Thanks. I thought I read somewhere that you can't buy the gnomes at the festival or anywhere else. You just have to find them. I'll try buying one and see what happens. Might wait to see if one turns up first. I had the winter gnome turn up in my McFluff save in Hidden Springs but none showed in the current save.
I have, on many occasions in many different games, made as many snowmen and igloos and snow angels as could fit in a yard and still no winter gnome has showed up. But they can just appear when I've made nothing. The first time I got a summer gnome I wondered what it was just standing beside the mail box. But having endless bar-b-ques has never convinced one to show up in any of my games.
This time I have the seasons set to only 7 days so I suspect there will be more than one of each season before I get them to make 300 elixirs.
I thought I'd just get them to use their own elixirs on themselves to get the Self-Saving badge.
I usually an inundated with the spring gnomes but didn't get one until the very last egg she collected on the last day of Spring and there were no more eggs there to be found. I generally get them just showing up. They seem to breed like rabbits once one of them appears.
I haven't tried the tanning booth. I have had a sim suntanned a few times by lying out in the sun but I've always been too busy to maintain their tan. Maybe I'll buy them a tanning booth. I never use them.
I've been putting off the parties because they are still establishing their home. I will be adding a pool to a basement I suspect. But I could probably put one in ground for the Summer as Summer has just started in this game. I think they should start having parties this time round the seasons. So I guess it's a pool party for Summer. It seems weird to me having the Christmas type party in the winter as it is always the hottest time of the year where I live and everyone goes to the beach or the pool and has bar-b-ques outdoors. Or stays indoors in the air conditioning if possible.
