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A Contagious Smile Podcast
A Contagious Smile is a powerful platform dedicated to uplifting and empowering special needs families and survivors of domestic violence. Through heartfelt stories, we shine a light on the journeys of extraordinary individuals who have overcome unimaginable challenges. Their triumphs serve as a testament to resilience and strength, inspiring others to rediscover their own inner light. Each episode features candid interviews with survivors, advocates, and experts who provide valuable resources and insights to support those on their own paths to healing and empowerment. Join us as we celebrate the power of resilience, the beauty of shared stories, and the unstoppable spirit of those who turn adversity into hope. Let us guide you in rekindling your spirit, because every smile tells a story of courage and transformation.
A Contagious Smile Podcast
Confronting a Customer Service Nightmare
Ever wondered what happens when someone refuses to serve your child with a medical condition? Victoria and Michael share a raw, unfiltered account of standing up to a McDonald's manager who denied their daughter food despite knowing her medical needs. This powerful confrontation highlights the fierce advocacy that defines their approach to life and healing.
The couple dives deep into narcissistic relationships, particularly within families, revealing how narcissists view people as possessions rather than individuals with inherent worth. "The biggest fear a narcissist has is the truth," Victoria explains, "because the black sheep's truth unveils their lies." Their insights come from both personal experience and professional research that informs their acclaimed healing programs.
With 41 published books to her name and recognition in multiple magazines, Victoria channels this success into creating accessible healing resources through A Contagious Smile Academy. Most courses cost just $4.99, with many resources completely free - a testament to their belief that recovery should be available to everyone, regardless of financial circumstances. Their upcoming July 13th webinar features remarkable speakers sharing transformation stories that will inspire and equip listeners with practical healing tools.
What sets this couple apart is their genuine commitment - they've never taken a paycheck for their work despite its considerable personal cost. As Victoria poignantly reminds us, "September 7th, I had an arm and a hand, and September 8th, I didn't." Life can change in an instant, which is why they're passionate about making healing resources available today for those who might need them tomorrow. Ready to experience healing that doesn't break the bank? Join their webinar or explore their Academy - your journey to wholeness might just begin with a simple $5 investment.
Good evening and welcome to another episode of a contagious smile. Unstoppable. We have my amazingly handsome redneck has been Michael, our beautiful service dogs Rusty and Stucco from Stucco squad. I am Victoria. How's it going, babe?
Speaker 2:I'm a little tired.
Speaker 1:I've been cleaning we know we have been cleaning.
Speaker 2:Come on now okay, we have been cleaning yes, I have gotten hankering.
Speaker 1:Is that right? Did I say it right? Hankering, hankering for to to like spring clean? My husband, love of my life, soulmate, is a hoarder and likes to like, just collect. Let's just say that. So luckily, our garage garage, whatever it is he calls it, um my grudge likes to collect things, and then sometimes it gets a little crazy.
Speaker 1:I have interesting hobbies yeah, so we've been on this cleaning, going to have a massive garage sale at some point, kind of thing and we're getting ready for our webinar, which is only a few days away, and that is incredibly exciting. We have some amazing people coming on. It's super, super exciting and, yeah, it's a lot a lot, a lot.
Speaker 1:It's gonna be interesting because I know you did one about two years ago we did podcasts for pause and that ended up starting out as only a few hours long and it wasn't a webinar, but it ended up lasting three days, yeah. And what's even worse and I know he's going to say it, so I'll just get there before he does is I was not even 24 hours post-op from oh yeah, let's try that again A surgery.
Speaker 2:Another surgery.
Speaker 1:So that? And my husband said you can't seriously be doing this. And I said, oh, I am. So they were phenomenal, my husband and and faith. They kept bringing me my unsweet tea and making sure I was good. And you know, they don't have the patience, I guess, to sit like I do at a desk for 16, 18 hours at a time. They just can't do it. I get up every hour to walk and like stretch my legs and whatever, but it's literally maybe a five minutes at best that I do that I will do an hour in front of this computer and I will be sawing logs you do 10 minutes in front of the computer and you're sawing logs.
Speaker 1:That connects, driving you nuts, isn't it?
