Two houses were interesting this session. Firstly, SimHampton SpacePort. The staff had a big sports party, inviting Afra Gwyn (who had a day pass from the Asylum because his daughter works at the SpacePort), Jennail Tricou, Evangeline Velduz, Katy Thorne and several townies. Afra watched the Weather Channel with Boeb Cheo, sometimes joined by Evangeline when she wasn't having a coughing fit. She passed on the flu to Jennail, who later passed it on to everyone else in the Tricou household. Thanks, Evangeline.

Meanwhile, Katy had a wildly successful date with Vdj'iun Gwyn upstairs. They started out as barely friends and nearly got engaged, it was that successful. Amica Saerin dated one of the townies, whose name I've forgotten for the moment, but they did fall in love with one another so I really ought to learn the townie's name...

The other townies spent most of their time playing with the pets. Amica considered selling Sarevok to make space for the puppy she longs to see, but couldn't bear to part with the big furry lump of energy and joy. It's not that much of a rush, since one of the dogs she intends to mate will be a puppy for another two days.

After the Worst Camping Trip people had an extremely boring day with only a broken shower getting fixed to add any texture to it, the Tricou household presented a big problem. Their bills and taxes were due, but nobody had any money. All seven Tricous living in the house caught the flu from the party-loving Jennail and were coughing themselves to bits, and there are only two beds and one sofa in the house at the moment. Jonathan used the last scraps of food in the fridge to serve up a steaming bowl of comfort soup. This cured everyone except Fricorth (because he was too slow getting to the bowl), so he got priority on a bed, to stop him from re-infecting everyone else. Some of the furniture formed part of a shop in the kitchen, opened by Gvordain and staffed by Nylissit and Jennail.It was quite successful, earning a new business grant. This was spent on the bills and taxes, as well as restocking the fridge and shop. There was just enough left over for another bed, but everyone was much more relaxed. They knew they were going to survive, and Nylissit was getting very good at working the cash register.

Next was Kent and Christa's lot. Because of the high number skills Kent needed for his job he stayed at the same level the whole rotation and skilled. Christa was able to get a few promotions.

Kent taught Beth how to study and Christa taught Catherine how to study. Catherine
wanted to bring Anna Monty home, but I wasn't in the mood to deal with extra Sims so I said no. She was able to make best friends with her through the phone.

Beth and Catherine are still children.

When I opened the Summerdream lot Titania had both the want and the fear of having a baby at the same time, but they rolled away. She skilled for her job and was able to get a promotion (her LTW is Captain Hero). I generally don't have a Sim try for baby unless they have the want but not the fear or ACR kicks in and I hear baby chimes.

Oberon got several promotions, and is now one promotion away from his LTW to get to the top of the journalism career. His creativity wasn't high enough when he went to work so he didn't get promoted this time, but he might get his LTW next rotation.

Helena surprised me by rolling the "new family member" want. I very rarely see this want. Because it was the weekend, her grades didn't go up much and didn't fill her A+ want.

She was still a child at the end of the rotation.

Next was Consort Capp's lot. Why the heck did Eaxis make it so that a freaking baby could get a genie lamp? I don't know what baby Cassio did to get a genie lamp, but using the mind control mirror to look at his memories, he's the only one with the memory of receiving it.

Consort's LTW is also top of Journalism but he has been slower about getting up the career ladder. I'm a little concerned he won't make it before he dies.

Tybalt is at Level 9 of the Oceangraphy career, but since the level 9 job only works three days a week, he had the whole time off.

Xandria got one promotion before she popped. Yeah, she was pregnant again. Tybalt and Xandria apparently ACR tried for baby right after Xandria put Cassio in his crib because I heard baby chimes.

I was tired and in pain from the crown prep on my tooth, so I forgot to use the batbox to roll the pacifier. Xandria gave birth to a girl named Constance that is a female clone of Cassio because I forgot to roll the pacifier.

Cassio became a toddler and I shut down for the night after Xandria gave birth to Constance.

Brittany PItts-Upsnott took the day off work to throw a joint birthday party for her and Ashley. Ashley didn't want to age up - first he made faces at the cakes, and then he took his time about blowing out the candles, going the long way around to do it and stopping to heartfart Heather Huffington Beare. In attendance were all of Brittany's sorority sisters - Heather, Tiffany, Eppie Curian, and Naenae Straight - Kevin Beare, their daughter Ashleigh, Ashleigh's fiancee Kestrel Hawkins, and Clovis Point, who had come to kick the trash can but decided to come in and behave himself since it was a party. Ashley had flirted with Clovis's wife right in front of him at Greg Aerius's birthday party, but Clovis and his wife are both old hands at the Romance game and Clovis was able to set his annoyance aside. Brittany's sorority sisters helped. Heather renewed an old friendship with him and let him tickle her (and I'm happy to say her husband Kevin is finally relaxed enough to tolerate this behavior in an old flame) and Eppie pillow fought with him.

Kestrel, who is Clovis's wife's baby sister, was another matter. She tried to tell Brittany about it (because of course she wouldn't be so unreasonable as to blame Brittany for being in a relationship with her own husband just because her sister is also involved with him!) and Brittany wouldn't listen and made enemies with her. Brittany doesn't want anybody in her family who won't help keep up appearances! And then Ashley tried to get her to hush and she wouldn't, so now they're both enemies with the woman their daughter (who just changed her aspiration to family) wants to spend her life with. Yeah, that could be a problem. Ashley decided the most constructive thing he could do was go play poker with Naenae and Ashleigh. Brittany schmoozed. Kestrel tried to recruit Clovis in solidarity and was annoyed when he tried to get her to chill out of politeness. It was a good enough party for Britt to get her aspiration points, anyway, and after cleaning up she went to bed and Ashley went to his job as a professional party guest. While he was out, Greg Aerius - who is furious with him for his behavior with Greg's cousin at Greg's party - let himself in and played poker by himself till his former frat brother got home. Ashley apologized and Greg went home because it was two in the morning; but I don't think he was much appeased because he came back again, got all the way up to the bedroom on the third floor, and then went away.

Next door, Leslie Gay is having trouble balancing her social and her business life. I was trying to get her to make stock for the shop, but it takes for-freaking-ever to make a curtain and she was exhausted when she finished. She went in to the store and had a really good day, gaining the next level of money perks, but then had to go to bed and didn't wake up till it was too late to date anyone and had to go to her cat for social needs. Not satisfactory for the swingingest romancer in town (now that Mary Munny's dead).

