My senior cat Chloe passed close to when Moo passed. She was the love of my life and her passing was the worst day of my life. Wishing you and Drew all the love

I always feel like I'm hearing a friend talk about her life to me while watching your videos. You're so genuine and expressive about your changes and you tackle life with such a good attitude. I really like that. I pray that you continue to achieve everything you dream of achieving. I pray you and Drew have the best year of your lives.

PERFECT Valentine's Day!!! No pressure, your honey got you beautiful flowers and you just got to hang around the house & nurture yourself. That's wonderful. My hubs and I have been married for 35 yrs March 4th .... he got me See's Candy (I love the salted caramel chocolates) and wrote the most beautiful card (he always seems to know what I need to hear) and we also just hung around - my mental health has been a little fragile lately, so it's so nice to have someone that understands "big deals" and grand gestures aren't always where it's at.

Seriously you’ve gotten the most feminine tattoo in the most masculine place! I fucking love it!!!

I have 3a to 3b curly hair, and my experience is you have to find your own "curly method" that works for you! I mostly let my hair air dry, but it also takes a whole day to really dry, so if i have to be somewhere, I just diffuse, on high to medium heat! I just make sure to put in some product with heat protection, to be fair, I also only do a full wash once, maybe twice, a week (I also use a microfibre hair wrap first to let the product sit a while and start the drying process). Product is also key, find one you like, and it might not be the one everyone swears by just the one you like and works for you! Or a combination of products, like in my case 😅. Oh and I brush my hair with the product in to shape my curls (and scrunch after)! Basically everyone's method is different, just find one that works for you and have fun! Also btw love the tattoo and the meaning you have for it 😊

The grief metaphor that Sierra explained when she had her first miscarriage really has helped me. And when that ball hits the pain button, even a few years later, boy does it hurt still. ❤

Your videos talking about losing your pets were so relatable, I had to skip some of it because Ive dealt with a lot of pet loss in my life. However, I've just adopted a senior cat and I'm determined to make the most of the time we have together, whether it's a year or ten years. I have learned it is better to have loved and have lost than never to have loved at all. ❤

After working in animal adoptions for a shelter, it was interesting bc most people fell into two categories when it came to adopting after pet loss. Some people want to adopt right away, and others need to heal without an animal in their home for awhile. Both paths are understandable, I personally think id be in your boat. Enjoy life without the responsibilities and when it’s time again, the right fur baby will find you 💜

Same about the discipline over motivation for exercising! Just do it!!

Buying a house is a really safe financial investment and a good goal to work towards. But I think you need to be ready to put down some roots where your house is. If you're enjoying LA then don't rush to leave just to buy something.

I think because I’ve had multiple pets at a time my ENTIRE life… mentally, I couldn’t live without them! It is heart wrenching every-time we lose them, but all of the love and memories are worth it for me! But I completely see where you’re coming from!

I will say for curly hair, i definitely use a t shirt to help it dry. You don’t have to just completely let it air dry from soaking wet! I don’t have time for that either haha 😂

I’m excited to see where you guys end up! I’ve owned a home for about 4 years now and love it. It’s much quieter than my apartments and my home is better quality. If you are enjoying your break from the responsibility of pets, a house has been much more responsibility and a financial investment for me than my pets.

You sharing your travels and moving inspires me to listen to what I want and choose the things that bring me joy. People are just projecting.

I bought a house last year and it was the best decision for my hubby and I no more apartments thank god !! Finally homeowners and it feels so good 😊

I grew up in Franklin TN and lived around Nashville my whole life. We moved to Chattanooga in 2020 and love it here. If you ever want TN life again, Chatt is where it’s at! It has everything you said you love about CA. Great food, tons of outdoor stuff, great down town area, a lot of lakes and rivers. Plus you would have seasons again 😊

For anyone struggling with SIBO (as someone who is currently working through it) FIND A GOOD DOCTOR THAT GOES BEYOND antibiotics. I have a diet, supplements and a plan with a timeline!! My doctor said buckle down for 6 weeks so you don’t have to do it forever. Keep advocating yall ❤ even this doctor said straigh antibiotics usually can’t get it all

Just want to stop by and say YOU INSPIRE ME

There isn’t one way to live life. If you want to buy a house, buy a house! But don’t buy one because you think you have to. It’s crazy to me how Americans actually get mad when people in their 30s aren’t buying a house or having kids. Like… just enjoy your life and let me enjoy mine? They literally have 50 years to travel and live in different places. Why do they have to buy a house and live there for the rest of their life??

Everybody who feels like they maybe want a baby one day, i feel like only have a baby if you both 100% want it and have enough patience too. Having kids is such a huge responsibility that it's definitely not for everyone.

As someone with fine, very wavy and low porosity hair the curly girl method made my hair look awful. It was heavy and greasy and actually less curly. I recently switched back to using lightweight shampoo and conditioner with no heavy oils and a gel-mousse and its the best its looked in years.

