A Sim's Life

The Very Bad Mood Thread

2007-01-12T00:00:10Z

My sims are in Very Bad Moods.

One reason could be the placement of the grill at the top of the stairs.

Another reason could be that the Goopster does *not* have something in his pocket.

Even Cali seems a little ill-tempered, today:

Everyone's falling asleep right and left. Several sims refused to use the rooftop bathroom, preferring to pee on the floor instead, causing much stinkage.

Scott keeps himself fresh, though. Have I mentioned he's a primper?

Joe and Josh have been hanging out by the badly-placed grill for some time.

Joshua, having just woken up from a vertical nap, lounges on the rooftop couch.

Quite a bit of sitting and lounging, in fact.

Ty pees on the floor, and Joe stands up to give him a stern talking-to, couch be damned.

Lather, rinse and repeat for Brandon. Joshua is just plain mortified. And Shawn inspects the insides of his eyelids.

Riley has some Shepitude going on at the moment.

Reese just thinks that's a retarded place to put a grill.

And Joshua has concerns about the fact that A-Y seem to be missing from his baby brother's head.

There's some concern over Josh's alphabet-spewing, too, over by the grill.

Scott continues on with the hygiene maintenance.

The girls finally succumb to peer pressure. Everyone's doing this, you know.

Eyelid-inspection complete, Shawn adds his name to the list of Future Loungers of Simerica. Brandon keeps the couch from floating away, in the background.

Jory Jr and John (Jory and Val's sons) have been at each other's throats since, well, birth. I tried to get them on friendlier terms with a game of chess. John gave me lip.

I finally got the two of them to sit down and play, and their relationship soared. Sort of. They seem kind of conflicted, actually. Do they like each other or not?!

Tempers began flaring in the bathroom, however. The *second* Jory stepped in to fix the shower, they started working on bringing that relationship score back down.

I don't know where their tempers come from. Their dad seems like a fairly easy-going fella.

After fixing the shower, Jory has a word or several with Val.

But that's how he works. Making up is fun.

Really fun. It's getting quite steamy in there. No, wait. That's a fight cloud.

Jory would like to worry about this, but clearly there's no room.

Aaaaaaaaand here we go again. These two just do NOT want to be friends.

OFB: A Bakery/Electronics/Music store/ salon is born

2006-05-25T04:37:50Z

Now I'm going to get all silly about my first successful trial with OFB. I removed a few conflicting hacks and Scottbott stopped going berserk on me. I was able to actually try out this business thing. *Kind of* addicting. I recently cleaned out my custom content, so a lot of customers walked in bald, wearing that awful burgundy shirt/beige capris combo. Some were even missing eyebrows.

Josh's oldest son, Joshie Jr. owns the business. A bakery. In the living room. Of course. He hires his first employee, nephew Shawn. Shawn is more than happy to trade in his llama suit to bake pies.

The first customer is Bella Goth! Scott has been cheated to gold everything, so he is already a top-notch salesman. He readies himself to dazzle. (Scott and his autonomous primping. Oy.)

I got tired of baked goods pretty quickly, so the business naturally segued into a bakery/electronics store. Which also sells musical instruments. Of course.

I put everyone in the same dorky outfits. Of course.:

Jeremy is so happy to be running the register. So very happy. He thanks me very much for this.:

Joshua takes inventory:

Mindy Lothario comes in and Scott "dazzles" her into buying a keyboard. She actually only came in for some cheesecake. Scott's that good!

Business was going very well, so the the bakery shut down, and it became all electronics and musical instruments from then on. Oh, yeah. And a hair salon. *OF COURSE*. Val gives her first free makeover to Mindy-"You haf no eyebrows, dahlink"-Lothario:

Jeremy earned his gold badge as a cashier, but was getting overwhelmed as business took off. Shawn retired his apron and took over the second register. Not very well, at first.

Val and Jeremy go on lunch break:

Shep, who is also in sales (no cheating! He had to work for his badges!) found himself trying to convince Marja Blenner that he was just kidding back when he used to bully her around in high school.

"You're looking great! Have you lost weight?"

"...'ol buddy, 'ol pal, 'ol friend..." She didn't buy it. I mean, she *literally* would not buy anything from Shep. She left in a huff.

"Hey, Val! I think I found your next customer!"

Scott's romance-sim cousin Joel Goth-Bayfield comes in and Scott talks him into buying that bass that he would look so FINE playing.

"Now let's talk about this 88-key beauty over here! This is THE ultimate stage piano. With an amazing 256 built-in sounds, 192 voice polyphony, wooden key AWA PRO action and great effects and controller functions...

...um...the bench is included...uhhh..."

"Keyboard players get LOTS OF BABES!"

SOLD!

Wearing all this polyester is EXHAUSTING.

"Uhhhhh...let's see. That's one bass, one keyboard, a berry pie..."

"Hey! Can I get a void on this pie? I accidentally rang up a pie! THERE'S NO PIE!!! HLEEEPP!!!!!11"

"Yes, dahlink. I vill make you look mah-velous. Why you look so vorried, dahlink? You HAF NO HAIR."

My Delay: The Excuses

2006-05-25T04:20:17Z

Thought I'd given up story-telling, didn't ya?

Nah...I would never do that. I've been busy these past few months. I'm making sim movies, now, and that's eating up a lot of my creative energy. I also have a forum and a website, and I've been doing a lot of work, there. And, of course, "real life" trumps all.

There's a lot of story-telling to be done between where I left off last with sim Val. So much has happened! Sim Val, herself, has changed. She's a completely new version, and I'm really proud of her. There will be no Sim Val MK.V. Promise! Scott, Shep, Jason, et al are all now young adults. All those children are now teens. Many more kids have "happened" (Val tried out being a romance sim for a while, and had quite a few "oopsies").

I just got Open For Business. Yes, just now. Usually I get the EPs the day they're released, so I am really behind on this one! Had some trouble with hack conflicts, at first. Servo gave me a lot of trouble. I didn't have the option to "recharge" him in his pie menu, so he "ran amok" every damn night. Fried Scott and Joshie, Jr. and I had to exit without saving because Scott's barbequed face would not come clean. I was really eager to see Servo (which is weird because I find robots to be extremely creepy!), so I cheated Scott up to his gold badge in robotics so he could make one. He did, and his name is Scottbott. (side note: Scott and Shep are able to live in Pleasantview rather than the dorm I had them in at Sim State University, now. This is thanks to Squinge's hack that allows young adults to live in the main hood and still go to class. Most awesome.)

Scott and Scottbott doing what "humans" and robots always do: punch each other.

Shawn and Scottbott not getting along all that well:

I "humanized" Scottbott, and he's actually a FINE looking piece of machinery! I completely surgified his face. So credit me with his hotness!

I can't look. Tell me when it's over! Did I mention I find robots creepy???

Scott and Val have 3 bolts of chemistry. So I had Val make a servo to give Scottbott a mate. (Yessssss, I cheated to give her a gold badge, too...). Then I gave her a human appearance, did surgery on her (made her resemble myself somewhat, though not too much!). Her name is Ivybot. Ivy is sim Val's "stage name". Oh, she's a star, baby. I'll update that storyline...sometime.

Pre-Valification:

And post:

As expected, Ivybot and Scottbott had instant chemistry.

"I got the tool that satisfies, baby"

They just met and he's already screwing her.

And THEN they had their first kiss!

Ah, she's a smooth one.

Val's Story 18: Lexi and Tiffany Land a Man (or two)

2006-01-03T11:36:17Z

Well, I have many many many kids now. I have 6 stepchildren, and now 5 more children of my own. Somebody's gotta transition somewhere. Welcome to the crazy world of Val, where aging makes no sense! Justin and the evil Dr. Sadie's youngest two, Lexi and Tiffany, entered the world of teenhood thus joining their teenaged brothers, whom I refuse to send to Uni just yet. It makes sense in my head, so just play along.

It just wouldn't be right to not celebrate the moment with a bit of karaoke:

Enough karaoke. Lexi has a fine plan! Call the matchmaker! Get a date!

The gypsy arrives, and Lexi pays top dollar. She's a fortune sim.

Lexi can barely contain her excitement. This is gonna be good.

Grown-ass man Forrest Zarrubin plops down, and is stunned. Not nearly as stunned as I was, though.

What to do with this grown man, anyway? Lexi has not even had her first kiss! He's a fortune sim, and he's plenty cranky, so he's got that going for him, but he's so...tall. And that deep voice. Hmmmmm. While I am pondering this, the game is running in the background, unpaused. I did not mean to do that. I go back to the game and it is now nightfall, and I have to search for Forrest. I found him behind the house in his bathing suit. I missed the entire date. I don't know how it went. But I now have a grown man-sim wandering the Goth-Bayfield premises.

Looking at the relationship panel, I can't see how the date could have gone all that well...

Lexi is trying to find her man-sim. Where oh where is he? She can't seem to see the Forrest through the...hedges. Heh.

There he is. There's our man-sim. He's been swimming, I hope.

