Faststien House Round 1

Faststien House Round 1
The Trials and Tribulations of a Flu Ridden House

Hi!! My name is Patrice. In the above photo that's me holding my darling little girl Iris. The teen with the 'tude is my son Kurtis, and the beautiful little girl in front is my daughter Tiffiny. We just moved to Prosperity Isle after I found out what a louse I'd married. Though...is it really being married when you're the 3rd wife of 6 wives total? Apparently he had a woman in every city. He traveled a lot for work, I never thought anything about it until he landed himself in jail. Then all the wives found out about each other. Can you believe some of them actually decided to stay with him?? Well not me. I took my family off to parts where no one has heard our story so we can lead a normal life. Hopefully the troubled times will be behind us..


After we arrived there was a small welcoming commitee that came to visit. Lucille Osage, Susan Profitt, and Karsten Weissman. They all stayed quite a bit. Karsten seemed to get along with Iris very well. He's a very nice gentleman. Unfortunately one of our guests left a present for us. The flu...
Trying to take care of the kids, and myself was harrowing. It was already tough moving to a new place on limited money. I could barely keep up with the kids
I did manage to teach Iris to use the potty like a big girl and talk before she grew up.
Somehow in spite of all the bad things that have been happening she managed to grow up to be a beautiful little girl. She seems oblivious to the horrible things that have happened to our family and that makes me glad. Kurtis hates me for making us move. Tiffiny is still making up her mind how she feels about everything. I managed to teach Tiffiny a few studying tips, but Kurtis can barely talk civil to anyone these days. A boy from the neighborhood was by a Zachary Lancaster. They almost got in a fist fight so I sent the boy home before we made enemies in our new home.
I tried several times to get the kids into private school but failed miserably. The Headmaster just was not impressed with our little hovel. I even tried flirting with him.
Then I met this very nice man who helped me talk out my problems. My husband being a cade, moving, the kids not doing well in school, failing to get them in to private school, being sick with the flu. It took it's toll. The good doctor was a big help to me. I wonder if he's single...
Unfortunately I got soo busy with raising the kids, trying to work, and being sick. I forgot to pay the bills..

And the repo man came and took our bookcase away. I really liked that bookcase!! By the end of the week it was Tiffiny's time to grow up. Maybe next week will be better.

Tiffiny Faststien
Aspiration: Fortune
LTW: Business Tycoon

Author's Note: Her LTW may actually be $100k. When I loaded the lot to take the end family shot it had changed. I will find out for sure next time I play this house.

Points this Round: -1 for Shrink Visit

Family Worth at the End of this Round: $20,535

Author's Note: Sorry for the extreme delay in updating. I got frustrated when I went to blog the story because I forgot to take alot of pictures. Thanks for your patience.

Ribeiro House Round 1

Ribeiro House Round 1
Bumps, Bugs, n Babies!

Hi!! I"m Abigail. That's me holding my nephew Benjamin. My sister Aimee and her daughter Bethany. We just moved to Prosperity Isle after my sister's marriage fell apart. Aimee thought she'd married the perfect man. He was tall, handsome, ambitious, rich, and supposedly nuts about her. I told her he was a lying sleaze ball just trying to get some but she didn't believe me. I told her he would leave her high and dry for next year's model. She chose not to believe me. They lasted a few years longer than I thought they would because my sister is the classic trophy wife. After she had Benjamin though she found out that all the overtime her husband had been doing on the weekends was actually his secretary. She'd decided to surprise him at work with a romantic office picnic when he had to work overtime one Saturday. Boy, did she get a surprise! She walked in on them en flagrante! Picture Hilary Clinton walking in on Monica Lewinsky and Bill and you'll have a starting idea of what she walked into.

She came to me in tears and begged me to help her leave him. Their pre-nup had been air tight though so she didn't get anything. I told her to read the fine print but she didn't for some reason. Turns out he'd included a clause that even if she caught him cheating she wouldn't get anything if she left him. She'd thought they'd last forever, but I know better. Her husband had tried to get it on with me a few times even!

Shortly after we arrived Aimee started getting sick. We had met a few nice people in the neighborhood but Aimee was so sick I ended up having to look after the kids a lot at first, and we didn't really get to know our neighbors.
I got myself a makeover as soon as I could. I wasn't going to be getting any action if I didn't look delicious. So far I've only found one guy really worth seducing, but that'll change as we get more settled. I got a job in the music industry. Hot little outfits for the win! Watch out Prosperity Isle!! Lady on the Prowl!

We found out after a while why Aimee was so sick. She was pregnant with the bastard's third child.

I had to help Bethany with her school work because Aimee was too sick with the baby to be able to help with much of anything. I had to wonder if she was also still mopping bout her husband and his cheating ways...Then Finally it was time...






Turns out though that life wasn't going to get easier after the baby....
Or should I say Babies plural. Aimee gave birth to two beautiful little baby boys, Mark and Derek.
Benjamin wasn't a toddler too much longer after the babies were born though..
When he grew up he started griping right away about how his mom smelled bad and that he was tired. And shortly after he grew up Bethany followed suit...

Bethany Ribeiro

Aspiration: Family

LTW: Marry Off 6 Kids

Derek "McDreamy" Ribeiro

10 Neat/2 Shy/3 Lazy/10 Playful/9 Nice

Mark "McSteamy" Ribeiro

5 Neat/7 Outgoing/3 Lazy/10 Playful/4 Grouchy

It was a long week for us, but it'll get easier eventually. Aimee is finally working as Button Masher, and I'm slowly working as a Piano Tuner.

