S4 E3 Spring! Cleaning and Planting Bulbs

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign. [00:00:14] Speaker B: Hold on, let's do so why Are you ready for that? [00:00:16] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. Lacroix in a cup. What could be better? You would have thought it was wine in a cup, but that's okay. Welcome. [00:00:28] Speaker B: I'm not gonna lie to you. [00:00:29] Speaker A: I mean, candidly, [00:00:34] Speaker B: I'm not gonna lie to you. I definitely had a glass of wine before we jumped onto this, so I'm feeling. So Kelly and I were just talking. This is Kay Flair. [00:00:41] Speaker A: This is Kelly. Hi. [00:00:43] Speaker B: Welcome to the podcast where we candidly navigate life's toughest moments and topics like getting a glass of wine before we start recording. Because today is. I just feel like I'm not. I'm in a weird mood, guys. How are you feeling? Are you similar? [00:01:00] Speaker A: Yeah, similar. I think it's just like, finally the weekend is catching up to me. Yesterday I was like, okay, but I. And I also just had like so much work going on and it was really overwhelming. It was my boss's last day of work and so I was really sad and I got to talk to her for a long time. And now today is just kind of like, now reality is setting in. So I'm just struggling and in general. But. Yeah, why do you think you're in a funk? [00:01:22] Speaker B: I think. I don't know, maybe the weekend is just catching up to me too. But like, I'm feeling very tired today. My toe is so. [00:01:31] Speaker A: Oh, my God, you guys. For the listeners, K flare decided to kick a stump. I was right there. I watched it. I witnessed it. [00:01:39] Speaker B: I. I kicked it so hard. She was gonna, like, get that stick. [00:01:44] Speaker A: And she was just like, trying to kick off a little. [00:01:48] Speaker B: I got. [00:01:48] Speaker A: I don't know what you call it, like a shoot. [00:01:50] Speaker B: The moment I was just like, I'm gonna kick the out of this little stick. Yeah. And she was getting it. [00:01:55] Speaker A: And so then she's kicked a stump though, and it is pretty swollen. Last I saw her, it was very swollen on Sunday. What's the report now? [00:02:03] Speaker B: I mean, it's still swollen. I'm sorry that I had to send you a picture of my, like, non pedicured feet. [00:02:08] Speaker A: Oh, my God. I do not care. [00:02:10] Speaker B: But my. [00:02:10] Speaker A: She sent me a picture yesterday and it looks pretty bad. [00:02:12] Speaker B: So my big toe all the way down to like my knuckle looks like. I don't even know. A big fat carrot. Like, it's really. And it's really nasty. And so I've been icing it. I iced it last night. I'll probably ice it again today. But we're also in the Middle of our, like 75 soft. This is officially, I think, our second day that we're doing it. So I haven't, I haven't gone for my walk today. We're supposed to do like 45 days or 45 days. It's 75 days, 11 weeks of every day you drink like, what is it, 90 ounces. [00:02:49] Speaker A: Yep. [00:02:49] Speaker B: Of water. [00:02:50] Speaker A: Yep. Go ahead, read 10 pages of. It's supposed to be personal development on 75 hard, but on 75 soft, it's just 10 pages or 10 minutes of something that you're currently reading. And then follow some sort of like diet plan or just like eating healthier plan and then walk 45 minutes a day. So it's a little bit easier than the 75 hard challenge. Whereas that one's like two workouts a day, a strict diet, same amount of water, 10 minutes of develop personal development, whatever. Anyways, it's just kind of like something to hold us accountable. We are going straight into summer. We felt both. I mean, I won't speak for you, but I felt very just like not prepared for summer when we were in California because I am white and out of shape and didn't feel great and. Yeah, so it just like, was a really big motivator for us to like, do it together. And I think it's more fun to do things like this together. So we've been like texting about it and just kind of like trying to keep each other accountable. So we'll see how it goes. [00:03:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:03:55] Speaker A: Oh, the other thing with 75 hard. Yeah, totally. Is that 75 hard, you're not allowed to drink or do any of that. But like, with 75 soft, you can do. You can drink in like social situations. [00:04:06] Speaker B: So. [00:04:07] Speaker A: So that's like a big difference too because, like, there's just too much going on. Like, I would never do it if that were the case because, like we have birthdays. Like, my birthday is coming up and we have so many activities. We have strawberry in this like 11 week plan. We have, you know, just like so many activities that would just never be feasible. So at least we're going to hold each other to some sort of plan. [00:04:28] Speaker B: Yes. So my social. [00:04:30] Speaker A: Wow. [00:04:31] Speaker B: I really can't talk shit. So my social situation was I was catching up on all my shows. I mean, every week I watch John Oliver because I'm like slightly obsessed with him. And then there's a new HBO show called have I Got News for your with Michael Ian Black, Amber Ruffin, who I'm obsessed with, and then Roy B. Roywood Jr, who I also love. [00:04:53] Speaker A: Okay. [00:04:54] Speaker B: So it was like really rough topics this week. They like talked about Viktor Orban. They talked a lot about like the Epstein files and what's going on with the war in Iran. And I was like, you know what would make this a thousand million gazillion times better? A glass of wine. So that wasn't really a social situation, but it definitely called for it. I'm not going to give myself a hard time anyway, so I'm just a little like low key lazy today. But I'm gonna go get my 45 minutes of walking done after this. [00:05:20] Speaker A: It doesn't hurt your total walk. [00:05:22] Speaker B: I was worried about it, but I, I mean I walked in the office yesterday and stuff and I think the icing has been helping. So I'm. It should be fine. [00:05:30] Speaker A: Okay. [00:05:30] Speaker B: I'm really. It should be okay. [00:05:32] Speaker A: Okay. [00:05:33] Speaker B: Yeah. Other than that. Yeah. What's your plan for the rest of the day? [00:05:36] Speaker A: We. Well, I just want to give a little update. We did go to work weekend last weekend and California was crazy. It