I started this WordPress Blog back in 2012. At the beginning, I assure you, I had no idea what I was starting. I posted a few things… but it wasn’t for several years that my blogging really took off. I dabbled in a few Sims 3 stories (which are still accessible on this site – just check my retired & completed simlit section). By August 2016, however, I was well and truly hooked on blogging, although at that point, I was still waffling between Sims 3 and 4. The waffling didn’t take too much more time, though, before I was thoroughly addicted to Sims 4. Once I hit this point, I’ve never gone back. I still had (and have) periods of writer’s block and inactivity, but I always come back.
Sometime in 2023, this blog really tripled in traffic. And it did so on a very consistent basis. Which made me really start seriously considering the thoughts and ideas for it that I’d had in the back of my head for YEARS. The host I was on prior to this one, wordpress.com .. was great. It was cheap, it was reliable, and it was easy to use. However, the amount of customization and control I had over the website design and add-ons was, well.. very very low. And even if I doubled the cost of the plan I was on, it was going to remain virtually the same…. which is exactly the opposite of what this growing blog needed. With my challenges gaining in popularity, and my livestreaming, I really wanted to be able to upgrade the graphics, layout, and things that the website offered… By October, it was clear my blog was getting 25,000 to 30,000 hits per month on a very stable basis – so when I noticed that my two year subscription to wrodpress.com was ready to renew on the 26th, I decided, spur-of-the-moment, that there wasn’t going to be a better time to upgrade. So I immediately started looking for a way to pay for a new webhost, and researching where I wanted to go, as well as finding out exactly what upgrades I wanted and needed for the site. Originally, I was going to do a fund-raising stream for the money, but a very lovely friend of mine kindly donated the full amount I needed to pay for the next THREE YEARS of hosting. When that’s almost up, I will certainly be looking for ways to raise the money for the next web-hosting fee, but that’s a problem for future me. (If you’re interested in helping to support this site and my streaming, check out my Support Me page. 100% of donations will go to the website and my streaming.)
All that being said, I do try to be pretty transparent on the effort that goes into this website – the background work, the time for upgrading, the work involved in moving the site, as well as what it takes to keep my challenges updated. I’m also in a long process of adding a knowledge database to this website to share the Sims 4 knowledge I’ve accrued over the years (expect that to start happening by January 2024 – I do have a few other major things on my list before I start devoting a ton of time into the toolsnlinks section, but it’s coming.) This transparency led to the need to have a page devoted to collecting the posts about website news and information…. so that’s where this page comes in. Obviously, there’s no real reason to go back to the news I was posting at the very beginning of the website, but it’s there buried in the archives if you’re ever curious!
Wednesday, July 21st (5-9 PM EST): Catch up stream or Building. If either Drifter or Master Simmer generations aren’t done, this is when I’ll finish them. If those are done, I will probably put the time into building.
Thursday, July 22nd (1-5 PM EST):Special Stream Alert – First Cottage Living Play Stream!! The plan is to go back to my Stream “Hard Mode” Decades Challenge, which is patiently waiting in the 1900s for their farm to get some animals. However, I reserve the right to make a new sim and just enjoy the new pack for this day if MCCC isn’t ready for me to play my Decades quite yet.
Friday, July 23rd (1-5 PM EST): By this point, MCCC should be ready, so I’ll be playing my “Hard Mode” Decades Challenge.
Saturday, July 24th (1-9 PM EST): More Decades Challenge Play.
Sunday, July 25th: No stream
*As you can see, everything is moved around with the 22nd of July as the “finish” date for a lot of things. As of the 22nd, the new pack is coming out, and I will also be stopping my current blog rotation of stories, and switching to “Rotation Two”: my Decades Challenge War, and the Diversity Experiment. Expect the week after this to go more or less back to “normal”.
Fun Stuff:
Community Challenges! – I have all three of my possible challenges up and ready for funding (i.e. wasting your points on… ) Feel free to fund whichever you want first, or keep things wild and interesting by funding all three each day. Basically, you’re able to spend a maximum of 2k channel points per stream day on each of these challenges.
Chat dictates my build – Once this is funded, I will schedule a special stream where chat gets to vote on every little thing about my build. Type, size, packs used, themes, and more!
