said, I'll call you right back. I called today this woman. She just was like, she was a nurse. She goes, I don't have anything till September. And I'm like, I said September. I said, but I'm having so many issues. She goes, too bad, so sad. You snooze, you lose.

Speaker 2:
[19:42] No, she did not say that.

Speaker 1:
[19:46] And then I said, well, what about? And she-

Speaker 2:
[19:48] What did you snooze about?

Speaker 1:
[19:50] She clicked the phone and she hung up on me. I swear she knew who I was. I don't even know. I know that sounds really bad.

Speaker 2:
[19:58] Oh, I hate that, Melissa. I'm sorry.

Speaker 1:
[20:03] I'm not waiting till September.

Speaker 2:
[20:05] Yeah. Well, yeah, I don't even know what to tell you.

Speaker 1:
[20:12] So now I'm waiting.

Speaker 2:
[20:13] Now, where are you in that quest? How about your gynecologist? Can they refer you? Can they help you get in?

Speaker 1:
[20:22] So I called my gynecologist. I haven't been there since 2019 because I've been going to one in LA. So I have to be a new patient there and they can't see me till September.

Speaker 2:
[20:36] Oh my God. This is crazy.

Speaker 1:
[20:40] So today is, this is April, May, June, July, August. That's five months.

Speaker 2:
[20:44] Five months. A lot can happen in five months.

Speaker 1:
[20:48] And I'm in, every day I'm in pain. It's not excruciating, but I am. So I need to, I'm going to call Renee and say, what can I do? Can you help me get an appointment somewhere?

Speaker 2:
[20:59] Yeah. Oh, I'm really sorry. But it is difficult. So along those lines, I was at my primary care physician this morning. I had to get blood work. See, finally they, my little hole there. I was dehydrated. They couldn't find a vein. I'm like, oh gosh, don't just keep poking. But they did. So the other day I go to reorder my contacts that I've had for two years now. And I keep saying, gosh, I can't live without them anymore. Yeah, right.

Speaker 1:
[21:30] I can't believe it's been two years.

Speaker 2:
[21:32] And I can't believe it took me so long. I was 58 when I finally got them. Anyway, and I never wore glasses or anything. So I called in my script at the pharmacy and they said, oh, we can't refill it. You're up for renewal. I said, great, I'll try to save the ones that I have until I can, you know, get the script, get it renewed. You know, I can reuse them. I do throwaways, but I can reuse them if I have to.

Speaker 1:
[22:02] Okay.

Speaker 2:
[22:02] I know I'd prefer not to. So I call my, what is an eye doctor? My DO, who's a young girl, she's darling. And-

Speaker 1:
[22:14] Sorry, I'm hot.

Speaker 2:
[22:16] Actually, I didn't talk to her. Oh, that's cute. You look so cute.

Speaker 1:
[22:19] Thank you.

Speaker 2:
[22:20] A little booby for people who can't see. She's a little booby today. Anyway, so it's the receptionist. And I said, oh, I just tried to renew my, my eyeglass, my contact script, not eyeglass. And she said, no, no, it's good for two years. I said, oh, okay. They told me one year and that it was up. So I called them back at the pharmacy and she's like, no, no. It's, it's one year for contacts, two years for eyeglasses.

Speaker 1:
[22:54] Okay. Can I make a suggestion?

Speaker 2:
[22:56] And my people didn't even know that. So I called back and said, this is what they said. They won't refill it. They said it's two years for eyeglasses, one year for contacts. My point is they can't get me in for another month. So I have to really be careful. I know.

Speaker 1:
[23:13] Can I make a suggestion?

Speaker 2:
[23:14] You can even get a script. Yes.

Speaker 1:
[23:16] 1-800-CONTACTS.

Speaker 2:
[23:18] I know, but I think they still need an initial script, don't they?

Speaker 1:
[23:21] They do. You can give them your old one and they'll still fill it. I promise. I pinky promise.

Speaker 2:
[23:29] Even if it's dated?

Speaker 1:
[23:31] Yep. Oh my God, my foot. I had to take my brace off.

Speaker 2:
[23:33] So that kind of annoys me. Because I said, oh, I'm going to have to reuse some, because I don't have enough to last me until I get to see you guys and then get my script filled, which takes a couple of days. They have to send it away. Nothing. They said, what they said, and I have done this in the past, they'll say, come up and we'll give you a couple. They have samples.

Speaker 1:
[24:00] Do that.

Speaker 2:
[24:02] Well, she didn't really say that. She just said, call if you get stuck, which means go up and get some.

