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Current Points: 105
-25 Passing out
-10 Fire!
-5 Wetting self
+25 Aspiration milestones completed
+20 Births
+30 Grades
+30 NTH sims reaching the top of a career (Teen and YA/A/E)
+20 Positive Traits Earned by NTHs
+10 Randomizing every trait and aspiration for an entire generation
+10 Not using spares' Satisfaction Reward points for an entire generation

Welcome back! I’ll preface this chapter by saying that I thought I took more pictures than this. I swore I took a million pictures, but apparently I was so overwhelmed that I didn’t. You’ll see why in a minute. LOL.

We start the pictures with another house call. This guy’s gloves cracked me up.

The dreaded treadmill test.. again.

Surgery. With a sandwich? Really, Alan? That doesn’t seem very professional…

Checking the baby’s gender. Alan says it’s a girl. Which makes me all kinds of happy… for a little while.

Another shot of a very unhappy alien. Provided it’s a girl, you don’t need to have any more, so don’t feel too bad, Ashley!

Sigh. It’s a girl all right. Two of them. YIKES! And we still have a toddler in the house! I foresee a lot of fails…. Oh yeah, and their names are Brittney and Becca. I almost forgot. I had a terrible time picking a girl’s “B” name, and then the second one popped up. I was not particularly happy then.. LOL.

Ashley’s such a good mommy.

Teaching Branden some skills so maybe he’ll be easier to take care of.

Oh, yeah, NOW you’re happy. Throwing a big monkey wrench into this sim-week, huh? Just eat your breakfast.

She cleans the sink for me so I’m not mad at her anymore. Hard to be mad at a sim who autonomously cleans.

Fixing the radio. Please don’t get shocked. We really need you around, Alan!

Another house call at work.

Another surgery. This time he leaves the grilled cheese at home.

A moodlet solver. He definitely needed one!

Ashley just watching the bath. You could help out, you know. Now that there’s THREE kids!

The last shot of the high chair. They just get in the way with routing fails. I got rid of them for the twins’ birthday.

Thanks, Dominic. I needed one more thing to do.

Stinky toddler chillin’ in the kitchen.

… And this would be why Branden is stinky.

“Mommy? What’cha doin’?”

Maeve, checking up on her grandkids.

Birthdays! I figure now is a good time to officially introduce them…

I almost changed her hairstyle, because it’s the same one Branden has, but I figure I can tell them apart via the dress instead.

I managed to get a picture of her with her eyes closed. And Angelic?! Whew. That’s a big help!

I re-did Alan and Andrew’s teen room for the girls.

Becca immediately finds the dollhouse.

Becca getting potty trained…

While the other two are actually behaving.

…Well, they WERE. Apparently Branden and Brittney don’t get along. This is the aftermath of one of them pushing the other one. Not sure who started it.

So Branden wanders off to take care of himself.

.. Literally. Good thing he’s potty trained!

This is the only Harvestfest shot I got. A lonely gnome and his seed packet.

Toddler meltdown. Branden gets tired of being by himself.

… It’s like herding cats. What a mess.

Everyone eating. I just stuck a plate for them on the floor in the upstairs hallway and presto! Toddler meal-time.

Not sure how I got everyone asleep at once. But this is when heaven is in an ISBI.

Pardon the select box around the potty. I was so surprised she was helping out that I forgot to move my mouse.

Brittney getting into trouble while Dad is otherwise occupied. Of course.

Another argument. Still don’t know who’s starting them.

Dance party! (With no music??)

Brittney behaving for a change, and being cute with Calico.

Still very much toddler mayhem.

But they’re so cute! Just look at Brittney!

Turns out Becca and Branden get along just fine.

A thirty second coffee break.

.. We’re being invaded! (in other words.. the coffee break is officially OVER!)

The girls run out to meet Mommy coming home from work.

Stinky alien. Don’t make that pouty face at me. You can take care of yourself!

Maeve and Alan hugging.. while the kids follow pretty much wherever he goes.

A stinky Alan making dinner. On a dirty counter. This house is falling apart! LOL.

A sleep replacer… because he desperately needed one.

Branden and Brittney eyeing each other.

Birthday time!

Ohh… boy. A hot head. Just what we need. There goes the dollhouse. LOL.

Branden as a child.

First things first. Homework.

Poor Alan looks like he’s so over this parenting thing.

… And this is the proof that I made it through the week. And nobody failed! I have NO idea how I managed that!

Added points for twins +10.

Current Points: 115
-25 Passing out
-10 Fire!
-5 Wetting self
+25 Aspiration milestones completed
+30 Births
+30 Grades
+30 NTH sims reaching the top of a career (Teen and YA/A/E)
+20 Positive Traits Earned by NTHs
+10 Randomizing every trait and aspiration for an entire generation
+10 Not using spares' Satisfaction Reward points for an entire generation

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House 009 Chapter 2 < | > House 009 Chapter 4

Checking on our goals:

House 009 Building Goals:
Build a disguised underground lair with no ground floor walls
House 009 Generational Goals:
Level 10 Diamond Agent branch of the Secret Agent career on The Drifter
Level 11 of the Villain branch of the Secret Agent Career on The Secondary Sim
At Level 4 Field Agent, add a Gym to Burners and Builders in Oasis Springs
Raise the heir to Young Adult age (must take Vegetarian trait)

Welcome back!

