joanne aka mikrolactaki3

As days are approaching to my exams, I have 9 days left and all I do lately is accumulate all study curriculum to my notebooks. Ah that's a little useless.

What's more useless is that I am working on a large project which has taken over my daily life. I know I have a few days to present my final work, all I do is try to finish it the soonest. What a hell of a perfectionist I am, and I love it at the same time.

Anyway.

I chose to take a break for some time. Some little time. I know I haven't forgotten you AT ALL (I mean, AT ALL). But when you know real life has taken over you because it's more important than a game, then you have to hold back on your in-game progress and look on real life's side.

I mean, a break from Tumblr.

Last post of 2022 was Henry. AKA that majestic cottage house with lots of MOO and clutter... ehm landscaping? This one. Today I'm giving out a special part for you guys. What I thought of sharing in there too was the interior shots. Since the interior shots are TOO MANY they cannot fit in one post.

That way I've decided to split it in different posts. They are more than 12 I'm afraid. If you're working on a large house, it's like that ;)

Few here and few on a different one. And few on a different one... and the story goes on ;)

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Bedrooms: 8 Bathrooms: 7 Lot Size: 50x40 Price: $349,452

Built on the 2 Olde Mill Lane lot in Henford-on-Bagley.

Uses: Cottage Living, Outdoor Retreat, Romantic Garden Stuff, Cats & Dogs, Laundry Day Stuff

Features activities, laundry rooms, a pool, and a pond!

Has been play tested too, and it is not friendly for slow or laggy computers due to the amount of objects used to landscape the house (MOO cheat on) and its complicated design.

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Enjoy, but please respect my work and do not re-upload my creations to the gallery. I have worked hard to build them, assign packs, budget, work on them, design them, and in the end test them to see if they function.

Please be creative, original, and fair, and share your own designs to the gallery! #creators4fairplay

Wazzup y'all! I'm back from the dead... But not officially "back". Joanne's gotta make some few posts until her exams. Hehe.

Hey guys. How are you doing? How are your holidays, so far? You haven't heard from me AT ALL after the 13th of June.

I've had a fantastic summer vacation. Work, work and obsessed with old news segments. Can't miss the news for the news. I am a news freak as much as y'see.

And now, hooked w/projects. University. I am on my 4th year and I destine to finish the soonest. I may not graduate at 22, but I will take my time. Either way, I'm spending boring days when I'm in Corfu but when I'm not, I play Sims 3 and 4 and dream of a new laptop 'cause my current one dislikes me (-ish?).

So yeah, as a comeback post I have a new build for y'all. Delivered straight from my PC Save with so much love... let's see!

This comeback post is not much of a comeback! It's a lot of a comeback! So much, like so much!

I've learned so many over the years, during my break, and I love learning. I still learn and experiment new things, and this is very nice for me to get used to old and new things even more.

So there we go.

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Bedrooms: 8 Bathrooms: 7 Lot Size: 50x40 Price: $349,452

Built on the 2 Olde Mill Lane lot in Henford-on-Bagley.

Uses: Cottage Living, Outdoor Retreat, Romantic Garden Stuff, Cats & Dogs, Laundry Day Stuff

Features activities, laundry rooms, a pool, and a pond!

Has been play tested too, and it is not friendly for slow or laggy computers due to the amount of objects used to landscape the house (MOO cheat on) and its complicated design.

Interior shots will be shared separately (and yes, there are too many)...

[Exterior shot]

Enjoy, but please respect my work and do not re-upload my creations to the gallery. I have worked hard to build them, assign packs, budget, work on them, design them, and in the end test them to see if they function.

Please be creative, original, and fair, and share your own designs to the gallery! #creators4fairplay

...Two years since the day that changed it all. June 12th, 2020. On a Friday. Two years have passed since then. Two years that were a rollercoaster of emotions. Mixed emotions. Experiences. Each experience was different in its own unique way. I’ve gone through a lot in one household. A lot.

Deaths, more deaths. Breakups. Drama, more drama. University, more university. Love stories. Births, more births. Parties, affairs, more affairs. Happy moments, even happier moments, the happiest of moments. Living as the undead. Hybrid lifestyle. And much recently, a furry friend addition to the Painter household. A year ago, it was mostly positive experiences. In the end, you will never know what happens. The past is the past.

