Willow Grove 12/30/19

Andrei Dimir passed on the very first day of the round.  I had been trying to decide whether sims should retire at a certain age or what, but so far all my working sims have died before age 65.  Sabina was the first to live past that age and I considered having her retire, but since you can't actually retire from player owned businesses, she'd have to quit instead which would mean no money coming in for the household.  Sabina is a Fortune sim with the constant want to earn money, so that just didn't seem to fit for her.  I decided to let her stay in her job for as long as she keeps wanting to earn money, or until she wants to quit or "retire".  I'm sure this will suit Viktor just fine as he has no career ambitions of his own.

As I suspected Miki Anana died this round, but not before working 4 out of the 5 days.  The fifth day would have been her day off!  I'd like to say that Siku and Kahana were really broken up about her death, but honestly they barely noticed her absence.  They cried right when she died, then carried on as normal.  I really don't like these two overly much.  At first I thought they were cute with their 3 bolts and all, but when all they do is make out and play mahjong day after day it gets old.  They have no job ambitions, nor do they care about having a family, so they don't really do anything that's interesting for me.  On the bright side they'll eventually get old and die! Lol, just kidding...sort of.

Over at the Whitecloud/Akina residence, Celadon Akina grew into a teen.  He's a Family sim, but a bit of a loner.  He mostly hangs out with the cat and plays piano.  Even during the weekend building party he didn't spend any time with the four siblings who live in the building.  His parents are either at work or asleep most of the time, so he usually only sees them at breakfast.  They're just glad they lived long enough to see him reach teenhood, though they might not quite make it to his adult birthday.  Fingers crossed though.

Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/28/19

I played Akule/Dyami/Brigid a few days ago, but they were so completely dull I didn't bother posting about them.  Literally nothing happened.

Moving on, the De Lucas brought a new round and a new season: Winter.  I was surprised to learn that Matteo does in fact have two managers at Fresh Rush now.  It was very weird.  I wonder how many managers the game will allow?  I decided to just call Miki the "assistant manager" and leave it alone as she is not likely to live through this round.  Over at Red's, Matteo hired Karim Nazari to fill the chef's position vacated by Kala Akina when she became the manager there.  The only other news to mention is that Matteo's wife Helena became an elder and Thea Kristensen moved in with Nicolaas.  Matteo's two "uncle" are still alive and well, though both their life bars are getting pretty full, so I don't know how much longer that will be the case.

Kala Akina didn't have much to note this round either.  She mostly worked, though towards the end of the round she started rolling generic romantic wants.  She hasn't rolled anything for Jamil in a long time, so I think she's really decided to move on from him.  Unfortunately, as previously mentioned, the only real prospect she has is Akule, who is technically her stepbrother.  So they can't get together until and unless one of their parents dies.  Fun, huh?

The Nazaris lost their beloved patriarch Hakim this round.  I honestly didn't think he was going to go so soon.  Nakia and Lukas still have no desire for children, despite Maleka's constant want for a grandchild.  She already has four, so it's not as desperate as it seems.  The youngest Nazari, Hasan, grew into adulthood and is poised to move out at the beginning of next round.  He will be moving in with his older brother Karim.

Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/23/19

The Kristensens were fairly uneventful.  The twins, Markus and Thea, grew up near the beginning of the round and at the end of the round, Thea moved out to live with her boyfriend Nicolaas Bakker in the De Luca mansion.  Markus will stay here for now, as he doesn't really have any romantic prospects.  Both Frida and Ingrid will become elders next round and although Ingrid has given up on having another baby, she really does want to get married.  I don't know if that'll happen or not, but a new family will be moving to town in the Spring, so maybe there'll be someone appropriate there.

Kaden and Lulu Nazari's son Rylan grew into a child mid-round.  The next day the couple welcomed boy/girl twins Jaxson and June.  As soon as the twins were born Lulu rolled the want to get a job.  I guess she doesn't think Kaden's salary at Red's is enough to support three kids.  By the end of the round the twins grew into toddlers and Lulu rolled the want for another baby.  She got her wish and is now expecting baby #4.  She's sure going to have a lot on her plate next round, though I don't think there will be a job in her near future, as there just aren't very many jobs available right now.

Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/21/19

Imani and Stefan Dimir had a quiet round.  Imani achieved a gold badge in pottery, so that was good for her.  Jelani grew into a teen with aspirations of Fortune and Popularity.  Though Imani and Stefan are still young enough to have another baby, it doesn't seem likely they'll roll the want at this point.  They're not really kid people, I guess.  Throughout most of Jelani's childhood they didn't do much with him other than eat meals together, so it's probably for the best they don't have any more.

Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/20/19

At the beginning of the round Nova Whitecloud moved out to live with her boyfriend Reilly.  He just lives across the courtyard, so it wasn't a major deal.  The rest of the round was business as usual.  At least no one got promoted to manager!  Next round Celadon will grow into a teen, which is good because his parents are getting pretty old.

As I mentioned, Nova moved in with Reilly Flanagan and his mother.  I expected Reilly to roll the want for marriage immediately, being a Family sim and all, but he decided to be difficult and rolled all sorts of romantic wants (except engaged or married), the want for a job (of which there are none currently available to him), and skilling wants.  So yeah.  In other news, Reilly's mother Fiona became and elder.  Here's hoping for a more productive round next time.

Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/19/19

The Anana household was pretty uneventful until right at the end when Miki came home with a promotion to manager.  I would be happy about that except Miki works at Fresh Rush Grocery where Hakim Nazari is already the manager.  How can this even happen?  Will there be two managers? I have no idea what I'll find when I play the De Lucas next.  Ultimately, it probably won't matter all that much, as Miki probably won't live through the next round, but I'm interested to see what happens.

Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/18/19

You may recall that when playing the De Lucas Andrei Dimir quit his job.  This leaves just Sabina earning a living, as Viktor seems to have no professional ambitions.  He and his father hang out all day enjoying Andrei's "early retirement".  Not sure how Sabina feels about all this, but one of the elders doesn't have much longer to live, so we'll see how that plays out next round.

Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/17/19

Not a lot to report on the Nazari/Kristensen household.  Everyone went to work and school.  Nakia and Lukas do not have any desire for a child at this moment, which saddens Maleka.  Karim grew into an adult right after he developed a very brief crush on Thea Kristensen (who is dating Nicolaas Bakker incidentally), and then he moved out at the end of the round.  The family had a small dinner party for the boss and his wife, so that Karim could meet Matteo and eventually get hired on at Red's where a chef is needed now that Kala Akina has become manager.

That's it for today.  Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/13/19

Kala Akina got "demoted" back down to manager this round thanks to a poor chance card.  So that actually turned out well for her.  Also she finally started hanging out with Akule some more and I was ready to have her ask him out, only to discover she couldn't.  After a little investigation I realized the game won't let them be romantic because they are technically step-siblings since her father and his mother are married.  Sigh.  Kala's only other prospect is Reilly Flanagan, but he recently started dating Akule's sister Nova.  So I guess Kala's stuck with Jamil for the time being.  To be fair, she doesn't seem to mind being the other woman at all.

Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/12/19

As always we're back to the De Luca family to start off the Fall round.  Matteo had a chance to visit all three businesses, though he's still not making much money with so many employees to support, but I know business will pick up eventually.  While he was at Fresh Rush, however, Andrei Dimir decided to randomly quit his job.  Idk, maybe he wanted to take an early retirement?  Anyway, Matteo was able to replace him with Lukas Kristensen, so no harm done there.  Apart from the businesses, the only noteworthy occurrence was that Helena's son Nicolaas aged up to adult.  Now we just have to wait for his girlfriend Thea Kristensen to grow up as well.  She'll probably move in here when she does.  Next round Helena will become an elder, though Matteo will not as he is quite a bit younger than Helena.  Since Leo has virtually no romantic prospects, I'm hoping that the new family that moves in in the Spring will present him with some choices.

Happy Simming! 

