Week 4 - Round 8 - 11 Oak Square (Luworld-Barrett)

Welcome back folks! Last night I spent three hours going through all the hacks that MATY had said were Seasons friendly to find the ones that I need that aren't really cheating, just more like fixing things that Maxis should have fixed long ago. Oh, and being able to buy clothes at home! So if something bad happens it's not my fault. They said that these were safe. I've also put back in my inSiminator since the OBJ version is supposed to work fine. I don't need it at this house, but how are all my other same-sex couples supposed to get pregnant otherwise? Having said that we'll return you to your normally scheduled blog.

Welcome to 11 Oak Square, designed by Nanamouskoury of TSR. This is the new home of Tara Luworld, Magenta, and Abhijeet Barret, who will be arriving shortly.

Tara Luworld
Aspiration: Fortune
LTW: Have 6 Pets Reach Top Career Level
Neat-2, Outgoing-8, Active-2, Playful-6, Nice-7
Libra
Turn-Ons: Facial Hair & Black Hair, Turn-Off: Makeup

Magenta
Genius, Friendly
Aries

As you can see these two have gotten right down to their routines. I believe Tara's on the phone with Abhijeet, trying to figure out when his flight gets in, lol.

"Welcome home sweetheart!"
Abhijeet brought $12,000 with him that he'd earned in college.

Nope, you can't keep that shirt, it's the trademark of Grizou. We'll fix that soon.

Abhijeet Barrett
Aspiration: Popularity
LTW: Become Hall of Famer
Neat-4, Outgoing-10, Active-4, Playful-4, Nice-3
Leo
Turn-Ons: Makeup & Hats, Turn-Off: Custom Hair

"Oh my! This is such a suprise!"
Yeah right you little fake.

They are a cute couple though. I can't wait to see what their kids look like.

Woohoo!
(that's meant to have both meanings, btw)

Phoenix was the only member of the welcoming commitee, but he and Abhijeet seem to be hitting it off well.

Yeah, that's definetly Tara!

No job in athletics today so Abhijeet got a job as a Coffee Shop Sound Engineer. Woot!

It's kind of sad when grown men do their college cheer together, but funny!

Tara's off to get started on her lifetime want. First things first, we'll purchase some collars. Yes, I said collars. We're getting two new family members today. I want the dogs mainly trained before Tara has children.

Green Puppy
Genius, Friendly
Aries

Blue
Doofus, Friendly, Cowardly
Aquarius

Such a cute picture of all the dogs, right down to the piddle puddle. All of Tara's pets are from the cartoon Blue's Clues. Although, if you've seen it you'll notice that it's rather hard to make dogs that look like the characters.

It turns out Tara caught a catfish while she was fishing at April and Eddie's house. We just had to try out the recipe! Looks all yummy and sparkly!

Time to find jobs for Blue and Green Puppy and Tara. Blue got security and Green got service. Tara got Law.

Tara then got started on training the two newest dogs. Tomorrow automn starts, so it should go faster then.

I love the way all the expansion packs mesh together, at least when they're not causing glitches!

It was decided that since Blue is such a Doofus, it would be best to hire the Pet Trainer for her.

Amber and Oliver showed up for a visit and headed right for Blue. I wonder why?

Apparently the Pet Trainer didn't quite finish Blue off. I'm not sure if she's looking at the leaves or if that's her stay pose.

For once Tara had the want to teach one of the dogs a command the dog actually needed for a promotion. What a miracle!

It's Wednesday and one of my sims if FINALLY heading off to work.

The weatherman has been predicting snow or hail most of the day, so Tara's moved her crop indoors. However, the weatherman never seems to get it right, rendering him completely useless.

One promotion out of the way, and unlike Neil, Tara actually got the aspiration points for it!

Blue got a promotion too!

"Play with me? Please?"

That's a lot of food bowls to fill, but at least there's less chance of one of the dogs starving and being taken away.

Tara's finally off to her first day of work looking quite snazzy in her suit.

That's right guys, make sure she gets off this lot.

I'm sorry Abhijeet. I really thought that the parents would want to hear the classic.

Abhijeet managed to get another job, this time in the athletic track.

He then went back to his favorite thing, painting!

This is Magenta's favorite thing to do, she just sits here and watches tv half of the day.

Tara? Loretta doesn't live here. That means that you're going to have to clean that dog house yourself.

I'm so sorry Blue, I thought he might have been hurt or drugged.

Oddly enough, Baxter never came by to visit. He's been searching for her all over town, but now that I'm at her house he's absent.

End Round Review

Tara
Friends: 14, 4 Pet friends
Work: Entertainment Lawyer
IW: $77,392 / $100,000
Skills: Cooking-8, Mech-8, Charisma-10, Body-10, Logic-9, Creativity-10, Cleaning-2

Abhijeet
Friends: 4, 2 Pet friends
Work: Team Mascot
IW: 1 / 30 Best Friends
Skills: Cooking-5, Mech-4, Charisma-4, Body-1, Logic-1, Creativity-9, Cleaning-3

Magenta
Work: Star
Behaviors: Clean, Eats Pet Food, Housebroken, Playful, Respectful, Stays Off Beds
Commands: Come Here, Play Dead, Roll Over, Speak

Blue
Work: Unemployed
Behaviors: Clean
Commands: Come Hear, Stay

Green Puppy
Work: Therapy Pet
Behaviors: Clean, Housebroken, Playful, Respectful, Stays Off Beds
Commands: Come Here, Roll Over, Shake

Household Value: $42,194

Week 4 - Round 8 - 10 Oak Square (Belleosi)

Previously at 10 Oak Square

April has arrived!

