Round 7 Pleasantview - Beau and Brenda Broke

Brandi's second son.  Looks a lot like his daddy Skip.  Here are the details of this branch of Brandi and Skip's family:

Beau Broke

Romance/Knowledge - Become Education Minister

Beau is perm plat having already completed two career related LTWs.  He is currently a College Dean of Students.  His wishes will not be fulfilled unless he rolls woohoo.

Brenda Broke

Popularity - Become Captain Hero

Brenda has been busy having babies, and has not worked as of yet.  She is unemployed, but will be checking everyday for a job.  She and Beau met in University.

First wishes:  Serve food, talk about hobbies, max cooking skill, get fishing badge silver and go hiking and go bird watching.

Betty Broke

Grow UP

The eldest of Beau and Brenda's offspring, Betty is named after greatgranny Betty Newbie.  She will cake up in 2 days.  She wants A+ report card, get logic one, see ghost of burgler Gordon King, and eat hamburgers.

Bessie Broke

Grow Up

Bessie will cake up in 6 days.  Her wishes are:  get cooking 9, meet someone new, see ghost of burglar Gordon King, and talk.

Alice Broke

Grow Up

Apparently Alice grew up on Sunday night last round and has none of her toddler skills.  Her wishes:  Learn to talk, be read to by mom, see ghost of Gordon King, and get Charisma 1.

Last Round - Oh my.  What the the heck happened.  Everyone was really short on needs when this lot was opened, and poor Alice had not learned any toddler skills, and all the kids were hating on Gordon King.  Well, let's see.   In order to curb the Sim population in this home, a breeding pair of dogs were brought in and began making puppies.  Several were sent to Animal Control.  Beau went perm plat, Brenda rolled wishes to skill in cooking and cleaning, and gave birth to she and Beau's third daughter Alice.  Betty aged up to child, as did Bessie. And the family was burgled by Gordon King.  However the cops came and hauled him away before he could get anything.

Beau and Bessie were the only ones in the family to inherit from Brandi's passing.  That gave a badly needed cash infusion to the family.  They need larger accommodations, but it will have to wait until round 8.   They are in a mobile home.

When the girls returned home from school, they chatted about their hobbies for a bit, then laid down for a short afternoon nap.  The Gordon King robbery left the family very short on needs they were still trying to get caught up.   

New LTW WooHoo with 20 Different Sims

Beau came home from work with a promotion, but looking angry at his wife Brenda.  ASimWen looked over memories, ect...to see if she cheated on him or something, but the only cheating that went on was Beau.  Being a romance Sim that made sense.  However, Beau also started flashing the broken lock icon, showing he was mad about the Gordon King attempted burglary.  Not sure why he flashed Brenda's pic first.

Bessie arose from her after school nap with a wish to get assistance with her homework.  Dad Beau fit the bill.  (after woohoo..thus the underware dress).  Realized a nice wish for her. 

Tuesday was fun day as in one expected event coincided with an unexpected event.

The girls arose wanting to talk about hobbies and that worked out between them!  Then it was on ouside to command Dakota to sit up, and praise.  Then chores for them.  Pull the weeds in the dog pen, and fill up food bowls. Off to school.

Brenda spent some time on the phone chatting up a couple of people she had wishes to make friends with (Clarence Pleasant and  Abbey Roennigke the Atrociously Evil Witch) and Big Daddy Beau taught Alice how to walk, tickle, snuggle.  All wishes in for Alice for the day.  Then this popped:

Oh goody!  Puppies....! ASimWen zoomed in on the dog pen and there was another being in the pen......

The daddy doggo IceTea was having his Grim Party during the birth of his last litter of pups.  ASimWen didn't realize he was a senior dog.

Poor Dakota didn't have time to grieve IceTea.  He was gone by the time all the pups were born.

Enter Buck Broke, one of the dogs that Brandi raised for her LTW.  Love his kewl white eyebrows.  He has the same exact personality as Dakota, both of them a Gemini.  They should make lots of puppies.

OOps he is growling at a sleeping Dakota.  They will get used to each other after a day or two.

In the meanwhile Bessie gets an A+.  Too bad she wasnt showing the wish!

This day was also Betty's cake up day!  Yaaaay!

Family - Have 6 Grandchildren

Betty's first wishes upon growing up:  Get a puppy, resurrect IceTea, get a cell phone (locked in) and go to University.  Off to the store to get a cell phone and a makeover!

One cell phone coming right up at the Corner Shoppes.

Saying hello to Lucy (Burb) Tellerman....

New outfit, new hair, new makeup.  Go you, Betty!!!

Wednesday

In the wee hours, Brenda's desired field came up!  Woot!  She was very excited! The nanny service was called to order up help.

Now then.  Everyone arose that morning, fulfilled easy wishes like "talk about hobby" and "command Dakota" then headed out to school or work.  Nanny Karen Lawson is the one the agency sent over to watch Alice.  ASimWen looks at TV for 30 seconds, then checks the screen.  What could go wrong?  Well somehow the NPC cat Heidi had gotten in the house and was destroying the sofa with Nanny sitting right on it.  Alice was outside about to pee herself with no potty chair handy or toys to play with.  

There was no one around to scold the cat and make it leave.  Nanny had to preform the miraculous skill of sitting around the corner in the kitchen to watch the TV that was down the hall the other way  from her chair.

ASimWen took pity on Alice and brought her potty chair to her and a toy.

Alice was feeling pretty good then, and even won some aspiration for getting some charisma skill.

That evening she won additional aspiration when big daddy Beau brought her to the birthday cake.   She grew up well, realizing a wish.

The last wish spent on Wednesday was for Brenda...Dakota learned to speak.  Yak yak yak!  Then it was bath time!!

