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Welcome to the show. We're diving into the world

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of local talent artists wrestlers and businesses.

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Let's get started. Welcome to the two and new

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podcast. 72 % of 72 % is falling really too.

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Yes, and it's falling drastically quickly. Thank

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you for coming out guys. We'll see you next week.

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No, no, but great. Great show guys. First of

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all, I want to say thank you to everybody who

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tuned in last week on Rudy Boy Gonzalez and my

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Micah Madrid that were here yesterday. I know

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my need to was here. I want to apologize to them

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because I know Mondo didn't shut the hell up

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and let them answer. Where it's so true. I mean

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mine was a great guy, but man the guy can talk

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Apparently it's a software problem. We haven't

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looked into it yet. We haven't really looked

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into it We'll let you know when we cross that

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bridge We'll let you know make sure he's on mute

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24. Sorry when he comes in. Yeah But thank you

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for all that tuned in last week. It was a great

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show a great turnout a lot of great stories He'll

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will be coming back. We were talking about getting

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a future wrestlers coming down from San Antonio

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to come on the podcast. So that should be a big

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gimme for a lot of you fans that are going to

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be watching season seven for wrestling shows.

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And then season seven is going to be great. And

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you know, it's going to be it's just going to

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be a whole new atmosphere, bro. Whole new atmosphere.

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So but other than that, man, today on our podcast,

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we got we Christmas is right around the corner,

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guys. And when you think of Christmas, we think

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of treats. We think of sweets. We think of candy

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canes. And one other thing, during the Christmas

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holiday, there's always a lot of carnivals in

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the area. There's always this carnival in the

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area. Everybody who likes to go to the carnival,

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the first place they hit is they got to go get

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cotton candy. And I know some of you say, well,

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that's the only place you can get cotton candy.

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No, it's not. There's actually a local business

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in the valley, ladies and gentlemen. And they're

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here with us today. Junior's Cotton Candy Cravings,

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LLC. And he's right there. Welcome to the program.

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Hi, guys. Thank you guys so much for having me.

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I'm so excited. Thank you for being here. And

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thank you for bringing gifts. I know. I know,

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dude. Yes. Here we come. Joe, you son of us have

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already been. So it's. I don't want to ruin the

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surprise, but there is quite a bit of flavors

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in there that I'm sure you haven't tried. And

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some of them with the valley touches in there.

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And I'm super excited for you all to try those.

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Well, just before the end of the show. Yeah,

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we'll get down and dirty and we'll pick one a

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piece and we'll taste it. But just one. Yeah,

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just one. Just one, promise. The other ones are

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magically going to disappear. I thought you said

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your wife was going to eat it. Well, no, no,

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they're going to magically disappear. That's

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all I'm saying. If my wife is watching, my kids

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watching, sorry, they ain't getting home. No,

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but first of all - There's six slavers in there,

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just so that they know. Now she count great.

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Now she has them all counted for. Now she knows.

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Now she knows an exact number. Jeez. Well, there

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goes my selling product. No, I'm just joking.

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No, first of all, I want to say thank you for

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taking the time to come out here. I know you

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had reached out to us. You were a little nervous

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at first because you didn't know what to expect.

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We were talking previously before the podcast.

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You said that you would listen to the podcast.

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You've never been on one. Well, welcome to your

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first podcast. Thank you. Thank you. It's super

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exciting because I've seen the shows and it just

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kind of flows and I feel like that's who I am

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as a person too, right? Just going from one thing

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to the next. I got it. I got it. It didn't it

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didn't seem so hard now that I'm here, you know

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First of all, we want to start off, you know,

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give us the inside story where you grew up introduce

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yourself and let us know exactly. Go ahead So

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my name is Alondra Flores. I am born and raised

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in Edinburgh, Texas. Go Bobcats. Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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North. Oh, sorry. Edinburgh North. You're talking

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to an 80s man, so that's the only school that

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was around at the time. Edinburgh North. Some

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kind of private prep school. It's a cougar. Yeah,

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no, so we're from Edinburgh and back back, you

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know when it was like only like two three schools

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back then, right? But yeah, so so we're from

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there and ever since that person Edinburgh has

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grown a lot, right? Like it's it's it's grown

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into like a huge city with like things left and

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right so we live in like the Monte Cristo, no

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había nada. Like, it was like back there, or...

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Ahorita ya tienen todo. McDonald's, Whataburger,

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like Wingstop, like who would have thought that

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we would have had a Wingstop over there. Ya tienen

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cell phones over here? Yeah, we have reception

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somewhere. All I hear is the Jeffersons, but

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the way we're moving... There you go. Yes. So,

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we're from over there, and... I'm 29 years old.

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I've been married for 10 years. I have four kids.

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So it's going, it's going. So we started this

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business four years ago in 2021, right after

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COVID. So back then when, you know, there was

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like those, what do you call them? The drive

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-by parties and stuff when people couldn't go

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to parties and stuff. My daughter was five years

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old. So we're like, man, what can we do to...

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To pass the time. Yeah, I got you. Legally, right?

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Because back then, people were getting excited

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and stuff for having parties. Yes, I hear you.

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I hear you. Yeah, literally. So we were like,

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pues como la hacemos, right? So we rented out

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a little cotton candy machine. And we was, you

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know, those little ones. And we liked it. You

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know, we liked it. She was five. And we're like,

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you know what? We can make a business out of

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this. It's fun enough. There you go. And here

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I am. Now I am, how do you call it? Now regulated

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and stuff. A proud owner of a business. Now I

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pay taxes. Now I pay taxes and regulated and

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everything. That's a good way of putting it.

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four years into it. So I'm very proud of that.

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It came out of just a little, you know, an idea.

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And here we are now serving the Valley. And I'm

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proud to say we've been in and out of the Valley.

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Right. Right. So that's and I'm super proud of

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that. So I'm sorry. I was just going to say,

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so it's going pretty well for you these past

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four years. It's going pretty well. Yeah. So

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much that, you know, we're so dedicated to just

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cotton candy. We have not expanded out. I know

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people have asked us like, hey, why don't you

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do popcorn? Why don't you do like something else.

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And I'm like, no, we specialize in just cotton

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candy because we love to be good at that craft

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and perfect the craft, you know, the quality

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over, you know, getting other stuff. Right, right,

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right. You know, it's funny you mentioned popcorn

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because we happen to know a kettle corn company

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who will fight you to the death. I bet, I bet.

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No, yeah, but for popcorn, I actually, my aunt

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and my uncle are kettle corn vendors there in

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Edinburgh. They're pretty well known too. I think

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you've heard of them, E &M Kettle. They're the

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OGs, they're in Edinburgh, and they are always

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at the Edinburgh events. That's my uncle Eddie

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and my aunt Melissa. That's awesome, Melissa.

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And that's why I can't really do popcorn because

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then they'll be drama. So shout out to them.

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I heard you moving to the corner making popcorn.

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No, nothing. No, yeah. But for popcorn, we got

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our family for that. Right, right. Well, that's

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great. That's great. So entrepreneurship runs

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in the family. It does. It does. And I'm really

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proud to say that, right? And original ideas,

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original products. I wish I could say that I

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mix the sugars, but it's actually my mom. Oh,

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she's a mixologist. Oh, she's a mixologist. She's

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the one who puts the recipes together. And she's

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the Mr. White. She's the Mr. White of the plane.

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I got you. Yes. Yes. You hand her the sugar,

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right? OK. Yeah. No, no. But yeah, she she's

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the mixologist. It's kind of like I'm the more

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the customer service. So like the face, you know,

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the representative. But you asked me, how do

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I make a flavor? Someone measuring, someone measuring,

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something like that. How is the flavor done?

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Like this. Mom! Whatever works So when we had

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like like like say like a problem arises and

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they're like is is it your company? Well, is

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it a is it a like a complaint or is it a you

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know? a compliment, because if it's a complaint,

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it's not mine, it's hers. If it's a compliment,

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it's mine. Right, right, right. I think most

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family businesses work like that, right? Yeah,

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the majority of them, yeah, they do. The majority,

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they do. Go ahead. You were going to ask something

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else? Or you got something else? I was going

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to cut you off by accident. Yeah, you keep cutting

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me off. I'm sorry. My bad. Go on. I just wanted

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to say stop doing that. Oh, you did? Well, you

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know what? I'm going to cut you off again. Well,

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you know what, sir? OK. OK. But as far as the

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company wise Have you seen it for the last you

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said four years already, right? Have you seen

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any like growing as far as like I know have you

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tried going to like those marketplaces do you

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stay she's how how's the How's the customers?

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I mean as far as the volume of people they come

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and buy with you. So Market so the thing with

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us is that we don't really participate in too

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many markets because cotton candy shrinks Right

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here in the valley, it's super humid. It's super

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hot. The weather is just like all over the place.

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It's valiant, right? So like it melts and it,

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you know, it's not very appetizing. And we don't

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want customers to have that impression of our

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cotton candy or them to think it's ours. Right.

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It's just the weather. Sometimes we will prepackage

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it like we've been actually attending. Now is

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the time like in December when it's kind of cool

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like the weather is more manageable and it's

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pretty outside and what it what not right When

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it's not trying to kill us So Now is the time

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where we actually participate in markets and

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we've been going to like the Edinburgh markets

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the Edinburgh city So those are the ones that

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we're at right now and they go pretty well. They

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go pretty well We love being involved with the

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city of Edinburgh. I haven't really expanded

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yet outside of my city because I love my city

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It's just a matter of like time, right? We're

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not doing fundraisers because that's what we

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do We we're now expanding into markets. That's

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awesome Like I like we've learned that throughout

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the time that we've been doing the podcast of

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that the the value people really want new Experiences

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and then they will show up for them. So and you

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know the food being what it is like, I mean you

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can As you know, we can get a taco at any time

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of the day or night, but something like - And

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different tacos too. And different tacos and

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different variations of tacos and whatever, like

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tacos. But something like cotton candy, something

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new, something kind of unique and delicious.

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People are waiting for it. Yeah. with TikTok

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and stuff, it's kind of crazy because people

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will come and tell me, do you do like the pickle

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raps? Do you do like? pickle this with cotton

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candy and like, I don't know, nowadays it's kind

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of like pickle everything, right? So that's actually

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one of the new like trends where people are wrapping

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the cotton candy with the pickle, making like

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some kind of burrito. And it's just, you know,

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it's crazy how the imagination just, you know,

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runs and it's just people crave those different

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taste buds. And I'm happy to deliver, you know,

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different, different opportunities, like variances

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of cotton candy also. Or my mom, you know. What's

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one of the most oddest flavors has been requested

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so far? The oddest flavors has been the Dubai

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chocolate con candy. Oh my God. The Dubai chocolate

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con candy. You know, lately we had that trend

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with the Dubai chocolate. So we did have that

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request and we did pull through for it. So yes,

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we did pull through for it. And that's something

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I'm really excited about. And we did incorporate

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it into our fundraisers this year and everybody

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was just really like impressed with it. That's

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awesome. That's awesome, man. Your mom's really

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cooking. Yeah, she's my mom's cooking. My mom's

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cooking all right. Yeah. Yo, Mr. White. No, yeah.

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And and to be honest, like, yeah, like, like

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I. we went through like five different versions

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of the Dubai chocolate like it'll take a while

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to get to that flavor so like she like changes

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the flavors little by little like because no

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like it doesn't taste like it takes too much

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too little so she likes to experiment a lot of

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flavors yeah that's awesome so who's the guinea

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pig Sir, I'm telling you it's just me and sir.

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I'm just bad, I'm sorry. Bad host, bad host.

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Review, one star. Gee, thanks y 'all point out.

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Don't worry, we can pay to remove this. Well

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deserved. Don't worry, we'll edit that out. Everybody

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who was listening denied the last remark. That

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didn't happen. so i mean so your mom your mom's

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the pretty much like you said the the the person

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who makes the flavors and all that good stuff

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now you say it was with your daughter you started

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started this well it was because of her fifth

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birthday okay we did the theme of the circus

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theme uh -huh so we're like we got to rent out

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like a cotton county machine right it was like

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those little viewers uh machines and yes every

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machine is different i want people to know that

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not every machine is created equal So there's

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tons of them, and that's the one we experimented

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with at first. And what I recommended for what

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I'm doing, fundraising, still not recommended.

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That also has its own trial and errors, like

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experimenting what kind of machine works for

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you and what you're going to basically learn.

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Right, right. Now, when you first got this machine,

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who was the first one that took dibs on it first?

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Like, OK, I'm going to try it. Who's going to

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try it or who's going to do it? I don't think

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we really had a choice. It was my mom. It was

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my mom. I didn't have a choice. It was just my

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mom, you know, she always loves to show us, right,

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to take control. And I feel like because of her,

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we've been able to, I, there's no us, it's me

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and her. So I've been able to like, you know,

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take under her... How do you call it? You follow

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her lead pretty much. I follow her lead. She

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believes in me. That's awesome. That's awesome.

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That's the good part. When you have a business,

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you have family support behind it. Stuff like

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that. That's great. Especially when you got your

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mom involved and you're going at it with each

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other. You're like, you know what? This is what

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we're doing, mom. We're doing this. Do this.

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All right, we got it. Let's go. And you start

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going. Then she started doing that when she started

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up for the first time, she started doing those,

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what are they called? Those lines. Yeah, no and

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we're actually the only ones in the valley that

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do that like we're the only ones in the valley

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that do That that kind of con candy So I don't

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know if you got to see some of the videos that

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we made like of the con candy going like meters

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away Yes, we're the only ones in the valley that

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do that And we actually do that for free for

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schools that do school -wide fundraisers with

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us Wow, and we provide every kid with a con candy

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just for participating with us. Wow man, that's

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awesome. I bet the kids love it. The kids go

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crazy for it. And we're already nicknamed the

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cotton candy ladies. So they see us and they're

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like, yes, the cotton candy lady. They're coming.

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They're coming, yeah. But yeah, that's actually

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what I do for the fundraiser. So not only is

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it about business, about income, money, being

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a representative, but it's what are you doing

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with it? What are you like? leaving behind as

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a legacy with your business and that's actually

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what where my Childhood experiences kind of came

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in where when I was little my mom was a single

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mom Okay, my mom was a single mom and we I had

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three sisters and a little brother Muchas de

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las veces, when they would do like fundraisers,

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I was never able to go to those parties, because

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my mom's also a single child. So I didn't have

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uncles. I didn't have like, you know, like a

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humongous family where I could go ask people

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for like, hey, can you please buy from me? And

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my mom was a hustler. She was always ready to

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like, you know, pay bills and that like, you

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know, sometimes fundraisers were not a priority.

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And I feel like nowadays we forget that, that

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there's a lot of people that don't. prioritize

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stuff like that. Sometimes it's the kids and

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it's always the same kids, right? It's always

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the same kids that get left out. I was like,

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you know what? I'm gonna make a difference when

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it comes to that. You know, I love kids. I love

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that, you know, that they're the ones that, you

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know, they're the future. So we should always

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implement something into their childhood where

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they can remember. So I was like, okay. every

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little kid a con candy right from the school

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that comes and participates with us as a thank

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you right but i also give them top prizes out

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of our accounts right so uh and that's i don't

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know if you got to see the money machine also

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yeah so it's like a big blow up machine where

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i put money in there and the top sellers they

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go in there and they catch all the money that

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they can for like 10 15 seconds yeah and they

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get to take that home and you know what the schools

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don't spend much That's awesome. They don't put

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anything out of the pocket. Although they could

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if they want to add more incentives, but we put

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all that. So they don't have to worry about putting

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more money. That sounds amazing. Yeah, shoot.

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I'm going to see if I can find my way to get

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into one of the little ones. You want to do a

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fundraiser? Unfortunately, we're unauthorized

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to do any. We have laws binding us that we cannot

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participate in any of that stuff. Thanks to this

00:19:50.920 --> 00:20:09.299
guy right here It was a dog So you're doing the

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cotton candy thing you're doing all these flavors

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with your mom you're helping do it You're out

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there pushing the product and all that and helping

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the community on top of that to, you know, help

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the community on top of everything else, you

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know, on top of our business. And I'm always

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looking for ways to help. Like right now we actually

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have a, I had put out a notice like for the charities,

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people who are in charge of like family organizations

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that are having like their posadas, right? And

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I'm offering that free service to them, the ones

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that are like 501c3s and that are having like,

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you know, we're gonna have one for gracious hearts.

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this next week so they're in charge of like you

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know certain people who were in domestic violence

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and you know it's always the kids in there so

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you know my thing is the kids the kids what can

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we do for the kids you know so I'm gonna go in

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there and give them that free service next week

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so that they could enjoy the cotton candy that's

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:06.680
also nice but that's still up there I mean if

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anybody you know anybody having posadas or you

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know this weekend they're you know in those organizations

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they can call me and I'll be more than happy

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to help that's always happy to help That's awesome.

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If you like, if you send us a link to that information,

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we'll gladly put it on that Juneau Facebook.

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Yeah, our Facebook, our TikTok and all on our

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Instagram. That'd be great. This is automatically

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saved pretty much in stone on YouTube already.

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So this is already available to watch. And those

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that are watching, thank you so much. But so

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we're doing, you're doing the cotton candy thing,

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things going, you're helping out the community.

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How's the? The comments from the kids when they

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get this cotton candy. What's the reactions when

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:52.859
they I mean if I'm Anywhere close to the idea

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is like But what are the reactions with I mean

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there are no use the cotton candy lady So but

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what are the reactions when they get the cotton

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candy? What are the feedback? Well, the feedback

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:07.019
is always amazing right because they're their

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:09.789
kids right their kids feedback is always going

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to be great. Right. Right. And when we do go,

00:22:12.250 --> 00:22:13.650
we have kids that come back for more than once.

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They're like, ma 'am, I haven't gotten my. Are

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you sure? And it's like all over the mouth. I

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haven't gotten anything. This pink beard is my

00:22:22.990 --> 00:22:27.049
natural color, ma 'am. No, no. But, you know,

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the feedback that I of course, I value the children's

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feedback. Right. But of course, children's feedback

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is always going to be. It's great. What I value

00:22:35.609 --> 00:22:38.150
is the adult feedback because the adult feedback

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is kind of like, that's a typical response that

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we get from people who've never tried our cotton

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candy. And they're like, hey, I don't know, we'll

00:22:50.609 --> 00:22:53.369
have those various comments. But then we give

00:22:53.369 --> 00:22:56.140
them ours and they're like, wow, this doesn't

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:58.519
taste anything like the store -bought con candy.

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Because it's freshly made. It's freshly made.

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And when you buy a store -bought con candy or

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a con candy that's been there for a long time,

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and I don't like to put it even bigger change

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:14.759
or whatever, but any con candy. And it's been

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:17.240
sitting in the shelf. What happens is that they

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wrap it in an aluminum bag, and it's supposed

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to cover the sun. the elements basically right

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it's supposed to cover it but within time it

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shrinks so when it shrinks the air exits the

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:36.460
con candy so when you eat it you are eating all

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:38.890
the sugar you're not having that that fluffy

00:23:38.890 --> 00:23:42.410
air part of the kind of candy plus whatever gums

00:23:42.410 --> 00:23:44.690
that they add to the to the recipe to make it

00:23:44.690 --> 00:23:47.289
last on the shelf longer yes yes and that's another

00:23:47.289 --> 00:23:49.750
thing that there's no preservatives in ours so

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when you get our kind of candy and you see it

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shrink like you know just a little bit That's

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:57.039
because, you know, it was like you left it here

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:59.180
in the sun, like in the light or in the cold,

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but you know that it was freshly made when you

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:04.740
received it. And it's always best enjoyed fresh.

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:08.759
And it's a totally different experience. Anyone

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:11.099
who's ever been to a fair and gotten like cotton

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:13.599
candy straight out of the machine knows that

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:15.359
once it's on, you know, the little paper comb

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:16.960
and everything, it's all fluffy and everything,

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that's when you're supposed to attack it. I've

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:24.500
got another comment here, was it Kittles? Kittle

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:26.539
but what I can't see right there is that can

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:31.039
you see right? There's a boat. Oh My beautiful

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:38.680
friend so happy for you, that's awesome What

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:44.839
I haven't heard this I am from Donna why haven't

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:47.619
heard of this popcorn thing in Donna sponsor

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:50.539
they're not a sponsor I'm blocking you right

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:55.019
now. How dare you, sir? How dare you? You know

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:57.599
very well that this man struggles in Donna every

00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:01.220
single day. I need popcorn in my life, man. We

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:04.640
all do. That's awesome. That's great. I didn't

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:06.819
know that. Wow, that's something new. And they're

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:09.859
really, really humble people. I love them. The

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:13.539
kettle corn community is so big. I have known

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:16.460
so many kettle corn vendors, kind of stepping

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:18.980
a little bit away from the cotton candy. But

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:22.000
I mean, there has been a lot of different flavors

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:24.900
when it comes to kettle corn. We've had pre -seed

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:27.839
kettle. We've had Mateo's kettle, Yenem kettle,

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:30.980
Jack's kettle corn. Like, it's just the community

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:34.359
of small business vendors has grown so much.

