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Cosmo, Concerts & Connection
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This week, the fishes dive deep into the theme of connection—why we need it, how we find it, and what happens when it’s missing. From Kathy navigating her son’s struggle to make friends at college, to Lynne coping with home repair chaos and reconnecting with old friends, to Nancy’s whirlwind weekend of concerts, the Disney Emmy After Party, and a brush with Hacks star Julianne Nicholson, the sisters unpack the ways connection shows up in every season of life. They also tackle the pros and cons of friend apps, laugh about Cosmopolitan’s “advice,” and remind us all that making time for relationships is as essential as taking care of our health.
In What's For Dinner Lynne digs into a cookbook a friend brought back from Australia for an absolutely delish and steak sandwich with garlic créme. Details at threelilfishes.com/shownotes or on our Substack
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Introduction and Personal Needs
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my personal issue, like I need some connection besides my husband or whatever. And so I'm going to suffer through my hip hurting and play today. And then I'll regret it probably the rest of the week. But Kathy, and I think that's a super honest answer. And I totally believe, like, I totally get that now that you said that, but you could just ride along or walk along with actually not swinging a club. You could just like that. know, but that's like, you see the cookie, but you're not taking the cookie. I just don't think I could do that.
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She needs her cookies. You could, you could, you're choosing not to, you could, you're choosing it. Yeah. We'll see how it goes. I feel like if you're, I feel like you can't really give like Trevor or Grayson or any of your other people a hard time because you also don't resist the cookie.
Sisterhood and Living Apart
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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. 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.
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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.
Home Chaos and Repairs
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So let's jump in. What's up, fishes? What's up? What's up, fishes? So am, if you're listener, if you're just listening, you can't see this, but I'm in a different location. I'm on my porch because i have construction going on in the house right now, which is a nightmare. We have water, so our whole front of our house is ripped apart.
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And that's kind of a nightmare. But um anyway, I had a great weekend. I got to go see our oldest daughter and celebrate her birthday with her in Blacksburg, Virginia. We did like a little um like Apple Festival. we went out for dinner and we did some work in her apartment. It was super fun. So I was really glad to be able to get out there.
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But it's like a seven hour drive each way. So I was in the car a lot, but it was worth it. Yeah. Well, you probably wanted to escape your house because you said, yeah it's so kind of glossed over it, but you were like having major major issues with your house. Like you found that you had water damage yeah and they're literally tearing off the front of your house because you have molds, right? Living with that's awful.
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Yeah. I mean, that's terrible. Yeah. I'm really trying to just compartmentalize all that stuff because mentally I'm trying to ignore it because it's like drywall dust everywhere. we have these air purifiers everywhere.
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We have, you know, tape and sheeting and trash. And I mean, it's just Yeah, that's terrible. It's a lot. It's definitely, it's going to be fun. Well, I think you're lucky that it sounds like your homeowner's insurance is going to cover it because it sounds really extensive and bad news.
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So at least you have some help paying for it. Thank goodness. Yes. So it's all going to be fine. We just have to, it's just going to be a way, it's going to be a while. Like, yeah you know, they take everything down and then you know, if they order parts and all the stuff, and then in a few weeks, they'll start putting everything back.
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And then, you know, it's just a process. Do they have to windows, Linda? We just replaced our windows. So it's not that. It was some other structural problem. And, you know, we do get a lot of rain.
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So ah it was just causing seepage and damaging molding and drywall and everything else. anyway, it's totally fine. It's going be fine.
Joyful Weekend and Concerts
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It's just...
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telling I just keep trying to tell myself everything's going to be okay. This is not the end of the world. ki i was You know what I would be like? I'm such a hypochondriac. I'm like, I've been breathing like black mold. yeah I now have like things growing in my lungs. I'd be like demanding to see the doctor. Like I need an iron lung. For And you would have a headache like from that. I'm sure I would. It's no joke. It's mold.
