Ellsworth and I have seemed to revive our romance. He's much more attentive to my needs and we seem to always be in the bed talking about our future plans and life at the moment. The hood council seemed to take my advice about the medical center to heart since they have increased the square footage of the center by adding a third floor, expanding the rehabilitation rooms and adding additional recovery rooms. I wish they would ask me to manage the facility. I would retire as Chief of Staff from SC Regional and help bring the Apple Valley Medical Centre to a better future!
So big-always hungry-cranky and uncomfortable. When will this child get here! AGHHHHH!!! I wish there was a magic lamp to rub and babies just appeared. I heard that it used not not be like this. That babies would appear from a cloud of flowers in a cute bassinet. Oh, what joy that would have been.
Our little family is expanding and I'm not sure that I can keep up with it. I worry that I won't bring in enough simoleans to support the family. Etta Leigh wants private dance lessons and singing lessons, and she'll be going to university soon which all cost plenty of simoleans. My little girl has big dreams...not sure about her talent. Pahala Shore is done for the season and we have an hiatus, thankfully I have a job next season. There have been some casting calls for other projects on the boards-not sure if I should/can audition for them. As long as they don't interfer with Pahala Shore.
Things are going along rather well. I had to preside over a few weddings and some funerals as well. Lots of elders are breathing thier last. I have to prepare for simSunday's sermon. Nicole has been inviting sims to the service and I am trying to make friends and form connections. Faith is growing bigger each day, such a wonderful child. I wonder if we will adopt another child? Nicole says that there's a little girl in the hood that she's worried about, B_____. Apparently her mother has no desire for her and her mother's husband doesn't want the child either. I would hate for the child to be neglected.
I'ma teen! Ima teen!!! whoopie!!! I can't wait to have lots of parties and fun fun fun!!! Now, I need to find the cute guys in the hood!
I went to eat at Euphoria and saw Sandy walking about with a gleam in her eye. She passed my table several times and flailed her arms about. Whatever for? Then finally she sat down and thrust her hand in my face. Ooo, I see. She's engaged and wanted to gloat. Well whooppdeedo for her. That was the point of moving here, right? To get married. I wonder if/when Johan will pop the question. We don't see each other as much as Sandy and Sazo (they live together), so we talk almost every night...I wonder...will we get married? We're not in a rush, but it would be wise to do it...eventually.
I'm engaged!!!! OOO!!! Sazo tooks me to dinner at Euphoria and the owner, Tatiana, the actress from Pahala Shore, cames to our table to greet us. I shoulds have known! Then there was the champagne and thens during our meal of ginger lime stuffed golden trout (which was yummers) Sazo puted the box on the table and I freak out! I said yea of cousre! Now I have to plans my weddingz. Yippes
Ugh, why won't this bebe hurry up? 
I-oh oh!!! Well, the baby came late this simday. A little girl named Blancita because of her pale skin. My father-in-law took the baby from me and sent me to bed with my husband. He said "Hurry give me a grandchild before I die!" I was so tired! Did I just leave one abuse to come to another?
Such a strange thing, both of my sons are expecting children. I visited them both, perhaps it's true what they say, a new birth means a new death...but why mother and father? Why now?
I'm trying to stay focused on Selita, but it's hard. I miss Patricia very much. She is supposed to return this June. I wonder if she thinks of me? I think of her often, every simday. I try to kiss Selita and I see Patricia. I look at Selita's tummy and imagine my child-our child growing there, but I want it to be Patricia. If only we could run away from all this.
The hood council offically manages "The Centre". We decided to transfer the deed to each hood president following each election. At the moment, since I'm the president I manage the lot. I'll visit the lot every simTuesday, simThursday and simSaturday, but residents are welcome to visit the lot any time. The facilities are the same, but a bit different. The biggest difference is the gift shop. We are selling coffee mugs, customized "I *heart* AV" tees, blankets, cupcakes and donuts. In the back of the shop, there's a small office for the newspaper. We're going to renovate the office and make it a bit bigger and also place some newspaper stands in the shop. We hired Clark Grey as the hood's journalist for the newspaper. He will also be in charge of the website, the library and the local paper. The next biggest change is that we added a children's section to the library. Whew! Now we need to hire a cashier for the gift shop, I need to focus on doing work in my office while I'm here.
Early simThursday I became a mother. Ironic since it is also the simday that the hood honors the mothers. Will I do this right? Can I raise her effectively? Thank goodness Lyndon is here encouraging me every step of the way. Tatiana, my boss, was even kind enough to give me three simdays paid parent leave.
I met my future daughter-in-law at our twins graduation party on campus. She seems like a sweet girl, but she distrubs me. I'm not sure if she truly loves Joey or if there is something else going on. We talked about the recent rash of colds that spread through the hood, which was nice of her since she's not into health as much as she is into simoleans and business. She will be running the Farmer's Market. I suppose Joey would be there helping her out. I wonder where they would live? Her childhood home is quite crowded. Maybe the boarding house.
