I'm pleased to dissapoint everyone and state for the record that I am still alive. Despite my doctor's best efforts at convincing me I'm eating myself into an early grave I still cling to this mortal coil and all those other euphanisms for being among the living.

Now then, since that's out of the way I can get on with the real important stuff. I have recently completed constructionThey are all on a veritable neighborhood of homes. They are all in the vein of the Spanish colonial/Hacienda/Villa/Pueblo/Mission/Santa Fe style, or as we call them around here: SouthWestern. Adobe, stucco, shallow roofs, and courtyards with fountains are the defining features of these homes. I am curently in the process of collecting and creating suitable furnishings for the homes which currently range from §30,000 to §200,000, prices which will increase significantly when the furniture and proper gardening is added.

In the meantime I have begun working on a Victorian neighborhood. I've become so frustrated with the other self-proclaimed Victorian homes available that I decided I would try to give it a shot. I'm therefore atempting to make representitive examples of each of the major Victorian-era styles, including Shingle, Eclectic, 2nd Empire, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, and perhaps even the Folk and Italianate styles. The one hallmark shared by all of these styles is a tendency to be prettier than they need to be.

In semi-related news we are building a new layout and working on a massive update of our site. Be sure to check it out soon.