Here's a link I found, apparently according to yahoo it's in the top 10 of this searched on the internet today...Day 86...
Click here to go to Age Calculator
It says I'm gonna be 84, which I can believe I've had a healthy lifestyle growing up, and I"m still trying to improve it now. Frank got 88. I thought for sure I would out live him. Let me know what you got, I can either post it, or if not, its just fun to know.
A little update, it's been 2 weeks of working out with Frank. Pretty much straight, we've slacked maybe two days, but that's not bad, a little rest here or there. According to the wii fit our results are slightly lower, we're doing better, but I feel it's a long road ahead if we want to look like comic book heros...scratch that for Frank he says, "I want to look like a Viking, or a very scary homeless man."
Ah yes and we watched Casino Royale
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Day 78 -Walking, Wii Fit, and Grillin
Felt like a slow day until we decided and somehow convinced ourselves to go out. I like shopping, even window shopping, Frank...not so much. But somehow we convinced ourselves to go to the art store. My hidden agenda was to find bubbles, hopefully where I found sidewalk chalk, but we couldn't find any bubbles there. Then somehow Frank convinced us to go to the hardware store to buy grill supplies. For 18 euros you could get a complete [but crappy] grill set, with two layers for hotdogs and toasty buns! Cute, portable, but NOoooo, Frank wants just the grill face, cause he already collected a tone of bricks. So he bought his supplies and in the hottest moment of the day, went to grillin'. We started the charcoal pretty well for our first attempt. I like to think it was due to my advice and some google research.
After a great chicken shish-kabob we tricked ourselves in buying Mario Kart and Wii Fit. Our point was...We're gonna buy it anyway, we should buy it sooner so we can enjoy it longer! And then we promised ourselves to go job searching together. We haven't done that yet.
So we went out to the center of town, tried all the big stores, again nothing, just like when we originally bought our wii and 2nd remote. No Mario Kart, No Wii Fit. But we found the only wii fit at a small store, hidden.
We played Wii Fit and watched Indiana Jones, Temple of Doom...GREAT MOVIE. Frank's rated as obese in wii fit. I'm ideal, but closer to over weight. So hopefully we'll get a little bit more fit and lose weight. I think Frank believes in it more then I do, but he does like it for the games. I'm a little skeptical on how much weight a person can lose, but we've been exercising for a week straight with wii sports, and now we're kicking it up a notch with Wii Fit. And I think our diet isn't too bad. We'll definitely keep you posted on all this.
Funny side to buying a wii. It was hot today, standing and walking in the sun and grilling was not that much fun. But Ice cream sounded really good. I suggested it, but I could of went either way getting it or not, deep down I REALLY WANTED IT, but would be fine if passed up. Frank was so set on getting a McFlurry, but then he realized, he's caring a wii fit. If we walk into that McDonnalds we'd be VERY HYPOCRITICAL. That right there convinced Frank to pass up on sugar. We went home and played Wii Fit!
Fun side story, the previous night or so we went on a walk to the closest park. After watching the sun set forever [cause the sun takes a long time to disappear, the sky stays orange-ie-rainbow forever] we walked home and came across a lot of trash art! Ugly prints, but GREAT PAPER! We took it all home in hopes I can make a cool book out of it. And in the slideshow of pictures you'll see what look likes the Hulk's arm cut off. We found it crappily pasted on a window at a car dealer ship.. We took that home and it's hanging up in our kitchen. I like it a lot. I think it's really cool to have original work from street art. Also on some of our walks we pass by more art work from the same guy, we want to tear it down but the moment hasn't felt just right.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Day 69-72 Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Slideshow of Brussels and Brugge
Day 69- We got our first visitors!!! Katerina and Stefan [her boyfriend, and name I can now properly spell thanks to the wii] came over and spent 4 days with us. It's awesome! It was a Thursday morning, Frank and I woke up at like 8...cause we didn't finish cleaning before our guest arrived. Frank sent me out to buy groceries while he did deep cleaning, like mop floors and clean the tub. I went out on my adventure, only to get shut down at the bank, cause they didn't take Frank's card, and to find out the grocery store was closed. As I took a moment to look around, I then learned EVERYTHING was closed. We figured everything was closed cause it was Assension, but then we learned it was cause I was just out too early. So around 9-ish I was able to drag Frank with me to go food shopping, and we came back with sooooo much stuff. When we packed the fridge we thought that it was thee most filled we've ever seen it. Frank washed the floors, and I got stuck doing a million dishes. I really don't know how the place got so messy, cause we purposly cleaned it on Sunday, and the place looked great.
