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Is this illegal? It feels illegal
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Before kids, a solo Target run, an uninterrupted shower, or eating hot food felt… normal. Now? It's not so easy to come by. This week on Whine Mama, the hosts hilariously unpack the everyday luxuries that somehow became forbidden once motherhood entered the chat. Wine of the Week: Poliziano Rosso di Montepulciano
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Introduction and Busy Schedules
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome to Wine Mama, of podcast where two bestie moms whine while they whine. I'm Annie. And I'm Jemina. Let's whine. And happy Tuesday. Yet another Tuesday has come and gone, so we're just going to go right into it because i feel like the weeks, we say this all the time, but the weeks just pass too far. But like I'm in like my busy season for work right now, so it's just passing way too far. So hello, my my beautiful, wonderful just bestie over there. and How's it going over there?
00:00:29
Speaker
It's going great. And just so you guys know that when Jamina says it's going too far, she means it's going too fast. Oh, no, it's going too far. Like it's like, oh things are just getting out of my brain oh yeah, it's getting out of hand. Like my tabs, I need to close a lot of them.
00:00:45
Speaker
Following. Okay. Okay. It's going too fast and too far. Like i both. Oh, my God. With the tabs in my brain right now. I think I'm, I'm, I gotta, I gotta,
00:00:56
Speaker
I just got to slow down. Tab overload. Yeah. Where it's like, you can't, at this point you can't even X out of them. It's like, it's just, just do a full refresh. You got to just do a full day. Like count work calendars, full social calendars, full mental calendars, full.
00:01:11
Speaker
I got to take my own advice and say, no, you know, like, yeah. Yeah, I can say no at work, though. So, you know, I got that that tab. Those tabs got to remain open. So yeah it's it's just I'm screwed in that department. But there's there's other areas where you have to say no. And I totally i totally feel you there. I'm feeling extremely overwhelmed. Like, um you know, we've talked about getting together again for another Disney weekend to finish the use of like our
Jemina's Work Travels
00:01:36
Speaker
tickets. And I'm like, OK, well, um April is going to work for us just fine. And that was like literally when we were planning this in January, like mid January. I was like, yeah, I'll see you in April. So I am right there with you. um Last week I went to, i was in California for work, which was great. I met up with my whole team, which we, um I'm a work for a vote company. So there were people on my team that I'd never even met. So that was really cool getting to meet them. And then this week I am, when this episode drops, I'm Tuesday, i will be going to meet another group of people for work, which is really exciting. I'll be up in Ohio, hopefully crossing my fingers for no snow because we don't do well in the cold.
00:02:16
Speaker
I do not do well in cold temperatures. So... We shrivel. We shrivel. You know the wicked witch of the West melts in the rain? was just about to say the same I was just about to say the same thing.
00:02:29
Speaker
I'm like, we're like the wicked witch. I mean, I'm wearing green, so it is kind of- And I'm wearing black, so it really track. It's giving wicked, it's giving wicked girlies your girly shirt, your girly girly shirts.
00:02:44
Speaker
Shout out two one of my other favorite podcasts besides my own, obviously. but wearing their merch today. But um yeah, no, we we give wicked ah energy for sure. Yes, it's giving wicked energy. and Not many kids stories going on. I
Kids' Curious Questions
00:03:00
Speaker
do have one. I shared this with you last weekend when we were together. It was... um ah from this random thought nugget that Kennedy had. And as you guys know, anyone with like younger children, you know that they'll just like come up with the most random things or ask the most random questions. And you're like, what?
00:03:17
Speaker
so we were eating and we were sitting and eating lunch while we were at Disney last weekend. It was just Greg, myself and the, and the two girls. yeah And Kennedy looks up and she's like, how many years have gone by since Adam and Eve died?
00:03:30
Speaker
and I'm like, I don't know. like How do you answer that? I'm like, oh, let me think back. Is this, yeah, is this like before, before Christ, after Christ? Like, i need, like, let me do a quick Google search so I can answer you. But like literally in the middle of lunch, she's, and like, we weren't on the topic of like, we weren't on the topic of that. She's just like, how many years have gone by since Adam and Eve died? i'm like, ah, let me get back to you on that.
00:03:57
Speaker
It's, um, we're going to have to really get a time machine for that one, I think, because yeah I don't know if that's documented somewhere. Yeah. I don't, I don't know how you would answer that for sure. No. So I, side so I sidestep that, um, you know, she's always throwing, throwing me, throwing me curve balls and I try to like write them down so I can remember them and also talk about them on the podcast because it's so,
00:04:21
Speaker
It's so funny. um But anywho, I know you said you are cuckoo crazy pants over there. yeah um Anything new with the kids?
Valentine's Day Gestures
00:04:29
Speaker
Nothing new, but I do have to give like the most precious shout out because it was um Valentine's Day weekend this past weekend. And Becca, you guys, was just like the cutest little gentleman. And i told Ben, make sure to raise him right type of vibes for this year because he's very impressionable. You know, he's just very much soaking everything in right now. yeah And they...
00:04:53
Speaker
Really nailed it. um He got flowers, a card and balloon from me and Avery, which, you know, it's one thing to get it from me, but I really wanted him to like make an impression on Avery too. And Avery was just like so beyond herself, like in pure awe of like, thank you, Beckett. This is so kind. Like she was just so...
