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Have a Very Schweddy Christmas
Ever stumbled upon a bakery that made your festive season just a little bit sweeter? That's the story we're sharing as we kick off with Pete Shwetty's Season's Eatings bakery, a place renowned for its delectable array of balls that have our taste buds in a tizzy. You'll want to stick around for the hilarious snack mishap we discuss, which morphed into an appetizer so scrumptious it deserves its own holiday. Plus, we're mixing up a Christmas punch that's sure to become a new family favorite, whether you're toasting in the sun or snow.
Then, we're swapping cookie recipes for pigskins in a special Christmas episode that's more about laughter than your typical halftime show. Imagine your favorite NFL coach shimmying down the chimney—mine's Matt LaFleur, but maybe you're more of a Sean McVay fan? We'll debate, chuckle, and even throw in some shoe style banter for good measure. It's the kind of festive fun that'll have you looking at those gridiron gurus in a whole new, twinkling light.
Finally, who needs Santa's sleigh when you've got the convenience of online shopping? We'll recount the trials and tribulations of brick-and-mortar stores, like my comedy of errors at HomeGoods, and why my latest beauty gadget haul had us all laughing in disbelief. Plus, we're taking a moment to cherish the evolving nature of family holiday traditions, from Polish cooking to celebrating in ways that embrace change. So, grab that punch, pull up a chair, and let's share in the joy and jest of the season together.
You're listening to 60 Yard Line on National Public Radio. I'm John Marie.
Speaker 2:I'm Danielle Marie.
Speaker 3:Hi, I'm Katie Lynn. Our sponsor today owns his own bakery with a very clever name Seasons Eatings.
Speaker 2:Oh, I love that. That's great.
Speaker 3:That's great. Thank you, pete Shwetty.
Speaker 2:He makes all kinds of treats, but the thing he likes to bring out most this time of year are his balls. Oh, he sent us these balls.
Speaker 1:Mmm balls. Yeah, they make balls for everything. They have balls that are popcorn balls, they have rum balls, all kinds of balls.
Speaker 2:Wow, my mouth is watering Just thinking about those balls.
Speaker 3:It's been years since I've seen balls.
Speaker 1:Would you like to see some balls now?
Speaker 2:Yes, whip them out, john, john Marie.
Speaker 3:Wow, he has beautiful balls In there.
Speaker 2:Take the plate out, john.
Speaker 1:They look good, beautiful. They're bigger than I expected.
Speaker 2:I can't wait to get my mouth around this ball.
Speaker 3:Oh, I like the way his balls smell you know what I heard?
Speaker 1:I heard they're made from a sweaty family recipe.
Speaker 3:Oh sweaty balls yeah, love sweaty balls.
Speaker 2:Live from Matamora. It's 60 yard live. What do you want for Christmas? You got to give it your flip in here, John.
Speaker 1:So this has a little bit of vodka, a little bit of orange juice, a little bit of apple juice and a little bit of cranberry, and then the topper was ginger ale. It is really really good. It's kind of almost I mean, it's a Christmas drink, but you could almost use this for summer too. It's super refreshing, oh yeah.
Speaker 3:It's not too sweet, it's very good. There's no pineapple.
Speaker 1:There is no pineapple, so Katie's good We'll post the recipe, but it is delicious. I think we've gone through one or two maybe.
Speaker 2:Well, it's like a Christmas punch. You could make it for a punch with your kids on Christmas Day and then for adults you just add a shot of vodka.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so for kids this is excellent, and if you want to do it in a big punch bowl, you could do that too. So we just did our little cups, but it is delicious.
Speaker 3:I was in charge of the shot of the week. You guys, I failed. Actually, I did a little bit of research and was trying to find something cute and I found a couple of things. And I went to Meyer today and was standing in the liquor aisle like a deer in the headlights looking for something and could not find it. Cremed, a menth could not find it anywhere.
Speaker 2:Does it taste like mint?
Speaker 3:I think so Whenever I hear it. I think about Connie, because there was a grasshopper, Was it a grasshopper. Oh yeah, when were we when she wanted a grasshopper.
Speaker 2:My mom wanted it.
Speaker 3:Oh my gosh, she's amazing, or maybe it was just creme de menth, so she has I don't know, I don't know, she's bartended before, so I feel like she knows how to make mixed drinks at the. You know where we were. We were in Ohio and she was there and she wanted. She ordered something and it had creme de menth in it and the waitress was like the what those?
Speaker 1:are actually really good. I've had those before oh really I have too. It's one of those sneaky ones. It's kind of like this just caution. Okay, we were drinking these and we kind of thought, oh, I can take that, good, they don't taste that strong. And then they hit you and those are like that. They're like that, really yummy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. I had two of these with the punch, and now there's white wine in here because I ran out.
Speaker 3:So, fyi, they don't have that at my hair.
Speaker 1:They don't have that at my hair.
