Wudu socks

Can someone please tell me the point of these?? I mean, if you need to remove your socks for wudu, wouldnt you just take them off?? Yes only 5pounds, but still a waste of money I think. Feedback appreciated :) Click on picture for link

weather

so the warm weather has started, I havent yet been outside but I can smell it from inside my flat. You know that smell of heat, I dont know whether this is just a thing someone from a known colder country can sense but I have always been able to 'smell' heat as weird as it sounds ;P I used to love the sun, and still do... but now it brings more torment than anything. I can find anywhere to enjoy it on my own halal like and Im constantly being bugged for the clothes that I wear during the summertime. 'arent you hot?' 'you must be roasting in that' I have repeatedly told my mum to stop telling me what I must be feeling just because she is, she never listens to me.
Last night she told me that her husband had been talking to a lady who works in the morgue in an area between me & her. She told my stepdad that i should write in to them, that they are always looking for people to help. I used to want to be a forensic pathologist, but now Im steering more to forensic science, I dont want to be the person who just cuts people open and weights their organs. So my mum asked if i wanted her to get the address, 'its just an option' she told me.. im getting sick of it now.. now im wondering if her disowning me if I told her i was a muslim would be a good thing.. at least she would just let me go then.. Allahu alim.
Working this weekend :( but counting down the days till Vancouver which im extremely excited about, bought a new suitcase yesterday which will also help even weight out for when i move back to UK too :) so just 5 more working nights... then its fly time :D
Well, thats enough from me for now
Peace and salams, Ammena

Today

Im tired so Im in a crabby mood today at work :( and I still have nearly 8 hours left :( I only got 5.5 hours sleep this morning after finishing work at 7am because I had to be up early (dhuhr time) to drive over to mississauga to visit a doctor for an evaluation on my hand. So my mum phoned me to wake me up, then phoned me again to remind me to 'not tell him everything was ok when it wasnt' Now let me explain something about me and my sleep.. well I love it! I have to sleep at least 8 hours to be alert and fully functional, woah betide anyone who tries to wake me up and even tries to have a conversation with me when I have just woke up. So for her to do this just after Ive woken up was frustrating to say the least! Anyways, so I pray and then drive over.. with visions of me being late and having to wait another 3 months to get an appointment. Anyways I got to the area and was looking for numbers, which isnt hard at a very busy & big intersection in mississauga (eglington & erin mills if u know the area) I find 2310 and then I see 2200, damn.. ive driven past it! So i pull a u-turn and pull into the hospital area (where it HAS to be!) Im driving around looking for a number of the hospital and eventually stop to ask a nurse, she points me in the direction which I would never have gone because its through a car park. So it would mean me going in and having to pay money when it might not even be there.. does that sound tight? i dont mean it to.. but would u pay to cross a border when you dont know if what you want is over there? I think not my friend :D So I park up and hooray its 10mins before my appointment, I walk over and try to find the floor.. stupid thing says suite 405, on the list in the hall it has all these letters next to the names.. which I just realised was the letter for the surname *smacks forehead* and gives the suite number.. but when i get in the lift it has 5 floors, then I realise 405 must be on floor 4 (but i ask somene just to check) I wait around for ages then finally go in. He asks what I did, takes a few photos and continues to make comments abotu my accent and how I say words... yeh, its getting really annoying now!!! He asks whereabouts im from and mentions he has family in sheffield so i tell him i went to university in bradford... 'uni!' he says... its weird, at that point i realised how much i have changed the words I use since i came over here.. I refuse to say some words like.. gas for petrol, or cell for mobile.. but i dont generally say uni anymore cause noone knows what it is (well most ppl) anyways.. he told me this is the final stage in my Workers compensation claim, to leave it 2months and if i havent heard anything to give them a ring. He said he hears them telling ppl it will prob be another few months then a few days later a cheque appears in the post :p insha'allah.. would definately help but Im not holding out for any big amount. Alhamdulillah I still have use of my hand and thats all i could ask for.
When i phoned my mum and told her she said 'well dont take the first offer, refuse it and see what they come up with' im like.. are you real?? i have use of my hand, im not expecting anything!! i couldnt believe she was being soo.. ooh whats the word? u know.. money orientated, it bugged me..
Thats about all i did today, I got home around 5pm so i couldnt even nap... thats why Im knackered and going to sign off here insha'allah
Peace and salams, Ammena

Inside the world of UK muslim women

Alhamdulillah, at last... a good survey from the women of the United Kingdom
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/01/britishidentity.islam?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Books for sale

hello everyone,
so I have some books that Im looking to load off while sorting out my flat.. Ive given the links and the price, this doesnt include post and packaging, insha'allah we can sort that out if you want me to send you some. All prices are CDN$

Princess Sultana's circle Jean Sasson $10 (paperback)
Anybody out there Marian Keyes $20 (paperback)
Annie Freeman's fabulous Travelling funeral Kris Radish $15 (paperback)
Petals in the Ashes Mary Hooper $5 (paperback)
Mirage Soheir Khashoggi $7 (paperback)
Tamarind Mem Anita rau Badami $10 (paperback)
Brick Lane Monica Ali $10 (paperback)
My fathers notebook Kader Abdolah $15 (paperback)
Veil of Roses Laura Fitzgerald $7 (paperback)
Rethinking muslim women and the veil Katherine Bullock $15 (paperback)

alhamdulillah

I have my laptop back :D check out new pics on facebook, the smile on my face from seeing h2b after so long, and Aalya, the ipod link worked!! woohoo!! but Im sure I dont want to go back to how I was before I took the laptop in so now Im off to pray sunnah maghrib prayers and finish a stitching insha'allah :D