Friday, May 7, 2010

It Beats the Purpose! - TSC

About a month ago or so… TSC launched their Green bags. I was delighted and picked some for my shopping and been using them every since even when I go to the Co-op, doing my best to decrease the use of plastic bags. Today I stopped at Sultan and had my bag with me. I also had the boyos who were driving me crazy to distraction. While paying I put my Green bag supposedly the staff there should know that they should put my groceries in it. I turn around finding my green bag at the side and the bag boy (is that what they call them?) puts my groceries in plastic bags!!! That is the second time it happens to me at TSC. Then I ask the bag boy to remove the groceries from the plastic bags and put them back in the green bag, at the same time I was trying to hold Ahmed who wanted to bolt somewhere. When I turned back instead of emptying the plastic bags he put the bags in my green bag. I was beyond pissed now. Why is Sultan selling Green bags if their staff don't understand the purpose of it??? And the bag boy was looking at me "Yalla '7al9een bas!". I was going to go complete "Dathra Madness" on him… but had enough on my plate with the boys. I didn't want to create much drama. I took my bag and left.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Have a Lovely Weekend!

I'm boogying with Anasticia this weekend ;) Enjoy your weekend!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Easy Tone

Have you noticed the Reebok commercial on OSN? All those skinny sleek girls? Makes you want to have these shoes which will turn you into one of those girls? It is suppose to tone your legs and tushy. I was at the Athlete Foot the other week and asked about them, they still don't have them. Any idea where to get them? Has anyone tried them?

Bayt Abdullah Fund Raising Campaign

Every smile counts, every hug counts, every wish counts!
Every moment counts, every fils counts, every pin counts!
Every word counts, YOUR support counts, YOUR PRESENCE COUNTS!
Join in today at the launch of Bayt Abdullah’s Fund Raising Campaign
at the Avenues Mall Entrance (D) – Map below – at 6:30PM.
Help raise money for Kuwait’s Children
3asa allah ya7feth 3yalna! Ameen!

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Diet Update - April

I'm doing well I'm sticking to my diet and exercise. I added cycling in my everyday routine. I started with 15min and now I'm at 30min.By the time I'm done I could hardly stand straight and feel my legs. I wonder how those professional cyclists do it. But I'm imagining my pink bicycle and the beautiful winter weather, inshallah etha allah a7yani by next winter you'll see me cruising in my pink bicycle.
This is the bike I want!!Look it even
has a cup holder!
Still searching for it. It is there on
the website, but none of the sellers have it yet.
I'm thinking of adding Yoga to my routine. I used to do yoga after I had Ahmed. It did my body a lot of good easing off the aches and pains after pregnancy. It is such a powerful exercise.
Dieting is hard. With my kind of job… it is very hard. About a week ago I was studying a recipe and looked at the picture it was sooo YummY!!! And the craving of having something sweet hit me hard! It was around 11:30pm the whole house was quiet and everyone was asleep. I try to ignore the craving. No. I've worked hard on my diet. No. I won't go there. I get up and go to the Kitchen and open the fridge. I grab an ice cold bottle of water and my eyes zeros on the Sara Lee marble pound cake (Fahad's favorite). My mind makes a quick flip. 1 slice of Pound cake cut in half with a teaspoon of Nutella! Zap it for few seconds in the microwave and I have something out of this world. I shake my head shutting away this destructive thought and take big gulp from my icy water. There! It will ease off the craving. I close my recipe book. Not a good time to study any recipes. Turn on the TV… nothing…OSN is sooo boring. I put it on mute and pick up the novel I'm reading. My mind goes back and forth to the pound cake and the Nutella! No! No! NO! I just can't! and a painful headache starts. God!!! Just this time, just to ease the headache off! My Will is weak and I give in! I rush to the Kitchen and prepare this delicious combination of cake and chocolate! I take the first bite. The cake warm and tender, melting immediately with the chocolate spread! I swoon. I close my burning eyes. Yes! I'm crying as I eat it, not because I'm enjoying it, because I have given in to my chocolate addiction! Thus the midnight binging…on and off begins and one of the reasons why my weight loss is so slow. Is there any medication to chocolate addiction? However when it comes to my regular meals I'm good. So for the next two days I stuff the boys with Nutella until the jar finished. Not that they need some energy, mashallah, but after a nutella tartine I take them to the pool at their favorite club and let them take out whatever craziness hit them after the chocolate snack. No more Nutella in my house unless I'm going to use it for a recipe that same day ; )

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Finally Got it Working!!

I finally got my Sony digital reader working! I'm not much of a computer wiz .... so I took it last week to Sony at Thajeej and they did their magic there. Still I had trouble buying ebooks from major online book stores such as Amazon, B&N and ebooks (which I used to buy ebooks from in the past) even Sony!!! they do not sell ebooks in our region anymore. I was royally pissed! Anyhow... stubborn me spent two days trying to upload books the "Kindle" way...from the site to the D'reader. It didn't work... :( so I resigned myself to do it the primitive way...yes primitive! with all the advancement going on in the world...I'm reduced to still upload books on the memory card!!! Well at least I got something to read...and saved upto $600 on book shipment fees...
It is very light to carry around... the reading font is like reading a book... the only thing I found myself doing is wanting to turn the page with my hand ;p
Still nothing beats the smell of paper and a heavy paperback in your hands!

Book Review - BDB : Lover Revealed

It was beautiful weather yesterday. It is a weather which makes me drop everything important and take my book and go for a coffee and just relax! *Sigh* I just love this cloudy rainy weather! Sooo romantic!! Yes R.O.M.A.N.T.I.C!!!! Love romance! Anyway…what I'm reading? The Black Dagger Brotherhood: Lover Revealed By JR Ward. Check out her website. Amazing Series…even guys who like action and romance will like these books.
I absolutely love these series! It isn't like other series with every character having their own story and then it's over. Characters from previous books and those whose stories yet to come are in there as strong secondary characters. Sometimes I feel they are so strong as secondary characters they overshadow the main ones. But it is all balanced and satisfying and a joy to read. I recommended it to several of my friends and shared the books with them. They are hooked and loved them too. My favorite so far is Zadist's story in Lover Awakened, but I still have four more books left of the series to read.
Summary
Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard living, ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world- to engage in the turf war with the lessers. He's got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league. If he can't have her, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers... Fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers, he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead, found by a miracle, the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back, though even her love may not be enough to save him...
JR Ward's Website : www.jrward.com/bdb/