It's a Holiday Weekend To-Do List!

So last time I made a to-do list was at the end of July and if I'm honest, I haven't actually done any of the things on that list! I'm really quite cross at myself for that but somehow I log in, do my gold making stuff then get distracted by Twitter, Facebook, Candy Crush (shhh! I know ok?) and Magic the Gathering so I never actually kill anything in game!

But having spent a chunk of last weekend installing the new TSM2 (a complicated Auction House addon!) and using it to craft & sell lots this week, I have been spending more time in game & some of my old guildies are back too. So I've promised myself a WoW heavy holiday weekend!

I have 2 new TCG pets to play with too - The Gusting Grimoire & the Eye of the Legion as well as a Vicious Grell to level up. I'm also thinking of swapping my herbalist to be my second Leatherworker ahead of the patch changes & I need Engineering at max level too so my 2nd Tailor may have to start swinging a hammer instead! I really want that new Engineering mount - the Sky Golem!

I was going to level up my abandoned Warlock for the Engineering but to be honest, I've just never connected with her! For some reason, I hate the way she looks and even with a lil bit of transmogging, I still can't seem to make myself play her! Once I've levelled Engineering on my Hunter, I think I'll delete her once & for all and start a new Warlock - if I don't get sidetracked first of course!

So that's my weekend kind of sorted - level 3 pets to 25 on my Hunter so she gets the xp too, drop Tailoring & Herbalism on my Rogue & Hunter & level Engineering & Leatherworking! Still not really proper playing I know but my Paladin will be busy skinning for materials for my new Leatherworker & my Warrior will have to leave the city to go mining if certain stuffs aren't available on the Auction House so maybe I'll actually get around to killing some stuff this time!

I'll let you know how it goes and to be honest, I really need to uninstall Candy Crush! It's a stupid game but I'm the kind of person that doesn't let a stupid game beat her so yeah, it's caught me in its' net! Level 100 could be the final straw though - after 2 days of playing that one level, I could happily throw my ipad through my monitor & I really don't want to do that now do I? lol

have a great weekend everyone xxx

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This Week's To Do List - Pre Xmas Panic!

Last week's To Do List was a bit of a hit here at Casa Nev so I'm going to make another for this week. I do spend a lot of time in game just mooching around from one alt to another, doing stuff as it strikes me. This means that things do get done - eventually but by making a list last week, I found that I really focused on those things more than all the other stuff I usually do.

I think that having written it down in a public place made me want to get that stuff done & not let my readers think badly of me. I know no-one really cares if I get it done or not, it just feels more important in my head so I knuckled down & did it - well most of it anyway.

The only thing that didn't get done was leveling my DK a bit more. I did get my warrior to 87 & with a big Thank You to Soco for giving me a lift to the Shrine of Seven Stars to get my Blacksmith recipe, I managed to max my Blacksmithing too.

I was pretty good at getting my Golden Lotus dailies done & finally hit Revered with them on Sunday evening. I bought the Grand Commendation straight away and last night I got to around 6k/21k so just another 3 or 4 days to get to Exalted I reckon.

My biggest time sink this week has been pet collecting though - not only did I get to the 200 unique pets target I set myself, I actually made it to 206. I think I have most of the wild pets below level 12 now so I need to level up my team a bit more before I tackle the next zones & the next Pet Trainer Battle. I'm going to add that to this week's list I think!

One thing I did do this week that wasn't on my list was to take my US Hunter into a Heroic dungeon - we actually did a couple although that last boss in Shado-Pan Monastery kicked my butt at 2am! Cold popped his Blingtron 4000 to cheer me up - I didn't know I could party with it & I didn't know it would transform me into a human either. I did a couple of screenshots just for fun & managed to catch Cold in his John Travolta impersonation! He's gonna kill me for this one I think!

Cold Goes Disco!

