Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
Have a waffle, boomerasking is too much work, we let it rip at the car show, the live action He-Man trailer was a fake, the big scooper met an even bigger scooper, Chantel’s last hurrah - for now, we played a new fun party game, do people still clip coupons, our family’s trivia team name is Rock It Barbra, Josh kicked off the warm weather with a bunch of yard work, we have bare legs today, and Chantel doesn’t want to play games by the rules.
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Intro
(3:27) - Have a waffle
(6:32) - Boomerasking
(11:52) - Good News to Get You Going
(13:59) - Let 'er rip at the car show
(17:14) - The fake He-Man trailer
(22:04) - Big Scooper vs Biggest Scooper
(27:01) - Chantel's last hurrah
(32:31) - New party game
(38:32) - Coupon clipping
(44:15) - Rock It Barbra
(48:21) - Josh is working the yard
(53:20) - We have bare legs
(55:20) - Would You Rather This or That
(58:18) - DodgePickleBall + outro
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Full show transcript:
Oh, what's up? What are you, stretching? Yes. Stretch. Stretch it out.
How's your stretching going? Good. Oh, don't you feel better? I didn't stretch. Well, that's your whole problem.
That's my whole problem is that I didn't stretch? Everything that's wrong with me is because I did not stretch. Give yourself a good stretch. Ready? I'm not in stretchy mode at the moment.
Okay. Well, that's your problem. I guess it is all of my problems. It's Tuesday, March 25. Have a waffle.
You have a waffle. I will have a waffle. Yeah. Have two. I will.
Yeah. Three maybe. Too many. Four with ice cream on them. I was gonna do that for your birthday.
Yeah. I know. Instead, I had a lame birthday. I know. I didn't.
That's what you keep saying. You keep saying, yeah, I'm sorry your birthday was so lame. My birthday was over a month ago. I know. I don't know what you expected my birthday to be.
I don't know. Boomer asking is too much work. Yeah. I just ask your business. What you wanna say.
Yeah. Yeah. Just quit the asking. Just say. You say.
Yeah. Just say. We let it rip at the car show. Yeah. We rip it.
I should've brought my little mom car out there and show them how it's really done. I like that. Yeah. The live action He Man trailer was a fake. Yeah.
I'm not happy about it. Fraud. I'm not happy about it. The big scooper met an even bigger scooper. That's right.
The big scooper and the biggest scooper. Woah. Dude, I'm telling you, four chips. My last hurrah until tomorrow. Yeah.
Until later on tonight when you go, that looks like a sweet treat. I don't know how bad. We played a new fun party game. Yes. Do people still clip coupons?
Probably. Our family's trivia team name is Rocket Barbara. On three. Rocket Barbara. One, two, three.
Rocket Barbara. Josh kicked off the warm weather with a bunch of yard work. Yep. More of it coming my way this afternoon. Here for it.
I'm excited. Buddy. I'm excited to get home and work in the yard. I know. I kinda am too.
Yeah. We have bare legs today. That's right. Human legs, but they have shorts on. I have a skirt on.
That's they're human legs, not bare legs. They just don't have covers. It is white. Alright. White.
And I don't wanna play the games by the rules. Yeah. What's the deal with that? It's no fun that way. No.
It's just as fun. You could actually learn some skills and maybe be a professional. I just wanna have fun. Yeah. Well, that could be fun.
I just wanna have fun. No. I know. But that could be fun. It will never be fun.
Fun is what you make it, Chantel. I know. I am making it fun. You could make it fun within the confines of the rules of the game. No one has ever said that.
To make up your own thing because you get bored. You know who would make this more fun? What? More rules. Yeah.
Not more rules. No one ever said that. Okay. Well, hey. We're Josh and Chantel.
This is wake up classy 97, the podcast. What's going on with the eagles? Oh, they're just hanging out. Oh, good. I've been checking in.
They're just hanging in the nest? Yep. Good. We didn't talk about it today, so I thought I'd check-in. You love those eagles.
I do love the eagles. Hey. Enjoy today's show. Enjoy. Have a waffle.
Okay. You should. You said it so aggressive when you said it. Waffle. I don't want a waffle.
Eat your waffle. Today, waffle day? Well, it is, international waffle day. So you could eat, a waffle, an Eggo, or you could just, flip flop on your On the notes. Things.
Yeah. Just, no. I'm a waffle on that. Or you could do all of it. Yeah.
Do all three. I'm sure we'll talk about it later on in the show. I did get some, some spring cleaning kicked off. It is National Cleaning Week. Excellent.
Because I plan on doing a lot of it. Good. Yeah. For you. Yeah.
Good for all of us. Good for you. I know. There's a lot going on. I I I mean, I got crazy in my head, and, I will talk about it later.
Anyway, there's lots of cleaning going on. Lots of stuff happening in the house and outside of the house, which is good. Yes. And kicked it off yesterday because why not? Open those windows.
Yeah. Wash them. Wash them. Get that dirt out of here. Yeah.
That winter dust. Yeah. Winter dust be gone. And I have a bit of a sneezing fit just a minute ago. That's true.
And you said there was a comforting smell in the room, and I don't know if the comforting smell is what's making me sneeze. I don't know. I don't either. Well, I I don't have the smell, though. I I mean, I can smell.
I don't smell what you're smelling. Which is strange is that we spend every day in here. I mean, not the weekends. But Sure. And I've not noticed the smell before.
It's just, like, very prominent this morning. Interesting. I can't place it. I mean, I keep smelling. But it's it's soothing somehow.
I don't know. It's It's reminiscent of something nice. It could be one of those, guardian angel smells. What is that? Oh, it's where, like, a like, a a relative that has passed is nearby.
Mhmm. You can you you get a a sense of smell. Yeah. Give her a good whisk. I did.
I did. Thank you. Alright. Well, it's good to be in the studio again. We're here.
It is another day. We are here. We are here. We are here. You know what that's from?
No. Josh. It's from Horton Hears a Who. A Who. A Who.
Horton Hears a Who. Yeah. When the little tiny people are on the on the little tiny, like, dandelion. Clover. Mhmm.
Yeah. Clover flower. That's it. Good job. You did it.
