Two Noras and a Mic
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Two Noras and a Mic
Two Noras and a Balanced Breakfast!
Ready for a podcast that serves up both laughs and shivers down your spine? We kick things off sharing our April Fool's Day experiences - from tiny clown car rental pranks to fake academic emergencies that had us completely fooled. There's something universally entertaining about those moments when we realize we've been had, especially by our loved ones.
The conversation shifts to an unexpected place when we discuss the recently returned NASA astronauts who spent nine months in space instead of their planned week. What fascinates us most isn't just their extended stay, but their remarkable attitude about it. While most of us would lose our minds over a one-day flight delay, these extraordinary humans insist they weren't "stranded" at all. Their perspective challenges us to reconsider how we handle life's unexpected extensions and delays.
We wrap up with a deep dive into breakfast habits and family morning routines. From microwave eggs (don't judge!) to chocolate chip pancakes to the healthiest options like oatmeal with berries, our morning meal preferences reveal surprising aspects of our personalities. Whether you're Team Breakfast Sandwich or devoted to your morning gruel, you'll find yourself nodding along to our breakfast debate. What's your non-negotiable breakfast item? Join the conversation and let us know!
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Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora, and Nora, we're glad you're here. We are, I'm happy to be here. Welcome to all our listeners.
Speaker 1:Yes, those who tune in time and time again and those who are here for the very first time, settle in. Yes, I have to ask did you get fooled? Yesterday, I did get a little fooled. Did you get a little fooled? A little fooled. Yesterday was April Fool's Day. Oh, yes, for those. Yes, I am in need of a rental car this weekend and my charming husband pretended that he rented me a car the size of a Like a table clown car and you like a big car, yeah, and I got fired up, and right away. So how long did he keep it going before you? I've been long enough to be like, okay, I should probably stop because I was getting mad. Yeah, um, how, how about you? Did you get fooled? I did.
Speaker 1:My son, aiden P, fooled me, and it's funny because I put a little note in his lunchbox and I was like make sure you don't get fooled today, don't forget, it's April Fool's Day. So, making sure he didn't get fooled. And then he came downstairs he's like Mom, so I forgot I had a Spanish project due. I thought I was going to get it done in Florida. It's due today. I totally forgot about it and I was just like Aiden, are you kidding me? And he's like April Fool's. Oh, he did get you my love. My loveist got me as well. I forgot about that. I texted him. He has a football commitment on Tuesday mornings, like a meeting, and so I asked how Breakfast Club was and I said he got kicked out for roughhousing. And I believed him, oh gosh. And I texted an angry text back and he kept going. I texted another angry text and then I think my boys just pushed me and they're like, oh God, we better stop or she'll break. They're like, oh, we've gone too far, yeah'll break. They're like, uh-oh, uh-oh, we've gone too far. Yeah, but I didn't fool anyone. Did you trick anyone? No, I did not. I don't know. I wasn't in the mood for it yesterday. Well, you had one heck of a ride home from Florida. We had a lot of March 30. We had a big March 31st. I wasn't really up for any pranks. What a mess. What your return flight was for you. I know that's my well, we can get to it later, okay, but I was curious about it.
Speaker 1:How was the rest of your week? It was fantastic. I was in Florida for most of it visiting my parents with my four kiddos, and it was great. I don't feel bad saying it because I know you're leaving tomorrow to get your break and your sunshine, but just getting off the plane and feeling warm yes, I'm sure a nice feeling. Oh, my gosh, it just it was amazing. And it was nice to have Just to be away and a change of scenery With your parents too, some time with them. It was nice and the kids had a great time. We ate really good food. I even swam you did Me and Rose played around in the pool.
Speaker 1:Good for you. She wanted to play Marco Polo, but that's kind of a tough game to play with two people, and also when you have a pool full of senior citizens, and I was like, oh, this isn't going to go well. So I was like, what about we play? Follow the leader, I'll just do whatever you do. Oh, and then she was like, well, I didn't go under the water, going under and doing tricks, but we had a very nice time. Okay, as long as she was happy, right? Yeah, how about you?
Speaker 1:How were things back in Chicago? Things were great. We were sad to see our Wildcats lose, oh, but happy for their season. They didn't run. Yeah, is that what you say to sports people when they lose in the playoffs it's a good run, you had a good run, or does that not help? I said that to them. Okay, it's like, yeah, you're fun to watch all season Things of that nature, but how about our astronauts? Oh, my gosh. Yes, did you see the interview? I read an article about it. I didn't watch the interview.
