About

Pine Hollow began in February 2008 as a Sims 2 neighborhood and blog. It started with four original families–the Gates, the Smiths, the Craigs, and the Lloyds. Over the years, the families have expanded and are now in their fourth generation. They now include the surnames of Sutton, Tang, Gates-Watson, Chase, Norman, Austin, and Carter. In April 2011, the hood migrated to Sims 3 with the same families due to computer issues and has now migrated to Sims 4.

The neighborhood is played in “rounds,” meaning that I play each individual household in a pre-determined order (although the order changes each round) and the round is over when I’ve played all households once. Each round lasts one year and there are at least three updates for each month. There are sometimes mini-updates that aren’t pre-scheduled but will appear as needed–for example, if a couple gets engaged early in the round, I may add their wedding as a mini-update later on in the same round.

The early entries in this blog are a bit different from the later ones. When I first started, I didn’t play in a two year format and I didn’t focus on stories as much. The storylines developed over time as the characters grew.

Where should you start reading? This is the very first household update on my old blog, so you can start there and then just work your way through chronologically. If you want to only read about a certain family, use the Categories on the right sidebar to select the family you want.

A warning about content: This is a blog about the lives of a bunch of different characters and there are many different lifestyle situations that take place. Some Sims drink alcohol or do drugs, one Sim has been in rehab, my Sims all have sex at some point (they do have to continue the family lines, lol!), some have affairs, not all of my Sims are heterosexual, children are born out of wedlock in some families, and sometimes people die unexpectedly. I try not to be too graphic or detailed in most situations, but be aware that these topics do come up throughout the blog if you think you may have any issues with any of this. Also, be aware that I don’t recommend this blog for anyone under age 15.

You can get to know my Sims through the family bios or the family trees, but these both contain spoilers as to who ends up with who and who dies unexpectedly if you haven’t read the older posts yet.