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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Monday, January 26th, 2026
Episode summary introduction:
It’s Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel and today's show is a little bit of everything. From celebrating National Spouses Day and defending lifelong learning to teen dance drama, pantry chaos, drive-thru etiquette debates, and Super Bowl feelings. Plus, good news from farm-to-school lunches, local outdoor updates, and the emotional return of the Big Bear bald eagle nest cam.
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Keep learning
(3:00) - Spouse's day
(7:19) - Good News
(9:07) - Suspicious fires
(11:43) - Seahawks & Patriots
(16:33) - Pantry snacks
(22:35) - Dress shopping
(31:15) - Chantel's oopsie
(36:31) - There's an egg in the nest
(41:52) - Please pull forward
(47:07) - Starting projects
(54:12) - Fitness goals
(58:13) - Would You Rather
(1:00:46) - Alex climbed a tall building
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Full show transcript:
This is Wake Up Classy 97, the podcast. It's hosted by yours truly, along with my very lovely spouse here on Spouses Day. It's Josh and Chantel. Hello. You can reach out to us anytime. WakeUpClassy97atgmail.com. I had to make sure that was all it is. It's it. You got it? WakeUpClassy97atgmail.com. Yeah, send us an email.
So, there is a YouTuber named Kai Senet. I don't know if I'm pronouncing his last name, right? All right. Kai. He is actually a popular streamer. Yeah. But he was reading a book and then he looked up words that he didn't know.
Okay. And people mocked him and said, like, people thought it was embarrassing for him to look up words. Others made fun of him for not already knowing the words he had to look up. And then, thankfully, other people stepped up and said, this is actually a beautiful example of how people continue learning and educating themselves. Right. And how else are you supposed to learn what a word means if you don't stop and look it up?
Yeah, look, the message here is actually really, really important. He said, if you want to improve your reading comprehension, you should absolutely look up every word you don't. Otherwise, you don't know what you're reading.
And I was actually reading something the other day and had to look at it. I was like, I don't know what that means. And from the sentence structure, you can get kind of a general idea of what the word means.
But then I was like, I don't necessarily know if I know the definition entirely. Okay. So I had to look it up. Yeah. And there's no shame in that. So I appreciate that he's like, and many other people are coming to his defense. Yeah, they should. There is no shame in continuing to educate yourself.
Yeah. His entire thing, he's reading out loud and he's doing it on live stream for 20 minutes at a time because he wants to get better at speaking. And so he's reading a bunch of different stuff out loud on his live feed every day for 20 minutes, which is great. And that's great advice. Like anybody who wants to get into public speaking, if you want to get into what it is that I've been doing for 25 years of my life in broadcast, read everything out loud is great advice. It's what we tell people starting in this industry. Read everything.
It's going to sound silly, but read a billboard, read a sign, read everything you can find out loud so you can get used to hearing yourself so that you can get used to inflections and different, you know, different ways of saying things. It's very important.
And if you don't know what a word means, look it up.
Yeah. And don't feel bad about that. You don't know everything.
No. Continue to learn. Yeah.
That's great. Well, good for you, Kai. Thanks for sharing the good words. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I like it. Here's today's show. Hey, I get to celebrate you today. What's that mean? You of all people. Me of all people. That's right. You of all people I get to celebrate because you are my spouse. Hi, spouse. And you're not a great word.
You're my emergency contact. You're welcome for that. You are my partner in crime. Yeah. What other words do I have for you? I don't know. So many.
Yeah, but I just want you to know I appreciate you as a spouse. I like experiencing new things with you and sharing those experiences and. Thanks, Josh. It saves. Yeah.
Yeah. So just today being National Spouses Day, I just want you to know. You're my spouse. Oh, yes, I know. And when it comes to spouses, you are the spousiest.
You don't know any other spouse. That's right.
So you are the spousiest spouse I know. How about that?
I do know that I don't want any other spouse.
Well, OK, that's good news. Yeah, I like that news. Yeah.
I'm not out looking for a new spouse or anything.
Yeah, seems like a lot of work. Yeah.
I just can't be bothered.
I can't be bothered either. I don't want to learn about someone new. Right.
And then we've had this conversation about what if they cook bad?
What if they just chew with their mouth open? Yeah. I can't. I can't do it. Learn about all their weird habits. Right. But if they only shower once a week.
Got problems.
Yeah. No, no, I'm not. Let's keep being spouses.
Sounds good. OK. It's National Spouses Day. So celebrate your spouse today. You don't even have to have a reason. You can just say, hey, you know what? You keep the keep the fact that it's Spouses Day secret to yourself and just go, hey, I appreciate you.
Yeah, that'd be nice. And out of the blue. Appreciate it. Little surprise on Spouses Day. Whoa, that was a nice thing to say. Yeah.
Or, you know, if you never say anything like that, it'll be one of those like, what do you want? What are you trying to get? What is this? And then you'll have a different kind of conversation. But anyway.
Happy Spouses Day. Yeah. Wow.
To you as well. Wow. Wow. Wow.
How about it? Look at us. Oh, boy. Here we go. Good morning. Hi. How are you?
Fine. How are you? I'm, you know, cold.
Yes. It's very chilly outside this morning. I'm not quite ready to wake up and start the day yet. I wish I was still sleeping in. Me too. We'll dive into what happened this weekend, but it was a I feel like a short weekend.
It always does feel like a short weekend.
Yeah. But especially when you have other stuff going on like I did.
Two days is just not long enough. No.
No, it is not. And we're like now in that like, where what are you looking forward to? It's been a month since Christmas. It has. It's been almost a month since New Year's Eve. So what's the next big thing? Valentine's Day. Oh, good. Your birthday. OK. Is coming up in less than a month. I'm saying like when's the next big three day weekend?
Yeah. May. No, no, no, no. We have presidents today.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, we don't.
Oh, we don't here. I do have my other place. Why doesn't this radio station have any days off? Memorial Day. We have to celebrate George Washington. Yeah. Calm down. Well, not.
