Who the Heck is Casey? 3.3

Well HELLO!  Welcome back to another new and improved TS4 Lightning Update!  Last time I still hadn’t figured out how to control the tricky aging going on in the hood.  Spoiler: I still hadn’t figured it out – you’ll see.  Oh will you SEE!

Let’s get started – SIM CHECK!

Jimmy is watering mushrooms.

Henrietta here is evolving some potatoes.

Gardening in TS4 is 100 times more work than in TS3.

Ian is on his way to fix a busted sink!

The teens are so helpful.  And he is so cute.

Juliet is standing around looking adorable.

Kenny is carrying a plate.

Here we have Liv & Lars.

Lookin’ pretty cute!

And lastly, we have Casey.
*record scratch*
Who the heck is Casey?

That.  That baby in the angled pink bassinet is Casey.  So you  know that spoiler I talked about?  About how I still hadn’t managed to completely grasp the ever-so-complicated (it’s seriously not that hard) aging system in TS4?   WELL – when I left off last post, Jimmy & Henri had TFB’d and apparently they were successful!  I was off dinking around with some random household that may or may not have had a TS4 Emma Watson running around, and when I returned to The Lightnings a few short Sim Days later, Henri had given birth, and named this little girl.  So there’s a Casey where we should have had a Mindy or something.  Who should have been heir, since she’s the last child born… but NO.  I’ll have a reader poll for Lars or Liv and you guys can pick.  Casey can just take up space and be our own little Cinderella who I make do all the cleaning and never send to school.  Because that’s what she gets for being born when I wasn’t paying attention.

One sleeping.  One awake.  One screaming.

Oh joy.

Ian gets baby care duty, since everyone else is out tending the farm.

I ❤ Ian.

Poor Juliet is desperate for a wee…

…but had to fix the house’s only toilet first.

These three watch sports together.

Jimmy’s face – as usual – is adorable.

Jimmy also practices his fathering skills from time to time.

Aw.

With Kenny, Ian and Juliet exhausted and fast asleep…

…these three babies are like little time bombs waiting to go off.  Especially L twins Lars and Liv, as they’re awake!

Henri prepares a breakfast dish before heading off to sleep.

That way when the crew wakes up there will be something to eat!

Birthday time for Lars and Liv!

KIDSPLOSION!  He looks like a Russian Cossack dancer.

Lars rolls (I found a random trait thingie online!) artistic prodigy and loner.

Aw.

Liv rolls rambunctious scamp and creative.

Aw.  Her outfit by the way, pleases me greatly.  You’ll see a bit more of it in other pictures.

Aren’t they adorable?  I aged them up early enough to get their homework down for the first day of school.

Except they didn’t have to go to school – so I guess they can dink around all day.

The babies wake up Juliet in the wee hours. Her needs were pretty high, so I had her help out with the family business, but now she’s all tired.

And has school in 15 minutes.  OOPS.

L-Twins enjoy a lazy day.

Cloud gazing in the dirt.  LOOK AT HER OUTFIT!  I like Lars’ too!  I miss CASt, but there’s some fun things you can do with their outfits, and you’re not quite as limited as I thought we’d be.  CASt can be a little overwhelming sometimes, with the nearly limitless options – and I frequently found myself just using the same things anyway…

It’s also a bit of a special day!

This strawberry cake is for…

Jimmy!

Happy full-on adult birthday, Handsome!

He looks less than thrilled.

Look at that face though.  I am very fond of that face.

He puts the cake away to save it for his family, since it’s such a luxury!

It’s gone in almost no time, too.

Nice work, Liv – now I need to bring one of your folks in from their chores to fix the sink!

Life on the homestead is tricky.

Every spare part can help!

Dude… the farm needs TONS of work.

And Jimmy’s been at it for hours!  I need the teens to get home ASAP.

Look at all those weeds!

I don’t think they’ll ever finish.

TEENS TO THE RESCUE!

Except they’re pretty tired too from a long day at school – and they have homework to do.

Another birthday!

Casey rolled artistic prodigy and mean.

And she’s cute as a button!  As lovely as the rest of her siblings, even if she should be the M baby.

