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♪

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[puppy barking]

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Betty!
[whistles]

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- Oh, hi!
- Betty! Hey, Betty, Betty!

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Are you okay?
Is your name Betty?

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I think somebody?s
looking for you.

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I?m so sorry.

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Yeah, she?s like having
a new toddler.

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- Oh!
- Here you go, girls.

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I?m Nina. Hi.

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Melody.

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These are mine too.

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This is Holly,
and this is--

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I?m Ivy.

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They were wondering
who bought this place.

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Uh, you mean
who would be so crazy.

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[laughs] It definitely
takes a fixer-upper,

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of which I am not.

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Are you new to the area?

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Lifelong Wisconsinite,

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but this is my first time
in Chippewa Falls.

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Oh, okay. Well, I hope you?re
taking on this giant project

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with family and friends.

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On my own.

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HOLLY: Wow.

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Is your car full of books?

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MELODY: Yes, it is.

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Books are my travel companion.

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I?m never lonely
when I have a book.

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And some of these I?ve had
since before I was your age.

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- Are you a book lover too?
- Yeah.

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I just got my master?s
in library science,

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so I could be a librarian.

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A kids? librarian.

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That?s great, huh?
We need you.

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Every branch we seem to go to
seems to be short-staffed.

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Where are you gonna be working?

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Well, I had a job at Lakeview,

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but they had an unexpected
hiring freeze, so I?m looking.

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But you know, I?d already signed
the papers on the house, so...

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I?m happy to loan out
anything you like.

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- IVY: Betty, no!
- [barking]

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Betty!

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[chuckles]

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I thought getting a new puppy
was a good idea.

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It was great meeting you.
Right, Holl?

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It was great meeting you. Bye.

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[Betty barking]

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♪

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Oh.

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Hi, I?m Melody Knapp.
Here?s my resume.

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- Hello, I?m Melody Knapp.
- Hi.

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So I worked in local libraries
as a teenager,

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got my master?s at Madison.

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Whoa. You have
a really impressive resume.

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Thanks!
I?ve worked really hard.

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I wish.

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I?m sure you're
a wonderful candidate.

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Graduating summa cum laude.

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We don?t have the budget

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for another librarian here.

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The state?s slashing budgets
left and right.

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We are going through
a hiring freeze right now.

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Thank you.

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Next, please.

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[sighs]

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Do you know this book?

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[gasps] Well, you?re not
gonna believe this,

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but that is one of
my all-time favorite books.

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Me too. Do you have
any more like it? I can read.

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Well, you?re some kind
of a rock star.

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Uh, I?m not in charge here,
but, um...

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She?s been racing through books.

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Oh, I know just the thing.

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I think you?ll love this one.

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And it?s part of a series.

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There?s a lot more books
to read.

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Oh, thank you so much.

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- Yeah.
- Come on.

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Bye!

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I know you!

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Well, hi there!
What a great surprise.

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Me and Holly are here, while
my mom gets more puppy food.

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I?m looking for
a dog princess book.

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Do you know any books
like that?

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- Actually, you know what?
- Holly, look who I found!

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Melody can help too.

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Melody the librarian.
Like you!

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Uh, hi.
I just moved here.

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I?m a graduate of Madison's
library science program.

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Actually, I was hoping
to talk to you

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about any job openings
you might have.

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I?d be happy to start out
as a library assistant,

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or if you need someone
to run a kids? program.

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We just don?t have the money.

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Right now all we can support
are volunteers.

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Well, I have a master?s degree.
I?m looking for a job.

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Well, with that kind
of a degree,

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you should look into
data management

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or information technologies.

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- Yes, but--
- That?s how people are using

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their library science degrees
these days.

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That?s not my dream.

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I want to be where the kids are,

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where their love of reading
and storytelling starts,

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and share the books
that changed my life.

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I mean, without them,
when I was a kid...

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What if I did a program
I developed at school for free?

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If you liked it, you could pay
me to do it after... two weeks?

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Melody?s super fun.

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Her whole car
is filled up with books.

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It?s free help, Patricia,
and it?s Christmas.

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This coming Sunday at 11 A.M.,

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you can do one sample
holiday program,

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and then we?ll see.

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Thank you.
You won?t regret it.

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Sometimes dreams just take
a little time, that?s all.

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Ed, I?m gonna need a lot more
materials for this site.

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You know, you could take this
to the chain in Eau Claire,

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who?d fix it faster.

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Faster is not better.

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Ed, we all know you?re better.

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Okay.
[laughs]

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There?s gonna be
three restrooms per floor,

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with six stalls in each.

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Let me call my supplier,
see what their timeline is.

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Yeah, I, I?m fond of that
venetian bronze finish.

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Me too, but my budget?s
fond of satin finish chrome.

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You shouldn?t let your budget
overpower you.

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Says the man who?s ordering
18 bathroom stalls a floor

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for how many floors?

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Didn?t your parents teach you
it?s rude to eavesdrop?

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Well, I think the owner
was the loud one.

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Shh! Ed has ears everywhere.

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Uh, indoor or outdoor?

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Because you want to make sure
that you?re protected from rust.

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And if you want a code--

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Outdoor, no code.

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I?ve got the borehole
and backset measurements.

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I just don?t see
a single cylinder deadbolt.

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Okay, so I was just trying
to mansplain,

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and you clearly know exactly
what you?re doing.

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I?m not sure "trying"
to mansplain is the right word.

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Okay, you got me.

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Apologies, apologies.

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Um, if I may,

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satin nickel finish,
single cylinder deadbolt.

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On sale today.

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Ah! Wait, do you work here?

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No, no, I?m just a contractor
who?s here 24/7.

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Is your house okay? You didn?t
get broken into, did you?

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My house is
totally falling apart,

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but that?s the way
I bought it.

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Do you know Orchard Street?

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- No! No!
- Yes.

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You?re the one who bought 584.

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Okay, you must be
very determined.

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- Or crazy or both.
- Or both.

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Adam, I?ve got your numbers.

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Ed, this is...

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Uh, Melody Knapp.

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She bought the house on Orchard.

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Oh, well, I?ve got a feeling

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we?re gonna be seeing
a lot of each other.

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Thanks.

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Adam Yeager.
Good luck to you.

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Uh, thank you,
and thanks for this.

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Okay, let me show you
what we got here.

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Adam.

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Dad, hey.
What are you doing here?

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Councilwoman Richards and I
are meeting for coffee.

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I am hoping for
her final sign-off

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on the dealership expansion.

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The Westlake location?

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No, the one on Lorelai.
It?s a great opportunity

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for you to come run one
from the ground up.

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I already have a job, Dad,
which you know.

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Yes, but a family business...

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- Needs family, yes.
- Right.

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Hey, tell Mom I?ll meet her
later at the benefit.

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- You bet.
- Okay.

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Hey, you need a hand?

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Yes, please.

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Okay.

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Hey, girls.

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Wow. This is a beautiful tree.

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Thanks.
There?s a really terrific lot

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not too far from here, actually.

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Oh, yeah?
I would love the address.

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Oh, are you okay?
You all right?

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Yeah, yes.

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Yeah, I-I?m fine.
I just...

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Crazy day at work.

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Both of the lawyers that I do
paralegal work for are in court,

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and the next one?s
just about to be,

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and then we had the whole
tree-finding experience,

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and Holly really wanted
a very specific book, so...

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Of course, everywhere we went,
they didn?t--

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What book is it?

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Uh, Dixie Belden,

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the series that Holly
really wants to read,

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but no one seems to know it.

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Uh, could it be Trixie Belden,

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the mystery series
that started in the late 1940s,

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went up to the 80s?

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Yes? Guess what.
I have one.

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- You?re kidding.
- No.

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- What?
- I do.

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Come on.

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Trixie Belden
and the Secret of the Mansion.

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You?re like a bookmobile.

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Well, I am.
Me and Susie, we, uh--

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Who?s Susie?

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Susie is what I named my car.

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So here you go.
All yours.

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Maybe I shouldn?t borrow
from someone I just met.

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[Betty whining]

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Okay, well, then don?t
borrow it. Keep it.

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What are books for?
For sharing.

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I mean, you want it,
so it gets a new life,

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instead of just
sitting in a box.

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[no audible dialogue]

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♪ Jingle bells
Jingle bells ♪

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Wow. Great turnout.

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Adam, our donation
to Habitat for Humanity

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is gonna be the biggest yet.

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You ready to do our house?

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Only if I get to do the door.

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I do the door.
You can do the roof.

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Uh, I would, if you didn?t
always eat all the gumdrops.

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I bought extra this year.

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Your father mentioned
the Lorelai dealership?

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Again. He is not subtle.

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You can?t be upset he wants
to work with his only child.

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You know, you?re not
that subtle either.

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We just want to lay
the right foundation for you.

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Speaking of, how goes business?

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Uh, the building on 24th
is shaping up,

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we?re breaking ground
on a new house on Rampart,

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and... I just finished that
side table for the Andersons.

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Adam...

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It?s your fault.

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You just get me interested
in gingerbread houses

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since I was six.

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Sure, blame it all on me.

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I will.

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But you know how I feel.

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00:13:59,867 --> 00:14:03,033
You and Dad are
super passionate about cars

253
00:14:03,166 --> 00:14:04,400
and giving back
to the community.

254
00:14:04,533 --> 00:14:05,900
Help where help is needed.

255
00:14:06,033 --> 00:14:07,533
Always, but I--

256
00:14:07,667 --> 00:14:10,300
You know I love
building things.

257
00:14:12,133 --> 00:14:14,066
- Actually, Mom--
- Oh, wait.

258
00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,367
We?re running low on gumballs.

259
00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:18,533
Look, I will try
to talk to your father

260
00:14:18,667 --> 00:14:20,033
and get him to back off,

261
00:14:20,166 --> 00:14:23,166
but you keep pushing forward
with the contracting business.

262
00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:28,900
Now?s the time to capitalize on
what?s happening, not step back.

263
00:14:29,033 --> 00:14:30,967
And don?t do the door.

264
00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:32,800
I?m coming back.

265
00:14:34,734 --> 00:14:36,800
I?m totally doing the door.

266
00:14:46,333 --> 00:14:49,300
I figured you probably didn?t
have your kitchen set up yet,

267
00:14:49,433 --> 00:14:51,000
but... actually,
I don?t even know if you cook.

268
00:14:51,133 --> 00:14:52,633
I do not cook at all.

269
00:14:52,767 --> 00:14:53,967
I am a very good reheater,

270
00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:55,900
and I hope someday to learn,
so thank you.

271
00:14:56,033 --> 00:14:58,300
You?re welcome.
And same with us.

272
00:14:58,433 --> 00:15:00,567
I swear, we survive
on the grace of takeout

273
00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:03,233
and on Ivy?s baking skills.

274
00:15:03,367 --> 00:15:04,934
Your girls are fantastic.

275
00:15:05,066 --> 00:15:07,934
Oh, thank you.
Yeah, they?re pretty amazing.

276
00:15:08,066 --> 00:15:10,100
It was actually their suggestion
that I bring this over.

277
00:15:10,233 --> 00:15:12,667
Oh, and-- hold on--

278
00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,266
a Christmas card from Ivy.

279
00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:15,533
Oh, my gosh.

280
00:15:15,667 --> 00:15:18,800
And a huge thank you from Holly
for the book.

281
00:15:18,934 --> 00:15:21,800
- That is so sweet.
- Sure.

282
00:15:21,934 --> 00:15:26,100
Can you stay for some tea?
I don?t burn water, so far.

283
00:15:27,433 --> 00:15:30,900
- Here comes some tea.
- That looks great.

284
00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,000
Listen, Holly is
such an eager reader.

285
00:15:38,133 --> 00:15:39,700
I can?t even tell you
how grateful I am

286
00:15:39,834 --> 00:15:42,333
to have somebody who gets it
just right next door.

287
00:15:42,467 --> 00:15:45,166
Books were my savior
growing up.

288
00:15:45,300 --> 00:15:46,367
Oh.

289
00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:49,367
Are your parents big readers?

290
00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:52,300
I found it myself.
What about you?

291
00:15:52,433 --> 00:15:53,533
Was law in your family?

292
00:15:53,667 --> 00:15:55,700
My mom was a legal secretary.

293
00:15:55,834 --> 00:15:57,166
Well, she must be proud of you.

294
00:15:57,300 --> 00:16:01,133
Actually, she passed away
when I was in college, so...

295
00:16:01,266 --> 00:16:02,233
I?m so sorry, Nina.

296
00:16:02,367 --> 00:16:05,100
It?s totally okay.

297
00:16:05,233 --> 00:16:07,734
Actually, she?s the reason
why I push myself so hard.

298
00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:09,600
Growing up,
it was just the two of us,

299
00:16:09,734 --> 00:16:13,066
and she really did want
what was best for me.

300
00:16:14,266 --> 00:16:17,467
It?s funny. I usually
don?t talk about my mom.

301
00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,400
No one ever really asks.

302
00:16:19,533 --> 00:16:22,000
Well, you can talk to me.

303
00:16:22,133 --> 00:16:23,500
Right back at ya.

304
00:16:55,867 --> 00:16:57,633
Well, this was wonderful.
Thank you.

305
00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:59,667
Next time,
we?ll do it at my house.

306
00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:01,834
A very special takeout.

307
00:17:01,967 --> 00:17:03,033
I would love that.

308
00:17:03,166 --> 00:17:04,667
And I?m sure
I?ll run into you again.

309
00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,000
Yes, you will because
I know where you live.

310
00:17:08,133 --> 00:17:09,867
[thud]

311
00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:10,934
[gasps]

312
00:17:11,066 --> 00:17:12,800
I?m fine.

313
00:17:12,934 --> 00:17:15,000
Drink it.
You?re all flushed.

314
00:17:15,133 --> 00:17:17,033
Is there somebody
that I can call for you?

315
00:17:18,934 --> 00:17:20,633
No, really, I-I?m just...

316
00:17:20,767 --> 00:17:22,867
I?ve got a lot of my plate
right now.

317
00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,400
I don?t want you to worry.

318
00:17:24,533 --> 00:17:28,467
Well, you collapsed on
my kitchen floor. I?m worried.

319
00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:30,233
Right.

320
00:17:30,367 --> 00:17:32,233
I used to have this lovely woman
who helped me out

321
00:17:32,367 --> 00:17:34,166
about three afternoons a week
in the neighborhood.

322
00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:36,800
But she moved away,
so lately, it?s just been me.

323
00:17:36,934 --> 00:17:38,333
It?s just a lot.

324
00:17:38,467 --> 00:17:40,567
Well, let me help out with them.

325
00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:43,166
Seriously, I?m only working
one day a week,

326
00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:45,066
if you can even call it that,

327
00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:46,967
and, well,
the library may decide

328
00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:48,900
that I?m not worth it
after Sunday anyway.

