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New Tumblr!

Hey Guys, for any of you still here I’ve moved my simsdeogloria over to a new page. It’s not a total comeback because my real life is crazy, but I have been playing sims again and enjoying and wanting to share. So if you want to know more hope on over to @simsdeogloria

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Mason’s Home Updates

Today I’m sharing some home updates. My sweet friend Becca who I visited at the blogging conference is an interior designer and she helped us pick paint colors, and her husband and mine came and tore up walls, put in new floors, and put up trim and paint. I love the new black doors, white trim and finally white windows.    Here are some before and afters!  The Before of the entryway in one word was: Dark! 

I’m so in love with the after. The bench was an antique store find, and I love the half shiplap, half painted walls Becca helped us with. I love all the flowers in this space and it’s so functional for our needs.

Here’s the before of the living room. Can you tell that we bought this house from some elder sims? But now I love how light and bright it is. The fireplace is my favorite and I love how now the center of our home feels so peaceful and inviting. We have also finished the laundry room and downstairs bathroom, so all that’s left is the kitchen/dinning area. But I think the next space I’ll be sharing is my office make over. (Or cute pictures of our animal friends! Speaking of Bella is being her normal self making a mess and photobombing these living room photos!) 

Hope you enjoyed these photos! More to come soon! 

#sims deo gloria #the masons #adoption ranch #kelsey mason #bella the golden retriever #when you realize your omsp is at the wrong height #oh well #ts3 #the sims 3 #sims 3 #interiors

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Puppy Love: Meet Bella

Sending a little update on things here on Adoption Ranch. Today I want to you meet Bella, our cute little golden retriever puppy! Here’s how she was described to us when we went to adopted her (the EA story)  “This little puppy is a terrible terror! The constant yapping, digging, and slobbering EVERYWHERE is enough to drive anyone up a wall! Luckily he found a home with the Masons, a couple with more than enough love to lavish on this needy pup.” We’re hoping to teach her some good behavior and eventually maybe breed her once she’s grown so we can have MORE cute puppies! So enjoy the pictures of Isaac and I going goo goo over this sweet girl. 

#sims deo gloria #the sims 3 #sims 3 #ts3 #the masons #adoption ranch #bella the golden retriever

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Stargazing

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“Grace, what are you doing out here?” Matt came and stood beside her on the deck railing, as he closed the door the happy chatter of Bible Study grew dim again and the summertime crickets returned.

Gracie let Matt lean next to her and she pointed to the stars. “It’s a meteor show tonight. It doesn’t start ‘til later but I thought I’d see if I could find any shooting stars. Plus it was getting a little stuffy in there. I mean its great that it’s so full,” Gracie began to stammer, not wanting him to get the wrong idea. “I love seeing so many people at our home group, all hungry to learn about Jesus, don’t get me wrong…”

“It’s just a lot of new faces at once right?” He asked gently. Gracie relaxed and nodded “I hear you. Plus it’s so nice out here! Want to sit?” Matt motioned to the ground and Gracie joined him, a respectable space away. They started pointing out constellations and easily chatting as the night grew darker, and slowly the bible study inside emptied of people. “Hey Grace?” “Yeah?”

“Do you know that I like you?” His voice was timid, which was different from his usual cocky confidence.

But Gracie was to focused on the sky to notice. “Yeah, of course. I mean I like being friends too.” “No, I mean I like you silly girl,” Matt said again, realizing she had no clue. He looked deeply at her as her head whipped around to look at him.

“Me?” She squeaked, and then began coughing. Matt laughed and patted her back until she stopped. “I’m flattered, I mean, I guess I hoped, but I just didn’t think I was your type I guess. I thought photographers only dated models? I just…” She stopped as Matt laughed again, and she felt her nervous heart beating fast.

“Well then you be my new model. Grace, you’re beautiful, you’re smart and kind, why wouldn’t you be my type?” “Ha, me a model, yeah right. You need someone fancier, whose idea of  a good Saturday is a day at the spa and a photo shoot on the beach, not a girl like me who spends her day knee deep in dirt in the garden, grading children’s papers and watching movies with her cat.”

“But I love cats!”

