Return of Sumo

I got a StreetPass today, and the person had a modern furniture room. Finally! I ordered the remaining pieces I needed, plus one I didn’t need by mistake for good measure.

Modern furniture in a StreetPass home.As visitors to my dream town may know, I previously had started a modern furniture room customized with emeralds. But when the holiday sets started coming out, I decided to put my modern stuff into storage…in part because I still needed a few pieces to complete the set.

But I also came a step closer to completing another unfinished set, my golden furniture collection. Kim and I traded duplicate people, my golden woman for her golden man.

The golden man I got from Kim.I put the new piece in my basement.

The golden man and woman in my golden basement.There was an igloo over at the campsite today, and Nibbles the squirrel was inside.

Nibbles: The fresh air, the great outdoors... This place is gonna do WONDERS for my delicate complexion.Up on Main Street, Luna told me that Allison from the town of Stuffin was my most recent dream visitor. And in the Emporium, Gracie disappointed me by not having any gorgeous furniture that I needed today. When I returned to town, Teddy suggested a new public works project: a solar panel.

Teddy: Hey, mayor! You're the mayor. Fund a solar panel!It’s been a while since any of my villagers have suggested a new project. They’re probably running out of things to suggest, although I sure would like a geyser! Anyway, this is what the solar panel looks like.

Solar panel: 126,000 bells.I found Katie in town, so I asked around to see if anyone wanted her. Krystal from LaLaPark did, so I took Katie there.

Welcome to LaLaPark.I said hello to Krystal and she let me check her snowman to see if I needed its bingo number (I did).

Visiting Krystal's town LaLaPark.She has some illuminated arches and illuminated trees, surrounded by roses. It was stunning.

Krystal's beautiful illuminated arches and trees.When I returned to Forest, I saw there was a meteor shower going on. So I wished on a shooting star.

Jeff the snowman wishing on a shooting star.At 10:00, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Kim came over and the two of us kept wishing on every shooting star. It was getting a bit comical how we kept doing it over and over.

Me and Kim wishing on shooting stars.But we got disconnected twice, so Kim decided to take a break for ten minutes or so. Jessica then came over to borrow some clothes for Gracie’s fashion check. She needed ornate clothing, so I let her borrow a noble shirt, royal shorts, and a knight’s helmet.

Jessica, dressed up as a knight: I look hot.Technically the knight’s helmet isn’t ornate, but it worked for me back in September. So she returned to her town to face the wrath of Gracie. A bit later, Kim returned. We had our usual hammer fight; I clearly won the battle.

Me and Kim fighting with toy hammers.Kim also brought a bunch of pitfall seeds, so that we could try sumo! For those of you who haven’t been following my blogs and videos since the ACCF days, sumo is a game where you surround a 3×3 grid with pitfall seeds. Two or more players inside the “ring” try the push the other player(s) into the pitfalls. The last person standing wins. For a video of how it works, see ACCF – Sumo Fun.

I had not tried sumo in New Leaf, until now. So Kim and I prepared for battle.

Jeff and Kim about to sumo wrestle.We then started the match. We pushed, and spun, and pushed some more. It didn’t end well for me. Mr. Snowman got buried.

Kim defeats Jeff the snowman in a sumo match.We played a rematch, and it ended quickly with Kim somehow pushing me into another pitfall within seconds. I have a good excuse for losing twice. Actually, I don’t, but I’ll try to come up with one!

Kim wins again!At any rate, it’s good to see that sumo still works in New Leaf. Around 11:00, Kim left for the night. But she let me keep the remaining pitfall seeds (thanks Kim!) so I can battle someone else. Maybe I’ll find someone I can beat. 😛

Unfortunately, no one else came over to visit, so I closed my gate at 11:20. Gulliver was down on the beach, and his clue was easy this time. He’s headed to Easter Island, and that means I’ll be getting a moai statue tomorrow.

Gulliver: I don't think I've ever met these bunch of heads before! I'm sure I'd remember them!After checking my island gift shop, I returned home and ended my game for the night. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Saharah in Town

I saw Saharah walking around, so I hired her to decorate my house. She was following me home when I ran into Skye. Skye helpfully informed me that Saharah was in town today! Wow, I guess that explains why she’s standing right next to me.

