1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,740 Welcome to Unlimited Parenting where we discuss having children with disabilities or special 2 00:00:10,740 --> 00:00:16,820 health care needs. I'm Allison and with me today is my fellow parent education coordinator 3 00:00:16,820 --> 00:00:26,340 Sarah and I pull executive assistant Katie. And yeah, thank you. And welcome to bring 4 00:00:26,340 --> 00:00:32,660 your own topic. As you may have remembered if you caught the last episode, we have gathered 5 00:00:32,660 --> 00:00:39,760 here today with the different topics. And I guess we will just see where this takes us. 6 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:45,280 So without further ado, Katie, we'll start with you. See what I did there. I'm a poet. 7 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:50,760 Oh my goodness. Okay. So this is like silly and I'm going to need some help. But okay, 8 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:57,880 I'm here for you. I stumbled upon the TikTok of these gals who do a weekly report and the 9 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:02,920 report is an acronym. So what are they reading? What are they eating? What are they playing? 10 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:08,440 What are they obsessed with? What do they recommend? And a treat. Oh, so R E P O R T. 11 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:14,040 Yeah, a report. What are those called? You know, where you, it's like a mother's day 12 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:20,840 gift and you do the first letters. Oh, what is that called? I thought it. Oh, okay. I'm 13 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:26,440 sorry. Continue. I'll try to look it up. Look that up right now. Um, yeah. Yeah. Um, well 14 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:30,800 my husband and I had started doing this. We've done it once. I say it like we've like, we 15 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,480 really perfected the art, but um, we did it and it was just so fun. And I thought maybe 16 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:40,320 it might be kind of a fun way to go. So, and then if you're not doing any of these things, 17 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:46,720 um, I'm so sorry. It's called an acrostic. What is it called when you use letters of 18 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:55,360 your name to describe yourself and a cross stick? I can't even say that name right. Yeah. 19 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:01,280 It's giving biblical vibes. Like I'm an apostle. Okay. Sorry. Go on. Well, um, I just thought 20 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:08,240 it might be kind of fun to chat it out. And then I also like make it just match. It's 21 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:13,200 like, I don't know. Let's just, okay. Like we'll just get started. So are you reading 22 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:21,160 anything right now? Yes, I am. Um, I am currently reading, um, it's called X it's the Southern 23 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:27,720 reach trilogy. It's all of them, annihilation. And then the other two that start with ACE 24 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,880 all combined into one book. And I'm super jazz so that I don't have to check out all 25 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:35,680 the different books that or lug around all the different books. Cause it's not a dome. 26 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:45,240 It's only 600 pages. So it's really very doable. I could do it in my free time. I just am light 27 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:51,800 reading. Yeah. Little bit. I just finished Dracula. So I can't. Oh, yeah. What was it? 28 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,280 That's a classic throwback right there. Like I, I just was super excited. I'm like, you 29 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:01,040 know what? I have not ever read this book. And you just went for it. Decided to go for 30 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:06,920 it. Was it good? It was amazing. Dracula. Yeah. Is that Mary Shelley? Yeah. Help me. 31 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:12,400 No, that's Frankenstein. Yeah. I knew that. That's okay. We'll edit that part out. I'm 32 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:18,640 like, yeah, yeah. No, I did talk about Frankenstein in Dracula because of Van Helsing. He's a 33 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:23,640 monster hunter. So yeah. And that was in the book. I might have to put that on my list. 34 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:27,240 Actually, I think it is on my list. I thought I was going to read it at Christmas. I was 35 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,720 going to read it at Halloween last year and I just never did it. Now, anytime you say 36 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:37,600 list, I'm going to say what is on your Amazon wishlist. But yeah, it was amazing. I love 37 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:41,080 that because I thought Van Helsing was just one of those characters that they created 38 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:46,280 for the movie. I didn't realize that he was like entrenched in the literature. He's like 39 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:53,160 most of the book. He's a doctor who, who discovers these ailments. We need to have, I'm putting 40 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:58,280 it on the list. Yeah. I was, do we have like an iPoll book club now? Is this what's happening? 41 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:03,800 I'm just going on my list. Welcome to the first inaugural meeting of iPoll book club. 42 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,880 I love that. What are you reading, Katie? You have to play too. I'm reading a book called 43 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:14,440 A Fate Inked in, oh my gosh, A Fate Inked in Blood, I think. It's like Vikings. It's 44 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:19,360 really kind of fun actually. A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle Jensen. Really like, I'm 45 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:24,120 like a hundred pages in and it's a good one. I'm having a lot of fun with that. And how 46 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:33,040 long is it? Oh, it's only 400. So you're such a brat. I love it. I love you. Yes, I am. 47 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:38,800 Okay. So, so if I, if the math is math and the next letter should be E. Yes. Eating. 