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Hello again happy compers!  How has your week been, any nice new wins to report?  August has been my worst month for comping – ever!  Have enjoyed having the children home for the summer, but am secretly quite glad that we are on the home stretch to September now and routine and sanity can, once again, rule!  We are off visiting relatives on the mainland at the back end of next week, and may even squeeze a day trip in to Chessington, if the children behave well enough!  Have been trying to win some tickets, but to no avail, ah well, always next year! 

Hello again compers!  Half way through August – can’t quite believe it myself!  How has your month been so far?  What plans do you have for the weekend?  Do let us know in the comment below!  It is the annual Garlic Festival here on the Island this weekend – lots of good food, drink, fairgrounds rides and live music – so may take the family along to that for the day.  How are the wins going?  I am having an uber dry-spell at the mo – barely anything of note won this month!  Getting more comping in now though, so hoping the Comping Fairy hasn’t completely forgotten

Hello again happy compers!  How has your week been?  Productive?  Relaxing? Ready for the weekend now – I know I am!  Got any big plans this weekend, or just unwinding from a busy week?  Cowes week finishes up here this weekend, so we will be off to watch the famous fireworks display tonight, as well as a display by some RAF Typhoons and the Red Arrows.  The rest of the weekend will be chilled out, and hopefully catching up on some comping, which has rather gone by the wayside this last week or so.  Getting withdrawal symptoms hehe.

Hello compers!  August is here, can you believe it?  What has been your highlight of the summer so far?  Mine has to be taking my eldest and her BFF on a day’s outing to celebrate her 8^th birthday this week.  This consisted of the zoo, the beach, ice creams, picnic, a few beach-side rides and the obligatory burgers, fries and milkshakes on the way home!  Let me know what you have been up to in the comments below, we love to hear from you!

Hello again compers!  The Summer Holidays are finally here!  Does this fill you with excitement or dread?  A bit of both here – love having the kids home and spending some good quality time together, but it gets quite tricky juggling all the responsibilities over the summer.  Even if you don’t have kiddos home for the summer, the demands on your time seem to change over the summer – we all want to be out doing things, but the need to work, do housework and other commitments are always I the back of our minds.  What do you have planned for summer?

Hello again all!  Well July is certainly well under way now, and my children are counting the hours almost until the start of the summer holidays!  For me, I am just trying to get as far ahead as I can with work, whilst organising as much as I can around what we would like to do as a family over the summer.  No big foreign holidays for us this year (unless I win one haha), so more preparation needs to be done into days out, special offers and local events.  What will you be doing over the summer months?  Any special trips planned?

Hello again compers!  It’s been another crazy busy week here, as it always seems to be towards the end of term.  This week has mainly been sponsored by the phrase “sports day”, as I have been along to not one, not two by THREE different sports days this week!  I wouldn’t mind but I only have two children hehe.  I am very much looking forward to enjoying a cold beverage in the sunshine this weekend, and if you are already thinking the same then J20 might have just the competition for you!

Hello again compers!  What a busy week it’s been here!  School transitions are in full swing, so this week has been occupied with new school routines, teachers and a couple of very tired children – and some very tired parents come to that!  Summer seems to be advancing all too quickly – just two weeks or so here now until the schools are out and routines thrown to the wind!  My summer stash of activities is growing nicely, so there should be less risk of any “we’re bored!” moments over the six week holidays – unless we have torrential rain and unseasonable snow tha

Hello again everyone!  Well, we had a mini heat wave here on the Island this week – had to break out summer dresses, plenty of sun screen and my mind got to wandering about what I need to get planned for the impending school summer holidays!  I have a bag hidden away from little prying eyes that contains various treats already – a new huge beach ball, a Frisbee, some stickers and little toys that have been won and squirreled away, ingredients for baking, a “make your own board game kit” and other bits and bobs that I have put together as some inspiration for the 6