I am a poor wayfaring stranger - Traveling through all these highs and lows
I heard there was no sickness - And no toil or danger
Just mercy and plenty - Where peaceful waters flow - Where peaceful waters flow
From Marble Beach letter to her farther Thane Beach, written 6th of May 2726 AD
Dear farther
Thanks for the wonderful wedding you held for us at Restaurant Mercier, by the way do you know that the former owner have moved to Nara Fields, a settlement just 8 km from here.
I will take you advice and not work at the café, besides the administration of purchasing and sales, as long as the child is not able to take care of itself. Already found a replacement in Terry Scully, a former student who chose to stay here after his education was finished. Had my last shift yesterday. We are so much in love, all is perfect, just feeling too heavy and can’t wait for the child to come out.
Greg Preston’s Diary 9th of May 2726 AD
I can feel the pressure from all the new people that have comes down to the valley, so I have taken a few days of from the settlement, camping and fishing in nature enjoying my solitude, at a beautiful spot where several rivers meet.
Greg Preston’s Notes for next Ent Council meeting, written 12th of May 2725 AD.
We have had sightings of strangers, both in “Greg’s River” and “Nara Fields”, probably members of wandering tribes or small groups of homeless thieves. Attempting to steal from us. While we sleep sometimes Pongo react with loud barking suggesting they are quite near at night-time. It could also be a poor lonely survivor, but we can’t take any chances.
Greg Preston’s Diary 16th of May 2726 AD
It has become very popular amongst the youngsters to visit the small coffee and food stand that Shina Nara runs over at Nara Fields. They often spend hours hanging out and socialising over there. In general, it is fine as long as they don’t spend too much pocket money.
Extracts from “The Wilderness” by Michiko Vaughan
I am glad that Charles can make us a living from his work at the trade station, but must admit my live have become a little lonely. Wash, clean, sweep and after all that just enough energy left to read a bit in a book before bedtime. I can feel I’m getting old.
Marked sales this Period: Brendon Gentry household:
A large crate of stones and metals: 3.821$, most valuable Platinum ingot at 3.491$
Greg Preston household:
A crate of stones and metals: 751$, most valuable a oval cut diamond at 470$
Salted and fresh fish 106$, Eggs 18$
Editorial:
Economy after this period.
Greg Preston household: Cash 7.660 – Net Worth 31.361
Jenny Richards household: Cash 10.011 – Net Worth 18.460
Michiko Vaughan household: Cash 1.587 – Net Worth 10.764
Terry Scully household: Cash 4.612 – Net Worth 26.797
Brendon Gentry household: Cash 17.144 – Net Worth 56.947
Community Fundings
Primo Maj $2.576
Two birthdays were not mentioned in the story line. Pongo 8 in April, Myra 17 in May
Timed the distance between the two settlement it takes about 1h20 min, as we expect everyone to walk or cycle (they do often use cars but that is not mentionable) set the distance to about 8 km
Everything was automated
Comments:
@polrbear:
Congratulations with your miracle download button, wish mine would work that way
Lovely shots you take with that shader, maybe too bright sometimes but more often just amazing.
@DivaDoodle "Yep! But I like it this way, I'm ambitious!"
you are always fantastic at translation their thoughts and intensions brilliant.
not knowing anyone so I give her 20 'like' of the coworkers so she can start off with acquaintances
Nice work by Victor, he is a hero. Absolutely deserves that reward.
Great to see Teddy finaly found someone
Vlad calm down for Christ sake.
Max super cool in the new uniform
More heroic actions from Victor – hard day at work for him.
Home Adan and Teddy will work it out.
Absolutely brilliant that shot with Faelie in bed and the purple flower
What is up with those book that is so important ?
@Nushnushganay
Always sad to see one of yours characters die, do not help that all the other are hammered with grief.
I feel need - The coldness of the night - The coldness in my room - The heat from my body - Like I'm burning up inside - Face it or deny - The battle I'm losing - But life don't end - Love don't end - I feel need - Jealousy, you've got me now - On my knees, you've got me now - It's an old time curse - But, oh, what's worse - Now I feel bitter - It tears friends apart - And envy plays its part - Now I feel weaker - But life don't end - Love don't end - I feel need - Jealousy, you've got me now - On my knees, you've got me now.
From Marble Beach letter to her farther Thane Beach, written 19th of May 2726 AD
Dear farther, thanks for you letter, glad to hear that mother is a little better. But so sad to hear that our old neighbour has been hospitalised with Chicken Poxvirida, at her age it could be fatal. We got chicken farms down here too, it is so scary.
continued…
Brendon have done a lot of gardening lately, both at the community site and in our garden.
It is Casel Hasan from the “Nara” house in the background, warming at the firepit before heading home
continued…
Sadly we have some issues with wild animals, feeding on our vegetables. Most of our garden was ransacked by deer, just as Brendon was about to harvest.
Greg Preston’s letter to St. John’s Educational Foundation 31 of May – 2726 AD
Dear Lone
I am addressing this directly to you, as we have had a very unfortunate incidence in Nara Fields involving two of your students. My John Hallett and Nara’s Casel Hasan. We, Botan Nara and myself, do not actually know if it was jealousy between the boys, Casel Hasan was chatting with Myra Frances when John arrived. Or he was just standing in Casel’s way, never the less Casel hit John in the face for what seems to be no good reason.
continued..
My point is, that I believe he should get an official warning and his parents should be notified. Botan Nara was not far away and things calmed down, when he came to comfort John. John is a sensitive boy and according to Botan. was choked and cried when Botan arrived.
Jenny Richards notes from the 2nd Elder Assembly Meeting, 1st of June 2726 AD
Participants: Greg Preston, Michiko Vaughan, Brendon Gentry, Jenny Richards.
We talked about the situation where John was hit, decided to let I rest, but keep an extra eye on Casel. Then we went over the general state of the community, everyone agreed it was fine and getting stronger by the day. Then Greg mentioned that The Mountain Village was hit by the usual A-Virus. A doctors had found a special more contagious string, they called Rababy Disease, first mentioned by Dr. Rah. Greg also mentioned that the more serious Chicken Poxvirida have been found in a few cases. Anyway we all agreed the Mountain village was far away no reason to believe it would ever get down here.
Marked sales this Period:
None
Editorial:
Economy after this period. (including donations)
Greg Preston household: Cash 8.764 – Net Worth 32.994
Jenny Richards household: Cash 11.198 – Net Worth 19.696
Michiko Vaughan household: Cash 3.411 – Net Worth 12.540
Brendon Gentry household: Cash 20.365 – Net Worth 59.142
Terry Scully household: Cash 5.496 – Net Worth 27.687
Community Funding
Ultimo May $2.576
Pegasus $751
Laundromat $54
Tax 2725/2726 $2.055
Ultimo June $5.436
The Elder meeting was staged and also the last picture, as I wanted to show my Japanese style flower setup, everything else was automated
''Mussete Mercier in bed with her farther was not my doing !!'' :D you are so funny! I love it!
You might not have seen the picture I think the link was broken:
''Don't look so shocked, Watcher! We all tried to hint to you:
Love that fact that you characters reprimands you
Very cute scene at the picnic
She is adorable with the tummy growing, pregnancy is very beautiful.
So glad Teddy & Adan found each other
Quigley contemplates Alfie "Alfie looks like Dad. He is nice, like Dad. His eyes look at me as if he Is my Dad.
But I don't think he is my Dad,
How could he be?"
@bekkasan
Ouch that Jorge does too much fitness, makes me look very tiny
@Nikkei_Simmer:
Tried that game 1.000.000 years ago – remember it to be very difficult.
@emorrill
washing underpants in sink is immoral
Ya Jenny put the misery upon herself, so she just have to deal with it.
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Thanks a lot for giving a short resume. Makes it easier to enjoy the story – that said I should really read it all at you blog.
Oooh okay. Makes sense. Hmm...so which relationship will he pursue then?
I don’t know yet, he seems to be interested it both as friends, but as he haven’t been flirting with anyone yet not sure where he will eventually end up.
@polrbear
Again some amazing high-quality pictures.
@Tamijo I have to credit EA, since I'm just refurbishing what they did previously. That Library IS huge and it's a herculean task to decorate it. I ended up closing two floors and a half.
**I like the idea of the students in the households! Make these guys work!
@DivaDoodle Speaking of homeless sims, have you met Bryce Younan in Moonlight Falls? He's a kid but he can become a hunk when he grows up.
I also get involved with the sims from Appaloosa Plains. Not only did I know all of them, I like the homeless, execpt for poo Shawn Kiffle. It seems as if he's unfinished.
**One of my favorite games is the Bioshock series. I can't stand one person shooters, but this one is out of this world. One of the reasons I played it was the Art Deco in the decadent city of Rapture. So, when I purchased Roaring Heights I had that in mind.
**Ownn "and Victor calls me his precious", I love to invent conversations following those speech ballons.
**Teddy's adventures as a fire-fighter makes me miss playing with that career. I love Teddy and Adan together.
**Alfie and Cherie are so cute together!
@bekkasan I get what you mean with the high rises and rebuilding those places sounds dashing! :-O It'd be a shame if you lost your lots.
I think I notice your using the neon lights. However, let's face it, biulding with them myself was mind-blowing.
@emorrill I'll be sharing screenshots, but it might be a save with the buildings in it. I'm still afraid of learning how to use CAW.
**This venture of mine reminds me of PalmArrow when she transformed Riverview into France. Do you remember?
@polrbear Great makeover on Agnes Seabotton and her house! My Barnacle Bay is just like that and I though it was because of my Isle Paradise purchase. I was told some copies had Barbacle Bay as a bonus.
@Silverofdreams30 I love Serena's update! Is her hair custom content?
Yes I have a lot of those - but very hard to look for something like that
Never mind, took a look at all sims - and all acts normal also with that household open, so seems to have no effect at all.
Well create Teenage and adopt a child create Day centre for one Adult job as day centre then this Adult going teacher all teenage to learn drive as on holiday with adopt a child.
Does anyone know what this is - even better how to get rid of it - popup every time I activate the household
As bekkasan said, it's a message you get from the SP personality modules. It just tells you that SP won't play that personality as long as you play it as an active sim. If you keep playing the sim for a long time, it will make him "retire" from that personality role and choose a different sim. However, that really takes quite a while in my experience. There are no negative effects involved.
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As I'm already here (though just for a moment), I may as well post something from my Twinbrook save, which I used to test a few things.
As Amy (Bull) got stir crazy, I sent her over to a party by Alistair Pine, a good friend of both her and Randall, as she was the one who got invited. That's Alistair with his youngest daughter (I think Elisa was her name).
I didn't pay much attention, and it got late, which meant Alistair's family came home. Then we got an awkward moment.
I had to laugh at Julienne's (Knack) reaction. I checked Amy's relationship panel, and I noticed I had successfully managed to avoid - up to this point - that Amy and Julienne ever met. Given they had been living just across the road of each other for the longest time, that never ceased to amuse me. The teen on the left is Michael, one of the twins of Julienne and Randall (the other twin Stevie lives with Amy and Randall). Which tells you how much time that had been, mostly on epic timescale.
I guess the point that Amy and Randall took over Julienne's parents' house after she (Julienne) decided to move with her son into Oliver Greenwood's commune (don't ask) is the icing on the cake. For free, because Pattina Knack (Julienne's mom) was such a nice woman.
Oh well. I made sure Julienne got hooked up with Alistair as a consolation prize. They have two kids with each other, which should settle things. Mostly .
Anyway, so much for the driveby. I'm reading and giving you awesomes, but that's all for the moment.
@emorrill Good thing is, I still have another decade or so before I'll feel like I'm getting old, lol. I turn 30 next month but I don't feel too bad about that.
Yeah, didn't really know how else I wanted to dress her so I just kept her the same.
I was having a bit of trouble with her stage name but I finally decided "Flower Power" sounded alright.
Possibly, just having her shop around a bit first but right now, he's the most likely choice.
@Turjan Becoming a Landgraab is pretty good, especially with Malcolm being an elder. Hopefully Gwen inherits the fortune when he goes.
I hope that Alfred can have a relationship with his mother.
Or not. Guess she isn't winning any Mother of the Year awards.
@Emily4331 Sounds like it's going to start getting a bit better, hopefully. In the forecast for my area, I've got a couple days in the mid 40's.
I'm lucky there too, I don't have a very long sidewalk to clear either.
You're welcome.
@GraceyManor Linda's new hair looks nice.
I'm glad her friends believe Ryan.
Great update!
@DivaDoodle If I need a paramedic, I hope they look as pretty as Faelie.
Congrats on Victor's promotion.
Maybe the maid should join the fire department instead?
You're welcome.
Thanks!
Oh, okay. I wasn't sure about that so thanks for explaining.
@Tamijo No, I wouldn't want to have a snake in bed either.
Let's hope they help with their money and aren't stingy.
It was nice of her mother to send her some boots.
Hmmm, never thought about that, lol. It kind of is cannibalism.
I know, I love how they do that. It'll be cool to have the flowers on the ground when she gets married.
Yeah, makes him feel younger when he rides his motorcylce.
Yep, you got to have a good story where a PlantSim fits in. Mine is just basically game play with no story so one fits in well with it.
I can take care of Bob, I'll have to think of something to do to him.
That's good, I'm not ready for him to go yet.
@Nikkei_Simmer Sure do, that's why I made him stand outside. He wasn't getting in with his "condition".
Great update!
***Doing as much catching up as I can today as I don't get many days off right now. I'm reading every post but may not comment as well as I normally do as I have a lot to catch up on.
Just snagged the "color values" for Chroma-Keying Blue and Green screens which I will use to screen-cap my sims into the Flight Simulator screencaps (e.g. walking out to the F-14 or whatever aircraft that they're going to go fly...etc...) - God I wish I could render, but I'm going to need to read up on that or I'm going to get so frickin' confused. I want to have some shots within the cockpit but that's going to mean me rendering a proper CWU-27/P flight suit and flight gear for my sims to wear.
...and properly outfitting him out with an MA-2 torso harness and other flight-gear.
including a proper HGU-68/P Flight helmet.
Yeah...I've just given myself a buttload of work to do.
Got two of these:
...and getting ready to download FSX-Steam tonight - of course, since I'm a troglodyte...@Featherbelle is going to have to help me.
@Brandontaylor - Ah...30 is still a youngling. When you were born, I was just starting to figure out whether I wanted to take the first "doddering steps" into real estate as a potential career. Yes, 20 turning 21 and trying to figure out what the heck life was all about...and OMG...@Featherbelle was only 14 back then ~sigh~ we were youngsters. Time flies. Enjoy it while you can.
...and of course...my filter's become unglued...and has fallen out.
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Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
All caught up on reading, although I really couldn't do 5 pages of feedback for everything. I've just been a bit busy in real life, haven't had much time to do what I'd like to. I am getting ready to open my Langerak save as I'd like to play it tonight. I played with Brittany's new save, but the rapid age up of townies happened again so I'm going to rethink things out before starting it up again. I'm thinking I'll shut off aging for that save and leave my lifespans alone as I think it's messing up the aging for that save.
@thuggishsplicer Oh I love all the tips and ideas you give me! TY!!! I will keep my eye out for the kid Bryce Younan!
I see his persistent Dad come and try to get noticed all the time.
I have trouble remembering their last name so I refer to the Dad as Youngman! LOL They are a big family that I think is used to being able to auto move into a house in town. I don't let anyone move in without me doing it, so the Dad is perplexed (I think) and tries to get in my view all the time, even as firefighter pfff as If! He even tried to be a kissing booth guy! ''No! Youngman! you're married!" I gave him better hair to make his wife happy but that's IT! I never see the Mom or daughters or that kid Bryce though!
I don't have appaloosa plains but you make it sound tempting with all those wonderful sims for me to get to know! Poor 'Poo Shawn Kiffle'! Did you change his name to that?! LOL
I wonder how he got unfinished!
I had a party dancer named Brad from Sunlit Tides, who didn't even know to go to the other dimension when tired! He was severely lacking in brains! he would just hang out at the 'hang out' and then pass out! He lived on snow cones I put on the lot for him. he never left! I finally felt so sorry for him, my family brought him home to try to train him to be 'normal". The cute consignment lady fell for him, and didn't even mind that he was so inept! She was a super smart sim with excellent lively personality. they had children. The son was super like the Mom, the girl was bewildered all the time LOL I wish I had pics, she would walk into a room and look around like 'where am I?"
Cool! my son say has played the Bioshock series, He loves the first one the best, he was telling me all about the city of Rapture! oh lol He just now told me your name is from the game! I always wondered!
I do it too! The speech and thought balloons tell us what's going on! well body language too. if they like someone they will get very close to the sim, sometimes invading the personal space.
I love Adan and Teddy together too! Adan is very good at telling me about himself with his thought bubbles! I know he wants to be in the military, and I know he loves Teddy. He thinks about both repeatedly through out the day, every day!
@Tamijo Beautiful pic of Greg walking over the hills to the next place in the distance!
I'm so happy Marple is so happy being pregnant!
LOL I know it looks weird and shocking to us, but family members will sleep in the same bed! I had Not seen it! Yikes! Your pic is cringe worthy!!!
Thank you, I love your comments too! Alfie is very logical and isn't afraid to reprimand me!
I am so glad about Teddy and Adan too! Adan is brand new to me and I really like him so much! but Teddy I have played before, he was an astronaut and family man, married to one of the twin daughters of Sherman Bagley. It might be why he was somewhat reluctant at first. This existence, and relationship is very new to him! He ate so many snow cones at the faire that he is putting on weight! LOL He was so skinny when I first brought him!
''"Yep! But I like it this way, I'm ambitious!" you are always fantastic at translation their thoughts and intensions brilliant.'' TY Tamijo that means a lot to me!
''What is up with those book that is so important ?'' I used to think it really did teach them about baby care. In this situation I think he is starting to get the idea to have kids with Cherie. He could have chosen any other book to read from his pocket. Maybe I am reading too much into it, But he Is family oriented! And I have no time to supervise another pregnancy and bringing up more kids!
Oh No! Chicken Pox! It is better to get that as a kid! Soon as one gets it have the others come visit so it will be less severe, oh right they are on auto!
Now they need to build a fence! will they?
Uh-Oh a slap fight! Wait! Why is Casel so tall? Is he an adult slapping a teen? Poor John
So some jealousy is the cause then?
''We talked about the situation where John was hit, decided to let I rest, but keep an extra eye on Casel.'' NO! Casel need a time out at the very least!
Beautiful Japanese style flower setup!
@Silverofdreams30 I'm glad you like the update! TY!!! I love the cute preggers belly too!
ohh haha TY!!! I played with the sliders on Victors cheeks, they had been at the lowest!
Hope I fixed it before it was too late for the baby girl!
@Dasiy Welcome! I gave you an awesome so you can post pictures soon! Sounds like a good beginning!
@Turjan I love Amy Bull! Randal's looks are so nice!
Oh I love and always glue myself to awkward moments!
What a interesting thing going on! hahaha
''(Julienne) decided to move with her son into Oliver Greenwood's commune (don't ask)'']/I] No Way! of Course I am asking!!!
Michael is already beautiful as a teen!
@Brandontaylor aw TY Faelie is a good paramedic and will save you!
yes that maid would be a Very good firefighter!
I always love to hear from you and read what you write!
@emorrill I'm glad you like my rainbow and Jorge photo!
@polrbear Never seen the retirement in the job possibilities before. Pretty cool. I'd take that one!
Love the photos.
@GraceyManor Why is the whitehouse not in your library or download folder?
@DivaDoodle Comments on your thread.
I loved that you gave Danny more time with his babies!
hehe, thanks for the approval.
I'll try to pull up that folder and take a peek today. I definitely got some housework to catch up on and mail to go through. But I want to play too. Would be fun to check on those guys in Sanctuary.
hehe, my hubby used to tell my son 'your Mom is always right. Quit arguing with her!' lol I definitely want Cabana to be happy and they deserve to be together while he finishes his job until the teens age up.
@thuggishsplicer I'm pretty sure the builds are gone. It's possible they are in the big external hard drive. I'll have to look sometime.
Hope you have a good day.
@daisy Welcome. Hope you are enjoying. Gave you an awesome to help you on your way to member.
@Turjan Thanks for the help on the personality question. Someday I'm going to explore those. Maybe once I've got caste's completely figured out.
I love the drama in your game. Kinda sad that the teens are living with different parents, but good they are across the street from each other. Julienne definitely seems concerned to see Amy chatting with Alistair.
@Brandontaylor Hope you enjoy your play time! I have aging shut off in my rotation worlds and I control whenever I go back to that world.
@Nikkei_Simmer Good luck making the items. I wouldn't even try so you are awesome for trying.
I turned Supernatural Island into winter. This is one of the houses built by @Hidehi for the world. It is called Twin Peaks. It is one of the big ones and is in the main city area. Jorge and Judy likes this house much better than the little cabin. I put Jorge, Judy, Alfarin, Milton and Tyler in it to check it, as well as send them to the festival lot to check the winter stuff. I needed to check Alfarin, Milton and Tyler's skins and the corrections that @Emily4331 made to the eskin. The calves look better, still somewhat shiny in the sunshine. I used the settings from Hidden Springs so a blizzard happened on the first day of winter. lol
Chapter Eight - A Different Kind of Peace (Part Five)
The Chikamori House – Morning
Weekday mornings were always hectic in the Chikamori household. Bebe had to get out early to head in to work as a playground monitor which was always fun; wrangling snot-nosed rugrats in kindergarten and elementary school grades and making sure that none of the little ankle-biters were fighting each other or likewise pummelling each other to pieces. It was quite evident that Bebe was now well aware of how her actions back when she was that age were galling to those who were playground monitors back then and she wasn’t a hellion like some of the other kids.
It was very clear that Bebe would have to be on her highest alert to make sure that she covered the entire playground area with her eyes monitoring everything that was going on. Bebe was glad that she was able to enjoy a leisurely breakfast of birthday cake (probably not the healthiest breakfast in the morning, but a dose of sugar might give her the energy to keep up pace with those little classroom psychos on speed) Little Jimmy Keaton was one of those little psychos who just loved to make Bebe’s work schedule into the shift from hell. If he wasn’t trying to hang upside down on the monkey-bars which nearly threatened to cause him to fall on his head, either breaking his neck in the process or giving him a major concussion, he was eating dirt in the corner. One of these days he’d probably die from an infection of Vibrio vulnificus, the bug that causes necrotizing fasciitis or otherwise more morbidly known as flesh-eating disease.
At least she was able to unload her frustrations by talking with her boyfriend Torao before heading into work.
Fiona came down and joined them at the table and of course since they’d had several birthday parties in consecutive order, there was plenty of birthday cake to go through. So Fiona had her share of birthday cake as well. Fiona though had other things on her mind. And of course when Haruo and River came down to join them at the kitchen table for breakfast...things got a little on the tense side.
It is well known that parents can tell when their children have been up to some “hanky-panky”. And of course, Fiona knew right off the bat that something was off.
Haruo got the feeling that he was under a fine magnifying glass...in the sun...because it was getting kind of unbearably hot. Fiona gave him yet another stare as she walked silently past him towards the kitchen sink.
River blushed pink...and mouthed, “I think she knows...” at her fiancé. Haruo winced. Evidently that heavy-petting session wasn’t going to go unremarked upon. But of course her mother said nothing...and headed upstairs. It was after all Fiona’s day off.
Bebe commented, “Boy, that was a close one...” she stage-whispered as Fiona headed out the back door and over to her side of the suite. Fiona had articles to write.
“Shhhhh...” River hissed, “I don’t need her chewing on me and Haruo because we just heavy-petted each other.”
“Heavy-petting?” Bebe smirked at her, “So...nothing more than that?” she insinuated. “No hot...stuff...”
“NO...” River said indignantly. “We are waiting for marriage...”
Haruo stopped over at the elixir shop and greeted Mr. Joseph. “How are you today.” He grinned, “I have a few more cut gemstones for you.”
Upon looking over them, Moses grinned at him and said, “These look great. I’m sure that the buyers will be most impressed by the quality of the cuts this time around...they look even better than the last ones.”
“Well...I seem to be getting more comfortable with the cutter; which probably translates into better quality in terms of cuts. Moses. I think we might get high-end five figures with this one.”
“I agree with that assessment.” Moses replied. “Let me talk to some of my more serious buyers about these...and they should get back to me with an purchase order today.”
“Great.”
After dropping off the cut gems, Haruo returned to the house and went upstairs to work on his martial arts. He had progressed from a blue-belt to a brown-belt one level down from black and two from martial arts mastery which meant that he would eventually be able to open his own martial arts studio if he so intended. But Haruo was more interested in angling as a career. His cousin, Torao, on the other hand had decided that he was going to become the gardener of the family and would apprentice under Haruo's father who was also a gardener.
River was working on her painting skill and growing more and more skilled with each painting that she created. This was truly her life’s calling, she mused as she mixed another color by taking bits of different colors from her palette and made a classic painting.
Eventually she would get skilled enough that she could memorize a scene in her mind and paint it from memory. At least that was what she was hoping to do one of these days.
Dinner was more birthday cake...and they wanted to finish off the birthday cake as stale cake was disgusting and would more than be a waste of money. So each of them looked consolingly at each other, grabbed fork and started digging into the cake for the second time that day.
...and then all too soon, it was bedtime...and Haruo and River headed off to bed.
(End Chapter Eight)
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
@bekkasan I hope you can salvage them, it's a pain to spend hours and hours building and lose the work easily. u.u
@DivaDoodle LOL at "Youngman". It seems his wife is a young adult at the very beginning. In the wikia, they say it's odd she has three teens being so young, I think Dennis got divorced or is a widow and he remarried with a young woman. But the family tree shows otherwise...
**Appaloosa Plains is my all time favorite, but I've played it so much that I'm trying different things. About Shaun Kiffle doesn't have any traits! That's why I think he's unfinished. (BTW, I mispelled his name, but I didn't get what is odd in it...) Also, his clothes are odd and he looks like an an anime character. He often dies single in my gameplays.
**Owwnnn I love reading about Brad. Once I had Zelda Mae cheat on my sim with a party dancer. They had a baby and I think I named her Zalina. Many people dislike Zelda and Jamie and I made them have a romance to tease CravenLestat. They had a baby in the future and the name of the baby was a mix of their names. I still have this save.
**That awesome your son likes the game I mentioned! I also agree the first one is the best. Nowadays, I'm tired of my username here, but it is in fact one kind of monster in the games. hehehe
**I have to pay attention to this thing about getting closer!
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I'm really bushed from building, but I managed to redesign the City Hall in Sunset Valley.
@bekkasan
Because my folders became corrupted and I do not want to
put anything from the old folder in.I even went and reinstalled all mods.
Right now I can't get store items to install, they download and it says they installed but then nothing
shows up in game, and when I relaunch the launcher it says the item is not installed.
@Brandontaylor Thanks. Yes, I can empathize. Just make the best out of your time
@Silverofdreams30 Nice shots. In my experience, sims with the "dislikes children" trait make for some of the best parents, at least for babies and toddlers, like I had seen with Thornton Wolff in SV, who did more with the kids than Morgana. I guess they just want to make the crying stop .
@DivaDoodle Heh, thank you. You want to know more about Oliver Greenwood? Oliver and Holly were the eco-friendly and vegetarian couple in Twinbrook, a great family with two daughters, Jade and Emerald. The perfect family. Until it wasn't quite as perfect, given Holly had a lot of outside "interests". At one point, they divorced, and Oliver Greenwood moved from their suburban home into some townhouse. Given he had hardly any money - he worked part-time at the grocery - he took in other people.
Julienne Knack is the single daughter of one of the richest couples in town, and her parents lived in the most expensive house there. She had a huge room of her own, and when she got pregnant from Randall (eh, Randall bailed and married Amy instead), I made sure that everything for babies to children was there in the house (this was all in a still unmodded game). With the work schedules of Julienne and her parents, there would always have someone been there to care for the kids, and Randall could just go across the road to help. That worked out for a few days, but then Julienne packed her stuff and Michael and moved into Oliver Greenwood's townhouse. That townhouse had three beds, only one of them a double, no kids stuff. It was occupied by five adults and three toddlers, none of the adults related or married to each other and none of the dads of those toddlers part of the household. Well, I guess Julienne thought that was an improvement. What they all did there in that happy-go-lucky "commune" is anyone's guess. They obviously got really close though.
By the way, that wasn't Randall in the pic, but Alistair, Julienne's husband. Here are Randall and Amy, when Randall just came back from his last university stay (his fourth degree ). They are all full adults.
Amy and Randall have their own kids, Janet and Bradley.
That's certainly not where they all started, but it's where they are at now.
@bekkasan Wonderful pic again. I hope the house works out for you.
If you think that's drama, you don't know half of it . So Randall had a hard time deciding between Julienne Knack and Amy Bull. I thought, hey, it's a game. Why not try both, sort of? Julienne got pregnant the day before Randall married... Amy Bull. That was still an unmodded game though, and I remember all the plum EA SP pulled off. I didn't quite know when Julienne's baby was due, so I missed the birth and just saw the notice that she had got twins, Michael and Stevie. When Randall visited Julienne the first time, there was just one child, Michael. At first I didn't think much of it, but that didn't change. A few days later I found Stevie as a toddler in Randall's relationship panel - as a foreign sim in China. When I finally got more accustomed to MC, I further found out that he was a homeless sim in China. I guess he was a toddler living in the hot springs, catching newts for nourishment. I tried to recover him when he was a child, but you can't call a child, not even from within China (I tried), so that went nowhere. I finally learned that it's safe to pull sims from other worlds in via MC's "Add sim" function, so I did just that. However, that was basically one day from Stevie becoming a teen. That whole affair was ridiculous. Anyway, that's Stevie, Michael's twin brother, nowadays.
As an aside, when I switched to Julienne's and Alistair's household last, I noticed that there was another person listed in her household: an alleged sister of hers. In China, where else .
Um...uh...very little... Opened up the game twice today (first time it locked into recording a video...and I just exited out; second time reloading and started yawning my head off...so not much...other than evidently Haruo and River have graduation today...will play it tomorrow...I guess).
But what I did do today is: correction (am in the process of doing is...)
Yes, it's official @Nikkei_Simmer is downloading FSX-Steam Edition. Next will be to set up the F-14D Tomcat created by Dino Cattaneo.
Well...in the space of my typing this post...it's already downloaded from Steam Client Server 55% of the first download (two in total: one, I think is the FSX game...then number two is the Acceleration expansion pack).
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
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Episode 23 – A Stranger
I am a poor wayfaring stranger - Traveling through all these highs and lows
I heard there was no sickness - And no toil or danger
Just mercy and plenty - Where peaceful waters flow - Where peaceful waters flow
From Marble Beach letter to her farther Thane Beach, written 6th of May 2726 AD
Dear farther
Thanks for the wonderful wedding you held for us at Restaurant Mercier, by the way do you know that the former owner have moved to Nara Fields, a settlement just 8 km from here.
I will take you advice and not work at the café, besides the administration of purchasing and sales, as long as the child is not able to take care of itself. Already found a replacement in Terry Scully, a former student who chose to stay here after his education was finished. Had my last shift yesterday. We are so much in love, all is perfect, just feeling too heavy and can’t wait for the child to come out.
Greg Preston’s Diary 9th of May 2726 AD
I can feel the pressure from all the new people that have comes down to the valley, so I have taken a few days of from the settlement, camping and fishing in nature enjoying my solitude, at a beautiful spot where several rivers meet.
Greg Preston’s Notes for next Ent Council meeting, written 12th of May 2725 AD.
We have had sightings of strangers, both in “Greg’s River” and “Nara Fields”, probably members of wandering tribes or small groups of homeless thieves. Attempting to steal from us. While we sleep sometimes Pongo react with loud barking suggesting they are quite near at night-time. It could also be a poor lonely survivor, but we can’t take any chances.
Greg Preston’s Diary 16th of May 2726 AD
It has become very popular amongst the youngsters to visit the small coffee and food stand that Shina Nara runs over at Nara Fields. They often spend hours hanging out and socialising over there. In general, it is fine as long as they don’t spend too much pocket money.
Extracts from “The Wilderness” by Michiko Vaughan
I am glad that Charles can make us a living from his work at the trade station, but must admit my live have become a little lonely. Wash, clean, sweep and after all that just enough energy left to read a bit in a book before bedtime. I can feel I’m getting old.
Marked sales this Period:
Brendon Gentry household:
- A large crate of stones and metals: 3.821$, most valuable Platinum ingot at 3.491$
Greg Preston household:Editorial:
Greg Preston household: Cash 7.660 – Net Worth 31.361
Jenny Richards household: Cash 10.011 – Net Worth 18.460
Michiko Vaughan household: Cash 1.587 – Net Worth 10.764
Terry Scully household: Cash 4.612 – Net Worth 26.797
Brendon Gentry household: Cash 17.144 – Net Worth 56.947
Community Fundings
Primo Maj $2.576
Two birthdays were not mentioned in the story line. Pongo 8 in April, Myra 17 in May
Timed the distance between the two settlement it takes about 1h20 min, as we expect everyone to walk or cycle (they do often use cars but that is not mentionable) set the distance to about 8 km
Everything was automated
Comments:
@polrbear:
Congratulations with your miracle download button, wish mine would work that way
Lovely shots you take with that shader, maybe too bright sometimes but more often just amazing.
@DivaDoodle
"Yep! But I like it this way, I'm ambitious!"
you are always fantastic at translation their thoughts and intensions brilliant.
not knowing anyone so I give her 20 'like' of the coworkers so she can start off with acquaintances
Nice work by Victor, he is a hero. Absolutely deserves that reward.
Great to see Teddy finaly found someone
Vlad calm down for Christ sake.
Max super cool in the new uniform
More heroic actions from Victor – hard day at work for him.
Home Adan and Teddy will work it out.
Absolutely brilliant that shot with Faelie in bed and the purple flower
What is up with those book that is so important ?
@Nushnushganay
Always sad to see one of yours characters die, do not help that all the other are hammered with grief.
@Silverofdreams30
Love that one: https://i.imgur.com/6GCajSZ.jpg
Reply to later posts in my next update
thank you, great update lots that
happens.
@DivaDoodle
I meant the dfferent face sliders, haha not only the chin one,
but that is what I do, play around with them until i find something
I like to use.
@bekkasan
Thank you
@emorrill
Thank you
Loved the update,
they are both so cute with their pregger bellies.
I feel need - The coldness of the night - The coldness in my room - The heat from my body - Like I'm burning up inside - Face it or deny - The battle I'm losing - But life don't end - Love don't end - I feel need - Jealousy, you've got me now - On my knees, you've got me now - It's an old time curse - But, oh, what's worse - Now I feel bitter - It tears friends apart - And envy plays its part - Now I feel weaker - But life don't end - Love don't end - I feel need - Jealousy, you've got me now - On my knees, you've got me now.
From Marble Beach letter to her farther Thane Beach, written 19th of May 2726 AD
Dear farther, thanks for you letter, glad to hear that mother is a little better. But so sad to hear that our old neighbour has been hospitalised with Chicken Poxvirida, at her age it could be fatal. We got chicken farms down here too, it is so scary.
continued…
Brendon have done a lot of gardening lately, both at the community site and in our garden.
It is Casel Hasan from the “Nara” house in the background, warming at the firepit before heading home
continued…
Sadly we have some issues with wild animals, feeding on our vegetables. Most of our garden was ransacked by deer, just as Brendon was about to harvest.
Greg Preston’s letter to St. John’s Educational Foundation 31 of May – 2726 AD
Dear Lone
I am addressing this directly to you, as we have had a very unfortunate incidence in Nara Fields involving two of your students. My John Hallett and Nara’s Casel Hasan. We, Botan Nara and myself, do not actually know if it was jealousy between the boys, Casel Hasan was chatting with Myra Frances when John arrived. Or he was just standing in Casel’s way, never the less Casel hit John in the face for what seems to be no good reason.
continued..
My point is, that I believe he should get an official warning and his parents should be notified. Botan Nara was not far away and things calmed down, when he came to comfort John. John is a sensitive boy and according to Botan. was choked and cried when Botan arrived.
Jenny Richards notes from the 2nd Elder Assembly Meeting, 1st of June 2726 AD
Participants: Greg Preston, Michiko Vaughan, Brendon Gentry, Jenny Richards.
We talked about the situation where John was hit, decided to let I rest, but keep an extra eye on Casel. Then we went over the general state of the community, everyone agreed it was fine and getting stronger by the day. Then Greg mentioned that The Mountain Village was hit by the usual A-Virus. A doctors had found a special more contagious string, they called Rababy Disease, first mentioned by Dr. Rah. Greg also mentioned that the more serious Chicken Poxvirida have been found in a few cases. Anyway we all agreed the Mountain village was far away no reason to believe it would ever get down here.
Marked sales this Period:
None
Editorial:
Greg Preston household: Cash 8.764 – Net Worth 32.994
Jenny Richards household: Cash 11.198 – Net Worth 19.696
Michiko Vaughan household: Cash 3.411 – Net Worth 12.540
Brendon Gentry household: Cash 20.365 – Net Worth 59.142
Terry Scully household: Cash 5.496 – Net Worth 27.687
Community Funding
Ultimo May $2.576
Pegasus $751
Laundromat $54
Tax 2725/2726 $2.055
Ultimo June $5.436
The Elder meeting was staged and also the last picture, as I wanted to show my Japanese style flower setup, everything else was automated
Comments:
@DivaDoodle
Thanks for comments
''Mussete Mercier in bed with her farther was not my doing !!''
You might not have seen the picture I think the link was broken:
''Don't look so shocked, Watcher! We all tried to hint to you:
Love that fact that you characters reprimands you
Very cute scene at the picnic
She is adorable with the tummy growing, pregnancy is very beautiful.
So glad Teddy & Adan found each other
Quigley contemplates Alfie "Alfie looks like Dad. He is nice, like Dad. His eyes look at me as if he Is my Dad.
But I don't think he is my Dad,
How could he be?"
@bekkasan
Ouch that Jorge does too much fitness, makes me look very tiny
@Cororon
Great shot saluting the lieutenant
@Nikkei_Simmer:
Tried that game 1.000.000 years ago – remember it to be very difficult.
@emorrill
washing underpants in sink is immoral
Ya Jenny put the misery upon herself, so she just have to deal with it.
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Thanks a lot for giving a short resume. Makes it easier to enjoy the story – that said I should really read it all at you blog.
Oooh okay. Makes sense. Hmm...so which relationship will he pursue then?
I don’t know yet, he seems to be interested it both as friends, but as he haven’t been flirting with anyone yet not sure where he will eventually end up.
@polrbear
Again some amazing high-quality pictures.
**I like the idea of the students in the households! Make these guys work!
@DivaDoodle Speaking of homeless sims, have you met Bryce Younan in Moonlight Falls? He's a kid but he can become a hunk when he grows up.
I also get involved with the sims from Appaloosa Plains. Not only did I know all of them, I like the homeless, execpt for poo Shawn Kiffle. It seems as if he's unfinished.
**One of my favorite games is the Bioshock series. I can't stand one person shooters, but this one is out of this world. One of the reasons I played it was the Art Deco in the decadent city of Rapture. So, when I purchased Roaring Heights I had that in mind.
**Ownn "and Victor calls me his precious", I love to invent conversations following those speech ballons.
**Teddy's adventures as a fire-fighter makes me miss playing with that career. I love Teddy and Adan together.
**Alfie and Cherie are so cute together!
@bekkasan I get what you mean with the high rises and rebuilding those places sounds dashing! :-O It'd be a shame if you lost your lots.
I think I notice your using the neon lights. However, let's face it, biulding with them myself was mind-blowing.
@emorrill I'll be sharing screenshots, but it might be a save with the buildings in it. I'm still afraid of learning how to use CAW.
**This venture of mine reminds me of PalmArrow when she transformed Riverview into France. Do you remember?
@polrbear Great makeover on Agnes Seabotton and her house! My Barnacle Bay is just like that and I though it was because of my Isle Paradise purchase. I was told some copies had Barbacle Bay as a bonus.
@Silverofdreams30 I love Serena's update! Is her hair custom content?
Now my simself has got to get ready for work! XD
@Tamijo Do you have any of the story progression personality modules in game? I don't use those, but I'm wondering if it is related to that.
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
Never mind, took a look at all sims - and all acts normal also with that household open, so seems to have no effect at all.
yup, her hair is cc I checked but was no name written
on the picture in cas.
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As I'm already here (though just for a moment), I may as well post something from my Twinbrook save, which I used to test a few things.
As Amy (Bull) got stir crazy, I sent her over to a party by Alistair Pine, a good friend of both her and Randall, as she was the one who got invited. That's Alistair with his youngest daughter (I think Elisa was her name).
I didn't pay much attention, and it got late, which meant Alistair's family came home. Then we got an awkward moment.
I had to laugh at Julienne's (Knack) reaction. I checked Amy's relationship panel, and I noticed I had successfully managed to avoid - up to this point - that Amy and Julienne ever met. Given they had been living just across the road of each other for the longest time, that never ceased to amuse me. The teen on the left is Michael, one of the twins of Julienne and Randall (the other twin Stevie lives with Amy and Randall). Which tells you how much time that had been, mostly on epic timescale.
I guess the point that Amy and Randall took over Julienne's parents' house after she (Julienne) decided to move with her son into Oliver Greenwood's commune (don't ask) is the icing on the cake. For free, because Pattina Knack (Julienne's mom) was such a nice woman.
Oh well. I made sure Julienne got hooked up with Alistair as a consolation prize. They have two kids with each other, which should settle things. Mostly
Anyway, so much for the driveby. I'm reading and giving you awesomes, but that's all for the moment.
Yeah, didn't really know how else I wanted to dress her so I just kept her the same.
I was having a bit of trouble with her stage name but I finally decided "Flower Power" sounded alright.
Possibly, just having her shop around a bit first but right now, he's the most likely choice.
@Turjan Becoming a Landgraab is pretty good, especially with Malcolm being an elder. Hopefully Gwen inherits the fortune when he goes.
I hope that Alfred can have a relationship with his mother.
Or not. Guess she isn't winning any Mother of the Year awards.
@Emily4331 Sounds like it's going to start getting a bit better, hopefully. In the forecast for my area, I've got a couple days in the mid 40's.
I'm lucky there too, I don't have a very long sidewalk to clear either.
You're welcome.
@GraceyManor Linda's new hair looks nice.
I'm glad her friends believe Ryan.
Great update!
@HillyBeth Everyone looks great!
@DivaDoodle If I need a paramedic, I hope they look as pretty as Faelie.
Congrats on Victor's promotion.
Maybe the maid should join the fire department instead?
You're welcome.
Thanks!
Oh, okay. I wasn't sure about that so thanks for explaining.
@Tamijo No, I wouldn't want to have a snake in bed either.
Let's hope they help with their money and aren't stingy.
It was nice of her mother to send her some boots.
Hmmm, never thought about that, lol. It kind of is cannibalism.
I know, I love how they do that. It'll be cool to have the flowers on the ground when she gets married.
Yeah, makes him feel younger when he rides his motorcylce.
Yep, you got to have a good story where a PlantSim fits in. Mine is just basically game play with no story so one fits in well with it.
I can take care of Bob, I'll have to think of something to do to him.
That's good, I'm not ready for him to go yet.
@Silverofdreams30 Thank you!
@Nikkei_Simmer Sure do, that's why I made him stand outside. He wasn't getting in with his "condition".
Great update!
***Doing as much catching up as I can today as I don't get many days off right now. I'm reading every post but may not comment as well as I normally do as I have a lot to catch up on.
...and properly outfitting him out with an MA-2 torso harness and other flight-gear.
including a proper HGU-68/P Flight helmet.
Yeah...I've just given myself a buttload of work to do.
Got two of these:
...and getting ready to download FSX-Steam tonight - of course, since I'm a troglodyte...@Featherbelle is going to have to help me.
@Brandontaylor - Ah...30 is still a youngling.
...and of course...my filter's become unglued...and has fallen out.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
Serena adopted a dog Baxter
She had a bit of woohoo with a sim that led to giving
birth to Noah, but she dislikes children oh boy haha.
@thuggishsplicer Oh I love all the tips and ideas you give me! TY!!! I will keep my eye out for the kid Bryce Younan!
I see his persistent Dad come and try to get noticed all the time.
I have trouble remembering their last name so I refer to the Dad as Youngman! LOL They are a big family that I think is used to being able to auto move into a house in town. I don't let anyone move in without me doing it, so the Dad is perplexed (I think) and tries to get in my view all the time, even as firefighter pfff as If! He even tried to be a kissing booth guy! ''No! Youngman! you're married!" I gave him better hair to make his wife happy but that's IT!
I don't have appaloosa plains but you make it sound tempting with all those wonderful sims for me to get to know! Poor 'Poo Shawn Kiffle'! Did you change his name to that?! LOL
I wonder how he got unfinished!
I had a party dancer named Brad from Sunlit Tides, who didn't even know to go to the other dimension when tired!
Cool! my son say has played the Bioshock series, He loves the first one the best, he was telling me all about the city of Rapture! oh lol He just now told me your name is from the game! I always wondered!
I do it too! The speech and thought balloons tell us what's going on! well body language too. if they like someone they will get very close to the sim, sometimes invading the personal space.
I love Adan and Teddy together too! Adan is very good at telling me about himself with his thought bubbles! I know he wants to be in the military, and I know he loves Teddy. He thinks about both repeatedly through out the day, every day!
@Tamijo Beautiful pic of Greg walking over the hills to the next place in the distance!
I'm so happy Marple is so happy being pregnant!
LOL I know it looks weird and shocking to us, but family members will sleep in the same bed!
Thank you, I love your comments too! Alfie is very logical and isn't afraid to reprimand me!
I am so glad about Teddy and Adan too! Adan is brand new to me and I really like him so much! but Teddy I have played before, he was an astronaut and family man, married to one of the twin daughters of Sherman Bagley. It might be why he was somewhat reluctant at first. This existence, and relationship is very new to him! He ate so many snow cones at the faire that he is putting on weight! LOL He was so skinny when I first brought him!
''"Yep! But I like it this way, I'm ambitious!" you are always fantastic at translation their thoughts and intensions brilliant.'' TY Tamijo that means a lot to me!
''What is up with those book that is so important ?'' I used to think it really did teach them about baby care. In this situation I think he is starting to get the idea to have kids with Cherie. He could have chosen any other book to read from his pocket. Maybe I am reading too much into it, But he Is family oriented! And I have no time to supervise another pregnancy and bringing up more kids!
Oh No! Chicken Pox! It is better to get that as a kid! Soon as one gets it have the others come visit so it will be less severe, oh right they are on auto!
Now they need to build a fence! will they?
Uh-Oh a slap fight! Wait! Why is Casel so tall? Is he an adult slapping a teen?
So some jealousy is the cause then?
''We talked about the situation where John was hit, decided to let I rest, but keep an extra eye on Casel.'' NO! Casel need a time out at the very least!
Beautiful Japanese style flower setup!
@Silverofdreams30 I'm glad you like the update! TY!!! I love the cute preggers belly too!
ohh haha TY!!! I played with the sliders on Victors cheeks, they had been at the lowest!
Hope I fixed it before it was too late for the baby girl!
@Dasiy Welcome!
@Turjan I love Amy Bull! Randal's looks are so nice!
What a interesting thing going on! hahaha
''(Julienne) decided to move with her son into Oliver Greenwood's commune (don't ask)'']/I] No Way! of Course I am asking!!!
Michael is already beautiful as a teen!
@Brandontaylor aw TY Faelie is a good paramedic and will save you!
yes that maid would be a Very good firefighter!
I always love to hear from you and read what you write!
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@emorrill I'm glad you like my rainbow and Jorge photo!
@polrbear Never seen the retirement in the job possibilities before. Pretty cool. I'd take that one!
Love the photos.
@GraceyManor Why is the whitehouse not in your library or download folder?
@DivaDoodle Comments on your thread.
I loved that you gave Danny more time with his babies!
hehe, thanks for the approval.
I'll try to pull up that folder and take a peek today.
hehe, my hubby used to tell my son 'your Mom is always right. Quit arguing with her!' lol I definitely want Cabana to be happy and they deserve to be together while he finishes his job until the teens age up.
@thuggishsplicer I'm pretty sure the builds are gone. It's possible they are in the big external hard drive. I'll have to look sometime.
Hope you have a good day.
@daisy Welcome. Hope you are enjoying. Gave you an awesome to help you on your way to member.
@Turjan Thanks for the help on the personality question. Someday I'm going to explore those. Maybe once I've got caste's completely figured out.
I love the drama in your game. Kinda sad that the teens are living with different parents, but good they are across the street from each other. Julienne definitely seems concerned to see Amy chatting with Alistair.
@Brandontaylor Hope you enjoy your play time! I have aging shut off in my rotation worlds and I control whenever I go back to that world.
@Nikkei_Simmer Good luck making the items. I wouldn't even try so you are awesome for trying.
@Silverofdreams30 Cute dog!
oh, drama already. Hope someone loves baby Noah!
I turned Supernatural Island into winter. This is one of the houses built by @Hidehi for the world. It is called Twin Peaks. It is one of the big ones and is in the main city area. Jorge and Judy likes this house much better than the little cabin. I put Jorge, Judy, Alfarin, Milton and Tyler in it to check it, as well as send them to the festival lot to check the winter stuff. I needed to check Alfarin, Milton and Tyler's skins and the corrections that @Emily4331 made to the eskin. The calves look better, still somewhat shiny in the sunshine. I used the settings from Hidden Springs so a blizzard happened on the first day of winter. lol
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
Even with the dislike children trait, she is taking care of him really
good, she has to as she lives by herself, but she does not mind too much.
Chapter Eight - A Different Kind of Peace (Part Five)
The Chikamori House – Morning
Weekday mornings were always hectic in the Chikamori household. Bebe had to get out early to head in to work as a playground monitor which was always fun; wrangling snot-nosed rugrats in kindergarten and elementary school grades and making sure that none of the little ankle-biters were fighting each other or likewise pummelling each other to pieces. It was quite evident that Bebe was now well aware of how her actions back when she was that age were galling to those who were playground monitors back then and she wasn’t a hellion like some of the other kids.
It was very clear that Bebe would have to be on her highest alert to make sure that she covered the entire playground area with her eyes monitoring everything that was going on. Bebe was glad that she was able to enjoy a leisurely breakfast of birthday cake (probably not the healthiest breakfast in the morning, but a dose of sugar might give her the energy to keep up pace with those little classroom psychos on speed) Little Jimmy Keaton was one of those little psychos who just loved to make Bebe’s work schedule into the shift from hell. If he wasn’t trying to hang upside down on the monkey-bars which nearly threatened to cause him to fall on his head, either breaking his neck in the process or giving him a major concussion, he was eating dirt in the corner. One of these days he’d probably die from an infection of Vibrio vulnificus, the bug that causes necrotizing fasciitis or otherwise more morbidly known as flesh-eating disease.
At least she was able to unload her frustrations by talking with her boyfriend Torao before heading into work.
Fiona came down and joined them at the table and of course since they’d had several birthday parties in consecutive order, there was plenty of birthday cake to go through. So Fiona had her share of birthday cake as well. Fiona though had other things on her mind. And of course when Haruo and River came down to join them at the kitchen table for breakfast...things got a little on the tense side.
It is well known that parents can tell when their children have been up to some “hanky-panky”. And of course, Fiona knew right off the bat that something was off.
Haruo got the feeling that he was under a fine magnifying glass...in the sun...because it was getting kind of unbearably hot. Fiona gave him yet another stare as she walked silently past him towards the kitchen sink.
River blushed pink...and mouthed, “I think she knows...” at her fiancé. Haruo winced. Evidently that heavy-petting session wasn’t going to go unremarked upon. But of course her mother said nothing...and headed upstairs. It was after all Fiona’s day off.
Bebe commented, “Boy, that was a close one...” she stage-whispered as Fiona headed out the back door and over to her side of the suite. Fiona had articles to write.
“Shhhhh...” River hissed, “I don’t need her chewing on me and Haruo because we just heavy-petted each other.”
“Heavy-petting?” Bebe smirked at her, “So...nothing more than that?” she insinuated. “No hot...stuff...”
“NO...” River said indignantly. “We are waiting for marriage...”
“oh...” Bebe grinned knowingly. “Just test-driving...”
“Bebe!”
"What?"
"Go to work!"
Elixir Consignment Shop
Haruo stopped over at the elixir shop and greeted Mr. Joseph. “How are you today.” He grinned, “I have a few more cut gemstones for you.”
Upon looking over them, Moses grinned at him and said, “These look great. I’m sure that the buyers will be most impressed by the quality of the cuts this time around...they look even better than the last ones.”
“Well...I seem to be getting more comfortable with the cutter; which probably translates into better quality in terms of cuts. Moses. I think we might get high-end five figures with this one.”
“I agree with that assessment.” Moses replied. “Let me talk to some of my more serious buyers about these...and they should get back to me with an purchase order today.”
“Great.”
After dropping off the cut gems, Haruo returned to the house and went upstairs to work on his martial arts. He had progressed from a blue-belt to a brown-belt one level down from black and two from martial arts mastery which meant that he would eventually be able to open his own martial arts studio if he so intended. But Haruo was more interested in angling as a career. His cousin, Torao, on the other hand had decided that he was going to become the gardener of the family and would apprentice under Haruo's father who was also a gardener.
River was working on her painting skill and growing more and more skilled with each painting that she created. This was truly her life’s calling, she mused as she mixed another color by taking bits of different colors from her palette and made a classic painting.
Eventually she would get skilled enough that she could memorize a scene in her mind and paint it from memory. At least that was what she was hoping to do one of these days.
Dinner was more birthday cake...and they wanted to finish off the birthday cake as stale cake was disgusting and would more than be a waste of money. So each of them looked consolingly at each other, grabbed fork and started digging into the cake for the second time that day.
...and then all too soon, it was bedtime...and Haruo and River headed off to bed.
(End Chapter Eight)
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
I have seen something like that. I assume it comes from NRAAS Story Progression and ignored it after thinking about it for a brief second or two.
I have the NRAAS Story Progression additional modules of Career; Extra; Population; Relationship; Skill
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
@DivaDoodle LOL at "Youngman". It seems his wife is a young adult at the very beginning. In the wikia, they say it's odd she has three teens being so young, I think Dennis got divorced or is a widow and he remarried with a young woman. But the family tree shows otherwise...
**Appaloosa Plains is my all time favorite, but I've played it so much that I'm trying different things. About Shaun Kiffle doesn't have any traits! That's why I think he's unfinished. (BTW, I mispelled his name, but I didn't get what is odd in it...) Also, his clothes are odd and he looks like an an anime character. He often dies single in my gameplays.
**Owwnnn I love reading about Brad. Once I had Zelda Mae cheat on my sim with a party dancer. They had a baby and I think I named her Zalina. Many people dislike Zelda and Jamie and I made them have a romance to tease CravenLestat. They had a baby in the future and the name of the baby was a mix of their names. I still have this save.
**That awesome your son likes the game I mentioned! I also agree the first one is the best. Nowadays, I'm tired of my username here, but it is in fact one kind of monster in the games. hehehe
**I have to pay attention to this thing about getting closer!
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I'm really bushed from building, but I managed to redesign the City Hall in Sunset Valley.
Because my folders became corrupted and I do not want to
put anything from the old folder in.I even went and reinstalled all mods.
Right now I can't get store items to install, they download and it says they installed but then nothing
shows up in game, and when I relaunch the launcher it says the item is not installed.
https://graceymanorsims3.tumblr.com/
@Silverofdreams30 Nice shots. In my experience, sims with the "dislikes children" trait make for some of the best parents, at least for babies and toddlers, like I had seen with Thornton Wolff in SV, who did more with the kids than Morgana. I guess they just want to make the crying stop
@DivaDoodle Heh, thank you. You want to know more about Oliver Greenwood? Oliver and Holly were the eco-friendly and vegetarian couple in Twinbrook, a great family with two daughters, Jade and Emerald. The perfect family. Until it wasn't quite as perfect, given Holly had a lot of outside "interests". At one point, they divorced, and Oliver Greenwood moved from their suburban home into some townhouse. Given he had hardly any money - he worked part-time at the grocery - he took in other people.
Julienne Knack is the single daughter of one of the richest couples in town, and her parents lived in the most expensive house there. She had a huge room of her own, and when she got pregnant from Randall (eh, Randall bailed and married Amy instead), I made sure that everything for babies to children was there in the house (this was all in a still unmodded game). With the work schedules of Julienne and her parents, there would always have someone been there to care for the kids, and Randall could just go across the road to help. That worked out for a few days, but then Julienne packed her stuff and Michael and moved into Oliver Greenwood's townhouse. That townhouse had three beds, only one of them a double, no kids stuff. It was occupied by five adults and three toddlers, none of the adults related or married to each other and none of the dads of those toddlers part of the household. Well, I guess Julienne thought that was an improvement. What they all did there in that happy-go-lucky "commune" is anyone's guess. They obviously got really close though.
By the way, that wasn't Randall in the pic, but Alistair, Julienne's husband. Here are Randall and Amy, when Randall just came back from his last university stay (his fourth degree
Amy and Randall have their own kids, Janet and Bradley.
That's certainly not where they all started, but it's where they are at now.
@bekkasan Wonderful pic again. I hope the house works out for you.
If you think that's drama, you don't know half of it
As an aside, when I switched to Julienne's and Alistair's household last, I noticed that there was another person listed in her household: an alleged sister of hers. In China, where else
Um...uh...very little... Opened up the game twice today (first time it locked into recording a video...and I just exited out; second time reloading and started yawning my head off...so not much...other than evidently Haruo and River have graduation today...will play it tomorrow...I guess).
But what I did do today is: correction (am in the process of doing is...)
Yes, it's official @Nikkei_Simmer is downloading FSX-Steam Edition.
Well...in the space of my typing this post...it's already downloaded from Steam Client Server 55% of the first download (two in total: one, I think is the FSX game...then number two is the Acceleration expansion pack).
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~