Community Games Night – Once funded, I schedule a special game-night stream where we all get together to play party games like Jackbox, Gartic Phone, and others. Can’t promise it’ll stay safe for work! *grin*
Put Thrall on the Chaos Wheel – Once funded, I schedule a special gameplay stream where chat redeems wheel spins to add chaos. Wheel will be designed by me with lots of chaotic things to put my sims through. (if you’re interested in what kind of things will be on the wheel, I’ll be using this reddit post as my inspiration: https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/7gxyl7/random_sim_events_list/)
After these three are done, the next challenge to be added is: My new Homes for Gnomes Village project: Another Community Challenge that, once funded, will be an interactive Shell challenge and special build a long stream (starting in August at the earliest) where I will give everyone participating (whether there for the build a long or just signed up via the Google Doc I will set up) a 15 by 15 outdoor room with a shell on it to decorate based on prompts I will be providing. Themes will be based on the base game gnomes in Sims 4, and the shells will be built by me to match. I will spin a wheel for each participant live on stream to see which gnome and shell you get, and your job will be to decorate it in the month following. Lastly, I will put together all builds into a huge downloadable Gnome Village lot (or lots if we have enough participants) and we will schedule a tour of all the builds! Again, you’ll have a full month to put your build together as a participant, and they will all be “tiny homes”, so this should not be too time-consuming or difficult for anyone. Depending on how this works (or doesn’t), I may do more challenges based on this general idea.
In Search of Streamers to Collaborate with: I am also hunting for more streamers who are willing to collaborate on Twitch stream challenges: For more info, contact me on Twitch or Discord.
Inside/Outside Shell Challenges: This involves you building a set of rooms and decorating them, me building a shell and all the landscaping, and then switching said builds. I would then put together your rooms into a house and landscape it, and you would decorate the shell I made.
Chaos Wheel Challenges: This involves doing a multi stream (or just both of us streaming at the same time) with both streamers coming up with their own wheel of “bad things” to do to the other person’s game and build. We start with a sim we’ve created and then play “Rags to Riches” style, with the “goal” being building a full house and having a family. Each of us will get to pick our own things to put on the wheel. At the end of stream, both streamers upload their builds and families and wonder where it all went wrong. (LOL)
Blind Building Challenges: Again, a same-time stream, only this time it’s all about building. One person is building “blind”, without being able to see the other person’s screen. The other streamer builds a build, and directs their partner to build the same build with just verbal directions. At the end of stream, both partners upload their builds and laugh about how different they are.
SimNaNo: This started July 1st, (and finishes on the 31st) and is the main reason for my main streaming challenges being missing from the streaming schedule. I want to get my current blog rotation finished at the very latest before July 22nd so I can move to my Decades rotation with the new pack.
Current Shell Challenge:
There is also another puzzle-type shell/build-a-long up, feel free to jump in! Rules are as follows: Download lot from this hashtag on the gallery: #picknicbasket – Designed as a choose your own size shell. The only piece you MUST use is the rounded deck, but it can be merged with other pieces so long as the outside rounded edge is still clearly visible. Your prompt: Build a home for picnicking with a large deck area (covered or not) outside. Choose at least 6 rooms from the given 25 (plus deck), & build a home or venue. Adding walls & changing to spandrel fence or half wall is ok. Must include a water feature. Tours: Aug 14 (a Saturday, starting at 1PM)
Monday, July 12th (1-5 PM EST):Special Stream Alert – Working on HiHelloRachel’s Shell Collaboration! If I have extra time, I’ll do additional building.
Wednesday, July 21st (1-3 PM EST): Building Stuff. Probably some Channel Point redeems.
Wednesday, July 21st (5-9 PM EST): Catch up stream. If I have NOT finished Plum Gen, Drifter, or Master Simmer’s Gens by this day, I will be finishing them now. If I am done with all.. hooray, and we’ll work on my RainbowSins challenge, or build. In other words, playing this by ear for today.
Thursday, July 22nd (1-5 PM EST):Special Stream Alert – First Cottage Living Play Stream!! The plan is to go back to my Stream “Hard Mode” Decades Challenge, which is patiently waiting in the 1900s for their farm to get some animals. However, I reserve the right to make a new sim and just enjoy the new pack for this day if MCCC isn’t ready for me to play my Decades quite yet.
Friday, July 23rd (1-5 PM EST): By this point, MCCC should be ready, so I’ll be playing my “Hard Mode” Decades Challenge.
Saturday, July 24th (1-9 PM EST): More Decades Challenge Play.
