Moore x 2

I finally finished playing the last 2 of the 13 households for Truth, Hamilton-Moore and Moore household (aka: Trisha/Dalhousie and Em). Took a while but I was happy that I managed to finish an entire week without going bonkers. So proud of myself.

Trisha and Dal’s wedding was small, quaint and only a family affair. So only Trisha’s brother, Davnus and Dal’s sister, Em were in attendance (I really have to find that hack that allows you to have more than 2 people at a party).



Trisha made her lovely Berry Pie for dessert and everyone went gaga for it, except for Davnus. He was too busy discovering the sparklers, which I forgot to take a picture of. He then smustled with his sister and danced with his distant sister-in-law and a good time was had by all. It was another Roof Raiser…too bad neither of them was a Popularity Sim. After the wedding, the household was pretty much done but I do believe a little one is on the way (gotta keep up with the “Jones’s” in regards to child production).

Moorehouse “Em” Moore’s House

Em spent days bumming around the house in her nasty sweats and since she was too busy working on making ends meet, she didn’t go over to Hernandez Corner Store to pick up an outfit for quite some time. She worked her way up the Slaker career and is now a freelance photographer. She used majority of her money to redecorate her home, On the outside, it looks exactly like Hayden and Lisa Bruty’s house (and they are next door neighbours) but Em’s slowly changing the look inside.





I’m still working on deciding what will be in all the rooms and some of the rooms, I don’t even know what to do with in the first place but it’s coming along. To celebrate the new look of her house (and the fact that she has a stove, she invited a friend home from work named Matthew Collins and her brother and new sister in law came over as well (albeit uninvited). She cooked them spaghetti and meatballs and everyone went to the table to enjoy. Do notice the missing brother who decided to nosey himself with a self home tour instead of coming to eat:



However, while on his self-tour, Trish decided to spill the beans and tell Em that she may be an auntie and god-mother. Em, who was happy at the news, promised to throw the baby shower and invite everyone over.

She is still happily single and has no plans on ever getting married but does someday hope to have a child, maybe through adoption.

TRUTH U
A new crop of students have moved off to Truth U. Only 4 this time (so happy the number is small for now). Enrolled for first term are Pedro Hernandez, Teneesha Ross, Kimberly Knight and Melissa Bruty.




Pedro and Teneesha grew up quite nicely and are both at Stone Dormitory, however, they are completely uninterested in each other romantically ah well…they are each other’s best friend. Melissa and Kimberly are both in different dorms.

Completely different subject regarding Truth:

I have decided that after I finish this session of Truth U, I’m going to try playing the rounds on a daily basis as opposed to weekly so it can really seem as the kids are growing up together. It really did seem weird to see Tyrone Wilson and Meshell Bruty at the same house but Tyrone was a teen, Meshell was a toddler but they are only a day apart. So the updates will probably be done by day (ie: Week 2: Monday) as opposed to household like how it’s currently done.

And also, I am very slowly, composing a set of laws…or rules for the residents of Truth to live by (in order to try and create a more realistic neighbourhood). Hopefully they will be generally finished by the time I finish these kids at Truth U.

Umgabi and Hamilton-Moorehouse Households

Well first I started out taking pictures of the Legacy House like I said I would do. I’m loving the look and I’m excited to see how it will grow (made sure I left plenty of space to do that). So let’s start looking at the pics (they're left as links because the pictures can be pretty big):

Legacy House Basement
Garage/Basement – Stairs that lead to the main floor, with the main garbage container for the house. Rec Room which will be more furnished as time goes by. Full bathroom and exercise room.

Legacy House Main Floor 1
Legacy House Main Floor 2

Main floor – Deck, Conservatory with Wedding arch but in desperate need of a homey feeling. Family Parlour that people only use because the phone is inside there. Main entrance that leads to breakfast nook, kitchen and stairs that lead to the 3rd floor. Open space that I have no idea how to use. Washroom and Photo Area (which apparently being built into every house in Truth).

Legacy House Top Floor 1
Legacy House Top Floor 2

3rd Floor – View of Conservatory below, Max and Matt’s room, Jace and Dru’s room. Dru’s old room which is one of the only rooms on this floor that’s decently furnished. Master bedroom and Master Bathroom which are both fully furnished with the exception of the walk-in closet for the master bedroom but I plan on working on it.

And onto the actual game play. Angelica Umgabi’s House.

