Happy 30th Birthday Scott!

It appears to be a tradition in Belgium that if it's your birthday, you bring in some sort of treat for your group. We didn't realize that was the case last year so this year we planned ahead. I brought back two cake mixes and two icings from the U.S. and made about 40 cupcakes yesterday. Cupcakes are a normal birthday treat in the U.S. but they don't have them here. They have muffins but no cupcakes. Even if they did put the batter into a muffin tin, Belgians would never, ever frosting the top with icing for fear of too much sugar. Scott took his cupcakes to work and I just called and he said they were a big hit. They liked the chocolate frosting better than the vanilla. Go figure!

Scott, I hope you have a wonderful 30th birthday!

It's a holiday here on Thursday and Friday so we are headed to Barcelona, Spain to celebrate Scott's birthday. We weren't to impressed with southern Spain so I hope Barcelona is better. They have a Hard Rock Cafe...so at least we'll eat well!

Random (really random) thoughts:

I like soft toilet paper and I'm not afraid to admit that I have a slight Charmin addiction. We recently used our last role from our commissary visit in January. (Yes, I stock up) So, that meant I had to breakdown and shop for toilet paper here for the first time. After reviewing my 5 choices I went with the Scottex DOUBLE roll brand. I put the new roll on and glanced back at the package to make sure it said DOUBLE roll. It was the same size as a U.S normal roll. I'd hate to see what a non-double roll is here. Gotta have everything bigger in the U.S I guess! If your wondering....the Scottex brand wasn't soft. 4 more brands to try or I'm headed back to the commissary!

Halloween has become a bigger to-do here this year. Lots more decorations and costumes. Last night our door bell rang while we were making dinner and 4 teenage boys dressed in their "Scream attire" came to the door. Scott is telling them that Halloween is Wednesday not Monday and they told him they'd be out of town so they are trick or treating now. Scott says, oh well nothing here and I didn't want our house to get egged so I found the emergency stash of starburst and grabbed some for him to give them. They all just looked at the candy like what is this? Scott and I went on and laughed about the fact that we gave out American candy. Then, about 30 minutes later it hits Scott that he thinks they give out money here instead of candy. No wonder they looked at us weird. MONEY? Who gives out money? Scott's suppose to ask people at work today what the tradition is for Halloween. Our lights are off if it's the money!