<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159486</id><updated>2011-04-21T17:17:11.822-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ivy's Sims2 Legacy Antics</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ivy5551212</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14161613504673395299</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159486.post-115524357305983668</id><published>2006-08-10T16:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-03T01:04:07.463-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Party Isn't Over...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;
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The day wasn't over with just because the Sorority Gals closed down the Popcorn Buffet.  It seemed the newcomers on Seseme Street still had some partying left in them that night.
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So they did what any self-respecting new neighbors would do, and they went down to investigate the recently built Quad Pod, rumored to have just about everything imaginable on it that one could hope to do on a community lot. 
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Carl kicked things off by jamming on the bass.
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Ivy found herself in the hottub with some lucky blond fella...ooo la la! 
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Jumpers decided to grill some hotdogs...in her swimsuit...or underwear...or jammies...ummm...not sure what exactly, but she claims they are ultra comfortable and wears them all the time.
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Theresa meanwhile decided to try a game of chess, against herself.  It appears she is losing.
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Suzie goes shopping for some new clothes.  Looking pretty spiffy there!
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Marcie plays a game of darts.  Ooopsies...everyone, LOOK OUT! (our apologies to the camerman...)
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Hel finds herself a mystery man to cozy up to.  Wonder where this could lead...
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Deb gets a YoungSim Magazine to read at home, still focused on the future.
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Birgitte finds some new friends to hang out with, including local cutie pie Jane Stacks Phoenix. (Sorry fellas, she's already happily married.)
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Katie finds herself in a quiet corner with a mystery hottie all to herself.  My, my, it appears she is blushing... 
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Dawn becomes the talk of the night with her rendition of "Rhapsody" in purple and white bikini.
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Rob E does his infamous "Juggle til Ya Drop 'Em" routine.  Fortunately, no cups were harmed here tonight!
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Holly gets things started on the dance floor.  That gal sure loves to Smustle!
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Jamie the pool shark hustles everyone she can. 
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Aukie...Aukie...earth to Aukie...did those hockey boys wear you out earlier today? 
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Blue steps up to the dance floor and gets giggy with it, showin everyone where it's at.
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Maja...what are you doing Maja? 
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Yes, Maja those are very lovely, I think we can all see that.  
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Okay, okay, you can have the new undies.  Yes fine and the expensive perfume too.  You're welcome Maja.
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Janell in the meantime cooks up a mean gourmet burger and enjoys it immensely.
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Cheryl, not to shirk her duties as the wisest woman in the neighborhood, even gives advice over the phone.  Unfortunately, the band kicked up playing again just as she started talking, so all we heard was a few bits and pieces: "NO...pie... alphabet...elephants...gardenhose"  Not sure what advice she's giving out, but rest assured that sounds solid!
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And thus, Day One of their lives in the new neighborhood ended up on a happy note for all those new in the neighborhood.  Tomorrow shall be another day, and we shall see together what it brings to Seseme Street.
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30159486-115524357305983668?l=ivyssims.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/feeds/115524357305983668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30159486&amp;postID=115524357305983668&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115524357305983668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115524357305983668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/2006/08/party-isnt-over.html' title='Party Isn&apos;t Over...'/><author><name>ivy5551212</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14161613504673395299</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159486.post-115438187919956464</id><published>2006-07-31T17:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T16:07:19.300-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Popcorn Mania</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;
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The plans for building the economy on Seseme Street are going well.  Businesses are growing at a steady rate, and customers aren't complaining too much. 
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A quick check-in with our new neighbors reveals the following:
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Suzie Greenwood has decided she needed a game simulator to play with, in addition to the 3 jack in the boxes and oh yes, the potted pansy that she already owns.  Too bad she doesn't have a TV yet to play it on. By the way, Suzie leads the pack in stimulating the economy with the most purcases.  She really does love her toys it seems.
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The first-sensible purchase award is given to Hel Brisbane.  Her purchase of a loveseat nearly shocked the community.  She's got a head start on her complete house.  Comfort and sleep, here she comes! 
