We spent most of the morning cleaning the Garage and restoring it to its former glory. Now that Poppet is in another area- she's getting too big too fast!- Mother Dear decided to re-claim the garage and make it all shiny and sparkly. After hours of work- it looks brilliant. And Ammi keep saying that my friends can stay in it when they come for the wedding…
I think they'd prefer to hire a caravan. They can't share a garage with rats- those rats don't know how to share. They're terrible hosts and are also very nosy.
I went to work at 1pm and once I got back, Meher and I went to Glasgow to speak to Aiina about their seamstress handiwork… On the way there, I realised we were passing Lynsey's flat and so I called her and asked if she wanted to come experience the Asian shops with us. I don't think she was prepared for what happened to her next. As a Pakistani, I was bowled over by Aiina's shop and so Lynsey was quite overwhelmed by "all the colours" and left the shop in a daze, having decided to get a Pakistani dress for the wedding as well. Before we dropped he back, we took her to a food shop and bought her some yummy nibbles. That night, I asked a few other friends if they'd like to buy a dress for August as well. They were crazy excited at the thought and I'll be taking them to Aiina next Thursday to give them an experience they won't forget ;)
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Sunday, 15 June 2014
Clothes
Last night before dinner, we picked up the rest of the clothes from Aiina. Mother dear decided to take Father Dear's car to Glasgow and as luck would have it, we forgot to remove the bags of clothes from the car boot before Father Dear left for work and we had to wait ALL day for him to come back so we could finally try them on.
Unfortunately, every single one of ten had something terribly wrong with them thanks to the terrible seamstress who can only sew clothes… terribly.
After a heart attack or five, I realised that no- I haven't put on any weight- the seamstress has just sewn the clothes at least two tighter from each side. I felt awful. This is the last thing we need at a time like this.
But what made it all better was Dad's reaction. Never before have I seem him so upset over clothes. His worry and stress over my clothes made my bad feelings disappear and all I could think was of how sweet it was of Dad when he started folding all the clothes and putting them back in their bags with great care, ready to take back to the seamstress. It's little things like this that make you realise that something like badly stitched clothes aren't the end of the world. Even if they are for a wedding.
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Unfortunately, every single one of ten had something terribly wrong with them thanks to the terrible seamstress who can only sew clothes… terribly.
After a heart attack or five, I realised that no- I haven't put on any weight- the seamstress has just sewn the clothes at least two tighter from each side. I felt awful. This is the last thing we need at a time like this.
But what made it all better was Dad's reaction. Never before have I seem him so upset over clothes. His worry and stress over my clothes made my bad feelings disappear and all I could think was of how sweet it was of Dad when he started folding all the clothes and putting them back in their bags with great care, ready to take back to the seamstress. It's little things like this that make you realise that something like badly stitched clothes aren't the end of the world. Even if they are for a wedding.
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Aiina, Meena, Mama, Mo...her
Since Ayesha is in Primary 7, those next couple of weeks are her last few days in Primary School. She'll be starting Secondary School in August. (My, hasn't she grown?) Anyway, today Ayesha went to Belmont Academy for a "trial day" at Secondary School.
While Ayesha was away having adventures in school, Meher, Mother and I were cleaning our lives away. The only thing that kept us going was knowing that we were going for dinner with out Aiina friends. Without the lovely people at Aiina, we would never be ready for Meher's wedding.
We have been getting so much help and clothes and help and jewellery.. and help from the lovely people at Aiina (a shop in Glasgow). After Mother Dear made a cake to show them our appreciation for all they've done for us, they knew they'd made friends for life :P
So we all made a plan to meet up for dinner, hilarity and to cause a general ruckus.
And before we went out to get a bite to eat, we went to Aiina to pick up Meher's wedding dress. IT WAS PERFECT. (still is, and always will be :P )
After the entire store admired Meher's dress, we went for dinner at The World Buffet- it was delightful- but as always with buffets- I ate too much. Let's hope I don't pay for it later…
Dinner was delicious. The company was brilliant and we had many, many laughs. We're very lucky to have made such lovely friends.
