Completing all lifetime wishes:
Scientific Specialist (p. 3)
Camren has aged up into a toddler! She was completely bald, but Cate and Cassidy decided to give her a little wig, so she could fit in with the other toddlers and hopefully make some friends.
The family went out for the day to the Fall Festival and Cassidy and Cara participated in an apple bobbing contest between just the two of them. Cara won easily, so Cassidy blamed it on her old age.
Before they left, Cara put a prank on the downstairs bathroom sink. Cate absolutely fell for it and got sprayed with water. Luckily for Cara, Cate could laugh about it.
Cara went to prom with her childhood best friend Dara Berg. There was some tension as they danced, though, and Cara decided to kiss her! Dara shared her feelings, so they became girlfriends. And Cara even won prom queen. Her moms were so proud, they put the picture and the crown out in the living room.
Cate and Cassidy were once again invited to a party, and after having skipped a lot of them, they decided to go. The stereo was one and a few people were dancing, so Cate finally convinced Cassidy to share a dance with her.
And after another lovely work day, Cate reached level 10 in the science career, finishing her lifetime wish.
I finished this literally 2 days before the end of Cate's life. I cannot believe how much I loved to play with this sim and her family. Look how cute they are, posing in the snow together!
Never have children or a partner with children: Well, that one certainly failed didn't it? BUT, they are children of science: Cara is a clone and Camren is a plantsim. So... half accomplished?
Never hire a cleaner and clean everything immediately once it is dirty: This was a lot harder to maintain than I thought, but Cate was constantly cleaning, even after we moved into a bigger house. I contemplated getting a maid for a bit, clearly having forgotten that I made this rule. But I didn't!
Maintain 3 friends at all times: Yeah, I absolutely forgot about this. But Cate did go to a lot of parties, although it was because Cassidy had a lot of friends. Still, I'm happy with how I handled her social life. At the end, all their friends started just dying off. It was kinda sad.
I think I might return to Cara someday and send her off to college, or something like that. She absolutely stole my heart, as did both Cate and Cassidy as a couple. They are my favorite lesbians now.
Completeling all lifetime wishes:
Scientific Specialist (p. 2)
Now a scientist once again, it was time for Cate to get back into gardening. She hadn't had time for it while working at the hospital and all her old plants had died, so she got some new, fresh pots to start growing and make the cabin livelier than ever before.
On a quiet day at home, as Cate and Cassidy were working on their skills, the Grim Reaper visited the house to take Berry away. Her time was up, she was old and she was being taken to a better place. Cate cried in Cassidy's arms and they placed Berry's beautiful urn on the coffee table, so she would always stay with them in a certain way.
One of Cate's experimented bombed significantly. It stunk like a raccoon for the rest of the day in the lab.
Cassidy and Cate were invited to a costume party by Cassidy's old roommates. They dressed up and Nicholas offered to take a cute picture of them by the frozen pond.
Cate had a very expensive plasma bug, so she decided to do some analyzing on her day off.
All the bigger ponds froze over as well and Cate and Cassidy took a trip to one of them to go ice skating. There was no one else around, so after their ice skating escapades they had a nice picnic.
Cassidy's old cat, that still lived with her roommates, gave birth to a tiny kitten and Cate begged her to take the little one in. It was a girl by the name of Sassie, and Cate was smitten once she met her. Cassidy agreed, and they got some new stuff for their brand new kitten.
Cate knew so much about science, she wanted to try her hand at some actual DNA samples. Cassidy was the closest person to her, so she asked her for some samples, and Cassidy luckily agreed.
Cate and Cassidy had another date out on the town. They decided to have some lunch at the winter festival, but one of the vendors felt sick, so Cassidy helped him out with her medical equipment.
Cate decided to try out some cloning, and since the only DNA sample she had was Cassidy's, she figured why not. Completely unintentionally, she succeeded and created a tiny little baby, complete with Cassidy's DNA. Cassidy didn't know how to feel about this new development, but they both agreed to keep the child and raise it as their own, despite their old age and Cate's dislike of children.
