Sex, Love, and What Else Matters - The Episode of Gripes

Episode Date: November 8, 2024

Episode 135. This week, Luke is stuck in Colorado due to a wild snowstorm and Kristen is safe and sound at home, on an intense cleaning spree. They discuss a list of gripes, plans for the holiday season, and Kristen wants another dog! All this and much more!   Sponsors: Go to Nutrafol.com and use promo code DOUTE - our listeners get $10 off your first month’s subscription and free shipping. If you’re thinking about your fertility journey, let’s bring the science back to your bedroom. Get 25% off your first month at ritual.com/DOUTE. That’s ritual.com/DOUTE for 25% off.   Follow us: @kristendoute @luke__broderick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You left me because you had some stuffs to do and some huntings to do, but now you're stuck even if you wanted to come home, right? Yeah, Colorado. Babe, I think this is one of those storms that you hear about like, oh, the blizzard of 76. I think this is one of those storms we're gonna be talking about for a long time.

It is crazy. How many feet of snow do you have right now? I'd say our total for this storm is pushing three feet. It's over two. I mean, you're literally wearing ski goggles and snow shoes just to do anything really, huh? Yeah. The snow shoes were a little bit of a help. I don't know. The tractor makes everything easier. If I just put down a trail with the tires, it pushes it all down and then I've got somewhere I can walk, but I even got the tractor up today. So Luke bought a tractor.

Yeah, we haven't talked about that yet. I don't think so. To add to his many toys and vehicles. And I'm supported. I'm just gonna say my piece on this and I'll let you take over. But I'm supportive. Number one, it's your money.

You can do whatever the hell you want with it. So let me just, first and foremost, but you do always ask my opinion where you're like, oh, I want to get a new truck. We were like, maybe I'll wait on that. And I, oh, do I want to sell my car? But I need a car and a truck. Well, okay, my Model T, but that's just like an investment.

Oh, a tractor. And I was like, a fucking tractor? Like you're gonna buy it, what? Like I can't keep up half the time. So I'm just like, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. And then you actually went and bought a tractor and I saw a photo proof of said tractor a few weeks back. And even though I know that it is like very helpful

on the ranch and like really needed and like everyone can kind of share it and use it luckily. I was still like, what the hell do you need a tractor for? Like you're not farming. So right now you're using the tractor to get to and from anywhere, but what do you usually use a tractor for? Well, okay. So it has the arms in the front with a bucket and I have a forklift attachment. So that's handy. I've got a blade on the back for fixing the roads. I front with a bucket and I have a forklift attachment so that's handy. I've got a blade on the back for fixing the roads. I also have a post hole digger that

hooks onto the PTO. So you don't need to hire people and rent equipment and stuff. Right, right. Yeah, I've already dug out some concrete posts that have been in the ground for years and years to make our parking area bigger. The things I can do to just take care of the property. So you know, when I come out here, I always get anxiety because of how much maintenance there is to do on this big place. And when I'm gone for months, I just, I'm like, feel overwhelmed.

The tractor takes that away. I know I can hop on that tractor and I'm going to enjoy cleaning things up. So good. Can I drive the tractor? Of course. Can I pick stuff up and like dig holes and shit? Like you'll actually let me? Yes.

Okay. You guys heard it here, so he can't say no. Maybe not this spring. Maybe we'll wait a year. You brat. I'm just looking out for you, looking out for the family. I know. But it's a Kubota 63 horse MX6000.

It's pretty badass. Wow. No, I'm actually really excited for you. And I'm glad that you can get to and from the ranch house to like your house. And it's just wild. I've seen the videos, you guys like Luke, I'm so glad you like took content because you need to post this stuff. Like I was showing. So you guys also, Rachel O'Brien is in town who is going to be on next week with me on the podcast. But Rachel came in town because we got to see Stevie Nicks in concert at Jimmy Kimmel Live, which was so cool. But it literally, Rachel and Luke were like two ships passing in the night. Luke took off to Colorado and Rachel flew in. But now with the

weather, like Luke was going to stay anyway, but with the weather, Rachel can't even go home because the flights are canceled. I mean, flights aren't even flying. I know that because another friend of mine has, her boyfriend lives in Aspen and his flight got canceled. So everyone's just, just hunkering in and hunkering down. I'm not mad at it. It's pretty cool. I mean, I'm, I'm not upset. I'd like to be more productive, but it still feels like one of those things that I'm going to talk about for the rest of my life. I'm going to tell the kids, like, listen here, kids, you weren't around for the Blizzard of 24. Now, Blizzard 24, we got three feet in three days.