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:37.019
It's funny that you mentioned that, because most

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:40.220
of this idea mixing, that mixing pot of ideas

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:43.059
happened, I hate to say it, but it was during

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:45.480
the COVID. The COVID time. Because you really

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:48.059
sat down, you had to sit down at home and think

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:50.539
to yourself, OK, what am I supposed to do now?

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:52.359
If I'm just sitting here, I'm going to go nuts.

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.940
I'm going to go crazy. I've got to figure something

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:56.599
out to do. My wife is going to kill me. You're

00:25:56.599 --> 00:26:00.180
going to kill her. That was some desperate times,

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:05.460
man. And he's not even married. No, imagine.

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:09.519
And, you know, that's the time where people sat

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:11.220
down and buckled down and said, man, I need it.

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:13.220
What am I doing? I'm just working all day, coming

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:16.660
home, eating, sleep. What am I doing? What can

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:21.799
I do for myself to make me my own boss, make

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:25.710
me make money my way? that I'll enjoy doing it.

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And people came out. There was the candle cork

00:26:28.049 --> 00:26:30.269
coffee, the cotton candy. There's a candy factory

00:26:30.269 --> 00:26:33.849
in Downer that does it to who else? There's so

00:26:33.849 --> 00:26:36.690
many people that started making beer. All of

00:26:36.690 --> 00:26:39.549
a sudden, wine. I was like, where is this all

00:26:39.549 --> 00:26:41.569
coming from? Imagine all the little restaurants

00:26:41.569 --> 00:26:43.569
that have opened up. It was a time for like.

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:46.700
thinking. That was a time for thinking and expressing

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:49.839
yourself, right? Yeah. And honestly, that is

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:52.900
actually so with our first big machine, our show

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:55.680
machine, the one that we use now actually came

00:26:55.680 --> 00:27:00.150
from the stimulus check. So that stimulus check

00:27:00.150 --> 00:27:04.509
is still giving us product today. So a lot of

00:27:04.509 --> 00:27:06.829
people decided to flip their stimulus, their

00:27:06.829 --> 00:27:11.390
steamies into something good. And I'm very proud

00:27:11.390 --> 00:27:14.670
to say that we did that because there probably

00:27:14.670 --> 00:27:17.470
would have never been another opportunity until

00:27:17.470 --> 00:27:21.549
much later. I got another message here from Martha

00:27:21.549 --> 00:27:23.730
Lopez saying, hi, Mica, I'm here. Hello to everyone.

00:27:23.970 --> 00:27:28.380
It's a lot of mixologist. This is my mom! Hi

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:41.210
mommy! Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom! Hey, those are the

00:27:41.210 --> 00:27:43.150
things you want to talk about. Like, all the,

00:27:43.150 --> 00:27:45.829
you know, the conflicts. And we're going to get

00:27:45.829 --> 00:27:47.549
to that. We're going to get to that because we

00:27:47.549 --> 00:27:50.710
want to, because I know as far as I've known,

00:27:50.710 --> 00:27:52.309
I know you're shaking your boots. I don't think

00:27:52.309 --> 00:27:55.410
that's a good idea. As far as I know in family

00:27:55.410 --> 00:27:57.730
business, there's always a certain tension. You

00:27:57.730 --> 00:27:59.710
know, someone has said something. I'm sorry.

00:28:00.109 --> 00:28:02.349
Someone says something. Someone says this and

00:28:02.349 --> 00:28:05.630
then this. And he said, he said Ms. Lopez, yes.

00:28:09.029 --> 00:28:11.329
But in the end, when it's all said and done,

00:28:11.509 --> 00:28:14.009
you're still family, man. I don't know, man.

00:28:15.369 --> 00:28:18.269
You've got to get through the day. I don't know.

00:28:18.589 --> 00:28:21.210
I'm trying to help Ms. Lopez. It's your daughter,

00:28:21.269 --> 00:28:24.910
man. It's your daughter. Yes, sir. It's my daughter.

00:28:30.190 --> 00:28:32.829
What are the conversations? I want to hear the

00:28:32.829 --> 00:28:35.430
back stories conversations. I mean what you know

00:28:35.430 --> 00:28:38.809
what and what I got stories for Dave Hold on

00:28:38.809 --> 00:28:41.069
to that hold on to that is all wait here go and

00:28:41.069 --> 00:28:43.349
I got one from his Lopez here saying the area

00:28:43.349 --> 00:28:47.549
made a tequila can Kenny and she got three because

00:28:47.549 --> 00:28:58.890
Miss Lopez Happy New Year to me, but we're gonna

00:28:58.890 --> 00:29:01.240
get into that right now This is the best one.

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:05.859
Yeah, yeah. I brought you the wrong flavors.

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:10.319
I can already hear my wife tell me, babe, what

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:14.880
did you give Marky's to go away? He's like really

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:19.900
mellow. Mellow. I don't know what kind of candy.

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:25.079
Oh, crap. He ate the ornitos candy. But we're

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.519
going to get right back to the food because we're

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:29.299
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00:29:51.150 --> 00:29:52.930
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00:29:52.930 --> 00:29:56.369
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00:29:56.369 --> 00:29:58.289
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00:29:58.289 --> 00:29:59.990
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They are on a standby. right now in as far as

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00:31:46.009 --> 00:31:50.640
lady now. The cat and candy lady. We're coming

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:53.420
back and we are out. There was a comment that

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:56.519
Miss Lona saw when I read the tequila one, which

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:59.559
I argue, Miss Lopez, you should send that to

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:04.559
the podcast. How much you want. Let her let her

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:08.480
experiment. You got a letter. Let her grow. Let

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:11.640
her grow. Let her grow. She needs the sun to

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:17.150
grow. No, but. Give us a situation one time.

00:32:17.390 --> 00:32:19.529
You know what? Let's talk about this one. She

00:32:19.529 --> 00:32:22.190
made tequila can canny and you got after what

00:32:22.190 --> 00:32:28.950
happened. Talk to me. No, it's not that I got

00:32:28.950 --> 00:32:40.710
upset. I'm like, why? Why? I but you know, it's

00:32:40.710 --> 00:32:43.089
just a matter of like I always put myself in

00:32:43.089 --> 00:32:45.809
a perspective like Okay, are people gonna like

00:32:45.809 --> 00:32:47.950
it or people gonna go for it, you know stuff

00:32:47.950 --> 00:32:50.029
like that But you know, she's had some really

00:32:50.029 --> 00:32:53.000
great ideas that I'm like Wow, like that's, but

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.940
she's right. Cause a lot of the times cheap people

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:56.920
don't have your same taste buds. You know what

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:59.019
I mean? You may think something's kind of, you

00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:01.160
know, not gonna hit. And then you're like, oh

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:03.319
wow, they just ordered like 300 of those. Like

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:06.240
that's crazy. So, and one of the, one of the

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:08.720
flavors that really hit that I was like, oh,

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:11.279
I probably wouldn't, you know, it's the chocolate,

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:14.940
the chocolate strawberries or like strawberry

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:18.970
bananas. And like, so I'm like, Those to me flavors

00:33:18.970 --> 00:33:22.329
are probably not my go -to's, you know, but I've

00:33:22.329 --> 00:33:25.109
known, especially mint that loves strawberry

00:33:25.109 --> 00:33:27.730
banana. I'm like, why, how? There's nothing wrong

00:33:27.730 --> 00:33:29.009
with strawberry banana, mom. There's nothing

00:33:29.009 --> 00:33:30.809
wrong with strawberry banana, sir. It's so good.

00:33:31.349 --> 00:33:33.730
It's just, you know, like strawberry bananas.

00:33:34.710 --> 00:33:40.970
Josue Flores, let her cook! Let her cook! Oh,

00:33:41.230 --> 00:33:45.609
man. That's awesome that she has the imagination.

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:48.740
To make that kind of see that that's when that

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:51.079
you you mix the tequila one with the lime flavored

00:33:51.079 --> 00:34:08.599
one See we got it going Yeah, you heard her mom

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:19.579
get to work We make an exception. So we're trying

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:22.199
this cotton candy by the middle. It was great

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:29.489
having you everything that's happening right

00:34:29.489 --> 00:34:34.250
now thank god we're recording it this shirt's

00:34:34.250 --> 00:34:37.230
too tight you see that's what i'm trying to avoid

00:34:37.230 --> 00:34:39.969
you don't want to get to this point you don't

00:34:39.969 --> 00:34:43.269
want to get to this point this leg is too tight

00:34:43.269 --> 00:34:48.989
man it happened though it happened and by the

00:34:48.989 --> 00:34:51.289
time you realize it's too late yeah it's too

00:34:51.289 --> 00:34:54.000
late yeah it's too late So I'm in a year of 14,

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:57.500
the next year in 18. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:34:57.980 --> 00:35:01.440
But yeah, so yeah, I mean, one of the things

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:03.460
is like for family businesses, it's just, you

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:06.460
know, separating like. Are you my mom right now

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:15.400
or are we co -workers? You have to separate both.

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:17.800
You have to learn how to separate both. That's

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:19.719
one of the hardest things, right? Well, I mean,

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:22.159
like, how do you do that? Like, Ma, I was getting

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:26.760
you fired. I see. It happens more than you think.

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:40.840
She's responding now, man. She's coming out.

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:44.019
She's whooping out the guns. Mrs. Lova is saying,

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:47.599
later I'm going to be making fajita, cotton candy,

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:53.260
so mom doesn't have to cook it. Not my mom burning

00:35:53.260 --> 00:36:11.539
me. We'll put some seasonings into it. Now she's

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:14.699
into it. Now she's into it. We can't meet and

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:26.239
join them, right? Let's not go there. All right,

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:30.579
man. Let's not get too crazy. Let's just fill

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:32.159
it out right now. Let's just leave it here in

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:34.420
the podcast. What happens in the podcast stays

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:37.500
in the podcast. I'm about to go down in the podcast

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:40.539
with my mom and eventually it's going to be public.

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:43.849
It's already public right now. And then nobody

00:36:43.849 --> 00:36:48.150
watches the show. No regrets. No regrets. But

00:36:48.150 --> 00:36:50.989
that's awesome. I mean, that's awesome that your

00:36:50.989 --> 00:36:53.230
mom comes up with so many different ideas. And

00:36:53.230 --> 00:36:55.750
like you said, there's a point where, are you

00:36:55.750 --> 00:36:58.349
my mom right now or we're talking business? Which

00:36:58.349 --> 00:37:01.750
one is it? And it's hard to separate those two.

