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nnnilou — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:49:20 GMT

1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5
2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2

WARNINGS: more than 100 .jpgs, engrish, births, deaths, cats and smustle.

Gunther really wanted to socialize with his coworkers, so I decided to invite one of them.

She's rather pretty, but I don't think she is the brightest crayon in the box.

Ahem? Excuse me?

Let's take some time to appreciate my amazing censoring skills.

Gunther, I don't think you should tell your eight years old nephew about the many ways to use a dresser.

It may have some unpleasant consequences.

If you are at work, or surrounded by your family, or younger than 18 years old, I suggest you to skip the next batch of pictures. They may damage your growth and/or the relationship with your relatives/colleagues.

Calvin always finds monsters under his bed.

This is when I started crying.

This is when I realized I was wearing eyeliner.

This is when I realized the eyeliner I was wearing was all over my face and I looked like a panda.

It never happened to me before, but Gunther did not even try to plead for his life. He just joyfully hit the wall and jumped into the urn. I know it's pathetic, but it broke my heart.

Everyone coped with Gunther's death in their own way.

Crying,

Talking to inanimate objects,

Eating copious amounts of spicy soup,

and giving birth!

Score!!! This is Susanna. She is perfect. Her traits are loner and grumpy. I don't know why she is blonde, but she got her Granddad's nose, and she is a girl! The first Bruttoni girl!

I wonder if eating brains for breakfast improves your grades.

And this is the point where I got Pets.

Another birthday! It's Marcus' turn!

Aw! He's cute! He rolled party animal. So now he is an excitable, hydrophobic kid who also loves to party. Interesting.

The kids' bedroom got a little makeover.

Mr. Twinkle (by Booboo) passed by, and I decided that he had to join the family.

I called him Gregorio, because I fail at names.

This is probably the cutest thing I've seen in a while.

Okay, now I will stop spamming. Or maybe not. He's just so cute!

Another (and definitely not the last) birthday!

Hello there, Calvin. He rolled mooch in addiction to artistic, light sleeper and good.

The first thing he did as soon as he turned into a teen was talking to the cat.

Marcus, I think wearing an helmet while checking for monsters is a bit too much.

AAARGH! I was wrong! What the hell EA, that is creepy!

*singing* I can flyyy...

Aw, Beniamina. Stop being so cute.

What? You were supposed to get older, not younger!

That's better! You still look like a teen, but at least no pigtails.

Susanna is not impressed.

Ehi, burglar, you better watch your steps.

Chest hair attack!

Chest hair 1 - 0 Crime

The life changing experience of using his chest hair to fight crime made Taddeo realize that he still had not asked Beniamina to marry him.

A quick underwear wedding followed. But I took no pictures. I hate weddings, even in sims.

The joys of married life.

Guess what is going to happen now!

Another birthday!

Marcus does not care at all.

And Calvin... Well... What's wrong sweetie? I promise you can have some cake.

But not even cake can fill the cracks in his heart. I suppose this is what you get for being an artist.

Ugh. That hair.

Did you really think I was done with birthdays?

Susanna. I already loved you, but now. You are perfect. She rolled eccentric, by the way.

Gregorio brought her a turtle as birthday present.

I hope she won't decide to see what the turtle is made of.

Thank you for sticking with me through this update, I hope you enjoyed! Have an amazing Sunday!

Sims (and cats) in this update by ufailedatlife and lostavenuea.

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nnnilou — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:03:47 GMT

Hello everyone! I hope you are having an amazing week end, and, if you aren't, here is a Bruttoni update to make it a little better (or worst. It depends.). But, before the story begins, I have to apologize for the lack of updates and for this one update being a mess and very random and lacking on connection with the previous one. I lost the folder where I kept all my legacy screenshots while cleaning my computer, because I thought I already uploaded those pictures. Which, obviously, I didn't. I will try to sums things up, but, anyway. Sorry.

1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5
2.0 | 2.1

WHAT IS MISSING: Taddeo became the heir, met the lovely Beniamina Watkins (originally Benjamin Watkins by lostavenuea), and they had a lovely little baby boy, Calvin, who looks exactly like his Mum. Harolda (originally Harold by sims_addicted) died of old age and everyone, me included, had a negative moodlet and sobbed for days. Beniamina got pregnant again and I decided that the house was getting a little too crowded and messy, so I moved the family to a new lot in Riverview. Gunther was awesome all the time.

The outside walls are actually white, but, because of the lighting, they look purple when the sun goes down. I love it. Also, I love the new SN fences/cornices.

I kept Harolda's crops and built a space in the backyard where to harvest them. But I miss her so much.

Taddeo and Beniamina's bedroom.

Gunther's bedroom.

I love how mushrooms glow at night.

Admit it, you missed him a lot.

Calvin. He is completely adorable and a clone of his Mum. He is also good and light sleeper.

Another baby is on the way!

Marcus! He looks exactly like his Mum and brother, and he is prone to bitchfaces. His traits are hydrophobic and something else that I forgot. Ops.

Gunther wanted a Bonehilda, or Ossilda, as this is how she's called in the Italian version of the game. Because, you know, ossa is bone and ilda is hilda, I suppose.

I love that rug.

Since I installed Supernatural, this is Gunther's new work suit. He is a journalist, he works on TV, I don't know why he is dressed like a character of a Tim Burton's movie. I like him better than Johnny Deep, though.

Way sexier than Johnny Deep.

Beniamina and Taddeo tested the treehouse. I hope all this testing results in an ugly little kid. Possibly, an ugly little girl. I get girls very rarely.

Calvin grew up during the full moon.

He rolled artistic.

Please, please, please, ~~let me get what I want~~ don't make me fall for you like I did with Berto. You are too cute to be the heir.

Autonomous dancing. I think he wasn't listening to me.

He went to sleep in Gunther's bed. I think he didn't see the painting hanging just over his head.

Planters are one of the best things of this EP. I've been waiting for them since TS2 Season!

I blame pregnancy hormones for this.

Time machine! It was on sale at the consignment store, and I just couldn't not buy it. (This is also what I say to my Mum every time I get home with new clothes.)

Ossilda spends most of her time snuggling Marcus and checking herself out. She may be not the most helpful maid in the world, but how could I not love her?

And so it ends this update! Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed it even if it lacks of consistency with the previous one and it is very random. The next one will be better. I hope! :D

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nnnilou — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:16:52 GMT

Just a random bunch of pictures of Moonlight Falls and Orlando.

Alice is pregnant. I am trying to follow my sims' wishes as much as I can, and since him never rolled the want to go steady or live with her, I decided he will keep visiting her and the baby but they won't live together. Also, she started dating another Moonlight Falls premade, so.

This is Peanut, Annelove's teenage son. Ain't he adorable? I haven't changed his face at all, just gave him new clothes and hair.

My first zombie! Yay!

Aww! Is there anything cuter than a young fairy selling cupcakes?

Annelove is neurotic, so she constantly wants to brush her teeth.

This. Was. Not. My. Fault. I don't know if it was because of the full moon or the Whoohoer, though.

When I saw her out of Orlando's house I almost freaked out. Vampire paparazzi!

Alice and Orlando's son, Keenan. The name was chosen by the game, but I think it fits quite well the supernatural interests of his parents.

Yeah. Go ahead, freeze the washing machine.

Aw, poor Annelove. I thought the bees were going to kill her, but luckily she only got a negative moodlet.

Grumpy faces all over the 'hood.

Orlando wanted to read a book about pregnancy and kids. I guess Annelove is the right one for him.

Annelove and Orlando's son, Oat. I fail at names. I couldn't think of anything better. Also, I am developing a weird obsession over overnight oats, which probably is influencing me a lot more than I could ever admit.

He reminds me of a puppy. I love him already.

Orlando gave Annelove a potion to turn her into a fairy. I think it suits her.

I hope you enjoyed! Sorry for the randomness and the lack of a storyline, I am just having a lot of fun playing for the sake of it and following my sims' wants! :D

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nnnilou — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:55:56 GMT

So, I got Supernatural. I am sure you are already tired of seeing pictures of Moonlight Falls and supernatural creatures, but I can't help. I still haven't tried all the new features, but I am loving it so far. The creatures are a lot of fun to play, the new items are really well made, and Moonlight Falls is amazing. I was a little skeptic about it in the beginning because I thought it was going to be a sims revisitation of Forks, but it actually reminds me more of Cornwall (especially of this place. I've been there a couple of years ago and it was so beautiful.) and of the town where Casper takes place which is definitely a great thing in my opinion. I am sure it is going to look great in autumn... Also, now we have the possibility of giving body hair to women. Thank you, EA, for this bit of realism. It was very much needed.

