When Lisa recounted her pride in her son's graceful finale at the World Dance Championships, it struck a chord in all of us who've watched our kids achieve greatness. Meanwhile, Pam's delight was palpable as she shared her daughter’s leap into the University of Georgia cheerleading team. Our latest Middle Ageish Podcast episode is brimming with the pride and warmth of these parenting milestones, and we can't wait to share these stories with you, along with our reflections on relationships, adorable puppies, and the poignant desire for life's 'pause button.'
We all know life isn't just about the big moments—it's also about the little things, like picking the perfect grandmother name or debating the practicality of sweatpants versus the sass of stilettos. This episode isn't afraid to weave through the intricacies of daily life, from the thrill of finding the right pair of shoes to the nostalgia of '80s movies. We even take a cultural detour, discussing the charm of kilts and our media consumption habits in a world teeming with digital distractions. It's all about finding balance, laughter, and connection in the middle age-ish years.
Pour a cup of your favorite drink and settle in as we wrap up shop with a candid chat about the pace of life and the beauty of middle ageish. The journey of motherhood and personal growth never ends, and we're here to share it—one heartfelt conversation, one reflective insight, and one fit of laughter at a time. Get ready to nod along and maybe see a bit of yourself in our tales, because this episode of the Middle Ageish Podcast is all about embracing the vibrance of our shared experiences.
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When Lisa recounted her pride in her son's graceful finale at the World Dance Championships, it struck a chord in all of us who've watched our kids achieve greatness. Meanwhile, Pam's delight was palpable as she shared her daughter’s leap into the University of Georgia cheerleading team. Our latest Middle Ageish Podcast episode is brimming with the pride and warmth of these parenting milestones, and we can't wait to share these stories with you, along with our reflections on relationships, adorable puppies, and the poignant desire for life's 'pause button.'
We all know life isn't just about the big moments—it's also about the little things, like picking the perfect grandmother name or debating the practicality of sweatpants versus the sass of stilettos. This episode isn't afraid to weave through the intricacies of daily life, from the thrill of finding the right pair of shoes to the nostalgia of '80s movies. We even take a cultural detour, discussing the charm of kilts and our media consumption habits in a world teeming with digital distractions. It's all about finding balance, laughter, and connection in the middle age-ish years.
Pour a cup of your favorite drink and settle in as we wrap up shop with a candid chat about the pace of life and the beauty of middle ageish. The journey of motherhood and personal growth never ends, and we're here to share it—one heartfelt conversation, one reflective insight, and one fit of laughter at a time. Get ready to nod along and maybe see a bit of yourself in our tales, because this episode of the Middle Ageish Podcast is all about embracing the vibrance of our shared experiences.
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Visit our website: https://www.middleageish.com
Instagram: @middleageish
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Welcome to the Middle Age-ish Podcast. Authentically and unapologetically keeping it real, Discussing all things Middle Age-ish, A time when metabolism slows and confidence grows. Join fashion and fitness entrepreneur Ashley Budosky, former Celtic woman and founder of the Lisa Kelly Voice Academy. Lisa Kelly, licensed psychologist and mental health expert, Dr Pam Wright and highly sought after cosmetic injector and board certified nurse practitioner, Trisha Kennedy Roman. Join your hosts on the journey of middle age-ish.
Speaker 2:Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Middle Age-ish Podcast. I'm Trisha Kennedy Roman and I'm joined here today with my co-host, Ashley Badowski, Lisa Kelly and Dr Pam Wright, and you are joining us now for our sofa talk.
Speaker 3:So welcome Yay.
Speaker 2:Good evening, hello, I know so we have. Well, we have to talk about exciting things.
Speaker 4:first off, we have some really proud mom moments. We do because I know a lot of people.
Speaker 2:We talk about Jack in the competition, but Lisa tell us about Jack in Worlds.
Speaker 3:Yes, he came second in Worlds.
Speaker 2:The.
Speaker 3:World, the World, the World. Yes, so he was over the moon. He really launched it in the first place, obviously.
Speaker 4:I mean who doesn't?
Speaker 3:Of course, but he was so happy.
Speaker 4:Second is just beyond amazing.
Speaker 3:Yes, and then? He made the decision to retire, so he is done with competitive dance.
Speaker 4:So how do you guys feel about that Me?
Speaker 3:Delighted. His dad probably would love for him to keep going. But yeah, no, like he's been doing it since he was 11 or 12. So it's been a lot and he kind of needs a bit of direction in his life now and it takes up so much time, I mean to train at that level. You know, Well, it's your full-time, it's your full-time job and he needs to get his life and sort of and decide what it is he wants to do. Maybe he'll come work at the front desk, he's friendly.
Speaker 4:Super cute, super friendly.
Speaker 3:Yes, okay, he and Tricia, we've, we've solved that problem he's uh, yeah, no, he's great's great, he's really happy, yeah, really really happy.
Speaker 5:Delighted with himself.
Speaker 3:So what's next for him? What's coming? He is well, he's back working, so that's great, and he's going to help out Scott teaching. He's Jack's a fantastic teacher, like every everyone who meets Jack loves Jack. Jack is super patient and kind and, like really, really good person, so he loves the kids. The kids all love him and he's really invested when he's teaching. So that's his plan.
Speaker 4:Do you think that he would maybe follow in your hubby's footsteps and teach oh?