This photo is brought to you by: We need a dining room table. LOL.

Such a cute puppy!

Yep, this is drifting. And I’m not rolling in money yet, so we’re still sending them out on daily rounds.

Get that tail!

Karen stops by.. so we invite her in.

Karson meets another sister.. they seem to be getting along well.

What is this? Sister day? *shrug* It’s not like either of them have work.

More puppy pictures.. because Jack is so darn cute I can’t resist them.

I mean, seriously, look at that face!

Next day is another day off, and Karson needs to work out at a gym.. so off to the new gym they go.

A nice relaxing swim after a workout.

Look who’s all grown up!!

Guard-dog duty, apparently.

Aww. Playing with Karson. Autonomously.

When a Simstagram photo glitches, but is still so cute you have to keep it..

More jogging.

Bunker upgrade. It’s not at a state we can call it a home yet, but that’s ok. It’ll get there.

Look who’s back…

I missed the photo, but Jack got in a fight with him, too. Apparently Jack is really good at his job.

… Most of the time.

Hey. Guys, I bought you a table. What are you doing?!

Caught in the act! I wondered who had been knocking the trash over…

More gardening. Every day. But for some reason, the plants just seem to never get better quality. I’m not sure why.

Bessie’s all grown up!

Skilling for work.

More work skills.

Playtime with mom. Relaxing for both pupper and sim.

Uncle Kane died, so she’s sad for a day. Fun. I hate that.

Jack’s first bath. Spoiler: not going to be his last.

Reese invites us out to a party, and for once, I say yes.

The sibling secret handshake cracks me up. Karson looks a bit worried, though. Can’t say as I blame him!

Dance-off! I can assure you, neither Karson nor Eva will win this contest, since neither had dancing skill prior to this party.

Break time. Shortly after this, the party ends and we head home.

… I’m sure a bad cow plant parent. I swear, they always die.

The smallest room in the house, and everyone has to crowd into it.

Another upgrade. We give up on the table for now, since nobody seems to want it. Perhaps they’ll use the bar, instead.

Holiday with the drinking tradition. I think it’s Summerfest? We completely “flubbed” Children’s Day earlier in the week.. but without any kids, it seemed funny to celebrate. Jack is learning to sit in the background of this shot.

Watching sports. On another note. I’ve recently found out I’m probably one of the only simmers that thinks the My First Pet Stuff is their favorite stuff pack.. but I adore this fishy table. .. And the rest of the pack.

Yay! A place to sit! And they’re using it!

Someone else likes the new couch, it seems.

Karson’s Adult birthday. That means Eva’s is right around the corner.. and with Fall starting tomorrow…. I hope it’s a good time for a baby. I hope this isn’t either going to be too early or too late.. but next update we’ll definitely see the heir arrive.

For now, however, it’s lights out on another Rambler update. A boring one, but an update none-the-less.

House 009 Chapter 2 < | > House 009 Chapter 4

Back to Chapter 1.4 | On to Chapter 1.6

Welcome back! Our featured image is known as “can you spot the toddler?”.. LOL

… Our goal list…

Set #1 - Author - Brayden
Get to Level 10 in the Writer career (Author)
Master the Writing Skill
Complete the Bestselling Author Aspiration
Write at least 2 Excellent Books in Every Genre
Write 5 Books of Life and Bind Them to Sims

Set #19 - Art Critic - Heidi
Get to level 10 of the Critic career (Art Critic) (level 9)
Complete and Display the Snow Globes and City Posters Collections
Perform as a statue for at least two hours
Complete the City Native aspiration
Win a Karaoke Contest
Have level 10 Singing skill
Travel to all festivals at least once

Well, here we are again. Very little to do left on goals.. so last time I got Heidi preggo again. I think the only things I have left are a tiny bit on Heidi’s job until her promotion, Three aspirations to finish for Ashlie, and one scouting badge for Aiden. The young scientist one.. and he only needs two programming sessions for that one. So that shouldn’t take long at all.

Aiden getting that programming done .. then he hacked some funds. Not that we need them.

Checking for his last badge..

And promotion!

While he’s just walking around the house, I decided I’d see if he’d finished the fortune aspiration.

Instant aspiration.

TV watching. for lack of better things to do.

Heidi, you’re huge. Please don’t have twins.

The moment of suspense….

Welcome Angelina!

Working off those baby pounds.

Brayden finds the clay again.

Aiden has an enraged moodlet after school, so he calms down some…

.. then goes to run on the treadmill to “redirect” his anger.

.. But that doesn’t go too well for him.

Ashlie working on creativity…

.. and that’s aspiration #2 for her. Two more to go.

Skilling is pre-empted by the first snow of the year.

Fastest way I know of to get her grade up to an “A”. And oh, yeah.. it’s Winterfest.. so she has plenty of time to work on it.

Aiden looks like he did something naughty to the tree. Just out of principle.. I decide not to light it. Just in case.

Ashlie showing off her project.

Poor guys. It’s Winterfest, and EVERYONE is sick. Luckily there’s medicine for that.

Finishing decorating the tree.. while Heidi finds the clay.

Heidi is proud of Aiden’s “Good” robot. Aiden, on the other hand, doesn’t look impressed.

