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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Episode summary introduction:
There are two weeks until Christmas, a lonely tree on the highway makes a big holiday splash, a new twist on the Secret Santa gift exchange, a sweater and a shower shelf, Chantel forgot she was roasting chestnuts, Hard Knocks is a good football show, Chantel’s early Christmas present is a hit, we try to decide what to eat for Christmas dinner, and we play the Hallmark Christmas movie game!
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Full show transcript:
This is wake up classy 97, the podcast. It's a replay of today's full show in about an hour. Today is Wednesday, December 11th. On today's show, there are 2 weeks until Christmas Fourteen whole days. A lonely tree on the highway makes a big holiday splash.
It's a very fancy tree now. A new twist on the secret Santa gift exchange. I can't remember what it was, but it'll be cool. A sweater and a shower shelf. And a peacoat and, no.
I'm sure there was No. It was only a peacoat. I guarantee there was more. No. Cheap.
Probably some Cheapy. Some fancy lipstick. No. Chapstick. No.
Something something like that? Probably. There's probably some Chapstick. Fancy Chapstick. And then lotion and cans.
I forgot I was roasting chestnuts. Yeah. Could you do one thing at a time? No. I can't.
Multitasking wasn't working for you. Hard Knocks is a good football show. Yep. My early Christmas present is a hit. Now let's, for a moment Yes.
Talk about the $5 you spent On myself? Be yeah. On on yourself Yeah. Right before Christmas. Yeah.
What do you wanna talk about it? Well, I just you know, was that appropriate? $5? I think I'll I think we're gonna be okay. But it was you know?
Now I have one less thing to figure out to get you. You wouldn't have bought me that anyway. It's a bad gift. Alright. Whatever.
We try to decide what to eat for Christmas dinner and Meat. Meat. And we play the Hallmark Christmas movie game. Thanks for checking out the show. If you wanna hear it live, it is live every weekday morning on Classy 97 and on the free Classy 97 app that you can download in your App Store.
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Hi. Good morning. Hi. Hey. Hey.
Good morning. Hey. Thanks for plugging in my headphones. You're welcome. It's important to be able to hear.
You know? It is? 100%. Yeah. I hear you now.
Oh, good. Good. Good. I heard a rumor. I heard a rumor.
Yes, you did. You know that song? No. I don't. Oh, yeah.
You do? No. I don't. But I'm glad you do. I think it's is it Bananarama?
I don't know. Continue. Well, I heard a rumor that it takes 2 to tango. It is Bananarama. Killing it on a Wednesday.
Look at you. Look at me. Okay. Sorry. It takes 2 to tango?
It does take 2 to tango. And you as a, former ballroom dancer Yes. Have tangoed? I have tangoed. Yeah?
Okay. Do you enjoy the tango? Yeah. It's fun. What's your favorite part about the tango?
My favorite part? Mhmm. I don't know if I have a favorite part. Is it a fast dance? It is you have to get very close.
Okay. You have to be very close with your partner. I see. That's what I remember. Alright.
And I had a partner that I didn't necessarily like, and I went Oh. And my dance teacher said, closer. You've only tangoed once? No. I mean, you would practice, and then you would perform at the kitchen.
With the one with the one partner. You've only I see. Sadly. Alright. Well I could tango with you.
I've never tangoed. Let's tango. What's a tango song? I don't know. Okay.
I'm just I I've never I've never tangoed. But today is National Tango Day. So if you were gonna tango, it would be today. Today is the day. Yeah.
You could also have a bagel today because it's have a bagel day. I love bagels. Yeah. They show a bagel sandwich here. Yeah.
I think it's a lox one. I'm not big on that. I am. It's delicious. I'm not.
What's your favorite kind of bagel? I I kind of have a couple. There used to be a bagel place in town that when I was in high school, and I would just go get the, cinnamon toast bagel. Oh. Yeah.
With, they had cinnamon toast honey, cream cheese. Man. It's a lot of cinnamon. It was real good. It was like a honey butter cinnamon.
Mhmm. It was so good. The everything bagel, always. You have to get that one. Yeah.
That's a good one. I like that one with a, like, a breakfast sandwich style is real good. Yep. I like that. Or it's roasted onion.
Some of the cheese ones are good. You and your onions, man. They're so good. Yeah. They're delicious.
Okay. Especially if they're toasted. Not toasted, but, you know, like grilled. Yeah. So good.
Alright. It is also a holiday food drive for needy animals day. I think that's kinda special. Oh. So if you have, if you have a little extra and you wanna donate to some animals, I I thought you were gonna say if you have a needy animal.
Well My animal is needy Yeah. Just in a different kind of capacity. Attention. And it is national app day. So if you don't have the classy 97 app, you should get that.
You should get that. You know why? Because, 1, you can listen to us. And 2, you can get free prizes. Yeah.
