Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Wednesday, December 31st, 2025 Episode summary introduction: It’s the final Wake Up Classy 97 podcast episode of 2025! Josh and Chantel reflect on a big milestone, ring in New Year’s Eve vibes, spiral into everything from Times Square chaos and local “drops,” to mystery Christmas trees, confused winter plants, heroic kids saving a bus driver, why everything bagels might be an office crime, oil change anxiety, severe snoring statistics, mountain grandpa fashion energy, ABBA tribute excitement, Stranger Things finale hype, a few 2026 goals sprinkled in for good measure, and more! Thanks for listening this year. We’ll see you in 2026. 🥂 Timestamps: (0:00) - Bonus: NYE Times Square preparations (5:12) - Last show of 2025 (8:10) - Random Christmas tree (13:11) - Good News (15:28) - Confused tulips (20:28) - Pocket tissues (24:10) - Josh's snore count (30:09) - Oil change (35:47) - Mountain grandpa core (39:47) - NYE outfits (44:24) - Stranger thing finale tonight (48:20) - 2026 goals (55:41) - Stinky bagel (1:02:21) - Would You Rather (1:04:20) - Goodbye 2025 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: Well, Chantel, here we are at the end of 2025, the last episode of Wake Up Classy 97, the podcast for this year. It is, I believe, our 375th episode. Check that out. So early in the year, by the time we get done with January, is that right? As we roll into February, by the time it's my birthday, we will hit 400 episodes. That's pretty impressive. I think that's a great milestone. I say impressive. It's not that impressive. We're just talking about nonsense. No, I understand the show. But to take the show we do every day and turn it into a podcast every day we do a show, and put it available on demand for people to listen to anywhere in the whole wide world, it's a big deal. It is a big deal. It takes a lot of time and, I mean, it takes development and figuring it out and making it happen. And I just want to say, I really enjoy doing the show with you. We've done over two years of shows on the podcast. We've been doing the show together for over three years. I think we've kind of locked into something and it's kind of fun. I enjoy it. That's nice, John. 375 episodes in and I'm feeling strong. You want to keep going? I guess so. Okay. Yeah. So let's roll into 2026 with that knowledge that we've done something big and we're going to keep going. All right. All right. What do you want to talk about? I was just watching a video of the people gathering in New York for the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration. Okay. And there's already so many people there. So now it's noon there because it's 10 o'clock when we're recording. Okay. So this was probably recorded a little bit earlier because it's still pretty early there. Yeah. So this was recorded earlier. There are no tickets. Like it's a free first come first serve event. Yep. And they typically open the public viewing areas in the afternoon, but they fill up pretty quickly. But people are already waiting to get in and they were kind of moving the barricades so that people could get in. It's crazy. There's no public bathrooms. Nope. You have to stand there the whole time. You have to stand there and you have to, it says plan ahead, whatever that means for you. There's also no re-entry. So if you leave, you can't get back in. I cannot even imagine having to work an event like that. If you're a public safety officer or you're any kind of... Sanitation. Can you even? Yeah. I'm looking right now. So on YouTube there are live cams. So I'm looking at Times Square live cam in 4K right now from EarthCam. Yeah. And there are people milling about, but they all look like they are workers. I don't see general public hanging out in the gated areas just yet. There are some pigeons on a stupid... That checks out. Which is pretty funny. The pigeons like, I am already here. So that's interesting. But yeah, no, there's a couple of stages set up. And it looks like they're running tests and making sure all the screens are working and that kind of stuff. So tech is set up and the gates are there. And I'm going to tell you, when we were in Times Square, we were there a couple of years ago anyway. Not for New Year's Eve, but we were there in September a couple of years ago. And it's small. Like Times Square relatively to any other city block, it's small. It is smaller than you think it's going to be. It looks smaller or it looks bigger in movies. Yeah. And this is all going to be done for TV, right? People that are in Times Square are there and it's a celebration. But honestly, I feel like the entire thing is done for a television audience. It's not done for people that are in New York. They're there for the performances are happening, but you're not in a viewpoint of the stage. You're just part of a crowd being at the event. So that's also frustrating. Yeah, no thank you. Yeah. All right. Well, happy New Year's Eve. If you're watching the beat drop. The beat drop in Rupert. Yeah, that's in Rupert or the potato drop in Boise. In Boise. Uh-huh. What are we going to drop? My eyes. The beats. No. I'm going to drop my head onto my pillow. Sleep. I see. Sleep. All right. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. And thanks for being a part of what we do here that's called Wake Up Classy 97. That's called us being goose. We couldn't do it without an audience to listen to it. So thanks and we'll catch you in the new year. We'll see you next year. Here's today's show. Oh, Gidoki. Oh, say can you see. Sure. First line of the Star Spangled Banner. You got it pal. It's time for that as we begin the final show of 2025. That's so crazy. Yeah. I kind of forgot it was New Year's Eve. It is New Year's Eve day. Yeah. So here we are. A week ago was Christmas Eve. Time. Why you punish me? Oh. A week ago was the 24th. Yeah. So it was indeed Christmas Eve. Now it is New Year's Eve. Yes. And the feelings are different. What do you mean? The feeling of Christmas Eve is not the same as the feeling of New Year's Eve. Fair. How are you feeling? You know, ready for a day off, I guess. Yes. Me too. I'm feeling like I should probably take a nap at some point today to prepare for being up late tonight. Yeah. Because I'm old and 10 o'clock is going to hit and I'm going to go, I should probably call it. Yeah, I know. I know. And we have a thing to go to tonight. I know. We're busy. We got places to be. I know. And I can't just be napping when I'm supposed to be at an event. You can. I can't. No. How rude. Why is that rude? Be sitting there and just hunched over, catching a snoozer. Yeah. No. You can't do that. Let's find a dark corner. No one will know. Uh-huh. It'll be dark. Sure thing. No one will notice. No one will know. My snoring. No one will notice. Yeah. Hear that and they'll go, oh no. Oh, Josh. Josh is asleep. Josh. Somebody wake up baby New Year over here slumbering away. Baby nothing. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, that is what I know. This is the last show of 2025. Yeah, it is. Crazy. Yeah. Happy New Year to you. Happy New Year as well. Did you reach all of the goals you would set for yourself for the year? Yes. Let's talk about it. I don't even know. I don't even know where I originally wrote down my goals for the new year. That is a great way to wrap up the year. I don't even know. I don't even know what my goals were. So yeah, I met them. They were probably the same goals as I've had the last five years. Okay, that's fair. So yeah, I met them. Well, congratulations on meeting all those boxes. No one has to know. Stretching. Stretching. No one makes all those noises when they stretch. All right. I'll get it. Good morning. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. We live next to a canal. And a couple of days ago, I was driving home and I noticed that there was a random Christmas tree next to the canal. I saw that. And a road cone. There were a couple of road cones. A road cone. Yeah. But I did see like a box in front of the Christmas tree. And I thought it was going to say like free. Yeah. But it didn't say anything. It doesn't say anything. There is a little bit of tinsel still left on the Christmas tree. Yeah, it was fully decorated. I don't know about fully decorated. It looked pretty decorated. But it does still have some decorations on it. And I went, uh, that's not where you put your Christmas tree. Right. And then the next day I drove by. Still there. Right. Next day, still there. Did you notice it this morning? I did not notice. I wish I had noticed if it was still there. I have two thoughts. What? Weird prank. What kind of prank would that be? I don't know. I don't think it's a prank at all. Like a hide the Christmas tree prank. No, I don't think it's that. Like now you got to go find the tree and bring it home. It's a weird one. I said weird prank. Yeah. Or two. Old tree. And they went, let's give this to someone who might need one or maybe we're moving after this Christmas and we don't need it, but it wasn't in front of anyone's house. It's not in front of anyone's house. It's just on the canal. I have, I also wonder if it's in the canal now because people have a tendency to just chuck stuff in the canal. Come on. I totally agree. Come on. Come on. The other thing about the road cone, whenever there's a road cone in the neighborhood, kids move it around. I don't know. And they put it in ridiculous places. I know. I know. I kind of get a kick out of that. So I'm wondering where the road cone went to. I don't know. Because it's going to show up somewhere. I know it is. And it makes me laugh. I don't know who moves the road cone in our neighborhood, but. People move them around all the time. I get a chuckle out of it. I go, wait, who put that cone there? And then I go, oh, I surprised somebody being goofs. Yeah. Like why is it right in the middle? Who put that tree there is what I would like to know. Those are my thoughts. Who put that there? Why did you put that there? And when are you going to pick it up? This is a great question. That's not where it goes. That's a really good question. And I forgot about the tree. I don't know if it was there this morning because it's kind of stuck out. There's no other trees around. It's like, boom, decorated Christmas tree right there on the side of the road by the canal. And it's in a place where people walk and people ride their bikes. Well, and that's why I thought maybe that somebody was like free tree. But I don't think it says free anywhere near it. But it's also it's artificial. So it isn't like somebody was dumping their live tree. Right. It's artificial. It looks like I believe so. I haven't touched it. I haven't gotten close to it. I don't, I don't want to get close to it because I don't want anybody thinking it's mine. Right. Also, when did they dump it off? Right. Maybe it fell out of a truck. Maybe they were, you know, not everybody has storage. Maybe they were on their way to putting it in storage for the year and it fell out of the truck. And then somebody came by and somebody was like, oh no, and stowed it back up. That's possible. Yeah. That's a good, that's a good plausible reason. But it's been there for a couple of days. Right. Maybe they were like leaving town for the rest of the holiday weekend. And they were like, let's just knock this out. So when we get back after New Year, after New Year's Day or New Year's Eve or whatever, when they get home, the tree will be put away. And we don't have to worry about putting away decorations when we get home. That's a move you do. That is a move I do. These are plausible. They're plausible. Yeah. I wish we just knew. There's so many, so many stories. What a mystery. If you're looking for a Christmas tree, I know where to find one. Probably in the canal. No. Call me. I'll tell you where to find a Christmas tree. Cause at this point I feel like it's fair game. We don't even know if it's there. It could be gone. It could be gone. I didn't pay close enough attention this morning. When I go home today, I'm going to look. All right. I bet it's gone. Three days. Three days of it sitting there. Who would have taken it? Someone who needed a tree. I guess you're right. Or the people came back and they're like, there it is. Aha. We did drop that out of the back of the truck. That's right. I like these ideas. Or weird little kids. Hide in the Christmas tree. Pull in a prank. Pull in a prank. You kids. Oh, there it is. Pull in a fast one. Go move the cone. Here is some good news. This is quite the story. I think you're going to, this is action packed. Is what this story is. Listen to this. I'm listening. And Ohio school bus driver began to have a medical event and a brother and sister team took action and potentially saved her life. Listen to this story. This is nuts. There's footage from the surveillance cameras inside the bus that show eight year old Katrina who is sitting in the seat closest to the bus driver. She sees the bus drivers having a problem and looks over and says, are you okay? And the bus driver shakes her head. No. She's having a problem breathing. Oh, no. Yeah, which is pretty crazy. So this eight year old Katrina, she is like, who, who can help me? So she runs to the back of the bus. That's where her seventh grade brother, Charlie is sitting. And so she's like, Charlie, we got to help. And so Charlie runs to the front, grabs the radio and calls the school over the radio to say, Hey, we have an emergency. There's an eighth grader who had a cell phone called 911. So this is all happening. Like just all these kids going like, we got to take care of our bus driver. All this stuff happening. The driver who was hospitalized and later discharged has allegedly instructed her regular writers on how to use the radio to call the school in case of an emergency. Nice. And she said that she was glad that they remembered the instructions, which is awesome. She said, when I realized something was going on, I went up there and grabbed the radio. This is what Charlie said. When I realized something was going on, I ran up there, grabbed the radio, called the school because I knew that was going to be the quickest way to get help. And then Katrina said, my brother in the inside, when something's going wrong, he's scared, but on the outside, he's calm and concentrated. Which I was like, oh, okay. Yeah, right? The actions of these students was truly outstanding. The superintendent said they remained calm. They communicated clearly and they helped one another in a situation that could have been much worse. Their families should be incredibly proud. Yeah, they