1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Hi. This is Laura Vandercamp. I'm a mother of five, 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: an author, journalist, and speaker. And this is Sarah hart Onunger. 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: I'm a mother of three, a practicing physician and blogger. 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: On the side, we are two working parents who love 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: our careers and our families. Welcome to Best of Both Worlds. 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: Here we talk about how real women manage work, family, 7 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: and time for fun, from figuring out childcare to mapping 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: out long term career goals. We want you to get 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: the most out of life. Welcome to Best of Both Worlds. 10 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: This is Laura. This is episode two hundred and twenty nine, 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: which is airing in mid to late December, right before Christmas. 12 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: Over the next two episodes, we're going to be doing 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: our year in review retrospective, looking at all the things 14 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: that happened or that we enjoyed over the past year. 15 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: We invite you to share yours as well, of course, 16 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: over at our Best of Both Worlds podcast Instagram, if 17 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: you're at our Patreon community of course, or either of 18 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: our blogs. We'd love to hear what worked for you 19 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: over the course of the year, anything you've learned, anything 20 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: you particularly enjoyed, and recommendations you want to share with 21 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: our community whatever would be your love of the week 22 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: over the past fifty two weeks. So, Sarah, when this 23 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: airs in December twenty first, are you guys going to 24 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: be off school at that point? Yes, we are going 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: to definitely be off school. My kids actually have two 26 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: weeks and one day off. And I was thinking about 27 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: how many days that was, and I was thinking it 28 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 1: was fifteen, but it's actually seventeen because you also got 29 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: the weekend a lot of days. However, six of those 30 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: days they're going to be spending in quote unquote camp 31 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: in part because I am working for a lot of 32 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: winter break and so is my husband and it all 33 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: goes well and no one gets sick. That means they'll 34 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: actually have two days of camp where I do not 35 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: have work and I have childcare. So I'm looking forward 36 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: to that as my own personal treaty. Yes, your own 37 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: little present for two days out of seventeen. Yeah, exactly. 38 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: Although you know I got seventeen. There is a lot, 39 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: Like I was just thinking, I mean, if ever you 40 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: could coordinate it, or you know, your work life looks 41 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: different or something, you guys could like go to New 42 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 1: Zealand or something and that length of a time, if 43 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: that's the length of time you get off, and over 44 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: winter break we never get that long. So were my 45 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: kids will still be in school when this airs, and 46 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: they will be right up to the twenty fourth. They 47 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: get the twenty fourth off, but not any days before that. 48 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: Then there is the week off through to January first, 49 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: of course, but you know, other than that, not so much. 50 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: So it doesn't quite work with the New Zealand trip, 51 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: especially not this year, given them. I don't think New 52 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: Zealand's accepting people anyway, and I couldn't keep a mask 53 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: on a toddler for seventeen hours. But anyway, we won't 54 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: go there. Well, New Zealand would be tougher because I'm 55 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: not New Zealand specifically, but travel because usually Josh has 56 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: to work at least one major holiday every single year, 57 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: and he's very stubborn about not wanting to work Thanksgiving, 58 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: so that usually means Christmas or New Year's. However, next year, 59 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: I'm hoping not to work any of those majors. So 60 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: we're thinking about like a ski trip or something. Yeah, yeah, no, 61 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: but I mean it's just a lot of time to 62 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: play with. Yeah, a lot of days it's like a 63 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: mini summer. Well, I've been thinking about that just if 64 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: we ever did make it over to Asia Pacific, right, 65 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 1: you know that you want to go for a long 66 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: enough time to make it worth it on the flight, 67 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,360 Speaker 1: and we don't have that long winter break, and so 68 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 1: it's sort of unclear when that would ever actually happen. 69 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: Summer well, but that's their winter, so it's slightly less 70 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: exciting to go, you know, do stuff there. I mean, 71 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: maybe you know, could be good. We'll see anyway, So 72 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: we're what are you guys going to do for the break? 