329
00:17:49,033 --> 00:17:52,400
And I?ve taken care of
lots of kids. Don?t worry.

330
00:17:52,533 --> 00:17:56,400
Nah, I just met you.
I can?t ask you to do that.

331
00:17:56,533 --> 00:17:58,667
You?re not asking.
I?m offering.

332
00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,667
Okay, but only if I can pay you.

333
00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,533
- Nnn...
- You just got done telling me

334
00:18:04,667 --> 00:18:06,934
that you were looking
for a job, right?

335
00:18:07,066 --> 00:18:09,400
So maybe you could do this,

336
00:18:09,533 --> 00:18:11,533
and it would allow you
enough time

337
00:18:11,667 --> 00:18:14,400
to look for your dream job.

338
00:18:14,533 --> 00:18:16,834
I don?t like being indebted.

339
00:18:16,967 --> 00:18:18,934
Good. I don?t either.

340
00:18:20,367 --> 00:18:24,500
Maybe we could just be grateful
to do this for each other.

341
00:18:24,633 --> 00:18:26,800
Yeah?

342
00:18:26,934 --> 00:18:28,900
I can do that.

343
00:18:31,066 --> 00:18:33,066
I love winter, huh?

344
00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,333
You have to
to live in Wisconsin.

345
00:18:35,467 --> 00:18:36,400
Yeah.

346
00:18:36,533 --> 00:18:38,567
The cold weather
forces you indoors.

347
00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:41,700
There?s more face-to-face.

348
00:18:41,834 --> 00:18:44,467
Just feels like time moves
a little bit slower, huh?

349
00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,100
Plus Christmas.

350
00:18:46,233 --> 00:18:48,533
Plus Christmas.

351
00:18:49,900 --> 00:18:52,900
Okay, so Wednesday
after school, 3:00?

352
00:18:53,033 --> 00:18:56,033
Mm-hmm, you got it.
And make a doctor?s appointment.

353
00:18:56,166 --> 00:18:57,967
I?m serious. I want proof.

354
00:18:58,100 --> 00:19:00,934
- You?re hardcore, huh?
- Yeah, that?s right.

355
00:19:01,066 --> 00:19:02,667
See ya.

356
00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:12,300
Now don?t move.

357
00:19:12,433 --> 00:19:14,200
Okay.

358
00:19:24,734 --> 00:19:26,433
Festive.

359
00:19:26,567 --> 00:19:27,567
[whining]

360
00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:29,000
Betty, no!

361
00:19:31,367 --> 00:19:34,967
[laughing]

362
00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:37,467
We make new ornaments
each year.

363
00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,300
Do you make
your own ornaments?

364
00:19:40,433 --> 00:19:43,400
You know what?
I?ll be right back.

365
00:19:44,433 --> 00:19:46,567
We?re gonna need
cinnamon sticks.

366
00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:49,567
- I know where to get those.
- Yeah?

367
00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:53,100
♪

368
00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:55,300
How did you learn
to do this stuff?

369
00:19:55,433 --> 00:19:57,633
Well, I didn?t have a lot
growing up,

370
00:19:57,767 --> 00:19:59,800
so I learned how to make
my own things

371
00:19:59,934 --> 00:20:04,200
by checking out how-to books
at the local library.

372
00:20:04,333 --> 00:20:07,800
You learned a lot
to fix a whole house.

373
00:20:07,934 --> 00:20:11,233
Well, I still look at books,
and I talk to people who do it.

374
00:20:11,367 --> 00:20:13,900
And later, I?m gonna go
to Crock?s Hardware Store.

375
00:20:14,033 --> 00:20:14,934
You are?

376
00:20:15,066 --> 00:20:17,433
- You know the place?
- I love it.

377
00:20:17,567 --> 00:20:19,300
I have my own tools.

378
00:20:19,433 --> 00:20:20,967
Can we go with you?

379
00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:23,066
Sure.

380
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:28,867
I?ve made a birdhouse
and a toolbox,

381
00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,433
and I watch as many DIY videos
online my mom lets me.

382
00:20:31,567 --> 00:20:34,700
There?s one I'm going to make
her for a Christmas present.

383
00:20:34,834 --> 00:20:36,200
ADAM: Is that a new look?

384
00:20:36,333 --> 00:20:37,200
Doorknob girl.

385
00:20:37,333 --> 00:20:39,600
- Melody.
- Melody!

386
00:20:39,734 --> 00:20:40,567
Is that glitter?

387
00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:43,300
I did it.
It?s a makeover.

388
00:20:43,433 --> 00:20:47,000
Oh, wow. You are
some sort of professional.

389
00:20:47,133 --> 00:20:48,667
- No.
- Are you sure?

390
00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,033
?Cause I'm pretty sure that
celebrities would hire you out.

391
00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:54,200
- Not yet.
- Well, if you also decorate,

392
00:20:54,333 --> 00:20:56,166
I might have a job for you.

393
00:20:56,300 --> 00:20:58,867
- What do you think?
- I?m seven.

394
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,800
Right, right, so you should
maybe ask your mom first.

395
00:21:01,934 --> 00:21:05,100
- That?s not my mom.
- It?s not?

396
00:21:05,233 --> 00:21:06,633
- Can we go in?
- Of course.

397
00:21:06,767 --> 00:21:08,734
- We?ll meet you inside.
- Okay.

398
00:21:11,133 --> 00:21:13,667
- How?s the door?
- Opens and closes.

399
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,633
Success!
And the rest of the house?

400
00:21:15,767 --> 00:21:17,000
Don?t ask.

401
00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,400
More stuff
for the office building?

402
00:21:20,533 --> 00:21:22,166
No. I drop off overages.

403
00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:24,033
Ed facilitates it
getting in the hands

404
00:21:24,166 --> 00:21:25,967
of local builders
doing pro bono work.

405
00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:29,133
And the boss drops it off
himself. Impressive!

406
00:21:29,266 --> 00:21:32,800
I try to help
where help is needed.

407
00:21:35,300 --> 00:21:37,066
I should get back
to the girls.

408
00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,934
I look after my neighbor?s kids
a few times a week.

409
00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:43,467
- It was good seeing you.
- Yeah.

410
00:21:46,867 --> 00:21:48,233
Do you like hot chocolate?

411
00:21:48,367 --> 00:21:50,800
Does anybody say no to that?

412
00:21:50,934 --> 00:21:52,200
No, no.

413
00:21:52,333 --> 00:21:54,266
Just if you?re new in town,

414
00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,000
you should probably
go down to Sycamore Street.

415
00:21:56,133 --> 00:21:59,233
They have great shops,
and then there?s this bakery

416
00:21:59,367 --> 00:22:02,400
that sells just the world?s
best hot chocolate,

417
00:22:02,533 --> 00:22:03,567
so you should probably--

418
00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:06,533
Would you wanna
try it out with me?

419
00:22:08,500 --> 00:22:11,066
Well, I have to do
some Christmas shopping,

420
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,700
so could we combine the trip?

421
00:22:15,233 --> 00:22:16,567
Absolutely, yeah.

422
00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:18,600
Can you put your phone number
in here for--

423
00:22:18,734 --> 00:22:21,166
- Yes, I can.
- Here.

424
00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:27,133
- Here you go.
- Yeah.

425
00:22:27,266 --> 00:22:29,200
- Okay.
- Success.

426
00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,834
- Oh, look who?s here.
- Hey, guys.

427
00:22:37,967 --> 00:22:40,633
Mom, look what we made
for decorating tonight.

428
00:22:40,767 --> 00:22:42,767
That?s tonight?

429
00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:44,767
Plus our dance number.

430
00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:46,533
I?m sorry. Dance number?

431
00:22:46,667 --> 00:22:48,767
[chuckles]

432
00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:49,967
Dinner and tree trimming?

433
00:22:50,100 --> 00:22:53,533
And dance number, yes,
please, you bet.

434
00:22:53,667 --> 00:22:55,367
All right, girls, come on.
Craft clean-up time.

435
00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:57,967
IVY: This one will go here,
and this one--

436
00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:02,200
- No, you can?t.
- I can do it. Mom!

437
00:23:02,333 --> 00:23:05,266
Store-bought brownies
to spoil our dinner.

438
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:06,633
Brownies!

439
00:23:06,767 --> 00:23:08,700
Best way to settle
an argument.

440
00:23:08,834 --> 00:23:11,100
Just don?t tell the dentist.

441
00:23:11,233 --> 00:23:12,200
[gasps]

442
00:23:12,333 --> 00:23:14,100
Okay, now, that?s amazing.

443
00:23:14,233 --> 00:23:15,800
Who?s responsible for this?

444
00:23:16,734 --> 00:23:17,834
Ooh!

445
00:23:17,967 --> 00:23:19,033
[laughs]

446
00:23:19,166 --> 00:23:21,033
Okay, does that mean
it?s dance time?

447
00:23:21,166 --> 00:23:22,467
Dance time!

448
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,333
- Okay, okay.
- Dance time!

449
00:23:24,467 --> 00:23:26,667
- Okay.
- All right.

450
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,033
♪ Now I think
I?ll leave to you ♪

451
00:23:30,166 --> 00:23:33,233
♪ What to give the rest

452
00:23:33,367 --> 00:23:36,433
♪ Choose for me,
dear Santa Claus ♪

453
00:23:36,567 --> 00:23:40,000
♪ What you think is best

454
00:23:40,133 --> 00:23:43,233
♪ Choose for me,
dear Santa Claus ♪

455
00:23:43,367 --> 00:23:48,767
♪ What you think is best

456
00:23:48,900 --> 00:23:53,734
♪

457
00:23:55,166 --> 00:23:57,400
Whoo-hoo! Whoo!

458
00:23:58,633 --> 00:24:01,200
That was the best tree trimming
I?ve ever been to,

459
00:24:01,333 --> 00:24:03,200
and my first with choreography.

460
00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:04,834
Yeah, when the girls
were little,

461
00:24:04,967 --> 00:24:08,200
they were both drafted
into a Christmas pageant.

462
00:24:08,333 --> 00:24:10,800
They both got assigned
to be Christmas trees,

463
00:24:10,934 --> 00:24:12,767
but one of them
was not too happy.

464
00:24:12,900 --> 00:24:14,633
- Ivy.
- Mm-hmm.

465
00:24:14,767 --> 00:24:17,333
She?s not very good
at standing still.

466
00:24:17,467 --> 00:24:20,100
So to make it up to them,
when we got home,

467
00:24:20,233 --> 00:24:22,166
I choreographed a little routine
for them.

468
00:24:22,300 --> 00:24:24,867
Well, the routine has changed
over the years.

469
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,300
It used to have more break
dancing and stuff like that,

470
00:24:27,433 --> 00:24:32,433
but as I get older,
I have more pop than I do lock.

471
00:24:32,567 --> 00:24:34,633
That is amazing.

472
00:24:37,433 --> 00:24:38,333
You okay?

473
00:24:38,467 --> 00:24:41,200
- Did you--
- No, I...

474
00:24:41,333 --> 00:24:42,900
I made the doctor?s appointment.

475
00:24:43,033 --> 00:24:44,734
I just, uh...

476
00:24:44,867 --> 00:24:47,767
I already know
what he?s gonna say.

477
00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:52,900
I?ve beaten lymphoma
twice in the past five years.

478
00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:54,133
Oh, Nina.

479
00:24:54,266 --> 00:24:57,967
But I?ve been clear
for the last two.

480
00:24:58,100 --> 00:25:02,166
And the dizziness,
the flush, the fatigue,

481
00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:04,000
it?s, uh...

482
00:25:04,133 --> 00:25:08,533
it?s the exact symptoms I get
each time it comes back, so...

483
00:25:08,667 --> 00:25:09,967
What can I do?

484
00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:14,000
It?s just-- It's gonna be
so hard on the girls

485
00:25:14,133 --> 00:25:16,467
if I have to fight
another round.

486
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,500
I don?t even know
if I should tell them.

487
00:25:18,633 --> 00:25:21,734
Let me watch them while
you go to the doctor, okay?

488
00:25:21,867 --> 00:25:22,967
At the very least.

489
00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:25,667
And then anything you need,
I?m here.

490
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,033
Plus, I?m sure it's just
all those things you said:

491
00:25:28,166 --> 00:25:31,333
stress, overworking.

492
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,200
Yeah, I?m sure.

493
00:25:36,333 --> 00:25:39,133
Okay, well, they?re probably
working up an appetite.

494
00:25:39,266 --> 00:25:40,533
Would you mind
grabbing plates?

495
00:25:40,667 --> 00:25:43,033
- Yeah.
- Okay.

496
00:26:01,767 --> 00:26:04,767
you can put on and wash off,

497
00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:07,700
a real sled, and donuts.

498
00:26:07,834 --> 00:26:09,700
Donuts for Christmas?

499
00:26:09,834 --> 00:26:11,934
You can never have
enough donuts.

500
00:26:12,066 --> 00:26:13,567
Amen.

501
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,633
Holly, do you have a list?

502
00:26:17,767 --> 00:26:20,900
Holly has been asking
for power tools.

503
00:26:21,033 --> 00:26:22,333
- Yeah?
- Yeah.

504
00:26:22,467 --> 00:26:24,867
She?s always doing these sort of
do-it-yourself projects.

505
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,200
Oh, Holly, tell Melody
about the one--

506
00:26:27,333 --> 00:26:29,300
Oh, no, it?s okay.

507
00:26:29,433 --> 00:26:31,800
She doesn?t have to.

508
00:26:34,667 --> 00:26:36,800
- How is it?
- I finished it.

509
00:26:36,934 --> 00:26:39,467
Already? Wow.

510
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,400
I love how Trixie thinks she?s
gonna have a horrible season,

511
00:26:43,533 --> 00:26:45,133
- and then...
- Then she finds a friend.

512
00:26:45,266 --> 00:26:48,734
Someone she can be herself with
and learn new things from.

513
00:26:48,867 --> 00:26:50,567
Mm-hmm.

514
00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:53,600
I have more books
from the series at my house.

515
00:26:53,734 --> 00:26:56,033
Do you want to come grab one?

516
00:26:56,166 --> 00:26:57,567
Okay, come on.

517
00:27:03,667 --> 00:27:04,967
Welcome.

518
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,333
Wow. People live like this?

519
00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:18,667
Well, not for long, hopefully.

520
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,133
Where?d you get all these?

521
00:27:25,734 --> 00:27:28,600
I sort of collected them
throughout the years.

522
00:27:28,734 --> 00:27:31,333
Hey, you want to see some of the
things I?ve been working on?

523
00:27:31,467 --> 00:27:33,100
Okay, come with me.

524
00:27:34,934 --> 00:27:37,233
So I painted this wall
last night.

525
00:27:37,367 --> 00:27:40,467
It might still be wet.
Be careful. But...