The Beare family was doing pretty well. All the kids got off to school on time - it was Winnie's first day of middle school and Ursula's first day of kindergarten - and Kevin and Heather minded baby Claire, napped, playing with the cat, and in Kevin's case got a charisma point. He's got a lot of charisma and body to build before he can become a leading man; if it weren't for the work hours he wouldn't care, but working six PM till two AM means he misses a lot of his kids' lives. He took the day off, hoping to have a father-son talk with Edward; but instead Edward took Ursula and Winnie ice skating. Winnie casually and with no fuss at all grew Claire up to toddler, with an emphatic resemblance to her father. Kevin got started teaching her to talk. Winnie and Ursula took naps. Cinnamon made supper and took a phone call from Brittany Parker at the sorority. Heather took a bunch of phone calls and a nap. Edward had some espresso and dinner, by which time Kevin and Claire were both exhausted, so Edward tucked Claire in for the last time and called for his scholarships and the college taxi. They could have the father-son talk in the taxi.

Edward never had time to breathe in that house, though he occasionally got to date Petra Ottomas. He was on the run 24/7, there was never any money for him to buy the stuff he wanted and he never had time off from childcare to get a part time job, or even go to the mirror to change his appearance. He left for college in the same shirt and hairstyle he grew to teen in - and when he grew up at the dorm, he was still wearing the same shirt! He had $4,000 in scholarships but I moved in him into a dorm by himself long enough to catch the video of Kevin dropping him off, then into a dorm with Miguelito Casa to prevent household proliferation and, I hope, finally get him a male friend. When last seen, he wanted to go to class, do group research, write a term paper, and - buy a double bed. Because Petra Ottomas is also on campus and now they can date properly! Since his clothes weren't an emergency (though I don't think camo pants and the blue shirt with the stripe are a stylish combo they're something Edward might well wear) I moved him straight in with Miguelito and then returned to the neighborhood with just time left to play the Starchild family.

Jared was happily teaching Juan Baptisto to walk, Alta Mira went to school, and Sara did a little gardening before she left for work. Jared and Juan Baptisto had a good day together. Juan Baptisto loves all his skilling toys and Bella the dog, so Jared was able to leave him to amuse himself while he did a few things around the house. Alta Mira came home and went straight to the easel to get her fun up, but it was Friday night and I had a job for her. She's been going around collecting the admiration of practically every teen boy in town for eight days now - it's time she did something about it! I arranged her acquaintance by chemistry order, knowing either Lukey Beaker or her friend Pascal Neugierig would be at the top and determining that she'd ask out the top chemical match, and Lukey won the toss. They went to Sims Gone Wired, talked a bit, and she told him a joke, but the date timer ran down while they were eating. For once I timed it right - having not quite gotten to "good" they only hugged at the end, so I'll still get a first kiss video. I then left them to free range and Alta Mira got with the program at once. First she noogied him; then she gave him a backrub; then she flirted with him suggestively; then she sweet talked him; then she argued with him! That's my girl - keep him hopping! At that point I decided she'd better go on home.

Sara got a surprise phone call from Tina Traveller. Judging from the expressions and the dialog pictures I think Tina is worried about her dad (recently seen talking to a soccer ball in a mortarboard at FM) and may be contemplating disrupting her mom's upcoming wedding, and Sara was trying to talk her out of it. Juan Baptisto got potty-trained; and that was a good day. Juan Baptisto grows up to child next rotation, a Saturday.

Signs of corruption keep coming at me. Not only am I still occasionally fielding an aspiration glitch, Juan Baptisto wanted to buy clothes, and Heather wanted to flirt with the family cat. Nobody's disappeared or glitched hopelessly yet, so I'll keep at it. I'm clearing gossip and trash memories at each house now, and will be running the hoodchecker on "remove" as often as I back up. My hope is to play till the death of the last of my original core sims; I think at that point I'd be able to close out the neighborhood without too many regrets. I certainly don't want to rebuild it with clones. Too many sims, and too much history!

Here's a conundrum: Johnny Smith went to LFT for the express purpose of getting married to Ophelia Nigmos, and married students in the dorms would be inappropriate, impractical, and frowned on by the administration. However, he had the grand total of $500 to his name, so he couldn't rent a house... The answer? That posting on the bulletin board reading "Band needs new member/housemate, preferably male. No musical ability required, but interest and desire to learn a must! Double bedroom available." Mmm-hmm, he moved in with the Shifting Paradyms. He grew up decently, into a grey shirt and rather fascistic-looking black pants and riding boots, but it does look good with his colouring and hair, so the clothes stayed. His first desire was to move out...er, what? You just moved in! That wasn't happening, so instead he went Downtown to buy a cell phone, then to what is popularly called the "End of the World Church" -- even Father Laurence admits that calling the Strangetown church "Our Lady of the End of the World" (yes, it's the one from here) was asking for that -- to meet Ophelia before too much time ran out on the class timer. How very convenient that Ophelia is Jacoban, at least in name...

It was a beautiful little wedding, attended by the Smiths and Stella Terrano, who was invited out of pity and a desire of Ophelia's that both witnesses be aliens (PT #9 was the other one). Ophelia's dress was anything but traditional, being that glorious dark-red and gold oriental type one that shows a lot of skin -- this was deliberate, as was her hair teased into a spectacular pale-gold puffball of an afro, a far cry from her usual restrained braids. No veil would fit on that, but who would care? Certainly not the Smiths, since PT #9 was wearing a pink suit (it went well with Stella's pink dress), and Father Laurence admired how she'd arranged her dress to match the colour scheme of the church. PT #9 thought of babies the whole time, of course.

Stella made a gaff by bringing the champagne inside after the ceremony and plunking the bottle down on the altar before toasting the newlyweds, but nobody was going to tell her off for not understanding the rules of a totally foreign religion. ((Note to self: I've got a better altar now anyway, so I'm going to change it at Laurence's next rotation, and I'll try to put some kind of suitable slot-blocking trinkets on it like I did back with my TS1 churches. It was pure luck that the Sim to make the gaff was one who had no reason to know better.)) All in all, though, it was brilliant, with no gatecrashing Grunts. Although, is there any way to actually throw a party at a community lot? I think I remember hearing about a mod like that...

Back at the house, Ophelia's first desire after getting moved in was to buy a better stove and refrigerator. I guess the house is too shoddy for her and Johnny...that was ignored, however, since they were out of food, so their "honeymoon" was to the on-campus grocery store. There I started suspecting that something was missing, since I remembered reading that it should have an espresso bar, and since there was a gap between counters... At any rate, they got the groceries, then went home.

