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Chicagoland, Corn, Clay, and Cats! · Let's Wine with Brenda and Stacy

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  SPEAKER_01: This is Brendan Stacy with Let's Wind with Brendan Stacy.
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  SPEAKER_01: We're back with just another episode because we don't know where we've been.
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  SPEAKER_00: Where have you been?
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  SPEAKER_00: You left me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I did.
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  SPEAKER_00: I left you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I went to the Chicagoland area.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what the Chicagoans call it.
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  SPEAKER_00: La La Palooza was going on downtown, so we didn't go towards downtown.
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  SPEAKER_00: I bet.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've been downtown on one of our past trips.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was amazing.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm glad we did it.
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  SPEAKER_00: We went the opposite way, I guess.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know which way is which.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know that.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know that around here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Left.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know that.
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  SPEAKER_00: But anyway, we went to Wisconsin.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was so excited.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have another state now.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's the furthest north I've ever been.
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  SPEAKER_00: We, of course, went on a boat ride, um, a little boat towards Lady of the Lake tours, what it was called.
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  SPEAKER_00: It had a bar on the what lake was it?
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  SPEAKER_00: Geneva.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's it.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's Lake Geneva.
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  SPEAKER_00: I keep wanting to call it a different name, but it's Lake Geneva.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that was a blast.
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  SPEAKER_00: It had a bar on the boat, so I had a good time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and it was interesting, you know, to see all the Wrigley's home and probably their second or third home, but monstrous homes.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was very pretty, even though it was kind of rainy and the weather wasn't perfect.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was still cool, so I wasn't complaining.
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  SPEAKER_00: I had a hat on, so I didn't care what my hair did.
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  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, it was really nice.
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  SPEAKER_00: How was the drive up there?
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  SPEAKER_00: Long.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a long, long trip.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've also discovered for extra fun that it's hard for me to travel 12 to 14 hours in a car now because my body is just like we don't like that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And my feet and ankles swelled from the ride up and from the ride and from the ride back.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we stopped a lot just to get out and walk.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of course, we had to go to Bucky's coming and going.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was telling Jeff when we were on our way there on the way up.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was like, this better not disappoint.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we went to Wisconsin.
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  SPEAKER_00: I also, and while we were in Wisconsin, you can't go to Wisconsin, in my opinion, and not have beer and cheese.
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  SPEAKER_00: We found a place called a Topsy Turvy, and it's an old, old, old, old, old Baptist church that they have turned into a brewery.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe they had one, I just didn't notice.
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  SPEAKER_00: I just wanted beer.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was so fun, you know, trying all the different beers.
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  SPEAKER_00: I got a flight, of course, and enjoyed that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then fried cheese curds and two different flavors, and he just had to do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was like, do we are we hungry?
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  SPEAKER_00: Are we thirsty?
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  SPEAKER_00: Who cares?
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  SPEAKER_00: We're Wisconsin.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're gonna live like Wisconsin's.
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  SPEAKER_00: That was a hoot.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was so excited when I found out we were going to another state.
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  SPEAKER_00: I couldn't believe that wasn't their lead story.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, let's go to Lake Geneva in Wisconsin.
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  SPEAKER_00: I would have been flipping out.
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  SPEAKER_00: You were close.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're pretty close up there.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know directions, and I didn't, you know, it's not like I'm gonna look at a map and study where I am.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anyway, that shocks me.
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  SPEAKER_01: I want to know where I am.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, I I have no clue.
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  SPEAKER_01: I like aerial views.
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  SPEAKER_01: I had no clue where the hell nothing was.
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  SPEAKER_01: Anytime I go somewhere now, I check that GPS because I want that aerial view of the map.
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  SPEAKER_01: It helps me learn my way around because my sense of direction is so off.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, well, I've never tried that, but um, so we did that, then had a a pool day over with family.
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  SPEAKER_00: We stay with Jeff's parents, his uh mom and stepdad, and they were so accommodating.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, it's nice to be with family and you know, have your space and yet all be together at the same time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the pool party was fun, all the people were fun, seeing everybody was very nice.
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  SPEAKER_00: I got to meet a lot of his Jacobowski side of the family and a lot of his mom's side of the family, so it was awesome.
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  SPEAKER_00: And just going somewhere different is fun for that long of a road trip.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh it's hard for me to sleep with Jeff driving.
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  SPEAKER_01: I was wondering, that's what I wanted to ask about.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: The driving.
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  SPEAKER_01: How did that go?
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  SPEAKER_01: Because I know he has a bit of a lead foot.
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  SPEAKER_00: He does have a bit of a lead foot.
