The Rambling Gypsy
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The Rambling Gypsy
Miracles & Mayhem: Baby Drake's Big Debut
In this weeks episode of The Rambling Gypsy podcast, Tiff & Kel share personal stories that will tug at your heartstrings and make you laugh out loud. This is the blend of professional responsibilities and personal joys that define our daily lives.
From emotionally charged moments to laugh-out-loud anecdotes, this episode is a rollercoaster of feelings you won't want to miss.
The Rambling Gypsy podcast is a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of real Texans doing real sh*t. We're pulling back the curtains on our daily lives - and you're invited to laugh and learn along with us.
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Hey everybody, welcome to the Ramblin' Gypsy podcast. My name is Tiffany Foy and we are back on our porch today. We are fortunate to be porch-inate. And guess who's back? Cal-cal, here I am. Yes, we have a lot to talk about. We have so many things to tell you guys. I know we have been talking about summertime and we've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of our little birdie, special delivery, my grandbaby, and everybody kind of knows that Kel's the math teacher, kind of by trade. Well, she's actually a respiratory therapist. She's got some dirt too.
Speaker 2:Clearly blowing my cover.
Speaker 1:They really thought I was a math teacher. But y'all she's, Don't ask for help on the weekends or on a day off. I mean, you know she's going to do it anyways, but whatever, that's just kind of our Save yourself. I'm off today, kind of our fun stuff, and yeah, that we have, it's true, it's true.
Speaker 2:So yes, I've been called a nurse. I'm not actually a nurse, it's a respiratory therapist. 90% of my friends think I'm a nurse. I mean, I'll still look at it if it's weird or oozing something, I'll tell you if you need to talk to a grownup about that. But yes, so now that I work in the same town that I live in, I do uh come across people that I know and you know. This time in particular, I got to witness a miracle.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was um so ironically enough. So, um, in the industry, kind of tell everybody how, how you're scheduling and all that kind of stuff works. It's not a normal, which I guess it's so much since the COVID and all the BS and what have you? I mean y'all.
Speaker 2:I don't say the C word anymore If you get butt hurt by it.
Speaker 1:I mean, it's fine, carry on, but anyways, so many everybody's schedules kind of changed and so, but you're the way that y'all run. It's not an eight to five gig. No, it's not a Monday through Friday gig.
Speaker 2:We generally do like three, twelves, so you do like seven to seven three days a week and then you're off for four days. Right, so you're, but it's a yeah. I mean everybody's like, oh yeah, only three days, but 12 hours in three days is a whole lot. You got to sleep in, yeah, all the things before I go back and do it again right, yeah.
Speaker 1:So I mean, just keep your mind right, that's a lot yeah just I know, at the river and working and doing 12 and 20 hour shifts in the heat and especially fourth of july weekend, like we just had because the holiday was in the middle of the week. It it makes it to where we almost have three, three holidays, so it's a bag on back to back. So people come in because it's a three night minimum, so people come in and so it's, and it will kick your ass. Shifts like that will kick your ass, and especially with you.
Speaker 1:I mean, you're saving lives and, and you know, you're not just doing two plus two. I mean like we've been telling everybody that you've been doing, but you know, but yeah, so well, you know, um, so 4th of July, 4th of July came and went and we had, um, we got news from the doctor that, um, our little was doing well. We knew that she was um, six and a half pounds.
Speaker 1:Yep, she was down where she needed to be and because my daughter-in-law is just so T90 and tiny that they were not going to let her go to the full 40 weeks, they were going to go ahead and if she, her water didn't break by 39 weeks, then we were going to induce. And so, with Kel already having her schedule, and you know it's, that everybody thinks your baby is the one and only and that you're.
Speaker 2:You know you're, but and I just wanted to know.
Speaker 1:I mean kel, can you just like tell them that you, this is what your schedule needs to be once we find out what I tell you.
Speaker 2:When the baby's coming, can you just go to work?
Speaker 1:I need you to. You have to be there, so, and then you were gone. You went to cali to go visit and so it was like you need to hurry up, get your vacation. I know it's your vacation, but it's not your vacation, kel.
Speaker 2:This is about me right now I have a baby impending.
Speaker 1:I might need you. Yes, no one knows it's a children's. But yeah, this is very, very important. So you did. You went to Cali. That was amazing by the way. Yeah.
Speaker 2:I forgot what 74 degrees felt like. Yeah, we don't know here, clearly we don't. Oh, I got some good beach in my life and we did all that and uh, it was incredible train and weather and beach and friends and uh, definitely what I needed, but you were texting me in the meantime hurry up and come home, yeah how many days are you till you come home?
Speaker 2:and I'm like, oh gosh, it's impending, like I have to be there. We've been talking about this forever. And then fourth of of July came and we got the message the water had broken.
Speaker 1:Yes, so she had gone to some friends of hers have got a pool. And so she went and she said, oh my gosh, excuse me y'all, I think I've got pillow goat hair in my nose. I don't know where that's coming from yeah, I have no idea. Steiner was on my lap the whole way here, but so yeah, so she went to the pool and just kind of relieving all the pressure, and um, yeah, so stayed in the pool for like three hours and, um, I get her exercise.
Speaker 2:Yeah, she said, I mean just to relieve all the pressure.