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Right. Yeah. You need to be careful with that. We're mitigated. It's all fine. it's
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How was your weekend? um Not to brag, but my weekend was pretty amazing. Pretty amazing. And I don't say that very often because I'm boring, but I had a really fun weekend. So it started with Friday um with my group of girls that I go see music with. And I love these ladies. I don't get to see them a ton.
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but I've had this on my calendar for months and I've been looking forward to it. So we went to the Hollywood Bowl and we saw Christopher Cross in Chicago. and I was thinking of you girls, particularly Kathy, because she loves the eighties. And when Christopher Cross was singing, when you get caught between the moon in New York city, he can't sing like he used to, but I loved every second of it. And he sung his Tootsie hit.
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ah Arthur. it was just really it was just really fun and then Chicago came and therere you know they still have um All the trumpets and the brass and I just love the music. And so it was so fun. And there was it was packed.
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There were like old people there. There were young people there. Everybody in between. Everyone was just happy. And I was kind of impressed that Chicago and Christopher Cross packed the bowl for two nights. Actually, they were there Friday and Saturday. Yeah, that's great. Super fun. That's because everybody loves the eighty s it doesn't love the 80s but i was super happy and just singing and it was just really fun and then who i feel like anytime you get to go to the hollywood bowl yeah the hollywood bowl like it's so cool it's such a great yes venue like it's great acoustics it's intimate it's fun like that's just it's a great venue Yeah.
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And then they have fireworks after. and you know, the group of girls I'm with are super fun. And,
Disney After-Party Experience
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you know, we make front friends with everybody we're sitting with. So it's just like it was just a lot of fun. Surprising. And then Saturday, and I went out and we went to go see Mike Biola.
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do you guys know who that is? No. So he is one of Tim's favorite musicians. And he just did a very small show. um at Gold Diggers here in Los Angeles, and it's a very small, intimate bar.
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And Mike Viola, just to give you context of who he was, you know that movie with Tom Hanks, The Thing You Do? Yeah. That song that was really popular? Yeah. He was a co-writer on that, and the voice that you hear singing that, that's Mike Viola's voice.
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And then he's also with Panic in the Disco and he was a producer and co-writer. He's super talented. He's really witty. He was just fun. But honestly, watching Tim's joy ah being of being in that venue and listening to Mike and having him talk and sing. He was super happy and it was nice to see him so joyful, like watching this concert.
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Yeah, that's fun. And then on Sunday, we got to go to the primetime Emmy after party that Disney hosted for nominees and winners.
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And that was a ton of fun to just like hop-knob. Hop-knob. And just out and about like at this like fancy party. Now was there another red carpet or how does that work? No, this was no, this this just a person didn't have a red part. It was just a big party that you got dressed up and they had a big band and we danced and you know. That's so awesome.
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I thought about you guys because I did meet, you know, we love the show Hacks and um Julianne Nicholson who played Dance Mom. Yeah. Yeah. She was so In the show this season, she was a guest star. She won for that role, for her guest role. And we ran into her and we we chatted with her. She was lovely and I was really excited for her. Did she dance for you?
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if She didn't. She didn't. But, you know, it's fun to see people. Getting character. was fun to see people celebrate it for their
Michigan State Family Trip
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craft. So it was a ton of fun. um So not to brag, but it was pretty good weekend. Yeah, I would say so. That sounds Wow.
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What about you, Kathy? Well, I mean, I can't really top that weekend, but I did have a fun weekend. We actually went to ah see my second son, Trevor, at Michigan State.
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in East Lansing. We flew out there and um my oldest son too met us because it was his parents weekend. So we said, why don't you just come and join us?
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We can all be together. So he met us at the Detroit airport and we all drove our you know rental car down to see trevor and detroit yeah it was fun we with the whole bar scene tailgating with our dear friends tim and gg so a shout out to them because our seats were amazing and the tailgate was awesome um I hadn't done that in a long time. So it was fun. Big 10 tailgating. Yeah. I mean, I mean, maybe SEC tailgating, but it's all just so yeah fun.