00:37:01.889 --> 00:37:04.869
It is really hard. But I'm very proud of how

00:37:04.869 --> 00:37:07.670
far we've come. and how we have managed through

00:37:07.670 --> 00:37:09.849
it all, right? And it's, it was just been a huge

00:37:09.849 --> 00:37:12.369
learning curve and you never stop learning. Like

00:37:12.369 --> 00:37:14.849
I could have like many jobs throughout the year

00:37:14.849 --> 00:37:16.929
and, and we never stopped learning. We learned

00:37:16.929 --> 00:37:19.829
something new all the time and how to, you know,

00:37:19.949 --> 00:37:22.710
carry out situations. And I've always loved customer

00:37:22.710 --> 00:37:24.150
service. Like customer service has always been

00:37:24.150 --> 00:37:26.389
like my main priority. I love talking to people.

00:37:26.590 --> 00:37:29.070
I love, I love just, you know, getting to know

00:37:29.070 --> 00:37:31.409
people and building that relationship, you know,

00:37:31.550 --> 00:37:33.210
because I've had customers since we started.

00:37:33.550 --> 00:37:35.150
I have had customers that are the reason why

00:37:35.150 --> 00:37:38.969
I can. That's good, that's good. Huge shout out

00:37:38.969 --> 00:37:42.110
to my friend, Michelle. She's a baker and when

00:37:42.110 --> 00:37:43.929
she was the first one, I was like, oh dude, I

00:37:43.929 --> 00:37:47.710
love cotton candy. I never knew how many people.

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:50.619
actually love cotton candy, like that is their

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:53.119
snack that they love to and I'm like, I would

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:55.800
have never thought to eat cotton candy like just

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:57.780
like that, right? Yeah, to me, cotton candy was

00:37:57.780 --> 00:38:00.599
like in the fair, the carnival, you know, but

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:03.000
people really look for cotton candy at the stores.

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:04.960
Yeah, it's something that they really crave.

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:07.059
Yeah, kind of like a hot Cheetos, you know, like,

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:10.019
so that's like their regular too. So because

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:11.719
of that she's like, you know, I love cotton candy

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:13.539
and she's like, you guys can do it. You can do

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:16.320
it. So my goal with this was, you know, to, to

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:19.320
give, you know, my, my mom and my, my grandma,

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:21.980
like some kind of stability with this, you know,

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:24.929
so, um, And I'm proud to say we did it. We did

00:38:24.929 --> 00:38:26.829
that. That's awesome. And with Pura Algonquilla.

00:38:27.030 --> 00:38:28.869
There you go. Pura Algonquilla. Yeah. And, you

00:38:28.869 --> 00:38:31.730
know... Boswena, I mean, I think a big part of

00:38:31.730 --> 00:38:33.769
it is that people can tell, like, you love what

00:38:33.769 --> 00:38:35.949
you do, and you come up with some good stuff.

00:38:36.030 --> 00:38:38.030
I mean, when you said the strawberry banana,

00:38:38.170 --> 00:38:41.030
I was like, yeah, why wouldn't anyone just love

00:38:41.030 --> 00:38:42.809
strawberry banana? Yes, exactly. Like, you know,

00:38:42.889 --> 00:38:47.150
all those unique flavors, and then when you put

00:38:47.150 --> 00:38:49.949
your love and your effort into it, like, that

00:38:49.949 --> 00:38:52.579
comes through every time. yeah that's true and

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:55.300
to be honest like i i've been tempted to like

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:58.179
like only because i don't only because those

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:59.900
that might go like like like look crazy right

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:04.599
but like not yet not entirely i think we're there

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:09.460
i think we're there so uh like during like the

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:10.840
parades like especially like the one we just

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:12.719
had right now in eddieburg with like the the

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:15.039
floats and stuff like i was like Man como se

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:17.199
fuera like I would have made money with my little

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:19.320
stick, you know in my cotton candy bag Yeah,

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:22.400
you know like people will buy it like it's something

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:24.380
that they will love and kids love and it's always

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:27.800
gonna be You know exactly great hit. So, um,

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:30.800
but yeah, like uh, cotton candy is just The thing

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:33.059
about cotton candy for me and i'm not sure how

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:35.440
anybody else feels out there but for me eating

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:37.380
cotton candy is like nostalgia man. It's like

00:39:37.449 --> 00:39:39.769
When I was a kid going to the carnival, that's

00:39:39.769 --> 00:39:41.230
the one thing I wanted to get I want to get the

00:39:41.230 --> 00:39:43.510
cotton candy Yeah, and you know and even if it's

00:39:43.510 --> 00:39:46.050
at a at a fair, you know at the livestock show

00:39:46.050 --> 00:39:48.510
or at border fest There's always that one stand

00:39:48.510 --> 00:39:51.289
that's making the cotton candy. It's fresh and

00:39:51.289 --> 00:39:52.929
you're right the stuff that's in the storage

00:39:52.929 --> 00:39:55.690
It's all that's great. It's okay. Yeah, but I

00:39:55.690 --> 00:39:57.590
want it fresh man because that's the way it tastes

00:39:57.590 --> 00:39:59.969
the best That's when it tastes. Yeah, so eating

00:39:59.969 --> 00:40:02.570
it eating cotton candy like that fresh I think

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:05.420
A lot of us who love eating cotton candy, it's

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:06.760
more like a nostalgia. It reminds you when you

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:10.159
were a kid. You know, you go into the carnival

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:12.480
with your mom and your dad or even your friends

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.719
and stuff like that. Dude, I remember we used

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:15.199
to go kind of eat like crazy. It was the first

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:17.260
time you tried cotton candy. You know, it was

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:20.610
it was so good. It was so good, you know. And

00:40:20.610 --> 00:40:23.510
I remember because for me, like for me, it's

00:40:23.510 --> 00:40:25.849
it's like one of those once a year treats. Yes.

00:40:26.130 --> 00:40:28.150
Yes. Because like, yeah, you can you can get

00:40:28.150 --> 00:40:30.550
the stuff from the store year round. Right. Right.

00:40:30.630 --> 00:40:32.869
It's not nearly as good as when it's new. And,

00:40:32.869 --> 00:40:34.710
you know, when the fairs are coming around. Yeah.

00:40:34.710 --> 00:40:36.449
That's what that's when you want it. That's when

00:40:36.449 --> 00:40:39.289
you want it the most. Like it's like she was

00:40:39.289 --> 00:40:41.469
saying, like it's time for that. Right. You know,

00:40:41.469 --> 00:40:43.989
and you get it once a year and it's so good.

00:40:44.090 --> 00:40:47.010
And it's been an entire year. Yeah. Yeah. And

00:40:47.010 --> 00:40:49.590
it's the truth. Yeah. So do you guys actually

00:40:49.590 --> 00:40:52.710
know where con candy came from? Like who invented

00:40:52.710 --> 00:40:55.329
it? Like any of the history behind it? And it's

00:40:55.329 --> 00:40:57.309
going to trip you out. Like it's going to. All

00:40:57.309 --> 00:41:02.530
I know is I like it. I have a vague recollection

00:41:02.530 --> 00:41:05.230
of hearing that like from the from the World's

00:41:05.230 --> 00:41:07.389
Fair, the New York World's Fair in 1900, something

00:41:07.389 --> 00:41:10.539
like that. Yeah. So the one, and this is how

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:13.239
the government works, man. It's a conspiracy

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:16.300
right now. Now we're jumping to conspiracies.

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:20.599
Great, Elon Musk is watching. No, no. Can't you

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:23.619
block him? Don't you have your own city over

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:26.860
there? Unfortunately, you can't block Elon. No

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:29.000
one blocks Elon. No one. No one blocks Elon.

00:41:30.260 --> 00:41:33.320
So you got a new sponsor. I got a new sponsor.

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:40.119
And I'm telling you, it is a conspiracy. But

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:46.079
it came from a dentist. Oh, really? Yes. It all

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:48.780
makes sense. It all makes sense now, right? Nodding

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:53.059
teeth, I get more money. Exactly. Damn you, Trump.

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:57.900
And that's exactly what happens. Like, I was

00:41:57.900 --> 00:42:00.139
like, wow, like a dentist made it, and they're

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:02.619
the ones telling you not to eat candy, but they're

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:06.860
the ones who made it. So when I go to fundraiser

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:09.380
parties, not fundraiser parties, so I usually

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:12.119
host before, like a sales school calls me, right,

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:13.559
and the whole school wants to sell cotton candy.

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:15.980
I'll tell them, hey, I can go in there and make

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:18.960
a short presentation of what we do and what we're

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:21.079
gonna do, kind of like motivational, right? Get

00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:23.619
them going, get them home, like, you know, let's

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:26.869
sell, let's sell. But. I talk about this with

00:42:26.869 --> 00:42:28.570
the kids, like, do you guys know where cotton

00:42:28.570 --> 00:42:30.269
candy came from? Who invented it? And it was

00:42:30.269 --> 00:42:35.170
invented by Dr. William Morrison in 1897, if

00:42:35.170 --> 00:42:38.230
I'm not mistaken. And they sold roughly like

00:42:38.230 --> 00:42:41.920
500 ,000 little boxes of little 25 cents. like

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:45.199
for 25 cents the cotton candy but before back

00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:47.280
then it was like really hard to make and it would

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:50.840
take like a long time there was no like you know

00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:53.820
the way it is today yeah but back then it was

00:42:53.820 --> 00:42:57.320
like called fairy floss it was called like the

00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:59.860
most craziest you know names before it actually

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:02.139
came up to cotton candy right right so and the

00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:04.440
kids love that story like the kids they they

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:07.420
trip when they hear like it was a dentist you

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:09.480
know and they'll remember the name because at

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:11.900
the end of the presentation i'll ask them like

00:43:11.900 --> 00:43:14.599
guys who like can answer because i'll tell them

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:16.679
like hey if you guys get this answer correct

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:18.659
i'll get you into the money machine because i'm

00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:20.639
demonstrating the money machine too right do

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:23.179
they remember the year i would have sucked that

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:28.820
that fucking who made it jim jim who made it

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:36.760
jim morrison the guy from the doors The comedian.

00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:41.820
Oh my gosh. They will remember. That's awesome.

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:44.219
I love that that's something I get to keep with

00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:47.239
them as a little piece of history. They go home

00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:49.420
and tell their parents and it's just like...