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A number of you haven't participated yet.  Guess nothing has tickled your fancy so far though you have all been spotted out shopping.  Those that still haven't made one single purchase include: M Jumping Beans, Dawn Chandler, Holly Suzicat, Jamie Woodbury, Maja Cartwright, Janell Logan, and Cheryl "CC" Salvationist.  No worries, more businesses are being built, so surely something will catch your eyes soon (besides the hockey players!).
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The latest buzz on Seseme Street however has been the rumors of the "Fix-Your-Own-Flavor Popcorn Buffet."  Upon investigating further, it appears that the rumors are true.  The entreprenuers at Tri-Moo Sorority (where no cows are allowed) have come up with a business to combine the sale of any flavor of popcorn you could dream of, with your favorite television show, movie, or game simulation need.  The best part? You don't even have to clean up the kernels when you're done! 
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Welcome to the Seseme Street "Fix-Your-Own-Flavor Popcorn Buffet" (tm and patent pending). 
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Amy, Michelle, Nicole and Rebecca (as shown below, left to right) will be your hostesses today, here to insure you have a wonderful time.  Smile and pose for the camera ladies!
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Let's check in on the last minute preparations for the grand opening: 
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Nicole: Uhh...what, this thing isn't working right...Oh this isn't good...not a way to start a business, it was working fine last night when we sampled the popcorn...and to think our blueberry-cheesy-cheesecake option was going to be such a hit! 
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Amy:  I think it'll be okay, we can distract them for now, we're cute and we have all these tv's and...
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Rebecca: Yeah, plus who's looking at those things anyway? They should be checking out our cool spiffy shirts! 
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Michelle: So true! And it was great of Ivy Leaf to help spread the word about the buffet.  She looks totally cool in her shirt too.  I bet she's got a few friends she can bring along for our grand opening today...oh wow look at the time, we'd better get moving...
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Michelle was right.  Ivy had brought everyone she knew on Seseme Street along for the grand opening.  Mrs. Crumplebottom even decided to be there to see what all the fuss was. 
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At last, the doors were opened for the first time to let the new customers in.  It was literally a dash in thru the doors as everyone was clamoring to be first in line. 
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It wasn't long though before folks found a favorite spot. A few of the Legacy family gentlemen even stopped by to see what all the fuss was about. 
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Carl somehow managed to get himself wedged between several of the lovely ladies of Seseme Street.  Funny how he didn't complain about it. 
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Suzie even got to sit down and enjoy playing a video game.  Hopefully she'll remember she needs a television set so she can play at home whenever she wants ;) . 
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Towards the end of the night, in the quiet of the Green Room, Cheryl "CC" Salvationist was overheard talking to Blue Deelicious "Never let your flea get a sunburned knee down by the bay..." Blue just looked at her a bit puzzled, thanked her and quickly left.  
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The Tri-Moo Gals, sensing this was probably the right opportunity to close up shop, sent everyone home for the night. Exhausted, they sent everyone home with a smile. 
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"Ya'll come back now, ya hear?"
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The t-shirts shown in today's blog episode are actually courtesy of the blogwriter, Ivy, who has put extensive work into creating these t-shirts.  They are full-length, and will cover the belly-button on all but the most stubborn of clothing (due to the bottom mesh, not the top).  They fit both adult and young adult females.  If you have bump-mapping in your game, you will notice the t-shirt has a nice, soft texture to it.  The alpha and the normal map have been altered to create the effect on this shirt.  Shown below are close up photos of the front and back of the t-shirt.  
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If you would like your very own popcorn t-shirt, you may download it here: 
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&lt;a href="http://home.comcast.net/~ivy5551212/5f6d808e_FixYerOwnAF.zip"&gt;Get Your Own Box! T-shirt&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30159486-115438187919956464?l=ivyssims.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/feeds/115438187919956464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30159486&amp;postID=115438187919956464&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115438187919956464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115438187919956464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/2006/07/popcorn-mania.html' title='Popcorn Mania'/><author><name>ivy5551212</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14161613504673395299</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159486.post-115400118817098312</id><published>2006-07-27T07:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-27T09:19:36.816-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bustling Economy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Seseme Street economy is starting to boom these days. Recruitment and fundraising has already started for both future hockey teams, the Seseme Street Suns and the Mean Street Moons. They are testing the market out with a wide range of products and services.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;