Speaker 3:Then I found another little thing that was like Santa's pants and so it was like grenadine, and then there was rum chada layered on top of it and I was like, okay, that seems easy enough, and so I bought it, and then I took it home and I tried to make it and of course the rum chada did not layer on top and it went down into the grenadine and mixed all in there. And so I made my husband try it and he took the shot and he made this horrible face and he was like do you remember cement mixers, do you?
Speaker 1:guys remember those where they like burdle in your mouth.
Speaker 3:He's like it tastes like a cement mixer.
Speaker 2:I'm like okay, we're not doing so, there is no shot of the week, that's all right, we can post the nailed it photos of like the drink and then.
Speaker 1:Well, actually I made an amazing appetizer, so yeah, snack of the week. Snack of the week this week is I'm going to give you the ingredients, because on paper it sounds terrific, but it is cranberries or cranberry sauce, cream cheese, extra sharp cheddar, and when you add it all together and you bake it and it makes this beautiful bubbly cheese bake.
Speaker 2:It looks like Mexican dip.
Speaker 1:And it kind of tastes like a mix of Mexican dip and cranberries. And bacon and bacon.
Speaker 2:There's no bacon.
Speaker 1:No, there's not and I don't know what happened, but I'm just going to say that we're going to say we nailed that one Nailed it. Listen, this one's not about snacks and drinks this week.
Speaker 2:This one is all about Christmas, so that's what we're doing, and we're not perfect.
Speaker 1:No, I mean I. Oh, my God In fact, one of her gifts this year says oh yeah, you did give me a what's.
Speaker 3:what's up with that?
Speaker 1:Let's just save some time and assume I'm right.
Speaker 2:Oh, the little note card yeah.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I mean, I mean that pretty much. That's it all right, I know he's perfect.
Speaker 1:All right, Danielle. So what have we got these boxes for? What is this all about?
Speaker 2:Well, we decided to do like a Christmas episode. So there's really not much we want to talk about with football. Is there anything you guys want to talk about?
Speaker 1:I mean, we could talk about Kelsey Mooning.
Speaker 2:Travis Kells, like that's like a little kid, I know.
Speaker 1:Like now it's coming out as this big deal.
Speaker 2:The best part is when you see things online and you start reading the comments. Oh and people are so funny.
Speaker 3:They were funny, but I mean that's.
Speaker 2:I mean we've got a lot of bunch of ball games coming up. Eventually we have the Super Bowl. We'll have plenty of football. Let's shift to like Christmas, do it? I agree. So we have some little boxes here, christmas boxes, and we have some questions in here. We're just going to talk about Christmas stories and shopping and all the good stuff. I love it. Who wants to go first? You're on me, you're right there. Oh my God. Oh, let's see my question. What NFL coach would you want to come down your chimney?
Speaker 3:Oh, you have a little football Okay.
Speaker 2:Well, I like what's his name? Matt LaFleur, is that how you say it? He reminds me of the old manager for the Tigers, like dark hair, kind of cute. Right, he's a cutie and didn't did they beat the Lions this year? Yes, I was watching him the whole time.
Speaker 1:And I will tell you this too he is young and kind of surprised me because I don't know, I don't know, there's something about him as a coach, like he was not, like. Obviously, the other guy that we would think of because he's local would be Dan Campbell.
Speaker 3:I do not want Dan Campbell coming down my chimney.
Speaker 2:He's on Us Magazine's like 2023 hottest coaches. So it's Sean McVeigh what Dan Campbell and Matt LaFleur.
Speaker 3:Those are the three pictures, dan Campbell.
Speaker 2:So my mom was the other day. She's like Don't you think Dan Campbell's cute? And I'm like he's not ugly. But I was like, maybe like my mom's in her 70s. Right, I'm in my 40s so I'm thinking like maybe he's just too old for me. What?
Speaker 3:He just looks kind of like how old is he?
Speaker 2:Let me see he's not even he's ugly, he's just like 52, I guess how old are you 47?.
Speaker 3:Dan Campbell is 47.
Speaker 1:Wait a minute, though. Wait when is your birthday.
Speaker 2:April 8th, don't he's not older April 13th. Dan and Danielle Campbell, that's right I could go for.
Speaker 1:I could go for liking a Sean McVeigh. He's kind of in the how old is he so damn?
Speaker 3:he is. He's one of your faves guys.
Speaker 2:Sean McVeigh. I think he's one of the youngest coaches in the NFL. He is he's 37.
Speaker 3:He's a baby.
Speaker 2:So I think 37, 38, 39, they can be cute like guys, but I'm not attracted to anyone who's like 30. That's way too young yeah.
Speaker 3:Well, yeah.
Speaker 2:Wait, who can you think of? That's 30? That's super direct. How old is he? I don't know how old is he. Don't do it.
Speaker 1:You know what, never mind.
Speaker 2:I'll say it on the sides no, I just oh, anyway I've been shut down.
Speaker 1:I like Sean McVeigh, but you know he's old and I cannot remember his name right now.
Speaker 2:Matt the Dolphins. I think he's like we weren't talking about him the other day there's a special, I think, on Netflix that follows NFL teams and they follow him.
