I'm so excited that you have joined us.

This is your first time. Welcome. This is a fun place to be. We have four episodes in the can for you.

If you want to listen to one of those too with author Ted Decker, one with my favorite assistant Sarah,

and we are talking about the word of the year that we both have picked for 2015.

And then an episode with my friend Matt on the best places to eat in Nashville.

I really, really enjoyed getting to chat with him.

By the way, playing in the background is Mississippi by Dave Barnes from his new EP titled Hymns for her,

which is just so, so good. I can't even tell y'all if you could see my face.

I'm just squinting it out because it's such, such a good album.

I think you should definitely grab it today and it will really be a good addition to your life.

On this episode of the podcast, I have my friend Jessica Turner, author of the book, Fringe Hours.

You may know her from her blog, the mom creative, or on Twitter, social media.

She is Jessica and Turner. Here's the thing.

I went over to Jessica's house a couple of days ago and we recorded a podcast.

And then I got home and the volume was terrible.

And blessed her heart. I made her get on Skype and do the interview again with me today because it sounded like

major amateur hour, like more than your average Annie podcast amateur hour.

So poor Jess, but we got on. We talked about.

Some of our favorite things, including the Fringe Hours, but also some other things that we both love.

And I think you will really enjoy this conversation with author and blogger and sweet friend Jessica Turner.

Jess, I'm so excited to talk to you for a lot of reasons, mainly because we're friends,

but also because you have a book coming out that interests me a lot as a person who's in a different

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