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:52.420
So it goes way beyond just selling the cotton

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:55.480
candy with us. We love to instill little things

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:57.980
like that into the kids. No wonder the kids love

00:43:57.980 --> 00:44:01.559
you. You're just the whole ball of wax. You're

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:04.539
informative, you bring sweet stuff, you give

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:09.300
money. And the dentist loves you. The dentist

00:44:09.300 --> 00:44:14.780
loves me. Now you know why we've been in business

00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:19.360
Yeah, I mean I can I can only imagine that one

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:21.420
Dennis sitting down at home one day because damn

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:24.139
I'm telling these kids brush your teeth and stop

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:29.559
being sweet I'm losing business right now. What

00:44:29.559 --> 00:44:32.199
the hell am I doing? Wait a minute. I got an

00:44:32.199 --> 00:44:36.570
idea. No, I'll invent something That's so sweet

00:44:36.570 --> 00:44:39.190
and amazing that they can't stop being they'll

00:44:39.190 --> 00:44:42.590
get calories They gotta come see me and pay my

00:44:42.590 --> 00:44:44.349
two dollars and fifty cents because back then

00:44:44.349 --> 00:44:48.289
two dollars was a lot a lot of money 25 cents,

00:44:48.289 --> 00:44:50.769
especially for a lot of pieces of cotton candy.

00:44:50.829 --> 00:44:56.059
Was it like 100 000? Jesus Christ, 25 cents a

00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:58.139
piece. It wasn't a lot of money. In the old dollar

00:44:58.139 --> 00:45:01.320
amount. Jesus. Can you imagine? Wow. Damn dentists.

00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:02.500
And because I think of stuff like that, like

00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:04.639
the dentist and the candy, do you guys remember

00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:07.380
the Willy Wonka, like the original movie, I think,

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:09.599
where he kind of flashed his bag when he had

00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:12.079
braces and he couldn't eat candy and he'd get

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:14.400
stuck in the braces? That's the one thing I always

00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:17.139
think about. But yeah, and so on top of that,

00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:20.019
for our fundraisers, I actually give a real 50

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:23.429
% back profit. So like our tubs they sell for

00:45:23.429 --> 00:45:26.409
eight bucks and I give them four dollars well

00:45:26.409 --> 00:45:30.769
for every 50 % like it's not 60 40 or anything

00:45:30.769 --> 00:45:34.070
like that We go straight 50 50 and I give them

00:45:34.070 --> 00:45:36.409
things on top of that. So I like to think that

00:45:36.409 --> 00:45:41.690
we offer like the best Profits the best incentives

00:45:41.690 --> 00:45:44.480
for everybody. You got great profit sharing.

00:45:44.539 --> 00:45:46.659
That's awesome. No wonder everyone wants to work

00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:49.119
with you. That's great. I love it. I love what

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:50.519
we're doing. I love what we're doing because

00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:52.980
it's sending a huge statement. I really do believe

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:55.199
so. Well, God bless you for that. That's great.

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:12.519
This is why this is why honestly it sounds funny

00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:15.480
but people can't really burn me because my mom

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:18.420
burns me every day And then my grandma does it

00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:25.980
worse There's your 50 -50 That's pretty much

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:35.280
my inheritance It goes a long way Trust me, it

00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:38.360
goes a long way. If your ego was like here, and

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:40.059
then you got a mom who's just like knocking it

00:46:40.059 --> 00:46:43.059
down, you have more power. Yeah, dude. My grandma,

00:46:43.059 --> 00:46:46.460
she roasts us like daily. It's crazy. That's

00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:49.000
awesome. I think most Mexican grandmas do, right?

00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:51.059
Yes, they do. Old school ones. Old school ones,

00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:55.559
yes, they do. Yeah, they just like... Yeah, man,

00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:58.280
it's crazy. Oh, my gosh. Well, that's awesome,

00:46:58.460 --> 00:47:02.000
man. I mean, now... further down the line. Your

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:04.920
daughter's how old is she now? She is nine. Has

00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:08.130
she gotten involved? Would you try to hustle

00:47:08.130 --> 00:47:10.110
them in and try to push the product out there?

00:47:10.309 --> 00:47:12.750
She has gotten involved. I bet she has a lot

00:47:12.750 --> 00:47:16.909
of friends. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, of

00:47:16.909 --> 00:47:18.929
course, one of the benefits of, you know, having

00:47:18.929 --> 00:47:20.610
a mom that, you know, does that is that, you

00:47:20.610 --> 00:47:22.929
know, they take cotton candy for the parties.

00:47:23.610 --> 00:47:26.789
We give like, you know, incentives for the school.

00:47:26.889 --> 00:47:28.929
That way they don't have to spend money, you

00:47:28.929 --> 00:47:30.769
know. It never hurts me to give. It never hurts

00:47:30.769 --> 00:47:32.750
me to give whatsoever. You know, and this is

00:47:32.750 --> 00:47:34.829
for anybody. It doesn't have to be my kid's school.

00:47:34.829 --> 00:47:37.880
It could be any school. Like the last year, so

00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:40.679
I'm very big on reading. When I was her age,

00:47:40.679 --> 00:47:42.559
I was actually a millionaire. They called the

00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:47.539
millionaire readers. So I was actually the first

00:47:47.539 --> 00:47:51.920
generation of millionaires when it started. So

00:47:51.920 --> 00:47:54.360
I would love, I was a bookworm dude. Like I love

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:58.019
to read. And I read all the series and like so

00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:59.500
many things. And that's when they started like

00:47:59.500 --> 00:48:02.860
the millionaires readers incentives. I was like,

00:48:03.159 --> 00:48:05.460
dude they came to our room and they were like

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:07.900
like hey you're gonna go on a big limo you're

00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:10.940
gonna go celebrate here and like what like that's

00:48:10.940 --> 00:48:14.239
crazy so we started that and that was like they

00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:17.579
started that 25 years ago i think so that that

00:48:17.579 --> 00:48:19.539
that's crazy and the kids are still doing that

00:48:19.539 --> 00:48:22.860
so now i get my daughter to do it but with that

00:48:22.860 --> 00:48:27.239
uh i last year i offer free con -candy incentives

00:48:27.239 --> 00:48:29.579
for the kids who were millionaires in many other

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:33.519
schools. So I was able to incentivize those kids

00:48:33.519 --> 00:48:35.659
for reading, because reading is just so important.

00:48:36.340 --> 00:48:38.940
I love to know when kids have that mentality,

00:48:39.139 --> 00:48:42.440
they need words, they need their vocabulary.

00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:46.860
It carries them on. So not only do we incentivize

00:48:46.860 --> 00:48:49.980
organizations, we also incentivize for reading.

00:48:50.460 --> 00:48:52.539
There's many schools that I could tell you that

00:48:52.539 --> 00:48:55.230
we've helped them out through that. You know,

00:48:55.250 --> 00:48:59.289
I love to give to my community. That's awesome.

00:48:59.489 --> 00:49:01.590
That's great. That's freaking awesome. And it's

00:49:01.590 --> 00:49:04.050
giving you giving quite a bit back to the community.

00:49:04.210 --> 00:49:07.570
I mean, that's that's pretty that's good. A lot

00:49:07.570 --> 00:49:10.429
of small businesses really. I mean, it probably,

00:49:10.429 --> 00:49:13.690
you know, rightfully so. They worry about their

00:49:13.690 --> 00:49:17.150
bottom line first. Exactly. I mean, the fact

00:49:17.150 --> 00:49:21.090
that you can give so much back to the community

00:49:21.090 --> 00:49:23.690
really speaks well of you and how your business

00:49:23.690 --> 00:49:27.159
is doing. And that's really amazing. And I'm

00:49:27.159 --> 00:49:30.340
sure the kids will continue to carry that memory

00:49:30.340 --> 00:49:32.820
through with them into their adulthood. And maybe

00:49:32.820 --> 00:49:36.000
they'll be inspired to give back to them when

00:49:36.000 --> 00:49:39.820
they get older. I like to think that we're giving

00:49:39.820 --> 00:49:41.780
them that memory that they got to go to that

00:49:41.780 --> 00:49:44.480
one party that one time because of that fundraiser

00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:47.460
that they did. Absolutely. So I like to think

00:49:47.460 --> 00:49:51.110
that we're Thinking more than just you know the

00:49:51.110 --> 00:49:53.969
business right so as we go back track to like

00:49:53.969 --> 00:49:56.869
the the incentives right so when the schools

00:49:56.869 --> 00:50:00.139
call us for the fundraisers we go back and we

00:50:00.139 --> 00:50:02.760
make a cotton candy for all the school you're

00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:05.400
talking about like seven eight hundred kids yeah

00:50:05.400 --> 00:50:07.079
we're talking about seven eight hundred kids

00:50:07.079 --> 00:50:10.840
i provide the music the sound the cotton candy

00:50:10.840 --> 00:50:13.860
the money machine like i put on all that and

00:50:13.860 --> 00:50:15.760
it's just me and my mom so if i could tell you

00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:17.659
how that works out when it actually happens it's

00:50:17.659 --> 00:50:19.519
like they said mija don't forget the full bank

00:50:19.519 --> 00:50:25.400
too Oh, that's another thing, but I'll jump into

00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:37.340
that right now. So, okay, so the kid... Always

00:50:37.340 --> 00:50:41.170
letting me do the hard work. Better you. No,

00:50:41.190 --> 00:50:44.230
so the kids, they come to this party and they're

00:50:44.230 --> 00:50:46.230
like, why am I here? I didn't even sell. Like,

00:50:46.230 --> 00:50:47.809
you know, like my mom couldn't sell. And then

00:50:47.809 --> 00:50:49.489
sometimes it's not even because the parents don't

00:50:49.489 --> 00:50:51.469
want to sell. But then you have people like me

00:50:51.469 --> 00:50:55.429
that have too many kids, have four kids. So imagine

00:50:55.429 --> 00:50:59.170
selling like 10, 12 items per kid with no family.

00:50:59.309 --> 00:51:06.309
Like, that's crazy. So, you know what I mean?

00:51:08.449 --> 00:51:11.679
So, then the kids miss out. Yeah. You know, so

00:51:11.679 --> 00:51:13.219
in this case, I'm going to go in there and I'm

00:51:13.219 --> 00:51:14.719
going to, you know, help you out. What we like

00:51:14.719 --> 00:51:16.900
to see is for the parents to at least try. Yeah.

00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:18.559
At least try to sell what you can because at

00:51:18.559 --> 00:51:20.500
the end of the day, the money goes for the school,

00:51:20.599 --> 00:51:22.420
it goes to the kids, it goes to their field trips,

00:51:23.519 --> 00:51:25.860
their incentives, you know. So we don't want

00:51:25.860 --> 00:51:29.000
the parents to just throw away the order form.

00:51:29.239 --> 00:51:31.780
Right. You know, so usually when parents see

00:51:31.780 --> 00:51:32.980
us that they're like, oh, the school's working

00:51:32.980 --> 00:51:34.360
with us. Okay. Yeah, that's how, because we know

00:51:34.360 --> 00:51:36.519
they're going to, they're going to help us too.