I thought Nolan was the man for her but he was a jerk as well. Angelica was right about to send him on his way but then decided to use the crystal ball from the gypsy (minus the gypsy of course) and this guy named Andrew Fancey popped into her living room. He was nice looking and they had 2 lightening bolts of attraction (sounds good so far). Took a picture for the record:

They had a date the same night and worked on getting to know each other better and then Angelica sent him home and worked on her career until it was time to get to bed for the night. She finally joined the slacker track (to achieve her LTW of becoming a Professional Party Guest). She became a Wedding Photographer. I’m like, okay, how many more levels until she reaches the top? She required 6 more friends until she got it and with the job she already had, she only worked 3 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) so I had to make those days count or else I would have to wait until the next round to get her the promotion and it was already Tuesday as it was. She had already made friends with Nolan (despite the fact that he was a jerk) and Andrew and then she worked on renewing some more friendships that had fell short. By the time she had to go to work on Thursday morning, Angelica had made her required friends. When she came home after work that afternoon, she got promoted…to a Professional Party Guest. Gotta love that. She started out at level 9 of Slacker Career Track and I didn’t even realize it. I didn’t even think you could start out that high but she managed to do so and has been rewarded with a Perma-Platinum status for the rest of her life…and it only took her 4 days since she got home for Truth U. That very night, to celebrate, she called Andrew over for a date. And if the day could get any better, it did. They became best friends and she asked him to move in and he said yes. He only came with $3000 but who really cares when Angelica rakes in $1400 per day of work just for people to see her at a party. She even managed to publish a book that’s doing quite well for sales. I think I’m gonna wait until next round for him to pop the question and let Anglica float on her cloud of happiness for a while longer.

So what did Angelica accomplish this week?
-She achieved her Life Time Want
-Made a ton of friends
-Only works 3 days a week
-Finally met the love of her life and he’s good looking too (yay for genetics)
-Sold a book

Quite good if I say so myself.

Okay now onto the Hamilton-Moorehouse Household

More specifically, the Trisha Hamilton and Dalhousie Moorehouse Household. They finally finished cleaning up the nasty backyard that their house came with and put up a lovely black fence around it. Dalhousie is working as a Natural Scientist but has a lot of work to do before he moves up in the field. Trisha decided to start a small home business of selling cakes and deserts and the likes and is doing okay…she’s not really raking in the dough yet but considering she’s doing this all by herself and is really not making that much baked goods yet, it’s understandable. Dalhousie finally popped the question and she replied in the positive and I’m planning on marrying them in the newly cleaned backyard of their home.

The Legacy Continues

Dru and Jace had the babies…I guess twins really do run in the family. I have the triplets and quad hack (from More Awesome Than You by Two Jeffs). This gives me the option to pick how many babies, a random amount of babies, or just to go with original that were to be born. I picked the original, assuming of course that I would get 1 baby. I had Dru and Keely as twins because I chose that I wanted twins…With Keely and Danus’ babies, there were natural twins and then again with Dru and Jace. And as expected, as babies, they are the most beautiful little things in the world but when they become toddlers, you really start seeing how they are going to look. Jace and Dru and fraternal twin boys named Maxwell and Matthew (named by my cousin who witnessed the pixelated birth).



Maxwell got the same skintone has his cousin Blake Seavey but with light blue eyes from Grandpa Brian Seavey. Matthew looks like a clone of his mother but with his father’s Maxis eyes…why are these Maxis eyes actually being handed down as genetics? I don’t get it! I thought I had eliminated all traces of them when I downloaded default eyes as replacements and geneticised every single eye that gets downloaded into my game so there are plenty of options for eye color.

I find it funny how attached Maxwell is to Grandpa Brian already. First thought on his mind when he was born was grandpa!



I think he’s already thinking about the family line and I also think that just because of that, Maxwell will become the heir. Grandpa Brian is constantly hovering around Maxwell, more so than Matthew. Maybe he feels a certain kinship with him or something of the sort but I do think it’s rather cute.



Maxwell got his dad’s nose…the hooked nose that I really don’t like. I hope it won’t end up being a dominant feature but seeing the schnoze on his father, it probably will be. But Maxwell does have Grandpa Brian’s jaw line which I am really happy about because it’s a pretty nice looking one at that. Someone want to explain to me how Matthew ended up as a blonde? I have absolutely no clue. But he does have his mom’s chubby cheeks that apparently do not go away as they get older. So let’s really see if Dru’s genetics look better on a guy now. As a toddler though, he’s so cute I want to pinch his cheeks.