Speaker 1:
[24:09] Jill, I just want to tell you, my prescription is two years old. I just ordered mine on, and it said, your prescription is expired, please upload a new one. I called 1-800-CONTACT, 1-800, and I said, my prescription is expired. I said, I don't have any time to go get my ear.

Speaker 2:
[24:27] So someone answered, it wasn't automated.

Speaker 1:
[24:30] Always, always. They're so nice. And she goes, no worries, we'll fill it. They always fill it. They don't want to lose a sale.

Speaker 2:
[24:39] Yeah. And here's the thing, people, that I really, truly don't understand. I'm not, it's not like we're taking advantage of a drug. You're paying for them. Well, I know, but it's contacts. It's like to help you see. It's not, it's not like a painkiller or an asthma inhaler, which, you know, those, you need a doctor's, it's to help you see. That's what I don't understand.

Speaker 1:
[25:07] I agree with you, Jill. And where do you go to the eye doctor?

Speaker 2:
[25:12] In Monroeville. I think they're called East Suburban Optometrist, but it's in Monroeville.

Speaker 1:
[25:18] That's where Greg goes.

Speaker 2:
[25:19] Doctor, I see Dr. Dugan, I think Winko is there, which is hysterical. Dr. Winko is an eye doctor.

Speaker 1:
[25:27] No.

Speaker 2:
[25:28] Yes, yes.

Speaker 1:
[25:29] Greg goes to the same one you do. But just to let you know, I go, I just don't go, I go to like Lenscrafters. I love the one in Sherman Oaks at the mall. They're really good. They'll get you in in a day.

Speaker 2:
[25:45] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[25:46] Literally the same day.

Speaker 2:
[25:48] Yeah, but I don't know. I guess, right, right. I could get them if I ran around, but they're my doctor. I've been there for two years now, and they should just write me a script, fill it until I get in there. But nope, they won't write the script until I get in there. It's just crazy.

Speaker 1:
[26:08] I'm sorry, Julie.

Speaker 2:
[26:10] That's okay. Yours is worse than mine. Because I'm not in pain.

Speaker 1:
[26:14] I know, but whatever.

Speaker 2:
[26:15] You're in pain. Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[26:16] But I can't, like I just am really careful. That's why I, I mean, I've lost six and a half pounds now. Why?

Speaker 2:
[26:24] That's a lot for a little person.

Speaker 1:
[26:26] Because I'm so particular. I'm afraid to eat because when I eat, it hurts a little bit.

Speaker 2:
[26:32] Diverticulitis. Tell them what you have.

Speaker 1:
[26:35] I actually, it's not from dive. It's actually diverticulosis I found out.

Speaker 2:
[26:39] And I really, sorry.

Speaker 1:
[26:42] I know it's crazy. I didn't know that either, but I really don't. I'm going to say this, this is weird. I really don't have it, but I have it. I can't explain it. The doctor was like, basically we all, everybody has it. Everybody has pockets and I'm fine. So my pain wasn't even from that. My pain is just from women problems. So.

Speaker 2:
[27:05] Okay. Well, get that taken care of.

Speaker 3:
[27:07] I'm trying. I'm trying.

Speaker 1:
[27:10] But I've been juicing. So I've been drinking like five juices a day.

Speaker 2:
[27:16] Maybe that's excessive, Melissa. Maybe. I think just moderation a little. Cut back, cut back one. Yeah, maybe before a day or three. One at each meal.

Speaker 1:
[27:29] Well, I don't eat a meal with them.

Speaker 2:
[27:31] Well, no wonder you're losing weight. Ding dong. Eat.

Speaker 1:
[27:35] No, I eat a really big like what I say, like a man's meal for dinner. I'm having hot flesh and I'm cold. Yeah, I eat a lot. I eat more than Greg, for sure.

Speaker 2:
[27:46] And he keeps gaining.

Speaker 3:
[27:48] He's gaining.

Speaker 2:
[27:50] He's finding your lost weight. Well, that's funny.

Speaker 1:
[27:54] So what he's doing right now, so we're proofing, winning proofing our deck.

Speaker 2:
[28:03] So she can't get out the little things.

Speaker 1:
[28:06] Yeah. So and Greg's back. He is, because I, with all my organization, I wanted this piece of furniture that was in our basement carried up to the two floors up, and I helped him, but he twinged his back. And every time he does anything, he goes, oh, you know, and I'm like, hon, I can do it. No, no. He's like, I can do it. You know, I think they're gluttons. Did you call that a glutton for punishment? Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[28:32] Someone who knows it's going to hurt, but they do it anyway. Yeah. So he's just showing off for you.

Speaker 1:
[28:37] There you go. So our deck has, you know, you know what our deck is.

