One night while I was waiting for everyone to grow up, Stefaan and Vesta surprised me by autonomously choosing to play chess instead of watch TV. That NEVER happens! At least not since I put the TV in the same room as the chess table. Television is usually the Shanley family’s entertainment drug of choice.
“Um, how exactly do you play this game?”
Well, I had Tristan drink some elixir while he was in low green so he’d still be older than his sister Vesta. He grew up rather unceremoniously in the study. He still looks quite a bit like his dad, but he ended up with these really chiseled cheekbones and jawline.
“Yeah! I’m the cat’s pajamas, man…”
Not long after that, Vesta grew up, too.
“OK, can I fall in love and get married now?”
It was time to invite Kenneth Lillard back over. They chatted in the hot tub for awhile, then I had Vesta do the most minor Flirt interaction, “Charm”. Almost immediately after, Kenneth leaped into her arms. I guess he returned the sentiment!
“You like me, you really like me!”
Later on they finally shared their first kiss.
*smooooch*
Shortly after that I had Vesta ask Kenneth to move in, and then she proposed to him. I discovered that he is a Family Sim, which is kinda cool because it matches Vesta. Unfortunately he’s also an extremely Sloppy Sim, with a Neatness score of 1. He’s the first Sloppy Shanley! So between Sloppy Kenneth and Shy Tristan, at least we have some variety in the household.
“OK, if you’re gonna be a Shanley, you’re going to have to learn some manners.”
Here’s Kenneth after I gave him glasses and stubble. I thought he needed to be scruffed up in order to diminish the Ken doll resemblance.
“If only I were a Popularity Sim, I’d be perfect…”
So there you go! I hope to hold a lovely wedding soon, then get going on 7th generation. Stay tuned, and Happy Simming!
“There’s more where this came from if you know where I can find Stuart Andrews.†I LAUGHED OUT LOUD when I read that.
Vesta’s a cute sim. I wonder how Kenneth and her baby will turn out like…
Hehehe…cute story. I had to laugh at the Delivery person convention you had going. LOL! Hey Ken is kinda cute for a sim. Vesta did well in choosing. Maybe studying cleanign will help in his sloppyness too.
Have a great sunday. :)
Oh! I love it! I’ve never heard of all those delivery people before! (Now we’re even!) It’s so weird how there’s so many different dilivery people. I never knew. I thought there were only about three… anyways, that picture made me crack up so much! (The one with all the delivery people)
Kenneth is really good looking for an NPC, but I did realize that most pizza delivery, grocery delivery, and firemen are cute. It’s weird but they look better than the townies Maxis generates…
Great job, I love your stories. I absolutely can’t wait until the next one! :)
Hi Jen. Great update. I was wondering why you didn’t have other sims call the delivery people? Did it have to be Vesta? I thought that as long as she greeted them it counted. You got 2 more tries to get that popularity sim. And you never know your 7th generation may give birth to a popularity sim. That would work right?
Well good luck. Can’t wait to see the wedding and the pitter patter of little feet in the Shanley house again.
Yay for Vesta! XD *grins*
I love your story! I am so amused by the delivery person saga. My daughter loves your house! Thanks for putting it up for download. :)
Great update Jen! I loved all the quotes. Especially the ones on the 2nd page. You had me laughing out loud throughout that entire page. Congrats with Vesta! I can’t wait to see more!
Fantastic update!
Thanks for uploading both versions of Shanley Manor , my 14 yr old daughter wanted one for her game also. Never knew about all those delivery folks.
Thanks for the comments! I had fun with my grocery deliverers’ convention. I think I figured out what was going on, too, and why I will never find Stuart Andrews — it was randomly generating brand new NPCs when I would call. The game would freeze for a bit, like it does when a new baby arrives. And Ricky Howe, Scott Perry, Kenneth Lillard, and April Hutchins are not listed in the NPC database on the Legacy Yahoo! Group, which leads me to think they’re not the “usual” grocery delivery people for anyone else. I don’t think I would have ever gotten Stuart — either he was randomly generated in the same fashion by someone else who was doing the same thing, or he just belongs to a different neighborhood, and I didn’t get him when I created Mt. Geneva. But no matter, I already have another plan to get that Popularity headstone! :-D
great update. lol… I love the Grocery Guys (and girls) convention! It was such a funny picture. lol.. Kenneath sure looks like the Ken dool though, now he looks a bit like my legacy founder except with darker skin… guess it’s just the hair. looking forward to a G6 wedding!
Hi Jen! :)
Sorry about the delivery trouble, but I’ve got a feeling the Shanley refridgerator won’t need to be restocked for a looong time!
I noticed that the NPCs seem to be more handsome than the townies. It’s strange, they go into clothes shops with a mirror and never change their appearence or buy things. I’m talking about the Townies, of course!
I think I had a glitch with the Elixir the other day – the Sim was at the halfway point and she still got the extra three days. Weird.
Bye!
E-Liz
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i absolutely love Vesta’s outfit when she became an adult!
I love that you are speeding up thier lives with the Elixer. This was another great update. :)
Hi, great update again. I was cracked up by Marie playing piano thinking about love in the background. It could have been unintentional, but it was so funny I sprayed coffee all over my keyboard (it’s dry and OK now). She must have been putting a lot of emotions into her playing!
The conga line reminded me of the teens in V-formation. And the convention …I could have destroyed my computer if I hadn’t been warned. You have this uncanny knack of capturing these priceless moments and giving the right captions!
Mary – I forgot to answer your question! I had Vesta calling the delivery people because Marie and Stefaan were either working or sleeping or fulfilling various other needs much of the time. Tristan and Vesta worked in tandem — she’d call, he’d greet and get the groceries, she’d tip and chat. I think Tristan might have called a few times, too. But since she was the one who tipped and chatted, she was acquainted with them and had to call them in order to raise the relationship score to in “invitable” range. Hope that makes sense. Anyway, it was really Vesta’s “mission” to find her future husband, so that’s why I referred to it that way in the update. Good question, though!