Rebuilding Worlds Vol. 2

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2nd everyday outfits because 1 just isn't enough. She just had to close her eyes for the picture. She's going to be difficult.
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I'm trying Plan A. I ran out of money but I got the floor plan laid out 95%. This is a view looking at the back of the house since that is the way the floor plan looks.

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@Mionax Omg your floorplan looks exactly like the pic!! You must teach me this sorcerery... :lol: Also I adore your Greenes. It's so fun seeing how everyone styles them differently!

@JordanNicoleJJ - I love all the outfits you gave the Greenes! They look ready to take on the environment together ♥ I feel like you did a much better job laying things out haha (I might need to revisit my garage/workspace area) I am not using money cheats so it's been rough going simolean by simolean :lol: but fun nonetheless!

@Heckstress17 - I am so glad you guys like the Iris and Aiyden! I am hoping they get along well especially since Aiyden has a certain trait lol. I am not sure how deleting the community lots will impact them. I left those alone in my save file because I wanted to see how they would change. I know sims get to vote on what they become and over time the outside and inside changes based on community votes. I am still so new to the pack, I guess we can all learn together!

@Mionax - You guys are doing so well with building, I am jealous! I love Iris' draped sweater look and how casual it is.

@JordanNicoleJJ @OJenn :smile: ty! If you upgrade your toilet for composting you can feed the compost to your bugs and they will be well fed and in the green.

@OJenn - I don't remember who said it, but I also love Iris' barrettes. I think you chose the perfect careers for the both of them. I didn't know Green Technician was a new career. It looks interesting. He looks perfectly happy to be covered in paint on the job :lol: I love the shots of Iris spraying her plants on the stacking trellis thingy lol. Ooooh that little box houses bugs! I was wondering what that did! Anyway, the town looks better already. Iris and Aiyden must be doing a great job :smiley:

@Mionax - Your house looks amazing! You totally nailed the floorplan! I'm so in awe of everyone making that roof work. It's one of the things that swayed me to build floorplan B. Roofs are my nemesis. Your Greene's are looking great too. I toyed around with the idea of giving Iris that same curly hair. I can't wait to see more!

@JordanNicoleJJ - I totally agree, building the floorplans and trying to worry about matching the details on a budget is a killer. Though I must say you guys are making it look easy. I get bored when my sims don't have to work for anything too, but I also get annoyed when I can't decorate with every item available to me :lol: This time the allure of shiny new things won out. I'm hoping since there's new things to do with the packs I won't be bored. I really do think Floorplan A fits the lot better then B. Your house looks so good. omg we should totally make "outfit tours" a thing :lol: I loved seeing all the different styles you chose for Iris and Aiyden. Making different outfits has easily become one of my favorite parts of the sims. Iris' 1st formal, and 1st cold weather outfit are my favs :heart: I like her athletic and sleep outfits with the colorful socks too. I think that's a cute quirk for her to have. I always forget about socks. Aiyden's 3rd everyday, and 3rd cold weather outfits are some of my favs too :smiley:

@Heckstress17 Wow your house looks incredible.

@OJenn I thought it was going to be a slow grind to furnish the house, but I put their degrees to good use and started higher up in their careers, so money has been coming in regularly. I have all of the necessities purchased after about a week of work. I had an...unexpected delay in the furnishing process and had to re-allocate funds...but I'm excited to share my progress :blush: I love seeing how we all built it a little bit differently. I still want to make floorplan B at some point, but I'm pretty set on A after it took me like three separate tries to get it "right" lol.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who took advantage of their degrees and started as botanist/green tech! I didn't know if I was allowed to, but I needed that money :lol: I also like that it will still take a lot of work to get them promoted, because they don't have any skills. You did a great job with these sims! I also chose Green Gardening for my first NAP, but the community voted in Self Sufficiency, which worked out because gardening is part of that too :tongue: I love your scenery shots of the harbor. It's so difficult for me to get good scenery pics in this world. You got the "Maker Space" community lot - that one is my fav! I chose the Community Garden this time, and it's kinda disappointing. I'm not sure what happens if you alter that lot... I kinda want to find out but I also don't want to break the lot lol. The bio-fuel is for powering showers and sinks and stuff when you give them the H20 converter upgrade. I had to do that on my off-the-grid lot because I just couldn't generate enough water. The fuel lasts for a looong time though! My eco-footprint always changes to neutral in like one day in this game. It's kinda sad because I'd like to see the smog for awhile longer, but sims hate it so it works I guess.