&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;It seems as though Kent the realtor is not only interested in selling houses, he'll sell anything he can get his grubby little mitts on. He currently has a monopoly on toilets, beds, chairs and refrigerators too. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"&gt;

&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;But so far, the residents of Seseme Street aren't interested in the basic necessities of life. Here are some of the things they have bought though to keep the economy going:&lt;/em&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_91af29bd_11d4340f.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_91af29bd_11d4340f.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt; Carl decided the lights in the fishtank were dark enough for him after all...


&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_31af25dd_51d43557.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_31af25dd_51d43557.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Party at Ivy's, everyone's invited, bring your dancing shoes!

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_d1af3441_71d436ea.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_d1af3441_71d436ea.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Suzie decided she needed not one, but three jack-in-the boxes. Oh, and a potted pansy too.


&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_b1af30f8_71d437b1.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_b1af30f8_71d437b1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Marcie really liked this rug. It matches her outfit, don't you agree?


&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_11af2c2a_31d438a5.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_11af2c2a_31d438a5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Deb is planning for her future children already with two toy robots and a twirl, spin &amp; wobble.


&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_91af2851_f1d43a1c.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_91af2851_f1d43a1c.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt; Birgitte proudly poses with her pansies. The gal loves flowers, truly. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;

&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_71b0587e_b1d43b0d.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_71b0587e_b1d43b0d.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Katie must have kids on the brain as well, or she's a big kid herself...
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_f1b05e1c_71d43c26.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_f1b05e1c_71d43c26.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Uhhh...Rob must be trying to decide what variety these are. Yeah, that's it...&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Rob, out of all things for sale on Seseme Street, why the pansies? You can't save the world with a pot of pansies! You don't even have a wife or girlfriend yet to give them to...what on earth are you trying to tell me here? Is this a hint to hurry up and get you saddled up with someone? Well sorry to say I'm simming as fast as I can! I'm not stopping you from getting out yourself and finding someone when I'm not playing your house, you know...)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_71bc6334_d1d43d6d.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_71bc6334_d1d43d6d.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Aukie doesn't look like she has kids on the brain, she's having fun with her toy robot.


&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_51c28675_d1d43e1f.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51c28675_d1d43e1f.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"&gt;It appears Blue is a bit sentimental over his purchases. Perhaps he is thinking "future family heirloom." Either that or "cake topper."
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;

&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Note: All purchases made on Seseme Street come with a full "no-money back" guarantee. If you aren't satisfied, we guarantee we won't give you your money back. You touched it, you bought it. We do have to keep the economy moving and all that jazz... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30159486-115400118817098312?l=ivyssims.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/feeds/115400118817098312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30159486&amp;postID=115400118817098312&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115400118817098312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115400118817098312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/2006/07/bustling-economy.html' title='Bustling Economy'/><author><name>ivy5551212</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14161613504673395299</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159486.post-115343169036869597</id><published>2006-07-20T17:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-20T18:04:14.176-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hockey Team Gone Wild</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Well well well...seems that Aukie's future hockey team has a mind of its own these days. Now that they've discovered the joys of owning their own business lot, they think they can do whatever they want.

&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_f1cb8c88_b1cbaabb.jpg" border="0" /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Here, George and Derek spend a good hour seducing M Jumping Beans, whom they had just met. You can still see the sidewalk, she's barely onto the lot when both these men came dashing over to meet her. They were *flirting* with her. Wildly! They stood there and &lt;em&gt;took turns&lt;/em&gt;! Not once during this entire time did Jumpers deny any of their advances either. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_f1cb8c88_b1cbaca6.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Things got so friendly, that Derek had the nerve to reach over and tickle Jumpers, and she laughed and played along and enjoyed every bit of attention she was getting from the two younger men. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aukie, you're going to have to do a lot of convincing yourself if you want to keep them on your team. They each have two bolts going already with Jumpers...but then again, you haven't met the entire team yet ;) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30159486-115343169036869597?l=ivyssims.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/feeds/115343169036869597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30159486&amp;postID=115343169036869597&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115343169036869597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115343169036869597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/2006/07/hockey-team-gone-wild.html' title='Hockey Team Gone Wild'/><author><name>ivy5551212</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14161613504673395299</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159486.post-115285141214520884</id><published>2006-07-14T00:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-25T22:21:31.860-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Seseme Street: A Letter Arrives</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dear New Friends, &lt;/em&gt;
&lt;em&gt;On behalf of Seseme Street and the greater Viperville area, we'd like to welcome you to our neighborhood! &lt;/em&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;em&gt;In order to facilitate new growth in the downtown area, we have taken liberties of starting the construction phase by setting all of you up with your very own business lot. Of course, you must reimburse us for the expense of said lot, and you must do so immediately without delay. &lt;/em&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;em&gt;We have given each lot an appropriate name from what little we have learned from you. &lt;/em&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;em&gt;In return for starting the construction boom, we have put on each lot a welcome token for you. This token is for good luck and good fortune. It has been blessed by our local witch doctor. You are advised against anyone in your family from ever selling it. You are also well advised to theme your new lot in accordance to the token you have been given. How you go about this is up to you. It must always remain on the particular lot you have been given. Bad juju will result if you do not follow Madame Tuttifruiti's advice. &lt;/em&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Sincerely,&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The Greater Viperville Area Welcoming Committee&lt;/em&gt;

Let's take a look at what the Welcoming Committee has set up for our new arrivals:



&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_91af29bd_71c306ec.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Peterson's Peculiarities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Basically Bare Bulb"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Carl Peterson, Proprietor, had this to say: "You're kidding me, right? I don't even like natural light!" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_31af25dd_31c3130b.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leaf's Leisures&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Exclaim! Sign"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ivy Leaf, Owner, giggled: "Oooo boy, now that's funny. This should be a real hoot!"&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_f1af3d1e_11c31716.jpg" border="0" /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Bean's Baubles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "The Little Frock Tree"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;M. Jumping Beans, Head Honcho, stood in awe: "All it needs is a little love Linus. And hey looky, someone finally gave me a phone! Call me at 555-BEAN!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_11af382d_71c31bd3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Confused's Confectionaries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "The Measure of a Sim"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Theresa Confused, Concocter, pondered a while: "I wonder what kind of scientific experiments I can run on him and still not invoke bad juju..."&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_d1af3441_71c39763.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Greenwood's Groceries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Searing Indifference"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suzie Greenwood, Business Manager, already has a plan in mind: "This will be a wonderful spot for the new food market 'Too Hot For You To Chew' "&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_b1af30f8_91c39db2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Aprilrose's Antiquities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Inverted Vertigo" Coverart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Marcie Aprilrose, Director of All Things Old and Aged, gave a solid thumbs down review: "This is worth at most $100 simoleons, on a good day with the right buyer and the right auction house."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_d1af2ec4_31c3a550.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Brisbane's Boudoir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Dreams of a Gifted Mind" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Hel Brisbane, Madam, had passion already on her mind: "The way the colors flow is so romantic. The figures seem to be nestled together in the bed of love."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_11af2c2a_d1c3aa8a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Chillyz' Coliseum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Waderfall" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Deb Chillyz, Head Coach, merely squinted and said: "I think I need new glasses...it doesn't look like much but my oh my it certainly is brightly colored!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_91af2851_11c3b1cc.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Sorenson's Sorority&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Frost de Fleur Bud Vase" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Birgitte Sorenson, President, almost went head over heals: "I love flowers, they are so pretty. I wonder how girly we can make this place look?"&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_71b0587e_11c3bac5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Cohort's Collections&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Scrap's Ranch 'CafeMate' Coffee Table" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Katie Cohort, Treasure Hunter, exclaimed: "Ohmygosh, a thing to put more things on! What can be better than that!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_91b05bf3_71c3c0c8.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Chandler's Coffeeshop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Engineered Angst"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Dawn Chandler, Coffee Connoisseur, was hoping for something a less than traditional: "All those artsy-fartsy types have to have their caffeine fixes, now don't they? Well as long as it brings in the big bucks, that's what I'm in it for after all!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_f1b05e1c_91c3ca71.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Woodstock's Woodshop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Simgreek Letter Sign 'Annya'"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Rob E. Woodstock, Master Craftsman, reminisces: "Ahh, this makes me think back to my youth. I remember her...she was...and she had these...and she smelled like *sigh*...oh wait...*blushes* We aren't here to talk about her are we?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_b1b16016_f1c3d05f.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Suzicat's Supplies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Chanukah Menorah"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Holly Suzicat, Wholesale Supplier, could hardly contain her feelings: "Oh wow, oh wow...Just think, we can have 'hollydays' every day of the year...presents for everyone yay!" &lt;em&gt;Though later she was overheard whispering something about "that's a lot of candles...hope those don't cause fires!"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_f1b9263c_71c3d7c5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Woodbury's Workouts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Stick 'Em Up Bulletin Board"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Jamie Woodbury, Personal Trainer, isn't too sure: "Well, I suppose this might come in handy for posting the Yoga workout schedule. Really, I'm just here to supervise all those hot sweaty hunks...err I mean &lt;em&gt;athletes&lt;/em&gt; while they work out."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_71bc6334_11c3dded.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Aukestrel's Accoutrements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "City Dweller Dims"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Aukie Aukestrel, Clothier, wanted to kick something hard: "How am I supposed to sell clothing and sports memorabilia with this itty bitty light? Not to mention, hockey players are used to big, bright lights that draw attention to their hard chiseled bodies! This just won't do...now where's my assistant...oh wait, I haven't found one yet..."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51c28675_71c3e3c4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Deelicious Deelights&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Stewart Mourning Cafe Curtains"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Blue Deelicious, Deessert Maker, was absolutely giddy: "Oh, this will just look so fabulous in the cafe, don't you agree? They remind me so much of apples and cinnamon with caramel sauce...heavenly!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_b1c2819f_71c3e96d.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Cartwright's Corral&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token: "Sled Track White Lights"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Maja Cartwright, Maitre D', was redecorating already: "Well, we could move these over here, to highlight the Tuesday night all-you-can-eat buffalo wing buffet, and on Thursdays we'll be having the Kara-ok-corral night, that'll be such fun for the town, don't you think?" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_11c61286_d1c69f2b.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Logan's Luxuries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Token: "Tea Party in Teak"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Janell Logan, Expert Authority on Movies, almost couldn't speak: "This rocks! It'll be great to view that 2 minute film 'How to Burn Grilled Cheese in 10 Seconds Flat'. That's one of my favorites, you know!"&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_d1d2b2fd_f1d2b87d.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Salvationist's Sanatorium&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Token:  "Children Safety Sign"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Cheryl "CC" Salvationist, Natural Healer, was a bit distraught: "Think of the teenagers too, they are exposed to so many dangers out there. It isn't even safe for them to run with scissors anymore! Why back in my day, we ran with scissors all the time, we liked it and nobody ever died from it! I say we bring back old fashioned scissors, now those were some scissors!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;We'll keep you updated as residents move in to see how they react to their new lots! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30159486-115285141214520884?l=ivyssims.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/feeds/115285141214520884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30159486&amp;postID=115285141214520884&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115285141214520884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115285141214520884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/2006/07/seseme-street-letter-arrives.html' title='Seseme Street: A Letter Arrives'/><author><name>ivy5551212</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14161613504673395299</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159486.post-115223545490757127</id><published>2006-07-06T21:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-08T09:16:41.360-04:00</updated><title type='text'>1900 Victoria Lane: The Tour</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_51b6c0cb_71b99dc2.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_71b99dc2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Shirley: My thanks to Elisabeth, her mother Joanna, her brother Felix and her sister Chloe for coming on our tour today. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_31b99dba.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Shirley: This is our formal sitting room. I see Chloe has found the piano. She plays beautifully Mrs. Legacy, you must be very proud of her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_b1b99d11.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Shirley: Here we are in the slightly less formal family room. It would be a wonderful place for the children to entertain themselves after school.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_51b6c0cb_31b99e7c.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_31b99e7c.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt; Shirley: You were thinking of having a large family, weren't you Miss Elisabeth? This nursery is located close to the kitchen, convenient for those late night feedings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_51b6c0cb_11b99ea2.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_11b99ea2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Elisabeth: I would love a large family and this would certainly be a lovely nursery for them. Please tell me that's not Kent in the pool back there? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_51b6c0cb_b1b99f27.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_b1b99f27.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Shirley: Well let's move on, shall we? Here is the kitchen. As you can see, it has all the modern conveniences, plus the charm with some old fashioned touches.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_91b99f63.jpg" border="0" /&gt; Chloe to Joanna: Mom, this place is so spacious! Elisabeth would be crazy not to get it! I love those little nightlights by the nursery, they are too cute! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_51b6c0cb_91b99f5b.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_91b99f5b.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Shirley: The formal dining area is located close to the kitchen, to allow ease of serving your guests many fine, hot meals and tasty desserts.

