My First Adoption

The snowboy I built yesterday sent me a letter today, along with this snowman fridge.

My new snowman fridge.I saw Big Top soon after starting up the game, as I usually do (since he lives near me). I spoke with him and he asked me to make a delivery to Teddy. No problem. So I tracked down the oversized teddy bear and give him the package. He appreciated it, and he rewarded me…with his picture!

Teddy: It's Teddy's pic. I really hope it's not something you already have!This really shocked me. I like Teddy and all, and I help him out when I can. But I don’t seem to run into him very often, at least not compared to most of my other villagers. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad he gave me his picture. But it blows my mind that I got Teddy’s picture before Big Top’s or even Skye’s. Anyway, I put it in my house to take a look at it.

Teddy's pic.Teddy’s favorite quote is “No pain, no gain.”

Quote on Teddy's pic: No pain, no gain!I visited Tom’s town for some bingo numbers, and I glitched onto his zen clock while I was there.

Jeff, standing on a zen clock: I'm cuckoo.But then he saved the game… and killed me!

Passing out on the zen clock.Later on, I saw that Squishy contacted me with an offer too good to turn down. She asked if I wanted to adopt Agent S! You better believe I do! So I quickly headed to her town Cosmic. She has a lot of cool patterns on the ground there.

Patterns on the ground in Cosmic.Her town is really beautiful.

Squishy's town of Cosmic.I made my way down to Agent S’s house and started talking to her. She said she was looking for a good town to move to. Uh, Forest, duh! She agreed to move in! Agent S is one of my favorite villagers in the series, so it’s really great to have her in my town. Thanks again, Squishy!

Agent S: Well, looks like my mind is made up. Agent S is moving to Forest! I can't wait to hear more about it!I asked if there was any way I could repay Squishy, and she said she was looking for a perfect peach for her museum. Easy! I went to the locker in the train station and got a basket of nine perfect peaches for her. She then asked if I’d like to see her house. It was every bit as impressive as her town. I never thought the sleek set would look so good in purple!

Purple sleek furniture in Squishy's house.In another room, she has the harvest furniture. But the dolly on the floor was creeping us out!

Getting freaked out by a dolly.When I returned to Forest, I saw that I had an igloo in town. I knew I was now unable to invite the camper to live in Forest, so I was hoping it was someone I didn’t care for. Turns out it was Joey the duck (whew). There’s nothing wrong with Joey, and he’s one of the better ducks. But I wouldn’t have invited him to live in Forest anyway.

Joey: Hey there! I'm here in town camping! I picked Forest randomly off a map.Crazy Redd was in town, and I took a chance on a dynamic painting. I’ll let you know tomorrow if it’s real or not. I built another snowboy today, and it was a perfect one again! Maybe I’m finally getting the hang of it.

Snowboy: This color! This shine! This size!Up in the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Tristan from Big city was my most recent dream visitor. I know Tristan is a regular commenter here, so thank you, Tristan!

Luna: According to the latest feedback, a client named Tristan from Big City enjoyed your dream.When I ran into Teddy again, he didn’t seem to like the cold weather of Forest.

Teddy: I tried to wash my face this morning, and the water was frozen.He actually said he wanted to move out of town. Even though I have his picture now, I’m not ready to let him leave yet. I like him a lot, but I’ll still let him go eventually. Just not today.

I got a new QR code submission from Warruuna; it’s a stone pebble pathway, and this is what it looks like:

Kim's stone pebble pathway design.If you’d like to use it, the code is available to scan from the QR Codes page. Thank you, Warruuna! I hope you’ll visit often!

Instrument Shelter

My instrument panel project was finished today, so I attended the completion ceremony.

Isabelle: Welcome to the grand completion ceremony for Forest's vital instrument shelter project!And of course, I had to test it out. Unfortunately, it told me the weather was going to remain nice.

Looks like the weather's going to stay nice!Naturally, I wanted it to snow so I wouldn’t have to water my flowers. But still, this will be one of those rare PWPs that’s actually useful. Other than bridges, most town projects just make your town look better but don’t actually help you out.

