Was finally able to reinstall it a few weeks ago, and I've been having lots of fun.

Meet Cynthia Malarky. She's your yoga girl. Vegetarian, artistic, excitable, over-emotional; all in all, very adorable. Cynthia, channeling my inclinations a bit, is a stylist and makes over sims for a living.

She met her wife, Julienne, as one of her clients at the salon.

Julienne is a snob, and a workaholic, and also a fantastic cook and somebody who generally has common sense.

With the power of modern gene splicing techniques (read: cheats), they had two twins, currently in their teens.

Both are athletic outdoorsy types, though Andre is more of a dashing kleptomaniac adventurer type and Clementine is more of a grumpy, sardonic, responsible sort.

And, finally, their youngest child, Adele! She's neurotic and sometimes stares off into space, but very perceptive and intelligent. Though she has a bad habit of accidentally setting herself on fire with chemicals.

I also like playing home designer. Cynthia's home is the pink one. I wanted something that fit both the neighborhood and her personality well. What I ended up making was a semi-retro house with many fabrics and pastels. Far outside my usual tastes, but that's half the fun of it.