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I found the second half of this much harder to play. I didn’t have any major story ideas.. and I couldn’t wrap my head around Winterfest holidays in this particular family.

I’ll start this update with another house update. I decided they needed a better bed.

Where’s Malcolm?

Skipping school again. Bad grades is hard work. LOL. (And why the lights sometimes don’t turn on baffles me…)

Cassandra calls in the evening, asking if Malcolm wants to go out to eat. Sure, why not.

.. Such a cute couple!

Cassandra apparently chugged her drink.

… What a face, Malcolm. What’s wrong? (He’s had a long day, apparently..)

Cheesecake sounds good…

… Completely unprompted from me, he decides to take a selfie after the date.

Guess what today is?! Winterfest!

Adding to the present pile. Too bad it’s already been sabotaged. (Completely autonomously, too…)

Waiting to open presents. Might as well work on that Charisma.

Haha. Dad got an eel. And I learn that a sabotaged present pile isn’t sabotaged if you add presents to it later.

Oh, hey, look who’s here?!

Hey honey!

I had him buy her a book. She seems happy with it. Note that Dad is walking past… guess he’s not mad at Malcolm anymore?

Kiss time!

After she leaves (to head back to probably getting in trouble for sneaking out again….) we let the holiday spirit mend some fences in the household.

Teenager walks by.. and all Malcolm can think is that maybe he’s got his eye on his girl. (Or at least, that’s where my imagination went..)

“Stay away from her!”

Nobody walking past seems the slightest bit concerned with this.

… But Malcolm won the fight. His reputation goes down, but that’s okay. I don’t think he minds.

Back again?

Best of friends.

Eating the butler’s meals again. Nobody in this house cooks except for him.. LOL.

How about a sleepover? My parents won’t mind!

.. Sure!

Awww…

Naoko, be quiet with that screwdriver now. They’re sleeping!

Geoffrey seems ecstatic that 1, he’s friends with his son again, and 2, Nancy got a promotion.

Breakfast with the butler.

.. Looks like she had a good night.

“Hey, wanna skip school with me? One day won’t matter, right?”

I take the two of them off to the park in Willow Creek. Turns out Cassandra’s not so good at skating.

“Just fixing my skate.” (riiight.)

“Whoooaaa!!”

Snow pal time!

… What the heck kind of snow pal is that??

.. Malcolm’s first reaction is to kick it over. HAHA.

Winter-time kisses.

Checking out the chess tables.

Malcolm decided he wasn’t any good at chess, and cheered Cassandra on instead.

Cass is apparently thinking of moving. Can’t say I blame her.

Uh-oh, guess who’s here.

Drink to the face in the middle of winter. Malcolm counts this argument as a “win” for him.

Distractions? No, really??

Parental disappointment over the grades.

C’mon, it can’t be that bad, Malcolm. LOL.

Sure.. New Year’s Eve, so make sure your son has a drink at 11 AM.

And another one??

They spend the day as a “family”, playing games and chatting. (And apparently, drinking.. lol)

Countdown to midnight.

The week’s over! Hooray! (Wait, I don’t think that’s what they’re cheering over.. haha.)

See you for the next family!

Back to Part 1 | Week Two coming soon..

Back to this family’s Introduction | On to Part 2

Our first family in Oasis Springs, and it’s winter. Go figure. Even better… I don’t even know how to handle the holidays in a family that’s too stuck up to always be a family… LOL. Well… we’ll see how it goes.

First thing I do is a couple of updates to the house.. although I end up doing at least one more as the week goes on.

A butler suite…

And a bigger TV, coffee table, and games system for Malcolm.

Next thing… is adding a butler. Because Landgraabs. Obviously.

Meet Naoko.

Aww.. at least they’re starting out the week acting like a family. (With food the butler cooked.. of course.)

Well.. At least some of them are…. Nancy’s working on her sadly lacking Mischief skill.

It occurs to me the house is missing another few things…

Laundry room..

… And FISH!! .. Because fishies.

Malcolm discovers the game system. (And the Alexa.. lol.)

… However, it doesn’t make him all that happy.

.. Someone else has homework for work.

… And look who showed up all by themselves. Awesome. Let the story-telling begin.

“Welcome to my house” … Cassandra looks overwhelmed. She knew he was rich.. but.. still..

“Don’t worry, dad and mom are too busy with their work to bother us.” .. Suave kiss.

Cassandra .. “Does this mean I can have a convertible?” (The thought bubble was worth the extra trouble of screen shotting. I had nothing to do with making her think that…)

“You’re welcome here anytime, honey..” … “REALLY?”

“We’ll be together forever. I promise”

“I love you so much Malcolm!”

Cassandra – “But what about my parents?!”  .. Malcolm – “Aww, who cares, they’ll get over it.”

“My room’s awesome, isn’t it?” .. “Wow”

“What’s going on in here?!?”

Cassandra – “Oh my gosh, I knew this was going to happen!!”

“Back off, Dad, I love her!” “But you’re just a kid, this is totally inappropriate!”

“LA LA LA .. Can’t hear you, Dad..”

“Son, we need a serious talk.”

“Why? I know what I’m doing!”

“Just get out of my life!”

“Don’t worry, Cassandra, things will turn out okay.”

“I’m sure of it.”

“You caught him doing WHAT?  With WHO?”

Cassandra heads home. Probably to face the music for sneaking out.

“Malcolm, your Dad’s just trying to be helpful. It’s a parent’s job..”

After the late night chat, the butler can’t quite make it to his bed. I laughed way too hard.

… Oh look, he finally made it!

The next day, Malcolm skips school…. to confront the Goths.

He was aiming for Mortimer, but Bella came home first.

… She looks shocked.

“Cassandra can live her own life. And she chose me!”

“I don’t THINK so.”

The look of satisfaction….

.. Because, apparently, Bella won the argument. Malcolm notices that Mortimer came home, and heads inside… only…

… Couldn’t be a better time for a mood swing?! .. At least the moodlet is appropriate. LOL.

.. Just for Malcolm’s well-being, we have him calm down before confronting Mr. Goth.

“What are you doing in my house?”

SHOVE. (Real mature, there, Malcolm..)

“She’s mine! Keep your nose out of our business!!”

“Please stop fighting!!” (I had to laugh at this screenshot. So like Alexander to try to be the peace-maker…)

“Get out of my house” … Malcolm – “That’s all you have to say??”

“Malcolm!”

“I love you!” .. “Things will be okay!”

…. I’m not even sure his parents noticed he was gone…

See you in Part two!

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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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So.. it’s been a long while. And two new towns released since I last played this family…. so that’s interesting. I got the families set to played so they wouldn’t go anywhere, and the town tours and indexes set up. Don’t have the family introductions done yet, but that’s on my to-do list. More in the mood to actually play, so I’m taking advantage of it while I can. Anyway.. welcome back to the Orphanage. Let’s get started on finishing the week so I can move on.

While the kids are getting ready for school (all in great shape because of the loading other families thing… so nothing needed doing.).. Maggie harvests her flowers.

More flowers.

Since I missed the “work at home?” question due to loading time, Maggie has to actually go to work. I’m not sure this is gardener-appropriate clothing, though. Something about the fishnet stockings puts where she’s actually going into question.

While everyone is gone, Mr. Renaissance sim works on reading his last two books for his first aspiration milestone.

… That completed, he heads for the chess set to work on his logic skill.

… This looks familiar. Doesn’t it?

Everyone’s home from school.. so it’s homework (and housework) party time.

Then, it’s time to play. Trinity and Ximena on the jungle gym. Another cloudy day, but at least it’s not raining.

Nearly time for dinner, so Seth is cooking while Maggie works on her gardening.

Bristol challenges Chase to a game of chess.

Um.. Seth….??? What in the world are you DOING?!? Streaking and housework with a million kids in the house. Sigh.

I finally decide to buy the expensive game console for our resident Geek, Chase.

Another game of chess. Again, I don’t know who won.

Late dinner for Maggie and Katarina.

… And bedtime chores for Seth. Something’s always broken!!

Wednesday night.. and all is calm.

Thursday morning, and it’s time for Harvestfest.  Yep. That means everyone stays home for the day. Yikes. going to be a looong day.

Starting out with more repairs. As usual.

Cooking a Turkey meal. It turned out “poor”, unfortunately, but at least it’s food.

Kent, my little helper.. takes it upon himself to set the table. Then complains about smelling.

Maggie researching plants.

Finally. It’s a beautiful day, and Bristol and Trinity take full advantage of the sunlight to play outside.

Katarina and Chase working on their Social skill.

Kent doing his extra credit. On his own.

Trinity and Bristol are now best of friends.. which completes Bristol’s milestone, although Trinity still need social skill for hers.

My attempt to get Ximena focused to get her homework aspiration done with. I forget about her, though, and I have to save it for another day because she runs out of focus while doing her homework.

Kent and Bristol chatting. Social need is not a problem in this house, that’s for sure.

Maggie and Seth working on their relationship. They don’t have much time to themselves, but I try to fit some in when I can!

Trinity trying to make a random friend for her aspiration.

…. Seth insists on lighting a fire despite all the kids in the house. Is that REALLY a smart idea??

Trinity cloudgazing. Spoiler alert: her new “friend” leaves before she can finish becoming a “friend”.

I catch Kent cleaning up the dishes all by himself in a dark corner of the house.

Thursday night bedtime hijinks. I make Trinity clean up her own mess.

… Our first bear mood swing. Spoiler: it’s not the last.

Kent is up in the middle of the night cleaning up the laundry.

… Only to make another pile of clothes as he showers to get ready for school.

… And here is where I realize I simply have too many pictures to do this in two posts… and I split this post up again.

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… And we’re back!

Friday (Spooky Day!!) dawns early with Seth cleaning up the backyard to prepare for the festivities.

Being that it’s the day after Harvestfest each year and the kids already had one day off of school, I have it set so they go to school on Spooky Day… so everyone is finishing up their morning and heading out the door. Shortly after this photo, I sell the gnomes so I stop getting seeds for Maggie.

While the kids are at school, Seth works on upgrading the plumbing so hopefully it breaks less. (Yeah… right. I never really notice a difference, but I keep trying anyway.) This gives him his fourth handiness point.

Maggie doing some chores while the kids are at school. Notice the washer working again, too. I swear, they run it at least once a day!

Maggie wasting time working on her flower arranging skill.

… Another broken plumbing item.

.. What is Seth planning??

A costume party for the whole family! … I also set up the house.

Everyone gets a pumpkin station…

… And a trick or treat bowl. (Which I find out does NOT complete the trick or treat part of the holiday.. apparently each person has to physically give treats to the passers-by to have that complete.)

.. The kids doing their homework before the party like good little soldiers. LOL.

… Costumes!!!

Being that he’s an elder, I found Seth’s choice of costume hilarious.

… Pirate # 1…

… Pirate #2. (He’s upset because he can’t be a bear for the party. Poor Kent.)

.. A skinky skellie. (But to be fair, Ximena was working on her focused homework aspiration, so she didn’t have time for a pre-party shower. She’ll live.)

… And the last costume. Maggie didn’t automatically change into hers… so I made her change.. and discovered that if they don’t do it manually, changing for the party doesn’t count for the holiday credit, either. (Which is why you see some different costumes later)

The pumpkin-carving party. Everyone is having so much fun!

The only trick-or-treater that I notice for the evening. Isn’t her costume gorgeous?!?! This is also when I notice that it doesn’t count for anyone’s holiday credit…. but the party is so hectic, I don’t have time to hunt for the trick-or-treaters for everyone’s credit.

.. Scaring each other .. because it’s spooky day! And no, I have no idea who’s in the sleepy hollow costume… but I think it’s my favorite of the entire night.

Spooky Cookies for Yoda…

… Maybe Maggie’s really a hotdog delivery person?? … Just kidding.

.. I spy someone who opted out of costumes behind our pretty caterer. (Who seems quite overwhelmed by the whole party. I also find out caterers will put laundry in the washing machine. Who knew??)

Ahoy! Bear sighting!

.. The last person up. Katarina finishes her cookies before bed.

… The morning-after mess.  And the start of another long day with all the kids home because it’s Saturday. At least the week is almost over, though!

As usual, Kent seems to do the lion’s share of the clean-up.

… And Seth has something else to fix. How many times can this thing break in a week??

Playtime… 🙂

.. Someone decides to use the puppet theater.. but I have no idea who, I never checked. I was too busy trying to get the week over with. LOL.

… Really Seth???  Again?!?

.. A broken fridge. The party cleanup is continuing in the background.

Everything’s clean.. homework’s done.. time to relax.

.. Poor Maggie appears to be feeling her age.

SETH!!! This was supposed to be the last, easy day of the week, not the day to give me a heart attack!

Maggie shows off her grit and comes to the rescue, while Ximena (rightly so!) panicks and everyone else runs for the sidewalk.

…. More rain. This is the first time I’ve ever noticed that they can “use” the mud puddles to have a mud fight, though. How cute.

I catch most of the family gathered around the table. (Seth is off camera somewhere showering.)

… More bedtime hijinks. Hehe.

… And that’s it for the week. Here’s Bristol as the last one to bed before my 5:30 AM household switch. The only thing that happens before morning is Maggie waking up early to take a shower (after cleaning it…) .. and I didn’t think I needed a picture for that.

Next up… time to move to Oasis Springs and the Landgraab family!

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

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