Month: December 2021

On Wednesday, Gulliver sent me a geisha wig in the mail, and Nook Inc. sent me a dumbbell (likely because I just used group stretching for the 20th time). Wisp was in town, and he gave me some vertical split curtains…which are actually hung from the ceiling.

After a trip to Kapp’n’s mysterious island yesterday, I sold a bunch of weeds that I collected. I’ve finally sold enough weeds to earn 3,000 Nook Miles for completing the “Greedy Weeder” achievement!

Today is New Year’s Eve, so I got dressed for the occasion and made the final preparations on my new decorations. I wrapped up eight works of art (after making sure they were all real), and laid them out as gifts for my visitors.

At 11:00, I opened my gate. Logan, Nami, Bran, and Megmeg came over. After giving them each a gift, I took them over to see my new 2022 area.

We then went inside my new castle. Although Bran and Megmeg soon discovered pits of despair in the castle. 😂

After visiting Sasha, we went over to the plaza. About ten minutes before midnight, Nami went afk to celebrate the new year irl. 😛 The rest of us enjoyed the countdown. Happy New Year!

Shortly after that, the revolving door started rolling around. 😂 Megan left, Nami disconnected, Bran left, Ellie came over, Locuras join in, Logan left, and Timo came over. 😛

Later on, Yann also joined in! After hanging out in the castle, we headed over to the campsite. Timo did some acrobatics (vaulting across the river) and then some dramatic poses with a crab, as the rest of us watched the show from benches. 😂

We eventually made our way to the Roost, where we had some late-night coffee.

At about 1:30, I ended the session for the night. Thanks to everyone who came! It was fun! Happy New Year, everyone! 🎆

Update: Here is a video with highlights from tonight:

I also recently posted a video ranking my villagers in all eight of my Animal Crossing towns. So if you’re curious to see where Sasha ranks among my New Horizons islanders, you’ll find your answer here:

On Sunday, Boomer the penguin was in town, camping at the campsite. I did not invite him to move in.

After having some coffee, I earned 3,000 Nook Miles for drinking my 50th cup.

A few other quick notes about Sunday:

• I returned a lost item to Bones, and he rewarded me with a skateboarding helmet.
• Agent S asked for a new catchphrase, and I told her to say “in 2022.”
• Wisp was in town, and he gave me a cool low table.

Yesterday, Apollo was in the Roost enjoying some coffee. After I had my usual cup of joe, Brewster surprised me by giving me a brewstoid!

I didn’t even know these were in the game! I put it on display in my basement, along with the rest of my gyroids.

Eloise said that she heard I was looking for some tortoise specs. I wasn’t, but she gave them to me anyway.

Today, Gulliver was in town and I dug up his communicator parts for him.

While I was in my house, I realized I never checked my stocking after hanging it up on Christmas Eve. So I looked inside and found Jingle’s photo. (I got one last year, so I didn’t really need it, but I’ll take it.)

On Friday night, I plan on opening my gate to friends around 11:00 p.m. Eastern time. That’s an hour later than my usual Friday Night Forest time. I may have a new attraction that I haven’t mentioned in the blog, but it will not be a race or obstacle course.

Today, I shot down a balloon present that contained some colorful juice. How in the world did this drink not spill either while floating through the air, or especially while being violently shot down out of the sky? 😛

All of my villagers were talking about how Toy Day went for them yesterday. They thanked me for the gifts I gave them and also for the gifts from Santa that I delivered.

When I went to speak to K.K. Slider at the plaza, three villagers were seated in the chairs there: Apple, Apollo, and Eloise. But Apollo and Eloise got up and left as I told K.K. to play a random song. K.K. started to sing K.K. Slack-Key (another oddly-named song), and Apple left just as the song was starting. I guess nobody likes me today.

Today is Christmas, and I received a Nintendo eShop card. So I used part of it and bought the DLC, Happy Home Paradise. After downloading it, I met Lottie at the airport. I flew out to her island, where I also met Niko and Wardell.

I put on my work uniform and got started! My first client is my former GameCube nemesis (and current Wild World snob) Olivia. She wanted her vacation home to be a portal to the “Land of Nod.” Whatever that means.

I’m guessing it means she wants a home devoted to sleeping? Well, that does make sense for a cat. Since I’ve spent over 120 hours with Happy Home Designer, I’m familiar with the general concept of designing homes for clients.

I gave Olivia a starry-sky wall, galaxy flooring, and an assortment of furniture that I thought looked decent. I’m certainly no designing expert, but Olivia seemed to enjoy what I gave her. Even if she’s contractually obligated to enjoy it regardless. 😂

My reward was 6,000 Poki…that’s a new currency that can be used to buy items for sale on Lottie’s island. I didn’t spend them yet, but I can see how the integration between the DLC and the main game can be beneficial. It’s always good to have a new selection of items to choose from!

I stopped for the day at this point. The DLC is cool, and there seems to be much to unlock on Lottie’s island. But designing houses isn’t something I enjoy doing for long stretches, so one house per day is probably going to be my limit. But check back in future entries for more about my house designs. I’m not going to have a separate blog for Happy Home Paradise.

I hope you’re all having a Merry Christmas! See you next time!