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Older Wall Sets
Posted On Jul 21, 2008 | Click here to comment
According to poll results, the majority of those who were kind enough to vote would like to see the walls that came in only white trim, to be trimmed in different types of wood tone.
For the newer sets coming out, I promise to make a seperate set of just the woods; natural, oak, and cherry. Possibly walnut, but I don't want to get too carried away and people messaging me with a lot of "WTF?" comments.
For those of you who would like to see the older sets, like my Harvest Warmth Collection, please let me know. I will do my best to redo sets that have already been released, but only if someone really wants it.
Thanks.
Clowns are Creepy
Posted On Jul 07, 2008 | Click here to comment
Hubby and I took the kids to the circus this past weekend. I'd like to say that all the bright colors and fanciful atmosphere inspired new creations, but all I can really say is "$24 FOR COTTON CANDY!" That, and "clowns are creepy". I've never been a big fan of clowns. It may have something to do with watching Poltergeist at the drive-in at age 5, or maybe reading Stephen King's "It" while I was in elementary school, I dunno. Anyway, I'm now broken when it comes to clowns. I don't see them as happy, goofy, bringers of joy. I see them as creepy, evil-doers who must wear make-up because they're hiding something. The kids thought they were great, which I'm glad for, but one of the clowns touched me, and I thought I was gonna barf. That, or punch him. Yuck!
The best part of the circus, according to the kids, was the elephants. Because they did such neat tricks? No. Beacuse while they did such neat tricks, they pooped all over each other. There's nothing like a little, ok, a lot, of dung to really get the crowd going. It's been 3 days and the kids still say stuff like, "Remember when the elephants were standing on their heads, and that one big one had diarrhea?" Ah, good times. I spent $100 to look at poop. :)
The Sling Is Off, but Don't Expect A Lot Of New Content
Posted On Jul 05, 2008 | 2 Comments
I was able to take off my sling and wrist brace. YAY! Seems I'm all healed up... until next time, anyway. While I had a broken wrist, I was full of ideas for new wallpaper sets, etc., but now that I am fully able to start creating again, I don't seem to have that same enthusiasm. Especially since I've somehow managed to run into some not-so-pleasant people here on TSR. I know I shouldn't be bothered by other people's bad attitudes, but after putting in hours of hard work on a project that I share freely with other people, it stings when people tell you that you're "not good enough" or to "give it up". WTF?
I'm currently uninspired at the moment, but if any of you have any suggestions as to what sorts of items you'd like to see from me, feel free to let me know. Hopefully I'll get myself out of this funk. I really do like sharing, but I'm wondering if it's worth it anymore.
I'm probably the only person who's never seen this...
Posted On May 29, 2008 | 4 Comments
Today when I turned on The Sims 2 to check some of my new items in the game, I noticed something strange in the top left corner of my game. There, in all it's splendid pink glory, was what appeared to be a runaway Macy's Day Parade blimp. I think it was a pig, but I'm not sure since I couldn't zoom in on it.
Am I the only person who has never seen this before?
I Hurt Myself
Posted On May 22, 2008 | Click here to comment
Yesterday was the Friends of the Library booksale. Being the it was bag day (2 bags for $5. All the books you can shove in there. Wheeee!), I dragged my kids across town to see what we could find. I can never resist cheap books, and being that I am a master bag-stuffer, I know I'll get my money's worth. (Gosh, that makes me sound cheap.)
Anyway, I found out that they sell books by the box. You can go into their warehouse, point to a certain genre, pay $2 or $3 (depending on the size of box you want), and they will load them up in your car. You don't get to pick and choose what you get in these boxes, but who cares? Surprises are fun, right?
Being that my kids don't really want to look through rows and rows of books, I thought I'd get a few boxes of elementary fiction. I paid for my 4 LARGE boxes, and headed out to collect them. When I got there, I was informed that they were out of the large, so they'd double up on the small. No problem, right? Well, "small" wasn't very small at all. They hold 50+ books each. Now I have 9 "small" boxes of paperbacks.
After unloading boxes, sifting through each one, and then stacking them all up again, I've managed to hurt my right arm. My wrist, elbow, and shoulder are all in a huge amount of pain. I'm going to the doctor today to see if I've fractured my wrist... AGAIN. (It's never going to heal at this point.) I wanted to let everyone know that I will still be here uploading like a mad woman, but maybe not quite as much as I had been recently. I can only sit here for so long before I need to take something for the pain and rest the arm a bit.
Note to self: Next time bring the husband so he can unload boxes.
