WEBVTT - Happy 4th of July

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to I Choose Me with Jenny Girl. Hi. Everyone,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to I Choose Me. This podcast is about the

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<v Speaker 1>choices we make. And today we're gonna get festive. We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get sparkly and just maybe a little bit nostalgic

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<v Speaker 1>because it's the fourth of July weekend. Now, Okay, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know about you, but I love this holiday. I've

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<v Speaker 1>always loved the Fourth of July. It's I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's something so American about it, so Americana, so like

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<v Speaker 1>days of yester year gone by, and it's always sunny

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<v Speaker 1>and warm, and there's the fireworks, and oh the excuse

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<v Speaker 1>to wear red, white and blue. I mean, you save

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<v Speaker 1>your outfit, you know that one Fourth of July outfit

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<v Speaker 1>you have that you're like, oh, I'm definitely gonna save

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<v Speaker 1>this and wear for the fourth of July. I've done that.

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<v Speaker 1>I do that, Red white and blue. Gotta do it. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna share some of my favorite summer memories, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to talk about how holiday tradition shift as

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<v Speaker 1>our kids get older, and of course I will share

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<v Speaker 1>how I am choosing myself this holiday weekend. So grab

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<v Speaker 1>your iced tea. Actually grab your sun tea. Did you

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<v Speaker 1>ever make sun tea? You know when you put the

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<v Speaker 1>tea bags in the water and you set it out

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<v Speaker 1>in the sun for a few hours. Oh, it's the best.

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<v Speaker 1>So grab your sun tea, get comfy, and let's just

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<v Speaker 1>light up this episode like firecrackers. Okay, first, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you what I love most about Fourth of July.

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<v Speaker 1>Ever since I was a little girl growing up in

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<v Speaker 1>the Midwest, it's always been just a huge gathering of family.

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<v Speaker 1>And when we lived in the Midwest, we had so

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<v Speaker 1>many relatives, so many cousins, so many aunts and uncles,

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<v Speaker 1>and we had the farm where everybody would come and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody would bring food and would be a giant like

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<v Speaker 1>picnic table put together with the red, white checkered tablecloths,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was just the best time because it was

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<v Speaker 1>summery and you just felt free. Some of my favorite

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<v Speaker 1>memories of fireworks in general, because I don't know, I

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<v Speaker 1>forget a lot of things, but I can remember a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of fireworks shows. I think, you know, the bang

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<v Speaker 1>and the sparkle of it all really has an impact

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<v Speaker 1>in my brain. But there was one year when I

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<v Speaker 1>was in Illinois and my sister and I were driving

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<v Speaker 1>and the fireworks started going off, so we literally pulled

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<v Speaker 1>the car over, went out into the middle of a

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<v Speaker 1>field of grassy stuff, like hey, put down a blanket

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<v Speaker 1>and laid and faced up under the fireworks. The biggest

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<v Speaker 1>fireworks I've ever seen, and it was so magical. It

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<v Speaker 1>felt like you were, I don't know, in another world

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<v Speaker 1>and it was so glorious. Another time I remember a

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<v Speaker 1>really cool Fourth of July was we just were in Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 1>I was doing QBC, so it wasn't that long ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and we came across this like county fair thing and

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<v Speaker 1>we just spontaneously went and we had the best time,

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<v Speaker 1>petting the cows and seeing all the award winning fruits

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<v Speaker 1>and vegetables, and there was this great fireworks show and

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<v Speaker 1>we sat like on a little hill and it was

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<v Speaker 1>front row fireworks. Just small towns, so good, so good.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I loved the food the most. When I

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<v Speaker 1>was a little girl, I you know, I would eat

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<v Speaker 1>burgers and my dad would grill, and there were hot dogs,

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<v Speaker 1>of course. And the thing about pot looks that I

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<v Speaker 1>love is everybody brings their best, you know, they bring

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<v Speaker 1>that one dish that they're going to make and everybody

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<v Speaker 1>loves it, so it's always full of asserole dishes upon

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<v Speaker 1>casserole dishes of your favorite things. I think one of

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<v Speaker 1>the things for me is obviously potato salad. That is

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<v Speaker 1>a winner. My mom always made the best potato salad.

