Happy Monday MENA! Have a good one!!

its monday, blech. I woke up every 30 minutes for the last 4 hours and finally said "to hell with it" and got up. I don't know why i couldn't sleep. OH WELL!

I hope everybody has a super terriffic day!!!!!

amal

I know what you mean Amal, i've had countless nights like those!

Happy Monday, Y'all!

Hey guys! I haven't been on all weekend because we went on that crazy camping trip with what seemed like an elemantary school of kids. Let's say I'm glad to be home.......

Amal...I have lots of nights like those. Sometimes I think I have insomnia and then i will sleep just fine for a week. Malek had me up at 430am this morning thinking he needed a bottle but the poor guy had wet through his diaper so I had to get up and change everything. It sucks that I only had 45 more minutes to sleep.

Well, have a great Monday!

Well, we'll (and by we I mean me as he already knows but is speaking Arabic) see if they got the visa in a few seconds... I think not because I hear a lot of "Sharaf a kelb" sounds coming from Dh.

OK, now there is laughing.

ETA: Ok, now he said more kelb stuff.

and............... ?

oh man I am azz drazzin. I was up LATE last night with .....a friend. So being tired today is worth it.

COFFEE....where is my COFFEE?

tasha your hair is so cute!

Jackie

my sunglass sunburn has not faded, I am now forced to go to work today looking like a doof...ohhh well...

Any news yet Julianna?

Happy Monday MENA... I need some caffine

I was insomniac last night as well... up at 3:30 with a racing heart, completely awake and no idea why called hubby and he was fine, called my parents this morning and no news, so I'm assuming it's me having a bad dream and not being able to sleep for the next 3 hrs

Sunglass burns are no fun I am getting hijab burns on my face haha. A headscarf burn is not hot. If I look at a PICTURE of the sun I am red.

Today my fiance gets his visa! He should be getting it right now actually Hopefully I'll see him August 7th! Happy Monday everyone!

It's almost back to school time! At least in the South.... I can't believe kids start back to school in just over a week. You Northerners have about a month left.

PB, sorry about your sleepless/heart racing night - hope you feel better today. Hubby's off today and we will go shopping together and then (woot! woot!) my class is on break for 2 weeks, so I don't have to teach tonight! I'm *truly* off work today!!! YAY for Monday!

OK! Well his sister got a visa, his borther was denied. His brother hsn't told him yet what paper they gave him... so we're going to see if it's something that can be contested. They did the same thing as always-- asked his brother only one question (how much does he make) and didn't take any of his information he had-- even though we tried to stress to him he needed to show the consulor officer that he had a house, cars, money, etc. Any ideas?

Good morning MENA. I was up too late last night and then had to be up by 5:45am for work The inhumanity!!! Anyway, I'm just on a break. I must go aquire some coffee or I'm not going to make it, lol.

So check out this list for Lexy's kindergarten supplies............

3 boxes of 16 crayons (not large)

40 #2 pencils....SHARPENED! (methinks this teacher doesn't want to use the sharpner til October at least!)

2 40-count disenfectant wipes (like those 80 sheets will keep a group of germy kids healthy!)

15 Elmer glue sticks ( is this the morning snack?)

2 boxes of Ziploc bags (Boys bring quart size/Girls bring sandwich size) Its always about size isnt it?

...........and the list goes on. I think she starts school the last week of August. When my kids were in school, kindergarten was like a 3 hour thing. Lexy will go from 8:30-2:30. Of course Jessica will be sitting outside the door for the first few days

Jackie

I do believe they are eating glue sticks for snack....lol!!!!!!!! That is a lot of glue sticks!!!!

Good morning MENA ladies & Staashi!!! Happy Monday ! have a blessed day!

Good Morning MENA - it's a gorgeous day in NYC - plenty of sunshine and no humidity. Why can't we always have such a lovely days.

Wishing everyone a wonderful week!

dorothy

Mornin' Tamara! How ya doing today?

<sigh>I'm totally jealous - I wish we had no humidity right now. It's 81 degrees with 81% humidity...and my hair is 100% frizz.

Today is court for the man that killed Dawn It is at 1:30pm. Hatem called me because we thought it was at 9am. I will be at work this afternoon, so I will call him later and see how the man pleaded. I'm afraid if he pleads not guilty, that Hatem might say or do something. I am sure his brother will be there along with her family. Maybe Ryan (her brother) will come online later to give us an update.

.33 drunk.........I heard on the news the other day that .5 is legally dead drunk. He better plead guilty.

they usually dont plead guilty unless ready to throw in the towel, by saying not guilty prolongs the case as apeals, but again he prob dont want it to go to a jury either....

Jackie - I hope they put him away and lock the key!

First day back to work but we had an AWESOME vacation!!!! The weather pretty much sucked eggs but.............don't laugh...........I've taken up cross stitching and it's sooo fun!!!! Just about every day me and the girls would sit and do our cross stitching and we had a blast!

On a side note apparently work finally upgraded us to a new office package...I think 2003? lol. I'm sooo confuzzled it's not even funny.

I pray that Dawn and Hatem get the justice that they deserve. This is such an horrific tragedy. This will also be really difficult on Hatem as the American justice system, although normally fair, can really drive someone insane. I hope he can get through all of this as best as possible.

they always have the kids bring enough for themselves and 4 other kids to compensate for the families that weren't able to get supplies for their kids. They end up putting everybodies stuff into bins and everybody gets to pick what they want so for heavens sake don't get the pretty pencils coz she'll end up with a regular #2 and the kids before her will get her pretty ones. I don't have enough money to supply 4 kids with supplies so I get 1 package/box of each item and if he needs more, I'll buy it for him. I feel that there are enough freebie places that parents can get full supplies that there's no need for the kids to supply for everyone....thats just my 2 cents. I'd be happy to help anyone that I *knew* was struggling but don't like being FORCED to help everyone...does that make sense?

