In the interest of not boring everyone out of their minds with my non-stop rambling about The Sims 2, I now have a separate Sims 2 blog on the game's official site. Unfortunately it's not quite so fancy with features like update pings, RSS feeds and e-mail notifications, so if you are interested in continuing to read about my Sim adventures, I'd suggest bookmarking My Sim Page and checking it often.
On another note, the 2004 ornament exchange has been opened up for signups.