Life with Nat - EP94: Nat’s Nieces #14

Episode Date: March 6, 2025

Nat, Roro and Els are back together again! They chat about roro’s giant inflatable and the lack of sun on her holiday, Els tells us about her business idea from back in the day and Nat is very happy with her new hair and book announcement! Enjoy! X Please subscribe, follow, and leave a review. xxx You can find us in all places here; https://podfollow.com/lifewithnat/view INSTA: @natcass1 We're also on Facebook now too: https://www.facebook.com/lifewithnatpod A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: [e-mail] SHOW INFO: Life with Nat - it’s me! Natalie Cassidy and I’ll be chatting away to family, friends and most importantly YOU. I want to pick people's brains on the subjects that I care about- whether that’s where all the odd socks go, weight and food or kids on phones. Each week I will be letting you into my life as i chat about my week, share my thoughts on the mundane happenings as well as the serious. I have grown up in the public eye and have never changed because of it. Life with Nat is the podcast for proper people. Come join the community. ♥️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Life with Nat everybody. Hello my angels. Little bit of Nat's nieces this evening. Back together again. Back together again. So who won the vote? What vote? What vote? Who was the best pod? Oh. Both. evening back together again back together again who won the vote what vote what vote whose was the best pod oh but you know there was a vote equally

love that's such a lie you haven't even done a vote no rubbish I'm joking could do a vote but it's scary in it I can give a shit, but you think? No, then. Jokes. How are you both? Good. All good. Marie's looking very studious. I'm loving this look. It's the glasses. No, but it's the cardigan. I don't know, I just like the look. And what do I look like? Shit, because I'm covered in sick.

I've got it all shanked. James threw up all over her today. She went, I'm not changing for tonight. I mean, I've been to work, haven't I? Unfortunately. Yeah, I'm all right. I think I've got hay fever. Mm. It could be, though. Could easily start early. I've just been ill still the whole year.

Hay fever isn't ill, is it? It's an allergy. But it feels like you're ill. Yeah, it does, yeah. Tell me about it in June. Can't go outside. Oh, I get early. I was early. I was like that. Why are you not getting it? No idea.

Hormones, babies. It can change. I got it when we've had this conversation. Have we? Yeah, I got it when I was pregnant with Alfie. Never had it before. Anyway, it's boring. It is boring. Do you like my dressing gown?

Why are you wearing a dressing gown? You look like a stick of rock. Oh yeah, right, I'm rock. Or a fresh rock. Cute, really cute. Shout out, shout out to the gifted sisters on Instagram. I bought a pink vase from them. Oh yes.

That I really liked. Firstly, they messaged me to say, can we send you the vase? And I said, no actually, I really liked. Firstly they messaged me to say can we send you the vase and I said no actually I really like it and I'm going to buy it because I'm not a moron and not everything needs to be free and you're a small business so they were very happy and then they said no we've got a new dressing gown in and we want to gift it to you. It's really cute. It's lovely isn't it? It's very comfortable. Yeah I really like that. Sorry I'm still laughing at the I'm not a moron. No but really cute. I like it. It's very comfortable. Yeah, I really like that. Sorry, I'm still laughing at that. I'm not a moron.

No, but you know what I mean? There's a lot of celebs who will just take everything for free. And it makes me cringe out. Was your ginger hair free? No, it was quite expensive actually. What, you paid for that? Wow! At least you didn't spend all day doing it though

and it was only a couple of hours. I know, I can't believe it. No Marie, it was 10 hours. Why? I don't know. Because she lifted it all, she said it takes long. I didn't want to lift it quickly. She said I don't want it to be wiry

so she did it bit by bit by bit. She's good old Linda. No, it does it healthy. Yeah. It's not like it's dry, do you know what I mean? No, it looks lovely. No. It's nice. Yeah, it is nice. It took a long time, but I'm really pleased. How long do you reckon until she's dry. Do you know what I mean? Where it's lovely nice. It's nice took a long time

But I'm really pleased. How long do you reckon until she's back to black? No, not long extensions out and back to brown This couple of months. You're like me like chat a bit change and then change it back Well, I've just never been able to do it. So I wanted to do it good for you. Now is Iran lovely They're not actually I Don't like them. Whenever I go nude. I don't like them. No, but I had them done Saturday and they look like they've grown out already. I don't like them at all. I think you need like your cuticles that you need a proper manicure. They look like they're just stuck on, do you know what I mean? Yeah, I'm not happy. I've decided on that front. Yeah. I'm just going to be

like a now shop hoe and I'm just gonna go anywhere. That's so risky business. It isn't, no it's not because you never have, I never go somewhere and go, every single time I'm happy. So I went to somewhere new the other day because I was at Maria's and Maria had the baby. Love that shade. Everyone loves the colour and this is coming up to two weeks. What a good! Really good, but I'll probably go in there and there'll be shit. So I've decided... I was quite impressed when I went in there actually once.

So I've decided wherever I am... You're just going to go for it? I'm just going to go. Whatever's convenient for me. Just don't go to the one that I went to at Christmas. Yeah, no. So that's my new thing for 2025. Fantastic.

Happy New Year. I've got a little surprise for you. Oh. Got a bit excited today because I've been at work every day and not been able to spend any spondoolies. I think she's been busy, hasn't she? Yeah, just a tad. I've never heard someone say they've been busy so much in their life.

I might take this back now. What else do you think? I mean, she has been quite busy to be fair. I was going to ask what all these shenanigans are on the floor. Well, you're a little top today. Oh, thank you. I thought it was very you. Well you're a little top today. Oh thank you. I thought it was very you. Isn't that a very boat?

New look. Yeah. Interesting. Cute though isn't it? Really sweet. I don't remember seeing that. I don't think we've bought that. What size did you get?

A medium because you like everything baggy. Thank you. What did I say about the size? Oh yeah absolutely. Lovely isn't it? That is cute. I mean. Summer pair of jeans. How isn't it? That is cute. I mean... Summer pair of jeans.

Oh, how cute is it? For Ruby. Thanks Nat, it's so cute. From Boots. Boots? Can you Adam and Eve it? Oh, it's not the Tesco's one. No.

How cute is that? Lovely. It's a little crochet top and trousers for the listener. I'll pop them online. We went to the till. What size is that? Oh, she said it. Oh, I'm gonna get She said it. I looked at it, that is massive. No that looks big to be fair. I said she'll annihilate me if I get any smaller. Yeah but

the tracksuit you got her for Christmas was Zara 5 to 6 and she wears it. Yeah but Zara comes up small. Does it? Yeah. But anyway I thought I was scared to buy from her. We went to the till and honestly it was about seven items all crochet. We were like, do you like crochet? And I got a few little pair of pajamas because all the clothes weren't very nice. I'm going to have to ask my sister if we've bought one. We've not bought that. And I just thought that was really sweet.

And actually on holiday for breakfast and stuff, you could just pop it on. Very cute. What holiday? I've just been on holiday. How was the holiday? Lovely. We haven't spoken about it yet? We have not. We have not. I think everyone... I feel like it's a distant memory to be honest. Yeah, it always is though. But how long... when did I go? Hmm... A couple of weeks ago. A couple of weeks I think.

Yeah, you've been back two weeks. No. Yeah. Two weeks on Thursday. Yeah. It feels like ages ago. I must say February flew. No, can we talk about it? It's mad, isn't it? I've seen a few memes and stuff, but it's actually true. Yeah. January was so long.