was just like sunny and 75, if not 85. I don't really know the degrees, but [00:05:48] Speaker B: it was so warm. [00:05:50] Speaker A: Yeah, the evenings got like kind of chilly, but it was just like such normal spring chilliness. And it was awesome. We got to see a bunch of people and I don't know. Yeah, it was just like really fulfilling. We drove down on Friday and drove back on Sunday after working and so yeah, I mean it was a quick trip, but it's just like a tradition at this point and it was great. Yeah. [00:06:13] Speaker B: Of all the people that I know in my life, you're the only one I would say that can do two somewhat back to back seven hour road trips with like constant non talk. We talked about. Yeah, everything. Yeah, yeah. [00:06:27] Speaker A: We got into the down and dirty. I don't know what we were talking about on the way back, but I was just driving and yapping and driving and yapping and yeah, we got sandwiches from the Olive Pit. If you're from California. What in the actual. You know what I'm talking about because you've driven by it on the five like 18 trillion times, but probably have never stopped. Like neither either of us have. And we tried it and it was really good and we love it. [00:06:51] Speaker B: It was really good. Better than it was expected because they have a bunch of those like big billboards on up and down the 99 and up and down the 5. So like I know the Olive Pit is a thing. It's been a thing for a really Long time, but I've just never gone. And then we went and it was good and imagine that. [00:07:06] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:07:07] Speaker B: Anyways, yeah, California was really wonderful and I'm really excited for Strawberry this year, so it's going to be great. Yeah, we're going in spring. It's going to be awesome. [00:07:16] Speaker A: Yeah. We did talk about the difference between spring and fall and all that. It just would be like, I don't know, Spring's just like such a vibe now and so it'd be really hard to not to miss spring. So anyway, hopefully we make the right decisions. [00:07:30] Speaker B: We'll go ahead and get to fall Strawberry eventually. Because it's been so long since I've been to a fall strawberry. But spring is just gonna be what we're doing this year and that will be okay. We'll see what next year it looks like. But with that being said, it is officially spring. First and foremost, shout out to our producer. I feel like we always miss to say that, but Renee has been like, really catching us up. She's keeping on top of all of our recording, making sure it's out on time on a week by week basis. Like, I just really appreciate it so. [00:07:57] Speaker A: And texting all the updates. Yeah, absolutely. Thank you, mama. Because it's only possible that we could do this every week with her because otherwise it would just be far, far too overwhelming. And I really do think it's working. You guys probably haven't noticed yet because season four hasn't officially launched for you all, but I do think it's working that we are reminded recording on a week to week basis and we have like a set date and time and everything because we actually, like, again, hold ourselves accountable and just make sure that it's already on the calendar so that we know that we're doing it. And I think that's really helpful, at least for my brain anyways. [00:08:30] Speaker B: So it is nice to have a little, you know, Tuesday tradish. I'm into it. In a week by week basis, we can actually catch up on what's going on. Yeah, but we still are technically like to think two weeks back. So if anything happens in the two weeks before we edit or release this episode, don't worry. Give us two weeks and then we can make some comments on it. Speaking of, by the time we we release this, it'll be like right in the thick of spring, which some people wait till Memorial Day to do their spring cleaning. That's not my universe or my truth. My truth is like spring cleaning happens in April. So like before Easter. Yeah. And this is all spring cleaning tips and tricks and hacks and to dos. And if you're anything like me, it's nice to have somebody on an annual basis to teach me, slash, remind me to be an adult with, like, you know, how to clean. So we actually listened to a few different podcasts when we're coming back down from work weekend. We have, like, I don't know, 20, more than 20, like, of our fav. Good reminders about spring cleaning. And we're just gonna kind of talk through them. [00:09:36] Speaker A: Yeah, I did. I, like, had a very specific emphasis on I wanted to do, like, new hacks. Like, everyone knows, like, oh, go through your wardrobe. We can, like, turn around the coat hangers or whatever. Everyone knows that thing where if you haven't worn it in at least a year or whatever, like, get rid of it. We want to do kind of like, new hacks. And like, everyone says, I don't know. I have, like, such a. Such a weird relationship with, like, baking soda and vinegar because everyone's like, oh, just throw some baking soda and vinegar on it. Never once has an issue that I've actually had that, like, has warranted or been, like, suggested. And that does not work. So anyways, I just wanted them to be, like, new agey and kind of, like, different hacks or just, like, things that you, like, haven't necessarily thought about. And so we listen to a lot of podcasts and man, some podcasts are so bad. So thank you guys for hanging in there with us because. Oh, my God, this one that we listened to, the guy talked like this. [00:10:33] Speaker B: It wasn't like, say three things and then he was waiting for the next thing to say, and we were. [00:10:41] Speaker A: There is no one else in his podcast. [00:10:43] Speaker B: Yeah, right. [00:10:43] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. [00:10:44] Speaker B: If anybody knows Kelly and is aware of how she consumes podcasts, it's kind of psycho. She listens to it on 1.3. So it's like. [00:10:54] Speaker A: No, actually, I listen to just saying. [00:10:57] Speaker B: Okay, so it's even faster than that. So she's listening to, like, Armchair Expert and they're like. But. I don't know. [00:11:06] Speaker A: Patience for them to be talking all slow. Okay, okay. [00:11:10] Speaker B: So to. To tell and explain to the listener how slow and obnoxious this per. He was talking, and then he. And then he would finish his sentence and I'm