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  SPEAKER_00: He gets too close for comfort toward the next car.
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  SPEAKER_00: I feel like I have to stay awake to maintain right who's gonna scream if I'm asleep.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I have real bad FOMO.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have fear of missing out on what we're gonna see or what we're gonna pass, or even though there's m miles and miles and hours and hours of nothing but cornfields, it's interesting to see the windmills, wind turbines, and how they live.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we talked a lot about corn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, I don't want I love corn.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love corn too, but I don't want the corn that's growing closest to the road.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, not highway, I don't want highway corn.
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  SPEAKER_01: You don't want exhaust corn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'm like, I don't want that.
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  SPEAKER_00: What's your favorite kind of corn?
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  SPEAKER_00: On the cob.
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  SPEAKER_00: On the cob.
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  SPEAKER_00: Flavor it all up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Cream corn, pop corn.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't want the highway corn.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Jeff goes, Jeff goes, oh, they use that corn as feed.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm like, well then we it's the same, like, we're not directly eating it, but they're feeding it to the animals we eat.
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  SPEAKER_01: I know that I eat.
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  SPEAKER_01: So you might as well just put your mouth right around the exhaust on that car.
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  SPEAKER_01: Might as well just suck it in.
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  SPEAKER_01: Pretend you're eating corn.
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  SPEAKER_01: Pretend I'm eating corn.
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  SPEAKER_01: Well, I missed you while you were gone.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know, I miss being home.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, there's no place like home.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is true.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what I heard from the Wizard of Oz.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's no place like home.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is true though.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know sleeping your own bed and pooping your own toilet.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is nice to go.
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  SPEAKER_00: I I do like going places and doing that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it was nice.
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  SPEAKER_00: We had a down day after driving up there all day.
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  SPEAKER_00: We had to have a down day of nothingness.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that was even a nice day.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, to just hang out and relax and wear my moo moo and you know, enjoy your day.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh well, when you were gone, I went to a pottery place.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm so jealous.
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  SPEAKER_01: Well, you'll be going with me next time.
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  SPEAKER_01: We've got to make something for the Let's Wine podcast.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm going.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm going.
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  SPEAKER_01: We will do that.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then I went off to Catsit for two nights for our coworker.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I got to cuddle with kitties.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know, and I got paid in wine.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, I mean, if you they paid you money, you would just go spend it online.
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  SPEAKER_01: So there you go.
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  SPEAKER_01: I know.
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  SPEAKER_01: They made it easy.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then I had it there if I needed it.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's awesome.
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  SPEAKER_01: It was.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it it was a place that was closer to work too, so I got it.
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  SPEAKER_01: I got pampered.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh the drive was easy there and back.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I got to play with Loki and Tim.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's cute.
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  SPEAKER_01: I know.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it's funny because one's a lover in the evening and one's a lover by day.
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  SPEAKER_01: But I thought it was gonna be the other way around.
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  SPEAKER_01: But Loki was the one that slept in the bed with me.
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  SPEAKER_01: Good boy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Aww.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then you got to get your kitty fix.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kitty pets and kitty fixes and I know I think it's funny the first thing you asked me, did you bring a cat home?
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  SPEAKER_00: I was curious if you're gonna try to steal one.
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  SPEAKER_00: I tried to steal a dog while we were in Chicago.
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  SPEAKER_00: I believe it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And where is it?
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  SPEAKER_00: Apparently these people are too attached to give me one.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh-huh.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, it's hard to talk somebody out of their animal.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, I think she'd have been like, you take my husband, but you're not taking my animals.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's easier than now.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I did not bring home an amazing animal.
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  SPEAKER_00: But we're getting there.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we've got another trip coming up soon, and after that's done, I think Jeff and I agreed we're gonna talk about it.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're gonna start talking about it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then after that, you got Scotty coming.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, me, Scotty, why are you coming to see me?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm so excited.
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  SPEAKER_00: We'll have to drag him in here and talk about some dumb shit he's got going on.
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  SPEAKER_01: I know.
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  SPEAKER_01: We just wanted to tell everybody the dumb shit we've been doing the past few days because last week we just kind of did a happy summer and we'll be back on track next week.
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  SPEAKER_01: We're gonna do a part two of the Assumptions episode, but we've actually been gone.
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  SPEAKER_01: This was kind of put on the back burner.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: But we're still here.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: We're not stopping anytime soon.
• 7:01
  SPEAKER_00: I know.
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  SPEAKER_00: I I still I'm just to the point.
• 7:03
  SPEAKER_00: I know I I was uh gave away gave out some cards while uh we were traveling, and you said you had two in the last few days.