Ophelia and Johnny were too in love to notice, but Jasmine Rai showed her new Romance self by trying to flirt with him while teaching him the basics of being in a band. He thankfully squelched her, and Zoe Zimmerman threw a party that involved Gunnar Roque coming back and showing how music should really be played. While he and a professor rocked out on the roof, Johnny and Ophelia had their first WooHoo as husband and wife...and PT #9 would have been delighted at their carelessness! Luckily no lullaby this time, but I suspect Ophelia may be pregnant by the time she graduates....

Johnny surprised me by wanting to study Political Science and being afraid of Biology, but since it went with his LTW to be The Law, it made sense. He already had all the skills for it too! Zoe convinced Jasmine to write her term paper, and was in turn convinced to do Ophelia's assignment while Ophelia worked on her charisma.

Jasmine asked the matchmaker for a date, and got Dirk Dreamer! She tried to make the best of it, taking him out to Club Dante, but really, he's a pimple-faced teenage boy. He wouldn't even accept a friendly hug at the end of it, so she scoped the room -- and liked the sight of Brandon Lillard shaking his kilt on the dance floor. He liked her too, and was happy to go on a date with her. Since Jasmine was pretty sweaty, they headed for the spa, where she could get a shower. They slow danced and flirted on the sidewalk first, then she went for her shower...and the trouble started. Apparently Crumplebum considers it inappropriate to be naked in the shower! She screamed at Jasmine through the wall, which Jasmine laughed at, but that sent the date into disaster territory. It got back up again due to some use of the dance sphere and some more flirting, but then Brandon headed up to the roof to get in the hot tub. He wanted kissing and WooHoo then, and Jasmine wanted kissing and making out, so she was heading up to join him...and Crumplebum beat her up there, screaming and making a scene about him wearing swim trunks in the hot tub. He pondered asking whether she'd rather he not wear them, but figured that would not be a good idea...and the date was ruined again. There wasn't time to get it better, and Crumplebum kept stalking them and screaming at them, and...yeah, Jasmine got a poke at the end. By that time, Crumplebum was ordering Lisa Ramirez out of the swimming pool so she could have a fit about her wearing a swimsuit in the pool! Grrr...even yelling about people wearing their swimsuits in the pool area is funny, but what are they supposed to be wearing in the pool?

Obviously, a flaming bag of poo was dropped off...and stayed lit through a rainstorm until Jasmine finally stomped it and Ophelia cleaned it up. However, Jasmine and Brandon are still on good terms, so maybe a date at Club Dante is in order...

Jasmine got on academic probation this time, so she and Zoe should still graduate at the same time!

~

Oh, I so thought there would be a scene produced by moving both Tank Grunt and the Student Housing gang into the Desert Dorms. Was I wrong or what? Sure, Klara taunted William mercilessly, but Tank, once he was grown up (and not into horrible or out-of-character clothes) and his dad was gone, was not a bad person. Blossom Moonbeam, for some unfathomable reason, took a great liking to him...hippie girl falling for military brat, with an empathetic brat part of it?

Once they had their rooms, they went to the coffee shop, which made me realize that the coffee bars really are missing from my buildings and probably my game. What section of community build mode are they supposed to be in? I saved and went to the coffee shop in build mode after they went back to the dorm, but I couldn't find any sort of coffee bar -- I suspect I may have found one of the glitches of M&G without AL. At any rate, I think the way I redid it was fine, with a long counter with espresso and hot chocolate machines, a juicer, and even a stove (though I may need a fridge for that to work).

Back at the dorm, Tank slowly started being much more agreeable than he'd ever been in Strangetown proper. Despite being nice enough to flirt and slow dance with Blossom, he had misbehaved big-time at the coffee shop by waylaying the new Ophelia Smith and convincing her that she should give that poor lonely guy from campus security (a random guy in a security-guard uniform -- one of the downsides of having career outfits enabled for normal clothing!) a kiss for looking out for them so well. It's a good thing he pushed her away in horror, but it's not a good thing he then chased her around the place calling her a hussy and threatening to tell her husband, ranting about the stupidity of married students all the while. Tank laughed. Back at the dorm, Tank first tried to invite her and Johnny over, then used the campus directory to get in contact with and try to chat up Jasmine Rai...but after a while, the locked want to beat Johnny was the only belligerent one he had. Then he started wanting to be a Drama major... He threw a party that he invited his father and Johnny to, which only his father came to -- the dormies enjoyed it, but it was a disaster, and now everyone knows he's from that family. Blossom, sad to see him upset after the ill-advised party and wanting to fall in love, flirted with him for a long while -- she was in a skimpy black nightgown by this point -- and then they had their first kiss with each other. They've both got crushes on each other, though they're not in love yet.

Blossom had a good effect on Tank -- while she got to writing an anti-war romance, he declared the Drama major he wanted. He thinks he knows drama, after all! He also bought a bubble blower for the upstairs lounge, and even the General, who was still hanging around, sat down for a few puffs. There was no fighting, no screaming, no drama except Klara tormenting William... I think LFT is having a good effect on the Grunts. I doubt it'll last, though...

Klara got perfect grades and Dean's List, but Tank ended up on academic probation -- living in a dramatic house was not a good preparation for being a Drama major!

((Hmm...Tank Moonbeam? Blossom Grunt? Which sounds better? I like the idea of them mellowing each other out...))

Coin a new name. Moongrunt? Gruntbeam? I see your problem...Tank is lovely, though, once you move him out of the house and the scripted behavior. In my LFT Johnny's the one being a jerk of that pair.

The coffee bars came with University so I don't know why having M&G without AL would get rid of them. I hate to say it, but you might have an imperfect installation; or maybe you've got some kind of weird hack-related glitch. Coffee bars should be under Appliances, I think; and if not they'll be under Misc...Misc for food-related sites.

And I *think* that the coffee bars only show up in the buy catalog if you're on a community lot.

Thanks; I just combed through the appliances, the misc stuff for all community lot types, and the Uni collection, and my fears have been confirmed. Something has convinced my game that the coffee bars, and the coffee bars alone, do not exist. HCDU shows no conflicts beyond the intended ones, and I've got no hacks that have to do with coffee at all (I've got a few CC coffee-makers and dramafix, but those don't have to do with coffee bars, do they?) so I'm willing to try whatever would fix an incorrect installation as long as I can still put my backup in. This isn't new -- there's never been a coffee bar at the grocery store, and I'd actually never been to the campus coffee shops before, so it wasn't glaringly obvious. I plan on making a backup after I'm done with LFT anyway, so I can do it a bit sooner... Point me to a walkthrough, anyone?