like, okay, no, I cannot handle. [00:11:23] Speaker A: And that was on a fast. Fast paced. Yeah. So could you even imagine. [00:11:27] Speaker B: We listened to a lot of bad episodes, so you're welcome. We did the work for you. These are all the things That I think, like, we want to do on a year by year basis. Ideally on like a quarter by quarter basis. Hopefully a few of them. You're going to be like, I definitely do this, like on a week by week basis, which, congratulations, you're an adult. A lot of us aren't. So I think we did a really good job of like narrowing in on our favorites of like, what you really should be paying attention to at the very minimum, once a year during your spring cleaning. So do you want to start off with like, I know they're like in a list, but pick your favorite. We don't have to go in a list. [00:12:03] Speaker A: This one I'm going to start with like actually the very first one. It was from the first podcast we listened to where he was actually killing me. But I do, I did really think that this one was new and I had never heard it before. Is to wipe down your dryer sheets with or sorry, wipe down your baseboards with dryer sheets because it picks up all of the dust and then also it like repels dust in the future, whatever that like, weird concoction they have on dryer sheets. It kind of like keeps it from getting dirty faster. I had never heard that before and I don't know what. It kind of freaks me out like, what the heck are in dryer sheets? But yeah, I feel like that is a new, new hack because baseboards are literally everyone's like least favorite thing to do. Like, ew, gross. But also one of those like 100% spring cleaning ones [00:12:53] Speaker B: for sure. Who in their who has time? I really appreciate a clean like baseboard, but I understand that that's not everybody's like top priority chore. The other thing that I was my first one that I'm going to talk about and I don't know, I've never met a person who does this in my entire life. Or maybe they're just like a low key slash secret keeper who washes their walls. Like they were talking about taking a Swiffer and you take a Swiffer, a drive Swiffer and you just like Swiffer your walls. I've done that on a few occasions when I'm moving in or out of places. But like, that's not on my spring cleaning list on a year to year basis. Do you clean your walls? Am I just missing this? Am I bad adult? [00:13:35] Speaker A: Honestly, I have only done it because my new house had white walls everywhere and so I could literally like see, see fingerprints and stuff on my walls. Like if people like touched it when they're, like, going around the corner or, like, near, like, the handrails on my stairs and stuff, it was black. And so, like, then when you start wiping for sure. No. Well, yeah. Yeah, but. No, but, like, near the handrails, like, everyone's hand, like, hits the wall before it goes to the handrail. You know what I mean? So, like, I would just, like, wipe down where it was, like, brown and, like. Or there's fingerprints or whatever, and then you would just see how dirty it was. So I actually did wash my walls in my new house a lot. And so, like, that's, like, just a tip. Like, if you don't want to see that, don't have white walls. Honestly, like, you can see everything. So, yeah, just a hot tip. [00:14:24] Speaker B: Definitely on my list this year because, like, now we're in this new house, and I didn't wash the walls when I moved in, but I did. Like, there's lots of crevices and, like, the baseboards and, you know, cleaning all of the corners of your ceilings and walls. So that makes a lot of sense. But I've never taken, like, a Swiffer and done all of. Oh, my God, that's gonna take me [00:14:44] Speaker A: a week and a half. [00:14:44] Speaker B: But I don't care. I'm gonna do it this year. [00:14:46] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah. No, it will take you forever, honestly. But totally, totally valid. I feel like the one person was like, that's like, the very normal thing, like, once you get into things and you start wiping down your walls and whatever. And I was like, that's not that normal. But, hey, I would say that the next one I wanted to talk about is the, like, fan in the bathroom and. Or, like, your ceiling fans. Like, I really looks. Or I don't particularly look at my ceiling fans until there's, like. You can literally see the, like, line of dust wrapping around the blade, you know, and so it just. You know that it's just, like, bad by the time you're actually getting to it. [00:15:25] Speaker B: But. [00:15:25] Speaker A: What. The new one that I hadn't heard before was the fan in the bathroom. Have you ever done that before? Have you ever cleaned that? [00:15:31] Speaker B: No, but I. I've never cleaned it, but. Because we just redid this bathroom not too long ago, I looked at it today, and it's. It's relatively clean because we just did it, but to. It's weird because you can have a bathroom fan that's covered over. Like, there's a plastic top to it, the plastic top, and then take the filter out. And I haven't done that I've changed the filter in and around my AC unit, which you actually, I'll talk about that in just a second. But for my bathroom, it's a new. That's a new experiment for me, so [00:16:03] Speaker A: I've got to figure that out. [00:16:03] Speaker B: But it's on my list of stuff that I want to do because, yeah, I. I just didn't realize how gross it can get. And like, now that I'm thinking about it, we shower there every day. You know, it can get super nasty. And it's. We've been here for two, two and a half years at this point. Like, it's time for us to change it out. So that was one of the, like, favorites that I took from those podcasts that I just hadn't thought about before. [00:16:26] Speaker A: Yeah, 100%. It's a good one. I mean, in. If that's the case, are you going to talk about air conditioners? I was going to say, like, all filters. Because what I didn't know before buying a house was just changing the filters in your house because you have to do it like every three months. There was one point, and when I started dating Matt, he was like, because my air filter for like, my air conditioning is right upstairs, right when you get to the top of the stairs. And so it literally was like sucking so hard because the air filter was so dirty. I had lived there for like a year before