Due to Tumblr sometimes being a weirdo, this tribute and update will be split in three different parts. Too short to call them Parts 16-22. 22 is long number to go. Not that long in my list. But each part is original on its own. I will categorize each part according to the gameplay in real time.

Beginning with part 16, took place on July 2nd, 2021. Part 16 was a standalone part. No part 16+ was created in the meantime, speaking of other households from the same legacy.

It was nothing special, but Gavin tidying up university classes and coursework. It’s hard it coincided with his journalist career, but he tries to attend both at a time, not all at the same time. It was mostly a visit on a Foxbury institute party he paid to. Lana, instead, was at home. Was she conversing or something?

Part 17, dates to August 24th, 2021. It was after my vacation in Corfu when I carried on with builds and the laptop save a lot. Even trying to prepare myself for another vacation. That time in Chalkidiki, the day after. Wednesday the 25th of August. It was the day when I got Nifty Knitting.

And what then?

Lana tries a new hobby out! She buys a new knitting kit, and learns to knit on her own! And what does she knit first...? As a beginner, the results were socks and beanies.

Last part of this post, had nothing to do with the Painters (Lana & Gavin). But their daughter in-law, Sophia Ruffin. Daughter to Remington and Andrea. It’s called, on my chronological order, part 18+, not a standalone part 18. Theoretically part 18, but since it has nothing to do with neither Lana nor Gavin, it’s eventually part 18+ AS 18.

It had to do with a build, I was trying to test in game, to see if it works. It was Sophia’s old house. (Brooks Bridge Borough in Glimmerbrook) From a boring two bedroom house, it was renovated into a rustic family manor with a pond and a small cabin, just what she needed to grow her family. Sophia’s first child, Craig, grew old and ready to leave her house, but we’re not done yet. She tries for her second child with her husband. Summin’ up, part 18+ was all a matter of a build which eventually ended up in pregnancy, more than good news!

1. (poof Craig walked into the room?!)

and 2. he just came in to hear the good news...

The rest on two separate posts. The story goes on, but distance/change of lifestyle was the reason why I no longer play the Painters. Some screenshots exist on a private Discord server. It’s compact and easy (for me, at least) to copy the pictures and paste them for my current post(s).

Enjoy... the rest's getting stronger...

It’s been long since I last blogged here. I left my last post in June. Since then, I tried to focus on different aspects of life, and of course, my university life which was time we headed back to campus.

Those aspects featured summer, which was too demanding for me. I spent endless hours at work. Missed my game until I found the time to head and play. By the end of July, I came down with a cold. Wasn’t Covid by any means. Early August featured wildfires across Greece. My country was in danger. I couldn’t handle the drama we all were going through back ‘en.

September was slightly better than August, thinking I would try out something else. But yeah. It was the time when I got hooked on watching news non-stop. Don’t take me seriously. In the meantime, I was either playing both Sims 3 and 4. That “something else” phrase, is meant by trying out different techniques in terms of gameplay and/or CAS. So I did.

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I was obsessed at one point, until the day I headed back on campus. Strange coincidence was that the day when 5th term started, for me, was my 20th birthday. October 11th. So yeah. I was caught in the hardest challenge of my entire academic years. Too many projects couldn’t let me play my games, and I didn’t like how much pressure we were put as students when we had to work on some (for different courses) at the same time.

Really demanding. This four months for me (October - January) were really challenging. Class non stop. From 9am to 9pm on some days of the week. Literally no time to focus on other subjects. So I studied few, depended on the amount of notes I had to take during the session. Resulted in being inactive from the game most of the time, and sharing only from my laptop, to continue my laptop save.

Whenever I had time, I felt like sharing creations I had ready beforehand. This does not only mean houses. But sims I had assigned perks before. No, I don’t wanna start from scratch, but play them day by day, assign them the most perks I could, resulting in a final state. Sometimes, doing outfits is a state too. On some, I did only everyday outfits, and depending on the packs I use for them, I go ahead and do their other outfits.

This frenzy brought out some interesting bugs I had never seen before in game...

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But now, I’m on a less demanding term with one large project ahead of me. Sometimes, I am getting in game, and proceeding with my laptop save. Whenever I feel like it. Soon, I’ll be having my 1 year anniversary. On April 17th. And, in honor of that day, I will share a special creation to celebrate it. Probably a build as I have many pending.

