What to do with 5 whole days??!!??

Hello friends :)

Well, I get the next 5 days off, thanks to a manager who holds grudges on people. Just because I called off last Saturday (which by the way, wasn't even her shift), she cut my hours way down. Hopefully it is just for this week and things go back to normal next week.

I have no idea what to do with my 5 days off. I need to tackle my computer desk at some point, it looks likes one big pile of mail and dvd's lol. I feel like I should do more than just play video games and finish off Stargate SG-1. Speaking of, I just started the 10th and final season of SG-1. Next on the list will be the stargate movies and then on to Stargate Atlantis.

My cookbooks have yet to arrive so I can't do anything in that respect. Hopefully those arrive sometime this week.

Anyway, I best get some zzzz's. Everyone have a great night/day.

CELESTIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Friends,

I ended up buying yet another cook book yesterday. This one focuses on the basics of cooking (like slicing, dicing) and also practical stuff about what tools are necessary or unnecessary in a kitchen. Thanks to Carrie for suggesting it :)

I spent about 13 hrs straight Watching Stargate SG-1 and Playing WoW. I must have watched nearly an entire season of Stargate (I'm up to season 9).

In other news, Celestia is being released on open servers today for Wizard 101. I'm actually excited to see how different Celestia feels on the live realm. More realms hopefully means less people jumping in unexpectedly. Although I was getting used to that a little bit, and I have to say, I did get saved quite a few times from random people.

Needless to say, today I will not be watching any stargate today (at least not before work), and I will not be playing WoW. My focus will be on enjoying Celestia on my balance and storm wizards.

Everyone have a great night/day.

Project is a go!

Hello Friends :)

I am pleased to tell you all that the plan is now in motion. I found some really cheap cookbooks (1 crock pot, and 1 stove top) and are now awaiting their arrival. Overall I spent $11.00 including shipping. Actually the shipping costed more than the books did. They should arrive between now and Nov 9th.

I'm all excited about this. Maybe I can even incorporate some dishes into the upcoming holidays. Speaking of holidays, 2 of my favorite ones are coming up; Thanksgiving and Christmas :D Also coming up is my birthday in December.

I don't have definite plans yet for my b-day, but I at least want to go see a movie called "The Tourist" starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. In November, I hope to see the new Harry Potter movie.

In Wizard news, it looks like Celestia is going live on Wednesday. I don't think I'll be testing any more. If I do play Wiz 101 today it may be on live working on my myth/ice combo.

Everyone have a great night/day.

Hello friends :)

Had a little set back yesterday. I spent just a little bit more than I expected on groceries and game costs, so right now a cookbook will need to wait (probably just a few days). I hadn't found a cookbook I was sold on yet anyway. On a higher note, I did find 20 bucks that I had tucked away :)

I called off work yesterday. When I woke up my right knee was pretty weak. Had I gone to work, I would've been ok (once my adrenaline got moving), but I would have been hurting today, most likely worse. Over the course of the day, my knee got worse so I think I made the right call. I did go to Walmart which didn't help it any, but we needed food in the house.

Very important Nascar race today in Matinsville Virginia. My favorite driver #11 Denny Hamlin has the pole for the race. He's 2nd in points so hopefully with a win today he can reclaim the number one spot :)

Everyone have a great night/day.

P.S. GO BUCKS!!!!!

Mission: Cook

Hello friends :)

So I did some digging around online for cookbooks and found very few that actually appealed to me. I'm trying to focus on cookbooks that are specialized in Stove-top or Crock-Pot. What I may end up doing is buying one of each. Cause lets face it, who wants to eat from a crock pot every night. We do have a toaster over, so I'm gonna have to look into cookbooks for that as well.

I'm hoping to start this project within the next week or 2 (if I order the cookbooks online it may take at least a week to arrive). I am going to scour Walmart's books section to see what they have.

Again, if anyone knows of any good cookbooks please let me know.

Everyone have a great night/day :)

Changes

Hello Friends :)

I wanna start off by saying that the past few days I just haven't been feeling 100%. I don't know if its too much sleep, too many days off, or something else entirely. Anyway, last night I made an attempt to fix the problem by turning off the video games, and just sitting and enjoying a good movie.