Look at all those beds!

There’s one more you can’t see along the inside wall.

The hard work has paid off, and the last harvest netted the Lightnings more than $2K!  So I add on an additional bathroom off the SIX KIDS’ room.

It’s one of the “styled” rooms – I’m incredibly fond of styled rooms.  You can download user created rooms so easily too.  Some definite perks to TS4!

It’s a little late in the afternoon by the time Jimmy and Henrietta get their needs up enough to get to work.

It’s very challenging to have all these plants, but it’s very rewarding too.

Juliet gets home from school and helps out.  She doesn’t have any homework in her inventory.  So fine.

Farm.

Henrietta works on a sturdy faucet upgrade.

Eventually this house will come together, I’m certain of it!

We have a birthday!

Kenny is entering his teenage years!

PARTY!

Aw!

He rolls Master Mixologist and music lover – and gains essence of flavor to go with hot-headed.  Isn’t he a cutie!  Fun fact about hot-headed Sims… when they’re grumpy, the stomp around sure, but the also slam things.  Like the refrigerator door.  So funny!  I heard this *SLAM* and I was like, WTH?  And I saw he was all angry walking away with a glass of milk.  HA!

**4 In Real Life Days Later**

HI – let’s Sim Check again since I’ve been gone so long, and I feel I need to do that to get started properly.

Jimmy, Henrietta and Juliet are on the couch.

And something apparently STINKS…

Ian, Liv and Lars are about to start some homework.

With cake!

That leaves Kenny – Look at that smile!

ADORABLE!

And Casey!

Who is so sweet (well, for a mean Sim) I’m mad at her for being born while I wasn’t paying attention.

The house is jam-packed and very busy.

It’s very hard to keep everyone on task.

4 of the kids manage to eat something for breakfast, but Casey and Lars just aren’t as lucky.

Look at how handsome Kenny is!  You’d think I’d be sick of the brown hair, but strangely enough, I’m not!  I do want some variety, but he is just too cute!

For some reason, the Lightnings cannot “clean up” they just pick up and put down the dishes over and over again.

I spent $200 bucks on a new sink, but it didn’t fix the issue.  Thankfully in TS4 you the Simmer can drag dirty dishes into the sink, or even the trash can and they clean-up.  But still.  I like making them do it.  A restart probably would’ve fixed it, we’ll see.

Oops!  Ian aged up!  He adds bookworm to his traits.

Juliet is aging up too, and adds geek.  I have no idea why they’re so filthy!  Now they’re also all SAD because I ignored their birthdays.

Wait a minute, this means that Lars and Liv will NOT be put to heir vote, as Ian and Juliet are moving out.  (AND AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE GALLERY!  Just search #lightning)  That means there’s room for MORE BABIES!  Jimmy is an adult, but Henrietta is still a YA!  So let’s see just how many kids Jimmrietta (ha, stupid) can have!

Also – I turned aging back on (I know what you’re thinking – am I sure I can handle it?!?  NO.) so the spares don’t just stay young adults out in the neighborhood forever.  I’ll just have to remember not to play any other save files without converting it back – and know that any other save files I have will age while I play the Lightnings.  Hopefully I don’t screw that all up – but if history has taught me anything, I totally will.

OMG – HOW DRAMATIC.

I’m SORRY I missed your birthday.  I thought you’d be home in time for cake!
Fun thing – TS4 Sims do everything in a manner that reflects their current mood.  Ian here is incredibly sad about his forgotten birthday.

Don’t worry, Juliet is too.

Freakin’ drama queens.  I SAID I’M SORRY!

So – that’s all for this post!  Ian and Juliet have vacated the Lightning Homestead, and are free for you to go download and enjoy!  They have been uploaded to the gallery!  Search them out via #lightning and give them a better chance than I did.  And for goodness sakes, do NOT forget their birthdays.

Also – let’s be friends on Origin!  I’m hblair, so add me if you want!

Come see us again soon!  Until next time, Happy Simming!

