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.

#83 is done!!

I would have posted this sooner but the end of the semester happened right after these concerts. And then we moved.

I saw 3 bands in concert that I have always wanted to see. Maybe Calf Fry doesn't count to some people but I paid to see these bands so I count it. The hubby and I saw Eli Young Band, Randy Rogers Band and Miranda Lambert in concert, LIVE!! Holy cow I loved it. I have always wanted to see these three so having it happen was so cool.

Here are some pictures from my phone. Lame, I know, I forgot a real camera with zoom.

Eli Young Band:

Randy Rogers Band

Miranda Lambert

I was trying to get a picture of her mic stand.

It's a shotgun!

#91 is done!!

I'm starting this post off by saying I know that Facebook games are a total waste of time. I set this goal so that I could prove to myself 1) that it could be done and 2) keep up with something that I started.

So, there isn't much to this post. I accomplished another goal though!

Adding to #9

The hubby and I went to visit his parents over Easter weekend. We ended up doing a lot of homework while they helped my brother- & sister-in-law work on their new house. However, it was nice to see them for a holiday. This was going to be our last Easter with his side of the family. We have been celebrating Easter with his family for the last 5 years, since our freshman year of college. Since schools don't get that holiday off, it was hard to go visit my family for that holiday.

That's been really hard for me. My family doesn't really have a whole lot of holiday traditions, except for Easter, New Year's Eve, and the Rees Christmas Party in California . My family, my dad's brother & his family, and then my aunt's family (married to my dad's brother). All of these people go to my parents ranch in Fayetteville, Texas. Easter and New Year's Eve are the only times we all get together. My aunt's parents are like my grandparents. I have hated not being there for Easter for the past 5 years. I never realize how homesick I am until Easter rolls around. I am wanting to cry right now just thinking about it. Once we move to Houston, we will get to spend every Easter with my family at the ranch. It will be too hard to travel for Easter with my job as a teacher, the hubby being a student for 3 years, and after that kids. With no days off for the holiday, it will be too hard to travel to Oklahoma for a holiday that gets no days off. Sad for the hubby but I cannot wait to finally spend one family holiday with my side of the family.

Here is a picture from our Easter this year. This was also my picture for Project 365 for that day.

Duck for President by Doreen Cronin

This is a really cute book that can help kids learn about elections. It also teaches the responsibilities of being in charge and why it's good to be thankful for the few chores you have. The author wrote another great book titled Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that Type. The pictures are really cute and clever.

Duck doesn't like doing chores on the farm so he convinces the other animals that they need to vote to replace Farmer Brown. Once he wins that election, Duck realizes how hard it is and then wants to run for Mayor. He continues to move up the chain of government positions until he is running for President of the United States.