The beach is one of my favourite places. I love the distressed athmosphere. It makes me think of Thomas Mann's novels. You know, places where people affected with thubercolosis go to spend their holidays. Coughing and being sad.

This house is amazing. Too bad is not playable, though.

I chose Orlando (more of him here and here) to test Supernatural and Moonlight Falls for me. He's a wizard now.

He is still not very good at being a wizard, though.

But he is still very good at charming ladies. I gave him the appropriate trait and I love the way he introduces himself and the fact he randomly wears his formal clothes.

Hai there freezer bunnies. I think someone with a very devious and sick mind works at EA. Poor bunnies.

The ~~Tardis~~ Lama!

The woman whose face is being sucked by Orlando is called Alice.

Now you can confess your lover/romantic interest that you stares at them when they sleep. At EA have dirty, sick minds. But it is quite funny to watch.

Orlando poured some fairy dust he found in the Fairies' Garden on Alice's boobs. I guess this is his way to say sorry.

Her name is Dahlia (or Dahlila?) Somereferencetoshakespeare. Orlando met her while wandering in the Faeries' Garden. Obviously. She reminds me of Botton Summerdream a lot.

And this is Orlando's way to say thank you, I suppose.

I have nothing to say about this.

Even though he quite enjoyed hanging out with a fairy and the benefits that came from it, Orlando still likes Alice a lot.

This is Annelove Daydream. I made her over a bit, but she was already very pretty to start with.

She came into Orlando's house and spent literally hours staring at those thingies.

So I decided to let her stay! Annelove and Orlando are just friends, there is no romantic bond between them. Annelove used to have an husband, but, apparently, they autonomously break up before Orlando met her. She also has two kids, but she is not really into motherhood, it seems. She likes bees better.

Thanks to the money Annelove brought I could finally buy some furniture for Orlando's house. Look at those boooks!!!

I hope you enjoyed! Here is a .psd of the editing I used on this batch of pictures. Just because. Have fun with it! :D

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nnnilou — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:22:39 GMT

I have been into making things, lately. Moving houses inspires me, because there is nothing like doing sims stuff when you are surrounded by boxes and bags and IKEA furniture in its original state (aka, big pieces of wood and small metal thingies). So, if you are interested, here are some paintings and an hair retexture.

Boring babbling: I know everyone and their dogs already retextured this hair months ago, but I am really picky when it comes to hair textures, and I decided that, in my game, everything needs to match. Plus, I wanted the highlights on the fringe to look in a particular way (just one single highlight, instead of two, one small near to the roots. Blah blah blah.).
Credits go to Skysims, for the mesh, Anubis, for the control, and Pooklet, for the textures.

Adjust shine version.

EA shine version.

Ugly CAS picture of the control.

DOWNLOAD ADJUST SHINE ; DOWNLOAD EA SHINE

You can have both versions in game at the same time, because I am made of magic and rainbows.

These paintings were made for two very specifical reasons:

A) I needed a set of paintings to match these ones by Filly Foal. See here what I mean. B) I have a lot of sims who live in kitschy houses and I wanted to add some variety to their wall decos.

Credits go to EA, for the original mesh. The drawings I used come from this site.

DOWNLOAD

But, not all my sims live in small and cluttery and kitschy houses. Some of them are the proud owners of elegant, spacious loft that need some proper wall art as well. So, I made more paintings.
Mesh is by b5studio, art was found browsing this site ~~which is one of my favourite hobbies and the reason why my room is a mess at the moment.~~

DOWNLOAD

I hope you enjoy! Let me know if there's anything wrong and have an awesome night/day! :3

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nnnilou — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 08:44:37 GMT

Hello everyone! I hope you are having an amazing week end so far! As for me, things are going rather well. I moved house and I've been quite busy packing and unpacking everything, but, luckly, now everything is done and I am finally settled. I haven't had much time to play sims and, moreover, it was so hot that the idea of dealing with an even hotter laptop made me cringe, so I mostly only messed around in PS doing random hair retextures of old and not-so-hold hair meshes I like. I hope I will be able to properly play the game, though, because I really want to see what will happen in the Bruttoni household. Anyway. On a different note. If you follow/check my simblr, you probably already know that I was a little conflicted about the new Store world, Sunlit Tides. At first, I didn't care at all about it, because I am not really into tropical themed worlds, but then seeing how beautiful it looked in everyone's game made me change my mind. So I gave in, and I downloaded it. Are you ready for some spam?

I decided to start with the Swift household, because I really like Kaila Swift. She is gorgeous. I admit I tweaked her a bit, because EA facial structures are definitely too cartoony, even for me, but I basically only resized her eyes.

Kaila's housemate, Caroline the Cowplant. She enjoys baking cakes. And biscuits, but mostly cakes.

I decided to challenge myself a little, so I tried to keep the original athmosphere of the house and, besides adding some decorations and moving the furniture a little, I only recoloured the objects. Now Kaila's house reminds me of Spongebob's. Which is fine, for me, especially since I just can't stand the tropical resort atmosphere that most of the houses in this world seem to have.

The bedroom remained almost unaltered. I only added a big window (because, seriously, living in a such tropical paradise and not seeing it when you're laying on your bed?), some lights and decos.

And now... Scenery pictures!

And you can also download a .psd of the editing I used for this batch of pictures, if you want. Nothing particularly fancy, just some gradient layers and colour adjustement. But I felt like sharing. :D
I hope you enjoy!

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nnnilou — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:45:22 GMT

1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5

WARNINGS: partially cute couples, violence on pregnant women, sexy elder men in their undies.

LAST TIME: Berto met the lovely Violet Perwinkle and, everybody was devastated by the loss of his pretty face, Taddeo become a young adult and showed some really interesting features. Harolda's yard become greener and greener.

I feel like opening this update with a .gif of the sun rising over the hills behind Riverview. Just to annoy everyone's brain.
And here are the generation rolled goals:
MARITAL STRUCTURE: Couple
NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 2
PRIMARY INCOME: Culinary
SECONDARY INCOME: Angler ~~(personally, I don't get this. Must be because of my mad engrish skillz)~~ Found out what it means, thank you everyone for helping! :3
GENERATION GOAL: Property Mogul
MISC FUN: Live Your Trait

Since Berto moved out and Taddeo is now a grown man, I decided to make over their bedroom and to fit Taddeo's personality better.

Hai flamingo.

I downloaded a bunch of sims, because Taddeo really need to find a special someone to carry his special genes. This is Beniamina Watkins, aka lostavenuea's Benjamin Watkins turned into a girl. I don't know why I can't just download female sims and I turn male sims into girls, instead. I should talk about this with my therapist. My Imaginary Therapist.

Anyway, these two seems to get along pretty well!

Taddeo really knows how to seduce a lady!

Oh my, she's so cute.

Graduation (and starvation, but that's not very important) interrupted Taddeo and Beniamina's effusions. At least for now.

Taddeo graduated Summa cum Laude. I am so proud of him.

Okay, now that we are done with the boring stuff, let's get back to important business.

And, before you do any assumption about what may have happened in the photo boot, I am going to tell you that they only took some pictures to remember their first official date together. No whohoo involved!

Aw!

I sent Taddeo to visit Berto, Violet (Violet Perwinkle by starlightdiner), and their son, Gregory.

Oh, Berto! I missed you so much! Also, it seems that you've grown some serious biceps while I wasn't controlling you!

And this is Gregory! Ain't he the cutest thing ever? His traits are good and hydrophobic. It's such a pity I can't play him and his family!

Taddeo is a good uncle, as soon as he saw Gregory he rolled the wish to hold and hug him!

And these two are still very much in love! They autonomously flirt and kiss each other all the time, no wonder Violet got pregnant again after a few days I took these pictures!

I wanted to make sure Gregory learnt all he needs to know before he becomes a child, so I made Taddeo teach him to talk.

The Bruttoni hired a maid. She's pretty.

And she is also really excited about cleaning the kitchen counters.

I don't even know how to caption this. The hotness makes my brain all dizzy and mushy.

Did you really think I could post an update without showing you how Harolda's garden is growing?

Beniamina (who got a random make over. I don't know why, I just wanted to use that hair and since it suits her very well...) moved in!

I am not sure, but she is either very excited to see Taddeo, or she is an huge creeper, because...

It is time to work on the next generation!

