Jeff's New Horizons Blog

As I started up the game today, Isabelle informed me that today is the start of the lunar new year. She wished everyone good fortune and happiness.

I checked the Nook Shopping app to see if there were any new seasonal items for the occasion, and indeed, there are. They include a lucky red envelope, a Lunar New Year decoration, and a Bokjumeoni lucky pouch. Order them while you can!

But it’s clearly not a major holiday in the game. Each villager will mention it the first time you talk to them, but that’s about all there is to it.

I received my latest reward from Gullivarrr in the mail today, and it was a pirate-treasure crown. I guess it’s nice to have a crown that doesn’t cost a million bells.

I was playing earlier in the day than usual, so I decided to do some fishing. It paid off, because I caught my first pale chub, and also, my first ranchu goldfish!

I donated them both to the museum, and I still need eight more fish.

Saharah was in town today, and I bought a colorful vinyl sheet, summit wall, red argyle rug, and parking flooring from her.

Outside of town hall, I used my camera app to take a photo of Agent S, Bones, and Tia. The big frown on Bones’s face made me laugh.

See you all tomorrow! Have a Happy Lunar New Year.

Fuchsia the deer was camping at the campsite today. For a moment, I was thinking she was a snooty villager and I was contemplating asking her to move in (dependent on who she would be replacing). But I looked her up and saw that she’s a sisterly/uchi villager, so I didn’t bother.

Gullivarrr was washed up on the beach, so I went diving for his communicator. I found it on my 4th dive. He will be sending my reward in the mail tomorrow.

Timmy and Tommy were buying turnips for 132 bells apiece. That’s not a huge amount, and the price still seems to be trending upwards. But on the other hand, it is getting late in the week and I didn’t want to risk taking a loss. So I sold 1,100 of my 1,400 turnips for 145,200 bells. That’s more than I paid for all my turnips on Sunday, so I’m now guaranteed a profit no matter what. And if the price jumps more tomorrow, I’ll at least have 300 to sell at that price.

For the second time in two weeks, Rizzo wanted to buy an ant from me. This time, he offered me 160 bells for it…and of course, I agreed to the deal. I don’t catch ants for money anyway, I just catch them to boost my bug-catching total. Leaving that rotten turnip near my house helps a lot; there seem to be ants there almost every time I walk by!

My villagers continued to talk about Festivale, which is coming up on Monday. Louie asked if I’ve been training for the event, saying that dancing is like if cardio and music had a buff baby. That’s a very weird way of looking at it, but still, I do get his point.

There may not be a blog entry tomorrow (unless something major happens, like Rizzo moving out). And as a reminder, there’s no Friday Night Forest this week. But I will be back on Saturday with another entry. Hope to see you then!

On Monday, Apple asked me for a new catchphrase. I wanted her to say “Viva Festivale,” but that wouldn’t fit. So I just told her to say viva.

Later that night, I found Celeste in town. She taught me a DIY recipe for a golden wand. I wish I could wave my wand and make all wands disappear. Just give me space items and zodiac furniture, please!

Yesterday, Timmy and Tommy finally had the Festivale item I wanted most: the confetti machine!

Tybalt and Rizzo were sitting on a temporary bench at the plaza. Tybalt said he asked Isabelle if we could get a training gym on the island, and she said no! Shouldn’t he be asking me, not her?

Today, C.J. was in town with another seasports challenge: He wanted me to catch three small fry fish in a row. I caught two pond smelts and a crucian carp to complete the challenge.

With Festivale coming up on Monday, many villagers are already looking forward to the event. Bones boasted that he’s going to be the most festive Festivale dog anyone’s ever seen!

I found a lost item on the ground, and it was a bag that smelled like a minty sports cream. I swear it seems like 90% of the lost items belong to jocks! I asked Tybalt about the bag, and he said it was his. He thanked me for returning it, and he gave me a guide shirt for helping out.

I grabbed some fish out of storage and took them over to C.J. I sold him two koi, two sturgeon, three red snappers, and four football fish for 70,500 bells.

Just a heads-up for people on my friend roster: There will not be a Friday Night Forest this week. But I’ll be back with another blog entry soon.