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Checking the goals:

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

The house is coming along great. Value is done, but I’m far from where I’d like it to be decoration-wise. But there’s plenty of time left for that, and the funds are certainly still coming in, so it shouldn’t be an issue. I fully expect this to be a house win. I think the only thing that could go wrong is the heir dying (knock on wood). That being said, there’s a long way still to go on this house, because the heir is still a toddler. The parents could very well be gone before we finish getting the heir aged up. Again, crossing fingers for luck that that isn’t what happens. (Oh, and featured image… isn’t the house gorgeous?! I love it with the fall decor.)

.. Since we left you last time with some school projects in progress.. here’s Karen’s complete. She got a “good,” even with the help.

I then finally get around to finishing the parent’s bedroom. Shown here:

I like it. Going for bright colors in this house, as I think I said before.

Damien and Eva playing together. I swear, Eva is just SO cute. I hope she stays that way.

Reese’s project. An Excellent, and done all by herself!

Another self-completed excellent project. Good job, Chantal.

Another ghostly visitor. This one’s sad. But who knows why?

… So she breaks the sink, then complains about being uncomfortable because of the puddle mess… Sigh. Ghosts.

… Oops. Was too busy watching the ghost.

Yikes, Kayla .. don’t set the place on fire. That reminds me. I need to put in a sprinkler system for safety since we’re going to have so many teenagers.

… Fixing the broken sink. Why is something always broken in this house??

I elect to wall off the kitchen and do some upgrades to it. And yes, I got a sprinkler system. Safe.

Yup. Here goes the laundry chore. But I made that alcove specifically for it, so I went ahead and used it. We’ll have enough teenagers who are able to do it to keep up with it. I hope.

Karen working on her aspiration. At least it’s not raining for once. Note the swingset is broken – lightning apparently hit it the last storm.

That’s another goal complete!

Oops. Damien is always working so hard.

The ghost cleaning up the potty again. I love it when they clean house.

Level nine Writing career!! One more to go! And we’ve got plenty of time.

Back to work on that writing skill….

Hooray, Damien!

Really? Doing your homework on the newly fixed swingset? .. Well, okay. At least you’re doing it.

Where are you going, Chantal? (While watching the ghost cleaning the potty.. again.)

Yay!! Our first teenager!

Oh, no, Chantal. What are you wearing.. and THAT hair?? You’re going to drive me crazy by the end of this challenge. Makes me doubt my decision to not change non-heir’s clothes and that only when they age to the next generation. Oh.. dear. *facepalm*

Her rolled traits.. (She rolled Big Happy Family for her aspiration.. not happening..not in this family..)

.. and the rolled job. I’m going to ignore the hobbies for this challenge, I think.. although I appreciate that createarandomsim.com added them. (Which is the site I use for random rolls)

Oh yeah.. and her newly re-done bedroom.

… Harvestfest! .. And our first gnome fail.

.. Our second gnome fail.

“Please forgive me??”

“Yes!”

“Please forgive me?”

“Nope.” … Me – “Forget these gnomes..” SELL.

Chantal working on her gardening skill for work. And because she’s now the designated gardener.

Working on her Charisma skill.

Homework.

Damien is still writing books in his “spare” time. He’s getting close to four star celeb. Maybe he’ll even get there.

Making tofu-turkey. I’m seriously hoping Eva doesn’t roll Vegetarian. It’s such a pain to have one in the household!

Kayla helping Chantal with homework.. but she doesn’t seem to appreciate it. Damien is cheering because… ?? I guess the meal?

Family grand meal. The end of Harvestfest.. and thankfully, everyone but the uncontrollable mom got it done successfully.

Working on that last point of Logic for his job.

.. Logic done.. now it’s time to raise Handiness so we can upgrade some household items.

Eva… guess what Daddy’s making??

Oh, yay! She’s gorgeous!! She rolled Dog Lover. (Well, guess I know one thing that’s happening next generation… lol.. even if the goals are going to be a surprise.. we’ll be getting a puppy!)

Eva’s new room.

Doing homework while waiting on Reese to get home for her turn at the cake.

.. The marathon of upgrading the household begins.. now that he’s set for his next promotion.

Happy Birthday, Reese!

.. Another weird outfit. But she rolled that she wants to be a painter.. so I guess it’s .. artistic??

.. Her traits.

Her first action: calling for her rolled job.

Babysitter! Hey, at least that works with her Charisma skill from childhood.

And…. I have more pictures.. but this post is long enough already. So we’ll see you next time!

