I woke up this morning and immediately thought of the post-Christmas sales (one of the three things I can stomach about Christmas, the others being the break from work and watching all the good films on my mum’s telly). So I left the kids in bed with their dad, who was trying to ignore them […]
I usually get my Eid preparation started about a month before Eid day, but this year I have let things go a bit.I have been discussing this with my husband and we both came to the conclusion that we need to reduce how much money we spend and manage our finances better. I have also […]
In the West days run from dawn to the following dawn, so for example we wake up to Eid morning and celebrate until the evening. However for a Muslim the day runs from the previous evening to the current sunset. So Eid begins not on the morning of the first day of Shawwal, but as […]
The main part of my job at the moment is raising enquiries, brought in by the Councillors and the Mayor, with the relevant Council service or external agency, and seeing if it can be resolved. People come to the Mayor’s and Councillor’s surgeries, e-mail them, write to them or just approach them in the street.The […]
I’m resting at the moment after a short stay in hospital. I don’t thank I have ever felt so grateful for just feeling fairly normal. I had thought that I was pregnant (sickness, exhaustion and three positive pregnancy tests seemed rather good indicators) with all the ensuing chaos that this caused: the fear of being […]
Eid Mubarak everyone. Busy making cupcakes and 6-hour rice pudding for breakfast.Have the pots on the stove for dinner.The kids were up very early and went crazy at the balloons we put up last night.The whole family is coming to ours for lunch…and dinner!Little Lady and my little cousin are ready with their mendhi cones, […]
I am rather conscious I have been missing from action in blogland for a while. I just checked my dashboard and couldn’t believe how many comments there were to publish. I am struggling a little at the moment with severe nausea and exhaustion, interspersed with some rather nasty stomach pains. Everyone who hears this jumps […]
Remember the leaf bead I mentioned I liked but wasn’t sure what to do with? I did have some good suggestions from sisters, including my dear freind M who sent me this picture: image source Unfortunately, much as I want to learn the skill with which this pendant has been wrapped, I am not able […]
My 10-year old cousin Tayyib has caught the blogging bug and decided to have a go. His new blog is called The Islamic World and I have been enjoying reading the entries about Eid, family, death and school. He attends an Islamic homeschooling project and I thought his blogging would be a great insight into […]
I can’t help myself. I love to collect and I love everything to be in order – by colour, size, type, country or all of the above. I love to organise shelves, cupboards and draws – none of which stay that way. Everything ends up going by colour: By size and type (these are all […]
Kooky finally got round to reading this and handing it over so that I could finally read the third in the Sevenwaters trilogy (go here for reviews of the excellent part one and not quite as good part two).This book continues the story started in book one with Sorcha of Sevenwaters and her battle with […]
Keeping in mind some of the difficulties/upset we have been experiencing with family, it has been a relief that home life has been fairly calm. My focus on the moment is on the children’s tarbiyyah and education. The most important part of this is teaching Little Lady Quran, which has been a big struggle for […]
When I am angry I tend to shout swear and jump up and down, and then promptly forget all about it in about ten or fifteen minutes. But when I am reeeaally fuming I sit stone still and silent. I’m in one of those funks right now.One of the reasons I started blogging was because […]
As a Muslimah who is recognisably one – all be-hijabed and abaya-ed up, I often find that people treat me better because I am a Muslimah – holding doors, being careful not to touch me, not swearing around me, avoiding crude talk around me. But sometimes, you do think that it would be nice for […]