Skye: Saharah is in town, and I've heard marvelous things about her.But Skye’s head was blocking my view of a pitfall seed, which I found as I tried to walk past her. Skye and Saharah were both using the distress emotion as I fought to free myself.

Stuck in a pitfall!Once I made it to my house, Saharah installed a stately wall and a sci-fi floor. The sci-fi floor is a keeper, so I put it into storage.

A stately wall and sci-fi floor.I had a gem rock today, and I took three gold nuggets to be customized at Re-Tail. Cyrus turned them into a golden chair, which is once again an item I didn’t need. This golden furniture set is taking me forever to complete.

Take home the golden chair?I then went up to Main Street, where Luna told me Jemma from WolfTown was my most recent dream visitor. And in the Emporium, I bought the gorgeous wall for 99,200 bells.

Gracie: It's your lucky day! I happen to be throwing a little sale today, so I can part with this for 99,200 bells!After installing the wallpaper in my museum exhibit room, I did some island hopping. I still didn’t find anything I needed, but I met Phoebe from Twinleaf, who was very nice. Her badge collection was amazing and made mine look pathetic. 😛 She asked me to add her, but I didn’t have the roster space of course. I did make a quick visit to her dream town, however.

Phoebe: I see you peepin' >:PLater on this evening, I saw someone on Facebook (Avel) asking to buy or catalog a stewpot. The stewpot is an igloo item, so I didn’t think it could be ordered from the catalog. Still, I went into the Emporium to check first. To my surprise, it can be ordered! I decided I would give him my stewpot, so I went to his town to drop it off.

Visiting Avel's town.UPDATE: I just want to point out that Mayor Cherry of Harvest has submitted two cool new patterns to the QR Codes page: One is a shirt inspired by Blathers and the other is a dress inspired by Celeste, so check them out!

Skye’s Pic

The snowboy sent me the snowman vanity today, so my collection of snowpeople items is finally complete…with five days to spare before the snow melts.

The snowman vanity.When I went in the police station, Copper informed me that Phineas was in town! Ooh, a new badge! So I tracked him down and he gave me the Silver Medalist badge for earning lots of medals on island tours.

I got the Silver Medalist badge! I bet I've got more island medals than anyone!I asked him for another badge, but he didn’t have another one for me. When I went up to the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Becky from Blossom was my most recent dream visitor. But Tia mentioned a different dreamer, Mike from Monument.

Tia: I had a very strange dream about someone called Mike from Monument.In the Emporium, Gracie had a gorgeous floor for 99,200 bells and a gorgeous table for 200,000 bells. I bought them both. My gorgeous set is coming along nicely now, with 9 of the 13 items already.

My partial collection of gorgeous furniture.When I returned from Main Street, I ran into Phineas again. Shouldn’t he have disappeared? But there was a reason he was back. Spending the money to buy that gorgeous furniture earned me the Expert Shopper badge, which is also a silver badge.

I got the Expert Shopper badge! Shopping is so much fun!I then did some island hopping, but I didn’t find anything I was looking for. On my last island visit, I stopped to play a bug-catching bug with Maggie. After the tour, Ruto also arrived on the island and we played a balloon-popping game.

Tortimer: Jeff gets 4 medals, Maggie gets 2 medals, and Ruto gets 1 medal!Later on, I remembered that I didn’t build a snowperson today. Now that I have all of the items, I wanted to build a snowmam so I could catch snowflakes and redeem them for ice furniture to sell. So that’s what I did, and I made her perfect–so she only needs 3 snowflakes for ice furniture that sells for 8,888 bells apiece. Sweet!

Snowmam: If you bring me 3 flakes, I will give you something wonderful! Please, I beg you. Make my wish come true...Tomorrow, I’ll probably go back to making bingo snowmen for the remainder of winter. Although I’ll be sure to replace the snowmam after she melts. Anyway, Skye asked me for some fruit, so I gave her a perfect orange. She loved it so much that she gave me her picture!

Skye: Take my Skye's pic as a token of my appreciation!Here’s a look at it:

Skye's pic.Her favorite quote is on the back: “Love makes the world go ’round.”

Pic on Skye's quote: Love makes the world go 'round.That wrapped up my night, but I have one other note for you all. Beth has submitted a river/water path pattern and a chocolate chip cookie path to the QR Codes page, so check them out if you’d like! See you all next time!