Kudos Lottery
Posted On May 19, 2008 | Click here to comment
I've come to the conclusion that 150 tickets is not enough to get a prize in the lottery, so I've decided that starting today, I will buy 25 tickets a day. That's 12500 kudos points a day. A DAY! I will have haul a** on making new things just to earn some more points to have any sort of chance at winning anything in the lottery. The funniest part is, I don't care what I get, I just want to win something. The mug would be super. I could proudly display it on my desk, and people would ask me how and where I got it. Then I could say, "It's a funny story, really...", and tell them about how I had to create about 5000 new things to share so I could earn points. It's beyond obsession, now. I HAVE to WIN! I WILL win! I have until July to buy as many tickets as I can, and buy them I will! Watch out, TSR. I'm on a mission!
New Paperback s
Posted On May 03, 2008 | Click here to comment
Wideopeneyes has this really great book mesh. As soon as I saw that it could be recolored, I jumped all over that. I LOVE books. My entire house looks like a book monster threw up on every possible surface. Since I like to make Sims of my friends, my family, and myself, I figured this was the perfect opportunity to make some recolors that I could randomly place around my Sims houses.
I absolutely love the Idiot Girl books by Laurie Notaro, so I made recolors of all of her books. My Sims are happily on their way to becoming a fire hazard. :)
Get wideopeneyes mesh here . While you're there, congratulate our newest Select Artist.
Random Rugs
Posted On May 01, 2008 | Click here to comment
I was recently asked if I would make more rugs, so being the person I am, I got to work on a couple new rug designs. A couple turned into a few, a few turned into several collections, and from there it sort of got out of control. Apparently a few, in Cristina's world, means 42, and that's just what I've uploaded so far in between homeschooling, reading, being sick, and shooting the crap out of terrorists in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2.
Now is a good time for an intervention. Especially since I'm all stocked up on chips and dip.
I Could Be A Doctor
Posted On Apr 17, 2008 | Click here to comment
From what I've witnessed over the past ten years with MY doctor, I'm quite confident that I could do his job. Listen to patient, take notes, look up random drugs, write prescription, collect paycheck. Got it.
The man has been treating me for the same exact thing for 10 YEARS, and I get the same response every time I see him. "I don't see any change in your blood work...Hmmmm... Let's try this." **Shrugs**
Wow, that reassures me. At least he's consistant. Basically what it boils down to is that he DOESN'T KNOW what to do. Okay, no problem. I wish doctors would just be honest about what they do and don't know, rather than trying to act god-like and prescribe you all sorts of BS that won't help. I'd be far more willing to go along with something if they made it clear that it was more of an "experimental" sort of treatment to see what works. I'm not stupid, I know when you don't know what you're doing...
I swear, it took like 13 years for them to realize that I had Lupus. Heaven forbid that they listen to me and go along with MY theory of all the symptoms being related. No, they want to treat every symptom individually, or insist that I take an antideppresant because it's "all in my head". WTF?
I started this rant because of the newest thing to happen. My doctor finally figured out that I have endometiosis. Of course, they had to cut me open to figure it out, but I'd say it was well worth it. Now that man can't give me anymore crap when I tell him that my PMS includes so much pain that I can't WALK! That man used to look at me like I was crazy when I'd explain it to him and then try to prescribe Zoloft. Hello... I'm not depressed, or crazy. I have PAIN. MEN!! The best part? They're not going to do anything about it. Too risky to cut it out, and the drugs that are supposed to help don't mesh well with me. My prescription? "Take Advil." Which, if he'd bothered to care or just look at my file, would know that I can't take Advil, or aspirin. I've been with him for 10 FRIGGIN YEARS!, and he can't remember that?
I think I'm done with doctors for a while. Until something major happens, like my arm falls off, I won't be making any appointments any time soon.
Friday's my Birthday
Posted On Apr 08, 2008 | 2 Comments
Just a quick reminder to those of you good enough to visit my page, I will not be "here" this weekend. Friday is my birthday, and since I'm spending this entire week shuttling my kids back and forth to their testing sites, I will be rewarding myself (and them) with a big "nothing" Friday. Consider me dead that day. I'm sleeping in, will not answer the phone, will lounge about in my pj's watching my Angel box set, and eating mass amounts of junk food. Saturday I'll be out at the Home Show with my mom, and Sunday I have the obligatory birthday get together. (I realize that makes me sound ungrateful, but I'm exhausted and need a time out.)
I'll be back Monday if anyone needs to get in touch with me for any reason.