should be. Yeah, what an event. Wow. Good job, kids. No kidding. Way to go. Save in your bus driver. Yeah, pretty awesome. So good job and good news. We talked yesterday a little bit about how our plants are confused. That's right. We've got confused plants. I had a coworker that had some of her tulips pop up. Right. I went home and looked. You went home and looked. Sure enough. Set me a picture of our tulips. That's right. Pop it up. Yep. You have confused plants. I think we all have confused plants in the sun seasonably warm winter. Now, what I didn't do was get out the bag of mulch and cover them up. I can't believe it. I know. Because that's what I read to do yesterday. If you've got your tulips popping, the experts are saying, don't worry about it. Right. Usually it's colder in January, so it'll cause them to stop a little bit. But I also noticed yesterday that our grass looked a little green. Oh, yeah. And so then I was like, well, what are you supposed to do about that? And they said, don't water it, obviously. Yeah. The ground is still. And they say. Not ready to absorb moisture. Day off the lawns. No heavy traffic on the lawns. Right. Just wait and be patient. And if you do anything, it will cause it to grow more if you water or do stuff. So you just kind of want to leave it alone. And nothing really can be done about it until spring. And so just let winter do its course. And your plant should be okay is what the experts are saying. Okay, good. I saw a friend on Facebook who, her garden has started to grow things. No way. Yeah. She had parsley showing up in her garden. Oh, wait. Yeah. Herbs are growing. And she's in blackfoot. And she's like, yeah, this is happening. Oh, our poor little plants are so confused. They're like, hey, is it time? Like, hey, the sun's out. I'm going to grow. Are we going to do this? Yeah. And then, you know, it gets cold and they go, wait a minute. I was growing. I wonder if this is causing confusion for animals too. I can imagine it probably is for the bears that are trying to hibernate. Well, I think they probably go in. I don't know that they're temperature based. I think they're probably time based. Okay. I don't know that for sure. But for migratory animals, it's got to be weird because they're like, we go at a certain like, it starts to get a little nip in the air and we're out of here. And now they're like, it's warm. Maybe we just stay. Yeah. Hmm. Yeah. I wonder how it's affecting the snowbirds. You know, the people, the retired people who go to Arizona. Who go to Arizona. Yeah. They're probably could stick around a little longer. They're probably just as confused. Yeah. You're right. But even like, I'm looking here just ahead to the forecast and I'm looking, I mean, this forecast is huge. This goes all the way to like Valentine's Day. This is a huge forecast and I'm looking at like highs and 40s, 30s, some 20s in January, which is expected some overnight lows and some single digits. And then I'm seeing, you know, a little bit of snow here and there. And then I'm seeing 30s again as we get toward February and then back into the 40s again. Crazy. So which, look, I don't like those negative 22 days. I don't either. Those are tough. So I'm not upset about not seeing the negatives, but what a weird little weather situation we're having. Weather? Yeah. What are you doing? I did see it. It looks like they had salted the roads. I did see that. So I wonder if they're anticipating a snowfall. I think that's probably true because they normally do that as they get ready for some sort of event. But it doesn't look like it's happening today. Today is mostly sunny and highs are going to be near 40. Tomorrow there is a little to no accumulation of rain and snow mix and then rain on Friday and then a rain snow mix on Saturday. So not like big blizzard incoming according to my source anyway. I'm no meteorologist. I just play one on the radio sometimes. No, I just, I just read stuff. Yeah. I read, I read you the, the weather forecast directly from the internet that you can pull up on your phone. Good luck plants. Maybe give them a little bit of, they do need some mulch. Talk to your plants and say, Hey guys, just go back to bed. Slow down. It's okay. Yeah. Take it easy. Go back to sleep. Cause if I put down the mulch and then they, they grow through the mulch, we're going to have a situation. That might be a problem. You're going to have January tulips. Which I'm not mad about, but I'm also, I want them to come in the spring. I don't want them to get really. You won't have them that whole time. They will, they will fade away before spring. I know, Josh. So I'll get the mulch going. Okay. To give them a little cozy blanket. That sounds nice. Yeah. They'll love it. You know how when you, you pull out your coats and then there's always, sometimes you can find a surprise inside. Sure. Like, oh, there's that pen I lost or money sometimes. Oh, a $5 bill. Yeah. Or chapstick. Okay. I keep finding chapstick in some of mine, but I'm also finding I'm pulling out some coats and I find the biggest surprise of all, pocket clean eggs. Gross. You're an old woman. I know. I really am. This is not new, by the way. You and your pocket clean eggs have been walking around for a few years now. What's that mean? Throw them away. I know. Here's the problem. I do throw them away, but then if I'm like in the car and I need a clean eggs in the car, then I just have it in my hand and then I'll tuck it in my pocket. And then I put that coat away. That's what I think has happened. It's pretty gross. It's not cool. I know. Hey, you don't need to be rude about it. Listen, I'm, I understand there was a time and a place for a handkerchief and there probably still is. And I know there's some guys who still carry them around. That's one of the grosser things on earth. Here's my hanky. Want to use it? I don't know the last time I washed it. I just am not a fan. I'm not either. But I understand if you're, if you're nowhere near a clean X or a napkin or, you know, you don't have a truck with a million of them in the glove box or whatever, like I understand. I get it. There's a time where you're like, I could really use a handkerchief right now. And that would be helpful. But that is, What I think is we've been outside places and then I'm like, I need a tissue because I'm going to be outside and my nose is cold. And when my nose is cold, my nose runs. And so then I have my tissues in my pocket and then I don't throw them away before I put my coats away. See, that's what I think. No, I understand your, I understand your logic about what you think's happening. I don't know if that's really what's going on. What do you think is going on? I think you just put it there. And then, Well, yeah, like I just said, I put it there. But after you use it and then you go pocket and then I go, After you used it, it should have gone to garbage. But I didn't know if I needed it again. New one. And then I forgot it was in there. But if that's the only one I had because there's no other clean X when you're outside. Use your sleeve. Ew, that's worse. I don't know what to tell you. That's what the kids do. Oh, just elbow to wrist it. Yeah. Elbow to wrist it. Elbow to wrist it. Gross. You know, It's a surprise every time I get a coat out and I go, Oh, clean X. Gross. I