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THE NON-NEGOTIABLES OF GETTING OLDER · Uncluttered and Unfiltered: The Podcast For Women Over 50

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Welcome to Uncluttered and Unfiltered, the podcast urging
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you to let it go and don't look back, with nationally acclaimed
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professional organizer Christine Stone and self-proclaimed Hot
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Damn Mess radio and TV personality Eden Kendall.
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Welcome everyone to UNCLUTTERED and UNFILTERED.
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We're the podcast for women over 50.
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My name is Eden. Christine Stone is with me as
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always, and she is a professional organizer.
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This is not a podcast about organizing, but we have an
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organizing tip at the very end, so stick around for that.
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And today we're going to talk about travel organization,
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right? Yes, we are because it's tis the
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season coming up on summer travel so.
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That is correct. OK.
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So summer that's coming up. Our topic today that we will get
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to shortly is things that are non negotiable now that we're of
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a certain age and again, stick around for that.
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You all have quite a lot of input into this from our ladies
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only Facebook page. So we always start out now.
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This is the new season, the fourth season.
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This is how we do it. We can't.
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Believe we're in Four Seasons, but go ahead.
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We always start out with what's on our radar and I would love to
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start out with what's on mine because I think my producer
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stepped out of the room for a minute and this is a great time
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for me to say it with nobody hearing it but us gals.
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I got Botox that I've gotten the same exact Botox before, but
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every time I get it I forget that the first few weeks I have
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trouble making pee sounds with my mouth because it's right.
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It's nothing that's supposed to make your lip curl up a little
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bit, and so my bees and my peas are very exhausting.
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Oh my. Gosh, and I always forget and
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then I always say, you know what, I'm just not going to do
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it again. And then it's time.
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But I have to. It makes a difference.
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I agree it does make. I don't care what anyone says.
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Do I think Botox is the answer to all the problems in the
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world? Maybe, but I think I definitely,
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you say you're never going to get it done and then what
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happens? It starts to wear off and you're
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like, OK, I'm just going to do a little bit.
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It's addicting, I think. It also is something I forget I
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had. It's very much amnesia related,
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much like pregnancy. So 2 reasons I say it causes
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amnesia. The first one is you forget.
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So when you're sitting in that chair again, you're like, this
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is not fun. And then the second piece of it
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is you forget you've had it. So you try a new product and all
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this and it seems like the product is working beautifully.
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And then you remember, oh wait, it's been 2 weeks and all of
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that Botulism is starting to take form in my face.
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And so that's what's happening now.
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So anyway, that's that's on my radar what you got on yours.
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OK, well I am going to start off with me going to the Michael
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Jackson movie and my thoughts on it because that has been on my
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radar since I went to that movie.
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I mean, you would have. OK, first of all, let me tell
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you, I was a little bummed out that the time that I went there
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was not all the dancing and fun that I saw in other theaters on
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social media. OK, But I got through that.
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But I feel like what I've seen a lot of people are feeling as if
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he died all over again. And I had was in such a Michael
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Jackson funk for like a week after I saw the movie.
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So I'm giving people warning because all I wanted to do was
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listen to Michael Jackson movies and I mean music and watch.
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Somehow I got on that algorithm. So all I saw was like replays of
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his funeral, replays of his interviews.
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And so I really thought it was, I thought, I thought it was
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amazing. And I think if Jafar Jackson
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does not get nominated for an Oscar, then I don't know who
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should. Because I liked every single bit
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of it. And I was fine that it ended in
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198889. I didn't need it to go any
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further than that. I thought it was absolutely
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amazing and captivating and I would highly recommended to
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anybody who is a Michael Jackson fan and that's.
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That's a great review. I would say it again.
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Let's just say that. Well, I am definitely planning
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to see it and, and a lot of people I, I want to see it in
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the theater. I have a lot of people who have
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said to me like, you have to see it in the theater.
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I'm like, well, we do have a pretty good surround sound
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system in my house to where if I watch it, the screen will be
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big. It will be very like the the
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couch will shake so but I still kind of would love to have that
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experience. But if like when you went,
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people aren't into it, I'm not going to be happy about that.
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Well, I think, I don't know now that it's been out a while if
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people will be like doing what they were doing.