Presents! Nobody got anything particularly interesting. But then, when they have over 200k, even expensive presents aren’t that interesting.

I do remember that Ashlie got a new scientist table… which we didn’t need.

There she is.. working on aspiration #3.

And complete!

Yay! One more to go. And two days in which to do it. Just to be safe, I have her call into school for a vacation day.

Brayden is keeping his fame up by writing a book a day.

And then Heidi surprises me with a new achievement….

I had no idea she was that close to 10.

Silly. Ok, I can live with that.

Haha.. too cool for school. Love the shades, there, Angelina.

Variation on potty training. Both parents helping out.

Gotta get those monkey bar crossings.

What’s Heidi so happy about?

.. Her last goal, complete. Woohoo!

Aiden is working on his fitness. Although he doesn’t seem to be getting fit.

… Or better at dealing with the treadmill. I love the look on Heidi’s face.

Playing Keyboard Commander…

And that’s the last aspiration! Yay! … Which means I officially have nothing to do until Aiden ages up. Except sim-watch.

The whole family in one picture. It probably won’t happen again.

She got that aspiration just in time. Literally, it was in the middle of the night before her birthday.

This is because I forgot to take a screenshot of her aging up window. Vegetarian, huh? Just have to make things difficult, eh, Ashlie?

She’s gorgeous, though. As I’ve said before, Heidi and Brayden make very pretty kids.

Working on her acting skill for Drama club.

Happy New Year! Heidi, apparently had to bail to go pee. Poor girl.

Awww. And I’m going to stop this here. Have one more week of play before the next generation, but it’s probably going to be pretty boring, since I have all my goals finished. But then.. sims can and will surprise you, so who knows.

See you in the next post!

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Back to 2.1 < | > On to 2.3

Current Points: 110
-20 Passing out
-10 Fire!
-5 Wetting self
+25 Aspiration milestones completed
+20 Births
+30 Grades
+30 NTH sims reaching the top of a career (Teen and YA/A/E)
+20 Positive Traits Earned by NTHs
+10 Randomizing every trait and aspiration for an entire generation
+10 Not using spares' Satisfaction Reward points for an entire generation

We’re back! I have been so bust with my drifters I completely forgot that I 1, had an alien in the house, and 2, had a baby that was going to be a toddler soon. … And then there’s the little fact that I promised my MacRae’s there would always be a girl and a boy for each generation, so we need to make more babies. Well, on to the game play.

Mom Ashley with Branden. A very stinky mom, that is. Take care of yourself, girl!

Grim is still here, and.. appropriately, listening to the dead sim playing guitar.

“Dad, why must you follow me around the house?”

Work. I’m still not sure what to think about the doctor career. I don’t particularly like having to look up the diseases to get them right.

Alan’s first surgery attempt – he’s still only an R.N. so I’m not sure why they’d allow him into the tools. My diagnoses was wrong, though, so the surgery failed.

Work is never over, even when he’s home.

Ashley! I thought I said to take care of yourself. And there went my points. -5

There. Much better. Sleeping in the bed is so much more comfortable, right?

Gratuitous picture of Branden being exiled to the hallway. Not because of the next picture, but because he’s so fussy he won’t let his mommy sleep! I put some thought into converting Maeve’s old single bedroom to a nursery.. but I didn’t do it this update. Maybe next one.

Woohoo?

Nope. Try for Baby. Congrats, Ashley. Poor thing. Just what she needed.

Branden grows up into an utterly adorable toddler. Then again, what toddler in sims isn’t adorable.

He rolled Angelic. Which might help poor Ashley out. Or not. We’ll see.

Obligatory Potty Training shot.

Branden, you’re not supposed to eat the blocks…

Alan makes dinner for everyone and puts it in the fridge.

… And a few minutes later, Ashley risks her life just to cook the SAME THING he made. #SimsLogic

Apparently Potty training is interesting?

Either that or she was just waiting her turn with the toddler.

He’s back! Again.

I’m not sure whether to be mad at him, or happy. He broke the sink, then proceeds to clean the filthy bathtub.

Then he goes to watch over his sleeping grandson.

Cured!

I make Alan take a sleep replacer, because he wasn’t going to make it through the day.

And.. drumroll.. he’s officially a doctor now!

Yup.. there’s the high chair. And they’re actually eating together. Amazing.

Poor Ashley is just exhausted ALL the time. I feel kinda bad for getting her pregnant again, and kinda hope the next one’s a girl so I don’t have to do it again.

Playtime!

Finally, we see Maeve again.

Nightmare. Poor Ashley is up half the night again.

This time, she’s watching human weather TV. She seems fascinated with Earth weather. Then again, being from Sixam, you would think she would be.

And.. on that note.. the week is over. Not that anyone is actually sleeping at my usual quit for the week time. You know, thanks to that nightmare Branden had… Oh well. See you next time! Oh yeah, and here’s counting my lost 5 points. Thanks, Ashley.

