Noras of the Rings

A snack aisle scuffle turns into a masterclass on design, trademarks, and how a crimped edge can be worth millions. We unpack the Uncrustables vs Trader Joe’s lawsuit with equal parts curiosity and skepticism, comparing packaging, shapes, and the subtle cues that make shoppers loyal—or confused. Then we veer delightfully off-road: a Tennessee baby that tips the scales at nearly 13 pounds, a Half Moon Bay pumpkin that pays like a side hustle, and a pumpkin spice car wash that dares you to open the windows. Spoiler: some of us would rather smell nothing than ride in a latte-scented sedan.

Pets bring the chaos and the comedy. A foster cat plops a mouse into a pot of soup like a twisted cooking show cameo, and we draw the only sane conclusion: lids are cheap insurance. From lizards that give little love to bunnies that nibble wires, we weigh what different pets give back and why “low maintenance” doesn’t always mean low cost. The through line is the way small choices compound into big stories we’ll retell for years.

We end where meaning lives: rings. Olympic rings link continents and colors so every nation sees itself in the emblem. Engagement and wedding bands carry histories—lost stones, designer phases, surprise bands that grow into daily favorites. Class rings evolve from one catalog to personal pieces blessed for tradition. Even record-breaking jewelry raises a good question: is it for wearing or for wonder? Come laugh with us, learn something you can use, and leave with a few stories of your own. If you smiled, shared a nod, or yelled “no” at the pumpkin car wash, tap follow, send this to a friend, and drop a quick review—what moment stuck with you most?

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Transcript

Warm Welcome And Global Shoutouts

SPEAKER_02 0:06

Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora and Nora. Thank you to those joining us for the very first time and those who keep coming back for more week after week. Especially those near and far listening. Especially far Tunisia. I know. Hello to all our European and Asian and what wait, uh Oceania? What do you call Australia and New Zealand? There's a term I call them exactly that. Australia and New Zealand. Thank you for listening. Yeah. We're happy you are, because we're happy to do this week after week. We're we hope you have just as much fun listening as we do recording. We sure do.

Uncrustables Vs Trader Joe’s Lawsuit

unknown 0:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 0:45

Did you hear about the lawsuit that you might have a very high interest in? As somebody who loves a jammy Sammy. Fantastic. Am I gonna be rich? No, but they're upset. Or dead? Or did well it depends. Are you a Uncrustables loyalist or have you dabbled with the Trader Joe's ones? I have not dabbled with the Trader Joe's ones. Okay, I like my jammy Sammys as artificial as they come. Well, they're suing Trader Joe's. Oh, they are? Yes, because they're saying like your product is way too similar than ours to ours. And which I kind of don't blame them because the Uncrestables has that very clear round shape with the very precise crimping. Yeah. The Trader Joe's one is kind of like a lazy square with less pronounced crimping. Smuckers is saying you have Trader Joe's as small as possible on there, so people can't really tell that it's yours versus ours. And we don't appreciate it. They said that they make$1.5 billion in increcibles every year. They want them to stop selling them and destroy all their stock. Destroy wow, that's those are exciting words. But I was gonna ask you, does like Kroger or any other brand produce a similar product? I don't think so. I believe they do have a patent on them. How do you make it different? Or trademarked? Yeah, it says it violates their trademark that they have for the design of the product and its packaging. Well, they changed the shape of it. For a round pie-like shape with distinct peripheral undulating crimping. Smuckers.

SPEAKER_00 2:33

But I bet if you looked at the ingredients, they'd be very different.

SPEAKER_02 2:37

Well, funny you should mention that, Nora, because here are the nutrition packs. Oh, wow, okay. So they're pretty close. Like same fat, basically the same saturated fat, both no trans fats, 10 calorie difference, three grams of carbs difference, less sugar. Pretty compatible. All right. I does this make you want to buy the Trader Joe's version? No, it makes me want to stay true to smokers. My gosh, it makes me want to try the Trader Joe's.

SPEAKER_00 3:08

And then put it on my Yucca app to see if I can score more than a three.

