#653 - Hannah Strickland

30:12You don't ever sleep through the night. Well, I always do. I never snore. And I don't, like, I never snore. That one does. That one sleeps with her mouth gaped open. Gosh, what kind of world are you living in? I have no idea. Those people are crazy. Tell me about it. I can barely even believe that you're able to survive over there, Hannah, around these people. Yeah, I need to move. I'm like, I need my own room. And my sister stole the color of my room. What? She stole my bed from my old room. I had like the perfect, in the old house, in our own house, I had my own room and my own playroom. That you never used.

30:56I did use that. You never let me sleep in there. Why not? I literally wanted to sleep in there. Were there mice in there? No. There were a lot of mice in our house when I was a kid. I've always wanted a rat or a mouse. I've always wanted a mouse. Yeah, she's obsessed with ratatouille. so she would that'd be cool to her they're so cute yeah well they're cute I'll tell you this Ratatouille first of all the movie it's about 20 minutes too long I will say that oh she would disagree yeah vehemently disagree actually well I like the part where they cook yeah stretch the whole thing oh yeah I like it I mean I like it but I'm just at a certain point I'm like hurry it up we get it there's like a little bit extra on there for me that's just a little bit too much.

31:44I like Coolette. Yes. Let's bring up the characters. So Coolette is the girl with the purple hair. There she is. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I like Ratatouille. I'll ask you this. I'm going to ask Dawn something real quick. Is it okay if I ask Dawn something? Yes. Thank you. Yeah, are there any special things that someone has to do that's a part of their life? before that before there might ever be a transplant there's still just a lot of medications so she has a g-tube to make things easier eye drops meds they're harsh they they're they hurt her stomach they you know and obviously since it affects your kidneys first it obviously it stunts your growth you can take growth hormone lately we've kind of yeah i'm never doing that I haven't started that yet.

32:39We did that with my son, but. But that's a choice you have to make, I guess, as a parent for a child. That's kind of interesting. It's hard because you always worry, you know. All right, next subject. What's something you admire about each one of your children, Dawn? How about that? Let's get the truth here. I'm the favorite.

33:00She tells everybody that, too. Because I am the favorite. Is it the truth, though? Yes. What, why? Because I'm just a better child. That one doesn't clean. Yep. None of our kids clean here. Joel never cleans the dishwasher, never does anything. I'm like, huh. Yeah. Golly, Moses. And what are the chores you like to do the most then? Yeah. Let's do that. Wash dishes, vacuum, clean the counters, and that's pretty much all I do. Okay. I make my bed and stuff. Okay. Yeah. I respect that. And I cook, too. Do you? Yep. What's one of your favorite things to cook? Chicken noodle soup, biscuits, pasta. How about our pizzas that you make?

33:53Oh, yeah. Pizza, cheesy bread. I like cheesy bread. They had cheesy bread, yeah. Yeah, I make my own. We got a new fire. What are those? Like the pizza oven? The pizza oven? Those are good. Yeah. Those are really good. You should invest in that. Just for the record, we don't even order pizza anymore. It's amazing. Yeah, it's really good. Dude, when people order pizza, I'm like, what are you doing? You could make this in your yard in a minute. Yeah. Absolutely. Are you out of your mind? I even will, if my neighbors order pizza, if I see a pizza, I'll go out and blow like a big horn at their house.

34:23And I say, what are you doing? They're ordering pizza. Well, maybe they don't have an oven or something. Yeah, but just get a pan and even put just like a lighter or a candle under it. you can do that so easily now. Yeah. I see like you kind of like, it feels like you're growing up kind of fast. Do you ever feel like that, mom? Do you feel like she's growing up? She's going older. Not me, Hannah. That wasn't directed at me. Yeah, about me. Mom's doing great. Yeah. But Hannah's growing up so fast. Do you feel sometimes, Hannah, like you're just growing up too fast? No. You think you're growing up at the right speed?

34:58Yep. What do you see like another line of work? Like what's a real line of work that you want to get into one day? Like when you're driving down the road and you see a guy working in construction or you see a woman like fetching water from a well or milking an animal or something. Oh, that one wants to have a farm. I don't know why. Well, she has a baking channel, so she likes to bake. Yeah. So she could probably use ingredients. Yeah. Do you like ingredients? Like stuff to put in a cake? Yes. Uh, yeah. Yeah, you have to have those for like baking. Yeah, I like those. I like ingredients. I've always liked them.

