My Home Away from Home

Back in Amman

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:30:00 +0000

I want to start blogging again. Mainly because I am lonely in Amman.
I miss my friends and family in Canada...I am too busy dealing with the kids shit I have not had time to make new friends here. I will come back back to the kids shit later...

I have a love hate relationship with Amman. There is so much I love about being here, and so much I hate about living in Amman.

I love it until it is time to go out walking in the streets, I haver never seen more inconsiderate drivers! EVER! I forgot how rudesome people can be here!

hi blog!

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:39:00 +0000

I almost forget about this blog! It is pretty dusty in here! I miss my blog and I have had so many bloggable moments in the past two years, but not much time or motivation!

So where to start?

We are still in Canada to hubby's dismay! I am loving it as always ! a big mwaah to Canada! But maybe not for long! We are considering a job in UAE, we will see how it goes when hubby meets with them, and of course if they pay well! All hubby wants is to live in an Arabic country where the kids will learn Arabic! I wonder how much Arabic they will learn in UAE! He wants to send them to an Arabic school there, LOL! I can see poor Ziad going into grade 5 only knowing how to write his name and few small words in Arabic! Sorry hon, not gonna happen!

I can do it for 3 years , which is the length of the project he will be sent for! What I would have never been able to do or tolerate was moving to Saudi (a big scream!!) I do not get how people do it there, I am used to my freedom going out and about without my husband! Lets not go there because well, it is not gonna happen!

A quick Hello...

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:13:00 +0000

I just realized that the last post on my blog is a sad blog....we must change that now...

Hmmmm nothing happy to post about...just normal everyday stuff...

It is winter and yucky...thankfully no snow..the last of it melted yesterday...thank you rain!!

The kids are on vacation and so is hubby!! He has been on vacation (parental leave) for almost 3wks!!! Somebody kill me!! I can not wait for January 4th to come!! My house is in dire need of ta3zeel...the closets are a mess, my laundry room is a mess...I need a break from the 3 of them!

My baby brother just got married a week ago!! When did he grow up?? It was a very nice wedding, everyone had a great time...we danced and danced and danced some more...but I am glad it is all over...it is a lot of work getting ready for a wedding. A dress for me, shoes, makeup blah blah blah.. suites for the boys...the baby looked soo cute in his little suite...adorable! Ziad was the ring boy and has a new girlfriend, the little flower girl.

Tamer will be one next month, he is starting to walk, but still has not mastered it, he still prefers to crawl. He is always yelling out his brothers' names laal, thiaad....he is so cute and we are having so much fun watching him learn new things! He makes my kitchen floor a huge mess though, he takes everything out of the cupboard and throws them on the floor, I clean it all up and he does it over again , and again and again...phew..no wonder I am pooped by the end of the day!

Today hubby and the boys went to the March for Gaza in Toronto. When I mentioned it this morning the boys got all excited. They got their pencil cases, paper, and started drawing the Palestinian flag.They put them on a pole and got ready to go. I had a nice relaxing day home with the baby...aaah..when is Jan 4th coming??

Ha, that wasn't quick, was it ??? The kids are playing with their DSs, the baby is killing the kitchen floor and hubby is watching some movie...I was left alone for few minutes...but not anymore...aaaaaaahhh leave me alone!

Ena Lelah wa Ina Elayhi Raje3oon

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:03:00 +0000

Early this morning my mother in law passed away:o(

She has been in a coma since last Friday, so we kinda of had a week to prepare for this....but you can never be prepared for a loved one dying...

I am just glad my husband went to Amman to see her when we heard the news. Everyone told him to stay put and not to go , it is useless...she is a coma, what is the point...but he got to spend some time with her...see her, touch her, talk to her, kiss her...I am so glad he did not listen and I was able to convince him to leave as soon as we got the news...

I am just so sad that I will never see her again....baby Tamer will never know his teta, and she never got to see Ziad (her favourite grandson) again...Bilal will never really know her, since last time he saw her he was only 3...I wish we were able to go to Amman this past summer...but my husband started a new job in May, and he could not take time off, and I could not travel alone with 3 kids including a little baby...:o(

May she rest in peace inshallah....at least now she will not be in any pain...something that she has lived with constantly for the past few years....Allah yer7amik khalto! :o(

The End of summer...

