Brandy Berthelson

@brandyberthelson

✨Psalms 103, Psalms 37, John 3:16✨ EIC at Restart.run (@restart.run), amusement park fan

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Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· 12d

Hello Chicago! (Don’t worry, I’m not driving)

Downtown Chicago skyline, including the John Hancock Center.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· 14d

Valleyfair has my two favorite coin pushers (though Willy Wonka is out of order). I love it here.

Wizard of Oz coin pusher machine in an arcade.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· 15d

Mood.

Sticker with the orange M&M that has a worried expression. The sticker reads “I’m afraid of what might happen if I relax”

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· 18d

Road trip vacation go! First surprise: Wally’s apparently opened up around Indy three weeks ago. Love Wally’s!

Vintage white and orange motor home in a large convenience store. The side of the motor home has been converted into shelving displaying hats that are for sale.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Jul 11

Sometimes, you just need a good old-fashioned list.

List of crops in Moonlight Peaks that I’ve already donated to the museum written on a page in a short notebook with metal ring binding.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Jun 19

Well, I was trying to do a puzzle.

A brown tabby cat lying on his right side across a puzzle that’s partially completed.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Jun 6

🥰

Brown striped tabby cat lying on a woman who is lying on a couch while covered in a gray and white checked blanket. The cat is looking directly at the woman’s phone camera as she takes the picture.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· May 23

Book sale? Book sale! 💃

A paper hanging from a table with a list of item categories and prices at the AAUW Used Book Sale

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· May 11

I had such a pretty purple landline phone when I was a kid and I told my husband I regretted getting rid of it. Ya’ll, look at what this man just dropped on my desk. It’s my phone! I am suddenly a teenager all over again. 😭😭😭

Purple landline telephone that’s slightly see-through so you can see the components inside.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· May 1

Finished the Pokédex in Pokopia. What a wonderful game. I can’t see anything else topping it for my Game of the Year.

The Pokédex completion certificate in Pokemon Pokopia. It reads:

“Certificate

Player Brandy

We hereby certify your achievement of completing the Pokédex. May this great feat be celebrated by all!

Staff”

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Apr 26

It was a major grind, but I finished the rare Coin decor collection!

Screenshot from the Pikmin Bloom mobile game showing the eight rare Coin decor Pikmin in the Roadside collection. Confetti is on the screen celebrating the set’s completion.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Apr 18

Estate sale go! 💪🏻

A line of people waiting to get into a brick home for an estate sale.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Apr 5

This is probably my favorite project I’ve ever worked on in a game like this (Minecraft, Animal Crossing, etc.) - my take on the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando. There are 11 furnished “homes” connected in the U shape. Nine for Eevee and its evolutions, plus a restaurant and sauna.

Pokemon Pokopia screenshot. An aerial view of a large bay with a series of connected buildings in a U-shape along the water’s edge. Five red canoes float in the bay.

Official photograph of Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando Resort. The hotel is designed to look like a series of buildings in different colors and styles that surround the bay in a U-shape. But the exterior is a facade for the luxury hotel, shops and more that are inside. A number of boats in different sizes float on the bay.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Apr 2

My current Pokopia project is a tulip field / windmill. It’s coming along nicely but will wind up costing so much Pokemetal, since I didn’t have any yellow or white tulips when I started and didn’t have nearly enough of the other colors saved (red was close). Each flower costs four Pokemetal! 😬

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Mar 26

Today is my husband's birthday. I'm playing through the Tomodachi Life demo. I created us as my first two Miis and just got this special news bulletin, with a report straight from his birthday party. Stop it. This is so cute.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Mar 23

If anyone ever gets this recipe in their shop in Pokopia, please tell me and I will come running!

