Tubbie Talk
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Tubbie Talk
New Beginnings: Reflecting on the Year That Was
Welcome to the very first episode of Tubbie Talk! In this debut episode, you'll meet your hosts, the Tubbies—a tight-knit group of best friends who’ve been through it all together. Join Danny, Sierra, Kennedy, and Trevor, each bringing their own unique flair to the show, as they dive into introductions, catch up on life, and relive some unforgettable moments from 2024. From "good morning" diaper slaps and toddlers ordering 19 pounds of strawberries, to a stolen bath mat and an unexpectedly wild rug purchase, they reflect on the highs, lows, and everything in between. Whether you’re a longtime friend or a brand new listener, there’s plenty of laughter, candid conversation, and heart to go around as they kick off this exciting new chapter. So, settle in and get ready for some real talk with the Tubbies!
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Welcome to Tubby Talk, where a group of nerdy best friends hop online and talk about everything life, parenthood, gaming and probably embarrass themselves. Let's go Alright. Welcome everyone to our first episode of Tubby Talk. I want you to know who we are, so we're going to start with introductions. We're going to start with oldest to youngest, so take us away. Old man, what's up y'all? My name is Danny. I just recently turned to Big 3-0, which, yes, does make me the old man of the group. I'm part-time gym rat, part-time goofball and brand new dad. We are stoked to have you here and whether you're chilling, just working out or trying to survive life as parents, don't worry, we got you covered.
Speaker 2:Hey, I'm Sierra. I'm 29 years old and I live in Southern California with my husband, danny. We recently welcomed our first baby and are honestly just trying our best to navigate this crazy, amazing life. I love singing England and reading a good book at home, especially while drinking a perfect cup of coffee or even sometimes tea. I'm so excited for this new adventure with my three besties and I can't wait to see where it takes us.
Speaker 3:Hey guys, my name's Kennedy. Outside of family, I love anything having to do with snacks, walking or adventuring. I'm the ball and chain to the guy that introduced into the episode and mother toward two wild and beautiful boys. I have had the honor of being dubbed the loopy one of the group by my fellow tubbies, and it may or may not be, because I'm pretty much guaranteed to laugh with a good poop choke or a sudden loud, aggressive sound like someone smacking into a side or being slapped. But I'll let you decide for yourself as you get to know us. But as your snack loving tubby, if you are ever in need of snack recommendations, as your snack-loving, tubby, if you are ever in need of snack recommendations, let me know, because I got you.
Speaker 1:And it's me, trevor, the last one here. I am the positive tubby, energetic and loud one. I also love video games. I have for a long time. It's a conversation I will be bringing up a lot, also big fan of spooky and scary ones, which I don't think the other tubbies are very much. So be looking for me bringing the creepy a little bit there sometimes, or the weird dark angle, I don't know. Do like to play the devil's advocate a little bit in conversation just to get people thinking about the other side and making a little more interesting that way. But besides that, you know, you'll get to know my sense of humor, um, and weird taste of music and weird taste of movies as we go. So anyways, hope you like us all. Good to meet you all. So that's gonna wrap introductions up, right. We made it.
Speaker 3:Yes, it's not awkward at all first day of class so how is everyone's day?
Speaker 1:Because we do have a couple quick little things we got to catch up with real quick. Do you want me to go about how my morning started?
Speaker 2:I think that would be great. Oh, it sounds like you. Yeah, it sounds like you're ready to go. Go for it.
Speaker 1:So, like Kennedy and my wife said, we have two little boys right. One is a toddler and he's just great.
Speaker 3:Two and a half.
Speaker 1:Two and a half. Two and a half. Love it. A clearer picture, paint a clear picture. Two and a half toddler, menace. So he wakes up probably at like five this morning. So I go over there and he wakes up in the morning and I'm the one take care of him because we also have a baby. Baby candy takes care of the baby. So I go over there and he, he's up and I normally just lay in the bed and kind of just try to get a little more sleep to live, and he's up and he turns the light on. So just forget about even closing your eyes. I still managed to fall asleep for probably like five minutes. Um, but he, he comes over and just slaps my face with his diaper and says diaper off, and that was the cue for me to get out of bed this morning.
Speaker 2:Diaper off.
Speaker 1:And we were trying to potty train. So we then sat on the toilet for about 30 minutes and nothing happened. It's been very fun, oh wow. So, anyways, we took the Christmas tree down because no one else is awake.
Speaker 3:Because he slapped me with the diaper, christmas tree was removed. We took the Christmas tree down because no one else is awake, because he slapped me with the diaper.
Speaker 1:Christmas tree was removed. Can't have that in the house.
Speaker 2:The Christmas tree was like I'm out, I'm done, diaper off, diaper off, it's over. So yeah, let's start saying that now.
Speaker 1:Let's see, between being slapped by the diaper, there's a lot of things that happen early in the morning, to be honest. Happen early in the morning, to be honest. Yeah. Yeah, he got a hold of my phone yeah, he got a hold of my phone.
Speaker 1:It was on my birthday. Um, it was on my birthday, right. And he I don't even know how he unlocked it. He must have, like, pointed at my face, or he might have seen me put the passcode in. I truly don't know. But he opened up, uh, grubhub, and he really likes yogurt, berries, even avocados, he's a big fan um, but he really likes strawberries. So he ordered 19 pounds of strawberries, that's about 200 dollars approximately 200 yeah I didn't really know he did that many strawberries.
Speaker 1:at first it looked like it was like $7. I'm like, oh, $7. Okay, yeah.
Speaker 2:He needed strawberries, you know, maybe he was telling us so.
Speaker 1:You know, I figured it would be good he's like he did something yeah strawberry pancake. Congratulations, yeah. Anywho, it took about four different phone calls. My mom actually texted me coming up with plans to make jelly for me if we actually did get the jelly or the strawberries. But uh, I did get it canceled eventually, but we dude have you guys? Do you guys use grubhub?
Speaker 2:uh doordash, you know? Yeah, it is better.
