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It all started when I received a DM from Nunu ( That’s what I decided to call you in revenge for Mumu ;p ) from [ BNDQ8Bloggers ] at Twitter @BNDQ8Bloggers to join her at Carluccio’s Cooking demo which was held on Friday – Saturday 20th & 21st at the Avenues. I honestly doubted if I could make it but after discussing it with Man and Mom, I agreed and dragged Jessy from [ Chocolate Mints in a Jar ] to come along because I so wanted to meet her in person! Nothing better than revealing your true identities specially when you get to meet those lovely people behind those screens :)

 

I woke up really early on Friday and got all dressy and makeup-y to meet the ladies and arrived to the Avenues around 9:15 ish. First one for the class maybe, I was seated and offered breakfast (part of the package) and I only had coffee knowing that we will be tasting the dishes made (Only down side to this class is not having a “hands on” experience) which would have been great! I asked Mr. Lay (manager) *Waves Hi* to snap some shots and he welcomed the idea!

You see, it was empty yet the display was full and they had too many delicious stuff which I managed to keep away from :/ I love their place because it is spacious and comfortable on the eye with the display, seating arrangement and colors.

One issue though, I was lost as to how to get to there! I checked the Avenues’s iPhone app and it was wrong and like others with bad REAL client servicing, I informed them about and no one replied! Says on the application to park in P10! WTH!

What’s nice about Carluccio’s is that it’s diner as well as a deli where you can buy your favorite Italian cooking items like Pasta, Sauces, Coffee, herbs, sweets and kitchen essentials!

Coffee, Tartufi and biscuits, oils and rice!

Pasta, dried Porcini mushrooms, Pesto and others items you could buy from there!

Books and more Tartufi <3 Chocolate truffles which I got me a jar of ! It’s “drop dead” delicious!

The Interior

Last time I sat on that couch, I was with Ree ;p pregnant, hungry, not knowing what to eat! But i did eventually!

Yes, that’s what I was fighting! I want to have an Off Day from Diet Center!

Youm Eswed! *Cries*

Their Specials <3 Gnocchi !

The ladies arrived, got some breakfast which looked amazing and at 10:30 we were told to head inside where they had the place set up for the cooking demo

I just wish next time they’d consider having cooking stations for participants to get down n’ dirty you know!

Sous Chef Banish! Hope I got that right! :$

What was on the menu today

Head Chef  Mr. Davide in action ;p bonjourno !

Class started with The Minestrone a la Milanaise which is your hearty vegetable soup topped off with a nice dash of Parmigiana

Soup in the making! Oh I just wanted to stir the veggies up and I did! And Chef got scared when I was about to add the Zucchini at the wrong time ;p

Ladies finally got the guts to check the pot !

Final result of the Minestrone = Molto Bene !

Next on the menu was the Risotto Con Funghi with 3 types of mushroom, lots of butter and enormous amount of calories!

Porcini Mushroom, button mushroom and I forgot the 3rd one! ;p

Stirring the Carnaloni rice is essential while adding stock !

It was sooooo good, I had to avoid asking for another portion because as chef says: ” We addeeh more buuutteeer” ! cute accent!

Last but hopefully not least from their classes in the future, Coffee Panna Cotta! and if you ever think this dessert is light- think again buddy!

Double cream boiling after adding the gelatine and there’s a massive amount of sugar in this pot as well!

Sous chef plating the ready made Panna Cotta servings since it has to set in the fridge while Ched Davide makes the toffee sauce!

The reason Chef Davide decided to serve them up like this is 1. They have coffee in the recipe – 2. Each serving of the amount of ingredients we had contains 350 calories! :o MINUS THE SAUCE!

Beautiful up close n’ personal

I swear I only took 2 spoons only – tea spoons that it!

 

Done with all the cooking, Q&As, ladies (including us left with a good bag filled with Carnolini rice for the risotto making, Biscuits and 2 “buy one meal get the other free” coupons which is cool!

 

I didn’t like the Baci Di Dama biscuits, too heavy but I managed to buy a jar of the Tartufi Neri with almonds (I think) from the inside and they are divine!

Jar Vs. DC’s box = Jar wins!

<3

Overall, I personally had a great time specially meeting Jessy and Nunu + Ghalya who’s a cutie mashallah.

