Mac's 'Hood

Toni's Connor has been in a serious relationship with Ari's Leanne ( both of you!) When you have a high-voltage model like Leanne   , you want to make sure of her, so Connor proposed and she accepted! Go Connor!  


They had a quiet wedding, just the two of them


Followed by their own rather playful wedding dinner. She's at the top of the Model career (Internationally acclaimed runway model) and he's at the top of the artist career. They have a little one on the way (child of contributed sims - yaaaay!  ) Meanwhile, she's been working at a florist's bench she got and now has a Silver badge in flower arranging. They have oodles of simoleans stashed away and he'll probably keep working for a while, so they're going to move to a new house with a shop below and open a flower shop, maybe sell some of his paintings, too. Just imagine buying a bouquet from a world famous model!


Morris is the son of Dean and Maikki and Loretta is the daughter of Alan Alda and a really pretty NPC sim. Alan wanted to name her "Hotlips" but mom objected strongly, so they settled on Loretta (pretty close)


Morris popped the question over dinner and she accepted!


The next morning over breakfast: "Wow!!!   I had no idea!" "Neither did I!"  


When he got home from work he found that she had bought him an engagement present: A telescope! (Morris is Knowledge/Aries Science(5)/Science and Loretta is Knowledge/Gemini ShowBiz(7)/Sports)

This just in: Dorothea Depardieu, the daughter of attractiveness-challenged Germain and Agatha, has just turned into a toddler. Not the prettiest, but not a disaster, either. Rather serious looking little critter if you ask me. Mom's blue eyes and brown hair, though. She's a Virgo - super neat and nice, very active, very serious, and very, very shy. Sometime this (RL) summer, I'll be able to post up some pics of her as a child, when the family turns up in the queue to be played for another season.

Two lovely young couples!!

Mac wrote:

When he got home from work he found that she had bought him an engagement present: A telescope!

Lucky guy!!

Dorothea is pretty!! I currently have a Sim from the Mountainside Valley NH from MTS2 that had NO nose as a toddler and the thinest lips Now he is a YA in Uni nad he looks fine

OoOOOo I love love! Always so thrilled to see my simmies pop up in your hood Mac. All things considered Dorothea aren't bad lookin.' I think she'll grow into that face. Now we can only hope that she falls in love with someone who has a receding chin

On popular demand - well, one person demanded - well, I was the one who demanded - I extended the playing time for the Depardieu family until Dorothea became a child. Here is the extended family. From the left, Hugh Laurie and Emma Peel, Agatha's parents, then Agatha (mom) then Germain (dad) in the blue sweater between his parents Audrey (nee Tautou) and Gerard Depardieu. Dorothea is in front. Yes she has her dad's and her granddad's big chin, but at least she was spared the big schnozz. If she inherits her mom's cheekbones she might still end up as a model, but if not, her preferred hobby is tinkering so she might end up as a classy spook like her Grandma Emma Peel (Grandma Emma Peel !?!?!?  ) P.S. Is it me, or is Agatha becoming prettier?


We'll have to wait a while before the family comes around again. I do tend to skip over much of the child phase and some of the teen phase - building too many skills means that they sometimes start their adult careers at levels 7 or 8. (Simone Broadswood-Smythe started out as a Medical-Specialist just out of university!) So the next round we'll see her as a teen or even a YA,

mac wrote:

 ) P.S. Is it me, or is Agatha becoming prettier?

Let's not push it Mac! I think you've been playing this family too long!

Great family photo though, and Dorothea is quite comely. Let's just hope she falls in love with someone with compatible features

I'm kinda lovin' this family though. They're interesting~

ilikefishfood wrote:

I think you've been playing this family too long!

Touche!

I really like that first photo of Connor and Leanne; they seem so thrilled to be engaged.

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Morris is the son of Dean and Maikki and Loretta is the daughter of Alan Alda

As soon as I read "Alan Alda," I was thinking to myself, "Hotlips!" I can't understand why her mother objected that name.

Mac wrote:

the daughter of attractiveness-challenged Germain and Agatha

Toni wrote:

Now we can only hope that she falls in love with someone who has a receding chin

Sandy wrote:

NO nose as a toddler and the thinest lips  

Oh my! I haven't had that happen. I'm glad he outgrew that awkward phase.

I really like that first photo of Connor and Leanne; they seem thrilled to be engaged.

