Let it Snow!

December hits different when the lights go up early and the shopping falls behind. We open with that honest tension—trees trimmed, carts half‑filled—and a little serendipity: Sidewalk Surfer, the skate shop Nora grew up admiring, just landed on a NY Times national “best stores” list. From there we steer into language shaping our timelines, decoding Oxford’s “rage bait,” the hype around “biohacking” and “aura farming,” and why Cambridge’s “parasocial” feels uncomfortably familiar. The words aren’t just trends; they’re a map to how we prod, posture, and sometimes get pulled into scams that exploit our need to belong.

Food brings levity and nostalgia. We laugh at the Cheez‑It crusted turkey leg on a bowl‑game menu and turn it into a practical kitchen win: oven‑baked Cheez‑It chicken tenders with panko crunch, kid‑approved and weeknight‑friendly. It’s a reminder that December rewards low‑lift comfort, especially when schedules run hot and daylight runs short. Then snow takes the mic. We admit we love the first clean blanket and the all‑clear of a true snow day, even if driving is dicey and parking lots become slush quarries. Along the way we trade memorable stats—from Mount Baker’s jaw‑dropping totals to Chicago’s legendary 1967 blizzard—and talk about staying safe, staying sane, and letting the weather give us permission to slow down.

The heart of this conversation lives in small rituals: carols on repeat, hot chocolate under winter lights, kids asking Santa for sweaters, and a seven‑year‑old’s band called The Hot Coco debuting an outrageously catchy track named “Reconciliation.” These moments don’t erase the chaos; they anchor it. If you’ve been craving a pause, a laugh, and a nudge to choose warmth over noise, you’re in the right place. Listen, share with a friend who needs a snow‑day vibe, and leave a quick review to help more people find the show.

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Transcript

Holiday Prep Highs And Lows

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Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora. And Nora, we're sure glad you're here. We are. To our repeat listeners and those tuning in for the very first time. Thanks for stopping in. Yes. All are welcome. Yeah, tis the season. Tis the season, indeed. What are you doing with all of the season? With all of the season. I will say this. I think I'm doing a great job with decorating. Like my house and tree are decorated sooner than they ever have been in my whole life. A little behind on the whole gift front, though, Nora. I've tried. I'm very uneven. Like it's feast or famine. Okay. Some people are clearly getting cold. Some other people have been very good this year. How about you? I came out of the gates hot. Okay. Yeah, you did. You were Black Friday, Cyber Monday, all over it. I was. And then I came to a screeching halt. And now I'm kind of scrambling.

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Okay.

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We still have time. Some of my children are almost finished, and some have zero gifts.

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Yeah.