And on to the other members of this household: Everyone’s just working and bringing in the cash, doing a few additions and the likes. The army exercise thingy is now in a partially finished basement, which is looking quite nice so far. Black lacquered walls and floors tiles with glass doors. If you go beyond that, there’s going to be another room, maybe a rec room that already contains a television, game system and stereo. I also placed a full bathroom so that running all the way up to the other washrooms when the green smoke starts to stink, isn’t necessary. I didn’t take any pictures of it yet but I will in the next update.

Stevie got 2 promotions without being qualified for any of them which was quite…nice. Since before the twins (Dru and Keely) went off to Truth U, Stevie was been stuck at the 8th level of police career. She had a lot of skilling to do but she never really worked to get that skilling done. I didn’t really care because it wasn’t her LTW, it was just something to do until I thought it was an appropriate time to retire. She got 2 chance cards that both gave her an opportunity to get promoted, despite that she was far short of the requirements and she didn’t have the minimum amount of required friends…how lovely! I think I’m gonna have both Stevie and Brian retire, so that they can be with the twins (Maxwell and Matthew) and teach them the necessary skills instead of having the nanny, although the one they have now is quite good. She even goes around fixing the beds and not wasting as much food as some of the other nannies I’ve seen.

It’s early Monday morning (just after 12 AM) and time to move onto the next household. Bye Legacy House and Hello Angelica Umgabi! It’s now time to introduce you to Nolan the shop keeper who apparently has a thing for you and would really like to get to know you better. Please don’t mess it up.

The Ross, Watson, Goodman and Legacy Household

The Ross family was uneventful but considering it was only 2 days until their week was over, it was expected. Nicole got promoted. Teneesha is ready for Truth U and Derek is his cute self, as per usual

Ofelia Watson…first time I’ve played her household. She started out promising and she ended up disappointed by the end of the 2nd day. She got into her science track, late Monday morning so she didn’t have work that day and only had $28 to her name. She talked to Nicole Ross, her only friend in Truth as of yet, who said she would see what she could do about helping Ofelia out financially, especially considering that Ofelia only had a single bed, lawn chair, stack of books, a toilet and shower…no food, no fridge, no nothing! Ofelia was eagerly looking forward to her first day at work as a Test Subject. They gave her some stupid puzzle where she had to decide if she wanted the blue liquorice or red liquorice. Ofelia went with her first instinct and took the red one. An announcement on the sound system told her, “That is all, we will no longer be needing your services.” Ofelia thought that meant she would go on to test something else…unfortunately, Ofelia soon discovered, it meant she was unemployed.

However, to her surprise when she looked in her bank account, trying to figure out how she was going to make ends meet, she found a mysterious deposit of $50,000. Ofelia was quite shocked but was told that the money was supposed to have been deposited in her account. Ofelia decided to no longer question how she got the money and set about buying some essentials, like a car, a small fridge and counter and an easel. She went to Hernandez’s Corner Store and pick up a few of those Pink Puffer Snapdragons that she had read about and was quite surprised to find them available so locally. She set up a few of them in her room and decided she was going to start building robots instead of going out and working like the common man (or woman). Deciding as well that gardening and cleaning the house, would be a waste of her skills and time, she hired a maid that was sent to her at Nicole’s advice and a gardener to take care of the overgrown hedges in her yard. Ofelia also decided she was going to have to learn everything if she wanted to be able to build one of those Servos she read about in the SimRobotics Scientific Journal. She set about learning everything about the mechanics and then decided that she wanted her servos and other robots, to have a distinctive “Ofelia Watson” look and spent some time working on her creativity. After that, Ofelia decided that anyone who wants a decent Servo, would like one that could cook as well, so she set out to study everything there is to know about cooking.

By the end of her week, Ofelia realized that she really doesn’t find the new male maid attractive, but he does keep the house quite clean, so that was enough for her. The gardener doesn’t seem too bad and her house wasn’t overgrown with ivy, so the gardener stays as well. Ofelia maxed her creativity and mechanical skills, but didn’t do too well socially.

Goodman Household aka: Felicia Goodman, Kenisa Sorority, graduated.

