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First, we check on our goals…

Set #16 – Retail Mogul (Get to Work) - Brock Ireland (heir)
Own a Retail Store worth at least 100,000 Simoleons
Have 3 top level employees (1)
Have Spent 15,000 points on Retail Perks (4150)

Set #26 – Comedian - Brynn Myles (spouse)
Get to Level 10 in the Entertainer Career (Comedian)
Master the Charisma Skill (2/10)
Master the Comedy Skill (9/10)
Complete the Joke Star Aspiration
Have 10 Excellent Comedy Routines (9/10)
Have 3 Excellent Long Comedy Routines
Perform a Excellent Comedy Routine at a Gold Level Party 2 Times

Then we get going. This is a short update, because I didn’t take a huge amount of pictures. Only so many pictures I could take of the same old store that we kept grinding away at getting perk points. Poor heir is so neglected in this generation!

The heir (Claire) is currently a Toddler with 3 Days left, and 2 skills maxed. She’s also adorable.

And by the end of the night, Brynn has her last comedy routine done… and is halfway through Comedy level 9.

See? Neglect. Or just a very sleepy toddler. She won’t get to Top Notch, unfortunately.

1. That looks Safe.
2. That’s NOT the kitchen. I could have sworn I put decor on the bathroom counters so they couldn’t be used for that exact reason.

Work work work on comedy. While Brent fiddles around the house. Hard to get any work done on the retail store while there’s a toddler in the house. The game doesn’t take care of them very well for “active” careers.

So we take care of the tyke for a few days, and put the store “on ice”.

Brynn finally finishes her comedy skill..

And with it..

Her aspiration. Lots of things to cross off for her. Now she needs two gold parties.. and Charisma. *shudder*

Time to slurp up a sleep replacer and head to work, Brent.

Yay! Skill-up for Samaria!

And it’s that time!

Claire ages up, and rolls a 41 on her goal set… so, yay, we get to train doggies next Generation!

This house is too dark. And there’s no room in the yard for doggos.. so we’ll probably move for next generation again.

Claire works hard on her homework. In the inbetween times when Brent is actually at home from the store.

Aww.. Brent. Not a good time to pass out!!

Another 1200 perk points spent. I’m beginning to doubt that 15000 is possible. Ok, I’m past beginning to doubt.

Yet another 1400 perk points spent.. Yeah, I may have to change that goal to a more reasonable 10k points spent. Meanwhile, Our Employee, Hollie, ages up to elder upon getting to work.

And that’s the end of the pictures.

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House 010 Chapter 5 < | > House 010 Chapter 7

It’s Friday! Which means it’s Rambler day… First, we need to see where we are on our goals:

House 010 Building Goals:
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons (at about 39k)
*Include a pool and a designated personal workout area
House 010 Generational Goals:
Max Wellness Skill (8/10)
Max Gourmet Cooking Skill (8/10)
Eat "healthy" for the whole generation
Raise the heir to Young Adult age (child now - 6 days to go)

Then, we can get to playing another week.

Cassidy’s fun is low, and the kids are so cute.. I couldn’t help it. We tried for another baby.

And…. back to the Charisma grind. One more point until we hit the top of the skill, and she’ll be due for a promotion. Which will definitely help on the money issue. They always seem to be just scraping by.

The rest of the family.. is taking care of themselves. Just like they’re supposed to.

Success! Baby on the way. Crossing our fingers that it’s not twins.

Keon, dork that he is.. is super excited about a baby.

Wait.. you’re doing something useful? Really?

Cayden escapes!

Whew. He’s back under control.

Helpful ghosts. I like.

And…

… We’re done. Finally. No more talking to herself in the mirror.

Time to get back to the Wellness skill. Since we need it for goals.

… For a moment, I forgot they can levitate, and freaked out.

Keon, take care of the kid you’ve got… and quit staring off into space, eh?

The next day, we start off with a promotion.

