Looking

I wonder if I should get a job? Mom and dad haven't said that I have to, but I think it would be neat to work a little bit. I could work at the art gallery as a cashier, that would be fun or as a trainee with the hair salon.

Party

Dad says I should throw a party. Maybe a sleepover party, but I don't have any friends. My friends are still children. Dad said make friends with the townies, but how? The Grey twins have been a little nice to me, I wonder if they would come to my sleepover? We could have snacks and watch movies and maybe mom could teach us how to fire dance.

New Yard

Ok, so Amata veto'd my plan to add a second story, but it's ok, I agree with her. We made a few changes inside the house, knocked some walls down, changed furniture arrangment and remodeled the kitchen. Now the house feels more spacious. Outside, we got rid of the garage and driveway, we were not using the car since the studio picks Amata up for work and some of the officers at the force have a carpool going. We had the florist woman, Jadhira, design a patio for us. There's a nice outdoor set, barbeque and flowers. We have had some shurbs added in the front.

I'm a teen!

Finally, I'm a teen! They guys at school think I'm cute, like my mom. Maybe I could be an actress like her as well. I don't know. I really don't know what I want to do with my life. Dad said don't worry about it-enjoy my teen years, make friends and have fun, but it's hard making friends. Not many teens in the hood. Grex goes to school with me, but he's almost an adult and he likes that Ginger girl. Her twin sister Marilyn is dating my neighbor, Tobi. Tobi's sister, Etta Leigh and her best friend, Hazel Starr, are snobby and don't talk to anyone, besides they're moving soon to persue thier careers. There's not many teens here at all.

What?

Jarvis has lost his mind, I tell him about my desire to have a florist look at redoing our yard and then the next day he shows me some crazy plan to rebuild the entire house! We'd go from a one story 3 bedroom, 2 bath, one car garage home to a two story, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, one garage home. Is he nuts! That would cost an arm and a leg to pay for! Which means a loan, which means more bills, which means less money! I'm not bringing in the best income. Even with my multiple projects. I got a nominal $1000 fee for the Faces of Apple Valley campaign (not bad for 30 min of work and free coffee), then I only get paid $1000 for each Places in the SUN show I film, I only get paid $1000 for each Cedar Pointe episode I appear in and then another $1000 for each photo for A. Pentrignani I appear in (about $8000 so far).

But I admit, I do like his plans.

Land

Amata talked to the local florist about working with our yard. I'm not sure she can do anything honestly, especially with fall coming soon, Susi Luisa's toys in the yard and Crit running about crazidly (is that a word?). Besides our yard is small, unless we got rid of the garage (which we're not using) and use that as yard space. Heck, we could even get rid of the car and driveway as well and then we'll have much more yard space. Double heck, we're the only ones on Granny Smith with a one story home, we could add an addition, rearrange the lower level to include a garage and more yard space and basically take a smaller footprint!