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Morris is the son of Dean and Maikki and Loretta is the daughter of Alan Alda

As soon as I read "Alan Alda," I was thinking to myself, "Hotlips!" I can't understand why her mother objected that name.

Mac wrote:

the daughter of attractiveness-challenged Germain and Agatha

Toni wrote:

Now we can only hope that she falls in love with someone who has a receding chin

Sandy wrote:

NO nose as a toddler and the thinest lips  

Oh my! I haven't had that happen. I'm glad he outgrew that awkward phase.

Mac wrote:

I rotate them, playing one season at a time

Hah! Figured out quotes! Go me! haha

On to my question -

Mac, I play one season at a time as well, but do you also play University?

If so, how do you marry up the time line in Uni with the one in your hood? I can't seem to quite get it right and end up having younger siblings in Uni sooner, or later, than they should be from their older siblings.. causing age discrepancies.

FiestyChihuahua wrote:

If so, how do you marry up the time line in Uni with the one in your hood?  I can't seem to quite get it right and end up having younger siblings in Uni sooner, or later, than they should be from their older siblings.. causing age discrepancies.  

I pretty much ignore seasons when a YA is in univ. Remember, I only play the second semester of their senior year, they get the benefits of a univ education without going through all the boring nonsense. (Overall, I find the whole university expansion annoying. Most of the people I knew and hung out with went to university to learn something. The univ module in the sims is far too much partying and rah-rah.)

But on to details:
Let's say that I'm playing Jean and John Doe in the spring, and daughter Katie, a teenager, goes off to college. Her line is separated from her parents', they play out the rest (if any) of spring. Katie's gone. At the end of spring, Jean and John are set to summer

Summer. I play Jean and John as usual for one season - they are then set to autumn. I then play Katie's final semester and return her to a house in the main hood when she graduates and set her season to autumn.

Autumn: Jean and John play their autumn, Katie plays hers as a separate family.

Hope this helps

That helps a lot although I wasn't sure what you meant by only playing out their senior year.

So one season in your hood is equal to the entire University experience? Just making sure I understood.

I think you have it Feisty-C. The entire college experience counts for a season for the YA sim. I actually play one semester, the last.

There is a "College adjuster" which you can find here that allows you to pick the semester. You have to pick your major first. You should be sure to check your YA's abilities versus what's required for the senior year second semester.

In Simwardrobe under Sims 2 - Objects - Other Objects you can find a green vase that allows you to set the season. I find it useful when returning uni students to the main 'hood as well as coordinating the season for brand new sims that I add. (Like Mai )

Oooh thanks Mac! You are a gem!

Ugh. Sorry about the double post earlier. When I posted, I got a maintenance page, went back and clicked to post. Apparently, the original post was there but I couldn't see it at the time.

FiChi, I play in a seasonal rotation like Mac does, but I play my hood a little differently. I play all four "years" of Uni, but sometimes use a mod that shortens the length of each semester. I'm sure it doesn't match up to a realistic passage of time, but I usually make each college year equal to a season in the regular hood. This mod allows you to shorten each semester from 72 hours to 48 hours, 36 hours, or 24 hours. I also started using this calendar, which allows me to change the season in a household in order to sync up my hood. I like the calendar because I use the version with holidays, and my kids get the summer off from school. They use the time to build skills. Most of my kids start Uni with most of their skills already maxed out.

Mac, I'm looking forward to seeing Mai in your hood.

OOh Cher.. thanks so much for the calendar link. That is a great idea! Keeping my gamed sync'd has been an issue.. especially as every new lot starts fresh at the end of summer. This should help a great deal.

I have a wee bit of time online before my grandbaby arrives for the day, so I thought I'd spend it chillin' in Mac's 'Hood.

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They have a little one on the way (child of contributed sims - yaaaay!   ).

Handsome Connor and lovely Leanne are going to make beautiful babies, no doubt. Can't wait!
You are definitely going to help keep our SP Offspring Project active and interesting, Mac!  

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Alan wanted to name her "Hotlips" but mom objected strongly, so they settled on Loretta (pretty close) ...

The next morning over breakfast: "Wow!!!  I had no idea!" "Neither did I!"    ...

Dorothea Depardieu, the daughter of attractiveness-challenged Germain and Agatha ...

On popular demand - well, one person demanded - well, I was the one who demanded ...

P.S. Is it me, or is Agatha becoming prettier? ... Let's not push it Mac! I think you've been playing this family too long!