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:16:00 +0000

My poor poor blog!! I have no time for it....*cleaning the spider webs around*

Speaking of spiders, a spider is take over my porch!! Everyday I go out with a broom and clean his web, the next day I find a bigger one!!! This spider is driving me crazy! He is on the biggish side, brown and he is living between the porch bricks!! He is outside so I feel like a bad person killing him.....u know I have to be a friend of nature..blah blah..

So many bloggable things have happened in the past 2 months since I last posted...

We did so much this summer, lots of visits to Marine land, Ontario place, parks.. etc...

We went to Quebec City for few days, it is always fun going there...it was a 12hrs drive...we had a great time!! now I know why I have to get a van!! My kids fight like crazy while in the car!! I am getting a van in the next couple of weeks!! I am getting the longest van I can find, one of the kids will be at the very end of the van and one in the front...they are currently fighting about who will be in the front and who will be at the back..

My little baby is growing up so fast! He is 8 months now...he has been crawling and cruising for the past two months....I hope he will hold off walking until he is 1...

Three weeks little Tamer got very sick and we had to deal with a 7mara(idiot) ER doctor, and then spent few days at the sick kids hospital in Hamilton...not a very good experience...I will post about this ordeal in another post...he is all better now alhamdoulilah..but his horrible experience changed him from a nice mild baby to a whinny screaming baby!!

We found a family of Mice living in our garage, which prompted us to clean out the garage, and just to be on the safe side cleaning out the basement(there were no mice inside the house) I went through every single box, cleaned it good and got rid of boxes and boxes and garbage bags of stuff we no longer need! I can no longer watch Tom and Jerry! I used to live Jerry , but now Tom is my favourite, bad bad mice!!

I got stung by a bee the other day...I think it was a bee ...it hurt like hell!! I had no idea a little thing's sting can hurt so much...I thought my whole arm was going to fall off!! My finger swelled up,and then my whole arm started to hurt... it was no fun!! We were getting ready to go to Marine Land...I put my stuff in the passenger seat and threw my keys in there..I went to grab my key and something was on them and stung me..I think it was a bee..or maybe the spider that has overtake my porch...I was in so much pain, just flung the thing off my finger without looking at it. I drove to ML because it was the last day before school and the kids were all excited about going there with their cousins...so I could not let a bee sting keep us home...I had to break my fast while driving to take some advil because the pain was too much...:o( I hate bees, or maybe it was a wasp?

Now finally the kids are back to school...Ziad just started grade 3, Bilal will be starting SK next Friday and he is going to preschool two days a week....finally my vacation has started!! I have yelled at the kids so much in the past month, they fight so much!! They fight over everything, a toy can be sitting for months without anyone touching it, the minute one goes to play with it the other wants it!! I am sure I have gotten few white hairs this past month!! O and ziad started with this "I am bored" bit..We go to the park, come back home and within 5 minutes he is bored!! ah it is all over now , I think my new favourite seasons are going to be fall, winter and spring!!

Good morning....

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:37:00 +0000

Ah it is so nice to wake up so early....it is 5:37am now on Sunday morning...and it is so peaceful!!

I can not remember when I heard a big fat nothing except for the sound of the my typing and the ticking clock...with all the chaos in this house I've never noticed the ticking clock...tick tick tick....

This experience would be so much better if my house was not a mess! darn it didn't I tidy up the downstairs rooms before going out for the day yesterday?? How did my kids(and hubby of course) manage to make this small mess??? Crayons and paper on the table...their little Diego and pooh bear chairs are not where they are supposed to be...the sofa cushions are all over the place..the DS's and their cases are both sitting on the sofas and there is a clipboard with a safety scissor sitting on the chair...o and is that hubby's chips bag I see on the table? There are three pennies sitting on the floor...those are Bilal's brown money..why are they not in his piggy bank? Seriously I would love to tidy up this house and have it stay tidy for more than 10 minutes!!

yeh I should definitely do this more often....wake up early...have my morning milk and go to the gym before everyone is up??? I have to switch to a morning person...my kids do not go to bed until 10ish in the summer time.....Bilal will not even put on his PJ's if it is still light outside...and the light starts fading at 9:30...I do not believe I am saying this, but I can not wait for winter when it is dark at 5pm and the kids are in bed by 8:30....but in the summer we are usually hardly ever home before 9...too much to do in the summer months unless it is a rainy day...