In July, I had my laptop upgraded by having an SSD added to it. This upgrade, unfortunately, featured the same lag on both Sims 3 and 4 (TS3 not that much) and so far, 5 blue screens of death. Nothing was damaged. Nothing, absolutely nothing. This year I may get a stronger laptop, mostly a gaming one. May get it by the mid-end of the year. September to December. Not sure when. I’ll let the summer go by...

Anyways, I’m finally glad to be back into the game. Blogging and sometimes sharing some of my creations.

It’s been A YEAR since I started my Painter Legacy and this post features 2 parts... as usual.

I have gone through a lot of deaths, drama, love stories, births, more drama, more affairs, happy moments, more happy moments, eternal life, university experiences, furry friends... Call it mostly positive experiences as it was initially meant to be like this. In the end, you will never know what happens.

Beginning with part 15+. This will be separated in different dates because of the chronical series of events. This part involved weddings.

April 1st, 2021: Dean Merritt gets married to Bobbie Dove. April 16th, 2021: Sophia Ruffin (widow to Julian Painter) gets married to Walker Mansfield’s first-born son Christian Mansfield, whom he had with Claudia Archer. He’s a hybrid in my game! April 29th, 2021: Brenda Miner (widow to Joseph Painter) remarries for the second time. She gets married to Timothy Reeder, son to Gabriel Reeder and Natasha Rockwell, whom I made a hybrid for the gallery. On the same day, Timothy's parents age to elders.

Screenshots:

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Part 15 was in the process from 4/29 to 4/30/2021. A lot of things happened on this part. First, I attempted killing Giselle Bradley via a murphy bed, but I managed to bring her back to life using spells thanks to Phillip Goldsmith, my hybrid vampire/spellcaster who hates sunlight! On Friday 4/30/2021, I killed Ruby Bowman, wife to Cody Painter. Back to my base, Oasis Springs, Giselle and Phillip remarried.

I cannot do the rest all in one post due to Tumblr being a weirdo and not letting me post more than 10 pictures. I am so sorry about that.

Parts 16 and 16+ on a different post.

Hello everyone :)

It’s been long since I last saw you on Tumblr. A month, bloody yes! Since then I had a lot of projects to complete in my university, unusual sleep hours at some days, lack of sleep, boredom, more boredom, mostly real life stuff. And by the way, I’m not dead, I’m still alive (pun intended). Alive on the game, but not on Tumblr for a month.

Just a few days ago my exam period has started and I am feeling a bit different than previous times. Not nervous as usual, but I appear more confident and relaxed compared to January 2021. Which means; I have taken the entire process seriously and calmly and during the exam I appear more confident than previous times. I’m halfway through my exam period, 2 more courses to sit and I am done :)

Then if anything fails, hello September. I have no idea if work is going to take over then or sit on Zoom again, or sit them on campus. Whatever happens, it happens. I promise soon we’ll be back to campus again.

Recently I celebrated Easter. Not on the 4th of April, but yesterday. Another Sims dump as I have a long time to post. Some are from February, some from March, some recent, from April... I am so lazy to curate for my daily posts LOL!

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Name: Shirley Sheehan Age: Adult Career: lvl 7 Mixologist Traits: Foodie - Goofball - Self Assured Packs used: Eco Lifestyle - Movie Hangout Stuff - Cool Kitchen Stuff

She’s available on the gallery under “Sheehan”, date created/shared: April 7th, 2021

HER PERKS: She has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 famepoints, inventory and reward traits.

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Name: Gloria Redding Age: Adult Career: lvl 9 Doctor Traits: Family Oriented - Good - Genius Packs used: Strangerville - Dine Out - Spa Day - Romantic Garden Stuff - Discover University ***Occult Type: Spellcaster/Witch***

She’s available on the gallery under “Redding”, date created/shared: March 8th, 2021 (midnight)

She resembles a lot Lisa Cuddy from House M.D. :D

HER PERKS: She has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 unspent famepoints, 100 talent points, inventory and reward traits.

She does NOT use items from Seasons!

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Name: Tess Goodman Age: Adult Career: lvl 5 Green Technician Traits: Goofball - Loves Outdoors - Creative Packs used: Strangerville - Eco Lifestyle

She’s available on the gallery under “Goodman”, date created/shared: February 25th, 2021.

HER PERKS: She has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 fame points, inventory and reward traits.