You may remember from my very first blog post that the movie "Julie and Julia" is what started this whole blog. As I was watching the movie again I realized something that disturbed me about me and this blog. When I began, this blog was all about me; my daily life, fears, happiness, etc. Somewhere along the way, I convinced myself to write for the readers, for you all. So I began finding topic after topic to please the masses. The fact is, if they were topics I really wanted to write about, I wouldn't have had to work so hard to come up with them.

I'm not saying I want to go back to writing the same boring post every day. Believe me I agree that those posts were boring. But I can't just write about random things any more. Thats just not where I want this blog to take me.

I have an idea, but I would like your opinions on it. I know the basics of cooking, but most would say that I don't know how to cook. So... I was thinking of buying a cookbook and testing out my skills. Now we don't have an oven, so I'll have to work around that, but I think this is something I really could do.

Let me know what you all think. And if you know of a good cookbook, do tell! lol.

Everyone have an amazing day :)

Top 7 Things NOT to do in a horror movie

Hello friends :) I thought after the last time, that I would stop the Horror movie theme. However, all the good ideas I've had for these posts lately have been about horror movies. I absolutely promise that once halloween is over, you won't see anymore horror movie themed posts, lol.

So today's topic is the top 7 things NOT to do when being chased by a serial killer in a horror movie.

#1: Run Upstairs. This is seen in almost every horror movie, good or bad. This is one of the most illogical things a person can do. Your only escape from a higher level will be jumping out a window.

#2: Stopping to check for death. By this I mean, you've just severely knocked out your would-be killer. But instead of getting your rear end out of there, you stop to see if he/she is dead. Well, of course in any good horror movie, the killer is no where near dead and now you are thisclose to him/her.

#3: Not getting gas. We've all seen this one. The person is finally in the car getting away from the killer, only to run out of gas.

#4: Hiding in a room with no escape route. This is almost as good as going upstairs. Honestly, how did you think you were gonna get out? Put a hole in the wall? lol.

#5: Not turning around at the right moments. This is a classic one also. I don't know how many times I have been watching a movie and screamed at the screen "HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!"

#6: Running back to where you started. Honestly IF I was a serial killer, assuming I've lost your trail, logically I am going back to where you were first.

#7: Go to a deserted place in the middle of nowhere, on or near Oct 31 or Friday 13th. Hoestly, you could avoid all these problems by just not going in the first place. *shrug*

Well, thats all I've got. Everyone have a great night/day.

Top 5 movies that I have to watch over and over

Hello friends :) Today's topic is the Top 5 Movies that I have to watch again and again.

#1 Almost Famous: This movie is fantastic if you like 70's/80's rock. Its based on the experiences of a band named Stillwater. After watching this movie, I looked up Stillwater on myspace, and I discovered some really awesome songs. There's a lot of good people in this movie. Jason Lee (my name is earl), Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand, Zooey Deschanel (sp?), and many others.

#2 Clueless: When I was a teen, I had to watch this movie EVERY DAY! (sometimes more than once a day) Even today, I still love this movie. Its just so stupid that its funny.

#3 St. Elmo's Fire: I was born just a little too late to be enthralled with the 80's teen movies, but I did make it a point to watch the major ones. I love this movie so much!

#4 Pearl Harbor: I love Ben Affleck so its no shock that I love this movie. I'm a bit of a history buff, so the historical aspect also appeals to me.

#5 Secret Window: This movie combines 2 of my favorite things; Johnny Depp and Stephen King. I read the "book" (its really a short story) before seeing the movie, but I love them both.

Any of these movies on your list? Whats a movie that you watch over and over?

Top 5 places I'd like to go someday

Hello friends :)

There is a show that used to be on the History Channel called "Cities of the Underworld". The host goes to all sorts of different places (both in and out of the US) and explores the remains of underground cities, tunnels, things of that sort. I was watching a few episodes tonight and it inspired my blog post for today. Today's topic is 5 places I'd like to go before I die.

#1 Rome: I studied Latin for 5 years and you can't do that without learning about Roman culture and history. I would kill to see the ancient Roman ruins. Without a doubt definetly number one choice.