and I hadn't changed it. And it was sucking so hard that the filter was inverted. And Matt was like, oh, my gosh, like, we need to change this right this second. And it was just something I never even knew. No one told me that. How would I have ever known that you're supposed to change it every three months? Like, I don't know, just stuff like that. I feel like being a girl and being a new homeowner and things. Like there should be like a to do list because, yeah, that was like brand new information to me. Just like all filters and like, so I have like a calendar on my phone now of like every three months to change out the filter because otherwise I would, like, have no idea, you know? [00:17:33] Speaker B: Right. Yeah. I don't know. It would be interesting to hear how people manage this cleaning of the house thing because there's like so many Martha Stewart's about it, right? Like, yeah, Martha Stewart alone, but then all the various, like, you know, people who've decided to just copy what she was doing and all the influencers on Tick Tock and stuff. But, like, who actually manages this? And like, how are they Doing it probably on a Google or like some kind of calendar invite with that with, like, filters. Like, I have a coffee machine that has its own specific filter that. Because it's kind of like a pour over, but it's an automatic pour over. So, like, I have. I have to change that every. I should be changing it every three months, but I definitely don't. So, like your Brita filter and then your filter in your refrigerator. So we had just done this. My. My refrigerator is so dumb. I'm so ready to, like, chuck that thing and get a brand new one because, yeah, it is leaking. It's all that. It's old, but it's leaking on the back of it. So there's just water consistently in the back of my drawer or like my crisper. [00:18:41] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:18:42] Speaker B: So annoying. So we were like, cool about a month and a half ago. Why don't we just, like, switch it, turn it down so it's not so cold where it just, like, runs. So we've tried all the various things. We can't solve the problem. But if you haven't changed the filter in your refrigerator, that's really easy to do. But you have to find, like, the specific filter at like, Home Depot or Lowe's or you have to order out on Amazon. That is one of those things that, like, you don't think about until you should be thinking about it on, like, a year by year basis at the very minimum. So this is your reminder to go check your refrigerator water filter and see if you can, like, change that out. [00:19:16] Speaker A: Yeah, 100%. I will say also, the refrigerator filter comes up way faster than you think it's going to. Like, that's another one you should just have, like, saved on your phone or something. I mean, it does tell you. It does. Yeah, no, the filter is in the fridge, like, for the filtered water through the. Through the fridge? Yeah. [00:19:35] Speaker B: Yeah. We have two Britas and the water filter for our fridge is specifically for the ice. So, like, we probably should change out the Brita filters. We have like a big column and then just like the handheld Brita. But we change. We need to change all that stuff out anyway. You pick the next one. [00:19:55] Speaker A: Okay. I was just gonna, like, highlight dawn dish soap. Like, I feel like all these hippie dippy people these days are just like, removing dawn dish soap from the, like, lineup. Because I don't know, I don't even know what it has in it, but it cuts through grease like nobody's business. And I don't mean in terms of, like, dish dishes and anything like, that, like, I keep it under my, like, bathroom sink. I put it on any clothes that get, like, grease stains on it. It's instant. Just like, you put a little D on there. You don't even have to rub it in. You don't even have to, like, scrub it. You just throw it in the washer after putting a dab on there, and it totally gets the grease stains out. I love it for anything, like, doing outdoor things. So, like, I don't know, just like, we've been doing a lot with, like, our garden and stuff lately, and so it just, like, gets everything so much cleaner, and I'm just like. I don't know, it just like, hits a spot that, like, a Myers dish soap, like, could never. You know what I mean? And I. I love soap and I will forever use it, but I just want to, like, highlight dawn dish soap and, like, everything that you can do with it. And just, like, you have something, like, very specific on here. Do you want to talk about that, what you do with your dawn dish soap? [00:21:08] Speaker B: Yeah. So I was going to say, like, of the unsung heroes, I guess dawn is very sung. Like, everybody really likes that. But, like, of the stuff that you wouldn't necessarily hear about on your TV commercials, because it doesn't. Whatever. Baking soda, dawn dish soap, and then hydrogen peroxide are like 3. And vinegar, like white wine, white vinegar. Those are things that we should. I have always had in every single house I've ever lived in since I was a little baby until my. I was, you know, my adult, like, time. So white vinegar, I do that for, like, a very small amount with my coffee machine because it's got all those little intricate parts inside, and it doesn't taste gross. It's great. And then I just did this on my Le Creuset enable enameled. Look at me. I have, like, a cast iron skinny grill. And it's kind of a shame because my stove Top is electric and I don't love that. So I would rather have, like, obviously, gas. But with my Skinny grill, I do a lot of bacon. So it just gets, like, a lot of grease on it. [00:22:13] Speaker A: It's really gross. [00:22:14] Speaker B: And the best thing that you do, because it's cast iron, you don't want to put soap on it. I put baking soda and I put hydrogen peroxide in water. Like a very small hydrogen peroxide. Just that kind of, like, bubbles a bit. And then I'll wipe it clean and I'll let it set for, you know, an hour or two in the oven, and then Let it get really, really dry and then put it away. And it's like, it works every single time. Baking soda and, like, any of my cast iron stuff just works really well. So baking soda, dawn dish soap, and I'm going to throw hydrogen peroxide in that list too, because I'm just gonna jump into my next one. Sorry. They talked a lot on some of these podcasts about cleaning