Just collecting the links for all my Sims2 family trees in one place!!

Yarn: my awesimsauce challenge family, documented in yarnsim

Watson: my big legacy family!

London: vaguely Watsons - aliens this time!

Garten more vaguely Watson - but plants!

Pons-Watson: Vampire branch of the Watson family!

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at least, in part.

The other part involved lots of swinging and running. I will be buff this summer XD!

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Happy 6 month birthday to my little babies!!! (And all their siblings - far away babies, I LOVE YOU!)

Dear Speckledy and Feeny,
I love your fuzzy little bellies and your cute paws. I love that you run to the door when I come home and participate in so many of my routines. I even love that you use your litter box while I brush and floss my teeth.


I love your O.O expressions. I love that you finally figured out how to use the litterbox and stopped peeing on the floor.


I love your sleepy snuggliness and desire for belly rubs and cuddles.


I love that you wear your harnesses without fussing. I love watching you play and cuddle together. You are such good friends and that makes my heart happy. I love how you've won over the big grouchy ae like no other kittens could. And I love that you are here with me :)

Thanks for being the best, dear furbabies, I look forward to many more happy months and years!! *snuggles*

~Love,
Your People Mama

I almost always have a favorite picture. For a long time it was this picture of feeny that I posted back in March. And then I was amused by some pictures from my sims game - of adorable toddlers with alien eyes and the like. But now? I have a new favorite, and it is here to stay for a long, long time.



Do I trust these boys? Mmm... yeesss ^.^ Do I love these boys? Most definitely!!

L-R that's the brother-in-law, me, and hubby. Taken May 2, 2009 after hubby's graduationing.

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Instead of finding and uploading some pictures from graduation (I really should post at least one picture!) instead, I share this:



Apparently a caterpillar found me :D Hello!

My house is clean. In-laws and friends have safely arrived. We are ready for imminent graduation-ing! <3

Hi everyone! The Yarns (my sim family) have moved over to their own journal, so as not to crowd out my space :) They can now be found at yarnsim. If you'd like to continue reading about their adventures and mishaps, hop on over there and join in the fun! There will likely be another update today!

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Today was day two of our big vet week -- Mizu spayed yesterday and ae neutered today. They're both recovering well and we're looking forward to the calm this will bring on our house! Hooray!

And just for kicks, a picture that made Hubby and I laugh :) Mizu on the left (in the baby bed) and ae on the right.



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Hubby figured out how to embed video!!! So for your viewing "pleasure" is this first Yarn BONUS - Scuba and Sophie singing Karaoke, as mentioned in Scuba, part 4. Enjoy!

Last times with the Yarns
Scuba: part 1, part 2, part 3

46ish pictures + comments below the link/cut!
( Out and About! )
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Last times with the Yarns
Scuba: part 1, part 2

And now ...

( Dates, pancakes, and tantrums!!  )
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Last time with the Yarns ....
Scuba found lots of treasure, but is still not a millionaire.
Scuba was abducted and had twin alien babies - a boy named Huckleberry and a girl named Wisteria.
He barely survived their babyhood.

And now ...
( lots of crying and throwing up right this way! )

60ish images behind the cut/link. Warnings for ... uh ... stinky toilets, stinky adults, stinky toddlers, and stinky diapers! Oh, and fire!

Enjoy!
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It's spring break here in the lovely A2. In wonderful spring fashion it rained *all day* yesterday. We visited with two of the kittens' littermates this weekend, which was loads of fun. Thanks cdrodeffer and ravenpan for letting us borrow Merlin and Luna for a little while!!! And glad you're back safely from your trip :)

I've been playing lots of sims (of course) -- my new Yarn family and also trying to recover progress with my beloved Watson family. I had a big FAIL! experience a few weeks ago and lost a lot of progress when I had to revert to a really old backup. So far so good, and I still love them! But I've also done a lot more on my spring break. I've made some progress reorganizing the bedroom and kitchen, I've done laundry, I made delicious vegetable chili con carne, and just tonight I baked two loaves of cinnamon bread. YUM! I can't wait to eat some.

Oh, and I never did do a March RoundUp of awesome words from my calendar. As soon as I find that pile, I'll post a list here -- there were some really good ones!

Blah blah, boring update... continue on with your exciting lives!
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62 images & commentary below the cut, with lots of underwear, roaches, and fire!

( Plus more, but why spoil all the surprises?! )

Just a few shot of the kittens the other day ... doing what they're oh so good at -- being cute and snuggly!











Mmm, I could just snuzzle those fuzzy little kitties all day!
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We ran through our monthly tasks and skills at work earlier this week. We even recorded all the data. Which must mean that it's March, and February is done and gone! Clearly it's time for a February round up from the Forgotten English daily calender :) I tried to pick out the ones that peaked my fancy *or* that I felt could be used in every day vocabulary.

on February 3: unkard - A person in a strange place with which he is unacquainted is said to be unkard. The word, when applied to a place, means lonely. -F.T. Dinsdale's Glossary of Provincial Words Used in Teesdale in the County of Durham, 1849.

on February 5, Feast Day of St. Agatha, a patroness of bell ringers: jack-o'-the-clock - In old clocks, a figure which struck the bell to mark the hours. -John Phin's Shakespeare Cyclopaedia and New Glossary, 1902

on February 9: peelaflee - a light person, and not heavily clothed -John Mactaggert's Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824.

my personal favorite of the month came on February 10: karimption - a party; a set of people, a crowd, implying unity, relationship or nationality. As '-ption' occurs as postfix to other words, such as gumption and conniption, it may have been added in this case tot he German-Hebrew word 'karin' or the plural 'krauwim,' relations or the related. -Albert Barrere's Dictionary of Slang, Jargon, and Cant, 1889.

Finally, on February 25 we had: blatchy - Black, dirty. From 'blatch,' soot or dirt; to smirch with black. -J. Drummond Robertson's Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words used in the County of Gloucester, 1890

Try to use one today!!
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... kitten toy!!

sponsored by cereal boxes, scissors, and small things kittens like to chase!



I even made a second one, since the first was so popular :)

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83. do a ‘day in my life’ collage at least every 6 months for the duration of mission
This last 'day in my life' should have been done a few months ago, but I'll give myself credit anyways :)

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“Happö Bürkday” is an old birthday joke in my family, it’s what was written on my cake in Turkey on my second birthday. So, Happö Bürkday to me, I’ll knit me a vest! I started this last week when I was home sick from work ... and I did the final knitting, seaming, and button attaching last night.



At work today I got many birthday wishes ... carrot cake with candles, brownies, cards,and lots of "Happy Birthday!!" It was fun. Plus I ate my favorite lentil soup for lunch (I made it for dinner last night), yum!

I wore the vest to work today and got lots of compliments. It didn't fall apart or unseam. It didn't get paint on it when we painted with the kids. No one wiped their boogers on it either. The best part? It was *warm* and cozy. I love it :)



I will say ... it could use some pockets!

61. Knit myself a sweater (or vest)
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