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Miles Between Us
Turkey, Travel & Temporary Insanity
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The holidays can bring out the best in us—and the chaos. We kick off with some behind-the-scenes upgrades and quickly dive into the real challenges of this season: staying calm, keeping plans intact, and choosing peace when family dynamics get complicated. Our goal is simple and honest: help you travel smarter, set healthier boundaries, and find a version of Thanksgiving that feels like yours.
We start with road readiness because nothing derails a trip like a preventable breakdown. From checking tire pressure and tread to testing batteries in cold weather, replacing wiper blades, confirming coolant levels, and making sure your headlights and tag lights work, we map out a car maintenance checklist that actually prevents holiday headaches. We also share our pack-like-a-pro essentials—water, non-perishable snacks, chargers, jumper cables, blankets, and a change of clothes within reach—and a few sanity-savers like downloaded podcasts, playlists, and movies for those long interstate standstills. Kindness is a theme here: assume the driver next to you is carrying more than luggage and give them grace.
Then we pivot into boundaries—the quiet cornerstone of a sane holiday. We talk through naming and writing your non-negotiables, why hosts have the right to decide who comes into their home, and how to resolve conflicts so they don’t crawl back years later. If you’ve been a people pleaser, expect friction as you start speaking up; growth can surprise people who are used to your silence. We also share a seven-day no-negativity reset to counter doom-scrolling and daily dread, plus a simple gratitude practice that doesn’t require perfection, just repetition.
It’s not all heavy. We laugh about upside-down turkeys that turn out amazing, the Butterball hotline, and the strange trivia that sneaks into family traditions. More importantly, we hold space for imperfect holidays: folks on shift work, those who are grieving, and anyone whose table looks different this year. Your version counts. Travel smart, be kind, protect your peace, and let the rest be messy and real.
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Hi. Gosh, I feel like we've not been talking a lot lately. We've been out sick procedures. So welcome back to Miles Between Us. Yes. I'm Misty. Welcome. Melissa. All right.
SPEAKER_00What are we going to talk about on today's episode? Well, first, if you're watching, we got an upgrade. Now I'm realizing this is probably directly in front of me. Let me get a little closer to you, if you don't mind. Please. So that way we're gonna have neck problems. We're gonna have to swap every other episode. We do need to start swapping. So then that way we're not constantly like yes. But maybe this will be Yeah.
SPEAKER_01So Melissa killed it, guys. We have like boom arms. Is that what these are called now? So we have boom arms and she had a drill out when I came over here. She like attached stuff.
SPEAKER_00Oh yeah. I was in my husband's workshop the other morning, and he I don't think he was stoked to say I almost turned on one of his machines. I was like, where's his tables? I have never worked on a day in my life. I should not have even had that thought. But I wanted two even pieces, but I found even scrap woods. Good job. Good job. I am super impressed. This is incredible. Yes. So hopefully it doesn't look all crazy and it looks more professional rather than like Yeah, you know, it's all a work in progress.
SPEAKER_01I mean, again, that's the thing, right? We when we talked about this in the very beginning. You want to do something, you just gotta do it. You're gonna make mistakes, you're gonna learn lessons, and that's what life is. Yeah. I mean, it really is. We all have gone through the ups and downs and the oh shit, that didn't work the way I wanted it to. But I love that we're doing it together.
SPEAKER_00Oh, yeah. For some reason, it doesn't feel as scary doing this, even though it is very vulnerable, because it's just like, why not? Why not do something you've been talking about forever, you know? Yeah. Whatever that may be, I'd say go do it. Also, I don't know if it's my hands now. I like do I hold my paper? Hello.
SPEAKER_01I don't know. So, yeah, there's been a lot going on. So Melissa is an incredible nurse and babysitter. Um, you're easy to watch. Yeah. That's what happens when you're completely drugged. So I had neck procedure done, and Melissa was my chauffeur and my babysitter, and very grateful to her. You know, it's important that you get people in your life you can depend on. For sure.