I think I've I've I I don't think I've seen that movie, but I think I've read or heard that book maybe one time. Oh, it's a cute movie. We could watch it. Okay. Sure.
Why not? Right. Good morning. Happy Tuesday. It's Josh and Chantel.
Have you heard of this new word? What is it? Boomer asking. Boomer asking? Yes.
No. It's not about baby boomers. Okay. It is more like a boomerang. So boomer asking is when you ask someone a question just so you can talk about yourself.
Essentially, you want the question to come back to you. So, like, if you did something fun over the weekend, you ask somebody, what'd you do this weekend? Well, here's what I did. Ah, okay. I I think I've known some people that do that.
But that's kind of what conversation is. Isn't it? But here's the thing. If you're if you're asking out of wanting to talk about yourself Uh-huh. Just talk about yourself and get it out of the way.
You won't believe what I did this weekend. Okay. I see what you're saying. And don't ask a question just to get the prompt back for yourself so that you can try to trump somebody's story or whatever. Okay.
I see what you're saying. There's also there's different variations of it too. Ask bragging. How was your vacation? Mine was great.
Right. Ask complaining. How's work? Yeah. I've had the worst.
Right. See and and, again, if you just wanna talk about that stuff and get it off your chest, then just do it. Just talk about it. You don't have to wrap everything into a question to, like, force conversation. Because here's the other part.
If you're doing that, you're not actually listening listening to anything that someone is telling you. You're just waiting for them to be quiet so you can tell them what you wanna say. Yeah. So just say your thing. Just say your thing.
And and then people are gonna go, ugh. All you do is complain. All you do is talk about yourself. Yeah. Man, it'd be great if you'd ask me a question every once in a while.
It's a it's a catch 22, they call that. Hey, Josh. How was your weekend? Just tell me how you were supposed to. Was awesome.
Thank you for asking. Yeah. Is that really what you wanted to do? You really just wanted to tell me about your awesome weekend? What I do here's what I do with you guys when I come home from work.
I ask everybody how their day was. No. I know. And then you go, nobody asked me how my day was. I say, my day was great.
Thank you for asking. Yeah. No. That's exactly what we hear a lot. No.
You say it out loud. No. I know I say it out loud, but I stand I'm standing in the kitchen or the living room by myself going, here's what happened to me. Thanks for asking. Look.
It's not that we don't care. It's that if you wanna tell us about your day, just tell us about your day. But I want you to ask. You can't control that. So I'm telling you right now.
Nah. Ask me. I don't think I will. You're such a butt. You Jerk.
I think, if you wanna share about your day, you go ahead and share about your day. Oh, I do. No. I know. There is no shortage of information about your day.
It it's free. I can have any of it that I want. The problem is you don't want any of it. That's not true. Yeah.
That is true. No. But then you would ask if you wanted some of it. I just am of the mind that when I leave the place, it stays there. I don't bring it home.
I never have. No. You never have. And that's true. And so when you go, how was your day?
I'm like, why do you wanna dredge up that? That was hours ago. I've moved on. I'm doing other things now. I don't carry it with me.
Tell me the things I wanna know anyway. So I don't know why. Ask. It's pretty boring. I don't know what you think is going on.
I know. I don't know. How is how were things? Any any major conversations? Anything fun happen?
Anything new. Anything I miss out on? I And then three days later, oh, I forgot to tell you. Yeah. That's when it that's when it matters.
Thing happened. And I go, what? Yeah. Because, again, I put it away. It wasn't with me when you asked.
It won't be until something sparks a thing, and I go, oh, yeah. That reminds me. Just ask about my day sometimes, Josh. Just tell me about your day. What if it's, you know, totally relevant?
It never is. And not the same thing you said yesterday. Ouch. Ouch. That was very ET moment of you.
It's not that I don't care. I do care a lot. No. Yeah. I'm gonna stop sharing.
Yeah. Right? Yeah. You're right. I'm gonna keep sharing.
I just don't have to pry. That's it. I'm just it it's it's free flowing information. How was your day? Would be a pointless question.
You're right. Because I'm gonna hear anyway. You're right. So it's fine. It would be nice if you pretended to wanna know.
That's all. You won't even look me in my face. I will. I don't. Because I'm mad.
Look at me in my face. Why are you mad? I don't know. Are you mad? No.
I'm not mad. Why are you mad? No. Stop. I'm gonna get mad if you keep asking.
Oh. Stop. Stop. Good news to get you going today is, about Brian Stewart. He is from Seville, New Jersey, and he saw, combat during his six years as a marine.
He got a purple heart. He then joined the US army and served for another twenty two years. So this guy, twenty eight years of service Uh-huh. Spent a lot of time in in the military. He's now retired from active duty.
He keeps busy as a commander of a local American Legion post. Tammy Robinson, who runs a nonprofit group called Love Our Heroes, learned that Brian had an SUV that was always breaking down and was thrilled to learn that a local couple had a vehicle, that they wanted to donate to him. It's a 2010 Cadillac Oh. In perfect condition. Caddy.
Yeah. Yeah. So, again, he works for the local American Legion post, and at first, he declined the gift suggesting that there were other people who were more deserving than him. Brian. Which that's that's that's the guy you wanna run-in the American Legion post.
Eventually, Tammy and the couple who wish to remain anonymous convinced Brian to accept the gift, which will allow him to both ride around in style and comfort, but also continue to help him make an impact on the lives of others in the community. So he he did eventually say, alright. I will accept the 2010 Cadillac Aw. In perfect condition. Yeah.
Pretty cool. So, it's nice to see, Brian getting taken care of a little bit knowing that he served the country so so well and for so long and then also is continuing, to take care of people. Now he's riding in style. That's right. Big big time style.
Brian Stewart in the in the, old Cadillac. In the old Cadillac, boy. That's right. That's right. Anyway, good news to get you going.
It's Brian Stewart from, New Jersey. Congratulations, Brian, and thanks so much for everything you're doing. It's a big deal. Big. Yeah.
Beck has a Subaru STI This is true. WRX Sure. QBX, r QB. They're just You're just saying words. Exactly.
