Confessions of a Sims 3 Addict

 Here are some recent builds from the 10x10 challenges. This is a day spa. It features a hot tub, treatment lounge chairs, all-in-one bathroom, and rabbithole rug by the front door. This spa is not far from the bed and breakfast, which can be changed to a regular house if the situation suites me. This building features a common area on the first floor that includes a food synthesizer so the guests don't have to make their own food.  The basement has a hot tub, and the upper floor has a castle-themed bedroom and sitting area with a television and a private deck. There's also an all-in-one bathroom down here. (I keep forgetting to include bathrooms in these builds, then they become an after-thought.) All-in-one bathroom is also in the bedroom. Around the corner, is Goth Haven Pub.  A fun little place with a so-called secret.  Grim lives downstairs and there has been a nearly nightly spectacle of watching paparazzi meet their deaths by knocking on his door. Grim makes h...

 I'm going to rename this game "Happy Valley" instead of "Be Happy" because I have pretty much ditched the challenge at this point. I've added several 10x10 challenge lots and some larger family homes to encourage population growth. I'm still going to jump around from household to household, but I found one sim I have grown particularly fond of.  Her name is Patty Wolfe, and there's something about the expressiveness of her face that I really like.  She almost always looks serene, and she smiles a lot.  Even when she's not smiling, her expressions are so cute.  The circumstances where I first met Patty were not auspicious. I was playing another household at the time, and she was standing at the pie eating contest table in what was passing for swimwear, but looked more like she had no pants on - just underwear.  Add to this the fact that she was a big gal, and no underwear model, and you can see my concern.  This woman clearly needed rescuing.  I ...

 Be Happy World #4 - Quinn loses two cobblers, but gets a girlfriend; getting to know Patty Wolfe I adjusted my rules a little. In light if the fact that the population is aging and Quinn had his brush with death on account of the fire, I decided I really needed to add a mausoleum to the world, so I can keep those who die in the world - even if they don't die on my watch. I put in an empty, but nicely decorated graveyard, using Quinn's happiness points to justify it. I bent the rules with the decorations, but what the heck. Quinn bought some replacement furniture for his home and cleaned up. He tinkered alot with the fireplace and raised his handiness skill, but for some reason - "upgrade to fireproof" doesn't seem to be an option with this particular fireplace. Also, I learned something disturbing about the baker's oven. Quinn managed to make cookies, dinner rolls, and bread, but each time he tries for a cobbler, it goes into the oven and never comes out! I m...