Feb. 13, 2026

Separate Beds: The Weirdest Sleep Hack That Works

Separate Beds: The Weirdest Sleep Hack That Works

A new haircut, a hard truth, and real care kick off a conversation about health, home, and heart. Blake shares her hysterectomy journey and why trusting your gut and finding a doctor who listens can change everything.

We dive into sleep, marriage, and routines: separate beds, nightly habits, and small tweaks that actually improve rest and connection. Parenthood insights, family milestones, and fun stories about music, home projects, and rescue dogs keep it real and relatable.

Follow, share, and leave a review if you’re ready to try this weird sleep hack and build habits that stick.

00:00 - Welcome And Hair Debate

01:53 - Blake’s Hysterectomy And Recovery

03:10 - Sleep, Reading Lights, And Bed Logistics

07:42 - Listener Q&A: New Mom Advice

10:20 - Parent-Child Bonds And Dating Wisdom

12:06 - Home Projects: Couches And Pool Fixes

13:28 - Marriage Habits, Icks, And Family Reactions

16:02 - Instagram Live: Concerts, Celebs, And Milestones

22:08 - What We’re Watching And Five-Year Goals

24:13 - Suns Game Dilemma And Wrap-Up

24:56 - Love Pup Updates And Hiring

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And it's all on the floor.

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And it's all on the foot.

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And it's on the following.

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Okay, so welcome to our podcast.

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This is a little bit different today because this podcast is a spin-off of our radio show.

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All right, welcome to the John J.

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Van S podcast.

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Today's guest, my wife Bulky Veins, Blake Van S.

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And one of the things is on the radio show, we do a podcast.

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Um, every Sunday we drop a couples podcast.

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And because of the incredible human being known as Tyler, the podcast creator, uh, executive, producer, co-partner, co-founder, co-creator of the John J.

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Van S podcast, we're able to do Blake and I in the studio.

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And one big thing to notice about today's podcast is my wife just got her hair done.

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Yes, I did.

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Yes, good hair.

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And of course, you don't like my hair like this.

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He says, it's not curly.

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Yes, it is.

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It's very curly.

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I think your normal hair is curly.

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This is my normal hair.

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Yes, it is.

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This is what's like your normal hair if you just got it done.

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This is what I was born with, the red hair.

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No, no, no.

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I'm not talking about the color of your hair, Blake.

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I'm talking of the style of your hair.

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Yeah.

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I like your natural hair curls.

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When you jump in a pool and you take a shower and your hair is curly like the way your hair was yesterday, the day before, for the last three weeks.

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And then you go and you get it done like this, and it looks very nice.

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But it's just not my top five.

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Oh.

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Well, that's it's my top five.

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It's not my top two.

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I mean, uh is it I guess it is my top two.

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I'm not a fan of the bob that you had when you first met.

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With the banks?

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Yeah.

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I you don't want the banks back.

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Um, I have a bunch of questions from our audience that I want to get to, but first, I figure we should update because last time you found out that you had to have some procedures.

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Do you do you feel open enough to talk about said procedures?

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Sure.

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Do you want to?

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You don't have to.

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I mean, no, I don't mind sharing.

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I mean, because maybe I helped somebody.

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Right.

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I had a full hysterectomy.

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They took everything.

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And it was, it was um, it wasn't that bad of an experience.

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It was uh in and out of the house I spent one night in the hospital and spent six weeks rehab like recovering where your body is like adjusting to all that open space and moving around.

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And I loved my doctor, Dr.

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Kelly Helms, and um and it worked out great.

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I and I'm what 10 weeks now?

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I feel great.

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You do you feel great?

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I do, I feel great.

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There's a difference, like you feel because they got rid of the had you some fibroid tumors, you had some other stuff, they got rid of a bunch of stuff.

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So you feel I feel better.

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Yeah, my body feels better.

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I feel better mentally because I thought I was going through menopause and I wasn't.

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So, what advice do you have for any women that are going through this?

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I think that you should definitely um get an ultrasound because I didn't for five years.

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I kept telling my doctor that it's kind of weird.

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I'm like still bleeding, and and um, and they would say, Oh, well, you're probably just finishing up.

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And and so finally I'm like, I'm 57, like what the heck?