There's all kinds of stuff in there. All the details for, 97 Angels with Molinelli's Jewelers, all the details for Jingle Bingo? Jingle Bingo with Idaho Central Credit Union, reason for the season with Beehive Federal Credit Union. You can get links to our show. You can get links to Kids Smarts in there.
There's so much stuff going on. Stuff in there. Better get that app. I know. Hey.
I think I just realized hold on. I gotta look at something. Yep. Remember, on my phone the other day, I said, I've got a I've got a hole Yeah. What app was it?
That's missing an app. It was the classy 97 app. What in the world? Get that thing back on there. I got it.
There it is. Tada. Good job talking about that. I never would have remembered what went there. Now you know.
Now I've got it. Alright. Now all is right in the world again. Very good. I don't know why your icon shuffled around.
Oh, because sometimes sometimes I hold my phone, and it's not locked. Uh-huh. And then stuff gets moved around, and I'll accidentally call people. And if I'm holding too much stuff, then I'm pushing buttons accidentally. Sometimes I put it in my mouth.
You put your phone in your mouth. Sometimes. I have never put my phone in my mouth. Well, I have. It's not my favorite thing to do, but if I'm in a pinch and I need someone to hold it, then, yeah, I'll do it.
I have pockets. So Oh. That's where mine goes. That nice person. Hey.
You're getting mad at me about pants pockets again? Yeah. It's not my fault. You brought it up. It's not my fault.
Call the pants people. I already have. Need pockets. No. You have not.
You've taken zero action. Nothing's gonna change until you take action on the pocket situation. People are. Whoever makes pants. So many people make pants.
Well, find your favorite and tell them you want pockets. These ones have pockets, so I'm happy in these ones. Alright. So no action today. Alright.
Well, good morning. It's It's Josh and Chantel. Listen to this. K. There is a man.
His name is Herman. Herman? Herman. We we don't call him Herman. His name is Herman.
I know. I just thought it was funny. His name is Herman, and he is a truck driver. And he takes a regular route from Texas to Calgary. Oh, that's a big drive.
And in 2009, 15 years ago, he saw a random he was on the phone with his wife, and he saw a random pine tree on the side of the highway in Montana. K. And he said, oh, I should go. That tree looks lonely. I should go dress it up.
And she said, oh, why not? Just pull over and dress up that tree. So he pulled over. He tied up some ribbons on the tree that year. That's all he had.
But he said, I'm gonna I'm gonna make this better next year or on my next trip. Now he stops every year to add a bunch of lights and ornaments to this tree. She doesn't travel with him, but he sends her pictures every year and says this is what our tree looks like this year. No one knew who was doing it until he found a note tied to the tree in 2017 that said, thank you. This has made a big impact in the community.
We all love driving by seeing this festive little lonely tree. The couple who left that note added their phone number. The truck driver, Herman, called them, and now the 3 of them decorate it together every year. That's fun. Isn't that a cute little story?
Yeah. I wanna see this tree. I'm trying to find a picture of it. Picture of it. Let me see.
You said it's in Montana? It's on a highway in Montana, and it's a it's a pretty hefty tree. It's a big old daddy. Okay. It's a big tree, but they've put a bunch of lights on it and ribbon, and it's cute.
Cute little story. I'm finding it. Okay. Alright. Yeah.
It is it is just a tree out in the middle of nowhere. All by itself. Yeah. There's nothing else around. Well, that's fun.
And now it's festive. It is very festive. Tree is getting so much love. And now that tree is gonna go grow bigger and stronger because it's got people surrounding it I hope that care about it. I hope that I hope it continues to do its thing.
I would hate for somebody to be rude and be like, that tree's coming home with me or something. Or yeah. Or that tree's diseased. Yeah. No.
Leave the tree alone. The tree's good. I like, that tree its whole life grew big and tall, standing there, like, this is the best I can be out here in a bunch of weeds because there's nothing else for miles. I hope just one tree standing there. I hope Herman's wife goes to see it someday.
I hope she just joins him on a trip and says Let's go decorate the tree. Here it is. Fun. Very exciting. Good job.
And then people are stopping, and that could be dangerous. People stopping to take pictures with the tree could be dangerous on the side of the road. Pull over safely. Very Watch for sure. Careful.
Because I see pictures of people taking selfies with it. Oh. Yeah. Be careful. Be careful.
But a fun little story. Thanks. Yeah. No. Thank you.
No. Thank you. In the studio, we have a paper chain that counts down the days until Christmas. You just removed a chain Yes. I did.
A ring. And, how many days? Oh, it's it's just it's exactly 2 weeks. It's 14 days. Today is 11th.
It is exactly Yes. I was trying to look at the number on there. Yeah. 14. Yeah.
Yeah. It's exactly 2 weeks until Christmas. Whoo. I know. That's wild.
That is wild. I feel like it is just every year, the older I get, it just comes faster and faster. Yeah. It got here quick. It did.
