This Comment About Having More Than One Income Really Bothered Me... Plus Unboxing

Added: 2026-06-08

[00:00:00]Hello, Squirrel Tribe 2.0. Happy Saturday, ladies and gentlemen. It is the freaking weekend. So, before we get into all of the good, fun, happy stuff.

[00:00:11]I got a lot of stuff back here we need to have a discussion on. I have a question for you. Now, I'm going to sound some type of way. It's not on purpose, but I need your input because I'm I'm curious if I'm reading this wrong, thinking this wrong, not understanding where this is coming from.

[00:00:28]Because look, let let me read you this comment that I got. Okay, I got this comment on the channel that my husband and I have. We have six channels, okay?

[00:00:37]He has his main channel, which is politics. I have my main channel, which is news and politics and whatnot. I have this one. We have a car focused one where we talk about cars and stuff together. We have a um another one that's kind of just whatever kind of conversation we want to have as a couple about literally anything and everything.

[00:00:57]And then he has another one that just got monetized with YouTube, which is YouTube coaching and stuff like that. So technically between the two of us, we have six channels. My that are by myself, his that are by himself, and then the ones of us together. And every single one of them is different.

[00:01:12]Something different on every single one.

[00:01:14]But this person here, I'm not going to give this lady um iota of fame by saying her name, but she left a comment on the channel that my husband and I have, his his car channel. We were talking about the Tesla Model 3 and she left this comment. She goes, "Hey, this is basically Squirrel Tribe 2.0." Like she said the channel name. She goes, "You just created another channel to earn money as you always have, but now two sources of income instead of one plain to see with all you and Kevin have been doing. What's that now? Five or six channels all the same. Unsubscribing, but sorry, but I feel I'm being played."

[00:01:48]And I need to understand, is am I reading that wrong? or is this person literally just very unhappy that my husband and I have channels where we do different things on and yeah they're monetized but I I look at this and I'm confused cuz I'm like so if I had three job let's say I was clocking in at McDonald's I was clocking in at Walmart and I was clocking in at a gas station would you still [ __ ] on me for having three streams of income or would you think I was doing something good because I had three like clock in regular jobs this is where I get very confused on this because you have two sources of income instead of one. Don't you want the ability to have more than one source of income if possible so that if anything happens to your first first source of income, you still have another source of income? Am I losing my mind here or is this person just literally a [ __ ] like and unhappy? And I hate saying that word cuz I don't like calling females that, but it it doesn't make sense to me. I would never be upset with somebody that they were able to make a living doing the things that they love. But the part unsubscribing, sorry, but I feel I'm being played. How? It doesn't cost you anything to watch a video. You're not paying us. How are you being played? You're getting six different conversations. Completely different conversations on six completely different channels. She only knows about two. So, right. Am I batshit or is this like I don't the the the haterade is strong with that one. Like I don't understand if if she the whoever this person told me that she has um okay if she's making money in a 401k you know with her money and stocks and stuff and she has a regular job and let's say that she has her let's say she her husband has passed or was in the service or whatever and she's earning she's getting money from pension or um what is it life um what is the word bro what is the word um when you die and then they give you money. Oh, I can't think of it. Um life insurance policy. What am I supposed to be mad at her because she has three different ways that money is technically coming in? I need to understand this cuz maybe it's cuz I don't think like that.

[00:04:05]I can't wrap my brain around being upset that somebody has more than one stream of income. It's very very weird to me to to be that unhappy in your life to to leave a comment like that because my husband and I enjoy making YouTube videos.

[00:04:27]That's it. I didn't really want to be like uh on on here, but I just it's it's bothered me for a couple of days cuz I just I don't understand like why are you even here on this one then? like if if you have such a problem like go away.

[00:04:45]Nicest way I know how to say that is literally if you know you know. But I'm just curious and I would really love your your comments, your thoughts on this because I I truly do not understand being upset with having more than one channel on YouTube when they're all completely different. So, there's that.

[00:05:03]Now, I would like to also say, don't get mad at me, but some of you may love this. I sold the global warmer as my besty Lindsay calls. I sold the global warmer yesterday and I get a um Tesla Model Y on Tuesday instead. So that full self-driving y'all is where it's at.

[00:05:23]Plus with Max who's over here eating food. Also, look at how I mean everything is dirty right now. That bag right there is all the stuff that I pulled out of the expedition. There was a lot of crap in there. As a mom and a wife, you you hold on to a lot of stuff.

