Im still here :)

Assalamalikum and hellos to all you lot out there..

so its been far too long as someone mentioned in my last post.. January seems so far away when I got my lower braces put on. I want to blame it on the fact that blogger wont allow me to use a gmail address (which is just silly!) so I wont use blogger on my phone. However, its more than just that! I could come up with a million excuses but instead I will just fill you in on the last four nearly five months.

Can you believe its almost June already?? Half way through the year!! SubhanAllah... so whats been going on.. well braces are still on! A few adjustments have been made and Im very pleased with the results so far, so is my orthodontist who says he sees no reason why they shouldnt be off around September as planned :) Alhamdulillah, so Im really praying that it all goes smoothly from now on. I had a few problems last month with the wire sticking into the inside of my mouth, but the wire has been changed to a less flexible one now and my new mouth is coming along nicely :) I just remembered I have some photos of my molds on my phone of my teeth before, maybe Ill upload them later insha'Allah

There hasnt really been anything big happening to be honest, Chilli Tomato has found himself a new job alhamdulillah at Morrisons (supermarket) he starts today, so Im looking forward to seeing how that works out. After his probation he will be earning generally the same amount as his old job, for less hours and there is hardly any commute. 0.8 miles instead of 8 miles alhamdulillah. He rides his new bike, oh yeah, he bought a hybrid bike (mountain bike frame, racer wheels) after buying our mountain bikes purely for work reasons, to work and it takes him about 10minutes if that!! so hes very happy. He realised there is a gym that hes been to before and he liked just next door to his workplace AND there is a mosque around the corner Alhamdulillah!! Hes even more up to actually moving to the area, which would mean closer for me too when Im going to work at 0230... trust me, an extra 5 minutes in bed makes a world of difference!!!

In May we took a family holiday to North Wales, my old next door neighbour has a caravan there and they allowed us to use it for a little while :) It was amazing masha'Allah.. our first proper holiday together away from family :) We climbed Mount Snowdon, went to a mountain bike park, strolled along the beach.. It was quite an active holiday and I was suprised at how refreshed I came away from it all really, Im glad I married this guy partly for the reason that he is so active masha'Allah.. He has opened me up to many experiences since we married in 2009 and Im grateful to Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) for that. We share so many more hobbies now.. I got him into snowboarding and photography and he got me into mountain biking :) prefect combinations masha'Allah

Ive recently bought a kindle (well my mum will tell you she bought it for my birthday but whatever! ;P) and Im in love.. Ive been reading soo much since I got it (feel free to check me out at my Goodreads profile :)
Also, Ive started meal planning :) Im thoroughly enjoying cooking new things (I decided to cook at least 2 new things every plan), our plan is for 2 weeks and its settling into a good routine alhamdulillah.

Insha'Allah when I get a minute free I will upload some photos from whats been happening since I last wrote :) Wish I could upload my instagram photos onto blogger, like you can with facebook and twitter.. would make things good too :D

Anyways, time to get back to work I think.....
Keep commenting :)
Fi amenAllah
Ammena

Meeting the in-laws

Ive been thinking about writing about this for awhile and after reading recent blogs from Sara over on a little of that I thought I would write up my thoughts about the impending (we will arrive in KHI on Wednesday afternoon insha'Allah) trip to meet the in-laws.

Some history, when Chilli Tomato and I first met (I like the nickname, what dya think?) he didnt really tell his parents that he was thinking about marrying an English girl, for no reason other than he wanted to see how it went. After quite awhile of not speaking with them because we were busy together they eventually got hold of him and demanded to know what was going on. So he told them he had met an English girl and we were seeing how things would go if we wanted to get married. Of course we had the 'if you want a passport we have relatives all over England' and maybe the tears (I cant remember if that was then or afterwards) Now we have the 'Im so happy CT married Ammena... I would rather him have married an English convert than a British Pakistani' and this is how it is being said now that they are looking for a wife for his brother ;) The first day we went looking for flats was the first time I got to speak to his father, he was very kind and had an easy tone to listen to masha'Allah.. he asked me for things involving my marriage and asked me to look after CT. His mother had a harder time with us getting married here without them, she definitely cried about this.. but things went ahead and his family backed us each step of the way alhamdulillah.
When his brother came over for our civil wedding back in September that seemed to be another connecting bridge between my family and his. His family felt more included and my family felt relieved I think to finally meet a member of his family. So now we are travelling to Pakistan for our mehndi and walimah parties tomorrow, and Im not nervous about meeting anyone except his mum.. what does that mean?? hubby tells me I shouldnt be, then I remind him how nervous he was when he first met my mum ;) His Dad Im really looking forward to meeting, maybe because he is the one Ive been in most contact with since meeting my chilli tomato. His brother is fine obviously cause we have spent a lot of time with him since we married alhamdulillah. His little sister is just a ball of energy and I love listening to her speak to chilli tomato, even though she doesnt speak that much English she speaks a little but listening to the adoration in her voice when she talks to him or the excitement when she talks about me (not to sound big headed) she has such a cute voice masha'Allah. His other sister (I never know what to call her in terms of her place in the siblings line... shes his younger sister - not as young as little sister obviously - so would I differentiate by younger and youngest?) the English speaking sister I look forward to meeting purely because I think we will have a few things in common (apart from chilli obviously) although shes not my age I do tend to get on with people of all ages alhamdulillah. His Mother on the other hand.. well Ive said salam to her, she has heard me practising my Urdu words but apart from that we have had very little contact :( and I think thats why Im so nervous about meeting her... I can pick out her voice out from the younger sister and Im told by hubby what she likes, Ive seen photos... but thats about the only interaction we have :( I pray that this holiday will change things between us and we can get a chance to bond insha'Allah...

Im looking forward to reading over this post when I get back and see how things have gone :)
Peace and salams
Ammena

Pakistani Embassy

On Tuesday we took a trip into central London... for a day out, a chance to play with the new camera, go to a cake shop we used to always go to when we spent more time in London, but generally with the main reason of getting my visa for Pakistan. I was looking forward to spending the day away from the house in the sunshine with the husband :) so everything else was really an added bonus
We got to the tube station around 0930 and got the tube straight to the embassy to get that done first, it was easy enough to get there and easy enough to find with the big Pakistan flag flying high in the breeze. We were pointed in the direction of an outside marqee to fill the paper work, now that was an experience!! Standing in the dirty marqee with a littered 'carpet' surrounded by intolerable children, sympathetic gazes, 'knowing' looks (I say 'knowing' because I really dont know what they thought they knew) and a language I can not understand. After being made to wait in a smaller queue we were told I couldnt get the card we were initially told to apply for :( so then we waited in the much longer queue, hubby had to go to the desk for a form as we didnt bring any because I didnt know what visa I was applying for. We got the form and I filled it in while he waited in line, got to the front of the queue and the 'helpful' (note the sarcasm) man told us about the photocopies needed and sent us away... we didnt have any cash, so I had to run to the cash machine while hubby waited in the line and paid 30p each pfff.. I told him to walk straight to the front of the queue to give it in, there was no point in waiting. After a few huffs and stares he gave it in, only for it to be given back and told to go into the main building to give in the application form and pay for the visa :) We walked into the building, a security guard told us something in urdu my husband laughed and told him in English that I didnt speak the language, he carried on and let us in. Apparently he had said 'its ok, carry on' in Urdu lol.. he was just asking us to open our bags, which I didnt cause I didnt know what he was asking... good security eh? as I pointed out to hubby later on, noone wants to blow up the Pakistani consulate in the UK lol
We sat in the open room waiting for our number to show on the tiny digital screen while a certain child ran around saying 'hi buddy' to everyone which was cute at first, until he punched my leg and stood on the ledge behind us and started lightly spitting our way. Needless to say hubby asked the mother, who was sat in the corner playing on her mobile, to keep her child to herself. That amused me ;) Finally we were called forward, gave in the documentation.. there were a few english questions but then she stopped talking to me and spoke urdu with the husband.. it wasnt until I heard 7 years masha'Allah that I knew she was asking about me being a convert.. a few questions followed 'how did you learn about the religion?' 'was it through your husband?' apparently she asked him, was it because I fell in love with him... I went on to tell her I converted before he was even thinking of coming to the uk.. that made her smile but it just gets to me sometimes... I feel very vulnerable when people ask of my conversion, Im opening up alot to tell them and they always want more details :( Allahu alim Im sure they dont mean it to affect me in that way.