35:36Yeah. But what's that line of work you see yourself getting into when you're driving? A chef. A chef. Mm-hmm. Okay. And your restaurant, obviously we know it's called Seven Days of Pasta. Will there ever be a day where you'll have one other item that will be different? Nope. Well, that's odd. Pickle pasta. Pickle pasta? Pickle pasta. Hmm. I like pickles, but not on pasta. But if someone wants something sour, then they can have that. We'll do it. I like that. Do you have bread? Do you have any appetizers even? Yeah. What are some of the appetizers you're going to have? Maybe some shrimp and bread and oil.

36:18I like that. Yeah, my favorite food is pasta. I like ravioli. I love ravioli. I also love Olive Garden. You do? Yeah. What's your favorite thing about it? The Alfredo and the breadsticks. Yeah. Breadsticks are good. Yeah. God, sometimes I just want to put one in my mouth and have somebody come up and just hit it right down my face with a hammer. My dream is to put my mouth under the frozen yogurt machine and just eat it. Yes, girl. Okay. But here's what I've heard. My friend's done that, and your face gets so cold because that thing's very cold. Yeah. You think you could handle it? Yeah. I love cold.

36:58Just wear earmuffs.

37:02I saw a video of this one thing I learned about you I saw a video of you It was at a Christmas shop And that was like a busy video that you guys had What happened there? Take me behind the scenes with some of this video Let me see it really quick again What age was this when you were working? Hannah, I know this is one of your early films Sorry I'm wasting a lot of your money But I'm going to have to get a do not cracker And an ornament I love it here Mom, this is the best tree I ever saw in my store. Ooh. I love this store. What is this? Macy's. That's Macy's? Mm-hmm. I love Macy's. I love places, Michael's, where you can get crafts.

37:43Oh, I love Michael's. We actually got a deal with Michael's. You do? Yeah. I love that. What are you going to make over there? We pretty much got, like, every deal in the world. Dang. We haven't got Apple. You haven't got Apple? No, we do. You got Apple? Mm-hmm. You got an Apple? No, we got like a computer, like a pink computer. And then we also got like AirPods. Ooh. Pretty much everything else for me in that box. Well, I mean, it was supposed to be. No. No. As it should have been. No. What are some ways, obviously mom is having trouble parenting when it comes to you. Is that safe to say, you think?

38:24She doesn't have any trouble. She does a good job. Maybe Hannah if you were a parent What things would you do differently Well if they would scream Then I would just put them up in the bathroom And I would lock the door Let me say Every parent It's not legal Kind of like a dog People do it People do it a lot Do you think you would teach What's something A thing you would try to instill in your kids I would just put them in the bedroom at like a ginormous wall in the bedroom. And then like lock the doors. And then, yeah, they can never get out. They can never get out until they stop screaming. Okay.

39:10So that's only if they scream? Cry, do anything. Well, what would be the things that you would do if they were good or to like help them be a good person? Yeah. What would you do? They can just move out, really. Yeah, look, if they want that kind of life, They can hit the road and figure it out. Yeah, exactly. We're keeping it 100 over here. Hannah, you know, people are wondering. I think a lot of people are like, what is she going to do next? Is she going to start a cartoon? Oh, definitely not a cartoon. I hate cartoons. Okay. That's out. So people quit wondering that. Yeah. Is she going to come out with her own cookware?

39:52Is she going to come out with? Yeah. Like maybe a special spatula. Well, I want my own cook show. Okay. Like, you know those cook shows where they have to get the ingredients, hurry up and cook. Kind of like those, like I want to cook with Bobby Filet and their competition. Do you think Bobby Filet is a good chef? Yeah. You do? Yeah. Bring up Bobby Filet. His daughter's really, she's a newscaster. Anyway, I'm lonesome I don't know why I said that, let's keep going Bobby Filet, huh? And who else is on your chef list? Oh, the, uh Nick? Yeah, Nick Giovanni What is it about him and some of his recipes, or what is it?

40:38Um, he cooks really good pasta I watch him all the time You do? Mm-hmm What's the thing about the big parmesan wheel? So it's like a big parmesan wheel He, like, carves the inside and then he like grabs so like some of the yeah like there let's see it can we see this in action I'm just it's really good I've always wanted to try that well I'm curious about it that's all parmesan yeah the whole wheel

41:12what is on the outside cheese of course that's the rind yeah so Right? Mm-hmm. Have you ever asked for, like, what's something? I've always wanted that big wheel cheese. She wants the whole wheel, yeah. Yeah, because, like, I've always wanted to make that recipe. And how much cheese do you need for that? Like, the whole wheel. Yeah. I mean, look at this guy right here. Is he carving a pumpkin? What is this? It's cheese. So he's trying to, like, open it. And, yeah. Honestly, Hannah, what's the most amount of cheese you think someone should be able to have? Um, that much right there. Do you think there should be a limit on how much cheese someone can have?

41:55They can have as much as they like. Because that's like really good cheese and it makes like really good like alfredo pasta. Like you just have to add like milk and then that cheese and then melt it. Like cook it, of course. And then you put the pasta and the pot and the butter and the alfredo sauce. And then once you got your pasta in the thing, in the cheese, then you dumped the alfredo sauce in the cheese. Like in the big wheel of cheese. And then you got like, he carved it in the inside and then you put the pasta in. Okay. We're going to need you to step out of the vehicle now. That's all I'm saying is.

42:47Yeah, look. Let me see one more time. It's like a honeycomb of cheese. Yeah, he's putting the pasta in there. In the cheese? Yes. Oh, that's so good. God, that looks so good. I've always wanted that. Yeah, I just want some of that. God, it's almost like the cheese is just taking a bath or something in there. Would you take a bath in cheese? Yes. Yeah, like, hey mom, what do you mean? I would eat it Yeah, eat, rest your head on it Yeah That'd be good, if you had a whole bed made out of cheese Yes What kind of cheese are we talking? That cheese Parmesan Okay Parmigiana Reggiana, is that what that is?

43:32I'm pretty sure, I don't know Yeah, I think so Okay, I respect that Do you have a favorite holiday kind of? Christmas It is? And what about it? But I hate the Grinch Why? He's weird and I don't like him He's green And he steals things from the kids Yeah Which is not cool Yeah Have you ever stolen anything? No Well I was stolen things from my sister and my brother But But they deserved it Yeah Where do you hide everything that you steal? I tell you Yeah Good girl Look and that's how they try to trap you They try to get the answers out of you. You have to be careful. Yeah. You know? Because one time I stole my sister's little mini unicorns, and I've been trying to get those for years, and I actually got them.

44:24Well, I've always got them. And then I put them in my fridge, but she finally found them. Now I'm going to try to steal them again. Yeah, she has a play kitchen that everybody knows. If they're missing something, they go straight to her play kitchen because she hides everything in the same spot. But if they keep on looking there, then I'll move them, and I'll put them somewhere different. I get it. Well, I have a new hiding spot. You don't move anything. I get it. I will now. Have you ever considered burying something in the yard? Well, then I'll literally never find it again. Do you think you forget?

44:54Yeah, I forget all the time. You do? I forget what I'm going to say. You've been traveling a lot, right? Have you? What's a place you've been that you really did not enjoy very much?

45:11and you can be honest with us I literally don't even know I like every place I've been to you do? yeah but I didn't like the place where we went to New York where like there's like people like sleeping on the road and stuff and on the sidewalk people camping out and stuff yeah it was kind of weird yeah I'm just like get a job I'm like who are you yeah it's like there's certain Except for you. There's certain ways to look at it. And I think you have to figure all that out. You have to factor that in. What's something you and Hannah love to do together? We like to play Uno. Oh, I like Uno. We like to cook.

45:52I mean, obviously, I'm not a great cook. Sometimes we, Mom, what do we eat together? Everything, maybe. Well, we pretty much eat, yeah, we eat everything. Yeah. Well, you eat everything. Well, you eat everything. Yeah, thanks. Moms have to taste everything before their kids can make sure it's safe. Right, it's like a quality issue. It's important. Making sure they're not, like, poisoning, you know? It's pretty important. Yeah, because you want to eat it. There's no poison in the food that you make. You never know. What's the worst food you've ever had, you think? I knew you were going to say it.

46:31Mexican food and Indian food. Yeah. What was it about them? well I don't like I just don't like I actually do like the tacos and I like the guacamole and stuff but I don't like anything else the tacos and the what is it? tacos and guacamole but my dad says he's gonna eat a banana and an alicado in the morning why? I don't know he's like honey did you get the banana and alicado? he was going on a diet right? yeah and his dad does dad like to diet? What does dad like to do for fun? He likes to fix his car but instead of fixing the car he likes to break the car instead. Instead of fixing it. Yeah.

47:20That's dad. What's a regular day at school like, Hannah? Are you still going to school? Yeah. I think if I'm in high school, I drop out like Grace. Is that true, Grace? Yes. She literally dropped out of school It's okay Hey Grace A lot of my family is not even They're not all the way done yet That's why we say it Do you have some close friends at school? What's it like over there? Well I actually do homeschooling You do? Yeah And who's your teacher? Her name is Miss Sarah the Evil Queen She calls her teacher the Evil Queen Yes It's true Because she is evil She's forcing me to do homework. But that's her job.