526
00:27:41,633 --> 00:27:44,266
I think I?m proudest of this.

527
00:27:54,967 --> 00:27:57,800
This is my vision board.
Do you know what that is?

528
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:03,367
It?s a way to put what you wish
out into the world.

529
00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:06,100
To visualize it.

530
00:28:06,233 --> 00:28:08,033
Do you have wishes?

531
00:28:08,166 --> 00:28:12,934
You know, I haven?t had
the easiest life,

532
00:28:13,066 --> 00:28:15,433
and sometimes
things can be tough.

533
00:28:15,567 --> 00:28:19,867
So if there was ever anything
that you needed to say out loud,

534
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,433
I?m a really good listener.

535
00:28:21,567 --> 00:28:23,667
But that?s what moms are for.

536
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,433
And my mom?s
a really good listener.

537
00:28:28,700 --> 00:28:30,667
The best.

538
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,367
Hey, your mom gave me
the address to your tree lots,

539
00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:36,500
so maybe you could come
help me pick one out

540
00:28:36,633 --> 00:28:37,700
next time I come over.

541
00:28:37,834 --> 00:28:39,500
We could decorate
another tree?

542
00:28:39,633 --> 00:28:41,000
Yeah.
[chuckles]

543
00:28:41,133 --> 00:28:42,200
Why do you want a cat?

544
00:28:42,333 --> 00:28:44,133
Dogs are so much better
than cats.

545
00:28:44,266 --> 00:28:47,066
We can argue about that
some other time.

546
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,433
Let?s go get you that book.

547
00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:04,900
- Favorite tradition?
- Building a snowman!

548
00:29:05,033 --> 00:29:06,367
Who?s got a crazy one?

549
00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:08,066
Making Santa beards.

550
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,467
Oh!

551
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,066
We spray shaving cream
on our chins, without mirrors,

552
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,333
and then have a contest
to see whose is best.

553
00:29:14,467 --> 00:29:16,900
Oh, that is my vote for favorite
tradition. Anyone agree?

554
00:29:17,033 --> 00:29:18,633
Yeah? Okay.

555
00:29:18,767 --> 00:29:21,900
So everyone made two snowflakes.
One goes home.

556
00:29:22,033 --> 00:29:23,433
And the other one,
do you know where it goes?

557
00:29:23,567 --> 00:29:25,200
I?m gonna take it
to decorate the rooms

558
00:29:25,333 --> 00:29:26,767
of kids at the hospital.

559
00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:28,533
They can have both of mine.

560
00:29:28,667 --> 00:29:30,800
Thank you, Ivy.
That?s so sweet.

561
00:29:30,934 --> 00:29:32,400
I like these drawings.

562
00:29:32,533 --> 00:29:34,033
Parents said
they?d tell their friends.

563
00:29:34,166 --> 00:29:35,800
Maybe more kids
will come next time.

564
00:29:35,934 --> 00:29:37,500
And more kids means
more attendance,

565
00:29:37,633 --> 00:29:38,800
which would help, right?

566
00:29:38,934 --> 00:29:41,734
It?s more complicated.
Costs keep going up.

567
00:29:41,867 --> 00:29:44,667
Materials, technology,
maintenance.

568
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:46,200
Families depend on us.

569
00:29:46,333 --> 00:29:50,066
Everything you just said is
exactly why I wanted this job.

570
00:29:52,834 --> 00:29:55,467
What if I keep volunteering

571
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,633
with kids about to be out of
school for Christmas vacation?

572
00:29:58,767 --> 00:30:00,734
I could be open to that.

573
00:30:03,667 --> 00:30:05,100
Mmm!

574
00:30:05,233 --> 00:30:06,967
- Yes, right?
- So good.

575
00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:09,200
There?s just, there's so much
more that they could do.

576
00:30:09,333 --> 00:30:10,633
The library has meeting rooms,

577
00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:12,734
so organizations that need space
could rent it out.

578
00:30:12,867 --> 00:30:16,500
Patricia mentioned technology,
so they could offer classes.

579
00:30:16,633 --> 00:30:18,767
Or kids could teach
grandparents.

580
00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:20,967
And if we can revive
this library,

581
00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:23,000
it could be a model
for others in the area.

582
00:30:23,133 --> 00:30:24,934
- You really love it.
- I do.

583
00:30:25,066 --> 00:30:26,734
And you weren?t kidding
about this hot chocolate.

584
00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:28,333
- It is the world?s best.
- I know.

585
00:30:28,467 --> 00:30:30,333
I should?ve gotten the large,
like you said.

586
00:30:33,934 --> 00:30:34,934
How?s the remodel going?

587
00:30:35,066 --> 00:30:36,467
I knew what I was taking on,

588
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:37,633
or I thought I did.

589
00:30:37,767 --> 00:30:40,500
But I?m low on money
and resources,

590
00:30:40,633 --> 00:30:43,467
so I?m obviously going to
live out my days without walls

591
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:44,900
or reliable electrical.

592
00:30:45,033 --> 00:30:47,633
You know that I could
take a look at it.

593
00:30:47,767 --> 00:30:50,233
Oh, no. It?s not fit
for company.

594
00:30:50,367 --> 00:30:51,934
I will be gentle.

595
00:30:52,066 --> 00:30:54,033
You?d mock or close the door
and run away

596
00:30:54,166 --> 00:30:55,900
with the look of horror
on your face.

597
00:30:56,033 --> 00:30:58,734
I would scoff at first
and then run away.

598
00:30:58,867 --> 00:31:01,500
But seriously, I?m happy to
offer a professional opinion.

599
00:31:01,633 --> 00:31:03,567
No judgment. Scout?s honor.

600
00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:06,467
Were you really a scout?

601
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,400
Actually, yes, I was.

602
00:31:17,233 --> 00:31:19,300
Wow.

603
00:31:21,166 --> 00:31:22,433
This is awful.

604
00:31:22,567 --> 00:31:24,667
- You promised.
- I?m kidding! I'm kidding.

605
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,000
This is, actually
has incredible bones.

606
00:31:28,133 --> 00:31:30,800
Wow. You don?t you don't see
craftsmanship like this anymore.

607
00:31:30,934 --> 00:31:33,000
- You see that?
- Yeah.

608
00:31:33,133 --> 00:31:34,333
Whew!

609
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,033
Well, this built-in
is really well put together.

610
00:31:45,166 --> 00:31:46,500
Thanks.

611
00:31:48,300 --> 00:31:50,000
Wait. You did that?

612
00:31:50,133 --> 00:31:52,066
From scratch.

613
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:53,166
Yourself?

614
00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:55,433
I?m doing the whole thing
myself.

615
00:31:55,567 --> 00:31:57,834
You didn?t ask anybody for help.

616
00:31:57,967 --> 00:32:01,300
Well, I know like
three people in town.

617
00:32:01,433 --> 00:32:03,867
Uh, four, if you include me.

618
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,767
Well, we don?t know each other
that well.

619
00:32:05,900 --> 00:32:08,734
Well, you know,
I?m working on it.

620
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:15,333
So how did you
pick up construction?

621
00:32:15,467 --> 00:32:17,033
Hmm, what is that phrase?

622
00:32:17,166 --> 00:32:21,000
"Necessity is
the mother of invention."

623
00:32:21,133 --> 00:32:24,100
I had a lot of time on my hands
growing up,

624
00:32:24,233 --> 00:32:26,133
and there were great books
out there.

625
00:32:26,266 --> 00:32:28,500
Books again. The books!

626
00:32:28,633 --> 00:32:30,200
Yes.

627
00:32:31,033 --> 00:32:33,767
Well, you know, I could, um...

628
00:32:33,900 --> 00:32:36,734
I could build you a window seat.

629
00:32:36,867 --> 00:32:38,867
You build furniture?

630
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,533
Ah, yes, it is my hobby.

631
00:32:41,667 --> 00:32:43,467
Actually, no, no, it?s...

632
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,133
it?s... my overwhelming passion

633
00:32:47,266 --> 00:32:50,033
and like the thing
that I would do 24/7

634
00:32:50,166 --> 00:32:52,867
if only I wasn?t already busy

635
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,367
building my contracting
business.

636
00:32:55,500 --> 00:33:00,100
Well, wait, I mean,
if you love making furniture,

637
00:33:00,233 --> 00:33:02,233
then why are you building
a contracting business?

638
00:33:02,367 --> 00:33:05,333
So I won?t be
some struggling artisan

639
00:33:05,467 --> 00:33:07,100
working out of my garage.

640
00:33:07,233 --> 00:33:08,667
Well, you should
follow your heart

641
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,834
and do what?s best for you.

642
00:33:10,967 --> 00:33:13,367
You haven?t met my parents.

643
00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:15,200
You could do corporate work

644
00:33:15,333 --> 00:33:17,767
and save up until
it?s not just in your garage

645
00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:20,967
and then make a go of it.

646
00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:25,467
- That sounds, um...
- Great, right?

647
00:33:26,467 --> 00:33:28,800
I worked the entire time
I was in school,

648
00:33:28,934 --> 00:33:30,233
just to build a nest egg,

649
00:33:30,367 --> 00:33:33,567
to make sure I could try
to be a librarian.

650
00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:36,100
Yes, but you have more energy
than most humans.

651
00:33:36,233 --> 00:33:38,533
If you?re interested
in something,

652
00:33:38,667 --> 00:33:40,000
no matter what it is,

653
00:33:40,133 --> 00:33:41,900
go at it full speed ahead,

654
00:33:42,033 --> 00:33:44,734
embrace it with both arms,
hug it, love it,

655
00:33:44,867 --> 00:33:48,300
and above all,
become passionate.

656
00:33:48,433 --> 00:33:51,533
Lukewarm is no good.
Hot is no good either.

657
00:33:51,667 --> 00:33:56,133
White hot and passionate
is the only thing to be.

658
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:58,667
That?s Roald Dahl.

659
00:33:59,834 --> 00:34:01,600
- The kids? book guy.
- Uh-huh.

660
00:34:01,734 --> 00:34:04,567
Wow. That quote.
You?re quoting the--

661
00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:06,400
Hey, kids? book authors
are geniuses.

662
00:34:06,533 --> 00:34:09,567
I could quote you 50 more funny
and inspiring quotes from--

663
00:34:09,700 --> 00:34:14,200
Okay, I?m going on
about books again, aren?t I?

664
00:34:14,333 --> 00:34:16,066
I kind of like it.

665
00:34:22,367 --> 00:34:24,734
Look, you could do
what I?m doing.

666
00:34:24,867 --> 00:34:28,767
We could be broke together,
living our dreams.

667
00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:33,533
Uh, I?m sorry. I didn't--

668
00:34:33,667 --> 00:34:37,100
Do you want to maybe quote me
some more kids? books

669
00:34:37,233 --> 00:34:38,400
over another date?

670
00:34:38,533 --> 00:34:41,266
You know, just for inspiration?

671
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,400
It?s gonna snow this weekend.

672
00:34:43,533 --> 00:34:45,700
I-I, um...

673
00:34:45,834 --> 00:34:49,100
I make sleds.
Would you want to--

674
00:34:49,233 --> 00:34:51,400
Sorry, you make sleds?

675
00:34:51,533 --> 00:34:52,834
Could you teach me?

676
00:34:52,967 --> 00:34:56,033
No, better yet. Could you come
to the library on Sunday

677
00:34:56,166 --> 00:34:58,066
and teach the kids
how to make them?

678
00:34:58,200 --> 00:34:59,400
And not just like a whole one,

679
00:34:59,533 --> 00:35:02,400
but, you know,
like ornament-sized.

680
00:35:02,533 --> 00:35:05,467
Yeah, I could--
I could do that.

681
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,333
But then after...

682
00:35:08,500 --> 00:35:10,300
Another date.

683
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,433
Look, Melody,
they have elves just like you.

684
00:35:17,567 --> 00:35:19,000
Yeah.

685
00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:22,433
Are all your ornaments elves?

686
00:35:22,567 --> 00:35:23,700
Well, my five favorites are,

687
00:35:23,834 --> 00:35:26,600
but I?ve got like
three dozen others.

688
00:35:26,734 --> 00:35:28,266
Is that a problem?

689
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,633
Uh, it?s a little weird.

690
00:35:30,767 --> 00:35:33,967
Well, why fit in
when you were born to stand out?

691
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:36,700
- Dr. Seuss said that.
- Yes.

692
00:35:36,834 --> 00:35:38,367
Do your favorites
have names?

693
00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:41,033
Mm-hmm. Dasher, Dancer,
Blitzen, Mickey,

694
00:35:41,166 --> 00:35:43,834
and my favorite,
Huckleberry.

695
00:35:46,467 --> 00:35:48,834
That?s the one.

696
00:35:48,967 --> 00:35:50,767
That?s your tree.

697
00:35:52,834 --> 00:35:54,433
I think you?re right.

698
00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:57,333
[giggles]

699
00:36:00,734 --> 00:36:05,266
♪

700
00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:09,867
♪ Rockin? around
the Christmas tree ♪

701
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,300
♪ At the Christmas party hop

702
00:36:13,433 --> 00:36:16,300
♪ Mistletoe hung
where you can see ♪

703
00:36:16,433 --> 00:36:18,633
♪ Every couple tries to stop

704
00:36:18,767 --> 00:36:20,734
- [barking]
- Go, Betty!

705
00:36:20,867 --> 00:36:22,500
♪ Rockin? around
the Christmas tree ♪

706
00:36:22,633 --> 00:36:24,133
Wanna teach me the dance?

707
00:36:25,533 --> 00:36:28,200
Ready? 5, 6, 7, 8.

708
00:36:28,333 --> 00:36:30,133
♪ Later we?ll have
some pumpkin pie ♪

709
00:36:30,266 --> 00:36:33,300
♪ And we?ll do some caroling ♪

710
00:36:33,433 --> 00:36:34,867
Up high, that?s right.

711
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,033
♪ You will get
a sentimental feeling

712
00:36:38,166 --> 00:36:40,400
♪ When you hear

713
00:36:40,533 --> 00:36:43,700
♪ Voices singing
Let?s be jolly ♪

714
00:36:43,834 --> 00:36:47,100
♪ Deck the halls
with boughs of holly ♪

715
00:36:47,233 --> 00:36:50,100
♪ Rockin? around
the Christmas tree ♪

716
00:36:50,233 --> 00:36:52,233
- Can I ask you something?
- Hmm.

717
00:36:52,367 --> 00:36:54,266
What?s with the elves?

718
00:36:55,767 --> 00:36:57,300
They seem kind of important.

719
00:37:00,066 --> 00:37:02,233
I was surrendered
right before Christmas

720
00:37:02,367 --> 00:37:03,800
and put into foster care,

721
00:37:03,934 --> 00:37:09,300
and my birth mom tucked an elf
into my belongings.