Speaker 2:yes yes so he's just all right. So june j, july 13th.
Speaker 1:July. Say it again.
Speaker 2:July.
Speaker 1:Okay, before we even do that, I have to ask you, say what you said. That I've totally. Not only did I misunderstand, faith misunderstood, so it's not just my hearing that's going to crap. I said an itch. Does that not sound like itch? It sounds like itch, an itch, an itch.
Speaker 2:Is different from an itch.
Speaker 1:Does that not sound like itch? It sounds like itch An itch. An itch Is different from an itch, both of those sounded the exact same to me.
Speaker 2:I need three inches of whatever Cake batter I don't know.
Speaker 1:Cake batter doesn't go out in inches.
Speaker 2:Well, whatever, I need three inches of, didn't I say wood, okay, but, and I have an itch on my back okay, let's try it this way.
Speaker 1:Let's try the word itch, itch, itch, itch, itch. Okay, inch, itch, inch, itch, inch, inch. You know I, I have to say, can we just also talk about what happened at mcdonald's the other day?
Speaker 1:uh, I was at mcdonald's, I was at working for us okay, I was on the way to the hospital for again another day of imaging contesting and I'm sorry but this is ridiculous. We get in the line, okay, and this show is unfiltered, so don't hold back their love of my life. We get in the line. At 9 45 am we pull up. I have ticket in hand. At 9 47 I am getting our daughter, who likes to wait to the very last minute to leave and everybody who knows me knows I'm insanely early. I'm always always early, right, and we drive through and she wants a big breakfast with hot cakes. Okay, so it's all pretty much frozen crap that they just microwave or whatever, right, they're not back there beating the eggs and pouring it in and making biscuits. This is mcdonald's. They might mcdonald's who, by the way, powdered eggs I don't know who on, by the way, doesn't even have like a one and a half star on yelp, which I did not know this, and now I do, and I will never return to that mcdonald's ever again. So we get through. I have the receipt in hand. Receipt says 947. So this is for reference.
Speaker 1:Pull up to the next window. Could you park right up there please? We'll bring it to you in just a minute. Sure, thank you, have a good day, like I always say to everybody, right, we park. Another lady pulls up beside me. She is pissed. She has two little ones in the back seats screaming. I'm hungry. Now, if I can hear it, we know it's loud. So she looks at me and her windows down, my windows down, and she's like I can't understand these people. Why are we having to park for something so stupid? It's a drive-through and I said I get it, I understand. So then there comes in another car and another car and another car and we're all being parked right, and then I see everybody else's food is being delivered and I'm like what did we possibly order? That could have been so bad.
Speaker 1:So now, after parked for what is well over 15 minutes of no exaggeration time, a employee, if you you will, approaches the vehicle and says did you order this bacon, whatever? No, ma'am, we did not. I said can I ask you for a favor? We're on the way to our, to a hospital appointment. Is there any way we could expeditiously kind of hurry this along so I could get my daughter her food, like, and walks off Right. There was no mean undertone. I said please. I said thank you Right. I just said you know we've been sitting here for well over 15 minutes. So then out comes the manager. No name tag on, no hairnet, no, nothing. You know how you have a pet peeve about dark nails, and I don't mean like wearing an awesome purple or black shade of nails, I'm talking about learn how to clean under your nails. After you pick your ass and your nose kind of nails right Walks out and she's like are you the one going to the hospital?
Speaker 2:Like go ahead. It was at this point the dr jekyll, mr hyde came out and my wife that's not fair. Oh, our listeners are open mouth.
Speaker 1:Had someone said that to them okay, I was still polite at first, at first you are very polite.
Speaker 1:At first I said it's hard at first I said, yes'am, we have an appointment at the hospital. I don't understand what's taking so long. We have a big breakfast and an order of hotcakes. And she was like, well, I can't help it that it's backed up here today. And I was like, well, everybody else has gotten their food. And I don't understand.