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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 (all adoptions done)
Have a Young Adult heir (infant)
Each of the three adoptees and the biological heirs are controllable
and responsible for completing one of the child aspirations:
Social Butterfly - Reese (Bookworm)
Rambunctious Scamp - Karen (Art Lover)
Whiz Kid - Chantal (Insider)
Artistic Prodigy - Eva

The house is coming along nicely… currently it’s at about 36k worth, I’m very sure I won’t have any problem finishing it. As for the Writer career, he’s halfway through level 7, so that should be good too.

When we last played, the girls were working on their school projects. They finished, the volcano was a “good”, while the solar system was an “excellent”. Still.. good job for both, since they did it without help.

I buy the unbreakable toilet and a decent sink for the master bath.

… And the kitchen finally has a sink!

A dining room! The cornucopia goes away, because they didn’t want to eat at the table with it on there.

Oh my gosh. That face…!! Too cute. Karen’s being rebellious, but when she makes that face I can’t be mad at her.

Reese getting some fun before working on her aspiration.

.. And that’s the end of that toilet. I resolve to buy another unbreakable one.

A ghostly visitor takes offense at our poor dollhouse.

Oh, NOW you’re sorry about it?!

A friend for Reese. Two more to go.

A helpful specter?

Aww.. They’re sleeping!

Karen playing with Damien.

Friend #2. I. Hate. This. Aspiration. LOL.

Chantal working on her aspiration. Getting close now. Just need that “A” and a couple points of mental skill.

Level 8 Writing Career! He’s had a long day, though.

… See?

A little bit of living room.

… Which Karen thinks is cause for celebration, apparently.

Kayla and I have had a FIT this time around. I think I finally discovered what her problem was. When she lost her fame, she somehow didn’t completely lose her Juiced up quirk. I googled it, and tried to figure it out, and finally had to cheat-add her fame back, add the quirk, remove said quirk, and remove the fame again. All worked well after that.. and she’s (as you can see above).. finally participating in the family again. Why she chose gardening, I don’t know. But I’m not going to complain.

Awww… welcome Eva! SO cute! Totally love my heir now. She even got the red hair that I love.

Time to age up Karen…

Who apparently has poofy hair and a bunny tail outfit. *shrug* to each his own, I guess. She rolled Rambunctious Scamp and Art Lover.

Oh yeah.. and Eva rolled Angelic. That’ll make this easier.

Damien working on the now-necessary-for-work logic skill while Eva plays quietly.

… There’s always something to do in this house!

One goal complete!!

After school homework party.

A real bathroom!!

I missed some pictures somewhere, because Karen growing up gave Reese another kid friend, and then there was another adult friend in there somewhere.

However, the aspiration is still complete, so I’m happy!!

The house is slowly getting better…

Well, Reese, if you’re going to do your homework there, at least be quiet about it!

Everyone loves the swingset.

… And when I add the monkey bars, apparently it keeps them out there even in the rain.

Homework on the swings… in the rain. I guess that’s definitely Extra Credit!

Everyone running inside… (The black haired girl is the nanny)

All watching TV .. inside.. because.. (Well, Reese is on the chess set.. so most everyone)

… Of this. Not my best lightning photo, but it gets the point across. 🙂

Oh my gosh.. she’s so cute with that sippy cup. SQUEEE!

Damien gets this at work. I go ahead and sell the movie rights..

And when he publishes his next two books.. he gets this…

… Woohoo. Officially the highest level celeb I’ve ever had yet.

Doing a house check..

Notice Kayla and Damien got a new bed… finally.

… Then after the house check I finally decided to splurge with their cash and do some painting.

Nice, bright colors… I like it!

Aww.. I forgot her birthday. Sorry Kayla.

… It must be monday again. School Projects.

Karen had invited a friend over, and had other stuff to do before starting work on hers, so she asked for help.

… Reese is just too cool for help.

Damien is upstairs, writing. As usual.

And our adorable heir is playing with Bearicula.

Next time: Eva grows up to child, and toddlers are no more in this household. YAY!

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So.. I decided to take this story off of hiatus and add it to my current rotation of stories. I had to go back and read to see where we were, though. As a reminder, I’ll post the points that we’re currently at:

Current Points: 0
-20 Passing out
-10 Fire!
-5 Wetting self
+15 Aspiration milestones completed
+15 Births
+5 Grades

This is a bit longer of a post, but I had trouble finding a good “break” point, so I kept it all together. Annnd.. back to the craziness.

Ohhh yeah. We have a bear of a problem. LOL.

Eating as a group….

… Reminds me that Andrew hates kids.

Maeve cleaning.. again.. but at least this time, Aimee is helping!