Seven Days Of No Negativity
SPEAKER_00Especially when you're that out of it, they can be your advocate and stuff. Oh my gosh. Yes. Yeah. So what are we gonna dive into today?
Do It Messy: Starting And Learning
Health Updates And Showing Up
SPEAKER_01Oh, we are diving into girl holiday travel and families and stress and no stress. Stress. Yeah, but there's ways to alleviate it. Yeah, absolutely. So, again, so I'm gonna tell you one of the things that I started today. I started this morning. I think I've already failed, but I'm gonna restart again tomorrow morning for the next seven days. Nothing negative. Like I don't want to talk about anything negative, I don't want to read anything negative, I'm not gonna say anything negative about people. Just gonna be positive or quiet.
SPEAKER_00Okay. So you did already fail today. Right, but but what I'm realizing is that it's really easy to do to get lost in the sauce of negativity.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, and there's just so much of it. I mean, it doesn't matter if it's the news or you know, there's tragedy, there's all this stuff.
SPEAKER_00And um I told you that earlier. You told me some tragic news, and I said you better counteract it with something positive right away. I didn't even know you were on a little kick, so yes, so right.
SPEAKER_01So I'm hoping you guys will join us because I really do think we talked about like you know, what comes in is also what goes out.
SPEAKER_00And you should start a gratitude journal. I mean that's a great idea. I did one for a while, and then I always kind of fall off very gung-ho, and then I mean that's what happens with everybody's goals.
SPEAKER_01True, true, you know, but yeah, so I I'm you know, I'm gonna focus on that. Um, it's not that I'm ignoring, you know, kind of the negativity, but let's just really highlight the positive.
Holiday Travel Stress Framing
Road-Trip Prep That Prevents Chaos
SPEAKER_00Yeah. And that's and I think it's also okay to ignore the negativity. It's okay to shut off the news for seven days. It's okay to like shut it all off if you need to. Yeah. Ain't nothing wrong with it.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, so let's talk about first thing like travel plans and having a trip check and maintenance still in your car.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I think we've kind of had the luxury of always having that done, just because we've quite literally always had dad's shop and now ours. So maybe it's harder for people because it's the chaoticness of getting up to the holidays, you're planning, you're doing all this. But if you are traveling, that's like number one. You got to make sure you get there safe. And it gives you peace of mind to be like, okay, if crazy travel happens, you know, where you get backed up on I-10, I-75, whatever for hours, you're not worried about coolant issues, battery dying, tires that are gonna blow apart.
Batteries, Weather, And Breakdowns
Spam Calls And Digital Safety
SPEAKER_01Yeah, absolutely. The last thing you want is to be going from you know, Tallahassee to Miami on this nine-hour drive, and you're four hours into it, and the car breaks down, and now you're in the middle of nowhere, you need a mechanic. They're closed because it's the holidays, they're with their family, and or if they're not closed, super expensive. Yeah, and again, listen, nobody's got a crystal ball, right? But we can do things that help you to prepare. Yeah, shit happens, but like let's check the tire pressure and the tread, let's check the wiper blades, let's make sure our coolant's where it needs to be. Do we have an oil leak that's an issue? Check the belts. The belts, the batteries. So we've gone back. Last week we were in the 20s and now we're back in the 80s, but that's when most batteries fail is in the cold, actually. So if you're traveling somewhere where you're gonna be in colder weather, maybe you have a weak battery, it most likely will fail by the time you're up there in that weather. So that's the last thing you need. No, I suppose we'll check it. It's a spam call. Every single call I get is a spam call. Same now. You know, I don't rush through my phone. We need to have this conversation, seriously, because I get at least 40 of these a day.
SPEAKER_00I'm on the do not call list, which apparently it doesn't work because I've been answering the calls, and on all of them you answer, and then you press nine automatically you go on the do not call. But it may take 24 to 72 hours. It doesn't work. It's the same as unsubscribing on email. It doesn't work, I swear to you. I swear, as soon as you click unsubscribe, boom, you get three more.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. So if anybody out there knows how to get these spam calls to stop on my phone, I'm about it. Please don't call me, email me. Because I don't even answer me, even like look at it. I'm like, why? Because every single time I look at it, it's spam. Yeah, I don't. And I don't want people well, so and people don't realize like what they're wanting is to record your voice.