Since Beniamina's LTW is maxing her guitar and painting skills, Taddeo gave her his own guitar. This is love.

Uh, and Taddeo also got a job in the culinary career track. He looks nice.

...

No.

She looks nice!

Beniamina thinks that Harolda and Gunther's bedroom is the most appropriate place in the house where to practice her guitar skills.

Well, at least Gunther appreciates the music!

They become friends very easily. Probably because they both love to spend time in their undies and gossiping about Taddeo.

Generation three, here we come!

I can't help, she's just too cute. And she also has the best traits!
Artistic | Nurturing | Shy | Clumsy | Neat

Since Gregory was born, Harolda has been bugging everyone (and I really mean this! Even the mail man and various paparazzi) bragging about how amazing her nephew is (but, you know, she's right!), and she couldn't miss the chance to talk about Gregory to Baniamina.

Hitting a pregnant woman in the face, even if you are using a pillow, is not the best thing to do. Especially if she's carrying the family's precious genes!

But Beniamina decided that she really didn't care that much about being alive, and hit her back.

She is speechless. Be afraid.

Beniamina: Taddy, your Mum is such a sweet old lady! She even wanted to play pillow fight with me!
Taddeo: *wonders how being a widow feels* Really, honey? And, just out of curiosity, were those pillows filled with some heavy or nasty stuff?

Cooking faces are the best.

And I leave you with this lovely image! I hope you enjoyed this update! Have an awesome Sunday and an amazing week! :D

Sims in this update are by sims_addicted, lostavenuea, and starlightdiner.

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nnnilou — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:30:49 GMT

1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3| 1.4
PREVIOUSLY: birthdays, a wedding, and scenery pictures.

Taddeo: ♪ Welcome back to the Bruttoni Legacy, get ready for almost 120 pictures. Laaa la. I hope you will enjoy your stay and excuse my Creator for having a crush on my brother and spamming this update with a ridiculous amount of pictures of his face. La la la. She swears it is the last time, but I wouldn't trust her. La la la. ♪

I have no musical talent or rhythm at all. But I bet you already guessed that.

Lovely pictures of a successful marriage. Harolda is learning mechanical stuff while Gunther takes care of public relations and thanks the guests (which, I believe, are either very sneaky or invisible, because I've seen none) for coming to their wedding. They also sent them a stove, a painting, and a chair.

Hey, you, stop being adorable. You are not supposed to.

And now, let me show you the extent of my obsession for:

A) Cooking sims.

B) Berto doing anything.

He still hasn't moved out, as you can see. I decided to fulfill some of his wants and find him a mate before greeting him forever. (The last part of the sentence is intended to be read in a very deep, sad voice)

He wanted a tattoo. And since I think it suits him and I really want one in real life, but I don't have the guts, I sent him to the local beauty salon.

Tattooers scare me a bit, and not just in the game, but Berto faced the experience with some unexpected stoicism.

Berto: hey Dad, I got a tattoo. Because, you know, artsy guys like me just have to get tattoos.
Gunther: *poker face*

I seriously though she was going to die. Hence the pictures.

They are still unbelievably cute, if you ask me. They continuously rolls romantic wished towards each other and autonomously flirts and watch the stars together. My romantic skills may be pretty inexistent, but my sims sure are good at being all lovey dovey.

A burglar. What a surprise!

She is the same as the last update.

And she probably has a very bad memory

Because (after being robbed twice) I got the Bruttoni a burglar alarm!

Gunther doesn't care anymore about all this burglary shenanigans.

Berto and Harolda, on the other side...

Coward, anyone?

On a completely different note, I gave the house a little make over, since the Bruttoni are becoming quite rich and they needed more space and prettier furniture.

Don't ask me why I put a sombrero there.

Gunther and Harolda's room got a little expansion.

Random bathroom clutters.

Harolda, being incredibly happy of my decorating style and showing me her appreciation. Thank you, Harolda. I'm flattered.

Oh, look. Hai Terra. It has been a while. Not that I missed, you, though.
She and Berto may have been together since they were teens, but he was never really into her, as he rarely rolled the want to interact with her. And. She grew up a little before him. And. The Story Progression informed me that she had a little fling with the consignment store guy.

Awkward silence.

We all knew this couldn't be avoided.

Terra: Why do you want to break up with me?
Berto: because of rrrreeeaaassssonnnnn!

Terra: but...? I just gave him my gems!

Berto: Everybody knows about your improper use of metaphors. You. It was you. It's all your fault.

Terra: It wasn't me. You should blame Twallan...
Poor Terra. I actually feel sorry for her. I never liked her very much, and definitely not enough for letting her having my baby.

Berto: it's over!

Berto: but, please, don't eat my face!

The washing machine may appropriately represent Terra's emotional turmoil after the break up.

But, unless the washing machine, Terra had no Haroldas to fix her.

Later, Berto was invited to the Most Boring Party ever, where she met the lovely Violet Periwinkle by starlightdiner. Totally not my intention, by the way.

Subtle.

I think they like each other. I will try not to be jealous of him and let him go. Be still my heart.

Aw, Taddy. Don't be sad. You are not bond to spend the rest of your life alone.

In the morning light.
Plasma fruit,
you are pretty.

An ode. Dedicated to all those people who say that classical studies are useless!

Berto: Dad, pls.

Taddeo went to the prom alone,

but he got to be the prom king anyway! And he also got in a fight. I suppose it is because of his brave trait.

Things are moving pretty fast between Berto and Violet.

Since Taddeo is going to be the heir, he has to learn something about gardening to keep Harolda's crops alive for future generations.

Life in Riverview must be really boring if paparazzi write articles about Harolda fishing.

Taddeo: ♪ I am like Lady Gaga. Except for my brows. La la la. At least for now. Because when she will be done with har hair la la la I am sure she is going to style her browsss la la la ♪

Violet moved in.

Aw, my bby and his over emotional post-first-whohoo faces. (Yup, they had to whohoo in the shower, because there is only one double bed in the house, and it is Harolda and Gunther's one.)

Then he and Violet moved out.
I did not take pictures because I was too busy being sad and whining about it.
Yeah, I'm one of those people who talks to themselves while on the computer. Everybody in my family knows what happens to my sims. Sometimes we talk about them during family meals.

Taddeo: ♪ Give me a simleon or two and I will get away from the library and from youuu ♪

Taddeo rolled the LTW of becoming Celebrity Chef, and I decided it was fitting. So I kept it.

And now: birthday time!

I fail. I fail, so hard. Gunther turned into such a gorgeous old man, in my opinion. I love him even more (if possible).
And, yep, no unibrow anymore for him. Maybe it is just me being an idiot, but I couldn't find it in the eyebrows bin. It was pretty frustrating.

A rare image of Harolda smiling.

I believe she wished for something related to her crops. Probably she wants to live forever because she doesn't trust Taddeo's gardening skills.

Harolda: you are right! Was is really that obvious?

Is it just me, or she looks like the Queen of England? And I'm not even watching the Olympics...

Aw, such an adorable old lady. She is going to be so sweet to her grandchildren.

Why are paparazzi so obsessed with Harolda and her outdoor activities?

naonavnlanfsjnavb.

And then this popped up. Berto and Violet had a son, Gregory.
They are both very fast movers, I believe.

More birthdays! This time, it's Taddeo's turn!

No, Taddy, rhinoplastic is not an option for you.

AADfsklsgmklA. All that running and using the exercise bar definitely worked! Look at those pectorals!

I think he is gorgeous. Yeah, his nose is still big, and he is even hairier than before, but he is gorgeous.

Taddeo: *emotional breakdown*

And we are done! At least for now! Will Taddeo find love? Will Harolda be able to finally manage her anger issues? Will Gunther stop being so Gunther?

Ha ha, did you really think I could not fit at least a couple of scenery pictures into this update?
I hope you enjoyed!

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nnnilou — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:47:15 GMT

1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3
PREVIOUSLY: Taddeo became a child, I got the biggest sim crush ever on Berto, other things happened but I was too busy being in love with a bunch of pixels.

Taddeo: Mum told me about the importance of using beauty products to take care of your skin, but I am flawless already.
Berto: *tries to ignore him*

I know how hard it is to study with your younger siblings, Berto.

They are still very much in love, and I love them. I think this is one of the best shots of them I have ever taken.

Gunther vs. Washing Machine, round two.

Gunther 1 - Washing Machine 1

They are even now, but Gunther had to mop up a lot of water. He wasn't happy about it, he's a slob, after all.

Birthday time already for Taddeo!

