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  • KatieTerrorFaceKatieTerrorFace Posts: 480 Member
    edited June 2014
    @Aaeiyn: Lol I agree. The good townies always seem to appear in front of my crazy/evil Sims often. xP

    And yep, I love the photos Sims can take with other Sims in the game. So cute! ^^

    Edit:

    Another Update - I'll slow updates down a bit, as the recent pace is pretty insane I think. lol

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    Eva woke up in some sort of prison cell and attempted to go through the walls and door like any other, but was unsuccessful. "What's going on here?!" The ghost was frustrated she was stuck in such a small space. "Anyone out there? I demand to be released immediately!"

    "Quiet down in there. I'm watching the T.V."

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    Marina's clone had gotten a big appearance change and had improved on her skills immensely since she was last seen. Other criminals may be too weak, slow, or stupid, but Marina Clone was not going to falter in such areas!

    Reports say the powerful Philosopher's Stone was stolen recently from a museum in a town nearby.

    What could the clone be up to?

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    That same morning, we find Marc and Marina having some fun in the bedroom! "Yeah, right there!" "That was sweet!" "I'm almost done!"

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    The two were just playing some video games after breakfast. It was a day off for Marina and Marc wanted to take a day off as well. Today they were just going to check on Marina's old home and the venues they owned.

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    "Oh Marc, you're so sturdy, like a desk!"

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    That's Sonny Day. He runs the comic book shop behind George's Tavarn & Coffee Shop. Despite his appearance, he's quite serious about comics.

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    Dancing at Level Up! Juice Bar.

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    When the couple arrived at the laundromat, they ran into Marina's old friend, Shamus Drudge. "The washing machines in that corner are too loud." "Don't worry Shamus, we'll look into it as soon as we can!"

    So the two decided to try to tinker around with the washers Shamus complained about to see if they can quiet them down.

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    After a few hours with no results, the two decided to maybe just replace them. They went ahead and played some ping pong upstairs in the community rec center.

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    Marina easily won. While she had the time to play many games at university, Marc never went, so that was his first game. x)

    Marc then decided to paint something for Marina on one of the easels there as she chatted with friends on one of the computers.

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    Winston asked if he could work from home due to his nocturnalness, but Marina refused. "Your job is too hands-on and group orientated for now. You'll have to advance a bit before you can. Sorry." x)


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  • AaeiynAaeiyn Posts: 521 Member
    edited June 2014
    Spencer and Stiles going steady.
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    They went on a date first. They went to the Art Gallery, then the Gym (explains why they're in their Athletic wear), the Science facility and the library.
  • TadOlsonTadOlson Posts: 11,380 Member
    edited June 2014
    dreamerz13-Great update!It looks like your Sims are starting to learn to save some money.
    KatieTerrorFace-Great update!It looks like Winston has some serious problems.I gave them the slob trait and they eat spoiled food without getting sick while others without that trait get sick from spoiled food.
    Zabeth0-I thought the dance floor should be near speakers and the only place was the basement.I also thought of Tad in boots because it can rain a fair bit in the spring.
    LunBeauty-Thanks for the comment.You didn't know that you could set up arranged marriages with story progression.Great update!It looks like your family is growing up and had another child.Another great update!
    venusdemilosims-Great update!Your game looks interesting.
    Colorist40-Thanks for the comment.I've had Tad stay out too late once by mistake and made it part of the story.
    AiHaou-Great update!I love TS2's story progression and bring it back in TS4.
    IreneSwift-They were only a bit disgusted and continued eating it without getting sick because of the slob trait.
    Aaeiyn-Thanks for the comment.I've got a town just like Sunset Valley that I love playing and it's the results of my first attempt at using CAW.Great update!
    I'll have an update ready in a while.

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  • AaeiynAaeiyn Posts: 521 Member
    edited June 2014
    Malika Williams from Teen to Young Adult.
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    Athletic, Frugal, Natural Cook, Neat and Unflirty.
  • TadOlsonTadOlson Posts: 11,380 Member
    edited June 2014
    Aaeiyn-Great update!
    Here's my own update from Glen Harbor.
    Cory and Angel Frankovitch were both up very early that morning and Cory got busy gardening.
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    They kept working on their tasks and continued until it was time for work.
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    They left for work at 2:30 in the afternoon and stayed at work until it was 6PM
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    Cory and Angel both stopped to eat dinner before they had to get to bed.
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    Cory and Angel both ended up going to bed by about 7:30 in the evening and got to sleep soon after.
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  • AaeiynAaeiyn Posts: 521 Member
    edited June 2014
    Sandi French from Teen to Young Adult.
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    Can't Stand Art, Inappropriate, Lucky, Natural Cook and Neat.
  • AaeiynAaeiyn Posts: 521 Member
    edited June 2014
    Not feeling too well, so I won't have any updates for everyone. I'mma turn in early, hopefully I'll be better tomorrow, since I have work. TTYL
  • IreneSwiftIreneSwift Posts: 6,247 Member
    edited June 2014
    KatieTerrorFace Shame on Winston for trying to kiss Marina, even though it was only an illusion! I'm glad Winston is bettering himself, and making good use of his earnings, but he needs to be patient about advancing, and also not expect special treatment at work so early in the game. I think he still has a lot to learn, socially.

    How did you get a picture of Marc and Marina kissing to put on the wall in their house?

    Now, I really have to wonder why Marina Clone has imprisoned Winston's mother's ghost. I don't play with ghosts at all, so I suppose those who do might have a better idea of what she might have in mind. She hates Winston, and his mother's ghost seems to as well, so I'd think she'd rather let her be free to torment her son. But maybe Marina Clone doesn't want anyone else to compete with at causing mayhem around the town?

