1 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Hi. 2 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 2: I'm Laura Vanderkamp. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, 3 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 2: and speaker. 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 3: And I'm Sarah hart Hunger, a mother of three, practicing physician, writer, 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 3: and course creator. We are two working parents who love 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 3: our careers and our families. 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: Welcome to best of both worlds. Here we talk about 8 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: how real women manage work, family, and time for fun. 9 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 2: From figuring out childcare to mapping out long. 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: Term career goals. 11 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 2: We want you to get the most out of life. 12 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to best of both worlds. This is Laura. 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 2: This episode is airing in late January of twenty twenty five. 14 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 2: We are going to be talking all things repurposing in 15 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: this episode, so how we reuse things, ideas, et cetera 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: in our lives. But we wanted to open with a 17 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: discussion that we are blatantly borrowing from the Girls next 18 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 2: Door podcast that they recently had an epithos episode they 19 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 2: called empties, which was things that they had completely used 20 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 2: up and thus had to replace. So just a brief list, Sarah, 21 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 2: what has gone empty in your household recently? Because part 22 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 2: of repurposing is also getting your money's worth, you know, 23 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: using things up. 24 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: So what have you used up recently. 25 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, So we're going to do this in categories, and 26 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 3: our first category is going to be food items. So 27 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 3: the empties that we buy constantly in replenished constantly include 28 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 3: Dave's Killer Bread Cinnamon Raisin bagels. We all eat them. 29 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 3: My husband is particularly addicted to them, eats one almost 30 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 3: every single morning, Perfect Bars in various varieties, Amy's Cheddar burritos. 31 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 3: It has to be the cheddar because a lot of 32 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 3: the other ones have cilantro in them and therefore are 33 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 3: not good in my opinion. Pink Lady apples, that's really 34 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 3: the only apple I prefer these days. And and on 35 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 3: a similar vein the Go Go Squeeze apple sauce pouches 36 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 3: my kids. 37 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 2: We buy a lot of those too, because apple sauce 38 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 2: is about the only fruit that Alex will actually eat. 39 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 2: Costco makes ones that have more sort of veggies in them, 40 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 2: so sometimes we can get those for him to be 41 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:21,119 Speaker 2: eating as well. 42 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 1: But yeah, we buy a lot of this. Have you 43 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: ever had honey crisp apples. They're very similar to Pink Lady. 44 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 3: I think they're pretty good. 45 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, we'll have to have like an apple 46 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 2: taste off sometimes, like all those wonderfully crisp red apples 47 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 2: that are so good. But yeah, we have a couple 48 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 2: items from Costco that we actually get through and have 49 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 2: to go back to Costco to get because they wind 50 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 2: up empty. One is their parmesan cheese, so they have 51 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 2: these tubs of parmesan cheese. But several of my kids 52 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 2: like to put these on pasta and they use a 53 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 2: lot of them, so we go through several of those. 54 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: We also get through the giant peanut butter containers. Now 55 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: this is an interesting thing because I thought we were 56 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: incredibly brand loyal to Skippy and that is what Costco had, 57 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 2: But then Costco must have changed their contract because now 58 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 2: they have Jiffy. So we're like, okay, I guess we'll 59 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 2: get Jiffy and it's fine. Everyone ate it, so I 60 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 2: don't know that's how it goes. We also get these 61 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 2: little balls of mozzarella cheese, so there's like snack size 62 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 2: mozzarella cheese balls. That's another thing that several of my 63 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: kids will eat. And also Go Go Squeeze makes shelf stable. 64 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: Yogurt as well. 65 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 2: We go through a ton of those because they are 66 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 2: obviously easier to pack for lunches. Or snacks or anything else, 67 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 2: because they do not need to be refrigerated and the 68 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 2: idea of room temperature yogurt sounds repulsive to me, but 69 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 2: I'm not the one eating it, so there we go. 70 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 2: How about cleaning, Sarah. 71 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, so we use a lot of I feel like 72 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 3: I'm gonna get like canceled, like this is not good enough. 73 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 3: But windex with vinegar. Okay, I'm sure it's not the 74 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 3: world's best environmental choice, but I love the slight vinegar smell. 75 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 3: I think it works really well. So we do use 76 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 3: a lot of that. We do have the Missus Meyers 77 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 3: soap and dish deetergent kind of and the refills on 78 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 3: Subscribe and Save, and then admittedly we also use the 79 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 3: dishwasher pods that make it really really easy from Cascade. 80 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 3: I feel like listing this, I'm like, I'm sure we 81 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 3: could do better from an environmental standpoint, so maybe that'll 82 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 3: be a future thing to work out. Right now, those 83 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 3: are definitely kind of rebought many times in our house. 84 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, we use a lot of missus Meyer's hand soap, 85 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 2: though I have one child who washes hands so frequently 86 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:55,919 Speaker 2: that I have wound up purchasing cheaper hand soap for 87 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 2: said child, because my frugal self cannot stomach the idea 88 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 2: of using nice hand soap for such profligate use. I'm 89 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 2: a big fan of hand washing, by the way, but 90 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 2: this is a little bit a lot of it. But 91 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 2: the rest of us are using missus Meyer's hand soap. 92 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 2: We are also using don spray dish detergent. So I 93 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 2: would do a shout out here. Some people get behind 94 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 2: on dishes because they feel like each time they have 95 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 2: to wash dishes it has to be this production. If 96 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 2: that is the case, you might want to change your tools. 