 

We paid KD 12 for the experience but I honestly think that next time participants should do some actual cooking but that price includes the breakfast, class as well as the goody bag which is fair. Bestest part is hanging out with 2 special ladies and hopefully this won’t be the only time.

Carluccio’s located at the Avenues, Phase 1 Level 1 -Phone: 22597310 for reservations. You can also visit their website [ HERE ] for more details. Special shout-outs to Mr. Lay, Chef Davide, Sous Chef Banish and the nice staff whom names I didn’t catch for the lovely event.

 

No post on this blog will not include a photo of Alma and today I am posting a picture I snapped of Ghalya, Jessy’s daughter at Carluccio

Isn’t she adorable! All focused with the chef! yakhtyyyyyy

 

And since it’s my sister’s b-day (one in the photo with Alma), I just wanted to post this here and wish her a fun filled day!

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Last Thursday I had a strong feeling someone’s plotting something against me! Call me paranoid or crazy, it happened to be true but it was for the good of me :)

 

I celebrated my birthday on January – Friday 13th! and although the majority tend to be superstitious about that freaky date, mine was relaxing, full of love and wonderful! Clueless as I was to the surprise in the making, I helped my family a lot by providing them time for the cake to arrive as well as dinner so I went home to check if Dear Nanny had things done then left to my parents house… What no one knows except Julie ;p - LOL – is that playing on Instagram at my place, I managed to take a shot of this bug on our window

 

 

After that I was checking the Feed and spotted my name on a cake !

HAHAHAHAHA- Sorry Julz but that was sincerely funny!

 

So I kept quiet, played dumb and watched them buzz around the house trying to keep things ready and my husband was asking: “what do you wanna do tomorrow on your b-day?” or “I’ve got the feeling that I’m gonna mess my diet tonight” LOL !

 

I excused myself to go pray – more time for them to set the cake down and gather waiting for me ;p and it happened! All the clapping and singing! God, I am anti birthday celebrations :/ I’d consider every day my birthday if I’d receive gifts! >:)but what was really cool is having my Birthday cake done by Julie of [ A Little Sugar ] ! I’ve always wondered what they’d create – design for me and it came out beautiful as all her work.

 

A cute fully decorated cupcake on top of a Pink cake! So I’m full of sugar it seems ;)

 

Another view of “Me”

 

I love the details – which are all edible btw – on the cake!

 

That’s the top of the cupcake lady on top of the cake base – how cute! All is fondant covered and everything again I say is edible!

 

The saddest part was having to cut through the cake so we removed Mrs. Cupcake and dug in the cake base

 

Dear lord, if i hadn’t enough self control that things would have been eaten up by me! I took a thin slice of this chocolaty, yummy YUMMY goodness! OMG! The thing about Julie is she understands what her clients want and my husband told me he didn’t request a specific flavor but she know what I like :) chocolataaaaa <3

 

And because we got too curious on what was filled in cupcake lady, we cut through it to find a White cake with cream and cherries I assume! Equally delicious and fattening!

 

I was so happy to see the family gathered around the table, specially with Alma clapping (she does :) ) and smiling, my first birthday with her and enshallah many more to come. I was so happy that Mrs Julie managed to squeeze my cake on her already fully booked schedule because she’s always booked in advance mashallah!

 

I am happy that i got gifts: a Michael Kors watch, a Green ensemble which makes me look like a tree and I tweeted it and got hugged for it ;p

and my husband got me an Aigner watch! <3 My family knows – can understand my obsession to that brand! I have several watches of different colors to match any color I wear and the latest is a Black – Silver one with Pearl dial off the latest collection At Geneve Novelties..

 

The full “A” – Love the color BTW! Need Red ;p E7emmm

 

Thanks to those who made this memorable, thanks to Julie for the cake, thanks to those who sent in their b-day greetings and thanks Man for the gift and Alma :*

 

Previous posts on A Little Sugar read [ HERE ], [HERE ] & [ HERE ] or you could follow her on Twitter @A_LittleSugar & her FB group link’s mentioned in the beginning of this post.

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Kan youm aswad o man7oos, the day we decided to “go on a date” as Dear Nanny called it – thinking of it now I think she might have been the one to jinx the whole setting!

