All sorts of different things have been keeping me occupied at the moment……I hardly ever get to see my best friend, but I got to spend two alternate Saturdays with her and her beautiful little boy – eating, joking and playing with the kids, we never seem to have enough time together. Her little boy […]

I was listening to a lecture recently about time management while I was making dinner and a few things really struck me from the talk. In the lecture (I think it was this one), Sheikh Muhammad AlShareef talks about how we use out time, not so much from a time management perspective, but from a perspective […]

I originally posted this article last year, I am re-posting with some updates and some additions.  I hope it proves useful insh’Allah. With less than three weeks to go to Ramadan, I am trying to take my own advice and prepare for the sacred month as well as I can. The main things I have been doing […]

I originally posted this article last year, I am re-posting with some updates and some additions.  I hope it proves useful insh’Allah. With less than three weeks to go to Ramadan, I am trying to take my own advice and prepare for the sacred month as well as I can. The main things I have been doing […]

I have been trying hard recently to add some exercise into my routine.  I did Pilates for a while from videos I found on Youtube and that really, really helped improved my movement and flexibility.  But I stopped when I felt under the weather and I haven’t wanted to start again since. What I really […]

I have been trying hard recently to add some exercise into my routine.  I did Pilates for a while from videos I found on Youtube and that really, really helped improved my movement and flexibility.  But I stopped when I felt under the weather and I haven’t wanted to start again since. What I really […]

I have been trying hard recently to add some exercise into my routine.  I did Pilates for a while from videos I found on Youtube and that really, really helped improved my movement and flexibility.  But I stopped when I felt under the weather and I haven’t wanted to start again since. What I really […]

With my in-laws back living with me alhamdulillah, it took me to thinking about living harmoniously and issues of control, privacy and co-operation.I enjoy my in-laws extended visits, especially the long meals, the long walks and the long talks, with laughter late into the early hours of the morning at time. This means that at […]

Back at work after a week off. This involved trying to undertake the glamorous task of potty-training Little Man (half-way there), planning an impromptu weekend for me and hubby to Brussels (couldn’t get tickets) and visiting Milton Keynes instead (who needs Eurostar when you can have a kip down the M1!). Had a lovely lunch […]

I was very happy to find that my interview with Laura Wellington of Thread MB was published this morning, you can find the full interview here and an extract below: Do you believe you have a “life’s purpose?” If so, share it.  I believe that each of us is here to serve: ourselves, our families, our communities […]

Haven’t written in a little while due to not being my happy self for a few days. Have been in a bit of a funk due to a mix of nasty cold virus, kids having colds, mother-in-law being out of action (she has Hep C and some days it catches up with her), an annoying […]

Haven’t written in a little while due to not being my happy self for a few days. Have been in a bit of a funk due to a mix of nasty cold virus, kids having colds, mother-in-law being out of action (she has Hep C and some days it catches up with her), an annoying […]

Over the last few years, my post that often get the most views are about Ramadan, especially the list of links to useful resources and information. So I am compiling a list of the good stuff I come across and which comes into my inbox.  I will add an image and link to the sidebar […]

Over the last few years, my post that often get the most views are about Ramadan, especially the list of links to useful resources and information. So I am compiling a list of the good stuff I come across and which comes into my inbox.  I will add an image and link to the sidebar […]