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I could really get into this. Seriously. yes we I know. We had I know because you are a pretty girl still like you look like you're like would be like all reserved and like, you know, oh, I don't do that. But yes, you do. Yes, I just love it all. I love the tents up. I love like all of it.
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The little cookers. They're like, hey, you want a hot dog? Do you want this? Do you want that? I just think it's fun seeing everybody. And there were so many like families and like little girls and little cheerleader outfits.
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I just was having like a time watching everybody too. Yeah. That's fun.
Connection and Loneliness
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That's really All right. I think the secret this week that we're going to talk about is connect, right? Kind of like more along the line. So the secret this week is connect. But before we get into it, please continue to rate, review, drop us a line, and invite your favorite fishes to jump in and join our conversation. Mm-hmm. All right, let's jump in.
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So it's all about connection. And part of what we talk why we want to talk about this is is because I was saying that I had such a lovely weekend, but really I was thinking about, I was out and about and I was connecting with you know, friends and meeting new people and listening to music and getting out and about. And Kathy, you were talking about specifically you about how important connection is.
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And you were talking about Trevor and as he's learning and implementing into a new school that it's been difficult for him. So tell us about that.
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Yeah, I mean, I think connections are super important. And, you know, i think our son is doing great. But then he shared with us that he has kind of felt like a little bit, he called it bored at times. And he feels like a lot of people there are from this, he goes to a state school. So a lot of Michigan people go to Michigan State, as well as, you know, University of Michigan. And He was saying a lot of them kind of even know each other.
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um And he was just saying it feels weird to be here. and he's met some nice people on his floor. But like he had some very, very dear friends here where, you know, he grew up.
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And I think he's just missing that connection like that tight connection, even though he has a lovely roommate. and he's getting along super well with him, it's not that. He's missing just those real intimate connections. And we we talked to him about that. like you know you It takes time to develop those relationships, right? You can't just expect you're going to be ah meet your best friend you know in two weeks' time.
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So we talked a lot about that with him, and he's like, you know i think he definitely... is going to find his way. I mean, he did, um, make a club team, which we told him you need to get involved and he's going to do club lacrosse, which will, I think help him make those connections. But having people like we talked about, what's kind of even the reason we started this podcast in the beginning was about, you got to find your people and have connections because it's the most important thing because we feel happier when we're connected.
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And, right um, You know, he, he's my social child and he's a prime example. And, you know, that's someone that, you know, I would not expect to be kind of stumbling a little bit, but he is, but I mean, I know he's going to be okay, but it just goes to show, you know, these kids, um, it's hard.
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Like though, you know, it's a big adjustment. It's hard to go into uncharted territory. No matter how prepared you are, I feel like it's always very hard to walk into like ah call a hall, food hall and not know anybody, you know, yeah it's very overwhelming.
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And those first couple of weeks, too, like we always we talked about before was like, say yes to everything and go have lunch or go have dinner, go work out or do whatever. Right. And maybe that's not going to be your best friend, but it's at least a familiar face. And then it kind of like builds from there and it does take time.
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And even under the best circumstances, you know, sometimes it works out of school sometimes it doesn't. i Yeah. I mean, it's not the end of the world if you have to transfer to a different school, if you made an heir.
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It's just, I think these young people, these relationships and building them just take a lot of time and like putting yourself out there. i mean, even with my oldest son, I think he had a little bit of a hard time as well starting out just because it's like, it's all new. yeah And it's like, you have to put yourself out there and it's uncomfortable for some kids more than others.
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Right. Like I would say that I was kind of shy when I went to college. Like, you know, until you kind of meet some people that are similar to you, then you start to feel more comfortable and get out there. But it definitely is challenging.