So much going on in this picture. Homework, playtime, chores, and cooking lunch.

Since I just found out getting jobs is a free action in ISBIs, I get Andrew a job to keep him out of trouble on the weekends – Manual labor.

Yeah, I know, I didn’t roll it again… But I don’t remember what he rolled so long ago.

The bear dance?

The new garden to help Andrew with his skill for work. (And if you look closely, you can see trouble brewing in the background of this picture…)

… That poor trash can. All because he’s tired of his sister being a kid.

Excuse the outline… I think he’s apologizing.

Another hug?

And now you’re cleaning? … Why couldn’t you have just picked up the trash can?!

Bear (Alan) Sighting.

At least one kid is doing something useful.

… I spoke too soon.

Getting Andrew started on his gardening skill for work.

Aww.. look who’s back!

Aimee decides to go to bed early to avoid a scolding about playing in the trash. I also (now) spy an art project I need to move…

Watching the cooking channel, and Andrew decides to join in. I’m ok with that.

Bedtime…

You know, you wouldn’t have to mop if you would STOP breaking things!!

Hey.. aren’t you supposed to be in bed, Alan?!

Cleaning up trash… boring. Asking to woohoo with a ghost… priceless.

Thanks for the achievement and the fun!

The bear finally went to bed. However, in the very background of this screenshot…

… I spy more plumbing breaking. Sigh.

Saturday morning breakfast.

While Andrew waddles off to his first day of work.

Love it. Aimee’s always helping out.

… Until she’s not. Sigh… More bears?!

I have no idea why I took this picture….. *scratch head*

“Hi Aimee… I wish I was still a bear, too….”

… Maeve trying to talk Aimee out of the bear costume.

… When you can’t beat em… join em? (At this point, my son walks into the room and goes “The Three Bears?? .. Where’s papa bear?” .. I show him the gravestone in the backyard… “Oof. Okay then…” To which, I laughed WAY too hard, and replied… “That’s what happens when you marry an adult instead of a Young Adult in an ISBI.”)

Work wasn’t THAT bad, was it Andrew??

“What is going on here?!?” (Also: Wonder when I finally notice the art project to clean up…?)

… At least he’s cleaning up his own mess. (Notice aforementioned gravestone in the background.. LOL)

… A Filthy Andrew, must be missing his dad. He’s the only one who ever uses the guitar anymore.

.. Least he finally found the shower. Thank goodness.

… I’m so glad you don’t lose points for messes and stinky sims. I spy the culprit walking away, too.

A very uncomfortable Andrew with two kids he can’t stand.. and even “better” – they’re in bear form. It must be a nightmare for him!

At least he’s trying to talk it out with Mom. That’s good.

.. Homework.. or torture chamber? You decide.

Maeve fixing things.. again.

Homework for a fuzzy-head?

Where’s the rest of the family…? Everyone’s being useful. Except…

Aimee. What are you doing?!

Excuse the outline again. Apparently I’m having picture issues today. LOL. And that art project is STILL there!!

Maeve hacking for some family funds and job skills.

NOW Aimee decides to be helpful. (Leaving the paint puddles in the back yard, of course.)

… It must be that time.

Happy Birthday, Alan! (Hooray, one less bear!!)

Well… I guess that’s not too bad?

Ummm… nice hair?

His first action as a teen. I approve.

Right after this, I get him his job… but I don’t want to intrude while he’s actually doing homework. LOL. (And Andrew looks immensely relieved that there’s one less kid.. and bear.. in the house.)

… “Mom, I wanna be a ninja when I grow up. How do I do it?”

… Wrong one, Aimee. You made the other one.

Well, at least someone cleaned it up!

Another art project for me to forget.

Andrew seems to have had a better day at work.

And Alan is autonomously Programming. I’m ok with this, really.

Andrew … still missing his dad.

ALAN! Stop making faces at your sister. How rude!

Alan doing something else useful. I really like that kid.

See? Told you I’d forget the art project….

… That’s not an art project.

… Maybe if Maeve helps, we can get his grades up.

.. Maybe a time-out will stop the messes in the backyard?

Shhh… everyone’s sleeping!! *grin* … And I remembered the art project for a change.

… The back end of a grumbly Andrew working on the garden. I always have to “force” him to work on it. “Influence” always gets a “No” answer. Clearly it’s not his favorite chore.

… He’d much rather be doing this. But then.. can you blame him?

Maeve “forces” Alan to work on Charisma for his job.

If you look very closely, Andrew’s doing his homework with Maeve’s help.. so everyone’s behaving for a change.

First snow! (It interrupts everything, but I’m still glad to see it.)

Good job, Aimee… THAT’s what a back yard is for! (And at least she’s wearing her outerwear!)

Alan’s turn for homework help. While Andrew sleeps.

Aimee helping out… but whatever is she looking worried about??….

…. Mom’s going to woohoo a ghost again, of course.

Aimee decides to play violin all by herself. Good girl.

A quiet table. And who didn’t finish cooking?…

At least someone’s doing their homework….

Guess that time out didn’t help?

.. He’s getting better at guitar… slowly.

More toilet fixing. It’s never ending.

Shhh… Aimee’s working on another project for me to forget. *wink*

Maeve doing some last minute stuff before work.

How ?!

… A inforbox popped up at work and she was able to sign a deal for money and fame and yet still keep her job. Not one I’ve seen before.. but interesting all the same.

Everyone’s home from school…

Hooray you guys!! +10 for me!

The influx of money allows me to remodel the boys’ room finally.

.. And get a new TV.

“OMG Bro! We did it! We got a new TV!”

… Must be Harvestfest.

Yup. The Time-out definitely didn’t work. Notice the ticked off gnome in the yard.

… Yeah. I decide it’s best to just sell the gnomes. Notice how the kids really seem to not care that she’s getting electrocuted? LOL.

Everyone loves that family bulletin board.

Sibling love!

Turkey Dinner’s almost done!

… I spied something cute in the background of the kitchen picture.. the boys showing each other videos. AWW.

Dinner! (Why are they in there? Who knows.)

Least someone found the table!

More guitar practice.

Homework + leftovers. Yum…?

Fixed the shower.. now to clean up the mess left over.

Well, I’m glad to see the new computer getting used…..

… But guys.. you DO realize there’s another one downstairs, right??

… Guess not.

Leftovers again.

Aimee looks so happy to talk to her brother… Alan looks completely disinterested.. and Andrew looks SO annoyed that she’s still a kid. (I know how you feel, Andrew.. by this point, I’m just dragging along, waiting for her birthday so I can close this post…. LOL)

.. Least Alan enjoys a good chat, right, Aimee?

Ooh! Someone figured out how to set a table.

Maeve made the birthday cake.. then I noticed Aimee doing her homework, so I hurried up and had her finish it for responsibility points before her birthday party.

“What?! I got a promotion?! Wow!”

And here we go……

Oh. Oh, dear. What an interesting mess.

… And she looks as interested as I am. Alan keeps looking better and better for the heir. Or should I heir poll it? .. Hmmm.

Well, that’s way more than enough for this post. But at least I’m in positive numbers now!! No penalties again this time. Woo!! See you next time!

Current Points: 10
-20 Passing out
-10 Fire!
-5 Wetting self
+15 Aspiration milestones completed
+15 Births
+15 Grades

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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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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
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 -

Saying hello to the heir:

(After those goals, Damien looks as overwhelmed as I feel!)

He was originally wanting to be a Chef, so we switched him to the Author aspiration.

Poor guy has very minimal skills…

My first possible celebrity Rambler… and yes, he is “responsible” and has “emotional control” … which is a first for that combination for me.

At least he’s got a good start..

… Sorta. LOL.

The first thing we do is get him a job.

Then I buy him a couple walls to put his inspirational painting on, a desk, a chair, a cooler, and, finally, I set out his word processor. Only to discover….

…. Awww, crud. (*face-palm*)

… Ok try this again.

… He now has an outhouse. Without a toilet. HAHA. Luckily, it’s still early morning, and it’s fall. So at least he’s not going to freeze to death. Yet.

So, I have him get to work on practicing his writing. Children’s Books aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, so I won’t write books until he can write short story books.

….. Whoa. Wait. Who’s that?!?!? A Young Adult who’s awesome looking? Too bad she’s a celebrity, but maybe I can get her anyway. I have Damien drop everything and run across town.

Ignoring the townie dropping trash in the bin, we get our first autograph. Damien seems appropriately giddy.

There. A Selfie. Aren’t they getting along fabulously?? And She’s a real cutie.

After a few more interactions, I let her go because mister Damien is getting sleepy… and then I discover the problem with celebrities. Unless you’ve actually made friends or romances with them.. you can’t call them back to your lot. So I’m left hoping beyond hope that I see her walking by sometime soon again.. and poor Damien is left to the local bench. Since, of course, his outhouse doesn’t have sleeping accommodations.

… Or a toilet.

… HEY. I bought you a cooler so you wouldn’t waste money on… well.. nevermind. Enjoy your grilled fruit.

