My week did not start out well. I didn't understand why the alarm didn't go off, but I'm glad that I heard the stairs squeak and thought to call the cops. I was worried for the officer's safety when the burglar attacked him. She's spry for an older woman. Happily for me the officer was able to recover the incense burner and my stove. He also advised me to contact the security company and have alarms installed at each entrance, not just the one by the back door. Today I splurged on a cotton candy before work. My boss could tell I was on a sugar rush, but it didn't really help my work performance. Happily it didn't hurt it either. People keep stopping me to ask about the house. Some people try to offer me money for it, others want to know it's history. Eventually I'm going to have to figure out better responses other than "Idk" or "go look it up". I don't mean to be rude, but to have random strangers popping up out of the blue is a little discomforting. Happily I'm able to use "I need to be at work" a lot. Even if sometimes that 'work' is actually at home working on the house. I still spend a lot of time at the library. Although now it's to learn new recipes, and to read how to books for house repairs and renovations. Between Lydell and Colm, I get the feeling I'm going to have a full dance card at the next school dance. I've already cleared with my boss to have the night off when it rolls around. I did it! It wasn't easy, but I did it! I can't believe how much nicer the kitchen looks now. Being able to whitewash the fireplace helped with the final look of the room, as did adding a center island. I was glad that great grandmother hadn't had any of the ceilings done in tinplate. After a bit of research I learned that I could do the same wall style on the back hall as well as the small room that leads to the basement. I moved my bed and the nightstand to the dining room. I kept the special egg I'd found at the spring egg hunt. I suppose I could have sold it, but when I look at it I think of the stories great grandmother would tell me of the old country, Russia. Summer is warm, some days are hot enough that I shelter at the library for a while before going out to scavenge. I often see the Stones around, outside of Mr. Peoples and his wife the Stones are the only other family that really stay on the island full time. With summer come the flowers lot's of flowers. Some of them are worth more than the others, I pick them all just the same because even 5 simoleans helps build the funds needed for renovating the house. I stop and hang with Mr. and Mrs. Peoples to stare at a lost parakeet. It's very cute and we agree that it must be someone's pet. The Peoples are a little more understanding of my formality, his father grew up in Poland, and Mrs. Peoples grew up in Belarus near the Polish border. What a haul. I added a few more gems to the collection at the museum. I have enough simoleans from the pink diamond and two moonstones I found to easily get three or four gem cutters of my own, but I like using the one at the museum, and don't mind having to donate one in exchange. To celebrate my finds, and as a thank you, I take Mrs. Stone out to dinner. I'm grateful that I don't have school or homework until next week. After dinner I decide to try out dumpster diving, after all the Stones earn a fair bit of income from cleaning up and reselling their finds. Gross! I am so never doing that again! Okay, so yes I found a couple of pieces of furniture that once cleaned up brought me a small profit, but nowhere near as nice as what I bring in from scavenging. It's late and I'm exhausted. After my success late Friday after work with my gem finds I spent the weekend working on the house. There's only one thing I left to the professionals, and that was the central heat and air, along with the junction box for the electricity. We're still negotiating placement. The installers want to put it outside, but I think it would be better in the basement. I hope we reach a consensus before falls colder weather.
In the meantime, I'm very pleased with how everything came out. I was even able to finally get all the weeds pulled, the dead trees removed. I'll need to rent scaffolding to get the upper levels cleaned up. I had help turning two of the dead trees into lamps for the odd little room that leads to the basement. I think it might have been cold storage for produce in the days before refrigerators. I think eventually I'm going to finish the basement with some simple paneling and refinish the floor boards. For now though having a shower handy for cleaning up after experimenting with the chemistry station or building stuff will be good enough.
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LISABEESIMS
3/28/2018 12:35:42 pm
<3 love it .. I am crazy for the brightly colored beach chairs! Wish someone would convert to S4!
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Mama Dragon
3/30/2018 10:29:01 am
I'm not sure but they might be reward content, wouldn't that mean having to create a clone or some other type of mesh for use?
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