Catching Up

First, I'd like to say that I'm ALWAYS open to suggestions on what you would like me to do with my characters in my Sim game! I love suggestions. The only thing is that right now my game play is ahead of my blog, so in this post I'm going to try and catch up. Bear with me here.

Soon, Maria's birthday came. Turning into an adult is a big deal, so even though Maria is a "Loner", I told her to throw a party. Her mother cleaned the counter so that she could cook food for the guests.

She didn't succeed, though. Why is it that she can never fix or clean items?

Meanwhile, the first guest arrived! I told Maria to go and introduce herself.

Nice....er....appearance...

Now, time to party!

OHMYGOSH SHE GREW UP INTO HER MOM'S SHIRT NO WAY.

The first thing Maria did as an adult: clean the counter.

Then she unclogged the toilet.

And mopped the floor.

Then I signed her up for the Criminal Career!

Then she scampered home to improve her athletic skill (you need that to be a criminal, you know!)

Meanwhile, her mother came home with an opportunity from her work to improve her job performance. She had to wash five dishes that she brought home.

Okay, now I'm getting tired of this taking so long (I've been working on this post off-and-on for a few days now), so I'm going to skim through the events.

They could finally afford a chair, a desk, and a COMPUTER!

Now I'm getting SUPER annoyed because the internet keeps going out, so I'm just going to skim through the events without pictures. Maria had the next day off, so she invited the only guy she knew: the plumber. He was single, and they hit it off really well. Soon she proposed, he said yes, and they had a little baby girl named Aleena Pride. We then encountered a glitch: Maria wouldn't put Aleena down, so I did the only thing I could. I cheated and aged her up. Then I got into it, and kept aging her up. BUT THEN IT GLITCHED OUT AGAIN SO I GOT REALLY ANNOYED AND QUIT WITHOUT SAVING. So then I went back on and redid everything above, but now I was latched onto an idea. I aged up Aleena due to cheats and moved her to an empty lot on her own. She joined the Criminal career. She currently owns a bed, canvas, toilet, toy chest, and garden.

GREAT NOW WE'RE ALL CAUGHT UP BYE.

Teenage Years

Maria usually comes home from school feeling terrible.

(Note that the Plumbob is red)

I'm actually pretty proud of myself, because I managed to get a pretty decent picture of her on the schoolbus. I usually can't get their head or something, but I somehow did it this time.

She doesn't look very happy, though, does she? Then again, she never does.

She went home for an hour before the carpool came to take her to work.

(You know, the driver kind-of reminds me of Windy over at the Splines)

Meanwhile, I stopped Kiera from taking the carpool home one day when she wasn't feeling too stressed and had her introduce herself to some people eating at her restaurant. This man's name is Sinbad Rotter, but sadly, he's not single.

Anyway, Maria and Kiera had earned enough money to buy an easel and some outside lighting.

Money left afterward: 374 simoleons.

Maria recieved a grade-related opportunity telling her to bring fish to the science lab for an experiment. I had her paint a bit before sending her out to fish.

She caught a minnow, but the science center was closed, so she couldn't bring it there until the next day.

Kiera had the next day off, so I sent her to the park.

This is Alistaire Pine. I had her ask if he was single.

Good news, he is! I'll keep him on book for the future.

Broken Appliances

Big news-Maria SMILED!!! If only briefly. She was playing with her teddy, which is her only source of fun.

(Also, I'm having trouble deciding on Picture Sizes for my blog.This is large, and below is Extra Large. Tell me what you think)

The next day, Maria had to use the restroom (it was Saturday, so she couldn't go at school), and Kiera had been having her two days off of work. Therefore, they had no money to afford the repair person. And, if you read the last post, our absent-minded Kiera refused to fix it for herself. I had to send Maria sown the street to the neighbor's house.

Then she had to rush home to avoid being picked up by the police for being out after curfew.

