L Rizzy's Adventures: Gingerbread House Debacle

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I waited and waited and waited on this post. Nearly a month in all. I was waiting on a picture of the subject of this post prior to it's destruction. I just cannot wait any longer. We have some great Berlin and Prague pictures that need posting so I must forge ahead with this post. Basically L Mama was invited by our Aussie friend here in Leipzig to go to a Gingerbread House making party. She went and had a good time. I watched L Rizzy with his buddies at our Aussie friend's flat and sipped/guzzled wine waiting for L Mama's return home. When she got home her Gingerbread House was all wrapped in cellophane and looked quite professional. We packed things up and headed for the tram. I initially grabbed the package of ginger and icing by the top of the cellophane wrapping. I was promptly reprimanded for my lackadaisical efforts and instructed to carry it from the bottom. I obliged.

So off down the road we went. It was quite cold out and I was switching the gingerbread masterpiece from my right to left hand and I do believe there was a big gust of wind (maybe 70 or 80 MPH) and a small earthquake (probably 4.3 on the Richter scale) when all of the sudden someone may have pushed me from behind and the Gingerbread House went into the road. It smashed into several pieces. Que the yelling and derogatory comments. Humbly, I gathered up the pieces and lugged the bag of broken dreams home.

Committed to the cause I set my mind to making my wrong, right. I obtained the necessary materials and commenced Operation Save-a-Marriage. There was icing and candy everywhere- including a monstrous amount in my belly. In the end, the house was generously rebuilt complete with a icing swimming pool in the front yard. Without a picture of before the accident, there is no way to compare which house was better built and more visually appealing. Therefore you will have to take my word for it. My Gingerbread House was by far the best.