Summary
In this episode, hosts Jeffrey Carmody and JJ Branch introduce their new podcast and discuss the origin of the podcast name, ‘The Wolfie Feed.’ They share the story of the two wolves and the importance of feeding the good wolf in life. The hosts also talk about the challenges of starting a podcast and the experience of changing the oil on a Jeep. They emphasize the value of supportive friendships and the admiration for handy and skilled individuals. The episode concludes with a discussion about Rory’s interest in horsemanship and her Christmas wish for land.
Takeaways
Feed the good wolf in life by focusing on positivity and surrounding yourself with supportive relationships.
Starting a podcast can be challenging, but having a supportive friend can make the process easier.
Personal relationships and friendships are valuable and provide support during difficult times.
Admire and appreciate the skills and abilities of handy and skilled individuals.
Encourage children’s interests and support their passions.
Focus on the positive aspects of life and find joy in everyday experiences.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Launch of the Podcast
01:29 The Origin of the Podcast Name
04:17 The Story of the Two Wolves
05:42 The Importance of Accountability and Supportive Relationships
08:03 The Challenges of Starting a Podcast
09:18 Changing the Oil on a Jeep
10:19 The Desire to Be Handy and Self-Sufficient
11:33 The Experience of Changing the Oil
12:32 The Frustrations and Hurdles of Starting a Podcast
13:26 The Importance of Having Supportive Friends
15:10 The Value of Personal Relationships and Friendships
17:34 Admiration for Handy and Skilled Individuals
18:28 Rory’s Interest in Horsemanship
20:51 Preparing for a Horse Show
25:14 The Horse Show Experience
28:46 Disappointment with the Participant Ribbon
31:53 Rory’s Christmas Wish for Land
34:07 Embracing the Western Horsemanship Lifestyle
37:15 The Purpose of the Podcast and Spreading Positivity
Jeffrey Carmody (00:02.235)
Wow. What an intro right there, huh? Brand new podcast. And, uh, I feel like a seven 47 jet brother. We just landed and have arrived. I, well, I can’t tell you how many times that seven 47 has been delayed, but yes, we have pulled into the station and finally got this podcast off the ground. However you want. I don’t know. I think, I think probably off the ground is a good way to, uh, to put it because when you’re landing, it’s almost like.
You’ve completed the journey and there’s no anxiety. There’s no stress. There’s no bumpiness, you know, man, I feel like we’re off the ground, but, uh, it has been quite the sit on the plane for an hour and a half until this thing actually takes off. But here we are. I mean, how many people have been going, when’s the podcast coming? When’s the podcast coming? And finally, uh, those of you that are listening, we have taken off, arrived, whatever you want to say, but we are here. We are. And I couldn’t be more thrilled about it. You know,
When we first kind of started talking about it, I, I can’t remember the exact time when we started talking about it, but usually, you know, when we’re hanging out together, people just love listening to our stories and us play off of each other. And I think it, I can’t remember the exact moment, but I was like, why don’t we just tell these stories where everybody can hear them? That’s exactly right. That’s it. And it was a great idea and, uh, and it’s been months of preparation to get here. But, uh, but you’re right. You’re right. We, uh,
We have finally, finally launched the campaign of the Wolf U feed. Hey, by the way, I’m Jeff Carmody. Hey, and I’m JJ branch. And we’re super excited that you came along this, uh, 7 47 ride with us. That’s right. And, uh, we wanted to give you guys just a little bit of history as we, as we kind of get rolling here, wanted you to know, you know, really where the concept came from JJ talked about it a little bit. I mean, we’re always telling stories and things like that. We’re going to have plenty of those on the.
On the podcast, far as we get into talking about, you know, just being dads and husbands and sons and things like that. So it’s, uh, we’re going to get into all of that, but JJ, why don’t, why don’t you dive in a little bit, uh, where the name of this dang thing come from, brother? Well, so the name of the podcast is you probably heard it in that great intro is the Wolfie feed podcast. And it all kind of started one day. I was having a pretty terrible, awful day.
