Archive for June 2006

June 30th, 2006

My son is growing up.

Filed under: Family Funhouse — Naye @ 11:33 am

Last night, Ethan once again filled in for me during a raid. The first time this happened, Moyra was healing in UBRS when Vanessa called saying they were back from their track meet. I /t Xanobar and Rannon “I have to go pick up Vanessa. I’m going to let Ethan play Moyra. Should I tell the raid?” Xano said, “Nope. Just tell him to follow me.” …and that’s what we did. When I got back, I told everyone Ethan had been playing and the response was, “Well that explains why you actually moved when stuff was near you and why you didn’t die.” (/PK Bolitho) Last night, Ethan played my rogue in a ZG run….and she was higher on the damage meter than she’s ever been before. Meaning, I so suck….lol

Afterwards, Ethan announced to me, “Mom, rather than getting a cell phone for my birthday, I’d really like a good gaming computer.”

The kids all three have their own computers, but they are older ones. Ethan’s is by far the best, but it still can’t run many of the games we have. The girls have never even mentioned wanting a better computer. They only use MS Office, paint, and a few other things. Ethan though has been frustrated with his for a while.

I’m not sure if I should be upset or excited. His Playstation 2 decided to stop working for some unknown reason, but rather than asking for another of those, a P3, or even an XBox (He loves Halo and Fable!), he wants a gaming computer. I’d so be all for that, but I simply don’t have the money to build him one…lol ARGG!

8 Comments

  1. Comment by Delostacia — June 30, 2006 @ 4:49 pm

    Ah yes… the first time a young man asks for a new computer for himself… I remember mine. I went and bought all the parts seperately and then put it together myself with my own funds. I was wondering why I didn’t see you on last night. Then I realized you’re on a different server than me. :( :P What server are you on? I may stop by sometime to say hi hi. I wish Naxxramas wasn’t so hard on the repair bill. :( *hugs*

  2. Comment by Delostacia — June 30, 2006 @ 4:52 pm

    Ps. I like the name Moira :) If I ever have a kid I’m going to name it Moira. I don’t care if it’s a boy or girl. Lol… then again I may get talked out of it if it’s a boy. :P :)

  3. Comment by Dmitri — July 3, 2006 @ 1:05 pm

    Delostacia, what server are ya on? How do you like it so far?

  4. Comment by Delostacia — July 4, 2006 @ 12:30 am

    I’m on Blackhand. Been there for quite a long time now. Was w/ the Kriegers and then they merged w/ DL and then DL went loopy… and I fell in w/ Forsaken Path… and then Forsaken Path lost too many members and merged w/ Silenti… now w/ Cool Cats. I enjoy it. Lvling up alts is fun if you’ve got someone to do it w/. Other than that I like the raids and learning new things like Naxx. Still waiting my turn for some Tier 3 gear but I’m patient. Only issue I have is repairs cost money and as a priesty I don’t kill things very well solo. :P (not shadow… miss shadow kinda). How bout you? And what about you Naye? What server you on? I want to come visit and say hi! :P

  5. Comment by Naye — July 4, 2006 @ 10:15 am

    I’m on Silverhand Alliance, Twilly. I play strange hours though. Look for Moyra, Naye or Gnaye.

  6. Comment by Dmitri — July 15, 2006 @ 2:35 am

    Silver Hand/Alliance/Paladin. I played with Naye until she decided I wasn’t cool enough to play with so I joined a raiding guild called Silence. 6 bosses down in Naxx so far. Lots of fun, but it’s a bit too much raiding at times. I’ve got too many RL things going on to continue raiding 6 days/week.

  7. Comment by Naye — July 15, 2006 @ 9:59 pm

    . . . The True WoW Story is that Dmitri decided he was too good for me since I can’t raid.

  8. Comment by Dmitri — July 18, 2006 @ 12:49 am

    … don’t make me bring up the story of how I was gilted at the tabard vendor… T_T

June 28th, 2006

Who can it be now?

Filed under: Family Funhouse — Naye @ 8:53 pm

I’d logged out of WoW last night and had gone to bed.  There was a knock on the door.  It was 2AM.  Who knocks at 2AM?!?  Henley, the dog, took off for the door and I looked out the window while trying not to freak out.  I heard what I thought was the door, but told myself it must have been Henley going out the doggie door.  There was no car in the driveway and since I couldn’t see the actual door from my room, I got some clothes on and headed into the living room to find the front door open.  At that point, I was kind of freaking.  I saw Henley coming back to the porch though and no one in sight.  I ccouldn’t be 100% sure that the kids didn’t leave the door open.  I didn’t check it before bed.  I did close and lock it and I checked on the kids who were sleeping.  Since there were no teenage boys anywhere in the house and Henley stayed out on the porch in case someone came back, I went to bed.  Kind of scary. =/

