It's been a real struggle with the roster changes, and really do appreciate everyone who has played a role and stuck around.

One small issue... melee... As of now, we really only have one solid melee (Josh) and really need another.  We do have some new people and am excited seeing them sign up and willing to raid.  The issue is, however, is that they are priest(s) and ranged.  And their alts are ranged as well.  We do have a new paladin; and I'm hoping he signs up...

I'm going to reaching out to the group this week and see if we have another melee that wants to regularly raid.

Have a great week!

I have some nice steaks that I'm going to cook, and of course... Godiva chocolate; so it's a win-win no matter which way you go.

Speaking of raids... Josh brought this to my attention, and I think we should entertain the idea.  It seems as though our Tuesday group is always ready and rockin'. However, Thursdays seem to plague us for some reason.  If Thursdays bomb, what do you guys think about doing a follow-up raid on Monday? I'm up for it, and I'm ready to progress.

In the next bit of news... We've recently had a handful of new members that joined the guild.  We had four from a server transfer, and I'm very excited to see them on board.  We've also had another two or three that have contacted me and we've been discussing the guild.  I'm really excited about extending the family, and all are interested in raiding.

This leads me back to the raid stuff... Everyone keep signing up; and I'll be choosing the group the night before or morning of.  For those who have been raiding consistently, you will get first dibs.  However, if you WANT to sit that night; put yourself as 'tentative' so I can get other involved.  We also have a new prot paladin; and I haven't spoken to him yet... If he wants to raid; I don't mind sitting out once in a while to give him some game time.

Lastly... Please make the new guys feel at home.  Invite them to vent... Do some random heroics or PVP.  Remember, without the social aspects of the guild; we are no different than every other guild out there.

Have a great week.

We had a good signup on Tuesday, and I'm about to go approve raiders for tonight.

On a side happy/sad note... Scott won't be raiding on Thursdays with us for a while, because he and his wife are doing birthing classes.  Congratulations Scott and wifey!  Can't wait to see a new Jackhammer wearing a baby Horde onesie.

Lastly... I know I've mentioned this, but don't just log on to raid guys.  We have a ton of fun doing some PvP at night (or during the day).  If you haven't PvP'ed with us... give it a shot; I'm sure you'll be back for more.

We came upon an encampment of other survivalist and yet some how they had houses and I think - but I'm not 100% - there was a Starbucks.  So that answers the age-old question of what would really survive a global annilation - and that would be cockroaches and Starbucks.

Now this is where it gets a little hazy.  We did find the house with the crying baby and once the family discovered my companion was a doctor we were immediately offered shelter.  Then some young girls thought it was a stellar idea to go to Starbucks for coffee because let's face it - if you're gonna die why not go down with a cup of coffee in your hands.  For whatever reason, my motherly instincts (which I try to leave behind in any nightmare) decided to kick in and I went with them.  When we arrived we went into this weird faze where the "evil" survivalists wanted to take advantage of the situation by being very, very, very evil indeed.  This was actually the scariest part of my dream.  One of the young girls that had accompanied us went missing.  However it wasn't from one of the globules that we could see for miles and miles surrounding us - she was taken by one of the evil survivalist.  At some point in all of this, the entire camp could see a horse being attacked by the globules, so someone shot it to put it out of its misery.

Then I woke up.

A few things of note of what I'm going through right now.  My son just moved out this week and rather than deal with it I've been ignoring it.  My daughter works at Starbucks and some mornings needs to be at work at 4:30am so guess who gets to drive her.  Ed ususally does because he's a morning person, but he's been very sick this week so I'm filling in.  I just thought it was interesting how some of these things played into my nightmare.

So - what have you been dreaming about this week?  And do you think dreams have a deeper meaning other than our brain working through the mess that's in there?

Anyway... I think we are almost there, with Deathwings Spine.... Tuesday, we should easily down this.

On a side note... I've really gotten back into PvP and hope you will join me.  I forgot how fun it is to kill Alliance.  Make sure you ask around before you queue up!

Have a great weekend everyone!

4.3.2 Mini Patch Changes!

About last night... I'm still concerned with certain aspects of the raid.  Our DPS was there as well as healing.  However, some of the mechanics are just not falling into line.  At this point in our progression, we shouldn't be wiping on Gunship (or whatever it's called) and should be on Deathwing.

I'm hoping this nerf will get us through our troubled areas.   It's important that everyone really starts tweaking their gear.  I saw a few times where people weren't food buffed or flasked.  There's no excuse for it.  We have a guild bank filled with gold, food and flasks.  If theres something you don't have... ask!

Ok all... See you tomorrow for our progression night.

We did have two new people last night; but they were sorely under geared and up to par for DPS.  They did great as far as mechanics; but the DPS just wasn't there.

I'll be trying to recruit this weekend, and encourage you to do the same.

Have a great weekend!

Again, this is totally optional... but if you do feel like donating a dollar or two; you can PayPal me at: search66@gmail.com.

Have an awesome weekend, Hammers!

Unfortunately, a few of our raiders (and friends) are moving on to other Warcraft related objectives.  Cless and Zotak are moving to a 25-man progression based guild.  In the same breath; Chris and Erin will be transferring servers to play with some real-life friends.

I personally wish you all the best of luck and success.  You will always have a home here in AJ!  You will all be missed... Not simply because of the spot you fill in the raid; but because of the relationships we've encountered in-game.

With that said... We will be changing our raid schedule back to Tuesday's and Thursday's; starting January 19th.

Have a great weekend everyone!