Farmer Jimmy 3.2

Well HI!  Welcome back to the Lightnings!  I have to start off by saying “whoops.”  I didn’t realize that if I played other households, that the Lightnings were aging.  So I go to load them today and…

This is little Ian.  Whoops.  Damn.

SO!  We’re starting over, and I unchecked that pesky box “Auto Age (Unplayed Sims)” so hopefully that problem has been resolved.

But that’s OKAY because THIS TIME, I made Jimmy and Henri husband and wife!  So let’s SimCheck!  Henrietta looking bored and watching TV.

Jimmy playing with a lump of clay.

Ian is having some fruit loops.

And Juliet is playing with a toy!

Love these guys.  ❤

I have this handsome guy rejoin the business career and make some scrambled eggs.

He’s so cute!  *swoon*

Momma naps on the couch.

And nothing beats a midnight glass of milk on the terrace.

Being husband and wife, means we can actually get started on baby K!

Well, if we had a bed.  So we’re going traveling!

This place looks nice.

Except no one lives here… and you can’t woohoo in an empty house.  This is like the only rule from my TS3 challenge rules that I can still do – if there’s room in the house, have a baby.  So we’ll do whatever it takes.

Jimmy:  Yes, hello, can we come in?  My wife is ovulating.

We gain entrance, and some children from one of my first ever goes in TS4 have aged all the way into adults. Stupid aging.

This one is especially charming.

I hadn’t seen them since they were children…  I don’t even remember his name…

Henri: Doo dee doo de dooo, gonna do the woohoo…

Weirdest. Thing. Ever.

The family pays no mind, because sure – strangers come over to do the ‘hoo in your house, simply because it has a double bed.

I know I’ve said this before, but I miss shower woohoo, the Lightnings HAVE a shower.

While Jimmy and Henri are busy, let’s meet the family who’s privacy we’ve so violently invaded.

Garrison is the blonde, Linda and Mae are the ladies, and they’re twins, and Mohawk guy is named Vaughn.  I just rolled the dice for their names.  Their mother has died, they all have different fathers (except the twins of course).

Why so sad Jimmy?  That should’ve been fun?

Jimmy: I feel dirty.

Yeah – that makes sense.

In this version, the Lightnings aren’t quite as broke as they were last time, so I buy a cheap chess table for Ian.

Juliet helps.  Ian, though, is a cheater!  He pointed off into the distance, made Juliet look, then swapped pieces around!  It was hilarious, but not very nice!

No one entertains Juliet as much as her flexible self.

The person Juliet is taking too is named “River”  I cannot tell if male or female.  Lack of bosom inspires male, but rest of body shape is less distinct… and there can be very flat women!

Nice outfit, oldie.

The socks REALLY tie it together.

With only two beds, the family is sleeping in shifts.

These two lumps are mom and dad.

You, my little peanut – are adorable.

What’s the matter, sweetie?

Aw, they ran out of gas, and their beds are occupied.

Too precious.

That my friends, is nausea.

Baby K is on the way!

Henri needs to play video games for work, so I send her off to the Willow Creek library and set her to it.

Ambiguous “River” is there.  Still can’t decide on gender.  I leave her there and return to the rest of the family, hopefully she plays long enough on her own.

Why so grumpy – good lookin’?

Oh – I see.

HA!  FLARN!  He gets the funniest insane moodlets.

Under a full moon, I send Jimmy out to dig in these rock things.

We find a fair few things worth a fair bit of Simoleans.  Which is good, because they’re super-duper broke again.

His hard work managed to give us just enough to build this tiny little bedroom in the back.

*Walls down on purpose to show tiny room.
We no longer have to visit strangers to woohoo in their house.

Love the kidlets.

TS4 children are a thousand times more fun than TS3 children.  Who needs toddlers?  (I kinda do… )

I checked on Henri, who hopefully is done with her video game task, but she’s only 25% completed then vaporized home.

Doesn’t seem to be feeling so hot.  😀
Don’t mind Juliet doing floor pushups in the background.

Aw.

They’re such a lovely couple!

Henri is athletic, so I send her out for an evening jog.

Town is lovely!

Kids wake up in unison.

Although one is just fine…

And one is out of sorts!

