Hey all you Spiked Coffee and Sarcasms listeners, welcome to Minisode 2, the girl's second Coffee Break. This week, Kris and Van ask and answer the hard questions... Would You Rather...? So much fun, and funny. Van had to rethink some of her answers. Sometimes thinking outside the box is important. Kris had to give her a different perspective on some of the questions and vice-versa! Would you rather have knives or penises for fingers. Well... you'll just have to listen to find out what Van decided. 

Let us know on Twitter using #wouldyourather some of your own answers or ask us some questions. We would love to answer them. 

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Until next time...

Kris and Van dive right into aging with episode 13. Kris had a hysterectomy back in August 2016 but Van is headed down the road to menopause now. On this episode, we talk about hot flashes, night sweats, memory loss, incontinence, and the need for wine. We have decided that getting old just sucks! Although, grandchildren might be fun!

How do you all feel about getting old? Let us know on Twitter using #gettingold what your thoughts are!

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Welcome to our first Coffee Break minisode! This is a look into the banter between Van and Kris as we brainstorm ideas for our podcast. Kris couldn't move her head thanks to a literal pain in the neck! Our conversations are usually a little low key anyway but this made us laugh, too!

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This week, in episode 12, we talk about work and how people don't really know how the process goes, stupid people who make everyday life just a little bit more difficult, silly names celebrities named their children, and would you rather. Let us know on Twitter using #stupidpeople what experiences you've had!

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Welcome back to episode 11. In today's episode, we talk about foods we grew up on and whether or not we still eat them, foods we eat now and love, variations on classics that we had as a kid but have put a spin on to make it better now that we are adults. 

Did you have a favorite food when you were younger that you still eat now? Do you remember a dish your parents made that you absolutely loved or absolutely hated? Let us know what they were. We'd love to hear it. Use #wheniwasakid on Twitter. You can also hit us up on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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Thank you to all of our followers and listeners! We hope that you are enjoying our podcast as much as we enjoy putting it together.  

Remember to be happy and stay sarcastic!!

Hey all you Spiked Coffee and Sarcastic people!!! Welcome back to episode 10! Podcasting is so much fun and we are having a blast entertaining you all with our shenanigans. You just can't make this stuff up. Van and I both had a bit of a crazy week last week so we think this episode is the perfect way to unwind. We spiked our drinks and filled each other in on how our week went!

For those that didn't know, I had a birthday last Wednesday. My family hosted a little party for me complete with pie, ice cream, supper, and presents. I decided that I'd show off a little on my daughter's hoverboard. This is a perfect example of how your mind can play tricks on you! Ever heard the phrase "what goes up, must come down?" well I proceeded to show off exactly what that phrase means complete with a full demonstration of how it works. I ended up with a bit of a bruised tailbone and missed a day and a half of work. Do you know how hard it is to "fake" it in front of your kids so they don't worry that you may need an ambulance? Yep, that was me. I hit the floor so hard that I'm pretty sure I broke my ass and may have had a concussion. I saw stars! (Dramatic much, Kris??) 

Van talks about her warped, in depth Q&A with her sons, Nathan and Ian and how children sometimes forget that we are their mom and not their friend. There are some things you just can't unhear! She also talks about how hot it is in her house! Or maybe it's the alcohol!! 

We pretty much just talked about some moments in our lives that shaped us into who we are today and wonder how our lives would have been had we made different choices.

Do you have some stories to share about decisions that may have changed your path? Have you ever hugged the floor because you thought it looked lonely? Hit us up on Twitter using #ifiknewthen. You can also find us on most social media outlets including Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, iTunes, as well as SPOTIFY (just search Spiked Coffee and Sarcasm Podcast). 

We would love to get some listener involvement so we can get going on our minisodes called "Coffee Breaks"! These will revolve around you, the listener! So please, send in your comments/suggestions to [email protected]. We can't wait to hear from you!

Hi Podcast World!! We are back with our 9th episode. What are your biggest pet peeves? We can name a couple that will take us from feeling fine to being pissed off before we can blink. The level of irritation felt when someone chews with their mouth open or drives slow in the fast lane or noticing a couple in a restaurant sitting side by side in a booth instead of across from one another is just beyond rational. Listen in as we discuss this topic and admit to some of our biggest pet peeves! 

We'd love to hear what pet peeves you have and if there are any we have that you can relate to. Find us on Twitter and use #petpeeves to tell us all about it! You can also find us on social media including Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, iTunes, and also on Spotify! 

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, please send us an email to [email protected] and let us know. We can't wait to hear from you!

Hey ya'll, welcome back to another episode of Spiked Coffee and Sarcasm! We are so glad you are here and hopefully, you are having fun. On this episode, you are going to be entertained by the antics of Kris and Van yet once again. She makes fun of me all the time. We talk about so many different things, lots of laughs, opinions and judgements. This episode gave us the opportunity to brag about our kids and also vent some frustrations but we had fun doing it. Van and I also talked about how necessary it is to get a break once in a while from your kids, life, just have a day to regroup. Do you ever feel that way? Let us know! Hit us up on Twitter using #randomshit. We can't wait to hear from you. 

Next week, we will talk about our biggest pet peeves! That should be a fun one. We also spoke about our new Minisodes come out soon called Coffee Breaks. These will be suggestions from listeners, topics you would like to hear about, things you want to share, Q&A. So please, let us know what you want to talk about, we'd love to hear it!

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Episode 7, ladies and gentleman! In this episode, we discuss some of the movies and TV shows from our childhood that had an impact on us and really kind of shaped our lives. Van and I were huge Kirk Cameron fans. We loved the Corys and Sean Astin. Lots of good memories after this topic. It took us back to a less complicated time in our lives! Growing Pains, Saved by the Bell, The Facts of Life, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place. The list goes on and on. Even movies like Top Gun, The Notebook, Titanic, A Walk To Remember. All such great shows that hold wonderful memories. It was fun to reminisce and walk down memory lane for a few minutes.

We would love to hear what shows impacted you. Please use #myfavshows on Twitter and tell us all about it. You can also find us on YouTube, Instagram, iTunes and Facebook.

A couple quick shout-outs - We would like to thank Van's little sis, Kalei for putting in the music at the beginning and end of each episode and also, Connor for the artwork.

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Again, thank you for listening and we can wait to hear some of your ideas!!!

So we've all done it. It's part of being an adult. Make our menus for our precisely planned out weekly meals. Then make the list of everything we need to make the meals based on our menus. Grab our phones with the calculator and all the apps for the discounts we need. And then take our confident, well-prepared asses to the grocery store to get ONLY what's on the list and save ourselves a bunch of money and time. The peptalk we have on the way reminds us that we own that store, we got this, nothing can go wrong. Just a quick in and out and boom, we're done. Meals will be lovingly prepared every night at home and we will have made sure we have everything necessary so we won't need to step foot in the store again for at least another week. 

This sounds good in theory. It really does. And I honestly think it's doable. Just not by me, apparently because let me be the first to tell you, I SUCK AT ALL OF THE ABOVE. I break all the shopping rules. I forget ingredients, I make a list and then wind up not getting everything on it and adding one or two or 37 things I don't need. Only to leave the store 2 hours later feeling like a hot mess and not feeling like I accomplished what I set out to do in the first place, which was to OWN THAT BITCH!!!!

Turns out, I don't own it... and it's just a big mean bully as far as I'm concerned. I wind up in the fetal position at home drinking alcohol and wondering how it all went downhill so quickly and what's more, how I'm going to explain to my husband that I spent $200 more than I budgeted for!!!! 

So, shopping?? No thanks, I'd rather not!!!

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