Little Sprog

Oktapodi!!!

2010-03-19T22:15:00.000Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badHUNl2HXU

so so cuteee awww..

freezing cold today!!!!

2009-08-26T13:38:00.004Z

This has been driving me crazy all day..exactly how do you get the ball out of a roll-on deodrant bottle?

Today so far.. I have investigated to the back of the fridge.. you don't want to ask what was in the blue plastic bag at the back.. it was horrible! I have fixed a cushion cover and started on my sketch of a tree/robot.

Hilly lands.

2009-08-24T13:22:00.001Z

Hilly lands., originally uploaded by Fairy_Firefly.

love this pic on flickr..i wish i was there!

Ageing

2009-08-13T08:44:00.002+01:00

Ageing never happens on your birthday. Or the next day either...if it did then you would wake up and see the difference. Ageing happens when you are waiting..in doctor waiting rooms..in the dentist while they are drilling away...and in shops in the long que's.
Now..5mins wouldn't grow a wrinkle..but you would proberly just age in your mind..beacuse that does happen first.. after a good 3 hours of waiting..you might just get a wrinkle.

weird bald people dream!

2009-07-24T09:37:00.002+01:00

lol i had strange dream...i was a guest a hotel and lol..everyone was bald..lol...i had my hair!
and they charged me 250 for a rubbish room that had 2 vampires in!

jellyfish

2009-06-16T00:19:00.003+01:00

I saw this pic on internet..which is a recent crop circle find..I dunno if i believe in them..but this very beautiful.

Orange Drizzle Cake

2009-05-08T10:50:00.004Z

Yesterday I made a quick cake (no measurements!!) and surprisingly it turned out very nice - my husband says the best so far! LOL

I will put the recipe up on my other blog, Sometime later on..and heres a picy of what it looked like before it got eaten. lol!

Today I took Hamza to his hearing test..it cost 12pound for the taxi there!! I almost died when the driver told me.
The test was weird...they had 2 dark glass boxes on each side of us, and every so often it would light up or flash with a noise, and you could see inside the box. Inside was a stuffed animal on a stick!!! How disturbing is that??? Its enough to give me nightmares! let alone Hamza.

mango yogurt and chocolate buttons

2009-05-06T13:03:00.003Z

Hamza wanted yogurt this morning, with chocolate lol..how unhealthy..
I gave him one button cus I just couldn't say no, to those big eyes and him saying ''mama peeeesss abit abit abit''
:) Oh well...I will give him the wholegrain toast for lunch then lol

Yesterday I was halfway through cooking Chicken Jalfrezi..when I relised I had no yogurt and no coriander...eeek.. I had to make a second meal quickly..so It was pasta with a tomato sauce that had lots of vegies and some beans in. The good thing..is I don't have to cook today! I am thinking to make a dessert though, dry sweet virmirsillies - I will post it on the recipes blog!

Cardiff was beautiful..we went driving through lots of countryside..the day was very sunny and we had a windy picnic next to a lake. Took some snaps of their kids and tried to get some of the area, irritatingly every time i took the camera out, the sky turned Grey and it got all windy lol! I'm not making it up!

2009-04-27T08:10:00.002Z

I have noticed that bars of soap do not last very long anymore, no sooner than you get it out of its shiny paper, its that soggy little lump that no one touches.
why dont they have bigger bars of soap, or a use for those soggy lumps?

Amazingly on saturday, we not only ordered from tesco, and went to asda, but in both we forgot the 2 most important items.. Oil and Ketchup!

springtime!!

2009-04-07T20:27:00.000Z

Yellow

2009-03-25T15:55:00.000Z

lots of little stars

2009-03-18T17:36:00.003Z

lots of little stars..in my stomach.
After a long and headachey earachy day I was very hungry. Like extremely hungry, like might fall over any secondly hungry. I was desperate, I needed a SNACK.
I looked in the fridge, and in the cupboard... inside the biscuits box and in the bread bin.
Nothing.
I rummaged under the bags and packets, and then looked up.. Ah Ha Yes!
Cereal will do!
Now to slosh in the cold milk and to grab a shiny silver spoon...

''Munch..Munch..Munch''

I'm Happy Now :) :)

7 days

2009-03-10T12:19:00.003Z

A cold should last around 7 days, a friend has told me. So it has been 4 days which means only 3 days left till I'm running around without sneezing. Now for Hamza it has been 5 days, so just 2 left for him.
Last night I had a very strange dream. I was in china. I think backpacking, and I found a small child, a little girl. Thin and in rags and in tears. I picked her up at put her in Hamza's old carry sling. Then the dream jumped and I was running away from these people who had guns, they wanted her. It was scary. I woke up in sweat and the last image I had in my head was them catching me.

New Friends

2009-02-27T15:28:00.001Z

This is a Picy of my new friend Aisha/Rachel and her hubby. I love this pic, as it shows Happyness and love! I hope we will be good friends forever.

Boxes

2009-02-27T14:39:00.002Z

People have boxes. Some are bigger in others, and some just hold a piece of paper with someones name on it. Some people have lots of boxes. I have one, its purple.
All the things that I think to say but don't say I put in this box. It's a very messy box, it has all the things that are messy in it, like a spilt bottle of milk and some torn up letters.
But it is my box, my box of memories.

catch up..

2009-02-26T11:23:00.003Z

-> Went to the dentist the other day, turns out my root canal needs to be re-done. So thats another £44. Why do they insist that saving the tooth is better, when really they mean its better for Them to make money out of Us. If I have it extracted I will then have a exact matching gap like my husband, how awful would that be if people saw?
I hated the root canal last time, I could feel it..urgh.. she says to brush more, I am ! Do I need to film it?

-> Hamzas birthday went well, we went shopping in the night to ASDA, and got a cake. Then we got home unpacked and fell asleep. So tonight we will have cake! He loves his train set (from us parents) he was playing with it this morning in his pj's. I will post a pic of that soon.

