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Today I headed in to Pleasantview to play the Tinker family. They gave up the toymaking business long ago, though they still own a lot of toys from those earlier times. Stephen and Wanda are both elders now, but Stephen is still working in the law enforcement career in the Vice Squad. Wanda is a retired Patrol Officer. Apart from Melody who is all grown up and no longer living with them, they had two younger daughters. Stepha is a teenage popularity sim (and I notice ACR has made her bi, which is awesome in my opinion) and Daphen is a child (and poor Daphen - I actually meant to name her Daphne but made a typo and didn't notice until after I'd saved the game! haha! So she's Daphen and she'll just have to live with it!) The family also has a dog named Maxx who works in the security career as a Snooper Deterrent.
Daphen had been up all night as she grew in to a child the last time I played and was not at all tired the night before when it came time for bed. So she went to bed at 7am on Sunday morning. Good thing she didn't have school, really, but she is continuing to give me a battle over a terrible sleeping pattern. Stepha started her day by ducking downtown to buy herself a gameboy. Wanda decided that now her youngest was in school, it was time for her to get a part time job and re-enter the workforce. She scanned the newspaper and chose a job in the education career as a Playground Monitor. She called to organize a nanny for Daphen during her new work hours. She then settled down on the couch to watch a dvd. Stepha made a phone call to Sim State University to apply for scholarships and was awarded the SimCity Scholar's Grant. Stephen went to work and Stepha decided to give private school admission a try. She invited the headmaster for dinner that night and set to work cleaning the house. She gained a cleaning point for her efforts. Wanda purchased a new rug for the living room floor and then drove downtown to buy a new everyday outfit. Stepha gave Maxx a bath and then spent some time teaching him to stay. Daphen was up at 1:30pm and immediately went outside to man her lemonade stand. She only sold one cup, but she was satisfied with this. Wanda was in bed at 2:30pm (darn elders and their awful sleeping patterns!) Daphen invited Dacia Dreamer over in an attempt to get to know her better.
When Stephen got home, he broke the bathroom sink just minutes before the headmaster was due to arrive and called the repairman to come out the following morning. (I swear I'm cursed - about 90% of the time when I've invited a headmaster to dinner, a family member breaks plumbing too late for it to be fixed before his arrival!) After greeting the headmaster, Stepha started by giving him a tour of the house (being careful not to show him the rapidly flooding bathroom) but he was pretty unimpressed. Guess all their expensive stuff wasn't enough for him. Dacia had gone home for dinner, so Daphen called her for a long chat and they finally became friends. Stepha served up the most complicated dish she knew how to make for the headmaster - hamburgers. He seemed to like them okay. Wanda was up at 7:30pm and spent some time watching a dvd with townie Nikki Zhang. She then called her BFF and daughter, Melody Tinker for a chat. She later invited her over to spend some quality time with her. Stepha sucked up to the headmaster to the point of absolute loss of dignity but it was no good, she was rejected for admission to private school. Stephen spend his evening with a fire safety pamphlet until he felt he could handle things in the event of a fire breaking out.
In the early hours of Monday morning, Maxx was promoted to Guard Pet (and I unlocked another new fur color - hooray!) Wanda stayed up very late in to the early hours with her self help books to learn the art of anger management. Stephen cleaned up the bathroom some and gained a cleaning point for his trouble. When she got up, Stepha called the private school to ask another headmaster for dinner that night. She cleaned the house yet again - it had already become pretty untidy. And though I didn't notice at the time, somebody had knocked over the trash can the previous evening, so there was also a cockroach infestation to deal with. Stephen called an exterminator immediately. Then it was time for him to go to work and the girls to go to school. Wanda watched a dvd with Melody (who hadn't actually left the night before - too busy playing chess all night so she was still there) and Stepha's relatives (we can only assume that means Melody) heard about her good grades and gave her $100. Wanda headed off for her first day at work. While at work, some big kids with a love of bullying were in the playground and Wanda threatened them with detention. Her higher-ups were furious with her and fired her on the spot. Fired on her first day! That's gotta suck! She was pretty bummed about it, too. She cancelled the nanny service in defeat. Daphen was in bed exhausted by 4pm and Stepha plowed through the day's homework. Stephen spent some time playing darts after work. When the headmaster finally arrived, Wanda told him to help himself to the santa cookies she'd baked earlier in the day. By this time, Stepha no longer cared a bit about private school - so much so that she actually drove downtown to buy herself an mp3 player instead of paying any attention to the headmaster. When she got back, she was completely over private school and called everybody she knew to invite them to a party instead (however, there was no party score system - the headmaster borked it up! I'd forgotten that can happen, as it usually doesn't happen in my game, at least...) Stephen spent the party playing chess with Tristen Phoenix and gained a much needed logic point. Stepha spent the party hanging out with Benazir Caliente in the backyard. Stephen later became friends with one of the guests, Jason Larson. Daphen was up at 10:30pm in time to pull another all-nighter. Wonderful. Obviously, the girls were rejected for private school, but they didn't care even a little bit.