Speaker 1:And you know, and so many people have water birth. So I mean, that makes, that makes perfect sense to get yeah. So she went in so she had lost her mucus plug literally while she was still there and she was like she said. I kind of felt something kind of weird, but I really didn't know what that was and when. You're new at this, yeah, I don't know. And two of the girls that were there have already had littles and they never noticed that. And I mean some people do some people don't.
Speaker 1:Some people catch it, some people don't.
Speaker 2:I caught it with Gage, but I didn't Everybody's different though Everybody's different and as much as you wanna have a birth plan and you wanna do it, naturally sometimes it doesn't work that way, right? So that's what happened in this particular case.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so she went home, they'd gotten into bed and of course Pickies is their golden doodle, and so Gage and her and Pickies were laying down and she said, all of a sudden she just felt this huge gush. And she said, and then, and listening to Gage tell the story is just so cute, because he's just like, oh shit, I mean up and go, we got to get this.
Speaker 2:The bags are packed, yeah, and you always think you know, do we have the car seat?
Speaker 1:We've got it all ready, everything's ready, but then you go into complete panic mode. And she said they just went into oh shit, do we really have everything ready? And you know when's a scheduled? Be there. We're going to induce. You need to be there at 730. And that was my whole plan. You know. I stayed, I stayed home, I was up all night long. I was miserable, I was cramping and I was thinking oh, it's just my nerves, I'm just nervous. And well, the first time you don't know you don't know.
Speaker 1:And then I got there and they said what were you going to do? Just like have it in your bathroom. And I was like well, what do you mean? You said be here at 730. And they were like, yeah, well, you're 100% effaced, you're dilated to a three and you are literally in full on labor. And I was like, oh okay. And then I sat there for three days trying to squeeze this elephant out of my vagina and eventually I did. But, good Lord, I went straight into this. I mean positions, you're going I ain't doing all that. Oh yeah, you did. Yeah, I was squatting like I was in the damn National Geographic magazine.
Speaker 2:You're going to do whatever you're going to do, like I was freaking goonie goo goo out there just doing.
Speaker 1:I was like what so?
Speaker 2:she went in that night and then I wasn't supposed to be at work till 630 in the morning and I've got there On.
Speaker 1:Wednesday yeah. So it's Tuesday night 4th of July, water breaks, boom. They go to the hospital and I'm like, should I go? And they're like, no, they said we've got plenty of time. And then, yes, you go in Wednesday morning at 630, which, when you, when you think about, does God really have a plan? Oh God had a plan, clearly, I mean it could not have happened any better, and that was the last day.
Speaker 2:I was supposed to work that week and then I was going to be off for five, yeah. So, yeah, I peeked in. They were still sleeping and I was like I'll come back, yeah. And then I went back and I gave her a hug and Gage was like she's done, she's ready to get this baby out. And I was like, oh girl, I've been there Like it's going to be fine, and if you don't see me, that's good. And if you do see me, don't panic, because I don't go to all the blurs.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's what you need to kind of explain to everybody how that works. So in your position.
Speaker 2:so because, uh, there's only two respiratory therapists at the hospital. We cover the whole hospital, so I'm only required to attend high-risk deliveries and all of the C-sections, Right? So if you have a baby the regular way and everything goes smooth, you probably won't see me at all. But if I come rushing in then don't worry. Yeah, I got this. Yeah, Most of the time. So you know. They said she wasn't progressing. The baby's strip started to look bad. It meant the baby was getting in distress. So they decided they were going to call the c-section.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So immediately they, the nurse calls back and says kelly, they're requesting you like me instead of the other therapist. They're like it's their friends and they want you in there. And I was like instantly, like okay, I'm ready. And then it just you realize how much different it is when you know someone and you love someone versus a stranger. Of course I give it my all, but it's just the same as if your own child hurts themselves and you know what to do.
Speaker 2:It's like you go into like I forget everything, I know I'm just like, okay, and we went in there and I felt like I was at least trying to be I'm trying to be funny and comforting and this is going to be fine like using all my, all my gifts at once here. And uh, yeah, that baby came out and she was just having a little trouble breathing. She didn't get that squeeze, so she drank a bunch of fluid and you know, I was like, you know, being real bossy, of course to get.
Speaker 1:The dad never knows what to do.
Speaker 2:All of a sudden, you've loved one person and now it just split into two. And now you don't know where to go check on my wife, I check on the baby. What do I do? And like now we're taking the baby. You go with the baby. Yeah, get your phone out, take the picture go show her the baby you know, take the stuff off now.
Speaker 2:Then he's just like oh I'm so glad my other mom is here bossing me around exactly, yeah, you know, but I think for the most part, most people never get to see what I actually do right, and I don't even advertise what I don't want people to know right. You know that I could bring your life back if math teacher right we're just gonna go with math teacher because I don't want to use my special set of skills right you know, but I think they were kind of, you know, like impressed, like wow, like this is a real ass thing.
Speaker 2:yeah, and you know, when you're scared and your baby's involved, you better hope somebody knows what they're doing and being on the outside, I mean, because obviously we weren't there, we couldn't be there.
Speaker 1:So it's from my perspective, and I'm sure so many other people, you don't even have that option. I mean, you sit by the doors, you wait, you patiently wait, you're pacing the floor, you're walking the, you know the street, wait for an update. Yeah, and knowing that you were in there, I mean, if I was. Just when I was talking to my dad today I said you know it, there's no way to really and here comes my tears there's no way to really explain how grateful if you, if I can't be there, knowing that you were in there, I mean it's a whole different level.
