Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

Elmer has trotted out of town, and rode off into the sunset. While it would have been nice to see him stick around (like glue), I guess our bond just wasn’t strong enough. 😉

Today is the last day of May, so that meant it was raffle day. One of the “wonderful” prizes that Tom Nook was giving away was a photo of Tom Nook! Wow, he must really think he’s something special. 😛

I didn’t have any raffle tickets though, so I couldn’t enter the drawing.

Puck the portly penguin tried to convince me that he’s really good at basketball!

I told him I didn’t believe him, and he admitted he was lying. He was just disappointed that he didn’t fool me, even for a second.

He should have said hockey instead. That might be more believable, and it could explain his name.

Queenie the ostrich is my newest neighbor, and she seemed quite rude. Maybe she’s been hanging around Tom too much. 😛

Queenie has lived in Forest before, in the summer of 2011! At this point, it’s pretty common to see villagers return for a second (or even a third) stint in Forest.

Over at the wishing well, Hank told me to leave him alone! You know things are bad when even Hank is in a bad mood!

Just a few other quick notes about today:

• Maple bought my kitschy clock for 3,000 bells. That was especially helpful because I couldn’t sell anything at Nook’s today.
• Tom gave me a free cherry! I cut down a regular tree and planted it.
• Wendell will be visiting Forest soon, and several of my villagers were talking about him.
• I found a pear dresser in the dump.

When I started up the game last night, I was happy to find that it was Derwin, not Rosie, who moved out of town.

I started up a conversation with Candi, and she offered me some turnips for just three bells apiece. However, I knew she was lying and wasn’t really going to sell me any…so I declined her offer. She was glad to know I wasn’t one of those “greedy, turnip-trading types” (her words).

She then admitted what I already knew (from seeing this dialogue before): That she didn’t actually have any turnips to sell.

At Nookington’s, I bought myself a No. 1 shirt, and sold the zipper shirt I had been wearing.

Ursala asked if I wanted to her join her new football club, and I said yes. However, she said we now have two people…and need 20 more. Yeah, that’s not going to happen. 😛

My new neighbor was Elmer the horse, although he was asleep in his house when I played. A few of you may remember him from GameCube Moments #3, when he fell asleep outside his house and I pushed him down the ramp (and he couldn’t get back up). 😂

But I played again today so that I could meet him and say hello. Despite that little prank ten years ago, I do like Elmer. He’s one of my favorite horses in the series.

Today is the last day of the month (April 30th), so Tom Nook was hosting a raffle. But I didn’t have any raffle tickets, so I couldn’t participate. And I couldn’t sell the fossils and fruit in my pockets, either.

I asked Maple for a job a couple minutes later, and she politely told me she would like more flowers in front of her house. I blindly walked all the way up to Nookington’s and went inside, completely forgetting that today is raffle day. So I couldn’t buy any flowers for her. (And you can’t pick up existing flowers in this game).

When I played briefly on March 5th, I got a goodbye letter from Valise. I only made a few stops, and didn’t make a full trip around town. So it didn’t even cross my mind to see who Valise’s replacement was.

Fast forward to today (March 30th), and I found a goodbye letter from Yuka!

So this was at least the third time she’s lived in Forest. But still, if she’s going to move in, this was the way to do it. Sneak in without me having to speak to her, and then quickly move out. I really dodged a bullet there! And now, I should have Yuka immunity for a few more years! Not bad.

The news got better when I saw that her replacement was Rosie! I like Rosie a lot, although her eyes do look a bit hostile in this pic.

She lives next door to Kody, another blue animal. He said he found a cow skull and asked if it was mine! Do I look like a cow that’s missing its skull?

Of course I do, so I said yes. But he didn’t believe me, so he called me a liar. Why ask me if you already knew the answer?

Several of my villagers were talking about an upcoming visit by Gracie, the fashion designer. Static is clearly not a fan.

I bought a speed sign at Nookington’s for 870 bells, and Ursala later wanted to buy it for 1,590 bells. Good deal!

Derwin, who moved into Forest in January, is still around. Although, he was convinced I was in an accident.

Tom and Hank had a fight over by the wishing well, but I assume they’ll be able to work things out. 😛