Finally

Well I've been computerless for over a week and gosh, it's like horrendous without it.
I mean we just can't survive without being connected to the www. I must admit that I've really struggled. The boys were ok as they could either go online at school or go to the local cyber cafe. Akber was obviously ok at work. But it's quite difficult to go online at the school plus facebook is banned there.
So now we have a swanky new desktop with a huge monitor which we all love. Now I'm just waiting for my laptop to be repaired.

So in the last week or so I finished reading an amazing book. Twilight by Stephanie Meyers.



I'd orginally bought it for Hussein but I decided to read it first. And I'm so glad I did. I was hooked from the first page & could barely put it down.
So I'm going to add the next book to my Xmas wish list!

Ok so you all know that the new James Bond movie has come out. And obviously with a house full of guys we're gonna go watch it at some point or other. So I thought I'd better have go at watching last year's movie - Casino Royale. Last time we watched the dvd I fell asleep! Plus I wasn't so keen on Daniel Craig which is probably why I fell asleep in the first place! My particular favs are Sean Connery & Pierce Brosnan in that order. But I sat down one afternoon and at the end of the movie I was converted. Daniel Craig is just gorgeous!!! And I think he makes a stunning 007!

It's bitterly cold here. Had a bit of snow yesterday but it was gone by the afternoon.

No pictures to share this time as I still need to get my photos transferred over to this pc. So enjoy the last week of November. Ciao for now.

It's been a while....

I know it's been long time since my last blog entry but, seriously, life has been pretty hectic.
Loads has happened so I've had to resort to my calendar, diary & photos to remind of what I've been up to.
Be warned it's a long entry with tons of pics!!!

We celebrated Eid on 30th Sept. I was pleased as I'd managed to keep most of the fasts though I was convinced I wouldn't be able to keep them as the days were quite long. In the evening, as always, we got together with Akber's family & went out to eat. We totally overindulged ourselves!! The best part was the mango lassi..yumm.




The following week I attended the Scrapping For Wishes charity crop & made some lovely things including a fab countdown to Christmas mdf tree.
5th October saw Hussein's 15th birthay. Phew I can't blieve I'm mum to a 15 year old. Makes me feel slightly old!! We went out to eat at TGI's where the waiters kept adding more & more balloons to Hussein's arms!!!





Later that week I went out with the girls from work to a Turkish restaurant that had just recently opened.




Then on 23rd October Akber & I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. He took me to a fabulous resturant, The Orrery, in Marylebone. It was really special especially our drinks. The best one was the Flirtini..think martini & add raspberrys. I was definitely a little merry!!!! The food & service was impeccable and I'd love to go back again.










Then came Halloween. Akber's aunt & cousins had arrived from Holland the day before so they were quite enthralled with the whole thing as Halloween isn't so big over there..yet. Anyway Batula & Imran got on like a house on fire & she came trick or treating with him.



On 1st November, as Akber's sister & family had also flown in from Switzerland, we had a party for his family celebrating our anniversary & the birthdays of two of his nieces. We had birthday cake for the girls but for us I wanted something different and so I ordered cupcakes. They were beautifully decorated and so yummy. I was really pleased with them. We also took tons of pics especially as this was the first time in about 5 years that all the cousins (my mils' grandkids) were together. All in all it was a good night














So finally that brings us to today. End of the first week back at work after half term. Only 6 weeks till we break up for Christmas but who's counting!!!!