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_51b6c0cb_f1b99fdd.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_f1b99fdd.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Shirley: Now Miss Elisabeth, I must tell you, there is one tiny 'downside' to this house. The builders as you can see have made ample use of the floorspace downstairs in order to accommodate your many guests. As a result, the staircases had to be moved outside. In order to access the second level, you must use the outside stairs. And the second level has not been finished yet. I'm sure you can understand their need to maximize floorspace and want to make the best possible use of what is available to them on this particular plot of land.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Elisabeth: I know with the amenities and space I can adjust to that. I'm not so sure my fiance can... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Shirley: Well why don't you take these floorplans home to him and see what he has to say? It's a shame he couldn't be here today to see it for himself. I'm sure he would just love the place.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Elisabeth: I know I love it already. Thank you, I will do just that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_51b9a01c.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;The unfinished Upper Floor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_51b6c0cb_11b9a048.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_11b9a048.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt; The First Floor

&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_b1b9a0d8.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Kent: Hey baby, whatever deal she offers you, I can make it better *wink wink* I promise you that...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Elisabeth: I am not interested in hearing about your "offers!" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_51b6c0cb_11b9a0f6.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_11b9a0f6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt; Kent: But baby...it's a good deal, I swear!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Elisabeth: I said no! In case you missed it, I mean no, not now, not ten minutes from now, not tomorrow, not next week, not next month or next year, not ever! And that's my final answer!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;And thus ends the home tour of 1900 Victoria Lane. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30159486-115223545490757127?l=ivyssims.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/feeds/115223545490757127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30159486&amp;postID=115223545490757127&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115223545490757127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115223545490757127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/2006/07/1900-victoria-lane-tour.html' title='1900 Victoria Lane: The Tour'/><author><name>ivy5551212</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14161613504673395299</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159486.post-115204400371648263</id><published>2006-07-04T16:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-06T20:35:07.306-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New Construction</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;"Dorian, take a look here..." Elisabeth pointed to the real estate section of the newspaper ads. "You know we have been wanting to start a family. This cabin just isn't big enough for all of us anymore. If we are to continue in the Legacy tradition, we must find ourselves a bigger home. And this one is unlike anything anyone has ever built in Viperville. What do you say?"



