A Magical Journey with Stevie: Witchcraft, Family, and the Art of Connection

Stevie, the vibrant head witch from Wired Up Shop, enchants us with her journey into the mystical arts. She talks about the quirky nature of time and the warmth of hugs, while also sharing her passion for teaching crystal wrapping and survival skills. Stevie opens up about her experiences balancing a day job in insurance with her creative endeavors on TikTok, where she and her partner Mick showcase their stunning wire jewelry. With roots in Irish Catholicism, Stevie's story is a captivating blend of healing and harmony with nature.

Our conversation takes a turn into the whimsical world of plant-based green witchery and the bustling life of family. Stevie humorously navigates the chaos brought on by her children, all while maintaining a spiritual practice that emphasizes personal intuition and conquering imposter syndrome. She finds joy in discovering medicinal plants and prepares for the unexpected. Amidst the trials of family life and the nostalgia of collecting binder cards, her lighthearted approach to witchcraft is both refreshing and inspiring.

As we wrap up, we imagine potential podcast guests like Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart, underscoring the importance of genuine hugs and consent at events like Anahata's Purpose. Exciting upcoming events such as the Frankenmuth festival and the Bodacious Bazaar are shared, along with recommendations like the new Campfire Oracle deck and tasty treats from Kitchen 519.
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Chapters

• 0:04 Witchcraft, Connection, and Family Stories
• 12:20 Plant-Based Green Witchery
• 28:46 Hugging, Witchcraft, and Family Stories
• 41:30 Promoting Your Average Witch Podcast

Transcript

Grandpa Kimothy: 0:04

 Welcome back to Your Average Witch, where every Tuesday we talk about witch life, witch stories, and sometimes a little witchcraft. Two reminders before we get started: number one, this weekend you can find me at The Ninth House for their All Souls celebration and grand re-opening! I’ll be there on Friday November first from around noon to five. Second, if you are trying to get one of my Stevie Nicks Full Moon and Stars necklaces, your best bet is to join Crepuscular Conjuration. You can join the Monthly Magic or Crepuscular Conjurations tiers and get stuff, including the first notifications of restocks, OR you can join the free Witchy Wonderment level, and you get an email and a private restock before I do the public one on socials. Sign up at crepuscularconjuration.com on the Subscription Services page. 

This week I’m talking with Stevie, the head witch rock bitch at Wired Up Shop and best hugger at Anahata’s Purpose. We talked about being prepared, weed, and weeds. Now let’s get to the stories!  Stevie, hello, good morning. 

Stevie: 1:20

Good morning, it's afternoon here. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 1:23

 Whatever time, good morning.

Stevie: 1:29

Time's not real, it's not even a thing.

Grandpa Kimothy: 1:32

It's 11 here, 11.

Stevie: 1:34

Okay, so we're two hours, two hours difference.

Grandpa Kimothy: 1:39

Oh, I thought you were on East Coast. I mean Eastern time.

Stevie: 1:44

Yeah, I'm on Eastern time. What time is it? No, holy shit, it's two o'clock. Whoops, it's been that kind of day, that post, te post travel day. I'm just like, where am I right now? I'm in this just strange liminal space that doesn't feel like anything is like, you know.

Grandpa Kimothy: 2:07

We're just atoms.

Stevie: 2:09

Yeah, all these atoms just walking each other home. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 2:17

Oh, that's so nice. Is that a song lyric?

Stevie: 2:19

It could be, somebody more creative than I would make it. Somebody write a song.

Grandpa Kimothy: 2:23

I just am not up with the hip things.

Stevie: 2:27

No, and I'm definitely not either.

Grandpa Kimothy: 2:31

Can you please introduce yourself and let everybody know who you are and what you do and where they can find you.

Stevie: 2:36

Sure, so my name is Stevie and I live near Battle Creek, Michigan. I hmm, what do I do? I have many jobs that I do. My favorite one is teaching people how to crystal wrap, and I also like to tinker in nature with children and teach survival skills, and those right now are my fun jobs. I also provide insurance benefits to companies all over the world. It's not all over the world, no, I'm exaggerating, but all over a lot of the East Coast and some of the Midwest and yeah, it is gross, not a fan. So I've been working on a website for Mick and I to share for the crystal wrapping and then he does like wire wrap name jewelry for people wire bracelets and stuff like that. You can find us at wiredupshop.com.