Taddeo: I wish for... I already have beauty, and I'm quite smart too, so... Eyebrows?

OMG. OMG.

I like this look on him.

But I like him even better now! He rolled family oriented.
Easily Impressed | Over Emotional | Brave | Family Oriented
Aw! He may not have the most gorgeous face in Riverview, but he is definitely a gold hearted sim!

Strong family bonds, based on hating TV and washing machines.

This pictures has various purposes:
1) Showing you Taddeo's beautiful slippers.
2) Showing you Berto and Taddeo's new bedroom.
3) I am obsessed with taking photos of my sims going to bed.

Told you.

Taddeo autonomously started exercising just after he woke up. And he doesn't even have the athletic trait. I'm so proud of him!

Despite being on the top of the Journalism career track, Gunther still uses a bike, a very feminine bike which actually belongs to Harolda, to go to work.

Roland Gattis, son of Manuela Gattis (by plumsspeaksimlish) and one of my sims. Taddeo brought him home from school. He's cute.

Harolda has been hunting special and rare seeds since the beginning of the legacy, and she finally managed to get some very interesting plants.

Very interesting indeed.

I love the garden. I never had such a nice garden. One of the goals of this legacy will be keeping it alive.

The washing machine goes mad at least three times a week.

But Berto defeated it with his hairy awesomeness.

Harolda maxed her gardening skills. And I don't think she has ever been so sweet with her own children as she is with the death flower.

Resurrecting the death flower. Yeah. This is how she rolls.

Look! A wild wedding arch appeared in the Bruttoni's garden!

Let's pretend that it didn't take me weeks to remember that Gunther and Harolda were not actually legally married.

Ahem. Please, behave! It's your wedding!

Over emotional sims being overly emotional. It doesn't happen very often, but when it does, it is so sweet!

Hi Roland! He spends a lot of time at the Bruttoni's. Using their computer and watching TV.

These pictures were taken from Taddeo's fitblr. I promised not to tell anyone, but I just couldn't resist. I won't tell you his url, though.

He runs 5k every day. (And I'm sure he's also love to do yoga, as I imagine him as a sort of family loving hippie. I miss the TS2 yoga.)

He cooks his own meal using organic and whole wheat ingredients.

He bikes everywhere. (Yep, everyone loves Harolda's bikes. No idea why, though, as they all have their own ones.)

/ends of the Bruttoni legacy, fitblr edition.

Although I was eager to see how Berto look as young adult, I really didn't want him to grow.

Berto: can I wish for more eyebrows too?
No, my dear. The unibrow gene is already taken.

He rolled lucky.
Hates the Outdoors | Lucky | Over Emotional | Savvy Sculptor | Artistic
Basically, my soulmate, condensed into a bunch of pixels, vertex and polys. Nice. Even my game is trying to tell me that I will die alone, surrounded by cats.

Now, everybody, with me, say: awwww!
Too cute from this legacy, but I knew it from the start. Damn you sims_addicted, and your adorable sims! (No, just kidding. I love Harolda so much!)

Did you actually believe that I could not end this update with some scenery spam?
I hope you enjoyed!

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nnnilou — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:20:34 GMT

1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2

PREVIOUSLY: Gunther and Harolda (by sims_addicted) had two lovely children, Berto and Taddeo. Taddeo got his Dad's nose. Gunther got a lot of money and the house got bigger. Harolda got a nice yard to grow her vegetables.
WARNINGS: the writer's obsession for one of the character may affect her commentary and her choice of pictures.

I feel bad when I force my sims making their home works. I know how it feels doing home works when you don't want to. Which, in my case, meant always.

What do you mean by saying that Berto is my favourite? I just built a room just for him to paint and sculpt and took some pictures of his lovely face hidden by his lovely hair.

This is Terra. I am jealous of Terra.

But not even love can distract Berto from his duties.

Gunther continues investigating in the life of the harmless inhabitants of Riverview.

And his gossipy articles paid off, since he got on the top of the Journalism Career Track and fulfilled his LTW!

I used Gunther's aspiration benefits point to get a reward. Now the Bruttoni have enough money to ~~buy Berto what he wants~~ get more furniture.

I promise, he got better.

Told you! Ain't he a cutie?

Harolda's yard look pretty in the morning.

Berto looks pretty at any time.

And Taddeo is adorable!

What's wrong Gunther? Don't you like how I rearranged the living room?

Gunther: I don't like having so many pictures of my relatives just under my nose. They scare me when I woke up at night to go to the bathroom.
Well, now I can make some tacky joke about his nose, but I won't.

Berto, coming back from the prom. Obviously, he was chosen prom king.

Some of Harolda tomato died. Let's just say it wasn't a pleasant day at the Bruttoni's.

I hope fishing will calm her down.

I got a little scared when I saw Berto sculpting ice with that thing. I don't want him to accidentally stab himself to death.

But, of course, he didn't harm himself in any way. He produced a work of art...

And he showed me his over emotional side for the first time ever.

Oh, let me love you, bby.

He decided that materializing himself in my room wasn't a good idea, so he just hugged Taddeo. They are like bff and I do approve this.

I believe that telling him ghost stories may not have been the best idea ever.

I hope you haven't heart issues, because pink dinosaurs are absolutely scary.

Gunther and Harolda still manage to spend some quality time together. Just so you know.

I feel so sorry for Taddeo. He was late to school, but it was totally my fault.

Aw, poor thing.

I bought him an oven. And he baked cupcakes. The Bruttoni have a thing for comfort food.

Random pictures of the living room, which is filled with Berto's masterpieces and gems found by Gunther.

Riverview in a foggy morning.

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nnnilou — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:17:07 GMT

PREVIOUSLY: Gunther and Harolda (by sims_addicted) had a baby, Berto. Berto is way too cute for this legacy. Gunther got a few promotions and the house was expanded. Harolda had a few break downs and I love her to bits.

Let's start this update with some suspence.

Go away! Go away, you ridiculous thief, wearing '80 sunglasses in the middle of the night!

He stole the bath tub. I hate him.

Gunther called the police, but, of course, it took it literally hours for the cops to arrive and the robber managed to get away with my tub.

Cop: sir, we did not arrested the thief because we were too busy being late. Have you ever thought about spending a few days in a spa or something? Some skin treatment and maybe waxing your hairy back...
Gunther: ...

Don't you dare pull this annoyed face in my house, you, incompetent cop.

Gunther found out that the best way to deal with a stolen bath tub is minding other people's business. So he started writing gossipy articles about his neighbours.

Aw, Berto. Aww.

Berto, you are already too adorable for this legacy. Please, don't sparkle. It is a little too much for me.

And so Berto became the cutest child ever. He rolled overly emotional.
Artistic | Hates the Outdoors | Overly Emotional

Harolda has been wanting to get a job in the Scientific career track for a while.

Berto: Homeworks are for unimaginative people who like maths. I am an artist.
Oh, Berto, you sound just like me.

Hi, morning sickness.

I never played a coward sim before Harolda. So I had no idea that coward sims are afraid of washing machines. Hehe.

Gunther fought the washing machine as real men do. In his bright red, cheetah underwear.

But he got defeated anyway.
Berto: Dad, pls. I'm studing.

Gunther: my coccyx. I think I broke it.

Anyway, his diagnosis was not right and his coccyx is alright. This allowed Gunther to continue being the promotion beast he is and he got enough money to add another room and more furniture to the house.

Hi, Lucrezio the dead fish.

JSDGJKBNKSDNS. YOU. AND YOUR SUNGLASSES. HERE. AGAIN.

Of course the cops did not arrested him. Of course I bought a burglary alarm. Better late than ever.

Harolda: call an ambulance! My belly is going to explode!

Harolda: no, wait. Everything is al...

Harolda: Gunther, let's get to the hospital!

Gunther: *is having a panick attack*

Berto: *is the worst overly emotional sim I ever had*

Taddeo Bruttoni. The Nose carrier.
Easily Impressed | Brave

Berto: but I am still the cute one, right?
Of course you are...

Berto: I am not sure this is a good thing, right?

Aww. He may not be the most beautiful toddler ever, but I love him anyway.

You are still sexy as ever, Gunther. Just as wine and George Clooney, you get better with time.

Aaaah. The sweet taste of revenge.

Still, I am a little disappointed as this burglar is not the Sunglasses Burglar I learned to hate. Maybe she's his girlfriend. I did not know Riverview had such an high crime rate.

Cop: such a nice, cloudy day to fight crime

Harolda collapsed. But she is fine now.

