Another one of the Newson siblings, Gallagher has also moved back to New Maximiliania after he has graduated Cum Laude in Psychology. To read about his Senior Year at uni, you can click the link in my previous post - it was the same as Gabriella's.
Unlike Gabriella and Georgia, who moved to the oldest part of New Max, he has chosen this house downtown, just opposite the road from where his siblings Ginger and Gavin live with Ginger's family.
After he buys the house and gets it furnished and decorated, he has 2.109 Simoleons left.
Here he is. Gallagher is a Pleasure Sim who one day wants to be Game Designer.
Do you remember how in my last post he was telling his sisters about a date, and I was wondering aloud who his date may have been? Well, earlier this round, I played the Jacquet household, where Jacqueline was working hard at her LTW of having 50 dream dates - most of which were with Gallagher, who is now firmly established as her 3-bolt-love. On this Monday, he invites her over to have a look at his new place, and the two of them have her Dream Date # 24 together.
Gallagher does not forget his own LTW, though. He is not successful on the job front today, but will keep looking of course.
The welcome committee consists of Ramon Ramirez, Melody Tinker and Sharla Ottomas. Believe it or not, it is actually summer, but a freak snow storm has befallen the neighbourhood. No wonder Gallagher catches a cold, dressed like that!
On Tuesday morning, he cleans the bathroom on his own accord. He is a rather neat type.
He has just managed to find a job as Trash Talker (in his coveted career) when he notices Justin Cleveland walking by. The snow has gone, as you can see!
Chester Gieke is next, and Gallagher begins to wonder whether there are only elderly gentleman around today.
Looks like he's right - Christian Love is Elderly Gentleman No. 3 today.
Never mind the old men! Gallagher invites Jacqueline over again, and they reach half of her LTW today with Dream Date # 25.
A refreshed and happy Gallagher is ready to tackle his first day at work on Wednesday.
He is promptly promoted to Gold Farmer. Maybe it is worth mentioning that work started in the afternoon, and he spent the morning on Dream Date # 26 with Jacqueline.
Serva Pleasant is greeted as she walks by. The day ends with another visit from Jacqueline, and Dream Date # 27.
It is Thursday when Gallagher decides he can now risk spending some money on new clothes, what with autumn fast approaching and his job secured plus a promotion bonus in his pocket.
There is another bonus waiting for him when he is promoted to Flag Capturer later that day.
Callum Capp is his guest for the rest of the afternoon, and then it is skilling time for Gallagher.
While it is still dark on Friday morning, Jacqueline leaves a stereo in front of Gallagher's door as a gift for the lovely dates they have shared so far.
Gallagher is not really interested in gardening, but he makes sure the fruit tree behind his house is well cared for.
He invites Jacqueline over for another Dream Date - not possible this time, because everything took a lot longer due to constant interruptions by nearly endless coughing on her part.
His next promotion means he is now a Platform Jumper.
Another Dream Date is wished for, and this time, the two of them meet at the Crypt-o-Night Club. They really heading to the photo booth only for a photo, not what you were thinking!!
Gallagher's older sister Ginger is here, too, and so is Ripp Grunt. Have these two taken up their affair of long ago? No, don't worry. Ginger is happily married to Clover and had no idea Ripp was going to be at the night club, too.
Later, Jacqueline and Gallagher head over to the photo booth again - and this time it really is for what you were thinking ;-)
Gallagher greets his sister and tells her that he and Jacqueline have just had Dream Date # 28.
They immediately start on another date and sit down to dine.
All of a sudden, Gallagher pulls out a small velvet-covered box from his pocket and puts it in front of Jacqueline.
Dream Date # 29 ends with a surprise engagement - not really surprising, though, as Gallagher has been wishing to marry Jacqueline for a long time. They are three-bolters, after all! She is a Romance Sim, though, and so the engagement means a loss of aspiration points for her.
On Saturday morning before sunrise, Jacqueline places a piano in front of her fiancés door.
Gallagher has a quiet breakfast. Note the pictures on the wall, taken last night at the Crypt-o-Night club: one with his fiancée, one with his sister.
There is a love letter in his mailbox today. How sweet - bouquets and expensive gifts are not enough for Jacqueline to express her love!
Later, she comes visiting - so strong is her want to be near Gallagher all the time! Stephen Riley has been walking by and is greeted, too.
