Moss Generation Challenge: G1 Chapter 3

Here we are again in the Moss home. We're still plucking away at their goals! Here is where we left off at the conclusion of the last chapter

Get married
Complete the Bestselling Author aspiration
Become a writer
Marry 2 kids out
Have one enemy and two friends

So, the day came for Ashley's birthday and I made a HUGE mistake. I accidentally  aged Angelica up to Elder by blowing out the candles instead of selecting Ashley.  Oops! Anyway, I don't care that Ashley is kill-it-with-fire ugly, she's finding a man and getting married right away because her dear ole dad needs to marry off two children!   Don't believe me that she is kill-it-with-fire ugly? Seriously, believe it. I have the proof. That's a face that only a mother could love. Well, unless the Maker steps in and makes it happen because what is it that I always say? What the Maker wants, the Maker gets and the Maker wants Ashley to find love.

So, I looked over all of my notes and potential lovers and thought that maybe Ashley would make a fine wife of Derek Dreamer, another one of my sim families. I was right. They hit it off and after the first date they eloped in the park!

Ugly sims need love too, right? Okay, no...they don't but the Maker needs to complete this challenge.

After I married off Ashley, I quickly set about getting a young man raised up for Laurel. I chose an artistic young man named Stephen Broke as a suitor for Laurel and they exchanged promise rings just before their birthdays. 

 As soon as Stephen and Laurel became young adults, they quickly eloped. Alder is only days away from Young Adult and Ezra needed knock out at least one more objective before he took over as the heir of the family. While they were throwing a wedding anyway, Ezra and Angelica decided to renew their vows. Unfortunately no one ever taught them wedding attire etiquette.

I thought things were going just swimmingly but Stephen confronted Ezra after the wedding. He felt that Ezra and Angelica not only tried to steal the limelight by deciding to renew their vows but they also made a mockery out of the ceremony by showing up in their underwear and pajamas.

Needless to say, words were said, fists went flying and enemies were made.   This isn't how I'd planned to have this wedding wrap up but at least it completes all five generational challenges.

Get married
Complete the Bestselling Author aspiration
Become a writer
Marry 2 kids out
Have one enemy and two friends

Alder finished up getting to A+ Student before turning into a young adult. Unfortunately, just hours before his birthday, his sweet mama met Grim. I'm surprised that she went before Ezra, they both were blinking for several days before she finally gave up and passed on.  More unfortunate, Ezra was at work and didn't get to say his goodbyes. He did get to watch Alder turn into a Young Adult though!

I also want to point out that Alexa and Ezra have made it to best friend status. She dropped by from the Legacy house to offer her condolences to Ezra, which I thought was super sweet.

I think she knows that time with her uncle was drawing to a close and she wanted to get in one more visit before she lost him too.    


With Ezra's time dwindling down, Alder met and proposed to a young lady named Aylin from my Lothario family. This particular challenge says to have no playable sims in your neighborhood but for the life of me I can't really figure out why it matters. Especially sine you're completing the challenges with the heir. So, it's something I've chosen to ignore and Aylin needed a nice young man!

And days later, Ezra died...of overexhaustion. I've no clue how that happened! I totally forgot to take his picture though because I was looking for Alexa as she was visiting from the Legacy house!   She was upstairs mourning Angelica, who she only ever met on one occasion. These sims are messed up!


So it is that Ezra has passed the challenge to Alder! Stay tuned for babies, parties and lots and lots of studying for those promotions!  One challenge down! 9 to go!

Moss Generation Challenge: G1 Chapter 2

In the last chapter we started off with trying to secure babies for the Moss family while working on the following goals

Get married
Complete the Bestselling Author aspiration
Become a writer
Marry 2 kids out
Have one enemy and two friends

Somehow I failed to even notice that I wasn't doing this generation challenge in order but that's okay, I guess! I'll try to keep a tally of completion since I started things off on the wrong foot by completing them out of order.

So, here is what my beautiful Moss family is looking like  as of late.  We have Angelica, Ashley, Aspen. Laurel, Alder and proud daddy, Ezra.  Yes, Alder is in desperate need of a new diaper...ah the joys of motherhood, Angelica!

