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Gardening Mama update

2010-03-07T10:59:00.000-05:00

It's been over a month since I last posted something on this blog. I decided to take a break from Animal Crossing so I can do other stuff in my life. I didn't want the game to control my life. For those who play Animal Crossing, you know that you must play at least for a couple of minutes every day. Just these couple of minutes took up too much of my time. I wanted to concentrate more on reading books and only playing a game that I could pick up every now and then. I thought Gardening Mama would be a good start. Boy, was I wrong...as most games, I get completely obsessed. I wanted to continue to play to find out what comes next, what will be unlocked, what will I win when I get a bonus. Playing this game was not a good decision because I began to play it on my commute to and from work, in the evening after dinner and then again before going to sleep.

Luckily, I am almost finished the game. I have unlocked all the plants available, I have opened all the bonuses, I have decorated my flower garden and now all I have to do is complete the special garden which is filled with giant strawberries, metallic black roses, metallic silver roses, giant sunflowers, butterfly pansies, star potatoes, rainbow tulips, golden apples and giant pumpkins.

After I finish this game, I have to find a game that won't make me want to play it every minute of every hour. So I am thinking...next game, Wedding Dash.

Last day in 90210

2010-01-28T12:52:00.000-05:00

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am taking a break from playing Animal Crossing. I played my last wi-fi game on the weekend and I decided to take a couple of photos of Leesh's house. She has stored most of her hybrids as she hibernates for the winter. See everyone in the summer!!!

Main room - still designed with the Snowman these. There are a few party poppers on the ground that Leesh received from Yuki.

Second floor room - This is where most of the hybrids are stored. Leesh thought she could fill the whole room up with all the pots but looks like if she added anymore, the floor was going to give out.

Left wing room - A plant pots here...

Back room - more pots and some turnips.

Right wing room - just a few more pots. The rest of the hybrids were left outside. Hopefully there are enough hybrids to breed in the summer.

Last play date in Mitsukyo

2010-01-25T21:18:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was my last play date. I set up this time with Yuki and luckily, we were able to make it. Also joining us - Meow and Maggie. I am glad that everyone made it for my goodbye party. There's a lot of photos but there's even more at Mayu's (Yuki) blog.

On my ;ast play date, a beautiful rainbow

Before heading to Mitsukyo, Leesh watered her garden. Once the wilted flowers come back to life, they will be going in the house.

Yuki greeted Leesh with open arms and lots of love.

Leesh asked Yuki to go to her house. Yuki told Leesh there's a turnip mess.

Yuki's back room had more turnips and these Moai statues. As a going away present, Yuki gave Leesh one of them.

Let's go to the brainwash room. Look at Leesh's eyes - she is being brainwashed to continue on playing AC.

In the left wing, even more turnips!!! Leesh and Yuki took a small nap before bumping heads.

It's Meow!!! So glad you can join us!

This is my favorite picture. I wanted to get one of Leesh with blue roses since she's never been able to breed them but Yuki and Meow were in the background. It makes for a great photo.

Meow, Leesh and Yuki

Since Leesh and Meow had wool, toques, Yuki went to Able's to buy one. Now we all match with the cold, winter weather in Mitsukyo.

Leesh had to visit Vesta one last time. She is so nice. She no longer screams when Leesh walks through the door.

Leesh and Meow visiting Vesta

Such a pretty pond with floating ice. Too bad Leesh is standing on froggy.

Also coming for a visit is Maggie (with the pink hair). Here are the four of us getting ready to pop the party popper. I didn't know about these poppers because I didn't play on New Year's Eve. They are so much fun!

One last picture...

Leesh saying her final goodbye to Yuki.

Who knew that saying good bye for a couple of months would be so hard. I didn't want to leave. What made it worse was Yuki walked Leesh to the gates. It's like walking your friend right up to the security gate at the airport. I almost wanted to cry. I will start to play AC:WW again in the summer time. Meow and Yuki agreed that they will come to 90210 for a weed pullin' party. I am so glad that I have made such good friends.

I will have one last AC:WW posting some time this week or next. I want to show Leesh's house and how she put her hybrids all over the house.

AC:WW - it's over at the end of the month

2010-01-12T23:00:00.000-05:00

After much thinking today, I have decided to stop playing Animal Crossing at the end of this month. It's been a year now since I have been playing and although I love the game, I find that I am neglecting my other hobbies such as reading. I love reading and the time that I normally read is when I commute to and from work. For the past year, my commute has been all about playing AC. I had my daily routine of watering my flowers and digging in the morning and then selling items to Nook in the afternoon.

I will continue to also carry my DS with me. I will still play other DS games and blog about them but for now, I need to stop playing AC and get back into reading. In order to be fully committed to AC, I feel like it consumes too much of my time. I will probably start to play again in the summer (my fave season) and will have to deal with the bugs and dead flowers. I hope my bringing all my hybrids in the house will keep them safe until I decide to play again.

So, I hope Yuki that we can meet this Sunday, the 17th and/or the 24th. I would love to play with you and Meow a couple more times before the end of the month. Julie, let's find a couple days where we can meet again and play. If I can confirm some play dates, then I will have a few more ac:ww posts before I sign off on Animal Crossing.

AC:WW Friend: Mayu/Yuki

2010-01-09T13:47:00.001-05:00

I thought I would try something new since I haven't been playing ac:ww much or even taking pictures. I would love to wifi but I just can't find the time. So to fill the void of no posts, I have asked some of my ac:ww friends to answer silly questions. Mayu is my first victim. She kindly agreed to do this.

I met Mayu through her blog. She is one popular person. Everyone knows her. She is like the queen of Animal Crossing: Wild World. I posted a few comments on her blog and next thing I know, we set up a date to play. Through her, I have met many more ac:ww friends.

1) What is your Animal Crossing: Wild World name and town?
I've got four charas, they're Mayu, Yuki, Haru and Miki. I play mainly with Yuki (FC: 2406-1595-1074 ) for my adult friends and Miki (FC: 2922-0581-5572) with my teen friends nowadays, but formerly Mayu (FC: 3866-4327-6650) was my main character. And my town name is Mitsukyo

2) What is the meaning behind the name of your character and the name of your town?
Mayu is just a name I chose, because I think it's cute and it's a female Japanese name what I also have as real name (but another one than Mayu lol). Mitsukyo is a real town in Yokohama and that's my birthplace ;)

3) How long have you been playing AC:WW?
Ummm it must be 3 and a half year now (I started in Sep 2006)

4) Do you have an AC:WW blog?
Yes, it's http://myacwwdiary.wordpress.com/ :)

5) Who is your favorite neighbour?
Vesta!! lol

6) When do you usually wifi?
Usually I like to play in my evenings around 8PM, Yuki on Tuesdays and sometimes also Sundays when I want to meet special friends LOL (hint hint) and the rest of the time with Miki as I've got more teen friends than adult friends ;)

7) What is your favorite season on AC:WW?
Oh I like all seasons in ACWW, but when I have to choose one, I would say summer! It's the most interesting season to catch bugs and fish :)

8) What shapes do you have on your ground and on your grass?
The ground is always same in every town, it's circle and for grass I do have square shape

9) What is your favorite bug? flower? and fish?
Bug: elephant beetle, flower: orange pansy, fish: frog

10) Tom Nook or Blathers?
Tom Nook!!!! I love sexy Nook with his apron (in his first shop) LOL

New Silver Nintendo DS

2009-12-30T19:40:00.000-05:00

After last night's fiasco of my DS lid falling off, today, I purchased a new silver DS. I managed to put back the beautiful skin on without the help of my husband.

I tried to connect back to wifi and I managed easily. I thought that I was going to have some problems but it all worked out. Sadly though, I have a new friend code. So please AC:WW friends, add my new code to your friend roster. I hope this doesn't confuse people. Yuki, Meow and Julie - hopefully I will see you again soon.

Leesh | Town: 90210 | 2321-7041-4659

Mayu/Yuki - you may need to add this new code to your website.
Shania - I still look forward to meeting you.

OMFG - Nintendo DS is broken

2009-12-29T22:01:00.003-05:00

OMFG!!!

I just finished playing my daily dose of Animal Crossing and proceeded to insert the game cartridge for Cooking Mama 3. I heard a crack, snap and a pop. I looked and the right side of the lid popped out!!! It's cracked all around the right button. I can't believe this. Mike says it's because I play it too much.

I am devastated that my DS broke. Many of you may think...who cares, it's just a gaming device. Well, this gaming device means a lot to me since it was given to me by my late brother. It was his. He lent it to me back in January 2007 and since I was so reluctant to give it back to him, he let me keep it and bought himself a new one. Ever since then, he has bought me Cooking Mama 1 & 2, Nintendogs, Cake Mania and many more. He also supplied me with endless games and even traded them in for me when I finished them. To me, I wanted this DS to last me forever because it meant that a piece of my brother was always with me. Technically, it still works, the lid will just be hanging off when I play it.

