My Poor Hiney

Helllllo lovely bloggers! Glad you stopped by the Adventures of Jon and Steph!

How are you all on this WONDERFUL Friday??

I don't know about ya'll, but I'm sooooo STOKED it's the weekend. I've been looking forward to it since Monday ;)

So, get this, Jon and I started a SPIN CLASS yesterday and it KICKED our hineys!

Hence the title of my post for today...... Not only did it completely wear me out, but my butt literally hurts from the bike seat!! Hello Schwinn, can you PLEASE make your spin-bike seats more comfortable??? Because, I can barely walk today hah! But really at the end of the day, it was a fantastic workout, I mean the sweat was profusely dripping, (EW!)

I really liked it a lot, minus the sore hiney.... but I look forward to going next week. It's every Tuesday and Thursday, so I think we can manage that. Plus we've gotta work off that humongo burger we ate last week!

This burger here:

It's time to get in shape and I think we are on the right path!! Salads with grilled chicken for lunch everyday and soups for dinner.... let's hope those pesky pounds just shed right off.

In other good news.... only 26 more days until we're home. I am sure that you all can't tell that I'm a little excited about our visit to OKLAHOMA! Jon and I had to get back into working out, because we are going to gain 10 pounds from eating our weight in American food. IT'S GONNA BE GREAT!

Anyway, I am off to get some things done around the house! Have a fantastic weekend, enjoy it!

See y'all on Monday.

oh and P.S. I am completely jealous of those of you who got to see New Moon at the midnight showing last night!! Sadly, New Moon doesn't even come out in Germany until JANUARY!!!!

My Brother is Famous!

Check this out:

http://www.news9.com/Global/category.asp?C=116601&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=4314306&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

and he's in the Daily Oklahoma today.

How cool is my little brother?!!

Added in: He's in the fight scene and he's the one carrying the drunkin girl to another room........ but he's JUST ACTING!!

I Can't Wait To.....

See this:

Shop here:

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and here:


Drink this:
Eat this:

At:
and this:

and this:
and this:


and this:


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Well you get the idea! There's going to be lots and lots and lots of eating involved in about 29 days!

I can't wait for Oklahoma!!!

Hope y'all have a pleasant Tuesday!

Another Weekend Update

Hello lovelies! How is everyone doing? We are great! Especially because 30 days from today we'll be on our way home for a visit!!

I can't believe that it will be 1 and 1/2 years since we've been back to Oklahoma. We are both looking forward to seeing our families and friends. It is so strange to think that I haven't seen my dad, or Jon's family, or my nieces and nephews for a year and a half! WOW......... that is way, way too long!! But only one more month and we'll be home for the holidays. Time couldn't fly any faster!

And man, where has the time gone? I haven't blogged in over a week!! I'm so far behind on reading blogs!! Not a whole lot has happened in that week. I started a running program with my friend at the gym, got HORRIBLE shin splints, bought new running shoes, and am impatiently waiting for these shin splints to go away so I can get back out there and run again! Jon and I are looking into running a half marathon in May. We both are really interested in it, but I've gotta get these shins under control. Hopefully the new shoes will make a huge improvement......

Anyway, Here's what we were up to this weekend:

Friday was our friend Kevin's going away party. He works with Jon, and his time in Europe has come to an end, so he will be heading back to the states this week. All of the office went out to dinner at an awesome restaurant called Waldgeist. At this restaurant they serve XXXXXL servings...... any by XXXXL, I mean ridiculously honkin' big! Here are some pictures from the dinner:

My 1 liter beer!

Jon and me with our honkin' beers!

Kevin, Jon and Me

A picture of the ginormous schnitzel they also serve!

Our hamburger....We had to cut the hamburger like a pie because it was too big...

Sadly, this is all we could eat!It was such a fun time and a really fun idea! But I will have to make sure to not eat breakfast or lunch before we eat at Waldgeist again!

Saturday I had to work in the morning and then that evening we went to a friends to celebrate her birthday. She made chicken chili and it was DELISH!