00:05:16
Speaker
cute and precious and then he made a menu for us and he cooked dinner for us yeah yeah i mean i will say like i think that i think been like over expanded on the dinner menu because becca lost interest like an hour deep and because mean if you had to do other things like watch tv we were watching a movie and he was like i want to watch that and like i'm like you're gonna lose your chef my dude like you gotta yeah We got to get it moving along. We got to have appetizer, main course, and dessert all at the same time. We got to just bang them out.
00:05:45
Speaker
Get them out. 1,000%. So, yeah. Avie probably wishes that it was Valentine's Day every day. She's like, oh, yeah, I'm getting roses, getting my dinner served to me, like, left and right with my brother. Yeah, she's going to be like, when's Valentine's Day? When's next one? I know. But the funny thing is, like, Ben literally let Beckett pick out the cards, right? And for me, he did pick out, like, a mom card. Yeah.
00:06:08
Speaker
For Avery. Oh, my only girlfriend, like a little sweet girlfriend card. and Yeah, it was like a wife type card. It's like, honey, like, honey, you make like, but he loved it because when you open the card, like it's a puppy giving a hug. And Avery loved it. Obviously, Avery can't read. But like, it was just funny because I was like, did you let him pick out the cards? Like, did you read what he's like Yeah, he just liked the puppy. And I was like, I figured because like the words like, honey, I love you as much as you know, like very like wifey vibes. Yeah.
00:06:39
Speaker
you know what? It was the thought that counts and that's all that matters. And it was very, very cute. So I'm going to, that's my story of the day is a little shout out to all these dads out there that are, you know, obviously listening to us.
00:06:55
Speaker
make sure you set the tone because they are watching and they are hearing and they are listening. And um yeah. And half the time when Ben tries to be a little sass towards me, I'm like, your daughter's watching. Do you want,
00:07:10
Speaker
do do you want to play this game? I'm like, anyways, go do this. We are the, yeah. Anyways, go do this. dish We are the models for them. They are like listening and absorbing everything we do, everything we say. So just a little reminder to you know, um teach them, teach them the right way. Well, I'm sure that you had a glass of wine for Valentine's day. I'm sure it was probably not the one that we're having, but are we ready to wine with this week's wine of the week?
Wine Introduction: Poliziano Rosso di Montepulciano
00:07:38
Speaker
Let's wine with the wine of the week. let's do it and i'm gonna see how i can pronounce this first word um we are drinking this week we are drinking a policiano rozo di monte pulciano and we have had a wine from monte pulciano before it is a region in italy i immediately recognized the name but this is a new a new uh wine for us like a new company a new brand yeah for us and new variety is a new varietal dare say?
00:08:05
Speaker
I don't know if it's a new, I know that it's 90% Sangiovese, Sangiovese, which we've had, and then 20% Merlot. So both wines, both wines we like. So I'm excited to see.
00:08:20
Speaker
going to, well, okay. Depends. stuff Depends on the wine. Depends on which one we're having. I saw there. The Merlot is kind throwing me off, but. It's funny because the name Policiano, like it makes it is is that police in Italian?
00:08:38
Speaker
Like, im so like, and it kind of does. it kind of sounds like it would. Yeah. So but anyways, Policiano began in 1961 when Dino Carletti, moved by romantic vision for his native land and its centuries of wine tradition, acquired the first parcel of land around the area of Montepulciano.
00:08:59
Speaker
The name of the winery is a tribute to this indeed. In Italian, in fact, a native of Montepulciano. Can we just call it Monty? Well, going call Monty for sure, everybody. Okay, this is too much of a tongue twister. But anyways, it's called a Policiano, of which probably the most well-known in history is the humanist and poet Angelo Ambroghini. Okay, I should not have read this first paragraph.
00:09:23
Speaker
Anyways, nicknamed Policiano, represented in the logo. Okay. Which kind of tracks, okay. I see that in the logo. So the little logo is like the part' like a person on it or whatever. And so the like the most famous person, I guess, from that area is this guy who is on he's on the logo. And he was nicknamed Policiano. So yeah, so that's kind of cool.
00:09:46
Speaker
That's cool. But like they like do you just ask that person like, hey, listen, I think you're cool. And I'm to use you as my logo. I'll be really honest. This guy's probably... long gone you know i'm saying andy he's with adam eve he's with adam and he eve yes okay um as if i had to guess i will say it did have his like years of life in here but i removed like we don't need talk about like how long this guy was alive for but i do know he has passed and it has been okay noted okay no need to trademark i hope this is not light
00:10:19
Speaker
a light in the family to try to come after this wine now. So my apologies are my death. Did you mean I'm raising a red flag for the family? oh god That is just how things sometimes happen. Okay. yeah The Lamborghini is now coming after, coming after for the Calisciato family. Literally, when they're just trying to honor him, like, I'm just trying to honor him, but okay. Okay.
00:10:42
Speaker
This is so funny. So Federico Carletti, son of Dino, after completing his studies in agriculture, took over the management of Poliziano in the late 70s. He immediately made his mark and reached a philosophical turning point by studying and working exclusively with proprietary grapes. The estate since has The estate since his arrival, sorry guys, has grown over the years until reaching 170 hectares of vineyards. Federico focuses on quality viticulture, innovative yet respectful of the environment and tradition.
Wine Tasting Experience
00:11:13
Speaker
so I love that he took it over from his dad. That's very special. I love that. Is that my brother? just this i know. i know. When I saw that name, i was like, wait, Federico.
