Betty Loses Her Marbles 1.3

Greetings!  Welcome to the latest installment of the Lightning Alphabetcy!  Last time, co-founder and long-lived spouse Jeff passed away, leaving behind his wife and four children.  Abraham aged into YA and moved out, Daniel was born, and was made heir per my rules.  Let’s see what those silly Sims get up to this time!

We begin with a Sim Check!

Betty is sitting on the couch.  Looking bored.

Beverly is getting out of school…

Looking like, well, Beverly.

Daniel is in his crib.

Looking a little spooky.

Old mother, young son.

I didn’t forget about Charlie, he was just in school for our check.  Here is remembering the death of his father.

Looking very sad.

Daniel has an IF!

And it’s his birthday!

Oh bless you cute child.

Wee!

He rolls technophobe to go with heavy sleeper and eccentric.

He’s adorable.

It’s ANOTHER birthday!

Unfortunate Charlie is aging up as well!

Oh ugly child… good luck!

This fine face has “No Sense of Humor” locked in…

Cuz this face ain’t kidding.

Oh dear.

HA HA HA HA HA!  *Ahem*  Charlie, ladies and gentlemen.

Hey, did you know you can put a picture on a high chair?

Well, you can.  MAN that picture is dark.  But there’s a prom photo on the highchair.

Jeff came out to haunt already!

And disturbed all the kids.  Thanks man.

Beverly was VERY happy to see him however.

Even though Betty swears she said “NO MORE OLD MAN WOOHOO!”

I had to… it’s funny.

Betty: Oh Jeff!  Why must you disappear into a green fog after wee woohoo?  I MISS YOU!

Then Betty loses it completely and walks around naked.

Naked waffle breakfast in front of her son.

I’m sorry Daniel… she’s lost it.

Charlie: DUDE!  MOM! CLOTHES!

Charlie:  She better not have left the stove on.

Charlie NAKED MOM RAGE

Betty:  Sad is so much happier when naked. 

*Smiles*

Poor Ugly Charlie.  This is your life.

Naked Rocks.

Betty manages to find some clothes and go cry at the beach.

If you recall, Betty loves to swim, and since she’s having a hard time, well…

I indulge her a bit.

And then a bit more:

**Fun things my old computer couldn’t do

Around town, Ugly Charlie went home with this guy after school.

His name is Courtney 😐

UGLY AND STUPID

The chair is in my way of sitting in it!  Routefail!

There we go… Homework time!

And look!  They even know how to use pencils!

Charlie, honey – do NOT make that face.

Back at home, someone has let this zombie in to do homework.

And Daniel hosts a tea part with his IF Cosmo…

But all he did was get him some juice and bow.  Lame.

Oh Betty, you so crazy.

Don’t go setting yourself on fire now!

What did I just say?

SMH.

We can’t seem to be able to perform for tips, so I send Betty off to work out to see if we can improve her work performance.

She is so cute.

I’m really going to miss her!

Hmm, kids these days ain’t what they used to be.

Maybe he’s the chaperone?  They are on a field trip.  Poor little Beverly in the back.

Hey!  It worked!

Not that she’ll live long enough to receive her paycheck, but it’s still cool!

Beverly was having a moody day, and rolled a wish to cut or dye her hair.  Well, I love the color too much, but we can cut it!

Aaaannnd she blinked.  *sigh*

Then she immediately rolled it again so…

She gets some makeup this time, and a fun short hair, and I think she looks pretty!

Hey, is Daniel possessed?  I thought he was supposed to be the cute one?

Oh Charlie.  Oh ugly ugly Charlie.

This is him smiling.

HERP DE DERP

Hey!  Betty got an Oh My Ghost! Opportunity, and I’ve never done it before, so I had to!

And holy pretty sunset!

Jeff!  You’re back!  My first ever “living ghost”!

His children are SO EXCITED to see him.

Betty:  Simmer said no more old man woohoo!

Yes, but you’re old too now.  It’s different.

Everyone but Betty was asleep, so I clicked on the seesaw, and it had “Play On Extreme” as an option.  I thought this would be hilarious!  Like she’d surf on it or something.

She just sat there.  Funny thing though, her fun went up.  😐

Jeff:  *thinks* Where did she get that mouth O.o

Don’t stare Jeff.

It’s Daniels Birthday!