I wanna give the guy a chance, so I make man-sim selectable and have him go chat with Lexi. This is not as easy as it should be. Forrest makes a mental note to never discuss politics, crime or icecream with Lexi again. They are definitely points of contention with her.

One subject they can agree on is money.

Forrest autonomously gives Lexi a friendly hug, which she does not have a problem with.

Lexi tickles Forrest which he does not have a problem with, either.

"Um, Mr. Strange Grown Man whom I have never met, will you read me a story?"

Forrest goes to get a book to read to the youngun, but Augusten has moved on to other things with his Uncle Gary.

Forrest now wants to sing, but Joe is reading to Savannah right there.

Joe's a tad annoyed by this. "Excuse me?! "

Lexi, never a patient one, wants a date. Now. She calls the matchmaker again. Once more, top dollar is paid. Her dad does have 5 million simoleans thanks to a weird move-in glitch, after all. Money is no problem.

A very gay Joshua Ruben falls to the earth. Lexi thanks the matchmaker for yet another disaster waiting to happen.

Okay, we'll forget for the moment Joshua's sexual aversion to females. Let's get them chatting. Oh, yeah. Lexi's not very good with "chatting". And she can't tell a joke to save her life, although that would be a funny story to write.

Lexi asks Joshua if he likes what he sees. He likes her makeup.

But when asked to scope the room, Lexi once again finds herself thinking of her man-sim, Forrest. Okay, fine. Just don't talk to each other. Sheesh.

Here's an idea! Age Forrest down to a teen! Yes!

Lexi likes this idea, too. I give Forrest a makeover, and she admires him.

Without consulting me first, Forrest kisses Lexi. This is her first kiss, and I got no cinematic, dammit.

This is their second kiss:

And their third. I think they kinda like each other, now.

"He's so cute when he pees in the shrubbery!"

Forrest asks Lexi to go steady, and then they start hitting each other.

Encouraged by the "success" of her sister's date, Tiffany decides to call the gypsy, herself.

She pays the 5 grand, and nearly snatches the crystal ball out of the gypsy's hands to see for herself just who awaits.

"Why, hello there cousin Gary Jr.! What brings you plummeting to the earth today? Oh, nooooooooooooooo"

Well, that date is quickly ended, as I have no intention of inbreeding my sims. Let's try this again. Tiffany is ever-the-optimist. She knew better than to dismiss the gypsy, so she was still hanging around the front yard. Tiff walked up and slapped those simoleons in her hands with the previous date's dialogue still on the screen.

Oh, ya gotta be kidding me! It's Great Uncle Dean! And he's pervertedly looking up the gypsy's skirt!

Let's just skip the introductions, here, shall we?

"And hello, Miss Dina. You're looking mighty off-topic, today."

Moving right along, the gypsy is summoned a third time.

Professor Lee Copur falls to the ground. A quick glance at the family tree shows no relation to this one, so we'll take him.

"Get back here, you non-family-member!!!"

Professor Lee is immediately aged down to a teen, and things look fab-o.

They get along splendidly, and the relationship score soars. Professor Lee kisses Tiffany, and I do get the cinematic, this time, although it's a bit off. Professor Lee is done with the kiss, but Tiffany is oblivious, happily stuck in the cinematic.

They are really really too cute.

That evening, Professor Lee asks Tiffany to go steady.

"Okay, great! So buh-bye, then."

Val's Story 17: Who's Your Daddy?

2005-12-31T21:15:57Z

Taken from my forum, for a little background on why I decided to go this route:

"Woah, big big big possible update. I don't know if I have the guts to go through with it or not...:rollin

It may be a *bit* too weird. Ugh. Decisions.

Okay, I gave Sim Val free reign with the boys. Jealousy off. Just a one time dealie. Well, she and one of the others, well, got a little carried away...and of course she is pregnant, now.

Maybe I *should* go through with it and keep the identity of the father a secret? Hmmm...now that's interesting."

After giving it some thought, and conferring with my moderator, I posted this:

"Okay, I will go through with it. I've got the story forming in my head. Sim Val is hours from giving birth. I'm curious to see if anyone will be able to guess the identity of the daddy once it's born. Many Bayfield males in the household are "suspect", which narrows it down to, excluding hubby Justin, of course, 6 possibities, I think. Will recount later.

Justin knows it is not his, but the father of the baby does not know. Since sim Val has only ever slept with Justin and now this other family member, he may get the clue. Of course, he may also just assume it's Justin's child and not find out until later in the story that it's really his. Justin will adopt this child. He is cool with it, really. It was a wild party. And sim Val had a blast. Justin has quite a lusty past, so he just let his wife have a weekend of fun. No more, though. Faithful from here on out."

And the term "faithful" is used very loosely, from here on out, as well...

On we go.

Sim Val has been such a good girl. I added her to the game fully intending for her to whore it up with the Bayfield boys, but found I have a little more respect for my sim self than that. She fell in love with, and married, Justin without even kissing any of the others. I was bored the other night, and turned jealousy off on the Goth-Bayfield lot. Then I let Sim Val go wild. I did not even intend to save the game, I just was in the mood for a little trouble. When Sim Val and one of the boys snuck off to the love bed, I let her go with it. When the chimes played, I nearly exited right then and there, but then I thought about it. This could be fun. And I ain't telling who the daddy is, but maybe you'll figure it out. Here's what I posted on the forum:

Okay, here are some pics from that crazy weekend. It went on through the first part of the pregnancy. Sim Val was having too much fun to stop after just one night...

Joe, of course, was the first up. Come on, he is my original honey!

He hits on me, and I fall hard

The man's got moves.

and he is the first one I kiss

Josh is next, with his yummy self.

Bradley was the only one whose advances I rejected at first. But he gave me a backrub and it was all over.

We fell in love

Sim Val does not age-discriminate, apparently. So cutie patootie Jason made his move. He couldn't believe his luck when I gave him the go ahead (and thank you stretchSkeleton for making me not look so much like a dirty old simlady):

Josh, of course, has twin boys (triplets, actually, they have a sister) Shep and Scott. Shep leaps into my arms:

And I fall in love with him pretty much right away

But his Pleasure Seeker brother, Scott, and I always had a special connection. It's a Pleasure Seeker thing...

I was romanced throughout my pregnancy (remember, this was a weekend long party)

Here is the family loading screen with the new little tyke. As you can see, Justin has taken over the daddy role, nicely. The actual father may or may not also be pictured:

Ignore the skintone on the baby. I actually changed it to take on the darker Bayfield skintone, so he's darker as a toddler.

And the first pics of Dylan:

So, what do you think? Who did sim Val run off to the lovebed with, the sneaky girl...Who is Dylan's biological father?

Joe?

Josh?

Bradley?

Jason?

Shep?

Scott?

I can tell you who it's not, but he's a proud "papa" nonetheless...

Val's Story 16: "Let's Get Undressed"

2005-12-19T23:28:32Z

Warning! Adult Content Ahead!

Okay, so I got that new "let's undress" mod from MTS2, I think. If you have been following the Val Stories, you know that I had to age Justin down to a teen to fix a blank icon glitch. Then my game crashed, and I had to go back in and re-age Justin to a grown up, as well as rebuild practically the whole damn house. Anyway, between games, I downloaded and installed this mod. I went into the game, aged Justin back up to adulthood, got him all set up with the clothing tool and turned free will on. The first thing that popped into his queue was to ask me to undress LOL. I did not know this was an autonomous interaction, so sim-me may be in for it! Soooooo, for those of you who don't have this mod and are interested in how it works, here's how it went. Or if you simply want to see pics of naked Justin, this is for you too. I had some fun with camera angles on a couple of them, *ahem*.

Of course we did this right next to Jory and Jason, who were innocently playing red hands. We spun into nekkidness:

Justin notices he's naked:

I notice I'm naked/ "fun with camera angles 1":

I'm still noticing I'm naked/ "fun with camera angles 2":

Justin approves and says something that sounds a lot like "very good" (veddy goot):

We spin back into our clothes, and you can see in Jory's thought bubble, here, that he is simultaneously shocked at both Justin and me:

Poor Jory will have nightmares of this for years to come:

I scream at Justin, even though he's now fully clothed:

Well, that was sexy...:p

Val's Story 15: My Baby Hubby

2005-12-19T23:15:42Z

Now for some really weird stuff ...

This is not part of the "official story". Another weird glitch or something.

Justin, the kids and I found a huge place with plenty of room for everyone. However, as the lot was loading, I got a bunch of "import lot" errors. Resetting just caused more errors to pop up, so I finally hit "delete". Probably a bad, bad thing to do.

Our new house:

Anyway, once at the lot, Justin's wants were all blank. And he only had 4. Both Cosette and Collette also had blank wants. I was fine, and the others were fine. I had this problem with Jamie a while back, and the only way I could set him straight was to age him back down to a teen and then back up to adult. You can see where this is going by now, I'm sure. Collette and Cosette were both aged forward, then back down to toddlers. Justin was aged down to a teen, and I just *had* to play with him a bit. He was such a fun teen, so it was nice to see him at that stage again. Even if sim me now looked like a dirty old woman with her teenaged hubby.

