Ginger: Well, William and I were just hanging out in the kitchen…
Ginger:…and your dad walked in and said, “What’s going on? Who’s this?” So I introduced him to William, and made the mistake of mentioning that he was the mascot for the University of Sim City Bovines. Well, your dad kind of flipped out at that. “He’s a Cow? A COW? How dare you bring one of his kind into this house! I didn’t coach the Llamas to 37 years of victory over the Cows just so one of them could stand in MY kitchen and pour himself a drink at MY bar, stand here in his boxers, of all things, like he owns the place! I won’t have it!”
Ruby: Wow. I didn’t know he got that upset about it.
Ginger: Oh, he did. And I yelled right back, but he was already shambling out of the room by that point.
Ruby: Sheesh. Sorry about that, Gin.
Ginger: It’s OK. He’ll just have to learn to accept it. William’s moving in after he graduates from college.
Ruby: And then we’ll have a wedding!
Ginger: Hopefully. We’re jumping ahead a little, though. We have to tell everyone what happened after YOUR wedding.
Ruby: That’s right. Well, Spencer and I got back from our honeymoon and tried to get pregnant. But we didn’t have much luck.
Ginger: Despite the constant woohoo.
Ruby: It was constant. And exhausting. It took us NINE tries before I finally got pregnant!
Ginger: I was so happy for you! Although you weren’t so happy to leave your sports job.
Ruby: I missed work. But at least they gave me maternity leave.
Ginger: Thank goodness for that.
Ruby: It was actually kind of nice being at home for awhile. And then you found out YOU were pregnant.
Ginger: Yeah, that was a…well, it was definitely a surprise.
Ruby: You don’t regret it, do you?
Ginger: Not at all. Not now, anyway. But I wasn’t too thrilled about it at first. And I was terrified of the birthing process. It wasn’t easy watching you go through it!
Ruby: It wasn’t easy going through it. But I got a beautiful kid out of the deal. Florida.
Ginger: Florida Shanley. With red hair, of course, and Spencer’s blue eyes.
Ruby: It was really cool seeing my mom with her. She’s a wonderful grandma, when she’s around!
Ginger: I know, our moms are workaholics! Will they ever retire?
Ruby: Who knows. So…tell everyone about you and William.
Ginger: Oh yeah. Well, while I was pregnant, I decided I might as well ask William to marry me. So I invited him over and proposed to him in the music room.
Ruby: Don’t you mean “moo-sic room”?
Ginger: UGH…Rube, your puns are really horrid.
Ruby: I know, they’re udderly bad!
Ginger: Oh man, that one is so worn out.
Ruby: Sorry. Tell us about your baby.
Ginger: Well, I had her in my bathroom, of all places. And it was the most physically painful experience of my life, even after all the slapping I endured in college.
Ruby: But it was worth it, right?
Ginger: She’s pretty cool. I named her Kamea, which is a Hawaiian name. It means “one and only”.
Ruby: No more kids for you, huh?
Ginger: No, I think one is plenty. Besides, it’s kind of neat — our moms had two red-haired girls, and now we’ve had two red-haired girls.
Ruby: I hope they’ll get along as well as we do.
Ginger: Me, too. And someday, one of them will inherit Niadon.
Ruby: If we can ever decide who the heir is.
Ginger: Well, we don’t have to decide now. Let’s see how they grow up.
Ruby: Good plan.
I vote Florida for the heir! She seems to have better odds at being nice rather than grumpy like monsieur bovine. :D
And yay Shanleys! Yaaaaaay! I recently reread all the old entries, aaaaaall the way back to Nia. You write good stuff, ma’m.
Oh my goodness! Fabulous update-BRAVO! I actually agree with Kay, Florida should definitely be the heir to the Shanleys. I really do hope that Florida and Kamea become best friends just like their mothers, Ruby and Ginger. Uh…I would die to play your sims!
Florida’s such a cute name! Hopefully both girls won’t have the cursed Shanley “weird-looking” genes! And hopefully Florida will be the better heiress, since she’s further down the Shanley line as far as generations go.
