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Who's Driving- Holiday Hustle & Farm Drama S3 E37

• Wesley Turner • Season 3 • Episode 37

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Well, here we go. Here I am. Just dropped my ass on the top of a car like a Christmas tree. Ready to go. I don't know how it's going, but here it is. Time for another episode of Who's Driving? Welcome to Who's Driving. I'm Wesley Turner. And I'm Stephen Murphy. We're Two Best Friends and Entrepreneurs. Who's Driving is an entertaining look into the behind the scenes of our lives, friendship, and business.

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These are the stories we share and topics we discussed. Two best friends would on a long road trip.

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Along the way, we'll check in with friends and offer a wide range of informative topics centered around running small businesses, social media, and all things home and go.

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Buckle up and enjoy the ride.

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You never know who's driving or where we're headed. All we know is it's always a fun ride. We're back at the Neste Big Warehouse, so just like last week, if it sounds a little like we're in a hole or something, we are. We're in this hole. And I don't have nothing for you this week. I got a bag of cookies and I'm gonna sit back here. You just talk away. Tell me what you tell me what's on your mind. Did you already open these? I just had one.

SPEAKER_00:

Damn, I just got them off the shelf. Yeah, I just had one. Um you mind if I lay down? I can care less what you do. Um it's the holiday season. It has been crazy good. Good, crazy busy. We have not had a break. Mm-mm, thankfully. Um we don't need a break this time of year. But I don't feel as bad as I do most years. No, I feel in the groove this year. I mean, maybe I'm gonna face plant d in about two weeks. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

But I don't Oh, I love going home or where not home, but home or wherever. You're in the you look so tired. And I'm like, I'm not. I'm like, it's usually worse than this. Or some years they'll go, well, you don't seem as tired this year as you did last year. No, I am. And I'm like, yeah, I am, but it's funny. I don't know. It is what it is. I mean It is December 1st today, December 2nd when this comes out. So we have gotten through Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, today is Cyber Monday. It's been a busy holiday. I went to the TJ Maxx. Oh, wow.

SPEAKER_00:

I they have good um like bags. Gift bags?

SPEAKER_01:

Gift bags. So I got some gift bags. We got the most gorgeous gift wrap over there.

SPEAKER_00:

We do. But you know, sometimes you just don't, you need I needed some boxes. You know, uh to wrap. Yeah. Um have you got my gift yet?

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Mm-hmm.

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Uh-uh.

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Get me nothing.

SPEAKER_00:

I got it next door that'll be okay. It's gonna be going, uh bouncing across the street. Put it under the tree, it ended up out in the hallway. No. Um I hate to say this. I don't like going in TJ Maxx. You don't? Not anymore. Well it was just garbage. Hustle and butt. People just irritate me. I guess maybe I'm just old. And and we work a lot. I'm not in the mood for.

SPEAKER_01:

No, it is certain days when I go out in the wild is what Daniel and I call it. Because you know, he's on the farm a lot. And then he'll be like, oh my gosh, I had to go do all these things on the same day. And he's like, Oh, go out in the wild. And it's, you know, it's like going to the window. It's overstimulating because we're not out like that a lot. And I mean, most of my days is I'm at home on the farm doing whatever I want on Instagram, which I love because it's one-sided, and then we're here and we're doing live sales or working or whatever. We're not out. And so some days when you go out like that, it is very overstimulating. And it's like, back up off me, people. And something that was weird.

SPEAKER_00:

It was weird. It was weird. What happened? The cashier waiting on me was like, I don't know, teenage, uh maybe early 20s.

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Yeah. She didn't have a bra. No bra? No bra. At the TJ Maxx counter?

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Yeah. It just stunned me. Yeah. You know what I mean?

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I was like, hello.

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I was like, I see your titties.

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You should have told her. I was like, why?

SPEAKER_00:

Why? She was cute. Yeah. She was well dressed. She said on that bra. And listen, I don't want to get wear a bra, I don't wear bra. I don't, I really don't give a shit. But it just shocked me at work. Right. Where you're like wearing an undergarment.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, where you're at the counter, you're bending, you're lifting, you're stretching, you're yeah, I thought. Well, at least she was young enough they were.

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I mean, I guess it just shocked me. It just shocked me.

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Well. What are your plans for the holiday season? Do you have anything coming up?

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Um my plan is to survive. Survive. No, I don't have anything major coming up. Um we have there's a customer, uh a good, a very good customer that's having a Christmas party. I'm gonna try again. Gina, that's a major commitment for us. And it's not that we're rude or we don't want to go to your party and we're we're not scrooges. We really would really be nice to do things like that. It's just impossible. Almost impossible with our schedule. So, other than that, um You know, I've got to squeeze in some design client stuff. I mean, some makeup. All the year-in stuff and work.

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I mean, we gotta empty out the warehouse and empty out the retail stores. What about your Thanksgiving? Was it good? We didn't even talk about it. It was good. I mean, um no fights, any family drama?