Because that's all it is. Our son is a car dude. Every time we're driving down the road, he's like, sick five four seven. Sure. Sick b t g.
Nope. None of it makes any sense to me, but he knows exactly what every car is. So they had a true. They had a little car show on Saturday morning. So he got up, went out with his cousins to this car show.
And what we when we arrived, you and me and Emery, because we wanted to go check it out, there were two other similar cars just like him. Right. And he did not choose to park next to them. One I thought was his, and I went, no. That's not his.
Right. And then went around the back of the building and found where he had parked. And I went, what are you doing parking back here, man? Park the car up front. He said he was nervous about parking next to them.
Okay. My favorite part of that whole car meet was watching I sat in the car. It was cold. It was windy. I said, I'm not getting out.
I don't care about these cars. I'll watch them from here and get in the warm truck. K. My favorite part was all of these, like, dudes Yeah. That were, like, every time a car left, it would rip.
Yeah. Gotta do you gotta do a pull. Gotta let it rip. Mhmm. And then everybody, all these dudes with their phones just, like, recording the car ripping.
It was sick. Yeah. Did you think it was cool? Yeah. Did you?
Yeah. I mean, listen. Everybody's got their thing that they think is cool and fun, and I applaud that they all have a place to go. You gotta it's all about connections, isn't it? Yeah.
So that's what it was. It was these dudes that care about cars that go, hey. You like cars? I like cars too. Mhmm.
Let me listen to how fast your car goes. There it goes. Let it rip. Yeah. It was it was actually, it was actually kinda cool.
The saddest part for me, the sad part was that I I helped Beck park his car. And not five minutes after we parked, the other two were like, we out. Yeah. And they took off, and then his car was just the only one sitting there. I know.
Like, this is this was such a cool moment for just a minute. There were three Subaru STIs for just a minute, and then there was one. That's right. Those two were like, we out. There were three in the space, and the little one said, I don't they could make it work.
Yeah. I was waiting for it to connect. I wasn't. It was never gonna connect. That's true.
But you tried. I did try. That's what matters. Let it rip. You you just did.
I should've let it rip. You just let it rip. You gotta give it a pull. That's right. Let it rip.
You watched the He Man trailer. And and this morning, I have been, a bit disappointed. Oh, no. What happened? Well You were excite you were excited.
You were so excited. I haven't seen you that excited about a movie in a long time. Yeah. Well, there there is indeed a live action He Man movie in the works. The trailer that I showed you Oh, it's a real not real.
Really? No. Not really. It's just not real. Oh.
The AI generated movie trailers have taken over the Internet. I'm getting kinda sick of AI. Right. Well, you know, it it has its place, but it also certainly needs to stay out of other spaces. But, you know, and Chris Hemsworth as He Man, seems like it would make some sense.
Right. He's got a little bit of comedy edge to him. He's definitely got the physique to pull it off. So it would seem like, yeah, that could be a real thing. Right?
Yeah. No. He is not attached to masters of the universe in any way Really? Least of all as He Man. However, who will be He Man in the live action, movie?
Yeah. Who is it? Nicholas Galitzine. Who is that? He is the guy they've picked to play He Man.
Nicholas Galitzine. Yeah. I also just read that Jared Leto is gonna be playing Skeletor. Okay. Right.
Now in the AI one Mhmm. The voice they use for Skeletor is, Hugh Jackman. Oh, really? So also not attached to, the movie. But prince Adam slash He Man, Nicholas Galitzine, Idris Elba as man at arms, Jared Leto as Skeletor, Allison Bree as Evelyn, which we knew that one.
That one would have been, announced a while ago. But, anyway, they will have, Trap Jaw and Triclops and Goatman in there. And, so there you know? I mean, there's a lot to be excited about. Interesting.
The movie is set to come out in, I believe, middle of the year next year. So we'll see some stuff. No trailer. That trailer you watched was that correct. Fake.
That is correct. Because here's what happens. Somebody goes, hell, they're making a live action, He Man. I can get a lot of views if I Mhmm. If I do this.
And that, that particular trailer, about 2,500 views, not much. Mhmm. There's another one on here that has, 64,000 views that was posted about a month ago. Let me go back here. Do your see.
Do your skeleton voice? He, man. That thing? Yes. Yeah.
You could be skeletor. No. I mean, Jared Leto's got that gig. This one, the one that I showed you Jared Leto will forever and always be Jordan Catalano. Is that right?
My So Called Life. Yep. When my 16 year old heart went, oh, boys like that don't exist in my high school. Yeah. There is there is, the the, like, biggest one that I've been able to find has 1,300,000 views, and it's an AI trailer.
Isn't that wild? That's so disappointing. They're getting paid on that thing, like, a lot. Wow. Every time somebody watches it, they're getting paid.
There was also something else we saw the other day. It was another movie trailer. I go, oh, they have a movie trailer. And, again, AI. It was a fake see.
Yep. There's so many of them now. Yeah. You got you really gotta do some digging to find out. You gotta do the research before you can just believe everything you see on the Internet.
I'll tell you that. Know. That's, that's rule number one of the Internet. Now the Internet is making us work. Check your sources.
You know? I mean, they teach us that in elementary school as we write book reports. You gotta cite your sources. So, do that research. You've you've known how to do this research since you were a child.
Continue to do it. It's important. Because it's real easy to fall for stuff. Yeah. I just wanna watch it and not know that it's fake.
That's all. I just wanna see, oh, that's all. Watch it and know that it's not fake is what you're saying. Yes. Yeah.
Okay. Not that. I'm just trying to understand what you're trying to say. But, anyway, it it is exciting. It is set for June of next year.
There will eventually be a trailer for Masters of the Universe live action. But not the one we watch. Nope. I lost my title. Let's not be too hasty.
No. I am gonna be hasty. I'm gonna pass that baton to somebody else. You would think that I'm a big scooper. You are.
Meaning, that when we have chips and salsa or any other kind of dip Yes. You think that I scoop in large quantity. You do. You are the big scooper. I'm not the biggest scooper.
Is correct. You still hold the title of big scooper. You do not hold the title of biggest scooper. No. That title goes to someone else in the family.
