Life with Nat - EP187: Nat's Nieces #40 - Crackers

Episode Date: January 8, 2026

It's 2026 and the Neices are BACK. We're chatting "non-negotiables" - the things that happen in your home (catchphrases, actions, responses) that no one outside would understand. There's a tiny dash more Chrimbelosus… where’d you get your crackers and what was in them? And the BIG talking point, Maria turns 40 this year and she's dreading it. Tips, reassurance, and your experiences are all welcome! Enjoy! xx Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Nat's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natcass1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Marc's insta: ⁠⁠@camera_marc⁠⁠ Neice's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@natsnieces⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tony's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tonycass68⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linny's insta: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@auntielinny.lwn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MORE LIVE SHOW! 07/02/2026 Brighton, The Forge ⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠ 08/02/2026 Newcastle upon Tyne, The Stand ⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠ 25/02/2026 Folkestone, Quarterhouse ⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠ 28/02/2026 Colchester, Arts Centre ⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠ 07/03/2026 Manchester, Fairfield Social Club ⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠ 22/03/2026 Leeds, The Wardrobe ⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠ 29/03/2026 Bristol, The Gaffe - ⁠⁠TICKETS⁠⁠ Book Club: January's Book - Wintering by Katherine May Nat’s solo chats - any rants always welcome!  Scraping the Barrel - SCAN AND SHOP VIRGIN NO LONGER! Bonce vs list! - Are you a list maker? Always collecting for Nostalgia Fest! What’s brewing with the Nieces - AGEING & non-negotiables Things we’re nagging with Linny about - More lateness stories and some cleaning questions, please! The Tony talks chatter - Keep your DIY questions coming, also open to some saucy two paragraph stories for Tony to read out at the Southend show - think cheeky postcards (both in tone and length)! Can we make Tony an influencer and get him any freebies?  TBC Cultural differences ep - inspired by Linny’s Mediterranean heritage and her & Ellia's Italian trip, we'd love to hear about the cultural differences you've noticed between the UK and basically ANYWHERE else!  A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[e-mail]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year! How did no one say no year? Because it's the New Year. I know. Happy New Year. As if we've not seen or spoke to each other. We haven't. Seen each other.

Have we not? Oh, I've seen you Yeah I've seen you But not I haven't seen you I haven't seen you I haven't seen you

I haven't seen you I've seen you But I've seen you Could you see me No I feel like Today's officially The last day You can say it

Today is the epiphany Big Day in Italy Your Mum said Oh is it Oh there you go Fun It's actually Tuesday This is coming out Thursday

It is yeah The third day But even at work It's all right For you to do a friend's reference I think today, because it's my first day back at work, well, I worked a bit in between, but today's proper. Yeah. Yeah.

So I did my Happy New Year's, but I'm not doing it tomorrow. I'm not doing any tomorrow. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? I'm not really doing it now. No, no. When I did the school run, you know, you're like, oh, part of me, there's a couple of people I would have gone, Happy New Year,

and I thought I can't be bothered. Oh, really? Well, I would have done that if I wasn't fucking late this morning. Oh, you wasn't. Proper late. How late? A good, solid five minutes. Wow.

Yeah, office, the whole shebang. Oh, dear. Ruby had a bit of a wimper. But when I tell you, it took me half an hour to do a five-minute journey. I wonder what it was? Grid-locked. The roads were grid-locked. Snow.

And it was just traffic everywhere. So everyone's back. Today's like the major days in it for where we live because the school's back. And I think we forget how busy it. It is. I couldn't believe it. No, but you do that every day. Why is it today any different?

No, just because we've had two and a half weeks of a bit quiet. Did you leave at the same time you normally would leave? Yeah. No. Yeah, no, no, yeah. There was a squint in the eye. Well, I would like to have left a little bit earlier. Yeah.

But even, obviously, he then had to defrost the car. Oh. And Tom Poppast to drop something off, and he actually de-iced it for me. So, like, lovely. He went back out. It's fucking frozen again. Freezing. So that then.

Set me back. When I was driving to Much Hadam this morning at 743, it was minus 8, it had on my car. I mean, I know it isn't minus 8, but well, it must be minus 8 for the car to read it. Is it the floor? How does it read it? Not sure.

But I think, is that not what it feels like versus what it actually is? Doesn't say that, does it in the car? Feels like, minus 8? Well, no, because I remember when I was in Warsaw, in Poland, when you wore no shoes? No, no, no, I had no tights on. We went out

to a club. It was like a work trip. I remember really well. And we went in, it was really cold and we went into the club. We came out of the club about six hours later and the snow was like up to my knees. I was on my knees because I was freezing. It was about minus 12.

And it was minus 12, but it feels like minus 18, you know, on the phone. I thought you had bare foot. No, that was the other time when I got stuck in the snow. And can we just point out tonight? It's obviously something she loves to do. I don't know if you've noticed, sister.

But she's in flip-flops this evening and it's minus two. It's strange. So you're obviously like your... Fluffy sliders. I just can't be bothered. I might just get out the house. Get in, get out. No coat on, nothing.

You know you said about Ruby being a bit wimpery. Joni was the same when I picked her up from school. But in a really big manner, her face was sort of red. and she was sort of holding it together holding it together I said you're right and she went

I tell you when we get outside and as we went out at the gate she burst into tears someone had you know there was a little altercation someone had been funny but she said I just want to be at home and I think it's really difficult

for the kids to go back to school mine was so good this morning getting ready Ruby was on it it was only because she had to go to the office she hates doing it she wants to go to the classroom Alfie just trots off

by himself to the room and she don't like it it, that's all it is. She would have been fine otherwise, I think. But it is a lot when they've been at home surrounded by family. They're not just a course. It's routine, they're television,

they're eating what they want when they want. It's a big thing to go back to. You're like, will they be hungry? Yeah. And also, there's... Probably not, because they're only eating because they're bored. Yeah, it's true.

But there are 30 different individuals that they now have to deal with, which they haven't dealt with for two and a half weeks. No different to going back to work, is it? Yeah. I remember that feeling. Yeah, but we all. Everyone dreads it

and back to work you enjoyed the break You need a good few days I said darling you'll be fine She went I'm going to be you'll tomorrow I said well you're not Oh no That's horrible

And then she popped around with Elliot because when I collect Eliza She can have half hour Without being in the car And when I picked her up She went You know my favourite bit of my day Playing with James

Yeah I said she can come every day Because it's really helpful actually That's lovely though for that half an hour I know that we are going back, but I feel like we have got to honour some of the messages we've had regarding things we say and do naturally that wouldn't be natural to other people. Oh no, we're obsessed. That's all we've done. It's all we spoke about. So we have we have to do it because it is a great subject. I've got loads. Yeah, I remember them. We call them

non-negotiables. Non-negotiables. Oh, can I tell you mum? Go for it. When we play trivial pursuit. Yep. And you get the cheese, the wedge of cheese. We will always say, when you win it. When you win it, you say, smell my cheese. Oh, really? Which is gross if you think about it, but it's something that Dom started and now we all partridge, isn't it? I think it is. Is that one of it? Smell my cheese. But that's it. We say, smell my cheese and that's it. And we would say that normally. I thought you were going to do more cheese. Grumby. And then we do. And then we do, if you get the blue counter, we say sacribleu

do you? No, I do know And then what's the other one When you get green on Articulate Oh Nature, nature, boy Rick Flair Who is that? Sorry, so yeah