722
00:37:09,433 --> 00:37:11,266
It?s pretty old,
so I just,

723
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,567
I always imagined that it was
hers when she was younger.

724
00:37:15,934 --> 00:37:18,433
In the first five years
of my life,

725
00:37:18,567 --> 00:37:21,934
I was cared for
by this amazing couple.

726
00:37:22,066 --> 00:37:25,266
They had taken in dozens of kids
in their lifetime,

727
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:26,734
and I was the last.

728
00:37:26,867 --> 00:37:31,233
But when I was five,
the dad lost his job,

729
00:37:31,367 --> 00:37:34,166
and so they couldn?t afford
to keep me,

730
00:37:34,300 --> 00:37:35,700
and I was put back
in the system,

731
00:37:35,834 --> 00:37:38,734
and I just never found a family
like that again.

732
00:37:38,867 --> 00:37:40,533
I?m so sorry.

733
00:37:42,033 --> 00:37:47,066
Every year, they would give me
a new elf to hang on the tree,

734
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,400
something that was just mine.

735
00:37:49,533 --> 00:37:51,100
Five elves for five years.

736
00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:57,066
Plus, elves are the hardest
workers in the Christmas story,

737
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,400
and I just, I always
identified with them.

738
00:38:00,533 --> 00:38:01,900
I may not have had
all the breaks,

739
00:38:02,033 --> 00:38:04,633
but I?m a really hard worker.

740
00:38:07,734 --> 00:38:10,100
I didn?t mean to upset you.

741
00:38:10,233 --> 00:38:12,533
- No, no.
- I turned out okay, you know?

742
00:38:12,667 --> 00:38:16,633
Picked myself up,
got an education, scholarships.

743
00:38:16,767 --> 00:38:17,867
Yeah.

744
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,233
You know, there was
this one librarian...

745
00:38:20,367 --> 00:38:21,600
Ah, a librarian.

746
00:38:21,734 --> 00:38:24,166
Who changed everything for me.

747
00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:27,500
She?s the reason
for all of this,

748
00:38:27,633 --> 00:38:29,500
why I landed on my feet.

749
00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:32,800
Don?t be sad.

750
00:38:32,934 --> 00:38:34,867
I?m not.

751
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,967
You are an inspiration.

752
00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:44,567
I just, uh...

753
00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:48,133
I?m worried that my girls
are gonna end up in the system.

754
00:38:49,967 --> 00:38:52,800
I?m sorry. Just...
my parents are both gone,

755
00:38:52,934 --> 00:38:56,900
and the father?s
not really an option.

756
00:38:58,867 --> 00:39:01,467
I got my test results finally.

757
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:05,900
The lymphoma is back.

758
00:39:07,834 --> 00:39:10,700
It?s fine. I just...

759
00:39:10,834 --> 00:39:14,667
If I can?t beat it this time,

760
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,734
I don?t know what's
gonna happen to my kids.

761
00:39:17,867 --> 00:39:21,400
IVY: Ooh! Ooh!

762
00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:23,567
I would take them.

763
00:39:27,667 --> 00:39:30,367
I?m sorry.
I don?t know why I said that.

764
00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:32,734
That?s ridiculous, and
it?s completely presumptuous.

765
00:39:32,867 --> 00:39:34,367
I mean, you obviously
have people that--

766
00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:36,233
No, I-I don?t.

767
00:39:36,367 --> 00:39:38,200
That?s why I'm so afraid.

768
00:39:38,333 --> 00:39:42,033
I mean, we don?t even--
I adore you and the girls.

769
00:39:42,166 --> 00:39:43,734
We feel the same exact way
about you.

770
00:39:43,867 --> 00:39:46,433
Yeah, but we don?t even--
We hardly know each other.

771
00:39:46,567 --> 00:39:47,867
No, I-I know.

772
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,166
Look, this was just--
This whole thing is just crazy.

773
00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:55,266
I?m going to pretend
we never brought it up.

774
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,166
And you?re gonna fight this,

775
00:39:57,300 --> 00:39:59,467
and you?re gonna beat it
just like all the other times.

776
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,433
But...

777
00:40:01,567 --> 00:40:04,033
I mean...

778
00:40:04,166 --> 00:40:09,033
Would you... be interested?

779
00:40:12,133 --> 00:40:15,834
No, you were just--
You weren?t thinking when you...

780
00:40:15,967 --> 00:40:18,800
No, I wasn?t, but...

781
00:40:18,934 --> 00:40:21,467
I mean, what, you?re 25?

782
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,166
27.

783
00:40:23,300 --> 00:40:25,100
And you?re just starting
your whole life.

784
00:40:25,233 --> 00:40:28,166
I don?t even have
a home that?s safe,

785
00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:30,834
much less a job.

786
00:40:30,967 --> 00:40:33,166
But...

787
00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:35,633
But...

788
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:38,967
I mean, maybe we could just
talk to someone,

789
00:40:39,100 --> 00:40:40,867
get some information.

790
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,400
I do work for lawyers.

791
00:40:42,533 --> 00:40:45,233
I could talk to them and maybe
they could recommend someone

792
00:40:45,367 --> 00:40:46,867
for us to talk to.

793
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,734
If it was the difference between
your girls having a real home

794
00:40:49,867 --> 00:40:52,133
or being put into foster care,

795
00:40:52,266 --> 00:40:53,667
I would do that.

796
00:40:54,934 --> 00:40:58,033
I could never let a kid
go through what I went through,

797
00:40:58,166 --> 00:40:59,867
not if I could help it.

798
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,433
I?ll make a call.

799
00:41:04,567 --> 00:41:06,433
Okay.

800
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,500
I?d better start
looking for a job.

801
00:41:21,633 --> 00:41:26,467
♪

802
00:41:45,233 --> 00:41:46,367
MELODY: A giving tree.

803
00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:48,467
Everyone brings coats
or hats and scarves

804
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:49,967
to hang as ornaments.

805
00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:53,100
And then on Christmas Eve,
we give them away to communities

806
00:41:53,233 --> 00:41:56,033
that need warm clothes
for the winter.

807
00:41:58,500 --> 00:42:02,233
- And we do book adoptions.
- Book adoptions?

808
00:42:02,367 --> 00:42:05,467
Either we have a wish list of
books to fill the library with,

809
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,433
to put online
for people to purchase

810
00:42:07,567 --> 00:42:10,967
with book plates inside
with the adopter?s name on it.

811
00:42:11,100 --> 00:42:13,000
Or kids get to make
their own wish list,

812
00:42:13,133 --> 00:42:14,633
and patrons of the library
fill it,

813
00:42:14,767 --> 00:42:16,033
then we have a big giveaway day,

814
00:42:16,166 --> 00:42:18,200
maybe with the hats
and the coats and the scarves.

815
00:42:18,333 --> 00:42:21,900
Oh, we could have some hot
cocoa, maybe bring in a Santa.

816
00:42:22,033 --> 00:42:24,767
Ah. One more. I had this idea
called "elf school."

817
00:42:24,900 --> 00:42:28,567
Teach kids how to secretly help
people in their communities.

818
00:42:28,700 --> 00:42:32,834
Melody, I?m going to think
about all these ideas.

819
00:42:32,967 --> 00:42:33,867
Thank you.

820
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,967
- [phone ringing]
- Oh.

821
00:42:39,734 --> 00:42:42,367
- Adam.
- Hey, how?s your day going?

822
00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:44,667
Right now? Terrific.
Otherwise...

823
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,867
You want to talk about it
at dinner?

824
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,300
Didn?t we say Sunday?

825
00:42:48,433 --> 00:42:51,433
Sunday is, uh, too far away.

826
00:42:51,567 --> 00:42:53,767
You know, there?s a new place
that opened up

827
00:42:53,900 --> 00:42:55,367
right near
my construction site,

828
00:42:55,500 --> 00:42:58,200
and a Christmas concert
in the park

829
00:42:58,333 --> 00:42:59,734
that?s right next to it
afterwards.

830
00:42:59,867 --> 00:43:02,300
- So I mean, I thought...
- Yes.

831
00:43:02,433 --> 00:43:07,100
Okay. You want to meet me
at my construction site at 6:30?

832
00:43:07,233 --> 00:43:08,800
I?m gonna text you
the address.

833
00:43:08,934 --> 00:43:10,033
Okay, see you then.

834
00:43:10,166 --> 00:43:12,066
Okay, bye.

835
00:43:15,333 --> 00:43:16,500
- [knocks]
- Hmm?

836
00:43:16,633 --> 00:43:19,066
- I have a phone number for you.
- Dad, hi.

837
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,967
Charlie Case,
Director of Urban Planning.

838
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:24,000
The mayor has put Charlie

839
00:43:24,133 --> 00:43:26,400
in charge of the new
charter school on Elm.

840
00:43:26,533 --> 00:43:28,500
Your firm is about to go
to the top of the bid list.

841
00:43:28,633 --> 00:43:31,333
Dad, I have way more work
than I can handle right now.

842
00:43:31,467 --> 00:43:34,633
One city contract
opens up a host of doors.

843
00:43:34,767 --> 00:43:36,533
- You could expand.
- Expand.

844
00:43:36,667 --> 00:43:38,600
Your mother and I knew
the second it was time

845
00:43:38,734 --> 00:43:40,233
to open a second dealership.

846
00:43:40,367 --> 00:43:44,400
If I expand, I?m not gonna have
any time left for my furniture.

847
00:43:44,533 --> 00:43:45,633
Oh, not that hobby again.

848
00:43:45,767 --> 00:43:47,633
- Adam...
- Dad, Dad, listen me.

849
00:43:47,767 --> 00:43:49,633
I?ve been selling pieces, okay?

850
00:43:49,767 --> 00:43:51,233
Not just to friends and family.

851
00:43:51,367 --> 00:43:53,400
Like I?m building up
a decent nest egg.

852
00:43:53,533 --> 00:43:55,166
In fact, I was thinking
that I might scale back.

853
00:43:55,300 --> 00:43:56,533
- Scale back?
- Yeah.

854
00:43:56,667 --> 00:43:58,333
So you can sell another chair
here and there?

855
00:43:58,467 --> 00:44:01,033
You run a business.
You?re a salesman.

856
00:44:01,166 --> 00:44:03,467
Listen, if you would just
come and see my shop--

857
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,734
You mean your garage.

858
00:44:05,867 --> 00:44:08,867
It?s great you have a way
to make money on the side,

859
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,000
but don?t let that distract you
from a real job.

860
00:44:12,133 --> 00:44:14,734
You don?t want
to sell cars? Okay.

861
00:44:14,867 --> 00:44:17,133
I?ve tried to make peace
with that.

862
00:44:17,266 --> 00:44:19,867
But you have the beginnings
of a real business here.

863
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,467
Do you know what your mother
and I would have given

864
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,000
to have our first dealership
take off like this?

865
00:44:24,133 --> 00:44:26,834
Why would you throw that away?

866
00:44:26,967 --> 00:44:30,300
We just want
what?s best for you.

867
00:44:32,467 --> 00:44:33,633
I know.

868
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:37,233
Okay. Director
of Urban Planning.

869
00:44:37,367 --> 00:44:40,900
Charlie Case. And don?t forget
to mention you?re my son.

870
00:44:41,033 --> 00:44:42,567
And get that bid in
before Christmas,

871
00:44:42,700 --> 00:44:44,700
so you don?t lose out to
somebody before the New Year.

872
00:44:44,834 --> 00:44:46,000
Sure thing.

873
00:44:57,233 --> 00:44:59,100
MELODY: Thank you so much
for meeting with me.

874
00:44:59,233 --> 00:45:01,367
Nina said that you
might be able to help me.

875
00:45:01,500 --> 00:45:04,200
So sad to hear about
Nina?s recurrence.

876
00:45:04,333 --> 00:45:06,100
I don?t know if she mentioned,

877
00:45:06,233 --> 00:45:07,934
but the process
is pretty involved.

878
00:45:08,066 --> 00:45:11,200
I think that?s why
she referred me.

879
00:45:11,333 --> 00:45:12,934
Neither of us
really knows that much.

880
00:45:13,066 --> 00:45:15,066
Here?s the issue.
Because you?re not related

881
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,200
by blood or marriage
to Holly and Ivy,

882
00:45:17,333 --> 00:45:19,600
and because the children
have never been in your custody,

883
00:45:19,734 --> 00:45:21,066
the state
will have to weigh in

884
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:22,900
about your fitness
to be their guardian.

885
00:45:23,033 --> 00:45:25,333
There?ll be a background check,
an investigation.

886
00:45:25,467 --> 00:45:27,834
The children may be appointed
their own attorney,

887
00:45:27,967 --> 00:45:30,200
and if they have access
to assets,

888
00:45:30,333 --> 00:45:33,000
your financial fitness
will be evaluated too.

889
00:45:33,133 --> 00:45:36,633
Here. It all needs
to be filled out,

890
00:45:36,767 --> 00:45:38,166
and it?s not a short process,

891
00:45:38,300 --> 00:45:42,834
so if you want to have
everything in place if Nina--

892
00:45:43,967 --> 00:45:46,367
I?d just get started
as soon as possible.

893
00:45:48,266 --> 00:45:51,033
This is a giant thing
you?ve offered to do,

894
00:45:51,166 --> 00:45:54,367
and you need to decide
if it?s right for your life too.

895
00:45:54,500 --> 00:45:57,000
The state will go through your
whole life, even your house,

896
00:45:57,133 --> 00:45:59,900
to make sure it?s safe
to be a home for two minors.

897
00:46:00,100 --> 00:46:01,400
My house?

898
00:46:15,734 --> 00:46:18,166
There she is.

899
00:46:19,266 --> 00:46:20,667
Hi.

900
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:22,734
Is that her?
Are you her?

901
00:46:22,867 --> 00:46:24,934
Um, am I?

902
00:46:25,066 --> 00:46:27,100
Brian, this is Melody.
Melody, Brian.

903
00:46:27,233 --> 00:46:29,066
- Hey, it?s her!
- Okay.

904
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,467
Are you ready to go?
?Cause I'm starving. Bye!

905
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,934
♪ We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas ♪

906
00:46:36,066 --> 00:46:38,800
♪ We wish you
a Merry Christmas ♪

907
00:46:38,934 --> 00:46:40,333
♪ And a Happy New Year

908
00:46:40,467 --> 00:46:44,367
♪ Good tidings we bring
to you and your kin ♪

909
00:46:44,500 --> 00:46:47,967
You know, it?s possible I might
need the world?s biggest favor.

910
00:46:48,100 --> 00:46:49,767
I know it?s insane,

911
00:46:49,900 --> 00:46:51,800
but if I can?t
get the house up to code,

912
00:46:51,934 --> 00:46:53,333
then I can?t do any of it.

