Now when they start driving, that may be right now, I know they're with responsible parents who are going to deliver them my to my door doorstep. Yeah. Now I don't think I'll be that way.

Because that's gonna be a hard phase too, and it's like, I don't have plans when I stay up till midnight Yeah. Like, or twelve thirty. My curfew was twelve thirty in high school, and I gave my mom so much crap. I thought that was terrible, because some people were one. Some people were one thirty. What? Yes. Austin. Oh. People are crazy. They are loose down there.

I know. Yeah.

I had, like, one of the earliest curfews.

At twelve thirty? Yes.

This is high school.

I don't remember what my curfew was. Yeah. Well, regardless Regardless. Kids grow up, and it's weird. It's great, and it's weird.

Yep. Yeah. My my last little kid note, because Anna's, been a little bit sick. She stayed home yesterday, but she, like, had she's fine. But, you know, with her asthma, we always worry a little bit. And this morning, she was, like, trying to fake I think she was faking, trying to stay home again. And she was like, mom, you don't listen. You didn't even take care of me yesterday. Like, guilt tripping me that I didn't take care of her when she was sick. I'm like, I I did all these things. I'm like literally calling the doctor now. I'm sending the inhaler. We had to run her back to school. You left

her classes. Like, all these things. So was she just home alone sick?

No. We we were both there, like, doting on her, but I think because Kelly was is great and super involved, like she just gives him all the credit for like doing less than I did but because Get the scorecard out. Right? No. I don't blame him. Like I'm with you. Like, he's wonderful. Right. And, like, and he he took her around, like, to take the dog to get groomed and, like, he made her ginger ale, warm ginger ale. That's what his mom used to do for like, he did a few wonderful sweet things.

Right.

And he's great, but, like, I did everything else. Oh, yeah. But she told me this morning, I didn't take care of her when she was sick. I'm like, you I gotta I I mean, I waited till she went to school, and I was like, bitching to Kelly. I was like, look at all I had my hands, like, do not tell me I don't take care of you, seven year old. Yes. What is this girl doing to me?

I know. Well, did you

take care of me.

Okay. But you have to remember that you're the adult. Remember? I know. You're the parent. She's seven. Yes. She knows not what she says. She's just trying to Trying to manipulate already. One hundred percent she is. Yes.

I think two, we did her o oximeter, and it was, like, ninety something when I did it, which is great. That's, like, what all of us should be you're breathing. And then I think she was holding her breath and doing it because it, like, dropped down to eighty, and then it was, like, in the seventies. I was like, you'd be dead. Like, what are you doing? Are you holding your breath? Just

uh-uh. Yes. Oh, you're in trouble. I'm in trouble. You're in trouble. God dang it. Well, listen. I'm in the middle of trouble. I got two of them. So yeah. It's kids, man, they're amazing. Amazing.

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Oh, no. We suck again. Yeah. It's so hard. It's so hard to watch. It's so hard. I'd when I tell you I wanna love this team. I want them to win. I love the Cowboys. My some of my best memories of childhood are me and my sister and my dad watching the Dallas cowboys. I want them to win. I want to love them.

Mhmm.

They're making it so hard for me to love them.

Mhmm.

They keep they keep doing me wrong.

Forty four twenty two.

Oh, it was

To the Broncos.

I know. And the defense is terrible. It's just I I need to and I've become less emotionally invested in them and their success and the outcomes of their games over the years. I've become so much more invested in other things, including, you know, my baseball team, my college football team. I've always been invested in tech football. But Yeah. You know, I just have found other things that I And you have to.

I mean, anyone who's, like, living or dying by the Cowboys still Oh, god bless you. Every Sunday, like, you have you been to have your brain checked?

But I know, but that's mean. I'm just being serious. Well, what if they just love their team?

Well

So that's rude, and I apologize for Julie. She's being very judgmental and very understanding.

Oh, stop.

But, yeah, it's hard. It's hard. And It's hard. I know. Well, and

the hardest part is we've talked about this so many times, but, like, when the owner seems like they don't necessarily care, they're not trying to do everything they can do to win because they're already one of the or the most successful and profitable sports franchise

I disagree. In the world. I think they think they are. I think Jerry Jones thinks he is doing everything

possible. Enough, but he's not doing everything.

I don't

He's doing he thinks he's doing enough to get people to, like, kinda shut up about it and maybe win. Like, maybe. I think that I think that's insane. You wouldn't trade Michael Parsons.

I think he wants to win so badly. I really do think he wants to win really, really bad.

He's not putting his money where his mouth is. Like, he'd

But I think he thinks that the decisions that he is making are going to translate into a winner. I I I firmly believe this. I I don't think he's like, oh, I'm a pull a fast one over on this.

No. But he's, like, just trying averagely. Like, he knows.

I don't I don't I think this is his hardest try. I think this is him trying really hard. I think he wants to win really bad. I mean, he He's not getting any younger. I really do believe that. I really do. Because he's too I don't know. It's

I mean, was this the best head coach to to hire? Was would you have traded away Micah Parsons?

But, like think well no. And I see what you're saying.

You have I mean, you can you can go all in.

I think he

You can go all in financially. You can go he's he's not doing that.

Right. Well, I mean, there's a salary cap in the NFL. So at some point, you kind of are, like, if you're spending up to the cap to the cap. Like, it's not like baseball. Right. There's a salary cap. There's only and I know people are gonna yell at me for this, but there is only so much piece of the so much pie to go around because you have a salary cap. So when you invest how many ever dollars into CD Lamb, Dax press Dax Dax Prescott and Micah Parsons

Mhmm.

They're chewing up a huge chunk of your salary cap. What my whole point is, does he make all the right moves? Absolutely not. But do I think he thinks he's making the right moves that are best for the team, that are best for them to win? I really do. Is it delusional? Perhaps. But I I firmly believe that that dude because he's so prideful that Yeah. Wants to he's so prideful. Like, I think it kills him that they haven't done jack squat since Jimmy Johnson left this thing. Like, I think it kills him. I think he'll do and he would do anything to get back there, but I he's just not making the right decisions. But I don't think it's because he's intentionally not in the

right being average because they're still making so much money because they're still so successful because he's still rich AF, and they're still, like Yeah. Fans buying everything, going every game, selling out. The tickets cost an insane amount of money. Parking's Yeah. A hundred dollars. Like, so he's like, I'm still rich. I'm still making all this money. I'm average. As long as we are average or a little better than average, this thing's going to continue the way it is. And he's not doing a lot of things that I think some other other owners are doing.

And I understand that argument, and I appreciate that argument, but I don't agree with it at all. I think that he thinks he's doing the best thing possible. And I think that people like that are wired differently. Because if you if you told me, like, here's, how would you trade away your best players? Here's a million I don't know.

That's illegal.

I honey, I don't oh, I don't know. Whatever.

I mean, it's if you're trying to win, you don't do that.

Right. But if they if he thinks long term for the next, you know, duration, like, I don't know. I don't I I don't have all the answers. But what I'm saying is I think that he firmly believes that he's doing what he can to win. Also too, I think that it that's also like saying, like, oh, professional athletes, you know, they make all this money, and then they don't care if they win. I think that's bullshit. I think the vast majority do.

Yeah.

I feel like different.

This is Jerry. He's his own animal.

I feel like he'd I feel like he definitely I feel like he he doesn't rest He's got what's the difference in six billion and seven billion? Like, I don't think that's where he gets his I think that's where he got his juice for a while. I don't think that's the ultimate thing. I mean, that's like saying if I gave you two million dollars, but I people are gonna talk negatively about you all the time. Are you okay? Would you be okay with that?

No. No. But that's not really what I'm saying. I just don't I think he's kind of half assing it.

Okay. Well, fair enough. We agree to disagree. Yeah. I don't I mean, do I think he's making the right decisions? Do I think he wants to and believes that he is? I wanna

He's hoping

agree that.

He can roll a coin and it'll work out in his favor and they might win. I just think it's a history of making these kind of bad decisions, letting people go, letting people that are successful go somewhere else, in the draft. Everything else. It's like I don't know. This is something we talked about a lot with Kavanaugh, so maybe he's gotten in my brain too, but I agree. Like, I just think that he's half assing it. Yeah. Because he's, like, rich, and he's fine. You know? I don't know.

People that are rich and fine that are still competitive. The dude wants to win. Yeah. The dude wants to win outside of the the aura and the whatever of Jimmy Johnson, and he has yet to do that.

I just like, I don't know that that was the right head coach hire. You know, things like that. It's like he he wants a certain personality.

