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Hi Natty!  Was it a stressful Christmas?  I'm sorry about that.  Being Mrs. Global does have its worries, I suppose.  But don't you worry about a thing, my darling.  Relax, and enjoy the ride.  Everything is going to work out just great for us inshaAllah.  You are beautiful, and I love you.

I finally have a little bit of money, so I bought some of MY food, and made it for dinner: cheeseburgers and fries.  Yeah the locals may be hooked on rice, but I can't handle that everyday.  I'm more of a bread guy.  Rice is tedious to cook and to clean up.  Bread is cheaper to make than rice.  Thank God I know how to make dough.  I don't have the right oven for making buns, and I can't compete with the machines at making sliced bread, but I can still make bread for pitas, pizzas, and tortillas.  But dinner was cheeseburgers and fries.  Oh no!  I don't have gherkins!  Gherkins take 2 weeks to proof.  Until I buy the stuff in a jar, which is overpriced.

Drivin' around

Oh hi, Natty!  How are you, Sweetheart?  I'm sure you are having a wonderful time.  Yeah, I'm kind of late today.  I only just got a chance to actually really sit down in front of the computer.  I spent most of the day driving my parents around.  It started early: I always wake up at 4 am but today I didn't get to go back to sleep after the dawn prayer.  My Mom had to be at the clinic, so I went back to sleep there, on one of the waiting room chairs.  That's one gift I have, if I may call it that.  To be able to fall asleep in a crowd.  I can fall asleep waiting in line.  It helps to sit, of course.  My parents had all sorts of shopping to do, so I drove them around in the morning and after Mary Unknown7's session, right up until sunset.  Then I had to eat and go to the mosque.  At least I didn't have to cook today.  You may have guessed that having both my parents in the car means that I didn't do the driving, even though I was the driver.  Whew!  Anyway, I have to go.  It's time for me and Mary to work on wardrobe.  After that, I think I'll just veg out and watch TV.

Merry Christmas, my beloved Natty

To you and your family.

Have mercy on the poor

Hi Natty!  It's nice to see you again.  You are looking lovely and happy, I hope you are having a wonderful holidays.  You must have gathered countless suitors by now, so please have faith in our love and guard your chastity.  Please pray that Allah will soon grant me wealth enough to finance our marriage and family.  It may be a fad, but I think people are getting quite psycho over this chastity issue.

I am grateful to Allah that you have been granted abundance.  Since it's Christmas, I am taking this opportunity to ask you to please show some kindness to the poor.  Please don't be like those people who call themselves Christian yet they continue to endorse the wealthy who have proven over and over again to have no mercy on the poor, and go so far as to oppress them.

This movie actually starts at the 32 minute mark.  At least it's free to watch.

Fried chicken skin

Hi Natty!  How are you, my darling?  I hope you are having a happy and loving holidays, I wish you nothing but the best.  What's happening here?  Oh, my nephew had his circumcision today.  Yes, 'tis the season.  School holidays.  So my brother threw a party for the occasion.  Well, a banquet I guess.  "Party" has a different connotation.  So I had lunch next door.  The fried chicken skin was quite good.  I'm kidding about the fried chicken skin!  Anyway, my driveway was used as a parking lot for the guests.  Mary Unknown7 told me she was uncomfortable with all the traffic going on so close by while she was trying to sing, so we quit 20 minutes early today after a rough start.  Singers are very sensitive, you know.  Especially the females.  Sorry about that, folks.  The strange thing is that she used to be a busker.  I guess we all grow old and weak.