Better With Friends - Conversations with Andrea and Lorilee

Better With Friends - Conversations with Andrea and Lorilee

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  • Ep75: Our Christmas Lists for 2023 - A BWF Supersized Episode!

    We took a page out of Oprah’s magazine today and reviewed some of our favourite things to inspire your own Christmas Lists and help with gift-giving this year! Buckle up, because these show notes are extensive…

    Related Show Links:

    • Oprah’s Favorite Things

    • Andrea’s Favourite Things:

      • Socks

      • Open Toe Cabin slippers

      • Kindle Unlimited Membership/Credits

      • Universal Charger

      • Car phone mount

      • 100% Cotton Sheets

      • Body Pillow

      • Smart WIFI plugs

      • Glasses set 

      • Home Organizer Sessions

      • Handyman Hours

      • Electric Blanket

      • Shower Steamers

      • Under Eye Patches

      • Double Chin Reducer

      • Perfume Sampler

      • Makeup Organizer 

      • Lorilee’s Favourite Things:

        • Bryan Anthonys jewelry 

        • Lounge Set

        • Dearfoam Slippers

        • Quince Wide Leg Pants

        • Cotton Robe

        • The Leftover Woman: A Novel by Jean Kwok

        • Along for the Ride by Sarah Desson

        • The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanowich

        • Happy Place by Emily Henry

        • Screen Magnifier

        • Pottery Barn Sculpted Reindeer

        • Mango Wood Candle Holder

        • Natural Wood Candle Holder

        • 3 Tone candles

        • Wood candle Holder

        • Decorative heart

        • Cochu chocolate

        • Lush- Honey I washed the kids

        • Lush-Dream CreamLush- Lime Bounty Body Butter

        • Lush-Super Milk Hair Primer

        • Lush-Lust Perfume (Jasmine)

        • XL Heating Pad

        • Shiatsu Neck and Shoulder Massager

        • Shiatsu Foot Massager

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          56 min
        • Ep75: Homework, Seasonal Decorating and Junk Rooms

          Tis the season to decorate for Christmas…. Or is it? Andrea and Lorilee chat about when to pull out the seasonal decorations, how to help (or not help) your kids to do homework, and the feasibility of craft markets.

          Related Show Links:

          • Helping your Teen with homework

          • Spruce Meadows International Christmas Market

          • How to Clean Up a Room full of Junk

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            36 min
          • Ep73: Early Mornings, Sleeping Temperatures and the Desirability of Concert-going
            Andrea returns to the workforce, Lorilee describes her household’s bed covers situation, and they discuss who (if anyone?) we’d pay thousands of dollars to see in concert.
            Related Show Links:
            How to shift your sleep schedule
            Scandinavian Sleep Method
            Top 10 most expensive concert tickets sold today
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            34 min
          • Ep72: Toad in the Hole, Lying and Book Reviews
            Do you know what a Toad in the Hole is? Can people tell if you are lying and what lie have you told and gotten away with it? Andrea and Lorilee chat about this and more… including Lorilee’s newest Vampire adventures.
            Related Show Links:
            Toad in the Hole
            How to tell if someone is lying to you
            Will and Jada marriage news
            Book - Remarkable Bright Creatures
            Book - The Only One Left
            Book - Killers of the Flower Moon
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            40 min
          • Ep71: Grad Dresses, Maintaining Adult Friendships & Hand Surgery

            Andrea & Lorilee discuss their upcoming graduating children, which naturally leads to reminiscing about their own grad dress sagas. Andrea updates on her missing cat status and recent hand surgery (spoiler: use SPF on your hands!!) Lorilee leans on her community to get her kids to school, and together they muse about challenges of maintaining long-distance friends with different schedules.  

            Related Show Links:

            • Skin cancer prevention

            • Choosing a Graduation Dress

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              38 min
            • Episode 69 - Lorilee and Jennifer

              Lorilee enjoys catching up with her Winnipeg buddy, Jennifer.   They share mental health experiences, talk about Lorilee’s brand new job and how Jen had influenced this turn of events, as well as ideas about restorative justice and animal therapy!  And, just to be trendy, they also discuss the Barbie Movie.  Guess who wasn’t a fan?

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              Sweet Soul Instagram

              Sweet Soul Facebook

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              1 hr 8 min
            • Ep 68: Andrea and Ashley

              Andrea sits down with her internet friend Ashley - their first time talking in real time! - and they chat about what brought them together as friends, Cleaning Clubs, Mormonism and polygamous family trees, and how the internet can broaden our worldview.

              Related Show Links:

              • Common hand gestures that get you into trouble in different countries

              • Why Do Filipinos Point With Their Mouth?

              • How Japan deals with their trash

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                50 min
              • Ep67: Highs and Lows of Summer

                Bugs, sunscreen and ice cream - oh my! We chat about our favourite and not so favorite things about summer.

                Related Show Links:

                • Body Deodorant

                • Eshakti Custom Clothes

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                  31 min
                • Ep66: BWF News & Rewind

                  This week Andrea & Lorilee announce that the Better With Friends podcast will shift to being released every other week, and they re-release Episode 21, originally aired September 13, 2022.



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                  47 min

                About Better With Friends - Conversations with Andrea and Lorilee

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                Having spent several years in their 20s getting the same degree and taking the same classes at the University of Manitoba, Andrea and Lorilee never got to know each other. Meeting again almost 25…