 Hello hello Okay, looks like you can hear me now Hello, can you hear me? I see a couple of you on here. Hi and the cargo. Are you freezing? Let's be honest. Are you freezing? Christie, can you hear me? Okay? I just want to make sure Yeah, I know. I don't know. It's so weird like I do the exact same thing in the second time it works So I should just do a fake one time and then just add another one. Okay, good Why are you newie? Hello Christine. Sorry Lockdown Outfit lock down hair. I have taken a shower. Don't no worries Yes, not too bad loud and clear and upper hut. Yay. Yay. Yay. So I just thought I'd come on here. It's lunchtime and I had a late breakfast. So I'm not real hungry. So I thought hmm, maybe I'll go live I happy Yeah, I happy throw those gumboots. I got my first vaccine shot yesterday So I am my arm hurts It hurts. Have you guys got yours? I Do have snapchat. Yes Oh nice, okay. Yeah, it's nice. It's not too bad today. Oh You know, it's anybody else like it's Monday can't get motivated. I got up early and went to the food store and If any of you are in lower huts It's stocked. I had a feeling that they would stock it on Sunday night because every time I go There's no meat. There's no milk. There's no flour. There's no Anything a lot of things for bread. I've been making my own bread for you know, since last week for almost a week Because we have no bread So yeah, so Sunday and I was right Sunday night is the day or it's Monday morning. Nobody's there fully stocked everything. So load it up actually recorded a A grocery haul for you guys coming out on Sunday What it's like food shopping in New Zealand and how much it costs. I also got some petrol gas For you to see how much that is for my big seven-seater and yeah, so I did that wasn't really planning on it Just thought oh, it's so nice and quiet. Nobody's here I could totally record this and I just think I get a lot of people just wondering what life is like which is kind of what I talk about and so part of it is How much is food and it's not a cheap thing here in New Zealand? So it's good to know and I'm feeding a lot of people and I just thought like Recording it like when you are in lockdown because there's six people in my house basically five adults and Because I'm mostly teenagers and how much people eat like we're literally not eating anywhere else, right? Because restaurants takeaways are all closed if you're not from here So this is legitimately like I had to plan out. I'm a planner. So like and I hate food shopping Raise your hand if you hate food shopping. I don't understand these people that like food shopping like I hate it with a passion So I just plan out what we're gonna have. That's what I buy. That's what we're having. We're not thinking about it anymore It's all willing to do I know a lot of people like What am I gonna feel like I'm gonna go to the store tomorrow and get stuff not hate it so um, yeah, so I got lots of meals and And we were out of everything so it was like a restock. So it was quite expensive Because I was out of everything and there's like a lot of people in my house You have something to motivate me. Joshua sounds good. Yeah, what is my snapchat? I don't know Yes, what is it? It's just my name. Oh Ha sweet as kiwi 21. That's my snapchat sweet as 1s kiwi 21 If you don't know that joke watch some of my videos. Oh, okay. Yeah, she was sore the next day. Yeah Yes, we all got vaccinated together except for my 10 year old which how's that gonna work? Like if we want to travel like I'm not leaving home Okay, an american from california been here for over a year. Oh Oh, wow nice. How do you like it here? Let me know If you have any questions I can help you What do your kids take for lunch school if a lot of schools don't have cafeterias? Oh good question So a lot of so like if you get into the secondary schools, they'll have a lot of them will have like a canteen And that'll be maybe a local bakery that comes in and brings food. Sometimes it's literally a canteen Um, I think it's go to all different schools. So and or there's like Thursdays normally you there's like you can order in where it's like ordered from like a wrap shop But now everybody generally brings their own lunch. No hot lunches Um, not sure that that's true everywhere. I've just my kids have been Like a lot of schools. So I have a fun one that has a hot lunch Um, so yeah, so what's cool about new zealand is you can't What do they call them in viral schools? So you can't put things in plastic. You can't have individually wrapped so you have like these plastic containers So you put da da da da da and so like my kids put like a vegetable, uh fruit um sandwich or something a wrap or roll up or something and then A little dessert and then a little bar probably for Uh, a four leg sorry such as um For morning tea. So morning tea though is like snack time in the state So you have that at 10 o'clock and so they have to have something for that. So that's generally what they take Um, my kids will make their own lunches So are they putting their vegetables in there? I'm not confident I sometimes run down and do a quick check but then we have a big argument and Yeah, so my younger ones, they'll do it because