Nutrition Labels And Protein Sandwiches

Giant Baby Story And Birth Weights

SPEAKER_02 3:12

Oh. But did you see that Uncrustable is coming out with a protein version? Can they make one that doesn't have jelly? That's what I would like. A peanut butter, uncrestable? Just peanut butter. I mean, they did have peanut butter and chocolate, so I know. Rose likes those. We'll see. Oh, because who was it? Travis Kelsey loves these. Like they're an NFL locker. They're a great and we use them for soccer. Yeah, we just we use them all the time. No, we use them more for like sports fuel than we do for anything else. But speaking of nothing that has to do with this next story. Did you hear about this woman in Tennessee who had a 12-pound, 14-ounce baby in Tennessee? What? Naturally? 13 pounds of baby? Did she have a C-section? Yes. Praise Jesus. Yes. But that's a big baby. That's a big old baby. How big were your how large was your largest baby? Eight pounds three ounces. And that's a solid baby. That's a solid baby. I myself was nine pounds three ounces. You were? I was. I was a big baby. And that's not anywhere near 13 pounds. No. How big was your biggest baby? Seven pounds. Oh, okay. So I was more in the six-pound range. Yeah. The others. But I thought that was big for me. Yeah, I remember when so it was Kev, well, Kevin was eight, three and then Rose was eight, two. So basically about the same. But when I was pregnant with Kevin, I was like, oh God, I really hope this baby's over eight pounds. Because I felt big and I was like, well, if he's if this baby is eight pounds, I've immediately lost eight pounds. I was only four and some change when I was born. Oh gosh. Little You were like a puppy. Yeah, I get that all the time. Although I was out to lunch in the Moses basket in my younger years, and people thought I was a cat.

unknown 5:14

Oh.

SPEAKER_02 5:15

Wait, were you? Did you need to be in the NICU? I don't think so. I think I was just small. You were feisty. You think I was just a small human. Oh. Yes. Oh my gosh. I couldn't even imagine. Kevin was twice your size. Yeah, and this thing, this baby, this boy. This fella, Cassius, is his name. That's a good need for him.

unknown 5:36

Yeah.

Pumpkin Spice Car Wash Reactions

Cat Drops Mouse In Soup

SPEAKER_02 5:37

Is he a cute little guy? I imagine he has a full head of hair. Chubby. And a beard. A beard. And a job already. His license. Um was she on bed rest? No, she was proud. Oh, of her big baby. Proud of her big baby. That he's cute. So rolls on, rolls on rolls. Yeah. And I was also reading completely unrelated about this new car wash craze. What? You know, we love a car wash. We do love a car wash. I would venture to say, but I can't speak for you, that this is not a craze you're gonna get behind. Okay. The pumpkin spice car wash. Oh, farf. No. What? No. The water is soap soap ascented. Yep. The quick quack car wash has infused the soul and it releases it during the washing process. And they say for optimal enjoyment, open your windows. Turn off the air recirculator and turn on your fan. Oh no. Nothing. I don't like a car air freshener. Neither do I. Al will sometimes like put one in and I'm I throw it out as soon as out the window? Yes, sometimes I have. I find them to be like give me a headache. I don't like it. It smells artificial. I just want it to be clean. And I when I get my car washed, I will say no air freshener. Yeah. Yeah, no, thank you. Barb time. No. Speaking of barf. Oh no. I'm so sorry. You're gonna have to post this picture on our Instagram. Okay. So there was a very nice lady in California. And apparently they foster kittens or cats that need a place to go. How kind of her. Okay, fine. She went outside to feed her dogs. And when she came back inside, the cat was act acting a little strange. I guess she's in tune with cat behavior. I was like, something's not right. And the cat was kind of being mysterious. And thankfully, she has cameras in her house, and she went back to her camera. And I'm not gonna tell you, I'm just gonna show the picture, and then we'll tell our listeners this is what she saw. That is a cat putting a mouse in her soup.

unknown 7:54

Oh my goodness.

