Harvest Moon: A New Beginning Progress Topic, also for questions and stuff Options

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

Character information:

Name: Jerome
Skin: White
Face: Normal
Hair: Wavy Perm
Color: Black
Eyes Gold
Gear: Boy's Overalls

Farm name: Beluga
Birthday: Summer 13th
Title: Egg-Stage Farmer

Current Date: Spring 15th
Money: 22329
Animals:
1 Cow, Manilo.

I think that's everything relevant... feel free to add anything I may've missed. Anyway, usually we have a similar topic when everyone's beginning to play a new game. s'fun to talk about experiences and have a place for quick questions to ask other players. Right now, I don't have too many people in town. After Neil showed up to give me my first cow, Iroha showed up a few days later. Hopefully since I have a blacksmith now I can start getting some actual work done instead of just gathering/farming stuff...

[Mizukithepanda]

Yeah, she's right. You have to befriend Iroha to get tool upgrades. The last blueprints she gives you are the Ultra tools, but the axe you need to chop down all the evergreen trees is the Iron Axe. The Ultra Axe chops the Black Branches you find into Black Lumber.

Anyway, STATS. YES.

Married to: Yuri, Winter 12th.
Kids: None yet.
Titles:
No change from last time
Money Made: 792998g
Brands:
Milk - No Name
Eggs - No Name
Vegetables - Popular

Current Date: Winter 13th
Money: 232584g
Animals:
4 Cows, Saab, Toyota, Ford, and Volvo
1 Yak (as of tomorrow, anyway), Chevy
1 Sheep, NASA
1 Alpaca, FDA
1 Horse, Disney
4 Chickens, Sony, JVC, Compaq, and Acer
2 Silkies, Nokia and Apple
Sheet Music: 9 (the 10th-13th are part of TRP#5)
Town Renovation Plans: 1, 2, and 3 complete, 4 at 99%, 5 100% prepared for.

You know, it's odd... I usually just shove shit in my fridge and forget about it, but then I traded someone one of my contest-winning Big Spinach, and I suddenly remembered that I had an abundance of really high quality milk products just rotting in there, so I sold them all and now I have money again. Every single day for the rest of this month is going to be spent hunting for pearls on the Southern Island and befriending the turtles. Woo.

I also figure I should elaborate on how your spouse helps you. I don't know about other marriage candidates, but Yuri will cook for you three times a day (very useful considering the stamina consumption of this game), and if you ask her beforehand, she'll go foraging in the mountains for you on Saturdays and Sundays. That'll cut out quite a bit of stuff I have to do on the weekends and free up my time for other pursuits.

Anyway, I only have a single Gardening Tour left to compete in before I've completed TRP#4. Hell yes.