Speaker 1:I was surprised that the first food Sunny wanted was a grilled cheese oh, but I guess it's hot and gooey and probably indulgent. And butch the chicken salad, oh, barf, sorry, no, I don't like mayonnaise. I know that's so interesting. Yeah, what would you pick? These are also people who are like well, nine months was fine. Yeah, I guess you're right. That's a different kind of person. Yeah, I like that.
Speaker 1:They were like we were not stranded. We were not stranded. We were not forgotten, we were not stranded, it's fine. Why, though, it's not fine? They're very kind and good employees. They were stuck in space. I guess they're like well, because of the scheduling, this would have been me, nora. You would have gotten off the space station, I'd be like I'll just stay, it's fine. But they were stuck. I hate to break it to them, but they were there much longer than they should have been. They were there for nine months instead of a week. I mean, I was delayed one day in Florida and I was like, good God, do you think? Their space station was like you're not stuck, we're working on it. And they're like, okay, they said we're not stuck, we're not stuck, we're not stuck, we're not stuck Like you know.
Speaker 1:We had like when I read that, sunny was like you know, we woke up, we exercised, we went to work, just like everybody else, like you're in outer space. They are outside their minds. I think maybe they have brain loss. Maybe good for them, for, but they seem. You know, she went for a three mile run the other day like she's like and kudos to the nasa doctors because we were in great shape when we went up there. They kept us in great shape while we were there. I'm three mile run like good, good for her, because I couldn't run three miles and I haven't been in space for nine months. I was like, oh boy, oh, my God. But I mean I'm glad they're home. Yeah, aye, aye, aye.
Speaker 1:I would have been singing a different tune. We would have been a good pair up there because you probably would have grounded me Huh, yeah, I'm here in space and you would have brought the fun and you would have also been like, no, we need to go. But also that's how I get at dinner. If I've been at dinner too long, you don't want to be on a ship that's not ready, like I would get the damn ship ready. I think it's hard. There's not a lot of space shuttles lying around. It's crazy.
Speaker 1:But speaking of these different, you know I was talking to you about the Amy Poehler's new podcast. Oh, we love it, good hang. She was talking with Ike Baranold, okay, and she was talking about the Enneagrams and how she loves an Enneagram. What is she? She's a three and you're a seven or a three Seven. I'm either a seven or a three. But she was like, oh my God, I love Enneagrams. I'm so into it. I'm a three. Tina Fey's a three, seth Meyers is a three. I'm like, oh, my favorite people are threes and I'm a nine and I'm a doormat. I was like, oh, I'm feeling bad about myself again. I'm surprised that they're like my favorite favorite people are her own kind, like her own number. Yeah, that's interesting, but there are also people to collaborate and work with. True, but that's what I was like. Oh, that's why they are famous and do their own.
Speaker 1:Her podcast is number one. Right, it's so good, it is great. I recommend it. Yeah, well, you, actually you. I love all of her giggles and her funny stories and her conversation with Rashida Jones. I highly recommend it. When they were laughing uncontrollably, I started laughing uncontrollably and it made me think about our listeners, because sometimes I'm worried that our giggle fest I am worried that our giggle fest Can never have enough giggles. But that's why I like her podcast. She's, like there's so much yuck, like just surround yourself with the people and the conversation that you want to have. I love, yeah, and I like too that she asks people where do you find you're happy? Like what's making you happy right now? Yeah, no, it's all around. A great podcast, highly recommend it.
Speaker 1:Okay, I read a creepy story. Oh, no, I've been wanting to talk about it since I wrote it down. Okay, there was a babysitter a few weeks back that that was my stomach, I don't know. I was like I just put my thumbs in my thumb holes because I'm scared. So she put the child to bed and the kid came down and was like I think there's monsters under my bed. She's like there's not monsters under your bed. He's like, no, I think there's monsters under my bed. She went up there and there was a man under the bed, shut the front door. Uh-huh, how horrifying is that. I have so many questions. Okay, I probably don't have the answers, because I never do.
