Birthdays and Normalcy

Today is my 27th birthday. We went out with friends Saturday to a Hibachi grill, bought an ice cream cake last night, and spent the entire weekend in Tamriel adventuring together.

When people ask me what I am planning to do for my birthday or what I am getting I think of two responses.


1. I am an adult, birthdays are not that big of a deal anymore.
2. If we find something that we want we just purchase it, it doesn't matter if it is our birthday or not.

I feel as if the world expects us to have a huge celebration on our birthdays. Parents make a huge deal out of kid's birthdays and then the children grow up and expect a big deal to be made for the rest of their lives.

In our home a birthday is just another day. We celebrate life everyday. We budget money and save for items or vacations that we would like to have all throughout the year and when we have the extra money we do not wait for a holiday to get whatever "it" is that we desire.

I feel better about turning 27 than I did about 26.

Venspatra

Skyrim was one of my all time favorite games. My husband and I had two set ups in the same room so we could quest side by side. I remember multiple conversations with the topic of questing together in our game. 

Now we have two set ups again and Elder Scrolls Online. We can play in the same world's with characters who share quests, experience points, and loot! 

Venspatra is a high elf sorcerer who is a member of the Mages Guild and the Thieves Guild. She crafts light armor, potions, and dabbles in wood working. 

Fishing is a fun hobby of hers and she met a friend while fishing who happened to be a part of an awesome guild. Being a part of a members guild means you can go on quests in large groups and share resources.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this online universe. Questing at the side of my husband and best friend is amazing! Sure, the game developers are still working out some of the kinks but we are so happy with the game overall. 

Two perplexing problems we currently face.

Lately with our current state of affairs I find myself thinking of major societal problems and building
on the same solutions. This is my version of a daydream. I like to think of logical ways to execute plans and how they can be implemented on a massive scale.

Welcome to The Winter Times

The only constant in the universe.

Change. The first thing you should have noticed is that we have had a name change. We had to change after we let the domain name expire, and the price for winterstead.com went up beyond our means. The good news is that we were able to raise the value of our brand.

We chose The Winter Times because it is just about us. Not about our homestead. Not about our road trip. Just about what we are up to. Whatever that may be at the time.