    What a fun day, Marina and Marc had!

    Colorist40 No, of course you didn't upset me. And no, I'm not old yet, just middle aged. I just meant that I'm getting close enough to being old, and I definitely am not ready to throw in the towel any time in the near future, even when I do qualify as old, so I certainly don't expect that of Nathan, or any real elderly humans either. In fact, a couple of years after my mother-in-law died, my father-in-law remarried at the age of 87! He and my step-mother-in-law even went on a cruise for their honeymoon. They were so happy together, but they had less than three years together. She was three years younger than him, but she had heart disease and died first. Then he was so depressed, he gave up, and we feel sure it was because of that the prostate cancer he'd had 15 years before metastasized into his bones, and he died only 5 months after she did. He was active right up until she died, and kept a big garden every summer of up until that last one. I want to be like my great grandmother, on my mother's side. She was busy and active into her 80's, and one day she sat down in her rocking chair on her porch for a nap, and never woke up.

    It seems like Nathan's finally begun to really live again, and start to enjoy life, even without Danielle. I think it helps that Rylee is so fond of spending time with him. I really don't want him to go any time soon either, even though it would make their game easier for me to play, and I will need his bed for one of the boys, once they are both children. But I guess I can temporarily put a bunk bed into the boys' room, if necessary. The nursery is going to be Rylee's room, once they are all out of the toddler stage. That's why I haven't redecorated the room she's in now to make it more feminine, in addition to the fact that Nathan is sleeping there.

    LunBeauty I think it's kind of a good thing they have the two adult stages. They should start looking a little older before they get to elder. I like to give my sims some gray hairs when they get up there, though I haven't done that yet with Romeo and Rose. Real people don't go right from looking young and fresh to having tons of wrinkles, and being all stooped and shuffling. I actually find it a bit offensive how they portray elders in this game. Not all old people are stooped and shuffle when they walk, have pot bellies and toothpick arms and legs, and have their mouth get all wobbly like the sims do if you look close.

    I don't blame you a bit for getting rid of the puppies. I can't handle very many pets in a game either. In fact I found pets to be so demanding, I mostly avoid having them in my households at all. I had one family's cats have kittens, and ended up giving all of them up for adoption, just keeping the parents. Two cats will amuse each other, but there's still the feeding and tending the litter box, until the household can afford the self-cleaning one. And you have to keep buying scratching posts, because they destroy them in short order.

    I'd smack that mixologist right up-side the head for a comment like that! Olivia is NOT old, she is just middle aged! But I've heard the better way to insult a bad waiter is to leave a really small tip, like a few cents. If you leave nothing, they think you're just a cheapskate that doesn't leave tips, but if you leave a tiny tip, they are more likely to get the message. But of course, this is the sims.

    You can prevent Abrielle and James from having any romantic interactions with each other at all with the W mod. If you do, it will have the same effect on all married sims in the town, so your other second generation sims who have moved out will also be totally faithful, and so will all the townie sims. I got so tired of all the cheating, I set up Alex Watson's game that way, and it works great. When I check with MC, not one of the sims in town has more than one romantic interest.

    I agree, Harmony and Jake are gorgeous. And I think you did the right thing with Jake, especially since you removed NRaas SP mod. If he didn't move fast, she would probably have had a different boyfriend by the next day.

    Aaeiyn Thank you for the positive comments about my updates.

    TadOlson Nice update on Cory and Angel Frankovitch. I'm glad it didn't involve them eating spoiled food! LOL!
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  • GBA91101Nver4getGBA91101Nver4get Posts: 4,965 Member
    edited June 2014
    I decided to start a new family with a new story and I'm still doing the alphabet challenge. I did keep the same names as my sims had for the last family. Allen Johnson is an elder sim who was looking for love. He was nice, friendly, a hopeless romantic, a great kisser, and a workaholic. Ann Johnson is a YA who looks pretty on the outside but it mean on the inside. She's mean spirited, dislikes kids, hot headed, grumpy, and a snob. So Allen and Ann moved in together, into the house that was cold, like Ann's personality. Allen wanted desperately to marry Ann (although I don't know why), and she wanted money. Allen won Ann's heart after he began a career in the medical field. Ann in the meantime jumped from job to job and went out every day collecting gems and metals. Allen set a romantic wedding for Ann at sunset on the beach and lucky after 3 hours of getting Ann's mood up, they were married. To secure her fate to his fortune, right after the wedding Ann got pregnant. Ann works part time as a snobby spa specialist, and is pregnant even though she doesn't like kids. Meanwhile Allen is working all the time trying to give Ann the wealth and the life that she really wants. Allen wants to get to the top of the medical career and Ann wants to have a net worth of $100,000. Ann is rude to everyone and Allen completely settled for the first woman to come along in his old age. :)
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  • IreneSwiftIreneSwift Posts: 6,247 Member
    edited June 2014
    After breakfast, Romeo went to the hospital to entertain the sick children. I normally avoid opportunities that only involve celebrity points, but my kind-hearted sims can't turn down that kind of a good deed. Afterward, he went to the stadium and bought a partnership there. He had the wish in his queue, and I didn't want it taking up space there until they had enough to buy it outright. He will do that as soon as they have enough money. Next, he went to interview his brother-in-law, Liatris, who works in politics as a local representative, and who hired him to investigate mail fraud. Liatris wanted him to go through some mailboxes and see if he could find out who was spamming the citizenry. This sounded like something he should do earlier in the day when most sims are at work, so he went home to work out.