Well, but, I mean, look at look at who you brought in, who who you came from. You came from Mike McCarthy. Like, you needed to go the complete opposite direction of Mike McCarthy.

Mhmm.

Mike McCarthy was

not it. Which was going the complete opposite direction of Jason Garrett. It's just He let Jason Garrett stay for way too long. Right. Like, just there's all kinds of stuff.

Again, I'm not saying by any stretch that he's making all the right decisions at all. None of us are.

Wants to win in his No GMs.

Yes. But I think that he believes it. Yeah. I think that and that's his personality. I think he believes in his heart of hearts that he is doing everything that he can. I don't think he's trying to fool anyone. I think he firmly believes that everything he does is in the best interest of this organization and in the best interest of them winning. Now, again, is he delusional? Perhaps. But I'm saying, I don't think it's like, well, I'm gonna pull one over on these guys, and I'm gonna do this and pretend like that. And I don't I don't I don't think he's I don't think he's doing that. I think he does everything with, like, an absurd amount of conviction that he feels like it's the right thing to do.

Right. Because he's got a false everything he Right. Thinks everything he's doing is right.

As I just said, like, I think he might be is it delusional? Perhaps. But I don't think that he is Give me more. I don't think he thinks he's pull

pulling it over on anyone. Yeah. I don't know. I'm tired of talking about it.

Stretch the imagination.

Yeah. I I just think he's half assing it. That's my thought. Yes. Okay. What's the Ravens lose ping pong in video games?

So the Ravens were not very are not very good at football this year. A lot of that is because Lamar Jackson, their stud quarterback who is so fun to watch play football if you haven't watched Lamar Jackson play football, you should, when he comes back from injury. But the, Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh took away their is it Jim or John? I can't get them confused. Anyway, they're brothers. One of them is coaching the Ravens. He took away their fun fun games in the locker room.

Oh.

So he, like, took out the ping pongs and the video game

Yeah. John.

Because they didn't deserve it. And now they're two and five because they won last week.

So never gonna work. Like, that's What? I just don't think that's gonna work. They're two and five since he took away the fun games and tried to be a hard ass?

No. No. No. No. They were one and five before he took away the ping pong, and then now they won.

Now they won one game since that's happened? Yeah. Okay. So that's probably

why. Yeah. Because they obviously.

Right. One game. Yeah.

Yeah. I huge difference.

I don't know. I don't I don't know. I don't think that's I don't know. Maybe it does. I mean, we heard Tony Casillas come on here and say that they were scared shitless of Jimmy Johnson. Right? And he'd say stuff he'd take wouldn't let them eat on the plane. It, like, dumped stuff like that, and back then it worked. I just don't think and this is kinda like what Demarcus Ware was saying on our show last week, and I think it you have to all want to play for each other. You have to want to play for your head coach. Oh, yeah. Like, you have to have a level of respect. And if they're doing some dumb stuff like that, like, taking away your games, like, you kinda lose that respect. And to me, that's a full grown adult kind of throwing a temper tantrum or throwing a fit and saying, I'm taking away your games to a bunch of grown men, who are spending a whole lot of their time, energy, time away from their family, like, putting their body on the line, all those things, and then you take away their Yeah. But I

mean, I feel like it's different in football. Like, those when you go to I mean, it's not like baseball. Like, baseball, you you get there at one thirty for a seven o'clock game. There's a lot of down time. Football, you show up, you practice. Every day. Right. But you show up, you practice, you go home. And there's nothing to stick around for.

Well

Game days, there's nothing, like no. I mean, it's a seventeen game season. Like, you don't need fucking ping pong tables and video games, dude. Like, just go and do your job.

One would argue it's better if they hang around with each other a little bit. Afterward. Sure. Like, if instead of, like, the second practice is over going home to sit on your couch and watch Netflix or whatever because your kids are at school, you know, whatever. Right. No. That's a good one. Just kinda loiter around, like, I don't know. The the Kelly used to say the head coaches like, the coaching stuff never left. Like and it drove him crazy because he did have kids, and he did have a family. Yeah. They all just sat there and, like, they talked. They shot the breeze. Like, I don't know. I think there's something. And in in I mean, in the Stars locker room, they have games. Like, they have ping pong, and it's fun. Like, they have a tournament, and it's the same. They're playing every few days or whatever. It's not baseball.

Eighty one eighty two game season. Like, you're it's totally football's totally different. I just

I mean, every day you're with your team, whether you're playing a game or a practice.

Yeah. I guess so. I I just think it's football's just totally different.

Football's different than baseball. And and hockey. I mean, I've been in eighty eight years since we've been

around sixty two game season.

Yeah. Yeah. Regardless, I just think building that team mentality is good, and sometimes those ping pong tables help.

Yeah. Also too, fucking do your job, and you get rewards.

Yeah. I like money.

Wow. Welcome to the show where Julie and I don't agree on anything. We're glad you could join us. The world Are

you on board with the Luka trade?

The Mavs and the whatever.

What's next?

Whatever you do whatever you whatever your fan and Tango. Whatever your stance is, I'll just agree with it in order to keep it true. Fine.

It's good. This is good. This is what they used to tell me in radio. You're not supposed to agree on everything all the time.

Don't wanna agree on everything. I just feel like we're beating it into a submission, so we should just move on.

I don't feel that way. We're just discussing.

Oh my god. We don't even agree if we're agreeing or Okay. Beating stuff to a dead horse. Okay. World Series. That's gonna be dated. So, it's a great World Series. Yeah. Last night was amazing. We're taping on Tuesday, the Monday game. Game three was effing phenomenal. And if you're not watching Shohei Ohtani, you have zero appreciation for the game of baseball, which a lot of people don't. What what he's doing is absolutely phenomenal. Intentionally walked four times last night, on base nine times. He will start game four, which will have already happened by the time Thursday rolls around. But, yeah, he's amazing. And the series has been fantastic. People thought the Dodgers were gonna run away with it, and they definitely haven't. So, it's been fun to watch. And the Mavs and the Stars are playing. They're playing football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. That's right. Yeah. I like the stars and the Mavericks. Do you like the stars and the Mavericks?

Yes. I do. It's okay to have discussions.

Oh my gosh. I'm not saying that. I'm just okay.

I don't we're just discussing things, and I'm saying my opinion.

And as am I. Okay. It's totally fine.

Yes. I'm not excited right now about the Mavericks. They I think a lot of people are realizing there's still a lot of bad feelings, with that team, and now they're losing games that they maybe should win and it's bringing back bad feelings and Luke is killing it. Although I did see he's hurt for or he's out for, like, at least a week, which should help. Like, the more he kills it, the worse it feels. I don't want him to be hurt. I don't want him to get hurt. But when he's not playing, it's a little easier to breathe, I think, for Mavs fans. And the stars are doing fine. They're I think they've lost a couple of games. They've won more than they lost. Glenn Gullitson, is getting his footing, and I think the stars are just fine. So I don't know. I like having all the things to watch.

Yeah. Did you watch the what they call it, the equinox? The sports equinox,

but I

saw four of them. I watched three of the four because the stars weren't playing. Yeah. And I don't watch hockey unless it's it's the stars.

Yeah. Same. Well, Kelly will have it on sometimes, but I don't really pay attention. I haven't watched a Mavs game yet.

I've watched bits and pieces. But, now what was I gonna say about I haven't had something to say about the Mavericks. Now I can't remember. I don't know.

I don't know either, but, it still hurts. And I'm hope hopeful for some of the other guys that they can get things figured out and have

been quiet. And I guess I wasn't as invested.

Oh, it was the Jason did you see the Jason Kidd quote thing? Uh-huh. He apparently, like, told his wife and people overheard it after one of the losses. I don't know if he was on the phone or what. I don't know. But he said something like, I don't know how much longer I can take it here. Woah. I and, like, that kinda got out.

So Was it, like, AI? AI? Yeah. I can't I don't believe anything these days. Maybe. I mean, maybe. But That's I wonder about everything like that that comes out, and I I'm I'm like, it's, oh, I wonder if it's AI.

Yeah. Because there can be a lot of fake news. Oh, a hundred percent. I felt like it was real because it was in a few different, like, outlets, but who knows? It could've been fake, but I also could see him saying that. Yeah. You know? People are still chanting fire, Nico. It's, like, been all this time. Yeah. They are. People are still bitter, you know, they're losing, like, to the Spurs and every time as we all know in sports, if you lose, it makes things much more miserable, and they're gonna keep bringing up the Luca thing. But if they start winning, people will shut up about about it. I think maybe they can still feel upset about it in their in their heart.