Even the ducks are wondering what he’s doing outside looking for frogs in a thunderstorm. While stinking. … heyyyy…

….. Yup.

… In case you couldn’t see… he’s taking a shower in a thunderstorm. I keep waiting for the lightning to strike him, but it never does. Dumb luck there, I guess.

Harvestfest passes with the obligatory salable gnomes.. and a day off of work (when he hasn’t been in to work YET.) No work.. but lots of collecting. Pears are fall-winter, so I plant a few of them… and he finally has a home restroom and sleeping “cave”. And lights. So I can take screenshots of the captive writer. LOL.

Hark! I see a Kayla! Turns out flirting with celebrities works better than trying to talk to them. Until I tried giving her a kiss. That was refused.

So we spend a lot of time following her around the neighborhood. And drinking sleep replacers/mood elevators. I think I went through at least a couple of them before the kiss FINALLY worked. Which opened up a “woohoo” option.. which routefailed… but at least it opened up the normal socializations so I could let her (finally, poor girl) leave and still be able to call her back.

By the next day.. his last day off before his FIRST day of work (it’s been nearly a week off at this point).. I invite her over, do some more romancing, and marry her/move her in. Success. Now I just need to start adopting. The first day of work…

…. gets the first promotion.. and I have plenty of funds saved up for….

The first baby. Turns out Kayla is a fabulous mom.

However, being busy working (Kayla is a level 5 bodybuilder/professional trainer).. has it’s consequences.

Aww. Oh well. Didn’t see the need for all those levels of celebrity, anyway.

I manage to get another whole day of work in before he gets the second promotion…

… Wonder is Reese is a boy or a girl? Who knows.. We’ll have to wait until later to find out, I guess.

Turns out that Chantel’s birthday is the same night.

And on top of her grandfather dying.. she’s Clingy. Yuck. This could be interesting.

In honor of the new toddler.. I re-do the house a bit with the little bit of extra funds I have.

And we’re back to parenting. Kayla continues to be a huge help, and I never have even the slightest worry that one of them will be taken away.

Kayla loses all her celebrity levels.. which is just as well…. because as soon as I publish all these books in Damien’s inventory, he’s probably going to be one, instead. I’ve been waiting because of the “publish ten books” task in the next set of his aspiration.. but that last “good” book is being particularly stubborn.

… More parenting..

… And… due to a lack of funds and another adoption looming over the horizon.. Damien is the only one who ends up with a present.. and he manages to net a 4,000 simoleon computer! I decide to keep it rather than sell it.. and I hope Father Winter actually disappears when he’s supposed to this time (and doesn’t notice the toddler paint puddles all over the yard).

Then, it’s Reese’s birthday. Turns out (per the family tree info) that Reese is a girl. so yay for sisters!

And an awesome trait!

I think that’s enough for one post. We’ll see what happens next time!

House 007 Part 2 Chapter 4 < | > House 008 Chapter 2

House 007 Part 2 Chapter 3 < | > House 008 Chapter 1

Rechecking the goals:

House 007 Part 2 Building Goals:
Have a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom (minimum) house worth at least 40k
House 007 Part 2 Generational Goals:
Complete the Soulmate Aspiration (complete)
Have a Young Adult heir (currently child)

Current house value:

Which means, I’m technically done for value. Just have some more decorating to do to make ME feel the house is done. And a lot of Speed 3 to get through the teen years. With any luck, this will be my last house 007 post.

The sun room is finally furnished.

.. And Loma gets a bath after getting back home filthy. (As you can see, it bugs out and doesn’t get her clean, so she ends up needing a second one. sigh.)

Finally. Clean. Although the bathroom certainly isn’t.

Kane gets a bath, too. It’s a theme. At least this one works.

The ghost haunting the filthy house.

Quakes… gets the sims every time!

It’s winterfest!

Presents! Despite the fact that he’s absent, Damien gets one, too.

Trying to get Damien to a level 4 skill so he can get good grades. (Spoiler: he gets there on his own with the dollhouse/creative before I can get him there with the mental/logic skill.)

Is Claire saying she’s sick of ghosts… or just sick. LOL. Couldn’t help it, sorry.

The house finally gets painted.

And Kane ages up.

Damien loves Loma. Aww.

Homework time.

Look who’s back. The snazzy vampire. Hahahaha.

Father Winter refused to leave. He just changed clothes and hung around the house, making a general nuisance of himself.

When he kicked my sims out of bed.. I decided enough was enough, and I was going to get rid of him by having the family travel.

So they travel… and Father Winter stays at the park.

Trying to get the last points of charisma for his last promotion.