She was so tired by then that she nearly nodded off in the living room.

The next day-whoopee!-it was Maria's birtday. I threw her a party and invited many people, completely forgetting that Maria is a "Loner" and get's the "Too Many People" negative moodlet.

Her clothes aren't that bad, for Sims 3, but her hair had to go. Sadly, I didn't remember to do this until later (partly because they don't have a mirror).

She gained the trait of "Kleptomainiac", by the way.

Maria's first teenage wish was to "Get a Part-Time Job". Thinking about her "Loner"-ness, I sent her to the Mausoleum.

Also, I forgot to mention! The two of them FINALLY had enough money for another chair!

And a bookshelf! (That's that wooden pannel-like thing on the wall).

Maria woke early the next morning with a wish to "Learn a Logic Skill", so I put their new bookshelf to use.

Finally, a mirror they could afford! I changed her hair back to what it used to be as a child.

I just thought it suited her. She smiles more as a teen.

After her first day at her new job, Maria wasn't feeling her best.

She went home and actually had a nice, quailty conversation with her mom. (They don't talk much-with both of them working and such.)

Also-surprise!-Kiera got promoted at work after working so hard on her cooking skill, which came with a big raise and a HUGE cash bonuse. They could afford some excersise equipment! (this will be needed for the career I picked out for Maria)

I have decided that Maria's destiny is to be a thief (which is why I gave her the Kleptomaniac trait). Even though she's cowardly. A cowardly theif.

Well, I honestly do believe that with the both of them working, they'll be able to scrape by.

Welcome to Pride of the Family!

Welcome! This is my Sims 3 blog about the Pride family, currently consisting of Kiera Pride and her adopted daughter, Maria Pride.

Kiera hopes to find love, but hasn't had any luck so far. The Pride family decided to move into Twinbrook suddenly, but couldn't find a house that they could afford furnished. The house they finally settled on came with the kitchen and the bathroom, and they had just enough money for a double bed and a crib.

Kiera is a "Natural Cook", which explains why her first Wish was to "Join the Culinary Career". They can't live with just a double bed, crib, kitchen and bathroom for forever, so I was happy to oblige.

Of course, the Culinary career needs cooking abilities, so I set her to the kitchen. She was in the middle of cooking Mac and Cheese when she wandered off (probably due to her "Absent-Minded" trait) to use the restroom, and the burnt macaroni set their small kitchen on fire. *sigh*

Kiera tried to put out the fire before the fireman got there. I love how the fireman looks like he's walking away from the fire. "AAHHH! FIRE! Oh, yeah, um...where's my firehose..."

The firefighter stuck along for a while, so I decided to take this moment as an oportunity. He's single, which is a good sign! And Kiera's romantic interactions were well recieved.

Right up until she went in for the Fist Kiss.



I don't think Maria there in the corner of the photo even knows what's going on.

Anyway, after a few more tries at First Kiss (which were taken in the same way, not really rejecting but not accepting either), the man left before I remembered to put down his name on the pad of paper I play with (got the idea from The Splines)

To distract herself from heartache, Kiera moved on with Toddler Buisness.

Though she still couldn't seem to get her wants out of her mind, aparently...

After this, the two retired to their beds.

The next day, Kiera (who also has the "Green Thumb" trait) started gardening.

This can help her money problems with the boost of what her plants grow.

After her first day at work, Kiera had enough money to buy a picnic-like table and ONE CHAIR.

And a birthday cake for Maria, who had been left with a babysitter (that Kiera couldn't pay for!) all day. (By the way, is it just me or are the cakes rediculously expensive?

Love the look on Kiera's face...

Don't you just hate how the burn marks from the fire NEVER GO AWAY?!?!

Now time for a spot of gardening as Maria sits down to enjoy what's probably the greatest-tasting thing she's ever had.

And I do believe that the life of a money-deprived sim has made Maria seem a bit...emo, don't you think? Just look at that hair!