I don't think they will.

They'll shut up a little bit more. Like, if their team's winning, I don't and you're still a fan. Some people just aren't even fans anymore and live to hate them. But I think if they start winning, then at least it'll quiet some of the noise, which will help. So we'll see. I mean, they have a good team. They should be able to win. So I don't know. Maybe all the other stuff still distract.

Do they have a good team?

They have a lot of good people on their roster, so it should be a good team.

Like old good people. People. Yeah. Like, people that were, like, proven, like, five and ten years ago. But, like, those guys are And

we still have Kyrie.

But how old is he?

I mean, he's balling still, like, last season and the season before as long as he's healthy.

And how old is Anthony Davis? Like, you've got a really old roster outside Flagg. I feel like. I don't know.

And Derek Lively is young and good. Who's

the one that's dating, like, a music chick? A music chick? Yeah. There's one of them dating, like, some big Megan Thee Stallion or something.

Oh, yeah. Clay Thompson. Is that Clay Thompson? Yeah. That's Clay Thompson.

Clay Megan Thee Stallion. Yeah.

Yeah. And someone asked him about it. I saw that at a presser, and he was like, I don't wanna talk about that. Why would he

not wanna talk about it? It's all over social media.

Because it was, like, after the game. Like, it's not the not the time, not the right time to ask me about Megan Thee Stallion. Maybe if it's, like, locker room shooting the shit interview. But, yeah, I mean, they have a lot of good big names. They have a lot of good players, so I don't know. You have to get it all to come together, obviously, on the court.

Well, and Cooper Flag's twelve. Yeah. He's twelve. Expect playing

I mean, Luca was twelve, but we were very spoiled.

Yeah. But Luca did did he dominate his rookie year?

I feel like he's always dominated, but I don't know the numbers or anything. I

don't know.

It seemed like because he was so young. Right? Like, right when he started playing in the NBA. He's always been amazing. I don't remember a season where he was like, oh, I had, like, eight a game or anything.

Because I thought I heard some stat where Cooper Flagg was already, like, had done something that no other rookie had done. Really?

Well, good. I'm I'm super hopeful. Yeah. Scooper Flag, Derek Light. It should be a good team. I don't know. Yeah. I don't I think so many of our guys

have already, like, peaked. Yeah. They're on their way, which is a lot too. Back to the cowboys, what the cowboys do. Like, let's get guys that have done really cool things ten years ago.

Yeah. But we shall see.

And Mark Maguire is getting put into the Saw that. Or have his number retired Yeah. Which is really cool. Did Did you see the video of that? Again, don't hopefully, it wasn't AI. I didn't get

The Patrick Dumont. Uh-huh. Yeah. And the comments were like, he just learned who Mark Aguirre was. Zero chance he knew.

Right. Zero chance he knew.

Yep. He's trying really hard to win the fan base over. He's like, what else can I do?

Yeah. Let me, yeah, Go resurrect the

Free tickets for everybody, except he, like, did the opposite and made it more expensive. So, yeah, people are gonna hate you.

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Yeah. He's insane, though.

But his talent wise, like Right. It's stupid. Yeah. Like, what what he's doing is it I can't it I mean, it would have to be what it was like to watch Babe Ruth. Like Mhmm. He's ridiculous. And then I don't know if you saw the Justin Fields stuff.

I didn't.

So he's the quarterback for the Jets, and they hadn't won a game, and they finally won a game on Sunday. And he, like, got in the press conference. He was like, I'm just gonna be really raw with you guys. Like, I was, like, in my closet crying. Like, this has been so hard on me mentally, you know, thankful to, my faith and the support of my friends and family and, like, just super vulnerable. And I was like, what a stud, like, to just come out and say that because he's just getting just destroyed destroyed, you know, by people, by his owner, like, I mean, just getting destroyed. That's sad.

It's like these are human.

Yeah. But we forget that. We forget that all the time. Yeah. We forget it all the time. It's it's one of the terrible things about being in the public eye and having this as your profession. Like, you just you're scrutinized. People are mean, and it just gets meaner and meaner every day.

I mean, social media has made it so much worse.

Yeah. So good on him for, like Just being real.

Yes. I'm like, maybe people won't ask him all these dumb questions after he comes out

of the day. It was really, really cool

Yeah.

To see someone in that position, instead of being like, oh, it's fine. I'm built for this, and this is what you signed up for, and it's a business and all that kind of stuff. Like, he was like, look. It's hard. It doesn't matter. And, again, it goes back to, like, it doesn't matter how much money you make. It doesn't matter how much fame you have. Like, all that kind of stuff, like, at the end of the day, like, it sometimes that's not it, and that's not enough. And if every but everyone thinks that. Like, it's almost like if you make a certain amount of money, then people can just rail on you, and people can pass judgment on you, and people can do whatever they want. Yeah. Because and then they always just fall back on, oh, well, you make a lot of money. Oh, well, you make a lot of money. Oh, well, you're rich. Oh, well, you get paid a lot. Oh, well, you and it's like, it's not the way it works. No. I mean, that's not and it's not right. Well, these people got to

this point for a reason. Like, they're very hard on themselves. They're they're professional athletes. Yeah. Like, they are trying to be the best. So you think he doesn't already feel like shit about himself? He doesn't need all this outside stuff. Right. I saw interview with Jake Ottinger before the season started or early in the season. It was ESPN did the game, and so they sat him down. And he talked about being pulled in that game seven by Pete DeBoer Oh, yeah. After he let in two goals. And he was like, I went home and cried in my closet. Yeah. Same thing. He was like, I think he said my closet, or he was like, I just sat there and cried. Like, thankfully, one of my teammates came over to check on me. Like Yeah. I would it was terrible. It's a terrible feeling. It's game seven. You work your whole life to get to this point. Your coach pulls you after two goals. Like, he was disappointed himself. He didn't think he should have been pulled. Like, there was so much more behind that. Yeah. And then Pete DuBois was let go. So just hearing him say that, it's a similar story. It's like these are young kids. These are, like, for the most part, really good people, good kind people that, you know, are really the hardest critic already on themselves. So someone else should back off. Yeah. It's that won't ever happen, but they

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Okay. Julie versus Roblox. What you got?

Oh, I so Roblox is who I am currently fighting. And I guess to do it, I have to kinda go through Apple too. It's really annoying. But I Ryder has been playing that he's off of Fortnite, which is great because I didn't love it, but he's been playing this game called, like, Italian brain rot. I don't know if you've heard of it, probably not, but a lot of kids are playing Italian brain rot, and it is via Roblox. And when he and I were alone last weekend or two weekends ago when Kelly and Anna were on a campout, he asked me if he could get something for nine ninety nine, and he gave me his cash, like, his own money. And I was like, sure. So I signed him up and, like, said, okay, for this one thing. I think the damn thing started serving him all these pop ups to get more and more and more and more and more and more, like, immediately. So he, like, came in five minutes later and is like, mom, I I don't know what happened, but it it's char it's, like, keeps charging.

It's happened to a million people.

Yeah. And so I'm getting all these updates, like, nineteen ninety nine, nineteen ninety nine, nineteen ninety nine, all the way to a hundred and fifty dollars within five minutes. And he didn't I I he can be sneaky. I don't think he knows what happened because I'm like, Ryder, what happened? Like, was something popping up? Like, you know, what what what's going on? And he's like, I don't know. Like, almost crying. He's like, I don't know. So, okay, some shit like that happens. Then we go and try to get our money back and say, like and at least ask what hap like, what is this? Why was I charged a hundred and fifty dollars in five minutes, nineteen ninety nine things, like, over and over and over and over and over? And I hated this game to begin with. I didn't want him playing it, but I was whatever. We all do this thing where we end up caving. And, Roblox basically deferred it to Apple because it was done on an iPad. So then Apple, Kelly, like, challenged it or did something because it was under his account, and they said no. Like, nope. We cannot reimburse for this. So now I'm, like, fighting with Roblox. I'm fighting with Apple and just trying to get a response. Like, I feel like so many people so many businesses Roblox is terrible in its own right for

so many reasons. What's what's going on? Have you looked into that? Or do you still let your kids play Roblox?

