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Like I don’t already spend enough time staring at the television screen or PC monitor, I will now be doing it twice as much — I just got the Sims 3 — lock up your Sim daughters as my characters are about to run amok

I am sure I am not unique in that I enjoy creating raucous characters with daft outfits and sending them on missions to break up couples or bring up messed up kids, am I? It’s totally normal, right?

I have only had a very brief go on it so far, mainly to go into buy mode and see what new objects they have. I love that you can buy transport and build garages now and there are also some old favourites that have been updated and returned like the metal swing sets and the pink flamingo that never seemed to serve any actual purpose in the first Sims game either!

I always build my houses a playground outside, with a flamingo, as many swings as I can fit in the space and now I can include a playhouse as that is another new available object. I don’t care if the family has children or is just two old fellas — every house needs a swing!

As a child I always wanted one myself but we didn’t have the room in our pokie old garden, so the swing sets were always my first port of call when we went to the park.

This post just reminded me that I need to get one bought for the new house, we’ve been here for 4 months now so it’s about time. I just had a quick look and SwingSetsDepot.com looks like a good place to get it from — they have a full range swings, sets and accessories and their prices on the full sets start at as little as $210 — I don’t care if my husband is 30 (Happy Birthday darling! ) and I am almost 30, we want swings!!