Simlish Fair Stories

@Mikezumi Thank you for reading my Sunset Valley updates! I haven't gotten very far with the family. ...I was determined not to lose my sims in that old Riverview save. Even though I put my little creations through some tough challenges at times, I get very close to them--and protective! ...I really like the design of that SV house. Unique, open and roomy. ...This save is the first time I've braved doing the day care career. It's certainly hectic! ...I thought Quin (Nurturing) and Laurel (Good) would want to help little Opal. :)

@lisasc360 Thanks so much for checking out my thread. I decided to try a Bucket List challenge just to add some variety to this couple's story. ;)

@lanlyn I'm always amazed at how well your blog is organised when you have so many stories and challenges going on. I suspect that you have very good memory too because there's no way that I would be able to keep track :lol:. A while ago I was reading some of your older posts on your blog but I must have stopped at some point. I will bookmark this page so I can always use it as a guide :smile:

You don't see people playing with elders very much which is a shame, so I really like your Bucket Listers. They have a lot to see and do! Both of them have great lists. What a great idea! I should do something like this in my own game because I always stick to the same kind of realistic life game play and I've never even played a single supernatural :open_mouth:

I wonder if flame fruit would be hot or spicy-hot... either way I'm not sure if I'd want it on my pancakes. Sunlit Tides has beautiful pink sunrises. Keaunu and Maria need to stay active if they want to complete their lists. Lol Maria you're on a beach but you're determined to walk the exact same path that Keaunu is taking. I like the new outfits.

I always thought Craven's ship was a spectacular build. The resort decorations look very nice. The windows overlooking the water would be a nice spot to sit and eat. Everything looks like luxury but I'm not sure why the attendant at the snack stand is wearing a riding helmet lol. The gazebo and spa area is pretty, I bet it would look nice at night too. Seems like there's lots to do on the island. So the rug is a replacement for accommodation? Rabbit holes rugs is one thing I have never tried using before. The wedding chapel is casual but still very elegant at the same time. I'm sold, how much are air fares there :lol:

Daniel Pleasant must be up to no good running away from his wife like that. Oh you got Maria and Keaunu in the same bed together. For some sims it's the last thing they want to do lol. At first I thought they were a couple until I read Keaunu's bucket list being full of wishes to kiss and serenade girls then I wasn't so sure haha. Maria doesn't seem to mind having more physical contact with him.

They seem excited to explore the cave. Maria is brave for diving into a green well. Oh no fire! That's why it's always good to have a partner around. That teen could help remove the rubble with Keaunu instead of sitting around lol. Aww poor Maria. Ahh there's a mummy behind you! Oh not the reaction I was expecting. Maria kicked his butt!

Three more mummies! I wonder if they fell in love with Maria too. Oh no I hope she wasn't hurt in the fight. Keaunu is unlucky too. Those mummies are tough. It seems that Maria really did feel something for that first mummy, maybe a mix of love and sympathy. They both did well to find all that loot. They will need lots of shelves to store all the artifacts and gems.

Loved it :smile:

@coco Wow! Thank you so much for all the feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed reading about my elderly household. :) ...I thought bucket lists would add a little spice to my game play without getting me too involved in a huge story line. One of my mistakes in playing Sims is when I try to tell a story that isn't easily done within the confines of the game. And I'm reluctant to add more CC or poses to help because that would complicate things way too much for me. As you happened to notice, my mind is super detailed-oriented, and I can get overwhelmed with my own organization and micro-management! ...I love the versatility of rabbit hole replacement doors and rugs. Real space savers.

...I think of Flame Fruit dishes as comfort food, like cinnamon apple bread pudding drenched with brandy sauce.
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Apple Crisp Bread Pudding

...Daniel Pleasant was one of the sims in Sims 2 that made me mad. Don Lothario was the other one, of course. I broke up the Pleasants and gave Mary Sue a more faithful husband. Daniel was left on his own for a long time before I took pity on him and matched him up with someone suitable--another cheater! :D ...I'm going to sell some of those collectibles, but I don't need to now. I did learn my lesson, though, about keeping too much loot, in Sims or in RPG games! :#

@lanlyn You're welcome. There was a lot for me to comment about, sorry it ended up looking like an essay :lol: I might try the bucket list idea (if you don't mind) one day if I get bored with family play in Sunset Valley and Appaloosa Plains. You have a great imagination to be able to tell your stories. If I have a scene in mind I don't mind downloading a bit of cc to make it work. The only thing I hesitate to do is downloading lots of unusable clutter.

Yum that bread pudding sounds so good! It doesn't seem all that hard so maybe I will make it :smile:

I loved playing the Pleasant twins back in TS2. I can't remember if I ever broke up Daniel and Mary Sue's marriage. The game probably did it by itself. Sounds like Daniel got what was coming to him in your game :lol:

Lol I have the same problem with collecting stuff and not throwing it away. If my memory serves me right you also play Skyrim? I've recently started playing it and my #1 problem is not having enough space in my inventory. I think I'm slightly better in TS3, but most stuff I just put in the chest from WA and forget about it :lol:

@coco Yes, I've played Skyrim quite a bit. Oblivion and Morrowind too. A few other RPGs, but not in a while. Carry weight is always an issue while on a dungeon crawl, so I started using a portable storage mod in my Elder Scrolls games. It's like carrying around your own genie lamp that you can enter, drop of treasure, sleep, craft, then pop back out right where you'd been standing. :#

This is the mod I'm using at the moment for Skyrim SE: Dwemer Storage Cube.
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I'm still working on getting my blog up to date. Today I found a few screenshots taken back in June of this year, so I added them to the blog.