SPEAKER_00I know. I won't even say, I'll be like, I'll answer for a second. I won't say hello because I've thought that they're gonna use my voice and create AI or whatever.
SPEAKER_01Because they're wanting to get your voice, they're wanting to get your name. They're like, is this Misty? Yes. And then they ask you something else. So now they have me saying yes, which they can use to create into something else. So sketchy. Just our little tip for today. Do not answer spam calls. Yeah, for real.
Kindness On The Road
SPEAKER_00I used to rag on you all the time, but this was also what, 10 years ago that you never answered phone numbers, you don't know. But now I can guarantee you seven out of ten people will not answer a phone call they do not know. Right. I don't blame them. Yeah, shouldn't do it. Anyways, back on track. It's important if you're traveling in the car and it rings that many times, I might throw it out the window. If it rings that many times and it's the same number, you better answer. I've been kidnapped or something. I'm just saying, it's AI. Maybe I don't know. Headlights, that's important. Yeah, check in your bulbs, taillights, tag lights, because you also let's be real, it's very stressful, and cops and everybody are on the lookout. True. Don't have a reason to get stopped and add to the cost and chaos.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. Don't bring attention to it. So this quote used to hang in our lobby. It should probably go back, although our our customers are much better.
SPEAKER_00But I think it had like a crazy little bird.
SPEAKER_01It did. Yeah, it was very important. So it was poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
SPEAKER_00Say it again for the people in the back.
SPEAKER_01It is so important. So for us, it would be the end of the semester, it'd be graduation day, maybe holidays, it'd be right before Thanksgiving. It would be something of like, well, I have brakes have been making noise for two months, but I need to leave town today. Yeah. I'm like, you need to rent a car, it's what you need to do. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00And most of them would be like, I'm leaving in two hours. I'm like, what?
SPEAKER_01Yeah. So again, poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on ours. So we want to help, we want to give you tips and ideas, but we're not gonna stress because it's not, you know, it's just not worth it. Like we have families, our staff has families, and be considerate. I mean, can we just start being considerate of everyone?
SPEAKER_00I think the theme for going into the travel and chaos of Thanksgiving should be be kind in all realms, right? Like be give the benefit of the doubt with maybe the person going so slow, it's their first time traveling back home. They've not really done big interstates, something like that. Maybe they have toddlers that are losing their minds asking for snacks while going 85 miles an hour down the road. There's things.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I mean, what's true? Our nephew, uh, the first time that I wanted him to drive on the interstate was actually very apprehensive.
SPEAKER_00So it's terrifying.
SPEAKER_01Well, the semis are terrifying.
SPEAKER_00I still floored around them. I don't trust it.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, and listen, I'm a quick driver. There's, I mean, I'm not going slow on the interstate. I like to get where I'm going. I arrive safely. But I also don't want to take the risk of being stuck.
SPEAKER_00Is that Ryan?
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SPEAKER_00Anyways, back to it. Interact interaction. What's it called? Interruption number 50. Yeah, this one's been a challenge. We're doing it, and hopefully there's no stomach.
SPEAKER_01Yes. Okay. Yeah, so again, I like your idea of being kind because you're right. You know, nobody nobody wants to be stuck in traffic. There's car accidents. You know, maybe somebody's got anxiety or fears of traveling. Maybe they just lost someone and they're a donkey on the edge. Like driving home for the first time to see their mom after their dad's passed away. I mean, you just don't know. You have no idea. So, yeah, I mean, let's just be better humans. You know, let's just love each other. I mean, Thanksgiving is really supposed to be what we're thankful for, and the friends and the family that we're thankful for. And uh there's an extreme to everything right now. And I think if every single person will take their own responsibility to be like, I'm gonna be kind, I'm gonna be considerate, I'm gonna put somebody else before myself, then maybe we make it a different place.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I think now, since having a toddler, it starts at home. Whatever change you want to see in the world with yourself, others, kids you have, it starts at home. So focus on you being a better person, maybe extending the olive branch. And you know, we all help each other. We'll get there one step at a time. We ain't perfect. We all gonna have our moments. Oh, absolutely.