So here is teen Justin, once again. His hair is darker than it was when he was originally a teen, because back then he was using the hair that Jamie and Jacob currently use. When he graduated from Uni, I changed his hair to a darker recolor I did, which is the same one that Jude uses, now.

Here he is, in an outfit I never would have chosen for him. I hate sandals. Hate them.

Holding his little girl, Collette:

I couldn't stand it any longer, so I put him in a t-shirt he used to wear as a teen, and some jeans. Here, Collette asks for attention, again. I just stand in the background, stunned.:

I get this little bit of advice. Great. Like I don't have enough kids' tuition to worry about.

And aren't we just adorable...*smirk*

He is still wearing his wedding band, but it looks a bit big:

Well, Justin loves to karaoke. And back when Justin was a teen, he didn't have a karaoke machine. So I let him play around with it for a while.

What a cutie-pie teeny tiny baby hubby:

I moved Justin's lookalike baby brother, Jason in. I had to put the two of them together to compare, of course. Jason has the same hair that Justin originally had.

I should have used the stretchSkeleton cheat, dammit.

When we danced, I had flashbacks of dancing with boys in the 6th grade, who were always shorter than me and eye-level with my chest:

And speaking of my chest, watch that finger, there, Justin!

Justin then asked me if I wanted to "do it". Uh, no. I'll wait until you transition back up, kiddo.

I had to have all Justin's boys meet their baby daddy.

Justin gives Jory a hug

and then his first-born, Joel:

And Jude was next in line:

Posing with several lookalike family members:

Can't leave out the girls!
Tiffany had a great joke to tell him, too.

and Lexi

Okay, enough was enough. When sim me autonomously goosed her baby hubby, real me was ready to have big Justin back. Unfortunately I missed getting a pic of the goosing, but I did get the mortified reactions of the kids:

OHHHHHH, What the hell...

And of course Justin made his transition back to adulthood in style. Old geezer style, complete with anklet socks and shorts. 8o

Awww. He just asked me if I wanted to "do it" again. This time I told him, "You betcha, baby!"

Val's Story 14: Poor, Crazy Val

2005-12-19T00:51:14Z

I spent much of my second pregnancy painting. In fact, I even transitioned from the second to third trimester in the middle of painting Jason!

Here, Justin is my subject:

My muse seems amused:

But he likes the finished product.

Jason is my next victim.

He broke his pose every now and then to fawn over me.

While I am doing Jason's portrait, Justin tries to calm a very cranky Savannah:

I gave birth to two baby girls, named Collette and Cosette.

Once the new babies were born, I was in a hurry to transition Savannah and Augusten to childhood. Here are their birthday pics.

Happy birthday Savannah and Augusten, blah blah blah

Well, we did good with these two little girls. They were transitioned into toddlers immediately after birth, and, if I do say so myself, they are adorable. Both Collette and Cosette are fair-skinned blondes, like their mother. Cosette favors sim Val a bit more, and I see a lot of Justin in Collette.

Jason was a big help, and even taught Cosette to walk.

Julian, Augusten, and Savannah are now in private school, and looks like things aren't going so well for Julian

The house is starting to feel small now with this sudden onslaught of children, so Justin and I decided to pack up and find a bigger place, as much as we hated to leave Ben, Rainbow, Katie and Marie. There's just no real place to be alone, here...

Jason feels the need to clean the window. He couldn't wait just a little bit longer...

Even good-natured Jason was beginning to go a little stir crazy. And, again, way to ruin the moment, Jason!:

I was going more than a little stir crazy, myself:

So, yeah. Time for a bigger place, and lots more toys to keep me out of the loony bin.

Val's Story 13: Warning! Slippery When Wet!

2005-12-19T00:33:38Z

ACK!

Big ass crazy update!
Damn my insistence upon taking screenshots of the cinematic. Damn it!

First of all, enjoy these. Might as well.

I got a new hot tub for the house. Justin and I decided to christen it right away. Unfortunately, we were constantly shooing Shep, Joel, and Jason out.

I have a hack installed that lets the cinematic play everytime there's a woohoo. It's awesome. And, when you are rapidly taking screenshot after screenshot it makes for some very interesting shots. Especially when the screenshots overlap, as seen here, where the dialogue box from the previously canceled screenie is still on the screen:

This is what I mean by "interesting". The boys kept trying to get in the hot tub after the cinematic started.

So here are some of the shots taken in those back to back to back to back woohoo sessions. Some are cinematic shots, others are makeout shots:

It went on until daylight:

Now, we must have woohoo'ed 15 times. Which means that the chance of a mis-click or accidental pregnancy also increases. Guess where this is going???

I noticed again that the "Try for baby" option had mysteriously disappeared. I took another pregnancy test, and here was the result:

Once again, stay tuned. Looks like I'll be poppin' out some more puppies!

Val's Story 12: Barefoot and Pregnant

2005-12-19T00:25:24Z

Well. I had an *issue* with my game after those last pictures of the wedding and wedding night. I got the dreaded "deleted portals" warning, and had to exit the lot without saving. After reading crammyboy's forum, I think Scott and Shep were the culprits.:

I installed the fix and went back into the game. Sadly, Justin and I were not married, and I was not pregnant. We had not even moved in, yet! We had a quickie wedding on the sidewalk out front, then ran back to the bedroom for another "quickie". I left the autonomy on Lizzlove's bed on, so I just let them play. It was Justin's idea to try for baby. Skip the making out, etc, let's woohoo!

So, now back to the story as though that stupid portal thing had never happened.

Our new loading screen:

Here's me barfing in the toilet!

Here's me barfing in the toilet, again!

My psychotic stalker, Leia Royce, found out where we moved.

And this happened??!! Notice Jory is watching distressed.

That did it. Time to pee, Leia!

Now, why would I want to tell this woman my best joke?

I used my clout that afternoon to influence my favorite little prankster stepson, Jory, to have some fun with Leia. He happily obliges.

Jory is a bit put off by Leia's stink.

That evening, he and Jason go back to their usual water balloon fights.

Shep and I became best friends and could not look happier about it:

And I heard a tiny voice saying "Woo-ooo! Oooo-ooo!" from outside the window. Tiffany had come home from school with Marie and I'd forgotten to give her a key to the security system. Poor little thing!

Aw, Justin loves to show his affection for his unborn child(ren):

So does my young brother-in-law:

Careful, though, little one. Your big brother is keeping an eye on you...

Just some random sweet as sugar pics:

My darling husband:

Slow dancing in the backyard:

Ben serenades Rainbow:

And gives her a big ol' smooch

I caught Ben peeing in the flowers in a surprising twist of character:

Justin plays chess with his youngest child:

Jory's aspiration level was getting a bit in the red, so he began acting out. Bought him a stereo, and he was happy.

We set up some Christmas decorations, and the children wanted to listen to the dancing snowman. Jory couldn't sleep with all that racket going on. Bah Humbug.

So poor Jory tried, and failed, to macrocaffeinate. I should have told him it was decaf.

Although Justin is now a Pleasure Seeker, his romance past keeps interfering at the most inopportune moments. We can't be alone for 5 minutes without his pants ringing.

I go into labor, and Justin becomes airborne.

Here is the first loading screen after the birth of Savannah and Augusten. Now, is it just me, or does Justin seem to act as though the baby he's holding needs a diaper change?:

The babies immediately transform into toddlers. I present to you: Savannah and Augusten.

Justin and I teach the toddlers to walk

And at 6 pm, Justin's frigging cell phone rings again. I forgot to turn it off.

So Justin interrupts his toddler's walking lesson to take a call from the Ramin dude that's been pestering us for a while.

Once the little ones can walk, we exchange kids to teach them to talk.

Julian, Katie, and Marie are becoming good buddies, now.

Val's Story 11: With This Ring I Thee Bed..er uh..."Wed"

2005-12-19T00:03:44Z

We needed a bigger house, now. Reggikko's lovely home was perfect. No, not sim Reggikko, real reggikko. Her sim house, that is. Which is modeled after her real house. Nevermind. Anyway...it's lovely.

So lovely, in fact, that it made Justin and me decide to get married right then and there. We hadn't even set foot inside the house, yet!

The backyard was beautiful, so the arch was set up out there. Justin's immediate family was all teleported to the lot.

I am aware these pictures are dark, btw!

We stood under the arch, the crowd gathered 'round, and Justin's stupid cell phone began to ring. So the wedding was a little rushed...

Freakin' Dina Caliente! No! Justin does not want to meet you downtown, beeyotch!

The guests:

Me likey the groom!

Wow! When Justin told me he couldn't wait to get in my dress that night, I had no idea he was being literal!

My new, hot brother-in-law, Jamie, swoons over me:

My new, hot father-in-law, Joe, makes the first toast:

My other new, hot brother-in-law, Josh, goes next:

Yet another new hot, adorable, but very young, brother-in- law, Jason, goes third:

Justin cuts the cake:

And, of course, crams it in my face.

Before we can sit down to eat our cake, Derek picks up the champagne bottle for another toast. I haven't actually *met* Derek, yet, by the way.

