You say it's your birthday, November 2045

Round 37: November 2045 (Spring)

8 months in and Caroline Novak is finally growing some hair. Thick blonde hair, which hasn’t been seen in the family since Malcolm’s great-grandmother. 

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Lot tour: Malcolm and Hope's new house

Okay, so here is the promised lot tour! I meant to have it up yesterday but got caught up with a few other things before I could get it ready. The house is this one from Mod the Sims. 

I didn't change much at all about the exterior - the windows and doors were it, I think. 

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You say it's your birthday, November 2044

Round 36: November 2044 (Spring)

Hope is 24 weeks into her pregnancy and is still feeling physically well. On top of that, she feels like she’s in a better place mentally too.

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Purple parallelogram

Round 36: May 2043 (Autumn)

last update/next update

Novak 2 household profile

Augustin Novak is 88, Naomi is 68 and Owen is 66. 

Narrated by Naomi Novak

It’s been over a year since we reopened Vestiti at our new location and I couldn’t be happier with our progress.

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The Hamilton-Novak wedding

Round 35: January 2042 (Summer)

Amar Hamilton is 41 and Adrienne Novak is 35. 

During the wedding planning process, a couple of people suggested that it might have been better to wait until after the baby was born to get married. Amar was happy to push ahead or wait, so I decided to push ahead.

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Underneath the sky

Round 35: January 2042 (Summer)

last update/next update

Novak 2 household profile

Augustin Novak is 87, Naomi is 67 and Owen is 65. 
(Amar is 41, Matilda is 36, Adrienne is 35 Malcolm is 32, Hope is 31 and Beau is 4)

Narrated by Naomi Novak

This has been a hard couple of years for our family. We lost Mum two years ago, which was hard on us all.

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Sea ghost

Round 35: April 2041 (Autumn)

last update/next update

Novak 5 household profile

Malcolm Novak is 31 and Hope is 30.

(Augustin is 86, Emil is 69, Naomi is 66, Owen is 64, Anna is 63, Cara is 52, Rebecca is 32, Nathan is 31, Julia is 30 and Jack is 29)

Narrated by Malcolm Novak

Hope is turning 30 this month, so we decided to have a few people over to celebrate. She’s absolutely exhausted lately but she insisted she wanted to do something for her big 3-0, so we invited a small group of friends over, along with Hope’s brother Nathan and his wife Rebecca.

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Day in, day out

Round 34: September 2040 (Spring)

last update/next update

Augustin and Hanna Novak are 85, Naomi is 65 and Owen is 63. 

(James is 65, Eliot is 54, Amar is 39, Adrienne is 33, Malcolm is 30, Hope is 29 and Beau is 2)

Narrated by Naomi Novak

We woke up one morning last week to discover Mum had passed away in her sleep. 

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Carry that weight

Round 34: June 2040 (Winter)

 last update/next update

Emil Collins is 68 and Anna is 62. 

(Naomi is 65, Owen is 63, Rebecca is 31, Susannah, Nathan and Malcolm are 30 and Julia and Hope are 29)

Narrated by Emil Collins

Anna has mostly stopped sniping at me about my drink driving conviction, though she starts it up again every time she has to drive me somewhere. 

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You can count on me

Round 33: June 2037 (Winter)

last update/next update

Augustin and Hanna Novak are 82, Naomi is 62 and Owen is 60.

(Eliot is 51, Maia is 35, Ethan and Matilda are 31, Adrienne is 30, Malcolm is 27, Hope is 26, Tim is 17, Matthew and Simon are 12, Willow is 2 and River is 4 weeks old)

Narrated by Hanna Novak

I’ve been retired for years now and I appreciate it more and more all the time.

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Protection

Round 33: March 2037 (Autumn)

Malcolm's last update/Hope's last update/next update

Malcolm Novak is 27 and Hope Collins is 26.
(Augustin and Hanna are both 82, Naomi is 62, Owen is 60, Adrienne is 30 and Julia Gray is 26)

Narrated by Malcolm Novak

After 10 years together (or 8 years, really, with a two year break in the middle), Hope and I are now living together.

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You say it's your birthday, January 2037

January 2037 (Summer)

Now that she’s in her second trimester, Matilda’s morning sickness has passed and she was hoping to see out the rest of her pregnancy by not doing much of anything at all.

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Atomic

Round 32: January 2035 (Summer)

last update/next update

Augustin and Hanna Novak are both 80, Naomi is 60 and Owen is 58.
(Kirstin is 51, Adrienne is 28 and Malcolm is 25)

Narrated by Owen Novak

Naomi has been running Vestiti for 13 years now and I can probably count the number of times I've been in there on one hand.

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Sweet metallic

Round 31: October 2033 (Spring)

last update/next update

Augustin and Hanna Novak are both 78, Naomi is 58 and Owen is 56.
(Kimberly is 62, Matilda is 27, Adrienne is 26, Malcolm is 23 and Hope is 22)

Narrated by Naomi Novak

I'll be turning 60 in a little over a year and I'm surprised by how disturbed I am by it. Every time I pass a mirror, I have to pause and see if any new wrinkles have appeared in the last ten minutes.

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Crosshairs

Round 30: July 2031 (Winter)

last update/next update

Augustin and Hanna Novak are both 76, Naomi is 56 and Owen is 54.
(Amar is 30, Adrienne is 24 and Malcolm is 21)

Narrated by Owen Novak

It's been over six months since Naomi and I spotted Adrienne with Amar. We've been waiting to meet this guy ever since.

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Under the hedge

Round 29: November 2030 (Spring)

last update/next update

Augustin and Hanna Novak are both 75, Naomi is 55 and Owen is 53.
(Eliot is 44, Amar is 29, Adrienne is 23, Malcolm is 20, Hope is 19, Charlotte is 1)

Narrated by Naomi Novak

Mum finally retired recently and we were all glad she was finally going to take it easy.

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Slaveship

Round 28: Winter 2028

last update/next update

Augustin and Hanna Novak are both 73, Naomi is 53 and Owen is 51.
(Adrienne is 21 and Malcolm is 18)

Narrated by Naomi Novak

It's so quiet without Adrienne and Malcolm around. No stomping through the house every afternoon after school, no constant stream of teenage visitors coming in and out the door, no whining about homework, or dinner, or anything else.

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Give it a day

Round 27: Summer 2026

last update/Malcolm's next update/next update

Augustin and Hanna Novak are both 71, Naomi is 51, Owen is 49 and Malcolm is 16.

(Zelda is 51, Adrienne is 19 and Sylvia is 4 weeks old)

Narrated by Naomi Novak

We had to move quite suddenly at the beginning of this summer, due to an electrical fire in our home. Thankfully, it happened while we were all out so no one was hurt.

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Disarm

Round 26: Spring 2024

last update/Adrienne's next update/next update

Augustin and Hanna Novak are both 69, Naomi is 49, Owen is 47, Adrienne is 17 and Malcolm is 14.
(Matilda is 18, Susannah is 14)

Narrated by Adrienne Novak

As well as babysitting, I've been working with Mum at her boutique. She was running it by herself for a while but she says she can't run the store and man the cash register at the same time.

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In limbo

Round 26: Spring 2023

last update/next update

Julian Sitko is 73, David is 41, Kirstin is 39, Camilla and Lila are both 10 and Adelaide is 5.

Narrated by David Sitko

Since Collette's death, I think everyone in our household is coping as well as can be expected. Dinner was very quiet the first couple of nights but I just wanted to make sure everyone ate something. Kirstin and Julian didn't have much of an appetite.

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