Anyways, home time... will finish this up soon insha'Allah

Decisions

Ive decided hubby needs a nickname on here... A is boring me now, not the person! the letter! I read other peoples blogs all the time (as you all know) and there are some cool 'other half' nicknames out there 'the boss' 'Mr Brown' 'Bear' and many more. Some people use their partners names, others use the first letter, some say my husband... while others dont mention them or its just obvious who they are talking about without actually addressing them.
Names are interesting in our set up, my husband was born with a different name (his brother too) and his parents decided to change them both when they were still very young. I dont even think my husband was 1 at the time, he doesnt remember any of it and I forget the name they originally gave him. As for me.. well half of my family call me Ammena, the other half something else ;)
So Im trying to come up with an interesting catch nickname for hubby on my blog. Any suggestions?? Maybe Ill make a poll.. *off to think hard*
peace and salams Ammena

Our news

hubby passed his theory test last week alhamdulillah, so insha'Allah once we are back from Pakistan he will start a few lessons then get his test done :) He can drive, he just doesnt have a license

The New Year

what will it bring? Only Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) knows but we can still look forward to it. I have to say after many years or troubles and tests Im finally seeing the benefit of it all alhamdulillah. I thank Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) every day for giving me my life and for making me into the person that I am today, trust me.. things could have been alot worse :)

Last year (well still this year really) saw many changes and these changes were all welcomed, memories have been formed and bonds solidified alhamdulillah. What did we do? well, I suppose the biggest thing really is that we got married (civil ceremony) so now we are more officially married which in turn helped to keep hubby in the country with me :) yay me :) this may not seem a big thing, but it took many months to finalise, and that wasnt just to plan... that was mainly to get my mum to actually be on board with coming over for the wedding full stop.

I got a new job, which in turn lead to us buying a car which I love having now :) Now Im on proper shifts, which means I work every other week with all weekends off yay :) which was a welcome need lol

We booked our tickets to fly to Pakistan on Xmas day :) so we are very looking forward to that insha'Allah it will be tons of fun. Hubby is getting very excited now I think, every time he talks with his parents there is something to look into. We just recently bought all the presents to take over with us for the immediate family so no more present buying insha'Allah.

As for the future, we look forward to 2 holidays next year insha'Allah.. Pakistan then over to Canada in the winter for 2 or 3 weeks, depending on my work :) and who knows what else 2011 will bring. Im just looking forward to another year with my husband insha'Allah

Peace and salams
Ammena

Update

Its been way too long and for that I apologise, my excuse? erm.. does 'Ive been off' count? I cant even say hubby has been distracting me because he is back to full time hours now alhamdulillah. So its just plain me! I get so bored that I dont think of the things I could be catching up with.
I finished work last Wednesday, hubby was off Thursday and Friday so we spent a 'weekend' together, we went food shopping, we took a trip into Tooting and went out for lunch together (Chennai Dosa) which is something we havent done in a while (Eid lunch doesnt count) so it was fun masha'Allah

Dosa, much warmer and much nicer than the last place

Coconut rice... very nice!!

We just basically chilled for two days, no worrying about anything, no drifted or distracted thoughts and it felt so good alhamdulillah. He got a new phone contract which means he can actually use his phone, for texts and calls ;) Then Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday I have done nothing, oh sorry on Monday I took a bus ride into Kingston upon Thames for a little trip, I bought a few things and wanted to change some bank details which they wouldnt let me. So yesterday, which was a day off with hubby we stupidly braved the snow and went to the nearby shops, I changed my bank title to MRS :D and finally got rid of my interest savings account alhamdulillah.
Its now Wednesday, Im back at work tomorrow and I slept in late (just before 10am when I have been waking up just before 8am all these mornings) so Im thinking to do some stitching and maybe nap a little. Maybe make some coconut biscuits for hubby who took a load of gingerbread biscuits into work today :) I do love it when he actually likes the stuff I make for him, masha'Allah
Anyways, thats it from me girls.
Peace and salams
Ammena

News

We got the most amazing news yesterday.. after paying extra and not getting what we paid for and having to wait over a week we finally received hubbys spouse visa by recorded delivery alhamdulillah. We are so pleased to be over this for now and thank everyone who remembered us in their prayers masha'Allah. JazakAllah khair.