You turned into like a T-Rex that like was in the forest and your whole head went up.
Well, because the radio station never shuts down. No, we got to keep broadcasting. That's right. No days off. That's right. We don't get to celebrate Martin Luther King or George Washington.
We celebrate them. We just do it while we're at work. I hate it. Oh. Check out this good news. I'm checking. Boyle County High School. This is in Kentucky. They are proving that the best school lunches don't come from boxes and packages and the freezer and then dropped in the oven or fryer or whatever. They come from the farm down the road. Oh, nice. Yeah. So through a growing partnership with local producers, including Circle G Farms there in Kentucky, the cafeteria is swapping out processed meats for high quality, sustainable beef, as well as fresh produce. I think this is awesome, right?
Food Service Director Cheyenne Barsati says that the secret is making the local produce the center of the plate, resulting in meals that are both packed with nutrients and super tasty. Students are already noticing the upgrade. Softmores are giving the new street tacos and fajitas a nearly perfect rating. Wow. Yeah.
Isn't that something? It's also a win-win for the communities. The school gets a consistent source of top tier ingredients while supporting the hardworking families who live just seven miles down the road. The partnership is proving that when schools and local farmers team up, the results are much more than just a healthy meal.
They're a source of local pride. I think this is super cool. I love it. This is really, really community. Yeah. It's really local. It's really super cool. Yeah.
Sustainable. I like where this is going. Me too. Yeah.
Super, super great. So well done, Kentucky, leading the way on this one. Hopefully more people get involved with that idea and go, hey, you know what? That's a good idea.
Actually, I should be making sure the kids are eating the good foods. Yeah. That's awesome.
I dig it. So it's good news. Well, I saw some disappointing news this morning and I was being audibly grumbly about it. And I said, I'll just tell you on the show and you said, I don't know if I want to know because you're being a grump about it. But here's why. And I'm going to tell you.
And then you're going to go, yeah, I'm going to be a grump about that too. Cariboo Targi National Forest is investigating a fire that occurred inside the historic Bear Gulch Railroad Tunnel located about half a mile from the Bear Gulch parking area along the railroad right-of-way trail. Which, so there used to be this railroad that ran, connecting Yellowstone to like all over the place. Yeah.
Right. And the railroad bed has been turned into a bike trail, a hiking trail, a snowshoeing trail, a cross-country skiing trail. Like a lot of people recreate in this area.
OK. And we have been to this tunnel, you and I, a couple of different times. And they're investigating this as arson officially. Yeah. So for everyone's safety, they're asking you to avoid this section of the trail until further notice. They do say that the incident is not related to the pile burning that the Forest Service conducted on Thursday, which was eight miles northwest of Bear Gulch on Ashton Hill.
That was a non-purpose control burn situation, where this is not related to that. But they're asking if anybody has the information that may help the investigation to contact the Forest Service, there is a patrol captain there called Race, which is a cool name, R-A-Y-C-E, Race. And you can contact Race directly. The US Forest Service, Caribou Targi National Forest Facebook page has some photos. They have contact information there, as well. Super disappointing. Yeah, it is. Not excited about that.
Stop lighting our Earth on fire.
Yeah. And our cool spots. And I mean, that's just crazy.
That's animals' habitats. Quit it.
Well, and it's also like a historic site. Like it's very, anyway. Stop burning stuff. Thing one, thing two, if you have any information, please pass it along. These guys are trying to investigate this. And number three, stop being not cool, because that's not cool.
That is not cool. Look at my face. I'm so disappointed. Not cool. Not even cool.
More details on the US Forest Service, Caribou Targi National Forest page. Oh, man. If you need it.
Thanks for that news, Josh. I know. I know. I'm grumpy about it. We got a Super Bowl on our hands. Oh, yeah. We've got the teams. The teams are? The Seahawks. Yes. And the Patriots.
All right. You were not excited to see the Patriots win.
No, because guess why? The Patriots have been in the Super Bowl for how many times? I don't know a few. So many. I don't. I'm not excited. Blah. Blah about that. I was excited about the Seahawks, actually. I thought they played a very good game. And I was proud of Sam Darnold. Yeah. We taught him everything he knows.
All right. Take credit for it. That's that is true for?
Well, I say we. I mean, the Vikings. Right.
Well, here's what I know. I know as of right now, the New England Patriots are tied for the most Super Bowl wins. Yeah. With the Pittsburgh Steelers, both at six.
Nobody wants to see them again. I know one person who wants to see them again.
Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers, but both have five. Green Bay, the Giants and the Chiefs, all three have four. Denver Broncos, the Raiders and the Commanders each have three. The most wins from one player. You know who that is? No. Yes, you do.
Don't even say his name. Don't even.
He has seven wins. His name is Tom Brady.
I told you not to say his name.
Just telling you. He has he has more wins as a player than any team has.
Collectively. He should only have six really, because the one he got cheated.
There we go. That's all I've heard all weekend because he was commentating a game. Yeah. And you're like, I don't want to hear from him. Why do I have to hear from him?
I don't know why I'm so angry about Tom Brady.
But if the Patriots win, they will be the winningest team in Super Bowl history. They would be the first team to have seven, which is kind of a big deal.
I'm not rooting for them, just in case anybody wants to know. We know.
We are aware.
I thought both games, the Rams and the Seahawks and the Broncos and the Patriots, I thought both games were very low scoring, which.
Well, I don't know about the second game. The Seahawks game was had much.
It was close, but it was higher scoring. They stayed both teams, stayed very close to each other and points all four teams. I suppose. But interesting.
Here we go, Super Bowl. The eighth, I believe, is the date. I think you're right about that. Did you see a whole bunch of the commercials were teasers for their Super Bowl commercials? I did not see that. Yeah, during the game, there were a whole bunch of setups, quite a few, nice handful or so that you were kind of like, what is going on? And then they would just put up February 8th.
I wasn't even paying attention to that. Don't worry, yeah. Several of those. The poor Broncos game, when it started to just dump snow.
Yeah, that was crazy. You could barely even see the game.