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Dorian looked over the advertisement for several minutes before saying anything. Elisabeth was getting quite worried that the price tag might have scared him off. "I'll call the realtor's office and see if they can give us a tour of the home. I'd like to know more about it before we go spending that sort of money. From the looks of it it won't be finished for a few more weeks yet anyway." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"Great. Meanwhile why don't I just go do a little shopping. I hear there are some great new clothing stores in town." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_51b6c621.jpg" border="0" /&gt;
"Hello, are you Elisabeth Legacy?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"Why, hello, yes I am. May I help you?" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"My name is Shirley, I just spoke with your fiance Dorian, he said you two were interested in looking at a new house?" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"Yes, yes we are!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_51b6c6f1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Just then a man came swaggering over to them and interrupted. "Yes, ma'am, I can give you a great deal on that house!" He winked at Elisabeth and nudged her slightly and suddenly she felt very uncomfortable. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_11b6c731.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;"I don't think I like the sound of that!" Elisabeth exclaimed, loud enough for everyone shopping to hear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_31b6c62b.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;"Please forgive my son, Kent. Sometimes he doesn't know when to stop." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;"It's okay Shirley. Would it be okay if my *fiance* and I stopped by on Thursday to take a look at the house?" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;"That would be a wonderful idea. I'll see you then!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_f1b6c443.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Kent: "Hey baby, what are *you* doing tonight?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Birgitte Sorenson: "Here's my number: 555-BEAN See ya then!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51b6c0cb_b1b6c58c.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shirley: "Oh, won't that boy ever learn?"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dawn Chandler: "Does he like grilled cheese, by chance?"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30159486-115204400371648263?l=ivyssims.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/feeds/115204400371648263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30159486&amp;postID=115204400371648263&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115204400371648263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115204400371648263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/2006/07/new-construction.html' title='New Construction'/><author><name>ivy5551212</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14161613504673395299</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159486.post-115193241566604537</id><published>2006-07-03T09:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-04T13:00:49.946-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Foray into the Neighborhood: First Contact</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_6e9eda8c_d1b5c54e.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_6e9eda8c_d1b5c54e.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ivy Leaf goes out looking for a couch one morning for her new place and finds herself at the home of Hanna Legacy and Robi Charvat. The discussion turns to Viperville's recent clothing venue, &lt;em&gt;Wisteries Mysteries. &lt;/em&gt;Their "Enchantment" line of clothing is quickly becoming quite popular with men begging their wives to purchase the latest fashion wear. Hanna has recently given in to Robi's request, and Robi's not been the same ever since!&lt;/span&gt;



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&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;While Ivy is inside entertaining herself dancing to the latest tunes, Katie Cohort is taking in the new sites of Viperville with a lovely afternoon stroll. Hanna greets the newcomer and welcomes her into their modest home.

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&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_6e9eda8c_b1b5cb77.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_6e9eda8c_b1b5cb77.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ivy and Katie meet for the first time over Robi's specialty, roasted pork chops with unknown side dishes. He tries to explain the preparation of the dish, Katie does her best to understand what fashion has to do with preparing pork chops correctly and Ivy sneaks a peek at the loveseat in the corner...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Katie is fond of taking walks around Viperville, and the next day meets Gomer Legacy and his family. She is wasting no time getting out and getting to know everyone!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_2f371192_51b504bc.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_2f371192_51b504bc.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Meanwhile &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;M. Jumping&lt;/span&gt; Beans hears about this one particular household and decides to pay a visit. Abigail Legacy's house is perhaps the fullest in Viperville, having currently 6 children living at home, and all the toys one could imagine to go with having such a brood. Needless to say, Jumpers is trying to be on her best behavior so that she will be invited back again to play.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ahh but there's always a catch...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unfortunately, none of our newcomers has figured out that there are phones for sale on Seseme Street.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;No one else has yet been seen spotted around town... &lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30159486-115193241566604537?l=ivyssims.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/feeds/115193241566604537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30159486&amp;postID=115193241566604537&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115193241566604537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115193241566604537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/2006/07/foray-into-neighborhood-first-contact.html' title='Foray into the Neighborhood: First Contact'/><author><name>ivy5551212</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14161613504673395299</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159486.post-115162825608204256</id><published>2006-06-29T20:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-25T22:09:27.813-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Seseme Street: The Unusual Suspects</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Viperville received an unexpected surprised today, in the announcement of a new downtown development area that is to be called Seseme Street. Not to be confused with the television show by the same name, Seseme Street will be focusing on getting out on the town, dining and entertaining with friends. Not to mention, there will be several new lots available for purchase to encourage folks to actually live downtown. Already, a crowd has started to form on Seseme Street. Folks are clamoring to be the first to own lots in the area, even though there isn't much to do here yet. Let's take a look at the new neighbors, shall we?