Speaker 3:yeah, I think so. Yeah, I do. I think all of them will. It's kind of hard, I mean, and it's a family business, so it's like any family business you know Well, it does get complicated it does.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But well, I think it's different when they're your kids, though, as well, because this is all our kids know, apart from touring with me. They only know Irish dance, like they haven't had anything else in their lives. So, um, yeah, who knows, who knows? But he is, he's like he's a gifted. He's a gifted kid, he's a gifted teacher. So, who knows?
Speaker 4:well, the future is exciting, I mean, but I mean. But to end with like just such an amazing yeah, you know performance and then he was so good your girl like I mean just such a proud it was a good, a good world.
Speaker 3:It was, yes, it was, it was, it was, it was awesome. Yes, speaking of proud moms.
Speaker 2:We've got another one here A new Georgia Bulldog cheerleader Woo-hoo.
Speaker 5:Yay, so happy for her.
Speaker 3:Amazing yeah.
Speaker 5:She, as y'all know, because, like my parents and you three are the only ones that know how stressful it was it was like it's not for the faint of heart. It was like cuts, okay, now we're making more cuts, and now we're making more cuts, and now we're making like so it was a lot. So they only took four new flyers. So the girls that go in the air, they only took four for this season and she was one of the four. So really, really, excited for her.
Speaker 5:It's amazing really really so amazing. It's amazing, so happy. So how was the experience for you? It was interesting because it's kind of good, but interesting you get to watch the entire. Thing right um. Their only rule is that if you film anything, obviously you only film your child right, like you're not allowed to film right, all of it, um, but it's just so like overwhelming.
Speaker 5:So they do like you know, there's talks that they have to do like tumbling, and then they cut, and then they're stunting and then they cut, and then there's like practice and interviews, and then you know cuts, and then you go to the very last day and they still cut by like half at least, um, so it's like a long weekend, a long process, um, overwhelming. But it was great, so proud for her. That was was her. Her dream was to cheer for UGA at some point.
Speaker 5:So, so she'll be on the sidelines. We'll get to go see her.
Speaker 3:I'm so happy for her, yeah. So when does she start?
Speaker 5:training with them. So they start in July, um, and then they do. I think there's multiple days in August. So there's a lot to learn. And then they have, like you know, I'm sure, they have to go do appearances and then do a lot of football things. But they actually cheer for four sports which I was not aware of that, so it's like a year-round commitment.
Speaker 4:Oh, wow.
Speaker 5:So they cheer for football, obviously. Basketball, women's and men, gymnastics and then volleyball oh so it's like a year-round thing. Holy cow it. Gymnastics and then volleyball oh so it's like a year round thing, so they're holy cow.
Speaker 3:It's crazy we don't have cheerleaders in Ireland, oh really we don't do it. Yeah, oh wow it's a foreign concept to me interesting.
Speaker 5:Yeah, it's crazy. It's so competitive here yeah, it's like crazy.
Speaker 4:I mean it's yeah, yeah. So now does she know anybody on on the team?
Speaker 5:She does. She's actually on a team right now, a world's team, and there are four, three or four girls that are on the team at the university of Georgia who are also on that team.
Speaker 4:Oh, that's good.
Speaker 5:And we go to worlds not this weekend but next weekend, so that's in Orlando and there's two days and they compete two days and whoever has the highest score in two days they have a gold, silver, bronze. So we'll see how they do. Wow, so she was at practice until very late last night Because how long has she been? Cheering Since she was six oh my goodness, first grade, first grade, I know it goes fast. It does and it goes fast, so she'll be a freshman.
Speaker 4:That's just amazing, I think such. You know we love to talk about proud mom moments. I know Go Dawgs, I know I know At least she's like. Well, at least you're on this side of it now, Like you're on, like you've gone through the weekend You're. You know your heart has taken it. You survived.
Speaker 5:Yeah, it was funny, One of the dads there he's like I hope we win the national championship this year, cause it's been so long.
Speaker 4:So they went to back to back and they didn't do it yeah.
Speaker 5:And I'm like yeah, that'd be great.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's kind of crazy. It's kind of like with life in general. Had she not have made it, obviously she'd be disappointed, but it would have been so much harder on you and. I think, that when we see our kids disappointed, it's like 100% worse for us.
Speaker 5:Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 4:I think I stressed more in the process than she was. Yeah, watching it, I was like it's just what we do as moms.
Speaker 3:Yeah it's hard.
Speaker 4:I mean we can't help it, Like when, yeah, we feel everything that they're feeling times 10. So if they're happy. We are like static. When they're sad. We are trying to figure out a way to fix it. So I know it's just so. When it goes in your child's favor, yeah it. So I know it's just so. When it goes in your child's favor, it's such a great moment.
Speaker 5:See, I usually get so nervous I can't even watch it live.
Speaker 3:Have you ever been that way? Yeah, I can't watch them live either, so I can watch it when you record it and then play it back, I'm the same.
Speaker 5:I can't watch it live. I can't watch it live.
Speaker 3:No, I can't watch it and it don't see it. But even when Jack was on, I was like no, no, no, you just record that for me and I'll watch it back and tell me he was okay and then I'll watch it back, so I'm glad it's not just me.
Speaker 2:No, I can't do it.
Speaker 5:I can't do it.
Speaker 4:I think it's a lot of parents, because I know with Trey, when he's I would watch the other person, I couldn't watch them, I would have to watch the other side of the line.
