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.