73 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: Then you're going to put the kids in camp? You're 74 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: so six of the days will be camp, which is 75 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: actually a really wonderful benefit. Our school offers this, not 76 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: for the actual holidays, of course, but I think the 77 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: Monday through Wednesday of each week. So they're going to 78 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: do that and that shouldn't be too disruptive because it's 79 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: the same like normal drop off and routin as school 80 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: would be. And then I'm going to try to impose 81 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: some structure because that's just a lot of days. And 82 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: again it's like either to be myself in charge or 83 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: my husband in charge. A lot of the time it's 84 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: gonna like kind of flip flop. So I am planning 85 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: on number one, creating kind of like a little calendar 86 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: so they can see what to expect, because I think 87 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: sometimes the nebulous uncertainty can add to I don't know, 88 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: like behavior stuff for my kids end, and I do 89 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: want to stick to like kind of like relatively normal bedtimes, 90 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: like not drift you know, hours hours later and kind 91 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: of this is our wonderful weather season, so I want 92 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: to take advantage of doing lots of outdoor stuff in 93 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: the morning and then settling in for screen time in 94 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: the afternoon. That's kind of our normal template. They got 95 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: a Nintendo Switch for Hanaka, so they are all about 96 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: that fun screen time, and it's actually been more fun 97 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: to see them like actually playing games together versus punched 98 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: over their own devices. So I'm happy about that. Oh 99 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: that's really cool. Yeah, Nintendo Switch has a group one. 100 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: My son has a Nintendo Switch, but it's like a handheld, 101 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 1: so that might be it. So it is you can 102 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: put it up on the big screen, and then you 103 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: can get multiple controllers, so there's games that involve you 104 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: can have multiplayer at once, or it can be like 105 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: old school like remember the like regular old Nintendo when 106 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: you would be playing Mario together and it would be 107 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: taking turns, but you're sort of you know, you're each 108 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: playing and you're each invested in watching, So it feels 109 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 1: more like that you're right, there is like its own screen, 110 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: but you don't have to use that, so we're not 111 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: encouraging use of that. We hooked it up to our 112 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,919 Speaker 1: TV so that it's like a family device, although the 113 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: irony is that they're greatly enjoying playing Super Mario Brothers One, 114 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: which can be purchased in a Nintendo game store for 115 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: like eight dollars and came out in the eighties. So 116 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: it just cracks me up that that game has stood 117 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: the test of time. What if that's the one that 118 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: came with the Nintendo, the original system, you know, or 119 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's original, but the one it 120 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: would have been around when I was like ten, I 121 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: actually beat that game. That's amazing. Go on my tombstone. 122 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: I know that is amazing because my husband, who's very 123 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 1: good at games, was like, I was never able to 124 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: beat that game. Well, so key thing is amazing. Last 125 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: part where you're like a rescue the Princess in the 126 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: eighth level or whatever, it's impossible to get through it 127 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 1: without one hit, and so you have to be the 128 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: big character at the end, like when you're going into 129 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: the final bridge, you have to be in a big 130 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: character state, and then if you are, you can take 131 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: the hit going through and rescue the princess. But it's 132 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: I mean, somebody can. If we have any other Super 133 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: Mario Brothers devoted, they're probably saying, Laura, you're completely misremembering 134 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: this from thirty years ago, But that is what is 135 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: lodged in my brain as the tactic required to end 136 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: it and rescue the princess. So knew we were going 137 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: to supply nineteen eighties video game tips. Yes, exactly, so 138 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: fun that one. Yeah, so I don't know where we're 139 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: I mean getting ready to move. I will be doing 140 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 1: a lot of driving boxes of stuff over to the house. 141 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: We may do an episode on moving at some point, 142 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: but suffice to say, even if you hire movers, it's 143 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: almost impossible to outsource everything when you have a lar 144 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: large household. Like I'm not saying that a couple with 145 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: one apartment, you know, two bedroom apartment couldn't manage to 146 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: get everything. But in our case, Like, you know, they 147 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: won't take stuff like live plants, so you either have 148 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: to chuck the plants or move them yourself. Right, You 149 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: know a lot of stuff that just doesn't make any 150 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: sense for a mover to pack up carefully. I mean, 151 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: it's just like little toys. But if there's a bin 152 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: of toys, I mean they're going to wrap each one 153 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: individually and put it in a box, and that's just 154 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: it makes no sense, like I should just the two 155 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: of us will put it in our trunks and drive 156 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: it over and put it in the basement and deal 157 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: with it later. So that will occupy a reasonable chunk 158 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: of you know, the time of Christmas break, haha, Mary, Christmas. 