Burb Family- Round 2

 

Here we are at the home of the Burb family in Pleasantview. It has been 2 real life years (bar 2 days!) since I last played this family.

The first thing I did was to brighten up their home, they spent much of their time last round earning money so let's spend some of it!

Fortune Sim Jennifer is enjoying a long bubble bath in her new bathroom. Her LTW is to have 6 pets reach the top of their career. She has 2 cats at the moment and is in the Music career.

Teenager and Family Sim Lucy (who wishes to eventually see 3 of her own kids go to college) loves her Mother's career reward and enjoys working on her creativity skills.

Meanwhile here's John returning from his early shift as a Whale Tracker. John is a Family Sim who wishes to have 6 Grandchildren!

I was hoping John might turn into a Plant Sim and have kids/grandkids that way but he has only a few crops at the moment and Winter is setting in so he may have to wait until Spring, but in the meantime he has a telescope.

Jennifer's cats Zorro and Lara have 3 kittens late on Monday- boys Mickey & Jack and a girl Ebony.

Zorro is currently in the Service career and Lara in Showbiz but both need to learn some tricks.

With the addition of three new pets I extended the living area outwards by a few tiles to make room for more pet equipment.

John was busy stargazing in the early hours when Jennifer set fire to the pancakes...

Lucy kept a cool head and called the fire department, tipping nicely and making a new contact.

A little later heavy snow fell and Lucy spent her snow day down at the Main Street Shop where she met Orlando Centowski among others.

John earned his Silver Garden badge and he may just be able to harvest the last of his crops before the frost hits.

On Wednesday Jennifer started to train Lara to Roll Over while John did the same with Zorro.

Lucy has taken over the kitchen and made decent pancakes.

John earned 10K with his promotion to Deep Sea Fisherman.

Lucy served up some Vegetable soup for supper whilst John worked on a skill for promotion.

Jennifer is still teaching Lara to roll over.

John earns his captain hat on Thursday as a Protector of Whales. (thanks chance card).

Lara the Cat became a Stunt Double.

John worked on a new friendship on Friday.

Lara gave birth to a new kitten, a female called Sunny.

and a little later her original 3 kittens became adults. The boys got black and white colouring and Ebony got grey (you can see her peeking around the corner).

Jennifer put them all into a career, Mickey into Security, Jack into Service and Ebony into Showbiz.

Meanwhile Jen's own career was flourishing and she is a Symphony Conductor.

Jack had gone to work for the first time and got this chance card...

Jack went for it of course and earned his first promotion.

On Saturday morning Spring arrived and John started a new garden.

Jen had to make a crucial choice at work...

Yes, good choice Jen.

It seems that Ebony is a mean cat and is getting told off by John,

for fighting with one of her brothers. (You can see him at the top of the screen flying out of the skirmish).

Lucy left for her first shift as a Rock God on Sunday.

and soon after earned 100K to her name with a lovely big bonus (after choosing to dive into the crowd at her concert).

Lucy, who had been working on skills and friends also got to the top of her teen career.

Zorro is the first of Jennifer's pets to reach the top of his career.  That's one down, five to go towards Jen's LTW...:)

Of course Sunday wouldn't be the same without Family Day so after work Jen invited her brother Daniel over, he brought his Mother-in-Law Coral with him as well as his twins Lilith & Angela.

Also having a slice of Lucy's Berry pie were townies Calista and Cameron.

After everyone left Lucy decided it was time for her to leave too, she got some scholarships and called a taxi to head to college.

Summary-

A very busy week- didn't get anywhere with John's LTW- no abduction or sign of becoming a Plantsim but maybe next round.

Jen had a great week career wise and can knuckle down now to train her cats so her LTW can be worked on.

I've put Lucy into the dorm with the Grundstrom brothers and so we'll see her again before too long.

Ty Bubbler- Round 2

 

Here we are in Strangetown's Sim State University at the Urele-Oresha-Cham Fraternity House. I decided as funds were decent it was time to revamp the living and kitchen areas...

I originally took down the kitchen wall to make it open plan but have now added a half wall which breaks up the space. A colour change on the living room walls and floor followed to brighten up the house a bit.

We are here though for Ty Bubbler's turn. He's gaming with his housemates Jared Starchild, Castor Nova and Charlie Dallas. Also living here is Merlin Louie but he's out of shot.

But Ty's college time has almost ended, he graduated on his last turn with a 3.9 in Philosophy so is throwing a party to celebrate his final hours at the Greek House.

Here's his final shot with his buddy Castor Nova before a taxi was called and farewell's were said.

This is Ty's new home, he has picked the Blue rental house.

He can't afford to rent it furnished so made do with the basics. He does have some goodies in his backpack too.

This is the upstairs, one bedroom and bathroom.

Ty popped down to the shops to buy some bits and pieces and on his return met one of his neighbours' Neil Chalmers.

This is Ty's chosen outfit. He spent the rest of the day talking to people walking by particularly taking a liking to Naenae.

He was pleased to find another one of his neighbours' was his former house mate Joshua Ruben! They shared some gossip about Brittany Upsnott.

Popularity sim Ty, who wishes to become a General one day, decided to take the Showbiz career as nothing else was available and so this Tuesday he left for work as a Commercial Actor.

Never gets less funny. :D

Ty got promoted to Cartoon Voice and invited Naenae over to celebrate.

With his promotion he could afford to furnish his living room,

and upgrade his bathroom. The bed and desk were in his backpack from college.

Ty left for his evening shift on Wednesday and ended up doing a double shift thanks to a promotion. He's now a Supporting Player.

On Thursday Ty had his college friends Castor and Merlin over as well as Professor Schweber his former tutor.

He left for work later and returned as a Broadway Star.

On Friday Ty had the day off and attempted an outing. (His first, on Monday night ended up with the 'cannot believe you stood me up' message before the taxi could even arrive and so Ty chose to stay home).

Anyway- Ty created a Group and invited them all that way.

and here they are at Doc Alan's Hangout, he's with his former college buddies of course but did meet some new and unusual neighbours.

I don't think I've played this lot much before as I never realised there was a gyro cart outside. 

It was a good evening only confirmed when Jared dropped off a gift later- a sunflower vase. 

Ty woke up to work on a body skill but I never looked at his aspiration- which was only green- and therefore his moods plummeted and he lost a skill.

Once he was recovered it was time for Ty to restock his fridge.

Because it was time for the Saturday gathering. The Landlady sprang for pizza though so Ty's fridge stayed full. Ty met his other neighbour Nikki Zhang as well.

Ty's shift later saw him already earning 25K... possibly the reason Military has been forsaken, for now. :)

On Sunday and in a better mood Ty maxed his body skill.

He had friends Allegra and Uma over- he and Uma had often been at loggerheads during college due to love triangles/ etc. but now that was all forgotten as they became best friends.

and later that night (or very early hours into Monday) Ty is the next Leading Man.

He has 30 friends and is quite a popular Popularity Sim. 

Summary- A good fun week at Ty's, he is truly a popularity Sim, he's always having friends call, or come over and the Showbiz career seems to suit him well.

I've decided that unless a Sim has a true 3 bolt affection for someone they will remain single- to try and control the populations a bit! 

Next family is back in Pleasantview with the Burb's.