Aw.  Hang in there little fella.

He was super hungry, but there weren’t any prepared meals in the fridge, so I had him grab a glass of milk AND a bowl of cereal!  I thought he’d drink it, then grab the bowl, but check this out!

Balanced breakfast!

A finally showing, full bladdered, filthy and starving Henrietta wakes up after her husband and the kids have gone off to work and school.

One of these days, the “pee walk” is going to stop being funny.

Today is not that day.

Yay baby bump!

❤

The kids get home from work and “cloudgaze” (which is one of the new things from the outdoor pack) aw.

Adorbs.

Money is dire here in the Lightning house, so I send Jimmy out to go collect and dig – but ONLY after calling the “sadness hotline”… since he’s feeling sad.

Because he’s INSANE.

We harvest some wild cherries.

And Jimmy wears the tree like a hat.

Harvest, collect, harvest.  Jimmy runs around until we can pay the $536 in bills we have sitting in the mailbox.

I decide we need money so badly, that I’m going to have Jimmy start a garden.

And at this moment, I decide that my Sims can only make money from skills and hobbies.  NO JOBS – which is kind of what I was doing in TS3 – so Yay!  I have both Henri and Jimmy quit work.

See above, how nicely I laid all those seeds out?
Jimmy had different ideas.

More “creative” ideas, if you will.

Trying not to keep capturing every single moment of their lives, I skipped a few broken appliances, and other states of unhappiness, but this was the worst.

Super pregnant and fixing the toilet.  Every woman’s dream.

Uh Oh…

Alright Jimmy – get busy!

You have a family to provide for!

He works hard into the night digging up fossils and crap from “MySims” but it was worth and we have PAID THE BILLS.

Good man.

How freakin’ cute is this?

I sent him to pull weeds in the garden, and you can see the dandelion tufts blowing away.  What an adorable game.

Hi Henri!

I know you’re hungry, get some food in ya, and wipe that pout off yer face.

The cute couple works together in the garden.

Incredibly adorable Henri whistles while she works.

❤

Welcome to Lightning Family Farms!

Lookin’ good so far!

Jimmy – insane, handsome Jimmy –

Tells the BEST stories.

Henri and Jimmy don’t have a single acquaintance, so I catch a couple people walking by.

Jimmy is already alienating Garrison, maybe it’s because of Great WooHoo Invasion of 2015.

That is one filthy, broken shower.

And while scrubbing this nasty toilet, Henri goes into labor!

It’s Baby K time!

It’s a boy!  Kenny!  Welcome to the Lightnings!

Aw, little Nooboo.

The kids get home, and it’s one dirty, angry Ian!

He had a bad day at school.  Poor fella.

Well, well, well!  What have we here?  Feeling okay, Henri?

😀

For the first time, it becomes obvious that lifespans are actually SHORT.  It’s already Kenny’s birthday!  As soon as Jimmy and Henri finish up in the garden, I’ll age him up!

This garden is a TON of work!

Birthday time!  Time to get out of the baby corner.

He has the Rambunctious Scamp aspiration and is “hot headed” and adorable!

Fun to have another one running around!

It’s also Ian and Juliet’s birthday tomorrow!

I can’t wait!

As expected, the L is on the way!

This house is getting VERY crowded.  And it’s quite challenging to keep everyone happy.  Money is still a serious problem, and the fridge is always empty, and there’s only one bathroom!

Ha, little hot-head is already having an angry day!

Ruining the nice “focused” I had attained for him before school.

Oh wait!  It’s Saturday!  Lucky me!

Momma made a hamburger cake!

Let’s have some birthdays!  Ian first.

Too cute.

Ian gets outdoor enthusiast “collector” and the music lover trait.  I selected these by closing my eyes and picking at random.  I’m too lazy for a list maker thingie.

Juliet is next!

She gets Master Chef and lazy for a trait.

Here’s Ian!

And Juliet!

I love them both, but Juliet is my favorite favorite.

I know here is a good stopping point, but I’m having too much fun, so I’m going to wait for “L” to be born.

SO NICE to have more hands in the garden!

We might actually start making some money out here!

