Friday, June 29, 2012

Comic Books!

So my new favorite thing that I LOVE to do is read comic books! It all started with seeing The Avengers.  After seeing The Avengers (twice - it was awesome), I thought about getting into comics to see if I liked them.

I told Joey and he found out that on May 4th it is Free Comic Book Day!! Yep! A day where you go to the comic book store and they have free issues out for you to pick from!

So when May 4th rolled around, we went to the nearest comic bookstore. Then we went to 2 other stores!

Here is what we got!

I had watched a show by Revision 3 called Variant, which talks about comic books. 
He talked about the Avengers vs. X- Men as a really good series. So I bought those 2. 
(One is a Variant cover - or rare- since they didn't have #1 in normal)
The other 5 were free!!

I was SUPER excited. 


The more and more I read about Avengers vs. X-Men, the more I wanted to know about a certain character that shows up in the story. I've never heard of that character before. 

So in order to get the back story on that character I got a few graphic novels (which are a bunch of comic books put into one bigger book- can be much cheaper than buying them separate).


A few weeks pass. I get the new Avengers Vs. X-Men every 2 weeks when they release. 

Then one day I hear on the radio about Comicpalooza! Joey heard about it too. It's Houston's Comic Book Convention, like our ComicCon. Um, yes please!

So off we went to Comicpalooza! It was SO much fun!! There were famous people doing autographs, panels, booths with cheap comic books, and classes. 

Here are a few people we saw:

Kevin Sorbo 
From Hercules the TV show

George Takei
From Star Trek

We didn't go talk to them, since it was pretty costly to get an autograph or picture with them. So I just stood at a distance and took pictures. Lol

This place was an awesome people watching experience. I maybe weird, but I love people watching. 
There were all kinds of people. Some were dressed up as super heroes, steam punk, there were roller derby girls...all kinds!


We saw this guy, I though his costume was impressive.
He was posing for a picture already, so I just snapped a photo. 

One of the cutest moments was the little kids seeing guys dressed up as Iron Man and Captain America 
and the look on their faces when they got to take a photo with them!
So adorable!
We even saw a little Hulk getting his picture taken with Iron Man. :)


One of the classes they had was Intro to Belly Dancing. 
I thought what the heck, I don't know anyone, so if I look silly...who cares!
 It turned out to be super fun! 
The lady teaching it was great, she didn't allow any creeper guys to just sit and watch. 
If they were there, they participated. :)
I didn't drag Joey to this one.
He looked at the booths while I was in the class.

We went to a few panels. 
Some were tech/gaming talk and we went to a Tv star's panel as well.
It was really fun!

My favorite part, though, was the $1 comic books!!
Yes...$1!! So we stocked up. Usually comic books are $3.99. 
So this was a great deal!!

We added 23 comic books to our collection.
We bought 2 sets of comics.
X-Men vs. Avengers from 1987 and Hellfire Club (X-men) from 2002.
Each had 4 issues, they were $6 each (half off).

We also got some comics for Joey. 
(He's read Hulk vs. Avengers, Scarlet Spider, and Cable so far)

*Fun Fact: Scarlet Spider by Christopher Yost takes place in Houston!!*

That night we laid all our comic books out. 
This is what we had :)



Since then I have finished all 4 graphic novels that are in the bottom right. 
And we have added 6 comic books since this picture. 
Mostly my Avengers vs X-Men comics, Scarlet Spider, and a few Hulk vs Avengers

If you can't tell I am defiantly a Marvel fan. 
And I love the X-Men back story. 
(There's a rich history!)

Since I ran out of X- Men graphic novels, Joey recommended a graphic novel he's had. 
It's a DC graphic novel.
I'm reading that right now.
He got it from a friend a long time ago it's called Kingdom Come.
It has the Justice League
(Superman, Wonder Woman, Aqua Man, etc.)
We'll see how it ends! 


Now that I've started reading comic books, I'm hooked! 

I can read through a comic book or graphic novel much faster than a book. 
Some of the Avengers vs X-Men I finish on the way home from the comic book store.
(Joey driving, of course)

The stories are so good too! 
So I can't wait to get the next issue or the next graphic novel!

So there you have it, my new hobby...comic books! :)



Friday, June 8, 2012

Favorite Things Friday!

Happy Friday!!

I thought it would be fun to write a post each Friday (at least the Fridays I remember...) about my favorite things!

Today is the food edition!!

I like to eat. Sadly, my body is not nice to me if I just eat whatever I want, how ever many I want, and when I want. Thankfully I started using the app, My Fitness Pal...it helped me see how many more calories I was eating a day. Now I can eat what I want, but I do so more consciously. If I liked to exersise, I could eat more of the food I like! :) That's my logic anyways!

Anyways, onto some of my favorite food!

Had this for lunch today!
Whataburger...
one of the reasons I'm thankful to be a Texan!
Whataburger Jr, fries and a chocolate shake.
Their fries are SO good, as are their chocolate shakes!




My mom got me hooked on this flavor!
I love that it is only 5 calories and it's not a soda!
Raspberry lemonade is delicious!


Another drink I love are these!
I get the Diet Sparkling Cranberry. 
It's fizzy, it's only 10 calories!
It is a perfect size for a snack. 
Like with a stick of cheese. 
I haven't gotten these in a while. 
The store wants $3.99 for a 4 pack. Yeah. NO!
They are on sale at Kroger this week for $1.99! 
So I got me a pack. Yum!
(I'm thinking about going back and getting me another pack...or two)


Other things that are my favorite lately... that I buy each time I go to the store. 
- Oreos
- Blue Bell  Homemade Vanilla- I stir in Hershey's Chocolate syrup. Yummy!

I do eat healthy stuff too! Promise! :)

One of my favorite fresh snack is either Red bell pepper, cucumber, grape tomatoes or carrots and ranch dressing. I have carrots right now. Plus, if we don't eat all them and they go bad...the turtles get them. They love carrots. 

Hope you enjoyed favorite things Friday! Have a fabulous weekend!

Monday, June 4, 2012

Summer Goals



Yay! It is summer time!! I am so excited to have some time to sleep in and to do some much needed housework.

My #1 goal: GET A TEACHING JOB!
That is something I'm going to be working extra hard on this summer. It'll be something that will always be on my mind until I get one. Then I'll be thinking/planning my classroom :)




House Goals:

  • Front Room
    • Finish Gallery Wall
      • Print out pictures to finish it
  • Master 
    • Get rid of hard water stains on shower stall door
      • Heard oven cleaner works- I will have to try it!
    • Clean out closet of clothes I no longer wear/want
  • Kitchen
    • Change out light above kitchen sink
      • Change it out for a pendant light
    • Frame kitchen art
    • Clean off window sill, make it functional
  • Laundry
    • Vacuum out lint trap
      • 3 years this April we've been in the house...thinking we need to clean the lint trap!
  • Living Room
    • Hang picture/canvas above couch (when we get it from Father-in-Law's)
  • Guest Bath
    • Get rugs- woo hoo! Found a great deal at Kohl's!
    • Decorate!
  • Office
    • Get office organized
      • Shred papers
      • File papers
  • Guest Room Geek Room (we moved futon to living room and arcades into guest room)

Etsy Shop Goals:
  • Find items to list
  • Get items listed
  • Advertise!



Fun Goals:
  • Read 2 books. 
    • Finish Prophet
    • Read more comic books! :D
  • Make a new dessert
  • Have a a BBQ with friends/family
  • Go camping
  • Float a river
  • Dye my hair a different color

That's all I have for now!
Have a great night!