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but Finding your people is really important, right? It is. it's yeah We all need that. Like even in our adult life, we need to find our people. i totally agree. And it's hard. I mean, to expose yourself like i We moved from Chicagoland down here to Nashville, and i left a huge posse of friends, like intimate friends that I raised the children up with. And we've gone through all the ups and downs together, and I left that behind and had to start over.
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And it took me a little time, you know probably a good six months or so, to really Start building relationships. And the women I've made friends with here are amazing. They're all like generous and sweet and kind and all that stuff. But like, they don't know my history. And I don't know their history because we didn't raise our kids together.
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You know, there is something different about that. So, yeah I mean, that vulnerability for everybody is tricky to because that's how you make real connections is being vulnerable with somebody.
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So do you do you wish that they like knew like a deeper part of you or are you or that's not important to you now? or I mean, they know important stuff, but I I feel like there is just that shared drama of raising your kids together that is not.
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You can't replicate it now. It's different. You know, it's like now we're sending our kids off to college together. We went through high school together. That's its own special, like set of circumstances.
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And i think, you know, there is a lot of depth with that, too. um But I do think it's important. Like I was in the car a lot this weekend. And so i used that opportunity to call friends from Chicagoland and I reconnected with, you know, people and we did catch ups.
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That's what I call them, like catch ups. You know, i so talked to one friend for like an hour and um we just kind of like everything, the in-laws, the parents, the kids, the house, the, you know, illness, the not, you know, all of it. And it was, it's just, if there is something magical about talking with somebody, even if you haven't talked to them in a couple of months that you have known for a long time, there is a real depth there.
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And I think the kids in college will have that too, as they age, if they stay connected with those people that they've met in college, like we all have really good friends from college because you've been through kind of like a little battle, right?
Educational Paths and Choices
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You know, or those people that you meet in that first job after school. You know, those are people that you're really deeply connected with, too, because you've been through it together. and i also think being able to be open to like speaking about the college kids is that I do think there's a lot of pressure these days when they're going off to school.
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it may be a little bit different in the sense of like the competition to get in is harder. You've worked really hard to get to where you want it to be. It's expensive. And then if you get there and you try and you have a hard time finding your people or finding your footing where something's changed, like, I think that there's a lot of pressure and anxiety on these kids. Like, can I say I've made a mistake and I need to do something different?
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Well, funny. One of my friends I connected with did say that to me, like, their child is a junior and they've decided not to go back to that school only because what they were studying was so specific to that path.
00:18:42
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And they just felt like it was not right. And it was very hard decision. And I, I said to my friend, like, I think it's very brave to be able to say, I'm not on the right path. And then, you know, as a parent, it's like,
00:18:57
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you kind of take it personally because you're like, oh, no, did I not see it? Did we not? Like, I'm not sure. And then you kind of feel you feel really bad for them. And then they feel bad. But I do feel like, you know, this is life. Like, it's not smooth sailing all the time. And you need like we all get challenged every once in a while. And, you know, it's all going work out, especially if you can step back and really assess, like, how have I gotten here?
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And how am I going to get to the other side of it?
Vulnerability and Long-Distance Friendships
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So I think they're kind of as a family in that process of working through that decision making. And it's amazing. I think it's going to be funny. Yeah.
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It's all going to be fine. My famous word today. And it's okay that it's not I think that we also have to be careful to like normalize. You're fine. You're fine. Everything's fine. And I think it's okay to sometimes feel in the feelings like, you know what? It's not fine.
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I'm not happy. Right. And that's, this is what it is. Like you don't want to stay stuck there for sure. want to figure out a way to move through it. But I do think we have to also feel the feelings and then figure out how we're going to get through the feelings to get to the other side of it.
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Yeah. So... But I think, you know, it's good to like stay connected. You know, you got to yeah every phase in life. You know, i I would say I'm not as social as you girls are. So I could go for ah couple of weeks without seeing people and be happy as a pig and slap.
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But when I am with my friends or I am talking to somebody and I am doing catch up, it does fill my cup up and I do feel so happy and refreshed. And, you know, I think there's so much value in that for me.
