Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Monday, January 19th, 2026 Episode summary introduction: Today's episode is packed with real-life chaos: nostalgic trips back to 2016, empty boxes in the pantry, forgetting deodorant, hauling rock salt the hard way, gas gauge anxiety, a dramatic laundry tumble down the stairs, why “rounding up” at checkout feels personal, some genuinely heartwarming good news, NFL playoff emotions, Super Bowl talk, a Dirty Dancing deep dive, and more! Timestamps: (0:00) - Bonus: Bring back 2016 (4:08) - Chantel stinks, probably (8:02) - Good News (9:40) - Empty box under the pillow (14:20) - Water softener salt (20:58) - When do you round up? (27:09) - Running on empty (32:59) - Chantel's bruised body (40:22) - Football playoffs (49:47) - Dirty Dancing (55:49) - Josh likes soup (1:02:13) - Would You Rather (1:04:08) - Tell the robot you're not a robot Visit our website: https://riverbendmediagroup.com/info-page/wakeupclassy97/ Email the show - wakeupclassy97@gmail.com Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Classy97KLCE?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@classy97klce Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Classy97klce Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/classy97klce/ Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/classy97klce.bsky.social Follow us on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@classy97klce Follow us on X/Twitter: https://x.com/Classy97klce Full show transcript: You can email the show anytime you want to, just pop over, you know, whatever email app you use, and then you type in that email address, it's wakeupclassy97 at gmail.com. And then you put in a subject line, and then you add in some like body context, and then you hit send. And that's how you send an email to the show. I know, I know, I know. Pretty wild, huh? Hey, have you seen these bring back 2016, the trend? 2016 is so in right now. I know it is. And it's 10 years ago, and that's wild. Where were we in 2016? I was 35. Okay. You were 34. Yeah, that was 10 years ago, that's simple math, yes? Our beck was 12, our emory was 7. No, he would have been 11, he's 21 now. So he would have been. He was born in 2009. Okay, that's great, in November of 2009. He is 21 right now, so rewind by 10 years ago. That's easy. He's 11. He was 11, and emory was 6. We had super, super young kids. We did, and I went back to look at some pictures. Okay. And it's so cute, and I kind of do just want to go back a little bit. Yeah? Yeah, maybe just for a week. You want to go back to 2016 for one week? Just for a week. Which week? I don't know, that's a good question. What week would you want to go back to? I don't even know. I'm trying to see if I have anything from 2016. Oh, I have a lot. I know you do, because you store all your stuff that way. All my stuff's on hard drives. So let me see if I can go back to 2016. Okay, I have some stuff. 2016's when I built the deck on the back of the house. That's true, you did. I had a very bad haircut. It was short. Why did you say you had a bad haircut? Oh, I didn't like it. It's a fine haircut. It wasn't my favorite haircut. It was okay. Okay. It was okay. Let's see, I did, I hiked to a very really nice waterfall after a week of youth leadership training. That was the year I did that, which was really good. I also spent a week camping at a different camp. I was very, very, very heavily involved in scouting at that point. Big time. You still are. I'm still a scout master, yes. But I did scout camp that year. I did the cedar badge camp that year. I did a lot because I also was doing the adult leadership training. I have the, you and I were both on staff that year because I asked you to be on staff with us. So that was a big deal. Yeah, there was a lot going on in 2016 in my scouting stuff. Emery was a ladybug for Halloween. Oh, there you go. It's cute. I kind of want to go back just for a little time or two. I started getting into fishing. I caught a bass. That's when I had the bass that I brought home. Yeah, I remember that. I vowed to never harvest a fish again. I catch them and I put them back after that experience. I was like, I can't do this. You made your sister clean that bass for you. I tried doing fillets and stuff. I couldn't do it. It was, it broke my heart. I can't do it. I cannot do it. So yeah, that was in August of, oh, and I built the fake wall downstairs with the fireplace. That was in 2016. Hey. I was busy. Yeah, you were. I was a busy body in 2016. Like how productive. Eesh, had a lot going on. Wow. Yeah, so I think I'll stay here where I'm a little bit lazier. You know, 10 years has taught me anything. It's to slow yourself down and sit down and relax a little bit. Just enjoy life a bit. That's what I'm saying. Don't be so busy. Don't be so busy every weekend, man. Like have some time to sit down. So I'll take now. Okay. You don't have a choice. Well that's a good point. Can't go back. That is true. Can we start the show? We can and we will. Oh, hey, good morning. Oh, hey. That was a little bit of Irish, I guess. Oh, hey there, good morning. That's kind of how I said that. You do have a little bit of Irish heritage. I do have some heritage from the mainland as we call it. Oh, oh. Anyway, hi, good morning. How are you? I'm good except I think I forgot to put on deodorant this morning. I know and you for some reason will eat yourself alive about that all day. I will until I... Even if you didn't. Like you are going to be bugged about it in your head. Until I get some on, yes. But you probably did. Just because you can't be sure, now you're going to think about it all day. Instead of just being like, yeah, I did. I'm 98% sure I did not. I bet you did. But I'm thinking about the chain of command that I had. Right. I missed that. I'm sure you did. I missed that step. No way. Come smell. No way. Rude. Hey, I mean, what's the worst that happens? You have a little bit of stinky all day. Yeah, I don't want that. Why? Because nobody wants to be the stinky kid. What happened in your childhood that makes you think you're the stinky kid? I don't know. I can't trace that one back. Some things in there deep. I mean, the other thing I'm going to point out is it isn't like you have a lot of like heavy lifting, strenuous, sweaty work to do. True. And it's chilly outside. Yeah. I do have a double layer of clothes on though. Okay. I don't know. I might just have to after this job. You absolutely might isn't even a question. You will be in between jobs traveling to the house. Yeah, I have to. Because it's going to make you crazy otherwise. Yeah, it will. You're right. 