January was like, Jan fed March and February just... Gone. We're in March. What do you think? Yeah. So yeah, going away made it fly even more. I must say going away this time of year. Was it a game changer?

Game changer. I told you. I've never done it. It's the best. When we've been away January a couple of times, it is the best thing because, and I don't know if I've said this on here before, but I know I've said it to someone before. Why is it that as Brits, I know that we don't have 40 degrees in the summer.

I get that. But we still have, it's better than it is now. Why do we go away when it's our summer? Because school holidays. No, February half term, Easter half term, October half term. I know what you mean. No, that's what I'm saying. Why?

Because February is quite, so what I was gonna say is we ruled out Canary Islands, didn't wanna risk it. I wanted sun. Okay, but forget- Someone I know went to the Canary Islands, it was 28 every day and absolutely baking. All the best. No, I'm just saying.

It was overcast in Dubai. But what I mean is, is even if you haven't got children, and I know you've then got to go long haul, it's different, you can just go Europe. Yeah. But we go away in our summer, whereas actually, yeah, going away in February. Yeah, but it is that long haul thing, isn't it?

Yeah, but it's so nice to do. It is, it is, yeah. Such a nice feeling. It's just a shame it wasn't sunny. Honestly, they're the only people that go to Dubai. And I got there and when I saw it was cloudy, I thought she is going to freak out. We're talking about Auntie Linnie, she does love a bit of sun. Oh, she is a sun worshipper.

Let me give you a quick low down. Everyone was very intrigued about the holiday because I said, we arrived safely, it's lovely, but obviously it didn't go about its wobbles. Bumps. Night flight. How'd that go? Never again. Why?

Because no one slept. So we lost like a whole night's sleep. Yeah, that's right. I just thought we'd all sleep, but you know what it's like, and it's because it's not a really long flight. You get on there, don't you? You're all excited. The kids have it's like and it's because it's not a really long flight you get on there don't you you're excited the kids have

got the games and the TV yeah the food comes around which took a long time it was hot Alfie fell asleep for a couple of hours or a bit longer Ruby couldn't get comfortable at one point she was laying in the aisle and sleeping on the floor and I thought she'd fallen asleep but I picked her up and she had one she just She was laying in the aisle and sleeping on the floor. And I thought she'd fallen asleep and I picked her up and she had one and she just kept wanting to lay in the aisle and I was like, you can't really do that. So she got a bit agitated.

I bless her. But yeah, I mean, that was painful. And then you're white, aren't you? You're exhausted. We all fell asleep for like an hour towards the end and then they come around with breakfast. And then how did you feel when you got there? So did you feel knackered?

Yeah, then we get there so busy. Dubai airport's so busy. Waiting around a bit for our transfer, which was annoying. Anyway, got going, got to the hotel. Oh no, on the journey there, Ruby fell asleep and I had an hour and 15 minutes of Alfie saying, are we there yet? Are we yet there yet?

How much longer have we got? How much? An hour. No, How much longer have we got? How much? An hour. No, no, no, we haven't. Okay. 45 minutes. No, we haven't. Okay. Half hour. Why are you asking me? Literally. Then he asked me again. Half hour. No, you just said that. No, no, it's been five seconds. Then we got to like the desert part. He said he saw some camels. I don't know if he did or not. Oh, bless him. I was like, absolutely. Then bless him. I was like absolutely. Let him keep dreaming. I was like, yeah snakes and tortoises,

so he was enjoying himself. Get to the hotel, very, very busy. Waiting around, checking in, it took a long time. Obviously it's like, I can't remember, 10 in the morning, rooms not ready, of course it's not. They were like, but we just said, look, we understand, we're here early. But we're knackered, we've got young children. If there's anything you can do to get us an early room,

give us a call. We just went, got our stuff, went by the pool. It was so busy. So we just got like these sunbeds that were not like in the sun. So I thought she is freaking out right now. How was her face at this point? Just like, where's the sun?

Why is there clouds? Oh no. I was like, it's early, it's early. Don't worry, just get a coffee, let's relax. It'll be fine. But also, you are just then on holiday, you've just got to embrace what it is. I know, but do you know what I realised about myself?

a day you've just got to embrace what it is. I know but do you know what I've realised about myself? I don't like getting there and not knowing where I am, where things are, it makes me straight away I'm a bit like oh no this isn't going to be great then by once I know where things are what the routines are what's going on I feel comfortable I feel I enjoy it. Yeah, I think that's kind of normal. I think that's fairly normal. Yeah, because when we got there, I was a bit like, oh, no, this isn't going to be what I thought it was. Yeah, but also you were tired.

Yeah, this is it. It's not like Macad. Anyway, then I promised the kids that I'd buy them a float. I thought, I'm not going to do the stupid thing, buy it here and bring it. When in hindsight, I should have just bought Ruby a Frozen or Disney Princess rubber ring for like a tenner on Amazon but I thought I was being clever. I thought I'd buy them there.

How smart. Yeah I mean what makes you think that's a better idea? I bought their armbands but I thought it's smart. I am not going to be able to blow it up so we go to the shop. How much? We're in the shop. Oh I don't, no I don't mind about that. Oh it wasn't too bad. Oh, I don't know.

Oh. So I don't know how much things cost in the currency. So we're looking, Alfie's seen this shark thing. I thought, fair enough, absolutely. Ruby, about an hour. This one, that one, this one, that one. Oh, no. Anyway, she settles on the unicorn.

I thought, that's fine. Guy blows them up. Alfie gets his shark. It's big, she settles on the unicorn. I thought, that's fine. The guy blows them up. Alfie gets his shark. It's big, like, you can ride it. Ruby starts being blown up. I'm like, ooh, the head's bigger than my daughter. What is happening here? By the time he blows his unicorn up.

Oh no. Us three could fit on it. Brilliant. I thought it was gonna be a rubber ring with a unicorn head. I've carried this thing out of the shop. Oh my god. As I'm walking towards mum, she's looking at me. Then this guy shouted out the pool, because I've got two of them and I'm like, oh I hope

you've got a big enough suitcase. Funny. I thought mate, tomorrow that would have been funny, right now, not funny. Stop there. What did you do with them at the end of the holiday? Oh, they're in the UK. Oh, they are? Yeah. Oh, well done.

Well, yeah, because she spent a grand on it. They were £100. £100 Great British pounds. Oh, that is shocking. No, but before that, when I got to mum, I said, mum, you're going to have to go back in there. I can't, what are we doing said, mum, you're going to have to go back in there. I can't, what are we doing with that unicorn? You're going to have to go in and say to him, I don't want my money back. Please could I just swap it for a little rubber ring?

For this little thing that wants it. And that's not giving you any money back? So no, Auntie Lynnie's gone in. She comes back out empty handed. I thought, oh fuck. She said, you better get back in there with Ruby and choose something else. He said, what is he gonna do with that unicorn?

Gone back in there. I mean, the shop, you could just about fit in it because the unicorn's taken up all the space. Oh no. He then tells me, there's only two things that were suitable for a three-year-old. You could have told me that before, but okay. He said, I will give this to you as a gift,

but you take the unicorn for yourself. So now I've got three items. He thinks I'm winning. I'm not. I've still got the unicorn. And you've still spent a hundred quid. When we went to Greece last year, we did that. We didn't take anything with us.

