Stacey in the Sticks

Elevenses in the Office | Recipe ebook

by StaceyUpdated on April 7, 2016March 25, 2016

Hands up if you work an office and look forward to elevenses time? The time of day when you need a break, with something tasty to eat to help you get through the rest of the day. But tasty doesn’t have to be unhealthy and you don’t need to buy from the office canteen or snack vending machine. A healthy office is a happy office and that’s why Furniture at Work have produced a fab recipe ebook featuring 20 healthy recipes for treats, snacks, smoothies, and shakes to enjoy for elevenses at work. The recipes are all from real, busy people; including …

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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 …

Easter Food review Review

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 …

Health Lifestyle Slimming World Weight Loss

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 …

Crafts

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!