Domesticity

After a day of wandering around town and making up with Tara, Zelda returned home to spend some time with her hubby. Aware that her pregnancy had given her a sore back, Noah offered her a massage.

Afterwards, she gave him the logic book she'd picked up for him, and they headed into the living room to brush up on their skills. She decided to watch the gardening channel.

In this edifying clip from the gardening channel (Got Garden?), a woman demonstrates how not to behave around the Laganaphyllis simnovorii (common name Cowplant). As you can see, the Cowplant lures you with cake and then eats you. The owner of the Cowplant can then milk the Cowplant and drink your life essence, increasing his or her own longevity. Many times, when a Sim has an enemy, he or she will develop a wish to "drink" the enemy. Very macabre.

Later, Zelda was gripped with the urge to eat mac and cheese. Pregnancy makes you crave things, after all. She got out the ingredients and started cooking, despite having no cooking skill whatsoever.

It wasn't long before the stuff in the pot turned completely black.

Poor Zelda! But she was not to be discouraged. She washed up the inedible mess (a pop-up window described it as being of "horrifying quality") and started a new batch.

This time, it came out fine, and she gained a cooking skill point! She and Noah ate separately and then went to bed around 3am. Yikes. Good thing Noah doesn't have to work till 1:00.

Noah wants to quit his job. I'm not sure if it's because he wants to try new things, or because he's lazy. Either way, what career path should he take?

Here are the choices, with the top levels of each career (there are ten levels in each):

1) Business (He could work up to being a Power Broker like Tegan.)

2) Criminal (He could become Emperor of Evil eventually if he took the Evil branch. If he took the Criminal branch he would become a Master Thief at some point.)

3) Culinary (Five-star chef)

4) Journalism (Star News Anchor)

5) Law Enforcement - Forensics Branch (Dynamic DNA Profiler)

6) Law Enforcement - Special Agent Branch (International Super-Spy)

7) Medical (World-Renowned Surgeon like Tara)

8) Military (Astronaut)

9) Politics (Leader of the Free World like Joe)

10) Professional Sports (Sports Legend)

11) Science (Mad Scientist)

He could also start painting or writing and sell the things he makes.

What do you think?

The Bergmans Have Been Busy

So, like I said, I'm going to play each Sullivan Sim family a week at a time. I'm even going to add Doris to the rotation! Yay!

I switched the active household to the Bergmans. Noah, still in his old tux, was just sort of rattling around the house, but Zelda had gone out to visit some old friends. She was getting pretty tired, and was ready to sleep in her friend's bed when I told her to go home.

A few minutes after she got home, the music started playing and she changed into her maternity clothes. Um, bwah? Zelda's pregnant! You never know with the Sims, so I ran a quick check through her relationships to make sure that Noah was her only lover at the moment and yep, the baby's his. Whew!

Here are pictures of the Bergmans' house.

Since Zelda has the next few days off work, and most of her wishes revolve around gardening, I let her watch the gardening channel for a while. I love watching Sims TV.

More later!

Noah's New Tux