100%. Man, I hate when you do that. I hate when you forget a step in your routine. It kind of throws you off a bit, doesn't it? I'm thrown. Not that one. You don't mind forgetting your deodorant? If I forgot, I'm in a shower and then I'll put it on next time. It's fine. Like, oh, hey everybody. A little bit stinky today, but I sit here and talk. I'm not doing a lot of like outside sweat. It's not like I'm putting a roof on in summer. It's a different kind of job. You know? Specific. Hot work on a hot roof. Everyone around me would be like, you forgot something today. Like, what is it? I'll take care of it. Don't worry about it. Oh, I know you will. I'm not worried. Totally cool. You're super worried. I'm going to have everybody who comes in here because people will come check in, you know, this morning. I'm going to have them stand real close to you because I know it's driving you crazy. Come take a whiff. Hey, stand real close to Chantel and see if she smells nice. I'll just sit with my arms raised. That's good. Air them out. Let them breathe. Smart. Maybe I'll take a lap around the office. What does that mean? Like I'll do some running. Maybe I will make myself nice and sweaty. Let's not do that. Just to see if I actually did put on some deodorant. I bought new deodorant too. How fun. What a big day. Here we go. All right, well, everybody come stand close to Chantel. Start of the week. She's excited about it. Have you ever heard of Anne and Danny Hallsinger? So these two are longtime supporters of the Fairfield Fire and EMS in Carroll Valley, Pennsylvania, and they recently stepped up with a very generous $30,000 donation to help the department there purchase a new special unit vehicle. This is a very specialized pickup truck that is essential for the area because it can navigate these tight mountain roads and small bridges that a larger heavy fire engine cannot. And so they donated $30,000 to their local fire and EMS crew to be able to help them make their first payment on this vehicle. This vehicle is used for up to 75% of the station's emergency calls and they don't have one of these. Oh man. Like if you're in this rural area in Pennsylvania and a fire breaks out, like they're going to have a very hard time getting to you without this thing. So it's really important. And they are trying to get this thing in service by 2027. So they have to buy it, has to be built, they have to make the payments and the first $30,000 payment. These guys stepped up and said, let's get this thing going. Wow. Isn't that cool? I think that's huge. Funny that you asked if I had heard of that. Yeah, I knew you hadn't. Ann and Danny said that the donation was a simple decision because they feel fortunate to be able to help the brave men and women who keep their town safe. Exactly. And I think that's pretty cool. Oh, nice. Yeah, anyway, that's what we call good news. Always is. It is. Do you want to explain what happened or how do you want to handle this? I have no explaining to do. I think you have some explaining to do. Well, there I was. Oh, okay. So you are going to explain. Got it. Go ahead. Well, there I was getting ready to go to bed last night. Yeah. I pulled out my covers and an empty box falls out of my pillows. That's right. Now it's your turn to explain. I have no explaining to do. I put the box there because what happens when we find empty boxes in the pantry? Or as Emery who was sitting in the living room when I pulled it out and I went, you're not going to believe what I just found. And I held it up and she goes, put it under her pillow. And I went, oh, I'm already on the way. And as I put it under the pillow, you walked in the front door. And it all happened in those two seconds. And I had forgotten about it. And then I walked into the bedroom and you moved your pillow to get into bed. And then what is this? And then you send a picture of it to the whole house and got zero response. Yeah. Yeah. Why didn't anybody respond? I don't like when people don't respond. Our son was already in bed and Emery already knew why. You know what you've done. You guys can't beat me at my own game. Yeah. Well. And I don't put the empty boxes under their pillow. I typically throw it at them. Oh, good. We both agreed we were going to put it under the pillow instead of throw it at you. Because I go, why is there an empty box in the pantry? Why did you leave this empty box in the pantry? That's what I said. Why was there an empty box in the pantry? Why did you leave that empty box in the pantry? I couldn't tell you why that empty box was in the pantry. You're the only one that eats those particular granola bars that were in that box. I think the reason is, and I'll tell you why. Okay. Here we go. Because I just reached my hand and then pulled one out. Right. And I didn't realize it was the last one. Well. Isn't it cute? The two of you tagging up on me. How cute. Isn't it? Yeah, it is. I'm so heavy for the two of you. But I think maybe what happens with all of the other empty boxes is somebody reaches in and grabs one, doesn't pay attention. I think so. I learned a lesson, didn't I? And that was the goal, wasn't it? It's cute. You guys work together as a team. You know who you've never had to throw a box at? This guy. You're so good. This guy takes care of business. You're so good at everything. No. Wow. That is not what I said. I just want you to know you've never had to teach me this lesson. You haven't had to be like, hey, why didn't you throw that away? Because I also, I'm a pick up the box and reach in kind of guy. I'm not a blind grab. You're amazing. No, I'm not saying anything like that. I'm just telling you that of all the frustrations you have about things that I do and don't do, this isn't one of them. And so, you know, you're welcome. That's all I'm trying to say. You don't have to worry about me leaving empty boxes. I'm not that guy. Okay. There was one time, Emery had left, I think it was a strawberry container and she had left the empty strawberry container. In the fridge? In the fridge. Uh-huh. And that particular time, I put it under her pillow. Gotcha. And then she put it under my pillow and then we kept returning that strawberry back and forth. But most of the time, if I see an empty box, I go into their rooms and I go, who left this? And I just throw it in their room. Take care of this. That's what I do most often. No, I know. And then they blame it on each other. I didn't take the last one, Emery did. I didn't take the last one, baked it. Well, you're the only one that eats those granola bars. Okay. I owned it. It's my mistake. It's my empty box. I learned a lesson. Very good. Mission accomplished. We needed some rock salt for our soft water. What is it? Water softener. That's right. And normally that's your job because they're heavy and they're awkward. Yeah, it's 40 pound bags and I needed four of them. And it's not like 40 pounds doesn't sound like that much, but they're not easy packages to maneuver. That is true. It is a big bag with a terrible handle. Yes. We got to do something about those handles. Yeah. They're the worst handles on anything. They're terrible. So normally this is your job to handle, but you, we needed some very badly and you had to do something else. And so I said, I can handle this. I got this. Right. So Emery and I went to the store. We loaded four bags of rock salt into our cart. Yes. Fine. Okay. Hold on. Let's stop right there because you said cart. And when I said, Hey, if you're going to go, I said, I can go get it later. Or if you want to get it, I said, get a flat bed. It's so much easier. Just get the flat bed and then you can stack them up and it's easier to push around the store and just do that. And then you just said you got a cart and put them in a cart. Yeah. All right. Well, there's a problem. It's 160 pounds. You're putting in a cart. Go ahead. I kind of forgot that you said get a flat bed. Yeah. Okay. Until I got to the rock salt and I said, Oh, dad said I should have gotten a flat