I had lots of bloggable stuff happening...but no time to blog...unless I wakeup this early everyday and blog while sipping my morning coffee...:)

hi

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:10:00 +0000

I do not believe I have not blogged for this long...I have had so many bloggable thing to talk about..

The baby is growing like a weed and is becoming mobile *insert screaming face*

Bilal had his tonsils out last week...what a champ...he was up and about within few hours, I know if it was me I would have been a big baby...

The kids are almost done with the school year *insert a screaming face*...I am already planning things for them..they will both go to Arabic school in July...Bilal will stay in preschool 2 afternoons a week for July...what am I going to do in August!!!

We will have to get all our summer fun before Ramadan starts...

Is anyone dreading Ramadan this year?? The day is so long!!!! It is still day time at 9:30pm...

The one good thing is that I will lose weight for sure this year...probably lots of it..yay?

I have also been a bad blog checker...I wonder how everyone is doing?? How is 7aki and the girls, how are Qwaiders doing with the pregnancy..how is Maioush's dad doing? Is Asoom engaged yet? How are Kinzi and mamabeans...miss u guys!

But there is no time to blog..and when I do have time I feel guilty that I am not taking the kids out to play, or have to clean the house..does it ever get messy!! Well we just spent an hour in the backyard playing in the water, I helped Bilal with his Lego's and we had a play date with friends today...Tamer is taking a nap, so I can blog with no guilt...

:o)

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:15:00 +0000

Happy mothers day to those who celebrate today!

This morning my kids gave me their presents that they made in school..

Bilal had a hand print with a poem...ok seriously those hand print poems are tear jerkers...they always get to me!

Ziad had a pot, paint ,soil and seeds...we decorated the pot and planted the seeds together...I took over the painting and he got mad though...he had a questionnaire and he said he loves me because I do everything for him and let him eat on the sofa...

And I got a gift card for a manicure, pedicure and a facial at a local spa..now I have to find the time to do this...hmmmmmmmmm...

We will be going to my parent's house later...my mom is making a turkey!! I know who the heck cooks on mothers day?? MY MOM DOES...we were planning on taking her out to dinner but I guess not...this is why I did not get her a pampering present...it seems the older generation does not like to be pampered! My parents are redoing their bathroom, so I got her the bathroom stuff...rugs, curtains, decorations...I hope she likes green!

I guess Tamer's present to me is that he let me type this post...with one hand...thank you Tamer!

It is days like this that I like being a mother...and thank god no breakfast in bed..but one day I know my kids will do it and I will get down to a super messy sticky kitchen.

Well I did get bkfast...*sigh* Ziad poured my favourite special K cereal...great right?? noo there was a big hair in it! now I will not be able to eat my cereal for a week! We are going to make pancakes together...hubby is going to hate it...it is unarabic! We will make him labne, zeet w zaatar with shai on fathers day...Hey he can have that today too for breaskfast since he hates pancakes..yeh I know I have a weird husband!

So big already...

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:18:00 +0000

Slow down baby!! Stop growing so fast...

He is already 3.5mo...a big little baby. It seems like yesterday that he was born.

He is a great baby so far...cooing and smiling most of the time...but when he cries...watch out..he is LOUD!

He sleeps all night long, but he only sleeps when in bed with me..in his crib he sleeps for a max of 5hr...bad baby! I miss tossing and turning in bed freely! He'd better frow out of this soon or I will turn into a stick!

He is teething already...chewing on everything like crazy...i thought i'd have a normal baby this time, but I guess not! Ziad had his first teeth at 4mo...and Bilal has his first teeth at 10mo. I am going to miss those gummy smiles *sniff, sniff*

Well at least he is not a cat...our cat is only 1yo , she is huge and already a mommy to a huge 5mo old kitten...

Traveling with baby...not so easy!