Stevie: 3:41

Mick has a Facebook called Wired Up. If you type it into the search bar it's Wired Up Jewelry. When it pulls up it'll be Wired Up Designs, but he makes those custom name necklaces. There's a link to our website through that. I did actually just make my very first TikTok. I know I'm a little behind. Did you know actually, fun fact, that it takes the average user 36 minutes of scrolling TikTok to become completely and fully addicted to it. This is why I have not I took it off, I have been able to leave it not on my phone and like, keep it on off leave it not on my phone and like keep it on off, yeah, yeah um, but I made a tiktok for Mick actually, because when he makes these things he makes them all like by hand, sort of like how we do in our crystal wrapping class, but he uses pliers and he bends them into like the most beautiful cursive script. So I made a tiktok about it and it and it's 123stevied, I think, is my TikTok and I'm going to try to post more. But again, you know lots of children and many Aries placements later. Here we are.

Grandpa Kimothy: 5:00

Do you call yourself a witch?

Stevie: 5:03

Oh yeah, but not in certain crowds maybe.

Grandpa Kimothy: 5:10

Well, when nobody wants to get beaten to death. What does it mean to you when you call yourself a witch?

Stevie: 5:17

I think for me, being a witch is about being a healer in tune with nature and everything that is around us.

Grandpa Kimothy: 5:33

Yeah, I also want to point out that Stevie and I know one another, which is why I felt comfortable saying that to her.

Stevie: 5:42

I'm an open book.

Grandpa Kimothy: 5:44

I would not say that to a guest I did not know or have not hugged. 

Stevie: 5:49

Oh, your hugs are so good. I just wish I could hug you right now. 

Kim: 5:50

Really?

Stevie: 5:51

Yes, no, your hugs are so good no bitch, your hugs are so good!

Grandpa Kimothy: 5:52

Do you have any family history with witchcraft? Or even if the your family was like, absolutely not, how dare you, they still did witchy shit?

Stevie: 6:11

They do the witchy shit, but they don't know that that's what they're doing. You know, my family is Irish Catholic right from like forever and a day. Nobody ever really talked about witchcraft, but I remember my mom hooking me up, I think for Christmas one year, with like a three book set and it was like tarot palmistry, and astrology, or no, tarot palmistry and handwriting analysis. They were these like little fat, chunky boy books and I just like dove right in, so she always supported that.

Grandpa Kimothy: 6:58

Like your catholic parent bought that for you?

Stevie: 7:03

Yeah, I mean she's also not practicing. I think there's probably like some history there, maybe, but my grandma baptized me in her bedroom with holy water off of QVC, so I guess that's what makes us Catholic. I'm not sure how that actually works. And so here we are, you know, I remember, right, fucking QVC, god damn it. And so you know, here we are, my mom, oh, you know what, maybe your listeners can help me out here, because I've been on a quest. I've been on a quest for something from my childhood, okay, and I grew up late 80s, through the 90s, and there was like a subscription, you remember you could get the subscriptions to like everything. You could get 89 cds, you know, one cent.

Grandpa Kimothy: 8:05

Columbia House yo!

Stevie: 8:12

Yes, yes, yes, so there was. There was like a binder with the cards that would come and you would get like a new little bundle of cards and this big giant binder and they would send you new ones. There were several different types, right? So one of them was about wild animals, I think, one of them was about sports and the other one, specifically, is teen works and it was like you know, like the like the bowling shirt, kind of teal purple, whatever that was on the front cover, but there was a witchy version with like spells and herbs and crystals and all of this stuff. And I remember getting these and being so fucking hype every month because I knew they were coming and I would just go do spells in the yard because I was like an only child for a long time. My brother's like 11 years younger than me, so I was like doing spells and witchcraft and shit in the backyard after school and nobody's home because I was one of them kids, you know?

Grandpa Kimothy: 9:08

Latch key. 

Stevie: 9:09

Right and here we are I guess.

Grandpa Kimothy: 9:10

 I know other people have heard of that because somebody else asked about that like four years ago it was.

Stevie: 9:18

I think it may have been me. I think that I asked in the marco group.

Grandpa Kimothy: 9:22

Oh, maybe, maybe it was you. Back a minute ago.

