Pleasantview 1/29/26

 Paige Bruty (see PV 7/19/25) took a day off from work to care for the little ones and work on her last charisma point.  Lee went to work in hopes of being promoted, but a bad chance card got him demoted instead.  The twins graduated high school; Nicole is off to SSU, where she'll pursue her degree for Architecture, while Jonah will be getting his own place and looking for a job in Culinary.  Both of the younger kids aged up as well, shifting out of the tiny nursery they shared and taking over the twins' bedrooms.  Next round will be a lot calmer, and with the kids now able to go, I think it might finally be time for that mountain vacation Paige has been wanting.

Marvin and Vyn Gieke (see PV 7/19/25) did, in fact, split up; Marvin will move back in with his cousin (?? I think lol) Brad Dreamer.  Vyn will be staying here with the kids.  She already has a number of romantic prospects, so we'll see where that goes.  Marvin had an outing before he moved out and spontaneously fell in love with townie, Jill Fleig, so he'll be pursuing that most likely.

For some reason (probably because he was boring and nothing happened lol), I forgot to write about Toby Bruenig last round.  I don't remember what happened, so we'll just move on to this round, in which Toby had a date with Aiyana Gray, but is still non-committal when it comes to moving in together.  He also was re-hired in Oceanography and will, of course, immediately have two days off.  This is going to put his finances in dire straits; I'm not sure he'll be able to come up with the rent come Monday.  Stay tuned.

Tessa Ramirez (see PV 7/19/25) and her mother Lisa ran the furniture store as usual.  Later that night, Tessa gave birth to twins, who she summarily handed over to the orphanage as planned.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 1/6/26

 Myra Dreamer's clan (see PV 7/15/25) is finally making some headway financially.  Ethan got promoted, as did both the pets.  Taylor was easily able to fund his degree, and finished half of it already, thanks to not needing to sleep.  He also felt the time was right to become a father and spawned a plant baby named Madison.  Because of the nature of plant sims, Myra is now a great-grandmother, Ethan is a grandfather, and Caryl (who is still a teenager) is actually Madison's great-aunt!! 😄  In other news, I noticed one of Myra's former cats walking by (Violet was originally sold to a townie before I realized that selling to townies makes pets become strays) and decided to let her adopt her back.  Ethan might need a third pet to get his LTW done, if the other two get too old before topping three careers each, so it's all good.

Russ Bear (see PV 7/15/25) grew into an elder this round and rolled the want to get married.  I guess he feels like time is running out to meet Ms. Right.  In the evening, he went out with some friends and did some stargazing but didn't earn any money.  Luckily, he's still okay financially.

The Giekes (see PV 7/19/25) had a fairly uneventful round.  Agnes got a promotion, Myrtle had a date that ended in crush, and the dog was not returned.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 1/5/26

 What a difference a day makes for the Landgraabs (see PV 7/14/25).  Caryl and Scott's relationship has been struggling lately and, consequently, they've decided to divorce.  While all the decisions were being made about who got what, the cat gave birth to two kittens (they also lost another of their elder cats) and Billy decided he wanted to go to Briarwood Prep.  So, at the end of the day, Billy has moved to the boarding school, Scott and Dustin have moved to a newly renovated duplex in town, and Caryl will remain in the house left to her by her grandmother, along with the four cats (one elder, one adult, and two kittens).

Lauren Todd (see PV 7/15/25) feels that her relationship with (married) boyfriend Joe Carr isn't really going anywhere, so opted to adopt a second child on her own.  She's got more than enough money to support two kids, but you have to wonder what kind of adoption agency would approve a vampire/werewolf/evil witch?

Zoe Picaso's (see PV 7/15/25) dog was not returned and is now at the end of her life bar, so I don't know what will happen with that.  In any event, Zoe went out on a date and, while there, purchased a fourth dog named Rosie, which she put into the Security career track.  Later, while stargazing, Zoe was abducted, so she didn't have time to finish skilling for the logic point she needs to top her career.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 1/4/26

 Orphanage Unit One (see PV 7/14/25) had five kids.

    Maya Tellerman was able to bring her grades up enough to graduate high school, but her bad attitude got her fired from her job.  She didn't meet the requirements to be accepted into college either, so she's headed for the Homeless Shelter.

    Mari and Olivia went to school and Mari went to work.

    Both the toddlers are doing well need-wise but have yet to earn any toddler skills.

    George is settling into his new position.  He's a Fortune sim with a LTW for Business.  He doesn't have any romantic attachments at the moment, but does have chemistry with a few ladies, so we'll see where that takes him.  For now, his days are pretty full with two toddlers to care for.

Orphanage Unit Two (see PV 7/14/25) continued with five children.