These pics were from Lost Cove.
03-15. Random Screenshots 3

My game crashed, so I only played a little while. I don't experience too many game issues, but every once in a while, I have trouble. I managed to save right after leaving CAS, but the game was acting glitchy. I was able to get a few outtake pics before it went south though.

Archie Bloom, Emad Faraz's minion and Thief of Lost Cove.
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Sherry Malone, first female Farazian minion and Wonder Woman Wanna-Be.
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Just for fun, I put a new pattern by CravenLestat on an outfit that Bebhinn happened to be wearing at the time.
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What is it with all these females dip-kissing the men?
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The kiss before the last crash. They missed out on woohoo!
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I need to add some older Lost Cove updates to my blog. These posts were shared on the forum, but I hadn't put them on the blog yet. They are the chapters leading up to the children being forced into the oubliette.

03-16. One Day Before We Build

I went into my Lost Cove game again and didn't have any issues. I don't know what that crashing hiccup was about! I didn't try to do any story update or building until I knew for sure that my game was stable. I just let the family do what they wanted. So here are some outtakes of their evening at home.

Father and daughter gossiping.
Faith: And they have to clean the toilet by hand! Can you imagine? I'm so glad I'm a genie!
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One scary lady! That face is enough to give anyone a heart attack!
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And now that she de-stressed, it's back to work for Ambitious Bebhinn.
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The kids were wanting attention. Faith asked Emad to play tag with her. All they did was walk up and down the stairs and tag each other. Paladin interrupted Bebhinn's work to ask for a bedtime story.
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She read him a Logic skill book. I guess she had that in her inventory already. Paladin's eyes were glazing over!
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Not surprisingly, he fell asleep right away. Actually, he was exhausted.
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Bebhinn loves her horses. She went outside to brush Shade.
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She bottle fed Tempest since Luna was asleep, then put her back in the stall with her mother.
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Tempest: Mama? Are you awake yet? I'm really bored.
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Tempest: Can I go outside and play? ... Mama?
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Tempest: Mama? Are you done eating now? I want to jump and race! Mama? ... Maaaamma!
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They look so innocent when they're asleep.
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I took some screenshots of the lot where I plan to build the Farazian Society Commune in Lost Cove. It's on an island just off the mainland. It's the biggest lot available, but is only 50x50.

I'm going to set NRaas to allow more than 8 sims in the household. This will be a challenge for me. I think I'll have close to 20 sims and pets. Too many for me to control, so I won't even try! Lost Cove is sparsely populated, so it would be a good world for me to use for this experiment.

The lot is close to the ocean, but doesn't connect to it.
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There is a beach area nearby. I might add a small beach-type lot there.
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The rest of the small island is hilly.
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But it's not too far from the rest of Lost Cove. (This world is semi-apocalyptic. That's why there are ruined buildings, bridges, and boats around about.)
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@lanlyn Sorry somehow I missed your notification. Thanks for that link! I tried downloading a lot of the popular mods but it disabled the ability to get achievements on Steam so I think I'll just play the game how it is for the moment and maybe further down the track I'll delve into mods again :smile:

I love that pattern on Bebhinn. It gets a lot of use in my game because of its versatility :smile:
Emad I've missed you :heart: It just shows you have lots of dominant women when it comes to love :wink:

Sounds like you had a memory spike but what caused it could have been anything :frowning:

I have to go for a bit, but I'll edit my post once I finish reading :smile:

@lanlyn I think I remember those pics of Archie and Sherry. Sherry really is channeling Wonder Woman! :)
Bebhinn and Emad really are a lovely couple :)
"And they have to clean the toilet by hand! Can you imagine? I'm so glad I'm a genie!" LOL
I remember the pic of Bebhinn with the scary face very well! :D
My eyes would glaze over if I had to read a logic book! :D
The horses are lovely :) I don't think my sims would ever own horses if I installed Pets but I do love seeing them in other's games :)
That is a beautiful spot for the Commune :)

@meerkattime Thank you for the feedback on my updates. ...Emad did play tag with Faith, but they didn't go outside, so it wasn't much of a game--just following each other up and down the stairs! ...A lot of male sims are "dip-kiss worthy," but I don't know if I'd be able to dip a 180-200 pound male in RL! :#

@coco Thank you for commenting on my posts. :) ...I know; it's too bad that mods break the achievement badges on Steam for Skyrim SE. I also had to make a decision about what I wanted more: mods or badges. I chose mods. But I'd played the older Legendary version of Skyrim first and had already earned several badges before switching over to SE, so at least I earned some. ...I have a few favorite Sims patterns that I use a lot too.

@Mikezumi Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it! ...Yes, these are old posts that I'd shared in the other thread. I knew that when I kept posting on the forum without also updating my blog, I'd live to regret it! Now I'm playing catch up. :s Ah well, once I get these chapters added, I'll feel ready to rescue the kiddos. ...Horses are fun to play, but they require a lot of space, much more than a dog or cat.