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But I definitely thought it was worth going to a movie theater
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before. And as you know, I had not been
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to an actual movie theater in like 8 years.
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So Michael Jackson finally got me to go to an actual movie
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theater and so I I definitely thought it was worth it.
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I do think you have to be somewhat of a Michael Jackson
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fan to see it, but I loved everything about it and I highly
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recommend it to anybody to go see it.
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So one of the things that alarmed me when I was listening
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back to our podcast from last week or a few weeks ago, I it
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all runs together now, as you said that you were going to get
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the popcorn in the Michael Jackson hat.
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And I thought, that's clutter, Christine, that Michael Jackson
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hat is clutter. What are you going to do with it
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after you eat the popcorn out of it?
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So what did you do? Well, they didn't have it at my
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theater. They did not have the bedazzled
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drink cup or the Michael Jackson had at my theater.
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I don't know. So I.
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Boycott. Yeah.
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Wait another 20 years before you go back to the theater.
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But if they had, I would have thrown it in the garbage.
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Just so everyone knows, I would not have kept a plastic hat that
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I got popcorn out of. I just wouldn't.
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I don't know. That's me.
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That's my. You wanted it.
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But I wanted it to have the experience.
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OK, at least say you'll donate it.
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Don't throw that away. I know there's something out.
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There, or I'd use it as a Halloween costume or something.
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Yeah. Oh, now I'm really sad that you
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didn't get it. Yeah, I didn't.
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Or you could wear it when we have our disco party.
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Well. Because that's happening.
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That is happening. I hope everyone's listening.
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You got to keep getting followers on our ladies Only
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page because I'm ready. So I have a couple more things
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on my radar and one of them is more timely than another.
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They're neither particularly timely, but they are show
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business related. So I thought I better get these
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out there now before these stories change too much.
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One of them, You may have seen this and then there's a reason
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I'm sharing this. Simone Biles, the gymnast, Did
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you see her video about the 23,000 Glam $23,000 Glam squad?
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So she, she was going to a big event, not the Met Gala that was
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last night, but some major celebrity studded event and her
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team sent over the glam squad. I, I think celebrities a lot of
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times have people that just set these things up.
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And so they don't really think about it.
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It's just like, oh, you're going to be at this thing.
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We'll send over the, the regular team.
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So she gets the bill the next day and she's, she's looking it
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over. And granted, she is very much a
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millionaire, but it's a $23,000 itemized bill to glam her up for
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this red carpet and this party. I don't know if it was the
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Oscars. I can't really remember what it
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was. And she said, that's it, I'm not
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going out anymore. I'll stay home.
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That's. Ridiculous.
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That is absolutely ridiculous. And the.
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Reason I love this story myself is because when we're watching
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these celebrities and they look flawless and we think why every
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time I'm seen out in public do I not look flawless?
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There is a team working very hard in a lot of cases, not all,
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but in a lot of cases to make sure that the celebrity is
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looking how they're looking. So just instead of beating
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ourselves up, just remember we saved $23,000.
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I mean, I don't know what you would get for that.
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I mean, hair and makeup. And if she had a stylist, I'm
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sure she had the stylist before that actual day.
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So you're just talking hair and makeup.
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I mean, come on. That is, that's ridiculous.
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Even if you're a millionaire, I think that's ridiculous.
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Speaking of great perspectives on spending money, this just
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dawned on me. I was at a Derby party this
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weekend and everyone was betting on the horses.
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And my friend Stacy, who is always good for pearls of
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wisdom, said to me, did you bet? And I said no.
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And she said, but if you did bet, what would you bet?
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And I said $100. She said what horse would you
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pick? And I said so happy because the
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jockey is 59 years old. And she said, well so happy,
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didn't want, didn't win. So really you just won $100.00.
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So what would you like to spend your $100 on?
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And I thought, you know what I did just win $100 by not
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betting. I now I'm going to go buy myself
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a present for $100. Wait wait wait.
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I'm confused by not betting you won $100.
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By not betting I didn't lose $100 therefore by her logic.
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By her logic, yeah. My horse Great White gotten some
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sort of tussle beforehand. He's a big giant woman through
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the jockey. Yeah, and didn't even get to
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race, so that tells you what my my Derby party was like.
