BBQ, Crappy Thoughts, + Digital Humans.
What a weekend. Spent with the people I love most + wonderful entertainment = fantastic.
I wrote about Friday/Saturday already, but on Sunday (other than playing SIMS), we had a family BBQ. Just my mom, two brothers and sister in law. Danny got out of work around 4:30 and since he is the grill master, he got to work on grilling some burgers/hot dogs.
For dessert we had warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream on top and it was deliciousness. I couldn’t believe Danny had never had warm apple pie with ice cream… it was his first time and of course he loved it. Still in a bit of shock over that one ha-ha.
Afterward, Nelson and Trisha stuck around. Since they never saw either of the Wick movies, we all saw the first John Wick with them and they loved it so much I ended up watching the second one for a second time this weekend, but it was all good, cuz the move is THAT good.
They left around 2am and I stayed up reading over what I’ve written and making some edits. I wrote a few more paragraphs and watched a few episodes of X-Files, but it hit 4am and I wanted sleep, so sleep I did :P
Monday I woke up way late. It was raining hard all morning, which was perfect cuddle with pillow and blankies weather, and I did just that. Got up around 1PM and hopped on PC to briefly play some SIMS while I ate a little breakfast (pop tart … breakfast of champions!). Danny got home from work around 3:30, so we had an early dinner with him and hung out with him until about 5:30pm when we bid him adieu.
Mom wanted to make some soup so we quickly stopped at the grocery store on the way home where she bought veggies for a veggie soup and then headed home.
I took a nap, which turned into sleep and ended up waking at almost midnight (totally screwing myself). I quickly popped my natural sleeping pills but they take an hour or two to kick in, so of course I was up until 2am ugh. Since mom is back at work, I was up again at 6am to drop her off. So today might be a rough day. Maybe.
Since I couldn’t sleep, I got the desire to play some World of Warcraft (it’d been three weeks, which is a long time for me lol). So I renewed for ONE month only and played a short while before jumping back into bed and watched X-Files until I fell asleep.
Crappy Thoughts
As we near the 1 year since my dad passed away, and I am so thankful I still have my mother, I keep having horrible thoughts about losing her too. Last night I had to beg (to whoever would listen to me), not to take her, that we’ve already lost enough to last a long while… but the thought is right there at the forefront, niggling away. I hate it.
I had a mini-panic attack at like 7 am, and it sucked bad. The house we live in is way too big for me (hell it’s too big for my mom and I). A home that used to house 5 (sometimes 6 whenever Trisha spent weekends), is now down to two. I really only need two bedroom-like rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. That’s really it. The house has multiple floors, grass/snow/leaves to take care of… it’s just a lot for a single person.
I sort of want to move into a condo, BUT this is my dad’s home. He worked so hard on this house… blood, sweat, tears, lots of his hard earned cash. I don’t want to sell it. I don’t want to leave it … but our area isn’t the greatest either.
So I have all kinds of torn emotions going on inside of me.
Plus, (I will take a picture someday) my mother has every kind of tiny little knickknack in this house and the thought of someday having to go through EVERYTHING and packing it up/splitting it (though I can already tell everyone that Trisha will not want it, so itll be between Danny and I), and then dealing with having to sell it when we’re all going through so much all over again … ugh. I dunno. Panic attacks suck and I feel another one coming just typing this, so Imma hush.
I’ll stop on a happier note, followed by a bunch of SIMS screenshots for those who enjoy them LOL
Thankful for Tuesday:
1. Mom + brothers.
2. Great weekend with the family.
3. Delicious food, when so many go without ):
4. A couple of great movies and some good ones + SIMS for entertainment
5. All the writing I’ve been doing. Not just for the book, but also keeping up with my journal.
6. One last day of total quiet at work as most all are still on vacation but a handful.
7. The cruise. We’re booking rooms this weekend (getting all together to figure it out).
8. Reruns of X-files. That show is so dated, but I still love it. Brings back a lot of nostalgic memories (happy ones).
9. Coffee. No idea what I would do without it.
10. Long weekend. ‘Free’ days off are awesome.
11. Nice cool weather. It always feels like we jump right into summer, but seems like we’re actually getting spring this year. That makes me happy.
SIMS
So as I quickly mentioned in my previous entry. Saturday night before I hit the hay, the twins aged up to children. Below are some screenshots of said children phase. I really didn’t like the hairdo’s they aged up with so I changed them right quick. LOL But this is them enjoying their birthday cake on their birthday (hair still the same-Zoe sitting next to mom/Emma across).
Then they went up to Zoe’s room to change their do's and make them become BFF’s. Zoe still in pigtails, Emma long hair.