Speaker 5:Well, it's weird because I wonder if in sports it's different because they're such a long duration, but in dance or in a tryout for her competition it's always two and a half minutes, so it's like you're watching for that little bit of time.
Speaker 4:It feels like two and a half hours.
Speaker 5:So I'm like nope, just record it, I will watch it later. I can't do it. I can't do it.
Speaker 4:No, I've never been able to watch like my actual child in a football game, like I have to watch again, also because I'm sitting next to my husband who played, coached, all this kind of stuff. So I mean he kind of gives me the play-by-play. Yeah yeah, but I have to watch a teammate. I can't watch them.
Speaker 3:That's mad. That was glad we're all the same.
Speaker 5:I was thinking about you with Taylor Swift and how she just watches, like she was watching all of the play, like I cannot, yeah, with his mom just watching everything. I'm like mm-mm, I I could not watch. I would just be like, tell me what happened.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean seriously Tell me how it ends.
Speaker 4:That's what we do, yeah.
Speaker 2:Speaking of Taylor Swift, because you know I'm a fan yes.
Speaker 5:Swifty over here. So first of all, I always thought Coachella was a fashion show.
Speaker 2:So I've learned something new.
Speaker 3:It's not a fashion show, oh no, it's a festival. Like they just look normal. I mean they're in a crowd of people, they were normal, apparently, yeah, there was nobody, that she had no security, nothing. Yeah, well, obviously, I mean he's huge, he's going to fight him, but she had there was no security around them.
Speaker 4:I really think that this is probably the first relationship that she's had that like they go out in public. They're not hidden public, they're not hidden. He's super proud of her and I mean it is you know. And again, like I mean I think she's incredibly talented and all of this, but I I will have to say, even though I'm not a swifty, I do think it's super cute, so I hope it's legit.
Speaker 1:I hope it's why because I do.
Speaker 4:I mean well, we've said this before when we've talked about them I do love the kelsey brothers, yeah oh, they're great their new heights podcast is hysterical yeah, they seem like good guys they really do, just from
Speaker 5:cleveland. Just you know he's so supportive of her. I mean, from what it seems, you know what you see like going to the concert.
Speaker 4:He's not intimidated like he's not intimidated. He's not one of those guys that like has to one up and be like oh, I'm even better, or whatever. Go behind the scenes. Yeah, well, you.
Speaker 2:I saw one thing I thought was cool and obviously you can pick whatever pictures you want to tell your story, but it showed like her with other guys she's dated is always like she was kind of hanging on to them or walking behind them. And with Travis Kelsey. He's always got his arm around her. He's always grasping her.
Speaker 5:He always seems like he's like. I have no idea how I got her to go out with me. Did you read that?
Speaker 4:I think that's so important to have a guy that you're with that doesn't know how he got you. I mean, I really do think it just I don't know it adds a little something.
Speaker 5:Yeah, we were just talking about that. Had we met, had you met Scott in high school?
Speaker 2:It would have been illegal. That's what I said.
Speaker 3:It would have been illegal if I had met Scott in high school, or like he would have been in elementary. No, that's not true. There's not that much of a difference.
Speaker 4:I was like Lisa. That is not true.
Speaker 5:He would have been in middle school however, well, oh my gosh, lisa would have been arrested.
Speaker 3:If I was a freshman, he might have been in fifth grade.
Speaker 4:That's so funny. We have to talk about real quick just because Lisa and I keep looking at her. We have a fifth member of our podcast with us tonight.
Speaker 3:But she gets to sleep through us.
Speaker 2:So sweet. Hopefully no one else is. Is there a list?
Speaker 4:No, yeah, Tricia, you've got to tell us about what's been going on with you.
Speaker 2:Yes, I had another midlife crisis and got another puppy.
Speaker 4:It's one that I totally support. Yes.
Speaker 2:We have baby Hallie with us. She's an Australian Labradoodle, but her grandma was my dog and was the best dog ever, so now I have her little offspring.
Speaker 3:She is literally the best dog ever. She now I have her little little offspring. She is literally the best dog ever. She's nodding in agreement.
Speaker 4:I was like you guys, she literally is sleeping underneath our desk. She's so quiet, she's so precious.
Speaker 5:She's so good.
Speaker 4:I mean if I wasn't dealing with a nightmare dog situation in my house. I might just have to go get her brother.
Speaker 3:I think you should.
Speaker 2:I think Lisa needs to.
Speaker 3:I do not need another dog. I think you need to. No, thank you, I have five.
Speaker 2:We've done this at the same time before I just need that again.
Speaker 3:Yes, but you're still back at four. You made me get five.
Speaker 5:Listen, you have the poo boy, so you're good. I know you do, you, you got the poo dude.
Speaker 4:I mean, what is one more?
Speaker 2:Get your money's worth.
Speaker 3:Get some more poo out there, no because they all seem to be barking more than ever before. So I'm like no, the amount of times I cuss at the little Yorkshire Terrier in a day is obscene, obscene. Alfie, is that your worst? Oh my God.
Speaker 5:yes, without a shadow of a doubt.
Speaker 3:He's a brat. He's just so bold. He doesn't like anybody or anything. He hates Harry. If Harry walks into the room he bites him and he has no teeth Like all his teeth fall now. He's like he's just an angry little man. He has little man syndrome. I'm like go away, that's so funny.
Speaker 4:Oh wow, we do love that.
Speaker 3:Oh, she's gorgeous. The fourth member.
Speaker 4:Fifth, member.
