Their flatmates, Demonica Tan and her boyfriend, Vasyl Ebadi, also headed home.  Jean and Caitlyn moved into the little house that used to belong to Darlene and Denny Collie.  Demonica and Vasyl moved into her mother's place.  Marla and Romania had moved across the river.

Jean invited family round for the wedding.

At the wedding were parents of Caitlyn and Jean: Harriett, Monique, Luc and Greg and Jean's brother, Jacques.

It didn't matter who married who - they both had the same surname.

Meanwhile Artois and Angel Collie (now a widow) decided to get married after Angel discovered she was pregnant (again).

Angel dyed her hair blonde for a change.  Again it was mostly family who went to the wedding.  Below Artois looks at Peyote noting how similar to his brother Reefer he looked.

Guests included Artois' father, Henri, cousins Emma, Peyote and Reefer, aunt Monique and sisters, Stella and Hollandia (somewhere).

Both weddings were successful parties and family reunions.

Reefer had got to know someone by the name of Callista Fuchs and invited her to move in (which she did).  This meant that there were now two couples living in the small house (with a baby on the way) so, instead of moving, Artois and Angel decided to build up a storey and moved upstairs.

Marriage didn't change Artois' ways.  Emma had admired Artois at the wedding and wanted to add him to her list of conquests.  She invited Artois over.

They ended up in the tub.  (The day after, Emma invited over her cousin, Peyote.  They too ended up in the tub.)

Ingredienti per quattro persone:

400 grammi di pasta fresca (in questo caso degli spaghettini freschi all'aglio e basilico)

2 porcini freschi di grandezza media

8 champignon

4 cucchiai di panna

latte

burro

noce moscata

sale e pepe

prezzemolo

aglio

l'olio extravergine d'oliva.

Preparazione:

mettere l'acqua a bollire, pulire i funghi con una spugnetta umida, grattare la parte di terra, tagliarli a fettine sottili. In una pentola grande antiaderente, unire a l'olio extravergine d'oliva l'aglio, farlo rosolare, aggiungervi i funghi, spolverare con il pepe, rigirarli di continuo e dopo cinque minuti, aggiungervi dell'acqua di cottura, il prezzemolo e un pizzico di sale. In un'altra pentola, far sciogliere una noce di burro con mezzo bicchiere di latte, amalgamare i liquidi aggiungendo la panna; unirvi la noce moscata, salare e dopo l'inizio di un leggero bollore, unire la crema di panna ai funghi e far cuocere a fuoco bassissimo bagnando con acqua di cottura se si dovesse asciugare. Scolare la pasta fresca e farla saltare in padella con la crema di panna e funghi: servire ben caldi con una spolverata di prezzemolo fresco e a che piace del grana grattugiato.

Carol

Frottez 4 petits plats à gratin avec la gousse d'ail.

Pelez, lavez et découpez les pommes de terre en fines lamelles puis disposez-les dans un plat et couvrez d'eau froide.

Lavez rapidement les champignons, enlevez les pieds terreux puis découpez-les en lamelles.

Poêlez les champignons dans un peu d'huile d'olive, salez et poivrez.

Faites chauffer la crème, ajoutez la muscade, du sel et du poivre.

Préchauffez le four à 180°.

Séchez les pommes de terre puis disposez-en une couche dans les petits plats à gratin. Ajoutez une couche de champignons, puis de la crème, recommencez l'opération, terminez par une couche de pommes de terre, la crème et terminez par le fromage.

Enfournez et laissez cuire jusquà ce que les pommes de terre soient tendres et dorées (environ 45 min).

Protégez la surface des ramequins de papier sulfurisé si la surface brunit trop vite.

The rest of them just got high on bubbles.

Guillaume looks, bemused, at his niece.  Alexis will be starting uni.  Her aunt, Victoria, had a chat with her.

Something happened in the relationship between Peyote and Lithia.  I heard the sound of cheating and Peyote was angry with Lithia but I hadn't seen who was the third party. 

It didn't appear to have been Brianna.  I suspect the annoying cow mascot who nobody likes.  Lithia must have just admired the person?  Who knows.

I got their relationship back to being able to share a bed in the final semester just before the final exam but it happened again (I saw nobody!) or maybe they just had an argument because this time Lithia was angry with Peyote.  Peyote held a graduation party and some of his family turned up.  The party was a disaster.  Peyote moved out and Lithia soon followed.