Jeffrey Carmody (02:24.779)
And Jeff called me nobody ever has those by the way, right? I mean there’s a But nobody ever has those type days. Yeah at our age You could think about having a bad day or something going on, right? But so it was going bad and I think Jeff was probably calling me to tell me something cool about tennis or life And then I don’t even think I let him say hello. What’s going on? I just started complaining and complaining saying all these things that was going on making me mad And then I don’t think I even got to
finished my rant and Jeff was like, Whoa, hold on a little, let that roll down. Hold on a little bit. He goes, you’re feeding the wrong wolf. And I’m like, and then, you know, I’m already mad and I’m like, what are you talking about? Yeah. You’re going to come at me like this. Yeah. I was like, you’re going to, you’re going to take this opportunity to call me out. And so, and he did call me out and I guess at first I’m like, I don’t know what you’re talking about. And he was like, ah, do you want to tell it kind of tell it and I can tell the story or how
But I think you were listening to this or just heard it the week before. Yeah. I think, you know, I mean, you know how social media goes. I mean, you’re always just kind of digging in. I’m, you know, I’m always trying to, we’re, we’re always worried about culture at work, right. And the culture and the team, and you’re always asking people to get things done and get them done quicker or faster, things like that. So I’m always kind of delving into some of that professional development type stuff and yeah, I’d come across this great.
a speaker on YouTube and he was just talking about that good wolf and that bad wolf. And I thought, man, it was just one of those things where you typically hear it. You see it. You don’t know when you’ll ever need it or use it. But man, that day for you, it just kind of, kind of fit, fit right into it. It did. And I’ll kind of, most of you probably heard some story or some of the type of principle behind the story, but it goes, an old grandfather was teaching his grandson about life, said a fight’s going on inside me. He told the boy.
It’s a terrible fight and it’s between two wolves. One is evil. He’s anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. Then he continued, the other one is good. He is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.
Jeffrey Carmody (04:46.683)
He said that same fight is going on inside you and every person in the world and all y’all listen It’s going on in you Then the grandson thought about it for a moment and he said grandfather which wolf’s gonna win and Then the grandfather simply replied it’s gonna be the wolf you feed. That’s right. That’s right Yeah, so just good wolf and bad wolf that day for JJ. I mean, you know, we all have them right? I mean the
Kids miss the bus, the wife’s angry, you know, from whatever happened last night. The, the homework wasn’t done. You know, food’s all still in the kitchen. When, you know, just terrible morning, you get to work, you’re running late. You’re late. Boss is there. You’ve got a presentation. You’ve got a conference call. Yeah. You know, I mean, the, the day just goes south on you in a heartbeat. And, and yeah, when a friend calls and catches you in the midst of all that turmoil and how your day’s going. Sure. I mean, just that.
Vomitness starts happening, you know on how terrible life is when man it’s only been a couple hours, right? but we’re ready to jump off the San Francisco bridge and And I think that’s the key, you know to the podcast here. That’s the key to JJ and as relationship It’s about man. He can have that day But accountability and being able to call on a friend to just go hey, you got it. You got to hit that switch right now
stop feeding all those bad things that happened and let’s go find some goodness over the next few hours to really focus on so that we can get back to that good wolf, right? Uh, because that’s the one that we all need to feed. Absolutely. And, and you know, and not trying to get, you know, all emotional or anything like that, but I am lucky to have a guy like you in my life, you know, personal relationships and friends, they go a long way. And you know, you, you gotta have those types of people in your life that you can always count on when you’re down. And so
If you don’t have one of those call me and Jeff will be that for you. That’s right. And, and, you know, I mean, for those of you that don’t know tennis is a big circle of friends that we lean on all the time. I mean, that, that is a group that, uh, is, is there to make you laugh. They’re there to, uh, take you out for a drink. If you need one, they’re there to grab dinner. They’re there to help you with a kid situation, wife situation. I mean, you know, those kids, those friends surround all of us, uh, together. I mean, even starting this podcast.
Jeffrey Carmody (07:05.199)
Right. I mean, we’ve got friends that we play tennis with that are helping us along the way, uh, you know, so I think that’s key too. Yeah, absolutely. And one, you, you were just talking about, Oh, Travis Vinson and NewZoo marketing. I mean, he helped us get going on this. Like officially when we first told him, Hey, we’re starting a podcast. He was like, I, what can I do? And so if you need any kind of marketing, anything, uh, go to NewZoo marketing, not net dot net, give Travis and his team a call.
