Neil Cameron- round 1

 

During the last round in Riverblossom Hills elder townie Neil Cameron was added to the playable list. 

He purchased 22W 175 Mountain Pass Road. It's a small bungalow/park type home that is set on a nice plot with a large pond.

Quite an odd set up indoors- there is a bed in the middle of the living space, the actual bedroom is too small for the double bed in that there is only one side accessible and the dining table is squashed into the corner of what is quite a large kitchen.

A little move around saw me delete the surplus bed, extend the bedroom so the bed fits in properly and I moved the furniture around in the living space.

Neil is a nature loving Knowledge Sim who wishes to become Chief of Staff one day. As I have a hack that lets elders get adult jobs I have him scour the newspaper and computer but no luck today. 

Neil spent a little time fishing in his pond before a couple of townies came as his welcome wagon. He befriended them both.

Later he was invited downtown by one of the townies but had the pop up of 'can't believe you stood me up' etc so he went anyway to have some fun.

He had a nice chat with Stella Roth while Denise Jacquet was heckling someone for their dancing.

He met some interesting people but none so much as the resident Vampire- Count Blazej.

(Being an elder of course Neil will wake up at silly middle-of-the-night hours so he can always talk to the Nocturnal Count).

On Tuesday Neil found a job in Medicine as an EMT. He left at 8am.

He got a chance card which brought him home at 10.40am as a new Paramedic. He brought Drake McCarthy home and will be working again later.

As he left for work that evening heavy snow fell on the lot. 

Neil earned a body skill from a chance card and got promoted to Nurse when he got home at 2am.

On Wednesday after not much sleep at all the carpool came at 6am for Neil.

Neil arrived home very tired and with a promotion to Intern. I chose not to let him walk for another shift as he was exhausted and would need more skills for a promotion.

The position of Intern comes with the special surgery bench which will help Neil gain mechanical when he's in the mood.

After a good sleep and some skills on Thursday another chance card saw Neil promoted to Resident. He has the night off so invited his friends over. 

He had to step in when Leod slapped Gilbert, I think it must be over Betty Goldstein even though she departed this simlife some time ago. 

Neil thought it best to have Leod leave the party.

Luckily everyone else got on which gave Neil a successful party memory.

On Friday after he'd got the relevant skills Neil went off to work at 6pm.

He returned at 1am as a G.P and now has the weekend off to work on skills and friendships.

He was busy on Saturday working on his mechanical skill when the McGreggor's showed up to visit.

Even if you build half a snowman the penguin still waddles onto the lot to talk to it. ;)

On Sunday it's the first day of Spring though everything is still frozen. Neil has earned enough to upgrade his house.

I made the whole floor open plan aside from adding a downstairs restroom. Should be good next time Neil invites friends over. 

Neil's bedroom and bathroom are upstairs.

Neil worked on another skill whilst chatting to his good friend Ethan Barratt.

By the evening most of the snow had gone but the pond was still frozen. Neil could trim up the fruit tree and tidied up the garden a bit.

Summary-

A quick week with a single sim. Neil worked hard on his job and got lucky with several chance cards too. 

He may look for love next time, let's see where the round takes him. ;)

Next I'm off to Veronaville for a lengthy round of Capp families!

The Caliente sisters- round 2

 

We've moved from Pleasantview Uni back to the main 'hood to see the Caliente sisters' week play out.

You can see the house is the same as last round- the addition of a third bedroom happened last time to accommodate Dina's Daughter Lissa who is still a toddler.

Here is the family. Fortune sim Dina wishes to be a Space Pirate someday and is currently a Dread Pirate. Romance lover Nina (though secretly Knowledge I feel) is currently a Home Video Editor but wishes to be a Celebrity Chef someday. She's teaching Lissa a nursery rhyme while Dina works on her body skill.

Dina's ex-husband Michael Bachelor comes out to haunt, a lot. He's just scared Nina.

After some little sleep Nina made a best friend.

She then found the Culinary career where she will start as a Drive through clerk.

She and Lissa are besties too.

Nina & Dina take advantage of a nanny to go downtown to buy some new clothes and phones before meeting some new people.

They get back in time to see Lissa become a child.

Hard to see but Lissa gave a huge cheer at her custom pink hair and glasses- and a little make up, of course- she does have a cool Auntie who helped her choose. 

As the sisters were promoted a few times last round they use the funds to redecorate the living room and add a nice fire to see them through winter.

Nina is also chief cook in the house and takes requests from her niece as to what they should have for dinner later.

The house looks pretty covered in snow and shows up the fact that I missed some painting outside when I built Lissa's room. :D

Mum & Daughter wade through the snow to their carpools.

Nina took advantage of some solitude and working later that evening and had a lovely date with Mitch.

Like all kids- big and small- Lissa loves to make a snow angel.

She had to come in and be sensible though when the Headmaster of a private school showed up. He was just impressed enough (91/90) to let her join his school.

Much more fun later though when Santa arrived just as everyone had gone to bed!

Soon he was Lissa's best friend and he left the family a lovely stereo.

On Thursday after what seemed like very little sleep Dina helped Lissa with her homework.

Then worked on a skill of her own before watching Lissa go off to school in her smart new uniform.

Nina left for work after saying goodbye to a walkby townie Leo, who had offered her discounts on furnishings in the future.

Dina got promoted to Hostage Negotiator and bought a colleague Samuel Miguel home from work. She also celebrated earning 25K and then cheered her daughter's first A+!

On Friday the kitchen got a makeover too.

Lissa loves to read stories about princesses and castles.

Nina got promoted to Fast Food Shift Manager.

On Saturday although she was due to work Dina woke up with a very bad cough. She called in sick (my first sim to legitimately do so!). She needs body skills for her final promotion so I sent her to rest first.

Before she did she invited Mortimer Goth over- it was nice for him and Lissa to get to know one another- Mortimer is her Father after all. ;)

Then Lissa invited her schoolpal Pong over and made friends properly with him.

Aunt Nina had left lots of food out for the growing kids.

Nina met Emily Lee and spent some time getting to know her.

Before going back to tending her hydroponic plants.

Dina finally had the 'healthy again' pop up and worked on her body skills for tomorrow.

The bedrooms and bathroom all got a makeover.

After an afternoon of working out Dina was grateful for her new comfortable big bed.

Nina was promoted to Hostess and after a busy shift on her feet was the first to enjoy a bubble bath in the new tub.

On Sunday Nina harvested her first plant before setting more seed.

A game of red hands before she left for work ensured Dina's good mood.

Nature lover Lissa bit off more than she could chew when she hunted down some bugs.

No promotion for Nina today but she ended her day on a high after inviting Mitch over for some woohoo.

Dina too finished off a great week by completing her first lifetime wish! 

Summary-

A good week here. I wasn't sure (and still am not) whether to separate the sisters' as I often do but so far they are all getting along and the money has been helpful from both jobs to revamp the house.

Lissa will be a teenager next time, will she follow her Mum or Auntie's aspiration or will the dice roll her something completely different?

I moved Michael's urn outside and didn't see him a whole lot the rest of the week. I need to learn how to move the gravestone to a community lot, the last time I tried the grave disappeared. :D