Lithia got home to see the new baby, Luka, had grown to a toddler (and I didn't take a pic!).  She taught him a nursery rhyme before the family moved out and into the empty Summerdream residence (which needed a LOT of re-designing to make it a half-decent house.  I still haven't finished.  I got tired, furnished it and will think about what to do with it a little while later.)

Since Lithia couldn't' ring Peyote to invite him round (and he might have refused considering the current dislike) I moved him in anyway and will let them sort out their differences.

I might have to get a blind date for Peyote's brother, Reefer - he's not attracted to anyone, it seems.

Sadly, the whole household in the former residence of Daniel Collie perished as the fridge mysteriously disappeared and the front and back doors were locked.  So Dana and Jess Greaves and their teenage son, Jessie, all starved to death.  So tragic.

Meanwhile, Reefer Champignon finally found a job in law so he's happy.  Artois, his flatmate, had a group of married women to choose from to share his bed.  Eventually Angel Collie (beleagured wife to Deon Collie and mother to his three ugly kids, one deceased) visited and decided to stay. 

She'd had enough of children and wanted her life back.  She invited Deon over only to break up.  Naturally he was upset. 

His sister, Margareta, was appalled that Angel could abandon her young children (scandalous!), but Angel had never been happy in that house.  I took pity on her and gave her a dose of elixir to give her a second chance at happiness.  I'm not sure she's the right person for Artois though.  She certainly doesn't want anymore kids.  (He does have a son by his own mother, Roxie Sharpe, but Roxie has changed her image and married a local weirdo in the corner of town, so he's unlikely to see his weirdly-named son again.)

Reefer's younger brother, Peyote, is now in his final year at university.  He and Lithia have been joined in their flat by Jacques Langerak and Brianna Langerak (younger brother and sister of Jean and Caitlyn in the dorm).  They're now friendly enough to not only share a bedroom but to share a bed (no they're not brother and sister - just happen to have the same surname).

"Der Champignon saugt die Tinte aus dem Buch"

BALD! In diesem Blog! Live, umsonst und in Farbe!

eventuell...

]]> http://quentinthib.wordpress.com/?p=97 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:35:57 +0000 quentinthib http://quentinthib.ro.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/quelques-cliches-3/ Des fois c'est quand on est loin de son pays qu'on devient patriotique : Soirée Baguette, Nutella et Camembert !

Mais bon on mange aussi Suédois hein !

Voici les fameuses Köttbullar, (oubliez pas la prononciation suédoise ! "keutbuullar", servis ici avec des haricots verts (ils utilisent le nom français) congelé vert-fluo qui viennent de hollande (pas tellement de goût, ah je me plaignais d'avoir trop de haricots par ma grand mère cette été, ben là çà serait pas de refus !

En Suède, il y a des Champignons partout !!

Mais il y a aussi...

Les Saunas !! Ah Ah, ici François, Jessica et moi. Bon en bon français on le fait pas à la suédoise (à poil). Enfin Jessica n'est pas française, elle vient de l'ile Maurice, à coté de la Réunion, maintenant elle et ses parents sont en Suède, mais elle a aussi fait 1an à Nancy pas loin de l'école de François, le monde est petit hein.

Enfin, j'ai quand même sauna et laverie en face de chez moi, gratuit. (C'est très logique hein, dans notre loyer est compris les choses vitales : Le toit, l'eau, le chauffage, la laverie et ... le sauna). Les photos sont flous, l'appareil a pas dû aimer la vapeur !!

Taille familiale la pizza on avait dit, c'est bien ça ? =D

Of the five left, in one dorm there is Caitlyn Langerak (Harriett's eldest),

her 'cousin' Jean Langerak (Monique's eldest),

(he takes after his grandfather, JP, but with a longer face),

and Demonica Tan (Damien's legitimate daughter).

In the other dorm there is Peyote Champignon (younger bro of Reefer)

and Lithia Tan (Damien's illegitimate daughter).

These two got on very well.

They completed their Freshman year and Peyote was in love.

Lithia accepted, although neither of them have told their families.   They debated whether they should continue at university or elope.

Lithia wasn't so sure.  She could see a life of housewifery and babies ahead of her.  Her mother was still pregnant with her father's 6th child and had never had a job.

