House 006 Chapter 3 < | > House 007 Part 1 Day 1

First stop – I would check the new goals.. but this house is all weird.. so for part 1.. the goal is as follows:

House 007 Part One:
Find your sim's true love.

Okay.  So I totally paraphrased. Again. Last time through this house, I had a girl. This time, I have a guy. Since I’m better at making females, I’m electing to make the sims myself this time around.

Second stop – checking on where our heir from house 006 is:

Emmett Rambler, our new heir and the “lucky” bachelor. I did take him on a run through CAS.. his clothes were awful.

His stats:

And… it’s apparently Talk like a Pirate day on his birthday. LOL.

Third stop – The contestant Bios.

Claire Cary –

Aspiration: Bodybuilding.
Traits: Family-Oriented, Clumsy, Perfectionist.

Shana McKnight –

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim.
Traits: Evil, Dog Lover, Creative.

Jenny Winston –

Aspiration: Public Enemy.
Traits: Mean, Lazy, Bookworm.

Mariam Duggan –

Aspiration: Jungle Explorer.
Traits: Dog Lover, Geek, Erratic.

Kiera Kessler –

Aspiration: Bestselling Author.
Traits: Snob, Neat, Family-Oriented.

Madisyn Talbot –

Aspiration: Musical Genius.
Traits: Childish, Bro, Unflirty.

And Last, but not least:

Cristina Thrasher –

Aspiration: Computer Whiz.
Traits: Cheerful, Foodie, Active.

House 006 Chapter 3 < | > House 007 Part 1 Day 1

House 006 Chapter 2 | House 007 Part 1 Introduction

Checking up on our goals:

House 006 Building Goals:
350,000 value home (8 beds, one of them a double @ minimum) -
About 300k value now.. almost there.
House 006 Generational Goals:
One sim to Level Mansion Baron Aspiration
Young adult heir (Child)
Other Info:
After Mansion Baron aspiration is achieved, build a night club
on the blue velvet lot in willow creek.

We’re down to the last bit of speeding through time to get the heir to age up, and a little bit more building. We have plenty of funds, though, it’s just a matter of me adding the right things to the house.

I’m not sure why.. but bills were crazy fluctuating through this challenge. Started out around here.. but I had some that were lik 47k and another at 16k .. and .. I don’t know what was going on, but I’m glad I had plenty of funds.

Here’s what I loaded in to..

… And with a little tweaking and adding things…

Taking care of Kerry…

Emmett working on his Aspiration. (Which I never bothered to finish, I got preoccupied doing other things)

Butler: “Really Marcus? How rude.”

Yep.. I’m stalking the butler.

Everyone gathering for some TV.

While the butler glitches out taking care of Kerry.

Our first death.

Ali painting like mad before it’s his turn to die so I know I’ll have enough money.

View into the rotunda. While Kerry learns some communication skill, which will be her last to level three for growing up.

Emmett comes home with an “A” in grade school!

Winterfest time!

Presents! Also: note that Kerry grew up with black hair?!? No idea what was going on there… but she kept it as a teen.

Butler can’t seem to make it to his bed.

Arjun visiting. And Carina in her lingerie, as usual.

Even ghosts like yoga.

TV season premiere night. Based on the fact that only Ali and Marcus seem to actually be watching, it must not have been that good.

Butler actually finds his own bed instead of passing out in the snow.

New Year’s! I let everyone stay up til midnight.

Looks who’s a teenager! He grew up quite nicely, I have to say.

When everyone else is busy.. apparently the butler will help on school projects, too.

The walls-down view I’m used to playing in. Emmett came home with an A.. and I try to find something else to occupy me.. so I start seeing if I can get all five of the parenthood traits.

The doctor is .. in?? Poor Aya.

Marcus working on his emotional control via a journal.

Neighborhood Brawl day. Carina is the only one that bothered participating.. and I discovered that these fights don’t count towards the ones she needs for her aspiration.

I was not impressed.

Ali dies. Grim does not look pleased to be back here.

Well, that was close. Carina gets hit by lightning on her way to work. Luckily she doesn’t get hit when she tries to go again.

Kerry as a teen. Still with the black hair. Who knows where the red toddler hair came from.

This is to commemorate…..

…This. Definitely a first for me. I did end up having to do a few things to keep all these things in range, but perhaps it was worth it? I don’t know for sure what all of them do for you.

Ooops. We worked the Maid to death. HAHA.

Final picture of Kerry and Emmett coming home from school. The next day is Emm’s birthday.

Marcus’s ending stats:

And the final house value: (haven’t put the sprinkler in yet, but that won’t change things much.)

House tour. This is the dining room…

Conservatory…

Kitchen, nook, parlor, and utility room. Originally I had intended to put a washer/dryer into the utility room, but that seemed like too much trouble.

Rec room and TV room.

Guest room 1..

Studio …

Kid’s room and library.

2nd guest room

third guest room…

And finally, the master suite.

Months after starting the house, I finally finished it and am ready to get past this stupid mansion baron achieve to do more fun things! Since I have yet to ever fully finish house 7, I’m almost back into new drifter content!

House 006 Chapter 2 | House 007 Part 1 Introduction

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!)

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We start by looking at Selina Nash’s starting stats:

She’s not exactly in a good mood. I guess first thing will be to find some people to talk to. But first, I give her a high paying job…

And off we go. I don’t take a whole lot in the way of pictures through this last segment of testing, I really just wanted to get it over with. In fact, I end up not even getting the heir to YA.. just proving that the other goals are possible. Waiting for YA was just too boring and I wanted to get back to other games.

Meet Shingo. Traits are good, so we woo him pretty much immediately.

We do have to wait a while before I have enough for a bed, kitchen, and bathroom so we can move him in. He picks up a painting career, and starts working on his skill so he can get me some masterpieces for the final penthouse’s value.

Time to move!

New apartment furnishings are a little on the sparse side, but it’ll do. For now.

I move in a third sim, Ayuun, who is also a painter.

And give him a bedroom.

Nice little family!

Time to move again.

As for affording things in the new place… not so much. As you can tell, I’m planning on moving in a fourth sim.

And that’s him.. sleeping. Nobuya, who is going to be an Astronaut… which is one of the higher paying careers, so it should help with funds quite a bit.

Everyone’s busy. Just the way I like it.

Selina (and me) get bored, so I get her an easel, too, and make some more money that way.

Nobuya making a friend.

The two painters getting their museum views done in the Brindleton museum. I hadn’t ever been there, so I decided that’s where I’d send them.

Dinner time.

Merry Winterfest! Must decorate the tree! (So I make them ALL do it.)

Decorating is moving right along. The grand meal for Christmas looks nice and festive.

… And presents. Strangely enough, Shingo’s present was completely empty. Both from the tree and from Father Winter. Poor guy.

Time to move. Barely made it before aging up.

Man, this penthouse is HUGE. So I had to take multiple pictures of the scant furniture I put in.

There they all are.. ready to get to work making more money.

I put in all the masterpieces I’ve saved up… and this ended up being the value of the penthouse on move-in. The place looks silly with expensive artwork everywhere and nothing else but a couple offices and beds.

Time for the heir!

With all the money coming in, this doesn’t take long at all….

I add a third floor for the kids.

… And then I get a little obsessed with the toddler gym.

Rawr! Mommy monster!

I’m king of the world!! Oh yeah, this is the heir, Layne.

Even Shingo gets in on the jungle gym fun.

And this is where I finally get tired of playing this save. I proved that you can get target value without using the aging potions, too, which was pretty impressive. I could have added more to the house, and Selina was pregnant with their third kid, but I just couldn’t take fast forwarding anymore. So here’s the house…

… And the final value.

This officially concludes the testing phase for the Apartment Switch. YAY!!

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Switch Five Part 2

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Switch Five Part 2

We start by looking at Connor Ritchie’s starting stats:

And we made 916 simoleons from high school grades pushing us to rank 3 in his career. After sending him out collecting posters, he’s got enough to at least buy a computer station and a cooler for food. I waited on bed and bathroom since if he must he can sleep on benches and go pee in the public restroom. It’s not much.. but it’s home!

Then, the second day, we meet Deja cruising around outside the apartment and she was flirty.. and seemed to have decent traits.. so we made our move.

Deja’s spending the night.. and apparently the resident ghost had to come out to check her out.

In the morning, since I have a bed for her to sleep in, I pop the question with no idea how it’ll turn out.

Success!

Meet Deja Andrade. She wants to find her soulmate.. and I think she just did. 🙂

With proceeds from work and a lot of poster hunting, we even have a bathroom of sorts.

Soon after, it’s starting to look like a real apartment.

Aww.. Sorry Deja. 🙁

All the hard work paid off, though, because it’s time to move!

Didn’t take too long, but I already feel behind the curve.

And apartment pics:

Here’s what they were able to afford in the second apartment:

Why is everyone getting sick when I need them to make money?! Cmon sims.. be nice to me. At least we have walls now.

And the start of an actual kitchen/breakfast nook.

Downstairs is done!

Proof that I’ve been going on the many dates required by the Soulmate aspiration. This is in the Experimental Kitchen restaurant that I built.

Time to move on!

Money’s coming faster.. but I still just don’t know if I’ll get this done in time… Never tried doing a Mansion Baron aspiration with only two money making sims before.

The upstairs…

And the downstairs.

Yikes! What on earth am I going to do with all this space?!?!

Deja is in the business career (painting career isn’t great money) but painting as a “hobby” in the hopes that we’ll get masterpiece paintings to raise the value of the next (and final) apartment. I start stockpiling any masterpieces in the household inventory to take with me. .. And then there’s poor Connor, constantly writing for more money.

Okay. almost all painted and portioned out.

This is to commemorate Deja getting her aspiration… soulmate. Now she can work on the Painter one.

.. And this is what I watch day in and day out. … fun, huh?

Time to move again!

Final shot of the apartment:

And here’s what we could afford in the penthouse after building the shell. i.e. not much.

Shortly after moving in, with money prospects still looking iffy, I chose to use the potion of youth on both Deja and Connor, to give me more time to get to 350k value.

Turns out I may not have needed it in the end, based on how much money I had left, but it was better safe than sorry.

Here’s a shot of the “finished” shell.. lots of furnishing left to do, though.

The heir is born!

Awww

To prove Connor got goal done. At this point, I was doing so much fast forwarding I didn’t take much in the way of pictures.

Time for a spare!

Our heir, Alexandra, sleeping peacefully for a change.

Isn’t she a cutie?

My try for just one more kid goes horribly awry. TWINS!

Alexandra as a teen.

Final Stats: We squeaked by on value, but got it all the same.

And a quick penthouse tour.

Now off to test Normal mode!

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I loaded in to a huge rainstorm and a very soggy group of sims.

The first thing I do is some re-arranging of the house, adding a flower shed, handiness bench, and laundry facilities (because hello, the kids need clean clothes!) I also extended the fence to enclose the whole backyard (because why fence in only part of it?!) Lastly, I added a chess table to the upstairs hallway.. because.. logic.

Then, I changed Seth’s aspiration from the curator to Renaissance Sim because it made more sense.. and changed Maggie’s from Painter to Freelance Botanist.. because 1, I can work from home as a flower arranger, and 2, I haven’t tried that career yet. So I also had her join her career.

Then, since it was 5:41 AM, I sent everyone to claim their beds and go sleep.

Wait. Pause again. Let’s figure out who all the kids are!

The redhead is Kent, the one with glasses is Chase, the blonde is Bristol, and the one in the red shirt is Ximena.

The last two: the one with the ponytail is Katarina, and the black haired one is Trinity. Whew. this is going to be hectic! I decide to take notes while I’m playing instead of writing everything up when I look at the pictures later.

As the kids are getting into beds, I suddenly realized I forgot anti-monster lights. OOPS!

Instead of sending Maggie and Seth to bed, I have Seth work on handiness, and Maggie plant her flowers.

Maggie then gets to work on her flower arranging skill.

When the kids wake up, I have them start doing homework…

…and they’re hungry, so Seth goes to make breakfast.

Breakfast time! As the kids are all waking up at different times, it’s definitely a staggered affair, but everyone gets their fair share. Too bad the food was poor quality. Seth needs practice!

The homework brigade gets going…

And Seth begins the never-ending chore of laundry in this house.

Umm… Chase.. it’s still raining. What are you doing outside?

After homework, I send Chase and Ximena off to work on their chess games.

I notice that Maggie keeps running around the house to get from one side to the other and I reduce the size of the downstairs stairs. Maybe that’ll help. (Spoiler: it did.)

Kent…?? Sims logic absolutely escapes me. Using an umbrella while sliding on the water slide. Sigh.

Katarina and Bristol play with the tree-house dollhouse. So cute.

I send Kent to do something slightly more weather-appropriate. LOL. Nobody’s watching, but at least he’s having fun.

Seth reading to Ximena and Chase for their 2 hours of adult reading time. Oh yeah, and the curfew is set at 9 pm. Not 100% sure what that does, but it hopefully helps get everyone in bed at the right time?

Breakfast the next morning is a madhouse. Kids everywhere.

While the kids are at school, Maggie works on her gardening by reading a book… in Kent’s room?

…And Seth talks to himself while working on his handiness.

There’s only so many showers in the house, so homework comes before shower for poor Chase.

EVERYONE came home with a school project. So I set them all up outside at various places.. and that’s how most of them spent the evening.

Dinner time.

This is taken just in case woohoo kills either Seth or Maggie. LOL.

The next morning, Seth decides to eat breakfast outside?

..Then tells himself a story while reading a book for his aspiration. Insane (Eccentric) sims are so entertaining.

Maggie’s turn for laundry.

I discover that a maximum of four kids can play on a jungle gym at one time. Too bad. Maggie’s playing the monster.

Ximena and Chase end up playing inside.

Dryer time!

After playtime, I manage to get every kid doing homework at the same time.. in the same place. Never gonna happen again, either. LOL.

Lightning hits painfully close to the house…

..And all that handiness is finally paying off.

Everyone is peacefully asleep. We’ll wake them next time we play. *wink*

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This particular house was pretty boring, just a lot of skilling going on, so I apparently didn’t take much in the way of photos. Bear with me .. the next chapter will have MORE than enough photos to make up for it, I assure you!

Here’s the only major change to the house.. a computer and a chess set across the hall that you’ll see in a second.

See?

Working on that charisma. Both are in the business career, so they switch off working on the skills they need.

Taking a break for summerfest. They’re apparently both filthy from work, but the lure of the water balloons in the “park” was too much.

Might as well get clean now, eh?

A couple shots of the fireworks James and Elle shot off. Why I didn’t get a picture of her out here, I don’t know, but she shot hers off too.

No time to cook.. and why should they? It’s a holiday. So I did something I rarely do in sims.. ordered a pizza.

…And they’re back to the grind.

More reports to fill out.

And logic skill to earn.

TV Premiere night. gave them something to do other than skill, for which I was incredibly grateful.

Random picture of them drinking coffee outside. Not sure how this one happened, but they sure look cute!

Elle Burning down a leaf pile in preparation for fall in the neighborhood… although it turns out the pile doesn’t go away after you burn it. Bummer.

And that’s that for these guys. My main goal was to have them make as much money as possible, trying to get them into a more appropriate house for their personalities. We’ll see how that goes in the next rotation. Next: the family I’ve been waiting for… the Orphanage!

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Before I start play, I notice one major problem. Summer actually does have a job, unlike what I said in her introduction. She’s in the Chef career, so her roll to join the business career is null and void. Beyond that, the house will eventually need a redecorate, but I’m going to hold off on buying anything because “Rebate Day” is on Monday, which will help cover the cost of a computer for Travis.

“Why are you wearing your outdoor clothes while I look like I’m ready for a heat wave? .. No idea!”

Flirts accepted!

I still think they’re a really cute couple.

Monday’s “Rebate Day” comes in handy and I buy Travis his new spiffy computer.

Trying to make it official, And Travis says “no”. Bummer.

Well, at least their first kid is on the way! We can try to get them hitched again later.

Springfest.. Flower Bunny is happy to see everyone, and going to the holiday ceremony is easy enough to do.

While Travis runs around the house looking for things for Spring Cleaning, Summer works on her Baking skill for the holiday.

Proposal #2… failed again. I’m really not having much luck in the romance department here with this family.

Summer heads out to work on her “friend of the world” aspiration, meeting everyone who walks by.

I send the two of them on a date to try to “set the mood” a little better for the third proposal try. I really like this EA restaurant (Chez LLama)

This time it’s a success! By the time I get them engaged, they’re both practically dead on their feet so I send them home. The wedding can always happen later.. when they’re awake enough to remember it.

…See?

In preparation for the baby coming soon, I redecorate the spare bedroom for a toddler. Looks like I’m hoping for a girl, but I’m really okay with either at this point.

Travis playing with their new console gaming system.

Streamers! Hooray! .. What for?

… Twins. Really? Meet Elena and Zoey Scott-Holiday. Both girls.

Love Day shows up, so I send Travis and Summer for an official wedding.. only to find out that you don’t get wedding goals if you have the Love Day holiday up. (I figured you would, since dates work fine.. but nooo.) Fine. They’re getting hitched anyway.

Both of them love watching the fireworks.

The caterer seems to be stuck on an unending cycle of making Fruit Parfaits, so I have Summer make a cake, and this is the two of them exchanging cake pieces. I love that animation!

Since the wedding didn’t fulfill anything having to do with Love Day, I send them on a “quick” date to the Stargazer Lounge, and both seem to think it’s a great idea.

We try out the bubble machine… but it only makes Travis angry, so I clearly picked the wrong flavor.

…When in doubt, kiss.

Date (And Love day) successful! And I even manage to get both of them home in bed with the babies asleep before either one passed out.

When the babies don’t need attention, and neither one of the adults are at work.. here’s what they’re doing. Travis working on programming, and Summer working on her Charisma for her aspiration.

Travis taking care of Zoey. What a good daddy!

I get the notification the twin’s birthday is here about two hours before it’s time to switch families, so I wake everyone up in the middle of the night to age up the twins. Zoey has the pigtails, Elena the short hair. Elena rolled “Silly” while Zoey got “Inquisitive”. I also take this time to get rid of the cribs, and make room for the second toddler bed. I certainly hadn’t been planning on twins!

Goodnight, girls!

See you for the next family!

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Before playing, I set up the living room a little bit, changing up the walls around the kitchen and adding a fireplace for Father Winter.

Half walls for the kitchen. I think it looks better.

The fireplace

Spending some time getting to know each other. They make a cute couple.. good job, EA.

Surprise! (Or not…)

Awww.. this was completely autonomous.

.. C.mon let’s make it official? .. Nope. First try’s a fail.

Let’s go play in the new snow instead. Much more fun than getting denied.

Snow angels by their new snowpal.

Sean working on his public enemy aspiration. Ticking people off left and right. He seems to enjoy it, though.

Amber working on being funny to passing people. This poor pizza delivery chick looks awfully cold.

… The conversation wherein Amber discovers Vampires have no sense of humor. Or … at the very least.. this one doesn’t.

Sean having fun pranking another local vampire.

See? Vampire.

Sean decides to make an enemy. Things don’t look like they’re going well in this picture.

Vampire bats? .. Sean, amazingly, wins the fight, and the vampire leaves in disgrace.

Enjoying the fire inside for a change..

Second try is the charm this time! They’re engaged!

.. I love Sean’s piggie shirt. it’s really cute.

With some promotions, we can afford a computer so Sean can work on his mischief skill.

It’s Winterfest! Time to decorate the tree and put out the presents.

Sean lights the tree while Amber makes a grand Turkey meal for dinner.

After dinner, Father Winter arrives and Amber asks for her gift. (this time I remember!)

Opening presents with Father Winter.. Sean gets seeds, and Amber gets a horse statue.

Another promotion or two and Amber finally has a guitar to work on her skill for more promotions. In her bunny slippers, of course.

A sneak preview of the house I’m most looking forward to (the orphanage).. while Amber continues working on being funny to people.

… And Sean gets into another fight.

…This time, he’s got kids cheering him on. Too funny.

Amber’s practicing again.

The first (and last) thing that breaks all week. Weird that it took so long.

.. Watching the New Year’s show.

Hooray! I caught the streamers and confetti this time! Hehe.

And now.. it’s past time….

.. The last thing for their week is getting officially hitched. New Year’s seemed like a good time to do it.

See you for the next family!

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This week is Ollie Purdue’s sister, and her girlfriend-to-be, Jade Rosa. The house didn’t need much in the way of changes, and they had enough in saving s I thought I could move them, but it wasn’t to be. Maybe next week.

Jade and Cassidy hit things off right away, which is a good thing, it makes it easier on me in the long run.

Jade and Cassidy spend most of the first day chatting, getting to know one another.

Cassidy makes the first move… which is, luckily, accepted. Then the two split off to work on their respective careers and skills.

Later in the day, Ollie stops by and Cassidy spends a little time chatting with her brother.

… What is mysterious weather? .. Who knows. Looking it up, it said it could be anything from a freak snowstorm to thunderstorm.. but absolutely nothing exciting happened for Jade and Cassidy. Maybe next time.

Cassidy enjoying her new guitar. Around the corner, Jade is spending time filling out her paperwork for her business career.

Welcome home, Jade! Hopefully work didn’t stress you out too much…

.. Because Cassidy has a question for you.

Success!

What on earth could Jade be waiting for?

… The mail, perhaps?

Nope! The family welcomes a new member. This is Ada. The girls thought helping out by adopting a local child would be the best direction for their new family.

Ada Purdue-Rosa

Age: Child (15 days)
Traits: Loner
Aspiration: Rambunctious Scamp
Career: Grade C Student

Jade tucks their little Ada in for the night in her new bed. Tomorrow is Harvest fest, a perfect holiday for the three of them to get to know each other.

“What do you think, Jade? Did we make the right choice?”

“Of course we did! Ada is great!” Jade replies.

The morning starts out with Ada trying to save her mothers from vengeful gnomes.

… However, the gnome has the last laugh. Poor Ada, she tried!

After moving the gnome so Cassidy could get out of bed.. Cassidy tries to placate the gnome who didn’t want the toy Ada gave it…

..Success! One gnome down.. Two to go.

And don’t forget about the decorations!

Jade discovers that the gnomes don’t like her this morning, either.

Maybe Cassidy can plead for forgiveness from this last gnome…

.. I guess her luck with gnomes has run out. Jade spends some time picking up and selling the random plant seeds the gnomes have left.. then sells the gnomes for good measure. No more zaps for this family!

Ada meets Bash from the frights family, and they spend a little time getting to know each other. (Despite the fact that little Ada is tense about meeting new people.)

.. While Jade tries to get rid of a stinky leaf pile by burning it.. and Davey Bones walks by in his normal-wear costume.

Since it’s still morning, but everyone is hungry, Jade whips up a Grand Breakfast and everyone celebrates. It looks good to me.

.. A playful Ada goes to the park to get the first part of her milestone done.. and she is relieved to find the park fairly deserted. Nobody to make her tense again.

Jade cleans everything she can, keeping the small house spic and span.

.. Until I notice that the conversation that got Ada playful.. made Jade hysterical. And she runs to the bathroom to try to calm down. It would be terrible to lose a mom so soon after gaining two!

..This is what most of the week looks like after that. Jade has logic to earn for work, Cassidy has guitar skill to earn.. and little Ada forgoes scouts to spend all her time practicing her typing.

The next morning, while Jade is at work and Ada at school, Cassidy finds a random townie to work on her mischief spirit for the holiday.

.. Then she takes advantage of the pumpkin carving station to work on her spooky spirit.

.. Jade picks a dire costume after her brush with death the day before… while Ada picks the silly-looking sausage.

.. Another pumpkin to sell..

.. And I notice a fishing tournament is apparently underway nearby in the neighborhood. Too funny.

“Happy Spooky day, Ada!”

The next day, Ollie stops over to meet his new niece.

.. Who only spends a short time with him before taking a long nap to get over her cold.

.. Luckily the nap was just the thing… and Jade feels better, too, after some Orange Juice.

Jade has some paperwork for next week’s work.

.. So Ada and Cassidy spend some quality time together.

.. “Goodnight, Ada!”

Then, the week ends on an ominous note as Cassidy nearly electrocutes herself while trying to fix the household’s computer.

… A nasty shock, to be sure, but Cassidy quickly shakes it off and heads to bed. At least the computer got fixed!

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