Posted by Umm Salihah Ahmed at 14:51 Labels: Fun, TTMMS

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 […]

To me henna is celebration itself and Eid feels incomplete without it. Three of the guests at our Eid party could apply henna, so we asked them nicely and they found themselves spending most of the evening decorating the hands of the rest of our guests. I mentioned earlier that my sister had afound a […]

I took this picture from my bedroom window last night, surprised at how much snow had stuck and not expecting any of it to be there in the morning. I woke up to about 4-5 inches of snow. The lady on the news was saying it’s been the most snowfall in London since 1991. My […]

I have been working from home this Friday, so decided to make an effort with a blingy outfit… …some matching bangles… …and the kohl my friend brough back from hajj the year before last and sis still going strong (talk about hajj barakah!) Little Lady was in on the act with her new t-shirt from […]

“It’s good you are raising your children rough” – mum’s friend. What? Does he mean like wolves?  (I think she was referring to the fact that we sit on the floor to eat in the sunnah way)“Ohhh, you’re boy looks like a Somali” – mum’s friend again, said with distaste. What can I even say, […]

After a quiet day, we had lots of cousins and friends for dinner and lots of children dressed in their best high on sweets and careering round the house, fighting, complaining and laughing. Little Man had his friend round too and the two took turns shoving each other off of his bike. In the end […]

I am soooo proud of my youngest sister (and she’s going to be deeply embarrassed at this) because she has started to wear hijab.It takes guts and I always knew Kooky didn’t care what anyone thought about her, well now more than ever she will have to remember not to care what anyone but Allah […]

I had an absolutely lovely second day of Eid with my mum. Again, I planned to take pictures of her delicious food, but was too busy stuffing my face to remember. I had fun hanging out with my sisters and watched lots of Simpson’s cartoons. I also ast with my gran who was poorly.I was […]

There are days when I am itching to do the things I love.  Yesterday was one of those days where I spent the whole day trying to find quiet moments of time in which to sit down at my laptop and write To blog about what is happening with me. To write some articles for […]

I hope I don’t sound like a complete git trying to give anyone party tips, but I thought I would pass on some of the ideas I have used and some of the things that have helped me money.The basket of bangles is basically full of bangles that I and my sisters don’t use. I […]

October 15th was Blog Action Day and this year they have chosen as their theme poverty. I have only just realised today and was feeling a bit bad that I haven’t done my part. In recompense I thought I should link to some of the other in the blogosphere who have made an effort: Mr […]

Great Ramadan crafts compiled by Umm Nassim for TJ Ramadan or here for the PDF version Umm Nassim is also currently posting a series entitled Ramadan Around the World Yemen Links has a page called Ramadan Lessons, page two has some good craft ideas for making with children. I love the idea here for ramadan […]

Great Ramadan crafts compiled by Umm Nassim for TJ Ramadan or here for the PDF version Umm Nassim is also currently posting a series entitled Ramadan Around the World Yemen Links has a page called Ramadan Lessons, page two has some good craft ideas for making with children. I love the idea here for ramadan […]