00:11:25
Speaker
fa like do you have a winery and you're not sharing i hope it's good not because i'm gonna have thoughts well jamina's coming after you about this this no no yeah no actually i'm not and no i do not want to start family drama like that let's be honest um but this wine serves up a lovely mix of wild strawberries violets and lavender so we've got florally fruity no so no tobacco no grass no like no dirt no yes so this is an interesante okay um and price range is not too bad anywhere from 16 to 20 obviously per usual depending where you get it from um let me take a little smell i did almost sip it earlier but
00:12:13
Speaker
It is supposed to be a dry wine. Like I said, it's 80% Sangiovese and 20% Merlot. Which is funny. i mean, it's it's dark like a Merlot. Like, it looks like a flat, like, I don't know, like just dark. But when you say dry, it's so funny because I don't picture the description, like strawberries, violets, and lavender as like drying.
00:12:35
Speaker
Right. um So like, are we going to be pleasantly surprised here or what? No, I'm a little nervous. Our last red wine, I had to get rid of you guys. I didn't drink it after that. and that's the hard, I will say like, that's the hard part about this podcast is like when you get a wine and sometimes like you can kind of toughen out there right or whatever, I'm just kind of drink it. But sometimes it's like, I, that's not even remotely enjoyable.
00:12:59
Speaker
And we had to pay, like, we we buy these. So um it's tough. But yeah, no, that one went down the drain. So I'm hoping that this is not the same case. It's depressing. But anyways, let's see if that's the case here.
00:13:13
Speaker
Let's see. there's Cheers.
00:13:19
Speaker
It's pretty dry. It's definitely dry, which, again, it's just weird. because I mean, I knew it was going to be dry, but, like, with the descriptions i'm not feeling the the lavender you know what i'm saying
00:13:35
Speaker
i don't know i feel like i can and definitely taste the strawberries i don't know i'm kind of like me i'm different i can't figure it out quite yet yeah i think i need to keep sipping on almost yes because yes it i can't make a decision quite yet it's not Impressionable quite yet. I think that's the buzzword of the night is impressionable.
00:13:56
Speaker
I've all used it thrice in this conversation. Let's keep let's keep tabs. Let's keep tabs. so But we've got a fun little topic we're going to kind of spit fire at you guys tonight because we just we have enjoyed like was it last week when we just had like no no it's just chats yes that was last week and it's the giggles but like this week we do have a topic and it's I don't know I feel like it's a topic that everyone like internally celebrates but not hourly celebrates if that makes sense you know yeah so it's things things that felt illegal before children yeah
00:14:32
Speaker
Yeah.
Parental Habits: Right or Wrong?
00:14:33
Speaker
Okay. So give, give an example of that. Cause somebody's like, wait, mean with that? Things that felt illegal before having kids. And I will tell you this because it has been happening to me like lately when I like leave for the gym or just honestly, like or lately, if I need to like go somewhere, like, and I'll be like Hey Ben, i I'm going to run this errand really quick is leaving my house with just my phone, just my phone wallet and keys, not a purse, a bag, like bare minimum.
00:15:01
Speaker
and bear Like literally, like i literally just carry my phone and my keys in my hand. Yeah. Like that's it. And, and yeah, it feels illegal. Like I feel like I need to have a bag with snacks and, um, I don't know, i crayons, um, paper. Um, I don't know. It's like, it's stressing me out just even speaking it out into existence, but yeah definitely feels illegal. And in to add on to that, driving in the silence, like driving in silence with the minimal amount of things, just what is
00:15:32
Speaker
It felt now, but now it feels like that is, that's life now. Like I enjoy, like I love my music. I've talked, I love listening to music. That's like, it's become more so like when I work, when I'm driving like short distances, i don't even realize sometimes my radio, like when the radio is off, like I'm like, wait, this is nice. Whereas like before it's like, you're always like radio is always on. You can't drive in silence. Right.
00:15:56
Speaker
Yeah, that's what saying. Like, it's like an inner peace that none of us knew. Like, it feels, it truly does feel illegal because like, where's the music? Where's the children fighting over what to listen to or fighting each other or yelling or trying to get your attention or show you something or have you pass them something or pick something up. So just like, you know, feels illegal. So that's, let's kick it off with that. Like, that's probably one of my um examples that definitely feels illegal.
00:16:26
Speaker
So wrong, but so right, you know? So wrong, but so right at the same time. It's the same as like going somewhere by yourself for like fun. And that sounds, that may sound like, oh, but you think like before kids, you always want to be out like with, like doing stuff with people, right? Like you always want to be in that social setting. and course there's times for that, but there's times that like, if I get a trip to Target by myself, I don't, i don't know when I'm go to see you again. i don't,
00:16:52
Speaker
Could be an hour. Could be two hours. Could be maybe just a quick pickup. Maybe just a quick target pickup. That's fine. But going somewhere alone and it's like, oh, this is so peaceful. And I so alone and the radio off.
00:17:03
Speaker
Come on. Like. I'm out. Target doing all those like together, you know, like bring nothing, driving in silence, going alone. Like what? What is that? Heaven? I don't know.
00:17:19
Speaker
Well, i can tell you I can tell you exactly what heaven
Adjusting to Early Dinners
00:17:21
Speaker
is. It's all of those things and then pulling back up and just sitting in your car and just like a couple like deep breaths in and out for like five minutes before going back in.
00:17:32
Speaker
Basically sitting in your car as long as possible until someone knows that you're there. yeah And they're like, are you in the garage? um Yeah, I just pulled out No, I've actually been here for 15 minutes. Yeah.