I still do what I say But you know, I've kind of lost it. So what I'd actually do is um I make smoothies a lot and just load it in with like spinach and vegetables that they don't taste So then that's how they get it Barry you save money and locked out. Gosh, I don't feel like I am after that grocery Hi from Auckland Oh, your son married American girl living in virginia. Have you been to virginia then? Um, thank you for watching tiktok. Um, yes missing some american things Yes Well, that's true. They are rolling out government funded lunches. That's true um Yeah, but yeah, it's true the canteens are expensive like my son's school not so much but my daughter's school like how much is that? But sometimes you just want something hot something different and so I'll you know, give them You know a couple dollars every once in a while to get something and then my elementary age student primary age student You know, they have sausage sizzles on a lot of fridays. So they get that. Um Okay, we've been there twice nice Oh to meet your granddaughter. Oh, that's so hard. Um, Do not be with them They're so little so um Yeah, so did the grocery haul that was good. Um Yeah, so what am I making this week? nachos Tonight, I think we're gonna do nachos. We have like a beef stew. We're having like a Uh, I think a butter chicken type thing. Um spaghetti hamburgers Yeah, a lot of meat like we're like we couldn't get any meat So I was able to buy meat. So I got a bunch of meat. Just what we would eat this week. Don't worry. Don't attack me um and You know, because like we didn't really have any meat for the first week so Yeah, so it's meat heavy. So that's why it was probably more expensive Um, but I was able to get flour this time. So that's good because I've been making on my own bread So like I'm all out of flour now Hello. Hello. Um, yeah, so What have you guys been up to? Have you been doing your long walks? We did a family walk. That was okay um It was fun We Haven't done a whole lot. What did we oh, we got vaccinated yesterday So we were like in line for a long time. So it kind of felt like it took up most of the day and um Yes, that's a question at four o'clock today. Do we think we're going to stay in lockdown? What do you guys think? The long walks I know right so bad I know I've been good. I've been good. I haven't been overdoing it But homemade bread man the smell So good I mean in my bread maker don't think I'm too amazing just a little amazing um Yeah, so what do you guys think? Are we going to be locked down? I think that we definitely are Now that it's kind of all over the place. Um But how long I don't know So you think only Auckland will stay in lockdown. What about Wellington? There's quite a few cases here I think there's no way we're coming out Definitely Auckland and Wellington level four. Yeah, that's true. Maybe the South Island would open up Locked out until Friday. Maybe the South Island a level two. That'd be nice. It's the South Island. I just know um That's true. If the the South Island have no cases I got up on it I haven't been watching my one o'clock And I missed chris hipkins mess miss step I feel bad like people think this is funny and it's funny Of course, it's funny, but like feel bad like like I understand as someone who just talks off the top of her head All the time that you can miss say something and there's just so many memes about it if you don't know he's He said like I don't know open your legs or spread your legs instead of Stretch your legs Go for a walk. So anyway Hi from Chicago. Nice. Yes, everyone's doing well um shopping sanity on the I just Kind of see your cats sick of you. Yeah So, yeah You can call me Karen, but you would be wrong um anyway Oh, sorry to hear that Barry. Oh I haven't been in the garden. My garden looks like you don't want to know Oh, I didn't see dr. Boomfield's reaction to him saying that I've only seen like the memes and then like a little clip of it. So Oh, thanks Thanks I thought you're anyway um Okay, what else what else? So we're gonna find out of four. We're probably gonna be locked down. I think like even my kids teachers are preparing for it So that's what's happening. Um Who has got my recipe book? Have you been making some American deliciousness because I am I've been making some good american stuff. I made some cinnamon rolls American recipe And what else brownies, you know, lots of baking But it's fine because I have one little thing and everybody else eats everything. So Oh, I'm sorry that you're hating lockdown. Tell me why tell me why like I can picture situations of which people Would struggle in lockdown, but I think in a lot of ways a lot of people enjoy it. So I'm just always curious Yes So if you don't know I have a american recipe e-book on My website just kiwiamericans.com and you can get that $8 and it's fun recipes if you want to try something new get some ranch dressing like some ranch dressing goes with everything um I'm going to do chicken and waffles this week too I don't think that's in there. Maybe biscuits and gravy So yeah, so check that out also What else do I have coming out? Oh, yeah If you are a business or anybody that wants to get started on tiktok and just haven't wrapped