Willow Grove 12/9/19

Kaden and Lulu Nazari welcomed their son Rylan this round and he grew into a toddler at the end of the round.  Lulu, being a Family sim, immediately rolled the want for another baby.  They had to try several times, but Kaden, being a Romance sim, didn't mind at all.  Baby #2 is on the way!  At this rate though they'll need a bigger apartment sooner rather than later.

Nothing eventful happened at all with Akule, Dyami, and Brigid.  Akule hung out with Kala a few times, but they've yet to even become friends.  Dyami and Brigid moved no closer to becoming more serious with their relationship.  It would have been a complete bust except for Brigid's brother Reilly (who lives next door) and Akule and Dyami's sister Nova (who lives across the courtyard) falling in love autonomously.  It's sad when the neighbors are more interesting than you.  Sigh.

Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/8/19

The Kristensens lost Hedda this round as expected.  Everyone was pretty sad, but life goes on.  Ingrid is getting desperate to have another baby before she gets too old.  She kept rolling the want to be friends with Stefan Dimir, so I had her invite him over.  Even though he's significantly younger and married, when I played him recently he kept rolling wants to "woohoo 3 sims", so I thought he might be down for a fling.  However, after greeting Ingrid, he proceeded to ignore her for the rest of his visit, choosing instead to follow her sister Frida around all day.  Jamil was having none of that; he kept staking his claim at every opportunity, not allowing Stefan much interaction with Frida.  Afterwards I checked Ingrid's panel and she still had not become friends with Stefan.  I also noticed that she's not very close to her sister either, so maybe it wasn't about hooking up with Stefan, but about using him to break up her sister's relationship out of jealousy that she has a guy and Ingrid doesn't?  Or maybe she wants Jamil for herself?  The don't have much boltage, but beggars can't be choosers right?

Until next time, Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/6/19

Haku and Winona Akina had a more peaceful round this time, despite aging to elders and caring for a baby, who transitioned first to toddler and then to child by the end.  Since they all work, they called up Winona's son Akule to take care of Celadon during the day.  He seemed happy enough to do it, even though it meant cutting into his pool playing time with his twin's girlfriend.  In any event, he's back to it now that Celadon is a child, since Haku and Winona hired a regular nanny to "track schedule" and just be there for a couple hours in the afternoon.  Nova has yet to find anyone special, though she does have a fairly high relationship with Reilly Flanagan.  He's still a teen, however, so we'll have to wait to see if anything happens there.

The Flanagans had a fairly uneventful round.  It was mostly just school and work.  On the next to last day of the round Reilly aged up to adult.  It turns out he has two bolts with both Kala Akina and Nova Whitecloud, both of whom live in his building.  He didn't get to see either of them the next day, since they both worked, but hopefully he'll settle down with one of them soon.

Imani Dimir spent most of the round doting on her son Jelani, but when he grew into a child near the end of the round and started school she seemed relieved to get back to her pottery.  I had hoped maybe Imani and Stefan would decide to have another baby, but so far they're content with just the one.

Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/4/19

The status quo continues at the Anana house.  Miki grew into an elder this round and had to go to work sick for three days, but she got better luckily.  Siku and Kahana seem to have no desires outside of sleeping late, playing mahjong all day, and having the occasional date night.  I keep hoping they'll roll the want for marriage or a baby, but so far no dice on that.  The Anana line may end with Siku.

Happy Simming!

Willow Grove 12/2/19

As you may recall, I moved Lukas Kristensen in with his girlfriend Nakia Nazari a little too early, as she was only still a teen at the beginning of this round.  Oops!  In any event, it worked out ok because she grew up a few days in and they ultimately got married, making Nakia's mother Maleka very happy.  Maleka is a Family sim, so her wants panel is pretty much all about her kids getting married and giving her grandchildren now that she and her husband Hakim are elders.  The two younger sons, Karim and Hasan, did not grow up this round, but Karim will become an adult and move out next round.  He doesn't have any romantic prospects at all, nor does his brother for that matter, so I expect they'll end up sharing a place eventually.

Andrei and Sabina Dimir aged up to elder this round, while their son Viktor aged up to adult.  I don't see any reason for Viktor to move out at this point; he has no job and no love interest, so we'll just let him mooch off his parents for a while. 

Happy Simming!