Packing Smarter For Long Drives
SPEAKER_01A for effort, you know? Yeah. Well, let's talk about things that you want to take in your car if you're traveling in your car on the road. Well, I have a lot now. You have a toddler.
SPEAKER_00Because I have a toddler, but even before I always have maybe it's anxiety, because I feel like anxiety is also like over planners, overthinkers. So I never go without some kind of drink. Mine's always water and even extra waters for like car emergencies or whatever snacks of all sorts. And I like fresher snacks lately, though there should be non-perishable, because I always eat like garbage when traveling. When traveling, and I feel like shit. And if you're you have plans like right when you get there, I feel like I'm a step behind. And yeah, so snack, blankets, pillows, what else?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I always make sure that I've gone ahead and gotten a good podcast loaded up, I've gotten music that I want. I obviously candy is a big thing for me. So I I don't know why, but a road trip just creates me needing this candy constantly.
SPEAKER_00I think any road tripper is like, or it's junk food, it's candy, it's sodas it's for. Yeah, I don't know why.
SPEAKER_01That's all really important. I always, I mean, again, even when I'm, you know, sometimes just driving for the day or whatever, I make sure that I've got like clothes or an extra pair of shoes. I mean, I have been somewhere in flip-flops and broken my damn flip-flop and needed another shoe.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, big on the extra clothes because you have no idea. And like easily accessible. So you could have like a whole suitcase, but if something happens, you do not want to be sifting through your meticulously packed car for another shirt or something like that. Car charger. Very important. I mean, jumper cables.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, and so car charger, I just want to bring this up. Somebody called me the other day and they said, Can you Google where the damn car charger is in this 26 expedition? Right. Because no matter where you looked, there wasn't like the USB you were close to because it had one of those automatic charging. You lay it where you just lay it.
SPEAKER_00But I don't Who's gonna tell somebody that? I also don't trust it. I have one in my carnival that doesn't work now. Right. I used it for like three days. Maybe it has an update. I don't know, but it's I I want to plug it in. Okay, call me old school. I want to plug it in, it lights up, I know it's charging. Yes, that's just me.
SPEAKER_01That's important. Books, magazines. I mean, I will tell you that I do not like traveling when it's over in a car, when it's over three hours. Part of that has to do with my neck issues and you know, body just being comfortable and that type of stuff. But there are numerous people that get stuck on the interstate behind like a car accident and they're sitting still for like four hours. So you need something to distract yourself.
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Book, magazine, color, down something stuff before, download TV, you know, some movie to watch. I don't know why it feels so much worse on the interstate because there's just nowhere to go. Yeah, you're trapped.
SPEAKER_00Yes, you can't turn around, it just is what it is. You just gotta suffer through it. Yes. And you gotta get to where you're going. So onward.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, well, and again, everybody experienced the TSA stuff and the flight delays. So, you know, traveling's just not as easy as we think it is all the time. Yeah. But again, worth it, right? If you're going to see some people that you love, pause. Open the door.
SPEAKER_00Some good tent, y'all. Uh-huh. It's dark. Welcome to our studio. What do you think? Looks nice, huh? Turned on some turkey.
SPEAKER_01Love ya.
SPEAKER_00Safe travels. We already did the be kind. Apparently, you missed that part. I can't be kind to this lady. She's a diva.
Boundaries At Holiday Gatherings
SPEAKER_01All right. So let's talk about creating and holding boundaries of the holidays. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. It's kind of a I mean, it's it's really important.
SPEAKER_00Okay. First things first. Know and state your boundary to yourself. Like know it through and through. What is your actual boundary? What are you not wavering on? Because it's amazing to say said boundary. But then some of us may, you know, waver on it and then step back. So you need to know what is your absolute firm boundary. And then if you want a little extra and that's your kind of give and take, absolutely. That's great. But you need to know write it down.