Yeah. I want to Google, is there like a Blizzard in 1924? That would be cool. Well, yeah, probably somewhere on the pile. I want to Google, is there like a blizzard in 1924? That would be cool. Well, yeah, probably somewhere on the pole. It just sounds weird when you say the blizzard of 24. That's where my brain goes. Yeah. Well, the next generation won't think 19s. I know.

Oh God, it's so weird. Okay. Well, before we get into anything else, I, Luke, you don't have to chime in on this. I don't think you're going to, but I have to say this just for my morals, my brain, my heart. It is not past me that this has been a really tough week for some of us with the election, and I'm not going to harp on it anymore. If you follow me on social media, you know exactly how I feel. My internal peace was disrupted to my core. I'm heartbroken, I'm overwhelmed, desperately trying to stay hopeful, but I have to say to every minority,

the LGBTQ community and to all my women out there, I love you. I'm gonna start crying. I love you and I'm giving you the biggest hug. So, and now we're gonna talk about fun stuff because we need our spirits lifted. Like, you know, we can't lay in shit forever. So Luke, since you've been gone,

I've just been like on this wild cleaning spree. You would think that we just moved into this house. Like we've been here, strangely we've only been here a few months. It feels like longer. It feels pretty homey, but like I'm treating it almost like we just moved in or it's like spring cleaning.

I just have all this energy, like this natural energy to like organize and clean. And I'm actually getting really good at like, okay, so I have been doing some purchasing. I'm not going to lie. I've been seeing, I have the ring camera app. I see when the packages are being dropped off. But well, I know our FedEx guy knows me so well. He's like, Hey, oh my God, hi, Kristen.

I was like, I love this. I love living in a house again. So exciting. I need to get him a Christmas present. They can go a week without ordering and he'll be like, I've missed you. Usually get one every day. No, because now I'm literally thinking

about what I need to order him as like a little present. I love my delivery people. We used to have a really good relationship, but anywho. But I've like changed my way of thinking this week. And I don't know what has shifted for me, but I'm like, you know what? I was like getting rid of clothes, like thinking like, what can I sell on my Poshmark?

What can I donate? Like, what do I need to keep? And I'm like, why do I, what is like, what is with me in the last two or three years where I was like buying kind of trendy pieces. And I'm like, what is with me in the last two or three years where I was buying kind of trendy pieces and I'm like, this is so dumb. I'm 41, staples only, and nice things in small quantities. Not crazy.

I'm not a big spender. You know that. I'm not a big clothes, shoes, expensive things spender. Just furniture, it's like, I got to start like doing like the nice stuff that's going to last me. Cause then I'm not buying a bunch of cheap shit. That's not going to last me. So anyway, I've just been like really happy with cleaning and I'm no offense, but I'm really glad you're not here because you would just be in my way.

But then I would also be equally annoyed with you that you weren't helping me, even though I don't want you to help me. Does that make sense? Yes's how I joke. Yes, it makes total sense. Is that tough or do you just get it? No, it's definitely tough because you definitely get worked up when you do a whole bunch of cleaning and other things and I get up to help and you just say, you'll move, move. I'm doing it. I'll do it. And then when I'm sitting on the couch, you're like, you're really just going to sit on the couch? I'm like, I...

You're like, do you want me to squat? Shall I kneel? I'll take this room while you take this room and you'll be, yeah, you're still not a fan. Unless I grab the vacuum, you'll let me run the vacuum. That is true. And the trash. And the trash. I've been doing it all. I've been doing a really good job. So anyway, that's just what I've been doing. And I'm like, you know what? I have to stop my like convenience purchasing. And I don't mean Amazon. I'm sorry, I just do love the convenience of Amazon, but like the Postmates and all that. So that's just like the stuff that I've been doing for a moment.

I thought I maybe needed like an intervention. I was going to like possibly hand you my phone and say like, delete these four apps. Just take them off. I think you can do it. I know. I think I have the self-control. It would be really sad if I didn't. Let's be real. Oh my goodness gracious. Well, babe, this weather here, I bet you can guess what that has on my mind. I don't know. It makes me think holidays, even though it's only a weekend in November. What are we going to do for holidays? Where are you going to be for Thanksgiving? Do you even know? Because I thought you were going to be in Colorado.

I don't have that day planned. I need to go to you. I know, but I thought you were... Guys, we're just going to talk. We're on a schedule right now. I just thought you were planning on coming back here because we have some work stuff to do and we're going on a little getaway to Palm Springs with Brittany and some friends. But I thought you were just coming back for like a week and a half.

So then I was like, oh, I don't know. I'll spend Thanksgiving probably with Brittany, I would guess. We did that last year. Didn't we go to Brittany's last year? I almost always do. Yeah. Are we spending Christmas together? I mean, on Christmas day, I would really like to, but in the Christmas season, I'd also

like to try to see family one or the other. We said we'd go to Michigan this year. Yeah. You know, that was kind of our trade off. But if you're not feeling like going, I'd still like to go to the Midwest. I would love nothing more than to be with my family at Christmas because they're definitely listening to this podcast right now. You just hate the travel part of it.

It is. It's the travel part of it. It is. It's the travel part. It really is. And it's also the going home and spending like three days there. It's just exhausting. It's not enough time. Everything shoved in so fast. I don't get to sleep.

I don't get to enjoy anything. And it's always like, okay, we'll do like three days in Michigan and four days in Indiana or whatever it is. And it's just like, I can't, I can't do it anymore. We don't have to do that. We said we, since we didn't go to Michigan last year, we can just go to Michigan. Yeah. I mean, how do we, how do we make our plans though?

Like we don't, this is how we do it. I know too shy. I don't know. I'm getting good with my little calendar, my color coded calendar on the back. Maybe that'll help me decide. Yeah. Well, also in the future for flying back around Christmas time, we need to book them ahead of time.

Too shy. Booking them last minutes. Unless we're driving. I mean, yeah, but unless I buy a new truck, which will only happen if I sell a truck and a car, but if I buy a new truck, we can do it. Now you guys know what I'm talking about. Yeah.

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I want to know about Black Friday deals. Not that I'm like a skeptic because I've bought things on Black Friday and around Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and they were definitely less expensive. But when you really think about it, are they just actually like what it's worth? And I know you say things are worth what people will pay for them, right? But meaning, is the manufacturer, the founder of the company of the product, are they actually getting screwed at all? Probably not. Like their margins maybe are just a little tighter.

No, it all trickles down. Like, I mean, if you really want to get into this, it's really- I mean, no, I don't want to get into all the logistics of the finance part of it. No, I don't. I'm just saying, like, it's so crazy because people go batshit banana cakes on Black Friday. Like, I don't know anyone personally,

like none of my friends and family, but you like think about it. You watch the news and stuff and it's like, people get trampled and they go to the hospital and like they get them fist fights and it's like, you know the movie Lean on Me? It's like that, like fighting in the hallways. It's like those people go like that over like a damn TV.

Yeah. And so that's what makes me wonder like, are these prices like that fucking crazy that drive people to go that mad? Hey, I don't know. It's, I like Cyber Monday. I know you do too. Amazon seems like they have a deals day every-

I just don't like leaving the house really, that's why. Yeah, I mean, going to standing in line, that whole deal, not really the way I like to do it. I like to go to like Home Depot or Lowe's after the holidays because sometimes you get really good deals on tools or holiday packs that they had together and didn't sell out of. That's more my style, my bargain shopping.

You know what I mean? I mean, you're a pretty good bargain shopper as it is. Yeah. I wonder if Facebook Marketplace has like cooler stuff right after the holidays because people get like new things either from as gifts or they get like gift certificates to like buy new things and so they maybe they get rid of their stuff. Yeah, definitely. Definitely. There's a spring cleaning push to when things start to fall not in California, but when things start to melt in other places. The spring cleaning

starts you know, you get to go outside and do some things. People want to get rid of a lot of stuff. I don't know, babe. What else is up? What else is up? Okay. So when I was cleaning the bathroom out, I gave you half of the top drawer and super organized.

How do you like your new, speaking of like gadgets and stuff, Luke bought this like tiny vacuum thing that I saw an ad for the other day, by the way. That little vacuum you bought, it was like literally marketed toward men and it was for the car. Yeah. Oh, you knew that. Yeah. Yeah.

It was market for the car, but I thought it was perfect because I trimmed my beard and it gets hair everywhere. Yes. It was market for the car, but I thought it was perfect because I trim my beard and it gets hair everywhere. Yes, it's my fault when the toilet sink gets clogged. I take full responsibility. The beard's big. But Kristen was like getting me a little drop cloth or something to catch it in or to wear like the bib.

Everybody knows it's like the bib that sticks to them. Yeah. I'm like, no, I'm not going to use that. Come on. So I said I'd get the smallest vacuum I could to just suck the hairs up after I'm done. And then you clean it as well. But yeah, I think it was a great idea. It works great. It's like the size that it'll fit in a cup holder because it's like marketed for cars. It's a little bit bigger than what I thought. I thought it was going to be flashlight

size, but it's bigger than that. I think it's great though, because there's nothing I hate more in this entire world than tiny little hairs from trimming a beard Nothing like oh, I mean other than like bugs but like I it is oh It's like those little hairs combined are like my arch nemesis They never go away. No matter what you do. It's like you just you're gonna find one somewhere You know, I know it's not your fault. It just is what it is. I will deep clean. I think technically it is my fault since it's coming off my face.

I know, but you can't help the fact that your little hairs, that your little tiny human face hairs like to stick to things. Like you can't control that. It's just like, it's like an overall gripe, you know, it's a minor inconvenience. Right. Yeah. Do you have any gripes? You don't gripe very much. The reason I'm trying to do these little gripes is so I stop bitching and moaning about things. Because when I was on a ton of hormones and going crazy, I was like, oh my God, I'm turning

into like a soul sucking vampire because I'm just kind of, everything was irritating me. So I was just like complaining all the time. I was even irritating myself with that. So now I'm like, what if I just make it more funny where I'm like, this is a gripe because it's a minor inconvenience. Yeah. So even though I said they're my arch nemesis, I think they're more like a minor inconvenience.

You know what a gripe is I have that I think you would totally feel me on? Let me hear it. Sports betting in California, mobile betting. I can't take it. I cannot take it. It is so unfair. Babe, Thursday night, I hit five parlays, five separate parlays Friday night. It's amazing.

It was good. I mean, it wasn't much. It was like one of them was $1 for 23, another one was one for 45, and it was a five for 45. I don't know if everybody knows what a parlay is, because I will tell you that I never knew you guys. A parlay in betting is basically just taking a bunch of bets and putting them on one bet slip.

And so if you have to hit all of these ding, ding, ding, check mark all of the bets, otherwise you lose everything. And so it's just like higher stakes. Because I remember when Tom Schwartz used to talk about his parlays and I was like, dude, no one knows what you're talking about. But it does drive me nuts because I love betting on my phone in like small increments.

And I think it's just like a really fun way to enjoy sports more and like get to know things about sports more. But it's like so annoying. I cannot wrap my head around who would vote against that. I don't know because it would increase tax revenue for California without raising taxes. It'd just bring in money from people losing bets, which is what they do in gambling more than us.

Yeah. It's just Los Angeles County alone. We have so many visitors. Yeah. And Orange County, if you think about, like just think about Disneyland and like attractions down there. We just have so many visitors coming in all the time. And let's think families coming in, men want a sports bet because they're like,

oh, me and wife and the kids gotta go to do A, B, C, and D, but I'm gonna sports bet on my phone when we're at dinner. Guess what? You can't. You just can't. And it's driving me nuts. And obviously we just voted this week on many things, but sport mobile betting was not on the ballot this year, as it was in, I believe it was 2022.

