Dunne&Ias' Sims 2 Stuff

Elizabeth quickly realized how much work her brother actually did around the house and the shop and one day with the twins Cedric and Octavian and she was ready to advertise for a maid.

And a cook, because reading cooking books is not how she'd like to spend her time, okay?

At least Ms Dashwood and Mr Darcy are low maintenance now that they've been trained and taught not to destroy things or pee inside.

Elizabeth tried to open her shop and got to know her new neighbour Mariah Blackman a bit, but basically, selling books is not a good way to make money in this game. What do the devs have against books? (I downloaded some typewriters she could sell but not until the end of the round so we'll do that next time)

Cedric and Octavian aged into toddlers in horribly terrible clothing. Hail Pescado for the clothing tool which quickly took care of this.

Gordon wishes they had a maid who could take care of the dogs, but at least his evening play time with Mr Darcy is fun.

Mr Darcy also is good at keeping the twins entertained and is a frequent visitor to the nursery.

Octavian loves the doggie <3

And Ms Dashwood gave birth!!! Three puppies (I have since downloaded the mod to let puppies have markings) that we named Defoe, Swift and Brontê (I was organizing the classics section of my bookshelves in between sessions). Three puppies turned out to be a lot of work though and by the end of the round only one of them was housebroken.

Gordon wants to hire a nanny. A nanny would give the kids a bath.

He also needs to occasionally man the till at the store. I think the daily profit is around 150-200 simoleons. Sigh. I wish I'd downloaded those typewriters earlier because then they could've made more money. Not that they need a lot of money but they do have two kids and might very well have more.

Evan and Ellen came by for lunch when Elizabeth took a day off.

After a quick conversation about home security, they all agreed that Evan, who was the main caretaker and trainer of the dogs, would take Defoe home with them so they could have a dog too. He misses having a dog around.

Ellen played with the twins. Maybe she'd like to have kids herself soon?

And then the McClearys hit the books while the Hamsterleys hit the chess set and no one talked to each other for the rest of the day. Sims, I tell ya.

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The tax this round was 800. They couldn't afford any more money put into savings, but thanks to interest their savings account grew to 82.688 simoleons, which will come in handy when their kids grow up (they hope one of their sons will marry Symphony Pelehan of course).

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Richard starts off strong by befriending Terrence Pelehan, always a good contact to have in your back pocket.

The newlyweds also make sure to get some time for themselves in private.

The strawberries were planted late, so while they can totally afford the fine if they don't meet their quota, Jeff makes sure to harvest as much berries as he can this season, just in case.

Adelia invites her childhood friend Arthur Brown over. They unfortunately only have one bolt together though.

But I sent them on a date anyway and it went pretty well, and they have matching get steady wants, but honestly, one bolt is not really enough for me so we'll hold off until we get to Arthur's round next time to see if there are better options for either of them. Arthur wouldn't be a great match for Adelia, but she'd be an awesome one for him.

Richard is an awesome stepfather and spends time with his stepkids whenever he gets a chance. Family sims are good that way.

Jeffrey and Adelia both needed some body skills so I sent them to the mines. You know, when I built this lot, I didn't think it was going to be a workout lot, but there we are.

Twins Walter and Georgiana spend a lot of time together and take full advantage of the chess set the family bought when Richard moved in.

Oh no! I knew this was a risk with these grain fields, but damn, two being flooded in one day! And I didn't remember when I last saved either, or I would have reloaded the lot. That's a big chunk out of their autumn harvest gone that is!

Other things are growing more fruitfully and Jeffrey is expecting their child. I did want Richard to have spawn, but I hope they'll be happy with just one kid, since Jeff already had three.

The pregnancy is smooth and quick and soon baby Jaylene is born.

I judged that Jeffrey had harvested enough berries and veg, as well as some miscellanous stuff that they could open their farm store. Elizabeth McCleary bought a crate of tomatoes and the shop did well that day, even if it was only open once.

And then it was birthday time! Walter become a popularity sim in bad clothing.

And Georgiana became a romance sim in even worse clothes. But I took care of that as soon as I could.

I sent the twins to the logging log to meet some teenagers. Georgiana met no one, but Walter ran into a girl that in the end he had no chemistry with.

Dickie is happy to have a baby in the house, even if little Jaylene keeps smelling and screaming a lot.

And the teenagers all play around a lot when they're not busy with chores.

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The tax/rent was 450, they met their quota with the help of the berry baskets.

And when all was said and done, they could put 20.000 into savings, that with interest is now worth 28.718 which is pretty awesome for a farming family. None of the Miller children will have to go into servitude, that's for sure.