48:05She's a teacher. So she's getting paid to do this? You're right. Huh. Why do we pay people to do pure evil? Yeah. I agree. Great question. Huh? It's a great question. Well, I just want to talk. Um, Dawn, you stay super busy. No. I knew that was coming too. She sits down all the time. She does nothing. She has to be doing something. She's not. Dawn tell us the truth She always cleans up my toys She cleans them up? Yeah she cleans my toys No only my toys though Mommy the evil queen Well what are some things That you're working on Behind the scenes right now What are some stuff that people don't know That's going on Because of all of this And I realized we had an opportunity To have a little bit of a platform And a little bit of a voice I always wanted to start our own foundation, something that would leave a legacy for the kids and that would help other families like ours.

49:09So that's what we've been working on. We just launched it yesterday. We're super excited about. Mom, are you going to give him the present? Congratulations. This is the Strickland Hope Foundation. Thank you. Yeah. So we're excited. You know, when we were going through, it took almost two years to find out with my son because they have the same condition. So it took almost two years. Oddly enough, the driver said, have y 'all been to Nashville before? And I was like, I couldn't think about it. I think I blocked it out. My son got his diagnosis at Vanderbilt. Wow. So we didn't know what was wrong with him, and we just kept going and going and going.

49:46So remember when I clogged up the shower in the hotel? Yeah, she flooded the whole bathroom today. Oh. Yeah, because I really wanted a bath, but they didn't have a bath. So I just, you know, made it into a bath. I think you have to do that sometimes. Hannah? So while we started the Trickle and Hope Foundation, so your son had this. Joel? Joel. With the red hair, yep. So Joel had cystinosis. He's a butt munch. He still does. And he's obviously a turd munch. What is he? Bucket head. Turd bucket. Yeah, turd bucket. Sorry. Anyway, back to him. And sorry, Joel. I know you're not here to defend yourself, but that's what happens when you send your siblings out and you don't go with them, bro.

50:33You face the wrath. But here's my question is, so you didn't even know. It was hard to get diagnosed? Absolutely. What did you think was going on? Well, we knew it was serious. He was treated for the wrong condition for seven months at a different children's hospital. So we had gaga doga die? Yeah, pretty much. That's what they literally, I mean, she laughs about it. But like they just kept saying it was a working diagnosis. So anyway, long story short, when we found out what it was, I mean, we went through a lot. And it's challenging. I mean, I suppose you would understand some of that, too. And I remember one of the first things when he faced his first transplant, one of the first things they said were, you know, like, how are you going to pay for this?

51:18Are you going to start a GoFundMe? And that was like the biggest slap in the face. Like, so now I've got to go beg for money to make sure that my kid can have a transplant. And we had excellent insurance. Listen, long story short, I just vowed that no other family, dealing with a chronic condition is enough. That's enough. And that's enough stress. And that's enough stress on a relationship, on the family dynamics, on the siblings. So that's my mission. I just, I want to be there to help in tangible ways, whether it be financial, whether they need medical equipment, whether they need therapy services, counseling.

51:55If the mother and father needs counseling to deal with this new diagnosis, they should be able to have that. If a family is functioning and functioning well and they are whole and they are taken care of, then they can be good caregivers. and that's the most important thing is making sure that each each member of the family is taken care of so yeah it's a lot I mean I remember I would go to like Ronald McDonald house and stay over there and um and um over the years I've gone there and just like done like just like like uh you can go there and I kind of volunteer to hang out and sometimes it looks like you to be over there but just seeing what families do right and what it's like to have a family be around something that um that happens that is like a surprise to your family, a medical surprise.

52:41And so the foundation will help support people that need these extracurriculars kind of? Yes, absolutely. We're still working out everything as far as what we will help out with. But I've been in this, we've lived with this for long enough. I know firsthand and I also know, you know, from having friends in our little community, often they need help with paying bills. Lots of times the spouse now needs to stay home and take care of the child so you lose that second income. What does that look like? I want to help provide. If you need to go to community college or wherever and get. I want to take my jacket, okay?

53:22Yeah, that's great. And get training or certificate so that you can work from home and now make money from home. Whatever it is, again. Well, how are you making money? Not me. Yeah, because we're not seeing any of it. Right? So just help them in any way possible. You know, lots of times there's programs for co-pays and things like that, but there are so many gaps. Do you need help, babe? You want to give it to Gracie? Grace. Don't throw it. Can you help out, please? Come on. We know you've taken off of school, but. I know.

