Tuesday 8 December through Monday 14 December for Sarah and with Heidi today! Lots of excercise in Bremerhaven, Germany and link to nice pics!

Monday the 14th of December above with Heidi quick before I went to work and she went home to rest... Wish I could rest too -I have a backache :-(!

Above is from Sunday the 13th of December in Gent, where we went with a visitor from The States named Monica. She is studying law in Amsterdam and came to us via via. We had a nice couple of days seeing Belgium through her eyes - first Brugge, then Ieper and then Gent...

That's me and our visitor Monica in Ieper on Saturday the 12th of December after we had been to Brugge in the day and had just eaten mussels and fries - just before seeing the Last Post in Ieper.

That's me above past midnight on Thursday the 10th - though really Friday the 11th at about 20 past midnight. I had been exercising in the hotel firtness room in Bremerhaven, Germany - where I was for a conference for work. We had some long but nice days - each one which I finished off with exercise late at night because I ate too much too late each day!

Above photo is also just after exercise but on Wednedsay night the 9th of December.

And above photo is also just after going on the cross-trainer and bike on Tuesday the 8th of December.

For some nice photos of Bremerhaven, Germany, please go via this link to my photo album!

Sunday 13 December 2009: partytime for Heidi and her friends (sitting time for Heidi :-()

Heidi says: A nice afternoon foyer dansant in Kortrijk with The Smoky Midnight gang, who played a wonderful gig! Despite my ever dancing mood I was not allowed to leave my chair other than for toilet use... Two more months, two more months, two more months, ONLY two more months... :-)

Saturday 12 December 2009: Heidi's little beauty

Heidi says: and I don't mean myself. Have a look.

Tuesday 8 December 2009: Heidi puts up her christmas tree

Sunday 06 and Monday 07 December 2009: Heidi and Sarah see each other quickly thanks to the Gilmore Girls...

Sarah says:
Always good to start a week with Heidi on a Monday morning! She rang my bell to pick up the Gilmore Girls season 5 and 6 as she's racing full speed ahead through them as she has to rest a lot! The Gilmore Girls series is a great one to sit back and relax to. Ayla and I are loving it too! Season 4 wasn't that great but season 5 is fab! Such a great escape! e gave Ayla season 6 for Sinterklaas yesterday but since I am off to Germany for the whole week, Heidi could borrow both seasons. Isn't this all very interesting? It's all I can offer on a Monday morning! I am packing for my trip and then off to work. Tonight there is a Zita Swoon gig at De Kreun, which I can't miss and then it's up at 5:30 am tomorrow morning for a long day of travelling to Bremerhaven, Germany...

That's my photo above from yesterday - Sunday the 6th of December... By the way - on both Saturday and Sunday I ate all-you-can-eat buffet food - first Italian and then Asian. Not a good idea while on a diet. My belly is a total wreck today! It seriously hurts. I learned my lesson!

Friday and Saturday 04 and 05 December 2009: Sarah needs coffee! Heidi is getting more pregnant-looking and Sarah is trying hard to lose some weight..

Heidi says: above a picture taken by Nico I just have to publish. It is too nice to disappear in all these bits and bytes. Yma and her cousin Sam.

Sarah says:

All that coffee was all I needed this morning... I woke up early and was tired and had about 3 or 4 cups! Ate too much today too! But - it was a nice day - celebrating Sinterklaas and my mother-in-law's birthday!

Above and below you can see Heidi and me yesterday - Friday the 4th. She came over to cut my and Ayla's hair. I love how she's been cutting it! I must say it looks great and both Ayla and I are very happy! As you can see below - Heidi's pregnant belly is growing and growing! It's beautiful!

My belly, on the other hand, is starting to shrink a bit! I don't think I can credit dieting as much as pure exercising! It's the cross-trainer, I'm sure! I have been increasing the time I spend on it. Minimum 4 days a week for up to 40 minutes now + biking to and from work every day. It's working! I see my body changing in a good way and I don't feel as bas about eating a bit more!

Above you can see my haircut! I love it! Thanks Heidi!!!

And last but not least - that's me above after 42 minutes on the cross-trainer! Never again! I think between 30 and 40 minutes is enough each time! I shouldn't go overboard!

Thursday 3 December 2009: Just another day

Heidi says: I am having Braxton-Hixton-contractions (or whatever the name is) again and tonight I am going to the doctor to let them being checked. I hope so much I do not have to have bed rest. And I certainly do not want to go to hospital in this time of year. There will be Sinterklaas to celebrate with Yma and then I need to put the christmastree up so no time to be in a hospital bed. Of course, I also don't want to give birth too early so I'll listen to what the doctor has to say to me. Fingers crossed. (I am not feeling as sad as I look on the picture :-))

Sarah says: I have a pink office now. Nice! I sit next to a window. Nice! It's almost weekend and it should be a calm one! Nice! It always rains all night and I think - oh no - it will be a hellish bike ride in the morning but then by the time the day starts the rain stops. Nice!

Wednesday 02 December 2009: Whoops - something went wrong with Sarah's photo today so check out her kid's barbie fashion creations instead!

Sarah says:

Hmm.... Not sure what went wrong with my photo from above today but there was no saving it so that's what I can offer! Above I also posted some photos of my kid's creations! She's talented if you ask me (of course I have to say that as I am her mom - but I really believe it too!). She's got an eye for detail and I am so pleased she's learning how to sew from her oma here in Belgium. It's such a great thing for her to learn!

Tuesday 01 December 2009: It's Flashback First of the Month at Heidi and Sarah Face The Day! Go back in time 4 years with us!

Sarah says:

It's Flashback First of the Month here at Face The Day and Heidi and I actually met up for soup for lunch today and were able to get the above photo together! You can see how we have changed in the last 4 years. I always love this part. Heidi and I find it fun to look back and compare all of the years...

Sarah says:
So - above you can see Heidi and I one year ago today on 01 December 2008! We have our Christmas reds and greens on a little early! Via this link you can go back in time with us to that day!
There above you can see me exactly two years ago today on 01 December 2007. Via this link you can see where my head was at two years ago.

The photo of me above is exactly three years ago today on 01 December 2006. It was 14 days before my big back operation and I was hungry! Starving myself before the operation. In total pain. I can't even remember all that pain anymore. Three years on and I feel amazing! Finally I am doing some sport and fitness, which is great. But I am still so afraid of the pain coming back - especially the newest hernia. I have come a long way in a year because last year at this time I was totally afraid to even move still and now I am on a bike every day and on the cross-trainer and am losing weight! I am doing it!!! That makes me happy! Via this link you can re-visit today three years ago at Face The Day!

Via the same link above you can see what was on Heidi's mind three years ago today. The photo above shows Heidi that day in 2006.

And last but not least - in the photo above you can see Heidi and me four years ago today exactly on 01 December 2005! Via this link, you can learn more about what was going on in our heads that day. We were being wise-guys that day for sure. We haven't been wise-guys on here in a while. We just don't have enough time these days for anything but a quick photo maybe once or twice a month together! One of these days we'll surprise you with something good and fun maybe!

Monday 30 November 2009: Another day, nothing much to report...

Sarah says:
What a Monday it was today! I didn't get enough sleep this weekend and man did I feel it today! My eyes even hurt the whole afternoon. I was busy though and I like being busy, busy busy! I need to get back on the diet wagon as I fell off thanks to Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving leftovers - twice! Tonight I got on the cross trainer and thanks to Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti album I did 32 whole minutes without pain! I just got so into the music. It was great!

Look who we have here below! Good old Marv! I'm always trying to get his attention!

Saturday and Sunday 28 and 29 November 2009: Sarah is finally done with Westtalent and had a great time doing it!

Above is Ayla and me today - Sunday the 29th of November. It was a nice and lazy day with some good friends - eating a Thanksgiving-like meal and watching a bad movie...

Above is a photo from about 2:30 am this morning right after the last Westtalent 2009 final was finished! Almost every Friday and Saturday night since October I have been going out and seeing 8 West-Flemish bands each time as part of the jury. It's been great fun and I have seen loads of talent! It was nice getting to know the other jury people and the whole Westtalent team and all the bands! But I am sort of glad it' now done because I can make other plans now on Fridays and Saturdays! I would do it again though for sure!

Above you can see me and my fellow Westtalent jury members backstage at the finals at De Kreun last night! The band Lovely Gazbaby won. You can see a photo of me with them below. They were good throughout and consistant. I wish them lots of luck! They deserve it!

Friday 27 November 2009: Heidi got a special free make-up treat in the local Pharmacy :-)

Heidi says: and I like it! Very natural but clean and fresh and beautiful!

Thursday 26 November 2009: HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!!

Sarah says:
Happy Thanksgiving! Can't wait to celebrate it with some expat friends tonight and with Ayla. I'm glad she'll come too. That's one holiday she's certainly missed out on growing up here in Belgium. I have missed out on it too of course - and have missed it. It must be more than 15 years ago that I actually celebrated Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving day itself in a more traditional way. I enjoyed making cranberry sauce last night and will enjoy eating it with turkey and other good stuff tonight!

And boy do I have a lot to be thankful for! Mostly good people I lucked out with getting to have in my life - that's what I am thankful for! So thanks very much to all you good people in my life!You know who you are I hope!

I'm also thankful for my health and home and job. I feel pretty lucky most of the time and I am thankful for that!!!

Wednesday 25 November 2009: HAPPY 31ST BIRTHDAY HEIDI!!!! Go back in time all the way to 2005 and see what Heidi has looked like on her birthday...

Heidi says: It was a good birthday. One year older. Where will that end? :-)

Above you will eventually be able to see Heidi today on her 31st birthday if she gets around to uploading a photo!!!! In the meantime, I have put a message for Heidi above :-)! Happy Birthday Heidi! Have a great day and year!!!

Above is a photo from last year on this when Heidi turned 30 years old! Via this link you can go back to that day and see what Heidi was up to...
There's Heidi above and below two years ago today when she turned 29 in 2007!

Via this link you can go back to that day and check Heidi out!

That's Heidi above three years ago on 25 November 2006 blowing out her candles! She had given birth to Yma a couple of months before. If you want to check out exactly what she was up to on that day three years ago, you can via this link.
That's Heidi four years ago celebrating her birthday on 26 November 2005. If you want to know the details, check out what she was up to that day via this link and on her birthday itself in 2005 via this link.

And below you can see me and Ayla today - the 25th of November 2009, happy to have just received season 5 of the Gilmore Girls in the mail as we love that show and have been waiting a while since season 4 ended. Now we know what we'l be doing each night after work and school for a while! Fun! We like to pretend we are Lorelei and Rory - a great mom and daughter team - and then Tom comes home from work and the bubble bursts! :-)


Above are CRANBERRIES I am making into sauce for the Thanksgiving dinner Ayla and I will actually go to on Thanksgiving itself here in Belgium with a bunch of expat friends! Can't wait!
And that's me above yesterday - Tuesday the 24th of November - 1 kilo lighter than the last weigh-in - which isn't a lot but still makes me happy because I am at the halfway mark having lost 5 kilos in just under three months - that's a bit more than 11 pounds and I want to lose 20 pounds, which means about 10 kilos - so by March that might be the case! I sure hope so! I'm trying and trying though on Thanksgiving I will stop trying for the night and just enjoy!!!