 

You see, Since Pregnancy and needless to say akeed, every since delivery I have not been to the movie theater because of my sacrifice (LOL) and having no time for me and honestly speaking, we didn’t like what was showing so we opted to wait for [ Sherlock Holmes ] specially after the 1st part and I still remember how excited we were even after leaving the cinema. Since CinescapeQ8 have a Twitter account [ HERE ], I though I would ask because I was confused about the booking date. We wanted to go on a Friday and our booking was after 12 Am. They didn’t reply…

 

I dress up, take kid over to grandparents and ensure all house chores are done. At 11 PM, man & I head to the Avenue – I originally wanted to go to 360 but I swear to God I stayed on their stupid iPhone application more than 2 hours trying to book and it kept giving me an error message and I am stupid I didn’t snap that to keep as evidence! Even booking online was equally disgusting! 1. Couldn’t access my account!!! 2. Didn’t show vacant seats! So we ended up going to Mohallab to use the kiosk machine – ALSO SPENT LIKE 15 MINUTES because it just kept logging off! Let me stay on track here:

Again, 11 PM we head to the Avenue in spite the fact that we were an hour early but we wanted to avoid traffic, lines at their snacks bar  and most importantly be there first to watch the ads. After we bought everything I wanted to use the toilet before entering the movie and that security guy (Who happens to be Egyptian) advised us to wait… OK I WILL HOLD IT! After like half an hour I tell da man I need to go! I head towards the same guy and I go like: “3am, I really need to use the bathroom!” <– He looks at me, lets me in! ALTHOUGGGGGH we are god damn entitled to stay in the lobby – area if he takes the tickets! WTH! We pay so much for a censored movie and over priced snacks and we don’t get to use the lu! El mohem, I returned to the man and we saw the que forming to enter the movie so we stood. We are now like 5 seconds away for being allowed to go in the area in front of the movie hall and the man (The Egyptian dude) looks at the ticket and goes like: “El film etlaga” <– movie was canceled!! 55555 freaking minutes before it starts! So I looked at him and went like: “You knew it was canceled, why didn’t you inform us!” because it doesn’t make since that he was just informed, we didn’t see anyone coming out of the hall and the whole thing was full of contradictions! Man got pissed off and they were gonna fist fight :/ but people managed to pull them off. As advised by one of their security I dunno dudes in dishdasha, we head to client service guys and people were enraged! Everybody wanted to exchange or redeem money as the guy told us but since we don’t get to go out alone that much we decided to watch anything… Adam Sandler’s movie Jack & Jill: a complete waste of time, money and mental stability! yukh!

 

2 guys were covering the angry crowd and they had such an attitude man, only thing left for them to do is start swearing at people or beat them up! They were very rude especially the dark one! la2222 not that only! He shouted at a customer in front of us and as I asked him if he needed money from us he misheard me and told the other guy: “Ge6lehom flooshom” ! <– Throw their money at’em ! MF ! …… 3aleik bas it is our fault that we are decent with you! #Etfouh !

 

1. We came to know movie was canceled 15 minutes earlier and we were not informed.

2. Dishdasha guy said that KNCC sent emails apologizing for the inconvenience and informing people about the cancellation which never happened.

3. Dishdasha dude said if you don’t use the tickets today, you can some other time as other theaters were informed and I think that’s one big fat lie since no one notified us online

4. Again I asked the Twitter person and there was NOTHING, NO REPLY and after some time they decided to tweet on what happened! maskhara! That person even is not into what’s happening. Only thing that person does is Retweet and announce movies release!

 

Toz! I am not going to go to watch a movie there again (and that’s for now who knows what will they be showing in the future) ! but what reallllllly pisses me off is their tweep – the dude handling their account either has ordered not to reply to inquiries which is stupid because you’re misusing your social media medium or doesn’t understand English… some have suggested that it’s a Robot! lol sending automated tweets but no, they retweet good feedback and neglect – block – delete the actual ones which could help them fix their services – shame, you cant take criticism!

 

On a more desperate and very angry note, I decided to call & file a complaint against that person’s neglect to tweets and the reply – attitude I got was really bad, as if they don’t give a shit about what people have to say.