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:45:00 +0000

We have never taken long road trips when our kids were this young. We have taken plane trips when our kids were 3.5mo and up...long road trip when they were at about 10mo.

This weekend we decided instead of staying home on the long weekend, we would go to Montreal. my dear hubby called me on Thursday morning and asked if we felt like going to Montreal's that night...I booked a hotel, it was too late to rent a van, so we took my car... and started packing...four changes of clothes for the older kids, and all like 20 outfits for the baby (babies spit up too much) and other necessities...we wanted to leave that night but decided it is more fun to travel during the day so we left on Friday morning...

Our motto is getting there is half the fun , so we stop whenever we feel like it to get coffee, lunch , snacks...and just walk around..

With a baby you have to stop every 3 hours...at the 3 hrs dot he starts to scream for food...what the hell? So we had to stop a lot more...and sometime we would stop at a place and spend 2hrs there...we feed the baby when we first get there ...then we leave and drive then 1hr later we have to make an emergency stop because he is screaming to eat...no pacifier or singing or anything calms him when he needs food.....and you cant feed him any sooner because he will just spit it all up all over you.....this is why I have to take a lot more clothes for hubby and I...hubby thought it was crazy that I took him 6 shirts for a 2 day stay...now he knows it was not!

It took us a bit over 9hrs to get to Montreal...it usually takes us 6hrs...but it was fun ...we didn't mind it...except for the unexpected stops in the middle of nowhere...

The kids had a good time walking around old Montreal...and we took the horse carriage...it was for $45 for a 20min ride!! When we rode the carriage in Aqaba it was for like 4JD...but the kids loved it and they are still talking about Buddy(the horse) ...we went for lots of walks around the town...it was cold but no body minded it , except now Bilal knows how important his mittens are!

I think I gained 5lb on this trip..I have to make an extra effort to go to the gym daily and to eat well this week...We ate so horrible...too much flafel and shawarma, hamburgers and fries...YUCK! All I am going to eat are veggies this week...I will do what 7aki is doing and make myself baby food...steamed veggies without anything...

Hopefully in few months when we are ready for another road trip ...I think we'll go to PEI next time, the baby will be 5mo and will not need to eat every three hours...or at least able to take a bottle while we are driving...maybe??

OUCHI!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:43:00 +0000

I have become a major klutz since giving birth, I keep on dropping things and breaking others...

My latest episode was falling down the stairs...I was rushing down, with the baby in my arms, Bilal annoying me to tie a towel around his waist so he can be a cook ...I slipped and fell...OUCH!!

My poor tailbone is bruised...like I really need any more back pains! grrrr.....it hurts to sit...who would of thougth that sitting can be so painful...

Well I guess it could have been worse...it would have been awful if it happened when I was pregnant..so I guess alhmdoullah for everything..

BUT! I was going to start working out this week....I ditched my old gym and joined a new gym...this gym looks so much nicer...it has a pool...a ladies area and a coed...the best thing is I made hubby join hahaha.....and there is a junior gym so Ziad can workout on cool equipment...a dance pad, a playstation that you play while peddaling a bike..yeh good stuff...and the day care for the kids is huge..so the kids will have plenty to do while I am working out...

I bought the cutest workout outfit, new sneakers, new socks, loaded new song on my MP3, and I was ready to start working out 5x a week...and now I can not ...

I guess I am meant to be fat...waaaaaaahhh...

Six weeks....

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:18:00 +0000

It has been six weeks since the arrival of our new monster...Ok he is not a monster yet, but it is in the works...or maybe I will be lucky this time around? A good baby who becomes a good toddler??

Tamer is an awesome baby....just like his brothers used to be.

He sleeps few hours during the day....about 6-7hrs at night then wakes up to eat and then goes back to sleep...(I wish I could go back to sleep...but sleeping from 6-8 is the worst..I wake up msatli..) .He only cries when I take too long to fix his bottle, or when he is gassy or sleepy and one of the monsters won't let him sleep because he is so loud...and he is so freakin' cute mashallah!! I can not stop looking at him and holding his tiny teeny hands....I like to hold my babies and do not believe in the spoiling them thing...they are only so small for such a little time...I want to enjoy it...

Now that the baby is here, and the six weeks resting is up , it is time to get into shape!

