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Fresh Starts, Full Hearts
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This week, the Fishes open up about life’s transitions and the new beginnings that come with them. From kids heading off to college and career pivots to the unexpected curveballs of midlife, the sisters share the highs, the heartaches, and the humor in starting fresh.
They talk about what it means to let go of what was, embrace what’s next, and how to find comfort (and even laughter) in the in-between. With their signature mix of candor and comedy, the Fishes remind us that change may be hard — but it also makes room for growth, resilience, and a little reinvention.
👉 Find recipes, links, and everything mentioned in this episode at: threelilfishes.com/shownotes
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Linda's Empty Nest and New Puppy
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Linda, I feel like particularly you are definitely transitioning and in new beginnings with your quiet household with all three of your kids gone. and I'm just wondering, how are you coping with all three of your kids gone at college?
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So Rich and I really talked about this, like the kids were going to leave. We are down to one dog. We're kind of on easy street, right? um But that first week, it was really quiet here. And then I got a phone call from our dog breeder trainer who we've gotten our other dogs from.
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And we bought a puppy over the weekend. So I took the cure her in the other room.
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Unbelievable. I mean, somebody check my sanity. Something is definitely wrong with us.
Introduction to 'Three Little Fishes'
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Welcome to Three Little Fishes. We're three sisters who grew up in the Midwest together, but have since spread across the country.
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I live in Los Angeles. I'm in Nashville. And I live in Philadelphia. We are all married with children, have all had careers, but now we stay at home with our families. Join us as we share secrets and stories about being women, wives, and mothers. We welcome you to laugh along, learn something new, reach out, and join our conversation.
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So let's jump in.
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What's up, fishes? Happy to see you. Happy to see you. Hope you all had a great holiday weekend. I'm going to start us off
Sewing Challenge Triumph
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here.
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i had something on my mind I want to talk about last week that I forgot to mention, but... Okay, let's hear You know how... The Three Little Fishes, we had a hobby challenge for the year. yeah yeah and we're like almost three quarters through. And I actually completed one of my challenges. I made a pillow.
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Nice. Nice. Up in Canada ah love with my mom's sewing machine and my niece, the three of us made pillows. And i actually loved it.
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And anybody that's a seamstress is probably like, that's such a simple thing to do. But I was proud that I actually know how sew little bit. Yeah. I know what a bobbin is.
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Do you think know what a bobbin is? Is that what it's called? A bobbin? Yeah. Yeah. It's part of the sewing machine. It's like a little spool of like thread. Yeah. It sounds like a robin. Is it a bird? What is a bobbin? So it's like a thread goes from the top and it goes from the bottom and they kind of meet. and Yeah. It's just a spool that it... Yeah.
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But I made my son this pillow that he has... He had a blue pillow and it got you know loved on so much. It had a hole and then we were trying to figure out how to replace it. Could never...
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find fabric. And I finally found a piece of fabric. And so I did it. Awesome. So do you think that you could do it without mom's support?
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um I think I could i probably could if she was on like 911 call for just a question or two. But yeah, I think I could.
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Well, I hope Okay, I may place an order. I feel like I might place an order with you.
Tennis Talk and US Open Excitement
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ah Speaking of hobbies, mine was tennis and I have not joined a league or anything, but the U S open is happening right now. And I love tennis and I love to watch it.
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So Johanna and I watch um Naomi. um Oh, ah causea I don't say her name right. Naomi Osaka. Naomi Osaka.
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Yeah. Coco Gauff played yesterday to see who would go to the court but go to the courtor quarterfinals. And it's a good like matchup. So Osaka is just coming back.
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She had to take some time off because she had a baby. And now she's kind of getting back in fighter mode to be able to play. And then Coco Gauff has, you know, she struggled with her game some, but she's been looking good at the open. And these two are like big old rivals.
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It's fun. it was And I was excited to watch the match. And it was exciting. Coco did not play her best. So she Osaka won. But it was fun to see those two play. And then I got excited as by watching all this tennis.
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So we went and played tennis this weekend. Oh, good. And Johanna came and played too because she's learning. and so it was fun. It was like we played in 100-degree heat.