With the apartment cleaned, we waited and waited. Finally a phone call, it's from Kat and she's in Waterloo, which means she over shot us by 20 mins, cause we live on Waterloo Street [Chaussee de Waterloo] we learned that in order to see where Napoleon died you'd have to pay 8 euros to walk up a hill. Kat said, "No way am I paying 8 euros to walk up a hill!" Turned her car around [really her boyfriends] and drove back to our place.
They arrived, and we helped unpack. We took a walk around our place, took them to a park or two, continued to walk to the center of town, and walked around it, where we bought some beer, waffels and fries. I think that's what's Begliums for! We did a lot of walking and ended up eatting at the local food place at the end of our street by our apartment. Great food, like always, we figured this was the most authentic Belgium food we could find, instead of over priced places in the center of town.
After our exhusting day, we just relaxed back at our place and played some wii. We made Kat and Stefan in our wii. They both came out really good. We had a boxing tourtament...where I came in last, I got beat by Frank and Stefan...AND IT'S STEFAN'S FIRST TIME!!! But Stefan got beat by Kat, and we could tell it was going to be an on going battle for the rest of the weekend.
[insert some pics of the day here]
Day 70 - It's Friday! we voted to go to the Atonium, it was a beautiful day, very clear and perfect for the Atonium. Unfortunately all of the other tourist thought so too. The line was forever long, like an hour wait to buy tickets, then a 2 hour wait to go up into the place. So we said, "screw that!" And explored around it. Frank and I finally got to explore the parks around it, cause in the Atonium you see the above view of the park, and the houses in the distance, the nuclear power plant, and a birds eye view of Mini Europe! So the park was cool, it definatly felt like it came from another planet, and the plants ate all the grounds keeper and started to grow uncontrollably. there are long rows of trees planeted in lines, but the trees are huge and grow a little funky. There were old bridges, trees shaped like squares, lots of bugs that didn't bite, small rivers, ducks, and pretty flowers. I think someone was taking some care of the plants. But we all agreed, at the times you spoted the Atonium from the forest, it definatly looked like it was a space ship that landed. [Interesting fact, the Atonium was built in 1958, closed after the worlds fair was over, then re opened in 2000 to make a lot of money to tourist, it's the year 2008 so it is the 50 years of Atonium!]
Since we couldn't go to the Atonium, we said let's go to Mini Europe, which was right around the corner, unfortunatly so was the line to get into it. So we said, "Screw that!" And looked for a place to eat. We found one, food was ok, propotions small, we weren't too happy, Kat and I were cause we got a yummy chicken with a crappy salad and fries. We also contemplated to see Iron Man at the IMAX theater there.
Since it was early, and we didn't want to wait around for 2-4 hours for Iron man, we went back home and just walked around, found a really chill bar to sit and eat at. Their onion rings tasted like WHITE CASTLES!!! It was amazing! And I got to try more authentic Belgium beer, which I love!
We saw Iron Man...AMAZING, THEE BEST MARVEL MOVIE TO BE REALEASED! And luckily the movie theater we saw it at they have the version OV which means Oringinal Version, so it was in English..THANK GOD, it had sub titles, and I caught myself reading them a few times, but they didn't distract me too much, THE MOVIE IS AWESOME! I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE!!! BETTER THEN SPIDERMAN!
Best quote. I caught Kat looking into Stefan's eyes saying,"You're my Iron Man."
Day 71- Bruge or as we like to call it, Brick-opolis. It was swarming with tourist, worst then the Atonium. Of course, it's the town with the most bricks, on a Sat., on a 4 day weekend. So being that we're not a fan of tourist, [I might be] and even though we are technicly tourist, even though Kat played the, "Frank lives in Belgium" card, so she calims we're not tourist, I think we are. Bruge was very nice, cute shops, lots of lace and chocolate, lots of bricks, that's about it. After walking around, excaping the madness of the tourist we ended up in a peaceful park where there was another round building, made of brick, that was zip-tied closed, so we didn't go in, and then we just walked back. I think we saw the "real" side of Bruge.
We ate outside at, I'm gonna guess, a fancy resturant, cause the prices were high and the porportions were small. Kat got mussels, and they were so yummy, with fries. Stefan got a bowl of soup, Frank got crokettes[?], they only gave him two, and I got Prime rib[?] it was real good, but so small, with a tiny tiny salad. I think Kat's fries helped us all not starve to death. The service was slow, real slow. It felt good cause we were walking so much, but it also felt real slow, like I'm gonna miss my train if the guy doesn't move - slow. And for the first time, I was thinking of dining and ditching. I don't recomend it, cause I'm an honest person [most of the time] and these people work, weather they want to serve you or not, they are working, and then to not get paid. That just sucks, but so does waiting around for over 30 mins for a check, when the sun is setting and there are things you want to do. So I suggest we just leave, it was taking forever, let's just leave, no ones coming out, no one has come out, no one came out to even check on us. So I got up, followed by Stefan, of all people Frank wasn't leading this protest, it was me. By the time Stefan and I made it half way to the corner of the street, the lady came flying out and Kat caught her and paid. Kat's a saint. I was annoyed cause I thought we'd actual get away with it. Poor judgment on my part. But again, I don't recommend dinning and ditching, it's not nice.