Speaker 1:And I said, ma'am, my daughter has a medical condition and I have to have her eat, right, and that's how I said it. And she goes, that is not my problem. Okay, now I can see the reference of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Right, I will do anything in the world for you, but if you do anything in the negative sense to anyone I love and care for, which would be my child, my husband, my dogs, my good friends, then I could see how that can come forth with. So I said I don't know, maybe you didn't hear me my daughter has a medical condition where she has to eat and we have to be at the hospital. And she was like do you just want a refund? I said, no, I would like our food and I would hope that you won't do something to it when you bring it to us. Why would you think that Like? Why would you automatically make the assumption. And that's how she's talking to me.
Speaker 1:And I'm like, oh no, I never raised my voice yet. And she's like why would you automatically assume that we're going to do something to your food? Why have something to your food? Why have you seen the movie? Waiting with ryan reynolds? No, and I said well, because I'm asking where her food is. And and she was like we are not that kind of place. And I was like, well, by reading your yelp reviews, you're not, you know, the cleanest and and most professional either, because I just pulled up the yelp review while I'm waiting for now more than 20 minutes. I mean every roll in the eyes attitude.
Speaker 1:Okay, I don't care where you're from, I don't care the color of your skin, I don't care your gender. I am half Yankee, I have a redhead. I am going to win by default. I'm just telling you because and my husband will tell you I'm not someone who will raise my voice, and that pisses off so many people because they want me to escalate to their level and I won't. I will stay at a normal tone, I will stay at a normal volume and it pisses them off even more, but I will put you in your place so fast your head will spin. But don't bring me to that level. That's I ask. I am a very understanding person. I will work this out, but when you are withholding food for my child who has a medical condition, all bets are off my wife is so sexy so she turns around while I'm asking, asking still prominent, we're asking for food for my child.
Speaker 1:She storms off, she comes back and basically tosses the refund. Luckily, I paid with cash and I was like I don't want the refund, I want her food. And she's like well, I don't care what you want, because you are not getting fed here and neither is she. She ain't getting her food here. Okay, well then I can understand how I'm getting a little heated. My face might be matching my hair at this point. I was like I'm sorry, what did you just say? I want to make sure I heard you correctly. And she's like we're not giving your child food. And I was like okay, I said I've been here 25 minutes, 25 minutes. Okay, I said I've been here 25 minutes, 25 minutes. I asked for food and now you're forbidding to serve her. And she goes, yes, like really raising her voice. I said there's no reason for you to raise your voice at me At this point. I still haven't raised my volume and she gets huffy and puffy still. And then, while I'm trying to say I really need to get her some food because, in all fairness, there is nothing else around at that point where we are. There is literally nothing else I could go get her to eat before this appointment. And where we have to go in the hospital is nowhere near where the breakfast area would be and by now they're not serving breakfast anymore and our child can only eat certain things. So she can't have, like she can't eat a hamburger. She can't, you know, it has to be soft eggs. She doesn't eat the outside of the biscuit, she eats the inside of the biscuit, right? So there's a reason for this. It's inside of the biscuit, right? So there's a reason for this.
Speaker 1:So as she decides to turn around and proceed back in, I was like, excuse me, I just want you to know I'm not done with this, I don't care what you're doing with this. And I said I will contact corporate, I will let them know the lack of professionalism. She goes, I don't care what you do, like really loud, and I was like I guarantee you, before I'm done, you're going to have to seek employment somewhere else. So because I'm pretty much deaf and I did miss whatever she stated at that point under her breath, she rolled her head quite a few little times, reminded me of, like the preview of Beetlejuice, and continued on her a little way and I may have screamed you are such a bitch. I did, I admit it.
Speaker 1:And so I called corporate mcdonald's and they were flabbergasted and I told him. I said I own what I do. I will tell you this is exactly how it happened. But I did call her a bitch, absolutely did. And the lady who took my complaint was like girl, you're better than me because I'd have gotten out of the car, and I was like I couldn't do that because that's not who I am, I'm not going to get out and, you know, resort to violence. However, it is now on my to-do list to make sure that that manager is no longer, you know, being at the golden arches anymore, because that's not okay. I mean, I even told a woman I was like my daughter can have an issue from not getting food in her system because she has to eat for a medical condition. She did not care.
Speaker 2:So I'm curious Maybe I did not ask you Bringing up our daughter, and I know her very well, and you're telling me she was silent the whole time. She was.