I love the Ruby/Ginger narration. Their relationship just comes through so well with it! Spencer is a hunk. And I love watching sims interact with the Llama and Cow mascots. One of my sims is currently woo-ing (and woohoo-ing) the cow mascot (among others).. and it’s amusing to watch them kiss, lol. Florida and Kamea are both gorgeous names. Here’s hoping they’ll get along as well as their mothers do. Hooray for Shanley updates!
What lovely names. Are they randomly chosen or is there a “deeper” meaning? And are you planning to do a 2 line type legacy thing? I’m sure the 2 new redheads will be the best of friends.
Hey there Jen! Glad to see you’re still updating! Things have gotten quiet lately in the blogging world, my own blog included! But I am very glad to see you’re back! I have been so busy lately and was finally able to write and post the next update in my Victorian Era saga! I hope you’ll like it! Stay happy and simming!
Great update Jen!I am thrilled to no that Spencer and Ruby got married, i was really suprised when ginger proposed to the cow! Anyway great update, keep it up!
Great update, as usual. :)
I love how Ruby and Ginger are telling the story together. And from a Legacy point of view, I think the girls are doing more than OK!
Niadon is the house that they live in right? and thats it, the last picture on the last page right?
Well, of course Juan is always home. He’s too slow to make it to the taxi. And the /meter/ is /running/. I’m willing to bet one to three sim items that the last time they waited for him, they had to pay as much on the cab fare as they did on their hot tub. Yeeeesh. It was not pretty.
Sheldon looks like he’s sniffing her necklace. No, really! I’m sure it smelled like roses.
Or pine trees.
I had a cowplant cake, once. I actually managed to evade the cowplant! Probably because I don’t have the EP, so there was no plant, just cake! Who knows?
It was a sporking good cake. (That reminds me, I’ve got to go make my mom’s birthday cake when I get offline.)
Hrm. Well, I guess if she fell so much for William, it’s true about girls marrying their fathers, or something, right? :D
Aw, he has SMILEY BOXERS! They’re the happiest underpants around. I don’t know why. Then again, they’re blue. Maybe they’re not as happy as they let on! Aw! Oh, no! CRYING CLOWNS! CRYING CLOWNS!
Wait a minuuuute. She proposed, but said nothing as to whether or not he accepted. Suspiiiicioussss. DEADBEAT DAD! HE’S A DEADBEAT DAD! *points and sets off alarms* Man, when Juan catches wind of that, he’ll probably drown him with water balloons! *cackle*
I mean, uh, that’s, uh, too bad.
…razzlefrazzin’ mootleflootlin’ dagnabbed cows
Great update… the dialong between the two cousins is a nice twist :)
*cracks up* Blu makes the best comments. XD
I love you Blu! -agrees with Kay-
you should have Ginger and Ruby try to get either two of their kids or two of their grandkids together. I’d love to see them talking about the wedding and stuff. Or if Florida and Kamea end up being as good friends as their mothers, I’d love to see the wedding from their point of view. Because, you know, at that point they probably won’t even remember how they’re related. D’you know what I mean by that?
It would be nice if the two, Florida and Kamea, ended up getting along…but wouldn’t be awesomely interesting if they ended up being rivals? *dramatic music* who will be the next legacy heir? will the family fall apart? what happens when it comes to romance? find out on – hehe, I’m all better now. Just and idea, :)
Jen, your updates make my day.
My own blog is finally happy again, btw, because I found my CD case, in case anyone wants to check it out. Meanwhile, I’ll be checking back here hourly…;)
You inspired me. I’ve decided to try my own Legacy story, Thrace Avenue, at http://community.livejournal.com/thraceavenue. We’ll see how long it lasts. I’m having fun so far, though!
