Adding to #95 & #98

#95
This year my parents renewed their season tickets to the Astros. Jerome and I have been to three games so far, which I think counts to my goal of going to 1 Astros game a season. =) Here are some pictures from our trips to Minute Maid Park.

#98

I have always been curious about soccer. Now with the World Cup going on in South Africa, I have been watching every match I can. Unfortunately, that means I have to wake up early in the mornings due to the time difference. I have learned more about soccer watching the games. If I have a question that doesn't get explained from the commentators, I google my question. It's helped me focus on finding out what I want to know and what I don't hear from the telecast. Of course, I have watched both USA games so far as well as England's match vs. Algeria. I know how the group play works now and how the USA can advance...we're so close!!! And of course, I was so pissed at this stupid man. He ruined our win...and took it away for a dumb reason.

#1 & #2 are done!!!!!

I totally have been forgetting about this blog and my goals. Oh goodness. So, #1 and #2 have been done for a month. I just didn't update about it.

I got all As in my masters program!! I got a 4.0! I am so proud of myself. I was worried about one class in my last semester but all my stressing was for nothing.

The second goal was to graduate with my masters. I did it on May 7, 2010. I graduated with my masters in special education in one year! All my hard work paid off.

Here are some pictures the hubby and I took around campus before his graduation the next day and my 365 pictures. And yes, I decorated both of our caps. I didn't do this for my undergrad so I felt it necessary because I am NOT graduating ever again. haha.

My cap is on the left. They are my initials and the hubby's initials. It says I love him. hehe

The hubby's is on the right. IFT is the initials of the name for his intramural team. They were the I Felta Thies (pronounced thighs hehe)

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor

This book is a great play on the original Alice and Wonderland series but so much better!! Alyss Heart tried to share her story with a professor and he broke her heart. Alyss became Alice and a girl who dreamed up an imaginary world with a talking white rabbit and a mad hatter. The story begins with Alyss' birthday party and when her Aunt Redd crashes the party. Alyss escapes with the help of her mother's body guard Hatter Madigan. They jump into the Pool of Tears and appear in what we know as London. Alyss gets adopted and becomes Alice and is forced to adapt to her new home/world. At the same time, Wonderlanders are dealing with Redd's reign and Hatter Madigan is searching for Alyss.

This is a fantastic twist on a beloved story. The original book tended to bore me but this version was very interesting. I was intrigued by all the ways that the author incorporated the original story. He took pieces and turned them around into his version of what really happened. Give it a try. Then the rest of the series may join your reading list.