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But anyway, yeah, no, I agree. I didn't bet my husband did, but
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I did. I usually like to because it
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gives me a little dog in the fight and it makes me excited,
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but I didn't in this case. Anything else on your radar?
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Watch me anything good? You know what I in my opinion,
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feel like all I have a million channels, OK, 1,000,000,
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Netflix, Peacock, Paramount plus.
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What is going on? There is like nothing good going
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on to watch and I am ATV freak. I mean, I love to watch
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everything that comes out. I mean, I've watched a lot of
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shows, but they're like, you know, nothing's like that
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fabulous that I'm watching. Did you watch the Kate Hudson
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running point? No, I didn't watch.
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That that's been this season was really, really good.
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I loved that and also big mistakes with I watch.
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That here's the thing, I like him, so I wanted to watch that,
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but to me he's still the same character.
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From he is the same character, but she the the woman.
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She was hilarious. She was so great.
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So, so great. So yeah, to me that was.
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Worth watching, but I mean, I was.
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Not enough to where you thought I'm going to tell everybody.
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No, no. I kind of feel the same way, but
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at the same time I did laugh a lot.
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Watching, Yeah. I mean, I love him.
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I think anything he does I would go see just because I love him
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so much. So I did see it, but I wasn't
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like, oh, you have. To watch this.
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My radar is been summer camp. For yes, summer camp for
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grown-ups. You've mentioned this.
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I know how much you want to go. I I.
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What is it about it that appeals to you?
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Well, I think what appeals to me is it's all women, you know, my
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age or older, OK. And that I think would be fun
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for a weekend. But then here's the problem.
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Then I like clicked on it and it was like a lot of athletics, you
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know, like a lot of challenges, athletic type stuff.
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And then I kind of was like, I wonder if there is a summer camp
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for grown-ups that isn't all athletic, you know what I mean?
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Those are just spas. Oh, really?
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Well, maybe not. I mean, I feel like there should
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be. You know what?
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You know how camps can have different themes one week it's
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this theme that they should theme it out so that there is
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one where you or even do it. Like I went to Girl Scout
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sleepaway camp as a kid and we had badges you could get while
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you were there, and you could get canoeing and you could get
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snorting. It was in the keys.
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You could do all of these things.
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Like you could do it for badges because we've talked about how
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much we get badges. Oh I would love.
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That pedicure badge and your your facial badge.
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I wouldn't mind. To give them to get them.
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I wouldn't mind doing like fun, like kid oriented stuff, but I'm
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not, I'm not at a summer camp necessarily to go injure myself,
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you know what I mean? Yeah.
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And I'm not a big runner like you are, so I feel like I'd be
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sitting alone a lot. And then I'm like, why would I
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even go if I'm just sitting around by myself?
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Oh my gosh, that's so sad. I know.
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It is so sad. So anyway, but I have been
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fascinated by it. That and sour bread.
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OK, in the sour bread pin in the sour bread.
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Just a second. Let's go back to the summer camp
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really quick. Would you at least participate
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in like color wars Day at the last day of camp where every
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cabin goes up against each other and like a tug of war and a hot
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bunnies or three legged race and all the stuff that's in the
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movies? I don't think so.
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OK, you just want to be on a raft in the lake.
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I would be on a raft in the lake for sure.
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OK. I would do like any kind of
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meaningful like group discussions, sure.
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Like learning about each other or what?
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Fireside Chats. Yeah, fireside chats.
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I would be into stretching and yoga or Pilates or, you know,
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everyone just sitting around and like kind of venting about life
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and having some commonality and all that.
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That's what I think of grown-ups entering my knees, my ankles, my
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back is not on my radar ever at this point.
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Now you're very athletic so you would probably be bored to death
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with my grown up summer camp. I've literally been on some
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trips over the past few years that are very summer campy, so
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including things that are called Ragnar races and things that are
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called adventure races where you're out there and you're
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doing these things and you're camping and you're doing all
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these things. So I wouldn't mind a more
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relaxed version of those. Really.
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Oh yeah. I mean, I think that's what mine
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were missing. I mean, there was the camping
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out, there was the bringing all of the the food and preparing
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it. There was all of that, there was
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coffee through a French roast and all the things, but I feel
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like there was a much more posh way we could have gone about it
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so. Like glamping?
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Like glamping? Like, I also don't want to pitch
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my own tent, you know what I mean?