97 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 2: So we use spray dish detergent and then a scrubbing 98 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 2: brush with a handle, so you can literally just spray 99 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 2: one dish with your dish spray and scrub it with 100 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 2: your scrub brush, and it's like a ten second process 101 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 2: for one dish, and you put it over there on 102 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 2: the side to dry, and so they'd never build up right. 103 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 2: And I'm not saying like after dinner we don't have 104 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 2: six or seven dishes to do, but during the course 105 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 2: of the day they can get done individually. 106 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: So no one's ever supposed to be leaving dishes in 107 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: the sink. 108 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 3: I've never tried a dish spray, but I think I 109 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 3: would like it. 110 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's one of these things you never really know 111 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 2: how other people are structuring their lives, or like they're 112 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 2: cleaning rites or their showering rituals or anything else like this. 113 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: And I've had people talk. 114 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 2: About how they get behind on dishes and then it 115 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 2: takes so much time to get caught up, and I'm 116 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 2: struggling to understand, like why, Like what's going on? 117 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: I don't even understand. 118 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 2: But it's because I think they don't think it's possible 119 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 2: to do one dish at a time. 120 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 3: Yeah. I think with people that struggle with household stuff, 121 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 3: it's actually pretty common. Because there was that book. Oh 122 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 3: I forget what it's called right now, but it focused 123 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 3: a lot on on dishes, so I know it must 124 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 3: be a common thing for me that's like I kind 125 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 3: of can't leave a dish there, like I can't do it. 126 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 3: There's other stuff that piles up in my house like crazy, 127 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 3: I can't do it with dishes. So yeah, thus far 128 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 3: we've been okay because I'm too crazy. 129 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I would say we also go through a 130 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 2: lot of draft laundry detergent, and people like what you 131 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: don't have any newborns anymore, but for whatever reason, enough 132 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 2: people had like sensitive skin, and then I started breaking 133 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 2: some weird thing at one point, so I was like, well, 134 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 2: I'll just wash my stuff and draft, and as we 135 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 2: wind up going through a fair amount of. 136 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,479 Speaker 3: That as well, we do all free and clear. 137 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: Okay, well that works, that works all right. 138 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 2: And then one last category is Sarah Beauty. What are 139 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: your empties in the beauty category? 140 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I have two mescaras that I use for 141 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 3: different purposes that I rebuy again and again. My everyday 142 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 3: work life mescaret is the lang Comb definiteiles I'm like obsessed. 143 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 3: And then my party mascaret is the Thrive mascara because 144 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 3: it makes your eyelashes pop in a way that the 145 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 3: lang Comm does not. But the lang Com is just 146 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 3: like it's like perfect for work. And then I have 147 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 3: bought many times over the Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue. It's 148 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 3: like a tinted moisturizer with SPF and I feel like 149 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 3: it really evens out skin tone and I feel really 150 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 3: virtuous that I'm putting on SPF every single morning. So 151 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 3: love it. And then my hair care is almost always 152 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 3: mill Bond, which is the company that makes the Japanese 153 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 3: training products that are used in my hair. So I'm 154 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 3: pretty brand loyal there. 155 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I use Ilia Concealer. 156 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 2: That's Ilia, I think that's how you say it, and 157 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 2: I wind up rebuying tubes of that when I am 158 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 2: scraping the bottom of the barrel. 159 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: As it were. 160 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 2: This Elements or Elements marine cream. I really got into 161 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 2: that when they sent a sample in the Allure beauty box, 162 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 2: and that turns out to be a rather expensive addiction, 163 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 2: so I probably need to rethink that, but for now 164 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 2: and then, I'm going to do a total shout out 165 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 2: to the Thrive mascara as well. I would be having 166 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 2: constant empties on that, but as an advertiser they it's 167 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 2: been fortunate that they've sent me replenishments so I haven't 168 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 2: had to replace them quite as frequently as I would otherwise. 169 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 2: So thank you to them for that because I'm using 170 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 2: it every single day. Apparently I like to have my 171 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 2: party eyes every day. So there we go. So this 172 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 2: episode is about repurposing things that we reuse, sometimes in 173 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 2: new ways in order to minimize effort or time or 174 00:08:54,040 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 2: cost or clutter or environmental impact. So the first category though, 175 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 2: we want to quick talk about, is reusing. 176 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 1: Your own intellectual property. 177 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 2: So it turns out I've had people tell me this 178 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 2: in the past, and it took a while to get 179 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 2: my head around it. It's like, you know, you create 180 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 2: all this content, you can come up with ways that 181 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 2: you can give it a new life. I mean not 182 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,839 Speaker 2: you never want to do the exact same thing for 183 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 2: multiple places, because you know you've gotta be respectful to 184 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 2: your readers, your listeners, et cetera. But there's often a 185 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 2: German of an idea that you've used somewhere that you 186 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 2: can then pivot in some way to make it work 187 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 2: in a different format. So Sarah, you have done this 188 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 2: for sure in your creative work. I think you've figured 189 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 2: out ways to reuse some of your ideas. 