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63: Catching Up: Underwear, Butts, VIPs & Helping Others
Hey guys, Calissa Editing here. Um, this is an older episode that somehow got overlooked. And it's a goodie. An oldie, but a goodie. So this is recorded before Christmas, even before Thanksgiving. So it's kind of a throwback, but I think you'll enjoy it. Um, we had a lot of fun recording it, so I didn't want to let it go to waste. Enjoy! Well, we can just do a recap. Thong dong. Hey. Yeah. Sarah and her butt crack Talking about undies. We were just having a chat and we were, I well, I was like, we should We were spiting fire. Yeah, we were. So Sarah hit the record button. Yeah, So no introduction. We're just getting into it. Hannah. What you gotta say? Okay. Thongs.'cause Sarah's like, you know, all, all I wear is thongs and I'm like, okay. Except for, for sleeping. Nobody's sleeping. Your thongs. It's nasty. You're gonna get yeast infections and you're more likely because you're. This is so gross, I'm sorry. Your, like, underwear is up in your butt crack, against your booty hole, and your front crack. Then there's exchange sometimes of bacteria. What do you think happens, like, during the day? That's what's happening. That's what I'm saying, but, like, yeah, gross. You gotta wash yourself real good. Make sure you're wiped good. I'd say like, go every other. You know, if you're gonna wear leggings, and you're like, okay, thong. Thong day. Jeans. No. Full parachute panties. No, no. I can't stand it. It's a, it's literally just a feeling thing. I can't stand the way it feels when it's on my buttcheeks. You have a thing about clothes. I know, I know. I got a thing about the way things feel. That's also why I don't wear rings when we were talking about rings because I can't, I can feel them on my fingers and it just, after you wear it a couple of, like, you don't even feel it. But then when you wash your hands, you wash your hands and you get wetness under there and then you feel the wetness. Okay. I have never had that. You are just a texture person. I know, I can't stand it. Okay, continue, sorry, this isn't about me. It's about Hannah's butt. I had like different fabrics and everything and I pat it down and Nick was like, Whale tail! And so I'm like, I give up. How could you possibly get a whale tail? Don't you always wear high waisted pants? Yeah, but I, today was different. Yep. That is so funny. I was in high school and someone made the comment about they were trying to make fun of me about my panty lines, because I'm full cover Baby. Baby, A boy or a girl. I can't even remember. I think it was a girl. Oh, awful. It's like someone said something to me about my panty lines and I, I turned to her. I said, God forbid someone knows I wear underwear. like mm-hmm Victoria's secret isn't a secret. Yeah, it's nobody's secret. Like, boo hoo. Like, I would never wear a thong. I cannot wear thongs. It's a sensory thing, just like you said. I'm the opposite. But, anyway, the point is, if someone knows that I wear full coverage, parachute panty underwear, all, all the better. I don't care. Does it really, like, Um, I don't think it affects a man's attraction to you if that's like the purpose of, you know, whatever people saying they don't want to have panty lines. So whatevs. Yeah. They also wear underwear. They also wear, do you sometimes see their boxer lines and their paint leg sometimes? Yeah, I do. I've never noticed that. Like I've never like, Oh, you've never noticed it. I also feel like, you know how sometimes I've noticed this because our kids wear uniforms, they wear like dress pants every day. Um, And sometimes, you know how men's underwear, the boxer briefs have like the two, like triangle lines on the butt, butt cheeks, because of like how they're sewn together or whatever. Yeah. Okay. Sometimes you see that line in, like in my kid's pants. So I'm just like, I guess everyone's going to know they wear underwear. No dirty buttholes on their pants. I never look, so. You don't look at those butts? No. What? I'm not looking for like their pantyhose. No, I'm not looking for pantyhose. I'm just looking at people's butts. Just checking it out. Hurt. I literally, I, yeah, I guess. I don't know. You don't, you don't just like walk around and you're just like looking at people? You don't look at people's butts? I'm never taking you to the gym again. All I do is look at people's butts. Everywhere we go. Everywhere we go, every minute of the day. I'm very sorry then, because I have not much to look at. I've got the flattest ass on earth. It's funny, but I've looked at your butt multiple times. All the time, every day that I see you. The only Like one time Nick That's why I always comment about Hannah's