This week's episode kicks off with Tamara sharing her new found trick for rejuvenating champagne. Rheannon laments about the end of "vacation" and the struggle of the body trying to snap back to a sleep schedule. Tamara has exciting news about a "big" purchase. Rheannon shares some of the trials and tribulations of baby sitting and snack time. Rheannon has an idea for a youtube channel that will take on a new spin to downhill fast. Tamara's first concern is people keeping their anonymity. Rheann...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 20
This week's episode was recorded on New Years Eve! Tamara did her best to celebrate in style by drinking her mimosa out of a champagne flute. Sometimes all you need is a fancy glass to celebrate. Rheannon had an interesting day with a project that ended up with some poop water spillage. To everyone's surprise Tamara has some tips for next time. There is still the question of who will have to load There is a small mix up of emojis that Rheannon texts and it makes Tamara's day! The question no one...
Jan 09, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 19
This episode kicks off with Rheannon's struggle of trying to get organized for this year's ski season. The struggle really is with trying to get the tiny humans in her life organized. Children just might be harder to heard that cats. Tamara is excited to be getting outside for some dog walks later in the week when dog sitting. Rheannon and Tamara discuss how early is too early to give Christmas gifts. It should surprise no one that Tamara wants to follow the rules. Although it is Tamara who talk...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 18
This episode kicks of with Rheannon's adventures around town with her nephew. Who is not a small baby, and maybe toddler or small child is a better description. Either way the nephew and a "large" shopping cart made for a difficult situation. Tamara and Rheannon compare notes of dogs who like to run away. Then there is a discussion on whether or not it is ok to buy gifts that are not on a list. Tamara has some strong opinions as someone who hates surprises and hangs on to gifts for basically for...
Dec 22, 2020•55 min•Season 4Ep. 17
This week's episode kicks off with the struggle of finding new shows to watch. Just when Rheannon thinks she has found a new show to enjoy she innocently falls asleep. Nothing could have prepared her for what she woke up to. You might think is where the story ends, but because of technology that episode followed her around no matter what tv she turned on in her house. Tamara has decorated a couple trees and struggled a little with some dog sitting duties. The struggle is real and goes downhill f...
Dec 13, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 16
This week's episode kicks off with Rheannon having a plan go slightly sideways, but was not crushed by a car. Tamara had a plan go slightly sideways, but it was only with putting up Christmas lights. Tamara also failed at starting the chainsaw, but really only tried it one, before she had an small accident. Rheannon and Tamara compare notes on Holiday movies, and Tamara warns you a movie to skip. The episode wraps up with Tamara being startled by a noise on the roof, and Rheannon has some sugges...
Nov 29, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 15
This week's episode kicks off with a throw back to Halloween. Since there was no clear "winner" to the trivia contest both Tamara and Rheannon take turns eating Jelly Beans the Bean Boozled box where there are two flavors that look exactly the same, but it might be coconut or spilled milk. Taking turns going first it is only a matter of time before it goes downhill fast. Rheannon also drops some knowledge for Tamara about the difference of water proof and water resistant. Tamara has some opinion...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 14
This episode is an extra special episode with a guest star. Rheannon's brother makes an appearance to share his insights with the male perspective on dating during the days of Covid-19. Since Rheannon is married she moderates a discussion on dating and ghosting to get the opinions from the single people. She tries to get an informal poll to settle a debate between her and her wife...let's just say she is disappointed. Tamara takes advantage of having Rheannon's brother on the podcast to get some...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 13
This week's episode kicks off with an update to the internet sage. Rheannon kicks things up a notch in her power tools game by adding a chain saw to the mix. Although Tamara had some notes for future attempts it definitely doesn't go as downhill as it could... so all in all not bad for a first attempt. Tamara was supposed to help her parents in the backyard with a little chain saw and wood cutting, but instead she got a little distracted with chocolate chip cookies. Between the chores, toy prep,...
Nov 09, 2020•54 min•Season 4Ep. 12
This is a mini episode recorded for a Halloween release. Feel free to join in with the Halloween movie trivia or laugh along at the struggle as Tamara and Rheannon try to answer trivia questions. It is more difficult for movies they haven't seen... who would have guessed. With a future bet on the line of eating gross flavored jelly beans who will win? Will it be Tamara and her movie trivia knowledge? Or will Rheannon surprise everyone with her knowledge of Halloween movie plots? Check out this m...