And then the poor kicker couldn't even see where he was kicking. Then he missed the field goal. It was actually tipped. I think they decided it was tipped. Oh man. Football is so emotional.
Yeah, I know. Well, there's one game left. This season. Yeah, and then you can relax.
And then we got the draft. And then we all start again.
That's exactly right. More coaching stuff to sort out.
Yeah, we still have teams without coaches.
And there could be more. I think this is the most unsettled coaching postseason that's ever happened, but it'll be interesting to see if any of the playoff, these final four teams, if any of them start cutting loose people, that'd be crazy.
That would be crazy. Hey, if you're rooting for the Seahawks high five, you're on the right team.
This is where you're at now, just in whoever's not New England. Yeah. This is where you sit. Yeah. Okay, sounds good. But you are cheering for Sam Darnold mostly.
I am. Okay. I don't really know anybody else on the Seahawks, do I? What other players are on there? I don't know anybody else. Go get him, Sam.
Go get him, Sam. Go get him. I got a little snacky yesterday, and I felt like exploring what potential snacks we had lying around in the house. And so I got up and I went to the pantry and you and our son were sitting on the couch watching some football. And I decided I would offer up snacks as I was looking through the pantry because it's right there next to the living room. And I just wanted you all to know what I had available.
I was like when people offer up snacks.
So I was going through and I was, what I found is that we have quite a few snacks and candies. And some of them fairly old.
Because, I'll tell you why. Why is that? Because there's no organization in our tiny little pantry. And nobody looks for anything. So if something gets tucked behind something or falls behind something or is stacked on top of something, everyone just assumes it's gone. Nobody, the kids, you, nobody looks for stuff. So that things go in there to die. Really.
Okay. I found some unopened potato chips that probably are really old. I found some newer stuff. I was snacking on some pretty tasty Doritos. They were new. We had some cookies in there. I didn't even get through everything. I stopped. I had held up a lot of items.
Here's the most frustrating part for me, Josh. As you're going through stuff, I go, I forgot that was in there. How old is that? And you said, oh, you rattled off a date. And I went, yeah, let's probably throw that. Stuff that was open. I was like, eh, that's been in there for a while open. You could probably throw that. That's probably still. Couple of things that were open.
You tested and said, yeah, that's pretty still. And I went, okay, I throw that. And then you put it back in the pantry.
Every single thing you just put back. I went, what a great opportunity for you to clean out the pantry. No, you did it. No, I didn't. You just put all the bad stuff back.
That's right. I wasn't cleaning it out. I was doing a different annoying thing because.
But you could have been doing an annoying thing. I know. While also doing a productive thing.
You could have had two birds with one stone. That was just annoying. Because our son was not excited. And he didn't want to treat. He didn't want any snacks. And I just kept asking him if he wanted, you want peanuts? I found these and I held them up and he wouldn't answer me. And so then I'd go, hey, Beck, hey, Beck, do you want peanuts? Hey, Beck. And he would go, no, I don't want anything. And then I would find something else. I go, do you want goldfish? Hey, Beck, hey, Beck, do you want goldfish? This went on for at least 30 minutes.
And then I would say, hit your money, those goldfish. How long has those been in there? Let me, let me try those. Right. Those are still good. Put those back.
Right. See, it was productive in a different way. It was at least 30 minutes of standing there, holding up items. And then he finally was like, I'm going to leave the room if this doesn't stop. But then I also found something that I was like, oh, I found that salad. And so I wanted to make that. The suddenly salad. The oops, I made a salad. Or is he called it accidental salad? I put all these things in a bowl and I accidentally made a salad.
That's what you call it. Oops, I made a salad. That's right.
It's called suddenly salad.
I always just want to sing suddenly.
All right. Yeah, from, from, oh, nobody tell us musical. It's the, with the plant that eats people. It's that one. I can't think right now. It's too early. Little shop for her. That's the one. See, I knew.
Except I opened the pantry today to pack a lunch. Yeah. And I went, he's made a bigger mess than it was even before. I thought I was kind of organized. You didn't even put anything back where you picked it out from.
Well, no, because there's like three layers deep on every shelf. And I found stuff that had fallen between shelves. And I was pulling out dehydrated fruit that I know Emery doesn't know we have because she would eat it. I know.
That's because two different bags. They don't look for stuff.
I know it fell behind the shelf. So anyway, I made a big mess.
Yeah, you could have thrown some stuff away when I said, no, that's, that's three years old.
Yeah, still good.
But there's a bag in there. You read the date three years old.
I have a lot of worthers originals and butterscotch flavored things back. I said, how much of this stuff do you have? A lot. I said, a lot. A lot. You should start eating some of it or get rid of it. No, because then I wouldn't have it when I want it. Then eat some of it.
I will. I just don't want it right now. That's all.
Okay. I offered him a bowl of cereal. He said, I do like cinnamon toast crunch. And I said, well, here have a bowl. And he went, I don't want it right now. He just over and over and over.
When he said no to the oatmeal cream pies.
Yeah, those cookies. He was never going to eat anything because those are his favorite. Yeah. Well, my other theory was like, maybe he'll know some stuff is in here. And he'll be like, oh, I didn't know we had that. I'm going to go get some snacks out of there.
No, because they still have to, they'll still have to look.
But if he knows it's in there.
If it's not right in front of their face, they're like, no, we don't have it. You open the fridge. Nope. We have no food. Even though their favorite things are just right behind the jar of jelly. Yeah. You open the pantry. Same thing. No food. Yeah. Close it. Even though the bag of Doritos is right behind the bag of cereal. That's right. They can't be bothered to look.
We don't have any good chips. Yeah, exactly. Right. See?
It's like I'm living with a bunch of kids. There's a dance coming up at our daughter's school. And so we did a little bit of dress shopping over the weekend. This is true.
She and I went out by ourselves and then we went on again with you and Beck. Right. It was kind of funny because when we went out on Saturday, there were a lot of people, a lot of girls and their moms shopping for dresses.