your pipes, and I had never thought of that before, but we do a lot of bacon, and I'm not, like, putting bacon grease down my pipes. Everybody calm down. Like, I have a good way to, like, dispose of my bacon grease. But we, you know, I still put bacon grease down because we have a lot of bacon and we've been here for, like, two years. And it's usually on Sunday morning, I'll make, like, four pieces of bacon, and then I gotta, like, dump out the bacon grease and then wash my pan. So I'm gonna do that this year and put hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and probably some vinegar and like, really, really hot, steamy water down my pipes in my kitchen just to, like, clean them out a little bit. Have you ever done anything like that before? [00:23:34] Speaker A: I haven't, no, not specifically. I was thinking about this as well. I feel like I just, like, when we were listening to the podcast, like, all this stuff was kind of top of mind because I have renters in my house now, and I'm just like, ugh. Like, how will I make sure that the house isn't gonna, like, totally deteriorate because they're not doing these type of things? You know what I mean? So anyways, with that, I kind of like. I feel like in, like, the same vein, I think that the dishwasher. I mean, I did know about dishwasher cleaning your dishwasher, but I just found out about it again when I became a homeowner because I've never owned a dishwasher before. That sounds really sad. We didn't have one when I was growing up. I never had one in college, I don't think. I don't know. Maybe we did and I don't remember. But I don't remember. Did we ever clean it, though? Did we know to clean it? [00:24:24] Speaker B: I don't know if we've ever cleaned it, but I think we definitely had when we were in Emily. Like the Emily house. No, I don't think we had one in our dorm. Oh, gosh. We're gonna have to call all the Sonoma people, all the girlies, if they remember. Yeah. Having it in the dorm I don't think we did though. [00:24:41] Speaker A: But anyways, I've lived in ADU since I've lived in Bend and so I haven't ever had a dishwasher. So I didn't know. And then when I like basically almost automatically when I moved into my house, the dishwasher broke. And I think it's because it was like a cheapo one, but I'm pretty sure it's because it never got cleaned or anything. So now I'm just like hyper sensitive to it and I'm like, oh yeah, never cleaned the filter, never did any of like the running those you buy the, you know, the little like things that just like clean the dishwasher so things like that. So just make sure that you are at least yearly like looking at your filter and running one of those like rinse cycles on your dishwasher to make sure. Because lots of gross goes in your dishwasher. Just like you were saying, just lots of like grease and oil and all that kind of stuff. Sugar cake, dog stuff. [00:25:26] Speaker B: And I'm definitely the person who rinses their dishes and then puts them in the dishwasher, which apparently is kind of bad because you're like using water to, to cleanse the dish and then putting it through the dishwasher and the dishwasher. For the most part those machines are built to withstand a lot of like food particles and things like that. But yeah, I'm definitely. I subscribe to washing your dishes and then putting them in the dishwasher. And I have like a sanitize button on my dishwasher, which I definitely use. I will also say I know that this is probably not the best and I'm gonna get a lot of shit for this online or probably back from people. I am not afraid of using bleach. I use bleach in my kitchen sink. Not on a week by week basis. Probably like once every three months or something. Or if I'm doing like raw chicken in my sink, like cutting it and cleaning it, then I'll. I'll just do like a quick bleach after that. I use bleach on my clothing sometimes. I like to just like put a little bleach pod when all like my whites or something. Or my toilet bowls too. I have like one of those bleach. What are they called? Like a. The squirty things that you clean your toilet pool with. And it's technically bleach. So those are probably the only three things that I will bleach. But I am. I just subscribe it just makes it so much more clean. And it's those particular areas. [00:26:56] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:26:57] Speaker B: The kitchen sink and my toilet boy. That I like, probably should be bleaching. Right? That's not bad. I hope not. [00:27:04] Speaker A: No, no, no. I mean, I feel like people bleach got a bad name for sure. But I did. I. Another mistake that I made. I was, like, cleaning my toilet when I was, like, moving out of my house. And again, it was like. I mean, I clean my toilet regularly, but just like, if someone else is moving in, I think that's gross. Like, I would want my toilet bowl to be bleached. You know what I mean? So anyways, I was, like, just spraying bleach all over everything, and it totally, like, took all the enamel, like, off of my toilet seat and, like, the COVID and stuff. And I was like, oh, no. So that's just powerful. But anyways, I agree. I do. [00:27:37] Speaker B: Careful with it. [00:27:38] Speaker A: I do love some bleach. But I did want to talk about. We are, like, getting close on time. We can keep going. But there's one that, like, we both didn't know, and it was that the vents above your stove, you can, like, take them out, some of them. It depends. You should look up your type of vents that you have. But you can take them out and put them in the dishwasher, actually, because they get all, like, gunked, again, with grease and oil and stuff if you're cooking a lot and you can just throw them in the dishwasher and then get them all clean. If not, you can like, soak them and, like, scrub them and. And that kind of stuff. But you should be doing that, like, yearly as well. And yeah, again, it depends on how much you're cooking and what kind of things you're cooking and stuff like that. But just like, something I never thought about that you should actually, like, clean your stove vents for all those fans and everything. [00:28:23] Speaker B: Yeah. I had never done that in my entire life, so I will do that this year. It's definitely on my list to, like, investigate my stove. I have oven cleaner, but I don't know. I made the mistake last time. This makes me sound like