Well, no. And I went on his like, all of the settings. I thought I that's the other thing with, like, if you can keep your people off Xbox, just do it. Because there's, like it's so complicated to even do the parental settings. Like, you have to do this in Microsoft. You have to do this in Apple. You have to do this in Xbox. Like, I thought I had things checked off to where he couldn't talk to people and people couldn't chat with him. Yeah. But because he was doing it on an iPad, which by the way, he also put YouTube on Xbox without us knowing, like, he found out that you can download you so he's been watching YouTube with no controls, like, no anything.

Do y'all not have, like, a, like, a, RPACT or any sort of monitoring device?

I don't know what that is.

Like, that's an app called it's an app called RPACT, and you control you control everything.

I need that. Like, this is the thing. It's, like, so com it's just, like, there's all these ways that you can do it, and I thought I had done it. And then turns out I hadn't. And so I'm talking to him about Roblox and, like, Ryder, I didn't like this anyways. I've heard these bad things, like, blah blah blah. Like, I've heard that creepy people can get in there and, like, talk to kids. You know? And he was like, I know. I was like, how do you know? He was like, there's some mean people that talk to me in the chat. And I didn't even know it because I turned it all off for Fortnite. I thought I turned it all off for x book Xbox, but I hadn't apparently done it via the I I don't know. So he said that, like, people he has, like, some stuff because he's pretty good that people want, and so they'll be like, hey. Give me blah blah blah. And I didn't even know he was talking to people. I had no idea. Like, hey. Give me blah blah blah. And he'll be like, no. And then they'll start calling him all these names. Like yeah. So it's all gone. Like, it's done. We're not doing it anymore. I'm pissed. I hate Roblox. I'm trying to get our money back. I'm trying to tell them that they're terrible, and this is gonna be a real thing. Because not only have you taken a hundred and fifty dollars from me, but you're, like, effing up my child.

So then Well, but that's why the they were I mean, like, I've been all over the news, and I haven't paid much attention because my kids don't play Roblox.

Yeah. It has been. And I I think I I thought because we had turned off all these settings on Xbox to where he couldn't talk to people on Fortnite, like any game he gets on, he can't talk to people. But because this is through his iPad, it's all these different settings. And he goes in there and he puts anyway, I it's just like, you know, one more thing. Right? We're trying our hardest to to keep an eye on what our kids are doing with these games along with all of the other shit that we are doing all the time every day, and, like, somehow this slipped through the cracks. Like, I I blocked him on Fortnite. I didn't whatever on Roblox. I honestly didn't even know that he was playing when he was sitting in his little gaming room because he downloaded YouTube onto his Xbox, which I didn't know. And then somehow that channel is something to where the settings weren't on. So he had been, like, hearing bad stuff from some creepy person on Roblox, and they're charging us all this money. So it's on me. Like, I shouldn't have let him even play. But for a kid that, like, is trying hard to be good and is good most of the time and wants to do something, it's hard to say no to everything all the time. Right? Yeah. So I I was like, yeah. You know, you're paying your own money for this. Sure. And then it, like, opened up this whole world of terrible things. So that's Julie versus Roblox. And if anybody has any tips of how to talk to somebody, with Roblox, have them on the show. I'd love to chat with them.

Oh, I can't imagine anybody's gonna wanna talk from Roblox, like, as with as much as they've been in the

Or an expert on it, whatever it is. It's like a it's a terrible thing.

Yeah.

And a

lot of people are this game. So are you do, like, so do you do, like and listen. We're all there's all there's shit our kids are doing that all of us don't know.

Yeah. This is pre phone. I'm sure phones are gonna open up

a whole another thing. But a phone is just like if you if a if a iPad has Wi Fi access, it's the same thing as a phone. I know. It's no it's no different.

I know.

So you're it's not people always have this hang up about, oh, phones. They're portable, more portable than an iPad. But if you've got Wi Fi on an iPad, it's the same fucking thing as a phone.

Well, he's not supposed to be on, like, YouTube. He it's supposed to be whatever. It's supposed to be, like, monitored to where he isn't doing anything on the iPad with Internet. Right. But he was without me knowing.

Right. And so do you do, like, random iPhone checks or I mean, I iPad checks, like, where you go through all of his apps and you make because I got that's what I do with my kids.

Yeah. He hadn't even been on the iPad forever and then somehow got it back. So it's, like, gone. Like, the iPad's gone. Like Yeah. He was sneaking around doing it. Otherwise, like, he hasn't it's not like he sits on the iPad all the time. He had been playing Fortnite, so that's why I figured that out. And then he, like, snuck the iPad into his room and started doing all this stuff. So the iPad's gone.

Yeah. And then I don't understand what about the Xbox.

Yeah. That's what it's just all like a brain like, a mind numbing just like going to your your registration on your car. It's like all that that same feeling times a million with all these various apps and games and devices, and it's terrible. So I'm just out on all of it. All of it.

So you're gonna take all of it away?

No. Well, the iPad's gone. Roblox is gone. If he wants to play, like, his NHL or his sports games on the Xbox, he can do that.

Okay. That's a good start. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because you just it it's an out of control feeling. It's a it is.

It's a terrible feeling. And then to hear that someone was talking to my son like that, like, no. Done.

And I think get on there and try to look at the

I don't even know how. Like like, look at the chat record.

I don't know how. Oh, I would.

Yeah. I'll try. I don't I was trying to see what he had been doing, and then it's just it takes you to Microsoft, and then it's like it it's just the whole it's terrible. I don't know. Anyway, that's Julia versus Roblox. Okay. Disaster.

Sounds fun. Okay. Let's hit twenty things we survived that would emotionally destroy kids today, which goodness gracious. What very, very poignant timing for this.

Yeah.

Okay. This is for thirty and up to name things people name things that they had to tolerate as kids that would emotionally destroy kids today. Dodgeball and gym class. Yeah. I mean, I think yeah. There's some competition. I mean, we got I mean, you'd get like, people were aiming for faces.

Oh, yeah.

And you'd you just had to wear it. And there was no crying, and there was no whining about it, and there was no call my mom and tell her to come get me. It was like, you just need to wear it in your face. Before computers having to write multiple drafts by hand Oh my gosh. The first draft, did y'all have to do that? You might have to do that. Oh, you did.

Oh, you did.

Nonstop bullying was normal.

It's barely right anymore. Like, it's you know, they wanna do the voice to whatever all the time.

Oh, yeah. Hattie does that. Henry still writes, but Hattie definitely does. Bullying was normal, and it was tolerated, and people would just say, just try to ignore it. Babysitting infants and small children when you were, like, twelve years old, which I totally did that.

Same. But I've I've had young people babysit, but not infants. Like, I think, like, there's some thirteen, fourteen year olds in our neighborhood that babysit.

Oh, for sure. For sure. Yeah. Infants is a little bit different. Mhmm. Being bored, kids today That is very true. They they're they don't have

no idea. Nope. No idea. They need to

be entertained every second. No idea. Going all day at school without a water bottle, the only option was hitting the fountain between classes, which is

Yeah. Now it's like, oh, we can't lift your water bottle. Let me run it up to you. I do it all the time.

You you're gonna have to say no. Yeah. Just drink out of the fountain.

They can. They can. Yeah. Or, like, the teachers even, I think, will get them a cup. It's gonna be okay.

Yeah. It's gonna be okay. Hydration station. The slowness of dial up Internet, and you couldn't you couldn't be on the phone if the Internet was going Mhmm. Because it was dial up, and it was using the phone line to connect to the Internet. Just dealing with not knowing something, and if no one knew the answer, there wasn't a book, you continue to not know, or you pulled out your encyclopedias. Right.

Yeah. We had our encyclopedias. Seen Alexa in my house, everything.

Yep. And then it would look you could look up in the encyclopedia.

Oh, gosh.

Being trapped in a car with both parents smoking cigarettes. If it was cold out, they might have even had the windows up. Terrible. My dad used to burn some heaters like nobody's business. Nothing was on demand. Unavoidable FOMO. If you wanted to watch something and there was a party that night, you had to choose. Mhmm. Mike did this the other night. We were watching a show, and he was bitching about the commercials. And I'm like, do you not this was this is normal TV. This he was like, well, it's on Netflix or whatever or Bravo or something because I was watching The Real Housewives. And he was like, but this is ridiculous. And it and it shows you, like, playing ad one of four. And I'm like, well, look. They're telling you how many commercials.

You at least know what to expect.

But I'm like, don't act like Yeah.

It is sneaky, though. Some of these platforms that are like, you can watch here, and then all of a sudden they just sneak them in.

Well, what pisses me off is when I'm paying for an app, and then you're rolling in commercials.

Mhmm.

That's effing bullshit. Like, it's like, with Netflix, I don't there's not ads on Netflix, is there? I don't think there is.

