Freebie Friday - The Sims 2 - 1 Little Doggie Trail Country Style Home

Good day, simadores!

I'm in a hurry today because it's another vet trip day. Please think of Mister Kitty (aka Medicine Man) today because he really needs to get better.

Anyway, today I've got a starter home lot for you with so much potential, furnished and ready-to-go.




Use it as a vacation home lot for Eira Summit or Three Lakes. Or as a quaint shop with an apartment above for Open For Business. Or as an elderly couple's home, as I did.


These kind folks in my game--where everyone has everything they need and sims live forever!--take care of some neighborhood strays. See how nice it looks with just a little yard and a couple of trees? You'll be able to add on or decorate WONDERFULLY once your new sims get a little cash together.


This lot will work with just the base game installed. You DO NOT need any expansions for this lot! But, you will need the CEP Color Enable Package installed for some of the recolors to work. The recolors included are:

• sofarecolor


• WhiteMarbletopCounterTOP


• WhiteMarbletopCounterBASE


• StainlessSteelStove


• Purple Roses and Gingham with Molding


• Berry Roses and Gingham with Molding


• Cezanne-apples


• Maxis Pine Flooring


• Highlands Flooring

These are all recolors I did and are included free, as usual!
Get the 1 Little Doggie Trail download here.

This lot ends the Eira Summit Vacation Destination series that I created. May your sims create cherished memories at Eira Summit!

Special thanks to everyone who dropped me a note about my kitty and I hope you all have an amazing weekend!

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Freebie Friday - The Sims 2 - Tilting Windmills Shopping

Welcome simadores!

A fine shopping experience awaits you in the shadow of Eira Summit's grand old windmills. Refresh your body & spirit in the all-over beauty parlor, or get a makeover from head to toe! Dine, slap-dance, or play some cards. There's so much to do, you may never do it all, but it's fun to try! This lot has a dining room, outdoor patio cafe, clothing & jewelry store, makeover salon with sauna & masseuse, book store, parlor game store, even outdoor roller skating. Easily accessable restrooms top off this perfect lot--perfect for a sim's vacation!



You need all the expansions but none of the stuff packs to make this lot work in your game. As usual, this lot was made with only Maxis content. I hope this can fit into your Three Lakes Vacation Destination, but if not, you might want to consider making that Eira Summit one now!

There are more screenshots of this lot in my Flickr photostream.


Download Tilting Windmills Shopping here. Have fun and do something different this weekend!

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Freebie Friday - The Sims 2 - Coldsnap Orchard Bed & Breakfast

Medicine Man went to the vet today. No, his name really isn't Medicine Man but being a famous cat, he needs to have his identity protected. The problem is, when you spend all your money on drugs--from the doctor--you might still be famous, but you end up poor. So, anyway, my poor famous cat was seen by his vet today and he should be okay, but everything is so expensive. I mean, surgery should be like, a nickel. Right? They're only taking your guts out. Putting them BACK should be the expensive part. They've got you over a barrel then.

I'm kidding. My cat isn't famous. But wouldn't that be cool if he was?

Well, back to the download. This modest but cheerful bed & breakfast on a disused orchard offers a dining room, coffee service, bar, swimming pool, a fish pond, and your choice to stay in one of two pleasant suites. Or book the guest cottage and have your honeymoon here!



You must have all of the expansions through FreeTime (but don't need any of the Stuff Packs) for this download to work. Part of my Eira Summit Vacation Destination. By now, if you're using the Three Lakes Vacation Destination, it's getting a little crowded. I've deleted some tree stands and rocks on mine to make these downloads fit. Yes, I play with all these downloads, too! But if you have any trouble with any of them, please email me or post about it in the comments. Or both!

Download Coldsnap Orchard Bed & Breakfast here.

Have a great Memorial Day weekend! I'll probably continue posting daily since it seems like there's always tons to post about. See you again soon!

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Freebie Friday - The Sims 2 - Old Murray Manor Hotel

Long before there was an Eira Summit, there was a Murray Old. Murray Old was old enough to see the invention of the telephone. He hated it. Why? Because when the first phone books came out, he was listed as Old Murray. Everyone he knew made fun of him. And even people he didn't know made fun of him. People would call him from all over the county to ask him how old he was. It got old fast. Real old. Real fast.

But Old Murray would have his revenge.

Especially on the pool players. Especially them.

Old Murray Manor no longer houses Old Murray. What you will find here, however, is fine dining, ballroom dancing, and the highest quality hotel suites on the mountain. You'll also find a lavish game room, a health spa, outdoor ice-skating, fishing, and a gift shop. You'll never want to leave--just like Old Murray!

No matter how I tried (and I tried many, many--too many!--different ways), I can't get the lot to package with Old Murray's ghost inside. The gravestone vanishes from the lot, and if you call the Grim Reaper to ressurect Old Murray, he will say that there are no dead sims in the neighborhood. But since so many people seem to have nothing but trouble with their ghosts, maybe it's for the best. Old Murray will remain haunting my computer, but you can make an Old Murray for your manor the same way I did. Here's how:

1. Install the Old Murray Manor Hotel.

2. While still in the Lots & Houses menu (F2), click on the Old Murray Manor Hotel lot you placed and choose to Enter Lot.