I have found a way to sneak off into the kitchen to eat my cake, anyway. Justin goes in to kiss me, but I still wanna eat my cake! Besides, Bradley's in the way. I can't get up.

All right, all right. Justin's sweeter than any old cake could ever be...

Here are a few random wedding shots. At night. They're dark. Squint.

Jason and Julian chat

A shot of the crowd:

Jacob was macro-cleaning, but couldn't get past the security settings. He was in an endless loop of cheering "shar voo", picking up the garbage, turning around to face Joey Jr, turning back around, and then dropping it on the floor again.

Joe's parents Gregory and Maryann are sweetly affectionate in the living room:

After the guests went home, Justin and I headed inside to take care of some marital business

We are immediately summoned to the kitchen afterwards. Seems Rainbow had picked up the champagne bottle again. It was on the curb by the garbage can! So Justin and I, still clad in underwear, are toasted to, yet again.

Probably very inappropriate to be standing in front of a hormonal teenager while wearing nothing but your underwear...

I wasted no time in getting the champagne tossed out (for good this time!) so that Justin and I could head back to the Love Bed.

Advertising on the bed was set to maximum, so we were very busy for quite a while. I was busy taking screenshots of the cinematic, so the soundtrack was off. In the last round of woohoo, I noticed the "try for baby" option was no longer available. Hmmmmmmmmm

So I took a pregnancy test:

Stay tuned, folks...

Val's Story 10 : Justin Moves In

2005-12-18T23:09:58Z

I decided that now that Justin and I are engaged, I wanted him to move in. He accepted and brought 606 simoleans with him. What happened to the billions of simoleans he's worth, huh???

When asked who would be moving in along with Justin, I decided that it would be a good idea for Julian to live with us as well. The older Goth-Bayfield kids are quite happy with all their cousins at the House of Fallen Trees, which is where Justin and I will eventually end up, probably. But for now, a smaller lot is good. Jason begged and pleaded to move in, too. He has a big throbbing crush on me, ya know...

We still always have a house full of visitors. Justin's family spends a lot of time at our place. Of course, they all have big, throbbing crushes on me, also.

Typical scenes, and in no particular order. Jason and Jory are constantly pranking each other.

And Ben is usually sleeping on the floor somewhere.

Rainbow tries to entertain Jason with a cheer (and Jason is uncharacteristically cranky about it), as Ben snoozes on the floor behind them. And Justin and I make out in our undies.

Jory tries to get a little "Jory time" but is followed by a gaggle of toddlers,

And Ben is awakened by the sound of the trash compactor.

And here's a cozy little evening for ya. Jason plays darts, Jory naps, and my crazed stalker, Leia Royce, hangs outside my window with a flaming thought bubble of me over her head. Look closely:

Leia's really been a pain in the ass, lately. Look at her, just wandering into my house like she owns the place! Wiping her nose and stuff.

She's always teleported off, but keeps coming back. She gets the voodoo bottle treatment every time.

I set up Inge's security system to keep her out of my house, so I look out in the backyard late one night to find this:

The toddlers all grew into children on the same night. Cuteness all around!

Julian bears a striking resemblance to his momma:

Katie looks a lot like Ben:

And Marie is a mini Rainbow:

Okay, so that's that part of the update. The biggun is coming next. Justin and I would like to be alone, now:

Val's Story 9 : A Night to Remember

2005-12-18T22:51:51Z

Okay. Now that we've finally had a super successful date, I ask Justin downtown.

Once inside, some dumbass fart face named Brandon MacArthur wants to talk about the weather with my date.

Justin sensed my irritation and shooed Fart Face away.

So let's do a duet then, shall we? But we can't 'cause Daniel Pleasant is hogging the mic! Justin yells out "Kooshus. Edda gonda!". He really makes my heart melt.

We finally get up to the stage, and sing away. I put all 3 of my creativity points to the test. I alternated between "foghorn" and "really bad opera singer". Justin sounded great, though.

Bradley was there, and cheered us on. Or cheered Justin on, anyway.

Afterwards, I leapt into Justin's arms. Okay, I guess I have a bit of a crush on this guy...

Fart Face was back. I shooed him away, this time, because Justin was being hounded by Daniel Pleasant.

Justin looked like he was in need of rescuing, so I ran to his side. We were a bit shocked by Daniel's odd behavior.

Justin kisses me, and Jessica Starling has a fit about it. I must go figure out what the connection is, there.

Once again, Fart Face emerges out of nowhere and wants to talk to Justin about lipstick.

I am annoyed, and Fart Face is yet again shooed.

It's hungry-time, so Justin asked to be seated. Heeey, I wanted a booth. Better interactions. Waah.

No problem. Justin reaches over and caresses my hand after ordering.

Our waitress patiently waits for us to stop canoodling...

...and them dumps the food on Justin's head.

Wait! What's this? Justin, what are you hiding over there?

Is that what I think it is? Oh this is totally unexpected! (Really, it wasn't, but it's more fun this way)

Is it just me, or does Justin look a little nervous? Isn't he the cutest thing?

Of course I said yes...

"So, anyway. Back to ladybugs."

Justin seems a little stunned that he has a positive engagement ring icon swirling over his head, and I'm still thinking about bugs.

Ah, okay. It was Joyce LeMieux's fault, somehow. My delayed reaction sets in.

"We interrupt this romantic evening to inform you that Daniel Pleasant has added soapsuds to the fountain. I repeat. There are suds in the fountain!".

Well, this I've gotta see.

Justin runs out behind me. He's not as impressed as I was. Now, Justin, I seem to remember a certain teenager getting his kicks this way when he and his brothers would sneak outside with a box of Tide...

Oh, wouldja drop it already, Jessica?! Where's that damn voodoo bottle, anyway?

Well, the date was a success, even with Jessica, Daniel, our clumsy waitress, and Fart Face trying to spoil things for us.

Val's Story 8: The Date That Really Tried to Be.

2005-12-18T22:40:42Z

Oooh! Hot steamy date details!

I wanted to ask Justin out. We'd been shackin' for a while, but had never actually been on a date. So, I called him up.

As I'm stepping over Rainbow (po thang), Justin's voice rings out in my head. "Don't be late!"

So we pull up to the curb in front of Midnight Flows, get out of the car...

...and immediately yell at each other for dumping each other for...well, each other.

We both vaporized off the lot and I had to go back to the neighborhood. Once home, I called Justin again. If you'd like the details of that date, please reread this post.

Grrrrr.

Well, I decided to invite Justin over to my place. And then ask him out.

So I called him up. He came over and kissed me hello just as an old flame, Leia Royce, walked by. *of course*

Leia slapped him senseless.

Well, I couldn't have that, now. Nobody slaps my Justin silly! Voodoo bottle to the rescue. Sim me, just like real me, finds this hysterical.

So now I decide to put Justin through the third degree.

What's your sign, baby?

What does a hot stud like you do for a living?

So you must make, what? How much money?

So, what are your plans for me, Mr. Goth-Bayfield?

Mmm hmm. What else?

Anything else? Anything at all?

Now you're talkin' sweetheart!
Satisfied with the way the questions had been answered, I give Justin a big wet smooch.

I ask him out, and we compare wants.

Okay. We obviously want some woohoo. So we play around in lizzlove's bed a bit, then I go out to the car and call Justin over. Justin is asleep, and when he wakes up he seems a bit confused.

Buh-Bye, then Justin. At least I had fun.
Undeterred, I immediately call Justin a billionth time for another date. My place, again. He comes over, and I lure him over to the car with some chitchat about his skills.

Then I drag him into the car.

Woo hoo!

Justin is obviously impressed. He wants more.

But our timer ran out, unfortunately. However, we did well.

Val's Story 7: A Night of Desperation

2005-12-18T22:27:35Z

The night Rainbow went into labor was less than smooth. Desperation bubbles everywhere!

Just before the twins were born, Josh, Joe and Shellie are all invited over.

Josh gives his brother Ben a hug:

And I get to meet Shellie. She really is a sweetheart.:

I had to interrupt my conversation with Shellie to pee in front of the karaoke machine.

Rainbow goes into labor while I had free will off, and I had to wake Ben up (he was now asleep on the sidewalk. Poor guy rarely sleeps in his own bed) and send him into the bedroom where Rainbow was birthin' their babies. The proud daddy handed Katie to me and peed on the floor:

Outside, Jason was chatting up Shep and the Social Bunny:

And then Josh peed in the living room:

The babies were immediately transformed into toddlers.
Upstairs, Rainbow was teaching Marie to talk while Bradley entertained his new niece, Katie:

It was a long night.

Bradley put Katie down to yell "Eeklobe!" at me.:

Josh chimed in as well:

Joe had fallen asleep right after singing karaoke, and I had to wake him up:

And I got a third "eeklobe!"

