Turky on the1st Day of Eid!

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Alhamdulilah yesterday we spend the first day of Eid at the masjid as usual...we had the breakfast and I saw most of the girls. Around 3pm we left to see my in laws=) It was very nice...especially the foood yuuuumy! Khaleh Mysoon made the best turkey ever!...she is so good at it mashallah! everybody was focusing on food...i mean really focusing...we had like a moment of silent while eating;) even if people talked, they were talking about the turkey!!yuuum!! I just kept eating and I'm glad i was wearing a skirt not pants, or I'd of had to open the zipper.. lol

Mashallah, the Kahf's family is growing so fast. It was nice to see all the kids walking! no more little babies:-) mashallah they are all running now! The most fun part was exchanging the gifts with those little ones;) Everybody went home with big plastic bag filled with toys:-)

In the end it was time to go home... it was long day filled with joy alhamdulilah. And my stomach was FULL and happy too! alhamdulilah! But after we got home, Ammar afandi made.. guess what?!!! Popcorn!!!...I mean how can you eat that and rowen the turkey taste! lol Ammar Ammar have mercy!

But i did something good for myself...I surprised my self. Well I HATE popcorn and especially the smell of it...i don't know why but when i smell it, it makes my tommy really hurts and my chest feels tight!

After the heave meal i had... BOY! I felt like i can't go to sleep like that, so guess what i did? I actually went on the treadmill at night :-) it felt SO good to walk and move my butt...

It was funny because i was exercising and Ammar was sitting on the couch in front of me with the big bowl of popcorn, So every time i got a little tired, all i had to do is take a look there.... It gave me motivation LOL...

Any way so i walked and ran for 30 minutes and was happy to lose 260 calories...which is what? like 4 spoons of rice maybe lol...whatever the most important thing is i went to sleep guilt free!

Ever since i started using the treadmill, i noticed that I'm actually eating more! i don't know but it's like ..eat eat don't worry you r exercising!! it feels like i'm eating more than i usually do!

but i really like this treadmill so i came up with this;)) u have to read it hip hop style lol!

I love this treadmill!

It keeps my body moving

it keeps my zaido laughing

it keeps my calories down

and helps me move around

it keeps my body in shape

ya nas wallahi shi ghareeb

my treadmill is so cool

it keeps me in control

LOOOL;)

Happy 1st day of Eid yaaaall! Hope u having lots of FUN!

Happy Eidu Elhajj =)

Oh my God i can't belive it's Hajj already! wow. Saturady is Eid yay=) I can't belive how the years are passing...SO fast ya Allah!

Ya rab ter7amna ow teghfer lana ow tehdena. Ya rab asle7 a7walana war7amna...ya rabi kama asla7ta khalky fa a7sen kholoky...Ya Allah make this year a beeter year for alla the muslimeen...wa er7am takseerana 3ala ma mada...Allahumma a3enny 3ala tagheer ma fe nafsy...Ya Rab la taj3al eldunya akbara hammy...

Ya Allah ehfaz zawjy wa jamee3 ahly walmuslimeen...ya Allah ehfaz zaid wa jamee3 atfal elmuslimeen...wa barek fehum waj3alhum men almusleeheen ya Rab al3alameen.

Ya Allah bera7matek astagheeth...Ya Allah er7am mawta elmuslemeen...Ya Allah er7amny eza sert ela masaru elyh Ya Ar7am el ar7ameen...Ya Allah eghferly znooby wa same7ny wa a3enny 3ala esla7 nafsy ya ar7am elar7ameen. wla 7awla wla quata ella bellah.

Ammen , wa lejamee3 elmusleemen. AMEEN

HAPPY EID EVERYONE...

WITH ALL MY LOVE.........

Alhamdulilah!

Alhamdulilah the past few days were nice. I was busy painting the back yard and I had some ups and downs and different thoughts about it...after all the work i did, i think the choice of color was not the best one:( but I'm hoping with some decoration and little work, the outcome will be good inshallha!

This morning also we did the garage sale finally. We wake up early and started working...and I was surprised about how much stuff we have! And my clothes BOY!!! wow i did not realize that i actually have all that...i mean i can open a store with it!! so we had different things to sell, Ammar wants to sell the computer disk..so we took it down stairs and now I'm basically writing with the computer on the floor, it's killing my back=); we did not have any customers for it but inshallha we'll sell it soon after Ammar puts an add for it.
After that long morning, we left around 5pm to eat out and then went to ISNA. For some reason the people seem to be not interested anymore. It was sad, i mean 400 people only at ISNA!!! "that's what I've been told"!!!Allah y3ynoon.

