New Additions to Gloria's Household

Since I'm not planning to have Gloria get married and have children any time soon - at least not while she's a Young Adult - I'm not concerned about filling up household slots and therefore allowed her to have two more pets.

First I decided to import Aeronwen and Neldor's dog Tinsel (by way of a throwaway household with one sim and the dog) so that Gloria could have a pair of afghan hounds and at some point have afghan puppies. The two dogs got along perfectly and became instant friends.
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Next was the arrival of a kitten. When browsing the pets that were available for adoption I saw one that looks exactly like Serafina, my other real life cat, so I had to adopt her. Sim-Noelle was quite happy to have another kitty to play with and started acting like an affectionate big sister (just like real life Noelle did when we brought real life Serafina home).
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While it's tempting to allow the afghans to have a pup now so that the puppy and kitten could play together, that would mean Gloria would have two pets that can't go up and down the porch steps themselves and need to have a close eye kept on them. So to avoid having too much going on at once, there will be no little afghans until Sim-Sera grows up. I have aging turned on in Gloria's game, which probably isn't a great idea since the cats are based on my real life cats, but I want the game with my human character to be allowed to move through the life cycles.

Went With a Mule

I spent a good bit of time trying to turn a zebra into a donkey, but without a slider to adjust the animal's size it just didn't work, and I knew that a horse sized donkey would bug me, so I went with creating a mule and am pleased with the results.

At the moment I haven't thought of an official name for her, so for now she's just "Jenny Mule". Her primary purpose is to be a barnyard friend and companion for Gloria's horse. However, since I recently allowed Gloria to buy a mule cart and the mule on it is similar in color I can just roleplay in my mind that Jenny pulls the cart when Gloria needs to drive her garden's produce into town.

Jenny's traits are Genius, Brave, and Friendly because mules and the donkeys they are bred from really aren't as stubborn as is commonly believed. They aren't so much as stubborn as they are very smart. Smarter than horses in fact, and tend to be better at sensing danger and will not allow themselves to be prodded into situations where they might be harmed.

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She has just been added to the household so nothing has really happened with her yet, but I'm sure she'll fit right in once she and the other animals have had a chance to get acquainted with each other.