SPEAKER_00:

No, Dylan's we go to Dylan's family for Thanksgiving, and they're really low-key. Yeah, they're not real dramatic or anything.

SPEAKER_01:

We were at home because Daniel's family went to Indiana to Zance House. I talked about that on the last one. So where's was very low-key. I heated up. I said, I made you Thanksgiving dinner, but it was all frozen, heated up. It was free. It was good. I used the kitchen, as you would say. No, we use our kitchen, but um, yeah, it was all heated. I didn't even make any of it, like I intended to, but then it got to the last minute, and I was like, I don't have time to do this. So at least Daniel was thankful though. It wasn't microwave. It was something to eat. Yeah, it was fun. We had hash brown casserole, mac and cheese, green bean casserole. Yeah.

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Was the green bean casserole good?

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It was this time from Whole Foods. Whole Foods. It wasn't French green beans, so I did notice.

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Whole Foods usually gets it right, but those French green beans make a difference in your green food.

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What else did we have? I did buy him a little turkey something, something I don't know.

SPEAKER_00:

Dylan's aunt. Oh, you would have loved this. I need to I need to try to make one sometime. This I don't, it's probably not a good, because I've never made a cake from scratch. Ever. You haven't? Ever. Not from scratch. Um, but his aunt's a baker. She used to own a bakery. Um oh my gosh. So good. You would have loved it.

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It was ten layers. See, that's where it goes wrong. Was it the thin layers though? The really thin. It was so good.

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And it was homemade caramel cake.

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Mmm, that's a good I can't tell you. Are you sure she didn't buy that? You know, there's a famous one where it comes and it's all those layers. She owned a bakery. She always no, she made you on the McDonald's. You ain't making no damn Big Mac. No, she made it. No.

SPEAKER_00:

She she she's a she bakes her stuff. Like she does. Yeah. And she was like, well, I had two more layers, but they didn't work, so we're going with 10. You know, so 12. But it was so good. Those layers, all those layers, make the best cake. Makes it so just like moist and all that goody goody all up in there. Yeah. But damn, that must take forever. She said it took hours.

SPEAKER_01:

Because does she make it and then slice them? Is that how they're done? Are they real thin?

SPEAKER_00:

She makes she baked real thin layers. Because you know it's not the same if you slice it. Slice it. Yeah. Because you're getting that little crust on each layer.

SPEAKER_01:

It was really good. That sounds good. We had our pecan pie from the jar. Is what we had that too. It was so good. It was good. We ate like a pie and a half in the first day, and then Daniel just finished all the rest of it. I think we've got to be a good one. We finished ours off last night. I was like, I can't have any more, you can have the rest of it. Good to go.

SPEAKER_00:

I only Dylan and I only ate one complete pie. Only one. One. We did give share one. So that was good that we didn't golf two.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, something to talk about. We had a tragedy on the farm. Oh, you're going to talk about it. Yeah. You can't whisper.

SPEAKER_00:

You're whispering today. Am I whispering? I don't mean to be. You're whispering today like this, and ain't nobody gonna hear me.

SPEAKER_01:

They can't hear me. A damn thing you say is gonna cut it out. Okay. It's gonna be me talking to myself.

SPEAKER_00:

Well, it's like that a lot. He's whispering. I don't have a real strong.

SPEAKER_01:

No, but you like to whisper sometimes. I do. I do. We're gonna tell that. I think we need to tell the tragedy. Well, I mean, it happens. It happens. You know. So we've talked about on here how Romeo is hormonal and feisty, especially after, you know, the baby's been born. After fathering his first child. And Cleo and Milo, they have to stay separated. We talked about that, and I got a bunch of shit on online. Why aren't they together? You don't know what you're talking about. Why are they separated? Why?

SPEAKER_00:

There's a reason you don't have a Romeo. You know, the Romeo.

SPEAKER_01:

Well. Romeo killed a goat. That's yeah. He was And they're the they were the sweetest little goats. I don't know. But you know, we've talked about he will get mad. Um well he's almost killed them like twice when I've been there. Yeah, he will get mad and he'll pick them up by the back of their necks. You know, these goats and stuff. But I don't know, one day um this past week, he was just in a mood, like hollering constantly. You know, y'all, if you follow me on social media, you'll see I'll walk outside and he'll holler at me and use and that's usually more playful, but he's been very aggressive. Even towards me, like when I go to feed him, instead of coming up and like letting me like love on him or like Romeo, give me a hug. He's like kicking and bucking, and he'll run off from me. And it's it's a hole. He is, I don't know, maybe I need to kick him in the balls or something. I don't know what his problem is.

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I think I think the balls are getting ready to go bye-bye.

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Yeah, we're gonna have to get him snippity snip, get him in a better mood. So anyway, so I went out and he had killed a goat. So there's this that is the reason he's not around Milo. Yeah. Because he he took it out on the goat, I guess. Um and then he hurt another one, but it I think it's gonna be fine. It's kind of limping around, but it it just seems a little beat up. I think it's gonna be fine. It didn't. Do you think it was trying to protect the other goat or I don't know, or if he got that one fur. I don't know. I don't know. And the thing is, it wasn't like I saw it to prevent it. You know, like it what and he hadn't been, he's been like hollering, but he has not been aggressive towards the goats in any way that I've sh would have been like, oh my gosh, I need to do this.