I am happy to say that I gained 20lb with this baby...14lb are gone and I am left with 6lb to lose...I have been wearing my pre pregnancy clothes since 1 week after giving birth.....even the jeans after getting out of the dryer!! It is nice because with my other pregnancies I had to go out shopping for bigger clothes and did not see my pre pregnancy clothes for a good eight months...

It is time to get back into shape...because yeh I am so out of shape...your body changes a lot during pregnancy...I need to lose lots of inches here and there and get my old shape back..

Exercising is proving to be hard with a new born and a 4yo around! I get Bilal busy with a project, some arts and crafts, or his favourite DVD or a show on demand..and get dressed for my workout...well the minute he sees me working out he decides that I am and the baby are more interesting and he is either in my way, or he is waking his brother up...I will have to restart my gym membership sooner than I thought!

During my pregnancy I lost my appetite...but it seems that the minute the baby popped out my appetite made a grand return! I have been eating like a crazy horse in the past six weeks! My love for chocolate is back!!

I just realized I have not posted in over a month....and it is almost my blog's second bday...I do not have much time anymore...maybe this blog was only meant to live for two years...

Welcome to the world baby....

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:52:00 +0000

I feel bad sharing my good news when everyone is upset and angry about what is going on in Gaza...but I did share all my pregnancy up and downs on here..so here goes..

He was born on January 07...one whole week before his due date...you can imagine our surprise since we were sure he will come late just like his brothers..but noooo he had other plans...good thing our cell phones were recharged on that night...and my car filled up with gas...

Everything I have feared about his birth happened...

I was afraid of going into labour on my own for many reasons and was hoping that the doctor would induce labour on the 14th of January...I wanted to be ready, house clean, fridge stocked up, I was worried about going into labour and not knowing it, and I wanted to make sure there is no storm, be at the hospital when it is time to get an epidural, drive my kids to my parent's house in Hamilton and make sure they get there safely...

Well none of this happened...On Monday and Tuesday I was busy going out to get my shopping done, coming home I was too tired to clean my house..so my house was not perfect and tidy...

On Tuesday night I went into labour on my own!!

I went into labour on my own and was not sure I was in labour! At 8pm it started snowing and was supposed to get worse with freezing rain, at 9:30pm I started getting noticeable contractions, they were 11min to 5 min apart then all of the sudden got down to 2min apart.....everyone keeps on telling me when you are in labour you will know ...labour contractions are painful...well I was not in that much pain...some of them I hardly felt and others just needed an aw aw aw....

We decided to head to the hospital, I was sure we will be sent back home...but because of the snow storm they usually keep you there even if in early labour which is what I thought I was in.....so at 12:30am we got the kids up, got our bags in the car, cleared the snow off the car and left ...hubby was to drive me to the hospital which is in town and only 5min away and drive the kids to my parents house which is a 45min drive away, if it was a false alarm we would go pick them up in the morning..but it is better safe than sorry in this weather...

As much as I hate snow, I am glad it was snowing and stormy on Tuesday night...otherwise I would have decided to stay home and wait for painful can not talk, can not breath feel like you are going to die contractions to come.....if I did that I would have had the baby at home! I went to the hospital saying I think I am in labour...well it turned out I was in labour..and not in early labour but in advanced labour...too late for an epidural!! OMG you should have seen me....I was in shock...I needed that epidural...I am too much of a chicken! well too bad for me....

1.5 hrs after getting to the hospital little Tamer was born at 2:04 am...hubby missed the whole thing...it was just me, the doctor and the two nurses...it was pretty cozy actually...the baby was born before hubby even made it to Hamilton, when he got back to Milton the baby and I were ready to head to our room...

We just decided on a name last night...I wanted Omar...hubby wanted Mustafa...then we were watching Aljazeera and there is a reporter named Tamer and we both liked the name..so Tamer it is ...it is not for sure yet, since we have not even started his registration papers...as soon as those are sent the name sticks...

He is a good baby so far, as long as he gets enough food he sleeps well during the day and night...and he is soo adorable!!!

