There's nothing worse than buying all the things that in a week after Christmas they're tired of

yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And so that's one of those that like all your kids can play with and it's going to last for years.

And I love those.

Welcome to cultivating the lovely. I'm your host, Mackenzie Kappa. And around here, we know that life is hard,

and we have to do everything we can to just make it a little bit more lovely. So it's my mission to bring

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at McKenzie Kappa. Thanks so much for joining me today.

Ladies, there has been a lot of heavy on the podcast this fall. I mean, just so many hard things

in my life and that have just kind of come up with the authors that

have been on the show, but really nourishing in a lot of ways that I am so grateful for.

I mean, Gary Thomas's episode couldn't have come at a better time.

And Michelle Cushat's episode couldn't have come at a better time.

But you know what?

Sometimes it's fun to just take a little break and talk about

goofy, fun things that bring a little bit of loveliness into our lives. And today, that episode

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