SPEAKER_02 7:56

The cat put a mouse in her soup that she was making on the stove. And she has pictures of first, also I was like, was the stove on? Because could the cat have burned itself? Oh my god, it made me the chill. Oh, it's so gross. So horrible. And so sh and then she's like, ha ha, Need, let's just say we had takeout that night. And then the cat, I think, is now looking for a new home. I should hope so. Yeah. Yeah. Because I the like animal welfare place said, Wendy is a foster failure. Oh, I felt bad for Wendy adding spice to her mom's dinner. That's so sad. Isn't that disgusting? And then she was all sneaky about it. Like she knew. I don't think I could ever eat soup again. I can't put my feet on the floor. That's very alarming. So bad. I'm gonna tell Ryan when I can't make dinner because I don't want the dog to accidentally put a mouse in the play-on. So if you have a cat, put a lid on your soup. Put a little cat if you like. You should have put a lid on it. But Al's cat once we Al has a cat? He did growing up. And we went to his parents' house before going somewhere else on Long Island, and the cat was there with a mouse and it it its mouth. And it was like, look at this present I got you. Like wanna because I guess cats do that. I'm like not into cats at all or mice. I don't want no. I don't like rodents also. Same. I think it's strange when people have pet rats. Yes. Recently, our real estate agent, Rosaria Becker, who's a good friend of the podcast, and she doesn't know that Al has a real disdain for reptiles.

SPEAKER_00 9:51

Oh, I didn't know that about him either.

Reptiles, Rabbits, And Pet Preferences

SPEAKER_02 9:53

Does not like them, wants nothing to do with them. She texted me and Al saying, a client of mine is moving and can't take their bearded dragon with them. Would you be interested in giving it a home? And like before I could even read the whole text message, Al was like, no, thank you. That, you know, that was kind of a compliment that she thought you, with four children going in four different directions, could take on a bearded dragon. That's a pet, like what kind of pet is that? I just feel like you're you're getting nothing back from a lizard. Except a dirty, smelly cage in a bill from the pet store by crickets. Yeah, that's true. I don't know if they know a lot about them. I don't know if that's true. You might have to fact check that. But anyways, yeah. Oh God, have your kids ever wanted a reptile like animal? Yeah. Turtles, reptiles, all the things. But I'm like, you get no affection back. And they said, could we get a dog? And I said no. We have a friend, she actually lives across the street from you, who had a pet bunny for her daughter. And the daughter went to college and the bunny was still hop, but the bunny hopped around the house. Ugh, this was my roommate's bunny in college. Wait, that's a thing? Yes. Just hippity hop. Hippity hop, but like hippity hop and like hippity hop and a drop. Hippity hop and a drop. And then little Lucy would like bunny, like no on our wires. I didn't know you could let them. I mean, you can let them hop around. But you have to be prepared. But you've definitely not. Keep an eye on them. Oh yes. I just I thought that was crazy. Yeah. It was alright. Her she got it from her boyfriend. He was like, you know what's a great present for Kim for her 21st birthday? And we were all like, I don't know, like did she like bunnies? Service or like a nice dinner? He's like, a bunny. And we were all like, oh boy, that's an hour we thought this was going. Yikes. Was she happy with it? I think she was confused, but then was like, okay. She didn't refuse the bunny. She accepted. Oh, I'd say no, thank you. I'd go all bearded, all bearded dragon, no, thank you. Anyways. I did have a chameleon once. Oh, how'd that go? My sister took it out of the cage and was swinging it. Oh no, yeah. And then the tail stamped off and it ran away. And then that was the end of that. Oh boy. When the pets, when your family walked into the pet store, the animals were like, run away. Remember my sister had a turtle? Yeah. And then it got an eye infection, Sierra, the turtle, and then my mom returned it.

unknown 12:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 12:31

Yeah. I wonder how it got an eye infection. I don't know. I should have asked her. The turtle. Did you get him a little patch? I know. No. Anyways, we are all across the world. We are, but I can't end on like reptiles. Oh, you want to end up one little sweet story. Oh, pumpkins. Yeah, go ahead. I don't know why I got so excited. Yay! Yay! Pumpkins. Well, there was a grower in Half Moon Bay, California. That's a nice area. Who entered the pumpkin growing contest, the Safeway World Championship way off. And would you believe he grew a 2,349 pound pumpkin? Was that the father of the 12-pound babies?

