And welcome back everyone to the studio, to the show, to a show with a co-host. And not

just any co-host, Nina Turner, fresh off of Thanksgiving. How's it going, Nina?

Nina.

Hi, John. Move instead, Lily. How are you?

I am doing okay. We had power problems in the studio. So yesterday, I did the show on my phone

from the shed in my backyard. It feels good to be back in a studio with lights and heat and

everything. And to be able to have a guest, how were the holidays for you? How did a little bit of

time off I treat you? Good, I needed it. I baked a lot because I'm the baker and the family.

I think I talked about that the last time we together, sweet potato pies,

pound cake.

Nice.

And the kind of things we should not eat on a regular basis, but good for problems.

Probably not. So my friend James, he lives in Houston. He's a lawyer in Houston and he came and

he had not he hadn't packed a lot. And he had a backpack. And half the backpack was taken up with

this wood box that was transporting a pecan pie. It was so good. I don't even think of myself as

liking he can't pie. They were fighting over those slices as a household.

Oh my God. I can't find a count of pecan.

Yeah.

Oh yeah. Let's not even talk about the weight gain. Let's just go on and get the correction mode.

I know. If it can be corrected, some things you can't come back from. And I worry,

January 6th and Thanksgiving, two things we can't go back. So anyway, thank you to the bakers for

what you do. You make the world worth living in. But anyway, thank you to all of you for being

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