Speaker 1:Who was it? He was the previous owner, what? Who had like an obsession with this house, what? And there was a restraining order against him to stay out of the house or away from the house. What? Mm-hmm, what did the babies? Did he grab the boy and just run out of the house? But then he ran out. So it took him a day to try and apprehend him, and I wonder if the parents were like we know who it is. Isn't that terrifying To look under the bed and make like to meet eyes with someone? There is a monster, yeah. So what a creeper. How long had he been there? I don't know Too long, too long, too long, oh, my long. Had he been there? I don't know too long, too long, too long, oh my god, uh, yeah, you know what happy podcast, but I know, just stuck with me. Can I tell you, though, what I'm happy about is that I was like, oh, is this a bad babysitter story? But it wasn't. It's a good babysitter. Yeah, it's fine. Previous owner bad. Yeah, yeah, I was. Uh, I know.
Speaker 1:At first, because I've just been in florida I thought you were like there was an alligator under his bed. Every night on the Florida news, they're like an alligator was in someone's pool, or it's like police were called to get a six-foot alligator off the sidewalk. I'm like this is not news, it happens every day. It's like our ring doorbell alerts oh, we're like coyotes. Coyotes spotted, are those gunshots? Oh my God, that's actually bonkers. Also, if you think you hear a gunshot, don't alert your ring community. Yeah, but I told my parents they should just be like enough of the alligator report. Yeah, there you go, because it's not the alligator update. Yeah, just like. Oh, and it's Florida. So there was an alligator today.
Speaker 1:And then my dad was saying, yeah, they caught one at this school near, but there's a Florida Gulf Coast University, whatever near where my parents have a house. And my dad's like, yeah, there were like three alligators there, da-da-da-da-da, and he was like Aiden, maybe you could go to college there. I'm like number one, no, number two. Don't tell him about all the alligators and then tell them you should go. Why are alligators all over the place, dad?
Speaker 1:Because it's Florida, I think we're in their zone and they're running out of space, probably. Well, at least it's not the rattiest city in America. What's that? Chicago? No, oh, rats, the most rats Ten years in a row. We need a rat czar, like New York has.
Speaker 1:So they're giving these rats Poison, jobs, pizza, birth control. Oh, because it's safer for pets, okay, and it will control all that, oh, okay, yeah, gross, oh, I know, I keep thinking of a rat with the like compact thing popping out the pups, like oh, gnawing through the little thing taking her pup. I know that's not how they do it. Why do I have such gross, weird stories today? I love it. Are they just hoping then they don't reproduce and then they'll eventually die out? You know, I didn't really read too much more into it because I think it's gross. Oh, but I was happy that the poison will keep it safer for, or the lack of poison will keep it safer for, pets. Yeah, that's interesting. I would love to see what it looks like. I'm just thinking of getting a different prescription, I guess, like a bit At Walgreens, like I don't know. I don't know, we're giving birth control to rats but some humans can't get it anyway. I don't know. That is funny. Tell me about something good, because this is a weird gross bucket. Okay, can I tell you where?
Speaker 1:April we're kind of circling back, but april fool's day, because I was like where did this come from? Oh yeah, what jamoke started being like let's just mess with people's brains. My daughter asked me that on the way to school yesterday. I was like I don't know, started in 1561. Hello, in France. Yeah, there's a few conflicting stories on how it came to be. They thought maybe it was the switch from the I think the jacobean, to the georgian calendar I was totally thinking that or the they don't know one, because I think people used to celebrate the new year in springtime because it was like the rebirth, but then it was switched to january, so then it was kind of like a oh, we fooled you, like april 1st is not the new year anymore, like psych, yeah, but they were. We're not exactly sure. But then one of the most documented cases is there was a French nobleman and he sent his servant out on all these ridiculous errands once on April 1st, and it was a fool's errand, hence the name, april Fool's and all that jazz. But then one of the biggest april fools takes ever was in 1980. The british government said that big ben the clock well, actually big ben is actually the bell, it's just whatever. But they were saying that they were going to replace the clock with a digital clock and call it digital date. That's funny, that's really funny. So look at the British. And then in France, whatever they call April Fool's Day translates to April fish and they do a lot of fish themed pranks, which I thought was gross. Yeah same.
Speaker 1:I kind of got taken by one. I got an email from this pants company, this men's clothing company got taken by one. I got an email from this pants company, this men's clothing company. They're like check out our new pocket charging pants. They're like if you put your phone in your pocket, it charges it. And I was like that's a terrible idea. How do you watch? Because I was thinking of the logistics, like do you have to like plug your pants in? How do you wash them? I was like, why like this company? What are they thinking? And so I clicked on it to be like, what are the logistics? And I was like, wait, no, what they got me. They got you, they got me, they got me.
