I was invited to another one-dish/potluck last week, much to my delight.  Kids busy at school, delicious food, good company – perfect. I decided to make mince kebabs: On a whim, I threw together a Pakistani-style salad called kachumber (very professional pic below with half-eaten salad and someone’s noodles dropped on top): I had this outfit from […]

I picked this book up from the charity shop never having heard of the author and not knowing that it was a children’s book until I started reading it.  But put post-apocalyptic and fiction in the same sentence and I am on it like a bookworm getting her fix. The book is set in a […]

As there were only a few days left of the kids summer holidays and we all had leave from work for Eid, we decided to take the kids to Leeds Castle in Kent.  We had taken them previously in March and the ticket meant we could back again for free for the year. Leeds Castle […]

Fashionista’s wedding colours coordinated with her beautiful dress, the traditional red and gold that Punjabi’s wear. Kooky Little Sister had the bright idea of putting pictures of the bride and groom on the table with the guest book, so dashed out the day before the wedding to get pictures printed and find some little frames. We spent […]

The quote for Day 7 of Ramadan from my box of things to think about is: “Stick to the truth even if the truth kills you” ~ Umar Al Farooq (Radi-Allahu anhu) Of course, it takes courage to tell the truth in every circumstance, but I believe that real courage is being completely honest with yourself. To […]

I love paratha’s – unleavened bread cooked on a flat pan and smothered in ghee (clarified butter) as does my husband. He always used to look a little disappointed with my attempts though and prefer to make his own. That was until a friend taught me to make what she called a chikor or “basket” […]

I usually come home from work to a mixture of leg hugging from the babies and a litany of complaints from everyone.  One day this week I came home to find a written complaint from Little Lady on the living room door: Neither the culprit nor the nature of the multiple complaints surprised me.  Gorgeous […]

I was debating doing a Ramadan challenge this year and came across this Ramadan gratitude journal. I really like the idea. It’s too easy right now to feel buried under anxiety and worry, so anything that counters that, even a little, has to be helpful. The original challenge is from Caroline at the brilliant Mom […]

Rainbow in the Grey Sky recently wrote on her blog about her struggle to decide whether or not she should have a television in her home.When my husband and I moved into our first home together seven years ago we thought we should do one good thing that we could stick to in our new […]

I have been dying to get writing again for days. This post was going to be called “Getting Back into the Swing of Things – or Trying” but as I opened up a fresh word document I wrote the above realising that getting back into the groove of everyday life for me is not just […]

I made this card for my mum for Mothers Day.  She loves flowers and sparkle and girly things, so I didn’t hold back. The butterflies are felt with gems and the flowers are felt and punched paper flowers with adhesive gems for sparkle.  She really liked it.

I have been recommended Brighton a few times as an interesting and fun place to visit.  I have come to associate it with clubbing and the night-life, but on doing a little research there seemed to be lots to do there. We managed to leave a little late because of the current fun I am having with morning […]

I have had some hard and very heartfelt conversations with my husband in recent times, about trying to do the right thing, trying to raise your children in what seems to be the right way and still seeming to get it wrong. Like the following: We have never had a TV, for reasons explained here. […]

My husband has been in Leeds this weekend, so I decided to take the opportunity to attack some of the things that have been accumulating in the house (two extra fridges, a mattress in the front room, an extra ironing board and plenty more). Thankfully, he got rid of most of the big stuff before […]