SPEAKER_01Yes. Like, this is my boundary. This is why. And listen, nobody sets boundaries because they just want to be an asshole. Like you're setting boundaries because there's something that you need protection from. Like you need to be able to say, This person triggers me, they upset me, their drinking's a problem, you know, whatever it is, the people that you're surrounded by, you set a boundary because you are doing something healthy for yourself. Yeah. And so I think that's what we need to recognize first that people setting boundaries is not a problem. That's a real plus. Well, it's for them. Putting themselves first.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, it's for them. It's not because of you per se. It's just for them.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. So yeah, as you go into the holidays, I think all of us get surrounded with people we don't surround ourselves with on a daily basis. You know, you're in a different situation. You get a a lot of times you have a lot of people in a smaller space, you know.
SPEAKER_00It's a lot of hustle and bustle, a lot of different personalities, a lot of opinions.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. I mean, listen, you know, everybody always says, like, don't talk about politics at Thanksgiving. And, you know, go back to the good old days, watch the Macy's Day Parade, and you know, play a game of football out in the yard type of thing. But yeah, I think what's really valid is so we've had it this year. I mean, we're just gonna kind of straight out say we've had some absolute, like, what the hell is happening? Who's coming to Thanksgiving, who's not coming to Thanksgiving, who's talking to each other, who's not talking to each other? Who's allowed at the house, who's not?
SPEAKER_00Who's allowed at the house, who's not? Because I this is my hot take. If it is your house, I believe you have full rights to include or exclude whoever you want. Absolutely.
SPEAKER_01I would agree with that completely. No, I agree with that completely. Like your house, your rules. Yeah. Yeah, that's all there is to it. Your house, your rules. And so, and if everybody agrees that you're hosting, then we're getting you that right. Yeah, agreed. So that's kind of how that goes. So, yeah, I mean, and I think um this is a again a really stressful time of year, and it shouldn't be. Right? There's no reason why in a time that we can be close to people we don't get to see all the time, or we can have these traditions and you know, the food and the comfort of that, that we're gonna allow a person or somebody else's behavior to steal the rest of that away from us. So yeah, it was unique. It wasn't something that I think we've really had to deal with much.
Host Rights: Your House, Your Rules
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I mean, we have here and there, but we've been blessed lately for the last, I don't know, eight years or so that it's been pretty unspoken. Like we kind of know who's doing what, and then gosh, we even know who's making what.
SPEAKER_01So we do a potlock, and so we kind of know whose dish is what, and things like that. And it is special to bring everybody together. But you know, I also think that people just reach their breaking point.
SPEAKER_00Well, yeah, you gotta think like this is the end of the year, you've had a lot of stuff go on, holidays just carry a certain burden, stress, I don't know, pressure too to either kind of feel like you're your best version you're bringing. What are you gonna talk about? People are gonna say, What have you been up to? So I don't know. I think depending on who you're meeting up with, if like us, it's all the immediate family. So it's people we are always around. So it's not really too different for us, but when you're traveling and you're meeting up with people you haven't seen but once a year, right? It's a little bit different and kind of feel like you have to put on a certain face for it.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, a certain show. And yeah, we talked about before casual versus you know, dressy and all of that type of stuff. And we we respect everybody's traditions and what it is that you do. But again, we we did this podcast because we do want it to be the unscripted, unedited real life. And here's what really happens families fucking fight. Like they just straight up fight at times.
SPEAKER_00And I'm realizing that it's a lot more common than we were aware.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, we were not really aware that that was a thing. To the degree of like of like not like I'm not coming, or we're not talking, or you're dead to me.
SPEAKER_00Like, yeah, there's certain things we know, obviously, people get in squirrels, tiffs, whatever, but it's a lot more common that people cut off people than I ever realized.