So now we are looking at flights to Pakistan and figuring out how much we need to save in order to have this next wedding for his family over there. I will get to meet my parent in laws which is both scary and exciting, but honestly.. I cant wait insha'Allah. We are looking at the end of February, so anyone who is in Karachi around that time, do feel free to drop by.. just tell me so I know to look out for you insha'Allah.

Again, many thanks
Peace and salams
Ammena

Eid al-adha 2010

So the second Eid of the year is nearly upon us insha'Allah. Its come around so quickly, I keep remembering this time last year and then it warms my heart to realise that (even though we have been married over a year) this is the first Eid me and A will be able to spend the whole day together insha'Allah.
This time last year I was trying to get used to having a man about the house, getting used to being called a wife and getting ready for my mum to meet A for the first time. So many things have changed, the scenery, the emotions, the relationships alhamdulillah.
What do you have planned for Eid? This weekend we are sending some money over to Pakistan for Qurbani, fasting on Monday for Arafat insha'Allah and then Eid off :D yay me!! so insha'Allah we will have some nice new clothes (Ive been shukr spotting!) and go to the masjid for Eid salah nice and clean insha'Allah. Im really looking forward to it. I dont know what else we will get up to during the day but Im sure it will be rememberable whatever we do alhamdulillah. I will be sure to take and share photos insha'Allah.
Peace and salams
Ammena

So this time last year I was getting ready to say goodbye to my old lonely life on my own in a small bedroom with shared kitchen and hello to a life filled with another person (for now) in our own little flat away from everyone else. The day was a mad rush of getting last minute things from my old flat and moving them to the new and finding time to squeeze in chats with a dear friend who had travelled down for our nikah. In the end we (me and A) both turned up late for our own nikah but alhamdulillah it ended perfectly and we started our life together.

Im grateful for everything this year has given me, it hasnt all been sunflowers and rosy days and there are still many more of the unpleasant days in the near future. However we are still here, together and just as strong. Constantly learning about the other and surprising each other with tales and comments. We both know the other family alot more and have more communication between all of us alhamdulillah, we are now officially married to everyone (including the Home Office) and now we can start looking forward to a walimah in Pakistan and the first time I will meet the rest of my desi family insha'Allah.

I look forward to all the new things written for us in the future and pray we will never be separated insha'Allah.
Peace and salams
Ammena

back again

So after plenty of photos and seeing the majority of people arrive we wandered into the registry office.. my Dad sort of waited around bless him, I felt really bad not knowing if he thought he was going to walk me down the 'aisle' or if he was just waiting around to be there :) I told everyone to go on in and my cousin (and witness) waited with me. She wandered if I wanted her to walk up first, after telling her about what I felt about Dad and the 'aisle' she decided not to upset the balance even more and went inside, taking my pretty bag with her :) I answered a few questions for the lady making the certificate while totally forgetting my dads middle names, yeh hes got 2... but alhamdulillah it was time to walk in. She gave me instructions which I obviously didnt listen to and I stood there nervous as anything waiting to see hubby. As soon as the music came on (my cue to walk in.. that I remembered) I turned the corner, and there he was.. all smiles and red cheeks, I didnt see anyone else and apparently I rushed down the aisle to be there next to him. Not having any contact for one day was hard!!!

Our rings in hubbies hand

Signing the book, with the bouquet

We went through all the ceremony holding hands, giggling and smiling, we exchanged rings, signed the register book and posed for tons of photos. We had confetti thrown at us as we left the building and then we posed for even more photos outside the registry office in a little garden with a lovely bench. It was an amazing time that Im so glad to have shared with my family and friends alhamdulillah. I thank God that I was able to share it all, especially with my grandad and that my mum had decided to deal with her issues and be there for me, alhamdulillah.

Our rings on our fingers :)

After all that we got the car to a hotel for the reception, read food :D There was no DJ, no big speeches.. just family and friends gathering to help us start the rest of our lives together (well in their eyes the start anyways) We ate lots, hubby and bil got their fair share of meat (hubby especially, and he is still eating it now) I dont have many non people photos of the reception area except these.. so enjoy :)

The room from the top

and the bottom

The cupcakes

We had an amazing time, went to bed leaving people there about 9pm.. soo tiring, and my feet were killing me lol :) although pointy shoes looked great ;) masha'Allah

So my friends, that is how my wedding went.. Im sure those I speak to more off my blog will have been told more by now but I really cant think of much else that I can portray over my blog. Just be sure it was a great day and a great few days after alhamdulillah.