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While Ayesha was away having adventures in school, Meher, Mother and I were cleaning our lives away. The only thing that kept us going was knowing that we were going for dinner with out Aiina friends. Without the lovely people at Aiina, we would never be ready for Meher's wedding.
We have been getting so much help and clothes and help and jewellery.. and help from the lovely people at Aiina (a shop in Glasgow). After Mother Dear made a cake to show them our appreciation for all they've done for us, they knew they'd made friends for life :P
So we all made a plan to meet up for dinner, hilarity and to cause a general ruckus.
And before we went out to get a bite to eat, we went to Aiina to pick up Meher's wedding dress. IT WAS PERFECT. (still is, and always will be :P )
After the entire store admired Meher's dress, we went for dinner at The World Buffet- it was delightful- but as always with buffets- I ate too much. Let's hope I don't pay for it later…
Dinner was delicious. The company was brilliant and we had many, many laughs. We're very lucky to have made such lovely friends.
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Sunday, 8 June 2014
Sunday but not SUN-day
The sun came out to play for an hour or two, lulling us into a false sense of security. Before long though, it was Monsoon season...
Meher got back from seeing our cousins today. She had a lovely time and Maria, Erum and their Dad looked amazing :) May they always remain this blessed and happy! Mother Dear and Father Dear went to Glasgow to stock up on Halal meat for the next batch of visitors… Ayesha, Khodeja and I watched Khabi Khushi Khabi Gham (loosely translated as "Sometimes Happiness Sometimes Sorrow") It's one of the longest, most emotional and cheesy Bollywood films you'd ever (not) want to watch.
Once Meher got back, the sisters and Poppet went for a drive. Ammi got back just as we did and informed us that she had dropped Abbi off at A&E…
Apparently, he had been trying to drill through the metal rods of Poppet's enclosure to make a waterproof she let above it and goat metal shard in his eye. WHAT!?! He sported a Bollywood-esque bandage on his eye as I picked him up and later informed us that he did have protective goggles but didn't wear them… You would think a surgeon of all people, would realise that he is not invincible… Let's hope he doesn't decided to goto work tomorrow.
(54 days left!)
Meher got back from seeing our cousins today. She had a lovely time and Maria, Erum and their Dad looked amazing :) May they always remain this blessed and happy! Mother Dear and Father Dear went to Glasgow to stock up on Halal meat for the next batch of visitors… Ayesha, Khodeja and I watched Khabi Khushi Khabi Gham (loosely translated as "Sometimes Happiness Sometimes Sorrow") It's one of the longest, most emotional and cheesy Bollywood films you'd ever (not) want to watch.
Once Meher got back, the sisters and Poppet went for a drive. Ammi got back just as we did and informed us that she had dropped Abbi off at A&E…
Apparently, he had been trying to drill through the metal rods of Poppet's enclosure to make a waterproof she let above it and goat metal shard in his eye. WHAT!?! He sported a Bollywood-esque bandage on his eye as I picked him up and later informed us that he did have protective goggles but didn't wear them… You would think a surgeon of all people, would realise that he is not invincible… Let's hope he doesn't decided to goto work tomorrow.
(54 days left!)
Expecting Visitors
Tuesday 3rd June-
Was spent cleaning the house to Mother Dear's standard and trying to keep on top of cleaning Poppet's hourly poo-poos and pee-pees…
P.S. Last night, my ear started hurting. I hope it's nothing serious.
Wednesday 4th June-
We are expecting some visitors today. As I pointed out- they will be the first visitors of the season. Remember the wedding half the family just attended? The Father of the Bride, (Vaqar Mamoon) The Sister of the Bride (Erum), The Aunt of the Bride (Raffia Phuppo) and the Uncle of the Bride (Sheedi Maamoon) arrived today in the evening. We spent most of the day cleaning, tidying and cooking for the visitors and there was much fun to be had at the dinner table :)
It was also Ayesha's leaver's party- the them was "Disney" and breaking all the stereotypes, Ayesha went as Princess Jasmine. She looked AMAZING. Meher did her hair and make-up and she could easily be passed as the actually Princess.
