Fixing a hole

 

Hi Natty!  How are today, Sweetheart?  Keeping calm and cool?  You're so cool!  That's why I love you so.  Oh, I'm tired!  I just spent the evening fixing a hole in my bathroom.  I had to do a little hammering in the wall.  Actually, I had to do a lot of hammering in the wall.  Well, it's not as fun as playing the drums.  I couldn't even keep a rhythm because my position was awkward.  The human body is quite awkward, unless you happen to be a contortionist.  I bet it would have been easy for you since you're a yoga guru, huh!  But I got it done, alhamdulillah.  I'm pretty beat though.  I didn't have time to cook dinner.  Fried noodles was on the menu, but I had to scrap that and just eat the roast beef I made the other day cold.  It was like eating beef jerky while riding a horse.  I'm a cowboy!  Yeehaw!  And you're my cowgirl.

Qur'an 20210722

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

183.  They said, "Allah took our promise not to believe in a messenger unless he showed us a sacrifice consumed by fire."  Say, "There came to you messengers before me with clear signs and even with what you ask for: why then did you slay them, if you speak the truth?"

(The Family of Imran 3:183)

Time

 

Hi Natty!  How are you feeling today?  I hope you are happy, and healthy.  I discovered a little trick today.  We all have things to do everyday, right?  I found that it was possible to rearrange my daily agenda to put myself in a better mood.  It takes a little compromise but hell, who can get away from that?  It's better than carrying around resentment and anger, and with 55 years of waiting around, there's a lot of that.  Again, rearrange or adjust your tasks to put yourself in a better mood.  Again, change what you have to do to uplift yourself and nurture your emotions.

I just got done with dinner and the sunset prayer.  I tried making a fry sauce today.  I made hot sauce in the morning, then I took half of that and added eggplant.  I thought that it could possibly make a good fry sauce.  Almost.  I put too much salt.  But fry sauce should be tomato or mayonnaise based, do you agree?  I need to do more research.  A neighbor was kind enough to give me some beef today.  If you didn't already know, the Hajj Eid was yesterday and the day after is the ritual sacrifice of livestock to give to the needy and community.  Usually there are many scavengers present during the ritual, but this year it's different because of the Covid.  Only those who are performing the worship can be present during the ritual.  But I got some beef anyway.  Alhamdulillah.

In my bedroom

 Hi Natty!  How are you, Honey?  Are you feeling lonely?  It's lonely at the top, you know.  I'm lonely too.  I'm lonely without you.  I want to be with you always, because I love you.  To have you here in my bedroom with me.  But are you always in my bedroom anyway?  I wonder...

Qur'an 20210720

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

168.  The ones that say while they themselves sit, "If only they had listened to us, they would not have been slain."  Say, "Avert death from your own selves, if you speak the truth."

(The Family of Imran 3:168)

Heat and rain

 

Hi Natty!  How are you, Honey?  Keeping cool?  I looked at the map to see that you're far away from the fires, so alhamdulillah.  It was hot here today, but it's cooled down a little bit.  It hasn't rained in about a week, so I took the opportuniy to spray the mango trees for ants.  They like to feed on baby leaves, and rain always washes away the poison.  It's interesting how the weather became distorted on your birthday, huh?  

I'm blogging a little early today.  I'm fasting today.  The 9th day of Zulhijjah (the 9th day of the Hajj ritual) is a good day to fast, and I do it each year inshaAllah.  I haven't started dinner yet, because I don't want my fries to get cold.  Damn, I haven't had cold fries in years.  Maybe I should wait until after sunset before I cook them up?  Anyway, I hope you are safe and healthy and enjoying yourself.  I love you!

Qur'an 20210719

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

165.  What!  When a single disaster smites you, although you smote with one twice as great, do you say, "What is this?"  Say, "It is from yourselves, for Allah has power over all things."

(The Family of Imran 3:165)