SPEAKER_00 13:16

There made 12,000 pounds.

SPEAKER_01 13:18

How does one transport?

SPEAKER_02 13:21

Well, that's what I was looking for. I was like, what's the secret? Yeah. But then I thought, oh, he probably doesn't want to share because for every pound, the winner receives$9,000. Damn, Sam. No, that can't be right. That's a lot of money.$9,000 per pound? No. Hold on. That's not right.

unknown 13:41

That's not right.

SPEAKER_02 13:42

It's like, I'm in the wrong business. Wait, yes, it is right. Because you earned$21,000. Yeah. Yeah, he earned$21,114. Times how big was the pumpkin?$2,349 pounds. Yeah. Wow. We should try that.

unknown 14:01

To grow.

Candy Sneak Peek And Silly Names

SPEAKER_02 14:03

You know what? We might as well. That could be next year. That could be some fun money for us. Oh my God. And split that right up. 10 grand each. All we have to do is grow a pumpkin. You could grow it in my side yard. Really? Yes. It's room for a 2,000 pumpkin. Yes. Let's definitely try. Can we not forget about this next year? We'll just grow it right in the middle of my yard and see what happens. Your husband is a fast knell on reptiles. How does he feel about pumpkins? We have so many critters. We'd how how would we keep all the critters away? Again, I know we build a fence, of course. There we go. Okay. It's done.$10,000 apiece. I mean, there were it's harder ways to earn$10,000 than growing a pumpkin. I know. Let's do it. All right. All right. Have you heard about the new candy coming out next year? The only there's 10 new things coming out from Mars. And the only one I like are the X and O gummy lifesavers. I like because it's like tic-tac-toe, which I thought was kind of cute. That is cute. What else is coming from? Cherry chocolate cupcake MMs. Lemon meringue pie MMs. Maybe. Maybe I'm not going to be able to do that. Oh, wait, is there chocolate in that? No, I don't think so. Okay, yeah. I'm in, I'm in on those. Well, maybe and then Twix bits, which doesn't it sounds kind of naughty. Like it doesn't sound like oh it sounds like a British phrase for your private bars. Like I got my Twix bits. Like don't get your Twist Twix bits in her butt.

SPEAKER_00 15:32

Sounds like a bit made me think about something John said today. He was talking about Wolf's nude. And he asked when her nude came off. And I said, What? What? And she he said, because she's getting neutered. Oh.

SPEAKER_02 15:55

So we can do that out because I wouldn't, oh, because she neutered and so where is her nude? Yeah. Oh, bless him.

SPEAKER_00 16:05

What are the other ones?

SPEAKER_02 16:07

A Skittles Gummy Fuego, which I think you had brought up. No, thank you. Snickers Extreme, which is just chocolate-covered caramel and peanuts. There's no nougat. Which I feel like would hurt your jaw. Which I feel like is un-extreme. Yeah. It's just crunchy. It's like crunchy Snickers. It's like I just imagine you'd be like, Is it like a payday? Right? I don't know. I just think it would be like I think a dentist created this candy bar to be like, oh, you chipped a tooth. I'm shocked. Like all caramel and peanuts.

unknown 16:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 16:44

Okay.