Sidewalk Surfer Makes A Top List

Words Of The Year Unpacked

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Yeah. But that's what happens when you make a dumb list. Correct. It is what happens when you Yeah. I'm I'm trying to communicate to this to them as well. Like, let's be reasonable. Yeah. You know? Um, I do find that it's coming quickly, though. It's like I didn't realize my kids had finals next week. And then once everybody's home, it's hard to get the rest of those things done. It is. Yeah. It kind of hit me. I was like, oh, they're off for like five or six days before Christmas. Yeah. Right? Because they get done on the 19th. Correct. So that's gonna be a festive week. Oh, Lord. Oh! What? Um I hate to jump the gun, but remember last week we were talking about skating and you mentioned that shop that used rollerblade to? Oh, this no, no. That I would get my rollerblades? It was like a skate sidewalk. Sidewalk surfer? Yeah. The New York Times came out with the 50 best clothing stores in America. Is Sidwalk Surfer on there? Sidewalk surfer. Duh. Look at it. Is it the same? Exactly the same. Mm-hmm. There may be Scottsdale, yeah. There may be buzzier skate shops, but few, if any, are as dedicated to the pastime than Sidewalk Surfer. Get out of here. What are the chances? I know. And how did you see that? What number was it? It was number one. Oh gosh. Okay, well, there you go. Unless it's alphabetical by state. I don't know. But Illinois had zero. This is exactly what it looks like. It's darling. It would be weird if it didn't look like that as a skate shop. It hasn't changed. It looks authentic. Oh my gosh, I love that Sidewalk Surfers getting some love. Yes. So very, very cool. Yeah, a lot of places in California. Zero in Illinois. Skate shops. No, it's just the 50 great or 50 best clothing stores in America. Wow. Yeah, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Colorado. That's a big title. Florida. Yeah, this is alphabetical by state. But I was very excited to see that and excited that I actually knew one of the stores. Way to go, Scottsdale. Yeah. So congrats to Sidewalk Surfer. Yes, congrats to Sidewalk Surfer. Last year we did a lot of discussing words of the year. Oh my gosh. I have this in my notes too. And we recognized quickly that Oxford had a word of the year, and dictionary.com had a word of the year, and Cambridge had a word of the year. Did you take a peek at any of the words of the year? I saw the Oxford University Press Word of the Year. Which is actually words of the year. It is words of the year, listeners. It's rage bait. Rage bait. Do you hear that at your house ever? Yes. Yes, I do. Sometimes I am accused of rage baiting. Oh, I accuse my children of doing it to each other. Oh, you say stop rage baiting. I'm like, you're baiting him. I'm like, oh, because of like, oh, he's raging. I was like, you baited him. Like, you started it. So you were using this word long before it was trendy? I think I've heard it. Okay. Like, I don't think I've really started anything. What about aura farming? Oh, was that one of the other? Aura farming was from Oh, you know what? Let me start over. So rage baiting actually beat out two other words, one of which was biohacking. Oh. Biohacking is like hacking you. Like plastic surgery? Kind of. It's like fad dieting or like I think would be like biohacking or like a workout regiment to turn back the biological clap. Oh, not like hack like chop, like hack like hacks. Correct. Oh, okay. Like your biohacking, maybe like a skin peel. Yes. I don't know. I wonder if Botox would be a biohack. Maybe. But I also feel like hacks are typically not backed by research or science. This is true. They're usually like, uh, it's a hack. The other word it beat out or words was aura farming. Just love aura farming. I wish I used that word more often. But I just don't. And those were all the Oxford words. And it beat out aura farming, which refers to cultivation of an impressive, attractive, or charismatic persona or public image by behaving or presenting oneself in a way intended subtly to convey an air of confidence, coolness, or mystique. Okay. So it's kind of like it's showing up. Putting your best foot forward. Yeah, I can't tell if it's negative or not. Because on one hand, I'm like, oh, you're acting like a lady or a gentleman, but is it not genuine? Oh, I'm not sure. I'm not sure if it's a positive or negative connotation. We need a young person. We do. Yeah, that's what I don't know. How about Cambridge? Did you read that one? That one was parasocial. Oh. Okay. Is that like sometimes I go out, but sometimes I don't? It's like sometimes I feel like I'm out. It's like some, it's when you feel like you have a relationship with a famous person despite not actually knowing them. Oh. Yeah. That's tricky business. Some yeah. Or I wonder though, because like certain like I was very happy for Taylor Swift when she got engaged, but I'm like, why, why am I happy for her? I don't know her. Would that be like a parasocial thing? No, parasocial would be like, I'm so happy for Taylor. She got engaged. I'm throwing her a virtual shower. Yes. Like everybody come over to the code. So to the extreme. Yeah. Okay. Gotcha. Oh. I had someone come in to work. Well, it wasn't my customer, it was somebody else. They were buying gift cards for Jennifer Aniston. She and I email each other and she asked me to send her these gift cards so that maybe we could meet up sometime. Oh no. Isn't that heartbreaking? And that my colleague wouldn't sell that. He was like, I'm not selling these to you because I believe that's a scam. And this person was like, no, we're friends. You're just jealous.

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Oh.