Went to the shop, found the floats and everything and just ended up just leaving. I think Mark was good and deflated one thing and brought it home. Well the unicorn even the lifeguard said to me excuse me miss would you mind moving it because it's obscuring the view. Obscuring? Is that right? Obscuring? Obscuring the view. So anyway it's the biggest thing in the whole thing. Well, you can bring it when we go away. Obstructing. Thank you. Obstructing. Thank you. Anyway, it stayed in the suitcase

hole, you know where they store the suitcase is it stayed in there for four days. I then asked the bill boy, please deflate it so I can take it home because it's cost me £50. £55. I can't wait for you to get that one out again. You had a... It's big paddling pole in the sun. Well I thought that it's bigger than the paddling pole. I was going to say, is it bigger than the paddling pole?

It's ridiculous. Can we put water in it? Can it be a paddling pole? I thought we could put fairy liquid on it, the kids could slide over it. Oh, it's brilliant. Oh, it's big. It's humongous. I even offered kids to play with it, no one would play with it. Have we got a photo of this?

Yeah, we've got a photo. Okay, good. But yeah, anyway, so that was that. Then we went to our room because it got quite cloudy at four o'clock and I thought, oh my God, let's just go to the room and just play for a new day. Get to the room, the key card's not working

and we're in the third building. I've walked back with Ruby, reactivated it, gone back, opened the door. I thought, hey, there's some shoes. Do we have any unpacked? Oh no, please. Good boys walked out. We walked into someone's room, someone's already staying in there. So now Auntie Lynnie is foaming at the mouth. Like she is going garity. Goes and speaks to the manager. They were lovely. There's not much they could do but in a couple of days they moved us to a lovely room to apologize. Okay fine. But it was lovely. Just not lacking of sun.

Yeah it's a shame but perfect for the kids wasn't it? The pools were like baths. That's the thing, you were able to lay out. It wasn't like you were covered. You just want to see that sun. Fuck you now, Ferdwell problems, eh girls? I know, no I know. No, but when you go away, you do. No I know.

And then you see everyone goes to Dubai at this time of year, and then you go and you're like, fuck you. And we didn't go Canaries just because when we went to Lanzarote it was hit and miss again and we just wanted to guarantee... Bit windy there sometimes, innit? It was very windy, yeah. We sat there one day fighting the wind. Did the unicorn follow and...

No, not the mine, Lanzarote. No, Lanzarote. Canaries were always a bit windy, aren't they? We've like had... Me and mum have gone on holiday twice and we've had like every weather. Maybe just don't go again. I think it's mum, I don't think it's you. Maybe change it up a bit. Well she can stay at home when we go away. Brilliant.

But like I say, nice time of year, came back refreshed, everyone slept, yeah it was nice. Yeah, good. It was lovely. Very good. The entertainment was amazing. Yeah, you said that's good. Really good.

Right, it's cracking. I've got, Elia and I today had our first day, few hours out, we went to Harlow, we had a walk round. I haven't been to Harlow this year. Alright, chill out. The shop's fantastic. Can you believe that? Your favourite shop. I don't know the name of it. 7 Green. Sustardine Green. So good in there. Got some chopping boards. Little ones, cause I was saying,

if I'm just cutting a little bit. Oh my God. Or one, just a little bit. And I've got my big chopping board out. They're using the detail. Exactly. Or just the side. Or just the side.

Just a small one. Yeah, perfect. And a small grater, really lovely. Oh, I could have done with those. I'm gonna go. Really good. Really good. Then, bought a few bits and pieces and we had a little bit of lunch.

Where'd you go? What's it called? The place on the corner. Oh yes. Really nice in there. It's a bit bougie, didn't it? Yeah, but food is up there a couple of times, really nice. They have like the big bottles of

That's it. Provence, yeah. The food was excellent, wasn't it? Really nice. And the service was good. I know it's Harlow, but it was nice. No, but you know what I mean. You're not's hollow but it was nice. No but you know what I mean. You're not in London are you? You know you go for a bit of lunch. You know

what I mean. No but I'm just saying you expect it's a little calf. Well also it's not a chain, it's not pizza express, it's not Wagamama's and Lansdale's. Well I highly recommend, what was it called? That's the same. Sevin or something. Sevin. Well done you. thought, is it not like Turkish? Yeah, it's really lovely. I had toast with avocado. We had. We had. With, imagine bruschetta, tomato, red onion. Tomato, red onion.

Avocado, a little bit of spicy sort of Turkish sausage in there. Poached eggs. Really, yeah, really nice. It was really delicious. Really nice. And their coffee's excellent. Yeah, I've had a coffee in there. Really nice.

So, a couple walking with a pram. Yes. And I say to Elia, it's mad, isn't it? How many people on a Tuesday afternoon are just out? Like this couple, not one of them's at work. You know you just. They might be on a bottle to baby, sorry. Oh, we're getting to it. So I said, it's just weird, isn't it? And she went, I'm guessing in the pram is a very newborn baby and he's on maternity leave. Paternity. Paternity and maternity. I said, I reckon they've actually just left the hospital and she's got up, she's like,

and I can see the way she's moving. I'm thinking that's definitely a newborn and comes out this tiny little baby. She was spot on. I was spot on. Slashed it. No just mate I was impressed. No it was quite impressive. It was so busy. It was so busy. In gypsies, shops, everything. Just so many, for a Tuesday just people everywhere one woman listening to music, having a rave, up what, roller skating backwards. She was loving life, wasn't she? By the little lakes where the kids nearly fall in. It's lovely.

Really good. Within your favourite shop, I saw some chairs, dining chairs, velvet, bought three of them for this room. Bought them online, room online top oh yeah they do online perfect they had she was they were they were green and I thought I said to her bit much you've got the green table these are neutral that's all you need what what what are they like as soon as you see them you'll know like it not a bucket no just smaller narrower reasonable yes 68 quid each oh Oh wow. And I've bought three of them for you. Like I said, because these are so low because they're not

made to go around a table. They're like a little armchair. Whereas that is a dining chair. So you'll be a bit taller, you'll be able to sit with your back properly. And they're just a bit smaller. You don't have the issue because you always get that chair. Your short ass. Well, yes. Oh, sorry, and that. Also, I feel like you lean back in these so I can put these in the lounge. Yeah. Lean back. You can't lean back in yours. I know it's good for my posture.

Well, that's what I mean. They're really good. Do I look intelligent? I told you that. You look like Ugly Betty. Perfect. She was very pretty, Ugly Betty. Isn't it mad when you think about that?

Ugly Betty. It's called the you think about that? Ugly Betty. What a name, because she had teeth like a... I don't know. Braces. Oh, braces and glasses. I'm just thinking, who was it? You would never do that now. Who was the one from...

Gretchen. Recess. Wow. I can't. It's just the big glasses. It's not these glasses. It's the Pradas, hun. I went to...what's it called?

Broadway Market? No. No, I didn't. Broadgate? No. No. You went to Bishop's...no. What is it called? Notting Hill Gate? No.

It was the market, the big market. Barra Market. Oh Barra. Yes. On Saturday. Love Barra. With the girls for lunch. And I don't think I've actually been there properly to have dinner or drinks.

It's always busy there. No, but it was so rammed. We went to a restaurant, but I walked through the market bit where they had like stalls and people. Oh yeah you kind of have to. You don't have to. But it was, I've never seen so many people in all my life. Yeah no it is crazy. Obviously it's probably the first Saturday we've had like nice sun.

And it's quite a tourist attraction as well. Oh gosh yeah. Sorry what about this glorious weather? I know. Isn't it lovely? Doesn't it just make you smile? Cold though today. Freezing know. Isn't it lovely? Doesn't it just make you smile? Cold though today.

