-The mountain cottage is when you buy it for 1,000,000$
-The Seaside cottage is when you hook up to the game cube and something else i forgot though...
-The vacation home is when you live with your wife for 50 years with her. (ex: if you got married in the 5th year you have to wait till your in you 55th year.)
oh and by the way, you make a different "fourm" by going to the page that you choose which topic you want to look at, then you see a search bar in the middle of it ,then above it is says make new topic, click on it and youll know from there what to do!
Harvest Moon Rocks!!!! I'm in my 11th year since 6-26-05! Now I am playing Harvest Moon: MORE Friends of Mineral Town! It came out on 7-27-05! If you have the girls game, ask me if you want some cheats!