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First, we check on our goals...

Set #16 – Retail Mogul (Get to Work) - Brock Ireland (heir)
Own a Retail Store worth at least 100,000 Simoleons
Have 3 top level employees
Have Spent 10,000* points on Retail Perks (6750)

Set #26 – Comedian - Brynn Myles (spouse)
Get to Level 10 in the Entertainer Career (Comedian)
Master the Charisma Skill (7/10)
Master the Comedy Skill
Complete the Joke Star Aspiration
Have 10 Excellent Comedy Routines
Have 3 Excellent Long Comedy Routines
Perform a Excellent Comedy Routine at a Gold Level Party 2 Times

*I changed the 15,000 to 10,000 in the rules. Fifteen thousand is just too many to be really possible in the scope of this challenge.

I will make a warning: this post is very short. I don't take a lot of pictures, because I was really just pushing to be DONE with this generation. I was so over the Retail store thing, and wanted to move on. I still get all the goals (once dropping the points required in the rules to a reasonable level), and the heir (Claire) gets her "A"s to qualify for aging up. With that said, here's the end of this generation:

Claire working on Whiz Kid. I don't know what skill "family" dog training is in, but my guess is mental.. so whenever Brent is home sleeping off his latest binge of selling at the store, we spend time with Brynn on her Charisma, and the aspiration for Claire. She already has an "A", so she could age up, but I have a feeling I'll need time to get all the retail perk points, so I'm waiting for her birthday to age her up.

We get our comedy routines done for Brynn.

Proof that the party was, indeed, gold.

A busy store is points in the bank!

2200 perk points spent. Then a day later... 50 points spent.... only 1000 to go.

1000 points spent.. done!! Poor Brent is as "over" Retail as I am. I really don't plan to do Retail again. Except for a bakery and a restaurant, whenever I roll for those goal sets. Not looking forward to them, though!

And.. after Brent gets home..

Claire gets that elusive 10 in Mental skill.

So we age her up.

Here's traits I picked. Since we're doing dogs next generation, being active seems like a good bet so she can keep up with them.

Too bad the lighting in this house stinks.. because she's very pretty.

Brynn keeps working really hard on her Charisma...

And.. Finally. All the goals except for Claire's high school "A" are done:

Set #16 – Retail Mogul (Get to Work) - Brock Ireland (heir)
Own a Retail Store worth at least 100,000 Simoleons
Have 3 top level employees
Have Spent 10,000* points on Retail Perks

Set #26 – Comedian - Brynn Myles (spouse)
Get to Level 10 in the Entertainer Career (Comedian)
Master the Charisma Skill
Master the Comedy Skill
Complete the Joke Star Aspiration
Have 10 Excellent Comedy Routines
Have 3 Excellent Long Comedy Routines
Perform a Excellent Comedy Routine at a Gold Level Party 2 Times

It just happens to also be Brynn and Brent's birthdays:

They don't look happy about being an Elder.

Finally.... what seems like ages later...

Claire comes home with her "A"...

And we age her up.

So here's her traits (both earned and given)... and that's the end of the generation. Some stats on Brynn and Brent:

Brent used a TON of points on sleep replacers trying to get all those perk points, which is why he's so low.

Somehow I didn't "max" a single skill on him. But I got close with cooking!

This gave me the "most interesting sim in the world" achievement. Which is nice.

And here's the family funds at the end of the generation.. er beginning of the next? (Ignore the extra family member, you'll find out about him in the next master simmer post) Per the rules, we sold the store (THANK GOD!) .. and ... as a little tease before the next generation... we're moving to a new house!

Oh, also, I've mostly updated my "Cheat Sheet" with crossing off stuff I've done so far, so it should be pretty current. I'd been being very lazy on it, and hadn't updated it since Gen 1.

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