Speaker 2:Sorry, yes, ash is booting somebody.
Speaker 4:It needs to be me, I need to get booted. I keep trying to tell you guys, you guys need to fire me.
Speaker 3:No, I don't know, no, she's literally jumping in her sleep here. She's so cute.
Speaker 2:Super cute.
Speaker 5:She's so cute, super cute. She's so soft, I know, Adorable.
Speaker 2:All right, so let me give you a. Would you rather here, uh-oh.
Speaker 4:All right.
Speaker 2:All right. Would you rather have a pause or a rewind button in your life? Rewind, pause. I'm rewind, ooh.
Speaker 3:A rewind, mm-hmm yeah. I don't know if I'd do anything differently, but I'd like to relive some moments that I wasn't present for.
Speaker 4:Yeah, wow, that's valid, I wish.
Speaker 2:I knew how fast being a parent like would go. Like I wish I could have.
Speaker 1:Like the tired days and everything Like.
Speaker 4:I wish I would have taken that in a little bit more.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I wouldn't change anything.
Speaker 4:I think a pause button for me sometimes is I mean, I we've talked about this multiple times how I need the 24 hour button. I got to take 24 hours so, um, yeah, I wouldn't change anything. I mean, of course, I would go back in any stage of my life at any time and not do anything different and still love it. Yeah, but a pause button for me sometimes because you know that's what I'm still working on Pause button, yeah, that I need to pause and just look around, appreciate, and then, on the flip side, pause, calm down, get your words right, as it is as big a deal as you think it is in the moment, tomorrow, so maybe we'll rewind and pause because we would want to go through some of the things that we missed and should have taken it in and been like, oh wow, this is a big moment.
Speaker 5:Just didn't realize at the time.
Speaker 3:Yeah just even, like you know, even your wedding day. I wish I had been more and I wish I had known now like known what I know now. Then you know that kind of way to like it doesn't matter, stop worrying about everybody else, just like focus even things like that. Enjoy it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but I wouldn't check.
Speaker 3:I actually would, I might, I might change, I might have eloped instead, but it just means gosh yeah yes, nobody there.
Speaker 5:Yeah, isn't it so?
Speaker 3:crazy how stressful weddings are oh, my god, oh, I don't know how people do it anymore.
Speaker 5:The funny thing is, you hear about it now and it's like even more intense than when you were there.
Speaker 4:That's crazy, it's like you have to have. And expensive oh gosh, like that's insanity.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I'm dreading the day the kids get married. Because I hate parties at the best of times I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm already palpitations about everybody Y'all need to get me to a low.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know I've been surprised with this. What a big deal Grandma like obviously we never saw grandmas yet, but what a big deal grandma names are, and how like I'll have patients come in. Well, that mom wants this name and I want this name, or I had this name first and it's like it's a huge deal.
Speaker 1:Like my grandma's, but his grandma oh, it's a huge deal Of like what your grandma name is going to be.
Speaker 2:So you better start like throwing it down early or something, because like, apparently it's a big deal.
Speaker 3:I've already called Gigi, but Ken refuses. He's like I'm never calling you Gigi. I was like, you don't have to call me Gigi, I'm not your grandmother. Yeah, my kids. Yeah, gigi, I don't know what my.
Speaker 4:I don't want to be a granny or grandma, grandma, mama.
Speaker 5:Mama, I mean I don't really see myself as a mom. Mimi's good, my kids come on. Mimi, yeah, like my mom's Nana.
Speaker 3:Yeah my mom.
Speaker 4:I don't know, Like I don't have one.
Speaker 3:That's like we have nanny in Ireland. So like you have a granny and you have a nanny, oh that. And so like one side is granny and the other side is nanny. But not everybody does that. You have like grannies, but you'd never have grandma. You'd never have grandma.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I had two grannies. I just had a big granny and a little granny, oh gosh, and that went over super well. But as a child you can't change it. No, no, no. I mean when you're like just being little and you're like, yeah, well, you're, you're my, you're my big grainy and it fit, I'm kind of glad we're not there yet.
Speaker 4:So I think, we have a long way to go, hopefully. I know it is super cute. There's several you know them several ladies at the studio that just had their first grand babies when they're all they're all super close friends and they're so precious. They were walking out of the studio the other day and I mean we were all just like, oh my God, they're adorable, so cute.
Speaker 2:It's kind of like when you're talking about rewinding, it's almost like you get a second chance, of like taking it in now. You know what I hear, it's better because you're not like you.
Speaker 4:Well, I hear it's better because you're not actually really. I mean, don't get this wrong. Everyone's responsible for your, but it's not your child. No so you don't have to be the disciplinarian. You don't have to be so. Into raising a good human, you get to be the fun parent that maybe you didn't get to be when you were raising yours because you were making sure that they went to bed and they ate their vegetables and they spoke kindly to people.
Speaker 2:Now you give them candy, exactly. So this is. This'll be a room divided, I think, between red wine and white wine. Oh, okay, would you rather wear sweatpants every day for the rest of your life, or never wear sweatpants again?
Speaker 3:Oh, sweatpants every day for the rest of my life, rest of my life.
Speaker 4:I mean, I'm only doing it tonight because I had a spray tan Getting down.
Speaker 3:Yes, oh my gosh.
Speaker 4:I couldn't give up my heels, I couldn't my gosh.
Speaker 3:Half the reason I don't want to get back on stage is because I don't want to put on a dress.
