… were you there?

I was, by a couple of months. I bought my first Sims game in May of 2000, when I bought a new Gateway computer after the tragic death of my old one.

Gateway had a ‘family game pack” including the Sims, Ages of Empires, some racing game, and… something else I forget.

My daughter was two months old at the time, and I can remember days sitting at the computer learning to play the Sims & Ages of Empires while holding her on my lap (and sometimes even breastfeeding her. Talk about multi-tasking!). She has literally grown up around this franchise.

Today, I have Sims 2, Sims 3 and Ages of Empires 3 on my latest computer. My daughter has been playing the two Sims games for a year and a half now. She likes Sims 3 the best. I bounce between Sims 2 and Sims 3, liking different things about both. We all play Ages.

Mirrored from Third Time's the Charm.

I’m curious… if you’re reading this, what’s your Sims story? How’d you get here as a Simmer?

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Welcome back to the next installment of “Wishful Living with Mavie.”

Today, we find Mavie wishing… for kisses?

Why yes, that is Cute Fireman, whose name, btw, is Alex Chisholm.

As you can see, Mavie and Alex both kind of like each other.

Mirrored from Third Time's the Charm.

Tags: alex "cute fireman" chisholm, mavie souhaitent, wishful living with mavie

I’ve uploaded Cassandra, Alexander, Bianca and Donna as Adult/YA for downloads.  It’s mostly for my own purposes, so I don’t lose them, but if anyone else wants to snag them, feel free!

Cassandra_Bachelor or from the Exchange

Mirrored from Third Time's the Charm.

Tags: bella on her own terms, downloads

Happy Birthday, to my darling Cassandra, who became an adult today, with all the bells and whistles that go along with it.

As I watched her celebration unfold, I was overwhelmed by a myriad of emotions, some good and some not so good. Some sweet and some very bitter.

Mirrored from Third Time's the Charm.

Tags: alexander bachelor/alexander goth, bella on her own terms, bianca bachelor, cassandra bachelor/cassandra goth, donna bachelor, elaine allacco, gen 1, gen 2, jill smith, johnny smith, lester hatfield, matthew bachelor, michael bachelor, mortimer goth, rene kennedy

I know what you’re probably thinking — and this isn’t it. This is really not what you’re thinking. Mortimer and I have had our tragic, torrid past, but it really is in the past. He came to tonight in a terrible state, upset beyond anything I’ve ever seen him.

Mirrored from Third Time's the Charm.

Tags: aimee james goth, alexander bachelor/alexander goth, bella bachelor, bella on her own terms, bianca bachelor, cassandra bachelor/cassandra goth, donna bachelor, dorothy demayo goth, lester hatfield, mortimer goth, trent goth

And the winner is….

I’ve started playing the game again, and am working towards the resolution of Bella’s part in the story as well as the beginning of Cassie’s. Don’t worry, though, Alex and the Twins will be well represented.

Mirrored from Third Time's the Charm.

Tags: bella on her own terms, cassandra bachelor/cassandra goth, gen 2, poll results

Simmers Note: A friend of mine is testing out a challenge she’d eventually like to unleash on the world.  It’s called “Wishful Living” and the idea is to complete every Lifetime Wish, while “seeing” as much of the neighborhood as possible.  (Tentative test rules are here.  They may change as testing progresses.)

So this is Mavie Souhaitent.  Her name is a scrambling of “souhaitent de ma vie” which is French for “my life’s wish.”  It’s pronounced “Soo-wet-ay” but the hicks in Riverview, where Mavie suddenly finds herself on fine morning pronounce it “Soo-hay-tent.”

Mirrored from Third Time's the Charm.

Tags: notes from the simmer, wishful living with mavie

Alexander’s birthday was the other day, and seeing him as a teenager is just like seeing his father as a teenager. If we put them in the same room, it would be impossible to deny that Mortimer is his father. It may be necessary to finally come clean to the children about their parentage. I’m just not sure how to go about it without making things difficult for Mortimer and Dorothy. Their marriage does not need to placed in jeopardy because of me or my family.

Mirrored from Third Time's the Charm.

Tags: alexander bachelor/alexander goth, bella bachelor, bella on her own terms, bianca bachelor, cassandra bachelor/cassandra goth, donna bachelor, gen 1, gen 2, lester hatfield

Cassandra and Alexander were so much older than their two new siblings that I think I had forgotten how hard it was to have a baby to care for. Only this time, I had two babies, a school aged boy, and a young woman on the verge of her own life.

Mirrored from Third Time's the Charm.

Tags: alexander bachelor/alexander goth, bella bachelor, bella on her own terms, bianca bachelor, cassandra bachelor/cassandra goth, donna bachelor, gen 1, gen 2

Don left and life slowly went back to normal for Cassie, Alex and I.

Well, as much ‘back to normal’ as it was ever going to get.

Mirrored from Third Time's the Charm.

Tags: alexander bachelor/alexander goth, bella bachelor, bella on her own terms, bianca bachelor, cassandra bachelor/cassandra goth, donna bachelor, gen 1, gen 2