Some months ago I decided to empty my Dutch weblog River’s Hill. Even wanted to delete it, but thanks to the legacies on SNW River’s Hill stayed alive.
A new idea sprouted on my mind, I have to renew River’s Hill.
No longer a newspaper image, no … River’s Hill is about the people living in this neighbourhood, in all the subs and telling you about their life. However … in Dutch.
Soon to be launched …. River’s Hill, een Simsstad.
Shame, shame, shame on me … the last post was on septembre 30th … shame.
Normally I try to write some posts on different blogs, but work and family took some extra time the last months. And, biggest problem of all, when I tried to get in … my password was incorrect.
This morning I was twittering and clicked on my SNWeblog. Just for fun I opened the Dashboard and … BANG, back again!
The last months were hectic. Big announcements from EA, The Sims 3 is due some days from now. I follow the news, the articles, the critics and still I am not in a Sims 3 mood. I am a Sims-fanatic since the first Sims ever made, but withThe Sims 3 my heart doesn’t tremble.
Deep in my heart I am content with The Sims 2 and all the expancions/accessories I bought the last years. And when everybody is exploring the new Sims, and the critics are getting better, maybe ….
In the meanwhile Spore became second on my gamelist, just behind my number one The Sims 2.
So nowadays I sit behind my desktop with a coin. And when it hits Head, I play the Sims that day.
No, I’m kidding, it’s just like moods. Somedays I like to play The Sims, work on my Hippie Legacy or just run through my main-neighbourhood River’s Hill. On the other days, I explore the galactic Spore-space….
SNW is going to change. Big plans, new look, new forum. I saw some previews and I’m excited. Still working on new legacies or translations of excisting Dutch legacies.
Ah … doesn’t matter, the main thing is … I’m back …
Translating some legacies which are published on the Dutch SNW, exploring Spore, starting with The Sims 2 Apartment Life and nightshift at my work… it’s a very busy schedule.
But I have to update you all. At this moment the Hippie Legacy is translated for almost 80%. There are some parts of the original text, that require some knowledge of the game play in English. I normally play it in Dutch, like most of the Dutch Sims 2 gamers.
I already examined some of the other legacies to translate them very soon.
Spore … I am addicted already. My eldest son and I play it on one account, so in no-time we created all kinds of strange-looking carnivores, omnivores or herbivores.
When I first heard about Spore, I reacted a little timid. I wasn’t ready for an another Wright invention. I hardly could manage to play Simscity or The Sims, my favourite genre (Fantasy Role Playing Games) was put in a very far away corner. But … after the first pictures and the Demo Creature Creator, I fell in love with this new Maxis/EA product.
Apartment Life … Yes, I bought this one too. I finally had the time to install it, and some days ago I build my first apartments. It’s certainly an improvement, but my town River’s Hill is getting to small for my little Sims. So, last week the mayor of my Sims City decided that it was allowed to build in the new Sunny Valley. 
Finally, work. One of my co-workers had to go to the hospital, so we had to rearrange the rosters. So now I’m in my second row of nightshifts. For me it’s not a problem, but considering all the things I wanted to do this month, it’s a busy time …. But, no sweat, tomorrow starts October ….. a new month, why complaining …. 
Some days ago, after reading Rosana’s preview, I decided to buy the latest expansion, Apartment Life. Shame on me, I still haven’t got the time to install it. But, with six days off, I think I can manage to do this very soon.
The nicest thing I read, was the returning of magic in my Sims neighborhoods. Years ago, with The Sims, I created witches and magicians with Abracadabra. So now …. OMG … they are back!!!!
Not even played the new expansion, but my mind is going crazy. This will be just a perfect start for a new Legacy on SNW Int (and on the Dutch SNW too).
At this moment I am translating the Hippie Legacy, which is a hit on the Dutch SNW. During the pauses in translating, I am thinking about a new Legacy, called Bewitched.
The last one is about the new magical part of The Sims 2. And, it will be available on both forums. That means I am thinking and creating this legacy in my mother-language Dutch, as in English as well.
The main part is almost ready, but I have to install Apartment Life first to get the specifics. And there are more legacies on the Dutch SNW I would like to translate or publish on the International SNW. So be patient, they are coming…
More info SOON!