There is not enough time for a dream date before Gallagher has to go to work, though, and so Jacqueline leaves shortly before the carpool arrives for him. When he comes back, he is New Maximiliania's latest Power Leveler.
Sunday morning begins with yet another of Jacqueline's generous presents on the door step: a big TV set. Unlike the other presents which were instantly sold, he keeps the TV set, as he has enough room for it and there aren't any "fun" objects in his house so far except for the computer. (Not that he really needs it - when he wants to have fun, all he has to do is ask Jacqueline over for yet another dream date!)
I did mean to use the community lot St. Simius for Gallagher and Jacqueline's wedding, but I couldn't work out how to do it - how embarrassing is that!! Instead, I had him invite as many of his siblings as would be able to attend, and set up the wedding arch in the garden.
Not what I would have chosen for wedding outfits, but there you go - Mrs. and Mr. Newson have their own mind when it comes to clothes :-)
Georgia did not even bother to dress up for her brother's wedding, but at least Chaz Whippler and Jane Stacks-Hart made an effort. The newlyweds are already planning their next dream date, it seems.
Ginger and Georgia are getting to know their new sister-in-law better, watching some TV together after the party has ended and the other guests have gone home. "It was an... unusual wedding party, but I really liked it," Georgia remarks.
Are husband and wife going to stay in this small house, or join forces with one or more of Gallagher's siblings? What is going to become of Jacqueline's stepmother Daisy Greenman-Jacquet, who is now all alone in the big house? Is Jacqueline going to have all her remaining 21 dream dates with her hubby, or will she keep spinning wishes for dates with other men? (She's been rolling wants around Ramon Ramirez and one of the Picaso men all week!)
Am I going to work out how to have a proper wedding at St. Simius?
There have always been a bunch of Newson siblings in the game, and since the beginning of New Maximiliania, they have of course grown up. We are about to spend a week with Gabriella, whose name is first on the alphabetical list of Newsons.
She has recently graduated Summa Cum Laude in Psychology, and you can read about her Senior Year here.
Last round, when she graduated, I had moved Gabriella into this Maxis-made house. It is relatively big for just one person, and has strangely few windows. But it will do for now.
Here is Gabriella. She is a Romance Sim with the lifetime want of having 20 Lovers - so far, there isn't even one. But maybe her degree in Psychology will come in handy :-)
After having purchased the house and sold the items I had put in her inventory (it was her grant money from uni which she'd been saving), Gabriella has more than 13.000 Simoleons to furnish and decorate her new place. But before she starts on that, she asks her sister Georgia to move in with her.Georgia has also finished her studies last round and has graduated Magna Cum Laude in Biology. She is now all set to start working towards her LTW of becoming Hand of Poseidon. Her money boosts the sisters' common account to more than 18.000 Simoleons.
The sisters' niece, Nellie Nelson, comes visiting on her own accord. "When I'm grown up," she tells Auntie Gabriella, I want to have my own house, too!"
As soon as Mr. Humble has delivered his computer, Georgia looks for a job. But she is not lucky on this Monday.
Most of the walls and floors you'll see in this chapter as well as some of the furniture and clothes are part of the Sims Life Stories set and some other official Maxis sets kindly made available to me by Twoyys4me.
Georgia is a Fortune Sim, and so I purchase most of the furniture as she spins the wishes for them. The kitchen at first only contains a fridge and a counter, but one of the girls had a bowl of comfort soup in her inventory, and so that is being served to the welcome committee.
Remember Gabriella's LTW of having 20 lovers? Ripp Grunt is part of the welcome committee, and of course it does not take Gabriella long to flirt with him. She had no idea, though, that he - a Romance Sim as well - has once had something going with Lavender Greenman. Lavender is married, but she still sees it as cheating on Ripp's part when he returns Gabriella's flirtatious attention.
Georgia is not happy about this development, either. Years ago, Ripp had an affair with their eldest sister, Ginger Newson. Georgia was very upset back then, knowing full well that Ripp was carrying on with other women at the same time. She wanted something better for Ginger, and now she wants something better for Gabriella. [She really is enemies with Ripp ever since she was a teenager and he and Ginger had an affair!] But Gabriella is not asking her sister's opinion about this first potential lover of hers. There is only one thing on her mind right now, as you can see!
The incident with Ripp and Lavender of course means that the elderly woman comes to kick over the trash can nearly every night for the rest of the week.
On Tuesday morning, Georgia finds a job as Marine Biologist. I knew her university diploma was going to be helpful!
