Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour. My name is Jamie Ivy and you are listening

to the happy hour podcast with Jamie Ivy and I'm your host today and every single week

I get to be your host and I'm so glad you're here. If this is your first time to join me

on the happy hour, welcome. I think you're going to really like it. If this is your 35th

time, I'm so glad you're back. The happy hour podcast really is just a conversation between

two women about the little things and the big things, the lighthearted things and the heavy

things. It's exactly the kind of conversation you would have if you and a girlfriend went

out for drinks. And so that's what we're doing here. Today the guest on my show is my friend

Melanie Schengel. And Melanie, you might know her best from her blog, which is called the

Big Mama Blog. And she's been blogging for years, but she's also an author and she just

released her third book this week. Her newest book is called Nobody's Cuter Than You. And

I've read it and I tell her this in the podcast, but it's my favorite of her three if I could

have a favorite. It's all about friendship and it was so good. It was such a great reminder

of to me and how important our friends are to us and you're going to love it. And she's

graciously giving away three copies to listeners. So super easy to listen. I'll tell you

about how to do that at the end. I also want to let you know those would be that have been around

for a long, you know that I am a complete amateur with podcasting. I absolutely love this gig.

It's my most favorite thing I've ever done. I love chatting with amazing people and then letting

you join our conversation every week. But let me tell you, I'm still learning. I feel like I say

that at the beginning of every show, but it's true. You're going to hear some technical stuff this

week. I was recording a little bit further away from my wireless router, whatever that means I

have no idea, but anyhow, it kept cutting out and I tried to fix this as I could, but you'll

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