WingTips

So far the night has been amazing. The hotel is lovely. We’ve just had a meal in the Aberdeen Angus Steak House. They claim to have the best steaks in London (eveybody sing with us) and i’m not inclined to disagree. Phantom next, I can’t wait!

Whoo! It’s finally here. Writing this with my sweetie’s iPhone from the train. A little behind schedule thanks to a signal failure at Port Talbot. Incredibly excited, hoping to take lots of pictures with my latest acquisition, a 10mp Vivitar X345. Will update some time this week with any luck

So I finally managed to grab a preorder or two of the CE of WOTLK yesterday. I must admit, I’m really excited about it. Over the past 6 months or so, WoW had totally lost it’s appeal. Same thing every day. Log on. Grind. Quest. Grind. Quest. Get bored and log off. So much so that I did the unthinkable and switched to LOTRO (Fab game!).

Burning Crusade was..fairly boring as a whole for me. Once you got past the fun of seeing new places, the lore was absolutely terrible. Wrath is promising to be pretty exciting both lorewise and other. Inscription is very popular and will be a money boost for my herbalist. The other professions have some fab items coming up. That’s not my favourite bit though. Nope, nor the dancing or hairstyles. The best bit has to be the achievements. I’m can be an obsessive collector/explorer. Got to get it all. Pets, patterns, event quests. And now you can show people what you’ve got rather than quashing the urge to see how many unusual items/tabards/pets you can equip in one day. (I hit about 10-15 pets, 3 tabard changes and 6 costume before I got distracted). I especially like that it counts one off events and things that aren’t available now like the old PVP ranks, etc, things you worked hard for to see no reward once the old system was scrapped.

Unlike BC, the more I see of this, the more excited I get, though I’m not entirely sure about the Dalaran thing yet. We’ll wait and see how well it’s done, huh? It’ll be great to level up alongside my sweetie too <3 For BC I levelled Elle on my own except for random quest help with some friends from various guilds.

Speaking of my sweetie, it’s his birthday today, so happy birthday love! He’s gone home for his birthday (he’s living near me in uni accomodation), as it’s his mum’s birthday tomorrow and I must admit I’m a little lost without him. He won’t be home until Monday Unfortunatly, I couldn’t go with him this year, I had a funeral to attend yesterday. On the plus side, it does give me time to finish the present I’ve been trying to sew for him. I’ll post pictures here when it’s finished.

He did give me a wonderful treat the night before he left. He took me to see Beauty and the Beast, they’re currently in the Grand in Swansea. It was fantastic, and well worth seeing. Every character was perfect, the pyrotechnics were great and the music astounding. I found it more enchanting than the film it’s based on, I loved the extra songs and scenes, especially the beast’s theme. There was extra depth to every character which was lovely to see. I couldn’t have imagined a better show. Certainly up top on the list of my favourite shows. They have local children playing Chip and were great with the lad who was in the show we saw. He didn’t mix up his lines, he was perfect. He did a little booboo at the end when they came to take their bows. He wasn’t sure which way to go, bless him. I’d definitely go and see it again, let’s hope they do another tour soon! I came away with a pretty locket keyring from my sweetie and t-shirts for us both from me.

From happy news to sad, the second pair chicks we tried to handrear both died. Unlike the others, these two were abandoned in nestboxes. The parents must have picked up that there was something wrong with them. The first died within a few days. Wiggle, the second, never grew properly despite all that he ate. Towards the end he had trouble swallowing no matter how thin the food mixture was.

On the plus side, Bee and Caru are doing great, both spoilt rotten. They’re now out in the aviary learning to be real birds with their cousins. They do come to me, but they prefer the company of the other cockatiels now. Although I do get the sulks and jealous attention seeking should I cuddle someone other than them, which is kinda cute. Caru’s getting sneaky, she creeps out of the flight after me to grab the food dishes as I fill them before the others can pinch the tastiest treat. Little madam!

Zorro’s baby has now fledged, he’s (or possibly she’s) the prettiest chick this year. He’s a whiteface pearl, absolutely stunning. He sounds like a squeaky toy at the moment. Pictures soon I hope!

Work’s busy as anything at the moment, which is nice to see. As a small business we’re pretty vulnerable, especially in the current financial climate. We should be moving premises soon, although it’s only next door. Hardly seems worth it but it will be nice to have an office that stays warm and no cracks in the walls. And good storage too. Fingers crossed we’ll be moved by Christmas!