TS2 - Legacy Cove - Wedding Bells!

The Sims 2

Wedding Bells!

    I had to put my sims away for a few weeks while I prepared for a Fall Festival but that is sooooo yesterday.  And today, after doing a lot of sleeping in and napping, I got back into Legacy Cove.  

     I left off last with Zane graduating from Sim State and heading out into the big wide world.  Well, it's a pretty big neighborhood map, anyway.  I picked out a nice spot at the end of a road.  There's nice views of the cove and shouldn't have any close neighbors for many generations to come.  I plunked him down there and then we started with a little shack.  And some kissing.  We didn't waste any time in getting Amaris over to survey the shanty house and let her decide if she wanted to run away.  Ha!  She can't get enough of her Zane!  She's not going anywhere!  Muwhahah!

     Now, truth be told... I bought some statues before Zane left the dorms so he had a little extra cash when he got back into the main hood.  So even though he's living in a one room shack, it's still a bit spiffier than what you'd normally expect from a Legacy founder.  And even though he's on a nice secluded dead-end street, he's got a lot of freaking foot traffic.  Maybe just the locals coming by to see who this new guy is?

     First, Silia Medrano came by.  I figured Amaris might need some gal pals and Twinkie power so I started greeting the Twinks as they came by.  After Silia came Deb O'Simski.  Then we had Lindsay Mizry and Julie Jaz.  It was a Twinkie party!  Bobbi Wetninja and Katy Neonhorn is in the mix somewhere, too.  

    I gave Zane two days to settle in but then it was time to get down to business.

     After the engagement, I brooded over hosting a wedding.  That's a lot of work n' stuff.  Not to mention the financials of getting an arch, seating for the guests, and feeding those buggers.  Blah blah blah.  So... I decided to keep things low-key.  Amaris, I'm sorry you didn't have the big lavish wedding I'm sure you dreamed of your sim having.  

     Did you know...Amaris is a Captain Hero and was hiding $19,000 simoleons on her?  Hellooooo nurse!  Time to upgrade our shack, and things are turning out quite nicely!  Both Zane and Amaris rolled up wants for babies right away.  Locked!  Suckers!  One thing Amaris does not have though... is cooking skills.  She even burned the mac and cheese.  Seriously, Amaris.  Get it together!

     Not bad, huh?  Don't worry, after I took all of these pictures I realized that the foundation needed some paint and it matches the house now.  But they have a nice little ranch house and still have over $10k to do more expansions whenever we get around to the babies.  

    Amaris had the next few days off so there was a nice routine of Zane going off to work and Amaris greeting the Twink walk-bys.  They'd spend the day socializing and by the time Zane got home, Amaris would have dinner going to the table to eat a meal with her friends while Zane got cleaned up from work and did some solo things like blogging.

     Then the evenings were theirs to share together!  But I've been stymied by a lack of wants to whoohoo.  I was determined that their first time would be because both of them had the want for it.  Not just baby wants.  You  must want to whoohoo each other!   Instead they kept rolling the loop of wants to entertain, tickle, and admire each other.  You can see me over here, right?  Like THIS:

 

    Zane also was pushing for reaching max enthusiasm in science so he got a telescope.  I couldn't decide if I wanted him to be abducted or not.  I decided to let the dice roll!  He could indulge himself all he wants on the telescope.  One way or another, we are going to have some freaking babies, okay?  Amaris also had some skilling wants due to the fall season so I set them off to work on those in hopes they'd reconvene and want to do some making out!

     Then Amaris was back to work and Zane had his days off.  The schedules flip-flopped.  What a great schedule to have if there's ever kids in the house... *HINT HINT HINT HINT*  

     I also discovered that Legacy Cove is in deep trouble.  Deep, deep trouble.  Amaris brought home a co-worker... the one... the only... Polly Gee.  Legacy Cove is going to need some help if Polly is the new sheriff in town!

     Side note, I discovered that Amaris didn't have access to the career reward for the law enforcement path.  I guess because she was never promoted to the position and was just assigned to it as a townie.  Also, her LTW is to be Captain Hero and... she is Captain Hero.. but.. no LTW fulfilled.  Pooh pooh on you, Maxis!  What a tease to assign her to that job.

     Anyway, the days ticked by.  At first I wasn't too concerned because rushing into babies isn't a very smart move.  But Zane and Amaris are family sims and they have the money to afford a baby.  Maybe not spoil it with material possessions but we can build it a room and afford the crib, even let Amaris quit her job to take care of the kid!  The first week is almost up and I'm getting grey hairs myself over here!

     Finally I just had to take matters into my own hands!  "Take your wife on a stupid date!" I told Zane.  I really hate dates.  But it worked!  Mission accomplished!  Exxxxxcellent.  

