Anyway, here’s Belinda trying out the latest fad – windmill dancing.
“Basil, play something plunkier! Or whooshier!â€
Good grief, they play the piano a lot in this house. Not that I mind – they’re all skilled pianists, so the soundtrack of Burr Cottage is quite lovely – but the instrument needs tuning on a fairly regular basis. Thank goodness for Sims with high mechanical skills. They can fix it up in a jiffy.
“How convenient – my skirt can play the keys while I tune the strings!â€
Now here’s an interesting gentleman – Thatcher Defoe, grocery delivery man. First off, his name rocks (thanks to Bitsy’s name hack) and would fit so well in this era. Secondly, he’s way cute, since he’s basically Robi Charvat with black hair.
“Oh, Mr. Defoe! What a cunning little basket! Is this all for me?â€
If this were an old-school legacy I’d be all over this dude, but marrying an NPC doesn’t score you extra points anymore. And since they contribute absolutely zilch to the family funds, well…my Sims are probably better off marrying townies who are likely to have money, stuff in their inventory, and high-paying jobs. But I’m not writing Thatcher off completely – if Belinda ends up having 2 or 3 lightning bolts with him, he’ll be a strong candidate for 2nd gen spouse (she likes black hair, after all).
Meanwhile, my dear founder Azalea became an elder!
“I’m a true matriarch now.â€
Azalea never had her third baby, even though the Insimenator said she was pregnant. The funny thing is, it still wouldn’t let her go to work, so I ended up using the Insimenator to “abort†the pregnancy. I found out later (thanks to Bitsy) that the maternity clothing hack probably caused this, and that I could have remedied it by quitting out of the game, deleting the hack, and booting the family back up. This would have forced Azalea to give birth. I’ll have to keep that in mind in case this happens again.
Here was something I hadn’t seen before – mostly because I haven’t explored OFB all that much – Azalea autonomously went and played with the fire truck Vinny had bought on a trip to Bluewater Village (buying the handmade toys from stores doesn’t count against the one-item-per-day rule). When I moused over her action queue, it said “Responding to a 1043-2a Code 5â€. Wha…?? Had Azalea lost her mind?
“Woooooo-wooooooo…stop looking at me that way! I’m perfectly sane!â€
Whatever, Azalea. I think all of your brain cells have been replaced with shiny soap bubbles.
Here are Azalea and Belinda celebrating the new and improved main room:
“Belinda, do the windmill again!â€
“Like this, Ma?†*whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh*
I moved the original bathroom out of there and made the kitchen larger, which allowed me to place a second countertop! Huzzah! I will never again take counter space for granted. How do I love thee, O countertops? Let me count(er) the ways…
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Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*gasppantbreath*EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! :D I love it!
Hah, that blue and white dress Azalea’s wearing actually made my husband stop and go ‘ooo, pretty’ when he was walking by. I agree!
Promise you’ll get the Burrs that little doggie when you get Pets! Snapdragon must liiiive! Something tiny and spoiled and bitey. :E
The before and after shots of the bathroom get an A+ with a gold star. And where did you get that toilet?? That’s like the one they had in Sims 1!
Man, Elder-Azalea looks right out of Dangerous Liasons. She’s intimidating, I mean that in a good way! She looks like she could be the grandma of my version of Malcolm Landgraab. =o
…!!! XD ‘Responding to a 1043-2a Code 5’ for playing with a firetruck? Crazy Maxis! And another awesome picture!
I swear Basil as a teen reminds me of one actor or another. He’s cuuuuute!
And good golly miss Molly, Belinda didn’t turn out half bad either. Encore! Encore! :D
… Eeek. I think I messed up your blog with my shriek? :( I’m sorry!
Yay another Burr update! Belinda came out pretty! And you’re right, Basil does look like a Hobbit XD. I love the picture of them in their school uniforms though, too bad they don’t have more options for that outfit. (Isn’t that weird? Even in the core game, there’s like three uniform colors and they always choose blue as the default). Anyway, congrats on the house coming together! Seems painfully slow, but atleast it keeps you entertained! :D Can’t wait to see who Belinda is going to marry!
~J
Wow! That was a great update
Oooh! Browning (?) on Kitchenware! Classy. And I love Basil. Can I take him home with me?
I love how you’re updating often again! I love all these updates, I get such a kick out of reading them. This one was so entertaining that I laughed out loud sometimes…
The dresses you downloaded are GORGEOUS, where did you get them??
I am very very shocked that both Basil and Belinda turned out to be great looking children. Basil is a hot sim (especially in that chess pic with the thinking cap… lol) and Belinda is absolutely gorgeous in the last pic with the new hair. Ah, I love this family!!
Can’t WAIT for the 1880’s!
leslie
Wow! That is a LOT of horse carts! They must be horse breeders or something to afford all those ponies. ;)
I think it’s really neat, the whole building thing. It seems to make you appreciate stuff you take for granted in the game. We’ve all had The Sims 2 for a long while now, and when was the last time you were happy over finishing a bathroom or purchasing another double bed? It makes me tempted to try it… but I don’t think I can hack another legacy!