#2 NYC: At some point when I was a kid, I was convinced that I was gonna live in NYC someday. Now I don't think living there is a great idea, but I would love to see the city in person.

#3 California: Specifically L.A. I certainly would want to live there, but its definetly a must see place.

#4 Washington DC: Some of you know that I have already been to DC about 10 years ago, but I would love to go back. I was there with my school group and we were so rushed through all the good monuments. The coolest thing from that trip was that I stood 2 feet away from where President Lincoln was shot at Ford Theatre.

#5 Hawaii: Now this is the one place on this list that I would like to live. Everything just seems so different there, different culture, different way of life. Nice warm air, quite the good life.

So whats your place you want to see?

Top 5 worst horror movies

Hello Friends :)

In keeping with the halloween season, today's post is the 5 worst horror movies. I limited it too 5 because, if given enough time, I could probably get 25 or 30 lol.

#1 Halloween Part 3: This movie has absolutely nothing to do with the Michael Myers story line. Not to mention, the movie itself makes no sense. This is a case of the production company making the movie without thinking about the viewer at all.

#2 Friday the 13th Part 9 (aka Jason Goes To Hell): This movie does have Jason in it, but its actually his "spirit" jumping from body to body and using each body to kill others. The story is so far fetched that its borderline stupid. Any real Jason fan is disgusted with this movie.

#3 The Omen (all 3 parts): I sat and watched al 3 in a row, because I felt that I should at least watch them to say I did. What a waste of 6 hours of my life! Seriously, these might have been somewhat scary when they were made, but I found them boring and not the least bit scary.

#4 The Blair Witch Project: I have seen parts 1 and 2 and I was disappointed with both. I really want to like the original for its ability to be different, but that d*** girl crying in the woods the entire time is just too much. I bet that when this was in theatres it provided enough shaky camera movements to be relatively scary. But the girl just makes it unwatchable for me.

#5 The Last Exorcism: This movie was just released a few months ago. I saw it opening night and it was aweful! Its billed as a horror movie, but was a documentary style gore fest. Only once did my mom jump in her seat. And only once or twice was there a sense that it was actually a horror movie. The girl playing the lead really needs acting lessons, her "demon" times were only believable once in the entire movie, and that was just from a creepy smile.

Like I said there are probably a lot of other bad horror movies out there, but this is my top 5 worst. if you have one you think is worse than these, let me know.
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Well I finally hit lvl 58! Only problem now is I am having a hard time getting even close to beating the bosses I need to beat for my spells. If anyone has any tips for the bosses for the storm and balance spell quests they would be greatly appreciated.

Top 10 Horror Movies

Hello friends :) Ever since I was about 6 yrs old, I have loved Horror movies. So as you can imagine Halloween is right up there on the list of fav holidays. So todays post will be about the top 10 halloween movies that I have seen.

#1 Friday the 13th Part 1: I have to say, this is the definitive horror movie. the friday series as a whole is my favorite, and nothing beats the original movie. The remake was decent, but did not live up to the original.

#2 Halloween Part 1: This is the movie that made Jamie Lee Curtis a scream queen. I think this movie has that boogyman right next door premise that makes it awesome. The other movies in the series are good (well, most of them are), but (as you'll see a common theme with me) nothing beats the original.

#3 Nightmare on Elm St: This is one of the few where I don't like the original the best. Part 4 is by far the goriest, but part 2 outshines 1. From part 5 on, it becomes more plot driven than the other movies, which is bad for a slasher. The much later movies (Freddy's Dead The Final Nightmare and Wes Cravens New Nightmare) certainly had a better budget than others so they are more visually appealing (not necessarily better).

#4 Freddy vs. Jason: This combines 2 of my favorite slashers so of course I love this movie. I also love that it digs into (kinda literally) Jason's back story. Not to mention the kills in this movie are downright awesome. This movie adds a whole new demension to both Freddy and Jason. I hope that a part 2 can get moving, because I would love to see it.

#5 Pet Semetary: I love Stephen King. After seeing the movie a half-dozen times, I went back and read the book. I was shocked that the book was more gory than the movie. I literally almost threw up when the "Pascal" character is described, but in the movie he's not too bad. That being said, this movie really captures the essence of Stephen King's demented mind.