 

As Kuwaiti’s say: “Elsharha mo 3aleikom” – “Shame on us – it’s our fault” for wasting money on your tickets, crappy smelly halls and overly priced popcorn which got me poisoned the next day making spend new year’s eve at Dar El Shifa hooked to an IV drip!

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I’ve ranted before about how people used to mistake my daughter for a boy since she’s 1. BLOND – 2. has “considerable” not quite sufficient hair to qualify as a girl without pierced ears :$

 

I’ve always wanted to do ONE thing for a long time and while we were at the Avenues, I dropped by [ Build-A-Bear ] (Phase 2 upper floor) & gladly fulfilled my fantasy:

 

ONE

Head towards the hair accessories stand and picked up a suitable wig for the kid, in this case the Light Brown was fine  – she’s too young to go Madonna on us!

 

 

TWO

Miraculously placed wig on kid’s head and snapped as much photos as we can before she pulled it away and into her mouth! Ha Ha! Mashallah it suits her well ;)

 

P.S: That shop is way too cute! Y’all, specially with kids gotta try it out soon… Oh! Make sure you have enough money cuz your avarage teddy + accessories would not be less than KD 20!

 

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La3yoon Ruby Tuesday Kuwait’s Tweep!

You know I like RT and I know I like RT! Only thing stopping me is my Diet Center diet plan but as soon as I get an off day, I will go hog on my favorite meal: Chicken Bella! and a Blondie as well! *drools*

 

Ruby Tuesday Kuwait’s having their Ribs festival which was and still is a big success. A variety of Ribs platters for your choice and liking - Dear Nanny said and I quote: “Deeliiii”shios” and you can read it [ HERE ]. I happen to be a huge fan of the person behind the Twitter account because she/he’s very active, interacts well with people and know what – how to answer if people address her/him but what I don’t get is a company like [ Cinescape ] deciding to have social networking media and handle it through inefficient individuals with all due respect but if you can’t answer a simple query or ignore tweets you don’t like and worse, block those who are trying to complain then might as well deactivate the account!

I will blog about Cinescape in details later! They need it!

 

 

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I’ve watched my husband – jealously – lose weight after subscribing to [ Diet Center Kuwait ]  for a couple of months, not only that! Unpacking his meals box was so exciting because of the variety of food they make available to dieters and sometimes the portion would be so huge he used to allow me to share and back then I was a cranky, hungry -not knowing what to eat due to the Acid reflux and very lazy to do anything myself pregnant woman! Their food was good since it’s low in Sodium and they encourage less salt intake anyways. My favorite meal was the mushroom steak with rice and veggies.. I used to order that like 4 times a week!

 

7 months after delivery and my weight is dropping down very slowly :/ add to that not me being able to do some outdoor walking because kid is fussy and now with duty hours being so long it sounds impossible unless on weekends which I intend to do; Bottom line, husband decided to enroll me in Diet Center’s food course as a trial and see if it has significant results I would continue for 3 months at least.

 

First day of work I got the box early morning sadly enough you can’t take breakfast on the same day and keep it for the next one and I was hungry.

 

I have the full day plan – breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and snack… all very good- actually, you get to pick out your meal ahead and they figure out the portion based on the calories the dietitian calculates for you and I am supposed to have 1050 calories a day! BAS! I was dying on the first day but again it’s adjustable. We have an appointment today to check on our weights and I think pick up food items for the next 10 days.

 

Basically it’s the 5 small portioned meals that we are supposed to have all day long in one box, taste wise Diet Center is great! I’ve known it ever since I first tried in Lebanon when they initially launched their services. Aunt used to get their mana2eesh (it’s like a Lebanese pizza) and freeze them yum! I lost so much weight on those it was insane! I am particularly in love with their dessert.. guilt free ya3ny ;p Only con is their plan price but I understand that the quality of meals and freshness of ingredients are their main concern besides, we’d spend much more than that dining outside the house!

 

You can follow them on Twitter @DietCenterkw , or visit their website [ HERE ] which allows you to go through their menu and learn more on their services.

 

 

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Being as skeptic as a person could be, I still have doubts if this office is really mine or am I just placed here temporarily till further notice! Not that I am not entitled – I am not putting myself down either but I tend to ask, ask, ask and ASK till I get a proper confirmation. I think I need a couple of days for this to sink in!

