Malak!!

To those whom still have hope in my blog.. which I myself almost forgot about.... Here is the new addition to our family my little angle "Malak"!

Updates!

Dear Bloggers,

Let me start by saying Kul Sana O into 6ybeen for all the occasions that have passed, I wish you and your families all the best!

I was a quiet surfer for the last 6 months, whenever I had the time that is!

It's been really busy, we are in Canada now, so you can imagine how busy I was trying to get every thing done and in place to leave Tripoli, then all the things needed to be done when we arrived here to settle down it is all about time I guess! You can say I have been living by what-to-dos lists.



So Meral goes to JK, now she comes home with few new words everyday, lately it's been "WHY" every thing and I have to find the right answers for her questions!! Yah her other favorite question is "what is (Arabic word) in English?" so yup she's learning alhamdolilah! She's also anxiously waiting for her lil bro/sis, I am 28 weeks pregnant but we couldn't know if it's a boy or girl yet, so I guess it's going to be a surprise!




Take care you all and wish you a Happy 2009!

Dear Bloggers Meet Maryam!!

Hello All,

Just wanted to share the news with you.. Maryam has arrived.. DaMoon had a C Section yesterda, and they're both are good alhamdolilah, she's sooooo gorgeous Masha'Allah 3leha..

And yah she was born on July 19th, that's my Mom's Birthday too :o).. Happy Birthday Mama..

Maryam

Salam,

28th Birthday

So yah last Tuesday was my birthday... I guess feeling like reaching # 30.. I wasn't really in the mood for a celebration :oS .. however a "Happy Birthday" wish coming out from Meral gave me a totally different feeling .. it filled me with heart with joy :oD

My DH got me this Nokia 5310 XpressMusic well it is ok.. I was in need for a new cell phone since my phone was throwing a blank screen at me, the only thing I didn't like about the new cell is the red color on it! Yalla 3adi I can live with that :o) .. so anyway.. adding the birthday and anniversary dates.. some notes and reminders to the calendar was my saviour last night at this very boring wedding I went to!!!

It's beach time, people should be at the beach enjoying themselves at this time of the year, but nop instead I'm stuck in my chair, it's depressing... well there is tomorrow, Friday, maybe I'll go some where with Mimi... we'll see!

...........!!!!

Dear Bloggers,

I miss you all, thanks for all of you who sent me emails and text messages and sorry for disappearing.

After the time and effort spent getting the application to sponsor my husband to Canada together, we sent every thing to Case Processing Center in Mississauga last January, and last week we received the approval letter from Canadian Embassy in Paris, we will receive the visa in few weeks. I did not expect it to be this quick, it took 6 months from the day we sent the application to the day we received the approval letter.. alhamdolilah!

Anyway.. having said that, we're leaving after Ramadan and Eid inshallah, I don't know for how long, at the beginning we're planning to stay there for 2 or 3 months, then we will see...

I am happy that I am going to be around Mom, my brothers and sister for a while, I miss them!

Pictures...Costume Party

Sorry for not putting them in order.. I have no patience to do so.. I'll just explain :o)

The Event: Children's Day Costume Party at Early Learning School

Date: 23 March '08

Time: 11.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.

Here we go...

They had a Magician and here he was doing the-water-in-the-newspaper trick..

Okay here I am trying to make Meral stop crying.. she was scared of the spiderman's mask the boy (Talal) holding in his hands!!

Meral & Saja

Sajjo

Mimi..istn' she cute..lol "القرد في عين أمه غزال"...lol

Sajjo is giving it a go.. dancing on Sha6er Sha6er!

Hey gorgeous!

Mero & Ratania.. she's such a kitten :o)

This is the clown... his costume was kind of ragged!!

OK that's it.. I need to get back to work.. :o)

Happy Birthday Dodoo

Today is our dear sister Dodo's Birthday..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.. Wish you a joyful one..

love you!

Congrats Dodo!!

It's been crazy busy out here.. alhamdolilah.. I mean I blog from work.... and lately I have been swamped, so I guess it's a good thing eh?

I am just writing today to share this.. MY SIS DODO GOT HER PHD CONGRATULATIONS.. I am happy for her and very very proud.. GO SISTER GO!! :o)! She’s done it in record time :o) mashallah 3leha.. (well you can use the Libyan saying here “فرطاسة تتباهى بشعر اختها” lol it’s like to show off with something some one else did!

And yah.. Mom is here again.. she couldn't stand the depression of the winter in Canada.. she came back running... Well it's good to have her here.. cuz DaMoon & I missed her so very much...