your head around it I'm doing a free seminar On that. So just go to my website. It's right on the front page. Um, and you can sign up for that It's really been filling up fast. I was like, oh, I had a feeling there was demand for that, but I was right. And so, yeah, I have a lot of people sign up. So there's going to be limited space So if that is something that you want to do and I would really like my to give my community first choice So sign up for that kiwiamericans.com and you can see that it's right at the top So that's just if you want to get started. It's just going to be the basic running through how to do tiktok Lots of tips. I've been doing it and been successful on it for over a year now I know that platform. I know how to run it. I know that it's good for business Um, or if you're just somebody that wants to kind of get out there and try it and do it It's it's really a good platform for teaching. It's a good platform for entertaining If you can be if you can educate and entertain you win On tiktok. It's different. It's different than instagram. It's a different culture. Like you can't just be like the same person so So just know that um, so that's coming up in september Um, if you want to do that, um, otherwise you can always make an appointment with me If you need help with your cv if you want to talk about whatever various things if you think about moving here if you have questions about moving to the us or um I have consulting things I do for that or really any digital marketing You can always book an appointment with me. I can help you so, um I should totally do a live cooking session. You're totally right about that However, I not thought of that a live cooking session That's a really good idea. Who said that? What's up ts? Thanks for the tip. That's a really good idea Betty apple cider dodge at the grocery store. What? Karen, are you serious? She's teasing me with that You feel like you're constantly on youtube. Nice doing yoga This is what I love about yoga class is the last 10 minutes where they just let you lay there and fall asleep anybody with me anybody with me on that I say No, I get super bored. Yeah, it does feel like Um on american cream pie. Oh my gosh. I know like isn't it so funny? Like when they say that you can't have something or you can't go to a restaurant You can't do this makes you want it two times more um, hello Huey and brisbane welcome Yeah, so that's a really good idea. I should cook one of my american recipes from my book for you guys I should just make you those amazing chocolate chip cookies Because you're gonna thank me because it has to be exact just follow it exactly I am not from california. I'm from wisconsin Yes grits and cornbread grits Hard to explain. I don't ever make it It's from the south Cornbread I do have that in my recipe book And I can make that I have all the stuff for that I make it all the time. It's so easy It's like literally dump everything in a pan or excuse me a bowl Mix it put in the pan 15 minutes amazing so Hi from Auckland. So yeah, that's a good idea. Just making something simple like that. Although my chocolate chip cookies you guys won't believe um Yes, america, uh, I think everybody in america likes american football But yes, we are big green bay packer fans in wisconsin Yes peach cobbler Good idea. Just a cobbler in general. It could be any fruit. You know what? Here's a little tip If you want like suddenly to have like really good cobbler Did you know that in new zealand you can buy blackberries in the can like a can Tin so you call it tin here Um a tin of blackberries get two of them just it's literally dump them And then you make the normal cobbler or crisp topping whichever you like Done and it's like amazing and like you know, I mean I didn't even know it's just random that they have blackberries in a tin but nothing else just blackberries I mean they have peaches I guess but um Have I had the subway m&m cookie? Yes so good Yes, Wisconsin is known for cheese. It's the dairy state Yeah, so Chloe try it dump it easy Like especially like people are coming over and you need like a quick dessert Yo, what's cracking? You started making your own alcohol. Well, there's that. Do you have a problem? Do we need to talk about those? um You're missing spring rolls, fish and chip shops Where do you get good spring rolls a scotch egg? What's that? What's a scotch egg? Should I know what that is? What do I think of the 715 billion per year that America spends in the military? Well, there's a question question from Monday at 12 24 um Yeah, that's interesting. I didn't really think much of it. Um Um, definitely feels interesting being in the country that doesn't have that military Yeah, um Can't really answer that because I haven't thought about it enough, but yeah, you know, it does a lot of money on the military and yeah, so Okay, you think New Zealand will stay at level four until the end of the week because the government needs to limit traveling Okay, how do we go from dessert to talking about war? Okay boiled eggs Like wrapped I think you mean and sausage meat. Oh gosh Scotch egg is boiled egg with sausage meat and and fried crispy. What? I'm gonna have to look this up a boiled