YES I resumed duty! After ONE YEAR, FIVE MONTHS of maternity leave, I chose to resume work with the beginning of  the new year. I’ve been up since 5:30 AM- I made sure baby had enough of me and I left crying because I will be away from her from 8 to 4:30 5 days a week! *CRY* I wish times were much more simple and life wasn’t as expensive so women would stay home and take care of the kids and yes I would totally encourage any mom to stay home (Based on my personal experience and at least for the first 2 years)… I am aware that I will be missing some important milestones but there’s nothing we can do about it unless I win the God damn Jawhara account prize!!! YA RAB !

So many changes which I need to keep track of, too many people left, many yet to leave and I was surprised with a “kind of “ career change in spite of being under the same domain as well as a new location / office but this time there’s a window!! YES some ventilation hallelujah. I am kinda pissed cuz I am away from those that I know but change is good no?!

 

I am so happy that there are windows <3 !! It’s refreshing and the view’s a killer! I never knew that garden was THAT big! 7amdellah ! As for the office space itself, it’s just great! I am gonna have my own mini fridge – microwave – Nespresso machine! You name it! and am filling it with my baby’s photos <3 so I see her all around me! *enshallah*

 

Oh, and the Man decided to treat me to a Diet Center subscription, Let’s see how that’d work with 1050 calories per day!!

 

I just miss one person in this world more than anyone or anything else … :(

 

 

 

 

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It’s simply not a review because y’all know how good they are and the variety of dishes provided on their menu so this post is more like sharing some pics and sending a shout out to the good person behind their Twitter account @RubyTuesdayKwt.

 

Last week – (or was it the one before?), RT tweeted on having a blog and asked for suggestions and after a couple of tweets I promised that my next visit would surely include snapping pictures and that was that till the man decided to take us out for dinner. In the car we were debating between Friday’s and Ruby Tuesday but since we are both into salad bars we head to Ruby Tuesday branch on the Gulf Street next to Kuwait Towers which I personally like because it’s spacious and most of the time not crowded specially around the time we have our dinner. Of course Alma and Dear Nanny went along and honestly, that’s how I managed to take pictures because Dear Nanny’s responsibility is to handle her while we are out (if I am busy) or when we entertain guests at home. Dear Nanny was excited because it was her first time to see that street, the Towers and experience dining American cuisine.

 

Upon entry we were more than welcomed and Alma took all the attention from door to table and even afterward till she slept! I like their interior design which is very classy, cozy, very posh for an American diner if I can call it so with it’s dark wooden floors, dark leather couches, Cute table lamps; It doesn’t feel funky in a sense of a regular diner – bar nor is it harmful to the eye with the posters – items mounted on walls like the rest of them places. They are ready for Christmas this year with the decorations, lights, tree as well as a special offer for the same.

 

They have a special promotion for Christmas so you might as well call for reservations now!

 

It was empty at the time we went for dinner which is better!

 

I love love love the floor!

 

Love those lamps as well!

 

festive bar which kid was scared of ..

 

“Ok! She doesn’t wanns pose for the camera!” Amy, the Sharq branch manager with kid :) – you can see how happy Dear Nanny is! lol

 

Ok! She’s more interested with the football match on the screen..

 

Now for our orders

As I mentioned above, both man & I like RT for their salad bar which honestly contains a variety of items so we don’t order salads off the menu but opt to order some type of appetizer and the main course

 

 

My salad dish

 

Choice of appetizer was Spinach Artichoke dip, fine & yummy! Man devoured it

 

Dear Nanny’s dish: Ribs with rice – “mam, looks like the icing you put on your cakes” ! Lol and in her own words: “deliiiiiii(sh)ious”

 

I almost order this dish every time we eat there: Chicken Bella with mushrooms & artichoke sauce over a grilled chicken breast- very tender and light

 

Man had the Asian glazed Salmon, liked it very much but I didn’t try it since I am into Salmon that much

 

As for drinks, I had the Ultimate Mojito (also each and every time I go there) and Dear Nanny had a regular Fanta :/ I forgot to take a picture of the drink before !

 

Sadly enough, we wanted to have the Blondie dessert which a brownie with chocolates and nuts served warm with ice cream but Nikki- the waitress said that they don’t have that and they’re waiting for the ingredients to be shipped from the States

 

This was our total bill which is good for 3 persons  and there’s no service charge bas walla KD 1 for a regular Miranda is too much!

 

Again, here’s there twitter address and there’s on FB too [ HERE ]

 

To sum it up, we love dining at Ruby Tuesday and it’s great every time whether from the service or the food. Best of luck for the future RT team and can’t wait for special events and promotions coming up ahead :)

Don’t forget guys about their Christmas luncheon KD 7.5 for adults, kids half price on the 25th of this month. Kids also get special gifts. For more info on that contact: 22444454

 

P.S: All photos were taken by iPhone so pls excuse the bad quality.

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It was such a terrible moment, I can still hear that BANG when I decided to turn my back on baby for less than a second while she was on my bed and I made sure she was away from the edges but she managed to move and budge her way so I swore that I would be extra careful specially if I have to do something and she’s with me.

 

All I remember was picking her off the floor, running around the house like a mad woman not knowing what to do, who to call, how to react! It was a disaster and what made it worse was deciding whom to contact first! All I knew is that they were all going to go angry at me so I started to calm the baby down trying to see if she’s drowsy or if she’s throwing up since it’s one of the signs of having a brain concussion which means it’s an emergency – god forbid this happens again but I was so stupid not to have read about such incidents knowing that children are prone to falling injuries mostly when they start to move around. We monitored her for the next couple of days at my parents house and thank God she was ok – we tried to check all her senses mostly eye movement, hearing as well as her body for bruises just because we were all sick worried. You never know HOW precious your child is till something malicious – evil – disgusting occurs. I later remembered to search Baby Center for more information on head injuries and this link was useful to me and I hope it will be for another new mom out there [ LINK ]

 

I am currently now planning to childproof my house and NO it is not early because my young one is hyper active and there are many things which need to be off the ground – stored in boxes – given away :/ just to make the house safe and ready for her to discover the place.. Any ideas – tips – advice you mamas out there could share with me?

 

Even though I’m a superstitious person, I’ve never had to let the baby wear a special evil eye amulet – hmm, only once maybe because it’s better if I just recite some Quran verses in my heart or say Masha2 allah loud when someone makes a comment about her just to ward off any bad eye.

 

And because I strongly believe in Allah’s protective eyes over my daughter; I decided to post her photo here because I want her to be the biggest part of this blog

*TIFF TIFF TIFF* <– Evil eye spit ! Masha2 allah too! Alma’s 6 months going on 7 God willing

 

Question: When will my daughter have a full set of hair!? lol ! It’s growing but she totally looks like a “Hammoudi” without a band or beanie ! :/ which reminds me, some stupid people still ask “HOW OLD IS YOUR BOYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!” OMG – SHE HAS EARRINGS ONNNNN for crying out loud!

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It’s been like 2 weeks already since Nanny dearest arrived to our household, I’ve got mixed feelings about welcoming a stranger into our small family and what makes it harder is the amount of horrific news we read in newspapers on “domestic assistants” going insane with all the crimes they perform on sometimes innocent people. You see, it truly comes down to the simple basic word of “RESPECT”! Treat them how you like to be treated of course with certain imitations i.e not have her lie down on the couch while you are around .. E7m ! I am not going to further discuss this issue because some get touchy & start placing unnecessary accusations and we all know what some of these maids go through – doesn’t give them the right to murder, torture, run away, steal.. etc but I feel they do this out of their despair and YES I think they need to have some psychological / behavior assessment prior to bringing them over.

 

“LOL” was the SMS I got from the man when her went to pick her up, I called back frantically feeling that something went wrong. When he didn’t pick up I replied back saying: “If she’s not the same person as on her application DO NOT BOTHER bringing her home” ! Assuring that she’s the same person, I waited for them to ring the doorbell and I held Alma excited yet very anxious I opened the door and I laughed! Dude, I am 158 cm and they call me short huh! SHE IS SHORTER than me @@ I handed Alma who’s almost half her body height lol ! let’s see how she’d carry her as she grows taller!

