Re: objects_for_Sims2 OT Me

Hellooooo   Did I just catch a glimpse of the words Farmville, Cafe World, etc?  LOL!  I have also been spending way to much time on those apps!  It was lovely to read all your emails and see what's going on in everyone's lives.  Haven't played sims 2 for a looooong time!  As for Sims 3.....hplayed it and then got fed up with all the glitches and problems and left that for a while as well.  Just getting back into as I finally have a great new graphics card and bought the stuff pack.  A few new patches lately seems to have fixed up some of the problems I had with Sims 3, so I might get back into simming again!   My mum also passed away last year from pancreatic cancer so that was a sad time for me.   Anyway, Owlsy, Ruby and Debby and fellow simmers great to catch up with you all.  Take care.   Hugs Sabina Xxxxx            -------Original Message-------   From: dloaks Date: 22/02/2010 1:48:20 AM To: objects-for-sims@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: objects_for_Sims2 OT Me   Owlsy & Ruby, I loved your emails and miss the old group!  I've been directing my *lazy arse* (love that term!!!) time to Facebook, which I, along with millions of others, have become addicted to.  FarmVille, YoVille, Cafe World.  rotf!  A semi-substitute for Simming!    I still have all of my original Sims & expansions, sold my entire Sims 2 set on ebay, purchased Sims 3 (old habits die hard ~ I don't like it but perhaps haven't given it a chance).  Then I had a panicky freak-out, lol and actually RE-BOUGHT Sims 2 on ebay ~ I know, I know, but at the same time you DO understand, don't you?  lol  The base game and 20 add-ons.  At least let it be known that I sold mine for more than I re-purchased, haha.  We have a PC that I did a complete system restore on ~ it's old, but new again, and all it's going to have on it are Sims and expansions.  woohoo!    I was sorry to hear of the troubles you've had, but so happy that you shared and that you're moving in a positive direction, Owlsy.  We all have lots of skeletons in our closets...issues that were never dealt with when we were kids because if your home was anything like mine we had a "children should be seen and not heard" type of environment most of the time.  Your faith, joy for life and acceptance of what-will-be-will-be attitude will surely keep you in better health both mentally and physically!   Ruby, your Mom was blessed to have found love to see her through 'til the end.  She must have been some kind of woman!    I've really missed y'all and my Simmies, & I'm so ready to get back to our circle of friends again, too :D  Thank you for sharing your stories and lives.   Love & Hugs, gdwhich Debby Oaks on Facebook if you want to add me as a friend!  Please mentions Sims as our keyword to each other for immediate acceptance!  -----Original Message----- From: Ruby <ruby7001@gmail.com> To: objects-for-sims@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, Feb 21, 2010 2:28 am Subject: Re: objects_for_Sims2 OT Me FLAVOR00-NONE-0000-0000-000000000000 ; Great email Owlsy, read it right through and know where you're coming from. My mother passed on June last year. There was no will as such as she had married again at age 85. The guy is 12 yrs younger, but she was very happy in the last 5 years. They pooled their funds and bought a house together with my mum at age 90. I thought not a good time for her as by that time she was bed ridden, but it was much easier for him. her illness was taking it s toll on him and pushing her uphill was soo difficult ( he had rented out his house and moved in with her, initially,) They were only in their new house for 6 weeks when she moved out of this world. I was overseas at the time and out of reach of mobile coverage or computer link. So did'nt find out till the day before her funeral. However, my brother had a DVD made to cover it., which was really good. My partner has since lost his 20 yr old nephew to a heart attack, he was in the airforce and had passed wit flying colours (pardon the pun) 2 medicals. Also his dad passed away the Oct the year before. You just never know aye. great to be back with the Simming bunch......woohooo cheers       -------Original Message-------   From: Vodor Date: 20/02/2010 11:50:36 AM To: objects-for-sims@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: objects_for_Sims2 OT Me   Glad to see you back. I don't say much, but Eye izz still here.   Vodor... vodor1@yahoo.com; dennisthielen@yahoo.com; thielensan@aim.com; thielensan2@gmail.com. http://360.yahoo.com/vodor1 From: Owl Songster <owlsongster@yahoo.com> To: objects-for-sims@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 2:24:14 AM Subject: Re: objects_for_Sims2 OT Me Hello fellow simmers,   wow, haven't the emails dropped off?   Let me start the ball rolling again (hopefully).   This past year has been SO fullon for me.  