[00:05:35]But um the Model Y has that that feature where if you have an animal in the car, you can literally put it on dog mode or cat mode or gerbble mode, snake mode, whatever animal you have, there's like a mode for it so that the AC stays on. It puts on the screen that the car is running cuz it's electric. You can't really hear it from outside, right? That the car is running, that the air conditioning is on, the animal is perfectly safe and happy and fine and whatever else. And Max hates getting in and out of the expedition. So the Y is a lot shorter. he'll be able to get in and out much much easier. So travel will be a lot easier with him. And then plus if the three of us me the man and the kid need to run in to the gas station or the wherever to use the bathroom, leaving Max in the car with the AC running and all that stuff. It's a lot easier than trying to leave him in the big honk and expedition running the whole time, you know, literally hurting the ozone if you want to look at it that way. But I'm really excited about that. the the changes that I'm trying to make personally right now are are weird, I guess you could say, cuz I got a box delivered right there. Kevin says to me, "There's another package at the door."

[00:06:42]And he looked at me like, "What are you doing?" And I was like, "No, no, no, no, no, no. Let me explain what's happening here. I am literally trying to elevate my wardrobe so that while I am at the weight that I am at, I am comfortable and I still can look feminine and you know whatever. There's nothing wrong with t-shirts and and leggings or t-shirts and sweatpants or t-shirts and whatever. I wear them a lot, but I would like to dress just a hint differently.

[00:07:10]So, when my friend Lindsay and Lupe and I, we went on a um girls night out for a drink and appetizer, right? And Lindsay wore a cute little dress. Lup is always adorable with whatever she has on. And normally, I'm the one who shows up kind of like a schlub in a t-shirt and leggings and some Adidas slides. And I was like, "No, if I'm going to go out with these classy women, I would also like to look like a classy woman. Like, I want the ability to wear something a little bit different." So, I went through my closet and I started going through all the t-shirts and pulling out ones that I don't actually wear all the time. And I took them and some pants and whatever else to Play-Doh's closet, you know, where they give you money for your old stuff. And they gave me like $40 for five or six things, which isn't a ton. I obviously spent more than 40 on all of that, but it's a little bit of something, right? So, they gave me $40 on that. Then, I took the rest and I I donated them to the women's shelter area that we have over here. that way another woman can at least have some clothes or or whatnot. And I told Kevin, I said, "Listen, you're going to see more packages showing up because here's the thing. It's summer time and I want to be able to wear things that are cute but also not hot as hell cuz in the winter I'm still going to wear sweatshirts and sweatpants. That is my mo. I love it.

[00:08:19]Sweatshirts, leggings, whatever else.

[00:08:21]But I wanted to do something cute." So Lindsay, she when we went out, she had on this little um like a tank tank dress. Like it's a dress, but it tied like right here at like the waist. it tied like right about there and it had stripes on it and stuff. She's like, "Oh, this would look so cute on you."

[00:08:34]And I was like, "Girl, you do not put stripes that go around like this."

[00:08:38]They're not stripes then. What are those called? Stripes in my opinion go up and down. So, I guess they're just horizontal stripes. Like a circle of stripe. I don't know what to call that.

[00:08:47]She had that was what was on her dress.

[00:08:48]She goes, "You should order this. It looks so cute on you." And I'm like, "Ma'am, you can say this because you are literally tiny. You're a tiny little thing. And so the circular stripes on you are cute. on me. It It accentuates the like this makes I mean my arms are big right now anyway, but I feel like if these went down like that, it look better than the round ones. So, I was like, I don't want to order the round stripey dress that you have on. But, she gave me the link to it on Amazon. And I was like, I'm not going to order it on Amazon cuz I have a tendency to not take stuff back for return. Like I'll order something like clothing and if it doesn't fit right or I don't like it, I end up donating it or giving it to somebody else who might be able to wear it instead of returning it because it feels like a just a hassle most of the time, which is why I like to buy stuff in stores. That way I can try it on and then return it to the store like Target and stuff like that. But she's like, "Girl, I live at the UPS by us. So order Amazon stuff and if you don't want it, I'll go return it for you." And I was like, "Fine." So that's what I did. So, I ordered, first off, I ordered this green dress that showed up early and I put it on this morning cuz we have dinner plans tonight with Lupe and Teddy. We're going over to their house cuz Teddy, he likes to cook. He's like a real big Let me throw some steaks on the grill. Let's have a a drink and some steaks and just sit down and shoot the [ __ ] with friends. So, we're doing that tonight. And then tomorrow night, we're going out to eat with our friends Melissa and Michael to a restaurant. And I was like, "Okay." So, I opened this green dress this morning and I put it on and I was like, "Oh." And I'll do it I'll put it on another video cuz I didn't really think that through. But it's a green dress and it goes just above my knees. So it's not short so that you know your hoo-ha's hanging out if you bend over for something. And it's not so long that I look like I don't know Mormon. I that's the only way I know how to phrase it. So you can picture it. Right. So it goes right above the knee but and it's green and it's got sleeves that come to about here and it's a little scoopy not scoop neck but like rounded neck or whatever but it has the little tie things on it. So I took it and I wrapped it around like cuz they are on the side. So I wrapped it around the back and then to the front and then put like a little knot on it and I'm like, "Oh, that's cute.

