The Clopen Effect

Meredith realizes where she met Sandie before, Jim didn't want to wear the weekend shirt, 'bigger is better', the special recipe, Sandie has her hands full, shout out to Catherine Brant for their logo creation, Jim went to an Air Supply concert and bought the t-shirt, no poppy seed buns, 12 year olds and younger can have ketchup on their hotdogs, Sandie has fresh steamed buns, the McHenry County food critic John Mueller, visited their trailer and gave them a great review, shout out to Sticker Dudes for the decals, 'we need bigger weiners', stealing electricity

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Cass has a hangover, Award Winner Barb Noote from Noote Partners @ Compass Real Estate is here, learn all about what's happening in the real estate world, how do people stay married when building a house?, most of Barb's business is referral based, renter's market is just as busy as the buyer market, the uncomfortable conversations, look at the bones of the house not the avocado fridge, the importance of showings and open houses, trust your realtor, the red flags, the snake

Visit Barb and the team at Compass Real Estate here: https://www.compass.com/agents/team-noote/

How do you walk through a crowd? Do you try to avoid touching people or do you make yourself known by touching and squeezing arms? We had a super fun weekend at Shamrocks the Fox for St. Patrick's Day, feeling accomplished for the day, Meredith fell on her run, people watching, Cass touches everyone, we lost Cass for 25 minutes, bartenders are awesome, don't leave your credit card at the bar, the guy with the microphone, people watching and when it's too much, people talk to themselves all the time, the guy at the salad bar

The quick recipe episode and Bestie is here! We borrowed some 3-ingredient recipe ideas from our listeners and https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/, Instant Pot meals, quick to-go snacks and meals, Bestie loves tacos, Cass loves pizza rolls, don't clean your Ninja Foodie with soap and water, spaghetti hotdogs, and 3-ingredient cocktails. Visit Lake City Social in Lake Geneva for the best Old Fashioned. Also, Meredith has a fun travel story.

We are back from a quick break! We talk about spell check and how it's ruining us, 'price' check, reply all, do not put emotion to text or emails, 4DX movies, The 10 most lucrative tourist attractions in the world from smallcurrencyexchange.com, Top Tourist Attractions in the US from touropia.com, we are planning a trip to Dubai, the large rat on the road, Cass teaches us about Skinwalkers, we do not like caverns, Meredith talks Prison Break & actor William Fichtner, using stage hands

The history of lemonade stands from ehow.com, cash business, 'stand' means ready-to-act, blocked out childhood, selling candy and Girl Scouts Cookies, how to run a lemonade stand from wikihow.com, mentalfloss.com shares a dark story of a lemonade stand in Western Springs, IL, the history of food trucks and the most popular food to find at food trucks

We recorded this in January when we didn't have sun for weeks. It made us cranky. Also, kid-free Tok, Cass is good with kids, the grandparent clause, don't use your children as excuses, parenting 101 from a retail podcast, Judge Judys, unique foods to try, ethnic aisles are expanding, overnight chia pudding, our favorite jelly for P&Js, he licked the ketchup cap, the most unique food in history from history.com, the black chicken, red honey. We are on IMDB. You may not want to eat during this episode!

Happy 100th episode to us! What an amazing adventure so far! We talk about current news, birthdays, Save and Redeem coupons, wooden and copper coins, boxtops for America's schools, 100th day of school, spirit week at school, history of loyalty programs, Camel Bucks, Marlboro and Newport swag, reasons why we need these loyalty programs, Subway's punch cards, free pizzas, stamp books, the Monopoly game at Jewel, Betty Crocker coupon catalog, airline miles, Spangler candy, Tootsie Roll Pops, DumDum save wraps, Great America and Coca Cola cans, buy some merchandise at https://www.zazzle.com/mbr/238688396985426611

The lovely Lauren is here from pharmacy! What a fun interview! She has worked in pharmacy for 8 years, is super insightful and shares what goes on behind the pharmacy counter. We talk about the pharmacy tech tests, pain pills, sleeping customers, those that write their own scripts, processes on how to handle fake scripts, theft, keeping most of the cold medications behind the counter, when pills change, looking for the yellow ones, central fill center, giving vaccines

Jen's stories show how much she loves her job! So excited to share part 2 with you.

Keeping the furniture with the house, animals buried in the backyard, realtor.com and quizony.com tell us if Cass would make a great realtor, strange requests from buyers, south facing front doors, real estate agent safety, avoiding murder, and modern farm house