Jeff's New Leaf Blog

I got my aurora screen in the mail today, and I put it in my upstairs room. It looks really nice, especially when the room lights are off.

I also got my gift from Gulliver. He sent me a tuk tuk from Thailand.

When I talked to Big Top, he asked me to dig up his time capsule. I didn’t mess it up this time! I returned it to him, and it contained a taiko drum, which he then gave to me.

In the Roost, Tabby compared milk to glitter. She said you don’t want too much of either, but you can’t go completely without them. What is wrong with her?

I caught a dorado in the river, and Molly wanted to trade her tank top for it. I like Molly and all, but I’m no fool.

I then went up to Re-Tail, where I displayed today’s superb coffee beans with an asking price of 7,500 bells. Tex came in, and immediately said that was affordable price and he bought them!

After that, I went to go see my new public works project, the street lamp.

I also attended the ceremony for the street lamp. But there’s only one person on the left side. And where the other person would be, the edge of the cliff is there.

Does this mean someone (hopefully Tabby or Katt) is underwater celebrating along with us? I can only hope.

At 10:00, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Wendy, Valeria, and Daisy came over to play. We hung out in my upstairs “heaven” room, using all the items up there to make noises and sound effects and music. We also played my harp for a little while.

We later went over to my new park. Daisy was digging holes around the bench, so that Wendy and I would fall into them when we got off of the bench. I had to get my revenge by planting a Daisy.

We also had way too much fun using emotions tonight. But 3 out of 4 Animal Crossing players think using emotions is a bright idea.

We went out to the island for a while for fish, bugs, and a couple of tours. On the way back, Leilani told me to dance my face off. Shouldn’t that be my butt? Unless she’s saying my face looks like a butt?

Back in Forest, Wendy and I hid in my new room and gave Valeria and Daisy five minutes to find us. Unfortunately, we got disconnected. But I reopened, and everyone came back. Valeria found us before the new extended time limit ran out. We then went crazy with the emotions again, with Valeria collecting my tears. There was also a lot of mischief.

We went into Big Top’s house and hung out for a while. I’m afraid Big Top isn’t the most observant elephant…

We went back outside and had a good, old-fashioned net fight. Benedict told me if I was stressed, I should end the multiplayer session. 😀

But before I did, we went to Club LOL to dance our “faces” off. The atmosphere in there was electrifying.

While working in the cafe today, I saw a new out-of-town animal I haven’t seen before: Diana the deer.

Outside, Tex was telling me how he should be the star of a play about his life.

And over in Re-Tail, I was trying to make Cyrus jealous.

He didn’t respond. But Tabby came in, and I got her to buy my superb coffee beans for 6,000 bells.

But after that, I went to go see my new town project: the flower clock!

I really like it as part of my new park. But I’m not done yet! I’m also putting in a street lamp next to the bench. You’ll still be able to see the flower clock right behind it.

The street lamp was affordable, so I paid it off. It will be done tomorrow.

After that, I headed up to Main Street. T.I.Y. had an exit sign…that didn’t say exit. It looks nothing like an exit sign.  I’d sooner assume it was an “intoxicated mayor doing the Shrunk Funk Shuffle in the doorway” warning.

When I was done shopping, I went up to the Happy Homes Showcase. I had a new SpotPass home; it belonged to Lindsey from Autumn.

It’s a really nice house, with lots of cool items I like.

But I only ordered one thing: the aurora screen in the basement.

After I was done there, I returned to town. My last stop of the day was the beach; Gulliver was washed up there, and he was apparently on his way to Thailand. The clue mentioned elephants and soup; it was one of the toughest I’ve seen yet, and I’m actually lucky I got it right. Sorry, I didn’t know what types of soup people in Thailand eat.

I’ll be back with more tomorrow! In the meantime, feel free to leave a comment and let me know how you think my park is looking. I have more room for projects to the left, but I’m not sure what else I’ll add after the street lamp.

Late last night, I played some New Leaf while I was lying in bed. (That’s one advantage of portable systems). Aurora suggested a flower bed as a public works project.

It actually just looks like a 3×3 square of dirt, so I think I’ll pass on that.

Anyway, Molly told me that she put up a scarecrow and she said that Tabby talks to it! For some reason, I’m not surprised by that.

And just before I was about to shut down the 3DS and go to bed, I finally saw what I’ve been looking for: a tarantula! I backed up a bit so it wouldn’t charge me as I got my net out, then I walked up to it and swung. I got it! VICTORY!!

I immediately went up to the museum to donate the tarantula. Here it is, fighting with its adversary, the scorpion.

When I started up the game today, it was pouring rain.

But for the first time in New Leaf, I didn’t care! For one thing, I have lots of flowers now, so a break from watering them is welcome. Also, now that I have a tarantula already, I don’t have to keep hoping for clear weather to catch one.

Over in Re-Tail, I saw Rolf’s drum set for sale. I’m pretty sure he bought it from Re-Tail used when Katt was selling it a while back. I decided to buy it, in the hopes that Rolf cleaned it off since Katt had it. After all, Katt plays the drums with the same paws she uses to walk in her litter box.

Since I just had my house expanded the other day, I figured it was time to put in another town project. I decided to put in a flower clock, just south of town hall–and right behind my bench. I’m trying to turn this area in the southwest corner of town into a nice park. It’s going to look really nice when it’s finished.

It was surprisingly affordable, so I paid it off on the spot. It will be done tomorrow.

I then saw Benedict; I spoke to him, and he again asked if he should really move out of town. This time, I asked him to stay…and it worked.

My friend Wendy came over to shop, and we made a quick trip to the island. We did one scavenger hunt tour, which I used to scoop up as many flowers as I could. After we returned, I plopped the flowers down around my wind turbine near my new park.