Speaker 1:I read a story that I thought was an April Fool's joke, but it was real. Oh, that there is a company called His Smile, which is a toothpaste company. Okay, and they have a KFC-flavored toothpaste, garf-ola. Why is it just His Smile? Real and ready to buy? It's not for her Smile, because ladies are smart enough not to buy. Ladies are like I don't want my breath to smell like fried chicken. Yeah, it's gross, that is no Mm-mm-mm. We've talked about this. Why does everything have? Yeah, just, what's wrong with mint? Just, yes, let certain things be. And also, if I had chicken breath, I'd go brush my teeth. Exactly, it's defeating the purpose, I know. Oh Lordy, should we check in with our sponsor? I think so, nora.
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Speaker 1:And now back to the show. We were inspired from our pajama topic last week to talk about breakfast Because pajamas and breakfast. Although for you sometimes pajamas are dinner but pajamas and breakfast, I, for you sometimes pajamas at dinner but pajamas and breakfast. I eat breakfast religiously. I don't always eat it in my pajamas, right, because you're out of your, you're in your workout clothes. Yeah, do you eat breakfast? I do.
Speaker 1:I love breakfast, it is my favorite meal and if calories and time did not exist, I would have like big old fat girl breakfast every morning. Is fat girl breakfast a thing? Is it like a hot girl? Summer I would eat all the like. I want all the carbs chocolate, pancakes and hash browns and which don't go together? No, but will you put them together? Hash browns and which don't go together? No, no, but will you put them together? No, not when I was pregnant I'd be like sure, let's do it. But uh, do you put anything on your chocolate chip pancakes?
Speaker 1:I'm not a big syrup fan, because I know you're not a condom, I know. So I like a sometimes a little bit of syrup, but sometimes a little bit of powdered sugar. Sometimes, okay, I don't mind powdered sugar, but I'm not like my grandmother was very strict on french toast and waffles need powdered sugar. Sometimes, okay, I don't mind powdered sugar, but I'm not like. My grandmother was very strict on french toast and waffles need powdered sugar, but I can take it or leave it. It's already a lot of sugar, but I love those.
Speaker 1:And whenever I go out to breakfast, do you order pancakes? No, oh no, because I'm like I can't. It's funny sometimes when you order breakfast, um, when you're out for breakfast, it comes with a side of pancakes. I'm like, no, that is the breakfast. Yes, I always like when my kids get a nice carby treat, so then I usually there's usually a bite left over for me. I usually order an egg white omelet, because I've been doing a lot of avocado toast lately. Well, I've got the patto toast, but I still am always like don't get the hash browns, don't get the breakfast potatoes, and I always do, always do For breakfast in our house. I always eat a bowl of oatmeal with berries.
Speaker 1:I have a question about oatmeal. It's the most boring breakfast ever. I eat an English muffin. That's boring. What's your question about oatmeal? I was curious if you ate it and if you would recommend it, because I wonder if that would be a. Because I looked and that's one of the most healthy things you can eat for breakfast oatmeal and berries. That's why I do it. Well, good for you, because then by at the end of breakfast at least I'll have one out of three meals healthy. Oh, good to know. So try not to cheat at breakfast. Yeah, I like to kick things off. I drink like a gallon of tea.
Speaker 1:What kind of oatmeal do you get? The plain old, like quick oats that you put in the microwave for a minute. But I don't do like the. I would love a maple and brown sugar, but no, this is non. No sugar, straight up, just plain old oatmeal. Plain old, plain old oatmeal All right, but it's got to be nice that it's hot. It tastes like gruel. Oh, do you ever sing the song from Oliver? I don't know it. Please have some more Folks, I don't want any more, I'm choking. Are you milking it or water? No, I feel it's a half a cup of oats and a cup of water, and then you put it in the microwave for a minute and 10 seconds and then I usually drizzle a little milk on there to cool it off and mix it up, dump some berries on there, mix it up, let it sit for a minute or two and then you're done.
Speaker 1:Do you eat right when you wake up? Yeah, I eat something before I work out, just like a little. Yeah, how about you? Yeah, I can't work out on an empty stomach or else I feel a little faint, like losing. But I'd like to eat breakfast with the kiddos. Yeah, does your family all sit down for breakfast? We do.