-> Today I have decided to bake biscuits (at least 3 types) as we are continuously buying them and then eating them all to quickly, I will post the recipes here if they are successful and yummy.

5 things

2009-02-26T11:20:00.002Z

1. Five minutes to yourself: how would you spend them, ideally?

Get back to my terry prachett book.

2. Five pounds to spend right now: how would you spend it?

hmm..buy a ps2 game off ebay or something for my mom.

3. Five items in your house you could part with, right now, that you hadn't thought of already?

um...the box in the loft full of non-matching mugs, my old stamp collection, clothes i never wear...this is hard (shouldnt it be about things we want?) ummm...oh yeas the side drawers and the clock.

4. Five items you absolutely, positively could never part with in your house?

oh easy..computer, mp3 player, bread machine, my recipe notebooks and my camera.

5. Five words you love?

fragrant, graceful, happiness, orange and chocolate

2009-02-16T14:42:00.002Z

flowers from a secret someone... :)

happy hot valentines!

2009-02-14T11:41:00.000Z

2009-02-11T14:12:00.002Z

The snow is melting now - its nearly gone, just enough for a last footprint. I hope this means warm weather is on its way, I would like to not have to wear so many jumpers. People proberly think we are a muscle building family.
Reuven has now been ringing me everyday, which is really nice (and im feeling quite popular) I do hope that he comes to see us soon.
Hamza seems to be running laps in the living room, which includes jumping over cushions and throwing a spoon, I'm glad I'm at a safe distance.

2009-02-09T20:22:00.002Z

Umer came home with a gift for me today. :)

snow in wakefield!

2009-02-02T11:35:00.000Z

Back From Our Holiday to Pakistan.

2009-01-23T21:43:00.001Z

Pictures are on http://www.flickr.com/photos/mintymoon
when I have recoverd from jetlag I will tell all!

the mouse with a cold

2008-11-06T14:20:00.002Z

Poor baby hamza has a cold, and so at night I can hear snuffling, and various cold hands and feet on me!
I think waiting for my mini chopper might just kill me, I decided I can't wait till x-mas, so I'eve orderd it, now I'm just waiting...and waiting..
-> New toy on top of the list now, is the new elmo live toy/robot by fisherprice.
Which I think we would all enjoy and let hamza play with it too! Hamza has already seen the toy in action, which brought him out in giggles and lots of chuckles.
-> The other toy is a remote control convertible by the ELC it says 2-5 years on the box, but Omer was already making ramps, and tunnels and having lots of fun with it.

I think Xmas is about toys, and gadgets that don't last long. as toys do keep us young, plus it is more fun with all the family!

my dream gift this x-mas

2008-10-05T13:04:00.002Z

a Kenwood mini chopper which is £20 in the shops

you can chop, onoiuns, tomatos, garlic and ginger (which is all essental for me) and also nuts and meat, but why you would want to put meat in such a lovely little thing is beyond me.

first time in a long time

2008-10-04T14:28:00.002Z

hey all,
it is quiet in the flat, which is a first. quiet enough for me to sit and actually think, by myself. alone.
wonderful.
alot has happened since i last wrote, we have moved flats, changed to Wakefield (near Leeds city), got ill and better again. hamza had his first haircut, which was a mission!
its funny,now i am alone i am not sure of what to write, i guess it is because i am not used to writing a blog in awhile.
i notice my mum has put alot of wicked grins on her blog since she has been ill though!
I think this year, this Christmas/chunukah/eid will be more family orientated, now we are all stuck with no money. I am glad that we wont be all gift grabbing and uncontrollable silly spenders.
I am not sure my sis will be so easy though, she started our last conversation with ''remember how you always bought me the biggest gift at x-mas''
eek
i know my mum, she will be groaning at the thought or my siblings mildest hints. she will prob say loudly ''look at the time, time for you to go and something, or me to disappear''
anyways
I'm ganna go wash up those endless milk bottles. see you all laters.

coming up to my birthday YAY!

2008-06-27T16:55:00.002+01:00

soon it will be my birthday. i may sound 12 but i am really praying for a nice fat cheque. I will spend it wisely this year mom, really.
I have a list in my head
new jeans
new hoodie
3 new novels
maybe some sandles (if anything left)
a lightweight mac- for the rain!!! (also if anything left)

i cant wait! as now my jeans have a big hole in them, in a not so good place. as phil would say it lets the fresh air in!

nearly suffocated by a dolphin

2008-06-12T12:23:00.003+01:00

I woke up this morning to find Hamza sleeping in my neck, not his whole body of course but his heavy head. I tried pushing him off but he didn't move.. This explains the strange dream of a bunch of dolphins atacking me and trying to suffocate me.

Now he sleeping again, he's finished his breakfast, watched most of the cartoons and played Boo for half an hour. Its wonderful, now I can eat..listen to some classical music before doing the lundry and cleaning the place up.

new year 08

2008-01-11T16:56:00.000Z

its the new year YAY! (theres thats all my enthusasim gone.)
i have decided that i will now post recipies that are more healthy and low or lowish in fat.
i also want to wave and say HI to Liegh (lee) and say come over mate, and HI to my dad if he even vists this site anymore.
i have thought about putting all my recipies on a different blog, but i think i would get bored copying and pasting, plus it keeps people interested here.

Hamza is now nearly a year old. so i have survived being a mom for this long, i have done what my mum thought impossible.. or still thinks..hmmm

Best Friends

2007-12-20T18:15:00.000Z

The Revised Edition of our Christmas List (the TRECL)

2007-10-30T12:50:00.000Z

Our Family Picture, Taken on Eid.

Tis the season to be jolly, or so thay say...

every year at this time, before the trees start to be murdered for our homes, and the lights go up to increase global warming. We gift-buying-people dread going into shops, the shops that blast out the same x-mas tunes every year. Theres proberly a cd out there that they all buy, its called ''catchy (like the flu) x-mas tunes for stores''

now i had a delightful telephone conversation with my brother, a few days back. he stated that his first dream gift is 500 pounds, but since he knows we aint rich, he will send me a list of wish items, with the prices next to it.

I have not yet recived this list, maybe it will have a 1000 items by now...

Anyway here is my revised edition of our cristmas list,

Hamza goes first cus hes the cutest.

1. some books with touchy feely things and fun to read stories.

2. some eletronic toys that teach abc, numbers, colors and maybe bilingual. also has a volume control and a off switch.

3. a baby walker, or a wooden trolly with bricks in.

4. mothercare Raindeer fleece outfit in 9-12 (just for fun on x-mas day)

5. a nightlight

Omer

1. Voucher for M&S
2. Mens Fragrance, Joop or calvin klien
3. shirts or a nice warm jumper.
4. Something cricket related
5. leather wallet
6. a new horror film on dvd

Me

1. the new apple iphone...sighs..na no one will get me that.
2. Upgrade software for my mac, which is Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard
2. Money for new Ecco Trainers, or an Shoon Voucher (can buy online)
3. Voucher for Waterstones, so I can get some books for my new course and maybe a few novels.
4. Voucher for M&S, new clothes YAY
5. a nice pair of Totes socks, non slip and warm. hopefully in a bright orange, failing that stripes will do.

presents!!!

2007-10-02T13:33:00.001Z

For people who are buying us early x-mas gifts and don't know what to get. *HINT*

a peeler - not the cheap ones, i need one with a rubber grip.
a set of good pans, they do not need to be matching.
a ice cream spoon.
a silver spatuclar set (for frying and pasta etc) (needs to be sliver not plastic).
a set of wooden spoons.
a spagetti storage container
a cookie jar
a set of glass storage jars, with screw lids big enough for pasta, sugar, flour, spices etc)

another world, another planet

2007-09-11T10:57:00.000Z

had another strange dream last night, it was so strange that as soon as i awoke i felt as though a part of me remained there. Its true what they say, as you get older, its harder to recall your dreams.

I seemed to be on another planet, in the dream. The sky was a bright blue and full of kites flying in the wind. The grass a bright green, soaked with a morning dew, it was like earth.. but different. The ground beneath me, was moving. Not like a shaking, but like a tread machine. This planet was round, you could see the roundness, the stars below us. Houses on this planet seemed to float above the ground, but when you walked up to the door, you were walking on nothing. The people on this planet all wore stripey helmets. Even the poor who dressed in rags, had helmets. I don't think i did anything specific in this dream, i just explored my surroundings. i remember going in to a house, and looking down off a balcony, and the grass was moving, beyond the grass was a huge drop. At the bottom you could just see stars.
I also went on a picnic, where every 10 Min's we had to pack up and move up the hill, otherwise we could fall off. And i realised the kites, was actually people. I had a go, you seemed to be strapped in to nothing, as the lines and seat were there, but also not there. the ride flung me in to the sky and around, and around. Like I was flying.

little girl

2007-09-06T15:29:00.001Z

A Good Wedding Cake

2007-09-06T11:52:00.000Z

4lb of love
1lb butter of youth
1/2lb of good looks
1lb sweet temper
1lb of blindness of faults
1lb of self forgetfulness
1lb of pounded wit
1lb of good humour
2 tablespoons of sweet argument
1pint of rippling laughter
1 wine glass of common sense
1oz of modesty

Put the love, good looks and sweet temper into a well furnished house. Beat the butter of youth in to cream, and mix well together with the blindness of faults. Stir the pounded wit and good humour into the sweet argument, then add the rippling laughter and comman sense. Work the whole together until everything is well mixed, and bake gently for ever.

First paddle!!

2007-08-07T08:31:00.001Z

Omer had his first paddle in the sea, in Marazion, Cornwall.

Heaven

2007-07-15T13:52:00.000Z

I had a dream the other night, that was so beutaful, and left me feeling so calm, i thought i should write it down before i forget.

In my dream,
I saw a man at the foot of my bed, it was dark in the room, still night. He was tall tallest man I have ever seen maybe 9ft or higher. He was wearing silver clothes and had long hair, I don't think he had a face, I can't remember. I just remember his hair and broad shoulders. He was just all silver, and in a angle, sort of breezy.
I was in bed, he said ''Come with me, I want to show you something''
I didn't say anything, but agreed and got out of bed, tucking the blanket around hamza, and followed the silver..man.
We came to a place of such intensity, I can't describe it, it was so beutiful, so bright and calm. I felt so peaceful.
There were these floating balls, of different colors, some colors I have never seen before, they were moving around, some faster, some just gliding, and everytime they colided, gently. They made the most beutiful sound, so the whole room was filled with this beutiful sounds, not music, but like a choir.
The man then spoke, he said to me ''These are souls.''
He spoke then, about time, future, and forgiveness. He said time is not a straight line, that it is bent, twisted and even broken. He told me that we don't have much time, we meaning people. and we must hurry to finish everything before its too late.
He also said you must forgive all the ones who have hurt you, and as he said this I felt something poke me. I knew then there was something I had to do.
After a long time of talking, he take me back to my room, where Hamza was sleeping. He said that he would see me again and then I woke up.
I woke up with a name in my mind, someone who had hurt me, and I sent a email saying, I forgive you.

be yummy

2007-07-10T10:53:00.000Z

Omer bougt me my belated birthday present yesterday, its nice having someone, who really knows what you want. perfume! thanks hun X

contents of our fridge

2007-07-07T17:15:00.000Z

2007-07-04T17:10:00.000Z

superfluid

2007-06-27T09:13:00.000Z

for Reuven.
from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGmdLrkNE5c

sunny afternoon

2007-06-21T16:27:00.000Z

musings

2007-06-21T16:22:00.000Z

sometimes to get the perfect drawing, you need the right paper and the right pen. other times its the situation and any carving tool becomes just a outlet from your mind.
cooking is similar, i find baking a cake is like sketching a sketch - you don't need much thought.