Current Points: 105
-25 Passing out
-10 Fire!
-5 Wetting self
+25 Aspiration milestones completed
+20 Births
+30 Grades
+30 NTH sims reaching the top of a career (Teen and YA/A/E)
+20 Positive Traits Earned by NTHs
+10 Randomizing every trait and aspiration for an entire generation
+10 Not using spares' Satisfaction Reward points for an entire generation

Back to 2.1 < | > On to 2.3

House 009 Chapter 1 < | > House 009 Chapter 3

Checking on our goals:

House 009 Building Goals:
Build a disguised underground lair with no ground floor walls
House 009 Generational Goals:
Level 10 Diamond Agent branch of the Secret Agent career on The Drifter
Level 11 of the Villain branch of the Secret Agent Career on The Secondary Sim
At Level 4 Field Agent, add a Gym to Burners and Builders in Oasis Springs
Raise the heir to Young Adult age (must take Vegetarian trait)

Welcome back! As I said last post, I played two weeks in one session, so this is the second half of that session.

And.. since Eva’s at “Field Agent” (Level 4), as per the rules, I took a break to build a gym. I called it Jasper Fitness Center for some unknown reason.. was just the first name that occurred to me. It’s on the gallery under #drifterchallenge if you’re interested in it.

Alternatively, here’s the download link: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/2CAC9B3979B211E982DA74A4C3BD1993

I really like the way it turned out.

And to start the post… turns out our favorite vampire from the second half of house 7 is still around. This totally cracked me up. Again!

… And it begins.

Damien visits, so we let him in and chat, knowing he probably doesn’t have much time left.

… Yup. Got this notice over night.

Charisma for work.

And a nice day to do some gardening in her PJ’s.

While Karson goes jogging.

Why’s Eva look so sad?

Really? We were just getting over Dad… sigh. Let’s have them do something fun.

.. I’m not sure what the Guru is posing like that for.. but the Romance fest is in town, so we go visit it.

Another Rose. (Speaking of.. not a single flower could be picked this time since it’s winter… darn)

That moment of suspense…

Getting married…

Success! Now we don’t have to worry about those pesky sadness moodlets.

Dinner. Both get embarrassed because they can’t use chopsticks well. … Which I find hilarious.

Chantal visits, so we say hello.

Meeting her new brother in law.

More bills. Must be Monday.

Even after bills, we’re still able to afford a computer. Karson takes advantage of it for his work task right away…

.. But Eva has stuff to do.

Springfest. They hunt for eggs, and talk to the Flower Bunny, do some cleaning.. and generally enjoy the holiday.

Night time jogging.

This never ends. I’m telling you. Poor Eva. If it’s not the garden, it’s repairing stuff.

The lottery’s in town. Spoiler: neither of them win.

Karson.. you ever think you might want to help out around the house??

.. They need better lights. And that bowl sits on that counter for like two days….

..See? Oh, and Love day flowers.

Reciting poetry. I like to think it’s maybe one of Damien’s books.

Whatever book it was.. it worked. *grin*

A very rainy spice fest. We go to get plants.. and then literally run home.

This picture is for two reasons. One, they have lights.. and a bunker upgrade. Two.. what’s Eva doing??

Adopting a puppy! Since she’s a Dog Lover, I promised her a puppy this round, so here he is.

He’s Stubborn, Aggressive, and Hairy. All things that should be bad.. but makes him unique. And what a face.

His first Simstagram photo. Too bad you can’t see him. LOL.

There. now we can see him. After Eva gets to know him, Karson leaves his Charisma practice and comes to chat to the puppy, so everyone is friends.

Awww. I haven’t bought him a bed yet. But at least the humans have a new bed! They have a fridge and counter, too.. but that’s another story for another day.

See you next time!

House 009 Chapter 1 < | > House 009 Chapter 3

House 008 Chapter 9 < | > House 009 Chapter 2

Welcome to house 9! I am SOOO excited to start a new house, it’s crazy. The last house took so long. By the end I wanted to just tear my hair out. *smile* – kidding.. kind of. Anyway. So here we are.

First thing I do is move out Eva, send her on a trip through CAS.. because the pearls in the hair thing is just not going to fly with me. And some of her outfits are just bad. As a reminder, she’s a Dog Lover, Art Lover, and Self-Absorbed… and her aspiration is Freelance Botanist.

Then, we make our “Secondary Sim” ..

… What a weird mix of traits. Clearly, since they’re both Self-Absorbed, they were meant to be together.

Third, we check on our goals:

House 009 Building Goals:
Build a disguised underground lair with no ground floor walls
House 009 Generational Goals:
Level 10 Diamond Agent branch of the Secret Agent career on
The Drifter
Level 11 of the Villain branch of the Secret Agent Career on
The Secondary Sim
At Level 4 Field Agent, add a Gym to Burners and Builders in
Oasis Springs
Raise the heir to Young Adult age (must take Vegetarian trait)

They shouldn’t be too bad. Although that Level 11 of Villain career scares me a little bit. Only the two main sims are controllable, which is not a surprise, but it will be weird to go back to that after this last house. It’ll be nice to add a new commercial lot to the world, though.

Fourth, We check on the current status of Eva:

Back to $0… sigh.

Her traits are amazing! .. Except for that little Self-Absorbed.

I brought this with her. it’s $22.

Skills.. not too bad. Not great, either… but it’ll work.

And lastly: we give both of them their secret agent careers.. which gives Eva some money for her two instant promotions.. so I immediately deduct 22 for her journal I’m keeping from when she was a kid.

This is what they were left with.