Speaker 1:I have opinions about it, but absolutely doordash is better, but grubhub is. I don't like it anymore, anyways, because when you call, the phone number they put up for the store wasn't Grubhub's phone number. So when you call it you speak to their store number and they can't see the order. And they're like, well, call Grubhub. And then I got back and forth like three times. I ended up calling the store directly and they were like was just, don't send the order, like you guys don't have 19 pounds of strawberries to give me.
Speaker 2:I can't even picture that. Like what does that even look like 19 pounds?
Speaker 1:I used to work in the produce department and I couldn't even tell you what 19 pounds of strawberry looks like. Wow, it's gotta be, because I think they're like what six ounce containers.
Speaker 3:I don't know, but I'm kind of sad you guys didn't actually find out. Well, I'm going to play off of the potty training because, yeah, that's been a journey and it's like you read and watch all the videos on, like do this, do this, have a reward. Don't use, you know, diapers. Use underwear so they get uncomfortable when they, like you know, do their business in there or like, sit and make it a positive time, play music, read books, blah, blah, blah. This kid is resilient, so much like he now leaves the area that me and trevor and to go do his business.
Speaker 3:So the first time I catch him, he's like he just races to his room all of a sudden, like in his diaper yeah, he's just like he just runs and like, uh sorry, I'm like he's trying to go poo, so I grab him and I bring him into the bathroom. I'm like we're doing this. I like close the door and we're like, or actually trevor gets him first, we're doing this, I close the door. Actually Trevor gets in first, which is like a screaming thing. He's like you can do this. He throws him on the toilet and he's trying to be very encouraging. Our child is just screaming at him.
Speaker 2:Trevor's like you got this. It's going to be so good, just how everyone likes to poop. It's not screaming at you.
Speaker 3:So I'm like, okay, let's switch it up. I want to try to maybe calm it down. So we tag, team it out. And so I'm in there and trying to talk him through it. He doesn't go. So I'm like, okay, well, we're going to leave the diaper off because you're just going to go in it. And so to Trevor I'm like we need to watch him because if he leaves he's probably going to go poo, yeah, and then like time passes, nothing happens. And then Trevor and I are like in the middle of a conversation and like I see him leave, our child leave, and I'm like I bet you he's going to go poo. But then for some reason I just decided to forget about it. So off he goes. He shuts himself in his bedroom.
Speaker 3:And then, like after a few momentsvor's like where'd he go? And I was like, oh, I think he's in his room and trevor goes in there. The kid had pooped in several different areas in his room like a dog that can't like shake the tinkle berry and trevor's just like oh my gosh. And then yeah. So then it was a parent and child activity of cleaning up poop in his bedroom.
Speaker 1:He found some when I was putting him down for bed.
Speaker 3:No.
Speaker 1:He was touching it with his fingers as I was trying to like don't. Stop.
Speaker 3:I don't know.
Speaker 1:I'm so excited for you guys to get on our stage.
Speaker 2:We're in about the five-month stage, so no idea what that's like. But, I can't wait to find out. Although we do have a girl, I don't know if that will differ anything at all.
Speaker 3:I'm so curious I've heard it's better for girls. I've heard especially better for girls. I've heard especially from my mom who raised five girls and then two boys. She said the boys always took longer but, I just I don't know. I think our oldest is just a special case because I feel like we could have. We should be able to get number one down, but even that, is like not we've tried chocolate, Pokemon cards, animals, TV. Yeah, bluey music All the bribing.
Speaker 1:Now we've tried bargaining, bribing, reasoning, patience, nothing works.
Speaker 2:None of it works, None of it. Well time, I guess that's all you can do I saw a weird chart.
Speaker 1:It was like I don't know how far back it went, but like it showed like kids when they were way younger um, got potty trained a lot earlier and now, like as we get into the later centuries, like three is almost like the age where they get trained now. Like it used to be like one and now it's like three as time. Yeah, I don't know like I think it was one of those instagram re trained now. Like it used to be like one and now it's like three as time. Yeah, I don't know like I think it was one of those instagram reels, but like it used to be, I'd have to like.
Speaker 3:I didn't do any research in it, but I feel like it look, kids just got potty trained earlier and I have no idea why well, I almost wonder if, when they're around the one year phase or age, they're just more open to learning and they're like still discovering the world, so like maybe learning a new skill is easier than when they're two, and they're like I'm my own person, I'm gonna do what I want I also think parents were maybe more like all right, like get it together you gotta do this, and now we're just like it's okay, you, you can wait.
Speaker 2:We love you. You'll throw out a little diaper.
Speaker 1:You won't be pooping in your pants when you're 16.
Speaker 3:Love that one.
Speaker 1:We can try it, we can start off the trend again.
Speaker 2:Bring it back Six months.
Speaker 1:Let's go. You guys should just start right now. Some people do.
Speaker 3:Actually some people start Toilet Association now and it's like, well, if you don't work, that is easier.
Speaker 1:I have one quick question, then we can move on to your guys' day.
Speaker 3:I am potty trained.
Speaker 1:yes, I'm so thankful. Thanks for the clarification.
Speaker 2:He spends enough time on the toilet that he's definitely potty trained.
Speaker 1:All those poops weren't only him, it was you too, kennedy. Huh yeah, do you guys have a really bad poopy bathtub, or has your kid exploded, so to speak?
Speaker 2:Oh, my gosh, I have a story.
Speaker 3:A quick one. Let's just hop on this poop train.
Speaker 1:Keep it going. First episode poop episode.
Speaker 2:It's parents of young children. What do you expect?
Speaker 1:Oh, I thought you were going gonna make a poop alliteration parents of, yes, of pediatrics I don't know anyway.
Speaker 2:So I was, you know, sitting out here with the girl and in the living room and I was bouncing on our like exercise ball with her, because she likes to do that sometimes, and you know she was a little fussy. So I was like, oh, she probably has like gas or needs to poop or something. So she, she does. And so I hear, you know, the sounds of the poop and I'm like, okay, good, like it's, it's coming out like she's gonna be happier. And then, like I, I was like, okay, well, I'll just wait to change her in case she's not done, because you know you want to, you don't want to do the whole changing. And then she poops again and you're like, oh, great. So I'm like sitting on the exercise ball and I just keep hearing like, oh, more and more. And I literally said to Danny I was like man, I'm putting a lot of faith in this diaper right now.