Not in our immediate, not in our four pack, but just extended. We're at a dinner, for, my sister's birthday over the weekend, and, I was sitting across from, his his name is Randall, and he is the biggest scooper. I found that out. Yeah. I wasn't I didn't know that your scoop was Small.
Just well, no. It was big. Abra. It is not bigger or biggest until I saw what the biggest scoop was. That's what happened.
And and now I know. The waitress brought out chips and salsa and some beans for all of us. There was a couple of different varieties, and I was kinda watching to see how everybody scooped because now you've given me a complex stuff as scooping. And I watched somebody scoop a rather large scoop Mhmm. And then he dumped all of the the chunks off of it.
So he just had the sauce. Right. What's the point of scooping if you're not gonna get the chunks? I like the chunks. I know.
That's why you're the big scoop. And then you said you were sitting next to me, and you said, oh, we're gonna need some more salsa if I'm gonna share it with Chantel. Because this has been really the first time we've had chips and salsa, you know, together since we started talking about being the big scooper. That's true. And so I was just preparing myself, and I said, oh, this is great.
This will be funny. This is a joke that I can make, or we're gonna need more. And then, unbeknownst to me, the biggest scoop was happening in real time. And I went, woah. That that was half the bowl.
That's gone. So now I know a little bit about that. Yeah. So I'm not the biggest scooper. That is true.
I'm an average scooper. You're a a little more than average. No. If I'm average, you're more than average. I didn't I should have paid more attention to how you scooped your salsa because I didn't even pay any attention.
Not the big scooper. I bet you are. No way. I bet you are. But I will tell you, there is something about, chips and salsa.
It's just great. Fresh homemade tortilla chips, all warm. Man. That's why you have to scoop big. No.
Yes. You'd scoop small more often. No. Just ask for more when you're done. After four chips.
Yeah. I'm gonna need another heaping bowl. Bring out the big bowl because this little one is four chips. It's not enough. I need to we need to go have more chips and salsa because I need to watch how you scoop.
Let's not do that. I know. No. Don't make me eat chips and salsa. So sad.
Well, I'm glad I'm not the biggest scooper. That's true. Embarrassing. That is true. That's true.
Who wants to be the biggest scooper? Not me. Because you already have a complex without being big scooper. Well Yeah. You've already given me a complex about the way that I eat already.
What are you talking about? You think that I'm loud? You think I'm a loud chewer? No. You think that I swallow loud?
That's true. I don't. I don't. So anytime I eat, when there's people around you have a cartoon gulp. That's all.
And then And then I go, what is that? Oh, just having a drink of water. Got it. I'm gonna to be dehydrated forever No. Because you've given me such a complex.
Whatever. Don't take any of it serious. It's just for funds. Oh, is it making people feel bad? Should I take a drink?
And Yeah. Let's hear it. Okay. Let's go. Okay.
Uh-huh. There it is. What day is it? Tuesday. Tuesday.
What day of the year is it? March. How many days have we been in 2025? Quite a few. How many days has it been since my, New Year's resolution?
Oh, are you I totally forgot those were things. Let's see. Your New Year's resolution was Well, I had a couple. Yeah? Let's focus on just the one of, like, trying to eat better and maybe in the process losing some weight.
It's going great. Here's what happens. It's going great. Here's what happens. Whenever there is a celebration of any kind, anything to be excited about, there is food involved.
This is absolutely true. And not just food, but delicious food. Most times. And not just delicious food, but dessert food. And I like all of the things.
And so then I'll say and I have been saying for the past three months, Okay. This is gonna be the last, like, hurrah. Like, this is I'm gonna have this piece of cake, and then that's it. Like, be better tomorrow. Eat this last piece of cake.
K. Fine. Eat this tamale, and then tomorrow, you'll be better. How's it going? So good.
I I don't believe you. Yesterday, you told me you ate a giant salad. I did eat a giant salad. You said you said it was huge, and it took you a long time to eat. It did.
Which salad is a bit of a project. You kinda build it as you go on the fork, don't you? Yeah. Like, every bite, you gotta kinda construct what you want that bite to have. It takes a while.
The whole point was that I was just gonna load it with vegetables. Mhmm. And then I wouldn't I would get all of my vegetable servings, and I did. And it was great. And yesterday was probably the best day I had food wise since January.
And then what happened last night, though? Somebody brought out a French fry basket. Of the good French fries too. I know the homemade ones. The good ones.
And, and there was fry sauce and everything. Guess how many fries I had? I don't need you to tell me that you're better than me. No. That's not it.
No. It kinda is. No. Kind of is. Yeah.
It's not. I'm not saying, look at me. I'm better than you. I'm saying I had two glasses of water and zero fries. I know, Josh.
Because I'd already had dinner. I know. That was the thing. I was like, if we eat before we go to this place where we're going to, then we won't be tempted to have anything. And then Emery goes, oh, some fries sound good.
And I go, yeah. I'm not gonna have any. That's fine. And I had already committed that I wasn't gonna eat any of those fries. That commitcom commitment, went right out the window about odd seconds Yeah.
Yeah. After the fries hit the table. Because when I saw them, I went, these are the best kind of fries. Why couldn't they have brought crinkle cut fries? Those are the gross ones.
Because they are good fries. Shoestring fries. I ate those, but they had they were, like, the perfect fries. Know. They brought the good fries.
I just I have no willpower. That's my whole problem. I don't know how to say no to a good time. Well, I don't know what to tell you. Fries were a good time.
So Yeah. I know they were. But I I didn't partake. I know. We all know.
You don't have to keep reminding us how good you are. That's not the point. That's not what I'm trying to say. I'm just saying that when presented with the fries in front of me, I was able to say, no. I don't want that.
I already had dinner. I'm just gonna have my two glasses of water. Oh, you're so much better than everyone else. Not what I'm saying. Kind of sounds like that's what you're saying.
You're interpreting it that way, and that's wild. That's kind of what it sounds like you're saying. No way. Well, last night was my last hurrah. Until?
Today. Like, today. Until today. Today, I'm in it. I'm focused.
I'm determined. Yeah. I'm in it. If there was a delicious, apple fritter doughnut in the, break room? I would say no.
