Jeff's New Leaf Blog

Today is Rolf’s birthday, so I went shopping at the campground for his present. I decided to get him this lectern with mic.

I then headed over to Rolf’s house for the party. I gave him the present, and he said it was something he didn’t have much experience with…but he was willing to give it a try. Still, it sounded like he wasn’t thrilled with the gift.

Lolly was also at the party, which meant my two favorite villagers were there. Lolly said that seeing her friends happy makes her happy too. She’s so cute.

One of my town initiatives for today was to bring back ten items from the island. I don’t normally try for the initiatives, but it has been a while since I’ve visited the island and heard the peaceful night island music. So I went there and made ten catches (mostly bugs, but a couple of sharks too).

I returned and sold my catches; I made about 65,000 bells.

My recent dream visitors, according to Luna, have been Mao from Nippongi, Stacy from Paradise, and Lydia from Mimosa. Thanks for stopping by! I may be back on Sunday night for the fireworks festival. See you then!

Last weekend, I gave Claudia some fruit and she really, really seemed to enjoy it. 😛 To thank me for lighting her fire, she gave me her sconce.

The August Bug-Off was held today. I took a tiger butterfly out of my dock box (from the island), and gave it to Nat. He gave it a score of 49 points.

It was the top-scoring bug to that point, so Nat gave me a minimalist dresser as a prize. However, I wasn’t trying to win the Bug-Off. So I stopped there, and saved my game.

When I picked the game back up later, I headed to the winners’ ceremony inside Nat’s tent. Fortunately, my bug record had been squashed. Boots was the big winner, Vivian got 2nd place, and I finished in 3rd place. For that, I earned a bronze bug trophy.

This was my first bronze bug trophy. Unfortunately, my pockets were full, so Nat will have to mail it to me tomorrow.

Update: Here is a look at the bronze bug trophy as seen in my trophy room at the museum. I still need the silver trophy.

I ran into Lolly, and she congratulated me on my 3rd-place finish. After that, she wanted to buy the watering trough in my pockets. She offered 495 bells for it, and I accepted.

Aurora pinged me, and told me that she was going to move out of town on the 19th. I told her to stay, but that was a close call! Today is the 17th, after all. With me not playing daily any more, I’m bound to lose a villager I don’t want to lose at some point. But at least it won’t be today.

My recent dream visitors have been Calvin from Tomato, Tara from Bébé, Audi from Audi Odd, and Tyler from Floraa. Thanks for stopping by!

On Wednesday, Lolly asked me to play a game of hide-and-seek with her. I agreed, and she gave me 15 minutes to find her, Rolf, and Agent S. Within a couple of minutes, I found Agent S behind a tree near Re-Tail, and Rolf was…well, I think he was pooping behind a tree near my house!

And with a whopping 11 minutes remaining in the game, I found Lolly hiding behind her own house!

She gave me an exercise bike as my prize for winning. I guess I need it for exercise, since I didn’t get much exercise finding them so quickly! 😛

I later spotted Rolf fishing off the edge of the cliff! That’s not something you see every day.

Lolly asked me for some new furniture, so I gave her a record player. In return, she gave me a chocolate fountain. Mmm, delicious!

Today was Boots’ birthday, and I made sure to attend his party. I gave him the chocolate fountain as his birthday present. Don’t worry, it still had some chocolate left in it. I didn’t eat all of it. 😛

Rolf was also in attendance, to help Boots celebrate…and to eat cake, of course.

Back outside, I was surprised to see a silver slingshot floating by!

After shooting it down, I checked to see if I already had one in storage. I thought I had one somewhere, but apparently not. At least, I couldn’t find it. So I put it into storage for now.

Big Top asked me to give him a gold nugget in exchange for a frilly apron, which is one of the worst trades I’ve ever been offered. But since I’m so desperate to shake the “bell pincher” label, I made the exchange. It may not actually make a difference, since bells weren’t involved, but I didn’t want to take a chance.

My recent dream visitors have been Ruby from Astoria and Alyce from Outremer. Thanks for stopping by!