Okay. And so the fitting room was a little bit busy. So she and I grabbed a couple of dresses and we went to a different fitting room because there were too many. But it was funny as a parent to be, you'd send your child in and all of us were doing it. And I watched these other parents. There was moms and dads there. We were all doing the same thing.
You had sent their kid into the dressing room and then you'll wait. And then they come out and you go, that one's pretty. What do you like about it? Here's what I like about it. How much does it cost?
All important considerations.
And then she, there were three that were top front runners for her. And then she was like, I want to get everybody's opinion. And she was like, I just don't know what to pick.
I don't know what to pick. And I go, we don't have to walk out with a dress today. We've got a couple of weeks till the dance. If you want to wait to get somebody's opinion. She was really concerned what you and Beck had to say about the dress.
That's interesting. I don't know why, but that's interesting.
And so that's why we went back with you guys because she was like, I just want to hear what everyone has to say.
Well, when we got home on Saturday and had seen the pictures, it's hard to judge off of pictures. And you go like, okay, out of the three photos, I like this one. And that seemed like the wrong answer. And so I don't know what to do with that because I went, this is the one I like out of the three options. So then when we went back and she tried them on again, I went, well, this other new fourth option that wasn't in the photos is better than the other three. And then the one that I liked of the three original, she tried on again. And I still thought that one was nice, but I think the one she chose is definitely the favorite. I agree. Yeah. So I'm glad she chose the one she did. Me too. And that's all I have to say about that.
This is new territory for us. Yeah, I know. Yeah. We've never taken our teenage daughter out shopping for a dress for a dance.
Right. That is correct. There's firsts all the time. And that's an interesting sort of frame of mind, I guess, if you think about it. Like they're going through, this is the first time she's gone through the process of picking one out and asking and all of the stuff involved with it. And it is the first time we've had to like, okay, let's figure out how this works and where do you go? And what kind of dress do you want? What's, you know, it's a challenge. Lots of firsts for everybody, even though we feel like old people.
I do, but I don't. What did I tell you yesterday? Well, we're all 12. I said I'm the most immature old person I know.
Correct. Who wants to be an old, funny, daddy? Nobody. Nobody. I mean, except me, apparently. I'm an old, funny, daddy. Just sometimes. I get called an old, funny, daddy a whole lot. By? The not old, funny, daddy in the room. The most immature old person in the room.
Does anybody else call you a funny daddy or is it just me? Well, that makes me feel bad.
Well, stop being a bully.
Stop being a funny daddy.
Well, there it is. So no, it's, it's, it's exciting.
It is exciting. I'm excited for her. I think she was excited to try on some dresses and it was just funny as a parent to see you kind of silently look at all the other parents and go, this is the last thing I want to be doing too. But here we are together.
And I'm telling you, these shops, they should be like taking advantage of this influx of customer base and being like, Hey, let's offer you up some cookies or let's, you know, let's. Hey, we know that this is a weird time for everybody. Why don't we go ahead and make it a celebration and let's have.
I love that. You know what I mean? Like that would be if I was in charge of marketing of a place that was selling this stuff, I'd make it an experience. I'd be like, welcome.
Is this your first time doing this? All right, let's tell you how this kind of goes.
Well, they do do that when you are shopping for wedding dresses.
I get it. And this is not that. But also this could be, Hey, here. How's it going? Let's talk about it. Let me help you. Yeah. You know, like we were kind of left to our own. Like, and even to the point of where you were like, I didn't know where the check stand was because it was hidden. Like as you were getting ready to pay, you were like, I didn't see you hiding behind all this stuff piled around.
Well, because there was a
lot of dresses trying on dresses and then they would just put them on any old rack. But those people are flooded
with, I can't imagine how prom is going to be. This is just a little heart stance.
I know. I don't like it. Oh, my God.
Well, a dress has been selected. Things are happening.
Dress has been purchased. So it's done. Wash your hands. Yeah. Of that part. Done. Done. And then she was like, on top. What are we going to do about my hair? What are we going to do about my makeup? Oh, jeez Louise. What about shoes? Just just what you got. Put on some sneakers.
Yeah. Won't those dirty old sneakers work? Just wear those. That'll be fine.
Yeah. Get a magic eraser. Oh, OK. Yeah. Make him shine a little bit.
Find that booth in the mall where they shine them for you. They shine one and then they that's usually around Christmas. They're around and they'll be like, they're nice shoes, my guy. And then they pull you over and they shine one shoe and they're like, we'll do the other one.
It's only $30 and then you can take home this whole kit. Like you've now made one shoe look good. I'm going to have to have the other. So I just go, no thanks. No, keep on walking.
Thanks, though. I know your trick.
Anyway, if you need to shine a shoe, I don't think they're around. I've never seen them. You haven't? No. It's probably one of the ones they they they get the guys to come over and get their shoes all white again. And I'm like, look how white that is. Isn't that nice? And you're like, yeah, it is pretty good. But now the other one looks dingy like 30 bucks. Take care of it right now.
It's like the makeup counter where they do one side of your face. Look how you could look.
Now for $400, we'll do the other side. We'll do the other side and send you home with all the products. Great.
Great. Walk around with one side made up and one side got an idea. There's a couple of different shops that do this stuff. So you get one half done at one shop and then you go to the other shop and you get the other half done.
Hey. And then they aren't going to be the same. Or but then you're like two different people. So you got to like, which side's my good side in the photos and then you just do profile shots. That's right. I'm fully made up. You just can't tell.
Or you just walk from one side of the counter to the other side of the counter. Have a different makeup person
to your makeup on the other side. They won't be paying attention to the entire time you're there getting half your face done. They won't. These are life hacks. This is stuff that we learned after many years of doing this.
Many years of doing this. Yeah. We've done none of this. I know.
It's a good life hack. Try it out. See how it goes. Maybe work top half and bottom half. Get somebody to do your eyes and eyebrows. Somebody else to do your cheeks and mouth. That'd probably work too.
Good luck.