913
00:46:53,467 --> 00:46:57,400
And if Nina is very sick,
then I have to do it fast.

914
00:46:57,533 --> 00:47:01,633
And, um, I just figured
you might know some shortcuts

915
00:47:01,767 --> 00:47:03,333
to help get me up to speed.

916
00:47:03,467 --> 00:47:04,600
- Hmm.
- I know.

917
00:47:04,734 --> 00:47:05,867
It?s a lot, and I'm sorry.

918
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,100
- Oh, it?s a lot, a lot.
- Yeah.

919
00:47:08,233 --> 00:47:11,333
I mean, are you sure that
this is the right thing for you?

920
00:47:11,467 --> 00:47:14,300
Well, yeah. I mean, if Nina
doesn?t have anybody else,

921
00:47:14,433 --> 00:47:16,100
how could I not step up?

922
00:47:16,233 --> 00:47:18,066
I adore those girls.

923
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:21,567
And so what if I don?t want to
get a sensible job right now?

924
00:47:21,700 --> 00:47:23,633
It?s the right way to go
for now.

925
00:47:23,767 --> 00:47:24,900
Wait, what?

926
00:47:25,033 --> 00:47:27,834
I mean, if one of those
data management places

927
00:47:27,967 --> 00:47:31,333
or academic firms, you know,
want somebody like me,

928
00:47:31,467 --> 00:47:34,700
then I could bank the money now
and redo the house

929
00:47:34,834 --> 00:47:36,867
and chase my dream later.

930
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,333
Right, but you said that you
worked and you saved already,

931
00:47:39,467 --> 00:47:41,000
so that you could be
a librarian.

932
00:47:41,133 --> 00:47:43,333
Yeah, but now everything
has changed.

933
00:47:43,467 --> 00:47:47,700
Right, but I mean what about
all the Roald Dahl stuff?

934
00:47:47,834 --> 00:47:50,300
Like you?re just gonna
take a day job

935
00:47:50,433 --> 00:47:52,667
and give up on what you want?

936
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:55,066
Like, well, was that
just words? I don?t--

937
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:59,066
No. I meant everything
that I said.

938
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,400
I?m sorry. I don't understand.

939
00:48:01,533 --> 00:48:03,700
Are you mad at me
for trying to help the girls?

940
00:48:03,834 --> 00:48:07,066
No, no, of course
you should help.

941
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:11,066
Help where help is needed,
not just when it?s easy, right?

942
00:48:13,467 --> 00:48:15,533
Yeah.

943
00:48:15,667 --> 00:48:17,000
Yeah, I just, I...

944
00:48:17,133 --> 00:48:18,533
What?

945
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,934
I do know some shortcuts,
uh, sure.

946
00:48:25,066 --> 00:48:27,800
So I can send you
some website links.

947
00:48:27,934 --> 00:48:30,800
And yeah, no, I really,
I do get it, you know?

948
00:48:30,934 --> 00:48:35,667
I?m probably gonna put in
for this big city job myself.

949
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:39,667
There?s no telling how much work
I might have lined up.

950
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,300
Might even expand.

951
00:48:42,433 --> 00:48:46,467
Wait, expand? What about
your furniture building?

952
00:48:47,767 --> 00:48:53,433
Yeah, I mean, I guess
it?s like your library dream.

953
00:48:53,567 --> 00:48:55,333
Gonna have to wait.

954
00:49:00,567 --> 00:49:02,967
Oh, you know, listen, I got
a head?s-up at the restaurant

955
00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:04,734
that we?re gonna get
a bad inspection report,

956
00:49:04,867 --> 00:49:07,100
and it?s gonna take me
all night to fix it.

957
00:49:07,233 --> 00:49:10,600
Can I get a rain check
on the concert?

958
00:49:12,133 --> 00:49:12,934
Sure.

959
00:49:13,066 --> 00:49:14,767
I?ll walk you to your car.

960
00:49:14,900 --> 00:49:18,834
No, it?s okay.
I think I?ll stay.

961
00:49:18,967 --> 00:49:20,567
All right.

962
00:49:27,700 --> 00:49:32,467
♪ Hark, the herald angels sing

963
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:37,667
♪ Glory to the newborn king

964
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:42,800
♪ Peace on Earth
and mercy mild ♪

965
00:49:42,934 --> 00:49:48,000
♪ God and sinners reconciled

966
00:49:48,133 --> 00:49:53,100
♪ Joyful all ye nations rise

967
00:49:53,233 --> 00:49:57,500
♪ Join the triumph
of the skies ♪

968
00:49:57,633 --> 00:49:59,066
Melody!

969
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:00,934
Patricia, hi.

970
00:50:02,333 --> 00:50:06,233
Aren?t the musicians wonderful?
They?re my grandkids.

971
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,633
I was gonna call you tomorrow.

972
00:50:10,767 --> 00:50:13,600
- Do you have a moment?
- Yeah.

973
00:50:18,100 --> 00:50:20,333
PATRICIA:
We heard from our director.

974
00:50:20,467 --> 00:50:23,633
The city?s cutting back
our hours again.

975
00:50:23,767 --> 00:50:25,467
We?ll be closed on Sundays now,

976
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,667
so I?m afraid we're not going
to be able to keep you on.

977
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:30,233
It?s not that
I haven?t enjoyed

978
00:50:30,367 --> 00:50:31,867
what you?ve brought
to the library.

979
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,834
I think you?ve made
a wonderful addition.

980
00:50:34,967 --> 00:50:37,400
We just don?t have
a place for you right now.

981
00:50:37,533 --> 00:50:39,533
I?m sorry.

982
00:51:34,367 --> 00:51:35,767
Is this Charlie Case?

983
00:51:35,900 --> 00:51:40,834
Hi. Yeah, this is, uh, Adam.
Warren Yeager?s son.

984
00:51:40,967 --> 00:51:42,200
He?s--

985
00:51:43,166 --> 00:51:44,500
That?s right.

986
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:47,533
Yeah, yeah, I?ve always told him

987
00:51:47,667 --> 00:51:49,600
that he?s a very good
press agent.

988
00:51:49,734 --> 00:51:51,900
Listen, I would love
to hear about

989
00:51:52,033 --> 00:51:54,000
the project that you?re
accepting bids on.

990
00:51:54,133 --> 00:51:56,600
Is it an okay time to--

991
00:51:56,734 --> 00:51:58,934
Uh-huh.

992
00:52:03,467 --> 00:52:05,200
That sounds great.

993
00:52:05,333 --> 00:52:07,300
I?m sure that I could
put a bid together

994
00:52:07,433 --> 00:52:10,667
before everybody bugs out
for Christmas.

995
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:16,533
e mornin,

996
00:52:16,667 --> 00:52:18,734
Saturdays are filled
with technologies,

997
00:52:18,867 --> 00:52:20,233
afternoons are homework helpers,

998
00:52:20,367 --> 00:52:22,667
and I can?t push out
the grandparent readers.

999
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:24,867
Can we sell it
as an experiment?

1000
00:52:28,834 --> 00:52:31,300
Our director thinks
that people come to libraries

1001
00:52:31,433 --> 00:52:32,600
for the tried and true.

1002
00:52:32,734 --> 00:52:35,100
But tried and true
isn?t working.

1003
00:52:35,233 --> 00:52:36,233
I know.

1004
00:52:36,367 --> 00:52:39,133
I?ve come to love your ideas,

1005
00:52:39,266 --> 00:52:41,233
but this is how it is.

1006
00:52:41,367 --> 00:52:42,367
I?m sorry.

1007
00:52:42,500 --> 00:52:45,033
Okay.

1008
00:52:45,166 --> 00:52:46,367
Thank you.

1009
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:17,967
[bell jingles]

1010
00:53:19,500 --> 00:53:22,533
Hi. Can I get a hot chocolate
and a donut, please?

1011
00:53:25,266 --> 00:53:26,934
[phone ringing]

1012
00:53:31,467 --> 00:53:33,367
- Hi. This is Melody.
- Hi.

1013
00:53:33,500 --> 00:53:35,900
This is Kimberly Dade
at Westminster Data Management.

1014
00:53:36,033 --> 00:53:37,500
You submitted
your resume online.

1015
00:53:37,633 --> 00:53:40,500
- Oh, yes, hi.
- Your background in education

1016
00:53:40,633 --> 00:53:42,133
seems like the right fit
for a job we have open.

1017
00:53:42,266 --> 00:53:43,867
Are you available
for an interview tomorrow?

1018
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:45,567
- Tomorrow?
- I know it?s fast,

1019
00:53:45,700 --> 00:53:47,266
but the woman we had
went on maternity leave

1020
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:48,800
two months earlier
than we expected.

1021
00:53:48,934 --> 00:53:50,500
I can give you
all the information.

1022
00:53:50,633 --> 00:53:53,333
Yes, um, just--

1023
00:53:53,467 --> 00:53:54,934
You know what?
Let me get to my car.

1024
00:53:55,066 --> 00:53:57,200
I don?t think I have a pen.

1025
00:53:57,333 --> 00:54:00,433
Okay, found a pen, so...

1026
00:54:00,567 --> 00:54:02,133
ADAM: I?m so glad
we could catch up here.

1027
00:54:02,266 --> 00:54:06,767
They have the best hot chocolate
in literally in the world.

1028
00:54:09,066 --> 00:54:11,600
I?ll be right back.
Just give me one second.

1029
00:54:12,467 --> 00:54:14,266
KIMBERLY: Are you still there?

1030
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:16,834
Yeah, sorry, I?m here.

1031
00:54:16,967 --> 00:54:20,934
So 45 Augusta Street.

1032
00:54:21,066 --> 00:54:24,800
Okay, I think I got it all.
I?ll see you tomorrow at 10 A.M.

1033
00:54:24,934 --> 00:54:26,333
Thank you.

1034
00:54:30,066 --> 00:54:31,133
Hey.

1035
00:54:31,266 --> 00:54:32,667
Hi.

1036
00:54:34,567 --> 00:54:36,934
Oh, yeah, it?s--
The woman I was with--

1037
00:54:37,066 --> 00:54:38,934
Oh, you don?t have
to explain anything.

1038
00:54:39,066 --> 00:54:40,433
I mean, you?re free
to do whatever.

1039
00:54:40,567 --> 00:54:43,133
She?s just the Director
of Urban Planning.

1040
00:54:43,266 --> 00:54:45,100
It?s a potential client.

1041
00:54:45,233 --> 00:54:47,600
Well, like I said, you could
do whatever, you know.

1042
00:54:47,734 --> 00:54:49,734
We didn?t have anything
that was--

1043
00:54:49,867 --> 00:54:51,567
We did.

1044
00:54:51,700 --> 00:54:55,066
We should probably talk about
what happened the other night.

1045
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:57,233
Okay. What happened?

1046
00:54:57,367 --> 00:54:59,567
I freaked out,
and I left you hanging,

1047
00:54:59,700 --> 00:55:01,734
so I am sorry.

1048
00:55:04,633 --> 00:55:07,467
So, the Director
of Urban Planning?

1049
00:55:07,600 --> 00:55:10,233
Oh, yeah, uh,
she?s my dad's contact.

1050
00:55:10,367 --> 00:55:11,967
I thought it?d be
a good opportunity for me,

1051
00:55:12,100 --> 00:55:13,734
so I who am I
to turn it down, right?

1052
00:55:13,867 --> 00:55:15,066
I get it.

1053
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:17,166
They just want
what?s best for you.

1054
00:55:17,300 --> 00:55:19,500
Good luck with the client.

1055
00:55:22,667 --> 00:55:25,266
- Dogs are friendlier.
- Kittens are easier.

1056
00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:26,300
Puppies are cuter.

1057
00:55:26,433 --> 00:55:27,367
Than kittens?

1058
00:55:27,500 --> 00:55:28,367
Have you seen Betty?

1059
00:55:28,500 --> 00:55:30,000
One exception.

1060
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:33,100
No, seriously,
has anyone seen Betty?

1061
00:55:33,233 --> 00:55:34,700
[distant whining]

1062
00:55:34,834 --> 00:55:36,133
Betty!

1063
00:55:36,266 --> 00:55:39,567
[whining continues]

1064
00:55:42,033 --> 00:55:43,734
See? Puppies are harder.

1065
00:55:43,867 --> 00:55:45,100
But neater!

1066
00:55:45,233 --> 00:55:46,367
Cats don?t cause trouble.

1067
00:55:46,500 --> 00:55:49,033
These would be
good guest rooms.

1068
00:55:49,166 --> 00:55:51,900
Maybe me and Holly
could sleep over,

1069
00:55:52,033 --> 00:55:53,500
wave between rooms.

1070
00:55:53,633 --> 00:55:54,834
Hi!

1071
00:55:56,233 --> 00:55:59,667
Hey, if you two could choose
a color for a bedroom,

1072
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:01,033
what would you choose?

1073
00:56:01,166 --> 00:56:02,467
- Light blue.
- Pink!

1074
00:56:04,333 --> 00:56:05,867
[doorbell rings]

1075
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:07,433
IVY: Kayla!

1076
00:56:07,567 --> 00:56:09,533
Wow. My grandma would love it.

1077
00:56:09,667 --> 00:56:12,066
She can?t drive,
but she loves to read.

1078
00:56:12,200 --> 00:56:13,667
Can we drive
to Kayla?s grandmother's?

1079
00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:17,467
Yeah. Let me text Kayla?s mom
and find out.

1080
00:56:21,900 --> 00:56:23,100
[knocking]

1081
00:56:24,166 --> 00:56:26,300
HOLLY: This one?s
if you like romance.

1082
00:56:26,433 --> 00:56:27,900
That one if you like mysteries.

1083
00:56:28,033 --> 00:56:30,500
Yes. We brought you
thrillers, true crime,

1084
00:56:30,633 --> 00:56:31,667
history, biographies.

1085
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:32,934
We didn?t know what you'd like.

1086
00:56:33,066 --> 00:56:35,000
Oh, you have no idea
what this means.

1087
00:56:35,133 --> 00:56:37,533
I have friends who don?t
get around so well anymore,

1088
00:56:37,667 --> 00:56:40,834
or they don?t drive like me,
who are gonna be so jealous.

1089
00:56:40,967 --> 00:56:44,667
Or we could deliver to them too,
couldn?t we?

1090
00:56:45,633 --> 00:56:49,200
Kid, you are
some kind of genius.

1091
00:56:49,333 --> 00:56:50,266
What?

1092
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:52,300
I think I just had an idea.

1093
00:56:54,700 --> 00:56:58,533
♪ Sleep in heavenly

1094
00:56:58,667 --> 00:57:02,100
♪ Sleep in heavenly

1095
00:57:02,233 --> 00:57:07,667
♪ Sleep in heavenly peace

1096
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:10,400
And there isn?t a bookmobile
in the whole area.

