Well, as you have noticed it has been a little while since we have posted anything on the blog. Moving and then the family getting sick can really toss a wrench in things. So . . what has been going on over at Pastor Playz this week?
Computer Issues
This has been the week of computer nightmares. First I decided to erase my Vista partition to go 100% Win 7. I decided to dump Vista all together because, well, frankly, it stinks. Next morning I changed my mind after doing some tweaking in graphics settings and trying to get the best look/performance out of LotRO. So I went back to Vista to see if DX10 would work smoother. That and I was getting a terrible Windows Experience Rating in 7, which is due to a bug I have since discovered.
Well, long story short, in the process of moving things around, and trying to set up my firewire camera, I sort of blew up my firewire external hard drive.
So here is a tip: Do not unplug your external hard drive while its powered on and connected. *head desk* All that data now lost. Oh well.
Church Stuff
What an exciting week in regards to church and ministry. Tuesday morning I had breakfast with Tom Stringfellow, our associations new director of missions. To make this a short story as well, cause I could go on forever on this topic, Tom wanted to know what I would need and thought about starting a new work. A new church plant that would not only reach a local group of people, but use the Internet and social networking/media for touching peoples lives. Needless to say after the past 9 months this was a very uplifting conversation. I have sent him the proposal and will write more later. But we are VERY excited about what God is doing.
Family
Seems like this was the week to get sick. Tanya has been feeling under the weather, but its so hard to know how bad she gets. We call her Shira because of her extremely high pain tolerance. I’m such a wimp compared to her. Rachel then got sick as well as Bethany, and as I write this I am going down hill rather fast myself.
We have been unpacking boxes trying to fill our new residence. It is such a blessing to be out on our own again. God is really good, and we have some awesome friends. Even with temporary situations, we have had the best 2 weeks of our last year.
Game
Many already know that we have taken an extended leave of absence from World of Warcraft. Our financial situation is the majority of reason for this break, but also a lack of enjoyment in game was part of it. I had max leveled 4 of my toons and sort of just. . yea. . ran out of things to do, or motivation. The hardest part about the break is leaving our wonderful guild mates and friends behind. But we do have Twitter and social networking to keep in touch.
I started playing Lord of the Rings Online again. I am a founder with a life time subscription, which makes the money part a lot easier on us. That and I LOVE LotRO. It is a visually stunning game with great game play and Lore that you CAN NOT BEAT. Its Tolkien for crying out loud.
I have also been testing/trying out some other MMO’s for kicks. Ill be writing some reviews, but lets just say that so far, nothing touches LotRO and WoW, that I have played so far.
So. . the week has been full of lots of things. I am behind on Dev4Gamers, but have been getting ready to start a video stream of it when I record. So look for me at 8 am Monday morning PST. :) Link to heading
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