I have promised my grandchildren winter hats .....and I have finished two and a half so far.The older one of them(poor thing) is the one who was so enthused about the hat and until now his, is only halfway done!!
Today inshallah I am taking the half-finished product with me downstairs and will inshallah finish it today in front of him.....If I don't deliver??well he won't believe me any more :(
I don't understand human nature any more...
You make friends during your life ...you take them into your heart,your home...you help them ...you nurture their love and give them care...but always those you give most hurt you most!!
I remember my uncle's saying now!!
No,I won't say it for fear of returning the hurt......
Not to be so sad...mom always said to do good and throw it in the sea...it will come back...true from not the same people you did good to but Allah will give it back through others...not that I waited for the return for whatever I did....
I helped many friends throughout my life and did get rewarded with bad from them but on the other hand Allah sent me others to whom I have never helped...in fact I barely knew them and they stood by me during my bad days...
Ella chavez .......this post is for you...I know you have been hurt by the nearest and the ones you helped most,but don't worry my dear u will get other people who will stand by you and return your good !!
My cousin invited us to a wonderful barbeque yesterday...we stayed outside with three of those kids and I told them not to run around for fear of one of them falling in the huge empty swimming pool and the poor guys just felt soooo bored so I told my cousin's daughter to play a game with them its called "my sheep" translation of "ya ghnamaty"...she would walk in front of them and they ,in single file follow whilst she calls (oh my sheep) and the should answer baa baaa but that was in vain they did follow but no baa baas were coming except from me!!My aunt said they were walking in a silent protest lol!!
In the afternoon we had tea ,pastries and some nuts ,then some coffee and a beautiful date coffee-cake (home-made),in the garden,I was feeling so depressed that day but mashllah with all the hardwork my cousin was doing to keep everybody happy,one couldn't help but feel better all the time.
All in all we had fun ,my cousin as always made lovely food for dinner,her barbecue mix was amazing and the grand finale was the most beautiful cake adorned with nuts and fruits,maaashalla she outdid hereself this time!!
In the end it was time to go home and the kids doned their winter caps for the night was cold!!
I haven't been blogging for the past week ,trying to find a way to write an arabic blog I tried to on blogspot but the words and the sentences sometimes did funny things so I found this new arabic blog site and I have been working on it recently,its about marriage and how to make it succeed...I have started from the roots of the problem which is why do we marry..I hope I can go on and complete this project cause its important to all the new generation!!
New arabic blog
My dad and my father-in-law have been friends since they attended school in Madeenah munawarah ages ago,then they married two sisters which made their relationship even stronger ,then a couple their children married, resulting in having joint grandkids....to make a long story short ,these faithful brothers stayed in touch and with old age it was hard for them to see each other that often-one living in theEast and the other in the West!!
So my dad being the younger of the two decided to pay his brother (who was suffering from a stroke lately)a surprise visit....
Mashallah between them they have four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and of course each has more grandchildren from their other off-spring!!
These camels we passed by as we returned from jeddah its the camel souq on Makkah road!!
White camels somewhere between Tayef and Riyadh.....
Black camels between Riyadh and Alkhobar.....
OLD and NEW!!
New cars...old houses in Jeddah,and in the back a building of a more modern version!!
Beautiful door.....this woodwork isn't appreciated any more in the modern society!!
This photo is of the old jeddah...the windows used to have these beautiful lattice wooden frames so women can observe the street without having to wear hijab....