They took a selfie together… haha. Oh kids these days!
Of course, Emma needed a selfie taken in HER room, so they did that.
And it was clearly the most hilarious selfie ever.
But then I had to take over the reins cuz they gotta get busy on their own children aspirations. Zoe wants to be a “whiz kid”, which involves of mental stimulation, so off to play chess she goes.
Of course, Emma is all about the arts (probably because she only max’d out imagination).
Off to the drawing table she goes.
My kid sims always seem to age up on the weekend. With no school, Zoe had time to work on experiments (which really boosted her mental skills).
Yep, this family loves to walk around in their sleeping attire haha.
Apparently a failed experiment... poor Zoe.
But clever as ever, she takes notes so she doesn't make the same mistake!
Emma's lowest skill is her mental (its at 3 compared to Zoe's 5), so I made her practice with dad, which gives a slightly extra boost.
Mom came to eat dinner while they played. That cool space gadget in the background was one of the awards their dad got for one of his Astronaut promotions.
Where Emma is weak in mental skill, Zoe is in Imagination. It's only at lvl 3. Made her play the violin, which she clearly is not good at, if her expression is any indication (she's not :P).
Emma works on boosting up her social skills. She might be a little ghetto.
She is apparently VERY happy about talking to herself in the mirror. I worry about this child.
And just to show you all the epic glitches sometimes. Emma eating breakfast, even though her plate is on the floor ... ahahah. And pops walking around in his boxers... yep. (And he does actually work out a lot/he was a NPC SIM and his aspiration was to be a bodybuilder/never changed it... so he's definitely buff lol).
While they all have breakfast, mom is slaving away writing her latest book. She managed to hit the max level for writing during this and fulfill her final aspiration. So YAY Mom!
Perfect timing for her to become an adult. It was her birthday! (From YA to Adult).
Emma's pretty pleased to have finished her homework.
Everyone enjoys birthday cake!
Since one of Zoe's tasks for completing her aspiration for Whiz kid is to finish her homework twice while "FOCUSED" she challenged dad to a game of Chess to get her in the right frame of mind before doing her homework.
AND she kicked his ass. LOL
Dad has to do his hour of working out for work before bed, so he pops that out before joining everyone else who is sleeping. LOL AND I told ya their toddler room would be turned into a gym hahaha.
Basically, that's their average day (though they do play basketball/space ship/swim when they need a break. I'll capture that next time).
I wrote about Friday/Saturday already, but on Sunday (other than playing SIMS), we had a family BBQ. Just my mom, two brothers and sister in law. Danny got out of work around 4:30 and since he is the grill master, he got to work on grilling some burgers/hot dogs.
For dessert we had warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream on top and it was deliciousness. I couldn’t believe Danny had never had warm apple pie with ice cream… it was his first time and of course he loved it. Still in a bit of shock over that one ha-ha.
Afterward, Nelson and Trisha stuck around. Since they never saw either of the Wick movies, we all saw the first John Wick with them and they loved it so much I ended up watching the second one for a second time this weekend, but it was all good, cuz the move is THAT good.
They left around 2am and I stayed up reading over what I’ve written and making some edits. I wrote a few more paragraphs and watched a few episodes of X-Files, but it hit 4am and I wanted sleep, so sleep I did :P
Monday I woke up way late. It was raining hard all morning, which was perfect cuddle with pillow and blankies weather, and I did just that. Got up around 1PM and hopped on PC to briefly play some SIMS while I ate a little breakfast (pop tart … breakfast of champions!). Danny got home from work around 3:30, so we had an early dinner with him and hung out with him until about 5:30pm when we bid him adieu.
Mom wanted to make some soup so we quickly stopped at the grocery store on the way home where she bought veggies for a veggie soup and then headed home.
I took a nap, which turned into sleep and ended up waking at almost midnight (totally screwing myself). I quickly popped my natural sleeping pills but they take an hour or two to kick in, so of course I was up until 2am ugh. Since mom is back at work, I was up again at 6am to drop her off. So today might be a rough day. Maybe.
Since I couldn’t sleep, I got the desire to play some World of Warcraft (it’d been three weeks, which is a long time for me lol). So I renewed for ONE month only and played a short while before jumping back into bed and watched X-Files until I fell asleep.
Crappy Thoughts
As we near the 1 year since my dad passed away, and I am so thankful I still have my mother, I keep having horrible thoughts about losing her too. Last night I had to beg (to whoever would listen to me), not to take her, that we’ve already lost enough to last a long while… but the thought is right there at the forefront, niggling away. I hate it.