And uh… dang.  That’s the only picture.  I wrote a note for another picture, but I must not have captured it, he did gain “Natural Performer” – it was locked in – joining eccentric, heavy sleeper, and technophobe.  You’ll just have to see him next time I guess!  And forgive me, but I got a little distracted.

By Beverly’s birthday too!

Look how cute she looks!

Note:  Sims have too many teeth

Creepy.

Look how pretty Beverly looks, and how ugly Charlie looks…

Beverly had Charismatic locked in, joining loner, excitable and dislikes children.

Aw.

She then rolled a wish to travel to Egypt, and well, I haven’t tried traveling yet with the new machine!  So let’s go!

After a makeover of course.

She’s pretty rockin’!  I also discovered she was missing a trait?  She’s YA so she should have all of them, I added adventurous.  And we’re OFF!

Come join us next time for Beverly’s adventures in Egypt!  I know she’s a bit of a reader favorite, so let’s play around some!

Until next time, HAPPY SIMMING!

 

 

As Time Goes By 1.2

Hello!  Welcome to another post of the Lightning Alphabetcy!  Last time we were graced with many ugly children.  We made it all the way to C, and baby Charlie was born – with D in the womb!  Jeff aged on and on, and produced many a child past my expectations of him.  Let’s see what we get up to this time!

Since things go so quickly, lets touch base with the household!  We begin with our founder Betty sleeping!
Dreaming of red baby shoes… aw.

Jeff is extremely ancient, and look towards the great Llama in the sky as to why he hasn’t passed on yet.

Abraham and Beverly are on their way to school, looking adorable.

Well, as adorable as they can look, that is.

And Charlie is asleep in his swing.

Too cute, really (FOR NOW)

Jeff was Germy, and seeing as he’s so ancient, I figured getting a flu shot would be something that is recommended for the elderly, so off we went!

Then my game crashed, awesome.  But second time through I managed to get Beverly showered before school, so success!

While Jeff goes and gets his second flu shot, things are VERY exciting back at the homestead.

After school, Abraham picks up a part time job to help out with the family’s dismal finances.

Then it’s Charlie’s birthday!

Do we dare look at his face?

Oh.My.Heavens.

Well, maybe it’s just the “Birthday Derps” and he’s okay…
And maybe…

NOT.
Here’s a better view of the third ugly child.

HA HA HA, hilarious.  It’s like Beverly, but with his mom’s mouth placement, which is much lower on her face.  I love his eyes, nose, and hair coloring, however.  This family just has weird, weird mouths.

Well, I’ve said it before…

…ugly babies need life skills too.

Oh look!  He got our family’s first IF!

And see?  Charlie is cute in this picture!

*Betty forcibly buries his face in her shoulder

There’s a D baby on the way!

Jeff actually noticed this labor, and freaks out!

Careful ancient man!  You’ll give yourself a coronary!  This is seriously like a 100 year old man becoming a father.  Ew.  Oh well, he’s been old since the day he moved in, Betty only really knows him all wrinkly.  Again.  Ew.

I send Jeff to rest through the rest of the birth.

This isn’t the Zales, and I’m not out of house space or anxious for him to die, so I do what I can to make him comfortable.

It’s a BOY!

Daniel is born!  He rolls eccentric and heavy sleeper.

Can we get an E out of this couple?

I try a couple times, but no jingle, so I check on Betty’s stats, and her elder birthday is right around the corner.

That means we have our heir!  Daniel will be continuing the legacy!

Aw, thanks Abraham!  Our first born, and the next heir!  Although shoving the bottle on his chin MIGHT not be the best way to feed.

Talking time for Charlie!

Charlie’s outfit is terrible, but I couldn’t be bothered.

Beverly is the supreme ruler!

Abraham works on his studies.

Pencil works best the other way, homie.

Beverly rolled a wish for a rocking horse.

As soon I placed it, she went and petted it.  It was linked to her being a “loner” which  found…odd?

Betty then naps with all four of her children…

…All a different Life Stage!  Abraham in the orange bunk, a teen, Beverly in the top bunk, a child, Charlie in the crib, a toddler and Daniel in the swing, an infant!  I found this very adorable.

It’s also very short lived because this is a lightning alphabetcy birthdays!

I had three “it’s so and so’s birthday!” so I bought some cakes.  That we could barely afford.  And put them in the very deep snow.

Beverly will be a teen!

Charlie a child!

And Betty an elder!

Ninja Teensplosion!

Beverly has “Dislikes Children” locked in.  Kinda makes sense…
Shall we dare a glimpse at her face?