But something just dawned on me. I am holding on to electronic or materialistic things that belonged to my brother because I feel like if I hang on to them, I will still have a part of my brother with me. I realized this is very superficial of me. No matter what electronics die on me, it doesn't mean that I am growing further away from my brother. Those things don't matter because regardless of them, I will always hold a place in my heart for him. TV may stop working, Macbook may conk out, iPhone may reset, all that doesn't matter. It doesn't mean that I am losing bits of him. I will always have Gino and memories of him in my mind and heart and no gadgets can replace those.

Now with that said, I will look for a new DS (hopefully a cheap one) and retire the one that Gino gave me. I will put it with all of his other things I have kept. Gino - wherever you are, sorry I broke your DS. It has travelled with me everywhere and been with me always. I guess it's time for a new one. If you were still here and I told you about this, I know that in an hour you would be at my place with a new one.

Playing Now: Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop

2009-12-28T20:47:00.001-05:00

Cooking Mama is one of my favorite games. I have 1 & 2 and I even have it for Wii. I brought the game with my to my trip to Punta Cana and played it every night before dinner. I have unlocked all the recipes and am now just trying to get a gold medal for each recipe. This game is so much fun. If you are looking to try out a new game, pick this one up even if you haven't played the first two.

There are new backgrounds and new outfits for Mama

New recipes...

New look of picking your bonus items

Working on getting all gold medals

New - "Let's match" - you match up items, prepare and cook a new recipe

What the heck???

2009-12-13T10:17:00.000-05:00

Today I woke up to water my flowers in the garden and this is what I found:

I know for a fact that I watered all the wilted flowers yesterday, there was only a couple of them so why it is that half of my hybrids have disappeared? This seriously wants me to stop playing when sh*t like this happens. Sorry for my cursing but that is how mad I am. Can someone explain to me why this happens???

Here is what the garden looked like before the mass exodus of my flowers:

Guess what I got for my birthday???

2009-12-12T01:10:00.000-05:00

For my birthday, my husband got me a cool skin for my DS. My old skin was looking a bit brown and dirty so I removed it with hopes to get a new one (if and when I found the right one). But my husband made me a custom skin with my favorite picture from our last vacation in Cuba. One of the gardeners at the resort we were staying at picked a very pretty red flower. We placed it on the beach and took a picture of it. I love the contrast of the bright red and the aqua colour of the ocean.

Finally, there's snow in 90210

2009-12-10T10:47:00.000-05:00

I started this game back in January and there was snow on the ground but that was ages ago and I don't remember what it looked like. I waited patiently as it snowed here and there but today, when I started my game...there was snow everywhere, just like Julie from Wildwood said..."snow will arrive on December 11".

Snow in 90210 - so pretty!!!

What's this? A snowball? What is Leesh to do with it?

After rolling the ball around in the snow...it keeps on getting bigger...what to do with it now? Can someone help Leesh? I am thinking maybe a snowman???

All paid off

2009-12-07T21:45:00.001-05:00

Tom Nook can go suck an egg because Leesh has finally paid off her home loan. That big house of hers that she shares with Ross and Brody can now be called her own!

A short visit to Wildwood

2009-12-02T22:45:00.000-05:00

Julie from Wildwood has been commenting on my blog for weeks now and we follow each other on Twitter. It's cool because she will tweet on Twitter when she's going to open her gates. Unforunately, it's never during a time when I can play wifi. Finally today, she opened the gates of Wildwood so we can meet each other.

Within seconds of me entering Wildwood, Claire and Bonnie arrived. A full house. I have to admit that I feel kinda old playing with teenagers but I was once a teen, although DS and wifi connections were not around. Tweeting with Julie is quite refreshing. She reminds me of my carefree days as a teen - just hanging out, shopping, going to movies, playing DS...oh wait, I still do all of that. Anyway, my point is, I felt awkward and thought it was wrong that I was playing with teens, but then I relaxed and began to understand that it's not bad at all. No offense Julie and Claire.

So, back to my visit to Wildwood...here are some photos that I took:

In front of Julie's house - L to R: Leesh, Julie and Claire

Left room in Julie's house. It's quite interseting...a Super Mario theme? I didn't even know it existed.

Julie is a hardcore Beatles fan. Her garden is a shrine to The Beatles. It's so cool. I have never seen anything like it. The tile of the photos are so life-like.

I caught Bonnie and Claire sleeping in front of Julie's house. I have to admit because I am meeting these three girls for the first time and being thrown into a full house wifi visit, I couldn't tell the girls apart. It took me a good couple of minutes to figure out who was who.

Julie and I hanging out on her couch. Classic theme in your main room...I have the classic theme in my right room.

Julie was digging through her dresser. She said she had a present for me and to meet her at the town hall. She gave me a snowy shirt and two Jacob's ladder. It's so thoughtful of her to give me these flowers after I told her that my town is no longer "perfect".

Here is the backroom...Look at that cake and chocolate sitting on the desk...

Upstairs room. Pretty cool. It's almost like my beach-inspired theme.

A birthday cake for me...how sweet of you!!! My birthday is actually on the 8th, thanks for the early birthday cake and chocolate bar.

After eating some cake, we noticed that Bonnie was still sleeping so Claire decided to hit Bonnie with her golden axe. I thought it was mean but it was actually quite funny.

We took one last picture before I had to go. See my new snowy shirt that Julie gave to me - isn't it pretty? It's so fitting because it's snowing in 90210.

One my way out of Wildwood but I had to take this last picture in front of the gates because look at all the pretty flowers.

Thanks again Julie for opening Wildwood's gates this evening. I am glad you did because I don't know when the timing would be right for us to be able to play. It was certainly a pleasure to meet you and Claire. I hope to play again soon!

Is winter on its way???

2009-12-01T22:09:00.000-05:00

Finally it started to snow in 90210. I was a bit jealous when I heard some towns were already getting some snow but yesterday when I started my game, there it was...snow falling. I can't wait for it to stick on the ground (only in AC:WW not real life).

Got me a golden axe

2009-11-23T19:44:00.000-05:00

I think I have mentioned it before that I mainly play Animal Crossing to and from work. Playing on my commute gives me the chance to water flowers and sell some things before I fall asleep. This morning, I found Pacal hanging out by the shoreline. Leesh immediately gave him the scallop she got from Tortimer, low and behold, Pascal gives Leesh a golden axe. I should have asked for his pic!!! I am not even sure if it's possible to ask for it.

I plan to start this trading event all over again once Wendell comes into town. I have two red turnips waiting to trade (or sell for 16,000 bells).

I wish I had my camera on me to take a picture of this last part of the trade.

Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop

2009-11-23T11:39:00.000-05:00

The Cooking Mama games are my favorite. My late brother would always buy me the latest version for either Wii or DS. I just happened to go on GameSpot today and saw that Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop came out last month.

Lucky for me, I still have a Toys R Us gift card from J & A from last year (I had to return Ocean Zenses because I got two copies for my bday). I can use it to get this game. Now I just have to give hubby my gift card and ask him to pick it up for me.

445 bells

2009-11-19T21:17:00.000-05:00

Luckily, Leesh remembered to buy some turnips from Joan on Sunday. Actually it wasn't Leesh who bought the turnips, it was Ross (he was laying the path stones and ran into Joan). Anyway, after Leesh talked to Nook today and found out that he was buying turnips for 445 bells, she ran back to the house and picked up the 190 turnips and sold it to Nook. Yay - 84,550 in Leesh's pocket!!! I love the stalk market.

Red leaves, pathway, pink hair, 401 bells - oh my!!!

2009-11-16T20:36:00.001-05:00

Here's a short update with what Leesh and Ross have been up to in 90210:

The leaves are now turning a bright red colour. It's very pretty but now it's hard to see the cherries and apples. I can't wait for winter to come in 90210, not in real life.

First EVER, Nook buying turnips for 401 bells. That is the most I have seen. The highest before was 160-something. It's such a waste as Leesh, Ross and Brody didn't have any white turnips. They would have become BELLionaires (as Teffy says).

As part of the revamp of 90210, Ross has the lovely task to lay out the path that leads to all the buildings and homes. It's a big job but it's the first step. Leesh will then chop down and re-plant some trees and Brody to do the gardening. I hope it's all worth it in the end and looks as pretty as the other towns Leesh has visited.

Ross made the garden by the house a bit smaller. Each one of the hybrids will be kept in this small garden, along with red turnips.

On Sunday, it was the fishing tourney and Tortimer was finally hanging out at the town hall. Leesh gave him the massage chair and in return, he gave her a scallop. Next step...giving the scallop to Pascal. Funny thing is, Leesh already has a golden axe. Maybe Pascal will end up giving her his picture.

