Wednesday, 4 December 2024

The Smith Family

 
We are staying in Strangetown for a while first to visit the Smith family residence at 101 Road to Nowhere.

Here is Pollination Technician #9, his 'parents' were called Colony Drone 65535 and the Birth Queen so it's safe to assume our 'Pol' was a manufactured alien. 
Since he arrived in Strangetown though he met and fell in love with Jenny (formerly Curious).

After they married they produced a son Johnny who got his father's alien skintone but his mother's features such as eyes/ears/nose and blond hair. Then little Jill came along.

Johnny was a teen for a whole few hours then he threw a much wished for Birthday party to celebrate his adulthood.

Here he is looking pretty pleased with himself.  He is a Popularity Sim who wishes to become a Media Magnate.
His parents are both Family Sims, his mum wants to be Chief of Staff someday whilst his Dad hoped to graduate 3 kids from college. Sadly it was too late to try for a baby as I never checked the wishes until after 6pm when Jenny became too old.

Anyway, Ripp and Chloe still have the hots for each other.

and Johnny and Ophelia are as playful as ever.

The party rocked and everyone will be talking about it for ages or at least until the next party. :D

Johnny decided onwards and upwards and he took the decision to move out straight away. We'll join him after this story.

I haven't changed anything much downstairs but the upstairs needed less routing issues so I took a lot of walls out and just made 2 bedrooms for now. There is plenty of scope to make a third should we ever need it.

The next morning over pancakes Jill was looking forward to going to school.

The time flew by and she was soon home cheering her first A+.

While Pol tended the garden Jill enjoyed a good swim and earned several body skill points which helped her work off her 'pancake belly' that she'd developed just that morning.

The next morning as Jenny was leaving for work Pol helped Jill with her homework.

He enjoyed a little swim himself but made sure he popped out to be sociable with any neighbours who strolled by.

Jenny brought her friend Shannon Todd home from work who insisted she had higher wages due to his connections.

Jill had brought her cousin Luna Curious (daughter of her Uncle Pascal) home and Jenny made her famous homemade soup.

Her other guests enjoyed it too, Shea Johnston and teen Edward Fuchs were welcomed as they were walking past.

Before Jill went to bed Pol danced with her to get her mood back up after she worked hard on her school assignment.

on Wednesday who should visit but Johnny who was welcomed by his dear old Dad.

Pol who is the chief 'Friend maker' while Jenny is busy working greeted Leo Wilkie who gave Pol discounted furnishings in the future.

Johnny decided to go out the back and work on his Cannonballs! Nice job Johnny.

Jenny got promoted to Intern.

Jill brought John Tan home from school.

The next day Jill made best friends with both her parents in quick succession.

and after school it was party time again, this time for Jill!

Here she is, she rolled Popularity and wishes to be Captain Hero someday.

Jill chose to grow up her close friend Solveig Graham (due to the 'Graham' name, we just saw Kristen Singles become a Graham when she married Joe).

Here she is as a teen, sadly she only had a 'poor to fair life' so far but I'm sure we can improve that for her someday.

In all that excitement Jenny arrived home with a promotion to Resident and spun straight into Elderhood!

She came inside to join the party and saw her son Johnny fall in love with Ophelia. (Good job that's the home I moved him into). :D

The party rocked and it was a real family gathering.

On Friday Jenny worked on her new career reward to increase her mechanical skill. It's amazing the things you find inside a surgeon's dummy!

 
Jill found a teen job in Law Enforcement and left for her first shift as a Parking Lot Attendant.

Pol hired a Gardener, as much as he loves the Garden it is much too big for him to cope with and the Gardener had some handy tips for landscaping to reduce the workload.

Jill came home with back to back promotions after she'd walked off the lot to another shift and reached the top of the teen career.

She spent her wages on electronic devices and clothes.

Pol earned a Gold Badge in Gardening in the early hours of Saturday.

Jill slept in until 10am.

Then donning her new summer outfit went with the family to the Diner. Should I be concerned that a member of the Secret Society has snuck in here? 

Jill also met Bella Goth who seems to be making more regular appearances in Community lots now.

Back home Jenny tried her new Summer dress on that Jill bought, it's her favourite green. 

On Sunday Jill had invited Bella over and they soon became friends.

Then a whole houseful of people arrived.

They stayed until late. Jenny had got promoted to G.P on Friday and had the weekend off which made for a very sociable time for the family and it's good to see Pol's alien daughters Chloe & Lola here and making good friends with the rest of the family.

The week ended very happily for the Smith family.

Summary-

This was a good and busy week. Jenny did well with a few promotions as she needs lots of skills and friends. 
Pol won't get his LTW now of course but I will try and keep him in Platinum as much as possible.
Sadly Bella was befriended a little too late in the week to move in, but at least she's a good friend to the family now. 
Solveig Graham may or may not join Jill in college if Jill decides she wants to go unless of course the actual Graham family 'adopt' her during their next turn.

Next we're off to the Nigmos house to visit with Johnny and Ophelia for Johnny's turn on the list.





































Sunday, 1 December 2024

The Singles

 

Here we are back in Strangetown for the Singles. Alien Sisters Lola & Chloe and their housemates Kristen & Erin. I won't say 'friends' as you can see during their moving in picture Chloe is slapping poor Erin, again. 