Yeah. I don't think so.

I feel like Netflix, there isn't. Yeah. But, like, but I pay for that. But, like, Bravo, the Bravo app, there is ads, but I don't pay for it. So it's like Right. You get what you pay for. Yep. No caller ID. You had to be ready to talk to whoever. Parents listening in on landlines definitely happened. Yep. Picking up another phone in the house. So for I mean, the fact our kids don't even know about this. Like, the fact that we had phones throughout our house, and you picked it up, and you're on the phone with your buddy in the in your bedroom, and mom in the kitchen can quietly pick up the phone and listen to everything.

It's a huge drop.

God. Somebody

I'm jealous. I was

I just can't do that as moms. Yeah. Blowing into your video games to make them work. That's hilarious. Did you ever do that? Where you had to, like it was especially with the Nintendo, like, the first Nintendo that you put the thing in and pushed it down and then put the lid down. And if it wouldn't connect, you'd blow in it. Right. I don't yeah.

I don't know why.

That's funny. Getting a summer job. God. That was such a beating, but I I like to work. Did you have a summer job, like, in high school?

Yeah. I did. I get I don't know if it was summer or not, but, yeah, I had a few random high school jobs that didn't last long, and one that did. Okay. Post this at Texas Land Academy.

Okay.

Yeah. Okay. I did that multiple summers.

Okay. Yeah. I was a bank teller. My first job, I was a bank teller. Nice. Yeah. It was super fun. Ordering stuff from catalogs, that was a very real thing, passing notes in class. And if you got caught, the teacher made you read it out loud so everyone could hear. That was mortifying. Taking tests, then my kids still have to take tests.

Yeah. But this the ticking of the wall clock could make today's kids anxious. That's true.

That is true. Stressing over whether you'd get fined two hundred fifty thousand dollars by the FBI for copying a VHS tape. Yeah. Do you remember those warnings? Oh, yeah. So for those who don't know, at the beginning of every movie that would rent at Blockbuster, when we had VCRs and you'd go to rent movies, and then you plug it in, and it gave, like, this FBI warning that if you were duplicating or copying this whatever, you were gonna be fined two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And then finally, no auto save. If you forgot to hit save and your computer crashed, you just had to redo it. There was no auto save.

Auto save has been a great development.

There's been a lot of great developments. Yes. But it's like we talk about all the time. It's like with every advent of every season of life or technology, there's so much good, and there's so much bad. Yeah. I mean, the technology now is just it's bananas. It is. And it makes me anxious, which is why our kids are anxious, and we're all anxious.

It is.

Okay. We should probably get we can, save the, the strange rules. Yeah. We can save that for next week, because there are some pretty funny ones on there. And I would we need to think of if if our parents had any of these really strange rules. So K. Okay?

Sounds good. Something to look forward to next week. And Absolutely. Right now, we have a guest that I'm super pumped for.

Yes. We are so excited to have this very special lady in the studio with us today. She is Lee Doherty of the family concierge. I feel like I know you. I have met you one time. I met you last week. You were sweet to come out, you and your husband, to our event last week. But Julie's talked so much about you and your team and how you've helped her and her family get her space settled. And so welcome to the mom game. Thank you so much for being with us.

Thank you. I'm so excited.

Yeah. Lately is, Emily, like you mentioned, she's an extension of our family, I feel like, at this point. How long how have you been working with us?

I think probably at the beginning was, like, four years ago. Four years ago. When we did the first Yeah.

Yeah. And so, I you watch the show. Right?

Yes.

And and you listen to the

ticket, I think, to the ticket. Right.

Yeah. And and reached out and kinda the rest is history. But, Lee's company, the Family Concierge, provides a service that I just think is is amazing. It's so smart. So many moms need help. Right? Like, that's the kind of the genesis of our show is, like, it's very hard to do it all, to do it all, and that's why we like coming on here drinking wine and talking about life and how hard it is. And and what Lee's company does is is help take all of that extra kinda junk out of a mom's world so that she can focus on she or he, because it helps, obviously, the dads too, focus on their family and focus on their kids. And, you found me back when I my lowest, when Kelly was still traveling all night. Yes. I mean, Kelly was gone. It was a lot. It was a lot. It it he was gone a lot. I was I was working on radio, so it's like you have to be there. Not like now where things are flexible. It it it was tough. You saw a mom in need. I would love to hear from you why you felt like this was something that you were kinda being pulled to do and a little bit about your company.

Okay. Great question, because not a lot of people know about us, and, we're kinda word-of-mouth. Mhmm. So, thank you for having me on. Yeah. The biggest thing for me is, you know, my husband's working. We don't have a lot of family out here. My kids are all gone, grandkids. And I really wanted to do something, but I didn't want a job nor did I need a job. I really wanted to build something. Build something that meant something and something that had a purpose. Mhmm. Not just anything. So I just really did a lot of heart, soul, praying, everything you can think of, to really kind of figure out what that was for me in my world. And, I really felt like my strengths were, one, being a mom, a wife. I come from my husband spent ten years in the military, so I have that background holding down the fort. Mhmm. And, so I'm great at holding down the fort.

Yeah. Which

is a very tough thing to do.

So and I really wanted to give back. I know the difficulty of working. You know, I had the full time job when my husband's in the marine corps. We didn't have family. We were on the East Coast. We're on the West Coast. And I just couldn't do it all. And dropping my kids off at day care, and I'm crying all the way to work and, you know, all the things, and they're eating fast food. And, you know, I just it was just breaking my heart that I just feel this day and age, there's so many things out there that are tearing us apart as a family, you know, that's keeping us busy, that's, you know, speaking in our ears. We have to respond to everything now, now, now, do, do. And we just need some time to slow down, to breathe, you know, and just enjoy. Mhmm.

You

know, enjoy that time together. So I just I came up with this concept, and I've tweaked it along the way. And we're just there to take the load off of families. It's not easy. It's harder now. I mean, it was hard back in the day. My kids are old. It was hard back in the day. But today, I don't know how parents do it. Mhmm. Honest to goodness, I don't without some kind

of partner.

Mhmm.

And that's what we are. We're not the housekeeper. We're not that you know, we're the partner. Yeah. And, you know, we've been through so much for with so many clients, and we take that personally. And, you know, whether it's the pet has passed away, jobs have been lost, deaths in the family, divorces. I mean, we've seen it all. We've been through it all with our clients. And, we're just that extension where you, you know, don't do the stuff. We can do the stuff.

Right.

So when did you start this?

So we started five this will be our sixth year.

Okay. Mhmm. And why did you decide at that point in time that this was a good time to do something like this?

I think it was actually right when COVID was starting. Didn't know it was COVID yet. Right. But,

For the record, I thought COVID was gonna be over in two weeks. That's when we started this podcast. Yeah. I was like, oh, Julie. She's like, I'm pretty worried. I was like, oh, it's gonna be fine. It's gonna be fine. And it wasn't it wasn't fine. It definitely was not. Three years? I don't it was It

was crazy. A long time. It was awful. It was not

two weeks.

I'll tell you. It was not two weeks. It was not two weeks.

It was not two weeks. It was not two weeks.

It was not two weeks. It was not two weeks.

It was not two weeks. And that was our we were so busy during COVID. We never stopped. Really? Yes. And my girls were in the car with their thermometers, checking their temperature before they went in. They had to check-in with with, you know, the team. Like, it was a whole thing, but we were so busy during COVID. And, which just went to show how much, again, was needed out there. And I think it showed families themselves on how much, you know, they needed somebody else, when the world shut down pretty much. Yeah. But it was a it was a good time for me because I was kind of wandering. You know? My husband travels in corporate world and that horse sort of thing. And, again, I didn't have family around, and it just felt like it was my time to give back. I really wanted to do something that made a difference and that gave back.

Mhmm.

You're we're not about the money. We're not about those things. We we put our heart and soul in it. Everything, you know, comes with that. But I just really wanted to make a difference. And for me, being in the homes making a difference, because that's where I feel most comfortable and I excel at, my girls as well, that I just felt like that's where we can make the difference. Because we're not just, you know, organizers. We're not housekeepers. We don't just run errands. We do a lot of things to keep the family running.

Sure.

And that's what I wanted. I really wanted a combination that the family had one person that they could go to for all the needs. Yeah.

And they really can. Like, there's been nothing that, Leah, said, no. That's out of our scope. Or, like, no. I can't do

that. Okay. I've got one for you. Can you get Julie's registration for her car?

