Jackie 'n Gnome's Adventures

Latvia

2008-08-10T13:22:00.000-07:00

Hullo friends! Here are some pix from my trip in Riga! This is a kewl city - I had fun site seeing here.... but, tomorrow I am heading to the USA -- so who knows what I'll be up to in the next months?! Until next time.... JC

Beach!

2008-08-08T14:10:00.000-07:00

I don't think anybody reads my blog, but just in case - here are some news pix of me at the beach! Wheee! I went swimming today in the Baltic Sea, doesn't that sound exotic? It was a little chilly, but I got used to the water after a bit. And now I am full of sand. Well, that's it for now....! xo -JC-

I'm BAAAAACK!

2008-07-29T09:32:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos!!!!!!!!! Have you missed me???? Like I would really stay home and NOT come to Spain... riiiiight. After being shoved in a desk drawer for the past year, I finally got the opportunity to travel again, yay! Unfortunately I was shoved in a suitcase for most of this month, but I finally got the chance to do some siteseeing. I feel like my current owners really don't love me that much, so maybe after this trip I will move back home with the Zoromski's.... idano. Well, here are some shots of me around Salamanca. I am enjoying learning some Spanish and maybe it will help me in future movie roles, not sure? Kung Fu in Spanish? It could work... Enjoy the pictures and maybe I will post again from Europe. :-)
Me in front of the church.
Courtyard at the University.
Historic University Building - with the frog.... Kirstin already blogged about all this, show off...

Chillin' in the Plaza Mayor.
Pastry/Dessert shops- yummmmm.
I had fun shopping at new stores.... great sales!
This is where I mailed my post cards to my fans back home!
The "Casa de las Conchas." (House of Shells, see them on the outside??)

Well, adios for now!

I've missed you all, it's good to be back!

Gnome, I miss you!

*Hugs*

Do you know this guy?????????

2008-05-25T16:26:00.000-07:00

Gnome Season!

2008-05-11T19:07:00.000-07:00

It's official! The gnomes have left hibernation and moved into the great outdoors for the summer.

This year, however, the gnomes are a bit jumpier than usual. Rumors of a Madame Speed Racer have the gnomes staying far, far away from the road.

Apparently she, like Sammy Hagar, can not drive 55.

(We still heart her anyway!)

Fritz is an Unlucky Name

2007-10-02T11:03:00.000-07:00

Hey JC! Glad to see you've got a new traveling companion. The King looks a little scary though - I've seen his commercials.

Are you okay? Why were parts of you falling off all over Europe!? Looks like you had a rough trip.

Remember when I showed you pics of my family? Well, Fritz II is gone. He was found in the backyard, smashed to pieces. Someone really big must have stepped on him or something, we may never know. I guess Franz & I slept through the whole thing! It's quite sad. Our owners picked him up & threw his pieces in the garbage and that was that.

Bummer.

Guess we shouldn't name any more gnomes Fritz!

Hasta, Pasta!
Juan

Jackie and Burger King's Great Europe Adventure!

2007-09-15T17:48:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!
JC writing here. Wow, it has been SO long since I've (we've) updated this blog! I really apolgize to my fans, readers, friends, and family. As you will see from the pictures below, it has been a busy summer. After my friend Gnome went back to his family in Appleton, WI, I had to find a new friend to travel with and enjoy crazy adventures! Well, Kirstin "borrowed" a new friend for me! Yay! The person she *ahem* stole this toy from still doesn't even realize he was stolen from them, so I guess they don't deserve him anyway! Hmpf. Get this (!!) - my new friend is also a Buger King kid's meal toy!? Actually, he is THE Burger King himself! So cool. I think we are such good friends due to sharing the same humble beginnings.

So, this summer Burger King spent 4 weeks in Paris (...lucky) with Kirstin. But, I've already been to Paris, so I wasn't too sad. I came over to Europe with Troy and got to go to Italy (1st time!) and Amsterdam (2nd time!) It was a great trip, and we saw lots of cool sites. Here are our pix:

La Defense (Modern Arch) - Paris
Tour Eiffel *cheeze*
Notre Dame
Funky garden display set up at the Hotel de Ville in Paris
Oh, yeah, this is Chicago. BK got to go there too... man...

Heheeeeee... poor Troy, we took this w/o him knowing- LOL
Italia! We climbed the bell tower in Florence.
View of the Duomo (Church) from the top of the bell tower.
King at the top of the Montparnasse Tower, Paris
King, going way back to his ancestral roots at the Palace of Versailles ;)

Haarlem (Holland) - typical canal scene, notice at this point in the trip my plastic parts have fallen off, yipes!
Troy and I sharing friets in Holland - Lekker! (Good!)
Pisa!
View of the Duomo - Sienna, Italy
Another view of the city of Sienna

Well, it was quite a trip. We are glad to be home though - who knows where we'll go next?! Sorry it took us so long to post, we are slow when it comes to technology and such. We love Michelle's blog, it makes me still feel attached to my Appleton fam. Keep checking back for updates, who knows where our next adventures will take us!

Luv ya,

JC & BK

Gnome @ Home!

