Victorian Population Challenge 4/9/22

 Sub Farm #6 Hayward:  Current household members are: Curtis & Charlotte (Gen 2 - adults), Justine (Gen 3 - teen), Ruby (Gen 3 - teen), River (Gen 3 Heir - child), Oliver (Gen 3 - child), and Albert (Gen 3 - child).  Victoria moved to the girls' home and Charlotte is pregnant with baby #7.  Given the slow time bug, she should've given birth by now, but she hasn't, so who knows when she will.  Financially, they've made quite a leap since last season, thanks to the harvest, the teens' jobs, and Charlotte earning her gold pottery badge, which allows her to make the very profitable amphora.  Household bank balance is $11,328/$50,000.

Sub Farm #7 Godwin:  Current household members are: Finn & Violet (Gen 2 - adults), Declan (Gen 3 Heir - adult), Greta (Gen 3 - teen), Hazel (Gen 3 - child), Maureen (Gen 3 - child), and Duncan (Gen 3 - toddler).  Violet is expecting her sixth child.  Violet has been able to put in more time sewing now that Greta is a teen and can help out more with the younger children.  Greta is also holding down a teen job to bring in some extra cash.  The Summer harvest was substantial, allowing for the purchase of needed household furnishings with plenty to spare.  Household bank balance is $4013/$50,000.

Sub Farm #8 Hayward:  Current household members are: Julian & Esme (Gen 2 - adults), Saul (Gen 3 Heir - teen), Dana (Gen 3 - child), Julia (Gen 3 - child), and Marla (Gen 3 - toddler).  Esme is pregnant with baby #5.  Esme has been having some tough pregnancies, so she hasn't been able to do much flower arranging for extra cash.  Also, since Saul is not allowed to have a job, there is no extra money coming in from teen jobs.  Consequently, the family finances are scraping bottom at the moment.  Julian will need to do some fishing while they wait for the Fall harvest.  Household bank balance is $164/$50,000.

Happy Simming!

Victorian Population Challenge 4/8/22

 Sub Farm #3 Hayward:  Current household members are: Noah & Grace (Gen 2 Heir/Wife - elders), Abraham & Amelia (Gen 3 Heir/Wife - adults), Robin (Gen 3 - child), Camilla (Gen 3 - child), and Paula (Gen 4 - baby).  Ezra and Maxwell moved out.  Our first baby of generation four was born was born and Amelia is pregnant for the second time.  Between the harvest and the ladies working overtime on that flower bench, the Haywards are nearly ready to level up to Trade.  There was some sad news, however.  Noah and Grace's second son, Eli, contracted the flu while living at the workhouse and did not survive it.  Household bank balance is $48,355/$50,000.

Sub Farm #4 Hayward:  Current household members are: Levi (Gen 2 - adult), James (Gen 3 Heir - adult), Caleb (Gen 3 - teen), Juliet (Gen 3 - child), and Seth (Gen 3 - child).  Matthew moved out and Elizabeth died at the age of 56 from the flu.  Despite the sadness of losing their matriarch, the Haywards were able to expand their farm to its maximum productivity.  James has a potential romantic match in Louise Godwin.  Caleb, the only teen, is working as a Criminal for extra cash.  Unfortunately, they've lost the pottery income Elizabeth was bringing in.  When James marries, his wife will take over that task.  Until then, this household of mostly bachelors will continue to plug along as best they can.  Household bank balance is $4460/$50,000.

Sub Farm #5 Godwin:  Current household members are: Emory & Caroline (Gen 2 - adults), Hardy (Gen 3 Heir - adult), Joan (Gen 3 - teen), Willis (Gen 3 - child), Daniella (Gen 3 - toddler), and Jasper (Gen 3 - baby).  Georgianna and Emmett moved out and Caroline is pregnant with her tenth and final child.  Hardy has joined the wife hunt, but no luck so far.  They had a decent harvest, despite the waterlogged crops, and are financially stable now.  Caroline made a few toys and Joan is contributing with a teen job, as well as helping with all the younger children.  Household bank balance is $7057/$50,000.

