Bonne Annee! Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!

Happy new year family and friends.  I hope everyone had a fun weekend and has had a successful week of sticking to any New Year's resolutions made!  My New Year's resolution was to stop eating butter, or at least to no longer apply butter to anything I eat.  I have noticed that this has resulted in me eating less bread too.  Which is a good thing as since the start of this past week I have not been able to button up my jeans or pants/trousers.  Thankfully mom sent me a BeBand in week 5!  I am using this daily now, until my consternation towards maternity clothes wanes and I go shopping.

Jon and I spent New Year's weekend in Brussels with friends, and on the 31st we all gathered in the Grand Place with  the Sprouts (i.e. Brusseleers) to celebrate.  Unfortunately the New Year's Eve festivities were not, they were actually taking place in the next square, so the clock turned 12 without much of a ripple.  Still it was a fun night (apart from the hazy, "we-don't-give-two-frites-about-the-smoking-ban" bars), and a good weekend all round (especially the trip to sweet Brugge and even including the staid yet satisfactory tour of the EU Parliament).