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And I went to um sign up with a concierge doctor, and she said, Have you ever done an ultrasound?

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I said, No, and she did an ultrasound and quickly figured out that I had a fibroid that was in need of getting out.

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Wow.

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By the way, um last night, well, let me backtrack.

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Uh, over the weekend we were in um Fresno, where were we?

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We were in Fullerton.

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We were in Fullerton, watching our son play basketball, and we had a hotel room with two beds.

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And I thought we were gonna sleep in two different beds, but you thought otherwise and crawled into bed with me.

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And then after uh discussion, you went to the other bed.

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Well, let me back up a second because what?

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Because this is I'm going somewhere with this, but go ahead.

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I know, but let me back up.

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So we were we don't normally get two beds, but we were trying to get into the hotel where my son was staying, and it was sold out for like a week.

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And so that's that was our choice.

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It's two beds.

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So I was like, okay, it was the only choice.

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It was our only choice, which was fine with me.

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So I was like, you're in one bed, I'm in the other bed.

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But you got anybody with me.

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No problem.

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I'll be right up close next to him.

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And then I slept in my own bed and you slept in your bed, and it turns out I had the highest score of the year for me, sleep score of the year, right?

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Yes.

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Okay.

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You are so pretty when you laugh like that.

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Oh my god.

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You're so good.

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So anyway, wait, wait, so wait, wait.

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So last night, um, I the the yesterday I had pretty good sleep, and then last night we went to bed and you went to bed with me at the same time, but you decided to read.

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And uh I was like, okay, she's gonna read, but you do all the lights are out and you wear these little headlamps to read, right?

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And we're it's not a headlamp, it's like this little necklace thing that has the little lights on it.

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Yeah, and we have a couch in the bedroom on the other side of the bedroom, which is for reading that was meant to people to sit and read, right?

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And you don't do that.

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And so last night I go to sleep, and I don't know how I was out like a light, man.

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And I was I would I know because I look at my my aura ring and I can see I usually get my deep sleep pretty quick in the when I go to sleep.

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So I'm out like a light, and also I wake up because you're reading, and you when you you move, you move you and you move like this.

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And I woke up and I was out of my deep sleep, and I got so mad, and I was like, why isn't she in my head?

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Why isn't she reading over there?

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Why is she over there?

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This this is why I I I we need two beds, we need different beds in this room, so I can sleep, she can sleep, and she can jump right off she wants, she woke up, won't wake me up.

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It's like if you go over there and read, then when you come back, when you're ready to go to sleep, you just slide in the bed and you don't move.

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But when you're in there lying next to me and you're reading, you're like, you're you're moving yourself, then you go, this is how you this is how you turn, this is how it feels to me.

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Like you turned the page.

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You you're reading the book and you go.

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No way.

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That's how it feels like no way.

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That's what happened to me last night.

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No way.

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So let me defend myself here.

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First of all, the little reading area that you're talking about is like a two-butt couch.

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It's a little big, it's almost the same size as the couch.

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I could lay down on.

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That one, my feet hang over the top, my neck it, my neck hurts when I put the pillow there.

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It's not comfortable.

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And when I go to sleep after I'm reading, because I like to read to relax.

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I like to get into another world, right?

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I love to read.

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You know that.

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I mean, I don't watch TV shows really.

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I love to read.

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That's my thing.

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That's my passion.

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So I read my book all nice, and and I then I can set it down when I'm in our bed and and go and turn over and go to sleep.

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So we've bought two different things, lights that seem to work.

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I don't know why you think I'm I think you're imagining moving around a lot when you read.

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I don't think I do.

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Um my sleep app tells me different.

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So anyway, uh, anyway, so I just thought I'd tell you that story because I hadn't seen you.

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This is literally the first time.

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All the ladies out there, like we should be able to read before bed.

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This is the first time you and I have seen each other all day, pretty much.

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Yes, right.

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Yeah, we drove here together.

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Okay, so I put out earlier in the week, uh, I said you and I were gonna do in the podcast and see if anyone had any questions for us.

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And we have several actually.

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Um, best advice for a new mom, boy mom here with a six-month-old.

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Oh my gosh, boys, first of all, are so weird.