Stevie: 9:24

 People were trying to help me and I can't find it anywhere. I know it exists. This better not be like some Mandela effect bullshit, because I'm going to be really pissed.

Grandpa Kimothy: 9:33

Yeah, that's irritating.

Stevie: 9:35

It exists.

Grandpa Kimothy: 9:40

As are the responses to it. It exists. I'm telling you no because I remember blah, blah, blah. That's because you're from a different timeline. Hello, what do you think we're saying?

Stevie: 9:49

Gosh, dang it. I want to go back to the timeline, where I know what the binder is called and I have it in my possession. I want that one. Let me get it, please. I don't know what I traded for not having it, but I want a redo. I checked the wrong box.

Grandpa Kimothy: 10:08

I almost said something political, but I can't because I might cry. Anyway. Can you introduce us to your practice? Do you have any daily, or if not daily, just consistent rituals that you do?

Stevie: 10:21

I kind of do a lot of chaos magic. I have a lot of Aries placements and probably like some undiagnosed ADHD, so I'm all over the place. I don't really do anything religiously, except for when I rub my kids’... well, Anahata’s, yes, of course, but when I rub my kids' backs at night, I draw sigils and, like you know, they're like rub my nose, rub my forehead, draw sigils on their foreheads or like Reiki symbols and stuff like that. That would be the only thing that I really do very consistently, consistently that, and I rotisserie chicken myself in the shower once a day for like a good 20 minutes and it's like a really good ritual reset for me. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 11:20

Nice. 

Stevie: 11:26

 I just like stand under it and spin around real slow.

Grandpa Kimothy: 11:28

How has witchcraft changed your life? 

Stevie: 11:30

I think it's just really helped me feel connection back to like nature and the natural rhythms of the way, that you know, humans have lived for a really long time.

Grandpa Kimothy: 11:52

What would you say is the biggest motivator in your practice, and has it changed since you first started?

Stevie: 12:30

I think that it has changed and evolved over the years. Just because you know I evolved over the years, I was never really super consistent with anything, until I had the children, I guess, and even then it's a little dicey. It's a little dicey, but I think that… I just totally lost my train of thought. Can you repeat your question?

Grandpa Kimothy: 13:03

What's the biggest motivator in your practice? Has it changed since you started?

Stevie: 13:07

Oh yeah. So my biggest motivator is I guess it kind of ties back into my kids because I realized that as I started learning about like herbal plants and the native plants that grow here and how to be a good steward to the earth and everything that lives on it, I don't kill spiders anymore it was like a huge step for me. I would have nightmares about them and I just I stopped killing them and I think that I do a lot of like green witchery. I do a lot of like green witchery, and so being able to also teach children how to do these things, especially be a good steward, you know, making stuff out of the raw materials that are available I think that that's sort of been a motivator for me, especially recently in the last couple of years.

Grandpa Kimothy: 14:07

What's your biggest struggle when it comes to witchcraft?

Stevie: 14:11

I don't know, I think finding the time to like sit down and really dive in, because I have 3,826 children.

Grandpa Kimothy: 14:24

That's a lot.

Stevie: 14:25

And it's difficult. It is a lot. So many hands. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 14:26

Holy shit I don't like thinking about that

Stevie: 

They have so many eyes.

Grandpa Kimothy: 14:34

More than the regular amount that the number would have.

Stevie: 14:38

You know when they're getting into everything. It do be like that. 73? Yes, yes, and 49 stomachs for snacks. Only the stomachs, only hold the snacks.

Grandpa Kimothy: 14:56

That makes sense. You got to feed all those hands. The hands, I mean the time, I meant the time. Okay, I will leave this part in. Hey, everyone, we're both really tired, we are so tired. I'm not nearly as tired as Stevie is, but we are both tired, so this might be kind of loopy. This should be at the beginning, but you're getting it now here we are.

Stevie: 15:28

I said buckle up, they should have been prepared.

Grandpa Kimothy: 15:30

Do you ever have self-doubt or imposter syndrome about your practice? And if you do, if you do! How do you beat it?

