Monday 18 June 2007: Heidi and Sarah return to Belgium and get stuck in traffic in a hail storm.... Vacation is over! Sad but true...

Sarah says:
Stuck in traffic and hail upon our return! How depressing is that?! Even though it was rainy in Edinburgh, it was still vacation and fun! Belgian rain is not fun at all!

Sunday 17 June 2007: Heidi and Sarah see Nessie the Loch Ness Monster riding a bike!!!

Oh Nessie - how we love you so! Thanks for passing our ship!

Heidi and Sarah are like two ships passing in the night looking for the MONSTER...

And check out Marv getting to know Sarah's kid. She even called him daddy!

Oh hairy cow we love you too. Thanks for being a special Face The Day guest

We made new friends from Austria!

What's that coming over the hill, is it a monster? Is it a monster? Check out Nessie on a bike! She was in great form that day! We love Nessie!!!

Saturday 16 June 2007: Heidi, Nico, Sarah and Marv go to ASG and Terry's wedding and Marv wears a kilt! Fun day!

Sarah says:
Here’s a medley of photos from the day of ASG and TSG’s wedding! It was a great afternoon and evening with a lovely ceremony, good Scottish food (including haggis, which Heidi and I did not like at all – yuck!), Scottish dancing and general silliness. Check out Marv in a kilt!!! He looked great. My husband couldn’t make it to the wedding so Marv took his place. I introduced Marv to my daughter. She liked him much more than she likes her own dad even!

Below you can see my morning in Edinburgh doing very touristy things with my daughter such as visiting the Edinburgh castle and seeing the old city, which is a must-see!

Hopefully Heidi will add some of her photos from that day soon!

Friday 15 June 2007: Heidi and Sarah are off to Edinburgh, Scotland! Yippy! It's their first vacation together!!

That’s us at 6 in the morning on the way to the airport.

There we are on the airplane to Edinburgh!

Here you can see us on the double-decker bus from the airport to the city!

And what first day in Scotland would be complete without a photo with a guy playing the bagpipes!

There were plenty more photos that first day of course. But we wanted to post something already. Perhaps there will be more later so check back!

Thursday 14 June: It's Sarah's new back's 6 month anniversery! And Heidi and Sarah look happy and smug today as they ready themselves for Scotland!!!

Sarah says:
Heidi and I are busy getting ourselves ready for our 4 day trip to Scotland tomorrow! We apologize in advance for the three or four days you’ll probably have to do without us at Face The Day! Of course we’ll take a lot of photos in the land of the Scots but we’ll probably only be able to put them on here when we return! It’s sad isn’t it! We think so as we try our best to be very up-to-date on here and don’t want to lose any of our loyal viewers! So take the weekend off folks and check back here on Tuesday! I'll make sure to take a photo from under Marv's kilt!

Check out YMA above! That was this morning. She's flipping about trying to make those knees of hers learn how to crawl faster and faster! I'm sure Heidi wants you to notice her new slipper-shoes with raised sheep and her 50s dress -- oh - and her cute little head as well!

HEIDI AND SARAH HAVE TAKEN OFF THIS WEEKEND TO GO TO ASG'S WEDDING IN SCOTLAND! CHECK BACK TUESDAY FOR A PHOTO EXTRAVAGANZA!

Wednesday 13 June 2007: What do Heidi and Sarah’s faces tell you today? Care to comment? Every picture tells a story, don't it?!

Heidi says:
Maybe I do, maybe I don't have a comment. Do I have a comment? Not sure. I might have. It is very possible. But who will tell?

Sarah quotes Ron Wood and Ron Stewart and agrees Every Picture Tells a Story Don't It...

Spent some time feelin' inferior
standing in front of my mirror
Combed my hair in a thousand ways
but I came out looking just the same

Daddy said, "Son, you better see the world
I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leave
But remember one thing don't lose your head
to a woman that'll spend your bread"
So I got out

Paris was a place you could hide away
if you felt you didn't fit in
French police wouldn't give me no peace
They claimed I was a nasty person
Down along the Left Bank minding my own
Was knocked down by a human stampede
Got arrested for inciting a peacful riot
when all I wanted was a cup of tea
I was accused
I moved on

Down in Rome I wasn't getting enough
of the things that keeps a young man alive
My body stunk but I kept my funk
at a time when I was right out of luck
Getting desperate indeed I was
Looking like a tourist attraction
Oh my dear I better get out of here
'for the Vatican don't give no sanction
I wasn't ready for that, no no

I moved right out east yeah!
On the Peking ferry I was feeling merry
sailing on my way back hereI fell in love with a slit eyed lady
by the light of an eastern moon
Shangai Lil never used the pill
She claimed that it just ain't natural
She took me up on deck and bit my neck
Oh people I was glad I found her
Oh yeah I was glad I found her

I firmly believe that I didn't need anyone but me
I sincerely thought I was so complete
Look how wrong you can be

The women I've known I wouldn't let tie my shoe
They wouldn't give you the time of day
But the slit eyed lady knocked me off my feet
God I was glad I found her
And if they had the words I could tell to you
to help you on the way down the road
I couldn't quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats
'cause it's all been said before
Make the best out of the bad just laugh it off
You didn't have to come here anyway
So remember, every picture tells a story don't it

Tuesday 12 June 2007: We are the robots

We're charging our battery
And now we're full of energy
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots

We're functioning automatic
And we are dancing mechanic
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots
We are the robots

Ja tvoi sluga, (I'm your slave)
ja tvoi Rabotnik (I'm your worker.)

we are programmed just to do
anything you want us to
we are the robots
we are the robots
we are the robots
we are the robots

Bobux says: From now on, Sarah and me will have new names. From now on, you can call us Cylon and Bobux. We are two prototypes of a new robot. We are not perfect yet, but The Great are working on that. We will be improved with card readers in our heads, and these card readers will hold SD-cards. The Great are working on SD-cards with a huge memory. The Great are thinking to get it up to 500 GB! That is enormous, and that will mean that Cylon and Bobux will not have to write anything down anymore, or use computers and print out. They will be working on their 500 GB capacity and remember everything. You will be able to ask anything that they have ever recorded on their SD-card; they will answer in a second without making any mistakes. Cylon and Bobux will be very practical. You will want to have one in your house.


Cylon Warrior says: Atlantia Death Squadron, Attack!

Tyrol says: But how do you know I'm human?

Cylon Priest Cavil says: Oh, well, maybe because I'm a Cylon, and I've never seen you at any of the meetings.

Cylon Sharon Agathon says: "When God's anger awakens, even the mighty shall fall

EXTRA NEWS!!!!! IT IS KATRIJN'S BIRTHDAY!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATRIJN!!!! HAVE A NICE ONE!!!

Monday 11 June 2007 Crazy day

Black Sunday 10 June 2007: It's a shame!

Heidi says: It is a shame! My heart bleeds. It is such a shame.
There were federal elections today, and the results are shocking.
Belgium is filled with right wing voters. Belgium becomes the land of the selfish. Belgium is becoming black. What is wrong with people? Please tell me what is wrong...
We live in a country that has a great social security. Ok, we pay for it, but it works. We live in a country with luxury. Ok, we work for it, but it pays off. People should be happy here, satisfied. But instead they 'punish' the government, by voting more and more right wing. I feel rage but most of all, unhappiness and sadness. Who are those right voters? Who are you? Do I know you? Do I talk to you on a daily basis? Are you unhappy? Poor? Did everybody treat you so bad that you have no choice but to vote for a party that wants everything for itself, and for it's chosen species? Please tell me why? Because I really don't understand... I really don't...

