A Contagious Smile Podcast
A Contagious Smile is a powerful platform dedicated to uplifting and empowering special needs families and survivors of domestic violence. Through heartfelt stories, we shine a light on the journeys of extraordinary individuals who have overcome unimaginable challenges. Their triumphs serve as a testament to resilience and strength, inspiring others to rediscover their own inner light. Each episode features candid interviews with survivors, advocates, and experts who provide valuable resources and insights to support those on their own paths to healing and empowerment. Join us as we celebrate the power of resilience, the beauty of shared stories, and the unstoppable spirit of those who turn adversity into hope. Let us guide you in rekindling your spirit, because every smile tells a story of courage and transformation.
A Contagious Smile Podcast
Holiday Chaos, Hard Truths, Real Love
Good evening and welcome to an episode of A Contagious Smell Unstoppable. My husband is over here with a shirt that says vision, creativity, and passion, but it's highlighted that says I eat ass.
SPEAKER_02:That's how you want to open up.
SPEAKER_01:Well, I think we owe them something because we've been MIA for a few weeks and we need to explain.
SPEAKER_02:All right, have at it, Hoss.
SPEAKER_01:You see what I get? So first, I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving. I want to apologize.
SPEAKER_02:Yes, it's been that long.
SPEAKER_01:I want to deeply apologize for our absence. I ended up having to have spinal surgery and have, for those of you that do know, I have an implanted device that is supposed to help me with my pain from my amputation by sending electrical currents through the nerves. And it ended up being defective, and they had to go in there and change it out. And what should have been pretty easy, I would say, ended up being a day from hell to start because we had an arrival time and we get there, and then we waited how long? Like hours and hours and hours before they began. There were some complications in the surgery. They wanted me to be admitted. You would think by now, after the surgeon's done like 20 plus surgeries with me, he would know I don't do admission. And so they really tried to get me to stay. And little did I know, that was the very beginning of a how do you want to even say a horrific infection due to surgical error? That's safe, right? Yes, that's safe to say, and it's been horrible. And you know, as a as a medical advocate, a special needs myself as a medical mom, I just want to say, and I know so many people can relate, but holy crap, can we like school some medical professionals for a minute? When just imagine what you say being said to yourself, right? So it's oh 7:30 in the morning. I've driven two hours to get to this facility. My husband, child, and father-in-law are in check. And the surgeon comes in and says, What have you eaten this morning? Why? You might be going into emergency surgery because we're gonna have to open you up and wash this device, yada yada yada. We're rushing you down for blood work, we're rushing you down for imaging, yada yada. And I'm like, What? Like, you know, the beetle juice, what? And it's hurry up, hurry up, and and wait. So we go down there, and I'm like, I'm nervous at this point. I have a family, I have Christmas coming, I have all of this stuff going on, and you are scaring the bejeebies out of me. Yes, I know that something is wrong. I know it in my system, but that doesn't mean, oh, holy crap, we might be taking you to the OR today, right? So we get the blood work done, we get this, we get that. We come back in and he says, This isn't gonna hurt me, it's not gonna be pleasant for you. I'm gonna clean the site with alcohol, which is raw, by the way. Like, raw. Not to mention I've had a few stitches that were pulled off when the dressing was taken. Not a fun day at the game, right? So they come back and tell me he put a stat rush on my blood work and it tells I'm borderline septic. And he says, Okay, I'll see you Monday. What? Like, is that doesn't that sound a little right? And my husband will tell you because I was just I was like literally like a deer in headlights. I was like, okay, this is not something is way off right now, right?
SPEAKER_02:And this is a doctor that you just met, right?
SPEAKER_01:No, this is a doctor who's done like literally 20 different plus surgeries, procedures, and whatever on me. And I've known him since he began with this group, and I thought we had a better rapport, right? And so also something else I want to say, and I'm just putting it straight out there, is the rep from the device was going to be there. Okay. And knowing he was gonna be there, I'm in a gown at this point. And I've asked before my husband and the device rep come back, could I please get dressed where maybe I could just, you know, hear what this device rep has to say. I don't really want to be in a gown. You know, take into consideration that you have a female who has gone through horrific domestic violence, right? Not the fact that it's been 20 years or whatever. I have lots of scars. Yes. I am also, and please correct me if I'm wrong, babe. But even if that wasn't even in the equation, I am still a very respectful married woman where I would not just be sitting around in a gown for another man to walk in the room with.
SPEAKER_02:Yes, you're old fashioned that's nice like that.
SPEAKER_01:Just a minute, we'll be talking about Christmas early gifts. So I just I don't think it's appropriate. I have that grandparent mentality because my grandparents had this like it was always very respectful. And you know, if there's a man in the room, you always, you know, like if you wear a skirt, it's to the to your ankles. And I grew up being told I was a prude by my bio mom because of the way that I dress. But you never sit there with your legs spread open, you always, you know, are very respectful. So he the surgeon looks at me and and just makes this crude comment. He's like, you know, are you uncomfortable being in a gown with me? Or is it because your husband doesn't want you undressed in front of other men? And I'm like, what? You know, he's never said anything to me like that ever. And I immediately was like, I don't understand what you're talking about. He goes, Well, you know, I want to make sure it's not a pattern because you have been in an abusive relationship before. And I was like, okay, a pattern is something that happens in a more than one sequence. The suggestion there was that I was doing something right, and immediately I'm like on the defense, and I'm like, hold on now, and I was like, no, and I was like, just because I was in an abusive marriage 20 years ago, doesn't mean my husband. And I told him, I was like point blank, like honest, I was like, listen, let me tell you, you have nothing to worry about with my husband. Like, no, it's the fact that I'm in a gown, I have an infection, my skin's on fire, you just put alcohol over me. Thanks for that. And you have a rep coming in, my husband's coming in, you've overwhelmed me with this. And at the end of the day, I'm still a woman, and I'm also a married woman who is very respectful of her marriage. Not to mention, now let's add to that cake mix layer that I am a battered wife from a previous relationship. I'm also a battered woman, right? And we are very self-conscious about certain things, especially intimate things, which is our body. And for him to say that didn't sit well with me. So let's fast forward now. I go back in on Monday, and no repeat blood work is done, right? You would think that'd be the first thing. I said, Do you want to repeat the blood work? No, I don't think we need to. It's okay. He rips the tape off again and pours alcohol on it. Like, seriously, you know, and I asked him, Why do you not like me? Like, what is this? So it was just kind of, and we had an issue over the weekend. He didn't do the uh antibiotics. It was just one domino thing after another, after another, after another. So when I told him, I was like, okay, that really is not the most pleasant thing in the world. He says, Well, maybe you need to not have an abusive doctor. And I don't think that's funny. Like, I don't think that's funny. I'm the person that when I see you, if you've ever had a conversation with me, I'm like, hey, how are you? How's your family? Like, I could be in the hospital and somebody walks in. And how many times have you heard me do this, babe? I'm like, hey, how's the family? How's your son? How's your wife?
