Jeff's New Horizons Blog

On Sunday, I grabbed some Nook Miles Tickets and started visiting some mystery islands to hunt for a new villager. I decided I would try five times and then give up for the night. The first three islands had Cobb the pig, Tipper the cow, and Pinky the bear. I was not interested in them, but I was tempted by Mint on the 4th island…

I do like Mint, even though she’s not quite in my top tier of villagers. I considered asking her to move in, but I didn’t pull the trigger. I already have two squirrels in Forest (Agent S and Static), and I thought having three squirrels around might drive me nuts. 🥜

The 5th island had O’Hare the rabbit, which was an easy “no” for me. I was tired and didn’t feel like searching any more, so I decided to take my chances and wrap up my game for the night.

Yesterday, I was a bit disappointed to see a “sold” sign on Apple’s old plot. I really don’t like how the game usually only gives us one day to find a new villager. But I checked the sign and saw that Admiral was moving in. I don’t particularly like him, but I don’t particularly dislike him either. Still, it is a bit disappointing to think that I could’ve had Mint instead. Oh well, that’s the risk I took.

Anyway, I noticed that the megaphone and football rug are now available again as seasonal items (for the Super Bowl coming up next month). They can be ordered through February 15th.

At the campsite, I found the old man from Breath of the Wild! 😮 Actually, it was Lionel the lion. But either way, I wasn’t interested. 😛

Today (January 18th) is the day that Admiral moved in. I went inside to welcome him to Forest.

He wondered how he ended up on an island called Forest instead of Columbia. That means he apparently came from William’s town.

I spoke with Bones near the airport, and he wondered what I was doing near the “plane station.” 😛

He was hoping that I had a friend coming over to bring snacks. Sorry, Bones. Not today.

In the mail today, I found a pirate-treasure crown from Gullivarrr and a (fake) basic painting from Hornsby.

When I visited Marina, I was shocked to find her dusting her cupcakes! 😮 And no, that’s not a euphemism for something, she was literally dusting her cupcakes. 😛

When I spoke with her, she gave me some outdoor shorts to wear…in a snowstorm. Yeah, I think I’ll pass on your dusty cupcakes and snowy-weather shorts.

Before long, I headed over to Apple’s house to say goodbye to her. I’ll miss you, Apple! Best of luck to you!

Over at the plaza, I joined Eloise, Hornsby, Apollo, and Sasha for a K.K. Slider concert. He performed a song called Chillwave for us all.

Later, I went out to Lottie’s island to work. My buddy Tybalt was there, and he was talking about a place for his bat collection. 🦇

I was imagining a remote bat-cave for him, and then the next screen showed the title of his request: A Slugger’s Dugout. He was talking about baseball bats. ⚾ 😛

For the first time, I actually put some effort into the yard. I added some stadium lights, fences, a cooler box, and some bottled beverages.

But there actually aren’t many baseball specific items, at least in terms of furniture. There is a baseball set (bat, ball, and glove together in one item)…and not much else. So I had to use cushions for the bases and home plate. It may not be a home run, but I am pleased with how it turned out.

Indoors, I used the stadium wall and backyard lawn to replicate the feel of a stadium. However, I wasn’t going to make another baseball diamond indoors. He can go outside to play. Indoors, I gave him a 50-inch LCD TV, a couple of throwback mitt chairs, a couple of plastic benches, a treadmill, and a few other baseball-related touches.

Niko showed up to tell me how to polish furniture, and then I wrapped up my time in Happy Home Paradise. Lottie paid me 6,000 Poki for my work. She then disappeared, and I found her by a building outside. She mentioned using some other buildings as facilities…starting with this building as a possible school.

She said we’re going to need more clients to build these facilities, so that means I have more work to do here on Lottie’s island!

Marina suggested a new nickname for me today, “lollipop.”

She’s the one covered in suckers, but I’m the lollipop? 😛 🐙🍭

Gullivarrr the pirate was washed up on the beach today, and I went diving to retrieve his communicator for him. He’ll send me my reward in the mail tomorrow.

At Nook’s Cranny, I spotted a cool new “FREE” sign! Well, it’s actually called a tabletop POP display, but it says FREE!

I bought a couple of them. This will be great to put by my recipes I’m giving away. But it can also be customized to say other things too: It can say “50% off,” “New,” “Special Offer,” “Best Choice,” or “No. 1.” Or it can be customized to display a pointing finger, a heart, or a custom design. 👍

Apple told me that she was thinking of moving away, and I told her to go for it.

I like Apple, but she’s had a nice long stay in Forest (1 year, 8 months). I’ve been ready to let her go, even since before Tia left.

I’ve decided to expand and re-theme my castle, so I started ordering some more castle walls and other items I’ll need.

In my basement, I finally cleaned up the mess of gyroids on the floor and hung them on the wall instead. Here’s my collection of 37 gyroids:

Hornsby asked me to deliver an explorer shirt to Sasha. He didn’t seem thrilled with it, but he put it on regardless. To thank me, Sasha gave me the tank he was just wearing. He even said it was still warm, which didn’t exactly make it sound that appealing. 😛

My Smile Isle achievement progress is currently at 258/300. So I still have 42 more favors to go! 😛 Have you all completed it already?

I’ll be back with another entry tomorrow. Hope to see you then!