Speaker 1:How See, my family all leaves at different times. Well, I've got Aiden. He leaves first and I sit with him and I'll drink tea and I'll talk with him. That's nice. And then, when he leaves the younger three, I get up and I have their breakfast and you make it? I do, but it's like waffles. What? Like frozen waffles? Oh no, rose is on a Rice Krispies kick, so she has Rice Krispies. Kevin is on an Eggel waffle kick. Rory likes dry cereal. I'm just going to eat a dry corn. Check, that's nice that you all sit down for breakfast and then we try to go through the day, talk about what's going on and then out the door. That's awesome. But you guys are coming and going. Yeah, because three days a week Mike has football commitments before school and then Elle leaves at a different time and then Catherine, grace and John leave about the same time. But one walks, one rides their bike, so it's a little different and they get up at different times. So I usually set something out on the counter and nobody really eats that and they all pick their own thing. But at least I've given the effort when they come down the stairs to be like, oh, she set something up, oh, that's nice.
Speaker 1:What about the weekends? We ever be like I'm making pancakes or waffle? No, we'll do. Sometimes I'll do b for d. I love b for d, and then I'll make something like what you have a great breakfast, breakfast casserole that you make. Well, I do? Yeah, I usually only make that for like holidays. Holidays, um, yeah, but no, then I'll cook like eggs and stuff. But there are a lot of eggs being cooked in my house which makes me want to barf.
Speaker 1:You don't like eggs? Oh no, but they're high in protein. I love eggs, you do, yeah. How do you cook them? Well, if I cook them, I make them in the microwave Same, okay, Okay, and some people have very strong reactions to that. I like them because they're fluffier. Well, it's cleaner, and you don't burn the pan. You don't scrape anything. Al tends to burn them. That was one of the first things I learned how to cook was scrambled eggs in the microwave. That, and then I learned how to make chocolate chip pancakes Not in the microwave, no, on the griddle, on the stove top. Whatever my mom had like a pancake griddle, she did. Whatever my mom had like a pancake griddle, she did. And now we have one too. It's nice.
Speaker 1:Do you use it? Yeah, because for making pancakes for six people to have a little, to make four at a time, is a lot. What do you use? Like the powder? I use Bisquick, and there's a recipe on the-. Is it a powder? It's, yeah, kind of-ish. It's like a yeah, but there's the regular recipe which we always used growing up and then I realized, maybe like 10 years ago, there's the ultimate pancake recipe. What so? You add some sugar, but we use Splenda because of the diabetics in our family, and then baking powder and a couple other ingredients in there to add some vanilla, and they're way better. Are they fluffier or what are they? They're fluffier and they just have a nice kind of taste to them, so that. But we'll do a lot of Belgian not a lot, but Belgian waffles for dinner sometimes. Oh, that's a good idea, that. But yeah, I love that.
Speaker 1:We're a big bagel family. I thought of you because I had a bagel at the Florida airport. Yeah, and it was horrible. Scottsdale had great bagels. Maybe there are New Yorkers there that brought the recipe with them. Yes, yes, yes, here, not so much.
Speaker 1:I used to eat bagels in New York a lot because I would get them from a cart outside my office, but I don't get them very often here. What do you get on your bagel? Usually? This is a a weird one. They have cheddar, jalapeno, cream cheese, whoa, it's like a dip. Is it spicy? Yeah, oh, good morning, I just like butter, you do, which I like, with a diet coke. Oh, oh, oh, because you got to kill the spice. Yes, yes, there you go, um, but I don't. They have good soup at the our neighborhood and sometimes I get a bagel sandwich. I love a breakfast sandwich, you do, that's the best, and you know how to make them, don't you? Well, no, al makes them. He makes a great breakfast sandwich.
Speaker 1:But I didn't really eat those until I moved to New York, because that was a huge thing in New York, the breakfast sandwiches. You didn't eat them before. I guess they just weren't an option, because I think also, my mom would just make pancakes and sometimes French toast, all the carby stuff. We would eat them in high school. Oh, I had only ever had the McDonald's ones, oh, which I like?
Speaker 1:I like an egg McMuffin and then I take the ham off. You don't like ham. What is that? Canadian bacon, canadian bacon? No, thank you. Keep that in Canada. I love a lot of things from Canada, but not that. No, thanks, because that's ham, that's not bacon. No, right, I don't know. Don't ask me. No, but I, yeah, breakfast sandwich is delightful.