Thursday 5th June-
Erum, Meher and I went to get our nails done. And talk about her sister's (Maria) wedding. And Meher's wedding. And all the weddings on the world. Past, Present and Future. It was great fun to hang out with Erum- it's fun to have family over- we laughed at any and everything.
P.S. Turns out, I have a full-blown ear infection. It's the worst pain I HAVE EVER HAD. Mother Dear started me on antibiotics and Father Dear gave me a variety of ear-drops. Unfortunately, I woke up 3am tonight from searing pain in my ear, thinking I would have to go to A&E to have it drained or something. After Father Dear gave me medication and lots of sympathy, I was unable to sleep and caught up on Game of Thrones, crying more over my painful ear rather than the awful fates of the GoT characters I've grown attached to.
Friday 6th June-
Our visitors left today… with Meher. She decided last minute to go and surprise Maria for the Valima (one of the many parts of a Pakistani wedding- it's the one where the bride's family are invited by the groom and the bride welcomes them as part of her new family.)
Saturday 7th June-
RAIN. And since Poppet's enclosure is not waterproof yet, she was put up in the vestibule. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, VERY VERY FRIGHTENING. The silver lining to this dark cloud is that my ear is much much better. I still cannot sleep on my left side and my face is quite swollen but at least the gut wrenching pain is GONE.
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Was spent cleaning the house to Mother Dear's standard and trying to keep on top of cleaning Poppet's hourly poo-poos and pee-pees…
P.S. Last night, my ear started hurting. I hope it's nothing serious.
Wednesday 4th June-
We are expecting some visitors today. As I pointed out- they will be the first visitors of the season. Remember the wedding half the family just attended? The Father of the Bride, (Vaqar Mamoon) The Sister of the Bride (Erum), The Aunt of the Bride (Raffia Phuppo) and the Uncle of the Bride (Sheedi Maamoon) arrived today in the evening. We spent most of the day cleaning, tidying and cooking for the visitors and there was much fun to be had at the dinner table :)
It was also Ayesha's leaver's party- the them was "Disney" and breaking all the stereotypes, Ayesha went as Princess Jasmine. She looked AMAZING. Meher did her hair and make-up and she could easily be passed as the actually Princess.
Thursday 5th June-
Erum, Meher and I went to get our nails done. And talk about her sister's (Maria) wedding. And Meher's wedding. And all the weddings on the world. Past, Present and Future. It was great fun to hang out with Erum- it's fun to have family over- we laughed at any and everything.
P.S. Turns out, I have a full-blown ear infection. It's the worst pain I HAVE EVER HAD. Mother Dear started me on antibiotics and Father Dear gave me a variety of ear-drops. Unfortunately, I woke up 3am tonight from searing pain in my ear, thinking I would have to go to A&E to have it drained or something. After Father Dear gave me medication and lots of sympathy, I was unable to sleep and caught up on Game of Thrones, crying more over my painful ear rather than the awful fates of the GoT characters I've grown attached to.
Friday 6th June-
Our visitors left today… with Meher. She decided last minute to go and surprise Maria for the Valima (one of the many parts of a Pakistani wedding- it's the one where the bride's family are invited by the groom and the bride welcomes them as part of her new family.)
Saturday 7th June-
RAIN. And since Poppet's enclosure is not waterproof yet, she was put up in the vestibule. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, VERY VERY FRIGHTENING. The silver lining to this dark cloud is that my ear is much much better. I still cannot sleep on my left side and my face is quite swollen but at least the gut wrenching pain is GONE.
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Wedding in Milton Keynes
Saturday 31st May- to Monday 2nd June
Saturday-
Half the family left today at lunchtime and the other half stayed back. We shall all be re-united on Monday. After the rentals and youngest animal left, Meher, Khodeja and I felt a bit lost (free) and watched a few wedding films for inspiration. Actually, the entire weekend turned into a wedding related movie marathon- some of which were questionable. Here are the ones I remember:
- What's Your Number? (good for passing time- some laughs)
- My Best Friend's Wedding (I usually enjoy this film but for seem reason, Meher and I got bored about half-way through and decided to watch something else.)
