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 …
Yesterday our dog went in labour. I don’t know what the vet was thinking, but approx two weeks earlier than we expected … KABOOM … puppies!
At first two, but eventually their were three little rascals squeeking for milk. By the way, Mom and Dad are very happy and doing well.
Some pics….
According to the vet, now it must be the time, that we can feel that Bindi is pregnant.
Well, he was right. First of all, her belly is growing. Considering the size of a ShiTsu, like Bindi, her belly begins to look like a guinea-pig, which is attached to her body.
Last night, she knows how to look when she wants to sit on your lap, she was lying on our sofa, close to my wife. And my wife saw her belly moving.
With her hand she felt something kicking. The first time we really mentioned that there is something growing inside this little dog. This morning she told me about it, I had to work at that time. Paul, she said, I think we have at least one boy, this one was kicking. I think we have the first soccer-player in a doggy-size.
So I’m proud, I allways hoped one of my children would become a Johan Cruyff, a Pele or a David Beckham. Sorry, all my children like soccer on TV, so now I’m very happy. One of the puppies will become the first dog on our national soccerteam… YES!
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