SPEAKER_02:Every single time.
SPEAKER_01:And like, even to this specific doctor, when I go into surgery, I bring everybody cookies. I had a nurse that was pregnant, I gave her a big, you know, baby basket. And it's like, I take a moment to tell everybody, thank you for what you're doing. This is another reason why I don't do the versette before going back, because the hospitals are required to do what's called a timeout. And they're supposed to go over all your allergies and make sure everything is, you know, on the board, right? And my husband will tell you, I go wheeled back as conscious as I am right now, under the influence of nothing. I go in there, I check the board, I see my name is is clearly on the board. They go, okay, we're gonna go over allergies. And I always say, like a broken record, I'm allergic to blah, blah, blah. And they, okay, we got it, we got it. Blah, blah, blah went on my skin, right? Causing this. I understand people make mistakes. That's why there's a pencil, there's a why there's an eraser. There's also a word called accountability. And sometimes people need to have that for their breakfast. That's all I'm gonna say. Now, while on a rampage, let's talk a minute about assholes. And I don't mean the ones that on your butt in between the cheeks. I'm talking about federal law that states there's a program put in place called FMLA. Okay. And I hope the individuals listening to this strap in, strap on, and get ready. That's all I gotta say without mentioning any names. So my husband has been a fiercely loyal employee for many, many, many years of this company. You don't care how I'm doing this, do you? He doesn't look very happy. Do you want me to change your subject?
SPEAKER_02:Subject Haas.
SPEAKER_01:I get that haas thing again. So he has been with his company for years. One of the top, if not top, producers, guys, whatever they call them there, whatever. There are so many things that this company does on the download. Now, no company is perfect. I get it, but I'm calling a spade a spade. So number one, it's against the law for you to operate a vehicle that's not safe. So many times you reached out and said, My transmission is slipping, my tires are bald, my brakes, the pads go to the ground, like to the floorboard. Okay, we'll get you in next week. You're driving an hour away tonight. You have seven calls, you have this, you have that, and you're driving all over. And you say, This is not safe. This vehicle is not safe. OSHA, which all companies in this parameter of quote unquote business should know, requires you to immediately take the vehicle out of service. Immediately. OSHA law. However, this company decides to allow you to continue. This was ongoing off and on for months, months in the plural sense, right? You tell them your father has been taken by ambulance not once, not twice, but three times in a week period. Not week is in W E A K, but is in W-E-E-K, period, right? In a seven-day window, Saturday to Saturday. We are admitted again, and we are in a state of emergency in our own way. Without even going in due to HIPAA, we have all sorts of stuff going on with dad, right? Kind of a very scary moment. And you called in. Not only did you report in, you you every time every day you reached out and said, family medical can't come in. They rejected every bit of this. Doctor filled out FMLA paperwork stating you could not go into work right now. You have a disabled wife who's gone from surgery to surgery and has an infection, yada yada, yada. We all know about faith, and you're dad, right? So they reject all of this, which is baloney and cheese. And then on top of it, baloney and cheese. Are you ready? And this shouldn't embarrass you because you didn't do anything wrong, right? You did not do anything wrong. They fire you. How over up in a text message, everybody. A text message.
SPEAKER_02:Welcome to the millennials.
SPEAKER_01:You get a text message that says, I how's that again? That you're fired. Now, in all fairness, this is this is a company that they have their own little group chat texting, and in this group chat texting, they're flipping each other off, they're giving all of these horrific things, they're saying all these horrific things. My husband at one point is extremely exhausted. This is, you know, another night, no sleep in the hospital, middle of the night. He puts in there, you know, still at the hospital with dad, and he gets reprimanded for putting that in the chat. However, you could put in the chat, you know, balls to the walls, finger up, you know, whatever. Very distasteful chat content, but you can't say I'm at the hospital with my dad. Like that's not acceptable, and you get reprimanded for it. Okay. They have you driving illegally in a vehicle that is unoperational versus OSHA standards. Also, it's illegal during OSHA standards for them to have me come drive to wherever it is, which I've done, how many times do you think I've done this? At least a dozen, where I would drive an hour, hour and a half to whatever dealer they want us to go to and go pick you up. That's not my responsibility. They didn't compensate for my time, they didn't compensate for my gas, nothing. Now, not to mention that, and I have no problem with this because I I mean, I know crap about this company. First of all, you go to the website, there's so many illegal, like not illegal, there's so many falsified statements. Oh, we've been in business 250 years. My ass cheeks, you've been in business 250 years. You have not been in, and and we pointed that out to them. We highlighted it and said, hey, these aren't white, this isn't right. Now, if people have been following us for years, they're gonna know exactly what company this is because I've had the owner on this company and we've talked about it. And boy, do they go downhill quickly. Like, you produced more five-star reviews than almost everybody combined. You were like the the the king of five-star reviews. Okay, this is what irritates me. Not only is it right before Christmas, they know my situation. I have helped them continuously doing stuff. I've advertised for them, I have marketed for them, I've done all sorts of things for them. I've kept my mouth shut about things that I know on the download that aren't even right, right? Still haven't put them out there yet. And you heard the word yet. So for you to fire my husband and then say we are not recognizing and or accepting your medical time off request, therefore it's considered you as a no-show. We are letting you go. Happy holidays to you, screwed. Seriously, you know, it must be nice to have a cushy job that you're allowed to come back to anytime you've parted ways and tried to do something on your own and it didn't work, and you come back because you have that cushion, right? And it it just floors me that this is a company that openly and continuously states everywhere that they are what is the the motto besides oh we lie, family-owned, not anymore. They've gone through a merger, and as far as I remember, they never announced the merger to their customers anywhere, it's not on their site or anywhere else that they merged and got bought out. And family owned, family operated. We take our we take care of our staff as if they're family. Isn't that basically the overall view of what they say? Yeah. And they just nothing. I mean, it's like they don't care. And I'm sorry, I'm infuriated. I think it's absolute crap. It's a holiday time, not to mention a few weeks before, they bring my husband and put him on a pip, a performance improvement plan, which is just a way to CYA their ass because of what they're got in the wheelhouse. A pip is literally like trying to cover themselves up. Now, they tell, I mean, for weeks my husband was coming home every day by lunch. My husband has record and proof that he called this job daily. Do you have any more jobs for me? Do you have any more jobs for me? Anything else I can go do? Anything else I can go do? Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, go home. You're done. We don't have anything. We don't have anything. But they keep hiring new people, right? So they're hiring new people and they don't have enough jobs for everybody. But they send you home before lunch. So when you come in for this pip, which I have my own acronym for that review, they say to you, Well, you're not producing enough revenue per week. Well, you've asked them every day for jobs, and if they don't give them to you, or they send you out on a recall that's not yours, how do they expect you to make that much? Now, here's what pisses me off. You're a quote unquote family-owned and operated business. Bullshit. Yet you now tell people that you demand that each average ticket be 1600.