Yes. Missing.

I did admit that today.

It's over it's overdue by a year. Right? Okay. So do you know that?

And, yes, we can.

She just revealed it on the show today.

I don't know that she can't have to, like, go in person to some place.

Well, she can at least help you.

You you can

nudge me.

Let me yes.

We will just navigate

that for sure. You can nudge me. Sure. Do it. That is what I need.

I mean, because we have gotten passports. I have literally been on the phone with my client at the say in the passport office. At the same time, I I'm on the phone with the congressman's office getting passports. Wow. So we'll figure it out. Yeah. That's not a worry. Yeah. And, yeah, I've done some strange things. I've done some wonderful things.

Yeah. I'm worried there's gonna be a warrant out for Julie's arrest soon because she revealed on the show that she's over a year, overdue on her on her

registration. I mean

I'll I'll start on that tomorrow.

Yeah. They should focus on criminals.

But no.

She really can't. Like, she's she's I'm trying to think of all the different things you've done for us. I mean, most recently, obviously, helping when I got the news that we talked about where I had to move out in, like, three days and because we were gonna redo all of our floors. Lee's team came in, and helped move everything out and and organize it as they moved out, purge. As we moved out, we were she was like, we don't even wanna put anything in a box if you don't want it. Like, I she encouraged me to move out my couch that had stains on it and not let it back. So, like, I had no couch when we moved back in, so I was forced to buy a new couch. Like, the it's those things that we need, but, like, it goes back to, you know, when Kelly was traveling and and, like, she'll she would watch the kids. The kids feel like she is part of our family. They trust her. You would she's an amazing cook. Like, she would cook dinners when there was a point where that was my struggle because I was working. I'd get home at, like, seven, and Kelly would be trying to navigate the kids' stuff, and no one was making dinner. Just whatever it is, her team can do. And I think, Leigh, it's so important. I know you've said to you that you think it's so important to hire people that have wonderful hearts.

Yeah.

You can't just hire, like, a robot type person.

Transactional people.

Yeah. Yeah. Yes. And and and that's the that's really the way that you can can grow your company. Right?

Yes. This definitely is not the place for somebody who is just task oriented and wants to check off the boxes.

Mhmm.

Because this really takes heart, and we pride ourself with that. You know? And most of my staff comes from word-of-mouth as well. I really don't hire any other way. They're word-of-mouth through each other or through clients, but somehow they find us. We all hang out with their same kind of hearts. You know, we might not always agree on every single thing, food, politics, religion, whatever. The cowboys.

The cow the cowboys thing. Found that out today.

Oh, goodness. The parastlete heart.

Yeah. Yeah. That's a whole frustrating situation.

It is. It is. All the way around. All the way around. Ugh. For years and years and years.

So, but we do hang out with our same hearts. Deep down, we believe in values and the same kind of values. And that's how I hire, people who have that same heart that I have, the heart of service, you know, empathy, stewardship. All of those things are so important, trust. These are families that we're not just doing the errands for them. We are in there developing systems. We are, you know, teaching children. We are doing all of the things. Mhmm. So we are not just a company who organizes and checks off the boxes and walks away.

Right.

We are really in there for the long haul and, you know, helping families thrive. Yeah. We want to see families thrive. That that's my biggest goal in life is that, you know, it it's sad, but it's happy because I tell people, you know, it'd be wonderful if nobody needed us because then I know everybody's thriving. Right. And clients will, you know, email me or call me or or text me and say, you know, I think we're getting to that point. And, you know, it's heartbreaking because the we've grown with the kids and we've but, yeah, it's so rewarding to know that we're sending off these families, you know, that are just thriving and living their best life and making all the memories.

Yeah.

Because, you know, I say that I we can do all the tasks. We can do all the things, but what we can't do is we can't make those memories for your family. Right. So give those things to us. Let us do those things. You go make the memories, dance in the rain, take the photographs, build a sand whatever it is, and let us take care of the rest.

Yeah. Don't be like, I can't do this because I'm have to organize

Yes. Today. Exactly. Don't make those decisions.

Yeah. Exactly. Which we all have to do sometimes, but I love that that's kind of the purpose, behind what you guys are doing is she's really wanting to give back time to families and give back time for parents to be able to go do the fun things with your kids because there are a lot of fun things that you can do with your kids.

So many fun things.

And it's hard to do it with tasks just like floating around

in your brain. They're literally as you know, you're you're trying to have dinner, but, yeah, we all know in the back of our head, there's that list that's just haunting us.

Yep.

And, you know, we just wanna give you the capability and the confident to just let that go because it's gonna happen. Just, you know, have a little bit of a grace and and give that over.

Mhmm.

And just enjoy. I know we know as a company and I know personally that things aren't guaranteed. You know, we don't know what's gonna happen. Just don't make the decision between doing laundry one day or organizing a cabinet over going to the zoo or baseball game or playing outside. Just don't make that decision. Just go have that family time. The rest will come together.

Yeah. I love that.

Yeah. It is. It's and I I I'm a I yeah. I have severe OCD, and so my my solution to all that is just to wake up at the butt crack of dawn and get everything done before my kids wake up so I can hopefully not be so task oriented. But I and I think the problem is too with a lot of working moms is it's not just home tasks. It's it's also it's home tasks mixed with work tasks. So even if you have everything squared away at home, you may have something going on in the the work realm and or vice versa. Like, it's just I feel like women have taken on so much more than they used to, and the same is expected of them. Yes. And, basically, the same is expected of the man

as well.

So True.

You know what I and that that dynamic, it's changed some. And I I and listen. Don't before anyone goes crazy on me, I was raised by my father. So my dad did do it all. My dad he raised two girls. Like, I you know? So I know it's not the the rule, but it it's it's it's the exception, or my dad was the exception. But by by and large, women are still fitting into their traditional women's roles, and men are still fitting into their traditional men's roles even though those roles have changed dramatically along the way. That's true.

Yeah. That's so true. What we try to do is because what we're finding is that not everybody is participating in the family. You know? Mhmm. And so we really try to get the kids more involved. Yeah. Children make systems that make sense to kids that kids can participate in so that they can feel a part of the family. If there's no expectation, then the

Then they don't do it.

Then they don't do it. They don't need to do it. There's no expectation for them to do it. But not only that, getting the children involved, it it develops so much in them. They learn to be, team players. They learn to build confidence that they can do it on their own. They learn, to be independent and, you know, self sufficient. All of these things that are so important, and that's why we love getting in with young families. You know, but, obviously, we will work with all kinds of families. But it's wonderful when we get the kids that are, you know, three, four, five years old, and we put in systems.

And they're almost eager at that age.

They so are. Yeah.

And, you know They wanna show you.

They wanna Exactly. But I will tell you, and I please, I hope not everybody's gonna go to their kitchen and look at this situation, but I will almost guarantee you, I've never been in a kid a kitchen that is kid friendly, ever. Julie, where were your glasses before I came before the remodel?

So they had to have high. So you had to have

So you all exactly. But now we have them well, we have a space for them, but now we have them where they can help themselves. They don't have to ask help for drinks or snacks or anything like that. Mhmm. They are self sufficient.

Yep. I keep reminding them. Like, they're like, can I have some water? Go get your whole cup. Yeah. My favorite cups right there.

Yeah. My favorite response to that is, are your legs broke? Yes. No. I'm like, no. You're perfectly capable of walking and going to the refrigerator and getting some water or whatever else it is that you need. Exactly. And But I think those systems are important, and it's important that, like you said, they start early.

They do. You know, and they can help put this the things away from the dishwasher, whether it's the plastic cups or whether it's you know, they can set the table in the evening. You know? You know, when I explain to moms and and they have two or three year olds, you know, I can say, you know, this is a learning time for you. You know? Susie, let's use the green cups this evening. She can go find the green cups on her own. She doesn't have to ask for help. Great. What a win that is. Yeah. You know? She feels important. She did it herself. Mom's cheering her on. All of those things are so important. And that's how, you know, kids become a part of the family. They have there's an expectation now. They can participate. But when they can't participate, but we expect them to participate, you know, that's a problem. That's a system problem. Yeah. So, but, you know, back to your point, moms can't do it all. We just keep adding on and adding on and adding on or thinking that we can do it all, when in fact, we're probably negating that whole thought in itself because now we're exhausted. Oh, yeah. We can't do the extra fun stuff because we're too tired. Right. You know? Or too stressed or too whatever. So it it kinda defeats the purpose

Yeah.

Of trying to do it all.