48 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:44,640 So, oh God. So I took this as like, I don't know, like I've been like, what are you hankering 49 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:49,200 for? Like what's been like your, your food vibe lately? Cause I don't want to be, I don't 50 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,160 know. They did it. Everyone's been doing it a little bit differently as I've been researching 51 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:58,400 this. So I right now have been all about like, I just want meat all the time. Like I just 52 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:03,680 went to, I walked to the grove, like. You're craving, your body's, I'm like, I need the 53 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:08,880 protein. No, it's not, it's not what you're thinking. It reminds me of that when vines 54 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:13,040 were popular, but now they're, now she's on TikTok too. She's probably like a teenager 55 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,480 now, but when she was a toddler and she was looking out the window and she goes, I smell 56 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:23,160 like beef. A little girl. Yeah. I think I know what you're talking about. Yeah. I've 57 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,600 just been like hankering for, I think it's just been protein in general. Like I've just 58 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:32,880 been like, I want real food. I went on, we went out of town and then, um, something else, 59 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:37,520 but I just been like hankering for like real food. So like a home cooked. Yeah. And usually 60 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,640 I'm like such a sweets and chips girl, but right now I'm like, Oh, give me the steak. 61 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:49,800 Yeah. Well it's Easter time and I like hard boiled, not hard boiled eggs, but I like egg 62 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:55,040 salad sandwiches. Really? So I've been making, I had it made an egg salad sandwich, but then 63 00:05:55,040 --> 00:06:01,840 totally opposite spectrum. My care provider introduced me to Swedish candy. It's all the 64 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:06,360 rage on TikTok. And so we looked them up while we're sitting in the ER. We're like looking 65 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:11,560 at all these Swedish candies. You're in for it now. Oh my gosh. Are they good? They are. 66 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,760 They are amazing. So she brought, she ordered fish. Like what are we talking about? So texture 67 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:21,040 wise. Yeah. But then they're like, there's a little bit of a sour, like a sour patch 68 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:28,680 kid flavor and like the texture, the taste, like you've got sweet and you've got sour. 69 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,280 I might need to partake in this. So she showed me everything that she ordered. And of course 70 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:40,120 it's from Sweden. So it literally comes from over there. So it took like probably six weeks 71 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:44,840 for her to get her candy. Why in the world? They don't have an American shop for the Swedish 72 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:51,320 candy. No, no. They sell some on Amazon, but no, you can go to IKEA. I was going to say, 73 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:57,360 let's road trip this. We can do this. It's only four hours. That's it. She ordered some 74 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:03,680 and sent me some or brought some to me. It is amazing. Totally different flavors. It's 75 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:12,760 like a Laffy Taffy meets a Hi-Chew. Oh, it's like fluffy chewy. It's really disrespectful 76 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:17,600 that you didn't bring any in. I, well, I don't have enough. So mine's coming. I ordered, 77 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:23,240 I literally ordered some. Is that where you got your cold from? Like $150 worth of candy. 78 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:30,880 Holy crap. I know. But I respect it. Oh yeah. Watching all these Tik Toks and like add, 79 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,000 add to cart, add to cart. I love it. Anyway, I will bring it in and share it with you. 80 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,240 Blessings. Thank you. You were in the hospital because your son is doing better now, right? 81 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,440 Yeah. Okay. He just needed to get a chest x-ray. I don't want people to hear that and 82 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:48,440 think, Oh my God, what was she in the hospital for? And now they're making her be on a podcast. 83 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:52,720 No, he just had pneumonia. Remember what podcast you're listening to. Unlimited Parenting. 84 00:07:52,720 --> 00:08:01,360 Yeah. Like a daily occurrence in our lives. So yeah, no, just a quick little trip. What 85 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:06,120 you eating now? Eating. What you hankering for? I'm going to take up the whole podcast 86 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:12,000 time. I'm sorry. I know. Please don't be sorry. I'm always a sucker for Panda Express. And 87 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:18,920 I don't know what it is. They say no MSG, but I don't know if I believe them. Yeah, it tastes 88 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:24,680 good. I mean, I mean, even though I have Panda Express literally for dinner, it's what is 89 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:31,360 it right now? It is currently 10 17 and I'm like, Panda. And you're like, maybe, you know, 90 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:38,720 it sounds good. I need some more chicken. Yeah. Give me that string bean. Um, I'm just 91 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:46,160 gonna keep pushing it. So we don't get sorry. Please. No. P is playing. Okay. And so like, 92 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:53,080 I don't have anything that I'm really playing, but like I, I do. Good. I keep doing my nails. 93 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:57,040 So like, I'm going to count that as like, yeah, it's like kind of a playful. There's 94 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:02,880 nothing a hobby. What are you hobbying? I like that better. Okay. So I've been trying 95 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,820 to get better about like actually making time to do something. So like maybe fun colors 96 00:09:07,820 --> 00:09:12,160 on my nails has been like something I've been trying to do more. That was my goal. And you 97 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:17,440 also have the books, but you're stentoline and spring. So you're playing. I'm playing. 