SPEAKER_02:Hallelujah.
SPEAKER_01:Each ticket should be 1600. Each service call should be like 1600. And what my husband says, because my husband has a pure heart, is there's a lot of people, a lot of people that we go to that are living penny to penny. And now they don't have that money. And what was their answer to you? No, you need to get your numbers up. You need to get your numbers up, right? That's ridiculous. But what about the people who are living paycheck to paycheck? No.
SPEAKER_02:I'm gonna just let you say what you want on this for a moment because I have I have a a big heart and and it showed monetarily on the books. When I go into a senior citizen's living community, and I know they're on a fixed income by the area that they live in.
SPEAKER_01:They'll tell you too.
SPEAKER_02:And it's it's something simple that I could fix that is just minimum labor charge. Maybe it's just a part, and the labor. Okay, a couple hundred bucks. I'm not gonna sit there and and try to upsell. A brand new door or a brand new motor because I did garage doors. I'm just not gonna do it. If they don't need it, then I'm not gonna do it. And and I hate to be that high pressure salesman, that sleaze bag used car salesman, you know, to sell you a lemon. I'm not gonna do it. I'm sorry. Did you eat something wrong?
SPEAKER_03:Okay.
SPEAKER_02:So yeah, that's that's just me. And it it's it's gonna come come back around. You know, I I look at I look at the the office manager who fired me via text and thought one day it's gonna be your dad. It's gonna be your mom. You're gonna be in the same boat.
SPEAKER_01:He wouldn't care because like, have you heard how he speaks to his mom?
SPEAKER_02:And then who's gonna be there for you? Hmm? When you have to take time off, when your job's on the line.
SPEAKER_01:So But what really got me more, like really got me, is the fact that at this one point we are waiting. We are in the hospital waiting, right? We haven't slept. My husband has is got a back injury from being in law enforcement, and he's sitting in one of those most uncomfortable chairs, been in it for since like two in the morning. And the only reason he got out of it at two in the morning is because we went from one room in the ER upstairs. That's it, right? And literally he messages and they said, if you don't come into work, that's it. So I'm up there with dad, I'm staying up there, and he goes in to try to talk to them for this review where he's put on a pip notice and he says, Okay, I got one job for you. Okay, makes it sound like he cares, gives him one job, and sends him two and a half hours away, right? Two and a half hours. This individual knows that my husband just came from the hospital. He knows that his dad is like waiting on a CAT scan, waiting on MRI, that he has a brain bleed. Okay, not to mention a whole bunch of other things that I'm not gonna tell his business. And this individual decides to say, I'm gonna send you two and a half hours away. Now, the kicker is while he is two and a half hours away, first of all, the vehicle is still not operational standard because there's still issues with the vehicle, which has been written, text, smoke signaled, everything from the fleet manager knew to the manager knew to the freaking everybody knew. Everybody knew. And then he gets there, he calls and says, and they say, We gave you the wrong address. And you he flat asked him, is this punishment? Because my dad is sick. He didn't make a dollar that day, he lost money, he wasn't around with his dad. We were in a critical point in his health care at that point, and this is what they do. But we are a family-owned company that treats our staff just like they are our family, and then they toss you out and fire you.
SPEAKER_02:So during everything you just said, going back to something you you said about being a you know a DV battered wife. Yes, I have spoken with many individuals inside their their garage while I'm assessing the situation and or fixing the issues.
SPEAKER_03:Correct.
SPEAKER_02:And some of these happen to be females, and I've noticed that while they're telling me their story, they maintain uh probably about seven to nine foot distance.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, absolutely. That's very common. Yeah, because you're a man, right?
SPEAKER_02:But yet they're they're open to tell me their story. Right, right.
SPEAKER_00:But they want to have enough of a distance between you. Right. Absolutely, that's common.
SPEAKER_02:So for dickhead, I mean doctor, whatever his his face is, yeah, to say that to accuse me, well, to insinuate rather, right, that I was on the same level as that idiot.
SPEAKER_01:And that's the thing, is like there I know there's more abuse than physical, right? We all get that. But I mean, this man has literally had his hands in me, you know, doing all sorts of surgeries.
SPEAKER_00:He has done all sorts of stuff, and he and he sees that. And I've had the same disposition and demeanor, and I don't show signs of anybody in abuse anymore.
SPEAKER_03:Like, right, right.
SPEAKER_01:And then for him, the very next visit to say, well, maybe you need a doctor's not abusive anymore, you know, like that to him is comical, but it's not, you know, that's a warped sense of humor. And the one thing, and I know, and I openly admit this, I'm very different than most people because I cognitively am aware of what I say. There are certain words that you'll never hear come out of my mouth. Because I know that, like, some people use the R word, you know, saying that they're not intellectually average, right? That they'll say, Oh, you're I I won't even say the word because it irritates me. And they think it's in fun. They think it's fun. It's not. I won't even, you know, say that word because it's insulting.
SPEAKER_02:It could be a doctor thing because this is not the first doctor we've ran into that has seen something comical that we don't, that is not right for us. Like the doctor who said, Oh, you're getting your hearing, your your ear taken out. Ah, you're going deaf.
SPEAKER_01:Right. The bath using my eardrum. Yeah, the female.
SPEAKER_02:And and and she laughed.
SPEAKER_01:Right.
SPEAKER_02:And then what about that other doc doctor? That Dr. M.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, she would have him for lunch.
SPEAKER_02:Like, like something about his hair.
SPEAKER_01:Yes.
SPEAKER_02:Just maybe, maybe they have a weird I don't know.
SPEAKER_01:I I just you know, it's irritating. And so that that in a long story short is another reason why we haven't been around because we've been trying to figure out things, you know, like my husband lost his job, which he was fired from, and I am very upset about it because it was unjustifiable to say the least. You know, I you you sit there and Alexa says thank you. Take out your trash. Thank you, but you go through this and you're just trying to take care of your loved ones. I mean, my husband and I are of the age where I guess, like his dad, who has become my dad, is of that age where you have to take care of him, right? And the thing is, is no, you know, here's the thing. He is such a good person, and yet people didn't want anything to do with him unless it was, what are you gonna give me? What do you want me to put my hand out? You know, I want this, I want that, you know, where's this money? Where's this money? Where is this? And that's just how can you be that kind and so be so shallow? Like, how can you be just such a shallow person? And I know some people only care about money, but you know what, you can't take money with you. And you know, here's the thing, and and I heard this and I was just like, I I love this. It, you know, the holidays are harder because it is just us, and you know, the the the four of us, and that's fine because I would rather it be just amazing, great people than a whole bunch of bodies taking up space. And for years I realized that I lowered my standards to try to be accepted into my family, and they still were never met, right? Now, think about that for a minute. I lowered my standards so that I could try and be artificially loved, if you will, just as you did with some of your family, and it still wasn't good enough. It's just, you know, do you really want to continue to try and be a part of a group of people who don't appreciate you? And here's the thing here here's like the million-dollar statement You cannot get healthy in an environment that made you sick. A toxic environment is not gonna make you healthy, you know. You cannot get into that side of healing when you are still in the pain of the abuse.
