Pizza in Germany

Pizza is the ultimate fall-back meal. Just call, order, and within half an hour a piping hot, fresh pizza is delivered right to your door (or in our case we pick it up across the street for an extra 20% discount!). But you don't know what pizza is (or isn't) until you've seen what is advertised here in Germany:
Did you notice that the Pizza Texas has fried potatoes, onions and ham? Potatoes?!

Some other *delictable* sounding combinations include:
tuna, ham, mushrooms and spinach;
mushrooms, broccoli, tomatoes and corn;
goose, red cabbage and pieces of apple;
seafood;
camembert cheese and cranberries.

And my favorite (for national pride purposes):

Hollandaise sauce, shrimp and spinach. I just don't understand!

Seriously, does anyone actually eat these things?!

Well, we just ordered one with spinach, artichokes, pepperoni and Creme Fraiche (a dairy product not found in North America; a cross between sour cream and cream cheese)--we've got to eat unusual German foods while we still can! I wouldn't add the spinach again, but the rest was actually a pretty good combination. I think I'll leave the potatoes and broccoli to the truly "germanized."

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Faceplant

Tummy time tires our little bug out! We've started putting her on her belly for longer playtimes so she can get some good practice in for her arms and legs, but she doesn't last long. In the above pictures she actually fell asleep with her face straight down, nose smashed to the floor! And below she had been crying a little bit out of frustration and then suddenly just stopped and when I peeked at her face I was shocked to discover that she had almost instantly fallen asleep. Talk about an exerting workout! (and a girl who takes after her mama--we both love our sleep!)

Two Dolls on a Blanket

Let's Keep Him Trembling

“Satan dreads nothing but prayer. His one concern is to keep the saints from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.”
- Samuel Chadwick

Das BundesWetterKontrolle

We're uncovering all kinds of interesting things as we sort through paper piles during this packing process. Read on for a cleverly written, "Germlish" (German-English mix) email that Grady wrote to a friend on a Friday afternoon back in 2004 when the rain clouds had rolled in, yet again ruining their plans for an outdoor weekend. It touches on many areas of truth in Dresden culture, from Saturday shopping chaos to the doubled costs when the Euro replaced the DeutschMark. Viel Spass!

Guten Tag meine Damen und Herren,
I am your Weather Fuehrer with another Weekend outlook for our beautiful Deutsches Herbst Weather. Our Friday "rain for the weekend" came right on time today as it should at 14:00 precisely, setting the stage for yet another traditional German weekend (as dictated by the counselor for Weather Affairs and the "Weather for Earth: We will FORCE you to like it" program.) Low lying, soggy clouds have been attracted to the area and will expect to remain until, of course, Montag morning at 7:00 sharp when it will be bright and sunnier than ever. Unless the Counselor has a change in positive attitude he will continue with his course, forcing his negativity on all those under the Fuehrer's jurisdiction, which will expect to keep the German economy on the move with the exhorbitant gas prices and "running around like a rat race" Samstag consumer program. Consumers will, as every Samstag, be expected to be worn out, moody, and from our strategically designed "KeinWasserGratis" infrastructure, pay incredibly absurd amounts of EUROs to drink something with bubbles in it. The 1:1 DM to Euro switch continues to provide acceleration to the economic reform with shop owners exclaiming, "I can't believe my profits have doubled" motto. As always, this is your Fuehrer, Helmut Schwindler, saying, "If you don't know what I knows you'll be paying through the nose!" See you next Freitag when once again the BundesWetterKontrolle Program will be activated at 14:00 und bis dann, Auf Wiederssssssehhhhhhhennnnnn!!!

Comfy Chair

Everyone who sits in can't help but comment on how comfy this chair is! It doesn't look like much but it is a perfect spot to put your feet up (on the matching footstool) and recline at the end of the day. Even Caitlin can't resist the comfort (albeit from a different angle...)!

There's a Chill in the Air

I love fall! I've said it before, but each year when the leaves turn and the air gets a bit more crisp calling for an extra layer or two I can't help but feel renewed. Pull out the sweaters and toques and get ready for hot chocolate and rosy red cheeks and noses from the coolness, not to mention spice cakes and pumpkin dishes galore. I love fall!