Speaker 3:You have to watch it. Here's the thing, though. I just looked it up he's five foot nine, so he's already like off my left. Oh, he's, he's gotta be like 40 or under 40. He's 40. So we're the same age, but I'm tall.
Speaker 1:I'm sorry what he's trying to slip that in there, no, sorry.
Speaker 2:So I saw him one day and he was wearing, like, what's his name? Mike McDaniel. Mike McDaniel, yes, and he's kind of like a nerd and I think he's like a football fanatic and numbers guy. He's super intelligent.
Speaker 1:He looks like a number two.
Speaker 2:But he had these glasses on and he had his sweat pants rolled up.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and he's got like cute shoes on.
Speaker 2:I looked at him and I was like that is Katie's spirit animal, she'll love him. And you looked him up and you're like he's cute.
Speaker 3:I too, I think he's cute. He's too short.
Speaker 1:So here's what's interesting Do you ever look at a guy's shoes and you think computer nerd?
Speaker 2:Oh, shoes are important, I feel like one of my kids broke up with a boyfriend because of the shoes he's wearing.
Speaker 1:I know you because I literally Sometimes Michael sent me shoes and I'm like, no, those are computer shoes, I do and I swipe right. I'm like we're not doing computer shoes and I do that and I feel bad because I'm sure you're great people. I just don't like the computer shoe. Look, you know, like the nerdy, like the old school new balance, but not the cute ones, like the ones that are all white.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I feel like this guy wore the cute shoes, but like he wasn't cute before, but now he's rich.
Speaker 3:He's six foot five, I mean I guess he could come down my chimney.
Speaker 1:He just went up a notch, but he might not make it all the way down the chimney, he might get stuck halfway. I mean because he's so big Sean.
Speaker 3:McVeigh is the cutest one out of all. I agree, that's mine, sean McVeigh.
Speaker 2:Yay, that's about the lift there guy. How tall is he?
Speaker 3:He's cute. You don't think he's cute?
Speaker 2:I do. I think he's cute too, you're just like I feel like Sean has like a cocky side to him.
Speaker 3:He's more animated. He's more animated.
Speaker 2:You have to because you're six foot tall. I am not too cocky requirement. I like confident.
Speaker 3:I like the florist 511, which is my height, so I mean.
Speaker 1:You could do it.
Speaker 2:It's not bad, but Dan Campbell's like the man, six foot five he might have just went up to the top I had to have.
Speaker 1:Katie put the vodka back in my cupboard tonight.
Speaker 3:And it was amazing. I was like this is fantastic.
Speaker 1:I got to get a double step stool. It was amazing. So I need to do around more.
Speaker 2:Sam open the next box. Go ahead and bring it.
Speaker 3:I have one box here. Hmm, I have. What is your biggest Christmas gift Fail? Oh, good one. Oh a fail, oh gosh. Okay, I'm sure I have lots of fail, me too. So probably the biggest one that I can think of. So for everyone that has like little kids, soak it up now, because eventually your kids will send you a list and you'll just go and buy all the things on the list and wrap them up and put them under the tree, like you don't get to like, oh, which toy are we going to buy? And oh, they're going to be so excited. So that's where we're at now. My kids are older. They send me their list. I buy what's on the list, I wrap it up and I put it under the tree. It kind of like takes the magic out of it. But whatever, I don't know what these kids like.
Speaker 1:And you know, like I don't know, it makes it so much easier now on, yeah, I know.
Speaker 3:I'm not going to try to be like creative and then buy them something they don't want and so whatever. So last year that's what happened my kids sent me their things and I don't buy everything on their list, obviously so there is some surprise to it. I like pick and choose what they get, so, um, so Leigh-Anne Den, who is now 18, he was 17 then he sent me his list. I bought things on his list, I put it under the tree and Christmas morning we are unwrapping the gifts and he unwraps a t-shirt that was on his list and he starts dying laughing and I'm like why is he laughing? And he's like oh my God, I can't believe you bought me.
Speaker 2:So you didn't look at it, you just bought it.
Speaker 3:You just wrapped it like you opened it and you're like, even I mean I looked at it like it was a t-shirt and I'm like, okay, like I bought the t-shirt, and I put it under the tree Like I don't, it was a t-shirt. And so he's like I can't believe you bought me this. And so I'm like what is it? It was a t-shirt with a picture of the unabomber's face.
Speaker 2:Oh, my God.
Speaker 3:That said, vote by mail. Oh my God, I bought it for him and wrapped it and put it under the tree.
Speaker 1:That's the best t-shirt ever Does he wear it? He does, oh my gosh, of course he does. Of course he does. My mom bought me this.
Speaker 3:I had no idea. I wouldn't know If you put a picture of the unabomber in front of me right now.
Speaker 2:I wouldn't know who's Grady Like who's the unabomber.
Speaker 1:I love my mom.
Speaker 3:Yeah, kristen just hung his head Like he was a self-mom, an idiot.
