Well, hello there! And welcome to another installment of the internet’s favorite Zales –
But first, I have to say, I was nominated for a 2024 Golden Plumbob Award over on Boolprop!
I am beyond shocked to see the Zales make a nomination – but I was even MORE SHOCKED to see what category! My little blog was nominated not under an ISBI, not under a challenge, but under Glamorous Architect! I have never found myself to be a decent builder here in The Sims, but I am touched and honored that the Zale house they reside in now, earned us a nomination!
If you want to go give those Zales a vote – head on over to the forum and give us a click! Thanks for the consideration! I have uploaded it to the Gallery in case anyone wants to live like a Zale in their own games. Just search EA ID HBLAIR and you’ll find it!
And let’s move on and see what those Zales manage to get up to next!
ZALE CHECK!
The TH Quill is fast asleep. Good. He deserves it.
Bristol is about to do some flashcards with Reed.
And you can see little Raven there too.
Rainy is having a snack.
River is playing with toys while Ridge climbs into bed.
Man there’s a lot of kids in here. This generation is way too big, especially with the addition of infants… They’re all cuties though!
Rainy then started doing flashcards with Ridge, and I just noticed how pretty his eyes are!
Even if he’s a sad little nugget.
Quill has work in an hour, and isn’t doing great.
Sorry buddy. You’re the sole provider. And you know, you have to do everything around here. TH has its drawbacks for sure!
Bristol decides she likes metal music.
Rock on.
And hey, Quill must not have been doing too badly – he got a raise!
That is quite the hourly rate – they still have less than $300k in the bank, however. Poorest legacy out there that’s 17 generations in, I bet!
Bristol managed to take pretty good care of all the kids while Quill was at work.
And Rainy is having a blast back there!
Poor Quill then gets busy… some repairs…
And chores…
And I thought at this time “Hmm, I should hire them a maid…”
I was just sending Quill to sleep when I spot this.
Pretty sure that’s a fail. Thanks Ridge. -5
River however earns us some points!
+10
A cute moment with most of the boys in the house.
Ridge is finally in a bed somewhere.
These kids are SO much work…
Fingers crossed for a small generation next time – just pop out one boy and one girl and we’ll dote on them and be happy. Or I’ll space them out better. One of Bristol’s pregnancies happened after the infant update, so she had two kids go through the infant stage and three that didn’t. I had already had her start her last pregnancy when Ridge was a baby, not realizing we’d have so many life stages to work through.
River got asked to join a “Private Club” – not sure what it is all about…
He doesn’t go to the gathering because he’s at school.
Aw, Raven learned to clap!
I know I’ve said it before, but the milestones are so cute and make me very happy.
Then I discovered they already HAD a maid. She’ a wee bit furry.
And she broke the dishwasher. Thanks heaps.
OMG, Bristol fixes it!
PLEASE DON’T DIE.
She didn’t. Nor did she finish fixing it.
Lovely.
River gets home from school – not having the best day.
He’s a cutie pie though. Hang in there buddy.
Bristol was caught in the mopping-the-floor-forever-cycle from the broken dishwasher, but it turned out okay!
I’ll take a neat idiot any day of the week.
Then River, who is currently my favorite ever as he earns us all the points – does this!
+10!
While Quill rests up for another big day of doing all the things, Bristol manages to be a very helpful little idiot.
I like her again. ❤
Rainy is ALSO helpful with her little siblings.
River is running a high favorite right now, but Rainy is right up there. She’s also managed to make it to level 7 fitness or something close to that, so that’s cool :).
Bubble bath time!
Fun & hygiene – Win/win!
I manage to stop the two adults for a moment and share a brief romantic kiss.
I feel like all they do is chores and parenting.
And Quill wanted to spend some time with his wife.
Fulfilling whims and showing off the weird gnome thing I found in someone’s inventory. I forgot who.
Quill cooked up some Burmese Samosa Soup – I guess it’s a wee bit spicy.
I never get tired of watching Sims breathe fire.
River’s only got a B in school, so Quill flexes his parenting muscle and gets him to do his homework.
