I was tagged…..

rather a while ago ahem…..and while I am quite happy to reveal 10 things about myself  I was worried about tagging 10 more lol as everyone has already being tagged. So i will reveal and anyone who reads and hasn’t been tagged feel free to tag yourself on my behalf!

here goes:-

1) I’m so sloooow in the morning its unreal…i don’t get moving until after lunch most days!

2)I love being alone….not easy with 7 kids.

3)I’m addicted to babies…..I wish i could see a cute baby and think teenager, i would never be broody again!!

4)I LOVE chocolate…probably not a secret but hey in talking about my self how can i not mention it!

5)Aeroplanes fscinate me…I mean how can that shell of laden metal float through the sky!

6)I’m a horsey girl..they are so elegant and beautiful…..my dream would be for a place in the country with horses.

7)I’m a job hoarder…I like to do everything myself

8)I want to write a book….but i’m too lazy

9)I don’t do things until I feel like……which means i waste time

10)I can sometimes be very selfishly and quietly(secretly) determined its not always a good thing……

winter is finally upon us insha’allah…..

the weather has taken a turn for the cooler finally this week masha’allah. I am enjoying hot tea and socks!!! I always becaome fed up with the heat at the en of summer and fed up of the cold at the end of winter and emrace the new seasons with enthusiasm. Alhamdulileh I am fortunate to live ina climate with such seasons. However at my joy of the onset of autumn and winter comes the realisaton that many people in algeria also suffer(and of course many other countries too) . My sister in law herself regularily gets flooded when the heavy rains come and another sister in law suffers a leaking roof…..Insha’allah they are rehoused before the misery sets in and any other familly who need such improvements, ameen.
Alhamdulileh for my blessings…..wishing you all a fabulous Autumn

looking for inspiration…..

I enjoy blog world but am a bit lacking in enusiasm to actually do it! so I thouhgt maybe I would do a little summary of the summer hoping to get myself back in a roll….
At the end of july we went off to mustaghanem again masha’allah. My plan being to unwind and spend time with the kids and masha’allah I did, everyone helped out witht he chores and I spent hours inthe sand with my babes masha’allah!

 

baby has come along masha’allah…he learned to crawl, popped through some teeth and has taken his first teetering step masha’allah. he loves water and spent hours in the sea at mustaghanem

 

then of course it was home again and back to reality!! A visit to a sister in law with a new baby masha’allah and then back  home for the start of ramadan!

The blessed month passed in a blare of khobz khemir, shorba and not enough eebada, loyts of hasanet insha’allah for feeding guests but I never manged to get through the whole quran though I did manged to read more then ever in arabic alamdulileh.

My baby girl went into year one…her fist day at school was a blur of excitement masha’allah….its now moved onto another stage of I don’t want to go and I don’t like my teacher…..Insha’allah it improves again

 

And now here we are heading towards eid al adha and another round of school exams and trials and tribulations mixed with some joy and happiness insha’allah….well thats what life is all about after all……

It has been too long……

The summer hoildays have passed along with ramadan and eid subhnallah…….my blog has been abandoned because of other activites and a lack of enthusiasm.
Its time to find a new direction insha’allah and new inspiration. A fresh start Insha’allah……

summer days

today was nice……..so far……its only 18.15 so still time for it to turn nasty, motherhood is full of surprises

Today baby had his first d ip inthe small roof pool, he loved it masha’allah and his doting brothers and sisters loved him being in the pool.

Today I was shatara as they say n algeria and baked a marble cake before Iwent up to the roof so we came out of the pool at asr and after noon tea was ready alhamdulileh.

 I am reading through a book called c a t =cat by Mona Mcnee, Insha’allah we will try it out and see if it suits us. Its a phonetic teaching manuel I’m in the process of making some letter cards and insha’allah we will start tomorrow……

new phases

I often feel that life travels along in phases, some good and some not so good.

I am hoping this is going to be a postive new phase, although I am feeling the stress of a string problems, nothing serious insha’allah……with a promise of renewed friendships and new plans for the future again nothing major but small changes which will insha’allah spell improvements to all ofourlives and most importantly our islamic lives.

 

I am very eagerly looking forward to beign neighbours again with my very dear friend insha’allah. I am looking forward to reading more and picking up my eeman……..and being more moderate as I have mentioned before……not succeeded yet on a regualr basis but you always have to start a plan somewhere.

I found an idea on a sisters blog for this chocolate chip brioche that i modified alittle and threw into hte bread machine

4 cups of flour

4 tablespoons of sugar

2 eggs

cup of milk and a little slosh of water

chocolate chips

salt

and yeast

I put it into the bread machine to knead and then shaped it into rolls on a tin and popped it into the fridge to rise over night and baked it int he oven ofr breakfast. I was really pleased with the results masha’allah.

being mum

I’m learning that as that biological clock ticks having a baby is so much sweeter masha’allah. Knowing that it may be your last………savouring every sweet minute, every sweet smile, every giggle.
I remember with my first the intense love was the same but I was so impatient for those steps, eating , sitting, crawling, standing and walking.

Now I want to savour it all and hang on to every second before the next satep comes ooooh tooo soon…….

Did I ever tell you ……..

That I am in love…….

so far

some days have passed in the whirlwind of dh coming home……unpacking, sorting, washing, sleeping, recovering, visitors and of course much excitement and happiness…..especially for the younger kids masha’allah.

And just as normallity was returning, he had to go again………but insha’allah not for long this time!
So we have to try and regain that sense of normality alone.
So some plans in the offing ofr activities for small peeps and big peeps are on a mission to revise qurana nd the journals are well underway……admittedly not with so much enthusiasm from some!
In between there has been some enjoyment of the sun with playing in the infatable pool, and a trip to the sea.
Oh and baby has passed the 6 month marker masha’allah and taken his first few crawling ’steps’.
And with a much looked forward to arrival very soon, I am feeling very positive masha’allah wa alhamdulileh!
Hope you bloggers are feeling equally positive……

summer would like to list…..

Here a few ideas for us to achieve this summer, some are simple, some are a littel more ambitious…..

1. for my big three to keep a summer journal, with the aim of improving their english and as a keep sake for them!

2. To teach my little three the alphabet and start to read in English

3.To improve my own reading of the quran in Arabic

4.To read some  islamic book, me and the little ones

5.To go back to reading stories to my little peeps

6.To have a lots of small people play time on our beach holiday and at home!

7.I would love my older ones to learn more of a sense of familly responsibilty

8. To be a better wife…….

9.To lose my finnicky ways and delegate !

10.To waste less time.

Whats your summer action plan???