And I was Googling when it's going to come back and it's like maybe in 2026. I just donling when it's going to come back and it's like maybe in 2026. I just don't understand it. Someone needs to truly explain to me because all the Googling I did, no one could explain why people are so against it. And also Vegas could have to do with it. I know they don't get to vote. No, no, it's all about the Indian reservation, the casinos and stuff, because you cannot, what was it? You can't sports bet at all, I think. I don't think you can do it in the casinos and stuff, because you cannot, what was it? You can't sports bet at all, I think. I don't think you can do it in the casinos.

You can do it in the casinos. In California? Yeah. Oh, maybe I misunderstood that part. It's just my gripe. I just don't understand why people care that much to be like, oh, that's a hard no for me. Absolutely not.

I'm like, what the hell? What about like crappy food dyes? And I don't know. It's like we got to that point. They decided against vapes that like have flavors. Okay, I totally understand those things. Those are health conscious things. It's basically like playing Candy Crush on my phone with money.

Why do you care what I do? You know? Yeah, I agree. I mean, I can't make sense of it. Yeah. And we barely have casinos. So it's like, okay, well, if you want us to bet at casinos, what I do, you know? Yeah, I agree. I mean, I can't make sense of it. Yeah. And we barely have casinos. So it's like, okay, well, if you want us to bet at casinos, don't make me drive 20 miles

out to like commerce or the bicycle. No thanks. Mama don't want to do that. I'm sorry. It's a gripe. I told you I have to go on and on. You know what? We'll be in Palm Springs Thursday.

Oh yeah. Like about a week, in about a week. Oh my God. Like about a week, in about a week. Oh my God, we can totally play. We can go play some bet. We can totally play. We can play like Wheel of Fortune slots and stuff. I was just thinking we'd go to the Sportsbook since it's Thursday Night Football and we

can't bet on our phones. That's where my head was. Oh yeah, you're right. So we can bet in casinos. Okay. I don't know why I thought I didn't, but that's my gripe. And then my only other gripe this week is that you said that we shouldn't get another dog right now. I'm really sad about it. Let's just wait a few months.

You just want me to think it through and not be impulsive. Yes, that's exactly what I want. Just think it through. Is that the theme of this podcast? Like my compulsive purchasing and my impulsive. Yes, that's exactly what I want. Just think it through. Is that the theme of this podcast? Like my compulsive purchasing and my impulsive decisions when it comes to things that I feel like I need and want. It's because, okay, you guys, let me explain why. And Luke has seen the picture. Gibson's dog trainer, my friend Kirsten,

who has been on our podcast before, she is like the animal whisperer of all time. She tags me in a lot of things online when it comes to foster dogs and dogs that need to be adopted so we can, you know, spread the word. So she mentions me in this post about this dog, this three, I think a three and a half or three-year-old dog that needed to be adopted.

So I click on it and I realize it's because she knew I was gonna fall in love with this dog. It is an 11 and a half pound Pomeranian Yorkie mix, a little boy. And it says he doesn't really like cats. So they think they just, he's like chasing cats. I'm allergic to cats. Doesn't bother me. He needs to be in a house with kids or dogs that he can play with because he loves dogs and he loves playing with dogs and someone that's going to be home all the time. Hello. That literally would be, if I were on a dating app, that would be my profile. Home all the time, have a dog that wants to play. You know what I mean? That's my bio. I think you want to be home all the time, but you have to leave for work.

I do have to leave for work, but when I'm not doing, when I'm, of course, everyone has to work and everyone has to run errands and do things, but that's it. Like I don't go out. I don't want to go out to dinner very rarely. I don't want to go to a bar. I don't want to go out and do anything. I want to sit at my house in my peace. That's just how, that's where I'm at in life right now.