Speaker 4:Oh my God, lisa, this is like how twisted the world works, because if I had your, which is probably- the reason I don't have your talent is because I would be up there until my last breath, exactly Dressing up every day.
Speaker 5:You and I are the same. We would dress up all the time.
Speaker 4:I mean, I could not imagine not wearing heels. Like I said, I only wear sweatpants when I come home and then when I have a spray tan, like today. And that's why I'm so glad that we're not on camera, because I kind of look like an Oompa Loompa.
Speaker 3:No, you don't, you don't actually.
Speaker 4:See, I came home early and so I was able to rinse off a little bit. Yeah, but you don't look like an Oompa Loompa At all, telling you spray tan at home is the best, yeah, no, that's what happens for me.
Speaker 2:Okay, all right. So that was a division. Yeah, okay, divided how I thought it would be Okay, exactly, yeah, I could go with that everywhere.
Speaker 4:Where they heal, people Heals again. And because I again I mean I'm in at least four inch heels, I mean they can go up to five and guys. Just FYI, I'm six feet tall, so I look like just so ridiculous you don't look ridiculous? Just walking around, but like I don't know what I will do when I can't wear heels anymore, why wouldn't you be able to?
Speaker 3:you'll be able to?
Speaker 4:well, I hope so, I mean, and my grandmother did for as long as I can't wear heels anymore. Why wouldn't you be able to? You'll be able to? Well, I hope so. I mean, and my grandmother did for as long as I can remember and you know, they weren't like the four or five inch, I mean, she wore a cute little three inch. To me that's like a little kitten heel.
Speaker 4:But yeah, like I was really talking to Michelle and she was like I just I had to kind of stop and go more low because you know you lose your balance. I mean and God knows I don't pay attention Like I have stepped in so many potholes and fallen. Yes, but I don't know what I mean if you guys went into my closet like it's ridiculous. We're going to need a picture.
Speaker 4:I think I have maybe, maybe, and that includes tennis shoes that I use to do the treadmill. I have three pairs of flats and these are one of the the one.
Speaker 3:I have three pairs of heels, oh my gosh, they're opposite.
Speaker 4:Yeah, they just like I go into my closet and it makes me so happy.
Speaker 3:Oh, I love that. I do love, like I love to look at shoes. I just hate to put them on. But again, like my husband's 75 foot seven and I hate looking bigger than him.
Speaker 4:Well, no, and that I mean and that's valid, but like no, I mean I, you will see me in an airport and I will be in five inch heels without question. So funny, like without.
Speaker 1:I do.
Speaker 3:I love that, I love when you actually but it's fine, I hate trying on clothes, like I really really hate trying on clothes.
Speaker 4:Oh, I do too. I always know exactly what fits me, like I can look at something and know it immediately or the brand.
Speaker 5:If you know the brand, then you know what's in it?
Speaker 3:Yeah, but I hate going out to look for a dress.
Speaker 2:Like that's my worst.
Speaker 4:Me too. I mean, I kind of do that myself, isn't it?
Speaker 2:crazy Sometimes.
Speaker 5:Because, I own a boutique, but sometimes you're just like this doesn't look anything like the picture or anything like you know what it should look like.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I don't like to shop for, like you know, I've got friends that'll go like we're going to go have a day and shopping and lunch. I'm like absolutely not that is a nightmare.
Speaker 1:No interest.
Speaker 4:Yeah, nightmare to me, like if I go shopping I am in and out literally in five minutes.
Speaker 3:Me too, and I will buy the first thing I see and leave.
Speaker 4:I'm like, yeah, no, no, no, I can go, my mom can go all day shopping.
Speaker 5:Absolutely.
Speaker 4:I mean, I never do, but if I, but if I had time yeah, yeah, Like some of my friends, when we go on our girls trips, they're like let's go like down and like.
Speaker 1:Oh stand it.
Speaker 2:No, I'm going to go just hang out and have a cocktail.
Speaker 3:Leave me in.
Speaker 4:Sephora, yeah, no, oh Sephora, yes, now Sephora, absolutely.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I can spend all day in Sephora Trying things on my hands. Oh my God, I was going okay, now make up my face.
Speaker 4:Okay, let's take it off and let's do this. Okay, I could go down the rabbit hole in no time and be there for five hours. That's really nice.
Speaker 2:I took it after my dad. He would go into a store shop and for my mom he'd go in like birdners and he'd just pick a mannequin and say to the person I want everything on that, from the jewelry to the shirt, to the pants, Like that's how he shopped.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, I went that one.
Speaker 4:Oh wow, that's Mannequins. Yeah Well, guys are visual.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and I think they panic as well. Scott doesn't panic. Scott's very good at buying stuff for me, but, yeah, he'd be better at buying stuff for me than I'd be for buying them for myself.
Speaker 2:Did you guys? Wasn't there a movie called Mannequin? I'm like, yes, there was you were on Kim Cattrall.
Speaker 3:Yes.
Speaker 4:And it was the guy from oh my God, yeah, they were like drive on the motorcycle. It was McCarthy, andrew McCarthy.
Speaker 2:Andrew McCarthy. Yeah, she like came. Okay, that's right.
Speaker 4:That's right, I mean we thought back in the day it was so great. Now, looking back, you're like kind of creepy. But I mean you're like, oh my God, yes, that was one of my favorites in Splash, that was another. Oh the mermaid, see, I loved Pretty in Pink. Oh, molly Ringwald, oh.