Peyote's bro, Reefer, is currently flatting with cousin, Artois.  Artois seems to know all the married women while there's no real romance on the horizon for Reefer.  He's desperately looking for a job in law while Artois has a job in the gaming career, I think.

Meanwhile, Reefer and Peyote's parents grew to elders.

El mejor Agaricus blazei Murill, champiñón del Sol o portobello de almendra, para muchos, se puede conseguir a través de Agaricus.es.

Emincez le porc en fines lamelles régulières de 4 cm. Salez, poivrez. Roulez les lamelles dans la maïzena de façon à bien les enrober. Epépinez et émincez le piment. Pelez et émincez les oignons. Pelez et écrasez l'ail.

Mettez à chauffer 1 cuil. à soupe d'huile dans une poêle ou un wok. Faites-y sauter le porc 2 mn en remuant, sur feu vif. Ajoutez le piment, les oignons et l'ail. Laissez dorer 1 mn, puis réservez dans un plat.

Nettoyez et émincez les champignons. Versez 1 cuil à soupe d'huile dans le wok. Lorsque l'huile est chaude, mettez-y les champignons et faites-les revenir pendant 2 mn environ sur feu vif.

Ajoutez la préparation réservée et mélangez. Poursuivez la cuisson 10 mn environ sur feu moyen en remuant fréquemment. Rectifiez l'assaisonnement. Parsemez de ciboulette ciselée et servez aussitôt.

Aux 3/4 de leur cuisson ajoutez-y 200 gr de petits oignons blanchis, 200 gr de champignons pochés et 200 gr de lardons blanchis.

Salez, poivrez et ajoutez une cuillerée à soupe d'extrait de viande et un verre de vin rouge.

Laissez réduire la sauce.

C'est la première fois que je cuisine le rouget. C'est un poisson semi gras, à chair fine et fragile, particulièrement digeste, qui se déguste de la fin du printemps à l'automne. Alors, pourquoi s'en priver, varions les plaisirs !

Mon côté méditérranéen me pousse, bien entendu, à vous le présenter garni de légumes du soleil et de tapenade... tout ce que j'aime ! 

Il vous faut (pour 4 personnes) :

Pour le plat

4 gros rougets

2 bonnes c à c de tapenade noire

1 bocal de champignons de Paris émincés

3 courgettes

4 tomates

5 citrons confits

5 oignons

6 brins de ciboulette

huile d'olive

Pour la marinade

1 citron confit

2 gousses d'ail

de la ciboulette

1 tomate

1 oignon

des olives noires

jus de citron

huile d'olive

sel et poivre du moulin

Demandez à votre cher poissonnier de lever les filets des rougets.

Préchauffez votre four à 180°.

Commencez par la marinade.

Coupez en dés : citron, tomate, olives noires dans un saladier. Rajoutez l'ail écrasé.

Faites blanchir l'oignon dans de l'eau bouillante et coupez le en très fines rondelles.

Mélangez le tout. Salez, poivrez, ajoutez un jus de citron et un bon filet d'huile d'olive. Laissez macérer. 

Pour ce qui est du plat principal :

Coupez tous vos oignons en rondelles et faîtes les revenir dans une pôele avec de l'huile d'olive. (Conservez en quelques unes pour les cuire avec les courgettes). Nappez ensuite le fond d'un grand plat à gratin avec.

Faites revenir les rondelles de courgettes dans la même poêle avec un peu d'huile d'olive. Rajoutez après coup, les quelques rondelles d'oignon mises de côté, pour le goût. Réservez.

Faites revenir les rondelles de citrons confits, seuls. Réservez.

Maintenant, intercallez sur le lit d'oignons, les rondelles de courgettes, de citrons et de tomates puis assaissonnez le tout.

Enfournez votre plat pendant 10 mn environ.

Hachez pendant ce temps là, grossièrement, les champignons bien égouttés et mélangez les avec la tapenade.

Sur les huit filets de poisson, nappez-en quatre avec cette farce et recouvrez le tout d'un autre filet de poisson. (Je vous conseille de ranger les poissons dans un même ordre : les poissons à napper et les autres pour qu'ils puissent retrouver leur moitié au moment de l'assemblage).

Ficelez votre "sandwich" avec un brin de ciboulette préalablement blanchi pour qu'il soit plus solide. (Je vous recommande d'avoir quelques brins de ciboulette supplémentaires au cas où il y en aurait que se casseraient).