Between Angelica's painting and Ezra's writing novels (maxed) the lovely couple was able to afford a bigger home.  They went from a home worth $20,000 to a home worth 48,000. Not bad for a young couple with three little ones keeping them busy!

Angelica and Ezra have both hit level 5 of their career and are well on their way to hitting level 6.

Their oldest daughter, Ashley, not only fulfilled her childhood aspiration as an Artistic Prodigy but also was an A student before turning into a teen.Yet, despite all of her accomplishments, Ashley seems like she's not so certain about life. Maybe it's just an artist thing...she's walked around all glum for no reason since her birthday.

She might just be upset with me for starting her right out on skilling up for her future as a musician but I can't resist. The girl is a musical genius and we all know how this works—the Maker always gets her way. So, Ashley will just have to suck it up.

Ezra advanced to his elder years...Angelica is still quite young. He married late in life as I'd never really intended for him to be more than help for his sister, Jordan.  Alas, the need for children outweighed my desire to have him be the happy bachelor and just look at him now! Daddy of four! I have to say that age was super kind to Ezra. He's rather a hottie with his silver hair!

 
Angelia and Ezra celebrated his birthday with another promotion (level 6 in their careers!) and upgraded their home with some brand new top of the line appliances. Despite these two large purchases these two still have 20,000 saved back for the next generation to spend! Not bad!

With renovations out of the way, Angelica made a birthday cake for the twins, Aspen and Laurel (both of whom fulfilled their childhood aspiration of Social Butterfly) and watched them blossom into teenagers.

These two couldn't look more different if they tried and yet their childhood aspirations and their adult aspirations and traits are identical. Both Active, Cheerful, Socially Gifted with a High Metabolism and both desire to be body builders. They are the very best of friends and as close as two siblings could possibly be. Their friendship is inspiring and beautiful. They're also both A students like their sister, Ashley.

This leaves me just four more days to try to scramble and complete Alder's childhood aspiration. Don't ask me why I slacked with him but now comes the mad dash to try to complete rambunctious scamp! Doesn't he look so enthusiastic about me waiting until his birthday to fulfill his childhood dreams?


Luckily I was able to pull off the mad dash of skilling and Alder completed his childhood aspiration just hours before his birthday. I hope and pray that he turns out better looking than his oldest sister and his brother.  Wish me luck guys, wish me luck.

His daddy also reached his life time aspiration (and challenge goal) of becoming a bestselling author. In celebration, Ezra and Angelica ran off to the bedroom to woohoo which means that Alder didn't get a birthday cake before he aged up.  Now he's all sad and mopey and really...what did he grow up in? This just won't do at all.  Off to the mirror he must go for a makeover!


Tune in next time to see if Alder has potential as a decent looking heir or if he's burn-it-with-fire ugly. Yes, I know, I'm really superficial when it comes to sims...the Almighty Ruler of Everything has already informed me.

If sim shaming isn't your cuppa, I promise there will be plenty of other updates. In the next chapter there will be love, skill points and maybe even a new home...you'll just have to read and see!

Moss Generation Challenge: G1 Chapter 1

If you haven't read the introduction to the Moss Family's Generation Challenge. I encourage you to hop over now and take a look! 

Expectations for Angelica and Ezra as a first generation is as follows

Get married (done)
*Have 2 eligible children for heirs
Become a writer (done)
Marry 2 kids out
Have one enemy and two friends

*it's impossible to have two youngest. Even with twins, one is older and one is younger. This is a flaw in this challenge and I've chosen the following as a substitute:

Complete the Bestselling Author aspiration

So, hopping right in with all the important stuff. I think I'd mentioned that I secured the newlyweds a cute little cottage. It's a secluded little lot near the sea. It's the perfect little place to raise a little family.  As the Maker had let it be known that Ezra and Angelica needed to have a baby...it's already got the cutest little nursery in place too!

Moss Generation Challenge: Introduction

The time has came for The Maker to start telling a new tale. Why? Because, it's intricately connected with the Montgomery Family Legacy. 

If you're confused on who these two lovebirds are, I'd suggest you jump over to the Montgomery Legacy and pay close attention to the third generation.