&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_91af29bd_11afad5b.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_91af29bd_11afad5b.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt; Carl Peterson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Carl came to Seseme Street to learn what's going down. He is hoping to meet the elusive vampires that are rumored to live downtown. He's very outgoing and willing to talk to anyone. Should they actually exist, he'll be the one to find them first.&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_31af25dd_b1afada5.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_31af25dd_b1afada5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Ivy Leaf &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ivy is very active and always on the move. She came to the swinging downtown area in the hopes of stirring things up a bit and to have a lot of fun dating brown or black haired men that she meets. Anything else just won't do! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_f1af3d1e_d1afadf0.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_f1af3d1e_d1afadf0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;M. Jumping Beans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Nicknamed "Susan" by her friends, this Pisces is looking to date any eligible bachelor that comes along, and have fun while doing so. Give her a call at 555-BEAN to schedule your date now!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;
&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_11af382d_f1afae61.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Theresa Confused&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Uncertain of her direction in life, this very serious Gemini is willing to study to find out. In the meantime, she has a curious fascination with the scientific world and is currently working on a project so secret even she isn't sure what it is. She's in downtown to find out what it is.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_d1af3441_d1afaedf.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_d1af3441_d1afaedf.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Suzie Greenwood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Even-keeled Suzie has a good head on her shoulders for business, and intends to get in on the ground floor for all new construction that's booming on Seseme Street. She enjoys fine dining, but absolutely despises formal wear. Expect some unique restaurant concepts to come from her in the near future!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_b1af30f8_d1afaf78.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_b1af30f8_d1afaf78.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Marcie Aprilrose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Marcie is very highly cultured, and has great taste in formalwear and could very well be the competing factor for Suzie's plans for restaurant monopoly on Seseme Street. She's a go-getter with a sense of playfulness, so she plans on incorporating some unique community lots of her own here on Seseme Street.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_d1af2ec4_71afafec.jpg"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_d1af2ec4_71afafec.jpg"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_d1af2ec4_71afafec.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Hel Brisbane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ah Hel has come to downtown after going thru a midlife crisis and is escaping from her former life. Having decided that it's high time to spend some time making herself happy, she's going to be romancing all of Seseme Street. You had better be in great shape for her, but no stinky sims allowed!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_11af2c2a_91afb761.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_11af2c2a_91afb761.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Deb Chillyz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Deb has decided that she wants to raise her family in the new schools that will be going up on Seseme Street. She plans on being a great soccer mom, having a high interest in sports and being very active and nice. There's not a PTA meeting she would ever dream of missing either, and she will learn to make great desserts as well. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_91af2851_71afb7df.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_91af2851_71afb7df.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Birgitte Sorenson &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Birgitte came downtown in order to make new friends with everyone moving in. Birgitte is so accepting of everyone, whether they be fit or unfit, she doesn't mind one bit! Being very outgoing and active, there will be plenty of opportunities for her to make friendships on Seseme Street.
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_71b0587e_51b0591a.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_71b0587e_51b0591a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Katie Cohort &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Capricorn Katie wants to make sure the new neighborhood stays safe and sound, and has determined that she will become the neighborhood's Captain Hero (or rather Heroine). Of course, she'll have to do this in between family time. She plans on having at least 2 children, which will adore her playful side. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_91b05bf3_31b05c52.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_91b05bf3_31b05c52.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Dawn Chandler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;While the other two are off trying to compete for the restaurant business, quiet and serious Dawn plans on quietly taking over other retail markets currently lacking on Seseme Street. She won't reveal all her plans, but she will say that a coffee shop/bookstore would not be out of place here, as long as you leave your reading glasses at home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/snapshot_f1b05e1c_f1b05e6c.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_f1b05e1c_f1b05e6c.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rob E. Woodstock&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Most unconventional, this family man plans on teaching his future children how to eschew the material world of this new downtown area. Although he will probably get distracted along the way because he can't help himself being so playful he'll just have to take his kids to the park being opened down the street. He wants his children to become environmental activists in college, so that they too can eschew the future environmental effects of Seseme Street. Or just go play at the park...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_b1b16016_51b2573f.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Holly Suzicat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Miss Suzicat has joined Seseme Street with an urge to keep all its residents healthy and happy. Being nice to everyone is a high priority, and she is very welcoming, as long as you don't interrupt her study time. She is also on the lookout for any stray kitties that may be passing thru the area in the near future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_f1b9263c_b1b9270b.