Cup of tea with Aisha

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh dears :) how are u? I have been active today! In the morning I had two cups of coffee (yes, I have been a coffee girlie since June started), did a workout, showered and went to work. I had a shift for today and in sha Allah tomorrow another one. The work was a bit physical, or so it felt after more than one month without any work. I'm happy to go tomorrow too. It feels good to be active. I almost made another workout, I mean now in the evening, but decided to cool down instead and let my body rest, and have a chat with you guys. ... Tonight from sunset, the first month of the islamic calendar starts. The month is called Muharram, which comes from arabic root h-r-m, meaning "forbidden" or "sacred". Muharram is one of the four sacred months of the islamic hijri calendar (like Ramadan is one of the sacred months). Hijri calendar, the islamic calendar, gets it's name from Hijra, which means the migration early musli...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah :) do you have plans for the weekend? I have had some troubles recently, more and less personal matters.. last time I wrote some of it. But today I had still a nice day. It was Helsinki Day, and there was lot of events all around the city. I met a sister and her toddler, and went for a walk around the Töölö bay. Got some coffee on our way, and we enjoyed the walk even though the weather was a bit cloudy and cool today. Alhamdulillah. I took a metro home and stopped by a Nepalese restaurant, I treated us with some take away to dodge grocery shopping and cooking today. Tomorrow in sha Allah it's jollof rice day, which is my nemesis but also a dish become dear, it's still a trial and error case but in sha Allah I will keep on practicing.  ... I have been thinking about all of this going around, same topics, same scenarios. I mean, my life is easy at the moment, alhamdulillah. I have just jammed into these same thought patterns, same situations. Pa...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh all :) how are u doing? We had a rainy day today in Helsinki. I met my nurse in a café, which is a nice option for a regular meeting at the clinic. I had a caramel latte. After that I went to buy few things from a halal shop, and came home. I met my husband on the way and we changed news and few kisses, he's so sweet ma sha Allah.  ... To be honest, I've been feeling so lousy these days. My ovulation has probably passed and I start to be on the, well, lousier part of the monthly cycle.. I didn't even want to write or do anything, but here I am. Have to show up, things must go on, that's how it just is.  I have been thinking a lot about my confidence, and how low it is. I am tired to even think anymore how to be more confident. But I don't also want to keep loathing in this anxiety I have been in for past days. I wouldn't say to my friends, or even strangers the things I say to myself. I don't even think that bad...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh :) how r u? Today I went to do groceries, how else.. alhamdulillah. Yesterday we had a date night with hubby, had some quality time and I got to eat a whole pizza. Before dinner we walked by the seaside. Today I just stayed the rest of the day at home, and had my guilty pleasures: coffee and mints. It's not gonna be a habit, just a little side quest. Now I'm here, and hubby and Suttis are finally sleeping, so I have time for all of you :)  ... Yesterday's pizza was a nice treat, we hardly eat out or order take out. But today I got the sweetest treat: the first strawberry of the summer. I bought this ready grown plant from the supermarket, and it's already making a lot of berries. Also I fed some of the leaves to Suttis, it's good to broaden his diet even though he's a bit of a picky eater.  Made a nice dinner for myself too, chicken soup. I want to share the recipe because it was so delicious (I also made accidental...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah all :) how are u today? I'm not quite ok, but alhamdulillah. Sometimes my days go wrong even it would've started fine, so here we are. I try to give myself a break and think of something else. So I have some makeup and hair care stuff for you dears :) ... I got my Avril order some weeks ago (? I don't know how time passes.. was it already weeks ago?), the one from the post named  Like one of your French girls . Oh, got my hijabs too! I have forgotten to give you all the details.. So first, I got a volume mascara in shade Marron (brown), and lip oil in shade Nudissime.  The volume mascara has a curved brush, haven't used those before. It works well, but I'd say it gives more of an natural look than a volume look. Might be just me.. but I like the outcome, the natural look looks nice for summertime. I'm anyways more of a natural girl, no shade for anyone who likes a more dramatic or colorful look. I like makeup which stands out, bu...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah dears :) how have you been? I have had nice time, alhamdulillah. Yesterday one sister asked me to come with her to the mosque, and we also had some coffee after the jummah. Today I finally went to the library, and it was so nice too. I got a brand new library card, and found a good old Stephen King book to spend an afternoon with. And I did. Our ninja turtle spent the whole day at the balcony, and I joined him to read a bit while my pot was simmering on the stove.  ... I continued reading my old blog posts yesterday evening. It was really interesting actually. After I write a post, I hardly come back to it, so it was like I would've read someone else's texts, almost. What I noticed about the posts was that I fight a lot against invisible forces. Like battling with the anxiety and letting myself live freely. For some reason I keep or have kept myself in a cage, and I have tried to get out from it for a while now. I guess everything happens at a ...