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Lombardi Name Restored RTJ COMPLETED !
« on: August 19, 2013, 01:29:07 PM »
The Restoration of the Lombardi name

This is a Random Town Jump Project created by Judewright.  I have enjoyed the experience and have decided to work on another one and decide what to do about the O'Shea family

Rules are as follows:
The chosen family must visit seven towns, with a new heir and mate from that town to advance to the next town.
You can create a sim or couple in CAS or use one in a randomly chosen town for the founder family.  All towns must be randomly chosen. 
You must have at least one child who will become your heir.  The heir must marry a sim from that town before you can move on to the next town. 
All traits must be random and the LTW must be chosen from the traits given.  It can be picked anytime that a trait is displayed at aging up while playing or after the final traits are given and one from the choices offered.  It must be randomly picked. 
Offspring who are not the heir can either be left behind in the town when you move or you can take them with you, but they no longer have the chance to become the heir, nor any of their children.
All previous rules apply for each generation. 
LTW cannot be repeated.  If a sim rolls for a LTW of Super Spy, no other heir can have that LTW, another must be chosen.
The goal is to have the genetics of each town be passed to the next town and see the outcome of those genetics.  The project ends when the seventh town has been reached.



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In this project, I have chosen a couple that has already been created, a townie couple, Nicoletta Lombardi and David Haynes.  They are living together but not married at the start of the game.
David Haynes: LTW of Golden Tongue and Golden Fingers job is a Talent Scout.
Traits are:  Neat, Perfectionist, Athletic, Artistic, Vegetarian 
Nicoletta Lombardi:  LTW of Leader of Free World, but works in business
Traits are:  Great Kisser, Excitable, Bookworm, Snob and Ambitious
I think they need to review what they want in life.




David and Nicoletta realize that soon they will be adults and they are facing that what they had seen as the future is now the present.

What is their wish for their lives?
Once they thought they knew but are realizing that perhaps those dreams weren’t the right ones for them.   So, what do they want?

Children, Nicoletta has to continue the family name.  Doing what they enjoy doing, making a living that not only provided financial security, but also enjoyment. 
David loves music and painting and he hates working as a talent scout.  He’d rather be home painting and playing his guitar for others to enjoy.   He’d rather be Master of the Arts than have them be his master. 

Nicoletta wanted to help save the world, not work for a business.  She loves to write and thinks she would prefer to be at home writing books and making lots of money doing something she likes and she can write about important matters besides romance fiction stories.  Swimming in Cash sounds more like fun than the backstabbing as you climb the corporate ladder.   

Nicoletta also remembers the stories her grandmother used to tell her about the Lombardi royalty.  As the last in the Lombardi line, she wants to restore the name of Lombardi in town.  Restore the honor of their name.


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Chapter One:  Moving on

David and Nicoletta realize they need money to move from their small home and reach their new dreams. 



(They are both in desperate need of makeovers)
Here they are with new clothes to start their new life
Ladies first
Nicoletta in everyday clothes



Formal




athletic


swimwear



David's new wardrobe

Everyday



Formal




Athletic



and swimwear

(I don't have one of him, but you will see him in a swimsuit in one of the photos)



They each take a trip to China and collect some metals and gems to have some quick cash.









They need some money to find a new home, one with enough land to add to it. 



When they get the metals back and sell them, they now can buy a bigger home.






They will need the extra rooms for a study/library to write books, an art studio, an exercise area and most important of all, nursery and bedrooms for the children! 

And they need some more money to do the add-on's they want to do.

So David does another trip to China



And with the money they earned from the metals and gems




They do the necessary remodeling to have some rooms added on, although the second floor is just shells it can be finished as needed. 





(I'm not very good a building and decorating, so it is pretty plain)

They were so busy they forgot about their birthdays and Nicoletta had hers at home






but poor David, he was leaving work when he had his birthday, so there was no one to share it with him.






But they are now adults and some of the rooms have been finished; it is time to start a family.  Opps, and also perhaps, time to consider getting married.  So they make plans for a wedding, when and where will it be?

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I have been getting frustrated with the Cage family here in MV, most of it my fault for not remembering to save, but some just bad luck.  Decided to take a break from it before I get really ticked off and delete it.

While seeding the town and looking for couples to use, I found that through story progression these two had moved in together.  So, decided to let Nicolette have her wish of saving her family.  It is the same town that the Cages have moved into, that the Taylor family has four children (can't count the alien child) and that the Rivers has triplets. 
It will be interesting to later check out the Taylor, Rivers, and Lombardi children and see who connects with who when they become YA's.





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Re: Lombardi name Restored Random Town Jump Ch 1
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2013, 11:48:22 PM »
Wow,  a new RTJ from Janna!

I don't remember seeing Nicoletta in my game, but David looks quite different with more hair and without the sunglasses. Good job!

