Nickoli Frader is 25
Well it's a new year......and I'm still alone.....how freaking sad is that? After Milton set me up with the horrible female known as Candi, I've been hesitant to let him set me up with anyone else.......I just don't want to go through that again! Just horrible! But he swears he has found the perfect girl for me this time.......I'll be sure to return the favor to old Milton as well!!!
I mean I'm 25......That's not that old, but I always thought I would be on the road to getting married by now.......I want to have kids by the time I'm 30 so I won't be that old once they leave.....then me and my wife can be young again! But it's just been so hard.....It was never this hard to meet women in college......Maybe Amanda Lancaster will be just what I need.......if Milton didn't botch this one up too!!!
She comes over when I get off work and I have to say, she's the most beautiful woman I think I've ever seen! I've always been pretty partial to red heads! She's really into cooking and reading which happen to also be two of my favorite things as well!
I tell her she's beautiful and she seems taken aback......she has to know she's gorgeous, right? I felt a connection with her instantly. Not just because she's beautiful, it's on a much deeper level than that......I don't know how to describe it......she walked through the door and took my breathe away. Literally took my breathe away. I know it sounds cheesy, but it's exactly what happened.
I changed out of my stuffy work clothes and came back out to finish my conversation with her. In the middle of her telling me about being an only child, I felt an encompassing need to stroke the skin of her cheek. I don't know what's wrong with me, I really don't. I've never felt this way before about anyone......it's a bit unnerving!
Then I pulled her close and began dancing with her to no music at all. It was like I was in a dream, a weird, wonderful dream. And I couldn't wake up. I know it's silly to dance around in a living room to no music, but at the time it seemed like the most normal thing in the world at that time. And it seems she felt the same as she didn't pull back. She just let me hold her as we waltzed around my living room. When the haziness finally left, I asked her to join me for dinner the next night. I think I'm in love with her already.....
It's ok that she eats macaroni and cheese at the finest seafood restaurant in Crystal Bay. It's just something else that I love about her. I learned a few things about Amanda Lancaster that night. She's a really smart and ambitious woman. She wants to own her own restaurant one day. She likes thunderstorms. She wants alot of kids. Her favorite color is green. And there is one other thing that I learned about Ms. Amanda Lancaster.....
She has, without a doubt, stolen my heart.......and I don't mind at all!*These two are my first couple to meet and have 3 bolts. They usually have to grow into the attraction! I admit that once I downloaded the freckled skin, I made about 4 sims that had it! I just think it's so cute!!! I next update will be a summary of my last time in each house. I have 6 families and I play by months so that's 4 updates per family. I'm already on the second round and I have to catch up to where I am so in one big post I will do the last play round for each family. Not much really happened to anyone by the time we got to their fourth play time!
Not much happened this time in the Arnold household. Jocelyn is becoming a very popular kid! The phone rings all the time for her and she's not even a teen yet! Most of the time it's TJ Carmichael, who I'm guessing is pretty much her bestfriend in Crystal Bay.
They have a nice little nest egg stashed away and to save money, Milton does all of the yardwork. It's cheaper than hiring one of those gardeners! He doesn't enjoy it but he doesn't hate it either. I think he realizes that is a neccessary evil so he doesn't give me any flack about it!
But he also meets women when he goes out to run errands on his off days when Jocelyn is in school. I figure between these two methods, he'll eventually meet a good woman who he's attracted to. Milton Arnold is extremely picky! But I guess he doesn't want just any woman around his daughter.
Sometimes her best just isn't enough! Me and dad try to tell her that she doesn't have to cook, we don't mind eating out. But I think she feels guilty about not feeding us nutritional meals every day.....but I would rather eat junk than be burned alive!
The cop won and took the crook off to jail. My dad said he was going to talk to Mayor Carmichael about the need for better police patrol. Dad and mom are really good friends with the Carmichaels. Their daughter Cassie is the same age as me. I think she may have had a little crush on me.......but she's really not my type.......
I finally did it! I got my place by the beach! It's not a beachfront property because I didn't have the money for it, but it's as close to the water as I could afford! Ah, the life of the bachelorette! This is going to be so freaking sweet! I've been kinda bummed lately because my little romance with Brandon Lillard came to an abrupt end. Seems Brandon bats for both teams.........I'm willing to share, but that was just a bit outside of my realm!
But when one door closes........... I met Andrew Langerak at the arcade downtown......he's a cutie isn't he? I didn't even know they had sexy men like this in Crystal Bay! That strong jaw and those piercing blue eyes are just too much! He has women all over Crystal Bay drooling over him! But of course, it's up to me to tame him!
He has dreams of moving to the big city. I didn't want to crush his dreams by telling him that he probably won't be able to move to the city on a bartender's salary. He's all solomon and serious and he's really not my usual type.......but hell, he's gorgeous!
I don't think he approves of my little bachelorette pad......what did he expect? I mean, if a woman picks a man up in a bar, chances are she isn't going to be little susie homemaker. He's lucky that he's so sexy. I would normally have an issue with someone judging my lifestyle.......but he gets a free pass!
I decided to fix myself a nice fruit salad to take my mind off of the date from hell. I don't understand why I'm having so much trouble. I'm a good looking woman! What is these men's problem? Drew called me and apologized and asked me to meet him on Crystal Bay Island at the Pink Flamingo. I didn't have anything better to do, so why not? I believe in second chances.....
Of course, it wouldn't hurt to show Drew exactly what it was he's missing out on. So I put on my guaranteed to knock 'em dead outfit and strutted out to the awaiting cab, convinced that I could turn this entire bad day around with a few quick swishes of my hips!
After Drew, I had a whole slew of failures, including Amin Sims. Am I coming on too strong? Is it my fault? Does my breathe all of a sudden smell bad? What is it about me that seems to repel all available men? If they aren't repelled, then they want a lifetime commitment. Sheesh, what happened to the middle ground? That nice gray area?
Then I met Sinjin Couderc. He's a cute guy looking for a nice time who is completely unattached. It's great! He just walked by my house one day and I ran out to greet him. Couldn't let a man like that just walk on by!
We finally did it! Tina and I just took out a loan and went for it! We now have a very nice farmhouse with a small store on the side. We also decided to invest in a little red truck! I am so excited to get started with this farm. It's a new chapter in our lives.
There is even a small pond in the back. I try to get some fishing in so that once I open my store, we can also sell fresh fish. I figure I will be able to open the store after the first full crops come in. There is no other place in Crystal Bay that sells fresh produce, so the market is really great for it.
It's alot of hard work, there's no doubt about that. But if I ever hope to pay off the loan I had to take out to get this place, I will need to really make a big profit. We don't have room to fail on this. Tina didn't object to me taking out the loan because she believes in me. I just hope that I don't disappoint her.
Even Tina is helping me with the farm. She's not really a prissy kind of woman, but she also isn't really the type to do farm work. It means alot to me that she's taking such an interest in this. I couldn't have married a better woman if I tried. Sometimes I wonder if she wishes she married a man with more money. I mean she's not really materialistic, but we've been struggling since Michael came along. I really hope this works out.......
They were soon outside playing together like they had known each other all along. I think Mike would have liked to have a little brother or sister too. It makes me feel like a heel, but I just want to get this farm up and running before I take on another project. And a kid is a big project!