SPEAKER_02:So, to give you an example, I was in my second marriage. I was I I still am. I'm I'm a decent guy, okay?
SPEAKER_01:You're a phenomenal guy.
SPEAKER_02:And during the second marriage, I was in an emotional and verbal abusive relationship.
SPEAKER_01:Financial. No, you she come on.
SPEAKER_02:And I would I would go to work, come home, and all of that battering, berating, all that hammering took a toll on me. Until I was leaving work, going to the bar right before I went home, or I would leave home with Crown Apple in my coffee mug. As soon as we got off work, when all of us would hit the park lot, we'd go to somebody's cooler in the back of the truck and pop a colon. And I wasn't like that before. It just That's the kind of person that you turn into when you stay in that type of environment. You try to escape. And what what's it escape? Drugs, alcohol, a man, a woman, some other avenue. I I don't know. I I'm glad I didn't go down those. But yeah, she's my wife's right. You can't get healthy in a toxic environment. And I was going downhill pretty quick. You know, when you come to work and you're drinking crown apple first thing in the morning. Damn.
SPEAKER_01:Well, and I have voicemails from you because we were friends, and I would have voicemails from you, and you just sounded so he we talked every single day, and he would call and he didn't, and I hated it, he'd say, I've got two minutes, and like his whole disposition changed. It was just heart-wrenching. And then I actually played one of the voicemails for him maybe a year ago. He didn't even know who that was.
SPEAKER_02:He didn't know it was him, it wasn't me.
SPEAKER_01:And it's just, you know, happiness has a different flavor, it really does. And you know, yes, you don't appreciate the greater things in life that you have, like love, happiness has a different flavor.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, we need to put that down somewhere.
SPEAKER_01:Write it down. Maybe you can engrave it.
SPEAKER_02:There you go.
SPEAKER_01:But the thing, write it down. So it's the the you made me lose my train of thought. But the thing is, is you can, you know, you don't appreciate the great that you have until you've tasted the negative. You just don't, you don't know, and so that's such an eye-opening thing. Like you you really appreciate the finer things. Like before Faith, you know, I didn't appreciate the tiny little things that most people would overlook. Now, every time she laughs, it's infectious. Like, I love listening to her just cackle up and laugh like she does. She is the best laugh I've ever heard. And you know, every time she eats, I'm still in awe of the fact that she's doing it. And I'm so proud of her. And I mean, it's just an amazing thing just to watch and see. And before all this happened, and we haven't been able to talk about it, my husband did the most amazing, sweetest gift.
SPEAKER_02:I did.
SPEAKER_01:Don't ruin my moment. Okay, you're still a little upset about the Christmas gift. So my husband went, and he's like when we dated 25 years ago, it was you can't ever have a tattoo. You can't blah blah blah blah blah, whatever. So my husband got a tattoo for me on his forearm, and it's beautiful, and I love it. He got this before all this whack-a-mole baloney transpired. It is him with his profile holding my face. He always holds my face, and he's kissing my forehead, just like my grandfather used to do. He's the only other person who's ever done it. And he kisses my forehead, my eyes are closed. You can see my flaming red hair. He's got on one of his old, worn-out, broken in, perfect, love baseball hats, and his goatee is there, and it's beautiful, and he has it, and everybody loves it. Everybody who's seen it just thinks it's the sweetest dedication piece ever. And even though Mr. I didn't want a tattoo, I think he really likes it. He just doesn't want to say. What do you think, babe?
SPEAKER_02:I like it. I like it a lot.
SPEAKER_01:Do you like it or do you love it?
SPEAKER_02:Yes.
SPEAKER_01:Yes, yes, yes. What their new favorite movie is Ratatouille.
SPEAKER_02:Ratatouille.
SPEAKER_01:Ratatouille.
SPEAKER_02:Uh-huh. Yes, I like it a lot.
SPEAKER_01:It's sweet.
SPEAKER_02:It just it symbolizes us.
SPEAKER_01:So what made you pick that?
SPEAKER_02:I didn't want something very cliche. I wanted something that was us. You know, it defines us. It it just it shows us. I really wanted your red hair to stand out. You know, I love your red hair.
SPEAKER_01:So and of course.
SPEAKER_02:I will say Jeff.
SPEAKER_01:I wasn't gonna say it. I wasn't gonna say it.
SPEAKER_02:Jeff did give me somewhat of a double chin. Thanks, buddy. Gonna live with that for the rest of my life. Well, Mike, you kind of do. You turn your head to the right, you you got this profile. You you really do have a double chin. I said, just don't give me a double chin, dude. Uh it's it's there, so but I am six foot one, 277 pounds, so I carry it all in my stomach. I guess my double chin now.
SPEAKER_01:But it's sweet, and then him and I have been doing some reminiscing and thinking about some of the older times, and it's nice to have that, you know, those little moments of reflection. It's important to have that. Okay, she had something to add into that.
SPEAKER_02:We apologize for this stinking thing over here, it's always going off.
SPEAKER_00:Yes, it is.
SPEAKER_02:So just to reiterate, we apologize for the month that we've been gone. We've had a lot of things going on, and we still have things in the pipeline here this week and probably the following week.
SPEAKER_01:Well, I have to go back to the surgeon in the morning. Woohoo! And then it's Christmas, and Abby comes this week. Faith is so excited. Appicins is coming.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, that's her cousin.
SPEAKER_01:She's been on the show a bunch of times.
SPEAKER_02:And yes, the readings probably stopped.
SPEAKER_01:Stop it. They live, those girls live to prank daddy. And oh, are they planning this time?
SPEAKER_02:Oh, speaking of pranks, yeah, which is I was thinking about Eric Winters because he still has a prankness. But who might be coming on the show?
SPEAKER_01:Which person? Blonde Marge Sr. Margaret from The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Oh my god. Okay, first we had Margaret C Marge Sr. on. Anybody who watches The Real Housewives knows who Marge is, right? You gotta talk a little bit. No, it's the Real Housewives. I don't know. I don't watch that. So Marge has like, oh, she's amazing. First of all, I think she's just beautiful.