#6 Scream: This is my favorite non-80's horror movie. I love that I get so many chances to yell "HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!!!" at the tv screen. another thing that I love about this series is that they always put a twist at the end so the killer is not who it seemed to be.

#7 I Know What You Did Last Summer: This movie (and its sequel) have the same appeal to me that Scream does. I can laugh at the stupidity of the people. What makes this one different is that the acting is much better. Each of the stars of this 90's slasher have gone on to have very successful careers.

#8 Dark Night of the Scarecrow: This is one of my dad's favorites, which means I have seen it a lot. For its time and budget it is actually a really good movie. I find some older movies (70's and 80's) hard to watch sometimes because of the low-budgetness of the movie. This movie will have you on the edge of your seat.

#9 The Shining: Another great Stephen King movie. This movie creeps me out a lot. I've seen it many times and still don't have the understory quite figured out.

#10 Hocus Pocus: Now I know this is a kids movie, and isn't scary at all. But it is a very funny movie and does a great job at not stereotyping witches. I try to watch this at least once a year.

Well, thats the 10. Anyone out there completely disagree with a choice? Is your favorite not up there? Tell me about it. Maybe you'll find me a new favorite.

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Well, KI finally fixed the Hydraulic Channeler (or it was my lucky day). So I am now up to lvl 57! One more level to new spells!!!! I can't wait.

Worst way to die?

Hello friends,

I found a blog topic generator and used it to find todays topic. I must say that I passed over several topics before finding this topic. Its not a topic I would have chosen out of the blue, but when I saw it, I was interested.

The topic for today is worst ways to die.

Now as I do with most topics, I see this one 2 different ways. The ultimate answer for the worst way to die is to die alone. I hope that some day when I die, someone I love is right there next to me. I want it to be quick and painless.

The other way to see it is the literal meaning. Personally, I think that anything where you die slowly is bad. That being said, being tortured to death is probably the worst way. I'm sure most people would say being shot or stabbed. I'm sure stabbing would be pretty bad, but guns are too quick.

Tomarrow's topic will be the best ways to die... haha jk.
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So the Hydraulic Channeler is still broke :( I spent most of yesterday furnishing my house for the halloween house tour. My balance girl had to sell most of her extra stuff (pet snacks, tc's) to just buy the house so I had to use the 49k that my death girl had and I had to take about half of my fire guys money.

The only thing I can't find is dungeon stuff. I have the thing that you put your head and hands through (cant remember the name) and I have bones galore, but I saw someone have chains on the wall and I would like some of those. I would also like one of those power station things like in Katz Lab. If anyone knows where I can find these items, it would be greatly appreciated.

Looks like tonight might not be so busy at work, HS football is an away game, so everyone will come through before I get to work (hopefully). Everyone have a great night/day.

JJ's?? not worth it!

Hello friends :)

As promised via my fb page, I will explain why I am glad I didn't get the JJ's job.

Yesterday we decided to try JJ's for dinner. When we walked in, it was immediately very loud. Not one noise, but a combination of sounds. That building has horrible accoustics, combined with the louder than necessary music, made the noise too much. Talking in a normal tone, I could barely hear my parents.

So I order our food. First off, they have no warm drinks, only pop. They will regret that in the winter. So my parents had to drink pop (I planned to anyway). The food was certainly made fast. But how could it not be with so many employees working. There seriously must have been about 12-15 employees in a fairly small space.

Anyway, we get our food and set at the only available table. First off, each of our breads were cold (not refridge cold, but definetly not warm). Second, my dads bread was pretty hard on the ends. Since they were so busy, we just decided to buck up and eat what we were given. I had the Hunter's club with no tomato or lettuce. It was an ok sub, if you like cold subs (I don't).

I had cherry coke to drink and I wish I hadn't. The syrup content was way to high (which from my experience is Coca cola's problem, not JJ's). My dad didn't like the taste of his sprite, but it tasted fine to me.

Overall, I won't be going back anytime soon. I hope that it was just because they were busy, but I don't think I wanna spend $20 for mediocre food, when I can go to work and get hot food for half the price.