Stevie: 15:45

I think I do, because I feel like, especially with the internet, it's like you got to do it this way or it's not going to work, and I feel like that can be really overbearing and if I let it, it could be an issue. But I also like there's some witches around where I know, but I don't get to see them regularly and you know, I'm kind of just like doing my thing over here by myself. So when it comes to like sharing information about the things that I do in my practice, I feel like, well, is it right, am I doing it right? Like it feels fine, and so that's just what I go with. If it feels fine, then it's okay. You know, if it feels like it's not for me, then it's not for me and it doesn't have to be, and I guess that's how I sort of combat that too. I relate to that. You know it's like, yeah, you just know.

Grandpa Kimothy: 16:54

What brings you the most joy in your practice?

Stevie: 17:00

Learning about new alternatives to things that I would get at the pharmacy, like plants and weeds. All these weeds everybody's got, right? They're all medicinal. Walk through the woods or walk through, like just walking through my property sometimes, even after living here for so long, I find some new thing that I had no idea existed. And then I get to info dump myself by falling down the rabbit hole of what is this? What can I use it for? How do I make it into something useful? You know who can have it. How does it help all of those things? And then what's the science behind that? And then what is the pharmaceutical drug that is now made from? We're based on that plan. That's a good one. I'm not going to say that like I'm a prepper, but what if there's no access to like a medication that somebody needs? 

Grandpa Kimothy: 18:10

Even if the end world doesn't end, sometimes you still don't- like if your car breaks down, that's an emergency that you need to prepare for. Heck yeah, if somebody loses their job, you need to prep for that, absolutely. You don't have to be a lunatic zombie prepper.

Stevie: 18:31

No, I want a bunker. I'm not going to even fuck around. I just want a bunker. So I actually you know what? I was invited to a bunker, should the apocalypse ever occur. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 18:39

Good for you. 

Stevie: 18:42

‘Cause I bought my kids a four wheeler from some dude out on a farm, you know, a couple of towns over from here and there's like a big old radio tower at the corner of his property and they're like 183 years old. He was like, yeah, there's a bunker over there. It's a mile and a half underneath the ground. You're standing over top of it. If the shit ever hits the fan, you just come on over here.

Grandpa Kimothy: 19:02

Okay yeah, I would feel, if someone has a bunker I feel a little bit uneasy about them.  Yeah, yeah. What's something you did early on in your practice that you don't do anymore, and why don't you do it?

Stevie: 19:31

I don't collect the binder cards, goddammit, because they won't send them to me anymore.

Grandpa Kimothy: 19:35

That's sad.

Stevie: 19:37

I really like that spell binder and it's like become like a longstanding side quest for me to find evidence that it existed, because it's really not anywhere. It’s very frustrating.

Grandpa Kimothy: 19:47

We have to ask Kacie, I think she might, she might know, or Andrea. Tthey might have the clue.

Stevie: 19:57

 had a lot of time back then and I still was never very consistent, but I really liked trying out new types of magic when I was first starting out, and not that I can't do that now, it's just, you know, difficult.

Grandpa Kimothy: 20:23

Do you know what? I forgot. You were answering the question that I was going to ask. What are we talking about?

Stevie: 20:28

Are you also a little stoned?

Grandpa Kimothy: 20:34

This is why I forgot your question earlier. I'm not, but I only do that at night so I can sleep. If I do it during the day, then I will have probably some sort of nervous breakdown.

Stevie: 20:45

Oh no, you need an indica with a higher CBD and CBG than the THC.

Grandpa Kimothy: 20:54

Those are words.

Stevie: 21:00

They are letters of the alphabet. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 21:02

Don't try to confuse me right now, I'm tired.

Stevie: 21:02

I’ll  text you later about it. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 21:06

Okay, cool.

Stevie: 21:10

Okay, and then you can research and peruse on on your own.

Grandpa Kimothy: 21:16

What's your favorite tool? It does not have to be a physical object. It can be a song or a smell or whatever. How do you use it?

Stevie: 21:29

I really like to play medicine music and I play medicine music for the cannabis plants that we grow. And this is like a big part of the green witch practice for me anyway, because we do grow it and I do make it into stuff along with other plants. Like you know, I was like dying of that migraine earlier and I had made a thc, comfrey, plantain, lavender, peppermint like cream, it's just so good. It's so good, and so I feel like when we sing to the plants, when we talk to the plants like, they hear you, they have you, they have their own vibration and they can feel your heart. If that makes sense, Mick will warn them too. When he gets his plant started, he explains to them their life cycle. We are going to cut you down and this is what we're going to do with you, and you're going to be made into new medicine for people and you're going to help a lot of people. You and you're going to be made into new medicine for people and you're going to help a lot of people and you're going to make people feel, you know, pain-free and full of love and creative or like whatever it is. So there's a lot of like. Just do a lot of intention work, I guess.

