Thanks I took inspiration from seeing various homes. As for the hot tub there's a glitch that allows players to combine objects. If you look closely one of my gnomes is in the fireplace. There are tutorial videos over on youtube.
Hopefully the algorithm for getting the items is improved. I noticed many people including myself had an issue of repeats in the previous event. The items look promising though.
Once you get the heirloom head to the fashion studio, open the shop, and you should see this Select photography career and you should be able to add the photo studio and begin.
It's a great outlet for me to express both my creativity and imagination. The Sims also provides a lot of nostalgia considering I've been playing for so many years.
The Sims 2 is my absolute favorite of the franchise. Between Sims 3 and 4 I'd choose 3. I didn't really care for the graphics in 3 but it had great gameplay and I thoroughly enjoyed the open world concept along with the aging mechanics.