Last we left the Shanleys of Niadon, Mia and Marcel had been promoted (due to a couple of lucky chance card choices), leaving a hefty chunk of money in the family funds. This allowed me to add a second story to the house and expand the first floor a bit. The house still needs major improvements, but it’s shaping up, and it’s certainly a far cry from the old shack.
Here are my 2G kids cleaning up after themselves despite their fairly low Neatness scores.
“Hey Sierra, you think the door of the dishwasher could hold me if I jumped on it?”
Delaney spent the rest of her childhood days going to school, doing homework, and studying her skills, with the occasional break to play some SSX3 with her sister. On her birthday, she grew into a teenager who looks strikingly like her mother (except for the eyes). Finally she was old enough to make her own breakfast in the morning (I’m having everyone cook their own meals now so they can raise their Cooking skills).
“Aw man, do you have to take pictures of me after I just woke up?”
I rolled Family aspiration for her, which is good, since she might end up being the heir. Her Lifetime Want is to have 3 children graduate from college, which is perfectly do-able, even though I didn’t really want to have more than 2 kids every generation. 3 wouldn’t be too bad, though.
A few nights later the Shanleys were surprised with a visit from the not-so-friendly neighborhood burglar. I had forgotten to buy them an alarm, so I had to wake Mia up and have her call the police. Hooray for cell phones!
“It’s either a burglar or a REALLY BIG rodent…”
By the time the Shanleys got downstairs, the policewoman and the burglar were having their brawl. Marcel the Future Criminal Mastermind is happy to see one of his competitors be taken out of commission…
“No mercy! No mercy!”
I thought it would be cool to have a burglar in the family line (even though he’s one ugly dude), so I tried to have Delaney release him from the police car, but it wouldn’t give me the option. Marcel or Mia couldn’t do it, either. Anyone have any tips on that? Just in case he visits again…
I don’t even remember what the burglar stole, but Sierra seemed to be pretty upset about it.
“He took my strawberry toaster pastries!”
After everyone got over the whole burglar episode, Delaney nabbed herself a boyfriend named Fitz (from one of my sister’s families). He satisfied her First Kiss want, so yay for that. Here they sit and “hang out” on the front walkway. Someone needs to tell Delaney not to sit cross-legged while wearing a mini-skirt.
“Oh yeah, I love buying jewelry for my girlfriends…”
Here’s a picture of the family eating dinner together, just because it’s so rare.
“Hey, look! I can balance a meatball on my nose!”
While Delaney was waiting for her boyfriend Fitz to come over one afternoon, I had her freestyle for tips. When Fitz showed up, Mia did what every mother wishes she could do: scanned him for fingerprints to see who touched him last.
“If I find out you’ve been cheating on my daughter, you’re dead meat, buddy!”
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As usual Jen, your posts make me giggle! I love the mailbox picture! Keep up the amazing work.
Oh, have you ever thought of “Rose” as a name?
Great job, Jen! That picture of Mia checking for fingerprints on Fitz cracked me up. And the mailbox pic was very creative! I can’t wait to see Delaney and Sierra’s adventure to college. Keep up the great work!
P.S.: I hope that green fume bug doesn’t cause troubles for your lot later on!
Good, I think the picture of Delaney and the Headmaster having a pillow fight was the best.
Good luck with the girls growing up, Happy simming.
Bye R
I love reading your stories. It’s inspired me to have a go at the University Legacy Challenge again even after my first attempt was eaten by bugs. Thank you! :D
Oops… Green fume-bugg. I hope it isn’t a sign of bugs to come… It’s always very nerve-wraking watching one bug turn into another and then another and then, oh well, you’ve got the picture, right??
I love reading these, I couldn’t wait for this update. I liked the mailbox picture, it was really cool looking, and that bug was funny. I love the captions you put on these, they always make me laugh. :D Anyways, I can’t wait for the next update.
I get that green fumes bug with my babies and toddlers pretty often. No matter how many baths or diaper changes they get, they still look like they stink. I love that mailbox picture :D
Wow!