Speaker 5:Sixteen Candles, sixteen Candles, sixteen Candles. Okay, I know every line.
Speaker 4:I know every line Absolutely, and Jake was the man I was going to marry, you're not wrong?
Speaker 5:Oh my God, he was the guy. I don't even know his name.
Speaker 3:I don't even know that actor's name.
Speaker 4:Jake is oh no, I'm from pretty and pink, pretty and pink, no, no no no 16 candles. He drove the red porsche 16 that and breakfast club, oh breakfast club and I do love oh, is it not?
Speaker 2:dylan judd nelson no, judd nelson oh my god, that's kind of weekend of bernie's time too, wasn't it?
Speaker 4:that was funny, I thought judd nelson was oh, he was so good looking.
Speaker 5:Yeah, michael Shuffling, yes, never, yeah, never did anything. Molly Ringwald was like the one. Oh, she was the one back then Pretty in pink.
Speaker 3:Breakfast Club yeah she did everything.
Speaker 5:Sixteen Candles, she was amazing. I loved her. But yeah, he was the one he carpenter now oh so cute, him and the guy.
Speaker 4:I think I don't know if we've talked about Top Gun Slider.
Speaker 5:Oh, you did, yeah, I have a thing with guys with dark hair. We can tell.
Speaker 4:Oh my gosh, I was like yeah. I'm like I am going out to San Diego. My dad's like you're insane.
Speaker 3:Well, there's my man, obviously other than my husband.
Speaker 4:My husband knows about my man. That goes without saying for all of us.
Speaker 3:He's a fellow Irishman, any guesses?
Speaker 4:The guy that just won. No, hugh.
Speaker 3:Murphy, no, hugh, no, you have to guess which? Irishman if I wasn't married to my man, hugh, Jackman no he's not Irish, he's Australian.
Speaker 5:Although I do love him, though not Irish. He's Australian, although I do love him, though as well. But yeah, I like him?
Speaker 3:No, no, no. Think, think Irish Bono, oh God, no, no, no, no it's um.
Speaker 5:Oh, I know his Colin. Farrell I can see him. Yes, who Colin Farrell?
Speaker 3:Yes that's it. He's in a show at the moment, Except for I didn't realize he was Irish. Oh yeah, yeah, he's Dublin, he like lives in Castlenock, which is like everybody in Castlenock knows everybody. He went to school with my brother-in-law. Everybody knows him and I have. Do you know where I actually ended up meeting him Was in Albuquerque, new Mexico. Really, that's where I met him. I don't like club.
Speaker 4:Okay so that actually would be really fun for us to do is a line dancing night. Oh, I love line dancing.
Speaker 2:I used to do like a lot of line dancing. Do you guys remember?
Speaker 4:Achy Breaky Heart. Yes, billy.
Speaker 2:Ray Cyrus.
Speaker 4:I think we might need to go to like a country place and do a little line dancing. I'm not kidding, I would love that. That would be fun. I would go, we could do that. Okay, so he taught you. Okay, tell us, yeah, tell us the story. I know we've got to have the story. Oh, there was no story.
Speaker 3:No, there was no story. That's what he used to do before he was an actor. But he's on a show at the moment on Apple TV called Sugar, and he's like a hit man, I think, because I've only watched two episodes of it and I'm still trying to kind of figure it out. But he, but his accent, starts as like super Californian and then halfway through he's full on Dublin.
Speaker 5:I'm like, oh, there you are.
Speaker 4:That's full of you, yes, yes, you're like you're back, oh yes, Okay, so that's two.
Speaker 5:He's mine.
Speaker 4:Yeah, he will be mine. All right, so he's yours All right, Wait.
Speaker 5:so how'd you meet him?
Speaker 3:in In Albuquerque. He was seven psychopaths and him and his sister were actually staying in our hotel and it was funny. We had a hairdresser in um who used to travel with us, lucy, and she was always thinking she met famous people and she never did. And she was like oh my god, you're not gonna believe who I just met and you're like well, we don't believe it, because she did she called me and she said oh my god, lisa colin farrell's in the the lobby.
Speaker 3:so don like, don't be ridiculous, he's absolutely not. And she went no, he is. And when I went downstairs there he was.
Speaker 5:You're like what You're like hi, Lisa, so you met him.
Speaker 3:Yes, just briefly.
Speaker 2:We asked him to come to our show, but he didn't. My Irish crush is Liam Neeson.
Speaker 4:Oh, I love him you should.
Speaker 3:He's very famous, very famous Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Yes, he's known for more than his acting.
Speaker 4:Oh, yeah, okay, I feel like I have completely missed the boat. Do you know who he used to date who? Well, he was married to Natasha Natasha.
Speaker 3:Richardson yeah, but he used to date Helen Mirren.
Speaker 2:I don't know who that is. Yeah, you do. No, yes, you do the older lady.
Speaker 4:Oh yeah, she's amazing she looks freaky.
Speaker 3:She's stunning, fabulous. You do know, helen Mirren. You'll never see her, I actually think my husband has a little bit of a crush it after Okay.
Speaker 4:Oh, I'm just okay, I can't wait. Yes, yes, All right got it.
Speaker 3:He's beautiful and a gorgeous man.
Speaker 2:And who's the other guy? Oh, what's his name? He's another like badass guy like him he did what's the one with? I think Morgan Freeman is, is the president and there's drones that are attacking and he's like nobody knows what I'm talking about.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I do Wait. Is he the one that was in the 500?