And now.. it’s time, finally, to play. Let’s let these two get to know each other a little bit, then I’ll send one of them out to gather in the area, because, let’s be fair, they need money. Badly. Because winter is coming (and that’s not a Game of Thrones reference!) .. and I don’t want them to freeze with no place to live.

Getting to know you…

Planting the stuff she got from her first gathering trip.

While Karson takes his athletic self off for a couple jogs.

And then finds a bench for the night.

Later, so does Eva.

It’s prank day, and just for the sake of aspiration points, I have both participate with random sims.

Yeah! A cooler! Can’t see it in the photo, but we have a toilet, a shower, and a trash can as well.

A rose? Sure!

Will you be my boyfriend?? “Yes!”

A successful first kiss…

… And their first woohoo.. for fun. Because they both needed it!

Breakfast before work. In the rain.

A long rainy day for the bills to show up.

They finally have something for fun other than woohoo and their phones. He needed logic for work.

Finally. A pretty day for gathering. It’s Karson’s turn this time.

Karson.. we DO have a shower.

…Must be Winterfest.

Logic and fun. Two birds with one stone and all that.

Karson gets a Microscope. Yay!

But poor Eva gets a My Sim doll. Sigh.

Is it me.. or does this “Santa” seem awfully skinny? Oh yeah, and if you look closely… there’s been some changes for Winterfest.

They have a tiny bunker now!

Our first vampire visit.

And this is what their home “disguise” looks like. The stairs are under the plane.

Their first bunker upgrade.

All thanks to promotions and this garden.

And now, even though I played two weeks worth, I’ll just post the one week. Tomorrow: pictures of the gym I built and a new addition for the family.

House 008 Chapter 9 < | > House 009 Chapter 2

House 008 Chapter 8 < | > House 009 Chapter 1

Checking the goals:

House 008 Building Goals:
Have a 5 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom (minimum) house worth at least 50k
(house complete)
House 008 Generational Goals:
Complete the Writer (Author) career with adoptions at
the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd promotions (all adoptions done, career complete)
Have a Young Adult heir (teen)
Each of the three adoptees and the biological heirs are controllable
and responsible for completing one of the child aspirations:
Social Butterfly - Reese (Bookworm, Hot-Headed, Ambitious)
Rambunctious Scamp - Karen (Art Lover, Insider, Erratic)
Whiz Kid - Chantal (Insider, Gloomy, Squeamish)
Artistic Prodigy - Eva (Dog Lover, Self-Absorbed)
(all four aspirations complete)

The good news is: this is the last chapter before house 009. The bad news: it’s going to be mostly filler pictures, because all my goals, even ones I set for myself, are complete.

Why so sad, Reese?

Hanging out with sister Chantal.

Eva doing her homework. Apparently I’ve been so busy getting her to Max on the Scouts career, I’ve been neglecting her schoolwork and she’s almost about to lose her “A”.. so we quick do some stuff to get her grade back up.

Damien mentoring Chantal in writing for her job.

Karen doing what she likes best.

More sister bonding time.

Might as well fix stuff.

Damien watching TV in between writing books to keep his fame up.

Karen.. what happened to you.. I sent you to volunteer with Reese and Eva…??

Turns out she got struck by lightning and is hugely energized by it. Sims are weird.

Kayla is having another juice temper tantrum. I’m not going to miss these in the next house!

More stuff to fix.

Reese, can you even SEE the TV from there? Why not just go sit on the couch?

Aww.. hugs.

Kayla and her juice. And apparently she’s forgotten how to take a shower, too.

Karen taking care of the orchard.

Then, getting some fun on the lump of clay.

A school project? You bet. She still needs grade improvement so I can feel safe.

Karen’s new bonsai tree.

“Beep boop beep! Coming through!”

Chantal Painting for work.. while Damien comes over curiously.

Lots going on in this picture. Karen’s got her new gardening book, Eva’s just hanging out eating, Reese has painting to do, and Damien’s working on yet another book.

Chantal painted a pet picture! How cute!

Another ghostly visitor cleaning stuff up for us.

Then, to my horror, I get the notice about it being Damien’s final days. So I hurry up and take a bunch of pictures of his stats.

He didn’t do too bad for himself.

I figure I can waste time by having him upgrade a bunch more stuff.. and there’s Kayla, slamming the fridge again.

More upgrading.

The paparazzi beating up on the bear. At some point in this week, Damien got the quirk that he likes posing for them, so I find him outside talking/posing all the time now. This one apparently didn’t like the photos she got.

Might as well learn some cooking for the next house.

More upgrading.

Lol.. Sorry Damien. Too much upgrading?

Karen gardening by herself in the dark.

Sister bonding.

First snow of the year.

It’s Harvestfest, and the gnome says NO.. and then disappears.

Harvestfest dinner.

A busy family. Kayla.. what sort of face is THAT?

Karen sure loves that clay. Anytime I can’t find her.. this is where she’ll be.

Damien seems very intrigued by Chantal’s painting.

And the ever-present paparazzi.

Karen’s boyfriend invites her out.. so I decide “why not?”

Chatting before the meal.

… And then they decide to get into some trouble. (At which point, I get the notice about Eva’s birthday, so I hurry home again.)

… Only to have Damien’s aspiration randomly complete. Hm.. okay..

.. Which also gives him his “most interesting sim” 12th trait. Nice.

… Never seen that before.. why are there butterflies around the laundry basket??