bed. Yeah. If you're getting that many, if you're getting two, you can get away with a cart. But I was clear at the back of the store. I was like, I'm not going back to get a flat bed. We're going to make this work. Do you know how displaced that weight on that cart was? Oh yeah. That's why I said get a flat bed. It's insane trying to push that cart around the store. Yeah. You should have got a flat bed. I know. Do you know? I get it now. If you're only getting two, you can get away with a cart. If you're getting more than two, just know that for future reference. I heard. If you're getting more than two bags, get a flat bed. I heard. Got it. Emily, Emery is the real MVP though, because she's the one that like did most of the work. She loaded, she was like, I got this step aside and she loaded, I loaded maybe one bag and she was like, mom, I got this. And she, I know. And then we loaded him into the car. I have a dinky little car too. I know you do. So that's why I said, if I need to go later, it's 160 pounds in your car. We did it. I put two on one side and two on the other side to balance us out. And then we get home and you have to, you have to load it in the cart and then you have to load it in your car and then you have to unload it out of your car. Right. We loaded it inside the house and I said, we're not taking this downstairs. It's going to take a time. I walked in the front door and about tripped over them. They were right there. I went, I got salt. All right. Off I go. Put it in the softener. Rock salt acquired. We did it. We did our job. The whole time I'm sitting here going, listen, I am a strong independent woman and I can do what you can do. That's right. I just don't want to. But also I figured out how to make things easier on myself. Like getting a flatbed, for example. No, I get it. I do. I didn't get the flatbed. I told Emory, I said, listen, I, these single women and these single moms are amazing and we all know that. We all know that they're capable of so many amazing things. Absolutely. And I go, I could do it if I needed to. Like I would get things done because you have to. There's no other option, right? But man, oh man, I like that you do stuff that I don't want to do. Because you would have had to take it downstairs and then cut them open and then hoist them up and dump them in the softener as well. I know. Yeah. And I would do what needed to be done, but I'm so glad I don't have to. Got it. I just loaded them inside and said, all right, we did our part. Josh does the rest. Well, thanks for doing it. It was, it was desperate. I have not checked that thing as often as I needed to. And I thought I was okay. And I looked at it the other day and I went, oh no, I need to get salt like now. So I appreciate it. We're good for a while now. No worries. Thanks for checking. Because I don't even check. I know. It's a thing I do. But then I sometimes forget and then I go, oh, I need to go look at that. And then I get disappointed in myself. So. I never check and I'm never disappointed in myself. Okay. Well, if you check now, it's good. It's got good salt. How often do you check? I usually check once a month. Okay. But I had forgotten. How often do we have to feel it? You know why I forgot? Christmas and holidays and stuff. That's why. Yep. We probably put salt in there every other month, probably something like that. I don't know. Whenever I look at it and go, yeah, it could use a bag. I should probably learn how to do that just in case. You just look in there. But what's the max feel? I like, I don't know how much. Oh, it's fours. Like if it's empty and you go to four, that's it. Okay. You're good. Okay. Like we're good now. Okay. Like now I'm reset. So now I'll go, yeah, it's a bag down. I need a bag. Because I can do a bag. I know. But four bags was a dream. I'm telling you, that was hard core. It's because of the holidays. I'm blaming the holidays. I got off schedule with checking. But I usually, like whenever I grab the vacuum or whenever I change laundry or whatever, I'll go, what's the salt doing? Okay, good. It takes two seconds. Never check on the salt ever. I never go, what's the salt do it? You just lift up the door and go, yeah, there's salt in there. I never think about it. Never, ever, ever. Okay. So I appreciate you for doing that. You're welcome. So we were ordering some food over the weekend and you were asked at the checkout if you wanted to round up your purchase to benefit some charity thing. They always ask you to do that. I know. Everywhere you go. Yeah, they're either like, and just one more question, would you like to tip or it's, would you like to round up your purchase? Sometimes it's both. Sometimes. I wanted to know, because I think you looked at it and said, yeah, go ahead. But you looked at it for a minute and I wanted to know what are your qualifiers? Like when do you say yes and when do you say no? I couldn't tell you. Because you looked at it and went, okay. Well, I think I looked at it like, because if my total is $1206. Right. So you're going like $0.94. That's what I'm trying to understand. Are you like, what's your cutoff? Are you like, if it's $0.50 or less, I'm in. I think it depends on the, it actually doesn't depend on the sense at all. It depends on the location where I am and what the charity is. Interesting. Okay. But the way you were looking at it was like, let me do some quick math. That's over $0.50. No thanks. Did I say no? No, I think you said yes. I'm just trying to, I was just trying to find out that qualifier because at most we're talking about $0.99. Right? Like whenever they ask, would you like to round up? At most you're going to spend $0.99. Right. I just wanted to make sure I understood. I don't. There's nothing in my head. There's no qualifiers predetermined in my head. I just, I think it's all dependent on my mood. And if I have a little bit of tip fatigue or. I get that. Donation fatigue because it does get exhausting when everywhere you go, they go, and do you want to give a little extra money? Yeah. And do you want to tip us? And do you want to also do this? And I go, no, I came here to buy this thing. I have purchased the thing. Correct. I'm now moving on my way. And so it is all determined on my mood. Yeah. We also last night, I ordered some food. You went to pick it up. When I ordered the food, it asked if I wanted to leave a gratuity. And listen, if someone's delivering something to me, I'll add a tip. If someone has to do, like serve me, I will add a tip. But if I stand up to order, what am I tipping? Do you know what I mean? I do. That feels lame. And if I have to drive across town to pick it up because I prefer to do that in this case and have somebody deliver it, then I'm just going to say, hey, yeah, no, no, I'm because all you're doing is putting it in a bag and then bringing it to the car. Right. Right. Minimal effort is my opinion. But then you said that when you got there, they asked you again if you wanted to leave a tip. I'd already paid online. Yeah. And they said, would you like to leave a tip? No. Yeah. When I got there, she handed me a receipt and I had to sign the receipt and then it said, would you like to leave a tip? And I went, no. Quit asking. I said no when I purchased it online. I feel like I have more tip qualifiers than rounding