New Label is M&P
Week 5: Thursday
Christian: We have nearly §10,000 right now. How much did you want to pay on the loan?
Loni: Well, we’ve got the barn builders coming today, and the cows arriving tomorrow, so we probably shouldn’t pay more than half of the remaining balance. I prefer to keep a buffer of §5,000 for unexpected expenses.
Christian: I agree. Stop by the business offices tomorrow and pay §2,500 on the principle plus the §50 interest.
Loni: All right. Let’s go take care of our chores and the crops and plants. Would you take the crops to the consignment store after taking care of the bees? I can handle the garden and crops today.
Christian: Sure. I’d like to get away from the farm for a bit.
Angel caught an Iridescent Shieldtail Snake which sold for §900.
Loni:
We lost one peach tree in our orchard, and some grape vines in the basement. After disposing of the dead plants, I replaced them with better quality seeds.
After saving the best seeds of each variety, I sorted the best fruits and stored them in the nectar fruit bin. The remainder were placed in cold storage until we visited Aleister’s.
I wanted to make a refreshing drink from lemons and cucumbers, but I wasn’t able to use the cucumbers. So, I decided to make some M&P Apple Nectar instead. After squishing the fruit, I started the machine, took a shower, and went to bed.
Christian:
After returning from Aleister’s, I went down to the sub-basement to make some nectar, but Loni beat me to it as the machine was humming right along. While I was down there, I decided to check out the plaque on the wall in the basement near where the nectar making machine used to be. Strange, there’s nothing written here. I should look around.
I went into the small room with the breaker box in it and started inspecting the walls. One of the walls felt different, colder.
Upon further inspection, I discovered a hidden door! It rotated from the middle and revealed another room with stone walls and a gravel floor. There was a ladder on the right wall near the back.
I carefully checked the sturdiness of the ladder. It was sound, so I climbed down into the darkness. The light barely reached this chamber.
There was a plaque on the wall that I could barely read. I stepped closer to the plaque and my foot kicked something that bounced off the wall with a clatter. There were skeletons on the floor! I quickly read the plaque. In messy handwriting a message was scrawled: “No one will ever know about my secret!”
This place gave me the creeps.
I immediately climbed back up the ladders and I heard crying outside. I went around the corner toward the sound, and I found a teenage ghost morning at Fred Marsden’s grave.
I introduced myself. Her name was Irene Rouses. We chatted for a while and got to know one another. We talked about her family – father Pete, mother Monique, and younger twins Carol and Jeremy. I asked her how she died. She said that she died of blunt force trauma. Suddenly, she transformed into a yellow fog and disappeared into the floorboards of the porch.
Over the course of the night, I chanced to meet and speak with the ghosts of the entire Rouses family. It seems they all died of blunt force trauma. I have no idea who the murderer was.
I went to bed, still pondering my next course of action about my find in the basement.
Loni:
Something woke me up and I went outside. I witnessed the death of Chuck Hobble’s horse, Shadow. Such a shame. Chuck has had this horse for over 50 years.
I went to back to bed, saddened by the loss.
Final balance: §12,443
Difference: §2,451 increase
Loan amount: §5,000 with §50 interest payable every Friday until the loan is paid off.
Week 5: Friday
Loni:
When I went outside to feed the chickens and gather the eggs, I heard a truck approaching. Once I had tended the chickens, I walked past the crops toward the new barn. The farmer was leading three young milk cows toward the barn. I helped him put them in their stalls and stood back to check out the barn in the daylight. Christopher joined me and held my hand.
The farmer explained to us how to milk the cows. Christian was the first to try.
Christian: That wasn’t too difficult. You can milk them this afternoon. They need to be milked twice a day.
Loni: The farmer told me how to make cheese from the milk before you got out here. We need two bottles of milk to make a wedge of cheese.
Christian: Have I told you lately how beautiful you are?
Loni: Just about every day.
Christian:
I pulled Loni in for a deep kiss, then stepped back and took her hand.
Christian: Loni, we’ve been working this farm together now for a while. I’ve come to care for you deeply. Would you like to make our relationship official and become my girlfriend?
Loni: I would like that.
She leaned forward and kissed me tenderly, still holding my hand.
Loni: I better go to the business office to pay on our loan. They will be closing soon.
Christian: Have a safe trip. I’ll see you when you get home.
I stopped by the business building to make the payment. It was about ten minutes to close when I left the building. We will pay the rest off after the cows are settled in and our finances are stable again.
When I returned, Christian had prepared mac and cheese for dinner. We each grabbed some and sat down to eat.
Loni: I got a call from a law firm in town. They are handling Tate Curley’s estate.
Christian: I didn’t even know he had passed on.
Loni: Neither did I. They are reading his will Monday at 16:00. I am expected to attend.
Christian: Do you want me to come with you?
Loni: I would appreciate the support. Did you know that Tate was Dad’s Army buddy from the war? Dad provided cover fire so his squad could get on the chopper.
Christian: No, I didn’t. Is that why Tate let you live on his property?
Loni: Yes. I’ve been thinking about moving my father’s grave to a proper cemetery at the back of the property. I’d like it to have a white metal fence with two gates.
Christian: That’s a good idea. I can get some fencing tomorrow.
Final balance: §9,423
Difference: §3,020 decrease
Loan amount: §2,500 with §50 interest payable every Friday until the loan is paid off.
The Legacy Report - Sims 3 by ~texansky~ 
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