SPEAKER_02:She sounds sassy.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, she's so sassy. Her mom is sassy. Her mom is so sassy. The little accent they have. Oh my god, it's hilarious. I love it. So one episode alone, you know, she she reached out to me, she did a video, made my day. Made my day. So she's like, I'm coming on, I'm gonna be glammed, you know. She sent me a little message while she was in her room, just woke up. The woman couldn't look bad in a bag. I'm just saying. And she, if any of y'all watched a few seasons ago, somebody made a comment. She was dressed to the nines in a in a gown. She had a drink in her hand, all of elegance, and she just walked up in like somebody right in their swimming pool, like dressed in uh, you know, everything.
SPEAKER_02:She did what?
SPEAKER_01:She put them in the pool.
SPEAKER_02:Like out of it.
SPEAKER_01:Just right in the pool. I mean, and then she just kept right on going. This woman takes no shit, right? No shit. And she is a force to be reckoned with. And she has a heart of gold. Like, she does things to help special needs kids. And you know, she's just, you know, she I can't even do her accent. She's like, hi, it's Modge. How you doing? Oh my god, I can't wait to come on your show. I oh, it's gonna be fabulous. I'm giving you lots of Modge hugs and kisses and line, why, like it's oh, so excited, so excited, so excited because she is amazing. Amazing.
SPEAKER_02:So we look forward to that.
SPEAKER_01:Amazing, and I can't believe that my husband didn't mention this yet. Did you fail to mention what you did? Who also reached out?
SPEAKER_02:They said there's a possibility.
SPEAKER_01:Okay, but they still reached out. First of all, who was it? You tell them, John Cuzack. Like, who doesn't okay, who doesn't grow up watching Gross Point Blank or Conair, or you know, the million different movies say anything? He was an 80s icon, like icon of the 80s, right? And he got my book, Who Kicked First? Holy crap, he got Who Kicked First, right? And then he reaches out to me and he congratulates me and doesn't just call it my memoir, he calls it a my thriller memoir. And then he says that when he is premiering his movie in Atlanta, he's gonna give me tickets to go meet him and like see him and be there for the premiere in the red carpet and all that stuff. Like John Cusack. Now, as much as I would love to have John Cusack on the show, and I'm working on it, I am. Can I just Say that the wheelhouse of James Spader is closing in. It's closing in. Because we James Spader was in movies with John Cusack. John Cusack and James Spader were both 80s icon movies, right? If you look at James Spader in the 80s and you look at him now, you don't even know that he's the same person at all. Raymond Reddington was designed, created, and made for James Spader. He is Raymond Reddington. He is. I'm getting goosebumps. Amir.
SPEAKER_02:I'm gonna have to leave the room.
SPEAKER_01:Amir, aka Aram Moshtobai, agent, also reached out to tell Faith Merry Christmas, happy holidays. And he's gonna come on first of the year, right? Oh nicest guy ever.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, he's awesome, y'all.
SPEAKER_01:He's amazing. He's on Broadway right now. Everybody needs to check him out, support him, love him. Amazing, amazing, amazing, amazing. So he reached out, sent a video, I'll post it up for everybody to see. Love him. He says he just turns down everything, doesn't do podcasts, doesn't do anything. He's gonna come on first of the year. Super excited, right? So now we have who would have been a Ram Moshbai, who is Amir from the blacklist, and then Jean Cusak, who is John Cusak, and Margaret from the Real Housewives of New Jersey. And this is just the beginning, right? Just the beginning. Anyway, so I've had all of these like little samplings of here, let's have this bite, this bite, this bite, this bite, right? And it's all little pieces of an entree that could equal James Spader. It could be James Spader. I ask for nothing. I'm such a I mean, here's the thing, and I can't believe my husband didn't didn't share this little tidbit. After leaving the hospital on Friday and finding out that I'm probably gonna have emergent surgery and I have this infection and blah blah blah, and I'm hurting, I have everybody with me, and immediately everybody has to grab a bite to get something to eat. And we go in, and a manager that I know is having some issues, like major, major family medical issues, and immediately I can't even do it. You you gotta, without telling their story, tell what happens.
SPEAKER_02:So we go into this diner and order our food, and her friend, the manager, comes over. Myself, our daughter, and my dad continue to eat. My wife starts a conversation with her friend manager and listens to her story and says immediately, I am here for you. I will help you. This is what I want you to do. This is what I want you to start doing. And the lady was so relieved, you could tell, she didn't have anyone to turn to for the resources that uh my wife has and for the knowledge that my wife has concerning this this area. It's just something that my wife does, and she's very good at it. So she brought a lot of comfort and a feel of safety and security with her just being there and and talking to her, and you know, she well, hell, we just left the hospital, you know, and this this is my wife, a big fat heart.
SPEAKER_01:And I felt bad she was crying at the table.
SPEAKER_02:The only thing fat on you, woman.
SPEAKER_01:Whatever. I felt bad because she was crying at the table, right? And everybody else at the table is eating, and I had not eaten, and I'm like just famished, and I'm like, and and remember, I'm deaf on the right side, I have no eardrum at all anymore, right? And it's actually even closed up, and she's on my right side, so I'm trying to turn to kind of face her to the left, and I have this spinal thing with three different incision sites that have stitching and all this stuff in it, and I'm trying to hear her and a restaurant that's loud with a lot of people, and I'm only making out certain words, and I I'm getting the gist of it, but I'm trying to help her. I smell my food and I'm hungry, and I'm like, okay, I'm gonna take care of you. This is what I'm gonna do, this is how I'm gonna help. Blah blah blah. I turn around and everybody else is done eating.
SPEAKER_02:I said it's a good 30, 45 minute conversation.