    Nathan is now 88 years old, twenty sim days past his life expectancy. After breakfast, since the heavy thunderstorm prevented him from tending to the garden, he went upstairs and showered, then stayed in the bathroom and upgraded both sinks to self-cleaning.

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    Much later in the day, he went downstairs to upgrade the computer to unbreakable, but stopped short of doing it, because he needed to use the bathroom. The potty in there needed to be emptied, so he did that, but when he put the bag in the trash, the compactor broke. After washing his hands, he repaired it again.

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    Rose spent almost the entire day in the kitchen, cooking meals for the week ahead. She cooked pancakes, eggs Machiavellian, cobbler, and key lime pie for their breakfasts, then for dinners for the coming week, she prepared ratatouille, grilled salmon, which she had finally learned how to make, and hamburgers. She needed to make one more dinner meal, but by then it was time to eat dinner, so she would have to do that another day.

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    Rylee dressed up as a princess after breakfast, and played pretend until Ryan came out of the bathroom. Then she played peekaboo with him.

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    They played together for hours, but when Rylee needed to use the bathroom, Ryan went to the kitchen near his mother and played with his teddy bear. By this time, Romeo was finished working out and had showered, so he came downstairs and played chess with Rylee.

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    Rose fed Ryan in the high chair, then took Daniel out of the baby swing to tend to his needs. But before she could do any of that, she put him on the floor. Then I remembered, it was Daniel's birthday. The rest of the family quit what they were doing and came to the kitchen to be there. (Unfortunately, I didn't discover until too late, that the shots I took of that had all the adults' heads cut off.)

    Daniel as a toddler

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    While Rose fed Daniel in the high chair and let Ryan out, the rest of the family got their plates of grilled salmon, then chatted at the table while they waited for Rose to join them. Nathan was very happy that Rose had finally learned to cook his favorite meal.

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    It was a long and busy day, but they did all get to bed and to sleep before midnight.

    After breakfast on Monday, Rose played the piano until Nathan was ready to go, then took him along to City Hall when she delivered her paintings.

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    She received over 154,000 simoleons for them, and became instant friends with a whole bunch of people she didn't even know before. There was no one around for Nathan to talk to while he waited outside, so he pulled the guitar out of his inventory and started plucking at it to see if he could figure out how to play it. I don't remember where he got it, but he's had it for quite a while and had never played it yet. I think it was given to Danielle as a celebrity freebie at some point.

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    Rose had also agreed to entertain children at the hospital, so she took Nathan with her there. By the time Rose finished there, Nathan had learned to play the guitar and made good progress toward reaching the next level.

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    While they were gone, Romeo taught Daniel how to talk.

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    Ryan played nearby inside the toy box.

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    Romeo needed to go out and check some mailboxes, but thought it best to try it when the residents weren't home. He hadn't quite finished with Daniel when Rose and Nathan returned, but he could finish later. I expected him to be looking for evidence that one or more of the people whose mail he checked might be the guilty party, but instead, he discovered that the bookstore had been spamming people's mail.

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    He reported his findings to Liatris, was paid, and was awarded a trophy for solving 3 cases, which he picked up at City Hall before returning home to get in some exercise time on the treadmill before dinner.

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    When Rose and Nathan returned home, Rose immediately got on the computer and bought out their partners at the stadium, then bought the theater. They now owned enough real estate to bring in over 30,000 simoleons each week, and still had over 85,000 simoleons left. Then she started teaching Daniel to walk.

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    I also equipped the family's backyard with more playground equipment than I've ever given a sim family before. They have the space, and they also had more than enough money. So, now they have a Princess and the Pauper tree house, a box of beach sandbox, a slide, a double swing set, a seesaw, and 3 more spring riders, in addition to the one they already had.

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    Nathan started writing a history, entitled The Founding of Riverview. Ryan got out of the toy box to use the potty, then went and sat on the floor near his grandfather to play with his teddy bear.

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    It was Rylee's first day of school. She went home after school with her cousin, Kyla Brewer, and did homework with Kyla and her brother Bradley.

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    After the homework was done, she would have liked to play with her toddler cousin, Reggie, but her Aunt Lily fed him in the high chair, so she played tag with Kyla instead.

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    By the time Rose finished teaching Daniel to walk, Romeo finished his workout and showered, Nathan finished reading the newspaper, Rylee got home from her cousins' house, and they all had dinner, it was too late to go to the festival grounds for a picture. Even though they could probably have used the photo booth after the lot was closed, it would have been very late by the time they got back home. And the boys were already sleepy, Daniel needed to be taken to the potty, and Rose, Rylee and Nathan all needed to shower before going to bed. So, I'm hoping Nathan has at least one more full day left before Grimmy comes for him. Tuesday, no matter what the game may attempt to get these family members involved in, Rylee is going to come straight home from school, her parents are going to be finished with whatever they need to do by the time she gets home, and the whole family is heading straight to the festival grounds as soon as she arrives. Or, on the other hand, maybe the family should go over to the school and pick Rylee up, and go to the festival grounds from there.

    Rylee had a chat and hug with her grandfather before going upstairs to shower.

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    While he waited for Rylee to finish in the bathroom they share, Nathan chatted with his youngest son, Oleander, on the phone.

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    I had forgotten it was Rose's birthday. What a place to celebrate a birthday! Unfortunately, Rose is having a mid-life crisis. Her first mid-life crisis wish was to move to a different house. Not going to happen, Rose!

