Kelli Pearson Talks Secret Safes, Smart Cats, and Christmas Trees
One year ago, Kelli Pearson sat down as our second guest ever. This week she’s back for round three, and if you’ve watched her first two visits, you already know what that means: stories you can’t make up, and a friendship with Kim that goes back more than 20 years to when they lived next door to each other.
This time we switched things up and opened with or “Feral or Fabulous” game. It turns out these two agree on almost everything. Almost.
Feral or Fabulous, Right Out of the Gate
Picnics? Feral, and not in the good way. Between the ants, the mosquitoes, Kelli’s wasp allergy, and food sitting in the Texas heat, Kim and Kelli agree there’s nothing relaxing about eating on the ground. Kelli once got a picnic basket as a gift and never used it once.
Gloves got the same treatment. Kelli swears she won’t pack them every time she travels somewhere cold, ends up buying a pair on the trip, then spends the whole time annoyed she can’t use her phone. Caramel corn and chandelier earrings didn’t fare much better. Kelli did, however, show up in a pair of blue suede shoes that Kim would have sworn cost a fortune. (They’re from Walmart.)
When Does the Christmas Tree Go Up?
This one is timely. Kim’s position is simple: it’s never too early, because Christmas is a state of mind. Kelli loves Christmas just as much but usually waits until Thanksgiving week, and her tree is worth the wait. She inherited her grandma’s Santa tree, and every ornament on it is a Waterford Santa.
The Safe Nobody Could Open
The episode’s best story starts with a rumor: a house with a safe built right into the foundation, and nobody had ever managed to open it. When new owners moved in and decided to redo the floors, they finally had it cracked. The kids were sure it was diamonds and cash. Let’s just say the previous owner had a sense of humor. You’ll have to watch for the rest.
Kelli the AI Detector
Kelli also told us about a proposal that wowed everyone who read it. Everyone except Kelli, who thought it didn’t sound anything like the person who supposedly wrote it. She ran it through an AI detector, and the result made it pretty clear why it read so well.
She also shared a warning worth passing along: scammers now record your voice when you answer calls from unknown numbers and use it to impersonate you. Even a quick “Hi, this is Kim” can be enough.
The Cat Who Lets Herself In
And then there’s the cat. Kelli and her husband Graham were standing in their kitchen when a full-grown cat strolled in. They don’t have a cat. It turns out the neighbor’s cat has figured out how to open lever door handles. Kelli carried her home, and that’s how she met the neighbors properly. By the end of the episode, Kim had officially crowned her queen of the cul-de-sac.
The One Thing They Disagree On
After years of being totally in sync, Kim and Kelli finally found their dividing line: nuts in brownies. Kim wants nothing near her chocolate (no walnuts, no Reese’s, no Snickers), while Kelli doesn’t even have a sweet tooth. Both agree on one thing, though: Broadway Daily Bread Company’s chocolate chip brownies are incredible, if you can get there before they sell out.
(We’re not sponsored by them, but we sure would love to be! Give us a call! PS No actual crack is used in the making of their brownies.)
Follow Kelli on Instagram at @kmurphson, and if you’re new to the Kelli saga, start with her first two visits, Episode 2 and Episode 33.