Freezing though, isn't it? But not in that sun. That poor kid yesterday, I had him all wrapped up. He was sweating. It was Sunday as well. We went to the park, didn't we? It's going to be 15. It's going to be hotter than Barcelona.

When? Tomorrow or the day after. Is it really? Really cold. I'm so here for it. I've got really shit weather in Spain. Soz, guys. Sorry for any of our Spanish listeners.

It's not often we can say that. Well, no, let's take one. Absolutely. Yeah, the sun's unreal, but this morning was... No, it's frosty. Yeah, frosty. Yeah, minus two-ish. Yeah, but I'll take that any day.

Yeah, I will. Yeah, but it is. It's just having that sun. What did I say? Because I said it to you when we were driving. I said, oh, but it's cold. I said, but then it's warm because of the sun. Yeah, she went, you know, and it gets warm because of the sun.

I said, well, yeah, usually that's the case. No, but you know what I mean. The sun is warm. Because if the sun wasn't there, sometimes it's out, but it's not that hot. It feels. Thank you. Thank you.

It feels radiating. Yeah. Do you think we can have a good summer? No. Oh, a brat girl summer? No, I hope so. No, we will. Is that what they say A brat girl summer? No, we will. Is that what they say?

Brat girl summer? That's not to do with the weather. Oh is it not? What's that mean? We can't do that. We can't do that. You're having one with your new hair. Yeah.

Am I? My new hair. You're not having a midlife crisis. You're in your Genre era. Yeah, cool. Yeah, no. Delicious. I'm here for it. Excellent. I'd love a good summer.

Oh yeah, it'd be good. It would be really nice. And then we'll be going, oh it's so hot, I can't wait for it to be wintering in. We will not ever. Christmas soon. Even I'm saying don't say that at the moment. No, no, no. It's going to be a year soon, your birthday. I was thinking about this. It's the 25th of April. What are we going to do? We were talking about it. Do a live.

I think we should do maybe our quiz night or something for that night. So we just need to have a proper meeting about it and sort it out. Have a listen to this, you two. Hi now. This is Hayley from Somerset. Hope you're really well. First time I'm sending in a voice note, discovered your podcast back in June, when you were on Kate Thornton's podcast and mentioned that you had your own.

So I've been catching up since. As of today, I'm on episode 79, which was Scraping the Barrel with Mark. I'll be honest, it's taken me this long to tell the difference between your niece's voices. I feel like they are so similar, they're so alike, especially when they say, what do you mean? They sound exactly the same. I think I've figured it out and I know who's who now. But I just wanted to say, I love your honesty, I love everything that you cover as a mum of two. Mine are 13 and eight. So really similar in age to yours, Matt. Love the things that you talk about. Everything is super relatable and honest. The reason I've taken this long to voice note in was just today was my favorite

episode, Scraping the Beryl 13. It was from early in January. Definitely the best yet. Talking about mince pies, when's it too early, when's it too late, the thermostat chat which actually sounds really boring. It wasn't really boring, it was brilliant. Literally made me laugh out loud so thank you. Know your number off by heart which is a bit scary but as everyone else says keep up the great work. This podcast is brilliant. I love it and look forward to every new episode. Take care. Bye. Oh, thank you, Lauren. What do you mean? What do you mean? What do you mean? Who's who? Where's where? Oh, that was lovely, Lauren. Thank you. I was just going to say something on that. Oh, saying about

us three and like sounding alike. So many people that when we put that photo up from Friday, Yes. were saying, you look so alike. We actually got called queens, three queens. I miss them. So thanks. Yeah, but even when we were at your leaving party,

everyone was just going, you look so alike. Yeah, we looked. Yes, because we're related. No, but it was dark hair. We all got the dark, well, we all did have dark hair. We are quite similar. We had a good night, didn't we? It was lovely, thanks for coming.

That was lovely, little surprise. Yeah, really good, really lovely. Excellent. The montage was amazing. Yeah, it was. It was lovely, wasn't it? You just forget all the stuff you've done. I wonder if you can get, can they send you that?

Yeah, they're gonna send it to me. They said they were going to, so yeah. What I still can't get over is, and I don't know if you know about this, I don't know if I told you, but I purchased two whiskeys. Oh my gosh. How good was that?

Doubles as well. So she gave me doubles. I won't name no names, she said I've charged you for singles but I've given you a double. £11.90 for two whiskeys. Very good. We'll be coming again. I cannot. I can't believe it. You were buzzing, you spoke about it a lot. Yeah and she repeated it today at lunchtime and she said did I tell you. That was like you didn't stop fucking going on about it. I said eight times on the night you told me how much the miskes were.

No, but it was, she was like, how much do you think? And we were like, 25 quid, 30 quid? I mean, that's, and it was a good one, a good, it wasn't. No, it was good. I enjoyed it. Absolutely cracking. Unnecessary, but I enjoyed it. Unnecessary, but another wine was also not necessary.

Another what? Another wine wasn't necessary. What, I don't know, what part? Any part, no Another wine wasn't necessary. What part? Any part. No, it wasn't too bad to be fair. I wasn't too bad. Listen honey, I woke up in the morning, I was fresh. I didn't feel great. I slept on the way home as well. You were playing tunes, weren't you? Yeah, we had a bit of music on. Did we? We did. I don't really remember coming. I woke up to a banger. Yeah, we were Drake. We were called Drake. Oh yeah. It was nice. Oh my god. We were starving. We were perishing. All I wanted was a McDonald's.

I was so hungry. So we got in the car and we said to him, I want McDonald's, McDonald's. And then he missed the one in Boreham Wood. But we haven't really spoken about the Cap-Jet. Oh no, that's right, no, because it's all coming back. It's all coming back, it's all coming back. So he's missed that, raging. But we let it slide, we carried on, we were still a bit buzzing.

As we got closer and closer, I was like, no, we've got to get something to eat, because we barely ate. No, I know. Well, we didn't eat. I'm wondering if I had a packet of crisps when I got in or not, I can't remember. I didn't have anything and then so we're coming up to where we are and I'm like Hartford excellent we've also just gone past Enfield at this point I think. Yeah.

So I'm like yeah Hartford he was more than happy to take us so I thought before we get there I mean how my brain worked like that let me google it. Closed. We were so devastated. I was waiting for a chicken sandwich, we were having a cheeseburger. I don't know, I had a little winkling. We were discussing what we were going to get. Should have gone Harlow. That was out of the way. And then... We dropped you off. You were asleep. I was asleep. You were asleep. I fell asleep. I fell asleep. And then he went, what stop Nat?

What do you mean another stop? No, because then it was Nat, but I was like, I'm just on route. And he was like, what? Oh really? And then what was we trying, was I saying just- No, it was very awkward. Oh really? It was really awkward.

I was like, well, what are you going to do? And he said, well, I can't put that on my thing. And I said, look, I'm really sorry. What do you mean? What do you mean? I said, I can literally jump awkward. I was like, well what are you going to do? And he said, well I can't put that on my thing. And I said, look I'm really sorry. What do you mean? I said, I can literally jump out. Who was it? Someone. Just one of the cars. Oh, right.

