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working on creations vs. playing

hello guys,

after more than 1 month without creating anything, i got back to creations. so far i've uploaded only the set of paintings, but i'm working on a new project which takes quite a lot of time because i'm still a beginner :)

i haven't played the actual game for ages...this is a shame, but if you're a creator you understand my situation!! :D

i wonder how the other creators face this problem. the percentage between creations and playing? :)

anyway, i hope to manage to upload a new creation soon...

have a nice weekend to all simmers xxx

Having Fun with Sims 2

I so enjoy playing my sims2, I love making houses and walls & floors. I play the sims2 game at least 2 to 3 hours a night. I guess you could say I'm a die hard Sims 2 player.

I love come to "thesimsresource" too. There are so many things to get here. You could never get board with the collection of things they have....I know I don't.  It seems TSR has everything I could want or need for my sims.

Way to go TSR...Happy to be a member.

chilili

Stolen Computer

I really don't blog here, but I'll have to save money for the new computer before the end of the year, then I'll re-download these stuff from this site.

Stories

Little stories need to be expressed. And since I can't in real life, I am going to in the Sims 3. I recently uninstalled several of my sims games and now I only have one expansion pack: Fast Lane Stuff. Really, that is only a stuff pack, but anyway. I know more cheats than ever and am going to start creating little sotries with chapters and characters and a plot and a climax and a turning point. I needed inspiration and got it from reading the first chapter of "Pieces of Me" which is one of the best stories and is on the home page. Sorry, I'd put who it was by but I have already forgotten. So, expect a story to be put up. You can't download it obviously but it is entertaining. So check back often for new houses and chapters.

Destruction of our Architectural History

I am fascinated by Architecture, specifically ornate architecture, and luckily where I live, in this tri city area there are wondeful examples around just about every corner.  Unfortunately, like any city, my home town had the growing pains where folks moved out of the inner city, into the farm lands, and the inner city became ghettos.  Beautiful homes from the late 1800 and early 1900 are being systematically destroyed because of in fighting between the preservation societies and the city councils.

  Due to this stupidity homes that could be saved due to their historical significance have been left to rot, as required mainenance is not being allowed.  Over 72 victorian homes were on the preservation list, 49 of them were released to be demolished in August because they are now beyond the ability to preserve.  Like Detroit, soon our inner city will revert back to the river fronts and fields that they once were.

Below is an article about a mansion called the Webber House, it is a perfect example of this stupidity that continues today.  Please take an interest in your own home towns history and architecture, so much craftman ship and knowledge has already been lost, help stop it if you can.

Essay is copy write Public Libraries of Saginaw

She was 82 years old when she died. Children cried when they realized she was gone. It had been a four-year struggle to survive, but she didn't make it. Seventeen years after the death the newspaper still found that there were persons who remembered and mourned the death of "The Queen" as they described her.

The "Queen" had been the residence of William L. Webber and his family at 536 Millard in Saginaw. William L. Webber, who had been the attorney for Jesse Hoyt, made his home in the elegant mansion together with son-in-law James B. Peter. Originally, the mansion was being built by Chester B. Jones, but construction had been halted prior to the purchase of the property by attorney Webber. Mr. Jones, who had been a member of the East Saginaw Board of Education, had suffered some personal misfortunes. It is surmised by historians that these tragedies probably kept him from finishing the home. William L. Webber asked son-in-law James B. Peter if he thought the mansion would be adequate to serve both the Webber and Peter families as a residence, and they continued the construction project. In later years a legendary story about the original owner evolved, and the mansion became known as "Jones Folly." Most historians dismiss portions of the legend itself as folly.

The account of the fight to save this mansion from the wrecking ball is itself of legendary proportions. However, the Committee to Save the Webber Mansion lost the battle. Never before had the possible destruction of a mansion caused so much public controversy. The home in which the last surviving Webber family member was residing had been acquired by the Saginaw Board of Education about 1934 and was being used for office space. Made of brick and stone with 18-inch thick walls and 10-feet high double doors, the "Queen" and property occupied half a city block and was surrounded by a wrought-iron fence. Inside were marble fireplaces. There were 16 large rooms and several small rooms, among them a law library and a study on the third floor. Also on the third floor James W. Peter, Webber's grandson, kept a trapeze for workouts. There were servant quarters and a tower room. William Atherton, the caretaker for twenty-two years, used a special opening in the tower wall from which to hang the U.S. flag on holidays. At this home the Webber family had entertained William Howard Taft and other dignitaries. Webber, Peter, and Jones were three men who had been involved with the development of East Saginaw's educational system and library resources. It was an unfortunate day when the preservation committee brought suit against the Saginaw Board of Education over the rescue of the trio's former home. One resident called the destruction of this home an act of "official vandalism." It was reported that no architectural salvage company rescued its treasures and that everything went to a landfill. But over the years, some books from the Webber home had found their way into the collections of the Hoyt Public Library. And today Saginawians can find copies of East Saginaw council proceedings or books of city ordinances which bear the name William L. Webber on the inside cover. It has been said that people have forgotten about the Webber house, but even today there are Saginawians who read the history and see the pictures and ask, "How could they?"

What I am up to...

So now I have submitted the last of hte regular clothes I have for the moment, and I will be working on costumes, some costumes will be things sims can almost wear every day and others will be very...well..costume-y. I don't know if that is even a word, hahah.  I may try my hand at some costume make up as well.

Also, halloween out of my system a little, I will still be working on some more male clothing.

thanks for reading!

Maggie

new sims and new screen shots coming soon

hello everyone i should be posting new sims and some new screen shots of my sims pretty soon happy simming

first week of work done

I had a great first week of work, but it has left me so very tired...to tired to play my beloved game.  I have an all day event going on tomarrow and laundry to do on sunday.  I plan to write between loads and play my legacy sim so I can get her updated.  I've taken some random screen shots of my other sims to improve on my screen shots.  so for those of you who have been loyally reading my stories you will get a story soon as I have one half written.  and thanks to everyone who has bookmarked me.  I appreciate the complament.  please feel free to comment on my stories any time. 

Frustrated with the submission process

Okay so, I revised my next chapter for the hundredth time because TSR thinks that teens can't be slapped by their parents in the game. Well, in case some of you are lost, they CAN be slapped by their parent or any adult if their relationship is bad enough. I'm not understanding why they make it so hard to post stories. My stories have no profanity, nudity, murder, or incest or anything being done to innocent children but yet they continue to reject my stories. I am so frustrated. I love to write and I can;t help but think that the same stories are being put on TSR because of the major constraints that we are under. All posts must be PG-13 and all of mine are. I gotta say, though TSR is hard to please with stories, their subscription is awesome and their creative corner is too! Just a little frustrated is all! Pray for me, I hope that this time I get a pass. 

My first story.

Hi, after much debating I decided to post a story (it is in five parts).  It is not a normal story, as it was very unplanned and different than intended.  I was going to do a legacy story, but tragedy happened to my legacies target sim as you will see. SO I decided to move on to a new legacy, maybe that Sim would have better luck. But alas tragedy struck too. But on the upside after only hearing about death by meteorite I got to see it up close and must say it was pretty funny to watch and hey after my sim sold the meteor it paid off the expenses he incurred on his honeymoon.  I hope you enjoy my first attempt.