And on an odd note -- I'm drinking coffee now! I don't really drink coffee much, but it was there...

First thing to do is confirm that nothing in your downloads folder is the problem. Remember, with a program this complicated, it doesn't have to make sense! So make the backup and work the FAQ you're directed to when you try to make a Help post. You'll want that coffee. And a book.

Well, I know what I'm doing with my Saturday night...not that I have any better things to do with it! (I don't have time before then.) I'd end up playing then if I didn't have to do this, anyway...

For the very first time since I started playing Sims 2, a Plantsim (drioru) grew into an adult today. Daisy Greenman ceased to be a toddler at a time when she was feeling very fulfilled with life. She became a Knowledge/Romance Sim, very unlike her parents in personality, even if she did look like a clone of her mother Rose. She got a yellow spaghetti top and jeans to signal the break from her roots. However, she chose to stay home for a while and help Rose grow plants. She already lives in one of the nicest places in SimHampton, so anywhere she goes to live instead is likely to be a disappointment in comparison. Jason sprayed a few plants but, much to his annoyance, remained stubbornly Simmish.

Urbani Nigmos finished her first novel, "Wolf At The Door", a humourous tale starring a whelk named Logbert. She'd adapted it from a bedtime story she'd made up for her daughter Tenrha. The book got remaindered, but Urbani didn't care - she'd learnt lots about writing, and all she really wanted in return was a printed copy of the book for herself. Tenrha enjoyed the book as much as she'd enjoyed the original bedtime story.

At Beaker Labs, Circe Beaker and Imane Caliente create the latest attempt to cure cybersickness. So far, the latest brew hasn't exactly cured it, but the test subject, Castor Bell, seems a lot healthier for taking the new medicine. Despite Circe insisting that testing is not yet complete, Sims have been queuing around the block to buy the medicine for family, friends and neighbours they know with cybersickness. Unfortunately, nobody remembered to attend to the house while all this invention was going on. The lab is now full of cockroaches and the only Sim who hasn't got flu is Castor - and that's because he's in a sealed room which the cockroaches cannot enter.

The Newsons invited the private school headmaster to tea, an odd decision considering that Ginger Newson isn't even allowed to attend secondary school. Even odder considering that Garin and Georgia-May grew up later that morning, just before they were due to attend school. This meant that only Garrett and Georgia were allowed to be in formal education. Garin is a Knowledge Sim and very keen for the headmaster to show up. Georgia-May is motivated by Popularity, which at the moment manifests itself in a compulsive desire to talk to children - whether she met them in her schooldays or not.

There was a scare when Garin got an electric shock trying to repair the living room TV during the headmaster's tour. Don't worry - he survived and the headmaster was complaining about the tiny secondary bathroom at the time. The accident was kept secret for the entire tour, and luckily the headmaster was more interested in schmoozing about the job Ginger Newson used to have than catching up with the latest news. The four younger Newsons were admitted to SimHampton University's Outreach Programme facility - offering elite pre-university education at a price. The Newsons have saved $17,000, so they're not worried about the price. Each of the younger Newsons has decided to take a different course while receiving their private education. Garin will concentrate on Politics, in the hope of being elected a Planner by his fellow Sims. Georgia-May, a gregarious Sim at heart, will specialise in Artistry (SimHampton University's biggest faculty is Expressive Arts) - assuming she can get the easel out of little Garrett's hands long enough. Garrett himself is doing a course in Maxing Out, "I don't care if the course doesn't make me employable. I just want to learn everything..." (Presumably this means Georgia-May will be able to use the easel for her own course occasionally, as not everything requires an easel). As for Georgia, she surprised everyone by choosing to specialise in... ...Golf. "So what if it's non-traditional? I want to do a dissertation on putter head aerodynamics, so there!"

Of course, it will be difficult for Garin and Georgia-May to learn much in class, since by law they are banned from actually entering secondary school. Still, the invitation was a nice gesture, and they at least get free books in their specialist area to self-learn their specialist subjects. They celebrated by inviting all their childhood friends over to the house for a nice game of mahjong and bowls full of Grandma's Comfort Soup (the most impressive thing Ginger could cook for the headmaster - and it was impressive because the headmaster gave it a mark of 34/30).

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Dina caught Mortimer fooling around with his ex in the hot tub and threw him to the curb. Mortimer took a small place and invited Bella to move in with him. Just as she had mysteriously disappeared all those years ago, she suddenly and mysteriously reappeared without explanation. Time has not touched her nor the way Mortimer feels about her.

Cassandra caught Don cheating on her with the maid. Just after she found out she was pregnant! The cur! She struck up her friendship with Darren Dreamer again and they have had a quiet wedding at the old home. She just gave birth to twin boys. Darren continues to paint and Cassandra plans to go back to work as a chemist once the kids are a bit older. Alexander is a wonderful uncle.

Dina is planning to open up a beauty salon and clothing shop. She wants to share her gift for beauty with Pleasantville. Lucky Pleasantville! (*Gag*)

Ofcourse, Ben Magee, has now been put on America's Most Wanted List for the Canon Area, where Csonka Canon is a part of. Every police officer in the county is looking for him and the FBI covers the rest of the world. He has to be found. He likely is armed and for sure dangerous. No one has a clue where he went to, where he is staying and what he is doing. Could he have a secret hiding place? But where?

The McCreas are unknowingly connected to Ben as well. The ring of their father, that belongs in their family, was found under Ben's kitchen window. Was that a coincidence or had it a more sinister reason? Connor had gone to the police station to collect the ring, but that didn't go quite as easy. The ring could be valuable evidence. He was allowed to see it to identify it. He positively identified the ring as once belonging to his father. How did his weddingring end up under Dangerous Ben's kitchen window? It was a mystery. With a murder on their hands, involving the same man, the police got intrigued and were planning to look into the matter. They planned to send the ring, neatly sealed in an evidence bag, to a crime lab to let it examine for finger prints. They would keep in touch with Connor about the results, but he could not take the ring home yet. Not as long as it could be used as evidence in a possible future trial. Not much wiser, Connor returned home to find his sister Caley at the kitchen table, who wanted to talk to him. She had decided to move out. Connor now had his own family. He and Cathrien already had one daughter, Cheyenna, and a new baby was on the way. Caley felt it was time to find her own path in life. Connor could run the family farm. Before Caley left, Connor discussed the situation about the ring and Ben.