Sarah says:

Ughhhh - what the hell is happening in Europe ... in Belgium. Why are people voting this way? I share Heidi's sentiments here. If I know you and you are voting right-wing why are you voting this way -- tell me!!!! Among other things, these right-wing parties want foreigners out. Are you so afraid of something different that you vote this way? Why are you "right" voters voting this way? I really want to know. Read the newspapers! There aren't even enough people in this country to fill all the jobs! You will have to live with people from all over all around you! They won't be stealing your jobs or making your country dark and unsafe. They will be feeding your economy and adding some colour to this place. Anyway, I have to read a lot more news reports and watch them on TV to fully grip what is happening here in this country before I have a real clear opinion on it all. But right now, looking at the results as I understand them , it sucks! Really sucks. I am sure a lot of people I know here have voted "right" - I mean how else could they have gotten so many votes today - it must be something like 1 out of every 3 or 4 people voting this way. I really don't know as I said, I'm just reading and watching the news now and I don't understand it all. But like Heidi said, the more "social" parties lost lots of votes while the more right-wing ones got bigger. With that said, it's the centrist party that is the biggest one. But because the more social parties lost so many votes and the most right-wing ones gained votes, it's indeed a black day and the country is headed in a bad direction. It could take a bit till we know what the government will look like but it seems the CD&V has the majority and Yves Leterme will be Prime Minister here.

Man it pisses me off that so many of you Belgians out there voted for Vlaams Belang and for Lijst Dedecker. Shame on you all who did! Seriously, shame on you! The only good news is that the Groen party got some more votes this time! If any of my facts are wrong here, sorry! I'm just trying to figure all of this out...

Sunday 10 June 2007: Sarah gets to be totally alone for 3 lovely hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarah says:
My husband is at work today because the Federal Elections are taking place in Belgium today so it's a very busy news day. He'll be gone all day! My daughter is at her youth club and I am cleaning up the house, doing the dishes, doing laundry, cooking a good, healthy dinner and I'll make some much needed phone calls to some friends in The States before my kid gets home and I'll get prepared for my trip to Scotland at the end of the week. Right now as I am doing Face The Day, I am BLASTING music. I rarely get to BLAST music. I love doing that! I love being in my car alone on long drives and being able to listen to whatever I want at top volume (yes at risk to my hearing). There is nothing better than getting to listen to a whole CD uninterrupted. That's what car rides are great for - music and alone time. When you have a family you never get enough alone time. So you have to soak up the moments you do get - like now. I am almost ashamed to admit that I am listening to Marilyn Manson on Luisterpaal right now and even really enjoying it. I do have a little Goth in me you know. This music gets me feeling nostalgic. I like the rawness of it. Have a listen yourself! There's also Perry Farrell's new CD on Luisterpaal -- this sort of music makes me so nostalgic.
Wow - there's also a CD by Mark Ronson on Luisterpaal right now, which has a great groove and lots of nice covers on it by known musicians.

And here below is my Post Secret pick of the week about wanting to trade places with your dog because you give him such a nice life, which maybe you wish you had as a kid or something like that. It reminds me of someone I know. It also is a sentiment I can relate to in terms of my kid. She has a good life and it would be great to be her for a day! I know that sounds odd and maybe even arrogant - but I would like to have me as a parent for a day and my husband as well...Just to feel all that love and care and safety and support and pride and happiness - those things feed the soul of course... being a dog could also be nice - just playing ,eating, going for walks, being petted (pet?), sleeping, drooling, chasing your tail... Sounds like a perfect day and a state-of-mind I rarely am able to get even close to and dream of sometimes!

Saturday 9 June 2007: Heidi stops by with Yma and says nothing!! And Sarah goes to Brussels and acts like a tourist!!!!

Sarah says:

We had to bring my brother to Brussels to meet up with his wife who had been at a conference in Namur and we took them into the very touristic center of the city to see the famous Mannekin Pis (and the lesser known Jeanneke Pis), to eat the famous mussels from Brussels and to feast on the amazing Liege Belgian waffles! We all felt totally disgusting after our eating fest! We stuffed ourselves silly and acted only as tourists do. We ate at Chez Lion in the Rue des Bouchers area- outside on one of the touristy-terraces. It was great! We had a lovely time and my brother and my sister-in-law got to see the amazing Brussels Grand Place, which is one of the nicest squares in the world I'm sure. Now they are off to Greece and will return here at the beginning of July. It was good to have them here and we look forward to seeing them again soon so we can do some more very touristy things!