Why does their new house look so familiar  ;) ! Did you evict Florence from the house or did she move out by herself? Can you imagine that my Taylor family of seven sims lived in that house without any major expansions? I only built a bedroom for the children on top of the living room.

Better luck with the Lombardis than with the Cages!



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« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2013, 01:54:23 AM »
I'm going to be working on the Cage family in a couple of days, but tomorrow you should get a glimpse of Florence teaching one of the triplets to walk in the background of a photo.

She is living happily with her hubby in a very nice fancy home.  Interesting thing is, when I started this town, Florence lived in a different house.  Funny how the game moves them (townies) around.   
And you will not recognize the house when I get finished with it.   

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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2013, 07:36:29 PM »
Chapter Two:  Getting Married

They don’t want a fancy wedding; they are being cheap and saving money for their home.  But they do want it to be somewhere nice.  The park, that would be a good place.
What David hadn’t expected was for Nicoletta to go all out and buy him an engagement ring.  She kneels down and pops the question




silly girl, she already knows the answer.




Then, they have the wedding they had planned, there in the park with the music of water from a fountain behind them, flowers to give a sweet scent and the sounds of birds singing. 










Hummm, replace sounds of birds with sounds of a child and mother giggling as Florence Taylor is teaching one of her triplets how to walk.  Cute, but birds would have been nicer.

Home to celebrate the formal aspect of their being together; they are now a married couple.   







The next morning Nicolette is sick.  She has heard it was the first sign of being pregnant.  That part she hadn’t been looking forward to. 



Due to their being married they were both given some time off.  Good thing, they had planned on some more remodeling. 

Nicoletta went to the elixir shop and she got the baby bump there



Money had come in from the gems and they needed to finish off the downstairs.  They had talked and Nicoletta had looked at old family photos and wanted a home that was “fitting” for royalty.  David loved her so he wanted to make her happy; if really nice was what she wanted, okay.  He would give her as nice as he could.







They enlarged the study, added on a room to make a family room and turned the living room into a front room just for company.  Build them a nice master bedroom with their own fireplace; with a larger bathroom.  Moved the counters and barstools back which gave them room for a larger dining table.  Second floor had more patio area created and an alchemy room that was attached. 



David wanted a pool, so that was added and the exercise room was enlarged just a bit.  (you can see part of the pool and exercise room)

It definitely isn't a palace, not even close to a manor house, but better than what they had to start out with.  And they can add the finishing touches as time goes by.  After all, Rome wasn't built in a day.


David and Nicoletta have earned enough LTP to change traits.  Nicoletta chose to have Workaholic, Artistic and Computer Whiz in place of G. Kisser, Snob and Ambitious.
David changed Neat and Vegetarian to Virtuoso and Friendly.


Next was getting some baby necessities, crib, toys, potty chair; and it was a good thing they picked them up as the next day Nicoletta went into labor. 

David was in the study chatting with someone and she decided to leave him there, all he would do was jump, shout and be in the way.  Some pain, okay, lots of pain, and the baby was there in a twirl of sparkles.










A beautiful baby boy, who was named Dante; they had decided that would be a good name for him. 



Nicoletta was exhausted and wanted some sleep.  Since dad was busy chatting, he could take care of the baby throughout the night.






So far so good, it seems David won't have any problems in being a good dad.

Wait until the terrible twos show up, wonder how he will handle that exciting stage.     


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« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2013, 09:26:35 PM »
Chapter Three:  Joys of Parenthood

David was a good father; he was willing to feed the baby, change diapers and play with him. 


They decided to have another baby soon, get it over with all the dirty diaper, crying to be held, given a bottle.  So, they began the hard work on having another baby. 



Of course, when mom second bump showed up, she had to just have finished washing her hands in the bathroom




 
Dante aged up to toddler,








I think he ended for a bit being cross-eyed.

He had a makeover, new jammies




and as soon as possible they potty trained him.  Then they began to teach him to walk and talk





He and dad has some play time



When mom was busy writing and couldn't play with him,
dad would practice on music and Dante would work on his musical skills also



Mom did find time to play with him, however on his peg box



which at times frustrated  him and he would get mad




Chapter Four:  Another Baby!

Sad to say, (NOT) I missed the one time she had morning sickness (wish I had been so lucky)
 
Nicoletta decided to follow her decision with the first baby, be sneaky and not quit work until after maternity leave.  It also worked for the second baby; she was pregnant before she was to return to work so she received maternity leave pay.  So, extra income and not having to go to work; Yeah!   


David had quit his job after his leave finished and he continued his attempts to paint.  Attempt was the word, so far no good paintings,




but on the bright side, his music skills are getting better due to his practicing a lot


 


 

It seems as if it was only yesterday that she was pregnant, and now here she is, having another baby. 










