Bon Voyage Retirement Home - Part 2 of 5

So, Tammy Oaksdale started her temporary job as the Manager of Bon Voyage Retirement Home. She knew it will be risky financially, but no matter how hard this job might get, she depends on finding lodgers. In this mini series (max 5 parts) you'll hopefully find a few tips for running your own retirement home. Also, if you like to download this build, check out part 1 :)

Now, let's hear it from Tammy Oaksdale:

- Hello again! After the rather busy yesterday, with guests and lots of stuff to prepare, I was actually hoping for a quiet day today. I still need to find time to practice on Gourmet cooking and flower arranging. But in the morning a familiar old woman was right there at the entrance.

As Sims Go By - here is Season 2

The wait is over, here is the first episode of my sope series' 2nd season! The episode is called "Separate Property" and both a lawyer and courtroom is introduced. They are in my game, and I see that I will use them in the future! You also get the introduction to my take on the Villareal story, and of course the everyday of my 5 Councilors. All 5 were re-elected for a new 5 years period, but there is a new Mayor...

This season has 5 episodes, each lasting about 16 minutes, the last to air late December this year.

If you are new to this series, it's recommended to watch season 1 (6 episodes), but you can hopefully enjoy this episode even if you start here.



Enjoy!

Region 12 NEWS - Year 220

Just completed year 220, and here's the annual NEWS edition!

These clips are max 5 minutes long, and they contain standard rubrics like News, Finance, Showbiz, Job listings, and of course various family notes. The Y220 edition features Judith Ward, Don Lothario, Charloman Dougham, Garvin Clump, Venessa Jeong - and many more!

Hosts to tie it all together are Chad P. Mox and Antoinette Morck.

You might find a few how I play tips, and there will also be some info connecting to my As Sims Go By video series:

Bon Voyage Retirement Home - Part 1 of 5

[Y220] Want to run a Retirement Home in your game? The first of two retirement homes just opened in my Region 12! In this post I'll let the fresh Manager give you a tour, as she also explains how the place is meant to be run and what her job will be. She just moved in to get it all started!

See bottom line if you want this lot!

Bon Voyage Retirement Home is aiming for wealthier elders. With a live-in Manager serving gourmet food, they are probably prepared to pay what it takes. The second retirement home will open in San Myshuno, but will have no such live-in management, and will aim for those with less Simoleons to spend.

As Sims Go By - Season 2 PROMO video

Just breaking the silence with a quick promo video to inform you that 2nd season of my video series As Sims Go By is coming up shortly! Real sims filmed on real locations in my game. You will recognize the 5 councilors from previous season, but the Mayor is brand new! This season also covers my take on the Villareal story!

This season has 5 episodes, each lasting about 16 minutes. The 5th episode will air before end of December. So - stay tuned! :)



First episode will air on October 8th.

Community Pages - Huge Update!

There's lots of new information added to the community pages of the Residents Registry! I intend to update the registry info only after every year completed in my game, and now I'm just 25% done with Year 220, but as this new info covers community aspects and not so much individual life line events, I ran one extra update.

So, what's new? Check each of the 5 sections and you will easily see where there is something of interest.

House of Lord de Sür-Blyth

In my Region 12 there are several high society households that I never told anyone about. I previously shared some info and pics on the Duke de Cavalier household residing Chateau Cavalier. Today I'll introduce you to the noble family running the Sür-Blyth Farm in Brindleton Bay.

(Y220) Still in Cavalier Cove of Brindleton Bay we find another noble family, de Sür-Blyth. They hail from a different region, far south, and the first to settle in Brindleton Bay (Y102) was Lord Edgar Otto de Sür-Blyth. He was a businessman and farmer, and he introduced agriculture to Brindleton Bay. Fishing remained the district's biggest industry, though. It was his extraordinary agricultural efforts combined with science that brought him and his descendants the noble status that they still benefit from.

As Sims go By - Season 2 starting soon!

Just to let you know that my video series As Sims Go By will be back later this month! Story is written, and first episode is currently in production. The base concept is the same, but there is also a new focus story outside the Council spanning all 5 episodes. Episodes will be reduced from 22 to 16 minutes.

What is Claudia Tangerin up to now...? In a few weeks you will find out!

I don't know yet if I'll take the time to create a video teaser, but I sure can post a picture! And there might be more pictures too, until release of episode 1 this September.

Community info

EDIT: Ai ai - the new Community section is up!

Hello! I'm out of town enjoying my Summer vacation part 2. It's raining most days, so I have been working on expanding my Residents Registry for TS4, and yay, it's getting cool!

All life events of my residents have been indexed in a way that makes it easy to display latest events regardless of sims and districts. So, there is now a web section for each of the 5 Council departments. There you can find the latest births, marriages, deaths, movings, police cases, job promotions and much more! In other words, a NEWS section!

It's of course a nifty tool for me organizing my Region 12, too. A lot more detailed than I was planning, actually.

This new section is not fully uploaded yet, but will be available on the Residents Registry in a couple days. On this blog you can access the Rehistry from top of front page, but there are also links in most recent articles.

Region 12 NEWS - Election Y220 Special

Every 5th year there is a huge Election in my Region 12. First the 18 Hood Contacts are found, then each district (=world) decides which 2 Hood Contacts shall be Nominees for the district's Councilor, and finally those 5 Councilors have a last round of votes to rank the new Council and decide the Mayor for the new 5 years period.

This video is 18 minutes. Host Chad P. Mox takes you through the Election Day with the typical voting charts, street reporters and artists in studio. And - I did not know the final result until it was recorded.



This is an extra long edtion. Normally these TV news videos are less than 5 minutes and are posted on end of each sim year (= RL monthly).

The Duke and Duchess de Cavalier

In my Region 12 there are several high society Houses that I never told anyone about previously. There's no King and Queen, but a Duke and Duchess in a castle is not bad, either!

Up there on old Hound's Head rises the Chateau Cavalier.

(Y220) House of Duke de Cavalier is currently the most prominent family of my entire game. They reside the large Chateau Cavalier located on the height previously called Hound's Head, Brindleton Bay's largest lot with a great view to the lighthouse. In addition they own two smaller lots (Dachshund's Creek and Hindquarter Hideaway). They have a Butler as well as a live-in Cook, occasionally also a live-in Governess.

Over the years they developed the most spectacular castle garden terraces and those few days when the garden is open to public visitors, it attracts garden enthusiasts and tourists from far and near. The bone shaped castle spans 2 full floors and has the rare 4-split tower. I will post more about both castle and garden later!

Region 12 NEWS - Year 219

Just completed year 219, and I'm celebrating by starting a new series regional TV-news that will air after each year as a summary. It's not meant to be technically perfect, and might be of greater interest to myself. Still, you might find some inspiration and might even recognize a face or two if you watched any of my earlier series.

These clips will normally be max 5 minutes long, and they will contain standard rubrics like News, Finance, Showbiz, Job listings, and of course various family notes. The first two hosts to tie it all together are Chad P. Mox and Antoinette Morck.

Here's the first edition: