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My Happiness Non-negotiables list

by StaceyUpdated on March 21, 2016March 22, 2016

I was recently tagged by Maria over at Suburban Mum to complete my happiness non-negotiable list. The happiness non-negotiable is a list of things that we must make time for in our day, no matter what, in order to be happy. I am a list maker, and I even have lists for lists (!), but when it comes to making people happy, everybody else often comes first and I am way down that list! I have never really thought about the things I must do day to day, I just automatically do them so this list has taken some thought. With suffering with depression too, it …

Review | Hotel Chocolat Easter Collection

by StaceyUpdated on August 20, 2017March 21, 2016

After finally trying Hotel Chocolat for the very first time last year, falling in love with it, and the chocolate becoming my new favourite, I haven’t been able to get enough of it. My husband took my hint from my blog post and bought me some for Christmas (!), and recently I actually managed to go into a shop and I could have stayed in there all day just looking at all of the pretty looking chocolate, but obviously that might have just been a bit…weird. Anyway, when I was asked if I would like to review something from their Hotel …

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Slimming World weigh in #55 and #56 – the ones where I’m gaining…

by StaceyUpdated on March 26, 2016March 18, 2016

After my last weigh in prior to Noah’s birthday, I had promised myself that after a gain, I would be back on plan. As usual, the week started off well but slowly went down hill when it got to the weekend and we went out for N’s birthday meal, so then we had cake, and then we went out for the day on his actual birthday, then we had a picnic style dinner, and then I just kind of continued with the rubbish food as I was feeling really low too and I tend to be an emotional eater… Until it got …

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Craft tutorial | Salt dough dinosaur fossils

by StaceyUpdated on March 14, 2016March 15, 2016

It was the boys’ birthday party at the weekend and after my post on alternatives to party bags, I wanted to give the attending children something they might not usually get. Don’t get me wrong, they did get party bags and the contents were all dinosaur related, but I wanted to make a little something that they could keep as a reminder of the party too, which is when I came up with these idea of these cute little salt dough dinosaur fossils!

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Home security in Ireland | Infographic

by StaceyUpdated on March 14, 2016March 9, 2016

With previously living in a bad area for the past few years, home security has always been very high on the agenda for us. At the top of that list was always making sure the doors were locked, even when we were home. We own a lot of expensive technology items and with living in a ground floor flat, there was easy visibility and access to our home so we had to make sure we were secure at all times – including closing the curtains when we left the home!