{because my mother said so}

It looks like I'm averaging one post a month... go me. At least I'm not completely forgetting about the rest of the world, right? (Not that I blog for your reading pleasure anyway.)
There's a 13-foot tall chocolate house at Chocolate World, though I think technically it's a chalet. It is made from chocolate bars and lollipops and peanut butter cups and jolly ranchers and licorice and allll sorts of Hershey's products. It's a nice looking attraction, and I'm sure it will bring visitors back to that part of the building (conveniently next to santa, where you can get your picture taken for who knows how much), but I admit I'm torn between being amazed at the detail and being disgusted by the sheer waste of all that chocolate and candy.
Part of this internal conflict started as I was reading (okay, more like skimming) a magazine article the other day that talked about gluttony in the sense of how it covers more than just overeating. Gluttony is the love of EXCESS, whether that's of material things or of something intangible like power, and for Christians I would say that it is usually rooted in either discontent or a lack of trust in the ability and willingness of Christ to provide for our lives. Anyway, that just made me think.
Thanksgiving is this week! :) Who's excited? Personally, I get TWO thanksgiving dinners, one on Thursday with my family in Lancaster (minus grandparents.. hope you guys are having a great time in Spain! Love you!), and one on Friday with Mike's family in York. This is my first holiday season balancing two families, and I think I got lucky with their plans being on different days. I look forward to the inevitable future challenge. Two dinners also means that in addition to the great conversations, naps, games, naps, TV watching, and naps I will experience during that time, I also won't have to cook for several days afterward. Yay leftovers! (PS mom, I hope you don't mind that I'm expecting some. I'll bring my own tupperware this time.)