We finally got to visit my new niece yesterday and see Fashionista Sister. I couldn’t get enough of holding her. You know the relative who barges in and hogs the baby, that was me. It reminded me too how much work a newborn is – feeds on demand, constant rounds of nappy changes, trying to […]
Just visited the blog of Sister Hijabee in DC and came across her efforts to help a sister abandoned by her husband and left with no money to support her child and her husband’s debt to deal with. She has set up a Paypal account to help the sister, so if you spare a little […]
I was recently asked to do a review for Hotel Chocolat. Although I tend to ignore anything even slightly Christmassy, I could not say no to free chocolate. I’ve been given Hotel Chocolat Batons Selection before for Eid by my sisters and really, really enjoyed them. In fact the last time I went shopping with […]
The decor was in jewel-like shades of turquoise, lime, purple and hot pink and we had asked for an Arabic theme. We arrived at the venue two hours before the henna and set everything apart from the stage up, moving tables around and working out how and where to seat people. My brother and some […]
Simple living and living more consciously have been two areas I have long been interested in, so this blog post called the The Secret Life of a Happy Homemaker I found via The Muslimah resonated with me deeply. It talks of slowing down and cherishing the things that we think of as chores by thinking […]
Long-Suffering Sister works for a research company and every two weeks or so they arrange small team-building events during the staff’s lunch hour (I like the idea, but my lunch hour is sacred). Recently they were given the materials to design Valentine’s Day cards. LSS refused until they agreed to let her make some anti-Valentine’s […]
I finally came down from my manic-active mode this afternoon after a week of being over-busy at work and two or three days of feeling very stressed. I am not very good at recognising when I am stressed except I start to space out (which mostly no one can tell the difference when I am […]
Simple living and living more consciously have been two areas I have long been interested in, so this blog post called the The Secret Life of a Happy Homemaker I found via The Muslimah resonated with me deeply. It talks of slowing down and cherishing the things that we think of as chores by thinking […]
These cards have a retro feel because of the colours used – yellow, greens, pinks and lots of brown as well as the prints on some of them.I was hoping to open my etsy shop this week in good time for Eid insh’Allah, so I am hoping to get some feedback from visitors regarding what […]
I previously wrote an update on my uncle’s abduction and an anonymous commentator asked for links to the media coverage which I could not find at the time. Long-Suffering Sister kindly pointed out the following link to the story: The Nation Newspaper – Police net two kidnappers Pakistan Daily Times – Wanted criminal, kidnappers arrested […]
I got the recipe for this from Fauzia’s Kitchen Fun which has been my go-to website for Ramadan food ideas. I changed it, so that the method/ingredients I used are as below. Ingredients 500g dates – with the stones removed 1 tablespoon sesame seeds 1 tablespoon desiccated coconut 1 tablespoon butter Half a cup of […]
I wanted to make some bunting for Eid, but get tired so easily at the moment and can’t sit for long, so made it easier for myself and designed it on MS Word and printed onto white card. The colours came out better than expected (the colour scheme is one called Metro on MS 2007). […]
I’m back, I’m back. I was this close to deleting this blog out of sheer frustration due to the problems I have been having with domain names and publishing this blog. So after a week of trying to get my old domain name back and then getting a new one and then that one insisting […]
I am currently reading Parenting Skills: Based on the Qur’an and Sunnah by Dr Ekram and Dr Mohamed Rida Beshir. Something that surprised me was that they did not start with childcare tips, or parenting advice but with the idea of self-review or “mohasabah”, or reviewing what you have done every day. Although this was […]