00:17:43
Speaker
Just hanging out. Just hanging out in the quiet by myself. In the silence. Like... That is so true. um Another thing too is anything that deals with like eating early.
00:17:58
Speaker
oh my God. eveningly Like dinner before 6 p.m. feels totally illegal, but you know what? Sign me up for a 5.30 resi. Like sure. The sooner the better, honestly. Well, that's like before that's like before kids. Like before kids, if someone's like hey, want to go to dinner at five? You're like, what? Yeah. Now, if you're asking me now, if you're like, that's what we like on Fridays when we're like, okay, like, cause always got dinner on Friday. Like, where are we going to go? I'm we're out the door by like five 30 at the latest to get somewhere and get home by like seven 30. Right. Like yep now don't ask me to eat if it's any, past anytime past seven o'clock and it's with the kids. No, no.
00:18:43
Speaker
I've got a trip coming up and we had to make dinner reservations. And the only available one, because this restaurant is like very popular and well-known, I guess, the only dinner reservation. And we and it only allows reservations 30 days out. And we were we set alarms like we're going to get the prime time. No, the earliest reservation we got was 9 o'clock and it literally feels like we're going to dinner at 2 a.m. m Like, I feel like we're all stressed over this dinner reservation. Like, we've asked them to put us on the wait list, cancellations list, because 9 p.m., that's illegal. Like, that's illegal as a parent. Previously, sign me up.
00:19:23
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. But now, I can't. I know. That's tough. Oh my God. I can't wait to hear you guys didn't, um, any earlier because like, again, it's like, okay, like we can do like, it'll be fine. It'll be fine. But then once it like starts creeping in, you're like, oh my gosh, this is so late.
00:19:42
Speaker
It's so late, but. You know what? We we do what we with what we can because there was no earlier reservation. There is no 5 o'clock, which I'm down to dabble. So we're just going to hit up probably every happy hour that there is to to survive. You know, the espresso martinis are going to be flowing early in order to flow in in order to make that reservation time legal. That is what is going to need to happen. um But pivoting back just to like eating another...
The Joy of Snacking Alone
00:20:12
Speaker
another thing that does feel illegal is when I get to finish a snack by myself. I don't have to it with my children.
00:20:23
Speaker
yeah Oh, and even better, I don't have to hide. i don't have to hide from them. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Because if you know, like they are little vultures. They know when you open the pantry, they can hear that crinkle of paper coming from wherever you are. They are like little hawks, like little vultures, like around, and like you are their prey, right? Prey. Yes.
00:20:43
Speaker
You are their prey. And they're like zoned in They are, they are eyes on the prize. yeah Yeah. They hear like the, they're like dogs, right? They hear like the slightest little crinkle of a wrapper or opening of a box. And it's like, Oh, what are you eating?
00:20:58
Speaker
It's like, can I, can I breathe? Can I have a minute? No, indeed you cannot. So it feels illegal, but it feels so again, it feels so right. And I'm internally screaming at the excitement and joy but that brings me. The excitement and joy. you guys, if you are drinking, this is a fun little drinking
Cancelled Plans and Relaxation
00:21:20
Speaker
game for you. If you are drinking every time we say illegal, go ahead and just like leave the bottle of wine out because I mean, you're going to be, you're going to be pouring up, pouring up the glass, but let's talk about laziness that now feels like, like just a luxury, like, Ooh, like a nice little luxury. Like I, again, we love to be social. We love those moments, but if someone
00:21:43
Speaker
has to like last minute cancel. I'm not going to lie to you. The weight and the relief that exits my body, knowing that I can, oh okay, great. Now i can go jump in the shower, put my pajamas on, put my little fluffy robe on 10 out of 10, 10 out of 10 feeling would recommend, would recommend asking a friend, just, just cancel me like one time, just as a little surprise to keep me on my toes and let me feel that feeling. Just, just one time cancel on me.
00:22:10
Speaker
Please make fake plans with me and then yeah cancel. Yes, cancel. And then cancel. Morning of. That way I'm not super excited. But, um yeah, i I don't think there's a better and better text to receive than when someone cancels.
00:22:26
Speaker
Right. Well, because then you can go to bed at like, what, 830, nine o'clock if you're feeling really crazy. But like, again, that would be like, imagine before kids going to sleep better. are Like that's illegal. Like you'd be like, wait, never. I'm not going to sleep at 830, nine o'clock. But now with kids, it's like, no, I that i need it for my sanity yeah to go. open I need it. Yes. Yeah.
00:22:46
Speaker
My body, my soul, my mind. I mean, this literally refers back to the beginning when I was like, things have gone too far and too fast.
Balancing Kids' Activities
00:22:54
Speaker
um Yeah, my, my body, my soul, my mind are craving that early, early, early bedtime, like, I would be happy to go – honestly, I would be happy to go to bed before my children go to bed. if If they can put themselves – if I can trust them to put themselves to bed, sign me up. Like, I'm out, guys. Yeah. like I'm signed up for that one. Yeah. Yeah. Sign me up on Same with, like, when you just look forward to doing absolutely nothing, which is very hard.
00:23:24
Speaker
when you have kids, because you do have to, I feel like you always feel like you have to be doing something to entertain them. Especially at the age that our kids are at, like they are at the busy age. They want to play together, which I love, you know, but when you do have that moment,
00:23:41
Speaker
of, wow, I don't have anything to do. i don't have a birthday party to attend. i don't have a sports. I don't have, you know, and a previous arrangement or a hangout or a play date or a park, or I didn't mention like, Hey guys, do you guys want to do this this weekend? Because yes it's rare.