Berto, are you feeling ignored? Trust me, you aren't. I have a billion pointless pictures of your cute face in my screenshots folder. Don't eat your emotions.

Berto, once again, you are supposed to be overly emotional. I think this means you should at least show some emotion.

Berto: Mum, pls.

Berto: I wish...

Berto: I wish for a washing machine free world!
This is such a magnificent wish. You are a modern day John Lennon, Berto.

Disappointment.

Self confidence.

More disappointment.

Complete adorableness.
Artistic | Hatest the Outdoors | Overly Emotional | Savvy Sculptor
And he got also great traits.

This lovely family meal was interrupted by...

Harolda's birthday!

Harolda: no. *midlife crisis*
Don't worry my dear, I will fix your hair and you will be beautiful as always.

And now, just before I go, have some random Rivervew spammage. Because Riverview is beautiful.

I hope you enjoyed! :D

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nnnilou — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 08:14:48 GMT

It is almost 40 degrees where I live. Too hot to study. So yesterday I played sims and baked biscuits. And today, have an update!

LAST TIME: we met Gunther, the sexiest sim alive. Gunther met Harolda (by sims_addicted), and they fell in love.

Gunther luckily got a new uniform. He loves it. He thinks it makes him look like Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. Personally, I disagree. He is more like Woody Allen in Try it Again Sam.

While Gunther is at work, Harolda wanders around Riverview stealing crops from public and private properties.

Gunther: *deserves the NSFW tag*

Go, my darlings, and give me a plethora of ugly, little children.

I always though gardening was a relaxing activity. Apparently, I was wrong.

Oh, poor thing. I always feel bad when my sims puke. But still, morning sickness can only mean one thing. And no, it is not food poisoning.

Gunther got another promotion. I think I never played any workaholic sim before him, and I am surprised by how easily he advances on his career track. Also, italian game FTW.

To celebrate Gunther's promotion, Harolda cooked a very yummy dinner using the vegetables she stole at the beginning of the update.

Harolda: *attempts at reverse psychology* diamonds are so overrated. I mean, no woman wants an engagement diamond ring anymore!
I am not sure reverse psychology works on Gunther.

Harolda is disappointed.

Baby bump! I'm excited.

Gunther is still working on his novel.

It is baby time already! This was seriously the shorter pregnancy I ever had in my game. I was too busy keeping Harolda alive and dealing with her rage issues to take pictures!

It's a boy! And his name is Berto. Berto Bruttoni.
Artistic | Hates the Outdoors

He is cute. Way too cute, even if when he is pulling hideous derp faces. I failed.

Since the Random Roller gave me the 'perfect children' challenge, Berto spends more time skilling than any other kid in my game.

Hey. Berto. Please. Stop being adorable, if you want a chance to become the heir. And grow some nose already.

Another promotion for Gunther. I am sure you won't believe this, because he is already the most charismatic sim you have ever seen, but he needs to improve his charisma skills.

Anyway, the money he got from his promotion were used to expand and refurnish the house.

As you can see, it is still very much empty, but at least now they have a proper bedroom and they don't have to take a pleasant walk in the garden every time they need to go to the bathroom.

Harolda's expression shows you the joys of motherhood.

Harolda: what do you mean by saying that I need to stop fishing and feed my son? I don't get you.

You. Too. Cute.

I think Harolda's reverse psychology finally worked.

Harolda: a ring? For me? Oh my! I wasn't expecting that! I'm speechless! You shouldn't have *insert many more cliche sentences to express the surprise she is not actually feeling*

Harolda, you remind me of Gollum. (Yeah, I watched the Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers, again, yesterday night.)

Uuuh. I think I heard chimes!

I hope you enjoyed! Have a nice day!

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nnnilou — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:49:46 GMT

I have been waiting for Lucky Palms since it was advertised on the official The Sims 3 site, and today I wasn't disappointed. I think this is one of the best worlds EA made so far, everything looks incredibly beautiful. I have always had a soft spot for desert worlds, and Lucky Palms is not only stunning, but also reminds me of Strangetown. I am thinking about moving Gunther and Harolda there, but I am still not sure. Anyway, enough rambling, here are the pictures. If you have a simblr, you already know what to expect, so they won't be very interesting. But still, I took so many photos I felt like I had to upload them somewhere.

Special thanks go to eversims, who shared some seriously awesome PS actions I used on some pictures.

The new trees are really beautiful. I love trees in TS3.

Love the '70 atmosphere of some of the houses.

I hope you enjoyed!
Expect some Gunther popping up on your f-list soon!

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nnnilou — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:15:34 GMT

Has it ever happened to you to wake up in the morning and feel like starting a new legacy? Maybe a random legacy? With a twist of ugliness?

I decided to write down some rules/guidelines. They are for my personal use, but if someone wants to try them, feel free to use and adapt them to your gaming stile. Just, maybe, give some credits.

The founder must have some really 'interesting' facial features, such as a very big, hooked nose, a wide mouth, a prominent jaw, very big eyes, and so on. This does not necessary mean the he/she has to be ugly: their look only has to be unique enough to be easily recognized in their spawn.
The heir will be the one children carrying most of the typical family features. So, for instance, if the founder's most noticeable facial features was their mouth, the heir will be the kid who shares this characteristic. If none of the children shows one of the founder's typical features, I will just choose the one I like better.
At the start of every new generation, I will use the Random Legacy Roller to set the generation goals, marital structure, incomes, etc.
The spouse will most likely be a downloaded sim to add some more variety to the gene pool.
If possible (which means: if my game will let me to), I will not move the legacy family from the lot where the legacy started, because I really want to see how the house changes and expands with time. If the world gets corrupted or I grow bored of it, I will just save and move the legacy family along with their house.
The traits of the children will always be randomly rolled, because it amuses me. I will try to follow their wishes as much as I can in relation to what stated by the Random Roller at the start of the generation.
The founder won't be able to make over the house where they live as long as the spouse they choose does not move in. Until then, they can only buy the objects they strictly need to work (computer, easel, library, etc.) but they can't edit the house layout, paint the walls, or sell all the furniture to buy new, prettier one. They may sell some decoration items, though, if they really need some money.
No maid, butler, gardner and so on until the fourth generation.

So, basically, I am going to follow the regular Prettacy rules with a bit of Random Legacy in them. Of course, I may change them as time passes, but I wanted to state some guidelines before actually starting the challenge. Well, we are done with the boring stuff, let's meet my founder, some of you may have already seen him on my simblr, but I think he needs a proper introduction...

This is Gunther. You can easily see how trilled he is to start a new life (a new dynasty!) in Riverview. Gunther knows that there are many sims more pleasant to the eyes than him. He has been aware of this since he was very young. In kindergarden, teachers gave him secondary roles in representations. In elementary school, his classmates' mothers praised his 'unique look', and tried very hard not to stare at his crotched teeth and prominent nose. And I can go further telling you all little humiliations he had to go through, but it would make no difference for you, because the important thing to know about Gunther it that he learnt very soon that the best way to overcome the obstacles that life gives you is knowing them and then acting as they do not exist. So Gunther acts exactly as those handsome sims whose photos get hundred of notes on Tumblr. And you know what? His photos actually got an hundred notes as well!

Ambitious | Flirty | Workaholic | Slob | Schmoozer
Reading your online dating profile, you can see that Gunther likes girls, fruit cakes, catchy pop music, and the colour pink. He also dreams of being the star of Star News Television and he would like to have at least two adorable hooked nosed kids.

Gunther: an imperfection! On my perfect skin! The end is near!

Gunther: thank God, it was just the lighting! My face is flawless and hairy as usual.

After checking his handsome self, Gunther decided to head to the town center to meet the local population.

The first person he stumbled across is Harolda (who is actually Harold by sims_addicted, turned into a female for my obvious purposes)

And he immediately showed me his opinion about her...

She looks just as excited as the grey guy on the poster behind her.

But Gunther knows how to get a girl's heart...

Gunther: you know, I'm from Bridgeport. A big city, many people, many beautiful girls. I've seen so many of them in my life, but no one was as beautiful as you. Not even movie stars.
Gunther, you liar. You aren't from Bridgeport, you are from my sims bin. And the only girls you have ever seen are the ugly EA premades sims who will spend the eternity in the aforementioned sim bin.

Nobody can resist the unibrow.

But since it was running late and Gunther was hungry, I sent him to the local botanical garden to get some peppers. Because he has less than one hundred of simleons at his name, and I ain't gonna make him spend them for food.