Speaker 1:Which is so unlike Faith, that's right.
Speaker 2:Yeah, she will let it go in a heartbeat.
Speaker 1:She just looked at me and said I think it's best that I just stay quiet, because I think you got this.
Speaker 2:She does like to watch you in action.
Speaker 1:No, she actually tries to instigate it.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But there was no need for instigation here, and so I'm sorry, but I mean, I don't think I overreacted. I think you know that somebody like there's so many people out there who want to work and would do a better job and if whatever its name is, you know wants to continue working in customer service.
Speaker 1:I'm sure that working in a cemetery would be just great, and I'm saying she could like work in the back end of a cemetery. She could work with a hearing impaired, just not me. I'm just saying you don't need to be front and center with someone and their family especially. I will go out of my way. If somebody says I have a child with a medical condition, I will reach into my bag and see if I have some kind of snack to hold over, and I've done this a gazillion times at the hospitals where I'm like here I don't have much, but you can have this until you can get her something to eat, or get him something to eat, right, or I'll even offer to go get them something to eat. But to have somebody do that when there's so many people who are out there wanting to find work and this one is collecting a paycheck is just beyond me. I mean, I would like to know, hubby of mine, what you would have done had you been there.
Speaker 2:oh, my ass would have been inside, yeah. And done what? I would have made a scene. You're going to give me my food right then and there. You're not going to give me a refund. I'm inside the restaurant.
Speaker 1:And if they spit on the food and made her sick?
Speaker 2:That's why I'm inside watching Most places. You see back there the grill, the griddle, the fry machine. You see how they prepare it, so yeah.
Speaker 1:So I have called corporate. I do want to call and get the store manager's name and number and advise them, but I don't even know if they care. You know or not?
Speaker 2:So that leads me into something else. There, victoria, check with your state laws on recording and the state of georgia.
Speaker 1:As long as one party knows that you're being recorded, you have the legal right to record and if you push record then that's.
Speaker 2:That's one party right and that goes along with, um, you know, being in a a domestic violent relationship record. The other one, I have a gnat in here y'all. It's like 10 o'clock at night and I had the windows open doing things with the AC and there's a gnat flying around our one light here in our tiny office.
Speaker 1:And it's driving him nuts.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so yeah, definitely record and get your evidence and get your ducks in a row when you're getting ready to exit abusive relationship.
Speaker 1:Now that you have such great advice, he has no idea I'm about to do this. Let me ask you about a situation that we just dealt with here within the last 24 hours, just dealt with here within the last 24 hours. We have a individual who survived domestic violence and went through a horrific time. They're all horrible times, but the degree of the abuse was of the abuse was horrific. And we started speaking with a family member of that person and my husband was also there and the individual family member made the comment why didn't you just call me? And I would have gotten you out of there? And at that moment my heart broke for the survivor.
Speaker 1:Because we do know that the person who made that statement to us was well aware of what was transpiring during this event of abuse and it was for a long period of time. So, as a man and father, we can't say her name, we can't say the family member or we can't say the relation of the person. How, as a man, does that make you feel when you went through and heard all of this? As a man, does that make you feel when you went through and heard all of this?
Speaker 2:I was flabbergasted that a father would would go ahead blatantly lie like that keep going. I just my wires are not crossed like that to be able to comprehend, to think like that.
Speaker 1:So I don't know how did you feel for the survivor? Let's call her Jane. How did you feel for the survivor? Let's call her Jane.
Speaker 2:How did you feel for Jane? I don't think it was anything new. I don't think it was anything unexpected of that individual. Now, some of the characteristics of the statement might have been new, but you know, the idea was it's still the same. It's still the same individual, narcissistic, in control what characteristics were new?
Speaker 1:what was said, that was new? Specific details oh, like identifying her as were his kid and some other things but I mean, they're both still alive. Yeah, and he did.
Speaker 2:He identified her as didn't you state one time that narcissists will see you as an object?
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:But that person stated that Jane was past tense, as if she had just passed away like she was deceased, by saying that she was Right or were was the.
Speaker 2:So does that mean that individual has severed ties in his heart? Well, his black hole shit. I just keep fudging this, don't I?