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But he did that day. Well, I can tell you who he won't kill and that's those birds, those emus. They'll beat the shit out of him. If I look out and he's got an emu by the neck, that's gonna be a whole different thing.

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They will beat the shit out of him. Um so the one goat is kinda beat up, and I've got it separated. I put it in with Milo and Cleo. Because I mean they'll be fine together, but is it doing it better? Yeah. It's eating and everything. So which one was it? Black or what? The white, one of the white ones. He got one of each color. He was kicking ass and taking names again, taking names and kicking ass. I don't know what his problem was. Um, but then the cat, Mr. Kitty, he has stayed in place and he's much better. We talked, I think we talked about that. He had a bum leg after his last vacation when he traveled. But he has this time, because his leg was bummed, he had moved in with Cleo and Milo in their little shed barn, because I have hay and everything down in there. And he has just stayed out there and he's been staying out there ever since. And now, I think I've told this on a live or whatever, but now I've been feeding that cat every time I go feed them out there. So he's like staying out there. So hopefully he'll He's gonna live out there. Hopefully he'll live out there and be friends with them. And do they seem to like him? Yeah, like the first couple of times, like I would feed him, like both of them at the same time, and they I feed them in the little shed, so they're like face to face basically. He would kind of hiss, but then the last couple of days, you know, like Milo will go sniff him or Cleo, and he just turns around and then goes back to eating. So hey Roomies. Hey Roomies, they all gonna have to just get along. Because it has the hay, and you can see where he makes a bed, and then he also like goes under the like barn and sleeps under there too. I don't know. It's a fine ecosystem out there on the farm. Because then one of our cats, the cutest cat that also stays like, well, it stays everywhere, but this time of year she likes to come in. Rosie, she'll come in at night and sleep on the sofa. We don't have a litter box or indoor caps or anything, but she'll sleep on the sofa and then at like six or seven in the morning, she's and goes outside. Um, but she is the sweetest one, but she beats up on this Mr. Kitty. Like if he comes up near the house, so it's uh there's always a cat screaming, a donkey yelling, a goat something.

SPEAKER_00:

Well, I feel like it may be time. Um so I messed up and there I didn't get you at some more emus. Oh. I they were um I didn't realize that they were I guess they came came in early. This year? Yeah. And I'm I missed them. Oh. I think that's the case. I think that's the case. I remember the emo conversation. But uh we need more emus. That was probably last year you had that conversation. We need we need more emus out there. I love them. They're easy. Yeah, I love the emus. They're different, they're friendly. I mean, the next ones may beat the shit out of all of them. Right. Because they can be a little cantankerous.

SPEAKER_01:

I think an ostrich or two to go with that would be fun out there. I do love the emus even more than I thought I would having them. Because, like you said, they are very self-sufficient there. And they just do their own thing. I mean, the only problem is I feel like with the emus is I mean, hopefully they just stay good. Like, I don't know of a vet if there was an issue. Like mine have been no maintenance, but I don't know like if there's an issue, what the heck you do with the emo. You know what I'm saying? I don't know where I come from. They don't do nothing. That's my thing. See, I just and that's the thing with the goats and the donkey. I mean, I've taken the goat to the bed. The one that's beat up is the same one that had the like kidney problems last year. But it's funny having the animals is multiple times a day, I'm like, okay, where is everybody? Where is everybody? Like, I walk out on the porch, I'm like, okay, I see all four goats, donkeys, the email. Like, I the good thing is I can see them from my porch, all the animals, and I'll be like, Where, where are they? Where are they? And it's constantly on your mind. But like this goat, I was like, I fed them and I was like, Oh, one of the goats isn't here or whatever. But sometimes that's fine. Like sometimes it'll stay in one of the little houses or under the dock or whatever. And so one day, the first day I was like, okay, I don't see the goat. And then when I left, I saw it under like the dock. So I was like, oh, it's just hanging out under there. And that was the night. And then the next day when I fed him, the goat didn't come up. And I was like, okay, something's up with this goat. Let me go check on this goat down here.

SPEAKER_00:

Um well, and I guess I'm a little shocked that Romeo killed the goat because, like, if the goat had gotten out, Romeo, that's when he usually gets really mad at the mammals. Because he he is in charge of the guardian of the pasture. So if they get out, they break the rules, he's mad.

SPEAKER_01:

He's mad. Yeah, so I don't know what had him so stirred up. I mean, I think it's being separated from Cleo. There's probably some hormones and scents and stuff that has him fired up. It's the only thing I can think of. And I don't know if he, you know, did it intentionally to kill the goat, but maybe just got too excited.