Author's Note: I have a slight bug issue at the moment, that is going to cause me to re-install. I was playing this house and sometime Wednesday, it suddenly got stuck in slow motion. I tried multiple things to fix it, but finally ended up moving the family out. I then plowed the lot, and put a new copy of the house in. Then added the family back in. It was Wednesday when they moved out, I stopped play on Thursday. I then moved the family back out and in to get their timer back to what I need it to be to remember where at in the round I am. I didn't gain any funds doing this. I'm pretty sure I lost funds to be honest. However, I do know that the bug I am experiencing will eventually cause me to have to re-install the whole game. I'm just putting it off.

Points this Round: 2, For Derek and Mark, who are named after Dr. McDreamy and Dr. McSteamy of Gray's Anatomy. The naming scheme for this house is characters from Gray's Anatomy.

Family Worth at the End of this Round: $17,369

Holiday House Round 1

The Holiday House Round 1
Toddlers, Teens, and a few Obscene things?

Hi! I'm Andre Holiday! This is my family or what's left of it. I'm holding my little girl Venice, Destin is holding his little brother Jazz, Danton is in front with his big brother, Dakota.

My wife, Ginger was killed in a horrible fire in which we lost our business, our home, and her. It broke my heart. I took the small bit of money we got from the insurance company and bought us this home in Prosperity Isle. I came here hoping to rebuild our lives, and forget the bad things that happened in our last home. I also came here hoping no one would find out my secret. Unfortunately...my secret followed me here.
As soon as we got here it became apparent we were in trouble. We couldn't even afford beds!! Destin and Dakota started combing the beach for anything they could find to help us buy the basics we needed to survive.
The welcome wagon showed up a bit later. Bob Profitt, Patrice Faststien, and Monica Chandler showed up to welcome us. As you can see our house was very very empty. We couldn't even afford a stove for several days!!
Our welcome wagon, helped entertain the little ones but I was soo tired. I kept getting worn out so I didn't really have much time to visit.
I soon started putting on mad amounts of weight, which didn't make sense because I barely had time to feed myself, rest, and visit the facilities. I couldn't understand it. I was running myself ragged trying to take care of myself and the toddlers.
Dakota got a job as a record store clerk, and built sandcastles to stimulate his mind so he could get ahead at work. I just didn't have the energy to work when we first got here. I felt like such a worthless Dad. Thankfully Destin was willing to help out.

I kept falling asleep everywhere, and so did the toddlers. I never seemed to managed to get them and me into bed. I kept getting fatter, and had to pee all the time. I couldn't figure it out. I thought I was coming down with something.
That's when I started hiring a nanny as often as I could. The kids were trying to find everything they could in their spare time to help hire the nanny and fill out the house.
It seemed like every time we got ahead there was something new we needed. The bills kept coming in and I was so under the weather. I also had to hire a maid because I couldn't keep up with myself, the toddlers and cleaning the house on top of everything else. Every time I'd clean up a mess the toddlers would make a new one.
We finally had enough money to make a real kitchen, and I started a fire. I was soo hungry all the time, but I just kept getting fatter. I couldn't understand it...I actually started two fires... I'm such a failure at times.
And then one night in my bedroom I started having these horrible cramps...It was unspeakable amounts of pain. I didn't know what was going on!!







And then I gave birth to a baby boy....I didn't even know it was possible for a male to get pregnant. That's when I knew my secret wasn't going to be kept a secret. Right away the locals were talking about my alien love child. It wasn't that I wanted to be molested by aliens it just happened. And I'd been so ashamed that I moved the family here at the first opportunity. I didn't want anyone to know that the aliens had done obscene unspeakable things to me.
Destin's friends kept asking about it and he had to explain. These Glissade girls kept following him home from school. They were utterly fascinated at wanting all the horrible details. Sheesh teens these days..if it's obscene and inappropriate they wanna know all about it!
The toddlers grew up at some point during the week, but it was without any ado because we just couldn't afford it. I was still tired and worn out, but I was feeling well enough I got a job in the Politics career track. I even managed a promotion before the end of the week. Jazz and Venice like to play each other with Chess. It's becoming a favorite thing for the family to do, play chess.
Unfortunately, after Destin was promoted to a piano tuner at work some stupid musician wanted his piano tuned badly. Destin was afraid of getting a bad reputation and refused to not tune the piano. The canned him for it! He was sooo upset about it.

Author's Note: Bad Chance Card

Before we knew it, it was time for Jupiter to grow up.

Jupiter Holiday
Sagittarius
0/0/10/7/10

Jupiter is a happy toddler, and thankfully I am able to take better care of him than I was with his older siblings. I've even managed to get him potty trained and taught him to walk. He likes to play in our puppy Candy's food dish. I decided to start working on my dream of raising 20 puppies or kittens shortly after the triplets became children. Destin really likes Candy and wants to be her master.
Unfortunately some things never change, and sometimes I don't manage to get Jupiter in his crib before he falls asleep. We had one last birthday this week, and that was when Dakota became a teen.

Dakota Holiday
Aspiration: Fortune
LTW: Chief of Staff

We also had a visitor this week that I'm suppose to mention to you. I didn't really care for her but she is very nice and got along with the kids great.

Author's Note: The Mystery Girl makes another appearance as a guest at the Holiday House. I'm hoping she'll have chemistry with one of the boys later on. Any one figure out who she is yet?
Points this round: 1 for Jupiter.

Family Worth at the End of the Round: $26,352

Odd Shot Out: Lynn! She was a walk by but unfortunately I couldn't get anyone out to greet her. Hehe , guess her aspiration =-p