Little Grady is growing and Hannes spends a lot of time taking care of him.

But he's also been given an easel, and has started to paint in his free time. This room is the one that got the wallpaper but I hadn't put it up when I took this picture.

Unable to spend time on his silk, James heads to the woods to cut some logs so they can make some more furniture. The first part of that plan worked fine, but I forgot we also needed nails and James is the only one with the skill to mine for iron and by then he'd used his designated resource lot trip already. Oh well.

Meredith managed to finish the training of the dog Claw, which means they're allowed to breed!

And we got chimes!

That same night, Meredith aged into a teenager. She rolled Family aspiration and likes black-haired athletic people of all genders who do not have beards.

She ran into Adelia Miller and they had one bolt, but we never got further than friendship. I'm also not keen on them having a future because they're both set to inherit their family farms, and that would be a hard choice for me to make.

Without being able to work on the silk, James opened their shop and did what most other families have done so far, which is to sell anything he could. Tor Ellsworth came by to buy water, for some reason, and this redhead I think is the reporter. The shop did okay actually, and earned around 500 simoleons every day it was open. We won't have saplings next season though, so James needs to start making a lot of fabric next season.

I sent Meredith to the square to see if she could find another teenager to flirt with and she has two bolts with Sven Ellsworth! That would be a great catch for her. She's not that great a catch for him, but he's been doing so much gardening that becoming a farmer seems suitable somehow. And he's such a sweet boy too.

The hay had dried and it was time for Hannes to bale it. They got a lot actually and without livestock to feed it to, James has started to sell it in the shop.

When she has free time, Meredith takes on the raising of her little brother. She loves him so much, it's so cute.

(I really need to get their house furnished and decorated, seriously)

"So, do you want to tell me about that boy?"

"I do, in fact, not."

"That's okay, but I heard you singing in the garden all day yesterday so I already like him. Whenever you're ready, sweetie."

Speaking of the boy, Sven came by one evening and they had their first date. It went really well and Meredith was happy. We'll see how Sven feels when we get to his household in about three or four families.

Ellie and Claw like each other :)

They also like making a mess :( I guess it's my fault for not directing someone to feed them but come on guys, that's just gross. We're gonna get cockroaches now!

The shop continued to go well, and Elizabeth McCleary bought some coal while Mariah Blackman bought a sapling she can't plant because she lives in an apartment.

Ellie practised her puppy soothing skills on little Grady

They also rolled 7 imported pieces of furniture and they spent them on some living room furniture. Their rolled 350 simoleons on decorations were also well spent.

I actually really like their kitchen now :)

Their living room still needs some work though, like maybe something to do?

Marianne opened their little market stall this time around, and sold the things she and had her father had foraged.

Customers were not very impressed with her cashier skills. Come on, guys, that's a pregnant teenager, she does her best, okay?

Paul, it is not appropriate to do that in public, Liz is married! He still hasn't found anyone else he's attracted to, and it's starting to get on my nerves.

Marianne has managed to get silk cocoons. Only problem is, she has no idea how they become fabric because she's never been to school. She'll figure it out eventually though, and for now, they can sell the cocoons to a neighbour who is better informed.

Every member of the Fisher family has been born on the beach or at sea. This new one is no exception.

It's a boy! Marianne names him Philip and he's so cute she doesn't mind paying that fine for being an unwed mother.

She adapts to motherhood pretty quickly, even though her baby poops a lot.

But she's never so busy that she'll stay home. No, Marianne takes very chance she gets to go out and hang out with her friends, or make new ones.

Grandpa Paul is happy to fill in. He always wished him and his wife would have more children, but a grandchild is a good second best

They expand their market stall a little bit, and start to sell some of the fish he has caught, as well as the silk cocoons and a few other things. I'm very pleased by that because the fish crates are worth a lot.

Paul tries to meet a new love interest but still has no luck at all. Negative chemistry all around except with Elizabeth and the werewolves. This townie lady even started to argue with him after a simple greeting.

Marianne checks the tide pools every morning and has been having some luck at least. Muscles and oysters can be sold or stock the fridge and summer is approaching its end and food is about to become scarce soon.

Philip grows like a weed and is surrounded by people who love and adore him.

His other mother, Anne, even shows up for his birthday, but in my attempt to pause so I could take a good picture, I hit 3 speed so here's a picture of them all standing around. Trust me, they all cheered when the candles were blown out. Sigh. The kitchen is still lovely though <3

The two teen moms got to spend some quality time together

While grandpa initiated potty training. Philip is really cute!

