Passing Through This Life

Assalamu Alakium So its been nearly a month since the birth of my second grandchild  and wow has it been hectic ... his big sister is nearly 2 and such a handful , i find this generation of kids are different to when i grew up or even to when i had my kids ....  So far what we have dealt with is the boy having to have numerous blood test done due to jaundice , its amazing as to the level it gets to in order to have these tests done ... alhamdu lilah everything was fine but still as the yellow is still in he eyes he had to go for a prolong jaundice test to make sure its nothing to do with the liver so now we wait for the results Im in such awe with this little fellow to the point that when he cries and does this special thing with his bottom lip i find my heart breaks and all i want to do is pick him up and cuddle him and then he does it a second time and  find tears coming into my eyes ,,,,ive become one of those soppy grandmothers lol,,, But r...

When i started this blog i never knew what i was really going to post . i started out with doing posts about food but when on a budget their really is only so much you can post about then theirs the hobbies i had which was crocheting but also stopped for a while i did take it up again and started on a new blanket for my grandson to be pics will come once im done . then the family grew kids are all much older now .my son is 22 and doing well in his studies . and my daughters well as i said before one of my daughters got married and has been for over 2 years now she had her first baby in January 2018 and now is due her second who at this time is 4 days over due . so now that the family has grown time to change the way i post . i hope to do more cooking but also take about life as a grandmother too and the differences between me raising my kids and the way my daughter and her husband may choose to raise their i know their will be a few opinions going back and forth but i see that ...

  Ramdan is coming  Oh my peeps ... i keep saying this and then nothing it has been way too long  Alhamdu lilah i'm back on line and moving to my new home soon and just in time for ramadan ...i'm so looking forward to this and to getting back in to posting on my blog ... thank you to those who have sent messages and to those who follow me .... if their is anyone who would like to post a guest post and a recipe or two then please get in touch i would love to write you up on my blog as a way of saying thank you 

 Salam all i have a friend who is doing an amazing project she is trying to get reverts and those muslim that maybe had problems and then came back to the fold of islam to tell their stories ...at the moment she is doing it on her blog which is called http:// onechinesemuslimah.blogspot.com /2012/09/ attention-looking-for-reverts-r e-guided.html and when she has enough she will start another blog just for this purpose .. insha`allah what she`s doing will help those who are new muslim and /or help those who are lost and trying to find their way back .... please ladies help her to achieve her goal ..... jazak`allah khair

salam wa alikum bloggers it has been to long since i wrote ...so let me tell you what i have been doing ... i have started a new chapter in my life which is losing weight masha`allah .....so far i have lost nearly 24 kilo and i`m so pleased with this .... i still have a long way to go with ramadan approaching to i`m hoping that i can get the best of it both spiritually and physically Spiritually in learning new duas and trying to memories a new ayah everyday as well as the reading of the mushaf Physically ... i will keep with my diet and exercise and hope that i will have good rewards at the end of it In case any of you are interested these are some of the videos i use to help me lose the weight  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dTApo0gkdY&feature=g-vrec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La14c-9TAe8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUieo6Mc9EA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52uvwCi03yE also these i mix and match but ...

Isnt it amazing how your days just mange to slip away and then you sit down and think wow where did today go .... this has been happening alot lately ... it`s even amazing how the year passes by so quick well for us it has and i cant believe that it was nearly a year ago my dad came to visit and already coming again .... this week end he will be here for the second time ... but staying a little longer than before ...all the kids are so excited even the little one as she knows he has some gifts for her even this last month has been one for the books ... it has been busy and to say that with out my dh being here .... my son fractured his arm which meant that i needed to do more of the outside chores that he does for me and these days i would rather sit at home .... also the kids have had exams and alhamdu`lilah they have come out the other side of it ... with two of them getting excellent marks and comment form teachers ... and one not so good ... but she will have next term to ma...

well thats the question ... what have i been doing or up to ..... well over the last month and a half my life has changed ... i have become more grounded and know where i ant to go with it .... even my dh has found a new lease of life that has affected all of us ..... sometimes we get so caught up in the day to day of our lives that we forget whats the most important and that is allah  and the reason we are here .... so this past month we have step it up and making sure that all in our house prays on time ... makes dikhr all the time ... we have even reduced the amount of tv watched ... masha`allah since we have been doing this  things are looking different  ... we feel lighter in our ways quran is played more and i have even gone back to reading and studying too ... which is great ... i`m loving this new lease on life and alhamdul`ilah allah has given us this chance too as you will have seen i havent posted much for a while and this begin the reason ... i havent...

so it has been a couple of weeks since i wrote a post  .... so now my routine has changed again ......i have had to start budgeting and menu planning so this has changed the way i do things a little i still get up at 6 and then after breakfast and bedrooms tidyed and 5the 2 year old dressed and feed it`s time to take the kids to school so by 8:15 i`m back i sit and have a cuppa and when thats finished i will get into the cleaning .... masha`allah by 10/ 10:30 i will be finished and when my hubby is here i will make some lunch unless i have something left over form the night before then i will heat that up and maybe make some small and light to go with it ... now on some days i will have to go back to the school to pick up the kids around 12 but most days it`s 4 .... so if i dont need to pick them up until four then i will feed those who need their lunch and after this clean up and start to prepare the dinner for the evening ... some time i will cook it through and o...

so i`m not one that goes out to buy to many kitchen gadgets ..... but when one comes along i never say no ..... my dh brought me this one You ask what is it well it`s a three in one peeler ..... it will peel any veg ... it has another part that help to take the skin of tomatoes .... and then another piece that make julienne .... that piece  i love and especially for making salad  ..... which is what we used if for tonight ...... it is expensive ... it`s around 13 english pounds ... put i think over a period of time it is worth it  anyway this is the salad we made using it ... well i should say my daughter made

so as ramadan is passing one thing my dh has noticed is that is blood sugar levels always goes up so now it is happening again so we have decided to try some new recipes to help make it better for him but for us too so i`ve been searching site looking for something and i came across a courgette  frittata which looks so mouth watering and so simple to make Italian Herb Frittata Recipe Photo by: Taste of Home Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise and cut into 1-1/4 inch thick slices 1 cup fully cooked diced ham 6 eggs 1/4 cup milk 1 teaspoon McCormick® Italian Seasoning 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Black Pepper 2 medium plum tomatoes, sliced 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese Directions In a large ovenproof nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and zucchini; cook and stir 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add ham; cook 2 minutes. Beat eggs, milk, Ital...