Oh - by the way, I decided to introduce Marv to my brother and my sister-in-law. My husband was too busy with the elections to come along so Marv came instead. He ate like a big pig (as you can see in photo above with his waffle containing ice-cream, chocolate sauce, bananas, strawberries and whip cream I think!) - but then again, so did we all! He and my brother hit it off so all was good.

Heidi says:

Me and my Adidas!

Yma says:

what you talkin bout willis?

Friday 08 June 2007: Heidi and Sarah are trying something new with their mulles today and again next week and they can’t wait to get Knocked Up!

Heidi says:
Geeeeeks! Guess who guess who!! We won't tell you who we are imitating! You'll never guess! This is just for our own fun. Yes I know, we are selfish, but is this our blog or is this our blog? Sarah and me can't wait for the movie 'Knocked Up' to be played in the cinema. It's with a lot of the freaks and geeks of the very well known cult-series 'Freaks and Geeks'. We are totally in the mood for geeks! Bring them on!

Sarah says:
We have to keep these pages fresh so today we are trying something different and hopefully we will continue next week. The weekend will be normal though as we won’t see each other. So who are we indeed? We’ll never say! This is our game. Guess if you’d like but we won’t confirm. Here’s how it works: we agree on who we will try to be in our faces and we snap a few shots of ourselves getting into character and we’ll combine the shots if necessary – but if we get one really good one, we’ll just use that. Today we offer you a combo shot. It wasn’t an easy character to get into. Heidi and I will have a lot of fun with this. It’s GREAT therapy! The only thing we can let you in on is that we will be imitating actual people that both Heidi and I know. Real people. Not only people we don’t like. Could be people we love! Maybe even you? Or you! And maybe YOU too if you are lucky! The interesting thing (for us anyway) is to see how each of us tries to capture the same person in our individual faces. Notice in today’s medley of pictures that we really do have the same idea of what this particular person looks like. How funny is that! We are slightly evil – although Heidi will always be “braaf”, Flemish and Catholic…

By the way, here is a link to Vally’s World, a blog by a friend of mine here in Belgium. Yesterday she advertised Face The Day so I am returning the favor. You can always find her blog through a permanent link over to the right there in our links section. I have known “Vally” and her husband for about 14 years I think! Damn we are getting old! Her husband was in my old band Greyn with me. I can really miss those days now that Greyn is done! Anyway – have a look at her blog if you want and here's a link to her Myspace. Her blog is in Dutch but there are plenty of photos and links..

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND FROM HEIDI AND SARAH!!!

Thursday 07 June 2007: Heidi is Vlaams, braaf en katholiek and Sarah is landless, witty and Jewish today…

Heidi says:
I look 'Vlaams, braaf en katholiek'. That was what I was telling Sarah this morning. I have always had the feeling that I look flemish, 'sweet' and katholiek. There is no edge in my face. I don't look sexy. Do you know what I mean? I have always had the feeling that I could get away with whatever hairdo or whatever style of clothes, because of my neutral face. I miss that edge that makes a woman sexy or extravagant or striking. I look 'normal'. But maybe normal is good? Because then you can get away with heavier styles without looking trashy. I don't know. Maybe it's all crap. Maybe I am jabbering...