[00:10:46]Whatever, whatever." But I didn't like how I had no waist with it, which the the shape that I am right now is kind of boxy. I don't really have a waist as I'm get bigger. Even when I'm smaller, I don't really have much of a waist, right? But um so I tied it like that and I was like, "Oh, that's cute." But then I turned around and the way I had it tied, it let the back fat do its little um muffin top thing back muffin over the the straps and I was like don't like that. So I untied it and bro I tied it I took it and I tied it here instead right here and it like faked a waist but these already look big enough and it made them look massive. So I walk out here to Kevin I was like hey what do you think?

[00:11:22]And he was like yes keep it. Get it in every single color. Have two of them if you want in case one's dirty. Like he loved it. So that's my goal in ordering the things that I'm ordering. We have been married, okay, this year is 18 years. We have known each other more than half of our lives. We have been together a very long time. Sex with the same person for, you know, almost 19 19 years. 19 and 1/2 years. How long total have we been together? Either way, sex with the same person for that amount of time, you want to still be like sexy or sexually attractive or whatever else.

[00:11:57]And I saw this post on Instagram and the girl was talking about how to dress better to attract your husband and blah blah blah blah blah. And that's what made me want to start ordering new things. So when I walk out in this dress and he's like, "Hey girl." And I was like, "Yes, that's the one. I'm going to keep ordering stuff like that. That way tomorrow night when we get home from our dinner and I take off my little wedge sandals that I showed you guys before, the reef ones. They're the brown ones.

[00:12:19]They're really cute. Take those off or maybe leave them on and then and untie the dress and take the dress off. Hello.

[00:12:27]Hello. Yes, you guys know what's going to happen. Don't need to spell it out for you. We're all adults here. You get it? So, my goal is to have more things like that. So, I ordered more stuff off Amazon and I'm going to show you a couple of things that have shown up.

[00:12:39]Plus, we have more bathing suits. Yeah.

[00:12:43]Um, the one that I really want to show you guys, I was going to try on today and show you the bathing suit. Bro, I'm already dressed. I don't I don't really want to put on a bathing suit today.

[00:12:52]like I shave my legs and stuff, but since, and here's the TMI part, since I don't since I've gained weight, I'm not comfortable doing uh Brazilian waxes and bikini waxes and all that stuff anymore.

[00:13:04]So, now we're taking the razor to places. And, you know, after 2 or 3 days, it just starts to grow back and itch and then it looks weird. And I don't it's been like 2 or 3 days and it's too soon to shave again. And then I don't want to put on a bathing suit and have anybody like zooming in going, "Huh, that looks like a little razor bump you got there." So, we're just going to we're going to wait till next post shave and then we'll try on a bathing suit for you. There you go.

[00:13:24]Every single woman understands exactly what I'm talking about. Some of the men might as well. So, I ordered some more stuff and like I said, I ordered a stripey one anyway cuz Lindsay's like, "You have to order the stripe." And I was like, "Fine, I'll order the stripe."

[00:13:38]They had a bunch of different colors and this is from what brand is this even? I don't even know what brand this is. It just says Amazon.com. I have no idea what brand I ordered this from. Maybe it'll say it on the tag, but this one in theory will also be very cute. My goal is to, if you guys give a [ __ ] I don't know if you care or not. I will try on every single thing and put it in a video and I can either shove that into the middle of a 2.0 one day or whatnot, but if you don't really care, I'm not going to. But I feel like if I'm telling you guys my height, my size, and then I go through and do the whole thing of this is a size blah blah blah. Well, this is probably a large. Honestly, this is a size large from Miro Kitty. I don't even know how you say that. Miro Kitty. Um, if I if I show you and I tell you the size and whatnot and you like it, it kind of gives you an idea, I guess, of how to order it for yourself, cuz that's what I try to do. I try to look at the pictures on reviews and I look for people who are my shape at least, and see what size they ordered, see how it looks on them. That is my biggest pet peeve. Let me just let's go off topic or tangent here. My biggest pet peeve are when you have these brands and like um the ones who put on the skims that's supposed to suck in the fat and the the girl is 89 lbs.

[00:14:58]Not an ounce of fat on here and I'm like I don't think you understand your target audience here skims or whoever else, right? So when I see these these uh designer designer, this is not a designer. This is off Amazon. When I see these brands using these tiny tiny people, that's great for tiny people so they understand how it looks on them.