54:04So we're still figuring out exactly how the Hope Foundation will help, but we know it's going to help families in ways that they're affected that they may not even see coming and ways that you guys have had experience with. Yes, because we have had. Listen, it's embarrassing. We've had to ask for money before. We've had to borrow money. It's embarrassing. It's degrading. It's stressful. And the thing about it is you're already concerned. You're a parent who's going through a lot, whether it's new or whether you've been walking this road for a few years. You know you're tired. You often go without sleep.

54:43You're sleep deprived. And you don't make good decisions when you're sleep deprived. So my mom said if I did good on this show, then I could also get like a 3DS. A 3DS is like an old game. It's like an old Nintendo Switch. that I've also really wanted for a long time. And my brother has one. Okay. And it's really cool. So I've always wanted one of those. And hopefully I get one of those. You're just making sure she remembers that. She's like, let me call you out in front of him. I think was that. I respect that. You should be an attorney, I think. Yeah. Okay, so just so we know. And it's called the...

55:24Striclanus. It's called... Striclanus. Striclanus. Striclanus. Striclanus. Striclanus. That's awesome. Shrekland Hope Foundation. And we're just getting it started. We'll keep us posted so we can help donate at some point. I hope you'll keep us posted. Can you give him a present? You guys get a present for me? Yes, I do. I will. I'll give him a present whenever he thinks it's appropriate. What is something that you really admire about each person in your family? So, that one. Something you love. Make it real. Yeah, something real that you love about each one. Okay, so Jonah actually plays with me.

56:07Okay, so you like that Jonah plays with you? That's pretty much all. Each one you have to do. All right, Joel, what's something you love about Joel? I guess he makes fun of me. Does he like to laugh? He likes to laugh at me. He's so funny. He is? He's extremely funny. So he makes you laugh? No. Oh. Yes. No. He makes you laugh. He never makes you laugh? No. Never? Never. Ever. Well, here's one of the questions I have, Anna, is that there's a lot of rumors, like a lot of like influencers and people in the media and personalities and stuff like, like someone like you are like kind of like are going to, they're sending them to outer space.

56:50They sent Katy Perry to outer space last one last year. Can you believe that? I don't. But for the sake of this question, for the sake of this question. She did not go there. You think she lied? Yes. Outer space lied. Yeah, outer space lied. You're right. But here's the question is, if they set you up nice, they give you a nice first class seat, you're headed to outer space, would you go to outer space? No. Why? I just don't want to. I want to stay at home. You could miss something important in outer space. So? I don't care about outer space. What are you going to do at home? Eat, sleep We've been over this Big fact, you're right Who's your best friend?

57:38Let's get that out of here, Hannah Who's your best friend? And where's she at today? I think she's at home Writing a book about me Well, me and my sister Very fair I heard you almost got in trouble for a crime Is that true at some point? About what? That's just what I heard, that there was a small crime or something you almost got in trouble for? What crime? Have you ever done a crime?

58:05Well, maybe I almost took a candy bar out of the store without paying, but... But hey, I mean... I almost sneaked out, but... But you didn't, right? But you didn't, huh? No, mom accidentally caught me. That's what I like. I like that. I like that honesty, too. Hannah is there anything that you want to talk about today that you feel like is important and that's been on your mind No I think about food You do Yeah All day Yeah Well take me just give me like a favorite what's like an appetizer that you absolutely love Oysters What? Have you had oysters? Yes and they're gross I like oyster soup but You like oyster soup?

58:50I've never even had that We'll claim chowder soup. Oh, yeah. That's what they call it. I like clam chowders. Okay. Well, then this is it then. Before we get to my birthday cake. Do-do-do-do-do-do. If you're on a desert island, you only get one meal. What is? Olive Garden. It would be Olive Garden. That's like a whole restaurant. It would be Olive Garden on a desert island? Yep. You think they're going to have an Olive Garden there? Well, I would eat if they did have it there. Yeah. I feel you. I honestly do feel you. I would eat if they had it there too. You know, in the past, in my life, I didn't do a good job probably investing financially.

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1:01:31I like that. Yeah. If you could meet Dolly Parton, what's one thing that you would say to her? I have no idea, honestly. I really don't. What's your favorite song from Dolly that you love that always comes up when we watch the videos? Have you heard that song, I Will Always Love You, that one? No. Have you heard 9 to 5? Yeah. There's no way to learn a living. Yeah. How do you sing that song? How do you sing? I don't know. Working 9 to 5. Welcome to Thanksgiving. Have you heard that song? No. You haven't? Well, I have. Yeah. She hasn't heard it that way. What about Thanksgiving? You like it or not?