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It's hard to imagine the things that they do ahead of time.

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But I would just say enjoy them and and be active because boys are so active, and the more you tire them out, the seem they seem to be better behaved when they're tired or cranky, go to sleep early.

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But um, my advice for new moms in general is to enjoy every minute because we're at a point where our kids are in college, all three, and and that time went so fast.

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Our son's birthday is today, and John Jay posted this beautiful picture of him that's one of my favorite pictures of him of all time.

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And it's like, if I could just turn back the clock to that, it was just awesome.

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So enjoy the minutes, even if it's hard.

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Um, for me, my advice to a boy mom is this have the best relationship you can have with your son because I think the mother-son relationship is more important than the father-son relationship.

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The father-son relationship is very important, but I think the mother-son relationship will turn him into a good person, a good human being, and you have great relationships with our three boys.

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And I think all three of our boys have incredible character, integrity, and they're just good, strong men.

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And I think that comes from their relationship with you.

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That's what I think.

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So that's my advice for a young for a boy mom.

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Uh let's see.

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Does the opposite go for the girl moms?

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I think for the girl mom, it's the opposite.

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It's it's the girl, the father has to have a fantastic again, the mom, mom-daughter relationship is important, but I think the mom, the father-daughter relationship is extremely important.

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Because I think then uh that's how the daughter knows how she should be treated when if the father is an awesome dad.

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I mean, I don't have the right words to say.

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This isn't, and by the way, I have zero education in this department.

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It's just my life experiences, wisdom, and what I've seen, and what I've seen from good people, like you have a great relationship with your dad.

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You're one of the most amazing people I've ever met.

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My sister has a great relationship with her dad.

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My sister has a great relationship with your dad.

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Right.

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Yeah, I mean, it's it's so I and and all the women I know in my life that are pretty solid have had great relationships with their dad.

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So when you go, so I guess the the outcome of this conversation is when you go to date somebody, make sure that if they're a girl, they have a good relationship with their dad.

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If they're a boy, they have a good relationship with their mom.

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Then you're they're most likely a little bit.

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If you get into a relationship with somebody, then yeah, if you're dating people, just having fun, whatever, who cares?

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But if you're if you're gonna get into relationships, especially you start thinking about, oh my god, I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with this person, you're gonna be like, well, actually, I think you're right, because you don't want to get to the point where you're like, I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with this person.

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Oh, I fallen in love with her.

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Oh my god, she's psycho.

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So yeah, you're right.

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You probably I guess when you're when you are dating.

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Um, did you ever find a couch?

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No.

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No.

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I have now gone to, I personally, Blake's got me to two places.

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I was at a place today with Kyle and Peyton from the radio show.

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We went couch hopping.

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Uh, I thought we found some, but I get so nervous to pull the trigger because I don't know the size and whatever.

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Um, I've gone with my boys to a couple, I've gone to maybe five or six, seven different places.

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So no, I haven't found a couch because we have to we need a smaller couch, but I also want the couch where I can lay down and watch TV.

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So no.

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Uh, what are your thoughts on redoing the pool to eliminate water issues?

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Now, I don't know if that means us with our water issues or they're asking about their water issues, but I our pool is fantastic.

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I mean, it's just a little large.

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I don't think we would redo it anymore because we've gotten the issue solved.

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But yeah, I guess the big lesson that we learned is when you build a pool, make sure you measure and you have the right pool company that knows exactly what to do and keep the water out of your house.

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Which TV show could you both be in and could be separately or together?

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I mean, there's TV shows I'd like to be in.

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Maybe that's a good way to go.

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I don't know.

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I'd like to be in Fallout, I'd like to be in shrinking.

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Um, I'd like to be in a Netflix docuseries.

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I wanted to be Molly Ringwald.

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Yeah, you want to be Molly Ringwald, so you wouldn't be in Sixteen Candles?

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That's not a TV show though, that's what we're gonna be.

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What keeps your marriage going strong?

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Playing backgammon on the weekends.

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That's what that's what does it?

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Yeah, we walk, we play backgammon, it's fun.

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I think you need to communicate.

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Communication.

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Well, communication is important too.

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Yeah.

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Communication and backgammon.

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What were each of your boys' first words?