Yay January is here...Happy new year!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:55:00 +0000

I spent my new year sleeping this year....I chose to clean my house and ring in the new year with a nice neat clutter less house instead of going out and partying. Who wants to go out when you have a huge belly ahead of you?? So when 12 am hit I was sound asleep in bed beside my two cute little monsters....we had PJ party in my room...we watched a movie, ate some popcorn and fell asleep by 10pm....Happy new year!!

I hope 2009 is a good year for everyone..I know 2008 was not too kind to many of us!

My newest little monster will be born in 11 days inshallah....max 14 or 15 days if he is as lazy as my other two and has to be induced out...which is very fine with me...I have never gone into labour on my own and would rather not start now...not in the middle of January in stormy Canada...

I am just so happy he did not decide to come in December...the last thing I need is another kid yelling at me because he is the youngest in class...everyday we have the same old argument...if I change my birthday to July will that make me not the youngest...how about February..can we have a birthday party for me in February...why did you not eat my baby seed so I am not born in November...blah blah blah..You can not change your birthday damn it! I wish you could...I'd have my birthday in July so there are no storms on my bday, and I would have it 10 years later....

so yeh...wishing you all a happy new year.....

wearing black for Gaza...

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:42:00 +0000

My heart cries out for the people in Gaza...:'( Inshallah allah yefregha 3aleehom and yensorhom

Allah yer7am our Martyrs and ysaber their families...

Mall madness...

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:09:00 +0000

I have made a vow not to even drive on streets that have a mall on them...it is crazy out there!!

Yesterday the kids and I decided it will be fun to mall walk...since I have put my gym membership on hold..and it is too cold and too slippery to walk outside...mall walking would be a good alternative...yeh right!!

We were in Burlington and decided we will go to the mall in Mississauga...the highway was too busy so we took the long way to get to Mississauga...thirty minutes later we are at the mall...but alas...there is no parking! I always part on the same side of the mall....and that parking is usually not that busy...but yesterday it was full.....we went all around the mall trying to find a small tiny spot for our car...no way...and then we thought if the parking lot is this full...it will be even more crazy inside so we went home...but our trip was not for nothing...there is an Arabic store close the mall , and we are out of pita bread...so our trip to Mississauga was not for nothing...

I guess we will start mall walking on the 27th...when malls are back to normal...why do people wait until the last minute to start shopping?? I guess it was pretty bad around eid in Amman as well eh?? It has been a year so I can not remember now...I will mark my calendar for next year to avoid going to the mall and other shopping centers from December 20-27!

when a stupid idea hits...just shoot me!

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:59:00 +0000

Yesterday was a busy day for me...go for a doctor's appointment, go shopping for few last minute items, get together with a friend we met at the store for coffee, take Bilal to school, got my nails done, and then off to the gym for a quick workout....

When I got home I got this stupid idea....hey it will be fun to shovel the snow...FUN?? shovel snow? FUN? what was I thinking?

So Bilal changed into his snow suite, snow mittens, snow boots and we got our big and small shovels out and got to work! I was shovelling the snow off the driveway (which was not too bad because hubby's car was parked there last night so it was not fully cover..but still), throwing it on the grass...and Bilal shoveling the snow from the grass on the driveway...not very help eh?

He was a lot smarter than I was...his mitten fell, he ate some snow, he got cold so he went inside...

I on the other hand stayed outside...shovelled the drive way...the path leading to the house from the driveway, the porch, the steps on the other side of the house...and one of the sidewalks...a nice guy shovelled the other side in the morning...(we live on a corner lot so lots of sidewalks to clear)..

My back was hurting, but I could not stop...it is such as achievement to see the snow gone off the sidewalk ...so I kept on going and going and going....I have been getting too many braxton hicks all evening, and I feel yucky...I hate snow!

Seriously what is wrong with me? I am 8.5 months pregnant...with a very sore back and I do not want this baby to come any earlier than Jan 11th.....hey maybe he can even come on my bday...my friends promised they will bring me a cake to the hospital if they baby comes on the 15th...If wanted to have fun outside why couldn't I just make a snow man with Bilal??

fa la la la la laa laaaaaaaaaaaa

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:24:00 +0000

Why is this song always on my mind! I hate it...