SPEAKER_01:I mean, and she was so great. She comps up the food. I mean, she was beautiful. And and the thing is that this is what I would do. And I was like, okay, let me help. How can I do it? What do you need? Let's go. This is you know, immediate. I mean, every part of my back was on fire, I was hurting. You know, you just feel like uh when you have this internal infection, and immediately I'm like, okay, whatever it is. And she's like, You came in here for a reason, and we never go in there, never. And she's right, we were in there for a reason. And it's like, and then you have this company that lets my husband go because they don't know whether to itch their watch or whine their ass. I'm just saying, and it's Christmas time. How hard is it to just pay it forward a little bit and take time to appreciate because one day, it may not be today, it may not be tomorrow, it may not be next week, next month, next year, next decade. But at some point in time, we all need a helping hand. And now I only have one. However, let me digress. There's gonna be a point in time in everyone's life, if they haven't had it already, where they need help. And the people out there today are not so quick and fast to help as they did 20, 30 years ago. They're more self-involved, it's all about them, right? Like you go to a restaurant, everywhere you go, everybody's sitting in the phones at the table on their phones, not conversating with anybody, not paying any attention to the people that they're sitting at the table with. What's the point? Right? I mean, our society is gone to shit. It's all electronic, you know. Pretty soon. I mean, now you go to the doctor, or even when I'm waiting on surgery, they give you one of those like buzzer things. Don't ask me to do it again. For us to tell you that your surgical OR pre-op room is now ready. Like being a sound effects guy, and I'm like, I feel like I'm going the longhorns or something, right? Like they buzz you to tell you your table's now ready and you can go to the host and get seated. It's kind of the same thing. Oh, your pre-op or room is ready, you know. Let's go. And it's just everything is so electronic now, you know. Where is the humanity? Shut up. Yes. I mean, all the metal in me, yes, but still, can we not be human for a minute? Like somebody cut us off the other day, and they didn't even use our turn signal. You know, these cars are driving themselves, and you can just play on your phone, and and you can do all these things, and and it, you know, how lazy are we allowing ourselves to become? We are literally conforming ourselves to extreme just laziness, and it's ridiculous. You will see, unless I'm helping a patient, a client, or doing a doctor call or something of that way, you don't see me on my phone because I think they're a curse. I I hate video games. Everybody knows me knows that. You know, they're not the frogger or what's the other one? The Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong, or no, the one that goes beep, beep, beep, and you like breakout. Breakout. Yes, okay. Everything now is violent. My husband and child thought it was just drop freaking hysterical. That I go downstairs and they are like zombie killing and amputating, decapitating, and they think it's a riot. And I walk down there and wave my nub. Hello, really? I mean, as that's fun to you. And my husband actually openly admitted that he goes with through withdrawals from not playing the stupid ass game. And that's ridiculous. And that's why, you know, it is proven psychologically that if you are so self-involved in that world, that that is your reality. That is your reality. And when you don't play, you don't feel as if you belong because that's not your group, that's not your peeps, if you will, right? That's not your wheelhouse, and so you don't feel that you belong. And that's why so many people are so addicted to social media. And social media is just as addictive as drugs, and that's a proven fact. It is a proven fact, you know, when you want to get our kids' attention, like she knows there's certain things that I don't approve of, and she doesn't, thank God, do you know a whole lot on the electronics, but you have to have a sense of you know humancy when it comes to stuff when the these kids they there's people online trying to say that they're seven, eight-year-old kids and that they're trying to make friends and and Minecraft and all these other sh stupid things and they're pedophiles. I mean, it's ridiculous. There's nowhere safe for our kids anymore. Nowhere. I mean, we were watching a video that I'm sure almost everybody saw where somebody stole something. I don't even know what it was that they stole in Walmart. They pulled a gun and tried to kill a police officer. I mean, what the hell did they steal? They walked in without like a ton of stuff, so it's not like they tried to, you know, put a TV in their petticoat or whatever. Most people are not gonna Google what is a petticoat, right? But seriously, can we go back? I nobody's gonna be humble and go back into the you know earlier 70s and 80s when people held doors open. My husband and I still hold doors open for people. Nobody says thank you anymore. They expect you to do it, and you know why? Because their head's in their phone and they're not even paying attention. Some of these people would walk right through the glass because they don't see the door in front of them.
SPEAKER_02:That's funny because I said the same thing to our daughter this very evening, a few hours ago. I held her and I both held the door open for a lady coming into the pizza place. And she said, Thank you. And I said, You're welcome. And our daughter just nothing. And I said, Babe, you're supposed to say thank you. You know, just acknowledge her. You didn't say anything.
SPEAKER_01:Normally she's got good manners. I raised her right, she doesn't have manner.
SPEAKER_02:I praised her this very evening at the table and told her I love her manners.
SPEAKER_01:Yes. Yes, but here here, you know, we haven't told a faith story in a while. So I'm gonna give you one. I don't know if you remember this or even know it. So when she was oh my god, seven, we had to go to a doctor's appointment, and it was up on one of the higher floors of the hospital. So we get there and full elevator, we get in it, she sees an elderly woman coming, she holds the doors for her, right? She's holding the whole elevator, people are pissed behind us. So she was like, I gotta gotten the next one. Faith just looks at me and she goes, What floor? I can do it myself. Like really rude. And so she's like, I'm sorry. Now, most people at that age did not understand her. She had severe aproxia, and so we're in this huge elevator. I can't believe the door shut. She pushes one of the higher floors, and all of a sudden, like it's people are around, and you see everybody moving their head, and you always you you see this you hear and I'm looking, and I look down because I'm considerably taller than Faith, and I look down, and she has this shit eating ground on her face. She turns around and looks at everybody behind us, and she's pointing to the old lady. She's pointing to her, and then taking her hand and you know, back fanning her nose, right? Like, you know, so the lady gets out, and faith without missing a beat, the doors hadn't even closed all the way yet. And she goes, You think she could have let that go before she got in? It was so foul and raunchy. My husband can tell you she can clear a room.
SPEAKER_02:Yes.
SPEAKER_01:So we she's just looking at me with this grin, right? And she has the cutest little face you've ever seen. So we get out on our floor, and I looked at her, and I was like, Were you behind this? And she just looks at me and goes silent but deadly and kept right on walking. And I said, Are you kidding me right now? Did you, did you really? Was that you? And she goes, Oh, she could have said thank you.
SPEAKER_02:Wow.
SPEAKER_01:And that has always been how she is. That's how faith is. But you know, this is a kid who, same kid, you know, couple of months later, we are leaving the hospital, and there's probably an 80-year-old man in a wheelchair with a tracheostomy. And she looks and she goes, When you get yours out, it'll look like this. And she pointed to her trach scar and he just teared up. And he had a wipe on, wipe off board. And he said, How can I be unhappy when I have her beside me? And I looked at him and I said, You can't. You can't. I said, That's temporary. That's that's temporary, you know. And she she didn't, I didn't ask her to say something to him. She just felt the need. She saw he was depressed and sad, and and she just said, Hey, when you get rid of yours, it'll look like this. And it cheered him up. And he had a big smile on his face, and she just looked at me and I was like, I'm proud of you. And she goes, I didn't do anything. That is a great kid, right?
SPEAKER_02:She's a great kid, she is, and we'll have her and her cousin on here.
SPEAKER_01:That's gonna be so much fun.
SPEAKER_02:Probably more than one once.