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    After Nathan showered, the shower broke, so he was up even later fixing it!

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  • MayaRose1138MayaRose1138 Posts: 1,787 Member
    edited June 2014
    I haven't been on much in the past few days and the number of pages I've had to read through have dramatically multiplied! Because I'm pushed for time tonight, I'm not going to go through and comment directly on lots of pages but I'll mention a few that I remember. Please don't be insulted if I don't mention yours :)

    @LunBeauty: Wow, you've certainly done a lot of gameplay in the past week! Robin is gorgeous and so is Abrielle. They are going to have lovely babies :) Jake and Harmony have aged up really well too, and I'm pleased that Jake has found someone else after the Piper fiasco. Hadley looks lovely as a teenager - I like her hair too :) And little Ruby is so cute! She will get spoiled by everyone!!!

    Btw, I aged up Freya, just in CAS, to see what she looks like and interestingly, she looks quite a lot like Olivia. Which makes sense, since Jellybean was Olivia's mother. And thank you for the link for the cc; I've downloaded about six hairstyles from there to use when necessary.

    @rednemonon: I'm sorry to hear that you're taking some time off from the sims but I'm sure that drawing them will be fun too. I didn't always comment on your pics because I don't like vampires but I read most of it and they seemed like a fun couple to play.

    @IreneSwift: You've been busy with your games too :) Daniel is cute, and I'm glad they named him after his grandmother, even if it discontinued the trend of 'r' names. I hope Nathan lives long enough for a final greeting card and I'm pleased that he has spent plenty of time with his grandchildren.

    I've managed to enable the non-flirting command in whichever mod it's in, so hopefully I won't have too much trouble with the teens in the future. The only problem with the Rainbow game is that there are hardly any teens at the moment. I've managed to find Regan's sister Kyla and aged her up into a teen (she'll pair up with Blaze or Heat) but now I'm trying to find all the other children in the town to age them up too (is there an easier way to find them than just searching through the town?).

    Everyone else, know that I have looked through everything but I can't remember anything clearly enough to comment on. Hopefully by the weekend I'll be able to get more time to comment on people's stories in more detail. I also hope I'll have a Rainbow update. Last time I was on, Rosie and Burgundy didn't get onto the honour roll but it's time they aged up so after the 'coming-out' dance on the Sunday, I'll age them up and get them married, and also age Blaze up as well.
  • IreneSwiftIreneSwift Posts: 6,247 Member
    edited June 2014
    I've managed to enable the non-flirting command in whichever mod it's in, so hopefully I won't have too much trouble with the teens in the future. The only problem with the Rainbow game is that there are hardly any teens at the moment. I've managed to find Regan's sister Kyla and aged her up into a teen (she'll pair up with Blaze or Heat) but now I'm trying to find all the other children in the town to age them up too (is there an easier way to find them than just searching through the town?).

    Yes, there is. With Master Controller, you can find anyone, and do things to them without even going to where they are. To age up children, from a computer or the town hall, select NRaas > Master Controller > sim > Intermediate > Trigger Age Transition. A menu will come up for selecting the target sim(s), choose Age > [whatever age you're looking for], then select the individuals from the list, and click the check mark at the bottom. All selected individuals will be aged up at once. If you want to know more about them first, choose Master Controller > Sim > Status > Personal (to find out their traits). You can even change traits if you don't find kids with the traits you want for your kids' future spouses. It's under Sim > Advanced > Traits
  • LunBeautyLunBeauty Posts: 2,734 Member
    edited June 2014
    AiHaou: Thanks for the comments. :) I appreciate them.

    KatieTerrorFace: Marc is quite a handsome sim, and he and Marina always seem to have fun together. :) *Pokes Olivia and James* Why can't you two be fun like that?

    TadOlson: Great update!

    IreneSwift: I agree with you on the life stages. I hate how when a sim becomes an elder, they automatically look ninety years old. My dad is in his fifties and he doesn't have any grey hair. He doesn't dye it either. When my sims become elders, I usually let them keep their old hair color until about seven days before they are due to pass on, then I turn it grey-ish.

    Pets are definitely demanding. That's why I usually try to have two. I find that the social motive goes down the fastest, so I let the two animals interact with each other since I'm trying to balance my sims' needs. I just feel like my families aren't complete without at least two pets.

    Honestly, my sims are always cheap, lol. They don't even tip the maid. Then again, I need to fire him. All he does is take pictures of James all day and ask Olivia out on dates. He doesn't even clean really.

    Don't worry, James and Abrielle haven't done anything inappropriate. James is not like a certain other male sim who will remain unnamed.

    If Nraas SP didn't lag my game so much, I'd keep it in there. But no matter what I do with the settings, it turns my game into a lag trap. And she either would've had a boyfriend, or gotten old. That has happened to me before.

    IreneSwift: Sims certainly do live a long time. I don't like the Elder life stage, because it reminds me that a sim's life is almost over. I can tell you that I'm dreading seeing Nathan die. :( Ryan and Daniel are very cute. :) They look so much alike. I have to remember that Daniel is the one with the more curly hair. Rose is still beautiful, even at the age of forty. That's the age I pin the Adult stage. Of course, it could also be late thirties. Anyways, I'm getting off the subject. Silly Nathan, breaking the shower. That's right, mister. You break it, you fix it. I've also noticed something. In just about all of your families, the matriarch, or mother always tends to have black hair. Do you intend for this to happen, or is it just something you do without really thinking?

