Im Hosting A Gala ..Sort Of

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So we both at the same time said somebody  and we went very different routes. I said,
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"You look very Nirvana right now," referencing  Kurt Cobain, and she went Keith Urban. I was
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mostly going off the hair, because I don't think  Keith Urban has a mustache. Does he have a goatee?
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No, he has just the little soul  patch. Not even a soul patch,   just the little triangle under the lip. But anyway, you look good. I like the long hair.
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Thank you. I know you got a   haircut and everything, but are you good with  this length or are you going to chop it soon?
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It will be a wild card. It will go day by day. My  thought today, as I was driving over to the barn,
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was it is getting pretty cold. I will probably  get lazy and let it go another five or six months.
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But a few days ago I went, "It does  look tough coming out of a beanie."
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And I think I saw it in a beanie and  got a little more comfortable with it.  Yeah. It is a little bit  easier to handle than summer.
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Yeah, when it is just hot. I am starting to go through   a season where I am sick of wearing hats. I  want to have the option to not wear a hat,
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and my current length of hair is just… Your current length of hair is great   for no hats. You just have to put effort in. I know. And I do not. It has been so long since
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I did not wear hats, I do not even know what  effort to put in. I do not know how to do it.
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Well, you need some texturizing pomade. What?  You need Google comments. Do a  little Google comment. Little TikTok.
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I do not think you are telling the truth. I do  not think that you wearing hats is bad though.  No, no. I do not think it is  bad. I just feel so pigeonholed.
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Go on TikTok. "How to style men's straight hair." I feel like hats are a great   way to express yourself. Yes, they are a way to express
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myself and I have always used them as such.  But sometimes I want to feel distinguished.
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Sometimes I want to feel a little nicer. I long for there to be some reason for us
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to go to a gala. I long for there to be some  reason… like the NFR is happening this week,
Gala??
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the National Finals Rodeo, and I was watching  TikToks earlier. They do it for everybody,
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but I was watching the barrel racers,  and the top 15 ladies that are barrel   racing and competing come out on stage wearing  evening wear, like evening gowns and whatnot.
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I am like, I want to go somewhere where  we have to wear something like that.
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Let us do it. Let us do it.  Like where though? We could find something.  You do not want to wear an evening gown? No, I do.
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Oh, you do? Yeah, it would be fun.  Would you be… what is it called where it is  like a tea length where it is eight inches up,
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or would you do full gown? Full gown.
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Would you be the guy that wears your black  cowboy hat with your black suit, like black tie?
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Depends on what we were going to. The situation.  Yeah. I would very much do that if it was the NFR.
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Yeah. What kind of thing could we come up with that   we go to that pertains to what we do? You know  what I am saying? There is probably not going to
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be a lot, because there are events throughout the  year, but it is cocktail hour max, I would say,
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not what we would be wanting from it. Yeah.
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I do not think there is anything  that is straight up formal attire.  Yeah. Calling.
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I mean… no, we could not do that. December balls in Nashville.
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Like a fur coat, by the way. So my mom and  dad, with some friends, went to the symphony
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in Nashville last minute. She comes over and  is like, "Hey, I bought some outfits today
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because I had nothing to wear to the symphony.  Can I come over and let you help me choose?"  We are like, "Sure." We are all in the shop. And I am pointing this at you, Terry, so I hope
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you watch this. Why come over if you are not going  to listen? Why put on a parade if we are like,
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"That one. That is the one. Yes, that one looks  amazing," and you are going to be like… then
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come up with ten reasons it is not the one. Do not do that to me. Just wear what you want
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to wear. Yeah.  So she inherited, not from any of our  family, but from a friend that is now
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deceased. She passed away. She inherited this  coat. She has never bought a fur coat ever,
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but she inherited this floor length black  mink coat and then she ended up wearing that.
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And I am like, "Yeah, that is the thing to wear  to that. That is the time to pull out the mink   coat. Why did you never tell me?" Anyway, she looked great. But we
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spent time analyzing these outfits,  right? Why was that not an option?
