The Big Boo Cast

Well, we have us some new theme music, and it's pretty sassy if I do say so myself. Apparently at least one of us (me!) is destined to like loud saxophones for the rest of her life, and if they have a hint of a disco groove, then all the better. We cover a whole bunch of conversational ground in this episode: the Rio Olympics, our summertime entertainment favorites, our fitness goals / struggles, the fact that Melanie draws the line at kale, and why she will never go deep sea fishing ever again. It's an assortment of fun, you might say. You can find show notes on either of our blogs under the 8/11/16 Big Boo Cast.

There are times when Melanie and I record a podcast and everything seems right in the world. The skies are blue, life is easy, and cheerfulness comes oh-so-naturally. This particular podcast is not necessarily one of those times. But here's the thing, I guess. After the last few weeks and everything that's been going on in the world - not to mention with our close friends and family members - well, we were feeling a little punchy. And while yes, punchy can certainly be funny, we probably weren't showing off the sunniest sides of our personalities the day we recorded episode 62.  But you know what? It ended up being an oddly therapeutic conversation (well, I mean, I can't speak for Melanie, but it was therapy for me, at least). And we covered all sorts of topics: Tiny House Hunters, my great closet clean-out of 2016, the confusion over when a "dress" is actually a shirt, Melanie's lack of interest in a process, my unfortunate experience with a handkerchief dress, plus so much more. Finally, thank you so much for your emails, messages, comments, and prayers during Mama's hospital stay and after she passed away. I said this yesterday on the podcast Facebook page, but the joy of the Lord really has been our strength. Please know that our family is so grateful for y'all.

If you have any doubts at all about the fact that Melanie and I covered a wide swath of conversational ground in this podcast, then just take a look at all the links below. I believe the phrase you're looking for is "ALL OVER THE PLACE." We talk about coffee, summer snacks, lunch foods, whether the whole Hamilton phenomenon is already dead to Melanie, personality traits we enjoy in others, and the many reasons it's probably a good idea that the Shankles didn't get any chickens. We also devote considerable time to a discussion of foods we don't necessarily care for. And then there's a whole bunch of other stuff but who could possibly remember it all? Enjoy, y'all! (You can find a list of links from this podcast right here.)

In lo, this 60th episode of our little podcast, we cover a wide range of topics: beach life, skin care favorites, pet peeves, summer plans, and what preferences we have when it comes to speaking stuff.  We also talk about summer plans (or lack thereof), including my upcoming trip to NYC ("ALEXANDER HAMILTON - just you wait, just you wait"). I believe there's also a minute or two in there when we talk about summer memories of yore, including bare feet on hot pavement. SIMPLER TIMES. If you'd like to see links and/or notes for this podcast, you can find them right here.  Enjoy, y'all!

We had to record this podcast in two installments, but by diggity we got 'er done. We spent the first installment marveling over Melanie's fancy new microphone, digging into my significant obsession with Hamilton, and then discussing the recent baseball match-up between Mississippi State and Texas A&M. It's fair to say that the Aggies enjoyed some baseball dominance in Starkville. In the second installment we talk about Hazel and Mabel, our summer Birkenstocks, my new favorite lipstick, and Melanie's dream curling iron. So basically this is all the hard-hitting news you've come to expect from us.   Hope y'all enjoy it!

I think I can sum up this podcast nicely by telling you that we start off with a discussion about grackles and then move into a discussion about breakfast tacos. As you do. We also talk about cooking, the Downton Abbey series finale, what's in style this spring, and how some part of our personalities rebels against rigid organizational systems. There is nary a mention of mascara, our hair, or Amy Grant. We will try to do better next time.   Melanie's blog: Big Mama Sophie's blog: BooMama

First of all, I need to tell you that I mention in the podcast that there's going to be new theme music, but I didn't use the new theme music because I couldn't make it be anything other than SCREAMING LOUD and I wanted to make it fade out a little bit but ultimately lacked the will and/or determination and/or technical expertise. I did, however, add it to the very end of the podcast (IT'S VERY LOUD), so be sure to let us know what you think. We're a little tired of our evening newscast music. Just trying to switch things up a bit. Second of all, I recognize that we're a little rusty in this podcast because it's been a while, but that didn't really do anything at all to diminish our enjoyment of the process. Third of all, Melanie's had to bid farewell to her 2007 Logitech microphone about 45 minutes into the podcast. RIP, old microphone. RIP.

Well, welcome to our Christmas hodgepodge. In this episode Melanie and I talk about Christmas preparations, Christmas menus, the A&M quarterback situation, my favorite way to cook steaks, Mel's upcoming trip to the AT&T store, a couple of apps that I'm enjoying, writing software, and our favorite Christmas songs. We also talk briefly about the rumor that Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry are ALLEGEDLY dating in real life. This could change everything, y'all. I'm not doing any links this time because we don't really talk about any products or websites or anything like that. Remember, the word for the day was "hodgepodge;" this episode really is a little bit of everything and a whole lot of nothing. However, it's over an hour of nothing, so hopefully that counts for something. See what I did there?

Y'all, I don't even know. This is a whole conversation about Melanie going to look at a tunic and then deciding to focus on foundational garments - all of which leads, quite frankly, to a LOT of talk about underwear. We also have some thoughts about football and skincare. And then we talked a lot about my eyelashes because what could possibly be more riveting than that. Also, I think that Melanie may have a career as a Revitalash consultant, so we may need to break down that particular topic at a later point in time. Hope y'all enjoy it!  

On this episode Melanie is live from Sacramento, so this is pretty much our fanciest podcast ever. We talk about our road trips across the US, our theories about air travel, the relaxing properties of Candy Crush, our 40-something eyesight and its unwillingness to cooperate, the Mississippi State / Texas A&M football game, and the fashion courage required for an open-toe bootie. We also discuss red lipstick, the intensity Melanie brings to any college game day experience, and a a completely random assortment of various delights. Enjoy, y'all!