Del Monte Rowhomes

Del Monte Row Homes (Historic Row) with rooftop access.

This is one of my attempts to build some historic rowhousing for my simmies.

There are three-4 bedroom, 3.5 bath units and each has rooftop access for views of the city. These are great for your larger city dwelling families.

Each unit has a large master bedrooms and gameroom on the third level

Three smaller bedrooms on the second level

and large living area, kitchen and private backyard on the main level. The center unit has a bonus fireplace as well.

 

Download clean version here

When The Bell Rings, Part 2, 2010

Hapar, spring, 2010

Principal: Johan Shazad; Secondary Teacher: Simlish & History: Jesse Kent; Secondary Teacher: Math & Science: Krissy Thorn

Secondary Students: Wendy Keller, Si'Enya Warwick and Rojo Herendez are in 12th grade; Elphy Mendenhall is in the 11th grade; Myra Shazad, Naraj Shazad, Grace Elise Dawson, Bryant Grey, and Annie Grey are in 9th grade; Rex Mendenhall, Abel Wilsonoff, Amanda Wilsonoff and Serendipity Herendez are in 8th grade; Ashlee Dawson, Veronika Kent and Laci McMillian are in the 7th grade

Optional soundtrack: How Will I Know-Keke Palmer

When the Bell Rings, Part 1, 2010

Hapar, spring, 2010

Principal: Johan Shazad; Secondary Teacher: Simlish & History: Jesse Kent; Secondary Teacher: Math & Science: Krissy Thorn

Secondary Students: Wendy Keller, Si'Enya Warwick and Rojo Herendez are in 12th grade; Elphy Mendenhall is in the 11th grade; Myra Shazad, Naraj Shazad, Grace Elise Dawson, Bryant Grey, and Annie Grey are in 9th grade; Rex Mendenhall, Abel Wilsonoff, Amanda Wilsonoff and Serendipity Herendez are in 8th grade; Ashlee Dawson, Veronika Kent and Laci McMillian are in the 7th grade

Optional soundtrack: How Will I Know-Keke Palmer

Strictly Roommates, 2010

Hapar, spring, 2010
Johan is 49, Jadhira is 48, Myra and Naraj are 15, Udar is 6 (Abel Wilsonoff is 14)

It was a crisp spring day when Myra realized that her parents were getting older and that she was getting older as well.

Thanks!!!

Thank you for my love secret, I was so giddy when I found out :) You guys are the best.

Issue 25: 2009

Issue 25: 2009

Contents

Taxes Restructured
Local Becomes Model
A.Pentragnani Coming to the Hood
School Expecting Renovations
Culinary Corner

Announcements

Advertisements

Follower Series: Shana

I've always found interesting new blogs by looking through the lists of followers and commenters, not only on my own site, but the sites of others. I thought that I would do a monthly profile of the followers and commenters of Apple Valley so that others can see some of the other great blogs that are out there. I only chose the sim related blogs of followers and commenters (no personal or non-sim blogs) and of course there are many followers and commenters that do not have a personal blog.

This month, I'm profiling

Shana

Shana has a sim's related blog called Pine Hollow.

Pine Hollow is a TS2 and TS3 blog. Pine Hollow began in February 2008 as a Sims 2 blog. It started with four original families–the Gates, the Smiths, the Craigs, and the Lloyds. In April 2011, the hood migrated to Sims 3 with the same families due to computer issues. The blog features updates into the lives of the families during rounds and there are plenty of sidebar links to help you navigate the site.

ROS Simyear 2010-2011

This is the ROS round of death. Ugh, three of the five ROS deal with death, so expect a very sad time in Apple Valley.

ROS for the 2010-2011 rotation

• Fatal disease Not looking forward to this one. This one is perhaps the reason why I have been avoiding starting this round.
• Pursue a relationship with the Sim you're most attracted to. This should be interesting, it fits with this sim's character, but I wonder what the consequences will be.
• Fire! Again? Really?
• Death by Fire Not a fan, but it will open up for some interesting consequences and mysteries
• Death by starvation Hate this ROS. How does one die of starvation? Might have to reword this, but there will still be a death.

Is This It?, 2009

Peacar, winter, 2009Li is 37. Tobi Sweeny is 37, Aaron and Simora are 10, Matt is 6.

Li feels like her life is stuck in autopilot.

Seasons Wedding Collection

Recolors of Eris3000 Wedding Cakes

It Kills Me, 2009

Givar, winter, 2009

Benjamin Endeavor and Rashid Cunningham are 23, Verde Herendez is 22 (Ming Wuu is 23 , Lainey Lorde and S'Ahmisa Warwick are 22)


Optional Soundtrack: It Kills Me-Melanie Fiona

"You look amazing," Verde gushed after they placed their orders.

I'm Not Loving You, 2009

Givar, winter, 2009
Benjamin Endeavor and Rashid Cunningham are 23, Verde Herendez is 22 (Ming Wuu is 23 , Lainey Lorde and S'Ahmisa Warwick are 22)
 
Optional Soundtrack: Robin Thicke - I'm Not Loving You
 

It's been about four simlonic months since graduation and since Verde joined Benjamin and Rashid in their apartment. The young men had to move to another larger place with an extra bedroom to accommodate their new roommate

Bit Cozier, 2009

Givar, winter, 2009
Grex and Ginger are 37, Bryant and Annie are 14, Breckin is 7, Lara is 6, Indira is 4, and Richmond is 3

Ginger aimlessly cleared the dishes from breakfast, her mind lost in thought. She couldn't help but giggle at the turn of events.

Kent Decor Scheme: Part 2-Shopping

Decided to do a post detailing step by step my process for decorating my sims homes.

Meet Jesse and Fiona Kent, readers of my story blog are familiar with these two. Their house burned down-aka, I broke it ^_^ and after rebuilding a new house, they now need to decorate it. We're going to start with the living room.

I already chose the colors and patterns, but now I need to do some shopping. I personally perfer Maxis meshes, so the first stop is PiggiSims to see if there is anything that I like.

I find the sofa mesh that I want-but not the color. I make note of the sofa and the color choices I want for the seating.

 or

along with the chair

or  or

or even this beautiful damask from Blake Boy's Annie Seating

I do determine that I will be using the Maxis Colonial Collection for most of the furnishings. The patterns give a nod to Jesse's contemporary desires so now I need artwork and rugs.

I tend to recolor my own rugs using a Maxis mesh to cut down on my downloads folder, so I am looking for rug patterns. I want something more contemporary to balance out the traditional seating and surfaces in the room.


For artwork, I take into account thier other interests like they both love jazz and love abstract art especially considering that their daughter is an art prodigy at the tender age of nine. I imagine that they would have several of her original works in the house. I picture them as fans of Debra Hurd's abstract jazz and cityscapes as well as Paul Brent's abstract jazz art

So with this in mind, I have a bit of recoloring to do, or not, and then we'll see the final product.

Waiting Over, 2009

Resar, fall, 2009
Harriet and Henry Mendenhall are juniors. Erricson Frankson, Rosemarie Grand and Tyisha Masters are freshman. Rashid Cunningham is 23, S'Ahmisa Warwick is 22

S'Ahmisa nervously bit her lip as she glanced at the clock for the third time and what was only two minutes.

So Blessed, 2009

Resar, fall, 2009

Brandon is 31, Ilila is 30, Jude and Brooklyn are 5 simlonic months

Even though Ilila's maternity leave was over, she still managed to spend as much time as she could with the twins before leaving for school each morning.