qualifiers. Yeah, I agree with that. But there are some times where they're like, would you like to round up and I look at it and I go, that's going to be 80 cents. Not today. It's silly, right? It really is. But it does get exhausting when you're like, no, I don't want to round up. No, I don't. Not today. I paid. I just want my food. Can I just have what I ordered? Can we not do this? Yeah, I get you. And I read something somewhere that said that corporations will often make those donations anyway. Right. And so then they're just asking you to help contribute to that donation. Right. When they've already made the donation. Correct. Like they'll say, yeah, we're going to donate $10,000 this year. And then they ask, you know, would you like to donate? And then they end up filling their charity bin that they were going to donate back anyway. It's a kind of a double dipping thing. It feels icky. But I don't know if that's every restaurant or every company that's doing that, but that's, that feels icky. I don't like that. Agreed. Yeah. I can't, I don't know what's going on behind the scenes behind every business, but it certainly doesn't instill confidence in my charity. And I don't like that. I like to know that what I'm giving to is actually going to what I said, not to fill the bucket that they already emptied. I do know that one time I was with Emory and she was buying something and they asked her if she would like to donate something. I think it was for like primary children or something. And she said, oh no, thank you. And I go, she hates kids. Oh, please man. You said this. Yes. Wow. And the guy, the guy helping us kind of scoffed and then he looked at Emory like, whoa. And she goes, I don't, I don't. Yeah. Way to embarrass the kid. It's easy. I know. Wow. That's hard. That would embarrass me. I'd be like, whoa. Easy. I don't have any qualifiers is the answer. I got it. I follow. Okay. I just determines they still dependent on my mood. Okay. Good to know. So when you say no, are you in a bad mood about it? No, it's just like, no, I'm tired of like asking me for all kinds of money. Yeah. I've been asked seven times today, or if I've gone to that particular location a couple of different times and they're like, they've asked me like, it's at a grocery store and I've already been there. Like I gave last time. Yeah. Oh, stop. Tell me, do you, you just mentioned that you look in the rock salt, the water softener. Every so often, but you ever look at your gas every day. The whole time I'm driving. I don't look at anything else. I look away from the road and just stare at my gas every time. Every time I get in your truck, it's on empty every time. It's not right now. You just get into my truck at the wrong time. You are making me nervous. Why? So nervous because my gas light wasn't even on. I think your gas light is broken. No. Because you were down to two miles to go and it hadn't even come on yet. Nine. I think it was nine miles. You said it's broken. I think it is. Let me see. Hold on. What are you looking up? When the gas light comes on, you have about three gallons left, which it says is around a 30 to 50 mile range. Mine comes on about 30. Prompt you to refuel soon. Whatever. Before you run out of gas. My light didn't even come on. It's broken. No. Yes, it is. My gas light comes on about 25 miles to go. That's when I go, I got to get to getting. Yeah. So it will give me, it will count down to zero and then turn on my gas light when I still have 30 or so miles left. So easy. Calm down. I just did some research on it. The, the range thing counts down to when the gas light turns on. I see what you're saying. And then I have 30 to 50. That gives me a little bit. I'd like having that little bit of a buffer. You're really going to push it. Settle down. On Friday, you go, I got to get some gas. I'm real low. Yeah. And then we proceeded to run a bunch of errands all around town. And I did not think about the gas again until we're in the middle of the drive-through. That's right. We decided to try the new cafe Zupa's. Right. Huge line. That's right. We're in the middle of the line. And you looked at it. Waiting. You looked at it and then you whispered about the gas. And I thought, I thought your whispering was like, Hey, you know how the gas thing freaks out our daughter? Let's play a joke. And so you were whispering. I don't know what you said. And then you went, how you're so out of gas. And I thought you were making a joke. So I was like, yeah, it's going to be crazy. We might run out of gas. I'm playing along thinking you're making a joke. And then I found out 20, 30 minutes later, you were seriously worried about it. I didn't even get gas that night. I still, I didn't get gas till the next day. Because Emory gets very nervous about running out of gas. I don't know why it's never happened when she's been with us. I know. But I also get nervous about running out of gas. And I was especially nervous because we were in the middle of a drive-through and I went, if you run out of gas in the drive-through line, when everyone's already been waiting for so long. What's going to happen? And someone's going to have to help us push the truck out of the drive-through line. I'm going to be so upset. What will happen? I just didn't want to be embarrassed. I didn't want to have people be mad at us. So I embarrassed is your own emotion. Other people mad at us. Why? Why would they be mad? Because. Oh, you, you ran out of gas in the drive-through. Because they've already been waiting such a long time. Okay. I didn't want to push your truck out of the drive-through line. Oh, I knew it was going to happen. I was just, so I whisper to you, I go, are you going to run out of gas? Try not to have Emory listen to freak her out. So you were trying not to freak her out. And you say to me, we've got like nine miles to go. And I go, oh, and then they make us pull over and wait. Right. We go out of the drive-through, which that eased up a little bit. Because now if we have to be pushed, we're going to have to be pushed backwards into the drive-through line. You realize. Go on. I was just panicked the whole time, the whole time. And then you say, no, I was just lying. We have like 30 miles to go. Or 20 or whatever it was. I was like, I'm fine. Why would you say that to me? Why would you tell me we had a night? Because I thought you were playing a joke on our daughter. So I went, yeah, we're going to run out. And then even still the next day. So I said, yeah, I didn't get gas that night. Now I know. I'm full aware. You didn't get gas until I said, hey, how about you stop and get some gas? It was fine. My light wasn't even on. You're overthinking it. I really was, but you were freaking me out. Are you okay now? Yeah. Did anything scary happen? Did we survive? Did we make it through? Did I get gas? Are we going to be okay? Shush. It's all fine. Just exhale a little bit. Exhale a little bit. I don't know how. Try it. And nice. Something bad happened over the weekend. Now, here's me in the kitchen. Yeah. Was this Saturday morning? Yes. And I'm making toast. And then I hear, and I went, are you okay? I set my toast down and you go, yeah. And then I go to the top of the stairs and you're kind of in a massive like pile of laundry and you just like laying there. And I said, all right. So