A Sunny Spring Day
A Little Bit Giddy
I’m Still Around
Hey guys, sorry for the lack of update this week. It should be up in the next couple of days, I hope. Thanks for continuing to check my blog for something new. Don’t forget: you can always subscribe to my FeedBlitz syndication and receive an e-mail whenever I update. That way you don’t have to keep checking all of the time. Not that I mind, but I’d hate for your mouse-clicker-finger to wear out!
Happy Simming!
A Spoonful of Soap
Chilly in the Hills
Day 2, Tuesday, 8:53 PM
My first full day in Riverblossom Hills is almost over, and I have this to say: I am freezing my patootie off. Yesterday was nice and warmish, but this morning was chilly and winter-like (minus the snow, thank goodness). What gives? It’s supposed to be spring! Our pond even froze over — much to the delight of the fishes, I’m sure, since they’ve managed to escape Uncle Elvis’s fishing hook for one more day.
But why am I babbling on and on about the weather? Yawnnn. Instead, I’ll tell you all about…my completely uneventful day.
Wait, don’t run off! I was kidding. My day was actually very exciting. Adventurous. Magically delicious. No, really.
Movin’ In and Takin’ Over
Hey, look! A blog! You guys don’t mind if I post here, do you? I know it’s called “Greetings from Mt. Geneva” or whatever, but I’m sure that Jen person won’t care if I take over once in awhile. I’m not calling my part of it “Greetings from Riverblossom Hills”, though. That’s just…clunky. So I’ll go with “The Franchesca Diaries”. Even though my name is actually Hortensia. Just kidding. It’s Franchesca. (Thank god.)
So why am I posting here? Well…I don’t mean to sound lame, but…I needed someone to talk to. We just moved to this town, and I don’t know anyone yet. Not that I know you guys. But this is the internet, I can just blab to the void and maybe someone, somewhere will listen. Right? It sure beats those private paper diaries, anyway. Paper diaries are for weenies (such as my brother — my brother is a MAJOR weenie [I hope you’re reading this, Rico! *noogie*]).
Free Site of the Month – March 2007
Ever since I started waving my “free sites!” flag around, I’ve been wanting to do a feature on a free site every month. I kind of missed the boat on January and February, so I’m kicking this off by honoring THREE completely free sites. I’ve donated money to each of them as a thank you for everything they’ve contributed to the community (and to my downloads folder, naturally). The first two are pretty obvious, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention them right off the bat. The third is a small site which is lovely and free, and I threw some moolah at them in hopes that they remain so.
- Mod the Sims 2 – The premier site of the Simming community. Home of the CEP, countless hacks, mods, helpful tutorials, and of course, custom content. When I have a Sims-related question I need answered, I go here first, whether my game is crashing or I need to find that really cool couch I saw in a picture somewhere. Many of the game’s most popular creators got their start at MTS2 and have benefitted from its atmosphere of teaching and sharing. What I find most amazing is that, as the most popular Sims 2 site, it manages to remain completely free. If MTS2 weren’t around, my downloads folder would be half the size, but my game would be a lot less fun.
- Insimenator.net – Another thriving and generous Sims 2 community offering awesome goodies for your game. There’s so much nifty stuff here, and I’ve barely skimmed the surface of what’s available. But I’ve gotten to the point where I can’t live without Eric’s Insimenator object — it makes telling stories sooo much easier by giving us easy ways to manipulate our Sims. For that alone, I decided to donate to this site. They’re having a donation drive right now, so if you like and use this site, and you can spare a few bucks, consider tossing ’em their way.
- Siluettasims – This is a tiny site compared to the two above, but it contains some lovely clothing and objects, and most importantly, REALLY NICE EYES. I love her 9-color eye set so much that I’m using it on most of the Sims in my new ‘hood. It’s a great middle ground between the very blah Maxis-eyes and the overly realistic ones which are so popular at the moment. If Siluettasims started offering donation sets, I’d have to give up those eyes, and I don’t want to! So I donated. Please stay free, Siluettasims!
Ooh, and this is cool — both simsbaby at Insimenator and fanseelamb at MTS2 have released mods that enable the appropriate pre-Seasons clothing to be used as outerwear. I don’t know why Maxis didn’t do that in the first place, but that’s why we’re lucky to have such wonderful modders in this community. And hey, now my Sim dudes can wear the long winter coats outdoors and not freeze to death! Excellent.