Shortcut to Mushrooms

You might recognize the title of this blog as the title of a chapter from Lord of the Rings:  Fellowship of the Ring.  (If so, five bonus points for you!  lol)  I wrote that for two reasons, one being that mushrooms have spouted up all over town, ripe for collecting.  The second reason is that another note from The Shire washed up on Long Beach!  But I’ll get to that later.

Mushrooms!

November is a special month in Animal Crossing.  All month long, you can search beneath trees to find various types of mushrooms!  (They don’t appear under palm trees though.  Not that I have seen, anyway.)  Some mushrooms are better than others.  The mushrooms pictured above are worth a lot of bells!  Other mushrooms won’t be worth as much.  And don’t forget, some mushrooms are actually pieces of the Mush furniture series, in disguise!

Mush Series

So make sure to look for mushrooms all month long, to complete your Mush Series!  I wasn’t able to do it last year, because I didn’t get the game until mid-November.  But I’m hopeful that I will collect all the pieces I need!  From what I’ve experienced, you will find 3-4 mushrooms per day, one of which will be a piece of furniture.

Today was a busy day for Squirt.  He forgot to go to the city yesterday to get the new monthly charm, so that was his first stop:

“I have revealed for you a hidden charm that averts trouble that swarms from the boughs of trees…  You must catch a Koi in Shaolin…”

Hmm… that charm is… okay, I guess.  I don’t think too many people are concerned about bee stings.  But feel free to try the charm when you visit!

Squirt also stopped in at the HRA to see who was given the Model Room Honors this month.  Usually it is someone from ちびくろ, since my Japanese friends are EXPERTS at obtaining high HRA scores!  But to my surprise, the Model Room was filled with musical instruments, instead of the usual Mario set that I usually find.

Congrats, Subi!

I was so surprised to see Subi listed as the winner!  Congratulations, Subi!  Your room officially RULES!  XD

Later on, I logged in as Deb because she was requested to deliver a message to Rowan regarding “fashion flair.”  (He gave her a pair of pink glasses.  Big whoop.)  As she was walking along searching for Rowan, she ran into Chester, who had some shocking news:

CHESTER, NOOOOO!

She tried to convince him to change his mind but he wasn’t being cooperative.  It’s weird, he didn’t mention any of this to Squirt.  Why the big secret??  Sigh…  I’ll keep you all posted on Chester’s residency status!

Now before I go, here’s the latest news from Pippin in TheShire:

Greetings, mystery friend!  Things around here in The Shire are finally starting to get back to normal.  Well, somewhat.  Frodo still hasn’t left his bed.  We are all a bit worried about him, though Merry and I couldn’t possibly understand what sort of recovery one needs after being rescued from Mount Doom.

Apparently Samwise doesn’t need to rest anymore.  At first he wouldn’t leave Frodo’s bedside, but lately he’s been feeling a need to work again.  He’s resumed his old job as Gardener (although it makes him miss the old Gaffer), and has already started creating a lovely garden around our house at Bag End.  He even told me about a beautiful hybrid flower that spawned one morning – a blue pansy!  I almost didn’t believe him until I saw it myself.  I wonder what other hybrid flowers Sam will be able to grow in this land?

Last night I made a great discovery of my own.  I enjoy fishing (although most hobbits will avoid the water if possible) and when I was in the Far Downs fishing by the Sea, I felt a large bite on the end of my fishing line.  After a great trouble reeling it in, I pulled out a brilliant Tuna!  It was the largest fish I’d ever seen since returning to The Shire.  While I secretly wanted to keep this tuna for myself, I decided to donate it to The Shire Museum.  I will have to donate a lot if I want to keep up with Samwise!  He’s been finding all sorts of fossils every day as he tends the gardens and lays out new roads.

Lastly, I recently found my old helmet that I wore during the Guard of the Citadel.  I’ve been wearing it around to remember my days of battle.  I do enjoy living in peace, but at the same time… I miss the adventure from our journeys!

