Hello everyone. Yesterday in honor of my dear departed Joseph (it would have been his 58th birthday on August 9th) I renamed a pet. Of course I named it after Joe!! I now have three pets that are named after him. Well he had a long name so there were a lot of interesting things I could do with it. :)

So (drum roll please) meet my newly named pet:

H Joseph von Hagel the Glacier Neela

And if I knew how to do an image I would but if you have time you can go take a look at him.

When I created him I gave him a name that was ill thought out, so I'm very happy with this one. I also have a pet named Howard J. and then I have a girl pet named Remembering Josephine (and she's a nostalgic and a "kitty" and Joe loved cats as much as I do so it's fitting)

Well thank you for stopping by and I just noticed that there's no option to ping all your friends when you CREATE a post so I will ping a few of the easy ones (easy to spell and type out) and then if anyone responds I can post again and ping the others!!

And I simply want to say that this truly feels like a happy event and a way of honoring my beloved. He was my world, and my heart ❤ and I will love him forever. My pets that are named after him remind me every day of what a beautiful man he was. Now he's my angel beyond the blue!! :)

I was thinking of you yesterday huggles He looks amazing, congrats on this lovely name choice <3

how are you doing?

He is a perfect way to remember! I think a Neela should have a long, sophisticated sounding name like that. They look so wise!

Thanks for sharing your new pet with us!

Thank you so much, you're a dear!! I'm actually doing well, considering. I decided not to talk about it yesterday and I just played a lot here (mostly games, quests and some RSing) and it feels good to honor him (once again, lol) by naming this pet. I noticed you were up to 9 or 6 million yesterday and now you're broke, but I hope you bought yourself some goodies!!

Thank you so much!! Joe truly DID have an amazing name. He had to spend each new school year telling the teachers "I go by Joey" when he was a little boy and they would call out Howard on the role call, but it truly is an elegant name, thank you!!!

I wasn't sure if you wanted to talk or not so I decided not to message you. lol I bought myself a few items, I did a trade worth 140m so I was able to cross off a few more expensive items from my wishlist. I'm actually not broke right now, but I will be once I reach 20m. xD I'm glad I only seem to be addicted to buying things on here with sp rather then in rl ;)

also, I love that you put Hagel in the name since it means "hail" in German and I think it's rather fitting :)

It's so sweet of you that you remembered and were thinking of me!! I actually WAS sort of enjoying the silent mediation of not talking about him on his birthday, so your instincts were good. I listened to a lot of music.

Glad to hear that you're not broke and that you got some good things from your WL. I agree about being addicting to buying here as opposed to RL, same for me (except for those GA's that I keep buying, lol, oh but shhh, they don't count, lol)

And as for putting Hagel in the name, lol, that REALLY was Joe's name. :) It was Howard Joseph von Hagel (great name huh?) and von is an indicator of royalty, I think (such as Baron von whatever) so it's a good name for a neela. That's interesting that it means hail!! Then it truly IS royal!! Thanks for that info! You're a sweetie!! ❤

I gotta get some breakfast, I have been up since 6 AM and it's now 11. I was busy buying gifts for someone.

oh wow he looks stunning. ♥ I love that you took the time to do that, and I think, from what you've told me, that the pet suits him well.

I know that I sometimes want to talk when things suck and sometimes I don't so I thought that if you wanted to you'd have left a comment or something. but just so you know: you can talk to me, always <3

don't remind me of GAs xD mine's running out in like a week, I hope I'll be able to save enough to get one again this month. do you buy them monthly or for larger periods of time?

wow, that's amazing and yes it really sounds very royal. :) and hail as in the thing that falls from the sky but I think the other meaning works well as well ^^

have a nice long breakfast then. I always get grumpy if I don't get enough food xD

Thank you so very much!! I got the Neela when they first came out in the cash shop and as soon as they were available for arctic I changed him (it's a cheap potion that you can make at genetech) so thanks for saying he looks stunning!! You're a dear (and I haven't forgotten about the letter you wrote, I haven't been talkative lately but I'll get to it)

Thanks, I usually DO want to talk when things suck, but things have sucked for a LONG time (over 2 yrs, plus stuff before that) and I actually DO feel better lately so it's been good to be still for a change.

I appreciate that you're here for me ❤ and I won't forget. Thank you!!

GA medals: I actually buy one for myself every two months (from the cash shop, I buy a two month one) and then I buy them to sell, I'm very bad about how much I spend on them but I'm not doing anything much in my life these days so I don't have many expenses.

My GA medals are cheaper than everyone else's. For some reason, everyone decided to charge over 20 million for them. I have one in my shop for 18.9 mil and I can't see going any higher. If you ever need one and you don't see one in my shop just comment me and we can work something out. I can usually go and buy another one anytime. (My shop is ...Enigmatic Imagination)

Oh that's funny about the hail as in the precipitation, I was thinking it meant as in "hail to the chief" but I guess it means that too, is that what you meant? No need to answer right now. I'm just snacking, not eating much of a good breakfast but I am trying to eat, lol!! I don't mind comments, though!!

You know, I met a bunch of ppl all at once whose birthdays were very close together and I gifted you early so I wouldn't forget, so is yours on the 19th. If that's right I'll be amazed at my brain!!

I'm glad to hear you are doing better :)

a friend of mine told me to just stick to one month medals because what if you get busy and don't want to play anymore. I usually manage to save enough for a medal within like a week or so I just go with a one month medal. and thanks for the offer :) I usually just buy the csc and then get medal because like you said some people charge so much for them.

