Totally didn't know you had to do that, going to do it now!

In other news, I restarted the computer and magically like half my CC is back into existence. Weird. The other half must be gone because of CEP.

Well, I just got apartment life today.

I carefully went through each and every mod I have and updated them. Completely.
Problem is, I'm missing stuff. And I don't just mean mods, CC also.
Insimenator version 2.9 isn't working. Well, I think. I have the OBJ version, and I was testing out apartments.

Also missing randomly: Several pieces of furniture
This:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=278085
This:
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=342880
and some other, less important stuff.

Also, Cars don't appear, only the Helicopter and I have the "Drivable Cars without Nightlife" mod. Again I was testing out an apartment, so that could have been why.

I loove that kitchen set and I want it back! Where did it go? Why doesn't it show up? Oh, the mysteries of Apartment Life.

I would be interested in hosting this contest, but I would build a (Basegame compatible) house that was just really crummy, and dirty. Each week there would be a new room to refurbish and clean (Because I'm slow and won't have the time nor the energy to do more than one a week and want to give everyone enough time).
I would build a house that was 6 rooms, (Dining, Living, Kitchen, Office, Bathroom, Bedroom)
They probably would have awkward dimensions to make it more interesting.
I wouldn't know whether to start with 7 players and go one down each week, or have them all participate in every round and have mini-prizes ready for each round. I think the mini-prizes would be more interesting and there could be more than 7 participants. Anyways, I would be able to get the house up next week if people wanted, so people can check if it worked with their game, and give until the friday after that to finish the first room, (of my choice). I already know what one of my prizes will be if I host this.

Anyways, I'd like to host this and would really appreciate it if people commented on my idea for a design challenge (Of course, you would be free to donate prizes )

Hehe. Sorry for the people who wanted to see this thread finished. My computer broke and I just got it fixed. If people are still interested I can probably get another chapter in next weekend.

Does anyone have an extra copy of this? Steps 3, 4 and 5 have no more files, and it kinda stinks, 'cause I'm on step 3.
Thanks

June 3rd, 1886
Dear Diary,
I think I should introduce myself. I'm Arielle Williams, and this is my family. I'm in the large dress, with my husband right next to me. To the left, there is my sister Christina; She lives with us. Two of my four children are in front of us, the picture being a bit dated, they weren't born. I have 3 Girls and one little boy, in order of age are Ryan, Mary and Twins Anna and Amy.

We have a small house, that houses all of what we need. We have two full washrooms, one kitchen, one Sitting Room, one playroom, and  dining room.
Here's the kitchen. As you can see, it has a nice stove, a nice icebox to the right, and a sink and counters.

The Sitting Room is nice and large, with a nice fireplace. Unfortunately, I do not have a picture of it to show you.
My life started changing and soon as I had my two beautiful twin girls, Amy and Anna. Pregnancy isn't much fun at all. You can see part of the sitting room behind me. Boy, that dress did not let the babies come out easily.

Thankfully, my sister and husband were there to help me through it all. Eric helps with the children a lot, and never lets me do all the work. I'm thankful for this. The picture is a tiny bit fuzzy, sorry about that. Christina takes care of Mary bring her to shops in town, and spoiling her. She's a great aunt.

My two little girls quickly grew into toddlers, but then everything seemed to go wrong. One afternoon, as I was talking with my family, we underwent the most traumatizing event of our lifetime. One day, we were in control, and the next, we were blown out of our minds.

To Be Continued...

(In the last picture, they should be passed out, but could only do that by making them sleep
It's my first story, so be nice. Feel free to voice what you think can improve and what you guys think the future of the story is going to be. Imageshack messed up the first and last image, sorry )

So, I'm crossing my fingers that I uploaded the correct skintone, not my work in progress one. If it's weird and has boxes of hair, it's the work in progress one.
I'm sorry I have no picture, is someone downloads it  they can post a picture, but I'm currently very busy, and did this to de-stress, but have to get back to my essay. There are a few problems with the seam, but I'm a bit too tired to fix them now, If someone wants to fix them they can, but yeah, um, I'll do it sometime.
Now, on to the file!
(BTW, they hair is taken off a real photo, so I don't know how you guys think it'll look.)
P.S. This is my first skintone!
EDIT: I attached a pic

Here are two of my in-game born teens:
Jared:


and Michelle:

They're brother and sister, and they are definitely my best born in-game sims. They're Third generation/Second generation, depending on the side you take them. They have a young father and a rather old mother. My sims are weirdos.

I saw another 'What are the better expansions packs' thread but it really didn't apply to me very well. What I really want is an expansion pack that really diversifies my sims experience. I'm having a hard time choosing between Pets, Seasons and OFB.
Pets: I love Pets, had the Sims 1 pets and looooved it. (I also had a billion sims 1 expansion packs... I want a Sims 2 Makin' Magic!)
Seasons: My cousins told me it was the greatest expansion pack ever. I'm also leaning towards this 'cause I can get it for 15 dollars off Amazon. But, then again, every expansion pack except AL is only 17 dollars there anyways...)
Open For Business: Having my own business sounds fun, but then again, the expansion pack could have totally failed.
So, I'd like your opinions on this. (I would get three, but can only afford one)

Here's a new Dress I just made. It's a basic recolor of the Maxis dress except I made the white space bigger and there is a different fabric. I like it, and think it's nice and classic and could go either Formal or Everyday, so I put it as both.
If the mess I made is as bad as I think in the Alpha file, unless you like this color, it isn't going to change easily. When I say mess, I mean it looks fine on a Sim, in the files, not so much.
Please give credit to Millian if you use it.
Please comment on the thread if you like it / have any suggestions

So, I created a Tank Top for one of my Sims who desperately needed a Tank Top that wasn't as boring as the Maxis made ones. Seeing as this is my first creation ever I only edited the Alpha File a tiny bit, just making a couple of corrections that were to my liking.
I hope that you like it.
You can technically recolor the 'new' Tanktop, but I honestly think it isn't working, because it is barely any different from the original Maxis one, just a couple of tweaks.
If you use it in a sim be sure to credit it to Millian, Thanks.

(Oh, and I would have created an Image thumbnail if I knew how, sorry guys/gals)