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Rings: Symbols, Sports, And Meanings

Olympic Rings Colors And Order

SPEAKER_02 16:44

But anyway. Starber sour. No, no. Thank you. And then peanut butter, cinnamon roll MNMs. Too much artificial flavor. There's and MMs are small. Like that's too much. Just peanut butter MMs are delicious, but I like pretzel MMs too. Those are a bad too. I also stick to Twix and Reese's pieces. But not bits. No Twigs, bits. I don't want anything anybody's Twix, bits. Let's go to commercial. Hey Nora. Hi Nora. How are you? I'm great. I was just wondering, do you like firecrackers? Is the Pope from Chicago? I sure do. And guess what else is from Chicago? What? Mike Haggerty Buick GMC. Bless my soul. God bless America. New Canyons, Sierra, HDs, terrains, Acadias, Yukons, you name it, they've got it. Oh my goodness. But the real firecracker of a sale is the 2025 Buick Envision. You can lease it now for$3.39 a month for 24 months. God bless America. So head on down to Mike Haggerty Buick GMC on the corner of 93rd in Cicero or check them out online at Haggertycars.com and tell them the North Ascension. And now back to the show. Our topic today is rings. Rings. Rings. And what is the first thing you think of with rings? I think engagement rings, wedding rings, jewelry. How about you? I went Olympic rings and ring movies and gymnastics rings. What? This is gonna be a very interesting segment because Did you think telephone rings? Oh, like setting your ring tone. Oh, I did not think of it. See, there's so many things with rings. Same name, different meaning. Yeah. What do you what do you want to tell you? Tell us about these electric ring. Well, there's five. And I knew that they were symbolic, but I didn't quite understand. And I was confused at first because it said it's five rings for the five inhabited con continents on Earth. And I was thinking, oh wait, there's seven continents. Six are inhabited. Why are there five rings? They included North and South America as one America's.

SPEAKER_00 19:08

Ah, yes, of course.

Engagement And Wedding Ring Stories

SPEAKER_02 19:09

So and then the colors are chosen because every flag in the in the world has one at least one of those colors in their flag. What color is representative of the Americas? Red, I would because we have red. So there's red, yellow, blue, green, and black for the five Olympic green colors. So there's at least one from every flag. Oh. So I thought that. And it is a very, I think, well-known symbol. Oh, it's a very recognizable symbol. Across the world. Although if I was asked to draw them, I could put three on top and two on the bottom, but I couldn't put the colors. I would probably go red, blue, yellow, green, black. Black. And you know what's funny? I made beer Olympic shirts for Al's party, and I made 40 shirts. And they all had the Olympic rings on there. And I could not tell you the order in which they go. I think I've blacked it out of my mind because I That was a lot of crickets. Because I had like a sweatshop. But it is pretty cool. And I think if I was to ever be in the Olympics, that was the only tattoo I would ever get, would be Olympic rings. But I think my Olympic dreams are probably dashed. I think mine has the opportunity has passed. So yeah, blue, black, red, because I looked it up, yellow and green on the bottom. Hmm. Blue, black, red. Okay. I'm gonna try to remember that. Next week, ask me what the colour is. Okay. Like a little quiz. Give me a pop quiz. Oh, I was gonna ask you about engagement rings. Yes. Wedding rings. I wondered, do you always wear yours? No. Do you? Mm-mm. But my mom never takes hers off. Oh, she doesn't? She wears her engagement ring and her wedding ring. Well, now she's her rings have changed. I mean, she's been married for over 50 years. So they've she has a newer ring that she wears because her diamond fell out. Oh, it did? Mm-hmm. Did she find it? She found it the first time, and then the second time recently, it fell out at a White Sox game. No kidding. Oh. I know. So I'm constantly like checking. Checking. I usually just wear I have two wedding bands. Same marriage. I was forgotten to mention that Nora has two husbands, didn't we? That's why you're four kids. That's not in a cat. And then my engagement ring goes in the middle. And I usually just wear one wedding ring. Sometimes I don't wear anything at all. If I'm like doing a lot of stuff around the house. Right. Did you get two wedding bands at church? I got one wedding band as my wedding band. And then Ryan gave me one as a wedding gift.

unknown 21:49

Oh.