Have I said that Meral became such a headache??.. a headache that u actually enjoy its pain!? She keeps talking asking and singing with her sharp voice saying.. mama mama what's this.. mama give me this ... mama I need this..so by the end of the day I just need some quiet sound-free environment ..ughh

Well got to go the documents piles on my desk are waiting for me :o(..

The Weather, Sweet Potato and Some Other Stuff!

Bloggers I missed you all..

Okay I am depressed, the weather has been really wintry for the last week, wind, rain and more rain.. and in such weather you can not do so much .. just stay home and ehhhh do NOTHING ... I hate TV, I had lots of time to write something new.. but really I didn't know what about and i wasn't in the mood to do so either..




then dang we bought some sweet potatoes and I said why not share my passion to this yummy yumm vegetable,.. I LOVE IT yup... well I love all kinds of potatoes.. all of its different colors and different types.. but I have a special passion for sweet potato so what I made with it.. well just the normal way of cutting it into halves wrapping it into aluminum sheet and have it cooked in the oven for about an hour then take it out unwrap it and put some butter on it.. YUMMO.. and if you watch me eat it... you'll be like.. what IS wrong with her.. I keep telling people that sweet potato is the most delicious food on earth.. even though I think I should try to make a real meal with it.. like roasted sweet potato salad or even sweet potato pasta, I found couple of recipes online I might try one soon ... well thanks for listening to my blah blah blah about sweet potatoes :oD

Anyhow, my sinuses are causing me a real bad headache.. today I had to leave early from work, I got to the point that I wasn't able to opne my eyes.. :o(.. inshallah the doctor's appt is gonna be on Saturday.. and hey guess what.. tomorrow is Friday.. yah my only day off work.. and I am supposed to do something different just so I can start fresh on Saturday.. but with this weather.. yah we're staying home.. I really don't want next week at work to start.. I need a break... a change of scenery.. will I ever get that? I don't think so.. at this point.. I have to say ALHAMDOLILLAH.. cuz the more I think about it.. the more things in my life seem unpleasant .. so ALHAMDOLILAAAH.. Alhamdolilah 3ala kul 7al..

This is Considered Domestic Violence!!!!

I am angry, mad, out-raged and furious, I really don't know how I am feeling at the moment....what a start ....

I was trying to contact one of my friends for the past two weeks, I couldn't get hold of her no matter at what time I tried on both her cell phone and land line. Today after I gave up reaching her directly I contacted her sister, the news WAS her idiot husband (sorry to say that but he is a real jerk proven by actions) took her cell phone away from her and switched it off and also cut the land line dead.. BECAUSE she was communicating with her sister after she had a fight with him.. letting out some steam for her own sanity!! now how stupid is that????
Her parents are abroad, both of her brothers live abroad and the youngest brother and her sister are the only one staying in Libya.. I mean I heard after they fought he verbally abused her, and bad-mouthed her, her parents, he told her that she's replaceable and he really doesn't need her!!!!! NOW HOW DESPICABLE!!!!!

She's been isolated from us her friends since she got married, 2 years ago, he told her that her friends are not welcome at their home, she never visited us since he isolated her from the rest of the world to have control over her... whenever I called her before (and that is during the time he is at work or something) she's usually depressed and not as excited about life she used to be she was such a person to be around full of life and fun.. the problem is I BLAME HER FOR THE MOST PART... well I know she needs support from her family to help her thru this situation to take the next step and leave the jacka**, she's been in situation like this but less serious (even though it was serious enough for me) but her father wasn't much of a support, he took her back to her husband and told her not to leave again…. and I guess it is what's keeping her from leaving that ... ughhh....now!!!

ANYWAY enough is enough and HOPEFULLY her brothers are getting involved this time .. I believe that even if she didn't want to leave they should drag her out of that hole before she loses her mind.

I was thinking of stopping by her house and visit her just to make sure she's alright and he hadn't hit her or any thing but her sister told me off,, she's afraid I might make things worse.. GOSH she hasn't been in touch with her family since eid.. I am so worried and fuming.. ... I am kind of depressed too I pray that things get better for her... yester Allah

Salam!

Eid Wishes & Blog Anniversary :o)

Eid Mubarak to you all, kul sana o into tyebeen

and yeeeyyy finally some days off :o)..

AND

Tomorrow is my blog's 1st birthday!

Happy birthday Blog!

THANK YOU ALL for keeping it alive .. have a great Eid and inshallah bel sa7a we essalam to all of you and yours :o)

Well I am off tomorrow, and our internet at home is NOT working, so I'll be gone for a while :o)

DaGirls and Meral's Birthday Pictures

I promised to post some pictures of Meral's birthday.. well I could only post those!! :o)

7'amsa o 7'mesa 5 girls..lool Meral & DaGang (her cousins) sitting in Geddo's lap

On Meral's birthday..