They both wondered what the story behind it would be. They didn't have hope their father Henry was alive, or their mother Christy or sister Nicky. Their three disappeared family members already had been declared dead a couple of years before. With the discovery of the ring, it only seemed more likely they were not alive. Their father never would've taken off his ring and throw it somewhere, just to walk away from it. It seemed more likely now someone máde him disappear, together with their mother and sister. There were no answers yet. They had to wait what the police would come up with. They let it rest for the moment.

Brody Cavanah and Tessa Tjing moved out of their starter home. They were completely done with the lack of space. Besides, the rental took a lot of their money. Therefor they bought a cheap piece of land and build a small bungalow. Tessa had brought in a karaoke machine. It was in storage all that time, because there wasn't space for it in the starter home. In the new home, after a night of fun with some friends trying it out, they sold it. That money was meant to be invested in their internet café. They will open soon. Just a few loose ends to handle before opening day arrives.

Darim got served. The divorce papers are handed over to him.
Dunya probably can look forward to trouble. Her ex to be already has been over to argue with her, but it didn't get out of hand yet.
Dunya however has other things on her mind. She had been inside the old people's home for months. She only went out to go to work. She was done with hiding. Darim didn't give her back her clothes and furniture. He refuses to let her have it. She didn't want to wait anymore. She took the old people's home joint car and went to Csonka Plaza to buy new clothes for her daughter and herself. She had walked around in her pijamas or in her workclothes. She was sick of it. She didn't want to wear the hijab anymore too. She shows her hair again inside the house, with a new dress on. Soon she will enjoy life outside of the home again.
If she can find time between raising kids, her own needs and work. And ofcourse if Darim let her.
Besides being in the middle of a divorce, she had to deal with new pain. Her father, Amin Zamorano, passed away. That is a tough one, because Dunya will sure miss him and all his help with her children. It was an emotional rotation. Everyone went across, crying and upset.

The two vivacious Bakalov sisters had to make a decision. Fawnia accidently got pregnant by Ray-Shawn Haydon, one steamy night. That forced her somehow to think about the future. Fawnia and Ray-Shawn wanted to keep the baby. They talked it through and came to the conclusion they all would move to a new house. Now the sisters live at Csonka Quarter no. 7, with Ray-Shawn and Nooboo. This will be the third grandchild Thirza won't see grow up.
Fawnia hadn't had in mind to live together but sometimes life decide for you what course to follow. Ray-Shawn would like to marry Fawnia, but Fawnia isn't that far. For her it's already a big step to live together and getting a child. Ray-Shawn will have to be patient.

~ pictures for enthusiasts ~
The real Ben

Dunya with her parents, Chelsea and Amin

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I love her dress! The pink one, that is. Where did you get it?

Bella and Mort married by the light of the moon. Their kids were happy to have their parents reunited again. Bella took up painting and Mort went to work as a spy. Once Mort reached the top of that career, he switched to law. Eventually, Dina got over her hurt and anger at Mort and they became friends before he passed on. I think she realized that she had gotten all that she really wanted from him anyway. Mort died happy and left a nice little nest egg for Bella so that she did not have to beg or go looking for a job. But she was lonely without him and tentatively reached out to her handsome neighbor Auden MacIntosh. Love bloomed quickly and a second moonlit ceremony was held. Magdelena, a lovely girl with olive skin, black flowing hair and violet eyes was born to them and they lived happily ever after...until the Sim gods thought of something else to throw at them.

12.6.13

Sim State University has been a university withstanding 400+ years in existence. It has provided education to the most remarkable children for generations no matter that Sim’s background, and providing the workplace with creative, bright and intelligent Sims. It was found by the Delta Family, who had acquired the lands in order to build properties for families. Richard Delta had initially obtained the land in order to build houses for the rich for maximum prices, however it was his wife Valeria Delta that had come up with the idea that it was far more important for them as parents to teach their children the skills in order to for them to survive in the work place. Thus born a University that would come to teach generation after generation of Sims and provide them with the skills and life experiences (*cough* mayhem *cough*) at Sim State.

Today was the day to celebrate what the Delta family had done to change education for the young, and thus celebrations for Sims National Day were in full swing all over campus.

Martin Ruben’s: Bookworm, supernatural fan, brooding,

Jane Stacks’s: shy, nurturing, social butterfly,

Allegra Gorey’s: Avant Garde, daredevil, eco-friendly,

In order to celebrate Sims National Day, Jane, Martin and Allegra decided that they were going to go downtown to hang out at their favourite spots and take lots of photos as it was Jane’s last year at Sim State. So Jane wanted pictures with her best friends before she left to go face the big bad world. While Jane, Martin and Allegra were in class, Heather stopped by the house to apologise for she believed she had done something wrong at the Bonfire party and she believed it had something to do with the red roses that Martin had left for her.

When Martin came back from class, him and Heather talked and hugged a lot. Although Heather was slightly embarrassed when Martin started singing to her and his failed attempt to declare his love for her for which was awkward for him, Heather couldn’t deny that Martin made her laugh and was for once the only guy she knew so far that wasn’t trying to get into her panties. Martin and Heather bid each other goodbye with a passionate kiss by the front door, which made Allegra roll her eyes and complain because they were blocking the door, and they needed to get into the taxi. Martin, Jane and Allegra decided to head out to their hang outs, which for them was stopping by Sims Gone Wired and then moving onto the Bowling Alley.

While Martin browsed the magazines at Sim Wired, Allegra and Jane were busy talking about kissing and Jane was asking lots of questions about a certain Gordon Wolosenko. Jane demanded that all three of them needed to take photos of their times at University… she wanted memories god darn it! They quickly moved onto the Bowling Alley, when Jane decided to invite Josh over to celebrate with them, of course she hadn’t really expected him to say yes so when he said that he had nothing better to do he decided to come. Of course Jane would argue that she invited Josh for Martin’s sake and wanted them to talk more and get along, but deep down it was secretly for her. While waiting in line for her turn at the pins, Jane bumped into a very cute guy by the name of Lance Fairchild (blonde, red top and green glasses…we all know the one) and they talked and laughed quite loudly. (Jane’s a social butterfly, she loves meeting new people)

Martin was playing pool, Jane was talking to Lance and Allegra was in the bathroom when who should decide to come to the Bowling Alley right at that second? ... Gordon Wolosenko. Allegra laughed to herself when she saw Gordon standing there in his business suit looking powerful and strong… he sure as hell stuck out from the crowd. When she walked over, he smiled at her and they starting making out in front of everyone, they soon decided to move their intimate moment to behind the Bowling Alley building where ACR kicked in and they woohooed…Classy.

