Possibilities

I've been taking breaks bewteen term papers and class cooking assignments. I found out about this interesting hood. It's kind of small, brand new in a way, but I would love to move there after graduation...maybe open a bakery. I could sell raisin buns and carrot muffins in the morning to the citizens, and chocolate eclairs in the evening. I bet I could make a bundle! That would be much better than baking for my great-uncle's coffee shop. They also have some nice looking ladies there...I wonder if they would dig a younger man?

Business

Business is going well. Rebecca is learning the ropes at crafting toy bricks and she's even helping at the register at times. Sometimes I catch her helping customers find items or encouraging them to buy a gift for thier child. I think she will do well with the business. Very well. Ray is in university. He wants to be a pastry chef for his great-uncle's store, CupaJava. I might have to visit and talk with the family about that.

Birthday

My baby brother celebrated his child birthday. It was rather eventful. We ate cake and that's about it. I help in the store after school. Sometimes I work the cash register, other times I help customers find items. Mum and Pop said that they will buy me my very own toy crafting station. I am excited. I will learn how to make toy bricks first and then kites! I wonder if I should go to university. I think I would do better training here at the store for those four simdays. I haven't asked mum and pop yet.

Future

Should I be a chef? Or a baker? I like to bake-my best recipes are for tri-tier lemon almond chocolate torte. Yummy. I need to study more...will mom and dad be disappointed that I won't take over the business? Maybe I could start my own business. Sell cakes in my spare time. Maybe I'll work with CupaJava. They're starting a bakery section in thier shop. I can bake. I'll bake all day!

Contract

The hood council has asked us to supply some toys for one of the parks-so Rayne is making those spinning top things and her custom water-octi as well as a few kites for good measure. I need to make some more toy robots for the shop and try to spend some more time with the children. Thankfully we decided to keep the Toy Shoppe on our land and work from home. Which means the commute is shorter, but residents didn't like the option of not being able to chose when to come to the store and buy a little goody, perhaps we could have a big grand reopening sale/event. Select items would be heavily discounted, raffles for free toys and plenty of cake. Yes, cake. Maybe Ray could bake some cake. Ray will be leaving for university soon, I have no idea what that young man is going to do. His sister, Rebecca, has made it clear that she wants to take over the toy business and has been helping Rayne craft toys, she's been doing pet bricks and soon she'll know enough to make music boxes and kites. Roy, well Roy is toddling about, soon he'll celebrate his child birthday and head off to school. Nothing else is happening except my twin sister is having issues at home with mother, the twins and the hood council.

Our Family

Our family:

Rayne-co-owner of The Toy Shoppe/sales/master crafter
Ajani (Kent)-co-owner of The Toy Shoppe/cashier/restocker
Ray, teen-2 simdays until he starts university
Rebecca, teen-6 simdays until she starts university
Roy-child

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