Pinterest.

I think everyone should have a Pinterest account. It is so neat. I think it might be similar to StumbleUpon (which I only used for about 5 seconds about year ago, so I might be wrong). Basically, you set up your account, and you get this little "Pin it" button at the top of your browser.. while you are surfing the web, which is something I spend way too much time doing, you can pin photos of things you like to come back for later. It's kind of like a bookmark... But it also shares your pins with the rest of the internet, or, at least the rest of the people using pinterest. Usually I just look at whatever people have been pinning lately and I can blow a good 30 minutes finding cool craft ideas, clothes I want to buy, home decor ideas, or... whatever else is out there, like this cat for example:

(not my photo)

Pinterest is really cool. It was using Pinterest that I found how to insert my own navigation bar at the top of this blog. Fancy, huh? Actually, I didn't do a great job at it.. but it's slightly time consuming and after I completed it I kind of didn't want to start all over. I will probably fix it one day... but not today.

Here are a few other things I found on Pinterest that I thought were neat:

this cool idea for an office:

this owl craft idea:

and this yummy looking slow roasted BLT sandwich recipe:

the above photos do not belong to me. :)

festivities

After living here in Germany for over a year (minus a little detour), I'm still trying to figure out how to handle myself during a German fest.

They close off all the roads in town and everyone just sits around and drinks beer and eats German food all day for 3 days. Even though I try and keep up, I just can't! Neither can Matt. 

Regardless, it was fun. 

random crap.

Some recent instagram randomness:

Ijust realized all but one of those were taken in the car, I guess I'm most likely to get bored in there.


Speaking of things happening in a car, If you are interested in seeing what driving down the autobahn at 100mph looks like, check out this video. Although, I must warn you, it's not as crazy as it seems (in the video or in real life). Just regular ol' highway driving...


Also, today is the first day of the Kiliani fest in the town we live in! It's a 3 day festival with live music, renaissance shows, and all the brats mit brotchen you can eat.  Last year we had so much fun! The fest and the world cup were going on so it was complete chaos, and I loved it. Hopefully this year will be fun as well.

Also also, I'm half way through with my first class in my Web Design degree, and I had to make a "pun" as my second project in photoshop. We had a list of things to choose from, I chose deviled eggs. Although I would never normally make something like this, I thought my eggs were cute. The project had to have certain components in it in order to receive full credit, or else I would have made it much cuter.

Austria

Last weekend Matt and I got a 3 1/2 day visit from Kim, Matt's mother.

Aren't they cute?

Exactly one year before this trip, Kim was visiting us with Sean, Matt's brother. On top of that, it is also Kim's birthday when she comes for visits. I think this is starting to become tradition.

Anyways, Kim had the idea to go to Innsbruck, Austria this year, a little place tucked in the alps. Matt and I really didn't know much about Innsbruck before we went there, except that it was close to the alps and we would be hiking... We were excited to go, but basically felt the same about the trip as we have every other place. Now having been, I must say that place is hands down the most beautiful place I probably have ever been to. The alps were breathtaking. They are HUGE! It's like nothing I really have ever seen before. Innsbruck itself was awesome too. It wasn't a big city like Munich or London, it was the perfect size with lots of culture, plenty to do, and beautiful buildings. I didn't feel overwhelmed by high prices or lots of tourists. It was just right. So, thanks Kim for wanting to go to such a nice place, I don't know if I will ever go back there but I won't forget it.

Here are some photos (although they really don't do it justice):

updates.

Wow, I really suck at blogging. It's hard to always have the patience to sit and write about what's been happening in my life all the time, it takes enough energy just doing it!

I've officially moved on to level 2 of the 30 day shred. I "accidently" skipped 3 days, and decided my punishment would be to move on to a harder level. It was really rough. I just remember starting at the floor having a really hard time picking my body up after all those planks. At some points I wanted to cry, at some points I wanted to throw up... and I took a couple of breaks, but I did finish. I think I'm going to stick with level 2 because although sometimes I still found level 1 challenging, it was much easier than before and I was really starting to get bored with it. I'm probably not going to get bored with level 2 for a while. I would like to stay on it for at least 10 days. The only thing I'm having a hard time figuring out for myself is if I want to do it everyday or not. I hear it isn't good to work out everyday and that you need to give your body a break sometimes to heal, but that's how my 1-2 day break turned into 3 days and I felt pretty guilty afterwards. Plus, I always feel good when I can say "Wow, I've done this workout for X days in a row now, I'm awesome." When I take breaks, I have to start all over again! I never really get clear answers from other shredders online either, so.... I don't know.

Okay, enough about the shred. My mother in law is coming to Europe in about 9 days, and we will see her around 2 weeks. Hooray! She is flying into Dublin where she will be visiting with her friends the majority of her time spent in Europe, but in between it all she is coming to visit us for a few days and we are going to go to Innsbruck, Salzburg, and to visit the Eagles Nest. All of these things are around the Alps, so I'm expecting it to be beautiful. Pictures will come.

Other things:
-I'm in the middle of making a budget, and it's stressful.
-I just started (again) to play World of Warcraft with my husband. Oh lord.
-I made really good scramby eggs this afternoon... with spinach and jalapenos.
-I'm drinking my coffee black from now on -no calories..(besides Sundays, that's me and Matt's German cafe exploring days.)
-I'm enjoying my Summer class.
-I'm currently on season 2 of Sex and the City and plan to watch every episode.
-I need to take more pictures.
-I need a job.
-I love this guy: :)

imports, weekending, the shred - day 1.

I've imported my wordpress blog to blogger, because I didn't want to start all the way over again. The image sizes from past posts are a little off but I really don't feel like fixing them.

So now I'm back in Germany and so far I'm having a really great time. Even though I do miss my family, I'm really loving and appreciating being able to hang out with my husband everyday. Last weekend we went to Barcelona, Spain! It was so much fun and I think I might try and post about it soon. This weekend was also fun. Friday we got some beer and played Donkey Kong on the Wii all night, then went out with our friend here to the pub and played darts and drank German beer. Saturday we went to Ansbach to the Altstadtfest, which means "Old town fest". Then we went to an Arts and Crafts store, which inspired me to look up some cool craft ideas, and then we ate sushi... soo good. Sunday was also a really good day, we got up and read for a little bit, then walked down to Cafe Bohne for a White Chocolate Macchiato (which was SO good). Then we went for a walk in the park until we were forced to hurry back home from a hail/lighting storm. German weather is crazy, one second it's completely sunny, then it's black outside and hailing like crazy. Here is a weekend recap in photos:

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In other news, I'm starting the 30 Day Shred once again. I've taken measurement of my body and before pictures, and I'm debating whether or not to post these bad boys on the internet. I think it would be more of a push factor for me to try harder, but it also might be weird to post. 

Anyways, my husband is doing the shred with me! YAY. I like having a work out buddy. I'm determined to finish all 30 days, and if I don't the only reason should be the fact that my mother in law MIGHT be coming to visit in a couple of weeks and we would be out of town. 

Anyways,that is my poorly written, rushed, catch up post for the day. 

new blog, again.

Now I need to think of a cool name. Although this says Bailey AND Matt's blog, I'll probably be the only one updating. Throughout this blog I want to try and document as much of our travels through Europe as possible.