TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week Ten - Archer House

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Legacy Cove - Week Ten - Archer House

     Week 10 already!  Time is just flying by!  Time to start at the top of the rotation and we're back to the original house with my legacy founder Zane Archer, his son Zachariah and his wife Antoinette, and the twins Zack and Zoey.  And as I loaded the house, it was the middle of the night.  All seemed quiet.... Then... I noticed... One of the twins was UP!  OH, CRAP!

     I don't think he's noticed me yet, so I virtually tip toe away from Zack and check out how the other sims are looking and see if there are any juicy wants in their panels to lock.  So far, all seems good in the Archer house.

     Monday went by pretty successfully.  In fact, we didn't have any more overwhelming chaos.  That was sooooo last week, it seems.  Antoinette had wants to teach each of her children a nursery rhyme and we got that taken care of pretty quickly. 

    Turns out, Zachariah is a pretty good daddy.  He's a work-at-home kind of dad, spending his time on his robot station when the other adults are home and he can slip away.  Zane works during the day as an Education Minister but he's been using up a lot of his vacation days lately.  And Antoinette works evenings during the latter part of the week as a dancer.  Her first day to work this week, as a matter of fact she was promoted to Flamenco Dancer.  Yay!

     We've had a few guests stroll by. Laiyya finally showed her pretty face.  She's Ceera's daughter in real life and has been elusive since being added to the neighborhood.  And my efforts to mend the aggression between Kate and Silia has been thwarted.  Can't we all just get along!?

     Birthday time finally rolled up.  Even though all has been calm, I was sweating the first two days a bit waiting for things to go to hell in a hand basket.  As kids, Zack and Zoey should be much more manageable.  Sweet Wright, let's toss these kids!

     After getting them spruced up, they were ready to woo the hearts of Legacy Cove.  Zack is already lit up for arts and crafts so he has a brand new easel just for him.  I suspect Zoey is going to be a fitness nut but neither the trampoline or ballet bar seem to give fitness hobby points.  

     Amaris has started coming out to be the new havoc-wreaker of the house.  Does she not like Zane friending all of these other ladies?  Is she angry that she is missing out on her grandchildren?  I have no idea.  But she's on a mission.  

    The first day of school for the twins was a crisp fall Wednesday.  Maybe there were some snow flurries over night... a dusting of snow perhaps on the ground... but... as soon as I got the snow day notification, any snow on the ground vanished.  

     Well... *shifty eyes* .... Okay!  Home school day, kids!  These kids are skilling machines by the way.  And they can't stop, won't stop!  Zoey made some of the funniest faces of perplexity while working on her charisma. 

    And snow day it may be, but that didn't stop Grim from coming for Anabelle.  No!  Sweet Anabelle!  We were just getting ready to give her a bath, but Grim doesn't care about the stink apparently.  

     Grim actually showed up as I was sending Zach and the kids to the car to go get a new schnoodle to mate with Aristotle.  So in honor of Anabelle, the new pup is Annarosa.

     This dog is going to be the death of us all.  I made her a doofus, lazy, friendly, cowardly, and the mid-range on cleanliness.  But she's a wild child.  At least the twins are good but Annarosa is a very naughty dog!  Antoinette's been working on training her but being a doofus or something just makes Annarosa just not give a damn.  

     Zach also had to start unloading his robotics onto his sister.  And I finally remembered to gift her the car she made back in high school.  "Let me just stick this car and these hydrobots and cleanbots into my back pocket.  There we go, thanks bro!"

     Meanwhile... back in the house.... yup... yup... it may be that Amaris doesn't like Zane being so friendly with the other girls.  

    She even got Rob.  Probably because he's married her daughter without asking her permission first.  How dare you, Robert!  I think it may be time though to take the urn out of the house.  Being the legacy home, I guess I need to fix up a graveyard in the back yard.  Or maybe a basement tomb?  Oooh.  But a permanent place for the dead needs to be arranged.  I am not moving her urn multiple times!!!

    I finally made it to the weekend and Saturday morning so many things broke as the family got up and got ready to start their day that I just called the professional.  Poor Zachariah.  I wasn't going to have him spend his Saturday morning with the kids plunging all those toilets.  

    The kids skilled without complaint and even let me direct them to refill their fun bars by using skilling items like the toy garage and chess table.  Man, for being little demons as infants, they sure are growing up to be really likeable!

