Gen 1 Chapter 2: Cooking up a job

Trixi here!

Have I mentioned how much I like reading? Seriously, I could do it all day, every day, and be perfectly happy. As soon as I finish one book, I'm itching to start another one. I just can't get enough reading.



Unfortunately, reading doesn't pay the bills. And writing hasn't really started paying them, either. After a few unexpected expenses, like appliance repairs, I decided that it was time to get a paying job!

I love cooking and becoming a chef sounded pretty interesting so I checked the online job listings. I was lucky enough to find an opening as a kitchen scullion! I'm working swing shift at Hogan's Diner... it's a bit of a dive, but the people I work with seem nice.

I figured that I should work on my cooking skills at home, too. I have some natural ability in the kitchen, which helped me learn the ropes fairly quickly. Between working hard at the diner and practicing at home, I was able to convince my boss to promote me to Spice Hunter. I'm hoping to learn a few new recipes now!

And I finished my novel! I even sold "Fifty Ways" to a publisher and will get royalties for it! It's not much, but bonus money coming in for a few weeks is all good. I'm thinking about writing something Sci-Fi next... even if it does make me bang my head against the keyboard in frustration occasionally.

Since I'm a published author now, I figured I'd better spend some time concentrating on my painting skills. I decided to take a class at the school on my day off to help get me with the more technical aspects of painting.

After class, I didn't have anywhere to be so I took a trip to the bookstore to look for a new cook book. I was so excited about it that I sat down right outside of the shop and started to read. Have I mentioned how much I like to read?

I even ran into my boss, Jared, just outside of the bookstore. Unfortunately, I think I said the wrong thing because the conversation did not go well. I was so humiliated!

Luckily, I was able to make a new friend after the horrible encounter with Jared. Simis is super nice and we've chatted a few times since then. I think we might eventually become good friends! He's a blogger, too!

I think that the art class really helped me with my painting. I can see improvement every time I pick up a brush and was even able to sell one of my paintings for $6!

I like to read. All. The. Time.

My boss (Jared the Jerk!) decided that I should socialize more with my co-workers so he told me to become friends with some of them. I'm not sure what business it is of his, but I can't afford to lose my job and I certainly don't want the boss to dislike me any more than he already does. So I went over to Dustin's house to visit him one day before work.

There were a lot of people at his house and I'm still not sure whether they are family, roommates or friends, but everyone seemed very nice. I had a lot of fun chatting with them until it was time for Dustin and I to head to work.

I hope Dustin and I can become friends... not just because it will apparently help with my job, but because I need more friends!

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A/N: Seriously, she reads all the time and has no wishes to ever met or socialize with people! How is the next generation going to happen if she just stays home reading, writing and painting?!?!

Gen 1 Chapter 1: Introductions

Hi! I'm Beatrix Hodgins! My friends sometimes call me Trixi. They also call me a hopeless romantic, but I like to think of myself as hopeful!

I'm just starting out on my own and have decided to be a writer. Not just any write, of course, an "illustrious author"! To that end, I've moved into a beach front bungalow to eek out a living as a starving writer. Maybe I should take up drinking, too... isn't that what all of the tortured artists do?

My new house is much bigger than I need, but I'm hoping to have a family one day and it will be easy to remodel it to add extra rooms!

I've alwasy been a bit of a bookwork, which I suppose goes well with my interest in writing. I am constantly in search of new books to read and can think of no better way to pass the day than curled up with a good book.

In order to fulfull my wish to become an illustrious author, I'm learning how to paint. It's not really my strong suit, but I can almost paint things that are recognizable now so I think I'll eventually gain some skill as an painter.

I'm hard at work on my first novel. I call it "Fifty Ways".

I'm a Sagittarius, if you're into that kind of thing. I love to cook but tend to be a little clumsy outside of the kitchen! I hope you stop by my story again...

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A/N: I cheated (just a little) and moved my new character in with my "test run" family... then I used their money to rebuild the house and moved them all out. Not sure if that's exactly following the rules but I'm not using any of the extra money for living expenses, I just got her a free house! So she's starting out with around $15,000 of her own money.

Started!

Today, I created my official Wishacy Sim and built her a house. It's accidentally a gigantic house since it's been a really long time since I've done the building thing and my proportions were all off. It's also not a very exciting house, Hubby's always been better at building the cool and creative houses than I have... I usually just want to get to the playing. Unfortunately, I ran out of time to actually play the game, so any real Wishacy posts will have to wait.

Don't hold your breath, it was a month between Simming sessions this last time! Still, it's a start!

Watch this space

Someday, I'm going to do a Sims3 "Wishacy"... see here for details.

This assumes that I will eventually get to play the game again, but I have hope! When I do, I will blog it here.