Katrina’s Fortune

I started off today by going to the city Main Street. Nookling Junction is now officially closed, and Timmy and Tommy Nook should have a new store tomorrow. Of course, having the store closed for remodeling isn’t as inconvenient as it was in previous games. That’s because you can still sell things at Re-Tail.

A blue tarp covers the Nooklings' store as it undergoes remodeling.In the Able Sisters, I saw a beak for sale and decided to buy it.

Labelle: The beak? That's not a bad choice.Back across the railroad tracks, I saw that my face-cutout standee was done. You can apparently draw new patterns for it, but I didn’t give that a try yet.

My new face-cutout standee.While walking around town looking for the money rock, I spotted Katrina’s tent! Just like on GameCube!

Katrina's tent in my town for the first time!I went inside and had her read my fortune for 500 bells.

Katrina prepares to tell my fortune inside her tent.She told me that after the recycle shop (Re-Tail) closes for the day, golden furniture will appear.

Katrina: After the recycle shop closes for the day...golden furniture appears, one after the other.But she said that a cap is the key to making it work. Does that mean I have to buy a cap and wear it? I have no idea.

Katrina: And remember that bad times... are just times that are bad.So I continued on my walk around town. I spotted a lost item on the ground. Interesting.

A lost item on the ground.I apparently have to find who it belongs to somehow. Meanwhile, Rory sees me and give me a new nickname: champ.

Rory: OK then! Henceforth, thou shalt be known as champ!I make a stop in town hall and Isabelle asks me to attend the grand opening of the face-cutout standee. I agreed to go.

The completion ceremony for the face-cutout standee.Later on, I run into Fuchsia and ask her if the lost item is hers. Nope.

Fuchsia: Errrrmm... Nope. Not mine. Better keep askin' around.And then I see Rory again. I’m able to ask him about it, and he says it’s his.

Rory: Thank you for grabbing this and getting it back to me, champ. I have to reward you now!He gives me an elephant shirt as a reward.

Rory: Something tells me you could use a nice elephant shirt.And before I end my day, I watch a train go by. The railroad crossing is fully functional.

A train goes by at the railroad crossing.Just a note for those of you who use Club Nintendo. If you fill out the survey letting them know you intend to buy Animal Crossing: New Leaf, you can get 10 bonus coins once you buy and register the game. But you have to sign up by June 2nd to get the bonus coins.

Okay guys and gals, see you tomorrow!

Garden Shop

Today is Mother’s Day, and I got a letter from Mom. She sent me a pink carnation to celebrate the occasion.

Pink carnations I got from Mom on Mother's Day.I went into Nookling Junction, and Tommy told me that they’re having a preremodeling sale. So tomorrow, the store will be closed for remodeling, and it will reopen on Tuesday as a bigger store.

Tommy: Welcome! Welcome! Today we are holding a special preremodeling store-closing sale!I then went next door to check out the new building. It’s a garden shop.

The new garden shop on Main Street.They sell flower seeds, saplings, and watering cans. This clown-like sloth named Leif works there. This shop is very small; I wonder if he ever feels like a mime trapped in a box.

The inside of the garden shop, along with its owner, Leif the sloth.Next, I decided to take a trip out to the island. First, I tried the Easy Item-Matching Tour. By digging up buried items, you must match pairs of identical items. And you can only hold one item at a time, so it’s a memory-based game. I completed the game and won a Gold Tortimer award and six medals.

Tortimer: For your AMAZING performance, you've earned a Gold Tortimer award and 6 medals!After that, I tried a beetle-catching tour. I caught nine beetles and won another Gold Tortimer award and six more medals. I didn’t go on any more tours after that, but I did a little fishing and bug-catching on the island. Once I returned to town, I sold my catches and I earned enough to finish paying off my face-cutout standee.

Lloid: Please look forward to the completed project!On my way to town hall, I talked to Fuchsia. And again, she called me girlfriend. I introduced her to my net.

Fuchsia: Jeff, what gives?! You're no amateur! Don't just swing wildly like that!I really don’t know why her default catchphrase is girlfriend. Hello, Nintendo, there are guys that play Animal Crossing too! Once I got to town hall, I first talked to Isabelle across the counter to report Fuchsia’s bad language. She said she’ll take care of the problem (by washing Fuchsia’s mouth out with soap). Good.

Isabelle: Say no more. I'll make sure to wash Fuchsia's mouth out with soap.And once I sat down at my mayor’s desk, Isabelle confirmed that my face-cutout standee will be completed tomorrow. Hooray!