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I do not know. Because then she had my dad calling, and   my dad is like, "I like the one your mom likes." I am like, I am sure you do, Matt.
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And so they had fun, they had  a great time, she looked great.  Nashville Ballet. This at the Schermerhorn. Yes.
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March 7th. Ballet Ball is Nashville  Ballet's most elegant annual fundraiser,
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bringing together over 600 of the city's most  prominent philanthropists and patrons of the   arts for an elaborate black tie event. So we have to get money to get an invite.
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No, but it is 800 a ticket. I see.  So you do have to make a  contribution to the cause.
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Can you… I want to… can you scroll through? 800 per ticket plus a contribution.  No, no. That is the entry contribution.  You are buying an 800 dollar ticket.
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That is your contribution. Most black tie  events are galas in support of something.
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So I cannot just dress up to watch. I have to  dress up and then go socialize with people.
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No, you… most of the time black tie events  are going to be social gatherings where
I want to host a gala
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people with a lot of money can wear really nice  clothes, show up, mingle amongst each other,   and then give their money to a good cause.  And then the cause puts on this really nice
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event that everyone dresses up for, and it  is like this little dance amongst everyone.
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But if you are just going to the  ballet, everyone is not going to be…
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You still dress nice. You still dress nice,   but you could probably wear what you would wear  to a cocktail hour versus a black tie event.
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Okay. New goal for within the next… New goal in five to seven years.
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Okay. Because I have to have the place to   host it. Here is not the place to host it. We can do it in four or less.
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You think four or less? I think four or less.  I do not know what it is yet,  but I am going to host a gala.  Let us do it. We will figure out what it is for.
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Yeah. But unless it is a cowboy hat, you are out.
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If you have a hat on… You have to dress the part.  Yeah. Okay. I did not know that I had that dream,  and now I have that dream. I want to host a gala
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so that we have a reason to dress up every year. My idea that I said we could not do is,
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if we want a black tie red carpet type event,  we could write and make a movie and premiere it.
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Okay. Do we have to act in it? We do not have to act in it. We   can find actors and actresses, or we can write it,  produce it, get the actors and actresses, make it,
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premiere it, black tie event. Isn’t Matt making a movie?  No, it is in his head. Not that I know of. We both  have partially written movie ideas in our heads.
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You know what? We missed our opportunity. What was our opportunity?  I got nominated for a TikTok  award and it is an award show.
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Where? When? We are going to be gone.  Could you send someone in your place? I still just do not see that being the
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level of formal that I am wanting. What you are  wanting is a gala. You want a fundraiser. That is
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what you are wanting. So you have to pay up. There is no middle ground. There is no "fun
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event to go hang out with your  friends" that is black tie formal.  That is fine. You request  your wedding to be white.
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I do not mind paying to go somewhere really nice  to do this, but it is just like… you just have
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to know people and get invited to this event  because they know you have money to donate.
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You do not have to be invited. Well, like  the ballet gala, it is just 800 a ticket.
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So you have to be… So it is not the ballet.  No. But they are going to have… it is the gala  in support of the ballet. They are going to have
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people performing. They are going to put on  a show for your ticket. But the reason the
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whole thing is happening is not to go to  the ballet. It is to support the ballet.  Okay. Okay. Okay. We did get invited to the
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University of Tennessee gala. When is that?  I think it has already passed. It is gone.
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We got invited to it and I do  not know if that was cocktail
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hour or if that was what we are talking  about, but that was one of those things.  Maybe I just need to start  going to the things that I am…
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The opera fundraiser here says it has  live opera woven throughout the evening,
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with a Spanish flair, an atmosphere  of elegance, passion, and community.
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I am also terrified that I would get there  and there would be no food that I would like.
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That is almost certainly going to happen. I just want to have my moment where I walk up
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to the top of the stairs, and I have the dress  of my dreams on, and my hair is done, and I am
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feeling it. I take off my thing, I hand it over,  everyone looks, and I walk down the stairs. You
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know what I am saying? I want that. It is not going to happen.  I feel like that is subtle spotlight.  Subtle. Maybe a name announcement.
