[00:00:00] Speaker A: This is the Morning Journey Rewind with Mark and Brittany. Never miss a moment.
[00:00:04] Speaker B: This week on the Morning Journey Rewind. Brandon Heath checks in from Nashville with an update on the winter storm. We have a lot of giveaways coming up, so make sure you get signed up for the Journey Insider and the music crew, along with filling out our Valentine's Day poem entry. And with all this winter weather, maybe you've gotten out sledding or you're collecting.
[00:00:22] Speaker C: Snowballs for the future.
[00:00:23] Speaker D: Well, this portion of Virginia, really, we were spared much of the what was expected to be a significant ice storm with a lot of trees down, the power lines down. For the most part, we did not have that. There are some places in Virginia where they have lost power, but Tennessee, Middle Tennessee got hit really hard. I was watching some video yesterday. I mean, just neighborhood after neighborhood where trees are down, power lines are down.
[00:00:50] Speaker C: Yeah, we were. We were talking Brandon Heath, he lives in Nashville, so he decided to check in with us this morning. Brandon, what's going on out there?
[00:00:57] Speaker E: Everybody just wanted to let you know we're okay. Ice storm, while pretty, it is also destructive.
[00:01:04] Speaker F: We have no power.
[00:01:05] Speaker E: We got some trees down, but we're.
[00:01:07] Speaker D: Gonna be all right.
[00:01:08] Speaker E: Pray for Nashville. Pray for everybody in the Southeast who's been hit by this ice storm.
[00:01:13] Speaker C: Yeah. Thank you, Brandon, for that update. Yeah. Just remember to keep them in prayers as we go for the next few days. It might be a while in the foreseeable future before they get power fully restored to the Nashville area.
[00:01:23] Speaker A: Your day starts with encouragement the Morning Journey with Mark and Brittany.
[00:01:28] Speaker D: One of the great ways to stay connected with the Journey and keep up with what is happening is to sign up for the Journey Insider, and that includes information about concerts.
[00:01:38] Speaker C: This time it also includes a ticket giveaway. We're giving away tickets to see Ring collective coming up February 19th in Roanoke. And so make sure you get signed up for the Journey Insider. It goes out on the first of every month, and so the first is actually coming quicker than you think. It's a Sunday, but the email will go out on Monday the 2nd, so make sure you get signed up at myjourney fm.com youm can check out some.
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[00:02:09] Speaker C: Feedback when you fill out those surveys that go out on Wednesdays once a month. And then when you fill them out by Sundays at midnight, you're automatically entered in to win a prize. This time for February, it's Stephen Curtis Chapman. He's coming to Roanoke February 28th. So if you want to go, make sure you get signed up for the music crew now, so you're in on the next survey.
[00:02:26] Speaker D: If you need some help with your Valentine's Day plans, the journey is here for you. So all you have to do is write a very creative Valentine's poem and then enter it to win. @myjourneyfm.com we would love to give you.
[00:02:39] Speaker C: Dinner for Valentine's Day. Take the planning out of it for you. Myjourney fm.com youm'll see the form right there on our homepage. Fill it out. Send us a funny, creative, loving poem about your significant other, and you just might win. You. You have a little while to do so. Just a couple of weeks. Valentine's Day will be here sooner than you think.
[00:02:56] Speaker A: Uplifting and encouraging because you need it now more than ever.
[00:03:00] Speaker D: You betcha.
[00:03:01] Speaker A: The morning journey with Mark and Brittany.
[00:03:04] Speaker D: One thing about the kids being home, and we have all of this ice and then mostly ice, a little bit of snow. But people get very creative when it comes to sledding. If you do not have the traditional sled, it's fun to see what people.
[00:03:19] Speaker C: Come up with, especially areas where they're not really prepared for snow.
I've always used. We used to use those plastic disc ones, and now my husband upgraded us to, like, ones that are pretty long. They're still plastic, but, like, they fit two of us at a time. So those are pretty nice. I think. I don't think I've ever used anything weird, though.
[00:03:36] Speaker D: No, I've used. We used to use, like, the thin runners, like those. The plastic, you know, real thin, which weren't great because they were hard to control. And you feel every single bump.
So that one. But we've. I have used cardboard, but before cardboard. I did that. Yeah. Like a sheet of cardboard.
[00:03:52] Speaker C: All right.
[00:03:53] Speaker D: And I think just like. No, Then the rest of it was pretty normal. Like an inner tube or something like that.
[00:03:57] Speaker C: Yeah. I've seen some people have used, like, kiddie pools, which is pretty creative if you don't have a traditional sled, like, a kiddie pool could work pretty well.
[00:04:05] Speaker D: I saw somebody.
There's a video out there. He was using a walk.
[00:04:10] Speaker C: A walk.
[00:04:10] Speaker D: Going down on a walk.
[00:04:11] Speaker C: Oh, my goodness.
[00:04:13] Speaker D: A shower curtain shower.
[00:04:15] Speaker C: That. That's one I would never think of as a shower curtain.
[00:04:18] Speaker D: Yeah.