Speaker 2:
[28:43] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[28:43] Selfied off the ground, has holes. And I take her out there on a leash and she puts her little hands up and puts her head through. And I'm like, yeah, I just, it freaks me out. Everything freaks me out. So we brought, got a bunch of different things. We finally got something that's like netting.

Speaker 2:
[29:01] That's all you need. That's what we put around our fence in the backyard when we first moved in. Because Dolch and Lulu, until we got the underground fence put in, we needed them to stay in. I was just worried about other dogs, them getting out and other dogs getting them.

Speaker 1:
[29:19] That's true.

Speaker 2:
[29:19] I didn't even think about that.

Speaker 1:
[29:20] It was easy, Melissa. Well, this is an eyesore, so we could only find brown, black, white. So we got the white.

Speaker 2:
[29:30] Is it netting?

Speaker 1:
[29:32] It's netting, but it's harder because we don't want to use plastic. It is. So he's painting all of them. So we got so much work.

Speaker 2:
[29:44] Oh my gosh.

Speaker 1:
[29:44] Matches are.

Speaker 2:
[29:46] Oh lordy. How is he attaching it? We zip tied it, but we had metal poles. Yep.

Speaker 1:
[29:52] Yep. Zip ties.

Speaker 2:
[29:54] Zip tie it. You sure you need it? You think she'd go through? I know that you're a little afraid.

Speaker 1:
[30:02] I'm so afraid, but I would just like to be able to open the door and let her just run out there because she loves to be out in the sun. She lays out in the sun, and we got a baby gate, a retractable baby gate.

Speaker 2:
[30:14] I know, we're crazy.

Speaker 1:
[30:16] He said, this damn dog's costing me a fortune.

Speaker 2:
[30:18] I'm like, and breaking his back to boot. Oh, wow.

Speaker 1:
[30:23] Wow. Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[30:24] Well, it will definitely work, and she can't get through it. But I remember when Lou was little, like our deck at our old house. You remember my DeVron courthouse had the deck that came down, and then a platform, and then down.

Speaker 1:
[30:41] How did she get?

Speaker 2:
[30:43] Well, she didn't like to go, she didn't like to use it because you can see through, she's a spig, so you can see through, the steps didn't have a back.

Speaker 1:
[30:55] Just like ours.

Speaker 2:
[30:57] It's yours like that. Yeah. So that was the problem. But my point is, eventually she did it. We never did anything to it, and she eventually learned. I mean, we'd carry her, she never fell through it. And then she just learned, if she wants down, she's going to have to get down. Yeah. Winnie's still a baby. I'm glad you're doing that for her.

Speaker 1:
[31:18] Yeah. I'm just proofing everything. I just, you know, I'm crazy. But Greg is too. So it's, you know.

Speaker 2:
[31:26] Well, because he doesn't want to have the crazy lady on his back. I know. I'm a little crazy.

Speaker 1:
[31:32] That's for sure. I'm like, oh my gosh. Oh, so last night, I made, we had a little cooking class at our club. It was so much fun.

Speaker 2:
[31:41] You're going to kill me. I have it written down. You invited me to that class and I have it written down and I totally forgot.

Speaker 1:
[31:49] It's okay. I knew you were busy and I didn't want to bother you. Right here.

Speaker 2:
[31:53] Oh, I can't see it. Oh, shoot. It says WCC Doki with Melissa. I'm so sorry.

Speaker 1:
[32:01] So guess who came?

Speaker 2:
[32:04] A good, is it a good person or?

Speaker 1:
[32:07] Oh, it's wonderful. Kelly's niece and the baby. Oh, my God.

Speaker 2:
[32:13] Oh, they came with you. Oh, I thought that's wonderful. So the baby, the new baby, she's got a new baby.

Speaker 1:
[32:23] Alicia is a rock star.

Speaker 2:
[32:25] Okay.

Speaker 1:
[32:25] She has a two-year-old. She just had the baby two weeks ago. C-section.

Speaker 2:
[32:31] Yeah, that's pretty good.

Speaker 1:
[32:33] Yeah. First of all, she's just beautiful. Like she's just like a sweet person, but she looks hair and makeup done.

Speaker 2:
[32:42] Oh, good for her.

Speaker 1:
[32:43] The baby had the cutest little bow. And I'm happy she got it. She's like, she was happy to get out.

Speaker 2:
[32:52] Yeah. Good for her. So question. She's nursing, I would imagine, correct? So what did she do? Did she nurse the baby there or did she plan her feeding in between?

Speaker 1:
[33:08] So she fed the baby a bottle when she was there.