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Right. Nor, I mean, ever have to.
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If I have to pitch my own tent and it rains, we're in big
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trouble because it'll probably be put up wrong and then it'll
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be a disaster. Right.
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OK, you're making sourdough bread.
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No, I'm not making it. Absolutely I am not making it.
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But my new thing is to get homemade sourdough bread.
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And I've I've now had 1235 different types of homemade
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sourdough bread and I love tasting the different types.
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And I'm also obsessed with toasting it with lots of butter
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and I it's some. I don't eat any other kind of
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bread anymore at all. I am in my sourdough bread
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error. And I love it.
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It's very Taylor Swift of you. Except she actually makes her.
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Do you? Do you like to make a grilled
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cheese with it? I make a grilled cheese with it.
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I, I mean, you name it, I put honey on it, I put jam on it.
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I, I just, I eat it with my like if I'm doing spaghetti, I mean
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anything, I just am in my sourdough bread phase and I love
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trying different peoples because they are very different.
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Everybody has their sour. I'm learning this, their
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sourdough bread starter and everyone's starter can be
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different or something. So they really do taste
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different. Interesting.
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Yeah, OK, you'll have to try my daughter's gluten free sourdough
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bread. She has that.
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Start. Really.
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Yes. Wow.
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So yes, I I know you guys hang out so.
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Yes, absolutely. We're going to take a quick
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break. We could go on forever probably
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with all these topics, and we will do that on our next
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episode. But right now we're going to
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take a quick break and come back with the non negotiables of
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getting older. So we are back and we are
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talking about the non negotiables of as we age.
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And by non negotiables we mean like we might have said, maybe
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we'll allow these things to occur in our 40s, maybe early
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50s. But now both of us are like
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Nope. Non negotiable.
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OK, so do you want to talk about your non negotiables first and
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then I'll tell you mine and then we'll tell you what everyone
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else is saying in our ladies only group?
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Yes, and I'm going to start off by saying I was at a girlfriends
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house for a couple days and this is how this topic started in my
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brain because we were laughing so hard that when we started
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talking about like the things we're going to talk about, we
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were like both going it is not even a question.
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Like that's it. It it's we're not even
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discussing it. It has to be this way.
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And I thought to myself, what else is a non negotiable besides
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the couple things her and I had mentioned.
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And so that's when I decided we have to talk about this because
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I think everybody. Does one of them was you guys
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started fantasizing about your coffee the night before.
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Yes, yes. What?
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What do you? Mean.
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I her and I were talking like, Oh my God, what if you have your
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blood work and they tell you you can't have come in till 9:00 or
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10:00 and you're like, wait, that means I can't have my
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coffee. And you start going crazy that
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you can't have your coffee. Or if, say, I don't know, you
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had to be somewhere by a certain time and you're rushing out the
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door and you can't have your coffee for some reason or you
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run out of coffee and you didn't realize it until the morning
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time. You're like, Oh my, I mean,
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that's enough to make someone go a little nutty at my age.
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Like you think about your coffee.
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The night before I was watching a movie with my husband and this
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guy was talking about, Oh my God, this coffee is just
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absolutely delicious. And I turned and looked at and I
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said, I can't wait until tomorrow morning to have my
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coffee. I mean, I think as you get older
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that and I don't have more than One Cup, but that One Cup of
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coffee. Non negotiable.
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Non negotiable. Absolutely.
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I agree with you on that cup of coffee.
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I don't typically start thinking about it until maybe I open my
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eyes in the morning, but it's definitely a non negotiable for
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me. A non negotiable is, and I
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voiced this, I don't think IA 100% knew it was going to be my
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non negotiable. I kind of thought it would be.
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But I was at this party Saturday night, the one I referenced a
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few moments ago, and it was not just a Derby party.
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It was also a pre Cinco de Mayo party.
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And they were doing margaritas and someone said, well, we're
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going to do shots of this was one of the ladies worked at a
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liquor store. She used to own a liquor store.
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Now in her retirement, she just kind of dabbles in it and she
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brought a selection of tequilas. And they were lining them up and
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they were shooting them. They had the lime and the salt
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and the whole deal. And I announced and you and I
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had just talked about this very thing on the phone.