     And to finish off their week, Antoinette achieved her lifetime goal and became perma-plat!  Hallelujah!  Next week she'll work on adding on a new business to the neighborhood.  

    To close off this update, I'll post the stats of each family member as a refresher as to who is who in the house.  

Zane Archer, Legacy Cove founder

6 (clean) - 4 (shy) - 5 (active) - 4 (serious) - 6 (playful)

Cancer
Science hobby
Family sim

Zachariah Archer

3 (messy) - 3 (shy) - 9 (active) - 9 (playful) - 10 (nice)

Sagittarius

Tinkering hobby

Romancer

Antoinette (Mellon) Archer

4 (messy) - 3 (shy) - 10 (active) - 6 (playful) - 7 (nice)

Sagittarius

Sports hobby

Knowledge sim

Zack Archer

3 (messy) - 3 (shy) - 10 (active) - 8 (playful) - 10 (nice)

Sagittarius

Arts & crafts hobby

Zoey Archer

3 (messy) - 9 (outgoing) - 9 (active) - 9 (playful) - 5 (nice)

Sagittarius

Hobby is under investigation

Thats all folks!   Till next time!

Carissa

The Crafty Warrior

TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week Nine - On Campus

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Legacy Cove - Week Nine - On Campus

     Whew, got the last of generation two out of the university.  At this point, I was about sick of college so don't worry, there's not as many pictures as the last few blogs have had.  

     The kids weren't doing so well on their own.  I'm scared of how they'll handle being adults with jobs and a house to build n' stuff.  Poor Zamaris had to come over, pregnant belly and all, to help fix stuff around the house.  I'm sure there's a pool missing it's ladder with Zayna's name on it.  

 
     And Trevor is a terrible cook.  He can't even make macaroni!  Yeah, that's not chili in the bowl.  It's burnt mac & cheese.  These kids better at least use their college degree to get some good jobs so they can afford repair people and order in food often.  

     And then this happens.  This burglar man... she's getting on my nerves.  I have a cowplant and I'm not afraid to use it!!!  She's been harassing my sims, too, by calling every day.  EVERY DAY!  NO!  We do not want to talk to your thieving butt! 

     At least justice prevails.  But I'm not taking vigilante justice off the table.  This chick has been making her rounds a bit too often.  I know break-ins increase around the holidays but COME ON!

     Also, a curious thing happened.  The stupid cheerleader comes by in her black and red outfit.  I just happened to take a random picture of her talking to Zayna.  Then she goes out to the trampoline and I send Zayna out to shoo her off and realize that the cheerleader can instruct Zayna on body skill with the trampoline... and then... I realize that the cheerleader has changed her outfit from the black & red to the blue & white outfit!!!   Whuuuuuuuut?  She is cheering for the other time now, I guess.

     The last few days were pretty boring.  Trevor watched some sports on TV, which he hates being told to do.  Once he settles down on the couch he gets into it though.  I hate how all the sports hobby sims have high active points so they hate watching TV.  But the sports channel!  ESP-Sim, or whatever. 

     Zayna, our little knowledge sim, decided to spin up lots of skilling wants in the days leading up to her last exam.  *fastforwards a lot*  It was fall, and with the hat, and the aspiration benefit that lets them learn faster, she easily maxed out a few skills.  

     These two have some very bad habits of breaking anything that can break.  We finally gave Zamaris and Zachariah a break and hired a professional.  Seriously, every day something was broken.  SETTLE DOWN. 

     I was having each kid add an addition to the house for future generations to use.  I forgot to do this with Zamaris, but Zach left the train table and Cassie left the garden.  Zayna's contribution is a spiffy telescope.  Look how cool this baby is.  

     Then finally.... THEY ARE FREE!!!  Hallelujah!  

   
     Oh boy, poor Trevor is going to need an immediate makeover.  Zayna's not too bad but her college outfit is available on adults as well and I kinda really like it on her so time to zoom back to Legacy Cove to get these kids cleaned up.  Then... back to twin toddler madness with Zachariah and Antoinette.  I think I'll get a nap before loading their house back up.  

Thanks for reading!