Sunday, July 25th: No stream
*As you can see, everything is moved around with the 22nd of July as the “finish” date for a lot of things. As of the 22nd, the new pack is coming out, and I will also be stopping my current blog rotation of stories, and switching to “Rotation Two”: my Decades Challenge War, and the Diversity Experiment. Expect the week after this to go more or less back to “normal”.
Fun Stuff:
Community Challenges! – I have all three of my possible challenges up and ready for funding (i.e. wasting your points on… ) Feel free to fund whichever you want first, or keep things wild and interesting by funding all three each day. Basically, you’re able to spend a maximum of 2k channel points per stream day on each of these challenges.
Chat dictates my build – Once this is funded, I will schedule a special stream where chat gets to vote on every little thing about my build. Type, size, packs used, themes, and more!
Community Games Night – Once funded, I schedule a special game-night stream where we all get together to play party games like Jackbox, Gartic Phone, and others. Can’t promise it’ll stay safe for work! *grin*
Put Thrall on the Chaos Wheel – Once funded, I schedule a special gameplay stream where chat redeems wheel spins to add chaos. Wheel will be designed by me with lots of chaotic things to put my sims through. (if you’re interested in what kind of things will be on the wheel, I’ll be using this reddit post as my inspiration: https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/7gxyl7/random_sim_events_list/)
After these three are done, the next challenge to be added is: My new Homes for Gnomes Village project: Another Community Challenge that, once funded, will be an interactive Shell challenge and special build a long stream (starting in August at the earliest) where I will give everyone participating (whether there for the build a long or just signed up via the Google Doc I will set up) a 15 by 15 outdoor room with a shell on it to decorate based on prompts I will be providing. Themes will be based on the base game gnomes in Sims 4, and the shells will be built by me to match. I will spin a wheel for each participant live on stream to see which gnome and shell you get, and your job will be to decorate it in the month following. Lastly, I will put together all builds into a huge downloadable Gnome Village lot (or lots if we have enough participants) and we will schedule a tour of all the builds! Again, you’ll have a full month to put your build together as a participant, and they will all be “tiny homes”, so this should not be too time-consuming or difficult for anyone. Depending on how this works (or doesn’t), I may do more challenges based on this general idea.
In Search of Streamers to Collaborate with: I am also hunting for more streamers who are willing to collaborate on Twitch stream challenges: For more info, contact me on Twitch or Discord.
Inside/Outside Shell Challenges: This involves you building a set of rooms and decorating them, me building a shell and all the landscaping, and then switching said builds. I would then put together your rooms into a house and landscape it, and you would decorate the shell I made.
Chaos Wheel Challenges: This involves doing a multi stream (or just both of us streaming at the same time) with both streamers coming up with their own wheel of “bad things” to do to the other person’s game and build. We start with a sim we’ve created and then play “Rags to Riches” style, with the “goal” being building a full house and having a family. Each of us will get to pick our own things to put on the wheel. At the end of stream, both streamers upload their builds and families and wonder where it all went wrong. (LOL)
Blind Building Challenges: Again, a same-time stream, only this time it’s all about building. One person is building “blind”, without being able to see the other person’s screen. The other streamer builds a build, and directs their partner to build the same build with just verbal directions. At the end of stream, both partners upload their builds and laugh about how different they are.
SimNaNo: This started July 1st, (and finishes on the 31st) and is the main reason for my main streaming challenges being missing from the streaming schedule. I want to get my current blog rotation finished at the very latest before July 22nd so I can move to my Decades rotation with the new pack.
Also:do not forget we have a new challenge up as of last Tuesday:
As of Saturday, there’s a second “shell challenge” from the Build-A-Long. You are welcome to participate even if you couldn’t make it to the stream! Rules are as follows: Download lot from this hashtag on the gallery: #picknicbasket – Designed as a choose your own size shell. The only piece you MUST use is the rounded deck, but it can be merged with other pieces so long as the outside rounded edge is still clearly visible. Your prompt: Build a home for picnicking with a large deck area (covered or not) outside. Choose at least 6 rooms from the given 25 (plus deck), & build a home or venue. Adding walls & changing to spandrel fence or half wall is ok. Must include a water feature. Tours: Aug 14 (a Saturday, starting at 1PM)
Monday, July 5th (1-5 PM EST):Special Stream Alert – Working on HiHelloRachel’s Shell Collaboration! If I have extra time, I’ll do additional building. Conversely, if I don’t get it done, I will finish on Wednesday’s early stream.
Tuesday, July 6th (1-5 PM EST): Special Stream Alert – Building my Secret Santa Shell for PixelatedFoxGaming’s Challenge. Same clauses as Mondays’ stream.
Wednesday, July 7th (12-3 PM EST): Building stream!
Wednesday, July 7th (5-9 PM EST):Special Stream Alert – Shell Tours For my Half and Half shell. If you’re still working on yours, you’ve got a few days still to get in your submission. Really looking forward to seeing these! Will also be debuting “My Best Friend’s Shell” Challenge at the end of tours (tours for this will be done on August 4th).
Saturday, July 10th (1-9 PM EST):Special Stream Alert – 10k Gallery Downloads Celebration! – This stream will be a build-a-long prompt and shell. I will publish the shell at the beginning of stream as well as put up the exact rules and prompt then, and anyone who can make it is welcome to build a long with me. TOURS for these will be Wednesday, July 24th at 5PM EST. Also, the thing I know I’ve been really waiting to announce – I will be hosting GIVEAWAYS during stream!! – I will be giving away FOUR Stuff Packs, TWO Game Packs and TWO Expansion packs – one per hour each hour of stream. I have figured out ways to make this international, and if you win I will do everything possible to get your pack to you ASAP. MUST be on PC, and on Steam or Origin to be eligible.
Sunday, July 4th: No stream
*I do apologize that my main stream challenges are missing from this schedule, but with SimNaNo having started July 1st, and all the special streams this week, things needed to be shifted around. Expect to see things settling down next week.
Upcoming fun stuff:
Community Challenges! – I will be launching at least one of these during this week, so it (or they) will be up by Saturday’s Celebration stream. Basically, these are “projects” that my stream viewers will “fund” with channel points. Once funded, I will then schedule the project and associated Special Streams listed. If you have any ideas for other projects like this, let me know!
Chat dictates my build – this is one of those fun “torture the streamer” things. After the challenge is funded, I will schedule a special stream in which anyone who can be there will be voting on details of my build – from the size, to the type, to the style, to the colors and packs used. Should be interesting, and fun for everyone!
Community Games Night – Once this is funded, I will schedule a special stream in the afternoon or evening (we’ll hold a vote to see when the best day/time will be for everyone) and we’ll play some interactive games. I have ALL of the Jackbox Party Packs on Steam that we can play, as well as all available You Don’t Know Jack trivia games, and/or Scribblio, Gartic Phone, Golf With Friends, and even a possibility of something like Among Us.
Also Announcing: My new Homes for Gnomes Village project: Another Community Challenge that, once funded, will be an interactive Shell challenge and special build a long stream (starting in August at the earliest) where I will give everyone participating (whether there for the build a long or just signed up via the Google Doc I will set up) a 15 by 15 outdoor room with a shell on it to decorate based on prompts I will be providing. Themes will be based on the base game gnomes in Sims 4, and the shells will be built by me to match. I will spin a wheel for each participant live on stream to see which gnome and shell you get, and your job will be to decorate it in the month following. Lastly, I will put together all builds into a huge downloadable Gnome Village lot (or lots if we have enough participants) and we will schedule a tour of all the builds! Again, you’ll have a full month to put your build together as a participant, and they will all be “tiny homes”, so this should not be too time-consuming or difficult for anyone. Depending on how this works (or doesn’t), I may do more challenges based on this general idea.
In Search of: I am also hunting for more streamers who are willing to collaborate on Inside/Outside shell/room/house swap challenges. This involves you building a set of rooms and decorating them, me building a shell and all the landscaping, and then switching said builds. I would then put together your rooms into a house and landscape it, and you would decorate the shell I made. For more info, contact me on Twitch or Discord.
SimNaNo: This started July 1st, and is the main reason for my main streaming challenges being missing from the above schedule. I want to get my current blog rotation finished at the very latest before July 22nd, so we’ll be visiting my Drifter and my Master Simmer stories this week.
The new July 22nd Cottage Living expansion will be doing all sorts of fun things to my schedule, because I will be dropping pretty much anything I’m still working on to pull out my Decades challenges (both the blog ones and the stream one). If I have not finished the generations of my Drifter, Master Simmer, and Mermaid Legacy, (blogged stories) they will just have to wait until they come up in rotation again, and the same goes for my Stream Not So Berry.
