TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 24 - 1001 Centowski Street

TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 24

1001 Centowski Street

     I have a love/hate with fall in the Sims 2.  The fall colors are so pretty and make my plain houses look nice.  But the LEAVES.  Ugh.  Trust that we are wearing out the neighborhood gardener Charles with all the raking.  He's too old for this.  

     Anyway, welcome to our first Centowski household.  Here resides 3rd generation Xane and wife Deb (of TwinkieSim fame), one of his twins, Xavian and wife Morrdredd (from my EQ2 friends), and we can't forget the pets Teddy, Linden, and the wormrat Thunder.  Let's put some faces to those names now.  

Xane Centowski
Knowledge - Gemini - Fitness buff
Education Minister
3-6-10-1-6

Deb (O'Simski) Centowski
Family - Aries - Cruisine
owns Deb's Diner
8-6-7-7-7

Xavian Centowski
Knowledge - Aries - Music and Dance
Protector of Whales
3-9-7-1-7

Morddredd (Montana) Centowski
Family - Aries - Arts and Crafts
(unemployed)
6-6-6-3-4

Teddy

Linden

     So of course, we are starting off at a run because we're so close to having this cold pandemic cleared up but no cigar yet.  

     Ay yi yi.  Luckily Xane's brothers have gardens at their houses and have gifted oranges to both Xane and Deb.  Hallelujah for forethought.   I've also set up a contamination fence to teleport in family members to see who's coughing and who's safe.  

     Spoiler alert:  Lindsay is the only one still plague positive, and she refused to touch the soup I so nicely offered her.  

     But it's not all bad news, Xavian came home Monday with a promotion!

     I feel the Hand of Poseidon is a solitary role, so likely next week I'll have Yung retire.  He's a fortune sim so I don't know how that will go over with him.  Worst case, he picks up an elder job or opens a business to keep him happy.  

     Morrdredd has a lot going on this week.  Linden is her dog so she's still working on obtaining that almighty Master title with him.  She's also working on being the town's toymaker and we are making toy brick after brick with no bronze badge yet.  It's very tiresome work.  And she wants to get a job in the education career field.  There's a lot going on there in just one little Sim.  

     Oh, and our neighborhood paper thief is still terrible at this.  Zakki has taken so many zaps now from the sentry bots that you'd think she'd figure it out.  But no.  

     Xavian is so close to getting back to max enthusiasm with his Music and Dance.  He only works Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday now so he'll have time later this week to put into his violin.  

     Xavian has two wants locked.  One is for that max enthusiasm.  The other is to see a ghost.  We have two urns on the property and a few pet tombstones.  One active ghost.  I have Xavier stalk Ghost Zayna but she has no interest in scaring him.  

     Can she please go float over to the Legacy house and have a ghost heart-to-heart with her brother and sister-in-law (Zachariah and Antoinette).  Maybe talk to her parents too.   Xavian and Morrdy have moved into her old bedroom for the private bath privileges, and that may have upset her a bit.  They did wake up randomly once when I was looking elsewhere but no "See Ghost" want popped for Xavian yet.  

     Xane is busy jogging and going to work.  Deb is bored.  The business lots are still considered CLOSED until this cold plague is cleaned up.  So it's her and the dogs at home most of the day while Morrdy is hammering away at the toy bricks.  

     But Morrdredd did find a job opening with the Education system and started Wednesday!  Congrats!  And double congratulations for the promotion on your very first day!  

     And I'm once again frustrated that Morrdy (and Deb) are family sims, yet no one wants a baby or grandkid.  But that's not stopping me.  They need to have a heir for the household.  If they want more than one kid, they'll have to ask.  (Except the Legacy house, I require an heir and a spare lol).  

     So Xavian and Morrdy gave it the ol' college try.  And they tried again.  And tried again.... 

     It took about 24 hours but finally.... we look to have success.  

     The Centowski's are a very, very long line of male births.  This goes back to the previous neighborhood, Legacyville.  But with Morrdy initiating the Try For Baby, we had no success.  Xavian initiates and.... 

     Please note, there is a bathroom with a toilet just steps away from the bed.  But I guess she wanted more privacy because she jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to the half-bath.  

     Darlin', chances are high there will be witnesses to your baby being born.  You are going to have to lower your bar.  

     Anyway.  I've noticed a trend where whichever parent initiates the Try For Baby, the other gender is the one born.  I know there's no game coding to back this up but even with a strong history of boys, I'm gambling that this one is going to be a girl.  

     All of this distracted me from the fresh fall morning outside.  

     That's a lot of weed- WHERE IS THE HYDROBOT?  Uh-oh!  

     The more I panned towards the back yard, the more I saw to clean up.... Uh-oh.  