With Ross working hard on the pathway, I thought he deserved a new haircut. I hate answering Harriet's questions, so I pass my game along to my husband to answer. I left the room and let him do his thing. Well, when he was done, he passed me back the game and says, "It's a boy, isn't it???" Hilarious!!! Ross' new hairstyle is quite embarrassing. He is wearing a hat but the pink hair is still peeking out at the sides. I'll wait a week to get more bells and send Ross back to Shampoodle.

I missed my playdate with Yuki and Meow. I didn't miss it, I was just 45 minutes late. They left Mitsukyo to go to a new town. But now, I have a new wait to keep in touch with Mayu_Yuki. Hopefully it will be easier now to set up new playdates. I really want to finish revamping 90210 so Meow and Yuki can come over and explore.

Suggestions for games please!

2009-11-13T14:32:00.000-05:00

I have many girly-adult type games but I find these days, my three (almost four) year old niece always wants to play a game on my DS. The problem is, my games are too grown up for her. Any suggestions of games that may be okay for her to play? She is super smart but she needs a basic type game, maybe something for a 5-6 year old...something like a Barbie or girly type game. Help!!!

Random play date in Mitsukyo

2009-11-11T09:15:00.001-05:00

It's a Tuesday and while I should be at work, I was off, relaxing from a road trip to New Jersey. I discovered that Mayu/Yuki was on Twitter, started to follow her and BOOM - out goes a tweet that Yuki has opened her gates. I jumped at the chance to play with Yuki and Meow. I always seem to miss our scheduled visits. When I arrived in Mitsukyo, I found Meow and Yuki. A few minutes later, Stella appeared.

L to R: Stella (in a cute lady bug shirt), Yuki (with a lovely red feather in her hair) and me (with my lucky four leaf clover). Meow is somewhere running around town.

First off, I had to visit Vesta. She is the only one from the town that writes letters to me. She now doesn't scream when I come to visit her.

Leesh inside Yuki's house. Look at all the turnips. Is it a bit smelly in here?

Leesh sitting by the fire, hoping that someone else will come and visit Yuki's house. I wonder if Yuki will notice if Leesh has some tea and cake?

Leesh spent most of her time in this room full of beds. It was very relaxing and peaceful with all the stars and turnips surrounding the beds.

Then Luigi (aka Yuki) came and we rolled around on the beds and bumped heads. It was quite entertaining!

We went into another room which I thought was a TV showroom but it turns out to be a brainwashing room. Scary!!!

Leesh told Yuki that she wanted to revamp 90210 and plant all new trees. Yuki was kind enough to give her a golden axe. Now Leesh doesn't have to wait for the next steps in the golden axe trading event. She can start to cut down trees and replant new ones. Thanks Yuki for the axe, you are too kind.

Finally, I get to see Meow. She was too busy fishing for tuna. After she caught her tuna, she wanted to cut it up so we can eat some sushi, lol! L to R: Yuki, Leesh and Meow.

A visit is not complete without a net fight. Notice how Leesh is the only one without a golden net?

While we were net fighting, Nicola came for a visit (I think that she is the one who went out that note in a bottle that appeared in the shoreline of 90210). Nicole threatened us with her axe and asked us to stop fighting. Then she started farting, so that is when Leesh made her exit. Just kidding, it was time to go and order dinner in real life.

Another fun play date. I really want to have the girls come and visit my town but it's not as exciting as their towns. I wish I was more creative and design an awesome looking town (like a Christmas-themed one I saw on Mayu's blog). Maybe with my revamp of 90210, I can come up with something different. My first step is to cut down and replant trees and find a nice pattern I can use for paths throughout 90210. Wish me luck!!!

Massage chair

2009-11-06T21:39:00.001-05:00

I mentioned the golden axe trade in a previous post. I play a lot on my commute to work and therefore don't have my camera on hand to capture moments, like when I gave the turban to Sahara. As soon as I got home and had access to the camera, I got Leesh to put the chair in the main room that this is what the chair looks like. It doesn't look like a massage chair to me, it looks more like a torture chair. So the waiting beginning for Tortimer. I think that he will appear on Nov 14th for La-Di-Day or Nov 22nd for the fishing tourney. Tomorrow is Flea Market but I don't think that Tortimer hangs out at the town hall. After I see Tortimer to give him the chair, I will have to go see Pascal. What sucks is that Pascal just appeared in 90210 this morning. Until next time...

Finally I find Saharah

2009-11-03T13:19:00.001-05:00

Since July, I have been waiting for Saharah to come and visit 90210. This morning, I see her creeping around the ocean shore by Freckles' house. She notices that I have a turban and immediately asks for it. I give it to her and she gives me a massage chair. Now all I have to do is give this chair to Tortimer, who will give me a scallop and then....I have to wait until Pascal comes to visit to give him the scallop. At that point I will either get the golden axe or Pascal's pic. I need to start a new trading event...which I should have done months ago. I will be pretty upset if I get Pascal's pic.

I have big plans for 90210 and I really need the golden axe!!!

Maelle and Tom Nook

2009-10-28T21:03:00.000-04:00

Maelle is my newest neighbour. I think she is from Mitsukyo. Is this German she is speaking? What does anfänger mean? Yuki, can you help me out? I need to understand Maelle, she may not be my friend if I keep asking her to translate anfänger. I hope she is not cursing at me.

Yesterday, I sold 50 turnips to Nook at 143 bells a turnip. Who knew that he would buy them today at 167 bells. This is the highest he has ever offered. Could it be because I put a four leaf clover in Leesh's hair today?

Autumn is Here!!!

2009-10-28T20:48:00.000-04:00

I love how the leaves actually change colour day by day. Here's the normal green colour:

And then, it changes to a faded green:

Sooner or later, the leaves turn orange (it doesn't quite look orange in this picture)...

Animal Crossing Halloween Costume

2009-10-22T21:56:00.000-04:00

I was searching for an image for a four leaf clover and I came across this...a costume of Tangy. I don't think that I have ever come across Tangy but what a cute idea!

I just wanted to say that I got my first four leaf clover, one that I picked up myself. I did receive one from Yuki (of Mitsukyo) during one of my visits but I actually got MY own two days ago. I wonder if I will get more???

Yuki and Leesh in Mitsukyo

2009-10-18T16:53:00.000-04:00

ARGHHHHH...we were playing and our game froze and now we lost connection. I have stupid Resetti on my screen and I don't know if I have turn off my game or just wait. Now I have to restart and hopefully Yuki is still there.

And she was still there, waiting for me by her gate. We didn't play any games or fish, we just talked about food and blue roses. Although it was a short visit, it was a pleasant one. See you in two weeks. Where were you Meow???

I did fish a little bit while we were talking. Leesh is holding the dab and Yuki is to her left.

2009-10-13T07:15:00.000-04:00

Here are two letters that I received in the past few days...

With the Acorn Festival, I collected almost all the Mush series and the forest wall. The only thing I wasn't able to get was the Forest floor. Look for many HRA points I got on Sunday, I almost got a two-story model with this letter!

I wonder if this message in a bottle that washed up on shore is from Nicola who I met last week in Mitsukyo?

Play date in Mitsukyo on Oct 4

2009-10-12T11:53:00.000-04:00

I finally got to schedule a time to play in Mitsukyo with Yuki and Meow. I was about half an hour late for my play date but luckily, Yuki and Meow were there roaming around with Maggie (who I wonder is the same Maggie who left me a post months ago). Please check out Yuki's post on our visit. She's got more pictures!

Yuki asked all of us to get some candles. Leesh wasn't paying attention because she picked up sparklers instead. Look at all of us with white hair except for Meow with blue hair. From L to R: Maggie, Yuki, Leesh and Meow.

The Touch Event for the month of October in Mitsukyo is furniture. All you have to do is pick up an item and then drop it back. It then becomes part of your shopping catalog. I finally understand this concept and am not scared to participate in the touch event.

Vesta is Leesh's favorite neighbour in Mitsukyo. Vesta always writes to Leesh.

Cloud surfing...

Nicola stopped in for a visit. We all decided to cloud surf but Yuki had other plans...

...she decided to whack us with her golden net. It then became a net fight. Sadly, Leesh was the only one without a golden net.

I tried to take a picture of Nicola but she's too fast. I think she was sleepwalking at Nook's.

Watch out for rotten acorns

2009-10-06T11:17:00.004-04:00

Yesterday, the Acorn Festival started. It's fun picking up the acorns and handing them over to Cornimer but watch out. Make sure that you don't have any rotten acorns in your pocket when you go to see Cornimer. If you even have one in your pocket, Cornimer will take away all your good acorns. He took 10 good acorns from me and didn't give me any mush items.

You have now been warned!

Just another Sunday but with a little surprise

2009-10-04T13:48:00.003-04:00

It's just the usual Sunday, watering plants and looking for Joan to buy some white and red turnips. I can't believe that this week, Joan was selling white turnips for 110 bells. I hope this week, Nook buys them at a high bell price. I need to make some bells!

Brody in the back Ranch room where they store turnips.