Bradley snuggles Katie:

Rainbow heads for the crib after teaching Marie to talk:

Val's Story 6: Rainbow Goes For Broke

2005-12-18T22:11:34Z

Well, things were frantically put together for the big day, er, night. We had to accept the fact that it was too late to throw a wedding party as the guests would be really pissed off being invited at 3 am, and the only space big enough to place a wedding arch was the backyard. As far as guests went, Justin, Joel, and Jason were all still there and forced into their monkeysuits, and I had to quickly find something to wear. Rainbow had a beautiful wedding dress with rose appliquees, so I needed to dress in something rosy. I settled on a really scratchy and tight dress, but it complemented the bride's much more comfortable gown well. Of course the bride and groom surprised me by going with Maxis formal wear, so I was itchy and uncomfortable and cold all night for naught. Julian, meanwhile, happily played with his blocks in the living room, all warm and cozy.

Just before changing into her gown, Rainbow turned all gooey and serenaded her groom:

A little chatting under the arch:

A shot of the guests:

...and the rings are finally exchanged:

We are happy for the newlyweds:

Afterwards, the bride and groom head inside to...play darts?
Rainbow says this is tradition in her family. Post nuptial darts.

While the bride and groom played darts, I get swooned over *yet again*. This time it's Corbett!

Rainbow and Ben changed into the formal wear they were supposed to have worn to pose for some photos:

See? Now my dress makes sense.

Rainbow takes a cute little leap into the arms of her new husband:

And this is the part where my heel got stuck in Justin's ear. Boy was that ever embarrassing:

Ben smooches Rainbow the instant free will is turned back on:

And Rainbow runs to the toilet the instant Ben is done smooching her. Nevermind Julian, Rainbow. This won't scar him a bit:

Outside, Corbett continues to swoon:

Inside, Joel is stuck with a tantrum-throwing Julian:

I sent Rainbow upstairs to bed, and she gave me this little scare a few minutes later:

She's fine, though. Just being "difficult".

Corbett goes home, and Shep is invited over. I am trying to spend quality time with each of Justin's family members, so getting to know everyone is a sloooow process. Oh, and *of course* Shep likes me, too. Still loving this game:

I have quite the little fan club. Justin's entire family seems to love me. But, jeez, can a girl get a little privacy, please?

Rainbow wakes up and heads outside to practice her lullabies on the karaoke machine. Worked like a charm on Ben:

That evening, Rainbow successfully entered her third trimester.

And Justin and I had our first little spat. Over me flushing the toilet of all things. Sheesh.

Time for me to meet a couple more family members. Jude and Bradley are teleported to the lot.
Let's just get this out of the way...

Boom

...and Boom.

Val's Story 5: Romancing the Sim

2005-12-18T21:52:17Z

Well, okay. So yesterday happened. What's done is done, might as well make the best of it, right?

Have you ever seen anything more charming than this? Against the backdrop of a city water tank thingy structure, no less.

We are just too durn cute...

Sigh

Huh?! What's that you say? Roommate? I don't have a ...Oh noooooooo.

I'm sorry, Rainbow, honey, I guess I just got a little swept up in my own sim-life...

No time to waste! Time to work on Rainbow and Ben's relationship. Here, Rainbow, the sweetie-pie that she is, brags about meeting me. Ben doesn't care. Ben likey the Rainbow:

Creepy, yet cute. Ben watches Rainbow sleep:

Once Rainbow wakes up, it's time to put Ben's romance skill to the test.

Score!

Now, who is the cute couple?

Okay, okay...Get a room, guys. I'm tryin' to eat, here.

Moving right along...
Ben Broke moves in with us. I add a second floor to the house and knock out a wall in the downstairs to make more room for a dining table. Justin is "shackin'" at my place on a regular basis. And we have set up a nursery for Julian upstairs.

The day Ben moves in, he proposes to Rainbow. And she happily accepts.

They are ecstatic about this little development, and cannot keep their hands off each other in the kitchen.

Meanwhile, out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the couch to see what was the matter. What to my wondering eyes do appear, but Bella Goth kicking my trashcan for absolutely no reason...

I had no idea what that was about, but I took the opportunity to meet whom I hope will be my future mom-in-law...

Then I took off to the karaoke machine, with no creativity whatsoever. Justin, my new babydoll of a boyfriend, acted like I was the greatest thing he'd even heard. I was terrible. But that was mighty sweet of him...

And you know me. Had to ham it up a bit.

I sang well into the night, much to the delight of my neighbors who threw tomatoes at me as they walked by. Little Jason, who still has a big crush on me, bless his heart, was a very attentive audience.

Jason stayed the night with us, and slept on the couch.

Justin and I spent our first night in our new love bed.

The next day, I went out to the karaoke machine to work on my creativity skill,and Jason took care of his young nephew while Justin was at work.

He even taught him how to walk!

Justin came home and joined Ben at the chess table for a bit. Afterwards, he pulled me aside and told me he wanted to take the relationship to the next level. Commitment.

He seemed very happy!

He wanted me to meet more of his family, so he called his oldest son, Joel, over. We chatted in the bathroom about...handcuffs? He was less than thrilled with my choice of subject matter.

He swoons as he walks away in disgust. I am very attractive to the entire Bayfield family, it seems!

I was just about to try a different subject with him, when a cut scene broke in. Rainbow and Ben decided to try out their new love bed without telling me first. You know I like pictures of these things!

And, of course, the lullabye played. Looks like Rainbow and Ben are going to need to speed up those wedding plans!

Val's Story 4: Oy, The Drama!

2005-12-18T20:21:00Z

Well, well, well. It seems the drama is already unfolding at the Revis household. Jennifer Goth-Bayfield just *happened* to be visiting Rainbow and me, and ex-hubby John Burb just *happened* to magically appear next to the hydrangeas and they both just *happened* to suck face. This had nothing to do with my real-life mood that night, whatsoever.

So, all those pretty wedding pictures I spent so much time on (errr, they would be found at my ezboard forum)? Yesterday's news, people. Justin dropped Jen like a bad habit.

This, of course, opened a wonderful world of opportunity for Miss Val. And I went for it. Boy oh boy, did I "went for it"

And, yes, we slept together:

After waking up from his omelette, Justin decided to hang up his romance-sim-hood for good. He had found his soul mate. Me. Yes, that's right. My soul-mate is a sim. Immediately thoughts of wedded bliss began to cloud Justin's brain. It was like a hit of bad acid.

Val's Story 3: Rainbow Moves In!

2005-12-18T19:30:36Z

Well, Rainbow and I are off to a good start. She admired me right off the bat, and I graciously accepted. I then tickled her. *Of course*. I did not want to play red hands, though. No way.

Our loading screen:

Anyway, I had my new best buddy, Justin, over, who brought along his Uncle Gary. I introduced Justin to Rainbow:

Well, Rainbow needs to meet a nice guy. *snaps fingers* I've got it! Brandi's youngest boy by Skip, Ben Broke, is summoned. Rainbow is a bit bored by the conversation, though. Apparently, she doesn't *like* music...

Meanwhile, Justin's younger brother, Jeremiah, is out for a stroll. Justin ran out to greet him, then introduced me to him. We greeted each other with a cold "uh huh". Then I swooned over him. Conversation went swimmingly, after that, and poor Justin was trapped between us and the couch. He wanted to lounge. Oh, and I guess we need some light fixtures.

I'm not exactly sure who this zombie diva has a grudge with...

But Rainbow and Ben are not liking the fact that she is making off with the paper!

Time for a little "voodoo bottle"

I think I done good, 'cause Rainbow's likin' Ben, it seems.

Back in the house, Gary Bayfield was able to successfully lounge. So now Justin is just plain stuck.

Rainbow and Gary seem to be getting along pretty well, with two bolts, but I do think Ben is the perfect match, so far. Gary is married, after all...

In the other room, I am having a lovely dinner with my friend, Justin...

Justin wants to kiss me. He just can't stand my hotness any longer. We have not even flirted yet. Should I go for it? Notice all the wants I locked LOL

But, wait...just as the sexual animal tension really begins to build, Skylar Davidson decides to stretch out in my driveway.
Got him with the voodoo bottle. Make someone pee...Skylar!

Yeah, well the feeling's mutual, buddy...I didn't just pee in the driveway.

Val's Story 2: The Rebirth of Val, and Meeting the Bayfields

2005-12-18T18:41:01Z

Something wasn't right and I couldn't figure out what. I think it was that she looked like the girl from Diff'rent Strokes, and I look nothing like that girl. The outfit was bugging me too, because I would never wear heels like that! Just trying to be realistic. Give me my sweats, dammit! I lightened her hair a bit and put sweatpants on her. Then I did some more tweaking to her face so it looks less "pointy". I do not have a pointy face. Okay, here is the redone "Val", and now she's looking quite a bit like the real deal:

Joe and I are friends now. He macro socialized me. Friendly, not romantic...I'll get in the game, though, don't you worry!

That Joe! He's a hoot!

Flattery will get you everywhere, Mr. Bayfield. Wink wink.

By the way, I am a Pleasure Seeker. I like to wear my pajamas and jump on the couch. What can I say?

I'm also a Gemini.

