Today was my last day at work before my maternity leave begins. What a relief. I’ve had weeks of sweltering in a glass office, feeling sleepy and overheated and trying to appear professional and not the hot, sticky, sleepy mess that I have been feeling. I spent my last day trying very hard not to fall off my […]
I’m 38 weeks today and counting down the days to my due date. The last few days have been challenging with strong Braxton Hicks contractions, sleeplessness and quite severe back pain. I’ve been up every hour or so the last few nights and the back pain and my heaviness are messing with my sleep. I’ve come to […]
This weekend one of hubby’s friends from the masjid wanted to visit a boot fair with his wife and daughter, so he invited me to come with them. Little Lady was still awake from fajr (dawn prayers), so invited herself along too. I have only been once or twice this year, so was very keen to go. We […]
This Eid was simple and sweet, it was all about good food, family, enjoying our little ones and dressing up in something easy and pretty. That’s not to say everything was perfect. In true Ahmed family style there was an argument, some sulking and then a grudging truce over food, but I could ignore that […]
It’s been a while since I attempted to do a 40 day challenge. But there is one that I have been meaning to do for some time. I know I have been drinking way too much fizzy drink, especially cola. It started with enjoying a glass with something spicy like biryani or when I am […]
Assalam-alaikam everyone and Ramadan Kareem, Alhamdulillah, we are so blessed to find ourselves at the start of another Ramadan filled with blessings, forgiveness and mercy. A chance to get rid of bad habits, start good habits and have our duas’ (supplications) answered. Even more, Allah (SWT) has blessed us with this opportunity to get closer […]
I did want to take a picture of my desk at work, but it was covered with confidential papers, plus my colleagues would have thought I was weird. I then thought of taking a picture of my workspace in the kitchen, but its covered in piles of dishes which I am pretending don’t exist, at […]
I did start trying to update my Ramadan Planner for 2015 sometime in February, I lost momentum, my laptop died, I got overwhelmed and it just didn’t happen. So today I finally managed to edit it and finish it off. There are not many changes from last year, except the calenders have been updated. I […]
I always get to the end of the first asharah (ten days) of Ramadan feeling somewhat unsatisfied that I have not been able to make the most of this section of the blessed month.In the last few days I have felt a dissatisfaction creeping up on me at rushing from one thing to another but […]
Insh’Allah like last year I hope to participate in Neilouphar’s Ramadan Journal Challenge for 2013. The themes for the month are below: image source The prompt for the first day is suhoor or dawn. Bit too disorganised to take pictures, but the suhoor meal for my first fast was hardly the most graceful. I seriously […]
While the rest of us have been lumbering from work to home to iftar to taraweeh prayer to sehri in a blink of an eye again, Shutterbug Sister has been at work taking pictures and adding new items to our online shop. Hope you like insh’Allah. This necklace was inspired by the gorgeous graded ombre […]
The theme for the third day of the Ramadan Journal Challenge is “On my table”, I would have shown you a nice table set with elegant crockery and matching place settings laden with well-presented food. But I cant because I don’t have a dining table, have mismatched crockery and I have four messy children which […]
Something that Muslims often refer back to and which gives many Muslims solace is the promise that no one will be burdened with more than they can bear: “Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear…” (Qur’an, 2:286). For some reason then, we do what we are obligated to do and then […]
Despite my best intentions and efforts, I have managed to leave Ramadan preparations late this year. Usually I plan batched cooking and freezing in advance, have the house in order and have the bulk grocery shopping done. The purpose is that there is less to do in Ramadan and more time to devote to worship […]
