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!

Another Weekend Update

Well hello my lovely blogging friends! How was your weekend?? I hope it was fantastic!

Ours was pretty great! Except for the loss of our Sooners and the fact that Sam Bradford got injurged AGAIN...... poor guy.

I thought we played pretty well, besides the fact that we had 5 turnovers! But, I'm not going to get into that, as my blood pressure is already rising. ;)

We actually got to see the game. For those of you who have been reading for a while, you all know that we have a 7 hour time difference here, so it was such a treat to be able to see our big game on TV at a decent time. We went to an American sports bar downtown called Yours, where we met a group of our friend. Even though they weren't all Sooner fans, they were definitely rooting for us to win. We had Bama fans and USC fans but they were all pulling for the Sooners!

Jon, me, Christiane and DamonEven though we lost we all still had a great time!

Sunday we were LAZY LAZY! We took it easy in the morning and then headed to a friends for a fantastic lunch. Then we made our way back home and were lazy once again. We watched a movie called The Brother's Bloom.

It's a brilliant movie, I LOVED it, but I pretty much love all genres.

That is about the extent of our weekend!

Jon left this morning for TDY to Koln (Cologne) and I'll be joining him tomorrow evening. I am so excited to see Koln again. I hope we have great weather, the last two times we traveled there it rained. Also, there is a great MEXICAN restaurant there where you can bet I'll be eating my weight in chips and salsa and guacamole. Mexican food is by far the number 1 thing I miss the most about living in the states. Be ready for lots more pictures! (Not of me gorging on Mexican food, but of Cologne itself.)

Hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

Oh and just for laughs: Since we're getting closer to Halloween, I'm sure most of you have seen this costume on Yahoo, but if not, here it is for your viewing pleasure. I know I got a kick out of it. OCTOMOM! Isn't the terrible but also hilarious at the same time....

Another Weekend Update

Well hello lovely friends! How was your weekend??

Ours was busy busy, but fantastic. We had a great weekend filled with lots of food, wine, and good friends.

And sadly, I didn't take even one photograph. If you've been reading for a while now, you know I (Steph) am a HUGE picture takin' fool, and somehow, capturing our weekend with photo's completely slipped my mind. Oh well, I can still give ya'll a little update:

Friday we went to the wine festival with Sarah and Deaner and had a great time. There are over 120 wine vendors at the fest, loads and loads of different German foods, and desserts. YUM! Jon and I had mini pancake thingies with powdered sugar on them and S&D had sugar and cinnamon crepes. Holy goodness, they were fantastic. After a few too many drinks we all headed back to the house and crashed. We may or may not have stopped at an alley or two on the way home to take a little bathroom break. But you can't blame a girl, when the line to the restroom is outrageous and you'd rather pee for free! I mean come on ;)

Saturday after struggling to get out of bed, we finally made it to the farmers market. I bought loads of fresh fruit and some very interesting cheeses. I also bought the prettiest bouquet of flowers.

Then we ran a couple other errands and made it home in time to crash out for an hour before I had to prepare for a birthday party we were hosting for some of our friends in Jon's office.

We had some great appetizers: cheeses and crackers, olives, brushetta, fruit, vegetables, cheese fondue and we also made chicken bites, steak bites and pasta salad. The food was a hit and we had several people bring extra goodies for us to enjoy. I SO wish I would have taken a picture of all of the food, it was enough to feed an army.

Sunday we were both pooped and I don't think we even left the couch the entire day. We watched several movies and enjoyed relaxing and spending some QT together. We've been really busy the last several weekends and I think that was exactly what we needed. Pure bliss!!

Today, I started back to walking/jogging with my friend Tara. I went to my doctor a couple of weeks ago because my shin splints were getting out of the control. He told me that the problem was my feet and that it definitely explains why I have been having so much pain, so they took a mold of my feet and custom made insoles. YAY! I tried them out today and so far so good, but I'm definitely taking it slow. Hopefully tomorrow morning I won't be buckled over in pain from shin splints. I have a good feeling that these insoles will solve the problem, and I can finally get into running again!

And lastly but definitely not least, my sweet blog friend Stevy at The Rest is Still Unwritten gave me the awesome Fabulous Blog award! Thanks so much girl! I'm so glad you think my blog is fabulous!!

There are 2 rules once you receive this:

1. You must list 5 current obsessions.

2. You must pass this on to 5 people.

1. I am obsessed with True Blood on HBO. The second season is fantastic and I can't get enough of it!

2. I am also obsessed with the Sookie Stackhouse series that True Blood is based on. The books are great if anyone is looking for a fun serious to get in to.

3. Fondue: I am totally obsessed with fondue right now. I LOVE cheese fondue and chocolate fondue! We're going to purchase another fondue pot so we can start cooking with the fondue oil, similar to the Melting Pot, (one of our favorite restaurants back home!!)

4. My new iPhone! Love it, can't put it down. My husband may or may not be getting a little jealous of the time I spend with my iPhone and not with him ;)

5. Crystal Light Raspberry Lemonade, YUMMMM! Obsessed with it.

I am passing this award onto these 5 lovely bloggers:

Grand Pooba
Learning to be a Wife
Brown Girl Blogs
Satisfy My Soul
Tales of the Trees

I hope you all have a fabulous Monday!

Way Back Wednesday.... Movie Style

Do ya'll remember Little Monsters??

I LOVED this movie when I was younger. I seriously thought it was the coolest movie, besides the fact that there are monsters coming out from under beds, (and the monster in the movie was quite terrifying to look at,) but it really was an awesome movie.

or Drop Dead Fred??

I am dying to see these movies again, I wonder if they'll be as good now as they were when I was a kid???