159 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: I am also hoping to declutter in preparation for the 160 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: move during break, and I'm trying to jazz the kids 161 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: up about that. Yeah. So I may be on top 162 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: of video games from the nineteen eighties, however, I am 163 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: a lot less on top of pop culture from twenty 164 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: twenty one. So it was somewhat of a sad moment 165 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: in the preparation for this episode when Sarah was sending 166 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: me her best of lists from twenty twenty one. In 167 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: all these categories, and I'm like, what is that? Like, 168 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: I don't even know. So Sarah's going to probably take 169 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: the lead on sharing the best of stuff from our 170 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: pop culture categories. However, my caveat is that, as part 171 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: of spending ninety percent of my brain space renovating a house, 172 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 1: if you have any questions on preferred paint colors. For instance, 173 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: I can recommend Iceberg as a nice light blue shade, 174 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: which is suitable for bedrooms that you might have hardwood 175 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,199 Speaker 1: floors in, which we did in Golden Oak that was 176 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: our stain. Navajo white is a very nice sort of 177 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: warm white cream color, almost a bit of a yellow 178 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: tent to it. That is good for a neutral, that's 179 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,119 Speaker 1: a warm neutral. If you're doing that in various spaces, 180 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: I can recommend Cambria surface, like the for countertops. We 181 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:06,839 Speaker 1: went with the Iron Bridge for our counters. So if 182 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: you're in the window market, I would recommend Pella's Architects series, 183 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: the ones with the integrated world screen. All right, now 184 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: we can get to TV, which I know nothing about. 185 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, the Iron News. I'm like, I'm actually like, ooh, 186 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: I might need to write those paink colors down. I 187 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: don't know. About the rest of the audience, though hopefully 188 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: there's some people that applied to all right, So yes, 189 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: today's episode is going to be more like pop culture 190 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 1: and product favorites for the year, and then next week 191 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: you're going to hear a little bit more like personal 192 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: year in review type stuff, just to clarify that. So 193 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: I started a TV series, and I just wanted to 194 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: share my absolute, hands down most enjoyable TV series this 195 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: year was White Lotus, which I believe aired on HBO. 196 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: My husband and I loved watching this together. It was 197 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: like a total binge watch. I think it's six or 198 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: eight total episodes. I hope they are going to be 199 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: coming out with other seasons. But it's just like set 200 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: in a luxury hotel, total upstairs downstairs vibe, but also 201 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 1: just like kind of making fun of some really obnoxious people, 202 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: which is a genre I sometimes enjoy. So it was great. 203 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: I loved it. And it's a Mike White produced series 204 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: and he's just awesome. So yeah, and then we talked 205 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: about family TV and I was saying, uh, actually I 206 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: didn't put anything, but I will I will give a 207 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: note towards Bluey. My kids loved watching that. Australian dog 208 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: cartoon this year. I have not watched it. Do you 209 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: need to be like more seven years old to watch it? 210 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: Or is it no Genevieve like Genevie Vice? Okay, good 211 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: to know. So I have been reasonably impressed with Cocoa Melon. 212 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:42,959 Speaker 1: Over the course of the past few months, I've gotten 213 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: into the family dynamic, the mommy and daddy Tom Tom 214 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 1: is the older boy, Yo Yo is the older girl, 215 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: and then JJ of course is the baby who's kind 216 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: of the star of the show because it's aimed at 217 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: two year olds. But you know, the songs are kind 218 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: of catchy, and I thought they always had the same songs, 219 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: but I realized there's like twenty volumes and we had 220 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: just taped one, and that's why I was like, why 221 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,199 Speaker 1: do I keep hearing the same songs over and over again? 