Sarah says:
I’m just going along with Heidi on this one and I do look more Jewish than usual today with that headband – though Heidi says I look retro. Heidi is indeed jabbering today. She’s out of balance, the poor dear. I am her Jewish mother. It’s time for me to make her some Jewish chicken soup with Matzah Balls to cure her woes. I, like Larry David, am searching for my Judaism. “Where’s my Judaism? Judaism, where are you?” Heidi says she looks too sweet and kind. I don’t know – I don’t see that. I don’t feel like that about myself. My big struggle (big – not really, superficial is more like it – even borderline shallow :-)) – is that I look too serious. I have a dang serious face that makes people think I am a stiff. If only they knew, if only they knew… So Heidi – would you rather be mistaken for “sweet” or for “serious”? At least you can dress yourself up to send out your message that you may look sweet but you have your edge. What do I have to do to not be mistaken for serious? Wear clown clothes maybe? A big strap-on red nose (or penis for that matter)? A wise-ass tee-shirt? I have a harder job – to not be mistaken for a serious stiff I have to smile a lot (which is hard for me) and I have to crack jokes all the time (which can be hard too). I don’t know – it’s that whole Looking Glass Self thing again which keeps coming up on Face The Day – which is normal as we snap our dumb heads on here everyday. Well Heidi – you actually are pretty Flemish, pretty sweet and perhaps pretty Catholic too and you just don’t know it yet. And as funny as I’d like to think I am – deep down I have that dark and serious side. So maybe, just maybe – our faces do show our true selves and all the rest of the stuff – who we try to be or would like to think we are (edgy and witty) – maybe all that stuff is frivolous and peripheral. Maybe “normal “ is good but what the frack is “normal”. One person’s normal is another person’s edgy. I don’t know. Maybe it’s all crap indeed. Maybe I too am jabbering.

Wednesday 06 June 2007: Heidi and Sarah WELCOME you to Face The Day and are HAPPY to see you! Check out FTD Google hits Erika Dionisio and jolly fam!

Sarah says:
This is as welcoming as we can be today I’m afraid. One of those days! But I am very happy to share this very recent photo of Face The Day google hits Erika Dionisio, Neil Smith and their baby Oscar Charlie Dioniso Smith. Nice to see that little family so jolly! Man I wish October would come fast so I could be in New York already meeting that little Oscar boy! It’s a long time to wait!!!!

My brother and his wife arrived. I have to get them on here today. It’s nice to have them here. I just wish I had more time with them. It’s a very busy week! I’m maaaaaaddddd and so is Heidi as you’ll see. Which kind of mad you may wonder? Both depending on what time of day it is…

Heidi says:
I am maaaaaaaad!

And there below are my older brother NSM and my sister-in-law JO in my house today! Don't they look healthy and great! They were here two years ago at the same time and I saw them last summer in California, where they live. So much has happened between then and now. It is just so wonderful to see them both - and especially Jen looking so shiny and fresh and healthy and in great shape after all that her mind, body, spirit and soul have gone through in the last couple of years. Jen's hair has grown in curly. I think it's so nice! Makes me want to go much shorter. It's lovely to have them here again!

tuesday 5 June 2007: Sarah and Heidi love colours!

Monday 4 June 2007: Three is a magic number and Sarah has cleavage :)

Sarah says:
I didn't realize that dress dipped so low. I have to do something about that. When I put the dress on because I had to send a photo of it to a friend, I saw that I gained some weight again. I felt really fat in the dress - like I couldn't hide the rolls. Probably just from what I ate this weekend! I have to be a good girl this week. I have to go to ASG's wedding in Scotland (with Heidi!!!) in two weeks and I want to feel good in my dress! I made homemade chocolate chip cookies for all my colleagues for my birthday and well, the cookies are a bit too good to avoid if I do say so myself. Hopefully with my brother and his wife here all week I'll get back on my smoothie kick as they are smoothie lovers! I was doing so well there for a while but I fell off the wagon. I gotta get back on! I also look tired and worn out again. That's not good. It's gonna be a good but a rough week. I can feel it. I am excited so see my brother and his wife though! That'll be fun, fun, fun! I have to pick them up bright and early at the airport tomorrow so I had better get some sleep tonight. I stay up way too late - usually due to watching Battlestar Galactica, which is sad really! I need to learn to choose sleep over stuff like that. I'm sure I'd look and feel better for it!

