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Prospective Fairy Paintings!

Kind of commissioned by hiedibear75, and seconded by LaurieR, a possible set of 'Flower Fairy' paintings . I haven't had a chance to test them in-game yet (probably won't get a chance til tomorrow), but just thought I'd give you a preview to see what you thought - all comments welcome Presenting: "The Flower Fairies" I'm not totally sure about the frame, but it's the only one I could use that didn't distort the pictures - unless you want fat dwarves or stick insects! (no offense meant to any fat dwarves or stick insects btw - live and let live, that's my motto! ) So what do you reckon? - good, bad, ugly, couldn't care less! (I'm in a silly mood now - that's what 6 hours of SimPE does for me - "I'm Going Slightly Mad, It's Finally Happened" (Queen, just in case you didn't know!), but I think it happened a long time ago! Crazy, insane, Mad Cow! - that's ME!

On holiday!

If anyone wonders why I've gone quiet over the next couple of weeks, it because my partner and I are off on a well deserved holiday.

We're staying over at Manchester airport tonight, then fly out to New York tomorrow morning, for almost two weeks!

I'm so excited! New York is somewhere I've always wanted to visit, and there's so much I want to do there that I'll be lucky to fit even half of it in. Oh and shopping!

See you all soon!

More sportswear

I set my foot in the gym for the first time ever, 6 months ago. It didn't take long for me to get hooked! I don't have any real sportswear as yet, but am planning to buy some this fall. I guess that's why I'm so eager to dress up my simmies! I believe I will feel even better about training once I get myself something proper to wear. And so will my simmies. So I've made tracksuits for elder females and sportswear for teen boys, these will be coming up soon!

My Surgery Day

...we got to the hospital at about 5:45am. We followed the little map I was given by the nurse three weeks prior, and we ended up at a dead end of the hospital. I was really starting to get mad and even more stressed because this particular nurse has been a flippin' nightmare since the beginning.

We noticed a small sign on the wall that said that we needed to report to this other place, so that's where we went. I headed for the desk to check in and they didn't know who I was and didn't even have my chart. So I just started crying...really loud. I was so upset, I knew this was going to happen as everyone in the entire hospital had an entirely different surgery date than I did. Nothing about this entire surgery experience has gone right for me, and I mean nothing.

Anyway, my mom went up to see what the problem was...and they directed us to a different part of the hospital. They took me back to my bed, and I started crying again...of course, I was scared and nothing was going right. They put in my catheter and then my mom went to switch out with my dad. Because I was an adult, they would only allow one person to visit with me at a time.

My dad came in and gave me a hug, and we talked for a little bit...and then a Chaplain came in and started praying for me...which got me crying again. He then asked how old I was, and he just about had a heart attack when I told him 21. He said I didn't look that at all, and then started talking about how he used to lie about his age when he was younger so he could get a cheaper price on things. I thought that was funny. Then, my step-dad went to switch out with Charles. When Charles got there, the nurses were gathering my things and about to take me to the OR. I was the first sugery of the day. So, they told Charles to go get my step-dad and my mom, and then wheeled me away.

I didn't get to spend any time with Charles at all before sugery. Once we got to the OR waiting room, there were two nurses who just started yelling at each other. One of them got pissed off when I told her that my mom wanted to talk to the doctor before surgery. So, Charles went out to get my mom...as they'd only allow one person at a time there, too. He went to get her, and then the nurse told him to wait for the doctor...it pissed me right off. She was such a jerk. She was ticked off because the other nurse should have taken me directly to the OR instead of stopping in between. Way to go, girls...let's just stress out the surgery patients a lot more while we're at it.

Eventually, they wheeled me away to the OR, and I just started crying again...I was so scared. I went to sleep, and then it seemed like within seconds I woke up. There were about 5 or 6 people standing over me. I was shaking like crazy...I wasn't cold, but I was nearly shaking right off the bed. They gave me some drugs, and I stopped shaking. I kept hearing them talking about how low my blood pressure was, and then at one point he said it was 50 over something, and then the other lady said it's higher than it was. I kept asking when I could see my mom, but they said she wasn't allowed to see me yet.

Eventually, they moved me into the original room I was in where they put in my IV that morning. My mom, step-dad, and Charles appeared. The lady said that I needed to get out of the bed and into the recliner on the far wall. I asked her if I could stay in the bed and she told me no. She then helped me into the recliner, looked at my incisions and told me that I was bleeding alittle bit.
She also said that as soon as I could pee, I could go home. I finally made it to the bathroom...and holy hell, I just about died. It hurt soooooo bad. It was like peeing razor blades.

My mom also told me that the doctor told her he'd removed a nearly quarter-sized something or another off my uterus and is sending it off to a lab for testing. We should have results in one week, he then also told her that he wanted to see me in two weeks to remove sutures and whatnot.

Recycling

Seems I'm not over it yet ;) I'm working at the moment at a third Leyris set, it will be a bedroom this time. A few previews...

The Sling Is Off, but Don't Expect A Lot Of New Content

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.

For hiedibear75

Hey! These are the pics I found: plus 3 more similar ones plus 3 more similar ones Unicorns? Any good? - please be honest - I won't be offended if you don't like them!

Long time..

Hiiii!

I apologise it has been some time since I last logged into my account - I know a lot of your have left wonderful messages on my guestbook and in my messages.

Unfortunately my account looked like it was hacked by someone which isn't nice - makes me feel kind of bummed out - so hopefully no one got nasty messages from 'me' (trust me it wasn't me!).

Just a quick note to say that I am probably not going to create anything until the next Sims XPac comes out - but don't be disappointed guys I fully intend to get back into the swing of things with the new game launch.

Take care guys!

hugs

Nance

 

200,000 downloads?! Can't believe it!

Hi, my dear friends!
I can't believe that my downloads number has reached to 200 thousand downloads!!! I still remember the times when I get my first 10 thosand dls)))
It's so amazing to share my work with you, guys! Thanks so much for all your comments, GB signs, pleasant words in you PMs to me! I do appreciate all your feedback and I want to create for you! Thanks so much for inspiration!
I wish amazing weekend full of entertainment to all of you! <3

Best regards,
Marina

New Floor Tiles Collection!

Yep, we're back to floors!! Got a bit fed up with carpets, so I decided to do some tiles for a change, so here you have (or will be getting!) a set of 25 plain and simple floor tiles in pale pastel shades to match any of my walls from my 'Pale Pastels Collections' . As usual they are amazing value for all you bargain hunters out there (you know who you are!! - I wouldn't want your poor Sims to suffer!). Quick progress update - The final two sets of my single colour variation carpets have finally been published today, and my latest set of paintings is due for release tomorrow (4th July) So especially for all our friends in the US - Let's party!! Mad Cow