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April 23, 2025 6 mins
Dana In The Morning Highlights 4/23

TX Education Agency releasing report cards on schools tomorrow
Tokyo X - an indoor Japanese Festival - is coming to NRG Center in June
What causes YOU the most financial stress?? Credit cards? KIDS?!?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Sunday ninety nine point one, Houston's Best Variety of the eighties,
nineties and Today Day and in the Morning and producer
Anthony and the Three Things You Need to Know to
get your Wednesday, April twenty third started well on May fifth,
big change if you've got a student loan. No student
loan has been referred to collections since March of twenty twenty,

(00:22):
but that will change effect of May fifth. You've got
to contact your student loan provider for all the details
on these changes and start thinking about repayment options so
you don't go to collections. Well, on the same education note,
the Texas Education Agency is going to release it's highly
anticipated a through f school accountability ratings.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
It's going to be released tomorrow now.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
This release was halted due to COVID ratings actually haven't
been released for five years, and now they are back.
And speaking of grading yourself, the Rockets graded themselves their
first playoff game Easter Sun against Golden State. They gave
themselves a C. But they're going to change that because
tonight is game two at Toyota Center Start today thirty.

(01:08):
They say everything they did wrong on Sunday is correctable.
Interesting I like their attitude, So go rockets. Weather today
is going to be crazy. We have some clouds around,
there's some rain in some spots. We're gonna have gusty winds.
It's gonna happen all day long. We're only going up
to eighty today. Right now, it's seventy three in Uptown
and Europe to date on Sunday, tell me something good

(01:30):
brought to us by our friends at Goodwill Houston. Well,
it is back the Japanese Festival, the Anime, jypop and
Food Festival featuring this year artisan ramen. Yes, it's June fourth, fourteenth,
rather at Energy Center. It's the Tokyo X Festival and
it's gonna have everything. Japanese martial arts demonstrations, Japanese street food, cafes,

(01:56):
cake boutique, and the Ramen I'll get it right, the
Ramen Rush. This is the Ultimate bowl Battle. Yes, there's
going to be a romen speed eating contest. It's June
fourteenth at one pm. Each contestant will attempt to down
two steaming hot bowls of ramen and the winner gets

(02:16):
a year's supply.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
Yum. That would be so fun. Oh.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Also, the cast of Power Rangers Cosmic Fury will be
on hand as well. Again, it's June fourteenth at Energy Center.
It's going to be so much fun. Okay, have you
seen the iconic Darth Vader home that's in West u Well,
it's that jet black spaceship design. It's actually like it

(02:39):
looks like Darth Vader's mask and it's been sold for
three point three five million dollars and it's about to
undergo a transformation, I think, just in time for May
the fourth be with you. I had to say that anyway.
It was sold to a sculptor, Enrique Cabrera. He is
calling it the Black Bull House because he is going

(03:03):
to do an installation, an art installation, a point four
million dollar bull statue that's going to be right outside. Again,
the reveal, wouldn't it be perfect if it happens on
May fourth? I can't wait to see. That is the
coolest house I've ever seen. I mean, who would live
in a house? And not only is the house black outside,

(03:24):
but everything inside is sparkly white.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
Crazy, So how much fun is that? Listen?

Speaker 1 (03:30):
Tell me something Good stories always there for you at
Sunday ninety nine dot com, and you can also follow
us on Facebook, x, Instagram and TikTok. At Sunday ninety
nine Houston Sunday ninety nine point one Houston's Best Variety
of the eighties nineties. And today I'm Dana with producer Anthony,
and we're talking about expenses. Credit card expense, the ones

(03:51):
that the majority of us have really a lot of
stress about. Would love to get rid of that expense.
But what's another expense? Maybe maybe it is credit cards
that you're trying to get rid of. We'd love to
hear from you. And we're going to uh Victoria in Laporte. Now,
you say your kids aren't your uh huh, your greatest expense.

Speaker 2 (04:10):
How many kids do you have? I have three?

Speaker 1 (04:13):
All right? Are they your your greatest financial stressor like
your greatest on your expenses column?

Speaker 2 (04:21):
That the kids are the most or the worst?

Speaker 1 (04:23):
Well they can be at times, are they?

Speaker 2 (04:25):
Are they in extracurriculars in sports?

Speaker 1 (04:28):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (04:28):
One take piano? Oh see? And how much does piano
set you guys back? It's not that much.

Speaker 1 (04:36):
It's only I think a hire dollars a month.

Speaker 2 (04:38):
It's not too bad. And well, will who's which child
is doing piano? He's my oldest Thanks Josh does he
want to get into music? Is that why he's doing it? Yes?
I think the greatest financial stress that is always take care.

Speaker 1 (04:53):
Yeah, like, what do you think what percentage of your
of your of your budget goes today care?

Speaker 2 (05:00):
Have you ever checked the percentage?

Speaker 1 (05:02):
Not really, but I would like to say around.

Speaker 2 (05:06):
That is a big ch Do I hear a baby
with you?

Speaker 1 (05:09):
Now? I guess who is it?

Speaker 2 (05:11):
What's the baby's name? Grayson?

Speaker 1 (05:13):
Hey, graceon I You're so glad your mommy and you
guys get to listen. And uh so, then once Grayson
gets out of daycare and then goes to school, then
you get the extracurriculars, right, Victoria, Right, it's just never ending.
But aren't the kids so worth it? I mean they're
the reason we work so hard? Exactly. Yeah, Well, Victoria's

(05:34):
so glad you joined our show. We appreciate you. And
are you guys now you're a ninth grade English teacher
out in Laporte. I'm not in laport actually in Houston.

Speaker 2 (05:43):
In Housin. Are you guys still doing star testing today?

Speaker 1 (05:47):
Yes? How do you get yourself motivated and then how
do you get the kids motivated?

Speaker 2 (05:53):
Well, the big thing is.

Speaker 1 (05:55):
Just thing, so we can get it over with, we
can pass it, and then we can work on other things.

Speaker 2 (06:00):
Ah good, let's get it out of.

Speaker 1 (06:02):
The way so we can have fun, right exactly, Victoria, Well,
thank you for sharing.

Speaker 2 (06:07):
Thanks for all you do for the kids. We appreciate
you listening. Thank you
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