MIA

I'm back!!!
Woohoo finally I've made it back to blogging!
I have no excuses except that life is just happening & so updating my blog got put aside.
So this is what's been happening since August:-

• We were excited to find out Imran had won a competition he'd entered in one of his comics....prize a Lazy Town dressing up outfit...which was fabulous as he just loves to dress up.

• We went away for a week with family...about 20 of us. We hired a huge 10 bedroomed mansion out in the middle of nowhere in Angelsey (a small isle in North Wales). We had a lovely time there. It was very relaxing. The weather was a bit naff but the kids enjoyed themselves so much. They were happy just to spend the time with their cousins.

• Celebrated my birthday. Went for a lovely meal with some friends at a fab local restaurant.

• Six days later it was Imran's turn. We didn't really do anything special so we decided quite late in the evening to go into central London,to Leicester Square & indulge ourselves in Haaagen Dazs! Luckily we didn't have to queue for too long & we selected some yummy desserts.

• The next day was the first of Ramadan so the fasts began. Not long now till Eid!

• Returned back to work....could have really done with a longer summer break! But I'm glad to say only another 4 weeks and it'll be half term. Looking forward to that very much!

• Boys started the new school year. Hussein is now in year 10 & doing his GCSE’s. Kaizer is in year 9 and Imran in Year 4.

• Imran took part in the Redbridge Carnival with fellow pupils doing a display/dance of body percussion. I stood there with a huge grin on my face as he remembered every move.

A bit of fun

The Recipe For Yasmin

3 parts Humor 2 parts Bravery 1 part Love Splash of Elegance Limit yourself to one serving. This cocktail is strong!

What's the Recipe for Your Personality?

Monday

I was trying to upload some pictures taken these past few weeks as I'm too tired to type up anything but am having some problems with blogger.
Though I have managed to add a couple of los that I've recently completed.
I really love the May one. Inspired by Rachael, this is my take. Now better catch up & do the June & July ones too!
The bottom one is of my parents silver wedding anniversary in November 1989 when we all looked so young!!
Hope you're all having a lovely summer.

Looking for a phone

Yup it's that time of the year when my mobile phone is due for a upgrade.
In fact it was due a couple of months back but I really love my current model...Nokia 7373. Plus it's in pink which means I love it even more!
But I've been checking out the Nokia site and I seen some pretty impressive looking phones.
N76 (comes in red!)
N810
N95
Now all I need to do is go see them irl and decide which one I really want.

Only 2 more weeks of school left before we break up for the summer hols. I've also got a day off tomorrow and 3 days off next week yay, so the time will, hopefully, go even faster.

Hussein is off to Tossa de Mar, Spain on Friday for a week long school trip. He's really looking forward to it, especially the visit organised to Camp Nou, Barcelona FC's Stadium. Though the house will definitely be a lot quieter with him out of the equation lol, Kaizer & Imran are sure to miss him bigtime.

Hooked

I've recently become hooked on an online site where you do jigsaw puzzles. It's great fun.

Is summer here at last??

Hmmm I sure hope so. The weather's been pretty much up & down lately. You get a hot spell & then days of rain. I'm just praying the sun is here to stay now!!

Last week I dressed up as a Tudor peasant for our year 5 trip to Kentwell Hall in Suffolk. It was my first time & I really enjoyed it. You have to dress up so you can really get into the whole feel of it. They recreated Tudor life as it was in the 16th century. How they lived, worked, cooked & entertained themselves.





Today was Sports day. I wasn't able to see all of Imran's events but managed to take a few pics. He came 2nd in his running heat but didn't get thorough to the final. But I was still proud of him for getting that far.




And finally a lo.

Tragic

This afternoon my mum rang me with the awful news of my cousin, Khozema's death in Mumbai, India.
He was only 31 years old and married just 6 months.
He had suffered a fatal heart attack.
I'm so upset that his life has tragically ended and his going was knocked my family for six.
He was such a sweet guy whom I'd spoken with just a couple of weeks back.
I wish I wasn't so far away from my extended family as, at times like these, you really need one another.
All I can do is keep him in my prayers.