Everyone hates when Teresa sings, Alison hates doing the laundry, and everyone hates the pandemic.  Today we’re taking a different approach as we head into another pandemic winter.  We’re talking about the “silver linings” that we’ve learned and gained to keep in mind the positive changes the pandemic has brought.

Things like learning how to wash your hands properly and stop the spread of disease, the public benefits of delaying loan debt, and giving a child tax credit advance.  We’ve learned how to bake bread, start new family traditions to stay inside like wearing matching pajamas and putting up a LOT of decorations, and figured out how to stay home.

In a state of a lot of anxiety and change, people are resilient.

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Memorable Quote: 

“I’ve figured this out by now, but I would have hated your guts in high school”

“Reorienting your world around an illness is really hard to do”

“So that’s not going to happen...pray for me.”

“Last year, when we were trying to figure out what to do with Covid - it took forever to adapt.  This year, we’re more flexible and know how to communicate.”

“We’re entering topsy-turvy land...again.”

“What are some of the things we learned last year that helped us cope?”

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Teresa has a laundry list of problems, including her kids deciding to repaint the dining room. Alison’s son turns into the Hulk and she has a work breakthrough.

The week after a holiday knocks our weekly rhythms off-kilter.

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Memorable Quote: 

“I used to think I was an amazing mother.  Then my boys came.” - Teresa

“Oh my lands, you need to better control your children.” - Alison

“Helping others gives purpose to all of the shit I’ve personally gone through.” - Alison

“You can still do some good shit when you’re hungover.” - Alison

“Vacation is supposed to be a time to renew and refresh? Yeah, no.  I just survive.” - Teresa

“It’s not the holiday that’s the problem- It’s the breakdown of the routines.  When you come back, you have double the work to catch up.” - Alison

“Let’s not stay in this reactive mode, but think about the things that need to be done”. - Alison

“Write it down. On paper. On purpose.” - Teresa

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In this episode, we discuss running our households with frugality and answer the question of whether or not you can be trendy on a budget.  Buying secondhand certainly comes with some stigma.  Is it possible to bypass feeling “poor” by changing our perspectives on how and why we make purchases?

Where do we shop on strict budgets, and how do we make sure it fits our lifestyles.  Should you buy new things for your kids while they’re growing like weeds?

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Threadup (online secondhand store) - $10 credit toward your first purchase: https://www.thredup.com/r/WOGSBU

Ping book: https://amzn.to/3DiaL8M

Memorable Quote: 

“All of the things people compliment me on come from other people’s garbage.”

“When you come from a place of scarcity when you’re young, you have a hard time letting go of stuff as an adult because “maybe you’ll need it”.

“When you come from an overcrowded house, you feel even more broke”

“Buy quality over quantity - but the quality isn’t indicated by its source.” 

“Because I got it for a bargain, in my head it doesn’t equate to “nice”.”

“It’s none of your business what other people think about you.”p

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Teresa has fleas in her house, Alison has birds in her house, and we discuss how getting ready for back to school throws all of our rhythms off and brings us back to the reality of planning and scheduling for months on end.  As soon as we get settled, the schedule switches up.

We also talk about what it's like for parent's of young children and how there’s very little support for working parents who have toddlers and preschoolers.  

How do we beat this cycle of change? By creating systems to anticipate changes,  building habits and processes to make school days easier and building our tribe to help us out are answers to our prayers!

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Before and aftercare for school kids: https://latchkey.us/parents.cfm

Kindergarten readiness: https://www.understood.org/articles/en/skills-kids-need-going-into-kindergarten

Free lunch program guidelines: https://www.fns.usda.gov/nslp

Hanging organizer: https://amzn.to/3DiaL8M

Memorable Quote: 

“We’re coming out of a ROUGH year; at least this isn’t 2020” - Alison

“This disrupts the summer jive we’ve got going” - Teresa

“Can they not answer more emails?” - Alison

“I wish the school system asked the community before making changes because it affects everyone.” - Teresa

“When you have kids, you have to orient your life around them.  But people forget that, while you’re a mom, you also have responsibilities that have nothing to do with the kids, too.” - Alison

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In this episode, Teresa is addicted to watching Korean dramas, Alison makes a pact with her husband to be “perfect” for two weeks, and we discuss friends.  Making friends is hard, even for the MOST social of us, but defined “friend groups” are not necessarily how we should find our people.

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Memorable Quote: 

“I’m proud of us for noticing that we’re starting to fall into the habit” - Alison

“I am FULL of joy right now” - Alison

“I just wanted to relate to other people!” - Teresa

“Making friends as adults is super, super hard!” - Alison

“Life is already hard and isolating enough without spending time feeling judged.” - Alison

“If I’m not doing okay, I want someone who’s going to support me in being better.” -Alison

“I don’t want to spend money trying to keep up appearances” - Teresa

“Who is THAT girl? WHO invited her?” - Teresa

“If you’ve been to a networking event, it’s literally your JOB to make friends” - Alison

“If you feel like you’re not with the right friends, you’re allowed to leave.” - Teresa

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Project management is a career and skills that are used heavily in the professional world to keep things organized when they have BIG jobs that need to be done that don’t fall into the day to day.  

Alison and Teresa break down the high-level concepts of project management and how we apply them systematically to the household to determine what we need to take on, set budgets, assign tasks, and stay on top of all of the things without freaking out, forgetting deadlines, disappointing people, or getting completely overwhelmed.

High level- we go over the big concepts on Project Management at home:

Plan it out

Set the goals of the project.

Define deliverables

Organize the team and players

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Memorable Quote: 

“I can’t stand children singing” - Alison

“Any time is a good time to plan for Christmas” - Teresa

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Broke, Fat & Tired is a new podcast that discusses the realities of being a modern woman and discusses the small issues that contribute to our BIG problems. Because let's be real, you don't have time, money, or energy to throw at your problems and you know they AREN'T going away overnight.

If you're ready to become one of those magical

Broke, Fat & Tired is a new podcast that discusses the realities of being a modern woman and discusses the small issues that contribute to our BIG problems. Because let's be real, you don't have time, money, or energy to throw at your problems and you know they AREN'T going away overnight.

If you're ready to become one of those magical

Broke, Fat & Tired is a new podcast that discusses the realities of being a modern woman and discusses the small issues that contribute to our BIG problems. Because let's be real, you don't have time, money, or energy to throw at your problems and you know they AREN'T going away overnight.

If you're ready to become one of those magical

 Broke, Fat & Tired is a new podcast that discusses the realities of being a modern woman and discusses the small issues that contribute to our BIG problems. Because let's be real, you don't have time, money, or energy to throw at your problems and you know they AREN'T going away overnight.

We're  SO excited to meet our new BFFs

The first episode premieres on September 1st. Tell your friends. Tell your mom. Tell your dog. And while you wait, why not pop over to our Insta or Facebook to say hi? We'd love to meet you!

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