… Which finishes our medal collection. Also, first time I’ve maxed that career, so that’s cool.

Then, unexpectedly..

.. We get this while cooking dinner. Nice.

You made.. a bowl. To go with the other one?

Keon, for being so excited, completely naps through the birth of their next kid.

Another son, Trevor. This puts us at four kids, and I think I’m done with kids. I have no place else to put them in this house.

Keon is at like 7 athletic skill now from all his swimming and working out. Fairly impressive for an uncontrollable sim.

I do some house updating. And finally paint the rest of the walls.

We add a sauna and a hot tub, as planned.

And Cassidy immediately finds the new TV.

Dad shows up in a good mood for a while.

Cayden goes to chat with his dad.. while Keon is .. again.. working out.

Ghostly grandpa helping out.

Oh my gosh. I LOVE this kid. That FACE!!! Please grow up well!?

Okay, I can deal with that.

Cute, but not as cute as he was as a toddler. Still say Cassidy and Keon make really cute kids, though.

Happy Birthday, Keon!

… And sorry about your back. Also, Cassidy is in GREAT shape for having had four kids, don’t you think? I swear, I wish I’d looked like that after the ONE I had!

Updating the kid’s rooms.

Toddler room got shrunk. Also: I’m SO very glad Cayden is grown up now.. because him waking up Blaze and Zara EVERY night had gotten beyond old.

It’s summer fest. So I buy them a barbeque. Although I may not let them keep it once we have teens in the house. Dangerous, you know.

Wild!

Another cutie! I just can’t even! And the new hairstyle is so hilarious on a toddler. I forgot they gave it to toddlers, too.

The glasses! Why can’t the youngest be the heir??

Cayden, that’s not how you sleep in a bed. That’s called napping, and is not useful. The constant energized moodlet in this house can be very annoying, I often have to put the kids “to bed” with Cassidy instead of letting them just nap. This is also when I notice the tub is broken, hence Zara in the background being stinky.

… I didn’t buy the hot tub for that, Blaze.

Finally, everyone is going to bed.

The next morning. Interesting place to eat, Trevor.

Keon, please don’t Sauna yourself to death.

Thank goodness, both twins have A’s.. and it’s that time.

Ugh. Really?

Redeeming factor: he’s cute as heck.

Zara’s turn!

Evil?!? What is it with these kids??

Again, she’s very pretty, although I’m not sure about that hairstyle. Zara and Blaze have very similar face shapes. And on that note, the week is over. More pictures than I usually like to put in one post, but it wasn’t quite enough for two. See you Monday! Oh, and the house is at about 47k value. SO CLOSE! Guess I’m going to have to find some art that fits.

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Welcome/Contents/Links | Chapter 2

So it begins. I started this one a while ago, took a few pictures (read: a very few), and started playing. I was on a tear of starting new things, and getting to a point where I was bored of Sims. So.. here’s those pictures, and then some.

Before we start, a couple introductions: (both were created via story, and randomized for looks. Explains the outfits. LOL)

Adelynn Hook

Kory Hook

I buy them what little they can afford, then Adalynn immediately quits her job.. because, per the rules, only one parent can have a job at a time.

And, now that we know the parents.. time to get started on kids… right?

Adalynn is thrilled, Kory.. less so. Starting on the lawn has it’s own challenges, as it seems to be raining constantly.

The first toddler. Not going to be the last.

Kory’s reaction to the second kid.

Two toddlers. And another baby on the way.

Which makes this happen. Poor lil’ Betsy and mom.

I forgot to get her age up picture, apparently.

And we’re back to two toddlers. This is the house at this point. -mostly funded by Adalynn’s garden. This is also where I stopped to take a break from Sims.

When I came back, this is where we started.

Betsy and Mom having dinner.

Owen and Betsy working on skills. I try to push Owen to Top Notch Toddler, but he’s two skills short.

Yeah, because prying the knife out of the cutting board like that looks safe.