Resolving Conflicts For Real
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I mean, just in conversations the last couple of weeks, I've realized how many people like no longer speak to their parents, or you know, don't talk to this son that's across the country, or that type of stuff. And so, yeah, you know, I think for us it was it was an eye-opener, right? Because this all started with kind of a disagreeable. You and me between us. Correct. So this was honestly just between Melissa and I. And so if you watched us and you follow us, you know that Melissa and I are best friends. We work together every day, we see each other all the time. We disagree on some stuff, right? But here's what's cool about when you know that you're in a good relationship, whether that's a sisterhood or you know, a spouse type relationship. A good relationship allows people to disagree. It allows people to have different opinions, and it allows people to each be heard, and then it allows there to be an actual resolution and an ending of that. And that's what we see happen over and over again. So I'm gonna encourage you that if you're having disagreements, figure out where the resolution and the end of it is. Yeah. Because that's what keeps happening, is people don't end them.
SPEAKER_00Well, because the problem I have is people who believe they're very straightforward and they are just telling it like it is. I've I'm finding a trend that they don't actually resolve things. So it somehow keeps being brought up, it keeps being an issue, and that's where the insanity comes in because you think you've talked through it, you've spoken your piece, they've spoken theirs, and then months later it gets brought up and you're like, Why are we going through this?
SPEAKER_01No, no, ours was three years later. Like this was we had a situation where there was a conversation, there was a boundary set, it was discussed, it was settled.
SPEAKER_00Statute limitations again.
SPEAKER_01And then three years later, it was like that conversation never ever happened. Yeah. So if you have those conversations where that happens to you, you are not alone. Not alone, not alone. I am happy to report that I feel like we maybe are moving in the right direction to have settled this, at least for this holiday. I don't really know what that means. Again, here's what I know that it means. I know that it means that I'm gonna be exactly who I am, and I'm gonna say exactly what I have to say. And you're gonna be exactly who you are, and you're gonna say exactly what you have to say. There's just no more biting your tongue for people. Like that whole like you should be allowed to be around, you could be around anybody for three hours. What the fuck would I want to? Correct. Like, is it humanly possible? Sure. Is it good for my mental health, my physical health, or me just not killing them? No. Bitch bye. So whoever tells you suck it up and be around this person, you don't have to. You do not have to. Peace out. Bye. Like, mm-mm. It's not a especially and that's what was wrong with the world. People covered shit up. They didn't talk about stuff, you know, like there wasn't that openness. Like there was a kids' table and there was adults' table, and the adults were always right. And we've all come to realize, like, we've grown as people, and we've realized that everyone has intuition, everyone has a right to an opinion, and we should respect them all. Yeah. Yeah. Listen, I'm super proud of you for holding your boundaries.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. I am the root of what happened, just so everyone understands. We're not gonna skate around it. Like, I don't give a damn who listens to that. We're not going into exact details.
SPEAKER_01No, but what I'm saying is you chose to set an absolute boundary of who could come to my house. Right. And that's it. Like in discussion.
SPEAKER_00Yeah.
SPEAKER_01So yeah, I'm good with it. I'm looking forward to turkey and ham and all the great stuff. I feel better now.
People-Pleasing, Growth, And Saying No
SPEAKER_00I'm not as nauseous because, like we've saying, you should you should talk about everything, but it is very hard to have these conversations. So know that you are also not alone in that. And if you need to pep yourself up, kind of talk to someone you can confide in beforehand, uh I don't know, just well, and get ready to have this.
SPEAKER_01And if you're saying life's a little bit different, right? Like I'm a little more confrontational.
SPEAKER_00You know, I'm a little more in your face. I also think that comes with age too, because as I'm getting older, you care less what people think of you. And a lot of people that don't like confrontation are usually people pleasers and things like that, which I fall under certain categories. So as I'm getting older, I'm like, I have my own home, I have my own family, I have my own experiences. I am going to stand up for myself and what I want. Because you can now. And it shocks people, right? Because yeah, I don't think they like it. They don't like it.