GIRL, I would LOVE some Carrie ASMR videos lol. So if that ever happens, I'm here for it ❤

I think it would be fun for you guys to travel!!! Get an rv and just travel all over with you guys working at home! Find fun thrift stores and different areas throughout the United States hiking different areas and food . ❤

The bow tattoo is the bow on a perfect gift… YOU!💗 I love the daintiness of it.

My cat passed 3 weeks ago from heart disease. Definitely going through the stages of grief, everything reminds me of her :( I go back and forth between wanting to get another pet and not. I put it in God's hands. If it's meant to be and I find the perfect cat or dog than it's meant to be. I'm not gonna force it. ❤

You could start your snowbird dreams! buy in Arizona when you’re ready, hunker down save some money and then you can start going to LA/wherever you want for the summer months 🥰

Wavy and curly hair is definitely vastly different, products that work for curly hair won’t work on finer wavy hair. I would recommend styling damp with wavy hair versus doing it soaking wet. That’s what I do as a wavy hair girly. & looking for lightweight products you try the JVN air fry cream!

Dear Carrie, since you're looking for new hobbies to do with your hands, I recommend crochet. It's been my personal new hyperfixation, but it also feels like I Will keep doing it because you can make so much with it! Decorations, clothes, blankets... Truly recommend!!

the way you described your dream house is exactly my vibe too 👌🏻 i really want an old house

your hair and makeup has been top notch lately. love u!!

I'm a wavy/curly and I have really thick hair. I used to follow the method to a T but it really is all about making it work for you. I don't use sulfate-free shampoo anymore really because my scalp does better when it's clean (it also might explain why your hair was stringy, because you weren't getting it clean enough and then also adding a cream on top of that). I diffuse on low hot heat for about 10 minutes and then let it air dry the rest of the way.

Carrie, keep in mind that we are meant to love many pets in our lives. Their lives are much shorter than ours. Don’t let the grief keep you from giving another dog the opportunity for the wonderful life that you and Drew are able to provide it someday.

I completely understand the situation of being torn between Az and CA. I have a cabin in northern Az and rent an apartment in orange county (Huntington Beach, CA). We're typically moving once or more a year for the last three years. Huntington Beach is beautiful and I would definitely recommend it. We're off of Heil Ave and Bolsa Chica. 2300 for a one bedroom one bath with a parking spot. We're close to the beach and 15 minutes away from Seal Beach and 30+ from Newport Beach.

On the curly girl method, you have to do it for awhile to heal the damage before it looks great. Also my hair dried slow too and my method is always just to wear it up for a day. Obviously I get not wanting to deal cause like it’s definitely a lot of work, just thought I’d share! 15:08

Love the tattoos 😍… I have low iron problems too which is exhausting.. but weirdly enough I started taking Flinestone vitamins with iron and my energy levels have gotten better 🙃

I looove doing hand embroidery and I will definitely order a kit!

Omg the bow tattoo is too cute! I’ve always wanted one! 🎀

I love your vlogs and I find this one so relatable because I am on a similar journey and definitely feeling a major shift.

Victorian haunted home sounds beautiful to me 👻🥹 this video was so relaxing to watch, hair looks great

I'm addicted to your vlogs 😍

People get so weird about it if you move a lot I’ve settled more now, but it took me until I was 45. We’ve been here now for 6 years and I’m happy where we are, but I moved a lot as a kid too, and I love trying new places.

New viewer here! Getting a dainty tattoo soon and this made me excited.

Buying a house isn't the end of the road! If you can see yourself living there for the next 3-5 years, go for it and buy the house! Then decide if you wanna sell and explore a new area.

Carrie, as I’ve gotten older I’ve started to realize that my hair has a sort of wave to it too! I wanted to try and lean into that and see just what my hair was “capable” of if I went all out and did the curly girl method. It looked TERRIBLE. I even adjusted products and amounts to work with my fine hair (plus I think wavy hair needs less product than straight up curls). I eventually got it to a point where most of my head would look cohesive (besides the top layer which never wanted to look good) and it still wasn’t worth the time and effort. Plus as a “straight hair girlie” I’ve always grown up running my hands through my hair and not caring - but that will disrupt your waves and give you frizz. So it’s a LOT to relearn to just not touch your head. Now I just shower normally and after getting out and parting my hair I scrunch with no product and let it air dry . It gives my hair a nice subtle wave/movement that looks much nicer on me without having to do the entire curly girl method. I suggest you try that since it’s fun to have not stick straight hair without having to actually put a wave into it with a curling iron.

There was a major shift in the universe starting 1/20/24. ✨ Uranus moved out of Capricorn and into Aquarius for the first time since 2008. We have entered a new era for the next two decades. People with Cap placements should be feeling less pressure. The spotlight has moved to the water bearers. 🏺 A global shift in humanitarian and technological advancements as well. 🌚

As a born and bred Valley girl…central air is not a nice to have, it’s a need to have!