And they, I called them in for my business and they have knocked it out of the park and, and they’ve got us going here. So find you some guys like that in your life. That’s right. That’s what’s the key. Absolutely. He owes us for that one. I think, no, he, no, he doesn’t. He’s helped us. He doesn’t, he doesn’t know it’s anything. Uh, but next time he wants to give me a game or two in the tennis set, I’ll, uh, I’ll gladly take it, you know, cause he’s a big, big pickleball guy that brings pickleball to the tennis court. I give him such a hard time all the time, but, uh,
But again, that’s, that’s just part of that, part of that friendship. Right. So, well, and again, I’m glad that to be here, I can’t believe we’re actually recording it and so now I’m getting excited and don’t get excited yet. I mean, we barely know what we’re doing. No, I know what I’m doing. You see this microphone? What is it? Oh yeah. Yeah. That means I’m an expert. Oh yes. I don’t laugh at me. Look, I’m going to show the amount of passion when I talk in here.
Like, God, that guy knows what he’s talking about. Yeah. I’m going to laugh. And then I have the microphone and then like, Oh yeah, he definitely knows what he’s. Oh yeah. Yeah
Jeffrey Carmody (08:56.123)
Let that be known as the first joke on the Wolfie feed right there. Uh, just right out of the blue. And they’re going to get plenty better. I promise. Oh, I don’t know. That was, that was, that was the better, uh, only way to go is up on that one. So, uh, but anyway, so, so I, well, well now we’re getting going. You got to explain to me why I had to step over all of that.
Oil and everything out there on the way. What, what is that? Like, what do you mean? What is that? What do you think it is? I know what it is, but your house. Yeah, I know it’s oil and I’ve got to figure out which one of your kids are going to clean all my shoes. That was not a mess. You know why it wasn’t a mess? Because just like everything in life, whenever you need to accomplish something on your own, and this was one of those situations this past week that I needed to accomplish on my own. Uh,
Changed oil on the Jeep and that’s why it’s out there though. Wait, you took it and got the oil change These hands are right here dog Chains the oil on the G look out look at all the calluses and although I mean you see that how dirty those fingernails are I mean just filthy. All right. Well here here’s one thing that I promise you all through this whole Thing the whole course of this flight in this podcast is we’re gonna be pretty honestly honest to each other into you and
Well, I’m being honest. I changed the oil. Well, I’ll be honest. I don’t believe you one bit. You did not change the oil. What do you think I did? Went out to the oil change place. I was like, hey, I’ve really got to prove my manhood right here to my buddies. Coming over later. You might just give me a bunch of old oil bottles and like, just let me put them out in the front doors of any shows. I’d be like, yeah, I’ve been changing the oil. You know, like you think that’s what I did after you’re telling everybody listening that we’re going to be honest here. You think I’m going to be the first guy you’re going to crack that terrible
And I’m gonna be the first one to lie on the other podcast. That’s how we’re just gonna roll No, I YouTube how to change the oil a Jeep, you know why because every two. Yeah, just like we did for this podcast
Jeffrey Carmody (11:05.643)
We might should have done that before we started this thing. How to start a lame podcast. Well, I wouldn’t even done like that. How to start the most bad news by casting. You can get your hands on. I would have just been like, how do you start a home podcast? Like just, just talking with your buddy. How do you do that? Maybe we should have done that because I believe in YouTube because it made me and helped me change the oil on that Jeep out there. And I’m going to be honest with you, man.
I don’t know if I’ll ever take it anywhere else to get the oil change. Really? I don’t, I don’t think I will, because the reason I’m changing the oil is cause every time we took it to the Jeep dealership, they’re like, yeah, you just leave it with us or you got two and a half hours to wait and you know, and I’m like, what, no, who has two and a half hours to wait? And I’ve been a dealership guy, whether that’s right or wrong. I’ve been a dealership guy. I like the dealership that sold me the car that manufactured the car. You know, I just like them to work on the car, you know, even on the oil, but this time, bro, it was a drain.
Oh my gosh, now I’m going to try and be official. It’s a drain plug. It’s get the oil out. It’s put the plug back in. It’s fill it up with oil. It’s crank it up and go, man. I mean, it was simplistic just like this by guest. Yeah, absolutely. And, uh, no, not absolutely. It’s been three hours of setting all this up, figuring out software. How do we hit record? I mean, uh, and, and so I’ll be honest with you.
I probably could have changed the oil on 13 Jeeps for the amount of time it took us to get going right here. That’s, that’s probably what I would say. I really thought when we were going to get a podcast going, that we were just going to get become experts, get mics and just start talking and hit record. And that was it. Oh yeah. That’s simple. So that’s why I was like, yeah, let’s do this podcast. This is going to be awesome. I am so glad that when I looked at the YouTube for the Jeep and I was like, this is going to be simple. I’m so glad it was simple because.
