A tapestry of observations and stories from the mind of Lady G
Author: Lady G
I am Lady G ššLover of family, friends, good food, good drink, and loud laughter. Spiritually aware sky-gazer and maker of good š¤ things happening. āØ
Mango smoothie made for waaay less than you could buy it!
Save your money and make your own smoothie.
Seriously, smoothies are so easy to make!
Why would you spend nearly five dollars on something that you could make in an instant?
Honey, save that money for something else!
Once you make an initial investment for a good blender, all you need to do is freeze some fresh fruits or buy frozen ones, put them in the blender with your favorite medium–which could be juice or milk (here, I used mango nectar and oak milk), then blend the whole thing together!
Et voila!
You’ve saved a ton of money and prepared your own smoothie–okay, not a ton–but you know what I mean!
And when you’re ready, grow your own food then prepare it yourself.
Stop depending on someone else to grow and cook your food!
You got this! Do it for yourself and for those who can’t.
There’s no reason you shouldn’t cook the food you like.
Why would you wait until you can get to a certain restaurant or order take out?
I say poo poo to that!
Go ahead and cook the food you like for pennies on the dollar!
Hey, and If you can, you should also start growing the food you like.
Surely last year has proven that you cannot always rely on being able to access the foods that you enjoy; so get into the habit of growing your own food–that way you’ll have your favorites right there in your own backyard!
In today’s video, I am cooking homemade pho, a Vietnamese dish, with ingredients that I have on hand.
Thanks to my garden, I’ll have more fresh vegetables to add to it next time–I am especially excited about adding my own home grown basil next time.
My day one peeps will remember this series from a few years back where I share my life story via my favorite songs.
Recently, I did an audio series based on these posts called “Rambling Musical Commentary.” Lately, I’ve noticed, based on the analytics, that these posts have a pretty large viewing; therefore, I will be picking that series back up starting with 1980 on Sunday, April 18th.
So, stay tuned and check out other “My Jams” and “Rambling Musical Commentary” posts by going to the right panel and clicking on those titles in categories.
Meanwhile, enjoy a reblog of My Jams 1983!
Hey, itās good to see you!Ā Boy have I got a lot to catch you up on!Ā Iām so sorry that I havenāt been keeping you posted on all the things thatās been going on.Ā Can you believe that weāre almost at the end of 1983 and I havenāt really told you anything new?
Well, I guess I better do like Lewis Carroll said, āStart at the beginning, keep going and when you come to the end, stop.ā
So letās start at the beginning.
Do you remember my Uncle Willie? You know the one who lives in Chicago?Ā Well he died back in March.Ā Nobody saw it coming because he was kinda young.Ā They say he was sick with pneumonia, then he just had a heart attackāout of nowhereā and died.
We didnāt see him much but I do remember the time me and my cousins were jumping on theā¦
āA Family Conversationā is a storytelling audio series that features weekly discussions between blogging cousins LadyG and Ron Brown on current events along with favorite posts from each otherās blog.
In todayās audio, the cousins are talking about:
How winning the lottery is the plan
Mama working her cash three numbers…and so was Ron š
LadyG in Vegas–a net zero and no love lost
An unexpected disaster of monumental proportions
How 2020 looked great… from 2019 and before
Whether or not somebody else could play the hand that you were dealt better than you have?
How positive talk stresses Ron
How LadyG is setting SMART goals
Not giving a damn
Black writer, Octavia E. Butler 2010, Inductee Science Fiction Hall of Fame, predicts an eerily coincidental dystopia
The direct line from Reagan to Trump
How Reagan was a pretty good actor while Trump is not
Collard Greens staked in containers from LadyG and Daddy’s garden
In this video, I decided to harvest some collard greens from our garden. Daddy starts fussing at me for not cutting the collards closer to the stalk.
He swears that I “left enough food on the plant for a baby.”
After the harvest, the collards, which grow upward like a little tree, had to be staked in order to keep them growing straight–we don’t want them to lean and break.
At any rate, I am including my own “closed caption” in the video because Daddy talks low and he has a very deep Southeast Alabama accent; hell, he makes me sound like I’m from New York–and that takes some doing!
***Caveat: I didn’t caption everything he said—I want to tune your ear to our beautiful dialect!
Good luck with that!
By the way, don’t let the accent fool you, my Dad tested high enough on the ASVAB (or whatever the equivalent was at that time) to go to Air Force flight school–and he was only 17!
Sadly, a physical injury kept him out.
That said, we might talk slow but we ain’t no dummies!
LOL!
Anyway, at one point in the video, you’ll hear me cuss–but don’t worry, Daddy had walked off for a second to get the water hose–he couldn’t hear me.
That was more of an inside joke between me and my son who was acting as my camera man. LOL!
And now…
Watch and listen to all the antics in the video on harvesting and showing our collards staked in their containers.
āA Family Conversationā is a storytelling audio series that features weekly discussions between blogging cousins LadyG and Ron Brown on current events along with favorite posts from each otherās blog.
Contains adult language
In todayās audio, the cousins are talking about:
Today, I am in a random mood so I decided to cull together a few cooking tips along with some pictures from my garden and a quick talk about spirit.
Peep below to get the goods!
Be warned, there’s a bit of salty talk (cussing) in this video. So if you have delicate ears or you are under a certain age–chile, please move on and know that LadyG loves you anyway.
āA Family Conversationā is a storytelling audio series that features weekly discussions between blogging cousins LadyG and Ron Brown on current events along with favorite posts from each otherās blog.
In todayās audio, the cousins are talking about what it feels like to wait on your dreams.
