Welcome to Town!
Whew, finally an update! I am so very relieved that everything is getting back to normal for me and my family and that I have time for fun again! Thank you all for hanging in there with me. Now on to week 5 of the Lightfoot siblings: Penelope and Sawyer created by ferretsims .
According to my new guidelines, Penelope and Sawyer had to move into an apartment because they did not have enough money to buy or build a house. So they moved into the aptly named City Center Lofts which are located right in the heart of Little Hollywick's bustling city center. Penelope's first order of business in Little Hollywick is to find some love! She's a fortune sim, but I swear she acts like a romance sim at times.
So she goes out to find some new friends. She meets the newly single and very dashing Clay Peshterianu. He also happens to live in the apartment right below Penelope and Sawyer. They got along really well right from the start and have a modest 2 bolt attraction (80 ACR). Penelope also met the bubbly Lucy Wells who is more than happy to give her all the gossip about Clay. She is an expert on all that is Clay Peshterianu thanks to the couple of simdays that she had a fling with him.
Also, the pickpocket seems to not have any cervical vertebrae.
Having found a prospective love interest, Penelope moves on to finding a job. Her LTW is to reach the top of the Oceanography track, so she becomes a Fish Chummer. She was a Body Double in the Show Business track for a simday or two before the Fish Chummer positioned opened up. She made double the money and didn't have to smell like fish after work when she was a Body Double...but she's making the calls here, not me! At least she looks cute in her wetsuit.
Sawyer's LTW is to reach the top of the Politics career, but there weren't any openings in the paper for that career track. So he took a job in the military instead. The good news is that it paid very well; the bad news is that he had to shave his head! He was not happy at all, as you can tell.
Even with a buzz cut Sawyer was able to meet a lovely lady and fall in love. Her name is Joanna Gilbert and she was a waitress at Red's Famous 50's Diner when they met. They have an amazing 3 bolt attraction (106 ACR). I say amazing because neither of them are romance sims, so they don't have that boost. I believe it is the highest attraction score out of all of the non-Romance residents!
Needless to say, their relationship progressed rather quickly. Joanna soon moved in with Sawyer and Penelope, on simday 31 to be exact. After her makeover, I approved of his taste in women greatly. Joanna is gorgeous, and they are the cutest couple ever. I think they are my new favorite in Little Hollywick.
Penelope also approved of her brother's new girlfriend. The two women get along pretty well, although they're not best buds or anything. But Penelope thinks it would be swell if her brother and Joanna got engaged.
Little did she know, she wouldn't have long to wait. Both Sawyer and Joanna rolled wants to get engaged to each other around the same time.
But then Sawyer had a touch of bad luck. He made a wrong decision at work (woopsy!) and was fired from his nice-paying military job! He quickly found a job with the Little Hollywick Police Department as a Cadet. But the bad part is that he had to shave his head for nothing! Oh well, at least it will grow back eventually.
But the bad luck (and the bad haircut) didn't hold him back from taking the plunge and asking Joanna to marry him. He took her to the Cafe Petite (which reminded me just how much I need to give that place a makeover!), and proposed to her on the patio. He was worried about her answer, but she said yes of course.
They spent the rest of the day dancing in the cafe thanks to some lovely piano tunes courtesy of Clay Peshterianu. Who knew he could play that well? I sure didn't.
They also took some time in the days leading up to their wedding to have a photo shoot for their engagement pictures. It was a rainy and cloudy day, but their balcony still provided a great backdrop for the pictures.
And then they were married on simday 34, and Joanna Gilbert became Joanna Lightfoot. Like I did with the Gates wedding, I will leave this picture here for continuity and then I will have a special update focusing on the wedding. That will be coming up next!
ACR wasted no time with the baby-making after the wedding. Poor Penelope has to go through their bedroom to get to her own bedroom, so she is constantly walking in on the newlyweds in the act of woohoo. She makes this face every time, poor girl.
Sawyer and Joanna wanted to go on a honeymoon (they both rolled wants to go to the Islands), but the family only had $8,000 and half of that belongs to Penelope since Joanna is unemployed and doesn't bring in any income. So the newlyweds couldn't afford to go out of town, sadly.
Penelope took Clay Peshterianu with her as her date to her brother's wedding, and ever since then they have been hot and heavy. Since Clay lives right downstairs it makes it really easy to have a quick rendezvous in the hallway or a late night sleepover. No rolls for any commitment yet, but they definitely like each other a lot.
Joanna says to Sawyer, "so remember that one night when we woohoo'd? Well, the funniest thing happened!"...POP!
So Joanna and Sawyer are expecting their first child in early week 6. I can't wait to see what this baby looks like!
Penelope is pretty excited about it too. She won't leave poor Joanna and her growing belly alone!
So here is the Lightfoot family at the end of week 5. Check the Resident Directory for personal info about the members, including Joanna whom you haven't seen before.
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Random Picture:
On the night that Sawyer and Penelope went out to Red's Famous 50's Diner (the one where Sawyer met Joanna), they saw this. Apparently Lucy and Serdar got a little freaky in the photo-booth. I really didn't peg them as the public-woohoo type! And who's baby-sitting Russell while they're out having fun?
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Gameplay Notes:
--I really like Clay and Penelope together, but I doubt they will last. I'm not even sure they really make sense together. Clay is Penelope's highest ACR, but she is not Clay's. In fact she's about 3rd or 4th on his list of attraction, behind one or two women that are actually single and available. So I don't think he'd even pick her above the others. However, I am playing him next for a few simdays to make up for the time he lost after moving out of Celia's house. So if he rolls more wants for Penelope than for the other women, it may work out. But we'll have to wait and see!
--I'm not sure how this family is going to go next round. I'm debating on whether or not to move Penelope out into her own little apartment, or maybe Sawyer and Joanna will have enough money to buy a small home. Although, Sawyer may not want his little sister to live on her own, so they may all pool their money and buy a home together. But with a baby coming, they are definitely going to have to move into a bigger place one way or the other.
--The wedding is up next!