I start going downstairs and I said, what do you need? And you're like, I hurt my leg. My leg hurts. I got a, and then you like got yourself up and sort of like limped away. Frustrated and angry. I wasn't angry. You looked a little angry. Pain. It hurt. Yeah. I'm just saying it looked a little angry. Like you were frustrated by the whole thing. And the laundry basket was upside down and emptied. It was just all over the stairs. That's what I was the most angry about. If I was angry, like now I have to pick up all this dirty laundry. Right. Oh, gross. Yeah, I don't know what happened. So what happened? I think I slipped. I was wearing socks. Yeah. I slipped on the stairs as I was taking the laundry basket downstairs. Right. That's the other part too, is I try to load in as much stuff in the laundry basket that has to go downstairs or that has to come upstairs. I know. You are a one trip lady. Yeah, I do. Here's something I just thought about. What? And I'm not being critical of how you walk. But you're a heels first person. Did maybe a heel get too close to the edge and slip off? Probably. I couldn't tell you. I was walking one minute, next minute on the ground, down the stairs. Noisy. I'm sorry. Fall down the stairs quieter next time. No, it was just a made a loud noise. What I know is that my bottom hit the step really hard and then I went pop, pop, pop, pop, down the stairs, down the last five stairs. My left leg went bent clear behind me. I think it was my right leg actually. My right leg bent clear behind me. So I had left leg out straight, right leg bent behind me, bottom hard on the stairs, down. And that's how you got that really cool bruise on your left hip. Pretty nasty bruise. So here's, here's, I'm putting this all together, forensics. Left heel went down on the stair too close to the edge, slipped. That's why right leg was still behind you. Okay. Because left leg was moving forward. Okay. And left leg, your left heel missed. Okay. And then you went, on your left hip, down the stairs, laundry basket upside down. That's what happened. I would, I would buy that. And also socks. So look, let's get you on your toes a little bit more. Let's get you walking on your toes a little bit. Land on the ball of your foot. Okay. Instead of the heel, so much. And then we won't slip down the stairs. I think that's it. That and some grippy socks. Let's get you some socks with some tread on the bottom. Yeah, that might help. Or ice spikes. We can put those on. I do have ice spikes that I wear. That's what I'm saying. I keep them in my car when I need them in the parking lots. I put them on. Just for the stairs. They're stair spikes to really help you grip. Can't be having you fall down the stairs. Well, and here's the other part is I was dragging the laundry basket down the stairs. So when you slip, then it ran over you. That's why it was upside down too. Got it. And then because I had loaded it with so much stuff that needed to go to the basement, it was very heavy. And I think that probably contributed in the weight, the extra weight of the laundry basket was like, oh, we're going down hard. Right. And she did. Yeah, I heard. I had to put down my toast. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm glad that it was, I mean, you got a bruise. You got a bruise on your hip. But that's the weirdest part is like that part of my hip. Yeah. I didn't feel that at all. Yeah. But that's because when you slip, that's you move to the left and that part hit. Yeah. But it was the right side of my bottom that hit. That's the part that was like, oh, that's going to sting. I didn't, I don't think you have anything going on on the right side. I don't. The right side hurts because that's where the laundry basket hit it. No, I distinctly remember that hitting the stairs. No way. There's no evidence of that. There is strong evidence that your left hip hit the stairs and went, there's no evidence that the right hit the stair. But I imagine the basket, because the basket was on your right, the basket probably collided with you and then tumbled over. Yeah. That's probably true. Oh, nobody wants to sit in their pile of dirty laundry either. Oh, I'm sitting there going like, oh, I got a, this smells bad. Smell bad. But it hurts. So I can't stand up right away, but I got it because it stinks. You got up and limped away angrily. I saw that. I wasn't angry. It was painful. Laundry. Like that. I also felt like when I fall and people go, are you okay? Are you okay? Yeah. Well, that's the job of everybody around you is ever going to do when you fall down. I know, but I hate it. Just go away. If I need your help, I'll ask for it. Just leave me here in this laundry. Don't check on me because then I would have got yelled at for, I fell down the stairs and you didn't even ask if I was okay. How do I make you happy? Because if I do it, I did too much. If I don't do it, I should have. I'm so lost. I don't know how to navigate this maze. You should have brought me your piece of toast. No, you had already eaten your toast. I know, but I could always go for more. No, I'd had cookie butter on it. Oh, I don't want that. See, I know you had an Nutella on yours. Thanks for checking on me. I didn't mean to be so angry. I wasn't angry. It was just a pain. No, I see it. You're going to heal up. I think I need an ice pack. It's too late for that. It's been three days. It bruised pretty quick. Yeah, you looked at it this morning and went, ew. Yeah, it's yellowish. I don't care for that color. Fix that. It's gross looking. Sorry. There's some big football over the weekend. A lot of upsets. Two, I think. Two that people expected and two that seemed. I know there were four games. Two that people expected, I think, and two that people might have been surprised by the outcome. Who were they expected? I think Seattle was an expected playoff win. I don't think the score was an expected outcome. I think that that game had some major upsets right out the gate. I think there were some upset fans. Yeah, that's what I mean. I don't think the outcome of the game was an upset. I think there's a lot of 49ers fans, and I think they were all pretty upset because what happened 49ers? Right. When you say an upset, that would mean the underdog beat the champion, and that was an upset. I get what you're saying. Right. There were upset people, for sure, and there will be upset people for a long time, because that's a big rivalry, and Seattle brought it to the half. Dominated? Holy smokes. Yeah, what's up, Darnold? You couldn't play like that for the Vikings last season. This has been an ongoing conversation in the house, and whenever you talk to a Seahawks fan. I won Seahawk fan that I know. That I said, can I have that quarterback back, please? And he said no. Well, you're also asking a fan. You're asking a 12 if you can have it back, and the 12s aren't in charge. The 12th man? That's right. Okay. Is that to know what you meant? That's what I'm saying. The other upset was the Bills game. All right. Bills Broncos game was awesome. Went into overtime. And there was a play in that. That was a big upset, too. I don't think the play was a big upset. I think a lot of people were upset about the play. You've got to get your verbiage right. You've got to get your verbiage. Maybe say it was an upsetting