00:23:59
Speaker
Yes. They remember. They remember my kids are really bad about being like, we'll be like finishing whatever activity. So like, say like Saturday, we're finishing whatever activity we're doing headed home. They're like, what are we doing tomorrow? I'm like, oh my God.
00:24:12
Speaker
Oh, I don't know. Like i my brain isn't even there yet. My brain is on like bath, brush our teeth, bed, shower for me, also bed, like maybe a book in between. Like that's where my mind's not on tomorrow yet. My mind is not on tomorrow.
Unexpected Joys of Parenting
00:24:28
Speaker
Okay. Another thing that felt illegal before having kids, could you imagine being excited about like cleaning or cleaning supplies or like getting a new, like Organizing.
00:24:39
Speaker
Organizer. Yes. Or like, I'll be honest, like we got one of those robo like vacuums for Christmas and it mops and it va and it vacuums. You guys, the excitement, the pure joy that Greg and I got in setting that up. And again,
00:24:57
Speaker
Before kids, and if someone was like, oh, my God. got a vacuum. We're going to go home and set. Like, that's what we're doing after dinner tonight. Be like, straight to jail for you. Like, you're a loser. Like, straight. Like, do not pesco. Do not collect $200. Like, straight loser.
00:25:15
Speaker
Loser energy. It's getting loser energy. Big loser energy. Like, illegal. But now, I'm like, we got so much excitement out of that. You know?
00:25:26
Speaker
And it goes like you so like they're organizing, like things like that. It's like. Yeah. Cleaning out the junk drawer, organizing the junk drawer. I've never felt happier. i don't think. Yeah.
00:25:37
Speaker
It's the little joys. It's the little joys it brings. And I totally understand the whole, because when we upgraded our Roomba to the vacuum wet mop one, Mm-hmm.
00:25:50
Speaker
I have no words to express what that meant to me.
00:25:56
Speaker
What it meant to me. Well, it's like, you know how they say like for every person in your house, that's how many that's how many days of the week you should vacuum, including animals. So I'm like, okay, so I'm supposed to vacuum my house every single day?
00:26:10
Speaker
You're saying every single day? so now that I have a little little thing that can do it for me, I'm like, this is cool. wait Does he have a name? Ours is Larry. So Larry cleans Monday through Friday from noon until he fucking finishes the job. i don't care if he's out there charging and has to come back out at 8 p.m. He's working. um Unfortunately, he doesn't is incredibly underpaid for his title. I was going to say, it sounds like you are working him to the bone. My God, poor Larry. Yeah. Especially with Doak's golden hair, golden glitter. I call it golden glitter. Golden glitter everywhere. And then my children, like Larry is.
00:26:51
Speaker
It has been a game changer with that. With the dog. Oh, my gosh. Yes. I mean, honestly, like Larry's the MVP of the family. Like Larry is really doing the Lord's work every day, Monday through Friday. Starting at noon. I literally hear him right now. He just went to the base. You probably can't hear, but he just went to the base and it got suctioned out and now he's back at work. Like he does not get a break, you guys.
00:27:15
Speaker
He is the definition of a hustler, okay? He is hustling. I do give him weekends off. I will say I will give him weekends off. That's so nice of you. Mine does not get weekends. Mine's every single day of the week.
00:27:28
Speaker
No, gets kicked because he hates to see Monday coming because that weekend track. So he's like a true like Monday through Friday, like worker. Like, you know, when you like, oh, the sun, he probably has the Sunday scaries are probably so real for that little guy.
00:27:45
Speaker
So real for Larry. um I feel for him. But you know what? Again, he's doing the Lord's work and getting all that golden glitter and dust and whatever the hell tracked into my home. And mind you, I have a no...
00:27:59
Speaker
No. I mean, I don't tell everybody, but I am. I, I think it's pretty obvious. I have a no shoe in the house policy. You catch on pretty quickly when you come to your house. Because I'm just very, uh, as a nurse and working healthcare, like I just find it very disgusting. Floors are disgusting. Shoes are disgusting. We carry and bring everything in. And it kind of triggered me when I had a baby and I would see how my baby's licking the floor. And I'm like, it's like, i' I just walked in a public bathroom with those shoes. h Like, i'm not okay with that. So again, Larry does the Lord's work and just maintaining that sanity portion of my brain. So I i sure hope you got him a Valentine by how much he's working.
00:28:41
Speaker
my god getting every day i i give him rest days saturdays and sundays that's 48 hours of nothing but i will say i have heard larry like i've gone to bed before because obviously larry runs out of battery right he needs to recharge so he goes home he recharges and comes back out oh so he can finish the job yeah and i've heard him literally his ass turns on at 9 p.m and i'm like damn Larry is just out here working. like oh my new mine rests at one Mine runs at 1am so I can make sure that there's like dogs upstairs asleep. The cat's probably on our bed asleep. Like nobody's, nobody can disturb.
