I’ve wanted to put henna on Darling before but previous attempts at very simple small motifs have ended up with the henna smeared or wiped off immediately. My neighbour is a dab hand at henna art and applied this design whilst Darling was still sleepy after a nap. She held both her hands and distracted her until […]
I have been quiet on the blogging front recently while I try and make sense of my real life. I have a cycle of establishing routines at home and then finding that something comes along and we are back at square one with meal plans, bed times, housekeeping timetables and all sorts of other good […]
Assalam-alaikam, My Cousin T, who is only 15, is a fellow sometimes blogger and a very hard working fundraiser. He spends a lot of time fundraising for his local masjid and for other charities. I have seen him standing in the July sun with a collection bucket in the middle of the day during Ramadan. […]
I didn’t do much sale shopping at all this year, but I had told the kids that I would buy them annuals after Christmas when they all get reduced. I took them to Waterstones book shop and true enough they were reduced to 75% off (£2 each). They picked Beano, Dandy, Angry Birds and Angry […]
I had my favourite Aunty and Uncle and their kids round for dinner so thought I would try this as its fairly easy and the kids love it. Ingrediants: 10 chicken legs cut in two(into thigh and leg) to make 20 peices – without skinLive natural yoghurt (approx 1000g)4 tablespoon tandoori masala powder/paste of choice […]
I love the idea that we were born to do something, that we have a purpose. I feel that this is two-fold – creative and spiritual and that both of these can be practical parts of our lives rather than airy-fairy concepts.On the one hand there is our spiritual purpose – I believe that we […]
Little Lady had her first sleep-over yesterday at my Aunty’s house. All the kids are on holiday and both Little Lady and my little cousin have been using their pester-power to get us to dial each other’s numbers so they could invite each other over. In the end my Aunt took pity and asked Little […]
Any working woman looking forward to starting a family or thinking about maternity leave should also think about whether or not they will work after they become a mother. If they decide that they wish to return to work after maternity leave, then it is best to be prepared for this, both mentally and physically.When […]
Last image courtesy of Khurram Posted by Umm Salihah Ahmed at 14:29 Labels: Fun, TTMMS
As the wedding season is due to kick off soon and we have two weddings coming up in the family (one gorgeous potential sis-in-law found, the hunt for a second is on insh’Allah), I thought I would try my hand at wedding cards (click to enlarge). The background in this one was cut out from […]
I’m in the perfect mood to celebrate the Sabbath day alhamdulillah. I’m sitting at my desk giggling and entirely not in the mood for walk. You have days when you are bogged down and days when you just can’t be bothered. You have days when you put your nose to the grindstone, meet the resistance […]
Walk – especially if I have had a bad day at work, I give the bus a miss and just start walking full speed, I let my thoughts work themselves out and let my mind go where it will. People probably think I look a bit odd scowling and smiling to myself, but I’m too […]
You recite slowly, taking the time to relax into each posture of the prayer. You try to keep Allah (SWT) as your focus throughout, sometimes losing focus, but always struggling to come back. You ignore the noise and chatter around you and try to fade out the distractions from the children. You slowly descend into […]
You recite slowly, taking the time to relax into each posture of the prayer. You try to keep Allah (SWT) as your focus throughout, sometimes losing focus, but always struggling to come back. You ignore the noise and chatter around you and try to fade out the distractions from the children. You slowly descend into […]