- The Proposal (always a good, girly film)
- The Wedding Date (which Meher vetoed 30mins in)
- Jump The Broom (which was awful but for some reason we couldn't stop watching it)
Most of Saturday and Sunday was spent watching movies and playing with Poppet- the weather was RIDICULOUS. Just awful- rain, rain and more rain. Khodeja was happy throughout and was great company :)
Sunday-
On Sunday afternoon, I took my car round the corner to Mum's friend Irene's house because she rang to say she had a few plant pots to give us.
The other half of the Nur family arrived safely and we all swapped news and happenings before going to bed really late. Early start (as always) tomorrow.
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Saturday-
Half the family left today at lunchtime and the other half stayed back. We shall all be re-united on Monday. After the rentals and youngest animal left, Meher, Khodeja and I felt a bit lost (free) and watched a few wedding films for inspiration. Actually, the entire weekend turned into a wedding related movie marathon- some of which were questionable. Here are the ones I remember:
- What's Your Number? (good for passing time- some laughs)
- My Best Friend's Wedding (I usually enjoy this film but for seem reason, Meher and I got bored about half-way through and decided to watch something else.)
- The Proposal (always a good, girly film)
- The Wedding Date (which Meher vetoed 30mins in)
- Jump The Broom (which was awful but for some reason we couldn't stop watching it)
Most of Saturday and Sunday was spent watching movies and playing with Poppet- the weather was RIDICULOUS. Just awful- rain, rain and more rain. Khodeja was happy throughout and was great company :)
Sunday-
On Sunday afternoon, I took my car round the corner to Mum's friend Irene's house because she rang to say she had a few plant pots to give us.
As you can see, my car looked like a jungle exploded in it. Unfortunately, one pot unturned on the front seat of my car, spreading A TON OF SOIL all over the front part of my car. I spent a good half hour trying to hoover it all out. Methinks, it will need to be valeted sometime next week.
Monday-
On Monday, we went to Glasgow. Jeju's carers were only here till 3.30pm so it had to be the SHORTEST Glasgow trip ever. After cleaning the house, we left at 12.30 and were back by 3.15pm. We even managed to get mini groceries done before coming back. (It's 50 miles to Glasgow)
Anyway, Meher and I went to PICK UP MY DRESS FOR THE RECEPTION, BECAUSE IT'S READY!!!!!! It looked amazing- when I chose it, I thought it looked lovely but seeing it in person was just fabulous. It needs a couple of minor adjustments and then it will be picked up the following Monday- when Meher's dress will be ready too!!!!
Meher and I also collected my Aunt's (Kath) and cousin's (Yasmin) dresses for the reception too :D They look AMAZING. We hope they'll like them <3The other half of the Nur family arrived safely and we all swapped news and happenings before going to bed really late. Early start (as always) tomorrow.
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The last darling days of May
Tuesday 27th- Friday 30th May
Tuesday-
I asked for all my friend's addresses so I could send them their invitations to Meher and Carl's wedding. It didn't take long- I don't have any friends… (this is obviously a joke, and Ayesha, who is reading this over my shoulder as I type said, "Aww! That's so sad- why don't you have friends?" My sister obviously thinks I'm a loner. Anyway, my side of the cards are addressed and will be posted tomorrow.
Wednesday-
Since we are expecting my Aunt and her family in the next couple of weeks, Mother Dear rightly decide to get another freezer to store food for the masses. Apart from my Aunt's visit, during the wedding season at Nur McManor, there will be countless guests coming in and out and so an extra freezer will be paramount.
Thursday-
I was supposed to go and work at Gardenrose Primary but the P6's are away to Glasgow Science Centre. And so I joined in with Mother Dear and Meher's plans to run errands. We have started to receive lovely "Acceptance" cards from our numerous family and friends :)
Friday-
Another day of cleaning… with added packing and decoration of a very special cake. Father Dear, Mother Dear and Ayesha are leaving tomorrow for Milton Keynes for my cousin (Maria's) wedding! They are coming back on Monday and Meher and I will be looking after Khodeja. Here's hoping the Terrorist doesn't cause too much of a ruckus!
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Tuesday-
I asked for all my friend's addresses so I could send them their invitations to Meher and Carl's wedding. It didn't take long- I don't have any friends… (this is obviously a joke, and Ayesha, who is reading this over my shoulder as I type said, "Aww! That's so sad- why don't you have friends?" My sister obviously thinks I'm a loner. Anyway, my side of the cards are addressed and will be posted tomorrow.
Wednesday-
Since we are expecting my Aunt and her family in the next couple of weeks, Mother Dear rightly decide to get another freezer to store food for the masses. Apart from my Aunt's visit, during the wedding season at Nur McManor, there will be countless guests coming in and out and so an extra freezer will be paramount.
As you can see the freezer fit quite snugly :)
I was supposed to go and work at Gardenrose Primary but the P6's are away to Glasgow Science Centre. And so I joined in with Mother Dear and Meher's plans to run errands. We have started to receive lovely "Acceptance" cards from our numerous family and friends :)
The collection of these cards are accumulating every day :)
Friday-
Another day of cleaning… with added packing and decoration of a very special cake. Father Dear, Mother Dear and Ayesha are leaving tomorrow for Milton Keynes for my cousin (Maria's) wedding! They are coming back on Monday and Meher and I will be looking after Khodeja. Here's hoping the Terrorist doesn't cause too much of a ruckus!
66, 65, 64, 63...
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Playing Catch Up
I must really make mini notes at the end of each day as it passes so I can refer to them and properly report the happenings as they happen. My terrible memory is letting me down. And so, I apologise and will keep each day's entry quite short…
Saturday 10th-
We spent a lot of our time cleaning the manor today- I know, I know, we have nothing better to do with our lives. Last week, our electrician found dry rot in the turret room upstairs. What an awful time to make such a discovery. As if we don't have enough to do already- twenty thousand animals to look after, a new puppy, Jeju's daily terrorisms.. oh, and a WEDDING. Thanks. Unfortunately, the problem is much bigger than we could ever have wanted and it needs to be addressed as soon as possible. With all this stress hang in above our head, we cleaned and cleaned and cleaned, trying to keep our minds occupied. It was Abbi who gave us something to laugh at- Ayesha and Father dear were cleaning out the chickens run, Poppet's area and rabbit's hutch and brought Rani into the kitchen like this...
Later on, the sun was interrupted by the rain and this happened...
Monday 12th-
Came back from my eye appointment to find Jeju's social worker and carers having a meeting in our kitchen. They are all such lovely people- I don't know how we would manage without their care, help, understanding and love :) There was some complaining about the lack of snacks (I have put everyone on a diet leading up to the wedding) so Mum had to dig out a couple of emergency chocolates to the delight of all.
Also, today- the WEDDING CARDS ARRIVED. We were so excited to open them. But we were in for a shock. A terrible terrible shock. The cards arriving in an awful box- something one would use to transport moulding mangoes- not fancy wedding invitations. The box was bashed and the cards inside were bent. As we took out the cards we found they were basically thrown into the box, and almost every card had black printer ink marks on them (the cards are cream with a gold design). The cards had obviously been packed before the ink had dried and while some were stuck together, others had extra markings transferred onto them from other cards. A lot of the printing was uneven and many corners of the cards were bent and in some cases torn! It was a bloody nightmare. We were all speechless. We contacted the man who printed the cards and he told us that there was nothing he could do since all these cards were apparently spoiled during transit and wasn't his fault. Since I am a lady I will refrain from using crass language and death threats at this point- even though I am quite good at it- I've learned from the best, what can I say? (Sorry, Mother Dear :P )
After many raised voices and tempers we realised that stressing over all this was not worth our time and decided to cut our losses and send out the cards which were salvageable. Having gone through life and dealing with countless, much more life-threatening situations, we just got on with it. As we always do. Such is life! :)
Tuesday 13th March
I spent most of today planing my lessons for the stop-motion project. And cleaning. And playing with Poppet. Later on we addressed more wedding cards ready to send. Meher and Ayesha were amazing and did ALL the cards while I was away to Edinburgh. This was the picture she sent me:
Poor Ayesha- having helped Meher fold, write, seal and address over 200 cards- finally take a rest…
Wednesday 14th
The fun continues as we get the wedding cards posted…
Thursday 15th May
Today we cleaned. It was a cleaning of biblical proportions- I felt our quest for cleanliness would never end and decided to give the following speech to my fellow cleaners. I may have borrowed a few words. If only I had a horse.
"Daughters of Nur! My sisters, I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me!
A day may come when the courage of cleaners fails, when we forsake our feather dusters and break all bonds of cleanliness. But is not this day. An hour of messiness and questionable hygiene when the age of cleaners comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we clean! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you clean! Women of the West (originally from the East)"
The original, yet slightly less dramatic speech given by Aragorn:
"Daughters Of Rohan! My brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of Men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand! Men of the West!"
Saturday 10th-
We spent a lot of our time cleaning the manor today- I know, I know, we have nothing better to do with our lives. Last week, our electrician found dry rot in the turret room upstairs. What an awful time to make such a discovery. As if we don't have enough to do already- twenty thousand animals to look after, a new puppy, Jeju's daily terrorisms.. oh, and a WEDDING. Thanks. Unfortunately, the problem is much bigger than we could ever have wanted and it needs to be addressed as soon as possible. With all this stress hang in above our head, we cleaned and cleaned and cleaned, trying to keep our minds occupied. It was Abbi who gave us something to laugh at- Ayesha and Father dear were cleaning out the chickens run, Poppet's area and rabbit's hutch and brought Rani into the kitchen like this...
Even Cinderella couldn't have found a better fit than this!
Sunday 11th-
Went into town today with the entire family. What fun :) We hardly ever get to go anywhere all together. I think Ammi wanted to disown Meher, Ayesha and I when we started to take pictures in Primark…
Monday 12th-
Came back from my eye appointment to find Jeju's social worker and carers having a meeting in our kitchen. They are all such lovely people- I don't know how we would manage without their care, help, understanding and love :) There was some complaining about the lack of snacks (I have put everyone on a diet leading up to the wedding) so Mum had to dig out a couple of emergency chocolates to the delight of all.
Also, today- the WEDDING CARDS ARRIVED. We were so excited to open them. But we were in for a shock. A terrible terrible shock. The cards arriving in an awful box- something one would use to transport moulding mangoes- not fancy wedding invitations. The box was bashed and the cards inside were bent. As we took out the cards we found they were basically thrown into the box, and almost every card had black printer ink marks on them (the cards are cream with a gold design). The cards had obviously been packed before the ink had dried and while some were stuck together, others had extra markings transferred onto them from other cards. A lot of the printing was uneven and many corners of the cards were bent and in some cases torn! It was a bloody nightmare. We were all speechless. We contacted the man who printed the cards and he told us that there was nothing he could do since all these cards were apparently spoiled during transit and wasn't his fault. Since I am a lady I will refrain from using crass language and death threats at this point- even though I am quite good at it- I've learned from the best, what can I say? (Sorry, Mother Dear :P )
After many raised voices and tempers we realised that stressing over all this was not worth our time and decided to cut our losses and send out the cards which were salvageable. Having gone through life and dealing with countless, much more life-threatening situations, we just got on with it. As we always do. Such is life! :)
Tuesday 13th March
I spent most of today planing my lessons for the stop-motion project. And cleaning. And playing with Poppet. Later on we addressed more wedding cards ready to send. Meher and Ayesha were amazing and did ALL the cards while I was away to Edinburgh. This was the picture she sent me:
Poor Ayesha- having helped Meher fold, write, seal and address over 200 cards- finally take a rest…
Wednesday 14th
The fun continues as we get the wedding cards posted…
We decided that Meher was a mail order bride...
Thursday 15th May
Today we cleaned. It was a cleaning of biblical proportions- I felt our quest for cleanliness would never end and decided to give the following speech to my fellow cleaners. I may have borrowed a few words. If only I had a horse.
"Daughters of Nur! My sisters, I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me!
A day may come when the courage of cleaners fails, when we forsake our feather dusters and break all bonds of cleanliness. But is not this day. An hour of messiness and questionable hygiene when the age of cleaners comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we clean! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you clean! Women of the West (originally from the East)"
The original, yet slightly less dramatic speech given by Aragorn:
"Daughters Of Rohan! My brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of Men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand! Men of the West!"