     I better get someone up to get down here to turn that thing off.  I'm so very thankful for Charles Perry being here today.  But I also had to bring in the family servo and had Uri come over and influenced him to garden to get this disaster cleaned up.  

     While the clean-up was going on, Teddy was out front getting all the lovins.  Townie Marsh was jogging by, and our mailman Hun Pai seems to know the trick to getting all the dogs to adore him.  

     And very impressive, Morrdy came home from day two of her new career with yet another promotion!  

     She promptly ran inside and threw up.  So much for celebrating.  Ewww.... she's made a mess on the floor and has her hand in it.  Now I'M going to be sick.

     Luckily the servo Xerva is still on the lot.  She's a good bot, she'll be by shortly to clean this up.  

     Again, outside is chaos.  Xander, Cassie, and Treva along with her new boyfriend Soupy were visiting today.  But one of the wolves chased Cassie off.  

     She totally missed Morrdy's first bump!  It's official, THE STORK IS COMIN'.  

     You know... The Sims franchise totally should have had a stork deliver the baby instead of the spin-birth.  

     Later, I found Xander alone outside in the dark still cleaning up leaves and weeds.  What a good guy.  I didn't even have to ask him to do that.  I knew I should have married him instead of letting Cassie get to him!!!

     He willingly raked leaves while the rest of the crew had dinner.  You'll notice we are not taking any chances and Deb is serving non-stop Grandma's Comfort Soup non-stop this week.  At least it's fall and kind of fits the theme.  

     I hoped Xander would finish up and join for that last bowl, but I think he'll forgive his daughter Treva for getting to it first.  

     It's not too much longer until the second bump time arrives!

      Friday night was cousins night, and pizza felt right.  Pictured is Xayden, twin of Xavian who is sitting next to him.  Morrdy, Treva, and Xander likes to just wander over on his own.  Especially when he sees the pizza man outside! 

     Pregnancy and pizza equals a very sleepy Morrdredd.  

     I imagine she is dreaming of the Step-Brother's movie and the scene where Brenden and Dale are yelling, "This house is a (bleeping) prison!".   She must not be a fan of the movie with that face she's making.  

     I can't imagine that she thinks living here is like being on planet bullshit.  She's got a husband that adores her without stalking her 24/7.  She gets along with her mother and father-in-law.  She and Deb are especially chummy.  She's got a great dog, a job she wants, and time to spend on her arts and crafts hobby.  

     And hopefully she wants this baby and is just not telling me because..... IT'S TIME!!!

     I don't know if I'm hoping for a boy or girl.  Ahh!  ITS BABY TIME!  Did I decide on names?  What if it's twins?  Oh lord, we can't have twins right now!

     ..... IS ANYONE ELSE GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM?

     Oh, here we go.  How rude to just continue eating when there's a Sim giving birth right in the same room.  Cassie missed that first bump after being chased off by the wolf, but she's here for the big moment!  

     ... I don't know why I thought having the mothers of the family here to help would be helpful...

     It's okay, Morrdredd.  You did it!  She's beautiful!  That's right, ITS A GIRL!  

     Deb, you are a terrible family Sim.  You are really letting me down right now.  But Xavian... What a great Sim husband!  

     Yeah, those heart farts totally got me.  And YES CASSIE, ITS A BABY.  

     Her name is Xyla Centowski and unlike the first baby of generation 5, Xyla likes to sleep!  

     Sunday, the whole Centowski clan minus Lindsay-With-The-Plague showed up for family dinner.   They all pitched in to feed the baby and hold her, and they are excellent about putting her back in the crib vs the floor when they've had enough baby time.  Uncle Xayden is super cute with his little niece, too!

     And even if Zayna let me down on scaring the knowledge sims, the ghost dogs were here to make sure the week didn't go by without a much-wanted spook.  

     That'll wrap it up for week 24 with the Centowskis!  

Thanks for reading, and PS - Xyla has her momma's blue eyes and brown hair.  I can't wait to see her age up to a toddler next week!  

Carissa

TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 24 - 1 Bamboo Blvd

TS2 - Legacy Cove - Week 24

1 Bamboo Blvd

     Isn't the Panda house so pretty in the fall?  It's pretty most of the year, in my humble opinion.  It looses a bit of curb appeal in the winter with the dead trees.  Overall I've been pretty impressed with myself on this house.  Anyway!  It's week 24 and autumn here at the Panda den.  Our current residents are Yung & Pearly, and fresh from college we have Yvonne and her boyfriend Brandon Deppiesse.  Along with Rollins, Pyro, Poison Ivy, and Pepper.  The four schnoodles.   Recap time!