Isabelle: We've met our collection goal for the face-cutout standee project! It should be complete tomorrow!Thank you all for reading! I’ll be back with another update tomorrow! 🙂

UPDATE: I redeemed my two play coins for a fortune cookie. I got fortune #41, which was good for a Wii Balance Board!

Tommy: Ah, congratulations! The prize for Number 41 is great--a Wii Balance Board!The Wii Balance Board on display in my New Leaf house.

Tribal Mask, My Bridge, and a New Development

Today, I got a letter in the mail from Gulliver. He told me he’s in Kenya, and he sent me this tribal mask. Unfortunately, letters in ACNL show up on the bottom screen, so you can’t take pictures of them with the in-game camera. But here is a look at the tribal mask:

The tribal mask I got from Gulliver in Kenya, on display in my house.And there was a message on the bulletin board saying that my cobblestone bridge was complete!

Bulletin board: Thanks to everyone's generosity, Forest has finally completed the much anticipated new cobblestone bridge!So of course, I had to go take a look at it. This bridge connects my house (in the northwest part of town) to the town hall (in the southwest part of town). So it’s much easier to get to my place of employment. This is my second bridge; I can actually add one more, which I would likely put at the eastern side of town. But that’s not a priority, so that can wait a bit.

My new cobblestone bridge.I headed over to town hall, and Isabelle told me she arranged a little celebration to commemorate the new bridge. So, back to the bridge I went. But then she demanded a speech! speech! speech! from me. I was not prepared for this! Is it too soon for me to retire from public life? Or maybe I should demand on the recount of the election votes. They’ll see I didn’t have a single vote, so I shouldn’t be mayor and won’t have to give this speech!

Isabelle: First up, we have an incredibly short speech from our very own mayor!But fortunately, the speech was actually just a multiple-choice, one sentence phrase. I can do this! After I finished my sentence speech, Isabelle told everyone to GO! She was actually telling them to fire off the party poppers she gave them ahead of time. Yay!

Firing off party poppers at the completion ceremony for the cobblestone bridge.With that project completed, I was able to start another one. I chose to put a face-cutout standee near the train tracks. This will be a fun one that future Wi-Fi visitors will probably enjoy. It’s also cheaper than the bridge, so it shouldn’t take too long to fund.

Isabelle: To help us gather donations to fund the face-cutout standee is our helpful town gyroid, Lloid!A bit later, Rory offered to trade me a karaoke system for my blue-stripe tee.  Even though I still liked my shirt, I decided a shirt for furniture was a good deal, so I agreed to the trade.

Rory: I'll trade karaoke system on my team. Blue-stripe tee on your team comes over to me.After that, Big Top had an unusual request for me. He asked me to bury a time capsule somewhere in town. I buried it in the northwest corner of town. I’m not sure what this is all about, but I suppose I’ll find out sooner or later.

Big Top: Oh, brain-flash time! Maybe you could bury it for me! What do you say, Jeff?And it was raining in Forest today, but nothing can dampen Aurora’s spirits.

Aurora: Good morning, Jeff. Rain can be so gloomy sometimes. But it does freshen the air.She asked me to buy an A shirt for 444 bells. I wasn’t about to turn her down.

Me wearing an A shirt in the rain.On Main Street, there is a new development…literally. Nook Homes is in the process of building something new! Could it be Club LOL? I hope so! I’m guessing I’ll find out tomorrow!

A blue tarp covers a new development on Main Street! What could it be?I didn’t make a trip to the island today, but I did shake a few trees. One of them had a bee! Oh no! My first instinct was to run, of course. But then I thought, I’ll need to catch a bee at some point, so I might as well at least give it a try. So I whipped out my net, waited for the bee to come at me, and swung….. I GOT IT! Awesome!

I caught a bee! Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz!Later on, I went to meet my newest neighbor, Katt. Oh my, what have I done to deserve animals like this?

Katt: So, uh, you're Jeff, right? I knew it! Yeah, I couldn't wait to move here after hearing about you!I was in the Re-Tail store later, as was Yuka. She wanted to buy a bed that was on sale and she asked my opinion. I told her she shouldn’t buy it. It was so cheap, that there must be something wrong with it. 😉 Or maybe I just wanted her to suffer and sleep on the floor. *heh heh horf*

Yuka: Yeah, you're right. This is either a mistake...or there's something wrong with the item. I'll pass.My last stop of the evening was the museum. I donated my bee and three fossils I found today. Good news! The triceratops is complete!

A complete triceratops in the Forest museum.That’s all for tonight, but check back tomorrow for all of the latest developments!

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