Singing along...some song!

Saja .. so wants to have a piece of that cake.. that girl eats mashallah..lol

Happy birthday to Merooo!

This pic was taken on Faffo's (the girl with the pink top) birthday 2 weeks before Meral's

My sister-in-law made them stand against the wall to get them all in one picture as you can see they were distracted by something else...:oD

Meral @ the AST Fall Festival

Here are some pictures were taken on Friday, Nov. 2nd at the American School of Tripoli Fall Festival, it started at noon and finished at 4.30 pm..

@ the playground

@ the playground .. again

Enjoying some cotton candy :o)

Sticky hand after eating cotton candy

Since Meral refused to have her face painted by a stranger she spent the afternoon sliding!! It was a nice sunny day, altho she was cranky and grumpy and wanted me to hold her up all the time because she was supposed to be napping at then..

For food they had BBQed burgers and hotdogs, two shawermas rolling, also spring rolls (I didn't like them they were to oily)...and different kinds of soft drinks, there also was a "Havana" booth for fresh fruits drinks..

There was a corner where you pick a pumpkin and decorate it.. some other crafts and games for elder children.. face painting as I mentioned..

Raffle tickets were for 2.50LYD each.. the big prizes were 2 KLM tickets to Amsterdam, a TV I don't remember if it was a Sony or something else (duh), lots of I-Pods.. Samsonite suitcase and a digital camera..

Some more pix :o)

The birthday photos will follow some time soon!! :oS

Back to Normal!

Missin' you all! :o)

It's been really quiet around the Libyan blogs lately... hope every one is doing alright!

After Ramadan, Eid, my best friend's wedding.. every thing now is back to normal, same routine of wake up drive Meral to day care, go to work, pick Meral up, then go home have lunch and sleep.. even tho it's not a good idea I did it for the last week only and I couldn't do what I am supposed to do in the evening cuz the day ends more quickly if I sleep... and things needing to be done left without doing! so as of today no more napping in the afternoon :o)..

By now I was expecting to get the pictures of Meral's birthday party ready..lol but I DIDN'T .. all that because my cam is down and we used my sister-in-law's camera so I have to take the memory card from her and load them to our computer...i am just being lazy eh..:o(

I know it's been a while now.. but I will share them.. I have to for my Sista and Mamma ;o).. the thing is I really enjoyed planning the b/day party, I took Meral out with me when preparing and buying every thing the kids loved the favors ... we had pizzas for dinner.. the kids had lots of fun and played games... duck duck goose (Libyan style), musical chairs.. and other games like dancing silly moves lol.. and I got to show my childish side..lol as I jumped along with them hehhe... so that was it about Meral's birthday!

I am proud of Meral who is coming home with a new Surah, a song or a new alphabet and word every day.. But seriously disciplining a child at 3 and teaching her respect is some work, I am afraid if I screw one time things will be ruined, and then can't fix them :o( but alhamdolilah.. so far every thing is under control... it's just a question of how my reaction should be towards certain behaviours ... I am trying to read as much as I can about parenting issues but still sometimes especially when stressed I don't respond the way I am supposed to.. :o( yallah may Allah help me with this!!!

Other than that we've been doing nothing just hanging there living our every day life... and inshallah try to improve it..

My Best Friend's Wedding!

Hey all it's been a while, hope all are doing well!

My best friend has entered the golden cage! She's the closest friend I have, alhamdolillah all went as planned , except for how tired we were from the late nights...Tuesday was Sahreya, so I took Wednesday off from work, Wednesday there was nothing but we had to finalize some stuff for the wedding party, so by Thursday we were tired, I had soar throat, headache and all that comes with the flu, but I enjoyed the party as much as I could it was a very light hearted wedding party.. She looked amazing mashallah...

I have mixed feelings about it, I am happy for her wallahi she deserves the best, however her moving to the states is making me feeling down :o(... .. God I am going to miss her A LOT...


Since I can't share wedding photos I am going to share a traditional symbol!

Srrir or gendil I am not sure what's it called, it is the thingy they do fel Najma

The Playground!

On 3rd day of Eid I decided to take Meral to a place called "Nadi al Tefl" it's next to Reyadyah, I've never been there before but couple of my friends (who have kids of course) told me about it. Meral, was so excited to go there and I have been promising her to take her to a nice play place for some time now

Note that it was Eid, the weather wasn't nice, this place is indoors playgrounds, add to that there is no such indoors playgrounds in Tripoli, therefore, it was the perfect spot for every one with children... yep it was za7maaa busy, balloon of people trying to get in at the door... they had to let one family in at a time when another family has left, an old man was screaming.. YA NAS WEN E6ABOOR... I don't think any body around him understood what he was saying..lol

We left without going in after I made another promise to buy her a tea set and come back and play tomorrow... I guess she was happy and I was too that I didn't have to stand in that crowed!