190 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 3: I have, and I don't think I even meant to 191 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 3: do it, Like it's not like I set out to 192 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 3: be like let me repurpose. But funny story, so I'm 193 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 3: working out a book, as we talked about during those 194 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 3: Yearly Goals episodes, and initially like three years ago, more 195 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 3: than three years ago, like twenty twenty two, I hired 196 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 3: someone to help me turn my podcast episodes into the 197 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 3: draft of a book, because somehow I thought like, oh, 198 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 3: maybe i'll like ghost write a book or I don't know, 199 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 3: like based on my content, based on the way I 200 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 3: teach planning on Bestlaid Plans, and she did a great job. 201 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 3: But then when I read them, I'm like, oh god, no, 202 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 3: I can't like put out a book that I didn't 203 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:16,439 Speaker 3: write like I need to put I write, I blog, 204 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 3: I can write like I want my book to be 205 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 3: in my voice. However, this stuff is awesome, hmm, what 206 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 3: should I do with it? Let me try starting a course. 207 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 3: So I edited them and tweaked them, but they that 208 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 3: read was repurposed into the material that made up Best 209 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 3: Laid Plans Academy. And then after teaching Bestlaid Plans Academy 210 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 3: four or five times now, I was like, I'm going 211 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 3: to turn this into a book. So it's been like 212 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 3: flipped around, repurpose. I feel like it's only improved, Like 213 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 3: these are like iterations, but I've learned so much in 214 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 3: each iteration, so it's not like I'm just redoing. But 215 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 3: at the same time, it's like amazing that something it 216 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 3: was really a set of ideas that has just been 217 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 3: like refined over time and in some ways reused. So yeah, yeah, 218 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 3: it's my repurposing story. 219 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: No, I mean doing that. 220 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, let's take a quick ad break and then 221 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 2: I'll talk about my repurposing when we come back. Yeah, so, 222 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 2: I mean this was actually one of the upsides of 223 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 2: college application season that Jasper and I just went through. 224 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 2: I really love that there is the common app now, 225 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 2: so that at least your basic essay can be reused 226 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 2: for every place. But then it turns out that you 227 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 2: can also sort of have general ways that you're thinking about, 228 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 2: like your activities or moments you've had in your life, 229 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 2: and then you can tweak them according to the different 230 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 2: questions that different places ask. So it's specific to the university, 231 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 2: but like some of it could be gotten at it 232 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 2: in the same way, and so it's a useful mindset 233 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 2: for people to have some of my old before Breakfast 234 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 2: episodes I am now tweaking to turn into Vanderhack's right, 235 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 2: that's a great way that I've been repurposing. If anyone 236 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 2: ever read Juliette's School of Possibilities, that novel, it actually 237 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 2: began its life as a National Novel Writing Month challenge. 238 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 2: Novel that was in many ways very different, Like it 239 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 2: had a totally different plot, but I kept the location 240 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 2: and I kept several of the main characters. 241 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: So that was a repurposing there. 242 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 2: And you know, it's really struck me as I was 243 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 2: doing the Bach project last year, So in twenty twenty four, 244 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 2: I listened to all the works of Bach. 245 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: He was repurposing a lot like you. 246 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 2: He'd write a cantata for Sunday and then he'd need 247 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 2: an alto. 248 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: Solo for something else, and it might get reused again. 249 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 2: And then when he did sort of his major works 250 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 2: like the Christmas Oratorio or the Box B Minor Mass, 251 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 2: he had a lot of work to pull from that 252 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 2: he could then reuse a chorus from something developed a 253 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 2: little bit differently, or do this as a baritone instead 254 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 2: of a soprano solo. 255 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 1: And so it was really cool to hear that. 256 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,079 Speaker 3: If Bach can repurpose, then there is no shame in it. 257 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, although he wasn't being recorded right like 258 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 2: I mean, it's the harder now with stuff like that, 259 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 2: just because it's it's all searchable, it's existing longer term, 260 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 2: Like when his people performing a cantata on Sunday morning 261 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 2: did it. It was all gone then once they did it, 262 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 2: versus just the written record of it, like that was 263 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 2: all that was it, and that wasn't even going to 264 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 2: be distributed broadly because there was very limited sort of 265 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 2: printing going on. 266 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: But yeah, it's. 267 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 2: And be that as it may. We repurpose all sorts 268 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 2: of other things beyond ips. So hand me downs, for instance, 269 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 2: is the ultimate clothing repurposing. Sarah, what does your hand 270 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 2: me down system look like? 271 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: These days? 272 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 3: We don't have the best system. I think we've been 273 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 3: able to get away with a subpar system because of 274 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 3: the spacing and ages of my kids. So really, the 275 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 3: only passing on that's realistic is for either Annabel or 276 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 3: Cameron to pass on to Genevieve at this point, because 277 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 3: Annibal and Cameron are essentially the same size, they also 278 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 3: have wildly different styles, like they're not passing things back 279 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 3: and forth, but either of them could potentially pass some 280 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 3: stuff to Genevieve. And so I just put it in 281 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 3: a bin and we periodically look inside the bin. And 282 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 3: because there's a big enough gap, like there's almost six 283 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 3: years between Genevieve and Annabel and like four between, I 284 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 3: can like get away with not having great system, because 285 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 3: it's not going to