Gracie laughed, “Well we’ll have to see if my cat likes you.” “Deal, so if your cat likes me will you go out with me?” Gracie decided to tease, “I mean, I guess, but that’s pretty risky she doesn’t  like a lot of people.” “I’ll take my chances”

#Sims 3 #the sims 3 #sims story #simsdeogloria #ts3 #gracie lovelace

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Appaloosa Plains Townie Make Overs

As part of my last post you ‘met’ Kelsey, so here’s a bit more about her and her husband Isaac, who both started as townies.

I was looking for a new family and fell in love with this sweet couple’s story in Appaloosa Plains. Decided to give them a makeover and play through some of their story.

Here was their original story: The Marshalls are madly in love, have a beautiful home, and successful careers. What could go wrong? A glossy exterior hides their secret pain - try as they might they've been unable to have a child. Crib, toy box, and highchair sit unused, and so the Marshall's bide their time and mask their emotions by adopting all the pets they can handle. Puppies, kittens, foals - anything they can nurse and cherish, they welcome into their home. Will they one day be able to have the final addition that would make their family complete?

Kim and Felipe Marshall are now Kelsey and Isaac Mason!

Their new story: Meet the Masons! Hi there! We’re the Masons! Isaac and I met in college where I was a business major and he was a Criminal Justice major but we bonded over our love of animals. We dream of one day running a rescue ranch, taking in animals, training them, and then helping them find new homes to love them as their own. I (Kelsey) also have a huge love of all things baby so expect to see lots of pictures of foals, kittens and puppies here (and also possibly some guinea pigs, turtles, snakes or lizards)!

Currently I work as social media and graphic design manager with a local pet store and Isaac is on the police force living his dream. I’d love to be able to be able to eventually be a full time blogger for our ranch to be able to run our animal rescue as a business but for now I juggle both! We’re excited to have you along for the ride.

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Simblr Simply For Fun: Raffle Skins for Make Over

This month in the raffle I rolled a skin for a base sim make over (I won Frankie’s bases in Challenge Two almost a year ago!), so here’s my make over! I’m actually really proud of this one!  Meet Malia Kahale! You can see the original base’s thumbnail side by side with the current version. I thought she looked kinda Hawaiian so I used that as my inspo. I used the Fleur skin from the challenges and wow I fell in love. I’ll update soon with a link to download if you want Malia, so the rest of her outfits are previewed under the cut below if you want to see more. 

@gruesim @simblrsimplyforfun Could I have the Maisy Skin please? 

#simblrsimplyforfun #Simblr Simply For Fun #simsdeogloria #the sims 3

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Bloggers Conference

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Hey friends! Gracie here! I’m excited to be packing up to head to a blogging conference. Since blogging is so new for me I thought it’d be great to get some tips and it just so happens a few of my best friends are attending as well. Can’t wait to see them all!

Look at this darling little B&B! I never want to leave! And I also don’t want to leave these girls! Becca has been showing us darling pictures of her little boy and hubby and she’s here to get her home decorating blog bringing in more business. Her husband’s a contractor and she’s the designer and they do such great work together. Kelsey and her husband Isaac are running a ranch where they help rehabilitate and train animals as a way to save up for an adoption of their own sweet baby. And Jenna and her mom just opened a new Day Care called Haven Childcare and she’s working to learn to promote her business too.

I’m so grateful to be reunited for a weekend and that they all live closer now so hopefully you’ll see them again soon.

Thanks to @my-special-sim​ and @gruesim​ for the base sims that Kelsey and Jenna are made from. Becca was also made off a base sim, but I’m sorry that I don’t have the creators name!

I’m hoping to mix in the stories of these other sims so that way if I get “bored” or “unmotivated” to play with Gracie, I’ll still have things to post!

#gracie's posts #gracie loveland #Gracie's notes #winchester farming community #Sims 3 #the sims 3 #ts3 #simsdeogloria

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Simblr Simply for Fun Mini Challenge 4

Loved this mini challenge from Frankie! Both these sims started so beautifully it was hard to change them!