Carissa
The Crafty Warrior

TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week Nine - 1001 Bamboo Boulevard

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Legacy Cove - Week Nine - 1001 Bamboo Boulevard

     It's time to start the second household of the neighborhood.  Not counting the university in the rotation, of course.  My girl Zamaris is all grown up and is ready to start a household of her own.  Welcome to 1001 Bamboo Boulevard!

     So... In my head, I was going to just build Zamaris this great house and start having babies right away.  It wasn't QUITE that simple.  I loaded up a new lot and I only gave her a short wall to get new clothes and such before starting at the top of the week's rotation with her parents' house.  So... I came back to... this;

    Hmm... all this lawn and no house.  And we've got Agnesi the schnoodle to take care of, too!  How are we going to do this?  

     Thank you, Amaris!  Your death was not in vain!  Okay, so we have another $10k from her inheritance.  That brings the bank to a smidge over $20k available.  That'll get us out of lawn living!!  

     Um, excuse me sir.  That's not creepy stalker behavior or anything to walk up on a young lady alone in the middle of no where and leave her a wrapped gift.  Stay close, Agnesi!  Luckily.. a knight and shining armor came to the rescue!

      "Oh, Rob!  I am SO HAPPY to see you!  I have to build this house, and my mom died, and this weird guy is leaving me pink gifts... "

     "Will you just move in and stay with me?"

     Yes.  Yes he will.  So Rob Panda moves in and, hello!  Another $10k!  We can really do a great house with $30k!  This is awesome!  But wait!  There's more!   Rob also got a small inheritance from Amaris.  So let's see what we can do here.  *Cracks knuckles*

     Okay, we'll need to lay the driveway so I don't screw that up later.  And I like a foundation on the house.  The front door tends to always be in the middle of the houses I build, so let's switch that up a bit.   Mmmkay, this is coming along nicely.  Ummm.... what do you mean, I don't have money left to finish painting inside!?  

     Go big or go home?  So the outside looks finished kinda.  It took until the weekend to fix up a front porch so they used the back door for a week haha.  And there's not much paint going on inside.  Not all the rooms have flooring.  But... it's a house!  With a refrigerator!  And a stove!  And a be.... oh wait, there's no bed.  Son of a biscuit!!!   

     "As long as we are together, Rob, I don't care about the house!"  And I mean... this is an upgrade for Rob after living in the townie purgatory.  

     Soon the neighbors started walking by and the lovebirds invited whoever strolled past to see the new house.  Some people were jealous though and showed it. 

     What a jerk!  I started to influence Polly to clean up her mess but seeing as how the house was all of one hour old at the time, I didn't want to waste the points.  But don't think I'll forget this, Gee!!  

     And we have other things to worry about here.  Like how to get a dang bed!!!  And here's the thing.  I sold off some of the things that I had bought and got them the cheapest double-bed in the buy catalog.  After a few sim hours, I saw Rob going to clean something as Zamaris had her fear panel roll.  What tha... what is he going upstairs to clean!?  OH MY WRIGHT, AGNESI DESTROYED THE BED.  Schnoodles!  What are you going to do!?  Now we have to figure out how to buy ANOTHER stupid bed!  

     You may be thinking, "Oh, no, she didn't!"  But, oh, yes I did.  I had them freestyle for tips.  By greeting everyone that walked by the house, we had quite the audience and racked up more in tips than Zamaris can make by painting.  They were pulling in $300 to $400 with each session.  New bed!  Wait... what is going on with Zane.....

     You are kidding me, right, Zane?  Heart-farting over trash-can flipping Polly?  One Twink wasn't enough for you?  I can't even talk to him when he's like this!  I.  Can't.  Even!

     Where were we?  More freestyling!  Momma needs a new easel!  This was before we found out painting was not as profitable as rapping.  Kate was bobbing her head while Polly waved her arms in the air like she just didn't care.  

     Oh yeah, baby!  Momma needs a wedding arch!  Everyone was dropping $100 tips and it was awesome.  

     Don't worry, Rob did his turn out on the curb also.  I didn't let him just pimp out his girlfriend on the corner.  And oh, man, was he a hit.  Everyone likes to see a Panda do a little song and dance.  Yeah, baby!  Daddy needs to buy an engagement ring!

     By the end of Monday they weren't totally broke but still had a lot of work to do.  Tuesday morning, Rob went off to work as a paramedic while Zamaris had the day off from her natural scientist career.  But there's no day off from the thug life.  