This picture was taken with the only aim of introducing you Gunther's housemate, Lucrezio, the dead rainbow trout. You can see him above Gunther's head. Dead.

If you are less than 16 years old, I suggest you to skip the next four pictures. The amount of hairy hotness of this imagery can affect your growth and your taste in me, damage your eyes, and magically turn you into a crazy cat lady in practically no time.

Okay, dear young people who were not watching these pictures, you can now continue reading.

Gunther is not very fond of the outfit he has to wear at work. He thinks that yellow does not flatter his skin tone.

But he got promoted anyway.

With the money he got he was finally able to buy a computer to practice his writing. Now he can be found on tumblr too, but I promised him not to give his url. He already receives so many love mails he hardly has the time to check them.

To celebrate his promotion, he decided to visit Harolda, but she was sleeping and got acquainted with her housemate, Manuela Gattis (by plumfromsimland), instead.

Flirting with your almost-girlfriend's housemate in her own house? Keep it classy, Gunther.

But I can't stay angry at him for very long, he is just adorable and makes me feel like one of those mothers who will always praise their boys, even if they turned into psycho serial killers.

Gunther: I clearly remember that you stated that you will always try to fulfill your founder's wish. So, since you aren't mad at me for flirting with that pretty girl... What about my wish to go out with Harolda?
And this is how I let him ask Harolda out.

They went for a movie, and then they headed to the ~~Gunther's very own super market~~ the botanical garden.

Aw! The very first kiss of a new legacy is such a special moment! I feel so proud of my baby!

And, as Harolda's ability of taking smart decisions seemed definitely lowered by that kiss, Gunther asked her to go steady.

And then he invited her to his lovely house...

... Where he proceeded to interview her. He is one of those guys who never forget about their job duties.

And, you know how these things go. You meet a guy, you go on a date with him, you share a kiss, he interviews you, and then...

Gunther: and so, I was thinking. Now you've seen where I live, and you still haven't said anything really offensive about it. So, what do you think about leaving your little, cozy house and move in with me? You know, there is a pond just right under the basement, and you have to have a nice walk in the garden to get to the toilet. It would be such a nice place where to grow out future children...
Harolda: *is hypnotized by the unibrow* What... I... Uhm... Yes, of course, I agree with everything you just said.

And they quickly curled in their newly bought double bed.

And so it ends the first update! I hope you enjoyed it! Sorry for the lame commentary, I just got very carried away with it. Gunther is, like, my Muse. His unibrow inspires me.

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nnnilou — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 07:36:31 GMT

If there is something I missed from TS2 in my TS3 game was the Maxis Match feel. I love how realistic CCs look in other people's pictures, but they just don't look right in my game. I tried Tamo's Ultra Plain faces. And, although they are lovely, they were a little too plain for my own tastes. So I decided to blend them with Filly Foal's Spice Cider skin and one of Buffy/Joedy_76 latest skin, I added some details and shadowing, I abused the blur tool to make everything look smooth, and this is what came out.
Just as Tamo's Ultra Plain faces, these are face replacements only. It means that, if you don't have another file in your Package folder that replaces the body textures, you will get the default EA bodies. There is a non default version too, made by the amazing Simsteria. If you pick the non default version, the bodies of your sims will have the same textures of your default skin.

CREDITS
Tamo- base texture
Filly Foal- nostrils and some random bits of texture
Buffy - lips
Simsteria - non default version

This works for all ages and both genders, and even the darkest tones look pretty smooth. The pictures, except for the very first one, were not edited in any way, but just cropped and resized.

Darkest tone.

Palest tone.

DOWNLOAD - DEFAULT || DOWNLOAD - NON DEFAULT

Feel free to tell me if there is anything wrong and enjoy!

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nnnilou — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:52:46 GMT

(I stole the idea of the writing on the picture go to Oh My Sims. I love how her images look and how she edits them!)
1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4
2.0

PREVIOUSLY, ON THE CAVATAPPI LEGACY: The Cavatappi moved to Hidden Springs. Cecilia met her soulmate, Emilia, and they had a baby boy, Carlo. Lisal became an elder and Ernesto met Booboo's Roz.

Cecilia is pregnant! I am so glad she is the one carrying a baby, since it was Emilia who gave birth to Carlo.

Carlo and Rodger have a great relationship. Rodger always wants to spend time with his nephew and I imagine them going fishing together as soon as Carlo becomes a child.

*dies of cuteness*

Cecilia found a laundry gnome! Which means that now the Cavatappi own two creepy laundry gnomes and a 'regular' Misterious Gnome.

Ernesto starts dancing as soon as I let him uncontrolled. He's adorable!

Amelia Cavatappi! I am so glad she's a girl, I love when my sims have a boy and a girl.
Artistic | Couch Potato

I know I've already said it a lot of times, but Lisal is just the cutest elder ever. I love elders in TS3.

Ahem. Stay classy, Cecilia.

Ernesto grew up! Just as Luisa, he looks a lot like Lisal and he's really, really, beautiful, if you ask me.
Brave | Good Sense of Humor | Light Sleeper | Friendly | Perfectionist

Ernesto immediately wanted to go on a date with Roz, who is a young adult too. They are so cute!

I made them move out. Even though he won't be the heir, I felt so sad when he left!

But there's no time for sadness! It's Carlo's birthday!
Loner | Hates the Outdoors | Hot Headed
Also, the Cavatappi pull the best faces when they age up. I'm always worried they are going to be stuck like that forever.

Carlo: there's no sign of intelligent form of life anywhere on this planet...

Carlo: oh, wait.

Carlo, I'm sure your Grandad would be so happy to know that you are playing in his room while he's asleep.

Aw... Emilia and Cecilia love to spend some quality time with Carlo, playing PG-13 rated video games.

It's Amelia birthday! And she has a cake!

Carlo: I wanted a cake too.

Weird faces... See?
Artistic | Couch Potato | Frugal

Carlo, please, don't try to create a potion to kill Amelia just because she had a birthday cake.

I have no idea of why Amelia is drinking some plasma juice. I found it in her inventory. And she drank it. Autonomously.

Carlo and Amelia spend a lot of time together and I think he forgot about the cake. I hope. He even agreed to go out playing in the garden, despite having a negative moodlet for the rest of the day.

Or maybe he is just planning a terrible revenge. Stay tuned!
I hope you enjoyed!

DOWNLOAD A CAVATAPPI.

nnnilou — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:24:13 GMT

RODGER CAVATAPPI
Athletic | Charismatic | Family Oriented | Kleptomaniac | Snob
LTW: reach the top of the Criminal career track.
Favourites: red, indie, cookies.

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CECILIA CAVATAPPI
Absent Minded | Genius | Easily Impressed | Handy | Hot Headed
LTW: reach the top of the Law Enforcement career track.
Favourites: acid green, hip hop, fruit parfait.

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LUISA CAVATAPPI
Insane | Virtuoso | Inappropriate | Lucky | Hopeless Romantic
LTW: max the guitar and charisma skills.
Favourites: turquoise, indie, meat and cheese sandwich.

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ERNESTO CAVATAPPI
Light Sleeper | Friendly | Brave | Perfectionist | Good Sense of Humor
LTW: reach the top of the Firefighting career track.
Favourites: purple, indie, Stu's surprise.

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NOTES, CREDITS, BABBLING: Ernesto and Luisa are clones of their Mum, Lisal Lane by joedy_76, so all credits for them go to Joedy. Rodger is the son of one of my sims and backerbse's Lucy.
Here is the list of my resources. I basically only use EA hair and clothes, Vasilla's freckles, freudroid's skins and Escand eyes.
All the sims are packaged as .sim files. Use them as you want, but, please, don't reupload and/or claim them as your own. Credits are nice and make me happy. Also, since I noticed that many people, especially on Tumblr, don't want their sims to have their facial structure changed, I feel that I've to add that I don't mind. Feel free to edit them, but, if you only tweak their nose/mouth/whatever a little, don't pretend it's a completely different sim. Blablah. I'm done with babbling now!
Enjoy! :D

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nnnilou — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:17:10 GMT

1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4

PREVIOUSLY, ON THE CAVATAPPI LEGACY: Luisa and Cecilia grew up and Ernesto became a teen. Luisa met Don Lothario, Rodger did not approve, Luisa moved out and got pregnant. Lisal found a dusty lamp and a genie.

Ah, my baby is all grown up. She is even graduated!

I decided to move the Cavatappi in Hidden Springs ~~because I just downloaded it and I wanted to try it out~~, because it's really pretty. Their new house is not completely by me, as I just made over an house already built by EA.