Yung Panda
Knowledge - Capricorn - Gamer geek
7-3-3-9-7

Pearly (Finn) Panda
Knowledge - Aquarius - Nature nut
4-3-5-7-6

Yvonne Panda
Family - Virgo - Science
10-1-7-7-2

Brandon Deppiesse
Fortune - Sagittarius - Sports fan
7-2-10-9-7

Rollins

Pyro

Poison Ivy

Pepper

     I know, it's almost impossible to tell all of these grey dogs apart.  Even with the collars.   I'm not sure if I mentioned it previously but every Monday at the start of the week, my sims take a dose of Elixir of Life and the pets would have some Kibble of Life.   While the sim dose grants, what, 3 days?, I realized that the pets were getting 5 days so only aging 2 days a week.  Oops.  So I backed off of that way back in the spring.  I'll come back around to the pets in a moment.  

  

     Because..... THE PLAGUE IS HERE!

     I am super glad that the Archer family last week didn't have the stupid cold that's going around because there are NO family sims and NO nature nuts in that household.  And no one has gifted them any oranges.  Luckily, the Pandas have both.  Yvonne is a family sim and Pearly has so many oranges.  So many. 

     I chose the orange juice remedy to keep Yvonne away from the germs.  It worked!  UPDATED PLAUGE LEVEL:  NEGATIVE.  That was easy.  Suspiciously, too easy...

     Now, to invite their family members over one at a time.  I moved the teleporter inside a little corral I created and locked the gate.  Unlike with Xayden's house, I promptly relock the gate after allowing the guest Sim to leave the sick bay.  

     There's a tombstone there for Zamaris but no one paid it any attention.  Yung, Pearly, and Yvonne all have a want to see her ghost, and yeah, I was totally doing the skeptical side-eye.  But spoiler:  Zamaris never makes an appearance.  She's a well-kept ghost and not interested in haunting.  

     And remember, I went a bit overboard on the Amaris name tributes.  G2 Zamaris is not to be confused with G3 Yamaris.  Or G4 Vamaris.  All daughters of the previous generation.  But we're going to stop that mess, I swear.  

     You might not have recognized Brandon, by the way.  He had a major make-over after graduating from Uni.  He looked so... unkempt before.  So I cleaned him up.  Gave him clothes that fit, a nice hair cut.  He's ready for life as an adult fortune Sim!  

     .... Sorta.   

     Because of the germs going around, parent day never happened at Uni.  So Pearly is a big bewildered by this crazy Sim playing in their guest bathroom with a leaky faucet.  Pearly, I don't know what to tell you.  He picked your daughter and she went along with it.  We're just here for the ride, girl.  

     Toots came by on Tuesday and invited herself in.  Dangerous to do during these germ-riddled times but hey.  Most intriguing though is she began gardening, which is simply NOT something she does at home.  

     I'm a bit worried about her, this isn't normal behavior for her!  She usually plays the piano or lounges around on the couch.  But hey, don't let me stop you.  Obviously the yard needs some attention here.  You'd think the two new unemployed graduates would step up.  

     Maybe I should change the subject.  Speaking of all this plague/pandemic/germs stuff, DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD BAN THE PLAGUE WITH THE ADJUSTER?  

     Why have I never noticed that before?  Unfortunately, it has some kinks to work out.  I banned the plague from the lot then when Yung came home from work he brought a friend.  A friend named Xavian.  Xavian has the plague.  I know, I checked.  He did not dissolve or leave on his own.  I teleported his pixelated butt right on out of there.  

     If I had seen who kicked over my gnome, I would have teleported them out too!  How rude.  

     Now that the gypsy isn't auto-banned from the lot, she's been making a lot of appearances.  It's like she's been released from her magic lamp and is running amuck.  

      Okay so listen.  We've already made it to Friday in the game.  I have a Family Sim and a Fortune Sim with 3 bolts.  Where's my damn engagement and wedding wants?  They've been on several dates and the best I'm gonna get is a "Fear of Brandon being stinky"?   Really, Yvonne?

     I checked her likes/dislikes and there's nothing there about odor.  She likes facial hair and good cooks.  .... Brandon has 4 cooking skill points but I guess that's working for her.  

     And of course, it took me complaining about the no wedding wants for ONE to appear.  

     Still working on Brandon through Friday night but he's just wanting to buy a lot of expensive things.  I've let his aspiration drop and still, nothing.  He's shacked up and he's happy with that.  

     UGH.  I have other things to worry about because Grim is here for Rollins.  Don't even talk to me right now, Brandon.  

     Rollins has been around for so long, I can't even find a memory of him being added to the family in Yung's memories.  After Yung graduated from University and moved back here to the family estate, Rollins and his mate Ruby had their litter of puppies (Pyro is from that litter).  So he's lived a good, long life.  But I was really attached to this little guy, so if you'll excuse me a moment.... 