     I tried to let her make some legit money on the side by selling a painting but unfortunately, there's just too much money to be made on the street.

     Together though, they did make enough money to put down flooring and paint the walls of the living room!  Not only that, but they managed to get paint up in the kitchen as well!  Yahooooo!

     To celebrate, I let Zamaris fulfill a want I locked for her back in college.  Do you know how many points you get for learning to cook a turkey?  It was 3500 I think!  I'm going to start paying more attention to those wants.  

     Anyway, she made a perfect turkey and every last bite was eaten.  And the plates promptly left on the floor because there's not any extra counter space and the only sink is in the bathroom.  Sigh.  NOW we are using those influence points to get people to clean!

     Wednesday dawned in much of the same situation.  A little money sitting in the bank but still way too much work left to do on the house.  But things took a big turn that afternoon!

    Nice work, Zamaris!!   Then things got even better.  I thought to look in Rob's inventory and found some goodies.  We sold a bust of Tywhatever and raked in another $3k.  So now between the promotion, selling inventory, and the freestyling these kids have around $8k in the bank!  LET'S CELEBRATE!

    Obviously, she said yes.  She's only wanted to get engaged to him since freshman year.  LET'S CELEBRATE SOME MORE!!  TO THE DINING ROOM!

     Isn't it beautiful!   The table was expensive but I paired it with some of the cheaper chairs.  Also, you know, I wish real life was like this.  

     Zamaris also has high skills in just about every thing so the next day she went to work and got ANOTHER promotion.  

     By this time, Agnesi was smelling so bad no one could walk into a room with him without stopping to hold their nose and complain.  So with this promotion money a bathtub was purchased and put in the future nursery bathroom just to wash the dog.  Stink no more, Agnesi!

     I had also switched Rob from the medical career path to the education career.  Based on what I know of real Rob, I thought he'd be best suited for a teaching career or gaming.  Both came available on the same day.  Listen, I had trouble at lunch today deciding between a beef pot pie and a chicken pot pie.  How the heck am I supposed to choose this guy's career?  Ugh, finally I decided that the education career path was more fitting of a family man and on Thursday we had more promotions!  

     Oh, you family sims and your "Honey, I'm home" strutting.  Anyway, all of these promotions mean less free-styling though.  And lots of house fixing-upping.  The kitchen is furnished now!  These sims are going places!

     For most of the week, with all of the promotions both Zamaris and Rob had Saturday off so I planned on the wedding for that day.  The 2nd promotion for Zamaris threw a wrench in that plan so I was REALLY happy when she got that 3rd promotion and got the weekend off again.  Vacation days aren't a luxury they have just now, though *taps head* I finally remembered about this time to go into their aspiration points and throw a point into extra vacation days for Zamaris.  

     While I was checking out the aspiration points, I also thought to check and see who had career rewards available.  And now the family has TWO pets!

     And on that note, let's get this party started.  And Amaris, there's no gate to the cowplant.  Sorry ma'am.  I know nothing would please you more in death as to have a little company but I'm not ready for that kind of chaos.  Anyway.  Let me just spam you with some pictures for a moment.  

     Aren't they just picture perfect?  Makes me almost mushy.  For those that are curious, Rob Panda is a cancer, he likes to tinker, and he hopes to have 6 grandkids.  

     I was also so stupidly delighted at how the guests seated themselves.  Daddy Zane was at the forefront, Zachariah & Antoinette sat together, and only if Zayna & Trevor sat together it would have been perfect.  I don't think that Cassie or Deb would have complained about sitting next to Chase Banque or Caden Chauncellor.  Those boys clean up nice!  Ay papi!!

     If we could get a drumroll now please, there's something to be done that's going to make both of these kids very happy.  

     Upon taking on Rob's last name, Zamaris promptly rolled up a want to have a baby.  Rob had a want locked from the day before to have his very first whoohoo with Zamaris.  Though... the first go didn't result in a lullaby.  They didn't complain when I decided to have them try again.  And SUCCESS!

     To wrap up their week, I had them finish up the front porch on the house  and I'll leave you with a parting shot of Mrs Panda.  

    Now it's time for me to pop over to the university for the last set of semesters for Zayna & Trevor.  Jailbreak time!!