See you tomorrow with more Sub Farm updates.  Happy Simming!

Victorian Population Challenge 4/7/22

 Sub Farm #1 Godwin:  Current household members are:  Silas & Matilda (Gen 2 Heir/Wife - elders), Adolph (Gen 3 Heir - adult), Milo (Gen 3 - child), and Patricia (Gen 3 - child).  Lucius, Emil, and Addie all moved out.  The Summer harvest was quite lucrative for the Godwins.  They will likely rank up this Fall.  Adolph has not yet found a wife, but his best prospect at the moment is Olivia Hayward, who has been avoiding marriage for most of her adult life.  In fact, if she doesn't choose someone during the next round of social calls at the girls' home, she'll be off the marriage market for good, as she'll be too old to be a viable candidate.  If she chooses Adolph, it'll mean an almost immediate change in status to Trade, but they'll have very little time to produce an heir before she becomes too old.  On the other hand, if they don't produce an heir, since Adolph is significantly younger than Olivia, once she dies he'll be able to marry again and try for an heir.  If she doesn't choose him, however, he has no other prospects.  We'll see what happens.  Household bank balance is $44,211/$50,000.

Sub Farm #2 Godwin:  Current household members are: Oliver & Louise (Gen 2 - adults), Quentin (Gen 3 Heir - adult), Charlotte (Gen 3 - teen), Elizabeth (Gen 3 - teen), Annabelle (Gen 3 - child), and Cordelia (Gen 3 - child).  Sadly, Violet passed away from heat exhaustion.  Louise is currently pregnant with her 7th child.  Now that Quentin is grown, he'll be in the market for a wife asap.  He doesn't have any really good prospects though, so it may be a while.  Household bank balance is $3197/$50,000.

That's all for today.  Happy Simming!  

Victorian Population Challenge 4/6/22

 Now that Summer is coming to a close, it's time for an update on the families of Victoria's Peak.

Poor #1 Stanbury:  Current household members are: Raymond & Marie (Gen 2 - adults), Ginevra (Gen 3 - child), Norman (Gen 3 Heir - child), Matthew (Gen 3 - toddler), and Sophie (Gen 3 - toddler).  Four children, as expected, and Marie is now too old to have another.  In a surprising turn of events, the household seems to have recovered from the slow time bug (this has never happened to me before!!) and things are moving along as normal now.  I'm sure Marie is thrilled by the news that it slowed down just long enough to make her give birth a couple more times, but I'm just happy to learn that it can reverse itself.  It means there's hope for the other affected households.  In other news, Raymond finally earned a much-needed promotion and they were able to buy some things they needed for the house.  Household bank balance is $99/$50,000.

Poor #2 Vacant

Poor #3 Baldwin:  Current household members are: Hart & Josie (Gen 2 Heir/Wife - elder/adult), Lucy (Gen 3 - teen), August (Gen 3 Heir - child), Honey (Gen 3 - child), and Bree (Gen 3 - toddler).  Josie is pregnant with the couple's fifth child.  Hart is still working on that promotion.  He's not there yet, but he's getting incrementally closer every day.  Maybe by the end of Fall he'll have achieved it.  Lucy is old enough to have a job now as well, so that'll help too.  Josie earned her silver pottery badge this Summer, so she's earning more than before also.  They're getting there, slowly but surely.  Household bank balance is $39,239/$50,000.

Poor #4 Hopkins:  Current household members are: Henry & Alice (Gen 2 - adults), Herman (Gen 3 Heir - adult), Julian (Gen 3 - teen), Derek (Gen 3 - child), and Olive (Gen 3 - baby).  Adelaide moved out and Alice is too old for any more children.  If you're wondering where Rose is, let me explain.  This house has become the glitchiest one to date in the history of my game.  Not only has it developed the slow time bug, but spontaneous combustion has become a serious problem as well.  Not only do household objects sometimes randomly burst into flames, but sometimes it's the sims themselves who catch fire.  The issue began in mid-Summer and so far has claimed three victims: a paper girl, townie teen Marsha Bruenig, and Rose, who was only a child.  Henry also was killed once, but Alice managed to successfully plead for his life.  She wasn't so lucky with poor little Rose.  I don't know if this glitch is tied to the house, a particular sim, the season, or what, but it may be the death (quite literally) of this family.  A third, equally annoying though less deadly, issue is that baby Olive has now frozen up twice while trying to age her up with the cake and had to be deleted and reset.  Hopefully she'll age up at some point and I can adjust by sending her off to Uni a few days early to make up for it, but who knows with this household.  She may just be a permanent baby until she spontaneously combusts.  Household bank balance is $10,903/$50,000.