[00:15:17]But throw a big bone [ __ ] in there too so I understand what I'm about to what's about to happen to me. My favorite things to see are the um I ordered it expecting this. I don't know if you guys have ever seen those videos or shorts even on uh YouTube or maybe Tik Tok and stuff and they're like, I ordered this off Teeu expecting it to look like this.

[00:15:35]And then they show the picture of what it looks like on them. And I'm always like, "Well, it's Teemo." I don't know why you put so much stock in that. Like, you had to know that if you ordered this silver sparkly dress, they're sending you a little like tin foil to to wrap around yourself. There's no way you're going to get the good stuff. Not always.

[00:15:51]Sometimes Teemo, you know, they surprise surprise a girl. But I've never ordered from them just because of all of the this is what I ordered expecting this visual. And I'm looking at the visual going, "Honey, that's AI. I don't know what you were thinking." And then they show the after and I'm likem you better dispute that charge with your credit card cuz you know Timu is not going to give you a refund. But anyway, so this is the dress, right? And I don't think stripes are a good idea personally on an already big boned busty girl. But this is what I was talking about. I took these and I wrapped it around like this and then tried to tie it like this. This looks real I don't know how that looks.

[00:16:28]It looks real stupid. But when I put it on and I tied it here, you guys can see you guys can see how it pulls in the sides, but it also does look real big.

[00:16:37]Um, so the green one is the same brand and it looks really good. So, I'm going to try the stripes on one day. But even looking at stripes, I think kind of sort of makes my eyeballs go crossed and hurt a little bit. But I ordered a bunch of different things. So, I'm trying to order dresses and shirts. I don't really order pants unless they're leggings because I feel like if I order a dress, look, try not to hiccup. If I order a dress, a shirt, or a bathing suit, and it doesn't fit right, I'm okay with that. Especially because up here, I expect things to fit wrong or weird. If I order a pair of pants and I can't get them up past the the top of my kneecaps, I'm going to cry. Like, that's what happens. And it's hard to tell when you order pants if they have any stretch to them. without stretch. They are not going up over my fat thighs, thick thighs, whatever you want to call them.

[00:17:26]So, I try to get pants in person and then um order everything else online if necessary. But here are some other things that I ordered. Oo, what is this?

[00:17:35]They gave me Oh, yeah. I ordered scrunch socks because uh Hooters socks are the cutest things in the history of socks.

[00:17:42]So, I ordered a bunch of scrunch socks and this is what I've noticed. They've been like they they suck all the air out of the bag so that they can fit more things in. And I guess maybe it gives them a cheaper uh delivery price or packaging price. Which this is what they did with the green dress. So it's got a couple wrinkles in it that I need to iron. But these are the scrunch socks that when I saw them, I was like, "All right, this is like Hooters 2.0."

[00:18:06]And then they were like $9 for three pair. I don't know how scrunchy these are actually going to be once you put them on, but I guess so. They're not as thick as I thought they were going to be. But yeah, those will definitely scrunch because that's like the new trend over your workout pants um and with your your chunky sneakers, your hefty sneakers is the scrunch socks. So, I'm going to get into the whole scrunch sock trend cuz the kid wants to join a gym. We've talked about it. I said no. Now, I'm going to do it because I've actually been thinking about it. It's not that I don't want to work out. I'm not lazy, but I have gotten lazy, but I'm also self-conscious.

[00:18:50]And going into a gym right now, I feel like I am going to not feel confident the way I did when I was in the gym and and could lift heavy and could do all these things and looked my best, right? like I I had a level of confidence there that I did not realize was important for overall personal satisfaction, right? But the kid says she wants to go to the gym and I'm like, "All right, then we're going to do this.

[00:19:17]I'm going to I'm going to sign up for the summer with her and if she continues to go through the summer and wants to keep it for the school year, we'll do that. If not, I'll keep it for me because I also want to be able to go by myself because I like headphones and focus and whatever when I go with her.

[00:19:30]We'll work out together or whatnot. but she wants to go to the gym. So, I was like, "All right, well, we're going to go in there and you're going to put on the things that make you feel good so that while you're working out, you feel good, right?" So, for me, I'm going to wear the leggings. So, I ordered some leggings that should get delivered.