Speaker 2:That is phenomenal, oh my gosh.
Speaker 3:So, guys, if your kid's just sending you a list like maybe Google, like what's on your list?
Speaker 2:No wait. And then it was like I'm not even going to look at what this is and I'm going to send it. And then when he opened it, he's like bing. I was right.
Speaker 1:It's like. It's like if your husband wants to know or if you want to know, if your husband's listening to you and you say something just way off the cuff, yeah, they are like, yeah, yeah, yeah, and you're like you're not, you're not listening to me.
Speaker 2:That's so good Speaking of shirts.
Speaker 1:We have on some specialties.
Speaker 3:Oh, we need to point these out. I don't know where my son got that wrong.
Speaker 1:Right, we're going to post some pics there.
Speaker 2:Santa's favorite ho.
Speaker 1:What does yours say, danielle? Mine says Christmas AF. And what does?
Speaker 3:yours say Santa's favorite ho.
Speaker 1:And mine says ask your mom if I'm real. A picture of Santa on the front, so you know.
Speaker 3:Winking, santa, winking, I'm the least readyist out of everyone you guys have any Christmas gift. Fails On paper.
Speaker 1:On paper. Christmas fails? Oh, I'm sure I do. Well, let's say this I bought. I bought my kids. One year we went, we decided we were to go Christmas shopping and I let them pick out what they wanted. But I like said I'm not gonna buy everything, I'm just gonna like write it down on the list. And as I'm at the checkout, here comes Eva bopping back that I thought Mike was hanging with her and literally saw everything. I had to go put everything back and start over because she still didn't really get the whole concept. So I had to be really careful.
Speaker 1:So I had to put everything back and start over. I was like this was the biggest waste of a day.
Speaker 2:So I mean I don't really know. I don't have fails, other than just like everything my husband bought me in the past. What about when? Your husband? What did he buy you? He bought me vacuum cleaners. He's bought me phones, electronics. He basically buys me things that he wants so like I'll get something and it's just like a cooler with a speaker in it. He's like isn't that cool? And I'm like for you.
Speaker 1:At the next baseball tournament.
Speaker 2:I know he tries so hard and then eventually and then there's years he'll buy me like jewelry and it's gorgeous or something it's just like out on a limb. So now I just send him links and he just buys it. I'm kind of like the kids.
Speaker 1:We actually aren't even doing gifts this year.
Speaker 2:It's pointless.
Speaker 1:I buy my own stuff, like we're buying one thing each, and it's literally like is this what our lives are now?
Speaker 2:I got Kevin we talked about it those toilet bowl cleaners Cause I was like he'll love this.
Speaker 1:That's what our life has come to. Mine is such a practical gift that I'm giving my husband. I'm like lame, but the other part of it is I'm done, I don't have to worry about it.
Speaker 3:Oh, I like opening.
Speaker 1:Me too. Me too. You know what I'm addicted to, by the way.
Speaker 2:Coffee makers.
Speaker 1:And I mean bad.
Speaker 2:Like you, buy new ones.
Speaker 1:I want, like you know, the Nespresso.
Speaker 3:That needs it.
Speaker 1:I want it so bad, but I'm not willing to spend that kind of money on it. I don't care how many houses I sell, I'm not buying anything. What and everything.
Speaker 2:That's what you want. I love that If Kevin bought that for me which he would if I wanted it, I would totally be like take that back.
Speaker 1:No, I want it so bad, and you know my little coffee bar up there.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:All I want to do is have that fancy little espresso maker up there. You are so funny, that would be my thing. All right, is it my turn? Yes, all right, oh Okay. What was the worst Christmas gift you ever got?
Speaker 3:Oh.
Speaker 1:Kind of on the same subject it is, but this one's actually good because it's about something where you're just like what? And I can tell you, I already have it in mind, because this is when I was dating somebody and you think it's romantic you're dating, you're going to get a necklace or something cool oh yeah, yes, right, if you remember the things that go on the front of your car.
Speaker 1:they clamp onto your hood to detract the deer. Oh, like a whistle, like a whistle that only the deer can hear. Oh, true story, that's what he bought you. That's what I got, and you know what he gave him to me in front of my parents. He was like, oh my God, I'm getting something special.
Speaker 2:Like in gate. Did you think you were getting engaged?
Speaker 1:I don't know I was like this is a big deal, like my parents are in there.
Speaker 2:He gave it in front. Were they expensive?
Speaker 1:I was like I probably like $13. And at that time there wasn't Amazon. So I think it was like you walked into the auto parts store and you're like, there it is.
Speaker 2:Did you break up with him?
Speaker 1:Nope, but I will tell you I did not put those sons of bitches on my car. I thought you were gonna say you didn't put out. I did hit a deer in the car.
Speaker 2:You said what I'm not kidding, I'm on your car.
Speaker 1:Swear to God in my life. I was driving home from his house one night, heading back to my parents' house, and I hit a car. No, I didn't, I hit a deer in total of my car.
