Fake Laughs and Real Moves

Some big changes are on the horizon for us. In this episode we talk about our anticipated move to Portland. We're doing it. We're finally doing it. At least, that's what it looks like. We discuss the reasons for our move, the struggles and joys we experienced in Albuquerque, and the dream of starting new in a different city. 

We promised to link: 

Kurzgesagt

Utopia

The Juliana Theory

My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding

Run The Jewels

Get in touch: 

Lindsey tweets at @LindseyFace28
Lorenzo tweets at @offlohi
Parenting Vs Podcast tweets at @parentingvspod

Barelas Podcaster's Guild, including guild podcasts can be found at barelaspodcastersguild.com

All our music is made by Jeff: https://soundcloud.com/jeff-omidvaran

Giving Grace

Time is moving slow and fast at the same time. How is this even possible? Every day begins the same--I wake up between 5:30 and 6. I stumble to the coffee pot then make coffee. I clean the dishes in the sink if there are any. Then I sit on my patio chair outside and watch the sun come up and wait for the chaos and noise that awaits when the all the kids wake up. 

Every. Day. Begins. The. Same. Way. 

It's like groundhog day, but with more masks, and less friends. It's no wonder 6 months felt like 100 years and 1 month at the same time. 

But in all this, it's hard to focus on your mental health. It's hard to get clarity. It's hard to breathe. To take a moment to think. To feel okay. It's hard. Then things begin to pile up, and frustration builds. I don't know about you, but I can take it out on the person that just happens to be in the same room as me. And more often than not it's a child of mine, or my spouse. 

The pandemic has been hard to say the least. 

In this episode we talk about our frustrations that are ongoing. How we're handling. Some honesty on parenting and some honesty on marriage. We hope you enjoy this episode. Thanks for listening!

We promised to link: 

Veritasium Video

Our America: Extreme Parenting

Dos Spookqueños

My Hands Are Bananas

Kevin Duckworth, R.I.P.

Barelas Podcaster's Guild Go Fund Me

Lindsey tweets at @LindseyFace28
Lorenzo tweets at @offlohi
Parenting Vs Podcast tweets at @parentingvspod


All our music is made by Jeff: https://soundcloud.com/jeff-omidvaran

Moving to Staten Island

We're not really moving to Staten Island, but it might not be so bad. The hot weather, pandemic life, working from home, and online school has brought us down. 

In this episode, we get into the nitty gritty of mental health, our opinions on faith and how it relates to politics, and we discuss the frustrations of doing online school with our kids while just trying to maintain. 

Lindsey tweets at @LindseyFace28
Lorenzo tweets at @offlohi
Parenting Vs Podcast tweets at @parentingvspod


All our music is made by Jeff: https://soundcloud.com/jeff-omidvaran

Quote Unquote

We don't mince words in this episode. Well, I'm not sure if we ever mince words. In this one we go into our faith, BLM, Trump, the evangelical church, anti-maskers, and local megachurch pastor Steve Smotherman. 

We brought up the Albuquerque journal article about the impact of sending our kids to school. You can find that here. 

Lindsey tweets at @LindseyFace28
Lorenzo tweets at @offlohi
Parenting Vs Podcast tweets at @parentingvspod


All our music is made by Jeff: https://soundcloud.com/jeff-omidvaran

A Cautionary Tale

We spent some time in Santa Fe to get our minds off Portland for a bit. 

Lindsey tweets at @LindseyFace28
Lorenzo tweets at @offlohi
Parenting Vs Podcast tweets at @parentingvspod


All our music is made by Jeff: https://soundcloud.com/jeff-omidvaran

Whatever Flips Your Meat: MLM pondering and Hey It’s Summer! (Kind of)

Well, um, either way, I'm glad when we have those times when we don't have to worry, or think about this darn virus, this covid 19. This weekend we booked a New Mexico getaway and it was amazing. We talked about that. We talked about MLMs. We talked about what the beginnings of our summer look like. 

Lindsey tweets at @LindseyFace28
Lorenzo tweets at @offlohi
Parenting Vs Podcast tweets at @parentingvspod


All our music is made by Jeff: https://soundcloud.com/jeff-omidvaran

Bird Nerds

Being home has allowed us to really appreciate nature. We talk about our feelings, nature, birds, kids, and Mother's Day.

It's good to just sit with your parent and reflect. I think that's one thing a lot of couples don't do...reflect. It feels so energizing to our relationship when we can be honest with how we feel, share our goals, our desires, our everything, without the fear of being judged, or not heard. Also, it's good to just sit down and talk about bird facts. We do some of that in this episode.

I hope we're getting better at marriage. I hope we've learned how to respond to each other how we need to be responded to. I hope we can be nurturing parents to our kids.

Thank you for listening!

We read from this article: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53295/10-fascinating-facts-about-ravens

Lindsey's listening to: 1Q84, Run the Jewls, Glass Animals, Tame Impala, Eyes on the Shore, Pokey LaFarge, Kevin Morby, Sword and Scale, True Consequences, But Why?.

Lorenzo's listening to: The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber, Little Richard, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Ottis Redding.

Lindsey tweets at @LindseyFace28
Lorenzo tweets at @offlohi
Parenting Vs Podcast tweets at @parentingvspod


All our music is made by Jeff: https://soundcloud.com/jeff-omidvaran