Month: January 2023

Yesterday, I received my award letter from Chip in the mail, from winning last weekend’s fishing tournament. Chip congratulated me for the win, and he sent me my prize: a silver trophy.

The northern lights were shining up in the sky, and I took a photo of them from right in front of my house.

Hopper was talking about Grizzly and Tom, saying they almost act like family. Then he wondered if they actually were related, mentioning that they look alike! A grizzly bear and a cat?! I don’t think so, Hopper.

Tonight, I went down to the Roost to check out the Saturday night show. I asked for a random song, and K.K. Slider performed K.K. House for me. It’s not a bad song, and I enjoyed the show.

Outside, Tom was walking around with a shovel, looking for fossils (even though villagers never actually dig them up). He said it reminded him of being a kid, dreaming of finding lost cities of gold.

I didn’t dig up any gold, but I did find an iron frame in the recycle bin at town hall. I’ll always take free furniture!

There was a new house in town, and I found Roscoe the black horse inside.

Roscoe isn’t bad, but of course he is another cranky villager! So once again, I have eight crankies in town! It may have been an interesting novelty at first, but it’s really annoying for my cranky count to keep going back up to eight every time I get rid of one. Ugh!

Anyway, the fishing tournament was held today, and only pond smelts were eligible. But that wasn’t a problem, because the river was loaded with them. I had no trouble catching this one.

I took it over to Chip, and he measured it for me: 4.9 inches.

That wasn’t big enough, because Boomer had a 6.1-incher. But I didn’t give up; I caught two more fish. The next one was 6.2 inches, and it took over the top spot! Chip rewarded me with a siphon. The other one was 7.0 inches, and Chip gave me a folk guitar.

In the recycle bin at town hall, I found a country guitar. I wonder if this was someone else’s tourney prize that they didn’t want?

I rode the bus out to the city, and I asked Phineas for a bubble blower. It’s nice that the bubbles are unlimited in this game.

Later on, I returned to the game to see if my 7-inch pond smelt held on for the win. Chip confirmed that it did! I’ll be getting my trophy in the mail next time.

At the Roost, I told K.K. Slider I was feeling grumpy, and he played K.K. Rock for me.

On Monday, I found Curt all packed up and ready to move out of town.

By today (Wednesday), he was gone. I found his goodbye letter in the mail.

Vladimir was enjoying some coffee at the Roost tonight, even though it was after midnight. He may be up all night now!

I don’t do much fishing in winter, unless I see a huge fish shadow in the river. And that’s what happened tonight; I caught this big stringfish!

I’d like to think this is the same one that got away on Christmas Eve. Maybe I just let it enjoy the holidays, then I came back and got it for good tonight.

Harry has been sick with a cold, so I gave him some medicine Monday, and then again tonight. I want him feeling better so he can move out soon. Of course, I’ll have to get a new villager before someone else can move out…so I’ll see what happens next week.

See you next time!