I took this week off to rest, catch up on my sleep, prepare for Eid and most importantly try to gain the most benefit from the last days of Ramadan. Instead I have found myself running around like a headless chicken, finding that I am managing to get nothing done and fretting that I am […]
The traditional foods for Ramadan in Pakistan include Dhai Balle, Fruit Chaat and Pakora which my family had been hinting they wanted. These are served with tea, at parties and also to accompany main meals. My brother-in-law who just married insists on them being made every day during Ramadan. I had planned on telling his […]
As Muslim’s we often talk about good deeds and the small things we can do to make a difference and that also act as dawah.It’s nice though when someone also does this for us. I was reminded today when I had a nasty coughing fit that ten minutes later was still going strong ( I […]
As Muslim’s we often talk about good deeds and the small things we can do to make a difference and that also act as dawah.It’s nice though when someone also does this for us. I was reminded today when I had a nasty coughing fit that ten minutes later was still going strong ( I […]
I wanted to make some cards for Ramadan and found inspiration at the wonderful Ramadan Joy website, with some easy to make cards (here). I tried to stamp the wording directly onto the card, but couldn’t get the stamp right – either the letters wouldn’t align perfectly or the edges of the stamp would get printed around […]
I have been getting regular Ramadan reminders and advice from a few websites. The following one about the last days of Ramadan I found particularly useful: From Productive Muslim: I know it is tempting to relax in these last days of Ramadan and simply wait for Eid, but Ramadan is NOT over yet and you […]
I wanted to make some cards for Ramadan and found inspiration at the wonderful Ramadan Joy website, with some easy to make cards (here). I tried to stamp the wording directly onto the card, but couldn’t get the stamp right – either the letters wouldn’t align perfectly or the edges of the stamp would get printed around […]
Assalam-alaikam and Ramadan Kareem everyone. May Allah (SWT) give each of us the opportunity to benefit fully from this blessed month, to increase our ibadah (worship) and our iman (faith), to seek and attain forgiveness from Allah (SWT) and from anyone we have hurt and to attain Allah (SWT)’s pleasure insh’Allah. Please remember me and […]
I got through the housework in a rush this morning, with the plan that I go to visit the mother of one of Little Lady’s classmates. I have gotten to know this wonderful sister and she has honoured us by attending one of our annual Eid parties. She has been asking me to come visit […]
The traditional foods for Ramadan in Pakistan include Dhai Balle, Fruit Chaat and Pakora which my family had been hinting they wanted. These are served with tea, at parties and also to accompany main meals. My brother-in-law who just married insists on them being made every day during Ramadan. I had planned on telling his […]
There are some good things about having a trainee teacher for a sister (Fashionista Sister), she gets to practice her lessons on the kids and they benefit from the methods she is learning about. On the other hand she also gets to practice things like her dodgy face-painting on them…(although I do think the moustache […]
Forseeing a day full of sunshine, hubby, his brothers and their friend piled into the car to head to the boot fair at Dunton. After about three hours we had still sen less than half and gave up and spent another hour at the Barleylands boot.You know when you have one of those moments that […]
Warning – may contain some spoilers for the first book.This is the second book in the rather extensive Dune series written by the above author and then his son with a collaborator.The first book, Dune, is set some 20,000 years in the future and centres around the aristocratic House Atreides – one of many royal […]
Forseeing a day full of sunshine, hubby, his brothers and their friend piled into the car to head to the boot fair at Dunton. After about three hours we had still sen less than half and gave up and spent another hour at the Barleylands boot.You know when you have one of those moments that […]