Heidi says:
I am happy! I am truly happy and I want the world to know! My weekend was great. We ate out on Friday, having good food and good conversations. Then on saturday, Nico, Tom, Sarah and me celebrated Sarah's birthday in Bruges, which was hilarious at certain times. We had a nice time, eh Sarah?
But then, Sunday! Oh Sunday! What a glorious day! It was a very simple day filled with simple things, but that is what made it what it was: one of the best days in my life.
It started with sleeping out. Nico and me and our own bit of time. We woke up with little rays of light shining through the curtains, kissed each other good morning and had our breakfast outside. We had bread with chocolate spead and I was on camp with the youth movement all over again. It was eating fresh air while biting the bread with chocolate spread, enjoying the little sounds of outside life, holiday life. We took our time, but we knew the fleamarket was waiting for us so that was the next stop.
Then, one highlight of the day: we picked up Yma at Nico's parents! She smiled from the moment she saw us. That little sweet baby. We took her home and brought her to dreamland. Again Nico and me enjoyed our own bit of time outside, reading magazines and fighting the laundry-beast that was conquering. We won!
When Yma came back from dreamland, she ate a big pot of fruit pablum (fruitpap). It made her mommy and daddy very proud!
Yma was very lively and we decided to take her out, to the butterflygarden 'venning' close to our house. Nico took her on his arm, I kicked my shoes out, and we walked through the grass, looking at all the beautiful plants, imagining we were on a little trip. We felt so far and so close from home at the same time. Yma loved it. She was paying attention to our explanations of every plant, and we almost heard her repeating the names after us (but that was only in our heads). The butterflygarden expedition ended and we continued our walk, with Yma as our guide in her buggy. She told us all about the things she saw around her during the walk. She saw 'papapapapa' and 'mamamama' and every now and then she thought she saw 'tatataaaaaaa'. She sang for us and she smiled at us. She was happy. We were happy.
Home again, Yma gave us a perfect end of the day: she started to crawl. She used her little bare knees and hands, and moved. She was proud and so were we. She give us big smiles. She went to the land of dreams again, we missed her but we knew we'd see her back soon.
I AM HAPPY! I love my family! It is true, Three Is A Magic Number! Yes it is!

Sunday 03 June 2007: Sarah celebrates her birthday yet again at her father-in-law's birthday feast full of FOOD, FOOD, FOOD!!!

Sarah says:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANS!!!! That's my father-in-law up there. All the birthday people got flowers to wear in their hair. He wears his well, don't you think? Below you can see all the food we ate in honor of all of our birthdays, including my brother-in-laws' - who you can see in the below photo - his name is Wim. You can also see good old Marv in that photo on the left trying to be funny! Strangely, my family-in-law is starting to like Marv more than they like my husband - their own son, brother! Man did I eat a lot this weekend. Tomorrow it is back to the smoothie-diet! I actually look forward to it. My consuming smoothies means it's getting sunny again here in Belgium! We were lucky today with the weather. We got to sit outside and eat. Lovely! It was windy though and at one point a huge terrace parasol flew up in the sky above us from the neighbor's garden and blew all the way over a building onto a parallel street. It was funny and freaky! I wish I had gotten a photo of it!
So it's Sunday, which means Post Secret time! Below is definitely my favorite this week. I can totally relate. Big Time even!!!!! One frustrating thing I find about Belgium is that so many people play it so safe. That isn't meant to be an insult. It's just not what I am used to having grown up in America where you often really can just totally start over and do okay and take risks. The other side of that is huge of course - many people obviously can lose their wealth there just as fast as they build it up and all. I realize that. But here, you become what you study even if it isn't, wasn't really what you dreamt you'd be and there is often very little room for career change or risk-taking. I am generalizing indeed. But I really can appreciate that American go-getter spirit sometimes! It can be loud-mouthed and over-confidant and seemingly arrogant to think you can become anything you set out to be -- but it's a nice thought and too many people really do let a lot of fear get in the way of taking new action and direction in their lives. It's far too general for me to say that Belgians don't take risks and that Belgians would rather stay in a bad situation than take the risk to get out of it with the possibility of failure and all that. But there is something to it - in general. Just the whole set up here of choosing your career direction via what you study starting at age 12 already! You sort of get put in this box based on some tests you take and then you follow that path and can almost be forever defined by it. It's changing here and it is becoming less of a catastrophe and more of a possibility to indeed change direction in university or in career - and I'm glad about that. The fewer things that close you into a box in life, the better. The world should indeed be all of our oysters in some way or another. There's just so much to learn and see and do and grasp and grab. I can really appreciate the "go for it" side of the American dream. Of course I'd be a liar if I didn't admit I love the European Social system and am happily living off of it. I guess there's a lot to be learned by mixing together all of the great things from various cultures!

One last thing! I watched this horrid-topic Louis Theroux documentary tonight about the Most Hated Family In America. Via this link you may be able to see some of it. You'll have to navigate a little to find the right link to it. Click here for part one perhaps. Click here for part two I think. And click here for part three I hope. I can't believe this freaky family of gay haters exists. Their whole focus is to be against Gays because it's God's will, they say, to punish all of us because we put up with Gays when the Bible says no Gays allowed. The people Theroux interviewed can't wait for doomsday to come to punish the whole world for all its sins and for allowing Gays to be part of the world and the military. It's unbelievable. Seriously. These people are bizarre! They are so hateful. I can't believe they waste their time with this. It's so freaking archaic. I just don't get it. The funny thing (painful really) is that they also hate George Bush and say we are at war because of all the sins and because Gays are in the military and it's God's ways of killing them. What the frack!!!!!! These people are insane. Anyone so hateful and bigoted is. Freaks!

Saturday 02 June Continued: Heidi and Sarah take over Brugge for the night to celebrate Sarah's Birthday and act like silly 13 year old boys...

Sarah says:

So above is our first photo in Brugge and today's actual Face The Day shot. The weather was grand - a nice, mild evening. Heidi and Nico hooked me up with a nice book, two pots of fresh strawberries and a Borat DVD!!!! They also found a great Album cover in red with my name on it apart from one letter. All very lovely and kind of them!

We went to Brugge for some Indian food - Heidi's first Indian food! It was okay. Not splendid but still fun! The Belgian Indian food that I have tried here just doesn't compare to what I have had in New York and London. But oh well. It was tasty anyway.

After we ate we just wandered around Brugge and took stupid photos of ourselves and went to a bar. It was a fun night. As much as Heidi and I see each other, it's rare for us to go out together at night. So this was a joy.

Above you can see a very beautiful spot in Brugge and out stupid heads...

This is a duck we ran into on the street and felt solidarity with...

This woman was very happy to let us pose with her. Very affectionate...

Too bad you can't really see it, but that's Belgian Chocolate behind us at The Chocolate Line Shop. It's a great shop with special stuff such as tea-chocolate. Isn't that Johnny Depp? What's he doing there? Anyway - man did that chocolate remind me of why I live here!

The above photo is only to show you Heidi's amazingly beautiful new dress which she wears oh so well! Nico's suit isn't bad either! What a pretty couple, no? If only they were smiling!

Heidi will have to tell you who the guy above was. We ran into him on our way back to the car - already on the 3rd of June by then I think - just after midnight or so anyway. He's a bass player from Belgium named Slim. A Rockabilly bass player she knows. He put on his best sideways smile for us. Look how tired Heidi and I looked by then. We are getting old man... I am anyway. I look all bloated - maybe because my first present today was my period! Or maybe I ate too much...