The player stands next to television and potted plant in the museum in Pokopia. Four red arrows are pointing at two gray stone blocks with horizontal stripes that are part of the museum's walls.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Mar 21

The space exhibit in the museum is completely repaired! (Just don’t look at the walls or roof outside…) I still need quite a few fossils to finish the other wing (especially head pieces), but I’m happy with this progress. 😁🪐🔭

Outer space exhibit in the museum in Pokemon Pokopia with model spaceships and planets on display. The walls, floor, and ceiling look like outer space filled with stars in a rainbow of colors.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Mar 20

The museum is coming along. The space room is 99% repaired and I made a nice information desk at the entrance. I also turned part of the music studio into a gift shop and freed up a lot of extra resources in the process, which I used to repair some of the exterior walls. Still lots more work to do!

Information counter at a museum in Pokemon Pokopia with a computer, lamp, and more office supplies on a long counter. A wall calendar and two bookcases are behind the counter.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Mar 18

For anyone wondering, this is what the Relaxing Park Kit looks like in Pokopia. I tried to find an image of the final product before building it, but never did. Quite disappointed (I've already torn it all down).

The player hovers (as Magnemite) in front of a small park area with trees, flowers, bushes, and a large bush shaped like Chansey in Pokémon Pokopia.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Mar 14

Bookstore cats!! 😻

A tortie cat on a cluttered wooden table. Her head is tilted as though she’s curious of the person taking her picture (me).

A tortie cat in a small space just big enough for a cat to walk through in between two backless bookcases set back to back.

A gray tabby cat sitting next to a full bookcase.

A plump white and orange cat napping on a cat bed on a wooden coffee table.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Mar 10

First Pokemon I caught during the Pokopia event. Fantastic.

Pokemon Go screenshot showing the information screen for Ditto wearing a white and blue hat.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Mar 10

Build! Build, my little babies!

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Mar 8

I’m nowhere near finished (with this area or the game), but I’m mighty pleased with this flower garden.

Pokemon Pokopia screenshot. The player’s character stands smiling in a lush flower garden containing multiple species and colors of flowers.

Pokemon Pokopia screenshot. The player’s character stands on a fence surrounding a lush flower garden containing multiple species and colors of flowers.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Mar 7

I got really into reading at the end of last year, but I didn’t know if it would stick, so I set what I thought was a decent but not overwhelming goal for 2026. I really didn’t expect to hit it this fast.

Screenshot from the Goodreads mobile app with a pop-up congratulating the user for completing their 2026 reading challenge by reading 15 books. Confetti covers the screen behind the pop-up.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Feb 27

I know we all love Pombon (and rightfully so!), but please let's not forget *him*. 😍

Greedent wearing a pan on his head like a chef's hat

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Jan 25

I’ve been trying to keep the driveway cleared this morning and… I would really like to move to Orlando now. (Trash can for scale). To his credit, the plow truck driver saw me chipping at this and helped remove a good chunk of it, but it’s just coming down so fast, it’s like I’ve barely done anything

Huge pile of snow at the end of a driveway that has been previously shoveled but is quickly getting covered with snow once again. A trash can near the street serves as a reference for the depth of the snow pile, which is around 3 feet at its deepest.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Jan 24

I didn’t complete the Happy Home Paradise DLC when it first came out, so I’m playing it from scratch now that I’m on a new island. I so love how my school turned out.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons screenshot. An elementary-style school room with six desks, a chalkboard, a teacher’s corner, and a corner for reading and lockers.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Jan 3

I unexpectedly took up reading in a big way toward the end of 2025. Two days into 2026 and already one book down!

The 2026 Reading Challenge menu in Goodreads showing the user has read one book toward their goal of 15.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Dec 16

Last night was the first day of the festive season in New Horizons and I had shooting stars. This game is still so wonderful. (I reset my island so I need those ornaments again!)

The player and Celeste the owl look at the starry night sky.

The player shakes a cedar tree covered in snow and Christmas lights to make ornaments fall out.

Brandy Berthelson@brandyberthelson· Dec 11

Last month, I ordered a custom ring from Baublebar when it was doing its big sale, and it came today! Being a big girl, I have trouble finding pretty jewelry to fit my second finger, so it was a no brainer when I saw my size. The stones are my husband’s birthstone and my birthstone. It’s lovely!