So somebody with your perspective that you have, now having raised children and now seeing a lot of different families in the way they operate. What is is there anything that's, like, a common thing that you're seeing that maybe people I don't I don't wanna say doing wrong, but, like, something that you're just seeing as a common thread that's stressing people out. Or, you know, you can take that question and kinda take it whatever direction you want. But, like, what's something that maybe you're seeing that you're like, man, if only they just I think I know the answer, but I'm wondering what what you're what you might see just with your perspective that could be some good advice for people listening.

I I think one is scheduling. Mhmm. Scheduling is huge. If we're all over the place with our our physical body, with our mind, with, you know, our space, all of those things, we are a hot mess.

Mhmm.

But if we have a schedule and it starts very simply with bedtime and what time we get up and how we start our morning and all of those things, I think that's huge. Another one for me is, I think as parents, we want to do more. We want to give more. We want our kids to have bigger, better than we did. But on the other hand, we're not taking very good care of our own physical and mental space.

Mhmm.

And I feel like, when I walk in and I see a lot of times, the house is in great order, but you get to mom and dad's space and it is a disaster. The master, you know, space, the closet, all of that. That's where it starts. If we don't center mom and dad first and get their mind and their body calm, and mom's waking up looking at that closet every day when she gets up, She can't find her handbag, can't find her belt. Where are my favorite shoes? Where's my jacket? It's raining all of a sudden. All the things. Right? Then we take that out to the breakfast table. Now we're yelling at the kids. We're running late because I can't find my shoes. Get downstairs. We have to eat blah blah blah blah blah. And that's how we leave our day. That's how our kids are leaving.

Mhmm.

You know, their safe space. Now they're going to school with that same hurried attitude. They're not calm in spirit. They've just left their house, rushed, yelled at, all of the things. So I think those two things are really huge that we need to have a schedule and we need to have mom and dad focused.

Mhmm.

You

know, get them calm and centered and then move on to the bigger things.

I think two are overscheduled. We do too much. We do way too much. We have way too many active I'm listen. I'm not throwing any stones here. We're our family is

We all do it.

We it's too much. It's too much. We we I mean, we I can't tell you the last time my family sat down and had a meal just the four of us because we're it's she's got sports. He's got sports. There's a practice, and then they've got homework. I mean, it's just like it's we just it's we're overscheduled. There's Yes. We're overactivited. We're overspoiced. We're overscheduled. It's it's a lot.

I so agree with that.

A lot.

Yes. But agree with that.

I I say it out loud, but I'm not it's not like I'm doing anything about it. Well because I'm basically letting my kids decide what they wanna what they wanna do. Like, I and and I think it's important that they figure it out. It just seems like I mean, it's every day, every night, it's something is going on, whether it's a practice or a sport or a whatever. And it's like, what are we doing?

Yeah. I think that's where we have to be very intentional on where and how we're scheduling and how we're spending our time. And, you know, is it I agree. They need to try all the things if that's what they wanna do. I know yours are going through that, trying a lot of things to figure out, what sticks. But to commit to, okay, this particular day or this afternoon or whatever it is, this is our time. Yeah. It is our refocus. It is our family meeting time. Yeah. Exactly. That means to everybody.

Lance Marshall told us that youth sports are killing Yep. Killing families. Absolutely killing families.

Like, it's just Yeah.

It's because because then you you too, you're trying to instill in your children, like, you made a commitment. You are a part of this team, so you need to be at the practices. You need to be at the games, and it's like so it's like but then we sign it's just it's it's just it's a vicious cycle.

Yeah.

It's like so, okay. It is important to be committed and to, you know, to honor that commitment. But also too, at what point do we say, like, it's okay to not practice,

you know Your body wants to rest.

Right. And and you're, you know, you're you're not thirty. This isn't your job.

Exactly. And until somebody's signed in the dotted line with that professional, you know, contract, then

But the sad thing is is they're were they signing contracts? They're signing contracts. They're signing contracts. It's and then, like, I see some of my they're like, oh, it's media day for this soccer. I'm like, you have a media day?

Oh my gosh.

For youth for It's

out of

the club. Whatever, but they are they are they are physically signing contracts. I'm like, what on earth is happening? We're signing contracts That's crazy. For nine, ten, eleven years.

Out of control, and then you feel like you have to keep up with everybody else, and that's why you're doing it. And I think there's so much so many people like you and and just there's so much science out there that's saying it's too much. It's too much. Yes. But we do it anyways. So I I love that you're there to help and that you're there to help in whatever way they can

do it. Manage the crazy.

Right.

They manage the crazy. Yeah. You know, if that's what we decide, then that's a great yeah. But you need somebody to manage the crazy.

Yeah. So tell me about the the charity that you're involved in.

Okay. So I don't know much about this. Oh, okay. So the charity so we are personally starting a charity.

Okay. I

didn't know that. I am also, I try to do as much charity as I can.

Tell me about the one you're starting.

So, yeah, we're doing a lot of things

I didn't know that.

Lately. So, a couple of new things. We actually started a college concierge. So we are going to college rooms and setting those up. We've done a lot of college packing. So we are setting up dorm room rooms, all the stuff.

Mhmm.

And then we are in, you know, obviously, an area where we can also get to a lot of colleges. Yeah. So we can make deliveries. We can do all the stuff. You know? So that's a great service. When you're a mom and you're worried about

Yep.

You know, especially that first year.

Yeah. Sure.

You know, you wanna make sure they're eating. You wanna make sure, you know, you send them a little something special, whatever. Yeah. So we're we're doing that, and this is awesome. And then we have so many lovely, generous clients. Mhmm. I mean, you have donations. All of our clients have donations. Kids are growing out of clothes, you know, shoes, all of those things. And, we are not a company who just drops it off somewhere so that somebody in need has to pay for it. My girls are really great about getting out in the community and figuring out who really needs it. Yeah. If there's books, we get a hold of schools and and that teachers and who needs them and where where can we take them. Same thing with, you know, toys. We we give a lot of toys to churches. You know, they don't have money for nursery Yep. You know, for toys. So we

do

that. So really wanted to, make sure that these wonderful gifts are given to, you know The right people. The right people who don't have to pay for them. So we're developing a, Our Family Closet.

Okay. Oh, nice.

And it's for kids clothing. Oh, cool. And, we're gonna be trying to get into the schools and develop a closet, a closet that, kids in need, that they don't have a coat, they don't have shoes, hats, gloves, what have you, a clean shirt.

What a brilliant idea.

All of those kind of things to give them a space where they can go and they can shop and, you know, just feel good about having, you know, a a high school sweatshirt

Right.

You know, from their high schools. Hooded sweatshirts are expensive. Yeah. We come across hundreds of them. Yep. You know, we really want to get them to the kids who need them.

That's amazing.

And, so I we just figured, you know, why keep doing this when we have the capability of, you know, in housing that as well and, you know, making it, you know, important and getting out there in the communities and making sure kids are clothed properly.

That's wonderful. Because she does do like, one of the tasks one of these tasks that's so hard and difficult and annoying to me and I think a lot of people is, like, going through the closets. And, like, okay. Well, what size are you? What size what are you wearing? What are you not wearing? What season is it? Like, she I just have given her, like, full everybody might not do this, but I'm like, you have full liberty to, like, take anything and get rid of it and move it. But I I I know that whenever she takes it, like, they're going to take that's another challenge. Right? If a parent wants to take something to donate, like, where do I go? Like Mhmm. Even if it's furniture, I remember trying to donate some of our furniture, and it was so difficult. Like Yeah. People needed pictures of it. They need you to upload this. They need to make sure it's worth this amount before they come anyway, just to know that when you're handing something off that it's going to be actually going back and doing something and helping out the community, I think, is huge, and you're already getting all of that stuff.

So We're we're already we we come away probably, I mean, each of my girls on a weekly basis get one or two bags, I I would think, and then all the projects that we do. So we get a lot of things. So we're really out there trying to do a good job about getting it to people, but we could do a better job. You know? There are school districts and schools and children out there who, you know I mean, I've heard some stories lately, and it's just heartbreaking. Yeah. It's heartbreaking. They will literally turn around and just not go to school, and they're hiding off at, you know, on the side of the road because they don't have a coat, you know, or their their shirt is stained or or whatever, you know, holes in their shoes. We just don't want that happening. You know? Yeah. There there's enough going on in this world where, you know, our children should not be hungry and they they should have proper clothing.