But there was another one Nature Articulate That you said when we played No, it was Nature Boyerick Flair Just random But we say it And funny enough We played Monopoly the other day

me, Jack and Jimbo and we were doing straight away take a chance take a chance well Heather Rorley says we do take a chance take a chance

at a song when playing Monopoly how funny another one for us is when we have pizza we say pizza pizza pizza pizza in the way

Kevin says it in Home Alone Oh right yeah which is where the other Home Alone was from so that's why there was another one

you can't say Gary without going Gary Oh that's true Gary Gary Gary

Interesting fact that is my friend Nabil, who was in EastEnders with, and he was in only Fawson Horses, wasn't he? And that's where that's from, Gary. Yeah, that's it. It's him, yeah. Very interesting. You're looking at the others. There was loads. I'm just listening to your Christmas, and that's where nieces. And every time I play Monopoly, since the age of probably about six, I will pick up a chance card and say, tick a chance, tick a chance, tick a chance, so good. And all my two, children do it now.

And I thought it was only me. So I feel heard. I feel seen. Thanks guys. This is Kiri from Dorset, by the way. Well done, Kiri. Love that. Fantastic.

Here's another one. Do you have any? Random ones. If Joni's hot and she's got her top off and she's walking about on her knickers, we'll say, oh, you're Martin from Friday night dinner. All right, Martin. Again, you need to watch Friday night dinner. Because he doesn't wear a top.

It's so cute. I know, yeah. Aren't we cute? Geeks. Don't start. It's like the remote control all over again, having a go at me. About the old TV planner. No.

What's this? Oh, dear. Hello, ladies. This is a message, particularly for Roro. This is Emma from Never. I am totally with you on the fucking inflatable. Oh my God, I'd like to stick a pin in them. They look chubby.

They look cheap. Half of them have got one arm hanging down. or they're slumped over because the airs come out a little bit. They're tacky. They're absolutely horrible. They should have stayed in the 80s and died in the 80s. I am totally with you. Why?

Have a good Christmas, Davies. Love you all. That was Emma from Nebwa. She's fuming. I value your opinion very much so. I didn't see many knocking around after our conversation, really. Someone sent me something on us, sorry, on Instagram the other day, which was, do you see it?

I can't, sorry, I can't remember. But what I would say that I find more frustrating is a, I'm not sure now if you've got this, I don't think you have, maybe previous years, is the combination of different lights? No, when I've, it is annoying. White, oh, yellow, the bluey ones and then the warm, no, no. I know you've got your snowmen and stuff. But that, even that, it does annoy me a little bit.

It's a bit, but I can, they're just figuring. greens, whatever they are. It does discombobulating a bit. But you have, someone has like a bush covered in the warm ones. Then you've got that, yeah. That looks. I'd like the house out there. They love it, didn't they, down there?

The pits. Looks the pits. Sorry, I've got no time for that. It's all over. Yeah, bored. That one, I actually roll on summer. It's the first year that I've actually been like, get rid, get it out, done. Fish, bash, bosh, out, fresh new year.

I feel like last year I let it linger. Do you have to let it linger? We've all been the same, I think, though. I'm normally, once the treat, once Christmas is done, I want that, I want everything out. Yeah, I quite like to leave mine, but it was all logistical. I've spoke about it. It's boring. Have a listen to this. Hi, Nat, Donna from Eastbourne here. Just listening to Nat's niece's way talking about things in your household that nobody else would understand that you say.

I thought of one immediately Shopping Man yogurts So when the kids were very young I think we'd ordered a different type of yoghurt I think just like a milly yogurt It's not even that special But we said when they arrived And like, oh look what shopping man's brought you

You know, the online delivery man And they've just become shopping man From now on So every time we order that type of yoghurt It's a shopping man Can I have a shopping man, please? Yeah, sure. That's brilliant.

I don't know. That's just what it is now. That's really weird. Anyone else would find it very strange. Brilliant. All right, thanks. Bye. I love it.

Very weird. Yeah, because if they were sat at a table, all out for dinner and the daughter went, can I have a shopping man? You'd overhear that and be like, what is going on? What about this? Go on.

Your Vino did a flower. That is. Where is that from? Tony. Yeah, uncle. Oh, is it? I mean, they've got loads, not Tony Cassidy, Tony DeGosta. Yeah, they've got loads.

They've got loads that are probably quite inappropriate. But Ilvino did flow-o. That's good. They wouldn't ask for a glass of wine. Yeah, they would say, Ilvino did not flow-o. Oh, which means where the fuck's my glass of wine. I love it, I love it. I love it.

I thought it's cracking. Just listening to Nats and Eases and the things we all say, my other half physically can't hear the word sea bass without saying, Kick his ass, sea bass. Apparently it's from a film I haven't seen and now I can't help but say it from Laura. Brilliant. Very good.

Very, very good. But yeah, I just want, I had to touch on it because it was a great subject. If you've got any more, 07,08, 20, 19, 19. Perhaps we can carry this one on through 2026 because it is a bit of a corker. It is absolutely.

So what else has been going on? Well, we're not talking about the Christmas. No, we're done. Christmas is boring. But I think we should talk about. About the amount of times that earlier was in A&E. I was going to say, should we just touch on that? And I think that's why I was quite keen to get the decks down

because last week wasn't really the week. I was expecting, you know, a few nice nights, watching the darts. People are, no. A bit of a shocking way you had. Shocker, really shocking. It started here, actually, the early hours of Sunday morning. It's Monday morning. We had our day here.

Yes. And then I came up and he was at, Absolutely roasting, but he was fine to be fair. He slept. And, yeah, free visits to A&E, Krupe, and then a bacteria infection. It was horrific. And actually, today, he is so much better. Is he a different child?

You know, when you think I don't actually remember what my child was like before. Yes. That he was so unwell. Yeah. That I was like how, and obviously doing majority of it on my own. Yeah, of course. Fair enough. But they're just long days, aren't they?

you're just there and they just want you. But he stepped in his bed for the first time last night on his own. That's brilliant. Which is excellent. That's good. Just awful. Because sometimes when they're ill as well

and they're in your bed, their habits, they form new habits, the waking up at the same time every night, all of that stuff. But we're slowly, I think we're, it's going to take a bit of time. You've just got to be strict with it,

which we are anyway. But the night before, he woke up at about half two, when in two and a half hours I spent trying to get him back to stay. By 5 o'clock, I thought, nah, just get in bed. But I tried. And then I'm like, I should have just got him, but.

Last night he had a good sleep. He woke up at a normal time. Still doing it now, I was at 4 and 6. Yeah. But just the illness and A&E. So I went in on the Tuesday. Yeah. Literally three people in there.

Couldn't believe it. Then I had to go back in on the Wednesday for more steroids for the group. I know I have never seen so many people. And then when he got really ill again on the Friday, I genuinely, there was not a seat in the house. Why is that then? Oh, it's just mixing, isn't it? It's just... Yeah, but what do you mean? It was so quiet. Everyone's mixed, doesn't they? Well, it's luck of the draw. You could go in there anytime. Obviously, what you've got to think, Tuesday was technically a normal day, GP. Yeah, I was going to say Wednesday, why shit in themselves. Wednesday's New Year's Eve, people. And then Friday, you've just had New Year's Day, so you've had, you know, doctors hasn't been open. It was heaving.