Meet Ezekiel and Kira. I loved the freckles on Zephyr so I didn’t want to change his skin, but I did do some tweaking to his nose and mouth as well as new hair and clothes. In Winchester now he’s a firefighter who wants to promote and start a family with his fiancé Kira.

For Lina, I mostly just changed her eye shape and brow shape, but I love how the bangs soften up her face. In my mind she loves children, and she works at the Winchester Library, and she loves to get to know the kids and recommend books for them, as well as her weekly story time is legendary among the little tikes.

Thank you @gruesim for this fun challenge, and also thank you to @miss-sassy-simmer for the house I photographed them in. Could I have the Oz skin please?

If  you’d like to add them to your game (and I’d love to see them!) here are their links. 

Kira Cox: http://simfileshare.net/folder/67861/ Ezekiel Wilson: http://simfileshare.net/folder/67862/

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#simblrsimplyforfun #ts3 #thesims3 #sims3 #simsdeogloria

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~S P R I N G  ~

Hi Friends, I’ve been busy lately mostly working on the garden and happy to add some new friends to the farm. This spring I’ve decided to add Ducks and Chickens here! I can’t wait for delicious eggs to bake with and share with friends, but every spare moment I’ve had lately has been tending new plants, watching the ducklings learn how to swim, or watching the new chicks follow their Mama’s around. I can’t help falling in love with all the spring babies around here!

#gracie's posts #gracie lovelace #spring #simsdeogloria #ts3 #the sims 3 #Sims 3 #sims story

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I have been teaching myself about patterns lately (and in the massive process of organizing all of them) but I finally made my very own! The yellow and grey floral and the bedspread’s blue and white floral! I think that means I have officially created my first piece of custom content :D 

#So happy! #learning how to make cc #decorating for an upcoming household #more to come soon #just finished editing some pictures

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Hey Friends,  I love checking in here and seeing your beautiful games. I’ve been simming more lately and I’m realizing that while I like the “style” of Gracie’s story sometimes I just miss playing with unposed, gameplay type or simple decorating pics. So I’m debating starting a second blog for more gameplay style photos or if I should just keep them here with occasional Gracie updates as well. If you have a preference maybe comment? Otherwise we’ll see what I decide but I’d love to get back to being more active on here. 

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Haven’t had much drive to go in game lately. Thinking about starting something new, to see if that keeps me motivated. Kinda like a town news paper with multiple characters and stories that all intertwine....we’ll see. In the meantime here’s an old winter mood board I made for Gracie. More to come.

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~F A L L ~  So beyond thrilled at how the office remodel came out! I love this space!  The white shiplap in this room is such a dream come true for me. I love having such a lot of storage so that I have such a clean slate to grade papers and write books on.  

#office remodel #ts3 #sims 3 #the sims 3 #sims story #decorating #Gracie's notes

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~ F A L L ~  Not ready to “Undecorate for fall!” Loved having friends over here for ‘friendsgiving’ to give me the excuse to decorate and bake up a storm. 

#simsdeogloria #Sims 3 #sims story #the sims 3 #Gracie’s posts

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~ F A L L ~  Last Pumpkin Spice Latte of the Season. Not ready for winter yet! Trying to finish a remodel on my second bedroom, soon to be office before the snow hits. I’ve decided I’m not much of a painter, but I’m trying my hand at novels. Let’s see how this goes... Also gotta love Willow my photobombing cat! I can’t ever take a photo without her coming up to see what’s going on! Haha, gotta love this sweet fluffy feline. 

#simsdeogloria #sims story #Sims 3 #the sims 3 #ts3 #Gracie’s posts #Willow the cat #Fall photoset

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Anyone know wcif these bookshelves? I’d really love to use them but I’ve searched and searched and can’t find them :( Any help is greatly appreciated! 

#wcif #delete later #non sims

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I'm happy to report another friend came all the way to Winchester to visit me! Matt! He was supposed to come to help me pick apples but instead, he just hid behind his little camera. Oh well. Glad for the company even if it was just me picking apples. My plan is to send him lots of pictures of apple pie later to get  back at him.

#gracie's posts #simsdeogloria #ts3 #the sims 3 #sims 3 #simblr #Winchester Farming Community