But what a lovely surprise to see a rainbow after morning showers. I have been playing Animal Crossing since January and I have never seen a rainbow. So pretty!

Acorns

2009-10-01T19:04:00.002-04:00

Dear Animal Crossing,

I received a letter from my mom and she gave me an acorn. What do I do with it?

From,
Leesh, Ross and Brody

*SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE, I'm too lazy to research*

146 bells for turnips

2009-09-30T19:41:00.001-04:00

In the past couple of months, I have been interested in the "stalk market". I have purchased turnips from Joan and kept them on a table in my house until the price was right to sell to Nook. He never buys high, normally he buys for somewhere between 46-68 bells. Today, though he was buying for 146 bells. That's good news but the bad news for me was that I had no turnips to sell. I only had one red turnip in my house and no matter what, Nook buys them for 16,000 bells.

I have learned my lesson. I will continue to buy the white turnips from Joan and just keep them in my house until the next time Nook wants to buy at a high bell price.

On a side note: Acorn Festival starts next Monday...I have no idea what this is. must investigate!

Black Rose

2009-09-16T08:44:00.005-04:00

This morning, I found my first black rose. I am pretty sure that black roses are the ones that when it's brown and dry, if you water it with a golden watering can, it turns to a gold rose. I would like to keep it as a black rose but silly me sold my regular watering can. Looks like I need to buy a new one from Nook.

P.S. Am I crazy or are the leaves on the trees a shade darker than normal? Even the grass looks different. Is it a sign of Fall/Autumn and that tanning season is over?

Money trees

2009-09-10T13:29:00.003-04:00

*I can't find a picture but I will take one later and post it*

I never wanted to plant a money tree because it involves using a lot of your bells and I was obsessed with paying off my mortgage. Now that I have the last expansion to my house, I plan to take my time to pay that 948,000 bell mortgage.

If you have the bells to spare, chop down a tree by your house (chop down a tree = good chance of a tree growing and by your house = you can monitor it closely), and plant some bells. The secret is in the amount of bells you bury. The more you bury, let's say 99,000 bells, you'll have a 99% chance that bells will grow on a tree. If you buried 50,000 bells, you only a 50% chance. I think I tried to grow a money tree when I first started playing but only buried 2000 bells, yikes, that's a 2% chance, no wonder the tree didn't grow any bells.

Try it out and good luck!

New Month - September

2009-09-01T08:45:00.003-04:00

I love it when it's the first of the month. We get to fish for new fish and catch new bugs. Sadly, I never caught a tarantula over the summer. This morning when I played with Brody, she caught a salmon and king salmon! She immediately donated it to the museum.
This Saturday is Flea Market. It's been a while so I hope my characters have some items to sell.
Tanning season is almost over, we have until September 15th so get out there and tan on the beach when it's a bright sunny day in your town.
Teffy taught me that you can see whose house you are visiting by looking at the little post outside their house.
Turnips don't seem to rot after a week if you place them on a table. You can do this by placing your shovel on the floor in front of the table, stand on it and then place your turnip on the table.

Play date #2 - qwerty

2009-08-30T16:00:00.012-04:00

Yesterday, I had a date with sweetmre from qwerty and JT and mo.par from lalaland. The only thing is, we never made it to lalaland or to 90210. We were all too busy in qwerty, planting flowers and visiting neighbours. Hopefully we can play again. I want to see lalaland and all her flowers AND I want you guys to come swimming over in 90210.

sweetmre and JT were having a fun time watering Leesh with their golden watering can.

Group pose - sweetmre, Leesh and JT. JT just graduated!

Bill? I don't remember him but he remembers me.

Trying to tan by the beach. Who's the fairest of them all? Sweetmre!!!
mo.par came by after to fix up sweetmre's flowers. She's the gardening expert. She is also a bit more tanned than sweetmre but not as dark as Leesh.

sweetmre and leesh had matching 90210 outfits. It's fashion show time!

Our lovely umbrellas. Luckily it wasn't raining in qwerty (but it was in 90210, it's good we didn't go there)

Side profiles of our outfits. mo.par is so matchy-matchy with hers. Her hair blends in with her outfit!

sweetmre fell asleep so leesh decided to try and wake her up by hitting her with her net.

Play date #1 - Bollywud

2009-08-28T16:38:00.014-04:00

Teffy from Bollywud is a new friend of mine. We started off the night by roaming around Bollywud. We went to each neighbour's house. I think this is the most pictures I have ever taken. It's easier to pose and snap a shot when you are playing DS to DS. After Teffy and Leesh went back to 90210 to visit Leesh's neighbours and see her brand new manison.

What cute carpet Teffy has. She got it from Saharah. Teffy is collecting the cabana series,
so Leesh will save any that she gets her hands on.

Benedict says MOVE B1TCH. How sneaky by using a "1" instead of an "I"! Teffy doesn't like Benedict.
He's a dirty chicken. Just look at his gross floor. Teffy taught me that you can tell the gender of a neighbour by the colour of the bubble their name is in.

I can't remember whose house this is but they have the same shirt as Leesh.

Frobert looks like he has some sort of disease. Or a big zit on his face.

Everyone loves Goldie and Goldie seems to love everyone. She greeted Leesh with a big kiss.

While Goldie and Teffy kissed, Leesh decided to take a nap.

Now over to 90210. This is Leesh's new ranch room with ivy wallpaper. Teffy and Leesh had a serious conversation.

Teffy bum rushed Leesh as they walked out of Leesh's classic room into the main room. Kinda freaky!

It's been a long day visitng so Leesh and Teffy decided to take a nap in the exotic room next to the gas pump. Luckily no one was lit on fire.

Teffy had enough bells to get a haircut at Shampoodle. Harriet gave her this lovely cut. Not quite sure if Teffy likes it.

Teffy and Leesh went to visit the newest neighbour of 90210, Tank. He was too busy unpacking so we took a new photo since Teffy is more comfortable with her new 'do.

Last visit of the day was with Daisy. We were scared by this wicked noise she made.

It was a nice visit to both Bollywud and 90210. We hope to play again soon. Teffy is going to try and set up her wifi so we can play any time. Until next time...

AC:WW play date #1 and #2

2009-08-26T21:32:00.002-04:00

I have to play dates (as I like to call them) tomorrow evening and Saturday afternoon. This should be fun. Lately, I have been able to play through wifi with some ladies that I met but these upcoming play dates are with friends of mine.

Play date #1 is with SI (Bollywud) - she originally started playing AC:CF and told me all about it but I tried it out on DS instead. Now I have converted her to playing AC:WW . I can't wait to see her town and how she is doing with the switch.

Play date #2 is with MP (lalaland) and MB (qwerty) - I played with these girls back in April. We have not played together since and I am looking forward to seeing how big their houses are and how their town has developed.

Stay tuned for posts about our visits and pictures!

15 minutes of play time

2009-08-23T22:35:00.002-04:00

Today, at our scheduled time, I went to Mitsukyo to meet up with Yuki and Meow. I really enjoy playing with these ladies but unfortunately, I was only able to play with them for 15 minutes this afternoon. After when it was time for me to leave Yuki's town, I got lost and couldn't find my way out and then I forgot that I had to talk to Cooper to exit. I was quite embarrassed and couldn't stop laughing at myself. I guess I was in a rush to meet my friend downstairs, I even forgot to turn off my DS, luckily, I had it plugged into the charger. I look forward to our next play date and hopefully I can stay longer than 15 minutes.

New Game: Sally's Salon

2009-08-20T20:07:00.007-04:00

Finally, a post about something else other than Animal Crossing. I have been playing Sally's Salon on my iPhone and decided to try out the Nintendo DS game. I can't believe that I am going to say this but after 8 months of playing AC:WW, I need a break.

I like these routine games - Diner Dash, Cake Mania, etc. I knew that Sally's Salon would be to my liking and it will only be a matter of days before I finish this game and will move on to the next new game. Don't get me wrong, I am not going to stop AC:WW, I just wanted something new to play for a change. I have two AC dates - this coming Sunday with Yuki/Meow and then one on Thursday with two girls who are new to AC.

Here are some pictures of Sally's Salon. It's difficult to take pictures while in action because you must move quick in the salon. So these are just still shots.

Here is my first earnings of the game...

What Sally's Salon looks like...so empty, why would people want to even go here?

One of the hairstyles to choose from

After playing for 2 hours last night and an hour tonight, this is what the salon looks like now.
Sally even has two new employees

Short visit to Funky

2009-08-19T18:28:00.003-04:00

I think it was on Monday or Sunday night I decided to visit Funky. Everytime I go through the gate, I wait to see if Meow greets me, if she doesn't say anything, I search the town for her. When I entered the gate, I saw all these fossils. I didn't know if they were decoration or for the taking. I just kept on walking...

I finally found Meow in Tangy's house. She was just sitting quietly on a fruit chair. To me, Leesh is tanned. I stood by Meow and Leesh is no where as dark. Leesh will just have to sit out in the sun longer and stop wearing SPF. Only a few more weeks left to tan.

