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Whimsy Generation 1: starting out

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l Talamh* Whims grimaced as she looked over her new home.  If you could call a dirt plot in the middle of Evergreen Harbor's "Port Promise" neighborhood "home".   She had thought the land a steal at the list price and bought it sight unseen... even though it had cost her most of her simoleans - leaving her with the clothes on her back.... and a tent. (Author's note:  Generation 1 and her children are to be named in a nature theme.  "Talamh" according to google, it gaelic for "earth") Yeah, the land was a steal alright...and she was the one who'd been robbed!   Scrounging around in the pockets of her worn out jeans, she saw she had enough loose change for one absolute necessity.   Sticking her thumb out, she hitched a ride to the Simhome Despot*  and found a wan looking portapotty bush in their discount sale area.  Obviously other sims had been pre-testing its peeabsorbing properties, if the smell was anything to go by.   (...
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Why a blog? and Whimsy challenge prelude

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Howdy folks, Way back in the day, I simmed with Sims2 (Yeah, I'm that old!)   And back then many of the folks I became dear friends with wrote and blogged their sims stories.  So while I know many folks do YouTube videos I am not sure I'd have the time or energy to learn how to edit videos... plus I think my voice sounds like a dork.  Plus I like writing.  I don't do as much as I like, so I figure writing my sims lives with start exercising that old writing muscle. Why Sims Stories?  Well, in case I decide to do more than 1 challenge, I can just have them all here. So the first challenge I'll be trying is the Whimsy Challenge  ...  and possibly even the expanded challenge.  I don't know that I will, as I've never successfully competed a 10 generation challenge, never mind anything longer! I don't have ALL of the expansions/packs/kits (yet), but thanks to bundling and taking advantage of any sales, I intend to rectify that. So here we go....
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