In the Spirit of the Season III

Act 3

Cornelia put on her special festive outfit and did some last minute preparations.  She was happy to see Mortimer excited for the party.  Cornelia knew Mortimer was just looking to get lots of gifts but hoped that the memories would last longer.  Even if he wasn't happy with the sweater she picked out for him.

Cornelia also had a special festive outfit picked out for Gunther.  Even in a pretty package he knew it wouldn't even be as good as an ugly sweater.  

Gunther felt like an idiot but knew it was what he had to do.  After all it was just one day a year. Though he did have a flashback from Love Day but it quickly faded.*

Agnes came over early to help set up.  They got reminiscing about the past and all the fun they had growing up.  They also wistfully remembered all the family that was no longer there.  Agnes made a comment that made Cornelia pause but before she could say anything Mortimer was yelling about a clogged toilet. 

Right now the most Cornelia could hope for was that this would turn into one of those moments that she would laugh about one day.  Probably not for a long time, though.

While Cornelia was unclogging the toilet, Gunther checked on his surprise.  He hadn't heard anything and was getting concerned.  It wouldn't be the end of the world if things didn't work out today but it's like even though the candy tastes the same the day after it's 50% off for a reason.

After a quick text Gunther found his surprise on it's way.  The doorbell rang and Cornelia answered it to find her cousins from Moonlight Falls.  She hadn't seen them in may years and by her squeal Gunther knew he knocked this one out of the park.

All the girls got together in the living room and exchanged stories and looked at old photos.  Everyone enjoyed themselves and shared their own memories.  Mortimer got an earful of his mother's early years and looked at her in a completely different light.

The day flew by and pretty soon the festivities were winding down.  Promises were made to keep in touch and to get together more often.  People left with full bellies and memories of a happy Snowflake Day.

Later that evening Gunther and  Cornelia found themselves alone in the living room.  Mortimer was fast asleep in his room.  

"How did you manager to track down my family and bring them here?" Cornelia asked.

Gunther shrugged, "Well, Agnes was a big help and they were more than happy to come down.  And a little bit of guilt goes a long way."

"And you were able to keep it from me!" exclaimed Cornelia.

Gunther chuckled, "You were so wrapped up in getting this party together you barely noticed anything else!"

Cornelia laughed.  They snuggled on the couch and watched as the fire burned down.  The mess could wait until the morning but for right now everything was perfect.

The End

*Love Day Flashback here

In the Spirit of the Season II

Act 2

Cornelia set out about her tasks.  She searched and searched for ideas yet frustration built up!  But soon she did put together something amazing.

Things came together fast.  Cornelia went to Bridgeport and commissioned an old artist friend for some one of a kind decorations.  This was the year that the Goth family won the Holiday Spirit Home Decor Contest.  That snobby Nancy Landgraab's streak was over!

She ordered fish from Barnacle Bay and baked treats from Monte Vista.  She dusted off some old decorations from the attic to put around the house.  And searched for the perfect tree.

Gunther found himself on the roof putting up lights.  Sometimes he wondered how he ended up in these situations.

The decorations came from Bridgeport and they looked sweet!

And of course things wouldn't be complete without a snow theme!

But all the hard work was worth it!  The house came out great!  Even the Holiday Spirit Home Decor Committee thought so!  First place belonged to the Goths this year!

Before they knew it Snowflake Day was here and it was time for the big open house!  The invitations went out.  Gifts were bought and wrapped.   The food was being prepared and soon Cornelia would know if her plans were worth it.

Cornelia was worried because Gunther was mostly quiet this whole time.  And even though he did what was asked of him knew he couldn't be happy with all the chaos.  But little did she know that Gunther was working on his own plans to make a memorable Snowflake Day himself.

To be continued...

In the Spirit of the Season

Act 1 

It was a weekend soon after Spooky Day and the first snow of the season was falling, Gunther was spending the day in his jammies and just wanted a deep fried turkey leg.  His plans were thwarted when Cornelia blocked his path to the deep fryer.  Gunther inwardly sighed because he knew there was no turkey leg in his near future.

"Agnes and I were talking about how Snowflake Day was such big thing when we were kids." said Cornelia.

"Yeah, I suppose it was.  The house always seemed to be filled with people during the whole season." replied Gunther. As the words left his mouth he knew where this was heading and immediately regretted opening that door.

"Yes!  It was so much fun!" exclaimed Cornelia.  Gunther waited for her to continue.  After a short awkward pause, she did.

"Well, this all came up because Martha Simmert had a 12 page spread in the holiday issue of Sim Ladies Journal.  And it got me to thinking that it would be fun to bring that sort of tradition back.  I mean it won't be too much longer before Mortimer would rather spend holidays out with his friends than at home..."

Gunther sighed again.  Anytime she brought up ideas like this it was always for Mortimer's sake.  Not that he would complain but more work always fell on his shoulders.  After a bit more talking they decided that they would host an open house on Snowflake Day.  Just like the ones they used to know.

Not wanting to leave Mortimer out of things Cornelia found some old books with stories about Snowflake Days past.  Soon things would kick into high gear and there would be little sleep until Spring!

To be continued...

Random Picture Friday

"Hmph, that bot thinks he's all that.  Fancy garbage can!"