play. Okay. Because, yeah, that's true. So, yeah, the Broncos pulled out that victory, and there's a lot of people that are upset about the way that went down. My brother is not upset. He's a Broncos fan. That's right. So he's pretty upset. Broncos fans are like, oh, quit crying. Josh Allen is very upset. Speaking of crying. I know. He was super, super tearful. That was so sad. Yeah. Poor Josh Allen. I really like Josh Allen. As of this morning, the Bills have fired their coach. I know. What? Why would you ever want to be an NFL coach? Your job is on the line always. Yeah. I would never. The same is true with everyone in any position on the field. That's so scary. I mean, that's true of anybody in any job. Like any of us could be fired at any notice. Sure. But man, oh man, the NFL coaching game is a fickle business, isn't it? Yeah. And then also, game went to overtime between the Rams and the Bears. And for a minute, I thought the Bears were going to make it happen. We didn't watch that game. We didn't. But the Rams pulled off the victory 20 to 17 in overtime. I didn't want them to win. I wanted the Bears to win. And then you had the Texans Patriots. And I think that one was an upsetting game for our household because a lot of people were excited about Houston potentially doing this thing. And it did not go that way. And that one was probably the quietest of the four games this weekend. Well, and didn't, who's their quarterback? Who? Stroud. Yeah, CJ Stroud. He had how many interceptions? A few. He had a few. A few too many. Yeah, buddy. He didn't play so hot. So now we move on to, those were the divisional rounds. And now we move on to the conference championships. This will determine who's going to go to the big dance, the big game they call it. You can't say the big game. Isn't that kind of right? I can say the big game. We can't. Okay. So here's the deal. I can say Super Bowl. I can say they're going to go to the Super Bowl. I can say the names of the teams that are going to go to the Super Bowl. I can say that. I can't, I cannot say, hey, Classy 97 is having a Super Bowl party. You should come to our Super Bowl party. Because that is where they draw the line and they go, no, your party is not the Super Bowl party. Your party can be the big game party. But you can't call it that. But in a journalistic sense, I can say these two football teams are going to the Super Bowl. It's Super Bowl 60. Can I say? I can say that. Super game party? Super game? I mean, I guess that's a weird thing to say, but you can. And then people tried to get cute with it and they said, we're not having a Super Bowl party. We're having a Super Bowl party. And I was like, no, that's not it. Like you're getting too cute. And then they shut that down as well. But that's the big deal. You can't do it in advertising. Like, you know, someone who's running a commercial can't say it's our Super Bowl sale. You can't say that. Because you can't use it as a money making thing. But as a journalistic conversation, we can say Super Bowl without getting in trouble. Because we're talking about the Super Bowl. Not trying to say we have taken ownership of it. It's ours. It's not. So we just have to, it's all context and making sure that we are not trying to attach that brand to our own. Right? Does that make sense? Yep, it does. Okay. I picked Houston. And Bills to go to the Super Bowl. Houston and Bills. Yeah. Buffalo and Texans. Strange, strange way to say that. It's fine. All right. So they're both out. So the bracket that we made in our family. Oh, I think everybody's was blown up because we all had planned on Houston beating New England. So here's how it's going to go down. Yeah, because who wants the Patriots to go back to the Super Bowl? No one. Two games on Sunday. The early game is at 1pm. It's the Patriots and the Broncos. Okay. I'm rooting for the Broncos. One of those two teams is going to go. Here's the thing. The Broncos are probably not going to win this. Their quarterback had a broken ankle at the end of that game. I know. So Nix is out. Yeah, I know. So they got another guy in. The Patriots are probably going to pull off that win. Patriots are probably going. Okay. The other side is the Rams and Seahawks. Okay. It's going to be a tough game. I know. Who are you getting ready for? I want the Seahawks to go. I think it'd be fun. I don't. Okay. I think a Seahawks Patriots Super Bowl is what's coming. And then I think Sam Darnold is going to win it. I think that would be really fun. I don't. Yeah, I do. Because then you'd be salty like this for all eternity. It would be great. No, Sam Darnold. Every time his name comes up, you're going to have an attitude about it. And I think that's really fun. Oh, Sam Darnold, you mean the quarterback we gave away. We didn't want him and then you went and won. The quarterback couldn't do it for the Vikings. Nothing for the Vikings. Yeah, right. And he had Justin Jefferson. He couldn't do it. See? Yeah, the best receivers in the league. Couldn't throw to him. Here we go. Here we go. That's why I want him to win. Because it's really going to bug you. You get all emotional about it. Not as emotional as Josh Allen. True. That is true. Poor Josh Allen. He's quite emotional. Actually very sad because he worked really hard. Yeah. And he's a nice guy. I know. Dang it. I know it. Football. Football. I tell you. Well, anyway, that's what's coming up. Two more games of regular playoffs here on Sunday, one o'clock and 4.30. And then the actual big game, the Super Bowl, is February 8th, 4.30 PM. Bad Bunny halftime show. It's going to be a party. You were telling me yesterday, Green Day was going to be performing in the opening part of the Super Bowl. So that's neat. I read that somewhere. Cool. So there you go. What is the day of the Super Bowl? February 8th. OK. It's a Sunday. No, it usually is. OK. And they are going to be at Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, who are very upset, by the way. Oh, I bet so. That's where the... That's another reason why 49ers fans are really upset is because they could have had an at-home Super Bowl. Well, hey, guess what, 49ers? Maybe you should have showed up for your game. All right. Here we go. We went to see Dirty Dancing in theaters. In theaters? Well, in a theater, a colonial theater, they showed it and they had a live band playing on the music. I've seen that movie a bajillion times. I've probably seen it twice now, maybe three times. What I like about that movie is the older I get, the more ridiculous that movie is. When I was younger, I was like, this movie's amazing. And I still love it for the nostalgia factor of it. But there's a scene in the movie where baby yells at her dad and says, you let me down too. Yeah, he didn't do anything to let her down. No. Like nowhere in the storyline of the movie is she told no. Right. She's like, dad, I need some money to help a stranger. And he's like, can you give me any more details? And she's like, nope. And he goes, OK, I trust you. And it gives her a bunch of money. Yeah, right. Like you weren't there for me when I needed you. Like, yeah, he was. The other thing I noticed, one of the most iconic lines about putting baby in a corner, she wasn't even in a corner. She was next to a pillar. It's kind of cornerish. I get it. And then you pointed out that he