Eva managed to wait until morning the next day to age up. That way I don’t have to get started in the dark.

LMAO.. she’s VERY happy about aging. Me too, Eva, Me too.

Art Lover? Hm. I suppose I can deal with that.

And.. our last check on the house…

Some pictures.. (Apparently there’s a roof gone wrong in there, but I’m not sure I’m going to fix it…. it’s uploaded as a #drifterchallenge house to the gallery.)

And.. our final household funds. Amazingly, Damien even lived until the end.. but his bar is sparkling, so he’ll go any time now.

See you tomorrow for the next post. No way can I wait four days to play the beginning of the next house!

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Welcome back!

… Our goal list…

Set #1 - Author - Brayden
Get to Level 10 in the Writer career (Author) (level 8)
Master the Writing Skill
Complete the Bestselling Author Aspiration
Write at least 2 Excellent Books in Every Genre
Write 5 Books of Life and Bind Them to Sims

Set #19 - Art Critic - Heidi
Get to level 10 of the Critic career (Art Critic) (level 9)
Complete and Display the Snow Globes and City Posters Collections
Perform as a statue for at least two hours
Complete the City Native aspiration
Win a Karaoke Contest
Have level 10 Singing skill (level 8)
Travel to all festivals at least once

Well, here we are again. At the end of the main generational goals, but still a way to go. Let’s see how much I can get done in this chapter.

The first thing I do, is take the two kids off to the park to work on social aspiration. It really is my least favorite, and I just want to get it done. Aiden is gathering kids to make friends with for the last tier of the aspiration…

While Ashlie garthers people to meet for the first part of the aspiration.

Ashlie making BFFs with her mom for the second part..

While Aiden tries to make some friends.

BFF’s complete.

Aiden still working on friendships.. and now Ashlie is, too. Sigh. Such an annoying aspiration.

The night at the park is over.. and I feel the need to clean up the messes. Thanks, Ashlie.

Both kids working on the mental aspiration.

Stories with mom.

Then mom goes to make dinner.

Aiden getting his last Mental points..

First aspiration complete!

Finishing up the pictures he needs…

Second aspiration complete!

Shortly after this.. (apparently I didn’t get a picture..)

He gets his third aspiration.

I’m not neglecting Ashlie’s aspirations, either.. but she is just getting going on them, after all.

Practicing typing for his Motor aspiration. The one I hadn’t really worked much on, and now it’s the last one I need. But I don’t have a huge amount of time left until his birthday.. so we’ll really have to push on it.

Homework time. I find Drama club for Ashlie makes getting her aspirations done hard to do, because she has meetings all the time.

Oops. Forgot a monster light. But apparently, Ashlie makes friends with it on her own.

Harvest fest! This week is going by really fast. First try on appeasing the gnome, way to go Heidi.

First try for Brayden and Aiden as well.

Bought a fourth gnome so Ashlie could try.. a pie?

Fail.. Forgive me?

Nope. Guess it’s time to sell those gnomes.

More work on the Motor skill.. and it happens to be raining at Willow Creek Park. Sigh. Go figure.

Getting frogs for both collection purposes and scouting badges.

Never too late in the week to work on school projects.

More motor practice.

Ta-da! An Excellent project.

Then some Mental practice for Ashlie.

… To keep her busy while mom makes Turkey dinner.

I manage for the first time this play-time to get the whole family in the same place at once.

Awww.. poor Aiden.. I guess I’m working him too hard.

A sleep replacer so I can get this done before I run out of time.

.. And an energized potion to make it go faster. Like the animation on this .. can’t say I’ve used it before. 🙂

And………..

… Done! That’s all four aspirations!

Now I can focus on Ashlie and some other goals.

Who’s now really sparkly?

Brayden, that’s who! My second ever global celebrity.. and both did it through writing. Not bad.

On the off chance there’s plants I don’t have at the spice fest, I send the family off to it. Most of the family plays on the playground equipment, though.

After harvesting, Heidi does some singing practice…

.. And finally gets her aspiration completed!

While everyone else plays basketball.

Turns out Aiden is really good at it.. and Brayden is really bad. LOL.

Home just in time to age up Brayden.

He may be an elder now, but Heidi still thinks he looks good. hehe.

What’s this?

This is me getting bored.. and giving myself something to do after I get through Ashlie’s aspirations. Which are all coming along nicely.

However, Brayden seems to question my decision.. LOL. Heidi is thrilled.

Brayden’s first celebrity serum is a happy serum.. and the graphics are too cute to not take a picture.

Working from home seems to be getting Heidi closer to promotion than working hard at work.. so at home is where we’re working. No matter how much it distracts me from working on Ashlie.

He looks pleased with himself…

.. And he should be. That’s level 10 of Writing career. Woohoo! Brayden’s goals are completely done!

Ashlie working on that social goal some more..

While Aiden tries out the new Alexa I gave them.

Dancing is giving him badges.. so get down, Aiden!

Something for Aiden to do while he’s on the bored side.

.. You’re pregnant. What are you doing, Heidi? Oh yeah, and that’s Aiden’s project for the week. Granted, it’s Sunday.. but whatever. I was hoping it would count towards the last badge he needs, the young scientist one.. but it didn’t.

Aww.. Sorry Ashlie.