Why does your foundation not match? There's two different tones on the top half and the bottom half of your face. I don't know. Because I went and got it done for free. So our daughter gets a little excited about things and sort of put the order of operations to the test this weekend as she was out shopping for dresses before she even had a confirmed date to the dance. And to be fair, I don't know if she still uses the same thing. She still, yet has a confirmed date, but she hadn't even asked yet. But that got taken care of. And we all loaded up into the car and drove to the house.
She can't, she doesn't have a driver's license yet.
Yeah, she's still working on it. She's still, she still needed a driver to drive us, to drive her to ask her date to the dance. Yeah. So she, we all get loaded up. She's got all of her stuff.
We pull up at the house. She's like, it'd be cool if I had some photos and video stuff. And so I said, okay, I'll crack the window down.
I'm like taking photos and video. And then at some point in my video, you said. I forgot to hit record.
No, that's what you meant to say. What you meant to say was, I forgot to hit record. Now, I had taken still photos and switched a video and was videoing when you actually said, I forgot to hit play.
I forgot to hit play. It's my one, my one job. And here's the thing that's great about you because you said, I got it, which you knew better. I know.
I know. We had previously discussed, you were like, I'll take pictures, you take video. And I went, good, great, got it. In your mind, you were like, it's not going to happen. Like she's not going to get it. She's going to mess it up somehow. You just said that in your brain. And you went, I'll just do it all because that's what I do.
I just wanted to make sure that she got what she wanted out of the, the two of us. And I think she did. She got a video, she got photos and she got you saying, I forgot to hit play. Just not even the right button to push. So, good job.
I thought I had it. Honestly, I had it, my phone, I got it. I was got it centered. Great, good, grand, wonderful.
I haven't even seen what you did capture.
It was at the end. Cause when I realized...
When it was all over. Yeah. Yeah, good job. And that's when I said, I forgot to hit play. In your video. Yeah. So there's a whole bunch of videos on my phone that I have that I'll be like filming something really nice or I'll be like trying to make a joke or whatever it is. And then you'll be like, Hey, here's this weird thing I'm going to say. And I'll go, well, I guess that video is toast. Got it.
All right. I was filming a bird. This was like your birthday or mother's day, one or the other last year. And we're at the butterfly thing and I was filming a bird and you walked up. I got to find that video. I can't remember what you said. And I'm like, I'm filming a bird. Okay. I guess not. Never mind.
I don't know that you're videotaping.
I don't know. I'm never videotaping.
I know. I don't, I never do know that you're recording. I guess I need to look at your phone, but I just assumed you were taking a photograph. Sorry.
Why is he holding this phone all weird like that for so long? I should say something.
I'm sorry. Thank you for capturing the moment on film. Because I didn't. My one job and I still failed. Thank you for knowing that I would fail.
It wasn't, it wasn't a predetermined failure. It was a backup. I was, I was just prepared to go, it's okay. I got it. I wasn't, I wasn't trying to take away your job. I was trying to say, Hey, I'm just going to go ahead and capture it too since I'm here.
But I think subconsciously you were like, yeah, I'll just take care of it because I know that she didn't know.
I didn't even know if you'd remembered. And so when you said that and I turned and looked and you had your phone in landscape mode, your arms holding it, I went, okay, she's recording now, but you hadn't been at all.
No, I forgot to hit, I was too involved in the moment I was watching and then I was like, Oh, you got to hit record.
Babes. That's what you tell yourself. Hey babes, hey babes, hit record. Hey babes. Thanks for getting it. Yep. The asking has been done. We'll see if there's like a formal response. I don't know if there will be, but maybe there will be.
I think there might be. All right. We'll have to find out. We'll see what happens. In the meantime, Way to get the picture and video. Way to be the good parent. Technical parents.
Guess what? What? Guess.
I got, I got nothing. I'm just going to say,
why don't you go ahead and check out the TV behind you for big, exciting news. The it's loading. I'm going to let that load for just a second. Well, it does. I'm going to tell you that the big bear bald eagle live nest cam is back in action. I knew this already. And Jackie has laid an egg. I knew this already. Yeah.
I was going to bring this up to you to talk about. Well, I've been paying attention. So have I.
And egg watches on. Yes, it is. Because Jackie is in the nest. There is a new, at least, there's at least one. We have one confirmed egg in the nest. And this took up a great portion of your life last year. And then you got very nervous and scared and worried for the eaglets. Every minute of the day, are you ready for the stress that comes with watching eagles hatch and grow?
No, I don't know. It's stressful. I know.
It's not every year that the eagles lay eggs. So this is kind of a big deal. Oh, look, she just stood up. There is just the one egg, right? Yep. We still have one egg. So as of right now, confirmed the big bear bald eagle live nest cam. There is one egg standing right now. We're watching it live right now in the studio. And there is one egg.
Oh, I don't know if I can do this again. It was lovely watching it last year. Yeah. When the eggs hatched, right? She laid three last year. One of the eggs didn't make it. Right. Two of them did. Sonny and Gizmo. That's right.
And we watched them stay in the nest and leave parents come and eat them and then they fledged. And it was quite lovely.
I know. And then we thought for a minute, one of them tried to fly but didn't quite make it and it looked as though the one had fallen and then that was heartbreaking. Surprise. She survived. Right. That was exciting. My heart can't take it.
That's why I'm asking if you're ready for it because we've got an egg, which means there's a potential for a baby eagle. When did they start hatching? Not till, remember it wasn't until like March or April.
She loved that egg-a-phone. Yeah, she had to go eat. No. Somebody's going to come eat that egg. You can't. She's back. You can't leave that egg-a-phone?
She's back.
This is what I mean. You can't. My heart can't take it. I don't know if I can do it again. It's too stressful.
Well, she's back on top of the egg.
I do love watching it. I loved watching the parents come and feed them and the babies as they grew up and they started to develop their feathers and they learned how to fly.
It was quite lovely to watch it. If you're interested, you can watch it live. You can watch it at all hours of the day. It's live 24-7. They usually ate about like six in the morning-ish, but I don't know when does the eggs typically hatch? Did I already ask that question?
