Cup of tea with Aisha

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah :) how are u doing? I was gonna write edibles on the title, and I started the post with my e-mail address.. (essalo...) But that's what happens when you sit in the sofa corner, the sharpness and professionality of the kitchen table is gone, and we are off to this little craziness we might actually need. There's no tea with Aisha without a cup of tea, and we also needed my husband to go take a nap so we have the whole house for our thoughts and chat. :) ... Do you collect something? It can be anything. Go ahead and share in the comment section :) I'd like to collect experiences, and maybe we all do that anyways. I mean I'd like to travel to many countries, go to a pottery and sewing class, art class too, and I'd like to learn more of making natural cosmetics at home. I'd like to do more things together with my spouse (mostly I'd like to travel with him! ♥), and I'd like to do something.. I don't know what it could be, ...

Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh all :) how's your weekend been? We are on Sunday, and the week is turning to another, in sha Allah. I'm a bit tired, but decided to come write here in the kitchen, maybe it'll make me sharper. Peppermint tea on the way, like you know I like to drink in the evenings, and I have a few dates for a sweet treat. ... I'm excited for next week, genuinely. This past week was so good and I feel like I was able to give and receive so good energies that there's some of it left for next week too. I don't have yet much planned things, just a few, but in sha Allah the week will shape itself while it goes forward. I will be more aware of my diet and health, and give myself stress free time, and also enjoy the process. I know this all might sound silly, but note that I have a severe mental illness, I am somewhat still a recovering addict, and I am an anxious stress ball, so I need to plan intentionally to have good vibes hehe.  I al...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah dears :) how have you been? Welcome to my sofa corner. I had a nice day, alhamdulillah. These good days are so needed because so much of my time is occupied by anxiety. Today's program was a work shift, grocery shopping and cooking an easy dinner of French fries and chicken. That's my go-to when I have work and come home later, it is ready quickly and is a nice option for rice. But I cooked so nice food at work, my customer had some AI generated recipes and we decided to make a baked chicken-vegetable-blue cheese oven dish with some potatoes. I'll try to make it at home too in sha Allah. So goes the veganism.. but I'll get into it. ... My toxic trait is that I get so excited about something, and then my motivation doesn't keep up. This is a problem for me, because I need to a) do exercise and b) lose weight and eat healthy and c) do fun, nice things that keep me on good mood. I can't keep up with a workout plan, and I decide to b...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh all :) how's your weekend going? Alhamdulillah. This weekend has been more of an easy one. I went yesterday to jummah prayer with one sister, met some more at the masjid, and then we went for a coffee/matcha and cake in a cafe afterwards. Nice day and even though I had this awkward feel about myself, I didn't have much anxiety and was able to enjoy the day. Today I just went for groceries, and then just hang out at home. It's one of these times when things seem smooth and easy, so alhamdulillah. I am thankful for this because things can change and trials and difficulties wait for their turn. We should all be thankful, and remember our sisters and brothers who struggle, may it be more publicly or a private, silent battle. I added a charity link on my Instagram @cupofteawithaisha, it's part of MATW Project's program and directed to the orphans of our ummah, you'll find it in my bio. Making the donation is very simple,...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh all :) how's your week started? There's Snakes on the plane on tv, was gonna watch it just because, but then I felt like I need to write you about something. Everything is fine though, alhamdulillah. We had more time together with hubby the past weekend, and now back to regular daily life. I have my cup of tea, and some more for you to read.  ... I think I used to write more about love before. Maybe I was differently in love too. I have had my fair share of marriages, like you know if you have read my blog for some years, and it's not something I'm necessarily proud of, but they all have happened. Being a revert can be a bit frustrating on the marriage scene, as some of you might now very well. Not that dating and finding a husband would be easier to anyone really. What I mean is that as a revert, and especially a new revert you might end up to relationships that are not fully functioning, and can be even abusive or at leas...

Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh :) it's been a while. The weather starts to change. There's a coolness in the air, and it feels good. A wind not too strong, but enough to make the window blinds clatter between the glasses. I haven't felt the best, and I wanted to come back stronger, but this is how it is now. Autumn comes and it brings its blues. And nothing is really wrong, alhamdulillah. It's just the illness having its ups and downs. ... It's like I close those window blinds in the evenings: not when the sun has gone down but before that, when it's set, ready to dive to the horizon. I don't want to finish the day when it's already over, I want to give the benefit of the doubt that maybe the sun won't go down if I'm not watching it. Maybe in a parallel universe, there's a six months summer in Finland, and the darker time takes just a little while. I need to be making art. That's my piece of sanity. I have this bare, white ...