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Yeah, subtle spotlight.  "Catherine Vance," you know.
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That is all I am asking for. Nothing too much. Could be arranged.  If I have my own gala, I will have an announcer. Yeah.
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With a little trumpet. Okay.  Or it turns into The Office when Dwight had  the garden party. You know that episode,
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when he was announcing everyone and they  just kept going back and forth so they had   to announce them over and over again. Okay, we are having a gala.
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Let us do it. What should we… okay. I   understand we already have our scholarship  going for Seven, all that good stuff.
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Yeah. Let us think out   of the box for what our gala should be for.  So put that in the comments, what you think.
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If we are going to make a goal of within five  years hosting something, creating a fundraiser
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type thing, what should be the cause, you  know? Let us brainstorm on that. I mean,
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we have five years, but would it  need to be Because of the Horses?
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Start our own foundation "Because of the Horses." We could, though, and focus on the wild horses
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in the West and preserving their habitats and  their ability to… we could start a nonprofit.
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We could start a nonprofit. Start it up, and we can host   charity events and galas. You know what we could
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call it? BOTH. Because Of The Horses. They are like, "Are y’all going to the
Post Malone's horse
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2028 BOTH Gala?" That is good.  It is writing itself. That is good.
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It is writing itself. Do we write our own song?
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Yes. No.  That goes along with the gala and  then we perform it at the gala.  No. I think maybe we pay
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to have a really good live band. I think we write the song,
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perform the song ourselves, but then  at the gala we have a live band and…  Here is the thing. When you dress  classy and in black tie… or a quartet.
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Okay. I was just thinking,   you do not jam and dance, do you? Yeah, there is slow dancing.
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It depends. I think it depends  on what point of the night.  We do not get a country band. No, we would get more of a…
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I think in this scenario, where you are doing your  own Tony-cover band, you can do whatever you want.
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This is true. I guess you could set the  precedence, the level of elegance of your thing.
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What if I got… yeah, we could get Jelly Roll. I  think Jelly Roll would be like, "You know what,
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horses are cool, let us support them." Post Malone.  And Matt has his connection. Oh, we have a connection.
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We have a connection to Post Malone. Post Malone has a really cool horse.
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Yes, named Ashtay. That is so cool.
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Yeah, it is that gray horse right there. He  bought it from out West. His name is Ashtay.  What a cool horse. We could find people to play.
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Yeah, for sure. I think we are going a little big,   but I think we are not going big enough. Yeah.  I do not think we are going big  enough. Bigger than Jelly Roll
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and Post Malone right now. They are big. I am thinking everything else needs to get   that big too. Yeah.  I think the other stuff we are  not going big enough. The food.
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I will be mixing my attire though with  a squash blossom. I will wear a designer
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floor length gown with a squash blossom. But you are thinking five to seven years. I
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am like, we could do it in two. I do not think I have enough   money for it. But I think we could. We will see. I think we start the foundation, do some stuff,
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get some interest, get some sponsors, have a small  introductory event in 2026 that is smaller scale.
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Oh, you are thinking 2026. We have the first thing in maybe September
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or October 2026. We have the first event, get  some sponsors, roll into 2027 as the first gala.
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Mind you, this all started  because we want to wear dresses.  Okay. And now we are starting
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a nonprofit, but the thought behind it is still  the cause, and we still support the cause, right?
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And I think that if there was ever a time  that the phrase "the ends justify the
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means" made sense, it is this. You want to wear a  dress. Let us find a way to save animals. Then let
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us find a way to help the habitats of the earth. At the end of that road, we wear the dress. If   we can accomplish that, then we get to wear the  dress, we get to wear the suit. If all that flops,
Bye bye caramel apple treats
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I do not think we deserve to wear the  dress. We do not deserve to wear the suit.  If we fail, then we just do not get to,  right? So I think we have to help save
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the animals and the world. I think if we  can save the horses and the world, then we
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should have a night where we get to dress up. What would a ridiculous cause be? It is like,
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the cause is for horses who are ungroomed  in the wild. We groom wild horses.