it rained and rained

2007-06-20T09:17:00.001Z

http://colourblind.ca/index.php?showimage=488

Orange Sky

2007-06-20T08:12:00.000Z

I dreamed of a house with one floor. The ground floor had all rooms, lots and lots. The first floor was a park, it had a a big blue lake, a gushing loud waterfall, stone grey pillars with a beautiful pink clematis trailing over them, and lush green grass, hills, flowers and trees with fruit. The I dreamed that i was in a big big house, now when i say big i mean very WIDE. It had just 0ne ceiling/roof was a big glass square dome. The sky was a deep orange as the sun was setting.
All my grandparents where there, and busy doing things they normally did. My grandfather Les was moving stuff in the garden, planting, digging etc.
It was beautiful.
Reuven and Yoey was there but older, my brother was a tall lanky lad with a beard! and was busy carrying wood and stuff around to help. My sister Yoey was helping my mum to pick mango's and put them in baskets.

strange dream

2007-06-16T04:05:00.000Z

I dreamed that i was sleeping and dreaming, of me sleeping and dreaming.
Then in the dream of me sleeping and dreaming, I woke up in this dream to find a spider crawling up my leg.
Then I woke up in the dream of me sleeping, and I looked for the spider, and found it under the sheet on the side of the matress, it was posionous so I squished it.
then I woke up from my dream, as I felt someone poking my shoulder. But no one was there.

yellow mangos

2007-06-11T09:05:00.000Z

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shahuleen/359196386/

babies

2007-06-08T08:51:00.000Z

babies are like sausages.
they roll like sausages.
they do Not smell like a sausage though. sadly.

do you remember?

2007-05-31T16:44:00.001Z

sometimes, i want to wake him, and ask him, do you remember g-d? whats birth like? and the womb?

prayer

2007-05-31T16:22:00.000Z

everyone prays.
but what is prayer....to you?
for me it is a connection, like a silvery light filled envelope, to god. it is a cry for help, or a plead to save a life, its also a thank you for making me, me.

ice cream brings happiness

2007-05-31T16:19:00.000Z

i love ice cream, even adverts of the stuff.
its easy to make, fun to share, you can eat any time of the day..or night. my faves are ben n jerry choc fudge and hegan das strawberry cheasecake

cold white light

2007-05-31T15:53:00.000Z

I'm in a race where I'm not going to win.
If i sit down and actully feel, feel, there are 16 places of pain in my body.
I try but my body has already given up on me.
I thought my friends were secure around me.
Motherhood in uk is isolation.
Parents lie.

just for a laugh

2007-05-29T10:01:00.000Z

found this link on google as i was searching for something else, this guy is really funny. kinda reminds me of my brother dancing. :)
anyway, heres the link for that video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM0NbbOANMM

summer is here!

2007-05-23T11:19:00.000Z

the birthday month

2007-05-21T00:01:00.001Z

this is star aniseed. it has a slight licorice taste and is used in chinese dishes, it is also a key ingredeint for the bird flu vacine (if anyone is interested lol)
aslo, add it the the chicken soup and it gives the flavour a kick!

A. I. O. E. U.

2007-04-29T10:59:00.000Z

2 months is nothing to a person. but to a 8 week old baby, a day is like a month.
so hamza has learned his vowels, he spends alot of time practising them.
this week he has had his first injections, and sneezed in his Papa's face.

freedom

2007-03-22T11:15:00.000Z

in the hospital, i discoverd the best sandwich, in the world.
It was on naan bread. with a onioun pakora filling. it was heaven. i really miss it :(

baby finaly come!!!

2007-03-08T12:20:00.001Z

Hi everyone,

Just to let you know the baby arrived safe and well, on the 25th of feb, at 12.43am.
2 weeks early of his due date, he weighed 5.4 pounds, and the labour was just 4 hours in hospital!
been in hospital a week as baby had low blood sugar but he home now.
there are some pictures of him on www.flickr.com/photos/mintymoon
his name Hamza which means Lion.

2 weeks to go....URGH!

2007-02-19T11:35:00.001Z

seems that waiting is taking forever. I might not last till the due date, I will yank him out before then. He must be having fun, thinking he in a nice snug bath, meanwhile my body so twisted up in backache and huge feet like a marshmellow man. no wonder my mum was yellin at us kids when we was bad, its all pent up frustrations from pregnancy.

and i cant beilive how people Lie to u when u pregnant, i was told that no one gets pregnant in march so the hospital we be nice and empty.. everyone is pregnant! and more fatter than me! and sporting their bump around like they on cat walks.

I'm not sure if what Im feeling is mood swings, but I'm sure I won't get mood swings.

Pia

2007-02-19T11:24:00.000Z

this is Pia, and her 2 adorable kids. Jordon and Zack. She also has a daughter that I have not met yet. Pia is unexplianingly cool, the coolest person and mum i have ever met.

Thanks 2 Leigh!

2007-02-13T18:38:00.000Z

Leigh came round today, with the most beutifual baby clothes ever! she is a lifesaver (not the sweets), as after we unpacked I relised we had nothing after 3 months, and not enough baby vests. anyway, she brought big bags of clothes, one baby suit has cow spots! and a over the bath, baby bath. which is what I think one of the most essental things you can have. I can't wait to dress him in these clothes!

we have moved!

2007-02-13T18:31:00.000Z

finaly we have our own place, and more importantly our own tiolet. (for me)
and lots and lots of storage, which is so cool. I will post a picture as soon as i get my computer on the net.

gargling compitions

2007-02-03T18:39:00.001Z

the worst thing i have experinced in the 8 months is toothache.
And not being able to take anything.

When i told the doctor he said i should try to ''hold on'' until after the birth. this is why there should be no male doctors, they are all clods.

so lastnight i slept with a hot water bottle on my face. I had a nice imprint on my face, when i woke up.

oh yes and i have been gargling hot salt water twice a day, all week. i think i getting quite good at it, i wish my bro was here as we could have a race.

1 month to go!