Speaker 2:What a blessing.
Speaker 1:And just like the kids said, yeah, it was like. They just felt like this, like they said I mean, even if you couldn't be in there, and of course that's not, that's not what I do, that's not. That's not what I do, that's not what I do.
Speaker 2:I can't help. I'll freak out with you. You want to?
Speaker 1:call me and you got a problem. I'll jump in there and do that.
Speaker 2:I say we got to have different skills, you know yeah you got a four-legged friend. I don't know what's wrong with this thing. I will blow in its nose or whatever it takes. Cut its balls off, or something.
Speaker 1:But I don't assess any of step in, but it's so crazy how um I just felt like a huge sense of security and how amazing it was knowing that you were in there and just knowing that there are no accidents, everything boom. I was like that baby knew it was time she timed it just right, yeah, she did so.
Speaker 2:She's here, and she's here and she's doing amazing. You got to go home. Yeah, she went home yesterday.
Speaker 1:She got to go home. Yeah, she went home yesterday. She got to go home yesterday. She had her first checkup this morning. She doesn't even have to go back in five days. She's good to go for two weeks. She is just a little butterball y'all. She is just absolutely perfect.
Speaker 2:I think she was like 6'12".
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think the official was 6'15". That sounds right. Yeah, like 6'12". Yeah, I think the official was 6'15". That sounds right, yeah, 6'15". And I think she was 20 inches long.
Speaker 2:But they, I cut that cord off before we weighed her, though yeah, we had to be legit.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's so crazy that she was there and got to do all the things. I held her first. Yes, no, yeah. And Kel Cal keeps saying she said you know, when Drake's all the way to I mean to when she can talk she's just going to tell everybody what you always say.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm going to say, aunt Kiki was there the day you were born.
Speaker 1:And she goes. Aunt Kiki, you tell me that every time, every day. I know, I know.
Speaker 2:I know you held me first. Yeah, I can't wait. So what a blessing. And we got.
Speaker 1:So good, that was so good. Yeah, so she's doing great Mom's home. She is doing great with her C-section. You know she's never had any kind of a surgery or a breakage or anything.
Speaker 2:And nobody plans for that, if it's emergent.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and if you've ever had one, it is.
Speaker 2:The scariest of all the things, oh it is Because you just don't know, you don't know what to expect Save the baby. I don't know what's happening, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so it's a. So all that's behind us yeah, we just get to do all the fun stuff and yes, and she's doing great she. Um pickies is the, is the golden doodle and um pickies is doing really good she. They sent me a picture of this morning and she just literally has just stayed by the bassinet the entire time and that's her baby. Yeah, they said they got two hours of sleep last night and yep, welcome to it.
Speaker 2:Welcome, never a boring day.
Speaker 1:Nope, engage is just my gosh I over the moon. I mean the best of the best. I mean you know you're, I was telling you and, nick, I said it's you just know that, all the things as a parent where you fuck up and you think, oh shit, that was fucking stupid move.
Speaker 1:Should have not done that yeah, should have, not yeah, exactly, and but all the things I've done, but all the things I've done wrong and all the things I've done right, and the lessons I've learned and choices that I've made, watching him hold that baby and become a father, I am so beyond proud of that man. I mean he looked at her, at Riley when we were in the hospital and said Riley said I just feel so helpless, you know, with the C-section and and trying to waddle around and can't get up and Gage is putting on the gloves and he's helping her and I'm holding the baby and and he's, you know, changing her dressings and her bed and everything I mean.
Speaker 1:it's really really everything he is doing for this woman and it is the sweetest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. And then she's. Riley sat down and she said I just feel so helpless. And Gage, and here we go. Gage turned around and looked at her and said you cooked her for nine months and it is now my turn to take care of you two for the rest of my life, and I was like.
Speaker 2:Now my job, my turn To take care of you two for the rest of my life and I was like, oh, here we go.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, that's when you know you've done your job as a parent and yeah, so, so beautiful. Welcome so beautiful and I thought we weren't supposed to cry on the porch. There's no crying on the porch. We have crocodile tears, but yeah, that is the newest member of our tribe has arrived.
Speaker 1:She's arrived. Her name is Drake and she's absolutely fabulous. And I was talking to my dad this morning and he's still in rehab and doing all the things Not for drugs, no, no, no, no, he's had a little leg surgery and so, anyhow, he said I've already got a nickname for her Dad. And he said I've already got a nickname for her Dad. And I said well, you know, we call her Birdie. And I said she's been our little birdie. And Dad says, well, I'm naming her Goose. And I was like, okay, that is the cutest thing. Duck duck. Yes, that's what he said. And he said well, you know, isn't Drake like part of the Goose family? And I said, well, it's a male duck, dad. And he goes well, that's close enough. Duck goose, goose duck. And I was like, okay, that is the cutest thing ever when are my little goose at I'm telling you.
Speaker 1:So yeah, so Pawpaw is already named and this is his first great grandbaby, so he is he's ecstatic, so he's going to have to have another surgery next week. So, and yeah, everybody fingers crossed. But yeah, we've been spending, just like I told you the other day, I think I have been spending more time in the damn.