Grandpa Kimothy: 23:00

I never thought of doing that. Warning them, that's cool. I’m totally gonna do that now.

Stevie: 23:03

Yeah, and then you know the, the music too, like we play music to I don't know, help it be easier, I guess, for them and, you know, warn them the day, the night before, like, hey, we're gonna trim you tomorrow, the next day we're going to cut you down, so you should send all of your energy back into your roots and yeah. So this year I would like to make hemp cordage. One of the, one of the like survival lessons that I've taught is how to make cordage out of like grass or yucca plant shavings and and things like that. So I'm interested to play with the hemp to make some cordage.

Grandpa Kimothy: 24:01

One of the bees does that! Andrea? Andrea. Angela does that!

Stevie: 24:09

Oh really? I love that!

Grandpa Kimothy: 24:12

 I think she might have… I don't think she grows marijuana, but she does it with stuff that she collects around her house. She showed it to us before.

Stevie: 24:19

That's cool yeah, yeah, and it's really like cathartic. Like you know, people love to crochet. It's sort of the same like repetitive motion over and over again and then, before you know it, you have like this super strong, you know, four foot long braided piece of grass that you didn't know you were making it's, it's awesome, it's great.

Grandpa Kimothy: 24:44

That’s awesome. How do you pull yourself out of a magical slump?

Stevie: 24:49

I go to Anahata's Purpose. Hey, hey, ba-da-bing, I do. That's what it is. I reconnect with all of my favorite people from all over the country, connect with all of my favorite people from all over the country and, uh, we, we do the thing, we do the, we do the Purpose thing. Yeah it's invigorating.

Grandpa Kimothy: 25:13

What's something you wish was discussed more in the witch community? 

Stevie: 25:25

Spiritual bypassing.

 I know that we do talk about this a decent amount, but I'm just going to bring it up again. Like, don't be a dick, don't be toxic, don't be like you're fine. Shut the fuck up, I'm not fine, I'm crying, I'm clearly not fine. Anyway, I think that we just can't talk about it enough. I think that we just can't talk about it enough. And being inclusive of all witches, no matter what they look like, or you know, and I think that our community is is pretty good with that, but I think you could never get enough of both of those things.

Grandpa Kimothy: 26:03

Think about the three biggest influences on your practice, whether it's a person or a deity, or a book or a song. Thank them for the effect they have on your practice.

Stevie: 26:17

I'm going to thank Mother Earth for her help in my practice, for letting me just get down and dirty. From a very, very young age, I was like in the mud digging for fossils and I very much, very much appreciate all of the lessons that Mother Gaia has taught me over these years, and I am very excited to learn more and teach others what I know. So that would be the first one. Stevie Nicks. I think I knew that she was a witch way before I realized what that meant. You know, and you know Stevie being my name for forever and a day. Everybody's always asked me are you named after Stevie Nicks? And the reality is that I'm not, but I got tired of people asking me and so I would say yes, or tell them that I was named after Stevie Wonder and watch their faces be like what the fuck? And her music was just so good, and I'm going to thank the binder and the set of three books that got me started when I was very, very young.

Grandpa Kimothy: 27:39

I like that. Hmm, what advice do you have for new witches?

Stevie: 27:47

Oh, just fucking dive in. Just dive in, try it all. If it doesn't feel right, then it's not for you. Don't inappropriately take others' practices. But you know, learn about it all Doesn't mean that you have to do it all and it doesn't have to be like a right now thing. Just be on a consistent quest for knowledge, like many, many, many side quests all the time, and don't worry about what anybody thinks, especially the people that are closest to you, because the reality is that sometimes they're the least supportive people in our lives when we try new things. Also, it's not your fault when adults are grumpy.

Grandpa Kimothy: 28:46

Yeah, who do you think I should have on the show next?

Stevie: 28:55

Ooh, Snoop Dogg. ooh, I fucking love Snoop. He's so great.

Grandpa Kimothy: 29:03

That would be a really weird conversation I would like.