Wanda was up at midnight on Tuesday and baked another batch of santa cookies for Daphen and herself to enjoy as a midnight snack. When Stephen woke, Wanda joined him in the bedroom for a woohoo. Daphen spent this time doing Monday's homework and then watching a dvd, followed by regular children's programming. Wanda gave Maxx a bath. The girls headed off to school and it was Stephen's day off work. Wanda gained membership to Sue's Secret Kitchen whilst poring over her cookbooks, as well as a cooking point. She immediately drove over to Sue's Secret Kitchen to enter her first cooking contest. She made her Grandma's comfort soup which impressed the judge enough to earn her first place. After a delicious bowl of her prizewinning soup, Wanda went home to bed. Stepha brought vacation townie Opal Raymond home from school with her and immediately decided that she was the most beautiful girl she'd ever met. Aww. First infatuation. Daphen brought home her first A+ report card and crawled in to bed with her mother, as she was about to pass out from exhaustion. Stepha did her homework to leave the rest of the evening free for fun. Wanda was up at 5pm and called Melody for a long talk. Having heard her rave about it, Stephen got out Wanda's self help books and studied anger management for himself. He later wanted to man the lemonade stand, and I guess his business instincts hadn't deserted him because he sold a cup to every single visitor and walkby. He went straight to bed afterwards. Wanda called townie Neil Cameron for a chat and then invited him over in the hopes of befriending him. Meanwhile, Stepha and Opal were hanging out in the bathroom and became very firm friends. Daphen was up at 9:30pm to pull yet another all-nighter. Wanda and Neil also became friends. Daphen did her homework and then headed outside to the lemonade stand to try to sell some lemonade - she didn't care when it went bad right after she started manning the stand. She even sold poor Opal a cup of the questionable beverage.
Afterwards, she practiced her painting skills at the family's easel and gained her first creativity point.
Is anybody else having an issue whereby vacation townie teens who come home from school with a sim will not leave at the usual time? Opal has showed up at a few of my sims' homes after school lately and usually hangs out there for days on end, even if all my sims are at work/school. It's like she's been invited as a 3 day houseguest, but she wasn't. I hadn't noticed which expansion this started happening with, but it's definitely happening now...
Daphen had been up all night as she grew in to a child the last time I played and was not at all tired the night before when it came time for bed. So she went to bed at 7am on Sunday morning. Good thing she didn't have school, really, but she is continuing to give me a battle over a terrible sleeping pattern. Stepha started her day by ducking downtown to buy herself a gameboy. Wanda decided that now her youngest was in school, it was time for her to get a part time job and re-enter the workforce. She scanned the newspaper and chose a job in the education career as a Playground Monitor. She called to organize a nanny for Daphen during her new work hours. She then settled down on the couch to watch a dvd. Stepha made a phone call to Sim State University to apply for scholarships and was awarded the SimCity Scholar's Grant. Stephen went to work and Stepha decided to give private school admission a try. She invited the headmaster for dinner that night and set to work cleaning the house. She gained a cleaning point for her efforts. Wanda purchased a new rug for the living room floor and then drove downtown to buy a new everyday outfit. Stepha gave Maxx a bath and then spent some time teaching him to stay. Daphen was up at 1:30pm and immediately went outside to man her lemonade stand. She only sold one cup, but she was satisfied with this. Wanda was in bed at 2:30pm (darn elders and their awful sleeping patterns!) Daphen invited Dacia Dreamer over in an attempt to get to know her better.
When Stephen got home, he broke the bathroom sink just minutes before the headmaster was due to arrive and called the repairman to come out the following morning. (I swear I'm cursed - about 90% of the time when I've invited a headmaster to dinner, a family member breaks plumbing too late for it to be fixed before his arrival!) After greeting the headmaster, Stepha started by giving him a tour of the house (being careful not to show him the rapidly flooding bathroom) but he was pretty unimpressed. Guess all their expensive stuff wasn't enough for him. Dacia had gone home for dinner, so Daphen called her for a long chat and they finally became friends. Stepha served up the most complicated dish she knew how to make for the headmaster - hamburgers. He seemed to like them okay. Wanda was up at 7:30pm and spent some time watching a dvd with townie Nikki Zhang. She then called her BFF and daughter, Melody Tinker for a chat. She later invited her over to spend some quality time with her. Stepha sucked up to the headmaster to the point of absolute loss of dignity but it was no good, she was rejected for admission to private school. Stephen spend his evening with a fire safety pamphlet until he felt he could handle things in the event of a fire breaking out.