     The next day was Sunday so Zane had the day off from his political job.  He wants to be an education minister but the stupid education jobs haven't rolled up.  It's been a week!  Come on, we have wants to be fulfilled!  Argh.  Oh, and speaking of those wants.... remember the locked "Have a baby" wants they share?  As fall turned into winter and Amaris looked at the cruddy snowfall the Cove gets and then made out with her husband.  (Seriously, these two are super cute with their light kisses, kissing up the arm, and such)...

 

Progress Report

Progress Report

     I started off pretty good Saturday.  I woke up, made a skull double-wrap bracelet (which I've made before and you can see it here).  It's a pretty awesome bracelet and I was careful this time to better account for the size of the beads so it isn't too snug for the average wrist.  Later I made two more skull bracelets on the memory wire, aka the spiral bracelets.  And I made a ton of easy necklaces with just charms on chain to sell for $5 a pop at this weekend's Fall Fest.  

     So Saturday was looking pretty good.  I ran out of a few materials though and half of them I get from Hobby Lobby.... and so Sunday I fell off the productivity wagon.  FOILED AGAIN!  But I got everything restocked today (and of course a few other things also because that's what happens when you walk into Hobby Lobby).  There will be a purple and black bracelet joining the other two.  And I have one more of the charms...I'm trying to decide on a color.  Orange?  Red?  Green?  Probably not green.

     I think I should mention also that because my crutches absolutely wear me out, I've been using the wheelchairs provided by stores to get around.  My mom seems to like pushing me around in the wheel chairs through Hobby Lobby.  My dad took me to Michael's craft store on Sunday night and I'm gonna say... he's a better driver at those things than my mom.  Not that my mom has damaged me yet but I am much more aware of what's near my foot when she's wheeling me around.  The ones at Walmart are motorized and part of me is like "This is so awful that I'm cruising around Wally World in this thing" and the other half of me is going "THIS is the way to shop!!"  Don't knock it until you've tried it, folks!  

     Monday has also been a fairly unproductive day.  Mostly because I just felt like I was dragging after I got up, then by the time I had myself caffeinated and ready to roll, my mom asked if I still needed to hit up the local craft stores.  Yes... yes I did.  So to AC Moore and Hobby Lobby we went.  Now it's almost 10pm and I have a third of a wrap bracelet completed.  FAIL!

     I'll see what I can get done tonight while I watch some episodes of House on Netflix then tomorrow is a new day, right?  

Carissa
The Crafty Warrior

Progress Report

Progress Report

     After the pitiful haul of new items I made last weekend, I really tried to pick up the slack on Monday.  And I did pretty well, if I do say so myself.  I finished up a bracelet I started on Sunday night, made two new Captain America bracelets, then one that I am calling "Sandswept".  

     Yay, I make pretty things!  But then Tuesday... I only made one new bracelet.  Wednesday I had a doctor appointment to get a regular cast on my foot then went along with my mom to do a few errands and nothing productive was done at my desk.  Yesterday I convinced myself to make another skull bracelet now that I had replenished my grey cording.  And today I made the cherry quartz bracelet.  Hopefully this weekend I'll get more accomplished!

     I shouldn't be too hard on myself though because I have been working on getting some custom orders together.  I also made a Divergent necklace today for an order that came in late last night.  And I've been shopping out and ordering items for some more special request items.  But don't encourage me too much here, okay?  I need to pick up the slack!

     In marketing news though, I did manage to get my Wanelo account verified.  You can find The Crafty Warrior on that website now.  Wanelo is pretty cool and I'm sad that I waited so long to get my feet in the pool there.  They have a nifty Chrome extension that I downloaded and it makes adding my products to their site a cinch!  It looks like I need to get a Google Merchant account going to keep my items in their feeds.  So I've added that to my Google apps but my brain couldn't handle deciphering the requirements for submitting my product feed.  I'll table that for next week, and after all my items are added to Wanelo I'll get started on Pinterest or Instagram.

    Even if I'm not working a 9-to-5 job and not bringing in enough money with my jewelry to pay the bills, it does feel good to be busy.  Being laid up with a gimp foot is not the holiday I thought it would be!  Too many years I was on the go and working off my mental to-do lists.  I feel so much better laying myself out goals for the day and week.  It's been a great experience, if nothing else!


Thanks!

Carissa
The Crafty Warrior

    

Progress Report

Progress Report

     This weekend, not much was accomplished in the world of crafting.  I'm going to have to sit those Sims of my down and tell them to quit distracting me.  But truth be told, it was a mixture of simming and family activities.

