Happy Sunday everyone!

I'm still sleepy.........need coffee

Good morning! ^ guess what you're husband is coming on my birthday!!!!!! I am so excited I love my birthday! Youssef told me that he has been saving money and so this year my present is a "real" wedding ring! I get to pick it out and I just haven't been able to decide yet what I want - I think that on one of his next days off we'll go look for something. I really like white gold but I'm torn and starting to think I might like yellow gold.....Argh! We'll see. Not much to do today - I'm cleaning upthe house and my old college room mate is in town for the week. I'm also experimenting with a "moroccan barbeque sauce" We'll see how that turns out. I got a bunch of beef ribs to experiment with lol!

Ugh, work tomorrow

Good morning everyone!!! We are having a early Thanksgiving meal to celebrate w/my brother who is home w/his wife from Nicaragua...excited for this time..and of course the food!! Have a great day!

Ugg... At work already Need coffeeee...

i have a mysql class all week long starting tomorrow

Good morning, I woke up with one HUGE headache . Parents are coming to visit today.
Sparrow, as soon as my parents leave i'll be getting out my notebooks and stuff i have saved on computer to ORGANIZE (by the way, writings on my computer is saved in email so i have to sort that out, but i got your message, and i think i'll do the same as in writing them in smaller parts and in the end putting them in order. If you have yahoo or msn i have the same id as here, you can add me. I had some ideas (i've been wanting to write about me from 3 years back) of how i wanted to write mine but i want to know what you would suggest be better. By the way, I'm still trying to find out how to use the blog I need a few hours to get familiar with it. It took me a while to get used to this forum too! i'm sooooooo not knowledged in that!

I hope everyone enjoys their Sunday!

Hugs,

Ayesha

Good Morning and happy Sunday everyone!
Hope its a great day...

my doctor told me she is going to induce me on friday so I am on the real countdown
waiting for my MIL to get here wednesday and in the meantime TRYING to do a little cleaning but frankly I just dont feel like it, I'd much rather lounge

Happy Sunday everyone.

Amera- I am making beef ribs for dinner too! I'm not sure about the sauce yet though.

Have a good one.

I dont know how to cook beef ribs, someone post up a recipe so I can try it too!

I usually just season the beef ribs with a blended seasoning or salt and pepper and put them on a sheetpan in the oven covered with foil on about 250-300 degrees for a couple of hours until they are tender but still juicy. you can baste them with their juices to keep them moist if needed. Then I will grill them for 10 minutes or so and put some barbecue sauce on them and eat up.

ok, whats up with the forum? Is it my computer?? I can't read all the posts without hving to click on a link for each individual post. I don't like that... *cries* It takes twice as long to read threads now *cries again*.......

Click on the "options" button at the top right hand corner of the first post of the thread, then choose display mode - standard.

omg thank you so much. I was ready to never return coz that was seriously annoying!!! i've never used that option before so it was new to me.. I feel like such a yutz! On that note, another dull and boring laundry sunday for me. I have to try to get out of supper with the enemy tonight so we'll see how that goes...

amal

whoo hoo Friday is baby day for Sara!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have to appoint someone to come here and tell us when the baby's born!!!

House smells AMAZING!!! My oldest went to two football games today so me and the lil one went food shopping and I have a chicken boiling and I sauteed some carrots, onions and celery with fresh thyme and it smells so good! She has a really bad cold so homemade chicken soup is about to come to the rescue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My nana used to put kayro syrup and bells seasoning in it so I think I'll try that this time.

Do beef ribs taste as good as pork ribs do? I miss my ribs. I used to marinate them overnight in olive oil, tons of garlic and lemon and then slow cook them all day in the oven at around 250.

Good Afternoon everyone. I just woke up. Man! did I sleep in. But I was up till 4 am talking with my honey.


Doodle NO WAY do beef ribs taste as good as pork! When Medo gets here I will too miss my pork ribs.

Hope You All Have A Great Sunday

I am sore today all over. After the video shoot I went to turn the ultra heavy lighting kit and camera kit back in and no one was there. I called the prof and she said to turn it in on Monday and I wasn't looking forward to carrying that stuff all the way home and back again. Alas the soreness.

In other news I don't know what to make of these pix I got in an email from my sister in law. There was no text just these pix. Anyone?







Also congrats to Sara on the baby inducing very soon! Pls have someone come post to let us know details!

Olivia

That's why I always make a batch of pork and beef ribs. I'm not much of a pork eater, but pork ribs.....YUMMMMMM

I've actually always preferred beef ribs.

Anyway, you can always get your baby backs when you go out to eat, even if you don't make them at home.