It was just the 4th July, wasn't it? Yes. And now here we are. This is Christmas last year. It was just yeah.
Good point. Almost a year ago Yep. It was all it was already Christmas. Yeah. Time.
I know. It's crazy. Anyway, hopefully, you're, not stressing out. Or how are you doing? I feel fine.
Do you? Yeah. Do you feel fine? I feel like I've got more to do. I've got I've got a lot to do.
Well, yeah. I have a lot to do too, but I feel I'm not stressed about it. Okay. Good. I might be.
Ask me again in a week Oh, okay. When we've got a week left. One week from today. I'll say, hey. There's 7 days.
How are we doing? Let's check-in. I'm gonna turn into the anxiety from inside out today. Just running around. Yeah.
Ah. Yeah. No. I feel that. It's fine.
It's all gonna be fine. I know it'll be fine. I'll tell you what I did do or that I did not do rather. Usually, and you can attest to this, I feel our calendars and our plates so full, and I have all of these good ideas and all of these good intentions. I think you've you've eased up on that this year.
Yeah. I really have because I just haven't had time. There's there's usually 3 or 4 advent calendars in the house, and they're not getting fulfilled all day. Just advents. Right.
Like, kindness. Right. Things you want to do. Every day, do something kind. Right.
Or, activity, advent. Right. So every day, you do an activity, whether it's, like, take a walk in the snow, which we haven't even had. But I have done that in the past, and then I'm like, we're 6 days behind. We have to do all of the activities we've missed.
Because you wanna make it special for your family. And No. I know. It gets super special the way you stress out. I know.
Yeah. And then I get frazzled, and then I go, I'm not good at anything. Yeah. This is this is what I hear all every Christmas. So I'm glad that you're, taking it a little easier.
That's good. Thank you. Yeah. It's been kinda nice, actually. I need to probably make a list of the things I need to get done so that I can keep track of it.
A list? Yeah. I don't know. You're gonna make a list? I don't know.
I I probably won't get around to making a list. I'm probably just gonna I have a story. Doing stuff. I know. I saw that.
You have a very detailed spreadsheet about Christmas. Yeah. Can I see it? Nope. Okay.
Can I see it? No. Why? Because it's got secrets. I saw over your shoulder just the colors of the thing.
Yeah. And it's it's well organized, I think. It looks busy. Thank you. Can I see it?
No. It's a list of, presents that I want to buy, presents that I need to buy. Okay. Presents that I have bought. Did I say that part already?
No. Things that still need to be done. Oh. It's kind of my to do Christmas list. Can I see it?
No. Why? You can see you can see it, but there's one section that I'll have to hide. Mhmm. What section's that?
The Josh section. Can I see the Josh section? No. What's in there? Well, nothing yet, but there's ideas.
Exactly. A whole bunch of nothing. You don't have to hide anything. I can probably read the whole thing. It's fine.
Anyway, 2 weeks to go. 14 days. You got this. Yeah. Everybody.
I hope Santa's getting lots of rest. I hope he's wrapped a thing. No. Oh, man. We always we always wait till the last minute to do the wrapping.
Why do we do that? I don't know. Let's get it prepped. We can get started on some of that. I know.
Let's do that. 14 days to go. Here we go. Let's get busy. There is in, Chesapeake, Virginia, Andrew Dew.
K. And he gave his wife, Jennifer, for her 40th birthday, a gift. A gift? Yeah. What kind of gift?
An unusual gift, do they say. He covered the adoption fee for 40 shelter pets. Aw. The couple have been volunteering at the, Chesapeake Animal Services. They share a deep love for animals, and Jennifer described their volunteer work as a cost effective alternative to marriage therapy.
So they're into it, which is good. And Andrew wanted to honor her passion for animals in a meaningful way, so he coordinated with the shelter to assist anyone interested in adopting an animal. And this gift totals over $4,000. Wow. And it's already had an impact.
Ten adoptions have been covered so far. Jennifer described the gesture as the perfect birthday present. She said it is so nice to know that he just understood in my heart. That's what I value most. He's supportive enough to even do a gesture like that, which was very big, and it just really means a lot.
The couple hope that their act of kindness will not only inspire others to adopt, but also help the animals find homes more quickly, which is a big deal. Yeah. Because sometimes that's a barrier for adoption from for people. But, Chesapeake, Virginia, well done. Cute.
The Chesapeake animal shelter. They've got a a nice little thing going, all thanks to Andrew and Jennifer and her 40th birthday. Happy 40th birthday, Jennifer. That's what I'm saying. What a prize for you.
Yeah. And good luck to those animals. I hope they find their homes. That's great. It's good news to get you going.
Here's a different take on Secret Santa that's kinda fun. If you are doing a Secret Santa exchange with your family or I know some places of business will do this with their coworkers, instead of just drawing names, you have 2 bowls or a hat or whatever you wanna pull things out. One bowl has the names, and one bowl has different stores. So you grab a name and you grab a store, and then you go shopping in that store for that person. Creates a little more of a channel.