     But this is all I accomplished this weekend.  JUDGE ME!  Three necklaces and three wrap bracelets.  Okay, obviously no time for blogging.  Back to work!  

     Though, I did get an account opened up at Wanelo.com and I've got a few items posted there.  Waiting for my shop to be verified so I can claim it!  I love their Google Chrome extension that allows me to add my items straight from my shop page!  I'll be really excited when I can finally claim the store and get moving on the rest of my items.  I'm just a bit hesitant now to put in the time to add over 125 items.  It's a lot of work!

     I've also got the beads I want to work on sorted out of the big basket and set aside.  So many strands in the basket need a second strand purchased or aren't the right size for the wrap bracelets that I want to focus on.  

Aren't they beautiful!?

Carissa

The Crafty Warrior

TS2 - Legacy Cove - Graduating from Sim State

The Sims 2

Graduating From Sim State

     We left off with Zane finishing his sophomore year, in love with a professor but seriously heart-fart crushing over imported sim Amaris Wiccan.  Let's see how bad we've screwed up Zane Archer's new life.  This won't be a long update fortunately.  That means, not a lot of drama.  Good for Zane.  Bad for those of us raised on Jerry Springer.  Sigh.  

     First off, I want to say that trying to maintain good grades and juggle two women is a LOT of work!  SERIOUSLY.  So I may have forgotten to have Zane pay the bills...

     Someone is having a little too much fun zapping a cork board.  *eye roll*  Don't quit your day job, buddy.  Seriously, he came, he zapped the board, he left.  Don't even get me started on the repo guy's hair either!

     Anyway, we made a decision on the woman in Zane's life.  He wouldn't tell me who he wanted between Prof. Sheila and Amaris.  He wanted them both!   Is he crazy or what!??  Zane's a cool guy but I don't think he can juggle a professor and Miss Amaris!  He even rolled up a want to become engaged to Amaris.  We already had a locked want to marry Prof. Sheila!!  This is NOT the sister wives neighborhood.  No way, no how.  So I helped him along.  We had to choose.  I'd like to think we're making the right one.  

     Remembering to feed him was hard also, okay?  He was wooing two different chicks, who has time to eat!?  Ugh.  So Amaris fell in love, Zane got hungry, and then he fell in love too.  So with the major decision of his life decided, we shelved his pursuit of love and whoohoo to get the university thing done.  

     He did his first term paper the 2nd semester of his senior year.  It brings a tear to my eye as to how fast he's growing up!  Zane graduated with a 3.8 GPA majoring in Biology.  Oh, he wants to be an Education Minister and he's into science.  He was majoring in Psychology for the education career but seeing as how he is a science nut, I switched him to Bio.  Then we had to hustle to catch up his skills.  The last 2 years of uni life really went by fast.  You'll never see me say that again either!.

     So here we go, back off to Legacy Cove.  I hope Amaris likes camping.  Because for the first time in around 9 years, I have a uni graduate heading to a dirt heap instead of a nice pre-made starter home.

CHEERS!

TS2 - Legacy Cove - Announcing Zane Archer

The Sims 2

Announcing Zane Archer

     I had to make a new neighborhood in my sims game.  My old Legacyville 'hood was close to imploding due to the number of characters I'd amassed throughout 9 years and 8 generations.  Seeing as how Legacyville was around from the beginning of the game, well, it had a good run.  I decided to part on good terms with the old 'hood and get the new one crack-a-lackin'

     So now I've created Legacy Cove, and I moved in some of my fellow Twinks (a Simming group I've been a part of for almost as many years) and also moved in my generation 8 kids from the old neighborhood.  Time to rock and roll.  I finally created a 'founder' for my Legacy. His name is Zane Archer.

     Archer was the first name of my founder in Legacyville so I liked carrying his name over to be the last name of the new neighborhood.  I'm all about sentimental crap like that.  So anyway, here's Zane.  I am starting him off as a university student at Sim State.  And goal #1 is the wife hunt.  So I sit and wait for the new dorm roomies to move in.  

     Nice!  Red shirt is dressed kinda like a hoochie below the belt.  And her mouth is really wide.  But the 50's chick is looking really good!   Too bad he doesn't have any attraction to her.  Grr.  Moving on then.  Miss green eyes looks good too!  But this time it's worse.  Negative attraction.  Then ZING!  Two bolts for Miss blue eyes!  But I'm going to shop around a bit still.  The cheerleaders are cute but we're not feeling them.  Anytime I think, "Be kinda cool to marry a cheerleader..", those hussies remind me how annoying they are.  He wanted to be friends with a professor that looked pretty cute.  After a few phone calls, the friend want is fulfilled and I have Zane invite her over to start the serious business.