    MayaRose1138: Thanks for the comments. :) I can see why Freya would look like Olivia. Of course, I always thought Olivia looked like her father, but maybe she has a lot of her mother in her too. Her dad's genes are very strong. To be honest, I'm kind of getting bored with them, lol. I'm hoping that Lola will be able to bring in some different genes. *Crosses her fingers for red hair*.
  • wolfkomoki1wolfkomoki1 Posts: 5,053 Member
    edited June 2014
    Viona froze her husband solid!
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    Raquel takes a vacation to Monte Vista.
    Which quickly became boring so she went from Italy to France.
    Once there she started a protest.
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    She then went to China.
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    It soon started raining.
    Game note: In a vanilla game weather is disabled in China. However with Nraas Traveler weather is enabled in the 3 vacation destinations. You can also travel to other towns.

    Next up: The lovebirds go on their honey moon.
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  • IreneSwiftIreneSwift Posts: 6,247 Member
    edited June 2014
    LunBeauty Forty is the age I have set for the beginning of the adult stage too. I start the elder stage at 66, the legal age to retire with full Social Security benefits in the U.S. So you're correct that Rose is now 40 years old (80 sim days).

    Keep in mind that the sims in most of the games I've been sharing here are actually related. I made Danielle with black hair, but I chose Nathan from the bin and placed him in her game for her to marry without changing anything but his traits and wardrobe. He's Asian in appearance, so he also has black hair. So it was inevitable that their children would all have black hair too. I saved all of Danielle and Nathan's children to the bin as soon as they aged up to YA, and they make up all of the starter sims in the other games I've been sharing here, until Alex. Ashley Miller is actually Danielle and Nathan's youngest daughter, Daisy, who I renamed and gave a new wardrobe, and paired with her renamed brother, Oleander, from the original game. Kelsey (Drummond) Shawkti is actually Rose, renamed and put into a separate game all of her own. I didn't change anything about any of these born in game sims except names and wardrobes.

    Other than Alex Watson, I started the other games currently in my save file with female sims who don't have black hair. Lauren (Casey) Hamming, who I write about on my blog, is blonde. My International Superspy, Justice (Morgan) Tenderlove has brown hair. Her main game is on hold, because she moved with her family to Starlight Shores and retired, and I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to play that, so her game isn't in the game's saves folder. But I have a branched out game of her and her husband, Barry Tenderlove, still living in Bridgeport, still among my current saves.

    I was originally planning on them never having children, but I got curious as to what their children would look like, since they are both so attractive. I still didn't plan to play them with children, so I saved their game with another name, gave them both the fertility LTR, and did everything possible to produce multiples, except for using mods. I wanted enough of a sampling of their offspring to get a good idea of what they'd look like, and since I wasn't planning on playing that save past that point, I didn't want to waste time waiting through multiple pregnancies. She had triplets, just as I'd hoped, and I took each of them into CAS to age them up to see what they'd look like. Two of them were so attractive, I couldn't bear to give them up, so I kept the game. It's hard playing triplet babies and toddlers, so I only play one day of their lives, whenever I feel up to the challenge, which I hadn't done in several months. But I did play them early this morning, since I've been awake all night, and to be honest, right now their game is easier than Rose and Romeo's! There's no retired third adult to keep busy while the parents are doing toddler training, and no hands-on profession to try to work on with one parent while the other is home, self-employed, at the same time as the retiree and the toddlers, and all on low free will. Right now, Justice and Barry are on maternity/paternity leave and doing nothing but taking care of the toddlers, the housework, and Barry's garden, and working out when they can fit it in. When they do go back to work, it will be rabbithole jobs for both of them. Their game feels so easy in comparison to the Rakes, I may even start playing them regularly again.

    Here are their aged up children, in order of their birth:

    Annie

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    Alex

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    Becca Dawn

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    Here's Justice herself, as a young adult

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    Here are a few pictures from their game this morning

    Justice and Barry working out while the kids are still sleeping

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    Barry cooking pancakes

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    Justice doing potty training

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    Both parents doing toddler training

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    Edit: But actually, I do have more sims with black hair than other colors, and that is somewhat deliberate. On my computer at least, the other hair colors in the default menu look unnatural. The brown looks natural, but it's more red than brown. I've tried to come up with a natural looking golden brown, but most of the browns I come up with, using the color wheel, look greenish. It's even harder to come up with a blonde coloring that looks natural. So most of the time I do just go with the black, simply because it's easier. Besides, my natural hair color is dark ash brown, which looks black if you don't look closely, and I like darker hair colors better than lighter ones.
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  • Zabeth0Zabeth0 Posts: 1,337 Member
    edited June 2014
    LunBeauty: Well, at least Robin is helping his siblings get done faster. They should appreciate it as an act of solidarity with them, but they'll probably just think he's sucking up lol. ;) Looks like the surprise is eggplant and lemon. :D Sounds like they really want another kid. :D Well, you did tell us you would. :D He's cut enough to be adopted by another family in town! Lol, that would have been another baby- I wonder if it would have fulfilled at least James' wish to have another kid. lol. Yeah, the first time my game did that it resulted in the death of innocent sim. I'm still sad I lost that family, because the backstory worked out so well for why the one evil brother could hold it over the one good brother who inadvertently caused his sisters' burning death by daring to go to school. Ah, well, at least I've learned a few things since then. :D Anyway, yeah. Aw, well, Chloe is also cute enough to be adopted out. :D How sweet, mother and daughter bonding, and Olivia seems like she'd be a cool mom to hang out with. :D Not fun to be grounded by, mind you, but fun to hang out with. :D That just figures. Welcome baby Ruby! :D Ruby is very cute. :D Lol- Mini- me lol. :D *Imagines the little finger to the lips like the Austin Powers one.* :D He really looks like Orion! Minus the red hair. :D Yeah, but really, who likes the smell of potty chairs? Someone has to do it! Yeah, some toddlers are just like that. :D Yeah, he's a cute grumpy old man dog lol. :D They will have some fuzzy puppies! :D Obviously Sahan is a troll, and Jake isn't as patient as his sister with it. Good the brothers are still in touch. :D Nice gift giving party. :D Adorable puppies! :D