1:02:12I do. I love the food. That's her favorite holiday other than Christmas. It is? Yeah. What's your favorite bird to eat? Bird? Yeah, what's your favorite kind of bird to eat, man? Bird. Chicken? Turkey? Oh, I didn't know that was bird. What'd you think it was? A turkey? Yes. What'd you think it was? I didn't know it was a turkey. Pull up a turkey, man. They fly-ish. Let's see if it's a bird or not. I don't think it's a bird. Pull up a turkey. You don't think that's a bird? They can't fly. They're too fat. Yeah. That's kind of like my cat, but they're just too fat. They can't really fly. I don't think that's why they can't fly.

1:02:56Some of them have glandular issues. Okay, so let's chill. What about a chicken? You didn't think a chicken. What do you think a chicken was? Have you ever eaten chicken? Yeah. You didn't know it was a bird? I don't know what it really was a bird. You think chicken's good? Yeah, but I'm not going to eat them. You're not going to eat a chicken? Well, I want to. If it's not my chicken, then I will eat it. Because I don't care about someone else's chicken. Facts. What about this, though? What's another bird you would eat? Penguin?

1:03:28You could eat penguin? No. Oh. I don't think so. Yeah, I don't think you're going to eat penguin. But I'm just saying, if you could, I would never eat a penguin. Okay, what about owl? No. Have a little owl. No. Why? No. Name one more bird you would eat. I never have eaten a bird before. Except chicken. And turkey. Well, I've had turkey, but I never... What's another bird people are eating? What about sparrow? What's a sparrow? What about a bluebird? What's a bluebird? Do you eat peasants? Now that I said that, I feel like... Peasants? Those are cute! You wouldn't have a little bite of that? I would never eat one of those!

1:04:19They're blueberry flavored!

1:04:23Hannah! It's just one bite, I'm not asking you to have a lot. No, how's it gonna fly? I don't believe them! They'll figure it out, they're very powerful. If you eat this wing That's not gonna be able to fly It's damaged I've seen a lot of damaged things That are able to freaking take off What about this bad fella right here? Yeah I would eat anything ugly You would? Yes I would So you're punishing it for being ugly Yes Well Hannah how about this then If you had one thing to tell everybody out there That was kind of positive What do you think it would be? Positive? Yeah Everybody's going to die one day.

1:05:04That is, that's a crazy thing to say. But yeah, that's one way to look at it. Yeah. With that said, you want to have some birthday cake with me? Yeah, sure. Okay. So my favorite type of dessert is tiramisu. That's Grace's. Oh, yeah. It's the best. Yeah. But how about this? I know your sister has a baking channel. Yeah. Can she come in and help us? Yeah. Check out the desserts? Yeah. Awesome. Okay, so now we're joined here by your sister. Do you want to introduce her to us, Hannah? Okay, you're Grace? I'm Grace. Okay, Grace. And what's it been like having Hannah as a sister? And be honest with us.

1:05:46She's interesting. She's funny. She is funny. I didn't think I was going to have a little sister, actually. Oh, so she was a surprise? She was a surprise. What? I thought I was going to be the last kid. but I told my mom a lot. I was like, I really want a little sister. And we just had a sister. And you got Hannah. And how did you feel when it was Hannah? Were you? Well, when she was first born, I thought, oh, she's cute. She's a cute little baby. But as she grew up, her personality just immediately snapped in. Like when she was even a baby, she was sassy. She would laugh. Was she? Yeah. Yeah.

1:06:22I talked a little when I was little. I actually talked when I was a baby. You could talk? A little, yeah. Not a lot. Yeah. Like maybe like that much at least. But some. Yeah. Do you think she looks up to you sometimes or no? No. I just do my own things. Yeah. I think we're similar in a way. Yeah? I think so. She takes some stuff from me. Oh, I do not. I think so. I take my own makeup looks. Yeah. But does she steal some of your hairstyles and things like that? No. Grace. How'd you get that red streak in your hair, Hannah? Yeah. Because I like this. It looks great. Is that real Kool-Aid? It's not Kool-Aid.

1:07:10It's like a conditioner. It's like a hair dye. Oh, nice. It was supposed to come out. But it's not. So it's going to be this forever. Now your sister has a baking channel. Do you want to tell us a little bit about it, Hannah? Oh, Grace, how about you? Yeah. She never, you know, actually puts her face in the videos. She doesn't? I do. Oh, wow, you made this? Yeah. Yeah, that's actually one of my favorite cakes. It's recent. Oh, that's a Stranger Things cake? That's pretty dope. I'm scared of the show, though. So. Yeah, I don't watch that kind of stuff, usually. No. Because I like to get to bed early.