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And I was sweating like I was running like marathons. But it was really fun. Well, that's good. You played. Yeah. so That's part of your hobby challenge.
00:04:51
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Yeah, that's what I mean. So I'm just like, okay, you made a pillow. I played tennis once this summer. yeah Yeah. Well, hey, listen, I think these are both wins. I'm proud of you girls. Good job.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey Rumor Mill
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Okay, Kathy, you have something else on your mind that you are cracking me up with. So Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey have all been in the news about the buzz. And Kathy, you're really excited about what in general? Well, I just think it's cool they got engaged.
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i I've been following them, you know, obviously with them being in the football news all the time. But I think it's cool they're going to get married. And I think love's in the air. i just think there's lots of people we know, like in my career,
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friend group, young people proposing like, and I'm just thinking it's on people's minds. Yeah. And I'm just wondering, like, I'm just wondering, is is Taylor, you know, going to set a new trend maybe is marriage. is she making, is she making marriage cool again?
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like I don't know. Like, you know, the marriage has gone down. ah kind of did some research and, um, The facts are that it has said steadily decreased. It's about 47% of households now our married households, but there's still like a 50% divorce rate.
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So, you know, I'm just wondering, will that change? People wanting to take a chance? It just seems like there's lots of buzz around this. Like, you know, are married people happier? There's a study to say that they are.
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And then we had a friend just yesterday, they got engaged. So I'm just wondering, like, are you noticing your friends friends getting engaged? Yeah. I mean, I actually, you know, because we're a a little older, Nance, I think, you know, we probably have the kids that are like done with college or just starting out in the world. yeah It does seem like It is on trend right now to have be 22 or whatever and get married or get engaged.
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Our oldest has ah couple of friends that are getting married next year and they just graduated from college. so Yeah. I mean, maybe it loves in the air. Maybe Taylor and Travis will, you know, make everybody want to be in love and get married and, you know, don't know.
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We'll see. It will be interesting to see though, like if it does influence subculture. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. i think the engagement phase is fun, you know?
00:07:41
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Yeah, the most fun, right? You don't have any like kids or houses or I mean, it's just fun. You know, you just get to have a good time and taste cake and.
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You know, talk to all your friends and like eat the cake, eat the cake, have a party, have a party. That's for sure.
Emmy Fashion Dilemma
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Okay. Speaking of parties, you guys, you know that we're getting ready for the Emmys that are coming up.
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Tim is nominated again for Welcome to Rexham with his editing, the editing crew. And so it's coming up and we had a vote on what dress I should get blue or black dress.
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So the votes are in and the vote went to the blue dress. Now I feel the blue dress. You voted for the black.
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You voted for the black. So you guys were split. um I liked both of them, but ultimately I went against the vote and I did the black because I was out looking around shopping for accessories and I found a pair of hot pink stilettos that I absolutely fell in love with.
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yeah And I thought that they would match better with the black. So I appreciate everybody having a little fun with me yeah and voting, but I ultimately decided on the black just because I wanted to wear pink.
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So I've never been to an award show like this. It seems very
Facial Hair Discovery
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glamorous. Like, do you feel like you need to eat bone broth for like the rest of the week and get a fish bowl and get your hair done? And like, is there like pressure to like be? Yeah.
00:09:33
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I mean, there definitely does. Yeah. I mean, i I like to eat too much and I like food too much. So I can't just eat bone broth, sadly. Like I just won't pass on up you know a meal. And it was just my birthday. So I have had lots of cake and pastries and all the goodness. The tower of donuts.
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yeah Like the tower of donuts, like the Prosecco, like yeah bring it. I'm eating all of it and drinking all the things. So I hope I can zip this dress. Yeah. But i do I do like to get my hair colored because i am graying early.
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And I have, so I am going to get my hair colored. And then i was picking out some earrings to go with my dress. I was trying to use what I had because I don't, I'm going to the Emmys and it sounds very glamorous, but we are just, you know, we're, we're not movie star people. So, you know, I don't have the budget of Kate Hudson.