Clearly, we ran out of food, because poor Kory is grimacing over Fruit Loops. Probably the generic kind. *wink*

REALLY?!?  The CAT won? … Time to adopt a cat?

Still working on Owen’s skills. While Oliver makes a disaster.

And mom is clearly pregnant again. Note the stellar parenting skills as poor Oliver is now in the corner, alone and filthy.

Owen grows up with a bubbly bar, and missing said skills. At least he got Happy toddler.

And the Lazy trait. Hm. Ok…

Time for the next baby.

Meet a new baby boy: Lucas. (We’re going with the Boolpropboolprop naming scheme.) So that puts us to 3 boys, 1 girl.

Betsy, you’re not supposed to tick off the gnome. Kory then decides to play “kick the gnome” with the rest of them.

He apologizes by taking care of Lucas by himself.

I add onto the house, realizing that they have no living room, and Owen needs a chess table for his aspiration.

Said Chess table in use. Betsy loses. Twice.

It’s that time again.

Baby #5 on the way!… And that’s a good place to pause, I think. On to the next save… and done with this full rotation! Woohoo!

Welcome/Contents/Links | Chapter 2

**ON HIATUS**

I “needed” more medals on the boolprop forums, so I started a Baby Boom Challenge. I didn’t have much in the way of reasoning beyond that, other than that, maybe, I needed a shorter challenge that I could complete. (Shorter – as defined against the other challenges I’m undertaking. LOL.) The title of the challenge comes from 1, the family name of Hook.. and 2, my husband who came up with a nice catchy name. .. When I restarted in Chapter 2, I changed family names and, hence the name of the challenge. I then restarted – yet AGAIN – in Chapter three.. but I think this time will stick. The last restart was so I could take on extra mini challenges, and keep score this time.

The basic premise is to start with a Sim couple, and get them to have a minimum of 24 kids. 12 boys, 12 girls. You’re not done until you have all 12 of each. Anything over that amount doesn’t count – so you can’t do, say 15 boys and 9 girls. At the very least, it’s an interesting challenge. I find it better than 100 baby challenge, for sure, but I had to put some of my challenges on hold for a while. So this is one of them.

Welcome/Contents/Links | Chapter 1.2

Welcome to the challenge! My first decision was which sim to go with, and I ended up choosing my simself. +15 points to start with.

Here’s my traits and aspiration. The next thing: picking a world and building a home. I picked the Sapphire Shores lot in Sulani, partially, because I love the look of this world, and partially because I’d seriously love to live on a beach. Excluding the hurricanes and storms, of course.

Being that the lot itself was 11k, I elect to build a Tiny Home. It’s the mid-size one.. and the only lot trait I have on it is Oceanic Paradise. For now. That may change.

Finally. Time to start skilling. My plan is to send her off to college first, to get the boosts to her job.. and also because I’ve never completed sims 4 uni yet on any character. Since I’m trying to get her into a distinguished degree, I start working immediately on her charisma and research and debate.

The welcome committee shows up, and we decide that we’d better say hello. They could be bringing food, after all. (Spoiler: They brought Kava instead.)

Getting some more charisma points and getting to know the neighbors.

Oh, come on, Wyld. Life isn’t THAT bad, is it??

A huge storm moves in overnight, partially because I started in the “Fall” season.

And.. by morning.. the bed is broken. Lovely.

Since we now have charisma and research and debate at level four, we head to the library to get to level four writing. Then I can apply and should get distinguished without a problem.

The Humor and Hijinks festival interrupts us, and we go there just to get some extra funds. Definitely my favorite festival for getting more money, although since I don’t really want her getting much mischief skill, I go Jokers side, which is less money. We still win, of course, and happily sell all the fireworks and head home.

… To fix the bed.

The next day, we skip the Willow Creek library (the librarian is a girl).. and try Windenburg. Score. This is Aleki, and I think he’s adorable. Definitely possible spouse material. Provided I don’t decide to go for baby occults.