butt, cause I always look at Hannah's butt. Pervert. I look at everybody's butt, I don't know how you can't. Well one time I did, check out a waitress's, and she just had a nice booty and Nick caught me. He's like, what were you looking at? Like, what weren't you looking at? Right, like, isn't everybody looking? Right. I thought that was just normal. I'm just here to appreciate. Yeah, first I'll notice their clothes, I'm like, oh I really like that, but I don't, like, stare. Oh, I do. I try not to make it weird, but. No, Sarah's the worst. And I'll be like, Hey, don't look too quick, but look over there. And then she'll just like, get the fricking telescope out and just like look. Yes. Really? Seriously. I can't help it. No. The only thing that I noticed is like Nick, he'll do like, um, he'll like crouch lower and I'm, I, he's just always kind of done that. And then one day I was like, why did you do that? He's like, my balls are sticking to my thigh. And I'm like, oh, that sounds so uncomfortable. And he's like, yeah, that's why I have to unstick it. He does adjust himself frequently. Yeah, oh my gosh. Don't look, don't look. But then, you know, when I was working full time, you know, I'd just kind of wait up at the front desk, wait for cars. And this man came out of his truck, and he did what Nick does, like, he did that squat thing, and I'm like, Oh, he's, um, I'm sticking his balls from his thighs. So now I, I notice that, when guys do that, I'm just like, Teehee! That's like hard, it's hard not to notice. And they're so like, they're so loud about their actions too. Like it's not like, no, it's not discreet. Yeah. Open that leg. Yeah. It's pretty stanky leg. Yeah. Nasty. I'm pretty sure that's how that song started out. Like he was trying to, Oh, probably balls. And then, Hey, that's a cool dance move. It's called the stanky leg. I don't think I'm. Yeah. Just being a guy just sounds weird, like having all that. It sounds kind of terrible. Yeah. Outside. In between your legs. Just flapping. Oh my gosh, I would be so sensory, like overloaded all the time. I can't even stand it, like, when I'm, have my, like, arms folded and my elbow creases touch. I hate that feeling. Or like when you, I don't know if you know this, but you have a sensory processing disorder. Doesn't go all the way in your armpits and your armpits touch your other armpit, your arm, your top armpit and your bottom armpit touch. I hate that. When you and Colasar are just staring at each other, like she is crazy. I just don't like it when my body parts touch other body parts. Your body tarts. Yeah. I don't like it when my toes touch and I can feel my toes touch. I don't like that. I don't, I don't like it. So you'd just like to be, yeah, honestly. Yeah. That's my favorite thing is to just be completely splayed so that nothing touches. It just, that's my favorite. It just feels gross. It's just an interesting person. Sorry about that stuff. Cause you were like, one day you're like, don't you just get so mad when you can feel your clothes touch your body? And I'm like, I've never had that thought in my head. I don't know how you avoid it. I'm feeling it right now. Actually, the sweater, it's bothering me. Well, if you decide to get rid of it, I'll take it. It's adorable. It's kind of scratchy. Oh, yeah. No, but it, I can, it's touching me like in my weird armpit spot and I don't like it. I'm not gonna go change. I'm just gonna tough it out, but I'm gonna be thinking about it all day. My sweater's touching my armpits. Yeah. I don't like it. Well, this has been a while since we've gotten together. I thought you were going to wrap up that episode right there. Yep. Sorry. This has been about thongs and sensory processing disorders. Yep. Um, I know it has been a while. What do you guys been up to? Well, I am going to San Diego tomorrow cause Nick's on tour. They're doing their Nashville show tonight and I looked at their itinerary. It's insane. How do they get there from there that quickly? Slide? I know, but like that just seems like a, because when's the show? Tomorrow night? It's tonight. But in Nashville, and then when's the next show? Saturday. Oh, okay, they have the whole day. I thought you meant like it's tomorrow. So, load in is at 4, sound check 4, sound check curfew 430, early VIP, which I think that's a new thing, 430 to 445. Early VIP, 4. 45 to 5. 45, early doors 6, early show 7 to 8. 15, room reset 30, late VIP check in 8 to 8. 15, late MNG, I don't know what that stands for, 8. late doors 9. 