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<v Speaker 1>And the other thing I loved so much was the

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<v Speaker 1>Fourth of July cake. Have you guys ever made like

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<v Speaker 1>a pudding cake right in a rectangular pan and then

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<v Speaker 1>you poke the holes in it with a wooden spoon,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you put the pudding on so it like

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<v Speaker 1>seeps into the cake so it's super moist and yummy,

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<v Speaker 1>and then whipped cream icing, and then you decorate the

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<v Speaker 1>top of it with red and white and blue sparkly

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<v Speaker 1>things and it looks like the flag and it's such

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<v Speaker 1>a memory of mine. I feel like I've got to

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<v Speaker 1>make that this weekend. I gotta do it. But now

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<v Speaker 1>as a vegan, it's a little more challenging, but not

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<v Speaker 1>really because there's garden burgers. I know that probably doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>sound that good to you, but if you're a vegan

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<v Speaker 1>and you miss hamburgers, a garden burger kind of tastes

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<v Speaker 1>like a hamburger, at least in your mind. You really

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<v Speaker 1>try to make it taste like a hamburger. And the

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<v Speaker 1>other thing is the hot dogs they make fake what

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<v Speaker 1>are they called, well, fake hot dogs. I can't really

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<v Speaker 1>think of anything else, but they are just like hot

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<v Speaker 1>dogs now, so I don't even know what's in there.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to know, but it looks like a

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<v Speaker 1>hot dog and it tastes like a hot dog, so

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<v Speaker 1>it must be a hot dog. You can really make

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<v Speaker 1>anything vegan if you just use the right substitutes. So

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<v Speaker 1>we make potato salad every year. We use vegan sour caream,

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<v Speaker 1>we use vegan mayonnaise, and it's just as delicious and yummy.

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<v Speaker 1>So maybe try it, like give cutting out dairy a

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<v Speaker 1>try this Fourth of July weekend and see if you

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<v Speaker 1>feel better. I think you might. As the girls get

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<v Speaker 1>older and we are celebrating as a family, still it's

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<v Speaker 1>always the best. Just getting everybody under the same roof

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<v Speaker 1>is such a monumental feat. I feel like, so when

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<v Speaker 1>that happens, I'm so so happy. But what's been happening

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<v Speaker 1>lately as the girls have gotten older, we will spend

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<v Speaker 1>the day together in barbecue or whatever and hang out outside,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the girls usually peel off and go to

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<v Speaker 1>their own parties or whatever their plans are, and I

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<v Speaker 1>just lay at home and worry about them. No, Dave

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<v Speaker 1>and I have found the perfect place in our house

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<v Speaker 1>to watch fireworks from our bed. It is so crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys. I figured this out because I went to

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<v Speaker 1>bed early before fireworks one year, and I was laying

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<v Speaker 1>in bed, and all of a sudden, I just started

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<v Speaker 1>to see this amazing fireworks show out our window, like

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit in the distance, but you could see

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<v Speaker 1>it perfectly from our beds. So that is Dave and

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<v Speaker 1>My favorite place to watch fireworks from our bed. I

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<v Speaker 1>sort of wish I could go back to the way

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<v Speaker 1>it was when I was kid and do Fourth of

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<v Speaker 1>July like we used to do it. I know, we

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<v Speaker 1>would go to the lake and we would just camp

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<v Speaker 1>out and dog our boat like tie it to a

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<v Speaker 1>tree and just hang out in lawn chairs, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>eat fresh tomatoes, fresh corn on the cob. Oh. I

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<v Speaker 1>can taste it now, the tastes of summer. Very excited

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<v Speaker 1>about that. But it just seems so simple and so

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<v Speaker 1>American and so free. I want to go back to

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<v Speaker 1>that because things are different now, you know. For a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people, especially this year, everything is different. But

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<v Speaker 1>actually America is turning two hundred and fifty years old

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<v Speaker 1>next year. So this year we're two hundred and forty

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<v Speaker 1>nine years old. Noxture, You're going to be two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty years old as a nation. And it makes

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<v Speaker 1>me feel like going back and looking at how it

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<v Speaker 1>all started, you know, and the history of America and

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<v Speaker 1>the Fourth of July and how it turned into what

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<v Speaker 1>it turned into. It's really interesting. I love history. So

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<v Speaker 1>anytime you can kind of look at the past or

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<v Speaker 1>make sense of the present, I'm into it. And one

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<v Speaker 1>thing I know about the Fourth of July this year

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<v Speaker 1>and every year moving forward, is that I am going

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<v Speaker 1>to take a moment to choose myself. I am going

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<v Speaker 1>to take a nice bath, I'm going to lotion up

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<v Speaker 1>my body. I'm going to do some stretching, and then

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to get in bed and I'm want to

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<v Speaker 1>watch the fireworks from my bed with my husband. Happy

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<v Speaker 1>Fourth of July everybody. I hope whatever you're doing, however

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<v Speaker 1>you celebrate it is the best of the best. I

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<v Speaker 1>love you, and stay safe.