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to have something on the calendar. Like we're gonna go see Bryan Adams in a couple of months with some friends. Oh, love him. am too. That is so funny.
00:20:52
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Yes, in November. Yeah, we're going in December. It's been on my calendar for months with my same girls that I go to see music with and I can't wait. But again, it's like for me,
00:21:04
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i I schedule things that are far out. Like this weekend, I was bragging that I had a lot going on, but that's not the norm. But you are right. I'm the happiest when I'm busy, when I'm seeing people, and when I can just kind of vacate. I know. baking lights your fire. You're
Balancing Social Lives
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happy. It does.
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It does happy. That exhausts Like your lifestyle sometimes exhausts me. I could never do that. Well, you're lucky too. I would be in the bed for a week after that. Like I would be in the bed.
00:21:33
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Like we used to have so Southern. I would be in the bed. mean, just need like, just wondering though, like it's for me, I noticed that if I don't,
00:21:46
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I'm not always this busy, but i need to find – I need to do a better job, like, of being all or nothing. Like, I think that's what I'm struggling with right now. It's, like, I'm all in with all these things.
00:21:56
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I don't have anything going on. And when I don't have anything going on, yeah my mood is affected. yeah And I don't realize it until I'm, like, on this high that I am right now for, yeah like, my last couple weeks.
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So I need to – I need to find a better way to balance so that I'm staying more connected and it makes my mind happier, my heart fuller, and I'm probably a better human to live with that I am a little bit more well-rounded.
Friendship Apps and Social Connection
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So I need to find a way, like, why do i why do i not do a better job balancing my calendar? And it could be as simple as... I don't know, going on a walk with somebody once a week, probably, or talking on the phone, like you said, Linda, finding a way to connect.
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So you guys, you know what I realized, and I don't know why I didn't, but I just recently learned, like I've known about like dating apps, but did you know that there was friendship apps that Like I did like, I did like, like, and I say research, but like, it was like in Cosmopolitan, but I like dug in deeper to that, but I wrote it, like I wrote it down.
00:23:08
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Like I want to tell you guys. I cannot believe you still read Cosmo. I have to tell you, I kind of love it still. I do. I mean, you just never know what you're going to find. Yeah.
00:23:21
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Okay. All um But they did an article and there was 12 apps that people could connect with. 12. ah I had no idea.
00:23:33
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And like some was like, um like ah i hadn't even heard of some of these. I'm not going to mention them all, but like you boo, which is like, you can connect with somebody and chat without giving a phone number.
00:23:44
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um There's, I mean, all sorts, like there's a LL.
Golf and Social Needs
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l i'll How's it called? It's A-T-L-E-T-O. Atleto?
00:23:56
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Atleto, maybe is that how you say it? is i can't pronounce words, but it's like helping if you're into sports, helping connect with somebody in your sports world. You know, there's a peanut one for like moms to connect.
00:24:08
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So, I mean, if you are having a hard time even finding a way if you've relocated or circumstances have changed and you're looking for new friends, like you're trying to grow.
00:24:20
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i mean, maybe, maybe an app would be a good solution for you. I mean, I don't know why I didn't think about it. Gen Z millennial concept, isn't it? Like, I mean, I don't know if I would do that, but maybe younger people, if you're listening, that's a good way to connect with people.
00:24:36
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But I do kind of get it. Like there's one that's like, just like a meetup. Like if you're wanting to like meet up with writers or like if you knit or something, like yeah if you're trying to get into something new and you don't necessarily want to take a class, I don't know. I just am throwing it out there. Like I'm always looking for things to do like hobbies or something. my gosh. I haven't read Cosmo in ages.
00:24:57
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That's a great idea.