Until next time, my mysterious friend.

-Pippin/TheShire/3953-6655-4658

HALLOWEEN!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Happy Halloween!

Last night was the Shaolin Halloween Party!  It was a LOT of fun, with plenty of unexpected guests, spare furniture items and Pumpkinheads galore!  Thanks to everyone who came to enjoy the festivities!

For those of you who haven’t yet played Halloween (for whatever reason, I don’t judge TT’ers!  lol) I thought I would write a little guide to how Halloween works in Animal Crossing.  It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t just a little confused before I started.  The Wiki page helped a bit but nothing beats actual gameplay experience!  So here’s how it goes:

6 PM:  The sun starts going down, and that means it’s time for Halloween!  Make sure you’re wearing a MATCHING COSTUME if you want to collect all the items in the Spooky series!

Suddenly, all the neighbors (who are outside their homes) are now running around in Pumpkinhead costumes.

Pumpkinheads

Basically, the game of Halloween is that you have to find Jack, the Czar of Halloween.  He looks exactly like the other Pumpkinheads running around your town.  The only difference is, he doesn’t accost you the way your neighbors will.  If a neighbor spots you, they will begin to chase you!  And then they will initiate a Trick or Treat dialog, from which you CAN’T escape!

Trick or Treat?

If a Pumpkinhead neighbor manages to ask you to Trick or Treat, you only have two options.  Give candy, or get tricked.  (By getting tricked, you risk losing an item in your pocket, which suddenly gets turned into a Jack in a Box!  Squirt lost his beloved bubble wand in one of these pranks.  Luckily he’s got a spare in his closet.  XP)  The Pumpkinhead townies will ask repeatedly for candy, and you could end up giving all your candy away before even finding Jack!  That wouldn’t be good, so here’s the plan:

TRAP THE TOWNIES! Go around town, talk to each of them once (tricking or treating is up to you) and then grab your shovel to start digging holes around the townie so they will not be able to chase you again.  Be careful, they could start asking you for more candy if you walk away before trapping the Pumpkinhead neighbor!

Once all of your neighbors have been corralled, it will be a lot easier to find Jack.  (Keep in mind there will be 5 townies dressed up as Pumpkinheads.)  Why is this easier?  Because once you know that the fake Pumpkinheads are trapped, then when you see a Pumpkinhead walking around freely, then it MUST be Jack!  This Czar of Halloween is also different because he does not chase you, nor does he force you into a conversation.

Finding Jack

Once the real Jack is found, you must give him a piece of candy to exchange for a piece of furniture from the Spooky series.  (aka Halloween swag!  lol)  Don’t get all excited that this is going to be easy, because once you find him and get your Spooky item…

POOF!

Jack disappears after every conversation!  You can’t trap him like the townie Pumpkinheads.  You are going to have to search your town every time, to find Jack and get another piece of furniture.  And Jack likes to give out plenty of repeats, which means you should plan on doing TONS of laps around your town!

Considering the amount of repeat items you’ll be getting, you might not have enough candy (even if you stocked up all month with candy from Tom Nook).  Unless you want to get tricked by Jack (I’ll get into that later) you are going to need plenty of candy!  Don’t worry, your character can go trick or treating just like everybody else!  Since half of the townies are out dressed as Pumpkinheads, that means the other 5 townies will be in their houses, cowering in fear of being pranked.  Or just being ‘too grown up’ to dress up.

Trick or Treating

If you go to a house that has lights on inside, you will get candy.  You can go back and get more candy as often as you want.  Your neighbors seem to have an endless supply in their houses.  So don’t worry if you’re running low on sweets, you can always get more from trick or treating!