And again, maybe we should have YouTube the podcast because then it would have been simple instead of the hurdles that we went through but Still when you know, don’t regret it I mean we’re in a good spot right here and hopefully able to share some stories and Help people focus a little bit on that good wolf And what’s going on? So yeah, and just call me anytime this week. You can even come pick you up
Jeffrey Carmody (13:26.5)
Cause I’m worried about the Jeep right now. Well, the bad thing is I’m not even driving the Jeep. I’m going to be putting Jill and the kids in the Jeep, you know? So like, good luck. Good luck with that one. At least it won’t be like this truck I saw today. Did you see the truck outside the neighborhood today? This black truck on the side of the road? Oh my gosh. So we’re, we’re leaving today. We’re going to go grab lunch and we’re about to pull out of our neighborhood. And I hear just like this and Jill’s like, what was that?
Bro, we look straight across the road. This truck’s front left wheel came off right in front of us and it’s like digging into the grass and the median. And we happen to just see it all like live take place right there. Actually, I’m telling the story. I do think I probably need to retake a look at the Jeep and just make sure that I just make sure you said there was oil everywhere. Maybe I forgot to put the plug back on.
So you gotta got me nervous right now, especially after this tire story on that truck because and God bless that guy. I mean he just probably did what I did He just sat in that truck, you know, like I didn’t know how to respond like I wasn’t like But hey, buddy. I just changed the oil on my Jeep. I’m pretty sure
I can get that truck lifted up, get that suspension fixed for you, get that tire right back on there. Give me five minutes on YouTube over here and we’ll have you back on the road. I guess I probably could have done something like that, but man, I’m a little nervous about the oil in that Jeep now that you got me all thinking about it. I’ll double check. Don’t worry. For those of you out there, don’t worry. My kids and wife will be safe. We will follow back up on that. So craziness.
You need them to be safe. I’m a little bit worried. I’m gonna tell Jill. Yeah, that she should I’m gonna maybe send her some money to go like to the twig oil stop Jill might it jill might should have changed the oil. She probably would have been more competent than me Uh, that’s what I was really about to say. I was like, yeah, are you taking credit for jill’s work? Yeah, yeah that I mean I went and put it past her. She’s an amazing woman I did she probably could change the oil in the jeep, but if she could uh
Jeffrey Carmody (15:39.491)
She probably wouldn’t have been taking it over to the Jeep dealership. I mean, we’ve gone over there like four or five times to try and get the oil chains on this thing. I mean, it’s been terrible. So, um, but anyway, the only reason I thought it may have been Jill is, I mean, how does the oil filter sit, the, uh, air filter situation in this house usually happen. Well, that’s me. I mean, you know, yeah, that’s, that’s me. It’s a little too high, you know, up there, you know, I mean, I’m six foot six, one 85, you know, so.
You got, you gotta have a, you know, a good V shaped man changing your air filter. Actually, I shouldn’t say that cause Julia hear that and she’ll go find a V shaped man to start changing our air filter instead of the, uh, the, the man that I am, but, uh, but still able to change the oil and, uh, and the air filter, so we’re good, but you said filter there, is it, I think there is an oil filter that’s gotta be, oh, you know.
Because every time I go in there and pay for somebody to do my oil change like here’s your air filter You want to get a new one now? It’ll probably last you a couple more months. Yeah, but I’m thinking there’s an there’s an oil filter In there an oil filter Yeah, yes, don’t you have to change it? Oh my god I’m gonna have to go back and look at this YouTube video because I think all I did was change I think I’ll figure it out. Stop stop. Everything is fine. Why are we even talking about this? I look like an idiot right now on
how to change your oil and forgetting a step. I’ll go back and figure it out. It’ll, it’ll be fine. It’ll be fine. If you haven’t figured out by, by now, Jeff and I are not the most, I guess, the get our hands dirty. Yeah. Man of man. No, we’re not. No, no, that’s not, that’s not us. I wish because like I get jealous. So that’s when I see guys doing, yeah, just overhauled.
Yeah, yeah, I put a wall up at my house, you know, uh, I, uh, I knocked down a concrete, you know, I, Oh, you know what I get? Uh, the guys that, uh, trim their trees and like actually get the stump too, you know, like out of their front yard. Like those, those are the, those are the dudes that like, I’m just like, I gotta call somebody, you know, like I gotta call somebody it’s $800,000 to get them to do something that
Jeffrey Carmody (17:59.323)
My buddy that’s a real man actually takes care of it as hunting farm every single week. You know, so that’s the, uh, that’s the thing for me, uh, hunting, man. We’re going to talk a little bit about hunting on this show. I’ll tell you that, uh, did not be a manly man. We got some, we got some stories to talk about there. I promise you, because I’ve, I have pretended to be a lot of times in my life. My man. Well, speaking of kind of some manly things, and I am going to give it to you. I’ve been kind of impressed.
