Happy Timezones, friends!
I hope you all are doing well and that the holiday season is treating you grandly so far.
I just thought I’d give a little update and apologize for my absense these last few weeks. My plan was to have several chapters posted between late November and the end of the year. I daresay several won’t happen, but I’ll do my best to get at least one up before 2024 begins. You’ve all heard the saying, “The best laid plans of mice and men.” Well, that has certainly applied to me as of late. Unfortunately, it’s that time of year when all sorts of nasty viruses and bugs hit people, and I, regretfully, fell into that category. I won’t bore you with the minor details, but suffice it to say, I caught a nasty respiratory thingy and was down for a good month. I’m telling you, the fatigue and weakness is no lie, and I thought I was gonna cough up both lungs for sure. The final indignity was when I lost my voice for a good 10+ days. A bullfrog had nothing compared to me. Needless to say,, I was living on cough drops, water, and hot drinks. All I can say is it’s hard to get anything published when all you want to do is sleep.
Thankfully, I’m pretty much good to go now and am looking to grab a bunch of screenshots over the weekend so I can get something out hopefully by early next week. Not only did a nasty bug hit me, but I’ve had to redo my Mods and CC folders for my game because I had something in there that was totally bogging down my Sims 3. I can be a stubborn holdout at times and was balking at converting over to CC Magic. However, I pulled the trigger and started organizing most of my CC that way after watching a ton of YouTube videos on how to do it. The hardest part is getting it all organized. I ended up putting everything through Delphy’s Dashboard and found a few pieces that were marked as corrupted. I took those out, but now, there are Sims I have to redress and re-hair because I no longer have that piece. I’m also redoing some default replacements. I’m always looking for ways to improve my work, and I strive to publish the best quality I know how to do. With that said, if you notice that my Sims look a little different than before, it’s because of the CC revamp.
Here’s where I’m at in terms of posts and chapters. Another post for Kira’s Keep will be arriving as soon as I put the original pics through Canva for brightening and touchups. I have a few posts for Forever in Time pre-written with one at the very rough draft stage. I’m constantly working on edits and, of course, they need their screenshots before they are published. In terms of Lenora’s hostage situation, things are going to be moving at a fast and intense clip. The mystery is unraveling quickly now for the characters and Shane’s reign of terror is about to be interrupted.
Please keep healthy, friends, and may your holiday season be full of joy and blessings. 🙂
Happy Simming!
Nise
Glad you’re feeling better! Hope you have a healthy 2024!
Thank you so much! 🙂 It sure is nice to be feeling human again. I was totally sympathizing with Alina when all she wanted to do was sleep while recovering from her own illness. When I wasn’t knocked out, I was donig a LOT of Audible, so at least I got thorugh a nice chunk of books. 😀 One must make due, after all. Same back atcha with the New Year wishes. I hope you get to live your best life in 2024.
It’s so good to see you, Chickie. I’m sorry I haven’t been in touch. Our family has been hit pretty hard with RSV and other icky stuff recently.
I hope you have a very Merry Christmas, and I look forward to speaking with you soon. xoxo
It’s always so great to see you, too, Chickie! Gosh, I’m sorry to hear you all have been hit pretty hard with all this nastiness going around. We didn’t come out unscathed either. Thank goodness the hubs got over it quickly. Me, I was down for a good month. Let me tell ya, it’s no fun, as you can imagine. It sure is nice to be feeling human again. 😀 I hope you all get to feeling better soon. The holidays are no fun when you’re laid up with an illness.