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So I was going to try to use what I have. you do Yeah. i You know, see what I can do to kind of make myself look nice. But, you know, beyond. ah You don't have a team coming to your house to dress you and put you in the limo. So you're just like it's just basically going to a party.
00:10:48
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You try to make yourself look as presentable as you can. Because when he wins, the camera will be on you. Yeah. You know, and you want to be on you.
00:10:59
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you know it will not be on me? It will be all on the Wrexham crew, which it should be. But my point is, is that I was I was looking for some earrings, like something just fun, which I found, by the way. And I found a designer here by accident. I didn't even realize she was a local designer, but I have them here.
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Melinda. Maria, Melinda Maria. She's L.A. based and she has some really cool, fun jewelry. So I did find some gold spiky jewelry that I'll that I'll put out on Insta.
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But as I was there trying on the jewelry, you guys like putting them up to my ear to see how they looked. you get really close to the mirror, i realized I had all sorts of hair on my face, like little on my chin, up by my cheek.
00:11:50
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<unk> I looked like a beast. So my question is, when did this happen that I have turned into a beast? And i i was so embarrassed. And then Kathy, over Christmas, you were so sweet and you sent me A flawless dermaplane.
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i did, yeah. Glow Sonic. And I was like, oh, this is sweet that she sent me this because I know she uses this. And I did use it once, but I haven't used it since.
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And now I'm like, now you're what. You should been using it. So I clearly should have been using this. So I got home from the store and I immediately went into the bathroom and started dermaplaning my face to like get all the hairs off.
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I'm like so horrified that I'm turning into a beast. Just a question to the world. Why is this happening? Why? Hormones. Hormones. I know.
00:12:48
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Hormones. The 50s hormones. Yeah. so anybody, if you're struggling with this, I will say this product that Kathy sent me, the du the Flawless Dermoplane, worked really well.
00:13:01
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And it's funny enough that this happened. And over my friend's group text with one of my chains, one of my friends, Susan, was going to go get a facial and she got professionally dermaplaned.
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And she's like, you guys, You have to do it. I feel like I got a facelift. It's so amazing. We should be doing this once or twice, you know, um like not a month, but like every one or two months, you should be doing this for yourself. Like it's she's like, I feel so much better. And I'm just like laughing to myself, like.
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Yeah. Like this is what it's come to. and now need to get my hair colored because I'm vain with my gray. i need to have my face completely waxed and duraplained. Like what else do I need to do?
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like i have a question. Are you going to like, are they going to also, besides color your hair, are you going to wear it up? Are you going to wear it down? like what do you think you're going to do feel self-conscious wearing my hair up.
00:13:59
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I don't know why. I hate to say that about myself, but i don't I feel like it looks not very soft on me to wear it up. so Oh, i didn't I had no idea. didn't either.
00:14:14
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i am And I hate that. like I guess I don't have the confidence to wear it up and feel... good about it, which I guess I should probably, you know, do some looking into myself about that. But I just, I feel like I look a little softer with my hair down.
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So I don't know. I haven't totally decided, but I think I'll be more comfortable with it down. But we'll see. But you want to be able to see your earrings. I know. What about the earrings? Because that's like really, they're pretty. They're really pretty.
00:14:45
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yeah I really like them too. Well, that you could do partial up, like, you know, do the front up so you can see them. have to. mean, that's a good idea. I mean, if you do some waves that kind of like, I mean, here's the real question. Put your hair off your face. I think that's what you want to do is get your hair off your face. Yeah, that's a good idea. I mean, here's a real question.
00:15:06
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Like I am now 51. and one Do you think that that ever goes away of feeling insecure?
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like Like, do you ever feel like there are times where I feel really comfortable in my skin, but sometimes I don't. And I am like, do you ever feel that way? Like, do you ever get to a point in your life where you're going to be like, you know what, this is who I am.
00:15:30
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I don't care. i have no more insecurities. Like, does that ever go away? don't know. mean I mean, I think there are some people that are not riddled with self-doubt. I am not one of those people.