So we got home, Frank cooked up one of his special chicken and shrimp rice combo. Really good, like always and more wii. Stefan went through training, really practicing to beat Kat at the game. Then we pooped out and fell right to sleep
Day 72- Sunday, and we're all still tired, all that walking the whole weekend, so tired. So we just chilled, and played wii, then Kat and Stefan took off. Frank and I didn't do much the rest of the day. But I think we got someone new hooked on the wii. We shall see what happends, tune in next week, see if Stefan buys one.
Things that happen this weekend that wasn't mentioned...Frank started a brick collection. I doubt it was inspired by Bruge, more like Frank really wanta Man-made grill. So we now have bricks set up on the launch pad. Almost complete, for now it looks like a Mario pipe. Each time I see it, I expect Mario to come climbing out, dust himself off and triple jump onto the next lunch pad in the neighbors yard and hear some cat hiss or freak out. And a little re-cap. It was really nice to have Kat and Stefan come out. Saved some of my sainity. Just nice to see old friends, catch up, discover new stuff, and speak english. It lifted our spirits. Oh and again, why Kat is a saint, SHE FOUND BACON! GLORIOUS BACON! We haven't found any at the two closest food stores. Now maybe we're just not looking hard enough, cause I don't shift through the isles looking for it, but she spotted it, IN A TRAIN STATION??!!! So we picked up two packets, and now we will enjoy the bacon to it's full extent!
Day 69- We got our first visitors!!! Katerina and Stefan [her boyfriend, and name I can now properly spell thanks to the wii] came over and spent 4 days with us. It's awesome! It was a Thursday morning, Frank and I woke up at like 8...cause we didn't finish cleaning before our guest arrived. Frank sent me out to buy groceries while he did deep cleaning, like mop floors and clean the tub. I went out on my adventure, only to get shut down at the bank, cause they didn't take Frank's card, and to find out the grocery store was closed. As I took a moment to look around, I then learned EVERYTHING was closed. We figured everything was closed cause it was Assension, but then we learned it was cause I was just out too early. So around 9-ish I was able to drag Frank with me to go food shopping, and we came back with sooooo much stuff. When we packed the fridge we thought that it was thee most filled we've ever seen it. Frank washed the floors, and I got stuck doing a million dishes. I really don't know how the place got so messy, cause we purposly cleaned it on Sunday, and the place looked great.
With the apartment cleaned, we waited and waited. Finally a phone call, it's from Kat and she's in Waterloo, which means she over shot us by 20 mins, cause we live on Waterloo Street [Chaussee de Waterloo] we learned that in order to see where Napoleon died you'd have to pay 8 euros to walk up a hill. Kat said, "No way am I paying 8 euros to walk up a hill!" Turned her car around [really her boyfriends] and drove back to our place.
They arrived, and we helped unpack. We took a walk around our place, took them to a park or two, continued to walk to the center of town, and walked around it, where we bought some beer, waffels and fries. I think that's what's Begliums for! We did a lot of walking and ended up eatting at the local food place at the end of our street by our apartment. Great food, like always, we figured this was the most authentic Belgium food we could find, instead of over priced places in the center of town.
After our exhusting day, we just relaxed back at our place and played some wii. We made Kat and Stefan in our wii. They both came out really good. We had a boxing tourtament...where I came in last, I got beat by Frank and Stefan...AND IT'S STEFAN'S FIRST TIME!!! But Stefan got beat by Kat, and we could tell it was going to be an on going battle for the rest of the weekend.
[insert some pics of the day here]
Day 70 - It's Friday! we voted to go to the Atonium, it was a beautiful day, very clear and perfect for the Atonium. Unfortunately all of the other tourist thought so too. The line was forever long, like an hour wait to buy tickets, then a 2 hour wait to go up into the place. So we said, "screw that!" And explored around it. Frank and I finally got to explore the parks around it, cause in the Atonium you see the above view of the park, and the houses in the distance, the nuclear power plant, and a birds eye view of Mini Europe! So the park was cool, it definatly felt like it came from another planet, and the plants ate all the grounds keeper and started to grow uncontrollably. there are long rows of trees planeted in lines, but the trees are huge and grow a little funky. There were old bridges, trees shaped like squares, lots of bugs that didn't bite, small rivers, ducks, and pretty flowers. I think someone was taking some care of the plants. But we all agreed, at the times you spoted the Atonium from the forest, it definatly looked like it was a space ship that landed. [Interesting fact, the Atonium was built in 1958, closed after the worlds fair was over, then re opened in 2000 to make a lot of money to tourist, it's the year 2008 so it is the 50 years of Atonium!]
