Sorry for the absence, guys! Real Life has just not been kind to me lately. I'm in the middle of searching for a new job the last couple of months and so I've had no desire to really play video games all that much (whenever I sit down to play, I always get the feeling I should be job searching instead). Hopefully things even out soon, though, as I know I was behind on updating to begin with. I'd been hoping that the news of the next expansion pack would get me excited about Sims enough to play a little more, but.. ugh. I hated Vacation and I'm not looking forward to Bon Voyage either. I hate having my sims leave their lot because with the addition of Seasons my game slowed down a bit and going to community lots has always been horrible. I'd skip Bon Voyage all together, but of /course/ it looks like they've added asian-themed clothes and objects which I /love/ and have wanted forever, so it looks like I'll be getting Bon Voyage just for that. Bah. Here's hoping the EP /after/ Bon Voyage will be something new and refreshing. I'm not liking all the rehashed EPs we're getting. I hope with Sims 3 they at least include some of the "old" stuff with the base game. Especially stuff like weather and pets, which are the things people always want.

Anyway! I don't really have an update ready to go (nor the energy to write one) but maybe someday soon I'll at least get some pictures up. Today I built a community cemetary for the Legacy's so that I could move all those 13 generations worth of graves off their home lot because, man, were there some pissed off ghosts! I'd had to bulldoze and rebuild the Legacy lot not too long ago and when I did that, it made the ghosts lose all connection to their beds and stuff, so even thought I still have their beds, they don't have the connections to them. So they're all sorts of ticked off and were spending all their time scaring everyone. Which got annoying. And all those ghosts slowed the lot down, because I'd have three haunting /every night/.. plus 8 sims and however many pets. It just got crazy. Hopefully their lot will run smoother now that all those graves are gone.

Hope y'all are doing well!

-- Audrey

Well that didn't take me long. Some pictures, as promised. Nothing interesting, just showing off the simple little cemetery I built for the Legacy's use.

An overhead view of the cemetery. Welcome to Legacy Acres! Lay your relatives to rest here so that /you/ can get some rest at home! No spooky spirits wandering around moaning and groaning about their beds! No TVs randomly turning on and waking anyone sleeping on the couch! No more having the puddles scared out of you! Legacy Acres... if you love your relatives (and your sanity) you'll make us the final resting place of choice for the dearly departed.



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