00:15:44
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So, I mean, for me, it doesn't, but I also kind of use it as a little bit of a motivator to try to just keep, yeah i mean you know, it's a keeping up with stuff that's,
00:15:56
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hard, I think, as you get older, because your skin does dry out a little bit more. it is just harder to, like, keep trimming. There's a lot of things. A lot of things you have to... Yeah. It's hard.
00:16:07
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I did say to Tim, like, Tim, I just got done shaving my face. Feel it. He's like, that's super hot that you're shaving your face. Like, what? Like... I mean, I think even they sometimes just want to have like the mystery of like, I don't know what happens behind there.
00:16:21
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i don't need to know about it. mean, do not go behind the curtain and don't be sharing that behind the curtain stuff. Like, what are you doing? don't know. like, you know, no, no. Just enjoy them the byproduct.
00:16:33
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Well, I think we were talking about that even with like the young, you know, engaged married person, like, you know, the things we... thought were cute of our spouse years ago, maybe not be so cute right now. yeah like There are things we don't need to see, right? Yeah.
00:16:51
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We're here. I mean, I feel like that. There's some stuff I don't want to know about. What kind of things are you hearing, Kathy? like She lives with all boys. so Well, I hear lots of toots everywhere in my house sometimes.
00:17:08
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um They're gassy. They're gassy households. And then make it a competition. ah A competition? How do you have competition about gas? I don't know. They just all do that. Like sometimes when our youngest is home with all the friends and all the boys are around. I mean, what goes on? It's just, it's gross.
00:17:29
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They're nasty. I don't understand it. Yeah. yeah Okay. Um, All right, you guys, before we move on, i just want to remind everybody to please rate, review, comment, and invite your favorite fishes to jump in and join our conversation.
00:17:49
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Okay, today we're going to be talking all about transitions and new beginnings.
Adjusting to a New Puppy
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So let's jump in Linda, I feel like particularly you are definitely transitioning and in new beginnings um with your quiet household with all three of your kids gone.
00:18:07
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And I'm just wondering, how are you coping with all three of your kids gone at college? So Rich and I really talked about this, like the kids were to leave.
00:18:20
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We are down to one dog. We're kind of on easy street. Right. um But that first week it was really quiet here.
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And then I got a phone call from our dog breeder trainer who we've gotten our other dogs from I We bought a puppy over the weekend.
00:18:42
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So I hear her in the other room. Unbelievable. I mean, somebody check my sanity. Something is definitely wrong with us. And it's wrong it's wrong with me because Rich was like, you know, this is really going to fall on you mostly because he travels all the time.
00:18:59
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And I was like, yeah, she's great. But, you know, she's a lot of work. Babies are a lot of work. And, yeah, I need to get my head checked, like my head examined, because we were on the street. That's so funny. And now we're not.
00:19:15
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Well, I mean, i think it speaks to how are you transitioning and adjusting? Not well. Not well. The quiet is not good. yeah And I actually, i did I think I said this last week. I was like, it's just it's kind of depressing in my house. Yeah. I have, like, no kids around. Like, I'm so used to it.
00:19:35
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And we did have kids home over the weekend and the house was buzzing again. And I was like, yes. Like, I just, I'm not built for a quiet house, I think. going to have to really, really like...
00:19:47
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do a deep inner drive like dive and try and figure out. Well, that's a huge change. You know, I'll just take it some time, I think. And it actually is surprising me because when our older two left and we still had somebody at home, it really didn't faze me that much. Like it was more quiet, but we still had like a lot going on in the house.
00:20:07
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But having that last one leave and it's just be like, I think I would challenge you of why the last one was different because Jack, your youngest, was super social and he was like a party guy and you have an open door policy. So your house was where everybody came.
00:20:24
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So it was like there was yeah always boys at your house, always. yeah So that's why I feel like that would feel different. Yeah. you should have like let it macerate a little bit and didn't.
00:20:39
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And now have a new puppy. And now you have a new puppy. How is your other dog, Teddy, adjusting? Because Teddy is sweet, but he doesn't typically like puppies.
00:20:50
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So, like, how is that going? Slow. It's a slow adjustment. He is doing better. He follows the puppy around. He is, like, guarding her.