I said, I'm sorry but we need to get home. And he's like, well this is electric. I haven't got a lot of... I said, but it's on the... it's literally on the way home. It's two seconds. And then he like sort of stopped in the middle of the road. He sort of stopped. And we were like, erm, Mark can you wake up please? Mark was just dead to the world and I was like great. So what happened? I don't know. Yeah you sweet talked him I think. Yeah I was talking to him about his car and yeah we were loving it. Yeah you were saying I loved his car. Charge it at mine. Do you want to have a kip and you can have a charge. But yeah it was a lovely

evening. The no food was a shocker. And I ordered a lot of food. No, we just didn't eat it and we didn't eat a lot. And you missed it, you know, we didn't have dinner, we didn't really eat all day, so it was a nightmare. But no, it was a lovely evening, music was really good. We had a nice dance, didn't we? Yeah, it was good fun.

What I loved was the montage, like the younger you when you first started. Yeah. You don't really, I think they were some of your best moments because I've not really seen any kids be that, I think maybe Maisie? Yes. Is it Maisie? Yeah. Was she that, she was quite cheeky.

She was little, yes. You were the similar, you were quite similar. Yeah. But yeah, just brilliant and some brilliant lines, funny and gaffers. Lovely to see him. But him in the past. We said we were going to do it. We agreed.

He said he's up for it. So where is Gaffers right now? This is going to be our new little, what do you call it, segment. Well, if he answers the phone, let's see young Gaffers. Let's see. Don't let us down. We know he if he answers the phone, let's see how he lets us down. We know he's not at Obeach, that's for sure. And we've found out he's got two cups at home. Hello, Cork.

Gaffers! I told you we'd do it. Where is Gaffers tonight? We're on the pod. How funny. I'm at home watching the Wild've got your own beach cup in your hand. We were chatting about Friday and I just wanted to say thank you so much for coming, thank you for my gift and it was so brilliant to see you. No don't be silly babe, do you know why it was lovely being there and it was mad because it was like. No, don't be silly babe. Do you know why? It was lovely being there. And it was mad because it was like my wedding. I knew everyone there. Yeah, yeah.

Excellent. Oh, well listen, The White Lotus is good, isn't it? I'm just on Series 2 at the moment. Oh babe, it's next level. Is it good? I need to watch it. I've never seen it. Unbelievable.

Oh, cracking. Listen, I'm going to ring you tomorrow, but this week you were at home watching the telly which is quite boring to be honest. Yes well listen next week I could be in Botswana or something. Who knows. We'll try again. Exactly. Alright.

See you next time. Let's do our regular thing. Absolutely. I love you but we'll catch up soon. Thank you. See you later. Bye gaffers. Oh genius. Very good.

Excellent. We said it to him and he was well up for it. Brilliant, perfect. Lovely to see Jamie as well. He taught us a bit of South South. Oh yeah, he was lovely. Loves his strip name. Everyone he saw, he was like, didn't even say hello, he just got me like on the dance floor. Then he got mum, then he got Maria. I remember saying her, I want to be on Strictly. He said, yeah, I reckon you could be with someone like Aliash. He's got it all worked out. I said, but what? Excellent.

It kills me. Absolute stinker. Oh, dear. Oh, we have to do this. Sorry, I know I'm going off-piste, but we're not going to play it otherwise. And I do absolutely. This is one of my favorite voice notes.

To date. To date. It's fantastic. And I am going to have to ring her at some point, but please. It's comedy gold. Hey, up, Nat. It's Gem from Up in Yorkshire.

Just want to say, loving the pod. I think it's fucking mint, to be fair. Listen to it. Most days going to work and coming home and stuff. We've got a nice 45 minute drive to work, so it takes up time nicely. And it's so relevant, you know what I mean? It's so relevant to real life and stuff,

which is so cool. You don't really see it in podcasts and stuff, so it's meant loving it. One thing I have to say, I fucking loved the live episode. I have never seen a baby grow up so much from being born to being a year old in ten minutes, a fucking TV genius and TV gold. So the directors at EastEnders have got it on point there. But it would mean all the cast did great. To be

fair, at one point I thought that might have been your last episode. I thought you were a goner in it to be honest. No,, yeah, it was one of the best live episodes I think it has been in so for a lot of years. So yeah, class loved it. Keep up the good work, loving the pod. It's mint, keep listening, love it. Bye. I love the Yorkshire.

She's fucking it. She is mint. She's your mint. I love that message. And I'm gonna get in touch with you. You got to come on the pod. Very, very good. Get her on the pod.

Get it in your pod. Mint. Yeah, very good. Love that. We've got another little message here. Although I watched behind the scenes of the baby thing. Very clever. Did you enjoy it?

Very clever. What do you mean? What we watched? Behind the scenes things. So they had two people. Yep. Two mums. Two chairs, one in front of the other, in the same, with their mums and their newborn babies.

Two different babies. Whilst Sonia was in the ambulance, doing the same position with her not real baby, a fake baby. And then when, so then when the shot was that Sonia was looking down, they actually were filming the the woman whoever's baby was more settled at that time. Can be though. Brilliant. But why is it not a baby baby? Because baby could cry and the baby could make noise if I had it. What's wrong with that? You're not allowed to show baby crying I'm telling you.

Oh you're not? No. Whatever. No. So how do they do it? Just sound effects? Yeah. Oh I never telling you. Oh, you're not? No. Whatever. No. How do they do it? Just sound effects? Yeah. Oh, I never know that. Yeah, you're not allowed. Technology though, they can't dub that out. That's why you always have two or three babies when you're working.

Well, not live, no. Live, can you dub it out? No, that's, yeah, that's another reason, obviously. No one made a mistake or anything though. Bit boring, wasn't it? No. Well, that's what people are waiting for, aren't they? Well, it's bad really though, and then to mug you off.

No, and then you say, what's the point? We could have just recorded it without the stress levels. I mean, you have had some crackers on TikTok. Yeah. I sent you some, didn't I? Really good. They're brilliant in the way they put them together.

Funny, funny shit. It's very, very good. Credit to them. And they do it so quick, don't they? Yeah. They are on it. It's unbelievable. I need to put a little something up on TikTok at some point because my book. Oh yeah. I want to get it out

there. Old happy days. Did you see my comment? I did about 17. No, I wasn't there. No, 18 at a push. I decided I was going to be a dog walker. Yeah. So I set up Yappy Days, which I thought was quite good. I used to say Happy Days, just firing it out there, so I was not stealing your line. And then we were going to do that song when you ring up Oh, yeah, be days. Oh, yeah be that was gonna be the whole Right a lot of thought went into this so I bought the website and I bought the email address the domain the domain all of That one two three where I think it was on paid like whatever 7.99 a month Never really didn't I didn't really add I didn't I've got a logo and then I just did then I did a thing for you Then I just decided I'm not gonna do that about after a week about three years later. Oh, you know, I was like

I'm terrible. I never go through my bank statements. I was going through my statement. I thought what's that? Now it's fucking 11.99 a month. What's that in my account? I'd been paying for yappydays.com for about four years. Oh no. How bad is that? It's really bad. I did a similar thing. What a waste of money. That's terrible. Shocking. And then I just binned it off. Oh yeah, obviously. Oh yeah, of course. No, I know. But I shouldn't. Also on your app you can just cancel direct debit. Yeah. Oh, I didn't look. I didn't know it was coming out. I do that often now. But because it's a small amount. I have a good look and see if there's anything. I've got one on my phone. I don't look. From COVID. Twinkle. It's fantastic. It's a resource that teachers use, it's got all of the learning stuff on it, about £120. What? Have I?

Per annum. No. Per annum. But I did it. And you just not cancelled it? No, well I have now. But you do have to do that guys. Yeah, but it's something because I'm like, I don't get the name. I'm like, what's that? And then I go to cancel it and then I look it up and I think, oh shit, better not. Life insurance or something. At least you've got it.