Speaker 1:yeah, a little bit, but it's hard as a parent when I hear that and as an advocate, because I could never mouth those words to Faith, no matter what, even when they told us time and time again she wasn't going to make it through the night. They've lost their mind. If they think, I would even accept that. I mean, we had the nicest chaplain with us and he even said she might not be able to go because you haven't let her go. And I said well, good, because I'm not, I'm not going to let her go. No disrespect, he was phenomenal.
Speaker 1:But there was no way a parent can say that I don't care. You know people say well, you're an adult, jane's an adult, so jane should literally act a certain way. But at the end of the day, she's still dna pending kin to this individual. So how can you put it off on them? And you know one thing narcissists cannot take accountability for their actions. They won't and they don't, no matter what happens. I mean it just doesn't. I mean you know they're. The one other thing I do know is that for the longest time that individual accused jane of things and then he stated later on to you that a whole, totally different story and you're talking with them because it's like a manda man thing and um sort of and it's just. I mean, it's, it's mind-boggling to me that some people care more about the perception of their image and the fatness of their wallet than the love within their heart.
Speaker 2:I'm gonna be selfish when it comes to my kid. I'm not going to let them go, you know. Going back to your earlier statement, Well, it's not just that.
Speaker 1:I mean even medically and I'm not talking about just medically but he basically has, you know, no contact, and it's nowhere near the first time that that's transpired between them. But it doesn't matter, it, just it's mind blowing that when a narcissist is done with you, they're done with you, and you know what. The biggest fear a narcissist has is the truth, and that's why they try to make the black sheep look so bad, because their truth, the black sheep's truth, unveils their lies. And so with the lies of the narcissist, that's what makes it such a challenge, because they don't ever want to be seen as anything but what they are portraying themselves as it's like a mask really which probably comes out in your second one prequel your prequel to who kicked first, which is called nart.
Speaker 2:Nart, who's there?
Speaker 1:yes, yes, nice, nice one there, but I y'all know my wife has written.
Speaker 2:She has published 41 books. My wife has written. She has published 41 books. She's on her 43rd and you know I am so proud of my wife. I mean, you know, she's written all these books, she's published them. She's done the work here in front of this computer. She's done her research, she's done her schoolwork, she's been through schooling I'm so proud of her, thank you. Not to mention here recently she's won so many awards we have for what she's doing here at a contagious smile contagious smile academy.
Speaker 2:She's just been published in three magazines that I have here three physical magazines and five digital. Which are awesome.
Speaker 1:Now my husband's going around going. I got me a centerfold.
Speaker 2:You're right there at the centerfold Grief.
Speaker 1:Okay, so our webinar lineup for Sunday, the 13th. You guys can get tickets on the Eventbrite website and we are also going to hey Faith. Hey, one question. Can you come here real quick while we're live? Dad couldn't believe that you were quiet during the whole McDonald's debacle why not when they withheld your food? He couldn't believe you didn't round off in him. Faith, that's right.
Speaker 2:You knew she had it handled.
Speaker 1:I heard that and that tattoo on her arm she got dedicated to you is going to be a constant reminder. We all know that she's got you wrapped around the finger so y'all she.
Speaker 2:She just recently got a tattoo of um you're gonna talk about inches again let's say my hand and her little hand grabbing my pinky, where you're? Wrapped on huh where I'm wrapped on oh yeah, you cried when you said there was, it was pauline big sissy you and she. She got the words in the banner. It says choose your destiny.
Speaker 1:And how did she come up with that?
Speaker 2:Something I told her when she was laying in the hospital bed and she was fighting for her life pollen right here.
Speaker 1:Now too, he's got pollen in his eyes again you're dismissed child oh no, she lifted a finger for you. She gave you a finger. That's right. Yes, so the webinar. You're crying again. No, you've become so feminine you've become so feminine sissy boy, oh boy, sissy boy crying again. No, You've become so feminine.
Speaker 2:You've become so feminine, sissy boy, oh boy, sissy boy, can.
Speaker 1:I ground her. No, nope, that's right.
Speaker 2:That's right there.