    Jeremy and Beck spent most of their time on the playground out back; they're building quite a few body points as a result.
    The twins grew into toddlers, making Merlin's job a lot harder, as Rachel is still a toddler as well.  Luckily for him, Rachel and Jeremy will both be growing up next round.

Kenny and Ella Ottomas (see PV 7/14/25) were uneventful.

Buffy Summers (see PV 7/14/25) FINALLY succeeded in killing a vampire!!  Her hunting expedition turned up Count Nery (who she'd already defeated 3 times and should have been dead already) and they spent the whole time fighting, which prompted him to come by upon her return home.  I had tried locking the vamps in a cage until the sun came up and they would just teleport out, no matter what I did to keep them in.  So this time, I came up with the idea of putting a grill inside the cage, calling the vamp in, starting a fire with my playable sim, and then having them run out and lock the door behind them.  This worked!!  Count Nery went up in flames immediately and died quickly.  Now I just need the Contessa to come by the house so that she can meet the same fate.  I realize the game will just spawn new Grand Vampires, but I'm just so sick of looking at these two!  I think they're the original vampires since Day One, so it's time for some new blood lol.  Plus, I'm hoping resetting the Grand Vamps will stop Vamps Gone Wild (at least for a while) because they've turned so many sims at this point that it's honestly ridiculous. 😒

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 1/3/26

 Erik Swain (see PV 7/13/25) scored yet another promotion and got the body points needed for the next one.  He and Tina also decided to try for another baby.  The family also adopted an elder cat, Kovu, from the adoption service and then, ironically, a stray dog came by that night.  Tina was able to befriend and adopt her (also an elder, Grace) as well.  Next round, baby Dana will become a toddler.

Both Amar and Melanie Kim (see PV 7/13/25) got promoted this round, so they'll be working on skills quite a bit in the near future.  Their relationship is on the upswing again, so it looks like they'll be staying together for the time being.

Sharlene Grahan (see PV 7/13/25) got a promotion this round and her baby boy Joseph grew into a toddler.  Claire had the day off, which she spent working on her GED.  In the evening, she went out with some friends to a club downtown.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 12/21/25

 At the Kim residence (see PV 7/12/25), businesses were run, dogs were trained, and many college funds were handed out.  Jeannette had a date with Marcel and wants to go steady now.  Alon and Charlene decided to have a baby, which makes sense since Charlene doesn't have any kids yet and is quite a bit younger than Alon.  This will be Alon's seventh child, however, so it's probably not as exciting for him.  Everyone keeps rolling wants for puppies, but that's impossible now that Charlene is pregnant (and I'm thankful for that because they've already got four dogs in the house lol).

Gladys Bruty (see PV 7/13/25) got another promotion and turned 60, which means no more adopting for this couple, thankfully.  Their new child is a toddler boy named Sawyer.  Dale also earned a promotion, and he and Jan Tellerman decided to move in together, which I'm sure will work out just fine lol. 😂 Next round Joshua will reach adulthood and perhaps head off to college; Kieran will become a teen.

Happy Simming!

Pleasantview 12/15/25

 Alexis and Alvin Broke (see PV 7/11/25) must have been feeling old because they decided to try for another baby in the eleventh hour of their lives.  They were successful, so we'll be adding another member to the family in a few days, just in time for Alvin to become an elder (Alexis will follow a couple days later).  In addition to that, Andrew has moved back home and married his girlfriend (one of them anyway lol), Dawn Grundstrom.  Neither was able to find a job in their field just yet (there's no rush because the family has plenty of money), nor have they decided to get pregnant right away (though that would have been kind of interesting to have Andrew's sibling and child be the same age).  Andrew also rolled a want to buy a community lot, which could be something I let him do.  His LTW is for Culinary, so it would make sense for him to own a restaurant maybe?  He grew up watching his mother (and grandmother) run the salon, so I can see him wanting to be his own boss as well.  Plus, they can afford it.  I'll still have him go into Culinary, but no reason he couldn't run a restaurant as well, right?  Something to consider.

The Bruty household (see PV 7/11/25) grew by leaps and bounds this round.  First, Thomas decided to spawn another plant baby (Alice) and then Noel and Ivy chose to follow their dad's lead and spawn babies of their own (Liam and Oscar, respectively).  I neglected to remember that I already have a Liam Bruty, who is somehow related, so that'll be fun lol.  Camille pursued her LTW of Woohooing 20 Sims by woohooing Ashley Pitts.  Unfortunately, this caused some drama in the household, as Ivy had a crush on Ashley (which I also neglected to remember lol - really stellar simming today guys), so now everyone's mad at Camille.  At least she scored a promotion at work.  In any event, it's not causing an issue at the moment, but if Camille and Ivy start fighting too much, I'll move one of them out.  Someone will likely need to move out in the near future anyway, because the house is bursting at the seams with 8 sims and 2 pets now.

Happy Simming!