And I certainly don't want to work in an overcrowded, chaotic work environment. Those kids were running into each other the entire time. In my opinion, if they would've reduced that crew by about 4, it would've been much more efficient.
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In Wizard news, the moon portal problem was fixed for me. But now the Hydraulic Channeler is broken. I did get to lvl 56 though. I started working on some sides to kill time. Hopefully the channeler will be fixed by tonight.

I need your help! Please :)

Hello Friends, today I would like you to help me out with a couple of things.

First, LNW has a pod cast coming up and I am unsure what my segment should pertain to. The obvious choice would be celestia. But is there maybe anything else out there in the spiral that you'd like me to talk about? I'll take questions or phrases or both :) BTW I am sorta on a time crunch for it so within the next couple of days please :)

Second, I am looking for good movies for my netflix list. I love romantic comedies, horror movies, some action movies, kids movies, and some dramas. If you know of any good movies out there, let me know.

In the test spiral, I hit lvl 54 XD However, I have gotten stuck with the moon portal quest. Does anyone happen to know what pet is awarded for that quest? Hopefully KI fixes the quest soon.

Today is my day off so after some early afternoon errands, I will be planted in my Kitchen playing wiz. I'll do sides if the portal quest isn't fixed. If I finish all the sides I'll go over to live and do Halloween stuff :) (Including buying a house to haunt!) Everyone have a great night/day.

Eeeww bugs!

Hello friends :)

I was journeying in Celestia today and I came across 2 very unusual bugs. I'll start by saying that I was running both my gm storm and gm balance.

I was battling some fire guys when my storm died, so I fled and attempted to port back. Well when I ported, it should have put me in the same battle that my balance was already in. Instead it put my storm in the next battle ring over.

The other bug was that for a short time my balances' name showed as "Angel" when her name is Jennifer Pixieblood. It looked fine from her point of view, but my storm saw Angel. It stayed that way for a little while then at some point went back to normal.

I'm getting the hang of running balance and storm together. Its kinda hard "balancing" my balance between attack and support.

I gotta say, Celestia is considerably harder than I expected. I love the lvl 58 spells that I have seen so far. I wish the Genie was balance though :(

Anyone out there gotten any good bugs in Celestia?

Celestia!!!

Hello friends :)

Today's topic is CELESTIA!!!

Ok so its finally here (in the test realm), and to be honest, I am a little underwhelmed about it. Maybe its that we had to wait for so long, but I just am not super excited like I should be. Nonetheless, I'd like to go over the patch notes and give my thoughts. I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts in the comments area.

The biggest thing for us GM's is the raise of the lvl cap from 50 to 60. Most of my wizards stopped questing at lvl 50 to save exp pts for when the actually counted. This included not turning in the DS Zeke quest and the book quest.

With the cap raise, comes rank 8 spells (available at lvl 58). I am very excited about this, I wish we could see them before we get to lvl 58 or at least be given the names.

The next item is the new secondary schools. Another thing I have done with my wizards is hold back on using my training points. This was another move that turned out good. I've experienced the moon schools first spell, gobbler transformation, and I love it. At first I thought that the spells weren't gonna be powerful enough to be of any help. But given the right spell at the right time, it proves quite effective. And I can see how the moon school may dominate pvp.

I have also experienced the star schools first spell. These spells come in hand for any duel (PvP or PvE). I especially like the empowerment. This gives an extra pip for every rank 4 or higher spell cast against you. This makes me wonder if it works with satyr. I'm thinking 900 health AND a pip sounds awesome lol.

I haven't experienced the sun school yet. However, I have used tc cloaks before and they are very effective in pvp.

The next item on the list is the critical and block statistics. Obviously KI needed a fix to the status quo system. We could get pretty darn close to 100% Power pips (life could get over 100%). Adding new spells in, something had to change. I gotta be honest though, I don't understand the critical hit and block hit yet. I get the concept, but I don't really see how it meshes with the pp% system.

The next item is reagent changes. First I LOVE that we can now buy and sell in bulk. My fingers will get some rest. And I also Love that we can now put reagents into the shared bank. this will make higher level crafting much easier. This was also done with pet snacks, and that is much appreciated as well.

The next item is a deck update to prevent you from selling your last/only deck. It also prevents you from going into battle without one equipped. This change doesn't really effect me, but I suppose its good for new players.