I've got life insurance. Have you not? Don't know. Oh. No, we need to sort that, it's shocking really. I wanna do my will soon and all of that. Will, I'll help you. Will help you.

Yeah. Oh my God. I was gonna do the willy kid. Oh yeah, dad. Yeah, no, I hope you write that. I'll tell you what, I'll write it for you. Yeah. Send it over. Can you imagine? Elliot. Yeah, Elliot. House. Elliot. I can't. You don't need it.

Like, the chin or something. Yeah. Oh dear. I'll take control, don't worry. I'll help you as well. We're yours. You know what I mean? She having a laugh? Yeah, you take Natalie's and I'll be your wheel. What?

Well, that shocks me you don't have one. No, I need to do sort it all out. We all do, really. No, we all should. I mean, I've got my bike. We could get run over tomorrow. She's got nothing left. No, but it's for the kids.

It's for everyone, isn't it? It's important. Yeah, but do the kids not just get all my shit? But it's for the kids. It's for everyone, isn't it? It's important. Yeah, but do the kids not just get all my shit? No, but it's nice to divvy it up. I mean, mine are always arguing over my Gucci necklace, so better get it written down. I'm so morbid. Honestly, it's like, when you die, mummy, I'll have that. Yeah, but I remember you saying that to mum.

Yeah. Crack some cracking things, we need to revisit that combo. No, I'm joking. That's out of order. Jokes, mum.. Oh don't. Right where's the other voice note that we had? I'm very hot now. It's forming it. I am. Eliza Cassidy. Oh my god. That was horrible. Hi darling, you okay? Yeah, no shit. Who is she?

You know how it's 9 o'clock? It's gonna overrun I think. It's a quarter past 8. I'd come at about half 9. Half 9? Oh, that's the pits. Okay, but I might have to be there a bit earlier than that babe. Yeah, that's fine. You just might have to be there a bit earlier than that, babe. Yeah, that's fine. But you just might have to wait for a minute.

Okay, but yeah, okay. I don't want to be too late, babe. You've got school tomorrow. I know, but it's not my fault. It's just overrun. Okay, I'll be there about 20 past nine. She sounds a little different, doesn't she? Alright, love you. Okay, thank you. Bye. Oh my god, that scared the hell out of me.

Absolutely. Where is she? Oh, doing her rehearsals. No, she's got a show thing. She's definitely out. Stars in their eyes is cold. She's not laying her eyes. Yeah, we've all done a couple of those in our time. She's got Instagram real.

Oh, someone did mention that to me. Yeah, did it this weekend. Not shocking. Well. Didn't even request me as a friend. Or me. Well, that's really weird because we were sat. She's a cow is what she is.

I'll smash her up. But we sat together and it's really odd. Well, I don't have a request. She probably did it when you were there and then quickly undone it. Well, there's no reason not to because I've got her full account on my phone. Yeah, well, she better follow me

and I better follow her. How do I do that? I'll show you later. I don't want to see it. I'm not interested. We were having this conversation. I mean, again, that's a whole other pod. I know we've spoken about it before, but it's endless. It's good that you've got full... you just need to check it. But they do have those... there's an advert.

Yeah, I've seen it. I've sent it to you. Yeah, so what is it? Well, it's a teen account. It's teen, so there's certain things, certain've seen it. I've sent it to you. It's all sorted, yeah. Yeah, so what is it? Well, it's a teen account. Yeah, that's it. It's teen, so there's certain things, certain things in place. But also, I have her whole, I just log in, her account is on my phone.

Oh, that's gross. So, it's something that I've not wanted, but it's really difficult. It's 15 in September, and I think it's been, I've done well to get where I've got. I just say to her it's another job. It's another thing to look at, isn't it, that takes up time. That's my biggest issue. I'm just really against it and it's so hypocritical, get it? I just think it's mad, but I get it. I know, it'll be the same. It's funny, we had a thing from the school about Minecraft and squid games. I don't know what that is.

And I was- You don't know what that is? Squid games? Well, no, on the roadblocks. I didn't know there was, I don't know what that is. Anyway, I was just like, we need to look at this because that is freaking me out. Why, what was it about?

No, it was good. It was just telling you like what, to make sure you've got clicked on controls. yeah, it's like they can talk to people Yeah, no, of course I'm like that freaks me out Yeah, a lot of all that I don't like all that Yeah, well, I shouldn't be on it

Oh, no, it's too young I know, but the thing is when you don't understand this stuff Yeah, well, you've got to make, that's the point, you've got to make yourself knowledgeable But he's not doing that, he's just playing some games and stuff. But yeah, you've just got to be careful. That's the reality. That's awful, isn't it? You just have to have another job you've got to keep on top of.

Oh god, that's too much. It is too much. Too much. Too much, too young. Now you're married with a kid. When you should be having fun. With me. Wow. So I've switched. You switched? I've switched. Switched from what? Oh can we guess? Go on. No more. What have you switched? No more vaping. No we're not. What have you switched to? No I I'm not. That wasn't it. But that's correct. I'm not vaping.

What have I switched? Oh, no more Le Pack. No more Le Pack. Oh, I did see it. That's fantastic. Is it good? Apparently you shouldn't have Le Pack. It's really bad. No, it's not good for you. You should have proper butter.

I bought a lovely block from M&S. Yeah, salted, cornish. Yeah, I feel like that's what you're better off doing. But I need a butter dish. And I threw one away a little while ago. But then I don't want it when it's hot. It's annoying when it's hot. No, but you have to But I need a butter dish. I've had a mix of juice. And I threw one away a little while ago. But then I don't want it when it's hot. It's annoying when it's hot. No, but you have to.

You need a butter dish. You can leave it on the side. How long for? Ages. But that breaks me out. Someone help me. It's dairy. No, I know, but it's okay to be on the side.

So why is it sold from a refrigerator? Yeah. I don't know. But it's okay to be on the side. I wouldn't leave it out forever. But if you consume butter as much as I do, it doesn't stay okay to be on the, I wouldn't leave it out forever, but if you consume butter as much as I do, it doesn't stay out for long. No, I know, same, but that's my only issue. Even the President, President.

Isn't it Presidente? No, I don't, well, it might be. It's not a spreadable. No. It's harder. You have to just get it out, maybe get it out in the morning. But if you're doing that, that's also got the oils in it and the stuff that's not good. Why?

The Presidente. Why? It's not a full butter, is it? It's like a Lerpac double. So you're better off getting full fat blocks of butter. Well I've got to go through the messages, I've had a lot of advice about Audi ones and this one. But I think positive to move on from Lerpac anyway.

Is it cheaper? Probably not. It's smaller. I think it's smaller. All the best. I just think it's better that we go full fat. Everything should be full fat. We always go full fat.

You don't, full fat milk should be. Always. I've started buying full fat. Only because of the kids, but you don't. I do. No, I always do. Should only use full fat butter. I've always used it. Full fat milk. But you don't. I don't. No, I always do. I should only use full fat butter. I've always used it.

Full fat milk. If it's like anything. Full fat yogurts. Yeah, all of that stuff because otherwise it's just full of shit, isn't it? Yeah, load of rubbish inside it. The old zuccarra. Go on then.