Oct 30, 2020•41 min•Season 4Ep. 11
This weeks episode kicks off talking about the exciting things Rheannon has coming in the mail. Tamara's big excitement this week is more pumpkin related. Now dogs can bring so much joy to our lives, and it turns out help warm up the bed on cold nights. The trade of for dogs though is they can also get themselves into some trouble. If there is one thing we know about John is that he doesn't always make the best decisions. So in this episode will it close out with either a sweet treat from John o...
Oct 30, 2020•50 min•Season 4Ep. 10
This weeks episode kicks off with Rheannon sharing some hot tub updates that make Tamara very sad. Was it the responsible and profitable option? Sure. But after the adventure that it was trying to get the hot tub transported it was still a little sad. Rheannon had more adventures camping and fishing with the family. John proves once again that is cannot be contained and goes where he wants. Tamara adds giving dogs medicine to her resume, and although bumpy at first really does figure it out....
Oct 16, 2020•56 min•Season 4Ep. 9
This week's episode kicks off with a cat in a tree. A seemingly straight forward story if you leave out the part that the cat was in fact 60 feet in a tree and had to be hard core rescued by a nice man from a non profit that specializes in rescuing cats stuck in trees. Then Rheannon shared a story of her adventures fishing where mistakes were made splitting up on two boats and the wind picked up making it harder than anyone could have anticipated. Tamara then went rouge and tried hair cutting an...
Oct 09, 2020•58 min•Season 4Ep. 8
This week's episode kicks off with some exciting news! Tamara is a new aunt. She has already maybe made some aunt rookie mistakes by buying way too expensive baby clothes. Rheannon though luckily is there to help teach Tamara the ropes. Lessons were learning, maybe, baby shoes are just so cute! There is some chaos with cooking and spiders and this episode is sure to go downhill fast.
Oct 03, 2020•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 7
This weeks episode kicks off with Rheannon's bait haul that she is very proud of. Tamara had some questions to be sure, but that is to be expected. Tamara shares her adventure of trying to walk the cat. It started off slow, but didn't go nearly as downhill fast as it could have!
Sep 26, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 6
This week's episode kicks off with Rheannon sharing her upcoming plans for her anniversary trip. It combines all the things she loves, her wife, her truck, her dog, and fishing in no particular order. Tamara shares an update for her birthday, which did look a littler different than typical years. Although she did get to see some of her favorite people, basically the five people that are in her pod. Times are weird. Tamara can't only blame these crazy times on how bad she is at flirting, but she ...
Sep 18, 2020•57 min•Season 4Ep. 5
This week's episode kicks off with the hazards of living with a relentless tack, that will attack not once but twice. Rheannon checks in on the saga that is Tamara trying to date during the pandemic. Although Tamara did find a way to do a little bit of flirting, but really dropped the ball with the follow through. With times as they are Rheannon feels disappointed in Tamara's ground game to try and figure out who this mystery man is. It is sure to go downhill fast.
Sep 11, 2020•50 min•Season 4Ep. 4
For this week's episode we are back recording virtually. It might have gotten off to a rocky start, i.e. taken about an hour to set up before recording, but we are here now. Tamara kicks things off with an purchase update for car safety. Rheannon does her best to help, but it really could be time for a car change. Rheannon shares all the updates on the fishing front, but Tamara is still waiting for some fresh caught fish to be able to eat. Everyone is experiencing some struggles on the animal fr...
Aug 31, 2020•51 min•Season 4Ep. 2
This episode picks up immediately after the last episode. To be honest there was a short break, but you will hear all about it. After the break Rheannon and Tamara are a little more composed to actually speak in full sentences and describe more of what what happening through all the rounds of the hot wings contest. There is still some recovery happening, but you will have to listen to the episode to hear all about it. Rheannon breaks down the other challenges that are upcoming. Some might ask if...
Jul 31, 2020•25 min•Season 4Ep. 2
This week's episode is recorded from a while back when Rheannon thought it was be a good idea to try our own version of the hot wing challenge. With delicious home made nuggets all prepared we added, Rheannon would point out varying amounts of, hot sauces . 12 different hot sauces, one for each nugget. Tamara struggled, then everyone struggled. Questions were asked each round, with Tamara asking multiple times why they were doing it. This week part one, it ends a little suddenly, and next week w...