3. Open up the cheat menu by holding down Ctrl, Shift, and c. Type (or cut & paste) changelotzoning residential into the window and hit enter.

4. Save the lot.

5. Go back to the main Neighborhood (main as in the base one, like Pleasantview or Strangetown) for this Vacation Destination.

6. Make a sim named Old Murray. Note: Be sure to pick a good outdoor outfit for him because he will change clothes as he enters the manor if his grave is kept outside.

7. Give Old Murray enough money to buy the hotel. I think it's about 466,000 simoleons, but it's okay if you go over. You won't be playing him for long. (Hint: Use the motherlode cheat.)

8. Buy the Vacation Home Old Murray Manor Hotel.

9. Send Old Murray there to die.

10. When he gets to the Vacation Home Old Murray Manor Hotel, kill him however you like. The Tombstone of Life & Death works great for this. Put the gravestone wherever you like. The wooded area behind the pond is probably best.

11. Open up the cheat menu by holding down Ctrl, Shift, and c. Type (or cut & paste) changelotzoning hotel into the window and hit enter.

12. Save the lot.

When you go back to the Neighborhood, it should say that the Old Murray Manor Hotel is a hotel, not a vacation home. You did it! If you didn't do it, go back over the steps to see where you went wrong. If you're really sick creative, you can make and off his whole family! Make up whatever legend you want about your manor--it's yours now, after all.

Bear in mind this is a large lot. Lesser systems may not be up to the challenge of rendering this leviathan. You might want to install Paladin's Service NPC Fixes to improve the housekeeper and bellhop with this one, in case the elevators break down.

Check out more screenshots of this hotel on my flickr slideshow on this blog (clicking on it will take you to my flickr photostream).

Download Old Murray Manor Hotel here!
Whoops! Forgot to mention for any new readers that the Eira Summit Vacation Destination lots require all the expansions up to and including FreeTime, but none of the Stuff Packs. Goodnight! See you tomorrow.

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Freebie Friday - The Sims 2 - Maflika Camping - Eira Summit

Greetings Simadores! Today I bring you a new addition to your Eira Summit (or Three Lakes) Vacation Destination–Maflika Camping.



Made famous by the traditional campground song, “Maflika Yopped-Da Himla Crails,” this camping has it all: dining, washrooms, fishing and swimming (seasonal), and even local sporting events (if you like axe throwing). Not to mention comfy tents to get a good night’s sleep. Though nothing’s ever two tents at Maflika! Get it? Two tents? Ha, ha! Ha, ha! Hurrrrrr….anyway, I’m calling it Camping not Camp Ground because this is supposed to be Alps-like or something and Camping is the international word for Camp Ground, or so I have read. If you want to get a better view of it before downloading, there are more pictures on the flickr slideshow on this page.

I want to thank all of you great visitors from all over the world for stopping by. This post is a copy of Friday's post from the old blog to get everyone caught up and on the same (web) page. All posts will be made on this blog from now on.

This lot needs all the expansions (but none of the stuff packs) installed.

Download Maflika Camping here.

Ho, ho…this sim says he’s camping because he saw a ghost up at Old Murray Manor. He must be scared to want to spend the night outside with the werewolves instead of inside with the ghosts.

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Freebie Friday - The Sims 2 - Eira Summit Visitors Center

Another week has flown by. This post is a little later than usual because I had to catch up with some housework. Aha! You thought I was rich and had a maid, didn't you?! AHAHAHAHAAAA! No.



This Freebie Friday is the first entry of a Bon Voyage Vacation Destination series: Eira Summit. Eira means snow (I think. I hope!) in Welsh (maybe?), and it sounded romantic and snowy-destination-like, so I went with it. You can make your own Vacation Destination and call it Eira Summit if you want to add these entries to it piece by piece (it'll take several weeks to get them all finished and up for downloading). That way, you can place the sights-to-see where you want them. You can also place these lots in your Three Lakes Destination for your favorite neighborhood, since they fit the forest theme.

You will need all the expansion packs (but you don't need any fun packs) installed for this lot. Only Maxis objects were used for this lot, no recolors.

Oh, I almost forgot to tell you what this lot has! There's everything a sim needs except a bed--but they can order coffee to help stay awake. They can fish, check out an old tree ring, read about whatever it is sims read about, buy new clothes & change, buy souvenirs, play a little chess, and even barbeque. There's speakers so they can slapdance, and there are restrooms and a snack bar, too.

Google Fight turned up more than twice as many entries on the web for Visitors Center than for Visitor Center, so that settled the question (for me, anyway) of which was right.

Next Friday there will be another great lot for Eira Summit, so be sure to visit again!

Download Eira Summit Visitors Center here.

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Freebie Friday - The Sims 2 - 6 Wanderlust Road

Today I have a lot for download. I like houses that you can move a new sim into straightaway--and this little bungalow costs only $19k or so. It's fully furnished, but be warned: You must have all the expansions (you don't need the fun packs, though) because, though I used only Maxis content, I have all the packs, and don't know exactly which ones I used items from! Anyway, I hope it's right up your alley, or down your street. Or something.


You can download it here!

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