For the last time we will visit the 'Other Houses' based on generation. Generation 5 is starting to meet their dates with Grimmy making way for their children to truly take over the homesteads. Now mind you, with Janabel's multiple children throughout her life and her sister Delilah's desire to postpone settling down until late in life the 'generations' are a bit skewed. Here's a view of the total family tree here --> Triumph Family Tree.
Martha's House
The week starts out simple enough. Some work, some skills, some time with Webster. Because outside of a few days of work that is all that Martha has to do. Webster.
Yup, Webster has maxed behaving in the bath since he gets a bath every.single.day. Webster has learned all the available commands because Martha has nothing else to bide her time with. At this point I gave in and let her buy a business.
Pepe's Pets, Martha chose to keep the original name since Pepe did all the work to make it functional. Martha takes Webster with her every day, of course, but also Love and Talin when they can be spared from their other persuits. She quickly gets the hang of sells and before long has the Dazzle option. She also pretty quickly has earned 4 stars for her business. She's dedicated, and it gets her out of my hair!
Midweek and it's birthday time! Love is a family sim already but her lifetime want is to graduated 3 children from college. If Felicia doesn't get in gear and unlock Education soon this want will never come to pass. However, Martha has passed ownership of the store to Love as well as educated her with all the perks she has learned so that Love can move forward successfully as a business owner, if she so chooses.
And yes, thanks for pointing that out. She did grow up in the bathroom like a true Triumph.
End of the week came and after another successful day at the Shop disaster struck.
Yes only my sims think about calling for a baby while meeting with Grimmy! Poor Talin, taken so unawares. This late in the week I thought for sure we'd have him a bit longer. He was a good neighbor to Martha and her siblings when they first moved to the apartments. And neighborly friendliness became something more. Before you could blink they were in love, married, and expecting the twins. He was a good man, good father, good husband, good friend, just good. He will truly be missed by all who knew him.
In her grief, Martha decides that now is the time for Love to truly become head of household. She officially passes the reins to Love whose life we will follow next time.
Peter's House
The goal: Lily needs a future spouse. The timeline: sooner rather than later. But other stuff happens too.
The week rolls along smoothly enough. Peter maxes out his career as Rock God and they all slave away to get enough friends for Ivy to max out the Intelligence career as well. In the quest for friends I had a personal quest to find a suitable match for Lily. And came up lacking. Hold that thought for a moment because Ivy just fulfilled her lifetime want of maxing the Intelligence career!
OK, back to Lily's problem. She's now an adult. Oh yeah, that happened too.
I had to show you this birthday for a reason. First, the little fireworks that move up their body and then come down as the confetti is pretty cool looking. But more importantly, she went from totally dressed inappropriately for the nuclear winter in shorts and a tank top to dressed in her everyday wear of a coat and fur-lined boots. Perhaps some people actually do get some common sense with age? Time will tell.
OK, back to the problem. The only eligible man of an appropriate age in Lily's phone book was Malcolm Landgrab. And since he is a playable sim I don't really desire to jack up his existing household. Mom and Dad both have potential mates in their books but dang if they refuse to come over and meet the daughter. So, desperate times call for desperate measures. To the street we go!
First adult, not elder, male that walks by is ripe for the pickin', he just don't know it yet. Taylor Walter it is. Run and meet him already Lily. Stop making that stupid snowman, your future husband is standing by the mailbox already!
Chat, chat, chat, chat, chat, admire, flirt - check out. Yup we got some lightning bolts. There's a good future here. And he passed the nose test! They managed to be friends to crushing to first kiss before he ran off embarrassed due to some serious body odor.
The very next day she invited him over again and they made it to besties and he agreed to move in before she had to dash off to work. Perhaps, next week, they will 'take it to the next level' :S.
Peter and Ivy have decided, that while they are still living, it's time for Lily to take the reins. She's an adult now, with a future husband already in house, and she has her own story to tell.
Mary's House
Shea and Ivy are elders. Zachariah is yet a teen with his future in front of him. And my desire to find him the right match is becoming a priority.