Speaker 2:
[33:12] Oh, okay.

Speaker 1:
[33:14] Actually, Paige did. Paige had her and it was so cute. So Paige came, Carrie came, Brooke was out of town, and then Josh came. Josh is so good at cooking. And then Kimmy came.

Speaker 2:
[33:28] Oh, it was a big family affair. That's good. So you didn't miss me?

Speaker 1:
[33:32] Well, yes, I missed you. But there was 48 people that came. Wow.

Speaker 2:
[33:39] So tell me what they did. How did that work?

Speaker 1:
[33:43] It was so nice. They had tables, like long tables. And of course, I got there early so we could be in the front row. Yeah. We were in the front row and they had Joe for us. He already made a bunch of it. So we had our own, but he showed us how to make it because there's no way that we could all make it. Because you needed one of those, you put a potato thing, a potato squeezer thing.

Speaker 2:
[34:06] I don't know.

Speaker 1:
[34:08] You put the potato in it. I'm going to buy one because I want to make bread mashed potatoes from it. It's like you put the potato and you squeeze it and it comes out. Wow.

Speaker 2:
[34:20] A cooked potato, obviously.

Speaker 1:
[34:22] Yeah, cooked potato. So he just showed us how to put the potato and the salt and the flour, and I think it was water, and just how to make it. And then we cut it. We had to actually, we had the dough, so we had to roll them and then cut them and then make them pretty, pretty with quotation marks. And then-

Speaker 2:
[34:44] And you get to take them home, obviously.

Speaker 1:
[34:47] We took those home and then we all got to taste what he made. And then we all ate stuff, like I got some shrimp and like appetizers and stuff.

Speaker 2:
[34:57] Oh, that sounds really fun. That's a lot of people, 48 people. Right?

Speaker 1:
[35:02] He thought, he thought 20. Yeah, he thought 20 people would come.

Speaker 2:
[35:06] Yeah. So it dealt more than double. That's great. Now, is he the new chef there or was he like a specialty? Okay.

Speaker 1:
[35:14] He is adorable.

Speaker 2:
[35:17] What a great idea.

Speaker 1:
[35:19] Big guy. He's probably six, five. His feet are huge, just big and bulky. He looks like a chef.

Speaker 2:
[35:30] Oh, that's great. I'm so glad you did that. And I'm sorry that I missed it.

Speaker 1:
[35:36] It's okay. I know you're so crazy busy.

Speaker 2:
[35:40] I'm just still getting organized. You should see my house. It's a disaster. And in the interim, Kendall's moving. So the other day, I think I told you I had to run a moving truck, not a moving truck, a U-Haul. It was a big truck and we had to drive it out to anthropology, pick up all her furniture. And they don't really help you load it anymore. Like it was me, Kendall and Erno. They don't have any helpers.

Speaker 1:
[36:06] And that's heavy, you said.

Speaker 2:
[36:08] Oh my God, it was so heavy.

Speaker 1:
[36:10] Do they have dollies?

Speaker 2:
[36:11] They do have dollies, but that doesn't lift it in a truck and tie it. It was a lot. But anyway, so my house is a disaster with furniture everywhere, shit she's taking, all her clothes.

Speaker 1:
[36:24] So what are you, how are you getting everything? Are you renting a...

Speaker 2:
[36:28] Well, she has a moving company coming to get everything.

Speaker 1:
[36:31] Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what I was going to say.

Speaker 2:
[36:34] A lot. It's exciting, though. I'm happy for her.

Speaker 1:
[36:37] Yeah, that's fun. Oh, good for her.

Speaker 2:
[36:40] We'll do a girls trip. Oh, you know what? When you're in LA, it's just a hop, skip and a jump, as you know, over to Scottsdale. We'll meet up and we'll come to her new house.

Speaker 1:
[36:51] I want to. And then I want to go see Kalani's studio when she opens up.

Speaker 2:
[36:55] And we'll go see Kalani. Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1:
[36:58] Yeah, that'll be so fun.

Speaker 2:
[36:59] Yeah, that's exciting.

Speaker 1:
[37:01] I know. I'm so excited.

Speaker 2:
[37:03] Yeah, it's just a lot. Oh, it's a lot. You know, because she's like, you're going to help me unpack, right? And I'm like, of course.

Speaker 1:
[37:13] Well, just like Kenzie's like, we just did all that.

Speaker 2:
[37:15] I know you've done it a million times.