Currently we are going through some tests, so please remember us in your duaas. JazakAllah khair

Peace and salams, Ammena

:)

I'm now officially married to the whole wide world :D alhamdulillah. We had an amazing day and night with all my family and friends ;)


Ammena
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My blog is playing up... the recent posts widgets just wont update.. or maybe its this computer. For whatever reason, its annoying!!!!

We played at grown ups today and discussed money :) The money we have been saving since we married will be getting used soon and we were trying to figure out how much we have and how to sort it out. Insha'Allah it will work out ok for us all and I do remember that Allah provides.

Unfortunately my husbands bike was stolen from inside the mosque last night as he prayed Taraweeh :( my reaction? Im upset... a brother from our own community who may have prayed next to my husband or given him salams in the street has stolen something he has worked really hard for. It upsets me to think about it :(

Its here

Ramadhan has started alhamdulillah :)

we were able to stay for the full 20 rakats of taraweeh last night alhamdulillah and we woke in plenty of time this morning to have tea, scrambled eggs, mushrooms and toast :) well I had water eggs and mushrooms the rest was for hubby ;)

Ive read the first juz of the Quran today and intend to read a little more today.

Most of all Im grateful alhamdulillah. I have a wonderful husband by my side who is fasting with me masha'Allah (hes just out for Asr at the moment) my grandad is home from the hospital eventually waiting for more tests, but home. Im just so grateful for everything today alhamdulillah and just wanted to share. I pray things are going just as well for you, wherever you are

Peace and salams
Ammena

Ramadhan Mubarak :D

Update for Ms Rainbow

It has been a little while and I do apologise to all my readers, life has been pretty hectic lately. We had to make the trip up north for my great aunties funeral, we decided to leave a little early and got to visit my grandad in hospital too alhamdulillah. They have found out what it is, apparently his bowel is leaking into his bladder which is causing the infection and the great amount of pain he's in. Only problem is they seem to be taking their sweet time getting him into theatre to get it sorted :(
Ive been communicating with the guy who is to be my boss in the new place :) Things are moving along alhamdulillah, he's fine with both of my references and now Im just waiting to be given the all clear health wise. Although I really dont understand how they can see Im fit for the job by asking my previous experience with chemicals and lifting, or my height, or whether I suffer from diabetes/ high blood pressure/ hayfever/ etc. Once Ive been given the all clear I can give my months notice in at work. I dont know whether I want to start as early as possible or as late as possible, early would be bad for Ramadhan especially with the super early starts, also it gives us less time to find a car but early would be good as the extra money would come in for when we get married. However, late would be good because of the holiday issue and I need to take holidays for the wedding as well as for when we go to the home office to sort out hubby's papers... I guess Allahu alim right ;) insha'Allah it will work out well either way.
I found out yesterday that my student loan, as of the end of March was just over £8K which Im so pleased about... then I was even more pleased because I have still been putting money away since March which means that Im actually around the £7,500 mark which I was super excited at.. with the extra money from this new job and when hubby can start working full time hours, insha'Allah Im looking to have it paid off by next year which Im super super excited at alhamdulillah.

Ok time to eat.. Aloo Gobi :) yummy... back soon insha'Allah

Today

Salam,
so its wednesday morning, Im working at 12 insha'Allah so it gives me plenty of time to catch up on things in the morning. The downside is that it means a lot longer without dh :( but alhamdulillah at this time in the recession I have a job and thats the important thing.
I woke up early this morning, although in my book I have had over 10 hours sleep so its not really early hubby just constantly asks why so early when I dont have to be up really until around 1030 lol... Ive made some finishing touches to some little things, I finished my packing last night and Ive just made some coconut cookies for hubby :) which he has grown to love and to be honest I love cooking them too... so win win really. They have just finished so before I get changed and make lunch I decided to apply for a few jobs and write a new blog. I miss out on so much through being away from my laptop, Im actually taking it to Canada with me so insha'Allah Ill be able to catch up on some things there although Im not intending on being still for too long lol. I have lots planned and I cant wait to see some of you girls (well actually I think its just Ms eyeS but thats enough for me alhamdulilah) I have plenty of meals organised, some sight seeing, plenty of shopping, walks, and general chill out sessions with peeps that I havent seen since leaving Canada. Oh and plenty of snowboarding, which also means plenty of photos and videos per hubbies request :D I wish he could come with me, but Allahu alim. I just pray he uses the time wisely and has plenty to show/tell me when I get back here. I know Im going to miss him terribly but thats something that cant be avoided and this isnt something I plan to repeat in the future.
I ordered some stuff for my mum to take over to Canada, they tried to deliver it yesterday but noone was home so Im hoping that its back there today and Im going to try to find the place. They say leave 72 hours for it to get back.. but I dont have that amount of time and this has to be sorted, so be prepared Royal Mail ;) I was also asked to take over some stuff to send to a cousin of a work collegue, now I know what people feel like being asked to take stuff 'back home' lol... its amusing, but the stuff she wanted sending is really heavy and I hope it doesnt cost too much to send over there insha'Allah
Anyways, I should get ready to leave soon... if I want to find this place in time insha'Allah... take care peeps, this will probably be the last time I blog before I leave the UK. Gonna miss Mina's leaving party :( but Ill see her and everyone soon insha'Allah
Fi amenallah, peace and salams
Ammena xxx

More photos

So I thought I would take this quiet opportunity to upload some more photos from New years eve...  Enjoy :D we had such fun, yes it was cold, yes we waited over 4 hours but to see the look on his face when the fireworks started.. it was definately worth it.. and he promised we dont have to do it again except maybe when our kids are older, but then we will come out later and be much warmer ;) insha'Allah

Baking days

So I decided I might take up a few treats to my family in Liverpool when we drive up next week, and instead of making them the night before I thought to test them out before hand. Theres a few recipes of things I wanted to make so off we went to Tooting today and bought a whole load of things including bakes things like a whisk, baking tins and what not. When we got back after Asr I started on these coconut cakes (photo care of hubbyA) they were a little hard to get from mixture in the bowl to somewhat round specimens on the baking trays but alhamdulillah they turned out pretty good. I would have liked them sweeter but hubbyA reckons they are just to his taste so maybe we have a balance. Im just glad I got one recipe tried out, so look out for future tries this week too which include flapjacks (although he doesnt want them) rocky road cookies, mini muffins and peppermint meringues.
Tonight we are thinking to settle in with a pizza and try to find a good dvd, although I am currently being 'watched' to get off his laptop so he can play some game *rolls eyes*
Adios chicas
Peace and salams
Ammena

What I did today

hubby woke up feeling a little better after a day of feeling unwell since waking up for work yesterday morning. We had sort of planned earlier in the week to go to Kingston today but I told him yesterday only if he felt better, I dont think he felt that much better especially as he has been asleep for the past hour now and I feel guilty about going out with him today. There wasnt anything I wanted specifically but I like being outdoors with him, being outdoors reminds me of the fun stuff we used to do while getting to know each other before we were married. Being indoors with him now reminds me of the situations we kept away from before we were married and I still sometimes get this 'we arent supposed to be here like this' even though its been a month already.. yup a month!! time flies eh! However, I dont feel like its been a month because we dont spend that much full alone time together. He works on Saturdays and sometimes I work saturdays or sundays so we very rarely get a whole weekend off to enjoy each other, which sucks really.
Anyways, we went into Kingston... I bought some marzipan fruits for me Dad (and got me one too) cause we both love them and I dont get him many presents. So I thought with going up in a few weekends it would be nice to have, we also bought some fudge for us (A's new found food) We got some food shopping in, plenty of fish cause I feel guilty about him eating only veggie foods or some sort of curry (saying that Im cooking spaghetti bolognaise soon for when he wakes up) We got some bits for the house (Ive taken to writing lists now, how very grown up of me) we got to pray Asr at the mosque in Kingston which we havent done since we got married and I subsequently moved away from the area. Also bought him some Beechams cold & flu which he gulped down not long before going to bed.
Im thinking about going back into Kingston on my day off on Tuesday because I just found out that the WHSmith in the Bentells centre stocks Emel... so insha'Allah they might have one in there for me to stock up on before I start my subscription in the new year. Ive made a little wish list on Amazon too after feeling bored with my book collection, or maybe its because I have no where to house said book collection so its currently in a big plastic box with my dvd collection. Although I started a quick read of Animal Crackers the other day that I picked up a few months ago for 99p, and while searching for the link I've just found out its 12 short stories.. which makes tons more sense now lol
I was told today by hubby A that hes looking forward to the trip up north, which makes me happy.. his comment was 'yeh, you can drive and Ill take movies' Im sure we will be taking plenty of food up too! We are leaving straight after I finish work at 4pm christmas eve for a, what should be, 4 hour journey which I have no doubt will turn into something more. Insha'Allah it doesnt take us too long, and Im sure this will be much more fun than the lone journeys Ive taken in the past and it made me realise that I havent driven this far before with someone else in the car... my 5 hours to eyeS was alone aswell as the 8 hours to Anisah so Ill definately be glad of the company as especially as its him :D alhamdulillah
So Im off now.. to start cooking, to wake him up, to chomp on a choccie digestive or a marzipan fruit.. just not sure of the order.
Take care, peace and salams
Ammena