00:29:17
Speaker
nobody Nobody can disturb her. doesn't have a name, but she's a, she's a, she, but nobody can disturb her route. So but yeah, 1am or when I come downstairs and it's like,
00:29:28
Speaker
in the middle of the night when like i go, not in the middle of night, but like early, early morning when I go to like work out and she got stuck on something, it's quite alarming to see her there. And then im going on like, my like un-whatever her and then send her back to her little her little home. Yeah. we've Obviously, this now this conversation should be illegal because we have talked about- Have gone too far, but I do have one more takeaway from this. Oh no. Oh no. I don't know if you yours, if she does this, but Larry is also incredibly dramatic that I do have to dock from his pay sometimes because- he'll be like i'm stuck on a cliff and i'm like no you're not you're like you're on the run the rug like what are you doing like i'd literally get a notification saying i'm stuck on a cliff that is so funny oh yeah i do the drama
00:30:14
Speaker
Okay, let's talk about giving yourself like true emotional whiplash.
The Luxury of Online Grocery Shopping
00:30:17
Speaker
And what I mean by that is example, feeling like a little rebel for ordering your groceries online, and like having them delivered, right? Like typically you and that's, that's a luxury. I get it. Like i don't often do that, but in times of crisis, I've been like order and types of crisis. You have to Instacart is like calling your name, right?
00:30:41
Speaker
Yes. No, I, yeah, I, I'm the same way. I don't often do that. I know it's a big rage for a lot of people. Um, but yeah, that's definitely, definitely like you're a rebel. If you're doing that, you're honestly, you know what? No, let me point this out. You're a rebel. If you do that and you don't have children, like what are you doing? o o Get out. Like you, you literally get to vacation every day if you don't have kids yet. That's why we're calling this like things that were illegal before having kids. Like that you're rebellious. You're
00:31:15
Speaker
Straight illegal, straight to jail. what Straight to jail. keep down Another great thing is like feeling wild when you do stay up past 10 you're like, who is she?
00:31:27
Speaker
is she? don't know. She's a crazy girl. I don't recognize her. Well, I it's scary what you're going to get the next day. You know, time percent this is dicey. I need my full eight hours. If I can get up to 10, even better. yeah But like when I see that clock and it 1030 because I'm binging some sort of show, i'm like,
00:31:49
Speaker
am I okay? Like, because I know I won't be tomorrow. So let's get those eye patches in the fridge and ready to go because mom is going to need them in the morning. Coffee, as my kids call them, coffee for my eyes. You got coffee for your eyes? Yes. Mama has coffee for her eyes right now. It's much needed.
00:32:06
Speaker
Much, much needed. Well, because, because our sleep schedule, right? Like, it's not often that we get to nap during the day, but you think about these kids like on the way home from activity or whatever, and they fall asleep in the car. And sometimes it's like, we want them to fall asleep in the car. And then other times it's like, shit, now we're going to get home. Do we just, do we sit here to wake them up? So maybe they had like a little 10 minute, 15 minute nap. Do we stay here until they wake up? Like you're literally like kind of trapped in there of like, I don't know, you know?
00:32:41
Speaker
It's like, what do I do? Right. It's honestly like, have you guys ever seen those movies where the only one I can think of right now is Rush Hour?
The Car Nap Dilemma
00:32:50
Speaker
and Oh my God.
00:32:52
Speaker
It's honestly one of my favorite movies. If you have not watched Rush Hour, you guys, Jackie Chan, Chris Rock, like top-notch oscar not like Oscar performance. Anyways, all I think of is when a kid is trapped in the car. Oh, my God. Not a kid trapped in the car, but when you're trapped the car. I'm but here i'm like, I hope she realized what she says, and then you did. Thank God. you're trapped in the car because your kids are sleeping. It feels like that scene in rush hour where they're trying to like cut the right cord for the bomb. It's like, do I take the kid? i do I transfer or do I just sit here? Yeah.
00:33:28
Speaker
And then it's even worse when like you don't have headphones and maybe you can just like listen to something on your phone or you don't have a book handy or. Yeah. it's you know Can you guys, can you guys tell that we don't have Teslas? Cause I bet you people with Teslas are like, okay, I'm watching a movie.
00:33:43
Speaker
I'm listening to my audio book on the, I mean, you can do that whatever, like in other cars, but like people with Teslas are watching a show while their kids sleep or like turning on whatever they can on their big old screen. Oh my gosh. Not me yawning. I need to, again, I'm just over exhausted.
00:33:59
Speaker
My brain, my physical, mental, all the things that, um, but To that point, like I, if I, maybe I need to get Tesla just for that, for the sole purpose of being able to be comfortably nap trapped in the car. Yes. Yes.
00:34:14
Speaker
Yeah. I can do that. tell Moms that way. Like Tesla, you're welcome for your next ad. Like this is how you get the moms to come purchase. Wow. Is she a marketing girly?
00:34:24
Speaker
she in marketing? Yeah. do i Do I create ads now? i Am I the girl, like the one, who what was that girl that went viral for the song? Pepsi? rose no Nope, it was Dr. Pepper.
00:34:37
Speaker
Romeo, $2 million. dollars She was paid $2 million dollars for that. insane Because she was like, hey, I've got a jingle for you. ah i Don't get me started. That is like the most incredible. I'm obsessed with the story, that that story. too Like this changed her life. So anyways, Tesla, call me. and She'll not only give you this. She'll not all only give you this marketing idea, but she will also, I'm saying this for her. She'll give you a little jingle with it, you know, like a little, little something, you know, don't want to give too much away too early on, but.
00:35:09
Speaker
That would be right illegal of you guys to steal that. But, um you know. Have your people call my people. My people is me. Like, just call me directly. I have one more line. Shoot us a message on Wine Mama. It's Jemina anyways answering those.