Speaker 2:Something has fallen or something. Was he the guy from 500? I don't know. I say his name all the time. Now he's from.
Speaker 4:Morgan Freeman? Yeah, I feel like, because he was the one that came in and said he was like a Secret Service guy.
Speaker 3:Yes, yes, Angel has Fallen.
Speaker 4:Angel has Fallen oh your man?
Speaker 3:Yes, the guy. Oh, oh, oh the guy, yeah, yeah, I know who you're talking about, that, oh say who it is the Scottish guy, gerard Butler.
Speaker 1:Gerard Butler.
Speaker 2:Gerard.
Speaker 3:Butler, he's my other crush.
Speaker 2:Like Liam Neeson.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that was it.
Speaker 4:Yeah, he is, I do.
Speaker 3:Oh, my God.
Speaker 4:The Scottish accent. The Scottish accent is living.
Speaker 2:Everybody loves the Scottish accent, so it's really different than Irish.
Speaker 3:Yes, Not that, like I find it very hard now to distinguish between a Northern Irish accent and a Scottish accent, sometimes they can be very, very similar.
Speaker 4:Oh, wow, yeah, they can be very similar, like a man in a kilt, is fabulous in a kilt is fabulous.
Speaker 3:Yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 5:They don't wear anything underneath, mel Gibson.
Speaker 4:Again I say fabulous.
Speaker 2:Mel Gibson in.
Speaker 4:Braveheart, Braveheart oh.
Speaker 5:I know I love that movie. Yeah, me too. It's such a good movie. How could you?
Speaker 4:just not be like you, just kind of feel it.
Speaker 3:You're like you're ready to go. Braveheart is fabulous.
Speaker 4:Do Irish men really walk?
Speaker 2:Absolutely not, okay, no, I just think it's amazing. Lisa's like no, no, did the Lander Pons really wear green? Yes, that's what I want to know. I've never seen an Irish man in a kilt, ever.
Speaker 3:It's more of a Scottish thing. There was like there's some whole thing between Irish kilts and Scottish kilts and when the boys used to Irish dance they wore kilts. The boys wore kilts years and years ago but um, I don't know, like I've never fully understood the kilt thing because I don't know where I came from in ireland.
Speaker 5:It was more of a thing, but the kilt also matches the family crowd like there's
Speaker 4:a plan for the yeah, yeah for each family.
Speaker 2:I just freaking love it scotland's gorgeous I want to go to the highland games oh, it's actually on my bucket list the Highland Games.
Speaker 4:My bucket list is ridiculous. That's really cool, though. Oh, and Edinburgh, that is where I want to go.
Speaker 3:Edinburgh is gorgeous oh my gosh, the castle right in the center.
Speaker 4:But Michael's always so afraid because he's like absolutely not, because he won't ever come home.
Speaker 3:Oh, how you will. It's too cold You'd be, and the rain and, like your fake tan, will have washed off so quickly.
Speaker 4:Oh, okay, I'm going to have to give up.
Speaker 3:Yeah, you won't stay.
Speaker 4:I have to give up scowling with my spray tan.
Speaker 3:No, no, no, You'll fit in with your spray tan, because everybody there is spray tanned. They are, yeah, yeah, ireland and England. We're all orange, all the time.
Speaker 2:Yeah, trevor Butler gosh, I was just Googling him.
Speaker 4:Trevor Butler All right, so Trisha's checked out for a hot second.
Speaker 3:He hasn't done much lately, though, has he? Uh-uh? He kind of looks like that guy who was injured, the guy who's in, you know, the guy who had the snowplow.
Speaker 2:Oh, that was horrible. Who was that?
Speaker 4:Oh, I can't think of any names.
Speaker 3:Oh, he was in.
Speaker 2:Entourage. Yes, yeah, I can't think it. Jeremy Renner, yes, yes, that was who it was they kind of look alike? Yeah, but I think he's shorter. He's shorter. Yeah, yeah, he's very tall. Yeah, jeremy Renner.
Speaker 5:So is it me or you just used to go watch movies all the time and now it's like I don't know the last time I've been to the movie theater to actually see something that I know.
Speaker 4:But now they've got those movie theaters where, like you can like, get beverages and food and they have like it's just.
Speaker 3:The last one I saw was Bob Marley.
Speaker 4:Oh yeah, I think that's the thing that did with COVID, though is like now because, remember, everything was released onto.
Speaker 5:TV, that's true, and now everybody just watches TV. It's also so expensive. I don't have people bring their kids to the cinema, it's true. And now everybody just watches TV.
Speaker 3:It's also so expensive. I don't have people bring their kids to the cinema.
Speaker 4:It's ridiculous. I mean, you're going to spend.
Speaker 5:Like if you get popcorn and a drink and like four tickets You're going to spend over $100 and you're not even eating. Yeah, you're not wrong, or?
Speaker 4:there's no wine.
Speaker 5:It's a travesty.
Speaker 4:I mean, I think it's just an injustice so that we just stay home and we do door dash Actually you need to go like say that they need to have happy hour at the movie theater. Well, I mean, like I said there, I mean there are those. I mean I've been to them and they're fantastic. The food's actually fairly decent, but I mean that's even well above $100.
Speaker 5:Oh, I'm sure.
Speaker 3:Because, you've got beverages, they've got recliners.