Turnips

2009-08-13T01:05:00.002-04:00

This is the first time that I'm posting from my iPhone. It's very difficult.

Today I checked the turnip prices from Nook. Yesterday it was 57 bells, this morning it was 138 and in the afternoon it was 145. I traded 20 turnips at 138 and 10 at 145. Oh what fun!! The best part was I sold my red turnip to Nook and he gave me 16,000 bells!

I am going to buy turnips from Joan this Sunday. Who knew turnip trading would be so entertaining?

Happening in 90210

2009-08-10T08:52:00.001-04:00

Here is what's been going on in 90210...

Saturday night, right after the Fireworks show, Brody saw something moving behind the trees. She grabbed her net and quickly swung at it. YAY, finally a scorpion.

While Leesh opened the gates for visitors, all these new insects were floating around. A birdwing butterfly and this emperor butterfly. So pretty. Leesh is learning and is donating rather than selling.

New area in 90210. Leesh, Ross and Brody are starting to get duplicate of bootleg music from K.K. Slider. If you stop by to visit, feel free to take whatever songs are in this area.

More visitors to 90210

2009-08-09T20:20:00.014-04:00

Yuki was kind enough to schedule a visit this evening, well evening for her, afternoon for me and that would mean morning for Meow. She is so kind as I can't play on Yuki's scheduled time of Tuesday at 8 pm. I really appreciate that Yuki makes time to play with Leesh!!!

***

Only a couple minutes after Leesh stepped foot in Mitsukyo, guess what happens???

After a second attempt, here is Yuki, Leesh and Pirate Meow.
I didn't get the memo that I was suppose to wear black, white and red.

Leesh asked how Yuki got all her clovers in a line, she explained that the clovers were four leaf clovers.
Leesh thought they were weeds. Yuki told Leesh to pick one up and of course, Leesh was scared.
Yuki finally convinced her and now Leesh has a nice clover in her hair. Thanks Yuki!

Leesh was excited. Now that she finally realized and understood what the Touch Event is all about, Yuki took her to all the carpet areas. I wonder what Meow was doing?

Leesh heard that Kody now lives in Mitsukyo. I guess Kody did sort of remember Leesh.

Leesh got to meet the famous Vesta. She's cute and loves to scream!

Yuki and Meow came over to 90210. This is Yuki's first visit.
Meow was excited that she was going to get to see Roscoe. She loves him!

Leesh walked in on Meow and Roscoe kissing.
Now your secret love affair is out in the open. You can't hide it anymore.

***

But again, wifi crashes. Luckily, Leesh saved...Sorry Meow and Yuki, it took me a while to open the gates again. I probably took too long. Until next time, I hope to see you ladies soon. Meow - I will try my best to make sure Roscoe doesn't move away and thanks for the painting!

UPDATE: Check out Yuki's post about our visits: http://myacwwdiary.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/mhhmm-fresh-clover/

Gold roses

2009-08-08T13:36:00.006-04:00

OH MY - Friday morning, Leesh wakes up and finds two gold roses by the gates. They must be from Meow. Thank you so much Meow. I have been trying to grow black roses forever and now I can enjoy the gold roses until a black rose finally appears.

***

See the gold roses on both sides of the picture. So pretty!

Ross caught a Arapaima. Don't worry guys, he donated it and
then caught another one after, which he sold to Nook.

The house has a new expansion, the right wing of the house.
It's decorated with classic furniture, rug and wallpaper.

Meow stops by 90210

2009-08-08T13:04:00.008-04:00

It's always fun to visit other towns. Luckily on Thursday night, Funky's gates were open.

Leesh went to visit Meow in Funky and was greeted at the gate with presents all around.
Meow asked Leesh to choose a present. She got a cabana vanity.

Leesh asked Meow if she wanted to see 90210 but warned her that it's really messy because there are flowers everywhere.

Meow and Leesh went for a dip in my pool. Look how dark she is!
I can't get over how much she tans (really, I am just jealous!)

Meow wanted to see inside my house. She was amazed at my huge fish tank.
Do you see Meow behind the glass?
My ocean sunfish doesn't have a name =(

While Meow checked out the rest of the rooms in the house, Leesh decided to take a nap.

Meow told me she also likes Exotic furniture.

Now that I am going to be having visitors to 90210 more frequently, Leesh is going to clean up her town and make it look all pretty. It will take a lot of work but it will be worth it. I want to impress others when they come to visit. But first...Leesh must TAN!

Quick visits to Funky and Dogpatch

2009-08-05T21:39:00.010-04:00

I'm still a bit nervous to visit other towns. I am even more shy to explore towns when the character is nowhere to be found. I feel like I am invading someone's personal space. I'll get the hang of it eventually. Tonight, I decided to see if I could visit some towns, Funky and Dogpatch had their gates open.

I found Meow sleeping in the middle of the field. She's so tanned!
I only got to walk around for a bit because wifi crashed.

Dogpatch had the gates open. I thought I would pop in eventhough I only met Thelma earlier this week.
What a nice welcome sign!

I finally found Thelma. See her in the left side of the room, sitting on the couch sleeping?

The upstairs room is my favorite room in Thelma's house. I love how it looks like a casino!

Leesh decided to fish to kill some time. To her surprise she caught a blue marlin.
Should she sell it to Nook or donate it to the museum?
I know what Yuki would say...DONATE! Leesh will do it tomorrow morning.

With the blue marlin in Leesh's pocket, she didn't want to risk a wifi crash so she packed up, mailed a letter and went back to 90210. Thanks Meow and Thelma for leaving your gates open. Too bad you guys were not awake when I came to visit. Until next time...

First visit to Funky

2009-08-03T12:45:00.011-04:00

After meeting Meow for the first time last week, Leesh decided to check if the gates to Funky were open. To her surprise, they were but no one was to be found. Although, she was very shy and nervous to be creeping up in someone's town, Leesh continued to walk around and explore Funky.

***

What a nice welcome even though Meow was nowhere in sight.

In Meow's house. I tried to look for her and even called out her name. No response.
I hope she doesn't mind that I give myself a tour of her house.
Cute Cabana furniture, I miss my own set.

Lookie, lookie! Meow awakes from her nap and greets me in front of her house.
She is so tanned, I am jealous!

Meow's favorite neighbour, Kiki.
We chatted for a bit until we hear that Thelma has arrived in Funky.
Kiki was kinda enough to send me a letter the next day.

Meow and Thelma had some catching up to do, so Leesh decided to fish and caught a arowana.
Cool! The museum back in 90210 doesn't have one so she donated it.

Leesh finally got to meet Thelma (she's very nice) in front of Nook's.
Thelma has the same hairstyle as Leesh and we are both pasty unlike Meow.

***

Meow - thank you for letting me visit and wander around Funky. Your town is so polished and beautiful for only playing for 6 months. I hope to come visit again soon!

Thelma - it was a pleasure meeting you. Hopefully I will get to visit your town one day and maybe meet the rest of your group.

I'm surprised that playing with people on wifi could be so fun. I am still pretty nervous about playing and meeting new people but I am sure in time, I will be more comfortable. All the people that I have met so far have been really nice and I love visiting different towns because you get to see their creative side. I have come to realize that my town, 90210 needs a facelift!

Fireworks on Saturdays for August

2009-08-02T09:25:00.010-04:00

Finally, it's Saturday night. Ross went to the Roost to see K.K. Slider and give him a country guitar. In return, K.K. Slider gave Ross a picture of himself. This ends the red turnip trade.

While Ross was there, K.K. Slider hooked him up with a bootleg of K.K. Tango

Every Saturday in the month of August, Tortimer puts on a fireworks show for the town from 7 pm to midnight.

Yay, fireworks!

More fireworks lighting the sky for five hours straight

Brody with a roman candle that she received from Tortimer.

Brody decided that it would be cool to light the sparkler down by the beach

Looks like Saturday nights are going to be quite entertaining for the rest of the month. I wonder if you can save all the sparklers and roman candles Tortimer gives out and light them throughout the year?

Green Feather from Boondox

2009-07-28T08:22:00.000-04:00

I forgot that I wanted to post about this...

A few weeks, Brody had lots of bells and decided to donate 10,000 bells to Boondox, she felt like being nice and helping out those less fortunate than her. The next day, she got a green feather. Cool!

Letter from Boondox - Brody's good deed of the day

Cute little Brody and her new green feather in her hair

Tanning

2009-07-27T14:34:00.003-04:00

Leesh has been tanning all afternoon. I found out that if you are outside between 10 am and 4 pm, your character becomes tanned. So like in real life, Leesh is sitting by the pool, worshipping the sun! I hope she bakes and gets really DARK!