00:51:36.829 --> 00:51:40.469
You know, but uh, yeah, so wait back to the oh

00:51:40.469 --> 00:51:46.469
my god cameras You gotta if you ever come back

00:51:46.469 --> 00:51:56.409
you gotta bring your mom I want to meet miss

00:51:56.409 --> 00:52:00.309
lopez now man. Now, you know why I am the customer

00:52:00.309 --> 00:52:07.639
We now have as to why I'm a customer service,

00:52:07.679 --> 00:52:10.880
and my mom stays as a mixologist in the background.

00:52:11.360 --> 00:52:15.219
If there's one thing, I mean, for example, Cindy

00:52:15.219 --> 00:52:19.960
from the Chicano Life magazine, Mom was awesome.

00:52:20.219 --> 00:52:22.980
They're fun. They're so much fun because they

00:52:22.980 --> 00:52:26.320
take out the true colors of their kid, man, when

00:52:26.320 --> 00:52:28.940
they're on camera. You can see when Mom was talking,

00:52:29.019 --> 00:52:35.889
she was like, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom. I forget

00:52:35.889 --> 00:52:37.670
what she was saying, like, oh, I just, I only

00:52:37.670 --> 00:52:44.750
eat champagne. No, dude, if you only knew the

00:52:44.750 --> 00:52:47.750
times at the time on time, mom, yeah, like, like,

00:52:47.789 --> 00:52:49.849
look, mom, there's a problem. Just tell me, I'll

00:52:49.849 --> 00:52:52.369
handle it. I'll fix it. I'll remedy it. Just

00:52:52.369 --> 00:52:57.289
don't answer the phone. No, I'm handling it.

00:53:07.659 --> 00:53:10.019
No, but that's actually how it is like, you know

00:53:10.019 --> 00:53:11.940
that that's that's our job. Those are 50 50.

00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:14.679
She does the mixology and I do the customer service.

00:53:14.760 --> 00:53:17.019
You don't say nothing. You don't know nothing.

00:53:17.760 --> 00:53:26.099
I don't even know you, sir. Oh, my gosh. Oh,

00:53:26.300 --> 00:53:29.059
Ms. Lopez, you're invited to the podcast whenever

00:53:29.059 --> 00:53:33.159
you talk about your business. You come with your

00:53:33.159 --> 00:53:35.340
daughter, please. You know what? Cancel next

00:53:35.340 --> 00:53:41.059
week's guest. We're bringing her. This is an

00:53:41.059 --> 00:53:44.239
emergency. This is a real emergency. You're like,

00:53:44.420 --> 00:53:46.280
but she's I'm not invited. I'm going to be on

00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:53.889
the other side recording the video. So talk to

00:53:53.889 --> 00:53:55.090
us a little bit about the food bank that she

00:53:55.090 --> 00:53:58.090
was talking about. Oh, yeah. So this year, well,

00:53:58.190 --> 00:53:59.989
first of all, I was a recipient of the food bank

00:53:59.989 --> 00:54:02.190
because when my daughter was an only child and

00:54:02.190 --> 00:54:04.730
me and my husband were just starting, we struggled

00:54:04.730 --> 00:54:07.260
a lot. We struggled a lot with food. You know,

00:54:07.260 --> 00:54:09.119
we really weren't making it. We couldn't qualify

00:54:09.119 --> 00:54:11.159
for assistance. It was always like that little

00:54:11.159 --> 00:54:14.980
percentage over. It was just so horrible. So

00:54:14.980 --> 00:54:17.719
we and then my husband at the time was paying

00:54:17.719 --> 00:54:19.659
like his school loan and like it was getting

00:54:19.659 --> 00:54:22.699
garnished. It was just, you know, 725 the hour.

00:54:22.699 --> 00:54:25.840
It wasn't really cutting it. It was pretty bad.

00:54:26.019 --> 00:54:28.380
So I was a recipient of the food bank at the

00:54:28.380 --> 00:54:31.920
time when my daughter was smaller and when she

00:54:31.920 --> 00:54:35.079
was the only child. And I never forgot that.

00:54:35.119 --> 00:54:38.239
because the food bank supplied us with quite

00:54:38.239 --> 00:54:40.920
a bit of food, like a couple of times to where

00:54:40.920 --> 00:54:43.619
it really made a huge difference, you know, and

00:54:43.619 --> 00:54:46.860
I will never forget that. So coming into this

00:54:46.860 --> 00:54:49.840
business and doing what I do now, it's been my

00:54:49.840 --> 00:54:53.340
priority to that. That's the one organization,

00:54:53.599 --> 00:54:58.960
the one 501c3 that I always. Prioritize because

00:54:58.960 --> 00:55:01.360
they helped me a lot when I most needed them

00:55:01.360 --> 00:55:03.980
So when they asked for help and when they try

00:55:03.980 --> 00:55:06.280
to bring awareness like hey guys we need we need

00:55:06.280 --> 00:55:07.539
to fill up the shelves I don't know if you guys

00:55:07.539 --> 00:55:09.519
saw how empty the shelves were in this last couple

00:55:09.519 --> 00:55:11.840
weeks. That was a real thing, dude Like I don't

00:55:11.840 --> 00:55:14.659
know if people ever like stop to think like hey

00:55:14.659 --> 00:55:16.619
like is are they telling the truth? No, dude

00:55:16.619 --> 00:55:19.239
They are telling the truth like it's empty like

00:55:19.239 --> 00:55:21.960
anybody can go in there and see the shelves for

00:55:21.960 --> 00:55:24.039
yourself like go in there take a tour ask them

00:55:24.039 --> 00:55:27.730
to see like the back of the food bank and shelves

00:55:27.730 --> 00:55:30.989
should all be stocked like they should all be

00:55:30.989 --> 00:55:34.530
stocked and there was so many empty stocks like

00:55:34.530 --> 00:55:38.630
it was just pretty bad and that's when I kind

00:55:38.630 --> 00:55:42.210
of jumped in like this this year for that so

00:55:42.210 --> 00:55:45.130
one of the markets that we attempted the first

00:55:45.130 --> 00:55:47.530
ones this year was the national night out for

00:55:47.530 --> 00:55:50.269
Edinburgh again I love my city so I go attend

00:55:50.269 --> 00:55:55.500
theirs so we made I was doing a cereal drive.

00:55:55.619 --> 00:55:57.840
So like if you brought a box of cereal, I would

00:55:57.840 --> 00:56:00.159
give you a cotton candy. That was my food drive,

00:56:00.159 --> 00:56:03.119
right? But if you forgot your cereal, I would

00:56:03.119 --> 00:56:05.980
sell you the cotton candy, like for the $5 for

00:56:05.980 --> 00:56:09.739
the big ball of cotton candy. And I raised $600.

00:56:10.559 --> 00:56:13.699
I raised $600 and we went to donate it the following

00:56:13.699 --> 00:56:18.159
day. And then we donated 27 boxes of cereal.

00:56:18.989 --> 00:56:21.349
So people brought cereal. So I was really nervous

00:56:21.349 --> 00:56:22.590
about that. I was like, what if they don't bring

00:56:22.590 --> 00:56:24.750
their cereal? But they didn't. So that means

00:56:24.750 --> 00:56:26.469
that people are watching. And that's because

00:56:26.469 --> 00:56:28.769
I didn't really promote it as much as I wanted

00:56:28.769 --> 00:56:30.929
to because it was kind of last minute. Because

00:56:30.929 --> 00:56:32.869
everything happened really, really fast with

00:56:32.869 --> 00:56:35.929
that food bank thing. So really proud of us,

00:56:36.010 --> 00:56:37.389
you know, I'm really proud of us. And I'm proud

00:56:37.389 --> 00:56:40.429
to give back to them the most because they really

00:56:40.429 --> 00:56:42.869
were there for me when we needed them. That's

00:56:42.869 --> 00:56:45.630
awesome, man. That's amazing. That's a great

00:56:45.630 --> 00:56:48.889
story. That's amazing. That you remember, too.

00:56:49.769 --> 00:56:52.829
And I hope other people do that. You know, like,

00:56:52.929 --> 00:56:55.190
if you need them today, remember them, you know,

00:56:55.269 --> 00:56:56.869
along the line when you're able to give back

00:56:56.869 --> 00:57:00.909
because it's good. It's good to know, you know,

00:57:01.210 --> 00:57:03.610
get people to know that you were not always like

00:57:03.610 --> 00:57:05.670
this. Right, right. You know, you know, at that

00:57:05.670 --> 00:57:07.530
time, me and my husband were renting, like, not

00:57:07.530 --> 00:57:09.809
even renting, I'm sorry. My stepdad gave us,

00:57:09.889 --> 00:57:13.250
we were renting after that, but my stepdad, he

00:57:13.250 --> 00:57:15.010
gifted us those little travel trailers, like

00:57:15.010 --> 00:57:16.409
the little, little, bitty, bitty ones. It was

00:57:16.409 --> 00:57:20.039
like a one little room. It was so beat up. We

00:57:20.039 --> 00:57:22.300
didn't even have hot water. We live actually

00:57:22.300 --> 00:57:25.960
in Shady Acres in Donna. I don't know. Yes. Really?

00:57:26.500 --> 00:57:29.179
Yeah. So you know how Shady Acres has like their

00:57:29.179 --> 00:57:31.940
their senior citizens? Yes. OK. In the back of

00:57:31.940 --> 00:57:34.980
it, like on Scoby, they have like their family

00:57:34.980 --> 00:57:37.360
area. Yes. So we didn't have anywhere else to

00:57:37.360 --> 00:57:41.139
go. So we put our little little capsule just

00:57:41.139 --> 00:57:44.360
there. And man, if I could go back and pay like

00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:48.980
two hundred dollars a month for rent. I was like,

00:57:49.099 --> 00:57:51.340
man, that is so expensive at the time, right?

00:57:51.420 --> 00:57:54.420
I would do anything to go back. You still have

00:57:54.420 --> 00:57:59.119
an opening. No kidding. So, but yeah, we were

00:57:59.119 --> 00:58:01.880
there and I got to know a lot of the older people

00:58:01.880 --> 00:58:04.539
there and I made friends and they were all my

00:58:04.539 --> 00:58:08.079
daughter's adopted grandparents. So that's, you

00:58:08.079 --> 00:58:10.059
know, it's all about growing from where you are.

00:58:11.039 --> 00:58:15.099
So that's one of the times when we needed the

00:58:15.099 --> 00:58:17.610
food bank. It wasn't always like this. That's

00:58:17.610 --> 00:58:20.909
awesome. Well, I know we are coming at 58 minutes

00:58:20.909 --> 00:58:23.130
into the podcast. Wow. Already. Yeah, it's flying.