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Just the most ridiculous title. Like, "For  horses with pee pee tails. The yellow tails."
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Oh yeah. I think we could do it though. And   I think we could do a lot of good too. And wear dresses.
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Yes. Yes.  We have the end in sight. We have the  end in sight. We just have to get there.
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Are you going to be the new nonprofit  manager? Is that the new role?
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Probably, yeah. The BOTH manager, because we  are trying to expand. Manager of BOTH.Heard
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it here first. That is a new goal. I do  not think we are quite on Nate's timeline,   but that is a new goal. And drop what you  think our cause should be in the comments.
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But let us take a little break here, okay?  Pivoting not totally off of horses. If you did
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not know, I have a treat bag with me and Trudy's  picture on it with Tribute Equine Nutrition. I
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have fed Tribute Equine Nutrition products, their  grain, their treats for years now, and I have seen
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such a benefit on my horses' health, their coats,  their weight, their demeanor. They look great.
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We came out with treats this year, and they  are so fun. They are caramel apple treats,   but they are leaving here soon. What?
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Yeah, they are leaving here soon. They are going  to be unavailable after December. So you have a   couple weeks left of shopping. We will have that  link in the description. There is free shipping
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at the moment as well. So no extra shipping  on a couple bags of treats. You can still get
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them right now. After December, they are done. Now, we have some videos y'all tagged us in of
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your horses trying them. There were way too many  videos for us to show them all, but here are some
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clips. Hope you enjoy for a minute. [Clips play]
How to Oocytes work?
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Thank you all for sending those videos. I  have reposted so many of them and it is so
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fun getting to see your horses enjoy those  treats. My horses have loved them so much.   So it is sad to see them go. If you pester Tribute  enough, maybe we could do something in the future.
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Thank y'all for purchasing. Again, you have like  two more weeks. Go ahead and shop at the link in   the description and get you some free shipping. And yeah, I just got a phone call while we were
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watching one horse loving them. Loving them.  So I just got a phone call. We had to take a
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brief intermission because my dad was calling. So Blue Bell, my blue roan cow, we just sent
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her to be aspirated to get oocytes from her  to do IVF because I had a buyer who wanted
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specifically her embryos with Justice Herbal. We  used his sexed semen on hand. Normally you get
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20 or 30 oocytes, maybe 50 on a crazy good day. I did it once with Blue Bell and only had nine
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oocytes and we got a couple embryos. He goes, "Would you like to know how   many oocytes this woman just gave us?" That is why he was calling because he was like,
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"I do not know what to do." Seventy nine.  You heard it. Seventy nine from Blue.  And not all of them are going to take,
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but like this past time with the horses for  instance, Kennedy had 28 oocytes and we ended
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up with 11 embryos. Some are just fertile mortals. With 79, we could end up with like 30 embryos.
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Which would be great, because  what do you do with them?  So I already have someone who bought five  embryos. We had to get the embryos first. So
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if we truly get 30 or 35, I would open up to sell  another five. Then I would keep the rest for me.
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But that is crazy. So what do you do with the oocytes?
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Oocyte is the egg inside the follicle. The  follicle is the fluid filled sac. People think
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doing that many in one month would make her run  out faster, because you are born with a finite
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number. But we are rescuing the eggs. She is going  to have those follicles that month regardless.
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When she goes through her cycle, her uterus  is cleaned out and they go away. So we are
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rescuing them. Generally only one or two  will mature to the point of ovulation.
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When you harvest, you want them  mid cycle. You do not want them   too big. You do not want them too small. So with them getting 79, they will take
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them to their lab, do IVF or ICSI, and they have  to turn into a blastocyst. Then after that they
What's Coming Up?
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have a few days to become embryos. Once it  is an embryo, it is like six days gestation.
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Cool. Seventy nine. That is crazy. So if you want some Blue Bell and Justice
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Heer embryos, I might have some soon. I do not have a cow.
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You do not have a cow? No. Just throw one in. Pico. See what happens.
