The Swing of Things

Today we were left pretty much to our devices.  Time to do some serious creating?  Nah!  After completing my 1st architectural masterpiece I decided it was play time!

I created my 1st married sim couple and moved into a cute little starter home.  Houses can now be bought either in a furnished condition or non furnished.   Single sims still start out with the usual $20,000 but couples get a little bit more. 

Before my sims even got into their home I got a message on screen telling me that the house was having some plumbing problems and did I want to accept the challenge of cleaning it up.  I accepted the challenge which was probably not the best idea for my poor neurotic sim.  Even after the mess was cleaned up and the bath and sink fixed he kept getting the urge to go back and check that everything was working ok! 

It's really fun seeing how traits affect a sims personality.  It really does make for a completely different game play experience.  One of my sims has a childish streak and one of his favourite things to do is goof around making silly faces in the mirror.  My neurotic sim is also a bit of a bookworm and loves to bore his neighbours to sleep!

sim pregnancy is also a little different.  The development seems more gradual and natural.  They can experience things like backache and feel the baby kick and it's neat being able to send your sim to the hospital for the birth.

Back to real life and in the afternoon was a trip to the EA store.  It was like letting a child loose in a candy shop!  Then it was back to the computers!  I decided to quit goofing around and get back to building.  Still so much to discover and so little time!  tomorrow we get to learn some more build/buy mode tips and tricks.  Looking forward to that! 

Oh well, back the to the grindstone!  tffn!