…Still trying…

The whole family. I think the boys are arguing.

I have no idea why I took this photo. LOL.

Those last stubborn logic points….

Is he paying the bills?

Well, yes.. but the picture was to remind me to stick this screenie in.

Claire discovers the pool. I think she’s the only one who ever used it.

Damien gets his “A” … on the. last. day. possible.

See? Time to turn into a teen!

He doesn’t seem happy about it. He gets hot-headed as a trait, so I’m not happy about it either.

Trying to get him to level three logic for grades.

Flea Market is in town. There’s absolutely nothing there of interest to buy, but the entire family tries to break a Karaoke machine (one at a time, of course) for the rest of the day. It amuses me.

Uh-oh. Mood swing. I have to send Emmett home early to tell Damien to take care of it so he doesn’t expire from being enraged.

… Sigh.. then he tries cooking. At least it’s just a salad.

I’m bored, so I’m making Emmett work on some more Charisma.

Loma is now an elder. Aww.

Aha! Something to fix.

Yet another mood swing. Oh, and it looks like Kane aged up too. I missed his birthday photo. He got Unflirty. Thank God he’s not the heir.

Birthday photos.

Aww.. poor Claire is sick on her birthday.

Loma chillin’ with dad on the loveseat.

With Damien’s hot-headed trait, I’m constantly fixing the doll house.

See….?

Awww… Loma’s sick now. Off to the vet clinic.

All better.

Claire being bored while everyone’s at work. No idea why she has a plumbbob.

Helping with homework.

The last birthday.

Final stats. I forget to take a picture of the final family funds, but they have nearly 30k, mostly from Emmett’s job, since I gave up on gardening once the house was furnished. I could have done better on the house.. but I really just wanted to get house 7 over with. So I hit speed three and took photos when I saw an opportunity.

The final house value. and brief “tour”.

I really wanted to get this house completed before Get Famous launched, and I managed to do it. We’ll see whether Get Famous affects things in house 8!

House 007 Part 2 Chapter 3 < | > House 008 Chapter 1

House 007 Part 2 Chapter 2 < | > House 007 Part 2 Chapter 4

Rechecking the goals:

House 007 Part 2 Building Goals:
Have a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom (minimum) house worth at least 40k
House 007 Part 2 Generational Goals:
Complete the Soulmate Aspiration
Have a Young Adult heir (currently child)

Current house value:

As you can see, I also finally rolled for lot traits. Goodie. I guess they could have been worse??

We start with a vampire breaking in. Hooray.

“Sneaking” in past the haunting ghost.

Duh duh duh… and THAT’s your Dark form!?!?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I nearly cried I laughed so hard. I barely remembered to take a picture.

Aww. Poor Emmett.

… Wonder if that’s a sign that they need a new TV?

Claire “researching” a plant again. She seems to do this a lot. The TV must not be very interesting.

Kane grows up!

Poor Emmett… again. I was just trying to take care of the garden!

Let’s adopt a dog. Candidate 1:

Candidate 2:

We choose the second because Loma is a hunter, and we might get some cool stuff that way. I don’t know, I’ve never had a hunter doggy.

Harvestfest. The gnomes are NOT being nice.

See?

Perhaps he’ll feel better if I have them go on a date. After selling the gnomes, of course. Can’t have them breaking the rest of the house.

The restaurant finally turns on the lights. LOL.

Potty training round 1.

And Round 2. In all likelihood, the dog will be potty trained first! haha.

I still haven’t replaced their TV.. but we had dog stuff to buy, so I guess I can forgive myself.

Brushy brushy. Emmett sure loves taking care of his Loma.

Claire is a good mommy, she takes such good care of Kane.

Nap time!

…Someone has other ideas.

Loma.. that’s not a good nap spot…

Emmett taking yet another moodlet solver. He seems to need them quite often.

Awww. Love for Damien.

I thought this was hilarious. I sent them on their last gold date, and this lady spent most of the time while they were there flirting telling herself a dramatic story about who knows what. Luckily she disappeared before the date got “hot and heavy”.

They’re still so much in love!

And yup… they’re at the spice festival. So I figured I’d at least have them TRY the curry challenge.

Nope.

And Nope. Poor guys.

But at least we got the aspiration done! One goal complete!

Loma loves Daddy.. and comes running as soon as he gets home.

Loma growling at a random angry ghost. I thought it was cute she was trying to protect them.

Kane is just as much a troublemaker with his “Charmer” trait as Damien was with his Wild one.

Poor Emmett. There’s just not enough hours in the day.

More potty training.

Look! I finally upgraded their living room!

… And gave them a master bathroom.