Also: do not forget that we have a shell challenge going at this time – only few days left to get in your entries for Wednesday’s tours!!
*I do apologize that my main stream challenges are missing from this schedule, but with SimNaNo starting July 1st, things needed to be shifted around. More explanation about this below. I do hope to put my Plum Gen Not So Berry back on the schedule next week, though!
Reminder – Also coming up:
Celebration Stream: My Gallery Downloads are at 9766 (at the time of this writing), and creeping ever closer to 10,000. When I hit 10k I will be scheduling a celebration stream during which I will be giving away some packs. At least two stuff packs of your choice (must be a follower of mine on Twitch, and must be on PC with Origin or Steam), a game pack or two, and also one of the coming expansion pack. The stream will be a build-a-long (my first) where I give everyone (including me) a prompt and some specifications, and we all build. A couple weeks after that stream, I’ll do a tour stream where we can all show off our build-a-long builds!
SimNaNo: This starts July 1st, and is the main reason for my main streaming challenges being missing from the above schedule. I want to get my current blog rotation finished at the very latest before July 22nd, so we’ll be visiting my Drifter and my Master Simmer stories this week, as well as my Mermaids. This event will not affect shell tours in July or the above mentioned celebration stream and it’s later tours!
The new July 22nd Cottage Living expansion will be doing all sorts of fun things to my schedule, because I will be dropping pretty much anything I’m still working on to pull out my Decades challenges (both the blog ones and the stream one). If I have not finished the generations of my Drifter, Master Simmer, and Mermaid Legacy, (blogged stories) they will just have to wait until they come up in rotation again, and the same goes for my Stream Not So Berry.
Also: do not forget that we have a shell challenge going at this time – only a week and a half left to get in your entries!
Wednesday, June 23rd (12-3 PM EST): Building my Secret Santa Shell for PixelatedFoxGaming (and more building after if I get this done quickly enough)
Wednesday, June 23rd (5-9 PM EST): Starting up on my RainbowSins Greed Generation 3
Thursday, June 24th (1-5 PM EST): Plum Gen 5 of my Not So Berry challenge
Friday, June 25th (1-5 PM EST): Plum Gen 5 of my Not So Berry challenge
Saturday, June 26th (1-5 PM EST): Plum Gen 5 of my Not So Berry challenge
Reminder – Also coming up:
Celebration Stream: My Gallery Downloads are at 9533 (at the time of this writing), and creeping ever closer to 10,000. When I hit 10k I will be scheduling a celebration stream during which I will be giving away some packs. At least two stuff packs of your choice (must be a follower of mine on Twitch, and must be on PC with Origin or Steam), a game pack or two, and also one of the coming expansion pack. The stream will probably be a build-a-long (my first) where I give everyone (including me) a prompt and some specifications, and we all build. A couple weeks after that stream, I’ll do a tour stream where we can all show off our build-a-long builds!
SimNaNo: As I mentioned the last couple weeks, this is coming up in July, and as testing last week went extremely well, I will be doing some more preparations for it this week. I want to get my current blog rotation finished preferably before July, at the very latest before July 22nd, so we’ll be visiting my Drifter and my Master Simmer stories this week. This event will not affect shell tours in July or the above mentioned celebration stream and it’s later tours!
The new July 22nd Cottage Living expansion will be doing all sorts of fun things to my schedule, because I will be dropping pretty much anything I’m still working on to pull out my Decades challenges (both the blog ones and the stream one). If I have not finished the generations of my Drifter, Master Simmer, and Mermaid Legacy, (blogged stories) they will just have to wait until they come up in rotation again, and the same goes for my Stream Not So Berry.
Also: do not forget that we have a shell challenge going at this time:
Monday, June 14th (1-5 PM EST): Testing out playing one of my blog challenges and seeing if I can get pictures and get ready for a post while streaming. Story in question: Tails of Sulani (my Mermaid Legacy)
Tuesday, June 15th (1-5 PM EST): Test Day 2: Tails of Sulani
There will be no early Wednesday stream, because I have my chiropractor appointment then.