There was this one thing that bothered me while i was at ISNA thenge...may be it's silly but i just think some people are hmm ..i don't know how to say it but ....i mean i was saying salams to those girls "i only knew two of them" who i only see at those kind of conventions and they are nice girls. After i said salamz and stuff, i had to leave fast to run after Zaido who wanted to check out the escalator! and I heared one of the girls saying " she is so skinny!". You think i should be thrilled ha?! well no I'm not because she said it like in a mean way. I mean if you want to talk about somebody behind his or her back..at least make sure that they don't hear you! it was not nice...at least say mashallah! i don't know if I'm wrong... But I've noticed most of the girls here are so different from back home... of course people there do talk behind your back too but at least they know how to do it lool ...i mean hello i was still next to you!

It bothered me because it's not the first time those kind of situations happens to me here....I have many stories to tell...and i don't wana waste more of my time talking about it...if you are interested to hear more just call me... loooool

Oh did i mention that i saw a very sweet dream! yes i saw my self pregnant;) all i saw is somebody's hands holding the baby and giving HER to me=), and oh my God how cute she was!!... I can not forgot her face.. my baby girl was SO beautiful...she didn't look like Zaido but she was so cute 3an jad she had those big blue eyes and this small nose and she was so white with a very blond hair... ahaahhh i loved her ya Allah I wana see her again...and for some reason i was giving birth by a c- section! but ya naas she was so cute..Subhannallah, it's like Allah give us "women" those kinds of dreams and feelings every once in a while to make us wana have more babys=)

But inshallah when the time is right;) heheh , i was talking to a friend and was telling her about my cute dream, even thought she is not married yet, she told me that she had a dream 7 years ago about her kids, and after all this time, she still remember their faces. She said i can't wait for me to meet them..Awww cute ha. Inshallah Allah will bless her and all the girls who are not married with good husbands and good kids inshallah.

And alhamdulilah 3alan all the blessings that we have and might take for granted. I mean i don't wana upset you but few months ago i knew that friends of ours got divorced after 11 years of marriage because one of them can't have kids! They have been through a lot..going to a different doctors and spending God's know how much money on surgeries and stuff! But subhannalla what can u say or do except saying alhamdulilah!

So just remeber, every time you pray and every time you look at your kid and hubby...say alf alhamdulilah!

ALHAMDU WA ASHUKRU LAKA YA RAB

Wawa!

So yesterday we ended up not going to IMPAC!! i woke up feeling a little sick, and ammar woke up like at 4 am; went to the airport to say good bey to the last group of people who are going to Hajj =), then took khaleh to the airport, and came back home around 9:30 Allah ya3ty el3afeh. He came back very sleepy of course. After that he kept having some phone calls until noon!! to make the story short, he decided not to go to IMPAC too... and i thought yaay cool he is going to spend the day inside the house. You think Ammar enjoyed his day off ha? Nop, he had this loong phone call; As we thought that all the Hujjaj are gone belsalameh, those two ladies called Ammar because they are stuck in New York. Basically the Egyptian air lines were refusing to let them inside the air plain because they don't have a mo7ram!! the crazy thing is they do have a mo7ram but for some reason he was put on another air plain!!!! So poor Ammar, literally he spend half the day talking to the husband of this lady in one line while trying to reach somebody from the airline in a different phone line....while also trying to call the guy who was responsible for this mistake in another line!!! not until around 3aser prayer the problem was solved, and the two ladies were able to leave before the gate was closed...and Ammar was like whew alhamdulilah!!

Subhanallah, sometimes you woke up thinking that you already know what your plans for the day, but we don't know what Allah already planned for us!

Alhamdulilah, even though Ammar was busy, it felt good to have him inside the house with us. He kept Zaid busy while i was trying to have some sleep "not really". After mughreb, we left the house and enjoyed a good meal in a restaurant. Ammar rented a couple of movies and we watched Inside Man; we ended up falling a sleep on the couch in the middle of it though... lol we are very interesting and exciting couple ha;) after that heavy meal and the tea ;)) u know what i mean..

