• September 19, 2013 •

Good afternoon! Perfect day yesterday. I didn't go any crafting, but I got a lot done. I chatted on the phone, got a package from UPS, got the mail, made a bagel for breakfast, the FD got toned out to a med call, I cleaned the house, took the dogs out, catalog shopped, surfed Pinterest, updated my schedule for 2 people's job hours this coming week (I'm their ride), cleared my Outlook & AOL e-mail accounts,

had dinner, & looked through my old My Documents backup CD. Other big news for yesterday was the release of IOS7. I love it! I updated both my iPhone 5 & my iPad mini. The new features are great & iTunes Radio is one of the great additions. Yesterday's Sims game was Northmont & my Sim Quinn is still a child in school, he's been going to classes. This morning I took the dogs out & loaded up a brand new game in Sims. This

one is called 7 Towers (1st - 3rd pics) & is built by a talented other. My Sim is Xavier (1st gen). He's a green thumb, a loser, eccentric, a coward, & a vehicle enthusiast. His lifetime wish is to have the perfect garden. He doesn't need to go to the university since he's working at home as a self employed gardener. He's going to concentrate only on his gardening skill. He likes fruit parfait, custom music, & the color blue. He's a Virgo. His furry companion & Xanadu, an Oriental Shorthair who's piggy, a genius, & destructive. Xavier has been gardening.

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