Hello, friends!
Major apologies for not updating this blog or my stories in quite a while. Yes, I know what I said last time about hoping the long lapses would be a thing of the past. Sadly, RL and EA updates sometimes put a big monkey wrench into best-laid plans. Without making a career of this post, I’ll update you on the happenings past and present and tell you where we go from here. Don’t worry! Stories will be returning very soon now that my game seems to be working…well, for the most part, it is. More on that in a bit.
The choral group that I’m a member of resumed rehearsals and concerts after a nearly 3-year hiatus brought on by the pandemic. Our director is a bit of a maniac, so we had a grueling rehearsal and concert schedule for this past Christmas season – rehearsals twice a week and 5 concerts. Yeeoowww! Needless to say, I was exhausted by the time it was over, and I had a mad desire to take a slow boat to New Zealand and go into a coma for the entire trip. We had our Spring season as well. Now we’re off until Fall, which is super nice.
Once life calmed down, I was ready to jump back into my Sims 3 game and get up some chapters. I should’ve known it would be my dumb luck to not have a smooth transition. By then, the new EA app (what a disaster!) had replaced Origin, which now seems to be defunct…and the nightmare began. I was very fortunate in one way because at least my games were still in my library. I’d heard so many horror stories about people’s games and packs disappearing. However, I did have a major and debilitating problem. All my Sims 3 Store content went poof right out of my game. This meant, my worlds were missing, and I had absolutely ZERO store content showing up even though I’d installed it a long time ago. This meant I couldn’t get into the majority of my saves, including the ones needed for my blog. I’m telling you, it was Ground Zero around here. My poor husband! You should’ve heard my screams, bellows, and colorful use of the English language. I think it goes without saying that many tears were shed, and I had no clue what to do. After numerous glasses of wine, more tears, and even more cussing, I hit the research road hard. I won’t go into the technical aspects of what I did to fix my situation, but I will say that for the most part, it looks to be a go. There are still some Store items that need to be installed and one of my Mod files seems to be causing a bit of an issue. However, I’m happy to say it’s running well enough for me to play and get the screenshots I need so I can start posting again. I have missed my characters so much, and I miss my readers and seeing the “Likes” and comments coming in. I’m so excited to be able to begin posting in the immanent future.
Even though my game has been down and my life got rather insane, I have been writing up posts and chapter segments/scenes. I actually have enough material for probably two Chapters of Forever in Time, one chapter of Heartsongs & Enchantments (as stated in a previous post, Robin and Alina will be incorporated into the main story once I have a good ending point to the separate story), and one installment for Meet the Families. They need a bit of editing, but that is easily done. Once screenshots are done, I will get posts out in good succession and should be able to keep the momentum coming. Ah, I’m just so excited and can’t wait! 😀
Updates to the characters list will be happening along with a few other new additions. I’ve also decided that I’ll bring Kira’s Keep, which is my 100 Baby Challenge, over to this blog. Appropriate labels and tags will be added for ease of navigation. If you want something a bit lighthearted and quick to look at while you wait for chapters in the main stories, this should keep you entertained. It will mostly be screenshots and commentary. Similar projects are also in the works as well as other surprises, such as cameo appearances made by other Sims. I won’t go into detail here, but I hope I can spike your curiosity when I say I’d like to thank Kymber from Story Spinner for allowing me to borrow a much beloved past character who will be making appearances from time to time. I’m honored to have her as a friend and that she’s allowing me to bring this character back to life for my story, even for a brief time. Fingers crossed that I can do this epic character justice. 🙂
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Happy Simming!
Sweet Nightingale – Sharon
