One day we went swimming at the spa, and while we were on the way to change into our swimsuits, I suddenly dropped down on one knee and proposed to Damion. I pulled a ring out of my pocket and everything. I felt a bit silly doing the proposing, but he was so carefree about life, I thought he might never ask me to marry him. I had to strike while the iron was hot, if you’ll excuse the cliché.
He said yes, of course, and you know what happened after that, since you showed up for the wedding! It was so great to see everyone. I wish the freshmen could have made it, but I know they were up to their ears in exams.
You looked so handsome in your suit, and Mom has aged beautifully, hasn’t she?
And Trent and Ethan always look dashing, but I do love to see them all dressed up. They looked like gentlemen! It was too bad Tristen couldn’t have been there with Trent, but I guess she was pretty pregnant by that time and needed to rest.
Damion looked rather smart in his new suit, too, and even got a haircut. As for me, I thought I would be all nervous and excited, but I was calm as a pond in a Japanese garden. I remember thinking, “So today’s the day I become Marlee Ternynck. Marlee Ternynck? I’m going to need a pen name…”
The wedding reception was a blast. We got to do all the traditional wedding things, like dance our first dance as husband and wife, and feed each other cake. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I had dreamed about those things since I was a bright-eyed teen going out with Orlando Centowski. I guess I thought my life would truly begin when I got married, and all of those things, the wedding cake, the dancing, were symbols of that new life. It was like I had finally grown up.
Were you there when Dad gave his drunken toast to the bride and groom? The old man’s getting a little sentimental, isn’t he? Or maybe just mental. Just kidding! I loved his speech, every slurred and teary bit of it. He didn’t give any speeches at Trent’s wedding, so it made me feel special.
Damion and I settled into married life pretty easily. He doesn’t have the greatest job — he’s an EMT, so he has weird hours and doesn’t make all that much money, but he seems to like it. It just means I had to work extra hard at my novels back in our early days — I needed to make enough money for us to buy a bigger house.
I did have to deal with some interlopers once in awhile…
…Damion seems to be quite a hit with the women around town, which you think would bother me, but it makes me laugh. Sometimes they’d stroll into our house without even bothering to knock, but Damion was an old pro; he just ignored them.
I don’t know if Mom told you or not, but while I was pregnant I finally finished my first novel and managed to sell it for a few thousand Simoleons. That’s right, I became a published author! I decided not to use a pen name after all, so you can find my book in your local book shop under the name ‘M.A. Ternynck’.
Yep, you can call me “M.A.”, or better yet, “MA”, because I am now a mother! After giving birth to my first novel, I gave birth to two lovely babes, a boy and a girl. Brody, the boy, has blonde hair like Mom, while Winnie, the girl, has black hair like me. They both have green eyes like Damion.
We’ve built a new house in Hazelton, which is a suburb north of Rosebrook, and plan on having some more kids as soon as we can. I love living in Hazelton, where everything is green, but I do miss the family. I’m hoping some of you will decide to settle here after graduation, so I won’t be so lonely! Not that I’m truly lonely, with Damion and the kids to keep me occupied, but it’d be nice to have some more Ravelos within shouting distance. :-)
Well, take care, little bro, and good luck with your senior year! I hope I’ll see you again soon.
Love,
Great update! Poor Marlee, with that guy being mean to her, it’s NOT her fault he didn’t get the promotion. But I’m glad she found someone else. And wow twins! I love twins.
Ohhh so sweet, i loved this update.
I´m so happy, she finally found a man, a really man for her, and i hope she will be happy in this new life. =D
I HEART MARLEE.
Yay!
Yay!! Im so glad things worked out for Marlee towards the end! I was worried at the start that she would rush into things and it wouldn’t work out, and I was right, but Im glad she’s sttled down with a family now! :)
Cant wait to see more Ravelo updates!
Kath
(How on earth do you pronounce Ternynck?)
Hey Jen, an update, fabulous! And wow, I hadn’t thought that Marlee would come up with TWO babies that fast ;) – and two pretty babies. The girl’s a bit like ‘my’ Clarissa from gen 2 *g*. Also a twin, as we know! Oh, and well, because I’m so stressed out at the moment I can only play sporadically and update not that frequently (maths exam and geography too *baah*). But to tell you, Rhia’s a teen now and she’s the heir, because I rolled family for her *g* – and she’s very surly going to marry an elder too! Wahoo :). Oh, and some thing I noticed: Not only does my Stuart Bui look very much like your Kenneth Lillard, but now this Remaud looks like them both just as well! Same face I mean! Noticed that? Will you actually continue writing in this letter-style, or are you going back to the normal tell-tale style some time? Just interested ;). Good luck furthermore on Nano!
Well, what can I say this time, Jen? Other than the fact that you keep outdoing yourself? I love Marlee’s little house!
Yay! Another great update. I think Marlee is my favorite of the Ravelo 2 gen. It’s nice that she finally got het family. I liked the shot of her first house. Did you build that or is it a MAxis or a download?
Marlee’s house was made by Maxis; it’s one of the pre-builts that was sitting Downtown. I changed the windows and doors, though, and tried to make it a little homier-looking in general. It’s actually a really great starter house, perfect for one person or a couple. But not four. ;-)
Kath, I’ve been pronouncing ‘Ternynck’ like ‘TER-nink’ in my head, but I have no idea how it is actually pronounced. We’ll have to ask someone at Maxis!
Eva M – It’s too bad you haven’t gotten much time to play lately. I know how it goes! And yes, I did notice that Renaud had the same face as your Stuart and my Kenneth. It’s a very cute face! I think it’s the first option in CAS faces, actually. I wish they’d make their townies a little more random-looking (and they did with Nightlife, for the most part, but there are too few male downtownies, or at least it seems like it!) As for letter-style, I’ve been doing it a lot lately because it’s a bit easier and people seem to enjoy it. It also gives my Sims more personality, I think. But if people are getting sick of it, maybe I’ll switch to doing more 1st person narration, like with Simon’s update. You know, not a letter, exactly, but still telling the story from each character’s POV. Sort of like Bitsy does with her Windling diaries. Or maybe I’ll go back to commentary style. Or maybe I’ll just keep changing it up every so often, so boredom doesn’t set in. :-)
Thanks for the comments, everyone! I’m off to write some NaNovel!
*snug Marlee* ;-;
Awww, sweet! Brody and Winnie – what cute names! Were they randomly chosen? I’m glad Marlee has found a man at last.
I’m so happy that Marlee finally found love..she has always been my favorite of g2 she’s so pretty and I love how you are dressing her. Twins whoa! I’m sure you weren’t expecting that :)
I’m still on gen1 on my NL xtreme legacy with some g2 in college now, plus I started to set up my families for the Prosperity Challenge – don’t know if I’ll blog them or not but my Moonlight family is at generation 9! Never thought I’d get that far with them.
Anyways I’m glad you updated the Ravelos :)
Ah, you bring me back into Sims 2, Jen! *G* I’d gotten distracted by Civ4!
Rosebrook is such a pretty name for a town, too. Any chance we could get more pictures of the community? =)
Oomsh, i have seen the worse of life
and answers are included!!!!!! I just
sat through my first entire week of exams,
so fustrating!!!!!!
It’s taken be awhile to catch up wiv u
guys stories but ish update 2 date now!!!!!
Marlee is so pretty and ish gr8 that she
ish settled down now.
Jen you are fantastico!!!!!!!
Great Update Jen!! It has inspired me to put aside my NaNo novel and play my Simmies again! Gosh it’s been forever since I’ve played them!
Aw, they’re so sweet! :D It’s great, for Marlee. The swooning girls who fall in love with Damion, though… hrm. Romance Sim! ArrrrrrrRrrRRRrrrgh. I just had to hang on to that R, didn’t I? >_>;;;
Marlee is really neat. I still say she makes me think of Chrono Trigger, though. And that’s a good thing! I mean, a lot of people have CT as their favorite game.
Can’t go wrong with Marlee! She’s the ginchiest! …I’m not really sure what that means. My mom said it was from those old beach blanket movies, and, I, er, never really watched any of them.
By the way– I noticed on the sidebar on the main page how you hit 10k on your NaNoWriMo thing! Congrats! :D
Would it be okay with you if I were to get out Body Shop and try to make a Sim that looks like Ethan? Because, seriously, he’s nifty! Nifty like… a good blender.
He spins and chops! :D Even makes juice. Carrot juice, apple juice, applesauce, carrotsauce, smoothies… the works.
I just noticed– the next post on here will be the 200th– not counting any deleted ones. I don’t know if there were any. Wow, that’s a lot. :D Congratulations~
That Renaud, though… He was BAD NEWS. I wonder if he heard anything about the wedding, though? Or her novel? He totally missed out!
Totally!
Yarr!
I just realized, though, that I have a Sim that looks suspiciously like Renaud. And that Sim of mine is in the Science career track, as well! Except that Sim is a teenager. Stephen somethin’ or other. Durand. Right. Stephen Durand. (I have never had any idea how to pronounce his surname, yet I made it up. My mom always corrects me when I say it, which doesn’t make sense, either.)
Hmmmm… I believe they are planning something. Something that is no-good, those nogoodniks.
I’ll keep my EYE on that nogood NIK. Or STEVE. >_>
Yay! I’m so happy Marlee finally got the guy that she deserves! And little twins too. That’s so great! Can’t wait to see how they grow up to look like.
My sim Seth has the same hair and glasses as Damion. I love that smart and classy look. ;)
Yay! It’s so exciting that Marlee found her true love and had twins with him, so congrats! ;) I look forward to reading about Marlee further adventures :D
Awesome update. Is it just me, or does Ranaud look exactly like Spencer Dalton, another townie?
Anyway, I glad Marlee is getting along well in life, and for an oldie, Damion’s pretty cool.
that was brillaitn as usual. I read your previous few post which I missed (btw… I’ve finished my exams so I’m planning to get back into my bloggin! there might be a few changes around tho… but i still hope to see you around Jen! being one of my oldest sims 2 blogger companion! Oh yes, good luck and keep going with the Nano writting thing :) ) Decided to comment about everythign in one, which i hope you don’t mind, makes things easier. I loved your halloween post! It was cool getting everyone dressed up and in picture poses, very good job. and your Ravelo family is goign really well, it great to see all the kids progress so nicely
Hi Janice! Good to see you, and very happy to hear you might start blogging again! I always loved your stories about your Legacy family. Be sure to keep us posted on your Sims 2 doings. :-)