Frog Gone

On Tuesday, the first snow flurries of the season fell in Forest. Winter is coming!

Snow flurries fall in Forest.December is here now, and villagers have already started giving hints for Toy Day gifts. Agent S told me she wants a gray present, and Aurora said she wants an umbrella.

Aurora: I plan on asking Jingle for a cute umbrella this year.

Today was Lily’s last day in town, so I made sure to say goodbye to her. As of tomorrow morning, Forest will be frog-free for the first time in over a year.

Lily: We won't be living in the same town anymore, but I hope you never forget me!

But unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find a new home for her. Elliott, who asked for Lily on Twitter the other day, never responded tonight even though it showed he was online playing New Leaf. Cohen, who also expressed interest in Lily, had to cancel when Flurry moved into his town.

When I visited Big Top, he said it was time to dig up the time capsule! It’s been exactly one month since I buried it.

Big Top: A huh huh huh... I'm thinking it might be time to open up that time capsule.

I went to the northwest corner of town, dug up the time capsule, and returned to Big Top. There was a cycling tee inside, and he gave it to me as my reward. I was wheely excited.

Big Top: It's a cycling tee! Next time I bury a time capsule, I'll let you know, up my nose.
If you bury it up your nose, I’m not digging it out.

My recent dream visitors have been Kody from Berryton, Timber from Xing, Oliver from Nintendo, and Alex from V Nation. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend!

Finishing Booker’s House

Since last time, I’ve ordered the basic display stands I’ve needed from Candi’s RV. They all had to be customized back to their original condition, but that’s alright because I think they look a lot better than the tables I was using before.

Booker's house before and after the transformation.But while I was improving the room, I decided to go all out and finish it. I finally made the designs for the wanted poster on the wall, and I changed the flooring. Here’s a look at the police station as seen on GameCube, and then Booker’s house as it currently stands.

The police station in Animal Crossing for Nintendo GameCube. Booker's house.

If you’d like to visit via the Dream Suite, my dream address is 5D00-000F-7611. And if you’d like to use those patterns, they’re available on the QR Codes page.

Update: Here’s a look at the lower part of the room. I didn’t add the third row of stands/tables because it looked too crowded. But I have the desk, the phone, some papers on the desk, and the locker on the right side.

The lower part of Booker's room.

I found Boots sitting on the metal bench one day, and he said he saved a seat for me. Normally I don’t advise trusting an alligator that tells you to take a seat, but I was pretty sure Boots wasn’t going to eat me. 😛

Boots: Dearie! Saved you a seat!

Lily told me that she was planning to move out of town on the 1st of this month. That actually means the first of next month, which is coming up on Friday. I’m letting her go, so if anyone wants her, please contact me (preferably on social media).

Lily: Well, that really resonated with me. So I've decided to move on the 1st of this month.After depositing some money into my bank account, my balance reached 104 million bells.

Your current balance is 104,000,000 bells.

My recent dream visitors have been Kim from The Giver, Mayounna from Amy Rose, Rose from MoonRose, Maddie from Jamaa, Mark from Village, T.K. from F.T, and Skullkid from DekuTree. Thanks for stopping by!

Space Traveler

Aurora recently sent me an A shirt in the mail. I decided to wear it for a while. I’m guessing the “A” stands for Aurora. Maybe she’s claiming me or something?

Jeff, wearing an A shirt, in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

I’ve continued giving away some items to people lately. Someone left me a bag of bells even though I said I didn’t need the money, so I decided to give it away as well. I tried dropping it on a Club Tortimer island, and a Japanese player seemed to think it was an accident. 😛

Japanese player: U dropped money !Even though he didn’t need or want the money, I found someone else who gladly accepted it.

Nathalie: Thanks! :)

Back in Forest, I apparently did something that made Boots sad. I might have declined his request to play hide-and-seek.

Boots: I guess I'll just do some quiet, contemplative weight lifting by myself then. In a river.

Kate let me visit Reese’s RV, and I was surprised to see Reese talking about road rage. 😛 Thanks again, Kate!

