TS2 - Legacy Cove
Week 26
3 Bamboo Blvd
"Is there a doctor in the house!?" Why yes, there's two here at our third Panda home. This does not seem to benefit them at all, as seen last week during Noelle's two childbirths. So to sum this up and get on with this update, we're at the home of Yardley and Kayla (Fancey), their son Shawn, daughter-in-law Noelle (Garth), and grandkids Shayla and Sebastian. Onwards and upwards we go!
Yardley Panda
Fortune - Aquarius - Nature nut
3-3-5-10-7
Surgeon
Knowledge - Libra - Arts & Crafts
4-8-4-4-10
Owner of Fancey Panda Pottery
Knowledge - Sagittarius - Nature nut
2-3-10-10-10
Medical Researcher
Noelle (Garth) Panda
Family - Pisces - Arts & Crafts
4-4-10-7-10
Paramedic
Shayla Panda
Scorpio
10-7-10-7-1
Sebastian Panda
Yang
I missed getting pictures of their puppy Fleur. That's because Monday was just chaos. Absolute chaos. First, before playing, I had noticed a duplicate mod in the Downloads folder, so I deleted one. I should have deleted the other, but I didn't know that yet. At the time I hit play, the household had reset and everyone was wide awake and ready to party.
Then... YARDLEY, YOU ARE THE FORTUNE SIM. YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF PAYING THE BILLS! I can't possibly be at fault for this!
... I seriously just restocked that juicer. Can Repo Man DO this? Ugh. It's not like they don't have a ton of veggies in their inventory, but that was a lot of produce for him to take off with! Jackass.
Then 10am rolls around, and hello! I do have pictures of little Fleur now! She's grown from a puppy to an adult dog. Fleur comes from the litter born last week at Yamaris's house.
Oh, but that's not all the birthdays we're having today. Shayla also is growing up! I'm excited to see her as a kid. She's a cute toddler.
*Record Screech* Wait, there's not enough chaos going on. Shawn went to work this morning because he doesn't have any vacation time. He gets home at 6pm. He did not bring gifts.
*Pause game and deep breath* ... Okay so Shawn has the flu, he brought home another Sim, and Sebastian's birthday is tomorrow, Shayla's birthday is RIGHT NOW, and there's a house full of Sims.
.... Shawn spent the party in the car and I teleported Percival off the lot. Okay, back to the birthday party.
Remember I told you I didn't realize I deleted the wrong duplicate of the mod? Well, now it doesn't load in the right order with the other mods and all the kids walked out at 6pm. Usually they are here until at least 8pm! I had intended for Shayla to meet her distant cousins. UGH. THIS DAY IS THE WORST.
GET BACK IN YOUR CAR, SHAWN.
Deep breath in. Deep breath out. Okay, I'm going to get Shayla's room set up and change her clothes. I know she's a kid, but the ones she grew up in just absolutely don't match.
Okay. I'm feeling better. I sent the guests home, had Shawn come in and eat some of Grandma's Comfort Soup, and everyone went to bed flu-free. So that was the first day.
Tuesday, Shayla went out to play catch with her dad while they waited for the school bus for her big first day of school. And the happy hobby noise played and Shayla is a sports fan in a household of Nature and Arts & Crafts Sims?
Girl, where the heck did you get 10 neat points now that I think about it? You know what, I'm going to take a look at the mailman's stats later.
And every time I look away from the kitchen, Fleur is in there trying to tear up the trash compactor. Please do not do that, Fleur! How do you even eat a trash compactor anyway? Most dogs go for the couch or a bed.
And she just looks around so innocently. Almost made me miss Yang's birthday. He's an elder dog now, our lil' old man.
Even though Sebastian's birthday is this evening, Shawn had to go to work. But he got a chance card and we seemed to do pretty well with the guessing.
Shayla seems to not be as excited as some of the other kids about her first day of school. And that bus took off really fast. They do it again and I'm calling the bus supervisor!
With Shayla getting home from school, it's time to get the party started. But it's only Tuesday evening and this house has already worn me out. So I didn't bring in the whole extended family, just Yung's household. (Yung & Pearly, Yvonne & Brandon, Yoren, Yorwyck)
(Calm down, Yung)
Hold on, guys. It's 6pm and Shawn's home from work- Oh! And he came home with good news this time!
Also, I thought I fixed that mod situation while they were sleeping last night but I didn't. So Yoren and Yorwyck said SEE-YA, BUH-BYE, before Sebastian grew up. It's okay, he didn't grow up before 8pm either. But I'll be putting them the household to bed later then doing an exit, fix, and reload again.
Anyhoo, Sebastian finally spun up to toddler with the help of his granddad.
Sebastian Panda is a Sagittarius like his dad. His stats are 2 messy, 2 shy, 10 active, 10 playful, and 10 nice. He's just one stat different from his dad, who has 3 points in shyness/outgoing. Now let's get him a make-over! Wheee!
Fleur gives him 2 paws up!
While waiting for her son to spin, and missing it because Yardley got to him first, Noelle did make some progress on her sewing hobby.
Now she can make teddy bears and curtains. Excellent. I don't think I've ever gotten a gold sewing badge before, so let's do this Noelle!