Rodger and Lisal's room.

Ernesto's room.

Cecilia's room.

This is Emilia. She's one of the sims I made and dumped in Hidden Springs. And, since I forgot to move Margherita (Cecilia's high school sweetheart)...

... I made Cecilia greet her. She immediately rolled the want of finding out her zodiac sign and her traits.

Creepy.

They are really sweet together, don't mind the creepy paparazzo stalking them. He is working on a tutorial on how to seduce a woman. He probably needs it very badly.

Even after all these sim!years, Rodger and Lisal are very much in love. They autonomously flirts and kiss each other every time I don't control them.

Rodger is still very athletic.

No trace of stubble on Ernesto's face.

Hi, Roz!

She autonomously kissed him. But he doesn't seem to mind too much.

Since Emilia moved in, Rodger, who has a lot of cooking skill points, made her her favourite meal, the lime Keyes pie.

I am not sure if Rodger poisoned the pie or Emilia is just suffering from morning sickness.

Lisal became an elder!

You look way too happy about that, Emilia.

Awwww! Awww! Cutest elder I've ever had in my game!

Okay, I think it was just morning sickness. Sorry for blaming you, Rodger.

Being the responsible young woman she is (not to mention the fact that I want the baby to carry on the family name), Cecilia proposed. So, have some engagement spam, with lens flares and abuse of the blur tool.

Roz spends a lot of time at the Cavatappi's.

Inappropriate.

And then, in the middle of the night... Emilia went into labour, Cecilia threw a tantrum.

Emilia: what's wrong with you? I have to make the bed!
Priorities, priorities...

Carlo Cavatappi!
Hates the outdoors | Loner
He got Cecilia's hair, eyes and skintones and Emilia's nose! I love him already!

I don't even know why I always take pictures of my sims doing the weirdest expressions.

Cecilia is not amused.

Emilia and Cecilia left Carlo home with Rodger and Lisal and had some fun with the karaoke. It's definitely one of my favourite objects ever!

I think it is a little hard for Ernesto to live in an house where his sister in law enjoys wandering about wearing just her underwear.

And I leave you with the lovely image of Cecilia throwing up.
I hope you enjoyed this update!
On a side note, I was thinking about uploading the Cavatappi (Rodger, Luisa, Cecilia and Ernesto), but I am not 100% sure. Would you be interested?

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RESOURCES.

nnnilou — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:50:17 GMT

DEFAULTS

Skintones - FillyFoal / freudroid - Spice Cider
Eyes - Escand - Oh My Eyes
Default Faces - Shady

CAS ITEMS

Aa6x7
Anubis
Arisuka
Buffy / joedy_76
Club Crimsyn
Elexis
Ephemera
Littlecat
Miss Skitty
Ohmysims
Papercat
Tamo
SLU
Vasilla

BUY & BUILD

Awesims
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nnnilou — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:16:55 GMT

1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3
PREVIOUSLY, ON THE CAVATAPPI LEGACY: Luisa found a boyfriend that I do not approve, Cecilia became a teen, Rodger and Lisal (by joedy_76) had another baby, Ernesto.

Ernesto grew up! He is the sweetest child I've ever had. He constantly plays with Abbracci, his imaginary friend (who I won't let age up. Because I love them as dolls, but they creeps me out when they become kids or even teens!).

I like Ernesto. Like, a lot.

Luisa aged up too! Pretty!
Virtuoso | Insane | Inappropriate | Hopeless Romantic | Schmoozer

Hi Don!

Luisa and Don get along very well...

But Rodger does not approve.

Rodger: Don Lothario, I am going to kill you in your sleep.

Nobody cared about Rodger's intentions, though.

Since Rodger continued arguing with Luisa, I decided to make her move out, and now she lives with Don. As much as I like her, she looks too much like Lisal to be the heir.

Cecilia will miss her big sister.

I've never seen a postman (or woman, for that matter) arguing with the bills.

Bwhahah. Lisal is the new Botticelli.

Since now Cecilia can look after Ernesto, Lisal and Rodger go out almost every night.

Luisa passed by, sporting a brand new belly! Yay!

The livingroom is becoming pretty cluttered.

Lisal got a dusty lamp.

My first genie ever! She is a little creepy, though.

Obviously, Lisal wished for money. Even though she and Rodger get quite a lot of money from their jobs, they needed some more cash for new furniture and a bigger bathroom.

*dies of cuteness*

*back to life, dies of cuteness again*
Ernesto is a teen!
Light Sleeper | Friendly | Brave
Also, Lisal's genes are strong!

I love club dance. They make the best faces.

Prepare yourself for more birthdays! (My updates are always full of birthdays. I don't even know why.)

EEEEEEH. EHEEEHEHEH. I LUV HER. NDSJNDSJND.
Genius | Handy | Absent Minded | Easily Impressed | Hot Headed

Rodger is an elder now. I still love him! And I still think he is beautiful!

Lisal seems to agree with me on Rodger's elderly look! On the other side, he definitely does not.

I hope you enjoyed! :D

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nnnilou — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:38:43 GMT

1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2
PREVIOUSLY, ON THE CAVATAPPI LEGACY: Rodger and Lisal (by joedy_76) had two babies, Luisa and Cecilia. Rodger got a few promotion and Lisal got obsessed with painting.

Luisa found a boyfriend! His name is Jeff Crosby and, actually, I don't like him that much. But since she kept rolling wants about him, I decided to let them stay together. At least for now.

Guess where is Rodger going? On his bicycle? In the middle of the night?

He's going to jail! Personally, I wouldn't smile like that if I were going to jail.

Lisal is so beautiful. I liked her as young adult, and I like her even better now.

Cecilia spends most of his time playing computer games. I can't blame her.

I love the fact that they made a sims version of many famous paintings!

Lisal is pregnant again! I didn't programmed it, but I am really happy anyway. I hope it's a boy!

Luisa went to the prom in her gym clothes and got chosen as prom queen.

Freudroid's Georgie Pie does not like unicorns.

Heee! Rodger reached the top of the criminal career track! And he also got a little golden fox, called the Fox. Which is pretty creepy, by the way.

Now he can finally spend his days reading cheesy romantic novels on his favourite armchair. Which, by the way, I really want in my room!

It's a boy! Yay! Ernesto Cavatappi! I am glad he got his mother's eyes and his father's hair colour, I can't wait to see him all grown up!
Friendly | Light Sleeper

Rodger had a lot of aspiration benefit points so I decided to get one of the rewards. And they got a lot of money from a recently deceased mysterious aunt. Thank you, dear Anonymous aunt.

It's birthday time!

Heee! Heeee! She is preeeetty! I wish she got Rodger's nose, but I don't mind. I like her anyway. A lot.
Genious | Absent Minded | Loner | Hot Headed

One of Luisa's favourite hobbies is pulling pranks. She especially enjoys tormenting Cecilia. I am really surprised they are best friends.

This is Marinella. Cecilia brought her home from school.

And they autonomously started hitting on each other!

Aww!

Then they immediately went doing their home works. Together. I am a bit jealous, because the only time I did home works with a guy I was seeing, he randomly started lecturing me about the importance of being able of doing maths without a calculator. Incredibly irritating. Especially since I still count using my fingers.

This looks a bit dangerous. Even tough I used to do the same with my little brother!

Rodger stole the Golden Llama!

The girls decided to go out together and they found Luisa's boyfriend Jeff and Backerbse's Allen Motts enjoying the karaoke. I confess that, if I were Luisa, I'd be a little jealous.

Derp.

And this is when I turned the sound off.

Dgh. Cute. Faces. Dddhg.

I wish bubble machine existed IRL too. Oxigen bars are just not as pretty!

And so it ends this update. Also, since sims are blessed creatures that don't get hangovers, I promise that the next update won't be about them wandering around holding their heads.
I hope you enjoyed and happy Easter! :D

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nnnilou — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:04:49 GMT

1.0 | 1.1

PREVIOUSLY, ON THE CAVATAPPI LEGACY: Rodger and Lisal (by joedy_76) had a daughter, Luisa, and moved to a new house. Lisal got pregnant again and I took a lot of pictures of her pretty face.

Luisa grew up! And she pulled the most epic birthday bitch face ever. But she is very cute nonetheless!
She rolled inappropriate.
virtuoso | insane | inappropriate

This is how Rodger dresses to go to work.

Cecilia Cavatappi: genius | easily impressed

Aw! She is not really 'cute', but she definitely seems to have some interesting features! And red hair!

