Winter 1: Week 1

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Welcome back to the Ventura family! Last round, Robert had started working on his garden, home and finding a partner. Let’s see what Robert is up to during the winter season.

We start the season with Robert standing outside in the snow., surveying his garden. He heads back to bed until a more reasonable time.

It’s New Years Day and Robert spends the day in Sulani, he is spending the day fishing and caught quite a few Sulani fish. He even mounted a couple of his favorites.

Robert is so in love with Riya that he isn’t going to wait another day to ask her to marry him. She says YES!

Robert and Riya get married soon after the engagement. They didn’t want to wait too long since both are waiting until marriage to woohoo. So they are both ready to make the next step, so they had a simple ceremony on Robert’s land. They are so happy together!

Wedding night fun! Risky Woohoo is on, so maybe the first baby is going to happy quickly. We’ll have to wait and see..

Now that Riya Ventura is part of the family, time for a makeover. Didn’t make too many changes but gave her new hairstyle and some outfits.

Riya and Robert spend the day in Sulani for their honeymoon. Robert fishes while Riya spends the time relaxing and getting a tan, right nearby. They spend the evening eating together.

After a day at the beach, Riya found out she’s pregnant with their first child! She’s so happy to have a new addition join the family.

She tells Robert, and he’s ecstatic about it too. They can’t wait for the baby to arrive.

It’s a SNOW DAY! No school or work today as there is too much snow on the ground. They spend the day having fun instead of their chores and working on their garden. They spend time skating, building a snow pal and doing snow angels. When Riya got too tired to be on her feet anymore, they play a game of chess. It was a great day for them both!

Doctor said the baby is a little girl so they decorate the room for the baby and also update their living room with a couch and fireplace.

With the extra money they have from their garden, Robert builds a small greenhouse for their plants. Right now it’s not very big but it’s all they can afford. In the future they plan to expand the building.

Time for the Spice Festival, Robert and Riya go to check out the atmosphere and try their hand at the challenge. Robert stops for a drink and to harvest some plants so he can add them to his garden.

Robert and Riya try their hands at the Spicy Curry Challenge. Robert does not handle his spices well but Riya manages to finish the whole plate.

During the spice festival, Riya masters the mischief skill. She likes to pull pranks on others at the festival but it was not expected.

During the night, Riya went into labor. Robert panics but Riya keeps her cool, best she can in the circumstances. They head to the hospital.

Riya goes to the hospital and signs in. Her doctor is Justice Watkins like all others in this challenge.

Welcome to the world little BOY!?!?! It was a surprise to the parents when they were told it was a girl during pregnancy. Someone was wrong but the parents were happy either way.

Introducing little baby Charles Ventura. He’s already getting so much attention from his parents. They love him so much.

Robert updates the room for his son quickly after Charles arrives home. It’s a cute room too.

That’s the end of week 1 of the winter with the Ventura Family. Let’s see what next week has in store…


Just a reminder of what is being worked on for this generation.

  • Complete the Freelance Botanist Aspiration
  • No Woohoo before marriage
  • Have a boy and a girl, keep trying till you do!
  • Live only off money earned through gardening, fishing (BG) and beekeeping
  • Off the Grid, Simple Living and Foxes Challenges (I added the last two)
  • Marry a sim with the Loves Outdoors trait (optional)
  • Plant one of every harvestable (optional)
  • Have either founder or spouse complete the Angling Ace Aspiration (optional)

Robert is working on Freelance Botanist aspiration still and trying to complete his collection of plants which still not completed. I will try for all but we’ll see how the generation goes. Robert had his first child, let’s hope getting a girl child is easy and not too many more babies needed. Hope you enjoyed this week and see you in next week!

Fall 1: Week 2

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Last week, Robert started building a home and garden on the lot his parents gave him. He is working really hard to get a house he can enjoy over the winter that is soon approaching. Hopefully he’ll be able to continue to get money from fish and plants to improve his home.

Robert takes care of his plants and bees everyday. He collects pretty good honey these days. Not always that great but he has managed to improve it’s quality.

Robert’s “shed” got an upgrade on the outside to include a bathroom but not enough money to get the inside set up yet.

Robert went to Forgotten Hollow looking for more plants, but none had grown yet so he played chess. He never did catch the name of his opponent but he had fun playing.

Robert went to Sulani to catch fish and discover some new plants. The plants weren’t harvestable yet but he did catch some fish that he’s never caught yet. He took a nap on a lounge chair when he got really tired and stinky.

All the money he’s made fishing late and from his garden have allowed another house upgrade. He now has a nice little kitchen with a bedroom and washroom. Everything he needs for the winter.

Robert makes his first meal in his new kitchen and his first actual meal. He makes fruit salad for breakfast/lunch.

Penny Scott, the neighbor, stops by with a gift for Robert. She gave him a postcard which he sold after she left.

Robert completed the second milestone in the Freelance Botanist aspiration. He was researching his newest plants, when he completed it.

Robert completed the Angling Ace aspiration while fishing. He maxed the fishing skill too. He is so proud of his skills at fishing. One aspiration completed, one more to complete before the end of the generation.

Robert heads to the park to play some more chess. He plays with a wonderful lady named Riya Basu. They quickly become friends.

Riya stops by later to spend more time with Robert. The two of them are getting along so well.

Robert really likes Riya and wants things to move into a romantic relationship. So he starts flirting with her and she flirts back. Before long they are very flirty with each other. They definitely have a connection to explore.

Robert and Riya have their first kiss and become a couple.

With all the flirting going on, Robert gets the romantic personality trait.

The cute new couple! Hopefully it will become something more in the future.