222 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: And some of them are really good in terms of 223 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: like they're you know, veggie eating propaganda, like peas peas, 224 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: It's time to eat my peas yeay yay. I like 225 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: them yum. And it's like, oh, it's time to go 226 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 1: to bed, yeay yay, it's time to go to bed. 227 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: I was like, let's sing that in art house, but 228 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: there's also fun ones like you know, my Mommy is 229 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: the Best, which is a very catchy song, and I 230 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: encourage the hearty singing of my Mommy is the best. 231 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: The best there ever was a lot of those songs 232 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: do have like the same sound to them. It's the 233 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: hilarious part. From a content production perspective, so I mean, 234 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: it's a very for an animated series. It must be 235 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: fairly economical to produce, because they have literally hired five 236 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: singers because I can tell you, like I heard one 237 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: of the frogs saying at one point and it was 238 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: the dad. It was the same voice as the dad. 239 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: So they have hired four treble singers and one bass singer. 240 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 1: They have you know, used either songs that are in 241 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: the public domain or have composed a few little catchy ditties, 242 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: and it's evaluated like a billion dollars or something. Universal 243 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: paid for it. I don't know, but it just I 244 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,959 Speaker 1: mean thinking they are expenses from a content production must 245 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: have been relatively minimal, so pretty profitable. Not bad. They 246 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: definitely hit the formula because Genevieve is four and above 247 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: the target audience and she's stills it and will sit 248 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: there motionless watching it. All right, So before we get 249 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: to the breakdown, did you see any movies this year? No, 250 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 1: I don't think I saw a single movie. I might 251 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: be wrong, but I really couldn't remember any, so I 252 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: don't think I did. I did watch Luca with the 253 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: kids and they enjoyed it, and I thought it was 254 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: pretty cute. And we just watched Elf. Does that count? 255 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: It's cute, that's more of a classic. You know, you 256 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: can repeat that. As this is airing, my kids will 257 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 1: have gone to Spider Man over the past week, and 258 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: the new Spider Man is out, which is supposed to 259 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: be like a top hit of the year, so they're very, 260 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: very excited about that one. Sopefully that will be a 261 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: you know, major plus for the year. Jasper's excited, Jasper's 262 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: Brilli into movies, and that the box office is slowly 263 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: coming back. It's still sort of relatively low, the totals 264 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: in comparison to say, twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, the top 265 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: stop something. You know, let's getting there, get there. So 266 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: we'll see. All right, let's take a quick break and 267 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: we'll be back with our our best of lists. Well, 268 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 1: Sarah and I are back with our twenty twenty one 269 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: best of lists. As mentioned before, I'm somewhat pathetic in 270 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: this and that I've consumed very little pop culture other 271 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: than Coco Melon over the course of the past year. 272 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: Sarah has been a bit better on this, so you know, 273 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 1: people take heart. Once your children get slightly older, maybe 274 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: just maybe you can watch a television show. So, Sarah, 275 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: how about the podcast category? Other than best of Both Worlds? 276 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: What was Yeah? And so many podcasts. I mean, this 277 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: doesn't even scratch the surface of what I listen to, 278 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: but probably my favorites, like the ones I get very 279 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: excited when they pop up into my feed. I love 280 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 1: No Stupid Questions with Angela Duckworth and Steven Dubner. I 281 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: listen to that like every weekend when I run. I 282 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: just love it. And actually, there's a new Freakonomics series 283 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: or podcast that came out this year called Freakonomics MD 284 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: that very much like hits all of my sweet spot 285 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: interests and it's done really, really well with a host 286 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: named Bapuu Jenna. He's awesome and entertaining. I still love 287 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: the Girl next Door podcast for just conversation and fun. 288 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: That's with Kelsey and Erica and it's just like a 289 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: really fun light listen. And then I don't think I've 290 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: missed an episode of Planners and Wine, which is an 291 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: awesome planning podcast that comes out every week. I'm actually 292 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: in their Patreon as well. Wonderful, wonderful. So obviously I'll 293 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: put in a plug for Best Laid which is another 294 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: excellent planning podcast. So if we have any listeners of 295 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: Best of Both Worlds who have not yet checked out 296 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: Sarah's Best Laid Plans, you should definitely do that. As 297 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: a family, we listen to wait, wait, don't tell me 298 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: on long car trips. So you know, there's only like 299 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: one episode a week, so if it's you've done multiple 300 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: car trips, you kind of are behind. You only can 301 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: get it for like forty five minutes, but you know 302 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: it's nice and Michael and I can listen to it, 303 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: gather and enjoy it. Sam listens to it. The little 304 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: kids are usually watching a movie, so I mean I 305 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: would not have, like, you know, if a five year 306 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: old was actually paying attention, it would might maybe not 307 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: be the best podcast for them to listen to. But 308 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: for you know, teens and preteens and adults, it's it's 309 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: pretty funny. So I enjoy listening to Peter Segal and 310 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: the rest of them on that. And of course I 311 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: still listen to the occasional episode of How to Money 312 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: as well. I'm a bit behind on listening to those, 313 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: but you know, I do occasionally listen to that as well. 314 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: We love Joel and Matt. We've had them on the 315 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: show too. All right, Sarah, how about me music? Okay, 316 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: So I had a great time last week listening to 317 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: the All Songs Considered Top Listener Picks of the Year episode. 318 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: So if you're looking for just a great list of 319 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: twenty pretty accessible artists and different genres that people liked 320 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: this year, I highly recommend that episode. I definitely caught 321 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: some of my highlights on that. I mean, I thought 322 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: there was a lot of good music that came out 323 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: this year. I think a lot of people were like 324 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: inspired during the pandemic and just did some really creative stuff. Currently, 325 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: I'm listening to brand the new Brandy Carlisle a lot. 326 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: We're actually going to see her in concert next year, 327 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: so I feel like I'm preparing. And then Casey Musgraves. 328 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: I loved her latest release and I have to admit 329 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: a runaway favorite that I did not expect is that 330 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: I greatly enjoyed the Little lass X album. So there 331 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: you go. Not a peg dat, but all right, that's excellent. 332 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: And do you have a kid's kids music favorite too, 333 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: like you listen to like the Kids Bop or whatever 334 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: it is. Well, my kids have finally like embraced one 335 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: like real artist. Although I think this band has a 336 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 1: lot of a large kid following, but they're super into 337 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 1: Imagine dragons, like the new song thunder Oh my God, 338 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:09,959 Speaker 1: Like how many times would we play that in the car. 339 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: But I'm just sort of happy that they have something 340 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: that they're interested in that's like quote, real music. But 341 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: I also really enjoy this kid's album called Cats Sit 342 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: On You by the Story Pirates. A lot of kids 343 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: music is really annoying. This to me feels like crossover 344 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 1: between kids' music and like almost Broadway is like it 345 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: has like a show tune sound and the woman, especially 346 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: as like a great voice. So I definitely know a 347 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: lot of the words in that album and my kids 348 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: really like it and sound Spotify. So yeah, Cats Sit 349 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 1: On You by the Story Pirates excellent. Ellent, We're just 350 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,199 Speaker 1: gonna skip me here, moving on to Sarah's best of 351 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 1: beauty product beauty products you've discovered this year or have 352 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: ramped abuse of this year? How Towork? What was the 353 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 1: best of in that category? Probably my Sunday Riley Genes, 354 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,679 Speaker 1: which I ran out of and I actually miss Like 355 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: I feel like it's not common, but I actually am like, 356 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: oh my god, I have to get more. But I 357 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 1: feel that way about this product because it's just very, 358 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,199 Speaker 1: very smoothing and seems to change my skin a little bit. 359 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: I also learned that sadly, the really pricey renowned vitamin 360 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: C sereums that a lot of people talk about. I 361 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: can't stand the smell. I don't think I'm ever gonna 362 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: use vitamin C. I cannot get past it. It's multiple brands. 363 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,399 Speaker 1: I guess the real vitamin C has the smell that 364 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: like smells like old hot dogs, Like that is what 365 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: it smells like. I can't. I'm gonna move on. I'll 366 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: use retinol. I don't need vitamin C. It's fine, jeez, yuck. 367 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: All right, well, my my oldie, but goodye is the 368 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: ol a regenerous cream. And the upside is you can 369 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 1: buy a two pack at Costco for a very reasonable price, 370 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: like about what you would pay for one of them 371 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 1: in the drug store, and so I am able to 372 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,199 Speaker 1: just use that as I would like regular oldlution, like 373 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: put it all over my hands, put it all over 374 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: my face, because it's not pricey when you buy it 375 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 1: at Costco. And then I started doing botox again, which 376 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: I'm I don't know Stara's looking. I'm at the end 377 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: of the three months, so I have to get it again, 378 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: probably in January. But so, I mean I like it. 379 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: I like botox a lot. Sadly, this time they went 380 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: they decided I needed a little bit more around my eye, 381 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: and I think the needle just like slipped or something. 