I'm at work and tired now. My head is groggy. I think I had such a sleepless night coz I was thinking of the court date for Dawns killer and of our dear Henna who is struggling right now with her loss.

I love all of you! Please take care ensha'allah

amal

Cross stitching? Ugh, poke my eyes out with the needles! I'm not the crafty type...


I, too, was up in the middle of the night - from 3 to 5. I got back to sleep, but overslept and was almost an hour late for work. Maybe all our minds were racing a bit from yesterday's tragic news.

Oh the pleasure of living in Florida. My mom always tries to convince me to move there but every time I think about the humidity I just know it's not for me...Don't mind the occasional visit here and there but no more than 4 days...

jenn you crack me up...'poke me in the eyes with the needles'...silly woman..it is ONE needle! (unless you drop that little sucker in the carpet) I used to cross-stitch, when I could see and didn't have the internet.

love the cross stitch have done alot of it but it is hard on these eyes now, i do have something started maybe ONE day i will finish it

I hope that the justice will be served - I know that it won't bring Dawn back but at least the justice system may prevernt any future tragedy. People like this need to be kept away from the roads...

My thoughts are with Hatem and his family. Please keep us posted, Jackie!

lol that's how I was as a kid...I'd have like 5 crossstitch projects that were half finished. LOL.

Most of my time was honestly spent threading the needle and tying the knots for the kiddo's every three seconds but when I did get to do my own it was awesome. My little one is working on one that says "What Happens at Grandma's Stays at Grandma's"

Wow seems like kids go back to school early this year! I think mine go back Sep 2 so we have at least another month left and one more week of vacation for me!

dorothy, did you wake up and exercise today? Didn't think I was paying attention, huh? lol

mine are the counted ones not the stamped on, i did christmas stocking for alot of the gkids etc, big pictures, usually get them wayyyy to hard the one im doing now is/was to be for ahmed birthday (the last one) ha maybe i can get it done by this march

I haven't even thought about cross stitching in years. I probably wouldn't be able to type at work because I would have poked my fingers until they were raw.

About the school supplies....Amal is right, you are probably buying to build up a supply. We learned this the hard way when my now 11 year old daughter was in Kindergarden. She came home crying because all of the girls in the class but she got one of her pretty Barbie Pencils and she didn't get any smelly erasers. I would buy the plain and simple stuff. Walmart usually has good sales on school supplies starting sometime soon. I also am with you Amal...I totally understand..you know the minute you don't send something in you are getting that note and then at the end of the year the kids come home saying there was so much stuff left and crayons that the teacher just threw them away!!! I never really mind helping out somebody that I know that needs help so don't get me wrong....

Hugs and prayers to Dawn's family today. I'm sure that what they will hear or see will not be the easiest for them.

I found the coolest cross stitch patterns on ebay! It is a set of 4...one says Allah. one is bismillah, ...one is a mosque... If you want a copy doods, I can try to get it to ya!

Actually that would be something hubby would love! Definitely give me the link! He's not into doing drawings due to something about art being haram but he would love to do religious type ones. Yes my husband likes cross-stitching

Now, that's funny.

Oh yes I did.!!!! I was up at 5:50am. Started my work out at 6am and was done at 6:30am with my heart rate way up and great feeling of accomplishment. Tonight I will be doing the second part - strength and stretch and hope to keep it up.

I do deserve a star for the effort, right? LOL

Thank for asking - to tell you the truth I was surprised that you remembered LOL

Jackie, I'd love the link.... I think I'd like to try these to send to the hubby's family for Eid!

Don't do it...as I always say...Don't believe the hype. FL is great during the winter, when you're freezing your toukas off in the rest of the country. But the summers will make you cry as it is so hot.

Yes I will get them out tonight and see what I can do to copy them. They are small and would be very easy to complete before eid. I will be happy to share them

ok dorothy..I'm going for a walk after work. I really am. Just don't ask me to run. lol

I wouldn't do it!

I am more of a California weather person - that's where I would like to move if I would ever decide to leave NY behind - I dream about that once in a while but then I wake up and I'm still here...Oh well, at least I have great friends and a job that I love so I can't really complain...





You can do it Jackie - I know you can!!!

Actually, I'm a native Californian...so the humidity always gets me. I can be in the middle of Death Valley and be hot, but not hot/sticky. Here, it is so sticky and uncomfortable that the heat and humidity just penetrate you to the core.

i would like to see them also,good idea for family

Well I am off to work. Have a good afternoon. See ya'll tonight.

jJ

ok....due to major interest in my 1/2 done eid projects..i will go get them off the shelf and make copies at work ,,that is how they were sent to me..and colored in with markers..they are very simple and i would love to share them with you all.

One of my sisters lives in Ft. Laud and is sooo miserable in the summer. She even bought a generator in case they ever get hit with hurricaines like they did in the year of Katrina where she had to sweat her azz off due to no electricity.


I was telling hubby I'd love to move to Cali but then we turned on the news last night and they were talking about the fires so apparently that's off the board. lol. Whenever I daydream about where to live I always come back to North Carolina since the summer's aren't too too bad and the winters are short.

I love NC!!! Maybe we should have a huge upheaval and a bunch of us move to NC. Watch out Caybee..... we're moving in!

My hubby hates FL - wishes he was anywhere but here...I lived in Miami for awhile - it was so hot, but at least there was a breeze. In Tallahassee there is never a breeze in the summer, unless a storm is coming in.

And I am originally from Poland so humidity is one part of the summers in NY that I hate the most...I agree about the dry heat - I had a blast in Tucson, AZ few years back - desert sun is the best!