Speaker 2:Hopefully your skills, because I think he changed her before that I was like hopefully it's secure.
Speaker 1:Well, no, this was your change before this.
Speaker 2:I don't remember it probably was, I'll take it, but ever since Anyways.
Speaker 1:They were back to back. We couldn't even get her to the bedroom in time. These were, you know, consistent. We were like, oh my, there's another one, oh, there's another one.
Speaker 2:I was like, okay, the next one, I'll change her so Like I keep bouncing. And then all of a sudden the diaper just gives way and like a flood of things are just open and like just all over my pants like the carpet ripping down the ball. I literally was just like it's happening. It's happening. Danny, help the water broke. Run to the bedroom. Danny, help the water broke. Run to the bedroom. It was literally like the water broke. It was genuinely like.
Speaker 1:I literally grabbed the plastic bag and just shoved her in the plastic bag.
Speaker 2:She shoved the baby like standing in the plastic bag. She could breathe and then she started like kicking the bag because she thought it was fun. Her little legs were like kicking the bag because she thought it was fun. So her little legs were like kicking the bag. It was going to make me worse. It was like, oh, it's fine and yeah, it was great we had to throw away her outfit because that was gone oh my goodness yeah.
Speaker 1:That was the good time. That bathtub was messy after that.
Speaker 3:Correct. I can't wait for when people, if they ever come to comment and the top comment is just poop.
Speaker 1:Poop. That's going to be our hashtag poop, oh gosh man.
Speaker 2:So yeah, how was your?
Speaker 1:guys' day. That wasn't today, I'm assuming that was not today.
Speaker 2:No, man, today was good. I mean we both worked today. I'm assuming that was not today, man, today was good. I mean we both worked today. So pretty normal, pretty normal average day, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Monday.
Speaker 3:Traffic was okay. Traffic People were abiding by the laws and respecting other drivers.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, we wanted to share with you all a little bit about our last year as a first episode, just to get to know us, maybe a little more as well. So we're going to start with youngest to oldest it's different, so I'm going first, and so one of the highlights of our year is we reached a year of owning a home.
Speaker 3:Highlights of our year is we reached a year of owning a home and so many wonders come with owning a home.
Speaker 1:It's a beautiful thing, it's so nice, um, so good. I mean, take it. I am very grateful for, like my parents mostly like dad showing me how to fix things, because I've literally changed so many different things in this house, um, and it wasn't a new build, but like I changed the back door and then I I had to like still like fix it so water wouldn't seep through, it's great, love it. The sink broke on us one day. It was just like I was doing dishes at like late in the afternoon with with the older one because he's got to help me. Um, and like, all of a sudden, my feet start getting wet. Well, like the pipe had just completely disconnected From the drain and it was just draining right into my, so fix that.
Speaker 1:And I don't even know. There's a lot of things, but my favorite thing, my favorite thing.
Speaker 3:To talk about, but not to live through.
Speaker 1:But to talk about. But most annoying thing that I deal but not to live through but to talk about. But most annoying thing, uh, that I deal with our solicitors. I did not anticipate having so many. I I've dealt with them in very different ways but I've been nice.
Speaker 1:I've been threatening, I've opened the door before they even came up the stairs to say no, go away, I got sleeping kids wait, I want to know how you've been threatening oh, yeah, well one day I was at work and kennedy, like I don't know if she calls or texts me, um, and so like these do these very unfortunate people that came to the door, uh, were quite rude to kennedy and I don't I think I was having a bad day anyway. So like yeah, can I can I like a combination.
Speaker 3:Yeah, for a quick thing, essentially these two dudes and they like insult our roof, essentially saying we need a new roof and then he's like I'll just hop on up there and take a look.
Speaker 3:I'm like, no, we're fine, like we don't need a new roof. And then like, um, because we have like two doors, like a privacy door than the actual door, so I'm like speaking through the privacy door and he's like, well, I can't even see who I'm talking to. I'm just like, okay, I don't even know who you are, why am I opening my door to you? But yeah, he's just insulting our roof. I'm like, oh man, I just, I am just so wanting to hire you to fix my roof, just insulting it what a great impression.
Speaker 1:yeah, so, as you can imagine, getting this as a husband, uh, uh, not thrilled. So I literally like, call the company and like, I speak to this very nice lady and I don't yell at her, but I share the frustration and I got put on a list that day that they should never come back to my house and I was so thankful to be on that list. There was one kid I do feel a little sorry about. I forget what I said. Do you remember?
Speaker 3:Because I told you guys this which one was it?
Speaker 1:This was which one was it. It was, which one was it. It's just you pick, I don't know. The most recent one was they saw us through our big open window and he made eye contact with Kennedy. I could see this happening. I'm like dear heavens.
Speaker 3:No, Because I also say we have another one coming, Trevor's like where, and I just point, and he's like gliding straight for the door.
Speaker 1:So, anyways, I go to the door first because they're both kids are asleep and I and this is like newborn, newborn stage, I'm like oh you can deal with that. So I opened the door.
Speaker 3:I'm like and all I say is sleeping, kids go away and he's like you know I will.
Speaker 1:You know I will. I'm like, okay, like, what, like? Also, some of these solicitors are like young hippie kids, like we're all getting old in our crankiness Correct, but like they're like I swear this kid that came to my door was like 18, maybe 17.
Speaker 2:I was gonna ask like how do you end up being a solicitor?
Speaker 1:like I guess you're just a kid, like on a first job, like I don't know it's gotta be, it's gotta be like oh, it's like a prank they do because, like, no one has to like these people oh, you gotta solicit today. Yeah, dude like oh, you're the solicitor. So I mean, long story short, I'm gonna buy a no soliciting sign. I just haven't decided how nice I want to be in it.
Speaker 2:You need to say sleeping kids go away.