Stevie: 29:07

Oh my god, I would die, I would die, I would just, I would just, I would just fangirl so hard. You know, I think that Martha Stewart might be a witch. I don't know that she should be on your podcast, but we were just talking about Snoop and I do think that she might be. She might be a little. She might be a little like side witch or something. You should have, have you had Crystal from Bristol that sells crystals on your show?

Grandpa Kimothy: 29:49

She has. I can't remember. No, I don't think so… Have I? I think so!

Stevie: 29:56

They have Energy Ripple in Bristol PA. Yeah, I think so, yeah, okay. So if you've had her on the show, who else? How about Mike and Lindsay from the Rusted Rabbit? Mike and Lindsay.

Grandpa Kimothy: 30:10

Yeah!

Stevie: 30:12

They're so fucking fun. I love them. They also give great hugs. Come to Anahata's Purpose if you want really good hugs. That's all I'll say.

Grandpa Kimothy: 30:23

Yeah, sometimes I even do that. 

Stevie: 30:25

I love that about you. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 30:27

But only when I have the hug shirt on.

Stevie: 30:30

That's fair, that's fair, that's fair, that's fair, that's fair. I get a really, really great hug from one of our dear friend’ husbands that made the trek this year and they are not a hugger and it felt like such an honor, and it was a great, great hug.

Grandpa Kimothy: 30:50

 I know who you're talking about.

Stevie: 30:53

Yeah, it was a great hug.

 I don't know if they want to be mentioned so I won't, but oh, it was such a good hug. And then I found out later and then I'm just like crying. Like I won! 

Grandpa Kimothy: 31:03

You won at hugging.

Stevie: 31:08

I just like man, it's just so good. The hugs there are just like top fucking notch. Chef's kiss, chef's kiss. They're because they're genuine, right? They're not like no weak-ass, like you stick your butt out and you kind of… I was gonna shoulders you know what I'm saying, like no, we bring it in here baby, make it weird hang on for just like one extra second. Make it a little weird, but don't you know, accost anybody, even just to like hug them. Make it a little weird, but don't, you know. You know what I mean? If you're gonna hug, make it a real freaking hug. Make it a real hug and ask permission.

Grandpa Kimothy: 31:48

Jesus H.

Stevie: 31:50

Ask permission for crying out loud. I'm a hugger, I will fucking hug a snapper turtle and I I did try one time. I will, I just, I'm a hugger, but I always ask, always ask, it's important consent, kids. Consent. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 32:04

I agree. Is there anything else you wanted to talk about? Anything I didn't bring up, anything cool that you're doing, or did you have any questions for me?

Stevie: 32:13

Well, Mick will be at Frankenmuth this weekend and he's got a few more shows coming up. Frankenmuth is in Michigan. We will also-

Grandpa Kimothy: 32:20

That's a place and not an event?

Stevie: 32:22

Frankenmuth is a Bavarian town in the middle of Michigan. It is a very expensive tourist destination and it is also home to Bronner's Christmas Wonderland gigantic warehouse Christmas store. That's like a toy store for the Christmas people. You know what I'm saying. It's a lot, it's incredibly overwhelming. I need earplugs and sunglasses to just filter out all the sparkle. It is much, much, much Christmas, but Frankenmuth is having a festival anyway. And then the weekend of November 8th we will be in Hampton, Virginia, at the Bodacious Bazaar for the Virginia eans, Virginia friends that we have listening. Yay! Also Anahata’s Purpose, hello, and Beardfest in June.

Grandpa Kimothy: 33:42

Yay! So the last two things I ask of guests are number one please recommend something. It doesn’t have to be witch-related, just whatever you’re into this week.

Stevie: 33:50

I just got back from New Jersey and I am excited because there is another witch in this area That creates tarot and oracle decks, she illustrates them and she'll partner with other people. And she has a Campfire Oracle that just came out and I am interested. I think I'm going to pick it up this week and I will share it with you. Her name is Tony Keniston. I'll give her a little plug here. They're great, so great, so I'm excited to see her Campfire Oracle.

Grandpa Kimothy: 34:31

Can we also shout out Kitchen five, it's not five. One, nine, seven, what is it? Is it five?

