The Trenton Family

I am particularly fond of the Trenton family for a variety of reasons, but most of those reasons are that this is a family of a lot of "firsts."  I'll try to explain as this entry proceeds.

Danny Trenton moved into Old Town shortly after incorporation.  In fact, he was the first of the new residents to arrive.  He actually had a relative in town already: James Stone, who was living with his boyfriend and his former college roommate and HIS boyfriend.  After Danny purchased and built his home, the other four men moved in for a while: they had been living with one of James Stone's boyfriend Miles' friends and his wife.  Danny welcomed them into his home, and they lived together for a long time--enough for the Trenton family's bank account to rise to over 900,000 Simoleons: with (at the time) three Coaches and one Exorcist bringing in 4000 Simoleons a day and not spending much beyond bills (once they were more or less set, I stopped buying things for them), it really adds up quickly.  Since then, the soon-to-be Stone gentlemen have moved out and taken up residence elsewhere.  Danny remains behind.  He, by the way, was the original Exorcist (though his brother James and his boyfriend Miles have since become Exorcists as well).

During his brother's stay, Danny adopted two of the local Strays, Aristotle and Cali.  After a while, they mated and produced one kitten, who grew up to look just like Aristotle.  His name (I assume it's a "he") is Calistoga.  These, by the way, constitute two more firsts: the first pet(s) to be adopted, and the first pet to be bred.

At one point while his brother was living with him, Danny threw a party.  He really hit it off with one of the Townies who dropped in, Joseph, who was in the Journalism field.  After spending some time in the Heart-shaped Hot Tub (first one I bought for any of my families), the two started seeing each other (i.e., Danny invited him over quite often).  After a little while, Joseph moved in (becoming the first Townie to be moved in to my families...unfortunately, he only had two Townie friends...sigh).  After a little while, Joseph switched jobs to become an Exorcist like Danny.

For a little while Rachel Generic lived with them, before moving out to live with the Generics.  While she was with them, though, they moved house to a new lot.  After a bit of fussing and fudging, Danny and Joseph and the cats moved again, this time into the older neighborhood.  There they bought one of the original houses and remodeled it to suit their needs.

Around this time Joseph's sister Penny was looking for a place to stay, and Joseph invited her to move in.  Shortly after that, Penny's girlfriend Virginia moved in too.  Penny, like her brother, went into Paranormal work and became an Exorcist.  Virginia, on the other hand, remains unemployed and takes care of the cooking and the morning dishes.

A short while after Penny and Virginia moved in, Joseph and Danny--who had both returned from work at 3:00 p.m., were reaffirming their love for each other when the phone rang.  Danny, who answered it, was asked if he wanted to adopt.  He said yes, and in that way Nora entered their lives.  She has now become the particular pet of Calistoga, who runs to greet her every day when she returns from school.

So, any other firsts with this family?  Well, while Danny's brother and his friends were living with him, this was the first family to use the crystal ball to modify their personalities.  This was also the first family I experimented with making two independent buildings on one lot completely unconnected from each other except for a walkway--a private room with the Heart-shaped Hot Tub and the Love Bed.  Danny's family was also the first one to get a Servo--needed, really, because someone had to pick up all the dead mice the cats were leaving behind each night.  They also got the first transporters--and the last, because firstly the cats couldn't use them, making them unhappy, and secondly because I didn't know if the transporters could malfunction and kill the Sims.

Okay, as an addendum...Danny was originally created as skinny Sim, but has since bulked up and gotten into shape.  I sort of miss him in his original outfit--as I said, he was the first Sim I created after incorporation--but he looks okay in his new one, so I'm satisfied.