Is this family EVER going to age up!?!?
I feel like they’ve been this age forever…
A quick check in with everyone and we have:
Quill ages to elder in 14 days
Bristol ages to elder in 26 days
Rainy has 18 days to YA
River 7 days to teen
Reed 2 days to child
Ridge 8 days to child
Raven 2 days to toddler
At least there’s SOME change on the horizon! Reed’s age up will be the most helpful!
BRISTOL. YOU WERE RIGHT THERE.
And on the babies?!? -5
Rainy got an A (+5) so undoes Bristol’s bad bathroom habits, and then we got his phone call.
We said yes, so she’s no longer a student.
Immediately after that, Rainy gets another call.
Queenie wants to visit! We say yes of course! Looks like she’s gotten married, based on her current last name! (I went into the family tree, and all the spares are married, and one has a step-daughter, but no Zale cousins)
Hi dear!
It was so nice to see her!
Queenie and her niece enjoyed a nice chat.
She didn’t stay long, but it was fun to have her around for a bit.
Nice pillow, Raven.
Since Rainy is no longer a student, I have her join a career as her one Teen action.
She is now a lifeguard! Fun! I don’t think I’ve seen this career at all before.
Bristol? Why are you so filthy all of a sudden?
What did you do?!?
AGAIN!?!
-5 I am unimpressed.
I was watching Quill make French toast, and he sparkles when he cooks!
Isn’t he cute? *bling!*
Bristol may have some bathroom problems, but that’s probably because she runs herself ragged with all the kids and their care.
She really is quite helpful, so I need to cut her some slack.
Finally we have a couple birthdays! Raven goes first.
She rolls Silly. Aw.
Before Quill could slap another set of birthday candles on the cake, hungry toddlers have stolen some slices.
His energy is very low, but I try to have him make Reed a cake too.
Meanwhile, Rainy woke up embarrassed by bad acne.
Aw, poor kid. It’s not too bad!
Quill manages to get Reed to his cake.
Hang in there, you can ALMOST sleep.
Reed wanders outside to age up for no reason at all.
He rolls Art Lover and has the Mind & Body Aspiration.
Quill manages to get to bed before passing out or peeing himself, so that’s good.
Gotta love that ruby red plumbob.
Here’s cute little Reed post makeover. He’s a doll!
Don’t mind Raven pulling faces in the background.
She’s a cutie too!
With such the age gap between her and her sister, the heir poll ought to be interesting. We’ll see how far Raven matures before Rainy’s YA birthday, and then we’ll put it to a vote!
That’s all for now – thanks for reading, as always! And until next time, Happy Simming!
SCORE:
Self-Wetting (-5): 5 (-25)
Pass Out (-5): 9 (-45)
Failing School (-5):
NTH children earning an A in school (+5): 5 (+25)
Negative Traits Earned by NTHs (-5):
Positive Traits Earned by NTHs (+5): 11 (+55)
Accidental Deaths (-10):
Fires (-10): 1 (-10) (ha ha ha ha, one…)
Social Worker Visit (-15):
Single Birth (+5): 6 (+30)
Twins (+10):
Triplets (+15):
Any sim in the house completing Any Aspiration Milestones (Child/Adult) (+5): 9 (+45)
Any sim in the household completing Aspirations (+10): 1 (+10)
Toddler Skills maxed by NTH toddlers (+5): 4 (+20)
Skills (Child and Adult) maxed by NTH family members (+10): 3 (+30)
TH reaching top of their career (+5) 1 (+5)
NTH sims reaching the top of a career (+10):
Randomizing every trait and aspiration for an entire generation (+10):
Not using spares’ Satisfaction Reward points for an entire generation (+10):
**Note on the above – Since P moved over from TS3, I can’t count them, and Q is where we’re at now, I will award these points when I pass the torch to R – but I have randomized everything, and used no reward points since the move to TS4
Every 100,000 simoleons earned (+20): 2 (+40)
Immortalizing the Torch-Holder (+5):
Left Over Points from TS3: +535
New Count in TS4: +210
Total: +745
Zale Family ISBI - Alphabetcy 