May updates, 2047

May 2047 (Autumn)

Josh and Elspeth Royce-Nihill are 33. 

Josh and Elspeth have been married for a year and a half but they are only just getting around to going on honeymoon.

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February updates, 2047

February 2047 (Summer)

Collins 2 + Gentry 2

Collins 2

Rebecca Collins is 38, Nathan is 37 and Byron and Noel are 3. 

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You say it's your birthday, April 2046

Round 37: April 2046 (Autumn)

Sophie Gentry has been labouring at home for what felt like forever and finally, it’s hospital time for her and husband Oliver.

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You say it's your birthday, December 2045

Round 37: December 2045 (Summer)

Over at the Benton household, Jack, Audrey, Tate, Zelda and Zoe are in the midst of packing. They’ve found a place, so they now just need to get everything in boxes, ready to be transported to their new house.

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You say it's your birthday, September 2045

Round 37: September 2045 (Spring)

Peter is the only kid left at home now that his older siblings are all off at uni, which is nice sometimes.

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Long night

Round 37: July 2045 (Winter)

Gentry 3 household profile

Sophie Gentry is 32 and Oliver is 28. 
(Elspeth and Josh are 31 and Emma is 25)

Narrated by Sophie Gentry

I’ve been owner/operator at The Claudette for a few years now and I think I’ve got myself into the swing of things.

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Hit the sky

Round 37: June 2045 (Winter)

Gottlieb 1 household profile

Athena Gottlieb is 85, Amelia is 56, Wade is 55 and Michael is 14. 
(Sophie is 32, Oliver is 28, Noah is 27, Brigit is 26)

Narrated by Amelia Gottlieb

I think Noah and Brigit might give us a grandchild sooner rather than later.

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Seven days in the sun

Round 37: January 2045 (Summer)

Josh Royce-Nihill and Elspeth Romilly are 31. 

(Kit is 85, Max is 58, Zaria is 57, Sophie and Connor are 32 and Oliver is 28)

Narrated by Josh Royce-Nihill

Elspeth’s company, Hubris Games, started off the year by moving into their new offices. She says their building is absolutely amazing.

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You say it's your birthday, December 2044

Round 36: December 2044 (Summer)

Shortly before her 24th birthday, Louisa Gentry gets a very exciting phone call. 

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All hail me

Round 36: Autumn (April 2044)

Gottlieb 1 household profile

Athena Gottlieb is 84, Amelia is 55, Wade is 54 and Michael is 13. 
(Sophie is 31, Oliver is 27, Noah is 26, Brigit is 25, Emma is 24, Thomas is 13 and Ryan is 12)

Narrated by Wade Gottlieb

Over the past months, our family has been focused on Noah and Brigit’s wedding. Now that that’s over with, things are much quieter around here.

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The Gentry-Gottlieb wedding

Round 36: December 2043 (Summer)

Sophie Gottlieb is 30 and Oliver Gentry is 27. 

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The Novak-Sitko wedding

Round 36: October 2043 (Spring)

Connor Novak and Lila Sitko are 30. 

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Sail to the moon

Round 36: January 2043 (Summer)

last update/next update

Novak-Sitko 1 household profile

Connor Novak and Lila Sitko are 30.
(Josh is 29 and Oliver is 27)

Narrated by Connor Novak

I'm Oliver’s superior at work now, which is incredibly pleasing to me.

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Memory lane

Round 35: December 2042 (Summer)

last update/next update

Gottlieb 1 household profile

Adam Gottlieb is 87, Athena is 82, Amelia is 53, Wade is 52 and Michael is 11. 

(Linnea is 82, Joanna is 47, Sophie is 29, Oliver is 26, Noah is 24, Brigit is 23, Emma is 22 and Levi and Will are 10)

Narrated by Wade Gottlieb

My sister Joanna hates entertaining, so the big Christmas dos have traditionally fallen to us. We've done them just about every year since we got married. 

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Lot tour: Oliver and Sophie's future home

Another lot tour for you all! For the past couple of weeks on YouTube, I've seen some TS4ers taking part in the 10 minute build challenge. I didn't see any reason I couldn't try it in TS2, so I thought I'd give it a go.

This house wasn't decorated specifically for Sophie and Oliver. I just started decorating based on that couch in the living room and it ended up looking like a good fit for Sophie and Oliver. I'll probably make a couple of changes (the musical instruments from the bedroom will probably go, for instance) but it works for them pretty well as is.

Anyway, so on with the pics!

I set my timer for 10 minutes and this is what I'd done when it started beeping...

Not a whole lot! I'd done the shell but no furniture or deco at all and I didn't even get time to add interior doors. So I set the timer again to see how long it took me to decorate the rest of the house. 

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Magic

Round 35: July 2041 (Winter)

last update/next update

Sophie Gottlieb is 28 and Josh Royce-Nihill and Elspeth Romilly are 27. 
(Amelia is 52, Wade is 51, Camilla is 28 and Oliver is 25)

Narrated by Sophie Gottlieb

When Lila and Connor moved in together, it left Elspeth and I down one roomie and Josh without a roomie at all. It seemed to make sense for Josh to move in with us, so that’s what we did. 

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Far behind

Round 34: February 2040 (Summer)

last update/Connor's next update/Josh's next update

Connor Novak is 27 and Josh Royce-Nihill is 26. 

(Araminta is 77, Sophie and Lila are 27, Elspeth is 26 and Oliver is 24)

Narrated by Josh Royce-Nihill

Working 9-4 is definitely preferable to the pre-dawn shift I had when I was first at the newspaper. I actually have the energy to do things after work now!

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Zurich is stained

Round 34: September 2039 (Spring)

last update/next update

Adam Gottlieb is 84, Athena is 79, Amelia is 50, Wade is 49 and Michael is 8.
(Sophie is 26, Oliver is 23, Noah is 21 and Emma is 19)

Narrated by Amelia Gottlieb

This year, Wade took up a sudden interest in fitness. I don’t know if he’d exercised a day in his life before this year but he’s been working out every day lately.

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Crack code

Round 34: April 2039 (Autumn)

last update/Lila's next update/next update

Lila Sitko and Sophie Gottlieb are 26 and Elspeth Romilly is 25.
(Camilla is 26, Josh is 25, Oliver is 23, Emma is 19 and Grace and Everett are 9)

Narrated by Sophie Gottlieb

My sister Emma dropped by last week, just so we could catch up a little. She’s been having problems with her girlfriend and she wanted someone else to talk it over with.

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There's no other way

Round 33: November 2038 (Spring)

last update/next update

Connor Novak is 25 and Josh Royce-Nihill is 24.
(Charlie is 26, Sophie and Lila are 25, Elspeth is 24 and Oliver is 22)

Narrated by Connor Novak

This year, Josh was finally promoted at the newspaper, meaning he has a slightly less lowly position than before.

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