Classically Abby - Amy Coney Barrett makes SCOTUS. I'm STOKED. Here's why. ｜｜ The Scoop #11

00:00:00.180 Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to today's episode of The Scoop.

00:00:07.220 If you're new to my channel, The Scoop is our opportunity to catch up, have a cup of coffee,

00:00:12.460 just kind of go over what's going on in our lives, what happened over the course of the week,

00:00:16.520 and it's just a time for us to have a good chat. So I always have a little cup of coffee,

00:00:21.800 or I try to. It's fall themed today. I love this cup. I got it for $5 from Target,

00:00:27.000 and it makes me super happy. So grab a cup of coffee, or grab a cup of tea, or even just some

00:00:32.620 water, and let's get into it. So the first thing that I want to talk about is the fact that we

00:00:37.260 have officially moved. Welcome to my new space. So exciting. I'm really excited because my studio

00:00:45.320 here is about a third bigger than the studio that I had in Nebraska, so I have a lot more space to

00:00:50.800 play with, and it's just much more comfortable, and I've been loving coming up with a new kind

00:00:56.780 of idea for what I wanted my background to look like. So we had this in our basement in Nebraska,

00:01:02.260 and we don't have a basement here in Virginia. So I thought maybe it would be a cool kind of look

00:01:07.760 for my background if I hung up some clothes that I wear seasonally, and that could be the way that

00:01:12.700 I change up the look of my background with the seasons. And that was really fun to put together.

00:01:17.960 I hope you guys like it. Let me know in the comments if you do. My mom personally thinks that

00:01:22.840 this corner is a little bit crowded. She may not be wrong, but I love fall so much right now that I

00:01:28.660 just kind of wanted to put all of my fall-themed decor in this area since I don't have a shelf on

00:01:34.260 this side anymore. So if it's too much, let me know. I will take some of those pieces away, but I did

00:01:41.180 want to hear your guys' thoughts on it because, as you know, I'm really excited about fall and pumpkins

00:01:47.360 and my perfumes and all the things that I kind of keep back here. Which, by the way, I do want to

00:01:52.560 mention one thing in this video. If you guys remember, in my fall decor video, I talked about

00:01:57.060 a candle that I was loving from Kohl's called Cashmere Pumpkin by Scentworks. They also have

00:02:02.240 it in a spray, and it smells so good. It's a body spray, so it's, you know, it's kind of like a perfume,

00:02:09.260 and I just love wearing it right now. It's so cozy and sweet, but I really, really like it. So this is

00:02:16.960 something I would recommend if you're looking for something that isn't expensive at all and is just

00:02:20.980 something nice to wear kind of during the fall season. But if you guys watched my vlog, which I will

00:02:26.400 link up above here, we did drive from Omaha to Virginia, and that was an 18-hour drive, and surprisingly,

00:02:33.540 the drive itself wasn't so bad. I haven't done a drive that long, I don't think, ever, and it was really

00:02:38.980 not that hard. I personally have a little bit of a hard time driving at night, but Jacob doesn't mind

00:02:44.860 driving at night at all. I am very comfortable driving during the day. That is easy peasy. I can

00:02:50.020 do that. So I took the day shift, he took the night shift, and we got in here. We made it to our new home,

00:02:56.200 and we're so excited about it. We did hit a few hiccups along the way, so it wasn't just easy breezy,

00:03:02.800 but the driving itself wasn't so bad, and that was something that I wasn't totally expecting.

00:03:08.080 But what I kind of realized is that moving just generally is really stressful. It's not even about

00:03:13.940 getting the boxes packed and getting everything on the truck. That stuff is, of course, stressful too,

00:03:19.020 but there's an emotional toll it sort of takes on you, because you're trying to figure out

00:03:23.380 what is my life going to look like? How is my routine going to change? Just everything is in flux

00:03:28.960 all at the same time, and that's a really tiring feeling. I am somebody who thrives off of my routine,

00:03:36.500 and so not having a routine for as long as we did was really hard. The first day that we kind of had

00:03:42.660 everything unpacked here and I was able to just sit down and do work was like a breath of relief

00:03:47.800 for me. I really, really appreciate having a set schedule for myself, and so that was a bit of a

00:03:55.160 hard thing for me. Now that we're here, I am feeling so much more settled and calm. Now we are about 99%

00:04:01.500 of the way unpacked, and that is all thanks to my amazing mom who flew out and was an absolute whirlwind

00:04:08.080 and just made it so that we had to have everything unpacked. She went through all the boxes,

00:04:12.460 she figured out where everything was going, she helped me make decisions, and it was just so