Is there one? Because I will say no. If there was homemade cinnamon rolls that were warm fresh out of the oven? No. I will.
Tempt me. I'll show you what I got. Uh-huh. Yeah. Let's see it.
What do you think? Brought in a a a little box of Ferrero Rocher or Toba La Rones. Stop. Stop with the celebrations. Stop with the eating out for dinner.
I can't say no. Had dinner at home. No. I I know. You ate dinner at home.
I know. And then then fries. I know. That's what I'm saying. Last night was my last hurrah Alright.
For the sixteenth time this year. Until the next one. That's right. We'll keep tabs. Today, March 25, the last hurrah so far.
Good luck. Thank you. We checked out this cool new store in Idaho Falls called GameGrid. Yeah. Yeah.
That's, that is correct. No. Well, I think what happened is we were just looking for something to do. It was you and I. The kids were off doing their own thing, and we were driving around going, where should we go?
What should we do? And we stumbled upon this place. And, and then we were like, okay. Alright. Board game little board game paradise in here, which is really cool.
And then we started talking to I assume, one of the owners. It felt like he like he, but the way he was talking about, like, I order in games and stuff like that. I feel like he's he's kinda the kinda the one of the owners. Right. Really cool spot, though.
And they had a tournament going on. A couple of different tournaments. Yeah. They had a Warhammer tournament going on. And I don't know if that was for real that they were playing for, like, $2,000, but it looked like they were playing for, like, $2,000 Yeah.
Which was cool. And then they had, a a card game going on. And I thought it was, like, something like World of, Warcraft or whatever, but I don't think it was. It was something else. But, anyway, very, very, cool spot.
And then so cool. You got all talking to the people about, like, their their games and what do they do and how do they do stuff because they have, like, rentals and all kinds of neat things. It was a cool little spot. Cool. We were looking for a new game.
We like to play board games. We wanted something fun. You like a good strategy game. I do really enjoy strategy games. Yes.
I like them until the explanations are hours and hours and hours long to play. And you, for some reason, have taken that upon yourself because you're good at it, I think, to read the rules, instruct everybody how the rules work, and then we all go, wait. What? Yeah. Because everybody ends up looking at their phones while I'm trying to explain how the game goes.
Long explanation. My attention span can't stay focused that long. Well? Well? Stick to Yahtzee then.
I have in the past. I don't mind strategy games as long as it's explained in a way that I can and usually, you play once. You play through it once, and you get the basic concept, and you're like, okay. I got this. So I think there are gateway games into the strategy game world, like Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Puerto Rico.
Yeah. Those are those are the ones I think Dominion is a deck builder. It's still strategy, but it's a deck builder, so it's a little bit different. But I think those are the ones that people try and they go, we love Settlers of Catan. That's what happens.
And people, like, I get the bumper sticker out of the box and put it on their car. And and I go, I'm just gonna leave that in the box. That's the difference between some people and me. I like it, but I don't like it enough to put the sticker on my car. Thank you for including it in the game.
But it is a it it's a blast. It's a fun time, and it's a different style of game than, than something like Chutes and Ladders or Monopoly or Candyland. As we were looking around, it was like, there used to be six games. Like, you go to the store and there were six games. Life.
Monopoly. Sorry. Yeah. Oh, jeez. Like, it was the same ones.
And then and then you get down to the decks of cards and Chinese checkers. And you go, I guess this is a little bit of a play this one now. Games. Okay. Mousetrap was revolutionary.
I thought Crossfire. You remember Crossfire? I do not. That was a dude game I really wanted and never had. It had little steel ball bearings and the little guns across from each other, and you would shoot the ball bearings across the board at each other.
Crossfire. I don't see that game anymore. I bet that game got discontinued. Choking hazard probably. Behavior.
And that. Aggravation. Battleship. We played that one a lot. So was Aggravation, was it the the timer one with the shapes that you had to put into the table?
What's that game? Perfection. Pop goes perfection. That's right. See, there were, like, 12 games.
There were more than six. Aggravation was so fun. They had marbles in it, and, yeah, it was like, sorry, but you had marbles. Okay. I don't know if I ever played aggravation.
We found a new game at the store called Monikers, and it was a it was a combination of charades and gestures and Well, charades and gestures are kind of the same thing. Yeah. It's what the game was. Okay. It was fun.
Yeah. It works in three rounds. You've got a deck of cards, and depending on how many players you have, you build the deck based on that. Just in case you're interested in checking out the game, it does include some 17 plus cards that we took took out of the game in order to play the family game. Just so you're aware, it does tell you that in the instructions, and some of that stuff was pretty, pretty out there.
I read through some of them. I went I went, oh, boy. Alright. So Shocking. If you wanna take those out, that's probably recommended.
But then, anyway, you play the game, and, and it works in three rounds, and you gotta get people to say a word. So it's kind of a kind of a almost a pictionary thing, except you're using your words to get people to say it. Then your second round, you can only say one single word, and then you act out no words at all, gestures only in the third round. It's a it's a bit of a challenge. Yeah.
But you also then you have to remember the cards that were in there to try and figure out, like, what are they doing, and how does that how is that a card? Anyway, it was fun. It was fun. It's a good It's called monikers. Monikers.
Mhmm. Yeah. Anyway, good game. We like games. Good good game time.
Games are fun. Yeah. This is true. That's kind of the point of them, I think. Oh.
I don't think they're ever like, oh, we're gonna make a game that makes everybody feel miserable. Well, I've played a couple of games that makes everybody feel miserable. Called Monopoly. Remember when couponing was a thing? I believe it still is.
Is it? It's just gone digital. Oh. So people don't have to carry around binders and binders of coupons. What you do is you you get the app, for the store that you want, and then you preload the coupons.
And then when you go to checkout, when you put in your phone number, scan your card, or whatever, it pulls up all your coupons. So I think it's still very much as a thing. I think it's not the way it was. Now I think the other thing that people were doing when they were doing big time couponing, was that they, they were getting manufacturer coupons. And I don't know how those are being distributed anymore, but that's the ones that they were able to stack on top of deals.
