Croncast Season 04 | Life Is Show Prep

Croncast - 2006-04-24.mp3 Show: #219 Length: 33:22 Size: 22.9 mb Format: mp3 Betsy and her husband Kris Apr. 24, 2006 You haven't bought me a present in a while, like three years Kris went all out one year Then we starved for three months later A fistfull of testers from a dumpster for you Betsy Smelling like a $10 hooker I'm good and Betsy is great Betsy has a first The My Twinn foot hanging off the Goodwill rack Maggie's like, "No no no" body shake If Maggie could learn her orangutan moves she could do Clint Eastwood movies Kris doesn't know what My Twinn dolls are The pulse of my own heart in my ears 80% of Betsy's Goodwill posse is continually questioning their reality Betsy had to evacuate on Saturday Goodwill is cheaper than going to the laundr-o-mat The Diet Coke gets opened Yet another chubster addicted to Diet Coke Designing a doll to look just like your child Sending in the profiles of your child and they put the head on the doll Moles, freckles and all The doll hospital Technically it would

Croncast - 2006-04-21.mp3 Show: #218 Length: 46:20 Size: 31.8 mb Format: mp3 Betsy and her husband Kris Apr. 21, 2006 Sorry for the popping throughout the show. Some part of our recording setup is dying and causing an electrical pop. I should have this sorted out by Monday, hopefully. Our fabled podcast Betsy starts off telling a lie We have good News A new addition to our family It will be double matted Geraldo Rivera joins the Smith family Jodi hooks Betsy up Just to touch what he touched He will bless us while we podcast Betsy's junk pile is taking over the basement again Over 100 Dr. Suess books that aren't for your own kids? Well it ain't for you kid Scholastic books can't hold a flame to the Dr. Suess flow Betsy is now going to talk about RSS feeds Here comes the Kris went to the doctor story Testicular dissection The iMac does some pretty stuff Betsy holds back and says just go Psychosomatic phantom pain My first dash of colostrum For other people I am all about it Forgetting when and where you

Croncast - 2006-04-19.mp3 Show: #217 Length: 42:19 Size: 29.0 mb Format: mp3 Betsy and her husband Kris Apr. 19, 2006 Listen with iTunes? Leave us a comment - spread the word! Show Notes Changing all of Betsy's intro's to "I'm the decider." Kris now owns imthedecider.com I own 50 domains Betsy wants to spend that money on a lawnmower Geroge Bush said it - the I'm the decider "I hear the voices" Combating Bill Maher Talking to America like children Presidential speak should be colloquial He just wants me to open the Igloo and pass him one Unscripted speeches She gets shot in the face all the time Reality show we missed in our list - Deadliest Catch on A&E The USDA is in charge Betsy says the water is -60 F - what? You're hoping deep down inside to see an accident Kris is a keeper The crabs arms are torn off - "what just happened? what just happened?" Flip This House again Betsy lands the sooners analogy Betsy's first social worker job Once your kids poop on you 50 times they look less cute The car b

Croncast - 2006-04-17.mp3 Show: #216 Length: 35:12 Size: 24.1 mb Format: mp3 Betsy and her husband Kris Apr. 17, 2006 Listen with iTunes? Leave us a comment - spread the word! Show Notes Betsy rips me for my voice and tries out one of her own My true voice, the one I hear in my head Madonna's accent Betsy's dipthong-ish breakdown The same voice I use for calm Betsy did show prep! We gotta talk about that on the show Married 10 years this year in August Waking up with a mouth full of limestone Betsy's top 10 list of reality shows Betsy's true guilty pleasure Comcast with DVR makes it so much worse What planet are you from? Throw you a corn chip every once in a while and you'd be a happy boy Cursed with back to back shows on opposite channels Here's the list (full of commentary): 1) Little People, Big World 2) Blow Out 3) Flip This House 4) America's Next Top Model 5) Real Housewives of Orange County - They got great counter tops 6) Flavor of Love 7) Project Runway 8) Rocksar INXS 9) Breaking Bonaduce 10

Croncast - 2006-04-14.mp3 Show: #215 Length: 40:58 Size: 28.1 mb Format: mp3 Betsy and her husband Kris Apr. 14, 2006 Listen with iTunes? Leave us a comment - spread the word! Show Notes This humble home awaits demise and future teardown status. Kris goes old school with the intro; it feels good Go to Croncast.com and send an email with the contact form "I am a mommy" it sucks your energy You're not an iron worker Pummeled by child, feed this one feed this one Cabbage Patch Kids on eBay The iMac is a shiny something that maintains Betsy's attention like a racoon Cabbage patch kids with ink spots Loose PayPal card means mommy is working hard Old biddy pulls out vintage Cabbage Patch kids at Goodwill Betsy's amazing knowledge of worthless garage sale info that floats in Betsy's head If Betsy were the wizard she would be hugging the dolls Marketing My Size Barbies to the the friendless My size Barbie's cup overfloweth My Buddy dolls are worth some bucks I had a wagon that came out of the back of an El Cami

Croncast - 2006-04-12.mp3 Show: #214 Length: 1:00:52 Size: 41.9 mb Format: mp3 Betsy and her husband Kris Apr. 12, 2006 Listen with iTunes? Leave us a comment - spread the word! Show Notes We did a show with our friends Greg and Lisa of Viva Podcast! You can listen to Greg and Lisa at www.vivapodcast.com. Never have we done anything like this and thought it would be fun to hook up with our podcasting homies from New Mexico. It is a podcast mashup of epic proportions . . . maybe. The show turned out really well, however there are audio quality and sync issues on our end due to equipment flaking out. I worked for a long time to get it back to a level of quality that you would be able to palette. Thanks also to Greg for putting together the awesome album art for this conjunctive event. Full show notes will be in the future.