I'm just gonna be honest right out of the gate. This family as the height of boring this week. No big event, no eligible bachelorettes, though I thought for half a moment there would be, nothing. I even took the basic photo of Zachariah playing with the fire, just to have a picture.
I got a bit of excitement when Zachariah brought a female home from work with him. Seriously, I was already seeing red hearts. Until I realized it was Bethany. Bethany, his 3rd cousin, but still Bethany. Yes the option to flirt was there. Yes, the idea of blech was at the tip of my tongue. So, he treated he just like you should a cousin and sent her on her way.
So, that was it this week. Oh wait, yeah, Shea maxed out his career. Lifetime want achieved. Now he wants to open 5 top ranked businesses. Not happening! Next week offers promise and excitement. Zachariah will grow up and the world of women will be his buffet. He has several already on his friends' list!
Abigail's House
With half the kids moving out last week, and Eden moving out this week hopefully things will be a breeze. Clarence passed away this week and there is the slight fear that we will lose Abigail this week. Is Andrew ready to take on the household on his own? Perhaps we will keep Abigail another week.
First things first, Goodbye Eden. Have fun storming the castle! Or finding your own house. Or yeah just go adult somewhere else.
Eden is now out on her own and we'll check out her new house another time. Meanwhile the House of Horrors is now down to just 3 inhabitants. Abigail has maxed out EVERYTHING and has maxed her career. She has a new career want, to go from law enforcement and Captain Hero to the Life of Crime. That seems very elder-life crisis to me and I'm not giving in to it. She can't max the career anyway, she's an elder for the sake of grits!
Couple of days later Bethany's birthday arrived. But, alas, she appears to be a procrastinator.
Need to adult and don't really want to? Lay on the sofa for a bit. Go build a snowman. Wait, might be hungry, let's head to the kitchen. Halfway there remember that you were supposed to grow up 2 HOURS ago. Yup, that's exactly what Bethany did.
Meanwhile, life just casually continues to roll by. I'm terrified to let Abigail leave my sight as I know that Grimmy is coming. She's 81 days old now. It's a matter of moments not days. Which moment will be her last?
While waiting and watching for the fateful appearance of Grimmy baby Andrew grew up to an adult as well. He's ready to take the reins, he thinks, and make this house his own. With his own family. He thinks he knows who he wants to spend his life with. He just hasn't convinced her to even come visit yet. So, if he doesn't get that going soon I'm intervening and sending him to work the street like almost every other person in his family tree has done to find their mate!
And before you say anything yes Andrew does have some creepy weird thing going on with his face. And yes he does have a terrible tacky sense of style at this stage of life. However, we close the week with Abigail still very much alive. Tucked in for the night and ready for what comes next time.
Samuel's House
New home, twins growing up, looks good right? Wrong! Gwen the Terrible must go through the added misery of having another child in order for the house to have a proper heir. She's such a miserable person that I hate to put myself through that but it must happen. I think, perhaps, maybe I'm becoming a sim hoarder. But more on that another time!
Having a baby can't be put off any longer as Samuel and Gwen are both ticking closer and closer to elder. Pray for Gwen...that I don't kill her with fire!
I did manage one quick picture of the baby bump before she collapsed in bed one day. It as the same as before, hunger going down while eating, potty going down while pottying, sleep going down while sleeping and fun just never leaving pure red. Before baby arrived though another birthday happened in the house.
Madison and Mason are now teens! With futures to plan and goals to design. Though I do believe even Mason is fed up with his Mom's unhappiness. Or he inherited it one. Look at that face!
When go time came, in true Triumph fashion, it was in the bathroom.
And baby Jonah was born! This family is way more into 'baby' than any other family thus far. And I don't just mean bottles. I mean holding and cooing and generally just annoying me!
Perhaps now, Iife can return to it's normal humdrum unhappiness. Right Gwen? Hey! PUT THAT BOTTLE DOWN! He is NOT hungry again 5 seconds after his brother gave him a bottle. Go make a friend or something already! Ugh. At least once we return Jonah will become a toddler. And Gwen and Samuel elders. And the twins, well they'll still be kicking around as well.
