I am loving the Eco Lifestyle expansion pack so far! Last night I watched my toddler playing on a slide in a polluted industrial wasteland. What’s not to love?
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His expression is very this_is_fine_dog.gif.
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The off-grid life is a little complicated. I don’t want to put solar panels on their house, because it increases your green footprint, and I’m all about that industrial a e s t h e t i c
. So instead, they have to deal with kerosene lanterns at night.
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And a wood stove for heat.
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It’s the perfect place for an unattended toddler!
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For the most part, it’s easiest to wait for daytime, when the sunlight comes in through the ample windows built in to their container home.
I was just about to have Cooper plant seeds in her nifty vertical planter when she went into labor.
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Welcome to the world the newest Spline. I of course named our new little baby boy X Æ A-12. (If you’re wondering, it’s pronounced “X Æ A-12.”)
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As soon as Cooper was no longer pregnant, I set her up with a bunch of new outfits for her new life. (Have you ever tried to style a pregnant Sim? I decided to wait.)
Eco Lifestyle comes with a ton of new clothing items, the vast majority of which are completely bonkers. I am, as the kids say, “here for it.”
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I don’t know what to make of her neighbors. This guy showed up to chat in her kitchen for like three hours.
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Is he a homeless guy or a trustafarian? There’s no way to tell! It’s like my college years all over again.