Speaker 1:Um, do you like to go out for breakfast? Yes, I do. It's so nice. I feel like also because breakfast is messy. I feel like it's hard to clean up breakfast, Like if you're making eggs or pancakes, oh I think I'm eating it. No, I'm pretty tidy when I eat it. Making breakfast just feels like a mess. There's milk and there's the batter or the eggshells and all that jazz. That it's nice to go out and have somebody else do it, especially when it comes out hot and it's delicious During the week.
Speaker 1:If somebody's like, do you want to go out for lunch, sometimes I suggest breakfast instead because I like to meet for breakfast and then get on with my day. I like meeting for breakfast because then that means I usually skip lunch. Oh, you do, because then I'm usually full. Like full, yeah, well, because I'm probably not meeting people at eight. Usually it's like a nine 1030. Then I try and skip or lunch, and then I eat like 700 Cheez-Its or I'll have like a handful of pretzels 12,000 pretzels. They're very good, but yeah, but that was the first meal I learned to cook.
Speaker 1:You know what else I loved about breakfast growing up? Reading the back of the cereal boxes, I know, yes. Or digging for the gift. Yeah, the toy. In there we would gift yeah, the toy in there, like we would read the comic strips in the newspaper and I'd read my horoscope. Or do the word jumble, read the cereal box.
Speaker 1:I know, and now you know what I'm gonna do. What do you? Put a newspaper on my counter. Do you get the newspaper? I get them online. That's the washer journal on the weekends newspaper. I I'm going to do a test. I'm going to get the physical newspaper and put it on the island and see if anybody sits and reads it. Maybe I'll sort it strategically. Okay, stay tuned for that. All right, I'm excited to hear how this goes. Can you see four kids lined up reading the paper? They probably won't even notice. That would be great, though. I think that would be nice.
Speaker 1:I also was looking into the best, healthiest things to eat for breakfast, and we talked a little bit about oatmeal and berries, but cottage cheese is one of them. Not for breakfast, I know. Don't people put it on like peaches, peaches and cream Peaches and cottage cheese? That means something different. But they also talked about smoothies, which I like.
Speaker 1:Smoothies, chia seeds what are chia seeds? I have chia seeds, no way. Oh, you're going to make me try one. No, but what are they? They are high in fiber and omega-3s Great. And they're just little like seeds. What do they tell you from A chia, pet Plant, I don't know, and you just eat them out of the bag. No, no, no, I sprinkle them. Oh, they're like poppy seeds.
Speaker 1:I was going to say like pepper, but, yeah, more like poppy seeds. They're kind of like I was going to say like pepper, but, yeah, more like poppy seeds. But they have fiber and protein, anything, because the kids like the protein in them and they have a lot of calories. Two tablespoons is 120. Dang, so I have some bulkers in my family. What is the serving size? Two tablespoons, oh, two tablespoons, yeah, 120 calories, which is a lot for two tablespoons.
Speaker 1:But if they put them in like smoothies or in yogurt or in Greek yogurt to up the protein a little bit, do you like Greek yogurt, flavored Greek yogurt? Yeah, I find it very sour, oh, but anyways, I'll eat stuff because it's healthy, not because I really like it. See, you're good like that, but I can't mind overmatter Like my morning gruel. Yeah, go to my dry oatmeal. I'm going to give it a shot. I mean, I've had it before, but it's been like the kind you in the packets it's flavored. But you can get that packet unflavored. Yeah, I'm going to give it a shot. Okay, why not? Although it's getting well, it's not really getting warmer. Did you see that Japan likes to eat rice, fish and miso soup for breakfast? I have heard that it's a thing. Yeah, can I tell you a funny breakfast story? Yeah, and then I know we got to get to highs and lows.
Speaker 1:When I was pregnant with Aiden, al signed us up to go with friends on a ski trip to Switzerland, and maybe you don't know this about me, but not an avid skier. It had been a long time and I talked to my doctor I was probably like four months pregnant and she was like, well, are you a good skier? I said no, she goes. Then I would not recommend skiing while you're pregnant in the Alps. I was like fair, so everybody else it was like 10 people would go skiing and I was like wah, wah, billy, no-mates by myself.