Thursday

Alright so Beau was invited downtown.  Apparently it wasn't any good because ASimWen didn't take any pictures!

This is a super crazy picture.  But that lousy cat Heidi snuck in the house again and started tearing up Bessie's homework.  ASimWen watched it just walz in the house with the kids after school.  SNEAKY.

So mama Brenda decided she wanted to win a cooking contest after earning all those cooking points last round.  She is still angry about the Gordon King incident even though it happened almost a week before!  Crazy.  Note Frank Dreamer there bowing to the Chef.  If I could change anything in this game it would be the high fun factor all these foreign greets have.  It is constant.  Grrr!  (If anyone knows of any mods to stop this or slow it down, please point me in that direction!!)

She won.  Of course.  Here she is talking about her cooking hobby to Frank, fulfilling a wish.  Hey look who the other contestant was.  Skip Broke, her nephew!

Back at the house Alice realized a couple of homework wishes with the help of her big daddy Beau.

And a random wish fulfilled..probably talk about about hobbies.  This gets a little blurry for ASimWen trying to work in wishes for all the girls when they get off the bus.   At this point, ASim noticed Brenda was looking pudgy because she had spun up a wish to get fit.  Will work on that!

Friday

ASimWen realized why Dakota and Buck Broke had a hard time getting friendly with each other.  It was because there was only one doghouse.  They would fight over it.  Once the career rewards were moved out of the dog pen and a second house erected, the two got along famously.

Very soon, puppies were on the way.  On this day, Alice and Bessie wore poor Dakota out doing tricks before they headed to school.  Someone needed to teach Buck a couple of tricks.  At any rate, the girls realized several wishes.

Betty fulfilled a wish to serve food up for breakfast, which was enough cooking experience to collect her membership to Sues Kitchen before heading off to school as well.

After school cousin Skip Broke came over and the two had fun telling jokes and talking.  All wishes in for Betty.

Saturday

This day started with Alice taking advantage of the last waning hours of autumn to get a quick charisma skill in, number 8.

Betty arose with a wish to go hiking so before day break, she took the two younger ones out on a walkabout.

The day passed uneventfully with the younger girls watching TV, commanding poor Dakota around and praising her.  Betty served up some pancakes to fulfill those cooking wishes.  At one point, Alice began to train Buck how to play dead, but didn't quite get it accomplished before he disappeared into the dog house.  Then it was cake up time!

It was Bessie's turn!

Welll now.  It's been a while since the neighborhood spawned a Knowledge Sim!  What does Bessie want to do with her life???

Knowledge - Become a World Class Ballet Dancer

Bessie and Betty headed to Sims Gone Wired to drink coffee, and get a cell phone for Bessie.  Wish done.

Uncle Dustin showed up to keep an eye on the girls, and had a nice chat with Betty.

Sunday

PUPPIES are HERE!  WooHoo!

Daisy named after Daisy in the movie John Wick, and Einstein after Einstein in Back To The Future.  Love it!

They were born in the snow, can't really see them!!  Betty called out right away for Animal Control to come take them, and Mama Brenda influenced Dakota and Buck to try for puppies again.  They are on the way!  We will see them next round.

Two garden plants here, probably wished for last round as in "plant a seed".  One of the plants actually died early in the the week, and was replanted.  Probably won't survive the winter, they will require lots of attention.  Which makes for good badge development.  (See the Animal Control officer there to pick up Daisy and Einstein).

On with wish flipping.  Bessie and Alice talk about their hobbies, whist Betty serves up breakfast in the back ground.  This morning has been a blur of commanding poor Dakota around, talking about hobbies, and getting good reputations.  Soon everyone was happy.

This is a happy day for Knowledge Sim Bessie.  It is Headmaster day.  She has been harboring this wish along with go to Uni and get an A+ since she bought her cell phone, so other wishes have been hard to come by.  Betty is determined to look studious to make a good impression for the Headmaster for her sister, having rolled "get a skill point", spurring a visit to the Educational Bookcase her dad brought home from work.

Bessie waited outside, but the Headmaster never came.  ASimWen used Pescado's Bat Box to try to fix the scenario, but won't be able to try again until the next day, which will happen next round.  The call was made.

Good thing maybe as Mama Brenda had a wish to serve food, but burned it.  10 cooking skills, and winner of cooking contests.  All the usual things happened when the Headmaster shows up...random Sims dropped by to visit, food was burned, everyone suddenly had other things to do.  But no Headmaster.  Sad.

Sims who are perm plat don't get much screentime as their wishes aren't fulfilled.  However Beau had a wish to stargaze.  ASimWen will fulfill wishes if they are small aspiration points.  His whole family was sleeping, however he was not as he had spent the day working out to get rid of his beer belly, then hit the energizer to be in top form when the absentee Headmaster came. 

And this is where this visit is ended with the Brokes.  Ending wishes:

Mama Brenda:  Serve food, talk about hobbies, go hiking, catch bugs, go birdwatching, and get a good reputation.  Definitely nature related wishes.

Betty:  Buy a guitar, talk about hobbies, serve food, and plant a seed.  Yes, one of the plants outside died and she is wanting to start over again. 

Bessie:  Be saved from death, go to Uni, get in Private School, and get body 5. 

Alice:  Eat pancakes, command Dakota to sit and speak, and get A+.  Even though she successfully taught Buck to play dead, she does not desire to command him to do it. 

Ghost Pics:

IceTea haunted on the day that Dakota gave birth to Buck's puppies.  A coincidence?  I think not.  He was nice though, didn't scare anybody.

Thank you so much for reading about Beau and Brenda's family.  Keep on Simming!

~ASimWen