The cabin certainly wasn't big enough for the three of them, so Cate, Cassidy, and new baby Cara moved to the other side of town into a much bigger house.
Cate and Cassidy divided taking care of the baby, and Cate took a tiny little bit of a liking to Cara, though she refused to admit it.
Cara's birthday came around quick and they discovered her hair was red! They had no idea how it was possible. Had a hair fallen from Cate's head during her cloning experiment?
Sassie aged up too and became a beautiful adult cat.
Sassie also got fleas, so Cate had to bathe her. She actually really liked the bath and refused to get out once Cate was done.
Cate got further ahead in her career and was asked to develop a bit of a fishing skill. Luckily, their new house had a big pond with a bunch of fish in the backyard, so she could gather her skill from home.
Cassidy's birthday came around too and she aged up into an elder!
Just a day later, it was Cate's birthday, too. Her hair became entirely white! She mourned the loss of her red hair, but she had known it was coming for a while.
Cassidy decided to retire from the hospital and stay home so she could take care of Cara while Cate was at work.
Cate continued her experiments in the new lab upstairs. She decided not to mess around cloning any DNA samples anymore, because she didn't want another baby in the house. One child was enough.
While Cate was watching some television, Cassidy came up behind her for a sweet moment with a kiss.
Cara's birthday came around and the family went out to a small fishing spot to celebrate. It was Cara's first time ever fishing, and she was a bit afraid of the fish.
After some experimenting, Cate turned one of her seeds into a forbidden fruit seed. How exciting! She immediately went and planted it, but Cate got so busy with work, the plant accidentally died. She was able to replicate the process soon enough and planted a new seed.
Cara took up working on potions in Cate's lab, so they worked side by side for quite some time.
On a sunny summer day, the family went out to the main square. They ran into family friend Nicholas Riverhawk and challenged him to a waterballoon fight.
Cate took very good care of the forbidden fruit in her garden, and when she pulled it out, she discovered it had grown into a plantsim! She had no idea! (But I did.) For the second time in their relationship, Cate came to Cassidy with an unexpected baby. They did have a free room, and despite their old age and not wanting another child, they kept the baby and named her Camren.
Cara aged up into a teenager and worked harder on her potions, hoping to maybe be able to make her imaginary friend real someday.
Completing all lifetime wishes:
Scientific Specialist (p. 1)
Reach Level 10 in Science Skill, reach Level 10 in any Scientific, Medical, or Business Career
Cate Fan has always been a curious kid, so what better way to discover the secrets of the universe than through science? After years of working long hours after school as a teen, Cate has raised enough money to build herself her very own lab at home… well, a home in Hidden Springs, a town completely unknown to her. But the house was cheap! Who knows what other secrets of the universe hide in this new place?
Cate's traits are Cat Person, Dislikes Children, Friendly, Neat and Unlucky. I am not the biggest fan of playing with pets, and since I already had two of them in the last playthrough, I have decided to not give Cate a cat. She can handle it. I only just realised her name is Cat+e. That was genuinely an accident. The challenges I have set for her are not very exciting, but as follows:
1. Never have children or a partner with children.
2. Never hire a cleaner and clean everything immediately once it is dirty.
3. Maintain 3 friends at all times.
Cate got to work in her new basement lab immediately. She finally had some real science equipment to discover the secrets of the universe, and discover them she would!
Now, Cate didn't enjoy being alone, so she headed into town to meet some of the locals. At the park, she met Ella Carlisle, a sweet girl that worked as a cook in town.
Cate tried her hand at dabbling with some scrap to possibly make some inventions. She knew that the more she learned, the more stuff she could gather for her science experiments.
Entirely set on her career Cate was not, so she read up about logic in case she ever wanted to make a switch into a medical career.
Her job acquiered her to know gardening, so despite the plenty of space outside the house in the garden, Cate made a little garden indoors, so her plants would survive once it got colder out.
Cate was extremely happy with how her experiments were going so far. She was having success after success, but sadly that wouldn't last forever.
Cate was invited to a party by her friend Hector Mendoza, where she got to meet a bunch of new people!
Feeling courageous from the party, the next day Cate invited Edelaine Porter out to the gardens by her house. Cate had a little crush on her former co-worker, and was thankful when Edelaine seemed to reciprocate! But everything went a little fast for Edelaine when Cate tried to kiss her, and she ran off.
Feeling hopeless and a little alone, Cate decided to adopt a cat after all. She headed to the shelter and adopted a quiet little feline called Berry.
Cate did a radiation experiment and it went very well! She was ecstatic that her experiments were still mostly going right.
Cate's co-worker Madeline invited her over to a formal party at her house. Most of the people Cate knew were there as well, and once they all started dancing, Cate decided to ask Madeline herself for a slow dance. Madeline stepped on her foot about a dozen time, but Cate didn't mind much.
Back at home, Berry had missed Cate immensly, so they had a little cuddle on the couch before bed.
Cate invited Edelaine over and they talked about where they stood. They confessed how much they liked each other and Cate asked her to be her girlfriend. Edelaine accepted and stayed the night.
As Cate and Edelaine slept, Berry was wide awake and hiding in the little fish in the bedroom.
Cate got offered a job as a resident at the local hospital. She thought it over for a second, but accepted. Only now she was madly behind on her logic skill, so at home she immediately got to work on her potion station to catch up.
Cate was constantly on call at the hospital, and it felt like she was called in every single night. She had only an hour in between her shifts, so she resorted to a nap on the snowy bench outside.
After days of work, Cate was still far behind on her skills, so she bought herself a chess table.
It was Berry's birthday, so Cate celebrated with her at home with some cuddles and playtime.
Despite the gruelling work hours, Cate still went back to the hospital on her bike with a wide smile on her face.
In the evenings, Cate spent some time outside stargazing and searching the galaxy. Eventually, she discovered a celestial body!
Cate's own birthday arrived and she celebrated at home with her colleague, Cassidy Earthsong, who was now her best and only friend. She had been so busy with work that she had had no time to chat with anyone else, and by then her girlfriend Edelaine had broken up with her over the phone, too.
Cate was very happy that Cassidy was there to support her, and they ended up kissing in the bathroom! Cassidy spent the night and the next morning, Cate worked up the courage to ask her to be girlfriends.
Now that she was an adult, Cate got into a bit of a midlife crisis, and she felt the need to go working out. So she spent an afternoon on the treadmill at the gym.
It was also time for an appearance change, so she let down the knot in her hair and dyed it brown with a box from the supermarket. Surprisingly, Cate was actually quite happy with the result.
Cate kept getting sent out for free clinics and had to diagnose some people at the park. She did her best, and was absolutely exhausted once the day ended.
Berry decided to mark Cate by giving a little lick at her feet, which was at the same time a possible apology for scratching them a few nights earlier.
Cate dyed her hair back to her original colour, only know a few gray streaks had appeared. She surprised Cassidy with the new look before they went out for dinner, and Cassidy absolutely loved it.
Date night was cut short when Cate was once again called into work. She was exhausted by the time she left at 2 am, with the knowledge she'd be back at 9. Missing her old job at the science facility, she decided to just go back. They didn't have her old position for her at the moment, and Cate would have to start as a lab tech again, but she didn't mind. At least she would have some stability and time to work on her skills, and especially maintain a social life.
Cate asked Cassidy to move in with her, and she happily accepted. She moved in with a few trinkets and the women spent their first night as roommates cuddling in bed.
Completing all lifetime wishes:
Street Credible (p. 3)
On a quiet night at home, Zebedee sat with Taylor and read him a book in the living room.
Soon it was Taylor's birthday and the family held a party at home. They invited a bunch of friends from around town and they all gathered as Thalia helped Taylor blow out his candles.
And with one last masterpiece mural on the wall in the living room, Thalia reached her lifetime goal. She had reached level 10 of the Street Art skill and made 7 masterpiece murals. Right before achieving this, she also reached level 8 of the rebel social group due to all her spray painting and gained the Artistic trait!
The End
Now that we have reached the end, let's reflect! I had a lot of fun playing with Thalia. The finish was a bit rocky, since I just switched the save file to a new laptop and not everything was working properly, but I'm glad I was at the end of this save for that and not somewhere in the middle, as I was truly in love with this one.
Buy the cheapest versions possible of anything: I'm pretty sure I stuck to that the entire time, even while furnishing the new rooms for the kids.
Get to level 5 of horse riding: Was achieved very quickly into the game.
Steal at least 10 things, but give them back: I got to 3/10, so sadly didn't work out.
Make at least 3 murals at every travel destination: I only made 3 murals in France, and didn't travel to the other two destinations, sadly.
Better luck next time! I think I was more focused on the farm and family gameplay sometimes to properly do challenge 3 and 4. On to the next one, now! Very excited to start anew.
Completing all Lifetime Wishes:
Street Credible (p. 2)
After a few days of hard work on the farm, Snowflake Day came around and Thalia asked Zebedee to come over again. He helped her out on the farm a little and they made a snowman together, after which Thalia decided to ask him to stay. To move in with her. She hadn't thought he would, but he actually agreed!
City Hall reached out to Thalia and commissioned her for another piece of street art in town, once again for a good price. She accepted the job and got to work in front of the City Hall itself. Once Zebedee got out of work that day, he stayed to watch her until she was finished. He had intended to propose to her, but she was in a bad mood due to something idiotic he said, and chickened out.
After a long, heavy workday for both Zebedee at the station and Thalia on the farm, they watched some television together on the couch and spent some quality time together.
Thalia had gone out into town and once again attempted to do some street art, this time on the side of the salon. The cops were called on her and she was fined another §1,000. She spent the evening up in the barn's attic, where Zebedee came to find her to comfort her.
The couple decided it was time to get out of Appaloose Plains for a while and flew out to Champes Les Sims, France. Upon learning of Thalia's spray painting skills, the owners of the inn they stayed in asked her to make some nice art on their outside walls.
Zebedee had been asked by the station to bring back some common relics to test some stuff with, so he headed into one of the tombs in France and completed it, emerging with a bunch of trinkets that would likely gain them a lot of money.
On their second night, Zebedee and Thalia went camping on a small official campground. Luckily, no one else was around, so after a romantic night, Zebedee went down on one knee and asked Thalia to marry him. She was besides herself, and of course said yes.
Returning home, Thalia and Zebedee were invited to a formal party at Zebedee's boss' home. When they returned home, they chatted about their wedding plans and discovered they didn't really want to invite many people, as neither of them had much close family or friends, and wanted to marry here on the farm. As darkness fell, they stepped out onto the porch and got married in a sweet, private ceremony.
Thalia announced she was pregnant not long after. She decided that, now that her family was growing, it was time to enter her parents' bedroom for the first time in years and clean it out. With Zebedee's help, the walls were repainted and they got some new furniture to make it theirs, then turned their own old room into the baby's room.
As the couple was celebrating Zebedee's birthday with some chocolate cake in the evening, Thalia went into labor. They rushed to the hospital and Thalia gave birth to a baby boy. They named him Glen.
As baby Glen sat in his crib, Thalia decided she would spray paint something new on his wall.
Thalia's birthday came and she aged up into an adult! She celebrated quietly at home with her husband and they set up some new stuff in the yard.
Thalia gave her baby some snuggles before heading off to sleep for the night.
Glen's birthday rolled around quicker than expected and he aged up into a toddler! The family had a small barbecue in the yard.
After they'd put Glen to bed, Maya suddenly felt unwell and passed away in the middle of the living room. Thalia was beside herself when the Grim Reaper appeared to take her old dog away.
Around town, Thalia had heard word that her old high school friend Anne had a toddler the same age as Glen, so she decided to go over to their new house and reintroduce herself to her old friend. Anne was a lot different now than when they used to be teens, but the two got along as they caught up.
With Maya now gone, Bellamy was growing restless, so Thalia took him out to the training grounds for some jumping practice.
Soon enough, Thalia found out she was once again pregnant. She celebrated by spray painting something beautiful on the front path.
Blackwood's birthday came around and he became an elder. As Thalia spent some time with him, sadly unable to take for him a ride due to her pregnancy, he begged for some carrots. For the first time ever, she gave in. Just because it was his birthday.
Just when the family was all outside celebrating Blackwood's birthday, Thalia went into labor. They hadn't anticipated it and couldn't quickly find a babysitter for Glen, so they decided to have a home birth. That night, their second child and son Taylor was born.
Thalia painted a mural on the wall of Taylor's bedroom and it was an absolute masterpiece!
Glen and Taylor's birthdays rolled around and the family went out to the old mill for a little celebratory tea party. They aged up into two cute little boys, but Thalia thought she picked up on some dislike between the two brothers.
Halloween hit and Glen decided to spend his morning digging through his costume chest. He pulled out a dinosaur costume and pranced around his room, pretending to be a t-rex. When his little brother waddled into the room, he crawled out crying in fear. Oops.
That night, Glen got to go trick or treating and got some good candies from the neighbors.
While Glen was out, Thalia decided to re-do the artworks on his bedroom wall. She wanted to create something a little more to Glen's taste, and hoped this new mural would fit the room nicely.
Glen spent some time getting to know the family horse, Blackwood. Thalia had told him to carefully hold his hand out and the horse would come to him, and it worked!
Completing all Lifetime Wishes:
Street Credible (p. 1)
Reach Level 10 of Street Art Skill, create 7 Masterpiece Murals
Here I am again, actually starting this challenge anew. I had already completed 4 lifetime wishes before, but I didn't really give those sims... a story. They were just there to finish their wish and that was all. No story surrounding them. No depth. It was boring. So, I'm trying again!
Meet Thalia Bellamy. Thalia grew up in Appaloosa Plains, living on her parent's farm and taking care of their horse. Once she started high school, horses weren't cool anymore and she went into a bit of a rebellious face: the emo hair, the edgy clothing and hanging with the wrong crowd. Shortly after finishing high school, Thalia's parents died in an unfortunate accident, leaving her all by herself to take care of the farm. She cut out her bad friends and decided to take some responsibility, but secretly she continued her street art, unbeknownst to the rest of the town.
Thalia's traits are Adventurous, Frugal, Equestrian, Good Sense of Humor and Kleptomaniac. Just one goal is a bit boring, so I've decided to (just like MahriRae on YouTube, who has made this challenge quite popular in the community) give my sim some challenges based on their traits. In this case, I have four:
1. Buy the cheapest versions possible of anything,
2. Get to level 5 of horse riding, (DONE)
3. Steal at least 10 things, but give them back, (1/10)
4. Make at least 3 murals at every travel destination.
Thalia decided it was time to make some new friends. She headed across the road to the Lexington Grounds, where she made some acquaintances with Hailey Shepherd and Gracie Loveland. The sun was shining nicely, and Thalia was getting a bit hot, so she decided to head back home. She found her old family dog, Maya, had fleas and gave her a bath in the tub outside the barn. Her parents had always told her the dog was never allowed in the house if she had flees.
Once Maya was all clean again, Thalia went behind the garage, out of view from the street, and tagged the wall. She used to tag walls and floors all over town with her friends before, but now she needed to be better. She had gotten so many compliments from family friends how well she was doing, she couldn't let them down by letting them see her tag stuff.
After her arm got tired of tagging the wall, Thalia headed inside for some dinner. She missed the smell of her mother's cooking as she entered and made herself a salad bowl. Before bed, Thalia crossed the street again and stole an empty milk crate from the Lexington Grounds. She made sure to give Maya a firm hug before turning off the lights.
Thalia decided it was time to give some attention to her former best friend again. It had once been her dream to take Blackburn into racing competitions once she was old enough to enter, so maybe now she could learn to ride again, as she had definitely unlearned in the past years.
She was certainly terrified when she first mounted Blackwood, but she put her fear away and went for a short ride along the streets of the town.
In the evening, Thalia had planned to go into town to do some street art, but it started raining shortly after dinner, so she went into the empty bedroom of the house and sprayed a mural onto the blank walls. Her parents would have once killed her had she done this, she imagined.
Maya went to sleep in the bedroom of Thalia's parents, which Thalia hadn't entered since their accident. Maya had gotten the door open and climbed onto the soft bed.
In the morning, Thalia made herself some pancakes. They weren't nearly as good as her mother used to make them, but she relished the strawberries she put on them, just like her mom always would.
Some of the eggs in the chicken coop hatched, and now Thalia had some baby chicks! How adorable!
Thalia headed to the library and spray painted the parking lot with a beautiful thing. Feeling brave, she decided to put her initials on it. Someone recognized the signature and called her up, asking her to make a mural in the parking lot of the cat park for some money. She headed over the next day and spray painted a game onto the pavement.
On her way back home, Thalia ran into her new neighbor, Rodrigo Cortés. He was a chef from Bridgeport, who didn't make it very big in his hometown and decided to move to Appaloose Plains to see if he had any chances of becoming a famous chef here. Upon their meeting, it seemed like sparks flew between them.
Once Rodrigo headed back home, Thalia realized she was all alone on the street. She couldn't help herself, her old self was still somewhere inside her, and she stole the park bench!
Thalia brushed Blackwood and cleaned his hooves before heading out for the day and training with him. They worked on racing a little bit, and Thalia galloped for the first time. She was absolutely terrified, of course.
The next morning her butt was sore from riding, and Maya decided to wake her up with some nuzzles. Thalia felt exhausted, but she didn't mind the sweet dog coming upstairs for some cuddles.
Thalia decided it was time for her and Blackwood to enter a racing competition. She was now level 3 in the riding skill, and Blackwood seemed ready, so she went to the training grounds and had him practice some running, and even jumping for a bit, which he quite enjoyed! Once 5pm hit, they entered a beginners competition and won with a steady pace. Thalia put their bronze trophy up by the kitchen.
From jumping up onto anything she could find in the house, Maya gained the Adventurous trait! Now she was just as Adventurous as Thalia.
Thalia decided it was a nice, sunny day for some spray painting at the festival. Sadly, someone called the police on her and she was arrested! At the station, she had to pay a fine of 1,000 simoleons. Can you believe it?? At least the arresting officer was cute.
The next evening, the officer that had arrested Thalia, Zebedee Devoir, came by the house to check if she was alright. He heard about her from his colleagues after the arrest and noticed how upset she'd look during her arrest, so he decided to visit her. They hit it off, discovering they both had a love for horses!
The next morning, Thalia went to her friend Gracie Loveland's house to spray paint her garage. It was supposed to be a joke, and once Gracie called she intended to come back and clean it up for her immediately, but one of the neighbors called the police and, despite trying to explain, Thalia was once again fined 1,000 simoleons. And she'd had plans to go on holiday soon...
After a morning of deep cleaning the house and the pets, Zebedee asked Thalia out to the Fall Festival. Neither of them dared to go in the haunted house, so they played rock, paper scissors to decide who had to go in. Thalia lost, but Zebedee decided to be brave and come with her anyway.
With the money being low after her two fines, Thalia decided it was time to earn some more money, so she set up a small indoor garden in the spare bedroom to hopefully earn some extra money.
The day before, Thalia had harvested some pumpkins from the festival and decided to carve one into a silly ghost to put out onto the porch for the season.
Maya had been playing with her chew toys so much, she gained the Non-Destructive trait!
Thalia spent some time giving Maya some attention before heading out for the day with Blackwood to enter a competition and train.
Two gnomes, one of a horse and one of a dog, appeared on the farm and Thalia put them in front of the house with the ghost pumpkin.
Thalia decided it was time to get rid of her old drawings and put some more recent art on her wall. She put the drawings in a box under her bed and spent the afternoon spray painting in her room.
That evening, Zebedee asked her out on a date and she agreed. They went to the steakhouse together, but the quality of their meal was horrible. Thalia thought it was embarrassing for the restaurant and they should know, so she sent it back and she was awarded the Bravest Customer of the Year Award. At first, she'd thought it was a joke, until they came out with 500 simoleons as a thank you.
Zebedee came back home with Thalia that evening and they woohooed. The next morning, they made their relationship official and Thalia made some breakfast while Zebedee got to know Maya a little. Unfortunately, Thalia got a bit distracted watching them play and started a fire. Struggling with the fire extinguisher, she was able to put out the flames beforee the firefighters were on their way.
Have at Least 13 Different Species of Perfect Fish in Fishbowls
I feel like I have not been very fair to my previous sims in giving them an actual, well... life. So, here we meet Summer Rankine, who, this time, does not have all the traits that will help her out in this adventure. No, no, I only gave her two. Her traits are Socially Awkward, Loves the Outdoors, Handy, Lucky and Angler. Now, I've also decided to have a little backstory for every sim I introduce, so here we have Summer, who has moved into the beautiful town of Hidden Springs for some quiet alone time. She's been bullied all her life, and she was done living in a town where she was unappreciated, so she left to a place where being different was nothing strange.
Summer moved into a handmade one-storage cottage that sits directly next to a small pond, where she immediately started fishing once she arrived. As she should. Sadly, she was not skilled enough to catch these fish and had to move to a pond a little but further up the mountain.
To make some friends in town, Summer went to the tavern. There weren't many sims there, so she had a drink and headed back home.
Near the pond, Summer found a snake. She caught and got it a pretty little aquarium to live in.
Summer found it only fitting to head to the summer festival. Even on Leisure Day, it was quite empty, so Summer gathered some flowers, had some onion rings and went home.
At home, she set up her own little garden. For now, she only grew tomatoes and salad.
Summer caught her first Perfect Goldfish and put it in the big aquarium in her home. Soon enough, she got it it's own, smaller fishbowl right in front of the television.
Summer bought some books to learn more about fishing and what bait to use. She read them in the park near the pond.
Summer is a handy sim, and, finally, the first appliance of the house broke, allowing her to fix it and gain the handiness skill easily. Right after, she used the toilet, which then broke, too.
By this point Summer had gathered a Perfect Rainbow Trout and Toad as well. Sadly, the rainbow trout died and she scooped it out of the aquarium. Later that day, she luckily found another perfect trout to put back in the aquarium.
The cold hit Hidden Springs and Summer moved to a bigger body of water that wouldn't freeze for another few days. Here she found her first Perfect Alley Catfish, raising her total to 4 out of 13 perfect species of fish in her aquarium.
Summer went out to Mick Master's Karaoke and took a liking to the proprietor, Marcela Jimenez. Marcela wasn't too impressed by Summer.
As it was pouring rain, Summer decided to go fishing at the spot by the lake right across the street. She found a bunch of new fish here and found three more perfect fish of a different species, making her total 7 out of 13 in just one day!
The rain stopped and Summer headed into town. She ran into Emmet Preston, who started up a conversation, wishing to know more about the new girl in town. He became her first real friend in town.
Winter hit and Summer decided it was time to hang up some festive lights. Of course, she chose the color green.
The snow didn't hold Summer back from fishing, especially because the view of the mountains from here was astonishing.
It was quite cold outside and Summer couldn't take being out there all day, so she went inside every now and then and worked on her handiness skill. The poor appliances in her home also needed a bit of an upgrade...
