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From the Front Porch

Episode 166 || Love It or Loathe It, Vol. 12

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Annie sits down for our bi-monthly show-within-a-show with frequent guests Emily and Hunter. This month, one of President Obama's favorite books of 2017, The Power by Naomi Alderman. This week's episode is brought to you in part by the City of Thomasville's 97th annual Rose Show and Festival. To learn more (and to begin booking your trip), check out the City of Thomasville's website. ​​​​​​​Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like our weekly behind-the-scenes newsletter, consider supporting us on Patreon here.

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0:00.0

How's your day going?

0:03.4

I've had better.

0:05.1

My mom's dog, who I'm dog sitting,

0:07.7

I woke me up at 6 this morning to go to the bathroom,

0:11.2

and I locked myself out of the house,

0:14.3

and my husband's out of town.

0:16.0

My kids are out of town with my parents who have the spare key.

0:19.0

Were you in your PJs?

0:20.2

Yes.

0:20.8

Oh. Oh, no. And is there a, well, did you have a spare key, like, hidden somewhere? No, I had to legal open a window that I left unlocked, thankfully. I do not know what I was going to do. Do you call locksmiths if that happens? I didn't have my phone. Oh, you had nothing. I had nothing. Like when I closed the door, I thought, oh, it'd be nice to, like, read the news or have a flashlight. Oh, no, that's awful. Yeah. So I, like, did this weird bending to get into a tiny window. Good for you. I was so angry.

0:55.9

Should be proud of yourself. You're like back to bed. You Cirque Day so laid this. No, this is real

1:00.1

talent right here. I have locked myself out of my home countless times. Well, the first week we

1:06.6

lived in it, I locked me, Jordan, and my parents outside because we were working in the yard.

1:12.8

We had no spare keys at that time because we newly bought this home. So we had to call a locksmith

1:19.1

to come change the locks on my brand new house. Super great. I was very popular that day.

1:26.0

And then my husband never locks himself at the house, but he is responsible for where to hide

1:32.0

the key, which means every time I lock myself out of the house, which is always a torrentially

1:39.6

downpour, a torrential downpour type of day. I have to go quite literally digging to get the key.

1:47.1

And I don't understand, this is Thomasville. Can I just hide the key? Like, I'm sure it's fine in a

1:51.5

conspicuous location. Listen, you never know. Jordan just wants to take all precautions, but I literally

1:56.9

lock myself out probably once every season. That's fine. I get locked out of my

2:02.5

like, well, I used to get locked out of my van like every month or two. And my granny would just like drive and me like she goes, I'm coming, I'm coming. And she'd like come and she'd like call the police and they would like come and they'd like unlock the car. And she was always like, I'm so sorry. and then my fan was always a mess and she go

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