Parasocial Pitfalls And A Scam

Kids’ Bands And Reconciliation

Cheez‑It Turkey Legs And Recipes

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Oh. It's nice to know that your colleague was trying to protect her. That was really I know. It's heartbreaking. I'm like, I can't get any of those customers. I won't know what to do. And then she left. Yeah. And probably bought them elsewhere. Yeah. Ah. Shoot. I know. But on to happy. Oh wait, what is the other? There's is there another word? Is there so that's Oxford, Cambridge? What about dictionary.com? Oh, six seven. That's a boo. That's not a thing. Whatever. Dictionary deck. My daughter has started a band. Get out of here. The wool wool wool wool. Sorry. My seven-year-old daughter. You didn't start at a band. They're called the Hot Coco. I love it. Her first single is called Reconciliation. They're a Jesus band. They're a Christian rock band. I don't know though. They're kind of ragey. It's not what you would think. It's like reconciliation. You guys. It's hilarious. It's a rage. A Jesus rage band? It is kind of a Jesus rage band. But then they also have like a theme song for their band. Oh. Which is nice. But does she sing? Does she play an instrument? She sings and plays the guitar. She doesn't know how to play the guitar. She just strums it and like screams. So at school, she was she had recruited some people to be in her band, The Hot Goku's. That was great. And then the next day, I think there was some tension in the band. The band broke up. The band broke up because she was asking me, How do you how do people stay in a band and make it work? I was like, Well, I think it's pretty hard. And usually they have a manager to keep them in line. Are you a band manager? No. Who writes the songs? Is it collective? Rose. Well, I have a feeling she wants a band, but she wants to be in charge of the band. So I'm worried she's a little bossy in the band. So she maybe wants to be a solo artist. I think she might be more of a solo artist. Or maybe the lead singer. Yeah. Shh. So Aiden is hard to wake up. And we were kind of joking at dinner last night. I was like, I'm going to let Rose wake you up tomorrow morning with reconciliation. So this morning she woke up and like shot out of bed. And I was going upstairs and she just had her guitar in her hand and like bedhead. And I was like, where are you going? She's like, I'm going to wake up Aiden. I was like, oh God. It's like Rory's still sleeping. You had to wait till Rory's up. So as soon as Rory woke up, she popped up from breakfast and ran upstairs, and we could hear Raggets in a reason. That's your candle. You can handle. It's like awesome. Can we have her on the show? Oh my God. I'll I can record it. That would be fantastic. I will tell you it's a bit of an earworm. It has been stuck in my head for two days. That's okay. I um also started a band when I was younger with my friend Whitney. What? And our we really only had one song that we performed called Baby Baby. Okay. And we were a little bit older. We were in the fourth grade. Did Amy Grant copy you? She had a song called Baby Baby. Yeah, I know, right? Yes. Or Ooh Baby. No, ours is called Ooh Baby. Oh, Ooh. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Okay. We had a pink little three-ring binder. And we wrote music. Oh my gosh. And wait, what was your band called? You know what? I'm gonna have to check in with Whitney. Okay. Because I don't remember it having a name. It's Ooh Baby was the single. Was your top top of the charts single? It was our hit, yeah. Do you remember how it goes? I'll have to check with her. You do remember? No, I do. I mean, I think it was really just Ooh Baby. Justin Bieber, it works for him. Baby. Yes. Everyone copy. Kelly wrote it in her bedroom, it was our recording studio. Oh. Yeah. But hey, switching gears just a little bit to the Cheez It bowl. Excuse me? You know the Cheez It Citrus Bowl, the football game? Yes. So switching gears a lot. Yeah, that's that's okay. Do you know they are serving the Cheez It crusted turkey leg as a food option there for concessions? Oh, baby. Oh you know what though? I bet that's good. You do? I bet it's good. I don't like meat on the bone. I don't like anything on the bone. If it was like a chicken breast with Cheez-Its, I bet you it would be pretty good. Because some places on with mac and cheese will sprinkle Cheez-Its on the top, and that's pretty. I love Cheez-Its. So you would love that. Well, you wouldn't like the turkey leg, but it'd be messy. I know. You and I are both like have a fist fire. It's like I would think also when you take a bite out of it, it's like Cheez-Its everywhere. Yeah, that's all the power maintenance crap.$25 a big steep, isn't it? Super steep. I mean, I know it's concessions at a big game, but$25? Yeah. Dang. Well, I'm curious to hear how it is. I hope it's good. I know. I don't know how we can get our hands on one. We'd have to make it ourselves. I'm not making a I'm not making a chicken like a chicken breast with cheese on it. I'm gonna see how that I bet you there's a recipe for this somewhere. It's like shake and bake with it's like breaded chicken, but with I bet you because I think people will put salty and crackers on chicken. This is definitely gonna be a thing. Oh, this is definitely a thing. Cheese at chicken, it's called. Five stars, one hour. What else? Sour cream, chicken breast, butter, garlic powder, and cheese Its. I am gonna make these cheese at chicken tenders. Let me see. Avery cook. Is there a picture? Oh that's Avery. Oh, Avery. I don't think she's eating them though. She's making them. Fifteen minutes, so crispy. Don't bother frying the chicken when you can bake it. I don't like close-up pictures of food. That's too close up for me. You want me just to read it? But I am curious. She's the oven-baked chicken tenders. One of my favorite snacks growing up and in college was cheese eit crackers, and I'm not sure why I fell out of the habit of buying them. I don't know, perhaps because they're chemicals in a box. You're paraphrasing. No, yeah, okay. All right. This is a lot of words for her. I'm like, let's just get to the recipe. Oh, it looks good. You have to crunch them up real small. Okay, cheese-its, panko, breadcrumbs, eggs, salt, and pepper, and chicken tenders. Yeah, done. All right, I'm gonna make one this week. All right, you let me know how that goes. We kind of went ultra. Oh, we talked about it. Well, no, that's fine. Well, that's an interesting thing. Was there a picture of the turkey leg? Yeah. Yeah. Maybe you can post that for our listeners. Okay. Should we check in with ourselves? Yeah, let's do it. Twas the beginning of December at Mike Hagerty Buick GMC. Not a creature was stirring, not even the Hummer HV. Their inventory was parked on 93rd in Cicero with care in hopes that customers soon would be there. It's the season of savings, and there are so many ways. Make your way to the showroom to see the display. And the enclaves are here, and the Yukons are too. Come see for yourself if there's something for you. If you don't live in Oakland, no worries at all. This sales event has something for all. Visit their website. You'll be there in a flash. If you buy for a gift, they'll rap with a sash. This is the place for service and deals. Mike Haggerty Buick GMC is full of holiday steals. And now back to the show. Our topic today is snow. Let it snow. And it certainly has been. In Illinois, at least. In New York? No snow. Really?