Yeah. It does, doesn't it? I think that's kind of fun. So when you're submitting for this, do you also submit a store? What do you mean?
Oh, you write your name. I'm gonna be in the Secret Santa thing. I agree. I wanna participate. I'm putting Josh in the hat.
Yeah. And then I'm also gonna pick a store, and I'm gonna put that in the hat. Yeah. I mean, however you decide to do it. Yeah.
You can do it that way or you pick a what? A leader, a commissioner of sorts that says, I'm gonna put down everybody's name. You know, there's always somebody who's excited to be there. To talk like that, though? I don't know.
I'm gonna nail that. I'm gonna be in charge. I'm the king elf. I'm a type a personality. Yeah.
Right. Right. Right. That's the person. That is the person.
Gonna organize at all. I don't know why they have to talk like that, though. And then they get all of the store names too. Yeah. Or everyone just pitches in their own name in their own store.
A random store. Alright. But there's not there's a good chance you won't get the store you Submitted. Submitted. Correct.
But there's a chance. There is a chance. You're saying there's a chance. So I would submit my name, and then I'd submit 10 slips with the name of the store on it to better the odds. When no one was looking, I'd just be sliding in the same store.
At the Secret Santa game? What kind of person are you? Hey. I just the last thing I want is lotion and a candle. So if the store isn't the store that I want, I'm gonna end up with lotion and a candle.
That store has lots of other stuff too. It's got car fresheners. Mostly lotion and candles. Hand sanitizer. Yeah.
I'd rather have a gift from a store I like. So I'm gonna sneak 10 or so entries into the store thing. Store? There's some gear. There'll be some some gear involved.
And then a whole bunch of people are gonna go, I don't eat fish. Yeah. I got a fish store. I did too. Yeah.
And then everybody goes, how about in all these fish stores. People love fishing. It's weird it's all in the same handwriting. Yeah. You should probably have one leader who makes sure that, I'm gonna be in charge.
I don't like that person. I'd rather sneak in 10 fly fishing things. I'll pick different fly fishing stores. That way, they don't all the same. Okay.
They all have the same thing. Mm-mm. Yeah. That's not true. Yeah.
No. You might think that, but that is not true. That is true. I've been in those fly fishing stores. Yeah?
It's all the same stuff. It is the same stuff. All you need. Little packets of stuff. Yeah.
There are a whole bunch of little packets of stuff. That is a true fact. And then a bag a big bag, you can put all your little packets of stuff in. Yep. And then I go, what's this?
What's this? What's this? And you go, oh, that's this. Oh, that's for that. Yeah.
Oh, that's for this. Little packets of stuff. Little packets of fly fishing stuff. Yep. And then I got a whole table downstairs with all my little packets Mhmm.
And little sorted bins. Mhmm. I've seen it. Oh, I know. Little spools of threads and things.
Oh, I see it Yeah. Every day. There it is. 10 of those in the bucket. That's it.
That's it. It's easy. Most people say that their significant other is the most difficult person to shop for in the holidays. Are you agreeing with that? Not necessarily.
I know you are the person that I know the most. Yeah. So I know exactly what you want and what you like, and I listen to you. Well, that's weird because I'm struggling. You're struggling with what to come up with for me?
Yeah. This year I'm not so the first time in a long time, I'm struggling. Yes. You are just mostly your stuff is expensive. You have expensive taste.
The things you want are large. And here's the other part. Sometimes I can't go get the things that I want for you by myself, and so then I go, who am I gonna get to come help me? There was one year I had to get a grill by myself. It was a Blackstone.
No. Yes? No. It was a different grill. Oh.
But but it that's fine. And, yeah, you had to load it into your little car. Tiny car by myself. I was like, this is a joke. Why am I doing this?
It was the big, 3 burner Camp Chef. Oh, yes. That's even heavier than a Blackstone. I know. That thing was a beast.
I don't know that it's heavier. It's certainly a big box. And then I had to get it out of the car and wrap it was and at the time, Beck was just little, so he was no help. No. No.
A toddler is not gonna help you. He wasn't a toddler, but he was still, He's like 7. Yeah. He was, like, 8. It's not happening.
Do you remember I was trying to think our first Christmas presents that we ever bought. Oh, I remember what you bought me. I'm trying to remember I yeah. I think that's when I got you that coat. Yeah.
The fancy pea coat. Yeah. I was excited because I had been looking at that coat, and I was so poor. I couldn't afford it. And you were fancy with a job with a fancy job.
A fancy with a job. Oh. And, and you got me, that, that shower caddy for my apartment because you were tired of looking at the at the shampoo bottles on the floor. You said there's gotta be a better way. Put this in the corner then you can keep your soap on it.