Speaker 3:He was like see bitch.
Speaker 1:But I kid you not, he bought me these things and I was literally so appalled and I looked at my mom and my mom was like he's done. My dad was like that's a very good idea.
Speaker 3:You gotta be safe. I was like great that's not so.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that was my well bar, not my word. He had never. It's like a he's gonna get a bowling ball from a boyfriend. What? Yeah, because he might start bowling.
Speaker 2:Were you a bowler.
Speaker 1:I mean I was terrible, like I don't. I mean I could hit a couple pins.
Speaker 3:I hate bowling.
Speaker 1:I love it. I love it.
Speaker 3:That's our next episode. I'm sitting out.
Speaker 2:No, okay, you can order it and bring us drinks.
Speaker 1:That'll never happen Okay. Dusty, dusty, we need you All. Right, I think you're up to open up.
Speaker 2:All right, one more again. Oh gosh, okay, oh.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna pour a little earl of your wine, oh goodness okay.
Speaker 3:Wait for it, wait for it, please wait for her wine to stop making noise and one more.
Speaker 2:So wine condoms ducks on wine. Now she's got a wine bong, it's it. It looks like a freaking bong.
Speaker 3:It makes a lot of freaking noise.
Speaker 1:But it helps aerated, fresh and crisp.
Speaker 2:Okay, what beauty gift have you hoped that Santa will bring you? So I am a sucker for those stupid ads online, and so this morning I saw one and it was like little like. They look like little iPads. You know those you saw. Did you see it? Those? No, they look like reusable ones, but these are electronic. Did you see them? No, they look like. They look like apple-created them.
Speaker 2:They're probably total crap, but they have infrared light and so they turn on and you put them underneath and after like a couple of minutes there's two settings. Your puffiness goes away.
Speaker 1:Why I use the other ones every morning.
Speaker 2:So you set everyone uses those reusable. I love them. I think we should invest in an electronic one. So that was, and we should try out.
Speaker 3:I mean, I don't use them, but I'm much younger.
Speaker 2:Well, I don't have bags under my eyes, bitch, yeah, so whatever, but I still want to try.
Speaker 1:Wow, wait, wait. So my shitty dip that we were trying to order.
Speaker 2:So the other thing I actually purchased for each one.
Speaker 3:Oh my, we're going to try it out live.
Speaker 2:It's a jaw. It's a jawline trainer that I saw on Facebook.
Speaker 3:I'm so excited.
Speaker 2:Wait, this is going to be embarrassed and crack it open, girls, what are we doing? So you really fast. I failed. It I've made from China.
Speaker 3:China.
Speaker 2:No, you blow in and blow out really fast and it trains your jaw so your neck doesn't look so old.
Speaker 1:So this is like put it in your mouth. Do you pretend you're eating a sweaty bowl?
Speaker 2:I like it, she's got it. You suck in and out and the end goes no, you got it, you got it. Yeah, there you go. Keep a suction in our jaw lines. They're going to look phenomenal. Wait, this takes the focus.
Speaker 3:All right, look you, look great, thank you.
Speaker 2:Look at your neck, Look at your jawline. No, you're like gagging. You got to.
Speaker 3:I mean I got it in my. I feel like for this it's taking a new turn.
Speaker 2:I don't know if I can Come on, suck it, let's see it, is it? Going to win. Look at the end of mine. It's not going to win. It's a little win. All right, it was from China.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I don't think it's working.
Speaker 2:It's got a smiley base on it. She did it. You have to suck really hard.
Speaker 1:Create total suction around here.
Speaker 2:OK.
Speaker 1:And then, instead of like you, just suck it, just suck it. There it is, ladies.
Speaker 3:I can't. I have a small tongue.
Speaker 2:You have to do it, dusty, I'm so sorry. Wait, you have to do it for two minutes. Every day we're doing it for two minutes.
Speaker 1:We're not gonna do it for two minutes. For how long? Two weeks.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we'll tell our nice podcast and see if our necklines look better.
Speaker 3:I'm just gonna get a face left.
Speaker 1:Okay, that is amazing, now we got it.
Speaker 3:Thank you. Thank you for purchasing those.
Speaker 1:I love mine, I'm gonna keep it forever.
Speaker 2:I mean, this is so freaking ridiculous. The videos that I saw I was dying laughing at like midnight and I was like I'm trying it and. I'm ordering one for you guys, all right.
Speaker 1:Good, solid, that was yeah. Yeah, my throat actually hurts right now, my cheeks hurt, so you know what it's working.
Speaker 3:I mean, you know when you work on a song and it's tired. That's what happens Now. I need a break.
Speaker 1:You gonna go potty, no, I need a break from the second. I'm gonna go back in a little later.
Speaker 3:Okay, my question everyone how do you shop online or in store? Ooh, good question.
Speaker 2:That's not a good question for you, because there's no freaking way you shop in store.
Speaker 3:So actually I you're right she was like you're wrong, I'm always right I do 99.9% on my shopping online. However, I do like a good like. One day go with my husband to the mall, like during Christmas season. I love like the sound, yeah.
Speaker 2:I do too, I do too.
Speaker 3:You have lunch together.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:And like we stop for a drink and then we go do more shopping. Like I like to make a whole date day out of it. We might not buy a whole lot while we're there. Like I like it as an event, you know.
Speaker 2:I am making Kevin do that tomorrow. It just sounds so much like so much fun. Yeah, yeah, he's gonna be so excited.
Speaker 3:But date, it's not like a shopping date, but you don't really have to buy, you just have fun together it's super functional, like you're not gonna get a whole lot of stuff, but it's just like spending time together.
Speaker 2:I love that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you know what, one of my favorite times ever that I did that I had all the kids and Mike and we went to 12 Oaks oh, it's far away, so it's kind of like you make it Like late fight or we go 12 Oaks.
Speaker 1:Oh, yeah, I'm telling you, I remember that day still. Aw, I don't know why, I just remember being there going because it was kind of like a magical week. Aw, I don't, we'll go to that, all right, I mean, and I remember that being super special. It would never happen else. No, our kids that would never happen. But it was a cool day and I remember that, yeah.
Speaker 2:It's just quality time and some memories. Yeah, I shop mainly online, but this year I was like eager, like three weeks ago. I was like I am going shopping, I have a day off, I'm going to get so much stuff. I went to home goods was where I started and I was like I'm going to buy a couple things for myself and I saw a new set of glasses and I was like I'm buying these and the only one I could find had like a pattern that I loved.
Speaker 2:It was the only box and the box was like ripped and I was like who cares, I'm buying it. So I get up to the counter to check out and the lady that's checking me out looks like Aunt Edna from Christmas or from family vacation. So she's got the triangle hair, the bangs, the turtleneck and she's like staring at me. So I set all my stuff down and I look at her and I have the box and I'm like this box is ripped and I'm like waiting for her. I'm like I can't really set it down until you start like ringing stuff up and I'll just hold it for a second and she goes I have to bring it up. I'm like okay, so I go to set it down. And when I go to set it down I just hear a shatter. Oh, no One of them falls out and I shake you not. She looks at me and she goes that wasn't you, was it?
Speaker 2:I was like what do you think? It was Like yes, it was me. I just told you that I'm like looking behind me at like an old lady and I'm like would you do that. I'm like so humiliated. So then I'm just so mad at her. Like every video you've ever seen like online of like people freaking out at Starbucks and taking the register and slamming it for a second there I was like I'm feeling you guys like right now I want to like strangle this lady and she's like still looking at me, like with this blank look.
Speaker 2:So she calls like a cleanup on aisle, like main aisle. So I continue to check out. It fell next to me and all of a sudden I feel something on my leg. The lady sweeping the floor is like brushing my leg with the broom.
Speaker 1:I'm like, get me get me out of here. Get me out of here, I'm gonna lose it.
Speaker 2:I leave and I'm just like, oh my God, and I have a bunch of crap in the back of my car that I was going to donate to the salvation army. But the one around us like I don't know. Sometimes you get somebody who's amazingly nice and then sometimes they're like you don't take clothes, we don't take home goods, we don't take this, we don't take that. So I'm like I'm just going to go home, like my shopping today is done, it's done. I'm going to stop and drop this stuff off at the salvation army. So I pull in and there's a little line, long story short. I pull up and some guy goes ma'am, and I roll my window down and I hear the other guy go, come on, man. And I'm like what he goes? Don't you see the sign?
Speaker 2:And there's like I'm like 20 feet away from the next car and there's this sign and it says like thank you for stopping hours. Blah, blah, blah. There's a crumpled up piece of paper that says please wait here. And it's like stuck to the top and I'm like that's what he's talking about. Like I pulled forward too fast. I'm like, oh my God. So I'm like sorry, and I reverse and there's a massive curve and I just screw up my bumper and I am just like I put it. I get out of my car, I go look, my husband doesn't even know, I don't care, it's all screwed up the bumper. I look at it, I get in my car, I drive home. I just try not to cry because I'm so freaking pissed and I'm like I'm never shopping in a store. I got, that was my, that was my Christmas shopping.
Speaker 1:I do the same thing. I do the one day and I yesterday. As a matter of fact, I went and looked for a specific item for one of my kids, and I mean very specific but simple, like a puffer vest, like one of those. You know, everybody has them, but I needed a kid size. I went to every store in the mall, every store outside of the mall, I went to all the places. Not one single solitary vest. I call my husband, I'm like I cannot find this anywhere and I'm now angry and he's like oh, here's one on Amazon 20 bucks.
Speaker 2:I was going to say why didn't you think Amazon?
Speaker 1:I did, but I kind of wanted to go like, see it like a nice one. I wanted it to be. I was like order it, we're done. And that was it. I'm like, I'm done. That was my only shopping experience in stores this year and I will not do it again. I just won't. So I'm with you. All right, let me see what I got.
Speaker 3:What's your question?
Speaker 2:I better be salacious.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay, what beauty item would you like stuffed? Oh, would you stuff in a friends stocking.
Speaker 2:Oh, do you have a favorite beauty item?
Speaker 1:Definitely have a favorite item. So I have an item that I've used for years and years and years. It is my mascara. Oh, I love it. It is the IT Cosmetics Superhero Mascara. Where do you get?
Speaker 2:that.
Speaker 1:Well, I originally got it like Sephora all the time. You can get it on Amazon now, oh nice, $25. I absolutely love it Like it's my very favorite item and every time I've tried other stuff.
Speaker 3:I go back to it. I'm disappointed.
Speaker 1:Well, I'm just disappointed and I'm like. So if you guys are looking for something like that, that is definitely we should post it Like mascara is a bit wet.
Speaker 2:Matt, do you use like the same mascara all the time?
Speaker 3:I don't. I am always on the lookout for mascara and I feel like I get as I get older Not as old as us, Not as old as you guys. But older Like things, change Like mascara bothers me a lot.
Speaker 2:Like it hurts my eyes and I don't like it.
Speaker 3:So currently I'm using something called Better Than Sex Mascara. Ooh that's delicious. I know it's pretty good, and I've been using brown instead of black, which is a new thing for me too. It's just a tick-tock that's at brown, wasn't it? You know, tick-tock is never wrong. No, they're not.
Speaker 2:That's amazing. You guys tried the Thrive kind. I've always wanted to try that.
Speaker 3:I tried it and hated it, you did, I did Because they make it they advertise like it wipes off with water.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:Is that the one that's a tubular one and it's like turquoise.
Speaker 3:Yeah, and it was like for me it was you have to like scrub it off, and it was like it just drives my eyes out. I didn't like it at all.
Speaker 1:I will tell you this stuff that I use. I came across I don't even remember how I came across it. I had used like a Maybelline or something, forever.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And then this stuff came across and I was like I'll just try it and I literally can put like just thin coat and then like one more once it dries, and I just it's so easy.
Speaker 2:I've used a L'Oreal one for years and I feel like I'm not kidding, it's probably been 15, 20 years Since you see it.
Speaker 2:So I read in a magazine that Jennifer Aniston used just the basic L'Oreal one, and I've always used it. But then somebody at work just told me they use a L'Oreal one, but it's like a newer one, like a lash extension or something. So I'll have to try it and, if I like it better, we should just post all our favorite mascaras, because I feel like in a woman's makeup bag that's a staple.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and if you guys have stuff you want to share with us, because I'm always open to trying stuff at least, right? You know what my girlfriend got me one year and it was awesome and she forgot to cancel the subscription, so I was getting it for like six months. Is that the box? The?
Speaker 2:Oh, birch box, Birch box, I love that. Is that the?
Speaker 1:only makeup one. No, there's other ones. It's not Birch box. It was something similar, though, because this one was only makeup and face products, and I have a drawer that is filled with all these expensive items, but I will tell you it totally changed. Like I would, now I buy this box yeah, I loved it.
Speaker 2:I did Birch box that you did stitch, fix right that's clothes. Oh it is. Yeah, I can't remember.
Speaker 1:I don't know what's the name of it I feel like I'm getting so picky about makeup.
Speaker 3:I hate the way makeup feels on my face Like I want makeup that doesn't feel like I'm wearing anything.
Speaker 1:So the only thing I use now is Tinted Moistureizer. I love that, but I use, I'll never use.
Speaker 2:See, we could totally share the ones we like. I use the tinted one. It has like zinc, I don't know. It's just kind of for sensitive skin and I love it. That's what. I don't use foundation or anything.
Speaker 1:And I did for a long time, and now I use Urban Decay Tinted Moistureizer.
Speaker 2:Oh, I've heard of that one.
Speaker 1:It's really good, but I'll tell you. You know what's funny. You know who turned me on to all of this? Eva, oh.
Speaker 2:I know my 14-year-old daughter, the girls Did you like mom On TicTac.
Speaker 1:Here's what they do.
Speaker 2:when I was like they know so much about cosmetics. I mean, you go into their room and they're like little kids and they have their headbands on and they're putting all their creams on it Constantly.
Speaker 3:When I was younger, I wore mascara and Vaseline on my lips and then I went to bed with it on your face.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes, and this is the thing I washed my daughter and she has this regimen and I'm like, oh shit, I should probably be doing all that. No, like she has a, it's all like she's got her head back. She's doing this. I'm like I gotta go do my routine and I'm like, oh my God, when I was a teenager I was like that is the. I would fall asleep.
Speaker 2:What did I do on my face, did you?
Speaker 3:I didn't put powder on your foundation.
Speaker 2:I would put like mascara on your face.
Speaker 1:Oh, on your face for makeup? No, I totally did. You did Like foundation.
Speaker 2:When you were little.
Speaker 1:Well, I mean like when I was. Like 13 or 14?.