00:35:23
Speaker
Just DM me. Yeah, just DM. Just slide to my DMs. Could you imagine? I mean, if y'all cast me on the next Tesla commercial, y'all heard of your first. Oh, my God. And don't worry, I won't demand two million. i will just demand to give me a Tesla, obviously. One.
00:35:45
Speaker
with the charger, the panels. I want solar, you know, just to be my demand. Maybe just, let maybe just also like sponsor our podcast. Could you mean, you know like people like all the podcasts are sponsored by like I heart media. Like, I don't know. ah What's that name? Why I can't think of the name one. um There's so many. sc So many sponsored by, I'm not telling my ads. Like when like the a podcast itself is like sponsored or like hosted, like sponsored by or posted by a certain like media platform, like hosted by Tesla. Yeah.
00:36:17
Speaker
Anywho, let's talk about money,
Dining Out Costs with Kids
00:36:19
Speaker
right? Because now we're talking about some Tesla tesla dollars. Yeah, let's transfer. Do you guys remember those days when go out dinner and spend like maybe like 30 bucks with your friends, maybe $40 was crazy. I can't leave dinner without spending. Like if I spend less than a hundred dollars at dinner, again, I have a family five, so it's very different. And that probably has like a drink for both of us, like a drink or two for both of us. But like, I'm not leaving dinner without spending less than a hundred dollars anymore. And it's like,
00:36:48
Speaker
Can you imagine like that would be if I did that before kids, I'd be what is wrong with me? I better just had the best steak of my life and like five steaks of my life for that for that price.
00:36:59
Speaker
Yeah, no, I i mean, i recently got to experience this when I was in Tampa visiting you guys and we it was just me. I went by myself and we went to this breakfast spot and I remember getting my check and it was like,
00:37:14
Speaker
$12 for my meal. Unheard of. I was like, I don't think I've seen meal check this low since I was maybe in college. Like, yeah. What?
00:37:27
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Unheard of Unheard of. And now I'm just, I'm spending 30, $40 fruits. last thing. of That's the most painful. Yeah. that's the one' painful It's hurtful, honestly. it's on That should be illegal. That should be off the table. like It's just insane.
00:37:48
Speaker
It was illegal before before kids, because like normally you would go go to the store and be like, I'm not spending that. But now for the kids, like, well, I'm not spending that, but I guess I am. My little monsters have requested every single berry in the world.
00:38:02
Speaker
Strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, raspberry, whatever berries are there, you guys. I mean, every single berry. They're in my fridge. They're in my fridge. All of the Costco cold section, all in the fridge all the time.
00:38:15
Speaker
Yeah. And speaking of Costco is buying in bulk would have never bought in bulk previously. No, no, never. So many paper towels, so many toilet paper rolls, fully stocked for whatever is coming my way. Yeah. Whatever, whatever apocalypse, hurricane season, whatever we're, we're stocked at all times.
00:38:33
Speaker
um nice I'm ready. I'm preparing batteries. I got them. What kind? Double A D D three. yeah I don't know what I use it for, but I got it.
00:38:44
Speaker
Like the singular battery that you need for like your like like your key fob that you need to replace once like a year. I've got 20 more. i got 20 more. Thanks, Costco. Always buying in bulk. I mean, i can't imagine. I don't think I don't. Was I a Costco member in 2020? I was not a Costco member. in twenty I can imagine.
00:39:03
Speaker
No. What that was like. No. Same. Same. Well, can imagine being like in college. Yeah, I'm a Costco member. You would never. I mean, maybe now. maybe i don't know. Maybe it's different now. Maybe your parents are and you kind of like, yeah, I feel like that Gen Z is like a little bit different. But now for us, if somebody be like, yeah, i have Costco membership. Want to go? I'd be like, huh?
00:39:24
Speaker
For what? For what? Yeah. Yeah. i remember Club Costco. Club Costco. Like what's what's that vibe? um but yeah, but when it comes to that too, then, you know, you have bulk, but you also aren't about to waste anything.
Bulk Buying Necessities
00:39:41
Speaker
Oh, no. about anything i'm not gonna waste nothing literally ain't nothing being wasted in this house it's got mold on it wash it off no i'm kidding i i'm that's one that's one i stand strong if one if one little berry or something has mold on it it all goes i'm kind of crazy but like i've heard like once one is like it's all like like it's secretly growing on a it all goes it all goes i'm cuckoo over that but anything else like leftovers i'm like oh you ate We made that four days ago.
00:40:12
Speaker
gotta get it out of the fridge. Let's eat it up. It's yeah like same same with expiration dates. I'm a little I'm a little weird when it comes to expiration dates. Yes. Or like the use after like seven days of opening. It's like, oh, yeah, we got to we got to use that.
00:40:26
Speaker
We got to seriously so many things that we could go literally straight to jail. These thoughts. If pre kids, we had them like straight jail. Again, do not pass go. Do not collect two hundred dollars.
00:40:39
Speaker
Straight to the, what is it? Huh? No bueno. No bueno. No bueno. Straight to the jailhouse. Like, donezo. Like, it's just so funny, like, saying them out loud now because now it's like, oh, what a joy. 515 reservation?
00:40:54
Speaker
Yes. Yes. Driving in silence? yeah Again, yes. But again, if you had asked someone before, kids, like, hey, let's go to dinner at 5, it's like, I'm You mean happy hour at five or like what? Like now that is a requirement before kids. Again, nobody's making dinner and to five o'clock dinner. But now like I take nothing less than a six o'clock. If you're asking me for dinner with the kids at seven o'clock, you're something. Are you, are you good?