     ...Turns out she's an elder with dyed red hair.  No bueno!!!  How embarrassing.

     So the next professor he wants to befriend I'm feeling a little skeptical, but turns out... she's the real deal!!

    That's Prof. Sheila Huffman.  She gets two thumbs up from me and Zane proceeds to woo her.  

     Now, we've got an engagement want locked.  ZING!!   But.... but then.... He's made enough from scholarships to afford the crystal ball.  "Leave it alone!" I tell myself.  "I can just buy it and leave it there for future generations," I argue with myself.  Dumbass self wins and I buy the crystal ball.  I stick it on a desk.  And I stare at it.  "It wouldn't hurt to just SEE if he's attracted to any of my imported sims," I tell myself.  Myself argues back, "DON'T RUIN A GOOD THING!"  But I do.

     He's got 2 bolts for Kate Gypsy, Bobbi Wetninja, and Lisa Gillen.  And.  He's got 3 bolts for this little hottie.

     Amaris Wiccan.  One interaction was all it took.  He stalks her about the lot now.  I look at that locked engagement want for Prof. Sheila.  I look at his three bolts.  I throw caution to the wind and let him befriend Amaris.  Now, what to do, what to do.

    Anyone want to throw in some input?  Zane's in love with Prof. Sheila.  He's crushing already on Amaris.  Just look at these heart farts too!  WHAT HAVE I DONE?

     Tick tock, tick tock.  He's halfway through his time at Sim State so decisions need to be made stat!  Okay then, I'm going back in!  Wish me luck (and someone please tell me what to do!  OMG, what have I done!?)



Carissa
The Crafty Warrior

A Crazy Woman Emerges

A Crazy Woman Emerges

     You know what can happen in a week and a half?  You may be thinking, "Well, surely you could update a dang blog."  First, listen.  Quit judging me!

     I had the whole move thing going on right?  And my podiatrist only does his surgery days on Wednesday.  I turned in my notice at work and promptly got notice that my insurance would be cut off at the end of the month.  Tick tock, tick tock.  So the surgery day was pretty non-negotiable.  My family decided to come down REALLY LATE that Tuesday before to help me move and to deposit me into my mother's care for post-surgery.  Now, I thought the surgery was going to be in the afternoon so I'd have the morning to finish up some last minute packing.  No.  They called Tuesday around noon to tell me all the pre-surgery info I need and informed me I had to be there at 10:30am.  Being that this was down in the middle of Charlotte, we had to leave an hour before that.  (We were still 6 minutes late.  I am not the least bit fashiony but I always arrive fashionably late.  Does that count for doctors?  Wait, I digress). 

    Luckily for me I had my dad and brother-in-law who are expert movers.  They took care of all the heavy lifting and last minute packing along with some last minute repairs of the old house.  Hooray!  Points for the man team!  Meanwhile, back on the ranch... my mom played games on her phone for several hours in the waiting room of the surgery center.  Shhh.  That's just something we aren't supposed to talk about.  

     So here we are, a week after the surgery on this glorious rainy Tuesday afternoon.  I'm living with my parents again like the other cool kids.  I've turned their house upside down with boxes and my junk everywhere.  But my dad took the time yesterday to help me set up my desk and clean up the extra bedroom for all my computer and crafting junk.  This is a huge relief for me because for a week I've been hobbling around, not able to be the least bit helpful, doing nothing but watching TV and icing my foot.  At least now I can tuck myself away here at my desk, prop up my foot with an ice pack and pretend I'm working on my computer.  Secretly, I may have my Sims game running also. *shifty eyes*

     Really, I should be taking advantage of this time to lounge around, watch TV, read all the books I've been salivating over, and getting in more than my fair share of gaming time.  But I'm so used to being busy that all that leisure time made me start feeling depressed.  So once my desk was fixed up, TV behind me set up with some Netflix, and my computer up and running, well, I just started making gameplans.  

     I popped up out of bed this morning and crutch-walked my way to the desk.  I've set up a new Facebook page for my own brand, The Crafty Warrior, and also a page for all Storenvy e-shop owners to collaborate on, Storenvy Market.  So that's on TOP of also keeping up with Those Crafty Chicks page and this blog.  Didn't I say I was downsizing on my last post?  I think what needs to be understood here is... I'm out of control.  

     So my upcoming plans besides spending the day updating The Crafty Warrior facebook page is also to look towards readying myself for the Fall Fest in Barboursville WVa in 2 weeks and looking towards Halloween, along with trying to squeeze in some fundraising for some local groups.  

     Out.  Of.  Control.  

Best,

Carissa

The Crafty Warrior