Things are going well. I visited the renovated CupaJava for my caffeine fix. Sazo said that they are expecting a shipment of more teas and coffees so to try again the next simday if I didn't see what I was looking for. I was tempted to pick up some baked goodies, but thankfully I resisted...for now.For the next term recommend delegating tasks to other sims as such:
I also suggest that we give those sims a small stipend for thier duties, however they would not have voting rights on the Hood Council, but would merely serve as directors of hood related tasks. This gives more residents responsibility for hood matters and spreads the burden off the hood council members who are not paid as full-time employees and must manage other duties and jobs.
Rebecca's so cool! I want to ask her to the Apple Dumpling Ball, but Jorge and I are headed to university this simday. I must leave her behind. Will she remember me? Will she still like me? I want to be a nurse, she wants to run her parent's toy store. Can we have a future? She's so young, I wonder what will happen.
I'm worried about Cassandra, she's been taking the death of her parents mighty hard. I sent her to the new community lot-Jacob's Vineyard, so that she could relax and get some lunch and visit the spa. She ended up leaving early and coming home to raid the fridge and cry. She's picking up weight and I'm concerned for her health. Thankfully the memorial service will be soon. I am taking the day off and the children will not go to school. I hope she gets better, I don't know how to comfort her in this time of sorrow.
I'm showing now, actually I popped out even more this evening, but this photo was before then. Astaire and I visited the hood's welcome center and we both brought new suitcases. I don't know why, it's not like we're going on a trip anytime soon...are we? I've been having a strange dream about moving? Are we going to move? Where? I hope we have twins-a boy and a girl, that way I won't have to get pregnant again. This sux! I can't play any gigs and I'm stuck inside at home all day :(
Woohoo!!! Not only will I be a father soon, but I am now a hood employee-actually, the first hood employee!!! They needed a journalist for the local paper and I applied and won the job. I have an office at The Centre-it's small, but it will do nicely for now. I write articles for the paper and submit them to the SUN board, I also manage the library and help students with thier research, I am now in charge of hood archives as well. I manage the history and family trees of the hood. *whew* It's a lot of work! I have a small daily salary and a stipend for my other work. Like my new camera?
Recommendations for next hood council term:
Recommendations for next hood council term:
Business is going well, I'm planning on proposing to Sandy, the weather is warming and things are going well. But, what's next? We're going to start selling bags of flavored coffee and teas (the shipment arrived and it's delicious), also we pre-ordered the autobiographies from Pennelson Publishing, dad's busy with baking and we're budgeting for hiring a baker as he's getting older and will want to retire soon. We need to do some renovations to the building, make it a better flow for customers.
I proposed to Giselle Mendenhall. She's so sweet and nice to me. She helps me with homework a lot. She said yes. I am happy. Sims say I'm dumbz but she luvs me and she sayz yes! I will graduate soon from university. I think I'll move to the boarding house and find a job, I have to pay back these loans for skool.
I wish this child(ren) will hurry up. I am very clumsy while pregnant. I am not used to this weight in front of me, pulling me down and keeping me off balance. I know that Antonio will want a child of his own, so I will have to endure this state of pregnancy again in the future. Good news, Luis and Antonio have installed a small salon and clothing store in the art gallery. I give makeovers to the residents. Right now the make-overs are free so that I may get more practice, but I like it. I like picking the perfect haircut, the perfect shade of blush and making a sim look spectacular!
Selita is preggie. She's not showing yet, but the test was positive. Preggy. I am going to be a father. I called Clark to tell him the good news and he tells me that Elda is preggy too! Ha! Guess us twins are having babies at the same time! I wonder if we will have twins! Mother is excited, she is going to be a grandmother. I wish grandmother and grandfather could have seen thier little great-grand kiddies. The funeral will be simFriday. We will have to take the day off to attend the funeral. Mother said it will be small according to thier wishes and then a public viewing will be later at the gravesite.
I'm pregnant with our third child. I barely show, thank goodness. Unfortunately the doctor said that I will need to stay at home. Thankfully I draw maternity leave from work otherwise we'd have to depend on A'ron's income from his projects and at the moment, they are drying up on him. He has another season with Pahala Shore and his paycheck from the Arrendale Heights bit will come soon. Etta Leigh has decided that she will pursue a music career. Thankfully I used my position on the hood council to get her a job tuning the piano at The Centre and she spends evenings practicing the bass guitar...badly.
I am glad we decided to add the bakery to CupaJava. It has been a hit. Residents love the new cakes and pastries. Sazo and I are going to add a selection of coffees and teas in addition to the books and magazines. I must contact Pennelson Publishing to get the latest copies of thier books. I hear the autobiographies of Josie Harlow and Carla Niven are going to be released soon.
