Scoring and New House!

As promised, here is a post updating you on my score so far in this challenge!

Regular Graves: 1 (3 pts)
Meditation Portraits: 1 (2 pts)
Successful Engagement: 2 (2 pts)
Successful Marriage: 2 (4 pts)
Rejected Engagement: 1 (-1 pt) Allyn was kind of a snob at first!
Baby: 2 (4 pts)
Each $100,000: 2 (2 pts)
Each Type of NPC: 2 (2 pts)
Total: 18

Not too shabby I think! So few people play this challenge so I have nothing to compare to, but oh well. I'm proud :D
Before I end this post I also wanted to show the new house I built for the Daisisonns!
I know this is kind of tacky but I'm happy with what I did, bear with me, ok? xD



First, we have a nice little patio-entryway-type thing. Those windows are one of the few Maxis things I use all the time and they aren't even originals, they're a "Maxis-match" pack xD



Little bar/pet area, hopefully there'll be lots of puppies soon!



Kitchen/Dining Room, almost all Maxis stuff, table, light, and chairs from Holy Simoly, my favorite CC site!



Lovely little bathroom, again sink is from Holy Simoly. Even though my Sims have a hatred for sinks. They never, ever, EVER use them. Grr!



Pulpit!!! I love the idea of having a little platform for Sims to do their speeches from :D



Living room/ office, again, mostly Holy Simoly...
What? They make great stuff!



This perspective makes the room look really trippy but... Bedroom!
The beds are quarter rotated thanks to a tip from Rachel at the Sims2Challenges Podcast!


Finally, we have the "skilling hall", which my Sims will be using near-constantly, as I am a slave driver!

Old People Rock.

(Not so) Brief Note: I just now discovered how to use full-sized images with Flock, so now the pictures are nice and big!
If I have some free time I might go back and redo previous posts with enlarged pics but I'm not sure.
Also, the pictures might be a little too big; I can size down my screen caps if so. Comment and let me know!

Patrick: -gag- What's that smell?!?
Erm, your passed out dirty infant daughter? Have you no sympathy?
Patrick: All I know is that she's in the way of my easel!
Will the neglect ever end? -tragedy-



Patrick: LEAVES!!!
Yes, Mr. Mayor, leaves! Don't you have any mayoral decrees to write or something?
Patrick: Ha ha no, I wanna play in the leaves!
Oh dear. The Mayor of Challengeville is an immature moron. Lovely.



Not sure why he's coming out of the junker but Darrel made...
MAD SCIENTIST!!! Gooo him :D
Having a Perma-Plat Servo will be nice, huh?
Darrel: No opinion output. House too illogical. Running detachment and indifference scripts.



Noooo! Hail on the new garden! -curses Sim weather gods-



Agin' on up for Martha!
All alone agai- wait. What's that? Patrick's leg?!? SHE'S NOT ALONE!!!



Spitting image of Patrick, awful outfit though.



Hail does silly things graphics-wise.



Go team garden! Teamwork = less pay for Gardener, too!



Teamwork and cheapness = Silver Gardening Badge.
Woot!



Steps to making the Headmaster love you:
1: Feed him fancy sparkling Rainbow Trout and
2: Clench your teeth and smile when he flings it about the room.
You're golden!



Time for Allyn to age up! Geez, I'm so super pokey with this challenge, she should be dead already...
Allyn: I don't wanna get old! I'll become useless, just like... Well just like that Nanny reading our paper!
Trust me, you'll never be as useless as that old thing.



Random Customer: Gah! What's wrong with her eyes?!?
Demons?



Allyn: Oh! I'm old! And my seeing's completely gone!
Open your eyes, perhaps? That could help...
Allyn: Magnificent!



Hooray for retirement and 425 Simoleans a day for doing nothing!

With that, I leave you for now. Happy Simming!

Helicopters and Toddler Neglect

Ahh, just what I love to see, a Sim family skilling...
If not together, at least near one another!



Allyn: RAWR!
Sims always look so scary on the punching bag.



Best Friends! In her underwear?



Poor Sophie, I think this is the second time the elevator's broken on her...
Sophie: Eh, you get used to it.



Darrel, I don't think hitting the elevator with a wrench is going to...
Elevator: -whir whiz-
Darrel: -beep- Ha!



Epic showdown!
Who will win? Ugly Townie, or Servo!
Seriously, I never get why Servos are allowed to autonomously water balloon fight. Wouldn't they short circuit or some such?



Having fun with the teleprompter Sophie?
Sophie: Ha ha yup! -BELCH-
The girl's a whale!



The ghost of my simself makes an appearance at last and his hair is... awkward to say the least.
Not sure how well you can see but the treadmill townie looks absolutely enraged by this xD



Alex: BOO!
Darrel: -beep- Ahh! (+8,000 Aspiration Points)



Marriage!
Welcome to the Daisy Chain, Patrick.
See, I told you I'd remember his name! He's a kindly Knowledge Sim who wishes to be a Media Magnate. That's do-able.



