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 Everyone is talking abo ut New Year  Resolution.I am also planning to have one proper mind map but I am not perfect. I am a human being and of course nothing can be followed 100% Sometimes I will rise while other times I may fall but whenever I feel demotivated or want to reset myself; I can come back here and see what I intended to work on.  This list might not be perfect. Everyone has his/her own way to spend life and different circumstances (lol my son woke up while I was typing these lines so had to leave my post in between ... see... no perfect pre planning) This post is just to share my idea with you all... you might be more perfect or imperfectly prefect... YOU KNOW IF YOU KNOW...hehe #newyearresolution #2022 #braindump #imperfectlife #lifemanagement #momblogger #urdumom #pakistaniblogger

🍃Emotional: 1.No more living in Fantasy world or watching fantasy movies.Instead take out 30 minutes, recite Quran and Islamic Books. I have to be realistic about this world and ever after, rise and fall of life journey. Should have FAITH in Allah Almighty. 2. No more trying to be sensitive, emotional becoming over ambitious or obsessed but to remain CALM. Be thankful for what positive things I have in my life. Not to remain confused about my personality or decisions. Instead I have to be FIRM. 3. Handle Stress on daily basis by taking out 30 mins each day for my hobby. 4. Need to sleep for 6 hours straight per day and follow holistic body clock way. 5. Exercise (yoga or walk) 150 mins per week. 🍃 Diet 1. Whole Wheat, Brown Rice, Raw Dairy, Eggs, Meat and its organs, Grams and lentils, Chickpeas, Potato with skin, Fish, nuts, figs and Yogurt. 2. Food Supplement Prebiotic, Probiotic, Enzymes, Antioxidants, Essential Fatty Acids, Cod liver or Primrose oil...

I  bought Phitkari Powder (Alum in English?  ) from some herbalist shop in my locality. It can be in hard as well as powdered form. I bought the powdered one. It has no smell itself but it also helps in diminishing underarm smells. Tried and tested. This time I spray Arq e Gulab (Rose Water) over it and it smells so good. Thought I should share it with all my blog followers. It is not a diy from scratch but some home remedy kinda sharing. Hope it is helpful idea for someone looking for natural sunstitute for  branded sprays and all.

Finally I got the time to reorganize my kitchen cabinets. I first of all got rid of all unnecessary items and tried my best to adopt minimalism (you will now on read this word a lot on my blog these days). The picture is taken from Internet but mine are not that attractive ,maybe will either put sticker or buy new ones some day if it's written in my fate... (who knows!!!) Anyways I have organised in following categories: 1. 2 shelves for spices 2.1 shelf for baking items and legumes 3.1 shelf for tea items 4. 2 shelves for main dishes. 5. 1 shelf for guest serving crockery 6. 1 shelf for thermos and trays 7. 1 shelf for food containers and family lunch boxes. 8. 1 shelf for disposable plates,spoons and glasses etc (if there is shortage of water in building or I am too busy (or in no mood) to wash dishes. 9. 2 shelves for machinery 10. 2 shelves for pots 11. 1 shelf for pans and plastic bowls/strainers etc 12. 1 shelf for oils and sprays etc Now in drawers: a. 1 drawe...

Assalam Alaikum It has been long long time when I last posted here. Things have changed a lot. My love for blogging was not diminished but life was taking its toll. I am now a mother of another child and now I have 2 kids.Alhmadulillah. Children demand so much of our time and it is of course their right to seek our attention. We ourselves love and enjoy everyday seeing them grow.I do am really sleep deprived and was too much out of shape but trying my best to reduce baby weight slowly. There is lot to talk about but my elder child is calling me. See you after short break with lot of topics coming their way from my mind.

1. Children need a minimum of eight touches during a day to feel connected to a parent. If they’re going through a particularly challenging time, it’s a minimum of 12 a day. This doesn’t have to be a big deal; it could be the straightening of a collar, a pat on the shoulder or a simple hug. 2. Each day, children need one meaningful eye-to-eye conversation with a parent. It is especially important for babies to have that eye contact, but children of all ages need us to slow down and look them in the eyes. 3. There are nine minutes during the day that have the greatest impact on a child: the first three minutes right after they wake up the three minutes after they come home from school the last three minutes of the day before they go to bed We need to make those moments special and help our children feel loved. These are simple, right? Nothing really earth-shattering here. But try it for a month.