Sunday we were lazy ALL DAY! We watched Transformers 2, which was pretty good, and super action packed. It was a perfect weekend!

Today is laundry day! I've somehow let the laundry get out of control, we have it coming out of ears.... so it's definitely time to nip it in the bud. It's another rainy day here in Germany, perfect for getting all of the house work done.

I hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

and I hope to catch up with reading your blogs soon.

Our Trip in a Nutshell

Hello lovely bloggers! How is everyone doing?? I hope you all had a wonderful week! I am super far behind on my blog reading as I COMPLETELY forgot to bring my computer with me to Cologne this week while Jon was working. Silly me.... so please forgive my absence, I will get to catching up with y'all soon, hopefully!

I'll just give you a quick run down of what we were up to this week:

Tuesday Jon left UBER early in the morning for Cologne, while I stayed behind to meet a friend for lunch. Later that evening I hopped in the car and pulled out my trusty Garmin and headed for Cologne..... only to of course have some serious issues with the Garmin. The thing WOULD NOT work for me. It took only about 45 minutes for me to finally figure out the last time we used it, we put it on pedestrian mode, YA..... so of course it wouldn't work properly, but I got it adjusted back to driving mode and was finally on the right track to Cologne. I made it there in one piece and we grabbed dinner at Farmer's Steakhouse, who grills the most fantastic steaks I've had in a long time.

Wednesday I started my Christmas shopping, which of course is always exciting! Then later that evening we ran to the Chocolate Museum just before it closed and did a quick walk through. Here are some pictures from the museum:

The outside of the Chocolate Museum

A chocolate fountain and some of the assembly lines.

And oh what fun it was when we came across a tiny car.
You know Jon loves tiny cars and doors.....

Thursday I did a little more Christmas shopping and spent the rest of the day engrossed in a the 7th Sookie book which I finished last night. I just LOVE those books. But I'm so completely weird about them; I love them so much that I put them off because I don't want to the series to be over. I am just hoping that Charlaine Harris will have another Sookie Book for us on the way.

That night we had STEAK again! I can feel my arteries clogging as we speak, but it was totally worth it.

Today I walked around Cologne for what seemed like hours.... it was a BEAUTIFUL sunny day, the first one we had this week, so I couldn't miss the opportunity to spend it outside. I got some pictures of my jaunt:

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Halloween Weekend Update

Hello lovely friends! How was your Halloween weekend?? I hope it was fantastic.

Ours was great! We had a wonderful weekend, but as always..... like I say every Monday, it went by way too fast!

Here's what we were up to:

Friday: Scary movie night at our friends house! We started watching Rose Red and didn't realize the movie was 4 hours long! But we made it half way through, while eating some yummy pizzas, salsa, cookies...... nothing like junk food and scary movies ;)

Saturday: We woke up early and went on a jog. Got ready and ran about 8 thousand errands and bought some finishing touches for Jon's costume. We then went to a Halloween party that evening and had to dress up as super hero's.... here's what we came up with:

Wolverine! Check out those claws

Poison Ivy

Hammin' for the camera

My friend Tara and I
Wonder Woman and Poison Ivy!

Buck Rogers, WW, Silly James, Poison, and Hugh!

During the party we all separated into teams and went on a scavenger hunt.
Here's my team!
Scary mask guy, Great American Hero, Sailor Moon and Poison!Sadly, we didn't win the hunt, but we had a great time scavenging!

I am sad to see October go because it is such a fun month! But I am sooo looking forward to November and Thanksgiving and then onto HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS in 44 days to spend Christmas and New Years with family and friends! It's going to be FANTASTIC!

Hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater!

That's right I'm a cheater! I made easy pumpkin pie last night and it was as easy as 1, 2, 3!!

Like literally there are only 3 ingredients!

Jon has been asking me to bake another pumpkin pie and when you're in a hurry this is the perfect way to make it. And, if you aren't a baker like me, then I'm sure you've used Libby's Easy Pumpkin Pie mix. But if you haven't, seriously, it's the easiest (let's see how many times can I write "easy" in one post) way to make pumpkin pie and it tastes GREAT! I still consider it homemade, because come on, you have to mix stuff together and you still have to put it in the oven ;)

SO, Here's what you need:

Click to enlarge to see recipe.