washed a coat the other day and I, There must have been something in the pocket that I didn't know because then there was a bunch of clean X pieces. Right. In the dryer. Yeah. Which you never find out about it in the wash. You find out about it in the dryer and then you go, Mm-hmm. Yeah. Clean X in the pocket. Yep. Or a receipt. That's always fun. You go, Well, that balled up into a little like receipt nugget. Hope that wasn't important. Yeah. Hope I didn't need that for a return. Well, no returns this year as we discussed. We didn't have any returns this year. No need to hang on to the receipts. If you need a clean X, come find me. I got one in my pocket. That's disgusting. Don't share. You had a sleep apnea. No, sorry. You had a sleep test. Yeah. Determined that you do have obstructive sleep apnea. Yeah. Well, and I haven't had a consultation after my test yet. I just, I got the results in my email and so, you know, I'm trying to decipher what I know nothing about. So, So let's be clear. I haven't had a, I haven't had another conversation. I'm just learning about what all of these different things and measurements and stuff mean. But in there, it does have, you know, a solid diagnosis. So there's that. But in here, one thing that I thought was really fun was you have said for a long time, like I snore and I'm like, No, no, I don't. And you go, yeah, you do, dude. Other people have said the same thing. Yeah. The scouts. Anyone who has had a nearby tent, knows that my tent has snores coming in. In fact, you snore so much. And other scout leaders do too. That one of the women scout leaders in our scout troop says that she has a hard time falling asleep when you're not all around because she's gotten so used to your guys snore rhythms. Right. She's like, that's like her white noise. It's comforting. I know that there's people. Who snores, who's. Yeah. Well, I apparently I snore. You do. You absolutely do. My favorite part about your results, your sleep test results, where when you said this is fascinating and then you sent me all the results, like I was going to go read them. Yeah. I didn't. But luckily you read them for me. What do you want to know about it? I said, give me the highlights. I don't want to read all of that. Well, and you said, let me just read it for you. I'll just tell you this one because I saw your eyes glaze over, but this was really interesting. It counts how many times you snore. Yeah. Apparently during my test, I snored 411 times. Okay. In a six hour period. In whatever it was, seven hours. Okay. My snore index, that number is a 62.7. What's that mean? Significantly elevated and indicates severe snoring activity. Severe. Severe snoring. I don't snore. What are you talking about? It's normal snoring. We did find out that you snored more on your back than on your side. Something like that. I can't remember. What was your snoring count? I just closed it. I just told you. I can't remember. Oh. Sorry. My eyes glazed. Yeah. I know. 411. That's a lot of snores. And is that, did they count it? So the device. When you breathe it? The device, no, I don't know how it works, but the device, the way it measures it is there's a sensor in there that detects vibrations from snoring and converts them into digital data. And then you get a snoring index, which is the number of snoring episodes per hour, and then a snoring rate, which is the percentage of time spent snoring, which wasn't the whole night. It's not like I spent all seven hours snoring it up. Feels like it sometimes. Whatever. I mean, I, apparently I snore a little bit. Yes, you do. Or as it said, significantly elevated snoring activity. Now, once you have your consultation and they determine whether or not you're going to have to have a CPAP machine. Right. I have to determine whether or not the CPAP is going to be noisy enough for me to have to go find a place to sleep elsewhere. We can't be doing that. Why? I need some sleep, bro. You think it's going to be, you think it's going to be noisy? I don't think it's quiet. I just said we're going to have to determine. I don't know what it's going to be like. Modern, modern CPAPs have an average DB of 25 to 30, which is the same as a whisper or rustling leaves. Listen, it's going to be rough the first couple of nights, but then you'll get used to it and it'll be old hat. A refrigerator hum is 40 DB. It's less than that. Okay. All right. Normal conversation is about 60. We're going to have to make a determination. That's all. Yeah. That's all I said. I might be able to live with it. I might not. Well, I don't know where you're moving out to, but that's going to be unfortunate. Oh, I'm not moving out. Excuse me. I'm not the one with the problem. You're the one with the problem while I'm sleeping. You've been dealing with snoring. My snoring is certainly louder than 25 to 30 DB. I'm not going to be at a whisper or rustling leaves. Okay. The second you put that on, I'm going to be like, oh, rustling leaves. That's right. So gentle. Whisper. It's just like a whisper. It's so quiet. Maybe they'll be like, we don't have any new ones, but we got this old one back here and it kicks on and goes. And you're like, no, it is not coming up. Not that. Yeah, that's what I imagine it's going to sound like. Good snore count, buddy. 411. Yeah, you're welcome. I don't snore. You're right. Thank you for taking my car to get an oil change yesterday. Yeah. Now get off my back. I don't like going to get my oil changed because I don't know what they're talking about. Yeah. And then they say, what kind of oil do you want? I don't put car oil in it. Car oil. Don't put vegetable oil in it. What kind of types of oil are there? I don't know. I don't want to know. Just put in the oil that works with my engine. Yeah. I don't know. Stop asking me these questions. My car is none of my business unless I have to drive it. I don't want the maintenance of it. That's your job, not mine. Okay. Plus also, I don't like driving over the pit because that scares me. Yeah, you got to drive over the hole. Yeah. And then what if my tires aren't on the thing that scares me? I don't like doing that. Right. And so I picked you up and I moved to the passenger seat so that you could drive my car and they could talk to you about what kind of oil. You moved to the passenger seat. You pulled into the driveway. You got out and scurried around the car while I said, no, you drive over the hole. I'll be there. And then you pretended you couldn't hear me and then you got in and went, hey, how was your day? And I went, no. Don't pretend like you didn't just scurry around the car because you don't want to drive over the pit. No, I don't. I don't. I also don't want them talking to me about what kind of oil to put in there. I want them to ask you those questions. And when they bring the air filter over to you and say, do you want to replace this? I don't want to make that decision. I want you to make that decision. Now I made you make that decision because it was expensive. And I said, you're making this call. And what did I say? You said, just do it because otherwise I'll just not have one because you will never change it. In the years past when we go to get an oil change, they go, oh, your cabin air filter needs replaced. And I go, yeah, let's replace it. And you go, no, no, no. We