30, late show 15, and curfew at midnight. And that's what they're going to be doing pretty much for every show. And how many shows are there? Four. Wow. That's so cool that they have, I mean, I know that people have to be organized, but it's just kind of cool to see like the behind the scenes part of like what, what that just sounds, I mean, shout out to show for like doing all this, but I'm like, dang, I, it's stressful to like follow a routine, like or, uh, whatever schedule, but man, that's tight too. It's a lot in a little period of time. Don't you feel good on a schedule? It's nice to have a schedule, but then if some people are just kind of lacking like lollygagging, I'm like, Oh, I hate when I, when I went to their show in Texas, um, they were, I think VIPs were pretty cheap because the line was so freaking long of VIPs, which is great. You know, they all want to see these guys. but then like how personal do you have to have a conversation with each fan? You know, you want to, you want it to make their experience great. But then, you know, I told Jake, which is a guy who kind of works for the show. I'm like, you know, like, come on, we've got more, we've got hundreds of people waiting to see these guys. Did they all get to see them? I hope so. That would be disappointing. If you didn't get to meet each person, but it gets long and like, By halfway through it, some of the guys were kind of like, okay, I'm fucking over it. Yeah. Yeah. Because they pulled out, I imagine they don't have the personalities to like long term talk to people. Well, and you can't remember, you can only use the same thing so many times. Hey, how's it going? What do you do? Whatever. Thanks for coming to our show. Hope you had fun. And what else? Yeah. And then some, some of them brought gifts. I feel like it's okay to just say that. Yeah. Yeah. So then, you know, um. It just kind of sucks because yeah, you want each person to have that nice experience. Yeah, but you have to have realistic expectations So then this you know, but then you think about like I don't like a weight we did this. Oh, yeah, let's do this So hopefully they kind of maybe up the VIP prices. So like It doesn't be, it's not that long. Yeah. Because almost the whole show was afterwards. Um, I don't know if you know who AJR is. You guys heard of that man before? AJR, I feel like maybe that sounds familiar. I'm weak. What's wrong with that? You know that song? Maybe not. No. Oh. Yeah, that's a really popular song. Okay. Um, anyway. Now? No. It was a while ago. Oh. Bang, bang, bang. Anyway, I, they're our favorite band. We're like our whole family loves AJR. It's like our thing. We, whenever we're cleaning, we put on AJR anyway, and their VIP experiences, you got to play dodgeball with them. Oh, cool. And I think that would be a cool way to include everyone that everyone feels like they got. Unless you're like 500 pounds. The fat electrician just hit me with the dodgeball on the face. You know what I mean? But then it's like equally spread among all of. People. Yeah. So I'm going to be on this team. I would specifically not buy VIP tickets for that because it's like, well, I do not want to put up. That's cool. I don't want to be running, getting sweaty and grow or ax throwing. Yeah. Just kind of like a general hangout for like a very select few and have like jack up the ticket prices for early November thing. They did like a private acoustic thing and we just like asked questions and talked and yeah. How many were in that VIP area? I don't know, like 40. That's not bad. Maybe less than that. Yeah. 20? You could split it up into like two different groups and have a rotation. 20 each. Yeah. Hmm. Yeah. So it's just kind of, you know, that stuff they're figuring out. So hopefully the schedule, everyone stays on top of it. Yeah. Stays with time management. What's your itinerary like? Mine? Yeah. Uh, pretty easy. Um, I'm going a day earlier than the show cause the girls wanted to have like a girls day. So, get to the hotel, get massages. I have a spot A, and my I just need at first I was like, I can do this, I can travel all by myself, but then like, the closer we got, I'm like, heart you know, I'm panicking, I'm like, oh god, I'm not gonna find my flight, I'm gonna get lost, I'm not gonna know what to do. So I asked my brother, I'm like, can you pretty, pretty please come with me? And he's like, fine, I'll go with you. And I'm like, fine. Like I'm paying for it, you idiot. Yeah. Like, poor you. Actually, he's not sitting in for his class. I am, but I'll be like, bye anyway. Um, so he's coming with me and the hotel that he's staying at is 20 minutes away. But that's where all the guys are going to go. They're going to stay at that hotel. So he's not going to be alone. So I saw that the San Diego zoo was close by to us. So I'm like, well, maybe if we have some time, maybe we can go to the zoo. But he wants to look at this dispensary. Oh my gosh. When in California. And I'm like, well, of course