Real Life Issues

So real life issues have been hitting me hard. My husband and I have not been getting along and I found another place to go. My daughter and I are doing great and life is moving on smoothly. He is of the opinion he doesn't want to work things out.

No further details will be offered. I will not put my private issues up here for the world to comment on. Some things are just meant to stay private.

Oddly enough my WoW time has decreased dramatically. I am hardly ever able to play anymore. I spend alot of time with my new grandbaby and I am loving every minute of it. I used to play while my husband watched tv but now I find the new grandbaby just way more fun! Plus, he will grow up and I will find my way back to playing.

I did manage to get my baby girl to play and with the refer a friend bonus we have managed to get two characters to level 46. She made a hunter and I am leveling my pally. There are drawbacks to the refer a friend...

1. You get triple xp for kills and quests. That is great. Makes leveling way faster but...you fly through the levels and outgrow zones really fast. We find we have to leave the zones without finishing all the quests because they turn grey to us.

2. Leaving the zones early you don't get to level your professions as you go. You leave too soon and your profession level is still in it's infancy.

3. My daughter is new to world of warcraft and with the triple xp and faster leveling it is kind of hard for her to learn all she needs to be the best player she can be. She is doing really good though.

4. For every two levels she gains, she can grant one of my lower level characters one level. I so far have been splitting the levels between my lower alts. So I will have the same disadvantage that she does. My lower level alts will level but I will be at a loss as to how to play them well.

5. Triple Xp Rocks though. You really have to love it, if you like racing through the levels. You have three months to level and as long as my daughter doesn't hit level 60 we can level alts until the three months are up. The triple xp stops at three months or when she hits level 60.

So we will be leveling alts and having a blast and trying to learn all we can during this faster process. Wish us luck!

Meet Calyann the Mage

So my mage has hit level 49 and she is coming along nicely in the leveling department. I decided to hit the battlegrounds on her and see how much dying I could do. I love the gnomes, they are too cute and I wish they could be hunters cause I would be all over that!




My little mage is specced Arcane. Yep, the spec no one does much of. I love it! It fits my play style and works for me. You can see her here.





My BFF (thats our picture up there) started out as a fire mage, I started out arcane changed to frost and went back to arcane. When my friend saw my dps, he respecced to arcane as well. Both of us in the battlegrounds, arcane explosion on the enemies, too awesome to say but I do have a screenie.

Going Back To School At My Age?

I am considering going to school for Therapeutic Massage/Massage Therapy. Since my daughter was born with CP, I have thought alot about it. Well, I am 46 years old and my memory isn't at all what it used to be so that being the case.... am I too old?

I would love to take classes and start an adventure towards a new career. I have been a mother since I was 17 and with four children going back to school was out of the question. Now that my children are grown and only the handicapped one is at home, I have the time to do it so should I?

I am looking for any opinions here and if you say yes then thanks for the encouragement. If you say no, then please follow it up with reasons why I shouldn't.

How God Chooses Mother's of Handicapped Children

Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures, and a couple by habit. This year, nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of handicapped children. Did you ever wonder how mothers of handicapped children are chosen? Somehow I visualize God hovering over Earth selecting his instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As he observes, he instructs his angels to make notes in a giant ledger.

"Armstrong, Beth; son; patron saint, Matthew.

"Forrest, Marjorie; daughter; patron saint, Cecelia.

"Rudledge, Carrie; twins; patron saint.... give her Gerard. He's used to profanity."

Finally, he passes a name to an angel and smiles, "Give her a handicapped child."

The angel is curious. "Why this one, God? She's so happy."

"Exactly," smiles God. "Could I give a handicapped child a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel."

"But has she patience?" asks the angel.

"I don't want her to have too much patience or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wears off, she'll handle it. I watched her today. She has that feeling of self and independance. She'll have to teach the child to live in her world and that's not going to be easy."

"But, Lord, I don't think she even believes in you."

God smiles. "No matter. I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness."

The angel gasps, "Selfishness? Is that a virtue?"

God nods. "If she can't seperate herself from the child occasionally, she'll never survive. Yes, there is a woman I will bless with a child less then perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a 'spoken word.' She will never consider a 'step' ordinary. When her child says 'Momma' for the first time, she will be present at a miracle and know it! When she describes a tree or a sunset to her blind child, she will see it as few people ever see my creations.

"I will permit her to see clearly the things I see --- ignorance, cruelty, prejudice --- and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side."

"And what about her patron saint?" asks the angel, his pen poised in midair.

God smiles. "A mirror will suffice."


This was written by Erma Bombeck

A New Grandbaby

My new grandbaby is here. He was born July 15th and weighed 5 lbs and 12 ozs. He is so sweet. But here is a quick look at him.

Today is my Birthday!

I have been hoping that my baby girl would have my grandson today. She is due any day now, but no such luck on sharing his Nanna's birthday.

I have not been on wow in a couple of days. I have been sick. Also, I have been working on my graphics for my scrapping blog and shop. I hope tonight I can get back to the game.

I bought myself a birthday present, some extra memory for my laptop, and hubby installed that for me. Maybe just maybe my game will run faster for me.

Other than Scrapping...

Aside from my scrapping and in Wow, I have now gotten my little gnome mage to level 41. She is so much fun to play. I have chosen to go frost spec and my best friend in wow has gotten his mage to level 41 too and has gone fire spec. Together we can freeze them in place and burn them down so to speak. I got my mount for her, I went with Darnassus rep and a cat. I just can't get into the noisy, clanking chicken to ride around on! We really have alot of fun questing with these guys. We have alot to learn and I haven't spent as much time reading blogs about mages (I really need to do that!). I hardly ever play my hunter anymore. She is just languishing waiting for the new expansion and level 80. Maybe by the time the expansion arrives I will have two characters to get to level 80. Here's hoping!