WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.319 --> 00:00:07.360 Welcome to Round five of the Parenting Roundabout podcast for the week of April twenty 2 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.839 fourth. I'm Catherine Heleco and I'm here with Nicole Ritics. Hello, and 3 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:16.800 Terry Morrow. Hello. Today we're taking a break from talking and complaining and 4 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:20.839 obsessing, and instead we're shouting out things other people are doing that we think 5 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:25.559 you'll find as useful or enjoyable as we do. We call this our Roundabout 6 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:31.399 round Up, and I will go first. I was once again influenced by 7 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:40.719 the lovely people at Young House Love back to their podcast. It doesn't seem 8 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:49.200 like it, yeah, not enough. Yeah, So maybe you saw on 9 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:55.520 Instagram, Terry. One of the things that Sherry was evangelizing for was this. 10 00:00:55.920 --> 00:01:02.320 It's called a candle warmer lamp. So it's this, It's a lamp 11 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:08.400 with like a cute little glass shade and a little light bulb. But the 12 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:14.040 point of the light bulb is not so much to cast light, but to 13 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:19.120 gently warm up a candle that is placed under it. And so this way 14 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:25.640 you get the scent of your candle, but you don't have an open flame, 15 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:30.719 and it makes the candle lasts longer. Nice. It just warms it 16 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:37.400 instead of actually burning it. So I got it for my daughter for her 17 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:41.959 birthday, and she loves it because I know she you know, she likes 18 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:52.400 to burn candles. And I worry because yea is you know, like I, 19 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:59.079 candles can be dangerous, sou and in the irony is that. I 20 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:01.159 don't know if you guys are remember this, but when she was a freshman 21 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:07.480 living in the dorms, she got in trouble and she got fined for having 22 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:14.000 an un lit candle in her dorm room. Remember that. It wasn't even 23 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:17.759 idea. Yeah, and it's really cute. I mean there's lots of different 24 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:23.879 styles and stuff that this particular one is just got this cute little glass shade 25 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:29.520 and like a little wooden base where you put the candle. So I gave 26 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:34.280 her that for her birthday. And then like a few days later, I 27 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:39.639 said, huh, I probably should have gotten her a candle also. But 28 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:44.080 then I was with my son at the time because we were shopping for him, 29 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.159 and he's like, well, I can give her a candle, but 30 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:50.400 that could be my present because he hadn't gotten her a presentator Yes, So 31 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.599 then he got her a present. Oh. I love this because my daughter 32 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:58.080 I am always in fear of her burning candles. I hate that. Yeah, 33 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:01.080 but this is like and there's five dollars keep on on Amazon right now, 34 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:07.000 there you go, so checker out, get it. M h, 35 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:12.080 what do you have, Nicole? Oh my goodness, my life has changed. 36 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:17.120 I have never had one of these before last week. Your life changed 37 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:23.080 because of your water bottle? Because my life again, every time I order 38 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:25.680 from Amazon, it rapidly changes. It must be it must be hard to 39 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:32.400 keep up with. But are life changing boxes? Yeah? You could be 40 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:38.560 an Amazon I know right. I've never had been of these before, but 41 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:44.439 I had. I was in a position where I but a label maker and 42 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:52.439 it's a Bluetooth label maker and it is the cutest, coolest little thing ever. 43 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:54.879 If you're into making labels, or if you're not, um, it's 44 00:03:54.919 --> 00:03:59.120 still fun to play with. You get an app. You download this app 45 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:01.360 and then you get to desig i' the label on your phone and it has 46 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:09.039 all these different fonts and icons and all kinds of like little scribbly lines and 47 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:12.080 stuff. It's fun. It's the teacher in me coming out. I don't 48 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:16.360 know, but anyway, and you just like you hit print and then it 49 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:20.519 just pops up this beautiful, pretty label and you're like wow, and so, 50 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:30.560 um, I've i've I've been running around the house labeling things. I'm 51 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:38.639 quite enjoying myself, and um yeah it gets good reviews. Uh so that's 52 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:44.480 my shout out. It's called Nimbox Labelmaker and it has a ten dollar cupon 53 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:50.560 today, nice ten dollars off cupon. So I highly recommend if you're in 54 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:59.360 the market for organizing and labeling. H And how about you, Terry, 55 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:02.480 what are you going to shout out well on the topic of fostering kids independence 56 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:10.600 and giving them these skills they will need to one day live a independent life. 57 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:15.800 My daughter has been wanting very badly to learn how to make a grilled 58 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:19.920 cheese sandwich. This is her favorite thing. She wants to be able to 59 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:23.240 make them. When we tried to do it on the stove, but I 60 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:27.079 was nervous about the gas, you know, and my husband had bought this 61 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:30.959 cast iron frying pan, which scares me a little bit, so I wasn't 62 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:33.360 sure how the heat was working with the grilled cheese sandwich, and that do 63 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:35.920 you have to season it after you make it? And all this stuff. 