I tried Horizons again last night with my saris confectioner. I was pretty sad to no longer have my huge plot in Forest Guard. The person I'd given it to back last July had torn out all of the confectioner related buildings and my saris homes.

I recalled, determined to not look back. I went out to our guild plot in Toku (this is all on Chaos) to see what my options might be. One of the largest (I use the term loosely) was still available - a 30x56. I went ahead and bought it and set about rebuilding my Horizons life. I was able to put a saris medium house with my patio giving me a nice view of the beach (except the area where the water wasn't loaded). I snugged in a jman confectioner shop next to that, and as a guildie's request, an expert pottery shop. I put a t2 pawn shop on the corner. I left a lot of space for silo type storage but have not put anything in yet. I did put in palm trees on either side of my front door to the house.

With much help and liberal use of novians, my house, pottery shop, pawn shop and palm trees all went up last night. I expect to have the confectioner shop by the time I log in tonight (if all goes well with today's update).

This isn't going to make me stop playing WoW, but if I can get my confectioner going again and the new confectioner things actually make it in game, I could be spending some time in Horizons in the future.

or...some people are never satisfied with the way their plot is laid out. Here I am, happily practicing my blacksmithing skills, and I find that one of my clan mates has decided to reorganize.

and upgrade.

So, now, I've got bronze joints and sheets and iron joints and sheets to make. All over again. I don't mind, really. I enjoy the change of pace from the frozen tundra of Mahagra, and I like the exercise of mine, smelt, recall, port, port, build, recall, mine...etc

And for me, it's not about the exp. I didn't switch back to Fitter for this, because I really don't care about the exp - ok, maybe a little, in the fact that if I gain more exp as a fitter, I can keep it in closer balance with blacksmithing. But this job will be over soon, and I'm gonna have to pick a profession and work it to the 'end'. Right now, that's blacksmithing (they don't call me "blacksmith boy" for nothin!). When I max that out, then I'll go back to fitting. Right or wrong, that's my still. I'm very focused, and rarely multiclass in any game.

Now, I'm off to see who else has changed their mind, and wants a t2 silo, instead of 3 trees.

Hit 50 as a blacksmith, went to Canada for a week on business (or is that busy-ness? ).

While I was there, I installed the game on the work laptop (shhhh!), and started a new char, that I hope to make into a confectioner. Yes, I know there's problems with the skill. Yes, I know there's (eventually) going to be a re-write (maybe). Still, cooking (or something like it) is something I'd love to do!

So, today, I'm going fishing, outside Sslanis!

There's something to be said for mining in the peaceful mountains of Mahagra. The cool mountain air, the breathtaking views, the endless fields of nickel and iron ore!

Hit level 47 Blacksmith tonight. I scribed a few formulas I couldn't do before, and now I'm off to practice some more!

Haven't been doing much but working! That trainer in Mahagra is a harsh mistress! Go get ore. Go get gems. Go get boards. Go get granite....um, no thank you on that last one. I'm a crafter, not a fighter, and the guardian golems are scary!

I've been working on my blacksmithing skills. Two more levels, and I'll have passed my fitter rating, and then I'll be able to actually start raising my skill points. That's the drawback to 'multi-classing'...your highest skill stays there from one school till you pass it with another. In my case, I think I'll be trying to keep the two relatively balanced, since they are so closely related.

And I think I need to invest in some warmer clothes

Yeah, it has been a long while since my last post. I havent been able to log in much lately, and to be honest I was starting to wonder if I would ever be able to get any play time at all. This weekend, I found some time.

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As promised, here's some shots of the construction I've been doing!

I've passed the 450 mark as a Fitter, so I could really consider myself a journeyman, I guess As soon as my backlog of construction orders is filled, I'm going back to working on my blacksmithing skills, tho!

Haven't been blogging much - been constructing instead! I got a whole lot of orders to fill, and I've been filling them as I can. I've pumped my fitter rating up over level 40, just by making iron sheets and iron joints.

If a get a chance this weekend, I'll share with you some of my handiwork! In the meantime, there's a couple T2 silos waiting for even more joints!