It's not gonna be forever, but anyway. So this dog's name is Sparky and I just looked at Gibson because Luke and Jill, you know, our German Shepherd, they're in Colorado and I'm like, Gibson is so lonely and he's so bored. Like right now he's just sitting at my feet because he's like, well, can't reach the chair, I'm too short. And I've always had two dogs. Gibson was like nine months old when we got Bowie. When Bowie passed away, we have Jill. So Gibson's always around another dog.

And then when I'm out of town or I have to work, he goes with his trainer and he gets to go on romps and hikes and all of that stuff. So that made me just think, man, I really need another dog. Well, babe, think really need another dog. Well, babe, think about this. Okay. Think about travel with two dogs. Um, I don't have to, I take them to Kirsten's.

Okay. Then you're paying twice as much, you know, for boarding. That's okay. I'm just thinking, obviously the, well, right now we've had, only had a few months of you being able to fly with Gibson. Can you just say maybe? I didn't say no. I told actually, what did I say, babe,

when you were texting it to me? I said I was already mentally prepared for you to have adopted him. So that I already did it behind your back. So the thing with Sparky is I guess Sparky was not meant to be because Sparky is in Austin, Texas. And when I realized that, we were like, damn the algorithm. So it like threw that into Kirsten's algorithm

for some reason. So Sparky was not meant to be for me, but if anyone's in Austin, Texas or near there, Sparky is available to adopt. I literally text like a bunch of people that I know in Austin, that some friends and some people I haven't talked to in like years. I was like, hey, if you need another dog,

this dog's so cute. But what do you think about fostering? What do you think about me fostering a male dog that would be energetic? Cause that'd be fine with Jill and Gibson would have a companion. What's the timeframe? Is this that in this house? Like I need more details. I'm just in general, in general. This is my gripe that you won't let me have another dog. I have not said no one time. I know, but you haven't said yes. You're just supposed to go, of course, babe, whatever you want.

Do you know how many times I hear you say that your life revolves around dogs in a griping way? I love it though. I changed my mind. You're like, all I do is play with you dogs and it's not enough. Well, that's true because sometimes they just, the two of them follow me all day long when you are in town. If you're not here, I fully understand. But if you're here, I'm like, why aren't they following you around?

I can't even pee anymore without Jill trying to open the bathroom door. She comes if I'm sitting on the toilet too. She comes and opens the door. Yeah. She wants to see me. I mean, and I love it, but I'm sitting on the toilet too. She comes and opens the door. Yeah. She wants to see where I am. I mean, and I love it, but I'm just like, girlfriend, like, mama needs to breathe for one second. Sometimes.

You just say hi. You don't have to take it to the high pressure thing. Say hi, honey, and then leave her. And she also is one, you can tell her to go lay down. She goes and lays down. I know, but it's like, I'm so, I just feel the feelings and I feel like she's looking at me like, why aren't you playing with me? Why aren't you playing with me now?

Why are you sitting on the couch? Why aren't you playing with me? Why aren't you playing with me now? Why are you sitting on the couch? Why aren't you playing with me? Why do you have that dumb microphone in your hand? Why aren't you playing with me? They don't understand. I don't know. You don't need to make that your burden. Like, accept that dogs are gonna be bored sometimes.

You're bored sometimes. It's part of life. It's not your job to make sure they're never bored. I like to stimulate their brain though. Makes me happy. Ah, so daylight savings babe, tell me your thoughts. Do you like or dislike daylight savings? I don't know.

I like that it gets brighter earlier because I have been waking up a lot earlier lately, but then I don't like that it gets darker earlier as well. Because I just really like sunlight and we've had like the most amazing weather the last few days. It's just been like perfect, perfectly in the seventies, perfectly sunny, not hot, not too windy, not cold, not raining. It did rain the other night, but it's just been perfect.

It's like, I feel like I'm living in like Simms land or like Stepford wife's shit. Like it's so perfect out. Looking forward to getting back to bed. I'm having fun in this blizzard weather, but. Do you have snow pants? Yeah, of course. Like ski type pants?

