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More than just a holiday camp

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Without invading his privacy too much I can say only that The Boy has not been having the easiest time of late and his confidence has taken a beating as a result. As a parent this has to be one of the saddest things to see happening to your child and The Man and I have been working our socks off to support and encourage our little boy.

Currently I’m 100% a stay at home parent. The Man has been working away during the week so I’ve been around to take up the slack and paying for a holiday course wasn’t really something I was considering until we were offered a day on The House of Fun half-term course in return for a couple of mentions on social media. I had a look into the course and saw that unlike many of the other courses I had seen advertised this one offered cookery and art alongside the endless sports options.

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Habit forming 4 – the good, the bad and the really really irritating

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Do you have a habit you’d love to break? Perhaps your other half does something that drives you up the wall?  Lately I’ve been reading a book about the habits of successful people and it got me to thinking about my own habits – good and bad – and wondering about other people’s. I’m a nosy cow and love to find out a bit about folk that not everybody knows so I thought I’d ask around some of my blogging community and find out what they consider to be their habits, for better or worse and see if we have anything in common.

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Habit forming 3 – the good, the bad and the really really irritating

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Do you have a habit you’d love to break? Perhaps your other half does something that drives you up the wall?  Lately I’ve been reading a book about the habits of successful people and it got me to thinking about my own habits – good and bad – and wondering about other people’s. I’m a nosy cow and love to find out a bit about folk that not everybody knows so I thought I’d ask around some of my blogging community and find out what they consider to be their habits, for better or worse and see if we have anything in common.

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Habit forming 2 – the good, the bad and the really really irritating

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Do you have a habit you’d love to break? Perhaps your other half does something that drives you up the wall?  Lately I’ve been reading a book about the habits of successful people and it got me to thinking about my own habits – good and bad – and wondering about other people’s. I’m a nosy cow and love to find out a bit about folk that not everybody knows so I thought I’d ask around some of my blogging community and find out what they consider to be their habits, for better or worse and see if we have anything in common.

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Shop local, buy local, live local

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In case you haven’t picked up on this in previous posts, or even from the none-too-subtle choice of blog name, I’m a bit of a localvist and try, where possible, to shop local and buy locally. Occasionally the internet does have its benefits, I fully admit it, but more often than not it can be overrated.

For instance, if I want to buy a book I could order it off Amazon and receive it in the next 3-5 working days, or pay an annual premium for it to arrive the next day. Or I could pop to my lovely local bookshop, engage in a conversation with real people and, if the book in question isn’t in stock, they can order it in for the next day at no additional charge to me. They also have the added bonus of being very knowledgeable and passionate about books and can help me find a winning present for a difficult relative. No online store can do that!

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High street happy – 3 things I love about my local high street

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There are certain places that evoke some deep-seated memories, aren’t there? If I drive down a certain road I’ll remember an old friend who lived there, if I go anywhere near the Midlands I remember bits of my university experience, and if I go to the shops near my parents’ I remember being a teenager, having a half-day at the end of the school term and hopping on the bus with my friends to go and saturate ourselves in White Musk body spray at the Body Shop and try on different outrageous shades of nail polish.

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