00:04:16.380 helpful. I love her so much, and I am so grateful to her for her help. Pretty much all we have left

00:04:21.140 to do is hang up the pictures, so I'm looking forward to doing that, because that for me is

00:04:25.180 the final step in making a house really feel like your home. But in my experience, and I'd love to hear

00:04:30.200 in the comments, what was the hardest part of unpacking for you if you've recently moved or if you

00:04:35.280 remember moving? Because for me, it's always the kitchen. The kitchen here is much smaller than our

00:04:41.900 last kitchen, which it's not an issue for cooking. What makes it an issue is storage. Where does

00:04:47.520 everything go? So we actually bought a wire shelving unit that we put in the corner of the room so we

00:04:53.500 could kind of treat that as a pantry because I don't have a pantry. And just trying to decide, okay,

00:04:57.920 where is everything going to go when there's not enough space for it? Very, very stressful. We made it

00:05:03.540 work and everything fit, but it was a little bit different than I anticipated because I didn't

00:05:07.920 really realize how much smaller the kitchen was here, which is okay. It just was a difficult

00:05:12.660 transition to get everything kind of put into its place. Decision fatigue is a real thing,

00:05:18.180 trying to make decisions over and over and over again about what you're going to do and where

00:05:22.940 things need to go. It just gets tiring, but I do have some tips and tricks about how to unpack a house

00:05:28.840 and make that a little bit more doable. If you guys are interested in a video about that,

00:05:33.340 let me know in the comments because I would love to do a video, maybe the classic girl's guide to

00:05:37.400 unpacking and talk about how I do it and what I need to do to make the whole process a little bit

00:05:43.840 easier. Next up, I want to talk about my classically Abby earrings, which I absolutely love. As you guys

00:05:49.480 know, I designed these earrings with Rachel and jewelry. I'll link the video up above where I kind of

00:05:54.880 revealed that collaboration and the pre-order sale for these earrings ends tomorrow. So the pre-order

00:06:01.420 sale is actually going to give you a really good discount. They normally retail for $88, but during

00:06:06.800 the pre-sale, they're only $75 and tomorrow is the last day you can get them for that price. After

00:06:12.080 that, we're going to close sales for a week and then retail is going to open and they're going to be

00:06:16.220 at their normal retail price, which is $88. But I think these again would make a beautiful gift for

00:06:22.080 family, friends, for yourself. I just recently wore them to a wedding and I felt so beautiful. So I hope

00:06:28.440 you guys love them as much as I do. And if you do want to save some money, tomorrow is the last day to

00:06:32.640 buy them for that discounted price. The next thing I wanted to talk about is weddings. So I have actually

00:06:38.620 been to two weddings during this pandemic and I'm going to a third. And of course, we're taking the

00:06:44.520 necessary precautions. We're being very safe. But I have learned something really beautiful about

00:06:50.420 weddings during this time. There's something very unique about getting married during a pandemic.

00:06:56.580 Of course, there's a lot of things that are unique. But what I've learned is how absolutely special

00:07:01.540 they can be. Weddings are always meaningful no matter when you go to them. I absolutely

00:07:06.500 love weddings. But there's something really important about recognizing that the wedding is a party

00:07:13.480 and it's not the actual point of the day. The point of the day is that you two are joining your

00:07:19.940 lives in matrimony and you're going to spend your lives together and your life gets to start together

00:07:25.620 that day. And I do feel like during this pandemic, that's something that's been kind of a good reminder

00:07:32.020 is that the wedding is fun and it's really special and great. But the marriage is what matters. And

00:07:39.880 marrying the person who is your other half and who you are going to build a life with, that needs to

00:07:46.900 start with or without a party. And the weddings that we've gone to, I've seen how much these couples

00:07:52.020 cherish that and how seriously they take that commitment. That they are willing to maybe forego

00:07:59.160 something that is a huge event so that they can begin their lives together. Because the actual purpose

00:08:05.220 of a wedding is not a party. It's about marriage. It's about bringing two people together and having

00:08:11.060 them start a family, a life together. And bringing the focus back to that I think is a really beautiful

00:08:17.120 and wonderful thing. Now I'm not saying that any of this is ideal. I'm not saying that they're in a

00:08:21.620 great situation. I'm just saying there is a positive spin to this, which is the reminder of what weddings

00:08:26.920 are really about. And I've seen that in the couples that we've seen get married during this time, just

00:08:32.520 celebrating what really matters. And it's really beautiful. The next thing I want to talk about

00:08:37.320 is what I've been watching. So Jacob and I have been watching a show called Forged in Fire on the

00:08:43.020 History Channel. And it is awesome. So here's the story of how this all started. My husband was kind