Speaker 4:I mean so, but to be honest, like if I was going to do that, then I would just prefer to do it at home.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 4:And just watch the movie. Get the food we want. Have our beverages. And you're in sweatpants and heels and I'm in sweatpants and heels and a messy bun and no makeup.
Speaker 3:I do feel, though, going to the movie theater, I'm inclined to focus a little bit more on the movie, whereas if I'm doing it at home, I'm on my phone. Yeah, whereas I won't do that in the movie theater Multitask yeah.
Speaker 2:I would stand the same way, yeah, yeah, I agree.
Speaker 3:I kind of have to focus. If I'm at the yeah, because you don't want to be on the phone.
Speaker 4:Well, we have a rule that we can't be on our phones when we are watching TV or a movie.
Speaker 3:Oh, oh, we don't have a rule.
Speaker 5:Whatever the punishment is, I would be shot.
Speaker 4:Yeah, no, I mean because again, we're empty nesters. So there's that. But yeah, we would sit down to watch something and either I would get on my phone, because we don't have the same taste in movies at all.
Speaker 4:Yeah, so we have to. One of us picks one one time and then the other one picks one. But yeah, so we had to like, we had to make a rule that when, like, I think it's like 30 minutes after we both get home, basically when the store closes, for me, uh, we, if we're watching a movie, we go off our phones completely smart.
Speaker 2:We try to do that, like when we go to bed we watch like a dateline or something. We try to be off our phones but always say like I have excuse, okay tonight, well, tonight I'm work, I just need to work tonight. So I do that way too much.
Speaker 4:But we try to staff our phones when we watch a show and I'm always when it breaks out, but I mean, I usually am working it's nice, though, like when you do have a chance to do that because you just like you forget, like, how much time and energy goes into. If you just start looking at your phone, then all communication stops between you and whoever's in your house. So, um, I know, so like it, actually that's really good.
Speaker 5:It's actually good to do that. Do that one.
Speaker 4:I love. I mean, I love it.
Speaker 5:To me it's crazy when you go to a restaurant and you just see there's a couple and they're just like on their phone, like almost the entire time. Except for when they eat. Oh my gosh, they're not even communicating. It's so sad.
Speaker 4:It makes me really sad to be honest, because why are you spending the money then Exactly?
Speaker 5:Enjoy it.
Speaker 4:Yeah, and you're with that person for a reason, whether it's a friend or a partner or whatever, yeah, so yeah, I mean I'm a huge believer in you've got to go off the grid for a little bit.
Speaker 5:That's what you talked about rewind and enjoy it. Yeah, I feel like a lot of us now just well, me too sometimes you're so caught up in what's going on and what you have to do that you don't really take it all in If I hit pause any moment of my life.
Speaker 2:Right now I'll be upside down or something in my head.
Speaker 4:I know, I know.
Speaker 5:It's not easy.
Speaker 4:It's not, but it's worth it. It's worth getting back to how it used to be at times.
Speaker 5:Well, people are happier. I mean, even research shows people are happier off social media, off of, you know, all those platforms you are, I mean, and it's just, and it's so easy to just look for a second and then it takes you in.
Speaker 4:I mean, because that's the reason it's there, it starts leading you into all of these other things.
Speaker 2:It's an addiction, it is. I'm addicted, me too, I know.
Speaker 4:So that's what I told Michael. I'm always like, okay, the day that I don't care when you're on your phone is the day you should be worried. Yeah, because I love talking to him.
Speaker 5:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:And. But it is something too, I think, because even when you're watching a TV show, a lot of times you're not talking, but it does feel like you're less present if one of you are on the phone.
Speaker 4:Yeah, yeah, well, a thousand percent, you're not. And like what is this about? Okay, so, and he's such a history buff and like that's a lot of his movies, so I'm like, okay, so did this like really happen? Like what was the? But? So we can have that kind of communication, which I love.
Speaker 3:So, um, yeah, I do rate how good a show, though, is, but by whether I take my phone up or not. So if a show is really good, I won't pick up my phone Right. If it's kind of mediocre, I'm like, oh, it's so funny.
Speaker 2:My husband is Ashley as far as his facial expressions, like he can say so many things with his face, and it's so funny because when we go to turn on TV, that's when I want to start talking. So I can't like we'll start it, like oh, yeah, this, it's so funny watching his face.
Speaker 4:I think of you, because I get that. Look like, yeah, we get me. What are you talking?
Speaker 1:about I can hide my expression.
Speaker 4:You have no idea what I'm thinking. Yeah, not true. It's so not true. No, I know. I mean I tried so hard to be better about it because a lot of times my expressions are like what? Don't change Exactly.
Speaker 2:It about it, because a lot of times my expressions are like don't change exactly. Yeah, it's what makes for you.
Speaker 4:I love it. Yeah, right, yeah, give me you know exactly what I'm thinking.
Speaker 1:Yeah, correct, first three seconds, yeah well, cheers to being present, I know oh and two happy mamas yes, all around, cheers everybody thank you for joining the ladies of the Middle Age-ish podcast as they journey through the ups and downs of this not young but definitely not old season of life. To hear past episodes or make suggestions for future episodes, visit wwwmiddleageishcom. Middleageishcom. That's wwwmiddleageishcom. You can follow along on social media at Middle Age-ish Also, if you have a moment to leave a review, rate and subscribe. That helps others find the show and we greatly appreciate it. Once again, thank you so much for joining us and we'll catch you in the next episode of the Middle Age-ish Podcast.