Home Sweet Home (part 1)

"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home ..."

That's what Loquatia's grandmother told her once. And after the divorce (in which her husband got everything ... except for the most important thing), Loquatia remembered what her grandmother told her, and immediately set out to find a little slice for her and Keisha.

She'd managed to save a bit of money during her marriage, and with the inheritance from her grandmother and mother (that her deadbeat husband never knew about), she found a nice piece of property.



She instinctively knew that it would be a great place to build her dream home.



It had nice firm ground ...



And the environment was pleasant. Yes ... this would be the PERFECT place to raise Keisha and make life better for themselves. So she immediately started researching for the best contractors. She found one in AnjelStar's Builders.

And they built her dream home:

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In this first of a three-episode tour of the Sims home, join Loquatia as she gives us her point of view with the outside grounds.

Good morning, everyone. The crew of Anjelstar's Builders who built my home have asked that I give a tour of the house and the grounds, but since it's so extensive, this tour will be broken into three parts. This part is on the outside grounds. Please, follow me.



Welcome to the front walk! If you'll follow me up the path ...



... I'll give you a brief glance of this beautiful, dark hardwood front porch.




Fabulous, isn't it? Next ... follow me through the front door ...



... into the main hall ...



to the back door ...




... where I'll be more than happy to show you the backyard.



But first! The back porch. It's made of the same wood as the front porch, but it's SO much bigger!




You can see a view of the back porch from over here ...



... by the two telescopes I purchased for nightime viewing of the cosmos. Keisha is REALLY into astrology ... and she's got me hooked, too.

Now ... if you'd follow me back around, I'll show you the man-made pond I had put in. Keisha is also really big into Nature. Why not indulge her obsessions? I think she wants to be a scientist when she grows up.



If you follow me aound the back edge ...



... I'll take you around to the other side.



And that, ladies and gentlemen ... is the EXTENSIVE grounds of our new home. Keisha hasn't seen the house yet, and I really hope she doesn't think that I went overboard. We had so little when she was young, I just want to give her the best!

Join me again next time to get a view of inside the house. It'll be in two parts - the basement and first floor, and then the second floor. After that ... I'll surprise Keisha!