you would. So, I'm gonna pack for that, and then, uh, my mother in law, she's gonna stay with the kids. And I am, like, putting half the toys in the basement. Cause you don't want a big mess when you come back. Yeah. Yeah. Cause she's all like, let's have fun and play and blah, blah, blah. Like kids be kids. Yeah. And I love her. And then I'm like, I come home and like my whole house looks like a tornado. Yeah. I'm just like, I can't relax. Yeah. So I threw all the pillows, all Mushi's toys, all their little knickknack trinket toys in the basement. So she just has the big toys. Nice. That's funny. So hopefully, hopefully I come home to somewhat of a decent home. Yeah, because when does Nick come home? Tuesday. Tuesday, okay. And then he's done with the tour? Yeah, until December. So then the first week of December he'll be gone again. But I'm, me and my mother in law, we're gonna go to Boston and see him. Oh, nice. Yeah, so she's excited. Yeah. Cause has she seen a show or anything like that? No. Nope. And she's like, they're not going to record. I'm like, well, when you go to a comedy show or like a show where you sit down and watch, you cannot record. Yeah. And she doesn't get it. Because they probably want to reuse some of the content and they don't want it on the internet. Spoiled for everybody. Correct. Yeah. Oh, okay. That was not where my thought process process went, but that's fine. What were you thinking? I don't know. I don't know what I was thinking. Not that. Cause I went to, I have no idea. You guys know her nurse, Blake is. Heard that. Yeah, he's like, um, social media nurse and, uh, I've gone to two of his comedy shows. Is he the one who's like super shiny skin? No, never mind. Not him. Potentially. He's not the Asian, is he? No. I think that guy is hilarious. Nurse John, yeah. Yes. Yeah. And you know, people were just so surprised that he was straight and had a wife and I'm like He just plays a character. Yeah, right. Cause he always dresses up as women. Yeah, and it's so funny. When men act like women and they're just like really dramatic. The wig, yes. And the messy eyeliner down to their face. I'm like, I just love it. I have no idea what you're talking about. You know what? I When I was in nursing school, I really wanted to start a social media page for being a nurse and like going through nursing school and doing a nursing student thing and um, I wish I would have stuck with it because I would be super famous by now. You're so like ahead of the game with your ideas. Yeah. I was going to be Super Nurse Kalissa. Cute. That's cool. That's cute. I my life? Or like making skits? Um, just like sharing about nursing. I was teaching clinicals at the time so, or no I wasn't. I was a nursing student. I was just going to share about like nursing school, but then they had such a strict social media policy that like we couldn't have our phone in lab. We couldn't have our phone at the clinicals. We couldn't even post a picture of ourself in our uniform. Like it was such a strict social media policy that I just really couldn't find a way around it. I really like when people who are like hairdressers or people who work at like Ulta or whatever, they post their like funny. Not always funny, sometimes mean stories of like customers online. But they like do like a back green screen. And like, why I left Sephora, and then they have like these skits of like things that actually happen in their life. I'm so engaged into it, I'm like, tell me more. Yeah. Oh my gosh, can I tell you something that's, actually I have two that are pretty funny. Okay, go for it. I'll tell you, uh, let's see. I'll tell you the, like, least mean one first. And it wasn't even really mean. Anyways. So I was, this kid, we were doing a project and this kid was talking kind of, like, down to himself. He's like, oh, I don't, I didn't like this. I didn't think I did very well. Is this a TikTok? No, no, no. This happened in school. And I was like, okay, well, you know, like, I understand that you are having trouble, whatever. And I was like, but don't talk down to yourself because it just makes it harder for you to like follow through. And like, you speak kindly to yourself. Like you'll have a better time if you speak kindly to yourself, even if it's not something that you're like great at, whatever. And so the kid that was sitting next to him at his table, he leans over and he goes, nerd alert. And I was like, what? Number one, because I was like, you know, speak nice to yourself, do kind things for yourself. And number one, I was like, sir. 10 out of 10 for knowing your audience. That was so funny. It was perfect comedic timing. It was so hilarious. I had to like walk away and laugh because I was like, that was so funny. I