In the early hours of Monday morning, Maxx was promoted to Guard Pet (and I unlocked another new fur color - hooray!) Wanda stayed up very late in to the early hours with her self help books to learn the art of anger management. Stephen cleaned up the bathroom some and gained a cleaning point for his trouble. When she got up, Stepha called the private school to ask another headmaster for dinner that night. She cleaned the house yet again - it had already become pretty untidy. And though I didn't notice at the time, somebody had knocked over the trash can the previous evening, so there was also a cockroach infestation to deal with. Stephen called an exterminator immediately. Then it was time for him to go to work and the girls to go to school. Wanda watched a dvd with Melody (who hadn't actually left the night before - too busy playing chess all night so she was still there) and Stepha's relatives (we can only assume that means Melody) heard about her good grades and gave her $100. Wanda headed off for her first day at work. While at work, some big kids with a love of bullying were in the playground and Wanda threatened them with detention. Her higher-ups were furious with her and fired her on the spot. Fired on her first day! That's gotta suck! She was pretty bummed about it, too. She cancelled the nanny service in defeat. Daphen was in bed exhausted by 4pm and Stepha plowed through the day's homework. Stephen spent some time playing darts after work. When the headmaster finally arrived, Wanda told him to help himself to the santa cookies she'd baked earlier in the day. By this time, Stepha no longer cared a bit about private school - so much so that she actually drove downtown to buy herself an mp3 player instead of paying any attention to the headmaster. When she got back, she was completely over private school and called everybody she knew to invite them to a party instead (however, there was no party score system - the headmaster borked it up! I'd forgotten that can happen, as it usually doesn't happen in my game, at least...) Stephen spent the party playing chess with Tristen Phoenix and gained a much needed logic point. Stepha spent the party hanging out with Benazir Caliente in the backyard. Stephen later became friends with one of the guests, Jason Larson. Daphen was up at 10:30pm in time to pull another all-nighter. Wonderful. Obviously, the girls were rejected for private school, but they didn't care even a little bit.
Wanda was up at midnight on Tuesday and baked another batch of santa cookies for Daphen and herself to enjoy as a midnight snack. When Stephen woke, Wanda joined him in the bedroom for a woohoo. Daphen spent this time doing Monday's homework and then watching a dvd, followed by regular children's programming. Wanda gave Maxx a bath. The girls headed off to school and it was Stephen's day off work. Wanda gained membership to Sue's Secret Kitchen whilst poring over her cookbooks, as well as a cooking point. She immediately drove over to Sue's Secret Kitchen to enter her first cooking contest. She made her Grandma's comfort soup which impressed the judge enough to earn her first place. After a delicious bowl of her prizewinning soup, Wanda went home to bed. Stepha brought vacation townie Opal Raymond home from school with her and immediately decided that she was the most beautiful girl she'd ever met. Aww. First infatuation. Daphen brought home her first A+ report card and crawled in to bed with her mother, as she was about to pass out from exhaustion. Stepha did her homework to leave the rest of the evening free for fun. Wanda was up at 5pm and called Melody for a long talk. Having heard her rave about it, Stephen got out Wanda's self help books and studied anger management for himself. He later wanted to man the lemonade stand, and I guess his business instincts hadn't deserted him because he sold a cup to every single visitor and walkby. He went straight to bed afterwards. Wanda called townie Neil Cameron for a chat and then invited him over in the hopes of befriending him. Meanwhile, Stepha and Opal were hanging out in the bathroom and became very firm friends. Daphen was up at 9:30pm to pull yet another all-nighter. Wanda and Neil also became friends. Daphen did her homework and then headed outside to the lemonade stand to try to sell some lemonade - she didn't care when it went bad right after she started manning the stand. She even sold poor Opal a cup of the questionable beverage.
Afterwards, she practiced her painting skills at the family's easel and gained her first creativity point.
Is anybody else having an issue whereby vacation townie teens who come home from school with a sim will not leave at the usual time? Opal has showed up at a few of my sims' homes after school lately and usually hangs out there for days on end, even if all my sims are at work/school. It's like she's been invited as a 3 day houseguest, but she wasn't. I hadn't noticed which expansion this started happening with, but it's definitely happening now...