1:07:45Right. And my neighbors have a loud dog. And it's hard to sleep. Hannah, what do you think I should do about that? Um, I don't know. Oh, yeah, it's an alligator. Oh, that's one thing. Go to the BTS one. Oh, really? Oh, that's not a cake. Yeah, it's the BTS one. I got... You got tickets to BTS? So me and Grace are going to a BTS concert. What? The Korean rock band? Yeah. Oh, yeah. They're great. I'm real excited. I've never seen them. Where are they performing at? In Orlando? Yeah, actually, um... Um, Alabama, I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure we're going to the Tampa show. It's in April. Dude, I would like to meet those guys.

1:08:27Have y 'all ever met them? No. Huh. They probably don't know us. Yeah, they don't know us because they're Korean. They're like, oh, stop, stop, stop, stop. Yeah. So, but tell me a little bit more about your baking channel. Do you do it just for fun? Is it a hobby? Bring it back up. So, it's like, I started it because my dad, when he would go to work, he loved sweets and he loved coming home. And I remember his either mom or dad, they bought like a baking kit off of Amazon. and I was like and I just started baking this is in our old house and I just it just kind of started it then my mom I like it was good.

1:09:01She made it when I was um like 11 to just document everything One time I made a cake it was like a Nutella cake and I added like Nutella on it and I that was probably the first cake I ever made and And my brother actually thought it was pretty good. Did he? Yeah. So I didn't actually know how to make frosting. But I added Nutella for the frosting. And then the cake was actually chocolate vanilla. And then I also put, like, some strawberries and, like, maybe some blueberries on the top. And that was really good. Okay. That sounds very good. And take us through this cake really quick, Grace. Okay.

1:09:45So the sand was actually graham crackers. So I was making two cakes this day. It was actually really chaotic. So it was due the next day, but this is a SpongeBob one. Due for who? Like the cake lord or whatever? Like who the dark dessert wizard or something? Who forced you to make two cakes in one day? It was actually kind of crazy. It was for a teenager my age for two big cakes. I'm like, gosh. I don't think she actually meant to get like two cakes. Okay. Yeah. So this one was really fun to make, though. I made the toppers and stuff because not out of creativity, but out of – but I didn't have the toppers that I needed.

1:10:27Is this a SpongeBob cake? Yeah. Oh, that's great. What do you love about baking or is it just kind of a hobby? I don't know. It's just a fun thing to do. Like cake kind of does bring people together. Like it's always at a celebration, a wedding, a birthday. and to be a part of somebody's life like that is really fun. Oh, this is an Easter cake? Yeah. That whole thing's a cake? Yeah. Oh, that's pretty dope. Yeah. Do you think that Hannah is a good judge of good desserts, of cakes? Yeah, I do like cake. She says random things. Like she'll say something that doesn't match the description. Like mysterious and spicy.

1:11:08Grace. She'll say sweet and spicy for a cake. Let's be honest here. That's all on one hand. Is that all you want? Is for Grace to be honest here? Yes. Yeah. That's pretty honest. Okay, Hannah, how would you describe that cake? It was good. I did like it. I actually liked the basket. It actually turned out better than I'm imagining. Okay. Do you remember when I made that? I do not, actually. I don't think I was born at that time. Okay. I think, no I was actually. Was she born? Yeah. She was born. How long ago was it? I think it was two years ago. Two years ago. Okay, so. But I needed something to post.

1:11:49And how old are you now? Nine. I was six at that time. So yeah, let's just look at the truth. Oh, and what's your channel called, Grace? Graceful Purposeful Art. Oh, Graceful Purposeful Art. I'll subscribe for sure. Thank you. So it's my birthday. So what I wanted to do was I want to try out three different of my favorite dessert, which is. Tsurmaso. Yep. Correct. I want to try out three different ones and then we all decide which one is our favorite. That's a good idea. Yeah. And I thought, Hannah, you could let us know which one is the best. Okay. Okay. Yeah. And we could all put on shade for this if we wanted.

1:12:35Yeah, great idea. we wouldn't normally do this but i have to step into this episode because the the editing got just confusing we try to uh have hannah come in to um have birthday cake and pick out some desserts from our area that she would enjoy and uh if you want to see that happen uh you can check that out it's over on our clips channel and um that is there and we're grateful to Hannah and the Strickland family for coming in. And now, back to the end of the episode.