1097
00:57:10,533 --> 00:57:13,100
And a library on wheels
could serve all kinds of places.

1098
00:57:13,233 --> 00:57:14,400
Not just individual homes,

1099
00:57:14,533 --> 00:57:17,033
but nursing homes,
shelters, schools,

1100
00:57:17,166 --> 00:57:19,133
and in lower-income
neighborhoods,

1101
00:57:19,266 --> 00:57:21,166
rural families,
people without Internet.

1102
00:57:21,300 --> 00:57:22,400
That sounds amazing.

1103
00:57:22,533 --> 00:57:24,934
Yeah, but is it crazy?

1104
00:57:25,066 --> 00:57:26,367
No.

1105
00:57:26,500 --> 00:57:30,000
I mean, first you have
to think about your Wagoneer.

1106
00:57:30,133 --> 00:57:33,734
Is it gonna hold up?
You?ll be driving it all over.

1107
00:57:33,867 --> 00:57:38,066
Maybe I could get the library
system to underwrite repairs

1108
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:42,133
or get a grant from the state
for an actual van or...

1109
00:57:42,266 --> 00:57:45,467
I don?t know, find some big
philanthropist who loves books.

1110
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:46,600
[laughs]

1111
00:57:46,734 --> 00:57:48,867
Bigger things have started
in smaller ways.

1112
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:51,033
I think it?s
a really creative way

1113
00:57:51,166 --> 00:57:53,500
to pursue your dream
of being a librarian.

1114
00:57:53,633 --> 00:57:54,700
[phone buzzing]

1115
00:57:54,834 --> 00:57:57,467
Uh, you got a text.

1116
00:58:02,433 --> 00:58:03,800
Oh.

1117
00:58:05,066 --> 00:58:06,367
Is everything okay?

1118
00:58:09,700 --> 00:58:11,667
Melody, what is it?

1119
00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:15,900
They?ve set my home inspection.

1120
00:58:16,033 --> 00:58:17,633
December 28th.

1121
00:58:28,767 --> 00:58:31,266
Things just got really real,
didn?t they?

1122
00:58:37,333 --> 00:58:39,934
It?s just precautionary.

1123
00:58:40,066 --> 00:58:42,166
Have they figured out
a treatment?

1124
00:58:42,300 --> 00:58:43,967
I mean, is it...

1125
00:58:44,100 --> 00:58:45,734
Is it bad?

1126
00:58:48,367 --> 00:58:50,333
I mean, it?s...

1127
00:58:50,467 --> 00:58:51,667
It?s aggressive.

1128
00:58:52,967 --> 00:58:54,066
But listen,

1129
00:58:54,200 --> 00:58:56,100
I do not want you
to be my nursemaid.

1130
00:58:56,233 --> 00:58:57,533
You did not sign up for that.

1131
00:58:57,667 --> 00:58:59,233
- Yes, I did.
- No, you didn?t.

1132
00:58:59,367 --> 00:59:01,100
Yes, I did.
I am your friend.

1133
00:59:01,233 --> 00:59:04,834
I?m the person that you asked
to be your children?s guardian.

1134
00:59:04,967 --> 00:59:10,867
Yeah, but I?m just now realizing
how big this is to take on.

1135
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:13,734
When I was your age, the biggest
thing I was worried about

1136
00:59:13,867 --> 00:59:16,900
was whether to spend New Year?s
Eve in Colorado or Vermont.

1137
00:59:18,633 --> 00:59:20,333
Well, which one did you choose?

1138
00:59:20,467 --> 00:59:22,333
Vegas.

1139
00:59:22,467 --> 00:59:26,100
I think I, I danced on
one of those neon signs.

1140
00:59:26,233 --> 00:59:29,500
Oh, I could see Ivy
doing that.

1141
00:59:29,633 --> 00:59:31,333
Yeah, me too.

1142
00:59:32,667 --> 00:59:36,133
It?s funny. My girls both
have different sides of me.

1143
00:59:36,266 --> 00:59:38,200
The best parts.

1144
00:59:38,333 --> 00:59:41,166
Yeah. I?m glad
they have each other.

1145
00:59:41,300 --> 00:59:43,433
Always.

1146
00:59:43,567 --> 00:59:45,567
I am not gonna back out.

1147
00:59:45,700 --> 00:59:49,200
I?m saying it's okay
if you do.

1148
00:59:49,333 --> 00:59:53,400
Nina, do you know why I bought
that house next door?

1149
00:59:53,533 --> 00:59:57,166
A house that?s so much bigger
than I could ever need?

1150
00:59:57,300 --> 00:59:59,900
Because I wanted to fill it
with people.

1151
01:00:00,033 --> 01:00:05,367
I thought that if I could just
put it out into the universe,

1152
01:00:05,500 --> 01:00:07,500
like my vision board,

1153
01:00:07,633 --> 01:00:10,367
that it might actually
happen for me.

1154
01:00:10,500 --> 01:00:15,100
I mean, I didn?t think
it would happen so fast,

1155
01:00:15,233 --> 01:00:20,500
but there will always be room
for anyone to be called family.

1156
01:00:20,633 --> 01:00:22,133
Anyone.

1157
01:00:22,266 --> 01:00:24,834
I mean, that?s all
I ever wanted.

1158
01:00:34,100 --> 01:00:35,333
Thank you.

1159
01:00:38,367 --> 01:00:40,000
[clock chiming]

1160
01:00:40,133 --> 01:00:41,834
Oh, look at the time.
It?s...

1161
01:00:41,967 --> 01:00:43,834
How?d it get to be
past 12 already?

1162
01:00:43,967 --> 01:00:46,700
- I have to get up in six hours.
- I have that interview.

1163
01:00:46,834 --> 01:00:49,834
Are you sure you want
to do that interview?

1164
01:00:49,967 --> 01:00:52,367
Especially when you?re getting
your bookmobile off the ground.

1165
01:00:52,500 --> 01:00:53,934
Yeah, yeah.

1166
01:00:54,066 --> 01:00:55,967
At first, I thought a job
like that would be a compromise,

1167
01:00:56,100 --> 01:00:58,100
but, you know,
it?s only six months.

1168
01:00:58,233 --> 01:01:00,467
I could save up, get the whole
thing up and running.

1169
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:03,800
I mean, maybe it?s a blessing.

1170
01:01:05,433 --> 01:01:08,233
Maybe it is.

1171
01:01:08,367 --> 01:01:10,567
The night has been full of them.

1172
01:01:13,033 --> 01:01:14,266
Yeah.

1173
01:01:22,300 --> 01:01:24,100
MELODY: Wait, Diana
was the woman

1174
01:01:24,233 --> 01:01:25,600
who left on maternity leave?

1175
01:01:25,734 --> 01:01:26,800
KIMBERLY: Mm-hmm.

1176
01:01:26,934 --> 01:01:28,367
MELODY: 5?6", dark hair,
went to Madison?

1177
01:01:28,500 --> 01:01:29,834
KIMBERLY: Two years
ahead of you.

1178
01:01:29,967 --> 01:01:31,300
She remembered you
coming to the program.

1179
01:01:31,433 --> 01:01:32,734
She was fantastic.

1180
01:01:32,867 --> 01:01:34,033
She said the same about you,

1181
01:01:34,166 --> 01:01:35,467
right as she was leaving
for the hospital

1182
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:36,900
and heard your resume came in.

1183
01:01:37,033 --> 01:01:39,834
- How is she doing?
- Mother and baby are fine,

1184
01:01:39,967 --> 01:01:41,433
but she?s gonna need
a little extra time,

1185
01:01:41,567 --> 01:01:43,734
so you?d be filling in
for about six months.

1186
01:01:43,867 --> 01:01:45,133
You?d have to start
right after the holiday.

1187
01:01:45,266 --> 01:01:46,500
The timing is perfect for me.

1188
01:01:46,633 --> 01:01:47,834
We?ll have you come in
between now and then

1189
01:01:47,967 --> 01:01:49,333
for orientation and training,

1190
01:01:49,467 --> 01:01:51,667
but you can schedule that
around other commitments.

1191
01:01:51,800 --> 01:01:54,600
I can do that too, so...

1192
01:01:54,734 --> 01:01:56,700
So welcome aboard?

1193
01:01:56,834 --> 01:02:00,333
If that is an offer,
then yes, I will take the job.

1194
01:02:06,433 --> 01:02:09,433
Takeout on me tonight, Nina.

1195
01:02:09,567 --> 01:02:12,000
Yes, I start next Monday.

1196
01:02:12,133 --> 01:02:13,266
Yeah.

1197
01:02:13,400 --> 01:02:15,834
[sighs]
Finished it last night.

1198
01:02:15,967 --> 01:02:18,633
Background check,
copies of my financial records,

1199
01:02:18,767 --> 01:02:20,500
information on my new job,

1200
01:02:20,633 --> 01:02:22,400
and I confirmed
my home inspection

1201
01:02:22,533 --> 01:02:23,900
for the 28th of December.

1202
01:02:24,033 --> 01:02:25,433
Great. We?ll get it all filed.

1203
01:02:25,567 --> 01:02:29,567
And I?ll be in building mode
every second until then.

1204
01:02:29,700 --> 01:02:30,867
[sighs]

1205
01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:32,567
The smoke alarms
need hard wiring.

1206
01:02:32,700 --> 01:02:34,166
I?ve got the GFCIs
for the bathroom

1207
01:02:34,300 --> 01:02:36,600
and kitchen electrical outlets.
Um...

1208
01:02:36,734 --> 01:02:39,200
I?d do the laundry room
and the garage too,

1209
01:02:39,333 --> 01:02:40,734
the kids are gonna be there.

1210
01:02:40,867 --> 01:02:42,266
Okay.

1211
01:02:42,400 --> 01:02:45,166
I can recommend
a licensed electrician.

1212
01:02:45,300 --> 01:02:47,400
And the city,
they?re gonna want to see

1213
01:02:47,533 --> 01:02:49,233
your air conditioning ductwork
is sealed.

1214
01:02:49,367 --> 01:02:50,633
Okay, no central air.

1215
01:02:50,767 --> 01:02:52,467
That?s one thing
that?ll save me time and money.

1216
01:02:52,600 --> 01:02:55,233
I know people that can do
this kind of work,

1217
01:02:55,367 --> 01:02:57,533
including Adam Yeager.

1218
01:02:57,667 --> 01:02:58,834
I?m okay.

1219
01:02:58,967 --> 01:03:00,734
You know the inspection?s
in five days.

1220
01:03:00,867 --> 01:03:02,433
I don?t have the budget
for anyone

1221
01:03:02,567 --> 01:03:04,100
other than that electrician.

1222
01:03:04,233 --> 01:03:06,800
Besides, Adam?s not interested
in some falling-down house

1223
01:03:06,934 --> 01:03:08,600
that might be home
to an overnight family.

1224
01:03:08,734 --> 01:03:11,100
He?s got a business of his own
that he?s building.

1225
01:03:11,233 --> 01:03:15,500
He?s building that business,
so he won?t let his father down.

1226
01:03:15,633 --> 01:03:19,100
Warren Yeager.
Yeah, he?s hard to disappoint,

1227
01:03:19,233 --> 01:03:21,367
if you know what I mean.

1228
01:03:24,433 --> 01:03:27,533
To the best team in Wisconsin.
Now go eat.

1229
01:03:27,667 --> 01:03:29,834
[laughter]

1230
01:03:29,967 --> 01:03:33,000
Ah, my boy.
I didn?t think you'd show up.

1231
01:03:33,133 --> 01:03:34,233
What, and miss all this?

1232
01:03:34,367 --> 01:03:35,567
Let me walk you around.

1233
01:03:35,700 --> 01:03:38,900
Yeah, actually, I just
stopped by to tell you...

1234
01:03:39,033 --> 01:03:41,500
I put in the bid
for that city job.

1235
01:03:41,633 --> 01:03:42,700
Hey!

1236
01:03:42,834 --> 01:03:44,600
Catherine!

1237
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:48,467
Adam has put in
for the city job.

1238
01:03:48,600 --> 01:03:52,233
Let?s take him someplace special
for dinner tonight to celebrate.

1239
01:03:52,367 --> 01:03:54,033
Let?s do it up.

1240
01:03:54,166 --> 01:03:55,700
You okay?

1241
01:03:55,834 --> 01:03:57,066
Sure.

1242
01:03:57,200 --> 01:03:59,867
We only want
what?s best for you.

1243
01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:09,133
Uh, you know, actually,

1244
01:04:09,266 --> 01:04:11,900
can you tell Dad that I can?t
make it to dinner?

1245
01:04:12,033 --> 01:04:13,467
What? You just got here.

1246
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:16,266
Another time.
I?ll see you later, Mom.

1247
01:04:21,867 --> 01:04:23,367
- Hi.
- Hey.

1248
01:04:23,500 --> 01:04:26,734
So there?s fresh coat of snow.

1249
01:04:26,867 --> 01:04:29,300
You still wanna go sledding?

1250
01:04:29,433 --> 01:04:31,667
I do happen to know
the best hill in town.

1251
01:04:36,834 --> 01:04:38,533
u di.

1252
01:04:38,667 --> 01:04:40,033
I wanted to.

1253
01:04:40,166 --> 01:04:41,734
Look, you moved on.
It?s okay.

1254
01:04:41,867 --> 01:04:44,166
I didn?t. Melody--

1255
01:04:44,300 --> 01:04:46,266
Look, Nina?s waiting on tests.

1256
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:48,700
I could become the guardian
of two girls soon,

1257
01:04:48,834 --> 01:04:50,800
and you didn?t sign up
for an instant family

1258
01:04:50,934 --> 01:04:52,600
with a girl that you
don?t even know if you like.

1259
01:04:52,734 --> 01:04:54,567
- I get it.
- I do know.

1260
01:04:54,700 --> 01:04:56,533
I like you.

1261
01:04:56,667 --> 01:04:59,233
Listen, I didn?t back out
that night

1262
01:04:59,367 --> 01:05:01,200
because of the promise
you made to Nina.

1263
01:05:01,333 --> 01:05:03,033
I mean, the truth is,
I couldn?t imagine how anyone

1264
01:05:03,166 --> 01:05:05,166
could take on an entire family
that wasn?t her own

1265
01:05:05,300 --> 01:05:06,934
and just throw away
her life plan

1266
01:05:07,066 --> 01:05:10,567
until I realized that that?s
exactly what you asked me to do

1267
01:05:10,700 --> 01:05:13,166
on our first date.

1268
01:05:13,300 --> 01:05:16,033
You know, to chase my passion.

1269
01:05:17,100 --> 01:05:21,100
And I didn?t do that
because...

1270
01:05:21,233 --> 01:05:23,033
I don?t have your guts.

1271
01:05:23,166 --> 01:05:24,400
That?s not true.