didn't say it funny, but he said it really funny. It was really funny. And then I had to come back and be like, okay. Like he was calling you the nerd? Yes, he was saying I was a nerd because I was like, in touch with your feelings. Yeah, I was like, be like kind to yourself, you know, like speak kindly to yourself. And And I had to, I just had to come back and, oh my gosh, it was just so fun. And then like last week or two weeks ago, I was talking to this girl and me and Calvin were just there like dropping the kids off at school. I wasn't like on teacher duty or whatever. And um, this little girl comes up to me and I lean down so that I can hear her. Cause we're like in the gym with a bunch of other kids. And she goes, You have a really pale face. And I said, Okay. And I walked away. I was just like, Why? Thank you. Did you say that? Where did that come from? That's also a funny thing. Like teachers, they're like, What my students have told me? And then it's just like a plethora of like, Yeah. Yeah. Just insults. Goofy stuff. Yeah. Insults. Goofies. Yeah. A lot of people that are, especially like the younger kid teachers, will talk about like how much crap the kids talk about their parents. Like unintentionally, they'll just be talking and then they'll be just like, my dad snores a lot. Or like, my dad really farts a lot. Like just random things like that. I'm pretty sure you guys done it. And it's um, like, like a kindergartner telling the teacher what to write and she's like, why do you love your mom? And like, some of the examples were just hilarious. Like, it's not like, oh, I love my mom because she's my mom. It's just always something goofy. And I'm pretty sure, I always want to be like, I wonder what the teacher was thinking when she wrote that down. They laugh. They're laughing. Yes. In one of Gus's kindergarten books, I think it was kindergarten, it was kindergarten pre K. I think it was his, um, Mother's Day book. They were like, um, saying something about, like, why, like that same question, like, why do you love your mom or something? And he was like, she smells like a bathtub. And it was because during that time I took a lot of baths. So I, like, every day I would take a bath for like half an hour. And so I guess I smell like a bathtub. So. I remember writing one. I didn't know how my mom cooked things, baked things. So they're like, okay, write a recipe on how your mom makes cookies. And I was like, yep, she just Puts them out in the sun and lets them bake. So funny. Yeah, so funny. I love hilarious. I love doing those Mother's Day like my mom is this because of this Yeah, you know and yeah, my mom's 42 years old. Yes 20 yeah. Yeah. Mm hmm. Yeah What else have you guys what have you been up to? Hmm Christmas shopping. Oh Yeah, I got my whole Christmas list I got it down. I've got all of it in my Amazon cart and I check the prices every time I work. are you waiting for like Black Friday stuff? Yes, I'm waiting for it all. I have like a little spreadsheet of like what's gonna be on sale when keep a detailed list because I've heard that they jack the prices crazy it from they started too, but you know, if you like buy from Target,'cause I bought some stuff that wasn't on the first, you know, black Friday or no sales or anything. Mm-hmm Mm-hmm But. If you take your receipt in and saw that they dropped the prices, they'll price match it. And then you can just go to the customer counter like, Hey, I bought it for this price and I see it's on sale for this. Yeah. Can I? Within like a certain number of days or what? I think so. I'm waiting for Legos to go on sale. Do you know how expensive Legos are? Yes, I do. We went to the Lego store. Oh my gosh. In the mall, in Des Moines. So expensive. Mm hmm. We bought like a little keychain and it was like 7 It was like hmm for a little tiny keychain of like a little Lego, man. Yeah, it was like a minifig. Oh my gosh. Yes Yeah, which is surprising that there's no like recyclable Legos. Yeah, that's a good point And maybe that's why the prices are so high. There's a lot of knockoffs on Amazon that are compatible with LEGO, so I'm gonna get a bunch of those, um, just because to build up the list. What's a knockoff LEGO? It's like, they're off brand. They're just LEGOs that are compatible with LEGO, or other companies. LEGOs are LEGO. It's like those magnetiles. I know. So they have an off brand of magnetiles. Yep. But they were the same. Exactly. Because they're cheaper. They're cheaper. Cause magnet tiles are like 100 for like 50 of them or something like that. Yeah, at TJ Maxx they always have like just tables full of toys and there was like off brand magnet tiles. And she's like, oh mom, let's get this. And the mom looked at her and made a disgusted