I had planned to give the Eid cards a rest, but my gran requested some to send from herself and as my mum hasn’t been too well, I offered to send some from her to family members along with mine, so I put some together very quickly from designs I had used before and from […]
I found these beads on an old belt I has no use for. I usually avoid chunky acrylic beads as they look cheap, but I liked the way these colours worked together. Also where the beads are faceted like crystals, they look a little bit classier. I threaded this together with some help from Little […]
I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s at the tail end when the British National Party were at their jack-booted peak. We used to watch them having punch-ups with the Anti-Nazi League on the evening news and cheer when they got a good smack. I was so proud of the Anti-Nazi League: a mixture […]
About two weeks ago I visited Barleylands farm market again and get my hands on an enormous haul of beads, boxes and wire for £5 from an old lady (I felt like I was robbing her as it was and she kept giving me more things for free). I spent last Saturday and this Saturday […]
About two weeks ago I visited Barleylands farm market again and get my hands on an enormous haul of beads, boxes and wire for £5 from an old lady (I felt like I was robbing her as it was and she kept giving me more things for free). I spent last Saturday and this Saturday […]
About two weeks ago I visited Barleylands farm market again and get my hands on an enormous haul of beads, boxes and wire for £5 from an old lady (I felt like I was robbing her as it was and she kept giving me more things for free). I spent last Saturday and this Saturday […]
I have been making slow headway with Little Lady in teaching her Quran and so have decided to start Little Man off as well. I’m not sure how good the timing is as he is due to start nursery next week insh’Allah. Part of the reason was that I was having a problem with teaching […]
We all have our little bug bears, habits, behaviours, things that disproportionately irritate us or set us off ranting. Well one of mine is computer games. I really don’t like them, boy do I dislike them.If there is one thing I think too many people waste precious time and money on, it is computer games. […]
I had a long chat with Fashionista Sister yesterday. She had just gotten through her first week of teacher training and I could see she needed to talk with someone about it. She has always had an absolute giftedness with children, my young cousins adored her and Little Lady has announced that she is her […]
I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s at the tail end when the British National Party were at their jack-booted peak. We used to watch them having punch-ups with the Anti-Nazi League on the evening news and cheer when they got a good smack. I was so proud of the Anti-Nazi League: a mixture […]
Have had a funny, aimless kind of a weekend, with nothing much getting done. I have been giving myself a break and trying not to feel guilty about it. Lots to think about at the moment. My department at work has just made four out of six senior managers redundant and had interviews for the […]
I came home from work today to find a parcel waiting for me with these goodies inside. My bestest friend sent them to me and she really has my number. Books, stationary and pretty things, I think that just about sums up my weak points (I’m learning to get over the food one) which shows […]
I have been meaning to do this for ages since I was tagged by Sister Ummihabibati (or Sis Rainbow as I call her) for a tag on bloggers I wonder about. Of course, being a nosy person I am curious sometimes about: Big Sis – I wonder what my bestest buddy is up to right […]
I don’t know if it was hunger, or whether exhaustion caused it, I think it was probably just due, but yesterday I had one of my intermittent rages (my husband braces himself for an outburst every three months or so). I had had a long day and carried home some very heavy shopping which left […]