I liked this post on facebook so sharing here: For the women who will be cooking this Ramadan, don't cook anything extra,in fact meals should be more simple. Simply put, the whole aim of Ramadan is gaining taqwa and you can't do that if you don't feel the pain of hunger. Don't waste your precious time standing for hours in the kitchen. 🍒Tips for time utilization in relation to food: 🍒1- Search fun,simple and quick recipes now and save them for Ramadan. It took me a long time to find quick,simple and good recipes but it was time well spent. 🍒2- Try and do meals that depend on putting something in the oven or slow cooker that doesn't necessarily need you standing there. 🍒3- Limit frying as much as possible. It wastes time and is not healthy anyway. 🍒4- Kids breakfast,lunch and snacks during the day should be healthy but choose no cooking options. Plenty of raw fruit and veggies, healthy smoothies,sandwiches....etc. 🍒5- Limit extra sweets, so yo...

Alhamdulillah millions that Allah Almighty gave us chance to be a part of this Ramadan too. So many people left us and we shouldn't forget to remember them in our duas. Life is short and we should try our best to give our 100% to our fasts and dedication to Allah this Ramadan. So was my intention. I wanted to know productive ways to make the best out of what I can to dedicate to Allah.  I am glad to share with you all that I found this great planner. I am loving it and wanted to share with you all. May Allah Almighty Bless the team who made this Productive Journal. Here is the link and a mini gift from my side to all.  http://ramadanbattleplan.com/ultimate-ramadan-planner/ p.s. The ULTIMATE one is free and what I am using.

I realize I am so late to coming back to blog, but this is what irritated me whole year, I was having postpartum depression, re organizing home after 2.5 year of pregnancy and being a new mom break, some health issues and what irritated me the most was...I was thinking a lot about my aim of life... I was giving no time to Quran, not reading Islamic stuff, whatever I learned from the Tafseer course before marriage, I was forgetting all. I heard lot of deaths (wont call sudden as death is always a sudden happening, it doesn't warn us before coming). I had this fear (thanks to postpartum depression too) that what if I am also going to die right away and am not regular in prayers, out of touch with Allah and His Religion, just spending days like an animal (no aim...spending days like a machine...) I was  fearful, I was having bad panic attacks, so first thing I tried was sharing my feelings with a friend who herself got panic attacks, she was helping me a lot, but the REAL CHANGE ...

How it feels like when you are perfect in some recipe and you get appreciation from people for making such a yummy treat...you are fully confident when making it again and... the recipe turns into a DISASTER? and still you have to feed people? Well the embarrassment is what I am feeling right now. I made kheer or you can say Rice Pudding. It is the most easiest recipe on earth as newly brides in our culture are told to prepare it the first time when they start working in a kitchen as it is No Fail recipe but look at me :(...I dried it all while having a cup of tea. Wow hubby just came and told me my brother in law (husband's elder brother) liked it...

Acidity and heartburn are due to presence of too much acid in the stomach that causes exasperation of the gastrointestinal casing. This causes a blazing pain. When this excessive acid leaks back into the throat this inflames and the reaction of heartburn is produced. Causes of Acidity and Heartburn~ The following circumstances can create excessive acid in stomach causing acidity and heartburn. •Consumption of rich and spicy foods •Eating speedily, very fast devoid of proper chewing •Eating hurriedly while beneath stress •Inappropriate sleep •Alcohol utilization (prohibited for Muslims). •Pregnant women may undergo because when the baby grows, the uterus exerts force on the digestive area •Overweight people may bear because of unnecessary pressure on their digestive tract. Natural treatment of Acidity & Heartburn~ > Bananas have defensive action against the acidity and heart burn. Eating a banana every day will stop such conditions •Obtain a mixture of 2 tsp of normal a...

Assalam Alaikum... I wanted you all to know that I also do reviews on products which are halal and not vulgar. You can check the tab " Glowing Pearlz " above. Actually that link itself is a separate blog which my sister designed for me. I want your suggestions that should I keep that blog separate or do reviews on this same page? Here is the link again... Glowing Pearlz

I am being a night owl since weeks and it really sucks. I really feel bad about it later and wanted to manage my time.We , the Muslims, should never say that WE ARE BORED.... we have to utilize our time and use our health and energy for our religion and for the basis Allah has sent us for. No human being is send to this Earth without any duty he/she has to perform and these all words are fact of life and hence I feel ashamed of how I am misusing my energy and time in really useless ways. While googling through the net, I found a best idea here  and am so much impressed that how easy and well illustrated way the writer has described the Time Management Tips. 1. Analysing the Time : For this we have to take record in our diary about how we spend our daily routine even realizing how much time we MOSTLY waste on certain stuff. 2. Cutting Back unproductive demands: Now by taking note of what we really do each day and seeing a list of our noted activities, we can find ...