• 7:10
  SPEAKER_00: We listened to podcasts, not ours, but other podcasts on the way up there, and we're not doing too bad.
• 7:15
  SPEAKER_00: Well, good.
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_00: I know our first, I don't know what, several maybe episodes were rusty, and but we left them because they're part of our history, but I think we're doing really well.
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  SPEAKER_00: I took it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Tell people to work backwards through the episodes if they're gonna listen.
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  SPEAKER_01: I gave out cards too to the girl at it's called iCandy Art Studio, and I gave her some cards and I saw that they're following us now.
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  SPEAKER_01: Nice.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I can't wait to go back and get my cup, and we'll have to go back and make something.
• 7:39
  SPEAKER_01: And you and Jeff need a date there.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's a cute place, and it's in Duluth, it's not far.
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  SPEAKER_01: Definitely, definitely I wanna go.
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  SPEAKER_01: Definitely.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want to go, definitely.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'd already talked to him about that when I saw the pictures that you posted in like.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's a good question.
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  SPEAKER_01: I need to find that out.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because some of those like painting with a twist, they let you bring stuff in.
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  SPEAKER_01: I don't know.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's a good one.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like, or at least like if we buy it next door, is this like a partner company that we can bring it over while we're painting?
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  SPEAKER_01: That's a good question.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I don't have to bring my own bottle.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll definitely pay for the whole point is just having it while we're yeah, just to have a little sippy sip bringing my zippy cup baby.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_00: While you're creating.
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  SPEAKER_00: While I'm creating, but I'm being creative.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can't wait.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's go.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know I can't wait to get the callers.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm ready for them to call you and say, hey, your item's ready, come get it.
• 8:27
  SPEAKER_00: Because I think it's so cool.
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  SPEAKER_00: It just sounds fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've been to something like that before and uh boy have I.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh it was um it was neat, you know, and you have something, you know, I created something.
• 8:39
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's been gosh over 30 years.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I still have it.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I still have the Valentine's Day thing that Scott and I made.
• 8:45
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: I sent you a picture of that this morning.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like you and Jeff have to make something together.
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  SPEAKER_01: It doesn't matter what it is.
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  SPEAKER_01: But I use that little heart-shaped bowl all the time.
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  SPEAKER_01: Upstairs right now, it has my pens in it and my fireplace remote and TV remote, all that stuff gets thrown in that yeah, little dish.
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  SPEAKER_01: So it's useful.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's go.
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  SPEAKER_01: Our regular shows will resume next week.
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  SPEAKER_01: Awesome.
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  SPEAKER_01: I can't wait.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we wrap in this one just to say this is where we've been.
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  SPEAKER_01: We've been cap sitting Chicago, Wisconsin.
• 9:10
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I worked.
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  SPEAKER_01: I and I did work through the weekend too.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, I know, did I?
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm a working girl.
• 9:15
  SPEAKER_00: I'm sure this weekend I'll be there all damn week.
• 9:18
  SPEAKER_01: They're gonna use and abuse you now that you're back.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_00: I know.
• 9:21
  SPEAKER_00: And then we gotta get a probably a couple of recordings in next week because then I'm gonna be gone again for like four days.
• 9:27
  SPEAKER_00: Four or five days.
• 9:28
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and it's good.
• 9:30
  SPEAKER_00: You hear what's happening in the background?
• 9:31
  SPEAKER_00: I hear.
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_00: Yep, another storm coming.
• 9:33
  SPEAKER_00: No, another storm coming.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we're gonna wrap it up.
• 9:35
  SPEAKER_00: We got TV shows to catch up on that we missed for the week.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_00: I go back to work tomorrow since we didn't come rich while we were gone.
• 9:43
  SPEAKER_00: Or you start a conversation.
• 9:44
  SPEAKER_00: How much longer do you think I should work, Jeff?
• 9:46
  SPEAKER_00: Did you do that too?
• 9:48
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 9:49
  SPEAKER_00: What do you say?
• 9:49
  SPEAKER_00: Well, it's complicated.
• 9:51
  SPEAKER_00: All right.
• 9:52
  SPEAKER_01: We can talk about that another time.
• 9:53
  SPEAKER_01: Why not?
• 9:54
  SPEAKER_01: Like what's the perfect age to retire?
• 9:56
  SPEAKER_01: Uh 52, in my opinion.
• 9:58
  SPEAKER_00: We'll come back and talk about that some other time when we're back on our regular scheduled thing.
• 10:02
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, so we'll be back next week.
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, let's do it on Let's Wine with Brendan and Stacey.
• 10:06
  SPEAKER_00: Bye.