Jeff's New Leaf Blog

Last night, I went out to the island for some bug-catching and fishing. The bugs I can catch there are far more valuable than what’s around town this time of year, and of course I’m able to catch sharks there too. So I loaded up my dock box, and when I returned, I had enough money to kick my bank account balance over 66 million bells.

Today, cherry blossom petals started falling from the sky. It’s a beautiful time of year to enjoy the scenery, even if New Leaf doesn’t have a Cherry Blossom Festival.

Saharah was in town, so I hired her to put in some new wallpaper and carpeting. She ultimately went with this chessboard rug and chain-link fence.

I made another trip out to the island tonight, although I didn’t stay very long. I think I should get into the habit of doing this more often. It helps me work towards three badges at once by increasing my fish count, my bug count, and my bank account. 😉

My recent dream visitors have been Samzyy from Banana, Xavier from Quigley, and Jake from Florida. Thanks for visiting!

I’ll be back with another entry late tomorrow night; it’s Friday Night Forest! Anyone currently on my roster is welcome to come. See you then!

Yesterday, I got a letter from Blanca congratulating me on my April Fools’ Day success. Blanca’s picture was included with the letter.

And today, I got this letter from Daisy in the mail. She told me that one of her pen pals had to stop writing her because of hand cramps. Yeah, sure that’s the real reason. But Daisy gave me some stationery and asked me to take her place and become her new pen pal.

Now that I’ve earned the postmaster badge, I don’t write letters any more. Sorry, Daisy! I made sure to let her know right away.

Lately, I’ve been converting some of my old ACCF designs into New Leaf patterns (using this helpful tool). With the NBA playoffs starting soon, I made sure to convert my two-part Cavaliers logo. The flag logos I’ve already been using in New Leaf are the Cavs’ secondary logo; this is the primary one.

It was a nice day in Forest today…so nice that Molly wanted to go sunbathing in a pond! And yes, “in a pond” is her new catchphrase.

I took an updated picture of my town map. As Meli pointed out to me the other night, Peck is all by himself in the lower part of town. Velma did live near him, but of course she’s gone now.

If you didn’t visit my dream town on April Fools’ Day, here is a look at what you missed. Before uploading my dream town just after midnight on April Fools’ Day, I replaced my normal brick path with hundreds of Jambettes!

I changed the path back before doing anything else on April Fools’ Day, so that Friday’s blog entry didn’t give away the surprise. And also because I didn’t want to have to look at all those Jambettes.

My recent dream visitors have been Alex from Pawnee, Jake from Twilight, Troy from Football, and Nat from Cicada. Thank you all for visiting! I hope the Jambette path didn’t scar you for life! 😉

Last night, Meli came over briefly to sell some perfect cherries (they were the premium item for the day).

She posted a message on the bulletin board, warning my villagers not to mess with me. She even told them of my laser vision. I didn’t even know she knew about that!

As of today, April is upon us. Some of the trees around town are now pink.

Blanca was at the event plaza to remind me that it’s April Fools’ Day.

And yes, that is April Fools’ Day and not April Fool’s Day (note the placement of the apostrophe). I’ve actually had it wrong for years…but I have Animal Crossing to blame. Animal Crossing games have listed the holiday as April Fool’s Day both on GameCube and in City Folk.

So it bugs me not only because I’ve had it wrong for all this time, but also because I didn’t notice it in New Leaf until now. This is the third April Fools’ Day since the game’s release, after all. Oh well. Hopefully I’ll remember it for next time.

As part of the day’s trickery, villagers will try to fool you. Aurora told me that if I make a store purchase of at least 500 bells, Tom Nook will dance for me.

I then began my search for Blanca, who will appear as a clone of each villager in their houses. My first encounter occurred in Pashmina’s house. Both of them tried calling the other a doppelganger…but neither of them could pronounce (or spell) it correctly. So they ended up calling each other a wafflehanger and a waffle gangster.

I knew the real Pashmina’s birthday was on December 26th, so I was able to tell which was which. I handed the faker a towel, and she washed off her face–revealing that it was really Blanca.

Pashmina thanked me and gave me her picture. I then continued on, going from house to house. For most villagers, I knew either their birthday or their favorite quote, so I didn’t have much trouble. But then I got to Peck’s house.

Peck hasn’t had a birthday since he’s moved into town, and I haven’t received his picture, so I didn’t know his quote either. But when the two Pecks listed what they were good at, one said rock-paper-scissors and the other one said chugging milk. I took a guess, figuring that chugging milk would be wrong…and I was correct!

With Peck out of the way, I knew the last couple villagers would be no problem. And indeed, I got them all correct…just like last year. Interestingly, Dizzy was Blanca’s last victim both last year and this year.

When I went over by the desert, I spotted the faceless cat once again. Blanca congratulated me on figuring everything out, but also left me a warning to be prepared again next year.

I went into my house to take a look at my two new villager pics. Pashmina’s favorite quote is “Before you judge someone, walk a mile in her hooves.”

And Peck’s favorite quote is “The best defense is a good offense.”

And if you haven’t seen this (I’ve already posted it to Twitter and Tumblr), I have a little gift for all of you. Just scan this in Animal Crossing–it can be used in New Leaf or Happy Home Designer.

I hope you all had a nice April Fools’ Day! See you next time!