So cute! He got a logic toy for his birthday because Paul has been visiting the Carpenters' and had a bunch of toy canoes in his inventory he could exchange for a skill toy. Logic is a good skill to build for these sims too, since pretty much no one has a chess set yet.

Anne stuck around to autonomously feed Philip. She just screams good BaCC spouse all over.

And Marianne might be a romance sim, but her wants panel is just full of Anne. According to my rules, Anne, as a parent of a playable has to become playable when she's and adult, so even if she won't stick around, she will be moving in next round when Marianne becomes an adult.

Mother of the year started a fire while cooking and Father of the year dropped baby Letitia on the floor so he could run away and save himself.

It all ended up well though, except the bass with squash got severely burned.

Meaghan heads to a community lot giving Michael a chance to invite over the sim he is the most attracted to (other than his wife), and it was Saga the Werewolf. She brought along Philomena but I don't think we're going to try for a threesome.

After a few moments of flirting, Saga wasn't actually interested in anything physical with Michael at this time. But it still counts as cheating for Michael's memory, so I'll take it.

It's actually hard to carry on affairs when you have three kids to take care of.

Letitia grew into a toddler and is really cute.

Jude and Jafeth grew into children and somehow aged into appropriate clothing. It almost makes me want to dive into defaults.

The boys spend pretty much all their time together and they're both so goofy I had too much fun watching them to take too many pictures of the rest of the round.

But they managed to open the shop a couple of days and trying to earn some money. They're very poor at this point and the furniture Meaghan makes isn't earning them all that much.

Michael has collected enough iron and coal to be able to make some extra nails. Maybe next time Meaghan can make him a work bench so he can have a hobby.

Meaghan is deeply concerned about money. They managed to meet their quota of furniture and pay their tax and rent but once again there was no money leftover to put into savings. Meaghan knows that they're never going to be able to afford having their kids at home all the way to adulthood.

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I'm too lazy to take family pictures so just use the tags if you really don't know who I'm talking about, 'kay?

The Smiths had three kids and Melva died but was saved by her husband Ridley. Their daughter Hefina grew into a child.

The Cedar family had a baby son by the end of the round while their ward, Arthur Brown grew into a child who was quickly used for child labour.

The Carpenters who actually wanted to only have one kid ended up with three and it was a lot of work.

In the Fisher family, Paul started sleeping with his friend Elizabeth McCleary, while teen Marianne got knocked up by her girlfriend

The Weaver family struggled with meeting their quote but eventually managed. James and Hannes had a baby boy while their daughter Meredith almost finished training the dogs for breeding.

In the Miller family, Jeffrey did a surprisingly good job raising two toddlers and a child all on his own while still managing his farm. He also got married to Richard who moved in and paid of the family's debt.

In the McCleary family, Liz ran her bookshop while keeping up her affair with Paul Fisher. She got pregnant by twins and remains unsure if they're Paul's or Gordon's. Octavian and Cedric were still cute. Evan met Ellen Hamsterley and married her and the two moved out. The dogs finished their training and we had chimes before the season ended.

The Ellsworths got to work in their flower shop and restoring their reputation in the neighbourhood. They had a baby daughter and their boys all got older. Devin got a girlfriend while Sven is friends with Adria Ledford. Johan turned out to be good with plants which is good for him because he might need to become a farmer if the family can't earn more money.

Terrence Pelehan birthed an alien daughter and named her Symphony while also getting engaged to Alice whose last name I don't remember. His ward Adria Ledford poured her loneliness into her art, and eventually grew into a teen. The servants Jane Cedar and Ogden Miller started an affair that resulted in a pregnancy so they got married. Housekeeper Emma Keane didn't do much.

The werewolves fucked a lot and ran their very unprofitable shop.

Starting from round 2, I'll be pulling some cards as a makeshift ROS. I'll pull a card from The Quiet Year for the entire town and then a tarot card for each household at the beginning of their round.

For season 2: summer, the card is this:

I didn't want anyone to leave so someone is going to arrive.

The dice say this person is of merchant class and they are unrelated to the existing families. This means they're a new family!

The dice says it's a single mother with a teenaged son. Random name generator says they're Mariah Blackman and her son Swithin. I think they'll be merchant class but not actual shop owners, so Mariah is going to try getting an actual job once one becomes available. Their fortune is 60.000, and I'll move them into one of the apartments by the square as a start.

Well that's fun!

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Other changes for round 2 is that everyone gets to spend a small amount of money (dependent on their class) on just decorations because their houses are looking VERY sparse), and they also get a dice roll for a few more furniture each round.

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