January 1, 2018

2018 Goals

Hi there!

Happy New Year to you all! It's finally 2018 and that means we're all gearing up for the year ahead of us. I have so many plans online and offline - this year will be a busy and amazing year. Today I wanted to make a blog post about a few goals or resolutions that I have planned for this year online. I already know that this year is going to be an amazing year and I'm going to try my best to make it as awesome as possible!

Improved Events - Events Before Every Major Holiday


Yesterday I made a 2017 Event Review post. This post included screenshots of every event from last year - I have to admit it's strange saying that 2017 was last year. The events this year will be far different than the events of last year. I want to improve these events as we progress through the year. We recently started streaming on Twitch and we will continue doing this for all future events. Plans this year are to expand what we do on Twitch. Just like last year, you'll see what we add throughout the year. This is not too much of a goal, but something already planned this year. I hope you all stick with us through this amazing year to bring everyone together once more. And, I am not forgetting about you Pirates out there.. You'll just have to see what happens this year!

Twitch Channel

Questing Posts - Making A Return


I've been behind on my questing posts for both Wizard101 and Pirate101 over the past few years. This year, I will be returning to questing posts for both games. This means Edward Cringle will make a return as well for my Pirate101 blog posts. I am not one for making schedules and being able to stick with them unless it's for events - but I want to post at least one post per week for Edward Cringle. As for my wizards, I want to make questing posts for them as well. Who knows, I might stream every now and then! I'd rather post most of my questing activity here on my website, though. I am looking forward to questing again and posting about my adventures here on Around The Spiral. I hope you all stick around and read my blog posts throughout the year.

Wizard101 Blog Posts

Pirate101 Blog Posts


Community Shoutouts - Bringing The Community Together


The first years of the beginning of this website, I made blog posts shouting out amazing community members. Since then, I've slowed down quite a bit. I really want to return to that and shoutout awesome people in the community that works hard to help bring this community together. There are many amazing people out there (now I can start adding WizTubers) that I would love to shout out this year. I loved being involved in the community and will now start doing that again. The WizTuber in the picture above is someone you may have heard of, WhiteTiger93. My first shoutout of the year goes to WhiteTiger93 for everything he does for the community to bring everyone together to watch family-friendly content. I joined this community when most were family-friendly content, so I quite enjoy content like this. Thank you, WhiteTiger!

WhiteTiger93's YouTube


The goals above are three main goals that I have for this year. I do think I'll succeed at all three and I hope you all stick around to see that. It's going to be an amazing year! Last year was.. different.. but this year will be beyond amazing! It's time for the Edward Lifegem that I want to be to make his return. This return will be great not only for me, but for the community. I want to thank all of you for your support you've shown over the past nearly eight years. I look forward to yet another amazing year with you all. Thank you all for reading my 2018 Goals Post! Until next time, I'll see you around the spiral. 


December 31, 2017

2017: A Year In Review - Events

Hi there!

Today is the very last day of the year 2017. It sure is crazy that the years are flying as fast as they have been. I am thankful to have made it through another year. The Year 2018 is on its way! Okay, I may have made that sound more futuristic than it actually is. I promise you all that I don't think 2018 will be that futuristic, but I am looking forward to an amazing year both online and offline. On this post, I wanted to review the amazing year we had in the Wizard101 Community.




Events Galore - A Time To Bring The Community Together 

For two years now, every Holiday we have had events to bring the community together. I've had amazing cohosts who have helped me put this event together and make it as fun as possible for you all. My inspiration for events came from the event master, the best event hosts from Diary of a Wizard. Their events are the best events to ever occur in Wizard101 and I'm glad I had the opportunity to attend the events years ago. This year we had amazing people attend our events and we're extremely thankful and grateful that you have spent time out of your days throughout the year to spend with us. Here are a few amazing screenshots of each event we had this year:


St. Patrick's Day 2017

Bunny Run 2017

Dark Fairy Takeover

Patriotic March

Christmas in July - Santa Run 

Back To School Event

Halloween Run 2017

Turkey Run 2017

Santa Run 2017

Thank you all so much for attending the events throughout the year. Bringing the community together is our priority and we'll continue hosting these events for you for many years to come. I hope you all stick by with us through our transition from old events to the new and improved events. At the end of the day, the number of people who attend does not matter. Diary of a Wizard taught me that bringing this community together is amazing and even if two people appeared at our events, we'd still continue having them - as we have for years. Thank you for your support and I hope you continue supporting community events throughout the Spiral. Show love to everyone in 2018. Happy New Year, everyone! Oh, before I forget! I will be publishing a new post tomorrow about  Until then, I'll see you around the spiral. 

December 23, 2017

We Need A Little Christmas!

Hi there!

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! I can't believe how fast time flew by this year. I am looking forward to watching Christmas movies today/tomorrow and spending time with family. Let's not forget Christmas cookies and hot chocolate, Yum! I hope you all do take time offline and spend with your family this Holiday season. Merry almost Christmas! Here's "We Need A Little Christmas" by Johnny Mathis.