If however, you don’t have any candy and run into Jack, he will prank you.  It’s basically the same as when the townies prank you, only he tells you a long poem before leaving you with a Jack in a Box.  Now, getting a ton of Jack in a Boxes is fun and all, but what about the other Halloween items – the Pumpkinhead, the Moldy Shirt and the Patched Shirt?  It’s very easy to get them too!  Here’s what you’ll do:

Wear mis-matched clothing!  Put on a hat and a shirt that don’t normally go together.  Make sure it’s something that you won’t care about losing, because you WILL lose it if you want the special clothes.  Once you are fully mis-matched, talk to a Pumpkinhead in your town.  It can be a townie or Jack.  When they ask you for candy, you must refuse!  Then, as their prank, they will transform whatever hat you had on into a Pumpkinhead!  (You won’t get your old headgear back, that’s why I said make sure it’s something you don’t mind losing!)  While wearing the Pumpkinhead and a random shirt, talk to a different Pumpkinhead outside, and again refuse to give them candy.  They will transform your shirt into a Moldy or Patched shirt!  Rinse and repeat to get all the special Halloween clothes!  (Somehow I forgot to take pictures of all this happening.  I was a little over-stimulated at the party!  lol)

I would recommend obtaining all the Spooky furniture items before attempting to collect the Halloween clothes.  Jack will only give you Spooky items if you are wearing a matching costume.  Otherwise, you’ll be yelled at for not wearing a costume on Halloween!

Well, I think that’s about all you need to know about Halloween!  The furniture items sell for over 10K bells, so sell any spares to make some quick cash!

• Note: I still have a BUNCH of spare items at the Town Hall.  I’ll probably sell them tomorrow, but I figured I’d leave them for a day in case any of my loyal readers out there weren’t able to find a particular item.  Let me know what you’re missing and I’ll check to see if I have it.  If I do, I’ll be happy to ship it over to your town!

And just for fun, here’s a few of my favorite photos from HALLOWEEN:

Jack doing a Back-Flip!

Giving Jack candy while an impersonator watches nearby.

Party guests checking out the Spooky Room.

Pumpkinhead Partying!

Of course, as always, there are more photos on my Flickr page.  Click on the pics in the Flickr widget on the right side bar!  –>

Thanks to all my guests who made this party possible:  Bella, ちょこまる, オレンジ, Hery, Miao, Subi, and Ifetayo!  :-D

And don’t forget folks, now that it’s November, you will start to see mushrooms popping up all around your town!  Start collecting as many mushrooms as you can find.  Some of them are worth a ton of bells, and others are actually pieces of the Mush furniture series!  Plus Thanksgiving will be upon us sooner than you think, so keep playing Animal Crossing!

Halloween Party – You’re Invited!

You're Invited!

If you’d like to come to the Shaolin Halloween Party but I don’t have your FC, you’ll need to give me your code before you can enter!  Please post your FC in a comment, or send me a message on Twitter or via Email!  :D

DLC Day!

Last night, I opened the gates to share the new dalmatian model DLC from Europe. Here’s what it looks like:

Dalmatian Model

I think it’s so cute!  But why is the puppy checking out his own ass?  Whatever…  lol!

A few friends came by to pick up a copy of the new Nintendog.  Miao arrived first, and we chatted about one of our favorite games on Facebook, called Restaurant City.  Everyone should check it out, it’s a lot of fun!  And don’t forget to add me on Facebook!  XP

Next, Hery arrived.  He was so happy to get the last Nintendog!  And then he did something very surprising, he dropped an item.  ”New US DLC!” he exclaimed!  Apparently Pete had dropped off the new DLC early?  (I haven’t received anything from Pete… but anyway…)  It’s the Election Day DLC.  Everyone in America has been dreading what this new item might be.  A voting booth?  A dimpled chad?  Uncle Sam pointing at you?

Actually, the new DLC is an Election Poster:

Vote for Tortimer???

Sigh…  I guess it could have been worse, though.  I think the poster is pretty dumb though… considering nobody ever tries to run for office other than Tortimer!  And it’s not like we ever actually get to VOTE on who is running our dear AC towns anyway!  :P

Later on, Orenji came by as well!  He was thrilled that not only could he get the dalmatian, but he was able to catalog Hery’s surprising new DLC!  Then, after everyone else left, Orenji and I went around town hitting rocks looking for a pill bug for Agent S.  No suck luck.  DARNED ROCKS!!!