[00:19:46]Maybe they're already in the Maybe they already got delivered. Paragon, I think, is the brand. I keep seeing them all over social media. They're like the scrunch butt, but not with with without the scrunchie down your crack, but it's got like a divider, and it's supposed to make your butt look great. and I need a little extra, you know, butt work. That sounds wrong in very many levels, but I told her, I said, "Here's what we're going to do. You're going to wear what makes you feel good and confident and comfortable in the gym. That way, when you see yourself while you're working out, it's just going to boost your confidence even more. So, I'm going to do the chunky sneakers. I want the little socks, and I want the the leggings, and I'm going to wear t-shirts in the gym cuz I'm never I've never been the sports bra in a gym kind of girl." I don't know. That's just me. There's nothing wrong with it. You do, you boo.

[00:20:28]But I've never thought being almost naked at the gym made any sense. It's not the beach. But that again, that's just me. Even when I could do it, I still didn't do it just because I was there to focus on working out, not eyes on me. So, there's that. Um, but anyway, I ordered more stuff and I don't know what this is. These are from Pretty Garden. That's the brand name before I open the stuff. So, Pretty Garden is the brand name. And I honestly I ordered tank tops and dresses and regular shirts. And I ordered this one outfit that I never thought I'd order in my entire life. And it's a matching shirt and shorts set. The kind I had to wear as like a 9-year-old when my mom bought my clothes. I ordered Oh, no. This one's totally different. This is not what I thought it was. So, it's the middle of summer. Well, it's the beginning of summer. It's not the middle yet. It's not hot as balls yet. It's warm. It's toasty. But I ordered sweatpants and a sweatshirt. And the reason I did is because I saw it on somebody on Amazon and it looked good and the girls half my size and I'm like I'm just going to guess that this will still look good on me too. But obviously my favorite color happens to be some form of green. So I ordered this sweatshirt and hello. It doesn't have a front pocket which is weird for me. I'm a big front pocket kind of girl. I always need to know where to put my hands. But the material on this looked like it would be nice. It feels really good. Like it's really soft and stretchy. Smells weird cuz it just got delivered. But so I got that with the matching sweatpants, but they are the Look, these are going to look stupid. I bet money. They are the the baggy sweatpants. No, it goes down to the floor. All right. Well, on the on the model, it looked like the crotch was like a short crotch. This looks real long crotched. I don't like long crotch sweatpants. I like the ones that fit like regular pants and then they just happen to be sweatpants. So, I'll have to try this on and figure out how I feel about that. But that's not what I thought it was. I was hoping it was something else. Oh, this is another dress. Hold on. I ordered so many dresses. It's ridiculous. In hopes of liking them some. And I think this is exactly like the green one, but in blue.

[00:22:35]Yes. Okay. So, this is the same as the green one I got. So, it's not the stripes, but it's got the Oh, no. This one's different. This one has like the little whatever. Look, I don't even know how to I have a microphone on. Look, we're just gonna It's fine. We'll just put it on over everything because now I'm kind of curious. Oh, wait. What size did I get? Cuz this feels real tight already. No, it's a large. Where am I in here? So, it's one of those double layered things. So, now my arm I'm in some weird Where am I? I'm in a weird layer. Where are you? Okay, let's try this again, y'all. I'm having a moment cuz it's got one of these things on the inside, which I didn't realize it had that when I ordered it, but let's see.

[00:23:15]Let's make this real awkward. Hold on.

[00:23:17]going over the head.

[00:23:19]I think you're supposed to wash these things before you try them on. But this large does not fit like the other large.

[00:23:25]I can tell you that much. Hey, microphone. I guess we're still good.

[00:23:29]This large definitely fits a little different than the other large. This one's definitely tighter. But hold on.

[00:23:33]We got to pull it down over the thighs and the butt and the whatnots. The whole point in this one was that it ties I guess whichever way you How which way do you tie this thing? Maybe this way. I don't know. It's supposed to tie. Hold on.

[00:23:49]Breathe. It ties and then it's supposed to Hello. Come back. So, give you a fake. It's hard to tell on here, but the whole point in this was that this little extra piece is supposed to cover up the mommy pouch right there. And I have black pants on, so I look a little special right now. You have to ignore the pants and pretend that the the dress is the dress. But the whole tying here is supposed to fake the waist. You know, shove them jokers up kind of thing. But then this little section piece is supposed to hide this. And I guess this kind of just helps with the waist. I don't know. It's hard for me to see it with this lighting, but I guess it's okay. Well, I'll have to try it on by itself one day and then I'll let you know. Ooh, but I like the color. Blue is good. I'm a fan of blue. I was going to say maybe it's a hot dress, but it's cuz I have on way too many layers right now.

[00:24:40]bra, shirt, double layer dress, pants.

[00:24:43]Oh my gosh, let me out. Let me out.