So they'd get, like, you know, 400 bottles of shampoo for a dollar or whatever because they were stacking manufacturer coupons. And I think that was kind of the big deal when people were doing it is that that it wasn't necessarily store specific deals. It was 800 bottles of shampoo for a dollar. Huge fan fad for a long time, wasn't it? I I there's gotta be big coupon.
Craze. Yeah. There has to be coupons. I always like coupons. Here's my problem.
Most of the time, I either forget that I have the coupon or I'll remember, but it's already too late. It's expired. Mhmm. Or I go, oh, I have a coupon for that. And then I've already purchased or I already have the thing in my cart, but it's not the right product or the right size.
Right. Like, I had a coupon the other day Yeah. For chicken. You said, did you get this kind of chicken? And I said, no.
I got this kind of chicken. And you went, okay. And you put the coupon away. Not let's go back to the chicken aisle and get this kind of chicken to save a dollar. It was just, I'm not I can't be bothered.
Rather save my time. Put the coupon away. I'm not walking back to the chicken aisle. No. No.
No. I do like the grocery store we go to. They will send us a coupon book. What? A quarter?
Once a quarter? Something like that? Yeah. No. It's, like, two or three months.
Is it that often? Yeah. I feel like that's too often. Well, maybe once a month. Okay.
But we get a coupon book, and and oftentimes, stuff that we use, you know, regularly, they'll be like, have a free one. Free. And I go, that's awesome. Thank you for that coupon. They do digital coupons too.
Yeah. Correct. In the app. I just forget to use them because you have to you do have to do the thing where you have to, like, download the coupon. I don't Yeah.
You just add the coupon to your you clip it. You clip the coupon. I know. The other thing is some of the stores, and our grocery store included, will have a little QR code, on some of the items. And so you just open up the app and scan the QR code, and it adds the coupon for you.
That's smart. Yeah. Hey. How about this, though? If you're gonna coupon that thing down anyway Yeah.
Just just do it. Just make it that price for everyone. Yeah. Well Just, But then how would they get your phone number for rewards? These are rewards.
If you're gonna give me 50¢ off those strawberries, just make it 50¢ off strawberries. Then how are they gonna know that you buy strawberries if they don't track you? Exactly. That's that's the whole point is data. Yep.
And now we know this person loves strawberries. But they also they collectively do this on their entire consumer base. So they they offer these rewards to people so that you'll sign up, but then they can track popular items Because they can say, look, you know, 60 or some odd percent of all of our rewards members love strawberries. We gotta make sure we have fresh strawberries. Or this weird random thing that they buy all the time.
It's batteries or it's some weird granola bar. I don't know what it is, but then they go, people that shop here love this granola bar when you could get more of these. I do buy those weird granola bars a lot. Those little Larabar ones. I know.
Those are good. Yeah. They are not bad. Keep sending me coupons for those, so I'll keep buying them. See?
As long as you're stocking them, I'll keep buying them. Yeah. It's made of dates. Oh, cool. It's good to know.
It is made of dates. I know. Good job, Josh. Yeah. Good job knowing that.
Yeah. Well, I've eaten them too because they're made of dates. They are. They're delicious. Yeah.
Because you know why? Dates are delicious. When they're made to taste like other things, I would agree with you. Or when they're wrapped in bacon. Bacon dates.
I still you've done that, and I still go, like, I just can't. It's a little weird to me. No. Have you eaten them? Yeah.
Oh, I love that. Because don't you put, like, a balsamic on them or something? No. What am I thinking of? You're thinking of, like, mozzarella and cherries No.
Or tomatoes. It's something else. There's some other thing that has a balsamic on it, and I don't I don't think I like balsamic. I think it's what ultimately it comes down to. Okay.
No. The the bacon wrapped dates don't have balsamic. What do they have on them? Dates and bacon. No.
There's something else. Brown sugar. No. You that's it. Maybe it's that.
Maybe I don't like the sweet with the meat. So good? It could be that. I don't like the sweet and savory mix. You haven't had a our friend makes the best of those.
I'm gonna have her make some. I'm gonna text her today Mhmm. And say, make some of those. Josh needs some. It there's for Josh.
It's for science. It's for science. Not for me. It's for science. Oh, yeah.
What was that? What was what was today? March 25? Last hurrah? Oh, got it.
Got it. We went to trivia with our family last night. They have a family friendly trivia that we went to. Yeah. We didn't do so bad.
We were in third place for a while. Till the very last question, and then we got bumped to fourth because we didn't answer the last question. Do you even remember what the last question was? No. I don't remember what was about the the, maybe '96 or something.
No. 02/2001. That's when it was. Yeah. In 02/2001, the presidential salary was raised to what amount?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's correct. We know the answer now.
I sure do. We did not know the answer then. That is that is true. We were trying to come up with the team name right before we started. Right.
I always call my I call you guys our the four pack. Right. That's what I call us. Yeah. The text message because, Beck and I got there before, you and and Emery did, and we were signing up.
And I just said, hey. Just wanna see what are we what's our name. And Yeah. You had suggested four pack, but Emery said, don't use that. That's dumb.
Yeah. Mom said four pack. Don't use that. That's dumb. Right.
That is rude. She wasn't coming up with anything else. This is true. This is true. She was not contributing to the Team name.
To the team name. Yeah. Rude. I like four pack. Four pack's a fine name.
It's rude. So then I said, what about, Rocket Barbara? That's correct. Which is something a couple of years ago every I feel like this has been a minute. Okay.
Because this happened in the front yard. Oh, really? I wanna say this happened because we're trying to remember the the scenario where this came up, and I think it came up with like, it was one of those, like, first day of school photos out by the tree in the front yard thing, and I think, you were telling her, like, strike a pose or smile or something, and she said, rock it, Barbara, out of nowhere. I think that's what happened. None of us are named Barbara.
No. So We know a Barbara. We do. But it's not any of us. No.
But but our team name was Rocket Barbara. Yeah. We did a good a fine team name. Rocket Barbara. We did pretty okay.
Rocket Barbara. Which I loved. The first question right out the gate, everyone was like, I know this. I know this. And she did.
Also, my favorite part was when Beck knew the answer, and then he would, like, shout it out. Yeah. You know, we were like, bro, other teams will cheat off your answer, man. I just get excited. Yeah.