A few other things that I liked were that the max gold amt was raised to 200k. Also the bazaar now has 500 of each item instead of 100. I like that the second chance chests can now supply to your bank. Life henchman now heal you :) Deleted wizards no longer show up in your friends list, which should empty a little space. Several chat exploits we're fixed and I am happy to say this does not include say numbers like third forth etc.

There were a few things that I really didn't like about this patch. First, players can no longer use /r to speak to people not on your friends list. This was a great way to add someones second wiz and is a real shame for this to go away. I also don't like that they took away the preview of a newly hatched egg in the dye shop. I thought this was very handy.

So yeah, those are my thoughts on the celestia patch (test realm). I haven't seen much of celestia yet, but it seems pretty cool. Like I said earlier, let me know what you think about the new stuff in the comments area.

Everyone have a great night/day.

Seasons

Hello friends :)

Today's topic is from my friend Mary. She asks: What is your favorite season?

Well, the short answer to that is spring. But as you all know, I simply cannot live with just a short answer to these types of questions.

Spring is my favorite because I love that first day where its warm enough to leave the coat un-buttoned/zipped. I love how everything is green. And the birds are back! Its nice to hear the birds after the long winter.

My second fav season is fall. I love the trees changing colors. And I love when the air is just crisp enough to make you wear a sweater. Summer is alright, but often it's too hot for my taste. As far as winter is concerned, I love the snow. However, having to walk to work in it is not fun. And I really can't stand the cold.

75 degrees is a good temp for me. Not too hot or too cold. Sleeping wise, anything between 40 and 70 is fine. Above 70 and I'm sweating like a pig, under 40 I am freezing to death, lol.

This fall has me really concerned. We've already had a few nights close to freezing, and its not even Halloween yet. Normally right around then is when it really gets cold. I remember one year when I was small, we were at the halloween parade and it was as cold as if it was the christmas parade, lol. I'm concerned that winter will be really bad. It gets really bad running a drive thru window when its 15 degrees outside. I'm cold just sitting here thinking about it.
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Its gonna be a very very long weekend. Last time I knew, we were 2 people short for tonight, and 2 people short for tomarrow night. I hope my boss doesn't schedule me at 4PM sun, cause I may not have the energy to make it.

Everyone have a great night/day.

new fb features

Hello peeps :)

Today I found an interesting article that I would like to share with you all.

The article itself can be found here: http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/6/facebook-now-allows-you-to-download-your-information/

Basically Fb now has a feature that allows you to download your fb profile into a zip folder on your computer. You can then do anything from uploading it to another social site, upload it to your own webpage, etc.

I gathered from the article that this is a big step for fb. They apparently have been very guarded concerning security.

I have to say that I don't think this is a good idea. Looking ahead I see hackers not only getting into your acct, but being able to download your info to use later. And I also think by the time everyone who matters finds out how bad of an idea it really is, it will be too late.

In another article, I read about fb creating a "groups" feature. I like this concept very much, especially the group chat. I am interested however, to see how they deal with 13 and under age group concerning this feature. I'm inclined to hope for either parental permission or no access at all for that age group.

What do you all think about the new features? Love 'em? Hate 'em? You know you want to comment, so spill your guts! :)

Everyone have a great night/day.

funny thing happened while making cookies

Hello Friends :) Today I'd like to share a funny story with you all. I was talking with my dad this morning and it reminded me of this.

Many years ago, I had found a recipe for cookies (I think Peanut butter cookies). Anyway, I decided to make them right away. Keep in mind I've never been great with baking.

One of the ingredients was brown sugar. The only brown sugar we had on hand, we'd had for a while. So basically is was one large very hard chunk. But I was determined to use it anyway.

Well, I had to break it apart right? well I pounded on it again and again, with no luck. So then I got a butter knife out and attepted to "chisle" the clump.

Once again, I was having zero luck. At this point my dad jumped in to help (if thats what you wanna call it). We decided that we needed more force on the knife, so we got out the hammer.

After pounding with the clump on the table a few times, we decided to move to the floor to not make as much noise. Note: it was on a plate, not right on the floor.