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I said I do not do shots. I am in my 60th year of life and
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I don't do shots. I will sip.
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I will sip on, pour it in the shot glass and it's going to
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last 1/2 hour. I wouldn't do a shot even if
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someone was going to stroke me a check and say here's so I would
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not do a shot of anything at this stage of my life.
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It would. It would just not end well.
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Let's just say that it wouldn't end well.
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The last time I did shots was at my 50th birthday party.
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I remember that I was there. Yes, well, I only know who was
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there from the photos. Right, that's right.
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I'm sure I was there. I'm 100% sure I was the first to
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leave my own party. You were having a good time.
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That's. I was, because every time it was
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at a bar and every time I turned around, friends and strangers
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wanted me to do a shot. Oh yeah.
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So yeah, well, you're about to turn 60.
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A whole different ball game, my friend.
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Different. Yeah, they're, they're that that
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would be on the invitation. Yeah.
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Immediate, immediate ejection for anyone who tries to offer
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the birthday girl a shot. Yes, OK, House shoes.
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House shoes. What is house shoes?
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OK, first of all, not I thought this was my thing, but then
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apparently it's pretty big on social media as well.
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Who knew that a thought of mine would be that?
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But house shoes, I'm at the age now I cannot walk bare feet on
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hardwood floors. I have no, I feel like I have no
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padding left on the bottom of my feet and I have a lot of like
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annoying feet issues. So I have been on the hunt for
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the perfect house shoes. Meaning they don't leave the
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house. You take your shoes off on the
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in the garage and you put your house shoes on.
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So they're they've got to be like cushiony and they've got to
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be really comfortable and not slippers.
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And let me tell you why not slippers because some slippers
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are so flat, they're not really cushiony.
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So I'm not looking for slippers. I've got the answer.
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What oofas? Someone else mentioned that but
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I can't do flip flops. They're not flip flops we make.
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I got them for Christmas from my husband.
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I have flip flops and I have slides.
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These are slippers, but they are oofas.
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They are house shoes. I'm going to have to look into.
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That they look like little. They almost look like Uggs in a
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way. Like Uggs that aren't boots?
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So they're just, I'm going to look into that.
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But I, you know, and I have them, so I have house shoes.
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I didn't even know I had house shoes.
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That sounds so much cooler than slippers.
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Yeah, Oh yeah. And also, I even looked at
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Crocs. Yes, I just said that word.
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Crocs, but that's because it's hard to find something that's
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really, really cushiony and I. Used to them.
23:18
Like a lot of people love Birkenstocks and I love that for
23:21
them, but Birkenstocks are not comfortable to me on my foot.
23:26
But a lot of my friends wear them, whatever.
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So I'm not talking like that type of shoe.
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It has to be serious cushioning so if anyone out there has any
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ideas but I will try those for sure.
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Yeah, do try them. I mean, it may be that I I have
23:44
very flat feet almost you can almost hear suction cups when I
23:48
walk It's they're so flat. And I don't do them any favors
23:51
because I sometimes run barefoot on the beach and I do all the
23:54
things that, listen, I'm sure that my padding is completely
23:59
gone. And somehow I've just decided I
24:00
don't feel it anymore. But I do run and and keep shoes
24:05
that are very padded on all the rest of the time.
24:08
So there's really so rarely a time when my shoe is neither
24:11
elevated like this or on some kind of very arched support.
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So I'm with you and feeling like I need something under my feet.
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Yeah, and I hate to tell you, for some reason this is a
24:23
trending topic. So I don't know why, but I guess
24:26
everyone's looking for that perfect, I guess because people
24:28
are home more nowadays and they're looking for that perfect
24:32
shoes. So anyway, that's another one of
24:34
mine. So what are some other things
24:36
for you that are non negotiable and then I'll go ahead and tell
24:38
you what everyone's saying in our group.
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Sleep. Sleep.
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That's a big one. Is non negotiable if I like.
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If someone said it starts at 7:00 or 7:30 I will immediately
24:51
start to think OK by the time we get home and I've had a drink or
24:56
two at the party. This is going to mess up my
24:59
whole like sleep is non negotiable and I am like the old
25:03
school 8 hour sleep girl. If I can't get at least 7 to 8
25:06
hours I don't feel right the next day.
25:10
I need my sleep and everyone I talked to says the same thing.