However, the staff are just amazing. Brilliant. I'm in their New Year's Eve. Again, we didn't end up doing anything. Obviously, it was meant to have everyone over. And I'm semi-stressing thinking, I know we're not now doing anything, but at least want to try and...

So lots of catastrophes and materialise so she didn't have a party, don't you think, Maria? Oh, I'm gutted. Bless you. But, you know, the whole... I mean, it weren't a party. No, let's just get it straight. It was gathering.

Like my family. But the whole, I was there sort of thinking, oh, like, I just want to at least get home at a reasonable time to be able to put him to bed so that we can at least have dinner and have a bit of an evening. And then I'm thinking, these staff are just here all night. That's right. And they were amazing.

One of the receptionist who was amazing, she gave James and Duplow, she got some books out because he was getting a bit. He was sort of getting better at this point on the Wednesday. And then that's the other thing. You're in there and you're battling with, then they perk up and then they want to run around and you're like, yeah, you look like you're a liar. But Friday was, that was absolutely not the case.

No, no. So, yeah, it was a lot. It was a really tough week. Very, very well for your first sort of tough week on the same. Yeah, I mean, and he had ham foot and mouth just before Christmas, well, beginning of December. But even then, it sort of was one day wiped him, whereas this was like five, six days. Yeah, it's horrible. We have had a lot of illness, though, aren't we?

But I think everyone has more, I just, I don't. Kids, diarrhoea. sickness, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, mad, isn't it? I actually, I think because they powered through, they were actually all right, weren't they, considering. It didn't, it didn't last all day. It literally was one sort of bout. And then, a bit solemn, but got through it.

But yeah, it's just been non-stop. Yeah, it's just a lot. Just this time of year. You've done, I know that you were real personally, but the rest of the household, you've done all right. Touch words. Yeah, everyone's been okay. Joni had that few hours where she was baking and whining,

but then woke up fine. But last year it happened, New Year's Eve. We were here, Drew, but Alfie was sick and wiped everyone out. Everyone. We all had it. I mean, my stomach's been not the best. Yeah, that's probably all the food and the drink. But I don't feel like I really over-indulged.

Drink, maybe. Not so much food. No. I mean, the amount of food that we spoke about and did, and, yeah, I mean, it's mad. Did, though. I did very well with the food. I mean, I've had this conversation with your mum, but I was pleased. Just speaking of food and changing the subject.

But, yeah, thanks. Anyway, that's done with. No, I'm very proud of you. You did very well. Thank you. I know he's better when he's now smashing everything up. Of course. And pulling the peas out of the freezer.

I'm throwing them all everywhere. So, yeah, we're all good. But no, it's lovely. Although the eating, today we had a much better day. But it's so weird when a child eats and then just doesn't eat. Yeah, it's horrible. It's good. We're getting there.

I cannot get over. And I'm not one for all this lazy, garlic, garlic granules, maybe garlic granules in some things. Never. But the paste, all of that. I think it smells funny. I would not cook with it. The diced garlic in the freezer section from M&S is life-changing.

Really? I can't believe it. Really? It's unbelievable. I just love a bulb. No. I know I do. I bought the ones in Azda again.

You know the whole. old ones that are the bowls are in the little basket. They get meat every time. But I still will have fresh garlic. Sorry, I'm going to have, you know, all them. You're going to have baskets. What could you put?

You could put little breadsticks to go with a tap. No, someone messaged us on it. What? Tapas. Tapas. I could put my little bread in it. Yeah. A mini bread.

Oh, I could have tapas. Oh, I'll cook it. I've got loads of dishes at home. No, someone messaged us on Instagram saying, I can't remember where it was. But there's like a shelter for hedgehogs that are collecting them. to feed... Stop it.

So I could donate them. I'm going to cry. How cute is that? I feel quite emotional about it. You should do that. Yeah, I said, I'll look for a local. What I'm going to say is, since you've been talking about it, and since the festive period, I have not had one melty cheese bake.

I'm over it. I bought mine here. Yeah. I didn't get a fucking looking. You left it, and I said Mark had it. And I still have not had one. It's a shame, but I'm out. I'm out.

I've got one left in the fridge that needs eating. I think he's about the next. 19th of Jan. Save that for me. Lovely. I've whacked one out the other day. You're forgetting about the garlic guys. I'm sorry.

Yeah, okay, get me some. I'll try it. No, you can go and get it yourself. Do you use it? No, I've never partaken. I love a fresh garlic. But why? Why?

Because, like, tonight, I'm doing my salmon, you know, my Asian style. Salmon spree-all. Oh, naggy. That's another one. My salmon with the honey. and I'm doing the patchway with chili and garlic. I've got Natalie and Mark's beautiful chilies in my freezer. Yeah.

Freezer? Yeah. Okay. What? Yeah. Got the little scissors on them. Cut them up, lovely. Just sprinkle a few of those.

And you're not fucking around, cutting up garlic. Oh, I get that. I get it. Maybe on a Sunday, if I've got time. Sometimes you want to crush. Why? No, I don't want to crush. You never crush.

No, not like in a crusher. That one. Yeah. if I'm doing a sauce or something, I will still use a whole bulb and just smash it and put it in. Right. But when you're doing the patchoy, I think you want the bits of garlic. There's certain things that you just want the bits of garlic in. And does it not burn as quickly?

You know, sometimes when fresh garlic can just burn. No, it does. Burn, baby. Burn, but I'm using new pans. I'm using new pans, so I'm all a bit all over the place at the moment. No, really? Stain the steel, cracking though. But no, you're just learning.

Learning, learning. Is it hard? Have you marked any yet? Are they easy to clean? Yeah. They're beautiful. They're unbelievable. What, does it cook quicker?

Yes. So I'm just learning my heat because I like to cook everything on quite a high heat. Yeah. Which isn't great. Amazing. Speaking of cheese. Yep. I made a mushroom and stiltern on toast.

I saw it. Oh, it looks so good. That was my New Year's Eve dinner. The steaks was pushing it a bit with James. We'll keep waking up. All I've thought about. No, you don't believe what I've done. I've bought mushrooms today.

Yeah, and I've got Stilton. You need to make it. Have you got cream? I want that. Can I take some home? Yeah. It is. A bit of garlic.

Oh, yeah, we'll half it because no one else is going to eat it and I'll waste it. So I'll give it to you. Have you got it up? Bagging up there. Have you got... You're not on the mashing in there, huh? Have you got cream? You need cream

Oh, you can't do it about cream I might have some cream Chill out Make your own Can I put How about brandy cream I got loads of that left over Who has cream?

Mushrooms and brandy goes Oh no Who just was cream Because I was doing Of course of course Well no I wasn't making that dinner I was doing a Stilton sauce Yes I get it

I get it I think you could put Brandy cream in that No thank you sweet If you make a mushroom sauce Well no but there's this Cheese Brandy cream mushrooms I'm going to use up the cream I've got

I'm sorry, I'm not buying a new cream. Are you having it tonight? No. Tonight I had a... You could make butter with it, with the leftover cream. If she talks to me again about, what is your obsession? We need to make some butter. I saw a friend of ours.