can do that at home. I can buy a cheaper one. I can do that myself. And then what happens? It doesn't get done. And so he says to you, hey, your cabin air filter is really bad. You want to replace it? And you said, oh, ask her. I said, you're going to have to ask her. We already pulled the trigger on the engine air filter, which definitely needed to be replaced. But I'm going to let you tell her how much that costs and she's going to make that decision. It was only $50. Only? I was a lot of money for a cabin air filter. Guess what? How many times have you said, no, I'll replace that myself? And then it hasn't been done. All the other times. And so I said, just do it. Just replace it because guess what? He's not going to do it. That guy in the driver's seat, he's not going to replace it. He says he will. He won't. Is that what you told the guy? No. Yeah. So we did. We replaced it. I made that decision. Yep. Because you weren't ever going to replace it. And now it's done. And now I have a new cabin air filter. That's right. Is that what it's called? That's what it's called. It's exactly what it's called. I just wanted to pull them up here online just because I wanted to look and see. If that was a comparable price? Where I'm at on price. Okay. What do you see? Those are just engine ones, not cabin. That cabin air filter was horrible. And they showed you that every time we go in to get an oil change. No, not the cabin one because they have to take it out. It's in the car. Oh. So they haven't taken it out. They just tell you that because they can upsell you. Did you see it? Did he show you it? Yeah. Then he was like, well, let's take a look at it. And you took it out and I went, yeah, that thing's filthy. It was pretty disgusting. Yeah, it was. If the decision had been yours, you would have said, no, I can do that on my own. And then what? You wouldn't have. Probably. Probably. Thanks. You would have left me breathing in dirty, disgusting air. Yeah. Can't believe it. You would have been fine. No, you would have been fine. You say that you love me and then you don't even take care of my car. Yep. Can't believe it. I can't believe it. And then they hand me a printout of everything that needs to be fixed in the next couple of months and I go, this is again none of my business. That's right. Look, I'm just saying, like shopping around like, yeah, I could have got a deal. I could have got a deal. But that's fine. It's done. It is done. You made the decision. I did make the decision and I'll happily pay $50 again because guess what? It's done. Yeah. They replaced it. It was done. Okay. I won't. How often do those need to be changed? Three to five years. I'm going to start taking care of my own car. All right. Since no one else is. Out of time. I don't want to, but this is the position you've put me in. You go, that's my car, but someone else takes care of it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for getting my gas in it last night. Yeah. Yeah. There it is. We were sitting there last night and you said, that's it. Yeah. That's my style. I found my aesthetic. Did you? I did. And it's called mountain grandpa core. Describe what that is, Josh. Oh, if you, if you look it up, it's my, it's my, my vibes. Is it? Yeah. Uh, mountain grandpa or what they're calling fishermen grandpa is, is my style. I'm looking at a video here that's kind of scrolling through some, some different flannels. Yeah. There's a lot of earth tones, lots of greens and browns and blues. Some blues. Yeah. That is your, closet. Uh, it looks a little, a little like chopped wood. There's, there's, uh, there's a couple of, some trees, some, yeah, some flannels, some sweaters, manny wool sweaters. Yeah. Tree houses. Uh, think about these kinds of, think about a beard. I'll tell you, yeah, think about that. That's fine. Really kind of wrap your brain around, uh, an old family truckster. Right. Like, like look up the old wood panel, uh, land cruiser. That's, that's the vibe. Look it up. That's a car. That's not clothing. No, I know. But look it up. Look up wood panel, land cruiser. Wood. It really speaks to the volume of what I'm getting at here. Oh, why does it have to be wood panel? Cause that's, I get it. It fits the vibe. Have you ever seen that old movie with Diane Keaton called baby boom? No. Oh, we gotta watch that. But, but you know what I'm saying? She's a big city and then she moves to the country and she gets one of these wood panel land cruisers. Yeah. Crossword puzzles. She starts making baby applesauce. Moss. A yellow raincoat. You know, lanterns and stuff. It's really, it's a, it's a mountain grandpa or fisherman grandpa vibe. Yeah. That, that, that is you. I think that's you for sure. Yeah. Chopin wood, hanging out by the lake. Yes. Putting on your wool socks. Yes. Taking the canoe out. Okay. Reading a book. Yeah. It's kind of like a cabin, like a cabin vibe. Right. Right. That is kind of you. That is kind of you. Like, like black licorice, you know? Yes. You are a mountain grandpa. Right. That's it. That's you. It's gotta, it's gotta name mountain grandpa core or, or fisherman grandpa core. You're in your mountain grandpa era. You're just not a grandpa. I think I've been here a while. I think you have been. And I just, I just exist in this. It's comfortable. It's, it's yet functional. It's an aesthetic. Yeah. It's a vibe. As I'm looking at you with your brown hat. And my great out beard. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's what it is. It has a name. Trimmed your beard. It was a little unkempt. It looked a little bit. I cleaned up for Christmas. Bushy. You were a little unkempt. Yeah. Little Sasquatchy. I cleaned it up. I know it looks nice. Good job. I don't want to look like the Squatch. You don't anymore. You look like a mountain grandpa. All right. We are going out tonight. We have a show that we're going to. Yeah. It's an Abbotribute. Correct. The band is called Arrival from Sweden. Right. And it's, I think it's going to be fun. I don't know what to wear. Oh, good question. I know. So then, I mean, I feel like there's, there's probably some like movement. So you want to be able to be comfortable. But I also feel like it's a New Year's Eve thing. So you kind of want to be a little flashy. Right. Like you want to, you want to be, and then you want to wear a dress, right? I think so. Yeah. But I don't know what. And I also, or do I want to dress like Abba? Do you have stuff to dress like Abba? No. I don't have the hair for it. I don't either. But I, but I was thinking probably I would wear, I don't think, I probably not a tie, but probably a button up shirt and some dress pants. Oh, getting fancy. Well, yeah, it's New Year's Eve. You know? I wish I did have some like go, go, not go, go boots because that's. But it's disco. Like a platform. Yeah. I need some shiny, I don't know. I didn't prepare properly, is what I'm saying. If you just Google Abba costume, you get some great images. Yeah. Oh, man. Do we have anything to make Abba costumes? Not even close. Oh, crud. Bell bottoms, platform shoes, big puffy sleeves. Yeah, I got nothing. Dang it. Shiny. I got nothing shiny. Some with a heart cut out in the chest area. There's some great options. I know, but I own none of that. I don't own any of this either. I don't have shiny silver spaceman