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Sleep is a non negotiable as you get older.
25:19
That is something that on our ladies only on cluttered and
25:21
unfiltered Facebook group, we asked the question, you know, as
25:23
you're aging, what is something non negotiable?
25:26
And then I took all of it. I did a, you know, control A for
25:30
all, control C for copy and I threw it into ChatGPT and I
25:34
asked ChatGPT to sum up what our ladies are saying are the non
25:40
negotiables and it gave me back a nice little neat list.
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Oh. My God, I'm impressed.
25:47
Thank you, I'm impressed too. I really am massages and hot
25:52
tubs. Connie said that that whole like
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you know, letting yourself feel better is non negotiable quality
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accommodations and. AC.
26:02
Couple. That's so true, the
26:04
accommodation thing. So comfort while travel and your
26:08
environment. So Michelle and Cheryl and a few
26:12
different people said that no shots.
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That was that was me that put that one on there, exercise and
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self-care, which I think is a great non negotiable me time and
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no weekday plans. IA 100% I forgot about that.
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That would have been on my list too.
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I don't know who said that, but no weekday plans.
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And by the way, we are going in order to the things that like
26:39
one or two people said to things that lots of people said.
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So as you can see, as we're moving up, these are getting
26:45
more and more popular boundaries and saying no.
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Yes, I like that. Adequate sleep, just like you
26:54
said, adequate sleep. Ginger and Regina and Betsy and
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a lot of other folks said 7 to 8 hours essential.
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Yep. Comfy footwear and underwear
27:05
Even higher on the list. Comfy footwear.
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And underwear. Yep.
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Comfortable, low maintenance clothing.
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Yep, which is hard to find by the way, but anyway.
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And the number one non negotiable, protecting peace and
27:18
no drama. 100 percent. Someone was telling me a drama
27:24
story the other night and I turned and I said to myself, and
27:29
This is why you stay away from drama.
27:32
I mean, I can't imagine it's 63 being involved in some big drama
27:37
thing between women or whatever's going on.
27:40
It's just I'm so not into it. Any I I never was into but now
27:45
I'm really. You're really not into, yeah.
27:47
I mean, I even see like things on social media where someone
27:52
has a meltdown on the plane and they're screaming and yelling,
27:55
you know, do you ever see those where they're like, oh of.
27:57
Course, yeah. And just watching it makes me
28:01
stressed out not even being on that plane so I can't imagine
28:05
it's just it just causes stress. It's so none not necessary.
28:10
So I agree, no drama. OK, no drama.
28:14
All right, well, let's take a quick break and come back with
28:18
an organizational tip so that when you're flying somewhere
28:22
without drama, you can also be very organized.
28:24
We'll be right back. Welcome back.
29:17
So we are 2/3 of the way through this episode.
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We've talked about the non negotiables, we've talked about
29:22
what's on our radar. And it's time now for a
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Christine Stone of neatly organized organizational tip.
29:29
And today it is travel. Yes, and this is what I do and
29:35
it works fantastic. I like to get they can be
29:40
inexpensive Target zipper clear bags that are plastic or
29:44
whatever kind of bag you want, doesn't need to be expensive.
29:48
And what I do is I get miniature sizes of all my favorite things
29:54
and I like have each one for each thing.
29:56
So I have one for hair, I have one for skin care stuff that I
30:02
like, face wash, whatever it is, and then whatever else.
30:06
The third one may be makeups or any kind of travel size.
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And I don't touch them until I'm ready to travel.
30:14
You can't go in there and try to sneak some out.
30:17
You have to leave them in there. And when you travel, all you're
30:21
doing is taking these bags and putting them in your suitcase.
30:25
When you get home from the trip, you make a note of what you need
30:30
to replenish if you've run out of something when you were
30:33
traveling so that you can replenish it.
30:36
Restock your zippered bag and make sure to keep all your
30:40
travel items in one area, whether it's on a shelf, you
30:43
know, in a drawer, wherever you have room to keep all your
30:47
travel items. And when you're traveling, you
30:48
just go grab them and put them in your bag.
30:51
Love it. That's a great tip.
30:54
OK, well there you have it. So we have talked about the non
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negotiables, we've talked about all of the radar stuff, we've
31:00
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31:04
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