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I don't know.

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Is that bad?

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And I would hope it's mama.

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I would think I think dad.

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I think it's dad for most of them.

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Yeah.

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Um what are your what what's your each other's icks?

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Icks.

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You know what an ick is?

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Yeah.

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What?

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Like something that grosses you out or you don't like it.

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Makes you like about somebody.

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Like, yeah, like, you know, sometimes it's an ick.

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Like about me or about you or about someone in general?

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Just do both.

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Okay, my ick is like if somebody smokes, that's gross.

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Um my ick for you.

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I have an ick for you.

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You do.

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What is it?

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Sometimes when you get food stuck in your teeth, you pick your teeth, and then you like while irritating.

00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:05.919
You're like, Oh my god, for real?

00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:07.039
Yeah, for real.

00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:08.159
I've told you about it.

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I say, man, don't you don't have any eggs for me, huh?

00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:14.080
I think I do, but I can't think of them right now.

00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:16.159
I'll probably come up with 20 of them when I watch it.

00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:19.360
No, that's fair.

00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:19.759
I do.

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What was each of your family reaction when introducing you or Blake for the first time?

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Well, when you asked my dad to marry me, just about spit out his breakfast.

00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:40.080
I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna go on Instagram live and ask people and see what they say too.

00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:41.200
So we'll go on Instagram live.

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I should have had it up the whole time.

00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:45.279
Um, let me see.

00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.879
Hold on, put it on Instagram live here.

00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:47.440
Let me see.

00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:54.480
Uh ask Blake and me anything.

00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:55.840
Do you know what my ick is?

00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:57.600
No, Stuart, we're way past that.

00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:59.279
No, I have to go back to that.

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My ick is, and it's so gross, is your retainer.

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That's my ick.

00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:06.000
It is so disgusting.

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If anybody saw it, they would be like, How in the world do you sleep or kiss that man?

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It's disgusting.

00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:13.360
Uh Stuart is on here.

00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.480
Uh Stuart Willis, uh great guy.

00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:17.840
Stuart, what's up?

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We're doing a couples podcast right now.

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You can ask us anything right now.

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Justin, what's up?

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Let's see.

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Uh ask us anything.

00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:31.600
Yo, can people just make comments right now?

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Hold on, hold on.

00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:34.399
Stuart Teller, thanks for the ice cream.

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Oh, thanks for the ice cream, Stuart says.

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He made a nice donation.

00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:38.720
You, Stuart, that was very kind.

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He asked a big donation to uh Love Puff Family Fest.

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Stuart, are you doing anything tonight?

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Maybe you want to go with me to Sun's game.

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I have tickets to the Suns Game tonight, and uh it's late.

00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:53.759
Oh, what was your first concert?

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We both have the same.

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What was it?

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Lionel Richie.

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Oh, look at it.

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Here's some people that want to see your feet.

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There you go.

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My wife's got beautiful feet.

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We may have been at the concert at the same time, but didn't know each other.

00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:08.080
Thank you for the no bull recommendation.

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They're awesome.

00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:08.960
Yeah.

00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:10.399
How's Blake healing?

00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.960
Oh, we just discussed that in the beginning of the podcast.

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Hey Blake and John Jade, love you both.

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:17.759
How long have you guys been married?

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Someone wants to know.

00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:20.080
Almost 30 years.

00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:21.039
What?

00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:23.120
30 years?

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Please give us tips on how to improve the relationship after so many years.

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Be patient with each other.

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Be patient with each other.

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Oh Stuart's in the world.

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Forgiveness.

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What?

00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.720
Forgiveness.

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Forgiveness.

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Yeah, forgiveness and healing and recovery and all that stuff.

00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:49.679
Where did you get that shirt, Blake, and that vest?

00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:55.039
At Alexandria on 44th Street in Camelback, but not this year.

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How did you guys first meet?

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Through a mutual friend.

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She introduced us.

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.679
Well, last few last questions.

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What was your first most memorable anniversary?

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Year five, we went to the um Cayman Islands.

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Cayman Islands.

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That was pretty memorable.

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Favorite restaurant to eat at together.

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Steak 44.

00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:18.559
Yeah, that's true.

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I love that restaurant.