I just get excited when I know the answer. There's a sports question. He was like, it's the Cubs. And we were like, shush shush shush shush. But also that one could have worked out into our favor because the actual answer was the Philadelphia Phillies.
Right. So that one, it might have been okay that he, yelled the wrong answer. That could have been the strategy. Get excited and yell the wrong answer. Answer so everyone's And then we'll go, shh, dude.
And then we'll write down the right answer and be the only team that gets it. That's a good strategy. That is a good strategy. Until they catch on and go, this kid is yelling out the wrong answers every time, but they're getting points. What's going on?
And Margaret. Yeah. Eventually, that'll happen. Yeah. It was it was fun.
We had a good time. Our family is pretty smart. True story. It was a good time. Kinda.
Kinda. Or pretty smart. Kinda. We did we did have third until the last question when somebody passed us, and then we got fourth. Fourth out of, like, eight or nine teams is not bad.
Not bad at all. Yeah. No. We could have done a lot worse. I don't think there was a Like the three amigos.
Oh. They didn't do that. They were struggling. They had a good time. They did, and they were struggling, though.
But, anyway Rocky Barbara. Rocky Barbara on three. One, two, three. Rocky Barbara. Well, I got a little excited after work yesterday.
I loved it. Did you? Yes. Why? I told you this before.
When you we motivate each other. K. So when you have a motivation to do something, I'm like, yes. And I jump in and do it. If I am like, I'm motivated to do this thing, you jump in and and do a project as well.
And if we're like, I just wanna be lazy, then the other person is gonna be lazy too. Like, we if I see you doing stuff, I'm like, yep. I'm all in too. So when I came home and you were like, the weather's nice. I'm cleaning up the yard.
I was like, let's do it. Yeah. And I jumped into. I, I I'm excited, and I've said, in multiple times over over the first part of this year that I've got big plans for the backyard. Yes.
And step one is getting started on cleaning a few things and and raking all the stuff up and the, the the fun treats that the dog left behind for the winter. You know, all that fun stuff. Uh-huh. So that's that was step one, was start that process. And so I I got out the rakes, and I started doing that.
I got the leaf blower out. I did a little bit of, edging, some of the weed eating stuff around a couple of different spots. I know. I know. I'm speaking your language.
I know. I can see it. But the sun was shining. It felt good. I was outside.
And it was really nice. Windows and doors open, getting that fresh air. I filled up the bird feeders, which they've been in desperate need of being filled. Yeah. I also moved them because, the dog's a little bit crazy about birds, but she also has a tendency to get wrapped around the one the the the center pole of the big one.
So I moved all of the bird feeder stuff over to our bedroom window where they'll be further away from, from the dog, and then also, we can watch the birds. And they'll they hopefully, my my hope is that they know they're safe and protected there. And, also, it's away from where the squirrel can get to, which was another strategy. But, also, they tend to drop their seeds. They do.
So where where we had the one in the window before, they would just drop it on the sidewalk, and it could cause a mess. But now where you put it on the bedroom, they can drop their seeds, and it's right in dirt. So And the and the basement window frame for your window well for your craft room. Yes. So grow.
Yeah. We'll see. Little sunflowers or whatever might pop up. It's shady back there, so maybe not. But, again, I'm hoping that gives them a little bit of protection, but then the lilac bush is right there or tree or whatever.
So they can move it to the side. Little bit of a safety thing, which is important for the feeder. So, yeah. So I'm hoping that works out well. I may end up moving it again.
I'm just not sure where. But we'll see how it goes there for now. But if I have if I have trouble mowing around it and stuff, I might end up moving it. I was looking at some of the plants in the backyard, and I see some sprouts. I know.
The front yard is really about to bloom here real soon. Spring buds popping up. Yep. Yep. Which is really exciting.
And then Oh, that reminds me. I got a tip to to That's right. You gotta change the depth of your, daffodils. Yep. I forgot.
I'm gonna put that in my calendar so I don't forget. Change the depth of your daffodil bulbs so that you can get more blooms Yep. Instead of more leaves. Oh. Yeah.
And then, and then I I really wanna try to get to the garden bed stuff. I I need to look into, like, renting the little, bobcat thing so I can clean up behind the shed. There's a couple things. I gotta pull the trailer around and get that ready to load up with all the stuff we gotta take to the dump. There's a lot going in that backyard.
But it'll be worth it. I know. I know. It's gonna be a good spot. It's just gonna take some time.
That's all. I was pretty excited because I was also working. I put away winter coats. I put away winter boots. I know it might be premature, but I put away the ice melt.
When now explain put away. I just threw it in the garage. That's right. Now it's my problem. No.
It isn't. That's a different day project. Mhmm. I put the winter coats and boots away. I just threw the ice in the garage.
Yeah. Because I don't know where it lives. So maybe it is a you problem. It's a me problem. I don't know where it goes.
Yeah. Well, once I get the deck repaired, then I because I gotta take everything off the deck. I gotta pull some boards. I gotta fix the sag in a couple of spots, reinforce that. Then once I get that done, then I can put all the stuff in the shed out around the fire pit, and I gotta fix those poles.
The list just goes on. Come on. More weather. On. I got months and months of work to do out there.
And then it'll be time to put it all away. Yeah. It will. So That's how summer works. That's exactly right.
We got bare legs today. This is a true statement. Because I said yesterday, the weather looked like it was gonna be really nice and warm today. So I said, I'm getting out shorts. And you said, don't.
Don't. You'll make it snow. I'm wearing shorts. Woah. You're so dangerous.
I know. And I said, well, I'm gonna wear a skirt. And you are. Here we are with bare legs. Today, mild, plenty of sun, highs near 70.
Tomorrow, mostly cloudy, warm with records breaking, with record breaking high temps. It's mid seventies tomorrow. Mid? It's mid seventies. Seventies.
Mid seventies tomorrow. We heard it here first. What is it today? Today, high of 67. Okay.
Yeah. Near 70. I got some pasty white legs ready to see the sun. Alright. Here we go.
Now I am gonna tell you, we are gonna get some spring showers, but those are supposed to hit, no, next week. Oh. Like, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. I don't mind. Next week.