ATTACK THE ROCK!

EU DLC: Dalmatian Model

The final Nintendog has been released!  It’s a Dalmatian model!  I don’t have a photo yet (only just ordered them, waiting for them to arrive by mail!) but in the catalog it looked REALLY cute!  I heart dalmatians!

I ordered about 6 for my “regular visitors.”  I’ll open the Shaolin Gates tonight at 11PM if you want to come pick up a model for yourself!

Sorry for the short post.  I am working on making a grand invitation for the Shaolin Halloween Party!  So look for another entry from me shortly!  lol

Squirt is a Celebrity!

The DLC Market

Yesterday was the Flea Market in Animal Crossing!  I almost forgot to participate (despite having caught a bunch of fish and leaving them in my house earlier this week… lol) but luckily my boyfriend reminded me after I got off work!  I was all set to sell off the stupid fish.  Not that I had displayed anything that great, my best catch was a Pike, but I was hoping to make some money.  Much to my surprise, my neighbors didn’t really want any of my dumb fish.

Ruby wants a Chihuahua!

To be honest, I had left all my DLC out on display because I didn’t think the neighbors would be interested in buying any of it.  I was very wrong.  When I started the Flea Market, I had all three Nintendogs on display – the Labrador, the Chihuahua and the Dachshund.  Three different townies bought each of them, and are happily displaying the doggies in their own houses!  It’s pretty cute.

Ruby's new Nintendog

And no, she wouldn’t sell the dog back to me either!  lol

While I was surprised that the townies wanted to buy DLC, I wasn’t too surprised that they wanted my dogs.  After all, they are super cute.  But I was really SHOCKED when a different DLC item (one that I particularly hate) was suddenly a ‘must-have’ for a few of the male townies.

Pile of Leaves... COOL??!?!?!?!

I was like WHAAAA?  Both Rowan and Chester snatched up the stupid pile of leaves DLC.  I charged em 50 bells each.

As you can see, barely any of my fishies were purchased.  Tom Nook was happy to take them off my hands today, though!  I noticed while walking around town today that some of the trees (mostly the fruit-bearing ones) had started turning from orange to red.  They look really nice!  I kinda wish the trees would always be this multicolored.  Guess it’s one of the few nice things about autumn…

Chief gave me a bit of a scare today too.  He was talking about things getting stale around here and maybe it was time for him to move away.

Chief, don't go!

Thankfully, it didn’t take much convincing to get him to stay!  Now I must pull some Halloween pranks on Elise to get her stupid mug outta town!  :-P

Oh, and before I go, another message in a bottle washed up on shore again.  The note wasn’t quite as long as usual… I think the author, Pippin, is getting a bit disgruntled.

Greetings to you, my mysterious friend.  I hope this note finds you in good health.

All is well here in the Shire.  I suppose.  Frodo has not yet left his bed.  Merry and Sam have been equally useless and just laze about, leaving me (usually not the most responsible hobbit!) to carry on with the daily chores.

I’ve been attempting to rebuild the main roads across the Shire.  I created a lovely paved road and started laying out the pathways.  Unfortunately, many trees have gotten in the way of my route.  I know my friends the Ents would hate me forever if I chopped down a tree… but I’m starting to fear that I have no choice.  Though I’m sure if I planted a sapling elsewhere, that might make the Ents less cross.  Now if only I could find some rare fruit.  One sole coconut washed up on the beach, so I planted it.  I received a message in a bottle too – part of me hoped it would be from you, my mysterious friend – but no, it was some strange advertisement!

