Two days before the wedding (and on the last night of the dholki nights), Fashionista had her henna done. The women who did it was amazing and did a beautiful job, working away down the length of the brides arm all the way to her finger tips. We organised another henna artists to attend to do the […]
This morning the children woke to find this on the floor: We had fun experimenting with the effect of the “magic rainbow” on different things that the kids could find: My favourite was this:
Today I am done. It’s not even 10am and I have argued, cried and pushed myself as far as I can go. I woke and was so tired to the bone that I could barely move, it took about half an hour to stop feeling like I was going to drop. I had to go […]
Posted by Umm Salihah Ahmed at 18:02 Labels: Britain, Fun, Travelling
I had this last Friday off and had planned to blog, write my pieces for Mum and Muslim and answer e-mails whilst the kids were at school. I am terrible though for spending my time doing what seems pressing rather than what is actually important. So I spent the day cleaning the house from top […]
I was honoured to host Fashionista’s nikah at my home earlier this month. We had close family there and the grooms close family also attended. We all mucked in to get the house ready and mum and I split the cooking between us. Everyone was very quiet until the nikah had taken place, after which […]
I recently worked on a project where I had to do some research around litter and initiatives around the country to tackle the amount of litter people throw in the streets. It was an interesting project and I learned a lot, but one thing stood out – people throw litter in the streets but not […]
I recently worked on a project where I had to do some research around litter and initiatives around the country to tackle the amount of litter people throw in the streets. It was an interesting project and I learned a lot, but one thing stood out – people throw litter in the streets but not […]
This morning the children woke to find this on the floor: We had fun experimenting with the effect of the “magic rainbow” on different things that the kids could find: My favourite was this:
I finally got some time this morning to sort through my children’s baby things I had saved as keepsakes. I only had the boxes below for now which are roomy but not very strong. Hopefully at some point I will get my hands on small wooden chests which I can decorate (butterflies and flowers for […]
I am now on maternity leave from work and what a relief! I have had so much on my mind that I was struggling to focus on work. I finished my secondment with the 2012 Games team a week before my leave started (the team thought my project management skills were brilliant extending as they […]
I am now on maternity leave from work and what a relief! I have had so much on my mind that I was struggling to focus on work. I finished my secondment with the 2012 Games team a week before my leave started (the team thought my project management skills were brilliant extending as they […]
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 […]
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 […]