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Yes.

Sponsor Rhyme And Snow Topic

Why Snow Days Feel Like Gifts

First Snow Memories And Safety

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In Wisconsin, snow day. Oh, today was a snow day. Oh boy. At least we didn't have a snow day. I love a snow day. But not right now. I want one in like the January 20th or maybe like a February 10th snow day. Not up not by Christmas. Why? I need them to be at school. Fair. Okay. I love a snow day. That was Christmas Snow Day. I love. I love the vibe of a snow day when everybody just can kind of stay chill and there's nothing and everything's canceled. Yes. I love when life gets canceled. Yeah, I do. I mean, whoa. Yikes. You're just talking like holy cow. Wow. I just mean it like, yeah, when you have like when you recover. No, I know exactly what you mean. And I think everybody else will too. That when you have your whole, you're like, okay, we gotta get up. We have school, we have practice, we have this, that, and the other thing. And then all of a sudden, you have the whole day. And it's just chill. Yes. There's no expectations on your time or your your day. That is a nice, it's like a gift. It's like getting time back. It is like getting time back. I love the way snow looks. And I love a snow day. And that's about all I love about snow. Really? Yeah. I like what's when it first falls and it looks really, really fresh. It's sad when it's like dirty. That's Elle's most least favorite thing. And we're in a particularly icky situation around here because the snow came so early. Our town didn't have time to pick up the leaves. There is yeah. And so now we've got dirty, snowy leaves. Why didn't they pick up them up? Well, I think because they were supposed to the week after Thanksgiving and they didn't because it snowed. We had that huge snowstorm on the 29th. And it's it's tricky now because I was like, oh my gosh, there's so much snow. And now that it's melting a little bit, I'm like, oh no, those are leaf piles. I noticed my fall plantings are still around my book box. Yeah. I didn't realize that earlier. Well, then what are you gonna do? Nothing. I hate the parking lot with like the giant snow dress. Dirty iceberg. Yeah. I had a lovely thing happen to me today, and I feel a little bit bad because with all the construction going around our street for the whole summer, it was finally basically done. And then yesterday, they were jackhammering holes into the street. They were jackhammering holes in the street again and working on the sewers. And I was a little annoyed. I was like, rightly so. Yes. At the orange cones back, all this stuff. This morning, more of the same. And I was a little salty about it. But I was also a little salty because my husband does a good job shoveling, but he didn't get the end of the driveway. Oh no. And so it was all like ice and like, and I'm just worried because it's gonna get colder and more snow. And I was like, you know what? He doesn't seem worried about it. I am, so I'm just gonna take care of it myself. Helped there with the shovel. It's more ice, like you're like, so I'm like, yeah. And then one of the construction people came over and his little like scoop shovel and helped me. He was like, Do you want some help? And he basically like plowed it. Cleared it. Yes. That was really nice. And then I wasn't it, you know, and I thought, oh geez, here I am complaining about these guys. Like, they don't want to be here. They don't right. It's not like they're like, sweet, let's go punch holes in this street again. Let's go inconvenience the tailors. Yeah. And so he did me a really, a really nice thing because that saved me a ton of time. Yeah. And it looks it looks way better. I love to hear that. Now it's gonna think you're a real rock star. I was like, look at that. He's like, I didn't think it was a problem. I didn't know. Do you remember the first time you saw snow? No, because I was probably very smart. You will know. I will I remember the first snow when we lived here. In Arizona, we can take the kids up to Flagstaff. Oh, okay. To see snow, so that's always like a thing. To take the Polar Express and see snow. One of my children in particular despised the snow when we moved here. It was Catherine Grace. But other than that, she's grown accustomed to it now. She still doesn't like it. She just manages I'll have to put I'll post some throwback pictures. Oh she's like sad face. Angry face. Yeah. Oh. Did your kids like snow when they were little? Yeah, we uh had a weird thing because they were born, you know, mostly in snowy places. And then we just had that little stint in Texas that it was just worm all the time. But I because I was born in Chicago, but we moved to California when we were when I was two. So I never had remembered seeing snow. But then when I was in first grade, we went to think we had Thanksgiving at Lake Tahoe and it snowed. So you really do remember snow. So I woke up and I was like, oh my God, it's Christmas. Like, what a dummy. But and then my brother's like, no, it's Thanksgiving. It's like, thank you. Two years younger than me. And I was like, this is magical. Like I was just amazing. I do. Yeah. I do like snow. I don't like when it's when I'm driving and it's scary in it. You know, like on in that snowstorm, I had to drive twice that day, and I w it was scary. I don't like what it does to the side of your car and how everything looks dirty. Everything just looks dirty. You get kind of like that that mark. But we had a couple when we lived in Pennsylvania, our driveway was a gigantic hill. And one day there was a bad snowstorm in Pittsburgh, and they canceled school. So like our parents had to come pick us up midday. So my mom picked up me and friends, and we had this big giant chevy van that we had bought in California. So it was like no-wheel drive and it was terrible in the snow. So my mom was scared because to get into our neighborhood, she had to drive up like two hills, let alone like the hill to our driveway. And if you can't get up the hill, like if we try to get up our driveway, our neighbor's house was right across the street. Oh you would have just been like so, and she had kids in the car. So we parked at a restaurant and we walked home because my mom was she made the right call. She was probably that was smart. And then I remember she made homemade, she made cookie cake. She made like chocolate chip cookie dough and then baked it on a cookie sheet? Cookie sheet. Does she still do that? No, but I but it's you know, like it's one of those things where you're like this is the coolest thing I've ever. I'm like, this is a great day. God's cooking. I would love a cookie cake. Right? Good for her that she had all those ingredients. Right? Just laying around. I know. That was the 80s, man. Just, yeah. So, anyways, that was that. And then South Bend was we were there for the Polar Vortex. Oh, we were here for the Wait. There was one in 2013 or 2014. Okay. And that was the first time I'd ever heard of it. And I swear to God, every week there was a snow day. Or it was, it wasn't even snow cold. It was no, it was when we lived in South Bend, so it was 13 or 14. Oh. It was one of those things where if you boiled hot water and threw it outside, it would turn to snow. Oh, I didn't know if that's a thing. If it's like zero degrees out. Oh my gosh, I want to try that. And that's along with my Cheez Its. Oh, there you go. So it was a polar vortex. It impacted South Bend. It was late in 2013. And it was Oh my God. It was brutal. And I the Aiden and Rory were little. We lived in an apartment.