Felicia didn’t realize how broke she would be once she bought her home and how sparse the house would be. Since money was so tight, she decided to get a loan for $10,000 to spruce up her house. She got herself a job as an artist, and slowly started getting money coming into the house, only to have it put right back to her loan. But Felicia couldn’t really complain. She had basics, a fridge and pizza maker, computer (Monique hacked one, of course), her double bed and a decent bathroom. Not too long after she moved in, she managed to find the time to invite Breanna Nott, now Breanna Ross over to see the new house, bare as it was. Felicia was quite surprised to see Breanna’s reaction.



Turns out, Breanna just realized that she’s pregnant and possibly, she not disgusted by the house (Felicia hadn’t manage to decipher that part yet). Felicia clapped her on the back, told her congratulations and sent her back home before she threw up all over the lawn. Later that evening, feeling lonely, Felicia decided to call this guy named Amin Carson that she remembered from Truth U. He was kind of weird but he made her laugh so she gave him a call. Please keep this picture of him in mind:



Let’s just say, he’s not as creepy as he seems. He was the Notorious Truth U Streaker and apparently, he feels very…liberal about the use of clothing. Felicia and Amin hit it off (with 2 lighting bolts of attraction) and maybe she moved to fast or something but my Friday, she was helping him unpack boxes in her house. He came with $19,000 so that was beneficial and he loved her to distraction. By Sunday, they were married, and he still didn’t like wearing clothes around the house and Felicia has already given up on trying to change him.

What was also interesting at the wedding was who was seen by the Truth Community Chapel. As Felicia and Amin were walking up to the front doors of the church, they happened to spy a couple in deep “conversation”. At first it appeared to be Damien and Breanna Ross, however, on closer inspection Felicia realized it wasn’t Breanna, but a woman that did look a lot like her. Felicia wasn’t sure what to think but as far as she was concerned, either Felicia had a twin sister that she didn’t know about and Damien found for her or Damien was having an affair with a woman who looks a lot like his wife which would be not only moralistically wrong, but kind of creepy.



Legacy Household

The family continued to go on as before…Stevie wanted more grandchildren and was strongly hinting towards Drucilla to hurry and get married so she could have her legitimate grandchildren. Brian rolled his eyes and decided to wait until his daughter was ready. Drucilla was more than ready to become Mrs. Jace Ajjanagadde however, with their work schedule, it was very difficult to co-ordinate the schedules to have it. Finally Drucilla had enough and woke everyone up early, 6AM early and told them to go down to the conservatory. There, she and Jace finally got to exchange their vows a couple of hours before his carpool arrived. They made quick trip upstairs…and she’s now pregnant. So the next generation of Vane/Seavey/Ajjanagadde family will be there any day now…Please let the genetics be decent!

Bruty & Ross Households

My goodness, problems are coming and I don't know what to do! This all started just before Meshell became a teen. Both Hayden and Lisa are working their way up their respected careers and bringing in the money, when Lisa brings a friend in from work. I'm like, okay, no prob. Spend a bit of quality time and send them home in a couple hours so she can continue skilling and work on her next promotion. She brings home Jace Ajjanagade (I think I can actually spell his name correctly. Hooray!). I'm liking the inter-connectivity that starting up in my neighbourhood until I see this:

What the heck happend to Lisa and Hayden since graduation of Truth U? I swear they used to have 2 bolts of attraction a piece...and now Lisa's more attracted to a Kenisa Sister's finace (aka: Dru Seavey's finace). I have no clue as to how I'm gonna deal with this now. My problem is:

1. Hayden LTW of a Golden Anniversary...which means no cheating from either partner, throw a party after they're both elders and he stays platinum for the rest of his days
2. Jace is now a part of a Legacy Household...so moving him out now, I believe goes against the rules

So I may have to ignore the attraction until Hayden gets his LTW or do it quickly so that Hayden can find someone else and then achieve his LTW with a new spouse...but if I do, he'll have a major aspirational loss due to the break up of his marriage.

That's not all the drama that's happening in the Bruty house. Lisa and Melissa are fighting...not just arguing but full out brawling in the middle of the kitchen. Hayden nearly missed work 2 times just trying to break up the fights.

I didn't bother with pictures of the full fight because honestly, who wants to take a picture of the puff of smoke that follows Pigpen around (from Charlie Brown). Neither Lisa nor Melissa are taking about why they are fighting but a few choice words of the fight were "ungrateful", "unworthy", etc (just pick out a few more 'un' words that are negative, and you've got the idea).