I’m not sure that looks like a safe thing to do…

.. But I guess she’s got the skills now to do it if anyone does!

Go Aiden!

The traits and aspiration I chose for Aiden. I took the 60 goal sets and rolled a randomizer to see what I’d be doing the next generation, and I got Chef and Stylist. I’m picking Stylist for Aiden, so Friend of the World seems like a good aspiration choice.. and outgoing as his second trait.

.. Well.. I suppose that’s some sort of style.. right?

Social skill…

… And the hardest one complete. Just three more to go.

Blowing bubbles at the flea market. Before it gets too cold to be outside.

Trying this Karaoke thing again. Maybe third try’s the charm.

And since it’s new skill day, I have everyone else participate, too.

Ashlie doesn’t finish in time.. but everyone else gets points..

And that’s Heidi’s second to last goal. All she needs now is her Level 10 career, and she’s really close to that one now.

I call that a good place to stop. Despite the fact we have a baby on the way. That’ll be next time’s surprise. *grin* See you in the next post!

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Current Points: 70
-20 Passing out
-10 Fire!
-5 Wetting self
+15 Aspiration milestones completed
+15 Births
+25 Grades
+20 NTH sims reaching the top of a career (Teen and YA/A/E)
+10 Positive Traits Earned by NTHs
+10 Randomizing every trait and aspiration for an entire generation
+10 Not using spares' Satisfaction Reward points for an entire generation

Well here we are .. the beginning of a new generation! This is always my favorite part.. that and when they start having potential heirs… and when the heirs age up.. sigh. ok. So I just like Sims 4.. a lot. *grin* Into the game play!

Alan’s first day. And he’s gotta go to work.. so we get his needs up.

“What seems to be the problem?”

“How in the world does this thing work?” (The sim behind him is complaining about a puddle.)

Maybe more Logic would help at work.

Aimee doing her homework. Without prompting. What a good girl!

Well, SOMEONE’s gotta take care of the garden! (Not too long after this, I hire a gardener for the weekdays.)

Moira Fyres getting an X-ray scan. For a while, I considered wooing her.. but she’s already an adult.

Pleasedontdiepleasedontdie.. He’s got like NO handiness skill.

Aww…

“Sir, you need to go home. You’re not even a little bit sick.”

“Take these and call me in the morning” (LOL I couldn’t resist.)

The dreaded treadmill test. At least, I would dread it!

This is to commemorate Aimee’s high school “A”. Hooray!

Maeve, why are you watching the kids channel?

Trying to get two hours of focused gaming in for that first milestone in Computer Whiz.

.. Too bad she’s only a teen. She’s pretty.

Deja vu.. didn’t we just do this, Moira?

The ONLY young adult I’ve seen in four days of looking. She’s pretty, too. Alan, make nice with the lady…

The obligatory Cloudgazing picture during the get-to-know-you part.

The first flirts are a success!

First kiss!

Oh, no! The tell-tale glow of an alien. I immediately pause and start wracking my brain for whether I want to bring an alien into this mix. Then go look it up to make sure it’s even allowed. (It is…)

I decide not to decide yet… and have Alan get his first woohoo. He seems pretty happy about it… LOL.

Chatting with Dad later.

Helping Aimee with homework .. need to keep that “A”…

.. Boy I’m really going to miss Maeve… she’s such a sweetie. About now.. I take a break from playing, trying to decide whether or not to go for the alien.

Decision made. Her name is Ashley Forrest.. it starts with an “A”, it must be meant to be. *wink* If she accepts my first proposal, she’s in.

Success!

Congrats, you two! (And that’s a happy glowy alien right there.. 🙂 hehe!)

Later, I remember to take a picture of her traits. All good traits. Maybe I’ll get them a dog …

It occurred to me to make this picture the title photo instead of the “first day at work” photo.. because I see him doing this a LOT. Being a doctor-in-training is hard work!

The next day.. Ashley ages up. Guess she’s a little older than expected. We’ll have to get going on babies soon so she’ll be around to see them grow up.

She doesn’t like Love Day roses. Poor Alan is sad about it.

A rare day off is used fixing everything around the house.

.. and cleaning…

… And gardening. No gardener on the weekends, unfortunately.

Aimee watches while Alan makes something for her…

Happy Birthday, Aimee!

Nice. Strange mix of traits.. but okay.

I move Aimee in with her brother out in the world. We’ll miss you, Aimee!

Speaking of Detectives.. did I mention that’s what Ashley is?

Fixing the fridge.

Aimee comes back to say hello. I mean, I did say we’d miss her…

Why does everything keep breaking?

Might as well get Ashley some fun/Logic skill.

Trying for our first baby!

So much going on in this picture. Baby bump = success! Taking bets on whether it’ll be an alien (not that you can tell for sure until they’re children..)

I saw this one coming…. Dominic manages to break nearly every piece of plumbing in the house.. and certainly everything in the upstairs bath…

Going to work when still hungry is never a good thing.

Even celebrity doesn’t keep you from the treadmill test.

Stinky and sleepy again… you guys are lucky I didn’t take pics of all his naps.

What in the world??

.. Nope, I was wrong. It was out of this world. *wink* I like to think it’s Ashley’s family, checking up on her new hubby.

Ashley decides to pick up the guitar.