SPEAKER_00:

He was mad.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

I mean, when he gets mad, he is mad. Yeah. I've never quite seen I've never seen a donkey act like that. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

So, oh Romeo, he's in trouble, but I ain't gonna talk about it except for on here, because you know it doesn't be a whole thing.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh yeah. People have their, well, he needs to be, no, he doesn't need to be, he needs to be right where he is. He really may need to be separated for a minute from all of them, from all the animals.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, but that makes it so much worse. Because I've done that. Um, I had to separate them last year for something, and it makes it so much worse reintroducing them all back together. It's a whole like process. So it fires them up even more. Because I had to I can't remember, I had to separate him for like a couple of weeks. Um last year, but anyway.

SPEAKER_00:

But usually, you know, when he uh when he like beats a goat, you can stop it. Yeah, and then he's he cools down and he's fine.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah. I don't know. Well, that's that's the drama with Romeo.

SPEAKER_00:

Let's move on to something bright and cheerful. Yeah, let's the dead goat's dead. Yeah. That's all the news there. That's the news there. So this clickbait and or these people do it on on Instagram blows my mind. Like it's so irritating to me. Yes. Like, I'm gonna make a pie.

SPEAKER_01:

You were just showing me one of this pie, and oh my gosh. I think they just do it as clickbait to get people to comment on why are you doing it like that?

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, and then that, you know, boosts them. Or do they think they're really showing how easy it is? Like, put the shit in a bowl.

SPEAKER_01:

So they these people, Steven was just showing me this reel, and they were lady, two ladies or whatever, making a pie, but they were making it in the pie crust. So it was like pouring the ingredients into the pie crust and mixing it in the pie crust. And you really can't mix anything like that. Yeah. Because then you're I mean, it you're splashing around. Damn mess.

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Then the idiots forgot that it was it was a that had to be baked.

SPEAKER_01:

It was a pie that had to be baked, a pie shell. So it wasn't like a graham cracker, which is what they should have been using anyway, for the type of pie they were making. I think that was just a whole damn clickbait mess. But that one woman doesn't a lot on Instagram. But what's the point in doing it that way? Because then those aren't true like views. Like, what's the point in creating clickbait when it's something false anyway? You know what I'm saying? It just doesn't because then those people aren't gonna follow for the right reason. They're not gonna be interested in your real content.

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Oh, the other thing that I'm seeing this week, which is driving me crazy. I haven't been able to see much. That's what this is a good one. Oh, do tell. Everybody's washing their tree.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh my gosh. Yes, I have seen that. Just doesn't work. It then all needs to be together. It's a damn mess. It's been out in the damn rain until they cut it. And you're not saving it at all. But they act like you're washing something out of it.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, and you're it's gonna be fresh more fresh long.

SPEAKER_01:

Yes. No, it's not. Why are we in the era of overcomplicating things? Cut your damn tree and drag it in like you've done for the last.

SPEAKER_00:

The best thing you can do is shave it off of that, off of the cut and get it in water. Yeah. Keep it watered. But why are we washing the tree with the hose?

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Shh.

SPEAKER_01:

And then you're gonna make when you because it's getting out the extra dirt and stuff.

SPEAKER_00:

I'm like, what the hell are you talking about? Give it a shake and go. Yeah, and most farms put it on a shaker and they're shaking all the loose out in it. And when it dries, it's gonna have all the loose in it anyway. I would I would love to put a squirrel in one of those trees.

SPEAKER_01:

And if it has like insects or something, you're not washing those out by just sprinkling them. No. They're in there, they're attached. They are ready to go through the thunderstorm.

SPEAKER_00:

There are insects that you can have on your tree. Um, not to alarm anybody, but this does happen. There are certain insects that live in like Fraser Furs, for example. Or you can get like a um oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_01:

Praying mantis pod in there. This is what you call it, nest pod. It's like a thing, and then they all hatch and they come out on the sea. In the house. Yeah. So I mean, that's a risk of getting a real tree, but washing it, you're not gonna get rid of that.

SPEAKER_00:

It's only it's attached. And honestly, unless you really know what you're looking for, you're not gonna know if there's insect sacks in there because they, you know, it nature makes them hard to notice. Right. So they don't get eaten. Right. You're not gonna see it. You're not gonna know you have a problem until you have a house full of bugs. Exactly. Prey and mantis.

SPEAKER_01:

I saw that though, on I've seen that a few times on social. And first of all, like it's something. Oh, we're gonna wash our tree. Just shut the hell up. It's right up there with washing pumpkins. Get off my screen. Yeah, just get the hell off.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, and they stand out there like they're doing it.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, I love the ones that wash it, and then they get their blower to just have you seen that? They get their yard leaf blower to dry it off. I've seen a couple do it that way.

SPEAKER_00:

I mean, they are really stretching for content. We're gonna we're gonna shower the tree down and then these cookies are so good. They are so good.

SPEAKER_01:

I know. Um if you're not watching, you can't tell that I'm just eating downing a whole bag of cookies while we're seeing tart, lemon tart, fancy pants, available at thnestedtig.com. Little plug. Yeah, they're um acting like they're doing something in their washroom. But why are we washing everything? Washing that, washing the pumpkins. Ain't nobody worried about sling that tree up and be done.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah. But I'm a little I've always loved live trees. And there's one tree, one style of a tree that I really like. Wait.

