Spent the evening playing Oddworld New 'n Tasty. Fun game, loved playing the original Oddworld games back then. Also played the Angry Video Game Nerd game, cleared all the stages on the first one, now on the holy grail of hard levels - the one themed to LJN 
(I have this set to easy because this game is absolutely tough)
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Helping Santa and his elves do a bit of Christmas shopping.
Each year Iād help Santa with my parentās stockings. My grandma had made our entire family some really big hand knitted stockings that would stretch and you could fit a TON of goodies inside.
I had a blast doing up their stockings! And boy they sure would be stuffed! Almost always so much so that theyād spill over haha!
And every little thing would not only be wrapped, but would have some sort of meaning behind it. I never put in a bunch of āfillerā items.
My favorite year was this one year when Iād go way too overboard on my mom so I had to get a giant stockingā¦so big that you could legit fit a child inside of it!..and even that was over stuffed! I also got her a big huge Melissa & Doug stuffed Tiger to sit and guard the stocking lol. She ended up LOVING that tiger so much!
My mom has since passedā¦and me and my dad donāt keep in contact anymoreā¦but man I loved making stockings! It was a highlight of the years for meā¦they always turned out so special and brought me so much joy to do!
This year Iāve decided to spoil a neighbor. Sheās been really to only real friend I have in the 3d world (which is my own fault) since my momās passedā¦and dang sheā's done a lot for me these past few years for me.
That and sheās been through a LOT of hard times in her lifeā¦but wow sheās made some huge progress over the past couple of years. Sheās grown so much stronger.
She lost her own mother this past year.
She wont expect it. Itāll be a complete surprise to herā¦and itās something she could surely use this year. A little bit of magic on Christmas morning. Iāll put her stocking at her door while she sleeps.
Sheās a big fan of hedgehogs lolā¦she adores the little prickly things.
Iām going overboard!
A hedgehog themed journal, bookmark (sheās a heavy reader) and even a 3d pop up greeting card!
A hedgehog statue to place in her garden, a little crystal hedgehog figurine, a stuffed animal hedgehog, a hedgehog adult coloring book, snowglobe and 3 hedgehog themed kidās books (haha sheāll get such a kick out of them!). Oh and a big hedgehog blanket to place the stocking on top of to keep her warm!
All wrapped in some hedgehog theme wrapping paper and stuffed in a hedgehog printed stocking!
lmao Iām so excited! Sheās the kind of person whoās very humble and extremely appreciative! This will likely bring her to tears! :')
Now I havenāt pulled the trigger to purchase everything just yet. Times have been tight, but I do think I can make this happen if I buy half this month and the rest nextā¦but I so want this to happen so I may even entertain the thought of selling off a yoyo or 2 from my collection just to make sure this dream of hers becomes true.
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Wow, that girl will be so surprised and happy!
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Had a nice little distraction arrive today from Sandusky, OH
Decided that rather than endlessly stare at the pending election results/see the endless political divide on social media, Iād go ahead and get one of these built. Was very relaxing and pretty detailed model to assemble.
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Only gaffed myself twice on those hooks!
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Have another wedding to cook for tonight then I think it is time to sit around the fire pit and have a few drinks and tell lies
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Took our Funhouse pinball soundboard in to get repaired (my soldering skills are not the greatest so leaving it to the expert). Blew a few capacitorsā¦
Meanwhile at home I successfully troubleshooted our Taxi machine that was not displaying anything nor was it retaining any of the settings (like Free Play)ā¦ Got it up and running. Played for a few hours this evening with the family with some friendly competition
Yes, the pinball machine doubles as a very expensive cat toy 
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Rain today and yesterday. Itās getting darker earlier and earlier and by 5:30pm all I want to do is get under the covers with a book, read for an hour and then go to sleep. I got out of bed a half hour ago and I already feel ready to go back to sleep.
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Well done! I feel you with spirit bomb, i throw that every day and i think Iām just now getting it a bit more then 50%. Well done!
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Got another pinball back up and running and learned a valuable lesson - change batteries frequently as they tend to leak. Thankfully, the leakage was localized to the battery holder, fixed by a quick cleaning/neutralizing.
Meanwhile, my cat had other plans when I turned on the machine, would not let me play
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Did you think about replacing the batteries with Supercaps? I did that to my machine and it lasts minimum of 3 months without turning it on. No risk of leakage anymore.
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Had heard good things about lithium batteries too. Currently looking into the remote battery case to get the batteries off the board.
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Hahaha, I love pinball, canāt imagine having one at homeā¦
Thatās a beautiful and well treated cat by the way!
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Thanks! Yes, she is a very spoiled kitty (I think she knows her beauty too). She does not look or act it but she is 12 years old (young?). When sheās not chasing pinballs, sheās curled up on my lap or eyes locked onto my yoyo string when I wind it.
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External battery box and lithium batteries should be fine too!
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Discovered today that my snake Slink might actually be a he and not a she. Good thing I went with a gender-neutral name. Also made a quick Target run and expanded my Exploding Kittens game, canāt wait to see what chaos this is going to stir up on my next board/card game day
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Just purchased half of her giftsā¦including some really cute hedgehog wrapping paper!
Will get the rest of it next month!
Iāll try to get a picture of everything before I wrap it to share with you guys
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