00:21:04
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If she gets too bouncy with him, he does growl at her. So we're trying to like work through this territorial thing that he has going on. um I mean, hopefully he doesn't kill her. I mean, he can be on and he I mean, I mean, that sort of tongue in cheek, but he can be a little bit of an asshole.
00:21:25
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So remember, he got kicked off the island when we were up in Canada when you met your puppy. Yeah. So really, Yeah. hes So with Millie. He tried to attack her. Our puppy, Bailey, is her name. Bailey is super sweet and adorable, but she is on a leash at all times or she's in a crate.
00:21:44
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So she is like all hands on deck all the time. so So just to clarify, like Millie is Kathy's dog. And last summer she was a puppy. And Teddy was on vacation with Kathy and Millie.
00:22:00
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And Teddy could not behave. And it was very stressful. So Teddy had to go home. but Yeah. We voted him off the island because he was so bad.
00:22:11
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Kathy was worried about it. Kathy was like, I can't handle this. This is too much. Nobody could handle it. It was horrible. He was so ill behaved. It was horrible. But, um, you know, I think we are going to be okay. He is warming up, but it's,
00:22:28
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You know, I have to really watch her. I have to really like, so she's in her crate or she's on a leash, like right by me or right by my husband. so you know, it's.
00:22:39
Speaker
Okay. Well, you're, you're, you're not even a weekend with this new puppy. So we'll like, we'll circle back. It's like three days. Yeah. Yeah. we've had our three daily yeah Three days. I was going to ask you, do you have like a little, like,
00:22:54
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have little gates or something? You could give her like a little square that she can just be in there. Yeah. So we just ordered that and it's arriving this afternoon where we can kind of keep her partitioned off and then Teddy can see her. and Yeah. I think that will help. Maybe don't have be hands-on constantly. So think that will help.
00:23:14
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Yep. So, so Well, and I think it'll be interesting too. My physician been like, not smooth. Yeah. The transition's not smooth. Well, think it'll be interesting to see also how it all like manifests. Like,
00:23:28
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how the quiet household of all the kids being gone, like they're going to get into a rhythm because it's just early September. So they probably, that was their last visit for a while as you're transitioning with this new puppy and, you know, a new normal and figuring out what your new chapter is going to be for yourself. Like what's that going to look like?
00:23:47
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yeah So we'll have to keep revisiting it. So I'm grateful that I have the three fishes. I love that we get to talk with each other and, engage with our audience. I hope that continues and yeah, we'll see.
00:24:03
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I also feel like I am transitioning into like, you know, Riley is getting older. Like we only have two more years with him before he's off to college somewhere, but particularly like with Johanna, she's my last in elementary school. She's in fifth grade.
00:24:20
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She's going to be transitioning into middle school. And school for Johanna has never been academically, never been super easy for her. Part of that is, is because she's my social butterfly and she just gets distracted easily. She doesn't care about it necessarily as much as Riley did. They're very different students and the culture at least at the school district that I am in, is that parents should know their grades all the time and know the latest and greatest and track everything and be on top of it.
00:24:54
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And there's a running debate in our house of if that's healthy or a good idea, because Johanna already has a little anxiety about math and that she feels like she has a little anxiety about it she wants to do well.
00:25:07
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But if she doesn't feel like she's going to do well, she kind of puts her hands up sometimes. And it's like, I'd rather not try if i feel like I'm not going to get 100 percent on it. So if I don't try, then I i don't lose anything.
00:25:21
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which is makes me kind of crazy. So we have to kind of that. So I'm trying, but school, I always, for myself, I always had to work really hard. I always tried my best and it was very difficult for me. I always had to put the hours in she's more like laid back about it, but she cares, but,
00:25:43
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she doesn't She doesn't care if she doesn't do something or if it doesn't go totally her way. Like, she's not bothered by it. Yeah. So I'm having a hard time. And Tim is like, we should know her grades every second of the day.
00:25:58
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and it's OK if she doesn't do well on something and she can figure it out. Like, at the end of the semester, you want to make sure she's where she needs to be. But do we have to know every bump and scrape she gets along the way to get to the end result?
00:26:13
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So I'm trying to transition in. How do I give her independence and let her have her own journey instead of me trying to hover too much and put my stuff on her? Just don't look.