such an idiot. I like, put it, you know, my oven cleaner all up in the things of my oven, and then I didn't close it enough fast enough. So I, like, inhaled some of the oven cleaner and it was, like, straight acid just in my lungs. So I don't recommend that. I think you can get your oven clean if it's not as bad with just, like, regular dawn dish Soap and, you know, some elbow grease or whatever. So I don't know if I would recommend it like a proper oven cleaner because I have the woman who cleans my house on a month by month basis, Kevin, she left it. So, yeah, just don't recommend that. Some of, like, real quick highlights that we also want to just mention before we jump into gratitude and grievances, like your mattress cover. I wash my, you know, bed sheets on a week by week basis. [00:29:21] Speaker A: Can I say something about the mattress? Oh, sorry. Okay, go. Yeah, I was going to say what we heard on every podcast, which was, like, so bizarre that I'd never heard before, is just like sprinkling baking soda with like, a little bit of essential oils on your mattress, like when you're washing everything. And that will, like, kind of sanitize and deodorize and kind of just like take away some of the smells and stuff, which is fascinating. I mean, like, that. That's just a lot of work. And then you just have to, like, vacuum it up with, like, whatever attachment is applicable. But, yeah, I had never heard that before, and I literally have never done that before. And then they're also saying you can use a little bit of hydrogen peroxide to like, take out any stains on your mattress and things like that, which sounds, [00:30:01] Speaker B: I guess, in the last, like, six months or so from somebody that my husband works with. And when we brought it home, I read online that you can do hydrogen peroxide and baking soda and water and like a spray thing. So we, like, sprayed it all down just to deodorize it and kind of, you know, get it really nice and clean. What's the word I'm looking for? Sanitize. So it sanitizes it. Right. But then you do have to. We, like, vacuumed it up after I sprayed everything down, like, like the whole thing. It was like the front of it, the top of it, every single side and the back of it. I did that like twice for two days. We just, like, let it sit and have nice, whatever air things. And then I steamed it. I took my little personal steamer and really steamed all of the. The bits and ends of the mattress. And that worked out really well, actually. It was kind of worth the effort. It's a little bit more, but it was, like I said, worth the effort. Okay, so let me just say the last two things and then we'll. [00:31:01] Speaker A: Sorry, I was gonna say one other thing about that kind of goes along with dishwasher. I wanted to mention was like, you should be cleaning your washing machine as well. There's like these little tabs that you can throw in. And this I learned from Mateo because he's a little clean boy. But yeah, there's like these little tablets that you just throw in your washing machine and it just cleans your washing machine every once in a while because it gets all gunky and disgusting as well. And like, you can also. There's definitely ways you can like pull it apart a little bit and like, try to get more of the gunk out. But yeah, just something else to think about. And like, keep your appliances running a little bit longer. [00:31:34] Speaker B: Yeah, what I typically do, I have like those again, it's a bleach tab. And I'll just put a little bleach tab in there. I'll run it on a rinse cycle and then I'll run right, like my kitchen towels or something that I don't really care about. And then I'll, you know, kind of get all the bleach out of it, but just so that it kind of, you know, disinfects and just get things kind of sanitized. So the last two things that I want to mention, sanitizing the inside of your fridge, please, for the love of all things are holy. Just like get your sticky out of the fridge. Like I told you, my fridge has this. It's got a problem, it's leaking. So there's a lot of water that accumulates in the back of my crisper. So like every couple, couple days I'll wipe it, but I am shocked. Like as a. I am shocked every time I go to a person's house or like in an office or whatever. And. And I open the fridge and there's like an obviously sticky, brown, red, weird stain or like something hasn't been wiped down. All you have to do is get a paper towel and some water and just like wipe it down. I don't know. For me, the fridge sticky things just like really get underneath my skin. And I would say the same thing for your microwave. Like if you haven't wiped down your microwave in the last two or three days, depending on how much you use your microwave. I don't know if your microwave has a weird smell about it. If you make a lot of popcorn and like the bags and it just. Just clean out your microwave people. That's all I have to say. So those are the last two things [00:33:01] Speaker A: we did kind of want to go into like a few other spring cleaning to do's that aren't really having to do with spring cleaning. Like going through some. Your List of subscriptions that you have maybe go through like your insurances, maybe your car insurance is due soon. Like you could reelect for health insurance. Like are they really serving you? What other things did you want to talk about? [00:33:22] Speaker B: Cave. Well I think that's a good point. Like it doesn't. Spring cleaning doesn't have to exclusively be you getting your house clean or like right. Garden clean or whatever. This is also a really good time to reflect on your subscriptions, check on your insurances. I would also I talk about this a lot at work actually. Like who's your beneficiary on your 401, your IRA, your Roth, all of your accounts, who do you can actually elect your beneficiary in those individual accounts. And that is going to, you know, hopefully nothing goes wrong. But should something go wrong and your assets are going through and through probate through whatever, you always want to make sure that there's a beneficiary on that. So that kind of sidesteps or like protects, you know, your assets that you work your ass off every day. So definitely look at your beneficiaries and all those various accounts. Your registration, your like I just paid off my car so I need to file my title here in Oregon. Your health insurance, when's the last time you went to the dentist? You know, all those like adult things, life things, you know, life ins. And then your life insurance too. Your disability insurance. Life insurance should not only be through your employer, you should absolutely have your like if that's the case, you're doing it wrong. Like the US unemployment rate rose 4.4% in February of 2026. 