2007-07-04T18:01:00.000-07:00

JC, where you at?

I'm home again - which is weird, because it's a new home! But I'm with my family and that's what's important. I do miss traveling, though! Someday ...

Anyway, here's a picture for you of me & my brothers at our new crib, hanging out in the backyard. That's me (far left), telling stories of my adventures to Fritz II & Franz. (The original Fritz was a different gnome, who had an accident in the garage a couple years back. Gnomes don't really care for cement all that much.)

Hope you're off on some new adventures! Keep in touch,

Juan
(my family calls me Juan now, since my trip to Costa Rica & I love, love, love me some coffee!)

JC Come Home!

2007-06-28T11:30:00.000-07:00

Jackie is a big fat whiner ... So what if he was neglected every now & then? He should be able to fend for himself, he's supposed to be a tough guy!

We do miss JC - if he ever wants to return home, he's more than welcome. I understand he may be doing some traveling overseas this summer, first, though ...

The gnome has settled in nicely with his brothers, they're all glad he's home safely from his adventures! I'll have to upload some pictures of them in their new home!

Meet Jackie

2006-08-22T12:11:00.000-07:00

(Me just hanging out!) (Me and my French friends - Oh la la!)

HI, I'm Jackie Chan. Welcome to my blog which I share with my friend, Gnome. I'm new to blogging, so you'll have to bear with me as I begin to share my adventures with you all!

A bit of history on me...

Many years ago I was stuck in Burger King as a lonely "Kid's Meal" toy. One day I got shoved in a paper bag and was given to a little girl with her hamburger. My new owner's mom (Michelle) was a school teacher, and somehow I made my way into her classroom. It was interesting hanging out in a high school, lots of crazy kids - never a dull moment! Michelle's friend, Madamey, liked to steal me. It is all kind of fuzzy in my mind, but I remember once ending up in Madamey's classroom, hung by my head from the ceiling when her room got decorated when she got married. Whew, survived that one anyway.

Eventually Michelle got married at a campground of another teacher friend, and I came along for the adventure, stuck (again) randomly in a box of stuff. (Don't these people care for my feelings???) Madamey had the courtesy to get me out of the box and took me to the wedding reception where I enjoyed having pizza and cake with everyone. They also snapped pictures of me and mailed them to Michelle afterwards. At that point, my life at Michelle's house was over and Madamey (aka, Kirstin) took me home with her.

My life with the Thompson's has had its ups and downs. At first, I got to travel to exciting places, my biggest trip being to France, Belgium, and Amsterdam. Many pictures were taken and I sent postcards of my adventures to Michelle so she wouldn't worry about me. I also went to Atlanta, on a camping trip, and various other outings. In recent years, I've been severely neglected, just stuck on a bookshelf in the computer room of their house. How boooooring. *They* keep going on trips, but don't take me anymore. Wassup with that??

This summer (2006) my current owner's brought me a new friend, a garden gnome. After chatting with gnome, we discovered we were both stolen from Michelle! Gnome will tell you about his adventures in his following posts. Gnome got to go on a big, fat, fun trip this summer - and I again stayed home. Sheesh.

Well, enough about me. I keep brainstorming ways of getting back to Appleton, WI to my old owners, but still haven't figured out a way. (And now I hear they are moving to a new house, so I don't know if I'll ever find them!) Until then, I will post pictures of my adventures (IF they ever take me anywhere!) Or, if Gnome and I do fun stuff together, we'll write about it here!

Adios for now my readers & fans,

Love always,

Meet Gnome

2006-08-21T13:07:00.000-07:00

Hi! I'm Gnome. (And a coffee lovin' one at that!)

Wow...where to start? My friend Jackie already gave you some background info on our situation. Yes, I was recently kidnapped from my cozy spot w/ two other gnome buddies in a backyard in Appleton, WI. However, life hasn't been too traumatic since then, to be honest. I do miss my previous owners, but I know someday I will make my way back to them. (Shout Out to my friends Brian, Michelle, Karly, and Braden!) :) I thought it was really funny that the two-year old of my previous owner got blamed at first for my disappearance- hehe.

But, yes, I was kidnapped by Kirstin, and in the spirit of the movie Amelie and the Travelocity ads, I was whisked away on vacation to.... Costa Rica! I will post pictures, don't worry.

In the mean time, I am hanging out with Jackie, trying to decide what to do with the rest of my summer. My new owner has to go back to school soon, but that sounds boring.

Thanks for reading our blog!

-GNOME

Gnome Goes to COSTA RICA!

2006-08-20T13:42:00.000-07:00

In August 2006 I went on a crazy trip to Costa Rica! Here's me getting ready with my suitcase all packed.

Layover in the Atlanta airport - Go Braves!

First class is sweet! You get a menu and real silverware!

Chillin' with my i-pod on the plane.

Our cozy bed and breakfast near San Jose.

Awesome view of the Poas Volcano in the background. Que bonito!

Hanging out by the pool at our hotel near the beach.

The ocean! Visiting the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

Gotta luv the beach! Wow, what a trip! Unfortunately, you always have to go home... I hope you enjoyed the pictures of my trip. Check back for more adventures! Signing off,