Speaker 1:
[37:18] And Kenzie's so cute. She's like FaceTime every day. And she's like, mom. And then Maddie's like, mom, can you help me go through all my clothes? I have so much stuff. I'm going to get rid of it. I'm like, I'm bringing two empty suitcases with me. Because I'll depop stuff that I want to depop, but also I'll keep stuff. And there's stuff like this special stuff that I keep, and I keep it in a separate closet, you know? But so I'll help both of them. I'll get Kenzie's stuff lickety split. I'm so fast. You know? Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[37:50] Yeah. I know. I know you've done it before. It's just a lot. And don't forget, Ry just moved. I mean, two months ago, she just got into her new place, and we went and helped her paint, and it's just a lot.

Speaker 1:
[38:04] Oh, yeah. I mean, it is. It's a lot. I don't know.

Speaker 2:
[38:09] She just ordered her family room set. What do you call... What's the difference in your mind between a family room and a living room? Okay, so I say it wrong. When we grew up, we had both.

Speaker 1:
[38:23] Okay, so what did... You tell me what you are, because I always say it wrong. People correct me.

Speaker 2:
[38:30] Well, our family room is where the TV is and the couch, and you hang out in the family room, and you play games, and you can eat, and you know, not eat, you know, you can have food and stuff. The living room is more of a sitting area, where you have guests and you sit, and you don't play games. There's no TV in a living room in my mind. It's a waste. And I think it's a wasteful.

Speaker 1:
[38:56] It's wasteful. Well, I don't think those are there.

Speaker 2:
[38:58] I don't think they do that these days.

Speaker 1:
[39:01] I agree.

Speaker 2:
[39:02] You know, because you and I both have one. Yep. I was going to say, when you walk in my house, my room to my right, which I love, is real pretty and pristine, no TV, you know what I mean? Clean, not a lot of junk, nothing in there, but a nice couch and some chairs and a table. And that's my living room. When you go into the back of the house, my kitchen and family room, that's all. So the dining room is in between there. I don't do living rooms. What do you think?

Speaker 1:
[39:29] I agree. So I have the same thing. So I call our big room, the great room, because that's what it was on our plans. But it is the family room, but I never call it that.

Speaker 2:
[39:40] Well, that's okay. I think a great room is the new, is the new family room. And it's great because it has, it's your family room, your kitchen, your eating, your nook. I mean, your family room, your kitchen, not your dining room, and your kitchen and cook all one.

Speaker 1:
[40:00] Yes.

Speaker 2:
[40:01] So that makes sense that it's a great room.

Speaker 1:
[40:03] Yeah, right.

Speaker 2:
[40:04] But do you ever set foot in your living room?

Speaker 1:
[40:07] I do when I talk to Romeo sometimes when Greg's watching TV.

Speaker 2:
[40:12] When you need some privacy.

Speaker 1:
[40:14] So that's my Romeo room. So I sit there and he likes me to show him around and you know.

Speaker 2:
[40:20] That's cute. He used to come. They've never been here. Have they ever been to your house, Tanya?

Speaker 1:
[40:27] No. When it was being built, she was at my other house.

Speaker 2:
[40:33] How long have you been there? 12 years?

Speaker 1:
[40:35] 10 years now, I think. Almost 10 years.

Speaker 2:
[40:38] Okay. Because this is coming up on my 11th year, and I think you were in before me. I know you were.

Speaker 1:
[40:45] Really? I thought we were only 10, Greg said.

Speaker 2:
[40:48] Well, here's how I know. We moved, we closed on this house and moved in on my 50th birthday. And I just turned 60 this year. At the end, in summer, I'll be 61. So yeah.

Speaker 1:
[41:03] Wow. That's-

Speaker 2:
[41:04] Anyway, so you're probably 11. I'm 10, you're probably 11. I'm 10 going on 11, you're probably 11 going on 12. That would be my guess.

Speaker 1:
[41:10] Wow. Wow.

Speaker 2:
[41:13] I think you're in before me. Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[41:15] I don't know. I mean, I don't know.

Speaker 2:
[41:17] I know you were building it, but I really do think you were in, because I remember you were saving up for Maddie's makeup, that marble makeup thing you were having made.

Speaker 1:
[41:28] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[41:29] That's what Kendall's taken her big vanity. I'm like, her room's going to be shambles off to redo it.

Speaker 1:
[41:36] That's okay. You're so good at that. And you have so much stuff in the basement, like you can put up there.

Speaker 2:
[41:46] That's why it's in the basement, though.

Speaker 1:
[41:48] I know. I love it, though. I love so much stuff in your basement. Isn't that funny?

Speaker 2:
[41:52] Will you come get it? You can have it.

Speaker 1:
[41:55] I love it. I just think it's...