1272
01:05:25,700 --> 01:05:27,300
No.

1273
01:05:27,433 --> 01:05:29,533
I lucked out in life.

1274
01:05:29,667 --> 01:05:31,333
I did.

1275
01:05:31,467 --> 01:05:33,567
And I didn?t realize how much
until I met you.

1276
01:05:33,700 --> 01:05:37,033
And yeah, the whole instant
family thing is super daunting,

1277
01:05:37,166 --> 01:05:41,033
but when I?m with you,

1278
01:05:41,166 --> 01:05:45,333
all I know is that I am
the most myself,

1279
01:05:45,467 --> 01:05:48,500
and I am clear
about what I want.

1280
01:05:48,633 --> 01:05:51,600
And I don?t want to own
a car lot,

1281
01:05:51,734 --> 01:05:54,100
and I don?t want
to plan anything urban.

1282
01:05:54,233 --> 01:05:55,333
I just...

1283
01:05:55,467 --> 01:05:58,066
I want to go sledding with you.

1284
01:05:58,200 --> 01:05:59,600
That?s all.

1285
01:05:59,734 --> 01:06:02,233
So what do you say?

1286
01:06:04,200 --> 01:06:06,667
I?ll get my boots.

1287
01:06:06,800 --> 01:06:09,100
House is really coming together.
Do you want any help?

1288
01:06:09,233 --> 01:06:10,600
No, I?m good.

1289
01:06:10,734 --> 01:06:12,500
Aren?t you on
like a tight deadline?

1290
01:06:12,633 --> 01:06:14,000
We could work after sledding.

1291
01:06:14,133 --> 01:06:16,400
No. Seriously, it?s fine.
Got it.

1292
01:06:16,533 --> 01:06:19,400
Why don?t you like
to accept help?

1293
01:06:19,533 --> 01:06:21,734
- What? I do.
- When?

1294
01:06:21,867 --> 01:06:23,000
You help people all the time.

1295
01:06:23,133 --> 01:06:24,700
When do you let
other people help you?

1296
01:06:24,834 --> 01:06:28,133
The way I grew up, asking for
help never got you anything.

1297
01:06:29,200 --> 01:06:32,533
Okay, fine. Don?t ask.
I?ll just offer.

1298
01:06:35,433 --> 01:06:36,934
You know, Holly,
the older girl,

1299
01:06:37,066 --> 01:06:39,233
she likes to learn
about construction,

1300
01:06:39,367 --> 01:06:41,333
so do you want to maybe
knock on Nina?s door

1301
01:06:41,467 --> 01:06:43,100
and see if they want
to come sledding,

1302
01:06:43,233 --> 01:06:47,367
and then after you could show
Holly some construction things?

1303
01:06:48,834 --> 01:06:50,567
Hmm.

1304
01:06:50,700 --> 01:06:52,867
I do have two sleds.

1305
01:06:56,433 --> 01:07:01,100
♪

1306
01:07:01,233 --> 01:07:03,467
♪ Just hear those
sleigh bells jingling ♪

1307
01:07:03,600 --> 01:07:05,633
♪ Ring-ting-tingling too

1308
01:07:05,767 --> 01:07:07,600
♪ Come on,
it?s lovely weather ♪

1309
01:07:07,734 --> 01:07:10,767
♪ For a sleigh ride
together with you ♪

1310
01:07:10,900 --> 01:07:12,767
♪ Outside the snow is falling ♪

1311
01:07:12,900 --> 01:07:15,433
♪ And friends
are calling yoo-hoo ♪

1312
01:07:15,567 --> 01:07:17,166
♪ Come on,
it?s lovely weather ♪

1313
01:07:17,300 --> 01:07:20,300
♪ For a sleigh ride together
with you ♪

1314
01:07:20,433 --> 01:07:23,567
♪ Giddy-up, giddy-up
Giddy-up, it?s grand ♪

1315
01:07:23,700 --> 01:07:25,300
♪ Just holding your hand

1316
01:07:25,433 --> 01:07:26,900
This time,
we?ll go without him.

1317
01:07:27,033 --> 01:07:28,500
Hey, maybe when we?re done,

1318
01:07:28,633 --> 01:07:30,467
we can all go back
to my wood shop

1319
01:07:30,600 --> 01:07:33,200
and make something
for Melody?s house.

1320
01:07:34,433 --> 01:07:35,600
- Hey.
- Hi.

1321
01:07:35,734 --> 01:07:37,834
- Look.
- I know.

1322
01:07:39,300 --> 01:07:41,433
♪ [continues]

1323
01:07:41,567 --> 01:07:43,367
He?s cute.

1324
01:07:43,500 --> 01:07:46,667
And he?s really great
with the girls.

1325
01:07:46,800 --> 01:07:49,233
I know. I think so too.

1326
01:07:49,367 --> 01:07:50,834
Yeah.

1327
01:07:50,967 --> 01:07:52,867
Mom, do you want a turn?

1328
01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:56,266
Uh, not today, honey,
but have fun.

1329
01:07:57,400 --> 01:08:00,233
You all right?
Do you want to go home?

1330
01:08:00,367 --> 01:08:04,033
Never! You kidding?
I?m having way too much fun.

1331
01:08:04,934 --> 01:08:07,900
ADAM: It?s gonna blow your mind.

1332
01:08:09,667 --> 01:08:11,600
All right.

1333
01:08:14,033 --> 01:08:16,734
This is the best place ever.

1334
01:08:19,233 --> 01:08:22,033
This is amazing.

1335
01:08:25,166 --> 01:08:27,500
Are these sleds for babies?

1336
01:08:27,633 --> 01:08:30,934
No. I was gonna teach
some kids at the library

1337
01:08:31,066 --> 01:08:34,500
how to make them,
so I was practicing.

1338
01:08:37,066 --> 01:08:40,200
You can put some twine on them
and hang them as an ornament.

1339
01:08:40,333 --> 01:08:44,200
Hey, who wants to make
some shelves for Melody?s house?

1340
01:08:44,333 --> 01:08:46,266
Yeah, you do.

1341
01:08:47,133 --> 01:08:49,200
Only if there?s glitter.

1342
01:08:49,333 --> 01:08:50,734
Okay, all right.

1343
01:08:50,867 --> 01:08:53,600
- Can you cut it?
- Yeah.

1344
01:08:56,567 --> 01:08:59,066
- Adam.
- Wha--

1345
01:08:59,200 --> 01:09:01,800
Dad, wh--

1346
01:09:01,934 --> 01:09:04,700
Girls, it?s getting kinda late.
Maybe we should get going.

1347
01:09:04,834 --> 01:09:08,033
- Yeah, it?s been a long day.
- What about the shelves?

1348
01:09:08,166 --> 01:09:10,400
You guys can come back
and finish them tomorrow.

1349
01:09:10,533 --> 01:09:12,467
So what?s going on here?

1350
01:09:12,600 --> 01:09:14,100
Dad, these are my friends.

1351
01:09:14,233 --> 01:09:17,400
This is Nina and her daughters,
Holly and Ivy.

1352
01:09:17,533 --> 01:09:20,567
- And this, um, is Melody.
- Hi.

1353
01:09:20,700 --> 01:09:25,266
Adam?s teaching us
how to build Melody?s house.

1354
01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:27,767
- To build her...
- No, not build.

1355
01:09:27,900 --> 01:09:29,567
I have some projects, and--

1356
01:09:29,700 --> 01:09:31,767
- So you?re contracting.
- No, I?m just helping.

1357
01:09:31,900 --> 01:09:34,800
Adam had shelves for Melody
here in his workshop,

1358
01:09:34,934 --> 01:09:36,900
- so we came here.
- Oh.

1359
01:09:37,033 --> 01:09:38,800
- Let?s go, girls.
- Okay.

1360
01:09:38,934 --> 01:09:40,233
Okay.

1361
01:09:41,066 --> 01:09:43,400
- See you tomorrow.
- Okay.

1362
01:09:43,533 --> 01:09:44,967
Bye.

1363
01:09:47,300 --> 01:09:48,467
Bye.

1364
01:09:50,633 --> 01:09:51,834
[door closes]

1365
01:10:06,800 --> 01:10:08,500
Adam, this is beautiful.

1366
01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:14,667
I had no idea.

1367
01:10:17,367 --> 01:10:18,834
- Thank you.
- It is hot.

1368
01:10:18,967 --> 01:10:21,066
Yeah, Melody?s house needs to be
ready for the inspection

1369
01:10:21,200 --> 01:10:22,467
in five days,

1370
01:10:22,600 --> 01:10:24,900
so that the proceedings
can move forward

1371
01:10:25,033 --> 01:10:27,100
in case the worst happens.

1372
01:10:27,233 --> 01:10:28,800
It?s a big commitment
she?s making,

1373
01:10:28,934 --> 01:10:30,100
for somebody so young.

1374
01:10:30,233 --> 01:10:32,867
Yeah, well, you know,
she was a foster kid.

1375
01:10:33,000 --> 01:10:37,367
She couldn?t bear to see those
kids taken into the system.

1376
01:10:37,500 --> 01:10:40,800
It?s the Christmas spirit
in a nutshell,

1377
01:10:40,934 --> 01:10:42,800
you know,
making your house a home

1378
01:10:42,934 --> 01:10:45,166
and your car
into a bookmobile.

1379
01:10:45,300 --> 01:10:47,000
The Wagoneer out there?

1380
01:10:47,133 --> 01:10:50,400
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, she?s very determined.

1381
01:10:51,333 --> 01:10:53,400
You like her.

1382
01:10:53,533 --> 01:10:55,000
Huh.

1383
01:10:55,133 --> 01:10:57,900
- I like all of them.
- Hmm.

1384
01:10:58,033 --> 01:11:00,700
Hey, you never told me
why you came to see me.

1385
01:11:00,834 --> 01:11:03,967
Uh...

1386
01:11:04,100 --> 01:11:06,700
I came to see your workshop.

1387
01:11:07,867 --> 01:11:10,200
Merry Christmas-Eve Eve , kiddo.

1388
01:11:11,166 --> 01:11:12,367
Thanks, Dad.

1389
01:11:12,500 --> 01:11:14,834
"He puzzled and puzzled
until his puzzler was sore,

1390
01:11:14,967 --> 01:11:17,400
then the Grinch thought of
something he hadn?t before.

1391
01:11:17,533 --> 01:11:20,400
?Maybe Christmas,' he thought,
?doesn't come from a store.

1392
01:11:20,533 --> 01:11:24,100
Maybe Christmas, perhaps,
means a little bit more.?"

1393
01:11:24,233 --> 01:11:26,734
- I love Dr. Seuss.
- Me too

1394
01:11:26,867 --> 01:11:30,166
You can have my book.
Books are for sharing.

1395
01:11:31,734 --> 01:11:33,433
You did that.

1396
01:11:33,567 --> 01:11:35,633
Dr. Seuss did that.

1397
01:11:35,767 --> 01:11:36,800
"And what happened then?

1398
01:11:36,934 --> 01:11:40,300
Well, in Whoville, they say

1399
01:11:40,433 --> 01:11:44,300
that the Grinch?s small heart

1400
01:11:44,433 --> 01:11:48,867
grew three sizes that day."

1401
01:11:50,867 --> 01:11:56,200
Melody, before you go,
I got you something.

1402
01:11:56,333 --> 01:11:59,166
For me? Why?

1403
01:12:05,934 --> 01:12:09,433
You had a family once
that meant something to you,

1404
01:12:09,567 --> 01:12:11,734
and that?s where
those elves came from.

1405
01:12:11,867 --> 01:12:14,400
I wanted you to know
that you have another one here

1406
01:12:14,533 --> 01:12:17,033
that you mean the world to.

1407
01:12:17,166 --> 01:12:18,667
- I?m sorry.
- It?s okay.

1408
01:12:18,800 --> 01:12:20,667
I?m not sure that's supposed
to be my reaction.

1409
01:12:20,800 --> 01:12:22,900
It?s okay.
You moving next door

1410
01:12:23,033 --> 01:12:24,734
was the best thing
that ever happened to us,

1411
01:12:24,867 --> 01:12:25,767
and I hope you know.

1412
01:12:25,900 --> 01:12:27,700
For me too.

1413
01:12:39,133 --> 01:12:40,300
ADAM: Melody!

1414
01:12:40,433 --> 01:12:42,367
Time to wake up!

1415
01:12:48,133 --> 01:12:50,100
Surprise!

1416
01:12:51,500 --> 01:12:55,166
Uh, it is customary
for a man to call first,

1417
01:12:55,300 --> 01:12:56,300
let a girl get dressed.

1418
01:12:56,433 --> 01:12:58,667
Well, that would ruin
the surprise.

1419
01:12:59,900 --> 01:13:02,133
Okay, help me out here.
What is happening?

1420
01:13:02,266 --> 01:13:05,100
If you?re gonna get your house
up to code before the 28th,

1421
01:13:05,233 --> 01:13:06,633
you?re gonna need some help.

1422
01:13:07,667 --> 01:13:08,767
Okay.

1423
01:13:08,900 --> 01:13:11,100
So my crew and I,
we have Christmas Eve off,

1424
01:13:11,233 --> 01:13:14,400
so we decided that
we would be your present

1425
01:13:14,533 --> 01:13:16,667
and help you get your house up
to code before the deadline.

1426
01:13:16,800 --> 01:13:21,066
And then I mentioned it to
a few other people and, uh...

1427
01:13:21,200 --> 01:13:22,667
So go get dressed and leave

1428
01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:25,533
and then come back
at the end of the day.

1429
01:13:25,667 --> 01:13:28,467
No. This isn?t
some makeover show,

1430
01:13:28,600 --> 01:13:29,834
where the family leaves

1431
01:13:29,967 --> 01:13:31,934
and then you yell, "Surprise!"
and they come back.

1432
01:13:32,066 --> 01:13:34,900
No, this is my house, and I have
the chops to work on it,

1433
01:13:35,033 --> 01:13:36,767
so I will get dressed,

1434
01:13:36,900 --> 01:13:38,600
but then I?m breaking out
my hammer and my nails.

1435
01:13:38,734 --> 01:13:40,367
Okay, you heard the lady.

1436
01:13:40,500 --> 01:13:43,133
Everybody, come on.
All right!

1437
01:13:43,266 --> 01:13:45,166
♪

1438
01:13:45,300 --> 01:13:48,500
♪ You better watch out
You better not cry ♪

1439
01:13:48,633 --> 01:13:51,867
♪ You better not pout
I?m telling you why ♪

1440
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:56,767
♪ Santa Claus is
coming to town ♪

1441
01:13:58,633 --> 01:14:01,834
♪ He?s making a list
and checking it twice ♪

1442
01:14:01,967 --> 01:14:03,533
♪ He?s gonna find out... ♪

1443
01:14:03,667 --> 01:14:04,934
Okay, start picking wall colors.