But seriously, Allah ydym 3alena elsa7a wel3afeyh because it's not easy being a sick mama. I was having some tommy and back pains and every time i felt like lying down, Zaido gtes mad! he comes, takes my hand, and force me out of the bed =) as if he is telling me as long as I'm a wake, you are mine and mine only:)), so of course you have to put your pain aside; I played with him and kept him busy and happy, how can I resist this face ya'bush alby:))

But I can only imagine how our mothers did it with a bunch of kids ruining around, God Bless them!

Any way, that was our day. I hope all of you guys are enjoying the holiday and I can't wait to see everyone soon inshallha..

Yaaaay!

le le le leeeesh:)) alf alhamdulilah yesterday i finished my final exam...it was great. Dr. Suhaila Shakeeb gave us some really easy questions. I wish all the teachers are just like her;) i hope all my other grades are good too.. also i sold most of my books yesterday and BOY it was bad!!...i basically sold eight books for less than thirty dollars!! but I'm glad that i got red of them. So, good bey to school, stress, and babysitter;) and hello for the holiday, fun, and peace :)

By the way, i just knew that i actually have more than three weeks off...i have like a month off! maybe i should take the next flight to Saudi :) ya right in my dreams inshallah!

i need to keep my self busy...i have few plans that i wana do around the house:

1- I really wana start fixing our back yard. I'm going to paint the walls, decorate the area, and make it nice so Zaido can go play outside freely. I bought this small plastic swimming pool loong time ago and we have not been able to use it because the back yard is not ready yet plus i was busy with school, and now we can't use it at all because of the weather:(

2- I have been thinking about having a garage sale for a while and i think now its a good time to do it. i have so many karakeeb that i want to get red off, many clothes, and just things that we r not really using.

3- I want to start making up the four days of Ramadan soon inshallah! hmm what els? so ya those are few things i hope to finish.. we'll see how it goes. Tomorrow Ammar and I are going inshallah to IMPAC thenge, it's going to be an all day event..i hope I'll learn something!

7aram Ammar has been working really hard for the past few weeks. He is basically getting literally some harassment from some people who are going to hajj! the reason is some of these people are supposed to leave in few days for hajj, but they don't have their visas yet!! it's crazy. Ammar has been telling me some horrible stories and all that because of the Saudi 's poor jobs!! but other people are taking the blames for it!! Allah y3yen hal3alam. Subhannallah, when i used to live in Saudi, i didn't really feel how blessed I am. If one of us felt like going to hajj one yaer then she just go to hajj with my dad and the group! Actually, this morning i was talking with my sister Abeer and i asked her if she is going to hajj...and she is like yes i THINK SO!.., my point is we didn't really feel what other people are going throught every year to go Hajj; some people have been planning for years for this trip! some can and many can not. Ya Allah laka al7amed 3ala kol elne3am.

Any way, for now I'm just going to relax and enjoy this holiday..

and for all those people who are still in school GOOD LUCK, and for those who r done CONGRATS =)

Peace

Feeling Like a Drunk

I don't know what is happening to me since yesterday afternoon. Yesterday morning was really nice! I invited my in- laws for breakfast and we had a good time. After they left; Ammar too, I started feeling really weird. Zaido was super tired after he enjoyed playing with his cousin Amara:) they were SO cute playing together. Zaido fall a sleep for like three Horus mashallah! I tired to study but i really wasn't feeling it... the books were in my hands but my eyes were on the t.v! I wasn't even watching anything...it was a weired feeling...i seriously felt like a drunk! and i should of got some sleep since zaido was sleeping too, but i knew that if I did go to sleep, I would of missed the prayers, so i just sat there pretending to be studying while my eyes were staring at the wall.

I think one of the reasons for this feeling is Ammar's schedule...even thought he has Saturdays and half Sundays off now... he doesn't really have them off sometimes; basically for the next 2 months he is going to be working both Saturdays and Sundays!! which is making me feel like i wana explode sometimes., especially that I'll be done with finals next week.

After Zaido woke up, i felt a little better...we had fun playing and running around the house. Subhannallah, i felt like this boy is such blessing. kids just make you forgot whatever is bothering you, they shine your life when they smile and laugh. Alla ye7meek ya mama.