Anyway, I tried making a snowboy today…and I actually made him correctly for a change! He’ll be sending me a piece of snowman furniture in the mail tomorrow.

Snowboy: This head! This body! This is exactly the perfect balance I love!I got a new router today, and I tested it out with Tom this afternoon. I went to his town and I was able to connect on my first try. Also, sometimes his other friends were unable to enter the town when I was there. But his town filled up quickly today.

Hanging out in Tomville with Tom and his friends.He told me to check out his instrument shelter, and it said it was going to be sunny out–even though it was nighttime in Tomville!

Looks like the atmospheric pressure is rising, so it will be sunny out.Chris asked to come over so he could collect signatures for a petition, so I returned to Forest and opened my gate. Tom and Chris both got in without any problems. So it appears that my new router is working much better than my old one. So anyone that’s on my roster and has had trouble connecting, feel free to start trying again. I’ll be opening my gate Friday night around 10pm Eastern time. By the way, I would have taken a picture with Chris, but I don’t think I even saw him the whole time. He collected those sigs like a ninja.

Once he was done, I ended the party. I went up to the Dream Suite, and Luna told me that Carol from Highrule was my most recent dream visitor.

Luna: According to the latest feedback, a client named Carol from Highrule enjoyed your dream.Aurora was still sick, so I bought some medicine for her once again.

Aurora takes her medicine.I spoke with Tia, and she asked me to fetch Rolf for her. What am I, a dog? Anyway, Tia told Rolf that she found something of his in her flower bed.

Tia: Although I don't know why I keep finding your things in the middle of my flower bed...It makes you wonder what Rolf is doing in her flower bed so often. Is he peeping through her windows?? Or maybe he just uses that spot as a litterbox. Some questions are better left unanswered, methinks. But Rolf seemed uncomfortable and quickly made up an excuse to leave.

Rolf: OK. If we're done, I'm going back to making up limericks about shellfish. See ya later!Tia thanked me and gave me a maze wall as a reward for bringing Rolf to her house. I then ended my game for the day, but I’ll be back with more tomorrow. Hope to see you then!

Visiting With Tom

As expected, Gulliver sent me a letter from India today. This sitar was attached to the letter.

My sitar from Gulliver in India.I saw Skye on my metal bench, so I joined her for a minute.

Sitting with Skye on the bench.I visited Tom’s town to grab a bingo number I needed. While I was in Tomville, he showed me his new instrument shelter. Last week, Teddy suggested one for Forest as well, but I had no intentions of getting one. But Tom let me see what it actually does. If you go up behind it and press A, it will tell you the next hour’s weather!

Looks like the weather's going to stay nice!Naturally, this would come in very handy if you were looking for a fish that only comes out in the rain, such as a coelacanth. But it would also be great for knowing when to water flowers. There have been a number of times I’ve watered my flowers, only for it to start raining (or snowing) soon after I finished. I decided I needed this public works project too.

Tom also came to Forest for bingo numbers, and he thanked me afterwards.

Jeff, using megaphone: YOU'RE WELCOME!Before long, I ended the party. Tia had asked me for a stringfish, but I wasn’t going to search for one all day. However, I just happened to see a huge shadow in the river, so I fished it out and it was indeed a stringfish. I knew she wasn’t going to give me her picture this early anyway, but I thought I might as well get on her good side. So I went ahead and took the stringfish to her.

Tia: Oh, wow! You caught me a real stringfish! I can't believe you found one.
I can’t believe it either.

She rewarded me with a lucky black cat. After I was done with all my daily Forest duties, I picked out a spot for my instrument shelter. I decided to put it behind Re-Tail, where it’s not in the way of anything, and yet easy for me to reach as I begin my daily walk around town.

The spot where I'm putting my instrument shelter.I quickly paid it off and returned to town hall. It will be completed tomorrow!

Isabelle: We've met our collection goal for the instrument shelter project! It should be complete tomorrow!A couple of my villagers mentioned that Aurora was sick, so I went up and bought some medicine for her. Hopefully she’ll start feeling better soon.

Aurora appears to fly as she takes her medicine.