Shortly thereafter, Patrick makes the mayoral position!
-claps-



bUmmPP!!!111!!1! ^_^
(I felt like bad chatspeak. Not sure why)



Patrick: Hmm, I've seen better...
What, the helicopter is not up to your standards?
Patrick: Not quite. It lacks a certain... Something.
Shut up and get in the flying machine.



This very confused-looking old woman seems to have wandered right into the path of the helicopter and seems rather distressed... Oh well!



Ahh, the traditional pregnancy meditation.
Not so traditional for it to be next to her dead husband's grave but... Whatever!



Home businesses make me laugh.
Allyn: Who are all these people? WHERE'S PATRICK?!?
Erm, he's off on mayor duties. These kind people are paying 50 Simoleans an hour to hang out at your house.
That includes the opportunity to witness your pain, -cough- I mean "miracle of birth".



A cute little redhead named Martha!
Oh no. I forgot how my game refuses to produce male children. All ten children may be girls :D



For no apparent reason, everyone is in Formal wear for Sophie to age up!



Pretty nice! She rolled Fortune, with a LTW to become Criminal Mastermind... Fun!



Points for a meditation portrait!



Another reason to love home business. Martha hit 5,000 as an infant. (?)



Aww, she's a perfect little clone of her Daddy! Not a trace of Allyn!
Poor thing, she has really weak genes...
Allyn: Shut up! I'm... Nice. I let the guys have their turn.
Suuuureee...



Allyn just stepped on her 4-year-old daughter. This has reached an all-time low.

So, on that note of failed parenting, I bid you Happy Simming until next time!

Lobster and Scouting For Spouses (Spice?)

The customers were complaining about everything being dirty, so I sent Alex Downtown to buy a Servo!
His name rolled as Darrel, so I kept it.



Why do the scary ugly Sims always pass by when I'm not playing my Uglacy?
This dude would be perfect...



And this guy who lacks an upper lip seems to be thinking about eating his entrance ticket.
Yum!



Poor little Sophie...
Darrel is the only one who autonomously socializes with her.



Erm, Alex? Spoiled cake?
Alex: Om nom nom nom...

Benefit of having Servo: Lobster Thermidor just lying around the house.
This customer in particular makes me laugh xD



I thought I'd build a nice little pasture, I mean, "enclosure" for the customers.
Just felt bad about having them sit around blowing bubbles on the lawn.



Sophie: Daddy pay attention to me?!?
Alex: Yes. No diaper changes for you!



Again, Servo is taking care of little bear girl.



Hmm, who's this, Allyn? A future hubby perhaps?
Allyn: Nah, just making some friends!
That's what you think...



-gasp- Attention for Sophie!
Walking, walking, walking.



Allyn: So, how much money do you have?
Sim Whose Name Escapes Me: Well, about 5.000 laying around.
Not bad.



Ooh, and he's in Politics!
And has red hair! Score :D



Got Glitch?
This Townie named Mickey got trapped in the treadmill somehow...

Poor Mickey... Sobbing about her predicament.
Ah well, I move_objects-ed her out.



Time for Sophie to age up.
Alone...
Sophie: Grow up by self!



PJ's! Her face is kinda odd but her lips are cool and rounded.



New outfit!
Sophie: Why do I have spilled milk on my shirt?
To... Remind you not to cry over it?
Sophie: You're just making stuff up.
So?



Allyn's pretty confused, she both Wants and Fears a Baby.
Let's hope that goes away before she WooHoo's with... Mystery Sim xD



The family that Bubble Blows together stays together?



Darrel the Servo: Beep! Beep! I'm lonely!
But... You're a robot...
Bunny: Yeah, what is dis? I ain't got time for dis cyborg business...



Such a chipper child, Sophie is. She autonomously started raking leaves and ran as she did it.
Sophie: I LOVE fall!
Well so do I but I don't run around with bags of raked leaves.



Alex: -sigh- I lost my job from a chance card. Sad
Well, the five days since you and Allyn married are up and you no longer have to work for the career reward so...




Rally Forth a few times?
Alex: Bada suda korp! Bada suda krop! Bada baby obba an a dob dob DOB! Gerbits! Gerbits! Vooooooo Gerbits!
Gotta love the Voo Gerbits cheer.



Who knew that a death on a business could cause so many star losses?
Whoops xD



Aww, this is sad that Alex's last moments of life are spent worrying about all the lost stars.
Buh bye Alex Daisisonn, it's been real.
Well more simulated but...



-Mack mack mack-



Aww Mr. Sim is in love with Allyn. She just looks distracted,



Successful Engagement attempt = plus 1 point!
Woohoo! Speaking of which, I'll probably do a scoring update every three posts or so, so expect one soon!

Until next time, Happy Simming!