2007-02-03T18:19:00.001Z

so it happened..it was a normal day..
i was standing cooking, when i looked down and my feet! where are they? all i can see is this HUGE bulging tummy!
now when i first got pregnant, my main worry was it would snow and people might think i was a snowman. but this is worse, much worse. espicaily if i been lying down and i lose the feeling in my legs, its like How do i still know they are there?
I feel like a pigeon, pigeons cant see their legs when they are walking, or like a child with a box on their head. plus i keep bumping into things, im not sure why, i don't mean to but it seems door handles are a main target, they just seem to be hiting my bump all the time. I cant wait to ask the sprog what he thought.

I guess my brother, is not always a PAIN.

2007-01-19T09:43:00.000Z

I spoke to my brother, yesterday..I think. He asked me:

"are you scared about the birth?"
I said "No.."
"why?, all the films I seen..has the womons screaming and yelling"
(at this point I wonder what films is He watching?)
I said, "I not scared Reuven, cus I know g-d will look after me. "
He just went quiet.. and then said "don't worry, I will pray for you."

Baby Blues..

2007-01-19T09:30:00.000Z

I am quite Disappointed in the baby range in uk, its all blue for a baby boy, the only other colors are white or baby pink for a girl.

How Boring!

I have searched and scoured all the shops, searching for something Orange, or a nice bright Green. Anything Bright and chearfull, I don't want my baby to be boring.

So to anyone who is going to buy the baby a gift, please do not get baby blue!

Intelligent Plants

2007-01-18T11:37:00.000Z

Most plants have brains. Otherwise how can they be wise?

Impress your husband chicken curry recipe.

2007-01-18T10:51:00.002Z

1 Chicken in small pieces.
2-3 Onions.
1-2 Big Tomatoes (if you only have one use some tomato paste, or a tin of tomatoes).
1 Piece of Ginger or 2 teaspoons of ginger paste.
3 Cloves of Garlic or 3 teaspoons of garlic paste.
1 Tablespoon of Yogurt (optional).
1 Black Cardamon ( if you don't have use 3-4 green cardamons).
1-2 Cinnamon Sticks.
7 Cloves.
2 Bay Leaves.
1 Teaspoon of Salt.
1 Teaspoon of Pepper.
1 Teaspoon of Chili Powder.
1/2 Teaspoon of Turmeric.
1 and 1/2 Teaspoon of Coriander Powder.
1 Teaspoon of Cumin Powder.

Right,
-> First get your chicken and stick it in hot water if frozen. If not then just put it in cold water.
->Then chop your onions, and put them in the pan with some oil, fry till light brown.
->while your oniouns are frying, blend or chop up your garlic and ginger. Then put them in a small bowl and add your spices. (Corriander powder, Cumin powder, Chilli powder, Cloves, Pepper, Turmaric, Cinnimon sticks, and Bay leaves) Stir and set aside.
-> Then chop or blend your tomatos, and Add your Salt.
-> When onions are ready (the oil will seperate (2 colors)), add your garlic/ginger/spice mix and stir, adding water if it sticks.
-> Cook for 5 min, keep checking that its not sticking, by stiring it.
-> Rinse chicken a few times, then add to the pan and stir to the sauce you have made is on the chicken, you may need to add some water, just so some of the chicken is covered, but dont add to much as chicken will release juices.
-> after the chicken goes white (it will be pink still inside), add the tomatos and stir. Add a cup of water, so the curry covers the chicken, and leave it bubbling for 25 min.
-> Keep checking on it in this time, and stir it now and then so all the chicken gets cooked.
-> Now eat it, with pitta bread or rice.

Rules : Teaspoon is the smallest spoon. Tablespoon is the biggest spoon. If you don't have a Tablespoon use 2 Spoons.

Sub note: if you forget to add anything, don't worry! just throw it in at last minute or leave it out. This recipe is pretty flexible with quantity.

A Sensitive Nose

2007-01-15T09:03:00.000Z

I have a sensitive nose. It never used to be sensitive, but it is now.

At night, if the window is closed, then my nose gets so blocked I can't sleep at all. But as soon as you open the window, 5 secs and my nose is clear. Its like I can control my nose, with a switch.
The downside is that the room gets very cold, and Omer is snuggled under the blanket with just a tuft of black hair sticking out. Meanwhile I'm spread out like a starfish with my feet and hands sticking out of the blanket. Every now and then Omer checks my feet and thinks I'm dead (they are that cold) and covers them up, and a few mins later I stick them out again.

With this going on and my trips to to pee in the night, its amazing that we get any sleep.

''Special'' Apple Juice

2007-01-12T08:37:00.000Z

All children know (and secretly adults know aswell) that Doctors drink pee.

yes..they drink it, and are completly and unrefingly addicted to the stuff. To Doctors fresh pee is like sweet yummy golden apple juice, and it is a well know fact that they just can't get enough of it.

This is why they are always asking for pee samples, and why they want a whole pot of it.
Doctors are clever in getting this juice, as they have made different size bottles, and even some with a presevitve to keep the pee nice and fresh.

As soon as you go in they already have a pot waiting for you on their desk, with your name on it.

On pourpose they make you wait (in a waiting room) a very long time so by the time you go in, you will be ready to pee.

Everyone in the Doctors sugery, is in on it.

It is also known that pregnant people tend to pee more frequently, and as soon as the Doctors hear of a pregnant person is there, they double the waiting time and start rumaging in drawers for as many pots as they can find. They will then give all these pots to you and make a zillion appointments for you, to fool you into thinking they are just giving you good pregnancy care, but no, they just getting ready to stock up for the winter.

Sadly there is no way we can escape them from taking our pee, and childrens, childrens pee. Unless we evolve to not be ill anymore. Which would be great, as I hate to wait in the waiting room.

from good to bad

2007-01-12T08:30:00.000Z

As we all know there is good food and bad food.

Bad food to me is food gone past its sell by date, not as in bad behaviour.

So you tend to hear me saying ''Has the milk gone bad yet?'' or ''Wasn't the bread supposed to have gone bad yesterday?''

Grown-Ups

2007-01-06T07:52:00.000Z

It is often assumed that adults are boring.

