Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Yesterday, Daisy Mae was in town, and she was selling turnips for 92 bells apiece. I bought 2,200 of them.

But more importantly, I was on a mission. I had ten Nook Miles Tickets and one goal: To find a new villager to replace Midge. So I went to one mystery island after another, seeking that perfect animal to add to Forest. If you want to see how it all played out, including who I almost took, check out my new video before reading the rest of this entry:

Rio was talking about my hair, and she said she’d like to try a new hairdo to keep up with my style. Imagine Rio with a mohawk. 😆

I found a scallop while diving, and Pascal showed up to talk about attacking your food with utensils.

Today, I found my new villager’s house. It looks nice!

Of course, I went inside to greet the new animal. Welcome to Forest, June! I’m thrilled to have you here! 🙂

She’s one of the cutest villagers in the entire series, and her wallpaper and carpeting (not to mention her outfit) reflect her status as an original islander on GameCube. 🏝️

It was raining in town tonight, and I caught a nice coelacanth!

A few minutes later, I also caught a blue marlin and an oarfish! I’ll save them all for C.J., but that’s a nice little haul!

That’s all I have for now, but I’ll be looking forward to getting to know June in the coming days and weeks. 🙂 See you all next time!

On Sunday, Ketchup asked me to play a treasure hunt game. She gave me six minutes to find the buried treasure, but I didn’t find it in time. It’s rare for me to lose these hunts, especially when I had the full six minutes. Once I did eventually find it, Ketchup demanded the gift back. 😛

Tuesday (March 12th) was Midge’s birthday, and I attended her party. I gave her a clarinet as a birthday gift. I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but my gift blew her away!

She thanked me for the gift, and she said she hopes she can celebrate her next birthday here on the island too.

Agent S was also at the party, and she seemed to be having a good time. She genuinely enjoyed seeing Midge so happy. Awww. 😊

Yesterday, just three days after Midge said she wanted to be here next year, the bird already changed her tune. She wants out!

She has lived here for 11 months in this stint, and over two years in total. So I decided to let her go (again). I’m sure we’ll meet again soon enough, if history is any indication. 😆

I went diving a bit later, and I found a scallop. Pascal popped up and started talking about runners’ second wind.

Today, Midge was all packed up to move out of town. So long, Midge! It’s been nice having you around. Twice. 😉

I recently put together an animated line chart race showing my savings account balances in each Animal Crossing game. Give it a watch if you’d like, it’s only a minute long:

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

• On Monday, I sold 9 bugs to Flick for 57,000 bells.
• Ketchup was sick with a cold, so I gave her some medicine. In return, she gave me a striped tee.
• Midge sent me a tee-parka combo in the mail Wednesday, to thank me for attending her party.
• Gulliver sent me a veil Wednesday.
• Yesterday, I sold 13 fish to C.J. for 132,000 bells.
• Today, my savings balance reached 85 million bells.
• K.K. Slider performed K.K. Waltz for me tonight.

I’ll see you all next time, with news of whoever my next villager will be. 🙂

Update: Here is my latest New Horizons Moments video.

Last Saturday night, I had Silversun Pickups on my mind. So when K.K. Slider asked if I had a request, I told him to play Panic Switch. 😛

Obviously he doesn’t perform the real song, but I enjoyed whatever it was that he did play.

On Tuesday, Beardo came back! But fortunately, only for a day. As a camper.

Label was in town on Wednesday, and she wanted to see me in a goth outfit. She suggested something I might wear for Halloween, and she gave me a vampire costume to use as an example. But I opted for my skeleton costume.

She rewarded me with a Labelle cap.

Thursday, Punchy asked me about a sea bass I had in my pockets. He offered to buy it for 800 bells, and I gladly sold it to him. I wasn’t sure why he would want a sea bass.

I find that hard to believe. In fact, it seems like every screenshot in this blog entry is a lie! But then again, Punchy is a cat. A fish that big is basically a feast for a cat.

Today, I stopped at Static’s house and found Midge was already there.

But you didn’t bolt! You’re still here!

One of tonight’s Nook Miles+ achievements was to catch five bugs, and it’s usually a tough task to find five bugs on a rainy night. But I caught three snails and two tarantulas to meet the goal. 🙂

A few other quick notes about this past week:

• Last Sunday, Wisp gave me some dual hanging monitors.
• I returned a lost book to Louie on Thursday, and he gave me a diner apron.
• Tonight, K.K. performed Bubblegum K.K. for me, Louie, Agent S, and Punchy.

See you next time! Never Stop Crossing!