00:58:23.269 --> 00:58:27.769
There's a lot of information, but the best information

00:58:27.769 --> 00:58:30.150
that we got right now are the little boxes that

00:58:30.150 --> 00:58:31.869
are in front of me. If you can see these guys

00:58:31.869 --> 00:58:33.789
and put this on camera, you've got little boxes

00:58:33.789 --> 00:58:41.690
here that were. Yeah, pretty much. But you know

00:58:41.690 --> 00:58:43.650
what I'm trying to say, but we got these beautiful

00:58:43.650 --> 00:58:46.389
boxes here and these are for us to open. You

00:58:46.389 --> 00:58:47.929
want to open up one or you want to open up both?

00:58:48.289 --> 00:58:51.389
You want both? Yeah, why not? Let's open up both.

00:58:51.489 --> 00:58:54.090
Let's see what we got here. Let me see. hey uh

00:58:54.090 --> 00:58:55.650
you want to talk about your social medias real

00:58:55.650 --> 00:58:58.849
quick yeah um well i work mainly off of facebook

00:58:58.849 --> 00:59:01.110
i work mainly off of facebook nunca le puedo

00:59:01.110 --> 00:59:04.530
entender muy bien like i instagram or like tiktok

00:59:04.530 --> 00:59:13.190
or i'm like what did i follow them what is this

00:59:13.190 --> 00:59:17.760
they do you a favor by following you No, no,

00:59:17.800 --> 00:59:20.800
but I only work out of Facebook. I wish I knew

00:59:20.800 --> 00:59:23.480
how to work everything else. Maybe business would

00:59:23.480 --> 00:59:25.659
be a lot better. But I feel like a lot of my

00:59:25.659 --> 00:59:28.559
business is the same customers and word of mouth.

00:59:28.900 --> 00:59:32.320
Wow. It's been working for you, so don't knock

00:59:32.320 --> 00:59:35.079
it below. Like I was saying at the top of the

00:59:35.079 --> 00:59:37.860
show, whenever you have an event or if you...

00:59:37.869 --> 00:59:40.730
If you want to come on the show or whatever you

00:59:40.730 --> 00:59:45.030
want to do, just hit us up and we'll gladly post

00:59:45.030 --> 00:59:47.030
it out on our social medias. This is awesome.

00:59:47.210 --> 00:59:49.130
Thank you for the beautiful little note here.

00:59:49.570 --> 00:59:51.010
As anybody can see right here, we got a beautiful

00:59:51.010 --> 00:59:53.110
little note right here. It says, thank you for

00:59:53.110 --> 00:59:57.849
ruining our lives. That's the wrong letter, mom.

01:00:05.880 --> 01:00:11.920
So we got six flavors in here we have this box

01:00:11.920 --> 01:00:18.460
is empty there's nothing here So we got sick

01:00:18.460 --> 01:00:20.599
what flavors are we looking at here remember

01:00:20.599 --> 01:00:24.099
you're looking at Ah, the best of the best. Yes,

01:00:24.099 --> 01:00:26.539
of course. So at the bottom of the little cups

01:00:26.539 --> 01:00:30.719
you have the flavors of them. So the green one

01:00:30.719 --> 01:00:33.639
is the Dubai chocolate. That's the Dubai chocolate,

01:00:34.139 --> 01:00:37.360
the one my mom, she did amazing with that. We'll

01:00:37.360 --> 01:00:39.960
be the judge here. Ah, we'll be the judge here.

01:00:40.500 --> 01:00:43.000
The blueberry Pop Rocks, the strawberry banana,

01:00:43.500 --> 01:00:45.539
the watermelon with chili, which is the top seller,

01:00:46.000 --> 01:00:49.260
and the pineapple chili, and then we have banana.

01:00:49.469 --> 01:00:54.650
Oh. And I got Armando coming to the show saying,

01:00:54.869 --> 01:00:57.210
do they make a cotton candy, cacahuate, asking

01:00:57.210 --> 01:01:02.989
for a friend? I'll block him right now, don't

01:01:02.989 --> 01:01:08.949
worry about it. We could, we could. No, no, no,

01:01:08.949 --> 01:01:11.570
no. I was going to bring that up, like a chocolate

01:01:11.570 --> 01:01:15.139
peanut butter one. We don't like to really mess

01:01:15.139 --> 01:01:17.320
with peanut butter because a lot of kids are

01:01:17.320 --> 01:01:20.159
allergic. So we try to keep it allergen free.

01:01:20.900 --> 01:01:22.639
So the Dubai chocolate actually goes through

01:01:22.639 --> 01:01:24.639
its own machine. It doesn't get mixed with anything

01:01:24.639 --> 01:01:27.340
else for the same reason, you know, that it has

01:01:27.340 --> 01:01:30.179
pistachio. So we have our own machine for just

01:01:30.179 --> 01:01:35.239
that one. Special with those kind of things and

01:01:35.239 --> 01:01:37.159
we always put like the warnings on the warning

01:01:37.159 --> 01:01:40.099
labels and stuff like that. Oh, okay That's good

01:01:40.099 --> 01:01:42.840
to know. Yeah, I'm gonna try the straw. I'm a

01:01:42.840 --> 01:01:45.239
big strawberry banana fan So why do you guys

01:01:45.239 --> 01:01:47.539
like strawberry banana? Is it like a genetic?

01:01:47.739 --> 01:01:49.960
Don't don't question Don't question it. I want

01:01:49.960 --> 01:01:52.980
to know. Just go with it. It's the chunk you

01:01:52.980 --> 01:01:57.820
doing to me No, let me let me I'm gonna go and

01:01:57.820 --> 01:01:59.619
taste this I'm gonna get a little piece here

01:01:59.619 --> 01:02:02.349
and put the camera on me here There you go, this

01:02:02.349 --> 01:02:05.150
is a strawberry banana cotton candy. Put some

01:02:05.150 --> 01:02:12.989
of them, see. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. That's really

01:02:12.989 --> 01:02:16.130
good. And this one is the blueberry? The blueberry

01:02:16.130 --> 01:02:18.530
Pop Rocks, yes. Pop Rocks, okay. I'm going to

01:02:18.530 --> 01:02:22.170
try that one. Since I can't try the one I want

01:02:22.170 --> 01:02:25.829
to try, the strawberry banana. I didn't mean

01:02:25.829 --> 01:02:35.420
to offend you. Yes, you did. Yes, you did. More?

01:02:36.780 --> 01:02:40.920
How is it, how is it? Oh, wow. Is it good? Yeah,

01:02:40.960 --> 01:02:43.420
that is blueberry Pop Rocks, too. Wow, man, that's

01:02:43.420 --> 01:02:45.400
awesome. Try that. Let me try it a little bit.

01:02:45.820 --> 01:02:48.559
I'll give you some of that. So the Pop Rocks

01:02:48.559 --> 01:02:51.940
is like a little neat thing that kids just love

01:02:51.940 --> 01:02:54.480
to hear. Oh, dude, you actually get the Pop Rocks,

01:02:54.579 --> 01:02:57.840
too. Freaking awesome. So it's really like, you

01:02:57.840 --> 01:02:59.699
know, they're just little inventions and kids

01:02:59.699 --> 01:03:01.800
love them. They go crazy for stuff like that.

01:03:02.039 --> 01:03:04.760
And that the Chile that we put in the cotton

01:03:04.760 --> 01:03:08.780
candy, like that's, you know, the Valley way.

01:03:09.019 --> 01:03:11.280
You're putting Chile to everything. Your mom

01:03:11.280 --> 01:03:15.239
comes out. My mom says, yes, I can. I can make

01:03:15.239 --> 01:03:19.320
it. Masapan too. Oh, yeah, she made my husband

01:03:19.320 --> 01:03:22.159
one time a masapan because my husband is crazy

01:03:22.159 --> 01:03:25.530
for masapan. Do you hear that, ladies and gentlemen?

01:03:25.650 --> 01:03:30.309
Yeah. Those are pop rocks, buddy. Those are awesome.

01:03:31.230 --> 01:03:33.650
And Mandito says, that means that I'm allergic

01:03:33.650 --> 01:03:35.849
to public figures. Yes, you are, Mando. You're

01:03:35.849 --> 01:03:39.510
really allergic to public figures. Me more? He

01:03:39.510 --> 01:03:41.550
goes, no more sugar for her. I go, I'm not a

01:03:41.550 --> 01:03:42.630
guy. I said, no more sugar for you than this,

01:03:42.710 --> 01:03:45.329
Ms. Lopez. I didn't even have any. Imagine if

01:03:45.329 --> 01:03:48.590
I did. And then Mandito responds back to Ms.

01:03:48.710 --> 01:03:50.789
Lopez. He goes, I'll take the mazapan. Where

01:03:50.789 --> 01:04:03.070
can I go get some? That's awesome. First of all,

01:04:03.090 --> 01:04:05.349
I want to say thank you so much for the gifts.

01:04:05.690 --> 01:04:09.030
This is awesome. Oh my gosh, I know. I know my

01:04:09.030 --> 01:04:10.809
son's going to go crazy with the Pop Rocks one

01:04:10.809 --> 01:04:13.769
as soon as I get home. It's crazy. You know,

01:04:14.210 --> 01:04:17.650
it's so good. It's so good. So good. But most

01:04:17.650 --> 01:04:20.050
of all, like I would like like to thank like

01:04:20.050 --> 01:04:23.289
my friends. Like I like to think that I have.