00:08:49.600 of told by a friend that there was this cool show and he should try watching it. And so he was watching

00:08:54.240 an episode and I walked into the room and I was so surprised at what I was looking at. They were taking

00:09:00.540 a sword and thwapping all of these different items. And I was just thinking to myself, oh my gosh,

00:09:06.080 this is so intense. What are you watching? And then we got hooked and we couldn't stop watching

00:09:11.620 it. And basically what the idea is that they have bladesmiths, master bladesmiths compete to see who's

00:09:19.680 the best bladesmith of the four in each episode. And so they have to compete and create weapons or

00:09:27.120 create knives or create really interesting swords. And by the end of the episode, they choose a winner

00:09:32.680 and that winner gets $10,000. And I have learned so much about sword making, so much about how to make

00:09:39.160 a blade, quenching. I don't know if you ever watched the show. If you have, let me know in the comments

00:09:44.120 below. But if you're somebody who likes competition shows and thinks that they're kind of interesting

00:09:47.920 and fun, I don't watch pretty much any anymore. I used to watch them more, but now I don't really.

00:09:53.360 But this is a really good one because it's so interesting to learn something about kind of the

00:09:58.780 chemistry of how this all works and also just to see actual weapons being made. It's really, really

00:10:05.380 cool. Also, the judges on the show are so likable and fun to watch. Doug Marcheta is super likable and

00:10:12.220 he's so much fun to watch and he enjoys swinging these weapons around and that's really cool. So if

00:10:18.540 you are looking for a show that you can just watch one episode and really turn it off because each show

00:10:23.260 doesn't build on the next one, then this might be a really good fit for you. A bunch of episodes are

00:10:28.020 on Hulu so you can easily find it there. The last thing I want to talk about is the confirmation of

00:10:33.480 Amy Coney Barrett. So today is the day that she is being confirmed to the Supreme Court. She is going

00:10:39.260 to officially be a Supreme Court Justice and I could not be more excited about it. I think she is so

00:10:45.660 wonderful and I really enjoyed listening to her hearings. First of all, I think that listening to

00:10:50.820 Supreme Court hearings is generally just really, really interesting. They give you a really clear

00:10:55.520 understanding of where each senator stands when they question the nominee to the Supreme Court.

00:11:01.200 And it's all posed in a way that's very straightforward and easy enough for an average person to

00:11:05.840 understand, not somebody who's had a huge education in law school or something, but the average person

00:11:10.880 can watch this and know what's going on. And you get to feel like a participant in the proceedings,

00:11:15.340 which I find fascinating. And even though I don't necessarily like the questions that the senators ask,

00:11:20.360 it's kind of like getting a behind-the-scenes look into what really goes on on the Senate floor,

00:11:25.220 which is just fascinating to watch, really cool and interesting, and a look into how our government

00:11:30.940 runs. The other part of it is seeing what a star Amy Coney Barrett is. There was the iconic moment 0.88

00:11:37.520 in the hearings where she held up a blank notepad because she didn't have any notes in front of her

00:11:42.220 during the entire set of hearings because she didn't need it. She just wanted a blank notepad in

00:11:46.880 case she needed to write something down, but she didn't need a whole notebook of notes in front of her

00:11:50.260 because she was prepared, which I thought was really cool. And she has shown women that you

00:11:55.200 can really have it all. As Senator Marsha Blackburn said, just not all at the same time. But she is such

00:12:01.600 an inspiration to women who do want to have a family but also have a mission because she's doing

00:12:07.300 both. She has a really wonderfully large family and also is doing something that matters to her

00:12:14.000 and that she feels is important to pursue. And on top of that, she's really honest and she's not

00:12:19.740 going to use her position as a Supreme Court Justice for advocacy, but she's going to stand up for what 0.96

00:12:25.000 she believes in as an originalist. And that's what we want from a Supreme Court Justice. Someone who is

00:12:30.060 going to be true to the Constitution and true to the laws that the legislature passes and isn't going

00:12:35.660 to kind of act like a senator who can't be voted out. So I am so inspired by her and I'm so excited

00:12:42.740 to see her confirmed as a Justice of the Supreme Court. I think she can be a huge role model for a 0.84

00:12:49.120 lot of us, a lot of conservative women, and I just think that it is an amazing thing to see somebody

00:12:55.240 like her on the highest court of the United States. Let me know in the comments what you're feeling

00:13:01.660 about Amy Coney Barrett being confirmed to the Supreme Court. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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Classically Abby - October 26, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett makes SCOTUS. I'm STOKED. Here's why. ｜｜ The Scoop #11

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