Medical dramas, legal dramas good Gawd! It is nearing the end of both dramas, and i have discovered that i am older (yes turning 50 was quite a shock and now i'm FIFTY ONE, laffin), wiser, and have worked thru an enormous amount of painful stuff and am in a much better place both physically and emotionally.   Last March i went into hospital with stomach ulcers, caused by an allergic reaction to long term use of a slow-release painkiller, used for meds-related side effects.  So i had to stop using it.  Next i developed such extreme pain in my lower back and spine the dr was thinking it was a degenerative disease called ankylosing spondylitus.  Turns out it was no such thing.  The long term painkillers masked the fact that my pelvic floor and related muscles had lost nearly all their muscle-tone.  Instead of having a degenerative disorder, i was a lazy-arse, *grins*.   I now go to a lovely physiotherapist, who has put me on very gentle exercises designed to build those muscles up over time, and i no longer need a cane to get around.  He even said that it is possible that some time in the future i can throw away my new brand of pain-killers (YaaY).  So the upshot is i am healthier, i have lost 10 pounds, i do gentle exercises twice a day and have radically changed what i eat... i stress this is NOT a diet, this is a lifestyle change.  I'm actually eating more than i used to, just different foods.   On the legal side, Mum died in '08, and a sister decided to challenge the Will, with 2 siblings supporting her.  A sister, a neice and i opposed that action.  A lot of to-ing and fro-ing with affidavits opened up a lot of pain about our childhood, my childhood relationship to my parents, issues like that.  We have reached the stage where a last offer has been made, it will be accepted or we go to court.  And because of all this pain, all this soul-searching, anger, frustration, and on and on, i have come to a place of peace within myself.  It was hard, it was painful, and it was worth it.  The action is not over, but i am not as emotionally invested in it as i was.  What happens will happen.  I thank God i went through all of that, because i am in a much better place than i was before it.  I have reconciled a lot of my childhood pain, i see my parents in a much kinder light, and have been able to forgive myself for some of my parenting errors.  The bonds with one sister have been renewed, and hopefully that strong supportive relationship will continue.   I guess i wanted to share both of these life-changing events with you for a few reasons.  Firstly i want this group going again, now i'm focussing on it again, lololol.  Secondly, YES pain HURTS and then we grow.  Whatever you are going thru, you WILL learn something from it, and i hope and pray that the outcomes will be as wonderful as mine have been.  Thirdly, i'm still a lazy-arse and hopefully telling you lot that i exercise twice a day will help me DO IT!   On the non-stress side, i received 31 boxes of books and records from Mum and Dad's estate.  I've been slowly going thru them and in some ways its a lovely walk down memory lane.  I'm not going to run out of reading material in a hurry!  There were also photos, old diaries, little things from Mum and Dad and stuff i'd left at home years back.  My sister packed all of these boxes up for me, arranged storage and then the removalist.  A truely wonderful gift.  I'll need to get a record player made, i understand that is quite easy these days... modern innards with a top capable of playing the old records.  And i mean OLD... shellac, 33 1/3's i think.  One thing that happened with some of the records was that they were stored in brown paper covers, individual sleeves.  Some of them have stuck to the records they were sleeving... does anyone know of a safe way of getting that paper off the records?   I'm going to write another email about my latest Simming experiences... the dramas of reorganising your downloads because (of course) the bloody game was stuffing up! LOL   Please share your life with us, i'd love to read how you are all doing, what is right, what is wrong in your lives.  In my dark times, when i reached out to this group, you were there, and i thank you for that.  You helped me, with your sympathy and understanding.  It's not just the joys that we share, but the bad times too, when we can.   Hoping to hear from you,   Owlsy Save the Earth!!! .... It's the only planet with CHOCOLATE - OK, OK, "and" NEW ZEALAND *grins* Yahoo!7: Catch-up on your favourite Channel 7 TV shows easily, legally, and for free at PLUS7. Check it out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Objects For Sims 2" group. To post to this group, send email to objects-for-sims@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to objects-for-sims+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. 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