Since we couldn't go to the Atonium, we said let's go to Mini Europe, which was right around the corner, unfortunatly so was the line to get into it. So we said, "Screw that!" And looked for a place to eat. We found one, food was ok, propotions small, we weren't too happy, Kat and I were cause we got a yummy chicken with a crappy salad and fries. We also contemplated to see Iron Man at the IMAX theater there.
Since it was early, and we didn't want to wait around for 2-4 hours for Iron man, we went back home and just walked around, found a really chill bar to sit and eat at. Their onion rings tasted like WHITE CASTLES!!! It was amazing! And I got to try more authentic Belgium beer, which I love!
We saw Iron Man...AMAZING, THEE BEST MARVEL MOVIE TO BE REALEASED! And luckily the movie theater we saw it at they have the version OV which means Oringinal Version, so it was in English..THANK GOD, it had sub titles, and I caught myself reading them a few times, but they didn't distract me too much, THE MOVIE IS AWESOME! I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE!!! BETTER THEN SPIDERMAN!
Best quote. I caught Kat looking into Stefan's eyes saying,"You're my Iron Man."
Day 71- Bruge or as we like to call it, Brick-opolis. It was swarming with tourist, worst then the Atonium. Of course, it's the town with the most bricks, on a Sat., on a 4 day weekend. So being that we're not a fan of tourist, [I might be] and even though we are technicly tourist, even though Kat played the, "Frank lives in Belgium" card, so she calims we're not tourist, I think we are. Bruge was very nice, cute shops, lots of lace and chocolate, lots of bricks, that's about it. After walking around, excaping the madness of the tourist we ended up in a peaceful park where there was another round building, made of brick, that was zip-tied closed, so we didn't go in, and then we just walked back. I think we saw the "real" side of Bruge.
We ate outside at, I'm gonna guess, a fancy resturant, cause the prices were high and the porportions were small. Kat got mussels, and they were so yummy, with fries. Stefan got a bowl of soup, Frank got crokettes[?], they only gave him two, and I got Prime rib[?] it was real good, but so small, with a tiny tiny salad. I think Kat's fries helped us all not starve to death. The service was slow, real slow. It felt good cause we were walking so much, but it also felt real slow, like I'm gonna miss my train if the guy doesn't move - slow. And for the first time, I was thinking of dining and ditching. I don't recomend it, cause I'm an honest person [most of the time] and these people work, weather they want to serve you or not, they are working, and then to not get paid. That just sucks, but so does waiting around for over 30 mins for a check, when the sun is setting and there are things you want to do. So I suggest we just leave, it was taking forever, let's just leave, no ones coming out, no one has come out, no one came out to even check on us. So I got up, followed by Stefan, of all people Frank wasn't leading this protest, it was me. By the time Stefan and I made it half way to the corner of the street, the lady came flying out and Kat caught her and paid. Kat's a saint. I was annoyed cause I thought we'd actual get away with it. Poor judgment on my part. But again, I don't recommend dinning and ditching, it's not nice.
So we got home, Frank cooked up one of his special chicken and shrimp rice combo. Really good, like always and more wii. Stefan went through training, really practicing to beat Kat at the game. Then we pooped out and fell right to sleep
Day 72- Sunday, and we're all still tired, all that walking the whole weekend, so tired. So we just chilled, and played wii, then Kat and Stefan took off. Frank and I didn't do much the rest of the day. But I think we got someone new hooked on the wii. We shall see what happends, tune in next week, see if Stefan buys one.
Things that happen this weekend that wasn't mentioned...Frank started a brick collection. I doubt it was inspired by Bruge, more like Frank really wanta Man-made grill. So we now have bricks set up on the launch pad. Almost complete, for now it looks like a Mario pipe. Each time I see it, I expect Mario to come climbing out, dust himself off and triple jump onto the next lunch pad in the neighbors yard and hear some cat hiss or freak out. And a little re-cap. It was really nice to have Kat and Stefan come out. Saved some of my sainity. Just nice to see old friends, catch up, discover new stuff, and speak english. It lifted our spirits. Oh and again, why Kat is a saint, SHE FOUND BACON! GLORIOUS BACON! We haven't found any at the two closest food stores. Now maybe we're just not looking hard enough, cause I don't shift through the isles looking for it, but she spotted it, IN A TRAIN STATION??!!! So we picked up two packets, and now we will enjoy the bacon to it's full extent!
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