SPEAKER_02 21:50

So we were walking down the aisle back. Like he gave it to you like on the aisle? Yeah. Well, like when we were like leaving, he pulled it out of his pocket, like in a little box. Yeah, in the Ziploc bag. Uh-huh. Pillbox. Yeah, but did you pick your Were you so surprised? No, because I we had I You had I was like, that's a lot to spring on a girl. More diamonds, right after you get married. I did. I picked my wedding bands. Did you pick out your engagement ring? I picked out, I liked Takori. That was a big designer 20 years ago. I don't even know now when they if that's big or not. But so I knew I wanted a Takori ring and then he chose it. Oh, okay. So how about you? I did nothing with it. I mean, I actually I was telling somebody this story recently. I'll picked out my engagement ring and it's lovely. And I probably I don't know if I would have picked out anything different. It's just very simple, solitaire, but it was too big. And because well, he took a ring from my apartment to like use a size, but it was like a fake ring that I used. We had a party at work and we used like rings as part of the imitations, and he took one of those. It was this like gaudy, like pink diamond fake ring. He thought it fit me, it did not. But we took it to the jeweler to get resized because it was too big. And the jeweler was like, Yeah, you don't want me to resize that because if you have some kids, your fingers are gonna swell and get fat, and then I can't make the ring bigger. So he just put these two little balls in there. Has it always fit you since? And yeah. Great. No, so if you're listening, Robert Pachico. Fingers never got never got fat. So there you go. And what about your and then my wedding band, we went to the jeweler to pick it out. And I was, I wanted like a lot of diamonds, but I was just like, oh, I just need them like at the half or like a quarter of the way. And the jeweler was like, I hear ya, but if you're wearing a ring and it starts to spin, it's gonna be annoying to have to turn it around to the diamond side up. Oh, yeah, right. He was like, So I highly recommend diamonds all around. And I was like, Well, okay. Since you said, but I I really, really like my. And then Al just got, you know, diamonds and dolphins engraved on his. No, can we do it? I didn't know where to go. There's a map of Long Island around the band. Well, that's kind of a thing people are doing. Not maps of Long Island. Oh, okay. But the trend right now is personalizing it so it tells your story. So they are engraving things. That's a lot. On a ring. No, he just has a plain platinum band, but something he did that was great, our first anniversary, and I will say I didn't appreciate it in the moment. He gave me an exact copy of his wedding band for me. Like kind of like sized down and looked a little thinner. And you gave him one of his?

SPEAKER_00 24:49

A copy.

Class Rings, Traditions, And Keepsakes

SPEAKER_02 24:50

I wasn't I will say, I was really confused. He gave me it, and I was like, oh, thanks. You know, and I didn't really understand it. And I wear that ring all the time. Like when I used to go to a gym instead of well, who were we giving out an exercise since August? But when I would go to a gym, I would wear that ring. If I'm doing like backstage work, I'll wear that, I wear it all the time. It's just a plain platinum band. And it came in handy because he lost his wedding ring playing beach volleyball. And we had an exact copy of what his was. Oh, and then you could just be like one of these. One of these, please. That's great. Yeah. Ryan's is I think it's just platinum, and that has a tungsten like ring in the middle. Oh, that is like a stripe almost. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 25:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 25:38

That is neat. So, but he chose it. Or we chose it together, I guess. And then I wanted to know about your class ring. Mmm. Is that a thing? It was a thing. My junior year. Did you get one? So it wasn't really a thing in Scottsdale. Okay. And my mom thought it was like a money grab, and I really wanted it. So she caved. And they caved. And it was Johnston's Johnson. Johnston's. Yes. They're like the ring people. And it was gold, and it had a saber cat on one side in my year, and then track shoes on the other.

SPEAKER_00 26:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 26:09

And then like a turquoisey blue stone. Yeah. But I left it in Long Beach, and I think the cleaning lady stole it. Oh, you don't have it. No. Or maybe I just lost it. Oh shoot. But yeah, I don't know. It's it's gone. It was a huge deal at Nazareth when I went there. We had a ring ceremony. And there's one. And a ring dance. There's one. So will Mike get a ring? Or I think they not do it anywhere. No, they do a ring ceremony. But do they get Justin's rings or do they just I heard some now people get like jewelry from other places and then be like, oh, here's my like my Tiffany ring or like a Clotta ring or something and bless that. Oh, that works too. Kind of whatever. Yeah. I kind of like that. It's I mean, I wore my class ring junior year through senior year. I didn't wear it when I went to college, but I did wear it when we went to that Nazareth thing. Oh yeah. Because one side had palms and then the other side had theater. But it has my actual signature on the inside.