5 Comments

  1. Comment by Delostacia — June 29, 2006 @ 2:32 am

    Sorry, should’ve told you I visited. j/k. Yea that’s kind of freaky. Maybe it’s a secret admirer? I know that I’ve thought about doing the likes before and proffering flowers… granted I always kind of figure 2 am’s kind of early in the morning and I’d probably get an angry person at the door. Could be the doggie saved you from some unspeakable atrocity but I like the nice possibility someone saw your door open and just wanted to be nice and let you know it was by knocking but then thought you’d think them a weirdo to do so at 2 am and then get shy and leave. Course this is all dependent upon it being either the front or rear door too. Could also just’ve been a prank but who knows… if you’re worried and think it may happen again you could always call your local police and ask about crime activity around or if they’d kindly increase patrols in the area for a lil while. I’m surprised you didn’t call 911 though to discuss it w/ an officer. Better to err on the side of caution and be thought paranoid than to have something bad happen. :( *huggle* *worked at a 911 center for awhile and got calls bout weird stuff like that before*

  2. Comment by Sirith — June 29, 2006 @ 7:49 am

    You need to get yourself a large impliment for protection, a little league bat won’t do, I’m talking a tree limb, or a mace, or a claymore, heck even a sturgeon would work. I know I’d run the heck out of a house if someone came at me with a giant fish.

  3. Comment by mojo — June 29, 2006 @ 3:10 pm

    i do believe my baseball bats would probably suffice….33-34 inches and 30-31 ounces of pure bashing bliss

  4. Comment by Dethpatryn — June 29, 2006 @ 3:54 pm

    Um, sorry Naye, it was me. I was thinking about you and drove to Texas for a last fling before my wedding… which is Saturday… this Saturday… Um, yeah, Hi everyone!

  5. Comment by Naye — June 29, 2006 @ 11:50 pm

    Congrats Deth!!! Beautiful family you’re getting!

June 26th, 2006

Muddy ToTs

Filed under: Family Funhouse — Naye @ 4:42 am

I was exchanging some kid stories with my family yesterday and I thought I’d share one.

One summer, the kids were playing outside when Vanessa came bouncing into the house.  “Mom, can we play in the water hose?”  “No, Vanessa.  Go back outside and play.” 

Five minutes pass and Vanessa comes back in, “Mom, can we wash your truck?”  “No, Vanessa.  My truck doesn’t need to be washed.  Go back outside and play.” 

Another five minutes pass and I don’t hear the kids so I go outside to look.  I see my truck with mud handprints all over it.  The kids were having a blast.  Vanessa says, “Mom.  Can we wash your truck now?”  “No!  I love it!  You all did a good job!” 

For the next two weeks, I drove my truck with muddy handprints.  I dropped them off at school each morning and waved at all their friends.  ”Mom.  Can we pleeeeeeeease wash the truck now?!?”  ”Vanessa!  You did such a great job!  Be proud of your work!”

…and I sometimes wonder why my children are warped…

2 Comments

  1. Comment by mojo — June 27, 2006 @ 1:07 pm

    your kids are hilarious….they cracked me up when i met them

  2. Comment by Naye — June 28, 2006 @ 8:41 pm

    lol…they were showing out for you. I couldn’t believe the stories they were telling you!!!

Ending this selfish stuff.

Filed under: Family Funhouse — Naye @ 4:28 am

I was talking to a friend tonight (…er last night) and told him that I needed to make one more post about my cousin’s funeral to get it out of my system.  When I got to the second page of a word document, I realized something.  This is probably one of the most selfish things I’ve done.  I’ve been way too focused on me, how this effected me, and how I was handling this stuff.  You’ll be happy to know that it ends now…without a 30 page word document.

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June 25th, 2006

My battery needs recharged!

Filed under: Friends and Relationships — Naye @ 10:07 am

My horoscope for today:  You need to get social — your emotional batteries are wearing down, and only a dose of good people will recharge them. It doesn’t have to be a raging party — just lunch with friends will do.

Boy does that fit…of course lunch will be with my family after my cousin’s funeral; however, knowing my family, it will be fun. There will be tons of stories and lots of singing….two of my very favorite things, all in a family atmosphere. How could I not enjoy that?!? I know other people have been a bit shocked at my family’s funerals, but I believe (as does my family) that funerals are for the living. It’s a time to relate all those good times spent with the deceased. It’s about renewing the spirits of the living as well as the connections we all have….and that’s what I wanted to post about. Connections.

I have this theory. People unknowingly reach out to others for things they need…and whether it’s God, karma, of just chance, there’s almost always someone that happens by willing or usually needing to help fill that roll.