Mix the ingredients together and pour into deep dish pie crust.


Bake for 15 minutes on 425F and then reduce to 350F and bake for 50-60 min.
After cool add some whipped cream....
and Tada!!

Easy as pie, right?!?

I hope you all enjoy your Thursday.
Tomorrow is FRIDAY!!
and now I leave with you a funny picture I received in an email yesterday.

How creative is this???

HAPPY THURSDAY BEFORE HALLOWEEN!

WAY WAY back Wednesday!

Well hello lovely blogging buddies! It's Wednesday today, and you know what that means, only two more days left in the week! and I couldn't be happier. This week has been a busy one and I so look forward to another weekend. This weekend is sure to be a good time, with scary movies and Halloween parties, I can't wait!

Since Halloween is just around the corner, I thought it'd only be right to show a picture of me from WAY WAY back all dressed up for Halloween. Check this:

Rockin a fairy princess costume and a PERM! Bwa hahah! Gotta love the 80's..... and having a hairstylist for a mother!

and look at my little bro... he's so cute in his little ninja turtle costume!

I hope you all have a fantastic Wednesday!

Jon Has a New Best Friend

Last night we hung out with sweet Addison for a bit while her dad was working. She was the easiest baby to take care of! She ate exactly when her dad told us she'd be hungry and crashed at the exact time he told us she would. Like clock work. It was so sweet to see Jon with her, I think he had a good time and enjoyed taking care of her. He is so good with kids, and it's obvious, as you can see below by the pictures, that she absolutely adored him. He's going to make a fantastic father some day (some day really, really far down the road from this day!)

Aren't these the sweetest??

Addison just stared at Jon for the longest time....

And then of course went straight for the beard!

Not much else is happening this week. Lots of hairdos and work, and that's... about.... it!

Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!
I'm off to get ready for my next client ;)

Another Weekend Update

Hello blogland and you lovely bloggettes and blogdudes!

How are you this fine Monday morning?

Me...... not too happy that it is already Monday! Where in the world did the weekend go? It flew by so fast my head "figuratively" spun. (That's for you Jon.)

We really did a whole lotta nothin this weekend and I was not happy when the alarm clock went off bright and early this morning. And to add to my "not happy" note, we had daylight savings yesterday and it is now getting dark at 5:00 p.m. YUP 5!! What the hey Germany! I forgot how early night falls in the wintertime here.

Anyway, here's what the Barretts were up to this weekend:

Friday we went to the American sports bar downtown and grabbed a couple of drinks with some friends. Then of course it always turns into a couple more and a couple more...... Good times! Sadly, I forgot to take pictures......

Saturday we did absolutely nothing, like didn't leave the house, nothing! And it was FANTASTIC! I got Jon to have a scary movie marathon with me. We watched scary movies all day long! What a perfect day.

Sunday I had a couple of hairdos! Yup on a Sunday. But these clients can only come in on Sundays and it really works out just fine for me. Afterward we headed over to the hospital to visit our friends Shannon and Don who just had their very first baby. Her name is Oriana Grace and she is the sweetest, tinyest, most adorable thing! Congratulations to them, she is a precious blessing. I was going to take a picture, but I got caught up in her cuteness and forgot.

After visiting them we braved the commissary on base, which always causes my blood pressure to rise, but made it out okay and ended up at home on the couch to be lazy for the rest of the evening.

Pretty lazy weekend ya'll, but it was perfect!

I meant to show these last week: I bought a new pair of boots for traveling. I think they'll be perfect for all of the walking we'll be doing this winter. I wanted some flat boots so as to not ruin my boots with heels. What do ya think?

OH!! I was so excited to check my blog this morning only to find that I had some new followers!!
Hello and Welcome to The Adventures of Jon and Steph! Glad you stopped by ;)

I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday!