Who is that?

It's my own chef. I like this little guy so much, even with the fact that he has a pastry brush over his head, and that he is so small he stands on a shelf over my oven. He just gives me something to look at when I'm working at the kitchen doing something I don't like to do. He encourages me to cook, but sadly I don't listen to him, I just can't seem to do anything around the house these days, no decorating, no cleaning and no cooking..

Well I think I'm maybe in one of my down moods, way down for so long, but I feel like I'm going up slowly.. It's a good thing even if it's in slow motion, 7amdillah.

So I like to buy things I love and put them every where around the house, like this utensil hmm what is it called.. jar?? it's metal and I just love metal buckets and things. And all I can find of utensils in pink, oh how I love that color..



Well just thought I'd share something. Have a nice weekend.

I have a collection

I actually collect many things, but most of the aren't considered collections since I collect them just because I can't resist buying them for their color or just because I might need an extra patterened paper..!

But this... I just love, and I can't use much since I'm scared something bad might happen to them.. It all started with these.. I bought these from zara home for 200 Ryals, and I just couldn't resist..



Then I found this ( along with that rounded thing with a lid on the above picture) in Giant stores hypermarket.. again I thought how cute they would look with the plates..



These I found at the discounted store Mishwar.. It's supposed to go in the kitchen but I just love putting them with the rest of the stuff..



Mom got me these last pieces from Dubai, I was so happy to receive them..



So you can see I love this off white lacy patterned things, if you find any in your way just let me know, I want the collection to be huge..!

( sorry the pictures are dark, we have a dark lower level of our home plus they are all inside the glass front cupboard or whatever it's called)

Me.. A teacher..!

Imagine that, I teach craft classes at Aramco compound as a part of the summer program they are having, I just started my first class yesterday and it's a one hour card making class. First I was very scared and nervous, I can teach anyone who ask me everything I know.. Only if they ask. But to have people who paid for you to teach them exciting new things, well that's a different story. But they are a nice class, age ranging from 8 to 12 , seven girls, very excited just to be cutting and gluing and painting things..



It's a nice new experience for me, maybe a start for some career change (as if I already have one to change it!) and if everything goes like planned I will get paid money for it.. Not much but who cares, I'm having a good time mashallah..

So this is what we did yesterday, a work of one of the girls.. I provided all the material, colors matching and tools needed all in a small plastic envelope.



This is what we did today, some free form painting waiting to be put in a card form tomorrow inshallah..



So wish me luck with the rest of the classes, and if anyone wishes for a class for the kids, I'm there.. ( 100 ryals per hour hehehe)

May Allah bless her soul

My best friend's mother passed away last night, my friend called from Jeddah this morning to tell me, I felt very sad for her, I wished I can be there next to her, she always has been there for me in every time I needed help, we met in university but it feels like I know her for ever, and I feel bad cause I haven't been the best friend that I should be, I don't call that much and I even forgot her birthday this year.. And yet she reached for me when she felt sad.. She is the best friend a woman can ask for and I just wish to allah to give her peace and strength to face this tragedy..

I knew her mom well, I knew most of her family, they are quite close mashallah and she was a very lovely lady.. Quiet and classy and kind. In her last years she developed a few illnesses that made her very tired, my friend was taking care of her at home and she would sometimes need to be hospitalized many times.she was going down health wise so fast the last months, but still it came as a shock to hear of her death.. May she rest in peace in heaven inshallah, they will be praying over her in Makkah tonight inshallah..

I hope that the coming days bring my friend all the happiness and joy and good things she couldn't get much of while she tirelessly kept taking care of her mother,,

Toys or..?

I love these toy kitchen from Pottery barn kids, I wish I can have like them.. for me of course..!

The washing/drying machine.. lovely


Fridge and oven.. So cute with the pots and pans and toaster.


The sink.. What a lovely way to do the dishes.


Pink makes the world prettier, I wish I can paint everything in my life pink.. Including my eyes and brain..!

Nice words

"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"

I love Rocky Balboa..!
( quoted from the movie Rocky Balboa)

It's raining

Inside my heart...

Picnic

I want to go in a picnic.. i love picnics, and since I got married I maybe went on picnics only twice, since my husband doesn't like the outdoors much, and francly I don't like our weather much either. It's either too cold in the winter or too hot in the summer, and in between we have a few nice days in which we don't feel like going out (excuses I know)

Well , why don't you go with me on a picnic now? do you like this basket?



Or this one?



We can put this blanket anywhere and just have a good time sitting over it, eating, drinking and relaxing..



Maybe here?



Keep on dreaming rosy pink.. That's why this blog is named after your dreams..!

ِA day off

What would a mother do with a day off of her never ending job?..
Let's see.. First she would watch one of her Arabic movies which she enjoys and can't watch because of her almost 4 year old's constant interruption.. what she didn't expect is the movie being the most depressing movie the history of Arabic movies ever made!! And of course she had to finish it because it's so engaging. And she had to cry from start to finish because it's so sad and emotional.. as if she needs that now! talk about bad luck..!



So she tries doing something else, watching a music channel while painting a project, the movie channels are off limits when the kid is around , no need to explain why with all the x-rated video clips around, and I'm talking arabic songs! and the painting, well she can't do it with her around because it won't be enjoyable since she has to watch over the kid's brush and where does it go ( probably on the paper and the area around that!) And she ends up doing the bird house she wanted doing for a long time..



Well then the father wakes up from his after work nap and wants some of the mother day off to himself, well at least to finish watching the third season of lost, which is something the mother enjoys doing and very eager to know what will happen to those lost people on the weird island, so they watch three episodes, which leads them to the end of the day off without the mom doing a lot of the things she wanted to do ALL ALONE ..!Beside it being three depressing episodes with characters dying and such..



So the day ends with them picking the kid from her grandmother's house, picking up some food to go, sleeping while making the kid go to sleep and that's the end of the day..

To tell the truth , the mom enjoyed her half day, but next time inshallah there will be no sad movie, and no three-time-consuming-episodes of lost.. Next time will be all me and all by myself.. I wanna be all by myself for some time, even if it gets boring and I missed the kiddo.. Oops did I say I? I meant she , the mom...!

And she lived happily ever after.. The end

Drinking water

I know how important it is to drink water, especially in this hot weather, that's why I keep a bottle of water on my desk to sip from it every now and then.

I got my daughter a small bottle with Disney's princesses on it, and she liked drinking from it too, but then one day in Debenhams, I saw this..( the one with the princesses is her old bottle)



I just couldn't resist this cuteness, to tell the truth I wanted to get it for myself, but I knew that we were going to fight over it, and it doesn't look good to my mommy image to fight my almost 4 year old over a toy! So I gave it to her..

Just look at the detailed bottle that looks exactly like the bigger one we have...



So she is very happy with it, drinking every few seconds mashallah, and I'm happy looking at it in my crafts room.
Now if I can only get me a real sized one just like it .. hmmm!