I, too, am really enjoying your posts. They make me want to run straight home (at work atm D:) and play my own game. :)

I completely understand about the uberhood being too overwhelming and wanting to work on something smaller. I was playing this Strangetown/Pleasantview merge for a while too, but I recently switched to a new version of Belladonna Cove (I have some serious Sims ADHD).

I know what you mean about not being sure what to do with Nervous and Olive. They make better story characters than playable characters, I think. I do enjoy having Olive do some killin', though.