it's as long as I look 286 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 3: at that bin, like every year or two, I'm going 287 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 3: to catch stuff, is my point, because it's like a 288 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 3: pretty long window before it's actually ready for her. And 289 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 3: then the worst case is if I missed the boat, 290 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 3: then I. 291 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 2: Can send it to my niece. So yeah, that someone 292 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 2: can get it, someone can use it. So we actually 293 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 2: we probably have more of a hand me down system 294 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 2: than we even really use at this point. But we 295 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 2: have bins for pretty much all kids sizes now in 296 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 2: a closet in our house, and so they're labeled like 297 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 2: size five T slash five or the size seven, size 298 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 2: eight ten, And the goal is to be able to 299 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 2: pull some of this stuff out of there for the 300 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 2: little boys in particular as they are getting to those 301 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 2: individual sizes. And so it's been really fun to see 302 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 2: some of the clothes that Jasper or Sam wore on Henry. Now, 303 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 2: obviously all of it doesn't make it as one might imagine, 304 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 2: there are many items of clothing that you cannot have 305 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 2: four little boys wear and expect them to survive just 306 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 2: the sheer passage of time. It also turns out that, 307 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 2: for instance, little boy sweatpants do not last because the 308 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 2: elastic in the waistband falls apart after about I don't know, 309 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 2: three four years. So in fact, we haven't even been 310 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 2: able to use most of Alex's pants for Henry, which 311 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 2: was kind of sad, but that is what it is. 312 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: They also cost like nine dollars to buys. 313 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 2: I'm not really you know, hoping for heirloom quality little 314 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 2: boys sweatpants, but things like coats and boots, snow pants, sweatshirts, 315 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 2: dressy sweaters, those can all be passed down. 316 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: And so it's really fun to be able to see that. 317 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the sentimental piece of that must be 318 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 3: really really cool. 319 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: Yeah. 320 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 2: And there was like one remarkably resilient orange T shirt. 321 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 2: It was like a sort of mesh orange T shirt 322 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 2: that had shirks on it, and that like literally everyone 323 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 2: has worn because it just it's indestructible. I don't know, 324 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 2: like most T shirts won't last for seventeen years, but 325 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 2: that did. 326 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, So repurpose your clothes, repurpose your kid's clothes, and 327 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 3: maybe be more systematic about it than me. It sounds 328 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 3: like Laura's label. The size of system actually sounds extremely smart, 329 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 3: so especially if you have more kids than I have, 330 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 3: go for. 331 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: It, exactly. 332 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 2: But even if you are passing it back and forth 333 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 2: to another family who live near you, you know, if 334 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 2: you're like, Okay, here's the ban of size six clothes, 335 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 2: take what you want. 336 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: Get rid of the rest or whatever. It's nice to 337 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: have as sort of organized that way. 338 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 3: No, you're right, that's probably way more appealing even in 339 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 3: a buy nothing group or in your neighborhood giveaway group, 340 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 3: to be like, who wants all of these clothes in 341 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 3: this size? Like that's actually usable? 342 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, exactly. 343 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 2: What about food, Sarah, let's get to leftovers repurposing food. 344 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 3: Oh, we're better at repurposing those, I got to say. 345 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 3: We our leftover game is pretty narn strong. Most weeks 346 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,360 Speaker 3: we eat it one way or the other. So sometimes 347 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 3: we have planned leftovers for a dinner. I know you 348 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 3: guys don't do that a lot, but we'll be like 349 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 3: Wednesday and Thursday we reading spaghetti and meatballs and salad 350 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 3: and just make a lot of pasta and it works out. Otherwise, 351 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 3: I love taking leftovers for lunch. And I think I 352 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 3: talked about how I'm working on better work, better planned 353 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 3: out work lunches, So I'm trying to kind of like Earmark, Like, Okay, 354 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 3: if I'm cooking on Sunday, I'm packaging some up right away, 355 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 3: and like that's my lunch for Monday. And so when 356 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 3: you're putting it away, putting it directly into containers that 357 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 3: can be put in your lunch bag, I think is key. 358 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 3: Or with my kids, they love heated leftovers in a 359 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 3: thermos that you heat that morning. It's like they love that. Yeah. 360 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 3: So I think making extra as long as you plan 361 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 3: to eat it can just be incredibly efficient and a 362 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 3: great way to use things I'd say we're not as 363 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 3: good about, like I don't know, just like accumulation of 364 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 3: random ingredients or things that go into the freezer. Like 365 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 3: I feel like I could systematically be better at like 366 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 3: repurposing the nuts that we have lying around things like that. 367 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, so we do sometimes make a second 368 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 2: dinner out of stuff, but it's more like we will 369 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 2: reuse the main protein of something as an ingredient in 370 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 2: a second meal. So if we grilled a bunch of 371 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 2: steaks on the weekend, it's just as easy to grill 372 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 2: a few extras and then that can become steak fahetas 373 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 2: eats some night during the week, so we have definitely 374 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 2: done that. So our house managers sometimes cooks on like Wednesdays, 375 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,199 Speaker 2: and if we haven't made it through all of that stuff, 376 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 2: like sometimes if we have a night Thursday or Friday 377 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 2: where people are in and out, the adults will mostly 378 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 2: just eat that. It tends to be more the adults 379 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 2: who are eating a lot of the leftovers in my house, 380 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 2: unless there's leftover pasta or leftover mac and cheese, and 381 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 2: the kids will often have that as snacks. But yeah, 382 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 2: I eat leftovers for lunch most days, so if there's 383 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 2: anything leftover from the night before, I will have that 384 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 2: as my lunch. I will say that if you are 385 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 2: working from home, the leftover game for lunch can actually 386 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 2: be a little bit different, or you don't have to 387 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 2: heat it. 388 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: Up in the microwave. 