Important. Useful. Sweater, and I also got you a soap sweater. Don't just say, I just got a shower caddy and a sweater. Right.
We've been dating 3 months. Hey. I'm I'm not mad about it. I'm just telling you. You thought my bathroom was gross, and so you said, there's gotta be something to do here.
So Shower caddy. Helpful. Do you need a shower caddy this year? No. Oh.
I have a shelf in the shower. I don't need shower caddy. We've lived in the same house for 13 years. Do you need a sweater? No.
I actually I have ideas for you, but I none of them I think are great, and so I I am struggling this year. Well Well, I know. What are we gonna do? Don't know. There's only 2 weeks left.
We gotta figure it out. No time than waiting till the last minute. No time than that. Whatever that means. No time than that.
We got a chestnut update. Okay. Here's the here's the thing. What's the thing? We were talking about update.
Okay. Here's the here's the thing. What's the thing? We were talking about roasting chestnuts, because it's all over in the Christmas songs. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, waiting for the chestnuts to pop, like, all of these things.
And so we said, what what's the deal with chestnuts? What's the big deal? Yeah. You can't even find them anywhere. Well, we got a tip from Paul.
Yeah. Paul, one of our listeners of the show, he said, I know where to find chestnuts. We went and got some chestnuts. We got 9 chest nuts. I we just randomly scooped.
We knew we didn't want a ton because we weren't sure how it was gonna go. So we just got a little scoop and went, that'll do. Total of 9 chestnuts. K. So let's let's talk.
Yesterday, you had a notification in your, in your phone to start them soaking because you had to soak them for 12 hours. They have to soak for 10 to 12 hours. K. So here's what you do. The recipe that I was reading said that you have to soak them, and then you have to make an x in them.
You have to outer shell. In the outer shell. You have to make sure that your knife gets through that outer shell. K. Then you have to bake them for a buck.
Use a serrated knife. It was important. It said that specifically. I don't know why. Okay.
Okay. So then you had to bake them for 30 minutes. At 3:50. Uh-huh. K?
Or roast them over an open fire Okay. Or put them on a grill. I chose the oven because it's cold outside, and I don't have an open fire. And then and then you're supposed to hold on. Because in the middle of me roasting these chestnuts, I decided to take a bath.
Oh. I forgot that I put chestnuts in the oven. Uh-huh. And I went and I See, I wasn't home, when you were doing this. So when I came home, all I saw was a tray of chestnuts.
Yeah. So So this is new information. I sat down to watch a a show Yeah. TV show, and then I was like, oh, I'm kinda cold. I'm gonna use my new bath tray.
Alright. And that's a different story. I'll talk about that later. Okay. And then I'm in the bathtub, and Emery texts me and says, the microwave timer is going off.
And I went, oh, crud. Yeah. A whole fudge. Yeah. You're doing you're making you're making chestnuts.
Yeah. So you had to get out of the tub. And I there's a step you have to do after they get out of the oven. So I'm I'm texting Emery like, hey. Can you go get those?
And I went, no, because there's a step. So I get out of the bathtub. Yeah. And I you have to take the chestnuts out of the oven, and then you have to wrap them in a damp towel. Okay.
And then they're supposed to crackle. They're supposed to pop. Uh-huh. And they did a little bit. Okay.
And then they're supposed to steam in this, like In this towel. Damp towel. And you're supposed to you're only supposed to leave them in this damp towel for about 10 to 15 minutes. K. I left them in for longer Oh.
Because I went back into the bathtub. Chantel. What? What? So when I got home and there's a tray of chestnuts, and you're like, we're gonna try these things.
Yeah. And, and they were kinda soggy and chewy. No. I don't think that had anything to do with think that had to do with them being oversteamed? They were not even that over steamed.
I only left them in there for maybe a max of 20 minutes. Don't even give me that look. Don't even. Should we get some more and I'll try cooking them? Sure.
Sure. I just I don't think we did it right. We did do it right. And by we, I mean you. It was totally fine.
So then you have to peel them, and I peeled them. Some of them. Some of them didn't peel very easily. You they're like there's an outer shell, and then there's an inner shell. You have to get to the yellow nut, the downside.
That was super chewy. It was really chewy. I don't think it was supposed to be that chewy. What do you think happened then? I think, something went wrong.
Plus, they didn't have, like, a ton of flavor. They had zero flavor. Like, were we supposed to salt them or something? It said nothing to that effect. The recipe I had said use with soup.
Use with soup. That's what it said. Serve with soup. Serve with soup. That's what it said.
I can't believe you're thinking that I ruined this recipe. Did they not look like that? Yes. They did. I did everything right.
Serve with soup. Let me enjoy them plain. Serve them with super pasta or store them in the fridge for up to 3 days. Well, they weren't that great. They were not that great.
And it was the texture of them that was just Yeah. Yeah. Chewy. They were they're a little bouncy on the teeth. And a little bit dry.