SPEAKER_01:

Now that you say that, didn't we? I feel like we had a live tree in our house the first year. You did? I did. Two. But no. Yes. Where did I have the second one?

SPEAKER_00:

I didn't do one on each side. Not there. You had two. No. I think they were on each side of the fireplace or something. You limbed them.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I forgot about that. Because I thought I'd had our old tree. First year you did those. Fresh trees. Yeah. I gotta put it up so early now. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00:

Well, we can't for me. We can't. And the trees, the real trees that I like come from way up, like in boon.

SPEAKER_01:

The real trees that you like that are airy and stuff, they now have them at Lowe's. They did last year.

SPEAKER_02:

Do they?

SPEAKER_01:

It's like the top where they're like really spaced out. You should get one and just put like my ride coat ornaments. Yeah. Wouldn't that be pretty? Mm-hmm. In the entry.

SPEAKER_00:

I'm sure I would drag one in with all kinds of bugs. Well, those you could see it because they're so thin.

SPEAKER_01:

You can. You could see it better. Um no hell. You'd get up. He would get a drop of sap on those beautifully polished concrete floors, and that tree would be out in the hallway. You should just put one in the hallway beside your door.

SPEAKER_00:

People are like, what are you doing? Oh, I'm putting up a tree. Yeah. I don't I don't want it in my house. Let's talk about that. Okay. What, your floors or trees? No, let's talk about people's wreaths. Oh my god. We've talked about people's. Okay, but I'm gonna tell you this is a public service.

SPEAKER_01:

And not pour as and poor, but poor, like all pitiful wreaths.

SPEAKER_00:

Reeds are not meant to last forever. They're not. Yeah. So the one you've been pulling out for the last 20 years. Get rid of It you might think, oh, it looks good and it's held up. It hasn't. It looks like shit. I've got a neighbor, and I kid you not, they have a uh and they are far from poor. I think you've talked about this neighbor before on here. They have a cotton wreath. Yep, you've talked about the cotton wreath. It looks like it.

SPEAKER_01:

It must be look like shit because it's stuck in your brain.

SPEAKER_00:

It's just it looks like I ran over it about eight times.

SPEAKER_01:

Can you get us pictures? Yes, I can take some pictures. We need some photos of their wreaths.

SPEAKER_00:

You would not, and I see them year after year after year of the same one. Same damn one. They try to fix that bow.

SPEAKER_01:

This is massive.

SPEAKER_00:

And it's just like that bow gave up eight years ago. And so don't do it. Don't. I would rather put a plain, I would rather see a bow. Or a plain fresh wreath. Yeah. Nothing on it. Mm-hmm. Then hang your faded out blue looking shit on your door. And you're really hurting the way your home presents.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

And especially if you're like have it for sale in the holidays and you're putting that old tired shit out.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

Just stop.

SPEAKER_01:

Like, don't do it. Everyone, check your wreaths when you get home today. And we have. If you're at home right now, go out, go look at them and give them a good like, mmm, yep, Sharon.

SPEAKER_00:

I need to replace my and most of those, most of those reads you get, like from even your boutiques and your uh your garden centers, they are they are not UV protected. So they're gonna turn blue on you over time. Over time.

SPEAKER_01:

You're probably gonna get, I would say on average, two to three years. See if you're using it seasonal. So like a Christmas wreath, you're probably gonna get two or three Christmas seasons out of a wreath. If you've had it longer than that, you probably need to give it a double.

SPEAKER_00:

And at my old house, you know, I had them for the windows and the door, and I paid a lot. They were good quality, but after a few years, I was like, we gotta do something with this. Yeah. I like these as a base, but you and I put all new stems into it. Yeah, and it looked like a new wreath. It was practically a new wreath. Yeah. Yeah. So you don't have to recreate it. You can use that as a base and add fresh stems to it. Yeah, you're probably it's probably cheaper to just buy new. It is. It would be for sure. It would be, but God. I just don't get it.

SPEAKER_01:

Well, I got this and it's still good. It's still good. I mean, I You can only mash those things down. You know, you throw them in your trash bags, mash them down, hang them up in the attic. My grandparents, I can remember where they hung in the attic.

SPEAKER_00:

Like they put a trash bag on the rafters. Yes. It would be hanging there. I bet you I they were very frugal. They were wonderful people that but they were very frugal. Uh-huh. I bet you that wreath was 30 years old. Oh god. Oh, it was bad. Crunchy plastic. Very fragile. That thing had fallen off, it would have busted it by like glass. Yeah. Because it's just so dried out. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh my gosh. That is crazy.

SPEAKER_00:

But you know, I love it that like my country, my more country grandparents, they never bought new. Yeah. Anything. Anything. Unless it was broken. But they had the decorations that were like really cool. Like the from like the 50s and 60s.

