The first thing I did after achieving my Lifetime Wish of the Perfect Garden was to purchase the Collection Helper reward (because I got sooooo many points for getting my LTW!).
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I chose that reward not because I wanted to be rich, but because my husband-to-be was already an Elder, and I myself was only 4 days from elder, and I had no Life Fruit plants and no other way to buy myself enough time to have several children.
So, I set my new Collection Helper to "Seeds", and went out looking for Special Seeds (which Gardenia had told me should include Life Fruit seeds).
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The Collection Helper drew me to the graveyard,
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and to the riverbank near my house,
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where I picked up quite a few Special seeds.
Back at home, I called up my fiance, Jon Lessen, and asked him to come by.
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We got married Tuesday morning in my front yard, all by ourselves, with only my plants as witnesses.
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Though Jon used to live in a half-million-dollar house, he'd recently been kicked out of it, so he moved in with me.
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Though everyone in town had told me that Jon was rich, he actually brought only $2,384 to our new household when he officially moved in.
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Though that was less than I expected, I don't care, because I'm soooooo much in love!!!
Here's what we know about Jon (his bio, and his Traits and Favorites):
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As soon as we got married, we went to relax in the bedroom. Jon's cellphone rang.
"Are you going to answer that?" I asked.
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He turned to me and smiled his wonderful, heart-melting smile. "Nahhhhh!" he said.
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NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Join us next time, for the first baby!
Ah, together at last. Congratulations Grace and Jon :)
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