The evening before we leave Robert, he’s out fishing. He’s not sure how much fishing he’ll do over the winter. So he takes a few hours to fish before it gets too dark.

It’s 4am and time to move to the next household. Robert is in bed sleeping in his cozy little house.

Let’s move onto the next family, the White’s (disney princess challenge).


Robert’s Angling Ace Aspiration is complete and working on part 3 of the Freelance Botanist aspiration. Robert has a potential partner and a nice little home to grow his family. We will see how he does the next visit.

Fall 1: Week 1

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Welcome to the first week of the DITFT challenge, here’s a reminder of what we are working on for this generation.

  • Complete the Freelance Botanist Aspiration
  • No Woohoo before marriage
  • Have a boy and a girl, keep trying till you do!
  • Live only off money earned through gardening, fishing (BG) and beekeeping
  • Off the Grid, Simple Living and Foxes Challenges (I added the last two)
  • Marry a sim with the Loves Outdoors trait (optional)
  • Plant one of every harvestable (optional)
  • Have either founder or spouse complete the Angling Ace Aspiration (optional)

We arrive in Willow Creek at the lot for Robert Ventura. It’s empty lot and early in the morning so Robert is out walking around the lot as it’s too early yet to get involved in activities he wants to do. Since he doesn’t have a bed, he takes a quick nap on the bench nearby.

In the morning, Robert wakes up to a cool day. He is ready to start building on his lot. He doesn’t want to live with no money for too long. His parents gave him the land but he has no money to work the lot given. He needs to start working on bringing in money and food.

Robert starts off fishing to make money and get himself food to eat too. Mostly he is just looking to sell the fish. His first fish turns out to be a pretty good size bass!

The neighbors stop by to welcome him to the neighborhood. Penny and Travis Scott live across the street. They are married and hoping to start a family soon. The three of them get along quite well as neighbors. Robert doesn’t see them being friends at least not right now, their lives are so very different.

Robert starts to plant his garden. The first plant is the apple. I’m sure the garden and the apple tree will grow more over the next two weeks.

Robert catches a voodoo doll which he sells for the 950 simoleons. He has a bit of money now, to make his life a bit more comfortable but a ways to go for what he truly wants.

He also completed the first milestone of his angling ace aspiration after catching 5 fish.

Robert goes to the park to eat food and sleep on the bench. He uses the washroom while he’s here too.

Robert heads to the park in Oasis Springs to do some late night fishing. He completes the second level of the angling ace aspiration while he’s there. He caught a gummie guppy then slept on a bench.

Back at the park in Willow Creek, Robert completes the 3rd level of the aspiration while fishing in a pond.

With the money Robert has, he buys a beehive and fireplace to cook fish. He builds a small shed to sleep in as the weather is getting colder.

Robert getting to know the bees…

Robert cooks a fish on the fire which he gets sick from eating. I forgot he is a vegetarian. So much for using fishing as a food source.

I don’t usually have vegetarians during my rags to riches challenges. Need to rethink how Robert will eat.

Robert showers in the rain as he doesn’t have any other way to get clean right now. The first fox shows up, Robert names him Waverly.

After finishing his shower, Robert gives Waverly him a vegetable to see if he likes produce. Turns out Waverly likes produce. These two have something in common.

Robert completes the first milestone of the Freelance Botanist aspiration while watering the plants in his garden.

Roberts closest friend he’s known since childhood has stopped by for a visit. His name is Gabriel Roswell, he’s a nice guy.

It’s Spice Festival, Robert goes to harvest as many types of plants as he can before focusing on other fun for the day.

Robert decides to try the spicy curry challenge. He’s a little nervous that it will be too hot for him.

Robert doesn’t complete the challenge. He failed on the first bite! Way too spicy for him right now, he’ll have to try again another time.

Robert tries the bubble blower while at the festival too. It just makes him cough and he chats with those around him.

Robert ordered a drink from the bar to enjoy before heading back home.

Before going to bed, Robert ate a few produce from his garden. Just to fill him up until morning. Apparently some of the produce didn’t sit well with him and he ended up waking up in the middle of the night with stomach issues. He didn’t get up quick enough to make it to the bush and ended up having an accident.

The garden in Robert’s lot is growing quite well and has many plants. This is the end of week 1, Robert has made so much progress on his aspiration, his home and garden. He has completed all but one level of the angling ace aspiration, completed milestone 1 of the freelance botanist and discovered 44 types of plants for his garden.

Let’s see how Robert does in week 2.

Introduction

Welcome to the Ventura Family!

I’ve seen this challenge in stories and elsewhere and it’s been on my list to complete. So let’s take a look at the sim created for this game.

This is Robert Ventura, the founder of this challenge. He has the Loves the Outdoor, Vegetarian and Loner traits. He has the Freelance Botanist aspiration.

Robert is a young adult who couldn’t wait to get a new lot that he could grow his own food and live off the land. He wants to have a simple life and be happy.

I’m going to also include Simply Living and Foxes to his list of challenges, as I think those go along with being off the grid.


The goals for this generation are:

  • Complete the Freelance Botanist Aspiration
  • No Woohoo before marriage
  • Have a boy and a girl, keep trying till you do!
  • Live only off money earned through gardening, fishing (BG) and beekeeping
  • Off the Grid, Simply Living and Foxes Challenges (I added the last two)
  • Marry a sim with the Loves Outdoors trait (optional)
  • Plant one of every harvestable (optional)
  • Have either founder or spouse complete the Angling Ace Aspiration (optional)

Can’t wait to get this family moving.. Hope for chapters soon!