Cup of tea with Aisha

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah all :) how have u been? I wasn't gonna write, but after a brief reasoning, I crawled out of the sofa corner and now I'm here with you, with a cup of good night tea. So let's see where this goes. :) ... I had an empty spray bottle, and I was wondering how to make it useful again. Now in the wintertime my skin feels often dry, and I have started to get small wrinkles, so I wanted something that would hydrate my skin. Decided to try rose water! Oh it smells so beautiful.. It's so easy, I just bought a bottle (1.90 e) and poured half of it in the spray bottle and it's ready to use. I have only used it today, but my skin feels softer. It's a good add to a natural beauty routine.  AI tells that the use of rose water dates back over a thousand years, with its origins rooted in Persian and Middle Eastern traditions. It has been used in baking and sweets, as well as medicine. Rose water is a by-product of making oil for perfumes from rose...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah dears :) jummah mubarak! It has been a nice Friday, ma sha Allah. I had an job interview at 12 for caretaker work, and at the end of the call the interviewer lady welcomed me back. Alhamdulillah! I'll start to do gigs as soon as possible. I actually have applied for certain customers, but this gig work we agreed on is even better in my situation, because I can control better when I'm ready to make more work and when less. I also went to do grocery shopping and bought everything. I feel so happy when our fridge is full. Simple blessings, but not to be taken granted of. Then we had dinner, prayers, watching tv. Suttis has been so calm lately, mostly he wants to sleep and eat. But he has been active too. I need to wear wool socks around the house when he is roaming freely because he likes to bite toes and doesn't hesitate. Luckily he is a bit slow (but sometimes he manages to surprise me... ouch!).  ... I'm happy with this progress. I have ...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh :) how are u? I better make some tea! Today has been fine, alhamdulillah. I went to grocery shopping and the pharmacy. Spent the day home with hubby. Oh, and I got accepted in one cosmetics testing group, I'm happy about it. I will tell more about it later in sha Allah. So yeah, easy day in my own bubble.. I do worry about news, and finances, but I try to be on the positive side.  ... I see you have gone, dear readers. I was hoping for similar reader rates than November and December, because I was thinking to monetize my blog. But it's ok, I'm glad that I didn't, because it wasn't such a good idea anyways. It would have meant that you could have still read free, but there would be those annoying ads and pop-up ads. It's ok, I try to figure out something else.  And I do see you, who come back still. Not individually, but I have seen US in the statistics for a long while, and of course I have some Finnish readers ever...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah everyone :) how's your weekend? Greetings from the sofa corner. Today it was -16 here in Helsinki, Finland, and I did what I had to do as a Finn: go for a nice, crisp walk in the forest. I love the cold, at least these temperatures. More than -20 degrees starts to be too much, hehe. The walk did good, alhamdulillah. Even hubby said that my face looks brighter :)  It feels good to just go out and enjoy my time. But I enjoy being at home too. We ate our dinner and then I baked some cookies with the ingredients I could find (cocoa cookies it is). Now the guys are sleeping, other in the bed and other in the curtains, and I made a nest in the corner of the sofa. ... I'm on my period. This time it came early, I didn't even have time to think of a pregnancy test. This is a big test for me. There's not much that I could do right now. Except keeping the hope up. It is difficult, like tests are, and this is really wearing me out. But it also remin...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullah :) how have you been? I read the news every day, and I wonder what to say anymore.. I just hope you all are safe.  Monday we had a glimpse of sunshine, Tuesday I met a new friend, alhamdulillah, and today I did some grocery shopping. No work yet. Next month I will start in another anxiety tackling group, in sha Allah I will learn something new there. Days pass by steadily (but how it is still January??). I feel stronger sometimes, and sometimes I don't care. But I take it as positive growth. Not every battle is mine, or it's not the time for it.    ... I also got my makeup package today. From France 👒,  Avril cosmetics . I ordered mascara, refillable lip balm and a lip oil. I normally buy the mascara from some Finnish online shop, like  House of Organic , but the brown shade I'm using was sold out everywhere. So I went to Avril's site and found the lip oil too which I was looking for before. The mascara is my favorite for m...

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh dears :) jummah mubarak! Today I didn't have anything to do, minimal chores and stuff, so as it is snowing lightly, I headed for a small walk to enjoy the cold. Yes, I do enjoy the cold. I like how the frost bites your cheeks a bit, and can use the fluffiest puffer mittens without them being too hot. The snow makes everything beautiful and people seem more calm, just doing their thing. And it's nice to come back in and have a hot cup of tea.  ... I promised last time to bring out my winter wardrobe heroes, and here they are :)  1. Black college pants I don't work or study, so I hardly have to look presentable. So I basically live in these college pants. I bought them years years ago from the local supermarket, and they have stayed as new all these years. These goes with tunics, long shirts and knits, and it's easy and comfortable to wear leggings under them for extra warmth. 2. Shirts + knit vest Shirts are nice to layer wi...