Diary of a Drifter House 1 Chapter 5-Queen Darlene's Palace (completed)

We received some very good and unexpected news today.  I'm still excited over this and it really is going to help us out.

After all this time Travis actually was promoted!  And it only took him forever and a day to do it.  Maybe if he didn't skip work so he shake and shimmy his ass all over the house he would have been promoted sooner. Oh well at least he was promoted and I get to plan how to spend that $506 on the house.

The next day was my little girls birthday.  It's really hard to believe that she is a full grown lady ready to move out on her own.

Travis' birthday is coming up in a couple of days and luckily for us we finished Queen Darlene's Palace.

Maybe its not as big as a palace to most people but to me it's perfect.

Erica moved out this morning so she could go on her own journey and find her own palace.

We will miss her which goes without saying, but Travis and I are looking forward to having the house to ourselves.

Author's Note-This was a short update due to the fact that there was not much left for Darlene to do.  I just put the finishing touches on her house which is now available in my gallery:

Queen Darlene's Palace

Final House Value:

I decided to change the lot names to include the founder/heir's name and since Darlene is the founder it is only fair she be named the Queen.  The next house will be titled Erica's Escape.

Thanks to Jazen I will be getting a new trait generator as random traits seem to make the game more interesting to me but I finished Erica with this one. Sometimes I do make the game harder for myself than it has to be.  This is one of those times as look what Erica rolled:

Non Committal! This is perfect now that I see she needs to marry in the next baby daddy.  Oh well I wanted a challenge.

Diary of a Drifter House #1 Chapter 4-Almost finished

Here I am as I am everyday chipping away at my purpose in life.  I do have to say that the house is coming along very nicely. Slowly but surely we are getting there.  Today is Travis birthday and I wanted to do something special for him so I'm hoping I get enough money from these special rocks. At first I was a little iffy about him but in the end he turned out to be a decent father

If I'm busy he makes sure to have breakfast with Erica.  Not really much for him to do besides open the fridge and pull out some left overs.  I do all the cooking in the house.  I just wish he would learn to put his books away so that our daughter might actually sit at the table.

We did have a little problem with the stove when he got the brilliant idea in his head to cook.  This is why I do all the cooking.  Without even a second thought he pulled a fire extinguisher (I won't even ask where he got it from) and put out the fire.

He still dances all the time....

and he has taught Erica to dance all the time....

which she does instead of her homework.

I think he is a keeper.  Happy Birthday Travis!

I was able to get him a new TV for his birthday but due to all my hard work with my garden and my rounds.....

I was also able to get myself a brand new living room.  We are really coming up there in the world now.

Oh Wow will wonders never cease!  My little girl finally decided to do her homework and she did come home with a B on her report card the next day.

She even helps around the house even when no one asks her to.  I think she is going to grow up to be a fine young lady.

It's our Birthday time!  Erica and I have the same birthday well this time around we do. For some strange reason it wasn't my birthday when she was born and on her next birthday it won't be mine.  Less birthday is something I'm thankful for but its nice that Erica and I shared the same birthday.

Oh No Erica that will not do!  Sorry young lady but we are bringing you over to the mirror so you can take a good look at yourself.  You need to lose that baseball cap and those Elton John glasses. Really I thought my fashion sense would rub off on her but I guess she gets this from her father.

Ok I buy a TV for her father for his birthday but she just gets a trip to the hair dresser and some new clothes.  Sounds fair to me since no one thought about getting me a gift in fact you know what happened....

I had made two cakes for the occasion and Travis came over took a piece out of the first one and went straight to bed.  The nerve on him ruining one of the cakes and than to go hide under the covers.  I gave Erica the second cake and I just recycled it by putting more candles on for me.  Guess I'll just blow out the candles by myself as everyone seems to have gone away.

Happy Birthday to me!

I think I'll celebrate by fixing the sink for the umpteenth time.

The next day Travis did try and make it up to me by doing some cleaning while I was out tending the garden and making my rounds for the day.

Well I figure for my birthday I should treat myself to some renovations on the house and I'm quite pleased with the results.

Here is the front.  We still need to work on the upstairs and the landscaping is limited to the one lemon tree that I planted and a couple of window boxes.

This is the back and not much has been done here yet.

The only thing out here is my garden which is where I spend most of my day.

Let us move onto the inside and here is the entrance hall aka Travis' dance studio.

I've come along way from grilling and spoiling hot dogs.  This is my new kitchen.  The only thing I need now is my coffee pot as I'm a beast if I don't have my caffeine fix in the morning.

I changed the wall between the kitchen and living room to a half wall to give it a more open look.  This is a small house and the full walls were making it seem a bit cramped.

This is the downstairs bathroom its a bit small but I am planning on the upstairs one to be a bit bigger than this one.

That is it for the house tour as I still have the upstairs to do which I hope to get to soon.   Right now Travis and I have some xplaining to do with Erica.  This is going to be awkward.

Authors Note: I have four days until Erica ages into a Young Adult and here is the lot info:

Upstairs does has 2 bedrooms and 1 bath but its not shown as I have not decorated it yet.  The value is there but I don't feel its finished until I fully finish the house.  I'm pretty sure that I will be on house #2 by next week.

As I already mentioned I have been randomizing Erica's traits.  She had this before I read the rules for house #2

Now I see she needs the Outdoor Enthusiast aspiration which by luck she already rolled.  I am going to need a better way to randomize these traits as I don't think this is the best method but it worked out pretty damn good for Erica.