00:26:28
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Yeah. Just don't look. Like, why open it? Just don't look. Like, who cares if it's available? Well, you don't have to look every day for certain. That would drive me crazy. But you could check every couple weeks or so just to make sure she's turning in her homework. Yeah. I mean, stop being so, like, obsessive about it. Who cares? Like, let it go. look.
00:26:50
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And I think if I'm being honest, I think the so the social worker in me, I think that I do it because things were missed with me. So I think I've tried to overcorrect, like, and now it's like making everybody crazy. So as I'm trying to talk to Johanna about this over the weekend, as she's heading back into school, she's crying as we're talking about grades. Like we're like two weeks And I was like, oh my gosh, as a social worker, as a parent, like everything, like is...
00:27:19
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I feel terrible that this child has come to cry over this stupid math grade. It's not that deep. We'll figure it out.
00:27:30
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Yeah. I mean, Nancy, the thing too is she may not, math may not be her strongest suit. Who cares? yeah yeah it doesn't mean she has a problem. Right. i mean Right.
00:27:42
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I wouldn't have the best at math either. like People have their strengths and weaknesses. I mean, unfortunately, she's still in that phase where she has to be exposed to everything and she has to achieve on everything.
00:27:56
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But it doesn't mean she has to have a pluses everywhere. it Honestly, i feel like you are... tapped in enough with like how much time she's spending doing homework or all that stuff that you don't really need to tap into anything else. And if something was happening at school, I feel like it's her teacher's responsibility to reach out to you and just say, okay, we've had three tests. She's having a hard time. Let's have a meeting.
00:28:24
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But until that happens, like let her grow and do her own thing. Like stop looking. i would just stop talking about it. I know it. You guys are right.
00:28:36
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You're totally right. And I, again, I'm just throwing this out to the world that I have to kind of readjust my, my thinking and transition and to letting her.
Balancing Parental Involvement
00:28:47
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i mean, I will say, i do think this is a very, very hard thing for a lot of parents. And, you know, because with each year now going forward, you have to kind of let go a little bit more and you have to let We only grow when we fail. We only grow when make mistakes. I mean, I really believe that you have to be able to make a mistake and know you can get through it.
00:29:12
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Like, yeah, we have to like, let them do that. And up until like high school, i mean, who cares? Just do your best.
00:29:24
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Establish good habits. That's what this is about. It's like establish good habits. Take pride in what you're doing. Don't get spun out about stuff. Be a well-balanced person because that will help you in high school and beyond.
00:29:39
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Whatever it is she chooses to do. Isn't it funny? Like funny, hot not ha-ha, but like the, my... my therapist, social worker brain knows all this, but like my mom brain like took a disconnect and I like it, like it's just this crazy thing of like, so I have to readjust and redo it differently because I don't want, i don't want any tears over fifth grade, anything.
00:30:10
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So anyway, so that's my, yeah that's my under your hat. I mean, Middle school is not fun for anybody. aye, aye. So this is my transition.
00:30:23
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ah This is my transition that I'm working on. Kathy, anything you're transitioning into? I would agree with Linda that we have kind of a quiet house now We talked about that last week. Carson is my last at home.
00:30:36
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so um But he's been super busy. he has He's in golf right now. And he it basically is like we are empty nesters because he's not home. He's like out golfing and then he doesn't get home till late in the evening.
00:30:50
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He started to school today. um i did take his picture this morning. Like I normally do. and he He graciously let me. but That's amazing. I've yet to do yeah um so school pictures because Riley's like, we don't have time.
00:31:06
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was like, I made my college students take pictures first day of school pictures. And so I told, I told mine too, but they didn't of course. Um, I think, you know, I'm looking forward to, I do have a part-time job that I'm starting back next week. So i need to kind of get my working shoes on again. It's at school and I like working at the school because I just get to see all the kids and what's going on. for that
00:31:40
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um My junior will come in and get drinks or whatever. So that makes me happy when I work. um But I think just like, I need to get more on like a routine, because I feel like the summer was just a lot of, you know, here, there was a lot of craziness with, we had people visiting.