Jen inspires us all, I think. ;D Hers was the first Sims blog I came across and it inspired me to not only start a Leagcy challenge but start my own blog as well. We love Jen! :D And I left a comment for you over at your blog, Channe. n_n
Wow Jen! More Shanley’s, what a treat! I love the dual lines. There’s nothing like putting off the decision for awhile, heck, maybe you can do it indefinitely?? The pictures are stunning as always. I love how you can make so much happen in a short period of time. The dialog is great and your characters so believable. Makes me want to go update… Another A+++ :)
Amy
Yay, it’s another update on the Shanleys! :D *happy* I love the conversation style. Oh yeah, and Florida is a nice name. Reminds me of where I live…LOL, anyways, great update and I love Ginger’s hairdo with the hat and everything. :)
hey Amy if your reading I have to say I loved the heiress wedding! it was beautifully done I can’t beleive what a great job you did! it was so cool, and when Caliopie came with Robi home and seeing her parents having fun… it was hilarious. fantastic job, and I want to say you are a real inspiration!
Just letting you know I’ve started a new Legacy family. :D The old one got fubared by bugs and glitches. So I decided to be a bit different from my regular families: instead of making a custom neighbourhood I started it in Pleasantview, and I’m really going for the points this time! Point in fact (no pun intended) I had my founder (Alice Penny, Virgo Fortune) go after one of the local male Grand Vampires, count Andrerjz Williamoff. He moved in, she got pregnant (vamps count for NPC points), and then I had him take a walk in the sunshine so I could get the ‘burnt by sun’ ghost color. After that I moved in an Elderly lover of hers so the kid will be taken care of whilst she’s out chasing her lifetime want of the top of the Athletic career. :D I’ll probably have them get engaged and married before he dies so there’s maximum money coming in.
Hello Jen. I started reading your very first entries and couldn’t stop reading until I had read of all them! (Which was quite a lot, I must say.) I have to give you credit. You’re a wonderful story-teller and really keep me hooked. I love your style of writing. Somehow you manage to keep it interesting even though we all know legacies can get repetitive. (Marriage, birth, growth, college, job, marriage, birth, growth, college, job…..) Anyway I just had to compliment and thank you for your wonderful stories! And I love the Ruby/Ginger narration, it’s great!
*attack* >[
It’s sad. I walked into the videogame store yesterday.
Sims2 for ps2, Sims2 for Xbox, Sims2 for Gameboy DS, Sims2 for Psp!
xD
I should just get one of those and forget about the computer version,
which, mine is broken ;o;
I hear the PSP version is pretty lacking, so I’d steer clear of it, Mieko. *nod*
My brother says he misread “Sims2 for Psp” as “Sims2 for Pepsi”. Maybe he’s thirsty.
But, yeah. They release Sims for every system that’s out. I wonder if there’s a Sims 2 N-gage?
Who knows, maybe they’ll make a PC version!
OH, wait! :D
I once remember watching a show about Will Wright. When they got to the section about The Sims, one of the people they were interviewing said, and I quote:
“Having the license to The Sims is like having a license to print money.”
But it’s the funnest money ever! :D
Hi Jen, I just have one question: What’s Juan’s neatness and etc. scores? My legacy sim wed a Connor LeTourneau that’s Juan with a different name, but I always curious if their stat’s were changed game from game too. Thanks!
I have Sims 2 for the gamecube. It’s not the same. My neice (who is living with me at the moment) has it for her pc. I love it. Don’t bother with the console games. Enjoyable update as always Jen.
happy valentines day, Everybody!!!!
Yes, happy late love day! I hope you spent it well, Jen, and I hope the Shanleys and Ravelos had a lovely v-day as well!
Hello everyone! I know I’ve commented already but I have started up a blog and I’d like to leave the link if anyone wants to read it: http://simplysims.blogspot.com/
Thankyou! Oh and sorry about the changes of pace in it, I got so caught up in the game that by the time I updated I was already almost ready to start the third generation, so I kind of rushed near the end. Also, it’s not actually a legacy according to the rules, it only follows some of them…I just like the idea of a legacy. ; )
Simply Sims? Catchy name! – pokes at her own name “Surely Sims”- That’s cool though…maybe once my site gets started up, we could become “sister sites”! -goes to check out Simply Sims-
heh awesome update! I really like your conversational style of writting. so ginger and ruby as actually sharing the jo of the heir? that’s pretty neat.
ROFL! Juan and Sierra don’t get along, and now Juan and Sierra’s daugther don’t get along! Anyways great update!