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:23.759
Um best give John Jay ever got you.

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Um my wedding ring.

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Stuart, what's the weirdest thing John Jay asked you to do involving feet?

00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.400
I don't know.

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Putting them on your face.

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.160
Let's see.

00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:55.920
Uh uh when your sons were very young, how would you explain why there are straight men that wear dresses for fashion?

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.200
You know something?

00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:58.799
It never came up.

00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:00.640
It's never come up.

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I don't know, right?

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.160
I don't know.

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I don't think our son, in fact, one of our kids was always wearing pink and pink shoes and dyed his hair pink.

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:08.240
It just never came up.

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:10.960
Uh, favorite concert ever.

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:18.559
Ooh, I think I mine is Billy Joel and Elton John, but I think yours is something different.

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.880
Um I gotta tell you, my favorite concert ever.

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Well, I saw Frank Sinatra a few times.

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That's what I thought you were gonna say.

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And then there's a lot of things.

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Well, I have to tell you, I went when Dutch and I went to go see Kanye, and Kanye performed all this music just off his phone.

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I thought it was awesome.

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Now, I will tell you this.

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I haven't told anybody this, but Blake and I are going to a concert tomorrow night, and I think it will be the best concert of our lives.

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That's tomorrow night.

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It's not you too?

00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:48.400
I thought for sure you were gonna say you too.

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No, best concert tomorrow.

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No, I mean, no, let's see.

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Favorite person favorite favorite famous person you've ever met.

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I really liked meeting Lady Gaga.

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Oh, yeah, she was cool.

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She was really cool.

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She is such a beautiful woman, John Jay.

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You scored.

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I agree.

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I agree.

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Uh no, it's not at the bird's nest.

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I'm not gonna tell you.

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:15.920
Oh, Scottsdale concierge.

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:17.920
Um, Nikki Cox is on here.

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.799
Hi, Nikki.

00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.519
Hi, Nikki.

00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:20.000
Hi, Nikki.

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Nikki, look at Blake's wearing the orange you were wearing yesterday.

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Did you do that on purpose, by the way?

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Or just it was just no, she said orange, so I wore orange.

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Oh, and Nikki, look, I'm on the sitting on this couch and I'm wearing this shirt.

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Nikki is gonna be on our show tomorrow.

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Gaga, yes, was it?

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.319
Oh.

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Who are you most the most starstruck to meet?

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Jeez.

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:39.599
You know who I was really starstruck to meet?

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:41.039
John Travolta.

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Oh.

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I almost started crying.

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John Travolta and Bob from Sesame Street.

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That's so funny.

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:49.759
I thought you, I would uh answer that totally different.

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What?

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I would have sent Jack from Will and Grace because you were I was so excited, meaning, but I was so tired.

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We'd say, I know, but you couldn't speak to him.

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You were so excited.

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I met you at Love Pop Family Fest.

00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:01.359
Yeah, thanks, Jacob.

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.160
Thanks for going.

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:04.799
What color are your toes right now, Blake?

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.920
What color are those?

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.720
I don't know.

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:08.640
It's a dark color.

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Hey now, hey now.

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.799
Hey now.

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All right.

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:17.440
Uh Metro Family Fest.

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Scrolling back down.

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Uh what is your favorite milestone moment for each of your boys?

00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:27.119
Well, that's such a great question.

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That is a great moment, man.

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:38.319
I mean, I I I know Kemp's right away because Kemp wanted to play collegiate basketball, and his milestone moment was when he got the offer to play.

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:45.200
The offer that he got for me, it's when the coach called and made yeah, and and for you.

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.599
Yeah.

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For when he made the the to hear, I don't know, to see him put so much hard work into it and then see a coach that really gets it.

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I mean, it was freaking awesome.

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And offered him to go to college, you know, the scholarship was awesome.

00:20:58.720 --> 00:21:03.359
So for but I I want to talk about the others too, because for Jake, I just thought of it.

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:06.720
Jake was the Boy Scouts getting the Eagle Scout.

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:15.440
Like that might not have been his milestone, but it was our milestone, and it was so awesome when he finally got it.

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:18.160
And now he can go through life saying he's an Eagle Scout.

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That's true.