You’ve been telling me about, uh, Rory’s new infatuation, what she’s loving. And I mean, you know, it’s like, again, I I’m not in that element, but that’s that that’s leaning towards manly men there. I’ll tell you, uh, I have not ever thought in my life about owning a farm, but, uh, Rory has got us invested in horsemanship.
I think is the right terminology here. Uh, is that a real word or you just trying to say, I could Google it right quick, uh, I actually get YouTube how to be a horseman, um, but I do feel like we’re talking like we’ve developed new vocabulary, you know, I mean, I try and like speak to my kids and a decent amount of, you know, vocabulary to where they kind of understand words like empathetic, you know, I mean, not, not like, I’m not trying to be, you know,
crazy, you know, English literature major here, but I mean, I want them to know some of these words, you know, to be able to, to talk intelligently, but I’ll be honest, some of these words that we’re learning in this horsemanship stuff, I just, I never heard him in my life. You ever heard of the word tack? Like sticky? Yep. That’s what I would think too. Like a thumb tack, right? Yeah. Like, you know, no tack is like, here I am. I’m going to try and explain it to you, but tack is like the
the ropes and the leads and the, the ropes. I mean, I don’t know, you know what I mean? Like it’s, it’s like all the stuff that it takes to actually ride the horse, you know, or lead the horse. And then you’ve got the, the saddle and then you’ve got the pad that goes under the saddle and you’ve got the strap. I mean, like there are so many new vocabulary words that seem simplistic and basic to everybody in the horsemanship world.
Jeffrey Carmody (20:23.571)
But man, I’m just trying to catch on right now because, and here’s why I’m trying to catch on, because we did a horse show this past weekend with Rory. And, uh, I thought that, you know, we just kind of go down this, this path of, uh, horse lessons and she just kind of gets a ride, some horses, maybe somebody leading her around that type thing, but, uh, man, she went and did this horse show and she wrote a horse, it’s this white horse. That I think.
Looks more like a unicorn than probably, you know, uh, an actual horse because it looks like something. What was that movie? Was it the princess bride or something where he rides in on that white horse or something? You know what i’m talking about? They they leave on white horses and princess bride. I think okay. Well, I may be wrong I don’t I don’t know the princess bride enough, but
I love eighties movies, but I don’t know the princess bride enough to know, but I think, I think you’ve read the white horse or something. I don’t, I don’t know. Anyway, that’s what this horse looks like. It’s like this majestic animal that should be in a Disney movie and, and come trotting in on. So here’s Rory at this horsemanship ship show. Is it really called like, I’m sorry. I hate you. I know you’re getting, is it really called horsemanship? What, whatever you’re saying? Is that a real word?
I think it is. I mean, like you’ve got, you’ve got it’s Western horsemanship. That’s what we’re doing right now. And I think that Western horsemanship now is opposed to Eastern horsemanship. I mean, I don’t know. No, there’s no such thing as, well, I’m telling you there’s no, I should stop talking. No, no, no. I didn’t mean to keep going with your. Well, no, because now, because now I am thinking, I may am thinking maybe there’s a Eastern horsemanship, if there’s a Western.
But then I’m thinking, what would the Eastern be? And I can’t really come up with that, you know, because like the Eastern horse, so Western horsemanship, where am I putting you? I’m putting you in Colorado, right? Putting you out there in New Mexico, Arizona, right? I mean, these sounds, these are like horse type places. You say Eastern horsemanship and I’m thinking where I’m putting in New York, Boston, Maine, uh, Chicago, got to buy an Eastern horsemanship. So this is exclusively for United States then.
Jeffrey Carmody (22:38.383)
I’m not gonna not gonna answer not gonna answer because I’m gonna have every horsemanship person that ever thought about listening to the wolf you feed just Strangling me right now over what I’m talking about. Here’s what I’ll tell you what I’m talking about. Okay, I’m talking about Entrance fee into the horsemanship show today. I’m talking about joining the horsemanship committee I’m talking about the committee the association. I’m talking about I gotta pay for
Uh, the, the outfit I got to pay for, we know we did this dress up thing. I got to pay for the horse to even show up. I’ve got to pay for the writing lessons. Like there is this is, this has turned into my daughter taking a couple of lessons up the street at a, at a stable or a barn or ranch, I guess. I don’t know if you call it a ranch, but whatever it is.