should have actually called her by her real name, Francis. Yeah. Because it was kind of like she's a big girl moment. She's a big girl. She needs to be taken seriously. And you still called her by her nickname. That's right. He should have said no one puts Francis in a corner. Yeah, which is great. But I also, I was noticing, I was like, this is the scene where that happens. She should have been full on in a corner. But she was just kind of near a pillar that created a small corner. And I get the point of the whole thing. I understand like what we're getting at. But to me, that she should have been in a corner. That's the best place to sit. Anyway, if you're in the corner, you're kind of, you've got all access. You can see every angle. But you also like to be tucked away like that. Yeah, I do. And you shouldn't tuck her away. She's better than being tucked away. And so are you. Well, thank you, Josh. That's right. Oh, funny. That movie is funny. A lot of overacting. Oh, for sure. Which I was like, whoa, can we tone down the like big dramatic movements? And the over, it was a lot. There was a lot of overacting in that movie. I did it for nothing, Josh. A lot over the top. A lot over the top. I'm trying to think what else kind of stood out to me. Swayze's kind of a greaser. Well, yeah, it was the time. No, I get it. But that was kind of, he was like the only greaser. Everybody else was kind of like rich pool boy. And he rolls up like, yeah. Like he just got done hanging out with John Travolta in the cool old car, grease lightning, you know? I get it. I know you're kidding. Like he rolled into town after hanging out in the city. My favorite speeches. I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you. So good. It's so good. Isn't it? The drama of it all. Well, and then we started really deep diving in on Swayze's kind of injury because he had hurt himself. And so as he was trying to do all those dance scenes and stuff, he had really bad knees. In real life. Yeah, in real life. And so he was really struggling. And then when they put him in the river to do the, or the lake or whatever to do the lift scenes, and that water was cold, it really agitated it. Like he was fighting through some serious pain. And then we learned that the two actors, what's her name? Jennifer Gray. Thank you. And Patrick had been in Red Dawn and did not like each other in that movie. And so they had a bad filming experience, which that came out before dirty dancing. And so when they said, hey, we're going to have Patrick Swayze do this, she was all against it. They had a little bit of a battle. You wouldn't know it. No, on screen. You don't see it, but they didn't particularly like one another. Ooh. So much behind the scenes. I know. See, that's what you do when you go watch a movie. You've seen 400 times. You start. You do some digging. You start doing some research. Yep. Anyway, fun experience. And I haven't seen that movie in a very long time. So thanks for the third watch through probably in my life. The third? Oh, that's. If even second or third. It's in the tens. Oh, you've seen it. You said you could probably quote or at least know, based on the music or whatever part of the movie. What is happening in that scene? Yeah. Interesting. When Wipeout's playing, she's dancing on the bridge. Yeah. There was a sound guy who works for the show. And when is it the sister who's up there doing the run through for the talent show? He was in the back doing every move. And it was hysterical. It was awesome. That was like, no one knows that he was back there doing it, but he was doing it move for move. And it was great. What's that song she's singing? I don't know the name of it. Hmm. You can. Yeah, that thing. Yeah, that one. That's exactly how it goes. I think you might actually like soup now. Well, listen, it wasn't that I was big anti-soup. It's just there are certain soups that are not a meal. And some other soups that are just a side. And some of them that are like, yeah, that doesn't have to exist. That's all. But there are definitely soups that are a meal. Like if you count chili as a sort of a soup, it's a meal. Chili's a meal. Lasagna soup is a meal. Taco soup is a meal. Broccoli cheddar. Is a side. Loaded baked potato is a bit of like a gray area between side and meal. Got it. It's got to be a hearty kind of soup. Chicken enchilada. Yeah, that could be a meal. Like the what's the one chicken tortilla soup. That's been a meal before. I'm okay with that. It's got to be a hearty soup. If it's just like a mostly a liquid, that's a side. Got it. I got it. That's the that's the rule. What about a stew? A stew is a stew. Hearty. A big hearty thing. Meat. Big potatoes. Cooked up celery and carrots. Very good. Well, lucky for us, we wanted to try the new cafe soup. And we did. I think you were a little bit like, soup in sandwiches, which I'm not a fan of. I know that you and our daughter were like fanatical about it. And so I said, we got to get over there early so you can try this. That's when we got in the drive-thru about ran out of gas and all that. And we got home and we ate it. The sandwich was good. Well, luckily they had lasagna soup. Otherwise. What would you have done? Probably the potato one or the curry. The curry was so good. I get a little wishy washy on curries too. Because a curry is like a Thai food or an Indian food. A curry is a meal. Oh, yeah. And the actual curry, some call soup is not a soup. It's a curry. But that is like with that with the rice and the chicken and vegetables and all the stuff. That's a meal. Well, the curry soup has rice in it. That's what, yeah, if you put it in there. You can give rice in it. Yeah, you add it. So good. I want it right now. Well, I don't know what to do. We're busy. But I think you were pretty excited about having some soup. You looked at the menu or like these all look kind of good. Yeah, no, I could handle this. It was fine. I mean, I would prefer it as a lunch, I think. Like I would feel like that's a good lunch. If I had that at like two or three in the afternoon, I'd be good. I wouldn't need to have a big dinner. Because I would be full from that. From the hearty soup. From the hearty soup and a good sandwich. Got it. Yeah. So I could do a lunch, a late lunch and be like, you know what? I'm pretty good for the rest of the day, I think. And that, does that count as a dinner at that point? I guess, I don't know. You make the rules. You've got all the rules. Not me. It feels like that'd be acceptable. I'm just happy that you liked the soup. It was tasty. Which means we can go there again for dinner sometime. Yeah, you can. You don't have to have my permission. It's not like that. No, I get it. But sometimes we all have to agree if we're in the car and we want to all go out to eat. The other good news is that there are other places nearby, which we've done that before too. That's true. Where it's like, I want this. And everybody else goes, ugh. And I'm like, fine, we'll go to three places because they're all right here. That's a pain. But we have done that. Yeah, I hate doing that. But yeah, no, that worked out. So, and did you feel like you got what you wanted? Oh, yeah. You felt good about it? Yeah. You said you wanted more sandwich. You were like, I want more of that sandwich right now. Well, that's because