Récupérez votre plat du four et posez délicatement, sur ce lit de légumes multicolores légèrement confits, vos filets de rougets farcis.

Versez un filet d'huile d'olive sur votre préparation. Salez, poivrez.

Enfournez à nouveau votre plat à 180 ° en surveillant la cuisson afin que les rougets ne sèchent pas (20 mn environ).

Suggestion : Il vous reste de la farce ? C'est tant mieux ! J'ai fait des toasts de pain de campagne que j'ai nappé et servi en apéritif. Un petit délice tout simple, mais très apprécié.

Et maintenant, profitez de ce plat haut en couleurs, gorgé de soleil. Vous verrez, ce n'est que du bonheur dans l'assiette !

I've been around all the families in Veronaville updating them all (except for Philippe Champignon who I haven't played for some time).  I tend to play them one Sim day at a time until I decide to focus on one.  Which family to start with?

Well to begin with, Artois, Reefer and Zen graduated from university.

Artois above (with Serena DeMarr who he fancies).  He looks more like his grandfather.  Reefer below:

Artois at first moved into Roxie's place (until someone told him she's his mother) and he quickly moved out and into Reefer's little bachelor pad next to Jan's place.

Meanwhile, Reefer's bro grew to a teenager:

At Emma's, the twins grew to school age. 

Antoine above and Antoinette below:

Emma continues to lust after others - regardless of gender.

She now has 5 lovers but of course wants 10.

At Artois' dad Henri's place, his little sister, Hollandia, finally made it to teenhood after getting perilously close to failing at school and a visit from the social worker.

She looks like her auntie Monique. ]]> http://growsims.wordpress.com/?p=263 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:20:34 +0000 simsing http://growsims.ro.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/an-unexpected-death/ Katya knew her end was near, so she decided to invite family over for a last reunion.  Guillaume refused to come over, making lame excuses.  Amelie agreed to come over but of course couldn't bring the grandchildren.

Alas, Katya had forgotten about her cow plant near the path to the house.  Unfortunately the cow plant had some lovely cake on offer and Amelie, being rather greedy, tried to get it.  She died in the attempt.  Oops.  I hadn't planned for that at all.  That's what you get when your mother becomes an unnatural crossbreeder and leaves dangerous plants around.

So Katya never did get to see anyone before the Grim Reaper visited that evening.  She was 81 - a grand age.

Kane didn't seem at all upset that Amelie never came home.  His neighbour, Larissa Landgraab, invited him over for dinner, perhaps to offer her condolences, but she loved the company and attention, finally. 

Not wanting to let Kane go, she proposed to him.  He accepted!  His third marriage looms (and he never wanted to marry in the first place). 

Now that Deon had a son, two daughters were surplus.  Lena had her great-grandmother's ugly genes.  She had to go.

I'll see what Fukita looks like as a bigger child before I decide on her future.

Across at Deon's parents' place, it was finally time for Daniel to meet the Grim Reaper.

He was 73.  Margaret was the same age and after she got up she visited the bathroom, mourned and then saw her end.

I hadn't had two Sims die on the same night before.  They were both platinum events as you can see.  Dana and her son, Jess, were left to mourn.

Kane and Amelie are slowly building their dream house by the sea in Bluewater.  I think I neglected to mention that they married quietly.

Kane's ex-wife, Siobhan, has become engaged to Gilbert Jacquet.

Gilbert moved in.  Seems he didn't want to get engaged.  Tough.  Siobhan wants to marry and have more kids.  Mairead, meanwhile, has grown to teen-hood.

Zen has nearly finished at uni.  He and Reefer and Artois are getting A+s and are now in their senior year.  The next group of teens wait in the sidelines.

Zen's uncle/brother's wife has quit her job as mayor and is now a senior manager pursuing her LTW of business tycoon. ]]> http://growsims.wordpress.com/?p=259 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:18:15 +0000 simsing http://growsims.ro.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/sprogs/ I played a while back so events are a bit vague.

Serena had another girl and called it Ebony.  Poor Damien has four daughters now.

Mikhail Lillard grew to school age.

His sister, Alexis, hates her stepmother, Robin and has no interest in her little brother.  As soon as she reaches teenhood she can be sent to Amelie's place.  Amelie, meanwhile, keeps visiting unannounced and barging into the house.  Alex locked all doors to allow the household only.  Robin, meanwhile, gave birth to a girl and called it Elizabeth.

