Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Yesterday, Gullivarrr was in town. I went diving for his phone, and I found it on my first dive.

I received my latest NookLink item in the mail, a Nook Inc. doorplate. Hopefully my neighbors won’t confuse my house for a new Nook shop. 😉

St. Patrick’s Day is coming up, so I made my annual transformation into Mohawk McClover. I posed here next to some green furniture in my house.

When I ran into Bones tonight, he started yelling!

He wasn’t mad or anything, he just wanted to practice yelling since there were no buildings around. 😛

Today, Gullivarrr sent me another pirate outfit in the mail.

I found a lost item (a book) on the ground, and I eventually returned it to Marina. She rewarded me with a garbage pail.

K.K. Slider was in town for his usual Saturday night performance, and he played K.K. Ragtime for me, Sasha, Louie, Bones, and Hornsby. It must be guys’ night. 😛

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Agent S replaced the Wii Fit trainer? Of course you haven’t. But that’s what my latest video shows: Agent S as the new host of Wii Fit S. I hope you’ll give it a watch and enjoy a laugh or two. 🙂

Yesterday, I received my latest Nooklink reward, a Nook Inc. balloon. It’s in the shape of Nook’s leaf logo.

Even though you can carry it around, I decided to display it next to Nook’s Cranny.

Tonight, I went out to Lottie’s Island to work. Coach was looking for a vacation house, and he said it would be fun to roll a giant ball around!

That certainly piqued my curiosity, and I imagined something like Katamari Damacy. But in actuality, Coach just wanted a “track-meet training grounds.” One of the items he wanted to use was an exercise ball. Somehow, that’s not what I thought he meant by a giant ball. 😞

Anyway, I wanted to make a track for him to run around on. But that was easier said than done, especially without the ability to use paths. So I just set up a bunch of cones that he can run circles around. I did use a checkered flag pattern as the finish line, but this was a pretty low-effort attempt…even by my designing standards. 😂

Indoors, I was sure there would be a sporty floor to use for this project…or some other flooring with a running track on it. It just seems so mind-numbingly obvious. However, I was wrong…so I just used a backyard lawn. At least the stadium wall was available. Since the indoors couldn’t be the running track either, I just filled it with a variety of exercise equipment. (I also gave him a bed and a trophy case.)

But as I was about to finish up the job, Niko barged in. I wondered if I forgot to use one of the suggested items. But Niko just wanted to tell me a new feature related to polishing furniture. He told me that I can now use different effects, not just sparkly things.

I used the “dripdrip” feature to make all of the exercise equipment drip with Coach’s sweat. 😂😂😂 It’s really disgusting now. I think Niko may regret giving me this much power. 😛

Lottie paid me 12,000 Poki for my work. I’ll see you all again soon! 🙂

On Sunday, Wardell (from Paradise Planning) sent me a large Paradise Planning rug in the mail.

Yesterday, C.J. was in town and I sold him about 185,000 bells worth of fish. Wisp was also hanging around. After I collected his spirits for him, he gave me an EKG machine!

Last night, I bought a gallant statue from Redd’s stand on Harv’s Island.

Out on Lottie’s Island, Sheldon wanted a vacation home where he can teach everyone traffic safety. He insisted on a minicar, a crosswalk signal, and a small mannequin. Since I can’t use the island designer app to add paths, I just placed down some gray pattern tiles for a street, and I made some crosswalk patterns. I also added in some other vehicles. I made a scene where a boy is ignoring the “don’t walk” sign, and he walks out into traffic. 😛

For the inside of Sheldon’s house, I used a crosswalk flooring and a tree-lined wall. But this time, I used a rescue mannequin…and Sheldon himself as the driver! Don’t sleep and drive!

Lottie upgraded my title, calling me a “Breakout Designer” now. She must like seeing me recreate traffic accidents. 😛 A pay raise came with the promotion, and I earned 12,000 Poki for this job.

Today, I gave Admiral an elegant dresser. In return, he gave me his photo!

His favorite quote is “Only quitters give up.”

I hung it up on my wall, and I now have 17 villager photos (not counting duplicates or special characters’ pics). That also means that I now have photos of all my current villagers. I guess I’ll need some new villagers now. 😛

Lately, I’ve also done some redecorating in the main room of my house. I finally took down the Christmas/winter stuff. 😛

The gallant statue I received in the mail was authentic, and I was about to put it into storage. But I tried donating it to the museum…and Blathers accepted it! I had seen that statue so many times at Redd’s shop on Harvey’s Island (usually the fake one) that I had forgotten that I never donated the real one! I now only need three works of art: two paintings and one statue. 🙂

See you all next time!