Hey, everyone! I hope you all had a very safe and enjoyable New Year’s Eve. The holiday craziness has wound down for me finally — I had my last of four Christmas celebrations just this past Saturday — so I will be returning to my Sim stories very soon. My plan is to finish up the Burr Legacy (or at least reach Gen 10) by the release of the Seasons EP. I had planned on focusing solely on them for the next couple of months, but I might throw a Ravelo or Shady Bluff update in there, too — who knows! I’ve been particularly inspired to work on both the past couple of weeks, but it might be awhile before I get an update together.

One of my goals for this week is to catch up on everyone else’s stories. I’ve really been missing out! Here’s just a sampling of some the great Sims storytelling going on out there:

Fortune Shores – Mandie is still going strong with her Prosperity Challenge families. She has wonderful pics, and her stories are very entertaining.

Confessions of a Simmer presents Worlds Apart – Kara has been giving her readers a very special treat with a Christmas story featuring characters from her Worlds Apart series. Her pictures are so gorgeous they make me drool.

Shana’s Sims – Shana is an awesome writer who has a couple of different stories going on at the moment — her Weston Legacy and the “Here With You” series.

Knock It Down – Incredible pictures and a most intriguing story make up this supernatural series by Mao.

Okines Sims – Naomi has recently posted the beginning of her Graham Legacy, which looks very promising!

And Vivi has updated her Bui Family story! Awesome. I’m embarrassingly far behind on everyone’s stories, but I’ll be working on catching up all this week. Call it a New Year’s Resolution.

Also, to keep my list o’ Sims stories current, I’ve gone through my sidebar and deleted dead links and links to sites which haven’t updated in the past 6-8 months. If I deleted your link, and you decide to come back to blogging, do let me know, and I will be happy to put you back in.

Happy New Year, everyone!

I’m still working on the Burr update, but I wanted to take some time to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Here’s a little holiday snapshot for you:

If you’re wondering who the heck these people are, you might want to check out the close-ups below. There’s also a little outtake at the end, as well as credits.

Hope you’re all enjoying the holidays with your loved ones!

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Due to some family issues and general holiday craziness, there has been a delay in my next update for the Burrs. I’m doing a special “interlude” for this one, so it’s taking a little extra time in that regard as well. I want to thank all of you for continuing to check my blog. Hopefully I’ll have a story up by the middle of next week!

In the meantime, enjoy a few more previews of the upcoming Seasons EP…I’m looking forward to this one more than any other EP we’ve had. Right now it’s a major pain in the heiney to make a whole neighborhood look wintery. With Seasons, it’ll be a breeze. (Har. Har.) I can’t wait!

Simfantastic preview

The Sims Resource preview

The Sims 2 Community preview, Part 2

Seasons on the official site:
Announcement
Info & screenshots

Happy Simming and happy holidays!

Good afternoon, all! If the fates allow, I will be posting my next Burr update sometime tonight. If you’re really eager for this bit of Burriness, you could send me some good vibes as encouragement. Or maybe some cookies. Yes, cookies would do it.

For those of you who don’t enjoy the Burrs, I am sorry. Thank you for visiting anyway! I have to warn you I will probably be posting on the Burrs exclusively until I have completed their legacy. This means no Ravelo or Shady Bluff updates for a good while. Since a few of you do seem to like the Burrs, and I’m enjoying them quite a bit myself, I am determined to play them until that very last rosy-cheeked Burr is born in my little Sim-fantasy version of the 1980s. And who knows, maybe by then I’ll be tired of them, or maybe I’ll want to play them to the 2000s and have them move to Shady Bluff. As I mentioned before, I’m wretched at multi-tasking and have a hard time juggling several stories at once, so this seems to be the best solution in my eyes.

As for Maude, she has relocated to Shady Bluff herself, as you may recall from her remarks during the Scavenger Hunt awhile back. If you haven’t figured it out already, I’m setting up Shady Bluff as a sort of “new” Mt. Geneva (since I lost the old one), a catch-all for my favorite Sims and stories. That way I don’t have to juggle as much — everyone will be part of the same plots and sub-plots and chronology. I have a bunch of stuff up my sleeve for that one, but there’s still much to do in preparation, so I’m working on it here and there in between playing the Burrs. I apologize since I probably did the Shady Bluff teaser with Kaylynn way too early. It has evolved into a much larger project now, and I want to make sure I do it justice.

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Oh, and doesn’t the new Seasons EP sound awesome already? I can’t wait! SNOW!

Happy Simming!