Mina becomes a handful

Round 8: Days 36-40

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Over at the Collins place, Courtney Edwards' criminal apprehension skills are improving. Darcy Thorne got into the apartment but wasn't able to steal anything.

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Drusilla makes a "friend"

Round 7: Days 31-35

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Meanwhile, just across the road, Nelson and Gina's daughter Drusilla has moved into her own apartment. She's actually living downstairs from Steffi and Anton Collins.

She finds money to be much tighter than she expected, so she places an ad for a roommate. She randomly (or, I randomly) picked Floyd Lane. Here's another instance where I'm glad I take notes because I'd completely forgotten this guy's name. Hey and there's Steffi heading off to work in the background.

Drusilla and Floyd become friends very quickly.


Poor old Curtis Marley isn't so lucky. Floyd does this all the time, and they're now enemies. I expect a dust fight any day now.

It doesn't take long for things between Floyd and Drusilla to become romantic.

Coming back from his errands one day (in his PJs), Floyd finds that Curtis has decided to stand up for himself.

And that the landlord isn't too happy about Floyd harassing his tenants.

So once Drusilla asks Floyd to officially move in, they decide to get away from it all with a trip to Cape Elizabeth. Floyd brought $9000 with him, so they could afford it easily by then.






Sunburn aside, they have a great trip and return much more relaxed.

Welcome to the neighbourhood, Wilhelmina!

Round 5: Days 21-25

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Another new resident - Anton and Steffi welcome Wilhelmina Collins! Sorry about walls being down - I try not to show that in photos if I can help it.

This is the beginning of a really strong bond. Petra was (and still is) a fabulous big sister, often getting up in the middle of the night to change or feed little Mina. Mina is temporarily in the study here. When her big sisters went off to college, she got their room.

Mina grew into a beautiful little girl. She seems to look much more like Anton than Steffi, but some more Steffi-like features might become apparent as she gets older. Even now, as I'm looking at her, I'm wondering if that's not Steffi's nose that she has. And she definitely has Steffi's wide-set eyes.

Meet the Gottliebs

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The Gottliebs. Nathalie on the left and Petra on the right. Huggle! Yeah, again.

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Steffi Collins

Name: Stephanie Wilhelmina "Steffi" Collins (née Gottlieb)
Life Stage: Elder (died of natural causes)
Personality: 6-3-6-4-6
Romantic History: None
Partner: Anton Collins
Children: Nathalie Draper, Petra Gottlieb, Mina Lachance
Education: High school graduate
Job: Coffee Shop Sound Engineer (Music)
Previous Employment: Captain Hero (Law Enforcement)
Businesses Owned: None
Aspiration: Popularity/Family
Lifetime want: Become Captain Hero (achieved)
Hobby: Film & Literature

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