After almost three weeks of living under slowly descending layers of dust and having no internet connection at home (where I can upload pictures), someone thought fit (thinking better half or brother-in-law) to reconnect it. So I am sitting here at the dustiest computer I have ever seen waiting for the dinner to cook and […]

Eid swaps are starting to become somewhat of a tradition for me and iMuslimah. My neighbour came round with my parcel yesterday and totally made my day.The box has cake-icing nozzles and is amazing. I have never seen so many different ones, the set has really inspired me. The craft materials are lovely: and iMuslimah […]

I while back Brother Abu Sinan re-started his blog. Previously he had shut it down just around the time I discovered it. I vaguely recall him saying that blogging was taking up too much of his time and that he was giving it up to dedicate more of his time to his family (apologies brother […]

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 managed to get tickets for the Olympic Opening Ceremony rehearsals on Monday.  I felt too unwell to go, so sent my sisters along with the kids.  They had an absolute blast, even if they did all come utterly exhausted.  They brought back a few pics but mostly encouraged me to wait till Friday to see […]

I mentioned a little while ago, that I needed to clear out my craft stash as it just seems to grow and grow. So a few weeks ago I had a clear-out and made up some packs. The packs contain card blanks and envelopes, backing papers, stickers and embellishments. There are three and if you […]

Every time I want to write something, one of the babies is crying, or I have guests, or it’s time for dinner, or the bedtime routine, or someone needs help with their homework, or I just have to pop to the shops, or it’s time to nurse Baby again. When I have had a moment, […]

I mentioned in a previous post that my tajweed class teacher had given me a gift at the end of the course which included a box of quotes, one for each day of Ramadan to reflect on: Each quote has a number on the back and the quote for day 1 of Ramadan reads: “Live […]

I found myself at the hospital this week trying to get treatment for my mum’s fractured wrist. As they discharged her, I could see how much pain she was in and asked for some painkillers:Me: Are you going to give her anything for the pain?Nurse: No, she can just take what she has at home. […]

This year I came across Deen Creations by a lovely local sister: Lelya Amatullah.  She has turned her love of cross stitch into a business selling cross stitch kits and personalised gifts. I decided to try out one of her cross stitch kits, thinking it would be easy and take no time at all.  I […]

I have been following the Hajj Riders recently and their big dream, dedication and hard work has really inspired me alhamdulillah. The Hajj Riders are a group of brothers who are cycling from London to Madinah to raise awareness of the humanitarian situation in Syria and raise £1 million for Human Aid UK’s Syria EMS […]

What do you do in the face of a seemingly insurmountable obstacle? Well when I got home from a day at my mum’s to find that the plumber had taken the kitchen and bathroom apart and arranged it throughout the house and garden, my first reaction was to despair and sneak off to bed (I […]

Assalam-alaikam, I hope you are all well and healthy insh’Allah. I wanted to share my dear friend Rukayat’s initiative RAM HEI. This is a not-for-profit organisation operating in Nigeria working to deliver health checks, employment and food to those that need it most. Their current focus is on getting families fed that are suffering due […]

The Olympic Torch came to my neighbourhood on Sunday.  There was  a good turnout for the torch relay and plenty of excitement.  In the end it turned out to be somewhat anticlimactic, with the sponsors parading buses ahead of the torch, masses of security people in grey and the torch going fast quite quickly.