So that was pretty funny. I think my favorite was a folding table turned upside down.
[00:04:25] Speaker C: A Folding table. Oh my goodness.
[00:04:28] Speaker D: And it works?
[00:04:29] Speaker C: I mean, I guess so. Yes, you like sit on the legs.
[00:04:33] Speaker D: No, you sit down on the table. So you turn the table upside down. Okay.
[00:04:36] Speaker C: You gotta fold the legs down, right?
[00:04:38] Speaker D: Yeah. Well, you leave the one, the back leg, you leave it up so the person can use that to push you. Oh, and then you're sitting then on the other side of the. On the table. Okay. Yeah, it worked pretty well.
[00:04:46] Speaker C: Not a bad idea. Bernie, this is Mark and Brittany.
[00:04:50] Speaker F: Hey. I was just gonna tell you, back in the day, and I'm in my 60s, we would sleigh ride on a car hood, the hood of a car.
[00:05:00] Speaker D: Oh, that's a great idea.
[00:05:02] Speaker F: We would pile. I mean you could pile six or eight people on the hood of a car. And I live in Roanoke City at the time, and we would go to Fallon park and it would take like three people to pull that thing back up the hill.
But we would sleigh ride down on the hood of a car.
[00:05:20] Speaker C: Can you tell me where you got the hood of a car?
[00:05:24] Speaker F: The road we lived on right at the top of the hill there was an auto body mechanic shop. So yeah, they gave us our old car hood and that's what we sledded on, was the hood of a car.
[00:05:35] Speaker C: That's so awesome.
[00:05:36] Speaker D: If I was out sledding and I saw a group of people on a car hood, that's one where you just say, you know what, I'm going to get out of their way.
[00:05:41] Speaker F: Get out of the way, get out of the way.
Exactly, exactly. But it was so much fun just kind of channel surfing through the radio.
[00:05:51] Speaker A: Families are catching on and I'm like.
[00:05:52] Speaker F: Wow, this is pretty cool.
[00:05:53] Speaker A: To the best way.
[00:05:54] Speaker F: So now this is the only thing I listen to now to wake up. My style of everything has started to change.
[00:05:59] Speaker A: It's the morning journey with Mark and Brittany.
[00:06:02] Speaker D: So my folks, I still have somewhere at their house my old Hot Wheels cars. I used to have like several cases of them. So I think there's like a case somewhere at their house. Haven't seen it in forever. Has your folks have they saved anything from like your childhood?
[00:06:16] Speaker C: So they recently moved side to go through a bunch of like old stuff. And a lot of it was like school papers or like art projects I made in school or birthday cards from like my second birthday, things like that. So a lot of that. And I had like two Barbies that I've passed down on to Stella now. So.
[00:06:32] Speaker D: So this is probably the oddest thing that a parent would have kept from their child time of growing up. It is the world's oldest snowball and it's celebrating its 50th anniversary. It was created February 5, 1976 in of all places, San Jose, California.
[00:06:52] Speaker C: Okay, that's bizarre enough. I would save that too. Like do they ever get snow there? Yeah, they did one time.
[00:06:58] Speaker D: Yeah. So it was very odd for them to get snow. Jeff Seamus was a teenager and he was experiencing snow for the first time. So he did what most people will do, they will make a snowball in. He kept it for a while. He wanted to hang onto it. So he put it in his freezer. Did not know that his mom then over the years she kept it. She kept it in a freezer all of these years. And so it is now in February it will be 50 years old.
[00:07:25] Speaker C: A 50 year old snowball. Well, if you ever want to like see snow, that's one way to do it. Just keep it in your freezer forever.
[00:07:33] Speaker A: Some great music. The Morning Journey with Mark and Brittany.
[00:07:36] Speaker D: Something that the journey is looking forward to. We've participated in this before. It's night to shine.
[00:07:42] Speaker C: This is a great opportunity to just honor those with special disabilities, ages 14 and older. It's part of the Tim Tebow foundation and it's like a prom for those with special needs. And so it's going to be February 13th from 6:30 to 9pm at Waymaker Church. If you want to get registered, you can do that there. You can do that via our
[email protected] the link is there. We are so looking forward to it. You get to dress your best and celebrate those and really give a prom and a special night to those with special needs.
Really excited about it. If you have someone with special needs, you want to get registered. All the details
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[00:08:19] Speaker A: For a great day. The Morning Journey with Mark and Brittany.
[00:08:23] Speaker D: So I've mentioned that I don't do a lot of cooking, but primarily when I cook it's either on the stovetop or if I can, I will use the microwave. Hardly ever use my oven. So one of my questions is, and I default, everything just goes on the middle rack. So my question is what goes on the top rack, what goes on the middle rack and what goes on the bottom rack?
[00:08:44] Speaker C: You're asking the wrong person. And we don't even have three racks, we have two.
And our top one is set to the middle and the second rack is just like kind of underneath of it and pretty much useless.
[00:08:55] Speaker D: Okay, so you Pretty much go with what would be the middle?