I am just bored of how I simply wrap hijab around my head, tried different ways but I hate putting pins around, what if they pinch me or my lil one or maybe drop on floor and someone gets hurt, secondly I noticed that we don't get extra long hijab easily which covers the chest, thirdly I noticed that tight hijabs don't look good on chubby faces. So I looked on google by typing Hijab on Chubby face and saw lot of good images and tutorials and found out that loose curl hijabs look good on such face. I do wear niqaab as well but want to style hijab nicely in case I go to someone's home.  I loved the images here ....not posting direct pics in case model minds.... AND specially loved some here  and here Check this for info on hijab according to face shape.....

Two death news in 15 days and I am so upset as I knew both , one was my relative aunti and other was a driver (we never called him driver , but uncle, as he was sort of my late father's friend...yes... my father had no hesitation calling him his friend or brother...). Both personalities were at their best of gestures, I would SPECIALLY highlight my father who , even after 8 years of demise, is still missed by us, and all people who know him. I was thinking today that we engage ourself too much in this world in other things, we fight, we struggle, we spend time , we want to get our wishes fulfilled, but for this FAKE world. We know we have to leave this world any second and all here will remain here whether they are our belongings, our families or our money.  We struggled too much for this money, for our family and get our dreams come true but this was all for this world!!! what about our final destiny? what kind of preparation we have made for the final journey? Am so s...

Who love Biggest Loser? I am a big fan of it and the most interesting point about it is how trainers just dont miss the chance to make the contestants to stand up and do it!!! I really enjoyed such scene when blue team lost the challange and it had to stay in kids room with lot of attractive stuff..for ONE WHOLE WEEK....and contestants became so lazy and coach potatoes, there came Bob Harper and contestants were like OMG...we know what he is gonna do with us...lolz I have never ever played with deck of cards and really don't know to use it but when I saw on Biggest Loser  's latest season how Bob used those, I loved that idea...I really want to do workout this way and I think its not necessary that we should really actually buy those cards but can do variety from our creative minds too. I saw this image of how he used the cards a helpful one and hope it explains all and impresses my readers the way it did to me :) Please do click on second image for detailed view. cl...

click on pic to enlarge I was awake today since night as my baby was not sleeping and when she did, I lost my own until  dawn  and I decided to make some sandwich with TUNA. This is my own created recipe (am not a good cook but I only shared it after getting it tasted by dh.) Anyways GOOD MORNING and enjoy making it.. (Thanks to android app.) Title : Tuna Sandwich Category : Starter/Breakfast Prep Time : 3 minutes Cook Time : 5 minutes Yield : depends Ingredients Tuna Tin Small Cheese Spread Bread Slices (2 for each person) Directions Take two bread slices..on one slice spread cheese and tuna and on other slice spread ketchup. Make sure you spread really enough quantity to each in order to give juicy effect to sandwich. Now join both slices and make them crispy by putting in sandwich maker. Good item and really easy one for breakfast. (After making it I realized that next time am gonna add THICK QUANTITY of cheese and ketchup. Better mix in bowl first...I was too...

I was just browsing on internet for free online courses and accidently entered this site and saw a very cute and innocent way of teaching how to bake ( here ) and also about food label ( here ). SO FEMININE!!! isn't it??? There are more... here  Would love to see your comments :)

Life was going on and on with its ups and downs. It is a general idea of every girl to get married and have kids. I got married but still no kids. Lots and Lots of people were raising their brows, asking questions and taunting, some people just don't want to miss chance to play with others feelings. I knew inside me and from depth of my heart that if I intend something, I will get it, so I knew it I will surely become a mother if Allah Wills but the question was.....WHEN? I just couldn't wait. Then there was a girl I knew who fell pregnant after four years of marriage. I remember she used to cry a lot and was showing her weakness MORE than me, so when I heard she fell pregnant,I unconsciously started walking, I knew it(medically) that it was my weight which didn't allow me to conceive. I started to exercise, adopted healthy lifestyle and was DEEPLY praying to Allah to Bless me with a baby... SOON... I got trapped in my personal issues again but didn't forget t...

Yes, with so much happenings in my life I was just not in touch with the internet...or maybe I was but just couldn't blog. Its natural that things do not go smoothly or regularly in life as they should and I was also trapped in such situation but I still love blogging and that is why you can see me here. See another post of mine after this one to see SOME POSITIVE change... A really worthy change in my life... soon to be posted.