[00:24:46]Okay, so I like that one here. And that is a pretty garden large. I will find links to all these things for later on to show you all of the links, but for right now, that's that. Hold on. I made myself hot and fix my hair. Got to breathe, y'all. Plus, you guys can see my fat ass needs to get in the gym. that the breathing got hard. Wait, did I get fuzzies on me? No. Okay, a little fuzzy, but not too much. Let's go off topic here.

[00:25:18]ABC Vault. So, ABC is a liquor store, in case you didn't know. And we have purchased from ABC for, you know, since we're 21. There's one in Atlanta where we lived and then there's one here where we live. So, we always get our stuff at ABC. You put your phone number in and once you have enough points, they'll let you get into the vault. The vault is the stuff that they won't sell in the store.

[00:25:39]And he likes bourbon. And this one, this four roses popped up maybe two or three weeks ago. And it was I don't know what makes it any different than a normal four roses. Personally, I don't understand the difference in stuff.

[00:25:53]Barrel strength, I think, is supposed to be stronger. So, I ordered him this and I was going to give it to him for Father's Day, but I was like, "No, just let him have his bourbon now." So, I got that for him. Father's Day. I'll just remind him I bought him something, you know, a couple weeks ago, so that'll be good. Plus, for Father's Day, normally he doesn't really want anything or to do anything. I'm sure we will have chicken wings or something of the sort for Father's Day and then call it done. But, uh, I don't do Do y'all do a lot of stuff for Father's Day for the husbands, fathers, whatever? We don't really do much for Mother's Day. Like, I don't want the gifts and the stuff like that.

[00:26:30]that I just want to go out to eat, maybe have a mimosa, and have a back rub.

[00:26:35]That's really all I care about. My husband doesn't really care about back rubs or foot rubs or any of that stuff.

[00:26:39]So, I don't know. Ooh, it's the one piece one I ordered. So, I did end up ordering a one piece from Cupshi, by the way, which I'm excited about. I know somebody was like, "Didn't you order like 100 bathing suits last summer?"

[00:26:52]Well, yes. Yes, I did. So, I ordered probably 60 bathing suits last summer, returned 52 of them, and have put on pounds since then. So, we're looking at different bathing suits now, but this one I This might be too big. I ordered this one because I like the little peekaboo here cuz I actually have a tattoo right here that you'd be able to see between that. Side note, right there hurts just so everybody's aware. But I like it because it's got the straps that you can tighten. And then where it ties in the back, it all of this should hide that little overflow section back there, right? This bathing suit is supposed to help hide that. And then because it's got this extra like um this stuff that rushing kind of stuff. Once again fake a waist kind of kind of situation. And obviously once again I love green. So hopefully this one will fit good. I'm hoping it will. I really like that design. And then I ordered this one as well which obviously I don't need more but if I hate it I will return it. But this is the same high-waisted. These things look massive when you do it this way. But this is the high-waisted kind, which I very much love these because it helps hide the um tummy tuck scar that I have, which we've talked about previously, how the stitches came out and it's got like a gnarly little spot.

[00:28:06]And if I can hide it, I want to. And then it came with this kind of bathing suit top, but because the back of it is a little bit thicker, kind of like a sports bra, I feel like maybe I could wear this one and not be so self-conscious about the the over overflow, underflow, whatever you want to call it. Color-wise, we'll see what happens. But hopefully this one will work. It's an extra large because I don't want a tight two-piece.

[00:28:30]Uh I want it to be a little like perfect or just a hint loose, which feels weird, but I'm also not going to frolic in the ocean like I'm 10. So, there's that. I'm literally going to lay in sand, go dip my ass in the water, and then get out.

[00:28:45]I'm not gonna I'm not body surfing. I'm not doing any of that kind of stuff.

[00:28:49]Snorkeling, diving. No, we're going to go touch water. As long as the water looks good and it's not too cold and it doesn't look sharky and there's not a lot of kids in it cuz kids pee in water without it, I'm I'm not going to go to the water. I'm just going to sit in the sun and try to get sun. So, that's that.

[00:29:04]The other ones I got were same ones Cupshi because Cupshi, what I like about them, and no, I'm not sponsored in the list whatsoever when they have um models on there a lot of times, I broke that. A lot of times I'll have ones of my size like so I can see what it's going to look like. And this bathing suit is one of their most popular ones. Oh, this feels nice. Oh, that's stretchy. I can take the padding out of this one. But it's the same thing. It's like a sports bra style. And I like the color. Sports bra style with the high high waist. And it's that that um waffle weave I guess you would call it. And I got it in a size bigger cuz I didn't want this band to dig in. But again, it's a it's a high-waisted. So, tuck that in there.

[00:29:48]There you go. And it's supposed to come up to like right about this. Might be tight. The way this is not stretching to fit where my waist is. I don't know.