I read this first in school – I’ve been inside with a sprained ankle so I can go on the computer – and I’m just making a comment, now I’m home. Talking of Sims, did you know that the Sims 2 University is top of the PC games chart? I saw it on ceefax (I don’t actually know what I was doing on it) and I thought I’d share it.
See ya!
E-Liz :)
I’ve noticed a bug in my game where the energizer doesn’t take away the green stink, but the showers always seem to do the trick for me…
And that’s probably a wise decision on not going for scholarship points, I decided I was definitely going to go for it before I realised quite what I was getting myself into; you have to get every skill point (including dancing and pool) up to level 8, keep at least an A- in school and a top level teen job to even get half a point for it, unless you can get them abducted, orphaned or zombified! But I guess that’s something to keep the Challenge in Legacy.
Thankyou for another funny update. You are quite good at capturing the best pictures.
Wow that mailbox picture is cool! May need to be a copy kat and try it myself one day LOL.
Jen I wanted to let you now that I had downloaded your house with the tree house out in the back yard….girl you sure can make them look pretty! I could really use some decorating tips LMAO
anyway are you by any chance going to upload some more? pretty please? Now this Niadon house is very nice too Just to let you know that I don’t download houses due to various misfortunes in the past , I only have yours and Parsimmous’s houses in my game besides the dinky ones I’ve TRIED to build and the boring ones that do not come fully furnished with the game.
Oh I also finally updated my Moonlight blog, so when you get a chance….
Take care :)
To me that one picture of her using the cell phone looked like she was using an inhaler lol. ha! just my imagination though. Great work!
Funny update. :)
Especially the one where mommy turns of the radio and kids stare–“HEY.” xD
Hiya Jen;
Your so sweet , thanks for the comments you left on Moonlight’s.
I just saw a question you had posted about Neroli’s wedding dress. I found it here: http://www.pronupsims.net/ she has some very nice attire. I’ve also been getting some other dresses from MTS and Varioussimmers too. I pretty much got tired of always having the same wedding dresses for the brides so I’ve been having them change into their formal attire and get married in front of the wedding arch during their party, just don’t click on the wedding arch or they’ll change into the maxi made dress. I plan to have a different wedding dress for each bride.
yay! anotehr update! Cna’t wait for the girls to go to college and join Hoh-Cham-Hoh ^^ That shot of Mia checking the mail’s creative! never thought of that shot. The pair, Mian and Marcel still look cute cuddling together liek that as elders^^
I am so glad to see an appearance by Shanleys again. Woo Hoo! I love reading your sim stories. HUGS! Oh yes, and great post too. :)
As usual, thanks to everyone for the feedback! I’m glad you guys liked the mailbox picture — I almost didn’t post it because it makes me feel a little claustrophobic. Plus Mia looks kinda freaky, doesn’t she? Heh.
Vivi – I think Rose is a beautiful name — I used it for Cecily’s middle name in the Brayton family, but maybe I can use it for a first name at some point!
Kay – Good luck with your next University Legacy Challenge family! Let us know how it goes…
E-Liz – Cool, thanks for sharing that bit about University being at the top of the PC games chart. I’m glad these games are so popular, because it means they’ll keep making ’em, which feeds my addiction. :-) Now they just need to make things less buggy…
iamausername – Yeah, going for the scholarship points would be madness, I think. I want my teens to have a life! BTW, your new blog is looking great! I need to get caught up…
PRMami – Thanks for answering my question about Neroli’s wedding dress. PronupSims is an awesome site! I might try the hack that Bitsy posted in Timely Finds where they change into their regular formals for wedding arch ceremonies, but if that doesn’t work right, I might start doing what you’re doing. Good idea! As for houses, I’m glad you like Blackberry Place! I’ve been building some houses lately for the Brayton story that I might upload at some point…
Lani – HI!!! It’s always good to see ya!
Wow, I’m late at seeing this update. Silly me! Anyway, about the cop… you have to wait until the officer goes into the house to speak to your sims. Then you can let the burglar out of the car.
The family is looking really great! I love your custom content and the way you decorate your houses. So nice and serene. :D
Yay! A Shanley update! :-) I love the bedroom set you have in the little girls room. Very nice with all the purples and greens!
Also, the thing about the Mom scanning the boyfriend was too funny! Hee!