I was just watching Jessa's latest Let's Play video last night (which, by the way, you should check out if you're interested in seeing her bring her totally awesome Acanthop neighborhood to life, one lot at a time!), and wouldn't you know it, she brought up the Simlogical apartment security system I was wondering about for my troublesome restaurant building the other day. ( Read more... )

Reading about the teen center and orphanage in maranatah's BACC, Clayfield, has had me seriously jonesing to add some of my own to Ste-Margo. After all, my younger residents could use a wider circle of friends (remember how lonely poor Piet was? But then, he was one of the first settlers, so it couldn't be helped!); and after the death of a homeless teenager living on the beach (miss you, Una!) shocked the town to its core, residents have really been pushing for some kind of child services program. So it seems like a good time to introduce some new young faces to the neighborhood!

I'm planning to let the game generate my orphans... which got me thinking about my default face templates again. I'd been growing a little dissatisfied with my current selections and was vaguely on the hunt for new ones. maranatah to the rescue again—her resource list led me to these two fabulous sets by trappingit and joedy_76. Their templates are all SO GORGEOUS, I can hardly stand it, and it was nearly impossible to decide which ones I wanted. Now I'm more excited than ever to see what little ones we'll soon have for our adoption pool! :D