I ate half of my sandwich the night before. And then the next day I ate it again and I was like, a half of sandwich isn't enough for today. Let's go get some more sandwich. Because you didn't have soup with it. Correct. I see. So a half a sandwich and soup is more your jam. Yes. Right. Got it. It was tasty. It was tasty. I was happy. Even the boy liked it. I know. Look at us. A win for all four of us. Yeah. That's rare. It is rare. You are correct. But it was tasty. So yeah, I can handle some soup. Josh is a soup fan now. I have been. This isn't new. It's just soup has rules. That's all. Right. Of course. Of course they do. Everyone knows that soup has rules. Duh. Like you can't eat it with a fork. You know, rule. But if it's a hearty soup, like you're claiming it is, then you're going to want, you could probably eat it with a fork. No. Because you got to scoop up the sauce with it. You can't scoop with a fork. Now I do have a spork. That's nice. That's a combo. Oh, is it? It is. It's half spoon, half fork. It's a spork. Oh, thanks for explaining to that. Have you heard of that? Mm-mm. Never. That's a genius invention. The spork. Why don't they call it a food? Because that's silly. It's a spork. I'm going to call it a food. No one will know what you're talking about. It doesn't matter. Can be that food. And they'll be like, no. I will not. You can please here, take this spork. When what? Would any of you ever heard anyone say hand me that spork? Never. No, when I'm backpacking, because we all have long sporks for our dehydrated foods. And you've said hand me that spork. Yeah, I have said, hey, would you hand me the spork? Don't believe you. You don't backpack with me enough. Come on a trip. I'll ask you to hand me the spork. And I'll say, I don't know what you're talking about. Do you mean the food? See, this is not a thing. Don't try to make food a thing. Too late. Would you rather this or that? Would you rather trip in public once a week or spill a drink on yourself once a day? I feel like both of these happen to me all the time. So this is not necessarily a big decision maker for me. Trip once a week, check. Spill on yourself once a day, check. I spilled on myself. Yeah, you did. I spilled some cheese on my shirt the other day. Yep. And you all pointed and laughed. You said, I felt ashamed. You should have. I'm going to fall down in front of people once a week. Yeah, I'm going to turn it into a gag. Okay. Okay. Every time it happens, I'm going to be like, ta-da. Yeah, I'll turn it into a bit. Okay. But I don't want to be carrying around food spills and stuff on my clothes every day. Once a day? Yeah. It's not that big of a deal. It happens to me all the time. It's no big deal. People do expect it. Oh, here comes old messy shirt. Yeah. That's what they'll say. I know. That's what they do say. Yeah. Oh, here comes old falls a lot. That's what they say to you. Falls a lot. Hey, it's old falls a lot. Yeah. So for me, it's definitely going to be tripping. I'm going to go for the food spill because I bruise easily. That's true. I've seen that. So spilled food for me. All right. It happens anyway. Mine is well-owned. Turn it into a bit. Yeah. I don't do laundry. I am laundry. I get it. Then when you fall down the stairs, you're like, no, this is my life now. Yeah. See? Done. Would you rather this or that? Yesterday, you were getting aggressive with your phone. You were upset at it because it was asking you to pick all of the bicycles and fire hydrants and street lights and bridges. That thing is so annoying. Taxis and whatever else. And you kept having to fill it out over and over and over. And you were getting more and more frustrated. And you're like, I picked all the fire hydrants. But apparently you missed one. It said, yeah. It gives you the nine pictures. And then it says, click on all the fire hydrants. And I went, click, click, click, submit. And it said, oh, we're not done. And then like it would give you more pictures. And then I'd say, pick all the buses. Fire hydrants. No, I was still in the fire hydrants. And then I hit submit. And then it went, sorry, incorrect. You missed one. Pick all the bicycles. And I said, okay. So I did. Picked all the bicycles and then submit. And it said, oh no, you got to wait till we're done giving you pictures. And I went, okay. And so it pulls up more pictures of bicycles. And I go, I mean, there's a corner of a bicycle tire. You know what? You've seen those pictures. I know. So I click on that one and wrong again. How about bridges? Let's see if you know bridges better than you know fire hydrants and bicycles. And I finally, I think I finally gave up. I went, this is ridiculous. I'm tired of looking at these tiny little pictures with a tiny piece of a bike tire that I've missed. You were so angry. I'm not a robot. And it was super funny because yeah, we spend as humans a lot of time telling a robot that we're not a robot. Yeah. Like what's the deal with that? What is the deal with that? Like, hello. There's got to be a better test than pick all the stop lights. Don't forget the stop light. That's got a tiny little sliver in there. Yeah. Get out. The one with the bicycles that had like car tires and bicycle tires. And then it was just a tiny little sliver of it. And I was like, is that a bike tire? Is that a car tire? So do you prefer that or do you like the one where it's like the jumbled up twisty letters and it makes you type those in? I hate that too. I hate that one. Or there's the puzzle piece one where you have to put the puzzle piece in the... Right. What is happening? Slide to prove you're not a robot. Yeah. I'm not a robot. How about you make the robots prove they're human? Like quit making me do it. I've messed up the puzzle one too before. Have you? The puzzle? Yeah. You've swiped too far? Yeah. And then it goes, oh, you... Let's try again, you dumb human. You need robotic precision on this. Yeah, I don't know. Like I get it, you're trying to filter out spam and stuff, but boy is that annoying. Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is. Have you calmed down about it yet? Do you want me to have it like every time you have to do anything? Like you can't start your car until you have to prove you're not a robot? That would be maddening. I'd be so upset. Or you'd get really good at it. Or that. Also, it didn't help that it was on my phone. And so the pictures were extra small. And you couldn't zoom in. Just pick them all. Have you tried that? Oh, it would have been so mad. It'd been like, no, wrong. It'd be like, you picked too many. Try with bridges. Let's see if you're any better at bridges. Makes me feel so dumb. Plus all those images come from like Google Maps. So it's all like weird and random. And they're blurry. Right. Get out computers. Who needs you? Well, thanks for hanging out with us. It's Monday. We're done with the show. This entire show from today will be available on demand as a podcast. Is that exciting for you? Yes. Yeah, I see that. You're so excited. You can download it or listen to it on demand. Everywhere podcasts are available. Thanks for hanging out with us. We'll be back tomorrow, right and early with another show for you. We'll see you then. Bye. Thanks for listening to Wake Up Classy 97, the podcast. 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