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 Just a very quick one to say Merry Christmas to all those who have been and will be celebrating this occasion. Peace and happiness to all x

  Ok, the school year is FINALLY over and it's Christmas and badging until the end of the year! Nothing more and nothing less! I have so many badges that just need a little bit to finish them off and a couple of additional things I can do to get some more points. I have one more badge order that I want to do at the beginning of January and then I am imposing a ban until I have earned all the badges I have started but not finished, or bought and not got round to starting yet. The only other badges I am allowing myself to start are ones linked to the quarterly challenges. I need to get a move on with my quilt as well. Very few badges have actually been sewn on as it's a pain to change the bobbin all the time and I want the thread to match the colour of the badge. It's going to be a very busy and mismatched quilt but I'm ok with that! Goals for next year are to complete a few patches with the aim of becoming an ultimate rebel at some point. I'm also going to take part

Badge work has been very slow this month as I am absolutely wrecked!! School is still in progress and we have another two days until we break up. Hoping I make it...  I've managed a few clauses of the winter challenge and a couple of bonus cup points. I am trying to drive the idea out of my head that December is about to finish. It isn't! The end of term isn't the end of the month! I'm really hoping that a couple of good sleeps will give me a bit more energy and I'll be able to crack on and finish a few badges that need one more bit doing and get a few more points. I need 18 this month so still have a fair few to go! I put in an order with one of my favourite scrapbooking companies for some paper that I thought would make a brilliant scrapbook for my fictional detectives and that turned up today so I'm looking forward to getting stuck into that. The supplies are beautiful so it should be great fun. I am very excited about setting up my new reading journal for ne

Well, last weekend was my first ever rebelfest and it was absolutely amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed every single session and joined in with as much as I possibly could. There were a few things that I didn't take part in but still watched the sessions. All of the talks were really interesting and it was lovely to join chat groups and meet a few new people too. I put in an order with the badge store to guarantee my place in the cup next year and am very happy to have been able to get another Bader badge so I'm ready for another year. I've also volunteered to run some of the book club sessions so I think that will help me with the new Rebel community badge due out next year. There are a few more badges that I'm interested in as well and I'm giving myself a tough slog for next year with the 1000 hours outside, as I don't think that will be an easy one to go for... I bought the 75 cup point badge and also decided I'd go for the 100 point badge as well after finish