98 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:22,560 Yeah. Yeah. 100% last night. It turned out so good. Oh, good. The edges of a book that 99 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:27,040 I have. Yeah, that's right. And it turned out so pretty. And I was like, sold done. 100 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:32,720 I just can't keep going anymore because I say less. It's the ladies. Yeah, that's all 101 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:39,400 you get. Oh my gosh. What am I playing? I actually just, I play this little word unscramble 102 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:45,280 game on my phone. It helps me like get your brain off for a minute. I don't even know 103 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,960 what it's called, but I'm on like level seven hundred and fifty seven. Do you get mad at 104 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:54,220 it? Cause I get mad. Sometimes I'm like, good for you. How is this not a word? I swear it's 105 00:09:54,220 --> 00:09:58,880 a word. It's a word and you choose not to use it. Yes. Like put it on my bonus words. 106 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:04,680 Yes. But yeah. So that would just make right. Oh, I think I know what you're talking about. 107 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:09,720 And he's like, it's like crossword, but it's just like a word in a circle. Six letters. 108 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:14,680 Can you make the words out of the letters? I love that crap. That assistive technology. 109 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:23,440 I know. I have been playing. I don't know. I've not stopped playing risk on my phone 110 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:29,920 because I'm a glutton for punishment. I love playing risk. I actually prefer the phone 111 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:39,560 version versus the tabletop because you can blitz roll versus if you're playing it, you 112 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:46,000 know, with an actual human and getting emotional connection, you have to wait for them to roll. 113 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:51,120 And mama doesn't have time. I don't have time to wait, but there is an option to pass and 114 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:57,120 play so we could all be here right now. Playing risk. I don't know if I've ever played risk. 115 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:04,200 I'm so sorry. Tune in next time. Yes. The whole episode is a risk to your girl has yachtsied. 116 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:09,600 I don't think she's. Yeah. Okay. Well, it's intense. I'll put that on the list. I got 117 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:15,680 to eat Swedish candy and play risk. See, look at all the things you learn. I know. So like 118 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:20,360 at home at night we do wows and pow's or peaches and pits where you say like the best thing 119 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:24,680 about your day and then the worst thing about your day. But this is so much better. Isn't 120 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:29,320 this fun? So I think I'm going to keep doing this with my hubby because it brought up so 121 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:34,200 much like like we're only halfway through and we've learned so much. Right. I know. 122 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:38,160 But like it brought up stuff that like we just married and you just like kind of like 123 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:42,600 go through the motions of the day. Yeah. And like I just, I don't know. We, I looked at 124 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,240 the clock and like, we have been talking for an hour. Like, oh my gosh, I didn't even know 125 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:52,680 I still liked you. Right. It's been 10 years. It was a lot of, okay, sorry. I'm obsessed. 126 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:59,240 So what are you obsessed with right now? Is there, oh, I'm making noises. What? It's okay. 127 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:04,880 I'm, um, see, and this is hard because the next one is recommend. So like this is a dangerous 128 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:09,800 word. So maybe we can do or at the same time, that's an idea. So like and recommend. So 129 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,440 just an or something you're either obsessed with or something that you would recommend 130 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,880 to people. So mine is dumb. No, but get it because it's obsessed and recommend. So it 131 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:22,080 spells or so we can just do with this and or, sorry, I didn't, I didn't want you to 132 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:31,240 think I was making you choose. Okay. Um, I am obsessed with Stephen King very much. 133 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:39,840 I have read literally everything except for, uh, what is it? Dance macabre. I have not 134 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:46,360 read that. Um, it's like on purpose or just, uh, so it's just nonfiction. So he has like 135 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:52,640 Stephen King's like musings on writing. And then he wrote dance macabre and I hope I'm 136 00:12:52,640 --> 00:13:00,480 saying that right. Um, I really want to read it. I just love the worlds that he creates. 137 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:06,520 So thinking of him as a nonfiction writer is really, really hard. Like when I'm sitting 138 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:11,640 and I'm looking at my bookcase and I could read the long walk when he was writing as 139 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:18,680 Richard Bachman or I could read insomnia or dream catcher or the stand. And then I'm like, 140 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:24,920 or I could read on writing and it just seems like it's an easy choice for me. Gotcha. So 141 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:32,200 I would recommend, I think I fancy myself obsessed with and I recommend, I feel like you could 142 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:39,320 come to me and say, I've been, you know, been thinking about dabbling in some Stephen King, 143 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:46,280 I really don't like vampires or I really don't want any like animal danger or you could tell 144 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:50,600 me your trigger warning. And I'm convinced I could find you a Stephen King book that you 145 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:56,200 would like. So like if I've never read any Stephen King, what would be my intro? What 146 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:01,880 would you recommend as my intro Stephen King? And you have no trigger warnings. 