I didn't think it was. I don't remember. There she goes. Nestling it. Boom. Keep that egg warm. Warm egg. Everything's okay.
What is the camera? The Big Bear?
It's Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest Cam on YouTube. Yep, you can watch it. Subscribe to our channel while you're at it. That'd be awesome.
We don't have anything as exciting as hatching an egg,
but- Absolutely put up a live stream of anything. I have the technology. We could have a live feed going of something happening. Of what? I don't know.
You and I hanging out in the studio. Squirrel Cam. Me doing studio-ga. Yeah. Eating some breakfast.
It doesn't have to be in studio. It could be outside. It could be all over the place. We have the technology.
Oh, Jackie in shadow. Why you do this again? I can't. I can't do it, but I also want to.
Well, it's happening.
It's pretty amazing to watch these eagles. I have to say it's amazing.
But congratulations. Sometimes they do one. Sometimes they do three. I don't know. I mean, could there be more eggs? Maybe for now one.
I knew they were getting ready to do it because I knew that they had been like prepping the nest and doing a bunch of different stuff.
And the whole time you're watching them get too close to the edge. Yeah. Stressful.
That's what I'm saying. It's stressful. And nature takes its course too. And so sometimes when they were just eaglets in the nest, there were other big birds of prey that were like, hey, what's going on over here?
Yeah. Circle of life and all that. I know.
And the one didn't make it. And that was very sad.
There's an egg in that nest. I know.
So Emery and I were at a drive-through the other day and there was nobody behind me and the gentleman at the window says, hey, can I have you pull forward? We're waiting on some fries. Can I have you pull forward to wait on those fries? And I go, I looked in my rear view mirror and I said, there's no one behind me.
I heard this story told differently, but what did he say?
He said, can I have you go pull forward? Do you want me to repeat what he said?
What did he say after you said that?
Well, okay. So I don't have a problem pulling forward. I really do not. I don't mind waiting a little extra long. I don't mind it. But, and I was happy Emery and I had just been laughing about something and when he says, oh, can I have you pull forward a minute? I looked in the rear view mirror and I really, with a smile on my face, go, but there's no one behind me. And he goes, what? But what did you say? And I go, there's no one behind me. And then I pulled forward. Okay. End of interaction.
Now, our traumatized daughter felt like you were being a Karen and thought that you were aggressive when you said it. I was not. Well, this, I'm just telling you what I heard. What I heard is that you were aggressive and a Karen because you were like, there's no one behind me. I didn't say it like that. I'm just telling you what I heard.
I wasn't there. So I have to go with what I heard from the two different sources and they don't match. So somewhere in between is the real truth, right? That's what we can deduce. Somewhere between story A and story B is the truth, which is story C. Right. So why did you yell at the man?
I didn't yell at the man. And I calmly and politely pulled forward. I wasn't even talking to the man. Right. I was more talking to myself and talking to Emery when I said, but there's nobody behind me.
Yeah, it was sort of an under the breath thing. Because he said, can I have you pull forward? And then he started to shut the window when I said, but there's nobody behind me. He opened back up the window and said, what? And I said, there's no one behind me.
And then I pulled forward. Right. And that was the end of the conversation I had with him. There was no anger.
There was no complaining. It was me saying to myself, there's no one behind. Yeah, I worked drive-thrus before. And I know that it doesn't matter if there's somebody behind you or not. The goal is always to have the fastest drive-through time. I get it. Because then you get like, you know, a plaque in your store that says fastest drive-through in the West.
But you're lying about your drive-through time, aren't you?
You're not incorrect. It is a false count of drive-through time.
Because I'm still in the drive-through. You are correct. I'm just not in your scale.
In the counting zone. You are correct. Once you pull forward, they could take a month. It doesn't matter. So you're fibbing about your plaque. You are correct. But if you want that plaque hanging on the wall, then you got to have that fastest drive-through in the West.
Your plaque is a lie.
Or is the plaque a representation of your willingness to work within the confines of the system?
Is me saying there's no one behind me in a calm, polite manner to myself considered an act of aggression? Because Emery seems to think it is.
A passive act of aggression.
I say no because I said it to myself.
Right. That's why I said it's a passive act of aggression. You're upset. You don't agree that you should have to pull forward. Why can't I just stay here so that you can hand me the food through the window like normal? That's a great question. But it's because of that drive-through time. Got to keep it low.
And let me tell you this too. I sat, when I pulled forward, I sat there. Still no one in the drive-through. Still no one in the drive-through. Still no one in the drive-through. Someone in the drive-through. And then my food came. Right. So I really could have just stayed by the window.
Yeah, but then you would have been ticking up their timer. And they can't be having that. Cannot. Because once you pull forward, you don't count.
It's a lie. Your drive-through time is a lie.
Look how fast we get you in and out of here in five seconds. Lies. Isn't that amazing? Like no, I parked for 15 minutes.
And then because Emery thought I was being aggressive about being asked to pull forward, then she was worried something was going to happen to our food. Fair.
Fair concern. It wasn't even mean. You weren't mean, but you were passive aggressive. That's what she said. You were passive aggressive. And I went, oh, I was nice.
I was nice. I was nice.
There's nobody behind me.
Just let me stay here.
Yeah, I understand. I get it. I do. I don't think you do.
I had some time alone on Friday and I was like, this is great. I can do whatever I want to do. So I went down to my craft room and I looked at a bunch of crafts that I have started but not completed and a bunch of stuff that I have wanted to start for a while. And I said, where do I even begin?
What do I even do? And then because I got so overwhelmed, I just laid on the floor for like 15 minutes. I'm frustrated. And then I Googled, why is it so difficult to start a project? Okay. And you know what it told me? Your brain's overwhelmed. It says yes. And it's a combination. Yes, it says yes. Is that what it says?
Your brain's overwhelmed? Yeah.
And then it says there's a combination of mental, emotional, and cognitive barriers. Including fear of failure, perfectionism, overwhelming scope, and unclear next steps. And I went, that's true, Google. That's true. And so I didn't start anything. At all. I mean, it did.
