Here is the next installment of the Pleasantview story, where I will be introducing new characters - Herb and Coral Oldie.

On the surface, Herb and Oldie were the perfect older couple. They loved each other very much, and even made time to do small things like watch television together.

They both had unusual habits. Coral liked to lay outside at night and watch the stars; Herb liked to play Pirates in the bathtub.

But that wasn’t the problem with their marriage. No, the problem was that Herb cheated on Coral - constantly. And with different women.

At first, Coral would pretend she had no idea what was going on. But one day, she snapped. After catching Herb kissing Bella Goth, she slapped the hell out of her to ensure she wouldn’t be coming back.

She didn’t speak to Herb for days, but they soon assumed their old routine. Then she caught him in bed with another woman, and that was the final straw.

Coral vowed that she would give Herb a taste of his own medicine, because she didn’t deserve to be cheated on day in and day out. And with that, she set out to get to know Mortimer Goth, who was a sworn enemy of Herb’s. (but who had flirted with Coral on more than one occasion)…

Hmm, I have had to uninstall Seasons on my brand new computer… for some reason, it would continually crash upon entering a saved family’s household. I have no idea what is wrong, but I uninstalled it and my game is now fine. I lost my Pleasantview Soap Opera story but have started it over. I guess I will wait until Seasons comes out with a patch before trying to install it again. Has anyone else had this problem?

Also, I installed Sims Life Stories, which is pretty much a lighter version of Sims 2, so any stories I do in that game I will post here. I hate that you can’t move the camera with the mouse anymore… (at least side to side). I’ve really gotten used to moving the camera that way and hate using the keypad to move it. Hopefully I’ll get used to it!

More later. Now onto the new Pleasantview stories…

UPDATE: It turns out that my video card isn’t as “new” as it needs to be to handle the Sims 2 Seasons expansion. What a bummer…!! Oh well, I can still play it on my old computer and will eventually be upgrading my video card here on this new computer.

This will be a long post, so settle yourself in! A lot has changed in Pleasantview… and a lot will continue to change.

We’ll start with Don Lothario since he seems to be ingrained in every Sim family in the neighborhood. Don currently has 4 lovers, and he can’t make up his mind which one to be with. He is engaged to Cassandra Goth, but he really doesn’t want to be tied down.

Don decided the other night to see if he could get away with “Woohoo’ing” with all four of his lovers in one night without getting caught.

He started with Kathlyn, the maid…

and continued with Nina Caliente…

Then after sending her home, he invited Dina Caliente over (without bothering to get dressed)

Then sent her packing because Cassandra Goth got on the phone and invited him over.

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I went and bought a brand new computer yesterday, and ended up just reinstalling all of the Sims 2 games. So, that means all of my previous stories will be wiped out.

The good news is that I now run Core 2 Duo technology and have 1GB of memory, which makes a HUGE difference in Sims 2. The neighborhoods load super-fast now and the game runs so much more smoothly, which will enable me to play more often. (And in turn, update this site more often!)

So now I have a clean and brand-new game to work with, which is good. I’m not going to download any hacks this time… and I’ve decided to play all of the neighborhoods as-is and eventually add my own families. (In my last game, I got bored of the pre-made neighborhood families and wiped them out half the time).

So keep an eye out for all of our favorite families in Pleasantview, like the Goths, Caliente sisters, Pleasants, Lotharios and more. I already have quite the soap opera going in that town, as a matter of fact…

So of course, I was curious how to turn a Sim into a plantsim as soon as I started playing Sims 2 Seasons. And I figured it out…

And thus begins the story of Jimmy Flores.

Jimmy was a normal guy, average-looking (as you can see from the photo), with a Romance aspiration.

He studied up on his cooking for the first few days in his new small home. His life aspiration was to be a Celebrity Chef, and he was determined that it would happen. He made some friends and took up fishing.

Jimmy also decided to start a garden and plant tomatoes, as well as a fruit tree. That’s where it all began.. in his garden.

Jimmy found that he loved gardening. He also loved women, and started dating a few of them. One of them - Jade Smuthers - particularly took his attention, and he quickly fell for her. He let Jade and her homely sister Crystal move in. This is Crystal and Jade:

Crystal and Jade argued over Jimmy, (who secretly made out with both of them) but the beautiful Jade won. Homely Crystal ended up moving out of the house shortly after a huge fight erupted.

Meanwhile, Jimmy managed to get a Gold badge in gardening while making his way up the Culinary job track. One day, as he was spraying his prized fruit tree, he felt a weird tingling in his body… and suddenly turned into a plant person! (Sorry that I didn’t get pictures of the transformation - I actually didn’t know it was happening at the time).

Now Jimmy was a green man… but he didn’t mind. He had turned into such a gardening fanatic that it suited him to be one with nature.

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