Sims By Izza

Today I headed to Pleasantview to play the Tellerman family for a few simdays.

On Saturday morning Meidie joined Komei in a game of chess and they both gained a logic point.  Meidie lost the game, but beating her dad is no easy task.  Komei gained maximum enthusiasm in games.  It was both his and Jodie's day off work.  Jodie settled down on the couch to gain a much needed mechanical point.  Meidie washed Brandy before calling her steady boyfriend Randy London to ask him out on a date, which he accepted.  They met at Sims Gone Wired and Meidie treated Randy and herself to nectarine tartlettes in the upstairs diner.  They both had a good time.  Meidie drove back home and decided to give private school admittance one final shot.  The headmaster agreed to come to dinner that night and Meidie set to work making the house spotless.  Komei paid to have a fish pond dug in the backyard and went fishing, but caught nothing.  He headed to bed at 4:30pm - his sleeping schedule has somehow become very erratic.  Meidie managed to break the bathtub not five minutes before the headmaster was due to arrive and the repairman of course couldn't come until the following day.  Meidie served up some Santa cookies for the headmaster and then admitted defeat and went to practice on the guitar instead of continuing to schmooze him.  She gained a creativity point, anyhow.  Komei was up at 9pm (great!) and spent some time practicing chess and playing darts by himself.  Meidie was of course rejected for admittance to private school.  Komei sat down to write a long blog entry on that morning's chess game with Meidie.
Jodie stayed up late in to the early hours of Sunday morning to gain another much needed mechanical point and then it was straight to bed.  Komei spent some time playing SSX3 on the family's computer.  It was his and Jodie's day off again.  As soon as it was a decent hour to be making phone calls, Meidie called Randy to ask him out on another date (which may be their last).  Of course he accepted and she met him in her bathrobe at Gothier Green Lawns (appropriate!)  They spent their date fluctuating between slow dancing, kissing, petting and heavy making out.  They sure knew how to behave in a cemetary.  Their date scored as a dream date.  Afterwards, Meidie drove straight over to My Muse - Music & Dance Studio to enter a dance contest.  She lost her first one, but won the second.  Still in her bathrobe.

She headed home happy with her victory.  Jodie spent much of the day studying mechanical books, but didn't manage to gain another point.  Komei spent some time in the sauna - not the greatest idea in summer but he was stubborn.  Meidie practiced guitar and gained another creativity point.  Komei was in bed by midday but woke up three hours later extremely flushed and overheated.  It took three glasses of water to cool him down sufficiently.  Meidie left for Sim State University to begin her time in college and only Komei cared enough to wave goodbye to her.  Afterwards he spent some time on the bubble blower and once again became overheated - took 4 glasses of water to cool him down that time.  Darn summer!
On Monday morning Jodie washed Brandy  before settling down at the computer to start a tinkering blog - which she has absolutely no hands-on experience at but has read much about.  Later on, she played chess with Komei until it was time for them both to go to work.  Brandy and Alice had a horrible fight in the living room and Alice won.  Komei was promoted to Medical Researcher and drove back to work for a couple of hours (he got paid twice that way).  Jodie brought her friend Shea Johnson home from work to hang out.  When Komei arrived back home again, he clogged the toilet and called the repairman to fix it the following day.  Jodie and Shea became best friends.  Jodie called all her other friends to throw a party for her and Komei's wedding anniversary.  Komei spent most of the party practicing his chess skills.  The party was a success, regardless.  Komei wasn't tired at all and decided to pull an all-nighter.  He spent his hours reading up on cleaning methods and Jodie wrote yet another tinkering blog entry before heading outside to the telescope for some stargazing.

Afterwards, I headed to Strangetown to play the Roque family.  It consists of Gunnar Roque (was originally a member of The Shifting Paradymes Household in La Fiesta Tech) and his wife Jasmine (formerly Jasmine Rai, his college roommate).  Gunnar is currently unemployed and Jasmine works in the culinary career as a Drive Through Clerk.  Jasmine is heavily pregnant with their first child.

Jasmine fell in to bed exhausted at 7am on Thursday morning.  Her pregnancy hasn't been particularly hard, apart from her energy levels.  Gunnar cleaned the bathroom and gained a cleaning point for his trouble.  He baked a batch of Santa cookies for lunch and settled down with some old medical books to learn physiology.  Jeannie Gray (townie) called Jasmine for a chat and offered her a furniture discount.  Jasmine threw a party and invited Jeannie to come along so she could get to know her a little better.  She was pretty grateful for the furniture discount, since she was soon to buy baby furniture.  She was back in bed by 8:30pm due to pregnancy sleepiness.  Gunnar convinced one of the guests, Rodney Jung, to clean the house for him and then spent the rest of the party playing football in the front yard with Jeannie.  The party was a total flop.
On Friday morning Jasmine purchased a bar in the hopes of improving her future parties.  She took the weight off her feet by spending a few hours playing Sims 3.  Gunnar served a basic breakfast of cereal and they sat down to a leisurely breakfast together.  He's a surprisingly devoted husband for a romance sim - all those drama professors from college who repeatedly broke his heart must have opened his eyes some.  He managed to clog the toilet after breakfast and immediately called the repairman to come during business hours.  At 8:32am Jasmine gave birth to a healthy baby girl whom she named Gunine.  She has her father's coloring.  Jasmine called a nanny to arrange care for Gunine during her work hours.  She threw a party to welcome Gunine to the world and spent a great deal of money not only on baby furniture but also on upgrading the family television set and purchasing a DJ booth.  Jasmine became best friends with Guy Wrightley after spending most of the party hanging out with him.  However, the party was a disaster, due to a randy drama professor making unwelcome advances towards everybody.  The trash can got knocked over at some point during the day and the lot developed a cockroach infestation.  Jasmine called the exterminator to come out the next morning before heading to work exhausted.  Gunnar spent the entire afternoon reading parenting books until he felt he knew everything there was to know about being a parent.  Jasmine was promoted to Fast Food Shift Manager and passed out on the front lawn upon arriving home.  I woke her up so she could go to bed.
On Sunday morning Gunnar faced what he had been most afraid of since Gunine's birth - changing a diaper!  He spent some time bonding with his newborn daughter before settling down with a cookbook to gain three cooking points.  Jasmine called Rodney Jung for a chat in the hopes of getting to know him a little better (it's always good to make friends with people you can convince to clean your house).  Afterwards, she and Gunnar spent some time slow dancing and being all sweet in the kitchen.  Jasmine invited Rodney over to hang out and they became friends.  She threw another house party and made a quick call to her best friend Guy Wrightley for a chat before work.  Gunnar gained membership to Sue's Secret Kitchen.  He bought a birthday cake and helped little Gunine grow in to a toddler.  The party was a success.

Gunine not only has her father's coloring, she also has all of his facial features excepting her mother's big doe eyes.  I sincerely hope she'll grow in to that face - so far it looks quite unfortunate for a little girl!

I headed in to Strangetown today to play what's left of the original Grunt family.  General Buzz recently remarried a much younger woman, Trista (I think it was Trista Shaw, townie, it was a while ago that I played them).  Trista is heavily pregnant with their first child together and is having a hard time of it.  Buck grew in to a teenage popularity sim.  Trista works in the law enforcement career as a Lieutenant.  The family has a dog named Whiskey, who works in the showbiz career as an Extra.

On Wednesday morning Buck cleaned the bathroom and gained a cleaning point for his trouble before heading off to school.  Gen. Buzz sat down at the family's chess table to practice his skills before work.  After taking care of her rapidly falling needs, Trista called all her friends to invite them to a house party.  Buck quickly buckled down to do his homework as soon as he got home from school.  After it was done, he bought himself a microphone and performed stand up comedy for the party guests, who didn't even bother to watch.  He gained his first creativity point anyway.  Gen. Buzz gained a cleaning point re-cleaning the bathroom and then smustled with the guests.  He headed back to the chess table to practice some more and gained a logic point.  The party was a total flop.
Thursday morning started early with Trista awakening in labor.  At 3:53am she gave birth to a healthy baby girl named Wanda.  Wanda has her daddy's coloring.  Trista immediately arranged a nanny to come during her work hours.  Gen. Buzz served a big grilled cheese sandwich breakfast for the family but mostly pigged out on it himself.  Buck washed a very filthy Whiskey dog and then spent the remaining time until school spending time with Whiskey, and they became friends.  It was off to school for Buck and off to her first day back at work for Trista.  The nanny she hired turned out to be a child harrasser.  Excellent.  Gen. Buzz decided to throw a house party, even though he was due to leave for work.  He figured he could trust the guests, and maybe they'd keep the nanny occupied.  Whiskey was offered a promotion to be assistant to his executive producer, but he declined and was fired as a consequence.  The party without any family present was a flop.  After school, Buck once again plowed through his homework.  When he got home, Gen. Buzz threw another party.  Trista scanned the newspaper looking for her dream job, and it was in there.  She quit her law enforcement job and accepted a position in the slacker career.  Buck was offered a subscription to the music and dance magazine and accepted.  During the party, ACR was doing it's stuff, with townies Nery Turner and Nikki Zhang woohooing in the hot tub.  There was a nasty fight in the living room between Cooper Olshfski and Jay Bruty, which Cooper won, and they became enemies.  The cops arrived to break up the party, but everybody had a surprisingly good time.
On Friday morning Trista managed to grab only and hours' sleep before it was time for work, and also managed to wake Gen. Buzz up early.  He served another grilled cheese sandwich breakfast, of which he ate five sandwiches.  He washed Whiskey, who is a quickly stinky dog.  Buck called Nery Turner to chat awhile until it was time for school.  It was Gen. Buzz's day off work, and he seriously spent the entire day eating grilled cheese sandwiches.  Disgusting.  Trista was promoted to Gas Station Attendant.  Buzz served yet more grilled cheese for lunch and ate all afternoon.  Trista threw a party to celebrate her promotion.  She was in bed exhausted by 2pm after a long day, however.  Everybody at the party had a good time.  Trista was woken by Wanda screaming for a diaper change but she was no longer tired enough to go back to bed after changing her.  She invited her new work colleague, Meredith Collins over to hang out so she could get to know her better.  Buck did his homework immediately after school again.  Gen. Buzz threw a house party and Wanda grew in to a toddler.

Trista headed to work and Gen. Buzz's party was broken up by the cops before it was even in full swing, making it another flop.  Trista was promoted again to Convenience Store Clerk.

Later on, I played the Larson family in Pleasantview.

On Friday morning Jason gained membership to Sue's Secret Kitchen before flying in to the air for his first day of work as Captain Hero.  Kitty baked some delicious Santa cookies for her breakfast.  Afterwards, she purchased a ballet barre and promptly forgot about it.  Senility, I'm telling you... Instead, she worked out on the family's old exercise machine to burn those cookie calories.  She managed to sneak in about an hour of sleep before it was time for work.  When Jason got home, he also worked out for a while before falling in to bed exhausted at 5pm.  His sleeping schedule's all out of whack.  He was up again well-rested at 10pm.  Kitty brought home a work colleague, Joe Wong, and showed off her awesome drumming talent for him.   Jason headed out for a midnight jog around the neighbourhood.  Joe seemed much impressed with Kitty's drumming, and afterwards they played a nice game of catch in the backyard and became friends.  He liked her so much he passed on a furniture discount to the family.
After catching some much needed sleep, Kitty starting Saturday morning with another session on the drums.  Jason worked out some (superheros need to keep in shape) and then called some friends for a house party before heading off for another day of fighting crime.  A terrible lightning storm raged all through the party and Kitty had a hankering to see just what it was like to be struck by lightning.  She jumped in rain puddles all day.  Lightning struck and started a fire on the wedding arch and also struck townie Joe Carr but it seemed that lightning was allergic to Kitty, though she kept trying until it was time for work.

What with the fire and one of the guests being struck by lightning, the party was a real dud.  Jason was totally bummed about it and went straight to bed after work.  He was up again at 9:30pm to go jogging.  Kitty brought her friend Joe Wong home with her from work again and they became best friends on arrival.
Kitty spent the early hours of Sunday morning playing drums (I'd hate to be her neighbour!)  Afterwards, she and Jason had a long game of catch in the backyard before heading to the bedroom for a woohoo, after which they both fell asleep.  Jason only had a few hours of sleep before work, however.  He threw a house party before leaving though.  That's right, leave Kitty with a house full of guests when she wakes up!  When Kitty awoke, she invited her best friend Joe Wong over to join the party, which ended up being a success all thanks to Kitty and no thanks to Jason.  Kitty invited Joe to come back over straight away so they could spend the evening together.  It was her night off.  Jason brought home his work colleague, Jane Graham and hit the exercise equipment as soon as he got home.  Kitty harvested her first lemons from her lemon tree, which were tasty.  She put some in the burger she cooked for her dinner.  At around 8pm, Jason lost his battle with old age and died in the bedroom.  He left Kitty $20,000 and the deed to his vacation home in his will, as well as leaving Jaki $9100 to see her through college.  Kitty was understandably inconsolable, and decided immediately to cash in her second genie wish.  The genie managed to resurrect Jason without incident, and Kitty was happy to have him back regardless of their marriage now being void and their friendship over.  She cashed in the double bed and bought two single beds instead, then went right back to hanging out with Joe.  Jason was thrilled to be alive again, and called all his friends to invite them to a "Back From The Dead Party."  During the party, Jason spent most of his time with Jane Graham and they became good friends.

Kitty spent much of the party bowling and using the bubble blower.  The party scored as a roof raiser - nothing like being back from the dead to give your guests a good time!

I headed in to Strangetown today to play the Gieke family for a few simdays.

Wednesday morning began with Vamsi serving up a big plate of omelettes for breakfast, which Cheva ignored before heading to school.  It was Vamsi's day off, so she invited her friend Marsha McArthur (a townie) and her boyfriend Nicholas Davidson over to hang with her for the day.  When Cheva got home she quickly got her homework out of the way.  Vamsi and Marsha became best friends.  With her homework done, Cheva decided she'd really like to get in to private school, so she called the headmaster to invite him for dinner the following day.  She then made a start on the mammoth task of cleaning the house before bed.
On Thursday morning Vamsi started a fire in the kitchen while trying to serve up a breakfast of toaster pastries.  Thankfully, the kitchen was equipped with a fire alarm and nobody was hurt.  The toaster pastries were burnt to a crisp, however.  Cheva headed off to school without breakfast yet again.  Vamsi had another day off work, so she invited Marsha over to spend another day with her.  Cheva buckled down to do her homework immediately after school again and then eagerly awaited the arrival of the headmaster.

Right after the headmaster's arrival, Cheva managed to clog the toilet.  She called the repairman, who couldn't come out to fix it until the next morning.  She made a snap decision not to include the bathroom when she gave the headmaster a tour of the house.  Vamsi grew up well in to an elder and called work to retire from her career as a Home Video Editor.  Cheva served a lovely dinner of pork chops for the headmaster, who wolfed them down greedily.  The ghost of Chester made his first appearance and scared the headmaster twice!  That can't be good.  Cheva gave the headmaster a tour of the house (except the bathroom) which he seemed to enjoy.  Vamsi settled down to study cooking and maximized the cooking skill.  Cheva spent a good deal of time schmoozing with the headmaster before heading to bed.  Vamsi took over from her with the schmoozing, but in the end he didn't think the family was good enough to gain admittance to his illustrious academy.  And the score was very high, I've had people get in with worse scores, so I think Chester's ghost probably ruined his daughter's chances.
On Friday morning Cheva harvested some tasty lemons from the family's garden.  She was offered membership to Peerless Park.  Vamsi served a big plate of omelettes for breakfast without incident.  Cheva still didn't eat them and went off to school.  Cymmi grew up in to an elderly kitty.  Upon arriving home from school, Cheva gained a bronze gardening talent badge while spraying the bugs making a home in the tomato plant.  She then tackled her homework assignments.  Vamsi headed outside soon after to take care of re-infestation on the tomato plant, and also gained a bronze gardening talent badge.  The ghost of Chester's first wife, Lainey, was active that night.  She scared poor Vamsi.  Vamsi drove over to Sue's Secret Kitchen for a cooking contest, and her Grandma's Comfort Soup won her first place.  She headed home feeling smug - she always wins cooking contests.  She and Cheva both headed to bed.  Cheva was soon woken by Lainey's ghost and was no longer tired.  She decided to pull an all-nighter.  It only being 11pm on a Friday night, she called her crush, Alec Hiatt to ask him on their first date.  He accepted and they headed to LuLu Lounge, where they fell in love.  They spent many romantic hours slow dancing, followed by some heavy makeout sessions.

After attracting an unwelcome crowd of townies, Cheva asked Alec to come home with her for the remainder of the date.  It scored as a dream date.  Afterwards, Cheva called the college to see if she was eligible for any more scholarships (college is looming very close now) and she won the Tsang Footwork Award - all the dancing on her date improved her dancing skills.  She spent the remainder of the night playing with her gameboy and spending some time with her often forgotten bird Rosella The Second.  Poor little Cheva was scared by the ghost of Lainey no less than three times.  Vamsi was also woken and scared by her.  Darn ghosts!  She never gave me any trouble when Chester was still alive...

Played the Ramirez family in Strangetown today.  Checo long ago sold his business due to complete disinterest.  He now works in the business career as a Junior Executive.  Lisa works in the medical career as a Nurse.  Tessa is a teen now and a knowledge sim.  Checo and Lisa also have a second daughter named Sache - currently a toddler.  The family has a dog named Maggie, who works as a Stunt Double.

On Thursday morning Lisa sat down and taught little Sache to talk.  With that done, she bought herself a bass guitar and played it until she gained 2 creativity points.  Tessa got the urge to get in to private school, so she invited the headmaster to come for dinner that night, then set to work tidying the house until it was time for school.  Upon arriving home she immediately did her homework.  Lisa wanted to expand the animal population of her family, so she called the pet adoption service and adopted a kitten named Bailey.  She'd stayed up all night, and was too tired to greet him when he arrived.  She went to bed instead.  Sache, however, couldn't get enough of poor little Bailey....

Her homework done, Tessa cleaned the house until it was spotless.  When Checo got home from work, he served a big plate of grilled cheese sandwiches (I regret giving him grilled cheese as a secondary aspiration every time I play him).  He gained a cooking skill point for his trouble, then headed outside to greet the arriving headmaster.  Tessa settled down to study cooking and gained herself a point.  The headmaster seemed fairly unimpressed with Checo's grilled cheese dinner, though Checo couldn't understand why anybody couldn't enjoy grilled cheese as much as he does.  He served up another plate in defiance.  Lisa awoke at 9:30pm.  Seems she'll be in a nasty sleeping pattern for a while yet.  Tessa was rejected for admittance to private school.  Too bad.
On Friday Sache enjoyed some play with her xylophone and gained a creativity point.  Lisa spent a great deal of time with Sache improving their relationship.  Sache also gained a charisma point.  Lisa headed off to work.  When Tessa got up, she called the headmaster again to give private school admittance another shot.  She's a girl who knows what she wants.  Checo spent the morning watching a DVD.  He also bought his first car - a utility vehicle with flames on it.  Man, you're *coughs* cool, Checo!  Tessa cleaned the house yet again.  Toddlers and pets make it so messy.  Then it was to school with Tessa (she drove her daddy's awesome new car) and off to work with Checo, leaving Sache with the family's nanny, who is in to baby harassment.  When Tessa got home she did her homework immediately to get it out of the way.  Lisa was promoted to Intern and went straight to bed exhausted.  Checo came home from work with a nasty case of the flu.  When the headmaster arrived, Tessa quickly got to work making burgers before her dad could spoil her chances again.  The headmaster enjoyed them much more.  While he ate, Tessa did a last minute tidy up of the house.  She gave him a quick tour of the house, then schmoozed with him until she was so tired that she needed sleep more.  Lisa got up and continued with the headmaster where Tessa left off.  He happily informed Lisa that Tessa had been accepted to private school.  Checo spent the evening teaching the family dog, Maggie, to roll over (she needed it for work).  Then he headed to bed.
On Saturday Lisa taught Sache a nursery rhyme and they became best friends.  They spent some quality family time together afterwards.  Lisa bought herself a piano with her promotion bonus.  She and Checo headed to work.  Tessa managed to potty train Sache (finally!).  Afterwards she practiced on the bass and gained a creativity point.  She was offered a subscription to the music & dance magazine and accepted.  She decided to clean the bathroom and gained a cleaning point for her trouble.  Lisa went straight to bed after work to avoid passing out.  Sache grew up well in to a child.  Checo practiced his speech in front of the mirror to gain a much needed charisma point.  Tessa gained another creativity point from the bass before heading to bed.  Sache wasn't tired at all, having grown up immediately after waking up from a nap.  She stayed up all night, making friends with Elizabeth Ng (BV townie).  Checo taught Maggie to play dead, which she needed to learn, before going to bed.  Sache purchased a pool table for the family.  Then she sat down at her mother's piano to practice and gained 2 creativity points.  She bought herself an easel and a lemonade stand as well.  Checo still has the flu....

