The kids have finally outgrown the stickle-bricks I bought them 7 years ago and have made them look after every peice of and I have been waiting for years for them to be old enough to play with lego (which is now), just so I can play too. (image source) Dhai-bhalle – chickpeas, potatoes, tomatoes, […]

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 […]

I should have posted this at the beginning of Ramadan, but came across it at the weekend halaqah (study circle) I attend and was so moved it by it mash’Allah: Baihaqi reported on the authority of Salman Al-Farsi (Radhi Allah ‘Anh) that Prophet (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasalaam) delivered a sermon on the last day of the […]

My best friend returned from Hajj mash’Allah and whereas I should have visited her, she knew I was a bit all over the place at the moment and came to visit me instead. She came with gifts (and bribes for the children) who were all grinning as soon as they saw her. She brought me […]

We hosted an iftar (meal to break the fast) on Sunday and it seems all of the guests had the same idea about what to bring along. Guess what I have been sneaking down into the kitchen for after midnight.  This is usually when hubby comes back from taraweeh, so I usually get caught in the act and end […]

I got an award from the lovely Sister Washi over at Crafty Muslimah for my book reveiws which is a first for me and very sweet of her.In turn my favorite reads are: Barakah at Rickshaw Diaries – for the sheer variety of subjects she writes about and the beauty that shines through in her […]

I have been learning to make a few new things from the Aunty who is staying with us. I really appreciate her willingness to pass on her tips and echniques alhamdulillah.This is a dish called khatta tinda or sour gourd and tastes delicious – lots of flavour and very tangy. I have got the hang […]

One of my colleagues at work, a very sweet lady with green fingers, presented me with these courgettes from her allotment. Food you grow yourself and then pick fresh tastes so much more intense and flavoursome, so I decided to make courgette curry. Ingredients: 2 medium onions – diced 2 tablespoons olive oil (or sunflower […]

I recently posted about joining a Quranic Arabic course with the ustadha that runs the Arabic Gems website. I say recent, but before I knew it, fourteen weeks had passed and we were at the end of the first term. This meant two weeks to revise before sitting a vocabulary and grammar test. In the […]

One of my colleagues at work, a very sweet lady with green fingers, presented me with these courgettes from her allotment. Food you grow yourself and then pick fresh tastes so much more intense and flavoursome, so I decided to make courgette curry. Ingredients: 2 medium onions – diced 2 tablespoons olive oil (or sunflower […]

This eid, I didn’t plan on making cards, thinking I would not have the time. Then I bought some eid clothes for my nephews and neices in Pakistan and thought it would be nice to send a card with them. I remember last year looking at my craft supplies for ages and not knowing where […]

I have had this idea in my head for ages. I like the way orange and silver loook together and the sky blue seem to complement these two colours. I was inspired by the following hijab which I brought back from Saudi Arabia. Whilst I was making this, I was listening to this lecture called […]

I was going to call this post marrying outside your culture, but I was not sure whether I had or not. For people my age (and younger – ahem) marriage seems to be the biggest personal issue to contend with. Add this to the very cosmopolitan places many of my fellow blogging sisters live in […]

One of the things me and my best friend have been talking a lot about recently has been our attempts to please others and the disabling effect this can have on us.I realised when I was in my late teens, that getting over that desperate childhood craving for the approval of my parents in everything […]