At Monique's, her middle son, Jacques, grew to a teenager.  His older brother headed out to uni.

Deon's wife, Angel, finally gave birth to a boy.  He's called Neil.

Where to start?

Well, Lithia grew to toddlerhood.

She looks more like her mum, dammit.

Pierre continued to be a frequent visitor for Roxie.  He had the brilliant idea in his senile old age, that he'd like a more normal looking child.  His wife, Eva, had pixie tendencies which their children inherited (long upturned nose and pointy ears).  So he got Roxie pregnant.

Well you can see where this is going considering Roxie's past history as a parent...

The pregnancy was fine - no sickness or starvation or tiredness, but the unexpected happened.

Twins!  Considering Pierre was a twin it shouldn't have been such a surprise, but it was.  A boy and a girl - Antoine and Antoinette.  Oh shit.  The house had to be built on to accommodate three cots and some toys for Lithia.

Pierre helped out when he could when visiting,

but it was a bit of a nightmare.  Roxie did her best but wasn't too pleased that three kids were taking up all their time (with no time to invite gentlemen friends for some nookie).

While chaos was going on downstairs, a tragedy occurred upstairs.

Adrian Lewis had been visiting and having a soak in the tub but he got too close when it suddenly caught fire.  The firemen were called but it was too late for Adrian, who I couldn't control.  One-time boyfriend of Penny Collie, and husband of Mehrissa Landgraab IV, was dead and gone.

Lithia thankfully grew to school age.

The babies made it toddlerhood.

Antoine:

Antoinette:

Pierre visited again, oblivious to the chaos.

While the women tried to get some much-needed sleep, the kids became neglected.

The inevitable happened.

All the kids were taken away.  Roxie was upset and suggested that Pierre adopt the twins.  Serena didn't seem concerned about Lithia at all.

Pierre went home and rang up the adoption agency and Antoine was delivered the next morning.  Towards the evening he rang up again to adopt Antoine's sister.

That evening, alas, the Grim Reaper visited.

"But I've just adopted my twins!!!"  Pierre was 74.  (It wasn't the platinum event it should have been.  Pierre's LTW of becoming a professional party guest had been changed when I installed Seasons but it was too late for Pierre to change careers.)  Emma and Eva were naturally upset.

The next morning Antoinette arrived.

It was left to Eva and Emma to look after the 'twins'.  (Of course, now Antoine was one day older than Antoinette.)

That night Eva was shocked to see the return of the Grim Reaper (although hers was a platinum event).

She followed Pierre to the grave at the (popular) age of 72.

What a bugger for Emma, now left alone to bring up her toddler siblings - and she a romance Sim who'd just lost one of her 5 lovers (Adrian Lewis).

And what of Lithia?  Time will tell. ]]> http://growsims.wordpress.com/?p=251 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:10:40 +0000 simsing http://growsims.ro.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/roxie-and-serena/

More on the ''whorehouse".  Serena was Roxie's new flatmate and rival.

She was more to Damien's liking than the tarty Roxie.

While the pregnant Serene was at the front pashing Damien, Roxie was round the back of the house

getting it on with Pierre.

Any man is fair game to Roxie, even her own son, Artois.

Of course, because he was adopted by his father, Henri, there's no trace of a family link.  It's still rather disturbing though.

She's quite capable of getting pregnant by her own son and his offspring would be his sibling.  Ugh, shudder.  Let's not go there.

Serena had the baby - another girl for Damien.  He dropped by to see her.

Her name is Lithia.

I wonder if she'll look anything like her father (Damien's other two daughters don't).

Pierre was still not impressed with Serena's apparent betrayal and slapped her.

What an arsehole. ]]> http://growsims.wordpress.com/?p=245 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:08:35 +0000 simsing http://growsims.ro.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/death-in-the-family/

Francois died, age 72. 

He'd just been on the phone.  Perhaps it was the shock of hearing that his daughter had split up with Alex and moved in with Kane.  Naturally Katya was upset.  She's now in a big house on her own.

72 seems to be a popular age to die lately.  Pierre has managed to get past that magic number and reached 73.  Pierre has reached his LTW of Professional Party Guest (just like his mother).  About time, I think.  He's been seen visiting Roxie Sharpe's place.  More on Roxie and her new flatmate at a later date.

