Friday, 13 February 2026

Cordial Sisters- Round 2

 
We've jumped over to Belladonna Cove to visit the Cordial sisters. 

The House/Roof is a little different on the outside as I have refurbished upstairs (and have never figured out the whole dormer/roof thing). :D
 
I found the upstairs cramped and had no chance of fitting double beds in. Also the girls were starting to get cold all the time because of the way the roof was designed.

So I extended the whole floor out over the lower level which gave me room to add double beds. I made both bathrooms accessible from bedrooms and hallway and even had room to create a single bedroom. (I realise this picture is taken from the front of the home whilst the top is from the back but you get the gist).

The Sisters went to the Crypt O Nightclub in the very early hours of Monday morning where Samantha thought it would be hilarious to joy buzzer the local Vampire.

He was not impressed, shoved her and made her cry. But he didn't turn her into a bat so that's something.

Back home and time for some shut-eye before work. The beauty of being a witch is that they can teleport...

Straight into their new bedrooms... they were impressed. whew. ;)

Samantha started the proper daytime off by creating rainbows and butterflies. She left for her job as a G.P

Both Sisters are Knowledge sims of course, Kimberly is following her dream of being an evil criminal mastermind and bought Christian Love home today but no promotion. (She's a Con Artist at present).
He's networking something...

ooh a blind date.

Robi Huerta is the lucky man, he and Kimberly have 2 bolts, the date was good but nothing special.

Samantha brought Toby Siew home from work, no promotion for her either.

But the girls ended the day as best friends so not all was lost. 

On Tuesday Kimberly got a promotion to Getaway Driver where she is due to work again today. She'd learned enough magic to get herself a Familiar. A cute black cat she called Raven.

The early hours of Wednesday saw the first snow on the ground as Kimberly came home, no promotion but a chance card gave her 5K and 1 mechanical skill.

The double shift had taken it out of her and she passed out just before she got to her bed.

Before Samantha left that morning for her new position as a Specialist the snow fell heavily onto the lot.

A bad decision for Samantha led to a demotion.

Thankfully she was in a good enough mood to fly back to work where she regained her Specialist status.

The stress of it all combined with the winter chill made her rather ill though.

But being a well trained Witch Samantha had the ability to instantly cure herself with a simple spell. 

She too got her own Familiar, a white cat called Misty.

While Samantha worked on her logic, Misty worked on her claws. :)

The early hours of Thursday and Kimberly is a Bank Robber.

While Kimberly slept Samantha had a chance card which gave her 1 Logic and Charisma skill and a promotion to Surgeon. She enjoyed a good chat about it all with a passing neighbour.

Kimberly maxed her Creativity skill.

Then set fire to the kitchen making dinner. 
(having flashbacks of Lilith and Angela- though it was always Angela who burnt stuff). :D

Thankfully the fire was soon put out but Kimberly's day only got worse when she lost 15K on a chance card. Good job they have decent funds! 

It didn't take Samantha long to finish off her Logic skills after being gifted the freebie at work. She too got promoted and is a Medical Researcher. She has earned 25K now.

Kimberly shows no romantic wishes but it doesn't hurt to scope. Still no 3 bolters but new acquaintances are always good.

Kimberly got a promotion to Cat Burgler, I sent her straight back to work even though she's a bit tired. She too has earned 25K

hmm decisions... does she go Tom Cruise or play it safe? .....

Not being Tom Cruise she decided to play it safe and yes! 50K now earned and some nice skills as well as a promotion to Counterfeiter.

On Saturday Samantha finally invited her 3 bolt love Gabriel Green over! 

She had learned to summon a spectral servant who would clean up for her,

leaving her free to make pie and spend quality time with Gabriel.

Kimberly really wants to get electrocuted but even the installation of a hot tub combined with some Spring rain didn't work.

Sunday was the Sisters second day off this week and they flew to Central Park West.

Kimberly has men lining up to meet her but she is so fussy. 

She did ask this guy on a date but he rejected her. He was lucky she didn't turn him into a toad. (Now that would have been a great spell!)

Back home and starving Kimberly ordered pizza, tipped the delivery guy and spent a little time chatting before he left.

and that's where we leave the girls, munching their pizza and debating the weeks' events.

Summary-

A very busy week work wise, the girls both did well with their prospective careers. Samantha wishes to max her skills as a LTW and did both Cleaning and Logic this week which is promising. 
She hasn't rolled many wishes about Gabe and I couldn't quite decide if I wanted him moving here or her there so decided to leave it until his turn and we will see what happens. It is Spring now here so hopefully it will be on his lot at some point too. :)
Maybe then Kimberly will find someone, or spend her life making spells.
I didn't take many pictures of the spells but found some that were quite amusing. :D

p.s. I still feel that Kimberly should be spelled Kimberley. :D













Friday, 6 February 2026

Julien Cooke- Round 2

 
Here we are back in Riverblossom Hills at the home of Julien Cooke.

This Popularity Sim is working his way to having 20 best friends. He's just made his 10th in LaShawn Cameron (in this 'hood she's married to Neil Cameron).

Julien inherited a small sum of funds from his first love Catherine Viejo (seems like forever ago that she passed away!) so he threw a little party for some friends and during it he'd made his 12th best friend.

Julien loves a good party- he got a great party memory.

I'm still not lost on the idea of Julien finding a partner- he has 2 bolts with Calista here but never really shows any romantic wishes.

Julien has the Culinary career reward (being a Restauranteur at present) and he loves to make (eat) candies!

On Wednesday Julien earned a Bronze badge in Gardening for tending his greenhouse plots.

He had a date-not-date (where before he can get in the taxi a pop up says 'where were you, can't believe you stood me up') so he went to the Crypt O'Nightclub anyway and larked about in the dance o'sphere.

He had a solitary dinner but had a nice chat with his server.

He also had a conversation with Robin Zarubin which resulted in her offering him discounted furnishings in the future.

One thing Julien wishes for a lot is to stargaze with his telescope- no abduction but he is earning his logic skills.

I think Julien must have gained his Silver Garden badge as he was spraying his crops but I missed the pop up.

of course you're probably wondering if Julien went to work at all, well yes he did and he brought home a colleague who networked a boost in reputation.

On Saturday morning Julien made his 15th best friend. 

He also maximised his Cooking skill.

He went off to work again but still came home as a Restauranteur. This is because he needs Creativity skills which he just hasn't had time to earn this week and he never had any chance cards come up either which may have earned him a promotion.

Later that night Julien got his first harvest of perfect oranges.

After a very busy day on the phone after work on Sunday, Julien achieved his LTW of 20 best friends!
You can see by the late hour that he just made it before Monday came around.

Summary-

I decided to concentrate on the LTW this week rather than the career/potential love match. 
Weirdly Julien has 3 bolts for Patricia O'Mackey (Wan). hmm- wish I'd known that before she married Gabe!