147 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,960 No. Okay. I get scared really easy. So I have to just read it during the day. 148 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:14,360 Okay. Okay. You get scared easily. You want to read it during the day. So Duma Key. 149 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:24,520 Okay. Rose Matter is also another kind of like intro one. I personally really love insomnia. 150 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:32,280 I really, really love it because it's also woven into his Dark Tower series, which is like his 151 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:40,600 magnum opus. Like everything that he has ever created exists within that Dark Tower series. 152 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:46,760 Okay. So you know what? Screw it. I'm going to go for it. It's the gunslinger, the drawing of the 153 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:53,240 three, the train one. Oh my God. Why is this happening to me? The train one. We'll just call 154 00:14:53,240 --> 00:15:00,280 the train one. Yeah. Wizarding Glass, Will Zocalla, A Song of Susanna, and then the Dark Tower. 155 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:08,520 And anything that's ever been created like it, Pet Sematary. So part of insomnia is at the very 156 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:14,520 end of the story, stop here if you want to read it. At the very end of the story, they save a little 157 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:22,200 boy who actually ends up being a boy in the Dark Tower series. And if he hadn't have existed to be 158 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:27,400 in the Dark Tower series, then Roland's whole journey, you know. Then, okay, one more thing. 159 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:33,720 I'll move on. I swear. Somebody is upset. I told you. I told you. I love it. The very first line 160 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:38,680 of the Dark Tower series and the very, is the same as the very last line of the Dark Tower series, 161 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:44,680 because it's cyclical and Roland has to go through it over and over again until he, 162 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:49,560 until he learns, right? That's cool. But you know, in the last series, he had like the horn of Eld, 163 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,240 so maybe he really did get through it at the end. We don't really know. But anyway, the first line 164 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:59,000 is the man in black fled across the desert and Roland followed or something to that effect. 165 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:04,760 And it's just because it's the last line of the last book too. And it's so good. Go now. There are 166 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:10,760 other worlds than these. Oh, yes. I love it. I love that. What are you obsessed with? What would you 167 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:17,720 recommend? Okay, so someone make me, someone turn off my microphone. I have been obsessed with, 168 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:23,960 I stumbled upon, we've been making creme brulee at home and I've been obsessed with like. The 169 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:29,400 wastelands. Oh, do you find it? I wish you could have seen her face as she lit up. I thought she 170 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:35,320 was going to talk about creme brulee. I know. The train book is the wasteland. Oh, sorry. I'm here 171 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:40,680 now. Okay. I love that. Yeah. So we've been like having a lot of fun. My husband got like a torch 172 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:45,640 and we've been making creme brulees and I have just been, it's a delight. They're really fun. 173 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:51,320 And it's a delight. They're really good. So you're going in. Oh yeah. We've got the ramekins or 174 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,720 ram. How do you say that word? And we've got the torch. Is it ramekin or ramekin? Ramekin. Ramekin 175 00:16:55,720 --> 00:17:01,960 or ramekin. I think you're thinking of Ramadan. I don't know what I'm thinking of. Is it in a 176 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:06,600 Stephen King book? I'll find one for you. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. So I've just had a lot of fun 177 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:11,240 with that and I'm getting pretty good. Like I don't want to brag or nothing, but I'm getting 178 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:17,560 pretty good at them. And I made like a special like sugar that goes on top. Like I made like a 179 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:22,040 toffee and then I dried it out and then I blitzed. So anyway, I've got a whole thing going on. So I've 180 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,960 been pretty excited about like, Oh my God, that is so nice. Are you going to make some? I very 181 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:31,800 much could. You just all have to tell me how good it is. Otherwise I'll be stressed. I've never had 182 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,960 creme brulee. You've not done creme brulee? Not only have I not personally attempted to make one, 183 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:41,480 I've never had it. Oh, well I can, I will make one for you. Oh, nothing better than custard with 184 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:47,880 crispy. It's so good. Oh, do it. Do the, do the crunchy. Crispy, crunchy, crispy, crunchy, 185 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:54,920 crispy, crunchy, caramelized sugar. Shout out to you Trixie Mattel. 