Like, I love them. You know? I might go get just, like, 4 Okay. And see what I can accomplish with 4. That we purchased, 4 made it out alive.
Yeah. The rest of them, I could not peel. We tried to get our kids involved. They no. They were like, no.
Yeah. I'm not doing it. It's chestnut. A chestnut? I think I'm gonna try it, and I'm gonna use the grill.
I'm gonna see what happens if I do it on the grill. Okay. See if I can get them bad boys to pop. Okay. I can't wait I can't wait for them to taste just as bad when you make them.
What if they what if it's the best thing ever? And you're like, woah. That's a chestnut. I'm gonna be so mad at you. I'll go, yeah.
You followed every step. I followed every step. Okay. Well, if anyone, is gonna try chestnuts, good luck. Remember that you're baking chestnuts, and don't go take a bath in the middle of it.
Yeah. And, also, when you're wrapping them in their cloth, maybe go with the time. It was only 5 extra minutes. There's a show that we like to watch called Hard Knocks. Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah. That's a good show. It's a good show. It's kind of, well, the past couple of years, it's been, behind the scenes with a specific football team. Last year was the Miami Dolphins.
Which is when we first started watching. They've caught one with the Giants and one with the training camp with the Jets. Yeah. We haven't seen those ones. Right.
And then this year, they're doing the entire AFC North. So it's got, the Steelers, the Ravens, the Browns, and the Bengals. It's kind of a behind the scenes look at, week by week, these teams going through practice and, you know, running through tape and coaching strategies and behind the scenes family stories. And, oh, it's a fantastic show. It's great.
They come out every Tuesday, so we got to see the episode last night with the games that had happened over the weekend. So there was a big Steelers Browns game. Mhmm. The Ravens were on a biweek, so they didn't play any games. But then we set the Bengals night was the Bengals Cowboys game.
Yeah. I Beck does not. Beck is the reason that I watch football. Beck is a huge Bengals fan, and he is not a fan of the Browns. He does not like the Browns at all.
Not one bit. And as we found out, the Steelers and the Browns have a very long historical rivalry. Right. So I said, Bec, why do you hate the Browns so much? They're not even your Bengal rivals.
I mean, they are, but they're Yeah. Not. And he was like, I just I I just can't stand them. Hates the Browns. They can't decide on a mascot.
Yeah. They have 3. They have a bulldog, a helmet, and an elf. And he's like, pick 1. And he also he's like, they're just named after a guy.
Yeah. Like, they're they're just named after this guy whose last name was Paul Brown. Now what I like about the Browns, what I've discovered is their interim quarterback, Jameis what is his name? Winston. Jameis Winston is awesome.
I love that guy. He's just happy. He's just happy to be playing football. As we found out, though, he has thrown equal parts good throws Yes. And equal parts interceptions.
That is correct. That is why he bounced around a couple of teams Oh. And ended up as a backup on the Browns. I feel bad. Kinda getting his moment out there.
Yeah. But he he did throw quite a few interceptions. But he's getting his moment. He is. He's a good guy.
Yeah. And he showed some they had showed some behind the scenes with his wife and his kids. And Yeah. He's a good dude. Adorable.
I love these shows because they show the humanity of these football players. They It's so nice. They show 5 minutes of their life. Let's be real. There's 24 hours in a day.
They highlighted 5 minutes. And you and you go, Oh, I like that guy. So now I'm like, I tell it back, I think I kinda like the Browns now. And he he was disgusted. Lost his mind.
Yeah. He said, you can't. You can pick any team, but it can't be the Browns. I don't like the Browns. I just like their quarterback right now.
Alright. He's a nice guy. And he's just like you said, he's just happy to be there. He is. He's like, hey.
I'm happy to be playing. I'm playing football. We're outside. Let's do this. I got some good teammates.
And also what I've learned from this show is the Steelers coach. I don't know his name. I should have done some research. Tomlin. Tomlin.
Yeah. He's pretty awesome. I kinda like that guy. Yeah. He's been doing that for a minute.
Coaching. Yeah. He's been there a while. Has he? Yeah.
How long has he been there? Since Kaur left. I don't even know what you're talking about. Well, was that the previous coach? Yeah.
I'm trying to find out when he started coaching. It's gonna take me a minute. I got it right here. It doesn't matter. Oh, he used to coach he used to be a defensive coordinator on the Minnesota Vikings.
Yes. He did. Look at that. Yep. Anyway, if you're looking for a football show to watch, might I recommend Hard Knocks?
It's a good one. It actually is really good. I like it. So while you were busy making chestnuts and then decided to take a bath. Well, I forgot that I was making chestnuts and decided to take a bath.
Yeah. How how did it go with the new bath tray? I haven't And did your phone fall in the water? No. It did not.
And I'm happy to tell you that it did not. Yet. You said the first time I used it, my phone would fall in the water. I'm I'm baffled that it didn't happen, and I'm also tell me it didn't fall in. It did not fall in.
