http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims A blog about the lives of different families in the game Sims 2. en apathetic apathetic Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:26:00 +0200 daily 1 Connor Random died, age 74.    His widow, Carla, was just 61 but she was close to her end as well since she'd not got nowhere near to fulfilling her LTW.  That left a bit of a quandary.  Carla's young daughter, Carol was still 4 days away from becoming a teen.  If Carla died before then, Carol would be taken away by the social worker. So she consulted her older daughter, Carine.  Carine had just given birth to a baby boy - Carl.  Carine and Ashley had just extended the house so as to have a proper dining room and lounge area.  They couldn't afford to build another bedroom or for Carine to leave Ashley with the baby and move in to her mother's for a while.  So Carine asked her cousin, Lynette.  They had a three-bedroomed house by the sea in Bluewater.  But Glen didn't want an old woman dying in the house and leaving a child with them.  Next best bet was Uncle Cleve who lived alone.  He was 67 but still had a few days left.  He agreed. ... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:26:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Connor-dies/242/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Connor-dies/242/ I have transferred all Veronaville blog posts to Wordpress .  I will no longer update this blog unless I feel like writing about the Randoms.  I imagine I'll stop with the death of Connor Random.  The name dies with him.  This blog will stay here as an archive for as long as possible. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:38:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/No-more-Veronaville-posts/241/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/No-more-Veronaville-posts/241/ Candida died age 64 just after her daughter, Michaela, left for university.  Death went to the loo afterwards leaving a sad empty house, with a meal that would never be cooked and music playing for no-one.   That just leaves Connor as the last of the second generation Randoms. Connor's daughter, Carine, returned from university and lived in Charlotte's house with Lynette, the only surviving member of Terence's family.  Connor's other daughter, Carol, has just grown to school age. Carine briefly lived with Peter Taylor, a shifty looking townie.  Lynette fought with him constantly.  Finally he starved from not eating in between fights.  Lynette, meanwhile, was dating Glen Greenwood from Bluewater.  Not to be outdone, Carine got a blind date and it turned out being Ashley Pitts, a student in the Greek House at Sim State.  They got engaged and he dropped out of uni to move in.  Lynette got Glen to move in and they got... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:15:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/One-Random-left/240/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/One-Random-left/240/ I'm in the process of transferring most of my blog over to Wordpress.  I've already transferred posts referring to the Brokes.  I'm writing less about the Random family and they might just disappear off the blog world.  However, here's a very brief update on what's happening in Pleasantview. Theophile Charvat's daughter, Lumiere, grew to a toddler. Theophile is married to Valley Greenwood who comes from a family of (now) 9 - the Greenwoods are the new large family of Pleasantview, replacing the Randoms.  Valley's youngest sister (before twins were born) is River, seen here fast asleep in the family home. I haven't written much about the Huntingdons.  Veronica is married to Beau (Broke) and their son, Parker, has just grown to school age. Veronica and Cornelius' mother, Agatha, had a surprise late pregnancy and gave birth to a girl.  Her name is Beatrice and she's just grown to a toddler. ... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:48:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Brief-Pleasantview-update/239/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Brief-Pleasantview-update/239/ I just realised that I've been writing this blog for just over a year.  Amazing.  In that time I've reached generation 5 with the Collies.  And since that name might not reach generation 10 I'll just reflect back on the generations. It started with Manon and Shannon (remember the rhyming theme there for a while?)  Their kids were Mellon, Ben, Steven, Helen and Ken.  Ken died in a fire so no kids from that branch.   Mellon's kids were Penny and Devon.  Her grandchildren are Harriett, Richard, Kane, Alex and Victoria.  Great-grandchildren are Caitlyn, Brianna, Briony, Brett, Mairead, Seamus, Reefer, Peyote, Alexis, Mikhail and Elizabeth Ben's kids were Darlene and Denny.  His grandkids are Zen and Denim (Len drowned).  No great-grandchildren. Steven had one child - Kenny (named after his deceased uncle).  Steven's grandson is Damien.  Grandkids include Demonica, Romania, Lithia and Ebony and another on the way. Helen... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:43:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Just-over-a-year/238/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Just-over-a-year/238/ Zen of course graduated and moved back into his uncle-brother's house.  He's got a job as a rookie. At Denny's old place, his widow, Emily, died age 66. Denim is still a teenager.  No-one will miss her mother - she was the annoying one who poked people for looking through the telescope (nowhere near her house).  Denim might have to get a job... At Dana's, Jessie Greaves moved back in with his (still) wife and son.  (can't find the pic) At Deon's, Fukita grew to school age. Larissa Landgraab moved in with Kane and they got married. Kane's ex-wife, Siobhan, also married but had a proper wedding. Alex was there as a fellow victim of betrayal. Over at Damien's mistress' place, Serena was pregnant. Lithia grew to a teenager. At Alex's place (his grandmother was a Collie after all) the headmaster approved of... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:16:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/One-day-update-part-2/237/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/One-day-update-part-2/237/ I've been around all the families in Veronaville updating them all (except for Philippe Champignon who I haven't played for some time).  I tend to play them one Sim day at a time until I decide to focus on one.  Which family to start with? Well to begin with, Artois, Reefer and Zen graduated from university. Artois above (with Serena DeMarr who he fancies).  He looks more like his grandfather.  Reefer below: Artois at first moved into Roxie's place (until someone told him she's his mother) and he quickly moved out and into Reefer's little bachelor pad next to Jan's place. Meanwhile, Reefer's bro grew to a teenager: At Emma's, the twins grew to school age.   Antoine above and Antoinette below: Emma continues to lust after others - regardless of gender. She now has 5 lovers but of course wants 10. At Artois' dad Henri's place,... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:02:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/One-day-updates/236/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/One-day-updates/236/ Katya knew her end was near, so she decided to invite family over for a last reunion.  Guillaume refused to come over, making lame excuses.  Amelie agreed to come over but of course couldn't bring the grandchildren. Alas, Katya had forgotten about her cow plant near the path to the house.  Unfortunately the cow plant had some lovely cake on offer and Amelie, being rather greedy, tried to get it.  She died in the attempt.  Oops.  I hadn't planned for that at all.   That's what you get when your mother becomes an unnatural crossbreeder and leaves dangerous plants around. So Katya never did get to see anyone before the Grim Reaper visited that evening.  She was 81 - a grand age. Kane didn't seem at all upset that Amelie never came home.  His neighbour, Larissa Landgraab, invited him over for dinner, perhaps to offer her condolences, but she loved the company and attention, finally.  Not wanting to let Kane go, she proposed to... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:53:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/An-unexpected-death/235/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/An-unexpected-death/235/ Now that Deon had a son, two daughters were surplus.  Lena had her great-grandmother's ugly genes.  She had to go. I'll see what Fukita looks like as a bigger child before I decide on her future. Across at Deon's parents' place, it was finally time for Daniel to meet the Grim Reaper. He was 73.  Margaret was the same age and after she got up she visited the bathroom, mourned and then saw her end. I hadn't had two Sims die on the same night before.  They were both platinum events as you can see.  Dana and her son, Jess, were left to mourn. Kane and Amelie are slowly building their dream house by the sea in Bluewater.  I think I neglected to mention that they married quietly.   Kane's ex-wife, Siobhan, has become engaged to Gilbert Jacquet. Gilbert moved in.  Seems he didn't want to get engaged.  Tough.  Siobhan wants to marry and have more kids.  ... Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:07:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Death-and-engagement/234/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Death-and-engagement/234/ I played a while back so events are a bit vague. Serena had another girl and called it Ebony.  Poor Damien has four daughters now. Mikhail Lillard grew to school age. His sister, Alexis, hates her stepmother, Robin and has no interest in her little brother.  As soon as she reaches teenhood she can be sent to Amelie's place.  Amelie, meanwhile, keeps visiting unannounced and barging into the house.  Alex locked all doors to allow the household only.  Robin, meanwhile, gave birth to a girl and called it Elizabeth. At Monique's, her middle son, Jacques, grew to a teenager.  