Animal Crossing New Leaf: Day One

 Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Jun 092013
 

Ermergerd! I am so freaking excited that the newest installment of Animal Crossing has come out! Today was the release day and I picked up my copy from Gamestop as soon as they opened.

I kind of messed up my face when starting the game. I’m not a huge fan of the sleepy eyes (I think I look drugged). But I love my map and my native fruit (and my hair), so I’ll live with the druggie eyes.

TOWN DETAILS:
Name: Wauktown
Mayor: Nouvie
Initial townies: Mint, Bonbon, Lucky, Poppy, Vic
Native fruit: Pears

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Here’s my town map. Had to use a camera to take a photo of the screen for this.

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I’ve been fishing, bug hunting, digging up fossils and hitting rocks all day. I also visited a few friends and got most of the non-native fruit. I made enough selling extras that I paid Tom Nook off for the down payment on my house/tent.

So far I love the game. There’s enough of the old gameplay mixed with new features that make it so much fun. I’m sure the enjoyment will increase as I unlock stores and other features like the island.

I have a list of my initial thoughts below. I used to play Wild World a lot, so these are mostly comparisons between the two games.

PROS:

  • The map remains on the bottom screen while you play. This is great so that you can see where you’re located in relation to where you have to go. Especially useful when visiting towns that you’re not familiar with.
  • You can use the side arrows on the D-pad to switch tools. Pressing down will remove the tool.
  • You can drag/drop fruit into bunches of nine in pockets/storage to save room for other stuff.
  • You can donate multiple items at once. This also works to have Blathers inspect the fossils.
  • Once you donate an item, next time you talk to Blathers it will be greyed out so you don’t waste time donating things you already have in the museum.
  • Having best friends. This is great if you’re online and have a question, or want to announce news like your gates are open, or if you have high turnip prices. You don’t have to be visiting/have visitors to message each other.

CONS:

  • I keep forgetting the D-pad isn’t used to walk around. I keep equipping myself when I want to walk.
  • You can only get screenshots of your top screen.

So… did anyone else pick up the game? My 3DS code is 0087-2399-9288, if anyone wants to visit. Make sure you leave me a comment here so I can add you back!

Home Improvement, Phase 1

 blog posts
May 282013
 

The first project on our pre-baby home improvement agenda was re-doing our bedroom. We managed to knock this out during the long Memorial Day weekend.

We primed, we painted. We rearranged furniture. In the process we purged a lot of our stuff, which means we were able to get rid of some book- and CD-shelving units (which is what cleared up quite a bit of room). We also moved J’s vinyl collection into the room, which clears up space in the dining room for Phase 2 (moving the office downstairs), and the cat tree was moved in as well to make room for Phase 3 (converting the office to the baby’s room). I also packed up the majority of my clothes since I no longer fit into them. :( This cleared up room in the closet for storage.

Unfortunately we do not have any before photos. Too bad, the change is quite drastic! This current set up is much more open.

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The only thing left to do is hang a few pieces of art on the walls to break up some of the blank space.

[EDIT] I did find this photo on my Flickr, which while a few years old, it still gives you an idea of what the room looked like before. This was taken from the same viewpoint as the second photo above.

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Pregnancy Dreams

 Baby Grape, blog posts
May 102013
 

One of the symptoms of pregnancy that I heard about are the crazy dreams. Well, I haven’t had any “crazy” dreams yet. But I have had quite a few realistic dreams. Dreams of everyday kind of stuff – like someone’s Facebook status or a conversation that we had. Something so mundane that when I think about it later, I don’t know if it really happened or if it was a dream.

I also haven’t had any dreams about the baby, pregnancy or birth. Don’t others have them by now? On the birth boards (don’t judge me!), there are always posts about how someone had a dream about a blond little boy, or a redhead girl. Nothing here… yet. Is that weird?

Mind-Blowing Monday: DIY Magic Bullet

 blog posts
Dec 172012
 

For some reason, this completely blows my mind.

Take a small-mouth mason jar, fill it with noms (fruit smoothie, daiquiri fixings, etc), and screw on the blades from your blender. Voilá! You just made yourself a ghetto Magic Bullet.

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