Croncast - 2006-04-10.mp3 Show: #213 Length: 36:35 Size: 25.1 mb Format: mp3 Betsy and her husband Kris Apr. 10, 2006 Listen with iTunes? Leave us a comment - spread the word! Show Notes Betsy forces me to schlepp the equipment to the bedroom for the show We did a 45 minute ong show that will never see the light of day It will be placed in the vault No one wants to hear two honkeys talk about immigration The first sub-division garage sale of the season No sleep for Betsy as she comtemplates the greatest day of the year Tape versus stickers for garage sale pricing The Rubbermaid bin is the ultimate garage sale impule buy Free bins at garage sales Garage sale ettiquet Free stuff goes at end of driveway Sales in Eden had bing at end of drive Showing up too early Betsy sees her people before the sales start (it is amazing to me) Betsy not buying the store I prefer my wife not buy a used breast pump from a teenager with studs in the fron of her face They are Betsy's people but she can't deal The eBay effec

Croncast - 2006-04-07.mp3 Show: #212 Length: 38:18 Size: 26.3 mb Format: mp3 Betsy and her husband Kris Apr. 7, 2006 Listen with iTunes? Leave us a comment - spread the word! Show Notes Gotta run to work. We address "foreign accent syndrome" or disorder whatever it is Speak to some more surgery Betsy's household management position "Why the hell did you marry him in the first place?" Spinning dog blood at 3 a.m. Doing a Disney vacation instead of Deadwood No heroic measure . . . DNR for dog

Show Notes for #211 Length: 38:14 Size: 26.2 mb Format: mp3 Download Croncast - 2006-04-05.mp3Listen with iTunes? Spread the word! Betsy and I try to follow up Monday's show and feel the pressure. We talked about it before the mics went on and well, you'll hear. It is Wednesday right? It is top Chef Day on Bravo Betsy could watch any reality show A three bean chili to reference top shelf Lots of Kris coughing The reality show formula Good at the game because they are mediocre Not as terrible as the 17 year old girl Crabby 50 year old Kris says porn is reality based Betsy says, "Don't mess with my handy man fantasy" Muffin blows a gasket upstairs Mother-in-law wants to put the dog to sleep Princess Muffin's doggyness Doggyy boarding school 3 years ago . . . . $1800! This damn dog ruining the carpet She has to eat with the special dog gravy sauceWho the hell whould buy dog gravy Dog gravy or Garlic Pretzels? Buying wierd snacks so no one eats them Placebo diet of "nothing to eat" No salty fingers here You

Croncast - 2006-04-03.mp3 Show: #210 Length: 48:16 Size: 33.1 mb Format: mp3 Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 165 Listen with iTunes? Leave us a comment - spread the word! Show Notes The show is uploading as I type and is going to take too long for me to get out the door to work to put up show notes . This 'spring forward' business has messed up my body clock and the waking up at 5 a.m is going to be brutal. However, this line sums up the entire show, "Honey. Honey. Wait, wait. Listen to me honey, my husband is a coach and he wears these shoes with a suit." More benign than Betsy would have you believe.

Croncast - 2006-03-29.mp3 Show: #209 Length: 4:26 Size: 3.0 Format: mp3 Croncast - Kris by himself Listen with iTunes? Leave us a comment - spread the word! Show Notes This is a really short show, not even really a show. Betsy has left town with her mom to support her sister. My niece is having some very serious health problems that would be . . . are tough for any parent to deal with. We may not get any other shows out this week since she will be gone for three or four days. I'll post updates over the next couple of days.

Croncast - 2006-03-27.mp3 Show: #208 Length: 29:28 Size: 20.2mb Format: mp3 Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 164 Listen with iTunes? Leave us a comment - spread the word! Show Notes Betsy says I gotta listen . . . to her Marked as important, yet ignored Kris spent the weekend with the family We rocked it out at the museum - www.msichicago.org You get free coffee Booba likes field museum better The man considers it his museum He acts like he owns the place Mommies are restrictive My lack of parenting is making him stronger News from the lips of the babe We sold the Lincoln!! It is in better hands Negotiable on the price You bet how does $0 sound? There was no hissy fit Like a Golden Gloves prize fight with the Lincoln as the grand prize He was a big guy . . . bigger than me The buyer had a plan Here's what is broken Checking it out around the corner Dealership auto jerks Emotionally invested i

Croncast - 2006-03-24.mp3 Show: #207 Length: 28:09 Size: 19.3mb Format: mp3 Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 163 Listen with iTunes? Leave us a comment - spread the word about the show! Show Notes Them notes coming later!