Meshell is the only one who seems to have absolutely no problems. She making friends left right and centre. First, she brought home Miguel...then she brough home Jose...the next day, she brought home Blaise. Can you see a social butterfly on the move? Suffice it to say, she became a popularity sim when she became a teen (can't let a 10 Outgoing go to waste considering both of her parents for 4 and 3 Outgoing). She wants to become the first Mayor of Truth...kinda makes you wonder who's running the show now. Meshell loves to shop as well.

Her dad, Hayden doesn't like the stuff she wears...but what does he know? He's only her dad. She pats him on his bald head, and saunters out of the house with her mid-driff, low cut tops and low rider pants...I may not have to worry about the prospect of his marriage falling apart when the way his daughter dresses could give him a heart-attack first.

Melissa left Hayden and Lisa's home and decided to go off to Truth U early instead of fighting with her sister-in-law. We'll see how this family continues to deal with each other when she moves back to Truth.

The Ross Household...

Skilling'R'Us seems to be the motto in this house. I would like to get Nicole married again but there are no prospective blokes...so I may just let her wait until elderhood and maybe one of the repairmen, headmasters, or professors from Truth U might be available. Derek grew up into a NICE looking teen. I was so excited! Here's a look at him so far:

I love this family's genetics. I grew up one of his townie friends, Emmy Kosmokos.

Not exactly the best picture of her but you at least get the general idea of what she looks like now. She completely captured his heart (3 lighting bolts of attraction a piece and there's no one else involved!). They're both family sims and she wants to be Captain Hero...how's that going to work with Derek's brother and sister, Damien and Teneesha? I don't know but it would be interesting to see how it will all play out.

House 5 & 6: Hernandez cont'd and the Bruty's

There wasn't much left to do at the Hernandez Household. Miguela is really enjoying the idea of a boyfriend. Do notice the young and impressionable little brother on the other side of the couch. And suffice it to say, Tyrone and Miguela are getting along quite wonderfully.

Finally got a somewhat decent picture of Tyrone, not looking as broody as he usually does. He actually smiled"

Pedro on the other hand, who still hasn't seen Kimberly all week, as been spending his free time, trying to "get to know" the other ladies of Truth better, namely Kendra Wilson...wait! Hold on a sec, isn't that Tyrone's Mom? Yeah...Pedro is trying to date his sister's, boyfriend's mother...They are still in negotiations about the arrangement

Pedro: I'm not too young for you
Kendra: And then there's the legality issue...
Pedro: Do I look like I care about the legality issue? I'm almost 18! Who am I going to go blabbing it? Fish boy over there? [looking at Tyrone]
Kendra: That is my son, you know...and he's dating your sister! Means nothing to you?
Pedro: We're not finished discussing this.

Jose has just become a boy! (I'm a real boy! I'm a real boy!...don't mind my craziness) Cute little thing but grew up wearing a swimming outfit...I don't know why but I changed his clothes as soon as I could. And I finally got an icon made of Miguel as well:

The family corner shop is going okay. I've pretty much given up on selling the toys because everyone just keeps going to the flowers but no one seems to buy the snapdragons...maybe I need to lower the price more. So in order, to get a little bit more business, a poker table was put in the backroom with a ticket machine...that's where everyone seems to go now and then when there's no more space, fine, they'll buy some groceries. I made a couple of signs for the stores (which still need to acutally be placed outside the store:

Finally got a picture of the Hernandez's lone employee, Nolan (who still has the little "x" symbols floating around his head as soon as Kendra comes anywhere near him. He's almost ready to be a manager as well. Never had an emloyee before while playing OFB

Next House! The Bruty's!

As soon as I loaded the lot, the first person who came over to visit was Tyrone. Guess he missed his godparents, Hayden and Lisa.

Tyrone apparently decided to ask for an "in" from Auntie Lisa, for the medical profession. She said she'd do what she could. Tyrone then went around the house, spending quality time with Melissa (Hayden's little sister) and Meshell (Hayden and Lisa's daughter who's birthday was that very day). She grew up well and the next day she brought home a new friend, Miguel. Who knows what the future will bring for the two of them...can you tell I'm a die hard romantic?

I've got a slight problem with one of my sims however, Melissa (Hayden's sister), was moved into the household during my "set-up" process. She was originally a teen townie. By now, she should have at the most 10 days left before she either goes off to University or becomes an adult but now she won't age. I've been in the Bruty household for about 3 days now, and it still say 15 days until she transitions. If anyone knows what's wrong and how to fix it, feel free to drop me a note about it.