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Oh, that's right.

Record Snowfalls And Chicago Stats

Carols, Sweaters, And Winter Joy

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And so it was like I would just take off all the cushions off of anything we had, and they would just like jump around in their underpants. And I was just Because what else do you do? Oh my God. Yeah. It was just I would we would get packages and I would save the boxes and they would decorate the boxes and we did drive-in movies. Like they would sit in the box and then they would eat their lunch. Then I would put the TV on. Like, I don't know what else to do. There's nothing else you can do with two small children in an apartment with a polar vortex. Oh my God. It was just bananas. Every day was like colder. I just remember the polar vortex here one of the first years we moved here and not really realizing it was a thing. So the kids were off school. And I was like, well, what are we going to do? And then I quickly realized we do nothing. You do nothing. Because everything is closed. Well, I was looking back, kind of, I was curious about the most snow that had ever fallen in Mount Baker, Washington, in one season in July 98 to June 99, had 1,140 inches of snow. Oh my gosh, I can't even picture that because Chicago gets approximately 38 inches of snow per year. So that pales in comparison. When was this? That's like seven feet of snow. 80 or 98 to 99. 1998? Yeah. Oh my goodness. And then the largest snowfall ever was in Camp, Arkansas. They had 78 inches in like a 24-hour period. That's a lot. But even for Chicago, so in 1967, they had 23 inches of snow. So January 26th to 27th of 1967, they had 23 inches of snow. I think that's like famous. And two. Two days prior to that, the temperature was 65 degrees. That's insane. And then so it was 65 degrees, and then two days later, snowing two feet. I meant to ask my parents. I didn't have a chance to ask my parents about it, but I was curious if they would remember it. But then the article I read said that our five inches of snow on November 29th and all the other snow that we've had, that this is the snowiest start to winter since 1978. I did see that, that it was the most snow that's accumulated in a certain, what, 24 hours since the 60s? All of last year, Chicago only had 17.6 inches. And we've already had 17.1. It feels snowy, doesn't it? I think we've, I mean, and today it snowed again, so I feel like we've surpassed that. Yeah, I think it's maybe it's just gonna be a snowy season. Snowy season. I do I will say I do like the Christmas song Let It Snow. That's one of my favorites. It is I like because it is. It's like, oh, the fire is so delightful. It is. I love Christmas carols. Catherine Grace loves Christmas carols, and they are on in the car and they're on in the house. And it is her favorite season by far. It's awesome. The day after Thanksgiving. And she is like she's ready. She's all in. Yeah. And it's something that's a good thing. And she doesn't she doesn't like that snow as a part of it, though. The one thing she's not on board with. The Jimmy Fallon station on Sirius XM Radio is really good. It has some great Christmas characters. Oh, it does? Mm-hmm. Oh, that's good to know. Yeah. Well, if you're not listening to us, listen to that. So yeah, we'll see. I think, yeah, I think the snow is here to stay. I do too. Look at that brave soul. Are they walking in the on a walk? I also think I don't mind snow because I like to be bundled up. Yeah, you like yourself a sweater? I love a sweater. I love a scarf. Oh, speaking of Rose, too. On her Christmas list, it was like this, that, the other thing. Sweaters. She has Santa for sweaters. She is your daughter. Oh my god, I've never loved you more. I just can't wait to take your a copy of her. I'm like me too. Oh, her single reconciliation. It's gonna be a it's a bop. Should we launch into highs and lows? Let's do it. All right. My low is that my gal, who I love, who does our Christmas card, sent me a proof and asked me to make sure did I say this one already? No, but you know the story. That