Today, Big Top asked me for a new greeting. “Join the circus,” I told him.
And I was a bit tired of wearing the deep-blue tee, so I ordered a flame shirt from T.I.Y. yesterday. It arrived today, and I put it on. Does this make me look hot?
When I banged a nearby rock with my shovel, gems started coming out. This is my second gem rock in three days. The best part is that three of the gems were gold nuggets!
I took the gold nuggets to Cyrus to have him turn them into furniture. I hope it’s not another clock! But I had half an hour to kill first, so I continued my walk around town. Crazy Redd’s tent was in town, so I went inside and bought this robust statue.
After leaving the tent, I soon spotted Phineas! He gave me the village leader badge, which is for players with over 200 hours of gameplay. This is my second silver badge.
Once I finished watering my flowers and digging up corpses fossils, I returned to Re-Tail. I picked my new golden closet.
When I returned to my house, Aurora surprised me with a visit. After standing around for a couple minutes, she gave me a crane game for absolutely free!
The crane game works just like you’d expect: The crane moves, starts to pick up a stuffed animal, drops it before it has a good grip, and then returns to the starting position. I’m wondering if I should try to make this a carnival-themed room.
When I was done in my house, I went up to Main Street. I talked to Nook, and I told him to add a new room on the right side of my house. He said it will be done tomorrow.
And just a word of warning. Unlike previous DLC items, the new shaved-ice lamp can NOT be ordered from the catalog! The Nooklings list is as “not for sale.” So you may want to think twice before giving it away or selling it; you may not get one again.
A message on the bulletin board told me there will be a meteor shower in Forest tonight. I may check it out later, but I likely won’t post a picture until tomorrow. So I’ll see you all then!
She sent me a new DLC item, the shaved ice lamp. I don’t quite understand why Nintendo is distributing this DLC the old ACCF-style letter-from-Pete way instead of the new “ask for it at the post office” style. But I won’t complain, since this way is better for lazy people like me. Anyway, this is what it looks like. I actually think it looks more like a sundae than shaved ice, though.
Around 10:00, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Wendy and Dash came over to visit. At least two other people were trying to get in, but couldn’t. (They were getting error messages.) But the three of us went in my house and were playing musical instruments in my upstairs room.
Back outside, Big Top sounded excited that a flower sparkled after he watered it. And I’m not quite sure if he used a watering can or his trunk.
And down on the beach, I used a Roman candle to burn Wendy’s armpit.
We started catching some bugs and fish. I even put my wet suit on and went diving. I caught something new, a turban shell.
Also, while we were diving, invisible jellyfish kept stinging me and Wendy! We didn’t see anything at all, but we got stung repeatedly! Weird.
I accidentally went up onto Main Street (which effectively ends the glitch), so my train track visit was a short one this time.
So I started beating Rory with my toy hammer. And I was taking pictures of the beating, which probably wasn’t smart. I don’t want my villagers to impeach me as mayor!
I continued playing and taking pictures and I didn’t have any more issues. I’m not sure if this photo limit issue will crop up again or not. So this may not be a permanent fix. I’ll be sure to mention it if I have this problem again.
I started shaking some trees. I ended up uncovering five bees, catching three of them. Fortunately, my 3D glasses hid my swollen eye. But of course the animals can magically see through them.
I earned enough money to pay off my latest house expansion. But unfortunately, Nook Homes was closed, so I couldn’t choose what I wanted done next. But I’ll have to talk to him about that tomorrow. That’s all for tonight, so have a good weekend everyone! I’ll be back with more tomorrow.
Then today, I saw Phineas in town. I was expecting him to give me a silver insect badge, but he didn’t. Instead, he gave me the “Great Samaritan” badge for helping out lots of animals. This is my first silver badge.
I also saw Aurora near my house, and she was talking about how she jumps into other worlds.
And I got a letter in the mail from the Happy Homes Academy. My house score topped 30,000 HHA points, so they sent me an HHA jacket.
I then went to work at the cafe. While there, I saw an unusual looking out-of-town customer, Paula.
There was a gem rock instead of a money rock today, and it included one gold nugget. I also had two gold nuggets in storage, so I took them all to Cyrus to have him make a piece of gold furniture out of them.
As I continued my walk, I saw a perfect peach! It’s my first one in over three months! This time, I was sure to plant it.
Katrina was in town, so I went inside to have her tell my fortune.
She told me a cap was the key to avoiding misfortune. I was already wearing a cap, so I was safe.
I also went up to the Happy Homes Showcase to check for new homes there, and there actually was one! The house belonged to Cory from Kihei, and it was a SpotPass home sent out by Nintendo. The main floor was a Pikmin-themed room, apparently to promote the recent release of 
The upstairs seemed to be a Donkey Kong themed room, complete with bongos and tons of bananas.
I then went to the Able Sisters and bought some 3D glasses. Labelle told me that a small gift was included with my purchase, and she gave me another mannequin!
It was placed in my upstairs room next to my other mannequin, and I put Pikmin hats on them both.
I was about done playing, but then I remembered to return to Re-Tail to get my golden furniture. I was very disappointed to see that, once again, Cyrus made me a golden clock!
He has now made me a golden clock three times in four attempts! I think he did it on purpose because he doesn’t like me. But I don’t like him either. Maybe I’ll have to shave his head the next time I catch him sleeping.