[00:29:55]That might be tight. But we're going to try it and see. I really like the color.

[00:29:58]And it's one of their bests sellers. So, let's fingers crossed that that one works. But trying to find a two-piece bathing suit for a bigger girl where you feel confident and sexy in it, you got to try things on, you know? And I at first was like, "Oh, I'm I'm bigger. You can't wear a two-piece, whatever else."

[00:30:16]And then I watched these women who are walking around literally in anything they want to wear. And I'm like, "Well, if you can do it, then I can do it."

[00:30:22]Kind of situation. I got this one. Same thing, two-piece or one piece, but it's a halter one, which I think helps lift them up a little, right? And it's got like a little bit of a strap on the back. But this one is a what is this one called? Um, slim and sculpt. So, that's the point behind this one. It's supposed to kind of like once again fake the waist. So, I'm hoping that one will work well. And it's probably What size did I do in this one? Large or extra large? I don't even know what I did in this one.

[00:30:51]Let's see here. You are a extra large cuz better safe than than sorry on the tightness. And I don't know why I ordered yellow, but I ordered yellow. Technically, I know why I ordered yellow cuz I really liked the bottoms. Now, these are not high-waisted and they tie on the side, but sometimes this is actually better. It helps you like lift them up and elongate your leg and your hip. So, I really liked the bottoms, so I ordered them. But the top is kind of like the other one that I like in the fact that it does a criss-cross in the front and then it has this little tie thingy in the back. It's just like the blue one that I really like that I'm going to show you guys at some point when I do the bathing suit thing. But, those I'm really excited about. Some of y'all mentioned that you are my size or maybe a little bit larger and you have ordered from Cupshi and have wanted to see what two pieces look like because you haven't done it either.

[00:31:41]So, I'm going to be our guinea pig for all this kind of thing in uh future videos. And then the last thing I got was this here from Best Buy because the video looks dark right now, right? To me in here with the lighting it looks dark and so I bought one of these things to try out to put on. It's supposed to like clip on the phone to lighten it up. And I'm kind of curious if it's going to work. Let's see. Let me do it right now.

[00:32:06]Um hopefully I don't have to charge it because I didn't do any of that. I'm just going to open it and see if I can clip it on and see if it's a pain in the ass. Cuz there's a lot of people out there who wanted who want the light but don't want the whole shebang of how how do you turn it on? Wait, is this it? Maybe I do have to charge it first. What is happening here?

[00:32:26]I think I might have to charge it first.

[00:32:28]Boo. Oh, I was hoping it would just turn on, but maybe not cuz it has to charge there. Yeah, that's got to be the P.

[00:32:34]Yeah, that's the power button if I hold it. Oh, no. Hey, Bruce. Uh, let's see if I can clip it on a phone. I think you're supposed to be able to clip it here.

[00:32:44]And let's do it on this side. No, let's do it here. Hold on. But not cover up the camera. Does that really even help the lighting any? Maybe if I'm up close, I can't really tell if it helps the lighting at all. And I think you should be able to change the tone of the light.

[00:32:57]I just got to read the directions and the charger thingy and figure it out.

[00:33:01]But I can't really tell if that even No, that definitely did something. Okay, cuz but I don't know if it's anything good that it did. I don't know. It was $10, so it's kind of worth trying. Oo, scary movie. It was kind of worth trying out.

[00:33:16]Um, and if any if y'all like it, it's what is this called? Whatever that says.

[00:33:21]Bower clipon. Got it at Best Buy. Like I said, 10 bucks for anybody out there who tries to record where it's dark or you don't like the lighting or whatever. So, that's that, y'all. It's been an interesting couple of days. It has been non-stop. My house is a [ __ ] mess, and it's driving me bonkers. There's stuff everywhere. The kid takes the the pillows from the couch, throws them on the chair over there. I have all the crap I took out of my car over here. My husband keeps the the table dirty with all his stuff on it. I have to wash clothes, put up clothes, make the bed. I need to vacuum and sweep everything. I need to go clean the toilets. The shower needs to be cleaned. And there's a whole sink full of dishes over here I need to do. And I need to clean out the refrigerator. And because I sometimes get a little overwhelmed, I do none of it, which is not the correct uh the correct thing. I'm like, "Nope, we're just going to take an hour and sit here and read a book and and drink some coffee or a water or something. Sit out back and just chill for a second." And then I like have to like talk myself into just tackling all of it. Here's the thing. When we lived in Georgia, um, and we had our own company, our our construction company, um, or even before then, when I worked at corporate America, I would have the house all to myself for hours upon hours. If Kevin was working and I wasn't, or he was off at a job site and I didn't have to be, I would I would be at home by myself. And it was so easy for me to just go through and clean cuz I would turn the TV on and put on some stupid movie that he wouldn't like and turn it up and just listen while I worked or I'd put it on music and and whatever else and I could go about my my my day. But now that we are here, we're always in the house together. Um I don't normally get house solo house time. And so if he's uh editing or recording or doing something, I feel I'm like, "Okay, well I got to put headphones in and do it this way."