389 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 2: And this was a key learning for me, like life 390 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 2: hack here, which is that many things taste better when 391 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 2: you saute them right because you're putting oil in the 392 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 2: pan and so it's a little bit you know, it's 393 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 2: warmed all the way through, and it's got that extra 394 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 2: a little bit of the fat that it's cooking in, 395 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 2: so that can make leftovers a lot better. 396 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: That it's not just whatever you had heat it up 397 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: in the microwave. 398 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 2: It's that you throw it in a pan and saute it, 399 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 2: and then you can add extra things to it, right, 400 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 2: like you know, maybe throw in some frozen corn if 401 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 2: you had that, or extra ved geez, or put some 402 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 2: rice on it. Adding a new ingredient is another way 403 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 2: to make repurpose food taste even different the next day 404 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 2: or so. 405 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 1: So I like to add chipotle mayo to a lot 406 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 1: of leftovers because. 407 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 2: That then makes it spicy, and I dip whatever I 408 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 2: had the day before into the mayo and it's like 409 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 2: an entirely different meal. 410 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 3: I also think put an egg on it could be 411 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,239 Speaker 3: a great home lunch hack where if everybody ate all 412 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 3: the protein, which sometimes happens in our house, like I 413 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 3: didn't buy enough chicken, but nap out a pile of 414 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 3: rice and vegetables. I can use them by cracking an 415 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 3: egg or two on there, and then all of a sudden, 416 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 3: I've added back in the protein and also shout out 417 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 3: to the toaster oven. Like frozen slices of pizza. Put 418 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 3: in the toaster oven for three seventy five for about 419 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 3: twenty minutes come out like you got them at the 420 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 3: pizza shop. I love it. 421 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, like the bust. 422 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,959 Speaker 2: Well, it's sort of a fun thing with hosting a party. 423 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 2: I do like to buy a little extra. Obviously, you 424 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 2: don't want to run out of food for your guests. 425 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 2: But then I'm often having that for lunch for days afterwards, 426 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 2: and it's like a very special lunch that you're having 427 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 2: cocktail shrimp and party nuts and like the fancy veggies 428 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:14,239 Speaker 2: with dip and all that. 429 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: So it's like, you know. 430 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 2: A little bit better than you you would have probably 431 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 2: been eating otherwise. I mean, I'm not saying that it's 432 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 2: not wonderful to have a microwave burrito, but sometimes the 433 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 2: party leftovers are a little bit more exciting. 434 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 3: Oh that's awesome. We don't take our quick break again 435 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 3: and then get to some household items that we are 436 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:48,120 Speaker 3: repurposing these days. Well, we are back. 437 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 2: This episode is about all things repurposing. We've started off 438 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 2: with a discussion of our empties, things we have had 439 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 2: to replace because we have completely used them up. Talk 440 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 2: about reusing your own ip, you know, having repurposing of clothes, 441 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 2: repurposing of food. The next category, of course is household 442 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 2: so what are some of the household items that you 443 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 2: wind up repurposing, Sarah. 444 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 3: Yours are so much better than mine. I think you 445 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 3: come up that many. I mean, we definitely the idea 446 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 3: that you're going to like get rid of your legos 447 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 3: once you've built the thing that's in the picture. Obviously 448 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 3: we don't do that. We keep those, We mix them 449 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,360 Speaker 3: all together. The kids make various stuff. I also will 450 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 3: say that when you have to buy a million poster 451 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 3: boards for school, don't forget the back of the poster board, 452 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 3: especially if you're the kind that are white on both sides. 453 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 3: There is no reason that can't be the next poster. 454 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 3: And the rate at which our school seems to ask 455 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 3: for poster boards, this is very important. And then well, 456 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 3: the last one you do as well. But gift bags 457 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 3: big time, I mean birthday party. You carefully fold all 458 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 3: those up and then we put them in the closet 459 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 3: and we have a whole collection of gift bags. 460 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: Yeah. 461 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 2: No, definitely do not throw out your gift bags. It's 462 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 2: a little harder to repurpose like actual wrapping paper. I 463 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 2: know some people do this. So if somebody was very careful, 464 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 2: for instance, opening a birthday present or opening a Christmas present, 465 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 2: then you might be able to fold it up and 466 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 2: especially reuse it for smaller things. I tend not to 467 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 2: have quite as good a system for that, but gift 468 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 2: bags absolutely. I've noticed most people do not actually write 469 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 2: the child's name on the gift bag itself, so that 470 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 2: means like it's fair game for anything. So we have 471 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 2: at least two dozen gift bags in the closet, so 472 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 2: anytime that a kid is invited to a birthday party, 473 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 2: we can reuse one of those gift bags with some 474 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 2: tissue paper in it, or for our own kids. Sometimes 475 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 2: if it's an oddly shaped item, I will I will 476 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 2: use a gift bag as well, So big shout out 477 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 2: to that idea. We've actually reused some gift tags for 478 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 2: I think I mentioned this in one of our holiday episodes. 