Jul 28, 2020•28 min•Season 4Ep. 1
This week's episode kicks off with a competition, a name that song competition. Tamara and Rheannon find themselves in a very competitive mood involving as much smack talk as actual competition. Two friends name songs and only one can win. Tamara shares a story of while out shopping she accidentally got handsy with a cactus, but luckily her friend is there try try and lend a hand to pull out the cactus spines. One things is for sure even a trip to the story can go downhill fast.
Jun 22, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 31
This episode kicks off with Tamara recalling all of her lessons learned from Rheannon fly fishing. It really boils down to just don't forget to lick your knots. The importance of having a good teacher when learning something new, like fly fishing. Rheannon does some reflection on her teaching style which is a little hands off to say the least. The episode starts with Rheannon eating her ice cream invention called "high ice cream" and Tamara enjoys a strudel, and things go downhill from there....
May 26, 2020•43 min•Season 3Ep. 32
This weeks episode kicks off with a new drink of Rheannon's creation. It is a fireball and squirt concoction called Fireball Squirts. It sounds awful, but even Tamara has to agree it isn't bad. When supplies are limited during quarantine you have to make drinks with what you have on hand. After a couple weeks off this episode kicks off with Tamara sharing how much she has missed going to the gym and seeing friends. Although Tamara does her best to keep with with her new doctor friends, she reall...
May 18, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 30
This weeks episode kicks off with with Tamara living her best life eating a banana. Rheannon has never seen someone enjoy a banana so much. John has been enjoying having the humans home all the time with walks every day and barging into zoom meetings. The chickens also have gotten used to snacks at all hours of the days and really throw a stink if their schedule is disadvantaged. All these weeks Tamara has picked up a few new skills and blew Rheannon's mind about all the bread things. From new s...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 30
This weeks episode kicks off with Tamara and Rheannon getting all caught up since the last podcast recording. Tamara had to fill Rheannon in on the fight she got into with a ceiling fan and well lost. Furthermore, Tamara also managed to get into a disagreement with all of the animals while the was trying to do her mindfulness medication. It is safe to say that is wasn't very relaxing for anyone, but luckily the chaos didn't wake the whole house. Rheannon shares an update on her new work from hom...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 28
This weeks episode kicks off with Tamara and Rheannon catching up after the new normal and a few weeks apart. Rheannon is transitioning fairly smoothly with previous practice of working from home. Tamara the extrovert is hanging in there and has no problems having full on conversations with the dogs in her life, although this is not really something new. The pair check up on house projects and Tamara learns about the term "scope creep" which is not all that creepy and sounds oh so much dirtier t...
Apr 03, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 27
This weeks episode kicks off with Tamara trying to make a drink. Although it could have been real weird it turned out pretty great. They say sweet dreams are made of drugs, but Tamara had a bad response to anesthesia. Luckily she was four, so her yelling was kept PG. We then talked about all things tattoos. It is very clear Tamara has no tattoos while Rheannon has tattoos. Should the Uphill Slow and Downhill Fast crew get a tattoo? Probably not, but we speculate on what tattoo we would all get. ...
Mar 19, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Eating at a restaurant that looks like a murder shack what could go wrong? Rocky Mountain Oysters are balls, turns out Tamara learned. Swinging steaks, who knew. The struggles of meat sweats are real and with no service means it was an early to bed kinda night. Rheannon took her responsibilities vey seriously of not killing Tamara. The case of the missing wedding ring had to go to the GoPro footage to confirm. Tamara disappoints Rheannon by her choice in shoes for a project and not planning ahea...
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 25
This week's episode kicks off with stories from a run to pick up granite for a kitchen remodel. Tamara learns all the lingo of the trailer and whoopdies, which she links for a bit too long are whoopsies. Rheannon does her best to share the trailer knowledge, but it might be too late for Tamara. A lot could go wrong with crazy wind and horizontal ice snow, and the moving the granite on top of that. Luckily things don't go downhill too fast, and no granite was lost or damaged during this adventure...
Feb 26, 2020•58 min•Season 3Ep. 25
This weeks episode of uphill slow covers all the updates including the super bowl. Things were said and group chats were left, but spoiler alert all friendships did survive the super bowl party. This weeks topics range from having babies, serial killers, and anime.
Feb 18, 2020•59 min•Season 3Ep. 24
