Although I love gardening and generally do well, I can never seem to get my hanging baskets right. The one in the front of the house does OK but the ones in the back garden generally die. My garden is south facing and gets a heck of a lot of sun, (when we get any), and
Islam
Polygyny Series – When Polygyny goes wrong (post 5)
The 5th post in the series by Sister H When Polygymy Goes Wrong When polygyny is practised as it should be according to the Qur’aan and the Sunnah, then it is a beautiful thing. Whenever we hear polygyny horror stories, it is because at least one of the involved parties failed to follow shari’ah prescribed
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Project 365
Project 365 – Days 97 – 103
Day 97 – Decided it was time to sort out my 3 hanging baskets, planted begonias and sweet williams. Day 98 – Popped into town for lunch with friends and decided to treat myself to a massage bar from Lush. Day 99 – This is a regular scene now, Bee disappearing into various rooms. Day
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Babies
Friday Wisdom 12/04/13 – The Lullaby Trust
“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” Author Unknown I am dedicating this weeks Friday Wisdom to Jennie at Edspire. Tragically Jennie lost her 9 month old gorgeous Matilda Mae to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) in February. I hadn’t known Jennie or her blog until this tragedy happened but
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Children
Review: The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game
The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Game from Learning Resources has already won some awards, so were happy to check it out; munchkin loves board games. The game is suitable for ages 3+ and with munchkin being almost 7, I did wonder if it may be a bit babyish for her. However, although it was easy for
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Islam
Polygyny Series: Victim Villain Deficiency Mentality (Post 4)
This is post 4 by Sister H in the the polygyny series. Unfortunately when a man marries a second wife, she comes under a lot of criticism and scrutiny. Friends and relatives of the first wife, as well as in-laws who like the first wife, tend to look at the second wife as a home wrecker
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Children
Shopping at Boots with #cbias
Since Bee has arrived to join the family, I feel like munchkin has been having a bit of a tough time as a lot of my attention has been centred on Bee. And now that she has started crawling, I’m running around like a headless chicken after her. So I decided that we were in
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Project 365
Project 365 – Days 90-96
Day 90 – Munchkin loves her animals and the collection grows on a regular basis….however I feel sorry for all the animals here being circled by the tigers! Day 91 – The crawling begins! Bee gets something in her sights and off she goes!! Day 92 – Took munchkin bowling as due to me being