That's it for Poor families.  We'll start on Sub Farmers next.  Until then, Happy Simming!

Victorian Population Challenge 3/13/22

 Trade #2 Whitlock:  Current household members are: Liam & Chastity (Gen 2 Heir/Wife - adults), Siobhan (Gen 3 - teen), Oliver (Gen 3 Heir - teen), Owen (Gen 3 - child), Brendan (Gen 3 - child), and Erin (Gen 3 - toddler).  Tia moved out and Chastity is pregnant with #7.  Liam and Oliver did some fishing over the Spring, but neither is very good at it and they didn't bring in much cash.  I also forgot to pay the bills once, resulting in the Repo Man visiting.  The rules state that if the Repo Man visits three times, the family will be demoted back down to Subsistence Farmers, so I need to be more on top of that.  They are just keeping their heads above water financially, but did at least manage to get Erin's dowry squared away, so at least that's not hanging over their heads.  I'm sure they're hoping the next baby will be a boy so they don't have to worry about that.  Household bank balance is $24/$100,000.

Trade #3 Stanbury:  Current household members are: Thomas & Joy (Gen 2 Heir/Wife - adults), Robert (Gen 3 Heir - adult), Damon (Gen 3 - teen), Toby (Gen 3 - teen), James (Gen 3 - child), Sarah (Gen 3 - child), Mary (Gen 3 - toddler).  Robert came of age during Spring and wasted no time at all in making things official with Leila Hopkins.  They are now engaged, but she won't be able to move in until Damon moves out, which luckily is very soon.  It was very good fortune that Robert was already close with Leila because, as the heir, he cannot marry below his social class.  Joy is still having trouble keeping up with both the household chores and the sewing, but once Leila moves in she'll finally have the help she needs and things should start to pick up.  Household bank balance is $3335/$100,000.

That concludes the Spring update.  As we get into Summer, the farmers will have their first harvest of the year, as well as replanting for the second harvest in Fall.  Hopefully some of those Sub Farmers will level up to Trade when the harvest money comes in.  At least one Poor family could possibly level up as well.  I don't think any Trade families will move up any time soon though.  None of them are even close to $100K yet.  Summer update coming in a couple of weeks.  Until then, Happy Simming!

Victorian Population Challenge 3/12/22

 Sub Farm #8 Hayward:  Current household members are: Julian & Esme (Gen 2 - adults), Saul (Gen 3 Heir - child), Dana (Gen 3 - toddler), and Julia (Gen 3 - baby).  Esme is expecting #4.  Having the heir first, followed by several girls is a good formula for subsistence farmers.  Saul is old enough now to help his father with the farm work and build his gardening badge, while the girls are not too far behind and will soon be able to help out their mother with the household chores and subsequent children.  Also, the heir and the oldest child being one in the same means only one child will be prohibited from having a job as a teen.  Julian and Esme are off to a good start.  Household bank balance is $516/$50,000.

Sub Farm #9 Whitlock:  Current household members are: Conrad & Claudia (Gen 2 - adults) and Henry (Gen 3 Heir - baby).  Claudia is pregnant with their second child.  Conrad and Claudia just got married in Spring.  They've got a good crop going and they already have their heir, so they're off to a good start.  Not much money yet, but it'll come.  Household bank balance is $185/$50,000.