Over at Henri's, Erina still believes she's pregnant and refuses to go to work, even though she's an elder.  I made her retire, silly old bag.  I think she and her actual daughter, Stella, are just a wee bit insane - they love going up and down the lift and I hear 'bing' 'bing' 'bing' 'bing' as they can't make up their minds what the hell they're doing or where they're going.

Nothing much happening at Monique's.  Just a family pic to finish with.

The middle child, Jacques, is in bed asleep. ]]> http://growsims.wordpress.com/?p=243 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:08:04 +0000 simsing http://growsims.ro.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/two-broken-marriages/

Part 1 - Kane

Amelie was angry at Kane for actually sleeping with his wife(!), but they eventually made up.  They had a lame date at the Love Maze but then Kane invited Amelie home (while his wife and kids were home) and actually asked Amelie on a date then and there.  Kane's daughter, Mairead, witnessed it.

Kane sent her off to play but she came back.

Mairead was not happy with her father.  Siobhan was in bed at this point - she was tired after just having given birth to a baby boy (Seamus) the day before.  But she woke up,

and came running out when she realised what was happening in the spa pool.  She wasn't too impressed either.

After a good slapping, Siobhan attended to the children and Amelie left.

The next day Siobhan made a decision.

Kane was given his marching orders.  (Lightning struck just as I took the pic - which is why it's so bright.)  Mairead was still upset that her father left, even though she'd been angry with him.

Kane left and moved into a tiny square house by the sea in Bluewater.

Part 2 - Amelie

Alex was cuddling his baby son when he looked out the window and saw Amelie and Kane canoodling at the front gate and ran out.

Kane, at least, was happy.  Alex and Amelie fought.

The whole time the baby was on the ground crying with dirty nappies.  However, Alex took no time at all to make his decision.  It was all the evidence he needed to get rid of a cheating wife.

Amelie sobbed pitifully and left.  She moved in with Kane in the little hovel by the sea.

Alex is now free to get to know Robin better. ]]> http://growsims.wordpress.com/?p=234 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:05:00 +0000 simsing http://growsims.ro.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/death-and-babies/

Another Collie update.  I'm limited by the pics I can find.  After today, I'm going to concentrate on a couple of branches only and forget the rest unless they inter-marry or something.  I take pics and can never find them so I'll have to ruthlessly cull some more pics.

Anyway - onward.  First Penny's family.  Richard Danaher still lives with his dad and owns a grocery store.   Harriett has four kids - three girls and a boy.  This is one of the older girls but I can't remember which one - probably Brianna (Harriett's kids are Caitlyn, Brianna and twins, Briony and Brett).

Over at Kane's, his daughter, Mairead grew into a toddler and within a day learned to walk, talk and go to the potty (with some help from smart milk and an attentive mother).

She has her mother's green eyes.

Devon's family: - Amelie gave birth to a girl and called it Alexis.

That night, after Devon took Alexis to the kitchen for a bottle, the Grim Reaper came for her.

She was 68.

Why not step on the baby on the way out?

Jeremy was upset.

but the others didn't seem to care much - certainly not Amelie - she and Devon didn't like each other much.  Alexis quickly grew to a toddler and looks like her mother with piercing blue eyes.

(Boy am I sick of that panda suit.)  Amelie is pregnant again.

Over at Victoria and Guillaume's - toddler, Peyote, learned to walk.

(which is a surprise considering general neglect), and tried to catch butterflies.

His brother, Reefer, teased him when possible but otherwise ignored him.

He grew into a teen on the same day as Peyote grew into school age.

Over to what's left of Darlene's family.  Hogan married Crystal Kosmokos? and I took a pic but do you think I can find it?  I've scrolled up and down but just can't see it.  Zen has gone to university.

Over to Denny's - here's a family pic of Denny, Emily and daughter Denim.

Denim was three quarters of the way through school age when her elderly father died.

He was 72.

I probably won't bother blogging about Emily and Denim in future.

To Kenny's family - not much happening there and I probably won't bother blogging about them.  Lyrica is now a teenager and Melody has grown to elderhood.  Kenny is about 70 now.

Over at Kenny's son, Damien's, Demonica grew to school age and I took a pic but again I can't find it.  Marla is pregnant again. ]]>