 

I am not going to sugar coat what happened through those last few days especially with the man who calls her “you durra” – second wife – I tried in my own way to explain as show in practice how things are done around the house, how baby is cleaned, fed, put to bed and they all told me to be patient since she’s getting familiar with my style of running the house but how many times do you show one how to do something specific!? and to be completely fair I am satisfied with her today for the first time since she came!!!! She took the baby to let me “work” as she thinks :p and I can hear them playing outside and that was done by telling Alma “Yalla, let’s let mama work!” Cool!! Besides the fact that the house is spotless clean, laundry is done, dishes are washed and everything’s tidy in its right place (I much obsess on that) and she knows that by now. I have not seen major signs of her being a bad nanny and we much debated on having some type of surveillance equipment in the house but we agreed on observing how the baby reacts to her. Baby sometimes is agitated by her but we know that Alma is hyper and is too attached to me so I was instructed to butt off and let her deal with the child to further learn about her personality yet one cannot confirm if this is (having a nanny) is a good or bad decision unless at least after a couple of months and I sure do hope she gives back (taking care of the baby) like we’ve given her so far and I’m going to keep my mouth sealed since I was instructed not to blog about the nanny but I feel I need some feedback or some of your personal experience with your baby caregivers i.e do you let them go out on a day off? Does your nanny have a mobile?! How do you point out / emphasize on something wrong that she’s done?

 

Tidbits of the day:

1. Sleeping till 12 PM !

2. Nanny had everything done around the house which includes changing Alma when she woke up early in the morning + preparing her bottle

3. Nanny keeping baby away for me to “work” lol

4. Having some “me time” during morning because I’ve recently turned nocturnal!

5. Did lunch within 30 minutes

 

How do YOU feel about having a nanny in your house?

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Are you tired of your daily routine? Feeling uninspired? Is your wallet burning a whole in your pocket, and you just have to spend your money on something artsy and different? Well the CAPS on carnival is for you.

GUST University is hosting its first and only CAPS on carnival on the 14th & 15th of December and it would delight us that you attend. Come show your support for new and old talents alike. Help them believe in themselves by showing your appreciation. Who knows you just might feel inspired to be in their place.

The carnival will host an array of talents, ranging from photography, art, crafts and many others. There will be shows and competitions going on through the length of the carnival. An auction will also be held, where pieces of art and photography will auctioned off to the highest bidder and all proceeds will go to dar elaytam “دار الايتام”.

 

So what are you waiting for? Get your CAPS on! and head on to GUST on the 14th & 15th of December.

It’s Time To Unleash Your Creativity, it’s time to put your caps on

photography, painting, drawing, crafting, designing, knitting or even cooking, this is the carnival where you reveal it all!

The C.A.P.S oN Carnival at GUST “Click – Art – Perform – sing” on the 14th-15th of december

Book your booth NOW by contacting:

Mobile: 99031124 / 97313861

BBM: 21A9B317

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It’s Alma’s second Eid amongst us and en sha2 allah she will witness a thousand more may Allah protect her from all evil..

 

Her first eid was in Lebanon with my in-laws and it was fun to see all the family gathered around the tiny bundle of joy addition and have her dressed up and passing eideyyas to her and she likes money one could clearly see ;p This eid we are spending it with her grandparents here and hopefully we manage to take her out and enjoy this weather while it lasts.

 

I was thinking of eideyas – giveaways besides cash to hand to our neighbors’ kids because mashallah, they are a total of 10! @@ and I honestly don’t know how much to give to strangers then I suddenly had this crazy idea of making souvenirs that symbolize this eid – a sheep and have it filled with candy and I head to Bayya3 el Ward in Hawally to check if I could find something similar. I spent like an hour to bring together the items which made the cute giveaways which both my sister & I worked on for and have Alloumi’s name on :)

 

I first found the cute porcelain sheep then quickly snatched those boxes – Green meadows for the sheep to be glued on.

 

In the same building you could find chocolatiers and since I was in a hurry I got some Jordan almonds and crispy chocolates matching the theme of the giveaway

 

 

I then picked organza for wrapping the whole thing with matching labeled ribbons and separate daisies for the final touch

 

Got some ready made cards for the occasion and had them glued on with a darker colored ribbon on the side

 

And that’s the result of the hard filled with love labor !

 

The card with Alma’s name inside

 

Sheep which will not be slaughtered this eid ;)

 

Only downside to the whole thing was the having the text printed on the ribbons be upside down because we just suck at wrapping!

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