Mixing Up Midlife

On today's show we get a little bawdy, Terri swears quite a lot, we talk more on the knitting saga, being competitive as an athlete and missing the company of a group of women. Melissa tries to explain Pickleball and its intricacies to Terri. Why does Pickleball have food related slang?

We hit the Weekend Watch and talk about Ted Lasso the relationships in it and how is it paralleling Star Wars, Dance Moms, He's Just Not That Into You and the Death of Stalin

Weekend Watch:

Ted Lasso

Dance Moms

He's Just Not That Into You

Death of Stalin

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Melissa derails the knitting experiment without meaning to and Terri suprises Melissa with her version of Vogue's 73 Questions. We laugh a lot in this episode, which is one of our favorite things to do.

Weekend Watch:

The Weigh Down

Squid Game

The Watch Podcast

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Should you learn to knit in midlife?

In this episode, Melissa convinces Terri that knitting is great and that she can do it-with a little help from her friend!

Terri definitely has her doubts. Can we complete a project before Halloween?

Trigger warning:

this knitting challenge is directly related to holiday gift giving and fingerless gloves are the gift of choice.

Melissa wants to make gifts for everyone for the holidays and Terri seems to want to get rid of the gifts before they even get given.

The ladies talk knots, fast fashion, more gifts, why we feel like we need an excuse to relax and of course, there's a cocktail and our Weekend Watch!

Mentions:

The Knit Purl Girl

Tina Conroy, The Intuitive Woman Podcast on Developing Clairaudience

The 5 Keys via @ArtistWithACocktail on IG

1 1/3 ounces bourbon (I used Basil Hayden's Bourbon)

3/4 ounce sweet vermouth (I used Punt e Mes)

1/4 ounce maraschino liqueur (I used Luxardo)

1/4 ounce Cynar (I used the 70, -its boozier, but second round would use the regular Cynar)

Stir / Up / Luxardo cherry

Weekend Watch:

9 Perfect Strangers

Squid Game

Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2U

Hocus Pocus

Its The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

Getting Ready For Gifts:

Wingspan

Botany at the Bar

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Melissa learned to do the Question I Get Asked dance on TikTok, but it was all for naught- the most brilliant TikTok that never got made is still in our heads. Should we keep trying or let it go?

The TikTok Takeaway? It seems like a lot of work and trying to do a video together when you're apart is beyond us. Are we making it way more complicated than it needs to be?

We did find Helen Polise TikTokTeacher @themuthership on TikTok and on IG. Check her out. If we do this again, we'll try one of her tutorials

Find all the drinkspo you'll ever need with the_crusty_rim_cocktails

Terri made the Papavion:

- 1.5oz bourbon - 1/2oz amaro nonino - 1/2oz Aperol - 3/4oz lemon juice ( I used 1/2 oz) - 1/4oz earl grey tea syrup - garnish: lemon twist Add everything to shaker and shake well with ice. Fine strain into glass and add garnish.

We're coming up short in the Weekend Watch. What have you been watching lately?

If you've got an idea for a challenge, project or class you'd like us to take on, make sure to let us know-

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Melissa learned to do the Question I Get Asked dance on TikTok, but it was all for naught- the most brilliant TikTok that never got made is still in our heads. Should we keep trying or let it go?

The TikTok Takeaway? It seems like a lot of work and trying to do a video together when you're apart is beyond us. Are we making it way more complicated than it needs to be?

We did find Helen Polise TikTokTeacher @themuthership on TikTok and on IG. Check her out. If we do this again, we'll try one of her tutorials

Find all the drinkspo you'll ever need with the_crusty_rim_cocktails

Terri made the Papavion:

- 1.5oz bourbon - 1/2oz amaro nonino - 1/2oz Aperol - 3/4oz lemon juice ( I used 1/2 oz) - 1/4oz earl grey tea syrup - garnish: lemon twist Add everything to shaker and shake well with ice. Fine strain into glass and add garnish.

We're coming up short in the Weekend Watch. What have you been watching lately?

If you've got an idea for a challenge, project or class you'd like us to take on, make sure to let us know-

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Today's episode is a day late- Terri had a week of no sleep, lots of work and if you notice the sound is off, you can blame it on the Great Murphy Bed Debacle of 2021.

Terri and Melissa continue their education with a little TikTok deep dive. Where did the Grace Kelly trend start and should we as midlife women really care about this platform?

Some of the TikTok videos we talk about:

Jaxwritessongs wrote the song about her parents & does funny parody's

Kysthalimit

Emilyzugay

We head into our Weekend Watch with LulaRich, The Morning Show and Shrill.

As always, Thanks for listening to Mixing Up Midlife a podcast for women over 50

Are we too old for TikTok? Terri is pretty tech savvy, and loves all things social, but "doesn't get it". Is it because we're over 50 and didn't grow up with social media or is it something else? All the TikTok stars she knows, she knows because of the Taylor Strecker Show.TSS co-host, Andrea Lopez Comedy is a TikTok sensation and does an incredible Kourtney Kardashian impersonation.

Melissa has a night time routine that includes TikTok and she gets the social platform just a tad bit more than Terri. "You don't find it, it finds you". Melissa has found Whiteyy18 and Caseyrieger8

Weekend Watch:

Weekend Watch:

Fabulous Fungi Netflix

The Hack HBO Max

Clickbait Netflix

Fossey Verdun

Pippin (the movie) Amazon

the D'Amelio show Hulu

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Weekend Watch:

Loki, The Bureau, No Murders in the Building, Hacks, The Other 2,

Cocktail:

Negroni Sbagliato Equal Parts Campari, Sweet Vermouth and Prosecco

Can you reframe negative thoughts and become more positive? Terri and Melissa are doing a week of self-help with help from a blog article, a TedX talk and a Creative Live Course.

Melissa is on the cutting edge of the Weekend Watch with her recent picks of The Other Two on HBO Max and Only Murders in the Building on Hulu

Terri is still watching The Cook of Castemar on Netflix (and thankfully was able to turn off the English dubbing), Ted Lasso on AppleTV+ and Loki on Disney+

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elissa may be in this Squeeze video, but she's not the one on the guy's shoulders

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