The Egyptian's Wife

About 6 months ago now my only brother discovered he has Celiacs . Now it's not an allergy, it is an inability to digest gluten that lea...

I just wanted to comment on two things that I heard on radio/Arabic news channels because they are really eating me. The first, and the clos...

Well, my son has been absent from his ready to read program (which operates on a grant from the state) that we have been told he is probably...

My middle child had his ear surgery on Tuesday.... And they were unable to restore the hearing because the patch of skin covering the hole i...

I just got done reading Birth Without Violence by Leboyer... Wow. I think everyone should read this book. I have heard about it before, but...

So, we did Eid shopping in Ft Collins and I must admit to staying away from the toy store in favor of more educational gifts... Everyone cho...

Insha'Allah everyone had a happy eid. This was the first year in quite some time that we were unable to sacrifice. Just no one in the ar...

So one of my new things lately is Frito pie. Something I NEVER eat... For those of you who don't know what I am talking about; Fritos on...

I didn't know what poor was until I went out of the US. I think anyone who has been abroad for anything other than a vacation knows what...

I was watching a stand up comic the other day and he said something that just spilt my sides because it is sooooo true. He said he was readi...

I am a big believer in the no quick fixes, no firm answers school of life. I try to look at things from this perspective. I find this to be ...

So yesterday DH freaked out and decided that he was most definitely not for having a home birth. He did the same with homeschooling the firs...

Well, I have been seriously lacking in time these days... I feel like the day just fly’s by. Yesterday I went to a meeting in FT Collins abo...

My DH had a brother over for an early lunch yesterday while I was out with the kids... And somehow (probably thanks to mini underwear lying ...

So it has been freezing here in WY for the last few days. No, I mean like below zero with wind-chill freezing. And what have I been coveting...

So is a blueberry gender neutral? I am making an adorable little baby hat pattern... But since it is a fruit hat it looks a little girly, I ...

So, I know I said I would never consider an unassisted home birth because of the DH factor... But I am considering it now. I was thinking th...

I have some crazy dreams when I am pregnant... And it seems like last night was the first one for this baby. I was in the hospital (for some...

I have been fighting the mess in our house since my DH and I moved in together in 1999. We both tend to be cluttered, and he is a MAJOR pack...

In 2003 my husband was hospitalized with an illness that basically boils down to pneumonia... They weren't even sure he was going to mak...