For instance, yesterday an older gentleman happened into the store. He was a member of the church I grew up in. He saw me and asked about my cousin, the funeral, etc. When I went to break, I was still a bit shaken. I was happy to get back to work so I wouldn’t focus so much on this and he brought my issues to work. In the break room, a friend said, “Are you okay?” and I told her what happened and that I was fine, but still learning to deal with the loss of someone so close. The next thing I know, she’s telling me her life story. It was an amazing story. It was the story of a woman well beyond her 21 years of age. She and I both were in tears before going back to work, but it was obvious to me that she needed to talk to someone…and for me, it pointed out once again that I’m happy to have the life I have even if there are things I wish were different.

Hang in there. The funeral is today so hopefully my posts will get back to light hearted fluffiness soon.  If not, then I’ll just start telling tons of ToT stories to help make up for the serious tone…lol

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June 24th, 2006

A thank you.

Filed under: Friends and Relationships — Naye @ 8:58 am

I’m always amazed at the friends I have online. Upon hearing the news of my cousin, people not only posted here, but also called, emailed, IM’d, and kept me company in WoW. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it. I’ve told people before that EQ lead to my divorce, but they are always shocked to learn that it wasn’t the classic gaming addiction story. It was the support of the friends I’d made online that finally allowed me to admit how bad things were and have the courage to get out. I remember if I didn’t show up online for a couple nights in a row, I’d start getting phone calls and IMs, “Are you alright? You haven’t been online. Just wanted to check up on you.” It meant so much to me back then to know that people cared and it still does now. I’ve been very lucky to meet so many good people. Thank you.

2 Comments

  1. Comment by Loevon — June 25, 2006 @ 5:05 am

    np

  2. Comment by Naye — June 25, 2006 @ 8:59 am

    Oh…and I’m thankful for meeting Loevon too. *evil grin*

June 22nd, 2006

I <3 my children.

Filed under: Family Funhouse — Naye @ 2:59 pm

The kids and I had a late lunch yesterday. As we were sitting around the table talking, Vanessa said something about Ethan. I replied, “You know you love your brother!” She said, “No. He loves me. Look at his back.” I leaned over in my chair and looked at Ethan’s back. In big blue ink was written “I <3 My Sister”.

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  1. Comment by Sirith — June 23, 2006 @ 8:06 am

    Wow, being a little brother myself situations like this don’t happen often, especailly with a sister like mine.

June 21st, 2006

My cousin died today.

Filed under: Family Funhouse — Naye @ 9:13 pm

My cousin fell for a WoW girly. This is nothing new. His last long term relationship was with an EQ girly. He was going to Alabama to move in with her. Of course he wasn’t going to tell his mom this so he made up a fib about getting a job with a friend and going to stay on his couch for a while until he had the money to get a place of his own. He set out on the long drive last night. He took some ephedrine to help him stay awake on the drive and had called his parents when there was a problem with the car starting to overheat. He made it there, called to tell his parents, and was unloading stuff when he passed out. His girly called the paramedics, but he couldn’t be revived. The combination of the heat and the ephedrine were apparently too much for him. His heart just stopped.

My cousin was 30. He was more like a little brother than a cousin. The two of us grew up together. He was a gamer. He listened to the same music I did. We picked on my little sister together. I babysat his stepson when he got married the first time. He had his wedding at my house when he got married the second time. He lived with different girlies he schmooed when he wasn’t living with his mom and I generally was one of the first people that got to meet them. I went to court with him when he got in trouble for pot. I told him then, “I’ve never in my life been embarrassed to be seen with you, but today I was. I don’t want to ever be embarrassed like that again.” and I wasn’t.

I had kind of backed away from him for a while when he was going through his troubled years. I thought it was better to work on keeping my own house in order rather than trying to help him get his life together. When Vanessa lost her mind last year though, I was talking to him more trying to figure out how to keep her from making some of the same mistakes he’d made. He told me, “I can talk to her about making bad decisions and tell her from experience what happens, but she’s not going to listen to me any more than I listened to you.”

I was so excited about this move because he seemed to be making better decisions lately. I thought this was going to be a new beginning for him. I thought he was finally old enough that once he got away from my mom and his, he’d straighten things out and finally grow up. I had no doubt in my mind that one day he’d be a father and I’d be spoiling his children as rotten as we had spoiled him.

I still just can’t believe he‘s gone.

7 Comments

  1. Comment by Mycroft — June 21, 2006 @ 10:24 pm

    Gosh, I’m so sorry to hear that, Naye. =(

    *hugs*

  2. Comment by Sirith — June 22, 2006 @ 7:43 am

    I’m sorry Naye,
    /comfort
    If you need anyone to chat with or talk to let me know.

  3. Comment by Jason (Stig) — June 22, 2006 @ 8:02 am

    My sympathies Naye. You’re a good listener; so am I. If you ever need to get something off your chest, just shoot me an email.

  4. Comment by mojo — June 22, 2006 @ 5:05 pm

    Very sorry to hear that.