SPEAKER_00 27:07

Oh, that's cool.

SPEAKER_02 27:08

Engraved. So it says Nora Ryan, which I really like. I like that too. And then like a blue stone, it says Nazareth. I do kind of like though that you can choose your own ring if you want to have that blessed. Like whatever is important to you, or like whatever. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. And I guess you would get more wear out of it. Yeah. When I was little, I asked for a diamond ring when I was probably four or five years old. Oh. And I got one. No way. Just one of my most memorable rings. It has like a it's just a gold band. It has like little chips of diamond in it. It's like tiny. It's tiny. And I remember driving to church, knocking the ring against the glass window, thinking that was so cool. It's like a core memory. Yeah. I bet Rose would be right there with you. Oh. She would be awesome.

SPEAKER_01 27:54

Just as long as there's no press on nails. Yes, exactly.

Record-Setting Diamond Ring And Sports Rings

SPEAKER_02 27:57

And then Al had gotten me a when Kevin was born, he bought me a ring that has three. I I always wear it, and I don't know why I didn't wear it today when we were talking about rings. It's three rings in one. It's a rolling ring? I don't know a rolling ring. It rolls on and off. It's three rings in one. Oh, so it's like silver, gold, and because he was our third baby. So it's silver, gold, and rose gold, and they all that's great. I love the gift. Yeah. So that's really I have those three rings or four rings, I guess, and I kind of interchanged them, but yeah. Have you ever seen Lord of the Rings? No, but the first movie Ryan and I saw was The Ring. Oh my God. Do you saw Oh, that's that's wait, and you fell asleep. Yeah, because I don't really like those kind of movies. Do you know there are 14 of those movies? 14 rings? 14 rings. They should have stopped at one. I don't remember that being a particularly good movie. I never knew the plot of that. It's horrifying. You watch a video and then seven days later you're gonna die. Oh god, no, see, I was asleep. I think that was your brain protecting itself. Yes, and then the only way you could not die is if you show someone else the tape.

SPEAKER_01 29:07

That's so mean. And then now that's their problem.

SPEAKER_02 29:11

That is a big problem. How have you made 14 movies out of this premise? That's a dumb movie. That's a dumb movie. Giving rings a bad name. Also, I'm like, why is it called the ring? It should be called the video tape.

SPEAKER_00 29:22

And is it still a video tape? Or now do they stream?

Parenting Moments: Haircuts And Field Trips

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Now it's like now it's a the deadly stream. I don't know. I was like, this is ridiculous. I'm not all about no same z's. Would you ever want the ring with the most diamonds in it? Yes.$26,679 to be exact? Yes. Yowza. Because for the low, low price of$95,000. That's it. That's a lot of money for a ring. It's only$95,000? Yeah. I think so. Let's look at it. I mean, not that I have$95,000 ready to burn. Shoot, where did it go? Okay, so this ring has twenty uh essentially twenty-five thousand diamonds. Are they Pave? And it's in India. I don't know. It kind of has the shape of a ring pop. It looks like a it's a giant ring with a plate and then like a flower on top. But it's I mean it's pretty. Like it's a beautiful work of art. Would I want to wear it? Probably not. No. But it's 340 grams. So it weighs less than a 12-pound baby. Okay. Or about uh$95,000. Okay. So there you go. Is it for sale? I believe so, Nora. You could get in contact with them. There's a pink, there was a 34. Oh, I like that one better. Million dollar pink. Oh, wait, that's 34 million? Yeah. Oh. That's a lot. I do like that one a lot better, though. I always think about the sports ranks, like the World Series rings and like the championship rings and how those have evolved. Those are cool. We were at the The Football Hall of Fame. Yes. It's cool to see that. That was my favorite part. Even the football rings. Like the high school football rings are big. Oh, I haven't seen any of those. But I do remember even with our class ring, like the boys' ones were always big. Beefy. Beefy. Beefy rings. I think that's how they're mentioned in the book. But I think Justin's makes the championship rings too. Like I think they do, they're like the ring people. The old ring people. Yes. They've got like a corner on the market. It's a monopoly, if you will. Indeed. Maybe. Maybe they have a monopoly rate. Might as well. Is that I stooped to a new low. Uh-oh. I cut my son's hair this morning on his way out the door. Which son? Oldest or youngest? Okay. Hit the back. He's like, my back of my hair, it's like a ponytail. Which it wasn't. Okay. I would be surprised if it was. But I was like, I can fix that. I can just cut it really quick. And he said, okay.