Mother and father are dead. Old age. I am still in shock. The pastor dropped by to make sure that the family was alright and to discuss the arrangements. Thankfully they left very detailed instructions, so we are preparing for thier funeral this simFriday. That should leave plenty of time for annoucements and other arrangements to be made. I must buy some funeral snapdragons and dresses for the girls, the boys need to be notified, I...I think I need a cup of tea...
I'm married, she's pregnant, it's not my kid. The pastor stopped by the house and married us. Dad was estatic, but made me promise to produce an heir with this woman. I barely know her! Dad said I will grow to love her. Grow to love her? We shall see about that.
Johan and I went on a real date. We visited Tiki Joe's for a quick bite to eat and then a few rounds of bowling. It was fun. We will have to go out again. I am still learning with my trainee job and hopefully soon I will gain my bronze badge in flower arranging. Right now I've been working on the register as a cashier-it's hard work. All those buttons! Yikes! I also made a few simoleans by selling some fish and produce to the Farmer's Market. I recieved $1800 for all the produce and fish. Maybe I can fish more often and then save money in order to buy the florist shop later on. Maybe Johan will help me buy it, maybe...maybe...
Wow. God has been amazing. Simply amazing. Our faith has been through a test, but because of our faith we now have Faith!
My baby brother celebrated his child birthday. It was rather eventful. We ate cake and that's about it. I help in the store after school. Sometimes I work the cash register, other times I help customers find items. Mum and Pop said that they will buy me my very own toy crafting station. I am excited. I will learn how to make toy bricks first and then kites! I wonder if I should go to university. I think I would do better training here at the store for those four simdays. I haven't asked mum and pop yet.
I finally started working at Tati's. I was waiting a little while until the adoption procedures were complete, but they're taking ages to process our application. They approve us and then no baby, they say it will take a bit longer due to our circumstances and still no baby. Are we meant to have a chile? Maybe we are destined to be without children? No, I refuse to believe so. I finally started working at Tati's. I was waiting a little while until the adoption procedures were complete, but they're taking ages to process our application. They approve us and then no baby, they say it will take a bit longer due to our circumstances and still no baby. Are we meant to have a chile? Maybe we are destined to be without children? No, I refuse to believe so.
Sazo and I are getting alongz greate. We're evens talking marriage. I'm nervous! I mean, I would love to marrys Sazo, he's a great man, but wow! It sometimes seems as if we're movings too fast, other times it seems like time is standing still. I supposez we's been on plenty of dates and we love each other, but I'm not surez what marriage will be like. We haven't discussed kiddos, or my carreerz. Right now I work at a computerz game designs firm downtown. I mash buttonz mosts days, but I wonderz will I help with the store-CupaJava-when we marriyz or will I keep my jobz. To be honestz, I don't likes my jobs anyhow. I rather work with clothingz. I like designingz and doodlings fashion clothz. Maybe I could start a beauty salonz, but I don't have any skillz there either. Jadhira makes it look so easy-she's a trainee with a florist shop and she knowz what she wants to do. I don't konw. I could do itz all. Desizn clothz, own beauty shops, mash buttons, too badz no businessez are hiring.
Jadhira and I have had an official date. We met in her backyard and ate grilled fish. Then we danced in the rain. She's a fascinating woman. Very nice. We talked about my students and her training with the florist shop. She wants to take over the shop one day. Which means she will need to save simoleans to buy the shop-sounds easy, except that she's not getting paid very much. She doesn't pay room or board-in fact, she owns the apartment over the florist shop, she brought it with the money she traveled with, but she's barely making enough to keep groceries in the fridge, let alone get decent furniture and save money to buy the shop later on. Is that fair? We're going out again. She wants to go to the grand opening of Tati's, so we're doing that on simThursday, but before then I want to take her skating. I never been skating before!
I went to Amata's house to talk about the industry along with Tatiana. Amata's having better luck than I am, she has a callback for a new soap and she might be the first face of Apple Valley on the new news channel...maybe if she gets the call back for the soap, I could audition for the news. *sigh* I desperately need more work.
I've (Carmela Lopez) have moved in with the Herendez family. It has been a scary trip. Thankfully I tracked down a distant relative here in Apple Valley (Elaine Dawson, we're related through a common ancestor-Maurice Dawson) and I was granted a temporary visa. I had to leave that place as quickly as possible. I probably would not have survived much longer-they were not using me as much and I could tell that I had become a liability. I couldn't take the abuse much longer.
Antonio Herendez agreed to marry me-thus making my visa permenant. His father is pleased, I'm hispanic-apparently that was the only requirement for his daughter-in-law. I tried to cook, but the omelettes caught on fire. I contemplated tossing myself into the flames to end this misery.
I'm pregnant-there's no way to tell who the father is, especially since I was used so...shamefully. But I survived...I think. My pregnancy means that Antonio and I will marry in a quiet ceremony in the garden. I don't know if I would do the same if I were him.
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