  5. Comment by Venture — June 22, 2006 @ 11:59 pm

    My condolences, hon. Good thoughts for you and yours.

  6. Comment by Nimrod — June 27, 2006 @ 10:16 pm

    My Dad was the kind of Father everyone wants to have. He was larger than life to me, yet so tender hearted he could not turn a stray kitten away. Dad was a 30 year career army officer, veteran of 3 wars. As a boy I grew up in the company of warriors who would at times weep recounting his valor. I adored him.

    Dad had his own personal demons to contend with. He had seen far too many of his friends die in war. He had to watch his youngest son take 3 years to die of leukemia. He self medicated with alcohol and it was poisoning him and our family.

    He retired from the army after 31 years and his drinking got worse. Then things started to get better. Dad started going to church and cut way back on the drinking. Everything was looking up, we were a happy family again.

    One night Dad went to sleep at age 51 and did not wake up.

    I think that in some lives God sees a person “getting their act together” and uses the opportunity to take them for His own. Looking at things from down here we begin to think of the unfairness of life, etc.

    Not a day passes that I don’t think of my Dad. I think he is in a happier place, I hope the same for your cousin.

    -Nim

  7. Comment by Naye — June 28, 2006 @ 1:14 am

    Thank you, Nim.

    *hugs*

Sing-a-long at the movies

Filed under: Music, Movies & More, Family Funhouse — Naye @ 2:51 am

While waiting on the WoW patch to DL (still only ½ way btw), we went to see Cars and Xmen 3 at the drive in. I wasn’t really impressed with either movie. I made the decision that I’m going to work on getting Vanessa her learner’s permit so that next time we go, she can drive. That way, she and the boyfriend can sit in the front and Ethan and I can sit in back. Then I can practice that lovely little move my mom used to make in church: The quick ear thump. She could do it so fast that young children never saw it coming until their ear was already stinging.

Ethan got this flashing lights mouthpiece at the concession stand. Vanessa had to have one too. I was laughing when she put it in and it started flashing. I had to sing, “Smile for me, Nessa. Let me see your grill.“ Apparently Vanessa hadn’t warned her boyfriend about my singing habits because on the way home, Jet’s Are You Gonna Be My Girl came on the radio. I immediately turned the volume up and started singing along…loudly…“1, 2, 3 take my hand and come with me…“ and the poor boy looked to be in shock. One sing-a-long song came on after another and not once did he sing-a-long! /boggle
What’s wrong with kids today that they don’t sing with the radio? I so don’t get it. I can remember when I was in school and my car stereo went out. It was all sing-a-longs all the time. George Michaels’ Faith was out then and we’d sing it over and over. A friend tried to teach us La Di Da Di. The “It’s all because of you” part, he’d sing in his girly voice. It still cracks me up thinking about it. (I still have yet to hear the real Slick Rick version of that song btw. ) We had tons of fun just goofing off.

Everyone knows that at Christmas time, the radio goes off and everyone has to sing Christmas songs when riding in my truck. Most of the kids are shy about this to start with, but quickly realize it’s fun to just act goofy for a bit. I think I might have to start demanding that they sing along with the radio unless they want to listen to classical music. *gets that evil mommy grin*

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  1. Comment by mojo — June 22, 2006 @ 5:04 pm

    i love singing along….i love singing in general! but i’m not the biggest fan of christmas songs. they start playing them way too early and i burn out. i know these girls who have karaoke parties all the time and they invite me just to sing….does that make me gay?

  2. Comment by Naye — June 22, 2006 @ 8:07 pm

    No mojo. Knowing the words to Once Upon A Dream does though. Lucky for you, I’m into gay men.

  3. Comment by mojo — June 23, 2006 @ 3:08 pm

    /swoon

June 19th, 2006

My kids are back!!!

Filed under: Family Funhouse — Naye @ 10:32 am

…and I slept well all night last night.  I feel tons better.  Add to that the fact that it seems my daughter got her mind back and that makes Naye a happy camper!

Rebecca was going to stay with me for a few days, but changed her mind so I had to take her back home last night.  Vanessa wanted to ride with me and Ethan wanted to level his rogue.  (He’s L59 now!)  On the way home, it was like the flood gates opened with my daughter and all this stuff that I’d been trying to tell her suddenly had made sense in her head.  Of course I didn’t get credit for any of it.  The boyfriend did, but that’s okay.  I’ll take that!

Even if it doesn’t last, just seeing that glimpse of my daughter in the teenager that’s been living in my house…it was worth it.  I finally feel like no matter what happens, she got the morals and beliefs I was trying to instill in her…and in the end, everything will be okay. =)

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  1. Comment by Delostacia — June 20, 2006 @ 10:36 pm

    Take a looksie at www.genpets.com
    It’s freaky. :P Yay kiddos! Sadness for lack of high speed connection! :( :( *hugs*

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