     It's the other dogs howling that really gets into my heart.  Deep breathe here.  Okay.  I moved Rollins gravestone back behind the dog house with the others.  It's under the trees and peaceful back there.  As long as you ignore the cowplant.  

     Then.  I marched Yvonne and Brandon out to the back yard and told Brandon I am tired of waiting for him.  Are we doing this or WHAT?

     Well, I was 'speaking' through Yvonne and she phrased it much more nicely than I did.  He accepted.  GOOD.  Because it was 'yes' or BACK TO THE STREETS, TOWNIE BOY.  

     Again, Yvonne said it much more nicely.  She's happy with the results and I am too.  But again, are we doing this or what!?

     "Oh yeah, we're doing this!"

     I guess I did a better job on that make-over than I thought I did.  She's totally checking him out.  Maybe he just dresses up nice.  In any matter, I'll just let the pictures do the talking for a moment.  

the Bride

Parents of the Bride

"You may now kiss the Bride!"

Yardley & Kayla Panda

Up front: Vincent Lind
2nd row:  Treva Centowski & Yeva Panda
Background:  Caden, Vamaris, Fletcher, Yardley, Kayla

Front row:  Yung & Pearly
2nd row:  Shawn Panda, Soupy Stephens, and Ceera Epe
3rd row:  Kayla, Yamaris, Yvette Panda

     And because deep down I'm sentimental and love traditions, Yvonne is wearing Pearly's wedding dress.  We didn't even have to make any alterations to it, who'da thunk?  

     They had a great time after the ceremony, with all of the guests staying until 2am.  Then it was time for a more private party.  But first, pictures!

     We should probably leave the room now.  

     Sunday is usually family dinner day but since we had the big wedding shindig on Saturday, I let them just chill out.  Well.  We tried to, anyway.   Grim came again.  

     That's just cruel, Grim!  Two dogs in one week!?   I thought I had Pyro for a few more days still.  This totally caught me off-guard.  I'm going to be in my anger stage of grieving now.  

     I almost totally missed Grim because I sent Brandon to look for a job.  He's not a very good Fortune Sim, if you ask me.  He has not wanted to get a job through this whole week.  His lifetime want is to "Own 5 Top-Level Businesses".  We'll talk about ONE top-level business first before we commit to five.  
   

     Speaking of LTW, Yvonne's is to "Marry Off 6 Children".  This is not going to happen.  Allow me to explain.  FIRST OF ALL, I'm not trying to name another 6 kids with Y- names.  We tried that with her grandmother Zamaris who had the same LTW but we only made it to 5 kids.  Two of them aren't even married.  (Yvette and Yeva).  Secondly, I'm not trying to overpopulate the game with a bunch of new houses.  That's why Legacyville ended on generation 8.  It was just too big.  Third, there's 4 adults and 4.... oh no.... 2 dogs.  Yung and Pearly are gonna have to die an untimely death if Yvonne wants to achieve that want, or she should have gotten started quicker on those kids so the older ones could be going off to University and making room for more babies.  

     And if Pearly dies, who is going to take care of this garden in the back yard?  Hmm, Yvonne?  Because you just want to look through the telescope all the time.  

     This is some nature nut level commitment here.  Gardening in the rain.  Talking to your eggplants.  I'm pretty sure there's a joke in here somewhere but I'll walk away.  

     NO!  WE MUST RUN.  RUN TO THE FIRE!

     Ya know..... They don't get a lot of fires here.  Probably because there's a lightning rod on their roof.  So what in tarnation happened here?  I'm not sure but Sunday is coming to an end so I'd better get to wrapping this up.  

     Pearly had a busy day, talking to the eggplants and putting out fires, and retiring from work!  She'll no longer be going out at night and running loose as a Criminal Mastermind!  

     She then went to have dinner with Yvonne in the dining room.  A nice bowl of soup on this cool evening on the cusp of winter.  But it was leftover soup and I think it made Yvonne sick.  

     Ew.  I hope those neatness personality points kicks in and she cleans that blue stuff up off the floor.  Gross.  The servo is already gone.  

     Oh!  Earlier this week, Yvonne had the honor of activating the Panda broods' first servo.  With much deliberation and annoyance/collaboration with my daughter, I finally settled on the name Ytterbium (ih-TER-be-um) since Yvonne is a science-y kind of gal.  Ytterbium is on his way to becoming my favorite servo.  When he realizes there is something to clean, he does the little happy fist pump thing.  That's what I like to see, buddy!  

WHEW!   So that's all folks! Thanks for reading and stay warm!

-Carissa