Diary of a Drifter-House 3b-Chapter 1-Third times the charm

Author's Note-It turns out that my second shot at this was another fail so I'm just going into the third time.  This time I'm sure it will be successful.  I do blame myself for playing so lax due to my work schedule on the last shot but it ended with the house not finished (which I could have just finished building as she had the funds) and only 18/20 fishes caught on the aspiration (that was the killer).
Ok here we go with attempt #3.

Here I am again in this empty lot starting out my life again not for the first or second time but the third!  I'm beginning to feel like a cat who has nine lives. Someone needs to get their act together up there so this family can move on. Well I'm not going to bore everyone with everything they already know.  I've been doing my rounds and I started off the same as I have everytime before so I will only tell you about the changes in my life.

Dashawn came to live with me again after Mom died but the circumstances around Mom's death were different this time.

Mom liked to call me up to go to parties with her which I accepted after I had the 1 K in my bank account according to rules.  Why she called my before that I haven't a clue since she knows fully well what the rules say.

The night started out great we were dancing and I met this mail carrier named Kayden Orr.  We seemed to hit it off right away.

However the night was to end tragically.  Mom passed away right than and there.

I begged and pleaded with Grim to spare her life but everything I said fell on deaf ears.  My Mom was with my father now so it was up to me to bring up my brother and keep the family legacy going.

I took this pretty hard and just cried in my tent for weeks but my friend Stacy dragged me out and gave me a lecture about how I had to move on with my life. I guess she was right my Mom wouldn't want us to mourn her that much.

She even sent me a text from the great beyond to send her condolences on her passing.

Something funny happened when I went to lunch with Stacy.  We didn't see it but everyone else in the restaurant was talking about it.  Look who was behind us across the street while we were eating.

It was ole Grim himself just floating by hoping to go unnoticed.  Sorry Grim when death comes to the neighborhood people notice.

I guess he is staking out this elder as he sat down and had a baked potato with him.  Gee I didn't know Grim liked baked potatoes.  Maybe if I would have made a steak dinner with baked potatoes he would have spared my Mom.

Well Stacy's words came through loud and clear.  I need to move on and start my life over again now.  I can't wallow in self pity or I might be doing this again someday.  Time to get moving and maybe I should give Kayden a call.

Authors Note:

I was able to pick up Erica's grave and put it on the lot so I expect to start seeing visits from Erica's Ghost.

Checklist:

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

Diary of a Drifter House #3-Chapter 2-The Audrey 3

I know I'm supposed to be keeping this journal as part of my life's work but I have been so busy trying to sort out my life it's very hard to keep up.  I guess that is why my mother and grandmother just wrote notes here and there.  I intended on keeping things more organized than that.  I just wish life would go as I intended it to.  I'll just update on how my life is going from this point on and organize it better from here.

As I'm doing my rounds and trying to get some basic necessities I kept getting phone calls from my Mom.  I first found it strange that she wanted to go out on singles night so soon after my father died until I realized what her plan was.  She was worried about me finding a husband so everynight she tried to drag me to one function or another.

After I purchased a toilet, tent, shower, guitar, cooler and I had the required 1 K in my bank account so I gave in and went to a party at the Bluffs with my Mom.
This turned out to be a good decision as I did meet someone over there.

His name is Wilson McClain and he was the DJ working the party.  We seemed to connect as friends and he didn't mind me given him some hair and fashion advice.   He told me that he was homeless and I felt really bad about it.  I decided I would ask him to move in the next day as I really hated living alone and the idea of Wilson becoming my roommate sounded great to me.

I really didn't have much at the moment.  I able to put up some bathroom walls for privacy along with adding another tent for sleeping.

Eventhough I didn't have much to offer he accepted my offer and moved right in.

We spent the rest of the day talking and getting to know each other better.  We both found it inspiring to look at the clouds all day eventhough it might have not been the wisest idea to do so in the middle of the street.

Little did I know I would be getting another roommate in the near future.

Mom passed away soon after Dad.  My mother was never the same after Dad died and as much as I miss her I'm happy to know that the two of them are together again.  We had no choice but to sell Lovelace Landing to pay for the funeral cost and the mortgage due to the bank.  Dashawn didn't have anywhere to live and the family court did appoint me his legal guardian.  My brother moved in with me as soon as we closed the deal on the house.

Dashawn was another one who was in need of some fashion advice too.

So here I am trying to accomplish my life's goals to keep this family and its future generations from going back to the bin and I have two roommates to support on top of it all.

Whoa!  Would you look at that crazy plant.  I went to that secret fishing spot my mother told me about and I fished up an unusual seed.  It reminds me of something I seen in a

movie.  

I think that is the cowplant and I'm going to name it The Audrey 3.

Author's Note:

Here is the checklist and so far I have only acquired the Cow Plant

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 Audrey 3 and collect 5 unique Essence potions by interacting with The Audrey 3 
7. Produce and raise an Heir to the Young Adult lifestage

Diary of a Drifter-House #3-Munch Manor

I'm sorry to say that I do indeed have another fail on this challenge so I'm attempting a do over.  The first chapter is just Everly starting out so keeping that but will be posting the rest of the story on the sucessful attempts.  However I am loading the house to the gallery and here are the pictures.  I would have added a pool and some landscaping, but I decided to start on the do over.


Everly married Lucas Munch:

They had three kids:

Monica who would have been the heir.

And Twins Rudy and Ricky.

This is their house:

Kitchen:

Dining Room:

Living Room:

Everly was in the Music Career so here is a couple of her rewards:

Hallway

I did manage to get 5 essences from the cowplant, happiness (4 happiness altogether), energized, sad, bored and discomfort.

Downstairs bathroom:

Upstairs bathroom:

Kids Rooms:

Family Room:

Master Bedroom

The house is available in the Gallery:  Munch Manor

Diary of a Drifter-House #3-Chapter 1-The Legacy Continues

The cab left me off at this big and empty lot.  I had just enough money to pay for the ride over to this place and now I had nothing left in my pockets except a note and some envelopes handed to me from my mother.  She asked me to read the letter and open the envelope marked #3 when I moved into my new home.  She also asked that I not open any of the other envelopes as they were not for me.  I unfolded the note and read my mother's message to me.

I knew that my Grandmother did have a trust which was buying us the land in which to live in but we never received any simoleans from that trust.  I just didn't know that the keeping the family out of the bin depended on if I failed or not.  I decided to open the envelope and see what my tasks were.

Well no worries Grandma.  Your legacy is safe with me so....

I better get to work as I am sure I'm going to have to take care of my basic needs soon and I don't even have a pot to well you know.

Authors Note:

I decided it was time to give them a main reason for continuing this legacy and I do have plans for this town once it is rebuilt.  I figure if I'm building a town out from nothing I might as well get some use out of it.  Here are Everly's task for this generation as listed on the Drifter Challenge Rules:

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 a Cow Plant and collect 5 unique Essence potions by interacting with it
7. Produce and raise an Heir to the Young Adult lifestage

Diary of a Drifter House 2a-House Tour and Info-Completed

House 2 Erica Lovelace:
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Erica's goals for house #2

1. Create a 2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom home worth at least $40k Simoleons (after Depreciation)
2. Marry and THEN Move-In a "working Sim" (examples: Mail Carrier, Gardener, Pizza Delivery)
3. Complete the Outdoor Enthusiast Aspiration
4. Produce and raise an Heir to the Young Adult lifestage

House Tour-The Outside First:

Master Bedroom:

Everly's Room:

Dashawn's room:

Upstairs Bathroom

Downstairs Bathroom:

Living Room:

And finally the Kitchen:

House Info:

Gallery Link: Lovelace Landing