So any way.. yesterday evening I took her to that nadi, and she had a great time.. I will add the pictures later.. the place is amazing a very good atmosphere with good policies to ensure children safety, it is all child proofed, there is 7 playgrounds for different ages, there is a staff member to take care of the children at each playground, and a sitting area where coffee and fast food are served, upstairs they have a birthday area... all carpeted and clean .. so this place is going to be a regular destination for us :o)... but next time I need either to grab one of my friends or grab a book :o)

Eid MubarKKKkkkKKK!! :o)

Salam all,

As known for most of you dear bloggers it's been craaaazy here...

Guess what people?!! Considering it is Ramadan and people hate to work in Ramadan, last week of Ramadan to be precise, and especially GPTC who was sitting there watching us struggle living with no means of connection since July, FINALLY yesterday they did the unexpected ... yes our phone lines and internet are back to life! Alhamdolilah.. I'm waiting for your congrats :op..

So.. the main reason I wrote this post is to wish you all Eid Mubark, and bel sa7a walsalama!

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

Today is my parents 30th wedding anniversary,

Dearest Mom & Dad I wish you happy anniversary .. I don't think I can add more :o) you were there for each other for 30 years mashallah... emm I wonder what Dad's gift is this year!, if there is any...lol well I guess that doesn't really matter does it!?

Love you and thanks for every thing you gave us in life :o)

News.. news .... and Ramadan!

Ramadan Kareem once again ppl,,

Hope you all having a blessed Ramadan, enjoying the atmosphere of it :o)...

Here I am running around AS USUAL.. yah yah Meral started KG now :oD so morning starts by dropping her off to school, then me heading to work, leave at 2 to pick Mero up and go home, I take a nap for half an hr, then the cooking marathon starts..lol well poeple I don't cook for the rest of the year so it's ok..lol that my in-laws are in Omrah so there is only my lil bro-in-law staying with us.. so cooking for 4 that is the guard too..oh well 5 if we count Meral in..lol So I enjoy it actually I am try to come up with something new every day..lol yah sometimes I get those faces of what the hells it this.. I like to invent.. you never know what's coming when I cook..com'on if you ask them I am sure they'll say they loved it.. :o) that's what's important.. coz they know if they say other than that.. they will starve to death :op

One of the things I am happy about is I don't have to look for Eid clothes for Meral, mother-in-law got her some stuff when she were in the UK last time.. so alhamdolilah for that.. :oD the crowd is unbearable here in Tripoli especially after 11 p.m. after they all prayed taraweeh and had their after-iftar nap, and between-iftar-and-s7oor snak.. they're all out and about .. the story here goes, before ramadan.. supermarkets and every thing related to food is so damn crowded like people going to starv if they don't buy their supply before ramadan.. then ramadan starts, first week emm well first 10 days people are still adjusting, the city is still not as alive as the next days... after the 10th of ramadan people are rushing in and out of clothing stores, and you drop the idea of visiting some areas such as.. shara3 ejraba.. that a big NO NO NO in Ramadan.. wayyyyyyyyyy too za7ma.. I noticed that 7ay alandalus & seya7ya are not as busy as they used to be!!

Man it feels like I didn't write for ages so I am typing like crazy...hehe.. Soooo now back to Meral and her days in KG, first when I took her the principle told me she's going to be in nursery that she's not yet 3 yrs old.. but hey they changed their minds when they find her rushing to the class rooms sits and asks them to learn, her teacher told me that she sits in the class room and goes "nebe nagra" lol well I hope she still enjoys studying when she gets older!! she knows the colors, the alphabetic, some Quran and numbers even before she starts school... now you can see a big grin on my face when she says something new or hums a new songs while playing :oD I am a one proud mommy... :oD

Yalla I don't want to make it looooonger than this.. sorry guys :o) I am really longing to read all your blogs and try to catch up with what I have been missing.. yalla I'll leave you all comments :o)

RAMADAN KAREEM ALL!!!

Ya naaaaaaaas I missed you all like hell!!!!!!!!

Thank you guys for not giving up on me and for visiting my page :oD I won't let you down.. I am gonna be HERE ... believe me.. :oD... as you all know it is cooking time.. I will post later tonite and tell you how much I missed you.. ALL .. I didn't get the chance to visit all of your blogs.. I just got a proper connection at home yeaaahhhh I will be posting ;o)...

Luv ya all.. missing blogging and you so much...