Badge Update

Late last night, I made a quick dream visit to Anville, which is Olivia’s town. She has changed things up since the last time I visited. I didn’t stay long, so I wasn’t really taking pictures, but I did take one. I noticed that she has two bridges close to each other. It actually looked nice being able to see the next bridge up the river.

Two bridges in Anville.The town is quite nice, and the dream address is 6900-2923-1084 if you want to visit it.

Today, I got a letter in the mail from the snowboy; he sent me this snowman bed. Even if it looks more like a snowman coffin.

The snowman bed.Big Top tried to tell me he was moving out of town on February 9th, but I quickly convinced him that he was mistaken. I went to Tom’s town to get a bingo number, and he glitched onto/into his bench. He threw at beans at me as I sat there.

Tom throwing beans at me.I was tempted to collect the beans and get a stew going, but I didn’t. Tom saved the game, and then he died.

Tom passes out on a bench.A couple of his friends came over to visit, but Tom purposely disconnected when he discovered one of them took some perfect oranges without asking. Back in Forest, I saw an igloo at the campsite and I found Flo the penguin inside. Thankfully, she didn’t try to sell me car insurance.

Flo: Hey! You're from Forest, right? Nice to meet you! I'm Flo!As I was watering flowers, I spotted Phineas! I had no idea what to expect, but he gave me the Balloon Master badge! That’s the gold one, which means I no longer have to waste my time shooting down any more useless balloons! Woohoo!

I got the Balloon Master badge! This makes me an elite balloon hunter!To my surprise, he actually had a second badge for me too! This time, he gave me the Catalog Maniac Silver badge for collecting over 50% of the items in the game.

I got the Catalog Maniac Silver badge! It seems like I've got a TON of stuff listed in my catalog!This seems like a good time to post my updated badge screen, so here it is:

My badge collection as of February 4th, 2014.I rolled up today’s snowballs to make a snowboy, but he wasn’t perfect today. Just to remind you all, the snow on the ground will be gone on February 25th. So you have three weeks left to collect items from the snowman, snowmam, snowboy, and snowtyke. I have a shot at finishing them all up, but it’s not a sure thing.

Anyway, I went up to the Dream Suite and saw that my most recent dream visitor was Biarna from Naralda. When I was done shopping, I went down to the dock to begin my island hopping for the evening. I met a few nice people, including Marysol and Alexa, who is shown here.

Me and Alexa on a Club Tortimer island.I was able to find one new piece of each set (mermaid and cabana). Now I have 12/13 mermaid items and 9/13 cabana items. However, I have used up almost all of my medals. So I’ll need to do some more tours tomorrow to earn more before I go island hopping for the remaining items.

When I was done touring, I returned to Forest and saw the northern lights in the sky above.

The northern lights as seen from my dock.

Traps, Attacks, and Holes

Late last night, Jessica came over to test our connections. She hadn’t played with me since I got my new router, so we wanted to make sure we could connect now. Fortunately, it worked with no problems.

She started up the game too late in the day to get her Resetti model, so I gave her mine. I also had a hat to give her. I invited her over to the snowman to get a bingo number she needed…but I was hiding behind the snowman with my hammer ready. She stopped to talk to Teddy and…BAM! Surprise!

Surprise attack on Jessica!Jessica: YOU LURED ME INTO TRAP!But a bit later, she got her revenge as I was talking to Teddy myself. Teddy seemed to know exactly what was going on. 😛

Teddy: Is the enemy finally attacking us?By this time, we both had major head wounds, so I ended the party for the night. Then today, the snowboy sent me this snowman TV in the mail.

A snowman TV.I was playing later in the day than usual, so I didn’t get to exchange bingo numbers with Tom today (sorry Tom!). But I built a perfect snowboy and then headed up to Main Street. Luna told me my most recent dream visitor was Bijou from Peril. In Club LOL, I put a mega tootoid (which I dug up in town) up on the stage. I want to have four farting gyroids on stage, so I’m halfway there.

A couple of farting tootoids on stage.Kim came over to get a bingo number, and I showed her the fall-into-a-hole-from-the-bench trick.

Sitting on the bench with Kim.Falling in holes with Kim.I was headed out to the island to check today’s gift shop items, so I asked if Kim wanted to come too. She did, and we did a couple of tours on the island while we were there.

Me and Kim celebrating a successful tour.We then returned to shore and I ended the party. I saw Saharah, and I paid her to redo my house. She installed an ornate wall and a sporty floor. Not the best combination.

An ornate wall and sporty floor.Later on, I went out to some Club Tortimer islands. On one of the islands, I met Emma, who told me that her birthday is tomorrow. (Happy birthday!) We agreed to go on an easy labyrinth tour, so I chose it and I began to sit down as she was putting her bugs or fish away.

However, I found out that Club Tortimer tours work differently from regular tours with friends. As soon as I sat down, the tour began…without her! I’ve made a huge mistake. To make matters worse, when I was done, I was put on a different island! Fortunately, she had told me her Tumblr account, so I sent her an apology there.

Anyway, I ended up on an island with Star#1 from NtdoLand. He actually knew me from my Youtube channel, although he doesn’t read my blog.

Star#1 and me on a Club Tortimer island.As for my mermaid/cabana collections, I found a cabana vanity today and that’s it. So I have 8/13 cabana items and still 11/13 mermaid items. So the contest is still at least a few days away still. Hopefully I’ll have more time tomorrow to island hop than I did today.

Groundhog Day

Joan was selling turnips for 92 bells each this morning, so I bought 1,200 of them again this week. I’ll probably keep buying them until I get all of the turnip badges.

Joan: So 1,200 turnips comes out to be... 110,400 bells altogether. Do you wanna buy them?I found both of today’s snowballs, so I put them together and built a perfect snowboy.

Snowboy: PERFECT SNOWBOY!Today is Groundhog Day in America, so Isabelle was at the event plaza handing out Resetti models.

Isabelle: It's a Resetti model! Please take it in celebration of our town's Groundhog Day!There was also a face-cutout standee featuring Resetti.

The Resetti faceboard for Groundhog Day.I then went to my house to take a look at the Resetti model, and it looks the same as it did in City Folk.

The Resetti model.Tom came over to get a bingo number and check out the holiday standee. As he did, I was using the outrage emotion to simulate Resetti’s anger. Tom wanted to switch places, so I stuck my head through the hole as he was doing different emotions. At one point, his crown appeared through the cutout.

The Groundhog Day standee.After he left, I made a quick visit to his town to collect bingo numbers too. But I quickly returned home to finish watering my flowers. When I was done, I headed up to the Dream Suite to update my dream town. Luna told me that Noah from Iguaria was my most recent dream visitor.

I then did some island hopping to continue shopping for mermaid and cabana furniture. At one of my stops, I found a kitchen island for sale. It’s kind of funny how Nintendo made the kitchen island an island exclusive item.

Grams: Aye, a kitchen island? Ye be seein' a nice item tharrrrr. I'll give it to ye for 30 medals.I bought it and then sold it on Tumblr to Jake from Pinetree. Later on, I did some more island hopping. On one island, Grace from Baytown asked me to go on some tours, so I did a couple of them with her. She was sad to see me go when I was done, though. But thanks for the tours, Grace.

Grace and Jeff on the island.I now have 11 of 13 mermaid items and 7 of 13 cabana items. I’m still hoping to begin the contest for the mermaid set at some point this week. I’ll keep you updated.