After Ammar has finished his work, he called me to tell me that he is going to be late because he is going out with a friend! it was like 7:30 pm! I don't know how i did it but i just found my self saying with a happy voice, no problem go have fun with your friends! Zaido and I stayed up playing until we couldn't play anymore; i put him to sleep around 9 and i slept around 10pm.. still Ammar was not home yet! I think he came home around 12!

Today same thing, Ammar left the house at 9:30 am. After i prayed Fajer, i did some studying alhamdulilah...I can't wait to finish my finals...this week feels so looong. And today i had this weird feeling again...i felt like i just wana sleep and not do anything! so i decided that i shouldn't stay at home.. i took Zaido to the park and we had a great time; it was freezing thought. zaido played with some other kids and he is learning to share his beach tools with others:) Zaido also LOVES animals; every time he sees somebody with a dog, he starts laughing and smiling... he comes to me pointing to the dog saying haw haw;) then he makes sure that I'm following him and runs to play with the dogs, as you see in the picture he doesn't just play from far a way, he actually gives the dogs big hugs...and people are usually friendly! of course I gave zaido a shower after that hug..! We should take him to the zoo soon.

After the fun time, the weather started to become colder and colder until i couldn't feel my nose anymore, and i didn't want zaido to get sick la sama7a allah so we left and i bought some Chines food since Ammar is not coming home.

But I'm still thinking of some explanations for my drunky mood, and i found this:

1- Ammar working on weekend for the next month.

2- the babysitter, who made me really mad the other day; i actully saw her in my dream!...even thought when the situation happened i kept my cool; because i figured there is only three more days left and i will not see her again inshallah.

3- Or the Finals....

oh i just remembered reason #4 what if it's the monthly thenge( still waiting)=) well it make sense because It dose make some physiological changes before and after! lool. see I'm telling you... I'm losing it people!

Any way, I've been having some thought about this blogging thenge. i mean it's nice but what if you feel like writing something for yourself...this is the whole idea about blogging too to keep it as a diary...or what if you wana talk about sombody.=) just kiddeing.

may be when i feel like writing to myself, i should leave it as a draft!

...any way i just need to focus on my studying now, so please make some Duaa for me because i need it:(

Saturday Night.

Yesterday was nice alhamdulilah!...Ammar left early in the morning and went to the masjid to meet with other people and attend the Parade for the City of Hawthorne. I styed at home with zaido then i went to the mall to picke up the pictures from Sears. The pictures are nice but i do want to order some of the other ones.Around 1pm, Ammar came home very tired... After some rest we left the house around 6pm,bought some stuff from costco, then drove to the MAS Japanies resturante to meet with brother Zaid, Aisha, and thier cute baby Yusuf. Brother Zaid was the last OK sign for us to name our boy Zaid;) For those who don't know the story...when zaido was born we didn't have an easy time deciding on a name,we just had a piece of paper where we wrote down the three names we both liked. They were Ameer, Taher, and Zaid. I remember us being so confused...in the end Ammar kept prying to God that night of Ramadan to make it easy on us:)and the answer came fastre than we expected!! The next morning, (Zaid was 2 days old;)Ammar had a phone call from his older brother saying hi and stuff...he told ammar hey my wife says why don't you name him Zaid!!(no body knew about the papre with the three names), Ammar was like ya we r still thinking about it. Five minutes later Ammar's Khalo called from Florida to say hi too, and when he knew that we didn't name him yet he just said oh why don't u name him Zaid!!! Ammar was ahhh inshallah we still thinking about it!!! we were like wow. Five minutes later and i'm not joking,Ammar's friend Zaid called to say hi and mabrook...he asked Ammar about the name of the hospital and ammar answerd him. Guess what? Brother Zaid was like ohhh,, i was born in that hospita!!!!!
SO at that moment me and ammar were like oh my God this is unbeliveable!
Subhannalah,they were three and very clear signs. There was no need to think anymore and alhamdulila the talk about the name was over. The cack was made by Sondos=), my dear sis in-law...cute ha!

When i saw Brother zaid yesterday, he just reminded me of that day! subhanalha.

After we finished the yummy dinner, we stopped by my in-law's house to see Ammu, who just came from Malysia. We had a good time and ended up spending the night there:D it was nice, but we had to leave early because of Ammar's work. School is almost over, I have three exames,two papers, and one presentaion to go!Today i should do some readings and prepare for one of the papers. So lets pry :)
Ya Allah wafe'na ow yesser omorna..
Ameen