01:04:23.449 --> 01:04:25.710
like a handful of friends that have supported

01:04:25.710 --> 01:04:27.750
me throughout this whole thing, and they're the

01:04:27.750 --> 01:04:30.269
ones always constantly sharing, liking, and echandome

01:04:30.269 --> 01:04:32.409
porras, right? Because I mean, when you don't

01:04:32.409 --> 01:04:34.489
believe in yourself, you need to, you know, rely

01:04:34.489 --> 01:04:36.989
on those kind of people. So my friend Diana Juarez,

01:04:37.449 --> 01:04:41.250
Diana Agro, she's the lice lady from the RGB,

01:04:41.590 --> 01:04:44.769
one of the main ones that always are sharing

01:04:44.769 --> 01:04:47.409
my stuff, and you know, and the botellos, Quero,

01:04:48.309 --> 01:04:51.190
my friend Daniela. So I love all my friends that

01:04:51.190 --> 01:04:54.909
have, you know, helped me stay afloat yeah that's

01:04:54.909 --> 01:04:56.949
awesome yeah it's good to have that support especially

01:04:56.949 --> 01:04:59.909
among other vendors that help each other that's

01:04:59.909 --> 01:05:01.429
also what you call that's what you call close

01:05:01.429 --> 01:05:04.739
family it's a tight it's a tight bubble a little

01:05:04.739 --> 01:05:07.539
circle that's awesome yeah you know that they'll

01:05:07.539 --> 01:05:09.559
be there with you you know they're there with

01:05:09.559 --> 01:05:13.159
you at the beginning yeah at the end yeah that's

01:05:13.159 --> 01:05:14.679
awesome ladies and gentlemen i mean if you see

01:05:14.679 --> 01:05:16.659
that qr code right here to the left of her on

01:05:16.659 --> 01:05:19.239
the screen click on that qr code automatically

01:05:19.239 --> 01:05:21.960
takes you to her facebook page or the pop rocks

01:05:21.960 --> 01:05:24.360
yeah get the pop rock pop rocks man they're really

01:05:24.360 --> 01:05:28.380
good the pop blocks put a roblox cotton candy

01:05:28.380 --> 01:05:30.940
or your mom mom you're hearing roblox cotton

01:05:30.940 --> 01:05:37.679
candy the home, they're selling like crazy. Click

01:05:37.679 --> 01:05:41.440
on the QR code right there, that'll take you

01:05:41.440 --> 01:05:43.059
straight to her Facebook page, let her let you

01:05:43.059 --> 01:05:44.780
know exactly where she's at, where she's selling,

01:05:45.059 --> 01:05:47.219
how you can order and all that good stuff. When

01:05:47.219 --> 01:05:48.820
the next sponsorship is coming up and all that

01:05:48.820 --> 01:05:53.800
great stuff. Guys. I don't, we don't, Chu and

01:05:53.800 --> 01:05:56.219
I don't normally say much about food. Cause I

01:05:56.219 --> 01:05:58.159
mean only certain foods that they're brought

01:05:58.159 --> 01:06:01.719
in like gifts like that as far as they're good.

01:06:02.059 --> 01:06:04.719
Yeah. Look at us. Yeah. But I mean, this is a

01:06:04.719 --> 01:06:07.539
great product. Uh, it, you can taste the freshness

01:06:07.539 --> 01:06:10.320
in it. Really good. The banana strawberry really

01:06:10.320 --> 01:06:12.280
good. The pop rock was amazing. I'm gonna taste

01:06:12.280 --> 01:06:14.519
the other one. The watermelon, it probably won't

01:06:14.519 --> 01:06:16.500
make it home. That was probably gonna go with

01:06:16.500 --> 01:06:18.940
me to work. I'll probably share with my buddies

01:06:18.940 --> 01:06:22.159
over there, but everything else looks fun It

01:06:22.159 --> 01:06:27.599
looks really good Trust me as soon as I get off

01:06:27.599 --> 01:06:29.960
the truck and it goes into the place I work workplace

01:06:29.960 --> 01:06:32.659
It'll be gone before I even step foot inside.

01:06:33.099 --> 01:06:36.000
Oh my god. Yeah, so but other than that, I mean

01:06:36.000 --> 01:06:39.250
this is This is amazing. It's really good. Really

01:06:39.250 --> 01:06:42.510
good. And I'm just glad I'm just glad I'm glad

01:06:42.510 --> 01:06:44.530
you guys took the opportunity to reach out to

01:06:44.530 --> 01:06:47.489
us to come on down. Right. Right. You thank us.

01:06:47.769 --> 01:06:51.449
Right. Yes. This is this is a yes I can make

01:06:51.449 --> 01:06:56.429
some for you as the keys a key miss. Oh oh oh

01:06:56.429 --> 01:06:59.670
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

01:06:59.670 --> 01:07:00.750
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

01:06:59.980 --> 01:07:03.679
This is good. This is good. Mr. Lopez location.

01:07:03.840 --> 01:07:07.840
Yeah, you know, yeah This would be awesome. You

01:07:07.840 --> 01:07:10.079
have some lucha libre events, you know, send

01:07:10.079 --> 01:07:19.380
me the message You see only on the junior podcast

01:07:19.380 --> 01:07:25.159
you get this kind of Yeah, your mom yeah, yeah

01:07:25.159 --> 01:07:27.699
secondhand secondhand in charge of a business

01:07:27.699 --> 01:07:36.719
I think your mom just cut you out Now it's it

01:07:36.719 --> 01:07:42.860
now it's 6040 No, but no first I want to say

01:07:42.860 --> 01:07:44.679
thank you so much for coming out reaching out

01:07:44.679 --> 01:07:47.440
to this coming program Great stories that you

01:07:47.440 --> 01:07:49.579
gave us today on how it's made We would love

01:07:49.579 --> 01:07:51.619
to meet your mom next time you come by loved

01:07:51.619 --> 01:07:53.880
her having the podcast is to get her her section

01:07:53.880 --> 01:08:13.860
of her story by the grace of God Take care of

01:08:13.860 --> 01:08:15.719
you and your mom and this is your grandma. This

01:08:15.719 --> 01:08:20.659
is great great great product Yes, yeah continue

01:08:20.659 --> 01:08:23.359
going moving forward, you know, I see great things

01:08:23.359 --> 01:08:24.899
coming your way man with this little product

01:08:24.899 --> 01:08:27.340
It's really really good and all you kids that

01:08:27.340 --> 01:08:37.850
get this cotton candy before we did uh... social

01:08:37.850 --> 01:08:39.729
media so we can reach out one more time sorry

01:08:39.729 --> 01:08:42.539
go ahead So Facebook is where we work out the

01:08:42.539 --> 01:08:44.920
most. Facebook, it's under Junior's Con Candy

01:08:44.920 --> 01:08:49.579
Cravings LLC. And it's the one with about 8 .7

01:08:49.579 --> 01:08:51.060
thousand followers because one time we did a

01:08:51.060 --> 01:08:53.520
giveaway and then the scammers came and they

01:08:53.520 --> 01:08:58.840
made like 20 profiles. So I was like, oh my gosh,

01:08:58.939 --> 01:09:00.159
okay guys, just make sure it's the one with like

01:09:00.159 --> 01:09:03.260
a lot of followers, not just like the one. Thank

01:09:03.260 --> 01:09:07.960
you. I got you. I got you. That's what we need

01:09:07.960 --> 01:09:09.579
to do. I know, right? We need to get scammers.

01:09:10.840 --> 01:09:13.220
Now go ahead no, yeah, but but just just mainly

01:09:13.220 --> 01:09:15.819
Facebook and some Instagram so wonder Instagram

01:09:15.819 --> 01:09:18.100
under juniors cotton candy cravings. I'll see

01:09:18.100 --> 01:09:20.979
But you can always reach me at nine five six

01:09:20.979 --> 01:09:23.260
six eight five four nine eight seven There you

01:09:23.260 --> 01:09:27.300
go. There you go guys. Like I said one thing

01:09:27.300 --> 01:09:31.340
Miss love is gonna put the phone over right now.

01:09:31.340 --> 01:09:33.380
Yeah, I'm in my key. No miss. Don't come here.

01:09:33.380 --> 01:09:44.319
Call me Ms. Lopez, if you're still watching,

01:09:44.859 --> 01:09:47.319
I want that tequila, Tequila Cancani. I really

01:09:47.319 --> 01:09:49.479
want to taste that. I'll make you guys a special

01:09:49.479 --> 01:09:53.239
batch. We'll make you guys a special one. Before

01:09:53.239 --> 01:10:02.319
New Year's, man. It's a rush. No, thank you so

01:10:02.319 --> 01:10:04.760
much for coming out. I appreciate you. Like I

01:10:04.760 --> 01:10:06.439
said, God bless you and your company, man. You're

01:10:06.439 --> 01:10:09.380
hoping it further keeps going further. Great

01:10:09.380 --> 01:10:12.399
product, like I said, and nothing but luck for

01:10:12.399 --> 01:10:13.979
you guys. Thank you so much. Thank you so much.

01:10:14.300 --> 01:10:16.159
I appreciate you guys. I have a lot of fun. Yeah,

01:10:16.359 --> 01:10:19.359
thank you. First podcast, you did great. You

01:10:19.359 --> 01:10:21.279
did great. You know, congratulations and many

01:10:21.279 --> 01:10:23.800
more. And Miss Loba saying, yes, I'll make it

01:10:23.800 --> 01:10:29.760
for you. Order done. Ladies and gentlemen, that

01:10:29.760 --> 01:10:31.920
is our podcast tonight. What a great podcast,

01:10:32.119 --> 01:10:34.340
man. Awesome podcast. You got some treats to

01:10:34.340 --> 01:10:36.880
take home for the family and friends. This box

01:10:36.880 --> 01:10:40.859
was empty. I got nothing. She lied. She lied.

01:10:41.079 --> 01:10:45.649
She lies. All lies. Nice! No, but a big shout

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out to Junior's Cotton Candy Cravings LC. This

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is a great... Oh, I'm getting a phone call. I

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don't know who's calling. We're getting another

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calling in. Oh, that was my phone. Oh, it's your

01:10:54.310 --> 01:10:55.689
phone. Shoot. What the hell? It's the office

01:10:55.689 --> 01:10:57.329
phone. Oh, that's the office phone. Someone's

01:10:57.329 --> 01:10:59.149
calling. I'm not going to answer that. It kind

01:10:59.149 --> 01:11:02.229
of scares me a little bit. Should we answer it?

01:11:02.569 --> 01:11:05.930
It's probably just Satan. Oh, you scared it away.

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Good job. I know who it's calling for. Guys thank

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you so much for tuning in this week man. It was

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a great episode next week Thursday night 7 30

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p .m. We have a three time guests coming back

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uh to start off uh was gonna be our last episode

01:11:34.789 --> 01:11:38.869
but we got one more a week before uh the i think

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three days or two days before christmas which

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will be landing on a tuesday at 7 30 pm but next

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week we got la reina del valle nicky fuego will

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be coming on the podcast coming in This is going

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to be a close set, because I know Nicky's going

01:11:55.050 --> 01:11:56.750
to smack the crap out of you again. Just letting

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you know right now. You know what? There's going

01:11:58.949 --> 01:12:03.029
to be talking through the door. Let me in! Let

01:12:03.029 --> 01:12:05.590
me in! You're probably crawling out of the door.

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You're showing up to bed. But anyways, ladies

01:12:08.390 --> 01:12:09.829
and gentlemen, thank you so much for tuning in.

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We will see you next week. Oh, any last words

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to you? Would it be too early or too late for

01:12:16.489 --> 01:12:18.750
me to take off my leg? No, it's no do not scare

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the gas No, don't do it Thursday, 730 p .m. with

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La Renata by Nicky Fuego. Ladies and gays, peace

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out! Bye, everybody.