Thanks Yuki

2009-07-27T08:50:00.001-04:00

Check out My ACWW Photo Diary, there are more pictures of me visiting Yuki and meeting Meow. I have to admit that I have been following this blog/website for a few months now and was always jealous of people playing over wifi and getting to visit other towns. I am glad I broke the seal (hahaha) and now I want to play over wifi whenever I can. I love seeing how other people have set up their town and also how they decorate their house.

Yuki and Meow - thank you for showing me that there is more to Animal Crossing than just playing by yourself.

A whole new world

2009-07-26T16:15:00.011-04:00

For the past several months since I have started to play Animal Crossing, I have played on my own. There have been times when I have played DS to DS with mo.par, sweetmre, calibray and stfne. I have played wifi with mo.par a couple of time but now that she doesn't have wifi, we don't play. Today though, I played wifi with Yuki from Mitsukyo (Germany) and Meow from Funky (California). What an experience...It's so different to play with people you don't know and it involves plenty of typing. I look forward to many more wifi visits, I just hope the time difference doesn't matter too much. Thanks Yuki for letting me visit Mitsukyo - you have such a pretty town and I love how the sidewalk even have directional signs to the town hall, museum, etc...

In front of Yuki's house with Meow. I received a warm welcome when I got to Mitsukyo.

In front of a money tree

A wallpaper garden for the Wallpaper Event. I was too scared to touch anything.

Yuki has set up a hydrid garden. Any hybrids in this area are for the taking.
I took an orange cosmo.

Interesting, Yuki's house is full of turnips. She's very into the turnip trade.

Meow, Yuki and Leesh hanging out by the beach. Leesh was the only one not fishing.

Before Leesh left, she wanted to buy a new outfit. She bought Yuki's sexy dress design. Turns out Meow and Yuki had the same dress too. Three sexy ladies ready for a night out on the town.

It's back...

2009-07-26T12:43:00.002-04:00

I found a pink cosmo. I think I for sure ran over or forgot to water the first one that bloomed. This time, I have put the pink cosmo in my garden of hybrids so it will be kept safe.

Black Cosmos

2009-07-19T15:55:00.002-04:00

My wish has come true. I finally have a black cosmo. I just wish that I didn't lose the one pink cosmo I had. I may need to do some replanting. I also found another orange cosmo. I love finding new hybrids!!!!

Golden Axe Trading Event

2009-07-16T17:21:00.004-04:00

After growing two red turnips and waiting until Wendell's to 90210, the Golden Axe Trading event has begun!!! Leesh ran into Wendell first and got a turban.

After I switched to Ross so he could give Wendell another red turnip to eat. Wendell gave Ross a country guitar. Now, Leesh has to wait until Saharah comes to 90210 and Ross can give K.K. Slider the country guitar this Saturday. Wish me luck in this trading event. Leesh's trade is going to take forever since there are more steps after seeing Saharah. Ross' trade will finish once he sees K.K. Slider.

Fourth expansion

2009-07-15T23:39:00.005-04:00

About a week ago, Leesh's home got a fourth expansion to the house. It's a left wing room and the mortgage is now 728,000 bells. I thought that I would share what each room looks like.

Here is the main room on the first floor. It's got modern tile and wallpaper and most of the modern furniture. In the middle of the room is an ocean sunfish.

The second floor room has exotic carpet and wallpaper and some exotic furniture. There is a fishing trophy that Leesh won and a jack-in-the-box.

The recent upgrade is the left wing off of the main floor. It has sandlot on the floor and seaview on the wall (received from Pascal). Right now I am working on getting all the beach furniture items and I plan to keep one of each of the hybrids in this room.

Hammerhead shark

2009-07-15T23:26:00.001-04:00

After almost one and a half months of trying to catch a hammerhead shark, Leesh finally caught one yesterday. Every time Ross or Leesh tried to catch a fish in the water with a fin, it always ends up being a ocean sunfish. I have to admit I was jealous when sweetmre and mo.par both caught the shark in the beginning of June. I constantly tried and tried and had no luck UNTIL I found a lucky cat...I do believe that this lucky cat will give you luck when fishing. Thanks for the tip Maureen.

So my dilemma - do I donate the shark to the museum or sell it to Nook for 8000 bells?

Congrats Blushing

2009-07-12T22:15:00.002-04:00

I have just heard that Blushing has blue pansies and black roses (and a bunch of other hybrids). Stfne also mentioned that she has Jacob's Ladders. I told her that you get Jacob's Ladders when your town is PERFECT!!! She was excited.

So, congrats Stephanie on your perfect town and your expertise in growing hybrids. Now with Calibray not around, you can concentrate on making your town "BLUSH".

Pink Cosmos

2009-07-08T10:03:00.006-04:00

Finally, another cosmo. A week or two ago, an orange cosmo bloomed. I have most of the hybrids but am having trouble growing cosmos. Today, with great surprise, a pink cosmo has blossomed. I am on my way to having almost all the hybrids.

UPDATE 07/16/09: I think I either ran over the pink cosmos or pulled it out of the ground by accident. It's no where to be found.

Calibray from Blushing

2009-06-25T21:34:00.005-04:00

Today, Calibray came to visit 90210. While he was roaming around my town, I caught a gar. I saw an actual gar while in Cayo Ensenachos. They are much prettier in real life.

I think Calibray just came over to get some pears and oranges for his roommate, Stfne. We did fish for a bit and also paid a visit to Jitters.

I hope to play with Calibray again and hopefully be able to play with Stfne. I do miss playing with sweetmre from qwerty and mo.par and JT from lalaland.

Animal Crossing in Cayo Ensenachos

2009-06-22T12:21:00.002-04:00

I have not updated this blog lately because I was in Cayo Ensenachos, Cuba. Never fear, I did bring my DS so that I can continue playing Animal Crossing daily. I didn't play the first days of my vacation but after seeing most of my flowers wilt, I knew that I had to play even for 15 minutes each day. Well, over the course of the week, I found a couple of Jacob's Ladders and more hybrids blooming than average. I decided to check with Pelly and sure enough, my town is in the begining stages of becoming, a "perfect town". How ironic that my town, 90210 becomes perfect while I am in Cayo Ensenachos, a perfect beach!!!

Well, let me just tell you quickly while I was staying at Occidental Royal Hideaway, the entire resort and beach reminded me of AC. I saw butterflies, gar fish, fruits, bugs - the whole place reminded me of my town.

There is a picture on the sidebar of me playing my DS on the beach.

With all this perfect town talk, I was surprised that last night when I went to visit Phyllis, she gave me a golden watering can!!! I have had a perfect town for 2 weeks. YAY for me!!!

New Neighbour: Freckles

2009-06-03T20:57:00.003-04:00

WOW - neighbors are moving in, left, right and center. Why am I surrounded by ducks? Freckles (the duck) moved in on the other side of town by Ruby. She is kinda lazy because she hasn't unpacked her boxes yet. Not sure what she is like because she doesn't talk much. Leesh, Ross and Brody will have to go and visit her.

New Fishes and Insects

2009-06-02T07:28:00.002-04:00

Residents of qwerty and lalaland have informed me that they have been catching all these new fishes. I guess since it's the beginning of June, there are new fishes and insects around town. Some new fishes are a hammerhead shark, eel and oceanfish and new insects are fireflies, moths and a ton more that mo.par mentioned (but I forgot).

Here's to June which has opened up a whole new game once again. Happy fishing and insect catching.

P.S. - this Saturday is Flea Market Day.

Blue pansy

2009-06-02T07:21:00.000-04:00

A few days ago, I noticed this purple pansy. I thought nothing of it because I already had one. But as each day went by, I began to realize that it was more blue than purple. That's right...I have a blue pansy!!!

This morning, I also saw that a purple tulip has grown. Now only if I could grow some hybrid cosmos. Brody will have to fix up all the gardens tonight.

Guaranteed catch

2009-06-01T19:21:00.002-04:00

I do have trouble catching those damn bees, but I think that this way may be the best way. But you have to act fast!

Once you shake a tree and the beehive falls out, quickly go into your pocket
Drag the net to yourself (it's easy if you put your net in the space (hole) on the top right)
Click "Y" button twice quickly and then "A" button

It may take a couple of practice runs but once you get the hang of it, it's a guaranteed 4500 bells. Good luck!

New Neighbor: Ruby, Maelle and Gladys

2009-05-31T10:35:00.004-04:00

It's been a while since I have posted about the other residents in 90210. As you know, characters move in and out of the town so at times, it's hard to keep up. 90210 got three new residents in the past week:

Ruby (the rabbit) is the most recent addition to 90210. She lives on the other side of the river and has no neighbors. Good thing she lives right by the bridge, it makes it easier to get to her house. She likes pink furniture.

Maelle (the duck) is a bit snooty but she doesn't mind some conversation every now and again. Still trying to figure her out.

Gladys (the ostrich) moved in a while ago and I didn't even notice her. She always has something nice to say. She is into collecting bugs.