00:25:00
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That's what you're stuck on. But I told you that I found this in Cosmo. i mean, yeah. I didn't even know magazines were really still there. Like I just, you know, ah you do everything online. Yeah. But you can get it on digital if you don't want to have it, like have it on your hands to look at. yeah But don't you guys like I'm kind of regressing, but I also like to just get a magazine sometimes and flip through. There's something about being able to like, oh, this is cool. I'm going to circle it or I'm going to dog market, dog market, ear market, ear market. Yeah.
00:25:32
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I know Tim said, Tim was making fun of me the other day, I'm totally like side note, but he's like, you mispronounce things so much. Like most people who know you can speak your language, but maybe you should have like a drinking game on your show, on the podcast with your sisters. Every time you mispronounce a word, they have to do some sort of like drink or sound. and i will be drunk.
00:25:53
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Yeah, we will for sure.
00:25:57
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Yeah. So I don't know. So for like, if you're looking for different ways to connect, maybe it's not for you, but maybe an app would be for somebody
Maintaining Connections
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listening. And I, I'm actually kind of almost curious, like maybe I'll try it out just to see like what it's about. You never know. Like, as we say, say yes, say yes, say yes, say yes.
00:26:16
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Kathy, I think you're probably the best out of all of us consistently connecting because you're obsessed with golf and which is kind of a great thing in a way because it keeps you connected with somebody. Like it may not, I don't know if they're your best friends, maybe they are. I don't know who your golf buddies are, but it keeps you connected with other women and people like yourself, right?
00:26:43
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Yeah. I mean, my golf friends are super important to me. In fact, you were scolding me because I think I'm going to play golf this afternoon with one of my golf friends, even though my hip is hurting. backing for people just some backup for people who are listening.
00:26:58
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like She's like, Nancy, I cannot move. My back is so uncomfortable. I've just overdone it. like i Talk about being in the bed. like That's kind of you. And you're like, I'm going to take break from golf, and I'm really going to take a break from exercising for a week, which is a lot for you because you like to move which is great and so then she like tells me just before I hit like record I'm gonna golf today I think one day we'll be okay bet she's just like you know that's so you you don't really set boundaries the thing is is she's got a match tomorrow and she needs to practice and I'm like I really like her and the only person she can practice with well I think selfishly too like I just would like to see them and talk and hang out
00:27:46
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And maybe that's my personal issue. Like I need some connection besides yeah my husband or whatever. And so I'm going to suffer through my hip hurting and play today. And then I'll regret it probably the rest of the week. But.
00:28:02
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Kathy, and I think that's a super honest answer. And I totally believe, like, I totally get that now that you, that you said that, but you could just ride along or walk along with actually not swinging a club. You could just like, I know how that that's like, you see the cookie, but you're not taking the cookie. just don't think I could do that.
00:28:24
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She needs her cookies. You could, you could, you're choosing not to, you could, you're choosing it. Yeah. Yeah. We'll see how it goes. I feel like if you're true, I feel like you can't really give like Trevor or Grayson or any of your other people a hard time because you also don't resist the cookie. I mean, listeners, one thing we do know about Kathy is she has a tendency to burn the candle at both ends.
00:28:51
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And then she is in the bed. But I hope I'm not going to in the bed. Where did you get the bed? I'm in the bed. grandma Grandma Kunz used to say that all the time.
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She'd be like, I'm in the bed. Megan Morgan says that a lot. She says it. She used to say it all the time. Grandma Kunz? Yes. Our Grandma Kay? Yes. Like how many Grandma Kunzes do you know? Oh, no.
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Well, I mean, I hope all of our listeners like hear that we all do it differently, but connecting with our friends, family, you know,
20-Minute Daily Walk Challenge
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whatever, in whatever way that is, it's just like very nourishing to all of us.
00:29:32
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And Kathy is right. I mean, that's one of the reasons where we started. This was like, we talk to each other, we support one another, we challenge each other. And that is so uplifting to us.
00:29:46
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You know, i mean, you said that I'm like really good at it. And I feel like I don't know. I feel like sometimes I am and sometimes I'm not. And some of my college friends that I i feel like we're not connecting as much and it's making me kind of feel sad in that like realm of my life.
