Confessions of a Sims 3 Addict

 Since the original characters who have been driving the story of Sagehen Mesa are aging to elder and dying off, I feel it's high time to take a look at some of the family trees and get a feel for the "up-and-coming" generations who will be carrying the story forward.  Let's start with the Mahon family.  Little Magdalena Roland is a descendant of both the Mahon and Roland families. Tess and Cliff are her paternal grandparents; Timothy is her father; Reuben and Hilary are her maternal grandparents, and Kathy is her mother. Magdalena is a snob, artistic, and friendly. Timothy is currently working the family mine like his father used to, and his father before him. Kathy is currently living in her childhood home and raising Magdalena as a single mother since she and Timothy never got along very well and never married. Kathy is an equestrian like her father, so I'm hoping she'll eventually bring home some trophies, but for now she's working at the bistro....

 It has now been 29 days since the family has landed in Pounawea. The family split up, and each member is now living in a different house.  Angelo moved in with Demario's ex-wife Josephine, . . .  Rosamel invited Josphine's ex-husband Demario to move in with her . . .  and Calvin stayed in the original house and adopted a little puppy named Snaggles.  Calvin and I have been working on his gallery, trying to see the best way for him to make some money. It turns out the paintings he produces can't be purchased through the Savvy Seller system, and I didn't want to use the Business and Usual system, because I don't want all the paintings to disappear once sold, leaving him with a gallery he can't keep stocked. So I went with the ticket system. I placed a ticket machine on the lot, and those visiting the lot pay a fee to view the gallery.  This frees him up to meet and greet and do some schmoozing. Calvin has been keeping himself busy in other ways as well. He r...