SOON!

First we have Charlie:

Hmm… In CAS?

Does he have fangs?  Why does his mouth not shut properly?  And look!  It’s bat signal lips!  He had angler locked in.

So how about that Beverly?

She looks better.  It’s good to know that they age into their features somewhat.

I do think she fared the worst out of all the children.  Well, we haven’t seen Daniel yet…

I almost forgot our Betty!

Betty:  yay!  I don’t have to have any more old man woohoo babies!

She’s freakin’ adorable.

After the party, Jeff needs to cleanse himself (per his wishes to bathe) and oh!

He’s looking a little YELLOW!

The nursery got a much needed expansion, as Charlie didn’t have his own bed.

His favorite color is pink, so he can have the top bunk. Daniel’s is also orange, so if Abraham is still here, he can have the lower one.

Betty rolled a wish for a new TV, and very minimal income does NOT a new TV buy.  So we head off to do some more acrobatics.

Oops, roof needs work.
Nothing like a little old lady mime audition in a snow storm.

Nailed it!

Or not.

Whatever, she was great.

Oh well, Betty is super hungry, so let’s hope this karaoke joint has snacks.

Hello? Bartender?  One food please.
No such luck.

But this place is pretty cool!

Looks!  She’s green!

And she tries her hand at karaoke.

It was terrible.  And I have no idea who she’s pointing at.

Why, what do we have here?

Someone seems to have replaced the bar with the nice professional bar!

Betty:  Nacho me, fine lady

And I will need a knife and fork

Well hell, Betty, you’re already out, might as well enjoy a drink!

She was feeling very amorous after this beverage.

This place has a stage!  Let’s try for another audition!

We bombed this one too…
…But I caved and bought Betty her new TV.

Homework is even harder for the less attractive.

AND WHY CAN MY SIMS NOT HOLD A PENCIL!  Are they so terrible at their school work that they are all CONSTANTLY erasing?

Daniel has his birthday alone on the nursery floor!

I’m afraid to look…

Waitaminute!  Aside from the “Birthday Derp” He looks great!

OMG YAY HE’S CUTE!
See?

He’s probably a Betty clone, but I totally do not care.  It took four tries, but Jeff and Betty finally produced a normal looking child!  And he’s heir too!  And he got his mother’s eyes.

We have another birthday!

Aw… Abraham!  He was a very unfortunate toddler, an okay child, a moderately handsome teen, and a GORGEOUS YA!

Even with the derp face.  I love him.

He’s freakin ADORABLE!
Look at those cheekbones.

Whelp, he’s a YA, so out he goes!

Bye Abraham!  Oh wait, he gained loves to swim, so I gave him the scuba LTW.  *sniff* they grow up so fast!

Meanwhile, Daniel teaches himself to talk.

And Beverly had gone off to find a much needed part time job, but I hadn’t seen her in awhile.

Aw, she’s playin’ in the snow!

Aw, Jeff and Charlie!

I had locked in Jeff’s wish to see Charlie age up well, and I was like *If he lives that long* and he did!  But things don’t look good for Daniel.

Worried that Jeff will eventually die before getting to know his youngest son, I have them spend lots of time together.

Look at how cute Daniel is.  Even when making the poo face.

He teaches himself to walk, and tada!  Skilled!

Whoops, got ahead of myself.

Tada!  Skilled!  (No progress bar!)

Then, right in the middle of a pleasant bathroom conversation with his daughter, Jeff finally passes away.

He was 47 days old on a 35 day lifespan.  That’s some longevity!  Hopefully Betty does just as well, or Daniel will not be old enough to take over when she passes!

Farewell, Jeff Lightning!

Charlie succumbs to denial and sleeps through his father’s death…

Dreaming of happier days.

Daniel is too little to care.

But he WOULD like someone to let him out so he can use the potty.

Betty was off at the gym working out so hopefully we could make some money…

…she misses all the urgent phone calls while in the shower.

Goodbye Jeff Lightning!  Co-founder, virile old gentleman, and all around nice guy.



He accepted death with grace.  Poor, sweet Beverly with him.

Ooh!  A gem!  (Yes, we’re that poor, and in the midst of mourning, I make Betty run and get it)

I mean, poor Betty.

And it’s hailing too, how poetic.

Charlie wakes up to the realization that his father has passed away in the night.

Well that’s depressing.

I sure hope Betty lives long enough to see her children grow up.

Come back soon to find out!

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time, Happy Simming!

Ugly, Ugly Children 1.1

Well Hello!  Welcome to the second installment of the Lightning Alphabetcy!  Last time we met our founder found a spouse, and popped out the very first baby.  Seeing that this is a “Lightning” Alphabetcy, things are about to begin moving VERY quickly!  Let’s get to it!

We begin with our founder having her adult birthday!

She looks great!

And is having a midlife crisis.  It lasted about two seconds, and she rolled two wishes.  Move, which is a big “heck no” since I just built this house, and divorce her husband Jeff, which is also a no-no, as we need offspring!

Jeff is at the end of his short lifespan, so I was pretty excited to discover:

PUKING!  I was having trouble getting Betty pregnant, but as soon as she had her birthday, we were back in business!

OH wait, I forgot, she rolled a makeover wish.  We headed to the salon, but perhaps because she was pregnant, she couldn’t get one – even though she WAS able to get…

…a tattoo!  While she was in the chair, the camera zoomed home and…

It was Abraham’s birthday!

Hmm.  That’s quite the face.

He likes orange, so he gets a quick outfit update and…

Yeah, still a very weird mouth.

BUT, back to the tattoo – due to the nautical nature of Barnacle Bay, and the fact that there wasn’t a lightning bolt available, all heirs will obtain an anchor tattoo.

They can put it anywhere on their body, however.

We plop Abe in the walker!

See?  he can be kinda cute.  😐

Betty ran into Jasmine Noon while she was out and about.  If you recall, Jasmine is one of Jeff’s romantic interests.  As well as the Caliente sisters.  After running into Jasmine, Betty came home ready to fight.

I couldn’t cancel out the “Accuse of Cheating” action, which sucks, since Jeff technically has NOT cheated, as he hasn’t so much as chatted on the phone with any of his ex ladies.

So they have a lovely spat.  Grr.

Betty loves pancakes, and when she’s pregnant she rolls wishes to prepare them, and eat them.  It’s adorable.

I never really thought Jeff was unattractive.  I thought he was a unique looking Sim, and we needed a baby-making partner.  And see?  They’re adorable.

But after I’ve seen all the children he has sired to date, well… You’ll see.

The morning after their fight about cheating, Betty pops pregnancy stage one.

Controlling all Sims is so amazing!  Jeff helps with life skills!

With his ugly, ugly son.  HA HA!

Although Betty and Jeff’s relationship has tanked, Betty rolls this wish:

Jeff rolled it too!  I swore I captured it, but whatevers.
Make-up ‘hoo?

I work fast on repairing their relationship before Jeff kicks the bucket.

She announces her pregnancy.  Jeff’s face is priceless.  o.O

Forgive me flowers?

She accepts!

And begins huffing them.

Looks like they’ll be A-OKAY!

Yay!  Although I mostly abuse Jeff for cleaning and baby-making, I like him, and I want him and Betty to be happy.

Betty heads off to the spa to grant a massage wish, and the boys have a nice snooze.

After she arrives back home, so works on potty training her weird little boy.

But she loves him, and it’s adorable.

Tummy time!

Too cute.

There was a fine Saturday where Jeff had nothing to do.  Abraham is fully skilled, the house is clean and in good repair, and Betty doesn’t have anywhere she needs to be, so Jeff gets to enjoy another fine day of fishing.

While he’s down at the beach, Abraham has his child birthday! (WOOW this goes fast!)

Okay, he kinda cute up there…

But…

Holy freakin’ mouth batman.  That must be Jeff’s?  It is so strange.  It looks like the bat signal.

Thankfully he looks better in-game, because dang.

He’s also a total dork.

That is just a couch love.  Oh yeah, he rolled couch potato to go with perceptive and friendly.

A baby is coming!

We have a home birth, but I move her from the bathroom to the bedroom.

HNNNNGGGG!

Oh the faces of our dear Betty.

It’s a GIRL!

Meet Beverly!  She rolls loner and excitable.  I love her darker skin tone like her daddy.

Jeff is 37 days old.  Life span is 35, I expected him to die by now!  Let’s see if we can get one more baby outta him!

Betty also wanted to watch the stars with him.  Aw.

They have fully recovered from their fight about cheating.

Abraham wanted a doll house, so we bought him one.

And since I can control him (still amazing) it doesn’t go ignored.  YAY!

Family Bonding

ha ha!