Speaker 1:pollinator Nothing, he's the pollinator Anyway. So the webinar on sunday it all goes for a good cause. It goes to a contagion thanks faith. It goes to a contagious smile academy, where we want to make sure that healing is affordable and free. If you aren't able to pay, I think most of the classes are no more than like $4.99. Also, I created an amazing $4.99. And then I created an amazing course about the IEP coming up for all of the kiddos and parents going back to school. It is a must because when you are going back and having to start that whole IEP thing again, it is a nightmare and there are so many things that the schools don't want to inform you. But this course prepares you for all and it's great and it's in the academy as well.
Speaker 1:But we have a great lineup. We have some fantastic, fantastic people. I actually had the privilege of meeting somebody the other day. Her name is Carrie Blazer. She is phenomenal and she is going to be our second headliner with Susan O'Millan. She'll be first and then Carrie will come in second. Carrie has an amazing story and how she's overcome. She was just so afraid of being sexually assaulted by men and she had childhood trauma and all just so afraid of being sexually assaulted by men, and she had childhood trauma and all of this. That's gone on and she has learned how to turn it into healing and her story is amazing and she is going to be on as well. And then we have our buddy Keelan, and we have JJ, and we have so many great people who are going to come on and just help everybody.
Speaker 1:There's something for everyone. And you know, if you're picking up your change that's around the house or through the dryer, you know, pay it forward. We just had 4th of July and we celebrate our Independence Day because of the men and women that so proudly serve for our freedom. And, with that being said, how can you thank them? How about silently offering them a scholarship for other classes? We have guaranteed, no matter what, that the Valor Circle will always be free for veterans and active duty military, but there are courses within all of the collections that duty military. But there are courses within all of the collections that. What are you? Oh, he always does this. There are courses within all of the other collections that are available and will help everyone in all different scenarios. So, with that being said, you could go on to a contagioussmellcom and go over to the right corner and it says buy mea coffee. But what you're doing is you're buying a scholarship, and you could do that. You could also go join. Why are you looking at me like that?
Speaker 1:because you're beautiful you could go to a contagious smilem, as in mary and as in nancyco, so a contagious smilemnco. Join the Academy. It's free. We have a plethora of resources in the resource library which my husband doesn't understand why they're so in-depth, because, I mean, they're basically their own course on their own and those are free. We have the Knowledge Nook, we have all the other courses. There's so many courses that are free and basically very low cost. And then if you want to know how we've done this, how we've gone from zero to millions of followers, um, you can reap the benefits of all of my school and training and ins and outs and ups and downs and things that work and things that don't, and go through the social media playbook and get answers to those questions as well. Now I need to like go ahead, babe.
Speaker 2:That was good. So, for those y'all who may think that $4 and 99 cents is nothing and you're going to get just a couple of paragraphs wrong, okay, my wife has has spent her time, her research, her energy into these courses. They are not junk. Okay, I wished that she would charge $399 for some of these courses, but she won't. She wants to keep them affordable for our listeners. She wants to keep them affordable for our listeners. Okay, now, at some point, I'm sure things will go up because of all the advertising, all the programs that we're on and we do. Okay, but for now, y'all take advantage, get on there, sign up for the class, buy a cup of coffee, sponsor a scholarship.
Speaker 1:Just do it, y'all, because it is so worth it. You never know, like. You know, september 7th, three years from this, september 7th, I had an arm, I had a hand, and september 8th, I didn't know. In December, two years, coming up, one night we had dinner at the table. Everybody was laughing, kidding, coming up, having a great time. And then, not even 12 hours later, I was told to call a priest and my husband because she wasn't going to make it through the night. And we spent the next five weeks in ICU with her, so fragile she couldn't even go down to the OR. They had to do operations bedside. She had over 20 operations just in that period of time alone and one day she had 11 blood transfusions just in that day. And so you never know what tomorrow is going to bring. You never know.
Speaker 1:And what is $5 really? What is it? I mean it's some places it's almost a tank of gas, like. I mean a gallon of gas, like, look at this, I can't even talk a gallon of gas. You know, downtown atlanta gas is over a dollar more than it is in the outskirts. But you go and you look. You know there used to be 99 cent menus at restaurant drive-thrus and whatever. There's's not now Like you go through and get a combo meal and it's freaking $11, $12 for a drive-thru fast food meal that used to be four bucks, five bucks, right, it's obscene, it's crazy. You can't get anything for $5 anymore.