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:19.680
Yeah.

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.880
What about for Dutch?

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We got another one.

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And Dutchie Peep for me, selfishly, was committing to college because I'm a wild cat, he's a wild cat, and that made me so happy.

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I I can't think of anything.

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Because that kid lived such a happy life always.

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:46.400
Like he's each one of those kids has milestones where I can get emotional and cry over.

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:51.599
Even today, I stopped by Jake at work and gave a big hug for his birthday, and I almost started crying when I walked out.

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:56.160
But anyway, what are you guys watching?

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:58.079
I'm looking for something to watch on TV.

00:21:58.799 --> 00:22:06.160
Uh, why did both Oh, I'm watching Fallout, Shrinking, Fallout Shrinking.

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:08.000
Oh, and I'm watching Night Manager.

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:11.599
Why did both of your boys choose NAU?

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.440
They didn't.

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:15.519
None of our boys chose NAU.

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:19.200
They were the UA.

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:24.720
Individual five-year plan for you both now that the kids are grown up.

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:29.920
I want my startup, Love Pup Plus, to take off.

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:31.279
Oh yeah, Love Pup Plus.

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.920
That's a big one.

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:40.319
So if you have a dog, go to Love Pup Plus and sign up and register, and it's got a uh AI chat GPT for pets.

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:40.960
It's awesome.

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:42.319
Love Pup Plus.

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:44.720
Nikki Cox says, watch Tehran.

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.519
Oh, you know what?

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:48.160
Um someone else said that too.

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:51.839
Umla from Saurita.

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:55.039
Oh do you think Dutch is more like his dad?

00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:57.839
Dutch is a spitting image of his dad.

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.559
In looks?

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.359
What about everybody else?

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Both looks and personality.

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:02.880
Oh.

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:03.839
Okay.

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.359
Anyway.

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:10.480
Okay, um, I'm gonna go here pretty soon.

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:14.559
I'm gonna do an I'm gonna do an interview here with my friend Tyler on his podcast.

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:17.039
And then um He's hiding behind the bushes.

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:20.000
And then we're going to uh go to the Suns game.

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.599
It's kind of a weird situation.

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:24.319
So, like, do I go with Blake to the Suns game tonight?

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:28.960
It's my son's birthday, he's 23, or do I take my son to the birthday?

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.640
Do I take my son to the game?

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:32.400
And Blake says, take my son to the game.

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:32.799
Absolutely.

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But I don't know if he really wants to go to the game.

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.799
Do you guys have cats?

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.279
No.

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:40.240
Blake, you look beautiful.

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.440
Oh, thanks.

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:45.200
Brittany says, I think you were your kids are so lucky to have you both.

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.720
Thank you.

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:48.720
I love the dog I got from you.

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.279
You're welcome.

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.160
Oh, good.

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.519
Okay.

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:54.079
Um, and what else do we want to do on the podcast?

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:56.799
Jake, I asked Jake if he wants to go to the game.

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:58.720
Hey, you want to go to the Sun's game with me?

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Game starts at 8 leave 645.

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:02.480
He goes, I'm probably gonna go work out.

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:08.319
So you don't have any friends that have no one to take with me to Sun's game.

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.880
Okay, looks like I'm going then.

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.640
I text my friend Rick.

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Are you seeing you in town's game?

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:16.799
Um anything, let's see.

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.240
What else do we want to add?

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:22.960
So, just real quick, Love Pup Foundation is where you can go to adopt one of our dogs.

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:24.480
And we have puppies right now.

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They were just born a week ago.

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There you go.

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.279
We should be posting that.

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.960
It's unbelievable that we haven't posted that.

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:29.599
Yeah.

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:34.880
Um we have we are looking for a social media person for Love Pup.

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:37.839
If you are in the social media space, let us know.

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:42.000
Um LovepupPlus.com.

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:47.039
Go there and sign up when you have a dog, and that'll be a game changer for you Love Pup Plus.

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:48.480
It'll really blow your mind.

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.680
And I think uh that's it.

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:51.599
That's a good that's a wrap.

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.920
Okay, so welcome to our podcast.

00:24:58.079 --> 00:25:04.480
This is a little bit different today because this podcast is a spin-off of our radio show.