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Hi y'all.

This is houseguess, and I am your host, Kenzie Elizabeth.

Think Gen Z, wannabe Martha Stewart, meets Dolly Parton, trying to live in a Nancy

Myers movie in her 20s.

We talk all about life, relationships, navigating your 20s, closing at the bars, or waking up at 5 a.m.

Depending on our vibe that week.

Ultimately, living our best lives and figuring it out along the way.

So come hang out.

Sometimes I have guests on who do really cool things, some of my best friends, or it's just me in my house that I spend way too much time in.

So let's get into the show.

Hi, house guest.

Welcome back to my home this week. Ashley Ann is coming over and we are just having the best conversation. Let me tell you something. Guys, this girl is 21 and she is so insanely inspiring.

Like whatever the opposite of a victim complex is, she has. Okay. She had a very, like, tumultuous childhood, which I think a lot of us can relate to. And it's just really interesting to hear her perspective on, like, a lot of the trials in her life while not being, it's not, like, so preachy and, like, do this and, like, you know, like David Goggin style. It's just very real on like her perspective and thinking that we're talking about how we love Nancy Myers movies. We're talking about our hobbies. We're talking about Dolly Parton. We probably have like a 20-minute conversation about Dolly Parton. And it's really just so inspiring. If you need to kick in the ass, this is the episode for you, honestly. I'm like, she's right about everything that she's saying, and she knows what she's talking about. She's an incredible country music star, if you ask me. Like, I love her. Oh my God. I literally forgot to say this to her. Oh, my God. I actually cannot believe I didn't say this. A while back, there was a song, she ain't Texas, that she was releasing on TikTok. She was like teasing it on TikTok, right? And if you go back to those

videos before she had released it TikTok. She was like teasing it on TikTok, right? And if you go back to

those videos before she had released it, like, it was me commenting every single day being like, hey, just waiting for the song, need to hear this. Like I remember where she was when she shot these. And like, it is such a good song. And I was like, if you look at any of those comments, I would be like, Hey, me again, I'm back.

I cannot believe I forgot to tell her this.

Like, she just left my house.

I need a message her. was like, if you look at any of those comments, I would be like, hey, me again, I'm back.

I cannot believe I forgot to tell her this. Like, she just left my house. I need the message her. Anyway, she's amazing. She has so many projects going on. We'll have her link to check out her music. But I think you guys are really just going to love this conversation because she really is like one of us. Like she is a fellow house guest, if you will. She came over, guys, she brought me cookies, okay? Like, she baked me and brought me cookies to my house. She is a fellow house guest, if you will. She came over, guys, she brought me cookies.

Okay?

Like, she baked me and brought me cookies to my house. She is my favorite house guest of all time. And I think you guys are really going to like it. Again, if you need a comfort list and while also having a kick in the ass, that's going to, like, change your perspective and make you, like, just like your life more. This is the episode for you. So, I hope we guys enjoy. If you guys are watching on YouTube, be sure to subscribe. And let's get on to the episode. Your outfit is like actually

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