Speaker 1:But somebody who is recovering from domestic violence, recovering from childhood trauma, is in recovery and people think recovery. They automatically think drug addicts or alcohol. But you know what? I'm in recovery because of abuse, my husband's in recovery because of abuse, and anyone in any type of recovery. There are courses out there to help you If you are in the military, if you are a mom or dad to an amazing kiddo who has special needs our stucco squad I love oh, that's so near and dear to my heart. Those are the best courses ever. They are so much fun. You could do them with your kid. We're actually my husband doesn't know this, so I'll be rolling this one out right now. We're actually my husband doesn't know this, so I'll be rolling this one out right now. I'm actually in the process of creating um like a special needs special education courses so that stucco will teach the kids how to count of course you are I've already finished the how to subtract.
Speaker 1:I mean, I've already done the how to subtract and how to add. Um, it's going to be on just one area at a time so, like right now, you can go have stucco teacher kids how to add basic, like kindergarten first and second grade math. Then we have them for subtraction. We'll have them stucco teaching how to do division and multiplication, also teaching how to read. These are all going to be in the stucco squad as well and these are courses that you could do. What is $5 for a mom who rushes all day long for doctor's appointments and therapies speech, occupational, physical, eating, you name it, therapies that has to implement the therapies throughout the day, to come home and do something that's non-medical with their kid and bond $4.99. I mean, and you never know, one day you could be in one of these categories and it will be there and available for you as well. So if you sponsor today and tomorrow you need help, then it will be there for you.
Speaker 2:Yep and some of the uh, some of the written published books that my wife has out are activity books for kids, which which would be great if they could be introduced to, you know, elementary schools they do everything electronically, which I think is ridiculous I know you you've tried to get them into some of the local schools around here yes so if you want them for your school, reach out to us. Yes, they need. Speaking of stucco, I threw down some no, no, no.
Speaker 1:Let's talk about why this happened. My boy, my baby, my sweet loving angel, that means the world to me. My husband didn't do his cleaning outside in the yard and my red stucco is not all red anymore.
Speaker 2:I repositioned some metal.
Speaker 1:That's a nice way of saying it.
Speaker 2:Right Some aluminum.
Speaker 1:What Tracks?
Speaker 2:Aluminum.
Speaker 1:Okay, maybe got that.
Speaker 2:Okay, some aluminum tracks, but the tracks had graphite grease on there y'all they had what? Graphite grease kazoon height and our dogs came in from outside and they had been rooting around the metal and their faces were black. And if anybody knows, graphite grease does not come out easily. It'll come off your hands after a few days. Clothes forget it, your clothes is ruined and now your dog has graphite grease all over his face.
Speaker 1:No, it's hilarious, it is not.
Speaker 2:We try to give him a bath, we try to wash it off, but it is not coming.
Speaker 1:George, a bulldog color dog. He's red and black. Go dogs, here you go, no.
Speaker 2:No, no. So it's going to have to wear off or we're going to have to shave him. What? We're going to have to shave his face.
Speaker 1:Shave his face.
Speaker 2:Oh no, we're not shaving his face. Yeah, I think that's what we're going to have to do.
Speaker 1:Then I'll shave your chest.
Speaker 2:You can shave my chest.
Speaker 1:I'd rather see a shaved dog face than no, I'm calling the kid.
Speaker 2:Leave the kid alone.
Speaker 1:So yeah, Please tune in everybody. The tickets are free. You can make a donation on the Eventbrite site and pay $5 for a ticket, but that money, all monies, go to the scholarship fund as well, and you know many people don't realize this, but my husband and I have never taken a paycheck for many of this ever, and it is incredibly costly and as long as faith has been taken care of, we have sacrificed oh so much to make sure that we are able to do this, but we're only able to do it for so long and we have never had a marketing team or anybody else assisting.
Speaker 2:You're the marketing team.
