Poor you, this must be so stressful to play! I'd be tearing my hair out not being able to control them and get them away from the fire. At least none of the visitors died though.
It must be so strange having one bed and so few residents in the house now, too. Joe and Jeffina seem to be coping well, though, all things considered.
Poor Leila, these next few days will be even more interesting now! :D
Hi Amy! Yes, the number of fires are getting ridiculous. It's very stressful, and very difficult to not just control Joe and Jeffina just a little bit, just to make it go better, nobody ever has to know... Asylum challenges are apparently not my forte. :(
I am very glad that none of the visitors died! I was perfectly willing to sacrifice all the residents to keep Chant and Fantine alive. Phoebe would never have forgiven me...
It is very strange having so few residents. I don't know how people manage to play a whole challenge with only losing one or two! I mean, the inmates were all expendable, but I didn't think that they'd actually be expended...
Yes, "interesting" is the word. Unfortunately, that's probably as in "May you live in interesting times..." Thanks for reading and commenting! :D
PS: I saw your new hairs posted over at GOS -- they look great! Congratulations! :D
Puffs in and wonders why everyone has gone. That only took 5 minutes to find. Sorry Esme, I thought I had missed an update so I set out to find it. Of course a smart person would click on your user name and find it that way... I realize no how many people’s posts I missed while going back and back on my F list. *guilty* :( No excuse except listening to too much gameplayjenny (ps. if you haven't heard her, try googling gameplayjenny sims 1 any time you need a laugh)
As soon as I opened it I read that as "Hey you!" I thought yep even the asylum inmates are telling me off! But then I realized it's "Hey, it's you!" It's marvellous what a small word and a comma does lol.
Oh no not food poisoning, that's the worst.
...I take that back your fires and starvation are worse. Yikes!
You installed ACR?!? Somehow I don't think so hmm.
Great update Esme, such an interesting asylum! Never a dull moment there lol.
I've heard nothing but good things from you about gameplayjenny; I should go check her stuff out. :) I'm sadly behind on a few updates myself, and I haven't got any good excuse.
Yes, that one little word and comma are important. I didn't mean it to sound rude!
I'd say asylum challenges are the worst. Other people get spontaneous romances, pee puddles, and riotous hilarity, and what do I get? Fires, starvation, and food poisoning. I swear somebody took all my luck for this challenge!
Nope, no ACR. *shudders at the very thought* Just Plot. ;)
I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter! Thanks for reading and commenting! :D
PS: Did you see the changes to the CCL scoring system that Lorin and I worked out in the comments of the last chapter of Cecil's CCL? They'll work out to your advantage, I think.
Lol, well I didn't think you would put on ACR from what you said before about it. I don't really get all the hoopla about it myself.
I saw that when I found this update and I can see I haven't commented so I'm not sure if I read it yet. *hides under a bag*
But it's 11.30pm now. I was going to bed but I saw a cockroach *shudder* So I've stayed up to spray it, wait and spray it some more! I'm as scared of them as I am of spiders so I'm not going to bed until I'm sure it's never going to move again! -_-
I think I sprayed it at least 6 times before it died in the bathroom. My son went O_O when I told him he walked past it this morning going to the bathroom. Lol poor kid is terrified of them even when they are dead. Now he won't use the kitchen bin as hubby scooped it up and put it in there. What is worse is the fleas from next door! One set of feral's move out to be replaced by a new bunch! Not that I want the fleas to bite their toddlers but they told dh they were, so surly they will get the sprayer man out? We had him spray along the fence line but that hasn't stopped them. Wouldn't surprise me if that isn't were the roaches are coming from as well. :/
Having those kind of neighbors are the worst, the kind who don't care what kind of conditions they (or their kids) are living in. Things have to be pretty bad for fleas and roaches to strike out for better territory. All you can do is make your place as uninviting as possible: keep it clean, spray regularly, seal any cracks you can find (like around plumbing or at the edge of the floor and wall), put flea collars on the pets, and like that. If you don't want to use sprays in the house, because of the kids and cats, salt is supposed to work well: sprinkle it on the floors and carpets, and then vacuum it up after an hour or two. (It kills any flea eggs that may be around.) Also, fleas reportedly don't like strong smells like eucalyptus, lavender, and mint. So planting or sprinkling some of that around the foundations of the house might help too. Roaches don't care much about strong scents, but at least it could help with the fleas.