Josh finally came down, and talked to Martin and they were at least civil with one another yet again. Furthermore, Jane and Josh talked quite a bit which led to Josh indirectly expressing that Jane looked good now that she had lost the weight and even thought she looked hot now. Jane was happy with that somewhat backhanded compliment, she also expressed liking him but Josh seemed to have gone to his default look and didn’t seem to be listening to which Jane just sighed. (Jane and Josh became best friends, and she wants to ask him out on a date but is scared he’ll say no)

Mid-term finals were upon the three students and all nighters were pulled to get their assignments and revision completed. Jane, Martin and Allegra all managed to get on the Dean List respectively, and Jane has started to save some money in order to rent a flat for when she graduates in the Winter, and has already started pulling together furniture for her new apartment. It will soon mean that Martin and Allegra may not be about to afford the place on their own and may have to move when they enter their 2nd year at University.

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Sims National Day at the Dreamer household was spent with Darren painting Daisy in her pregnancy glory, as he wanted both of them to mark this moment, which led to Darren maxing his creativity. Today was also Dirk’s last day at home before he went off to University, so when Dirk came back from his last day from work he and Darren packed his things so that Dirk could get a taxi to Sim State.

The reason Darren didn’t drive him was because Daisy could go into labour at any moment and he wanted to be there to care for her and their new baby. Daisy made Dirk promise that he would come and visit them, his future baby sister or brother and Cate when he could. Dirk had no choice but to agree of course. Earlier while Dirk and Darren had been packing his things, Dirk had invited over Cate for them to spend some of the afternoon/evening together before he left. They woohooed, and Dirk asked Cate to wait for him… really Dirk? That’s what you’re going to do to the girl? Of course Cate agreed to wait for him, and promised him that she wouldn’t cheat on him.

(Hmmm…I don’t know about this, I mean I can’t imagine Dirk as the cheating type but is he really going to stay faithful when he’s at university being tempted by all those beautiful girls…Dirk going to University is going to be a test for their relationship that’s for sure.)

Dirk said goodbye to everyone, and later that night left for his new adventure at Sim State. After Dirk had left, Daisy decided that it was time to talk to Darren about the loans he had taken out and how they were going to pay for it while dealing with a new baby and of course Dirk’s fees (which they can’t afford, so Dirk will have to get a part time job at university). Daisy decided to push Darren into selling his paintings and turn it into a real business or at least get a higher paying job, of course Darren argued back that if she was able to do her dream job why couldn’t he.

(Money drama may be an issue with Darren and Daisy Dreamer it seems)

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While Jen was moping…I mean cleaning the house, Daisy and Elle stopped by the house for which Jen invited them in for lunch. The women talked about babies, which led to Daisy asking the awkward question of whether Jen had decided if her and John were going to have a 3rd child? Jen answered that question with a firm NO. Little did she know that something was about to happen.

John’s job as a Crime Investigator was pushing him to his limits; his job was requiring him to take more risks especially lately as there was an increase in crime in the downtown area. But it seems that maybe John may be able to hack it at his new position due to a lack in judgement (Judgement to me is a lack in logic - see how I worked in the skills needed for the job into this mini-story… very proud) which led him to make a mistake while on the job which meant that his captain had to demote him. John came home that day depressed and annoyed at himself for having made the mistakes he made while on the job, when he walked in the house he knew that Lucy would have gone by now to work so went upstairs to check on Toby.

What he saw made him realise that his job didn’t prepare him for anything…his wife was lying on the floor clutching her stomach. This led John to go into panic mode and call his brother in law and the ambulance, Daniel came over and brought his friend Don who John knew as the local doctor or paramedic in Pleasantview. Jen had been complaining of cramps all day, but John had not heard as he had been tending to Toby at the time. Don confirmed to everyone that Jen had suffered a miscarriage much to the shocked faces of Jen and John, when Don left and Daniel stayed a little longer to make sure his sister was in capable hands… Jen cried. Not for having just suffered a miscarriage, in fact it was because she was slightly relieved that she was not pregnant.

John tried to comfort her, thinking that Jen was crying because of the loss of their unborn baby, when Jen told him that wasn’t the case and told him the reason for her crying. This led to an argument between the two, which left both Jen and John more depressed than before.

Unbeknown to Lucy of the tension between her parents, when she had returned home that night she didn’t get the chance to tell her parents that she had done so well in her monitoring that the man in charge had decided to give her a promotion as a ‘First Aid Paramedic’, this meant that Lucy could work with young children at the local hospital.


Too many issues are coming to the surface it seems? Maybe not everyone in Pleasantview is indeed happy.

P.S. I've realised yet again that I'm a real slow player, and my drama in my neighbourhood is alot more subtle that some other people's games. I'm trying to change that a bit, so that people don't get bored of my Sims. I hope that's not the case.

Poooo, there you ask me something. I can't find the name of the dress or who created the mesh. The image with the dress didn't come up with a description in CAS or when I clicked a cloathing rack for buying clothes. If you have any other idea how I could look for more info on the dress, maybe I could provide you with a link where to get it.

Nah...don't worry about it - I just liked it and thought you might know. Thanks for trying.

Next up was the Monty Ranch. Mercutio was able to find a Architecture job at level 9 because of his degree and skills, but because he is also missing some skills, he didn't get promoted during this rotation. (His LTW is to get to the top of the Architecture field, so I'm sort of taking time with those skills so he doesn't get them too soon.) Miranda still wasn't able to find a job in the Journalism career, and since the household has a decent amount of money there is no real need for her to get a job in a different field. The twin girls became toddlers, and Patrizo and Isabella are close to the end of their life bars.

Romeo and Juliette's lot was pretty quiet. Juliette rolled the want for a baby, so I had them try for a baby and heard baby chimes. She was able to get one promotion before she went on maternity leave. Romeo didn't roll the want for a baby, and his wants were pretty much all over the place.

Juliette gave birth to a girl named Luce with blonde hair (both have recessive genes for blonde hair) and gray eyes.

Puck and Hermia graduated from college, moved into a house, got married and were able to find jobs right away in their LTW fields.

I had moved Beatrice Monty and Hal Capp into the same dorm, and when I went to play them he had a want to get engaged to her. I had her propose to him and he accepted. (I generally have him take her last name when they get married.) Beatrice is doing a Literature major and Hal is doing Physics.