Speaker 2:
[41:56] That gives me anxiety, all that stuff down there. I'm like, what are we going to do when we do decide to downsize? I'm like, why am I saving?

Speaker 1:
[42:04] You know, it's funny.

Speaker 2:
[42:05] Coaches and blah.

Speaker 1:
[42:06] You do have a lot of stuff. Mackenzie said, so in LA, it's really cool. If you don't want something, you just put it out on your stoop.

Speaker 2:
[42:14] Someone wants it, yeah.

Speaker 1:
[42:16] So, Kenzie put a big box out there the other day and wrote free and she had some really cute stuff that she just like, mom, I just don't want it anymore. And then she was out there with the dogs and she said, this couple said, oh, are you new here? She goes, yeah. And then she said, we took so much of your stuff. We love it so much.

Speaker 2:
[42:36] And she goes, oh, my God, that's so funny.

Speaker 1:
[42:39] She said, please keep coming, because there's going to be a lot more. And my mom's coming next week, so there's going to be a lot more.

Speaker 2:
[42:44] Oh my God, that's hysterical. Well, good for Kenzie for not, I hate to say the word hoard, because I don't think I'm a hoarder, but for not keeping stuff that you really just truly don't need and won't use.

Speaker 1:
[42:58] Oh yeah. She's, you know, right. She's not a hoarder. Yeah, that's good.

Speaker 2:
[43:03] So let me, can I ask one thing? Can we go back to...

Speaker 1:
[43:07] Yes.

Speaker 2:
[43:08] We were talking about doctors and physicians and getting appointments and medical things. So this morning I had my well, a well check. I'm like a baby. You get a well visit every year.

Speaker 1:
[43:18] Oh, isn't that funny?

Speaker 2:
[43:19] And you get your blood work taken and everything. Question, have you ever had a pneumonia vaccine?

Speaker 1:
[43:29] Never even knew there was such a thing. Thank you.

Speaker 2:
[43:33] So, you know, there's the flu vaccine. There's the shingles vaccine. You know, at our age, we've had most of our life vaccines and we're good. You know, the smallpox and the measles, mumps, rubella, all that. So, she's really trying to push a...

Speaker 1:
[43:51] I just went last week for my well.

Speaker 2:
[43:53] A pneumonia vaccine. And I said, well, my first thing was, I'm like, is that new? She's like, no. I said, funny. No one's ever asked me if I ever want. I said, did I ever get one before? She said, probably when you were a baby. Now, why would they bring back a pneumonia vaccine?

Speaker 1:
[44:16] That is what you have to ask your friend about that. I'm curious.

Speaker 2:
[44:20] Oh, you know I did.

Speaker 1:
[44:21] Okay.

Speaker 2:
[44:21] And what did she say? I'm on it already. Well, you know, and everybody has their opinion and idea and everything. I did not get it because I told her, I said, listen, I am, I have a lot of travel coming up and I'm close to a newborn baby these days. And I don't want to, sometimes when you get a vaccine, then you get sick because it's usually they put little some of the pneumonia in you, whatever it is. You know, they do that. That's how you get antibodies and then you never get it again. I said, I just, I just can't be sick right now. She was really, she was a little bit annoyed with me because I said, I just don't want to do it. So I called my friend, I called Dana. Yeah, have you ever heard of a pneumonia vaccine? And she's like, no.

Speaker 1:
[45:11] Oh, she did. Okay.

Speaker 2:
[45:12] No, she had never heard of it. No, she said, no, she would never get it, which everybody is entitled to their own. I get it.

Speaker 1:
[45:21] Absolutely.

Speaker 2:
[45:22] Just wondered where you, like if you had heard of it.

Speaker 1:
[45:26] No, and I know I am not getting an ammonia. I mean, unless there is a big outbreak. I mean, I got my shingles because I know it's really important to get that.

Speaker 2:
[45:37] I mean, I got that too, because that's a nervous system thing. And I sometimes get nervous.

Speaker 1:
[45:43] And she told...

Speaker 2:
[45:45] Well, you know what I mean? It's a...

Speaker 1:
[45:47] I don't want that.

Speaker 2:
[45:49] What?

Speaker 1:
[45:50] I don't want shingles.

Speaker 2:
[45:52] What? The pneumonia?

Speaker 1:
[45:54] No, I don't want shingles either.

Speaker 2:
[45:56] I remember...

Speaker 1:
[45:56] I don't want pneumonia.