SPEAKER_01Like you're always the little one. So then you're like, what do you mean? She's growing up and she's saying things. So I think it's awesome. So for any of you that have had to make some hard decisions this holiday season, or you know, things are just not exactly where you thought they were gonna be. Give yourself grace. Give yourself some grace. I mean, it's another day, really. It's a holiday season, right? So if you're listening to this on Thanksgiving or in the days after that, it's a season, right? Like I woke up one day on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving, I love to eat, but I woke up a couple years ago at your house, come home over Thanksgiving, and I couldn't swallow. So I couldn't eat a single thing, which meant Thanksgiving sucked. But the Thanksgiving season of being around the people I loved was still great. Yeah. So that's what we focus on. But again, if you're separated from loved ones this year, if you you know, maybe you're deployed, maybe you're a first responder and you're working and you don't get to sit at the head of the table with your kid, or you are in the ER and you're working the shift there. Like, we have to remember that the picture that's been created in the public's Thanksgiving Day ad isn't what everybody's Thanksgiving looks like. I mean, we've had huge turkey drives. There are people that are really unable to afford Thanksgiving meals.
SPEAKER_00A lot of the local churches are doing it.
Gratitude For Imperfect Holidays
SPEAKER_01So, you know, again, as we're going to all of this, let's just stop and be kind to each other.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. There's a place for everybody, and we hope during the season that you're able to find your peace and be with your people and your loved ones. If not, tell them kick rocks. Bye. Okay. You should give us some fun facts.
SPEAKER_01My gosh. I don't understand. She told me I couldn't Google this shit.
SPEAKER_00I know I didn't dive further into it, so we're gonna have to dive into it.
SPEAKER_01I don't understand.
SPEAKER_00Like we'll dive into that during Christmas.
SPEAKER_01How jingle bells was a Thanksgiving song? I don't that just makes no sense to me. Yeah. The Butterball Turkey Hotline, which is real, by the way, receives about a hundred thousand calls each year from people needing cooking advice. I would have never thought that, truly. Who works this line? Hello, your turkey's on fire. Like, uh I'm gonna guess the call volume's gone down since we have YouTube and Google and stuff like that, maybe. But I mean, how pretty cool is it that butterball, which is a name brand of a turkey, has a line you can call.
SPEAKER_00You know, but it's pretty cool though. I wonder if it's right there on. I've never noticed it on their packaging, but it's gotta be. I don't know.
SPEAKER_01Well, because you made a mistake one year and it turned out to be like the ball a mistake compared to what the instructions say, but it was the best turkey ever. Melissa cooked it upside down.
SPEAKER_00Yep. It was just me and dad, and I I don't even remember where y'all went. Maybe Disney or something? No, maybe up north. Doesn't matter. So it was just me and my dad, and I don't know what happened. I blacked out, I guess, and I cooked it down and I took it out when it was done, and I'm looking at it and like that doesn't look exactly like the bird I usually see. And it took me a minute to figure out that's my dumb moment, but it was delicious.
SPEAKER_01It was delicious, yeah. It kept all that moisture in there.
SPEAKER_00I've never done it again because I feel like I'm scared that I'm gonna mess around.
SPEAKER_01I mean, I think you should because it was in yeah, it was incredible.
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SPEAKER_00Maybe I'll do two small ones instead of one big one this year, and then I can experiment. Yeah, that's a good idea.
SPEAKER_01That's a great idea. I like that. Yeah, and then it's less cooking time because you don't have one huge bird.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I'm loving this. I'm gonna come up with a new tradition. What else you got? Okay, so don't look at my paper. I'm gonna quiz you. What is the name of the horn-shaped basket filled with fruits and vegetables that's commonly associated with Thanksgiving?
SPEAKER_01It starts with a C. I cornucopia. Yeah. Cornucopia. Okay, I think it's ugly. I mean, just so we know. I'm pretty sure it goes back to like the pilgrimage area.
SPEAKER_00It does. It reminds me of like a dog toy, like a chew toy. Yeah, I'm not gonna have one of those. But yeah, I'm so glad I knew that. Oh, yeah. I don't think you're gonna get this one. Randomly, you know. Well, you might get this one if I give you clues, but according to AAA, what was the most popular Thanksgiving travel destination?
