1893 | 1895 Early 1894 (Spring) Spring was coming, and the snow was finally receding. The plants were waking, and things were starting to look up. Stefan was particularly happy to be able to once again spend time out in the fields, getting his hands dirty with some honest work. He looked forward to the […]

1890s Week 3 | 1890s Week 5 These guys are such a happy family. After the horrifying ordeal that was the twins as toddlers, things have changed drastically for the better. James still needs some Research & Debate skill for work, so he’s talking to himself in the mirror again. Anna is trying to get […]

1892 Part 2 | 1894 (Author’s Note: With an eye towards getting through possibly more than one generation this month with this story (and, consequently, the Sheppards as well), I am increasing the length of the posts for this family, and I’m going to TRY to fit a whole “year” into each chapter instead of […]

Gen 1 Heir Poll Results | Chapter 1.9 Just as a reminder, this is where we stand on points: Total Points: 165 Self Wetting: -10 Pass Out: -90 Failing School: 0 Negative Traits Earned by NTHs: -5 Accidental Deaths: 0 Fires: -10 Social Worker Visit: 0 Single Birth: +5 Twins: +10 Triplets: 0 Any sim […]

Chapter 4 | Chapter 6 Kids Count: 6 Young Adult (moved out) 0 Teenager 3 Child 2 Toddlers 0 Babies First off, I apologize about this being a short update. It was a four hour play session, but somehow I ended up with only these pictures. Apparently I got bored and was paying more attention […]

1892 Part 1 | 1893 1892 (Late Fall) Watching Florence grow and start to explore her world really made Juliet impatient for this next baby to be born. So impatient that, when her labor actually started, it took a couple hours for her to believe it was really truly time. Of course, it was in […]

1891 | 1892 Part 2 1892 (Early Fall) Juliet smiled to herself, thinking of how happy Stefan had been to know that they were expecting a second child. All he kept talking about was how he would send his little boy to school to give him the best of chances in life – chances he […]

Chapter 1.7 | Chapter 1.9 Caizey had spent days painting, and finally her money tree garden was paying off. The first day alone netted more than 150,000 simoleons. There was no way she would be hurting for money anymore. She picked up her dog-eared home improvement catalog and made a call to the local contractors. […]

1890s Week 2 | 1890s Week 4 Welcome back to the madhouse. As a reminder: we’re in the 1890s, and have three toddlers and two dogs. Oh yeah, and Anna is pregnant again. Save me! No, really.. the twins have their birthday very soon, and I’m really looking forward to it. Gertrude, dear, that’s not […]

First thing I want to say: July was a stellar month for me. I ended up being the only Simnano Participant to get the “Plus” medal for topping 50,000 words for the month. With that being said – I really had a blast doing it. I had a goals spreadsheet that I used to track […]