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.•*🏵 Vanilla Kitchen 🏵*•.

Hello!! I am so excited to finally share Vanilla Kitchen Set with you. I had lots of fun making it and fell in love with this aesthetic. The set contains some clutter and functional objects for your beautiful kitchens. Some of them require specific expansion packs and there are a few key points about functionality, so please read them before downloading. You can see the gif showing all the items and read more information below.

The set includes 27 items:

♡ Pot | 11 Swatches | 918 Polys

♡ Tray | 8 Swatches | 2.4k Polys

♡ Chair | 8 Swatches | 1.2k Polys                          

♡ Toaster | 8 Swatches | 1.8k Polys

♡ Egg Tray | 8 Swatches | 2.3k Polys

♡ End Table | 8 Swatches | 1.5k Polys

♡ Board&Pan | 8 Swatches | 970 Polys

♡ Flower Pot | 6 Swatches | 2.2k Polys

♡ Recipe Book | 4 Swatches | 57 Polys

♡ Dish Rack | 3 Swatches | 2.3k Polys

♡ Sauce Pan | 8 Swatches | 862 Polys

♡ Glass Cup | 9 Swatches | 442 Polys

♡ Rice Cooker | 8 Swatches | 1.4k Polys

♡ Cutting Board | 4 Swatches | 110 Polys

♡ Vanilla Cake | 9 Swatches | 2.6k Polys

♡ Flower Light | 8 Swatches | 1.1k Polys

♡ Dinner Table | 4 Swatches | 310 Polys   

♡ Flower Vase | 8 Swatches | 2.1k Polys

♡ Cup&Coaster | 9 Swatches | 730 Polys

♡ Utensil Holder | 8 Swatches | 906 Polys

♡ Picnic Table | 11 Swatches | 2.5k Polys   

♡ Flower Candle | 8 Swatches | 1.3k Polys

♡ Hot Pot Deco | 8 Swatches | 2k Polys

♡ Food Bowl Deco | 8 Swatches | 2.2k Polys

♡ Coffee Machine | 10 Swatches | 460 Polys    

♡ Food Bowl | 8 Swatches | 2.2k Polys (requires Cats&Dogs EP)

♡ Hot Pot | 8 Swatches | 2k Polys (requires Snowy Escape EP)                    

Additional Info:

BGC (except for the specified items)

Tagged swatches

Custom thumbnails

Custom specular maps

For toaster to be functional & deco versions

First, download the toaster from my post then download ATS4 toaster mod and the recipes you want from here. Put the files in less than TWO folders deep into your Mod Folder!! If you do not install the mod, you can use the toaster as a deco. There are also deco versions available for other two objects which require expansion packs. Thank you so much @aroundthesims​ for the toaster mod and help💛

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Food bowl, flower candle, end table, flower pot were suggested on Pinterest. Thanks to everyone who gave them 🏵

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You can quickly access these items by searching “vanilla” or “aira” in the game. If you run into any issues please let me know. Enjoy!!🌼💜

•˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Download on Patreon(Early Access until November 20th)  

Last year you made a post on buying a new laptop here

https://www.tumblr.com/ms-demeanor/726015098368475136?source=share

I was wondering if anything has changed since then, are there other things I should be looking for in a new laptop? Thank you!!

This information now lives on a page on my website that I update periodically; here's info that's current to November 2024.

Here's a Newegg search with all the search parameters that I would use that has a selection of very decent laptops in a wide range of prices. Also literally right now this week they've got black friday deals going on so there are some VERY good prices there.

If I had to buy a good computer for my teenage nephew that I would expect to last him a few years but that is a low price because he's a kid and kids sometimes destroy shit, this is the one I'd grab for him from that list.

If my work computer exploded today and I had to replace my laptop that I use daily for business and would expect to have a long lifespan with heavy use but gentle handling, this is the one I'd grab from that list.

Those are both good prices for those specific machines.