Speaker 1:I need your credentials and maybe I can get a little bonus or something. I'm saying you spend more time than me there, I get paid. I was like where's your? I know where your parking spot is, maybe I should. Just, we should swap, I should get your little thingy.
Speaker 2:Holler at the lunch lady for me, so I can I know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly, get a discounted. You know some kibble.
Speaker 2:Right, some snacks or something. Frequent flyer cards or something. Right, yeah, what's the deal? So congratulations to you.
Speaker 1:Thank you, thank you and thank you and thank you for everything that you did. It was my pleasure, it and yeah. So if you guys don't, if y'all don't think your first responders and people that are behind the scenes and the nurses- and the ambulatory staff and the fire department and the policemen and the Until.
Speaker 2:you need them, you don't realize.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you just really don't realize. I mean, it's such an important and you know they chose this deal and you know we're doing God's work.
Speaker 2:I mean, really it's about brownie points, not money. What made you get into that profession?
Speaker 1:I mean honestly, I don't know. I don't know that we've ever even had that conversation. I mean, what made you choose that? My dad?
Speaker 2:was a Navy corpsman, so that's medical.
Speaker 1:That provides they provide the Marines with all of they're like the doctor in the military, so I knew I wanted to do. That's what my brother-in-law is.
Speaker 2:Medical and when I started at Texas State they didn't have a nursing program. They do now, yeah. And somebody said you ever heard of respiratory therapy? And I was like what's that Breathing Right? Yeah, let me go see. I'm going to go to the classes Like, yeah, I could do that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I don't know. Everybody's ready. We have to have different gifts.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's what I'm saying yep, so yes, um, I'm glad I stuck it out long enough to see another miracle, and you know I'm always threatened to find my dream job any day. Now someone's gonna pay me to talk shit and find treasures that's why we're here.
Speaker 1:That's what we do on your day off, Kel.
Speaker 2:That's why we have a court Can't get fired on your day off.
Speaker 1:No, I mean you can, but that takes some serious effort. Okay, we're done crying.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we're done, we have. What do we have here? A word of the day, oh yeah.
Speaker 1:So our word of the day, you guys, today's word of the day is piddle, so she uses this frequently. I do, I do, and so piddle is. When one pees and makes a puddle, it turns into a piddle, piddle, puddle. Yeah, it's a piddle, puddle.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because you have so many creatures, you deal with piddle. I do a lot of piddles, a lot of piddles.
Speaker 1:A lot of piddles. Yeah, you can. You can piddle on your time off, you can piddle in the turlet which we, you know Renee was on my podcast. Well, we did it in the she shed and we were talking about it. She said, did you just say boop and piddle? And I was like, uh, yeah, you don't, you don't boop, you don't. Ho know, I'm going to go piddle real quick and then we'll get the show on the road.
Speaker 2:Not everybody understands your gypsonary.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so piddle.
Speaker 2:Yes, yeah, Well that'll be available for purchase real soon. Yes yeah, in case you need to follow along. What did she say? What in the hell is she talking about? That's in the gloss it on.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah. Found a friend I know. Yeah, so that's what it is is piddle yeah. So you deal with a lot of piddle. I do a lot of piddles. Yeah Well, steiner, you guys got to see Steiner on the. Um she was, she was in the hanging on the. She said and um, she's been traveling all over. She's my little tiny goat.
Speaker 1:Her name is Holstein Steiner she so you love her and yes, she um we've we bought her life jackets and she knows how to swim, and she was at the resort this weekend, you know, because she goes everywhere with us. Well, now she has figured out how to? Um look out the window so now she is yeah, she's figured out how to like, like your dogs do so. Now she's figured out how to stand up on the um, the, the windows arm.
Speaker 1:Yeah, not the armrest in the car in the car when we're driving, so I'll crack the window and of course she's got her little car seat and her leash and her. Does that lady have a?
Speaker 2:goat leaning out the window. Oh, must be too. I mean, yeah, you know in the and you handed that off to somebody, just like in your police story. I just heard.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, hey, hold the scope. I did, and that was MVPD and, ironically enough, um last weekend when we were at the resort, of course she was with us, and you guys have heard me mention Rio and, um, if you guys have not looked up Rio Tribiano, you need to. He is absolutely amazing and, along with Dave Finley, another amazing musician.
Speaker 1:So he has gone way up to the top, but he is one of those which I love, which is like so many musicians, which one was Chris Stapleton, that we've talked about before and when he came back after winning all his Grammys and his awards.
Speaker 2:And we thought he's not going to come back. He said he was going to come back and do the show. He honored all of those tickets and he did.
Speaker 1:And he came back and he did the show here in New Braunfels and we were a very big part of that and, yeah, so he did, and Dave Finley is one of those guys and he comes and he is golden, his place is beautiful.
Speaker 2:You guys, if you can't come stay at Gypsy, you need to go hang at Mountain Breeze. Yeah, hang on down around the corner, mountain.
Speaker 1:Breeze is a little bit different level of campground than mine. Clothing is a little bit optional there. We're a little more family-oriented at. Gypsy River Resort. You know, to each their own. I am not racist, I am, but in a certain aspect of you know what I mean Google.