It did not fall in. Are you sure? I'm Look at look at me looking at you and I said, look at me in my eyes and tell me. I have. I told you three times.
My phone kept rye dry. Uh-huh. High and dry. Alright. High and dry.
Okay. So, how'd the tray go? It was awesome. What else did you use it to do? I put some bubbles in there.
In your bath? And then I had a ginger ale, and I put my ginger ale in the cup holder, and I put my phone in the phone holder, and I kinda just, like, relax. Alright. Until The microwave. The microwave timer went off and went, oh, crap.
I'm making something. I should be paying attention to what I'm doing. And then my whole bath was ruined. It was it wasn't. Because I got back in there.
Right. Put on some more hot water because it got a little chilly. It was awesome. That's the best gift I've ever given myself. It's $5 bath.
Dollar bath tray. The only thing that was missing was I have a bath pillow, and I forgot to get out the bathtub because the bath pillow doesn't stay in the tub. I know. I was like, oh, man. I think a bathtub.
Pillow. I was watching some TV. Yeah. How fancy are you? I was the fanciest.
Yeah. Fancy bathtub. Fancy bathtub. I surprised you didn't have candles going with the lights in. About it.
Yeah. And then I I didn't have any candles. So next time do. We do? And we have a bunch of them.
Well, they're scented ones. No. They're not. They're not? Nope.
Where are they? Down in the laundry room. What? Yeah. Where?
On the shelf. Why? Because I put them there. On the shelf? Yeah.
On the shelf above the washer and dryer. Yeah. There's a whole box of candles. No way. Yeah way?
Why do we have so many candles? Because you have a romantic once? No. No. You gotta have one around.
No. You do it. I've never heard of magic. For if the power goes out. No.
It's not rubber band. No. Nope. Okay. Next time, I'm gonna prepare a little bit better Yeah.
And put on some candles. I'm not gonna put the candle on the bath tray. That seems dangerous. Why? Why?
Yeah. What if I knock it over and it burns my leg? If you knock the candle over into the bath, it's not gonna burn your leg. It might. Nope.
Or what if it gets too close to my phone and it starts melting? I see I see bad things happening if I install the candle on the bath tray. Alright. Now I'll have some candles on the counter that's far away from me. Mhmm.
I will say The the soaking wet counter? That one? No. Yeah? When I when I tried to get out of the south in the way?
I was not in the way, but I was a little bit paranoid. I was like, do not hit this bat tray and make your phone fall in the water. Uh-huh. I had to prove you wrong. Right.
I didn't. I got out just fine. Yet. You didn't yet. A bat tray, best $5 I ever spent.
We need to decide what we're gonna what we're gonna have for Christmas dinner. We got 2 weeks, man. I know, but, Josh, I don't wanna listen. I don't we got 2 weeks. That's not enough time.
Yeah. It's enough time. Enough time to figure out a dinner. We have a lot of traditions for our family, but Christmas dinner is not a tradition that we typically have. Right.
We've done a lot of traveling throughout the years. We haven't always been home. We haven't figured out our Christmas dinner tradition. 1 year, we got snowed in Yeah. And everything was closed.
And, we ended up grabbing, frozen pizzas from, like, one of the one of the, like, drug stores on the corner. Yep. That was what we ended up having to do. Yes. We did.
So that was me. Because we had planned on being out of town for a while, so we didn't have any groceries because I had frozen everything. Yeah. We don't used everything. We don't have a plan.
We don't have a plan. I looked up the most traditional Christmas dinner. Ham. Ham is number 1. Yep.
I don't like ham. A lot of people will have turkey again even though they had it a month ago. You love turkey. I don't. As much as I love ham.
A lot of people have prime rib. I'm not a big prime rib guy. Dislike prime rib. Beef Wellington? Fancy.
That also looks gross. Because it's a big hunk of meat. You love a big hunk of meat. There's duck. You could make duck, but my friend, Tita, would be so mad at us if we ate duck.
I don't I don't know about eating a duck anyway. We could have a Christmas goose? No. It's just as bad as having a duck. I think it sounds like we're having pizza.
What are we gonna have? I don't know. Christmas should be special. It should be. One time we had spaghetti.
Oh, fancy. I can't remember why. I don't know. Because it's all we had in the house, probably? Maybe.
I don't remember why we had because little kids like spaghetti. So Possibly. We just made spaghetti. I don't remember why we had I'm happy to cook. I'll cook whatever.
But what? I don't know. A goose? Not a goose. I'm not gonna eat a goose.
I'm not gonna I'm not gonna cook a goose. I'm not gonna cook a duck. I don't wanna eat those things. How about what did we have last year? I really cannot remember what we had last year for Christmas.
Dinner. I made delicious Christmas breakfast. I like that. Yeah. What about Christmas breakfast is probably one of my favorites.