00:41:20
Speaker
You good? Yeah. Yeah. If you're, listen, if you want to do dinner at seven with my kids, you better be my neighbor. That way I can just walk there and walk home. Oh, sure. At the house. Yeah, sure. Sure. Yeah. But like out in an establishment where I'm getting home at like 830 at night and they are probably straight spiraling.
00:41:40
Speaker
no no Or you better be bringing me a glass of maybe this wine. Maybe this wine. Possibly. Possibly. this one I'd be willing to continue to dabble. How about that?
00:41:51
Speaker
Yes. Yes. Same. How about that? i I've warmed up. I've warmed up to it. i it started it's i don't it's It wasn't harsh. It was dry. Dry is the perfect way to determine that.
Final Thoughts on Wine
00:42:02
Speaker
But again, like when when we read these descriptions and then you smell the wine and then it's like dry, it's like you don't even know how to like react to that first sip. Yeah. yeah so When you're reading... now go ahead.
00:42:15
Speaker
No, when you're reading, what was Strawberries, violets, and lavenders. It's like, I don't... Where am I... Where am I going? yeah Where are we? Where are we going to end up here? and you know what? It's good. Especially after like the couple that we've already had this season that have been.
00:42:31
Speaker
no boy good why no we know no, no, back to it um no i agree and <unk> i definitely think though it's one of those wines that maybe that first sip may be a little bit of a like h i don't know if i really truly like this yet but like as you sip along like with a meal or like just good conversation or whatever like I think this is definitely a nice wine for that and something different.
00:42:55
Speaker
Yeah. You know? Yeah. Yeah. No, i would um I would say I would definitely get it again. i do know what my cork is going to be. oh Do you? Do you think you know? I'm like dabbling between numbers. like Okay. Hold on.
00:43:11
Speaker
Let me take one more sip. You know, I don't like to share mine before you know for sure. Don't want to persuade or Yeah, no, don't want you persuade me. Let me... Let me jot down my number. Okay. Just jot it.
00:43:22
Speaker
Just jot it down. Maybe I need to see it and see if I agree. And when she says jot it down, you guys, she literally just grabbed a little tiny notebook and a pen. So she's truly, truly jotting it down. It's not like putting it in notes. Let see it and soak it in. Because I'm between ranges. They're not detrimental.
00:43:40
Speaker
Yeah. But I feel like. yeah And I'll put my range. I'll put my range. Is it better than last week's? 1000%. Yes. Is it better than the weeks before that? Yes, it's definitely an improvement, but I think I have it. I'm, I'm ready to share.
00:43:57
Speaker
So I think my corking for this one, because I think I would get it again. I kind of would like to have it with like a steak dinner. i think that would be – But also like put it like in like some sort of like so sauce. You know how you can cook with like – Yeah, it's like a red wine. I think this be a really good wine to cook with. So for that reason and taking all that into consideration, um i'm giving this a 7. – I was going to go 0.2, but I'm giving it a 7.5 because i think it it I think it could really –
00:44:32
Speaker
I think it's good. And that's why I wrote 7.2. Let me like not show my notes from work, but I wrote 7.2, 7.5. So I'm going to go. That's so funny because I am a 7.4. So when you were like 7. I was like, Oh, what's she going to say? am 7.4 because I went again, I definitely did get it again. and i kind of like the story behind it too. um Again, I hope they don't come after mr What's his name? my on the amberglini family does would come after Oh my God. my God.
00:45:01
Speaker
Jamina, out here ah causing Italian drama. so sorry about that. My apologies. I hope this is trademarked. i't know i don't know I don't know. I'm going to assume that it is. But this was really fun going to that list of, like, illegals because it's just, like...
00:45:18
Speaker
I don't know. It's so fun to look like not fun. Maybe fun, fun, funny to look at like things that we do now versus like would we do them before kids? And it's like never again. I think I think my the dinner one is probably like my like most like whatever one just because it's so I cannot have these cuckoos out past like eight o'clock at night. You you got to be kidding me.
00:45:41
Speaker
Especially with no nap. Oh my God. No. oh my god Don't put that in. Do not even look or smell my way. like app And you know, my children haven't had a nap. Like, yeah, that is illegal in my own personal.
00:45:58
Speaker
like i'm I'm calling the police on you. I'm calling the the police, the policiano the police, police on you. Yeah. Yeah. they Come into your house. one What was the crime? Inviting me to dinner at eight o'clock at night.
00:46:11
Speaker
with my when my have it When my children have a nap. Specifically when they have a nap. Specifically. Are you trying to get kicked out of a restaurant? Yeah. Specifically her.
00:46:22
Speaker
Specifically. We forgot about that little jokey joke from last season. its Not last season. Not last season. This was like two three two seasons ago.
00:46:33
Speaker
Three. oh my god. If you've been around, if you know, you know. If you know, you know. Specifically Specifically you. you yeah Okay, we are going to wrap it before Jimmy and I start spiraling into jokey jokes that a handful, truly a handful of people would understand. um So that is a wrap. That's our show. That is all the illegal mama tea we have for today. Thank you so much for listening. Don't forget to rate and review us on whatever platform you're listening on. As always, tell all your friends and keep on whining.
00:47:08
Speaker
Cheers.