I cooked a roast didn't I? You don't like doing a roast, don't you? We ate at midnight. It was lovely. She goes, I'll come round. We have to eat at 4 o'clock because she wants to get home after baby, all of that, so I was on night strict. No, I said, it don't matter if it's half four or five, but we don't want to eat and leave. Fuck me, I was eating it whilst walking out the door. What did you do? Just her oven's not very good. I think that's, I think that's what we've established. No, but I just think it takes longer. I got there.

I mean she doesn't make it easy for herself. She does about 15,000 vegetables. Just do one big, was that one bit of broccoli, one bit of this, little bit of that, a cauliflower, I'm like just do. She was taking the piss out of me, she was like why is your cauliflower so small? Why have you only got that many potatoes? Because I did a whoosh, I have got a bit lazy, I'm relying on. She's obsessed. A swoosh?

Like the delivery room. Right, okay. It's Tesco's version. Oh okay. They pick it and do it and then the Uber drops it off. It's lazy. I know I'm probably paying a bit more, but. Fair enough.

It worked. But then they didn't have a leg of lamb on there, did they? So, luckily, Dom and Jack got the lamb, and they paid for it, so that was an absolute touch. The cauliflower was about the size of my fist. Yes, but Natalie, it was enough. Well, then she had broccoli. I said, you should have done half the

broccoli. What the hell? No, no. There was cauliflower left in the pot. Yeah, by this point I weren't hungry. She busts them though, don't you? One lamb was overcooked. The other one was beautiful. It wasn't your fault though, but yeah, the oven's fucked. Do you know what we had? Potatoes were alright though, weren't they? Potatoes were good. No, it was really nice, but it was just a lot going on. I walked in, the potatoes were all done, boiled, fluffed already. Everything was, I was like, this is excellent. It's one o'clock and everything is done.

It was waiting for the meat, Elia. Yeah, well we went to the park. And then it took longer than planned. I couldn't, my carrots and parsnips, I did them like yours. Yeah. In the oven. In the oven. Fucking shit.

I literally came in, did like half five, I said, this is really not enjoyable. No. And yes, roast is stressful as it is. Although I love it. Not for me. My favourite. It was alright, it wasn't a disaster. Went over to the pub, started cooking at half four, everything was on the table by quarter past six.

When? Sunday. What a roast? Yeah. What did you cook? I did an amazing, have you had the roast pork from Marx's? No. With a crackling on it?

What, you got the crackling right? Yeah, well I don't think I got it right, I think it's all, you got the crackling right? Yeah. Well, I don't think I got it right. I think it's all prepared for you, for it to be right. It's fantastic. Okay. But you cooked for four of you. I did.

It was nice. Good. Little Tuesday dinner, which is not normally on the... I mean, this fucking blows my brains, mate. If I sent her this, she would annihilate me. Why? I'm shocked. It's like one of my dinners, isn't it? No, it's not. It was like a peri-peri chicken rice.

I really fancy like a chicken... What's that? Sorry, I've got meter things coming up. Your phone can hear you. Meter? The meat thermometer has just sent me a message. Just because we're talking about meat. You don't use that though, do you?

Yeah, sometimes. We always get onto food. Chicken, rice... People love it. Don't worry about that. Peas, onions. Yeah, right up my quality street mate. Really beautiful it was. Jack loved it. I had a little bowl. She's brought me some for lunch. I know, she's got some there. Do think of you. That wasn't really, it's not ever on the agenda, but that was very

nice. Quite light, you know, I didn't have a lot of it. I know it's all the rice, but it was delicious. There we go. Really easy to make all in one pot. Bish, bish, bosh. It's lovely in one pot meal. Oh, I love it, I do. Guess what I'm doing tomorrow? Summer's coming, won't be doing that much longer.

Guess what I'm making tomorrow? Go on. I'm gonna do a lasagna. I haven't made a lasagna for a long time. For a Wednesday. I am, I'm making a lasagna. Exactly. Well, lasagna on a Wednesday night, but you're not, you're having time. For a Wednesday. I am, I'm making a lasagna. Exactly, well, lasagna on a Wednesday night,

but you're not, you're having it Thursday. Possibly. Always better the next day. That's what I told her to do. Oh, would you cook it? Yeah. No, never cook it. Yeah.

You put it all together. Oh. You let it set, and then you cook it. I cook it, let it set, and then re-cook it the next day. You don't need to, we too dry. You've never had mine when I've let it set from then re-cook it. No way. You don't need to. We're too dry. You've never had mine when I've let it set from the day before. Unbelievable. Give that a try. Why though? Because it's absorbed all the... Yeah but you need to, you want to make it a little bit saucier so it doesn't go dry. Yeah I mean try it but I've never have done it like that. I'm intrigued. I'll have a go.

Please do it. She's the better cook apparently. I've got quite a few people that could vouch for me here that have had it. What, your lasagna? Delicious, yeah. And yours though. I mean, mine ain't gonna be great. I like putting boiled egg in mine. Yeah.

But I don't think I will with the kids. I think they'll know. I do ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan. I've got mozzarella. I've bought ricotta. Parmesan. I've got mozzarella. I've got ricotta. Parmesan. I've done cheddar. Bezsame.

You don't do the cheddar. And I'll do the white. Cheddar brisket. Cheddar. I've no cheddar on it. No, I wouldn't. Maybe a little bit on top if you like that vibe. That life, that life.

Yeah, it's not really the Italian style. Fine. Liza's not really a fan of mozzarella, which is gonna be a pain, but I don't need to go loaded. You do you, babes. You improvise. Yeah, I will do. But yeah, yeah no dinner.

Well but they, what's Joanie doing? Erm, she is going as a crayon. Oh you said, sorry, what you got the outfit? I've got the outfit with the hat. What colour? It's foam red. What book is that from? The Day the Crayons Quit.

Oh fair enough. Which is a fantastic book. Okay. So she's quite happy. Ruby? What are they doing? I bought Alfie a green tracksuit. Got him a shell. Perfect. I got big googly eyes put on the hood And he said he wants to take some letters with him. SEO trot. SEO trot. Perfect. And then Ruby Matilda. I bought her a cardigan and little blue dress off of H&M's. She can wear it again. I'm not spending that much money on a highly flammable dress.

Absolutely not. Or a little red hairband. Perfect. She can take the book in with her or something. That's it, yeah. Make sure she brings it home though because they lose everything. And it's annoying. Although they're doing it on Friday in my school.

We are too. Oh. Why? I don't know why. Well, when is it? Ours is because something's going on on Thursday my school. We are too. Oh. Yeah. Why? I don't know why. Well, when is... Ours is because something's going on on Thursday, so not everyone can do it.

Didn't really answer. Natalie asked me what I was dressing the baby up as. I mean... Pajamas. No, there was a little hungry caterpillar. Oh, that's cute. Absolutely, no thank you. Do you know what I mean?

No. All right. Have you done that yet? Oh, little Halloween thing, yeah. Just to make me great. Yeah. I just wanted a cute Easter one. There wasn't...

Nah. Well, there was... They're just a bit girly. What about a little Peter Rabbit one? Oh, I like the Peter Rabbit. You're not a fan, are you? You're not? I'll have another look.

Okay. But I'll see if something can get it. Oh, and it made me laugh when Elia said she'd only ever do one meal and if you don't like it then don't eat it. I used to say that before I had kids, you know, she can get back to us in six or seven years when James is to the seven and see if she still managed to only cook one meal each evening. Bye. I mean really if that was the truth, you'd be in mushed up courgette and carrot,

you and Jack at the moment, wouldn't you? No, it's a bit different now. I try and do the main things, but the veg, I've got no hope, has to be different. No, yeah. Apart from green beans. Look, I'm just gonna stop speaking because there's gonna be a lot of things.

