Whatsa Matta Wit You?

Three weeks ago, a young rescue dog named Stella was headed for the pound — until this family said "not on our watch." This week: how she got here, how she's settling in, and her official three-week report card.

Plus: Wags & Wrecks (our highs and lows, dog edition), the great chewing chronicles — including the school Chromebook cord that didn't survive week one — good cop / bad cop training confessions, a quick Halloween debrief, and predictions for Stella's first Christmas. 🎄

Real talk from a real marriage — 15 years, six kids, and now one very good girl. ❤️

Got a rescue story of your own? Tell us how your pet found you — the best one gets read on the next episode!

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Episode 4: Whatsa Matta Wit Boo? 🎃

It's our Halloween episode — and Melanie's running it! Highs and lows get a spooky rename (tricks & treats), we swap our scariest true stories (parenting edition), and then it's TRICK OR TRUTH: the couples game where somebody has to answer honestly... on the record.

Plus: Halloween in a blended family where the kids run from 14 to 26, the great "too old to trick-or-treat" debate, and Stella's first Halloween — with special guest Lillie as our referee and candy expert! 👻

Real talk from a real marriage — 15 years, six kids, no script. ❤️

Got a scary story or Trick or Truth answers of your own? Send them our way — the best one gets read on the next episode!

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EPISODE 3.2 — BONUS: Stretch It & Earn It

A companion to Episode 3 ("Ours, Not Mine") — call it 3.2! This week's episode ran a little late, so here's a bonus — and some news: Whatsa Matta Wit You? is now on ALL SIX platforms! 🎉

When money's tight, there are two ways to fight back: watch it better, and earn a little more of it. Tony and Melanie walk through tools that can help with both — Credit Karma's free credit tools and accounts (and how they team up with TurboTax at refund time), Rocket Money for hunting down forgotten subscriptions, and Intuit Academy's FREE tax prep and bookkeeping training that can lead to real remote income.

We're not financial advisors — just a couple sharing what we found. Check the details and do your own homework. ❤️

Resources mentioned:
• Credit Karma — creditkarma.com
• Rocket Money — rocketmoney.com
• Intuit Academy (free training) — academy.intuit.com

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One bank account. That's the episode.

Tony and Melanie talk money — the thing that ends more marriages than anything else, and the thing that's somehow never split them. The weeks everything hit at once: Melanie's layoff, Tony's truck down with no income, and the 401K question — pay off the loan, or keep the cash as a cushion?

Plus the update: a brand-new job, a weekly money split that actually works, and why that cushion is still sitting there untouched.

And as always: highs and lows, and what we're grateful for.

Whatsa Matta Wit You? — real talk from a real marriage. New episodes every week.

When it rains, it pours. In the last two weeks: Melanie's layoff, Tony's work truck going down for a week and a half with no income coming in, losing Rocky — their 12-year-old orange tabby — and then Hurricane Isaias knocking the power out while they record.

This one's about loss, and how a family gets through it. The pile-on week, saying goodbye to Rocky (including the story of the gentleman cat who escorted Melanie across the street), and what actually holds them up: giving each other grace, the emergency cushion they decided to keep, and the belief that you don't get through it by being strong every minute — you get through it together.

Plus: highs and lows (kitchen reorganizations and fixed trucks), and a new closing tradition — what they're grateful for.

Whatsa Matta Wit You? New episodes every week.

How does a dating app match turn into 15 years, six kids, and one beautifully chaotic blended family? Tony and Melanie tell the whole story.

In this first episode: the Thirsty Turtle karaoke night where Melanie walked up and asked "did you swipe right on this chick?" — the Chuck E. Cheese introduction where little Nick announced Tony as his new stepdad — and the wedding-day curling iron incident that almost stopped the ceremony.

Then the real talk: what it's like stepping into kids' lives mid-story, why Tony never says "stepchildren," the Friday the 13th bookends of their family, and the marriage lessons 15 years taught them — know your worth, give each other grace, and remember it's "ours," not "mine."

Plus: highs and lows of the week, including a grand championship and a truck that quit on them.

Whatsa Matta Wit You? New episodes every week.

Whatsa Matta Wit You! Here he goes again.

Meet Tony and Melanie Workley — married 15 years, six kids, one beautifully chaotic blended family. Real talk from a real marriage: money stress, the work grind, parenting wins and fails, and everything nobody posts about. No experts, no lectures — just two people figuring it out out loud, with plenty of laughs.

New episodes coming soon. Follow the show so you don't miss episode one: "Fifteen Years and Six Kids: How We Got Here."