I won't say any names, who does a lot of her own cooking, organic, very into her food. Yeah. And she was making her own butter from the leftover cream. And I thought, that is amazing. Why would you not do that? Time and whatever. James makes butter. My brother-in-law James.

Oh, does he? James James has made butter. Really? Yep. Betty bought a bitter butter. I think you should do it. And then as it's whisking, the milk is a better-butter-batter-milk is then butter milk. You're annoying me.

Sorry. And then you keep the buttermilk, can you use that for something else? Now the buttermilk can go in lots of different recipes for baking. Butter milk, what's that? When you're whipping up your cream and your butter is formed, For the chicken. That's correct. Yeah.

But what I'm saying is the milk then comes off. It sounds fucking great. But who is doing this? Who's got the time for this? We've got a busy month. A busy few. In fact, the month, if I'm talking about it just in life. No, we've got busy times ahead.

I'm going to try and make my own butter. Okay, you do that. Please do that. And yeah, make us some. I just think what a lovely thing to do. No preservative. It was no shit in it. That is a good thing.

Yeah, do it. Can we freeze it? I mean, I bought a lovely stick of butter from, um, From... Is it a stick or is it a roll? It's a stick, it's known as a stick, but it's a roll. It's a... A cylinder.

A brick. No. Oh, real cylinder. A tube. Got you. It's not a tube because it's... What is it called? Cylinder.

It's a cylindrical... Oh, fuck off. A shape. And it's unbelievable. I know it's more expensive, but... Lurpack is shit. I like it. You can actually taste the plastic

after you've had proper butter. Yeah, I'm not doing it anymore. Not that I want to be sued by Lurpec. Love Lurpack. I've got Lurpack in the fridge. Oh, I've got two pubs of it. Just have it in there. Just always.

You just have to do, don't you? I'm going to... I need a butter dish, actually. I'm going to... I need to ask something while I think of it. When I saw the trailer and Alisa got me, I thought, oh, the butter dish is coming in a minute and it never came.

Oh, no. Oh, yeah, and yours is a bit dog shit at your butter dish. Oh, yours is like, isn't it? hand-painted shit from one of your kids. Like the fucking angel. There we go. So why do you want a new one? Just nice to go with a new tablecloth for that and I'm whacking out soon.

Like that. What was you saying, my darling? I was saying, so a lot of people have Instagramed us. So on Christmas Day, I put a post out about something like... Instagramed us. I mean, you sound like mum talking. What do you call it? Messaged.

She's getting more like, it's the weirdest thing. So I feel like I'm with Lenny now. I don't know. I'm weird. She looks younger than me. me as well fuck my life um no comment not after all the work i get done soon anyone out there that wants to

there's a lot of fucking work guys so stay where you are it's not true I don't want you to have anything done I'm scared you're not going to look like you anyone can recommend anywhere please let me know I'm scared I'm 40 this year I want to look the best I've ever looked thank you you look amazing that's kind but I'm scared why you're putting this is a topic in itself yeah we'll talk about this another day just because you're

40 is that you're putting all this pressure. Say what? We are going to do. No, we are. I really want to talk about it because I feel differently. I think it's great. And funny enough, I said it to you the other day. I said, age, like, it does not bother me.

We was talking about my birthday. It doesn't bother me even, you know. No, didn't it, though. We'll talk when you're 40. But you say that, when I say it doesn't bother me, but other things now creep in, the melancholy, the worry, and all of that. So anyway, let's do that.

Next week. Perfect. 07-8, 2008, 2019, 19, our next pod, sorry, maybe next week, but our next pod. Aging. I mean, it's huge. But Maria wants to get a bit of work done. I'm scared of it. I get really worried about, am I going to be in next year to see everyone, is everyone alright?

I feel like she's 80. I know. Well, if you're worried, do you want to pay for my work? Just in case you're not. I'm on my knees here. We just had a crumbulosis. I mean, what is that? I don't know.

Yeah, it's not funny. Quickly. Oh, crumbulosis. That's just stupid. You do say some strange things. You say strange things at times as well. Fucking cheek over there. I'm exhausted.

Right, anyway. My nails are nice, aren't they, guys? They are lovely. Mine match the colour of the table. And your jumper. I know. Oh, it's lovely that jumper. Thank you.

I once had one. I'd it for two minutes. Spilt oil. down it. Do you like my nails, though? They're really lovely. Sorry, talking of things that have happened with clothes. Oh, she's a, but she, you're a dick.

I told you not to do it. That is what I was going to say. Oh, well, let's talk about that. In fact, I'll read the messages. Go on, you, go first. Please, can we just not forget about what I needed to say, though? We'll go back to me Christmas crackers. I just want to go back to that.

It's January the 8th. I've got a question for people. Do it now, do it. Do it, do it, do it. Sir, do it now. Sighting. I'm not. I'm not felt this hot, but I'm not going to moan because I've felt so cold all day.

No, what I want to know, guys, is you've all mess. A lot of you have messaged. So I put something I got out of a seven-year-old Christmas cracker because I had them in the loft. I gave them to mum. I said use them. They're going to be shit. Best crackers we've had in years.

The things in them were amazing. What were they? Got a trolley token. The trolley thing on a key ring. Oh, she hasn't seen it? Oh, fucking great. It was amazing. Because no one's got a fucking trolley token in the family.

No, it's all right. Did you give it to Annalisa though? Because she's been waiting for her life of that one for seven months. No, she hasn't. I'm going to give her that one now. She don't want me of shit. Fine. I don't know.

What have I done with that? I think I took it. Or did I give it to Dad? Don't know. Continue. Anyway. So I put a post up saying, Crackers have absolutely mugged us off.

Can't believe it. How fat. Like, that is mad, isn't it? I've never seen one of them in a cracker that's a cracking cracker present that's what I mean there was some good things in there I don't remember I took it put it on my well she's fucking robbing us

or that's why I've not seen the Christmas day she's fucking fucking normal you're trying to get rid of the nail clippers and whatnot what else did you take I've got to talk about that actually the crackers is a good well done you for bringing those up what now

a glasses cleaner oh that's unbelievable did it have your phone bit on each end old school they are so good I thought Alfie can have it on his school bag. Oh, don't, because he makes me cry in his glasses.

Oh, no, it's so cute. I can't. I don't remember seeing any of those things. No, they were there, so I took a few things. But loads of people have a message saying, Snap, I got this in my cracker. How? They're seven years old.

What crackers are they? Okay, well, I feel, manufacturer-wise, if it's the same sort of make, I don't think those toys change. I wouldn't call a trolley token a toy, but yeah. Well, a gadget, a cracker thing. No, but I've never had any of that stuff in a cracker.

I have. Yeah, but where did you buy them from? Fuck knows. Because maybe it's somewhere where... I think Sainsbury's... No, because mum would have got them in that. That's what I mean. They're Sainsbury's. Well, that makes sense.

I have seen a trolley token. I have seen the cleaner. Do the number. Can people let me know where they got them from? Oh, double seven. Abolate, 20, 19. Thanks, guys. 19. Oh, yeah.

Where did you get your crackers from? I couldn't believe it. What was you going to say? I was just going to say that when we opened hours, there were three of the same game. You know, you get the metal game. There's three bits of metal shapes. You've got to do it.