What about Willow and The Princess Bride:

two awesome movies that we still watch now!

And how can I forget
The Sandlot

I LOVED this movie!

Anyway, wow, that was my totally random thought for the day........

What are some of your favorite movies from your younger days?

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Another Weekend Update

Hello lovely friends! How are your weekend???

Ours was fantastic, but didn't last long enough, that's for sure. It seems like that is how all of our weekends are these days, and I guess what they say is true, "time flies when you're having fun."

Here's what we've been up to:

Friday Jon took the day off so we could get some things done. The most exciting part about our day was that my awesome husband bought me an iPhone at the base! We set up a new cell phone account and with the new account an iPhone only costs 1 €......YUP, you read that right 1 €! So needless to say I have a fun new gadget on my hands, that cost less than $1.50 American dollars, and I cannot put it down. It's amazing! Now I know why Sarah and Deaner love theirs so much ;)

After running errands all day we met some friends out at the Rinegau Wine Festival. It was just as fun as last year, but I might have enjoyed myself a little too much this year. We had lots of great wine and some yummy food. My favorite food there is fresh potato chips, they're so good it's bad! Here are some pictures from that night.

Saturday afternoon I met up with my friend Tara and we did a little shopping at Ikea. I needed a new book shelf and some little things for the house and she also needed some things for her home. Afterward we headed downtown and found some gifts for a housewarming party we were attending that night.

Jon and I got ready and headed out to the party. It was a wonderful party and of course, we had a fantastic time. Good food and good friends, what more can you ask for??

Yes, that is Jon sticking his tongue out!

Sunday we spent the entire day lazing around watching movies.

We finally were able to see I Love You Man which was great. I just love Paul Rudd! We also saw Watchmen which was pretty good if you like that kind of comicy movie feel and we watched another silly movie called Miss March. It was really funny!

Sarah and Deaner just moved into their new house and invited us over for dinner to barbecue, that night. Let me just tell you, it was AMAZING! We recently got into trouble from a neighbor because she doesn't like the smell of barbecue and she asked us to not bbq anymore. REALLY???...REALLY!!!..... With that being said, we've been sans barbecue all summer, so it was a SUPER huge treat and very sweet of them to invite us over. They made buffalo burgers (my personal favorite), grilled corn on the cob and a fantastic salad. It was so awesome. Thanks S & D for the delicious food!

Afterward we came home and crashed. It had been a very busy weekend, but I was sad to see it end.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Another Weekend Update

Hello lovely bloggers! How was your weekend? I cannot believe it is already Monday, it just completely blows my mind! Our weekend was pretty lazy, which was really nice, but as always (and I say this every Monday) it FLEW by.

Here's what we were up to:

Friday we went out for dinner to Chookdee, one of our Thai restaurants here. Our friend Sarah is out of town and Deaner had to stay behind for one extra week for work before he heads out later this week. Deaner met us out for dinner and as always we had a great time chatting and eating some delicious food. Afterward we went to Murphy's Irish Pub downtown and had a couple of Murphy's Irish Reds, Yum! (I forgot to take pictures.)

Saturday we were slow getting around. Of course, Saturday always turns into our errand day so we hit up the PX, commissary, and the furniture store which had some things I need for my projects I'm working on with my sewing machine. It was a rainy day so we didn't really stay out for long. We came back home, lazed around and watched several movies.

One being Die Hard.

I LOVE the Die Hard movies and this one did not disappoint! Okay, so they are a little far fetched, but come on, this is some serious heart pounding action. I loved the movie. I also LOVE Bruce Willis, so pretty much anything he is in you can bet I'll be watching. Another favorite is Justin Long who was also in this movie, playing a computer hacker. Willis is protecting Long from people that are out to kill him. SOOO good, definitely check it out. There are several funny parts in the movie as well.

We crashed early Saturday (ya, we're cool like that) so that we could get up early and head out for our day trip.

Sunday we (Deaner, Jon and I) headed to a town about an hour away called Marburg. We had bought a book last year with several day trips around Germany, and this town was definitely worth stopping in and seeing. And of course it wouldn't be a normal Steph post with out lots of pictures, so here they are. (I took over 100 so I'll spare you and only post a few!)

And of course we can't forget Jon and his love for tiny doors.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Check back tomorrow for our 200th post giveaway! I think you'll love it. and get this.... Jon picked it out!

Rambling Randomness

1. Last night Jon and I made a little trip to Ikea. I could literally spend hours in this store looking at everything. I could also spend a lot of money in this store, but I've been VERY good! Last night we went in search of fabric. There's actually a really good selection there and I was very impressed. I just bought a couple of practice pieces to play with until I get back into the hang of sewing again.

Here's what I found:

Now I can finally use the new sewing machine Jon got for me ;)
Perfect for a rainy day project!
(We have a lot of rainy days over here.)

2. Last night we also watched Gone Baby Gone.

It was a GREAT movie! I highly recommend it. I love Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman, both. And any action movie based in Boston you bet I'll be buying.

Plot on IMDB:

"Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally."

3. Question:

I'm looking for a new perfume, but I am SOOO picky for some reason. I am not a flowery scent kinda wearin' girl. Do you guys have any suggestions for me???

4. And Sadly, my big furry visitor Sampson left on Sunday! I was sad to see him go and actually got a little teary eyed when he left. BUT what made it better is I've got a new buddy hanging out with me during the days. His name is Elliot: isn't he a doll???

He is also a great dog like Sampson.
Ellie is so sweet, he loves cuddling.

He's either in my lap or at his other favorite spot on top of the couch.
It's so fun having him around!

I'm off to run errands! Hope you all have a happy Wednesday!

P.S. Be looking for our 200th post giveaway in a couple of days!