April Wetstein

Aspiration: Family
LTW: Become Captain Hero
Neat-2, Outgoing-8, Active-2, Playful-6, Nice-7
Libra
Turn-Ons: Fitness & Red Hair, Turn-Off: Formal Wear

Eddie wasted no time in asking April to marry him, he'd waited long enough, and he wasn't waiting a second longer, not ever for a real wedding.

April managed to find a job in Law Enforcement, although she took a job in Law first by accident.

And then neither of them wasted any time in getting started on their family. Eddie better watch it though or he'll cut her hand with that claw.

You know, it's really hard trying to catch fireflies in your underwear, and with the coffee jitters, hee hee!

Eddie wacked away on that block of steel until he finally earned his gold badge. 3 down 4 to go, but now there are two new badges, do you think we'll need to earn all 9 now for the badge bonus?

Eddie has decided to try his hand at fishing. Unfortunately he's not very good at it.

Congratulations Eddie, it's a boot!

"I did it! I did it! I caught my first fish!"

Alright Eddie, now put it in your inventory so I can see what kind it is. It's a blue catfish, btw.

Congratulations April! What do you want to do now?
"Raise 20 Puppies or Kittens"
Umm, no, I don't think so, I want you to become a Teacher.

Looks like someone's pregnant!

Eddie's dressed up as the Last Avatar!
(comment courtesy of Marcus)

April and Eddie aren't quite ready to open their toy store yet, but they decided to spend Eddie's reward on the construction of it before something bad happened and they lost all the money. (See below for information about reward)

Poor April certainly has her work cut out for her. There are a lot of trees on this lot. This also answers the question of wether or not pregnant women have outerwear. There were a couple of days where Eddie threw on his coat and April wandered around in her pjs or maternity wear. Clicking on the coat rack and the dresser (Maxis made, not cloned) provided no outerwear option.

Top of the Paranormal! Awesome! It's a great job for him too, because he only has to work 2 days a week, which leaves 5 for family, the home business, and maybe some fishing and gardening later on!

Heh heh! I couldn't help myself. None of the country stuff would work in Kirsty's house, but April's house is perfect for this look! She really shouldn't wear that shade of green though, it just doesn't seem to suit her.

Darnit Eddie! You're supposed to be composting those, not playing in them. I figured out that it's the whole stupid diagonal corner thing again. I really wish Maxis or a modder would figure out a way to fix that. I haven't seen a mod for it yet, but if you know of one, please tell me!

Uh, Rowan? The baby can't play peek-a-boo yet.

It's the middle of fall and Rowan and Tara decide to go fishing in their swimsuits. Sims are crazy.

Poor April, there seems to be no end to the raking required on this lot.

April finally decided to work smart, not hard. In other words, she got Rowan to do it for her. You'll notice that Tara is still fishing. She's caught an endless supply of old boots and caught herself several times.

Time to open Belleosi Toys! Sandy is our very first customer.

She's also our first CLS!

Oh cripes! Great timing there April! Eddie just opened the business for the day, and there are tons of clients in there, and you go into labour.

Welcome to the world little Alanna Belleosi. She looks just like her daddy so far.

Welcome to the world little Dana Belleosi. She seems to mostly look like her mother except for the hair color.

Eddie rushed right back to the store. He quickly closed the shop for the day, then he tried desperately to ring up all the customers.

OMG!! Why are the babies on the ground outside by themselves? Oh! It appears that as soon as she gave birth to the twins, April rushed off to play hero to the masses, leaving her poor defenseless, clotheless (is that a real word?) babies to fend for themselves. Hurry up Eddie! There are babies to save!

Oh man is Ben pissed or what? Look at the glare he's giving poor Eddie.

Daddy to the rescue. Eddie rescued the twins and rushed them upstairs to the converted nursery. The originally planned nursery was not built for twins, and there's no way of making it twin capable. The girls were quickly cuddled, played with, fed, changed and put to bed. Then Eddie and I had a little conversation.

We decided that with the twins and the home business there was just no way he and April could keep up with the gardening too. Poor Ericka has been giving the job of tidying up the gardens in the rain.

Cool! She not only rakes, she also composts! Ericka, I think I love you!

April we need to talk. The reason your children aren't running out to greet you is that they're babies. You DO NOT leave babies laying on the ground outside in autumn and fly off to work. Do you understand me?

"Teaching, teaching....no teaching today."
Fine, now go spend some time with your BABIES.

Here we go. What a cute family picture. I was wrong about Alanna. Her skin tone is 3 I think? I'm not so good about telling 2 and 3 apart in game.

End of Round Review

Eddie
Friends: 11
Work: Cult Leader
IW: 7 / 7 Skills Maxed
Badges: Floral - Gold, Robotery - Gold, Sales - Bronze, Toy Making - Gold

April
Friends: 15
Work: Captain Hero
IW: 2 / 10 Children
Skills: Cooking-8, Mech-10, Charisma-8, Body-10, Logic-10, Creativity-10, Cleaning-8
Badges: Sales - Bronze, Toy Making - Gold

Belleosi Toys
Rank 2: Budding Brokerage
Business Value: $10,000
Customer Loyalty Stars: 7

Household Value: $110,796