My neighbor called yesterday for a surprise party for her three daughters and she asked me to giftwrap their presents I had to giftwrap them identical(because of the envy between the girls) yet different so I decided to use different colors according to each girl's preferance....
well most of it at least.I also organised all my craft stuff in containers,and I hope soon I will be able to satrt making new stuff for my shop....I did some cute giftwrapping today waiting for moonface to send the photos :)
I couldn't have chosen a more unappropriate time to do this but I need more space and since I am a hoarder I have so much junk thta needs to be sorted and most will be sent where some people can make use of it and the rest to the garbage.
I did ask a very neat friend of mine a long time ago how she kept her house so tidy and she said:"throw away everything you are not using."
Should've litened to her :)
My mom is leaving for a month or two,she is going to Jeddah but I have an empty feeling although its for a short time she has grown so attached to us but I feel she needs the change .She hasn't seen her sister and brother and her other grandchildren and I feel its better for her to leave for a short while and have a change of scenery.She had always loved being in Jeddah and hated Alkhobar,but with old age place doesn't matter anymore...
People are picky when young but seems as we get older the choices are limited for a number of reasons!
I really hope she has a nice time there and I really hope I can finish some noisy tasks I need to do to make some adjustments to the house.
Happy journey mom,love you!!
This afternoon a friend of mine sent me this e-mail and I thought many can benefit from it ....so true!!
I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.
So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!" This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, "The Law of the Garbage Truck."
He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you.
Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so "Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't."
I have always read the words feeble and frail in stories I used to read...but never did I fully understand the terms until I looked at my mom recently she is getting very frail(although she has two sisters who are very near her age) one two years older and one two years younger!
When I hold her hand it is so light,her shoulders are so small but really when I hold her hands or try to embrace her I feel she is so frail.
Subhanllah you never know the full meaning of some words until you actually see for real.
In Quran there is an ayah about strength after weakness and weakness after strength....it is so real when you look at helpless baies who have grown into men and women...and men and women who have grown into old ,tired ,frail individuals.
I wonder how old we will get and how will we end up,I do hope we can help our parents in their old age,before its too late!!
We went on a trip and during the day with the hot sun in Saudi Arabia we couldn't go out so we had to keep the kids busy with some activities and the baby felt it was time he joined the gang!!