Speaker 2:No, when I was like 16.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, when I started dating.
Speaker 2:I guess I used blush mascara and Vaseline.
Speaker 1:Interesting.
Speaker 2:What did you? Did you use blush right Sometime?
Speaker 3:No, I mean I used like mascara, that's probably Sometimes lip gloss, maybe Lip gloss yeah.
Speaker 1:You guys were so much prettier than me.
Speaker 2:No, you were pretty. You just probably liked makeup. I feel like some people think it's fun, but I didn't like makeup.
Speaker 1:I was always like the jock and like that kind of thing, but yet I still like. I remember putting lipstick on in front of this is actually really funny.
Speaker 1:When I turned 18, I bought my first motorcycle. Okay, and I would ride motorcycles with all guys. And one day we pulled over on the side of the road or like into a play, into a parking lot and we were heading to a motorcycle rally. And I looked in my mirror my motorcycle. I was putting lipstick on and one of the guys that I used to ride with, which was one of my brother's best friends, was like what the hell are you doing? And I was like what do you mean? He's like are you putting makeup on?
Speaker 2:Like he thought.
Speaker 3:I was a guy Like I was a dude and I'm like well, yeah, I mean like I want to look.
Speaker 1:He's like yeah, no, that's stupid, Like it was, like I'm like, oh my God, I am so Like that was so not me, but I loved all that stuff.
Speaker 2:Makeup's fun. I don't know, it's just part of our life, right.
Speaker 1:So last thing, before we have to go, because we're getting to where we got to wrap it up here what is your plan for Christmas? Like just real quick, like what do you guys do for Christmas?
Speaker 2:We have everyone over on Christmas Eve and I feel like a lot of Italian people do seafood, so we'll do like shrimp, crab oysters, whatever things like that. I want to go to that, yeah. And then Christmas day we do like steaks and normal food, but like we don't do like hammer turkey or anything traditional, we do spaghetti sometimes.
Speaker 3:That's awesome. Yeah, it changes a little bit every year, depending on like my sister and her kids and like what they have going on this year. We're doing Christmas Eve day with my mom and dad and like my sister's family and my brother's family, and then my mom always has this big Christmas Eve party, so we'll be there and then we'll do Christmas morning at our house. This is the first year my oldest has to work on Christmas day.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, so it's gonna be a little bit different. So Christmas morning he's not gonna be there, so that'll be a little bit different for us. But we're gonna make it work. We're gonna do Christmas with him when he gets out of work that night, so maybe the next day. We're not really sure what we're doing.
Speaker 1:Well, in the US, kind of cool, though, because he's working like he's you dedicated you Well, you kind of you've got him here now Like it's kind of cool.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like he's working as an EMT, so he's like in our ball with a professional job and he's dedicated and he's doing what needs to be done. And you did, you do that, I did. I can totally see that we had.
Speaker 3:We had that whole conversation because he was he was really bummed about it and he's like I can't work, I'm gonna call in. And I'm like you're not calling in, like this is, the career you chose is in health care and this is what we do in health care. So, absolutely, I mean I've worked my fair share of holidays.
Speaker 2:So yeah, that's what we do. He'll be telling his kid that one day, that same conversation.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it'll be the next generation we are. So we kind of have like a drawn out because my brother comes into town, which I'm so excited I get to see him, and then we go to my mom and dads and of course I'm not playing, cindy is getting chicken shack.
Speaker 2:Oh, not ribs.
Speaker 1:Oh, we're getting ribs and chicken from chicken shack.
Speaker 2:Oh, my God not playing.
Speaker 1:I know I told you guys that's what happens. And then Christmas Eve we go to my Bush and Judges that's my grandparents and we are Polish, so that's do they cook Polish? Yeah, Like they are awesome stuff.
Speaker 2:90 years old and they do the cooking.
Speaker 1:They do a good chunk of it. And then we have all the family brings stuff to but like they do that's so awesome. But you know, it's kind of like you guys made a point where you say this but like how many more do you have?
Speaker 2:So you just oh yeah, you enjoy it.
Speaker 1:And then Christmas Day we are staying home and my in laws are coming to our house and I am making beef tenderloin for dinner.
Speaker 2:Do you normally do that?
Speaker 1:Well, no, but it just depends. This year, though, I because we're having Christmas with them on Christmas Day I was like she does all the work on Christmas Eve, which we won't be at.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'll do it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's a lot of work, like if it's a lot of work for her and then the next day to have to turn over and do it again.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean, it's so much for the guys to, oh God, they watch so much football because they would they have to eat so much.
Speaker 1:You know, what I had to buy this year so Mike wasn't so exhausted is the electric recliner. So you don't, you just push the button. Oh, you don't have to use your legs.
Speaker 2:I mean they're going to be exhausted from like present wrapping and let's kind of do all right.
Speaker 1:So, katie, I think it's your turn.
Speaker 2:Should we?
Speaker 3:break it down, yeah break it down All right Three, two, one. Merry Christmas, merry Christmas.