Anyway, I had a fab birthday. I lost at air hockey though. I sucked at it!!!! I have to improve my game somehow. Heidi and I are going to have to go to the bowling alley on our lunch breaks so that I can practice air hockey and start winning again. Even my daughter beat me in one game!!! The shame! The shame! Today - now it's the 3rd by the way as I write this - today I'm going to a big birthday celebration. It's my father-in-laws birthday today. It was my brother-in laws birthday last week and it's his son's birthday next week. So we have a lot of celebrating and eating to do today! I think I will explode from all this eating and get a fat head again!

Saturday 02 June 2007: It's Sarah's Birthday today (as if you didn't know that already!!!) :-)

Above is today at 36 and below is a year ago today at 35.

Notice my beautiful new earrings my husband just gave me!!!

They look like the ones I am wearing in last years' photo (and wear almost everyday) but they are a much nicer version! I love them! I love my husband and kid!

They made my day today!!!!!

Sarah says:
Yep - it's my 36th birthday and man oh man oh man am I happy to say that unlike last year when I had horrid back pain and felt old, old, old - I feel amazingly full of energy today and younger than I have felt in the last five years and pain, pain, pain FREE!!!! Via this link you can see how my birthday was for me last year -- hard, hard, hard because of the pain I was in and because of my fear about the operation and because of the diet I had to be on. Here's a sentence that I wrote last year: "I can't wait till my birthday next year when I am a lot thinner and a lot less in pain I hope. "
Well - I am beyond a lot less pain. I HAVE NO PAIN!!!! And believe me, that is far more important than whether or not I lost weight and look thinner! I do look thinner, a bit, a very little bit, and that's good. But right now I am just happy I feel like my old self again and feel ready to take on the world this year! It'll be a great and exciting year I'm sure!!!

THANKS FOR ALL THE BIRTHDAY WISHES THAT KEEP COMING MY WAY!!! HAVE A GREAT, GREAT DAY!!!

Friday 01 June 2007: Hoodie-Heidi and Sweatshirt-Sarah look back a year on this FIRST OF THE MONTH PHOTO FLASHBACK DAY!

ABOVE TODAY / BELOW A YEAR AGO TODAY

Heidi says: I finally went to the doctor this morning before work and he prescribed me a lot of medication. I have had this cold for two weeks now, and it was time to have it checked. My head is feeling weird, the whole right side is hurting, especially my teeth and cheeks. My nose is still stuffed. I hope I get better now. I will I will. I am not a wuss.

Sarah says:
So it’s the first of the month, which means it’s FLASHBACK PHOTO DAY! Above you can see a photo of Heidi and me today. Below that you can see us exactly one year ago today! Via this link you can see what we were up to a year ago today! So much has changed! Heidi has a baby! I have a pain-free back and life! Last year on this day it was one day before my 35th birthday. Today it’s one day before my 36th birthday! I wonder what we’ll be up to a year from today!? Time will tell…

As for weekend plans, well – a lot of eating for me. Too much I’m sure. Tonight I’ll be having dinner out. Tomorrow I’ll be having dinner out for my birthday. And Sunday it’s family birthday celebration day at my mother-in-law’s so more eating! All day! For my birthday, I’ll have a quite day with my family – cleaning up my house in time for my brother and his wife’s visit next week. My husband, daughter and I will also go to the local bowling alley where they have one air-hockey table! I LOVE AIR HOCKEY!!! I used to play it a lot with my good friend MS back in Elmsford when we were teenagers. It’s an aggressive game. You slam a disc into your opponents slot. It goes fast and back and forth and back and forth. So tomorrow, for my birthday, we’ll play a few games of that. I can’t wait! Now I can do that since I have no back pain anymore! And at night, my husband, Heidi, Nico and I will go have Indian food in Brugge. It’ll be a nice day I’m sure. It’s amazing how much it has rained in Belgium today! Incredible really! The weather is nuts today! Dark. The rain is slamming down like a flood!!!!! If you go outside, you are going to be soaked. There is no way around that! Hopefully there will be at least a little sun tomorrow!

HEIDI AND SARAH WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY WEEKEND!!!

And if you feel like a good laugh, check out this funny You Tube link... and also this funny You Tube link...