479 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 2: But we buy these really nice gift tags and then 480 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 2: every year there's gonna be a gift to Alex for 481 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 2: Mommy and daddy. They'll be several So now I have 482 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 2: gift tags'd say that, so I can reuse them. 483 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: But yeah, we have a bin of old old Halloween costumes. 484 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 2: So I know a lot of kids like to play 485 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 2: dress up, especially you know, kids just sort of in 486 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 2: the four to seven year old range. That's a big 487 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:12,120 Speaker 2: thing for creative play at that age. And the more 488 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 2: stuff you have, the better. And if you've been buying 489 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 2: Halloween costumes for lo these many years, you probably have 490 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 2: all sorts of size four to eight superhero related stuff 491 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 2: that they can then be spider Man and dance around 492 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 2: the house as spider Man, Batman, iron Man. 493 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 1: Who else? 494 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 3: In our house we had every Disney princess, every Disney princess. 495 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 2: Well I only have one girl, so we have a 496 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,199 Speaker 2: limited number of the Disney princes. We have some we 497 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 2: actually have. We have oh, Elsa. Everyone has Elsa, but 498 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 2: that's at Elsa. We have bell M. 499 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:50,360 Speaker 1: Trying to think who else? 500 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 3: We had an aerial Okay, yeah, actually we had. 501 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 1: We had an Anna too. That was the year with you. 502 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: She really did both, I think. 503 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 2: But yeah, you can use all sorts of Holloween costumes 504 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 2: for your dress up bin for later, or if you 505 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 2: know you have your own random things that you aren't 506 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 2: entirely sure you want to toss. If you had to 507 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 2: have a top hat for some random work bonding event, 508 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 2: like it just goes in there and you make the 509 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 2: most of it. I would say, if you have a 510 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 2: set of formal dishware that you don't actually use that often, 511 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 2: like if it's only for parties or something like that, 512 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 2: try to give it some sort of everyday life in 513 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 2: other ways. So maybe it's that you just put it 514 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 2: as decorse somewhere, but it could also you could use 515 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 2: a pitcher for flowers that you could reuse that. I 516 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 2: use some of the plates to go under plants, and 517 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 2: so then it's kind of more decorative than just whatever 518 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 2: random plastic plate I happened to throw under a plant. 519 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 2: It's like, oh, it's a nice china looking thing that 520 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 2: I'm using for that to maybe if it was my 521 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,679 Speaker 2: own heirloom china that I was except not wanting to 522 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 2: have anything ever get on it, I wouldn't do that. 523 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,120 Speaker 2: But in my case, this this set kind of came 524 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 2: with the house, so I'm trying to repurpose it. 525 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 3: You might as well use it, either sell it or 526 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 3: use it. I don't know there's any reason to do 527 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,439 Speaker 3: just hoard it. 528 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 1: It's so funny. I mean, I think it's a beautiful pattern. 529 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 2: It's one of those lovely white and blue and I'm 530 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 2: sure it was nice, you know when it was or something, right, Yeah, 531 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 2: but what's so funny is that it's really old and 532 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 2: so like the coffee cups, like for after dinner coffee 533 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 2: are these tiny little things like I can't imagine when 534 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 2: I like serving my guests like a four ounces of 535 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 2: coffee and be like that's all you get. 536 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 3: The humans like used to drink less or something they 537 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 3: must have all right, I guess the Americans drink a 538 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 3: lot because it's after the coffee. 539 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 2: It must have been that you only were having a 540 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 2: little like you don't want to be up all night 541 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 2: then versus now as well. But it's almost humorous, like 542 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 2: I could not see like serving this to somebody with 543 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 2: a straight face. 544 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: It's almost like thimble list. 545 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 3: That's funny. 546 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 2: Last category Sarah templates and lists. So we know that 547 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 2: some of our listeners have made an art form of this. 548 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 3: I mean I do a ton of template reusing at work. 549 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 3: I've talked about that before. Those expanded phrases. You just 550 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 3: type a few things and then you have a whole 551 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 3: thing to fill out. Love it, love it, love it. 552 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 3: I have a few phrases on my using apples keyboard 553 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 3: shortcuts that do that as well. But I will say 554 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 3: when I'm making a list, like a packing list or something. 555 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 3: I Actually, I think both of us. I like to 556 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 3: start fresh because it's almost like the act of making 557 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,719 Speaker 3: a list is the act of like thinking through it. However, 558 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 3: I'm going to give a shout out to a Before 559 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 3: Breakfast episode that I listened to with Amanda, who I'm 560 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,879 Speaker 3: friends with, and you did a great job interviewing her, 561 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 3: and one of her ideas was to have a packing 562 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 3: list notebook in which she would create each list fresh, 563 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 3: so she's not like reusing the whole list, but she 564 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 3: can flip back and look at prior lists for ideas 565 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 3: and inspiration, and perhaps if she forgot something, she would 566 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 3: like underline it so she'd see it. I kind of 567 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 3: think that's like the sweet spot there because you're generating 568 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 3: it fresh, but then you have like this reference to 569 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 3: check yourself. And perhaps if I had done something like that, 570 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 3: I would have brought bathing suits to Montana, and instead 571 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 3: I had to go to Target. It was annoying. The 572 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 3: line was super long. 573 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 2: Well totally because you know, like I'm skiing, Like the 574 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 2: first thing you think is not swimsuit, Like obviously if 575 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 2: you're going to a beach resort, you're thinking swimsuit, although 576 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 2: even then, like reminding yourself to bring flip flops, you know, 577 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 2: you don't necessarily think of that first thing. 578 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 1: And then going to like city vacations. 579 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 2: I don't know, if you're going to Paris or something, 580 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 2: you might want to pack an umbrella if the forecast 581 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 2: remotely seems like it might rain over the course of week. Now, 582 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 2: obviously you don't need to drive yourself crazy with this. 583 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 2: If you're going to somewhere that has civilization, you can 584 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 2: buy an umbrella, right They use umbrellas most way everywhere 585 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 2: the world that you would be traveling, and so you can, 586 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 2: in fact purchase one, just as Sarah did in fact 587 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 2: purchase swimsuits at the Target in bos Montana. But given 588 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 2: that a swimsuit takes zero space in a suitcase, that's, 589 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 2: you know, the kind of thing that it's just as 590 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 2: easy to throw in. So reusing a packing list, even 591 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 2: if you are creating a new list, having the old 592 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 2: ones is helpful. I also I save all my holiday 593 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 2: gift lists in one notebook, and this is helpful Partly, 594 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 2: you know, I don't want to give the same relative 595 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 2: a pair of shearling gloves two years in a row, 596 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 2: even though it seems like they might like them, which 597 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 2: is why I gave them to a last year. I 598 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 2: don't know, maybe they lost them, like maybe it actually 599 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 2: would be a good gift, but just to try and 600 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 2: make sure that I don't have that same thought of like, oh, yes, 601 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 2: that is a brilliant gift for this person too many 602 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 2: years in a row. 603 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 3: I love that because there's also a sentimental piece of 604 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 3: that too, Like I love the idea of flipping back 605 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 3: ten years and being like, oh, we got Jasper this 606 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 3: little kid thing and now he's like in college, Like 607 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 3: that's cool. Gift notebook, Yeah, I mean my list does. 608 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 2: I only started doing this a few years ago, so 609 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 2: it doesn't go quite that far back. But it is 610 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 2: like an actively managed list each time that you know, 611 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 2: I'm creating and I have to cross many things out 612 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,239 Speaker 2: and then I have to add things because everyone has 613 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 2: the same number of wrapped things under the tree. 614 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: But it is helpful to at least be able to 615 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: reference that. 616 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 3: I've also seen people do something similar with like their 617 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 3: holiday planning or like holiday meals and stuff, where they'll 618 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 3: kind of keep everything in a binder and then just 619 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 3: like reuse the same recipes and like add notes here 620 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 3: after year, Okay, need more cranberry sauce and again. That 621 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 3: way they're not reinventing the wheel. If they're holding the 622 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 3: same kind of celebration, they can just refer. 623 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, I probably should do that with Thanksgiving because I 624 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 2: mean every year I'm like, well, where was my where 625 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 2: was my gravy recipe? I mean it's somewhere, It's in 626 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 2: the pile and I can find it, but it's you know, 627 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 2: maybe it should be cralled a little bit. 628 00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 3: Digital could be good too, Like Apple notes would be 629 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 3: so easy to make just like Thanksgiving folder and then 630 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 3: just throw everything there. 631 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no, definitely. So you know, lots of different 632 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 2: ways we can repurpose things. So we would love to 633 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 2: hear your lists as well. Like if you have this 634 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 2: an amazing template that you use and repurpose all the time, 635 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 2: I would love to hear about it. 636 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: You can let us know. 637 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 2: So this week's question, though, is related from maybe it's 638 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 2: sent in by whoever is annoyed for me that they're 639 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 2: getting that box of size six items. It says, what 640 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 2: do you do if people give you hand me down 641 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 2: such as clothes or toys or household items that you 642 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 2: really don't want. 643 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 3: I mean, first of all, I hope I think it 644 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 3: is when you are passing things down, you need to ask. 645 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 3: It's not a I have these things for you, I'll 646 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 3: drop them off on Thursday. It's like would you like 647 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 3: this box of size six kids clothes? And then you 648 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 3: get to say yes or no. And I'm the kind 649 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 3: of person who if I don't need them, like and 650 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 3: often I don't just say no, thank you. And honestly, 651 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 3: I don't feel like anybody has tried to give me 652 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 3: hand me downs for a while, just because I already 653 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 3: have kids that would be handy. I guess they could 654 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 3: give to hand me down to like my tweens, but 655 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 3: that just doesn't happen as often. So haven't been in 656 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 3: this position for a while. Then again, once in a while, 657 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 3: I might be asked to perhaps take a batch of 658 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 3: stuff where I know some of the things might be useful, 659 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 3: like my sister in law offers some ski clothes and 660 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 3: we're like yes because ski stuff is super expensive, and 661 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 3: like they live in Florida too, so it's not like 662 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 3: that stuff is heavily used. And then the key question 663 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 3: to ask is is it okay? Or if I don't 664 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 3: need everything, Do you want it back or should I 665 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 3: donate it? And that way you are kind of set free. 666 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 3: You can take one thing from the pile and donate 667 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 3: the rest, or you can give it back if that's 668 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 3: what they say they would prefer. So that's kind of 669 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 3: my approach. 