64 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:42.959 It was making me anxious. Passing on this skill to my child. So 65 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:46.439 I was trying to think of things I wanted to get her, like a 66 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:50.240 little appliance on which she could make grilled cheese sandwiches herself, and this would 67 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:55.480 be her thing. She could use it, she could make her sandwich, 68 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:57.480 she could clean it, she could put it off to the side, it 69 00:05:57.480 --> 00:05:59.839 would not be in the way, it would not be using her father's frying 70 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:04.319 pan, and it would just be an independent experience for her. And she 71 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:11.120 had a birthday coming up, so I got her this first. I was 72 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:14.079 looking at like, if you google grilled cheese sandwich makers, they give you 73 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:16.879 panini presses, and it's like, well, that will grill both sides, 74 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:20.759 but you don't want to squish it. You want to regular two pieces of 75 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:25.160 red with cheese. So I finally remembered that my mom used to make me 76 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:29.279 grilled cheese sandwiches on an electric griddle, and I searched around for them, 77 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:35.120 and I found something called the little griddle cute from a breastone, and it 78 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:41.240 is about the size to make. You could probably make two grilled cheese sandwiches 79 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:46.160 on it if they were cozy, But it's perfect for like an individual person 80 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:51.000 making themselves a grilled cheese sandwich, and you can you know, it's electric, 81 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:57.439 and you could you set the temperature and then when you're done, you 82 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:00.199 can pull the electric part out of it and then wash it in the sink. 83 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:04.639 So she is able. She went on YouTube and found videos about it 84 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:08.839 and how to use it and what to do, and she just independently made 85 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:13.399 herself a grilled cheese sandwich on it. It was glorious. So she now 86 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:15.560 has this little griddle and she is able to She feels like she knows how 87 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:18.759 to cook now because she could make the grilled cheese sandwich on her little griddle, 88 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:23.600 and it was a very successful purchase in experience, and best of all, 89 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:28.000 I didn't have to do anything other than buy it, So she independent 90 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:32.759 the research make it. Maybe she could make herself some scrambled eggs not in 91 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:36.199 the microwave for a change, or she could make bacon if that were a 92 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:40.360 thing I would let her do. Or you know, there's all sorts of 93 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:44.439 possibilities for this little girdle. So if you have a young person you would 94 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:46.879 like to give that sort of experience too. I definitely already remend it was 95 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:51.160 like thirty five dollars something like that wasn't expensive and it came immediately by Amazon 96 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:57.439 and many grilligan ventures ahead. Can you buy? Is there a thing where 97 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:01.639 you could buy like liquid pancake batter that's already made and then just pour it 98 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:03.920 on your little griddle and make yourself pancakes. I think that's a thing. 99 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:09.720 Good look amaside, because if you're just going to make a pancake or two, 100 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:13.560 you don't want to, like me see the whole badge though. I 101 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:20.279 guess right, but that may be the next adventure is making pancakes. Okay, 102 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:28.360 Oh you canasible instant parancakement. That's what I'm looking for. It's right 103 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.040 here. I just pulled it up. I mean, I bore yourself a 104 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:35.960 little couple of pancakes on your little griddle, and you got Brenna right there 105 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:41.480 for your wants to be independent young person, get them their own tiny appliance. 106 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:45.919 Nice. And that is it for another week of parenting round about. 107 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:48.399 If you missed any of our earlier episodes this week, look them up on 108 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:52.399 Spriaker, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts to 109 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.960 hear what we have to say about the proms sources of tension with adult kids, 110 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:58.679 and how to promote a good relationship with those adult kids like by buying 111 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:03.320 them up lances. 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