Hagel actually just means the weather condition but I meant that since it means hail in English it could be interpreted in both ways in English. if that makes sense. xD

snacking is always nice. I tend to snack too much. honestly, I eat soo much but I tend to not put on any weight, which is good. mind you, I love my empire dresses because they hide the parts I don't want to show of ;)

it is :) august 19th ^^ I have 1908 as part of my username in a lot of places but people always seem to think it's my birth year or not get it at all lol I'm born in 1989 and I like how my birth date and year are similar looking. I'm weird, I know.

It works for me to have the 2 month medal because I am ALWAYS here and never busy (I have no life, lol)

I see what you mean about the word hail now!

I am overweight but even when I was young I had to watch my weight, so I was NEVER able to just snack w/out consequences. I'm VERY large boned so I don't look as if I weigh 225, not at all. (and I'm nearly 5 foot 8, but my bones are the size of someone who is 2 or 3 inches taller) I have big ankles and shoulders and a huge rib cage and pelvis and my weight distributes all over in every part of my body, even my fingers and toes, lol.

I think the big bones are from the German side of my family cause my dad is the one who is part German and a lot of ppl on his side are big boned. When I was young I always weighed between 145 and 165 and ppl thought I weighed 125, they had NO clue. I've kept my weight down up until after the age of 50, it gets harder.

I don't think you're weird with the number thing. I LOVE numbers and I think your birthday in numbers is VERY cool. Do you express it as 8/19/1989 or as ???? now I've forgotten how ppl from other countries express the numbers, they're in a different sequence than how we do it here.

I am totally totally into numbers. Here is a spooky number thing: My birthday is 6/21/55 and when Joe called me in the fall of 07 to see if I wanted to get together (4 yrs after we met he was finally ready) his phone number ended in 6215, so that seemed as if it meant something to me. Then when we moved into this apt complex the gate code (locked gate, so the numbers you punch in to open it) is 5521 which is my birth year and day of birth...also a bit interesting and "spooky."

I don't actually think it's spooky. I am totally into numerology and I LOVE numbers so I'm always looking at how numbers are arranged!! So, in my "book" you're not weird at all!!! :)

here's a shot of your cutie .. lovely pet and a very fitting name❤️ .. i have to run for a bit but will chat later, hope you are doing well my sister and enjoy the full moon tonight, may it recharge your soul and spirit full of love and light that you deserve :) [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LPupugn.jpg[/IMG]

I want to just get a year medal and get it over with but meh, I'm trying to stay realistic. lol once college starts again I will probably be busier. (but still be around)

you Americans and the way you treat numbers :P I still haven't figured out the foot/inch system completely ;) I'm around 5 foot 5 though, at least as far as I can remember xD that's nice though, if the weight is distributed evenly. I think that's what makes people beautiful. my stomach seems to be the only thing sticking out so I wish it all would be distributed more evenly xD

I never use a scale ever but I think I'm around 110 pound but I just don't wanna know. I feel pretter happy with myself so I try not to spoil that. weight is just a number ;)

19.08 1989 so day/month/year from small to big ;)

aww, that's really cool though. :) I'm like that as well. like our house number is 176 and I love that if you add 1 to 6 you get 7 and just things like that make me oddly...happy? idk xD

Congrats on the name! Fits him perfectly (and stunning pet too) ^_^ Hope you're doing well :) ❤

Congrats on the name change :3 it's a lovely tribute.

Thank you!! I appreciate the compliment on my pet.

Thank you, it felt good to give Joe this tribute, I wasn't sure if everyone who saw this understood that Joe's name actually WAS: Howard Joseph von Hagel and it was such a beautiful name that I thought it fitting to use it (on three pets in different forms!!) :)

OH THANK YOU so much for the images of my darling!! You're so kind, and YES!! you enjoy the full moon as well. I will enjoy it from inside, just knowing it's there. I can't see any moons from my apt since I'm facing North, but that's OK. Now and then I get off my rear and go out. I saw it on Friday night and it was close enough to full then, lol!!

Thanks for explaining the European way of expressing the date. I used to know that and I like that way of doing it. My brain has forgotten a lot. I'm exhausted from hours of typing so will have to pick up the rest of the conversation another time!! Thanks for listening (here and other places) ❤

no problem :) also please don't exhaust yourself because of me <3 I will write a proper reply some other place some other time but know that I can understand where you are coming from as I'd feel the same :)

anyways, I'm looking through my wishlist once more (I just caught an item for 700k instead of a 7m!) and then I'm off to bed. and by bed I mean watching Orange is the New Black. have you seen it?

talk to you soon hugs

OMG YES!! I have watched season one of Orange 3 times (I bought the DVD's) and have watched season two twice already!! :)

That's awesome about the item that you got for 700K, congrats!!

OK, well I am finally going to play my morning wake up games at nearly 3 PM (over 8 hrs since I got up, lol!!)

Enjoy the show and have a good sleep when you get to it. HUGS back at ya!! ❤

it is really awesome! even though I was a bit shocked just by how graphic it can be. (one can tell it's a netflix production xD) I'm currently on season 2 episodes 8 or so but knowing me I'll finish it by tomorrow.

honestly, I was so shocked and very glad I had enough XD

lol have fun ^^ I usually do quests in the morning because otherwise I don't do them at all.

I will, thanks :) just waiting for Chris to finish vending so we can watch some more. ^^ which reminds me I still need to autoprice. I always seem to forget for some reason.

Congrats on the name change, and what a wonderful tribute! <3