I've noticed they all seem to come from the same mold. Same loud cars, same loud voices and what I call 'boom-boom' thumpy music. They have toddlers yet they had their music going until 2 am a couple of nights ago. :( I think the roaches might be coming in at the laundry and up the shower drain. The fleas do seem to be diminishing in number, but they are still around. We use Advocate once a month drops on our cats, more effective and safer then collars as you can't pick any of it up on your hands after a couple of days. Someone told us to try garden lime against the fence so I've told dh to get a bag. Thanks for those other ideas Esme.
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Date: 2013-03-23 04:52 pm (UTC)Poor you, this must be so stressful to play! I'd be tearing my hair out not being able to control them and get them away from the fire. At least none of the visitors died though.
It must be so strange having one bed and so few residents in the house now, too. Joe and Jeffina seem to be coping well, though, all things considered.
Poor Leila, these next few days will be even more interesting now! :D
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Date: 2013-03-23 05:01 pm (UTC)Yes, the number of fires are getting ridiculous. It's very stressful, and very difficult to not just control Joe and Jeffina just a little bit, just to make it go better, nobody ever has to know... Asylum challenges are apparently not my forte. :(
I am very glad that none of the visitors died! I was perfectly willing to sacrifice all the residents to keep Chant and Fantine alive. Phoebe would never have forgiven me...
It is very strange having so few residents. I don't know how people manage to play a whole challenge with only losing one or two! I mean, the inmates were all expendable, but I didn't think that they'd actually be expended...
Yes, "interesting" is the word. Unfortunately, that's probably as in "May you live in interesting times..."
Thanks for reading and commenting! :D
PS: I saw your new hairs posted over at GOS -- they look great! Congratulations! :D
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Date: 2013-04-02 09:00 am (UTC)Puffs in and wonders why everyone has gone. That only took 5 minutes to find. Sorry Esme, I thought I had missed an update so I set out to find it. Of course a smart person would click on your user name and find it that way... I realize no how many people’s posts I missed while going back and back on my F list. *guilty* :( No excuse except listening to too much gameplayjenny (ps. if you haven't heard her, try googling gameplayjenny sims 1 any time you need a laugh)
As soon as I opened it I read that as "Hey you!" I thought yep even the asylum inmates are telling me off! But then I realized it's "Hey, it's you!" It's marvellous what a small word and a comma does lol.
Oh no not food poisoning, that's the worst.
...I take that back your fires and starvation are worse. Yikes!
You installed ACR?!? Somehow I don't think so hmm.
Great update Esme, such an interesting asylum! Never a dull moment there lol.
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Date: 2013-04-02 11:17 am (UTC)Yes, that one little word and comma are important. I didn't mean it to sound rude!
I'd say asylum challenges are the worst. Other people get spontaneous romances, pee puddles, and riotous hilarity, and what do I get? Fires, starvation, and food poisoning. I swear somebody took all my luck for this challenge!
Nope, no ACR. *shudders at the very thought* Just Plot. ;)
I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter! Thanks for reading and commenting! :D
PS: Did you see the changes to the CCL scoring system that Lorin and I worked out in the comments of the last chapter of Cecil's CCL? They'll work out to your advantage, I think.
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Date: 2013-04-02 01:32 pm (UTC)I saw that when I found this update and I can see I haven't commented so I'm not sure if I read it yet. *hides under a bag*
But it's 11.30pm now. I was going to bed but I saw a cockroach *shudder* So I've stayed up to spray it, wait and spray it some more! I'm as scared of them as I am of spiders so I'm not going to bed until I'm sure it's never going to move again! -_-
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Date: 2013-04-02 11:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-04-03 10:25 am (UTC)What is worse is the fleas from next door! One set of feral's move out to be replaced by a new bunch! Not that I want the fleas to bite their toddlers but they told dh they were, so surly they will get the sprayer man out? We had him spray along the fence line but that hasn't stopped them.
Wouldn't surprise me if that isn't were the roaches are coming from as well. :/
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Date: 2013-04-03 11:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-04-04 11:01 pm (UTC)I think the roaches might be coming in at the laundry and up the shower drain. The fleas do seem to be diminishing in number, but they are still around. We use Advocate once a month drops on our cats, more effective and safer then collars as you can't pick any of it up on your hands after a couple of days. Someone told us to try garden lime against the fence so I've told dh to get a bag. Thanks for those other ideas Esme.