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jamie Woodbury&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Late to the party, but never failing to arrive, Jamie stopped by one of the new clothing stores on Seseme Street before joining us. She enjoys travelling the globe and making new friends, and hopes to find an active blond haired hunka burnin love to keep her company on her future adventures. Clowns need not apply. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_71bc6334_91bc64d9.2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aukie Aukestrel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;The thought of being in charge of planning the development of a hockey arena, and finding herself one of its players to take home to settle down with, has brought Aukie to Seseme Street. She has already deemed the "Seseme Street Suns" to be much superior to the "Mean Street Moons" &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(though neither team even exists at this point, it is early marketing and politics at its finest, folks...she may well be on her way to Mayor someday!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_51c28675_91c2db86.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blue Deelicious&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;This would-be professional celebrity chef hopes that his recipe for brownies topped with mangoes in raspberry puree will show everyone on Seseme Street that he's the one to come to when they're in desperate need for their sugar fixes. Of course, finding his "sugar" in the mix would be a bonus as well. He is working on a new book, "101 Things You Can Do With Sugar That Don't Involve a Mixer" that should be in stores sometime in the next decade.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_b1c2819f_d1c2ddd7.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maja Cartwright&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;A third cousin twice removed of the Ponderosa clan, Maja Cartwright knows there's more to life than Bonanza. Let's face it, the Hoss-man just plain got on her nerves when he rejected her plans to open up a restaurant to draw in a few new faces. Quite frankly it was a welcome relief to get away from the stink of the cattle of the ranch. Here she hopes to become a business tycoon and find herself a nice modern day cowboy to ride off into the sunset with...in his sports car, of course. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_11c61286_31c6906a.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Janell Logan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Movie buff Janell heard that a new cinaplex was opening on Seseme Street. The thought of getting some first edition movie posters thrilled Janell. Some cool new t-shirts would be awesome as well. And when she heard the rumors of a fix-your-own-flavor popcorn buffet...well that was too much of a temptation to pass up. Getting her slippery fingers on some other &lt;em&gt;fine goods&lt;/em&gt; would be a major bonus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_d1d2b2fd_f1d2b59d.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheryl "CC" Salvationist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Laid back yet highly organized Cheryl ("CC" to her craziest of friends ;) ) has come to Seseme Street to share her expertise in the natural way of living. She encourages everyone to spend time closer to nature. She plans on helping to restore the yin to everyone's yang and vice versa with her unique remedies for daily living. When you have a problem, Cheryl is sure to have an answer you've never dreamed of to your dilemma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;There may be more residents moving in...stay tuned! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30159486-115162825608204256?l=ivyssims.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/feeds/115162825608204256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30159486&amp;postID=115162825608204256&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115162825608204256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115162825608204256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/2006/06/seseme-street-unusual-suspects.html' title='Seseme Street: The Unusual Suspects'/><author><name>ivy5551212</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14161613504673395299</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30159486.post-115108469394192939</id><published>2006-06-23T12:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T22:28:27.073-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Recent Past</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/1600/thumbnail_ae8ae523_90531027.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;When we last left the Eve Legacy Family...&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Felix had gone and gotten himself abducted and ended up with a beautiful baby girl, whom he named Lily: &lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_ae8ae523_104c4350.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;Felix made an excellent father. He had plenty of time to spend with little Lily, and she grew into a beautiful toddler.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_ae8ae523_f0530768.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Felix did not however have love on his mind, and indeed had never had any prospects in spite of being a very available and very nice looking gentleman. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Love was reserved for his sister Elisabeth, whom everyone thought was soon to marry her sweetheart Dorian. Elisabeth was a fine example of a woman, the kind that should grow up and continue on in the family tradition and be the one to continue on the Legacy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_ae8ae523_6f069505.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Joanna and Remington were getting on in years. Remington celebrated his birthday, and age did not suit him too well. In fact, the cops were called in to verify that it was still indeed Remington in the house and not some stranger. Joanna was not looking forward to getting old and suggested that they move away and search for a doctor to see if he could do anything to help with Remington's "condition".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_ae8ae523_904aa968.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;Unfortunately, that still would leave young teenage Jonah to think about. Being the last son of Joanna and Remington, he often felt ignored and left out. Already the family was thinking of the next generation, and he hadn't even had the chance to finish growing up yet. He wanted to go off to University as soon as possible, and get away from the madness and get some peace and quiet... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8040/3228/400/snapshot_ae8ae523_90531027.jpg" border="0" /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or perhaps just go chase some girls...
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30159486-115108469394192939?l=ivyssims.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/feeds/115108469394192939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30159486&amp;postID=115108469394192939&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115108469394192939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30159486/posts/default/115108469394192939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ivyssims.blogspot.com/2006/06/recent-past.html' title='The Recent Past'/><author><name>ivy5551212</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14161613504673395299</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