Benedick Monty and Bottom Summerdream are in the same dorm, and he must have heard gossip about his twin getting engaged because he wanted to get engaged to her. I had him propose and she accepted. Benedick is doing a drama major and Bottom is also doing a physics major.

Desdemona moved into a dorm with a CAS Sim that matches her turn ons, but not much has happened in regards to their relationship yet. She declared a Drama major, and Greg rolled the want for a Physics major.

I was a little grouchy yesterday and wanted the elders to die, so I played a little out of turn with two houses. Consort died of old age without problems. He wasn't permaplat, but still got a Platinum grave stone from being in Platinum aspiration at the time of his death. Tybalt finally went to work and got to the top of the Oceanography career and got his LTW.

I had more problems with Patrizio and Isabella. They both had a LTW of Six Grand Children and Bianca had Anna and Julie giving them the six grandchildren. The first time they died, Patrizio died first so he had a Platinum gravestone, but Isabella had a plain gray gravestone. She had a fear of Patrizio dying, and the fear seemed to have knocked her out of Platinum despite the LTW being filled. I exited without saving. Tried again, and this time Isabella died first Platinum, I used the Sim Blender to Max the Aspiration of all on lot during the Grim Reaper ritual and Patrizio did get a Platinum gravestone. I saved and used the Night Life move all graves method to move the graves to the cemetery off lot.

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Back in rotation was Antonio's lot. He had the want to buy a vacation home, and he still had the map to the Witch Doctor's hut in his Inventory, so I had him buy a vacation home in Twikki Island. I had him increase his mechanical skill points so he could fix mechanical stuff without getting electrocuted and sent him on vacation to modify the vacation home. (I never have understood why that is a requirement.) He was able to fix the Witch Doctor's stuff and get the voodoo doll.

I sent him to South End Beach, but the pirate captain didn't show up after several times plundering the cabin so I sent Antonio home. He had a good vacation despite the pirate captain.

Back home he was able to get a couple more promotions. I plan to move Benedick and Bottom in with him after they graduate.

Bianca's aspiration wasn't as low as I feared when I opened her lot. I've seen it in the red in the past after her parents died, but this time it was still low gold. She and Juan worked without too much chaos. Anna seems to be bringing everyone her age home: Beth Capp and Catherine Capp (Kent Capp's twin daughters), Corin Capp and Helena Summerdream and rolling wants to be friends and best friends with all of them. Julie learned how to study from Juan. Julie didn't seem as interested in bringing other kids home as Anna.

Anna is one day away from being a teen, so she'll become a teen next rotation.

Goneril got the biggest inheritance from Consort, and constantly had the fear of him being a zombie the whole time I played her lot. I have a play rule of the dead stay dead no matter what, so there is no danger of the fear being filled. She rolled wants for skills she needed to get a promotion. She's further up in the criminal field, so it's taking her more skills to get promoted.

Ariel got the logic scholarship and the creativity scholarship, so those plus the good grades scholarship meant to me that she was in good enough shape to go to college. She went at the end of the rotation and moved into a dorm with a CAS Sim that matches her turn ons. She was able to declare a math major right off instead of waiting since she had one of every skill.

Regan and Cornwall both had the LTW of getting to the top of the Intelligence field, and they both did reach the top by the end of this rotation, giving both their LTW. I made them take turns teaching Nathan his toddler skills when they weren't skilling for work.

Corin became a Teen and Nathan became a Child.

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The slums were awful. It smelled bad everywhere. And sometimes people fell from the windows. Rusty water had leaked from the pipes and discolored the plaster and mortar. The inside was not better. The wallpaper was loose in some places. The floors were dirty and worn. The boards were cracked and you got splinters in the feet when walking. Contessa Angie had started to excercise a little while everyday because she wanted to become fit, and today was no exception. She jumped rope for 15 minutes. (Easy) She then took a bath and contemplated the recent tragic events which had occured in her household. Her beloved, Jasmyn mazzas ex husband had passed away and left her with the 3 kids and the nightclub and the house in the slums. Contessa Angie sighed deeply. She washed her left arm to begin with. She knew that she would have to wash the rest of her body as well but she had a severe depression and it would take some time...
Much later she got up from the bath and washed and blow dried her hair. When she got out from the bathroom it was perfectly combed and shiny as usual. They might be living in the slums but a lady must look proper always especially a noblewoman like Contessa Angie. She checked on Alan and Amy. They were busy with their rabbit head. The rabbit was very beneficial for their psychosocial development so contessa angie allowed them to play with it as much as they wanted. They smelled very bad so probably needed a diaper change but it would have to wait. contessa angie started to make her way to the kitchen. She needed some sustenance. On the counter she found a hamburger which was cold but there was nothing wrong with it, otherwise. The kitchen was quite shabby, and there was no ventilation so food smells lingered for several hours. However the grass looked very green and beautiful outside the window. Contessa angie finished the hamburger and wiped her mouth. She sighed and longed to be in her nightclub. She loved DJing and watching the guests dance, well, sometimes they just sat down on the floor, but this was nice too, besides, she had not started charging them. In the long run, she probably should try to generate some profit because, otherwise what was the point of running a business??

After a delay for reasons detailed in my signature, I'm back to playing! At the Oasis Dorm, Stella Terrano tried to focus on anything other than the creeping misery of being away from her own kind -- seeing PT #9 at the wedding had only made it worse. Ophelia had left Evermore the hawk, and Stella dutifully fed it and was happy to clean the cage, but she didn't want to socialize with that thing. She neglected to pay the bills, and the chair at the computer got confiscated, so she had to drag one in from the dining hall. She got good grades, but she is hating her very existence.

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Frances Worthington went on a date with a Secret Society guy and also one with that old professor from last time. He went bowling with the Secret Society guy, and got to see Crumplebum bowling; he took the professor to Sims Gone Wired, which was also amusing. They slow danced and kissed quite a bit after eating lunch together upstairs, while a crowd gathered...to hang out by the host's podium! Um, is there not a better place to hang out than on the floor of a crowded restaurant? Frances ate so much cake on his dates (it's all he orders on dates!) that he lost his fitness, but he'll probably get it back. At any rate, between the professor in love with him and the Energizer he got with some of the aspiration from the dates, he breezed through with perfect Dean's List grades again. Yes, he's cheating -- it's the kind of person he is. Whether he'd actually go so far as trading WooHoo for grades is another matter...

