I’ve been so ridiculously busy this past month, it’s not even funny. For pretty much the entire month of June, I had various family members staying in my house for a nice long visit. My Grandma, my Aunt Judy, my darling nephews, my sister-in-law, my brothers, a cousin; at one point, there were literally 14 people sleeping in my house. It was oodles of fun, but believe me, I’m exhausted!

    The last of the visitors left just over a week or so ago. I think. (Honestly, my head’s still spinning a little.) I’ve been resting ever since then, trying to take it easy, trying to catch up on sleep, and mostly just doing nothing productive whatsoever. 🙂 Most of my time has been occupied playing The Sims 3, since I can’t see to concentrate on much else. I ended up injuring myself a couple weeks ago, right at the height of the family visits, so all the commotion from that injury has kind of scrambled my brain. I haven’t felt capable of doing much besides playing. (Don’t worry, it’s nothing too serious. At least, I don’t think so. More annoying than anything.)

    By the way, if you’ve emailed me recently but haven’t heard back from me yet, I apologize. I’m woefully behind on email. But I’m trying my best to get caught up, it’s just very slow going.

    Anyway. Speaking of The Sims 3, one of my favorite things to do in that game is collect gems from around the neighborhood and the exotic foreign locations that you can explore thanks to the World Adventures expansion pack. What can I say? I’m a girl, I like pretty sparklies, whether they’re real or virtual. (Although the real ones are certainly preferable…) But given how many types of gems there are in the game, and all the many, many ways in which you can get those gems cut, it got a bit confusing trying to keep track of my ever-growing collection.

    So I made myself a chart!

    Can you say “OCD”? Hehe.

    I’ve printed out a copy for myself and it’s been oh so very helpful. But then I thought I should share it with all of you on the Internets. Cause surely I mustn’t be the only scatterbrained person addicted to gem collecting in the Sims, right? 🙂

    So here you go. Enjoy!

    I’m gonna go back to laying down and playing my game now. I have loads and loads of news to tell you about, specifically about the reason why all my family was visiting – my brother Steve got married!!!!!! Can you freakin believe it?! I sure can’t. I’m the only single Lawver now!

    But like I said, my brain’s still all scrambled. My goal is to write a good recap of June’s events once I’ve gotten my head put back on straight. Hopefully that happens sooner rather than later. Until then, catch you later, I’m gonna go play like the irresponsible adult that I am! Wahoo! 🙂

P.s. I wanna give a shout out, hat tip, and thank you to the Sims Wiki for all their help in answering questions and providing valuable information about The Sims 3. That’s where I got all my info for the Gem Collecting Chart. 🙂 Thanks, Wiki Peoples!