Speaker 1:Literally, I'll make my own, I'll just. That's the next fix I'll do. I'll just make my own sign.
Speaker 3:What does he say in Shrek? Like just get out of my swamp.
Speaker 2:It's not a muscle palm.
Speaker 1:That has to exist, I'm sure I also want like a little bilbo baggins entryway, like uh, whatever, no admittance, except for like party business yes, oh, that's a good one but absolutely we need something but yeah, the highlight is definitely probably been, uh, figuring out how to deal with solicitors and just a lot of patience with them, or lack thereof. It's pretty, I'm pretty done, so I'm going to buy a sign or something. I just got to figure out what, other than that, a lot of repairs in the house. I ripped off my railing today Because I'm going to redo that. Next I'm going to stain it so it matches the floorboard, because the previous owners didn't do that.
Speaker 3:So that's my job now. Yeah, nothing is more bizarre than coming out of the kitchen, and Trevor just has tools A crowbar.
Speaker 1:It's a crowbar, he's just like prying off our railings.
Speaker 3:I'm like, okay, this is happening.
Speaker 1:Now the oldest kid is peeking at the drywall that's still there. It's just scattering everywhere. Well, this is happening. And now the oldest drywall at the drywall.
Speaker 2:That's still there scattering everywhere listen well, you guys are really making me want to buy a house for sure, absolutely.
Speaker 1:It's actually very inspiring, but we're not a finance channel, so you know, all right. I think that's my my recap owning a home.
Speaker 3:It's marvelous do it yeah okay, well, I'd say the biggest one was, uh, giving birth to our second child, um, so he was born in october in october and he shares the same birthday as sierra here in the tubbies.
Speaker 3:so that was actually quite a day, cause that's also like I know someone else who has that birthday. So a lot happening that day, yeah. But we became, we officially became a family of four, um, and then yeah, I won't go super into it, but it was just like thinking back on it, it was just such a almost fun and just very I mean, every birth is special in its own way, but this was just ultra special. It was just super calming. We got home the same day like everything went well, everyone was healthy and happy and like ate good food, which is like such a highlight, like just the meal that's always a plus.
Speaker 1:They brought us our favorite coffee too. I've never heard of that before. Yeah, that was so cool, like supreme catering, um.
Speaker 3:And then, yeah, it was just like everything I wanted. Um. And then, just with that, oh boy, like it. Just, it's awesome being a family of four, but it's taught us a lot of um, resilience and patience, which you can never have too much of that, especially patience, um, like right now we're, in addition to potty training, we're also like trying to get the youngest like used to solo naps, so that's that's like really fun to juggle at the same time, uh, and then so that was yeah, so that's the biggest takeaway, I'd say, from this past year.
Speaker 3:And then another one, I think would be mine and trevor's first like solo out of state, or probably just solo trip in general. Um, I was still pregnant at the time, but we went and visited Danny and Sierra. Yeah, yeah, we took a trip to Southern California to visit Danny and Sierra, and they were still expecting at the time too. So, yeah, that was just a ton of fun. It was like our last hurrah before we started big adventures the four of us and don't leave your kid it was really hard wow.
Speaker 2:I don't understand how you guys did that. Now I'm like why did you?
Speaker 3:do like I know.
Speaker 1:When I came back, I understand like it would have been hard to bring him to, but yeah it's like a lot of things we did too that like we I mean think about, like when you guys had like the baby shower for your kid. Um, like we, danny and I couldn't have done like anything because we'd just be kind of watching. At that time I don't even know how old he was like he wasn't even too.
Speaker 1:Quite I don't think right so, like there is like the biggest thing is yeah, you just miss them and you now, I like you want to be part of it, but I think it's still a good thing we did that, but it was so difficult leaving my little buddy yeah, no surprises there, but I'm really grateful we gotta have just that one.
Speaker 3:Not that we won't potentially have any kidless trips, but I that won't be for a long time. But so it's nice getting that last, that last trip out, and we just gotta enjoy, yeah, good food, good weather. Like every once in a while, I think back on it. It's just so, that last trip out and we just got to enjoy, yeah, good food, good weather. Like every once in a while, I think back on it. It's just so nice, like I don't know, being in California with you guys. I don't think I'd have really any other reason to go to California, so it just helps. It's just too busy of a state for me, so you guys helped me to enjoy it there. So, yeah, I still remember having burritos on the beach and we're like cheersing.
Speaker 1:Oh, it's such a good memory.
Speaker 2:Burrito cheers.
Speaker 1:With dolphins. What a memory.
Speaker 3:With dolphins, that's right. Dolphin burrito chair absolutely, and then we always eat good in California, in Idaho there's some good stuff.
Speaker 2:Trevor didn't like the Mexican food that we ate we need to go.
Speaker 1:I'm still upset we haven't gone back to that one Mexican restaurant that we went to the very first time we visited and we refuse to go back I time we visited.
Speaker 3:I'm still asking and we refuse to go back. I know let's try this one.
Speaker 1:There's so many we're going to go through another one.
Speaker 3:It's the Mexican restaurant Bar Crawl I think I know where it is.
Speaker 1:I'm getting an Uber there, kennedy, and I will go there without you guys. I think I can find it through some wandering wandering. I know I've seen it.
Speaker 3:I kind of remember what the little parking lot we had such good coffee there too last time. I remember that coffee no, not the yes, absolutely I think it was like our last day there.
Speaker 2:I can't remember, was it like it was from the burrito place no, the boy and the bear, I think yeah oh yes, so good, we broke.
Speaker 3:We broke the curse, that of arguments there within our group between couples, so that's a huge highlight too, a big win yeah young love that's every time we would go there.
Speaker 2:One of us would have an argument for some reason it hasn't crossed relationships yet, but next time maybe. Danny and I just yell at each other in the parking lot absolutely all over coffee in that coffee man, but it tastes so good yeah it was a good.
Speaker 1:It's a good year for trips, kind of. Yeah, also, the birth was so easy, like it was wildly easy this year, so I was like cool just overall, yeah, absolutely for me it was I mean, I didn't do a lot this time. The first time I held a leg. This time I was like I'm just here for support, man.