Speaker 1:Look at the pictures and see which is better suited for your type of camping. Sometimes it's nice to have family. Sometimes, if you just want to let your hair down or your drawers, then that may be the campground for you. Anywho, dave was playing and so Rio went and sat in with him and so we went over there to go catch him, catch a little bit, and I took Steiner with us and yeah, um, the SOs were there and you guys have heard me mention, um, the sheriff's department and the sheriff's officers that are so grateful, talking about your first responders or whatever, and shit they have to deal with, oh Lord have mercy and I stood there oh yeah, we were talking, and one of them is a very good friend of mine well, most of them then and um, and I said, look, y'all need to go listen to the episode where I'm talking about mbpd and me handing them the goat and blah, blah, blah, and I said it's now, it's y'all's turn, and jason kept saying no and I said you cannot tell me.
Speaker 2:They're like I'm not doing that of all.
Speaker 1:And I looked at the other one. I said you hold Steiner. And he was like you could tell he was new. Jason turned around and looked at him. I wasn't. You know me, I'm not quitting. And Jason goes y'all. She is not, she's not kidding, she's not going to quit If we don't hold this damn goat. Sure enough, I've got the picture of the three SOs holding Steiner and I said look, it's going to be a deal. I mean, if you want it, we're going to do a competition. Yep, gold, gold holding NBPD, camel County sheriffs who's going to do? Who's winning?
Speaker 2:I know who I'm voting for, but I'm just saying, yeah, y'all better hold that goat, and they did and I got pictures.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, we'll have to put it on the podcast because it was hilarious, but it turned into a little joke. But yeah, steiner got to go to the oh, it's a funny joke.
Speaker 2:Hold my goat and watch this.
Speaker 1:It is.
Speaker 2:I'll be right back.
Speaker 1:I did and I left him with the goat and I went and took some videos of Dave and Rio playing. I got shit to do. I got-. If y'all don't mind, pause all the emergencies. This, pause all the emergencies. This is very important. I need them to hold the goat real quick so I can go get.
Speaker 2:I don't know what to do I gotta catch a speeder.
Speaker 1:But I I know, yeah, I gotta go catch some vids of Rio and Dave on stage. So if y'all don't mind holding this, I will be right back.
Speaker 2:So that's what I did. Imagine my surprise. Yeah, so it was good. It was good. I can't wait to get those pictures. Yeah.
Speaker 1:We'll show everybody and don't? We have this. So I do have a big surprise to tell everybody about. So we do a benefit here in New Braunfels and Corey, which is a very, very, very special individual you know Corey and you've we've done, we did Mikey's benefit with him and he's done, he does a lot of benefits. We we raise a lot of money for good causes here in our little hometown and this one was from Alan Goodman who passed away of cancer years ago.
Speaker 1:And so incredible man incredible individual, very yep Musician, very big part of our town and Corey put on the first good fest and came straight to to me and jeremy and we we helped him with that one and we did every. We were the the big sponsor for good fest every year and, um, things have just gotten busy. Cory's moved on to huge things. Um, he is is just doing amazing and we are bringing back good fest.
Speaker 2:So, um, it is not a few years.
Speaker 1:It has been a few years, yes and so, um, we are bringing back good fest. This will be, um, a huge um comeback. It is going to be August the 4th, um and um, the Ramblin' Gypsy podcast is the big sponsor this year. So, yeah, corey's going to come. He's on tour right now with the band, he is with Chainsmith and the Saints, and so they're on the road. They've been on the road for a minute. Comes back 22nd, I believe, and so we will. Corey's going to come on the porch on the 23rd and we're going to tell everybody about the Good Fest we're going to talk about, um, we're raising money for a little boy, 12 years old, cancer, um, so, yes, good fest, august 4th, new braunfels, texas, is going to be at billy's ice house. Um, we will have all the flyers, we will have everything, um, when we air the podcast, when, when Corey comes and tells everybody about it. But I'm super, super, super excited.
Speaker 2:And it's for a great cause.
Speaker 1:When we did the stuff for Mike and Julie, we literally Corey's just got it down to a science and we all jump in as a community.
Speaker 2:That's a special gift too, because that's a lot of.
Speaker 1:That's what I've always said about so many different things. When I was just telling our team here that when you give me too much time or somebody you know and we've had weddings and stuff that we've done, and people will come up and say, oh, it's going to be, I need to talk to you and I need to meet with you because it's going to be a november of 2025 and I'm like, yeah, well, I need you to holler at me in october of 2025, then I'll be ready.
Speaker 1:But you can't. That's just too much time, right? I can't like my brain, does it? Renee? And I kind of talked about that Renee's like no, I have to, you have to hit the alligator that's closest to the boat.
Speaker 2:I gotta plan it all out.
Speaker 1:I gotta get you know months prior to that. I am not your girl for that. If you've got to, no, are you?
Speaker 2:I have a million things to deal with between now and then, so as soon as it's time, but we're very strict about our calendar.
Speaker 1:But that's a totally different deal. Like when we put it on the calendar, it's mostly to look for. It's just on the calendar fun, yeah, like I want to have something to look forward to, right but we're not going to sit here and say we put our trip on the calendar for august of 2025 and we're going to start packing for it right now. Do we have a trip?
Speaker 1:no, because I'll put it on there I know, nick, throw something on the calendar for us. We need, we need to get away, we need, but we're not gonna. You know what I'm saying? Some people are like that though. Right, they do, and I'm when cory and I can get together and work on these deals. When we we say we've got two weeks to throw it together, I'm talking that's all we freaking need, and two weeks and it's wham bam, and I mean you both have done it almost so many, and Mike and Julie.
Speaker 1:Still, I mean shit, we can't. We, in less than two weeks we did what? 60,000, $61,000. We raised and bands and boom musicians and sponsors, and our town, our community, that we yes, and we are so blessed and so grateful, all you small business owners and believe me, I know I've got plenty of them, we do, and it does make a difference. It does make a difference.
Speaker 2:And yes, and it we Even just your wine basket that you're like, oh. I got to throw something together, but like you know, to have more items and raise more money and you know just help out those, because you know it happens to us all it can't.
Speaker 1:Yes, and that's one thing that I always try to is you know, you put the shoe on the other foot and it really does. I mean, I always think you know if I was in, god forbid, you know Right.
Speaker 2:Who would do this for me?
Speaker 1:Who would Right. It's just such a blessing in disguise, doing God's work. See, is there, it is, and you know, you, know you. And that's a very valid point, because you really don't think about they, don't think about that, the behind the scenes, yeah, yeah, everybody's like oh yeah, it's a good time there's music, I can buy something, right yeah?
Speaker 2:but let's go listen to the music, all the hard work that went into that and people that are running around behind the scenes making sure everything goes smoothly. Like that. That also is a gift. Yep, I start to lose my mind if there's too many moving parts.
Speaker 1:I'm like everybody sit down. Yeah, put some down, stop moving.
Speaker 2:Return to your assigned seats immediately.
Speaker 1:My favorite lines return to your side. I'm usually talking about my boobs, but you know well I mean get back in, get in there, return to your assigned seating? Yeah, but it is um, so that's exciting coming up.
Speaker 2:I guess am super excited about that.
Speaker 1:I guess I'll need a plane to be there, of course, yeah, I mean when we did Jewel, still, I mean it was right after my hip surgery and remember I got in trouble because I was not walking around with y'all. I made her get a cane, though I got yelled at. My doctor was like I was like well, car, what do you mean?
Speaker 1:he was like you don't, you don't have like a walker or something like a what non-compliant who non-compliant that you talk about getting fired on your day off oh, it's like you thought your knee surgery is bad too, and he goes wait till that hip pops out and you're walking around with it in your hand and I was like, so that's, oh, that's a thing I've seen that it's absolutely a thing.
Speaker 2:I mean, when it pops out, yeah, he's like yeah, you're gonna be just walking around. I don't want to do that to you. That's disgusting.
Speaker 1:You'd be like I'm fine, just put it back in. I know it's just gonna hurt for a second. Just kick it, kill. We got things to do. I'm in charge of the breathing. There's something on the calendar. We gotta go do something. Get it back in there yeah. Yeah, no. So then I yeah, we sure did. We got on some fancy little whatever Ordered me a little cane. It was cute. Yeah, I wanted you to get one with the sword in the inside.
Speaker 2:You know it's like a.
Speaker 1:No, that would have been fun. I know, that would have been trouble, I know.
Speaker 2:You would have been with me on that busted page that we were talking about earlier.
Speaker 1:Yeah, girl. Woman whips out hip in one hand, sword in the other. Where'd she get the sword Off for a cane that Kel ordered her on Amazon?
Speaker 2:You know what she's going to do Poke people with this stick, yeah.
Speaker 1:She's going to take her little cane and beat her little sword.
Speaker 2:It was like you kind of had a weapon. I mean, even with the cane it was blinged out. It was cute, it was cute.
Speaker 1:Oh, it was cute. Oh yeah, and my crutches that I decorated.
Speaker 2:Oh, that was so fun. Yes, we need to show people that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we do, because I still think we're, If you guys ever need some blinged out crutches.
Speaker 2:I am. We're missing the market on this.
Speaker 1:I know we even talked about it. Yes, we have. Yes, I am your girl, I'm seriously. Pockets and sparkles and Copy, I mean whatever. I need text message. What's up with the? Blinged out my cheerleader broke her leg, I know. I took him to the kids and I was like look, I don't like this color. Everybody has this color and cage is like mom, it's hospital issue gray. Yeah, I was like we don't have like a sparkle or something.
Speaker 1:I mean, they're so boring she's like oh no, give me a minute so he powder coated them and I said I don't care what color, just pick something that you have laying around, that's something that's left over. So they were like a burnt orange, like a UT orange kind of, with, I mean, a nice sparkle. I don't know who. I think they must have done somebody's rims. Oh, you know what I think it is? I think it's underneath Gavin's truck because it matches his interior well.
Speaker 1:So they brought me back these sparkly orange crutches and then I got out I have my little cricket machine or crack cut or whatever the hell you call that little thing a little vinyl deal and set it next to the to the side of my bed, got my stuff all plugged up and had one leg in my machine my little thing that moves your leg all night long and I just cycled I need some more ice I know, made me some little leopard print stickers and I leopard printed my, my crutches yeah, you did.
Speaker 1:And then I made some padding and things, and then I put a little purse on the side for my cell phone. It really is impressive. I mean, I'm just saying shit, we need to sell these I put a little raccoon tail on there so it had a little extra Everybody needs a tail, a little flair and everybody needs a tail, A little more flair.
Speaker 2:Peacock.
Speaker 1:Literally Everywhere I went I got all kinds of questions and compliments and, oh my goodness, and I was like you know that happens all the time, ma'am. Leave me alone by myself with nothing to do.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly, get myself in trouble Sewing machine.
Speaker 1:I will whip something up? I know, yeah, I have been whipping something up. Yeah, you have. I know I've been sewing, been sewing some curtains for Thelma, which is my little house.
Speaker 2:They rented it for the first time. People stayed in it. Yes, they did.
Speaker 1:And they absolutely loved it and it got a cute little video of them walking in there. And it's not a hundred percent done because I happened to get a little dose of food poisoning and then a baby came and all kind of I mean you know all in the same like how does that even happen? So yeah, in of trying not to shit myself and have a baby, a grandbaby, and not for trying to figure out what the hell's really going on.
Speaker 2:What do I do? And?
Speaker 1:sew some curtains at the same time. But yeah, it's I got this.
Speaker 2:It's really stinking cute. Yeah, I know. Yeah, it's really cute. They did turn out really cute yeah.
Speaker 1:We need like the little PowerPoint where we can be like of the curtains. But I did like so when I got the material and you know me, I asked Nick and I was like what do you think about this? And she was like I don't, I ain't seeing it. I was like perfect, that's exactly what I'm going for. What do you mean? And I said because if I would have said do you see, I'm going to start, that's it, I'm starting over. We're going back to the drawing board, which I don't have a drawing board because it's all in my head, which is crazy as all get out.
Speaker 2:It's a big drawing board.
Speaker 1:It's a very big drawing board. No one wants to get in there. But I was thinking, no, if you get this, yeah, my creative. And then when I finished the first set of curtains, of course I layered up and I did a checker, a like your red, it looks like things that don't go together. Yeah, red and white gingham check in a very hippie, old, rusted out bus that we gutted and, um, turn it into a house. And then I take gingham check with paisleys and all kinds of and then I stuck some lace on it.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, it's real cute.
Speaker 1:And then yeah, nick was like I just do not see this, and I was like wait till I get it in.
Speaker 2:there You're going to love it, yeah, yep.
Speaker 1:So now she's got the whole, she's figured it out, because if she says, oh, I see exactly what you're. Oh, I totally get it, I understand, and I'm just like nope rip it up. I'm failing. I'm totally failing at my job, yeah, so I'm super excited I'm an artist, I'm a weirdo, it's what I am. I'm a complete weirdo. Keep your weirdo, yeah. So what's going on this week?
Speaker 2:this week. Well, well, let's see. I'm trying not to think about work, so that's all I have Got the big kid in camp. Got the little kid in camp, I got some, that's right, yeah, so we have some days off.
Speaker 1:I'm telling you, what are we doing tomorrow? Work. You just said you weren't thinking about work. I am not thinking about it, but I do have to work. Here comes the tears again.
Speaker 2:Friday I'm Closing ceremony. Oh yeah, Boo hoo.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but it's nice. I mean Nothing really going on, just work tomorrow. Yeah, I don't have. I got to sew Sew. I got to sew Sew what?
Speaker 2:Sew, sew what sew.
Speaker 1:I gotta sew, so what? Sew so what? I gotta sew gardens. I gotta finish them. I gotta finish them. I'm almost done, okay. Yeah, I've got everything cut out. I just gotta get.
Speaker 2:I just gotta get behind the machine okay, yeah, this is already the middle of July, girl you gotta, I do not know.
Speaker 1:We got a birthday coming up.
Speaker 2:Oh shit, there it is yeah, ding, ding ding.
Speaker 1:oh, I know this is Harold's big 8-0.
Speaker 2:Ooh we're going to have to put something on the calendar.
Speaker 1:Lord, we're going to have a party for him. Well, I guess we've got to wait and see what's happening with his little shindig If they let him out of rehab. If they let him out of the pen. Are people on lockup? I don't know. He says he's been being good. I don't know.
Speaker 2:Well, well, with the diabetes we probably shouldn't get him no cake, but yeah the diabetes. The diabetes.
Speaker 1:Okay, well, we could probably slip him in like a little cocktail or something. I mean, I don't know if I got a badge that works over there? I bet we could. Nick, we need a badge. Whip it up For the other facility.
Speaker 2:Falsifying credentials. Yeah, that's in someone's strength list.
Speaker 1:How much trouble do you get in for that? I don't know.
Speaker 2:Hopefully not much. I'm about to find out. Hopefully we don't find out.
Speaker 1:Remember the SOs that I said were my friends.
Speaker 2:Yeah, remember them.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we got a picture with the goat. Oh that are so mad about it.
Speaker 2:They're grown men.
Speaker 1:I mean Get over it. They're secretly excited Like I'm going to show this to my wife you know they did and my daughter. Are you going to send me the picture, Tiffany? Yeah, send it to me.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:I'm not. I'm not going to tell them that y'all are liars. Look on the website. Yeah, you're probably on there. Yeah, exactly You're going.
Speaker 2:Oh see, exactly, we just keep it going.
Speaker 1:That's why we're besties, because you understand, Like when I say you need to piddle.
Speaker 2:It doesn't matter. If it makes sense, if I know what it means, we just carry on, you don't got to explain yourself Like did you hear what I said? And we move on Episode.
Speaker 1:Yeah, episode yes.
Speaker 2:Well, today was good.
Speaker 1:It was fun, I'm so grateful that you did everything that you did for baby Drake, and she is good, she is just y'all. She has arrived, she has the cutest cheeks you've ever seen and I just cannot wait to see her little spitfire.