Speaker 1:I'm the kicker and the boodle, you're everything. That's right, and I'm still not shaving my dog. I'm just telling you right now it's not going to happen, I can shave him. No, you're not. No, that's my boy, it's my baby. That is my baby? And the answer is no. He's on my shirt. Right now I'm wearing a stucco shirt.
Speaker 2:I wore a contagious smile shirt the other day.
Speaker 1:And he was red. I promote our company red, red, not red and black. It's not okay. It's not okay. Is it completely covered up? So this cannot happen again it's covered up, that's not what I asked.
Speaker 2:I, big daddy, did you, big daddy, everything.
Speaker 1:When the dogs go out at night, I even have a carpet outside the upstairs hall so it gets all the stuff off of their little paws, but they get in the bed. And if they get in the bed and we have like a California King size bed, and if they get in the bed and there's mud, dirt, whatever, my husband if you've ever seen the movie big daddy will understand the relation here covers it. That's his answer for everything. He just covers everything up like, oh, I mean when we had a puppy, oh, let's just put newspaper over the dog piss. Like no, and I'm the clean one.
Speaker 1:I'm like I'm the special needs mom and special needs myself. So I'm used to like antibacterial and everything. Everything is ready as an or room. And my husband's like, oh, let's just lay a towel all over that bad boy and then he'll sleep on it, like he sleeps on top of it. What's wrong with that? I mean seriously. And then I'm like we need to change the sheets. No, no, no. But if the sheets come out of the dryer and they're a tiny little bit mold, like wet, you're like, oh, I gotta do it all over again, that's right. But you'll sleep. Oh, I I can't wait to hear you back out of this. I can't.
Speaker 2:This is gonna be great it's different how dirt is clean dirt is not clean dirt is clean. Dirt is not clean. Having wet clothes causes mildew. I don't want mold in my clothes. I don't want to be sleeping on mold. That's just disgusting.
Speaker 1:Are we talking about your exes again?
Speaker 2:No, do you want to talk about my exes? Sure, go ahead, they're in Texas.
Speaker 1:No, they're not Some of them. They are the state of Texas and our hearts go out to Texas right now. No, what?
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:With everything that's going on in there.
Speaker 2:The flash floating yeah.
Speaker 1:It's horrible, it's absolutely horrible. Yeah, yeah. So our hearts go out to everybody in Texas with everything going on. Yes, that gnat is like.
Speaker 2:I've been trying to smash that gnat, this whole podcast.
Speaker 1:And you have not been successful.
Speaker 2:I have not been successful.
Speaker 1:That's shocking, because normally you're pretty doggone good about it. Yeah, normally you have huge hands. What you do, you have huge hands. Well, you took us out, you took us in, you took huge hands what you do.
Speaker 2:You have huge hands. Will you take us out?
Speaker 1:You took us in, you took us out.
Speaker 2:They love to hear you.
Speaker 1:They love you.
Speaker 2:He's going to take us out, guys. 4 million listens Do you call it downloads? Listens what do you call it? Whatever, whatever. Thank y'all for listening to another episode Of A Contagious Smile With Victoria Curay. Published author 41 books. Get on Amazon, type in her name, oh y'all. Type in her name on Google or Bing and see how many pages she takes up. It's crazy how many pages she takes up. It's crazy how many pages she takes up. It could have been P-H-A-T. I'm going back to the 80s. Y'all want a cameo. Get on Cameo Stars. Check her out Podstars. She's down on Podstars. She's on IMBD Pro. I'm going to have to get a manager because she's getting popular y'all. I mean just she's booked till what? December? December, a podcast almost every day. Interview.
Speaker 1:And being interviewed. Interview and being and interviewing.
Speaker 2:So we're coming up on a time that you know she's in high demand as long as you're the only one who really wants me, you and our kid. I'm good, oh, I want you baby.
Speaker 1:You sound like Wolfman Jack.
Speaker 2:Most people don't even know who that is, that's going back in the 80s.
Speaker 1:I know, I know.
Speaker 2:Unstoppable with Michael and Victoria.
Speaker 1:Go get your ticket at Eventbrite.
Speaker 2:Eventbrite. Eventbrite.
Speaker 1:Best of the best is what it's called.
Speaker 2:Good night y'all Come here, Nat, Get that damn thing.