SPEAKER_01:That's gonna be so much fun. Anybody out there who knows, I feel like I'm in this giant neighborhood metaphorically, and in the neighborhood, I have Amir, and I've had all these other beautiful people, and everybody has somehow, some way. I've had a few people that have worked with James Spader, right? I can connect him to many people we've had around us, and he's like somewhere in this massive neighborhood that I'm in, and I just can't find the house yet. Like Mr. Spader, like I've never been an obsessive fan. I'm not an obsessive fan, but sir, you are due your hell yeah for your job on the blacklist. Like, he was so amazing, he has such a great personality and disposition. I love the character to whom he played. He I was devastated that he never was dominated. He was gypped, absolutely gypped, you know. And and it was just, he's I I just would love to have him, and I would love to have Johnny Depp on because my respect for Johnny Depp has always been so strong after what he does for the kids at the hospital. Everywhere he travels, he takes his pirate outfit with him everywhere he goes. And after I watched intently his trial from what he went through, and my heart just broke for him. You know, that is a sheer open-shut case of a man being abused. I mean, and he was such a gentleman. Here, here he is, Johnny Depp, and he is walking around, handshaking every deputy, thanking them for watching him that day. He's not looking around to see if the cameras are watching. He's not watching to see, you know, is TMZ or ET or E or whoever, whatever those programs are, are gonna put out their depth thanks the deputies. You know, he wasn't doing that. He was genuinely thanking them for the hard work that they were doing to keep, you know, the courtroom as safe as possible. That's a genuinely nice person. I mean, you could tell by his mannerisms and everything of what he went through. Just I I have so much even more respect for that man that I would love, love to share his light. I also would love to get Victor Marx up on the show, who we can talk about later on as well. He's another amazing human being.
SPEAKER_02:Was that the uh fellow who you just bought his books?
SPEAKER_01:Yes, he's actually holds the Guinness Book World Record for the fastest gun release, which everybody can remember. He's standing there and uh it looked like an auditorium, and two people held a gun on him, and he very quickly spun around and grabbed both. He has a goatee in the video, and he was tortured and tormented as a child. Mom had many different marriages, and they were pedophiles, and they did horrific things to this man. And this man, instead of living his life in pain, is now living his life in purpose. And he's running for an elective office. He ended up being in, I believe, don't quote me yet because I haven't read his book, Special Forces. I've seen so many, many videos of him, and he just seems as down to earth as possible. Like I said, I haven't read that much about him. I I really would love to highlight and help any way I can for him because what a testament to who he is. I mean, seriously. So if you know somebody who has gone through domestic violence, you know, we would love to share their light. We would love because those people that are listening that are still in it or start in their healing journey, when we bring people on, you get that opportunity to hear their story. And sometimes one or two of their little nuggets of success helps you. And if you're worried, we make sure my number one priority is confidentiality. And when you come on, the very first thing I say to you is, I will not tell your first name, your last name. You can go by a different name if you want. You do not have to say where you are geographically. And after we record, if you're not happy, I'll scrap it. Not an issue, not a I'm not gonna say a word except you got it, and I'm gonna just delete it. And it's because I want you to be comfortable. And it's not an interview forum, it is two people having a conversation as friends, and there is nothing but respect when you come on the show. So we would love to highlight who you are and the success and growth of who you are and what you have done. Also, our academy is out there. There are so many free classes to help build who you are and help bring out even better because 2.0 is always better. And like I said, you don't appreciate what you have if you didn't experience the loss to begin with. And so there's a lot to be said for that. We are going to do whatever we can to get better again about this and get this going. What are you looking at?
SPEAKER_02:Happiness is a different flavor.
SPEAKER_01:That was pretty fast thinking on my part. Yeah, it was pretty good, right? I just copywritten it. Copywriting. Yeah. He just looks at me like that.
SPEAKER_02:I always look at you because I'm in love with you.
SPEAKER_00:Oh, 25 something years. What's the secret to that?
SPEAKER_02:Oh, secret sauce to love after over 25 years. It's it's a mix, it's a blend. It's you you got to laugh.
SPEAKER_01:Oh my god, I swear to life, I was just thinking that exact same thing.
SPEAKER_02:I don't care. If it's you know bad dad jokes or the fact that y'all both are farting in bed together after drinking apple juice.
SPEAKER_01:Now hold on, we are in bed together because dad right now, because we haven't built on his suite because we don't have a bathroom on the main level and he can't do stairs, and that's where the living room is. And so he we turned our living room into his bedroom temporarily. So as most people know, I don't want there to be any weird, wondering thoughts. As most people know, you guys have movie date every Saturday night. And so now it's been moved into our room. So we were all snuggled up on the bed with a blanket watching a movie. And my daughter and I decided to see if we could fart our dad slash husband out of the room. But the way you said was like, while we're laying in bed, the three of us.
SPEAKER_02:No, I didn't say the three, it was just me and you.
SPEAKER_01:No, you said your daughter and you, whether your daughter and you were farting me out in bed. No, I didn't I didn't. You did. I'll replay it for you.
SPEAKER_02:Okay, we'll replay it.
SPEAKER_01:And then you'll have to come on the next show and say I was right again.
SPEAKER_02:No.
SPEAKER_01:You did, I promise. But they we were in there watching some stupid, stupid movie.
SPEAKER_02:Anywho, I would say laughter. Okay. Unconditional honesty. Right? About every little thing. Uh-huh. And then, you know, as the years go by, if you recall things that you forgot to disclose, you can put those out there.
SPEAKER_03:You know?
SPEAKER_02:Because there are some things I forgot about that I've told you. Oh, yeah, I forgot about this. One time in Maycamp. Yeah. So just uh it's it's a blend. Right? But the laughter, gotta be laughter in there. You know, I may not have a thing in common with you except for guns, knives, you know, prior law enforcement. I I didn't go to college. You you went to college, I don't have any degrees. You've got multiple. I don't damn sure don't have any doctorates.
unknown:Okay.
SPEAKER_02:You were a nerd, I was not.
SPEAKER_01:You were the slut. So we have so much in common. We all always we always finish each other's sentences, and we're always on the same page.
SPEAKER_02:Always on the same page.
SPEAKER_01:Like he said, like it was the other day again. We were in the truck and we made a comment, both of us answered at the exact same time, exact same thing. I mean, and it's it happens daily, it really does.
SPEAKER_02:Or you walk into Costco and you see your favorite set of headphones on sale.