Reese: What can I say? I just get SO ANGRY when other drivers don't follow the rules.Look at this fossil I dug up! I’ve never seen this one! 😉

Look! I dug up a fossil!

The fishing tournament was held on Saturday, but I didn’t participate. I was able to check out the winners’ ceremony, though. Vivian was the big winner, while Aurora won 2nd and Hornsby won 3rd.

Chip declares Vivian the winner of the fishing tournament in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.I’ve mentioned some good experiences on Club Tortimer recently, and I’ve had more of them over the past week.

Celebrating a successful island tour.

I met Mario on a Club Tortimer island.

But I also had this. This guy’s first words to me, completely unprovoked, were “pls get out.” The shop selection wasn’t very good, so I was happy to leave him behind. 😛 As I was leaving, he said that he blocked me. 😛

Foreign player: pls get outLater, I helped Ghost get enough visitors to her town so that she could upgrade her train station. She even let me join her at her town tree to check the number of visits she’s had.

Sitting at the town tree of Hollow with Ghost.

Once she reached her goal, we celebrated with an obligatory Shrunk Funk Shuffle. I wanted to fire off some party poppers, but I didn’t have any. 😛

On Facebook, I gave away more items over the weekend. I even saw TZ again and I gave her some beans.

T Zelda: Yay bird food!

Colin dropped off Katie at my town on Friday, and by Sunday, Katie was ready to explore a new place. I found someone on Facebook to take her; her town name provided for some interesting dialogue from Katie.

Katie: OK, I'm gonna go see what My Anus is all about!

My visiting spree appeared to be paying off when Agent S told me she has heard I’m a pro visitor. I’m pretty sure nobody’s ever said that about me before.

Agent S: Hey, muffin! I keep hearing people say you're totally a pro visitor!Yesterday, Vivian suggested a new PWP (public works project) for me. She wants me to add a hot spring to town!

Vivian: Good. So I think I'm going to tell Isabelle my bright idea. We need a hot spring!

That was the last of the snooty PWP suggestions I needed! In fact, I believe all of the non-bridge PWPs have been suggested and added to my list now! (You can’t get new bridge suggestions when you already have three bridges.) Anyway, this is what the hot spring looks like.

Hot spring PWP: 98,000 bells.

It is a nice one, and I may consider it if/when I decided to add a new project to town. It would have been a fun one to glitch into though; too bad Nintendo fixed the net glitch with the Welcome Amiibo update.

As for Vivian, I still don’t plan on letting her move out anytime soon. Of course, it takes forever for the Welcome Amiibo villagers to ask about leaving anyway. So if you’re wondering who I’ll let leave next, I think it’ll be Lily.

I made some more train visits, including to Ashe’s town. She was looking for a mermaid dresser, so I bought one on the island and took it to her.

Ashe: Hello.

And late last night, I finally saw what I’ve been dying to see: Phineas!! He gave me the Space Traveler badge for making 500 visits to other towns!

I got the Space Traveler badge! Looking for someone to travel with? Look no further!Space Traveler: A badge for players who never stop traveling.

This badge took me forever–four and a half years! And I still would have been waiting if I hadn’t made a concerted effort to make lots of visits over the last several weeks. This is what my badge collection screen currently looks like.

My badge collection as of November 21, 2017.

There are only two badges left, but I’m not worrying about getting them anytime soon. The weeding badge could take me another year or two, and I may never get the gold StreetPass badge. So here is a GIF showing my badge progress over the past four years.

Jeff's badge collection in Animal Crossing: New Leaf from December 2013 to November 2017 (animated GIF).

Today, Harvey had a basic display stand for sale at the campground. I thought this would look better in Booker’s house than the tables I was currently using, so I bought it. Of course, I’ll need a lot more of them. But fortunately, I have Candi’s Welcome Amiibo card, and she has the stand in her RV. So I scanned her card and ordered three more.

Inside Candi's RV.

I’ll need to repeat this a few more times, but Booker’s house will look a lot better once I’m done.

My recent dream visitors have been Grey from Softspot, Beth from Ponytown, Sienna from Dogster, Lara from Polen, and Din from Labrynna. Thanks for stopping by!