What about if, if you guys do a breakfast for dinner, and I'll just make something dinner, and you guys can enjoy that? Okay. I just I'm I'm throwing it out there. You guys love that. I'm I'm not a big fan of breakfast for dinner.
But I want everybody to eat the same thing. Okay. I don't want you to eat something different. She says dinner. We'll get it sorted.
Figure something out. Not gonna be a goose or a duck. No. Or a turkey or a ham or prime rib. Oh.
It'll be something else. Christmas edition of would you rather this or that? Is that where we're at in the already? We are at. Alright.
Well, let's do it. Just trucking right along, aren't we? Would you rather this or that? Would you rather get a surprise gift or something that you asked for? Why can't the surprise gift be something that I would like for or would like, would like or want or ask for?
Yeah. Then then you say I want the gift that I asked for. Well, I'm just saying, why can't it be a surprise? Why can't somebody be like, I really, knew that this was something that you were into and surprise. Here's a gift.
Okay. Maybe that's the surprise. It's more than likely the surprise gifts are gonna be something that you'd like. More than likely. More than likely.
But they're you're saying there's a change. There's no that it's gonna be a crap surprise. Oh, no. Let's give it a 6040. A 6040 that I'll like it?
Uh-huh. 60% chance I will like it. Yes. Oh, man. That's a that's not very much.
Like, that's barely outside of the 5050. But you just won't like it as much as some of the 5050. But you just won't like it as much as something else. Like, you'll like it. I am gonna go with something I asked for.
What'd you ask for? I asked for a lot of things. Have you not seen the group chat? Apparently not. I've asked yeah.
You haven't, because I've asked for so many things. I asked for that nose warmer. Not happening. Okay. Give me a surprise gift instead.
Yeah. Here's the surprise gift. Hope you like it. It's 6040. You know, I'd rather I don't know what I'd rather.
I can't decide. I like the surprise aspect of it. I like that somebody took time and and effort and money and said, I really wanted to get you something. I like that better. Of you.
I get that too. But you can't get a chance I know. I know. That 40% of you is not gonna like it. I'd rather have somebody think of me and feel inclined to give me something than just give me something that I ask.
Because you say, I want this thing. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Keep that in mind on Christmas morning.
Oh, boy. Hey, ShoutOut. You wanna play a game? Yes. I do.
Alright. What's this game? I'm gonna give you the synopsis of a Hallmark movie, and you have to tell me the name of the movie. Alright. Are you ready?
I'm ready. You have paper and pen now? I always do. Why? Just notes.
Okay. Go forth. Alright. A struggling single mother searches for a lost family heirloom she hopes will bring her love and good fortune in time for the holidays. That's the entire thing?
That's it. Unlocking Christmas pass. No. That's good, though. A Christmas secret.
Oh, I was I was on the right track. Unlocking Christmas is where I should have stopped. I liked I liked yours better. Alright. Oh, we're gonna do another one.
Alright. Another one. K. 2 travelers become linked when a snowstorm grounds their flight in Buffalo. Paige desperately needs to find a way to New York City to meet her fiance's parents, and it's up to Dylan, a fellow passenger, and a guy she can't stand to get her there.
Oh, no. Let's see. It's gonna have Christmas in it. Gonna have Christmas in it. It's gonna be, let's see.
We've got Paige and Dylan, Travelers grounded because of a snowstorm. It's gonna be, a Yes. Something Christmas. No. Oh, a Christmas Yes.
Something. Yes. Alright. A Christmas, grounded. No.
A Christmas detour. Oh, I'm I'm so close. You were really close. Alright. One more.
One more. Okay. A woman returns home to help with her family's Christmas carnival, and romance ignites. Oh, no. A photojournalist curates a surprise reunion.
Let's see. This one isn't gonna have Christmas in the name. It does. It does? Yes.
Okay. A carnival reunion. No. No. No.
No. I'm saying that's that's the that's the plot. Yes. The plot is a carnival reunion. A woman returns home to help with her family's Christmas carnival, and romance ignites.
The Christmas fun house. I like your names better. Christmas with a kiss. Oh, lame. The Christmas fun house.
I like that one. It's a carnival. I love it. It's a Christmas themed fun house. You did good.
Yep. Hall of mirrors. The whole thing. Christmas hall of mirrors. Yeah.
Christmas fun house, unlocking Christmas, and a Christmas grounded. I like it. Yours are so much better. Call those people. Yeah.
Be like, come on, guys. I need a job. Yeah. I got these titles. I can do these titles.
You just tell me the plot. I'll give you the names Yep. And pay me Lots of money. Handsomely. Yeah.
Alright. Well, that's gonna do it for the show. Yep. Have a great rest of your Wednesday, 14 days until Christmas. We got this.
We got this. You got this. Whole weeks. You got this. We've got this.
Mhmm. Everyone's got this. Alright. Everybody. Everybody.
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