Yeah, but we all do it. No, we all do the same thing. I'd like to try. Different veggies and... Else you'll get to a stage where you'll be like, oh my god, he's eating cauliflower, broccoli, fillet of salmon. And then the next he just wants chips, chicken nuggets. Yeah.

That's it. And you roll with it. Does Joni and Eliza have the same meals now? Most of the time, yeah. That's good. Yeah, that's got, you've got to do that. No, yeah, most of the time. At least if the kidsa have the same meals now? Most of the time, yeah. But Joni... Yeah, you've got to do that. No, yeah, most of the time. At least if the kids are having the same.

But Eliza really is enjoying at the moment a bagel with scrambled eggs, smoked salmon and avocado. And she'll just come in and have that for dinner. What is she? 24? I know, but that's just what she fancies. She don't want a big dip, that's what she wants. So obviously then I am doing something else. And this week, I'm annoyed. But Eliza does that, she gets on with that. Yeah, she can do it herself. Yeah, yeah, that's what she wants. So obviously then I am doing something else. And this week, I'm annoyed.

But Eliza does that, she gets on with that. Yeah, she can do it. Yeah, yeah, she gets on with that. But this week I'd been to M&S and bought a few meals for the week sort of thing. And then Eliza was like, oh, I'm not in then. And I'm back at nine and this has to do the sake. And that's why you can't do a weekly shop.

Yeah, no you can't anymore. Although I did just say to Jack, I am going to try and plan the week now because we want to be a bit healthier. So I want to, because I find that at least if you know, like you're not rushing around on the day going, what can I get? You can make nice meals.

Because then you're hungry as well. You're buying stuff when you're hungry. You end up then just getting stuff. Or you get like plain and then you don't enjoy it. You think I'm not having that again. Whereas if you plan it out like that rice dish tonight, it's perfect. So although I just find planning too far ahead though,

then if I don't fancy it's annoying. I can sort of plan. I do four meals. I mean, we've had this conversation. Yeah, we can't help it. We can't help it. Right. Well, on that note, it's been a cracker. It's time to get home. The book net. We'll talk about it another time. Yeah, no, it's brilliant. Happy days.

It's going to be lovely. And it's out on mummy's birthday about it another time. Yeah, no, it's brilliant. Happy days. It's going to be lovely. And it's out on Mummy's birthday. What would have been Mummy's birthday, which is weird. Oh, I love that. That was the date they said, oh, October the 9th. It's weird because this is a year anniversary on the 25th of April. And I thought it was going to be the 24th. That's when Dad died. It's weird. It's all sort of, all significant things happen around significant dates, so it's lovely that it would have been her birthday.

And you were saying about the pre-order thing. How old would Nanny have been? I was just about to say that. So Nanny was three years younger than Grandad. 63 when she died. I think she would have been 85 this year. Right. Wow. I think she would have been 85. Bless her heart.

Yeah, we'll have to talk more about the book. Wow. I think she would have been 85. Bless her heart. Yeah, we'll have to talk more about the book. I don't think that's going on. Yeah, but just the pre-order. Yeah, so the pre-order, very good, it's going to be, people are asking me, it's going to be Audible, so I'm going to read the book, obviously. Thanks for confirming. So that will be Audible, hardback, and ebook.

She's going to act it out as well, maybe. Yeah, I'm going to do a whole show. Yeah, Audible, ebook, hardcover, October the 9th. If you pre-order it from anywhere, you pre-order it but you haven't got to pay for it now because a lot of people are asking, oh why am I going to spend that now? But you don't pay for it now, you just put it on and it comes out later on. So if you want to pre-order it, it's a lovely stocking filler for your friends and family. You can pre-order it now? Yeah. How? We haven't done the cover.

No, but I've used, they've just put a little picture up, it says cover to be, this is what people do, cover to be done and it's on Amazon and Waterstones. How much is it? I think it's on for 20 at the moment. Bound to be in a bargain bucket by about this time next year. Buy one get five free. Am I in it? Pardon? Am I in it? Of course you're in it. Ah, sweet. Thank you.

What photos and shit? Everyone's in it. I know I said to her we need to have a look for some pictures and stuff. We want some old ones. Yeah, no I want some. Gosh, we're going to have to look through. Mum must have a load. I would like that. Have you got photos here? Yeah, I've got a few in the loft, a few old ones,

but not loads. So yeah, lovely Christmas present. A cracking one. Yeah, perfect, excellent. Very good. Aw, well done. Thank you. It's exciting.

It's exciting for me. We'll see you the weekend. Yeah, I'm not doing much Saturday at all. She's free now, we'll get to see her. She's gonna be busting her nose, won't she? Are you about Saturday? What's going on with my arm? I've got birthday party, but evening though.

All right, well let's see, yeah? That'd be nice. Just reconvene. Fantastic. I've not got any plans this weekend, lovely. Got a lot of stuff to do at home though. Oh no, here we go. What you gotta do?

Do a wardrobe out? Got to do the wardrobe out. Maria, I'm fucked. Because all my... I'm fucked, I can't listen to it. I can't listen to it. Elia, I have piles of clothes from holiday. I can't put away.

Just get rid of them. No, I've got to clear room. You've got to clear room. What's she doing now? Sorting the wardrobe out. Shock. I've got still toys of Alfie and Ruby's from Christmas. Boring! Boring!

You could come and help me. How about that one? No, I'm never getting involved in that. Bathroom's done though. And I ordered a unit for the bathroom and it arrived perfectly. How's the shoe rack? Just, no, I'm just asking you. It's not, it's not... They've given you the money back? Yes. Fine, alright, okay. End of. Need to look for a new one. I'm just asking you. It's not, it's not, erm... They've given you the money back? Yes. Fine, alright, okay.

End of. I need to look for a new one, I'm not old enough yet. Well, I'm excited about my new chairs, I think it's going to make it easy to sit. Well, great, I'm glad you got your chairs. Have I got anything on the way? No. Oh. Bought a lovely new coat though, yesterday in M&S.

Coat? Like, a raincoat. What did you do today? What did she do? Spilt coffee all over it. Yeah, but it's waterproof. It's cream. Oh, good.

Off white, some might say. No, I spilt a bit of coffee on the arm. No, I know, but it trusts you. She spilt it. Well, it's going to happen. That is such a mum thing to buy, by the way. No, but I do need it. I get it. When you go on your walks.

Walking, but also today I've got a jumper on and then I don't want to put my big black coat on. I understand. So it's perfect. And yeah, when you're walking or if it is raining, I don't have a coat with a hood. No, it's good. And this blow dryer has to last. Absolutely.

So yeah. Fantastic. Really, really good work. Right. Well, I love you. Love you. I hope you've all enjoyed listening. 0778 20 1919.

If you've got anything you'd like to pick apart from this episode, we look forward to speaking to you soon. That's nice, we're gonna do one more next week. Yeah. Yeah. Smash another one out. Love you all. Ideas for the one year anniversary as well.

Yeah, that would be lovely. That would be really nice. What would you like to see? What would you like to hear? That would be really nice. What would you like to know? Yeah. Ooh. Ooh. Don't know what that is. What would you like to see? What would you like to hear? That would be really nice. What would you like to know? Yeah, ooo.

Ooooo. Don't know what that sounds like with the aliens in Toy Story. Ooooo. Right, bye. Love ya. Bye. Hi, this is Chris McCorsland. And this is Diane Buswell.

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