Lakewood BaCC: Week 3, Part 5

[katrisims]

I made use of the time that I needed to sit in vechiles; I think I should do that more often, based on the amount of stuff I got written this time. To be fair, I did sit in vechiles quite a bit, too. In any case, here's part of the fruit of my labor. I hope you enjoy the chapter, and as always, comments are welcome wherever you might feel inclined to leave them!

Comments

[esmeiolanthe.livejournal.com]

How frustrating about the car! I'm quite new to FT, so I don't have any good advice, but I hope it gets sorted out soon.

...Oh good, it did!

I remembre seeing an article not too long ago about a RL female-female couple who both got pregnant at the same time. It was pretty chaotic, IIRC. Sims seem to have it a bit easier. (And congratulations on the illegitimate baby, BTW!)

Pooh, if John is going to have an illegitimate baby, he can have things a bit harder! That's only fair. *nodnod*

EDIT: Sorry! Too fast on the mouse! :(

I like Jeff's overalls! Where did you get them?

If Jack really is a clone of Jeff, you can fix it with a little judicious use of the SimBlender and/or Sim Manipulator. Different hairstyles can help a lot too.

Maybe Jeff got the A+ for being really good at sports. Some schools in areas with a lot of trailer parks will do that. Or maybe he's just one of those kids that won't end up staying in the trailer park.

If you can't afford to *buy* a dog, could you perhaps adopt a stray? That's harder, but challenge-legal.

Hand-me-downs are very much in keeping with the spirit of a TPC. *nodnod*

You're doing well on the BACC! Congratulations, and keep it up! :D

[katrisims.livejournal.com]

It was pretty frustrating, but fortunately there was an easy solution for the problem. The next time they get a junk car, I'll know.

Oh, I can imagine it must be really chaotic in real life - thank goodness this is only the sims! Thanks, I'm quite happy that it worked out. :)

Heh well, it was technically me who wanted the illegitimate baby, and I'll admit I did some pushing to get one, so John was pretty innocent there. Both Brandi and John actually seem reluctant to cheat, but because of the challenge and the scoring, I try to make them anyway. ;) At least that was one pregnancy that Brandi didn't have to do, the last one was quite hard on her. We'll see how the fourth obligatory one ends up being. I was originally hoping for an alien baby, but I don't think there's a realistic chance that they'll be able to afford the expensive telescope this generation.

Thanks, I do think they look pretty cute on him. :) Let me see, those seem to be the Pigsqueak overalls by fakepeeps7 at MTS.

I'm not really good at recognizing genetics, so I can't tell whether the boys are clones or not. It doesn't really bother me, since as you said, already hairstyles make a big difference. I think I'll just go with giving them different looks with clothes and hair and forget about it.

Yeah, who knows about the grades. As a kid, he's allowed to do his homework, and wants to, too, so this is the result. We'll see how things go later on.

Adopting a stray would be an option, yes. I've never done that before, so not sure how much work that would be, and I don't think I've seen a lot of strays on the lot. We'll see which comes first, having the money to buy (or technically, adopt) a dog, or having the relationship to adopt a stray one.

Hand-me-downs are pretty much the only option that the family had finance-wise, so I'm pretty glad that it also works for the spirit of the challenge.

Thank you, and thank you for reading and commenting! :)