just for fun
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shaz on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 10:29 AM
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just for fun.1) Firstly, I didn’t realize that it snowed in Texas, or was even really that cold!
2) Secondly, I didn’t see anyone wearing cowboy boots or cowboy hats! I realize that I am the one that really hates stereotypes, but I mean, it is Texas!! Granted I was only at the airport, hotel, and a conference filled mostly with geeks, but just sayin’...
3) Thirdly, the restroom signs at the airport said “Toilets”, is it just me, or is that a bit strange??
4) People are super friendly, or I don’t know if they were just so scared of the “moslem” person that they felt obligated to smile and nod when I looked at them! Ok, that was a joke, I had a great time, and everyone was really nice.
5) Surely I put on like 5lbs from my white chocolate mocha addiction, courtesy of Starbucks, of course, which was tremendously hard to resist as the Starbucks people put their coffee shops like 10 steps away from everything… and there are no Timmy’s in Texas!
6) There was no shortage of internet celebrities!
7) Wendy was exactly like she seems in her writing, very sincere, smart, and friendly, I loved how she spoke with the same passion and care that is evident on her blog.
8) I met the wonderful, KABOOM (which is non-profit organization with an amazing mission) employee, Nicole, who carries her camera in a sock, loves guitar hero (which I totally suck at, by the way) and was proud to have the only hijabi as her friend (we both agree that I should have gotten a prize or something! Actually I don’t know if I was in fact the only hijabi out of the few thousand people that were there, but we didn’t see any others).
9) The airport people in Austin are very funny, well, at least I like to think of them like that…
10) And finally, since I gave out my cards to a LOT of people… Hi!! 
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shaz on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 07:44 PM
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just for fun.
kids will be kids.
parenting strategies.Sometimes when I make up a story for the kids, I let them add in random words and sentences, and it’s usually very amusing and encourages their creativity and imagination. I thought I would share last night’s story with you…
Once upon a time there were three
3 year old: stars
named
5 year old: Mark,
3 year old: Nanokha (you have to say the “kha” like in Arabic with the grating throaty sound!)
5 year old: Jr.
3 year old: I mean Aunty Nanokha
They were shooting stars that reached the moon. Mark was trying to pass
5 year old: over
the moon, to get to
5 year old: mars
for a umm, star covention, and Aunty Nanokha went
3 year old: under
the moon to get to the
3 year old: greens
greens? to umm, play golf? And then Jr
5 year old: fell out of the sky into the open sea
but how can he get back to the sky?
3 year old: Aunty Nanokha can help him!
OK,
5 year old: the moon can tell her!
so the moon tells Aunty Nanokha to help Jr get out of the open sea
so, umm, she gets a rope, i don’t know how
3 year old: from the rope store
of course! She gets rope from the outer space rope store and then she pulls Jr back into the sky
and then she told him he’s too young to fall into the open sea
and they all live happily every after!
The end.
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shaz on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 12:19 AM
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shaz on Friday, January 11, 2008 at 08:17 PM
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just for fun.Ok, I took down my “mousehunter is a lucky man” post, because someone thought I was complaining about my husband (no, it was not him, the post was actually ‘mousehunter approved’!), but I was trying to say that although we cannot stand, and will often make fun of, each other’s idiosyncrasies, he’s been great at trying to get me un-depressed!
Anyways, here are some ‘concerns’ for which google has decided that my blog could provide some expertise…
1) how to get a husband to stay with the kids so i can hunt
hunt? seriously, hunt? maybe you could just ask him?
2) how long does it take to change a diaper
_it really depends, do you have a girl or a boy?
3) convince husband to have a baby
hmmm, good luck with that one!
4) cool muslim mom
thanks!
5) hate the job of being a mother
umm, well, ‘hate’ is such a strong word.
6) i can’t make roti mother in law
hmmm, well, I can’t make roti either, but my mother in law can, would you like her number?
7) i can’t remember portions of my childhood
yeah, well neither can I. I think it’s called ‘getting old!’
8) living in a small house with 3 kids
I truly don’t recommend it!
9) medication for stressed out moms
please send me some!!!!
10) philippine brand dried mangoes review
tastes excellent! you should try it!
11) pimped car pictures in trinidad
dude, you’re sooo on the wrong blog!
12) sex+wearing+boots
umm, I think that is a little uncomfortable, but you know, whatever works!
Anyone else would like some of my expert advice?
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shaz on Monday, January 07, 2008 at 07:00 AM
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all about family.
just for fun.There are many advantages to having sisters, the main one being that I rarely ever have to entertain my own kids when they are around, especially, for example, when we’re waiting for food to arrive at the table!
(In honour of Cake’s Peek in Monday)
We had hakka food (we didn’t actually go to Federick’s as in the linked article, but it’s the same type of food, and I am not a fan of Federicks anyways), which is pretty much an Indian/Chinese style, and I love, love, love Chili Beef!