Welcome back, Alan. We hope you’re not expecting, too. (And I decide to play for a bit longer, because I just have to know if he is…)

At least he’s not stinky this time.

Why are you taking that upstairs, Ashley?

Oh… No.. Maeve…

Bad news. I quickly go into her panels and take screenies of the relevant panels for posterity.

It’s Monday, so time to pay the bills.

.. Thank goodness she made it. I was worried, there.

Rebate day.. so I decide to upgrade the kitchen with the 18k or so they have saved up.

Socializing with Maeve while she’s still around. *frown*

Upgrading. Maybe it’ll break less?

Our first house call.

All better! (And why was Vanessa Jeong at the Delgato house?)

Ran out of stuff to do at work and the bar’s full. So we have dinner.

Hugs to Maeve.

Maeve’s first.. and last.. song.

Very unhappy alien.

Aww.. he’s adorable!! Welcome Branden!

.. Darn. I was hoping to end the post on a good note. But Maeve beat me to it.

RIP Maeve. We put her in the back garden next to Dominic.

+ 5 points for Aimee’s A, + 10 for her two positive traits, +10 for her top of teen career, and + 10 for two milestones completed for Alan. (The first one was the first Computer Whiz, but he can’t continue there without changing jobs.. and the second was after I changed his aspiration to Fabulously Wealthy.) Also, +5 for the new baby.

Current Points: 110
-20 Passing out
-10 Fire!
-5 Wetting self
+25 Aspiration milestones completed
+20 Births
+30 Grades
+30 NTH sims reaching the top of a career (Teen and YA/A/E)
+20 Positive Traits Earned by NTHs
+10 Randomizing every trait and aspiration for an entire generation
+10 Not using spares' Satisfaction Reward points for an entire generation

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Checking the goals:

House 008 Building Goals:
Have a 5 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom (minimum) house worth at least 50k
(house complete)
House 008 Generational Goals:
Complete the Writer (Author) career with adoptions at
the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd promotions (all adoptions done, career complete)
Have a Young Adult heir (teen)
Each of the three adoptees and the biological heirs are controllable
and responsible for completing one of the child aspirations:
Social Butterfly - Reese (Bookworm, Hot-Headed, Ambitious)
Rambunctious Scamp - Karen (Art Lover, Insider)
Whiz Kid - Chantal (Insider, Gloomy, Squeamish)
Artistic Prodigy - Eva (Dog Lover, Self-Absorbed)
(all four aspirations complete)

Now that Damien had his promotion, we’re just waiting on Eva. Who I’m still mad at. LOL. But the good news is, one more chapter after this and I can start on house 009.

That washing machine Eva was fixing last time? … gave her a shock that left her dazed. Luckily, it didn’t kill her.

Reese, you’re supposed to be painting, not staring off into space.

Karen, trying to fight a losing battle to keep the fridge stocked.

Working on the gift-giving badge.

There’s that lump of clay again. Karen’s got it this time.

A global superstar ghost? That’s a new one to me. And good job for doing your homework, Eva.

Kayla helping out on her own. Occasionally she’s useful.

Reese’s first day on the job.

Eva.. are you multitasking, or keeping the clay from everyone else? .. Perhaps a bit of both?

Damien publishing another book.

And he made it. He’s really sparkly now!

He now gets DOUBLE his salary. That’s CRAZY!

Aww.. a Suave kiss. His teenage gut reminds me, though…

There’s someone else who needs a workout. Too bad he won’t be able to lose those pounds…

.. because he’s aged up now. Happy Birthday, Damien!

Love you, mom! (A great picture for mother’s day!)

Working on those scouts badges.

.. and she’s not happy about it. That trait keeps making her tense, and it’s annoying.

I see broken appliances in our future. Although at this time, I don’t bother fixing them, I just pay for them. We have so much cash, it doesn’t really matter.

There always is a paparazzi outside. This one seems to be taking pictures of the trash can, which I found hilarious.

Writing and painting. I told him to write upstairs, but he apparently wanted to hang out with Reese.

There. give her something to take a picture of.

Karen has a mood swing.

Yep, it’s Monday.

More school project…

I just noticed this looks vaguely like Reese. I’ll never now be able to un-see Reese.

Watching cooking. All by herself? Sure. Skill yourself!

Our first bridge project. Only a good, but it’s still the first one I’ve seen in the game.

A good robot.

She’s tense.. again. Sigh.

Meatballs. Later I remember why I don’t make meat dishes in this house. Damien gets into it and gets sick.

It’s Children’s Day (which is an actual holiday in Korea, and since my sister was adopted Korean-American, I grew up celebrating it…) .. and one of the traditions is water play, so I build them a pool. Spoiler: it thunderstorms ALL day and night, and they never get to use it. *frown*

The fire tradition.

Giving gifts tradition…

.. And they can toast each other? Sure.. why not. Kayla.. where’s your drink??

… Mood swing.

Another mood swing? Nope. Just Kayla with two drinks, and she’s still mad about being “juiceless” .. this missing quirk is driving me nuts!

More fire fun.

Such a cute family. I really love these guys!

This is when I discover that the “Getting fit” badge is buggy as all heck. Working out doesn’t always give you credit, and dancing doesn’t seem to give credit at all. And if you can’t tell, it’s still storming madly, so there’s no jogging outside. (Jogging triggers the badge just fine, apparently)