The plates we use on a daily basis aren't china or ceramic. I don't think they're plastic either. Anyway, if you drop them they don't break easily (or so we thought).

So dad and I are hammering away on a knife which is digging into a chunk of brown sugar, which is on a non breakable plate, on our kitchen floor.

At some point we give up and when we attempt to pick up the plate, its in 2 pieces. All that hammering broke the plate. My dad and I cracked up laughing, my mom however, wasn't so happy with us. To this day we still crack up when we think about it.

BTW those cookies never got made :)

I hope you all enjoyed my little story. Everyone have a great night/day.

Power Leveling? No thank you!

Hello friends :) Once again my friend Mary has come through with an awesome topic idea. Today's topic is Power leveling: good or bad?

I guess I will start off by explaining what power leveling is for those who don't know. Power Leveling is when you take a low level wizard and run it through a high level dungeon (or more than one dungeon) with one or more high level wizards. the purpose is to gain upwards of 20 levels before leaving wizard city.

From my experience, power leveling is not a good idea. At least one of my wizards have been power leveled. I find that you often hit level 50 long before you reach Malistaire, meaning if you want to continue on to malistaire, you won't get credit for some of the quests. Another down side is you will run into problems with you school spell quests. The quests are designed to happen near the time when you are in that area (so you won't get a spell quest in MooShu while you are still in Marleybone). By power leveling you hit the spell quest level before you are ready for it.

There is an upside to power leveling however. It does make questing considerably easier. Going through wizard city at level 20 is a very different experience.

But like I said earlier, I am not a power leveling fan. I think it takes a lot of fun out of the game. And you'll run into school spell quest issues. But if you wanna try power leveling, I say only do it with one wizard. If you don't like the way its turning out, just delete and start over.
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I've been questing my ice and myth together, and I love the pairing. I was struggling with both schools individually, but together I am moving right along. Both wizards just hit level 45 and got new gear :D They are up to the necropolis in DS. In GH, Ice is almost up to ravens, myth is ready to do Jotun. I'm excited to be making GMs #9 and 10 (this will also give me one is every school).

I work 8-close today then get Tuesday off :) Oh do i need Tuesday off! I am exhausted. I'm hoping to hear from JJ's this week. Everyone have a great night/day :D

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Hello friends :) I have officially run out of blog topics, so I need your help. Send me any and all of your ideas.

I haven't heard back from JJ's yet. I don't really expect to hear anything until at least Monday.

It was such a long night at work. They really need to fire the people who do a no-call no-show. Someone did that last night. He's a nice enough guy, but I hope they fire him. I worked 5-close which felt really weird since I am used to 4-close. Luckily I got to work sandwiches all night.

Today is 4-close. Given the crew that is "supposed" to work tonight, we should be golden. But I know one was trying to get out of her shift so, it might be harder than I'd like.

In w101, I am currently working on both my ice and myth at the same time, they are both right around lvl 45, so hopefully tonight I can get there and get new gear :)

I'm sleepy so I best get to bed. everyone have a great night/day :) and remember to send those blog ideas in :)

Hello Friends :)

Todays topic is a little more personal than I normally get. One of Stephen's questions, on his list, was whether or not there was a special someone in my life. I think he asked this question assuming there was, and thinking that he knew who it was.

To be honest, no. Right now there is no special someone. There was, and yes he was/is in the spiral. But when trust is lost, or even the possibility of betrayal introduced, it ruins whatever there was. I don't know that I actually was betrayed, but it makes sense, and I would have been stupid enough to let it happen.

I still speak with him occaisionally, but things are really not what they used to be. He has not been confronted because that won't change anything. Stuff happened, it messed with all of us and we are all moving on. I don't want to tarnish names, or falsly accuse, that why I am not providing details. I guess if you want to know the story, message me on fb.

If you understand nothing else, know this: I was falling, very very much so. Now I am picking up the pieces.
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I think the interview went well. The menu test was very unusual. It was a blank piece of paper. I was asked to put the numbers, names, and ingredients for every sub and sandwich. I can't even tell if I missed any. Now I am just waiting for the email from the GM on whether or not I got it. I really, really want this job. Its time for a change.

Everyone have a great night/day.