His older brother headed out to uni. Deon's wife, Angel, finally gave birth to a boy.  He's called Neil. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:20:30 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Sprogs/233/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Sprogs/233/ Damien had a plan.  The family home was being occupied by Melody Tinker but he wanted the house for his mistress, Serena.  He moved in, booted Melody out, and Serena moved in.  Damien then rang up to adopt Lithia and she arrived the next day.     In the meantime Damien tried again for a boy with Serena.  Once she got pregnant he moved out again and back to Marla and the girls.  Serena and Lithia had the house to themselves. Unfortunately for Damien, Serena had another girl (I've forgotten her name). Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:06:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Lithia/232/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Lithia/232/ Where to start? Well, Lithia grew to toddlerhood. She looks more like her mum, dammit. Pierre continued to be a frequent visitor for Roxie.  He had the brilliant idea in his senile old age, that he'd like a more normal looking child.  His wife, Eva, had pixie tendencies which their children inherited (long upturned nose and pointy ears).  So he got Roxie pregnant. Well you can see where this is going considering Roxie's past history as a parent... The pregnancy was fine - no sickness or starvation or tiredness, but the unexpected happened. Twins!  Considering Pierre was a twin it shouldn't have been such a surprise, but it was.  A boy and a girl - Antoine and Antoinette.  Oh shit.  The house had to be built on to accommodate three cots and some toys for Lithia. Pierre helped out when he could when visiting, but it was a bit of a nightmare.  Roxie did her best but wasn't... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:59:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Oh-bugger/231/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Oh-bugger/231/ Robin moved in and made some changes to the property.  She had the high maintenance flower garden at the front of the house replaced by rose bushes and sculptures.  She had some hedges replaced by maintenance-free conifers.  She redecorated the children's room and made some changes to the kitchen with the recently constructed door to a new patio moved. Amelie turned up without warning and fed her son.  She stared at Robin who studiously ignored her. Alex found her in the house and asked her to leave before he invited wedding guests for his (third) wedding party.  His father, Jeremy, had made all the friends, so Alex had few to choose from.  Pierre and Philippe Champignon came, as well as Robin's ex-inlaws, Daniel and Margaret Collie, and finally Alex's sister, Victoria.  It was an autumn wedding. Robin actually used the garden bridge to get to the kitchen. Some of the wedding guests at the... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:41:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Third-time-lucky/230/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Third-time-lucky/230/ More on the ''whorehouse".  Serena was Roxie's new flatmate and rival. She was more to Damien's liking than the tarty Roxie. While the pregnant Serene was at the front pashing Damien, Roxie was round the back of the house getting it on with Pierre. Any man is fair game to Roxie, even her own son, Artois. Of course, because he was adopted by his father, Henri, there's no trace of a family link.  It's still rather disturbing though. She's quite capable of getting pregnant by her own son and his offspring would be his sibling.  Ugh, shudder.  Let's not go there. Serena had the baby - another girl for Damien.  He dropped by to see her. Her name is Lithia. I wonder if she'll look anything like her father (Damien's other two daughters don't). Pierre was still not impressed with Serena's apparent... Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:04:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Roxie-and-Serena/229/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Roxie-and-Serena/229/ Alex had met Robin a couple of times including at her place. They'd got to know each other quite well but had yet to have a proper date.  So Alex rang Robin and they went on a date to P.U.R.E.  After a soak in the tub they danced. They kissed. In short, they had a dream date.  But Robin didn't want to let this moment pass.  This guy was rich and available.  Why waste any more time? Alex was shocked but accepted.  (After all he needed someone to look after his young kids.) As Robin left, Alex had to go and sit down to recover from the shock.   Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:02:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Whirlwind-romance/228/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Whirlwind-romance/228/ Kenny, one-time vampire, died, age (you guessed it) 72. Melody's only just reached 60 I think so she's still got a long way to go.  