ThanksGiving.....

I am lucky enough to have Two Thanksgivings, Since I live in Canada I get to have it once in October then again November.


I clearly remember last years Canadian Thanksgiving, My husband invited His boss, his bosses wife, and a few other co-workers/friends to Canadian Thanksgiving, anyways I was still getting use to the idea of pounds and grams....

I had cooked many Thanksgiving Turkeys, so it was not like this was my first go at it, normally people would rave about how great my Turkey would turn out... juice and moist... falling right off the bone..... with full of flavor with out taking away from the natural flavors of the turkey.

Needless to say That Was One BIG Bird! and it was a total FLOP! I was so embarrassed and stressed out....so I went from being happy to having all these wonderful people over, to wanting to hide in a closet and wake up the next day.... Like it was all just some really bad dream.

I am sure they were thinking boy this lady sure can Not cook!
Lucky enough my husbands boss did save some of the bird and we were able to have some turkey on Thanksgiving.
We also had a second Thanksgiving that year at the bosses house, and that Turkey was delicious.


Thanksgiving is great like that bringing family and friends together....however when I lived back in North Carolina we stopped having Thanksgiving with Our Families and started having it with just friends. It became way to stressful, which family we were going to see first... how much time in between to visit ...etc. One year I even was brave enough to Have Both Families together.... which is how I always pictured my life... Two families coming together....That is Soooo not how it was going to be. Both sides said they didnt want to do that again. Now you would think that my husband and my family were totally different and to a degree they are...but they are alot a like in ways too.

This year for Canadian Thanksgiving we just had a small family of 5 (my 3 kids, my husband and myself) I made most things the day before and it was a stress free year with alot of leftovers.... of course the next day my husband flew out to Peru so I froze most of the leftovers.

Now its time for the US Thanksgiving, My Husband and I invited some Friends over however we are going to do the eating on Saturday ...due to I am actually working on Tomorrow...Which I am thankful for! I hope it turns out better then last years Canadian Thanksgiving.

I do miss my dads smoked turkey....I bet he is outside right now cleaning the smoker and getting it ready for his prized bird. While my mom is inside making sure she has all the fixin's ...possibly making that last trip to the food store...

Food Brings people Together, and even though we should remain Thankful everyday of the Year; atleast we have one day that reminds us to be Thankful for what we have....

And to all my US friends, please be safe out there on Black Friday... Tis the Season!

You are MY Friend....

"You are my friend mommy." was the words of 6 year old a few days ago.

At first I thought nothing of this, but my response was,  "I am your Mommy".

Then the other day she was being rather saucy, which has been the normal thing for awhile now.
I have yet gotten to the root of this problem of why my happy go lucky 6 year old is being so saucy....

Anyone who knows my children know my free loving child is not my saucy one and which one that is my saucy one. In my mind I tell my Mother and Father I am sorry each time my Saucy 6 year old has her saucy moments, which are often.... but that is just her way, Unlike my free loving child. Lets not leave out my Son either... he is very witty and smart, sometimes to smart for his own good. He is a very good mix of my husband and myself.... I think.

Anyways, back to "You are my friend"....

So She goes again "Momma you are my friend." Last night when I was scolding her to "Get in bed and stay in bed and if she gets out of bed again, I will have to shut your door." Then here is was again ...her big bright clear blue eyes shining up at me "Momma YOU are My FRieNd". I had to stop for a moment and think... I had heard this for days now, my response always being "Bella I am your mommy" So this time I said "I love you with all my heart, but Right Now I am your Momma, and I will always be your Momma, But I can not be your friend until you are an adult." She seemed happy with that answer and went off to bed, later that night she did get up due to being scared....more on that Later I suppose.

It was hard for me to tell her that I could not be her friend right now, and of course both my other children and  over heard this convo between her and I.

My other girl  made sure to tell me that next day, she cant wait to be my friend when she is grown-up and she is happy that I am her Momma, while giving me the biggest hug she could muster.

Needless for me to say, I think its hard being a Mother....cause secretly I wish I could just be their best friend.

Now that I have a blog....

Funny thing is now that I have a blog, I have no idea what to even blog about.

I am an over thinker, I think about things before I do them, I plan, I think, I plan some more then I think some more.
A good friend of mine once told me "Bettina, You spend way to much time in your own head." HA I thought it was funny at the time, however I know he is right.

Anyways, now I have this blog spot. When I didn't have a blog spot, I would come up with all kind of things to write about...... like... what I did that day, things that I liked, things that I heard about and really hit me hard, my kids, married life, job hunts, what I want to be when I grow up, food.

Now that I am here, I have to pick one. For most people this would seem like a simple task. To pick one thing is not so simple for me. Even when it comes to picking something to eat, my husband will ask "Bettina, what would you like to eat, where would you like to go" My answer " I don't know , name some places..." he would go through the list, and I say no to everything he says, he gets all huffy "Come on Bettina just pick something, I don't Care where we go ... I am hungry!" Then the kids start, "yeah mom we are hungry too... I know McDonald's!" Needless to say this happens often enough you would think I would learn to just pick something.

Also, I remember a time when I let my creative side be shown in seventh grade....it happen to be some story about a biker gang that lived on a small island, They were called the Outlaws, it was me and two other people that wrote the story ...if I remember right. Anyways, I was told that it gave a bad impression on bikers and that is not how they were. I felt bad for my writing after that. I ended up sticking with poems of either love or heart aches. In eleventh grade I was asked if I wrote about anything else .... and I believe my answer was yes, Death.

As you can see I am not the best writer in the world. After High School, I went on to college and ended up dropping out of English 111, dropping out of college all together really. I just couldn't get it right. I did not understand why I had to do the English, the math, the Spanish....etc.  Now I am wishing that I would have tried just alittle harder. Honestly though I am not sure if I would have done well, I love to learn...more of a hands on kinda person.... watching things done and then doing them myself.

Now I am looking for my passion, I have many...again I have to pick one, or something. More on this topic later I suppose.


ciao for now,
Bettina

This is my blog....

I have talked about starting to write a blog for awhile now.

Well here it is....However now that I have this blog spot, I am unsure of where to go or how to really start.

So please bear with me while I learn how this works, how to write creatively while keeping your attention.

I named it Bettina's Wonderland because that is just how my life is, its a wonderland that can change in as fast as one blinks. I didnt want to have it geared to just one topic, since I am not a just one topic kinda girl.

More will have to come later...due to its time to eat my dinner. Happy reading!

Cheers,
Bettina