Summer hadn't spoken to anyone in a few days, except for a few texts messages exchanged with Emmet. She played with her pet snake Amara for a little bit, but it didn't satisfy her social needs.
Summer went out to the fishing spot across the street for the fourth day in a row and finally caught her thirteenth perfect fish: a swordfish. Elated, she went home and put it in the fishbowl.
And that was that! Summer was such a cutie, and I'm kind of sad that suddenly it all went so fast. I would've loved to see her get to know the townies a bit more and fall in love. We'll have to save it for another time.
Earn 100 top scores for jobs in the Architectural Design Profession
Meet Jared Markland. He is an ambitious young man, ready to take the town of Twinbrook by storm with his amazing architectural skills. Or... soon to be skill. His traits are ambitious, artistic, savvy sculptor, perfectionist and charismatic. To help me out here with this seemingly impossible lifetime wish, though, I have extended the age of this sim.
Of course, the first thing Jared did was buy himself supplies to add to his skills. Especially, the painting skill.
While he was sketching, some of his neighbors came by. Jared came outside to meet the Castor family, but when he found out that Robert couldn't stand art, they decided to part ways and not become friends.
After gaining a bit of the painting skill, Jared got to sculpting so he could fill the houses of the people in Twinbrook with his soon-to-be beautiful sculptures.
On Monday, Jared could start his first job. Here he is, proud as hell, calling the client that his first renovation is complete.
On Tuesday, he did his third renovation and received his first bad review for Juan Darer's book nook. It was too cluttered, according to Juan. Which... is understandable. Multiple bookshelves cannot be reached. Oops? Maybe Jared should go more for functionality instead of his aesthetic (sobs).
Jared went out to meet his good friend Blaise Kindle and they had a nice catch-up chat about their work week.
Jared decided to start cooking himself a proper meal after his hard work days. Because his job was hard, and I, personally, hate to play the architectural designer career, so I have decided to only go as far as to finish the career by reaching level 10.
Robert Castor came by the house and Jared decided to be nice and let him in. Instead, Robert decided to stand out in the rain and leave.
Before leaving, Robert took a bite of the magic jelly bean tree that Jared had recently been gifted and put outside his door. He turned blue.
Jared moved his little tree inside as it was being attacked by zombies and got singed.
Jared invited his friend Blaise Kindle over and made the moves on her! She stayed the night and they had a great time.
It was halloween that night and Jared had some kids from the neighborhood knocking on his door. Emerald Greenwood trick-or-treated and got some good candies.
Jared went to a party and had a nice chat with former client Gala Ball.
Jared took Blaise on another date and asked her to be his girlfriend. Of course, she said yes.
Jared was a bit bored at his job, waiting for his clients to (very slowly) get out of the house so he could begin his renovation.
Jared had another magic jelly bean and caught on fire! He quickly put himself out in the shower.
On his next renovation, Jared decided to do a little interview with his client and take measurements of the room. Sadly, the book nook Kat Hunter ordered, he had already done a few weeks earlier! How rude to ask for a renovation of his own work.
Jared left the Hunter house, went home and made himself some homemade goopy carbonara to cheer himself up.
Jared started drawing more, trying to get his job performance up faster. And it was working.
On Snowflake day, Jared celebrated by asking out his girlfriend to the winter festival. She stood him up, so he enjoyed the day by catching a butterfly, making a snowman and fixing up his skills at home.
At Molly Coddle's party, Jared started chatting with Sofia Carlton. She wasn't very impressed by his charms, and refused to ever have her house renovated by him. The next day, she was in a lot of need for a renovation, though, and did end up calling Jared.
On his last renovation, Jared go to re-do the Greenwood's kitchen. This resulted in his very first top score!! What a great note to end this story with, as that night he reached level 10 of the Archictectural Designer career and became a Dictator of Design.
I truly love this sim, so we'll definitely be seeing more of him. There's more in store for this guy, I promise. He's gotta fullfil a lifetime wish someday, doesn't he?
