Meet Jamie Jolina.

She was one of the Sims in the Library with a slightly interesting story. Something along the lines of “Can beauty and brains form a winning combination?”. Well I tell ya… that blush makes her look more like she was slapped repeatedly. So after plopping her down in a rather nice lot, I sent her off to CAS.

Ahh, much better. Since I was on a time constraint, I just changed her make up. I didn’t worry about her clothes. They weren’t entirely hideous.

Since I had never played in Riverview before, I chose that as the neighborhood. Then I found a quiet country cottage for her to start out in. 2 bdr 1 ba. Here it is.

And the inside.

Thus begins the story of Jamie Jolina, hopeful world traveler & adventurer.

Soon, Carrie and Mara noticed strange oddities happening around the house. Objects moved from one place to another, neither girl able to remember moving the object in question. Eventually they were able to faintly recall their childhood experience of encountering their father before the science lab had “restored” him. Both Mara & Carrie smiled at the thought that their parents were keeping an eye on them even after they passed on. And perhaps it was that belief that made it possible for the first appearance.

Passing through the living room one night, Carrie noticed her father standing there, smiling. To make sure she wasn’t dreaming, she passed a hand through him and experienced quite the chill.

Then experienced quite a shock as she rounded the corner on her way to the kitchen for some warm milk and saw her mother standing there.

Carrie was happy to know that her father and mother were keeping each other company. It had worried her that perhaps her mother had moved on, leaving Marq behind.

Okay…. so at this point I left my computer for whatever reason (this happened back in August so I don’t remember) and my Sims game continued to run. I don’t know for how long. All I know is that when I came back I saw this sitting in the kitchen.

Groaning, I looked around and there was Noni… alive and well. After much debate, I have chosen to continue the story from this point instead of reverting to an earlier save. But sheesh this messed up my plans!

I just had to add this in because it looks hilarious! It looks almost like they are playing Peek-A-Boo!

They talked for hours about inconsequential things. Their relationship was on its way to being repaired but far from completely. A lot more time was needed.

While Mara returned to her studies, Carrie began looking for, and noticing, men around the town when she went on her daily excursions. The ache that was the loss of her parents began to make her realize how important family was and now she was thinking of starting her own. She remembered an old friend from elementary school, Norman Song. Inviting him over, she learned he was a coffee courier at the Doo Peas Corporate Towers. She didn’t think he was “the One” but decided to keep him on her potential list just in case.

For her 30th birthday, Norman took Carrie out to a fancy resturant for dinner. Carrie dressed in her finest and they had a wonderful time. Upon returning home, she was surprised and delighted to learn that Mara had secretly gotten her a birthday cake and intended to celebrate their birthday together. This was a first in a long time. Carrie closed her eyes and wished that everything would continue to get better as she blew out the candles.

Then Carrie lit the candles once again so that Mara could have her turn.

Both continued to be lovely women.

Then I stuck in the World Adventures disc and installed without a hitch.

Ran the Launcher to patch it to the latest version.

Moved my Mods folder from my original Sims 3 install to the same place in the World Adventures folder. Moved the resource.cfg file from my desktop to the base WA folder.

Left my camera mod out since there does not appear to be a similar folder within the WA folder.

Initially was concerned because it wouldn’t recognize that I had Riverview installed. Couldn’t reinstall it because it insisted it was there. Eventually did something so that it showed up in my Downloads folder and (re)installed from there just fine.

Ran game and Riverview now showed up. Started a new ‘hood with Riverview as the base and some chick out of the library. As I was changing her appearance and making her house spiffy I noticed that custom content and booty items were there in the catalog.

Now waiting for my 2 year old to go to bed so I can explore some more and get a chance to play around in new countries!

The girls loved chatting up Death after he took Noni to the great beyond.

He even showed up in the relationship panel.

And I’m sorry I got such crappy pictures of Marques “dying” again. It was just as unexpected as the post said it was. I guess I wasn’t paying attention to how much time he had left and barely caught it.

Marques Burke, loving father, wonderful husband. You will be missed.

Once again, he became only a sensed presence in their lives.

With only the occasional reminder that he was still around.

With the final passing of her husband, Noni too felt that she had accomplished all that she had dreamed of. A devoted husband. Two wonderful daughters. The perfect garden. A complete recipe book. A position as a Top Chef (even if it was only a diner). It was time for her to hand the reins to the next generation. Taking one last look at her lovely garden, Noni too passed on.

The girls were, of course, devastated. Losing both parents in such a short period of time shocked them beyond disbelief.

They placed the ashes of their beloved parents in Noni & Marq’s room. Neither could imagine sleeping there.

Noni Tallinu-Burke, hard-working, single mother of twins. Premier chef. Green-Thumb extraordinaire. You will be missed.

Rather than buy a car, Mara decided to take the money she saved working at the bookstore and buy a partnership in it. For a mere §20,000 she proudly became the owner of Divisadero Budget Books. Since she no longer attended school during the day or the bookstore at night, she decided to pursue her dream of becoming an Illustrious Author. The next few months were spent busily tapping away at the keyboard.

Carrie spent her days (and most of her nights) away from home. She took her love of the outdoors to a whole new level. When she wasn’t working she could be found jogging around the neighborhood collecting rocks and bugs that interested her. She donated many of the bugs she found to the local science department. The pretty rocks she often kept for herself or sent them to be appraised. Quite frequently, if they appraised well, she sold them outright, pocketing the money and depositing it into her secret stash. Other times Carrie could be found at the gym especially when inclement weather threatened.

Noni spent her time learning what little she didn’t know about cooking. There wasn’t a whole lot to learn because she had been cooking and learning her entire life, which has been quite long.

Then one day she realized that there was nothing left to learn. Feeling very accomplished, she closed her book and congratulated herself.

She headed to work later and prepared a special recipe. Noni presented the dish to the hungry dinner customers of her dowdy diner. It became an instant hit. Later, her boss discovered that a food critic had happened to be present that evening. The critic had written a raving review of the dish, giving the diner a 5 star rating. This earned Noni a promotion to head chef of a five star restaurant.

It seemed as though nothing could go wrong.