So, all these girls moved in but what I really want is for Chief (the wolf) to move out. He is so mean and grumpy. He was sick for some time and I thought if I didn't bring him medicine or visit him that he would leave. Unfortunately, he is still around. I'm gonna have to pull a mission to try to get him to move out of 90210.

Date night K.K. Slider

2009-05-31T00:24:00.001-04:00

I forget that Saturday night is the time to get some bootleg tunes from K.K. Slider at the Roost Cafe. My character have crappy music so I am trying to make sure I get to the Roost at some point. Tonight, leesh, Ross and Brody all stopped by the Roost before midnight. They got bootleg tunes for Agent K.K., Imperial K.K. and Only Me. I wonder what they all sound like. My favorite is Samba ans Salsa but I am going to patiently wait for K.K. Slider to play the two tunes for me.

Pink rose

2009-05-22T13:11:00.002-04:00

YAY! I got my first pink rose this morning and another orange pansy. Today was a good day because I got two hybrids, I must be doing something right.

I created another roommate to live with Leesh and Ross in their house. She looks different from them, but she'll be a great addition. Her debut will be over this weekend - with pictures posted on this blog. She will be in charge of planting more fruit trees and managing all the gardens around 90210.

Watch where you plant your flowers

2009-05-20T07:12:00.003-04:00

I found a pink tulip today hiding behind the museum. Let me tell you that it was so difficult to pick it up but I got it and I have planted it elsewhere. I have take mo.par's advice and planted some hybrids together and I have also rearranged some of my neighbours's flowers. It's pretty sad that I can't wait for each morning to see what new plants have grown.

Leesh won the fishing trophy on Sunday

2009-05-18T15:25:00.005-04:00

As promised, here is a a picture of new home (I now have the 2nd floor extension) and a navy roof. To the left of my house is a little flower bed (I create the stone pattern) to keep the single hybrid flowers.

Although leesh won the fishing trophy for catching a 47.1 inch sea bass yesterday, Ross did have an audience while he was fishing. Look at the crowd, they were loud when they clapped.

Pattern making is so much fun

2009-05-16T22:04:00.005-04:00

Today I caught a frog in the pond. I know it's not a big deal but when you catch something new, it's quite exciting. Too bad the frog isn't worth that much.

*leesh with the frog she caught*

After viewing some other AC:WW blog diaries, I decided to fix up my town. Unfortunately, in the process of building a pool by the house, I think leesh may have dug up her one and only orange cosmo. To protect the other single hybrids, I have built a flower bed. Stay tuned for a photo. Well, AC friends - the pool is now open for the summer. Let me know if you want to come by for a dip.

*the new pool, plenty of room for many friends to hang out*

Pattern making is fun but very time consuming and detailed. I can't design my own patterns, so I have found some on the net. Here's the pattern for water (Photo courtesy of Mayu's ACWW photo diary). I already followed a pattern to make the stones for my flower bed and next, I will be following a pattern to make a rainbow bkini.

So much more you can do

2009-05-14T10:56:00.003-04:00

Check out the blog I have listed on the right hand side under "My Blog List". It's crazy the amount of things you can do. I have so much more to learn. I read some of the blogger's posts and I saw an ocean fish and a blue marlin. I saw that they created a pool with patterns. There is even a photo of blocked off flowerbeds. WOW! I didn't know that you could do all of this. It makes me love and appreciate the game even more. There's a lot to look forward to.

Please check out the blog, there are a lot of photos in it. It makes my blog SUCK!

Another Hybrid

2009-05-12T09:18:00.004-04:00

Today I discovered that I had another new hybrid, an orange pansy but mo.par did give me one of these hybrids the last time she came over to visit. She is an expert at cross-breeding flowers. I think I might ask her to be a guest blogger and tell us her tips on how to grow a hybrid. Cross-breeding is all the rage in the Animal Crossing world.

Strippers in lalaland

2009-05-11T21:36:00.004-04:00

When leesh went to visit mo.par in lalaland, it turned out that they were both dressed like strippers, LOL. Take a look...

mo.par's house is huge. She has her main room, then a room to the left and another room upstairs. The best part about the upstairs room is the toilet.

Not a purple tulip but a BLACK tulip

2009-05-10T21:20:00.003-04:00

After a visit from mo.par, it turns out that my first hybrid wasn't a purple tulip but a black tulip (cross-bred from either two red tulips or two yellow tulips). mo.par also suggested that I move all my hybrids close to my house so I can keep a watchful eye on them.

I found my third hybrid, a purple pansy.

My Second Hybrid

2009-05-07T09:38:00.006-04:00

You'll probably get sick of hearing everytime I grow a hybrid flower but I am proud of my accomplishment so I will continue to blog about it. This morning, I discovered an orange cosmo. Hybrid flowers grow randomly and when they feel like it. I would suggest to plant many combinations in open spaces (make sure that the nine square spaces surrounding your two flowers are free) and make sure to water them every day. Also, don't run over them.

My First Hybrid

2009-05-04T11:44:00.005-04:00

After the help of mo.par and JT, I have a purple tulip. They showed me where and how to plant the flowers so you have a chance that they will cross breed. There is no ryhme or reason in how to grow these hybrids. The only thing you can do to is to plant the same type of flower either beside or diagonal from one another and make sure you do this in an empty space. You don't want any trees or rocks in the way. Also, water your flowers every day and hope that one day a hybrid will grow. Good luck my friends. For more info: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/805/805694p1.html

Flea Market Day

2009-04-30T20:28:00.002-04:00

Hey everyone - don't forget that this Saturday is Flea Market Day so start rounding up all your old junk and set it out for your townies to come to your house to buy. Also remember to go to your neighbor's houses to see what furniture you can buy from them. You can finally get that item you have been eyeing all month.

If you need a guide to help you know how much items really costs when you are haggling, check out this site, Animal Crossing: Wild World Furniture FAQ. With this guide, you will know if you are getting ripped off or if you can con your neighbour into spend more than what you originally paid for.

Magic rock trick (the pattern)

2009-04-29T20:25:00.004-04:00

In case you want to try out the magic rock trick, I am going to try my best to explain it in a diagram since I can't find the website where I originally read about it. Try to create this diagram pattern around a rock, what you are trying to do is have 7 spaces around the rock where the bell bags can fall and block some of the space with holes. You have to dig a hole behind you so that you will bounce back when you hit the rock (this saves time as normally, you have to run forward to hit the rock again). The 7 spaces surrounding you will hold 100, 200, 400, 800, 1000, 2000 and if you are lucky, 4000 bells. Good luck and I hope I am clear on how to do this trick.

x H x x
x R Y H
x H x x

x = spaces where the bell bag will fall when it comes out of the rock
H = hole
R = rock
Y = your character

The trick is worth it but is a pain in the butt having to dig this pattern around every rock in your town until you find the "magic" rock.

Planting fruits

2009-04-29T09:23:00.003-04:00

On leesh's visit to lalaland, mo.par allowed her to collect some peaches, cherries and pears, as well as coconuts. When leesh got back home, she planted coconuts by the shore and the other fruits behind her house. Today, 6 of the 9 fruit trees planted are starting to grow and 3 of the 4 coconuts planted are also started to grow. Not a bad rate, it's a good start...

Once the trees have fully grown, the fruit will be shaken and planted in the fruit orchard on the other side of the river.

Money bag trick

2009-04-29T09:06:00.004-04:00

I finally did it. After reading about how to get more than the last 1000 bell bag from hitting a rock with your shovel, I tried each day to get more bell bags than normal. To do this trick, you must dig a hole on each side of the rock and one hole behind you. The hole behind you will prevent you from bouncing back when you hit the rock and it will eliminate some of the time it takes you to walk towards the rock. I did this trick and got 100, 200, 400, 800, 1000 and 2000 bell bags!!!! Apparently, you can get a 4000 bell bag but I don't think I was fast enough or I covered one of the seven space around the rock where the bags land.

Angus

2009-04-28T21:52:00.003-04:00

A new neighbor has moved in, Angus. He is from lalaland. He hasn't even unpacked yet so I have no idea what he is like. Hopefully this cow is friendly like some of the other residents of 90210. It looks like his birthday is in two days, on April 30th. I hope he has a party!

lalaland is a PERFECT town

2009-04-28T21:25:00.006-04:00

Leesh and Ross have not been to lalaland in a really long time so it was quite a surprise to see how perfect the town is. So many trees bearing fruit plus palm trees lined up the shore line with coconuts. There are also flowers - hybrid flowers - orange pansies, pink and purple tulips, etc..plus Jacob's Ladders. These flowers only appear when you have a perfect town. mo.par greeted leesh with presents and then brought her to Shampoodle to get her hair done. leesh also got to see mo.par's house. It's nicely decorated in the regal series on the 1st floor and in the green series on the 2nd floor. Everything is feng shui'd.