Daughter, Lyrica, is at uni.  I won't bother updating on them after this. Damien, rather sick of wife, Marla, ringing up Alex all the time, as well as having two daughters that look like their mother, decided to visit Roxie's place where a ravishing new flatmate had just moved in (Serena deMarr).  Such was the attraction between them that within minutes they were in bed together.  After only a day Serena had become pregnant.   Roxie hates Serena because Serena finds it all too easy to attract Roxie's "clients".  Pierre fell in love with her but Pierre is now upset with Serena for flirting with Damien.  More on those two later perhaps (I didn't take any pics). Hogan, son of the long deceased Sharlene, has finally achieved his LTW of becoming Mayor. His wife, also... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:21:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Another-death-and-LTWs/227/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Another-death-and-LTWs/227/ Francois died, age 72.   He'd just been on the phone.  Perhaps it was the shock of hearing that his daughter had split up with Alex and moved in with Kane.  Naturally Katya was upset.  She's now in a big house on her own. 72 seems to be a popular age to die lately.  Pierre has managed to get past that magic number and reached 73.  Pierre has reached his LTW of Professional Party Guest (just like his mother).  About time, I think.  He's been seen visiting Roxie Sharpe's place.  More on Roxie and her new flatmate at a later date. Over at Henri's, Erina still believes she's pregnant and refuses to go to work, even though she's an elder.  I made her retire, silly old bag.  I think she and her actual daughter, Stella, are just a wee bit insane - they love going up and down the lift and I hear 'bing' 'bing' 'bing' 'bing' as they can't make up their minds what the hell they're doing or where... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:44:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Death-in-the-family/226/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Death-in-the-family/226/ Part 1 - Kane Amelie was angry at Kane for actually sleeping with his wife(!), but they eventually made up.  They had a lame date at the Love Maze but then Kane invited Amelie home (while his wife and kids were home) and actually asked Amelie on a date then and there.  Kane's daughter, Mairead, witnessed it. Kane sent her off to play but she came back. Mairead was not happy with her father.  Siobhan was in bed at this point - she was tired after just having given birth to a baby boy (Seamus) the day before.  But she woke up, and came running out when she realised what was happening in the spa pool.  She wasn't too impressed either. After a good slapping, Siobhan attended to the children and Amelie left. The next day Siobhan made a decision. Kane was given his marching orders.   (Lightning struck just as I took the pic - which is why it's so bright.)   Mairead... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:03:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Two-broken-marriages/225/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Two-broken-marriages/225/ Nothing much happening but Victoria's family of two boys are growing.  Reefer's gone to uni and looks very much like his dad, Guillaume and grand-dad, Francois. His little brother, Peyote, was upset to see his father flirting with a workmate. Victoria didn't seem concerned at her father's death at all. Francois is nearing the end of his life.  Pierre and the rest have a little way to go.  Emma is flirting with every guy she meets. Over to Henri's.  Erina never did have the baby she kept saying she was having and grew into an elder on the same day as Henri (no pic).  Stella moved back home and looked after toddler, Hollandia, when she wasn't out being a bagman.  I don't think I took a pic of Hollandia after she grew to school age.  Artois is at uni. (Behind him is Zen Collie.) At Monique's, the family of three boys are growing.  Eldest, Jean, is now a teen. ... Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:34:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Update-on-Champignon/224/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Update-on-Champignon/224/ Amelie gave birth to a boy and called him Mikhail.  She was relieved - she didn't want to have another kid.  She seems bored and wants to go out with Kane. Jeremy managed to see his latest grandson just before he died, age 73.  That night the ghost of his mother had scared him as if in warning. Alex was upset but no-one else. (I turned the sun on so it's visible) Alex is aware of Amelie cheating, but he's met Robin Collie (ex-wife of now deceased Leon Collie) and fancies her.  Watch this space. Update on Victoria under 'Champignon' next. Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:21:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Lillard/223/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Sims/Lillard/223/