Escalation

Leah wearing her Darkspear Pride.

Brothas and sistas of the Darkspear: today is the day we come together in rebellion! Let us rise up against Garrosh Hellscream; let it be known that the Horde will not succumb to the will of a power-hungry tyrant! Take up your weapons now, for Vol'jin! For the Darkspear! For the Horde!

Can you tell I'm a little excited? Patch 5.3 launches today, and I'm chomping at the bit to play the next part of the story that is unfolding. I can't wait to see the outcome of the campaign against Garrosh. I can only hope that the culmination is every bit as satisfying as I envision it will be.

Also on the WoW front, my little one has informed me that she wants to be my bird. Leah's current pet is Ichabod, a Wandering Greenback Crane from the Jade Forest, and that's what my little one wants to be. I'm thinking of putting together a crane costume inspired by Uma Thurman from Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, but of course with my own little twist. As long as she doesn't change her mind, I'll finally get that mother/daughter costume opportunity I've always wanted. Oh happy day!

In other news, I've got some lovely pictures to share with you just as soon as I upload them to my computer. My nephew recently had his fifth birthday party with a How to Train Your Dragon theme, and all the dragon training games were a smashing success with our little Vikings. My mom-in-law's crafty brain is responsible for all of the festivities, but I'm proud to say that I did have a hand in drawing the Hideous Zippleback for the bean-bag toss. Check back later for the full report.

Sleepy Posting

I'm drowsy blogging today, folks. I stayed up a whee bit too late while gaming last night, then got up a whee bit too early to take my little one to preschool. Bare with me.

A little while back I mentioned sprucing up my front porch, and today, I'm sharing the pics with you. This is what my porch looked like before:

Cute, but not a lot going on. There was only seating for two, and that seating kept blowing over in the wind. Behold, the after:

There's now comfortable seating for at least four, maybe more if people don't mind getting friendly.  Best of all, I now have more storage space, because all of the benches open up. The folding Adirondack chairs have been relocated to the fire pit so we can have a place to sit on bonfire nights. Magically, they've stopped falling over; I guess they didn't really want to be on the porch. I stole some ideas from Pinterest - namely, spray-painting over my old green pillows to match my new blue color scheme, and that little plant stand made from a tomato cage. I also made my own version of that adorable pillow from Etsy using burlap, acrylic paint, and plastic grocery bags as stuffing. See a closeup here:

Now my porch is all ready for lovely spring and summer days. That is, after I wash the pollen off everything!