186 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:01,960 I have no idea what's happening, but I'm loving it. Crispy, crunchy. And then I recommend this is 187 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,880 if your children are listening, maybe they shouldn't be. I don't know. I don't know where 188 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:11,960 the line is on this podcast, but I just recently went on a trip and it was Katie, your girls got 189 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:18,440 some thick thighs. They save lives as I've been told. Um, but I was in like sun dresses and walking 190 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:25,640 all day long. And so one of the gals that I was with was like, cause I was a little nervous about 191 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:29,960 some thunder down under chaffey thighs. Yeah. What is it called? Chub rub? Yeah. Well, I didn't have 192 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:34,680 that because I didn't think it through. I didn't know we were going to be walking so much and 193 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:40,200 they're like, why don't you just put deodorant as like a chub rub as a preventative speak way 194 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:46,360 worked like a charm, like a, just like a dream. I was so shocked, shook as the kids say. 195 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:53,000 I was shooketh. So highly recommend. Well, I mean, I don't know if highly recommend. I recommend you 196 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:58,440 do what you got to do to take care of your body, but in a pinch, it worked very well. So that's my 197 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:03,720 recommendation. I got to share it with everyone now. Okay. I'd never heard that before. Summer's 198 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:08,600 coming. Summer's coming. Everyone. Summer's coming. Yikes. All right. Take us away. Anything you're 199 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:13,240 obsessed with or that you recommend? I don't know. Not really Swedish candy. Swedish candy. 200 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:22,520 Yeah. Um, and I would recommend it. It's just a sweet pleasure. Just for the fun of it. Yeah. 201 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:27,560 Do you have any recommend or yeah, I guess that's both. I don't know. Yeah. But I, uh, 202 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:32,200 there's one that I wouldn't recommend. Okay. I haven't tried it yet, but if you like salt, 203 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:38,040 they make a salt one, like, you know how you got your sour topping, but it's salty and then 204 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:42,280 licorice underneath. So I haven't tried that one. I don't know if that's, I know someone who really 205 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:48,600 likes salt. So I'm going to try it. I love them and see. Oh, I, I too love salt. Yeah. I don't 206 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:53,320 know. I could, I don't think I could do it. And I love being a guinea pig. So if you've got something 207 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:59,000 you want me to try, I would do it. Salt flavored candy. Well, I don't know about that. I mean, 208 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,160 think about it. A chocolate covered pretzel, sweet and salty. Those are my favorite snack. 209 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:08,760 That's kind of what I'm wondering. But then it's got the licorice though. I don't know. I think I 210 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:16,920 disassociated during that part. I do not remember the licorice. Like salty funnel. Okay. So wrap it 211 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:23,400 up. So I am going to treat myself. I have been, well, I'm going to have my husband treat myself 212 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:29,480 too. I have been, I've really been hankering for, that's the wrong word, but I want some like 213 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:37,240 bright, fun galoshes. Like some, some like rain boots. Yeah. I've got a little, like a fake little, 214 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:42,440 it's not fake, but I've got a little garden in the backyard that I just, I want to put on my, 215 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:47,640 you want to get your wellies. Yes. I want to put on my little, uh, and go out into the garden. 216 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:52,440 Leopard. I love them. So I'm, that's what, that's my treat that I'm going to get here soon. 217 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:58,840 Once payday comes, I'm spending the money. Girl. How much are they? For adults? It's like 218 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:06,600 unreasonable. I feel like, but girl, you don't live in the PNW. I know. I know, but they're still fun, 219 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:10,680 but they're so cute. The one I've got on my list, I'm kind of eyeballing right now. They're black, 220 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:15,880 but they've got like bright, like neon polka dots. They're so cute. I want them so bad. Or I want 221 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,880 some bright yellow ones. My son has some bright yellow ones. We can just be like a little yellow 222 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:25,000 fellows. I'm planning to mow the lawn in them so I can like wash off the green. Yes. Yeah. That's 223 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,280 what I want. So that's what I want to treat myself to. Okay. What about you, Sarah? What do you 224 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:35,560 treat yourself to? I need a pedicure. Yes. Sandals. It's time. And it's time. It's time. I meant to 225 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,640 say that like encouraging you, like, yes, you should get a treat for yourself. Not like, girl, 226 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:46,200 put your, put those hooves away. It's time. Please. Someone get out the grinder. That was not the 227 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:52,920 intention. No, I know. But sometimes you never know. I mean, I'm glad my feet are hidden right now. 228 00:21:54,120 --> 00:22:01,800 My treat is going to be, I'm going to try to get a good night's sleep. I know that sounds really 229 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:09,240 lame, but I take a medication to help me get some sleep at night. And I have been pushing it later 230 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:16,360 and later and later so that I can read. And now I need, I know I need to take it at like seven 231 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:19,400 and just get a really good sleep. And then like let it sink, marinate for a little bit. Yeah. 232 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:26,680 Yeah. Let it marinate. I love that. Because my kids wake up frequently. So I know I'll, 233 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:31,400 I know I'll wake up at least at some point. Well, I'm sorry if I took too much time. No. 234 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:37,880 Thank you for playing this weekly report. It's kind of fun. Weekly report. Yes. Weekly report. 235 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:47,960 Okay. Sarah, start us out. So I brought a topic. I was watching Wonka, the Willy Wonka, 236 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:55,000 the Willy Wonka, the new musical one. What's that guy's name? It's not Hugh Hefner. Oh, Hugh Grant. 237 00:22:55,720 --> 00:23:02,040 Good God. That's a different name. Oh, totally opposite. Anyway, please back to Willy Wonka. 