Sub Farm #10 Godwin:  Current household members are: Lee & Bess (Gen 2 - adults).  Bess is pregnant with their first child.  Lee and Bess are newlyweds just starting out, but with a slight advantage, as Bess was formerly Trade class and, therefore, came into the marriage with a dowry.  Since they only got married at the very end of Spring, they'll wait until Summer to plant.  In the meantime, the extra cash was put to good use expanding the garden plots and purchasing some ladybug houses.  Household bank balance is $1275/$50,000.

Trade #1 Hopkins:  Current household members are: Elsie (Gen 1 Founder - elder), Nathaniel & Johanna (Gen 2 Heir/Wife - adults), Eve (Gen 3 - teen), Olivia (Gen 3 - teen), Elsa (Gen 3 - child), and Andrew (Gen 3 Heir - toddler).  Leila moved out and Johanna is pregnant with baby #6.  Elsie is still alive y'all!  She's 81 now, with just a sliver left on her life bar, so I think she's got one more day, but at least she's lived long enough to see the heir born finally.  She'll die one happy lady.  In other news, the household became infected with the slow time bug about halfway through the last day I played.  I'm sure that'll make running the shop loads of fun.  Household bank balance is $30,456/$100,000.

Just two more Trade families to get through and we'll on to the Summer season.  Happy Simming!

Victorian Population Challenge 3/11/22

 Sub Farm #4 Hayward:  Current household members are: Levi & Elizabeth (Gen 2 - adults), James (Gen 3 Heir - adult), Matthew (Gen 3 - teen), Caleb (Gen 3 - child), and Juliet (Gen 3 - toddler).  Elizabeth is pregnant with her eighth (that's right eighth) child.  Anna and Moses moved to the girls' home and the workhouse, respectively.  James' only marriage prospect chose someone else, so he's on his own for the foreseeable future.  The family purchased a few more ladybug houses, which cut into their savings, but they're hoping to recoup that when the harvest comes in.  They'd really like to expand to the full six fruit trees allowed as well, so we'll see what happens with that.  Household bank balance is $4335/$50,000.

Sub Farm #5 Godwin:  Current household members are: Emory & Caroline (Gen 2 - adults), Georgianna (Gen 3 - teen), Hardy (Gen 3 Heir - teen), Emmett (Gen 3 - teen), Joan (Gen 3 - child), and Willis (Gen 3 - toddler).  Caroline is pregnant with baby #8.  Louise moved to the girls' home.  It's been a tough Spring with so much rain that Emory's crops are suffering from overwatering.  Caroline has been too tired to do much toymaking, but Georgianna and Emmett are doing their part with teen jobs.  Still the family finances are low.  A fishing trip may be in order.  Household bank balance is $1612/$50,000.

Sub Farm #6 Hayward:  Current household members are: Curtis & Charlotte (Gen 2 - adults), Victoria (Gen 3 - teen), Justine (Gen 3 - child), Ruby (Gen 3 - child), River (Gen 3 Heir - child), and Oliver (Gen 3 - toddler).  Charlotte is expecting baby #6.  This family did not start with it, but they've developed the slow time glitch, which means their last few children are closer together than the first few.  They've also experienced incessant rain, but at least the glitch makes things grow faster, so they've already begun to harvest some of the strawberries, as well as the fruit trees.  Victoria is not allowed to have a job, but Justine will soon be old enough.  Charlotte continues to make pottery as much as she is able.  Household bank balance is $2469/$50,000.

Sub Farm #7 Godwin:  Current household members are: Finn & Violet (Gen 2 - adults), Declan (Gen 3 Heir - teen), Greta (Gen 3 - child), Hazel (Gen 3 - child), and Maureen (Gen 3 - toddler).  Violet is, of course, expecting their fifth child.  Finn has invested a lot of money into the farm, hoping it'll pay off in the end.  He expanded to maximum plots/trees and added several ladybug houses.  He still needs a couple more of those, but beds for the children are taking precedence right now.  Luckily, he hasn't been plagued with rain, so he should be in for a profitable harvest come Summer.  Household bank balance is $490/$50,000.

We should be able to get through the remaining farms tomorrow and then we'll be on to the Trade families.  Happy Simming!