Speaker 3:Um, in my opinion that's how it should be, but you know yeah yeah, I mean, he was like turning on hockey right after we had a game.
Speaker 1:I think we lost I'm.
Speaker 2:I can't confirm or deny, but I'm pretty sure danny was playing his mobile game during the birth.
Speaker 1:So yeah, it's got runescape going right in the back time gotta mine that kill or grab that monster hunter runescape coming out. Yeah, man, okay, play a real man's game. There's that multitasking coming into play yeah yeah, that, yeah, yeah, you'll hear some of that yeah, anything else katie, you want to share at all no, I think that's it all right.
Speaker 2:Well, I'm second oldest, so I'll take it away. Um, yeah, so, like was mentioned, we also had well, we had our first baby this year. So obviously, when talking about highlights I was looking through photos. I was like all I did was have a baby. Like there's nothing else that I did. Um, but yeah so, but um, a funny story. That happened kind of close to that as well. So I was like overdue by quite a lot, quite a bit, which you know. If you've ever been in that situation, you know it is not the most fun thing. So every day I was like is this the day? And every morning I would wake up like disappointed that it didn't happen in the night.
Speaker 2:Like, oh, you have to go on another walk today to try to induce this baby, like stupid walks, and yeah. So there was one night where I like it. It felt like pretty real, like it was like okay, like is this happening? And so it was like five in the morning and we were like, okay, well, I guess we'll, just we'll go on a little walk to see like if it goes away or like to see if it's real. And so we go downstairs and we see my car in the parking lot and keep in mind, I'm having like what I think are real contractions and I just see that my car window is completely smashed. So car window smashed, car was broken into. I'm like, are you kidding me? This is like not a moment. So oh, no we divert.
Speaker 2:I mean, I guess it was kind of a blessing because it like reinforced that it wasn't real labor, because after that I I just forgot that I was like supposedly in labor. I was like, oh yeah, you could wait why?
Speaker 3:we're out. Yeah, it's like, oh, I'm like, hold on, baby, yeah exactly you.
Speaker 2:No worries, girl, you got bigger, bigger fish to fry.
Speaker 3:It's not happening both alarms baby's like.
Speaker 2:No, I'm sorry um, but yeah, so anyway, but that was that. Actually that's the second time in my life that that's happened to me, so you best believe I'm not leaving anything in my car these days, like a jacket, like anything just nothing yeah, like walking by, shoot it's cold breaks in like I would not be surprised at this point. So anyway, but um yeah, and then that happened twice, and then, like I've also just had you know, countless Amazon packages stolen left at random places?
Speaker 1:Did you say we have no reason to go to California Like? This is just so little?
Speaker 3:Yeah, well you know Not that we haven't had packages stolen.
Speaker 2:That's a story, yeah and we have just have just dare I say, kind of lazy Amazon delivery people. I'll say it, they just leave the packages wherever they want. Anyways, don't do that if you're an Amazon person, please.
Speaker 1:Be one of the good ones.
Speaker 2:Yes, but anyway. So that leads me to a story that happened yesterday actually. So we live in like an apartment complex and you know, unfortunately we don't have laundry in our actual apartment. We have to go down to do it. So I think it was on. Actually it was Sunday.
Speaker 2:So a couple days ago I was doing the laundry. You know, when I did all the laundry and then Danny's like oh, did you wash the bath mat? And I'm like no, I didn't wash the bath mat. And so I was like great, I have to find other things to wash, but it's okay. So I I take everything down. It was like the it, a pillow and a blanket is what I washed, and you have to pay for laundry too. So I'm like okay, whatever, like it's fine, then everything will be clean and I'll feel good going into the week. So I put it in, I switched it to the dryer 30 minutes later and then we had to go do something. So I was like it's okay, I'll just get it when we come back. Forgot to get it when I came back.
Speaker 2:Laundry room closes at 10. So I'm like it's okay, I'll just go in. It opens at 8am. I don't work in the morning, so I'll go downstairs. I go down there at like 8.30. In the 30 minutes that the laundry room was open, somebody stole not all our laundry, just the bath mat. Oh my God. The pillow was discarded like on the countertop somewhere and I was already having kind of like a bad day where it's like everything's going wrong
Speaker 2:by 8.30 am. I was like I was so mad, like I was like I'm in a cold office. I was like, is there cameras in the laundry room? Because like there should be, like $12. They're like no, I'm like I feel like the person should at least be embarrassed that they stole my bath mat like you should.
Speaker 3:Oh my gosh, yeah, and just be like to whoever stole my bath mat. I did poop on that once exactly like I was.
Speaker 2:Like I don't even necessarily, it's not about the bath mat, like just won't steal people. Who thinks to themselves oh, this is cute, like I'll just take it like.
Speaker 3:What does your bath mat look? Like it was cute.
Speaker 2:It was black and white stripes. It was from Target, I liked it.
Speaker 1:It's not anything crazy, now someone else's bare feet are touching that Think about that.
Speaker 3:I would steal that bath mat.
Speaker 1:Your bare feet have touched before. Hopefully they get acid foot or something. Whoa, you washed it, though exactly, it was clean, honestly, you know like that is so frustrating, don't get me wrong, but you gotta hope that that person is going through a hard time and maybe they really I was like no, they took. They didn't even take the pillow. That's my point, like they just they just took the bath mat and didn't take the pillow.
Speaker 2:And I was like, listen, I hope that they love that bath mat and they enjoy it for the rest of their life, Because someone needs to, I would have what if you just find it?
Speaker 1:in the trash.
Speaker 2:I would be so devastated Like someone was just like this needs to go in the trash Just died so young. I so wanted to be a part to the story where, like you guys update us and like oh yeah we'll just go detective I didn't get a hold of the office, so like I think there is a camera in there, because there is definitely one in the other laundry room so because I just just wanted to go up to them and almost scare the person Like look, I know what you did.
Speaker 3:But don't explain what it is.