David was in bed when beautiful Gizetta was born but he woke up to come and great his daughter. 



It should be fun, a new baby who will age up and they will have two toddlers.  Will it be double the pleasure or double the trouble?


 



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« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2013, 08:29:06 PM »
Chapter Five:  Kids are Growing Up!

Then it was time for her to age up to toddler
There were the sparkles and she was there, their pretty little girl with a bow in her hair.  Cute as a button.






Timing was bad, Dante was hungry when she was aging up, so he was crying and mom and dad was distracted, so there wasn’t much celebration for her aging up.

Here she is with her makeover, her favorite color is red

everyday


formal



jammies




It seemed to be a repeat of Dante, teach to walk,




to talk,





Dad was part of that as he played music while Gizetta read an book and Dante beat on the pegbox,





 
A few days later Dante aged up to child; he blew out the candles




did the sparkling twirl






Then the usual makeover, which was fun with his favorite color orange


everyday



jammies




Fortunately for him, it was on a Friday he aged up, that gave him the weekend to read up on logic and play with the blocks to work on handiness

(thought I had photos of him playing with his blocks and reading a book, but didn't find any)
School day came and off he went to school.   He did well in school, going from a C to an A.


Gizetta aged up a few days after him

Mom and dad were distracted so forgot to get the cake out




Makeover time, red, just like dad

everyday



jammies



and formal




She wasn’t as lucky, she had to go to school the next day
Gizetta didn’t do as well as her brother at the start of school.  She had a C the first two days before she earned a B.  She met some other kids, one who was the paperboy.  Perhaps the reason for the difference in grades was because Dante was a loner and he focused on his schoolwork and Gizetta preferred to chat with new friends instead of learning. 
She and Dante worked on their skills by reading.



Well,
Mom and Dad survived the terrible twos, and now childhood is soon to change to teens.  Fun time, two teenagers, which will be worse, two toddlers or two teenagers?
And lets hope that mom and dad will be more attentive on her teen birthday;  missing her aging to toddler then to child can give a girl a complex.

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« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2013, 10:54:06 PM »
Nice update, Janna! I think two teenagers is worse than two toddlers. Those pranks are horrible!



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« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2013, 12:45:58 AM »
I must not have the expansion packs that has the setup for pranks.  The only time I have ever had any was from the fairies, where they liked to do to set traps on the showers, toilets and such. 

What expansion pack does that come with?  I have seen a lot of things in the stories that I don't have so I am assuming that a lot of it is from the generations and/or ambitions expansion packs. 

I haven't had the problems with this one like with the Cage family, except that I still can't sent them to other countries. 

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« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2013, 12:47:11 AM »
I think it came with Generations.

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« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2013, 09:50:29 AM »
You are doing nicely with the Lombardis! I hope you won't encounter the same problems as you did with the Cages.

And wow, does David look good in the pic where he is holding baby Gizetta! I never realized he was that good looking. I thought he was as generic as most of the Monte Vistans behind his glasses. But he has really interesting features.

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« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2013, 08:45:37 AM »
Thank you,

Had a reply read to send in and after doing a preview I clicked on the x at the top.  My subconscious saying to me TIME TO GO TO BED !

So, here I am trying again. 

I think he is cute also, not happy with Nicoletta, I think her mouth makes her look mad all the time.  But she is really a nice person, enjoys chatting with everyone.

Dante has aged up to YA in the story progression I have and he has married.  I wasn't sure until the last minute who it was going to be, but she kept sending him love letters, so had to give into her. 
While I was waiting for Gizetta to age up to YA her love interest got a girlfriend.  He still sends her letters, but I figure she is best looking elsewhere.
I still can't make up my mind who to chose as the next heir.   


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« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2013, 07:03:50 PM »
Chapter Six:  Teenagitus !


Dante worked hard and earned an A and stayed on the honor roll.  Not surprising, as he wasn't into going to other kids homes.  Then it was time for him to age up to a Teenager. 













He had a nice party, mainly adults came, as he didn’t know enough of the kids at school to invite any. 

He was given first a makeover

everyday





sleepwear




 a car, or rather a truck for his birthday and he had the bad luck to get sick the first day of school as a teenager.

A few days later Gizetta aged up to teen













and a couple of kids from school were invited along with some family friends; it was a nice party. 
She was given a truck also, a red one, as a birthday gift along with a word from her parents that they expect her to get better grades in high school. 

There was a strange girl at the party, one of Dante's classmates.  She acted real weird.




  She learned she had two sisters and a brother (triplets!), maybe she and Dante could go and visit with them, it would do Dante good to meet some kids his own age. 
Their last name was Taylor, and they lived in a nice house with a beautiful view of the ocean. 

But first, a makeover

everyday



formal



athletic




A couple of days later she and Dante went to visit the Taylors. 





