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Hello! I'm Cinder. Welcome to my little corner of the internet. I blog about my adventures in World of Warcraft and other Blizzard games. Drop me an ask any time if you've got any questions or want me to blog about something in particular!

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September bujo spread

I learned a lot from my August bullet journal spread... and I'm so pleased with how September has come together!

With September jumping out at me from nowhere, I was a little behind on getting my bullet journal spread together for September (only by 2 days!). But I am really pleased with this month. I learned a lot from my August spread. Firstly, I’ve swapped out a tracker, replacing the one for my medications with one for tracking when I finish work on time. It’s a much better thing to track because it…

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Blaugust 2022 - recap & the truth

It was another surprisingly busy week this week, so before I knew it August had come to an end and Blaugust has finished

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Blaugust 2022 - 18 - 2 truths and a lie

Thought we'd play a quick fun game in the comments...

We played this game at work a few years back and it was really fun, though some people knew each other too well so it was easy. But I thought this could be a fun game to play with the comments! Basically, each person makes 4 statements – 3 of them should be true, and one should be a lie, and everyone just needs to guess what the lie is. I’ll post mine here – you post yours in the comments and…

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Blaugust 2022 - 17 - tarot tales

Tarot for me isn't about 'predicting the future'... I use it for reflection and clarity, creative inspiration, and a wee bit of therapy.

I originally started writing this post for post 15 the other day but realised a bit of background was required because for anyone who has known for me for awhile, they’d probably be surprised to read I enjoy tarot. But, context has been given, now I can talk about this. There’s apparently a “rule” that you have to be given your first tarot deck. Believe it if you want to… I didn’t know how I was…

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Blaugust 2022 - 16 - Dragonflight Alpha

You wouldn't think it seeing my blog, but I've actually had access to Dragonflight Alpha for quite a few weeks.

You wouldn’t think it seeing my blog, but I’ve actually had access to Dragonflight Alpha for quite a few weeks. It’s really a testament to how busy work was that I haven’t been plastering this place with screenshots! Thanks to my 4 days off, though, I got to spend some time this weekend having a play around through some actual content. I started with the Dracthyr starting zone. Good news – it’s…

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Blaugust 2022 - 14 - BuJo supplies

I promised in my earlier BuJo post that I would share some of the stationery I purchased to set up my bullet journal. Well, here is that post!

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Blaugust 2022 - 13 - rest

I hit the wall this week. The past few weeks have finally caught up with me and exhaustion hit me like a truck today.

I hit the wall this week. The past few weeks have finally caught up with me and exhaustion hit me like a truck today. Thankfully I have managed to get the really important deadline stuff done, so this afternoon- as I’m trying my hardest not to fall asleep at my desk and failing- I just decided ‘stuff it’, I’m taking Friday and Monday off to give myself a 4 day weekend. Checked with my boss that…

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Blaugust 2022 - 12 - weekend update

This weekend was yet another working weekend, BUT I think it should be the last one.

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Blaugust 2022 - 11 - Complete Failure

There's a reason why I hate New Year's resolutions, and why the word 'goals' sends shivers down my spine.

There’s a reason why I hate New Year’s resolutions, and why the word ‘goals’ sends shivers down my spine. It’s because I am yet to ever successfully complete one. It seems as soon as I say them out loud the universe starts giggling at me. This time is no different Those who checked out my walk through of my bullet journal earlier this month may have noticed a goals section, and in it I had…

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Blaugust 2022 - 10 - one step closer

Just the other day I did a post about my work and how we were waiting to hear if we would still have jobs at the end of the year.

Well, ask and you shall receive. Just the other day I did a post about my work and how we were waiting to hear if we would still have jobs at the end of the year. Well, we just got confirmation that we are one step closer and are shortlisted. There’s still a few steps to go, but it’s nice to know that we have made it past the first hurdle. So next week we have a meeting with the responsible…

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Blaugust 2022 - 9 - Tilly's Tucker Time

You know how some cats can see a bowl of food and just spend the day grazing whenever they feel hungry? Our cat, Tilly, is.... not like that.

You know how some cats can see a bowl of food and just spend the day grazing whenever they feel hungry? Our cat, Tilly, is…. not like that. She’s like a puppy, always rushing to eat food. When we first got her it was a bit of a struggle to figure out when she was actually hungry and when she was just being greedy (spoiler alert – she was always just being greedy!) Eventually we found that…

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Blaugust 2022 - 8 - Iggy

12 years ago I had an umbrella named Iggy. These were his adventures.

About 12 years or so ago I went and saw a live production of Mary Poppins. It was absolutely fantastic and I had an absolute blast! As usual, I spent a stupid amount of money on souvenirs, and got a keyring that looks like Mary’s giant bag, a programme, and, best of all, an umbrella with a parrot head, just like hers. I was in LOVE with this umbrella, and I named him Iggy. Meet Iggy Living in…

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Blaugust 2022 - 7 - work work work work work

As the title points out, I spent this weekend working. Not exactly how I'd normally choose to spend my weekends, but such as it is...

As the title points out, I spent this weekend working. 😦 Not exactly how I’d normally choose to spend my weekends, but such as it is. I did make sure I spent a bit of time this morning reading for an hour, just to have at least done a little bit of something nice! Tilly decided to join me… Sunday morning snuggles with Tilly in the book nook ❤ I’m hoping that I’ll have a better post to write at…

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Blaugust 2022 - 6 - The first night

I feel like the first time raiding with a new team is like going on a first date with someone...

I mentioned the other day that I had a new mythic raid team. Well, on Thursday night we had our first raid together. It sounds stupid, but I feel like the first time raiding with a new team is like going on a first date with someone. You don’t know what to wear (ok ok maybe it’s just me who likes to make sure their transmog looks good for a new team!), there’s awkward silences and equally…

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Blaugust 2022 - 5 - A day in pictures

Today we went into the city... Rather than write about the day, I decided to share it in pictures.

I took the day off work today to spend some time with my partner, Thor. Despite the difficulty of the day, I had a lovely time… simply because I enjoy Thor’s company and going on adventures with him. Today we went into the city (with masks, of course!) to the State Library. Rather than write about the day, though, I decided to share it in pictures (when I remembered!!) Hope you enjoy! calling it…

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Blaugust 2022 - 4 - What I'm reading

A peek at what I'm currently reading #blaugust2022

Those who read my Bullet Journal post the other day may have noticed one of the pages looked like an empty bookshelf. This page is designed to filled with the titles of the books I’m reading. I thought it would be a nice way to track my reading and to encourage me to do more of it. The thing is, I’m impatient, and I wanted that page to be a bit more interesting than what it was. So instead of…

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Blaugust 2022 - 3 - Raiding with the Silverbacks

Season 4 brings new affixes and a new mythic raid team! #blaugust2022

It’s Wednesday, and in a WoW week that means reset time. This week’s reset brings with it Season 4 of the Shadowlands expansion, which is a little bit different to previous seasons. This time around, instead of there being a new raid, one of the three existing Shadowlands raids will be given an affix called ‘Fated’, making the raid a higher difficulty, but also give higher level loot. There will…

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