Speaker 2:I know what you did.
Speaker 3:I saw what you did and then just walk away.
Speaker 2:I still follow up, but I've since kind of like, you know, I don't care as much as I did at that moment.
Speaker 1:Blackmail them.
Speaker 2:I was pretty upset. Hold it for ransom, but it made me reflect on how, like you know, sometimes things seem like a really, really big deal in the moment, but it's really not the deal Like we're blessed enough to just buy another bath mat. It's not the end of the world.
Speaker 3:Did you get the same bath mat?
Speaker 2:We haven't bought a new one yet. Now we use a stone well, we were, I was, I've heard of those. Do you like it or is it like kind of you know?
Speaker 3:I don't like it okay, I don't think he likes it because he's a texture person and he needs soft fuzzy. I like the little cozy like feeling. Then you might not like it. I like it because it's really absorbent.
Speaker 1:No, it's not. Water goes everywhere. Plus, the kid has peed on it a few times now I have to wash it out.
Speaker 3:It's absorbent, right you?
Speaker 1:don't you put it in the tub and rinse it off the best you can?
Speaker 3:They're just filthy okay.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's our house. Don't come to our house, it's just filled with poo and pee, she didn't even mention that we have two cats.
Speaker 3:Those things are wild, yes that is so unique about us.
Speaker 1:We have two cats no one has two cats at one time not like, not like these two cats uh oh my gosh I like I like stepping out onto just a rock so, yes, you have to find a new bath mat now weird but yeah, so we have to.
Speaker 2:Danny was like it's a positive thing, it's an opportunity to get a new bath mat. I was like okay I am shocked.
Speaker 3:Danny was the positive. How is he the? Voice of reason yeah, I didn't think it was that cute he. I set that up, it was him.
Speaker 1:I threw the trash.
Speaker 3:Turning it in the trash.
Speaker 1:I want the stone so badly. I have to get rid of the previous one.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, that would be a plot twist.
Speaker 1:Part three baby. Part three.
Speaker 2:So that was my first thing. The second thing is a little shorter, but it was also um. The highlight was you guys coming down here for a little trip and yeah, I just it meant a lot because I I know it was hard to leave the little guy. But um you didn't like make it, make us feel that like I don't know, like I knew you missed him because you're good parents, but like you weren't like depressed the whole time.
Speaker 2:You know like we had a great time and I appreciate that. So but yeah, specifically my memory was when we went to the donut shop that I used to work at. Oh my gosh, and I made sugar. I named the customer that I always hated.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 3:And I was like oh, yes, I love the energy.
Speaker 2:The person was like so nice at first. He was like welcome, Absolutely, what can I do for you? And I was like yes, like we would love these, Like can you make sure we get a warm one please, Because they are so much better when they're warm. And like his demeanor just changed. He was like okay, yeah sure.
Speaker 3:I just like the fact it takes like extra effort to pick a hot one, like you're depriving him of, depriving someone else of like less happiness and he's just not okay with it.
Speaker 2:And like so yeah, Less happiness, he's just not okay with it. Then we went to our favorite park and ate our warm, delicious donuts. It was a great time yeah.
Speaker 1:We also had juice. I think too.
Speaker 3:I still think about those smoothies To this day, that, and the donuts.
Speaker 1:The donuts were good. My favorite baked. What a combination.
Speaker 3:Yeah, those were my two highlights wrap it up, old man I guess I'll finish this off.
Speaker 1:Um, for me, this past year was crazy. Um, I think I'll start off with what I was not a fan of this past year. Um, quite recent, um, it was. Uh, I I do. In case you know anyone is wondering, I hate traffic and I doubly hate la traffic. It is awful, I'll just. I'll just lift us list off some things. It's. It feels like a nightmare every single time that I'm in it. It's always like terrible and the worst when I'm running late. It knows you wouldn't be late.
Speaker 3:You just left earlier.
Speaker 1:No, even when I leave early, it exists. I'm always alone when I'm in traffic, so I'm just stuck with my thoughts, being frustrated and stewing in my own pain. I hate honking. I don't know this might be a hot take. You hate honking? I feel like honking and I don't know this might be a hot take Honking or you hate people honking, Just the act of honking.
Speaker 1:I hate honking in general. I feel like it's a stupid use for Okay, not the geese. Any geese listening? I apologize, this is not towards you. I hate cars honking.
Speaker 3:Don't ever go to my zoo.
Speaker 1:Let me clarify we do have geese that fly by our apartment, by the way. That's why he hates the honking. But no, I hate honking, like people honking. You gotta stop saying honking girl.
Speaker 2:I'm dying.
Speaker 1:It's like it's evolving's. It's not a good form of communication. People only just like are pissed off and just like what you're saying.
Speaker 2:There should be different honks, like one maybe.
Speaker 1:Yeah I hate you different pitches or something, excuse me.
Speaker 3:Like you have like a dashboard of pictures to choose from, like emojis.
Speaker 1:Emoji for honking yes that would be better, can you? Imagine all over the freeway that's basically what it is right now. Come on, let's be real. No one's giving a happy face honk fire trucks do that, or, like semi trucks, do it like when the kids go, not in LA. I'm so happy, honk, honk, honk, laughing laughing laughing, laughing laughing anyway so again your favorite hot take.
Speaker 1:Yes, I feel like it always causes more of a mess than before because it pisses someone else off and just anyways. I digress continuing on. There are so many, so many bad drivers, like they're, just they're, they're everywhere and they cause so many accidents, which makes the traffic worse. It's a compounding problem. You thought about this?
Speaker 1:you can't sleep at night, some nights well, well again I'm getting to the actual story, but I'm starting to realize why the story happened is because of all these underlying issues like slipping away, stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic filled with honking, in a metallic jungle filled with morons and cars that don't have insurance half the time every time danny hears a honk he gets like non-flashbacks of every negative moment in his car.
Speaker 3:True, oh.