Go 4th and Sim!

Roaring Heights...

I has it.  Report to follow.  Hopefully it lives up to the hype.

Decking the Halls!

Christmas banner!!!  It's late and this blog thing is giving me grief since I can't change my background.  So unless this changes magically yes, I plumbob everyone for the holidays.

Go 4th and Sim!

Random Non-Sims Musings Black Friday Edition

I really don't get the whole Black Friday Must Shop attitude.  It's just much nicer to stay home and buy online or hit up stores when it's not so crowded.  Or just not buy anyone any gifts.  But maybe that's just me.

Christmas will be over soon.

Go 4th and Sim!

Sim Acres Black Friday Blowout!!!

Stuff yourself then stuff your Simsverse with all the exciting expansions and stuff packs you've missed out at the Origin Black Friday sale!  Save up to 60%!!  Then there's the big sale in the Sims 3 store!!!

With all that shopping, who feels like building anything??  Not me!!!  So head on over to the Sims Acres Studio to pick up some great lots to add to your game!!!!  Believe me when I say your worlds are NOT complete without such great lots as...

Pillager's Retreat

Pirates of Pizzaz Style House

Roll N' Bowl

Serendipity Resort and Casino

And let's forget such Sim Acres Classics as

Salty Dog Amusement Pier  (info)  (download) Perfect for the new world of Roaring Heights!!

Lil' White Chapel O' Love (info) (download) Because love is always in season!

Check out the rest of my stuff here!  Keep coming back because you never know when I might add something!!

So instead of fighting the crowds at ungodly hours in bad weather, stay home, nice and warm in front of your computer and spend quality holiday time with your Sims!  Don't they deserve fun new places to go and things to do???  Of course they do!

Go 4th and download more Sim stuff!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm feeling thankful for the small things today.  And my birthday!

And of course The Sims!

Go 4th, be bountiful and Sim!

Check check...is this thing on??

Yeah, I've been neglecting this thing lately.  Too much work, too many pity parties.  I dunno, since I messed up my game I just haven't felt like playing much.  The thought of redoing the few buildings I lost just seems like too much work right now.  And as always I have more ideas than time to do them all.

Okay, enough of the Debbie Downer stuff.  This week is Thanksgiving and my birthday.  I acknowledge the birthday but not the age.  Yeah, I'm aware of it but don't have to pay attention to it.

Now I'm going into build mode to figure out where to go from here.

Go 4th and Sim!

Random Sims Musings 11-17-13 I should know better edition

So yeah, I was trying to do stuff with my game that I know I should've and I messed it up.  All my current saves got borked and I thought all my screenshots and videos were gonzo.   And what caused this???  All because 20 minutes was too long to wait for the files to copy in case I messed up my game by putting potentially bad files in.  Yeah, what a fucking idiot.  But luckily I have been better about saving and backups especially with the mess I had last year.

So basically I lost two months worth of work but with the way I play if I can even call it that.  I figure that I've lost two new lots and one I redid along with two months of videos and screenshots.  Which considering that I thought I lost everything from the last six months is something I can deal with.

Something else I realized is that I have Sims folders all over my computer.  WTF??  Yeah, really think I need to go back and figure out a better system.  For now I'm glad I don't have too much work to do to get the game back to where it mostly was.

And I've learned my lesson.  At least until I think I remember and don't and forget what I did and get myself in a mess all over again.  Hello sunburn!

Go 4th and Sim!

Hotdog Halloween!

Random Sim Acres Musings 10-27-13

As I like to do every so often is wonder WTF I'm doing with this whole blog thing.  And I figure not a whole lot but I still do it.  Even less goes on my tumblr account.  Now I have some ideas but they just seem to take up a lot of time.

Yeah no purpose for this post at all.

A big Sim Acres Thank You!

After coming home from a craptacular day at work I found that I had been gifted 4 items from my wish list.  Thank you fellow simmer!  I hope to return the favor one day!

Go 4th and Sim!

This is the end?

Got my copy of Into the Future today at my trusty local Walmart.  They made it tricky to find since they moved all the PC games by the console games and had it hidden on a bottom row.  But I found it!  Then I played a little Wii U with an employee.  That was fun.  We were both amazed at how far games have come.

Got home, installed and started playing.  I found the game of my nerdiest sim so far and used her to travel into the future.  Why the hell do I keep putting an extra R in future???  Anyhoo, here's some pics.

Plumbots don't like to get wet either.

Harvesting in the Wasteland.

Chilling with some future descendants.

Well, now that's not right.

Future zombie.

Plumbot at the summer festival making friends.

Still need some work on the jetpack.

Overall my first impressions are pretty good.  I think I picked the right kind of sim to try all this new stuff out.  Honestly this probably wouldn't have been my choice of theme for an expansion.  That would've been Island Paradise or Showtime. Yet, I'm enjoying it all so far.

Hopefully now things will slow down a bit with releases.  I still feel like there's so much I want to do with it like everything.  If it's all store stuff from now on it will be easier for me to resist.   I think I'm going to save my reflective thoughts on the entire series for another post.  If this is the last expansion/stuff pack to come out, they did good.  Of course, I would probably say that about anything that came out.

Go 4th and Sim!