Wow! Joe and I have 2 bolts! Since Joe likes blondes in lingerie, just imagine if I changed into my undies and my hair was actually categorized as blonde and not just "custom". :p
Awwww...and he wants to be best buddies with me...
Note the random lawn ornaments. *cough*insimenator*cough*

Okay, I finally wake up:

Joe scopes room and looky here! And I'm wearing sweatpants! It's my fantasy, dammit:

I am making friends, fast and furiously. Scott is entertaining me with a cooking story.

I teleport Josh and Jacob in. Josh macro-socializes me. Friendly.

Sim me likes Josh!

Josh scopes the room and finds me hot. Well, I do look sexy sitting on the couch in my sweatpants.:p

Here is where sim-val and I differ. If I had all these hot guys in my house, I would not be lounging around watching tv.

This was the big one. Since Justin and I are both Geminis, I didn't know if that would be a good thing or a bad. I refused to cheat my way into the bolts system, but it didn't matter. I didn't have to.

Three bolts, baby!

I got 'em lining up for me now...

I just noticed in the previewing of this post that it appears Josh has gone from two to three bolts for me...

I love this game.

Wow, it's so bright in here with my sparkly hotness! Check out those wants! I think Justin's trying to read my ass.

I'm telling you, it's freaky (in a good way. No, a great way) to see yourself chatting up your sims!

More pics as I meet my simmies:

Had Justin, Joe, Josh, Jamie, and Jason all over. Jason (mini-Justin, lol) came right over to chat. We seem to be getting along pretty well, so far. Not that I thought we wouldn't...

Did I mention that I love this game?

Okay! I somehow magically got another bolt with Joe. I have no idea how. That happened with Josh, too. Strange. In a good way, again. Jamie swooned over me as he was walking up to chat. We hadn't even met, yet! Check out my relationship panel, now. And Justin is, yet again, swooning, lol. My sims love me. Sim-loyalty to their creator, I guess:

Yep. Pretty damn realistic. Justin was sitting on the couch next to me. I wonder why he got up? lol

This I would never in a million years do. I got up, put the plate on the floor behind the couch, and let out a big nasty fart. Right in front of Justin and Jamie. They both giggled. And then Justin picked up my plate for me.

Awww...even little Jason likes me!

Val's Story 1: My First Day in Pleasantville

2005-12-18T18:36:08Z

I was almost scared when I saw how much this sim actually resembles me...

I put Val in a new house, and found her in front of the tv when I entered. *of course*

I put Val on the treadmill, and she immediately fell off. *of course*

My first visitor is Mahlea Manning. Boy was that surreal! I was blown away. I made Mahlea.

Joe comes over (I teleported him over, lol) while Mahlea and I are finishing up our chat, and Joe immediately gets all swoony over Mahlea.

Mahlea is immediately teleported off the lot.

"Yeah. I'm thrilled to discuss clouds with you, Joe."

Maybe it's time I bone up on my cloud-types. Joe and I are off to a swell start after that lousy conversation...

The welcome wagon arrives! And it's Jennifer Goth-Bayfield, Jonathan Kimbrell and Scott Broke-Bayfield! I get to meet all my sims! Yay! Joe and I are bonding over some prison chat.

I greet Jen. Won't be long before I kick over their trashcan, I'm sure.

Joe's got a few moves to show me. And I've got a few of my own I'd like to show him...did I just type that out loud?

So there you are. Or there I am, rather. I'll put more pics up as I play her. Me. Whatever. So far she's as goofy and clumsy as I am...

Chapter Five: Uni Time!

2005-12-18T18:18:06Z

With a fresh copy of Uni in my hands, I made the decision to send some of my teen sims to college. I decided to send Zachary, Taylor, and Jeremy and then throw in Josh and Jacob for good measure. I had just begun to play Josh and Jacob a little more than I had been, fleshed them out a bit, with Josh developing into a somewhat rebellious teen, and Jacob being his by-the-book well-behaved counterpart. Josh had even "gotten lucky" a few times. He had a girlfriend, now, named Paris Dawson. Well, he "sort of" had a girlfriend, anyway, according to Maxian standards. He flirted with Paris a tiny bit, she immediately developed a crush on him, and then her sister Brynne (heh.) ran over and kissed him right in front of her. Brynne had been one of Josh's "successes" a day or so earlier. Paris, having not even kissed the boy yet, slapped him silly. She had already claimed him as hers, evidently.

Anyway, the kids arrived at the dorms, did their little age-transition thing with bad outfits all around, chose their rooms, and immediately headed outside for a game of kicky bag. And never went to class. Hack conflict. They stopped playing kicky bag for a nice 5 hour-long "hang out" session . I thought these new interactions were so cool back then! Once the hack-conflict was resolved, my sims had the option to go to class. But because they had already missed so many classes, their grades weren't so hot.

Josh was the first to join a fraternity, and the others followed suit, except for Taylor who chose to remain behind at the dorm. She soon pledged the Tri Var Sorority, but it wasn't long before she began to miss her young husband and moved into the frat house to be with him. Ashley Pitts, Castor Nova, Joshua Ruben, and Kevin Beare immediately turned gay and were quite happy with the new hot romance brothers living with them. Kevin and Joshua were so distracted by these new stud-brothers to study, however, so were placed on academic probabation in no time. They ended up flunking out of Uni altogether. Ashley and Castor, who were both changed into knowledge sims, developed a hot and heavy romance, eventually getting engaged. Ashley had a one-time slip-up with Remington the maid, but Castor found it in his heart to forgive him.

Ashley and Castor celebrate their engagement:

Josh was coming into his own as a full-fledged romance sim. He was wanted by every female, and many males, on campus. Remington was let go, at Castor's insistence, and Kaylynn Langerak was hired. Well, Josh just [i]had[/i] to have Kaylynn. Kaylynn was not hard to persuade. So, everyday, after the fishtank was clean and sparkly, Kaylynn would coyly ask Josh if he wanted to "hang out". And hang out, they did!

Josh is diggin' this romance thing:

"Hanging out":

"What?! I'm just 'dismissing the maid'..."

Their brief, but powerful, affair ended when Josh's old flame, Paris, came to visit. Paris finally got her first kiss, which led to other activities. Kaylynn sensed this even though the fishtank was way downstairs, and burst into Josh's room to slap the crap out of Josh. And so the Josh/Kaylynn affair was no more. Josh decided he still liked to have a little fun with the maid, though, and took great joy in joy buzzing or throwing water balloons at her. Ashley would join in with a ventrilo-fart and they would both laugh their heads off while Kaylynn cried in frustration.

Paris finally kisses Josh:

Fun with Kaylynn:

Zachary, meanwhile, was not faring so well in his quest for sex. He had stiff competition with Josh, it seemed. He also developed a steady relationship with new girlfriend Larissa Padgett, who soon became a permanent fixture at the frat house. There remained a problem, though. Zachary had never broken up with his highschool sweetheart, Chloe Manning. Chloe strolled in one afternoon as Zachary and Larissa were cuddling on the couch and was not at all happy with what she saw. She slapped him, he stormed off to class, then broke up with her as soon as he returned.

Just not having much luck anywhere, romantically, are we, Zachary?

Paris became pregnant with Josh's first child, a son, while Josh was a junior in college. That did not stop Josh from flirting with the ladies, though. His bedpost was heavily notched. Paris dropped out of college and moved back to Pleasantville to live with her family while pregnant.

Pregnant Paris:

Josh, Jacob, Zachary and Jeremy had all started a band while still in high school. Once at the frat house, a stage was constructed in the backyard, and the boys performed at many a party. When they could drag the guests off the instruments, that is. They were convinced they'd make it big one day. They even arranged a photo shoot for their first album cover! And Josh, Drama major that he was, began to feel that music, and not acting, was his true calling. He played the drums day in and day out. Zachary took up the keyboard (or, rather, clunky upright piano), Jacob played guitar and Jeremy played the upright bass. They earned quite a bit in tip money alone!

The band practiced constantly, even if the piano player had just wet himself. Just noticed that in this pic Jacob is on the bass and Jeremy is on the guitar. Typically it was the other way around.:

Josh was known to practice well into the night:

Album covers were already planned out:

The Bayfield family members visited frequently and loved a good game of pool:

Joey, Jr:

Joe:

Jacob:

Bradley:

Zachary:

Josh:

Josh was the first to graduate, and he did so with honors. Jacob, Jeremy and Zachary followed, also with honors. Even though they had a rocky start because of the hack conflict that wouldn't let them go to class (how many times have [i]you[/i] used that excuse?) they made the dean's list every semester. Taylor also made the dean's list, but she was a bit behind her uncles, brother, and husband, so she decided to pull out so she could remain with her hubby, who moved back to Pleasantville after graduation to live with their kids. And the rest of the extended family, of course! All one billion of them.

Josh's graduation party was a success (notice Dayna sneaking off after realizing in horror that she had worn the same dress as Brandi Broke...):

One last set with the boys:

...and Josh is off to the "real world"

Chapter Four: The Hormones Kick In

2005-12-18T17:54:17Z

Alex and Shane grew up into little girls, and tragedy struck the Bayfield house yet again. Have you noticed how often I've mentioned Shane in any of my posts? What's that?
I've never mentioned Shane? Well, as horrible as it sounds, Shane had one of those "oops I seemed to have moved the pool ladder" incidents happen. She was not a pleasant child, and she made one very messy ghost!