SPEAKER_01:

Because they never bought new ones. They were so retro. Yeah. Big light bulbs. The big ones that would just burn the shit out of you.

SPEAKER_00:

And the Santas, you know, the like your mom loves. The blow mold, Santa. I mean, that cool stuff. You can't find it. No. And you know, I adored my grandparents. I was the favorite grandchild. Of course. I was. I know. But me too. The truth is the truth. And I adored my grandparents. So when my grandmother passed away, I think what, like 14 years ago. Didn't she die 14? No. No, my dad's mom. Oh, has it been that long? Yeah. Was I mean my mom's been gone almost six years? Dang, that is crazy. No, almost seven. Yeah. So yeah. So when my grandmother passed, she had all of this Christmas stuff that I loved. And, you know, I was so emotional about everything. I was like, just no one can have that. Right. I was like, so seriously, I had to tell my cousins, okay, do you want this? If you're not taking it, I'm keeping it. Yeah. You're the only person, other person like I told my cousin Susan, I was like, you're the only person that can have this.

SPEAKER_02:

That's funny.

SPEAKER_00:

If you if you don't take it, I'm keeping it. It was terrible. I was so that's how I was. That's how you are. It is. That only child. And after time has gone by, you know, because I had all of my grandmother's quilts and everything. So I said, okay, would you like a few of these?

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, so you started handing out a few things? Yeah. Well, it's like uh uh you do. I with my grandparents' stuff. Uh-huh. Um when Steven moved, Stephen moved to his place where he lives now, Condo. Ten years ago. And Daniel and I moved to the farmhouse the exact same time. In the exact same week. We moved a week earlier because we stole the moving people. They were booked, so he had to wait a week. Remember that? Uh-huh. Um but and it just happened that way. I don't know how we both look. Yeah. We just both happened to be moving at the same time. Well, he had all these things in his house that he gave me, but I can never do anything with them. You can never get rid of them.

SPEAKER_00:

Certain things I'm like, you can, but I want it if you're not going to be able to do it. If you're getting rid of it, I want it back. God, and you know, I had a grandmother that was like that. And I'm like, what the hell? All these stipulations. You can have it, but if you get rid of it, I want it, which I guess is fine. I mean.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah. It's fine. I'll give it back if I want it. I don't know. You just won't control. It's still your it's still yours if you want to come. Come get any of it. I don't even remember what it was like. Oh my creamware.

SPEAKER_00:

All my creamware.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I have that. But that is nice. And then your what was your dining table. Which you use it as a desk. I use it as a desk. That's a great piece. It is a great piece. Looks very fun European. Yeah, it was from It's English. Then there was, I guess you would call a quilt chest. Blanket chest. Blanket chest. And then there was a um chest. I did move that out to the farm market. Did you notice? I noticed. We're about to have Daniel on about the farm market. We announced it on Instagram, but it's not open until February, until Valentine's Day or whatever. But that piece is so big. I don't know where you have, like, I just don't have a place for it. I've moved it around several times. And I've had it in our bathroom in the laundry area, but you know, I can't have straight walls. Like you can't have flat floors. It's a thing with Buzz. Because my house has these just, you know, all these angles. So my laundry room. Have you ever seen a house with so many angles? No, no. So my laundry room, our laundry room has where it would fit perfect, but it's an angled wall. Like it's kind of like part of a bay window, but not, I don't know. It's angled like that. So it always stuck out too much for the dryer. But it's been there for years. And I'm like, every time I'm like, I hate this piece of furniture this year. So I was like, we can use this in the farm market. We're not going to damage it. It's such a great piece. It is a great piece. Daniel says, I was like, we can't get rid of it. It's Stevens. He doesn't, I know he doesn't have anywhere for it. And he said I could have it until I didn't want it and then he would take it back. But I'm not going to give it back to him because I know he doesn't need it. But now I can't get rid of it because I'll feel bad.

SPEAKER_00:

You know, it I'm going to be like, when if I ever get my cabin, I'm going to be like, I need to have I need a chest. Just pig me out one. And send it here. I know. I mean. Yeah, certain things I'm sentimental. Certain things I'm not.

SPEAKER_01:

Sentimental, and it's the only child part, too. I have only child syndrome. You do. We'll get into that therapy session another day. I picked on you about your kitchen. That's all though, again. It's all. That's what I'm saying. It's the next step. We'll talk about your only child problems.

SPEAKER_00:

Not problems. You're gonna talk about your baby child problems.

SPEAKER_01:

Do I have problems? What would you talk to me about in a therapy session? Just name the topic.

SPEAKER_00:

Um for a major topic would probably be um your only major personal flaw, I would say. On a serious note, for a major flaw is um you cannot be anywhere on time. Like no matter what, like you've missed flights. I mean, that's like I I'm late a lot, but honestly, it's by choice. Mine is mine is choice because I can be very timely. Yeah. Like if I have a real appointment, it's one thing when it's me. When it's my set appointment, I'll do, I'll get there when I want. But if it is, oh, I have a doctor's appointment or I have an appointment interview, I'm there. Yeah. And and it was you, I could hold my AR-15 to your hand and say, I'm if you don't get there, I'm gonna pull the trigger. And yeah, I would have to pull the trigger. You can't, you can't, like it's not.