While it’s been a bit melancholy to live in the Shire since the rest of the hobbits have moved on, I noticed that the new town Mayor, a crotchety old turtle named Tortimer, has been making an effort to keep things interesting.  He hosted a Fishing Tournament yesterday, which I joined in on.  I submitted a rather fine Red Snapper, which beat Benedict’s score.  I wonder if I have won?  Tortimer has tight lips and wouldn’t say, and then he disappeared when the sun went down.  How very odd!

There’s been no further sign of any UFO since my last note.  Tom Nook (that old crook…) upgraded his store to what he calls Nookway.  I have not added any new deposits to his outrageous house loan.  He will just have to wait!  Well, that’s about all I have to say for now.  Please keep your eyes on the shores for a new note from me!  And PLEASE send a barrel of beer to the Shire!

-Pippin/TheShire/3953-6655-4658

OMG AGENT S! OMG

The Animal Crossing Gods have smiled upon Shaolin this week.  Since Broccolo left me, I was a bit down in the dumps.  Now there aren’t any “original neighbors” in my town.  BUT…

AGENT S OMG

Yesterday, Agent S moved into Shaolin!  She took Broccolo’s house location, so I guess that will help me forget about him.  I was so excited to have the COOLEST SQUIRREL join my townies!  HUZZAH!!!

That’s pretty much all I have to report.  I ordered more dachshund models for people who haven’t received them yet.  If anyone else is looking for the Nintendogs EU DLC (theres three different dogs now: the lab, the chihuahua and the dachshund!) just let me know and I’ll send it over to ya!

I’d just like to say HEY to Bam Bam and Subi from Plaahaus, and No Name from Glitch…  all of whom I haven’t seen in ages but was glad to hear from!  Sometimes it seems like not many people play AC anymore.  So I’m happy people are still playing (even if its just a little lol) and reading this blog!  Thanks guys!  XD

One more thing before I go…  Squirt ran into Phyllis the other day and she was acting pretty depressed..  Should I be worried?  XP

Phyllis is Depressing

Come on, Phyllis!  It’s never too late to try to change your life!  LOL Maybe she’s depressed about the economy…  hehehhehe!

Only 8 days til Halloween!  WOO HOO!!!

Mid-Autumn and a Strange Note

Halloween is Near!

We are about half-way through Autumn now, and there’s only ten days left until Halloween!  I’m super excited.  I don’t have work on the 31st so I’ll be able to focus on obtaining the entire Spooky series, as well as the extra Jack items!  Woo hoo!  If you want to freshen up on what we’re supposed to do on Halloween, here’s the AC Wiki Page.

So stock up on candy and get some costumes ready, cuz Jack is coming to town!  (Is it Jack, the Pumpkin King from “Nightmare Before Christmas”?  Only time will tell!  lol)

Orange Trees

I don’t know about your town, but the trees in Shaolin have started to really change color lately!  Many fruit trees have leaves that have turned completely orange.  For example, these orange trees with orange leaves!

Since today is Wednesday, Squirt went to the city to check things out.  He got a fortune (and learned that nothing good OR bad is expected to happen to him), a new haircut (I let Harriet choose, and she said she was giving me the same style that Miao had requested), and stopped by at Crazy Redd’s.  All the animals in the city kept talking about a town I haven’t visited in a long time, Plaahaus.

I miss Plaahaus!

So I’d just like to give a shout out to Bam Bam and Subi, in case one of you guys still reads this blog.  You’re probably all busy.  But the animals won’t stop talking about you guys!  LOL

I also saw Broccolo in the city, but all he would talk about was the lack of restaurants.  Sigh… he doesn’t even miss me.

Just in case you didn’t notice:  GracieGrace is currently having their “end of season” sale and everything is 30% off.  The clearance sale will be following shortly, but act fast cuz about half the inventory was already sold out when I stopped by!

Upon returning back to Shaolin, I had to check to see if the painting I bought from Redd was legit or not.  Since my Museum is now complete, Blathers won’t even look at a new painting to determine if it’s fake or not.  Thankfully, Hery figured out a way to test the paintings with our pal Tom Nook.  Basically, if it’s a REAL painting, Nook will offer to buy it for 390 bells.  (I think that’s the number, don’t quote me on it!)  If the painting is FAKE, however… then this happens:

Nook can spot a FAKE!

Nook will only offer 10 bells for a forged painting.  So rest assured, every painting I put on display at the Auction House is 100% LEGITIMATE!  Of course I forgot to display one last weekend… but in a week and a half I’ll display one, I promise!  lol

After all those errands, Squirt was doing some fishing (Ruby has asked for a pale chub to complete yet another mermaid transformation…) and spotted another bottle by the sea, with a piece of parchment stuffed inside:

Greetings once again, whomever is reading this!  On behalf of the Shire, I’d like to say hello!  My name is Pippin, if you didn’t guess.  Some very strange things have been going on here in the Shire, and I just wanted to make a record of it.

First of all, a rather large raccoon has put us all to work in his store.  Well, all of us except cousin Frodo, who is still recovering from our journey and has not left his bed in a week.  Can’t much say that I blame him, after what he’s been through.  Anyway, Merry, Sam and I have all put in a full day’s work with this awful raccoon (he calls himself Nook) only to be harshly booted off the premises after completing some silly chores.  Apparently this Nook owns all the properties in the Shire, as he also is the owner of the local construction business.  (I suppose that’s why the house at Bag End looked so different when we returned to this land.) Despite our pleading, this Nook is making us pay off a loan to him, since we now live in this house that he built.  I think the entire business sounds fishy to me.  But I suppose Lobelia might have left town for this very reason, after inheriting the house and being told by this raccoon that she’d actually have to pay for it…  I’m sure that sent her packing!  Well, that…  or an Orc invasion.

So we paid off the small sum to this Nook character, only to find out that he was planning to do some renovations to the small cottage and charge us even MORE money!  Samwise was convinced that the scheming miller Sandyman had to be behind all of this… but it’s just not possible.  There are no hobbits here in the Shire anymore.  Merry and I checked everywhere, from Hobbiton to the Far Downs, and across the Brandywine River to Buckland.  Although, we might as well change the name of Buckland to Duckland, since there are two lady ducks now inhabiting the homes in that vicinity.  We are starting to think that these animals were bewitched by the Elves, since they all speak our common tongue rather fluently.

Last night was probably the strangest I’ve experienced here in the Shire.  Not since Bilbo Baggins’ 111th Birthday Party had I been so surprised to see something flying through the sky.  At first I thought perhaps it was one of Gandalf’s fireworks bursting in the air.  But it looked entirely too real for it to be conjured by a wizard, so I scrambled to get my flimsy slingshot out from my pocket.  Alas, I was too slow and the flying object whizzed overhead and out of my reach.  It looked to me very much like a UFO.  I tried to tell Merry about the incident, but she refused to believe me.  But I think Frodo does, as he said he heard a very curious whirring noise in the sky while he was upstairs resting.  I will search the skies carefully from now on, in an attempt to find more proof regarding this flying saucer!

That’s all the news to report from the Shire.  No wine, ale or draft has been found in any cellar as of yet.  But I won’t give up hope!  And if you have a barrel, please do send it over!  Thanks for reading this, my faithful mystery friend!

-Pippin/TheShire/3953-6655-4658  (Wild World)

Apparently these hobbit-folk are getting really desperate for some alcohol.  I’d send some to them, but you can’t send items from CF to WW.  If anyone out there still plays Wild World, please email/comment/message/whatever me with your FC so I can add you!  Thanks!  :-D

OH one last IMPORTANT bit of info:  The new EU DLC released today is the Dachshund model.  I catalogued it from the NL town Firdawsi once again (THANKS VERY MUCH IFETAYO!!!) and ordered a bunch for people.  I hadn’t received my mail by the time I wrote this entry, so I don’t have a photo of this new EU DLC yet.  But I’ll get a picture soon!