I think beef ribs are more lean - I hate chewing on fat LOL! So far so good they are in the oven on like 275 slow cooking, I put a dry rub of a little bit of saffron, salt and pepper, paprika, garlic powder, and cumin all over. Then I put some small pats of butter all over. and covered with tinfoil. So now they've been going a little over an hour. In about 45 minutes i'm going to take the tinfoil off and baste them with a sauce i concocted of apple cider vinegar (would normally use red wine but alas), brown sugar, honey, lime juice, garlic and onion powder, cumin, black pepper. I'll let them go awhile and then add a little more on top when they are done. I also made a rice pudding with raisins and pistachios. Baking some potatoes for soem double stuffed potatoes, and then some califlower/zucchini goat cheese side dish. That's all I got

Yay! I bought a new shower curtain for my parents and one for me. I figure it will make things happier in my red, black, and white bathroom (which will be red and multi now?) Anyway, the product descirption promises a happy bathroom experience after you have this

I must admit, I took 1 look at ur curtain and instantly felt happier! I guess it can also promise a happy VJ experience too huh??

Ha Amal! Maybe? Maybe we should use it in threads that start to get heated. It could be the peace maker

hehehe or we could wrap it around each others necks and pull real hard no no, NO IDEAS PPL!!

Why don't you ask her what they are for?

mashallah they are adorable though! I love looking at little girls in hijab. It makes their cheeks smushed and chubby!

As promised, another pic from my Houston trip. This is Traven, Amal's 'little man'. He is one remarkable kid and it was a pleasure to meet and talk with him.

Jackie
Oh, the sword was one of the cool things I spoiled him with.

Ok, this is by far the most awesome backsplash I ever designed! It was installed last week and I was let in to photograph it this morning. It is made with 1x1 and 2x2 glass mosiac (at $60 a square foot).

Jackie

Wow Jackie! That is really awesome!

im not trying to start anything but i really want to know - why do little girls have to wear hijab? (ie vs. women of age)

They don't have to wear it until they hit puberty and some are of the belief that they never have to wear it. I think that 1) the parents just think it's cute to dress them up like that for a picture and 2) some little girls just want to dress up like mommie half the time. I have read of a lot of women that say their little girl just wants to be like them but that when they get to be a certain age that wears off and they either keep it on due to their beliefs or they take it off.

Beef ribs are awesome. My slow-cooker 'recipe':

Tomato sauce
Brown Sugar
Apple Cider Vinegar
Salt
Pepper
Red Onion

Chop the red onion finely. Mix the tomato sauce, vinegar, & sugar & spices to taste. You're looking for something sweet and tangy, so start with the tomato sauce as a base and add the vinegar and sugar slowly until you get the consistency you want. You can also add cloves or nutmeg if you want to.

Pour mixture over:
Beef ribs

Put them in a slow cooker on low. Come back later. Eat.

That is GORGEOUS, Jackie. Me want!




I'm writing that one down!

Jackie i LOVE it. i have a glass tile backsplash but i want YOURS!!!!

Also doodle thanks for the info.

ditto! i want one tooooo...

my lil'man looks all chubby in that pic hehehehe .. .. .. you should post some from the sword fight!

I wish I could afford that backsplash!

With labor, my customer paid $1900.00. Jas, Charles, don't you think your wives would like one of these? How about in seafoam green?

Jackie

um i think it's more of a matter of whether my wallet would like one

jac...that is absolutely beautiful....definitly want one of those in my kitchen in the future...

what a great sunday....i worked from 7-2pm....got home and watched the Best Bears game ever....Go Griese!!! then carved pumpkins with my husband ...

I have been trying to post all afternoon, but my connection has been going in and out.

Jackie, I love that backsplash!! I am sure your customer is very pleased!

Sara - wow!! It's official.... Baby is coming this week!!! Alf Mabrook!

I am digging all of the ribs recipes. My mom makes the best ribs ever, but I have no idea how she does it. The meat falls off of the bone, and we usually wind up eating them with a fork. *drool*

amal & Jackie, nice pic! amal, your son is toooo cute!

Hi to everyone else here & happy Sunday.

Can the MENA forum get a flippin visa over here????!?!?!??!!!

I need a reminder course as to how to post a picture with the right dimensions that isn't 1 inch by 1 inch. Anyone?

It's good to have grown up with a contractor for a parent. Lol! Labor costs are a non-issue. Not to mention sourcing of great materials. We do (almost) everything ourselves here. Only renovation we didn't do - was the roof & siding. (bleh, too much work - let a pro handle it.)

If you're willing - grab a book, and learn how to slap that stuff up yourself. A great looking ... uh, I still like to call it those tiles on the wall behind the stove lol ... is only as expensive as how much work as you're willing to put into it.

* And you can still afford to have someone with some good design skills draw a nice one up for you!

Edited some of my music video footage today. Will be busy with that the next few days as it's due on Wednesday.

What else???? Hmmmm......

Oh yeah. I can't sleep. Maybe I should read my textbook chapters...? They always seem to put me to sleep...ha!

The second one looks like a little girl I know... she's really cute in a hijab, but gorgeous and a stunner without! She doesn't wear it full time, only at the mosque.

the tile is what is expensive. those glass tiles are pricey. however here is a little trick, my husband bought clear tiles which are WAY cheaper and he spray painted the back of them to achieve the color! it would work with any color, ours is gray and we dont have a pattern but we have a very bright colored kitchen so we really cant. but you cant tell these tiles are spraypainted they just look like grey glass tiles!