Mi Bella Vida

Pretty sure I won’t be hosting Thanksgiving anytime soon. That is too much trouble and too much cleaning. I’m still no done cleaning. We have food everywhere.

Wednesday night I had planned to have the house cleaned and ready for  Thursday. That plan was a fail. I did a little bit of cleaning but not enough. I decided to bake the GF pumpkin pie Wednesday night and that well… That came out differently. It was my first time cooking with gluten free ingredients. The consistency was different but it still tasted good. Chris said it was too nutmeggy but I still liked it. I completely forgot about it after dinner so no one got to try it. We did have a back up pumpkin pie.

Thursday  we were supposed to get up at 6 but we didnt get up till 715.  I cleaned the house while Chris mowed the lawn, blew off the roof and driveway, and prepped food. I made my 2 pecans pies. I had given the recipe a try the weekend before just to be on the safe side. I followed the recipe exactly as I did last week but changed a few things. Last minute C and I decided to add a crushed pecan crust on top and I added honey they were done baking. They look soooooooooo gooooooooood!!! Then it was time to eat but they were rock solid! We could not slice through the pies. I had put them in the fridge earlier in the day to get them out of the way. Chris decided to pull them out and he place them in the bay window. Well, as the day went on and the temperature cooled so did the pies. I had a piece this morning and the pies are really good. Poo no one got to try it.

The most memorable event of the night was when a plate exploded. It was sitting on the stove and it exploded. It was C’s mom’s glass bowl. No dressing for us. We were happy it didnt get in the mashed potatoes.

The turkey also took forever to cook. I stared my pecan pies a little late so Chris couldnt put in the turkey in the oven until after I was done due to the temperature change. It took 3 men to figure out if the temp was correct, lol. Chris, my dad, and C’s stepdad.

Chris’ aunt and uncle couldnt make it to dinner because they got sick But they did buy a ham and had their granddaughter to bring us one. We completely forgot about the ham and never put it in the oven. We were half way through dinner when Granpaw asked where the ham was. Dang, that was a fail, lol.

After dinner was over someone fell asleep. That someone would be Chris. He was OUT before anyone left the house!!! Trying to wake him up was a chore so we just let him catch up on his sleep.

Cleaning up was a hassle. There were like 10 ppl in our kitchen trying to help clean and take home leftovers. I just wanted to set up a plan and have one family at a time come to the kitchen and get left overs. That was obviously not going to work.  It was chaos and I was stressing.

Our fridge is packed to the brim and we still have some food on the counters and on the food table. We need to rearrange our fridge to make room for the rest of the food. We need to take out all the beer and coke that we have in there.We bought too much food and then everyone else bought something. Anyone want to come for dinner?

There are many things that I am thankful for and here are a few of them

1. My Boyfriend :)  He is so incredibly wonderful and I love him lots. He does so much for me and takes really good care of me. He is so amazing. I am one spoiled little girl because of him. I love you, baby!

2. The Family! I have such awesome parents. After years of lots of bickering we have finally gotten to a good place. We are super close now and its nice to know I can have an adult conversation without getting grounded, lol! T and C are some pretty cool sisters. Despite all the fighting, I love them and my childhood would have been pretty boring. I would probably have talked to myself a lot! I am also very thankful for Chris’ family. They have been so great to me and they have taken me in and made me one of their own. I love them

3. My friends. Those who are currently in my life and those who were once present. Everyone of them has left a footprint in my life. I want to thank you for everything you have taught me, whether you know it or not. Every smile, hug, and piece of advice has been appreciated. Thanks for being there for me

4. Our jobs. I am so thankful that mine and C’s families have jobs. Things are tough right now and I’m so grateful to be working.

5. My health. I am so incredibly glad that I haven’t gotten sick. I have no insurance and getting sick would be the worst thing ever. Thanks to good food, exercise, sleep, and my vitamins I have been able to stay pretty healthy Stay away Mr. Flu!!!

6. My car. Thank you, Cami!!!! My car is 14 years old and thanks to Chris’  watchful eyes, she has been runnig like a champ.

7. My life! I have such a wonderful life! I have finally come to terms that things happen for a reason and that I NEED to stop planning so much. It’s always good to have a plan but I can lay off the highlighter some, right?

What are you Thankful for?

Thanksgiving is Thursday!! I’m pretty excited Turkey, pies, mashed potatoes, and family. C and I have decided that we are going to host Thanksgiving at our house. Yep, you heard right. We have 1 round table, 4 chairs, and 15 people for dinner. Guess that means everyone is sitting on the floor and using paper plates. No worries, we are going to have chairs and tables to accommodate everyone. Luckily we don’t have to spend a lot of money and cook everything. Everyone is bring something. C and I are in charge of apps, the turkey, mashed potatoes, and pies. I’m going to be making 2 Pecan Pies and 1 gluten-free pumpkin pie. Our grandparents are going to be bringing a regular pumpkin pie for those who are too pansy to my pumpkin pie. I am doing a little bit of everything everyday this week so there isn’t much cleaning for me to do on Thursday. Definitely making sure that I get all my working out in this week because there is gonna be lots of food!

We are planning on going out on Black Friday. Wait, let me rephrase that - Chris wants to go out for Black Friday and I am getting dragged along into the early hours of the day to face the crazy crowds. Wooo. I can already taste the coffee :)  I’m hoping that the rest of weekend is super relaxing and we don’t have to go anywhere.