voice like, ugh, those are cheap and gross. You already have the real ones. And I'm like, that's how you You know, I'll put bullying on your child. Like if she sees off brand, like those are cheap and gross. Yes, exactly. I was like, that's how you like force your kids into a lifestyle of like only accepting luxury. Yeah. And I just like, I couldn't believe that I heard the mom say that. And I'm like, wow, people are snotty. Yeah. She was really snotty about the whole thing. And I'm like, are you fucking kidding me? I don't honestly care. Like if you hold up magnet tiles and this off brand, we're all going to know. No, magnet tiles are on my list. I have an off brand in my cart. I bought some on Tik Tok shop actually, and they were super cheap. Yeah. How fast is Tik Tok shop? Sometimes it's pretty quick. Yeah. Do you know what I just bought off Tik Tok shop? Don't tell Calvin. I bought a handheld steamer. with like different nozzle attachments. Wow. I just got someone that for their wedding like a week ago, it was like 40 and I was like, Oh, are you talking like the best little steam cleaner? Sort of, but it's not, it's not like one that has a long hose, like for your floor, it's like a handheld one. So like I can steam like around my sink or like around my toilet head or like around like those little cap things, you know, that like, Go in the bottom because I don't like pulling it all the way off all the time. Mine to just, my mind immediately went to like a steamer that you would use to steam dress. Yeah, you can, you can use it on, I know, but like that's not what you're talking about. Oh wow. Yeah. Yeah. I want one of those too. Yeah. But for my hair, I suppose like, cause I steam my curls in the morning. That's how I really like curls. I do. Usually I just do it in the shower, but I'm just thinking of that big. Like shower cap, and then you have to put a hose in there. Oh, yeah. I think that's what they used to do. I'm not sure. Yeah, but yeah, I just bought that and it's supposed to be delivered like this weekend. So hopefully Calvin doesn't see it. He'll be upset. Yeah, that, we got family pictures next weekend. Mm hmm. So I have a bunch of stuff ordered for that. Hopefully they go well. Hopefully the weather's nice. We really need updated family pictures. Yeah, because it's November and outside and ugh. Yeah. How much money are you going to spend on buying all Carhartt stuff? Uh, we already have a lot, first of all. And second of all, the only thing that's actually Carhartt that I bought were the bibs for Anders. Oh, good. Yeah. I love bibs. Me too, they're cute. Yeah. I wish I could wear bibs. I feel like I look stupid. But overall, I've spent at least 100 just on outfits for the family pictures. That'll be at least 300, um, so. And how long for the 300? Like the actual photography. How many do you get? Um, like as many as she takes. Yeah. Oh. Cool. For how long? It's a pretty good deal. Half an hour. Oh, half an hour? That's not very long. Darn. But if you get that many photos, it's a pretty good deal. Yeah, yeah. And well, I just, she offered the hour too and I was like, I just don't think the kids will pay attention for that long. Yeah, that's true. So. Take a couple of you and cry. Yep. Couple of you. Kissing. Eww. Yeah, I don't like to. I would never hang that in my house. Me either. It's so weird. Yeah. I don't really get, okay, I don't really get kissing pictures. I don't really, that to me is very like, remember how we always talked about how social, people who post their relationship on social media all the time are like, probably not having that great of a relationship. Kissing pictures are very much like in that realm for me. Like a forced like, kiss me! Yes, exactly. It's just weird. And like, if you are just kissing and then you're like, your first thought is to like take a picture of it, I'm like, huh. Yeah, that'd be that good of a kiss if you're thinking about taking a picture or maybe you want to document it because it's that good Just weird, I don't know. What about you? What have you been up to nothing Christmas shopping? Yeah, I don't do Christmas Calvin like like no gifts or anything That is not my wheelhouse if Calvin feels the need to buy gifts, then that's Calvin can do that I do not feel like that's necessary I know. I'm such a Scrooge. I'm sorry. We'll bet. Yeah, sorry. That's okay. The kid, Calvin came across this really cool like Mario alarm clock or something and I guess he bought that for the kids and it was like 100. I was like, what is wrong with you? Why would you do that? So we have that, but um, I don't know. I would rather just like do something fun with the kids than like buy gifts. We already have too much junk. Yeah. I just don't want to buy more junk. So. I don't know. Yeah, I'm very conscious of that this year to make sure we're not bringing more shit in the house. Yeah. I'm like, if it's things that they're actually going to play with, I understand. Yeah. And they are also, like, we're getting magnet tiles, but we're also getting a box for magnet tiles. Yeah. Magnet tiles will go in the box. Yeah. And I already know where the box is going to go. Right. Exactly. So. That's, we're lacking in that right now. Yeah. Like, organization of our stuff. Have you donated a lot of your toys or clothes or anything? We donated two huge boxes of toys, like, last year. So we really, really cut down. Um, and then I'm going through my closet and all my, like, two small bins. And getting rid of a bunch of stuff. Yeah. Because I'm just tired of having it. Yeah, well I have just, you know, the holidays are coming up so, you know, you're seeing Toys for Tots, you're seeing more fundraising and everything. And someone in Mason City said that the homelessness is crazy. Like they didn't realize how many homeless families there are. And, because I think the school has to document that. Oh. There was like a hundred kids or something that were homeless. And I'm like, oh my gosh. Yeah. And they're like, some of the people were just kind of like, I don't. Cause when you think of homeless, you think of like people living on the street. No, it's not usually like that. They're like in a shelter. Yep, a lot of them are in the shelters. Northern Lights is a really good place here in town. So some of the women were commenting, they're like, Yep, that's me and my daughter, we're homeless cause I left a domestic situation. And now it's kind of like, well now I'm regretting it because we have nowhere to live. We don't have like a stable roof over our head. And I'm on this mom's group and a lot of them are struggling. They, like, literally have no money. So then, um, I'll ask Nick and I'm like, um, should I buy this family some groceries? And he's like, do what you can. So, I'm gonna try to donate a lot of my clothes to the women's shelters or just kind of give them online. Like, I have some coats that I don't wear. Winter's coming. Speaking of coats, check with your local libraries. Or any of your local churches, because a lot of those places will have like giving trees. Yes. Or, like, I know our Clear Lake Library has a, like, children's coat donation so you can bring in your kids. Old coats and there's just like a big bin and you can just leave them in there and they will like Facilitate them getting to families that need coats for their kids. Oh, that's nice. Yeah Yeah, they used to do that do like backpack drives and stuff that people need but there's always some Sourpuss that ruins a whole dang thing. Mm hmm, and they like take all the coat like take all of it. Mm hmm So I don't Unless, like, it's, yeah, like, to the library, like, okay, I'm for sure gonna, like, separate some of these files for That's why I like giving to very specific, like, organizations that I think are more of a direct supply rather than giving. Like, so, we talked, maybe we talked about this, actually. Um, when they had, like, the Clothing drive thing, backpack drive thing, like at the, in August maybe, and you remember there was that rant and rave about how people were like lining up outside the door and there was like a mile long line and then the lady got there and she was like, and there was nothing left because people were just taking so much and it's like, if you go to these things and you can't afford to buy things for your family, please just buy things for your family. Yeah. Like, don't, in our, like, especially in our kind of area where there are. Like this huge range of incomes between families. I don't think she was mad about the school supplies because this drive said that I think it was about clothes. Yeah. They were giving shoes and it was like name brand shoes, like Nikes and whatever. And she, like, she got there and there was no shoes left. And I'm like, well, it's so hard to like pull up supplies. Supplies are limited and I, that I understand, but I think if you're someone who's taking advantage of those situations and you're, you're literally taking things from families who cannot afford to buy things for their kids. So then like, how do you like, I have no idea. I think for Toys for Tots, you have to have supply a W2 and I'm like, yeah. And you know, my sister in law was talking to me about, um, last year, two years ago about how I think this is the Des Moines area. I don't think it's here, but like the police department will take kids to like Walmart or target or something. And like certain family, like those families will be provided like a toy from a police officer. I think maybe