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Daily Ramble

Gwen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:25:39 +0000

Block Block I am blocked. I am trying so hard to write every day, but I am also trying to write something worth reading. Plus I am also trying to , you know, have a life. Today that meant getting dressed and getting out of the house to do some errands.

Once I got all the emails out and appointments taken care of, I got the boys dressed and we headed out to get to the craft store, the bank, Staples and Toysrus. I was trying to get a couple of pages to finish up the December daily album. I was also trying to find some gift tags to put some numbers on as well. I didn’t find either, though I did find some Dover stained glass Christmas Colouring book and I think some of these pages will become part of the December album.

I was pretty disappointed that I couldn’t find the things I wanted for the album. I have an idea in my head of what I want this to look like and right now it is close but not finished.

The Toysrus run was for a few games. I had a 10 dollar off coupon for a board game. There was also a buy one get one free for some easy games. I got a Jenga, a Snakes and Ladders and a Frustration. I am hoping to get a Family Game night happening. I figure it will be easier to start if we have some games that Aidan can play. We’ll see how this works out.

I love Guitar Hero (Reprise)

Gwen — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:43:28 +0000

Just when I thought I couldn’t love Guitar Hero any more we got the second bundle from Futureshop in the mail. We had been thinking that we would just take it back to the store since it was unopened and we had a copy. Then we thought about getting a second guitar so we could play together. After a bunch of hemming an hawing we open the second guitar and spent the last three hours playing. Just so there is no confusion we can’t get a second guitar for the Wii without getting another copy of Guitar Hero. If we could we would have sent the set back to the store in a flash to get another controller.

I think that as fun as having my husband and son telling me that I rock, playing with Anthony is even more fun. I am also finding that I love playing the bass parts. A lot of them are much harder than you would think and I am not so bad. The only problem is almost forgetting to blog and the little fact that I need to be up and out of the house by 8:30 am tomorrow.

Oh, well the post is in and I am off to bed. Expect a Remembrance Day post tomorrow. (I will also bug Anthony to post about Aidan and Daddy’s Big Adventure today.)

You Rock!

Gwen — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:20:53 +0000

That I do.

Don’t be shocked, I am not tooting my own horn too much but playing a lot of Guitar Hero III for the Wii. In spite of a rocky start (Story of My life is not the song to start on even if it is one you like,) I got the hang of this rhythm game. I think I did really well because a lot of the time I had a boy tugging on my arm saying “Whatcha doing Mommy?”

I am absolutely going to record Aidan playing and singing the Social Distortion song for his uncles. I am sure they will think it is as appropriate as I do. All we need is for him to say “Freaking Awesome”with the rock n’ roll sign as well.

I didn’t think I was going to get into this game as much as I have. I am not really a fan of heavy rock/metal and my first experience wasn’t the greatest. Once I had some time to myself with the game though I was hooked. It is another of those just one more turn games, except you keep saying to yourself just one more song. I like that the guitar feels really sturdy and despite being small neither Anthony or I have trouble using it. The guitar strap changes length fairly easily which is good considering the difference in our arm lengths.

We haven’t had a chance to try the co-op career yet because we only have the one guitar but I think that will change soon. Just so you know, I wasn’t paid in anyway or given a review copy of this game. (Nintendo, feel free to send games this way to be reviewed though.) I just was so surprised at my love for the game that I had to share.

In the same token, I just got the new Spyro and it is a big disappointment. I remember the Spyro of the PS1 time and I liked the graphics and gameplay much better then. This new Spyro is a little on the difficult side to use with the Wii controllers. I mean really, you should be able to get through the tutorial with out dying a dozen times. Ok, this could just be saying something about my abilities as a gamer, but if you want more Moms to become gamers at least make the games you gear towards them something that they can pick up and put down at a moments notice. I am sorry that this is a game I didn’t rent first. I will try it again this weekend but if I don’t at least get a little farther I will be relegating this one to sell to EB. Am I the only one that misses the cute Dragon that chased the bunnies all over the place?

The other game we got recently that I am enjoying is the new Crash Bandicoot, Crash of the Titans. I am still a little nostalgic for the old one but this one is more like I expected. You can also play as a team which is kinda nice. Anthony and I have different strengths when it comes to gameplay and we can let the other do the things we cannot do as well ourselves and have a chance to help each other with the boss levels. As long as we don’t both die at the same time all is great. We haven’t gotten too far along with this one but it will be a favourite during the rainy season I am sure. It is also something that we can (for the most part) play in front of the boy. A plus in our gaming family.