Speaker 1:So this all culminated a couple of days ago. On new year's eve, I was getting off of work and I was a little frustrated. I was like, ah, why am I working this day? It was so slow coming home from work and these two high school girls on their phones just started to run me off. No turn signal, no, nothing, no warning. And you know, I had to do it. I had to honk. You had to, yeah, I had to honk.
Speaker 3:And I honked.
Speaker 1:There was no other way to communicate to them.
Speaker 3:Not high school girls.
Speaker 1:You can't, you just gotta honk at them, get off the road. No, I was trying to get them to get off their phone or use their blinker, or please don't hit me Generally, alert them that they're drifting.
Speaker 1:Right, and this is again why I realized I hate honking. It didn't do anything, it kept going, it kept coming over, so I had to get into the next lane. I was a little peeved, not gonna lie, but I was like, listen, okay, I remember when I was that age I wasn't the best driver, I wasn't doing that, but I wasn't the best driver. So I was like everyone deserves a little grace. Continue going off my day stuck in traffic. So again frustrated, trying to get home, hungry, and I look to my left.
Speaker 3:Listen, it's valid.
Speaker 1:It's a big factor. Remember snacks. Snacks will be a big part of this.
Speaker 3:He needs an emergency snack apartment, absolutely.
Speaker 1:I would rather have snacks. That's a good communication form of communication. Throw them at me. I would rather have snacks. That's a good communication Form of communication.
Speaker 3:Throw them at me. I just need a snack.
Speaker 2:Take a granola bar you need a Snickers. What would you do for a fondue bar when you're hungry?
Speaker 1:The same two girls were cutting me off again no turn signal. It looked like they were just drifting into my lane. Were cutting me off again no turn signal. It looked like they were just drifting into my lane, running me off about to hit this random grandma walking on the side of this road.
Speaker 2:And I honked. Not my grandma.
Speaker 1:I honked so bad and I'll admit I had a little bit of a road rage moment I pulled up next to them I was like what are you doing? Pay attention, you stupid idiots come on, you're gonna kill me oh my god, anyways question all that to say I hate la traffic. Yeah, yeah, that's, I love that. That's your highlight kind of moment of the year. Candy, your question.
Speaker 3:Yeah, no, no, it's all good like explain your honking. Is it rapid? Is it just a long drawn out honk? Is it long like? Well, yes, again it it depends.
Speaker 1:I feel like there should be morse code for honking because, like, different things mean things if you do a quick little beep, that's like a, a hey, green light, go ahead. You know, if it's like a, like a hey, you're going to cause a head-on collision. I want to be like please don't kill me.
Speaker 3:So is that what happened to you? You fought for a bit.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you fought for a bit. No, the first one was a little like please, please, stop doing this. The next one was like Okay, don't let this happen to me. The next one was probably like a curse word in honking. It was probably what I was trying to do.
Speaker 2:Wow, Well you have a positive.
Speaker 1:I do have a positive. I'll say the positive too. I'm heated. Right now we won't bring up honking anymore yes, no honking no more honking.
Speaker 3:You can name this podcast the honk this gives validation to my fear of honking. It's because of drivers like Danny, I think. I don't want anyone to get mad because I'm honking that's true.
Speaker 1:I like almost honk a lot. Don't get me wrong, I I'm, I would honk more. But kenny looks at me and she's like don't, like, I'm gonna like get shot if I honk, which some people do.
Speaker 2:That's a real thing so exactly see, you have to be a safe honker okay it's a bad form of communication unsafe, irresponsible honker.
Speaker 1:I just go off emotion and oh my gosh, you're one of them sierra is your caring and I love it honker like are you just out there honking at everything I feel it, I honk girl you just gotta let that honk out I kind of hold back because, like I don't want to get killed and I have a family to support you know what I mean like I am afraid of honking too, I suppose.
Speaker 3:But just don't drive, just don't drive.
Speaker 2:Everyone's saying judgment by the car. Like it depends on the car.
Speaker 1:Like if it looks like kind of a sketchy car, I'm like maybe I'll keep that one to myself you know, you know they say like, keep that hog in the cover though, like, maybe, maybe, like a nice car has got the maybe like a Fiat is out there with just the wrong.
Speaker 2:Maybe this next year I need to be more conservative with my hogs. That's a good.
Speaker 1:I like that. That's a good resolution yeah, happiness, I'll bring some happiness in to end this off. Um, so, as you guys know, I used to work at a retail store Home Depot and look out big deal.
Speaker 3:So, as you, guys know I used to work at a retail store Home Depot and. Look out, big deal, okay, big deal.
Speaker 1:No one works there. They used to sell a big rug. A big rug, okay. Like I'm telling you, it was big. It was like a 16 feet by like 14 feet, Like it was huge. I'm really sad. It was big. It was like a 16 feet by like 14 feet, like it was huge.
Speaker 2:I'm really sad it was not there when we arrived I am disappointed it's like for people who don't have carpet, but they want to feel like they have carpet yes interesting way it's, it's literally just for, like fills up a whole room in and of itself.
Speaker 1:Anyways, I, if the viewers don't know, the listeners don't know, am a sucker for a really good deal, just mmm delicious.
Speaker 3:I want to make a joke.
Speaker 1:I want to make a joke.
Speaker 3:I don't know if it's okay.
Speaker 1:I can't help it. How were you raised, sir? I was raised to love deals Deal or no deal exciting. Okay, we love you, danny go. So you found a deal, a great deal, great deal what was it was? Originally like 100 plus 110, 115, 120 dollars. It was on sale on clearance for 10 dollars, practically free exactly like it's in to not buy it. Yes, you could sell that 100%. I've never had like a girl math moment before, but it felt like a girl math moment. I was like, wow, this is free.
Speaker 2:I just made $110.
Speaker 1:This is free. This rug is amazing. Now I'll be fair. It was an ugly rug. It was one of the ugliest rugs you'll ever see. That's why I was just clearing. It was an ugly rug. It was one of the ugliest rugs you'll ever see. That's why it was so ugly. Um you, you probably wouldn't ever find it anywhere, except for your long lost cousins, great grandmas, who's colorblind on her room floor.
Speaker 3:Wanting to be an interior designer.
