I'm the same way. I got my kids into playing the game. Watching them play/helping them got me back into the game after 7 months of not playing. I'm not back to the playing scale I was at, but maybe university and island living will change that...
Instead of city living; why not country living or small town living. Farming/ranching with an array of livestock and crops. Small town shops, farmers market, and state fairs. For laughs lawn mower racing; with is huge in my small town world...
Get To Work. I was excited when it first came out. But only having the three active career choices gets a bit old. Also I was never interested in my sims having their own retail business...
I just bought the university pack so I restarted with fresh start. I've never played the Pancake family. Sent them to seperate universities. I switch inbetween the two. While playing Bobs household, I switched back to Eliza to find out she had twins with some random NPC roommate. Poor Bob...Might start playing in the…
I'm gonna go with Granny Chic. Would be awesome to give them more hobbies; sewing/knitting/quilting, scrapbooking, red hat society, great cookie back-off...the choices are endless....