Because when I got home on Saturday afternoon, there was a quilt top that has been finished laying in the family room like you were going to do something with it.
I pulled out a bunch of projects because I was like, I could finish this. And I pulled out a bunch of stuff that I could absolutely finish. I pulled out a quilt top. I was like, I could quilt this.
I've been meaning to do this for a long time. We'll get after it. But then I thought, you know how like, then I'll have to move my sewing table out. I'll have to clear my sewing table off. It's a project. Like it just takes time. And I was like, how long would that have taken?
Oh, well, well, well, well, well, well, what five minutes?
Five minutes to like bring the table out and clean it off. But when you think about how long it takes to quilt it, that's not what I asked.
How long would it take to prepare to do that thing?
That would take in five minutes, but that's not the part that was overwhelming. It was the actual finishing of it. Because then you have to lay down the backing and you have to cut the backing and you have to sew the back. I understand. It's time consuming. And that's my least favorite part of quilting.
You like doing the quilt tops. You just don't like finishing them. Yes. Got it. And then? And then?
I started another project. And I stopped because I was like, I don't know. I'm kind of at a stop still here.
A stop still? Those are tough. When you get to stop stills, those are way worse than stand stills or stopping points. Stop stills are impassable.
And then a while ago, you and I bought some canvases.
That's right. It's acrylic paint. Right, because you wanted to play around with a couple of different things.
And I was like, why don't I just get this out and do this? Because we bought this weeks ago, it's still in its packaging. Awesome. So I broke one of those out and I started doing a little bit of painting. Yeah. That was exciting.
Okay. And you showed me that you had experimented with a couple of things? Yep. And then what? And then that's it.
That's it. End of the day. That was the whole day? I mean, that was the whole day. That was just a couple of hours. I was only alone for a couple of hours. I see.
Yeah, you didn't have enough time to do an entire quilt in a couple of hours. Right.
And I knew that and I think that's what was holding me back. I see. I know. I don't know why I get held up in these like, I can't do it kind of attitude. Yeah, I don't know. It's just the starting of something that's always frustrating for me. When I have to start a new book, it's like, I don't want to start a new book. When I have to start a new quilt, I don't want to start a new quilt. It's the starting of something that always holds me back. Well, start something.
Start not holding back. Wow. I mean, this advice is free. So take it for what it's worth. It's free. It costs zero. So it probably has minimal value, but you could start something.
I know. I know it. And then last night I look at the weekend and I go, I really could have gotten some things done this weekend. Why didn't I do any of it?
I know why I didn't get a lot done. Say because I didn't have a long weekend. I had a short weekend because I had a camp out Friday night. So then Saturday was spent trying to get warm once I got home. And then it was like, I don't want to do anything because I'm trying to get warm. Were you cold all weekend?
How was it? I was pretty cold. Yeah, it was really cold.
It was two degrees when we woke up Saturday morning. Did you stay warm all night? I was pretty okay. Wasn't bad. I could have been warmer. I have been warmer in my life. I've also been a lot colder. What's the coldest you've ever been? Negative 22 was very cold. When was that? A couple of February's ago when we went ice fishing. It was so cold.
That is miserable.
It was very cold. A couple of years ago, this particular camp out was, I want to say negative 11, something like that, which was pretty cold.
I don't think you're supposed to be outside in negative temperatures. Why? It's cold. Don't you want to go outside? Not at negative temperatures, no.
I mean, but don't you just want to go outside? You've been saying you need to go outside and get in nature. I do. Guess what? It's out there. Cold. Right now. And you're only as cold as you don't prepare for. I just made that one up. This advice is free. You're only as cold as you don't prepare for.
You are full of good advice today. Wow.
Just start something. Good advice. You're only as cold as you aren't prepared for. If I prepare for the cold and I'm overprepared, I will be warmer than I expect because I overprepared for the cold. Do you see?
Oh, why is guru? You should hike to the top of a mountain and make people work for this. That's right. I should.
You'll find me on top of a mountain giving out advice for free. I hope you prepare for the cold. You just have to hike up there to find me.
It's going to be cold on the top of that mountain. I will be prepared.
Or I will be as cold as I didn't prepare for. Because that is what the prophecy said. So you're welcome. I'm going to go start my hike now.
For free, ladies and gentlemen. For free. I told you yesterday that I was influenced by something I saw on TikTok.
Yeah. And then you decided you were going to buy it. And I laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed. Why? Because the item you purchased is a fitness item. And I called you Jane Fonda because I don't know what you think you're doing.
It was $16. Okay. And you said, that's going to work. They are really trying to sell me on this thing because I saw so many ads on it that I was finally like, yeah, I think that's really going to do something.
I've seen so many ads about it. Right. It's a three in one multifunction pedal resistance band. Wow. It is elastic pull rope fitness. Hold on. Full body workout. Hold on. Exercise, sit up, yoga, abdominal training. You're not holding on. Okay. Say. Correct me if I'm wrong. You're wrong.
Somewhere in the house exists a little black mesh bag filled with different resistance bands.
Those are different. It's not different. Those are primarily to put around your ankles and then you use those as a resistant band for your ankles.
If that's the exercise you do with them. This one. No, I see what it is. It's for your abs. Oh, good.
Good. The resistance bands I already have are not for your abs. Right.
This one has little feet things.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Just wait. Sure. Just wait. Yeah. You know what would work? What? Just wait.
Pick up dumbbells, kettlebells. Just wait. Try just wait. Guess what we have kicking around the house. Just wait. Just wait. Have you heard of it?
How dare you? Watch. I'm going to show you a video. Oh, I can't wait. Look at what she can do. I can't even see it.
What is she doing? This doesn't even look like it has resistance. I've seen people pull taffy tougher than that. What is? That's not even hard. That's like as much resistance as a sticky hand.
Okay, but this one went from the bottom. This to this. I can't even see.
Look at. Wow. Oh boy.
