International Women’s Day took place during this week.  Little Lady went on a school trip to a war ship with a female captain and got to talk to some of the female sailors. I jokingly asked her at some point if she was a feminist and she replied with an incredulous no. That was it. […]

I spent the morning working and came home at midday to find the kids rowdy and excitable at having mum home earlier than expected.  I have been struggling with the kids recently.  As I am unable to chase them as much, they have been taking liberties a little.  I think I have been a lot […]

We had a rather sweet Mothers Day this year, the day was spent eating strawberries and playing badminton in my mum’s garden and oohing and aahing over the babies (Darling and my sweetheart niece who likes to hug her). A lot of Muslims don’t celebrate Mothers Day saying that for Muslim’s every day should be Mothers […]

I managed to get my hands on a DCWV brand paperstack called Sweet which I just fell in love with. These are the cards I made with the fruity papers from the stack. I loved the bright colours and I loved that I could use lost of my favourite sour shade of lime green to […]

I have taken a few days off this week and next week during the children’s Easter break from school. I had lots of annual leave and extra hours from work that I had to use up before the end of the financial year or lose them.  I was looking forward to a break from the […]

I e-mailed my sisters and asked them what they wanted for Eid as I couldn’t think of anything. These (below) are their wish lists, so what do they say about us?(Apologies for this nonsense, this is what I have to put up with) ME:Hello girls,you have till tomorrow to get your wish lists for Eid […]

A colleague at work reccommended I take my children to National Seal Sanctuary.  It was a bit of a trek from our hotel, but turned out worth it.  The tickets for nine of us added up, but the proceeds are used to help rescued seals and also a few penguins and otters. The sanctuary was […]

I know, I know, every day is Mothers Day for a Muslim, but it is nice to get flowers. Muslim’s honour their mothers above all other relations, believing that paradise lies under their feet. So Mothers Day is not as much of a big deal, but I don’t hear anyone complaining about getting flowers. These […]

Because some of our work relates to the Olympics, our team was taken to Holden Point to view the Olympic Site. I visited this site a year ago and it is clear the work is moving along. It’s hard to tell from these pictures but right in the missdle of this picture is the new […]

We wanted to take the kids out for a day during the autumn half term holidays.  One of the problems we are starting to face, is finding somewhere new that everyone can agree on.  The kids want theme parks, or at the very least “no more castles and old houses”, I hate theme parks and […]

I love anything Eid related, sisters only events, any excuse to get dressed up and party and also inspiring people.  So I was more than pleased to hear about the SuperSisters Big Eid party which ticked all of those boxes.  Tickets had sold out by the time I heard, but a colleague from work organised […]

This week the kids were at home for the Easter holidays, I took them to the park after work, we took them to an adventure park (this one), we let them spend more time than I would have liked on the internet. As the two week holiday wore on, I still heard more and more […]

I picked this book up at a summer boot-market (Like an enormous outdoor flea-market but cheaper!) for about 30p to add to my stash for reading during winter when the markets are closed. I finally got down to the bottom of my bed-side pile in January and started to read this.Set in South Africa just […]

A while back the nice people at online beauty retailers Beauty Base sent me some products to try out, including products from the Himalaya Herbals line (review here) and make-up from a new range called W7 Very Vegan. The range is certified vegan by the Vegan Society. It was rather a nice treat to get make-up through the post: […]