The Powers-Sharpe Household: Week 7

The Powers-Sharpe family have moved into what used to be the Grunts' original house a long time ago. Unlike most other Maxis-made houses, this one has the front door at one side of the lot...

...and the back door at the other side. Who lives here these days?

Perseida Powers, Jonah's half-Alien teenage daughter. She wants to have 20 best friends and is currently at 12.

Roxie Sharpe and Jonah Powers have been firm three-bolters ever since they've been at uni together. They are both 67 now, and both on Permanent Platinum, which means I rarely tell them what to do.

Roxie's younger brother Edwin Sharpe is still there, too. He is also on PermaPlat.

You can nearly always rely on Edwin to do the cleaning and tidying on his own accord, such as emptying the kitchen bin on this snowy Monday morning.

Just as he has closed the lid on the bin, Lavender Greenman walks by and is of course greeted.

Perseida makes her Best Friend # 13 during a phone conversation with Calendula Capp.

Early evening sees Roxie and Jonah autonomously starting a fun snowball fight. Lavender is not sure whether to join in or not; for now, she limits herself on ogling Jonah.

Tuesday is off to a great start for our lovebirds ;-)

Edwin, on the other hand, is a little lonely and reminisces the time at uni when Delilah O'Feefe was his girlfriend for a while. She later went on to marry Kevin Beare, and the two of them have not been in touch anymore.

Odell Ottomas comes home from school with Perseida today.

But she does not really have time for him, as she is leaving for college the same afternoon. We are going to catch up with her there next.

Bianca Capp gets off the limo from work with Edwin. But wait... isn't she dead? She is indeed, and turns into a ghost a moment after this picture was taken. A message informs me that she has died on another lot. This keeps happening every single day of Edwin's working week.

Wednesday morning sees Edwin cleaning up last night's dishes and leftover cake.

When Roxie and Jonah return from work that day, he decides to build a snowman, while Roxie watches him fondly.
   

The most remarkable thing about Thursday is that Roxie manages to pet the skunk without being sprayed. (Minutes earlier, Jonah tried to do the same and had good reasons for regretting his attempt!)
      

Lonely Edwin hides behind the newspaper.

And later, he retreats to his bedroom, where he just stares into space. Poor Edwin!
       

During the night, someone (I never saw who) kicked over the trash can. When Edwin and Jonah get up on Friday morning, they discover that they have a bug infestation.
     

Roxie greets Carolina Capp.
       

The clever girls gets a spray can out and deals with some of the bugs.
    

Roxie seems to be spurned on by Carolina's good example and does a tiny bit of housework.
       

Meanwhile, her little brother is far more efficient.
      

He even manages to put the trash can back up without me telling him to.
       

Saturday morning is the first and only time this week that someone actually plays with the model railway. Something I never noticed before: The streetlights are on when the set is played with during the dark!
     

Have a closer look: Even the lights on the train itself work!
       

Later, Edwin remembers the great invention of bug repellant.
      

A dog fight happens in the early hours of Sunday morning.
       

Stray Alabama (poodle) and Charlie (wolf) will certainly not become friends like that.
       

Gary Greenman walks by, and Edwin invites him to stop.
       

Nobody has taken care of the rose shrubs in the garden all week. Edwin starts with the best of intentions, but stops a short while later when a coughing fit distracts him.

Gary makes himself really useful by tackling the bugs again, while Roxie deals with the (once again) thrown over trash can.

The week was a bit boring after Perseida left for college. I did briefly think about moving the three edlerly Sims to the Senior Residence, but then I thought Jonah would probably like to welcome his daughter back after her graduation (if he lives long enough).
Roxie and Jonah are now 74, Edwin is 68. Will he remain single for the rest of his life?

The Pleasant-Summerdream Household: Week 10

Welcome back to the Pleasant Hacienda!

Angela Pleasant is now 66, and has been on Permanent Platinum ever since she made her 20th best friend 22 days before she reached Elderhood. This means I hardly ever control her these days.

Puck Summerdream (same age as Angela) has been the love of her life for a long, long time. The two of them used to be 3-bolters until they became elders. Now, at 2 bolts, they are just as much in love as always, but neither of them has ever thought of getting married.
Maybe it is because Puck's parents, Titania and Oberon Summerdream, are not married and enjoy a happy and loving relationship, whereas Angela's parents, Mary-Sue and Daniel Pleasant, had problems in their marriage that nearly lead to them splitting up.
Serva Pleasant, the robot Angela built, is still here, too.

Puck can not reach his LTW; it changed to "Become The Law" when he was already too old to get to the top of any career. Serva wants to become Hall of Famer, and I have no doubt she will achieve it.

Before Puck's LTW changed autonomously, he wanted to have 20 best pet friends. There are still five pets in the family from those days. Here are four of them: dogs Sheba and Scout and cats Alabama and Pepper. The 3rd cat, Sake, is somewhere else in the house.

The week at this house starts on Thursday (due to me having moved the family here in the middle of a week some time during the previous round).
Puck goes jogging with the dogs.

It is Friday morning, and Angela is up first.

Pepper is now an elderly cat.

Sake, the cat, dies that day. I did not check how old Sake was, but I am sure it was well past 30.

Serva is promoted to Superstar.

Servo Pleasant Capp, the robot Angela built first and who moved out to get married to one of Tybalt Capp's plantchildren, walks by. Already last round, Serva met Servo and discovered that they have 3 bolts for each other. Unfortunately, Servo is already married.

That does not stop a true 3-bolt-attraction!

On Saturday morning, Serva cleans the pet beds. With so many cats and dogs, there is always something to do that involves cleaning, washing, filliing of bowls or simply playing with one of them.

Angela could have whatever she likes from the fridge, but she decides to eat a smelly leftover burger from yesterday. Strangely enough, she does not get food poisoning.

Puck decides it is his Family Day today. He invites his parents Oberon and Titania Summerdream over, as well as his little sister Bottom (who is not so little anymore) and her husband Björn (one of Loki Beaker's half-Alien twin sons).

Serva is promoted to Assistant Coach.

On Sunday, it is Angela's turn to have a Family Day. Her parents have died many years ago, but her twin sister Lilith lives in New Maximiliania and comes over with a bunch of Ottomas' - the family she married into. Her husband David Ottomas is at work and will join them all later.

Sharla explains to the young ones that Serva is not an Alien, but was built by Angela. Maria Monty (strictly speaking, not blood-related to the Ottomas family) of course knows everything, like most teenagers do, and wonders why Sharla thinks she has to explain.

Puck starts Monday morning with a nice long bubble bath.

He is still controlled by me, but not all the time. Even when left to his own devices, he does not wait for Serva to do all the chores.

Lavender Greenman walks by and is politely greeted.

Scout turns into an elderly dog.

Serva is now Coach - I think that's just one promotion away from reaching her LTW.

Angela loves playing with the pets.

On Tuesday morning, Serva reads the paper before starting on her chores.

Puck greets Jacqueline Newson (nee Jacquet) and Callum Capp.

On Wednesday, Angela welcomes family friend Hal Riley (if I remember correctly, he went to uni with the Pleasant twins and Puck).

Serva maximizes her Charisma.

Puck greets Stephanie Stacks.

The week ends with Puck cleaning one of the pet beds, closely watched by Pepper (black cat) and Alabama.
Puck and Angela are now 73 years old. It does not look as if they will survive very long into their next week. The pets are nearly all in their 30s now.

Thanks to the pets and Serva's career, as well as the Family Days, this week was not as boring as it could have been. I find it puzzling that Puck and Angela never rolled the wish to marry - but that's our Sims for you, they do have their own mind!