Wait, Yardley what are you do- OH MY WRIGHT!!!!!!!
We have roaches. We have roaches. CODE RED. I had Yardley call for the exterminator then everyone was locked away in their room. Where did these come from? They actually started outside and I couldn't get a good picture, but the trash can isn't kicked over. And how did they get up the stairs into the house? CODE! RED!!
I watched those little suckers skittering all over their floor through the night. Do you know how I feel about bugs? I hate them. I hate the bugs in the game just as much. Benjamin Grundstrom didn't show up until after 9am and the bugs were just..... gone? No one stomped or sprayed, and even though I was watching them, they just kind of scurried away and disappeared. Grundstrom said I didn't have bugs but he was charging me all the same.
It's a good thing you're cute, kid.
Well, I tell you what. That was all the Wednesday that I could handle. Next please!
Thursday, Kayla and Shawn went to open up her pottery shop. I had Shawn on the register, and when I say he's terrible, he's terrible. How is this man a medical professional?
Oh, how exciting! Blazej Nott is here, he's the local business reviewer. Unfortunately, Kayla failed to impress him with her jokes.
It's just pottery, Blazej. How disappointed could you even be? Well, Noelle had a better day at work. She came home with a promotion, which requires her being up in 5 hours. How wonderful.
We're almost there, y'all. It's Friday! Shayla is doing better at school and brought home her first A+. Yardley had a positive chance card. I totally forgot to check out this secret society though.
On an unrelated note, Yang and Fleur are great together. But sometimes I think Fleur is bigger than Yang. I think it's her big booty.
Friday is also cousin day! Even though they aren't first cousins, Yardley's extended nieces and nephews came over to play. And Shayla brought an extra friend home from school. My real-life nephew Brody Hawkins! He preferred to play with the dogs.
It wasn't the most opportune time for this reminder, but Sebastian has another birthday tomorrow on Saturday. Sorry kid, at least it's blurred down there!
While the kids had their playdate with the cousins, Kayla went back to her store. This time without Shawn as she hired a teenaged townie to be her cashier. But loading into the lot, she wanted to fire him before she ever met him! Kayla! Your son sucks at this!
These Sims man. These Sims... Anyway, the first customers in the store Friday were my other nephew Lucian John and his mom Melissa Mac! Family picture time!
They didn't talk. Funny how games imitate life, huh? It's a teenage thing, we all understand. Lucian was rude to my cashier though, and I'll be having a talk with him when I see him next.
As Lucian was leaving, my other sister Teressa came in. She and Lucian exchanged some pokes a while back at The Legacy (Toot's bar). But before I could breathe a sigh of relief, my sister's arch nemesis entered. Me.
Luckily there were no knock-down, drag-out fights. I didn't think to hire security to keep the delicate pottery safe! My dad and niece Kylie also stopped by the shop, so it's been a regular family reunion around this place.
The Fancey Panda Pottery Shop is also now rank 6! Hooray!
Kayla sent Cicero home after a few hours but he seems like he'll do just fine. Kayla managed the cashier job and restocking on her own a few more hours before heading home.
Noelle switched jobs on Friday. She's now a Souvenir Whittler in the Art career now. And she must be doing really well because she came home Saturday with a promotion after her first shift! Congratulations, Noelle!
You'd think after her first day at the new job, she'd be exhausted. But she's a mom, of course she is. (She really is easily tired, the sewing machine seems to drain energy faster). But we can't miss Sebastian's birthday! All the neighborhood kids are over and no parents. Excellent.
(Wendolyn, Rocco, Vera)
(V.J., Xora, Sebastian & Noelle, Shawn, Shayla)
(Granddad Yardley)
No parents were allowed, but Yardley's twin sister Yeva showed up. She isn't as hands-on as their older sister Yvette with the kids, but she enjoys some of the quieter activites with them like dancing together.
Sebastian got to play a bit with the kids, then after everyone headed home at 2am (!!!!!!) he finally got his make-over. His style is "I'm going to go fishing with my granddad.. if the pond ever unfreezes"
He's also got a new bedroom right next to his sister. The second floor was added when Shawn came home from college and got married. But it's finally finished up there. Three bedrooms, an art studio, and 2 full bathrooms.
Sunday was a day of over-achievement. Sebastian played with their wormrat Kip after he finally woke up and that triggered his OneTrueHobby. He's going to be a nature nut like his dad and granddad!
Which made me check the pond. It's still froze over. But it reminded me that Yardley was supposed to make a community lot park. So I set up a lot, had Yardley buy it, and he walked on over so I could turn an empty lot into a nice nature-nut friendly park. Welcome everyone to Panda Pond Park!
It was really cool to see the fish populate the lake when I hit play after setting everything up. There's a little plop sound then a splash where each fish appears. There's plenty of fish in there, Yardley and Sebastian will be doing lots of fishing here when they get tired of the small pond in their backyard! Also, instead of mirrors in the bathroom, there are bug identification charts. I thought that might be more handy than mirrors.
Are y'all tired? I'm TIRED. What a week. I'm putting these Sims to bed and they'll see you again in the summer!
Thanks for reading!
-Carissa
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