Speaking of the garden – Jimmy and I spent some time running around collecting more varieties of plants!

I’d say we’re a full on functioning farm!  (ooh, alliterative…)

Aw, family time.

Except Ian, he’s in bed.

Working hard as a family ❤

She is SO pregnant…

And something about her being that pregnant working in the fields… kinda sad.

And then I let this happen.

Way to energy failure all over the dining nook.

It’s BABY TIME!

It’s a BOY!  I name him Lars.  Lars Lightning *snort*
OMG and a girl too!  I name her Liv, kind of an homage to Livid Zale.
The kids room gets expanded, due to some financial success *finally* from the farm.

And real nice Ian.  Go pee.

Such cute little boogers!

Liv is the one in the blue crib, and Lars in the yellow/green.

SO THIS is a good stopping point!  There’s only one more slot in the house, so none of the children you’ve met will be heir!

At Young Adult birthday, I will upload all spares to My Gallery!  I will hashtag them something, maybe just #Lightning so you can go grab one if you wish!  My Origin ID is hblair, so let’s be friends!

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

Look at the Shiny!

Hi readers!  So those of you who don’t know, I got a new power supply and graphics card for my computer!  I struggled getting it set up, but it’s ALL GRAVY NOW!  AND The Sims 4 is back up and running, and OF COURSE I bought the camping expansion pack.  I haven’t played more than two seconds, but I wanted to show you guys my lovely new graphics!  I know it’s hard to tell in a screen shot, but I’M SO HAPPY!  Wee!!!

Do come back and join me for regularly scheduled programming.  I promise updates on both these guys and those Zany Zales before you know it!

Cheers!

Lightnings on Hold – Technical Difficulties

Hi friends!

I went to play with my lovely Sims yesterday, after playing for a couple hours problem free on Saturday, and lo and behold – when I click on a house to “resume playing” I get a loading screen, then *pOOf* I’m returned back to the map.  This is a known issue that has been impacting some players for nearly a MONTH, rendering the game unplayable.  All houses, all save files, and even starting a NEW ONE do not work.

I’m shocked that I’m shocked with EA, and the fact that a game people paid a PREMIUM for has been non-functional for so many for so long.  The current status of the problem is:
“We have made progress with this issue and expect to implement a fix in an upcoming patch”

In the mean time, they’re launching a new expansion about the outdoors… which I was beyond excited to acquire – but now that my game has been reduced to a pretty desktop icon – I’m not so sure.

Anyway, I’m sorry to say it is impossible to update the Lightnings at this time – but on the plus side, that means I’ll be devoting my Simming time to those zany Zales!

Until next time, Happy Simming!

Things Look a Little Different 3.1

Holy Cow!  What do we have here?  A LIGHTNING UPDATE?  NO – that can’t be!  I know, I haven’t played in a LONG WHILE.  Like FIVEVER!  But see, I got a Wii Mini for Christmas, and my original Wii broke, like five years ago, but I still had all the games and stuff.  So I started playing Animal Crossing again, and as you know, you just MUST get everything done in December, or you won’t have another chance and… yeah.  Sorry.  Excuses EXCUSES!   So!  Let’s do a Lightning Check!

First we have, Henrietta!

Uh Henri?  What’s up with your face?

Henri: What’s up with my HOUSE?

Uh – well – about that I-

Henri: Where’s my family?  I had a husband, a couple of kids…
Right – well Jimmy’s right here and…

Your son, Ian.

The little guy…
And your daughter, Juliet.

Henri: She was a little smaller, last time I saw her… they both were!

Yeah – I know – forgive me?  There were some changes I needed to make and –

Henri: Just build me a house – all will be fine.  But where’s all the trees?  We’re certainly not in Hidden Springs anymore.

No, you’re not – look… here.

Your house!

Henri: It’s TINY!!!!!  There’s FOUR OF US!
I know – but it’s cute I –

It’s EMPTY TOO!?!?

YES!  Now STOP ARGUING WITH ME THIS MINUTE!  I’m in charge here.  Get a job and make some money, and it’ll get better.  I PROMISE!