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The guys at the Oresha-Hoh-Var Fraternity had a much harder time -- both Matthew Hart and Mickey Dosser were so tired and bored that they got in a vicious cycle that made it hard for them to get any needed skill points. Matthew finally got enough charisma by talking to himself in the mirrors at the gym and pool after he got in a better mood, but Mickey stayed cranky and just couldn't learn enough cooking watching the cooking channel on TV; he kept changing the station to sports. The house was such a shambles that they spent most of their time hanging around campus lots to avoid thinking of cleaning, and hopefully put off the bills being overdue until they could pay a few of them...but they were out of luck. The repo man took the bathtub and a wall light just before finals.

Mickey was expelled, which he wasn't too upset about -- he was sick of school. Matthew scraped through, and the experience of having to struggle to learn changed him; he realized that though he wasn't good at learning, he found it interesting enough that he wanted to understand it better. In short, he became a Knowledge Sim!

Is there a folder where all the houses you've downloaded are saved in? I want to make a backup of the houses that I have incase I have to start over.

LotCatalog.

ETA: When I answered that I assumed I was in "random questions." I should make this a legit "what's happening now" post. Let's see - Dave Ottomas had his teen birthday party and grew up. His parents had filled the house with relatives and their friends with teen or almost-teen children, so he checked out Pearl Onions, scoped the room, and made a beeline for Guadalupe Newson. His grandmother Sue Casa got into a fight with his best friend Dior's sister, Georgette Skirt, but once the dust cleared his parents were able to keep them separated. Dove Hawkins got trapped upstairs (somebody left a chip bag in front of the spiral staircase!) and amused herself smustling in the bathroom and jumping on David and Susana's bed.

Since her brother-in-law moved out, Helen Wheels was home alone all day monitoring her plummeting pregnancy needs. Her husband Daniel went to work, but when he came home he invited Gerry Mander and his wife Sparrow over, hoping that pregnant Helen and new mother Sparrow could bond over women stuff. Instead they played SSX3, but hey, as long as Helen's happy and comfortable the mission was accomplished, right? In the wee hours of the morning Daniel went looking for his dream job and found it - he's now a lounge singer!

And the Bubblers did not get haunted, which is good, because they've been haunted for a couple of rotations now and were about at the ends of their ropes. Ty invited the Phoenix household over, Sam invited the Spitzigs, and everyone smustled, ate, played darts, and sat in the hot tub. The Phoenix cat, Dumbledore, was invited, too, and he at least did not fight with the Bubblers' cat, Sopa.

Two new families in the neighborhood, the Parkers and the Mitchels.

The Mitchels consist of father Dustan, his daughter Jillian, and Jillian's daughter Rebeccah with Randy London. Dustan is a stay at home father/grandfather who sells his flower arrangements for a living. His daughter Jillian is now in college though she was just a toddler when they moved in. She is currently in a dorm with Randy and their mutual friend Orlando Centowski.

When the three first went to college Jillian was in love with Randy and was in a committed relationship with him. Orlando, though, had the hots for Jillian bad and kept trying to kiss her. She turned him down again and again while Randy was around but if Randy was asleep or if Orlando and Jillian were alone in Jillian's room she would be all over Orlando. Randy caught them once so now he hates them both. Orlando saw his chance and asked Jillian to marry him. They are now engaged.

Next door to the Mitchels are the Parkers. They consist of Jessica and Sara - best friends who moved here to follow their dreams. Sara is a Romance sim who, thanks to ACR, began sating her lust hours after they moved in with a random townie who walked by. Jessica is a family sim who wishes to settle down, get married, and have a house full of children.

However, one night both were lonely and they ended up making out with each other in Sara's bedroom. They have crushes on each other now, though they both want to continue on their own paths. The big question is if they will eventually settle down with each other or if Jessica will end up finding somebody who wants her and only her and give her the family she always wanted.

Kent Capp didn't want to go on vacation, but I sent him to Twikki Island anyway because I was concerned that South End Beach had become glitched after Antonio Monty wasn't able to get the ghost of the pirate captain to come out after 6 or 7 times of plundering the captains quarters. It took Kent a few tries, but the ghost of the pirate captain did come out and he learned the Sea Chantey. Kent also had enough mechanical skill points from his job to safely fix the witch doctor's stuff to get the voodoo doll. He had a good vacation.

When he got back home he rolled the want to Hula dance, and I had him Hula to his home stereo. Beth and Catherine autonomously joined him, and I learned that children can get vacation mementos (they got mementos from learning how to Hula dance).

Kent and Christa were able to get to Level 9 of their careers this rotation, and may get to level 10 next rotation. Beth and Catherine kept rolling wants to talk to Anna Monty and bringing her home from school. They got an A+ in school and Christa was at home to cheer them while Kent was at work.

The twins are 2 days away from teen, so they will age up next rotation.

Titania Summerdream received a small inheritance from Consort Capp when I opened the Summerdream lot. She wants to become Captain Hero but seems to be struggling to get the skills needed to get promoted (she's at level 8 right now and needs several logic and body skills to get promoted). Oberon did get to the top of the Journalism career and reached his LTW.

Helena got an A+ in school which made herself and the adults happy. She's 1 day away from aging up to teen, so she'll become a teen next rotation.

I had started the rotation at the Capp Manor for Consort to die of old age, but didn't finish it. I went back now to finish it. Tybalt wanted to learn parenting while Xandria worked out to get her aspiration up.

Tybalt had reached the top of the Oceanography career and his LTW previously, and he went to work while Xandria had the day off. She taught Cassio his toddler skills and also wanted to learn parenting.

When the time came for Constance to age up to toddler, she kept refusing to age up for Tybalt while Xandria was at work. Tybalt autonomously kept trying and she kept refusing. She didn't age up until Xandria got home to age her up after 11pm. (Argh. Why do Sim babies do that?)

The Monty Ranch was a nightmare. I hate Sim toddlers and twin toddlers suck worse. Mercutio still managed to get promoted despite dealing with the twin terrors and reached his LTW, and Miranda was able to finally find a level 8 Journalism job. They managed to teach the twins their all their toddler skills and I aged the twins up one day early just to get it over with.

Romeo and Juliette's lot was much more manageable. They must have ACR tried for baby because I heard baby chimes right after I opened the lot. They both went to work the first day and both got promoted to level 8. Juliette went on maternity leave and Romeo didn't get another promotion because of lacking skills.

Luce became a toddler without any problems, and Juliette gave birth to another girl named Jessica. I did remember to use the batbox to roll the pacifier, so Jessica has black hair and light blue eyes (Romeo has recessive genes for light blue eyes from Claudio).