boots. Darn it. I tell you, what a strange collection of outfits. That Abba had? Oh, man. I think it looks awesome. It's something else. Dang it. I really should have prepared more adequately. I was too involved in Christmas planning. I understand. I didn't think about my New Year's planning. I understand. And now it's here and I go, but what will I wear? I don't own a shiny pink suit jacket that I could literally wear over black leather pants and a t-shirt. I don't own that. Dang it. Do you know anybody who does? No, I have my crazy suit. I could wear that jacket though. You could. That one would be fun. Yeah, it's funky. You don't need to wear the whole suit, but yeah, the jacket would be great. What's with the bell bottom overalls thing, though? What are you talking about? Oh, the one dude wears the blonde dude. He wears the bell bottom overalls with the brown puffy sleeve shirt. It's such a choice. It is. It is so choice. Well, it is that too. Dang it. I don't know. There's a whole lot of lapel going on. I hope we see. I hope we see some people. It's not going to be us because we didn't adequately prepare as I said, but I hope there are a lot of people who do dress up. I hope we see some good stuff tonight. That is some spandex or lycra or satin. What is it? It's all of the above. I think you're right. I think it's a blend. It's a blend. Boy, they were something else. I like it. I'm excited. What song? What Abba song is your favorite? Mama Mia. I mean, that's a good one. Fernando. Do you hear the drums? Yeah, that's something. How come we don't play Abba on classy? There's some Abba in there. Is there? Sure thing. Dancing Queen? No, overrated. There's Waterloo. I think that's probably my favorite. Waterloo? Take a Chance is real good. Take a Chance. You know. Just like that. It's a very exciting night. It is a very exciting night. It's New Year's Eve. It is also the premiere of the final episode of Stranger Things ever other than they're going to do a leg side project. But as far as the main series is concerned, tonight, the finale at 6pm will be happening. Now, here's something fun. What? Go to Google. I did. And Google Stranger Things. Okay. Type that in. Okay. And then you'll see a 20-sided die appears at the bottom of your page. Yes. Click it. Oh. Roll that die. Did you get a one? I did. Yeah, of course you did. And you're in the upside down. Oh, no. Your Google is upside down. That's fun. Isn't it fun? It is fun. Yeah. That's how you celebrate Stranger Things when you're Google. That's cool. Yeah. So if you want to have a little fun, you can go roll the D20 on Google. Just Google Stranger Things and it'll flip your Google upside down and throw a bunch of particles in the air. They put out a new trailer for a little teaser trailer for the final episode tonight. And we watched it. Emery's huge Stranger Things fans. Correct. So we waited until she got home and we watched it all together. Right. And then how many times did you rewind? I don't know. Four or five? There wasn't that much to see. It was like a 30-second teaser trailer. And you've rewound and paused and stopped and paused and stopped. And then the two of you would talk about what was going on. Right. What do you think is going to happen? Right. How many times did we need to watch that teaser trailer? I guess too many for you. Yeah, it was too many for me. I could watch it again right now and try and find Easter eggs and hidden things and stuff. Or how about you just wait until tonight and then it'll all be revealed. Yeah. I suppose. It's not like it's weeks away. It's today. No, I know. It's not like you have to wait a long time. Longer than six because we got plans. We do. So I can't watch the two and a half hour long finale until later. Are we watching it tonight? I plan on it. Oh, yoy. I'm not going to be able to avoid all the spoilers on the internet. Like I'm going to have to watch it. Okay. I'm just going to be so tired. I'm not going to make it. Yes, you will. I'm going to fall asleep. No, you won't. Bet. You'll be great. I got to take a nap mid at that. No time. I have to work all day. I know. Oh, no. I'm excited actually and also kind of sad because it's great. The end of it. So many awesome theories. I'm really excited to see what happens. Six o'clock is when it starts. No one send me any messages about it. I don't want spoiled because I can't watch it until later on tonight. And then I'm excited. I really am. I think it's great. Happy Stranger Things Day. Yeah, which isn't today, but because I think it's November 6th is Stranger Things Day. They actually have a day. They do. Of course they do. Stranger Things Day is uh, no, no, no. That's today. Stranger Things Day. I didn't know they had a day. Yeah. The annual celebration of Stranger Things, organized by Netflix. It is November 6th. Yeah. Okay. I didn't know why it's November 6th. I do not. That's because that's the day that Will Byers disappeared. Oh, Will Byers disappeared. Spoiler. That's the first episode. It's not a spoiler. Come on now. Josh. What is a goal that you had last, or I guess this coming here? I was going to say. A 26 goal? What's a 2026 goal that you have that doesn't involve a gym or a diet? Okay. So, uh, I have a goal that I have sort of set. That doesn't involve fishing also. Oh, no. Go ahead. Just say. Well, so we've talked about my cutthroat slam that I was able to accomplish and I was doing it with my cousin and my cousin did not get to finish his. So, I plan on being a support piece for him to finish his and I'm debating whether I should start my second because I'm going to be in the places where we go to fish. I know. I know. So, there's that, but you know, you have a lifetime to finish it. So, you know, but I want to do it at least four times because they have four different medallions. Oh, seriously? Yeah. See, that's how they hook you. They hook you with a bling. Not everybody, but you are a sucker for some bling. Yeah. And if somebody offers up any kind of bead or a medallion or a coin or patch, a sticker, oh, yeah. I got to catch them all. You're like a Pokemon. You're exactly right. You're like, I got to get that thing. Right. But I sort of made a vow to him because in the process of kind of doing this trip, I learned that we spend time together in the truck and we talk and we hang out and while we're eating, we're talking and hanging out and then we get to where we're fishing and I move and I'm like moving through water and like finding new places to fish along where we're at and he's more of like, I'm going to try and in this spot for longer. Okay. And so then we end up not fishing together, which is weird, but that's just the way that it's happened. And so I said, I'm going to slow myself down. I'm going to spend more time. I'm going to actually go fishing with you, not just go driving to go fishing with you. That's a nice goal. So yeah. So I plan on being a better companion when it comes to fishing. That's a goal I've set for myself and also the Wyoming Cutslam. Okay. Yeah. Because they have pretty coins too. They have a coin. Just one. They have one coin. Okay. A certificate and one coin and a sticker. Whoa. I know with a buffalo on it. Why? Why wouldn't they do a fishing sticker? Because it's Wyoming. But Idaho does not have a cutthroat slam? No. What about Montana? Not that