1:13:10Well, Hannah, is there anything else you want to share with us, do you think? I don't know. Grace. Yeah, Grace, what do you think? Anything? Yeah, what are you thinking? Overall? Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. We're in Nashville. We're here. It's a very different experience. What do you think we should have? For dinner? Yes. That's a great question. I know there's like a good steak place. That sounds good. There's a place that has good barbecue. Wow. There's a place that has some kind of new age cuisine with like fish.

1:13:55And then there's like a good cheeseburger place. They have a place that has salmon There's a place that also serves She likes salmon Just throw her under the aquarium I don't like salmon A lot of people know and it's tough to imagine Yeah It's tough to imagine Who likes salmon anymore? Who's eating salmon these days with everything that's going on? You know? Yeah, I don't like salmon, that's disgusting I liked it when things were more chill Yeah like I like rice and salmon But like I don't like just salmon Oh if salmon stops by by itself Bro I'm out Yeah You know So I don't know what I would recommend There's some good restaurants though Yeah I really like I like I really love mashed potatoes Omelets This morning for breakfast I had an omelet a pancake so i got a pancake it's like uh mom what was it called um it was actually an oat cake it was an oat cake yeah but a pancake yeah and um was it good yes it was really good oh god i want that and i put like i put like a lot of fruit on the top and then i poured some maple syrup on it other than butter.

1:15:17Well, the butter is first. Yeah. Amen. Amen. Grace, you have a baking channel. People can check it out. Yep. And Hannah, people can check you out and also can learn about cystinosis. And what do you say to other, do you meet other kids that have cystinosis ever? Not really, honestly. You know a few. No. No. No. Actually, I can. Okay. So some people. Yeah. I only know like one person maybe. Yeah. And it's just not even a thing, is it? No. It's calm. Yeah. We keep it moving. Yep. Yep. Anything else you want to say to everybody before we leave, Hannah? I don't know. Yeah. That's a fair thing. Yeah.

1:16:07Sometimes we don't know what we want to say. Yeah. Do you always have something to say or sometimes you don't? Grace, how do you say something? Why do you always chuck it to me? Yeah, Grace, what's your problem? Yeah. Yeah. What? What's your problem? Sorry. Sorry. No, I actually can't hear. I can hear. You can't hear? Oh, my God, dude. Donald can't hear anymore. Donald can't hear. She can't even see good? Y 'all's family is barely making it. I mean, we don't clean. We don't cook. We really just don't do anything, I guess. Exactly. The exact one. And that's what she's been saying this whole time.

1:16:43Yes. Well, happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. And thank you truly for making my birthday a nice time. I appreciate it. Well, are you going to give them the present? Oh, yeah. I have a freaking present. Let me get it. It's my freaking birthday. And, yeah, and everybody can check out the Strickland Hope Foundation, where the goal is to help tertiary costs for families that have a loved one that is in medical care. Let me see this item. Here we go. Let me see what it is. Hmm. Ooh, might be a fish.

1:17:30Ooh. Maybe it's a rectangle shirt. You're getting close. Ooh. Oh, it's a Bible. Is it? Hey. Yeah, it's got my name engraved on it. And it says Romans 8, 28. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God. Oh, thank you so much. I, um, who doesn't need to brush up on their Bibling? Okay, can someone please take this plate for me? Yeah. Kevin will take it. thank you let me see what we got here oh from niceville okay thank you because it is kind of a fascinating name for a place i was gonna bring cookies but i forgot well we had all those so that's perfect yeah yes niceville niceville really does exist this is great actually but this is great having a niceville shirt because i don't even think it exists when you said that it made me think of um and growing up people would always say um when i'd say oh i'm from niceville they'd say nashville we said no not that's niceville niceville oh yeah it sounds like nashville niceville niceville niceville can you speak with a mexican accent i don't know how actually i don't but try it i don't know how it was happening

1:19:00um thank you both thank you ladies both thanks for coming and joining my birthday thank you for the wonderful gifts, Dawn. I appreciate it. Hannah, thank you so much. When you open your restaurant, Seven Days of Pasta, will you come in? Yeah. You will? Can I get a discount, a coupon or something? Yeah, sure. Okay, great. I appreciate that. And when can we see it opening? Are we talking like July, August? Well, maybe when I at least turn 16. Okay. So, pretty soon? I guess. Seven years? Yeah. That sounds good. All right, we'll be waiting. We'll be waiting outside, okay? Yeah. Okey-doke. Thank you so much for joining us.

1:19:44Thank you. Oh, you're very welcome. We had a nice time. Thank you, ladies. Now I'm just floating on the breeze And I feel I'm falling like these leaves I must be cornerstone Oh, but when I reach that ground I'll share this peace of mind I found I can feel it in my bones But it's gonna take