If you’d like to pick up a copy or catalog this item, you can visit Shaolin tonight!  I plan to open the gates *around* 11:30 PM EST.  The gates may be open earlier, maybe slightly later.  I’m not sure.  But look for the gates so you can get a dachshund of your very own!  XD

Grass Change and a Note in a Bottle

Yesterday, I logged onto AC just after sunset.  I had heard from Vella that the lima bean green grass had finally changed color!

Purple Sky and Purple Grass

I don’t know if it was the purple twilight lighting, but everything was looking violet.  I’ll have to take a photo during the daytime to make a real evaluation.  But I compared this grass color to my photos from last November/start of December, it looks approximately like the same color.  So perhaps this is the “autumn brown” grass color I mentioned in a previous post.

I haven’t had a chance to visit Shaolin yet today, but chances are Broccolo has left.  Now we must wait for the NEXT newest townie!  **Please be ANKHA!!**

In other news…  recently a mysterious note in a bottle washed up on Shaolin’s Long Beach (don’t ask… just go with it.)  Inside the bottle was a very old looking scroll, as well as a map to a small town.

The Shire

Greetings to whomever this bottle finds!  I am writing to you from a far away land called The Shire.  My name is Peregrin Took, but most everyone calls me Pippin.  I’m a hobbit.  Just recently have I, my cousin Meriadoc Brandybuck (you can call her Merry), and our dear friends Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins, returned to our beloved home The Shire.  We had left many years ago to go on a long and arduous journey to the land of Mordor.

But I must tell you, whoever you might be, that our homeland has turned itself into a bit of a “Wild World” in our absence.  We knew, after Frodo gazed in the Mirror of Galadriel, that the Shire would never be the same after the Great Battle.  But we never expected to find that the houses of our former friends and relatives would now be inhabited by various animals, all of whom speak perfect English!  And perhaps worst of all (for Merry and myself, at least) we have discovered that our beloved Green Dragon Pub has been overrun by some pigeon who only sells COFFEE!  I searched the pantries but not a drop of ale is to be found in the Shire.  Perhaps we will build ourselves a brewery.

Well, I suppose that is all I have to report from the Shire for now, as we have only recently came back and settled in.  All of our belongings have either been ruined or stolen, so we are starting to build up our lives again from scratch.  So if anyone out there would be kind enough to share some of their less needed belongings with us, we’d be very much obliged.  Here is my contact information if you would like to visit our humble town:

AC:WW Friend Code:  3953-6655-4658

Name:  Pippin

Town:  TheShire

PS-  Dear whomever you are, I hope you don’t mind, but as I enjoy writing (currently I’m working on an epic manuscript of our journeys through Middle Earth) I will be sending out more of these messages in bottles.  So please keep an eye out for a bottle from the Shire!  And if you have any beer, ale, or wine… please send it to us!  Thank you for taking the time to read this.

I guess that means there will be more random updates from this Wild World town in the future!  :-D

**Disclaimer:  Yes, I am an LOTR nerd.  I re-started my Wild World town to make TheShire, and though I don’t feel like making an entire blog for that town, I thought this might be a fun change of pace.  So if you don’t like Lord of the Rings, please skip any of my Note in a Bottle passages!  lol**

Broccolo’s Leaving :(

This past week I’ve been worried about who was going to leave Shaolin next.  I talked to as many neighbors as I could find in the short time I’ve been able to log on.  But none of the townies had volunteered to move out, so I knew it was going to be someone unexpected.

Bye Broccolo

I’m super bummed about this.  Broccolo was Shaolin’s last remaining Original Townie.  He wouldn’t let me talk him out of leaving.  His stuff is packed and his mind is made up.  Poo.

Ahh well.  That’s the way it goes with the crossing of animals.  :-P

Here’s a photo of the new Nintendogs EU DLC.  So far we have received a Labrador model and a Chihuahua model.  They are cute!  And two more are coming in the next two weeks!  But when will they release some KITTY MODELS???  lol

Nintendog Models