Croncast - 2006-03-22.mp3 Show: #206 Length: 24:29 Size: 16.8mb Format: mp3 Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 162 Listen with iTunes? Leave us a comment - spread the word about the show! Show Notes If you get this show Sending us an email Hair cuts from the beauty school $5.00 and sign the waiver that you won't sue us They still have a chance of flunking out of beauty school and you are letting them cut your hair Change it up like a spa I hope I don't get her Some men find it pretty, those driving around in their Datsun looking for a date They're building a house Over 100 bones for a dye job Kris couldn't manage the drama Leaving out the straight guy from the shop Is Luigi there? Feeling totally ripped off Somebody did and they flipped out Hair haters Your body reclaiming your hair for nutrients The birthday girl hungover with scissors Being mean and enjoying Knives and styrofoam cups Snuggly and cloudy Rare puff-a-lumps at .50 a piece Betsy kicks them in the shins Is it stealing? The garbage man tal

Croncast - 2006-03-20.mp3 Show: #205 Length: 35:51 Size: 24.6mb Format: mp3 Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 161 Listen with iTunes? Leave a comment - this will help to spread the word about the show! Show Notes Coming from studio "A" at casa de smith From my phone: Betsy is UU - Universalist Unitarian Her faith was waning Affirmation was to follow Betsy's $6.00 donut Veggie Tales for non-hardcore Christian "Your had was possesed by the devil." The kids have it right What about a more kid oriented church McDonalds targeting kids Branding, playgrounds, get'em while they're young The born-agains have the same plan What would you say to someone who tried to give you McDonalds food for a dinner party? Megachurches do so well, not because they don't smell like meat and dirty childrens socks "Why you gotta be hating on peoples invisible airplanes?" Putting pizzaz in your Jesus pants Betsy's split personallity Libertarian on her left shoulder, George Bush on her right and her right in the middle What hap

Croncast - 2006-03-17.mp3 Show: #204 Length: 28:44 Size: 19.7 mb Format: mp3 Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 160 If you have a moment and iTunes Leave a comment - this will help to spread the word about the show! Show Notes Soon(er) or later.

Croncast - 2006-03-15.mp3 Show: #203 Length: 36:39 Size: 25.6 mb Format: mp3 Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 159 If you have a moment and iTunes Leave a comment - this will help to spread the word about the show! Show Notes There was a man who lived by the shore in a very tall light house. Bedazzled like a peacok He was in to that sort of thing Be my wife "No. You gotta be fucking kidding me." Mean from day one We can party but not get married The large amount of earings in my head The head peircing My brother head hole is full of more holes Making podcasts in Gie Gie's environs Basement is ex-grubby and looks like it belongs to someone else The old folding doors were us We just don't take care of anything Dog hair, legos, dust, crunched up baby food and crackers - home Ben is making Kris look really bad The Lincoln is for sale and the crazies are calling They started calling at 6:10 a.m. Baby stomach shorr off Putting Ben on staff What 30 year old needs a PSP? I do! The faucet Wal-mart is not evil

Croncast - 2006-03-14.mp3 Show: #202 Length: 36:19 Size: 24.9 mb Format: mp3 Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 158 If you have a moment and iTunes Leave a comment - this will help to spread the word about the show! Show Notes Late night Monday show Kris is a man without a country (so to speak) The basement floor is half complete Kitchen tear down tomorrow Alifooka from Yahfunke World music is not our bag Cow tank swimming is good o'l boy hot tub Raising cat fish in the cow tank Betsy talks about the crazed mommies (see images on previous post) Triplets first time around would make you insane Momma sow having babies Playing in barn Pre-shop for the big ass garage sale Gie Gie is needy The cart, the cart, the old lady cart Freakish contraptions Night trains for the laundry baskets Women are in each others faces Wow, she must have gotten up early The haunted dolls on eBay There is no doubt now that "My Size Barbies" are a pedophile treat Colorado City, AZ Gary and Judy on vacation He'd buy the haunted d

Croncast - 2006-03-08.mp3 Show: #201 Length: 20:16 Size: 13.9 mb Format: mp3 Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 157 Show Notes This is the quiet Croncast on Maggie's first birthday! Maggie's still sick Going to the doctor Upper level of the house Clean and warm is good Basement schwank Dirty filth in basement Ben is great Muffin you got it made here Formal furniture isn't comfortable when you are a bony dog The cat pee epidemic Two Bens thick Aren't they cute you can set them down next to you when you garden The awful laugh Kris therapy for his major disfunctions Speed dating would have killed Kris ">

Croncast - 2006-03-06.mp3 Show: #200 Length: 11:37 Size: 7.9 mb Format: mp3 Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 156 Show Notes It's a Monday show but a short one, you'll hear why very quickly. Gie Gie has a fever Tossing Kris's watch Massive emergencies Betsy would take the kids out in a tornado Having kids Jumping off the Sears Tower on to a bed of nails Betsy gives a garage sale update ">