1444
01:14:05,066 --> 01:14:07,166
You?re our designer, right?

1445
01:14:08,166 --> 01:14:10,233
I really like pink.

1446
01:14:11,533 --> 01:14:13,433
You?re really good with them,
you know that?

1447
01:14:13,567 --> 01:14:15,433
I had good parents.

1448
01:14:15,567 --> 01:14:17,033
It shows.

1449
01:14:18,200 --> 01:14:19,867
It does.

1450
01:14:21,000 --> 01:14:22,266
Thank you.

1451
01:14:22,400 --> 01:14:24,800
But I wouldn?t leave Ivy alone
with that tablet.

1452
01:14:24,934 --> 01:14:26,333
- Oh, yep.
- Yeah.

1453
01:14:26,467 --> 01:14:29,266
All right, okay, okay.
What do you think?

1454
01:14:29,400 --> 01:14:30,867
Yeah, okay.

1455
01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:33,000
♪ I?m telling you why ♪

1456
01:14:33,133 --> 01:14:35,433
♪ Santa Claus is coming...

1457
01:14:35,567 --> 01:14:37,166
- Careful.
- Ready?

1458
01:14:37,300 --> 01:14:38,734
- Easy, easy.
- Almost, almost.

1459
01:14:38,867 --> 01:14:39,934
Watch your toes!

1460
01:14:40,066 --> 01:14:40,900
[Adam groans]

1461
01:14:41,033 --> 01:14:43,066
- Good job.
- Okay.

1462
01:14:43,200 --> 01:14:45,667
Can we bring over Betty?

1463
01:14:45,800 --> 01:14:48,266
No, not to a construction site.

1464
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:50,567
Plus, I?m more of a cat person.

1465
01:14:50,700 --> 01:14:51,700
What?d you just say?

1466
01:14:51,834 --> 01:14:53,900
Uh, yeah, I?m a cat person.

1467
01:14:54,033 --> 01:14:56,734
I have a pair at home,
Hickory and Dickory.

1468
01:14:57,700 --> 01:15:00,400
Hey, I have a special project.

1469
01:15:00,533 --> 01:15:02,033
Just you and me.
You in, kiddo?

1470
01:15:02,166 --> 01:15:05,166
Okay. I heard that they
need you in the kitchen,

1471
01:15:05,300 --> 01:15:08,166
so can you just
get out of here?

1472
01:15:08,300 --> 01:15:09,367
Okay, grab that side.

1473
01:15:09,500 --> 01:15:10,900
- We can do this.
- NINA: Here you go.

1474
01:15:11,033 --> 01:15:13,066
Thank you.

1475
01:15:13,200 --> 01:15:16,033
So how you doing?

1476
01:15:16,166 --> 01:15:18,133
You seem a little bit
overwhelmed.

1477
01:15:18,266 --> 01:15:19,967
Oh, it?s just, it's weird.

1478
01:15:20,100 --> 01:15:23,200
I spent my whole life accepting
that I would do it alone,

1479
01:15:23,333 --> 01:15:25,433
without ever expecting help.

1480
01:15:25,567 --> 01:15:27,767
And then you moved
to Chippewa Falls.

1481
01:15:27,900 --> 01:15:29,834
Then people show up,

1482
01:15:29,967 --> 01:15:32,467
open their hearts,
offer to help.

1483
01:15:34,467 --> 01:15:35,367
Elves.

1484
01:15:35,500 --> 01:15:38,333
You have elves in your home.

1485
01:15:38,467 --> 01:15:41,400
I do! I have Santa?s elves!

1486
01:15:44,900 --> 01:15:46,500
The Book Elf.

1487
01:15:46,633 --> 01:15:48,066
That?s what I'll call
my bookmobile.

1488
01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:50,166
"The elf that brings a book
to your shelf."

1489
01:15:50,300 --> 01:15:51,300
Oh, that?s perfect.

1490
01:15:51,433 --> 01:15:54,133
- Really?
- I love it, yeah.

1491
01:15:54,266 --> 01:15:56,233
I like it too.

1492
01:15:56,367 --> 01:15:59,033
♪ Santa Claus is coming

1493
01:15:59,166 --> 01:16:04,800
♪ To town

1494
01:16:05,900 --> 01:16:07,633
- Okay, okay.
- Okay.

1495
01:16:07,767 --> 01:16:09,533
- You ready?
- Mm-hmm.

1496
01:16:14,066 --> 01:16:15,367
Adam...

1497
01:16:16,800 --> 01:16:20,934
It is 100% safe
and 100% up to code

1498
01:16:21,066 --> 01:16:23,166
before the 28th.

1499
01:16:24,033 --> 01:16:25,700
Oh, my gosh.

1500
01:16:26,867 --> 01:16:28,500
See that?
[laughs]

1501
01:16:28,633 --> 01:16:32,100
Oh, this is the best Christmas
present I?ve ever gotten.

1502
01:16:32,233 --> 01:16:36,133
I mean, you--
You?ve all just changed my life.

1503
01:16:36,266 --> 01:16:38,667
Actually, there is
one more present.

1504
01:16:38,800 --> 01:16:41,000
- What?
- Mm-hmm.

1505
01:16:44,100 --> 01:16:45,333
What?

1506
01:16:48,033 --> 01:16:50,033
For reading books.

1507
01:17:01,166 --> 01:17:03,767
I don?t know how I'm ever gonna
repay you for this.

1508
01:17:03,900 --> 01:17:07,600
You offered an incredible gift
to others.

1509
01:17:07,734 --> 01:17:10,767
Someone needed to do that
for you.

1510
01:17:12,066 --> 01:17:16,633
No payment necessary.

1511
01:17:16,767 --> 01:17:18,834
Thank you.

1512
01:17:18,967 --> 01:17:21,200
- Hello!
- Hmm?

1513
01:17:21,333 --> 01:17:22,934
Dad, hi.

1514
01:17:23,066 --> 01:17:24,166
Mom!

1515
01:17:24,300 --> 01:17:27,300
- Hey, what, uh...
- Is it gift-giving time?

1516
01:17:27,433 --> 01:17:30,467
Hi. This is-- You know my dad.
This is my mom, Catherine.

1517
01:17:30,600 --> 01:17:31,800
MELODY: Hi.

1518
01:17:31,934 --> 01:17:34,734
Our family has a tradition
of opening one present

1519
01:17:34,867 --> 01:17:36,266
on Christmas Eve,

1520
01:17:36,400 --> 01:17:38,533
so we brought you a present.

1521
01:17:38,667 --> 01:17:40,667
Who, me?

1522
01:17:40,800 --> 01:17:42,500
Is this something else?

1523
01:17:42,633 --> 01:17:44,166
No, I am as clueless
as you are.

1524
01:17:44,300 --> 01:17:46,500
Grab coats. It?s cold out.

1525
01:17:46,633 --> 01:17:49,800
- Okay.
- Okay, let?s go.

1526
01:17:49,934 --> 01:17:52,367
So Adam told us what you were
trying to put together,

1527
01:17:52,500 --> 01:17:54,066
and that you were gonna
make a bookmobile

1528
01:17:54,200 --> 01:17:55,834
out of a ?90s Wagoneer?

1529
01:17:55,967 --> 01:17:58,734
Uh, to start, anyway.

1530
01:17:58,867 --> 01:18:01,000
We thought
you should think bigger,

1531
01:18:01,133 --> 01:18:04,333
maybe with a fully equipped
Sprinter van.

1532
01:18:04,467 --> 01:18:06,533
What?

1533
01:18:06,667 --> 01:18:08,867
Donated by a local dealership.

1534
01:18:09,000 --> 01:18:10,266
No, no. I...

1535
01:18:10,400 --> 01:18:13,400
I could not possibly
accept this. It?s--

1536
01:18:13,533 --> 01:18:15,000
No, no, of course you can.

1537
01:18:15,133 --> 01:18:17,767
Help where help
is needed, right?

1538
01:18:17,900 --> 01:18:20,433
I bet you didn?t think
you had a whole community

1539
01:18:20,567 --> 01:18:21,867
ready to step up.

1540
01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:23,567
It?s too much.

1541
01:18:23,700 --> 01:18:25,633
Take a look inside.

1542
01:18:37,367 --> 01:18:39,000
This is amazing.

1543
01:18:39,133 --> 01:18:41,667
WARREN: Maybe you could outfit
it with benches or shelves

1544
01:18:41,800 --> 01:18:43,600
or some of your other
incredible work.

1545
01:18:43,734 --> 01:18:46,700
It could be a showcase
for your new business.

1546
01:18:46,834 --> 01:18:47,967
Custom woodwork.

1547
01:18:48,100 --> 01:18:49,300
What are you...

1548
01:18:49,433 --> 01:18:51,433
CATHERINE: We spent a long time
pushing you

1549
01:18:51,567 --> 01:18:53,900
because we wanted you
to be practical,

1550
01:18:54,033 --> 01:18:56,600
and we knew you were
such a gifted salesman,

1551
01:18:56,734 --> 01:19:00,100
but what we forgot was
salespeople work best

1552
01:19:00,233 --> 01:19:02,367
when they sell what they love.

1553
01:19:02,500 --> 01:19:04,367
And you love building
beautiful things.

1554
01:19:04,500 --> 01:19:07,000
Which you?re
already successful at.

1555
01:19:07,133 --> 01:19:09,667
How can we stand in the way?

1556
01:19:09,800 --> 01:19:13,700
I-I don?t understand.
I mean, why would you do this?

1557
01:19:13,834 --> 01:19:15,200
We hardly know each other.

1558
01:19:15,333 --> 01:19:18,667
We don?t, but we know our son,

1559
01:19:18,800 --> 01:19:21,600
and you have inspired him.

1560
01:19:21,734 --> 01:19:26,133
My parents have suggested that
I build some custom benches

1561
01:19:26,266 --> 01:19:29,300
and shelves for your books
and for your visitors,

1562
01:19:29,433 --> 01:19:33,066
start to expand
my woodworking business.

1563
01:19:33,200 --> 01:19:35,700
So I?ll do
some data management...

1564
01:19:35,834 --> 01:19:38,567
And I?ll do some corporate
construction...

1565
01:19:38,700 --> 01:19:41,367
- Until both of our passions...
- Get off the ground.

1566
01:19:41,500 --> 01:19:45,734
Because sometimes dreams
take a little time.

1567
01:19:45,867 --> 01:19:50,100
But sometimes Christmas
gives them a little extra push.

1568
01:20:02,400 --> 01:20:04,467
Knapp-Larson family, follow me.

1569
01:20:04,600 --> 01:20:05,767
Okay.

1570
01:20:08,934 --> 01:20:12,033
MELODY: That Christmas was
the best one of my life,

1571
01:20:12,166 --> 01:20:13,667
the first with a family I knew

1572
01:20:13,800 --> 01:20:16,200
would be a part of my life
forever.

1573
01:20:16,333 --> 01:20:18,000
ADAM: All right, here we go.
One...

1574
01:20:18,133 --> 01:20:19,867
- Hurry!
- Two...

1575
01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:22,800
- ALL: Three!
- [click]

1576
01:20:22,934 --> 01:20:26,300
Nina fought so hard,
but she passed before summer,

1577
01:20:26,433 --> 01:20:28,300
and I became
the girls? guardian.

1578
01:20:28,433 --> 01:20:30,734
And now with
Your Honor?s approval,

1579
01:20:30,867 --> 01:20:36,266
I?m petitioning to adopt
Holly and Ivy permanently.

1580
01:20:37,533 --> 01:20:39,533
Is this what you want?

1581
01:20:42,600 --> 01:20:44,200
Yes, Your Honor.

1582
01:20:44,333 --> 01:20:46,867
Is there anything
you want to add?

1583
01:20:48,400 --> 01:20:51,734
We loved our mom so much,
and we miss her every day,

1584
01:20:51,867 --> 01:20:55,700
but Melody made a home for us,
and she?s our family too.

1585
01:20:55,834 --> 01:20:57,934
She?s our family now.

1586
01:20:58,066 --> 01:21:01,233
The adoption of
Holly and Ivy Larson

1587
01:21:01,367 --> 01:21:03,600
by Melody Knapp is approved.

1588
01:21:03,734 --> 01:21:04,700
[gavel bangs]

1589
01:21:04,834 --> 01:21:06,133
[Ivy squeals]

1590
01:21:06,967 --> 01:21:11,667
♪

1591
01:21:15,266 --> 01:21:16,767
IVY: Betty!

1592
01:21:20,133 --> 01:21:23,166
- Betty!
- Betty?

1593
01:21:27,266 --> 01:21:28,867
- Hi.
- Aw...

1594
01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:30,700
We get to open one
on Christmas Eve.

1595
01:21:30,834 --> 01:21:32,100
This one?s for you.

1596
01:21:32,233 --> 01:21:34,233
Me?

1597
01:21:35,533 --> 01:21:37,133
Okay.

1598
01:21:40,900 --> 01:21:43,233
You guys...

1599
01:21:44,467 --> 01:21:47,033
- I built the frame myself.
- And I decorated it.

1600
01:21:47,166 --> 01:21:48,900
It?s amazing, you guys.

1601
01:21:49,033 --> 01:21:50,900
I love it. Thank you.

1602
01:21:56,200 --> 01:21:57,433
Hey.

1603
01:21:57,567 --> 01:22:01,967
I might have an early
Christmas present too tonight.

1604
01:22:04,166 --> 01:22:05,467
What do you think?

1605
01:22:12,734 --> 01:22:14,800
Yeah? Okay.

1606
01:22:19,066 --> 01:22:20,300
A toast?

1607
01:22:20,433 --> 01:22:21,734
Cool.

1608
01:22:24,900 --> 01:22:27,367
Your mom may not be here
in all the ways that we wanted,

1609
01:22:27,500 --> 01:22:30,433
but she?s here
in every other way possible

1610
01:22:30,567 --> 01:22:33,633
because she taught me
about love...

1611
01:22:33,767 --> 01:22:35,467
and family...

1612
01:22:35,600 --> 01:22:38,834
and giving and accepting help
where it?s needed.

1613
01:22:38,967 --> 01:22:42,400
And I?m gonna do my best
to carry that forward with me,

1614
01:22:42,533 --> 01:22:45,333
everything she shared with me.

1615
01:22:45,467 --> 01:22:46,233
To Nina.

1616
01:22:46,367 --> 01:22:48,333
- To Nina.
- To Mom!

1617
01:22:51,834 --> 01:22:53,233
Mmm!

1618
01:22:53,367 --> 01:22:54,834
And now...

1619
01:22:54,967 --> 01:22:56,800
we dance.

1620
01:22:56,934 --> 01:22:58,300
5, 6, 7, 8!

1621
01:22:58,433 --> 01:23:02,700
♪