Oh, yes. So I've put it on the side. And then I've gone, you know, me, gone to clear up, get, Mark went, no, I want to keep those because I'd like to do those. three days later they're still on the window seal

and I go to get him and he goes no no I said no no really when are you going to do that really so he's actually taking them away I don't know where they are but he didn't want to throw them away

I just wonder what you thought about that it doesn't surprise me with Mark it's something I would do yeah what makes me sad is I think that Christmas crackers were really once a thing for us and now they're just

willy-nilly not really thought about I completely agree we used to Natalie didn't even get them out on the 28th that is wild all the crackers

did not not a cracker in sight she's screaming about that I agree I agree and I've put 12 18 I've put 24 crackers away for next year that weren't opened

so it wasn't I had them I mean we didn't get any cheese we got absolutely shafted that day. In fact, it was the worst day you've ever hosted. The beef was nice. But it's because you'd already done that three days. That is the worst thing you've ever said.

Late night. What was the old late night pickings? Late night pickings. What did we have? Nothing. I didn't have any cheese. You had crackers and cheese. Mm-mm.

No, no, you didn't get anything out. There was no cheese. No, we had something. Oh, Turkey's set up roll. Mm-mm. I wasn't here for that. went to bed. You had a turkey roll. I mean, I made it myself.

1 o'clock in the morning. Yeah, I made it myself. It was very dry. Not your fault, my fault. You know, like, I thought you meant that turkey. But, no, it was, yeah, disappointing. Disappointing day. Next year.

No, no, I'm being honest, and I'm going to say it now. I'm laying it out. So it's on record. I'm not doing it again. Oh, no. Just do New Year's Eve, please. Nope. I'm not doing, I'm doing our day, but I'm ordering a takeaway.

I can't cook three times. I'm not doing it. But that's what it is. lot. I'm not doing it. I'll get a takeaway. My potatoes were banging, though. Oh, no.

My potatoes were cracking. You'll all fancy it. You'll all enjoy it more. No, it's all right. I'll cook. I'll host. Potatoes were lovely, weren't they? Yeah.

Really good. No, it was lovely. The food was exceptional. Actually, the food was very, very good. You did do. Just wish we had a cracker. Yeah. And you didn't get hammered by three o'clock, so we had some evening

piggy bits. I wasn't drunk. I'm joking. I've got a video that says different. Have you? No. Oh. I had a lovely time.

with the children. I felt like I had time with the children. I played with them a bit. Yeah, we did. We all played. It was really nice. It was lovely. Really lovely.

But you said you wasn't going to do a roast, sit-down meal and that's what you did. It's true. You did. We all sat down and had a plate of food, which consisted of roast beef, roast potatoes, honey, roasted carrots. They all banging, by the way. cauliflower cheese. Really good.

Oh, the cabbage come out well, didn't it? Oh, I want to do that again. What would you put with it? I feel like we could have a roast chicken. Easily. Yeah, easy. Anything. Cabbage, I did cabbage, guys.

Leaks, bacon. I don't know what I've spoken about what I haven't anymore. Also, got to get over the Christmas chat. No, I know, but also what I can't get over. The fucking packaging of the toys. I know. It's insanity. That is wild.

Them fucking twisty, turny, cut it, strip it. But the twist and turn things are very much, much better. What's the plastic that's stuck to the back of it? What's that? But why is it? If someone's going to steal it, I don't, they're just going to pick the box up. They're not going to start trying to dismantle it.

I always think that if a Mr. Potato Head has that much security around it that's about £12. How is a bottle of Mouin and Chandon not in some major, major packaging. Some lock up in a cage. There's some twisty bits. There's plastic round it. There's screws. where there's screws, actual screws in the back of the cardboard.

You imagine the amount of little bits that have been thrown because they're hidden under a bit that's sacked of the thing that you've got to peel off the little hairbrushes and the clips and people probably don't even see those and throw them away.

And then what about the recycling when it's half cardboard with a bit of plastic? Mark went to the tip three times and he had to separate every single bit. You have to. They won't let you're in otherwise. No, that's mad.

Yeah, it's a lot of stuff knocking about. I'd like to say from this point onward, Christmas talk is officially over. Yippee! Speak to you next October, Christmas. I love you with all my heart. October? Yeah, because start... We started in August. We start knocking out the word,

don't we? About October. We started in August. Did we? Yeah, because I started Christmas shopping in August. So, see you in eight months. What was you going to talk about washing? I had a quiet day, been really busy, doing my revision, doing my homework, quiet, radio, getting on with it. I'm very pleased actually how much I've applied myself.

off. It may be a little bit late in the day, but I'm having a go. Go and pick Joni up from Zumba. Walk around there. Looking forward to seeing you both. I've got my, you know, my passenger coat, my fleecy, quite thin, that I love wearing. It's not a dry robe. It's like a dry robe, but it isn't one. Yeah. No. But fine. But I wear it continuously. Black, the navy. Yeah. Anyway, I love it. Really love it.

I've picked her up I've walked through where the village hall is and there's a pole right, she's fucked it and I've heard I've got fucking ripped it I'm so upset Oh no

It's not big It's like a nail nail or But it's really annoyed me You know you think really Shame you've got Didn't get another fleece Or fleas

That's another one What one Or fleas Don't know that That's not one for me that's dad because he always wears the old fleece oh very good loves of fleece don't he the bleak i love fleas and i you both day every day at home christmas day he's wearing the fleece went out didn't i 27 bowling about a manu barber fleas for ro-ro up the old david loit wait

just no no no we can't our new friend david we're on the phone earlier and i said i I'm just getting up. I'm doing what you do. I'm putting on. I know it's not great, but just a quick wash. I've got to have an empty washing basket. I did everything yesterday, and then all of a sudden there's another six items of clothing.

I hear you. She was like, yeah, I'm doing the same. We've just got some bits to chuck in. She went, it's Joni's bits. Don't care. I'm just putting it in a mix of colours and whites. I said, no, you can't do that. I've never done that in my life.

I said, what are you talking about? There was one. There's one navy item and the rest of white. That's not a colour. I know, but it's a bit of an old t-shirt. You know if it where it's been washed? Well, did it do? Oh, it's fucked.

Did you put a colour catcher in? No. She didn't even put a colour in it. Never in my life have I done it. So then she messages me saying, that is the strangest thing. Also, all white clothes are now blue. I may be. Though I thought it would be okay, just the one thing.

But how wrong was I? Put all the whites back in with white shit. Waste of my time. It's not going to come out. The vanished white. I thought it might come out if they were wet. All the very best. How mad is that, though?

And then I got this after the whites had come out. Ruined. Ruined. Jeans, socks. Ruined. So that's nice. What jeans? Joni's white jeans that she really likes.

What an absolute. I mean, it's really stupid. It is stupid. For the sake of one T-shirt. Yeah, I just thought I'll pop it in it'll be okay That is stupidity Yeah, it was really stupid of me And also just put the white t-shirt in the washing basket

Navy Navy, yeah No, I was in a rush I wanted to get to Stainsbury's up My brain was like, go, go go And I thought I'll just put pop it in I even thought about it Why am I doing this? It'll be okay No, and we had a whole conversation

I told you not to do it Yeah Wow No, it's really upset me Oh I bet That'll be the last time I ever do that Because I never ever do that I never colour my clothes

What about the weather today? How lovely is here? It's freezing I don't mind it when you're looking out the window No I'm so cold And then we're talking about here And I was looking at videos and photos of people in Scotland I've got snow up to here

I had a meeting with some people in Scotland And that's exactly what they were saying Is it snow in there? said dust compared to you also the poor people let me just say

Wales Northern Ireland Scotland yeah all of you are trying to get back to normal all the schools are closed I'd love that oh no it's not

it's ag There was walkers stranded in Wales and they had to get Hang on whoa whoa stop right there who's walking in this weather

Now we're walkers Where are they walking I don't know But all I know is they got rescued by like a wartime Oh really You know like

An army tank? Not an army tank as such, something on a smaller scale. I was like, that is brilliant. But you've gone out walking. Yeah, but it's stunning.

You're a silly bastard if you're out walking. Yeah, you can't. Anyone in Wales walking getting in touch because she thinks you're a silly bastard. No, only in, are you saying they were in the mountains?

I don't fucking know. Well, if they were just walking on the road. They just go out to the bike. No, they weren't up, it went like Snowdonia. Oh, my cheeks. Oh, they were just having a walk like your mum does. Maybe a little.

little bit in between little hills in betwixt no but did you see the story about the guy in Cornwall because this is a really this is a cracker

go on go for it so it's snowed yeah a guy in Cornwall has he's sitting in his lounge he's having a cup of tea he has watched his neighbour steal his snow

for his snowman so he's fuming he's come out because he didn't want to fuck his garden up no he's had his snow but there weren't enough to make her all pretty

That would piss me off. So he's come out and had a go. They've ended up calling the police. But when the police arrived, the snowman had melted. So there was no evidence. I think that bit was a joke. But I get what he's saying? Because he said, well, what if I wanted to build a snowman?

I don't have enough snow. I think snow is free, though. Free rain. Not if it's on your property. Why is it in your property? I don't know. No, I'd be gutted. No, but I'd be annoyed if they'd fuck it all like.

You know, when they'd get it all up, it looks shit. I'm not want it to look nice. No, he'd nicked a bit of the corner. But I would. You don't know if that guy wanted to go and build a snowman and now his snowman is going to be smaller because you have nicked a third of his snow. I would call that greedy.

Is that a word? I would call it greedy. And did he come over the fence? He sort of swooped. It was a small, low fence. No, the front garden, low fence. No, it's not. I would have gone.

I would have boiled the kettle and tipped it over the snowman. And his garden, neighbor's garden was smaller, so he didn't have as much snow as the neighbour that didn't make snowman. It's not the point. He said, one minute, you're going to be nicking my snow. Next minute, you're going to be in my kitchen making ham egg and chips, I ain't having it. No, I think it's true. I don't know if it was true or not, but I read it and I loved it.

I seemed legit. Yeah, I liked it. I'd have the amp. I would have the amp. I would have the ump. I would have the ump. Yeah, but you were children. Yeah.

You're talking about a grown man, I hope. Correct. What on his own? Not little Tommy was sick. She's going to come out. No, but I would, yeah, no, I would be a bit of fuming. Well, let's see one day, because when me and James got aside to make a snowman and I've been at my snow, I'm going to have to have a word.

We've had a message here, casual idea for Nats and Ease's pods. I love the way she said pods, like this could be something that we could do on a regular basis, but I think we should answer her now. Please, can we have a guide, best way to curl our hair? I've lost count of the number of curling ones. rollers, I've tried. Do you girls favour an old-fashioned roller? Do you go over or under for fringe?

Just discovered heatless curls, the satin sausage type things and think I'm onto a winner. But would love you and the girls' thoughts. Massive subject, Lizzie. Thank you for the question. Need the old hairdresser. Elia bought me a lovely curling tong for Christmas, which I'm yet to use.

But I think I'm going to be able to use that quite well. I bought myself and Eliza, the new Air Wrap, Dyson Air Wrap, for us to share. Eliza's done that on my hair. I'm yet to do that yet. So best go over to the girls because I don't do my own hair. Nor do I. Nor do I. But what I will say...

I think you should talk to Lizzie about your crimper? What would you call these? These aren't curls, are they? No, that's a wave. This is like a mermaid wave. And I... But it's not what we have to remember. we have extensions.

The extensions hold better than normal hair. My hair never lasted. For me, I mean, I have blow dry, the straightener curl, that you need the heat on it. But then once putting it in a roller, it will then set it. I wear the rollers for a lengthy time. We wear them that overnight. And then once it's taken out,

you've got that nice big sort of blow dry bouncy curl. the most important part for me is the way I go to sleep with the hair once the rollers are out you can't just go to bed like this forget it, you can't just have it down or just like clipped up so brushed all to the front

with a comb with a fine tooth comb what's that? Is that a song? No, I don't know it. No but you know like when you say something it reminds you of something. Well not everything we say. Yeah.

But absolutely we just copy everything. With a comb brushing it all forward and twisting. So on the top of your head and you're twisting the hair, twisting. Get it? Into a bun? But no, before you're putting it in a bun,

you're twisting your hair and then you're putting it into a bun. Satin, massive scrunchy, done. If I do that, I wake up, the curl is perfect. Sometimes I have done that and it's kinky. You have to be really on it. However, those satin sausage things, they're good.

Are they? To put them in every night to keep the curl in. Really? Mm. I like your hair more like that. Yeah, you like my hair like this. Love it. Yeah, I'd like my crumper back so I can do that.

Now you've got a new one. Yeah, but the crimper, so this is the beauty works, and it's the, I can't remember how many millimet, it's the big triple prong. And I'm just getting used to how it works, because I'm used to the smaller one, which is just an Amazon one, isn't it? But they're smaller prongs.

Say it, she bought it, it's mine. It's yours, which I think was more, this is nice, so this feels a bit more natural. Yeah, I like that. Do you prefer this one? I like both. Yeah, so yeah, that's what I've got. And it's easier to do because it's actually just putting your hair in.

I dicent mine. When did I actually get to have a shower? That was the other thing. Sunday. I've not touched it since. Not bad for me. Really? What do you mean?

It's not really curly. Oh, it's all right. I would not look like that. No, but I've not done any. I've not looked. After me. Mine doesn't last with those things. I mean the shark isn't as good. I don't care what anyone says.

Really? No, the Dyson is better. No, see, I can get mine, I can get mine to last. I can use it as a juzza. Yeah. But to do it from straight is hard. My hair's frizzy as well. I also think, Lizzie, something to say, I'm sure you know this, you can't do anything with dry hair. No, no, no. So I might be talking absolute rubbish, but I feel like you have to

wash your hair. For me, you talk about my fringe. You said about fringes. My fringe has to be wet and I have to dry it. I use a babelis, old-fashioned hair roller. What do you call that that I've got? Yeah, but that's where you should be using the Dyson. That's what the brush of the Dyson will do. So the Babelis roller. It's like a big roller brush. Big roller brush, but it's hot. And then what I do... Hot brush, she's saying. I've only just learnt this, which is bamboozling. Because I haven't been able to do my own fringe. But my hairdresser said, I was putting the roller in

and doing it keep roller roller roller roller under no under but high up I was doing it or I'd go over but high up

like on your hair line you mean so her fridge would come out like my hairdresser said what you're doing she said you need to go under it needs to be hot you go under you pull it forward you pull that forward so it's

straight you get the roller in and you let it sit there Because that is then down You haven't got that separation See I do mine the other way Yeah I go back If I go back But then I mine a bang

It's not a fringe I like mine a bit more Yeah If I could I'd have a full fringe I know it doesn't suit me But I love a full fringe Doesn't suit me though So

Does it not? No Every time I have one If you look back at pictures It don't look nice It's because of the nose Yeah You go fringe nose

Yeah No but it's true You know It just doesn't Doesn't look right. Yeah, no, the her thing is a bit of a... I've noticed that mine was getting really greasy. I then stopped putting any product in it.

