I only Sim-games I have are The Sims (w/o expos), and SimCity 3000 lying around.
I never got far in either game since doing chores and scheduling the day just perfectly for my Sims got too tedious and I couldn't get my water pipes to work right in SimCity 3000, and everytime I figured out how to work it, I'd leave the game for a week and forget again.
I'm gotta dig those up and replay them, once I free up some space on my HD.