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Checking the goals:

House 008 Building Goals:
Have a 5 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom (minimum) house worth at least 50k
House 008 Generational Goals:
Complete the Writer (Author) career with adoptions at
the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd promotions (first two done)
Have a Young Adult heir (after adoptions)
Each of the three adoptees and the biological heirs are controllable
and responsible for completing one of the child aspirations:
Social Butterfly -
Rambunctious Scamp -
Whiz Kid -
Artistic Prodigy -

The first thing I notice… is that I forgot to roll for lot traits. so here goes nothing. After a couple flubs of getting traits that aren’t possible on a residential lot, I roll Filthy, Haunted, and Training Spot. Oh boy. Since I don’t plan on getting a pet… that last one is pretty much useless. But anyway. On with the fun. Since it’s been so long…. Where were we? (Oh and the featured image is a common image for me to see for this post… poor Damien works himself to the bone with all the writing and kids…)

Oh yeah. Toddlers galore. Carry on.

Potty training. So exciting!

Chantal is such a cutie. Despite being clingy.

Reese, on the other hand, is so easy to care for. And Kayla continues to be a great mother. (Remember I said this later…)

She even cleans the house on her own!

Such a struggle to keep the fun need up with all the book writing and toddler care. Poor Damien is really having trouble.

More potty training. Sigh.

Chantal continues to enchant me, however. Love her hair-do.

Then.. I take what little money I’ve been able to save.. and decide to do something about their house. It’s been annoying me.. so I look up some house plans.. and start with at least building the first floor.

Here’s the first floor roofing, and the beginning of the second floor. (I ran out of funds.)

I like it so far. It gets even better later.

Kayla lost her fame status… and Damien takes over as the household celebrity. On another note, he finally got around to publishing all the books in his inventory because we finally got that last “Good” book written and moved on to the next aspiration milestone.

Welcome baby Karen! Yep, that’s the third promotion.. and we had JUST enough money for the required adoption. Poor Kayla’s needs seem to be tanking, though, with autonomous work and all these kids. I think she’s just getting overwhelmed. Which is going to get worse before it gets better. Poor girl!

Our first haunted lot guest. They seem to be interested only in cleaning the place up, though, and I don’t have much of an issue with them breaking stuff…

Sisters! They love playing together. Shortly after this picture.. it suddenly occurs to me that I can control the kids in this house. *face palm* That makes things SO much easier.

Karen grows into a toddler after a tough couple of days.. and she gets the “wild” trait. Goodie.

Happy Birthday, Chantal!!

This is what she rolled/grew up with. Not too bad.

And apparently, that “party” raised Damien’s reputation..? Oh well. Works for me.

Ghostly potty emptying. Okay then.

Chantal didn’t grow up as cute as I hoped. 🙁 But that’s ok. I have another three kids to pick a favorite… lol.

And Karen’s “Wild” trait comes out. After a nightmare… she wakes up dad, then decides to go running outside stark naked into the snow.

… This is the mayhem she left behind her. Dad about to pass out. Again. And filthy. He barely has time to take care of the kids, nevermind himself!

Oh, Karen. And here I thought I was doing good without toddlers playing in the potty.

.. Not sure what Reese is frowning about.. but Karen seems to be listening happily.

Such a cute pair. Off – screen is Kayla and Chantal working on Chantal’s necessary chess games. I bought the cheapest chess set, simply because funds is still a struggle.

Yep! Three tries later, the heir is FINALLY on his/her way. Maybe it’ll even be a boy. Too much estrogen in this house.

Happy Birthday, Reese! And check out those eyes. Gorgeous!

I took out Whiz kid as an option, and this is what she rolled. Not too bad!

She even looks a little bookworm-ish.

More house pics. I finally “finished” the upstairs. Took quite a bit of funds til I was finally happy with the way it turned out.

The rooflines… back…

… and front.

Starting to look like a real house!

Reese managed to meet all her people for the first part of her milestone.. and is now working on BFF with her sister, Chantal. Have I mentioned that I hate this aspiration??

Success!

More ghostly cleaning… and apparently Damien was in such a hurry to publish he ended up eating outside, at the mailbox.. in the rain.

However, he’s now a two star celebrity.. with me doing less than nothing. At some point, he also got a quirk for liking good food. Which is interesting since he’s a vegetarian. (Which complicates things. Good thing Kayla is so overwhelmed she just works, sleeps, chases Karen around, and never has time to cook…)

And… last house pictures for the post. Don’t have the wall papering on… but I’m very pleased with how it’s turning out. It’s worth around 36k now with bare minimum furnishing, too. I used Strangerville windows, and I think they turned out very nicely. Looks nothing like the example floor plan house I used.. but I like this better.

And…. the part I’ve been waiting for to close the post out…

Baby time!

Everyone else is completely unconcerned.. or busy with their own projects, that is. Who knows where Karen is..??

Another girl?? Well, okay. Damien.. you’re on your own! Because I am SO not having more kids. Four is plenty, thanks.

Anyway.. see you next post. Two more kids to grow up.. and lots of playtime before I can count this house a win, but I think I’m doing okay. Damien is at level 7 in his career, working on his “bestsellers” final milestone, and getting close to writing level 8 (and his next promotion). Money is finally “flowing” in, and summer is in full swing in the game. So.. it’s a good place to pause.

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