Diary of a Drifter-House 3b-Chapter 7-Dashawn with the Finale

My sister was quite busy in her last few days and couldn't finish off her journal.  I decided that it was my job to finish up for her since she always looked out for all of us especially me.  She took me in as a teen when she barely had enough to take care of herself so that I wouldn't be alone.  My sister was an angel to me and I'm really going to miss her.

When she got the message from the doctors that she wouldn't have much longer to live she took his advice and started to get everything in order. We always knew that Harry would be moving out to fulfill his part of Grandma Darlene's legacy so all the paperwork the lot of land provided to him in the trust was transferred to him.  The house that we were living in was transferred to my name as we received some bad news about Kayden also.

Not that I would miss Kayden any as he was never good enough for my sister. None of those clowns were good enough for my sister and I made sure that each and everyone of them knew it.

The first thing Everly did was hire Jake Walker.  She was always the one to take care of the house and she wanted to make sure that all of us were taken care of and she insisted that we needed a butler.

She also rented a room to my old girlfriend Rachel Patel.  I think she was afraid of me having to live alone so she wanted to play matchmaker. Rachel also brought her young son Zander to live with us.  It seems she also had a thing with Luciano and they had a child together.  For a little while we had a full house here.

Rachel and I had our birthdays on the same day.  Rachel aged up as she got home from work eventhough we had a cake for her.

I was actually able to blow out the candles on my cake.

Well since I don't work where else would I be.

We spent the rest of our days just enjoying the wonderful house that my sister worked hard to build for us.  We even had a pool in the backyard.

And my sister bought us a horseshoe court just like the one our mother gave us when we were kids.

The day for Harry's birthday arrived and Everly decided to bake him a cake but before she could finish something awful happened.

Everly's time had come.

Harry pleaded with Grim for his mother's life and.....

Grim didn't want to ruin the birthday party so he granted Harry's request.

Being dead didn't stop my sister one bit.  She went back to making a birthday cake for Harry as nothing was going to ruin the celebration.

Everly finished that cake and placed the candles on them so that her son could make a wish and blow them out.  Later on Harry did tell me that his wish was already granted earlier, he just wanted to celebrate his birthday and spend more time with his Mom.

Knowing that this was Harry's last day in the house Everly and Harry spent most of the night together and even did their morning reading together.  The problem happened when Everly got up to make them some breakfast.

Everly was going to make some Scrambled Eggs and Toast for everyone to have a special farewell breakfast for Harry but she never got the chance.

Grim came back for her that morning and this time....

there was nothing any of us could say or do to change his mind.

My sister was gone and nothing was ever going to be the same again.

And while we grieved and mourned our loss, Grim decided to play a game of horseshoes.

Harry was already set to move out which is exactly what he knew his mother wanted to do.  He said goodbye to his father first.

And than he came to say goodbye to me.  He promised he would do whatever he needed to do to keep the family out of the bin and hopefully he wouldn't need 9 lives to do it.

There he goes my nephew off to start his own life and I know he will do his mother proud.  I'm going to miss that boy.

Author's Note-This is the end of house #3.  I'm going to make a special post with the house and Lot info right after this but I wanted to show everyone what I found in Kayden's inventory.  Kayden was constantly at that work bench and I never checked his inventory until the end.  This is how much stuff he made and I didn't even realize it.

Diary of a Drifter-House 3b-Chapter 6-It's about damn time!

I was a little bit concerned about Kayden after this "Alien story" he was telling us and I was watching him for the next few days.  However nothing strange happened to him at all.   He still tells this far fetched story though which I wish he would stop especially with Harry.

If any good has come out of that bizarre story it is that Harry has developed such an interest in science that he has started playing with his chemistry set. Hopefully he doesn't set the house on fire like Dashawn did as a child.  I do have a sprinkler system installed so we should be fine.

Next we have a series of birthdays coming up.  First up is my baby brother is becoming an adult.  Well I use that term loosely as he still fights with Kayden a bit.  The fighting isn't as bad as with Israel but bad enough.

The fighting would probably be worse if it wasn't for Kayden's obsession with the woodworking bench.  I bought that for me so I could increase my mechanical skills but Kayden seems to love it.  Since I became an expert in do it yourself repairs by fixing everything Mother breaks when she visits us at night, I decided to let Kayden keep the woodworking bench for himself.  I just have to get that thing out of my kitchen.

The next birthday was mine.  It really was a surprise as my husband and brother decided to call a truce for that day just to get me this birthday cake and sing happy birthday to me.

I blew out my candle and wished that the house could be this peaceful all the time.

Next I did receive some new clothes from Harry and a gift certificate to the beauty salon from Dashawn.

I do have to admit that I love the hair style and my boy certainly does know my taste in clothes.

Kayden gave me the gift I love most.  I have to say he is really getting to be very talented woodworker as he made me this vanity which fits in perfectly with the decor I used for our bedroom.

I seriously can spend hours pampering myself at this mirror and this bedroom is turning out just as I wanted it to.  None of the madness that goes on in this crazy house seems to bother me when I'm in my bedroom.  I guess I was fortunate enough to get my birthday wish.

The next birthday was Kayden's.

He blew out his candles but all of his gifts were the same.  We all knew all he wanted to do is spend time making new furnitures and sculptures out of wood so all of us including Dashawn purchased him materials to use at his woodworking bench.

I read about this forgotten grotto that you could find while exploring at the park. American Angler magazine claims that is where a sim could catch the exclusive Bat fish which is the last I need for my collection.  I really need to finish this before I die or its back to the bin for all of us so I decided to give it a try.

And what do you know I did it.  I caught 20 different types of fish!

I did it I finished my part in keeping the family out of the family bin.  Now it is up to my son to follow in my footsteps.

Now I don't have to fish anymore unless I want to as I do find it to be a calming and relaxing activity.  However I want to spend more time with my son.  After I seen him playing chess in the park, I bought a chess table for the house and he loves to practice all the time.  I join him there now and I'm slowly telling him about his Great Grandma Darlene and how she left us a legacy to fulfill.  We don't know what is in store for Harry as his envelope will be sealed until the day he becomes of age and takes control of the family legacy but I'm just preparing him for the adventure that is opening up for him.

Before I knew it Harry's birthday was here,

and my little boy grew up into a handsome young man.

Author's Note:  The Vanity cannot be made with the woodworking bench I just added that part for story purposes.

Everly's Goals:

1. Create a 2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom home worth at least $40k Simoleons (after Depreciation) 
2. Complete the Angling Ace Aspiration on the Main Sim 
3. Achieve level 10 of the Gardening skill on the Main Sim 
4. Achieve level 10 of the Fishing skill on the Main Sim 
5. Upon reaching level 10 in both Gardening and Fishing you may now Build or Place a Park on the Desert Bloom Park Lot in Oasis Springs. 
6. Acquire the Cowplant and collect 5 unique Essence potions by interacting with the Cowplant 
7. Produce and raise an Heir to the Young Adult lifestage

Basically I do have a 2 bedroom/1 bath home worth over 40 K but I haven't finished putting the finishing touches on it which is mostly decorations so I'm not crossing it off the list.  

We just have to wait for Harry to age up to finish the last requirement.

Diary of a Drifter-House 3b-Chapter 5-What in the world was that?

When I came home from the hospital with the baby I was welcomed to this site, my brother and Israel were fighting again.  I really don't know what I'm going to do with those two but I can't have this going on with a baby in the house.

My brother never ceases to surprise me.  He may not get along good with Israel or Kayden but he does love Harry.  He is turning out to be the perfect Uncle. I can go on my rounds, fish or take care of my garden without one worry. Dashawn stays by the baby's side on his own and never leaves it.

Dashawn doesn't even mind taking care of the dirty diapers.

It wasn't long before Grim came to pick up Israel.

Which was a sad day for all of us.  Even Luciano who was helping me with the garden was so upset that he came to mourn.

However there was one of us who ........

was happier than a kid in a candy store.

We all felt bad for Israel but life went on.  I continued to work on my garden and fishing until I became an expert at it and Dashawn and Kayden became experts at fighting and tearing apart the house I was working hard on building.  I seriously do not stand a prayer with these men in my life.

Harry grew into a handsome young boy.  He had the Artistic Prodigy Aspiration with the Good Trait.

I set up a room for him with everything toys, a computer and art supplies.

I even got him a chemistry table as I remember how much Dashawn liked it as a boy.

But all Harry wants to do is mourn his Grandmother all the time.  At least I won't have to worry about him setting the house on fire with the chemistry set like Dashawn did when a kid.

Even now that Harry grew up he is still best buddies with Dashawn.  At least Dashawn gets along with someone in the house.

Due to the fact that I did become an expert at fishing and gardening I thought it was time for all of us to have a day off.  A new park just opened up not far from our house so we all went to the park.

I went fishing as I was still trying to collect a few more different kinds of fish.

Dashawn went swimming.

Harry found a chess table and started practicing.

Kayden grilled up some burgers for us.  All and All we had a wonderful time.

No one expected what was to happen when we got home.  There was a strange noise outside that I didn't know what it was at all.  I had never heard anything like it before.  The worst part of it was I couldn't find Kayden anywhere.

A few hours later he showed up basically out of no where on the porch and he was telling us some crazy story that he insists was true.

Authors Note:  RE the park-I downloaded Kids Dream Park from the Gallery.

Kayden's alien abduction was the first in my game and I seriously didn't know the music for it until everything was over.  This also explains why I didn't get any pictures at all of him being abducted or returned.

Everly's Goals:

1. Create a 2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom home worth at least $40k Simoleons (after Depreciation) 
2. Complete the Angling Ace Aspiration on the Main Sim 
3. Achieve level 10 of the Gardening skill on the Main Sim 
4. Achieve level 10 of the Fishing skill on the Main Sim 
5. Upon reaching level 10 in both Gardening and Fishing you may now Build or Place a Park on the Desert Bloom Park Lot in Oasis Springs. 
6. Acquire the Cowplant and collect 5 unique Essence potions by interacting with the Cowplant 
7. Produce and raise an Heir to the Young Adult lifestage