On the Dutch SNW legacies are a new, fast growing item. Some days ago I opened a forum on SNW International for those who like to join these story-contests. The first legacy is already published, not all the rules are made, but there is a start.
And Mogway, one of the SNW mods already published the first part of a thrilling story.
On the Dutch SNW I joined the Hippie Legacy. I never expected, that I would like to make a photo story, and play it by the rules. Most of the time, when I want something to happen quickly with my Sims, I cheat. Why … well they make cheats to make it easy, don’t they???
But now. with my special hippie Sim Walker Oostveen, I do not press CTRL-SHIFT C. And merely, it’s fun too.
Soon I will translate (and maybe Rosana already has a translation) the Hippie Legacy to use it on SNW International. So people, visit our International site/forum and join our legacies.
More info SOON!
Today the whole nation celebrated Koninginnedag, nicely translated as Queen’s Day. Started as a kind of honourable tour to celebrate the queen’s birthdayat Soestdijk Palace during the reign of the former Queen Juliana. Nowadays, under Queen Beatrix, the Royal Family visits some cities on Queen’s Day. Although it’s not her birthday (this is January 31st) it’s still in honour of Queen Juliana, that the Royal Family decided to keep this day as the day to celebrate.
But there is more. It’s an official national holiday. People go to Vrijmarkten. On these markets, people can try to get rid of their old stuff. A kind of second hand market.
In Amsterdam and Utrecht you can find the biggest ones.
Koninginnedag isn’t just a Dutch festival, in my Simstown River’s Hill people celebrated this day too. People went to the Oranjeplein to meet each other, to dance and to play games.
Check River’s Hill Dagblad (in Dutch, but there will be a special picturepage on the blog) to see how happy everybody was on their own Sims Queen’s Day.
When co-workers are fired, when dogs decide to get puppies, so … when everything is going wrong, then you stop blogging….
And more, you stop being a Simsfanatic, stop designing Sims stuff, stop being just a human person. But I don’t like to complain. I have a wonderfull life, a wonderfull wife and some wonderfull children.
Stop now, before I start to puke, or you…..
In the meanwhile I opened my Space at MSN again, in Dutch. I decided to make a mirror to SNWeblog:Paul, so sometimes logs on my MSN-Space are translations of logs here or vice versa….
But be carefull, I’m back….
The pups are three weeks old and finally we’ve found the names.
But although we had the plan to give them all a name starting with the letter B, we decided to give the male pup an another starting letter.
The oldest one, the male pup, is named DeeJay. Although we had enough possibilities with a B, finally we thought of a name more suited to this giant pup.
The second pup, a female, will be called Belle from now on.
The last one is named Bijou. This one is the little problem child and a jewel too. Just when I think of the bills of the vet, she already costs me. One thing is for sure, this puppy will stay with us.
How about the other two? Well, we still don’t know. In our heart we know not to get attached to the pups, but it’s just so cute. They are all adorable, and now they have name it’s more and more difficult to decide. We will see, they aren’t ready for the big world outside right now. They have at least six weeks untill they can leave their mother.
But, OMG, this is going to be a big problem, that’s for sure….
It’s not a original idea, I saw it on Alex’s weblog some days ago.
But I’ve added a photo book with all the photo’s of the three little puppies in our life.
A little update is in order. Tomorrow they are already three weeks old. Last Saturday they opened their eyes for the first time. We decided to give the three names, starting with the letter B.
Why? Because their parents, Bindi and Bowie, have names starting with a B too. But it’s tough, to name these three. So, suggestions for one male and two female puppies are welcome.
How are they doing? The oldest one is already the biggest. He is growing and weights almost 1 kilo. The second one is a good eater. Not as good as her big brother, but no problems.
The third isn’t doing very well. She is already the lowest in rank, tries to eat, but isn’t getting enough. We have to feed here some extra milk every day. We have an appointment to make some X-Rays, because there is a possibility that there is something wrong inside. But, she is still alive, although she isn’t gaining enough weight per day.
Still the big question here at home, how many do we keep? OK, there is still no answer. Hopefully soon …
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