*mo.par and leesh in lalaland*

*leesh's new hair do*

Later on, JT came to visit Ross in 90210. Although Ross and leesh are starting all over in a new town, JT commented that he liked the different types of houses and abundance of water - things you don't come to realize when you live in the town. JT gave Ross some tips on how to breed flowers and how to fix up the garden. He also watered some plants and trees with his golden watering can. Both visits were short but fun.

*Ross with his mohawk and JT with a toque*

Re-introducing Ross!!!

2009-04-27T11:15:00.006-04:00

*This isn't Ross, I just wanted to show a character holding a fish*

As I mentioned before, I had to start a new Animal Crossing game. I kept the names of my characters the same but changed my town name to 90210. I started off with Leesh and as the days went by, I re-introduced Ross to the mix. I knew that Ross had to first work for Tom Nook but it was early in the morning before Nook's opened so I let Ross shake all the trees and he collected about 1100 bells. Not bad. Ross didn't have to buy a shovel because Leesh originally had one and bought another and bury it to get a golden shovel. She then left her old shovel in the house for Ross. The Fishing Tourney took place yesterday and since Ross didn't have a fishing pole, Tortimer was kind enough to give Ross his old one. Ross is pretty much free-loading. Everything has been handed to him on a silver platter. He's such a smart guy.

I should play Ross more and get him out on the town, talking to the neighbors, he needs a best friend like how Leesh has Aurora (the penguin). Aurora even gave Leesh a framed photo of herself. It's nicely displayed in the house, next to the candle.

Some music needs to be played in the house but Leesh and Ross forgot to go to The Roost on Saturday night. But I don't dare to time travel. They will just have to wait until this Saturday.

Ross and Leesh still have a pertty small house. They could pay off the mortgage today but they have been smart about saving their money so that they can get interest at the end of the month. On Friday, they will pay off their mortgage, get the 2nd expansion just in time for Flea Market Day on Saturday. God knows they have lots of furniture to sell.

Another AC fan

2009-04-26T15:45:00.003-04:00

My BFF, Stfne just got a DS today and she also bought Animal Crossing. I hope she likes it. So far, I have introduced AC to two other friends and they are quite addicted. Stfne - I hope you like the game as much as M & M and myself. If you ever need any help with anything, you have Twitter to ask questions or on this blog. Like I mentioned, mo_par is the pro, she has a perfect town and knows how to do everything like hybriding flowers and shoot down the balloons.

I also realized that you can play Mystery Case Files: Millionheir now (so can Rex)

Happy DSing!!!

Resetti

2009-04-23T22:33:00.004-04:00

This pic is too funny. My husband hates that I play AC:WW so much. He made Resetti say this...

Neighbors visiting

2009-04-21T20:48:00.004-04:00

I almost forgot that Bill (the duck) was coming over for a playdate. Leesh already bailed on him once so I had to make sure that she remembered to be home. All he did was talk about muscles and asking what to call Filbert and Robin (best buds of course).

I noticed that the neighbors are not asking me to make many deliveries but I am digging up a lot of fossils.

Time Travelling

2009-04-21T10:24:00.003-04:00

Time travelling is a BIG NO-NO! Being a greedy little girl, I decided that I should time travel to Saturday, May 2nd for Flea Market Day. Leesh has tons of extra furniture that she doesn't want and I figured, might as well sell it. What a big mistake!!! My garden (that I worked so hard on) disappeared and had many dead flowers and weeds, there were three cockroaches in the house and Lyle was stalking again.

I was scared and all itchy just at the sight of the cockroaches. I went back to the current date and the flowers were still dying and those pesky roaches were still in my house. I have learnt my lesson - time travelling one day ahead is okay but not two weeks ahead. I am back to planting my garden and will just have to go about my daily routine. Being greedy does not get you anywhere, it just sets you back. Everyone, please learn from my mistakes.

Only 40,000 more bells to go to pay off my mortgage and then I get my second expansion.

P.S. - I am collecting modern and exotic furniture. If anyone in lalaland or qwerty have pieces of these series, please donate them to Leesh.

What's with all the birds?

2009-04-14T23:00:00.002-04:00

WOW!

I have a town full of birds - Aurora (the penguin), Egbert (the chicken), Goose (the goose) and Robin (the bird). There needs to be a new neighbour, preferably one without wings or a beak.

1st expansion

2009-04-14T13:36:00.002-04:00

I forgot how small your house is when you start the game off. Luckily, the first mortgage is only 18,400 bells and with the knowledge I have already gained, I knew to shake all the trees and first buy a fishing rod and shovel. I paid off my mortgage in no time.

Eventhough Flower Fest is already over, I thought that I should still have a garden. I am following in the footsteps of mo.par and colour coding my garden. There is a white flower section, and also a red and yellow one. And somewhere in there, a purple tulip (or rose) appeared.

I will continue to fish, search for fossil, talk to neighbours, etc. It sucks that Nook's Cranny is going to be closed tomorrow but the bright side is, it will become Nookway. I am one step away from Nookington's.

New Home Announcement

2009-04-13T19:46:00.003-04:00

Welcome to 90210!!! Leesh has moved from L.A. to 90210 and Ross will follow as soon as leesh is settled in. The town is different from L.A. but it quite lovely. It's going to take some time to get use to but exploring a new town is always fun. Leesh already has 1100 bells and a regal dresser but still has to go and work for that crook, Tom Nook.

It's a happy day today folks!!!

Stay tuned...

Hold please...

2009-04-11T22:08:00.001-04:00

Animal Crossing will be put on hold until Monday night. It's been a sad day but things are looking better. The new town (not sure if it will still be L.A.) will be taking donations (bells, furniture, shirts or clothing).

It's a sad day today in the AC world

2009-04-11T13:27:00.003-04:00

FAIL

L.A. got hit hard with a natural disaster. It has disappeared, it's gone...kaputs.

Yes, my game went into space. It serves me right because I was playing a bootleg version.

Downside: I was going on my 4th expansion. I had the completed the cabana series and was almost close to completing the modern series. I had many songs from K.K. Slider. I had a pretty decent sized garden ready to be judged for tomorrow's Flower Fest. I had many shirt and accessories for leesh and Ross.

Upside: I now know how to make money fast. I know how to plant coconut trees. I know how to get foreign fruit. I can get a different furniture series.

OMFG! i just realized that there are more downsides than upsides. I am leaving the condo now to go by the real game with my Toys R Us store credit.

lalaland and qwerty

2009-04-11T09:37:00.007-04:00

Yesterday, I had two visitors to L.A. but I also got to visit lalaland (to hangout with JT) and qwerty (to hangout with sweetmre). Plenty of hours explore the towns. So much fun.

BEWARE - I realized that when you create a saying for your neighbours, it carries over to the next town they move to. Never let your character say "panis dong" because they won't understand the inside joke.

*sweetmre, JT and leesh in front of sweetmre's house in qwerty*

*sweetmre (after her haircut at Nookington's in L.A.), Ross and mo.par - you probably can't see because I take crappy pictures but sweetmre has a rose in her mouth, Ross has a white rose in his hair and mo.par is holding a dandelion in her hand*

Animal Crossing book

2009-04-09T21:33:00.002-04:00

For those City Folk people, I just found out that there is a book. There is one for Wild World but it's not available at Chapters or Amazon...so the search begins...

Animal Characters

2009-04-09T19:26:00.000-04:00

Wanna get to know them a little more...

Animal Crossing Characters

No more Cherry Blossoms

2009-04-09T19:04:00.000-04:00

Am I losing my mind? All the non-bearing fruit trees are no longer Cherry Blossoms. I thought that the trees would remain pink for the reminder of the month. I am so sad. It was so pretty.

New Neighbour: Maelle

2009-04-09T18:50:00.001-04:00

As Ross was walking over to talk Tortimer (the turtle), he saw a cute little duck walking about. He went and introduced himself to her...L.A. has a new resident - Maelle. Her house is filled with lovely furniture (a little too pink for my taste). She is a sweet little duckling.

I found out that Anabelle (the anteater) has moved to lalaland. mo.par wants to cut her off. My poor friend (AC and real one)...

Here is a picture of Ross beside the growing palm tree. I can't wait for the tree to fully grow. I plan to shake the coconuts off of only one of the trees and use those two coconuts to plant more trees. Keep your fingers crossed that the trees grow. I guess this is when Feng Shui comes in handy. Good luck will make the trees grow.

Palm Trees

2009-04-08T09:59:00.000-04:00

*This photo is taken off of the web, not from my town.
My tree hasn't fully grown yet and I no longer have snow in L.A.*

mo.par was kind enough to let me shake a palm tree that was in her town so that I could collect the coconuts and plant it on the shores of L.A. I am proud to say that I have two palm trees growing. Thanks Maureen for the tips on where to plant the coconut.

1/ Cut down an existing tree near the beach and shovel out the stump, then plant a coconut in that hole

2/ Plant a coconut just near the shore line

I am so excited to have palm trees. Now I am going to try to make a towel and lie it on the beach so it looks like I am going to sun tan.