670 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think some people. I mean, there are definitely 671 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 2: times when hand medowns are very helpful. And again, yeah, 672 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 2: things like snow pants and like it saves you a 673 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 2: ton of money that you don't have to purchase it, 674 00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 2: especially if you're only going to use it twice a year. 675 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 2: Like I mean, it's great get those hand me down 676 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 2: and then give those things a new life. I think 677 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 2: sometimes people have some guilt about like having stuff that 678 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 2: they haven't used or that maybe they spent more on 679 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,040 Speaker 2: than they wanted to or and they feel like if 680 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,959 Speaker 2: I give it to somebody else, that assuages my guilt 681 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 2: of it, and so it's like very important to them 682 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 2: that they get it to you, whether you're all that 683 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 2: excited about it or not. So I mean, if you've 684 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 2: got somebody like this, I think you can wave it 685 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 2: off and be like, you know, like oh my gosh, 686 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 2: that's so generous of you. But we just had my 687 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 2: daughter's birthday and she got so much new clothes we 688 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,360 Speaker 2: can't even fit it all in the closet right now, 689 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 2: you know, or something like that, just to imply like 690 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 2: recognizing the generosity but also waving it off as much 691 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 2: as possible if you really think it's important to the person, 692 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 2: I mean, maybe you could pull out one thing from it, 693 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 2: donate the rest, and then like point to that thing 694 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 2: all the time, right so if I'm trying to think 695 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 2: what it would be. But like, maybe they passed along 696 00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 2: some ridiculous vase that they were never going to use 697 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 2: their house, and you find it's not terrible. 698 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: You can put it somewhere in your house. 699 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,399 Speaker 2: Like every time you see that person, be like, oh, 700 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,880 Speaker 2: I have the most gorgeous lilies in that vase you 701 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 2: gave me. 702 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: I love it, thank. 703 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:19,799 Speaker 2: You so much, and just like keep hyping that one 704 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,880 Speaker 2: thing over and over again. 705 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, but then they've pegged you as like this person 706 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 3: likes my hammi. 707 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:29,919 Speaker 2: Down But I don't know, yeah, maybe not. Hopefully there's 708 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:31,839 Speaker 2: not too much more stuff coming with that. But then yeah, 709 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:33,799 Speaker 2: I think you know, you can quietly donate a lot 710 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 2: of stuff. But I like Sarah's language too, would you 711 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 2: like it back? Or should I donate it and you 712 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 2: know maybe or like, would you mind if I passed 713 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,719 Speaker 2: along anything I couldn't use and then you know, feel 714 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 2: free to do what you want with it. 715 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,480 Speaker 1: All right. Love of the Week Sarah Well. 716 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 3: I talked about the weather last week, and I have 717 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,919 Speaker 3: to say I'm enjoying wearing I have like the old 718 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 3: school classic LLBean like they feel. I don't know if 719 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 3: they're actual Swede, but they feel swedy on the outside 720 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:00,879 Speaker 3: and they have like sheeps getting the inside, and it's 721 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,919 Speaker 3: very rare when I get to use them legitimately. They're 722 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 3: so comfortable. So shout out to just a really comfy 723 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,719 Speaker 3: pair of classic slippers that last year after year I've 724 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 3: been not repurposing, but we're using them for probably more 725 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 3: than a decade now. They're awesome. 726 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:15,440 Speaker 1: Awesome. 727 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,720 Speaker 2: Well, in terms of repurposing, I love seeing a coat 728 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,399 Speaker 2: on Henry that has been used for all my other kids, 729 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 2: or at least all my other boys, getting to see 730 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:27,560 Speaker 2: it used a fourth time. 731 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: For years. 732 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,840 Speaker 2: We were using a snowsuit that I think my brother's 733 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,319 Speaker 2: kids had used, so it was even better, like had 734 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,319 Speaker 2: been used for twenty plus years. That's really great when 735 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 2: something can be repurposed that often, but it's fun to 736 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,959 Speaker 2: haul out these little kid coats as the kids get 737 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 2: big enough to use them. And this comes in handy too, 738 00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,759 Speaker 2: because it turns out that children lose coats. And so 739 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,240 Speaker 2: when a certain child had left a coat at school 740 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,480 Speaker 2: and it could not be found, could not be located 741 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 2: in the lost and found, who knows where it went. 742 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,239 Speaker 2: Maybe it didn't get left school, Maybe I'll love somewhere else. 743 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: I don't know. 744 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 2: There was another coat of that size available from past 745 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,719 Speaker 2: children using coats, so nobody had to be coatless until 746 00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 2: we could figure out another solution. 747 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 3: Awesome. 748 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,800 Speaker 2: Well, this has been best of both worlds. We have 749 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,279 Speaker 2: been talking repurposing. We will be back next week with 750 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,320 Speaker 2: more on making work and life fit together. 751 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,840 Speaker 3: Thanks for listening. You can find me Sarah at the 752 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 3: shoebox dot com or at the Underscore Shoebox on Instagram, 753 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:33,000 Speaker 3: and you. 754 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 2: Can find me Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. This 755 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,560 Speaker 2: has been the best of both worlds podcasts. Please join 756 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,360 Speaker 2: us next time for more on making work and life 757 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 2: work together.