We also found time to call our lovely cousin, Ali Nabi Nur for his birthday. We left numerous messages only fit for the ears of the birthday boy. We hope he had a lovely day and that we embarrassed him enough. We love him loads :)
Friday 16th May
Today I drove to Dundee to see the degree show opening. I'll be staying for the weekend so I can have a good look around. I stayed with Kathryn- it was great to see her and Andy's new house!!! (THEY OWN A HOUSE. AND THEY HAVE A MORTGAGE...THEY'RE MY AGE, WHAT THE HELL!??!!?)
Their home is lovely and I had a great time :) The opening was glorious. As always there were LOADS of people I hadn't seen for ages and it was amazing to catch up!
This is only a hundredth, maybe a thousandth of the people there. What a great night. Got back in REALLY late or more precisely- really early- just as the sun was rising. I misunderstood how to disable Kathryn's alarm and managed to wake poor Kathryn at the crack of dawn with a horrendous noise.
Saturday 17th May
This morning I had the first late morning since God knows when. I woke up at 10.30am!!! I never get the chance to stay in bed till then :P Kathryn and I got ready and headed to the Art College to take a gander at the art on display- the degree show was immense as always and I think we managed to see about 15% of it… Later on, met my friends for lunch and spent the rest of the day with them. I was supposed to go climbing but because of the crazy heels I wore last night, I was in pain :P
Sunday 18th May
Drove back from Dundee to Ayr in just under two hours (thanks to driving at an average of 85-95miles an hour, don't tell Father Dear) I was in time to pick up Ayesha's friends from Ayr and bring them back to Maybole with me. They wanted to come visit Poppet and then go swimming. The kids played and swam their day away and then were picked up later on in the evening. I'm exhausted form the excitement of the weekend.
Monday 19th May
This is all I remember from this day. It was glorious. I thank God every day for giving us a Mother who entertains us to no end :P
Tuesday 20th May
As I mentioned before, Meher got accepted to her Masters in Business Psychology in Kingston University. She received and e-mail informing her about a welcome night for students happening in the middle of June. And so she booked her tickets to attend :) We are all very excited and happy for her.. and also very proud of our little shrink. God knows she's got enough crazy people in her family to practise on :P
Wednesday 21st May
The bride to be is feeling quite gracious today..
Thursday 22nd May
Went to vote with Father Dearest
The weather outside is AWFUL. and so we dressed accordingly :P
Friday 23rd May
Went to the Post-office with some more wedding cards to post before work and made friends with the Post-office People. They are lovely. And now they are invited to the wedding as well…. I think ALL of Maybole will probably be there if we're not careful. Since once more we are the only Pakistanis in the village (quick Little Britain reference here…)
they knew exactly who we were and how long we lived her for and what we all do. I wouldn't be surprised if they can hear us all the way to the high street- shouting to each other at home.
Saturday 24th May
Meher sent me this..
Sunday 25th May
THE ENTIRE FAMILY, including Poppet went to Glasgow today. As we drive there, I felt we had been magically transported to India during Monsoon season. The rain/hail/sleet was surprising, annoying and unwanted in the middle of May- this is what a Scottish summer looks like...
To be honest, I don't think this picture does justice to the hellish weather we endured.
We had an amazing time in Glasgow and got a lot of work done- most of the clothes and jewellery is finalised. Are we organised, or what?
Tonight we watched "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" with Ayesha so she could be acquainted with all the references we continually make to the movie. This film will never get old and it will always be relevant to our family :P especially now that Meher is marrying "Xeno with the long hairs on top of his head"
Well, at least the "long hairs" part doesn't apply here :P
Monday 26th May
Seeing as how everyone seems to be writing and delivering their own sets of wedding cards, I decided to make some time and write my share and contacted all those lucky people who will be receiving cards from me. And so I septa most of the day getting all that sorted. They'll be in the post soon!!
83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76. 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70, 69, 68…. 67 DAYS TO GO!!!
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