The Kirigoe Legacy: Gen 1, or: Why I made this 10x harder for myself.
First, a rundown of how we got here. I got stuck thinking of a surname for this lucky, "lucky" family. For a good half hour I sat and agonised over what to call them, until I gazed at the Mima Kirigoe (of the movie Perfect Blue) figurine and decided that's what I'll go for this time. ah, to have choice paralysis.
I ultimately created our lovely founder and field-dweller, Kimberly:
I placed her on a 5x6 lot because I love to make things harder for myself (and, let's face it, Legacy challenges become a lot easier over time) and gave her a luxorious 3-length drywall with a toilet and shower facing away from the street, with the most basic of bedding. At this point, I could barely even afford a pizza, let alone a fridge and microwave, so I ventured out into the great unknown that was Downtown. Luckily, one of the lots had a BBQ where you can cook food basically for free - this is how I got around this first few days whilst Kimberly tried to bring in some dough.
During this time, she met Dongsool (forgot his surname, doh!), who was a kindly, if a little unkempt, man who stole her heart. Little did she know she began to bond with the town slob, who would routinely wear (dirty) pyjamas whilst venturing out on his adventures. This did not deter Kimberly, though - quite the opposite, in fact!
Of course, since I haven't played in some time, I forgot how little marrying the Slob brings in - he brought in a whopping §14 and a low-level career on the Slacker track! This did however make for a good challenge though - normally I have great ease upgrading the house once I've got the spouse moved in, but I had to get both sims promoted a couple of times to even get close to that §20,000 lump sum for moving in. I built the shell of the house and ran out of money, so I had a McMansion with no stuff to fill it with.
A few promotions later to the top of their career track, and I was able to fill the house with some items. I wasn't very good at managing my money, however, so the house became a topsy-turvy, confusing mess of having an expensive, well-kitted out dining room, to a living room that had the cheap §500 TV with the old, beat-up sofa I'd had since day three.
They also still slept in a giant labyrinth of plain drywall and grass, but as time went on I was able to slowly decorate and remove any sense of this house being a shell on top of some grass; the house was finally beginning to take shape! And, boy, take shape it did.
Kimberly and Dongsool had three children; with Charlotte becoming the heir.