    Way easier to teach 1 puppy not to destroy everything than 3! :D Bounderies, Abriella, boundaries! Yeah, fire makes everything more memorable...campire fire stories, barbeques...the smell of burning eyebrows! Wow, Jake's hair just keeps shrinking. Soon he's going to be bald. :D Oh, very nice. :D Well, at least he learned to ask. (Also I totally agree with the SP on, you really have to move fast when they aren't paired up- because they will be!) Love the dip kiss. :D Yeah,Lola has lovely red hair, and I will look forward to seeing what you do with it. :D (And also hoping to see it re enter the family somewhere. :D)
  • Zabeth0Zabeth0 Posts: 1,337 Member
    edited June 2014
    Venusdimilosims: Looks like a lot of people are getting evidence on their phones of these incidents. :D Not just gossip, though I'm sure the gossip is scandalous. :D

    IreneSwift: Ah, yeah, mods have so many settings it's hard to get it to do sensible things like move married couples into the same house. I can understand checking up on it and fixing it when things don't make sense. :D Lol well, it's nice to be able to see them around town in the meantime I'm sure. :D I can understand how having so many to look after makes it hard to catch conversations. I just tend to give myself things like this to look for, so I can be amused if I happen to find it. :D Oh, well, it was a good shot, even if you didn't do it on purpose, and it can be hard to get a good shot! :D Well, without us projecting some story on this, it's merely a bunch of chores lol. Also humans are made to look for patterns (this is why mental illusions work) so I don't ever feel bad for giving my sims some reason for stuff. :D Granted, I don't feel bad if I have to throw something out (editing!) if it doesn't fit. :D

    Well, it's not just 'old' people: I was really really sick recently. Like, couldn't take a bath by myself sick, couldn't get up and walk across the room to get something to drink sick. I felt like a baby and I can't even tell you how frustrating it is. In our society dependence is considered a mental failing, and a moral one- because we so value independence and pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps (whatever those are!), and this is the culture you're surrounded by...being sick makes you completely unable to do that- but any amount of stubbornness means you're going to try anyway, even if you fail. But popular culture is full of 'these people did the impossible' stories, so on top of that if, you can't do what can't be done, you feel as though you aren't measuring up. It's not fair, but it does make sense if you think about it. :D It's an emotional response so it can be lessened a little by being aware of the reasons for it. Buy Debug?
    Oh, I'm too late. :D

    Yeah, it's hard to say no to sick kids...and you have the mod set so that the celebrity points decay, so hopefully he isn't punished for doing a good deed for kids. :D Lol princess peak a boo, and princess chess, too cute. :D Bonding time with Daddy. :D (I imagine this: "Daddy, there is the king and there is the Queen, where is the Princess?" "Why, sitting across me, of course!")

    Daniels a cutie. :D I think it's so cute how the sims clap in front of their favorite food. :D Apparently they loved her paintings so much, and she put so much of herself into them that they could become friends by communication in pure art. :D I'm glad Nathan isn't afraid to try new things. :D Just like that he learned the guitar. :D Very nice work, and I'm sure the bookstore will stop spamming residents now. :D I'm sure they'll approve unless they were using the extra paper to start fires in their fireplace or something. (Probably not a great idea with the inks people use). Very nice set up for the kids. :D It's very nice she got to play with one of her cousins at least. :D I hope that works out. :D
  • Zabeth0Zabeth0 Posts: 1,337 Member
    edited June 2014
    KatieTerrorFace: Lol- yeah, self control, Winston, self control! Lol@ Earl E. Bird! Lol @ Rita, she's too funny. :D Glad to see he's taking it seriously. :D Oh, is he going ape over that game? ;) Being able to work at night would definitely help him put his best into it. Being that his best comes at night.

    Maybe it was helpful for his piece of mind to know that his mother was no innoncent misunderstood vampire, you know? Hmm, Marina clone has obviously taken some effort to obtain and confine Winston's mother's ghost... I wonder if she's going to obtain some service from her, or turn her back to life(as a vampire, which is usually referred to as undead, but you know, the game treats them as alive), but if she were to do so, she'd need some measure of control to make sure that she didn't get double crossed by her like she doublecrossed Winston. :D Lol@ Sonny Day. Who knows, maybe his devotion to a comic book is why he dresses like that. :D Well, I guess being part of a community helps Winston not feel isolated and have a need to feel better than the people he's isolated from. :D So it might not just be about what he contributes but what's good for him getting along with his co workers. :D

  • Zabeth0Zabeth0 Posts: 1,337 Member
    edited June 2014
    TadOlson: Well, at least they have fresh produce for good food despite the frost. :D

    Aaeiyn: Great updates. :D Hopefully you can cut off the illness by getting more sleep. :D

    GBA: Oh dear. :D If he doesn't hold on for dear life, she'll be the one messing up his kid and using all the inheritance leaving the miserable kid penniless. Sounds unpleasant.
  • LunBeautyLunBeauty Posts: 2,734 Member
    edited June 2014
    AiHaou: Nice update. :D I feel kinda bad for Viona's husband though. :lol:

    IreneSwift: Thanks for clearing that up. :) I was beginning to wonder why a lot of your sims looked so similar, lol. They are very attractive. It's hard to make an attractive sim with no CC, but you definitely seem to pull it off. :D

    Zabeth0: Thanks for the comments. :D I know I give pets away easily, but I can really only handle two. Sometimes I can push it to three. Luckily, as of right now, Zoe and Sugar pretty much take care of themselves so it's not much of a hassle. I'm sorry you lost your family. :( I was sad when I lost Orion. No one can ever replace that cutie. Olivia is a very hip mom, but also very strict when it comes to discipline. She'll be your best friend, but do not cross her. Is it funny that I watched Austin Powers yesterday? :lol:

    I had actually thought about creating some drama and having Hadley getting with Sahan. :lol: But then I remembered that he's with Piper and no matter how tempting it is, I'm not really a home-wrecker. I also used that hair for Jake because I was waiting for the opportunity to use it and it seems to work for him. Plus it's better than all of those emo/Bieber hairs that I have. :lol: Trust me, Lola is super stunning. I swear, if none of their kids have red hair, I'm going to cry.
  • Zabeth0Zabeth0 Posts: 1,337 Member
    edited June 2014
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    Rafael: He wasn't feeling particularly good about this. Miss Swain had eagerly listened to his comments but the moment he'd mentioned how ridiculous the idea of a witch was, she lost interest in what he was saying. She simply told him to tell her when he started seeing funny things around town, and that was pretty much it. The food was good and it would keep him from ordering anything here.

    He needed to keep his mind strictly on what was going on here. Which was hard, because he'd stopped by the house on the way here to see if the house was breathable yet, considering that cold would slow down the drying time on the varnish, and the house was brick and would be very cold. It was still unpleasant smelling but wouldn't kill him if he slept there now. There were no bodies laying around, no shoe prints or melted snow tracked in, but the couch had been moved from up against the wall to an angle. Obviously it was a warning. Since he didn't believe Miss Wynn would have gotten into his house and moved the couch angle to make him fall for her ridiculous story, he had to think it was a warning shot from the criminal element. The door was locked when he left, and was locked when he opened it. They could have easily had a key made. As he had not yet stated his intentions, they likely didn't know what they were, so he could easily be regarded as a threat, in which case, this would be very dangerous. But he'd decided to dive into the pool, and dive into it, he would.

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    Rafael: This is the first person he saw, a portly blond man who either tucked in his shirt and later half pulled it out or didn't even bother to fully tuck in his shirt. Since he looked openly worried, he obviously wasn't in charge of the criminal operation. Those who could keep criminals in line knew better than to give a criminal any indication about what they cared about and never let themselves appear weak. Worried was weakness, and obvious weakness. So, though he himself was worried, right now, he was not allowing that to touch his features. It made him feel good to see the man worried though, because worried could be an indication that there were criminals here, and that worry could be that the police would find them, or related to protection money or any manner of other things. Of course, it could just be worry over the performance tonight, or bills or any number of innocuous things too, so more investigation would be prudent.

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    Rafael: But the man wasn't worried about him, as he turned and looked when the door closed. There was no specific recognition, other than that a patron entered the establishment. So, probably not up to speed on the criminal element. If he worked for or was associated with the criminals, he was very loosely associated. Still, it would be interesting to talk to him at some point. Perhaps now.
  • KatieTerrorFaceKatieTerrorFace Posts: 480 Member
    edited June 2014
    Colorist40 wrote:
    I hope to have an Anson update tomorrow. I was up early at 2 Am due to storms moving through and husband getting up early for work to go to his job, I didn't go to sleep so I have no brain to update today. More storms tonight late after 12 Am maybe lol. If I don't get much sleep tonight it will be Thursday lol.

    Can't wait! ^^
    TadOlson wrote:
    KatieTerrorFace-Great update!It looks like Winston has some serious problems.I gave them the slob trait and they eat spoiled food without getting sick while others without that trait get sick from spoiled food.

    Never knew that. Very cool! :D
    IreneSwift wrote:
    KatieTerrorFace Shame on Winston for trying to kiss Marina, even though it was only an illusion! I'm glad Winston is bettering himself, and making good use of his earnings, but he needs to be patient about advancing, and also not expect special treatment at work so early in the game. I think he still has a lot to learn, socially.

    How did you get a picture of Marc and Marina kissing to put on the wall in their house?

    Now, I really have to wonder why Marina Clone has imprisoned Winston's mother's ghost. I don't play with ghosts at all, so I suppose those who do might have a better idea of what she might have in mind. She hates Winston, and his mother's ghost seems to as well, so I'd think she'd rather let her be free to torment her son. But maybe Marina Clone doesn't want anyone else to compete with at causing mayhem around the town?

    What a fun day, Marina and Marc had!

    Yep, Winston's still got a long ways to go. x)

    The kissing pic is from the "Take Romantic Photo" interaction that comes with University Life. :P

    Ghosts normally would be able to go through locked doors/gates/walls/etc. (Unfortunately), so I just put Winston's mom and Marina's clone in one household for convenience. I have some options thought out what could happen next, but not too sure yet! lol

    Love the update. Nathan still so handy despite living past that expectancy. :) Really like the backyard; it looks very nice for the kids! ^^

    Poor Rose with the birthday in the bathroom though. x)

    LunBeauty wrote:
    KatieTerrorFace: Marc is quite a handsome sim, and he and Marina always seem to have fun together. :) *Pokes Olivia and James* Why can't you two be fun like that?