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I didn't expect him to say okay. So I snipped off like the part that was bothering him. Yeah. But then I had to snip the other part.

Highs Of The Week And Closing

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Oh, right. So I did a real nice job with Kenora. Well, that's not a new low. That's a new skill. But then his sideburns were long. So I was like, come here, we're not done. So I got the sides. No, the front's really long. Chill. Whoa, you kept going. And I said, can I get the front? He's like, I don't think I trust you to do that. Oh, so that's fair. That's probably fair. But instead of my first thought being maybe I should call the barber, I took out a pair of kitchen scissors and cut my boy's hair before he left. Like, what in the Sam? Well, you know what? You're like, this is off my list. I need to just get this done. I've still done you. How about you? I forgot that Rose had a field trip today, which is a problem because they need to have like a lunch in a brown bag and or like in a paper bag. Everything has to be disposable. And as we I was driving them to school, we saw all her little friends in their gym uniforms. And she's like, I was like, why are they in gym uniforms? You had gym yesterday. You don't have gym today. And then she's like, I have a field trip today. Did you turn around? And so I dropped off Kevin. And I was like, Rose, I'm sorry. I will say they were kind of annoying getting ready for school today. And I really wanted to be like, this is what happens when you're annoying in the morning. But I'm like, it's not their fault. She's seven. So we went back home, put her in her gym uniform, like switched her lunch, and she made it back. I she might have been a little late for school, but not really. Oh man, good on you for screen. Like, because she would have been the only one in her like uniform uniform. Are they going to the farm? And then you're like that children's museum. Oh. But still, you're like, oh, clearly, I forgot. It's like a reflection of not forgetting. And I just, I rarely do stuff like that. And I was Well, but look at you, you saved it. Annoyed with myself. So, anyways, we did, but my high is that I'm reclaiming my ladies' lounge, Nora. Yes, that's a high for me then, because I can enjoy drinking there. So I got a few little furniture items, some new lighting. We've talked about how important that is. That room was always too dark. So I'm very excited. Can't wait to get a few minutes. But nothing crazy, nothing expensive, but things that will make a difference. Make me very happy. That'll make me very happy too. Thank you. My high is that I spent the weekend with Elle. My oldest daughter plays out of state for soccer each weekend. And usually my husband takes her, but the way the chips fell this weekend, he did two soccer tournaments for the younger ones. And I took her up to the lake and we did a little shopping. Oh, got matching jam jams, had a nice dinner. And then when we got home from dinner, I said, Do you want to watch a show? She's like, I'm so tired. Do you want to just go to bed? And I said, Yes. Like, I've never loved you more. And so we put on our matching jammies, took a picture, and we were lights out by 8:30. Oh my god. It was so glorious. It's a perfect night. Yeah. Then we carried on up to Grand Rapids another two hours. She played and then we came home. But it was nice to just have some one-on-one time with her. Oh, that's nice. We had a lot of laughs. Her time is like the best. Yeah. And she's like, Do you want me to drive back? Which was like, Yeah. Oh, right. So I didn't have to like, you don't know where you're going. She's like, it's okay. I didn't know where I was going either. So yeah, it was like, it was good to have time with her. So that's awesome.

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Well, it was nice to have time with our listeners. Yes. Thank you for listening, and we'll see you next week. Bye. Bye.