7.5 million people are unemployed and the participation rate is roughly around like 62%. So everybody should be getting their own life insurance policy, their own disability policy. Don't think that your employer has your back. They absolutely don't. [00:34:59] Speaker A: And if you're of age, do like a trust or just starting to have those hard conversations is like, yeah. Or in all these stupid life things that no one wants to do. But then you're putting your family members in like a weird situation when you don't. [00:35:12] Speaker B: So totally. And if you have questions about that, reach out, I will help. We have or we know, we know tons of people that we can like connect you to. It doesn't just have to be about insurance. It could be about wills, it could be about trusts, it could be about 529s and saving for your kids education. It could be estate planning or like how do we make sure our aging parents have, you know, long term care insurance or if they need Medicare, Medicaid, medical or help or what. All that crap is so complicated. And that's all about being an adult. So this is kind of annoying because we want to, like, have a fun, cute podcast, but also let's just help each other be better. And adulting is hard enough by yourself. Let's create the community that we can, like, talk about these types of things. [00:35:55] Speaker A: Yeah. 100. So just maybe one day we'll be able to have like a finance topic and be able to, like, go more in depth on like a lot of these topics. Because I think it is really interesting and it's that we were never taught and we're still learning. And Keebler and I, speaking of what we talked about all the way down to California and all the way back, we talked a lot about money and debt and how much we have and how much we are struggling just in that realm. And like, I just wish that. I mean, millennials in general, I'm not trying to blame, like, blanket it, but millennials in general have just, like, had a hard go with like, the job market, house buying, just like inflation going crazy on us. Yeah, Just the dollar doesn't go that far anymore, you guys. I went to the grocery store yesterday. I got one bag of groceries. Granted, it was overflowing, but I got one bag of groceries. Guess how much money it was? Yes. [00:36:47] Speaker B: Like $120. [00:36:48] Speaker A: Yes. 117. Isn't that insane? That makes me want to kill someone. That is crazy talk. And even on top of it, the best part was Matt texted me this morning and he's like, hey, like, I know we don't have any food. Can I. Should I go grocery shopping today after I spent 117 yesterday? And I was like, yes, it looks like our fridge is absolutely bare because I bought like, bread. I brought like, the basics. I bought like, bread and eggs and whatever. There's still like no food, quote unquote food in our fridge. You know what I mean? [00:37:22] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:37:22] Speaker A: Anyways, so fresh. [00:37:23] Speaker B: It's not shocking to me at all. I literally shop at Costco. And then I went to Winco because I was like, okay, cool. Winco would just get some, like, progresso soups and basic cheesy things like that. And it's still 80 bucks for, like, the basics and, yeah, everything. The dollar's not going as far as it once did. Millennials are dealing with. Millennials and Gen Z's are dealing with, like, a really tough economic situation ahead of us. And this is not a commentary on, like, where gas prices are, where the war in Iran is. This is just, like, the reality of facts. Even if we were to take away that, like, life is so much more complicated and difficult, in my opinion, than, like, what our parents experienced in the 80s and the 90s, even the 2008 time frame. But with that to be said, I am thoroughly enjoying the fact that, like, let's not. Not talk about it. We should definitely talk about it, like, there are practical things that we can do and be better adults, be better prepared because we're open about these types of things. If. If our generation has been the first to really acknowledge mental illness and, like, vulnerability and how helpful therapy can be, we should also be approaching, like, being vulnerable with our finances, asking for help about how to make, you know, the best retirement moves now versus, like, our. There are a lot of people in their 50s and 60s who are ready to retire that have nothing, not even a thousand. Like, it's something crazy. 60, 70% of the American population can't cover a $1,000 emergency. So let's talk about it. Like, how do we get better? And it's so individual and specific. We should definitely be, like, taking questions or anonymous questions from people who have anyway. But we can talk about that later. The last thing that I want to mention. And then we'll jump into gratitudes and grievances, if that's okay. Just because we talked a lot about, like, practical spring cleaning tips, your life and money, and, like, taking the time to just check in with your financial plan, check in with all of your beneficiaries who are listed on your accounts. Give yourself, like, a few minutes to check in with your soul. How are you feeling? What's stressing you out? How are you living? Is this how you want? Like, I don't know. I just think that this is a really good time to take a step back post holiday post the first quarter of 2026 and just reevaluate, like, how's your soul doing, too? How's your community? Get ready for summer. And, like, if you're like us, get ready to get tan and, like, be on a little bit of a diet so we can have a killer summer, because girl boss summer is on its way. But also just, like, check in with your soul and make sure that you're a happy person and you're still somewhat, maybe not thriving, but you're finding comfort in the fact that you can survive. That's kind of where I'm at these days. [00:40:16] Speaker A: Yeah, 100%. So, yeah. I think that's a good thing just to, like, kind of evaluate where you want to put your money and where you want to clean