my children's names were spelled correctly before we sent out the Christmas card. And I checked quickly, and they were. What I didn't notice was that one was missing. Shh. And they arrived, and I thought they were brilliant. And then one of my other daughters looked at that card and noticed that in fact her sister's name was missing. Shoot. And that is my love. I'm sorry. But my hi is that my photographer sent new cards or my designer sent new cards. She did. She did. She's incredible. She's a photographer in the Phoenix area, and then she'll also create the cards. But living here, she doesn't take our pictures, but she still creates the cards. So Scott still peeps, if you're looking for somebody, Latricia Sozie. Look her up on the Googles. Yeah. Because she's the real deal. That's so great. So great. Although my brother told me a story, and it's gonna make you feel better. Okay. They got a card and a f from a friend, and the friend must have used ChatGBT to write their message because in the card it says, got it. Here is a message that is a blend of holiday warmth and seasons greetings. And then dear friends, yada yada yada yada, with love, and then brackets, your family's names. And then she put the kids, her, her husband, and the children with their ages, but not the last. So if you're gonna use chat GBT, be careful with your copy and paste. Did she do this on purpose? I don't think so. I think because if you did it on purpose, it would have to be like have an AI Christmas or thanks to chat, you know, there'd have to be some kind of like wink on the card. That's funny. And she sent it anyways. Do you think she noticed? I have a feeling no. I mean, because if I I don't think I would send my cards if I did that. That's embarrassing. That is embarrassing. That's bad. It's really bad. It's really bad. Cute kids, but you Oh man, that's her low. What's yours? My low is my eye is red. Actually, both eyes are red, and they just feel dry. Do they hurt? I keep getting headaches like in between. I don't know if it's like a sinus thing. Because the other day I was like, oh, it feels better if I put my fist under my cheeks. I need to see a dog. I think maybe you should get that looked at. I think I need to. But it just looks creepy, and I'm afraid to put makeup on. Yeah, but your eyes probably don't want makeup. They don't want makeup right now. But your hair looks fantastic. Tell me about your high. We went to the illuminations at the Botanic Gardens. Oh. The six of us and my mom came to. And it's one of my favorite, favorite Christmas things. Do you drive through or walk through? You walk. How was your weather? It was cold, but it wasn't windy. So it was fun. That's okay. And we were prepared and you know, we've got layers on. I've got hand warmers, and we stop halfway through and get a hot chocolate, which is delicious. Also, do the pumpkins is at the same place. Nice. So that was really nice. It makes you feel like you're in the holiday spirit. Like, oh Christmas time. So which it is. So go on, get your holiday shopping done. Don't forget to tune in. What's your high? My high was actually Oh, that was a low high. A high low. Yeah, it was a low high. I don't want to ever cut you off or like keep you from your high. Oh no, I'm always high. But now it's time to say goodbye. It is time to say goodbye. Wait, wait, I'll tell you something.

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You're too lovely to my good. I was just gonna tell you something. But I can tell it on the air. I can tell it while recording. I was checking out at the grocery store yesterday morning and I checked out at probably, I don't know, 6 12 in the morning. It always is six. She's like, you're just so cheerful. What are you on? Who? And I was like, well, nothing. Wouldn't it be funny if you were like, well, yada yay, yada da da da da da? Isn't that weird that she said that? That's weird. Yeah, right? How about it's nice to have a customer this early who's so happy? No, it's flippant. Yeah, it was weird. Why does it have to be a negative? Well, all right. That note, let it snow, let it snow, let it still. Bye.