Speaker 2:
[45:57] Right. Yeah. Anyway, I did not get it. I think she was a little annoyed with me. And I have a ton of respect for physicians. They know what's going on. I do not. However, we always say, be our own advocate, you know? So she's like, well, I really think you should and blah, blah, blah. And I said, well, let me do a little research. I said, now is not a good time because I'm traveling and the baby, and I've got a lot going on. I said, I'll research it. And if I think, you know, I like what I see. You know what she said to me? She said, well, and I told my friend this, and then she had a take on it. She said, well, you're going to have to read the NIH, that are the, you know, some journal, some National Institute of Health Journal, NIH something, a medical book. I'm like, well, I'm not going to read that. But I trust, I trust you. But it's just, that's crazy.

Speaker 1:
[46:59] Yep.

Speaker 2:
[46:59] I'm afraid it's, you know, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies make it. It's probably great for a certain subset of people, but don't push it on everybody.

Speaker 1:
[47:09] No. I mean, I'm not going to get it unless there was a big outbreak. Right.

Speaker 2:
[47:13] It's a financial thing, I think.

Speaker 1:
[47:17] I'm kind of with you.

Speaker 2:
[47:17] Making money.

Speaker 1:
[47:18] And everybody can make their own decision on what they're getting. Like, you know, I was totally, I mean, I did research on the shingle shot and I know that it's good.

Speaker 2:
[47:31] And it hurt you, right? It hurts.

Speaker 1:
[47:34] Wait, Jill, it's not even a thick needle, but it burned.

Speaker 2:
[47:38] I was like, ow. For a week, it's you like are bruised. It really that shot killed. And then you have to go back for a booster. You know that.

Speaker 1:
[47:46] I know. Six months.

Speaker 2:
[47:47] I'm like, oh, I think the second one doesn't hurt as much. The initial one, I'm like, I couldn't even like do like this. Lift my arm. It just hurt. It was like hanging. It was dead. I don't regret getting it. I'm just saying.

Speaker 1:
[48:02] Yeah, no, me neither. Me neither. And I did on my left arm. So so what's for dinner tonight? Jelly bean.

Speaker 2:
[48:08] Oh, God. OK, you guys, I knew we were getting on today and I knew this, you know, always comes up and you're going to think I'm crazy. But remember, I think it was two or maybe three weeks ago where I'm like, we're going to Rizzo's and it was closed. It was Monday night. I'm like, can you believe it was closed? So we're going to Rizzo's. It's Friday night. No. Erno and I will go sit at the bar.

Speaker 1:
[48:34] Oh, because I was like-

Speaker 2:
[48:35] Do you want to go with us? What are you doing?

Speaker 1:
[48:37] Well, we're going golfing late.

Speaker 2:
[48:39] Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1:
[48:42] So I would love to, but-

Speaker 2:
[48:43] You'll probably get knockies at the club.

Speaker 1:
[48:46] I'm not eating knockies, but we're going to come back. We put steaks out. We already have steaks for tonight. So we're going to play just nine holes and then come back. Thank you for inviting us. We would love to, but I know if we don't eat the steaks tonight.

Speaker 2:
[49:02] Yeah, you're leaving.

Speaker 1:
[49:04] They're just too expensive to not eat. You know what I mean? So I'll have a steak. And we did go to Whole Foods the other day, which I'm so happy. I got my white sweet potato and I'll have that. And I think I'm going to have broccoli and carrots. And then Greg will have a baked potato.

Speaker 2:
[49:26] Sounds delish. Well, last night, are you going to cook out? Is your grill? Did you have your grill up? Remember last year?

Speaker 1:
[49:33] It's all year, but it was snow like six feet.

Speaker 2:
[49:38] Mine's all year too. However, you know, I don't take it in, we just cover it. However, a month ago, because I'm looking at my downed tree that I have to get that 100 foot pine tree. It blew over and it knocked off the, you know, gas wasn't leaking, you know, it all came apart, my guess.

Speaker 1:
[49:59] Oh yeah.

Speaker 2:
[50:00] Yeah. So, but yesterday, Erno got it all organized and yesterday I cooked pork chops. So that was my first grill out in months.

Speaker 1:
[50:09] Good. That's good. I love, I love that.

Speaker 2:
[50:13] Love to grill out.

Speaker 1:
[50:15] And I'll make Greg some pancakes. I might make Greg pancakes tomorrow morning cause he loves my sourdough pancakes. And I make them on the grill cause you know, I put that insert on top and I can make 12 pancakes. And then I've just put them in the fridge for him.

Speaker 2:
[50:28] Wait, tell me about the inserts. So you don't have a griddle.

Speaker 1:
[50:31] No, instead of having-

Speaker 2:
[50:32] I mean a black stone where it's, okay.