(When I say adults, I am also including: Married People, Parents, and Men in that work consuming age gap of 25+.)

The reason behind this, is that its true.

Now Adults don't mean to be boring.. it just happens. This is because everything they do is boring, wither at work or at home being a mother, their lives circulate endlessly around this chore, and when they do stop for a breath, they tend to feel the need to Talk About It.

Talking About It, is the boring bit.

If you happen to be a listener, my tip for you, is nodding and smiling. (but don't over do it)
If you are the person who is talking, and you realise you are being boring, try the Open University (they have lots of interesting courses, even if you are not very educated) or you could always try a Religion, just be careful which you sign up too.

coppers and little robbers

2007-01-04T14:27:00.000Z

children are very clever. more clever than adults.

I'm sure you have heard this saying "We were all children once"
what they really mean to say is that we were all clever once.
one thing they are extremly good at, is getting what they want with very little work involved in their part.
for example, sweets.
sweets mean nothing much to us now, but to children that magic word can freeze mind and body, it can turn you in to a slave or a master depending on how much you have of it.
now, children know that this most wonderous thing can be obtained by 2 ways.

the first is Grandparents, and the second is Money.

Money is wonderful concept for children, the idea of buying whatever you want, whenever you want it. And its a known fact that Grandparents and Parents are just swimming in money, piles and piles of it, where they get it children do not know, they don't really care, aslong as they can get it.

Now, if you have a child don't panic. If you are wise they can be fooled. First thing, don't teach them about money at a young age, second thing never give them any Notes. (paper money)

The other thing you should know is that to a child. Coppers (1p and 2p) are alot of money. This is gold to them, and why? cus of Penny Sweets.

I remember when I was little I was given some shiny coppers from my mum, which she didn't want. (I asumed she was so rich in Money, thats why she was giving it to me, for free) They were like gold to me, I would count them, clean them and carry them around, not showing them to anyone.

So using this knowledge, I first showed my siblings the Penny Sweets, then I showed them how you can obtain them (with Money) , and finaly showed them that if they some chores for me (like getting me a drink), they would get a handful of coppers..

green green mountains

2007-01-04T14:02:00.000Z

now thinking about it I had a really nice dream lastnight (not so long ago dreaming). It was about my brother, now I dont usually dream about family members unless it is a nightmare where everyone is being useless.

->So I'm with my brother and we are camping, I'm slightly younger maybe its 2005. we head off with some snacks and mountainering gear and we start climbing a mountain, me showing my brother what to do, guiding him and teaching him as we go. we are chating and laughing as we go and when we get to the top, we just sit eating choc brownies, looking at the view and chatting.

was a really nice dream, and when I woke i relised how much I missed my brother, he is 12 and has reached that wonderful, long waited (by me) age, where you can have a actual conversation.
I think when I was 8, and i asked my mum "please can i have a baby brother" I really just wanted someone to talk and share things with (as well as playing) but I had to wait so long to actully be able to talk to him about something intresting, like Why do men have more hair in more places? etc

Mr Kicky

2007-01-04T13:37:00.000Z

waking up now everyday at this time. its when Mr Kicky decides hes had enough dreaming and does some flip overs and elbow nudges.
he seems to enjoy bruising my ribs with his head , maybe he has a itch cus its non-stop moving over them.
most people think when you are being kicked its a good feeling...well it used to be, when it was small and not so often. now i dont know which is worse, being reapetedly kicked in the spine, kicked on my bladder or him turning over and i can feel limbs moving inside me not to mention i can see his head (lump under the skin) moving around.

also i find non pregnant teens staring at my tummy, maybe thinking they will see movement. which is rather anoying as it is pervy, plus omer never sees cus by the time his turned his head and said "What?" the baby stops to listen to his voice.

we now refer to the baby as Kitten. sadly cus the word baby sounds a big thing, a scary thing and a expensive thing.

new baby rebekah

2006-12-27T01:49:00.000Z

so i now have a new baby cousin! of 8pounds and i think 12hours labour. born on boxing day!

omer sleeping

2006-12-14T19:18:00.000Z

took this picture on the train back from cardiff, he was sleeping but kept straitening his head, and then it would slowly fall back down again. went on for ages, was so funny.

sleeping with hic-ups

2006-12-13T18:10:00.000Z

i find it abuse yes ABUSE if anyone interupts my oprea listening time.
Im not being unresonable, its only a 3min song. and even if you are the postman bearing gifts, you just have to wait, like everyone else.
i'm also finding this automatic spell checker on blogger irattating. there should be an option that if you want it on or off. its like how am i supposed to express myself in my natrual way with this spelling thing going on?

so i guess i not updated in awhile, well im 6 months pregnant now, WARNING to people who at 6 months. its just downhill now. i have forgoton what it is like to sleep. its a new sleep now. its sleeping with hic-ups. and waking up for no reason but to turn over for the Other person inside to get comftable.
im sure there was 3 dinosaurs inside me lastnight not one baby.
my tummy was leaping about like something from aliean, it got to the point when i couldnt read while resting the book on my tummy cus he was jumping about so much.
and theres 3 months to go, i cant take much of this.

chocolate rambling

2006-11-10T15:35:00.000Z

chocolate bars really depend on size.

for example this is what happened yesterday..

i was in the mood for a good chocolate bar, but all that was avalible was tiny individully wrapped chocolates. now the thing about these chocolates, are they not ment for Hunger eating, they more of Decoration, (plus if u take more than 2, people will think you are greedy).

