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First, a big thanks to everyone who commented on my exercise post - Tim and I really liked reading what everyone does for exercise. It really surprised me how many of you are familiar with the more non-traditional stuff like pilates and yoga balls and I don’t even remember what. I think they sound like something for me and I might try some of it out.

However, to lower my stress level, I require serious heart-pounding exercise on a regular basis, and I haven’t tried to convince Tim that any of that alternative stuff is real exercise (not worth the effort and not sure I believe 100% in it anyway). This is why on Saturday we bought something that will be delivered tomorrow… and it’s not a yoga ball.

Oooo, what do you think we bought?

… I married Tim :) Okay, one of the many reasons!

Shhh, hidden link to Tim’s blog

Here in Germany they are a fan of defacing all film or television made in any language other than German by dubbing the audio over with German translations of the original text. Let me assure you, this does not improve the end user experience. Trying to find a movie playing in a movie theatre in the *original* language in which it was recorded is like trying to find an empty seat in a nice jazz coffee house late Sunday afternoon: it poses a serious challenge.

Lucky for Tim and I, the primary movie theatre in Aschaffenburg does show original-language movies once a week, Monday night at 8pm. So one film, one showing per week, in maybe English or French. For the last 3 weeks, I had looked forward to the movie we get this week: Cars. I even wasn’t bothered that the work week started this week because I knew Monday night we would go see Cars.

That is, until Tim emailed Monday afternoon saying that the original version (OV) movie this week was playing at 5:15pm instead of 8pm! boooooo-HOOOOOooooO. No Cars for us. Next week is Devil Wore Prada - should be fun as long as they don’t trick me at the last minute;\

Most everyone reading my blog should identify with this post: I need more exercise. I am so desperate to get in shape that I am seriously considering exercising in the morning before showering, something I have never accomplished even once in my whole life (ask my family, I’m not much for mornings).

Problem is, what kind of exercise can I do in the winter at 6:30am? Our livingroom isn’t arranged in a way conducive to my lovely step-aerobics DVD’s. Not to mention that I’m not sure how enthusiastic Tim would be waking up to my jumping up and down in the next room to aerobics DVD’s every morning.

I think I want to buy an exercise machine, not a treadmill but one of the other ones. I know, I know, I won’t use it more than a month and then we’ll be stuck with it. But the way I see it, it’s cheaper than a gym membership and I’d probably use it more often. Thoughts? Anyone have success sticking with a home fitness machine more than 6 months?

“Im Strudel der Ereignisse untergehen”

At first glance, you’d think it was talking about drowning in apple-Strudel (German apple pie). However, it translates to “to be caught up in the whirlwind of events”. Nice huh? Mmm, German phrases that use “apple pie” in them, mmmm.

Here in Germany it’s started cooling off to 10°C (50°F) at night, and that seems to magically coax all the fresh mountain air out from the fields into the town. Everyone seems to be mentioning, have you noticed how fresh the air is?

That’s one of my favorite things about living where we do in Germany right now. No offense to the Netherlands, but the air in the heavily populated Western area where Tim and I always were is not nearly as fresh as the open spaces in Germany. Thank God for fresh air.