The one thing I didn't put on the list was Winter Veil - I'd forgotten that it was starting so I added that in to my list. I only needed 5 of the smaller achievements to get the title, Merrymaker & so far I think I've managed to get 2 of them. I'm still kissing Revellers to get a Handful of Snowflakes, I need to make the Winter Clothes for myself (or find them in my alts banks of course!) & the dreaded PvP one - 50 honorable kills doesn't sound too bad but I have no PvP gear & I don't want to spend out on a set. I can see a frustrating evening in my near future!

So the list for this week isn't that long, just a few bits left over from last week & a couple of new bits.

• Level the DK to 89 (I will get this one done this week, I am determined!)
• Raise Unique Pet count to 225 or more
• Get Exalted with Golden Lotus on Paladin (will give me 40 Exalted reps & a title too!)
• Finish the Winter Veil achievements on Paladin
• Finish the Dread Wastes quests - not only reputation points but I want to get my Pandarian Loremaster finished too. That will be my 1 year anniversary since I completed the old Loremaster title.
• Take Paladin into a Heroic dungeon - I must do this one - It's bugging me now.

Can I do all this by Xmas Eve? Maybe! I hope so anyway because I'm off on my travels again just after Xmas & I possibly won't have access to my EU account although I'm working on that. I miss my girls and all my professions, gold & heirlooms when I'm on my US account but my Hunter there is coming along nicely so that will keep me busy if I can't access my EU account.

My other big thing this week is my 2nd birthday on my goldmaking blog. If you haven't popped over, I'm running a little giveaway to celebrate & it's really easy to enter. All the details are in my Happy Birthday AH Addict post over there so if you'd like a Blizzard Store pet, go have a look & leave a comment to enter. I look forward to seeing you there.

Cooking - Done! Now We're Getting Somewhere!

Well, it's taken me absolutely ages but I finally managed to finish off leveling all the Ways in Cooking & as a bonus, I also got the Ironpaw Chef achievement. I tried to get the previous Iron Chef achievement a while ago but was 1 or 2 recipes short & no idea where to get them from. With all the new recipes in Mists of Pandaria, I got Iron Chef almost as soon as I started this cooking marathon but when this achievement popped up on my screen, I was completely & pleasantly surprised as I hadn't realised there was a new one for Pandaren levels!

As soon as I finished all the Ways, I then picked up the quest 'To Be A Master' from Sungshin Ironpaw in Halfhill. That required me to cook 6 more items (one from each Way). In doing so, I got the Pandaren Gourmet achievement & then as I was checking that out, I saw that I only needed to eat 1 each of those 6 foods & hey presto! another achievement popped up on my screen!

I still have a few Cooking profession achievements to get - I haven't done all the dailies in all the old cities yet & to be honest, I'm not sure I'm going to get those any time soon! Mists has so much stuff to do & not only did I start late but I've also spent a lot of time poodling around in game. I am beginning to feel that I'm way behind on everything including my gold-making but now that cooking is out of the way, I'm retiring my 4 plot farms (x5) as a way of saving a bit more time for leveling & of course, dailies!

I finally managed to get to honored reputation with the Golden Lotus faction on my only level 90 - that's how far behind I am! I did treat my Paladin to a Masterwork Spiritblade Decimator from the Auction House & that has made a huge difference to her performance - she still feels very squishy but she's hitting harder now so it's easier to survive. I also started the Operation: Landfall dailies - I kinda like them so far but I've only done them for 2 days so who knows how long I'll keep that up! lol

So what's next? I have my DK at level 88 & my warrior at 86. I definitely need to get my warrior moving - she is my Blacksmith & we need a max level Blacksmith for the guild achievement to get our Heirloom legs. I also need to get my main to Revered with Golden Lotus so both my DK & Warrior don't have to grind dailies quite so hard for their reputations. My warrior needs to get through Golden Lotus & Klaxxi to get her blacksmithing patterns & my DK is my Jewelcrafter so she needs the Order of the Cloud Serpent reputation to get access to the beautiful JC mounts recipes.

I have a lot of dailies to get through over the next month or two but as I promised myself at the start of the expansion, I have been running some dungeons too. I'm not quite ready for heroics yet & I still haven't run a single scenario but I'll get there, eventually!