While her sister is off to her first day at work, Gabriella takes care of household matters... at least for a while.
As soon as she can, she invites Ripp over. Now that her sister isn't here to object, she quickly makes Ripp her first lover. I have been keeping track of Ripp's lovelife, too, and if I am not mistaken, Gabriella is his No. 20 - meaning he should have now reached his LTW! We'll find out next time we visit the Grunt family, I suppose.
Back from work in the early afternoon, Georgia immediately sits down to study for her first promotion.
Meanwhile, Gabriella (still thinking of Ripp) greets Sharla Ottomas who happens to walk by.
Lavender puts in an appearance again, too, but only to pour abuse over Gabriella. Well, as I said before, Lavender is married - Gabriella and Ripp are both officially single, so she has really no right to react like that.
The sisters want to show their family their new home and tell them about Georgia's job. Here comes Clover, one of Tybalt Capp's plant children. He married Ginger Newson and raises the twins Nelson and Nellie with her (their biological father is Ripp Grunt).
Sister Ginger and brother Gavin are here, too.
Ripp is still around, but now Gabriella's attention is on her niece.
There is someone special Georgia wants to tell about her new house and new job: Justin Kim. She invites him over, and the two of them soon retreat to Georgia's bedroom.
Downstairs, the Newsons and their guests enjoy the last of yesterday's comfort soup.
Wednesday morning, Gabriella gets up... alone. Ripp has left last night along with the other guests.
Meanwhile, Georgia has kept spinning wishes for kitchen items, and now the kitchen is fully equipped.
She comes home today with a promotion to Whale Tracker.
Justin Kim has come visiting on his own accord.
While he is impressed at Georgia's dedication to her career, he'd much rather cuddle with her on the settee than watching her study.
Before picking up the trash can that was - again - kicked over by Lavender Greenman, Gabriella greets Stacy Stacks, daughter of Helena Stacks (and granddaughter of Jane Stacks-Hart and Matthew Hart).
Gabriella starts Thursday morning with a long soak in the bath tub. She spends her days doing the housework and talking to her male acquaintances on the phone, hoping to build friendships in order to take them to the next stage.
Today, though, the girls decide on going shopping for clothes as soon as Georgia is back from work. Winter is just round the corner and they don't have much in their wardrobes for the coming season.
Gabriella makes use of the opportunity to meet more men while Georgia is making her purchases.
Back home and in one of her new outfits, Georgia greets Dirk Dreamer who happens to walk by. I really like that outfit - it is definitely something I'd wear in real life, too.
On Friday, Georgia has the day off. She does the crossword first and then works some more on her skills for the job while Gabriella plays The Sims.
Later, she invites Hal Capp-Riley over; a potential candidate for helping her with her LTW.
Georgia wants to buy a sauna, and so this becomes one of the few houses in New Max with a sauna. I have added several windows and think the house looks much better now (this is the back view, but there are more windows on the front, too.)
Georgia greets Maria Monty.
Hal and Gabriella are the first to test the new sauna. "You do know I'm married, don't you," Hal says. Gabriella nods. "Yes, I know. But when has that ever stopped anyone?" I'm afraid she is right there!
Again, much of her time is spent on the phone. She has not made much progress towards her LTW yet, although Hal became her Lover # 2 soon after their conversation in the sauna.
On Saturday, Georgia is promoted to Deep Sea Fisherwoman.
Gabriella is now working on Geoff Rutherford-Greenman - he is Lavender's husband, and I bet she would not be happy if she knew, even though she herself has cheated on Geoff!
It has now become cold enough for the girls to wear heavy jumpers when they leave the house, such as Georgia here when she feeds the koi in her little pond.
Sunday is family day, especially since Georgia does not have to work. This time, the girls' brother Garrett (not pictured) has come over, too, and brought his girlfriend Paola Picaso along.
Nelson and Nellie discover Gabriella's bedroom upstairs and take advantage of the adults all being engaged in conversation downstairs.
Gallagher (who lost his girlfriend Olivia Ottomas in a house fire last round) tells his sister Gabriella of his latest date, while Paola Picaso seems to be thinking about having a baby with Garrett.
You will meet more members of the Newson family in the next post. Are Paola and Garrett going to have a baby? Who is Gavin's date? How long will it take Gabriella to complete her LTW at this rate? Is Georgia going to keep focusing on her career or will she allow Justin Kim to play a more important role in her life?