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Please do not re-upload, redistribute or claim my creations as your own. I have worked hard to set them in game, style them and/or assign them their perks. Be creative, original and share your own designs to the gallery.

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I hope you enjoy, but I cannot upload the gallery link because sometimes, by internet goes wacky. Terribly sorry about that!

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Long time no post male Sims dump. Was so busy, yes, projects in my university kill me a lot, I rush to complete them... the struggle is real!

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Name: Brett Frost Age: Adult Career: lvl 8 Comedian Traits: Cheerful - Self-Assured - Ambitious Packs used: Get Famous - Discover University - Spa Day - Get to Work **Occult Type: Vampire**

He’s available on the gallery under “Frost”. Date shared: March 9th, 2021 (fixed). He has been re-uploaded to the gallery due to a malfunction in his party wear. He was using shoes from Movie Hangout until I changed them...

** His original copy has been taken down, as it was shared 02/25/2021.

PERKS: He has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 fame points, 101 power points, inventory and reward traits.

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Name: Tristan Langford Age: Adult Career: lvl 6 Detective Traits: Genius | Ambitious | Cheerful Packs used: Tiny Living | Cats & Dogs | Discover University

He’s available on the gallery under “Langford”. Date created: February 19th, 2021

He DOES NOT use items from: Vintage Glamour Stuff, Eco Lifestyle, Vampires, Get Together and Laundry Day Stuff!

PERKS: He has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 unspent famepoints, inventory and reward traits.

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Name: Nathan Compton Age: Adult Career: lvl 7 Mechanical Engineer Traits: Cheerful | Geek | Self Assured Packs used: Get to Work | Eco Lifestyle

He’s available on the gallery under “Compton”. Date created: March 8th, 2021 (on Womans Day... SMH! but I shared him at night of March 7th :D)

He DOES NOT use items from City Living or Spooky Stuff!

PERKS: He has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 unspent famepoints, inventory and reward traits.

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Name: Phillip Havens Age: Adult Career: lvl 7 Mechanical Engineer Traits: Genius | Bookworm | Ambitious Packs used: Movie Hangout Stuff | Get to Work | Discover University

He’s available on the Gallery under: “Havens”. Date created: February 14th, 2021

He DOES NOT use items from Parenthood, Tiny Living, Get Together or Eco Lifestyle!

PERKS: He has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 unspent fame points, inventory and reward traits.

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Name: Tanner Garland Age: Adult Career: lvl 6 Secret Agent Traits: Evil | Geek | Cheerful Packs used: Get Famous | Discover University | Romantic Garden Stuff

He’s available on the gallery under “Garland”. Date created: February 18th, 2021

PERKS: He has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 unspent fame points, inventory and reward traits.

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Please do not re-upload, redistribute or claim my creations as your own. I have worked hard to set them in game, style them and/or assign them their perks. Be creative, original and share your own designs to the gallery.

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Enjoy (and due to bad internet sometimes, so bad it can be good @ the end, I cannot upload the gallery link)!

Ooooooooffffff.... it’s been a ridiculously long time since I did my Painter legacy. Playtests, more shares, more playtests, building, Uni, a lot of creating... I had a lot in my head. Phew. *heavy breathing*

This is part 14+. Morgyn dies of old age. He leaves Aurora widowed and his sons orphaned. Corinna moves in with them. (Corinna is the daughter of my Sims Clint Fuller and Alexandra Johnston in my game) After a little tweaks for the gallery Norman gets married to Corinna after his spellcaster occult gets removed via cheating. (tweak one) Corinna becomes pregnant with Norman's baby. Norman's brother Cody, after becoming a spellcaster via cheating, moves to Del Sol Valley and gets married to Ruby Bowman (in-game born daughter to Denise Bowman and Dustin Ayers). Ruby becomes pregnant with Cody's baby. Part 14+ was done February 21st, 2021. A month and a few days ago.

Part 14, as of today’s, (March 27th, 2021) features Giselle (granddaughter to Lana & Gavin) getting married to Phillip Goldsmith (son to Emmett Goldsmith & Darlene Grossman) and becoming pregnant with his child. Gavin gets promoted to Journalist, reaches maximum level of his Writing skill and works hard on his aspiration. Lana reaches lvl 8 of her Mixology skill and the whole family celebrates Winterfest by watching TV and raising skills.

I hope I won’t get carried away with other families like last month, I will sometimes come & go on my Painters. Unfortunately I don’t have part 14+ pictures. Sorry about that.

