Mayzie picks the traditional route

Mayzie had an excellent childhood. She made friends in high places and even had a playdate with Nikola Chandler. A possible match for the future, perhaps? It's that time again.
You know...
BIRTHDAY TIME!!!

Mayzie became a teenager while her mood was in platinum, meaning she'll live forever. Great, right?
The dice was rolled and Mayzie became a...
*drumroll*
...Family Sim, just like her mom.
Her LifeTime Want is to reach her golden anniversary.
Easiest career path ever.
Well, except for Bex.
In other news, Tom was promoted to Science teacher. Getting closer, Tom!

Meet the Chandler family

This family would not exist without the parents, Phoebe and Edison Chandler. It also wouldn't exist without their parents, or the parents of their parents, or their parent's parents, but that's too confusing.


Phoebe and Edison, both Knowledge Sims, met at Academie le Tour in 1991, three months before either of them graduated. They were both taking GenEd, a required class, and bonded over an insanely boring professor. Afterwards, they discussed their life goals and had a little woohoo. Phoebe became pregnant with twins and the two wed right after graduation.
Edison, a Scorpio, is 100% Native American and is quite proud of it. He was quite disappointed when the kids didn't look a thing like him. His life goal is to become a criminal mastermind.
Phoebe, a Capricorn, claims to be a hodgepodge of European ethnicities, but she her ears are too pointy to be French and she has freakishly purple eyes, as do her mother and children. Whether or not she is Elvish probably won't affect her path to becoming chief of staff, which is HER life time goal.



Dominic is Blueberry Meadows' first bisexual. A Virgo, Dominic had always been annoyingly introspective and sensitive. He was a Family Sim who wanted nothing more than a family of well-educated children when he grow up, and loved Edgar Allen Poe, Maya Angelou, and Robert Frost. After much soul-searching, Dominic finally admitted that guys are just as attractive as girls and joined the LGBT community.



Miranda, Dominic's Pisces twin sister, was found to be very beautiful (but not easy) and was often surrounded by male admirers (and their jealous wives). She didn't feel all that agressive or dominant, but found herself wanting to be a captain hero when she grew up.



Yes, Cynthia is the old woman checking out her granddaughter. Cynthia and Miranda were very much alike: they were both Pisces and Popularity Sims, had black hair and purple eyes, and voted Democrat (rebelling against Phoebe and Edison's staunch Republicanism). Cynthia had wanted to be an army general when she was younger, but knew her glory days were over and that that particular goal could never be reached.
The Chandlers moved from SimCity when Edison decided to take a rather permanent sabbatical to the suburbs. They bought a house that had only 2 bedrooms, 1 less bedroom than was promised in the add. Other than that, it was clean and there were no vermin infesting the bathroom or kitchen cupboards. Both Miranda and Edison got jobs immediately (though Miranda was sick for a week and lost out on a week's pay).



Dominic had already made friends with Jared Cummings, the nicer of the two Cummings twins, and shared his first kiss with him (which I, unfortunately, did not get a picture of).
Jared didn't seem to think much of this monumental moment in young Dominic's life and didn't want to pursue the relationship any further. So Dominic turned to matchmaker and asked for a blind date.





The date did not go well, and there will not be a second.

Jorgen family update

Betsy and Jeannie were doing fairly well in the military field when Betsy failed her examination and lost a week's pay, meaning the family was broke.
Way to go, Betsy.
But she made up for it by getting promoted to Recruit, which is the top of the career track.
The pay still sucks, but hey.
Jeannie took the same exam and was demoted to Paintball Assistant for cheating. She was finally promoted again, but it'll take longer to get to the top of the career track. Argh. Those darn chance cards.





After lots of hard work and studying, all three Jorgen children received A+'s in school.
Severin got the SimCity Scholar's Grant for good grades.



He also gained a cooking skill point and made some delicious spaghetti for the entire family.



Unfortunately, all this activity exhausted him. Unable to find a bed in time (and refusing to sleep with his grandma), he passed out near the recliner like a wuss.



Yes, this IS a picture of Jeannie spying on the paperboy as he takes a wizz in her bathroom. Don't worry, they're best friends.
All of the Jorgens have made progress on the friend front. Ralph made 5 new best friends and is well on his way to meeting his life goal.
Bex brought home James Stevens and they got along great.
Severin brought home Jason Cummings, but they didn't get along so great, as Severin is the WORST host ever.
And he thinks he'll be a GREAT husband and father. :P



Bex and Tessa's birthdays happened to fall on the same date, so Ralph threw a party for both of them. There were two cakes and pop music blasting from the newly acquired radio. Here Severin is dancing with his neighbor Miranda Chandler. Thankfully, they have horrible chemistry, and Miranda isn't interested in raising a family.



Bex grew up well, and her newly chosen aspiration is...*gasp*...ROMANCE??? So far, Bex is the only Romance Sim in Blueberry Meadows. This was sort of a shock for her grandparents, but when she informed them that she intended to become a professional athlete after college, they calmed down.



Tessa grew up well, too, although she is sort of an ugly duckling. How did that happen? She was so cute before. Like Severin, she is a Family Sim, and wants to graduate three children from college. First she needs a husband who is either accepting or blind. Or drunk.



The police coming to break things up is the mark of a great party. All the guests had a good time and there was plenty of cake left over. Mission accomplished!

Tomorrow we start with the Chandler family.
Previews from the Chandlers:
"Dominic! Stop wearing my clothes!"
"I'll crush the gay out of you, boy!"
"Grandma! Put on a shirt!"
"Hey, THAT'S not your wife..."