We promptly “steal” his computer, and work on writing and making a friend.

Wait.. we need the Inspired moodlet. Time to get one.

While working on writing, Harvestfest pops up.. and I learn if you start a holiday at a community lot, the gnomes show up where-ever you are. Interesting. Does bunny gnome like salad??

Yes! .. At which point, I discover that you can also SELL the gnomes at community lots. Woot! I’m as happy as Wyld is.

Wyld needs fun. So we invite Aleki over and get to romancing.

Yay for insta-full fun bar.

… And Aleki immediately decides to go for a lengthy ocean swim? OOkay. Fine.

The neighbors show up with food. Works for me. Less Wyld has to cook on her own.

I finally get enough parts and skill to upgrade the bed to be less breakable. Maybe now it won’t kill her….?

Another possible spouse. He turns out to be studying to be a Villain, though, and we decide to pass.

Homework. That’s what our days are FILLED with now. I’m taking a full course load, and aiming for as high of grades as I possibly can.

Presentation. Gotta do it to pass, kiddo.

The bed tries to kill her. I get very worried for a moment, but it lets her back out. She’s just freaked out for a few hours, so once again, we’re sleeping on the lounge chair on the deck. (That’s apparently what I put it there for.)

Winterfest! We get absolutely nothing useful. But at least she’s happy now.

Father Winter shows up. And gives us upgrade parts. Thanks??

Our first Vampire sighting. In another thirty minutes, Vlad shows up as well, which I find hilarious. Two vamps in one night.

I discover that building a sand castle gives a LOT of fun. Which she in in constant need of because of classes.

Term paper. At least you only ever have to do one of those per term.

My first straight A’s!

New Years. We make a resolution to write a book. (Spoiler: we get it done in time, easily.)

The next semester’s homework.

I finally decide that we ought to move in Aleki. So we get hitched.

And with his 20k, we upgrade the house a little bit. She will no longer have to go to the library to work on her writing and do computer work. And there’s enough room for Aleki to get into bed. And a TV. .. And a new rug. I was  busy. The house is still (barely) in the mid size Tiny home realm, too, so we’ll still get those bonuses.

Meanwhile, I decide that’s enough play for one session.

Welcome/Contents/Links | Chapter 1.2

**ON HIATUS**

I couldn’t resist. With what seems like everyone in the boolprop discord server starting Name Games, I broke and started one myself. I chose to start with my Simself, and on an expensive lot.. so we’ll see how this goes. Wish me luck!

What’s a name game, you ask? Well, you start with a founder. Whatever their name is, you have to have that many kiddos. So my founder, Wyld – needs four kids. One each starting with each letter of her name. Multiples only count as one letter. The goal is to get through the whole alphabet with kids with names starting with each letter in the shortest amount of time you possibly can. It’s.. interesting. 

This challenge is currently on hiatus, because my priorities lie in my other challenge attempts for now. It’s also the challenge in which I learned that it is absolutely possible to win the lottery with your sim. How? .. I won it. (LOL) Eventually, I will be picking up this family again.

House 010 Chapter 4 < | > House 010 Chapter 6

First, we need to see what our new goals are:

House 010 Building Goals:
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons (at about 30k)
*Include a pool and a designated personal workout area
House 010 Generational Goals:
Max Wellness Skill
Max Gourmet Cooking Skill
Eat "healthy" for the whole generation
Raise the heir to Young Adult age (child now)

Welcome to part two of that week of Ramblers play. There were too many pictures for one post. So I have an extra post. And it’s Monday, so that means it’s time to post this!

Cassidy seems to be chained to this mirror lately. And Keon found the workout equipment again.

I know you’re dead, Dad, but what’s with the face?? You look miserable!

And we all know what miserable ghosts lead to.

Flying ghosts?!

Good thing he didn’t land on Keon!