I enjoyed my visit to Mac's 'Hood as always, Captain. Thank you for sharing!

I had to find an eligible sim for Elle's self-sim and came up with Toni's Mark   After some careful arrangements by the Neighborhood Administrator, he proposed - and she accepted.


They had a quiet wedding, just the twosome


Followed by a playful wedding dinner. BTW, doesn't Elle look smashing!  


Meanwhile, the elderly (over 30  ) couple, Gibson and Rona - both by Toni     also had a quiet wedding.


They do tart up well, though, don't they? An elegant wedding dinner!


They wasted no time and Gibson can't wait to meet his new child


And he's a good daddy, taking over feeding his son, Nathaniel, to let mom sleep


Toni Broadswood-Smythe and Frederick Weasley have had a little girl, Rhiannon (of whom more later). Fred's being a good guy, helping Toni consume some left-over pregnancy food - in this case pickled herring and watermelon - yum!  


Here's the extended family. Alas, only one of the grandparents (Nathaniel Broadswood-Smythe by Em  :) was by a site creator, so they can't be in the offspring thread. Seated in front are Fred and Toni and their toddler daughter Rhiannon. Standing in the back are Fred's parents Ron and Nisa Weasley and Toni's parents, Nerissa and Nathaniel Broadswood-Smythe


Aunties: Simone is Toni's older sister and Ginny is Fred's younger sister. They're actually sisters-in-law. Simone's son Gethin (Rhiannon's cousin) couldn't make the photo shoot - he's just out of college and busy starting his athletic career


A better picture of Ginny. Boy, does red hair ever run in this family. You can tell who Rhiannon's dad is, although Gethin got his dad's blonde hair.

Mac wrote:

BTW, doesn't Elle look smashing

Yes she does! What a beautiful dress!

Mac wrote:

They do tart up well, though, don't they? An elegant wedding dinner!

Wow!! Especially in that 2nd picture of them, so elegant!

Mac wrote:

After some careful arrangements by the Neighborhood Administrator...

Hahaha! I like that. We're "Neighborhood Administrators"!

I agree with you and Sandy. ElleSim does look lovely in her elegant wedding gown.

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Meanwhile, the elderly (over 30   ) couple...

Oy vey! If 30 is elderly, then put me out to pasture, captain! I'm a ancient relic!

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They do tart up well, though, don't they?

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...helping Toni consume some left-over pregnancy food - in this case pickled herring and watermelon...

Eeeeew! Gross!  
That one definitely is off the Barf-o-meter scale, Mac!

Mac wrote:

BTW, doesn't Elle look smashing!

Yes, Elle is a beautiful bride.

Rona and Gibson are a sweet couple. I like the tender way she put her hand on his arm at dinner, and he is clearly a doting father.

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pickled herring and watermelon

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Boy, does red hair ever run in this family.

In my old hood, it seemed that red hair was a bit more dominant than it is in real life. I had one red-headed parent who had many red-headed descendants.

Nice couples, mac! I especially like Rona and Gibson. And I like the group family photo. It's neat to see all of the generations together!

I don't comment much, but Mac's Hood in my reward when I am very good.

Ari's Katia   was engaged to Guido Genni, a born-in-game sim. But I wanted to post her offspring in the offspring project, so I had to have her break her engagement to Guido   Then I had to find a suitable Sugah's site suitor for her. It boiled down to Sugah's Dominic or Ari's Dax. The Neighborhood Administrator decided in favor of Sugah's Dominic   Ooooo! Those cheekbones!     (BTW his surname, and now hers, too is Azucar - that's sugar in Spanish. Esmee's surname is Sucre and Sofia's is Zucchero. Sugah just might have to challenge me with a Miss Finland  ) Anyway, Dominic invited Katia over and one thing led to another. Is that a smug smile or is that a smug smile???


When you get a gal like Katia, you don't want to take any chances. Dominic proposed - and Katia accepted!   He looks even more smug now!  


They didn't wait long to get married. They had a quiet wedding and she served him salmon (mac's one exception to a vegetarian diet!   ) That glow around her isn't from being a new bride but from her being in the zone for the culinary hobby.


Alas, their "Try for baby" didn't work right away, so it'll be a few RL months before they and their offspring show up in the offspring project.  

It turns out that Katia is at the top of the fitness career. Since he's just starting in the athletic career he needs to work on his bod. Little did he know that he got not only a wife but a personal fitness trainer. That sure wiped the smug smile off his face!