The revenge of Shane:

Jennie, ever the family sim, was starting to show signs of emotional problems. The flour-sack baby was getting more attention than Alex was, so it was time for another child. And Derek was born. Brandi was living back at her own place, again, and Joe was still a frequent visitor, there. Jennie and Joe's marriage was showing the first signs of trouble, now, too. Brandi came over for a little afternoon fun one day, and they were both busted. Joe by Jennie, and Brandi by Lucy. (I had forgotten about the Brandi/Lucy thing. Funny thing is, even though Brandi had 2 "girlfriends", she'd never even kissed either. She was just going through a "phase". She's very much into men and was only lesbian when it was convenient for me.) Jennie is devastated. Although Brandi was quite aware of Joe's tendency to cheat, Jennie was not. This came out of the blue for her. She was constantly whipping the sack flour baby out. Interesting little autonomous twist, though. Joe was in the bath when I heard harps a-playing. I look in the kitchen, and Jennie and Gary are finding solace in each other's arms. Made sense, though. They're both family sims, Jennie is desperate for love and is heartbroken, Gary's had so much tragedy in his life...so I left that in the story line. They quickly fell out of love when Joe got romantic with his wife in front of Gary, of course. Slaps all around. Jennie also had that annoying "have 10 kids" want so it was important for her to get pregnant again, pronto. This time it was twins, and Jamie and Shellie joined the family.

Jamie and Shellie:

Jamie and Shellie with Joe and Jennie:

Joe and Brandi. Busted!

And Jennie begins to unravel:

Gary eventually found a new love, named Abby, and proposed to her. Nikki's ghost was none too happy to find Gary and Abby sharing "her" bed. She became belligerent, constantly scaring the nanny (eventually killing her) and raiding the refrigerator.

Abby and Gary get to know each other:

The proposal:

The day of the wedding, all the guests were invited, balloons were set out, and the champagne was ready to go. Gary and Abby took their positions at the altar, Gary said his vows, and Abby...didn't. And it was all my fault! You see, when asked who would move in with Abby, without thinking I decided to have Abby's teen brother move in, as well. Brian was Allie's boyfriend, and I thought it would be "convenient". But Brian would have been the 9th sim in an 8 limit household. Which made marriage impossible. Oh, the guilt! Once again, Gary was torn up. He did his best to remain stoic trying to repair his relationship with Abby, so that he could propose again. Poor guy would cry in between jokes and gossip. By the next day, the relationship was high enough to offer yet another ring, and Abby gladly accepted. They got married and things went smoothly this time, despite Bradley's constant teasing of Abby. "Nyah nyah, you had a great wedding party" would, without fail, put Abby in tears.

Bradley teases Abby:

Soon after the wedding, Gary and Abby had a baby daughter, Christy. Once again, the unthinkable happened. Abby was electrocuted, immediately after giving birth. So now the Bayfield house was haunted by two of Gary's wives.

Just before Abby's untimely demise:

Not to be outdone by her arch nemesis, Jenny, Brandi soon became pregnant with twins. Jamie and Shellie were children when Josh and Jacob Broke-Bayfield entered the world. Allie was now married to Brian and they had a place of their own. Joey Jr. and Bradley were both teens. Joey Jr. followed happily in his father's footsteps and became a romance sim. He met a cute girl named Madison and they became a steady item. As the sim-hormones were kicking into high gear by this point, I decided Joey Jr. should have a teen woo-hoo mod. And woo hoo they did, all the live long day. And, just like his father, Joey Jr. just couldn't confine himself to one girl. New neighbor Dayna Lorry (another romance sim) popped by one day, and it wasn't long before Joey Jr. was once again putting his new-found teen sexuality to good use with her. It was a one-time fling, though, and Dayna was eyeing Bradley pretty heavily. Bradley eyed her right back, and soon they were going steady.

The Lorry family. That's a teenaged Dayna in the center with the burgundy sweater and black skirt (next to her in the baby blue dress is her older sister, Mandy, whom Justin is currently seeing, besides his wife, of course. And kneeling in front is Derek's (now-ex) wife, Cassie. In back, between Dayna and Mandy in the pink dress, is Debbie, who would be Joe's second wife, once she was aged down to YA with Uni...These sims are not all related to each other, by the way. They're mostly roommates.):

Joey,Jr. has his first kiss with Madison:

Have an innocent date at the clothing store:

Time to try out that new teen woohoo mod!:

He seems to have liked it. Nice undies, son...

Younger brother Derek gets his first kiss from girlfriend Cassie:

I had, by this point, discovered MTS2 and now my game was heavily hacked. Joey Jr., Bradley, Derek (now a teen, himself), Madison, and Dayna all got their own place together while still teenagers, all. Party pad! Derek was also taking advantage of the teen woohoo mod, and his new girlfriend, Cassie, became pregnant. He did the right thing and married her. They moved into a place of their own. Bradley and Dayna were not using the woohoo mod. Bradley insisted they wait until marriage. No, he wasn't a family sim, he's a popularity sim, but he was just a tad grossed out by all the sex happening all around him. Okay, maybe not "grossed out", but, regardless, he was saving himself for marriage, even if his romance-sim wife-to-be didn't.

The youngsters in their new house:

After getting Cassie pregnant, Derek proposes to, then immediately marries, his young girlfriend:

Joey Jr. and Madison became engaged while still teens, not long after Derek and Cassie moved out. He and Madison soon transitioned into adults, followed closely by Bradley and Dayna. Right after becoming an adult, Bradley proposed to Dayna on bended knee and she accepted. They got married in the front yard, with Joe, Gary, and teen brothers Josh and Jacob in attendance. That wedding was followed by Joey Jr. and Madison's wedding.

Joey Jr. proposes to Madison right in front of the trash compactor:

Newly transitioned adult Bradley proposes to his love, Dayna:

Bradley and Dayna under the arch:

Toast to the happy couple:

and a little dip-kiss in the street before the limo arrives...

That night Bradley finally gets to "do it" for the very first time. Woo hoo!

Haven't recovered all Joey, Jr. and Madison's wedding photos, but here are a few of the toasting (and check out Josh and Jacob as teens!):

Alex Bayfield was now an adult, herself, and very much a romance sim. She'd had a crush on her cousin Allie's now-husband, Brian, for quite some time and was ready to act. Unfortunately she "acted" while in the hot tub visiting Bradley. Remember that pic I put on the MATY forum of Bradley frantically getting out of the hot tub? That was why. And Joey, Jr. was working out on exercise equipment which was right next to the hottub. He hopped off when he saw what was happening, and threw a fit right alongside his brother. The second Brian stepped out of the hot tub, Both guys leapt at him. If you recall, Joey Jr. and Brian's wife, Allie, were very close. They grew up together. And Bradley is a bit of a hot head, anyway, so he was looking for a fight. They did all make nicey-nice by the end of the evening, however. Blame that on "red hands".

Here's where Bradley just could not get out fast enough:

Joey Jr. hopped off his workout bench and threw a fit right alongside Bradley:

As soon as Brian and Alex were out of the tub, Bradley jumps at him:

Even the much more mellow fellow, Joey Jr., had had enough:

Drama over, the Broke-Bayfields, Dayna, Bradley, Madison, and Joey Jr. all relax together:

Dayna soon became pregnant. She gave birth to twins Zachary and Taylor, while Bradley sat in a chair reading a book. Joey Jr. had a son soon after, though not by his wife. Ronnie Dawson, a very short-lived fling, gave birth to Joey-Dawson Broke-Bayfield in the Broke-Bayfield living room, and immediately went home, leaving Joey-Dawson behind. The three kids grew into toddlers, then children, and finally best buddies. Madison then gave birth to PJ Broke-Bayfield. Madison and Joey Jr. were on the outs (they are always "on the outs", it seems, even to this day. But they love each other. They were each other's first love, first kiss, first woohoo...he couldn't ever leave her. And she couldn't leave him, either. For good, at least) Since the household was getting large, Madison moved out on her own, taking Joey-Dawson and PJ with her. Zachary and Taylor became teens. Zachary decided to be a romance sim, Taylor a family sim. Taylor had met a really nice boy named Jeremy LeMieux, also a family sim. They quickly progressed to going steady, and soon after, get married while still teens. Mia and Matty LeMieux were born, one pregnancy right after the other. Zachary was enjoying his time with the teen girls, meanwhile. He had a steady girlfriend, and was nowhere near faithful to her. He even slept with her mom!

The Broke-Bayfield family photo (left to right, Bradley, Dayna, Joey Jr., Madison, Jeremy LeMieux holding baby daughter, Mia. Seated: Zachary Broke-Bayfield, Taylor (Broke-Bayfield) LeMieux):

Next up, it's Uni time! And Josh finally gets a little recognition.