    Yep! I usually delay having kids and tend to go for careers that don't take up much time, so young couples tend to have time to do such things. x)


    Edit: Will do more comments later! :P
  • LunBeautyLunBeauty Posts: 2,734 Member
    edited June 2014
    I have a bit of an update before I head to bed. :) I ended up tweaking Lola's features a bit, just really her eyes and her mouth. She was stunning already, but I wanted to add a little something. Hadley also became a young adult. I had gone to the bathroom and forgot to pause my game and when I had come back, she was already aged up. Poor thing didn't even get a cake. :( I redecorated both Hadley and James's rooms and turned them into slightly small master bedrooms. I also did Ruby's room. For now, it's just for one person, but as soon as James or Hadley's future children become...kids, one of them will share a room with her if it's a girl and the other will get Harmony's old room, which will be redone in the future, but for now I'm leaving it alone. Ruby also grew into a cute child. :)

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    Hadley and Lola are two very gorgeous senoritas. Hadley has that cuteness factor going for her and Lola is just beautiful. I've been waiting ages to use that hair and it suits her nicely. Hadley's too. That's the first time I've ever used that hair as well. :)

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    This is Jake and Lola's bedroom. It's changed a lot from Jake's grunge and rebel themed room. I used very soft green tones, which just make the room seem so bright and open.

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    Jake and Hadley both graduated. I didn't get Hadley's throwing her diploma picture because I'm a slow turtle. But Jake was class valedictorian! He also won the award for "Most Likely To Be A Rockstar". Hadley graduated with honors and won the award for "Most Likely To Get Married".

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    Lola expresses her pride for Jake by planting a big kiss on him right in front of city hall and his parents.

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    The family heads over to the Spring Festival where Hadley, the big kid that she is, immediately starts to hunt for eggs. No matter how old you get, Easter Egg hunting is still oodles of fun.

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    Harmony also manages to make it over to the festival and she and her mom catch up on old times. James looks just a little bored. They must be having woman talk.

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    Because this is the perfect opportunity and the entire family is at the festival, the family decides to have a small birthday party for Ruby.

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    Look how happy she is! :D James is thinking: Yes! No more diaper changing!

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    The entire family, and even a few festival visitors gather around to watch this little jellybean turn five....or six. (Whatever you pin the beginning of the child stage at.)

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    Um...excuse me? Rude much! This guy tried to interrupt the blowing out of the candles to ask for James's autograph. *Begins plotting his untimely demise*

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    The family waits with baited breath. Mr. I-Like-To-Try-And-Ruin-Birthdays-By-Asking-For-Autographs-At-The-Worst-Time is practically stuck up James's butt.

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    Despite that guy trying to ruin the party, Ruby grows into a very very cute kid. :) She is definitely her mother's mini-me. ;)

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    Now the family isn't even paying attention to Ruby anymore, they're all looking at Abrielle now. As you can see, Hadley and Jake are gathered around her. Robin and Abrielle ended up breaking up not long after they moved in together. They must be interrogating her. Robin is looking at them like "Just give it a rest, already." :lol:

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    Ruby: Ugh, figures that there would be drama on my birthday.
    Hush, child and eat your cake. It has strawberry filling. :) All kids love strawberries.

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    The family manages to avoid a huge bout of drama. They're not mean people. Abrielle is a good person, so they all go out to dinner. We also catch a glimpse of the stunning Harmony in her formalwear. Work it, girl!

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    This is Hadley's bedroom, which I remodeled a bit. I just darkened the walls a bit, moved the bed, added in a dresser and vanity and got rid of her toys. It's a simple room, but simple is good and I like it.

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    Ruby's bedroom just has a fun soft blue theme to it that could definitely work for both genders, but I do tend to keep girls in one room and boys in another. I mean, when Ruby becomes a teen, is she going to want to share a room with her little nephew? I really don't think so.

    That's it for now. :) I hope you enjoy!
  • GBA91101Nver4getGBA91101Nver4get Posts: 4,965 Member
    edited June 2014
    Hi Everyone :D

    An Update: Allen is doing well in his medical career and is working towards getting enough lifetime happiness points to get the collection helper for his wife Ann. Poor Allen still thinks that Ann is with him for love. As for Ann she goes to work when she wants to and is constantly at risk for being fired. She spends all of her time looking for gems and metals to get smelted and cut into various shapes. Ann has also taken all of the household money and started making renovations to their one bedroom one bath home. Mainly she's buying the most expensive furniture that she can find and redecorating all of the rooms in the families small little home. Ann still hopes to make her dream house by the beach and constantly wants Allen to make more money. Allen is 80 sim days old so he may not be able to make it to the top of the medical career. Of course Allen's age isn't going to stop Ann from getting what she wants. Ann is having Allen work until he dies just so she can afford a luxurious lifestyle.
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  • Colorist40Colorist40 Posts: 7,102 Member
    edited June 2014
    I have compiled some pics and might need a few more, but pretty much now all I have to do is upload them to my studio and then to paint for editing and then to tiny pic. lol I am tired another night of not much sleep due to potential for nasty storms lol, but want to get this done so I don't fall behind on commenting. I hope to have this done and up tonight, but if not tomorrow sometime. I will catch up on comments then as if I comment tonight who knows when Anson will be up and running lol.

    I got tons of pics and I haven't even started to edit them so Anson tomorrow not too mention some key pics won't upload right now from the launcher so will have to wait till tomorrow and try again.
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