What about subscription services, food delivery boxes, Spotify, Netflix, anything you can pay for on their behalf to enhance their lives? Can always start out saying you got a two for one deal for 6 months so they don’t refuse outright and you can just keep on doing it.

Highly recommend silo! Second season coming out November. The books were fabulous too ( by Hugh Howie)

They say to never do what you love for work or it’ll become a chore. Make time to be creative, even if it’s only one weekend a month, it’ll refill the creative juices and balance out the balance

Honestly my Santa sack filled with some treats, including my OWN WHOLE MANGO was ultimate excitement for me as a small kid! You don’t need to think big, and you can go healthy. Other than that you could always have a chat to him about how some people aren’t so lucky in what they have in life, see if he would donate a few toys he doesn’t use anymore, and replace them with some new books/toys, teach the joy of giving as well as recieving

Maybe? I’ve never heard of freezing dry ingredients before as they are usually shelf stable, shouldn’t need to put in the fridge or freezer

First time trying to add an image! Hopefully works! I did several different varieties, bought green split peas, yellow split peas, red lentils, kidney beans, pearl barley, powdered stock, dried herbs, and I added a separated bag of macaroni so it can be put in later in the cooking method. Super easy, dump it in a pot and add water, add pasta when almost done!

I made soup containers for my family last Christmas, went down really well! Got glass containers from IKEA, layered lentils, beans/herbs/pasta/seasonings in a decorative way. Looks pretty, throw in a pot when lazy!

I cant think of a sacrificial shock absorber, but perhaps you could not shuffle your UGGs around, and not build up static? I’m assuming your rug is synthetic and possibly causing it, but I could be wrong