I had a mini-panic attack at like 7 am, and it sucked bad. The house we live in is way too big for me (hell it’s too big for my mom and I). A home that used to house 5 (sometimes 6 whenever Trisha spent weekends), is now down to two. I really only need two bedroom-like rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. That’s really it. The house has multiple floors, grass/snow/leaves to take care of… it’s just a lot for a single person.
I sort of want to move into a condo, BUT this is my dad’s home. He worked so hard on this house… blood, sweat, tears, lots of his hard earned cash. I don’t want to sell it. I don’t want to leave it … but our area isn’t the greatest either.
So I have all kinds of torn emotions going on inside of me.
Plus, (I will take a picture someday) my mother has every kind of tiny little knickknack in this house and the thought of someday having to go through EVERYTHING and packing it up/splitting it (though I can already tell everyone that Trisha will not want it, so itll be between Danny and I), and then dealing with having to sell it when we’re all going through so much all over again … ugh. I dunno. Panic attacks suck and I feel another one coming just typing this, so Imma hush.
I’ll stop on a happier note, followed by a bunch of SIMS screenshots for those who enjoy them LOL
Thankful for Tuesday:
1. Mom + brothers.
2. Great weekend with the family.
3. Delicious food, when so many go without ):
4. A couple of great movies and some good ones + SIMS for entertainment
5. All the writing I’ve been doing. Not just for the book, but also keeping up with my journal.
6. One last day of total quiet at work as most all are still on vacation but a handful.
7. The cruise. We’re booking rooms this weekend (getting all together to figure it out).
8. Reruns of X-files. That show is so dated, but I still love it. Brings back a lot of nostalgic memories (happy ones).
9. Coffee. No idea what I would do without it.
10. Long weekend. ‘Free’ days off are awesome.
11. Nice cool weather. It always feels like we jump right into summer, but seems like we’re actually getting spring this year. That makes me happy.
SIMS
So as I quickly mentioned in my previous entry. Saturday night before I hit the hay, the twins aged up to children. Below are some screenshots of said children phase. I really didn’t like the hairdo’s they aged up with so I changed them right quick. LOL But this is them enjoying their birthday cake on their birthday (hair still the same-Zoe sitting next to mom/Emma across).
Then they went up to Zoe’s room to change their do's and make them become BFF’s. Zoe still in pigtails, Emma long hair.
They took a selfie together… haha. Oh kids these days!
Of course, Emma needed a selfie taken in HER room, so they did that.
And it was clearly the most hilarious selfie ever.
But then I had to take over the reins cuz they gotta get busy on their own children aspirations. Zoe wants to be a “whiz kid”, which involves of mental stimulation, so off to play chess she goes.
Of course, Emma is all about the arts (probably because she only max’d out imagination).
Off to the drawing table she goes.
My kid sims always seem to age up on the weekend. With no school, Zoe had time to work on experiments (which really boosted her mental skills).
Yep, this family loves to walk around in their sleeping attire haha.
Apparently a failed experiment... poor Zoe.
But clever as ever, she takes notes so she doesn't make the same mistake!
Emma's lowest skill is her mental (its at 3 compared to Zoe's 5), so I made her practice with dad, which gives a slightly extra boost.
Mom came to eat dinner while they played. That cool space gadget in the background was one of the awards their dad got for one of his Astronaut promotions.
Where Emma is weak in mental skill, Zoe is in Imagination. It's only at lvl 3. Made her play the violin, which she clearly is not good at, if her expression is any indication (she's not :P).
Emma works on boosting up her social skills. She might be a little ghetto.
She is apparently VERY happy about talking to herself in the mirror. I worry about this child.
And just to show you all the epic glitches sometimes. Emma eating breakfast, even though her plate is on the floor ... ahahah. And pops walking around in his boxers... yep. (And he does actually work out a lot/he was a NPC SIM and his aspiration was to be a bodybuilder/never changed it... so he's definitely buff lol).
While they all have breakfast, mom is slaving away writing her latest book. She managed to hit the max level for writing during this and fulfill her final aspiration. So YAY Mom!
Perfect timing for her to become an adult. It was her birthday! (From YA to Adult).
Emma's pretty pleased to have finished her homework.
Everyone enjoys birthday cake!
Since one of Zoe's tasks for completing her aspiration for Whiz kid is to finish her homework twice while "FOCUSED" she challenged dad to a game of Chess to get her in the right frame of mind before doing her homework.
AND she kicked his ass. LOL
Dad has to do his hour of working out for work before bed, so he pops that out before joining everyone else who is sleeping. LOL AND I told ya their toddler room would be turned into a gym hahaha.
Basically, that's their average day (though they do play basketball/space ship/swim when they need a break. I'll capture that next time).