00:30:05
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So I need to probably reach out and do better. um and that way, cause you have lots of different pockets of people that, you know, right. Right. Yeah. and right For sure. So we all can do better.
00:30:17
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all need to get connecting. Yes. Better. You know, and men, and you know what? Our men need it too. Like teens it's need it. Like they need to get away from their computers and their gaming. They need to find a way to connect with the outer world. And I think part of why i literally noticed Tim's face lighting up on Saturday night, which was amazing.
00:30:39
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is because that connection, like it feeds all of our souls and we just have to do a better job being out there together. yeah And the other thing is too, it's like we make a priority about our health, right? Like you guys particularly are really good about your exercise and prioritizing your health.
00:30:59
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And we do, we need to put it on the calendar, like just as much as everything else. Like it's important. Right. Right. and All right, y'all. Speaking of health and putting things on the calendar, that brings me to our next segment that I want to talk about. It's not really a segment. My next topic um is October is just around the corner. And October happens to be Kathy's birthday month. yeah And I thought that maybe, i don't know why I thought about these two things together, but I think we should do an October challenge where we try to do something every day for a month together. I love this idea.
00:31:36
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Yes. So we, ah the fishes got together and we decided we're going to call it get moving fishes.
00:31:47
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And all you have to do. Same question, Kathy. Say it like you mean it Move it, fishes.
00:31:55
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ah We're going to say you have to walk at least 20 minutes a day, every day. It's not too much time. We felt like that was a realistic goal um to get your bodies moving.
00:32:09
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You know, get one of your neighbors, get your husband, get your, you know, Walk the dog. Your dog. Get your kids. Like who, it who doesn't matter. Just get out there. Put on your favorite podcast, The Fishes.
00:32:22
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Right. Or get on your treadmill. do Like wherever you want to do it. Just 20 minutes a day. Let's, let's commit to it. Okay, so we're we're throwing it out now to just kind of get us ready. yeah Get us ready for this challenge that we're going to do. I think that this is amazing and it will be hard for me. Like I'm pretty good about moving ah few times a week, but I'm not great about...
00:32:46
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a lot of days in a row will be hard for me. So, yeah um, and we also want to know how everybody's doing. So if you all can shoot us an email at 3LFpod at gmail.com, let us know, like, is it working for you? Or did you do one day and you forgot to do the rest of the week or it doesn't matter.
Tenderloin Sandwich Recipe and Conclusion
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<unk> matter Let us know, like if it's working for you. Yeah, so we're we're not starting it yet. We're not going to do it until October 1st. We're just gearing up. We're getting mentally ready to be like we're going be on the move for a whole month.
00:33:22
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Move it, fishes. All right, y'all. What's for dinner? I have dinner this week. i um I don't know about our listeners, but every single day somebody asks me what's for dinner, and sometimes I get like in a rut and I can't think of anything new.
00:33:40
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And so i was talking to the girls and we decided to pull down some cookbooks that we love. And I have a cookbook that I've had for probably 20 years.
00:33:51
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My friend Todd went to Australia and brought it back with him. It's Bill Granger's um Sydney food, it's called. And he was a red ah like a self-taught chef and restaurateur. And I love this cookbook because its all the ingredients are very simple.
00:34:11
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Directions are very simple, but the food is just fantastic. So we're going to post the tenderloin sandwich. and it kind it has a recipe for like this garlic creme.
00:34:26
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It is so good. You can do it for lunch, you can can do it for dinner, you can wrap it up and take it on a picnic. It's a tried and true delicious recipe. My only tip is i really prefer filet with it.
00:34:41
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It calls for either sirloin or filet. I find filet in a sandwich more tender and it's easier to eat. But you do you and let us know if you like it. Yeah, that sounds good. Yeah, it's really good.
00:34:54
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Sisters out.