Wrappers on Decrotive bars, are just a novelty, they usully make them shiny and make a crinkly noise when you take the wrapper off. But on a Hunger bar the wrapper is just a protection from people's teeth. (if they had no wrappers, people would be biting chunks out of them all the time) (and there would be no concept of getting a Whole bar)

so i eat one, and yup im still hungry.. so i try to calculate how many tiny bars to make up a big one, so i will feel not chocolate Hungry no more.

but in the end it makes no difference, cus u just dont feel full, (i think its reverse sicology, chocolate bar makers are very clever) the reason is that when you are eating a normal bar its big, and u See its big, plus u can See yourself eating it. but u cant do this with Decrotive bars, as they too tiny.

nightmares

2006-11-03T14:33:00.000Z

had a really scary dream last night.

it started with me having contractions and my waters breaking, then we went to the hospital (NHS) and it was low staffed. there were 6 other pregnant wemon there with a partnet, and we was all waiting in a que, with number tickets. well i finally get through and im in bed in agony, and there are like only 2 midwifes avalible so whenever i call them they busy, omer then dissapears to get snacks and im like wot?.. theres no painkillers as the stock not arrive yet, and time passes and im like omg do i live here now?? theres no baby and no assistance and no one cares.. eventully this traine midwife comes and it turns out to be a pervy asain guy who is like 19. im like "well, is the baby coming?" he checks and says that i will be ready in about 7 hours time, and im really pretty.. so omer then socks him and i notice that im bleeding? i like shouting for help but no one is there, and omer is beating up the traine midwife..

im too scared to sleep now :s

second scan!

2006-10-27T22:48:00.000Z

had second scan today, jean came with us. we waited and waited in the waiting room which is always seemingly forever.
didnt see anything for ages, omer really has the advantage since the tv screen is at his eye level. with me lying flat out i cant see anything at all - infurating!
after ages i get to see the baby, and saw him kicking and breathing, his little heart beating and a yawn, which obvoiusly means he already feeling bored in there.

window shopping

2006-10-26T16:58:00.000Z

I have seen the weirdest names for shops in Cardiff. here are some examples..
nice but naughty - coffee shop
back 'n' sides - hair
chicken plus - fried chicken
burning fountain - clothes shop

first vist to Cardiff

2006-10-20T15:07:00.000Z

cardiff it lovely, not as nice as cornwall but much nearer and better than manchester. yes i admit it, im in love with this new city and want to move. i'm thinkin all my friends in manchester should come vist cardiff so they will move here too.

fatima is singing ''old mac donald'' except her virsion is ''old maccy donald, having fun''
here is a pic of her --->

today i dunno what we are doing, but i hope we get to go out somewhere, yesterday omer take me to cardiff town, which is much wider and quiter than manchester, and we walked all over till i was tired.

Be Inspired, but how?

2006-10-15T18:08:00.000Z

what should one do when run out of ideas? or wanting to do 2 conflicting things?
should i start again or keep going and hope it turns out okey?
why is there no website to find your idea path again?

everything seems to be about choices, and no one to guide me or advice me. what happened to my special advisor, and did she really have to leave?

lots of people ask for advice, but then they do the oppisete anyway, so whats the point?
might aswell tell them what they dont want to hear, cus thats what their ganna do.
is this life? or just a random slice of it?

Do we actully have a destiny? or a set path to follow? or is it just a bunch of random choices we make?

can you draw in your sleep?, i think it would be amazing if you could, i think when drawing i tend to concentrate too much. and it doesn't have to be perfect.

or does it?

charlotes web

2006-10-13T16:10:00.000Z

so i have noticed this year there are more spiders around. and for some reason theres seems to be competition going on, on our bathroom celing. beacuse there used to be 5 spiders and then there was 3. i found the other 2, on the floor, quite dead. i dont know how they got to be dead. but i dont think they would have liked to die dropping from the celing. and i blame the bigest spider i think she murdered him.
now there is no court of law or justice for spiders. and since im the most often vistor that puts me up a notch, so she better be careful next time.

pee fuel

2006-10-13T14:49:00.000Z

if pee was made into a car fuel then more pregnant ladies would have jobs.
And more people would get pregnant.
So if they made the law that you had to get married, there would be no problem of sex before marrage.

catch-up

2006-09-29T09:36:00.000Z

right, now i know i not posted in ages. but alot has happened (yes thats my excuse)

like the wedding! and my first scan!

first - the wedding, It was fab, seriously the best day of my life. sorry i mean OUR lives. i keep forgeting.. the whole of it, well i never relised how many pictures actully are taken, espicaily of me, which required alot of standing. If i knew i would have been bare foot, as my jeweled heals dug in to me.. killing me.
so by the last few pictures, i was getting kinda crabby.. and you can see it in our wedding video lol.
anyway my pictures (our pictures) are on : http://www.flickr.com/photos/mintymoon/

the scan went fine, we could see this baby shaped grey blob moving and kicking, completly unaware of us. i dont know why i expected it to wave at me and say hi.

I got a slight bump yay! its small but mine :)

hospitals

2006-09-27T17:55:00.000Z

If you watch tv you will know that the emergancy room is one of the most exciting places to be......WRONG
The thing about people who work in ermergancy room, is that they are not the ones with the emergancy, you are.
so they dont really care.

carrying a growing watermelon.

2006-09-27T16:01:00.000Z

being pregnant is like carrying a small water melon that sits on your pelvis and on your bladder, and just gets bigger. The pressure of this melon causes a strain like period pain that is constantly there.
In the day its usully not so bad cus you can take your mind off it, but in the night it turns into a big fish and moves around every few seconds. So this therefore causes you no sleep, and lots of tossing and turning.

If you are ok with happening then go on get pregnant!

carrots - peeled, chopped, boiled, raw or even fried!

2006-09-21T18:10:00.000Z

Hello all people who dont read/do read this blog.

I know i aint very good at updating this blog, and i have to be careful what i say just in case my mom reads it, and asks "whats up, why you feeling like that? awww big hug"
so, even tho im pregnant, hungry, pissed off about peeing all the time, i'm ganna try my hardest not to come on here and moan about my pregnancy.
what i can moan about is the fact i cant put any more pictures on this d*** site cus they askin for MONEY. nothing is free in this world. now if u wanna get a blog, i suggest blogger, but they have crap coustemer service, as in NO service at all.
so if you wanna see my baby scan pictures you will have to go on flikr.com/photos/mintymoon

phew, feels great letting all that out.

my meals today:

so talking about food, today for breakfast i had 3 waffles, 1 peice of apple crumble topped lavishly with thick custard and golden honey oh and 2 choc chip cookies.

one word YUM. consume time - 3 min

then at exactly 12.39 i got up and ate all the carrots we had in our fridge. (4 carrots)

weird questions in my mind:

1. how many cups of uncooked rice, and water, would be needed to fill a bath tub full of cooked rice?