[00:08:57] Speaker C: I guess technically it's the top rack because we have two and it's the top one, but it's set to the middle of the oven. So I guess we'll say we go middle. I've never really thought about it actually.
[00:09:07] Speaker D: So I don't know. I mean, obviously it has to do with intensity of the heat. I would imag.
[00:09:12] Speaker C: Well, I always figure if you need something to like, that's what the broil setting is for. You just turn the broil setting on if you need to crisp something on the top.
But apparently there is a special place you're supposed to put stuff. The top rack is technically for steaks and burgers and fish.
The middle rack is more for casseroles and desserts, I guess. And then the bottom is pizza. Oh, I don't know.
[00:09:39] Speaker D: Wow.
[00:09:39] Speaker C: Some crunchy, like, crust, if you want. I don't know. Again, we have two racks and we use our top one, which is technically set in the middle. So don't ask me. I'm not the expert.
[00:09:49] Speaker D: I did see somebody chimed in on this. They said, I just throw everything in the middle and quickly. Shut the door.
[00:09:54] Speaker C: Yeah, shut the door. Hope for the best. If you're really brave, leave the light off and don't even look at it.
[00:10:01] Speaker A: Start on a positive note. You're on the Morning Journey with Mark and Brittany.
[00:10:06] Speaker D: Brittany, when you were growing up, were you a Sesame street watcher?
[00:10:09] Speaker C: I was, and my daughter Stella now is as well.
[00:10:12] Speaker D: Yeah. So it's interesting how times have changed as far as, like, technology, how we view things, and a big change for where and how you watch Sesame Street.
[00:10:21] Speaker C: Yes. Now you can go to YouTube. And they are offering. They've reached a deal. They are the largest digital library now for Sesame street, offering more than 100 full episodes for free.
[00:10:32] Speaker D: Isn't that great, though? I mean, you have that option to just stream it whenever you want.
[00:10:36] Speaker C: I like it because my daughter loves Sesame street. So this is good news for me because YouTube's free. So there you go. We're just going to worship, we're going to be encouraged, and we're just going to be together.
[00:10:47] Speaker A: That's the idea. You're on the Morning Journey with Mark and Brittany.
[00:10:52] Speaker D: Props to some Virginia high schools. They've got this great program where the students are learning how to repair and restore cars and also help out the community.
[00:11:02] Speaker C: It's all in the name of science. They're actually learning engineering, physics, problem solving skills. And I said, I've always said the Best way to learn something is to actually do it. And so while they're learning all this, they're actually fixing these cars up and they get them road ready. Some of the schools actually donate them to single moms. Staunton High School, Louisa County High School, and Fairfax High School or some of the schools in the Virginia area that offer this. But this is, like, really cool to see. Not only are they learning something, but they're also giving back to the community as well.
[00:11:31] Speaker D: Yeah. One of the teachers, Shane Robertson, says the car giveaways are unforgettable moments, especially when the garage doors open. The recipient realizes that that vehicle is theirs.
[00:11:41] Speaker C: And you got to think about the kids who have put all the work into this. Not only are they learning, but they're also learning what it's like to give back and how good that feels. So props to them. I think this is a great, great idea.
[00:11:52] Speaker A: Hosts that make you feel like family. You're on the Morning journey with Mark and Brittany.
[00:11:57] Speaker D: So when we were kids and we were sick, mom made chicken noodle soup.
[00:12:01] Speaker C: Yes, I remember that.
[00:12:02] Speaker D: Yeah. But today you don't have to have chicken noodle soup. You can have soup cough drops. This is made by Progresso.
[00:12:12] Speaker C: I mean, their slogan is soup you can suck on.
No, thank you. Like, who came up with that?
[00:12:19] Speaker D: So these are the soup flavored cough drops. Some of the flavors, chicken noodle, tomato basil. I might be able to handle those. Maybe this one. I can't be. Beef pot roast.
[00:12:34] Speaker C: I just can't imagine feeling, like sick already and then popping one of these in my mouth, like, to stop my cough, like, what is happening?
[00:12:41] Speaker D: Suck out some beef pot roast.
[00:12:44] Speaker C: No, thank you. It's like, I think a better slogan would be the next time you're sick, pop a drop. Yeah, like that sounds a little bit more appealing than soup you can suck on.
[00:12:52] Speaker D: But apparently people must like them. Or they're just really curious. Because I checked the Progresso, but it says they're actually sold out.
[00:12:59] Speaker C: They're sold out.
[00:13:00] Speaker D: I looked for these in the store the other day.
[00:13:02] Speaker C: Oh, my God.
[00:13:03] Speaker D: I don't know that they're carrying these in Lynchburg. Not at my grocery store.
[00:13:06] Speaker C: Then you gotta ask, like, is it in the soup aisle? Is it in the medicine aisle? Cause it's technically a cough drop. Is there any healing medication in these cough drops? Or does it just taste like soup and give you the effect like you said of when you were a kid, you had soup to feel better.
Soup you can suck on. There you go. Progressive. Thanks for that.
[00:13:27] Speaker A: Thanks for catching up on the morning Journey Rewind podcast with Mark and Brittany.