Kane.. there’s a couch RIGHT THERE. And it’s not full, trust me.

Loma wants to watch TV, too.

Lunchtime for Kane.

Clean-up time. In different ways.

Loma watches Damien beating up the doggy. At least it’s not on the real doggy.

Dad trying to calm Damien down. It worked. This time.

Kane gets a bath in the big tub.

Sleepy time!

… For everyone?!

The quakes keep waking everyone up.

Claire, in particular, seems to dislike them.

Oh no! Loma is running away!

So THAT’s who keeps knocking over the trash can. Naughty ghosts.

Emmett couldn’t make it that last couple of feet to bed. I should have picked a picture of him on his face asleep as the title picture for this post. He sure spends a lot of his time there this time!

Breakfast time!

Yay! Filthy, but at least she’s home! Welcome back, Loma!

And just to cap the week off.. Damien finally gets his “B” in school. Maybe he’ll get an “A” eventually!

See you next time!

House 007 Part 2 Chapter 2 < | > House 007 Part 2 Chapter 4

House 007 Part 2 Chapter 1 < | > House 007 Part 2 Chapter 3

Rechecking the goals:

House 007 Part 2 Building Goals:
Have a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom (minimum) house worth at least 40k
House 007 Part 2 Generational Goals:
Complete the Soulmate Aspiration
Have a Young Adult heir

Current house value:

And here’s what the house looks like currently…. basically a shell with the minimum amenities.

Time to try for baby!!

Working on Emmett’s skills for his business career. He seems happy there’s no baby yet, while Claire is miserable about it.

The beginnings of a kitchen.

Damien getting his bath. I almost forgot to give them a bathtub until I noticed a very stinky toddler walking around.

When he’s not wandering around naked, he’s making a mess. The Wild trait is always such a handful.

Yet another mess to clean up.

The next date towards the aspiration.. I send them to the nightclub.. and I figure they’re going to try for a baby again.

Dancing after date goals are done with. I don’t know why they always seem to dance by themselves when you send them to dance.

Finally! Nooboo on the way!

Damien getting into trouble again.

Emmett and his never ending job of fixing things.

Reading Damien to sleep.

Claire always seems to be cleaning up from something. I’ve considered getting them a free maid, but I haven’t decided on free services yet. Seems silly when their house is barely furnished.

A real kitchen!

And a table! Woot!

It’s Fall, so it’s time to switch out the plants. I’m putting in Holly which will work for fall and winter.

We finally have some time to say hi to sister Kerry.

Baby incoming!

Right after baby, it’s time for Claire to age up.

Meet Damien’s brother Kane. And Claire.. that doesn’t seem like the safest of places to be tossing your kid around. The balcony?? Really?

More streaking!

Right by the angry bees? Oh, good idea, Damien.

Much better place to play, Damien.

Time to age up!

… WHAT … are you .. wearing… and .. Vegetarian?! Ugh. Now I have to watch everything I cook. Sigh.

See you next time!

House 007 Part 2 Chapter 1 < | > House 007 Part 2 Chapter 3

House 007 Part 1 Day 9 < | > Ramblers House 007 Part 2 Chapter 2

First thing.. we check on the goals for this part of house 007:

House 007 Part 2 Building Goals:
Have a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom (minimum) house worth at least 40k
House 007 Part 2 Generational Goals:
Complete the Soulmate Aspiration
Have a Young Adult heir

Second, we have some set up to do – we move the other Ramblers back into house 6 and move the two new ones into Springscape. Since it’s the middle of the night, the first pictures are awful, but that’s the way things go.

Third, I realize I completely forgot to turn aging off for the first part of house 007 so I feed Emmett a young again potion to make up for it. Don’t have the points for Claire, but I think she’ll be okay. Here are their starting stats: (Emmett’s original aspiration was the pets one, he may go back to it after we finish soulmate.)

Their first action: flirt in front of the only thing they have. A mailbox.

I have them become best friends.

Then, first order of business… literally.. is to get a job. Because the business investor career is high paying, I put him in that.

I change both sims into their outerwear (may be cheating, but I want them to live) and get started on the house. By the next day.. their outerwear stinks.. and I wonder why I never got rid of the sunglasses and hat for Claire. It starts to get on my nerves. LOL.

Now that the dig sites are up, and I can SEE them.. Emmett heads out collecting.

Wait: Onions are a winter plant!? Score!

The pile of dirty dishes begins. Claire is not impressed.

The second important thing. First thing was the above food cooler. Second: no more peeing themselves.

Well, I know what the third thing has to be. Poor Claire.