Stevie: 34:36

519, yeah. Oh my god, please can I just tell you I spent a week with the John of the Kitchen 519 and it it's, it's always great, it's always great, it's always great. He sent us home with a good good portion of the smoked brisket lasagna and I just ate that for lunch and it really it renewed me. I'm a whole human again and no longer a werewolf stuck in a liminal space. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 35:02

That's in New Jersey, right? 

Stevie: 35:05

Yes, Glendora, New Jersey. Yeah, doordash, grubhub.

Grandpa Kimothy: 35:17

And the reason I know is because John is the one who makes the pita hummus that I rave about at Anahata's oh, my gosh, gosh, it's so good.

Stevie: 35:32

We actually, I worked with him over the weekend. He was catering a wedding, and we served that hummus and I'm like can I just get like, let me just get like a little side jawn. Like let me get a side jawn, you know what I'm saying. Like I see your pita over there, let me just yoink and just, you see nothing. I'm so good, I'm just gonna eat this real quick it was so good. Somebody's got to be quality control, you know you got to make sure it's going out good okay.

Grandpa Kimothy: 36:05

The last thing is please tell me a story. It doesn't have to be a real story, it doesn't have to be about witchcraft, just tell me a story. If it is a real story, that is my favorite, especially if it's something ridiculous that you tell, you retell when you are with a certain group of people, whether it's family or friends, but you all tell the story. You all know the story, but someone tells it, so you can all laugh.

Stevie: 36:40

Okay, okay. So, as stated, I have 3,826, 29 children. But I will tell you a story. So one of my children was potty training, and he was sitting on the potty and he looked down at his private area. And he said mom, look at my big giant penis! And I was like, dude. It’s okay, it’s kinda supposed to do that. It’s totally normal for your size and for your body to do that. It’s totally fine. And he’s like, hmmm, and he gets this curious look on his face and he's like, wait, you have a big giant penis? And I was like, no, I don't, I have a big giant penis. And he was like, oh, okay. He's like, wait, you have a vagina? Like yeah, I do. He's like, oh, you have a big giant vagina? I was like no! Well, I do now, because your big old head came out of it, thank you very much. And this is a story that we tell, that we tell often. It's one of those funny mom stories. Big giant vagina.

Grandpa Kimothy: 38:01

Good, good, good.

Stevie: 38:02

Yeah, we try to, you know, teach them proper names for their body parts. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 38:06

Yeah, safety.

Stevie: 38:10

Yeah, a hundred percent. But yeah, then he proceeded to like tell everybody about my big giant vagina. 

Kim: 38:25

Good, so great, so great.

Stevie: 38:27

And then also like in the in the grocery store,I think all of them at one point or another have told the cashier like daddy farts a lot, oh good, my dad's pooping a lot. Okay, Deborah, ringing me up is like okie dokie.

Grandpa Kimothy: 38:49

That'll be $37.53.

Stevie: 38:52

I'm like oh, my god guys, thank god you said dad, not mom. Oh yeah, funny, funny children are just too much, too much..

Grandpa Kimothy: 39:10

Well thank you for the stories and for hanging out with me.

Stevie: 39:17

Thank you! Thank you for having me on your show. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 39:25

I love you. 

Stevie: 29:26

I love you too. I can feel your hug, oh yay good hug.

Grandpa Kimothy: 39:28

Okay so everybody, make sure you go down below, click those links, go follow, go look at their website and I will see you on, probably, instagram. Okay, bye!

Stevie: 39:42

Bye!

Grandpa Kimothy: 39:44

Stevie, welcome to Hive House. 

Stevie: 39:45

Hi!

Grandpa Kimothy: 39:46

We love you.

Stevie: 39:47

I'm so happy to be here.

Grandpa Kimothy: 39:48

Yay, okay, I have cards. Please say when and I will draw one for you.

Stevie: 39:52

 Oh, okie doke… when. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 39:52

On a scale of one to ten, ten being the most attractive. What would you rate yourself? Oh, that's a terrible one.

Stevie: 40:09

Today I am a 10 out of 10. [fades out] [fades in]Don't start. No shit won't be no shit, straight up. I love them kids. 

Grandpa Kimothy: 40:19

I mean, there might be a little bit of shit but…

Stevie: 40:25

This is true. We're not behaving like you unless we're doing this stuff way more shit than I ever thought was possible.

Grandpa Kimothy: 40:36

What do you not want to be doing in 10 years? [fades out]

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