Archive for December, 2009

Happy New Year’s Eve Everyone!

Been an interesting year to say the least.  Hoping that this next year is a good one, full of new people and fun.  I have a few milestones coming up this next year.  I will have been wiht my current employer for 5 years in August and My son turns 16 in March (insert huge amount of dread here).

I have learned over the past year, that you can love someone, and still be their best friend, and watch them grow into a relationship that isn’t with you.  And that while doing so, your learn to love them in a different way than you ever thought possible.

I have learned that you can work through anything, even with some of the people in your life that make you want to strangle them half the time.

I have learned that boys will be boys, and even if they are of  your own flesh and blood they will still be boys.

I have learned that girls are hard to deal with growing up and that you really want to make them happy, but nothing can or will.  ( I think this is true as they get older too )

I have learned that cats and fish can coexist.

I have learned that babies are truly a miracle of God, and that when they are loved enough they can make it through anything.

I have learned that when true love strikes someone, it hits hard.  I have had several friends get married this last year, and it was amazing to see the emotion in their eyes as they said, “I do”.

I guess on top of it all….I have learned to learn again, love in a different light, appreciate the big and the small, and to be a bit more patient.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year, and that 2010 is an awesome year for everyone!

<3

Howdy WoWer’s!

An update on the Cat Box and our guild alliance Amicita per Fiducia, we are holding our first official Rat Race.  Yes, folks, I said a Rat Race.  What is this Rat Race I speak of?  Well, in a short and condensed description it is basically this:

1. Level 10 toons racing to a goal.

2. Said goal takes you through treacherous regions for said level 10 toons.

3. Death is a given

4. Prizes are given

5. Purpose is to test your mettle against others to reach the goal.

Are you the best level 10 player out there and can avoid dieing against level 30-40 mobs?  Can you outwit, outlast, and outrun the others around you?  Well if you can…then this race is definately for you

We have had a test run for this already, and it was a lot of fun and a blast talking with the other players as they ran the course   We are changing it up, and at the end we are going to hold a few ‘special events’ after.  This is to celebrate the new year and to increase the social activities between guilds.  Maybe one day we can eventually open this up server wide, and include people from all over.

I really hope that the event turns out well, and that we all have a great time..I know I will

Hugs and Kisses from your loving Guild Mom Cat!

Is it all about life, love and the pursuit of happiness?

I thought at one point in time it was all about love and living for all the wonderful things in this world, and that that journey would bring us through to happiness.  Nowadays, though, I think it’s more the fact of just trying to survive and getting ourselves through.  I miss being in love and living for the next moment.  I miss the happiness that came from just being with someone and being the one person they wanted to be with.  I miss the way things used to be, and how they should be now.

Lately, all around me, everyone is falling in love.  Either for the first time, or all over again.  I have in the past year, known four people who have gotten engaged and married.  Two others who have gotten engaged, and probably about 10 others that have fallen into a ‘perfect’ relationship.  I, on the other hand, can’t seem to get a guy to want me for me for longer than a week.

I love watching all the love and joy that others have for their loves.  It gives me hope that one day, I might be there again.  As I sit and think, and realize how close I am to being ‘middle aged’, I wonder…  Will I get to experience this wonderful feeling called love again?  Will I get to live again?  When will my pursuit of happiness come again?

Then I realize, I have two wonderful kids, and they are my life, love and my pursuit of happiness.  When I look into their blue eyes, and see the wonder and joy, that the little things bring them, and all the trials and tribulations that I go through with them, sometimes on a daily basis.  It makes everything okay.

So, yeah, I don’t have a man in my life that I can hold onto in the middle of the night, I do have a cat that sleeps on my other pillow.  I don’t have a man to kiss me good night and tell me he loves me.  I do have a daughter who gives the best hugs and tells me good night every night.  I don’t have a man around the house to fix all the odd and ends, to burp and fart and make a general man of himself, oh wait, I have a son for that!

So, what have I discovered over the past several days, as I sit here in a stupor and think that my life hasn’t been complete, because I am not in love with the perfect man?

Well, a cat will love you, no matter what and you don’t have to boost their egos.  There is nothing better than a daughters love and a son’s bodily functions.

It is all about Life, Love and the pursuit of happiness…just in our own ways.

Go out there and love the ones you love.

Live like you wanna live.

Pursue the things that make you happy!

Well Hello everyone!

Just thought I would share with everyone, the changes I am making in my WoW world.

It’s been almost a month now, that The Cat Box has been alive   We are up to over 70 members and are still growing.

I recently incorporated some changes to the guild plan and layout, and I think that it is for the best.

No offense to my guildmates, running a levelling guild is fun, and seeing all the lower level peeps move up the levels in WoW is exciting!  I think though, that it’s time for Cat, the Guild Mom, to become Cat- the Guild Master.  I think I should explain a bit.

Over the past two weeks, I have had a couple of my level 80′s in the guild leave.  Why?  Because we weren’t RAIDing enough and trying to get into the more complex instances.  It’s kind of hard to do that, when you don’t have enough people in the guild that can run.  It’s also kind of tricky to just pull people into the guild that you don’t know anything about, and hope that they can run with the best of your guildies.  Sure, you can RAID and PuG it, but why when you can develop and integrate a great RAIDing group from your own guild, and those trusted people you know from other guilds.  After the ‘slap in the face’ of the fact that I was pretty much keeping the role of ‘Mom’ and I mean this lovingly, and not a Raider…well, it got me to thinking.

I have great players in my guild, they range from lower levels up to the 80′s in the guild.  I have watched a lot of these people grow over the past several months, several of them came over from unbreakable, and I know that they want to move onward and upward as well.  All of this played into my plans for changing up The Cat Box.

What are these changes, you may ask?

Well, I am only taking applications for entrance into the guild unless someone I run with in a heroic or dungeons asks to join.  I have changed the ranks of the guild to reflect the new RAIDing aspect.  I have introduced a RAID leader as well.  He is in charge of putting the RAIDs together and making sure he knows the fights and can explain them to the RAIDers.  I am looking into eventually implementing a DKP point system   I am in no way removing any lower levels from my guild.  They are here to level until they are ready to RAID.

I am ready to RAID!  I want to move into the end of content RAIDs and Instances, that is why I am playing the game..right?  To get to where I can run and play with those people that I have grown to know over the past year.  I think that we are on our way here in The Cat Box, we ran a full clear of Naxx 10 on Saturday night, it was awesome, and out of all 4 quearters, we only had 4 wipes I believe   Kudos out to my Raid Leader and his awesome job!

I hope that we can get to the point to where people will know the name “The Cat Box”, not jsut because of the name, but because of the people behind the name

I will keep you up to date on the lastest information on The Cat Box.

Stay Tuned!!

Now that I have your attention!

Hi there

Just figured I stop by, and check in with my readers.  been a long few months…lot’s of ups and downs.  Christmas is around the corner, and that means, well me being broke.  I think that the kids will get most of what they want, as long as I can keep my whits about me.

So, haven’t done much over the past few months, just trying to keep myself entertained whily life happens.  The kids are passing in all their classes, that is more than any mom could ask for.  Their Dad is hopefully going to be home more and get to see them more, I know my daughter will love that lots.

I need to throw an update in my Kitty’s Wow page as well, been lots happening in my other life as well.

Well, guess that is all for now.  Hope to see you guys on the flips side…and watch out for cowtails and chicken feathers..

Later!!