I let Emmett try showering in the rain. In the middle of winter. Sounds legit. But at least he’s clean for his first day of work.

Amazingly, Claire gets bored enough while Emmett is at work to continue the planting in the garden.

But obviously, some things are more fun than planting. Check out the pile of plates. LOL.

Finally. A place for poor Claire to rest. She hasn’t found a bench this entire time!

The worst Winterfest ever. Father Winter shows up by the mailbox and gives Emmett a $115 lamp. Um.. thanks!? I guess every little bit helps, huh.

Now that they have a bathroom, the handiness skill needs working on.

Jeez, Claire.. he JUST fixed the sink. Too bad he’s at work now, you’ll have to make do.

Claire Cleaning the never-ending pile of granola and yogurt plates.

*gasp* A house! A real house! And they managed it before Spring hit!

I saved $1000 so they could travel, and do their first date.

Having something other than granola to eat must have been amazing.

Date 2: Romance Festival. It was in town.. so why not.

We decide to ask the guru for advice, just for fun…

… Like a burning Donkey?!?! That’s a new one to me. HAHAHAHAHA!

Everyone seems to be happy for them.

Spring starts, so I put the onions in the family inventory and plant lemons (all season) and bluebells which will last through summer. Gardening is so complicated now that seasons is out!

Oh yeah, and I bought him a bee box.

Bills #2. And we could even afford them. We’re not doing too bad!

I decide it’s past time to try for the heir now that it’s spring and they have a “house”.

The downstairs shell is done. More or less.

The back of the downstairs.

Commemorating the fact that Claire still occasionally helps in the garden.

Next date. I know, I sent them back to the restaurant. But the poor kids are still eating out of a cooler. I figure they’re hungry!

Reciting love poetry at the end of the date. The server looks unimpressed.

Welcome Damien!

Sorry, Sis Kerry. Emmett has stuff to do for work.

The upstairs starts to “take shape”

And we finally get a look at what Damien really looks like. He got mommy’s hair! Yay! I love redheads.

Emmett just can’t handle any more. I stuff a moodlet solver down him after this shot, because he needed one.

Mommy’s sleeping. Play quietly!

Mommy takes care of Damien while Emmett works.

Emmett gets home with a promotion. Enough to finish the shell with walls and windows. No paint yet, but we’ll get there.

On that note, That’s a pretty good start for Part 2! I’m officially back up to the farthest I’ve ever gotten in drifter. Everything from this point on is new to me. So this should be exciting!

House 007 Part 1 Day 9 < | > Ramblers House 007 Part 2 Chapter 2

House 007 Part 1 Day 8 < | > House 007 Part 2 Chapter 1

Today’s goals:

House 007 Part One Day 9:
2PM: Schedule a party on the home lot
When party ends: Evict the contestant with the lowest relationship
score then offer the final contestant a rose, ask to be boyfriend,
then propose to them.
When this is done: Pause game play and move to part 2 of house 007

The last day of the bachelor contest.. and then we cut the winner loose with Emmett and they start the real “meat” of house 007.

Since I stopped in the middle of the night, here’s some ghost shots to get us started… the maid is haunting..

… And where is Ali going?

.. Ahh. Really. The dollhouse?

Jenny finally wakes up and starts making breakfast.

Emmett has whims to embrace and kiss Claire, so while she’s separate from Jenny, I take advantage of it.

A quick check on where Jenny is…

And completing the “woohoo with Claire” whim.

Then, he wants to make a snow pal with someone, so I pick Jenny.

Nice, Emmett. Really.

Since it’s freezing out, I have Emmett join the “polar bear club” for an achievement.. he then hurries back inside.

… And warms up in front of the fire. Can’t have the heir freezing to death.

Jenny comes in with a kiss, and I let her since Claire is elsewhere.

Dance time! (With the last few minutes I have before the party starts.)

I choose a black and white party, since a formal party for the end of the party seems just the thing. Here’s Emmett making some Zebra Fizz for party requirements.

Bernard from Von Haunt Estate shows up as the entertainer, and the old lady is apparently the mixologist. If you look closely, you can see the other Zebra Fizz I was supposed to make is done, and I can move Emmett on to other things.

Making Black and White Cookies for a task.

Conversing about black and white things…

The party goes by pretty quick with no real whims for contestants, and we get a silver party. Scoring:

SOOO close, but Claire wins. I have Jenny and Emmett “just be friends” and send Jenny out into the cold. Which reminds me.. I’m starting the next house in the dead of winter. Good thing it’s in Oasis Springs and not Willow Creek!

The rose for Claire. Doesn’t she look happy??