Don’t you just love that period of limbo between jobs? When you are all excited about starting a new job and don’t want to start anything new or big in your current job because you don’t want to leave it half finished. At the moment things are very quiet at work so trying to find […]
It has been very wet and grey here for some time. I am grateful for a number of reasons – the weather is much milder than usual for this time of year, last year we had snow until April. The kids have kept well apart from the usual runny noses alhamdulillah. The abundance of rain […]
As the weather was so lovely this afternoon, I decided to get the plants I have been growing on my window sill out into the garden.The tomatoes and cucumbers were ready to go out: I thought it was a bit early to get the peppers and chilli’s out, but decided to get everything done in […]
Even as I write the question in the title I have to admit that I am a little biased. I was born and raised in London and I am trying to raise my children here. So what prompted the question? I went to pick up Darling from nursery this morning and said hello to some […]
We just sent our first Feroza newsletter to our subscribers. It was so much fun putting it together and I love how it turned out. Our two photographers Shutterbug Sister and Kooky Little Sister have been taking beautiful, colourful, crisp shots and we had to put them to use. What do you think of our first […]
On the third and last day of our stay we tried to find something to do that our older children might enjoy. The place that seemed to fit the best appeared to be Robin Hill Country Park, an 88-acre theme park located close to the centre of the Island. The tickets were about what you […]
I am currently in the process of teaching Little Lady her Arabic alphabet and it is turning out to be very trying for us both. I began by sending her to an Alimah (female scholar), but this was difficult due to timing (7-8 in the evening) which I felt was late for a small child […]
I know it seems a bit early, as we should be focussing on Ramadan rather than Eid, but for those that decide to buy presents, they need the time to buy them. I always have a hard time trying to decide what to get my sisters hence the wishlists this year. However, trawling the net […]
I was born and grew up in this city and unlike all of those that complain about England having gone to the dogs, I love living in this city. London must be one of the easiest cities in the world to be a Muslim in, or whichever faith you choose to follow. I feel comfortable […]
Now that I am making the kids packed lunches again and taking my own lunch into work, I am trying to experiment with different foods that are easy to prepare and taste good. I have tried a few variations of chicken filling, but this one I experimented with today has been the best I have […]
I have been working on losing some weight on and off for about the last 4-5 years with very limited success. Over those years I have done a few things that have helped me: start tracking my steps, trying to walk every day, trying to identify my trigger points for when I eat the wrong […]
I decided to do a big pre-Eid purge of the house (I am in a ridiculous cleaning frenzy at the moment) and found this stamp set tht hubby had brought from Pakistan and then not touched again. I decided to have a go and the lettering came out quite neat (better than my last attempt […]
The lovely Valentines Mansion has recently been restored and refurbished, so I decided to pay it a visit with the kids (kids…antiques…precious items…good idea?…).On arriving, we found this piece of art in the garden – silk moths with raw, unprocessed silk. There were a couple of art works in the garden, but we didn’t end […]
I have never done this before, but I came across the idea in this post by the wonderful Shaunta Grimes: an annual reading list. My goals for 2019 include some books to read as does my 2019 100 things bucket list (although I haven’t got quite to 100 yet 😊). I like the idea and […]