2. why does the water in the tiolet always stay the same level, no matter how much water you put in?

ppl that answer these questions right and understandingly get a surprise prize!!

Things that anoy me today:

1. the fact that SomeOne keeps switching off the lights, so its pitch black and all the bugs come out.
2. everytime i go to the loo the window is open, so its frezzing cold and my butt turns to ice.
(why would someone do this at night?? do they want burgulars to get in??)

cars and money

2006-09-02T22:08:00.000Z

People that have cars, forget what it is like to use a bus.
first of all, theres no point asking them how long it will take you to get there or here or how much it will cost or if the buses are fequent.

they will say "oh it wont cost u that much, maybe just a pound" - really being £3.

or "it wont take you that long, maybe 5 min" - really being 30 min, if a bus is just there when you get there.

or " oh yes the bus is every few min" - meaning every hour or 40 min.

these people* also dont understand money very much, they use plastic whereever they go, and dont understand the concept of loose change.

this is very frustrating, as some of us do not have a car or as much money.

* not all people are like this, just some.

things about our roommate that anoy me.

2006-09-02T22:06:00.000Z

1. always leaves the seat up, and pees all over the top of the seat, so i have to touch it to put the seat down YUK.
2. leaves hair EVERYWHERE.
3. never empty's the bin.
4. never cleans the hob, surfaces, bathroom or kitchen floor.
5. steals the tiolet paper.

baby scan!!

2006-08-31T17:42:00.000Z

so yesterday, i saw the baby!!!
first it looked abit like a potato, but then we could see the legs and arms waving, we could even see a lil nose!!
saw the heart beating, was about the size of a pea, omer kept looking and looking and smiling at me.

omer really is the coolest, but then again, he did say at least it was not his tummy.

the gelly wasnt so bad, was soooo nice to lie back and relax.

(i have put arrows identifing what it all is, after my mum said it looked like a tea cup and saucer)

full time job

2006-08-23T16:47:00.000Z

as i am preggers, i am getting up late, and watching cartoons. i have found that thunderbirds comes on on channel 2.
but its a really creepy tv program. the strings dont bother me but everytime the puppets get something using there hands, u see human hands! and they gross and hairy. which really creepy cus they have no hair on their arms.

being pregnant is not easy. just going to the tiolet is a full time job, and i know cus i vist it every 20min.

today for breakfast i had scrambled egg with bread, and chocolate buttons.

yesterday i had a accident with my desk office chair, it hit my foot and cut it in a V shape. which really hurts. lots of blood escaped too.

for people who want to know how far i am in my pregnancy, its 3 months and one week.

Honeymooneness :) :)

2006-08-05T18:08:00.000Z

right, so its a week after the wedding. and its sooooo relaxing, i feel almost too relaxed.
got the wedding video yesterday, which we watched and laughed at all the funny bits, and commented on how we looked.
the photos we have seen kinda, but we not picked the ones we like..my bounquet is dieing now and i want to wear my wedding dress every day!
i will put the photos on fickr, as soon as i get them.

last night i had a really strange dream, me, my family (including my grandparents and uncle's family) and the dysons, and me and omer were in this like holiday resort, which was half sebmerged by water cus of global warming? and we were all wearing our wedding clothes, and fighting? i had this argument with my uncles wife about my underwear?? she said it wasnt weddingey, and i said omg you never happy. and she was shouting in french. then i like run off in tears, and omer is like "2 pregnant people should not be left alone" and everyone fighting about something, and my uncles wife is chasing me and then i wake up as omer sticks his elbow in my face.

i was like right....

today omer taking me to see a movie, and i really really excited cus we not been for ages, and i hope theres tiolets nearby, and we can have popcorn and butter.

incident in the tiolets

2006-07-27T23:58:00.000Z

so today i was sick once. which is becoming the norm.
so i with the dysons* all day wich was fun, and we go tescos, and then to the loo's..
and while i was in there, Mary asked over the wall

"sarah, what you doing?"

"i'm on the internet chatting"

"really?"

"no, im peeing..you?"

Crackers..

2006-07-17T10:32:00.000Z

feel like eating and munching on crackers... those jacob cream crackers.. and baked beans with chips!

im a weetabix

2006-07-17T05:19:00.000Z

latly i have been feeling a mixture of emotions aswell as Anger. ahem..
most people are like aww congrats Hug, what u want as gift. now these are the things to stay to me.
other people are saying "thats no excuse to be ill" or "just beacuse ur pregnant dosent mean other people have to be nice" or " stop pretending you not got a bump yet" now if u say these things i will show ANGER. now beacuse one of those persons was a family member i was nice. but when a saucepan falls on his head i wont feel sorry.

otherwise wedding plans still happening. FUN. NOT. dont think i can deal with it anymore, want it to be the wedding day already!

stupid cake stuff!

2006-07-13T17:01:00.000Z

ok so we getting married (registered) in 17 days, and the cake lady is showing me attitude cus i forgot the appointment, and being sick is not a valid excuse aperently. then i went to the hair lady and she told me i was ugly cus i was not wearing make up. comon i been sick this morning! give me a break! so i just start crying and she is like oh tut tut. i going to do something evil like give birth in her shop to show her! mwa ha ha or teach the kid to scream whenever we see her mwa ha ha..

things i cant eat anymore

2006-07-12T13:41:00.000Z

spring oniouns
chocolate
yogurt
cream chease or fromage fraie or cottage chease
pringles
tea
curry's
fish - even tuna sandwiches!
strawberries
blueberries
ketchup
fried eggs
pancakes