Yay!  The old man’s still got it!

Abraham had homework, so Betty helps him.  Aw.

I’m nearly certain this is only an action a child can start, so my Zales haven’t been able to do this at all!  It’s so nice to see!

I adore, my little family.

Beverly has a birthday!

eep.

Well, maybe it’s better in CAS…

YIKES!  That is one unfortunate looking toddler.  Why are these children so hideous!  This is NOT an uglacy!  I just wanted nice cute babies!  Man, I might have to upload them for uglacy players to use.  I thought Abraham was just an unhappy combination of Betty and Jeff, and that Beverly would be glorious, but as you can see, such is not the case!  If anything she’s WORSE!  Hopefully she’ll grow into it.  I LOVE her hair coloring.

There’s a LOT of birthdays when things are moving this fast, so Stinky Abe (oh, the memories) has a cross-eyed bathroom birthday with his (very) old man.

He had vegetarian locked in.  And looks a lot like his mother!

Thankfully he grew into his looks some.

His hair color is too awesome to be so short, so he gets a quick makeover.

I actually like him!  There’s hope for the other kids.  A tiny glimmer of hope.  You won’t have to worry about boring genetics in this family!  HA!

The C baby is on the way!

*Note:  Betty has had very nice maternity wear for all of her pregnancies.  I approve.

Old man Jeff sleeps right through the birth of his third child.

As a matter of fact, he only witnessed the first birth.

It’s a boy!  Meet Charlie!

He rolled grumpy and neurotic.

Since Jeff is still alive, and the aforementioned womb is once again vacant, let’s see if we can get the D baby out of him!

I didn’t think he’d live long enough for a B Baby, so I’m thrilled!

Phew, that is one ugly baby…

But ugly babies need life skills too.

Old man bits continue to get the job done, and the D Baby is baking in the oven!

Jeff is now 41 days old.  That’s like a whole lifestage past his estimated lifespan.  I wonder if he’s broken?  Oh well, I’m keeping him around no matter what… He keeps the house clean.

OOH OOOH OOOH!  Look who I spotted out a window!

He was too busy to talk again, but at least he’s not dead!  Old, but not dead!

Jeff and Betty were stir crazy, and Betty rolled a wish to go to the art gallery, so off we went!

The fellas who carried the babies along, promptly deposit them on the gallery floor.

Betty donates one of Jeff’s captured jellyfish.

We name it Lightning, of course!

The second we get back home, it’s Beverly’s birthday!

She’s as cute as she can get with her hands in the air celebrating.

Beverly was fully skilled and rolled good to go with loner and excitable.

Hmm… She looks okay.  Let’s see her in CAS?

Yikes.  She’s pretty good face on in-game, but wow.

Hopefully she’ll grow into her looks!  I’m looking forward to seeing Charlie, and meeting the new D baby!  I was trying to play through until Jeff died, but he just wouldn’t, so here was as good a stopping place as any!  Come back soon and see what’s next in this speedy trip through the alphabet.  Don’t forget to follow to receive updates!

Next update will be a Zale update, I PROMISE.  I want to see the Ralen offspring as much as you do!  Thanks for reading and come back soon!

Betty Lightning – Barnacle Bay’s Beginning 1.0

Hi Friends!  GUESS WHAT?!?  I’m starting something new.  Now don’t you worry, those Zales are still top priority!  But see, I went out and bought a physical copy of Movie Stuff (If you recall, I downloaded it through Origin, and it wouldn’t work, so I got a refund) and I also found Barnacle Bay!  Well, I really wanted to play with my new things, and the Zales aren’t ready for a move at this time.  ALSO, I had an idea for a new thing I wanted to try.  I thought it up all on my own, but I know it’s not original, it’s a bit of a take on CynicalBadger’s Short/Goth/Sharp Alphabetcy.  I call it a Lightning Alphabetcy, and to read the rules, click my RULES page (which I totally just made).  So!  Shall we begin!?!  I think so!

MEET THE FOUNDER:
Betty Lightning!

She is a randomly generated Sim with a few tweaks to make her FABULOUS.
LTW: Master Acrobat
Loves to Swim, Daredevil, Computer Whiz, Friendly and Excitable
She likes French Toast, the color Green, and Pop Music.  She is a Capricorn.

We bought a lot!

Time is ticking, so we need to find a spouse!  Why this is a quaint little home…

I wonder who lives here!?!

Why, that Sim looks familiar!

Could it be… Abraham Zale!?!  WOW!

We wanted to greet him, but apparently he works at the consignment shop, so he was too busy to say hello.

That’s okay though, he’s not eligible for spouse anyway, but it’s SO nice to see him!

Oh look.  A llama is coming.

Betty went to greet him too, but he vaporized.

Since Betty loves to swim, I thought we’d head to the beach to spouse hunt and have a quick dip in the ocean!

But it’s deserted!  We can’t spouse hunt here!

But we can’t deny our founder a brief swim.

Aw.

HARK!  A MALE!

His name is Felix Soto, he’s old, but that can still work, besides, she could always remarry after he passes – let’s say hello!

With this lovely, scantily clad woman in front of him, he barely bats an eye…

We learn he’s Family Oriented and married to a woman named Mary – well, we can’t mess THAT up.

They gossip for a moment and…

HEY NOW!  You do NOT talk about one of the finest legacy founder’s in Simming history that way!  Even if it’s true.  And even if it was true of the Original Abe in Aurora Skies.  You know, Ms. Betty, you aren’t exactly rolling in the Simoleans yourself!

We’ll have to see who else is out there, shall we?  But before Betty burned to death from the hot sun, I built her a little cottage over looking the sea.

So that’s about as good as I can do, so there you have it!  Casa de Lightning!

A quick shot of the interior:

And it’s time to find a job!

Just so happens, there was a juggler position available!  We pounce on it and are now working on the Acrobat career!  Her stage name is — wait for it — Alpha Betty

(I only named her Betty to use this joke.)

We head to the park to perform for tips and we spot a male!

His name is Jeff Smith, I’m sorry it’s so dark.

While Betty talks to Jeff, this dude with a purple mullet, Dude La Mer (yes, that’s his name) creeps.

We make sure to meet him too, you can’t have too many options early on!

NOTE: I totally wanted Dude La Mer in this legacy.  HIS NAME IS DUDE AND HE HAS A PURPLE MULLET, but he rejected all of Betty’s advances. Damn.

Betty made $13.00 in tips, and we headed home.

I LOVE BETTY LIGHTNING!

I got a pop up about the Summer Festival, and off we go!  I plan on spouse hunting and performing for tips!

But then I saw flowers and remembered you can sell them for MONEY!  So we pick some.

She is so fantastic!

I stopped controlling her for two seconds to scope out the spouse potential, and when I went back to her, she’d joined an eating contest!

Since she was hungry, I let her eat.  Boy next to her is only a teen, I checked.

But fine times are over, so we mime for tips!

She’s actually quite good.

And hilarious.  I love her.

The next day, we invite Jeff Smith over (after Dude rejected her).

Let’s get this going!

Everything was going swimmingly, but then he just got too sleepy.

Betty invited him to sleep over.

And he did, but not until after he broke the toilet.

I woke Betty up extra early to make him breakfast before he left.  Betty works her own hours, so I figured she could sleep later.

After rolling a want for a stove, Betty now has the necessary equipment to make her beau waffles!

Uh oh.

I was totally worried, but Betty?  She’s THRILLED!

Stupid Daredevil Sim!  Even though she’s unbelievably adorable.

Ha ha, faulty fire extinguisher.

I have not had an in game fire since Abraham cooked for Angelica.  That’s MONTHS.  It was kind of fun!

Betty: I’m SO HUNGRY!

I’m sure you are.  Your breakfast is floor ashes now.  Make more.

Jeff wakes up and plays video games while Betty makes her second batch.

Jeff, unimpressed by her domestic skills, leaves before she can finish.

Bye Jeff.

Nice Betty.  Those look delicious.

You’re about to starve to death, so we’re not making a third batch.  Eat them.

Apparently I should have specified “Eat them at the table.”  Hopefully you learn your lesson.

Then we head back to the park to make some more money!

Finances are pretty desperate.

She got a great crowd, and they watched and clapped politely for AGES…

…but no one tipped.  Grr.

Jeff, as it turns out, is obnoxious.  He NEVER wants to come over, tells her he either “Doesn’t feel like it.” or to “Try him again in five hours”.  Stupid Sims with jobs.  But we FINALLY got him to come back over, and I could FEEL the clock ticking.

They look thrilled.  HA.

HUZZAH!

Then he immediately left.  Awesome.  😐

Betty notices a raccoon on her lot, and wants to pet it!  Aw!