Do you play the Ramirez family at all?  Did they have any more children in your game?  What did you do with this family?

Headed to Strangetown's La Fiesta Tech to play Ophelia Nigmos.  Yup, I sent her to college a while back.  She's in her first semester of sophomore year, majoring in psychology.  She's engaged to Ripp Grunt.

Wednesday morning Ophelia called her BFF, Almeric Davis to catch up.  After a long chat, she decided to invite him over and they had a great water balloon fight in the backyard to cool off in the heat of the last day of summer.  Ophelia went to her final exam and got a C grade.  After the exam, she invited her fiance, Ripp Grunt on a date.  They went to the Lost in Love Hedge Maze and after a quick photobooth picture they settled in to some serious caressing and making out which led to them slipping back in to the photobooth for a woohoo.  The date was a dream date and Ophelia headed back home well satisfied.  She invited Ripp over to hang out once she was there, and then called Almeric to tell him all about her day until it was time to go to class.  She fell straight in to bed after class.
Thursday started with another call to Almeric.  Ophelia's very attached to him and feels the need to tell him everything she's done in minute detail.  After breakfast, she invited Almeric over again and spent many hours of quality time hanging out with him.  She then bought herself a nice mirror and practiced her speech in front of it to gain a much needed charisma point.  She had time to order some groceries for delivery over the phone before going to class, then fell in to bed exhausted.
Friday morning Ophelia cleaned her nasty bathroom and gained a cleaning point, which she needed.  She spent some time watching TV.  She then settled down on the couch with a self help book to learn the art of anger management.  She mastered it just as it was time for class.  It'll probably come in handy if she's marrying Ripp.  After class it was time for sleep.

To be absolutely honest, until quite recently I didn't realize that Ophelia wasn't a townie.  I'd never bothered to click on Olive Specter's household as she didn't seem like she'd be much fun.  It wasn't until Ripp developed an interest in Ophelia that I realized by noticing that she had an address in the phonebook when he was calling her.

Have you done anything with Ophelia?  What's she doing in your game?

Played the Gieke family in Strangetown today.  Chester Gieke (now an elder) lives with his lovely younger wife Vamsi, and their teenage daughter Cheva (a romance sim).  They have two black cats, Cymmi and Bonkers and a bird named Rosella The Second.  Yup, clearly I was out of creative names the day the first bird died.

Today's gameplay saw chester gain a creativity skill point while finishing off a painting of Vamsi which he's been working on for a ridiculous amount of time.  He started a new painting of Cheva, but never finished it.  Chester died of old age today.  I buried him in the backyard beside his first wife, Lainey.  Here's Chester's last painting ever...

Vamsi mourned Chester terribly for the first day and was plagued with wants to resurrect him but no way to do it.  She found solace in becoming best friends with Nicholas Davidson (a townie).  She harvested the fruits of Chester's first garden - bland lemons and some mouthwatering tomatoes which she made into some amazing spaghetti.  A full day after Chester's death, she wished to find love again (it is spring, after all).  A slow and tentative romance has blossomed between Vamsi and Nicholas Davidson, but has progressed no further than hand holding.  But they are in love...
Cheva learned how to make Santa cookies today, quite out of season but on a whim of her own.  She also gained a cooking skill point.  She called up the college to apply for scholarships and won the SimCity Scholar's Grant through her scrupulous attention to her homework.  Cheva also had her first kiss today, with Alec Hiatt (a townie).  They became best friends as well and are enjoying the bloom of first romance.


In other news, Cymmi and Bonkers are not getting along at all.  They take every opportunity to hiss at each other, and had an awful fight in the backyard today.  Cymmi was the victor.