[00:35:14]and it's just it doesn't it's not the same vibe. But then I'm like, "All right, get out of the house." And he's like, "Where am I going to go?" I'm like, "I don't really care. Just leave so I can clean and stuff." But he's like, "I'll just sit out back." And I'm like, "It's still not the same." I don't know. Maybe that's weird, but it it I liked looking back on it, I liked having the whole house to myself to to clean in the way that I do. Cuz I guess I really do have ADD or ADHD undiagnosed because I will start washing the dishes and they'll be like, "Oh, shoot. I should have started the laundry. And I'll leave half the dishes, go start the laundry.

[00:35:46]I'm like, "Oh, wait. I should have made the bed." So then I'll forget to start the dryer and I'll go make a bed. Then I'm like, "Oh my gosh, this floor is so dirty." Then I'll start sweeping. And I'm like, "Oh crap, you need to clean the couch." And I'll I'll stop sweeping before I get to the living room to fix the couch. But by the end of it all, I have figured out how to finish everything. It's just I never I'm never a one task at a time kind of girl, which is probably why the house will look like a tornado has come through it for a couple days and then uh it'll look a little bit better and then it'll be fine and then the tornado has come through again. Maybe that's just mom, wife, work from home situation and not an add squirrel on, you know, whatever kind of situation. I don't know. But that's that's my life. So now I'm looking at this massive mess that I have on the counter and I'm like, "Oh gosh, we got to clean this up. I got to go put all these bathing suits somewhere and remember to try them on and do all the stuff and it's a lot. I know it's a lot. It's It's a whole lot. Plus, it's summer with the kid and I don't want to kick her out of the house, right? So, that changes things, too. Sarah, she's the moderator here. You guys know Sarah. She made a comment one day and she's like, you know, um I think it was on a live stream or something on my other channel or maybe it was here and she was like, "The downside to summer is that it throws off the schedule of the parents." I'm paraphrasing. It was something along those lines. And it's true. I love that it's summertime and I get to hang out with the kid as often as I want, but I'm also like, "Dang it, it's thrown off my schedule because I would take her to school in the mornings. I'd get to drive the dark horse, the the Mustang, and I would get to go shift gears and do all the stuff and I'd have that 30 minutes to myself to listen to whatever music I wanted with the windows down and whatnot." And there's nothing saying that just cuz I'm not taking her to school, I can't still go do that. But then it feels weird cuz I'm like, "It's weird. Just leave everybody to go drive around for a while. I mean, I'll do it, but it feels weird cuz now I'm like, well, it's three of us. We saw all three go drive around somewhere. It's just not the same vibe as I think I just don't I think I just don't know how to do independence anymore. And when I do independence, I feel weird doing independence, like being by myself doing something. It feels weird cuz it's been the three of us for so long since we moved here. Maybe that's what it is. I don't know. Either way, that's probably why I hadn't done the gym stuff either.

[00:38:00]Because before, I would just be like, "All right, babe. Go in the gym." And I would just leave and go to the gym. No big deal. But now that we have been here, the two of us, for so long, when I'm not with him, this is going to sound so dumb, but when I'm not with him, I miss him. Ew. Right? Like, come on. What are we doing here? Ma'am, you've been married forever in a day. You should be able to go to the grocery store and not text your husband. No, I can't do it. I barely make it to the end of the street.

[00:38:23]I'm like, "Babe, I made you already, right? I know. I know. It's gross. I'm gross. It's fine. I'm going to figure out this whole, you know, independence thing again. But not independence. Just like taking time for myself. Ah, that's the key word. It's not independence.

[00:38:38]It's taking time for myself. I feel guilty when I take time for myself. I feel like I'm always supposed to do mom things and wife things and like business things. Uh, that's a whole new conversation to have on our next therapy session here, uh, Squirrel Tribe 2.0.

[00:38:53]And I'm pretty sure a ton of you out there will relate to that. Mhm. I already know it. We'll have that conversation on the next one and I'll try all these thingies on and I'll like show you stuff. So, there's that. I love y'all immensely. Thank you for letting me just with y'all. I appreciate you. I hope you have a good rest of your Saturday, Sunday, all until we see each other again. But literally always, I hope you always have a good everything. Yeah. And so until the next one, I love you.

[00:39:23]Goodbye.