To this Mecca of the horsemanship world. And I think that’s where you’re headed. So here we, here we are. We show up at eight o’clock for this thing and you have you ever been to a swim meet? Uh-uh. Okay. My oldest daughter did swimming one time and we show up to the swim meet and the swim meet is like, it’s like an eight hour deal, man. It’s like event one, event two, event three, event four, track me essentially. No. Okay. Have you done track meets? Yeah. Oh.
No, I’m not a big, not a big track guy. Um, you know, I could hurdle some donuts, but you know, I don’t know a whole lot about the track world, but, but yeah. So you don’t know about the swimming world. I don’t know about the track world, but it sounds like they kind of coincide with how the event runs, right? Do they write on their, uh, arms or their thighs, the event number and all of that jazz like in Sharpie in the track world? No.
No. Okay. Well, in the swimming world, they do, you know, they’re like event one butterfly, you know, and then it’s event 13 and these things go to like event number 90 something, you know, and you’re there. I don’t know. The swim is about three hours. The horsemanship shows are the same way, except we showed up at eight. I’m taking a nap in Jill’s lap at like two 30 still there. Rory has ridden her horse. Uh,
Jeffrey Carmody (24:58.627)
One event but the big ones coming up. Okay, and this big event this Are you kidding me right now? Oh, I thought I lost you bro. Oh my god, you’re back I just had I just had to I roll. Oh, I got really nervous right there
I thought the horsemanship thing, I thought you were done. I started abusing the track world and you’re like, see ya, you know, like I’m out, which is what a lot of horsemanship people are probably done with me talking about the weather horses. They’re probably like, see ya. And I don’t even know the best part yet. So here’s Rory on this white, you know, horse that you would think you’re riding into the heavenly gates on. Majestic. And so she’s got to practice on this thing. Right? So here we go into practice world.
And she’s in the training arena and I’m there, you know, I’ve got, I’ve got my middle son with me who I don’t think really cares about any of this. I just, he just knew that we were going for breakfast and donuts and thought he’d tag along with us. So here we are in this training arena and. Rory’s just sitting on the horse and she’s supposed to be kind of walking it. Right? I mean, she’s got to walk it this way. And then the guy’s going to tell her to stop and reverse and come back the other way. This horse ain’t going anywhere, man. I mean, this horse is just like, I’m here to look good. You know, that’s it.
So Jill gets out there in the training arena. And the minute Jill starts walking in front of this horse, this horse just starts like doing exactly what it’s supposed to. Follows Jill this way. Jill turns around, follows Jill back. Jill says, you know, let’s try a little bit. Jill’s kind of got a little track going herself. Here goes the horse. You know, the horse is trotting, you know, and Rory looks like she looks like a Western horsemanship expert at this point on this horse. And I’m like, Jill, get out of there.
And she’s like, why? I said, cause she’s not going to be able to like, this isn’t Western horsemanship. Watch my mom pretend to be a horse type stuff. This is like, Rory’s going to have to actually ride this horse. So here she goes. Jill comes out of the arena. The horse just stops, just stares at Jill. And I’m like, this is going to be a good tech. This is why you don’t take city people and make them pretend to be horsemanship people in an arena on stage.
Jeffrey Carmody (27:09.327)
So I’m embarrassed at this point and look, I’ve bought a new pair of boots for this thing. I’ve got Wranglers. I mean, I’m trying to fit the part. I’ve got the button up shirt. I have the cowboy hat. Like I am like, I am all in and here comes my daughter on freaking white stallion. And this thing’s going to just stand in the arena. So I’m scared to death. I’m sweating bullets. I’m nervous. Here it comes. And event number 39, you know, Rory writing.
stallion, you know, sterling. And so here they all come. JJ, this horse comes into the arena and it is like a different animal. The horse is like, Oh yeah, you need me to go this way. Okay. And then the judge is like, okay, stop in reverse. And the horse is like, you know, right. And I’m like, what is going on right now? And they’re like, okay, try it. You know, the horse just take it off. And I’m like, what is going on?
Rory looks like we’ve been doing this at our ranch forever. So of course I’m standing up, you know, and I’m like, yeah, you know, tipping my hat, you know, you know, I’ve got my spurs, you know, I did not have spurs, but I am so proud at this point. And so I’m like, wow. So long story short, right? Cause we got it. We got to start wrapping up, but, but long story short.
