Playing in the sand....

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Moral of the story??

My dear lovely sister M***h* called me up yesterday and we talked for soo long and it felt sooo nice. Although I had been meaning to call her for the longest time, but you already know how I am. End of discussion.

Anyways, she had a wonderful story to share with me and I feel honored to share it with all of you!


So, here it goes... My dear sister moved to Calgary after she got married. Her apartment is right across the laundry facility in their complex which gives her no excuse not to do her laundry on time. It has a coin activation system that in order to use the laundry machines, you have to insert the coins (quarters). Some days ago, there were these notices all over the buildings from the management that the coins are being stolen from the machines and it was an alert for the community to watch out for any suspicious activity. So my dear sister and her husband were on the alert. One fine evening, when H**Z* was trying to study for his 219th test, my dear sister shouted and screamed and yelled and cried to get his attention and when she finally got his attention, she asked him to confirm what she thought was happening. He looked through the peep hole and to their amazement, they saw that there was a big tall guy with two bags full of coins tampering with the laundry room. Yeah, they have a suspect and ofcourse H**za called 911 and M***h* called the management and within moments the police was there and the thief was finally arrested. They felt so proud of themselves. They couldn't hold their excitement that what great samaritans they had been. Yes they were going to be famous and they will take pride in telling their kids and their grand kids and their great great grand kids how brave they were. They were expecting a grand  citizenship award for their bravery. I 
don't blame them. I would ofcourse be so proud of myself.


So the next day, my dear sister decided to ask the management about the encounter and get some credits for her good deed . To her shocking surprise she was told that the guy who was arrested was no other that the laundry facility manager!!!!!!


Ehmmm...


Ehm ehm...




And then she heard another guy quoting that some idiot called 911 and got this poor innocent guy arrested for just doing his job!




So much for being a good citizen...

Blog Anniversary!!!

Along with the blog being a year old today, Z turned two years old. Time flies!! Thanks for all your support and keeping this little chatterbox alive. Although this blog is being ignored a lot lately, things should change for the better soon...Keep us in your duas!

Lotsa Love!!

I am almost ashamed..

.. to share this but this is what my darling daughter thinks:

Note to Self: Kids observing a lot !!

The Golden Ticket

We took the kids to Chuck e Cheese's last night and as usual, they never get tired of it. There is just something about that place in the kids hearts...
Anyways, what reminded me was that sometime last year, we had gone to Chuckee with the kids and there is this 'Extreme Cards' Booth where the kids sit in front of the camera and their picture gets printed on these credit card sized card with Fashion Diva or Skateboard Pro or CIS investigator or  something like that.. if you get the idea... And my kids have spent a great deal of time and coins over that. They collect these cards. So one time, R came upto me and showed me an unusual card he got from there. It said 'You have Won the Golden Ticket' and on the bottom it said that that card could be redeemed at the counter for 10 tokens. It may not sound like a big deal but it sure was a big deal to my kids as this was a rare card!
Upon seeing that card, N demanding the same one. Which of course is not in my hands.. so when we were ready to go home, N's chin was almost touching the floor with remorse and regrets..
When we got home, hubby asked her to read two Rakats of Salat-ul-Hajat and make duas to Allah SWT for one instead of crying over it.
It did take her a couple of days to get that portion done..We went again the following week. The first hour passed, no golden ticket.. the second hour passed.. still no golden ticket.. and then it was time to go home..
With a sad face she looked at me and told me if she could try one last time.. I gave her a go and went along with her, making duas that she hits the score.. She put the token in and to our surprise, the machine said that it was out of cards and need to inform the staff. She looked at me with a thousand questions and I told her to go inform one of the staff members to refill the machine. Slowly but surely, a person came with a few pack of cards to refill the machine. I started chit chatting with him and told him the story about the golden ticket. I asked him to see if there was a golden ticket in the pack of cards he had. He was kind enough to go through the stack of cards mumbling that there is probably just one in a pack of 500 to a 1000. I was persistent and so was he. Finally he found the golden ticket after a few minutes of searching, put it on top of the pile of cards and loaded them into the machine and asked N to go ahead and insert her coin into the machine. Sure enough, N followed directions and once the picture was taken and the card printed out... saying :  'You have Won the Golden Ticket!!!!'


That made her day and my day too!! She realized the power of Salat-ul-Hajat! (So did I)

I am back here.. Finally!

I heard you and I heard you yet again.. I know you are sick and tired of watching the Toronto/Buffalo pictures every time you stop by to see if I have posted anything new. So I decided that I should take some action.. and there is no better time than NOW!
Well.. I have sat down to write something but then I think there are a hundred things that I want to write about and I am not sure where to start off.. So N suggested that we could warm up with some jokes..
And she wants to share some jokes with all of us right now..
So I will let her dictate as I type...

1.Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?? 
2.Why is Six afraid of Seven?
I know that one!!!


I know.. Just don't tell yet! Remember Mummy, answers in the end!


3.Which Driver never gets a ticket?
4.Where did the baseball keep its lemonade??
5.Which bug do firefighters really dislike?
6.What color is a burp?
7.What has two humps and is in the North Pole?
8.What kind of a Phone does the Ocean have?
9. What do you call a cat that is frozen?
10.What's a dog's favorite dessert?


And the answers....










No Peeking...










No Cheating.....










Take a guess first......












Here ya go......








Now...








Now that is...










1. To get to the other side.
2. Because Seven Ate Nine
3.A Screw Driver
4. In the Pitcher
5. Fire Flies
6. Burple
7. A lost Camel
8. A Shell-Phone
9. A Cat-sicle
10. A Pup-Cake.

Toronto / Buffalo Trip

We went to Canada back in November over the Thanksgiving weekend. We flew to Buffalo and then drove to Toronto. It was a unique experience and was thoroughly enjoyed. On our way back from Toronto, we left Super Early in the morning and were able to see the snow in Buffalo. Since we had about two hours before we were to check-in for the flight back, the kids go to play in the snow and have a snowball fight. We were also able to see Niagara falls in the morning and it was so calm and peaceful with only a bunch of people admiring its breath-taking beauty. And this was the first time, we as a family crossed the US/Canada border via the Rainbow Bridge. 

As soon as we crossed the border and say the welcoming signs of New York....

We saw a Food Vendor right on the border and if you notice close enough on the yellow side of the canopy above the truck... you may be able to read *Halal Food*

And the beautiful rainbow which is pretty much seen throughout the day over the Niagara Falls.

Hajj Lapbook

More coming soon..