238 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:08,920 I got a cold and tick. I loved it. It was, it was, yeah, the brand new version of Wonka 239 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:16,920 before he's a chocolatier. How many times is Willy Wonka going to appear on this podcast? Oh, no. 240 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:20,840 There isn't. No, there is an episode that will not ever see the light of day. 241 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:28,120 And it's almost exclusively Willy Wonka. And I just, how many times is it going to like, 242 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:32,600 I don't know. Please, I love it. It's because we're all children. Our childhood and now our 243 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:39,160 kid's childhood. But no, I was thinking about the chocolate that he first introduced, the one that 244 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:45,160 made you float. And if you wanted to come back down to earth, you just tooted and it just made me laugh 245 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:51,240 and it made, made Truman laugh. But then I was like, hmm, if I could make a candy that could give me a 246 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:58,920 superpower, what would it be? Oh, I love this. My actual, my dream superpower would be to 247 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:07,080 understand every language. That's cool. Like a translator. Yeah. Anything like I could speak 248 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:14,200 like any language. You are such a relationship builder. You're like, give me more connection 249 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:19,320 to the people or even my son, because my son's nonverbal and it's very hard to understand him 250 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:26,040 and speak to him. Um, especially when he's not happy. And so I'm like, my one superpower would 251 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:32,840 be to understand and hear everyone. Not like, not like the shows that you hear that you, the movies 252 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:37,640 you watch where you're like, they like, where they're like walking down the street and they hear 253 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,960 everything all at once. No, but just like, I'm speaking to you. I want to talk to you and you 254 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:46,200 don't speak my language and I don't speak yours, but I'm going to my superpower. So I'm going to 255 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,960 eat that piece of chocolate and I'm going to know, we're going to know. And we can talk. 256 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,440 I can go anywhere. That's cool. Can I play something really quick? Yeah. Yeah. 257 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:06,440 Do you know what it is? Oh my gosh. He's finally gotten out of bed. Out and about. 258 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:16,680 Oops. I've got like mad beef with this man. Just everyone's making stew and he's just laying in bed. 259 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,360 I just want to get to the golden ticket part. 260 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,560 It's cause you laid in bed for the last 20 minutes, 20 years. 261 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:36,040 Come on Gramps, contribute. At least help peel the celery. 262 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:51,240 Your grandson has a golden ticket. I cannot wait until we put these on video so that everyone can 263 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:57,880 see Sarah closing her eyes and like really a part of it. And I am seething right now. 264 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,840 Reluctantly bobbing my head just so we're clear. I got a golden ticket. Okay. 265 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:13,560 It was always there. Objectively amazing. Oh my gosh. Thank you for that. You're welcome. Sorry. 266 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:21,320 That's my... So what would your superpower be? You could be a piece of chocolate. 267 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:26,360 I could do anything. I actually really have one. Oh okay. And I keep this bad boy locked and loaded 268 00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:35,160 for times just like this. If I had any superpower and maybe this won't shock anybody, it would be 269 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:40,840 to remember everything I read. Oh that's awesome. Because I obviously read a lot but you know some 270 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:47,000 of it goes in one ear out the other or maybe I just don't have the best reading retention skills. 271 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:53,320 But can you imagine if you could just read textbooks and then just remember it forever? 272 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,400 That's cool. Because it would serve you so well. It could serve you right now. You know you could 273 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:03,960 lead the world. God forbid there's an apocalyptic situation. Imagine remembering like all the herbs 274 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:11,320 and like medicine. I just feel like you could be so powerful. Well and I think we rely so much on 275 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:15,240 the little device in our pocket. I'll just look it up. I don't have to remember that. I'll just look 276 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:22,440 at it. 100%. I can barely even remember the man that I've been with for the last 15 years. What's 277 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:28,920 his phone number? Why do I have to remember? I push button. I know his social security number 278 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:37,320 unlocked. Why is that? I know it's so true. So that's a great. Right? That's great. What about 279 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,760 you Katie? What would your power be? Okay but first I just want to ask. Oh no. I'm so sorry. 280 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,320 What is the flavors? Are we just going like chocolate or are you thinking something? Are you like 281 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:49,880 Neo from the Matrix? Red Pill Boothill kind of a thing? I don't know because I'm just like 282 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:55,400 I don't know. Well if you get whatever superpower you want wouldn't the flavor taste however 283 00:27:55,400 --> 00:28:00,200 you want it? Well I don't know. It's like the room of requirement. Because don't you remember 284 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:04,440 like in the chocolate shop like there were other ones and there's like different flavors and stuff. 