Nadia has talked about this too, actually. I've heard of this. Yeah. And so there are things like that too, but. I don't know. I'm just kind of in the giving spirit, so I'd like to help. Yeah. Yeah. We try to, when we can. And I, I don't think our Walmart does it, but they used to have like trees and it has like a child and like what they like. The angel, whatever. The angel trees, yeah. So if I see one, I'm going to do it. Yeah. A lot of churches have like, um, hat mitten trees where like people will donate hats and mittens and then, you know, cause a lot of churches have the whole, um, they have like, Um, gift cards for gas or gift cards for groceries or things like that. And like, you don't have to be religious to contact those places and use those resources. But this turned, this took a weird turn in this episode, but started off with songs. In terms of the giving spirit, I feel like this is a really difficult time of year for a lot of people when it's getting cold. I just see it so much on my feed and I'm like, Oh my goodness. See, I don't see anything. Well, this is all on that rant and rave of Mason City, so they're talking about it there, and then I'm on like a moms helping moms group around this local area, so. That's a good idea. I like that moms helping moms group. I would love to start one. That'd be cool. Yeah, I'm gonna weigh some of the kids toys. Yeah. Their baby toys. Yeah. Yeah, man, I remember when, I think it was when Gus was little, and uh, I saw in the Rand Rave or something, or like maybe it was my breast milk group or something like that. There was like a mom who was looking for stuff when she was homeless and I was like, I gave her like two big bags of like baby clothes and stuff. I just feel so bad. Yeah. Yeah. I can't imagine trying to be homeless but then have, be homeless with children. Yeah. I just. That's like the worst case scenario that you could ever think of for your kids. Yeah. Mm hmm. Yeah, and then I'm trying to, like, tell Cutter, too, because his birthday will be coming up in December, and I usually tell people no gifts, because you don't need anymore toys. And, um, I'm trying to tell him, like, you know, Cutter, I know that Grandma and Grandpa give you gifts, but, like, not everyone gives you gifts. And what do you say? So I'm having, like, I'm pretending to be a little kid like, Thanks for inviting me to your birthday, but I don't have a gift for you. I'm sorry. And Cutter, you know, the first couple times he messed up. He's like, Well, my mommy and daddy have money for you. And I'm like, no, no. Cut, cut, cut. And I'm like, Thank you for coming to my birthday. I hope you have fun. Trying to put that into him. And it's just funny because now they're starting to grow up and I, you know. Um, he doesn't have to worry about money, but like he shouldn't ever have a thought like, Oh, if you don't have a birthday gift, that's fine. Yeah. Just play with me. Yeah. Instilling that. That's a good idea. Um, because my favorite movie growing up was Babe, the pig movie. Yep. And the grandpa in the movie, he's like building his granddaughter adult house. Off brand dollhouse. She probably wanted a Barbie pink dream house because she opened it and immediately started crying like Ehhh, I wanted a Barbie dream house, not this! And I'm like, oh my god, I would slap that girl. Yeah, it's like a little heart. So I'm always like, no one has to give you anything, but if they do, you tell them thank you. So then I would play like, I got you a rock. Want this rock? And he'll be like Thank you. So just like, maybe I'll just have Nathan be like, Hey, pretend I'm going to give him this and see how he acts. See if it's really getting through his head. I got you this rock. That's cute. That avocado kid. An avocado! Thanks! We did that with Carver that year. And we gave him a banana. And he got so excited about his banana. And he's like, a banana! It was great. I have that on video. Cute! I usually reshare it every year. It's just adorable. Do you do stockings? Um, no, not really. My parents always said, and it was always, fruit. Fruit in your stockings? Yeah. And then I was watching my show, The Middle, and I think this is where fruit in the stockings came from because when the grandparents, parents, parents, way back in the depression era, like they were so happy just to get this orange. And it's just kind of always been instilled in people, like you should be grateful to have something like this. Yeah. Yeah. Stock it with fruit. Well, what do you say, guys? I don't know. That was a short one. That was a short one. I don't really have anything else to say. Me either. Just raise her eyebrows at each other. No. Okay, with that, maybe we'll wrap it up. Okie doke. Hannah, and Sarah. Bye! Bye!