Who Are You Feeding?

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather "Which wolf wins?"The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Autumn

Autumn in our house means apple picking and the jail game at Grandma and Papa's. We've done both of these since Sarah was 3, and as soon as the weather gets a bit cooler, she starts asking when we're going up there. We did not get to play the jail game last weekend, because there weren't enough leaves down yet, so explanation of that will come later. We did, however, go apple picking at Quarry Hill farm. What a great time! Another perennial favorite is throwing pumpkins to the cows and watching them try to break them open. What a riot!

The most blog worthy event of the weekend, though, concerns Sarah. As most people who know us are aware, she is an extremely jealous child. She is also quite concerned that everything is "even" between the two of them. Well, she decided that she was jealous of Danny's imaginary friend, Sandy. She didn't think it was "fair" that he always had someone to play with. So, she made up her own friend, named "Sis" but it's pronounced Sid. (She couldn't find a D in the magnetic letters) So she carried around the letters "Sis" for a day, talking to them. What a goof!!!

Munich and The Residenz

Salzburg

Dachau

Germany and Other Stuff

Having dropped off the face of the planet for about 2 weeks, I'm ready to get back into things. The world is dragging me, kicking and screaming, back to reality. We have been back for almost a week, but it already feels like a million years ago that we were in Europe. I will try to post each day, but we'll see how that goes.

For now, I'll just tell about our first day. My plane arrived at about 12:30 pm, which put us at our hotel (after renting a car and finding our way) at about 4 pm. We decided to go to a restaurant for a beer, then to Oktoberfest. I did not wear my dirndl, as it was WAY too cold, and I needed a sweater. We stayed for about 15 minutes! Steve says that it's very different inside the tents, but when you arrive late, you can't get into a tent...not even to stand! So, I did not drink a beer at Oktoberfest. I think that I'm spoiled by the Dublin Irish Festival....

We did go back to Solln, where we were staying, and had a good dinner of German cuisine ( I know, that's stretching it a bit) and then I crashed while Steve worked on his computer.

Since returning home, we've been preparing for Halloween and autumn. Danny had a little fall festival for preschool that the kids really enjoyed. What could be better than hayrides and choosing your own pumpkin?