Back soon

No, I haven’t abandoned this blog. I’ve just been busy playing Veronaville.  I don’t enjoy playing Sims 3 so will continue to play my Sims 2 Sims.

Plenty of updates over at the Veronaville blog if you want something to read in the meantime!

Cheating

Nothing much happening with Ramone and Banshee.

Bansheee’s husband, Hayden, though, is cheating on his wife with some redheaded chick and went out on a date with her.

Juan Lothario

Juan’s been up to his usual tricks, flirting with all and sundry.  However, one in particular seems to have stolen his heart – Heidi Gundstrom, an attractive young blonde.

He actually proposed to her…

and married her! 

Wonders will never cease.  Yeah, ok,  the Sim god made him do it and he wasn’t too happy, but I thought it was about time he settled down and stopped making babies with all the women in Pleasantview.

He visited two of his ex-lovers – the cousins, Carol and Michaela, who live together and have Juan’s babies between them.  Juan made himself at home, playing games

and actually held his daughter, Veena. 

But one of the cousins saw him flirting with the other and all hell broke loose.

The cousins aren’t very good mothers.  The toddlers were a bit neglected.

They fought over the few bottles that came their way.

Unfortunately for Juan, his new wife gave birth to a baby – another daughter.

He didn’t want it, so took it to his brother’s place and left it there.  Carlos was happy to take care of it, his son now a teenager.

Getting there

Sorry I still haven’t updated.  I have some pics to look through and blog about.  I’ve decided to cull a few extra Sims so it doesn’t take so long to play them all.

As well, I’ve been given a copy of Sims 3 and had a go, creating a young couple who are still young adults but have just had a baby boy.  I have to say I’m not impressed with the new baby graphics – simplistic – an object in a package.  Nor am I impressed with the new toddlers.  The toddlers are not cute – they are not chubby at all but look more like a mini child.  The range of hairstyles is limited.

So I won’t be giving up my Sims 2 Sims in a hurry.

Hmm

I haven’t played a lot of Pleasantview – at least, nothing of interest.  I’m bored with the Goths, already killed off the Dreamers (except for Ophelia who has no offspring) and there’s little going on with the Pleasants.  The large Greenwood family (intermarried with the Brokes) take up a lot of time. 

What I might do is just blog about families in Pleasantview who actually have something going on.  The alien offspring of one of the Greenwoods, for example, has just had a baby and is living in an apartment I dedicated to aliens.  I might take pics of that and blog about her.  Then there are the Lotharios.  Nina Caliente, who was married to Don Lothario, is now dead, but they had a daughter and two sons.  I’ve blogged a bit about the sons, but not about the daughter. 

So, anyway, this blog might just end up being about the Pleasants and Lotharios and the alien Greenwood.

Growin’ up at Banshee’s

Mo had had enough of the family and headed off to university.  The timing was fortunate for little Zeezee who grew into school age,

as it was basically only Mo who had looked after him.

Shayla’s hair is now bright red.

Banshee tried for another baby and Hayden was thankful that the attempt was not successful.

Hayden, meanwhile, has begun flirting with a neighbour.

Banshee was asleep at the time so Hayden hasn’t been found out yet.

Nothin’ happening at Ramone’s.

Three birthdays

Ramone Pleasant became an elder.

She needs a visit to a hairdressers and clothing shop.

At Banshee’s place, Zeezee was learning to entertain himself.

As predicted, Mo ended up looking after his baby brother much of the time.

Shayla, left to her own devices, got into her mother’s makeup.

A sign of things to come perhaps.

The other birthdays?

Carol’s baby, Veena, became a toddler.

Aunty Michaela back from work helps Veena with her birthday

Carol herself grew into an elder at the same time.

Elder and toddler

Veena takes after the Caliente sisters, one of which is her grandmother.

Dreamerless

I find that with certain families I only play to age them for consistency with the rest of the neighbourhood.  Regis Dreamer and family were starting to become one of them.  I was bored with them.  And so, as the timer was on fast-forward I wondered why I was wasting my time.  I had no plans for the family and really couldn’t be bothered.  So the nasty Sim god that I can be decided to do away with the whole family.

First I tried fire.

But of course the parents ended up dying first and Davey survived.

That left Davey an orphan, to be picked up by the social worker.

No.  Didn’t want that.  I wanted the whole family to perish.  So I exited without saving and tried again.  The newly installed family pool was the perfect method.

An evening family swim...

Davey was first to drown and the sun came up.

Regis was the last to perish.

One boring family down.  Alas, that means that the Dreamer surname has no future in this blog as Ophelia is an old and childless spinster.

The sad lives of the Banshee brood

Banshee continued being an awful mother.  She kept laughing at her tired and dirty toddler.  I tried to get her to put Shayla in the cot but she wouldn’t.  She just stood and laughed.

Mo tried his best to entertain his little sister,

but usually she was too tired to care and just cried.

He was worried about her (while his mother laughed).

Note the new baby on the floor beside her.  He didn’t get much attention either.  Banshee’s idea of spending time with him included taking him outside to watch the clouds (in winter).

It was then Shayla’s birthday but that got ignored as well.

Banshee had also forgotten about the baby – still outside.

It was Mo’s birthday next.  He was used to being on his own.

At least now he could help look after the baby.

The next birthday to come was little Zeezee’s.

As soon as he became a toddler, Banshee put him down and helped herself to cake.  She’s the most selfish Sim mother ever.

And yet she wants another baby!  She’s not getting one.

Dreamers

Regis’ wife, Katerina, wasn’t a motherly type at all.  She didn’t really care about Davey.

He did get to play at times though.

But overall, he wasn’t very happy and he didn’t grow up well.

When his dad was home, Davey got more attention.

Sharing dad’s burnt cooking

Regis was promoted to High School teacher.