Wednesday, June 16th (5-9 PM EST): Checking out any Junk House Renovations submitted, then working on my RainbowSins Challenge (Orange Gluttony Generation)
Thursday, June 17th (1-5 PM EST): Plum Gen 5 of my Not So Berry challenge
Friday, June 18th (1-5 PM EST): Plum Gen 5 of my Not So Berry challenge
Saturday, June 19th (1-5 PM EST): Plum Gen 5 of my Not So Berry challenge
Also coming up:
Celebration Stream: My Gallery Downloads are at 9350+, and creeping ever closer to 10,000. When I hit 10k I will be scheduling a celebration stream during which I will be giving away some packs. At least two stuff packs of your choice (must be a follower of mine on Twitch, and must be on PC with Origin or Steam), a game pack or two, and also one of the coming expansion pack. The stream will probably be a build-a-long (my first) where I give everyone (including me) a prompt and some specifications, and we all build. A couple weeks after that stream, I’ll do a tour stream where we can all show off our build-a-long builds!
SimNaNo: As I mentioned last week, this is coming up in July, and as I prepare for it, I’ll be trying to figure out how to increase my blogging for the month of July without dropping my streaming – because quite honestly, I love streaming and every one of you guys who shows up to hang out with me. I will be putting streaming my blog stories to a test this week, and see if it’s even possible (see Monday and Tuesday in the above schedule). This event will not affect shell tours or the above mentioned celebration stream and it’s later tours!
The new July 22nd Cottage Living expansion will be doing all sorts of fun things to my schedule, because I will be dropping pretty much anything I’m still working on to pull out my Decades challenges (both the blog ones and the stream one). If I have not finished the generations of my Drifter, Master Simmer, and Mermaid Legacy, (blogged stories) they will just have to wait until they come up in rotation again, and the same goes for my Stream Not So Berry.
Also: do not forget that we have two build challenges going at this time: (although the second is due wednesday!)
Thursday, June 10th (1-5 PM EST): Stream Hard Home Decades Challenge – 1900’s
Friday, June 11th (1-5 PM EST): Stream Hard Home Decades Challenge – 1900’s (*may be a little late starting, hubby has a morning Dr. appt, but I’ll be on ASAP after)
Saturday, June 12th (1-5 PM EST): Stream Hard Home Decades Challenge – 1900’s
Also coming up:
Celebration Stream: My Gallery Downloads are at 9150+, and creeping ever closer to 10,000. When I hit 10k I will be scheduling a celebration stream during which I will be giving away some packs. At least two stuff packs of your choice (must be a follower of mine on Twitch, and must be on PC with Origin or Steam), and possibly more than just the two stuff packs. The stream will probably be a build-a-long (my first) where I give everyone (including me) a prompt and some specifications, and we all build. A couple weeks after that stream, I’ll do a tour stream where we can all show off our build-a-long builds!
SimNaNo: During the month of July, I have a blog event happening for one of the forum groups I’m a part of – basically a Sim version of National Novel Writing Month. Basically, you choose some personal goals to get to, either a certain number of posts, or pictures, or words within the month. Then, throughout the month, you post on the forums links to your blog posts (either story form or commentary, I don’t think it matters which) and everyone cheers each other on. It’s really a lot of fun, in all the right ways. In the past two previous year’s events, I have achieved massive success – last year I topped 50,000 words published in a month, the year before more than 30,000. Now, I don’t know if I’m going to shoot for the medal for 50k words again (there’s also a bonus forum medal for 25k words, which seems more realistic), but I am definitely participating in the event. (Those interested in the event for themselves are welcome to check it out on the boolprop forums (https://www.boolprop.net/viewtopic.php?f=302&t=7251) Combining this with keeping up my streaming schedule, however, will be interesting. Some people have expressed interest in me actually streaming my game play and picture taking strategy for my daily story posts for the event. Doing this would also allow me to get things done with “less” stress. However, I don’t know if this is something everyone would be interested in, or whether I should restrict something like this to just a couple days a week. Will probably put a discussion topic or vote about it on my discord, or you’re free to comment on this post on my blog with comments about this. This event will not affect shell tours or the above mentioned celebration stream and it’s later tours!
Golden Plumbob awards: on those same forums, I recently found out that several of my Sims blog stories have been nominated for awards based on last year’s blog postings. I’m incredibly flattered by it, and wanted to share the graphic I was gifted:
Also: do not forget that we have two build challenges going at this time:
Monday the 17th (1-5 PM EST): Hoarder’s House Challenge Tuesday the 18th (1-5 PM EST): Hoarder’s House Challenge Wednesday the 19th (5-9 PM EST): Rainbow Sins Challenge Thursday the 20th (1-5 PM EST): Timeline Adventure Challenge Friday the 21st (1-5 PM EST): Timeline Adventure Challenge Saturday the 22nd (1-5 PM EST): Timeline Adventure Challenge
At some point in the week, I may do a building stream instead of the listed stream because I have a ton of shell challenges on my list…. (The other option is a bonus stream at some point this week, but we’ll see.)