Chapter Three: A Tale of Two Babies

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Let's see. I left off when Joe had gotten both Jennie and Brandi preggers on the same night. The next morning, Brandi caught Joe and Jennie kissing in the bathroom (tres romantic, n'est-ce pas?) and slapped Jennie silly. I was not planning on having Jennie and Brandi remain a lesbian couple, so when Lucy Hanby, the maid, arrived, I arranged a little flirtation between her and Brandi right in front of Jennie.
That took care of that. Brandi and Jennie were no longer in love and now hated each other's guts. I left the Broke lot and went back to Joe's house. He invited Jennie over, and I decided it was time Joe got engaged. Take a little responsibility, you know? He proposed. She said "Yes! Yes! Oh yes!" then ran to the toilet to throw up. Joe got a bad memory, Jennie got a good one.

I think I have a picture of Joe actually presenting the ring, but I'm still digging photos up. This is just after Jennie accepted:

I left the Bayfield house, and once again entered Brandi and Jennie's place. Jennie was playing her game system while Joe was at the dinner table having a salad. Jennie leaps up, grabs her throat, and the Grim Reaper appears. The mysterious choking death! Brandi was, of course, no help at all. She didn't put a whole lot of effort into pleading with the GR. It was more like "Hoo hoo! Ha ha! Lookit Jennie! She's dying! Yeahyeahyeah,oh please oh please spare her (snort!) Mr. Reaper." Had to exit without saving. Went back in, Jennie was once again at the game console, jumped up, grabbed her throat, and I immediately made Brandi run over to Joe, ask him to move in, he said yes, then pleaded-successfully-for Jennie's life. And now poor Joe was living with two pregnant women. Who hated each other.

Joe and Jennie got married that evening in the back yard. It was a quiet ceremony, with only Gregory, Maryann, Gary, and Jeffrey in attendance. They placed the rings on each others' fingers, then Jennie passed out from exhaustion, right there under the altar. Joe went on his honeymoon alone, and Jennie went to bed. Brandi was showing the first signs of morning sickness just as the limo was whisking the groom off to wherever sims go on their honeymoons.

The rings are placed on each others' fingers:

...and the pregnant bride immediately passes out from exhaustion:

Jennie wants to cut the cake and Joe just wants to relax:

Jennie went to bed while her groom and the guests soaked in the hot tub.

I did wake Jennie up to join in the toast, however. And look who was doing the toasting!

The limo arrives, and I was informed that Jennie would not be accompanying Joe on their honeymoon. So Joe, still clad in his bathing suit, goes alone. If you look very closely, you can see that Brandi is now exhibiting the first signs of morning sickness in the bathroom...

Joe arrives home, swaggers up the steps and into his bedroom hoping for a little wedding night fun with his new bride. She was asleep.

Brandi was more than happy to fill in, however...

The next day after work, Joe finally got his wedding night woo hoo.

The next few days were, as you can probably guess, pretty durn entertaining. Brandi was ordered to bed rest, Joe did all the cooking and cleaning for the ladies, and wore himself out trying to keep each one happy. Rub this belly, pat that belly, talk to this belly, talk to that belly. Joe would serve up a heaping plate of pancakes while Jennie and Brandi sat on the couch eating potato chips and cookies. And, oh lordy, the whining! I'm tiiiiiiired! I'm huuuuuungry! Joe, feeeeeeed meeeeeeee...I gotta peeeeeeeeeeee!

Brandi's pretty sure the answer is "yes":

Joe serves dinner, but the women only want their junk food:

Jennie gave birth to their daughter Alex, first. Brandi was no longer on bed rest and was a great help with the baby. Good little family sim, that Brandi! About 12 sim-hours later, Brandi gave birth to a baby girl named...Shane. Well, we were hoping for another boy. Didn't happen.

Jennie pops first:

Brandi helps out with baby Alex:

Brandi goes into labor as Joe calmly finishes his salad:

Parallel parenting:

Joe, Jennie, Brandi, Alex and Shane moved back into the Bayfield house. Joey Jr. and Bradley were temporarily living with Maryann and Gregory. Katie, for obvious reasons, decided to find her own place. Gary ended up taking care of the babies pretty much single-handedly. He insisted. And I got a lot of "Weh WHOO!" from him because they were quite a handful.

Chapter Two: Starting Out

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Maryann (a family sim) and Gregory (a romance sim) had another son, Jeffrey, when Joe and Gary were teens. I didn't spend a whole lot of time with Jeffrey, though, because by this time, Joe and Gary were ready to make the transition into adulthood. This was pre-Uni, so no college education for them! And Gregory was beginning to show a little interest in the "friend" he was always bringing home from work, Brandi LeTourneau. Ahhh...my first sim-affair...

Greyory and Maryann just before Jeffrey's conception:

I think this is Jeffrey showing off his report card, but it could be Gary. Definitely not Joe, though. Wrong hair.

Joe met Brandi Broke while he was still a teen. I was so new to the game, I didn't realize Brandi was not a teen, and couldn't figure out why Joe didn't have the opportunity to kiss her. They hit it off, though, and became friends. Poor Joe didn't have his first kiss until he became an adult. Brandi was invited to his birthday party, and that's when it happened. Joe and Gary still lived with their parents, so I would have Joe sneak up to the bedroom with Brandi. I remember him getting shut out, too! It wasn't until I played the Broke household for the first time that I realized Brandi was pregnant. She invited Joe over, then immediately developed a pregnant belly. I thought, "whoa, back the truck up, here. You shut him out, remember? ". Heh. I was so young and naive, then.

Here's an early shot of the Bayfield brothers while still living under Gregory and Maryann's roof. Early shots of Joe look just like Bradley does now. He even wore the same shirt at one time. Joe and Jeffrey:

Gary and Jeffrey:

Joe was there for the birth of Brandi's son, Ben. I remember him congratulating her just before the social worker showed up and took Ben and Beau away. Poor Brandi was devastated. But at least now she was ready to give in to Joe's advances! And Joey Jr. was conceived. By this time, Joe and Gary had their own place. Joe spent a lot of time at Brandi's house and redecorated it for her. He bought Dustin and Joey, Jr a swimming pool. He bought Brandi a new kitchen table. He didn't have much money, but that's what Brandi's money tree was for. Technically, Joe didn't really buy the stuff, then. He just looted Brandi's tree and spent the money on her and the kids.

Meanwhile, Gary, a family sim, was finally involved in a romance of his own. He met a nice girl named Nikki and quickly fell in love with her. Had his first kiss with her, too. Then married her. They soon had a daughter, named Allie. Joe now had a live-in girlfriend, too. Nikki's sister, Katie. The romance sim in him just couldn't commit to poor Brandi. So Joe, Gary, Nikki, Katie and Allie now made up the Bayfield household. Joe finally decided he wanted to spend more time with little Joey Jr, so Joey Jr. was moved in, as well. Joey Jr and Allie did not get along well, at first, but quickly became best friends.

Joe and Gary's first family loading screen as adults:

Gary and Nikki:

Their wedding:

And Joe proposes a toast to his twin brother and new bride in the backyard:

Nikki became pregnant with Gary's second baby,when the first in a long line of tragedies for poor Gary happened. I remember it so clearly. Nikki was pretty big, probably only a day away from giving birth, and Joe had made breakfast for the family. Everyone sat down to eat, except for Nikki who was just oh so tired. I was very frustrated, commanding her to eat, as her hunger was dangerously low. She'd sit down, then pop back up only to fall asleep on the floor. And she died right there at the breakfast table. This was before I had any hacks in my game, so I was helpless. Gary was devastated. And Nikki was now a pregnant ghost.

Joe continued his relationship with Brandi, and had a second son by her, named Bradley.

The birth of Bradley:

Young Joey Jr. plays with his new baby brother, Bradley. Joey Jr. also helps with the birthday:

And Joe teaches Bradley to talk:

Joe met a new girl, named Jennie Doobie. Jennie and Brandi had become fast friends, and then roommates. I had created Jennie just for Joe, but Brandi popped by the Doobie house and into their hot tub. Which was fine, because Joe wasn't exactly hitting it off with Jennie. Jennie kept trying to hug a little too early in the relationship, and Joe would have none of that. I wanted to get Jennie out of the Doobie house and into the Broke house, which was much smaller and easier to play, but Jennie refused to move in when Brandi asked her. Drastic measures were then taken. I had Brandi leap into Jennie's arms, a crush developed, and Jennie happily moved in. They never even kissed. Ever. It was totally contrived just to get Jennie to move in. Joe was always over, and he and Jennie finally became friends. Jennie called Joe one evening and had him meet her on a community lot. They had a nice little outing at the grocery store, grilled hot dogs, browsed the game racks, then Jennie got bold. She flirted with Joe. He flirted back. Soon they were all over each other. Jennie went home and invited Joe over again. They "enjoyed each other's company" in the bedroom, and the lullabye played. While Jennie was asleep, Joe joined Brandi for another bit of fun. And another lullabye played. Now Joe was in a bit of a pickle. He had two pregnant girlfriends, who also happened to be roommates. And mutual crushes.