The whole family was home, which was a bit stressful on Dante, but he handled it okay.  He talked to both Gigi and Dontina and they both seemed nice. 



(for some reason I don't have him talking to Gigi)

Gigi was good, brave and a genius, Dontina liked to work, liked music and was unlucky, she got a bit snappish with him once.
Couple of days later, Dante went to the tavern and he ran into Jodie Rivers and stopped to talk to her. 



He had met her at school and wanted to get to know her better.  She started out talking nice, but then all of a sudden started to yell at him.  Sheesh, grumpy little thing, wonder what her sister is like.   



He drops by the Rivers home the next day and gets to meet Tammy, she seems nice.

Goes home to find that his sister had had a fender bender; hummm, it looked more like a rear end bender



Wonder what mom and dad will say about that?  He's  just glad it happened to her and not him. 
Typical brother, he should be sorry it happened to her. 

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« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2013, 09:14:59 PM »
Chapter Seven:  Growing Up


Spring arrives and it is Love Day, school is cancelled and so the family takes advantage of it.  They go to the spring festival but there is hardly anyone there.  Gizetta and Mom hunt for eggs






while David performs on his guitar. 





He plays horseshoe some



And then he and mom heads home.

Dante also, he'd rather be home reading, writing or even working out.



It is just a couple of days later and it is time for Dante to age up to YA.  He is excited, no more school!  And he has to make the final decision of what he wants to do with his life. 

Party Time!

Only teenagers or YA’s are invited and it is time to blow out the candles and make his wish.









Gigi didn’t come, which was a disappointment. 

His wish.  He definitely is not cut out to be a surgeon, has no interest in sports or be an astronaut, unlike Lucinda he doesn’t have his own personal spacecraft



and he doesn’t like to paint so illustrator author was out, that left Professional Author.  He doesn’t mind writing books, it doesn’t require him to interact with others and he liked to read, so that seemed okay.   Now a mate, who did he like the most?
Time to review that list and make a decision on who he wants to pursue to become his mate.   This was for the rest of his life, so he needs her to be someone he really likes, maybe even fall in love with.


Gizetta


Is doing well in school, she had stayed on the honor roll for three days straight, which made mom and dad very happy.  She and the rest of the family went to the festival for Love day. 
She found an egg and then did some wandering around the festival grounds looking for someone new to meet.


Gizetta sees something weird sitting at the fountain as she wanders around the grounds



She did run into someone she knew and had a nice chat with him, Lynsell Blanchi




Later she calls Antonio to find out he has a girlfriend, rats, she was hoping things would work out.  She isn’t into breaking couples up, so she starts to look around for another boyfriend.
She had meet Lynsell Blanchi at festival grounds and he was a classmate, he seems nice, he also has a brother Rashad, he is okay, but they didn’t seem to click at school.  She finds out that Lynell and Rashad have another brother, Jess, and they are triplets!  That makes three sets of triplets in the town, has to be something in the water, good thing she likes to drink juice. 

She is out running some errands and stops to visit at Lynsell's home and they get to chat some more.  He really does seem to be nice. 





Party Time!

Time for her birthday party,









Everyone gets a slice of cake, except Lucinda, she does something weird






She noticed that Lynsell didn't show up, she was sorry he wasn't able to come.

After some cake everyone dashed off, Lucinda in her spacecraft



Then, it was time for a makeover, and a girl does love to show off her new clothes

everyday



formal




swimwear



and something to keep her warm until she finds her a honey to do so



Now, it was time to decide what her future was going to be.

Traits of Flirty, Disciplined, Excitable, Virtuoso and Loner
Heartbreaker?  If she couldn't bring herself to break up Antonio, how can she break others hearts?  Can't travel, so no Martial Arts Master for her even if she didn't mind getting all sweaty, Physical Perfections, she doesn't like to exercise, getting sweaty, so that is out.  Rock Star or Movie Composer, hummm, she loves to play her guitar and she was given a violin for a gift, so, Movie Composer it is, that sounds like a lot of fun.

Now, who is the lucky guy who will get to spend the rest of his life with her?

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« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2013, 10:16:18 PM »
In my Cage family and in another one that I goofed and had to delete I had no problem in choosing who the heir would be.

In this one, I am having trouble.

So, suggestions would be appreciated. 
Dante has married Gigi who's LTW is to be an astronaut

Gizetta will probably be marrying Lynsell (I need to check and see if I am spelling his name right  :o  ) and I don't know what his LTW is yet.

The plus for Lynsell is that he has blond hair, all the rest have a type of dark color, haven't check to see what shade it is exactly, black/brown, black with highlights, they all have dark hair.
I know his traits are brave, good and excitable, and that is all I know.   


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« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2013, 03:09:25 AM »
My vote goes to Dante, of course, since he has married a Taylor ;) .

 

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