382 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: I wound up with a bruise on one of my 383 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: eyes that looked like I had, you know, either makeup 384 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: or something that. Unfortunately, it looked enough like makeup that 385 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: I could put something of a smooky eye on the 386 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 1: other side and it would look okay until it faded 387 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 1: or else. Like. This was the phase when Henry was 388 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: like throwing blocks, so I could also just say, eh, 389 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: must have been a block. So this occasional downside of 390 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 1: such things, you know, there nothing is ever perfect, And 391 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: I think I think the office is very good. It's 392 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,959 Speaker 1: just sometimes that happens. Well, I can vouch. I think 393 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 1: it's an amazing technology, and I also endorse the benefits 394 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: of these medical miracles that we have. All Right, next 395 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: clothing line, I know you're going to talk about your 396 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:12,439 Speaker 1: new goals, but I will say I am greatly enjoying 397 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 1: the made well, perfect fit vintage jeans for those that 398 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 1: want to venture out from the skinny jeans since they're 399 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 1: no longer cool. This is a great pair. They're very comfortable, 400 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: they're high waisted, they're flattering. I actually have them in 401 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 1: two sizes, one that's like, looks really cute but doesn't 402 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 1: feel amazing, and one that like is super comfortable, And 403 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: you can imagine which pair I reach for more. But 404 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: I really like this shape of them. I think they're 405 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: just really well tailored, made well. It does a great 406 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: job of jeans. Yeah, now that's good. I will give 407 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: a shout out to the general idea of a cowl 408 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: neck in a sweater that if you are wearing a 409 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,199 Speaker 1: sweater but you want something that looks a little you know, 410 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 1: fancier around your neck, that's often a way to do 411 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 1: that without you know, having to do anything else right, 412 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: Like it's just a little texture or a little shape 413 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: around your neck and can make it look a little 414 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,199 Speaker 1: bit more put together than just a plain old sweater. 415 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 1: But my actual aspiration for twenty twenty two is to 416 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 1: have a wardrobe that is worthy of my new closet, 417 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: because we made really great his and hers, you know, 418 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: custom closets in this new house, and so hopefully I 419 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: will be able to put stuff in it that will 420 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: make me excited to get dressed. So that's a that's 421 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: a goal for the year. But in the meantime, I've 422 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: been enjoying buying a Boden for Ruth and for some 423 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: other little girls. I know, it's just fun to buy 424 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 1: a little girl clothing from a very cute clothing company. 425 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 1: I've been doing a lot of under armour for the boys, 426 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: like teen and preteen boy clothes, just hard, hard, hard, 427 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: you know, Jaspers in men's sizes now, but still like 428 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: getting stuff that's not he's not You don't want to 429 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 1: look like an old man, so you know, what's what's 430 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 1: the teen boy look? And it seems to be a 431 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: lot of athletic gear is what I've been figuring out, 432 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: and so under armour seems to be the way to 433 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: go on that, and then more and more of us 434 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: in the family are wearing the American Giant hoodies. So 435 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: if you have not yet checked this out, you know, 436 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 1: probably a little late to get it for Christmas anyone 437 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,959 Speaker 1: listening to this, But they are a maid in America 438 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: Clothing company. They are very sturdy hoodies. They are pricey houddies, 439 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: like they're not going to be cheap, but they seem 440 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: to last for a very long time. It's now the 441 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: only hoodie I really wear when I'm wearing a hoodie, 442 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: So would recommend that Josh has one of those. And 443 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,719 Speaker 1: they are very heavy, like if you pick them up, 444 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: I'm like, they weigh like three pounds. So yes, they're 445 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,479 Speaker 1: probably also nice in South Florida. But if you are 446 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: in a part of the world like Pennsylvania where you 447 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 1: need something to wear for you know, three quarters of 448 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 1: the year, including indoors, because you otherwise be chilly unless 449 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: you've cranked the heat up to a point where you're 450 00:22:56,160 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 1: sweating and it's then it's good to have those, right, 451 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: So you made a big tech acquisition. Yes, I actually 452 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: had to look back because I was thinking about this 453 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: category and I had two tech acquisitions within the last 454 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 1: like fourteen months, but one of them was in twenty twenty, 455 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: and so my Airpad pros, which I freaking love and 456 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 1: like don't know why I waited so long to get them, 457 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 1: I love, but I bought them in December twenty twenty, 458 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 1: so they don't count. And last month I bought an 459 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,679 Speaker 1: Apple Watch, and I was skeptical. I was kind of 460 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 1: worried about the running aspect, especially because I've just heard 461 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 1: they're not quite as accurate as the garment. However, for me, 462 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: it seems for my purposes of my very amateur running 463 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: career here it's accurate enough. I mean, maybe it would 464 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: be different if I was like in a big city 465 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: and it was going to read one mile as like 466 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 1: three miles or something like that. But I'm mostly running 467 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: in flat suburban Florida, and I don't think it's hard 468 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: for GPS signals to get to the ground here, So 469 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: it works well for running for me, and it is 470 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: much more comfortable on my wrist, And very importantly, if 471 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: anybody's in medicine and has to authenticate multiple times a 472 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 1: day via the duo app, I can do that on 473 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: my wrist. So when I do certain prescriptions. I used 474 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: to have to like run to get my phone from 475 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: the office every time, and it would just like add 476 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: minutes at a moment when I didn't want to. And 477 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: now the signal makes it to my wrist and I 478 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: just go accept, and it's like, I mean, it's a 479 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: small thing, but for me, it's like it took a 480 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 1: very common annoyance out of my life. So even though 481 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: that seems like a silly reason, that is one reason 482 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 1: I really like it. And it also makes me feel 483 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: like I need to be less tethered to my phone 484 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: because I'm not going to missed off because the garment 485 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 1: I had did have a Bluetooth connection, but it was 486 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: rather tenuous, and so it was almost like I couldn't 487 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: trust it, whereas I feel like I can trust the 488 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: Apple Watch receiving my phone's data. So yeah, it's really great. 489 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: I like it. Well, if it saves few minutes every day, 490 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: like that's a good purchase right there. Yeah, that sounds great. Yeah, 491 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: our fun little tech equ No, I don't know if 492 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: it counts as tech, but we got we put in 493 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:06,640 Speaker 1: a theater room in the new house, and we tore 494 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 1: up some of the attic area and made it into 495 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: a theater room. And so we had got these six 496 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: reclining theater chairs, which I guess what makes some tech 497 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: is you have to plug them into the floor. So 498 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: this turned out to be this whole thing that we 499 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: wound up needing six outlets on the floor put in 500 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: to get the theater seating put in. But it should 501 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 1: be great have a big screen for you know, watching 502 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 1: movies and can tilt back the Saints. This was definitely 503 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: a request from the fourteen year old, but it should 504 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 1: be should be fun. How about books? What have you 505 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: gotten into Europe? Forty six, forty seven? Where are you now? 506 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: Think I'm at forty six, but I have two books 507 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: that are mostly done, so I'm going to be at 508 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: forty eight soon. So I'm now I'm like, can I 509 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: get a short book of poetry or something right? You know? No, seriously, 510 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: I'm not going to pick up a five hundred page 511 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: tome right now. So yes, you got it. My favorite 512 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: So I do keep a list so it's easy for 513 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: me to see what I really loved. And I will 514 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: admit it's probably weighted to the recency bias a little bit, 515 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: but my favorite novels were Greenwood by Michael Christie, which 516 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: I read in May, and Homegoing by Yagyassi, which I 517 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: read I think in sometime over the summer. Both actually 518 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: had a lot of similarities to them, like following multiple 519 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: generations through time, one of them into the future and 520 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 1: one of them way into the past. So kind of 521 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: some parallels there, and both really well written and incredibly 522 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: absorbing and engaging. So recommend both of those. And then 523 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: my favorite kind of like nonfiction books that I read. 524 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 1: I loved Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Berkman. I would 525 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: love to hear Laura and Oliver have like a face off, 526 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: not an antagonistic face off, because I think they actually 527 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: agree on a lot of things, but just an interview, 528 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 1: I guess. And then Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankel. 