Have had a good few days after a rather nightmarish week. Weather and horrendous traffic have meant that I have been getting home from work two, three sometime four hours later than I usually do, meaning I am tired, we eat and everyone goes to bed. Because the kids have been on holidays, we have […]
Hubby has been away for most of this weekend leaving me and the kids to engage in some quiet time shopping for socks, reading, crafting, journalling, scrapbooking, visiting the library, visiting my mum and having a friend come to visit with her boys (bringing a very pretty, sparkly abayah for me with her). All activities which […]
One thing I love about my relationship about Little Lady is that we have great conversations. These are mainly about books, films, family, school, food and more books. But sometimes they are just about life and our perspective on things.One recent such conversation came about because she had been watching lots of hijab tutorials. I […]
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 […]
We will be enjoying our first Eid with our little girl insh’Allah. As she is so small and I am caught up in a whirlwind of feedings and nappy changes, we decided to keep things simple this year with minimal decorations, shopping or cooking. This morning it seems we couldn’t help it though. Hubby still […]
We don’t celebrate New Year as the Islamic New Year started in mid-November. However this changing of the calendar is as good a time as any to review how we have spent the last twelve months and how we can do better in the coming year. I received an e-mail in my inbox from Sheikh […]
I have been struggling to find opportunities to blog recently with work and family activity keeping me busy. My new role and the loss of a colleague due to office conflict has meant that my workload has shot up leaving me struggling to share my energy fairly between work and the rest of my life. […]
We had a bright idea on the first day of Ramadan of giving the babies an early iftar of their own and sending them to bed. The rest of us could then eat in peace and I wouldn’t have two people hanging off me and harassing me through dinner after a long day of fasting. […]
This article about mothers caught my attention recently. It is about parents who feel that they and their children who can behave in any way they want because they have priority over anyone else: “The inconvenience of others, it appears, is now a small price to pay for empowering one’s toddler.” The article upset me […]
A lady from my office posted on our work online notice board if anyone was interested in joining her to learn about jewellery making during our lunchtimes. She was a big fan of jewellery making and it would be an excuse to get away from her desk at lunchtime. As another fan of crafts and […]
The term I use in this title probably sounds silly, but I am sure every mum must experience it at some time. Some days it’s just the fact that most shops have their aisles and racks so close the pram can’t get through without knocking half of the contents of the shop to the floor. […]
One of the things about wearing hijab that can annoy the heck out of sisters or elicit the most amusement is the never-ending and random questions that we get asked. “Why do you wear that?” is the usual one, but then there is “Do you take it off when you get home? Does your family […]
I first tasted this salad on Eid day at my brother’s house. My sister-in-law’s brother and sister had made a salad each and asked us which was best. Her brothers salad was the winner and we liked it so much I have made it twice since. Once for a healthy potluck at work and again […]
As our (mine and my sisters) annual Eid party is coming up this weekend, we four have had a war-council to delegate work, costs and food shopping and preparation. We have all pooled our resources for gifts and prizes and I have pored over my loot-bag stash which I have collected over the year (long-live […]