I know of. Seriously? Montana is like the fly fishing mecca. I mean between, we live in it. Like we are in fly fishing mecca. So why don't, I don't think Montana has a cutthroat slam. Is there a trout slam? What? Well, like cutthroat is this type of fish, right? A cutthroat trout. That's why I said what? I didn't know it was a trout. So there's a Western native trout challenge, which I've heard of this thing. There's a Rocky Mountain cutthroat slam that takes place over multiple states. But as far as like actual set up, you know, trout slams, Utah's and Wyoming's, and they use the funds from these things, not just for like the coins and things, but they use them for conservation for these native fish. So it's really, it's an important thing to support, which is really cool too. But I'm seeing like a couple of different trout slam programs exist in California, Nevada. I did not know that cutthroat were a type of trout. Well, that several different types of trout are cutthroats. Do they have this? Okay. For, I know you're specifically like a trout fisherman. Do they have like a base? Not a base, a bath slam? I would imagine so, but, but bass also have like their, or a sturgeon or that kind of stuff. I'm sure they do, right? All of that's just different types of fishing. No, I get it. I'm just, like steelhead fishing is its own thing. Like if you want to go steelhead fishing, which I kind of do, I would like to go catch some steelhead. I think that would be insane. I know a guy who does that. I would like to do that once or twice. I think it's really cool. Have you seen the size of those things? Yeah, and you can't take them out of the water, right? Well, that's sturgeon you can't take out of the water. Oh. Steelhead are a little bit heartier, but the sturgeon are a protected species. And, and you can catch sturgeon. And I, I know a guy who caught some sturgeon in this building. And they're nuts. Like they're crazy dinosaur fish. It'd be fun. You can catch them in town. Okay. Well, that's a good goal. I'm proud of you. I just don't, I don't do that style of fishing. You're going to be a better fishing companion. I like it. That's a good goal. And the Wyoming cut slam. And that one. Yeah. So good fishing goals. Any husband goals or anything? I hadn't thought about it. I thought I was doing well. I didn't think, uh, oh, I got to work on being a better husband companion. You're doing well. You're doing fine. What are your goals? Do you have any wifey goals? I do actually. Oh, I, one of my goals is to be on my phone less and to be more present with my family. Can I tell you that when you say both of those things, they feel pointed. Why? Like I'm setting these goals and you should too. They feel like they carry extra weight. I, I didn't point any fingers. So I don't know why you're thinking that. Those two specifically, I feel like you're like, I'm setting this goal, but then what's going to happen is that's going to be everybody's goal inadvertently because it's your goal. Kind of. And if you're not on your phone and everybody else is, you're going to look around and go, well, I'm not on my phone. That's how that's going to go. Yeah. Kind of. So maybe pick different goals. No, let's just have that be the, everyone's goal. This is your goal, not everyone else's goal. Good luck to your fishing goals. Good luck with your less phone time. Oh, thanks. We're going to have a good time with it. Who's we? All of us. People always talk about, um, like co-workers and co-workers food and how you should have some common courtesy when you're heating up food in an office. Yeah. Like you don't heat up broccoli in the microwave or fish. You don't heat up fish in the microwave because it just, it makes the whole office go, oh, and it hurts stuff. It hurts tummies. Yeah. My tummy is hurt this morning because who's making fish? No one's making fish, but somebody is making a bagel that is awfully stinky. And I don't know. You say it's an everything bagel, but I, in the fridge is a bag of everything bagels. I don't know what brand he's using then because it is smelly. You opened the door. That's right. And I went, no, no, no. And I had to spray some spray because it was really making my stomach hurt. It's not go out there and see. I can't. Why? Because it was making me so nauseous. Here's, here's something I know about you. What? You love a community fridge. I do not. Let's go take a look. I don't want to. When's the last time you looked in there? I looked in there this morning. Okay. Did you see anything? No, I don't look suspicious. I open, I grab what I need and I shut it back up. Let's go. Although it is very clean in there. It's been clean for a couple of months because people are being, being good about it. That's right. There's nothing gross in there. But some strange everything bagels that make you feel sick in your time. I love everything bagels. Those are my favorites. I don't know why these ones, these particular ones are so smelly. They're so smelly. I don't know. They, the everything bagel is definitely the smelliest of the bagels. True. Like of all the bagels in all the history of bagels, everything is the stinky one. I don't think it's stinky. I normally think it smells delicious. Yeah. This particular one. But, but listen, if you're not big on the roasted garlic and the onions and all the things that are on there, that it is a stinky bagel. So I think no matter what, like if anybody has an everything bagel, like if you walk past everything bagels in the store, you go, it's a stinky bagel. Yeah. They just, they just are aromatic. Yeah, that's true. And so I think in an office setting, when you walk past the, the break room area where an everything bagel has been toasted upon. I didn't even walk past it. I know, but it fills the, it fills the room when you heat it up. It fills this entire space. Correct. This entire area. Yeah. Has been filled. So, so I would say, listen, it kind of falls in the area of fish and broccoli. And that because we know it's the smelliest of the bagels, we probably shouldn't be doing. Get a blueberry, get a plane, get a jalapeno cheddar, but not an everything because it is the smelliest. It is, it is pretty smelly. Broccoli is the smelliest of the vegetables in the microwave. Fish is the smelliest of the meats. Because even when people bring in leftover, you know, Italian food or leftover Mexican food or leftover Chinese food and heat it up, like you might, you might smell it, but you're not like, whoa, dude, but if somebody brings leftover Indian food or Thai food, it fills the space. They're the smelliest of the foods. That's true. So I don't necessarily think it's about don't only make fish. I think fish is the smelliest of the meats. You've said that. So I'm just saying, on the scale of smells in their own categories, you should avoid the smelliest of the foods. That's what I'm trying to say. I get what you're trying to say. And everything bagel should be on the list of food you avoid, just like fish and broccoli. And it's not smelly unless it's toasted, right? That's probably true. But I don't think you can smell it until he toasts it. And then it permeates. That's right. It really sets the sense free. Yeah, I gotta go talk to him. And go, hey, you know the rules about fish and broccoli? And guess what? You've only been