SPEAKER_01:

I wonder what that is. I think it's a couple of things, though. Um, now that we've started our theory session. Yes, it's ADD. It's I don't know. I don't know. I think a lot of it's ADD, but also like our schedules are so flexible. You know what I'm saying? I've gotten so used to that that that's made it even worse because I'll be at home and I'll be like, okay, I'm gonna meet you here at this time. And I have every intention. It's not like I just make up that time, and I have plenty of time to make it. But the ADD part kicks in, and between the 30 minutes of when I should leave, I get involved in some kind of something else. Well, you know, a lot of psychologists takes a whole different thing.

SPEAKER_00:

Have you ever read what psychologists say it means? What do they say it means? Psychologists will say that it means you're selfish, uh-huh, you're self-centered, uh-huh, you do not respect other people's time. Uh-huh. Um, basically, like if you read some psychologists announced, it means you're just a horrible person. Okay. So I don't, I don't know. I really accept that. I don't, I really don't think it's that. No, that's not a good thing. More than ADD in an intentional kind of way. It is. Because I'm ADD and we on a serious note, when you're ADD, you are always, always, always, always trying to stuff a thousand pounds of bullshit into a 50-pound bag. I mean, you're just, I can do this that I can do this.

SPEAKER_01:

There's so much things that I have to do to get out of the house, too, that I don't account for in my mind. When I think, oh, I'm just gonna do this real quick. Like I should be leaving, and then I'm going to the car and I'm like, oh, I gotta feed the animals real quick. Oh, I haven't been on Instagram. Let me just record a story real quick. And that's all that's 30 minutes, you know, by the time I do that. And then it's like, oh, I'm late.

SPEAKER_00:

Well, and what I haven't accounted for, and I'm trying to be more conscientious of it, is for me to get out of the condo and get down that's a whole five bars. And and the little things like getting out of the gate because you have to sit there. That slow ass thing wait on the gate to open. See, I would have rammed through that gate already. You know, before I never had to, I literally just ran out of the house, took in the car, gone. Yeah. Well, I've got five to ten minutes of work just to getting out onto the street. Yeah. That's so you know, you don't think about all those. And you know, here's the other problem is, you know, because I've always been on the board and everyone knows me in the building. So I have a hundred and three owners. And then you see someone in the hallway. And and just, you know, and and not, I mean, listen, I like all of the people there except for two. Which that's an that's a miracle. There's two that I cannot stand, and I wish they would go to a home. And um, so I like all these people. So you say, hey, hello, how are you? You run into the mailman. Hello, how are you?

SPEAKER_01:

You know, and then it could be a 15-minute process.

SPEAKER_00:

But then if somebody has a problem because you're on the board, they want to tell you about it.

SPEAKER_01:

And talk, and that's what you do. So it's like Well, and that's like mine, and see, also the other thing that happens a lot is like Daniel, you know, he's working there on the farm and he can walk in at any time. Like tonight, for example, he came, like I was getting ready to leave, gonna go feed the animal, and he comes in, he's like, Hey, do you have a few minutes I need to film? I need you to help me film a reel that he needed someone to record for him. Well, then that was a whole 30-minute process of whatever. And no, I didn't mind doing it, but I'm just saying, and I knew you didn't care what time I got here. But that's the things that happen on the daily to make me late. So I don't know, it is a thing. It is a I do think a lot of it's honestly. I don't do it from a self-centered standpoint. I don't think that.

SPEAKER_00:

But if that's what they're therapy is, but I do think that is with some people. Yeah. Because I know I know some people, and they are horrible with it, and there's no excuse. Yeah. That's just like my ex's aunt in New York, she lived in in New York City. She was an attorney. She was the most inconsiderate, and I loved her. But it was all about her. Her time. I have never seen anything like it. And I mean, I mean, we would be at like a nice five-star restaurant, yeah. And we would be like, well, we've got to make the reservation for this time when Deborah can come. Yeah. And she, I, I, hand on a Bible, she would sachet in there. She would, you know, she would come in looking like she walked off of Vogue magazine. She would have her chanel on and her hair blown out, looking like a million bucks. Oh, how is everyone? Didn't say sorry, sorry. And she would be like an hour and a half late.

SPEAKER_01:

I ain't waiting on nobody that long.

SPEAKER_00:

I'm not that late. No. But it was like when I get hungry and I'm waiting on your ass hour, I'm I'm pissed. Yeah, yeah. And I'm like, why do we do this? Like, something's wrong with us. Exactly. So you're not doing this. I'm not doing this. What they feed on. Yeah, that was like, I'm not doing this anymore.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

She can she can grab a hot dog from one of those stands out there on the street. Looking all dolled up.

SPEAKER_02:

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00:

Mm-hmm. But yes, that's she was now and she okay. Here was she took it to the new an all-new level. She's an attorney. Oh, Lord. And she would sachet into work an hour and a half late.

