It’s not every day you unexpectedly happen across mammoth bones in your local library.  I was visiting to sort a litany of outstanding book problems: missing books, overdue fines and lost cards, when this loomed up as I walked up to queue for help: The bones were found very close to where I live and […]

It was all very English on Sunday, alternating between rain and sun.  I’ve been working on my little garden, planting flowers and cleaning up (before and after pics to come).  As soon as the rain stopped I rushed outside and started sticking flowers in the ground. There is something about rain and the evening light […]

What moment today or recently are you most grateful for? Sometimes it’s the smallest things that have a big impact on you. There are two moments in the last two days that I am grateful for. The first was yesterday when I asked the older children for help. I offered three tasks: laundry, dishes and […]

We usually buy each other gifts for Eid in my family, nothing extravagant, but something nice nonetheless. This year, the price of everything sky-rocketing means that everyone has been forced to watch their finances very carefully. This being the case we sisters had to have a conversation around gift buying. We came up with a […]

We hosted an iftar (meal to break the fast) on Sunday and it seems all of the guests had the same idea about what to bring along. Guess what I have been sneaking down into the kitchen for after midnight.  This is usually when hubby comes back from taraweeh, so I usually get caught in the act and end […]

It’s now nearly a month since my uncle in Pakistan went missing and we are still mortified as to what might be happening to him.Two weeks after he disappeared, the kidnappers called my family and asked for 15 million rupees (that’s 1 ½ crore in Pakistan or £150,000). Everyone went into a panic trying to […]

We have had some beautiful sunny days recently and watching the world blossom and turn green has been an absolute pleasure. Today was the first day in a while when we had a full day of grey skies and rain. Usually I love rain and it doesn’t stop me going out or I enjoy watching […]

When the makers of the Tayyib App approached me about doing a review, I decided to take a look because it was focussed on helping to locate food suppliers which were certified by the Halal Monitoring Committee (HMC) and because the app was free. My husband is very careful about what he eats and will […]

We had some good news this weekend.  After much impatient waiting, My brother and his lovely wife had a very pretty little baby girl this weekend.   ‘U’eethukumaa bikalimaatil-laahit-taammati min kulli shaytaanin wa haammatin, wa min kulli ‘aynin laammatin. “I seek protection for you in the Perfect Words of Allah from every devil and every […]

I have been blogging since Little Lady was four, Little Man two and Gorgeous was six months old. I had no idea that the Babies would also make their way to me one day.  Looking back on my first post, I cannot believe how long ago that was.  This blog had served as a place […]

A number of sisters have asked where I buy my hijabs from, so I like to share news of a bargain when I find one. This week, my mum directed me to a shop I wouldn’t normally expect to sell hijabs: Anne Harvey. I found the pashmina-type shawls below reduced from £15-10 to £5-6. The […]

After a grueling week of clearing out junk, doing up the house and various other activities including The Big Clean, The Big Shop and The Big Cook, it was lovely to welcome my mother-in-law and my youngest brother-in-law to our home. Despite being exhausted, they began as they meant to go on, with stories and […]

Taking part in this journaling activity gives me an acute sense of how fast this month is speeding by.  I don’t get the chance to blog and next thing I know I am three days behind.  I had no idea what to journal for this prompt, until this evening when I had some unexpected gifts. Weekends […]

I have been looking for things to do with the kids, so when I heard about the Street Eats event organised by Halal Gems, I thought it would be a fun event to take my boys too.  Little Man in particular is food mad. The event was at Spitalfields Market in Tower Hamlets (east London), […]