And again...

... haha, you all thought you would get rid of me once I got married, hate to disappoint you girls. As I was totally sick the beginning of the week and still feeling a bit bleh hubby is cooking tonight masha'allah. Cauliflower and potato curry for his resident vegetarian :D he must love me right? to put up with my family issues and my eating habits ;)
So I wanted to answer a few questions imuslimah left on my previous blogs comments so here goes... I think if you read back more I must have said how me and A met.. although thinking about it now, maybe I didnt. Well, it all started back in July when I joined www.singlemuslims.com I started talking to him about a week after joining and we officially met in Whitechapel, London on July 18th alhamdulillah. Then Ill just say that things moved from then, we agreed to get married just before Ramadhan literally, I think it started on the friday and we agreed the sunday before. The plan was originally to get married just after Eid as his brother would be over from Germany and he wanted him there... that sort of freaked me out, things seemed too quick. Allahu alim.. his brother decided to come over the week before Eid and not after so we changed the date to the weekend when he would be over after that which was November 7th.
How I came to be here? Well Im British, as many people will gladly tell you, esp my homies over in Canada (and adopted Americans ;) heehee) I moved over to Canada after graduating a few years ago to try it out. My mum was over there with her husband but in the end I came back end of last year but of course my mum stayed over there as she has her life over there now.. I just wish she would realise I have my life here too now. So no big story to tell really... pretty boring from my eyes.. I move around alot, thats what I do, thats what Ive generally always done... now apparently I have to start settling down in one place, hmmm *rolls eyes* although A keeps me grounded and especially living here now, Im definately less likely to just get up and move around now without some sort of conversation ;)
Stranger.... a company called Coster aerosols, it was a good company, good pay, but no chemistry involved and 3 modes of transport for every trip. So Im thinking the extra pay would have been gone in no time and I wouldnt really have a life, leaving for work around 6am and getting home around 630pm depending on traffic. Best left alone I felt really, I had wanted to cancel but couldnt get hold of the stupid agency for 2 full days grr. So mum knows about the new addition now? lol... how did it go? any news with you coming back here? or do I remember you saying thats all sorted and youre staying over there for another few years? typing that now, I remember you saying it lol
Ok so a marriage moment lol :D we went shopping today, its my first full weekend off since we got married and he wasnt working either. So we made a list of things we needed and off we set to the market down the road. Bought tons of fruit and veg, he got some chicken and we both headed home very pleased with ourselves (well I did) considering that it would have cost twice as much if not more in the supermarket. I love market food shopping :D We have just been out to buy a hair trimmer for him too, I would like it to look like he hasnt just stepped out the wind when he meets the other side of my family in a few weeks :) Oh yes, did I tell you? we are going up to Liverpool... staying at my dads (after a painful and red 'do you share a bedroom now?' conversation) for a few days, going to show him Liverpool, a few childhood memories, Im really looking forward to it and judging by his face when I mentioned it all he is too alhamdulillah.
Anyways, its probably time to get off his laptop before he tells me to watch any specific buttons once more heehee.. take care girls. Peace and salams,
Ammena