Raccoon is having none of it, however.

Betty gets an opportunity to audition for a job at the park!

HA HA HA!

You mime gurl!

YAY, we got it!

Hur hur hur!  Alpha Betty!  Har dee har har!

Back at home, and after constantly calling Jeff every five minutes, we FINALLY have a boyfriend.

This was almost as painful as Abraham’s attempts.  Almost.

Jeff still kept dodging her, and I even tried Dude again, but to no avail.  THEN!  Friday, the day of her scheduled gig, Jeff invites her to a party!  Gig first!

She had a pretty good crowd, and she did alright, but then things started going South.  She got a poor performance moodlet, but still made a desperately needed $200.00

Then we immediately head off to Jeff’s party.  There was one other guy there standing in the living room playing the guitar.  The party started at 9:03pm (no seriously, that’s what the invite said) so Jeff was already tired when she got there.  Betty spammed romantic actions until he was about to pass out, then asked if she could stay over.  She did, then woke up, and prepared breakfast for him!

So this is breakfast at Jeff’s house.  Now that I had watched him sleep, eat, and go to the bathroom I knew his needs were mostly good!  Betty follows him into his bathroom and…


(Green plumbob over Jeff’s shoulder is Betty’s reflection… that entire wall of his bathroom is one of those giant mirrors.)  He says YES!

Betty runs home and immediately invites him over.  TIME IS TICKING!

INSTANT LIVING ROOM PRIVATE WEDDING!

Meet Jeff Lightning!

He’s Ambitious, Charismatic, Easily Impressed, Neat and a Schmoozer. His LTW is The Perfect Aquarium, which based off his traits confused the heck outta me.  He is employed LEVEL 3 in politics, so we instantly quit per the rules.  He likes fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, electronica, and the color black.
HE ALSO HAS THREE OTHER ROMANTIC INTERESTS

Dina              Nina            Jasmine
LOOK!  It’s the Caliente Sisters!  I had so many fun play sessions with them in TS2.  So fun.  They look pretty good too!  I never saw them in game, but yeah… awesome.
Jeff is mysterious.  He has relationships like a Heartbreaker, an LTW of an Angler, and traits of a Leader of the Free World.  Oh well, I’m just happy he’s HERE, time is of the essence!

And now.  For the first time in SO LONG.  I can control more than one Sim.

I’m just going to let that sink in.

…
……

I can control more than one Sim!
I had almost forgotten you could even DO that!
Jeff broke the TV.

HA HA HA!  I CAN MAKE JEFF FIX THE TV!

YESSSS!!
Seriously – this was so wonderful.

Then I sent Betty out for a night time jog.

But the camera zoomed home all of a sudden!

TV is still broken!  OMG, did he die?  Is he electrocuted?  JEFF!?!

HA NOPE!

He’s just having a birthday!

HOLY CRAP IT’S THIS BIRTHDAY!

He’s old.
OH WELL
FIX THE TV LIKE I TOLD YOU!

Thank you.

After abusing him for his Neat trait, and having him clean the house in two simple clicks, I rewarded him with some fishing.

Old men should fish, and it IS his LTW.

Betty stops in the middle of making pancakes to POP!

With the money Jeff brought in, around $10,000 we were able to build a nursery!

Betty rolls a wish for a rocking chair, a wish to USE a rocking chair, and a wish to read a pregnancy book.

BAM!  Multitasking!

Babybump!

Hopefully Jeff will live long enough to make another one!

Now that Betty is married and pregnant, two crucial elements of any legacy, I go looking for Mr. Zale so we can say hello!  It’s been ages.  But his house is empty.  I go to check the graveyard, but he’s not there either.  Dang.

But then it’s BABY TIME!

It’s a BOY!  Aaaannndd… I didn’t get any pictures.  Way to start the second challenge Heather.  Good job.  He rolls Friendly and Perceptive.  I name him Abraham ❤

Betty: Hey.  Hey.  Hey husband.  Hey.  Quit eating

My womb is empty.

Betty and Jeff then Woohoo’d six ways from Sunday, and I never heard a jingle!  So is that it?  We only get ONE letter out of the first generation?  TERRIBLE.

Will Betty and Jeff only have one child?  Will Betty need to “think outside the box” for any B or C children?  I know her adult birthday is right around the corner, and desperate times call for desperate measures!  Come back soon to see what happens next!  Until next time, catch up on those Zales! Happy Simming!