Anyways I have nothing to blog about...unless you want to hear about how ya haram poor me can not sleep much...how it is hard to get comfy on any position while sleeping...why isn't there anything on good on TV at 4 am?? Not on Arabic or cable..*sigh*

This is the last week before Christmas break...the last week I can go to the gym without having to leave hubby and the kids home making a mess...I have to do all my shopping this week including finding shoes that are cute but not too high heeled to wear next week....off to the outlet mall I go on Tuesday, it is my only hope! or else I will have to borrow my mom's shoes...I am a size 7 and she is a 9...so not happening! I just realized that I have no low healed shoes...other than sneakers and very casual stuff..but I can not wear those to a party can I...I am only 5'1.5 so of course I only have the highest heals they make when it comes to dress shoes...*sigh* there were all those cute dressy flip floppy type shoes all over the mall all summer long..I wish I knew I would be needing one of those in December...o well...do not fret..I am sure will find something at Dixie mall!

OK back to fa la la laaaaaaa la laaaaaaaaaaaa and back to my not so comfy bed to get few more hours of much needed sleep..

5am ramblings...

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:00:00 +0000

Why am I up at 5 am you ask?? NO I am not a morning person and I would rather be in bed, sleeping...I am so sick of this pregnancy induced insomnia...but seriously how can one sleep when your belly is few inches ahead of you and you have little hands and feet squirming all over the place?? Braxton hicks can you find a better time to hit?? Getting up few times to go the bathroom does not help either!

So here I am...watching TV...I accidentally ruined my satellite receiver...it asked if I wanted to download the new software and I accidentally pushed yes! So now I need a new pin # and I do not know how to do it!! So tomorrow I will send the receiver with hubby to take to his friend to fix..and I will have to admit that I did it...I ruined it! darned sw download! I was looking forward to watching some Arabic TV quietly..without the annoyance of my kids or hubby wanting to watch something else...o well I guess watching everybody loves Raymond is just as good...

Six more weeks to go, I am not sure how I feel about having a third little one around. My older two are driving me crazy! Ziad talks none stop, I never knew someone could talk so much!! One topic after the other...drives me crazy!! Bilal keeps on doing annoying things..and when you tell him to stop he thinks it is funny and keeps on doing it while looking at you to see how annoyed he can make you! I have learned to ignore him ..but sometimes it is hard to ignore...when will this stage be over?? I hate the terrible 4's! Who ever said the 2's were terrible had not experienced the 4's!!

Since I am on a complaining streak let me throw few other pregnancy related complaints...

I have already rambled about insomnia...it still sucks few paragraphs later...

putting on socks has become a chore!! It is hard to get to your feet when your belly stretches few inches ahead of you!

Going on the cross trainer at the gym is starting to get more and more uncomfortable...my thighs keep on hitting my stomach...the bike which I never liked anyways but used it for change sometimes has been out for few months due to this...so I guess soon it will be the boring treadmill for me...

Pregnancy brains!! I keep on forgetting things I have done not too long ago..did I put sugar in my coffee yet or not? Losing my keys, going upstairs few times to get something and forgetting what I am there for, and few other things...

Brothers and their SOs!

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:28:00 +0000

My baby brother's engagement party will be at the December....O great..I even suggested they do it on new year's eve...so we do not have to think about where to go...and I am so happy for him...his little fiance is so adorable....We know the family since she was 4 yo....and she is my brother in law's cousin...a sweet girl..

But people at the end of December I will be as big as an elephant if not bigger!! Two weeks before my due date I will not look or feel pretty at all! So now I have to shop for a dress that will fit a huge belly that has a 7lb+ baby in it...This is a huge motivation for me to hit the gym more often...I will make to 4 days instead of 3....I can not help the belly part..it has to grow no matter what I do...but at least I can have nice arms and legs...and I have to lay off the sodium...which is no biggi since I am not a salty foods fan...phew!

Then what if , just what if dancing and dabking makes me go into an early labour!! I do not want to have my baby early...and I am terrified of going into labour on my own....how scary would that be?? I like being induced...contractions start when I am already sitting in the hospital bed, connected to all the wires...and have the epidural dude close by! But I love dancing...even a huge belly will not prevent me from hitting the dance floor!