Speaker 1:Who, billy No-Mates? I don't know him. Tell us a British expression Like Billy No-Mates, like no friends, no-mates, Billy No-Mates, no friends. Oh my gosh, billy, no mates, billy no mates. Like walking around this town and it was also like a disaster getting there. And then we had to go to this dinner and you were supposed to sled down the mountain, pitch dark, and I was like I'm pregnant, I can't do that. I had to leave dinner early and get a snowalet and then I had to take a taxi. I was not a happy camper. You were Billy No-Mates, I was Billy No-Mates, pregnant no fun, nora. And I was a little chip on my shoulder, not happy about it.
Speaker 1:So Al's like let's go get breakfast. So we went and got breakfast the last day. We were there and I sit down and on Al's plate it looked like a wedge. It was a little wedge and I was like, oh, he thinks that's cheese. But I knew it was butter. Oh no, did you let him eat it? Yeah, he took like a big. So you were mad Well, I was super mad. A big fork full of this. And he put it right in his mouth and was like you were bitter nomates, not Billy nomates. And he took the biggest bite of just pure butter and he was like did you know that was butter? I was like, oh, yes, I did, it's nice having a go. And then it was okay. Then I was like okay, that was funny. And then I was like I don't know what that says about me. It says that you're a good sport. That's what it says. I tried to be, you are, anyways, that's it. So now I'm really hungry, same. But before we go Now I want to go out for breakfast.
Speaker 1:Before we go, let's do a quick round of highs and lows. Oh yeah, let's do it. My low is that our flight was canceled leaving Florida, and then which it wasn't that bad, it was just that Aiden missed the first day back after break. Yeah, that's a lot. That was a real pain in the neck. And then not only was our flight canceled, but our rescheduled flight was a connecting flight through Kansas City. We had a three-hour layover in Kansas City, and then our bags didn't make it.
Speaker 1:I think my low would be the bags. The bags was bonkers, and so we had two bags. We got them back, but our booster seat is MIA. That's okay, she doesn't need it anymore. But I also feel like, though, we have an extra, so I'm not driving around without a car seat, but part of me is like they should still compensate us for it. Yeah, I think so. Whether or not I need it all the time, that's still my property that you lost. They still lost something. So they said after five days they'll touch base again. But, um, where is it exactly? Where? Is it like just hanging out in an airport somewhere? Someone, someone's like check out this great booster seat that four kids have sat on. It's kind of a smiley Milo is.
Speaker 1:I somehow threw away a purchase, and it wasn't a big purchase. It was just like hand towels for the bathroom. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, for my bathroom, the kids' bathroom and the downstairs bathroom. So three packages of them. Shoot, I know I hate that. I hate that too. And then I did that on Thursday and garbage day was Friday. Oh boo, and it was just annoying. It literally threw money away. Oh, I'm sorry, but my hi is.
Speaker 1:My mom was here and we did a little adventure to refresh my front porch and entryway. I noticed your new rug. It's lovely, yeah, so it was just a nice little spring refresh. Oh, it's nice to go shopping with somebody else to help you pick out things for your house. It is Especially your mom has such great taste. Yeah, so that was a little perk to spring. Happy spring, oh, spring cleaning. How about you To Florida, being there, the sunshine, the pool.
Speaker 1:We went mini golfing at night, which was fun, which was great, because there were no complaints about it being too hot and obese. So it was really a win-win for everybody and yeah, we just had a blast. We saw a movie when it rained and good food Looney Tunes. The Day the Earth Blew Up oh shoot, I know Bad day. Well, there's a whole gum pun plot line, so it's not as bad as you think. I was literally watching the movie and be like, oh, that's why it blew up. Okay, got it.
Speaker 1:I wouldn't really recommend it, that's okay, you found something to do to fill your time. I wouldn't really recommend it, that's okay, you found something to do to fill your time. My mom was like oof, did the kids like it? They did. There you go. Yeah, the kids liked it. It was silly, you know we weren't looking to like have our lives changed, you know. So it was good. It was just a really nice trip. It was nice to get away. Now I got to honk her down. Find that booster seat. Find that booster seat in Southwest. Let's go. Well, I think that about wraps it up for us today. Thank you for joining us. Make sure you check out our account on social media, nora, is that not what you call it? That's right, nora has been working very hard and you've been doing some really great things on TikTok and Instagram and I'm really lucky to have you land the plane. I know I see flight delays. It's contagious and that's about it. Bye.