00:32:01
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um kids at the house, you know, it was always busy and now it's quiet. So I feel like I i need some structure yeah back in my world. Kathy, do you think that you'll keep this job? Cause this, this pays you, it pays you an hourly wage, this job.
00:32:17
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Do you think that you'll keep it once Carson is no longer at the school? Do you like it that much? Does it bring you joy to just be in a setting where or just have a place to go every day that just is a way for you to be social? Because it doesn't use your your hat of what you studied in school, but it does give you purpose and you really like going and giving back to the school.
00:32:39
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Yeah, I do like that part of it. um It for sure is totally different from what what I used to do. um You know, I actually don't know.
00:32:49
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i might have to get back with you on that. I, there's a part of it that says maybe I'll finish out one more year let, you know, cause my oldest will be a senior. But then there's like, maybe I should do something else.
00:33:03
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I don't know. Do you ever miss your old job? Like you were a dentist. you like, do you ever miss one go back to that one day? Or do you feel like you don't want something that stressful?
00:33:13
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Like treating patients? Um, I do miss that part of my life a little bit. I liked it a lot when I used to work with my dad, like he and i you know, were in a practice, I worked part time at his practice. Um, so I'll never have that, which I think is the best of both worlds. So I don't know.
00:33:35
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Yeah, it is stressful owning your own practice. So and you have to be on call, like, there's a lot that goes into it. So I'm not sure. Yeah. I'm not sure. hard Right. Transitioning into like yeah figuring out your life is hard.
00:33:49
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Yeah. I mean, what are we going to when we grow up? I don't know. so like Seriously years. Like my kids have all been like, mom, what are you going to do now that you have all this time on your hands? And I'm like, I don't know.
00:34:03
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Yeah. I'm just trying to figure it out day by day. you know, it's just. It's hard. Yeah. And if I'm being honest, I miss i missed having something separate like that of a job that's separate from my my my stuff at home.
Life After Kids Leave Home
00:34:19
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Right? Like, <unk> I'm struggling with that. And again, it's all about transitioning, about, like, what am I going to transition into next? Because I do think I also need something that's different from my family, like feeding that piece of me that I used to have, you know?
00:34:36
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and And it's important. And I think if I'm being honest, I've missed it. Yeah. I don't know. Time will tell. Well, first of all, I would like for you to transition into being the wife of an Emmy award-winning editor.
Emmy Nomination Excitement
00:34:52
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So I cannot wait for us to hear about how the Emmys go, what everybody's wearing, who won how heavy statue or whatever it is you get.
00:35:04
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yeah good luck to the Wrexham team and especially to Tim because- Yeah. Good luck, Tim. We're excited for you. Yeah.
00:35:16
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All right, y'all. What's for dinner? I have been doing a lot of frittatas. And what I love about a frittata is, is that both of my kids will eat them and you can kind of make it however you want and you
Quick Frittata Recipe
00:35:31
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can make it.
00:35:31
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It's a great dinner and it's quick. So I am making one that's just plain with just potato and cheese. And I'll post a ah simple recipe. And you basically just cut up some potatoes, you roast them on the stove, you get them nice and soft and easy. And then you whip up the eggs, cheese, all what you want in them, have it set on the stove and it bakes for like 15 minutes.
00:35:56
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I serve it with the side salad, some fruit and it's done. It's like 30 minutes. Yeah. Easy. Yeah. Sounds good. I love that. It's delicious. So that's, what's for dinner. right delicious so that's what's for dinner Well, I do want to make one one last shout out to TCU for winning the football game against UNC last night.
Celebrating TCU's Victory
00:36:19
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and my My son goes to TCU and I thought they played very well. So it was cool to watch.
00:36:24
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Well, they killed them. They killed UNC, right? like It was like kind of embarrassing. Wasn't that Bill Belichick's coaching debut? Yeah, debut. I actually kind of felt sorry for him, to be honest.
00:36:36
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Do we really feel sorry for Bill Belichick? Is that really the same? Get out of here. No. I don't. But I was happy for TCU. Yay. Go for Go for us.
00:36:48
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00:37:00
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