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Oh my gosh. Move. So sleepy.  Oh, I just realized you put a fireplace up  there. Cozy vibes. I like it. It is cozy.
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It is freezing in here. Yeah. Very cold.  I wish we had fire. My hands are in my coat.  Mind you, we did it like that because the
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cameras were overheating and the lights make it  hot in here. Sometimes it gets too hot and then   sometimes it is too cold. Yeah, you look like Dale.
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Oh, stand by. We are standing by. Oh good. You need to really have anything
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else to do. Makes it less funny, but still. The hash slinging slasher. That is what you
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look like right now with your hands  in the sleeves and the big black coat.
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You look like the slinging slasher. That is funny.  So I love that this entire topic ended  up being about galas and the potential
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of going to some or hosting some. A couple things we did this
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week and are looking forward to. We went and got Taz, the goat daddy,
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as I have been calling him. Nobody else has. I  think only me. He came to service Blossom once
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again because they had Sprout this past year. Honey and Bee are now 16 months old,
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so they are being covered for the first time. I honestly think three is my max on does to
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kid out. If I did everybody and had five,  could you imagine they all had triplets?
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I mean no. I cannot. Fifteen. I feel  like I struggled with six or seven
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to give them all my attention and figure  out their personalities. That is so many.
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So I decided three was my max. That happened.
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This coming weekend, I think we are going to try  to put some does in the freezer. We are going   to hunt a little, because we only have a couple  weeks left of deer season. We only have a couple
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weeks left of chilling at home before we get  caught up in foaling season and all the things.
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We are about to have a brainstorm  session with the team about how   to tackle foaling season content this  year to give even more and even better.
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If you have suggestions of things you feel like  maybe I have not covered, or a part of foaling
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season that is your favorite that I do not show  enough of, let us know. Now is the time because
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we are planning the season. No suggestion is too crazy.
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I think we are branching out a little,  because if you did not watch the last video,
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the blindfold game, we are trying to get  more YouTubey. That is what Matt and Nate
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have been begging of me for three years. Timeline does not work. Sorry. Proceed.
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I was going to say Matt said today  that you are going to love this video.
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I have not watched it yet. That is  the thing. When we are filming this,   I have not watched it yet. Y’all will have  watched it for days now. I have not seen it.
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Matt texted me earlier and said, "Katie is  going to love this video. That is all I know.   I have not seen it yet." What if I hate it?
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Then what if I watch it and  I am like, I do not like it.  Well, you might. I do not think I have ever said that to y’all.
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But you have never said you hated a video to us. I have heard rumors.
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Okay, I am kidding. Anyway, I hope y’all enjoyed this
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video. We have a couple ideas for games coming up  since we are in that lull season before foaling
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season where not a lot is going on. If you have  others you think we should play, let us know.
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And hopefully in the next episode  we can revisit the courtroom affair
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thing. Not affair, but it needs to be settled. We might have ordered wigs. It is getting settled.
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We might have ordered wigs and a gavel. I think I should be the judge, but I do
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feel biased because I already  kind of know who I side with.
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Every single person aside from Matt  knows who they are siding with.  We have to bring in an unbiased  judge. We need someone cold hearted.
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Rebecca. Maybe Rebecca.  Maybe. You know what though? I do not know that I
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want a cold hearted person to be the judge. Maybe you want someone a little more…
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Because then it is favored to him.  We need someone in the middle.  We need middle of the road.  Not too harsh, not too sweet.
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I feel like that is me. But again, you just admitted bias.  I know. Oh, I did.
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Well, it is not bias. It is just that you already  formed your opinion without hearing both sides.
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Whatever. We will get there. We will get into it.  We will see. I am thinking about it and Lindsay has already
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formed her opinion, so we cannot have her. Rachel is cold hearted too.
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No, no. Rachel would be on our side. So anyway, stay tuned for that. And again, all
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the questions I asked in this video, I cannot even  remember them all. Let me know in the comments.  We will see you in the next one. And again, Christmas merch. Christmas
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