Cause you don't ski or snowboard. Yeah, I've got all the stuff. Just cause you live in Colorado? No, because I don't get rid of anything. Oh, that's fair. Do you know why I own snow pants? One trip to Aspen? No, not even Aspen. It was going to Jackson Hole, Wyoming for New Year's Eve. And like

most of my friends that I went with were like little ski bunnies and snowboarding bunnies. And so we were like, they would like go do stuff and I myself and like one of my one or two of my friends that weren't doing it, we would like go to a restaurant or go to a bar and like wait for them and then they would come off the slopes in their cool gear. And I was like, well, I have to have cool gear too. So people would think that I was a snow bunny. It was so fun.

But then also, you're in freaking Jackson Hole, Wyoming in December, and literally to Colorado right now, if you're going to walk anywhere, the snow is like pat, like up to your mid thigh, you know? Yeah. It's wild. Yeah. I've never been to Jackson, Wyoming.

Jackson Hole. Yeah. Actually, one of my besties was looking at New Year's Eve there this year, but we'll see. I don't know. I'm like, I'll just stay home. I think that's what you want to do. I don't know. I'm like, I'll just stay home. I think that's what you want to do. I just love it. I just, I feel so grateful to have this house and just feel homey and like

comfortable. And I just got a bunch of Christmas stuff and I've never been a person to do Christmas themes. Like that's so Brittany's thing. Brittany freaking Nicole Cartwright, as you guys all know, I'm sure if you listen to her podcast or listen to Brittany online, she used to have a storage unit that was only for decorations. Okay. And now she has a garage that has all of her decorations. But that all being said, she still would change her Christmas theme every year. She's like, well, this year it's candy canes and next year, this year it's gingerbread,

whatever. And so she would go buy all, like year, this year it's gingerbread, whatever. And so she would go buy all, like get all this new stuff to incorporate into her decorations. Me, never been a theme-y girl. I'm like, well, whatever. This year, earth tones. I'm doing an earth tone Christmas and it's going to look so sick. I'm so excited. So speaking of that, we need to get, I've been to that storage unit of Brittney's multiple

times no longer, but we need to get, I've been to that storage unit of Brittany's multiple times no longer, but we need to clean your... I'm going to do that this weekend while you're gone because I'm a capable bitch. You're clearing it out while I'm gone? Yeah. I'm able and capable. I'm a strong woman. Hear me roar. Roar.

Okay. Yeah. I'm going to do it. Unless something's really heavy, then I'll leave it in there for you. Because Jax is out of town and I can't use his truck right now or his muscles. So that's the only stipulation there. Well, that's all I really got for today. Thanks for chatting with me. I'm glad we like save our chats. Like we just like text each other and then we don't really talk on the phone because I'm like, if we talk on the phone, I'm not going to be able to podcast with you. I'm just kidding.

You've said that plenty of times. You're not kidding. Well, because we talk all day every day. So I'm like, I want to really shoot the shit with you, bud. Well, we need to make our Christmas plans and let everyone know what they are. Touché. Love seeing your beautiful face, face simulator. Yeah.

Love you and be safe. And oh my gosh, if any of you are out in sunny Colorado, the Sunshine State, be warm, be safe. Don't drive if you can't, if the roads are crazy. Yeah, stay off the roads. If you can, help it. Just hunker down, pull a Kristen. Be like, I don't wanna leave my house. My house is super fun.

Play some games. If you don't have board games, go on TikTok and you can totally find games you can do with toilet paper and a cup. You know? It's true. I believe it. Okay, amazing. And you guys, so yeah, we'll talk to you next week.

It's gonna be just me and Rachel O'Brien with some fun stuffs. And then I'll say Luke and I have like, kind of like a surprise, I guess. We have some like cool news that we want to share in a couple weeks. We're just waiting. Something we've been working on for a while. Something we've been working on that we are very stoked to share with you.

So stay tuned for that and we love you guys. Everyone be safe, be merry and love each other. Be kind to one another. We'll talk to you next week. Everyone be safe, be merry and love each other. Be kind to one another. We'll talk to you next week. Bye. Thanks for listening. Bye. Make sure to follow us on social media. You can follow me on all platforms at Kristin Doty and follow Luke on Instagram at Luke double underscore Broderick. Be sure to click the subscribe button so you can stay up to date with new episodes.

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