I have naturally wavy hair and the curly girl method does notttttt work for me, I think it’s best for the girlies with legit curly hair. I comb my hair in the shower, put it up in a towel to dry for a bit, then scrunch with the dae styling cream and some oil because adding product to soaking wet hair didn’t work for me either!!!

Buying a house in Arizona sounds so much better and like a smarter financial decision :)

Enjoy yourself now and worry about settling down later. I wished I had the ability to have moved around when I was younger. Some many places I would have loved to live.

After putting in all the stylers, you could try scrunching your hair with a T shirt or microfiber towel to remove excess water and product, and then try air drying! That’s what I do

If you did decide to have a baby, I think you and Drew would be great parents.

ooh love the new tattoo so cute!!

the shift is pluto leaving Capricorn and entering Aquarius, which is likely impacting you more as a Cap girlie!

have you considered tuscan instead of pheonix? i love it ! also what about a condo in LA area instead of a house?

I went back and forth living in cities and then moving out for more space. My opinion is it’s better to live where you want to vs the big house in the middle of nowhere. We are about to move to a location we want to be and the house is smaller than we want. We will make do 😂

I hope you are having a wonderful day today and have a wonderful evening and night and have a wonderful weekend

I started in November with my first two tattoos, January another two lol and for my bday in April another two lmao I always get two each session . My tat artist is awesome .

You could use a diffuser attachment for your hair dryer to dry it

Now is not the time to buy a house. Interests rates and housing costs are both high. Unless it’s different in the west coast. I wish you liked your hair more because it looks so cute ❤. But you look good no matter what!!

For an area that’s near-ish to LA but not all the way to Orange County, my best friend lives in Ontario. There are also places like Upland and Fontana. There are some adorable homes in the historic district that don’t cost a million dollars - yet 😉

Lololol you aren't supposed to just leave your hair to air dry from soaking wet 😂😂 and you don't have to not use no heat if/when you diffuse. Get a microfiber hair towel and plop/micro plop and then air dry, and you can also use heat and a diffuser attachment on your blow-dryer and both of those things speed up the drying process SO much. Still more work (imo) than just doing a blowout or something like that but I do it about half the time because I have noticed a positive difference in the health of my hair

OC is super nice :)

I am currently tring oregano oil and Alicin for SIBO. I hope it will help because I have histamine intolerance because of SIBO and it is awful.

I feel the same about getting another pet. My dog passed away 3 years ago. I don’t want that responsibility anymore, the cost of owning, the coming and going freely.

Maybe someplace like Glendale? A bit more affordable, and close to what I think is the cooler part of town like Los Feliz/Silverlake/DTLA

Out last apartment raised our rent $200 every year. So we were paying $800 more by the end of us living there vs when we moved in. These landlords need to get it together!!

I feel you on the cost of rent, I live up north in the Bay Area & I’m paying now for a 1 bedroom what I could be paying for a 3 bed/2 bath mortgage in Ohio where my family is smh. I just found a solid apartment that’s rent controlled in a well maintained building close to a really great park & for now I’m thinking of that as my home where I’m planning to stay long term & put down roots. Like you said, I pay the money to be in a city I love with great weather as opposed to living in the middle of nowhere lol. Being a renter & not having a sense of permanence/control over where you live can be hard, but owning a house sounds overwhelming right now lol 😅

Would you ever consider moving back to Nashville?

I love straightening the ends of my hair 😂 didn’t realize that was controversial

i have pretty naturally curly hair and cannot be bothered with the curly girl method. i just blow mine out and call it a day

i need to know where u got those black and white bath towels, i LOVE them❤

Tattoos also trigger adrenaline and that can make you exhausted after.

Will Alexa be closer to you when she moves next month?

Love it ❤ 🎀

I´m a normally a silent viewer but I just have to say how much I love your videos, your energy and just you ❤but what makes it so funny, you could literally be my twin ☺there are so so many things you do or tell that I genuinely think we were seperated at birth 😅it´s so creepy 😅wish you all the best from Germany ❤

Would you ever consider moving to Texas or Nashville? I know you loved there when you were a kid.

I feel like you need to watch the Matthew Grey Gubler house tour with Vanity Fair

Talk to sierra about the curly girl method.

Everyone in my family has said that their last pet is their last pet but then we end up adopting more. We can't help ourselves. 😅

Please make some ASMR videos! We would love it! Just tap some stuff 😉 ❤️❤️

First! ❤❤

Just move to tucson az in the downtown area and be my friend 🙃🙃 haha

I feel like you guys need to consider OC! You could get all of the things you want w/out the things you hate about living in the city

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Carrie, can you tell us where you gat all your prescription glasses? I want to have a selection like you do. Thanks. Beth

It’s called a hoop.

Can't be more expensive than Santa Barbara!

Don't you dare buy a house within at least the next 2 years!!! Love, your older internet Sister that you don't know you have