The Vine Legacy

Well, I lied.

I’m not going to finish the Vine legacy.  I’ll be honest–part of it is lack of interest, but a large part of it is that the file is so very buggy.  It crashes more often than not, and I simply don’t have the patience to do the one step forward, two steps back sort of thing.  It makes playing a nightmare, and something I dread, which is no way to play.  I play TS3 for fun, and a file that crashes over and over isn’t fun (particularly when you need to document the progress).

I may try to make another legacy sometime, I just don’t know.  I may try some challenges instead…something shorter.  In any case, thanks to everyone who read and gave me so much encouragement and support.  I’ll never forget that–it gave me the confidence to start my story blog, and writing for that makes me so happy!  I’ll leave this page up because it still contains links to so many great writers–please, if you come across this, don’t go away before trying some of them out.  Seriously.

Vicky was extremely happy that she’d been given a promotion to Investigative Reporter. She was immediately given an assignment to interview Jean Shelley. It turned out that Jean was a distant relative of Tawana’s, so it was easy to start up a conversation. Read the rest of this entry »

Vicky Vine stared at herself in the mirror and chuckled before she began rehearsing a speech. Her boss suggested that she get used to speaking eloquently and calmly in front of groups, if her aspiration was to become a star news anchor. There had been a lot of changes in the Vine household of late…. Read the rest of this entry »

Authorial interjection: Sorry I haven’t been updating the legacy story as regularly, but it has been a bit hectic lately. The Vines are still going strong–I am not quitting this legacy. I’m just taking a bit longer to get through it for a few reasons: 1) the legacy file crashes often, and I get frustrated because it sets back my progress quite a bit–one step forward then two steps back almost every time; 2) I am working and taking two graduate courses at the same time, so a lot of my weekend time has to be devoted to reading, and 3) I have a non-legacy story that I’m working on and it gets more readers than my legacy–I feel more obligated to dedicate my time to those updates. Anyway, just know that even though it will be at a turtle’s pace, I will finish this legacy! I will! I love my Vines.  Now, on to their story. Read the rest of this entry »

After Trudy and Erich moved out, the remaining Vines settled into routines at the Vine family estate:

Kevin fed the family clownfish, Nemo…. Read the rest of this entry »

The time came for Beulah’s birthday, and the Vines gathered around to usher her into toddlerhood. Read the rest of this entry »

When Vicky realized she was pregnant, she was thrilled!

Well…she was thrilled by the time the baby came, anyway.  She wanted to be a star news anchor someday, but those plans were put on hold for a while. Read the rest of this entry »

One Saturday, Kevin suggested that he and Xavier go to one of the local parks to play some catch. Xavier agreed eagerly, and they played for an hour or so. Read the rest of this entry »

While Rebecca was adjusting to her new status as a young adult, Xavier aged into a teenager in the middle of enjoying some ice cream.  His face was troubled for a reason—it seems that he was fated to struggle as Trudy’s Uncle Silas had—the compulsive urge to steal began to manifest itself in his teen years. Read the rest of this entry »

Xavier Vine loved routine and order.  Perhaps that is why he took over the feeding of the family minnow, Barnaby—he seemed to be the only one to remember to feed him every day, like clockwork. Read the rest of this entry »