SPEAKER_01:

Good lord.

SPEAKER_00:

And they finally said, You're fired.

SPEAKER_01:

No, that's bad.

SPEAKER_00:

I don't run that late. No, but I'm saying that I think was where these psychologists would get that. That was just about me. Self-centered and about my hair. Narcissistic. Oh yeah. She was she's a case study for sure.

SPEAKER_01:

Well, I'm glad I got to have a therapy session. Well, we're not done with you. I'm sure. Well, we're going to be back next week, and then we'll switch back to me. And then it's going to be the new year, and then we can talk about all kinds of things.

SPEAKER_00:

Are you going to do a New Year's resolutions? I don't do those. I don't need the pressure. I mean, do y'all do one? I don't need the accountability or the pressure. Do y'all do new New Year's resolutions and take it seriously?

SPEAKER_01:

You know what, speaking of that, you know what is an ick or an annoyance or just makes me want to punch someone in the face? The the newer thing, especially on social media, my word of the year is like and they'll pick like grace for New Year's. Like their new, you know, I'm they'll pick a word. Something like that. I got mine. I got mine. Oh, mine this year is resilience or whatever stupid thing makes me want to do that.

SPEAKER_00:

Mine for 2026 is bullshit.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, do you do a New Year's resolution or not? I look at the new year as a fresh start. I do look at that and like a restart, but I don't try to like I mean, what do I need?

SPEAKER_00:

My new my one resolution on a serious note is not to file an extension on my text. That's realistic. That is realistic. That's my resolution. Okay. You better get started on our books. Well see, there it goes. No, I can take a week off and get when you're gonna do that.

SPEAKER_01:

Um in January. Uh February. You know, January's gone by the time the new year's and you're going on a trip, and then February. The market, and then it's February. February.

unknown:

Okay.

SPEAKER_00:

I can get it done. It has to be done by March 15th. Okay, okay. Okay. I'll have your work listed out for you for what I need from you.

SPEAKER_01:

That's perfect. I'll get it together the first week in February after I've received all the 1099s.

SPEAKER_00:

That's the trouble. You can't see it is it's a little tight right in there.

SPEAKER_01:

It is a little tight. Because, you know, companies don't send it out to the last day, some of them.

SPEAKER_00:

And I have started putting all my um everything I get for the business, personal, um randomly. I put it in my China cabinet, in a drawer in my China Cabinet, so it's not even in my office. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

To get mixed up. We have so you know when we come in our back door side door, I call it the back door, but the side door there, and there's that set of cabinets. So one of those we just open it up. There's a whole empty shelf, and anything tax related goes in there. Anytime of the year, anytime it's just there, and then we pull it all out and sort it. Sort it. Yeah. We started doing that a couple of years ago. Yeah, that's made it a little easier. That's a whole nother topic there. So we only have um this week's uh podcast, which is December 2nd, and then I guess we'll have two more weeks and then we'll be done for for like five weeks or so.

SPEAKER_00:

So yeah, we have to go vacation and regroup and market.

SPEAKER_01:

Well, we'll have Christmas, then we'll have New Year's Week, then we'll have vacation week, then we'll have market week, and then we'll be back. You know, I'm gonna focus on my new word of the year.

SPEAKER_00:

Bullshit. Bullshit.

SPEAKER_01:

Is it what is that like you're calling bullshit?

SPEAKER_00:

Like no, it can be bullshit. I don't want to do that bullshit. Oh, bullshit. Oh, you're just gonna use the word. Just bullshit. Okay. You're not that's bullshit. This is bullshit. Yeah. I mean, I mean, I would choose another word that starts with an F, but that was my 2020. That's been my word of the year for the past 10 years. F it.

SPEAKER_01:

All right, we gotta pull this baby over. We're gonna do a live spell. Remember to hang out with us in the Nested Big App. We're doing lots of live spells, especially as we come to the year end. Um, so come hang out with us there. If you don't have the Neste Gap, you can always find it in the show notes below the link or go to your app store, phone, tablet, and order, Apple, the Nested Big. You can find us there, download it, and come hang out with us. Remember to leave us a review wherever you're listening.

SPEAKER_00:

Only if it's a good one. Yeah, only if it's a good one. Don't give us nothing. If it ain't five, if it ain't five stars, it's no stars. Yeah. If it ain't five stars, don't click on it. And that, y'all, y'all, I gotta, that is the truth. So every measurement there is with every company, including McDonald's Corporation, if it is not a five star, it might as well be a one. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

It is the way the- But you know, there's people that have that I know this is the problem. There's the people, and I hate when I'll read reviews like this. They'll say all the things they love. It was great, nothing negative and get four stars. Yeah, I don't give four.

SPEAKER_00:

But it's that's a whole nother thing. If they realized how the measurement tools work, they would realize they just screwed you over. Yeah, but they don't don't screw us over. Anyway, or do whatever.

SPEAKER_01:

We'll see you next week. Bye y'all. Bullshit. There you go.