I think I will go to the mall this week and find a dress like the one on top...and no more cheese cake for me!

Ramblings.........

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:24:00 +0000

I have not had a chance to post in so long...I have been busy...and when I am not busy and just sitting there watching TV my laptop is being hogged by a little four year old..he is either playing games on treehouse TV or learning to read on starfall or looking at car websites...he can get into Honda, jeep, ford and kia on his own...the rest he still can not spell right...

Winter is officially here...there is a snow in the forecast for tomorrow...I am not ready for snow yet.......:o(

Why is it when you are pregnant you get insomnia?? Is it to get us used to the baby waking up at night...I have no reason to be up at 3:30 am...my kids are sound asleep....my husband is in bed and not snoring tonight...so why am I not snoozing??

I got my hair cut yesterday....I think I like my new hair cut...but I will not know for sure until I wash my hair and have to style it myself...Allah yestor..I do already feel too fat; I do not need to feel ugly with bad hair as well! It was getting too long and annoying the heck out of me though, so I guess it won't be much worse eh?

Bad news!!My GPS has been stolen right out of my car! I feel so violated! I still have to go report it....I feel so guilty for forgetting to lock my car....it seems like everyone in the area has had their GPS stolen these days...I knew the warnings...everyday I read on the HV forum that someone's car was broken into...but I still forgot to lock mine...or I should just start parking it in the garage...SOBs...allah ykaser edeehom!

Tomorrow Ziad has is doing a presentation on Jordan...we got his posters all ready with pictures and stuff...I hope he remember to talk slow an clear and not get too excited and talk too fast...He gets to excited about presenting...They have a presentation about different topics every month...I used to be nervous and stress about presentations for days back in high school...now I see why the others did not seem so concerned and stressed out...if they have been doing presentations since they were in grade 1...their presentation experience had topped mine by 7 yrs or more! Now at my old age it is no biggie...

I guess this is enough rambling for tonight...or this morning I guess...

Happy birthday Zozo...

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:10:00 +0000

My baby turns the big 7 today......

*sniff* where did the time go?? It feels like yesterday that we brought him home!

We are having party at an indoor playground ....with few friends and family....it should be fun:)

so tired...

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:03:00 +0000

ah so tired and too busy to complain about it on my blog...but the next rainy cold day we have that I would rather stay home and keep warm, I will be blogging about it all....hopefully I will not have a doctor apt or something else that I must go to ..I just want to sit at home, and watch a movie eat popcorn and maybe some of that halloween candy hiding in the closet, while the kids are at school and before the baby comes....is that too much to ask for?

stupid spam!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:01:00 +0000

I just wasted a whole freakin hour deleting this loser's spam! Damn him/her!

Baby name woes!

noreply@blogger.com (Sam) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:05:00 +0000

I am glad we are not having a girl! We would have never agreed to a name...hubby hates cutesy names and I love them...after so many years of marriage you start realizing your difference in so many ways...I wish there was a thorough check list pre marriage...but when you are going out and engaged you do not know the other person's parenting style and o so many things...but I guess no two people are going to agree on everything 100%...and baby names is one of those things....

When I got pregnant with Ziad his name was decided on the same day I did the pregnancy test...hubby wanted to name the baby after his brother who passed away 23years ago...and his story was very touching to me that I had no problems with the name..it is a cute name...and ziad does love his name! during that pregnancy we could not agree on a girl name...if ziad was a girl he would still be without a name!

With Bilal I picked the name...hubby was not crazy about the name but got used to it..I used the you picked Zozo's name , it is my turn now....and it worked....and Bilal's name suits him and he does love his name too...all day long he spells it out...B-I-L-A-L BILAL...and his name is written all over books, notebooks, sheets of paper, a wall, a table...

Well now with baby boy #3....I want to name the baby Omar....I like the name...hubby likes it too..with one problem! Leave it to hubby to come up with this one! He will only agree to the name if the boys can say 30mar and not Omar! So the boys have three months to perfect the letter 3...sometimes they get it right but mostly it is an O sound....I tell him that by naming their brother Omar they will have get enough practice using the letter and perfect it...

So far he has not come up with an alternatives...MEN!