Henri: *grumble grumble*

The kids are very important, so they get the only bedroom.

With LOTS of toys! ❤

I had Henri go into the computer whiz career track, and set up Mr. Jimmy with business.  He seems like a 9-5 guy to me.

So, I’m not sure if you can even make relationships in the CAS, but if you can, I skipped that step, and Jimmy and Henrietta have no relationship with one another.  Jimmy, who was insane in TS3, and continues to be so here in TS4 is NOT being nice and making Henri very angry!

Sorry, Henri – I was just trying to make sure the house was set up okay.

The kids, on the other hand, are becoming fast friends!

They’re too adorable.  Seriously.  I’m a little obsessed with them.

Go calm down in the mirror, love.

I’ll keep a more watchful eye on Jimmy’s insanity in the future, okay?

With no computers in the house (and no Library in – uh – the desert world…) we head off to the museum to see if they have any there.

Except when we arrived, it was synchronized pee night at the museum.  Cracked me up.  There were also no computers.

So we head off to the Willow Creek Library.

And holy worlds most adorable family.

I didn’t quite get Jimmy right, from his TS3 self – but holy handsome.

Henri should be happy, he’s far better looking over in this reality.

I think I did pretty good recreating Henrietta, and since she’s the one with the genetics, she’s the one who mattered the most.

I used that “genetics” thing to make their two children, and manually made Ian blonde, since he was in TS3.

The parents each find a computer and begin their work related tasks.

Henrietta needs to play video games (hard life) and Jimmy needs to fill out reports.  How funny – IRL things I do all day… flippin’ reports and video games!

Juliet grabs a book…

While Ian stays close to his folks.

Too sweet.

Trench Coat Guy is picking on our Henrietta.

Not cool TCG.  Not cool.  Henri’s face though?  She looks pretty non-concerned.

Juliet is a Social Butterfly, so I have her run all around and talk to strangers.

Ian is a Whiz Kid, so I have him work on his Chess game.

One game down.

Jimmy likes to socialize with his kids (being Domestic) and Juliet just likes to socialize, so it’s win-win!

OMG, how adorable?

❤

By now, people need to wee and have a bite to eat, so I send them home.  I go to have Jimmy watch the Romance Channel (since he’s romantic…I SWEAR I’ll recap their traits at the end) and look what I’ve done.

Nice work Heather.  Way to place a TV.

Have I mentioned I love these kids?

I so love them.

Since Henri is creative, I’ll have her do the cooking in the house.

A little mac ‘n’ cheese for the Lightning crew.

HA HA HA!  Ian!  Look at his little face.

I have them playing make believe to keep them from trying to get quick snacks out of the fridge before the meal is done.

Family Dinner

❤

Henri, being athletic, heads out for a jog after dinner.

See you soon!

Jimmy is the domestic one, so he can do the cleaning.

And help the kids with their homework.

Adorable.

I get the kids fed, watered, showered, pottied, teeth brushed and off to bed – and then it’s time to work on their parent’s relationship.

It’s a bit of a struggle to be honest.  But you’ll see.  Oh you’ll see.

Ahem – See?

Jimmy is feeling “Confident” and Henrietta has just nodded off.  Spectacular.  (Jimmy reminds me of someone – someone famous… I’ll figure it out later… but all the time I’m like, MAN – who does he look like?!?)

Yeah, well, there’s no bed for you guys, and your hundred odd dollars does not a bed buy.

So you can both yawn all you want.  Although in this screen shot, I think it looks like you’re both throwing tantrums.

Damn.  That’s parental sacrifice right there.

These two napped like this for a few hours.

Oh Jimmy, the nap didn’t refresh you?

Or are you just “makin’ your move”…

HA!  This picture wins TS4

I just love it…

And success!

For now…

Tickle time!

And look, the faucet is sleeping.

A rose for the lady.

She’s like “WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU HIDING THAT?!?”
He’s like “I’m not sure”…
At least that’s what I think their faces look like.

I like how this is their “First Kiss”

But they have two kids… SimLogic

I continue to spam romantic interactions, and PROPOSAL TIME!

Henrietta’s all NOPE!

HA!  You two, it’s just like before in TS3, except when YOU asked, Henri – HE SAID NO.

Denied.  You jerks.

So glad this is going so well.

Jimmy then has to talk to himself to cope, while Henrietta needs to take a shower.

I figured out who he looks like.  DEAN CAIN.  I have made Sim Dean Cain.

By now, the kids are waking up – Jimmy head’s off to his son’s bed to hide from it all.

He’s “mortified” and it takes several actions to get him back to normal.

I did say the kids were up yes?  It’s fruit loop time – while mom naps away the awkwardness of the night.

Which makes NO SENSE – since I swear Henri asked me about her husband at the beginning of this.
Henri:  Snorezzzzzz

Sure, NOW SHE shuts up.

I’m sorry, Jimmy – she was just too uncomfortable to accept you.  I’ll do better next time.

Eat your cereal.

Then Jimmy decides to “Share Insecurities” with his son.

Way to go, Dad of the Year.

HA!  His face though, seriously.

Keep adult problems to yourself, Mr. Jimmy.  It’s a lot for him to deal with.

I spend their last ten bucks to make some scrambled eggs.

It’s pretty hard to be a TS4 Lightning.

Sorry, Henri – but this is way more fun.

NO!  Henrietta!

Your last monies went into those eggs!!!!

Nice.

That spice lid will add TONS to the dish.

Have a good day at work, Jimmy.

You REALLY need the money.

Off to a fine start, I see.

Henri: Just keep swimming, just keep swimming…

*Forced Smile*

Henri then gets a full day’s sleep in her daughter’s bed.

Lucky duck.  Her poor husband…

Sweetest little babies are home!

Hi peanuts!

I am so happy to see the little scamps.

They’re the only bright spot in this little twist of events, and they have no idea that their parents are barely keeping them afloat.

Daddy’s home!

Thanks for the $128.00 that will buy NOTHING!
And that’s that!  Will life with the Lightnings ever get easier!?  You’ll have to come back next time to find out!

****DETAILS****

Okay – I obviously moved The Lightnings from TS3 to TS4.  Here’s the skinny on the family.

Henrietta:

She was a computer whiz, artistic, loves the heat, easily impressed and athletic in TS3.

I made her have the computer whiz aspiration, and she’s athletic, creative and cheerful.

Jimmy:

This was seriously the best shot I had of Jimmy – he was over-emotional, family oriented, flirty, kleptomaniac and insane.  His LTW was the thief one, which I didn’t think translated to the criminal one on TS4

I made him have the Successful Lineage aspiration, and he’s domestic, family oriented, insane and romantic.

And he’s blinking.  SWELL.

Ian was evil and loved the cold.

Now he’s a whiz kid and loves the outdoors.

Juliet was easily impressed and perceptive…

And a newborn nooboo.

Here she is a social butterfly and a goofball – because why not…

I felt like I had to create her this way.  If I had Jimmy and Henrietta TFB and have a son, the story would be very different.  I used the “genetics” in CAS to make the two children.

Lifespan is set at “Short” to continue this as a “lightning” alphabetcy.  The next baby born will be with the letter K.  Although with the nature of Henri and Jimmy’s relationship, Juliet looks like she might be heir.  That and they can’t afford a bed big enough to woohoo in.  I REALLY miss shower woohoo.  Just sayin’.

SO!  I promise to work on a Zale update on Sunday (tomorrow).  I DID begin one on the 27th of December, but I had a messy crash, and then I just didn’t want to deal with it – but we WILL get back to them before too long!

I’m hoping my transition to TS4 with these guys is agreeable to you lovely readers out there.  I also SERIOUSLY need to stop documenting every little thing, or the “lightning” part will be lost.  This whole post was like 48 Sim Hours.  That’s terrible.  I just think TS4 is pretty great, and I love all the little faces and interactions.  I also hope my transition of The Lightnings to TS4 spurs my interest in them again, and we’ll get the thing finished up.

Thanks for hanging in there, my readers – I appreciate it!

Until next time – Happy Simming!

OH!  And a quick note of thanks to Sammy, who helped me with this idea!