Recollecting Memories

Resar 2000 This return to the ancient calendar is a bit like my years in TS1. I still marvel at how I actually experience the TS1 dimension and am around today in the new dimension and there is talk of another dimension. I know that we will not be going to the new dimension, but it is nice to dream about the things there. Matthew and I are getting older and I know that soon our time will come, I would love to be able to take a trip with him before death comes a calling.

Sewing Herilooms

My days are numbered, I know it. Thankfully while there is still life in me, I will try to leave herilooms for my family. I am working on a teddy bear for the children and I would love to sew a nice simple dress for Ginger, however I am not sure it will be a nice heriloom.

Young Love

Matthew and I share a love that is still young, though our bones are weakening and our bodies become older, our love is everlasting, though we must remember that the children are watching!

Sewing Room

The children built a small alcove for me to but my sewing machine in. Now I can sew undistrubed. I fear for the future of the Homemaker's Society. The current president, Carmela, is getting a little snobby to put it nicely. With her family's networth increasing she wants to do more "cultural" things in the society. No more lunch swaps, but more concerts and theater shows. Hmph, maybe she isn't the best president for the job after all.

Chilly Winter

Winter is breathing down the back of our necks and I am aging even more. Ginger decided to redecorate the living area, I admit it, I like the more contemporary style-it reminds me of when we lived in Greymount and the house was decorated in an Art Deco style. Wow, how far we have fallen. No longer are we living in a large mansion with awards surrounding us, but we're in a farm...a farm!

Babies

The babies are finally here, poor Ginger had been walking around with the largest belly and cravings for cheesecake and chips and dip platters. Thankfully those days are behind her...for the moment.

I am a grandmother, Byrant and Annie, such lovely babies.

Ginger is Finally Married

I say finally, but she's the first of our three daughters to marry and she might be the only one. Marilyn has went off exploring the world and she maintains that she's not the least bit interested in men. Hazel Starr has moved to Bottom Beach to be closer to work opportunities and her modeling contract. Thank goodness for that, otherwise she would simply be adrift without a job. She and Etta Leigh are sharing an apartment, for the time being, but the modeling keeps her busy while she looks for more acting opportunities.

Future Homemakers

I turned it over to Carmela today. We had a homemaker's outing to celebrate. The group went to the Farmer's Market for organic produce and then to the park for fishing and picnics.

I annouced that Carmela would be the new leader of the group and everysim agreed that it was a good desicion. Especially with her new pregnancy and the changes that she plans to make at her own home. Such a wonderful young sim. She will do well.

I am content and ready for elderhood to come.

Grandchildren

I gave Elda some items for our grandchildren, Astute and Thomasina. They celebrated thier child birthday and I sent over some toys that Matthew and I picked out. A nice doll for Thomasina and a stuffed tiger for Astute.

Older

Carmela and I talked about aging in the Homemaker's Club-she's so young-trying to have another child-I'm near elderhood myself-yikes! I wonder what the future of our hood is, I myself and working to become a bit more intergrated with this side of the hood. Thankfully Carmela didn't refuse to speak with me after the financial fiasco following mother's death. It's been humbling moving to the other side of the hood into a home not much bigger than the bedroom wing of our home. *sigh*

House and Home

House and home are going much better-the botanical gardens was approved and now we're working on selecting plants and such, I have to find something else to do to occupy my time now that the girls are teens and Ginger wants to start cooking and cleaning. Maybe a small garden?

Doing Things

Presented a proposal to Ms. Sweeny concerning the petition for a botanical gardens. Hopefully it will go well. Now that the girls are teens and the house is smaller, I am able to spend less time cleaning and cooking and more time gardening. Matthew wants me to get a job, how could he even suggest such an idea. I belong at home! Focused on making the family happier and contributing to the community!

Doctor's Orders

Finally made use of the medical centre and visited the doctor for a consultation about my weight. I have a trial starting with visiting the clinic for exercise and nutrition evaluations, I have cut out sweets from my diet and I feel much better. If that doesn't work, there's a prescription pill I can take...we'll see how things go.

Courage

Things change so quickly. One minute you're enjoying time with your parents, a large home, prestige that comes with fame and then the next minute, you're mourning your parents' death, moving to a home less than a third of the size of the current one and feel as though you are now the bottom of the barrel. *sigh* I must be strong, for the children. Ginger and Marilyn don't care about prestige and reputation (they just had thier teen birthday as well as you can tell in the photos-Matthew is blocked by Hazel Starr), but Hazel Starr...she feels like her life is over, collasped. Hopefully we will get enough from the sale of the home to pay off the back taxes, otherwise I would have to get a job...I can't do that!

Tomboy

Marilyn is such a tomboy. She is always playing catch with her father or fetch with Dryfus. I suppose it is well and good. Thankfully Ginger is more like me. She loves standing in the kitchen watching me prepare meals and asking all sorts of questions. Perhaps we should buy her a toy oven, she would love that. Making muffins and such.

Grandmother?

Such a strange thing, both of my sons are expecting children. I visited them both, perhaps it's true what they say, a new birth means a new death...but why mother and father? Why now?

I will focus on my new grandchildren...and losing this weight I gained after my parents death. I will be the best grandmother!

Dead

Mother and father are dead. Old age. I am still in shock. The pastor dropped by to make sure that the family was alright and to discuss the arrangements. Thankfully they left very detailed instructions, so we are preparing for thier funeral this simFriday. That should leave plenty of time for annoucements and other arrangements to be made. I must buy some funeral snapdragons and dresses for the girls, the boys need to be notified, I...I think I need a cup of tea...

Hello

We have a blog now, how lovely. O, introductions.

We live in mother's manor, which will soon be mine. Father (Tom) and mother (Starr) are elders and I worry about them. They are aging rather quickly and are in danger of leaving us soon. Mother has been chosen to appear on the new show Celebrity Homes, so I must make sure everything is clean and shiny. O how I love to clean!

Matthew (my darling husband) and I (Cassandra) are both adults, though elderhood is creeping upon us. Our sons (Clark and Astaire) are married while our teenaged daughter, Hazel Starr, is behaving...very unladylike to say the least. She is constantly sneaking out of the home and has even started to be very tart at the mouth.

Thankfully the youngest (Ginger and Marilyn, both children) are little angels. Yes, they were our little surprises, but at this moment in our lives we needed the joy. Matthew is readjusting to being a father to such young children, but I love babies! If elderhood were not upon me I would consider having another child.

Otherwise things are going heaps good. The Historical Society is doing well, we're helping with the rebuilding process in our own way and I have finally gotten that strawberry stain out of the curtain in the kitchen.