here for an hour. That's right. Maybe you just toast your bagel at home and eat your bagel at home. I just feel like that. Yeah. Yeah. Tell me more about how you feel about it. I'm going to go talk to him. What are you going to say? Let's practice. Hey, guy. Hey, guy. It's a good lead in. So strong so far. You're going to go, hey, guy, let's talk about that bagel. Your bagel is awfully smelly. Yeah. It's kind of making my stomach a little queasy. What do you think he's going to say? He's going to, I know what he's going to say. He's going to be like, so? Yeah, right. That's exactly right. Okay. So then what do you say? He's going to have zero sympathy for me is what's going to happen. That's right. So I, my, it's going to be pointless if I go talk to him. I think what you should say is, listen, we talked about this on the show and we decided that the everything bagel is the same caliber as fish and broccoli because it's the smelliest of the bagels. So it should be also banned. Get a plain bagel, my guy, and then close the door and walk away. Get a plain bagel or toast your bagel at home and then shut the door softly so he knows that I'm not mad. Oh, okay. That's like sending a smiley emoji at the end of a serious email. That way they know I'm not mad. Right. I don't want to make anybody upset. I just also don't want my stomach upset. Right. Maybe that's a, maybe that's a way to go, hey, how was your bagel? And he'll go, it was quite delicious. And you say, great, my stomach hurts from it. Yeah. No, I can't eat ever eat again because it's too queasy. Can't ever eat again. That's just, yeah, right. It was a good practice. Thanks. Good role play. I bet it goes differently or not at all, but okay. It's not going to go at all. Yeah. Because I'm chicken. He's got to go, hey, my guy, stinky bagel, bad choice. No go. Yeah. Quit it. Do it at home. Right. Yeah. That's it. And then slam the door. So he knows I'm mad. That's right. Oh, hey, would you rather this or that the last one of 2025 would you rather stick to one resolution perfectly or partially complete five of them? I'm going to go with the one resolution perfectly. I'm going to stick to one resolution perfectly. I think it's easier to balance one than balance five. And I think you set yourself up for better success if you focus on one throughout the year rather than trying to spread yourself to thin over five. And I'm going to agree with you and say one. Okay. Well, that was easy. I agree with you. One resolution. I think sometimes, and here's the problem that I have, I think I set five and then I don't complete any of them because then I go, I can't, I can't commit to this many. Right. And then you feel like a failure. Yeah. Yeah. I agree. I think it's a good, I think that's a good way to look at it. Let's focus on one resolution. Let's not overburden ourselves with too much expectation and set ourselves up for failure. Let's focus on one. Maybe you had five or 10 or 12 things you wanted to work on. Cut them down and go, you know what, I'm picking one. One's got to be good enough. And you know what, maybe you pick one and you set yourself a goal and maybe it takes you six months to complete. And you go, you get to June and you go, Hey, I nailed it. I got that thing taken care of. What else did I want to get done this year? Because I now have six months I can maybe work on another one. That's a good idea. Right. Don't set yourself up with five out the gate. Set yourself up with one. And if you accomplish it, pick up one of the other four. I like the way you're in New Year's brain is thinking. Would you rather this or that? Real smart. It's real smart. Are you Josh? Hey, thanks. Would you rather this or that? I'm sitting here. I'm printing some pictures because sometimes I got to make use of my time. Okay. And I started an art journal this year. That's right. And one of my projects was that I was going to complete this art journal. And it's kind of a mix of pictures from the year and mixed media type stuff. Yeah. Scrap pieces of stuff that you tickets to things you went to and things you ate and places you went that were fun and whatever. It's kind of like a junk journal, scrapbook-y, art journal type thing. And it's also like a gratitude journal too. Like I wanted to look at it and be like, oh yeah, I got a pretty cool life. Okay. And so I'm printing kind of the last of the pictures because I'm close to finishing this project. Right. And I'm like, yeah, 2025 wasn't all that terrible of a year. Good. There was some good mixed in with some bad. Sure. But I'm looking through some of our pictures going like, yeah. We didn't do as much camping as we wanted to do, obviously, but we spent some time with family and friends and not nearly as much time as we'd like to. But it was pretty good. It was pretty okay here. I'm glad that you do you feel accomplished in your journal? Do you feel like you are going to complete it? I am going to complete it. Yes. The way that you wanted to on the timeline that you wanted to, you feel like you're going to be able to go 2025 is done. And I'm going to start a new with 2026. Yes. Cool. I'm going to start a new, I'm going to do it again. I'm just not going to do as many pictures. Right. You said you were going to focus a different direction. Yeah. Cool. And it's consumed a lot of my time. And so I didn't have a lot of time to do some of my other projects because this project took so much time that I'm going to spend less time on my other, like it's not my other, my new journal that I'm going to do in the new year. Yeah. Is going to be less time consuming. I'm hoping so that I have more time to sew and finish some quilts and art because you have an art thing. Yeah. Yeah. I do have to do that. You need to art. I do. I need to art. Everybody needs to art. We need to do more art. I need to art. I need to get my watercolors out. Whatever form that is. Stuff. Whether it's painting, whether it's drawing, whether it's music, singing, writing. Create art. We need more art. Everybody should at some point in the new year make something. Whatever it is. If it's a boondoggle keychain, it doesn't matter. Make something. Yeah. Absolutely. Be creative. It's a big deal. Latch hook. Whatever your thing is. You love Latch hook. You want Latch hook with me. I don't. That's not my hobby. But they look cool. They do look cool. Hung on a wall. You know, nothing like a Tweety Bird Latch hook hanging on a wall. Hey. Goodbye 2025. Yeah. Hello, 2026. We will not be in the studio tomorrow or Friday. We'll be back on Monday or as they say, see you next year. Yeah. Have a great New Year's Eve and we will see you in 2026 on Monday for a full week of shows. Back to the old grind. I did the calendar. Did you see it? I didn't. It's a long one. Look how many days there are. Oh yeah. That's a full calendar. January is a big one. January is a beast. Happy New Year, everybody. Happy New Year. Stay safe. Go to bed early. Sure. Why not? And I got nothing else. All right. See you in 2026! Happy new year! Thanks for listening to Wake Up Classy 97, the podcast. If you enjoy the show, please share, subscribe, and rate the podcast. Wake Up Classy 97 is hosted by Josh and Chantel Tielor and is a production of Riverbend Media Group. For more information or to contact the show, visit Riverbendmediagroup.com.