Blog:
Also, will be working to get back to my other blog stories this week because I REALLY miss my Decades challenges, and they’re next after this rotation.
“One Sim” will remain a once a day posting thing, and I have a ton of fun things planned story-wise for upcoming days and weeks. I will continue to allow game play happenings to affect the story, but I definitely have some plans that will be happening to Jazmyn’s story-line whether or not anything happens to point to it in game play.
If you’re looking closely, you’ll find I JUST put in a new menu item to the top page menu. “One Sim” is short for “One Sim, One Lifetime”, and is a new project (and challenge) that I’m taking on, and the picture above is a teaser photo of the “One Sim” in question. I’m seriously excited about this. It will be mostly a blog / forums thing, but I will also tweet for each post in the project, and I may make a channel on discord about it (eventually). I have the page set up, and all the info you need to get acquainted with the project. Over the next few days, I will be posting more information about the Sims involved, and the project will be officially launching May 1st. For more information, click on the menu link, or the link HERE.
Also: I will 100% say – this is not going to restrict me posting on the rest of my blog stories. But it will mean there will be something fun on this blog EVERY single day. Blog posts will be in addition to posts from this project, and I’m still convinced I’ve come up with the best way to combine blogging and streaming – by using my “off day” (Sunday) – to play and write up posts for the following week.
Monday 1PM – 5PM EST – Hoarder’s House Challenge (Making the sims and getting started.) Tuesday 1PM – 5PM EST – Hoarder’s House Challenge (continuing play) Wednesday 5PM – 9PM EST – RainbowSins Challenge – starting the Orange Gluttony generation! Thursday 1PM – 5PM EST – To Be Decided: if I can get my Medieval builds done by this day, I’ll start on the Medieval Gen 5 of my Timeline Adventure Challenge. If the builds aren’t done, I’ll probably finish them on stream. Friday 1PM – 5PM EST – Timeline Adventure Challenge – Medieval Gen 5 Gameplay Saturday 1PM – 5PM EST – Timeline Adventure Challenge – Medieval Gen 5 Gameplay
Notes:This will be a new thing. Hoarder’s Challenge on Monday – Tuesday until I get it done, then back to whichever challenge I’m on for Thursday – Saturday. Wednesday will remain the odd man out because it’s an evening stream, and I’ll be doing RainbowSins or shell tours (on the first Wed of each month) then. I am hoping to get my Medieval builds done by Thursday, but I can’t guarantee it, because I still have two lots to finish at this time.
Blog Schedule:
Good news! I’m trying something new this week, and starting this week, I’ll be setting aside my Sundays to play and write my blog posts up… then will be scheduling what I get done throughout the following week. I haven’t figured out the exact posting schedule, but I’m thinking it’ll be 3 or 4 posts per week in whatever rotation I’m currently playing. (For reference, I’m on Rotation One. Which means – Tails of Sulani Mermaid Legacy, Master Simmer, and my Drifter Challenge are going to get their next gens finished before I move to the next rotation.) If I get three posts, it’ll be Monday / Wednesday / Friday; if four, it’ll be Monday / Tuesday / Thursday / Friday.
I am a 47 year old American wife, mother, and gamer. I’ve lived in the Midwest most of my life, and enjoy it for the changing seasons. My favorite movie is Labyrinth, my favorite game is Sims 4, and I have tattoos related to both. My favorite colors are purple, red, and green. When I’m not playing games (which is rare) I also enjoy reading and crafting. I’m also an animal lover, and have had many types of pets over the years. Currently, I have a dog named Cassie who is a Jack Russel / Beagle mix and five young fancy rats (all of whom are rescues). I run this Sims 4 Blog where I post screenshots and stories about the different challenges I play. Also here are the Sims 4 challenges I've written, and a place for me to store all the Sims 4 knowledge I've gotten over the years. I am also a Sims 4/variety streamer on Twitch for my mental health, fun, and to meet new people. I am also in the EA Creator Network and an Ubisoft Partner, which is a dream come true! I look forward to meeting you!
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