Jeff's New Horizons Blog

On Tuesday, Beardo told me not to treat his house as if it were my grandma’s house. He actually encouraged me to knock things over!

I shot down a balloon present yesterday and it contained some ketchup fried rice. That sounds disgusting! Besides, I couldn’t treat poor little Ketchup like that! 😉

Wisp was in town, and I gathered up his spirits in exchange for a bicycle helmet.

I visited Static today, and he was going on and on about boots, of all things. He particularly liked the fact that they smell like “musty old feet.” That’s disgusting, Static. 🤢

Louie was sick, so I gave him some medicine. In return, he gave me an athletic jacket.

While visiting another town, I saw that the Nooklings were paying 153 bells for turnips. But since it was almost closing time, I didn’t have time to go back and get all of my turnips. But I did sell the two stacks (200 turnips) that I had with me for 30,600 bells. When I have turnips to sell, I like to carry a stack or two with me to serve as a reminder that I need to keep checking prices. 😛

I worked a bit more on my obstacle course, and I realized that I’m going to need more room. So I’m going to have to remove most of Donkey Kong Country. But perhaps I’ll rebuild it at some point in the future.

So far, I haven’t had any further overheating issues with my Switch in the past few days. But I have been trying to limit myself to 30-40 minute sessions at max. If I do play a longer session, I may try turning on an actual fan and blowing it at my Switch as I play. 😛

See you all next time!

Yesterday morning, I bought some turnips from Daisy Mae. She was charging 103 bells apiece, and I bought 1,700 of them for 175,100 bells.

Later in the day, Ketchup asked to visit my house. I normally decline the visits, but since it’s Ketchup, and since she hadn’t visited my house yet, I decided to let her come over this one time. She kept asking me to show her more rooms, even though she plopped right down in the middle of the floor and showed no intentions of moving. 😛

Her words didn’t match her actions.

Last night, I began demolition of some structures on the eastern edge of town. Ocean Sunfish Tower, Frog Pond, and Cosmos Canyon (the archway) no longer exist. I then began work on a new obstacle course. But it’s still very early into development, so don’t expect it anytime soon.

But as I was working, an unexpected problem popped up: An error message appeared, informing me that my system was automatically going into sleep mode because of overheating. I’ve had issues with my Switch being rather loud since at least last year (likely a fan/cooling issue), but this was the first time it has forced itself into sleep mode.

I may need to get my Switch repaired at some point. But for now, I’m trying to play shorter sessions (yesterday’s session was rather long, since I was demolishing and designing). I’ll see how often this problem recurs before I decide anything. But I hate the idea of being without my Switch (and island) for weeks while I send it in to be repaired. And Nintendo Switch Sports comes out on Friday too, so the timing is awful! 🤞

When I played again later, Wisp was in town. I recovered his spirits in exchange for a winnowing machine.

Today, I went out to Lottie’s Island to work a shift for Paradise Planning. Octavian was there on the beach, and he wanted a vacation home where he could relax by the sea. I picked out a small island where he had the whole beach to himself.

He insisted on a hammock outdoors, and I also supplied him with some beach chairs with a parasol, a wave breaker, a palm-tree lamp, a cooler box, and a beach ball.

Indoors, I started to give Octavian the tropical vista and sandy-beach flooring…but then I realized that was too similar to what I gave Angus last month. So I decided to go in a different direction, and I gave Octavian the mermaid set (plus a couple of items he suggested himself). I also used the ocean soundscape.

He should feel right at home here, even if he’s not exactly a mermaid. 😛

That’s all I have for today. But look for the next Wi-Fi Moments video coming in the next day or two! See you next time!

Yesterday, Gullivarrr sent me a pirate-ship helm in the mail, for helping him out the day before.

Beardo tried to tell me that he’s really well-known in hip-hop circles. I don’t believe that for a second.

Pancetti the pancake pig was up at the campsite. I obviously had no interest in her, but I did play one of her games. I won an elegant hat. 😛

I started up the island designer app to reshape the land where my UFOs have been lately. It’s also the place where I previously had my amusement park. I kept the same basic waterfall structure, although I made it more streamlined and moved it north. That left some room for my new sumo ring.

Even though my existing sumo ring is still in place, it won’t be for long. I plan on using that area for something else in the coming weeks.

Tonight, K.K. Slider was in town. He performed for me, Bones, Marina, and Agent S.

I noticed that the wet suit is one of the few items that can be used on Lottie’s island, so I put it on and went swimming! I didn’t see any sea creatures in the waters around Lottie’s island, but it was still nice to swim in a new place.

I haven’t done any vacation home designing lately, but I plan on changing that in the coming days.

See you next time!