This is their modest home, in the lots & houses bin it's known as the Bohemian Bungalow but I modified it a lot so they could afford it. It currently has 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a lounge and kitchen.

I'm not quite sure how their beef began but Chloe just keeps launching herself at Erin.

I had Erin apologise to Chloe and hopefully now she will stop slapping Erin at every opportunity.

We've seen Erin a few times this round of course, she is Loki Beaker's sister, a Popularity Sim who wishes to be a Celebrity Chef, she didn't find Culinary but took the Education career for now.

Kristen meanwhile is a Fortune Sim who wishes to be a Hall of Famer, she found Athletics straight away.

Romance loving Chloe wishes to have 20 Simultaneous Loves, she is working on a body skill as she took a job in Oceanography. 
Her sister Lola is a Fortune Sim and wishes to become the Law, that career was unavailable so she took a job in Politics. Her and Erin left for work straight away.

Meanwhile Chloe entertained the Welcome wagon of Cyd Roseland, Ashley Pitts and Sanjay Ramaswami.

Erin came home with a promotion to Teacher's Aide while Lola got a demotion from a chance card. At least she wasn't fired. :D

Ripp Grunt had asked the girls Downtown and Chloe of course wasted no time on anyone else.

It didn't take long until they shared their first kiss.

There was bowling, fun and games and a nice dinner where everyone had a great time, it was good to see Jenny & Johnny Smith here too. Lola & Chloe of course are Jenny's husband's (Pollination Tech #9) alien offspring which technically makes Jenny their Stepmum I suppose. 

The next morning was Kristen's first day in the Athletic career.

Chloe had come home with a promotion to Dolphin Tank Cleaner, had a nap then ran outside to meet Bruce Rascher.

Lola got promoted to Intern and invited her lover Tank Grunt and his family over. Not sure the General likes such a big public show of emotion!

He enjoyed talking with Erin though while the lovebirds were busy elsewhere.

On Wednesday morning Lola found the Law career and set off as a File Clerk for her first shift.

No promotion for Chloe today but she invited a friend for a date, no it wasn't her Dad but it's always good for her to see him, they are starting to have a friendly relationship.

Her date is Ripp of course. 

They ended up back at Chloe's and it was a Dream Date, naturally :)

Kristen was last home and with a promotion to Team Mascot.

On Thursday while her housemates were all at work Kristen used her day off to visit the Kings Gardens to do a spot of fishing.

She also met and was smitten with Joe Graham.

She used some of her latest catch to make a nutritious meal for the household.

Chloe got promoted to Sea Lice Research Assistant.

Erin is an Elementary School Teacher and brought her colleague Vidcund Curious home where she shared some gossip about her housemate with him.

Lola had invited the Grunt's over and Kristen made best friends with someone, maybe Buck?

Later Kristen accepted Joe's invitation for a date and they went to the Crypt O'Nightclub where they enjoyed a lovely dinner and some dancing.

The next day and no doubt with her mood still being good from her date Kristen was promoted to Minor Leaguer.

Lola is a Law Firm Receptionist and earned her 5K, no promotions for Erin or Chloe today.

The late afternoon was spent skilling for 3 of the housemates while Chloe is getting decidedly friendly with Bruce.

Yes very friendly.  

A little later Chloe told her sister how much she likes this new townie she met...
"What about Bruce?!" asked Lola...
"Sissy, I've moved on from Bruce"... :D

On Saturday Chloe left for work first as Kristen and Lola made best friends.


Erin invited her pregnant brother Loki and his wife Circe over. Erin is looking forward to being an Auntie.

She settled down to a game of Chess with Cheating Circe, (some things never change!) whilst Lola asked Loki all about his alien pregnancy.

Kristen was late home and exhausted after her latest promotion to Starter.

Chloe had a much more relaxing night when she made Ajay Loner her latest conquest.

Not much of a Hero then Ajay? The house is on fire and yet Ajay did nothing but walk off the lot without so much as a backwards glance this early Sunday morning.

Thankfully Erin saved the day and the fire was soon extinguished.

Chloe had a very good career day when she was first promoted to Underwater Demolitionist, she walked back to work and returned as a Marine Biologist.

Kristen is now an All Star, hello Career reward.

She invited Joe over and proposed.

As the rest of her housemates family arrived she invited Joe to move in,

and they got married where Kristen became Mrs Kristen Graham.

It was lovely to be surrounded by her friends and their family.


Lola wonders what Kristen and Joe will do for a honeymoon, will they go on a Cruise perhaps?

The first thing they do is move out!

To this house, where we will catch up with the next chapter of their lives when we get around to 'G' on the alphabetical list next round.

Summary-

It's almost like playing 4 stories in one house and originally I was moving Lola out but then Kristen got so smitten it seemed fitting to move her first.
Lola of course is madly in love with Tank Grunt and perhaps on his turn she will move in with him.
That would leave the feuding pair in the Singles house... to be fair the slapping has got a lot less but who knows after a whole round has passed what will happen when we're back here.

Chloe I know doesn't need to woohoo all the guys for her LTW, but hey she's a Romance Sim. :)

Maybe Erin will find love next time too, there wasn't much going on for her this round.

As they had really good funds I added lots of goodies to Kristen's backpack so she can furnish her new house.