Another Weekend Update

Hello lovely bloggers! How was your weekend?? Mine went by in a blur as usual, but it was a pretty eventful weekend to say the least. Here's what we were up to:

Friday we had Sarah and Deaner over. They both were due for a haircut and Sarah needed highlights before she returns to the states this week. After finishing their hair we had a Mexican fiesta! I made homemade salsa, 7 layer dip, make shift Moe's burritos and a 4 layer dessert thingy, that I've mentioned before here. I LOVE Mexican food. It was definitely a treat and I ate my weight in chips and salsa/ 7 layer dip, as I always do. Also S&D brought back some awesome beer from Belgium. This stuff is SO good but toxic, being that it has over 8.0 acohol content! Always a good time with S&D!

Saturday we slept in and slowly got around after noon. We got ready and headed out for a day trip to Heidelberg. We have been wanting to visit Heidelberg for a while and finally made the trip, which was well worth it, (even though we were exhausted from Friday nights little shin dig.)
Here are some pics from our day:

After Heidelberg we drove back home and crashed for the night!

Sunday we awoke to another rainy day in Germany. Surprise! After finding the sewing machine treasure on the side of the street, I've really been wanting to get back into sewing and making fun things. There's something wrong with the machine we found, so instead of taking it somewhere and probably spending more than it's worth getting it fixed, Jon bought me a new sewing machine. Yippie! I can't wait to start playing with it.

We just took it easy Sunday afternoon. I crocheted a blanket for Sarah to take to her baby nephew, "baby Thomas." I love crocheting, especially on icky days, it keeps me busy and gives me something to do.

We also watched a couple of movies, one being Knowing.

It was actually a good movie, the ending was a little strange, but it was definitely interesting.

Today is "get my laundry done" day!

Hope you all have a great week!

The Violin Updo Please.....

I have been to at least a dozen hair shows over the years. Even before I got my license, I traveled all over with my mom attending different shows. It was the show in New York City that did it for me. That was the day I realized I wanted to be a hairstylist. Growing up with a mother who is a hair stylist, I never thought I'd end up doing the same exact thing, but I am so glad I made this career choice. It really is what I was meant to do and I thoroughly enjoy it. I love it because I get to make people look great and feel great! But I also get to let my creative juices flow and let my artistic side show. I miss doing hair in Oklahoma City, working 60 hours a week and barely having time to pee! Even though it was stressful and made for very long days, it was what I loved and enjoyed. I'm lucky enough to have a small business here in Germany and enjoy meeting new clients and friends.

Anyway... back to hair shows. There are some wonderful shows out there. One I recently came across was held in Budapest. Check out these incredible hair creations:

These are definitely interesting to say the least, but fantastic at the same time. How creative and artistic!

I would love to attend a hair show in Europe. It is definitely a goal of mine while I am living abroad.

I have actually been a hair model in a couple of hair shows. One was Toni & Guy and the other was for Big Sexy Hair. Toni & Guy did a fantastic job and I loved my hair! I'm not going to comment on Big Sexy, but it was still a neat experience. When getting your hair cut at a hair show, sometimes it's a little more "out there" then you'd expect. That was my case with Big Sexy. But hey, I'm a hairstylist, and we can get away with a lot more!

Have you ever been to a hair show?? What was your experience?

Hope you all have a wonderful Friday!! TGIF!

Care Package

I got a package yesterday from my mom! Let me tell ya, it was a much needed care package. Yesterday I was a little down in the dumps, but that really helped brighten my spirits. Since my favorite hair product can only be purchased in the states, (at least I think) I asked her to send me some more hair spray and root lift, thank goodness the package arrived yesterday because I was almost out. She sent me some Mary Kay eye makeup remover and little tid bits of make-up. And of course sent some extra little goodies for me:

A makeup bag with lotion, body scrub and a tiny roll on perfume.
The fragrance is pineapple. Smells very summery!
It's prefect because I really wanted two makeup bags,
one for home and one for travel. Now I have both.

But check this out! This made me uber happy.
It's a wine cork.
Isn't that the cutest thing ever!
My mom knows us too well, we love our wine and wine accessories.

Care packages make me SOOO HAPPY! It's so nice to receive little things from home and from our families. It could be the smallest thing and Jon and I would be giddy as can be. For instance, Jon's mom sent us Sweet Tart Bunnies/Ducks for Easter, we were like kids in a candy store. My step mom sends me sweet cards. My best bud sent me a card letting me know I was missed! and Val has sent me some really great things. Thanks Mom, Janie, Brandii, Val, Lish and everyone else for all of the sweet care packages and letters you send. You have no idea how much we appreciate them. God has blessed us with wonderful friends and family!

Hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! One more day til Friday!

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Hello all you lovely bloggers! It's Wednesday, which means only two more days until the weekend. Jon and I are planning a small day trip to Heidelberg, weather permitting, but forecast calls for rain all week and weekend, so it's not looking too hot. Just a couple of things going on in our little lives:

• This morning as I was making my morning coffee, I looked out of our kitchen window and there was a surprise! Look what's finally growing:

My peppers!
Now I can make salsa with home grown peppers.

• Last night I watched Jon play in a softball game at the airbase. His office put a softball team together and Jon told them he'd play as a backup player. There are several people from his office that are on TDY so Jon played catcher last night. It is an easy position at times, but can be one of the most important positions at certain moments. He did pretty good for not having ever played. Even though they lost, I was still a proud little wife!
  

• My parents officially booked their flights and will be coming to visit us at the end of September. They are staying for two weeks! I look forward to their visit.
  

• We watched a couple of movies this weekend that I thought I'd share. We REALLY enjoyed all of these, you should check them out!
  

This just came out yesterday on DVD.
It's so good! I love movies like these.

• Big bummer, the buyer on our home fell through, so our place is still on the market! I thought it was all taken care of, but last week our realtor said the buyer backed out. Ouch! I don't understand why it hasn't sold, it is the cutest little house! But, I have faith, I believe it will sell soon. I'll just stay positive and keep my fingers crossed!

Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!

Our Weekend Continued

Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Monday! It's always so hard to get back into the groove of things after a holiday weekend, especially when the weekends ALWAYS fly by.

Here's is our weekend update continued: Lots of pictures to follow.

Saturday Jon and I got up and around, picked up our friend Brendan and headed for the Opel Zoo. Jon and I went to the Opel Zoo earlier this year when it was still very chilly, so it was nice to see it during the summer. Some pics of our trip:

And one of the best parts of the zoo was eating hamburgers!
This is my second hamburger since living here in Germany.
Perfect 4th of July food!

It was pretty hot that day, so after the zoo we headed back to the house and took it easy for the rest of the night.

Sunday we slept in (which is not normal for us, so it was such a treat) and took our time getting up and around. In the afternoon we drove to Frankfurt to visit the Stadel Museum. It's a great museum with some amazing art. Of course I took pictures:

Some of my favorite from that day:

We stopped to have lunch at the cafe in the museum which was beautiful. We sat outside, had turkey panini's and a glass of wine. It was such a nice lunch.

It was a very busy day in Frankfurt, there was a huge group of people gathered around the river watching a marathon. We stopped to watch for a bit and afterward headed to see the Dom. They were in the middle of working on the outside of the church so I could only get a couple of pictures of the sides and the back. It was still very beautiful.

It was a wonderful holiday weekend and we filled it with plenty of things to see.

Today I have piles of laundry calling my name! How laundry sneaks up on me like that is mind boggling!

Hope you all have a great Tuesday!