up and where you want to, like, cut corners and things like that is when you just, like, things aren't serving you anymore or there's something that you need to put more time and energy into. So, yeah, good point. [00:40:34] Speaker B: Anyway, let's jump to gratitudes and grievances. Do you want to. [00:40:38] Speaker A: I will say my grievance is probably what I just said. Like, groceries. Like, we all know everyone knows that this administration is running on lies, but now we're just, like, seeing it and it's real. And it's so weird because you don't, like, think about it, like, on the day to day, like, how much things cost. Like, we did notice obviously, when, like, eggs went up significantly when all that bird flu stuff was happening and whatever, but then now everything else is just, like, hitting the same point as the egg situation. And it's just crazy. Like, I think I. Yeah, I didn't even buy a whole bag full of groceries. Like, isn't that insane? Like, that hurts my insides. So anyways, I'm just really sad that, like, it's just going to keep getting worse. Gas prices are just going to keep going up for summer and everything. And, yeah, it's really going to inhibit, like, a lot of people from doing anything this summer, myself included. So, yeah, just if it's, like, hard to, like, buy groceries now, like, just imagine what it's going to be like in a little bit. So anyway, totally. [00:41:38] Speaker B: It's gonna be very expensive summer, not gonna be able to do anything. My grievance. So I was looking at yesterday, I was texting Kelly and I was like, well, my brother wanted to do Whitney. We didn't get the lottery thing. So, like, what are other Sequoia King national park trips that we can do? So I was looking at the Pearl Lake, or, like, the. It's called, like, the Lake Trail. I was going through and looking at all the lake Trail stuff. And my grievance for this particular week is the National Parks pass. Like, you have to look at his dumb face if you buy a pass, and it's making me not really want to buy a pass. So I don't know if anybody's been paying attention to this, but if you're interested or if you're going to buy a National Parks pass this year, send me a picture of your pass, because I will post it on Instagram and I will rage. I will rage for days. But I Also know that there are companies now that make covers for your past. So, like, you can put a potential sticker on it or there's like, a little cubby, like a plastic cover for your past, too. So I think I'm definitely going to do something like that. But my grievance is, like, how. How small is your dick that you have to up the national park pass? Like, literally. [00:42:59] Speaker A: Yeah. Welcome to our world. Yeah, it's not. [00:43:07] Speaker B: It's on everything. The Kennedy center now. And now he's gonna have, like, a stupid airport lounge or he's just like. It's ever. It's. We can't escape it. And it's like I'm drowning in all of the nonsense sense. But anyway, I just had to, like, be really grieved about that because I found about it literally last night. I'll see. Grateful. [00:43:36] Speaker A: It's not just the parks, it's the America the beautiful pass. So it's for a lot of things. So. Yeah, it's just really. Yeah, we lit. We're living in this time. No, it's real. It's getting worse and worse and worse. It's only going to get worse. I mean, I don't know. We'll see. Maybe the midterms will get saved, but Democrats need to pull their heads out of their asses and make sure that we don't fall flat. Anyway, we're not topping talking politics. Yeah, we're gonna be super grateful for. I'm just grateful for you. Grateful for Brush crew, Grateful for summer weather, spring weather. [00:44:12] Speaker B: Oh, it's just the best crew was on top. This year was the best brush crew that we've had in a while. Like, last year, it snowed. This year it was really warm, and it's. It was nice. We didn't have Derek there, but we had a lot of really good people that I got good conversations out of, so I was really. I always love Brush. [00:44:30] Speaker A: It's just, like, so nice that we only see each other once a year, and it's just, like, so lovely to just, like, hang out and catch up. And it's like, all the same. And we just love each other so much and. Yeah, it's just like such a very unique, like, little family that we have. So I'm just, like, very grateful. [00:44:43] Speaker B: Fresh crew isn't super comp. Like, when the festival comes, there's literally, like, so, like, 20, 30, 000 people in that little fairgrounds. [00:44:51] Speaker A: No, there's not. [00:44:52] Speaker B: Okay. 1500 people. Three. 3003. Okay. It feels like we're all choked up with 20,000 people, so it's just, like, heavy because there's a ton of people. But work weekend, there's only 20 of us, and it's a lot of stuff space, and the. The fairgrounds are really beautiful, and I enjoy work weekend, so I'm not gonna lie. But I have a specific gratitude, if that's okay. [00:45:14] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Do it. Do it. [00:45:15] Speaker B: So the weather's been really nice. My tulips. I just want to be, like, grateful for my September self who put, like, bulbs in the ground and into my little planters, because my tulips look amazing. Like, they are just about to pop. And I am so, so, so stoked. They are going to be, like, colorful. And I have my little beginnings of my fairy garden. That happens in the springtime. So cute. [00:45:41] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:41] Speaker B: I'm just, like, really grateful for the opportunity to do my own, like, brush crew kind of project with my outsides. My outside garden. It's not really a garden. It's just my outside yard. But seeing progress. Just the grateful, and it's progress. Yeah. [00:46:00] Speaker A: That's awesome. Oh, I'm so glad. I feel like spring has officially sprung, even though it's, like, a little bit terrifying. But here we are. Spring is sprung. [00:46:08] Speaker B: And clean your house and clean your baseboards with dryer sheets. [00:46:12] Speaker A: Yeah. Happy April. Happy season four. Happy candidly. [00:46:17] Speaker B: Easter's come. [00:46:19] Speaker A: I need to go outside, take the dog out. So that's it from us guys. We love you. [00:46:25] Speaker B: Love you all. Thanks for being candid. [00:46:27] Speaker A: Next week. Bye. [00:46:30] Speaker B: Bye. Peace.