egg in sausage meat and fried like and then you fry it Like you what like you are you what you're wrapping the egg? Oh, no, no It must be like I'm picturing like when you say boiled egg. I'm picturing like a hard boiled egg. Okay Okay, no, it is a hard boiled egg wrapped in a ball of sausage meat and covered in breadcrumbs And then you fry it Look how I've not heard of this Oh my gosh. I know I miss traveling to feed you too Okay, so meatball with a boiled egg in the middle I have not tried whitebait I can't get myself to try it You can buy scotch eggs, but a bakery. Hmm I might have to do that just so I can get a sense of it before I would make it But that sounds so interesting. How have I not heard of this? Does everybody know this or is this like am I like the one? that doesn't know this Okay, try soft tacos rolled in pulled beef and then slow shallow fry Oh my They sell a scotch eggs. I pack and say okay You're a 49ers fan. Hmm Anyway, the LA sells them. Okay Yes, it's true the half-time show with the crazy advertisements that they spend a couple million on 32nd thing It's a trucker meal Like why would truckers need to have like Heavy meals. Are you just sitting and driving? Like wouldn't you want to not eat that much? Okay, what do I think of the cream buns on the hotdog bun? So I posted this on my instagram if you haven't seen it Tip top. I think it was Posted a hotdog bun with just cream in it. So they're just using their tip top hotdog buns, but cream in it That's weird. I'm not doing it Like if I'm going to have a donut, I'm going to have a doughnuts. I'm not going to have a hotdog bun with cream on it Have you tried it? Okay, so anyway What are you guys having for lunch? I'm not really going to have anything because I had a late breakfast. So I'm not hungry um Yeah, what's for lunch today. I don't know There's some egg salad downstairs. I could eat but I made some homemade bread. So I had a slice of that. So I'm not that hungry um I'm British in New Zealand and I've never had a decent scotch tag. Okay, so they're really good in the uk Is that what you mean? I mean to be honest like it's hard to find really good sausage meat here Uh, there is good sausage meat. Mainly when I buy it from a butcher up north When they come down to the markets and I buy all of their stuff and put it in the freezer Deep fried mars bars. Oh gosh. I feel like I'm at state fair That's what they have at state fair I've never made it myself or like cannon balls. Do I know what cannon balls are? No Okay Um, how have you guys do you guys have food at your grocery stores? Are you loading up? Yes, I got some ice cream today. Just vanilla And what do you have that's so good that I got Orange chocolate chip They don't have that in the u.s. I've rarely seen it So let's hear and I like that. So I got those two kinds. I don't know. I don't really eat ice cream. So No me that come down in Auckland. Sorry, maybe it's better Like we had no meat at ours and then I went this morning and it was packed I think there's that sunday night, you know refill. That's what I was thinking and I was right So go early morning on monday Yeah, orange chocolate chip Bacon buddies. What's that? Oh snickerdoodles love them. Oh, they're all blacks really playing the u.s. Eagles Are they going to the u.s. To do this because I need I need I need to see this game if it's here Yes, you got to go to a butcher for sausages Mind blown when you discovered hot dog butt donut I mean, it's got to be better for you. It's not fried. I guess No, there's tortillas everywhere to make tacos. It's not a problem. They've gotten a lot of a lot more choices in terms of Mexican food now um in The grocery store compared to when I moved here like huge difference between now in 2013 totally different So in balmy they have no meat bread or pasta packed noodles Oh, I'll press toward the u.s. Dang it in weston. Okay dang it So, yeah, if you're in lower hut though, so all of you that are in upper hut I've seen some people come down here. It was pretty good. It's all stocked up And I think what they didn't have was my favorite hummus brand Apparently it's everybody else's you start to learn and I couldn't get salt I couldn't get table salt. Isn't that weird like I'm like completely out Um You know the big cheap bottle nothing People are walking around outside at 2 a.m. In Auckland. That's funny. I say new generation of kiwi food So anyway, so um check out my american recipe book if you're interested in trying some american food at kiwiamericans.com Also, if you want to take my free tiktok course coming up in september say on my website as well um I know I wanted to go to the deniden one as well, but whatever Um, I am doing a grocery haul Video for this sunday what I just did this morning showing you what I spent how much petrol is On my youtube channel this week and yeah, just go ahead and reach out to me on instagram DM me if you Um, I have any requests for certain things. I think this week I'm going to start recording videos with christie. We're going to have kind of our own show It's going to have a different feel to it a little bit different format. So that's fun Um, yep, and I will see you guys later. I'm going to get back to work