Floating shower.. that means I have something else to fix in the morning. Sigh.

Want another spar? I mean, I know I kicked your rear last time, but no hard feelings, right?

Keon looks so proud of himself after breaking the sink trying to do dishes.

He then nonchalantly takes a nap, like nothing happened.

Finally. The whole family sits down to dinner. I love how “eating healthy” has kept this family skinny.

Nope, not try for baby. Cassidy needed fun in a bad way, so we chose the fastest route there.

Flying Baby!

Clingy? .. Great.

He’s adorable, though. Which almost makes up for the trait.

Cassidy’s adult birthday.. while Keon plays with clay, and Cayden pouts.

Another spar. Keon – again – loses.

And then I decide the house needs some updating. With what little funds we have.

Front of house/pool/sunroom

Back of house/deck/second sunroom

House layout

I even painted the outside, and some of the inside until I ran out of funds. I think it looks nice!

Playtime! (Keon, why are you impaling yourself on the dollhouse??)

Squeeee… so cute. Cayden finds the new toy his mom got in the mail.

Blaze takes a big splash into the pool. I love the butterfly effects in the game.

Zara decides to do something useful.

Cassidy .. you shouldn’t look so happy when your son face plants in the other room. I start counting my lucky stars that this isn’t an ISBI.

Spending some time on Cayden’s skills.

And then back to the mirror. And yes, I did rearrange the workout room.

Blaze and Zara chatting. Over a spoiled meal nobody has bothered to clean up.

More chatting. These two are so cute. And I love Zara’s bunny shirt.

Breakfast time. And slowly this house is coming together. There’s now a rug under the table.

Zara finds the pool, too.

And lastly, Cassidy is stuck at the mirror again – and Keon is trying to get better at sparring. Perhaps consistently losing will do that to you. That’s the end of the week, see you Friday!

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Back to Heir Poll #2 | On to 2.8

So the results are in!

Branden got 2 votes on here, 1 vote on boolprop, for a total of 3 votes.

Brittney also got 2 and 1, and tied with Branden.

Becca, on the other hand, got a total of 6 votes, three from both sites. So, Becca wins!

And here’s the info on our winner (again)

.. Which means two things. One, that’s an aspiration I’ve never tried… and Two, There will be another chapter of generation 2 before Becca can take over. Her traits should make for a very interesting play! I really didn’t expect her to win, so this was a complete surprise. She will be getting a bit of a makeover on her birthday, as well.

Back to Heir Poll #2 | On to 2.8

StrangerVille Index |

Starting Family Members:

Founders: Coeus Leto and Bill Wu. Again, these two are both from the “Sul Sul” family from Get to Work. EA’s description of this family: “Download the Sims featured in “Sul Sul”, one of The Sims 4 Get to Work video shorts. #GetToWork #SulSul.”

Coeus Leto

Age: Adult (22 days)
Traits: Geek, Genius, Creative
Aspiration: Nerd Brain
Career: Currently unemployed

Bill Wu

Age: Adult (21 days)
Traits: Geek, Genius, Goofball
Aspiration: Computer Whiz
Career: Currently unemployed

Coeus will be an astronaut, Cole will go into the tech guru career.

StrangerVille Index |

StrangerVille Index |

Starting Family Members:

Founders: Brett Stubbs and Cole Henson. These two are both from the “Sul Sul” family from Get to Work. EA’s description of this family: “Download the Sims featured in “Sul Sul”, one of The Sims 4 Get to Work video shorts. #GetToWork #SulSul.”

Brett Stubbs

Age: Young Adult (23 days)
Traits: Lazy, Outgoing, Materialistic
Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy
Career: Currently unemployed

Cole Henson

Age: Young Adult (21 days)
Traits: Ambitious, Active, Evil
Aspiration: Bodybuilder
Career: Currently unemployed

Brett will be a criminal, Cole will go into athletics.

StrangerVille Index |