Balancing Chaos

Hey, look who's back in your ears!

This week, we interview Paige Wilcox, of Wilcox Wellness & Fitness about how she ended up owning a gym (it was never in her plans!) to how she and her husband grew the business to the point that they left work behind (physically) to spend a month in Costa Rica with their young family.

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Mentioned on the podcast

Wilcox Wellness & Fitness

After-school Restraint Collapse

Portrero, Costa Rica

Our Favorite Things

Gretchen: Marden's  - recent purchases, all new-in-box, include:

• Muck Arctic Ice Mid boots for $60, vs $180

Kelley:  goodr sunglasses Kelley's are "Flamingos on a Booze Cruise" (not 'drunk on a boat,' - but close.)

Paige: Loom Screencasting

It's a new year! We reflect on how well our 2018 resolutions went, and what we have planned for 2019. 

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Mentioned on the podcast

Tabletop Claw Machine

Get Your Kid's Ears Pierced at a Tattoo Shop Because They Know What They're Doing

The Case for Using a Paper Planner

Erin Condren (save $10 on your first purchase!)

Float207

Everything You Need to Know about Sensory Deprivation Tank Therapy

EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

Try YNAB free for 3 months!

Dave Ramsey

Meet The Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living

Becoming

The Hate U Give

Yes, Please

Parks & Recreation

Our Favorite Things

Gretchen: Product GIR The Rainbow Bundle mentioned)

Kelley: Whispersync

Yeah, December got so away from us that we are only publishing our last episode of 2018 now! (But there's another one on deck!) We talk about the end of the year craziness, and share some favorite things of 2018.

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Mentioned on the podcast

Club Mobay

Jewel Runaway Bay

Our Favorite Things

Gretchen: Ecobee 3

Lash Paradise mascara

MantleClip Stocking Holders

Penobscot Theatre

Kelley: Jane Iredale Makeup

Honda Odyssey

Educated: A Memoir

TOMS shoes

Vitamix A2500

Gretchen's Cheat Sheet on which Vitamix to buy (this was based on what was on sale- the 2300 is great! It just wasn't on sale!): 

The election is over, and Gretchen won! She talks about the campaign and election day and the road ahead. Gretchen is headed to Jamaica and in December we are back to a regular schedule!

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Mentioned on the podcast

Yale: Lessons from GOTV experiments

BDN: How Bangor residents voted on Election Day 

Pizza to the Polls

ntension - tension fabric signs and structures

Lilac Girls

An adult tries Lunchables

After years of LePage, Maine went very blue Tuesday

Janet Mills becomes first woman elected Maine governor

Exit polling gives Golden an edge in 2nd District ranked-choice count

Democrats’ blue wave was much larger than early takes suggested

Our Favorite Things

Gretchen: Delta ShieldSpray

Kelley: (She got a present instead! check it out on our Instagram!)

Gretchen and Kelley are back! We are talking how we keep organized, and how Gretchen fell into giant paper planner shaped rabbit hole. 

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Mentioned on the podcast

What to expect at a skin screening

Gretchen for Bangor

Google Calendar

https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelwmiller/how-to-start-a-bullet-journal

Passion Planner (printables)

Panda Planner (printables available with an email)

Erin Condren (use this link for a $10 discount!)

Erin Condren Life Planner

ERIN CONDREN 2018-2019 LIFEPLANNER™ LAUNCH & ACCESSORIES | Unboxing and First Impressions

Teachers' Strategies for Pronouncing and Remembering Students' Names Correctly

Delta Mateo Faucet

Calendarpedia (templates to make simple custom printed calendars)

Pickering Square Squeak

Our Favorite Things

Gretchen: https://1se.co/ (Here's August!)

Kelley: Stainless Steel Straws

Gretchen and Kelley talk about what college students - and parents of college students - should know about higher education!

Mentioned on the podcast

Mental Health Issues Overlooked in College Transition

Rooming with your best friend in college: The kiss of death?

Who Changes Majors? Not who you think.

Our Favorite Things

Gretchen: Vitamix Ascent 2300 (I DID NOT PAY RETAIL!)

Kelley: YETI 30 oz Rambler with Magslide lid in PINK

Gretchen and Kelley are headed back to school, and sharing how they feel about that and what they do to prepare.

Fact Check: We had eight snow days and five early release or delayed start days, so Kelley was actually more right than Gretchen.

(Near the end, during favorite things, you hear a big jet taking off, even though we were recording in her basement! It's not a plane at your house.)

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Prominent pink paper-mache pig a product of political passion

Target Boys' Clothes

Hanna Andersson

Hollister

Old Navy

Old Navy Maternity Tween Pants

Distressed Rockstar Jeggings

Aeropostale

JCPenney

Talbots

Lee Plain Relaxed All Day Pants

TOMS Fox shoes

Melitta Pour Over Filter

https://balloonsblow.org/

Our Favorite Things

Kelley: Bodum french press

Gretchen: Pyrex Simply Store 20 piece set (There are sets available at lots of places, but this combination had the right amount of what I needed.)

Here's the glass divided lunch container that Kelley mentions: Bentgo glass lunch container

Kelley and I interview Dustin Smiley (husband of Sarah Smiley from two past episodes) about retiring from the Navy, becoming a LifeFlight helicopter pilot and real estate agent, and realizing that Bangor was going to be their forever home.

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Lifeflight of Maine

Dustin Smiley, real estate agent

(We talked a lot about Sarah's various articles, so here are some that were mentioned!)

 Sarah Smiley: What makes this state stand out

Sarah Smiley: Snowblower Lesson Spells Trouble

Sarah Smiley: Dustin hoards shoes - for mowing the lawn 

Sarah Smiley: More than two years later, tough decision to stay in Maine worth it

Our Favorite Things

Kelley: Lucerne Beach Club

Gretchen: Fujitsu Heat Pump

Dustin: Bangor, Maine

Kelley and I are back to talk about what we've been reading that's made an impact. 

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Vitamix A2300 

Vitamix App

Saints for All Occasions

https://5calls.org/ 

With the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh, Roe v. Wade is likely dead

How to Raise an Adult

Protecting the Gift

When Breath Becomes Air

When Will It Be Time’s Up for Motherhood and Marriage?

EWG: Cell phones

Safer Electromagnetic Radiation

Connecticut Department Of Public Health Recommends Reducing Cell Phone Exposure

Welcome to the Quiet Skies

Our Favorite Things

Kelley: Honda Odyssey

Gretchen: Lottie, the best dog ever (who is a goldendoodle)

It's a rebroadcast of our second conversation! Work travel for the techie teacher got in the way of recording a new episode on time!

Kelley talks about her resistance to being called Dr (and she totally is one!) and Gretchen talks about her resistance to "leaning in." 

Mentioned:

Hillbilly Elegy

Talbot's 

National Institute of Nursing Research

Favorite things:

Kelley: DevaCurl

Gretchen: Plated