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Ramadan, Day 8
Wow- at the beginning of each Ramadan, the idea of fasting a whole month seems rather intimidating. Yet, time seems to fly during this month- and now we are almost a third of the way through! I find this is a good time to reflect on what my Ramadan goals are- and how I have been doing in meeting those goals. I basically wanted to do as many fasts as I could, and bump up my ibadath. I have been
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Don't do drugs!
So the other day...i was taking regular cuprofen (ibuprofen + codeine) for tummy cramps. I took a morning dose, an afternoon dose, and a night dose. A few hours after my night dose, i started experiencing excruciating epigastric pain. I knew it was the ibuprofen trying to bore an ulcer in my stomach, as i have had the pain before, and also i have been taking regular ibuprofen for long enough for i
Ramadan…er… Mubarak, then? Er…
The doctors have told me I would most probably not be able to fast in the last days due to the antibiotics course I must take. Truthfully, I’ve never really liked fasting in Ramadan… other months suit me so much better: waking up early in the morning for some ‘me’ time, eat something simple, enjoy the silence and the solitude, go through your days just like normal and break the fast wit
"Chore chart"
LD has serious issues with transitions. Always has. Leaving the house to go somewhere he loves (playground, etc) is a serious event. I'm always looking for ways to help with transitions. Usually it's giving lots of verbal warnings ('we're leaving in a half hour' then "we're leaving in 15 minutes" etc. "Today we are doing x." "Tomorrow we are doing x".)I saw this nifty door hanger idea on Let's Exp
Want.sleep.
I can never sleep these days. If it's not LD, it's the baby inside. If it's neither of them, it's these dreams. I woke up at 4 a.m. crying this morning. I had a dream that i went to jail and I don't even know why and i never even asked them. It was strange. I wasn't even concerned or scared. I just asked how many days and they said 10. I thought of my son and have never really been away fr
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Prayers Please
For my dear sister Organica, and her future family, insha’Allah. More details here.
Hurricane Hanna and the Vegetable Thief
Hurricane Hanna, wreaking havoc on the Atlantic coast this weekend. Little do you know, Hurricane Hanna's been keeping all my family on their toes all my life! Hanna is my elder sister. :D I tease in jest. She's embarking on one of the biggest journeys of her life this year. May Allah (swt) bless her and make every success hers.So last night as Im settling into my papasan chair for a Friday night
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Symbols, part IV: The flower
The flower The children gathered around the object in the garden. ‘What is this?’ the little one rubbed his eyes, ‘Colorful!’ The rising sun bought out the highlights in his sun bleached hair as he bent over the rose in the garden. He stretched out a hand towards it wanting to break it into little pieces… it wasn’t as good as the one he had at home. So why should he let th
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Temptation
So those of you unfamiliar with Canada, our fasting hours change as Ramadan moves year to year. Right now, we (in Toronto) are in the midst of 15 hour fasts, roughly. And this is nothing to what we’ll face in about 3/4 years when Ramadan moves full into August and July. Anyways, so you get the picture…no food…long time. So as I was prepping to go Jummah, I hear some unfamili
I take it all back.
Today LD refused to go to school. As soon as i said "we need to get ready for school" he melted down. "I don't want to go mommy!" Hid his shoes, cried and said he was too tired. I thought he was doing good because last night he was in the best mood i've ever seen him in and i thought school was part of it. Now i'm thinking it's because he was back home with me. Needless to say, he didn't go
Congratulations.....It's a girl :D
I am talking about my car of course. I met my new baby car today....a shiny new black mini cooper. I had always thought it would be a boy...but after driving it...i decided it's a girl....a "Zara" no less. Yes i name my cars. :pIt's beautiful, it seems to drive a tiny bit better than my last (completely identical except for colour) mini cooper. I only felt a tiny bit sad when i waved my nightfire
Who kicked a hole in the skySo the heavens would cry over meWho stole the soul from the sunIn a world come undone at the seamsLet there be love - Oasis
A Subversive Anarchistic Element
I went back to Aafke’s blog and saw this which I had somehow missed the last time. Her post has been updated in my honor dishonor. Apparently i’m the only ’subversive anarchistic element’ who knows how to ‘counteract the pious efforts of the black hand’! Had me laughing all over again. So, seriously, which one of you already knew we could spray a little bit of per
preschool
The other night Little Dude looked at all our legs and he said "white" and pointed to my leg, "white" and pointed to his leg, and then "brown" and pointed to my husband's leg. My husband said "White. Light Brown. Brown." and Little Dude said "no. white. white. and brown."By the end of it, it was decided, "white, light brown, and brown". Kind of a funny innocent thing he noticed all on his own.We'v
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Bling
I have my diamond engagement bling sorted. After deciding i didn't REALLY care for diamond rings, and my fiance also realised it wasn't really our thing, and that he would probably rather buy me viper stripes and a pair of headlights for my new mini. Yes i am getting Mini number 3...I just can't seem to let go of them!Anyway, finally decided on a ringStill not told my friends about the wedding. Wh
First day of Hecky!
So today was the ACTUAL first day of Hecky, it was quite enjoyable, actually you know what? I feel like doing a bullet point post: First lesson of the day POLITICS, it was really fun and I just love my politics teacher he reminds very much of my Favourite geography teacher at Westborough.. Talking of Westborough, the amount of people who got in from there are unbelievable! to explain to you the r