529 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: I had wanted to read that for so many years. 530 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: I mean that book came out like in the sixties 531 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: or something. It was a very meaningful read for me. 532 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 1: I thought it was just really powerful and a heartbreaking 533 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: story to read. I haven't read that much like holocaust literature, 534 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 1: and I think I've sort of avoided it for whatever reason, 535 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 1: but it was just a really really important read. So recommend. Yeah, yeah, 536 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,439 Speaker 1: well it's a it's probably intense, so I mean, this 537 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 1: year I've been reading through Warren Peace, which has absorbed 538 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: a lot of my reading capacity, I guess, even though 539 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: it's just a little bit per day, I haven't really 540 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: felt like getting involved in another saga, I guess, and 541 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: so that's kind of occupied that space. However, I will 542 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 1: give it a shout out because it is the best 543 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: novel of all time, so highly recommend people read it. 544 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,439 Speaker 1: If they have not, don't. It is long, but it 545 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:41,719 Speaker 1: is not hard. It is very accessible as a novel, 546 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 1: and the chapters are very very short, so you can 547 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 1: just read a few, put it down, get another few, 548 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: put it down. I also want to give a shout 549 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: out to a lot of the authors we have had 550 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: on this show over the past year who've had excellent 551 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: books out, like Dori Clark with The Long Game, Rachel Rogers. 552 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 1: We should all be millionaires, Emily Ostro with the Family 553 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,639 Speaker 1: Firm in her other work, so it's always good to 554 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: have an excuse to read their books that we've enjoyed, 555 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: you know, having those on our list, the share that 556 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: we've been able to read a lot of our guests books, 557 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 1: so enjoying doing that. So I guess our Love of 558 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: the Week was really all of that, right, you know 559 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: this was an all Love of the Week episode. Yes, 560 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 1: although I have one product run. Okay, what's that that 561 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: I had on my mind? Have you ever run with 562 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: a flip belt? Ye? It's like this little, like twenty 563 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 1: dollars elastic thing that you can like shove your phone 564 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: in and it goes around your waist. Now, you run 565 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:34,879 Speaker 1: in leggings, so you probably have like a pocket you 566 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 1: could just put them in. But it's too hot to 567 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 1: run in leggings here, even in December, so this is 568 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: like a game changer. I've been holding my phone in 569 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: my hand for like the last twenty years, and now 570 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 1: I don't that seems like you've never thought that there 571 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 1: might have been another solution. I just never like saw 572 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,239 Speaker 1: it as that much of a problem. And then one 573 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: day I think I heard about it on like the 574 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: Another Mother Runner side or something, and it was just 575 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: like I could order this for twenty dollars and try it, 576 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: and it does exactly what it's supposed to do. It 577 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 1: holds your phone in place, it does not bounce, and 578 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: you can just throw it in the wash and it's great. 579 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: So that's my love of the week. Yeah. No, my 580 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 1: leggings have a side. The ones I buy have side 581 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: big pockets. I mean I sort of look like a 582 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: camel with stuff shoved in there, but whatever, I don't care. 583 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not you know, trying to look cute 584 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: in the gym or anything. I'm out running. So there 585 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: we go. Well, we don't have a question this week, 586 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: but we want to put out a shout a shout 587 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: out for people to please send us questions because we're 588 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: compiling them for an upcoming mailbag episode. So if you 589 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: want to send them to me, you know, like Laura 590 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: at Laura vandercam dot com, you can always do that 591 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 1: shoe box blog right at gmail dot com. You can 592 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 1: share them on our Instagram page, you can you know, 593 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: post on my blog, you can whatever anyway you want 594 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: to reach us. We are happy to get your questions, 595 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: trying to compile a big list for upcoming Mailbox episodes, 596 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: so please do that. And in the meantime, you know, 597 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 1: this was part one I'm the best of, but we'll 598 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: be back next week with more on best of and 599 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: in general making work in life fit together. Thanks for listening. 600 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 1: You can find me Sarah at the shoebox dot com 601 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: or at the Underscore Shoebox on Instagram, and you can 602 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 1: find me Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. This has 603 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: been the best of both worlds podcasts. Please join us 604 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: next time for more on making work and life work together.