Days of Our Sims Part 3

SimMe finally became a world renowned surgeon. Jeff was elected Leader of the Free World. Makenzie made the Honor Roll. Breslin is pregnant. Liam worked out, regardless of whether or not his pregnant wife was sleeping in the room he decided to work out to the radio in.

There was a nice family dinner (minus Jeff who was giving a TV interview about being elected Leader of the Free World):

(Ignore the fact that the game apparently neglected to render Makenzie's eyes in this picture...)

Makenzie took up painting in her spare time from rocking out on the guitar:

Oh, and I sculpted many more ice chairs.

And an ice replica of Makenzie in her nightgown...

Days of Our Sims Part 2

When we last left our intrepid Smith Family...SimMe had moved into Barnacle Bay, met and married Jeff Smith and settled into a comfortable life with two children: Liam and Makenzie. While Makenzie grew into an awesome Sim with a taste in music and aptitude for the guitar, Liam grew into a dick with a trashy taste in women.

Liam's dickhood was kept in check for a while after he returned from his police enforced "execution" but came back full force when he aged into a young adult. Again, I have no photos, but this time it's because his birthday caught me off guard. No fires were started and his girlfriend even happened to be in attendance at his party. SimMe served Goopy Carbanara in honor of the occasion. The game is very strict with it's age requirements, so while Liam and his girlfriend, Breslin, were only one SimDay apart in age, Liam was no longer allowed any romantic social interactions with her. This made Breslin incredibly useless and annoying, so I had Jeff "Rudely Ask Breslin To Leave". :angel: There was much rejoicing among all Sims not named Liam. Liam could not be bothered to notice his girlfriend's abrupt departure because he was working out to a workout program on the TV, as he often does.

The next day, SimMe headed to work at the hospital, Jeff headed out to work as the newly elected Vice President of whatever country Sims live in and Makenzie headed off to school. Liam, now grown and unemployed, resisted all of my efforts to find a job because he wasn't "in the mood for that right now". He slept in, worked out with the TV until he got all stinky and then talked on the phone with Breslin for hours until I forced him to take a shower. By this time, Jeff arrived home to celebrate his promotion, Makenzie returned home from school and poor SimMe was rushing all over town to try and contain a virus outbreak. They did their normal nightly routine of homework, dinner and guitar/computer time for Makenzie and cleaning the house, making ice sculptures with chainsaws, dinner and reading to improve skills for Jeff.

One of Jeff's traits is Clean which means he's very, very picky about all things dirty and flies into little comical rages when a Sim or a room is not cleaned to his satisfaction. After much begging on his part, I finally obliged and bought him a washing machine and a clothesline and he now delights in doing laundry every. single. day. He has wishes for doing laundry. He talks to others about doing laundry. He dreams about laundry. He runs over every couple of SimMinutes to check the washing machine to see if it's done yet. It's quite pathetic.

Anyways, with all of Liam's newfound free time and Breslin now a grown young adult, I kept finding this all over my home lot:

It was sickening. Liam kept pestering me with all these "Get engaged to Breslin" "Have baby with Breslin" "Ask Breslin to move in" "Make out with Breslin" "Chat with Breslin" Woohoo with Breslin" requests that I couldn't take it anymore. After briefly considering killing her, I decided to direct Liam to propose with the Sparkly Engagement Ring of Doom:

Her face was kinda worth it:

The Sparkly Engagement Ring of Doom persisted for quite a while:

I call this the Could Be A Hug; Could Be A Chest Bump move:

Since Breslin was there, Liam was there, I (unfortunately) was there and the sun was setting, I had them get married right away. Breslin (whose maiden name is Lai, if anyone cares) wore a very pretty wedding dress that I picked out while Liam stubbornly held on to his badly fitting suit with the dark red shirt.

Some solo shots so you can see their wedding attire:

Why, Liam?! Why the crappy suit?!

Once married, they wasted no time in getting down to business. I will admit, I have not updated Liam's bedroom furniture since he was a child, except for making his twin bed a queen one:

What...doesn't everyone's bedroom ceiling shower them in little pink hearts when they..."woohoo"?

Poor Liam doesn't quite get the concept that foreplay comes BEFORE the woohooing...

While they were busy, I decided to go around the house and check on everyone else.

Jeff was flipping out over...the dishwasher? The empty counter? The fact that that's the counter that usually has food when there is freshly cooked food available and now it's empty? Only he knows...

I was dreaming about theaters after another long night of being on call at the hospital:

Makenzie, my sweet girl, had gotten up extra early on a Saturday to get her homework done:

Proof that Breslin is also a dick:

Here we have Makenzie minding her own business practicing her guitar outside. Note Breslin creeping up to scare her for no apparent reason:

She gets into position:

And I wasn't fast enough with the camera and only caught Makenzie post jump:

A negative experience is had by all:

Makenzie turned to yell at Breslin for scaring her...or randomly about Saturn...

Breslin fires back with some taunts about llamas... (wtf?!)

Makenzie insults Breslin's cooking, which I have to point out is relevant since Breslin is a professional chef:

And Breslin freakin' slaps her!