Speaker 2:I swear a dimple already.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, totally it's going to happen. Yeah, gage had one for a long time. He kind of grew out of it, but he still has.
Speaker 2:But he kind of grew out of it. But he still has. But he's got that. You know narrow jawline. Oh, he got the jawline, that's for sure, yep, he does Rock that yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but those see-through blue eyes. Trouble that dark hair you know Riley and I were talking about, because Riley's got blonde hair.
Speaker 2:The baby has dark hair.
Speaker 1:She's got dark hair and Raleigh said, no, she had dark hair too. I think she's going to keep dark hair.
Speaker 2:All mine have got that dark hair and get that baby blues.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, Because they both got those see-through baby blues, yeah, we'll have to wait and see.
Speaker 2:Coming soon, so she is going to be a little rock star. We wrote down the date for the Good Fest.
Speaker 1:Good Fest, august 4th, yes, and we will have all the information. Corey's going to come hang on the porch Explain a little more about that.
Speaker 2:I would love for you to come hang on the porch with Corey too.
Speaker 1:That's going to be really fun because you're such a big help with that whole deal too, and anybody that's local. You guys want to help and pitch in. Feel free to like, comment, share, get in touch, get in touch with me. Make a donation or come and play. My cell is plastered all over the place. You can always call the resort, you can call any of our liquor stores, you can call any of the businesses and just say I want to help.
Speaker 1:Yes, if you guys want to help, it's going to be great August 4th. Let's show this little 12-year-old what we can do and let's raise the roof. Let's raise some money for this kiddo Amen For this kiddo and do what we know how to do best, and so I'm super excited about it. I love that. Yeah, yeah, and I've got the big birthday coming up July 17th. I will be working as always. You're welcome to come visit. Y'all can come have a cocktail with me, some Hampton water. You guys know about our, can I?
Speaker 1:go to the bar with you for your birthday. Yes, come Please. You've got your license.
Speaker 2:I do, you do have your.
Speaker 1:TAPC license, you do. Gypsy River shirt.
Speaker 2:Yes, talking shit.
Speaker 1:Come have some of our frosées man.
Speaker 2:I have slayed that recipe.
Speaker 1:I've got that recipe down. So good, it is so good.
Speaker 2:The frosées were flying off the shelf this weekend and rosé girl, just like you said, yeah, uh, I'm like yeah, whatever I'll taste it and I'm like oh real, it's good, it is so good.
Speaker 1:And you know what's crazy and I mean, even so many men are like yeah, rosés, yeah I don't give a shit if you want to hold your pinky up. Hold your pinky up, be confident in your manhood you should come on you should hold your pinky up.
Speaker 1:I don't give a shit what you. Hold your middle finger up, I don't give a damn. But Hold your middle finger up, I don't give a damn. But you got to try this stuff. It is ridiculous. And the froses are off the chart and the amount of men that come because they love my frozen margs down there are like what is this frose? It is phenomenal.
Speaker 2:And I've got the recipe down.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because we've kind of been making and creating my own little vibe down there.
Speaker 2:Imagine my surprise.
Speaker 1:My machines are so big, so the recipes that they have come up with I kind of got to get.
Speaker 2:Calculation. You need a math teacher. I'm going to be.
Speaker 1:Let me lick it and see.
Speaker 2:I need a little more yeah.
Speaker 1:Let me A little more vodka. I know I had one of my customers. I got this little cup so they'd try it. And I took a drink and I said try it, it's really good. And he was like you're just going to try it first. And I was like, well, I had to make it. I mean, I got to make sure it's not poison. I got to make sure it's yep, this is it. Try it, it's so good. Yeah, it's amazing.
Speaker 2:It's really really good, how do you make that? Well, I just throw a bunch of shit. I do. Yeah, I need instructions. You know you got different. You got a little of that.
Speaker 1:You got to throw a little of this and then it just turns out, yeah, and if it don't add a little more, you can't take away. You just got to add more. That's right, there's nothing wrong with an extra splash, oh, no, whatever. Yeah, that was a little extra splash in your life. Bam, yeah, you got to throw a little. Yeah, oh, I need to come, oh, I need it, there we go.
Speaker 1:That's going to be. Write it down. That's going to be my something for next week. My word of the day next week is going to be an alternative to bam Okay. Start thinking of them. It'll happen, it'll happen, it'll happen, and it'll probably be when I'm pissed or when I want to boop somebody. And then I was like, bang, that's how it's going to go down. I thought about it, found my word or it found me. One of the two, but we came up with some good shit Hell yeah, that's what we do.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was good hanging.
Speaker 2:I wish we didn't have to go. I kind of want a frosé now. I do too. Maybe we should take a roadie.
Speaker 1:Ooh, I like this game. Yeah, take a little drive, take Steiner for a little trip. Hell yeah, go have us a frosé. I got. A bunch of our guests are down there right now. In fact, they messaged me earlier. We just might do that, it's a possibility. It's a possibility. It's still early, I'm free till 6.
Speaker 1:That's a wrap, we gotta go. We gotta go. Hey, we got plans. See how things just happen. We gotta go. We're running off the porch y'all. Hey, we love y'all. Like, share, follow. Can't wait to see you guys next week. Come on back, love y'all, take care. Bye.