House 006 Chapter 1 | House 006 Chapter 3

Two things…. One, I now have the Seasons expansion. Two.. we need to check on our goals:

House 006 Building Goals:
350,000 value home (8 beds, one of them a double @ minimum) -
About 200k value now.. long way to go.
House 006 Generational Goals:
One sim to Level Mansion Baron Aspiration
Young adult heir (not born yet)
Other Info:
After Mansion Baron aspiration is achieved, build a night club
on the blue velvet lot in willow creek.

We start out with Aya’s Birthday to Adult. No idea why I chose a Hamburger Cake for her. LOL.

… Still waiting on the heir to be born. Obviously. But since it’s Love Day, we’re giving roses to romantic partners in this house.

And going on a semi-awkward date. (Awkward because Marcus is still Unflirty… and his social interactions always sound a bit like you’re having rip off a bandaid. – i.e. painful.) The date got a silver.. I didn’t really want to push it any further, because the goal I had leftover was the one to get both sims flirty.. and Marcus is next to impossible to get flirty.

Date # 2 .. Aya and Ali.. I send them out to the local Seafood joint.

They, however, easily get a legendary date.. and everyone’s happy with how their “Love Day” ended. Even Arjun.. who doesn’t have a love. (But being a loner, he apparently isn’t interested in the holiday anyway.)

Marcus’ Adult birthday. Jeez Carina, haven’t you had that baby yet?!

The master bedroom finally gets a much needed update. It’s got color now!

Carina is working on her Public Enemy aspiration. Notice anything? .. Yup.. the heir has been born! I, however, don’t bother getting a picture of him until he’s a toddler. (They’re just so uninteresting before then, you know?)

I found a new toy!!! Somehow, I never noticed that there’s a little robotic vacuum cleaner that came with pets. I was busily looking for the washers and dryers and ran across this little guy. So I spend the next day and a half in game obsessively/gleefully watching the little guy, trying to find out if it actually works. It does. It picks up trash piles and then you have to “empty” it .. you can set it to auto clean every 24 or 12 hours. How very cool.

And here’s what I spent the other day and a half til baby grew up watching.. the new butler. He’s impossibly slow.. but he’s free with free services.. and building him a little house adds to the house value.. and YES! he actually does do the laundry!

A bit late, but finally.. Welcome Emmett.. who grows up rolling the “wild” trait. Really? .. Thanks. I’ll be chasing him all over this huge house.

Having the same birthday as Emmett.. Arjun, unfortunately ages to elder. I’m not looking forward to losing his income from writing when he passes on. About this time, I also cringe with the realization that the house’s bills are up to nearly 13k.. and I buy the “Frugal” trait for Marcus. Yikes.

Still working on video gaming skill for his job… go Marcus!

Some socializing…

Ok.. who broke my toy….

The butler taking care of little Emmett. Very conscientious butler, he barely takes time for his own stuff.

Emmett’s sibling is on the way!

Shortly after this new pregnancy (in game time – weeks later in real time) .. I decide the reason I’m having such trouble working on this family is because I hate their house. So, rashly, I bulldozed the whole thing (the only part I regret is not saving the garden) and grabbed one of my new shells I’ve built for these guys. I chose the huge “House of Many Roofs” shell, and set to decorating. It’s not fully done, but it gets a little closer all the time. This picture reminds me I need to spend some time landscaping. (This is the back of the house)

The butler again taking care of Emmett.

The new dining room.

Aww.

See the light patterns? The top of this “rotunda” is glass-roofed to let in some light. I love it.

It’s “Night on the Town” holiday, so I give everyone a break from the toddler and send them off to the town restaurant. It seems everyone has a good time, including the very pregnant Carina (who goes into labor the moment she poofs home)

Welcome to Emmett’s sister Kerry!

Aya watching TV in the new media room. You can see the bowling alley I just added in the rec room. 🙂

The most inappropriate-looking vampire ever breaks in. He looks like my son’s hipster art teacher. Seriously.

The shoes make the outfit. He goes and drains my elder, Arjun.. just what I needed.. and then sneaks his way back outside.

Next post: you get to see Emmett age to child! (And Kerry as a toddler!)

House 006 Chapter 1 | House 006 Chapter 3

House 005 Chapter 3 | House 006 Chapter 2

First – checking on the new goals:

House 006 Building Goals:
350,000 value home (8 beds, one of them a double @ minimum) -
I chose the extreme challenge and am starting with 0 simoleons.
House 006 Generational Goals:
One sim to Level Mansion Baron Aspiration
Young adult heir
Other Info:
After Mansion Baron aspiration is achieved, build a night club
on the blue velvet lot in willow creek.

Second – checking on our heir, Marcus, after a quick run through in CAS: (he looks SO much better!)

His rolled aspiration: (I think I’ll keep it and actually work on it. He seems like a real geek to me.

His skills from being an autonomous teen:

His stats: (Have I mentioned how much I’m not looking forward to my first “unflirty” sim?? .. He managed to get one of the worst combinations of traits I think I’ve ever had in a sim. Sigh. This is going to be tough.)

His starting needs:

And.. back to 0 simoleons. At least he’s happy about it. I also discover he’s got a plate of half eaten food in his inventory. LOL. I guess at least he can finish his lunch before we get started, eh?

Third – making our new random sim to go into the challenge with Marcus. Meet Carina! I couldn’t have rolled a stranger couple.

Really?? Public Enemy?! .. sigh. I haven’t tried the Criminal career on the Hacker side, so I guess I’ll go for that.

… and what a mess of traits.

Fourth – Rolling for the new Lot Traits: (Party Place .. ehh okay, I guess., Natural Light, – wouldn’t that have been nice last generation!, and Fast Internet – YES! perfect! It’ll help both of them.

And… time to go!

First up: finding jobs. I certainly took the hard way by starting Carina in the Criminal career, because they don’t do so well making money until late in the career.

Being a Tech Guru will be more helpful, though.

Here’s what we have money wise after Marcus gets his initial promotions.

Very quickly, I find a third person to add to the group… although it takes a day or so to get him to move in.

While exploring the area, I notice something I’ve never noticed before. There’s a little Hermit cabin up in the mountains that lights up at night. Kinda cool.

I quickly discover that unflirty sims like Marcus are a PAIN. *sigh* Getting Carina and Marcus together might take a while. Good thing I got nothing but time!

So.. Marcus spends a lot of time fishing.. since we can’t really afford a computer yet.

Arjun, the cat-eared fella in the above cloudgazing photo finally moves in.. here’s his stats.

This next photo is why I invited him.. he’s level 8 in his career. And Writing makes tons of money.

Finally can afford a small computer nook to go with the three lawn beds and the rudimentary bathroom.

Here’s what we have now. Lawn living at it’s best.

A couple more days of work, and I’m able to afford some more computers.. one for everyone.

Arjun aged up.. didn’t have a cake because we have no kitchen yet.

Carina working on her Public Enemy aspiration. For reference, she won the fight.

With the help of the flirty lamp… I finally get Carina and Marcus to girlfriend/boyfriend status.

And buy them a real bed.

Yay! They’re married now!

Carina still working on that aspiration. She lost this fight.. lol.

Meet Aya Chafik.

This is why she joined the family. Level 10 doctor! Nice to have her income coming in four days a week. I don’t join her at work, just send her and let her do her thing there.

A house update, since I just got the shell completed:

Also, if you’re looking closely, there’s an extra bed. I invited someone else into the family.. but apparently I didn’t bother to take pictures. I will introduce him in a little while.

Obviously, a lot of work is still needed to the house, but it’ll get there.

Railings in the front.. needs more columns. But one thing at a time.

Downstairs windows installed.

The finished kitchen / dining room. I do add a couple more paintings to the wall, but that’s about it.

The finished living room. Maybe I’ll add some decor, but it’s okay for now.

Now, I think it’s way past time to introduce our fifth sim:

I honestly picked him because I needed someone to take care of the garden and paint while everyone else works. Also thought he might be a good mate for Aya.

He had like 4 painting when he moved in.. so you can tell it took me a while to take pictures of him.

Part of the reason I moved him in was so he could paint and garden. The other reason was: Aya was lonely. She didn’t say as much.. but I felt bad for her. So Ali moves in. .. and the two of them quickly hit it off.

… and I buy them a double bed.

Let’s make this official.

I’m confident enough with the money making that I finally let Carina and Marcus try for a baby. First time success!

.. Marcus seems at least semi-excited. I still haven’t decided what to think about the “Unflirty” trait, but it’s definitely not a favorite.

That’s enough for now.. I’ll leave you wondering about the incoming heir.

Also: a note from when this was/is published. This was all played out and screenshotted before Seasons came out. I had, at the time, every intention of either finishing House 6 or just restarting my Drifters AGAIN.. but it didn’t work out that way. I got very involved with my Townie Rotation… and I made a decision that I simply don’t want to have to replay house 006 again.. so the Ramblers will just suddenly get seasons in their game in the next chapter. Hooray!

House 005 Chapter 3 | House 006 Chapter 2

With Seasons coming out and all the fun holidays we’re going to have, I decided it’s high time for me to re-start my Townie Rotation. I had one going when Sims 4 first came out, but I added too many sims and got bogged down. Then, when I tried to go back to it, I discovered I remembered little to nothing from each family. So this time, I’m blogging it. Whether anyone reads it or not is another question.. I’m doing it mostly for myself – as a reference should I ever have to take another break from sims.. so I can come back at any time and know what was going on.

I am currently setting up the pages for Lot information and the Family Indexes (Treat these like a table of contents) for each neighborhood. Three done, 5 to go. I plan on starting play either June 22 or 23rd (right after seasons launches). For more information, see the > Main Page < for my Townie Rotation.

Other than that, I also am hoping to have Switch Five out prior to the seasons launch date, and perhaps Switch Six (the last one) as well. That way I can concentrate on other things. I also have finally decided (I think) not to restart my current Drifter save, the Ramblers, in favor of just keeping going. To that extent, I’m going to try to have the current house (006) done and published by the time seasons hits.

In other words, I have lots to do and under two weeks in which to do it.

House 005 Chapter 2 < | > House 006 Chapter 1

Checking the goals:

House 005 Building Goals:
100,000 value home (3 bedroom, 2 bath min) (at this point, complete)
House 005 Generational Goals:
One sim to Level 10 Master of the Real painter career (complete)
One sim to Level 10 Patron of the Arts painter career (complete)
One sim to level 5 Photography (complete)
Photography Treasure Hunt (complete)
Young adult heir (teenager)

… And back into our challenge. Again. This post is the last week and a half of play.. and my traditional wrap-up for the house. Nothing too earth-shattering, but there’s some cool stuff I learn about Sims.

…Oh, and, the title photo? My way of keeping myself from dying of boredom. We’re working on the postcards collection.

Time for Whitney to grow up.

Oh, Wow! How pretty! Too bad you can’t move in old household members in the “new” Drifter rules… or I’d have her help out in house 6.

HEY! NO stoves! Bad teenager. (Photo is taken in case fire gets started.. I’ve got proof. LOL.

I forgot to show the updated room for Marcus.. so it’s in the background of this photo. This household I decide to give the teenagers rooms makeovers. Since the dogs rarely did anything BUT watch the hedgehog, I got rid of it. Will definitely remember not to have pets and rodents in the same household again unless I want boring pets.

… And almost immediately, Marley is back to making puddles.

… And Fifi is getting filthy by rolling in them. Also.. that’s the maid. It occurs to me I have so much money there’s no reason not to hire one. He  doesn’t seem to be happy with Fifi, though. LOL.

See?  Now the doggies actually interact. Too cute.

You went to the Vet Clinic in your swimsuit?! .. Oh, Tyler. (Fifi is sick .. again. Marley never got sick.. once. Fifi.. it’s like once a week.

… It’s during this vet visit I find the Pet Vending machine.. and curiously check on it.

Aha! I finally found the rodent anti aging thing…. and more…?!?!?! I have to try the anti age and ambrosia for Marley when I get home. So exciting.. so you’ll have to forgive the pic spam in a minute…

Meanwhile.. Fifi doesn’t look happy with the vet.

Please fix my puppy!!  <3 kthx, vet. (It also occurs to me during this visit that I have more than enough money to pay for the expensive cure… why did I put the cheap cone on Fifi last time?.. who knows. Silly me.

… A sparkly ambrosia treat for Marley.. (Why this whole scene plays out in the bathroom, I don’t know.. lol .. but it did..

Floaty glowy doggy…

Presto chango! Marley’s BACK!!

The age back treat.. and Marley’s back to being an adult. I know this challenge doesn’t have anything to do with ghosts and bringing back pets, etc.. or even pets in general.. but I just had to find out how it worked since I’ve never tried anything like it. And I missed Marley.

… Not again….

.. Yay!!

Sarah’s birthday.

Awww.. What a cutie!

… Just two sisters eating dinner. … Right?? Nope.. look closely.

.. Real closely.  FIFI! Sleeping under the table… ROFL!

Sarah’s upgraded room.

Fixing the stove. That looks safe, there, Tyler. I’m amazed he has any hair left after the fix.

Whitney! Not you, too… why is everyone cooking when there’s leftovers?!

.. Tyler cleans the grill. At least there’s been no teenage cooking fires. Yet.

… Fifi has NEVER been in the pool. Marley? Several times a day and night. So cute!!

Whitney never once used the monkey bars. But at least Sarah does!

Sarah is a troublemaker. She’s in time out for making MORE yard messes. After this I resort to grounding her. Twice. Finally, after that, she stops. Meanwhile, Marley is swimming with Marcus.

REALLY?! There’s food on the patio table right next to you. And you make breakfast veggie burgers…. WHY?

.. Then Dad’s making baked potatoes. Sigh. This family, I swear.. LOL.

Fifi playing with Sarah. And not with the puddle, for a change. (I think by this point, she’d learned not to.. hence why she’s clean. For a change.)

Tyler trying out the new game system I stuck on the table while seeing if I could feasibly upgrade the TV. (I couldn’t..  just not enough room.) The kids are at school, but apparently Tyler’s not afraid to play by himself.

.. He then finds the new foosball table. Since nobody autonomously uses the puppet theatre. (which makes me sad).

The kids all came home.. and I had them all play Video Games. Dad won. .. Since he clearly practiced earlier. LOL

… And on the same day Marcus is scheduled to age up… Taylor finally has her birthday, too.

.. Poor baby. At least she’ll be alive for a little while during the beginning of House 6, though!

Marley and Fifi playing. I am so going to miss these guys in the next house.

Marcus’s turn.

And that’s.. officially a wrap for House 5! Now for the wrap-up…

Taylor’s finishing stats, starting with her aspiration, which I didn’t really work on:

Her job:

Her skills:

Her stats: (since I didn’t work on aspiration I ended up not buying any traits on her, either.)

And her Money and Mood:

What a great household this was!

Now, for Tyler’s Stats starting with his aspiration, which I also didn’t really work on:

.. His job:

.. and His Skills:

And his stats:

And showing the stats of the kids (other than Marcus, you’ll have to wait for his…)

And, one last thing – since we were working on the postcards (I started late, or we could probably have finished it..)

Now, for the house. (I showed the treasure hunt photos a couple posts ago.. it’s done, I just didn’t see the need to take another picture of the array..)

Clearly, I had the house goal totally done. LOL. And, lastly, the mini house tour:

See you in the next house!!

House 005 Chapter 2 < | > House 006 Chapter 1

House 005 Chapter 1 < | > House 005 Chapter 3

Checking the goals:

House 005 Building Goals:
100,000 value home (3 bedroom, 2 bath min) (at this point, complete)
House 005 Generational Goals:
One sim to Level 10 Master of the Real painter career (complete)
One sim to Level 10 Patron of the Arts painter career
One sim to level 5 Photography
Photography Treasure Hunt (complete)
Young adult heir (child)

… And back into our challenge.

Yup. Wet dog. Again. Love this dog.

Dinner time for Whitney. And proof that Marley does more than swim. Sometimes.

The entire family doing something together without me telling them to? Interesting. And cute! Even Marley got involved… sorta.

Marcus checking out the monkey bars. At least someone is using them!

See that puddle? Marley was back in the pool with Marcus. Then he just had to chase his tail.

I nearly died laughing when I took this screenshot. I play with the walls cutaway.. and I thought I saw the toddler walking through the doggy door. I hit pause, put up the walls.. and sure enough. Proof. What the heck. Who knew? Toddlers and doggy doors are a match made in heaven, apparently. Way too funny to me. I even had to show my hubby and son.. Best. Screenshot.Ever.

Marley got all dirty after he decided to run away for a couple days. So he’s back.. and in the bath. I’m sure he didn’t mind, with his love of water.

Shortly after my screen zoomed out to the pool.  Oh, NO!!!!

*cry* Not Marley! *wags finger at Grimmy* Naughty specter.

A birthday.. but not particularly happy. Everyone is still mourning Marley… who apparently had great relationships with everyone in the house.

See the sad face? Poor Whitney. And.. great PJ’s… LOL.

There’s so much going on in this photo I barely know which thing to report. A still-sad Whitney, Dad watching the Kid’s TV channel… again… why do adult sims do that and then get bored?? .. And then there’s Whitney’s new hedgehog, Thimble.. and a new furry friend, the Corgi named Fifi. (I totally didn’t name her… she came with that name..) We had to go through four dogs before we found one with halfway decent traits. And this begins Fifi’s crazy love affair with the hedgehog. Seriously. Anytime I needed to find her, she was looking at the “rodent”. (Aw c’mon, EA, hedgehogs aren’t rodents?! Google it. They aren’t. Truly.)

And this is why I have so many pictures of the pets. Mom and Dad are always painting. Except for dad, he takes photos sometimes. Rarely. Well, let’s be completely honest. Only when I have to work on his skill…

Someone has an “A”!!

I gave both Marcus and Whitney journals. I wasn’t sure they’d use them… but it turns out they actually do. Rarely… but they do use them. If you look closely, this book isn’t the yellow/orange of the homework, but the blue of his journal. Neat! They apparently won’t autonomously put them back in their inventory.. or hide them.. or read them. But they will write if sad or tense enough.

This photo is to remind me…

… That I finally got the other career maxed!

Adorable sleepy doggy.

… Not so adorable rolling in the mess doggy. Naughty Fifi. LOL.

We’re had Fifi for all of two days and she already has gotten sick. So we head off to the vet. In the middle of the night because mom had tons of energy and nothing better to do.

After signing Fifi in… I rush Taylor off to the bathroom.. and get the celebration streamers.. there’s another nooboo on the way!! (Seriously, I was so bored I just HAD to do something to make the family more interesting.

Fifi getting checked out.

And the cone of shame. Poor Fifi.

Pampering the unhappy doggy.. somehow, they ended up on the bench outside.. but okay.

Fifi.. hard at work guarding the hedgehog.

… A floating trashcan?!

Oh! Hi, Marley!!! Yay!

Marcus.. back on the monkey bars.. and a shot of Marley’s special corner of the yard.

Wait.. another shot of Tyler standing randomly in front of the house??

… Yup. Finally.

Since we have a new nooboo on the way, I add a playroom. And a room for the toddler. Both are EA’s rooms, slightly modified for my usage. I now realize I have the strangest shaped house I think I’ve ever built… but I’m flying with it.

Fifi showing off her love for the hedgehog. That’s apparently stinky at the moment… although he never stays like that for long, someone always goes to take care of it on their own.

I leave Taylor and Tyler on AI control for five minutes.. and they end up in Whitney’s closet while she’s sleeping right there… *covers face with hands* I’m mortified for them.. but they barely notice. LOL.

It’s that time again…

A very sick mommy welcomes little Sarah into the Rambler household.

…And it’s birthday time!

… *cringe* That hair, boy.. that hair is just bad. And the trait he rolled??? How I wanted to pretend I didn’t see it and re-roll. Unflirty. *sigh* Well… I wanted a challenge. I haven’t played with one before… I’ve really stayed away from them. So this should be interesting in House 6.

.. Getting started on Marcus’s Logic skill so he can get an “A” in high school, too. It takes a couple days.. but he gets to level 3 with no issues.

Marley apparently likes the hedgehog, too.

… But not as much as the pool.

Yup. Fifi’s back on duty. And Whitney’s cleaning up just like I said she does.

Sarah becomes a “real sim” .. aww.. how cute!!

..And with no prodding from me, Whitney get’s an “A”, too.

Fifi and Sarah playing together. Also Fifi’s first Simstagram picture. What can I say… I got bored, and had never tried it before….

AWW!!

.. Been so long since I had a household with both a teenager and a toddler that I forgot the teens will help out with taking care of the toddler. Granted, she was supposed to be in her high chair, eating.. but it’s the thought that counts, Marcus.

Whitney writing in her journal. Through a plate. Talent, I tell ya.

OMG. Great screenshot. Fifi fell asleep while on “rodent” duty.

Yeah, Tyler. That looks real safe. Fix it while it’s sparking and you’re standing in a puddle. *facepalm* Sims.. I swear.

Marley getting a bath while I work on Tyler and Marley’s relationship. Because.

….I decided to invite the ghost doggy back into the family!

I believe in you, Marley! *smile*

.. Marley’s first action as a newly ghostified/playable critter… and yup.. it’s that time for Tyler.

Aww.. poor Tyler. Excuse the outline on the chair… usually I’m so good at avoiding those photo faux pas’s.

Really? For breakfast?? .. umm.. ok.

… Fifi had to run away, too. but she came back.. and immediately needed a bath.

.. A splash. Really??!

Yup, Marley’s BACK!! *grin*

More simstagram photos. But they’re adorable. Playtime?

Nope. NOM time!

.. Too sleepy from playtime.

And apparently you get rewards for doing this. Doesn’t help photo skill like I feel it ought to.. but hey, it’s something to do.. and I’m always watching the pets for cute moments, anyway.

Another photo with a million things going on. Whitney cuddling with Fifi.. Marley on duty at the hedgehog cage.. and mom teaching Sarah that she can stack blocks. It’s also during this photo that I notice …

…this moodlet….

… Really? *sigh* Who could be afraid of a doggy as cute as Marley??

..Aww.. Fifi and Whitney really hit it off.

… And this is where I will take a break. This post is too long already.

House 005 Chapter 1 < | > House 005 Chapter 3

House 004 Chapter 5 < | > House 005 Chapter 2

First – checking the new goals:

House 005 Building Goals:
100,000 value home (3 bedroom, 2 bath min)
House 005 Generational Goals:
One sim to Level 10 Master of the Real painter career
One sim to Level 10 Patron of the Arts painter career
One sim to level 5 Photography
Photography Treasure Hunt
Young adult heir

That should keep things interesting! If I recall, this house wasn’t too bad, but the career goals are a little harrowing.

Second – checking up on our heir: I changed her clothes but left everything else. I think she’s gorgeous!

Since the last home was so high value, she starts with at least a few points:

Skills: (obviously I didn’t try to get her to work on too much – the last house was so hectic!)

And her traits, as promised in the last house. She got virtually nothing useful.

Her starting stats: Not too shabby!

And our starting funds and mood:

Third – Making the secondary sim: Meet Tyler Delarosa. He’s mostly randomized.. just some clothes and hair changes.

And this is what he rolled. Goody. Not. He apparently wants animals, and that jealous is going to be annoying.

Fourth – Rolling the lot traits: We got Home studio (AWESOME!), Private Dwelling, and Penny Pixies (also cool!)

Lastly – getting the jobs:

Tyler’s –

And Taylor’s –

..she gets two promotions because of her “A” in high school.

.. Which means she at least gets some funds to start with.

And, finally, it begins:

With the funds that Taylor’s promotions, I buy both of them an easel and get right to work. Thank goodness for that Home studio lot trait.

A bit of work… and we have the start of a home.

By the next day after work…. they desperately need fun, so I buy them a TV.

.. Then I set about getting the two of them together to work on social skills.

A first kiss… yay!

And finally.. some real “fun”. Gotta love the fact that they just leave bowls to rot on the lawn.

After the same old same old for a while… I finally get a foundation of a house set up.

It even has a roof.

On days off.. I work on the photography treasure hunt.. and after a few mis-starts (game glitches and saves .. ect.), I finally get it done and Tyler has a good start on the photography skill, as well.

I finally try to get them together..

..Success!

A house begins to become a real home.

And we add our first member that’s not controllable. Since Tyler is all about the doggie love, Marley, a Chow Chow, joins the family. Too cute. And now Tyler is much happier. I chose an adult dog because neither Taylor nor Tyler have the time to run a puppy up and down the front stairs to potty train it.

Loving the new house’s looks. The living room was designed with that floor rug in mind, not the other way around. And the Dining room and kitchen fit together well.

Adding a kid’s wing. I decided not to move the master bedroom… but the second bathroom is very nice to have.

Marley seems to be a happy pup.

The photo collection in the dining room. I think it looks nice there. Eventually, I add some lighting for it, but that’s where it stays.

Pampering Marley on the couch.

A “complete” kitchen. Finally. It always takes me a while to get to the upper cabinets, because they’re just so unnecessary for everyday life.

A makeover on the master bedroom… and adding a closet..

… or three. 🙂

What’s that smoke?

Tyler to the rescue! Granted, the original fire was his fault, but he sure rose to the occasion as my hero.

Trying for baby…

Second time’s the charm!

Decorated the kid’s wing, and added a pool for added home value. (Which is the beginning of my cleaning woes… more on this later..)

Again, they’re painting…

Success!

… times two.

It’s that time!

Finally! Our first male heir for the Ramblers. Welcome, Marcus.

See that puddle? I have a sneaking suspicion I know who’s causing the puddles that everyone wants to mop up.. but in this pic, Marley seems to be completely innocent while Taylor finds the pool while on a brief stint at free will.

.. Time to work on handiness. Somehow he hasn’t had to do much repair.

Aww.. Marcus is a blonde! And what cute glasses! <3

Someone else finds the pool..

.. But birthday is more important. Don’t need sad sims!

I caught an interaction between Marcus and Marley. The toddler is “imitating” the dog… and is literally making woofing noises while the dog gets ? thought bubbles. SO CUTE!!

AHA! I KNEW it was you, Marley! All those puddles.. grrr.. but at least puppy loves the pool!

Another baby bump? Why not. Somehow she managed to be sick for this photo, too.

Happy toddler!

..Aww sorry your back is sore.. but…

One career maxed.. yay!

.. It’s that time again. Finally.

Welcome to a little girl, Whitney.

And.. happy birthday to Taylor.

.. And Marley. So sad when they grow up to be elders because you know your days with them around are numbers.

Marcus is independent enough to finish his own Potty Training, apparently.

… The endless puddles that I constantly find Taylor and Tyler mopping up.

Welcome to childhood, Marcus.

And Whitney is such a cutie.

.. Sorry I didn’t take many photos. There’s only so much that endless photos of them painting a lot would have done.. and I just couldn’t do it. I stopped playing just so I could get this post together. Now I can get back in game and finish out this generation. Oh, and just checking on goals.. the treasure hunt is done, one career goal is done, and the house 3 br 1 bath 100k is done.

House 004 Chapter 5 < | > House 005 Chapter 2

House 004 Chapter 4 | House 005 Chapter 1

Goal Check:

House 004 Building Goals:
50,000 value home (2 bedroom, 1 bath min) (complete)
House 004 Generational Goals:
Level 10 Rocket Science skill (complete)
Level 10 Scientist career (complete)
Travel to Sixam & bring back at least 6 unique items (complete)
Befriend an alien and move them in (complete)
Young adult Heir (teenager)

Yep, that title photo means it’s the fifth time Caitlin has been abducted by aliens. At least she always seems to get a focused moodlet from it. LOL. And, as you can see from the above goals.. everything is done except for aging Taylor to Young Adult.

We start this post out by poor Elias finally dying of old age.

Grim just doing his job. Nobody even bothered to go watch Elias die.. poor guy.

Everyone was busy with birthdays. Here goes Kaley.

She grew up lovely!

Clinton’s turn.

.. Interesting look??

Oh yeah.. Taylor reminding me that…

She now has an “A” in high school.

Just another morning at the Rambler household. Kaley trying her hand at cooking for the first time.

The next day: Caitlin ages up to elder.

.. With a little celebration to go with it.

Off to work.. and busy messing with everyone with the ray gun again.

.. And the fourth death while we’re at work.

.. But at least she gets a raise at the end of the day! YAY!

.. Look who’s visiting! 🙂

Ghosties breaking everything again. In this shot, Caitlin had just finished repairing the sink, and the rest of the bathroom is broken too.

Aww.. Adelyn dies of old age too. More ghosts to break stuff.

.. I laughed too hard at this. Regan stands over the dying Adelyn and takes a selfie. Then starts grieving.

Grim watching TV before he leaves. He really seems to like the news.

Unfortunately, he also breaks the TV.

The alien urn. I think it looks neat.

The small graveyard.

Elias visiting again.

Working on the telescope prints. We’re not going to get it done… but we’ll at least get a few more.

Guess what?? It’s that time!

Regan ages up too.

Going through our finishing stats. Here’s the household funds… Regan is mad at school, apparently.

The aspiration points leftover. And the second of the aspirations Caitlin finished. The other is the Curator aspiration.

Job status.

Skills:

Trait status.

Taylor’s finishing school status. She barely makes it, keeping her “A”.

This house, I decide I’m going to show what the kids had for traits. Except for Taylor, of course, because I’ll show her traits at the beginning of the next house. Starting with Regan:

Kaley:

Clinton:

Caleb:

Also going to show the major collections I worked on: I got pretty close on most of them.

House stats and pics:

And that does it for this house. See you in the next one!

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Goal Check:

House 004 Building Goals:
50,000 value home (2 bedroom, 1 bath min) complete, but still some decor
to do-75k value
House 004 Generational Goals:
Level 10 Rocket Science skill - level 5 currently
Level 10 Scientist career - level 9 currently
Travel to Sixam & bring back at least 6 unique items
Befriend an alien and move them in (complete)
Young adult Heir (child)

Above photo is for this:

The last baby ages up to toddler. Caleb is such a cutie.

There’s so much wrong with this next picture I don’t even know where to start. Broken sink, stove, shower, and toilet.. and poor Elias is trying to mop up a never ending puddle. It’s about time to upgrade the stove and fridge anyway.

.. Trying to get by without a sleep replacement potion at work. Thank goodness for coffee!

Taylor doing her homework.

…So she can get her “A” in grade school! I cut it close, though, missing a lot of days of homework with the toddler insanity in this house.

Alien party #2. This time at work. Of note: Caitlin had finished her tasks and was still working towards her microscope prints collection.

Happy Birthday to Elias! First elder in the house.

… and he doesn’t look too unhappy about it.

Testing out the wormhole generator.

..And yes, that’s another sleep replacement potion. There’s always so much to do and too few hours in a day.

… REALLY?? So much for working on skills…

Freeze ray time. Then I go fix the computer that’s broken.

Guess what??

Scientist career maxed!

… Time to work on Rocket Science some more.

..We’re getting there. Slowly.

… Or not.

Sleep replacement.. again. It’s addicting, apparently.

Getting some fun.. and then back out to the rocket.

Sorry Taylor.. I missed your birthday! She does not seem happy with me about it, either.

.. I did manage to just get a cake ready for Regan, though. If you look closely at this picture, it appears like she has blue eyebrows. Weird.

The cake worked for Adelyn, too… who joins Elias in elderdom.

And now it’s time to take time off work…. to get Taylor her three skill points in something for school.

Yep. Another potion.

And some more logic skill. Almost there.

Taylor is truly fed up with my forcing her to play chess repeatedly.. but at least this finishes out the three skill points needed so she can go back to doing.. nothing. LOL.

Last toddler. So glad that’s over.

Kind of a bland looking kid, huh? Glad he’s not my heir.

Still working on those microscope pictures.

I finally get the last one.. and there’s the plaque to prove it. Also note Caleb stuck under the stairs. At least once a week I have to move the TV to let someone or another out of that little corner. The game keeps glitching them into there when I get home from work. Not sure why, but luckily it’s an easy fix.

The collection also finishes one of her two aspirations we’re working on:

Oops. I’ve been neglecting the garden. And yep.. another potion. Sigh.

Snack time instead of working. Coming to work is almost like a break from the full house back at home.

Now that her needs are full.. it’s a special day.

Time for the Sixam party that I’ve never gotten to go to before!!

.. Sixam is so pretty! I spend quite a while chatting up the locals, then send her out collecting things for the requirement.

While partying.. I notice this guy. And about died laughing. A gnome on a lawn flamingo .. way too funny.

The geodes collected from Sixam…

…And the aliens. Didn’t get anywhere near the full collection, but they’re still cool… and now we have that requirement done.

.. Time to start on the Star prints collection. I don’t think I’ll get it done.. but I’ll get what I can.

Also:

Which means: Got the other aspiration done too.

Where’s the rocket and Cait??

Getting this last point for her skill.

Now we have everything done except waiting for the fat lady to sing. (Or Taylor to age up.. whichever comes first. HAHA.)

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Goal Check:

House 004 Building Goals:
50,000 value home (2 bedroom, 1 bath min) complete, but still some
decor to do-71.5k value
House 004 Generational Goals:
Level 10 Rocket Science skill - level 4 currently
Level 10 Scientist career - level 9 currently
Travel to Sixam & bring back at least 6 unique items
Befriend an alien and move them in (complete)
Young adult Heir (toddler)

Above photo is Caitlin giving away a serum at work. She gets such pleasure out of torturing her coworkers with serums and the simray.

A nice calm night. everyone is sleeping.. shhh.

Toddler training for Taylor. I don’t get much of this done, but I sure try.

Well… um.. thanks for helping, Elias?

… Whew. they’re asleep.

Adelyn is helping clean. I moved the high chairs upstairs so people didn’t have to carry the toddlers all over the house. Was a definite time-saver.

One clean toddler coming up.

It’s time… wonder how many I get?

.. Two. Again. TWO! About here is when I realize they’re a little two close.. and I’m going to have one day of four toddlers.  Oops. Anyway, meet Kaley, a baby girl, and Clinton, a baby boy (first boy in a while).

All four sleeping? (note the broken dollhouse in the top left corner of the screenshot)

… It’s a weekend, so the garden is Caitlin’s responsibility. So much to do and not enough energy.

This is what happens when you have a wild toddler. Fun.

Grand central station: Rambler house.

Toddler aging up… Taylor…

..She doesn’t look impressed. And thanks, Caitlin.. now I have to bake another cake for Regan.

.. Goofball AGAIN?!

By the time I get to Regan’s birthday, the toddler is dirty as all heck and so is mom and dad. Lots of green clouds in the house.

Regan is NOT a happy camper.

I managed to wait until just after midnight for the babies aging up, thereby avoiding the aforementioned issue with four toddlers at once. Here’s Ms. Kaley.

And Mr. Clinton. Both got black hair from their mom. Cute!

Somehow, work seems like an escape from that crazy family. A time to work on poor Caitlin’s needs in between tasks at work.

Taylor being a good little girl. (I forgot to hire a maid, so all the cleaning here is done by family members. I do eventually remember it, though.)

.. Ooops. So much for breakfast.

OMG. They’re all asleep for a change. Whew.

Okay. Almost all asleep. Elias.. you’re supposed to be in bed, goofy!

Finally, I get a few moments to get back to work on Rocket Science.

… A desperately needed sleep replacer potion.

Why show this picture? One, it proves these guys still are close and can work on fun the “easy” way… and two… because I figure I only have one spot left in the house.. might as well fill it with another nooboo!

Third try’s the charm?? …Yep.

.. Oops. Poor Caitlin is just run right off her feet.

Baby bump! (And here’s Caitlin cooking again. She spends a lot of time keeping the fridge stocked, it seems.)

Adelyn sound asleep on the couch.. shh guys!

.. Another sleep replacer. Poor Caitlin always has so much to do!

Shhhh… it’s always such a miracle when everyone’s in bed, I keep taking screenshots of it. LOL.

See?

It’s time! .. While Adelyn takes care of Kaley, who is always into trouble.

Meet Caleb. Good. now the two boys can share a room while the girls share the other one.

More rocket science skill. We definitely need it!

Ooops. Poor Elias. Toddler is sleeping, too.. the other one is filthy.. and if you look real closely you can see the broken, dirty toilet past the workbench. Always things to do in the house.. and it’s so rare that everyone’s asleep at night so the gnomes from lot traits rarely get to do their job.

… Oops again. Trying to get all the kids to bed.. the crying baby keeps preventing poor Elias from sleeping.

.. Well, at least the baby is asleep??

Toddler birthday!

Aww. Kaley is adorable!

Twin birthday.. (and yay no-one stole the cake so I was able to reuse it this time.)

Clinton doesn’t look particularly happy to be a kid now.

And that’s all for this post. I made negligible progress on goals.. but that’s ok. I was busy with toddlers and babies pretty much constantly.

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Goal Check:

House 004 Building Goals:
50,000 value home (2 bedroom, 1 bath min) - ..well at least we
have a roof
House 004 Generational Goals:
Level 10 Rocket Science skill
Level 10 Scientist career - level 6 currently
Travel to Sixam & bring back at least 6 unique items
Befriend an alien and move them in (complete)
Young adult Heir

As you can see by the title shot… we now have a house. An actual house. It still needs paint and floor textures… and a lot of decor, but at least we have a real house.

.. I figured it was about time to start working on the Rocket Science skill… and I talked some others into helping.

.. Well, so much for harvesting the garden….

The expanded kitchen. Also, because I don’t think I’ve mentioned it.. this is the first time I’ve put that talking toilet into one of my sims’ homes. It’s slightly annoying.. not because it talked, but because my Alien friend spend half her day talking to it, tying up the bathroom. LOL. The other half the day, she reads or plays chess.

Nice uniform! .. Which means…

Another promotion! Level 7! Gotta start thinking about the heir soon. (Later, I spend nearly a half hour on pause while I debate getting her pregnant at like 7 days before adult or waiting another week. I figure the best time to do the birth is plan for it on a sunday, but WHICH sunday becomes a huge dilemma. I even bring in my hubby’s opinion on it (which about half that half hour is explaining the options.. lol) .. I KNOW I can get the goals done if I wait a week. However, will I have to watch Caitlin die and leave the heir floundering while waiting to age up?? – possibly. However, if I didn’t wait, will I have enough time to set the house up like I want and get all the goals done? .. maybe. Eventually, I decide to wait. I’ll just have to make sure to have at least one more pregnancy to give me as much time as possible for the heir to grow up. .. Which means crossing my fingers on not too many multiple births from the ley line lot trait… eeks.)

This awkward photo is what reminds me that poor Elias aged up to adult without a cake. 1, I forgot. and 2, I don’t exactly have a stove yet…

… Paying bills yet again. While Ms. Alien takes out the trash (as usual.. she cleans a LOT.)

… We now have an upstairs. No doors except to their bedroom, and very limited lighting.. but it’s an upstairs. …And if you squint hard enough at the dark photo, you can see I have the satellite and a new observatory on the roof of the home laboratory. From this point on, it’s a toss up as to whether you’ll find Adelyn or Elias up there looking at the sky. It’s definitely usually one of them!

The updated downstairs/lab. I added a study off to the side of the house, too, but can’t afford anything to go in it yet. Also.. still working on getting all the windows bought.

..What’s this?

The heir is on the way! Unfortunately, it took two tries, but at least she’s finally pregnant.

The next night, I manage to afford a rocket for at home, and have everyone out there working on it. Yep, in the middle of the night.. because harvesting took a while.. and everyone seemed to be up anyways for who knows what reason.

.. Yet another awkward photo. Yep. Adelyn grew up. Without a cake. I still don’t have a stove and I “broke the bank” on getting the rocket ship. So yeah…. poor alien.

The very next day.. I rectify the stove issue. And immediately make sure there’s enough food in the fridge so they don’t go setting the house on fire.

Oh yeah, we finally have a couch. And a TV. Elias seems to be wondering why it took me so long.

It’s the weekend… so they can work on the rocket in the sunshine.

Complete! …. Now to adjust the landing stabilizers because I can’t go to space while pregnant. Waahhh. Perhaps making sure the rocket is space worthy first is better, though. After having one sim in another game come crashing down and die, I decided no flying without landing stabilizers anymore. It may or may not help.. but it’s the principle of the matter. LOL.

So.. yeah.. I contacted the aliens. And they showed up en masse. In the middle of the night.

… and apparently scared poor Caitlin into labor.

So here goes.. wonder how many I’ll get??

Two. Thank goodness it’s not three. After the alien fiasco (they left just as she was giving birth), she just didn’t have any energy left. And yep, both of them are crying. Where are my helpers when I need them?!

… Playing chess. Again. I showed her plumbbob because 1, it’s cool looking.. and 2, I was sorta in a state of shock.

.. Because I’ve never had an “idiot” (unplayed, on AI) sim max out a skill on their own. I had no idea it was even possible. Seems waiting to get a TV paid off, eh?

The babies taken care of for now.. it’s now Caitlin’s birthday. It seems since I forgot everyone else’s birthday, they’re going to ignore Caitlin’s.

.. Or maybe not. WTG tiger-striped (from illness) alien. I’m not entirely sure what Caitlin is complaining about, but I think it’s hunger pains. I make her get some real food and toss out the fattening cake. Ever since I stopped letting my sims eat all the birthday cakes they make I stopped having fat sims. LOL… seems to work for them.. maybe I can try it for me next.

… I have twins… REALLY?!?  Right now?! … Bye Caitlin. Well, actually, this was her being dropped back off with a focused moodlet because she had a good time.

While she was gone, it appears Adelyn has a new obsession. Or maybe she just decided she’d play nanny. One way or the other, I sure appreciate it. (although arguing over who’s going to stand in front of the bassinet is obnoxious.)

.. Well hey. She needs fun skill and the babies are sleeping. To infinity and beyond!  Hehe.

.. Work never seemed so inviting. I show this picture because I think the impromptu graveyard at work is hilarious. She’s giving Masato (a coworker I briefly considered marrying) a slimify serum to test it.

Ah jeez. Not again.. It anyone else having trouble getting sims to extinguish themselves? .. The “on fire” moodlet won’t cancel.. luckily there’s always someone at the lab to put her out.

.. But she sure doesn’t seem happy about the results. HAHA.

After all the midnight shenanigans lately.. she came home with NO energy and babies to age up. I hurried up and bought her a sleep replacement. Hate spending the points like that.. but you gotta do what you gotta do.

Our heir. ANOTHER girl! What are the odds of that so many times in a row?? Meet Taylor.

And Regan in the pretty dress. Hard to tell, but I *think* they both have two different shades of red hair (I think Taylor’s is the darker.. but it’s hard to say for sure without sending them through CAS).. and I think it’s the exact same style. Thank goodness the clothes are different!!

With the age up in the middle of the night and wrestling two twins who were NOT tired into bed.. I 1, forgot to buy high chairs, and 2, somehow wasn’t able to pick “join” when Caitlin went to work. So the missing high chairs immediately became a problem because without them, nobody would feed the twins. So I put them in, and breathed a sigh of relief only when both started eating. Oh yeah.. and that elephant on the table was what Caitlin made for the Nerd Brain aspiration on the woodworking bench.

… She’s falling asleep standing up.. but she’s at level 9 of the scientist career! It may be a while before she gets 10 because of babies and toddlers to take care of.. but she’s at least there. Pretty sure I’ll have plenty of time, because the plants are really starting to make money.

.. Poor Caitlin. Another Sleep Replacement was necessary. Otherwise there was no way I could get the toddlers in bed.

..See?  They’re up watching TV.

.. And taking this picture reminded me that 1, I had some 9k in the bank and 2.. I still hadn’t painted anything. So here goes…

The upstairs… (still has work to do, but at least walls and floors are done)

…And the downstairs. (Again, still needs work. *points at the empty study*)

A quick check of goals shows that the heir is a toddler, level 9 of Scientist, level 4 rocket science, alien friend moved in, and the house is at 71.5k. Unrelated to goals… Caitlin is pregnant again and has maxed out her gardening skill.

Well, time for some family time with MY family.. and then I’ll get back to work on my simmies. I’m glad I took a break to put these post together.. that was a LOT of screenshots to sort and tag. *smiles*

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