They come out to announce like the, you know, who won this thing and there were, there were three people in the event. Okay. So, you know, we got a good shot at least finishing third.
Jeffrey Carmody (28:46.847)
A good shot. No, no disqualification. So I’m like, just give us 30 and let us get, get out of here. You know, and, and which we’re not by the way, but let’s get out of here. And so, uh, here it comes, you know, first place goes to, you know, whoever, you know, and I was like, yeah, you know, I figured, you know, second place, Rory writing, starting, I’m like second place. Yes. Like.
That’s really good. You know? So I was like, okay, good. We didn’t come in last. We didn’t come in first. So good. We’re not trying to pretend that we know at all, but we’re also trying to not pretend that I just bought these boots yesterday, you know? So like, so we, we’re in good shape here. So I’m, I’m proud, right? So we’re finally long day. We’re in the car. We’re headed home. And Rory’s like, dad, I got a ribbon, you know? And I was like, man, that is so awesome. Rory, like you’ve got a second place ribbon. And, and she goes, um,
Dad, it doesn’t say that, you know what I’m like, what do you mean it doesn’t say that? You want second place. And she’s like, no, it says something else. You know, and I was like, okay, well spell it for me, because I’m driving, I’m trying to be responsible. Like, you know, I’m not like gonna try and pass it up front and all that. So she’s like, all right, I’m gonna spell it dad. And I said, okay, she goes, it says P-A-R-T-I. And she doesn’t even have to finish at this point. You know, I’m like, I’m like.
CIP ANT and she’s like, yeah, and I said what the heck I mean, we just paid we just paid $1,500 and you’re walking out with a participant ribbon Like I expected a buckle man, you know, like yeah, like how do you ever heard Garth Brooks in the rodeo? Like I was expecting, you know, I Wasn’t expecting here’s your one-chance fancy. Don’t let me down type stuff. I mean, this is a participant ribbon
My daughter finished second out of three people. I expected a second place ribbon. I was already having a box custom made. I was like, we are buying a ranch, horses, tack, saddles, ropes, barrels, everything. No, we got a dang participant ribbon. And we had been there. It was a nine hour deal, man. I mean, it was nine hours on a participant ribbon from the horse show, man. Did she realize it was a-
Jeffrey Carmody (31:00.511)
Just patient ribbon because don’t ever let her know if it was. Oh no, that thing’s hanging above her bed right now. I mean, it’s like, it’s like on the headboard right now, you know, like, look at my second place ribbon, you know, and we don’t, we don’t even use the P word anymore. She should be so proud of it either way. You know, they probably gave her the wrong ribbon. I’m not proud of it. I mean, it’s an expensive damn ribbon. I could have gone down to Hobby Lobby and bought it, you know? So, oh.
That was my week though, man. That was that was my story. How the heck do I feed the good wolf in that right? I mean $1,500 for a 50 cent ribbon So I’m curious like how many or how long did you binge watch Yellowstone? But I was ready. I was ready dog. I mean I was I was ready. That’s how I knew what to go by I can only imagine working it like boots and more
And you see like me come through the door, you know, wearing my lululemon shorts, my fricking Nike Air Max’s and, uh, and, and I’m going, hi, I’m just here to pick up some Western gear and you know, mine’s getting a little old and dirty, you know? So I can only imagine what they think. You know, I like to buy cowboy hats. They’re like, okay, our straw hats are over here, uh, because you probably don’t need a real one. Um, so yeah.
That’s, that’s, that was, that was my week right there, dog. And now it’s like, Hey, what do you want for Christmas? You know, what’s on our number one Christmas list? A horse as a shut down right here. Well, you would think it’d be a horse, right? Except I’m proud of her because she understands that you need something else. Actually, I would expect like a new iPad writer or, uh, you know, some, some cool Barbie dream house thing, you know, I mean, something, something along that regards us when I’m thinking.
So I’m like, Oh no, baby, you know what, what do you want Santa to bring you? And she looks at me straight face dude. And she just goes land. I said, Oh my God, sorry. Now I said, like, I said, I said land. Like, like, what do you mean land? You know, and she’s like, you know, dad, like we need land and I’m like, you need one of these. That’s all you, you need the diffuser. Yeah. That microphone is wet. Like the, like.
