💌 RUNNING UPHILL IN THE MUD — your questions on life, style & what comes next 🍂
Shaye spent two hours pulling corn out of the bathroom pipes, only to have the dog roll in chicken poop and nap on her freshly cleaned floor. Angela is fighting cobwebs on her dark teal stairs and wondering where her groove went. So what do two tired homemakers do? They open up your Spotify comments! From keeping your hands lovely through winter to the white tennis shoe debate, feeling unsure about the next 20 years, and one listener’s wildly entertaining fashion timeline, this one’s a cozy hangout with friends. Grab a cup of something warm and join us. ☕✨
🍂 IN THIS EPISODE
- The perfectly dialed-in home is the top of the mountain, so maybe it’s time for a different goal ⛰️
- Corn in the pipes, chicken poop on the floor & why you deserve some credit 🌽
- The peanut butter stage of parenting, Angela’s “chapter two” & doing the empty nest math 💛
- Reformation parties, Martin Luther costumes & dropping the five solas on an Italian ⛪
- Hannah’s question: keeping hands feminine and lovely through dry winter months 💅
- Angela’s olive oil & sugar scrub, press-on nails that last 10 days & why chipped polish is a no 💍
- Firm handshakes, loved hands & the beauty of looking your age 🤝
- The great white tennis shoe debate: Keds, white leather & living on a farm 👟
- Your winter boot picks for Angela, and a brilliant snowshoe tip for Shaye ❄️
- Feeling unsure about the future at the beginning of motherhood: casting a vision & enjoying your child’s firsts 👶
- Pajamas at the grocery store, Daniel Craig in a tux & taking the wins where you can get them 🛒
- Should Shaye and Angela go on The Amazing Race? (One of them is very ready. The other, not so much.) 🌍
- Enchanted April, the missing A Good Year & your favorite French and Italian dishes 🇮🇹🇫🇷
- Three-ingredient cacio e pepe, and why fresh pasta doesn’t always mean good pasta 🍝
- Amy’s style timeline, from sewing classes to sheath dresses to “feminine romantic tendencies” 👗
- Finding your style: pay attention to what you love, make a vision board & find your power move ✨
- The pixie cut question, a giant Norwegian head & why you should try it on with AI first 💇♀️
- Roma jerseys, pirate shirts & why sequins work when lace doesn’t 🌟
- Kibbe body types, and a sweet word of encouragement from a new grandma 🤍
📚 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
- Belleville, Garmont & Rocky boots
- imPRESS press-on nails: https://www.impressbeauty.com
- Superga sneakers
- Keds sneakers
- Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
- A Good Year
- The Amazing Race
- Kibbe body types
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