SPEAKER_01So this is gonna be a guess. However, it's something that we did for years. You cheated.
SPEAKER_00Did you look at these? I did not. I swear. I was gone for like 20 minutes. Did you Google this? I swear. Okay, say your guess.
SPEAKER_01Walt Disney World. Yes and no, Orlando. Yeah, so we started that as a tradition and we did it for like six years. I don't think I went once. No, you went more than that. Maybe twice. Yeah, maybe twice. Because then we would what happens is like you have Thanksgiving, and then you can eat in the park and you do all this type of stuff, and then later that night it changes to Christmas, and they have like snow in the streets and stuff. Yeah, so it's incredible. But when we first started doing it, it was Not crowded, and the last time it was insane. So that was why I guessed that.
SPEAKER_00Okay, last one. According to Miriam Webster, when was the term Friendsgiving first circulated? What year did somebody come up with? Friendsgiving, like that term, Friendsgiving.
SPEAKER_01I'm gonna say this was in the 2000s.
SPEAKER_00You gotta give me a year.
SPEAKER_012008.
SPEAKER_00No, but you're close, dude. 77.
SPEAKER_01Really? You cheat out. I was trying to go with like when the show Friends was out. That's literally so my brain is like, let's use logic to come up with this. We've had some Friendsgivings. We usually have a friend or two over.
SPEAKER_00I never had, I don't think I've ever had a true Friendsgiving where it's like all your people's and whatever. They look fun. You should invite me. Okay, so I'm gonna end it with the last fun one. Okay. Of charades. Charades. You have to guess it. You have to guess it. Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_01This is a podcast. Who is this?
SPEAKER_00Well, this will get cut out in the of the watchmenodle for the video. Okay.
SPEAKER_01And then we're gonna come back for the me to pay attention. You can't you go on this, but the the audio podcast is different than the video YouTube. It's true. So there's different segments and different editing if she's gonna cut something out. So check it both out.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, just you maybe if you want to flip-flop between the different styles, because yeah, they're just edited in different ways, different days. Okay, so you want to do one, two, or three? Three. Okay. Two words.
SPEAKER_01One syllable. Y'all don't know. I do not know how to play charades or whatever the stamp thing is. One word? First words. Shit. Okay. Box of the hell was that? She looked like she was a slipping lizard. I don't understand. It's a box, a square, a rectangle. We're putting something in something. Box. Okay. It is a box.
SPEAKER_00No. Yes. It's Thanksgiving thing, just so you know. TV tray?
SPEAKER_01Stuffing. What are you doing? You are not my charades partner if we're doing this as a family holidays.
SPEAKER_00Okay, skip this one. She's struggling. Do you want me to do this? What was it? Boxing leftovers. Leftovers? Who?
SPEAKER_01You never would have gotten that. Okay, anyways, you should get this one. One word. Pray. Blessing. Wishbone. Girl. We need a show just on her and charades. Okay, last one. Three words. I thought this would be easier. Blep. Macy's Day parade. That is hilarious. You literally just did three words and then blew yourself up, and I instantly knew it was Macy's Day Parade. Yes.
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SPEAKER_00Because I didn't know how to act out those single. Yeah. That was going to be way too hard.
SPEAKER_01So we want to wish you guys all an amazing Thanksgiving. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Happy Thanksgiving.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. So thanks for sharing some time with us.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. Safe travels. Have fun with your family and friends. And we'll see you back here in about two weeks.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. Send us your pictures of your Christmas trees. But I want to see what people are decorating. Like, do you do a color theme? Do you do the traditional saying ornaments every year? Like, let me know what you got.
SPEAKER_00I'm excited to get a Christmas tree. It's always an adventure. Yep. So, like always, you can like, subscribe, follow, tell your friends, tell your family, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, podcast. Yeah. I think that's everything.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. Thank you guys so much for going down this journey with us. Yeah. This is fun.
SPEAKER_00Can't wait to talk to you next round. Unscripted, unedited, real life.