Boolprop 20: Easter Eggs Chapter 4

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SimNaNo Update #7

Welcome back to a new Easter Eggs challenge update. We are about two-thirds of the way through our SimNaNo updates for the month. The last week with Tara went by quickly, and the update ended up very short. We did quite a bit with Tara, who attended GeekCon and managed to win the Hackathon while there. She also attempted the gaming challenge, but didn’t win, and even tried a game tournament, which she also didn’t win. She also had a burglar break in and spent a lot of time improving her handiness in the hopes we can get the weather machine upgraded. Let’s dig in!

Week 4

It’s early morning, and rather gloomy when we first join Tara again for this new week. She’s bonding with her bees and collecting the honey.

After that, she heads to the frog-catching spot and tries to catch the elusive Hypnofrog, which we still have had no luck catching. We also keep trying to breed one and haven’t managed that either.

We have to finish getting our handiness to the required level for the weather machine upgrade this week, so Tara is back to making wood carvings (since that makes sense to help with electronics.)

Tara got a promotion and is now a Development Captain! Way to go, Tara!

The hijinks festival is in town again, and Tara still has a goal to get a voodoo doll. She also needs to max her mischief skill, so she heads down and joins the pranksters. Their prize would give her the voodoo doll at least.

While at the festival, Tara talked with someone who was hard-working and decided she likes hard-working sims. You are welcome to like hard-working Sims, Tara. That’s great!

Luckily, for Tara, the Pranksters won the competition without too much effort. Tara now has her voodoo doll. Next, we just have to max mischief to get those points.

As the week progresses, Tara is back to holding yard sales. She needs the money, and this really has been a decent way to get some additional simoleons. She is going to need to expand the house eventually.

In need of some fun and relaxation, Tara picks up Darley Porter & The Basement of Shadows to read. Obviously, this is a reference to Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets, which is a new book, and earns us a new 5 points.

After attempting to let the puddle get big enough in the bathroom without much luck, when the kitchen sink broke again, we finally got our ducky puddle recolor. This gives us 10 points, and now Tara can finally fix all the plumbing.

Working on repairing all the various plumbing items means that Tara has finally reached handiness level 8. This is great news as it means we can upgrade the weather machine one last time.

Before that, however, the poor garden needs some help. Tara spends some time tending to it and getting the 4 plants she has planted back in good shape and then harvests everything.

Finally, it’s time to finish upgrading the weather machine. Now that the upgrade is completed, Tara should be able to change the season on her own. I believe there is still a chance it will fail, but hopefully not.

Don was invited over because Tara still needs one child, and she was feeling lonely. Don was feeling unfulfilled in this relationship, which I’m not really surprised about, but it made for a good excuse.

A quick bout of fun for these two, but sadly, after checking, Tara isn’t pregnant. They’ll just have to try again, since I am committed to Don being the father.

It was the television premiere holiday, so Tara sat down to watch the “Game of Llamas” Premiere. It looked a lot like Indiana Jones and an ER-type program to me, but I’m counting it, and giving Tara 10 points.

After watching the premier, Tara and Don are up for another try at getting Tara pregnant. Sadly, this time didn’t work out any better than the last time. We might have to try a different woohoo spot.

None of that really stopped Tara. She’s actually pretty smitten with Don, and they now have a steamy relationship. I think Don is probably fine to keep trying as long as it takes.

Tara has the sedentary lifestyle, and she does live a mostly sedentary life, if you don’t count extracurriculars with Don. I, however, decided to send her on a jog, and she brought her food.

Tara is once again out looking for the Hypnofrog with no luck. I swear the frog is a pain to find. She then spends some time gathering other collectables we can sell later.

Tara went and visited with Don at this house, but the house is a little too busy with an infant around. It made trying for a baby again a little difficult. Instead, a date is suggested, and Don accepts.

They make out by the bar and head into the closet for a little fun that will hopefully get Tara pregnant. Maybe they just needed a change of scenery?

The change was exactly what was needed. Tara is officially pregnant, and I’m happy to have this part finished. Granted, she still has to have the baby and raise it, but now we can go back to spending time doing other things.

Summer is officially prepared to start, and so, super early Sunday morning, the season officially changes. When Tara gets home, she heads out to try the weather machine and set it back to spring if we can.

Success! Tara officially changed the weather back to spring with the weather machine. Way to go, Tara! That gives us another 15 points for being able to use the machine instead of a cheat.

That wraps up the end of week 4. Next week, Tara will have the baby, and that means we will officially be required to expand the house (because a baby is not going to fit easily right now.) Tara doesn’t have a ton of money, but we’ll figure it out. She has earned 215 points after this week, getting 40 points this week. Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed the update!

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