Jeff's New Horizons Blog

On Thursday, Gulliver sent me a geisha wig in the mail. Not only is that perhaps my least-favorite item he gives, but it’s at least the 5th one he’s sent me. 😛

At Nook’s Cranny, the Nooklings were paying 122 bells for turnips. So I sold my 50 turnips from Joan for a total of 6,100 bells.

Yesterday, I put some money into my account and my balance reached 41 million bells.

Today, Agent S was celebrating her birthday. Since I had some star fragments in my pockets (that I picked up on the beach), I crafted her a star clock for her present. I also customized it to be blue and then wrapped it up. Agent S thought it was an awesome gift when I gave it to her at the party. 😁

Happy birthday, Agent S! 🎈🎂 Another cute, short villager was there celebrating: Ketchup.

This was Agent S’s third birthday party here in town. She celebrated with Apollo last year, and Hornsby in 2020.

Over at the plaza, K.K. Slider was performing. I asked him for a random song, and he played K.K. Condor (one of my favorites) for me and Bones.

Within the next few days, I plan on posting a video of my Happy Home Paradise designs. So stay tuned for that, and I’ll see you all again soon.

On Monday night, I found Donkey Kong Louie enjoying some nighttime coffee at the Roost.

When I went out to Lottie’s Island, I was surprised to see Nat on the beach! He said he was giving a lecture on bugs at the school, but he couldn’t find the school. 😛

I agreed to show him the way, and then we magically appeared in the classroom. He said that I can now release bugs into yards of vacation homes.

The only catch is that I have to bring my own bugs, to have them fly (or crawl) around freely. You can’t use the bugs from the catalog if you want them to be free. This is a pretty cool feature; imagine filling a yard with fireflies!

I remembered to visit the hospital, and Joan gave me 50 turnips this week. When I told Dr. Octavian I had a stinging pain in my knees, he gave me some knee bandages this time (instead of a mummy outfit).

On Tuesday night, Wisp was in town. I gathered up his spirits for him, and he gave me a simple bed.

Today, I found Gulliver on the beach. I found (and returned) his communicator parts for him, so he’ll send me a reward in the mail tomorrow.

In Peach Park, I found Ketchup having a “sit party” all by herself. So I plopped down next to her for a few moments. My presence didn’t make it any more of a party, but at least she wasn’t alone.

Nook’s Cranny was paying extra for garden rocks today, so I got a couple rows of stones out of storage and crafted a few dozen garden rocks to sell. I have too many materials in storage, so this was a good opportunity to thin them out a bit…and make some bells in the process.

I found a bone tee in the recycle box at Resident Services, and I decided to wear it. I’ve been wearing green for a while, so I might as well give yellow a try.

When I was up on the cliff, I saw Beardo hanging out just below the edge. So I watered him a few times, and then I hit him with my net. He told me to knock it off, even though he was speaking from a lower level. 😛

SPOILER ALERT

Again, if you don’t want to be spoiled by a feature at the end of Happy Home Paradise, you may want to stop reading this entry now. Fair warning. 😛

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When I went out to Lottie’s Island, I was a bit surprised to see little glowing things in the air!

It turns out there was another music festival underway, so I made my way to the north beach to do some dancing. Rolf, Cephalobot, and Rio were all there dancing…that’s three villagers I would really like to have in Forest.

I’m glad the music festival wasn’t just a one-time thing. It’s a fun little distraction every now and then.

See you all next time! 🙂

When I started up the game today, Tom Nook called me and told me he wanted to talk to me at Resident Services. He said that people have been talking about my house-designing work at Paradise Planning, and they would like me to remodel their homes too!

So I can now opt to redesign my villagers’ homes! Tom Nook said there is a fee involved, but I can earn miles for each design. I’m glad I’ve finally unlocked this ability, although I didn’t start work on any houses just yet. But I think Agent S might be the first one; she really needs an extreme home makeover.

K.K. Slider was in town, so I asked him to play a random song. He played K.K. Calypso for me, Agent S, Apollo, Ketchup, and Bones. Yeah, it was a pretty decent-sized crowd again this week!

Today is Marina’s birthday, and I was trying to figure out a good gift to give her. Nook’s Cranny didn’t have anything that jumped out at me, so I looked through my crafting options. I figured something aquatic would be fitting, so I ended up making her a mermaid vanity. She seemed to like it!

Marina moved into Forest last August, so this was her first birthday in town. But she’s already looking ahead to next year!

As you can see, Louie was also at the party. I figured this would be a good time to try out my new dancing reactions that I learned yesterday!

After the party, I remembered to go out to Lottie’s Island to check the inventory at my new apparel shop (Forest Fit). Even though it’s nothing new to assign villagers roles in the Happy Home Paradise facilities, it feels a bit weird when they’re actually selling you something. It’s like I turned Olivia into a special character! 😛

See you all next time!