I don't mind spring rain. And it'll cool things off a little bit. But today and tomorrow, we're getting this little burst, and I am not mad about it. I am not mad about it. Tomorrow, and Thursday, really.
We're getting a a real nice look at what a upper sixties, low seventies to mid seventies is gonna feel like. Let's do it. I brought my legs out to play. Yeah. Well, that's what's happening.
So hello, legs. I need to see some sun on this skin. Yeah. This is a true statement. What are you saying?
Nothing. And pasty? No. Kinda. Mm-mm.
Very. That's okay. No self tanner for me. Yeah. Okay.
Natural, baby. Is that right? Yes. Okay. I did shave.
So Woah. You're welcome, world. Winter has, ended. Tell you what. It's would you rather time.
Is it seriously already? I was waiting for that. Way. Yeah way. No way.
No way. No way. No way. Would you rather this or that? Would you rather be able to move around only by speed walk?
Your hips look so cool when you speed walk. Did you ever, in junior high have to watch, that documentary about speed walking? No. Oh, you mean either? Or get around only by moonwalk.
Oh, definitely speed walking. Speed walk or moon walk. Don't you walk don't you moon walk away from me. I'm also gonna go speedwalk. I was trying to see if there was a a name for that For the speedwalk?
Speedwalking Or the show I had to watch. What was the point of you watching it? What It must have been an Olympic thing. I'm trying to think. Like, what what year were the Olympics?
Was it 1996? I don't know. Did you learn anything from it? I'm pretty sure. Yeah.
It was the nineteen ninety six Summer Olympics. That's that's middle school. That's about 14. What was the educational merit of that movie? I don't know that it was a movie.
It might have just been summer Olympic nineteen ninety six speed walking coverage that the, teacher I had was, interested in and had on in the classroom. Oh. I just remember watching speed walking and thinking, this is a strange thing. Well, that's how you're getting places now. We should have a speed walk competition.
Do you know the rules of speed walking? No. You don't? No. Let's have a moonwalk competition while we're at it.
So the speed walking rules are are a big deal. Competitors must maintain contact with the ground at all times and keep advancing leg straight from the point of contact until the body passes over it. Because if you bend your knee, you are running, and you cannot run. Oh. You you must one foot must always be in contact with the ground.
Interesting. In running, you there are times where neither foot is on the ground. You're kinda floating when you run-in in your stride. I don't know what that's like. I've never ran.
And this one over here going, we should speed walk. What was the other option? Moon walk. Oh, yeah. Definitely speed walk.
K. Let's do it. What are you picking? I'm gonna speed walk too. Oh, look at it.
I'm watching. I know. There's a whole lot of hips. Let's go. Let's let's speed walk this because you know you're gonna lose.
Yeah. That's why. I don't have the right shorts on. Okay. I have a new game I want us to play.
Alright. And you're gonna say no. Thank you. But I don't even care because I'm gonna do it anyway. What's the game?
The game is called pickleball, dodgeball. Pickle dodgeball. Dodge pickleball? Sure. Whatever.
Alright. Hold on. I've played both dodgeball and in a tournament, which was fun. And I have played pickleball, here and there. K.
A few pickup games of pickleball, but I haven't really played a lot. What equipment do we need? You need a pickleball court. K. We we have access to that.
A pickleball. Okay. We have that. And you need a pickleball Paddles? Paddle.
So we've got four of those. You just need one. One one ball, one paddle, and then court, and then however many people you want to play. Alright. And then you stand in a circle.
Yeah. And one person is chosen as, like, the main person. K. And you spin the paddle K. And then everybody runs while the one person that's chosen grabs the paddle and then smacks the wiffle ball.
If you The pickle ball. Yeah. Yeah. If you get smacked with the pickle ball, you're out. Well, that's okay.
I could see this, being frowned upon in a in a pickleball court. Okay. I agree with you. It probably would not be kosher to their policies. If you show up at a pickleball place and go, yeah, we're here to play dodge pickleball, I think they're gonna go, no.
You're not. No. This is serious. Stopping by. This is serious.
We do pickleball here, not dodge pickleball. That's on Friday. But there are some outside courses Courts. Courts. Where, That's why I said we have access to some courts.
We could Absolutely. We do. We could probably do something, as long as no one else was around trying to play serious pickleball. Yeah. Because I think any if there's anybody else on a court and you show up to play dodge pickleball, I don't think, I don't think the the serious pickleballers are gonna be too excited.
You're gonna be frowned upon. Yeah. And that's okay. I've been frowned upon more times than I do count. Frowned upon you.
As you know, I don't like to follow the rules. No. You like to have up your own rules to everything. Yeah. Because you're like, I don't like how this works.
Like, well, that's cute that you don't like it, but that's how it works. Now figure out to be good at it within the confines of the rules. I just wanna have fun. I don't wanna play by the rules. I don't care who wins.
I will always lose. I don't mind. I just wanna laugh. You'll always lose because you won't practice the real rules. Because I don't care about getting good.
I just wanna play. I just wanna laugh. Stop taking everything so serious. Within the confines of the rules of the game. No.
Rules are too serious. Let's just have fun. Now who is gonna play pickle dodgeball with me? Raise your hand. What?
You're the only one raising your hand. There may be some folks listening. They were like, that sounds interesting. Yeah. I posted it on our Instagram and Facebook page if you're like, I don't understand that.
I I think it's pretty easy to understand. You posted it on faith on the community? No. No. No.
No. I just on the I'm looking at the page. I don't see it on the page. It's on the story. Oh.
Okay. So I see it. Pickled dodgeball. It's it's on our story. Yeah.
It's on Okay. Yeah. See, these I'm amazed they pulled this off at the pickler. I really am. I know.
We've been. I don't know. Been to the pickler in Utah, and that's where, that's where That's where it gets taken very seriously. Well, I would say you probably are gonna get a little bit of a scolding. A frown.
You have been frowned upon. Nobody likes frowners. That's why I'm here to just smile. Look how much fun they're having. Yeah.
They're having great amounts of fun. Oh, he got smacked. Alright. I have my plate. That's gonna do it for the show.
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