Yeah. And it holds just as well as it does. So, again, what is the point of it? I think sometimes you put too much on. I get it. Again, the extensions hold. For me, it's about the volume. It's not really about the curls,

because I can add the curls in quite easily. I like the volume, which is what the rollers. Yeah, see, I'm not bothered about volume, really. Not as much as... I used to be. No. I do like a tiny, tiny bit of hair oil at the end, though. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. What do you mean at the end? The end of your hair or at the end of your treatment? At the end of my, once I've done my dough dry, the process. Really? You don't put it in wet? Yeah, sometimes wet, but sometimes at the end. Yeah, I put it in wet.

Well, there you go, Lizzie. Hope that helped. I mean, I'm pretty. It's not. Get some hair extensions, babes. No, but it's everyone's hair so different as well. It's the problem, isn't it? But it is the, ours last because of the,

Yeah, absolutely. And also, you know, no disrespect to Bench. I've got extensions. Yeah, but you go to bed with your hair down. You don't wrap it. I'm telling you, if I were to do that, it wouldn't last. I'm telling you now. When you had the other ones, you did well with those.

Yeah, you're talking, you're not. What ones? And you went a bit of Jean-Jet. Oh, but they were longer. I had more in. I haven't got a lot in now. Exactly. I have a point.

There you go. You've just proved your own point. Yeah, I don't want loads it. It hurts my hair dought. I'm terrible. But your hair looked so nice. Yeah. It's a real shame.

Thanks. There's a lot, though, isn't it? Lots of do. Yeah, but what's happening with it at the moment? What's that? What now? What colour is it? Oh, I like the colour.

What's the front? Do you know what I've noticed? I've got lots of hair snapage. Oh, hang on a minute. I've got a hair band. I haven't seen you since the new year. We went to swim in a seat bath. I like my colour.

I mean, for me. We can't really look at it at the moment. the length is pretty poor. Oh no. Really? I liked it a bit longer, more extensions. My hairdress is going to Malta for seven months, so. Oh, the best.

I've got to get the extensions out, and I might have a bob or something because I've got nothing to do it. So all the best. I thought you were going to have a perm? I'd love a perm. No, can we just, please. I've always wanted a perm. She does something good, and then she just fucking goes rogue.

It's mental. It's such a shame. It's like, people go, oh, my God, you can make you great. You know what I'm just going to fuck it up. Do you know what I've started doing? Tinting my own eyebrows. How? Got the stuff.

Well done. I want to do that. I can't believe it. It's so easy. If anyone pays and every time I've had them done, they're lovely. You know, it's no disrespect to who's done them. The old profesh. But it's so easy to do.

But what do you do? Wax. What is happening? No, no. Tint. No, but are you getting them wax? Nice. What?

Nothing. Sorry. Mine are great. I just pluck them. Really? They could do, the shape's lovely when I get them wax properly, but... No, they're a good shape, but spot's nice as well. Where?

Is that a massive one there? Where? Have you other eyebrow? Other one, there. What's that? I've done it. Don't start picking it. Oh, I didn't know.

Oh, there. Yeah. Oh, I didn't even know that it was there. Just easy. You do the tint, a bit of solution, which I didn't have, but Becky gave me some of her peroxide, cracking. Put that in a little pot, mix it up, wax it up. Wack it on, done. Nice.

And what you pay for the stuff, when you're paying potentially 12, 15 quid every time to get tinted. I think it's a really good idea. And also you can do it once a week. Yeah, I love that. Easy. Where'd you buy, right, seven minutes.

Kat got me the stuff. It's really good. Apart from, if I were to do that, the paroxy would be in my eye, and I'd blind myself. Your skin would probably come up, like. Elephant woman. No, you, I'll do it for you.

Me? No, you can't. You cannot. So I've got it. But you can't. You can't. You've got, there's lots of stuff that needs to happen before you do that. What, tint my eyebrows?

My eyebrows look lovely when I'll pencil them in. Yeah, they do. I just don't know how you can be bothered. Yeah, I don't mind. She has to. You can't, if you tint that, you're not going to get the same impact. Tint that. Sorry.

That is well out of order. I haven't watched any of the trailer. as yet. Oh. I've just realised I've been a bit fucking busy. Was there one on Saturday?

Yes. The darts has been on and I've loved it. Can we talk about Mom and Natalie talking about the darts? I haven't listened. What were they talking about?

It's embarrassing, mate. Why? Lick. I mean, it is fucking crazy. I mean, she watched three things of it and she said. I always watched the last few days.

They want to go. Mom and her want to go to go to the darts. Fucking, we could do a pod. Is here and go. I love the dart so much, but what I will say is, no, no, no. I mean, the final was boring. It was. But when it is finished, I feel a little weightless.

Because from whenever it starts, beginning of December, every day, every, no, you're not a lot. You didn't watch it all. I can't physically do it. It takes over your life, and it's lovely, but then I didn't watch any extenders. I was behind on everything. So now it's finished. I'm just getting into the swing of things. you about EastEnders if that's okay

Oh no I am up to that I've sort of in and out of it I haven't watched it for a bit I think you know not being in it I've sort of left it alone I am so excited about for the year ahead did you see the flash forward episode

Spoiler alert it's great though in it when they do something like that and I'm going who's that what's happening and it is good it's such a brilliant thing because obviously they did the flashback when I was around

Christmas was average I didn't see Christmas Perfect. So you just watched Mark's episode? Yeah. Oh, Mark. So far, so good. No, I thought it was shot beautiful.

No, it was really good. Yeah, I do. Did a great job. Another little message here from Jane, from Bedfordshire. Hey, Nat, happy new year, don't worry, don't even need to do a thumbs up. Very good, thank you, Jane. Listen to your pod this morning on my walk, which today was on the treadmill, snow and ice. Sure was.

Anyway, Nat's niece's branch, stroke of Jane. genius. Defoe up for that, as I'm sure loads of us will be. Anyway, good luck with the exam next week. Enjoy your week. Thank you, Jane. When was the brunch mentioned? Mine and your mum's Epp. I want us to do a little brunch. I've decided.

Proactive. I think I've decided. I think I mentioned this quite some time ago. Possibly you have, but I want to follow up. Yes. Go forward. Doing it. Moving forward. End of August, beginning of September. We've got plenty of time. I'm going to find something. Maybe we're going to do

I don't know yet. Let's start with one. I know, but let's just see, because I want them to be small events. I want them to be cosy. I want people to feel like they're with us and they have a really nice afternoon. Can't be cozy in the summer.