Okay. I know it was foolish. The second I ordered it, I went, eat a dummy. Eat a dummy. You got tricked. You really did.
Look, I think anything will work if you use it.
I'm only $16 out and I am going to use it. Just wait. Just do wait.
Your mom probably has a couple of
those kicking around her house because she buys stuff off the TV all the time. She's a catalog shopper. So I bet there's a couple of those that have only maybe been looked at in the box. That's true. I probably get a win to my mom's house and found some. You're absolutely right. Listen, if nothing else, I'm only out $16 and So that's worst case.
Is that what that was just saying? Worst case, it's $16. Best case.
I'll have really nice apps. Yeah. Yeah. Just wait.
Did you try just wait? Because I bet it would have worked. Oh, let's ask the question about the two things. It's would you rather this or that?
Would you rather do all of the things float, ski, hike, camp, or only pick one for life?
I'm just trying to be confused here a little bit. I'm not trying to be confused. I'm trying to sort out. I'm confused a little bit. Ask again. Okay.
Have the ability to do all of the things like float, ski, hike, camp, or only pick one for the rest of your life.
Why would I ever do that? Why would you ever do what? Pick one.
That's what I'm asking you.
Well, this seems like a pretty easy no, would you rather. I'd rather be able to do all the things.
Okay. Well, I guess that's your answer.
I had to have you read it twice because I thought there was some sort of no, there's no trip up.
No, there's no catch or hidden. No, it's just do you want to do all of the things or one of the things? All of it. Okay. What if you are mediocre at all of the things or really good at one of the things?
So that's just where I'm at. What thing are you really good at? No, no. I'm mediocre at all the things you misunderstood.
Okay. So do you want to just be mediocre at all the things or be really like expert level at one of those things?
No, I'll just keep mediocrity. It has nothing else to do with it's not hanging out with me.
Wow. That's not nice.
Oh, it's fine.
Be nicer to yourself.
You've done a lot of things. Sure. But not great at anything. Yes, sir. No, it's fine. I can do lots of things. Fairly okay. Yeah. I would rather have that as well. That's what I'm saying. Same. I pick that.
I would rather be, I want to just be good at something. Because I'm bad at everything.
What do you need? No, you're not. You just need confidence.
And the willingness to try. A willingness to try. And a good support system around you. You can do anything.
I mean, within reason. You're not going to be able to suddenly fly.
You've been giving out so many good gems today.
Climb the mountain and come find me to get good free advice. I'll be here all day. Well, it was a final sort of capstone to the weekend. We decided that it'd be fun to watch this guy climb a giant building. Taipei 101, is that what it was called? And where is this at? In Taiwan. And this is a huge, huge building. And there were several instances where I didn't feel so good about watching it.
I didn't feel so good about a lot of it. You did not want to watch it because you were like, I don't want to watch this at all.
Yeah, I don't want to watch this guy fall off a building live. Right. Like that is the last thing I want to watch.
How big is the, how tall is the building?
17,000 feet or something. It's insane.
There was one point where he was like just dangling by his feet. And I don't want to say dangling because that makes it sound like he was in distress.
No, he braced his feet and then was hanging backward, putting chalk on his hands, hanging by his toes.
Totally calm. He was like, I got this. And everyone was like, what are you doing?
Taipei 101 is 1,667 feet tall. So just under 1,700 feet tall.
Oh, 1,700. I was thinking 1,000. It's called Taipei 101 because it is 101 stories tall.
It was insane. It is absolutely crazy. What was his name? What's his name? Yeah. Oh, his name I have right here. It's Alex Handel. Okay. That's right. Or something to that effect anyway. Uh, yeah, the guy's a maniac. And he did it. If you don't know this story, he did this with no harness, no ropes, nothing, no belay. He just climbed it with his hands and feet.
And then he stood at the top, very, very top.
Which I was not okay with that. I didn't like that either. Took a selfie and he was like, it's super windy up here, but I'm chill. I'm going to hang out here for a minute. I was like, get down. I'm sitting comfortably on my couch, uncomfortably on my couch with a twisted stomach because I can't, I'm watching this guy stand on top of a building in a lot of wind. I'm like, I'm not into this.
Give me that. Even just thinking about it right now, my body is like doing a fight or flight response. I get the fear response in me. I don't like that.
Well, his wife was watching him. She was like, I'm so proud of you. Good job. I'm like, what? Why would you let him do this? Yuck. I don't know. How long did it take him? An hour and a half?
Not as long as you would think.
About an hour and a half. He was up there. To climb a building. Climb in. And he was like, I'm kind of tired. Yes.
You think? But his body has to go into some sort of, I don't know. Some sort of shock mode. I don't even understand.
He had to get on the overhang part and he had to jump.
It didn't really jump. It was like, it was insane. I know. I don't care for it. And look, I'm not terrible with heights. I don't like it, but I'll climb a ladder. I'll get on the roof to put on Christmas lights. It's like, simple stuff. I couldn't watch that.
I had a real hard time watching that. It was intense. And here's the other part. Like I want to know how he got permissions to do all of this.
Well, and that was one of the big things. Is that normally it's very not possible. It's incredibly illegal to climb buildings. Yeah. So he was like, I got permission to do it. I'm not going to miss this chance. I'm doing it.
Crazy. It was crazy. Cool to watch.
Yeah, I'm glad he made it successfully survive the whole ordeal. He too. I'm ready to not watch that anymore.
Same, bro. Oh, it really twists me up. I don't care for it. I don't like it. I didn't like it at all. But good for you, buddy. Congratulations. That's going to do it for the show. That's it. That's it.
Oh, she wrote for this Monday.
That's right. We'll be back tomorrow morning. Have a great rest of your day.
Tell your spouse you appreciate that.
Oh, that's nice. It's spouse's day. Do that. That's a good thing to do. Hey, spouse. Yeah. Preach. Preach. I appreciate it. Hey, spouse. Preach. Hey, spouse. There's probably a better way to say it than that. But I'm all out of advice for today. So have a good Monday. We'll see you back here tomorrow. Goodbye. Bye.
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