Repeatedly, until Makenzie sees stars!

So, horrible SimMom that I am, I had Makenzie slap her right back:

Until Breslin also saw stars:

Then I sent Makenzie in the house to take a nap and then finish practicing her guitar while sent Breslin to the bistro for a four SimHour cooking class. Unfortunately, Breslin got back in time to woohoo with Liam and make herself something to eat before Makenzie woke up.

And that is where I left off. Or where the game suddenly crashed for no reason after I completed a save. Whatever.

Days of Our Sims Part 1

I have Sims 3 now! Different looking Sims, more restricted play options (due to the lack of expansion packs released so far), different modes of play and new buy/build options await!

I started out with SimMe living in Barnacle Bay, a remote little fishing town previously settled by pirates. It's very Haven-esque.

SimMe moved into a beautiful oceanside one-storey home:

 

It's rather sparsely decorated due to lack of money:

 

It did come with a beautiful backyard:

 

A lounge chair in just the right spot for ocean viewing:

 

And napping:

 

SimMe has the lifetime wish of becoming a world famous surgeon. It wasn't long before she met Jeff Smith, an up-and-coming politician at a vaccination clinic. One thing lead to another...

 

...and pretty soon they were married. I have no pictures of the engagement or wedding due to them deciding to have both events in the bathroom for reasons only they know. Jeff and SimMe waited a couple Sim Days before trying to start a family and it wasn't long before baby Liam arrived. Some reconstruction was necessary to give baby Liam his own room, so I added a second story:

 

Jeff, who had taken up the guitar during SimMe's pregnancy, was fond of playing the baby to sleep:

 

Unfortunately, these nightly guitar sessions lead to unwelcome visits from this random sim, who had an unhealthy obsession with SimMe and the house:

 

He would stick around and think about the house long after SimMe went inside:

 

Then, he would stare longingly through the window at SimMe:

 

Before suddenly taking off and running to his getaway car:

 

It was all very odd. Liam aged into a toddler, as all infants do. He had his difficult moments:

 

His evil-possessive-glaring moments:

 

 His uncomfortable-with-fatherly-affection moments:

 

And general adorable moments:

 

 During this time, his sister Makenzie was born. Unfortunately, I have no pictures of her until she was a toddler. She has to be one of my most favorite sims. She's very sweet and absolutely adores music.

Here she is in her crib, waiting patiently for someone to get her after her nap. Much unlike her brother, who would stand there and scream, rattling the sides of the crib:

 

 She spent much of her toddlerhood playing in her toy box:

 

 

 

 

 Which, of course, completely wore her out:

 

 SimMe decided she was done having children and needed to lose the rest of the baby weight. It went as well as could be expected:
 

 So I provided a fancy new bathroom for SimMe to relax in (you have no idea how long I had to watch her in the bathtub before she put her arms in an appropriate position):
 

At some point, Liam aged into a child. I have no pictures of him. He was a really annoying toddler and I didn't like him much. I do have pictures of Makenzie's birthday party:
 

Everyone came together and Makenzie was dressed in her best purple party dress. She leaned in to blow out the candles on her cake:
 

And without warning, the cake burst into flames:

Things got progressively worse...
 

But eventually the firefighters got control of the fire:
 

And then there was nothing left to do but mop the soot out of the carpet...
 

The family then wisely decided to celebrate Makenzie's birthday without fire, so they had a dance party:

Where they discussed podiums:

Liam and Makenzie never really got along as children, so they usually refused to play together:

With the children more self sufficient and out of the house for school every day, SimMe took up sculpture. I mean, who doesn't sculpt giant blocks of ice with a chainsaw in their spare time?
 

Bonus points for doing it in your work scrubs!
 

It is always best to sculpt with chainsaws while in energy desperation. Sometimes, you wind up sculpting ice chairs...
 

Liam (again, I have no pictures, I really did not like him) met himself an absolutely horrid girl at school and fell madly in love. She had terrible '80s hair and an overall nasty attitude, so I fixed her up for him by giving her a more modern look and much better social traits than 'Snobby', 'Unlucky' and 'Evil'. Liam risked staying out past curfew at her house to make out in her bathroom. Unfortunately, the cops found him and...executed him. I have no idea what happened to him. They stuffed him in the squad car and he just vanished. He disappeared from my Sim Control Panel and none of my sims could contact him anymore. He wasn't at the jail, he never came home from school, he was gone. Eventually I had to solve this glitch by having Jeff temporarily move out of the house and take the children with him. When I moved them back in, Liam mysteriously reappeared...just in time for Makenzie's birthday! Let's hope for no fires this time:
 

She morphed into a sullen teen with a truly horrible fashion sense:

And a perfect I-will-kill-you-in-your-sleep stare:
 

So, I gave her a makeover. A new shirt in her favorite color, a different hairstyle and some makeup and she was gorgeous! I also gave her a pretty purple guitar for her to jam on:
 

After Liam disappeared and reappeared, he was much more enjoyable and pleasant. He and Makenzie would often be found doing their homework together in the garden:
 

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Which is where I left off yesterday.