Sunday Day 208 – 26th July
Nephews 25th birthday today so headed over to the parents with cupcakes for him before he went to work. Ordered a takeaway for lunch and ate before he left for work.
Monday Day 209 – 27th July
Decided to try to do the Couch to 5k. Was pretty hard just doing Day 1…and I started with good intentions. However the rest of the week slipped by and I didn’t get the rest of the days done…will start again next week.
Tuesday Day 210 – 28th July
We were a bit bored so decided to start putting up our Eid decorations. Went for the purple and gold theme this time which were gifted by Peacock Supplies. Also managed to get a blog post live about the Disney Plush Classic Range.
Wednesday Day 211 – 29th July
Decided to walk to the park and let Bee ride her bike to the park..its just less than a mile away. Eldest complained about walking and then when we were close to the park we decided to take a detour and head to the parents house. And we put some decorations up in their conservatory for Eid.
In the evening went to the local gym for a boot camp with some other ladies…all socially distanced and the gym felt pretty quiet to be honest (we were in a separate studio)… so felt pretty safe.
Thursday Day 212 – 30th July
Eid tomorrow so after waiting for my mini cupcakes delivery for tomorrow, headed to the mums to help her with final preparations for tomorrow. Chicken marinated, meat done for the kebabs, kheer made and mint chutney made. Then headed to get our henna done. Appointment was for 8.00pm but she was running late and we didn’t get ours done until 9pm. Was a bit annoyed to be honest…and even more annoyed the following day when there was hardly any colour and it already started fading. Later that evening heard that an announcement had been made ON TWITTER that from midnight in the North, families were not allowed to meet up with each other in their houses or gardens due to a spike in covid cases. Of course there is going to be a spike as more are being tested. It felt like it was done intentionally to stop Muslim families getting together as we do seem to be getting the blame for its spread. There were many unhappy people in those areas. Some people had already gone to their families houses before the announcement was made, food had already been started to be prepared. Before anyone says that people miss mothers days, weddings, and Easter then yes fair enough…so did we…we missed all those too minus Easter..but we missed an Eid too and no-one moaned. But it was all during lockdown and expected. It was the extremely short notice this time and the way it was done that made people annoyed.
Friday Day 213 – 31st July
Eid day…got up early to go help mum with the cooking. It is mainly about the food really! Not much else happening. The girls played junior monopoly with their uncle. I did warn them that he will likely cheat but they didn’t listen and then Bee was over dramatic saying he was cheating! But he wouldn’t admit it!
Saturday Day 214 – 1st August
Technically it is still Eid as this Eid is over 3 days. But not doing anything today really. Karate in the morning and then literally just at home bored as no-one seems to want to do anything or go anywhere. Ended up heading over to the parents in the afternoon/evening for a couple of hours and sat in their garden as there was a nice breeze in comparison to the heatwave yesterday.
Yum! You always buy the best cupcakes. Happy birthday to your nephew!
The Eid decorations look fab and the henna looks good. That’s a shame about it fading. It did seem really unfair about the new lockdown measures espeically when they were brought in so late in the day.
hehehe! That did make me chuckle about the girls uncle cheating at Monopoly. x
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Really hate it when henna fades quickly!
Happy Eid. Shame about the henna. Good luck with C25K
Thank you!
It must have been awful for all those families to miss out on their Eid celebrations at the last minute. So glad you got to celebrate, but what a shame your henna didn’t work out very well. The cakes for your nephew’s birthday look brilliant.
Good luck with getting back to Couch to 5k next week.
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Yes definitely awful – it was just the way it was done that was frustrating.
I hope you are all safe and well and did get to enjoy Eid. Shame the henna didn’t work as expected, they always look so beautiful #366
Yes thank you we still had a good day.
Being told about the extra restrictions via Twitter a couple of hours before Eid was appalling. Yes, we all missed celebrations during lockdown but not with so little notice and I am sure had it been Christmas, that would never had happened. I hope you and your family still had an enjoyable Eid. Good luck with doing the Couch to 5k. I’ve started it a couple of times but have yet to get past week 3. #project366
Thank you, we still had a good time.
Happy Eid al-Adha 2020! Sorry to hear that your celebrations had to be changed at the last moment, that does sound frustrating.
The cupcakes look very cool. And so do the henna painted on arms. I was wondering how it wouldn’t smudge in the night.
Purple and gold is a beautiful colour combination.
Love the sound of the mint chutney. Do you have a recipe on your blog?
Our celebrations were OK…it was those in the North that had restrictions. You take off the henna itself so just the stain is left. Not for the mint chutney..but mum usually just puts in mint..sometimes some coriander too…a tomato, salt and spices and just blend.
Then you can add yoghurt too.
I have done couch to 5k day 1 for about 3 weeks now, I start off and then the week goes by and it’s Monday again! Goodluck with yours. My mum told me about the midnight announcement, I’m so sorry that happened. How frustrating that your henna faded so quickly especially after being delayed an hour the night before, I’m pleased you saw your parents.
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Yep I haven’t got further than week 1 lol. Will try again
dont blame you for feeling annoyed about the new lock down but glad you still got to your mum and dads.
lol at the adult cheating to beat kids in a kids game….quite sad really.
All about the food and good company sounds right up my street.
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Lol He does the cheating on purpose to wind her up and she falls for it!
Being a PlayStation fan, the cupcakes look amazing. Cool Eid decorations and Mehndi. Food sound delicious. We mainly made Sheer Khorma but we had friends over so my mother made more food like pasta. Perhaps the way it was announced may be wrong but any gatherings are dangerous and require safety precautions. Hhhahaha no long game ends without a bit of cheating and accusing,
I hope you had a great Eid
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Think I would have preferred pasta! Hope you had a good Eid too!
Those cupcakes look amazing and hope your nephew had a lovely birthday! Hope you all managed to elebrate Eid in style, the gold and purple balloons look awesome!
In all fairness, I live in the North West and am on partial lockdown so suffering the same as evey other person in areas locked down. There is no blame for any particular person that I’m aware of. We are all equally as fed up… we just need to get through this as best we can! Hope you are all having a lovely week! Sim x
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He didn’t really celebrate much except go to work! But enjoyed the cupcakes!
The henna tattoo’s are gorgeous. So sorry EID was cancelled for you, I don’t think it was deliberate, just very poorly timed 🙁
Thankfully we don’t live in the North so our Eid wasn’t really cancelled. We still got to see family.
Your nephews cupcakes look fab! My gaming sons would love those. The food looks tasty. Hope your feeling okay, the lockdowns are so frustrating, I think we are all missing connecting with our families.
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They great for gamers
Awesome PlayStation cupcakes! I tried to start the couch to 5k last year – it is a real slog to try and get motivated to do the challenge (I failed!) but I am sure if you put your mind to it you can get it done!
Didn’t get past week 1 but trying again
I hope you did get to enjoy Eid. Such a shame the henna didn’t work as expected. Love the balloons and cakes xx
Always frustrating when the henna doesn’t work as well as it should.
Those cupcakes look great, I hope he had a nice birthday. Sorry to hear that the henna faded fast. I do think the country is all over the place with lockdowns, completely agree that more notice should be given. If they had done it to the whole country that late in the day before Christmas there would be uproar. It’s not on. Hope you enjoyed Eid
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Thank you, Eid was still nice!