Speaker 2:I'm so sorry. I personally don't remember being that ugly.
Speaker 1:There was a reason it was on clearance and no one bought it for $10. Like in the rug. Exactly, I'm telling you the deal was, well, not anything, but it was a good deal. So as soon as I saw that I was like, I wrapped it up, I told my co-workers hey, hold this rug. This has my name written all over it, held it hostage. Put it at the front. My wife is gonna be here to pick it up any second.
Speaker 2:Oh my god and then after that he calls me and asks hey, can you come get this?
Speaker 1:Just randomly out of nowhere.
Speaker 2:I got a rug.
Speaker 1:How would you like a rug? So she drives all the way down to work and you see us for like 30 minutes trying to shove a 16 foot rug into the back of her car. It didn't work very well. We had to bend it a little bit, but we got it inside. She brought it home. I come home when we unroll it and it does not fit in our room. It's too big. So the rug is literally too big to fit in our room. You can't really return clearance items.
Speaker 1:And that's what I realized you cannot return clearance items. Yes, so I put the rug back into my car sticking out halfway, drove to work, tried to return it, realized you cannot return a clearance item. I then took it back home and tried to throw it away in our dumpster and someone got mad at me because you can't throw away such big items in the dumpster. So now I'm stuck with this huge ugly, knowing I don't know what to do with it. I put it back in my car one final time, was just going to drop it off in the middle of a parking lot, but then I gave it to a homeless person and it all worked out great.
Speaker 2:Oh, my gosh Happy endings for everyone.
Speaker 3:Is it? I don't know if I knew you gave it to a homeless person. It's a sweet gesture, because they do have a nice place to chill out on now.
Speaker 1:It's amazing, it could fit quite a few homeless people.
Speaker 3:I do feel bad that he or she has to lug it around if they decide they want to move location.
Speaker 1:Right, well, I mean, I didn't think of it, I was just like this is perfect.
Speaker 2:How did they react? They must have seemed happy, or you wouldn't have left it with them.
Speaker 1:They saw that I was leaving in the parking lot. They're like are you getting rid of this? I was like sure that was it, so they took it themselves.
Speaker 2:You didn't necessarily bestow it.
Speaker 1:Well, I wasn't seeking homeless people. Yes, yes, I stroked up a conversation.
Speaker 2:Well, how'd that go?
Speaker 3:I mean, he was like that's a nice rug.
Speaker 1:I could use a rug like that. Did he have any bath mats you could trade?
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:That was before that time, but I agree.
Speaker 2:There's two sides to every time.
Speaker 2:I was about to ask a perspective on this. I remember where I was. I was taking a nice perfect stroll. I was about, I want to say, probably like six months pregnant. So I get a call and yeah, he's like do you want a rug? And I was like, I mean sure, like I guess a rug would be kind of nice under our kitchen table area. Like you know, whatever, if it's a good deal, that's fine. I show up to the Home Depot. He's like I thought he was going to help, like load it and like be there, like show me what to do. He's like just go to the service desk. So I'm like, okay. So I go up to the service desk and I'm like I'm here for a rug, I'm Daniel's wife and the lady's like this is for you. And she turns around and points to the rug. It's laying over like three shopping carts. I immediately know that's not fitting anywhere. That is not fitting. But it was too late. Like she was like okay, like they were like I think you're gonna need some help carrying this out.
Speaker 2:I was like, yeah, I think so yeah and then I got it home and I was just like this is not for me. It was more the size. I don't remember, I don't even I didn't even register what it looked like. I was just like this this is not going to fit. Did you do?
Speaker 1:it upstairs by yourself, probably.
Speaker 2:It would have like we and we really tried to like after all the work and like we tried our best to make it work. Maybe it's fine, like it would have rolled, like past the kitchen into the hallway, like it would have been so, the rug would have taken up multiple rooms yeah, and I was just like it's gotta go.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, definitely a lesson to not impulse buy, even if it's a good deal so you know you couldn't, didn't have to give it a homeless man, you could have put it in the laundry room or in Sierra's car and it would have been gone in like the next day, gone in a second.
Speaker 2:My car is basically just come in, take whatever you'd like.
Speaker 1:So was the laundry room.
Speaker 2:Maybe I shouldn't keep snacks in my car.
Speaker 1:Definitely oh no.
Speaker 2:Oh my goodness. Well, what a year, friends.
Speaker 1:What a year.
Speaker 3:Well, hey, year friends. What a year. Well, hey, can I add a little bonus one. It's nothing super long, but I want to acknowledge we kind of ended our year starting tubby talk. We started laying the groundwork. The official profile started becoming legit on december 15th, so it was the last hurrah of the year, but we officially started the podcast in 2024.
Speaker 2:Big year. Big year, so it is a highlight An adventure.
Speaker 3:Hopefully it's a highlight.
Speaker 1:Yes, well, if you all what I was talking, okay, Good thing. We haven't made any mistakes up until this point, none. Thank you for listening. Really appreciate you all being here on the first episode. Guys want to say something as a thank you, thank you are we going to break into song what's happening?
Speaker 2:thank you, honk, honk honk, hon, honk Thank you a lot Honk, I'm the geese. Honk honk.
Speaker 3:Who's the best honk? Who's the best honk?
Speaker 2:That's the bonus content.
Speaker 3:Yeah, don't give it away. Yeah, don't give it away for free.
Speaker 2:Thank you so much for listening and we just hope that you'll come on this journey with us as we figure out what we're doing here have a good honking day.
Speaker 1:Honk, I have a wonderful evening. Thanks for listening bye bye. Oh, my goodness, you're still here. Well, you're the best of the best. I just want to say you should take a moment, now that you are here, to go like us on, you know, all the socials and follow us and turn on those notifications, because we're going to be bringing you episodes practically weekly. Also, we love ideas and we love talking, so if you want us to talk about one of your ideas, leave a comment somewhere below or anywhere and we'll read it, and if it's good, we'll probably talk about it.
Speaker 1:So again, thank you from all of us. I thought you have a wonderful day.