SPEAKER_01:Oh my god, I'm so angry with you. Like, I'm not angry, but I'm uh so I save for Christmas all year long. Okay, I'm a Costco fanatic, and Costco has Bose headphones, like ridiculously cheap. So as I've saved and saved and saved and saved, my husband likes the in-the-ear ones, right? So I'm like, huh. So I get them for him for Christmas. Now they're still a little pricey, a little pricey, and I get them, I'm all excited. So then we're beginning this whole like, you know, helping grandpa in his new living quarter thing, and we had to get some storage bins. So we go, and damn it, Costco has moved the bows to the very front of the store, and you can only enter in one way. And so my husband is like a dog in the heat, boy, right to it, and he goes, Oh, I can't do that, that Tim Allen, like I can't do it. You have to do like three sound effects there, and he's like, Oh, and he he immediately is like, Oh, I need the over the ears one. And I'm like, No, you don't. He's like, Yes, I do, no, you don't. And I was like, No, really, you don't. He's like, No, we yeah, and I was like, No, you don't. So I said, Come on, come on, we gotta get, we got things, come on, come on, we gotta go. No, I want this for me. No, you don't. So, like, this is just back and forth. And he looks at me, he goes, You got it for me for Christmas. And I and I was like, Oh my god. So I said, No, you turd biscuit. I got you the in the ear because that's what he wears all the time is the cheap five dollar store in the earbud things. And he was like, No, but I want the over the ears. I'm like, no, you don't. So I said, Fine, I'm returning the other ones, right? The other ones were more expensive than the ones you picked. Quite a bit, quite a bit more. So with that being said, okay, we're dealing with that. And then he sees where I'm trying to wrap gifts, he walks in the room, not that he cares that I'm wrapping gifts, and he says, I'm keeping both. And he tries to take one and hide it. No, I don't think so. I'm going to return that. Like, I'm gonna go and return that. So then out of nowhere, he says to me, I need a new knife. And I was like, I swear to you, that's it. Like, stop stop, you know, because here's the thing don't give me shit. Because he I I I already got him a knife, and not only did he get the fact that he needed a knife, he even named the doggone brand of knife I got him. Like he knew, it's like he knew, and there's no way he could have, but this is the whole same page thing. But every th every Christmas birthday, mother's day, anniversary, my husband doesn't do gifts to me. I, on the other hand, do a plethora of gifts to him.
SPEAKER_02:But this year I get you some gifts.
SPEAKER_01:But no, that's because you're competing with dad.
SPEAKER_02:Oh shit.
SPEAKER_01:So dad decides that he wants to give a gift. Should we say it or no? No, what do you think? Let's just go like this. So dad wants to give a gift. I'm this person that's like, no, no, no, why? No. This was his idea, and I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no. So without saying what it is, how do you even explain to everybody the magnitude of this?
SPEAKER_02:It's it's a gift you keep around for 20 something years.
SPEAKER_01:I don't think that's fair enough. Like my mouth is titanium, and it was like duh, like a cartoon, like, you know. And I was like, no, nope, nope, I don't need it. Nope, thanks. I appreciate it. Nope. And it was nobody does anything nice for you.
SPEAKER_02:Yes, it's not value.
SPEAKER_01:No, no, but it's shocking, right? Shocking.
SPEAKER_02:Oh my god, no one has ever done this for me.
SPEAKER_01:And yes, and so my husband wasn't thrilled because dad's going around going, guess what? I got my daughter, and my husband's going, in law. And he's like, Guess what I got, my daughter? My husband keeps going, in law, daughter in law. And then he's like, She's my favorite. And so we even provide a nickname for said gift. And my husband is in competition now. There's no way to even come close. The best gift he has given me is himself. The fact that dad is here and he is so like so valued in the family. Like he sits at the table at the meals and he cuts up and laughs, and he has movie night with Peanut, and they do everything together. Like, little Miss Mouthy over there is like, I'm spending time with Pop Pop. Like, hey, you know, it's kind of late. I'm spending time with Pop. Like, that's her thing, you know? They are thickest thieves. And let me tell you, she can do no wrong in his eyes. He has her six no matter what. Like, my husband will be like, Dad, you gonna help me out here? He always covers for faith, he always makes excuses and has her back. I mean, he is her alibi. That's basically the best way to sum it up. And my husband can't stand it because he's all about his little kitten. He calls her kitten, and they are yes, he does, darling. They are so cute together, and like she'll want to watch a movie with him. But we love it, and yes, but here's the thing, and dad, I call him dad, he loves horror movies, right? But she doesn't, I don't think, realize to how much he likes them. And so you go downstairs, they're watching this movie, and all of a sudden you see dad, right, who's seven in his late 70s, and he pulls the covers over his eyes. He's like, like, I'm scared. And she's like, It's okay, I've got you, I got you. And he's peeking out the other side so she doesn't see it, but they are watching these movies that he picks, and it's hilarious, they're so cute together. And you know what? He'll be like, Mike will be like, you know, she needs to go to bed. It's like one or in the morning or whatever, and he'll be like, You go to bed, son. I'll send you to your room. Leave me alone. I'm spending time with my girl, with my girl. It is just I love it. I love it, I love it, I love it. And these are the memories that last a lifetime. Put your damn electronics away.
SPEAKER_00:I'm done. Drop the mic.
SPEAKER_01:Take us out.
SPEAKER_02:That was it. You all petered out?
SPEAKER_01:Don't I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it. Don't ask me, I'm not doing it. He makes fun of the way I call our dogs.
SPEAKER_02:He's got the the craziest, kookiest sound effects. Yeah. She tries to call our dogs. And it's you know, come here. I don't do that. No, you don't either. I do not do that. Like four ducks got ran over by a truck.
SPEAKER_01:I do not do that. I do not do that. That's not the sound I make, and I'm not showing it. I'm not doing it, but that is not the sound I make.
SPEAKER_02:We're on we're on air, you can't show it.
SPEAKER_01:Okay, but I'm not gonna I'm not doing it either. But that is not what I do. It's not all right.
SPEAKER_02:So if y'all want to be on this crazy wikey show with us sometime, you know, have a conversation.
SPEAKER_01:Along with amazing other celebrities.
SPEAKER_02:Well, they won't be on there with them.
SPEAKER_01:No, but they're they're on the same show. You could be on the platform with like Hollywood.
SPEAKER_02:Reach out to us, contact us, jump on the website, get our email, on a contact us. Go to the academy, jump on the free academy. All right, get y'all some classes in. And uh every once in a while, you you know, is it still we still got buy a cup of coffee or something? Yes, yeah, buy us a cup of coffee. My wife did the most horrible thing. I stopped drinking coffee months ago. I was up to five pots, about five pots a day, and and I was addicted to the caffeine, so I had to come down off of it. So I almost quit cold turkey. I drink coffee every once once in a while. But my wife has placed coffee around the house in these little cute cups, and she just handed me one of those mugs. It's a Mickey Mouse mug full of coffee.
SPEAKER_01:Faith gave me that. Right here. No, it's full of coffee grounds.
SPEAKER_02:Right, right. That's not what you said. You said coffee. Coffee grounds.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, Marge juice would say no, Marge would say it's coffee. It's coffee.
SPEAKER_02:And it's it's killing me.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, it smells so good. It smells so good during this podcast. It's but it it's but it keeps everything smelling. Yeah, it stinks up the house by coffee. It doesn't stink up the house. It smells great.
SPEAKER_02:What? What? Good night, y'all. Thank you for listening to the episode of Contagious Smile Unstoppable, where we just hem-haw and talked around us tonight. Well, basically, we just caught y'all up to speed of what we've been doing and have been doing. So we'll uh get back on topic here.
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SPEAKER_02:And we're out.