285 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:09,320 The color of your hair and change the way you sounded like but I don't know what the names 286 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:17,400 of them were like you became an animal or you can fly up in the sky. Or burp. Remember that? 287 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:27,560 Yeah. My man was burping left right and sideways. Yeah. Roll doll. King. Fantastic. I don't know. 288 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,240 Forget the flavor. It tastes exactly as you imagined. Like how you want it to. Cake batter 289 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:38,760 ice cream. Oh I like that idea. You're welcome. I don't know. Let's see. I so I'm gonna everything 290 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,680 I'm thinking of I'm like these things are already existing. So it's like it'd be kind of cool 291 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:46,040 if you could like have a piece of chocolate and it like could help you just like have the best 292 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:49,240 night's sleep and then I was like that's a sleeping pill and then I was like it'd be kind of cool if 293 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:53,640 you could have a piece of chocolate that like I have my tummy always hurts like I make poor 294 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,920 choices and then my tummy hurts and then I was like it could just like take away all of your 295 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:02,520 ailments and I was like I'm gonna put that on my tombstone. I make poor choices and my tummy hurts. 296 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:07,480 But I was like well that's basically Tums. So yeah but all coated in chocolate. So am I just 297 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:14,120 inventing chocolate Tums? Oh you know what? Indigestion. Upset stomach. Diarrhea. Mine is 298 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:21,000 gonna be a chocolate version of something. Oh my gosh. I changed my mind on everything. I think 299 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:25,720 that mine's gonna be like transportation. I'm a big I want to travel everywhere. Oh okay. So I 300 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:30,440 think if you eat your bite of chocolate you could just like close your eyes and vision where you're 301 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:35,240 trying to get to. But if you eat a piece of chocolate like that was made in France. Oh a 302 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:42,760 German chocolate or oh yeah. So that's that's mine. Can I can I bring this back real quick? 303 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:49,320 There's a Stephen King book. Oh my gosh. Called Gwendy's Button Box and she has this box right 304 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:54,520 and it has all these buttons and this man who never ages explains to her what she can do with 305 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:59,800 this box. But when she pushes a button she can get these coins that like help get her family 306 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:06,760 some money or she was eating a pill that helped her like stay svelte I guess. Not want to eat. 307 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:14,440 And this box was whatever she needed. That's cool. But Stephen King being Stephen King. 308 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:21,080 There's a consequence. Someone else you know got hurt as a result so whenever you helped yourself 309 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:26,040 you took something away from someone else. Yep. So good. That's what you remind me of right now. 310 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:32,680 So Steve why don't you try why don't you give Gwendy's Button Box a read. Okay that's my intro. 311 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:40,200 Very short. Very short. I'll put it on my list. Dracula and Gwendy's Box. What is on your Amazon 312 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:45,880 wish list? I'll send it to you. You'll like it. Is that your topic what's on my Amazon wish list? 313 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:49,880 Because that's a great topic. We might put that in our head. Are you ready for my topic? 314 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:56,920 That was a good topic Sarah. Thank you. That was a great. I liked that a lot. Yep. It's very 315 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:03,560 interesting to see how all of our superpowers were so different. I know. That's really impressive. 316 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:12,520 Yeah but it's but all fun. Very functional. Look here Gramps. I'm sorry my topic is drum roll please. 317 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:21,160 Spring break. Oh boy. For so many reasons. Okay so the first reason is um spring break just happened. 318 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:28,920 So where we are right now recording this it is Monday March 25th. No I'm going to do this. 319 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:39,400 41. 1041. Sorry it's uh it's an analog clock. It takes my brain. 1041. Um and spring break has 320 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:44,520 already you know happened when you're listening to this but we are just fresh off of spring break 321 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:52,120 for my family and um I have several thoughts. Thought number one no one really I mean people 322 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:58,280 make fun of it but it's not really emphasized how much like when you have kids it's just parenting 323 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:03,000 in a different place. Absolutely. You're not relaxing like we went to the Oregon coast and 324 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:10,200 granted it's not warm so there weren't like beach chairs and people lounging but yeah there's no 325 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:16,280 resting. No. No. I was so excited to come back to work so I could chill for a minute. So you could 326 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:25,000 take a breath. Yep. I mean OMSI sorry Oregon coast the zoo. All the things. Powels voodoo donuts you 327 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:31,080 name it we did it and it was great and it was wonderful and the kids had a ton of fun and they 328 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:41,160 conked hard when they fell asleep but oh my god. Yeah. Because I remember I think what really 329 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:48,600 cements it and solidified it for me was we went to almost the exact same spot that we did for our 330 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:55,080 anniversary our one-year anniversary and we did not have kids at our one-year anniversary and we 331 00:32:55,080 --> 00:33:00,440 did have kids this time and we both looked at each other and we were like Mo's family