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hello! sorry to bother you, but would it be alright if i converted your 'Granite Falls Sportswear: Simchilla Fleece & Legit Knit for Dudes' to the sims 2? i received a request to convert it recently and it's such a cute set! :D

Sure!

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Merritt’s first crush was Mary Banks.  Her family had moved into his old home the year after his father died, and she was the one who’d given them back a few of their father’s things.

#decades challenge #1890s

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Seamus the Innkeeper had been a mediocre father and husband in the past few years, which is better than anyone had expected of him.  He died of a cardiac explosion, which was exactly what everyone had expected of him.  They still mourned his loss, though.

RIP Seamus Brewer 1840-1894

#decades challenge #1890s

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Essie and Ezra had finally recognized they had romantic feelings for each other some time ago.  He had just turned 18 and was now working for Captain Marshall, the town’s investor, learning business.  He, like Essie, wanted to make sure their little desert town stayed thriving.  She was only 15, but he promised her now that he had a steady job he’d save up and they could get married in a few years.

#decades challenge #1890s

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Merritt had his birthday.  Now he could really focus on his studies and started to dream of being accepted into a university and moving out of the desert.  Maybe Brindleton College by the sea, or even further away to Britechester where his father had attended.

#decades challenge #1890s

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Merritt took the town’s fall pumpkin carving contest very seriously, as he did all of his cognitive and creative endeavors.

#decades challenge #1890s #harvestfest

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Essie and Ezra were still good friends as teens.  He was good and cheerful and really admired her confidence and loyalty.

#decades challenge #1890s

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The Victoria Town Society.  Playing cards in the inn parlor, Sharing Ideas, and Taking Names.

#decades challenge #1890s

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We’ve reached 1890!  Annie had a photograph taken of the children. Esmeralda (13), Merritt (11), Clare (5), Seamus Jr. (2)

Oh my goshhhhh I wish they’d have added a pre-teen stage instead of infant.

#decades challenge #1890s

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Baby Seamus Junior had his mom’s hair, but his dad’s dark blue eyes, so the townspeople were a little less gossipy.

#decades challenge #1880s

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Simsdependence Day celebration down at the bandstand

#decades challenge #1880s

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Annie had really blossomed lately.  She still had bouts of gloom, but being a mother made her happy.  She started coming out of her shell and not only getting to know the townspeople, but joined the Victoria Town Society to help out her neighbors and make their community a better place.

It was run by Rosario, the daughter of the town’s main investor, and had only one other member in Mrs. Banks, the banker’s wife, whose family had just moved to town last year.

#decades challenge #1880s

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Much to her surprise, in 1888 Annie gave birth to a baby boy.  He was definitely her husband’s too, and so she didn’t argue when he wanted to name the baby after himself.

#decades challenge #1880s

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Even in the 1880s baby sisters can be a big pain.

#decades challenge #1880s

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Essie and Merritt were taken in by Seamus and Annie.  Annie insisted and Seamus was a bit nicer since Clare had been born.  He didn’t like having to give up a room at the inn for them, but they also came along with a fairly large inheritance.

You know what blows though is that everything that had been in Everett’s inventory is gone.  All of his priceless artifacts and Miss Nell’s urn.  Dumb.

At least I was able to retrieve a few knick-knacks from his study and the only family photo with him. 😢

#decades challenge #1880s

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In a very unexpected twist, Everett attempted to make eggs and bacon one morning and caught on fire.

Merritt was determined to run and find help.

Turns out you really just can’t click on anything when there’s a fire, and I couldn’t have Everett try to extinguish himself because there are no fire extinguishers in the 1880s.  So.

#decades challenge #1880s

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When the baby was born, she had black hair.  Seamus looked at it and knew something seemed off, but he either knows too little about genetics or decided he didn’t care and he wanted to be a dad no matter what so he never said anything.

The townspeople suspected otherwise and they whispered about the father probably being Diego the farmhand at the Llama Ranch, who was very dashing and woo-ed everyone.

Annie and Everett knew the truth even though they never actually spoke about it.

#decades challenge #1880s