"Aro/Ace person gets given a love potion" story but instead of them being immune or whatever, it DOES work, and they realize IMMEDIATELY that they've been fed a love potion because this feeling is so wrong and foreign but everyone keeps laughing off the idea of it being a love potion because "they were probably just a late bloomer" or "no, you just finally found the right person!" and it's just a horror story about how no one believes them even though they know, they KNOW this isn't right and they can't stand it.

miranda hair

cant even tell u how long this has been in the wips

bgc

hat compatible

all 24 ea swatches

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nytimes.com

As Insurers Around the U.S. Bleed Cash From Climate Shocks, Homeowners Lose

It’s not just California and Florida now: Insurers are losing money around the country. It means higher rates and, sometimes, cancellation n

Excerpt from this story from the New York Times:

At first glance, Dave Langston’s predicament seems similar to headaches facing homeowners in coastal states vulnerable to catastrophic hurricanes: As disasters have become more frequent and severe, his insurance company has been losing money. Then, it canceled his coverage and left the state.

But Mr. Langston lives in Iowa.

Relatively consistent weather once made Iowa a good bet for insurance companies. But now, as a warming planet makes events like hail and wind storms worse, insurers are fleeing.

Mr. Langston spent months trying to find another company to insure the townhouses, on a quiet cul-de-sac at the edge of Cedar Rapids, that belong to members of his homeowners association. Without coverage, “if we were to have damage that hit all 17 units, we’re looking at bankruptcy for all of us,” he said.

The insurance turmoil caused by climate change — which had been concentrated in Florida, California and Louisiana — is fast becoming a contagion, spreading to states like Iowa, Arkansas, Ohio, Utah and Washington. Even in the Northeast, where homeowners insurance was still generally profitable last year, the trends are worsening.

In 2023, insurers lost money on homeowners coverage in 18 states, more than a third of the country, according to a New York Times analysis of newly available financial data. That’s up from 12 states five years ago, and eight states in 2013. The result is that insurance companies are raising premiums by as much as 50 percent or more, cutting back on coverage or leaving entire states altogether. Nationally, over the last decade, insurers paid out more in claims than they received in premiums, according to the ratings firm Moody’s, and those losses are increasing.

The growing tumult is affecting people whose homes have never been damaged and who have dutifully paid their premiums, year after year. Cancellation notices have left them scrambling to find coverage to protect what is often their single biggest investment. As a last resort, many are ending up in high-risk insurance pools created by states that are backed by the public and offer less coverage than standard policies. By and large, state regulators lack strategies to restore stability to the market.

Insurers are still turning a profit from other lines of business, like commercial and life insurance policies. But many are dropping homeowners coverage because of losses.

Tracking the shifting insurance market is complicated by the fact it is not regulated by the federal government; attempts by the Treasury Department to simply gather data have been rebuffed by some state regulators. 

The turmoil in insurance markets is a flashing red light for an American economy that is built on real property. Without insurance, banks won’t issue a mortgage; without a mortgage, most people can’t buy a home. With fewer buyers, real estate values are likely to decline, along with property tax revenues, leaving communities with less money for schools, police and other basic services.

And without sufficient insurance, people struggle to rebuild after disasters. Last year, storms, wildfires and other disasters pushed 2.5 million American adults out of their homes, according to census data, including at least 830,000 people who were displaced for six months or longer.

Spoons - Part 3

Here it is the third and final part of spoons and the last set of 2021!This past month I have been focusing on creating items that work perfectly in a restaurant setting. Of course I know not everyone wants to build restaurants, so the large majority of the items included would also work perfectly in other community lots or your Sims’ homes too.

Set includes:

Sectional Sofa (30 swatches in woven & leather textures)

Host Station (Requires Dine Out GP)

Corner Booth (Requires Dine Out GP)

Straight Booth (Requires Dine Out GP)

Restaurant Tables (1 tile, 2 tile, 3 tile & 6 seater round)

Bar (4 tiles)

Hanging Strip Light (Tall, Medium & Short)

Modern Wooden Panelling Wallpaper

Modern Art Canvases (3 pieces)

I can confirm that the booths do require Dine Out to be fully functional, but they will place down in your game and snap to tables if you only have base game. Unfortunately the interactions and animations are all tide to the GP, so they will be purely decorative if you don’t have Dine Out installed.

Early Access Available Now On Patreon

Public release: 3rd January