Delarosa Round 3 - Tumblr Posts

The Delarosa round will officially begin posting tomorrow!  The queue should put up one post a day, and there are 17 posts in the queue at the moment.  I’m going to start playing the Tinker round now, so maybe I’ll be able to queue up those posts as well. I’ll let you know if I add more to the queue.  Otherwise, consider Florence’s round your Christmas/holiday gift from me.  Enjoy!

Dear Mom and Dad,

Fall isn’t off to a great start around here.  My computer is on the fritz, my toilet is clogging, and it seems like the weeds are growing faster than I can pull them.  

The business isn’t doing so hot either.  I’ve finally got the hang of sales, I think, but some of the people who come in just aren’t interested in buying my flowers.  So why come in at all?  Watcher, it’s frustrating!  I’m not making as much money as before, which means restocking the shelves is getting harder. 

The worst thing of all happened tonight.  Someone broke into my house!  I don’t think they took anything, but there was definitely someone here.  I heard them bumping and banging around.  I called the police right away, but the officer came too late to catch whoever it was.  I spent the rest of the night tossing and turning, unable to sleep.  I finally got up to write to you guys.  I wish you were here...I don’t feel safe by myself anymore...

Your frightened daughter,

Florence.

Dear Mom and Dad,

Thanks for the reassuring call.  It was good to hear your voices, and to get your advice.  I invited Herb over right after we hung up.  He got here really fast and I was so glad to see him!  I told him everything. 

Herb held me close and told me that he loves me.  We’ve said it a couple times now, but this time was the first time it felt like it really meant something.  After he let me go, he got down on one knee and proposed!  He said he wanted to keep me safe and keep me company, and that he wants to help me make the business and garden thrive.  

I said yes, of course! We’re going to get married right before winter.  I’ll send you guys an official invitation soon.  In the meantime, Herb is moving in with me. (He lived in a crappy apartment, and I have so much room, so why not?) 

I’m so happy! I love him so much, and I know you’ll like him. I already feel safer having him around. 

Love,

Florence

P.S. Herb and I are taking care of the garden together now, and he managed to fix the computer!  Like I said, I feel safer having him here.  I think things are taking a turn for the better. 

Dear Diary,

It’s been a while since I’ve written, but I have loads of news to share now!  Herb and I are engaged!  I wrote Mom and Dad about it and they came down from Riverblossom Hills to meet him!  

We all went out to Bernard’s Botanical Dining for dinner, so Mom and Dad could get to know Herb a little, and so he could get to know them.  Dad ordered champagne and toasted us, which I took as him giving us his blessing.  I think he and Mom would have liked for Herb to go up there and ask before he proposed, but it’s too late now!

After dinner, Dad and Herb talked a bit more in private.  (I think Mom and I was talking to the host about using the restaurant for the reception.)  Herb told me later that Dad said he liked him, but that “I’ll use you for fertilizer if you break her heart.” I’m fairly sure it was an idle threat...

Mom took me out dress shopping.  She doesn’t have her dress any more, but she’d brought me the flower crown she wore at her wedding, and I’ll definitely wear that.  It took a while to find the right dress - not too formal or floofy or frilly - but I finally chose the one I wanted.  It’s just right for the simple wedding I want.  

After I paid for the dress, Mom asked me to sit with her for a while longer. It turned out she wanted to talk to me about Herb.  She was worried.  I haven’t said as much as I thought about him in my letters, I guess, and she felt the engagement was kind of sudden.  It was spur of the moment, I admit, but I’ve known I wanted to marry Herb for a while.  I explained how much I love him - that he’s my sunshine when life is dreary and gray - and I think Mom finally understood.  She feels the same way about Dad. 

The wedding is coming up soon, diary.  Herb and I can hardly wait.  I know that I’m making the right choice.  

Florence

Dear Diary,

Herb and I are finally married!  We went to the park for the ceremony, and we only invited Mom, Dad, Gilbert, and Breanna (although we got several other uninvited guests at the park). I am so, so happy!  

Florence

Dear Mom and Dad,

Thanks for the reception photos.  I hadn’t seen the one of Gilbert and Herb outside. It was really good to see you guys.  I’m so glad you got to come, and I hope we can visit again soon.  Maybe Herb and I can come up to Riverblossom Hills to visit you guys next time. 

Herb and I are settling in pretty well as a married couple.  He’s helping out in the shop.  With him at the register, I can focus on selling.  We got up to a level 6!  Herb wants to start selling our produce from the garden, and fish from the pond, but I think we’ll wait until spring for that.  It’s nice having a gardening buddy, though.  Things go much faster with two of us. 

Well, it’s late, and my hubby is waiting for me, so I’m going to sign off.  It really was great to see you guys for the wedding.  I’m hoping that we’ll have another reason for you guys to come visit soon enough.  I’ll let you know as soon as there’s any news.

All my love,

Florence

This concludes Round 3 at the Delarosa house!  Look below the cut for thoughts on this round, as well as some extra pictures.  Next up, the Tinker house!

The burglar breaking in was completely random and unexpected.  I opened the lot and had it on speed 3 because Florence was sleeping.  The robber took me totally by surprise.  Obviously, though, I ran with it.  I love the picture of Florence on the phone with the cops.

It also gave her a reason for a quickie engagement with Herb, which was something I wanted to do.  We’re on round 3, after all, and Florence hadn’t even gotten married yet! 

Because Florence was getting married, I recreated her parents in CAS and placed them in an alternate version of Bluewater.  Most of the round was actually played in that alternate Bluewater so that I don’t end up with William and Mary running around in the regular neighborhood when they’re supposed to be in Riverblossom Hills.  

To create the older Delarosas, I started with Florence for both of them and mixed her face with the face template the original William and Mary sims were apparently based on in the original Bluewater Village.  (I based that on the pictures of them on the Sims Wiki.)  I could have sworn I’d seen versions of her parents recreated by someone else, but I couldn’t find them when I looked.  (Admittedly, I didn’t look very hard…)

Naturally, one thing I had William and Mary do was help Florence with the garden.  This used to be their house, and they’re plant lovers just like their daughter. It was nice to have some additional gardeners.

Florence and her mom’s conversation in the clothing store was another spontaneous thing.  I now imagine that Florence is closer to her dad than her mom.  

Florence and Herb’s staged wedding happened at Hunter’s Park.  I tried to get good pictures, but, well…

Yeah.  Between the dip through the wall of the gazebo and the strangely-dressed townies, it was an interesting wedding. 

Florence had Breanna Custer for a bridesmaid, and Gilbert was Herb’s best man. I love these guys as friends.  I’m hoping that the Delarosas will play the same roles for Breanna and Gilbert when they get married.  (Also, Breanna looks really good in that Egyptian outfit.)

Flo and Herb’s actual wedding happened in the greenhouse, which I thought was fitting.  (They need some lights in there, though!  Whoops!) They didn’t have the fancy formal wear, but it was still a really cute wedding. 

And naturally, after the wedding (in either neighborhood), there’s the wedding night.  I love their photobooth pictures on the wall and the way they look at each other.  You can tell they’re just so in love.

We’ll have to see what that woohoo leads to next time, though.  (I’m pretty sure you can guess…)

Thanks for reading, and thanks for waiting so long for this round to post. I hope you enjoyed it.  (I’m writing this before it even posts, so I’m sure I’ll have replies to send as the round goes up.) 

Next up, the Tinkers, where I’m sure chaos will reign supreme.  What else can you expect with two pregnant sims who might have bought cheesecake, plus two toddlers and a child. Yay!?