Keep’em coming, Jen. Gold as always! Good to see you are really enjoying it, too.
Your sims always turn out to be so beautiful. I have very rarely seen a sim of yours that has turned out to be ugly or scary-lookin! And I am really enjoying watching this family..I can’t wait to see them move into all the different time periods! I also am very happy that you have once again found a family and story to fall in love with! Welcome back Jen!
Jen that was a great update, I love all the comments you make throughout the story. The clothes are just beautiful and you are doing a great job with the “middle of nowhere” handicap (I don’t think I would ever have the patience for that one). I must say, you have some of the most interesting (and good-looking) townies I’ve ever seen in the game! I am looking forward to your next update!
(Yes another NEW legacy, but this time I’m sticking with it, I promise! This is going to be a classic challenge, the base game only one)
Okay commenting whilst I read: That sucks, I was wanting diff materinaty outfits, but I think I’ll just stick with the game ones, they are pretty nice.
That townie is a cutie pie for sure. Belinda looks cute in her dress, she aged up nicely. Heh, Basil is such a cutie, he gets HUGE bonus points from me. Hey congrats on finishing a room, I could never do the middle of nowhere part of that challenge.
That grocery delivery guy is pretty cute. Azaela looks good as an elder, ha ha! Playing with the fire truck, that is so funny. Ah yes that counter top space, I love it too.
Swoons over Basil and his lovely red hair. I love that poodle skirt! For some reason it always screams Family Sim to me. Belinda!! That skirt is much to short for you! AAAA!! I love her dress as a young adult, and from what I can see Basil looks quite handsome.
BASIL. I LOVE BASIL. Can I have him and hug him and kiss him and smother him with affection? He is ADORKABLE. And all Hobbit-y. XD I LOVE HIS HAIR. And Thatcher Defoe is gorgeous too. But.. didn’t they fix the NPCs Bringing Money thing with one of the expansions? I thought for sure they now DID bring money with them? Maybe I heard wrong.
Anyway.. great update! I still love them Shanley’s, but these Burr’s are definately growing on me (BASIL!).
I loooove when you do 1800’s/Victorian stuff! So pretty!
The children look less…stern as teens, or is that just me? And Basil does look like a Hobbit, I wondered who he reminded me of! Great update, Jen.
Okay, wow, where do I begin? First of all I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE it. That’s love with 19 o’s. Sorry to hear that the baby was never born. I agree, all of your clothing and decorations and downlaods are simply GORGEOUS. Really, you know how to put together a whole look. Both of the children are GORGEOUS all grown up. I mean REALLY good looking. You are so lucky. I would love to see a dog in the Burr family. How cute would that be! A really lazy, big hunting dog. A big blood hound. I feel bad for Vicentio as well… I would love to hear more of him in the story, but I know you gotta go for those points. You make me crack up whenever I read an update. I am SO glad you’re updating frequently, and that you’ve found a family you really love. I completely know that feeling when you finish a room. Aah. I think we all take it for granted too often. Azalea is looks JUST the part as the elder matriarch of the legacy. Congrats on how well the Burrs are going!
P.S. If this is a normal legacy, does that mean that it will only progress through the 1970’s? It’d be a pity not to see some ’80s stuff or the Burrs of today…
I feel bad for posting so many comments but I have no other way to reach Kay…Hey Kay, just wanted to let you know I am an addicted reader of your blog, I just can’t comment because I’m not registered with wordpress…love the legacy!
Aww, thank you Katie! :D If you want, you could register with Jenba’s SimScribes – there’s a forum there for advertising one’s blog, so people can reply to those if they want to give feedback. Thank you again! The comments from readers are what makes Sims storytelling so much fun!
ummm….boy do I feel bad for posting again…I hope you don’t mind Jen, but I was wondering where I can find clothing and objects for each decade as you do. I want to do a progression over time type challenge but the only website I know if is all about style. Can you pass on the sites that you use? Sorry again for posting so much!
Hey guys! long time, no see! I have been watching…Jen. And I think the Burrs are a unique family, I mostly think that about many victorian settings. I have a question though, why did you make the burrs a victorian theme? I love 50’s clothing! I dont know why! 50’s and 60’s sims are just to cool! I am curiouse to see a victorian college also I dont think I have ever seen one!
I’m out!
Oh…! and also, the bathroom is so nice, I think it reminds me of something, but what?
Vive le Legacy!!! Ok. Did I say I loved the last update? I REALLY LOVED this one!!! Wow! I think Basil is going to have a fan club. Wow, what a collection of buggies. There’s no cleanup with all those horses? They could have made the flower beds thrive. (sorry, couldn’t resist) I can see why you’re playing this family like mad. How completely fun, and obviously a challenge! Belinda and Basil in college together. Are the building rules for college the same? I’m so excited for them, and Azalea looks like a true founder/matriarch. Have you painted her picture? Awesome Jen. It’s funny, highly entertaining, and your pictures make me drool.
Yay! I love this story! ^^
And Jen, you do know that you can also ‘over-water’ your flowers, so that they die by beeing flooded?
Because that might’ve gone wrong in your ‘Green Thumb’ handicap.
Good luck with the lovely Burr’s! ^^