Dreaming In The Dark

Before & After

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:45:05 +0000

I think I mentioned awhile ago that I was moving my bedroom upstairs since my sister moved out. It’s a smaller room but it’s a better shape if that makes any sense. Since the room is smaller I couldn’t use the same dresser. Luckily the room already has a closet that my dad built. I looked around at a few dressers/chests but couldn’t find anything that I liked. Well, I liked a few but they were too much or I didn’t feel the drawers were deep enough. That’s when my mom suggested refinishing the dresser had that once belonged to my great-grandparents. It was in decent shape and with some paint and extra details it could be awesome. The drawers were deep and still worked. Here’s the before.

I had the room painted a shade of gray and went with black and a bright green as an accent. The molding in the room was painted black and I had the dresser painted black as well. It pained my dad to do it but it’s how I wanted it. We then went to Home Depot where I picked out some trim that we would add to the dresser. The trim would be painted the green. Instead of talking about it here’s the after:

You can see the color of the walls too. I swear I thought I took pictures of the room once everything was put together but I guess I didn’t. I’ll keep looking but for now enjoy!

Gotta Save The $$

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:39:43 +0000

I need to stop wasting money on lunch during the week. I eat out pretty much everyday and around here that can equal $10 a day depending on where you go. If it’s fast food I can get away with $6 depending on what and where.

This needs to stop! It’s the biggest waste of money yet the easiest thing to change. Starting this week I’m going to be bagging it. This could save me around $200 a month, give or take. That’s a pretty good chunk of change. That could be used to pay off credit cards. It could be an extra $200 that goes towards paying off the Jeep or it could sit in my savings.

Plus it might help me lose some weight too!

Don’t Forget…

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:26:11 +0000

to check out When Nerds Attack to read all about my adventures at San Diego Comic Con.

The Black Eyed Peas!

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:29:31 +0000

On Tuesday I went downtown to see The Black Eyed Peas. My friend and I had General Admission/Floor Seats. I was kind of dreading it since I’m short and I don’t really like GA concerts but we were there early and managed to get right next to the catwalk. I had a great view except for the super tall guy to my left who managed to block the middle of the main stage with his tallness. I mean, really? He couldn’t have stood behind his girlfriend instead of next too? Whatever.

The concert was great and they put on an awesome show! I would totally go see Fergie on her own. I have no idea how she dances around in those shoes and costumes though! My feet were killing me from just standing around. They were on stage for about an hour and a half. I liked that each member of the group had their own little time on stage. Will.I.Am and Fergie had more time than the other too but that’s to be expected I think. Anyway, here are some pictures from the night!

This is a very small sample. I took over 200 pictures. You can see the rest here! Enjoy.

Back To Life

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:45:49 +0000

Now that SDCC is over it’s time to get back to normal life.

I’m turning my focus back to trying to pay off my car early. I did the math to see how much I’d have earn via Amazon to help make that happen and that was a bit depressing of course. I do pretty decent with Amazon but not that decent. The good news is though that all of my money from Amazon goes right into my savings account. Since I don’t have any vacations coming up I won’t be touching that money anytime soon. I’ll let it all sit in there until a decent amount and then I’ll send it off Chrysler.

In other news we found out my sister is having a boy. In the word of my friend I’m going to be an Uncle! I’m excited to buy little Orioles & Ravens stuff. I’ve actually been good and I’ve only bought two things. She was told her due date is December 5th. I’ve already come to terms with the fact that if that happens my birthday is pretty much obsolete. That’s why I’ve been pushing my mom to buy me a Kindle to make up for lack of future birthday celebrations. I think I’m thisclose to making it happen.

What else? We now have DVR in the house. Yes, I know. We’re probably some of the last people to jump on board. I’m more excited about having the LOGO channel though where I can watch “Buffy” and remember a time when vampires didn’t sparkle and actually killed people. Remember those days?

Comic Con Goodies On Ebay

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:39:25 +0000

I posted a few items I had leftover from Comic Con on Ebay. Hey, SDCC doesn’t pay for itself! The items I listed aren’t anything amazing. I’ve listed the special Comic Con editions of TV Guide that feature The Big Bang Theory on one and Smallville on the other. I listed a Fox poster tube as well. You can see the listings here. Please feel free to share the links!

Comic Con 2010

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:12:56 +0000

You can read all about my adventures at Comic Con 2010 here.

I’m Back!

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:29:35 +0000

I arrived back home yesterday from San Diego Comic Con!

I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to post about it. I have a billion pictures to go through and upload plus some video and I’m feeling overwhelmed already! It’s almost too much for my travel blog too. I might just create a Blogger/Wordpress free blog to house all of it.

How’s that idea sound?

OMGZ! I leave next week!

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:50:35 +0000

I can’t believe it. Next Tuesday I’ll be flying out to San Diego to attend Comic Con and meet LunaStone for the 1st time! I’m beyond excited and nervous and overwhelmed and excited.

I’ll get to be a total FanGirl for 4 days! How awesome is that? I’ll get free swag and awesome pictures and all kinds of stuff! Of course I’m trying not to get too excited incase I miss out on a panel or something because of lines/crowds but whatever! Dexter will be there. Psych will be there. “Abby” from NCIS will be there. Bones will be there. Burn Notice will be there. This will be heaven on earth!

I’m A Bad Blogger

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:25:22 +0000

More like lazy but whatever.

Let’s see. I’ve already announced I’m going to be an Aunt. The baby is due December 5th. My birthday is December 4th.

On June 12th my Aunt & Uncle had to put Jake the dog down. He was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago and they made the choice to have him put to sleep after he started having issues. He would’ve been 10 in August.

I’m still playing softball and out team is actually good. We came in 2nd last season and only lost 2 games.

In only 20 days I’ll be heading out to San Diego for Comic Con. I am beyond excited and nervous. I already feel overwhelmed and I’m not even there yet. It looks like most of the shows I like will be there including Burn Notice, Bones, Psych & Dexter.

I’m moving. Don’t get too excited. I’m just moving from the bedroom downstairs to the bedroom that’s upstairs. Hopefully I’ll be able to move my stuff up there over the weekend.

That’s about it for now. When I get the urge to write more I will.