Fuck, see. No, we just want good vibes. I don't mean cozy as in around the fire. I mean, they feel that they're intimate with us. Cozy's not the right word then, you knob. Oh. Anyway, so people. People can have a little drink with us, little gossip with us, little chat.

Any advice they want, we won't be able to give. We can ask them advice because I'll probably need it. Or we just get hammered. And we just get hammered and have a little boogey. Nice boogie, nice bit of bingo maybe. Who knows? A little bit of entertainment. You never know.

Fun. Fun. People like the idea. People are on to it. Excellent. Yeah. Loving it. Very good.

Sounds good to me. Right. So, as I said before, our next pod will be all of our usual blunders, what's going on, situations, what we're eating, what we're washing, what we're bloody doing. But on top of that, we're going to talk about Maria turning 40 this year and how she feels about it. It's very important. It's very important.

Very important because you need to know how beautiful you are. Thanks. You're getting in the tears. I can feel it. Freaks me out. We're only on the 8th of January and I can feel you. My apology. I was thinking that.

I've literally got, I'm like this on the calendar, strike, another day, strike. I mean, it's my birthday next, but yeah, we can't talk about Maria's that it's fucking seven months away. I know, it's true. What are we going to do? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Absolutely nothing. No, nothing at all.

I've spent the last 10 years wanting to go and do something and everyone telling me, oh, can't be bothered, oh, it's long, oh, money, oh. And now the one year I'm saying I'm not doing anything I'm not bothered Everyone's busting my balls But this is what's good about January birthday It's all in your hands

Really People feel guilty So they do it Yeah Or you can say It's January I can't be fucked And people

People deal with it We have got a busy month though It's a Friday So we'll see Maybe just do a little Something at home It's Friday

I'm really I'm really not bored Go David Lloyd David Lloyd I love it I love it So you won't. You won't go on your own.

You're not going to go. I'm scared. Why are you scared to go on your own? No, I just, do what? It's lovely to do it on your own. No, no, I will. I'm going to do it. I just feel like I need to get some new trainers.

I need to get some new gym gear. I thought she was going to say new friends. Some new friends. I mean, I'm going with Eliza. I'm hanging with my 15-year-old cousin. How does it? Nice. What do you need all that for?

I mean, I don't have any sort of trainers. I can't. I've got to look like I'm. Oh, no. She's sucked into the... It's a lifestyle. It's a lifestyle. You're a dick.

You're a dick. That's really muggy. Also, for anyone who keeps parking outside, they're parking, it says don't park and it's all past. Because they're a bit muggy, isn't they? But what do you mean? It says don't part. I've not been.

There's a lot of no parking. And then just people park. Because people can't be fucked to walk because you've got to walk a bit around. But they're just parking. I don't like that. But why is it no parking? Because it's hashed and you're not allowed to park. It doesn't matter.

Oh, so. Sorry, it's not just like a temporary no-bo-no, it's no parking there. There's that wooden gate. I don't must be used to get, yeah, yeah. A lot of flash cars parked in the no parking. Come on, don't be muggy if you listen. No, yeah, you don't. Well, no, you don't do that anywhere you go.

It's just silly, silly, isn't it? It was yesterday in Sainsbury's, we ventured out. I needed some food for the house. There was an old man in a parent and child displaying his disabled badge. Oh, no. Oh, maybe you. He didn't realize. No, but also, I will say, it wasn't terribly old.

Is he in the latest stages of adulthood? Yes. I would say he was a granddad, but then that could be. I would say sort of mid-17. Oh, well, later stage. I could be, I could be a grandma this year. Sorry, what? If I had a 20-year-old.

I mean, what is she talking about? I could be a grandmother's shit. Fact. Yeah, what a moron? What is it? You just said he's a granddad? What is that? And that's why I said.

But he didn't get out the car. He was waiting for his wife. Right. Could he get out the car enabled? No, no. He wasn't leaving the vehicle. She'd just nipped off. So there was no reason for him to be there.

Oh, maybe. No. How was she walking? They are a bit old. She was skipping. She was skateboarder. She was 34. She was 34.

She put her heelies on and just flew down there. Listen, the point that I'm trying to make is I get it. Electric screw out of the boat. Mim. Well, no, because then... Oh, God, I was going to say something. What I'm trying to say is he could have been in a normal space and then just pulled out when she was...

I don't... She was nowhere for me to park with my child. So I was pissed off. But I couldn't be pissed off at him. I get it. There's a lot more I'd be more furious with, but... Maybe he did not... Maybe he got it wrong.

No, no, I think he knew. I think he knew. I knew he died today. Oh. So close to say something. Why's that, Angel? Because I was coming from the school, roundabout. I'm a change.

tuck in a left. So I'm going. And this stupid bitch come round and nearly how she didn't go into me I hit my break so hard luckily no one was behind me not indicating.

No indicator. Could have gone into me. The indication. The indication problem. And she just fucking head down, sped off because she knew exactly what she was doing. It's a huge thing. Wild.

And then coming here, I'm indicating, I indicate early to come into this thing because all the cars are parked So I wait, yeah, to let him know. Oh, fucking whines me up. So as I'm indicating, it's my right-of-way. Yes.

This fucking idiot in front, he then beat, he just kept coming. But I'm like, you can, I mean, you know I'm going in there, just wait. No, I do, I go, I'm going in there. Yeah, no, no, and I carried on. That whines me up. He's going to stop. He didn't stop. That right-of-way, they always fly down, yeah.

So today has been obscene with the drivers. I haven't driven today. Don't. Just don't. Oh, no, I drove here. Bizar. The moon, how are you all good with the old full moon? Moon, Moon was good. Two crystals.

I charged my crystals up. I did a few affirmations to the moon. Not the only thing she charged up if you didn't know what I mean. I had a little chat to Mrs. Moon. Who's that? Alfa moons. Mom? Yeah.

Oh, dear. What's her name? Oh, no. No, no. Nana Moon. Oh, yes. That's what they called her. That was her real name.

Well, okay, but she was Nana Moon. She didn't have a name. She was Nana Moon. Yeah, I had a little chat with Mrs. Moon. The night before, I just said, please, can you be kind? Can we have happy family, health, wealth, happiness. Wealth, wealth. Happiness, some wealth.

I mean, guys, it's really poor stuff. Happiness all around. Did she talk money? Oh, dear. No, in all seriousness, the night before the full moon, I could not sleep. But full moon night, I had a crashing night's sleep. Oh, see, I was, there was two full moons, babe. Yeah, last night and the night before.

Yeah, I've slept. Lovely for both. No. Oh, I haven't. I didn't get to sleep. I did drink quite a lot of wine last night. It could be part of it. I've struggled to get to sleep. It's horrible.

I love it, the girl. I'm revising. No, you've seen. I opened that last night and there's... So no. I've had two small glasses of wine last night. Well done. I'm over-exaggerating for the comedy value.

Oh, okay. There you go. You watched mortality yet? Yes. So good. Fantastic. Very good. He's doing his next one already.

I know, he's already writing it. Smashed it. So clever. I heard about the books. I'm going to go now. See you all. See you Monday. Have a cracking weekend.

Thank you guys. Love it to see you. Love you all. Bye. Bye.