Jeffrey Carmody (33:14.683)
Niagara Falls over there. So yeah, bourbon going everywhere So yeah So number one on the Christmas list this year is land and she says I need land because my birthday is in March and in March I’ll want a horse, but we got to have land first. How do you even present this? How do you how do you even go? Hey Santa left us a map? You know, we’re gonna go find out where your gifts are and we show up to the gate and like there it is Is she gonna really be like yeah, I’m going to Disney World, you know
She might, because I feel like, I feel like she’s being straight up honest with me. Girl wants about 10 acres right off the Natchez trace, ready to rock. So that she can get a horse. So you’re all in on this Western horsemanship. You’re about to go buy a dang ranch. Oh, I told you I watch Yellowstone.
Jeffrey Carmody (34:07.895)
I like how my Yellowstone would be like, my Yellowstone would be about four acres, uh, Yazoo County and, uh, you know, single wide, uh, stuck on it, you know? And then say Carmody ranch, you know, right out, right outside the screen door. Well, man, that’s, that we make it there. We make it there. What does Jill think about this hole? She’s already man.
She’s ready. She wants, yeah, she wants to highlight cows and she wants pigs and goats and I mean, uh, chickens. I mean, like she’s, she’s all in. I got to figure out how to stop being a city guy. Now I know why you changed your oil. You’re, you’re becoming the day. I mean, I am, I am. You won’t even recognize me soon. There’ll just be dirt face and, and just old wrinkles to tell stories with, you know, of.
the days when I was, you know, out there on the, on the ranch, you know, John Denver and type stuff, you know, that was, uh, quite a week. Man, I had no idea that you were, that you were, you were the new real. Oh yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. You’ll see it. You’ll see. Well, I’m excited to learn more about this. Uh, you’ll see it before long. I mean, it will not be the Kansas city sweatshirt.
Back here will be a picture of Montana, you know, and I’ll have on my pearl button down and the, what’s that little thing they call the? Bolo tie. The Bolo tie. Look at me go. They wore those at Ole Miss. Maybe I should get into Eastern horsemanship. It’s not Eastern horse, Western, Western. We just lost it. Now, if any horseman was even listening at all, we just definitely lost them again. I gotta, I mean, is this like, is it like, is Eastern horsemanship like?
You know what it all is it like rodeo and stuff. When you say Eastern horsemanship, you did, you did again. When you say that, it reminds me of that old salsa commercial. Uh, what was that old salsa commercial that they talked about where they were like, uh, Oh God, I can’t remember it. I’m going to have to look it up so that I can start the next episode that we do with it, but, uh, they talk about where the sauce is made from, you know? And it was, it was like.
Jeffrey Carmody (36:26.951)
New York city. You know, I can’t, I can’t even remember it, but, uh, it was all about, you can’t do that over there. That’s how I think about when you talk about Eastern horsemanship, I’m like, you can who rides a horse through New York city. It’s not an NYPD officer, you know? So, oh, that was my week though, dog. That was my week. I’m going to find some good in it somewhere. That’s right. And look, and thank you for sharing that with us. And, and look, y’all, I, you know, I’m not sure what you’re expecting in this, but.
It’s going to be us having fun telling stories and trying to make you feel a little bit better about yourself. And, uh, you know, the good thing about it is when we do all of this, you know, I always, when I walk out, whenever I’m talking with Jeff, it always puts me in a better mood and hopefully some of our stories can make you in a better mood or, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
I don’t ever want to be somebody’s a reason for feeling terrible. Right? I mean, we, we come on the show, we started talking about all those negative things. Uh, that that’s just not, not what it’s about. So it’s, it’s just about the, the week that we’ve had the things that we’ve been through, a guy’s tire falling off and oil change, trying to be a Western horsemanship guy, Western horsemanship guy, uh, whatever it is. I mean, that’s, uh, that’s just where we are.
and what we’re going through. So, hey, we do appreciate you guys listening to us. And man, I can’t wait to get back in here and do another one. Absolutely guys. We’re not super technical, but we know you’re supposed to hit that like, subscribe, share, tell all your friends about it. Yeah, yeah. That’s more of that YouTube stuff. Yeah, and then come back and listen to us next week. We’re excited to do this. And there’s probably gonna be some turbulence on this 747. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hopefully no crashes. Yeah, well there probably will be some type of crash.
It but uh, I think we’ll make it and we’re glad that you’re coming along this journey with us Jeff I’m glad to go on the journey with you. Absolutely. All right guys till next time. I’m Jeff Carmody I’m JJ branch go feed that good wolf. Thank y’all