I am so glad the photoboot came back!

Lisal autonomously tried to pull a prank! I never saw that!

Lisal does not approve.

Creepy.

Even creepier.
Also, have you noticed that almost all the paparazzi and mixologist are overweight? Is it normal or it is just my game?

Rodger autonomously wore his formal outfit. He is so gorgeous.

He also managed to steal this veeeery expensive car parked outside the fire station. I sold it and they got something like 10000 simleons! Yay!

Changed my default eyes. Luisa actually looks insane.

Dies of cuteness.

And now, prepare yourself for a lot of birthdays!

The first one to age up was Rodger. He is still the most handsome male sim I ever had in my game.

Next one was Luisa. She rolled hopeless romantic.
She is really pretty, but she is also a clone of her mother.

Then it was Lisal's turn. Luisa kept laughing and pointing at her. So kind of you, Luisa.
Also, must change those eyes.

Luisa started a fire.

But she doesn't mind too much.

Heee! Cecilia grew up too! I love her!

Until next time!

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nnnilou — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:36:20 GMT

1.0
PREVIOUSLY, AT THE CAVATAPPI'S: we met Rodger, our founder. Rodger met joedy_76's Lisal. They got engaged and married.

Rodger and Lisal's honeymoon was mostly spent taking funny pictures in the photoboot and hanging around in the few Riverview clubs. I love it when sims whohoo in the photoboot and then they get a picture and then they make that face.

This is probably the creepiest mixologist ever. He looks like one of those perverts who put drugs in other people drinks. And he cleans glasses with his bare hands. Ugh. Nobody cared, though.

Lisal does not appreciates Rodger mad drum skills.

He was actually pretty bad, but, I swear, he was not that bad!

Aw, how sweet! Rodger dreams of Lisal, while Lisal dreams of... The sun wearing sunglasses?

I would really love to know what EA was thinking while making this animation. If I told someone I was pregnant and this person reacted like that, I'd just punch them in the face!

Completely random, but, this is the Grim Reaper graduating. Nice hat, it suits him better than that black garments he usually wears.

Random paparazza (paparazza? What is the feminine for paparazzo?). She was very interested in Lisal defeating the evil washing machine.

Rodger was at work, and since they are very poor and they really need money to afford a crib and other stuff for the baby, he could not go to the hospital with Lisal. That made me pretty sad.

So. I spend a lot of time around hospitals, but I have never seen anything like that. The hospital hall is such a cool place for a jam session and for doing homework.

And here is Luisa! I aged her up because newborns are boring and a little creepy, in my opinion. She is so cute! Her traits are virtuoso and insane. (By the way, I never choose traits for my born in game sims, I just roll the dice and see what happens. It is a lot more fun!)

Lisal told Luisa everything she has to know about life...

... And death.

Rodger continues dedicating some time to his hobbies: jogging and...

'borrowing' other people's stuff without asking. His past time is actually making them getting quite a lot of xash.

Thanks to Rodger's nocturnal efforts, they had enough money to buy a new house. It is very heavily inspired by these pictures by the lovely eversims. I am not very good at building houses that do not look like boxes!

Lisal's little corner. She spends a lot of time painting and she is getting pretty good at it.

Most of the house is still empty, but I like how it looks anyway!

Lisal is feeling nauseous again, and, this time, Rodger is not playing the drums nearby.

Romantic dining at the Cavatappi's. Rodger cooked sushi, Lisal complained about being hungry and then they ate everything in about five seconds. I miss those cute romantic animations in TS2.

Sometimes Luisa scares me a bit. Look at her eyes, she reminds me of a imaginary friends serial killer.

I hope you enjoyed!
Also, do you use any lighting mod for TS3? The light outside looks a bit too bright for my tastes!

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nnnilou — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:17:05 GMT

This is my legacy founder, Rodger Cavatappi. Rodger was born in Starlight Shores from backerbse's Lucy and one of my sims, under the name of Stan Malditesta. He had a rather uninteresting life, which means that I was too interested in taking pictures of his parents using the karaoke machine and wandering about the new world to care about him, until he turned into a young adult. Then I suddenly realized that I liked he a lot. I liked him so much than I decided to give him a fresh start and I moved him to Riverview to start a legacy. I tweaked him a tiny bit and Stan changed his name in Rodger Cavatappi and bought a little shack on the edges of Riverview. His personality remained the same, though. He is a snob, kleptomaniac, athletic, family-lover, charismatic sim who wants to reach the top of the criminal career track.

Rodger celebrated his arrival in Riverview by visiting the local dive bar, which I previously made over. I wished he could met someone too, but the only sims in there were a creepy mixologist and Skip Broke's parents.

So Rodger just took a lot of pictures of himself while I took a billion pictures of his face. I can't help, I like him.

The first few days of Rodger's new life were pretty uneventful. Then he met joedy_76 / Therewasnothingleft's Lisal. I was actually pretty shocked when it turned out that she was not married to some ugly Riverview townie like all the sims I downloaded and moved there. Sometimes I hate story progression.

Dear Rodger, you are supposed to be athletic. Athletic sims are not supposed to fall from the treadmill every five seconds.

I love kleptomaniac sims. And now Rodger has a new and shiny bouquet of daisies in his inventory.

I am so jealous of my sims. They can cut maccheroni directly from cheese. Without actually buying pasta.

The wardarobe and the washing machine are Rodger's worst enemies.

Spending your time at the gym doing horrible faces while exercising actually make your muscles grow. I should try that too.

Since Rodger was running out of money, I made him get a job as criminal.

He invited Lisal over to celebrate his new job.

And, did I mentioned that things are going pretty fast between these two?

Engagement time in true legacy style! There is nothing more romantic than proposing while wearing underwear.

(Okay, I confess I added lens flares. I just couldn't help!)

Lisal said yes! And moved in!

And so it ends this update! Also, please, don't mind Rodger's arms. They have grown enormous in like no time, it scares me!
Thank you for reading! :D

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nnnilou — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:42:58 GMT

Saturnday night update!
I don't even know if this is a legacy or just random pictures, but I am really enjoying playing Don. So I hope you don't mind if I keep spamming!

PREVIOUSLY, ON THE LOTHARIOS: Don became a firefighter, seduced a few sims and met Carmela Sventura, aka Ruby Broke. She got pregnant and moved in.

Let's start this update with Carmela's lovely face. She is really growing on me, I don't even care about how much I hate her name anymore!

Don is happy of having a child. He wanted to read a book about children and pregnancy and he constantly talks to Carmela's belly.

Don is getting promoted nearly everyday. I think the firefighting career track actually suits him! He is also getting quite a lot of money, so he and Carmela could finally move to a new house, a little more spacious than Don's old one.

It's a boy ~~damn, I really wanted a girl~~! Milo!

Milo got immediately aged up. I find babies pretty boring. Plus, I really wanted to see how he looks!

It is not like I stalk Carmela all the time. Nope. Not at all.

Calogero Sventura, aka Skip Broke, Carmela's brother, came for a visit and decided that the Lothario's kitchen was the best place where to do his homeworks.

Surprisingly, both Don and Carmela wanted to get engaged and married. Don, you are supposed to have committment issues! Well, have some engagement spam anyway.

Don reached the top of the firefighting career track! And he rocks that gas mask!

Everybody in this family loves to play their guitar wearing undies, preferably of the most embarassing kind. Also, Carmela's guitar matches Don's boxers. This is what true love means.

Milo doesn't like to swing.

It means something like "I am glad we will be together forever". Awwww.

Carmela is pregnant, and I everyone wanted a girl.

I never had a sim snooring. It is pretty hilarious!

Don doesn't agree with me and slept on the couch.

Awww. Cute.

While Carmela was wandering around in Riverview she found this townie crying while thinking of Carmela recently deceased father and she comforted her. Sweet.

Milo! He is a child now! And he looks exactly like Don, except for the hair.

Carmela started accusing Don of cheating out of nowhere. And, I swear, he never ever cheated on her!

Anyway, Don found a way to make things up with Carmela.

If you follow my simblr, you probably already know that I've been struggling (and annoying everyone) to figure how to make TS3 CCs using a Mac. Well, I think I found out how to make most of things work, I just have some troubles with .dds files. The Photoshop .dds plug in doesn't work on Macs, damn. Thankfully, a few lovely people on simblr told me that the GIMP .dds plug in also works on Macs. Yay! There are so many Store hairs I want to retexture! EA's textures aren't too bad, but Pooklet's are definitely prettier! /ends pointless rambling.