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Pokémon Pocket Collection at 100 Days

In September I started playing with Pokémon Pocket as the First Anniversary celebration was coming up. Tyler had been collecting on Pocket since launch day. The anniversary celebration had a ton of promotions associated as well as the limited edition Deluxe Pack ex. I did some in-app purchasing to get Poke Gold and help catch up a bit, I’ve also subscribed to the Premium Pass. I’ve created a pretty complete collection in the first 100 days.

A horizontal bar chart displays the Pokémon TCG Pocket Dex coverage percentages for various promo sets, with Crimson Blaze and Promo C showing 100% completion.
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We had a great time completing the Loose Sleuth escape room at Puzzleworks. The puzzles in the room were just right — hard enough to be challenging but never so difficult that we felt lost. No clues! Solved in 49m 05s. Room 85!

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Birthday Kingfield and London Fog at Five Watt. ☕️

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Impromptu stop at Tower Games and got this Penny trainer card. Like the art a lot.

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Sadly Sunstreet Breads is closing — our last visit as a family to this great bakery!

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Great cappuccino and Raspberry Cream Scone at Sunstreet Breads for birthday breakfast.

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POAP 7547791 at Jamie Thingelstad's 54th Birthday.

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Lasagna assembly complete! Carreras, Domingo, and Pavarotti are done singing. See this delicious pan in 45 minutes!

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Making my special homemade lasagna and “playing one of the most important ingredients” I use when making it: Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert. 🎶

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We had a great time at Mt. Itasca today — cross country skiing, downhill skiing, and snowboarding for the first time!

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Very good lunch at Smoke on the Water in Coleraine today. Great view inside of Trout Lake.

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POAP 7547581 at My First ERP.

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Staying at the Doc House Suites in Grand Rapids and was impressed to see pour over setup was provided for coffee. ☕️

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POAP 7547377 at POAP Airport Rally 2026 Boarding Pass.

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Happy New Year’s Eve! 🥂

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Booked our spring break flights to Amsterdam, with train travel in the middle, then visiting Mazie in Barcelona on her semester abroad and returning from there. ✈️

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It seems nearly every platform does a “wrapped” or year-in-review thing now. Only some of them are interesting to me. Sanebox did what these should do by explaining the value I’m getting from the service.

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Family game time with Skittles.

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This fox is a pretty frequent visitor around the lake.

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Starting on my Christmas LEGO project: the Ferrari SF-24. 1,361 pieces in 455 steps.