Oversized Baggage

In this episode we recap our summer family vacation around the great state of Colorado!  Find out our favorite national parks and which one we could have lived without.  We cover all the must-see sights in and around Colorado: Garden of the Gods, the Great Sand Dunes, Santa Fe, Mesa Verde, Million Dollar Highway, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Grand Junction, Glenwood Hot Springs (the Spa of the Rockies), Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Denver, Denver Rapids soccer game, and zip lining.  

In this episode, we discuss middle school dances and our botched honeymoon in California.  We recount how we forgot our wedding anniversary and how we redeemed it at the Quirk Hotel in Charlottesville, VA!  We discuss the hilarious, but boring tv shows we like including Jury Duty and How I Met Your Father. We get excited about traveling to Colorado and possibly seeing the Golden Nuggets.    We chat about our experience with live comedy shows and how far is too far to say hello to someone.  Jim, it's me, Libby!  We round off our convo talking about a Kickers game and the doozy of it all. As always we share our favorites!

In this episode we recap our journey to see the Taylor Swift Eras Tour in  in Nashville! From our failure to launch to finding the perfect concert outfit, we cover it all.  Within minutes of arriving in Nashville, we ran into Blake Shelton and made sure he knew we loved him!  We chat about seeing Taylor from the nose bleed section of the Nissan stadium surrounded by screaming/singing fans including one who very much reminded us Moaning Myrtle from Harry Potter.  Nick also hilariously recounts Taylor's big surprise.  Despite all that Nashville goodness, Libby and Nick note Libby's grumpy spell but it's not all bad.  Lastly, we talk about our twins, the Ripas - we think wife and husband duos are the best!

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In this episode Libby and Nick recap spring break in Florida including their "reasonable attempts at intimacy."  We are #relatable just like the parents in Bluey!  We recap the best of St. Augustine including those terrifying alligators and lighthouse steps!  We also review Nick's score on the husband report from Libby's relatives - spoiler alert he passed.  We debrief on Taylor Swift's breakup and who she might/should date next - if anyone. We also recap some of the tv shows we are watching including several favorites.  

In this episode Libby and Nick reflect on their kids stepping into social media.  Libby revels in her new pink chair and how she just had to find Adidas shoes on their honeymoon! Nick hilariously and painfully recaps the musical the Book of Mormon and we highlight Schitt's Creek and Letter Kenny.  We recount our youngest child's first playdate - a smashing success!  Nick claims Libby is bad at buying concert tickets, but she knows he's going to love Chris Stapleton and tell her how much he looooooooooooooves her. Libby also tries to hook Nick up with another dad, but Nick's not having it.  We also discuss Libby having a hard time letting go of the baby phase and what our alternatives might be.  Lastly, we round out our discussion with the parenting fail of the week and our favorites!

In this episode Nick debuts the new podcast rap!  Libby and Nick (aka Oh Momma and Oh Daddy) recount a great quadruple date night out in the city - it reminded them of prom!  Libby rejoices in receiving Taylor Swift "Midnights" tickets from Nick as an all-inclusive holiday gift.  She is positively titillated about going to Nashville on their adults-only weekend! Nick finally gets to tell the legend of the godly barrel-chested Egyptian who visited our church and played his guitar straight into Libby's heart.  We also celebrate the John Legend of our local church. Finally, Libby can't tell if she's fabricating memories and Nick learns that Libby has always been a modern day woman.

It's our quarter-life episode and we're loving it!  In this episode, we reminisce about 90s cable tv and that time Libby bought Nick a gift certificate to  "Warm Good Time Massage 2."  We reflect on the shift in our blended family dynamic as we went from 2 kids on vacation to 4 kids back at school and us working - in short, parting is HARD. Libby avows she will not be watching the Bachelor this season and can't believe what her mom's favorite tv show is!  We remember where we came from - from Manassas to Alaska.  We fondly recount one of our favorite dates at Friendly's at the beginning of our relationship and how we had established make out parking lots. We also recount what happened when we took a trip to Charleston, SC, and who mentioned marriage first! Libby prompts Nick to help them become county pickleball champs while Nick zeros in on selling an American Girl bunkbed.  We round out our conversation with some thoughts on Prince Harry's memoir, Spare and, last but not least, Nick finally freestyle raps on the pod in realtime!

Favorites:

Osea Undaria Algae Body Oil
Old Navy Black Overalls (Women)
Bernat Blanket Big Yarn
Hold My Hand by Lady Gaga

In this episode, you don't want to miss Nick's hilarious retelling of his interaction with an Annie Lenox superfan at Arby's, our new favorite sit-down restaurant.  We also divulge the "secrets" to a happy marriage and Libby's obsession with knitting.  We share our hot takes on the hit series Yellowstone, which we binged over 2 weeks!  Libby reflects on the ridiculousness of shopping in Altar'd state with her mom for a sparkly romper!  We wonder why our youngest seems to be the politest child and Nick's "high hit rate."

In this episode we recount the first time since we MET that a waiter asked if we were together or separate?  Libby mourns her failure to secure Taylor Swift tickets.  We discuss the intricacies of being a blended family and navigating those tricky relationships.  Additionally, we remark on how other people see us from our boss to our kids.  Lastly, Libby questions Nick about what really happens when they have a conversation while she is sleeping!

In this episode, we get real about a bathroom predicament and  Libby shares her unimpressed take on Thanksgiving. We also  return to some favorite topics of bedtime fails and 90210.  We discuss being divorced and sharing custody of our kids with our exes and all that comes along with that - both the challenges and the silver lining(s).  We marvel and Tom and Giselle's fast pass divorce and the fact that suburbanites have pet rets!