All Growed Up! Birthdays, February 2013

Ava and Shae Bryant turn 1 year old this month!

Dawn of Time

Round 6: January 2013 (Winter)

Jeff Reid is 61 and Helen is 59

(Paul Reid is 22 and Michelle Reid and Fidel Chessum are 20)

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Narrated by Jeff

All Growed Up! Birthdays, January 2013

Round 6: January 2013 (Winter)

It's a new year and a few sims are celebrating their birthdays!

Dana Stevens is now 18 and has been accepted into the University of Crystal Creek. She knows that having a degree will open more doors for her, so she decided to attend. She's thinking about getting into the gaming industry, so she's majoring in Computing.

Together

Round 6: December 2012 (Winter) 

George Meadows is 55 and Belinda is 54

(Carlos is 47, Sofia is 44, Davina and Joel are 20, and Angel is 7)

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Narrated by George

Anytime

Round 6: November 2012 (Autumn)

Trent Thomas is 47, Isabella is 46, Camille is 20, Manny Ramsey is 13 and Alyssa is 12

(Brian Robinson is 10, An Hu is 9)

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Narrated by Alyssa

Find My Way Back Home

Round 6: November 2012 (Autumn)

Trent Thomas is 47, Isabella is 46, Camille is 20 and Alyssa is 12

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Narrated by Isabella

Open Arms

Round 6: October 2012 (Autumn)

Carlos Rodriguez is 47, Sofia is 44 and Angel is 7.
(Brian Robinson is 10 and Duane Grier is 7)
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Narrated by Sofia

Things have really been going well for me at my salon since I opened it a couple of years ago.  I'm in such a great location that I'm always booked.

Lot tour: Fire Station

I had some requests here and at N99 to show a tour of my fire station. The lot I'm using was made by larsson1970 at MTS and can be downloaded here.

Be Careful

Round 6: October 2012 (Autumn)

Carlos Rodriguez is 47, Sofia is 44 and Angel is 7.
(Duane Grier is 7)
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Narrated by Carlos

Download: Fire Safety Posters

I've been playing the Rodriguez family this week and playing Carlos at the fire station. As I was redecorating it, I realized that I didn't have any posters that would fit inside a fire station, so I made some. Thanks to Carlos for enthusiastically agreeing to be the completely unnecessary model.

Mr. Radio

Round 6: Autumn 2012
Paul is 21, Michael and Michelle Reid and Celeste Dietrich are 19.

(Fidel Chessum is 19)

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Narrated by Paul

Sparks

Round 6: Autumn 2012
Davina Meadows and Joel Rodriguez are 20
(Carlos Rodriguez is 47, Sofia is 44 and Angel is 7)
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Narrated by Joel

One Sweet Love

Round 6: August 2012 (Summer)
Edna Blackwell is 68, Glen Stevens is 52, Jeanette is 51, and Darren and Dana are 17.
(Alicia and Kyle are 20, Ava and Shae are 6 months)
next update / last update / last update (household)

 Narrated by Glen

Sabotage

Round 6: August 2012 (Summer)

Darren Stevens is 17.

next update / last update / last update (household)

Narrated by Darren

The Motto

Round 6: August 2012 (Summer)

Edna Blackwell is 68, Glen Stevens is 52, Jeanette is 51, and Darren and Dana are 17.

(Xia Hu and Amber Bauer are 16)

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Narrated by Dana

Stay

Round 6: July 2012 (Summer)

Cheng is 72, Ping is 71, Jun is 52, Jia-Li is 50, Mei is 18, Xia is 16 and An Hu is 9

(Darren Stevens is 17, Tony Mendez is 16)

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A little announcement

Hi all! I just have a little announcement about my blog. I'm not shutting down but I'm thinking of making a change in how I do all this. I really like the idea of blogging, sharing what's going on in my hood, and having some actual documentation of everything going on. And I see all of the wonderful bloggers out there who have such interesting hoods that are rich in history and have ongoing storylines. But I've been struggling getting there.

Blogging the way I have been, which is pretty similar to how all the blogs I follow have been doing it (which inspired me to start my own blog) just isn't going to work for me anymore. And I'm feeling pressured... not by any of you... more internally pressured to get updates done. I want my hood to progress dammit and, I said before, with my schedule and lack of creative writing skills, it'll take me 30 real-life years to age my sims 30 sim-years. I mean, really, Alicia was pregnant with her twins for 7 real life months. And at the rate I'm going, they won't become toddlers until probably this Christmas. And the Hu update that I'm STILL not done with yet... (I was halfway done but then I got the blue screen of death and lost everything), I've had most of those pictures taken since January. JANUARY! It's April... :-( *sigh*

So, I thought of this today... I can usually get a good 1-3 hours of simming time in a few nights a week and get a decent amount of pics from those. I'm going to start posting them instead of waiting until I "finish" the play session. What does that mean? Each households will have multiple updates spread over a couple of weeks, but they'll all be linked the same way (with next/last update links) and should be short, sweet and easy to follow. That way, I'll have more updates, I can keep moving things along in my hood without being "held up" by my permanent writer's block, and you all get something to read from me more than once a month. They'll be like journal entries or something... yea. ;-)

Sound like it'll work? Well, I hope so cuz that's what I'm going to be doing lol. So, hopefully after I rewrite the entire Hu update again, I'll get started with the mini updates. I already have some stuff to post for the Stevens.

Lot Tour & Download: Bear Lake Campground

Tour & Download: Bear Lake Campground

I showed a little peek of my campground a few days ago at N99 and got some requests for a tour; so here it is!

(for those of you at N99, this is a copy/paste from that thread)

Come Round Soon (A Prologue)

Round 6: Prologue
 Narrated by Isabella Thomas

I received a call from my sister Rosanna, yesterday that caught me off guard. I haven't heard from her in a little while so I was both happy and a little concerned.

Round 5 Summary

Feels like forever ago but here's a summary of what went down in Round 5:

Births: Ava Nicole and Shae Ashley Bryant
Deaths: n/a
Engagements: Keisha Robinson and Ryan Baker
Marriages: n/a
Break-ups: n/a
Graduations: n/a
New Residents: n/a

Total Population (playables): 37 (22 Female, 15 Male)

Babies: 2
Toddlers: 0
Children: 3
Teens: 4
Adults: 24
Elders: 4

Take it All

Round 5: June 2012 (Summer)

Alicia Stevens and Kyle Bryant are 20, Ava and Shae are 4 months

(Edna is 68, Jeanette is 51, Dana and Darren are 17)

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Narrated by Kyle