At minimum. Right? Exactly. At minimum. And how about Meg Matters? I know y'all are

Yes. We love Meg Matters. It's very personal to me, because I've I've had that situation happen in my family. You're very well aware of that Yeah. Julie. It is mental health, and finding resources within the community for those who are struggling mentally. And, they have a great process now that they are in this scrum, Crum School District.

I don't yeah. And reset what maybe what MegMatters is because I don't even just for people that don't know.

Okay. So MEG Matters is a foundation that, the founder's, daughter, passed away, and, took her own life and, struggled with mental health. And, it's an organization that brings together resources, brings together people to help those that are struggling, mental health issues. In twenty twenty one, unfortunately, my family, you know, met up with that same story. And, not a club you ever wanna belong to as a parent, but that happened to us with our son.

And it's driven you to do so many amazing things for so many families.

It is. God had set me up, back to your one of your original questions. I think it was God who knew what I needed and knew what was coming and and set me up for success in helping other people. And, so this organization is is important to me, because of the struggles. And, they, are currently actually doing a program in the Krum School District where they're kind of an extension of that. They have their own counselor, that is, part is hired by the foundation who is in the school district, you know, talking to children. And and those harder conversations

Mhmm.

That need to be have it have it and, you know, addressed. Yeah. And they can then be more involved with the families themselves or the parents and, you know, all of the situations. But it's a great organization and, love the people involved with that. We just actually did a drop off, smiles for snacks that are going into the school district there. So we just did a drop off this morning with that, to help them gather snacks. So that there's food and extra food and stuff, you know, for the kids and Yeah. So it's a great it's a great organization. And I'm probably not doing it justice by any means.

No. You are.

But, just getting the name out there, they're they're wonderful. They're wonderful. It sounds wonderful. More of that. There's so like you said, there's so many demands Yeah. On our time and schedule. And, you know, those kids coming out of COVID, that whole group of kids Oh, yeah. There's so much and, so many things that are needed to help them.

Mhmm.

And, they help with that struggle.

Yeah. Well, in in mental health with we talk about it all the time. Mental health with children is a real thing right now. And I've loved having Lee's kind of help and perspective after Ryder was diagnosed with some stuff, and it's just been awesome. I say she's a fairy godmother, and she is.

Yeah. That's

okay. She's the great Yeah. She's she's the greatest, and the company is wonderful. It's a wonderful idea, wonderful mission, and I love you're starting your own charity now and giving back as much as you can because dealing with, you know, what you've had to deal with and being able to channel that into so much good Yes. Is so powerful and inspiring. So I'm Thank you. I've been so blessed to get to know you and and for all that you've done for our family and been wanting to have you on here for a while. So Thank you so much.

I know.

Thank you so much.

I'm grateful too because if Julie's happy, then everyone's happy.

Well Just

like they said.

I keep saying that I'm like, what? Could Lee help you with anything? She's like, I'm good. Yeah. She's like, I'm I'm organized. I don't want it.

I do have my I have I have my own fairy godmother, and her name's miss Vicky, and

she's been with us. She's two

she's with us two days a week. She's been with us since the kids were born.

Yeah.

And so she's been with us for fifteen years. I mean, even longer than that, she used to be just not just, but she used to do the housekeeping in my husband's condo Mhmm. That you know, when he was when we met. And then now she's been with us. She's there every Tuesday and Thursday. And Yeah. She's a nonnegotiable for me. I mean, I'm like, she's she does the things that, like, that will that enable me not just to do the family stuff, but also that enable me to work Yeah. That can enable me to focus, like, the things I don't like to do. She goes to the store. I very rarely go to the store. She makes the list. She knows what I need. I mean, she's she's fantastic. And so it I needed I need someone. And then whenever, you know, my husband and I will talk about, like, budgets and whatever, and I'm like, well, I mean, miss Vicky's not going anywhere. Like, she's Yeah. That's me. We don't we don't we don't that I the she you don't understand what she does for me. The things that she's getting done at my house as we speak so I can free up to concentrate on work and I don't have to worry about. And it was the same way when the kids were tiny, and it's like I could that I trusted her implicitly

Yeah.

To do everything that they needed to do, get them wherever they needed to go, do everything. And so that there's such huge peace of mind in knowing that you have someone who, you know and for me, it's when, you know, it's it's those two days a week. I know I've got her, and she's gonna get the shit done that I need her to get done, And that's gonna free me up to not worry about all that shit that I would worry about because I'm neurotic, and it it works out beautifully. Exactly.

Yeah.

Well and and it's not a luxury. The luxury is your time. Yes. Now Great. That's your luxury. Yeah. It's not a the service isn't the luxury. Yeah. The service and for me, it's not just a service. It's who we are. It is in our heart who we are. Yep. But it's not a luxury. The time that is given back to you, that's the luxury.

It really is. It's a great point.

It really is, and we need to make the most of it. Real quick email from Taryn who heard about, the family concierge and Lee from us in our show, and I just wanted to read it and then we can wrap. But she said, dear Julie, when you posted about Leif and the family concierge, I immediately pinned her to my vision board as the gift my husband could give me. I mean, Christmas, birthday, and anniversary combined, that's girl math perfection.

That's brilliant.

Right? Just combine it all. Yeah. Your words fairy godmother said it all. I knew that's exactly what I needed. For a solid week, I walked around my house asking, if I had a fairy godmother, what would I ask her to do? Highly recommend that little thought exercise, by the way. My goal was simple. Get the house in tip top shape so I could host Sunday dinner, give my mother-in-law a break. She does it every week. Once a month once a month hosting was her Christmas present from us, which meant the pantry and kitchen needed to be ready for a party crowd. I'll admit I hesitated calling. I think this is probably a lot of people because I thought I had to pre clean and pre organize before someone came in and judged my mess. But finally, I swallowed my pride, made the call, and thank heavens I did. I'll never forget walking through my house with Lee. I kept apologizing, explaining why things weren't done, and she just listened gracious, kind, completely judgment free. By the end, she gave me one of the sweetest compliments I've ever gotten about my home. I instantly knew I could trust trust her and her team. She said, honestly, that walk through was like exposure therapy. It broke through so many of my insecurities about letting people into my space and worrying about what they think. You know how those perceived judgments are usually just in your own head. Well, I've got plenty of those. By the end of that walk with Lee, she helped me purge so much of that negative self talk. It was better than a year's worth of therapy. It's it's so much more, right, than organizing. When Lou Lee and her crew came to work their magic, it was the best present I've ever given myself. They finished project I'd started and stopped a hundred times, bringing calm to our chaos. She didn't stop there. She followed up weeks later to make sure everything was working smoothly and helped me tweak a few things. Lee truly has a heart of gold, which we can tell here today on this show. She helped me get my mind right so I could function in a new phase of life. Every time she's here, I pick up another little wisdom nugget, a life hack that somehow just makes everything easier. My kids adore her too. All I have to say is miss Lee is coming by, and at least one of the three runs to clean their room to pass the leometer of cleanliness. I could go on and on, but I'll stop there and let you two take it from here on the pod. Love you, Julie and Lee. Thanks for connecting us through the gram. So, yeah, when I post about the family concierge all the time, this is why. Because it I really do think it's something that everybody needs, and I wanna spread the word as much as I possibly can because as you can tell, she does have a heart of gold, and it is a game changer for so many families. And we don't need to, like, beat ourselves up over all the things we have to do in life and just outsource some things that's worth it. It's important.

Oh, hundred percent. Free up

your brain, free up your time, free up your day. So it's awesome.

Shame in that game.

Asking for

help, letting other people do some shit. Yeah.

Yep. Exactly. Well, thank you so much, Lee, for coming

and helping with the parents. I know if they follow the mom game that they definitely have heard about you and know where to find you. But for those who maybe haven't, if you don't follow us on social media, what are you actually doing? What do

you mean?

But tell people where they can find you and how they can get in touch with you.

So we are on Instagram, the family concierge. You can also direct, you can email us. We are at w w w dot family concierge services dot com. That comes straight to me. So, you know, there's no I I buffer person.

Yeah. No buffer.

You're talking to me. When you get that text or that email, it's coming straight from me. So pick up the phone today. Do not try to do it all. We're there for you. Give yourself the luxury of time.

Yeah. Yep.

We're there

to help.

Okay. You know how we close out the show. It's mom game out with the peace signs. We're gonna do a solo peace sign because we're gonna cheers first and then throw up the peace sign. Your camera's here. Everybody ready?

Mhmm. Cheers then peace sign. Cheers then peace sign. I got it.

One, two, three. Cheers. Cheers. And Mom game out.