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It's been a bit of a poor month in terms of points this month. The craft fair pretty much took over and I just haven't had the time. I know that this happens; I'm just a bit gutted that I haven't got more done. I still have my poster to do for the science badge, which is tonight's job, and I'm hoping to finish a couple of other badges that just need a teeny bit finishing off. Can't see it all happening tonight though, and it definitely won't if I sit waffling here instead of cracking on... 

I have thoroughly enjoyed completing my random acts of kindness for November points. I have been playing the world rice game, having seen it in the group and earned a good few bowls of rice. I like to support a local rescue who boarded my rabbits when we went away on holiday once (and I ended up adopting another one from them!) so sent a donation of food, toys and treats to them. I went out tonight to leave a book for someone to find and on the way home, saw a big pile of dog mess on the pavement. It was not of a consistency to have been picked up in a bag so I made a couple of trips out with a kettle full of water to wash it down into the gutter and leave a clear pavement. Four acts of kindness for the rebels! I've also started my science fair badge this evening with a chromatography experiment using giant skittles. I haven't made my poster yet but will do tomorrow. I had a big badgemin session this evening as I feel like the craft market has completely taken over this month a

 I have finally made a bit of a start on this by reading 'I am Malala'. It's taken me a while to get started on this one but what an interesting book. I borrowed it from the library at school as I have a few children in my class who I think would get a lot out of reading it and I've noticed that if they see me read a book, they will ask a few questions about it then ask to borrow it when I'm finished. They will have to wait a while though as my husband has borrowed it...

 I finished watching Bodies this evening as part of TV critic. I thoroughly enjoyed it, despite getting fairly frustrated in the beginning as I didn't feel like I was getting to grips with it quickly enough. It had been recommended by several people at work so I'd started to watch it with my husband and we found it very interesting in the first couple of episodes but expected things to be made a bit clearer far earlier than they were. It held our interest though. I loved the way it was split across different time frames and, in particular, the way the characters all met up in the end. The acting was fantastic and I found myself exclaiming out loud a couple of times which I only ever do if I am completely caught up in something. Poor Detective Whiteman... Overall, I thought it was a great idea, very well-executed. The only thing that might have been done better was the casting of the young actor who played Elias. The actor they cast was a brilliant actor but looked nothing even

I'm still a bit slack on the bonus points and Science Fair badge this month thanks to my craft fair prep but I've been doing fairly well with self-care. I was given a v particular and detailed mouthcare routine by my dentist to help reduce possible side-effects on my teeth of a medical condition. I've been for a check up today and have made an enormous difference already by following the routine stringently every day. I'm really pleased as it hasn't been easy. I've also been following my skincare routine fairly well daily and making very good use of all my tropic goodies. My skin is looking and feeling lovely. I now need to remember the additional weekly things regularly! I've not done so well with the night time improvements because I get too carried away with the book I am reading, but I also feel that I am doing very well improving my reading habits and branching out thanks to my reading challenges, and you can't win em all... I think things will impr

 It's been a quiet weekend on the badging front. I'm so busy trying to get ready for this craft fair that everything else is going out of the window really. Two more weeks then I can try to get more done. Do need to sort out something sciencey to do and sort my bonus points though. I can finish My Collection this month when I've displayed all my books somewhere. I'll have been doing this blog for six months as well so that will be my writer badge too. I need to finish builder and detective and have joined buddy groups for historian  and rebel historian and not done even vaguely enough work on either of those. I've been doing well with a few other badges that are just on the go in the background. Critic and TV Critic are progressing nicely. Foodie is one I didn't intend to do but seem to have begun anyway, as is baker. I'm trying to get these finished before starting any others, except the monthly and quarterly ones as I've subscribed to those, therefore

 Another lovely evening chatting with fellow Baders. It's always nice to chat Rebel stuff with people who totally get it, but also a good feeling to have done some badge work this evening. I feel like it's taking a bit of a back seat at the moment as I am making things for a craft fair at the end of the month and it's not leaving me with a lot of spare time. I'm still doing little bits, like watching certain programs and doing the self-care and my collection stuff, but will need to devote a good chunk of time to it if I'm hoping to get any points at all this month... Which, of course, I am!!!

 It's been a bit of a quiet time as far as badges go due to an approaching craft fair that I am busy preparing for. I did finish the Halloween badge and I got the bonus points for Bader with a Viking long ship and some pretzels but I've been fairly quiet other than that. I need to try to finish off a couple of badges this month and make some progress on the ones I've begun but am still a long way off finishing. I finished Farmer this month by making my own butter and I used the pretzels I'd made to meet the bread clause. I think that was my only merit badge in October. I am in a couple of rebel groups for some badges and need to move on with those as part of the 2nd birthday badge. I have done a bit towards each of the badges but not enough really. Hopefully December will see a bit more progress. The Science Fair badge will be exciting and I'm looking forward to whatever experiment I choose to do. The random acts of kindness is a beautiful idea and I can't wait