Meeting Joan

On Sunday morning, Daisy Mae was selling turnips for 110 bells apiece. After losing a bunch of money on turnips the past two weeks, I was determined to turn things around. So I bought about twice as many as usual: 3,400 turnips.

Gwen the penguin was at the campsite. I don’t particularly like her, and I’m already trying to get rid of her in City Folk. 😂 So clearly, I did not choose the camper in front of me. 😛

Gwen: Well, you're not a shy one, are you? My name's Gwen. How kind of you to stop by.

I found a lost item, a bag, on the ground. When I investigated it, it said it was a stylish bag that was more about style than function. That made me think of a peppy villager like Agent S or Ketchup. So imagine my surprise when Agent S said it belonged to Beardo!

Agent S: I've maybe seen Beardo with something like this before. Maybe?

Later, Static asked me to play a treasure hunt game. But he only gave me three minutes to find the buried item, and I didn’t find it in time. Once I did track it down and return it, Static was a bit rude about it.

Static: Thanks for retrievin' that for me. Next time, you should try to do it before you run out of game time.

On Monday, I took the advice of an anonymous commenter, and I went to the hospital. I was surprised to see Joan there, for her usual Monday checkup. 😂 She gave me 100 turnips for free!

Joan: And that look on your face tells me you know just what you wanna do with 'em. Hyeh heh heh...
Pickle them?

But I learned something else new while I was there. Skye (the receptionist) informed me that I can get an examination from the doctor! Also, they’re accepting donations to expand the hospital and build a patient ward! The cost is 120,000 Poki, so I’m going to need to design several more homes before I can pay that off.

When it was time for my exam, Dr. Octavian told me that I needed a mummy outfit to cure the stinging pain in my knee. 😂

Dr. Octavian: All done! That wasn't so bad, right? If you look in your pockets, you'll see I put a mummy outfit in there.
I guess it is made of bandages. Well, that’s a wrap.

I don’t know what I expected. This place is called Quack Doctors, after all. 😉

Back in town, Beardo asked me to visit his house. I declined, and he said it was okay because he was just going to go home and stare at himself in the mirror.

Beardo: Ah, no worries. I'll just go look at myself in the mirror for a while.
Are you trying to go blind?

I guess that’s one way to overcome a fear of monsters.

Today, Static was sick with a cold. I grabbed some medicine out of storage and took it back to him; he rewarded me with a spinning wheel.

Flick was in town, so I went in my house to get some bugs out of storage. As I did, Beardo barged in. I didn’t even speak to him. I just got my bugs and left the house. 😛

Beardo: Oh, are you headed out somewhere? Well, I'll be on my way, then. See you later, Jeff!

The Nooklings were paying 131 bells for turnips today. That’s the first increase I’ve seen in a long time. But after digging myself into such a hole, I wasn’t about to sell all my turnips for only 21 bells of profit apiece. I’m hoping for a larger jump tomorrow.

In other news, I finished up my obstacle course today! I plan on hosting a few races on an afternoon this week (probably Thursday or Friday between 4-6 p.m. EDT). When I’m ready, I’ll post on Twitter asking for people, and I plan on doing several runs with different groups of people. I also uploaded a new pattern today (hint hint).

See you all next time!

Art, Photo, Coasters

Yesterday, I got a very nice surprise in the mail: Static sent me a great statue! That is the only piece of art that I haven’t yet seen at Redd’s shop, not even once! I rushed it up to the museum, and Blathers confirmed that it was authentic! Awesome!

Great Statue - May 6th, 2022 - Donated by Jeff

I now only need two more paintings to complete my museum! 😀

My good luck continued when I went to visit Ketchup. I gave her another bottle of tomato puree, and she rewarded me with her photo!!

Ketchup: Hey! I wanted to say thanks, but with, like, an object? It's Ketchup's photo! Enjoy!

I took it home and I learned something horrifying about Ketchup: She’s a cannibal! 😂

Quote on Ketchup's photo: When in doubt, eat a tomato!

That’s my 18th villager photo, and when I moved it, it filled up my wall. So I can’t keep furniture too close to the wall without blocking some photos. I may consider moving my villager photos to my room on the left, which hardly has anything in it right now.

Wisp was in town, and he gave me a square bathtub for returning his spirits to him. Gullivarrr was also around, and I went diving to retrieve his communicator. I received my reward today: some pirate flooring.

My good luck from yesterday did not carry over to today. At Nook’s Cranny, the Nooklings were only paying 42 bells for turnips (and this was the last day to sell them). So again, I took a big loss on them. This marks two weeks in a row that the prices didn’t rise a single time! It went down every single day without even a small spike, both weeks!

K.K. Slider was hanging out at the plaza for his Saturday night show, and he performed K.K. Country for me and Beardo. That’s not my favorite song, and it’s definitely not my favorite villager.

K.K. Slider performs for Jeff and Beardo.

I recently got some Roost coasters that I ordered from My Nintendo for 700 platinum points (plus $6.99 for shipping). They came in a nice tin. Pretty cool!

Animal Crossing Roost coasters from My Nintendo.

My collection of Animal Crossing merch has been growing over the past few months, and it includes several things I haven’t mentioned in the blog (or anywhere else, for that matter). I may need to make a video of it all at some point. Probably not anytime soon, but we’ll see!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend! See you next time! Until then, enjoy a donut! 😉🍩

Awake Like a Fox

C.J. was in town today, and he had a freestyle seasports challenge for me. I caught a loach, a red snapper, a dace, a barred knifejaw, and an olive flounder to complete the challenge. I grabbed some fish out of storage, and I sold him over 220,000 bells worth. 💰💰

C.J.: Way to wreck that seasports challenge! What a haul!
Pose for the fans!

Beardo was inside his house, sleeping standing up…while successfully holding a cup of coffee. I woke him up, and he told me his ability to nap (and wake up instantly) is his secret to success.

Beardo: That's the secret to my success, actually. Asleep like THIS. And then--BAM! Awake like a fox.
Please don’t look at me like that.
You’re creeping me out.

Out on Harv’s Island, Redd had yet another fake ancient statue. I bought it, because I’m going to use it in my obstacle course. And speaking of the obstacle course, I’ve been working on it a lot lately. In fact, I’d estimate it’s about 90% done. So it’s getting close!

I’ve finally uploaded a few of my favorite Happy Home Paradise designs if you’d like to check them out. My Happy Home Network ID is RA-2621-3459-0928.

My Happy Home Network showcase.

See you all next time!