@Heckstress17 I literally had to delete/change little details to be able to finish the shell, like leaving the garage "unfinished" and making all of the wallpaper the 2 simoleon plaster and using a cheaper tile in the bathrooms - that's how strapped for cash I was :lol: But starting them higher up in their careers has made the furnishing process much easier. Still difficult, but bearable :sweat_smile: I still want to try to make floorplan b at some point, because I love how yours turned out, but I need to play for awhile cause floorplan A burned me out on building for the time being :lol: I totally want outfit tours!! Your favs of Aiden's outfits are also my favs -- I think he looks so good in that maroon/purple-ish color!

Pshh your lot doesn't even look that smoggy! I think your pics turned out great. Your houses are always so colorful and I love that. I guess I'm just terrified of color (as you can tell from all of my black and white/neutral houses lol), so I'm jealous. I looove the little laundry space. And I think we used the same cabinets (different colors though)! Great minds think alike :sunglasses: Oh man I'm jealous of your furnished, decorated, well-lit garage...mine is still a dim, empty mess :grimace: Omg and their bedroom is so pretty too...can I live in this house? :lol: 100% jealous of their big corner tub. Great use of the roof space -- it's hard making gardens fit sometimes, but that's the perfect use for the roof! Eeee the nursery is SOOOO cute! I used that same bed and dresser combo. It's by FAR my favorite tod bed, and the dresser matches so perfectly! I'm glad they've brought in some really cute items for the tods/kids, we definitely needed some. That was an awesome house tour! I can't wait to see more :smiley:

I told myself I was just going to get started, choose their careers, maybe play for an hour or so to make some money and furnish the house a little better...well I ended up playing almost all day yesterday, so I have a looong first update for ya'll :lol:


Rebuilding: Gen 1

The Greenes knew Evergreen Harbor had gotten bad, but they didn't realize just how bad until they docked in Port Promise. The contractors were rushing to get their house finished (well, finished enough to sleep in, at least), so they visited the local community center to kill some time and hopefully make some new friends. They met an older woman who taught them how to use the community recycler (which Aiyden took to like a pro). She also told them about the "Neighborhood Action Plans" -- a new program where the community votes for a plan to follow for the week.
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They made their way over to the community board to cast their votes. "Self-Sufficiency" was in the lead, which encourages the community to fish for or grow their own food and repair any broken items themselves. It wasn't the worst plan, but another plan caught Iris' eye - "Green Gardening," which would make the neighborhood more suitable for gardening and encourage everyone to start their own garden. Aiyden also found a NAP he wanted to support - "Promote Creative Arts," which encourages the community to paint, photograph, write, and fabricate.
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That evening, the smog cleared a bit, and Iris took advantage of the slightly cleaner air to get outside and start her garden. She planted a good mixture of fruits, vegetables, and herbs.
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She also planted a cowplant! :smiley: Aiydan wants to wait to have kids until they are completely settled into their home and careers, so this was the compromise: Iris got a cowplant baby :blush:
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Night fell over Port Promise, and smog settled in over the harbor once more. In a way, it's kind of pretty.
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The next day, Iris woke up bright and early to get some morning sun and do a short yoga routine before work. The smog was surprisingly clear, and she couldn't help but wonder if her gardening NAP won...
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As they were heading out the door, they got a text announcement that the Self-Sufficiency NAP won. Iris didn't mind, but Aiyden was pretty bummed out. He was really hoping the neighborhood would appreciate the usefulness of fabrication (his specialty).
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He was still in a sour mood that evening, and he took his frustrations out in his workshop. He learned a long time ago that Iris won't tolerate his angry outbursts, so he distances himself when he feels one coming on.
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Unfortunately for him, his fabricator was in a "mood" too :lol:
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Meanwhile, outside, Iris got the grub box set up and made sure the grubs felt well fed & loved.
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She also set up the bee box and bonded with her new buzzing babies :blush:
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As much as Aiyden may not like it, the NAP certainly helped bring down the pollution levels. By the end of their first week in Port Promise, they woke up to perfectly clear, blue skies :heart:
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Iris' cowplant baby, Bowie, grew up so fast! :bawling: And he eats so much now... :flushed:
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He's still pretty cute though. Terrifying and dangerous, but cute.
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Her bee box was extremely successful - they produced a ton of fresh honey & beeswax, to the point where it started piling up, so Aiyden started using the beeswax to make candles in his free time just to get rid of it. The grub box...not so much. They got one serving of grub meal from it, and it hasn't produced anything since :confused:
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Then the BIG surprise came... They only woohooed a couple times since they moved in, and they could've swore they used protection, but Iris turned up pregnant anyway. (Seriously, I SWEAR I selected "woohoo," not "try for baby." But apparently I accidentally hit "try for baby" at some point, because I don't have risky woohoo installed...)
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Iris was over the moon about it, of course. She's gonna be a great mama.
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Aiyden (like myself) was so not expecting that to happen so soon, and freaked out. They haven't even finished the kitchen, or either bathroom, or the laundry room, or...you get the point. The nursery was not a priority whatsoever, but priorities change...
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Iris started working from home, which turned out to be way easier! She knocked out her work in an hour and spent the rest of the day reading to Bowie and resting. She decided she would continue working from home, even after the baby comes. It's just far more efficient.
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Aiyden still went into the office each day, but he spent all of his time with Iris after work. They spent a lot of time cloudgazing, just appreciating the beauty of a clean(er) world.
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They also bought a chess table for the garden and spent a lot of time playing chess. Even with pregnancy brain, Iris won almost every game.
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By the time she reached her second trimester, she was having some difficulties and had to stop to rest and catch her breath during their matches.
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Aiyden stepped up and helped out more. He decided he would feed Bowie until the baby arrived, because he didn't trust the "man-eating monster" around his unborn child. It was fine, until he forgot to feed it... "What's this...a gift, for me? You shouldn't have..."
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At least it spit him up... :joy:
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Iris was not comforting whatsoever... The conversation went along the lines of, "Bowie ate you?? I have to go milk him! I'll definitely get a research grant if I have real cowplant essence to study!!"
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That incident built up some tension in their relationship. Aiyden spent most nights shut up in his workshop, and Iris focused what little energy she had into her garden. If they could afford a couch, Aiyden would have slept on it. Then, one night, Iris woke up screaming in pain. It was time.
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Her screams of pain turned into screams of excitement as they welcomed a baby boy into the world. Everyone, meet Haven Greene. Aiyden was more scared than excited. He still worried about being able to pay the bills, being a first-time parent, and that man-eating monster outside their bedroom window...
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But all of his fears melted away the second he held little Haven. He couldn't help but smile, and that smile never left his face. :blush: Aiyden actually ended up being the more active parent. He could hear Haven fussing from his workshop, and he always ran to check on him.
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As a result, Iris was able to get back to some semblance of normal. She started doing morning yoga routines again. (I gotta rant real quick. Why can't pregnant Sims do yoga?? I understand no heavy weightlifting or marathon running or whatever, but pregnant yoga is literally a thing!)
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She continued to work from home -- mostly because she did get that research grant! She wrote a lot of scientific articles regarding the care & keeping of domesticated cowplants.
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Best of all, Haven really brought Aiyden and Iris' relationship back together. They also finally finished the kitchen and developed a new nightly tradition to make and eat dinner together and talk about all of the cute stuff Haven does. At first Aiyden was jealous that Iris got to stay home with Haven all day and he didn't, but he understood that Haven needs to bond with Iris too. They're slowly but surely figuring out the whole parenting thing -- together.
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As the saying goes, "time flies when you're having fun," and Haven was outgrowing his bassinet fast. They spent most of their savings to furnish Haven's new "big boy" room, then it was time for him to age up...
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Haven grew up to be an Inquisitive boy (my favorite trait!!) :smiley: I think he looks a lot like Aiyden, but he definitely got Iris' skintone...that might be the only thing he got from her, tbh :sweat_smile: Overall, I'm happy with him. He's a total cutie.
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And here's his "outfit tour" :lol: From left to right: everyday, formal, sleep, party, swim, hot, cold. He "inherited" Iris' love of fun socks (at least while Iris is dressing him :wink: ). I LOVE the new toddler 'patched' pants we got with the Eco pack! I wish we had more tod pants in normal denim colors. This swatch is probably going to be my new go-to for tod 'jeans' lol.
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