restaurant is a 332 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:08,680 whole different experience when your table is screaming and I didn't watch and it's just a 333 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:17,240 bubbly Bubba Gomp like I don't know it was it was wonderful and simultaneously awful and while I was 334 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:22,680 on spring break it I don't know what what is his name I don't know why I funneled all of my 335 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:31,960 disappointment and hatred to him do you remember when we were young MTV MTV spring break oh what 336 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:39,880 was that guy's name Carson Carson daily thank you and he would go to Miami yes spring break so I'm 337 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:45,240 like picturing this in my head and then I'm watching my kids get all snotty and saltwatery 338 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:53,240 and I'm like this is not what I was promised but this is not I found this for you guys and I want 339 00:33:53,240 --> 00:34:01,480 to share it I am I am in a unique position here at this table because I am slightly younger than 340 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:07,240 Sarah and slightly older than Katie so this should be fun you should both know this song this song 341 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:13,320 was the number one song my senior year of high school during spring break all right are you ready 342 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:20,440 to get down let's do it yes oh yeah guys remember this yes so I was listening to this song while I 343 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:24,440 was on the beach and I was like it just hits different when my three-year-old is climbing 344 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:32,520 I put on boots with the fur and the whole club was looking at her yeah thank you so 345 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,600 I tell you all of this to tell you I love my children 346 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:45,720 but that's not what Carson daily promised me and I the whole time I was just like I just I just want 347 00:34:45,720 --> 00:34:51,160 to sit on the beach and read but then someone would get too close to the waves and then someone 348 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:57,960 else would tangle their kite and I know I know that all of this sounds like a first world problem 349 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:04,200 considering there are some people who just can't afford to take their kids on spring break but I 350 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:10,120 will say this though Sarah I thought of you because they had the um one of the rental places had the 351 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:16,360 adaptive wheelchair and someone was using it on the beach and my kids were like I want to get on 352 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:22,120 that oh my gosh and I'm like it's not a toy it's like and I don't know why this is so easy for my 353 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:27,160 children to understand but it's like Carolyn's cart yeah you know at the grocery store and they 354 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:31,320 know what that is and why we don't use it right and they were like oh that makes so much sense and 355 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:36,680 they were like oh that makes so much sense and then Jack goes I'm so glad that he gets to experience 356 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:44,200 the beach and it was so sweet oh yeah we took oh that was our spring break last year and we had 357 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:53,400 that the big wheeled um all-terrain high class like wheelchair that we have for Truman and 358 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:59,640 we were able to take him out there to the beach with the boys and um yeah it was yeah oh that 359 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:05,720 makes me happy and actually Oregon has a program where all the public beaches you can rent those 360 00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:11,640 that's awesome really I didn't know that Oregon's got some really great like even just like at their 361 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:17,160 parks like they have made inclusion just yeah it's a big deal I love that yep Idaho's on their way 362 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:22,600 we're getting there so part of the rec it's like we're getting it for through osmosis from Oregon 363 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:30,440 enough Oregon energy is cross a line come on over very cool it was it was really cool and you know 364 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:36,680 we saw the aquarium we saw everything it's just spring break is just so different with kids and 365 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:41,880 then you adding kids with disabilities and I'm like well why I think you nailed it the first 366 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:47,880 thing you said though like it's just parenting outside of your normal right keeping a consistent 367 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:54,040 like a routine when you are not in a consistent place and everything is exciting and new and 368 00:36:54,040 --> 00:37:01,160 everything is about to be so much fun that's hard right we want to have those experiences I want to 369 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:08,280 give them to them but then I'm also like why do I do this to myself yeah I'm so we need a we need a 370 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:14,200 week I'm so tired detox from spring break it's like you're coming back when coming back to work is 371 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:21,400 yeah a relief that says something you might have kids yeah the week being sick that was our spring 372 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:27,720 break so yeah I'm like oh even though today I'm not feeling 100% I'm like get me back to my office 373 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:33,480 where I can relax please anyway well with that 374 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:46,120 that thank you so much everyone out there for listening in as always if you are in Idaho or 375 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:53,000 planning on moving to Idaho and have any questions on systems or services for children with disabilities 376 00:37:53,000 --> 00:38:00,920 please consider reaching out to us on our website at ipolidaho.org that's ipulidaho.org 377 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:11,800 or by calling us at 208-342-5884 be sure to tune in next time until then this has been Unlimited Parenting. 378 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:31,640 Thanks for listening!