Speaker 1:
[50:35] Well, it's too, it's kind of stupid to buy it because they're $500 and I don't, why should we buy one when you could just put- Oh really? So we just put the thing on top, we measured it and it comes, it literally fits on top of our grill. We can make stir fry and stuff like that. And I make pancakes.

Speaker 2:
[50:54] Love is so smart.

Speaker 1:
[50:56] Yep.

Speaker 2:
[50:56] Just get a griddle. Because we thought we were going to love the Blackstone. I think I told you this story and then we tried to clean it. I hated it. I could never get it clean. And any food, no matter what I cooked, was always black. Always turned black. I'm like, but that's a good idea.

Speaker 1:
[51:13] I'll send you the link. I think it was like, Kenzie actually got it for Greg for Father's Day. And it was maybe 100, not even 100, maybe $89. And it's, I'm telling you, we use it a lot.

Speaker 2:
[51:26] So it heats up really good. The heat from your grill, you know.

Speaker 1:
[51:30] And it cleans really easily. Yeah. Greg has a rag.

Speaker 2:
[51:35] Put it in the sink or no? Is it too big to, oh, you just wipe it.

Speaker 1:
[51:40] With water. He has a washcloth and he wipes it right away when it's hot, just like they do at the, you know, at Shogun and it's it's great to wipe it. Love it. Love it.

Speaker 2:
[51:54] Good to know.

Speaker 1:
[51:55] Okay, let's do a speak pipe.

Speaker 2:
[51:57] Okay, now I'm hungry. That always happens. Uh huh.

Speaker 3:
[52:01] Hey guys, this is Ashley Prendos. I am from Mississippi and I just love listening to you guys. And I wanted to tell y'all, I know you like to hear people's backstories and y'all were talking about cancer a little bit on this episode about like making care packages and stuff for patients. But that was something that was suggested. And I know Kelly knows firsthand what's needed. I actually work with pediatric cancer patients and I'm a child life specialist. So my job is not a nurse or a doctor, but I teach the kids about what they're going to experience and help them cope with it and also support the family. But I was just going to say how cool it would be if y'all started something like that, where it could start out small in your area in Pittsburgh or wherever, but making little care packages for outpatient clinics and inpatient, things that families might need when they come to make them more comfortable. I love that idea so much. Anyway, I'm always happy to give you my contact info if you wanted to send anything our way at some point, the kids and families will love it. No pressure there. I just think that's the... I can't remember whose name it was that said it on the speak pipe. They gave the ideas of the care packages, but I love it and I think it's a great idea. Anyway, Ashley, signing off from Mississippi. Y'all have a great one.

Speaker 1:
[53:26] Oh my gosh.

Speaker 2:
[53:26] Ashley, that is so cute. I'm writing it down, her name and her...

Speaker 1:
[53:30] So Ashley, can you email me at askmelissa13 at gmail.com, and we will come up with some great things because we can get some donations and we will send stuff. I think that's great. We should try to do that maybe like as a monthly thing, and we can... Yes, email me and we'll talk.

Speaker 2:
[53:49] That's a great, great idea. And you know...

Speaker 1:
[53:52] What a neat job though. Sorry, go ahead.

Speaker 2:
[53:55] No, what a heart... You're right. What a wonderful human, which there are millions of them out there to do that, to work with these children and teach them about what to expect when you get sick with cancer.

Speaker 1:
[54:06] I think that's amazing.

Speaker 2:
[54:09] So sad. Sorry.

Speaker 1:
[54:11] It takes a special person.

Speaker 2:
[54:12] Takes a special person.

Speaker 1:
[54:14] Ashley, that's amazing.

Speaker 2:
[54:16] That's a lot. Okay. Ashley from Mississippi. They don't say their last name, but give your email again.

Speaker 1:
[54:24] Askmelissa13 at gmail.com and then I'll respond to you.

Speaker 2:
[54:29] Okay. Good. And people don't take advantage of that. That's the email. I don't want everybody bombarding you with, why did you say this? And why don't you? You know, we do love suggestions. For sure.

Speaker 1:
[54:42] Oh yeah. I don't mind people emailing me. I get it all.

Speaker 3:
[54:45] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[54:45] I hope she's amazing. But thank you, Ashley. I'd love your signing off from Mississippi.

Speaker 3:
[54:50] She's so cute.

Speaker 2:
[54:51] So cute. Good for her. But thanks for being so bubbly over the phone. I can only imagine her in person.

Speaker 1:
[55:00] Me too. I think it's probably, oh my gosh, amazing. But thank you guys. We love you so much. And make sure you come back next week and comment down below or on our Instagram and let us know what you're interested in. But we love you all.

Speaker 2:
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