Until next time,

Hello everyone :)

With a heavy heart, I feel like announcing I will be taking down ANY old sim from the gallery I shared loooong ago. But I won't take any Sim I love the most AND/OR have shared as part of a makeover challenge.

My decision has been made. I made the decision to take my older sims down from August 2019 to June 2020, however, I will save the name dumps on a private (ultra private) Discord server for myself, but I will create through genetics mode their -supposed to be- offspring from existing sims on my game under that selected surname.

This appeals to old posts from 2020 which includes my old Sims with my old style. Except for a few, which may be houses. And I will keep anything old except those I curated. Example: the Arthur family, shared on 06/21/19. I love this couple.

From June 2020 I am NOT deleting Lana Painter, as she was the sim that made me start freshly. Oasis Springs here we come, as she was the initial sim for my Painter Legacy. I have put it on hold as I share different sims from my current legacy.

Just to make sure I have NOT taken anything down which I curated for me - no!!! There are some sims I have chosen to curate, under my own preference, that are from previous saves. And have shared to the gallery. As always, on my global save on my desktop PC, I am doing the typical "diversity check" as a sign of having different cultures and races in-game, and mostly as part of the genetics of different Sims.

On my laptop, I am deleting my old families and starting freshly. My old save (I've been running since November 2017) will be a builder save. A save where I'll be having a vampire Sim (they won't die in game) play test all the builds I have built on that save. And will build there as new, too!!! :)

I have put my Painter Legacy on hold for the moment. I am play testing builds in game and sharing more gen. 2 sims from my current game (and later generations, too!). That has to do with new #JoannesOriginals I am working on, made over straight from the game. As usual performing the usual #DiversityCheck on my new Originals.

Thank you all for reading.

Sorry for the last dump, had it on the drafts for ages and decided to post it. That is okay, though. Doing a new, clean Sims dump for the day as it is Woman’s Day and I will curate a few female Sims for this post. Not spam all the way females showcase, I’ll give some ladies a chance to be featured on a different post. Worry not! :)

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Name: Deanne Hopkins Age: Adult Career: lvl 4 Astronaut Traits: Geek - Self Assured - Perfectionist Packs used: Discover University - Movie Hangout Stuff - Laundry Day Stuff

She’s available on the gallery, under “Hopkins”. Date shared: February 18th, 2021

PERKS: She has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 unspent famepoints, inventory and reward traits.

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Name: Susan Santiago Age: Adult Career: lvl 8 Mechanical Engineer Traits: Good - Geek - Cheerful Packs used: Eco Lifestyle - Get Together

She’s available on the gallery under “Santiago”. Date shared: February 7th, 2021 (a month ago!)

She does NOT use items from StrangerVille!

PERKS: She has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 unspent fame points, inventory and reward traits.

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Name: Patricia Glover Age: Adult Career: lvl 4 Gardener Traits: Loner - Loves Outdoors - Neat Packs used: Dine Out - Seasons - Cool Kitchen Stuff

She is available on the gallery under “Glover”. Date shared: February 18th, 2021

PERKS: She has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 unspent famepoints, inventory and reward traits.

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Name: Martina Amersham Age: Adult Career: lvl 5 Education Traits: Clumsy - Outgoing - Genius Packs used: StrangerVille - Romantic Garden Stuff - Discover University - Spa Day *** Occult Type: Spellcaster/Witch ***

She’s available on the gallery under “Amersham”. Date shared: February 17th, 2021

She does NOT use items from Seasons or Get to Work!

PERKS: She has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 unspent fame points, 100 talent points inventory and reward traits.

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Name: Annette Vasquez Age: Young Adult Career: lvl 6 Politician Traits: Foodie - Neat - Outgoing Packs used: Strangerville - Eco Lifestyle - Dine Out - Spa Day

She is available on the gallery under “Vasquez”. Date shared: February 14th, 2021

She does NOT use items from City Living!

PERKS: She has pristine reputation, 50000 satisfaction points, 100 fame points, inventory and reward traits.

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Please do not re-upload, redistribute or claim my creations as your own. I have worked hard to set them in game, style them and/or assign them their perks. Be creative, original and share your own designs to the gallery.

Calling this a day, this post should be called briefly “Deanne - Susan - Patricia - Martina - Annette”.

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Enjoy ;)