When You Get This, Reply With 5 Things That Make You Happy, Then Send It To The Last 10 People You Have

When you get this, reply with 5 things that make you happy, then send it to the last 10 people you have notes from in your activity!

Things that make me happy right now are:1) sleep2) finding just the right resource for something 3) reading aloud to kids4) blankets5) my cat 🐈

Outtake: 

Malcolm and Charlotte’s relationship in-game is a lot more romantic than it is in the story so far.  I wanted a hug, not a makeout session, you guys!  Geez! 

Okay, time to (finally) get to these, because I am so bad at answering these things.  (I also never pass them on...sorry!) Thank you, @greenfooddog and @twofee for thinking I’m wonderful. I think both of you are wonderful!  

And it looks like I owe 15 things that make me happy (thanks @greenfooddog , @aondaneedles , and @jaydesims ) so here we go!

My cat

Sims

Having enough time to do things

A room full of books

Disney movies

Being inspired to write something

Breakfast with my sister

Hugs

Seeing a student finally get something I’ve been trying to teach

Knitting

Crochet

Yarn

Sleep

Tea

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Bam!  I’m off to work now, but when I get home this afternoon, I’m going to try to get to all those replies to my Bluewater posts.  Prepare yourselves - there will be a long post coming! 

“And he said if it is his baby, then he wants full custody.” Abby wiped away a tear and looked across the desk at her uncle.  “What am I going to do?”

Her uncle wore his usual blank expression. “I’m afraid I don’t know,” he said.  “Or rather, I do know, but unless you have the money to pay for my legal advice, I am unwilling to give it.”

“You know I don’t have the money,” Abby snapped.  “I got fired, remember? But you’re my uncle.  You’re supposed to help me without me paying.  You did this last time!  You have to help me again!”

“This last time Mr. Landgraab still had something I wanted,” Fleming said.  “Now that he’s given over his family fortunes to my firm, I have no further reason to deal with him.  You’re welcome to continue living with me, of course, and so is your child, but I can’t give any more favors.”

Abby crossed her arms and pouted. “It’s not fair,” she muttered.

“Life rarely is,” her uncle responded.  “Now, I hate to usher you out of here, but I do have paying clients coming in soon and I’ll need the chair.”

Here it is - a really, really, REALLY long replies post for all of the Bluewater posts I’ve done so far.  Thank you so much for all the responses to the story.  I’ve loved seeing them.  Look under the cut for a LOT of replies. 

@holleyberry, @penig, @anotherplumbob Abby is actually pregnant in-game, she wasn’t showing at the time I shot the pictures.  I have custom versions of my pregnancy defaults in too, and giving Abby the fat state + the outfit meant I could have her in the color I wanted.  Malcolm definitely intends to sue for full custody. 

@holleyberry - Other than one wavering moment, I don’t think Malcolm is going to listen to her again.  

@dunne-ias, your suggestions has officially been taken into consideration. 

@katrisims, I’m curious to see where it goes too!  

@penig, @holleyberry, @katrisims, @anotherplumbob, and @youdonelostyourmind - The revelation hit Malcolm pretty hard.  I think he’d probably imagined this scene happening differently with Abby before she showed her true colors.  But, as we saw, he did decide not to move her in.  

@anotherplumbob, @katrisims, @penig - Telling Abby off was a big release for Malcolm, I think.  He finally got everything off his chest.  Abby definitely wasn’t expecting it.  Remember when she mentioned that he doesn’t have the temper to match his eyebrows?  She’d never seen him this mad before, and she was pretty shocked by his reaction. 

I think we are going to see Malcolm building up a few more walls for himself after the whole Abby scandal.  He doesn’t want to be hurt again, and he doesn’t want to be manipulated.  I don’t think he’ll be soured for life, but he’s definitely a lot more cautious about relationships. 

@anotherplumbob - Aww, thanks!  I’m glad you like my version of Malcolm.  I think he does tend to be portrayed as the ruthless businessman.  I think this version of him could become that version - especially after what happened with Abby - but at the moment, he’s not quite there. 

@penig - Fleming is pleased.  He’s very pleased.  He was surprised that Malcolm would choose this, though.  Malcolm had been trying to live up to the old rules of the legacy up to this point, and if Fleming were in his place, he wouldn’t give up three generations of hard work and fortune-building. But the firm has all the money now, so Fleming is quite happy that Malcolm chose this route. It means Fleming doesn’t have to do anything sneaky. 

@dunne-ias - Ha ha ha ha ha!  Patience, my friend.  We will get there.  

@anotherplumbob - Oh, I think she was. ;-) 

@dunne-ias - That’s a big jump.  Marry her after one hug?  

@penig - She would not have minded at all. :)

@anotherplumbob - It’s going to be a change for him for sure.  Of course, in game he has the skills to start at Vice President in the Business career, so he’s probably got a corner office, but in the story he’s in a cubicle.  I think having Charlotte just across the way will be a nice perk, though. ;)

@dunne-ias - Let’s see how dinner goes first. 

@esmeiolanthe - I think the baby mama drama will indeed rear its ugly head some time soon.  

Okay. It took me way too long to get this ready to post, but here (after about eight tries at recording and two previous attempts at posting) is my accent challenge response. @greenfooddog tagged me a little while back and I finally made this video today. (My sister is out of town, so I don’t have to worry about her walking in on me...) It’s far from the most professional video out there, but if you want eight minutes of my goofy voice, including a dramatic reading of the first chapter of Pride and Prejudice, click the YouTube link. Enjoy!