What else do I do?

Before having children I worked as an Holistic Therapist (offering Reiki, EFT, Crystal Therapy and HOPI ear candling), with the girls getting older and their need for my time lessened 2 years ago I decided to start this business up again as I missed working with energy and helping people. This is my website Solace Healing and Therapy. Covid has unfortunately put a hold on this business seeing people face to face, but I can still offer EFT through video link which has been really helpful. 

I also enjoy crafting and making things but there gets to a point I can't keep everything I make.  I started my facebook page Lots of Personality so I can show and sell my handmade items whilst also selling personalised gifts which I personalise myself.  Along with this I have started making semi precious stone jewellery which I sell in my facebook group Jen's Gemstones along with other holistic items.  

Please feel free to have a look at my facebook pages and my website, you may see something you like or you may want to try EFT.

When I get some spare time I like to enter competitions, I have been entering competitions for about 10 years now and I have had some amazing wins. 

Wordpress lost my site

It has been 2 years since I last posted on this blog.  I did change over 2 years ago to wordpress which I had updated until a year ago.  I was hoping to start blogging again but put it aside hoping wordpress would find my site but unfortunately thats not happening.

I will start up again on this site as it has been reliable enough not to lose my site, thank goodness.
My children are now 12 and 11.  They have little interest in toys but do love boardgames and  they like playing roblox and Among us.

Merry Christmas

It has been a busy couple of years and I haven't updated my blog since 2016, in this time my daughters have been reviewing on their youtube channel, check it out here

These reviews haven't made in to the blog as I have been busy running my embroidery business and I haven't had time to write up reviews.  Unfortunately the time has come to end my embroidery business as its not proving cost effective and I am running at a loss.

The new year has lots of new beginnings for me, I will be starting a new business and the girls will be doing more reviews on their youtube channel and also written up on this blog.

I would like to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR and please check back in the new year for more reviews.

Baby Annabel Baby Brother Review

We were lucky to receive this lovely Baby Annabel Baby Brother Doll to review.  My daughter age 7 couldn't wait to get him out of his box.

He comes with a bib, bottle, dummy and necklace.

Baby Annabel Baby Brother has lifelike functions.  He responds to touches, can cry real tears and loves his bottle.

From the moment of putting his batteries in and turning him on, he started making baby sounds, they sound so cute and are not too loud, we have had baby dolls in the past and I couldn't wait for them to be turned off.

If you gently rock him he will close his eyes and fall asleep and starts to snore.  When he wakes up you can give him his bottle filled with water,  the water goes into a tank at the back of the dolls head which is used to make him cry real tears (this version of the doll does not wet its nappy).

You can touch/caress his cheeks and he will make cute happy babbling sounds.

My daughter found that he is alot of fun with feeding and crying, although when she put him on her shoulder to pat his back and burp him she got a wet shoulder as the water came out of the eyes even when he wasn't crying.

I hope you have found this review helpful.

We received Baby Annabel Baby Brother free for reviewing.

Num Noms Freezie Pops Family and Series 2 Mystery Pots Opening

Today the girls are opening Num Noms Freezie Pops Family deluxe pack which includes 6 Nums, 2 motorised Noms, a food container, accessory and a mystery Num.  This pack retails at SRP £14.99

They are also opening 2 Series 2 Mystery Pots SRP £2.99

After this review my daughter purchased a Series 2 Mystery Pot and she found a stamp Nom, this was so exciting as it is the first stamp we have seen.

The Freezie Pops pack and 2 mystery pots were received from Num Noms free of charge for reviewing. Thank you Num Noms.

Shopkins Season 5 Review

We were out shopping last week and spotted these new twin packs of Season 5 Shopkins, my daughters were so excited to spot them and asked if they could review them.

Season 5 Shopkins are made up of Sport, Garden, Music, Homewares, Bakery, Sweet Treats, Charms, Tech and Limited Edition Characters.

The opening of the Season 5 blind packs is from my youngest daughter Gemma, Amy wasn't very well and didn't want to take part this time. We hope you enjoy watching.

Num Noms Series 2 Mystery Pots review

We were out shopping at the weekend and we spotted Num Noms Series 2 Mystery Pots.

The Series 2 Num Noms are a new batch of characters and smells. 

They consist of a choice from Brunch Nums, Pizza Nums, Diner Food Nums, Sushi Nums, Frezzie Pop Nums, Fair Food Nums, Cupcake Nums, Ice Cream Nums and Jelly Bean Nums.

The Noms (the part inside the Num) with this series can either be a stamp-it Nom, Gloss Up Nom or Erase it Nom.

The girls really wanted to do another review for you, we hope you like it.

Num Noms Series 1 Mystery Pots and Series 2 starter packs Review (Win 2 mystery pots)

I asked my children if they would like to review Num Noms and the were so excited they said yes straight away.

What are Num Noms? the Num top part is a hollowed out plastic character which is scented and the Nom part is a lidded plastic pot which has scented flavoured lip gloss in. The Num sits on top of the Nom.

The Mystery Pots retail at £3.00 each and the starter packs in this review are £9.00 each.  There are over 5000 scent combinations by stacking them on top of each other you get can create recipe combinations.

This is the childrens first video review and they had lots of practise before the final recording.  

They opened the Series 1 Mystery Pots which have a scented Num and a Lip Gloss Nom.

Gemma opened the Series 2 Freezie Pops and Amy opened the Series 2 Brunch bunch.

Here is their review we hope you like it and don't find it too long.

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Hello sorry I have been quiet again.

Life has its ups and downs, busy and quiet times.  Times to evaluate and ponder, times to feel unwell and times to rejoice.

For the last year and a half I have been having digestive trouble, tests, anxiety issues and CBT.  With all of this I keep on going day to day. Dropping and picking up children from school, shopping and running the business. Some days are more difficult than others and I have needed to ask for support from friends.

I wanted to let you into my life a little as I would like to start reaching out to people with similar problems.  I have discovered there are a lot of foods I can't eat due to having an allergy to Rapeseed Oil.  I also struggle with any member of the nightshade family of fruit and vegetables.

Rapeseed Oil is being added to lots of cakes, biscuits, sauces, soups, savoury snacks, crisps (cooked in) and breadcrumbs.  Its cheaper to use and can be heated to a higher temperature than other oils.  I have to check the ingredients of everything I buy now.  I have found also I can only consume Jasmine Rice and the only potatoes I can manage are desiree (other potatoes give me tummy ache and insomnia).

My anxiety is worse some days than others but that depends on what I have eaten and if my tummy is happy.

Apparently our tummy's are linked to our happiness, if your tummy is unhappy it doesn't transmit happy hormones to your brain.  If you are anxious this sends upset messages to your tummy.  Its a circle.

My plan is to try and avoid the foods that cause me trouble and take up Yoga/ Pilates and see if it makes a difference in my tummy emotions.

I would love to hear from you if you suffer from Rapeseed Oil allergy and Nightshade family trouble.  If you know anyone having any digestive trouble please pass on this information, it took me over a year to realise my allergy.  Companies don't tell you they are changing the ingredients they just do it.