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  • Musfira
  • March 22, 2022March 23, 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Man that was fun

Man that was fun

Le Sigh. We just got back from our vacation, and our house is not livable. Buuuut……. That’s not what I wanna write about. Change of topic. we just went on a 3-week vacay to dubai, oman, and turkey- and it was awesome. Key highlights- But…

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Mmmm, candy!
  • Abez
  • March 22, 2022March 23, 2022
  • 1 Comment on The short version of the long story of how I broke my salah

The short version of the long story of how I broke my salah

Once upon a time a month ago, we begin the longest possible explanation of how I broke my Isha prayer last night. It started with two friends of HusbandFriend, each of whom lost their fathers within a week of each other. Inna lillahi wa inna…

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  • Abez
  • June 18, 2019June 18, 2019
  • 3 Comments on We’re taking this show on the road!

We’re taking this show on the road!

We are excited to announce that the House of Cupcakes (this house, these cupcakes) is embarking on an epic road trip to… the Smokey Mountains! I am not sure who is more excited, me or the kids. The girls bought digital cameras with their Eidhi…

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  • Abez
  • September 27, 2015September 27, 2015
  • 3 Comments on How’s Texas?

How’s Texas?

  • Abez
  • October 2, 2013November 16, 2013
  • 5 Comments on Home Thoughts from Heathrow

Home Thoughts from Heathrow

It was a strange angle for my head to be tilted at, cocked severely to the right and resting uneasily against the cabin window. I woke up because I smelled eggs. The passenger to my left was still asleep. She was a designer for a major retailer. She said you could put Hello Kitty on a pink garbage bag and it would sell. She’s right.

  • Abez
  • August 31, 2013September 2, 2013
  • 9 Comments on Hey, good news for a change!

Hey, good news for a change!

Alhamdulillah!!! I’m going to be publishing my first book!

Given the last ten or so years of my blogging history, you’ll be surprised to hear it isn’t actually full of mortal wounds, kids stories, and personal reflections. It’s actually a children’s book, and I’m very excited.

  • Abez
  • April 13, 2011April 13, 2011
  • 8 Comments on How’s this for an update?

How’s this for an update?

I’m sitting here waiting for the next interview to begin and thought I’d actually post something.  Alhamdulillah, the trip is going well.  Yesterday we held a 2 1/2 hour orientation for therapists and some seniors from a local center.  After that we interviewed four of…

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  • Abez
  • April 12, 2011April 12, 2011
  • 1 Comment on Live from Manila…

Live from Manila…

Wow, the Philippines looks a lot like Karachi- but with more shorts and flipflops and no donkeys. 🙂  And no one even stares.  Which I am amazed and impressed by.  Am here for one and a half more days of interviews and meetings, but I’ll…

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  • Abez
  • July 31, 2010
  • Leave a Comment on Left my heart in San Francisco

Left my heart in San Francisco

And my camera in Oman!  Noooooooooooooooo! Alhamdulillah ála kulli haal.  Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. 🙂 Ok, so I have interesting stories but no pictures, and on top of that, I have a week of office work pending.  So let me take care…

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  • Abez
  • July 24, 2010July 26, 2010
  • 1 Comment on Hey, Oman has Internets!

Hey, Oman has Internets!

So, Khalid and Iman’s first road trip was interesting- we carefully and gently took them from their beds at five in the morning, hoping to deposit them, still asleep, into their car seats.  Well, we hoped.  In actuality, Khalid and Iman were both so excited…

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  • Abez
  • August 21, 2005September 24, 2015
  • Leave a Comment on An Ode

An Ode

How shall I update? Let me count the ways. I shall update about the man in the white paper hat, a butcher. Oh how he sternly, how resolutely he worked, jaw firmly set, eyes focused straight ahead upon the task at hand, until the side…

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  • Abez
  • September 30, 2004February 5, 2014
  • Leave a Comment on Hemmi’s Guest House, Day 1

Hemmi’s Guest House, Day 1

Dear Momma & AssalamuAlaikum Abbu & Zaymun & Blogistan Abez, coming to you live from Hemmie’s computer room, where I’m taking meticulous notes and spying on the natives. Mwahahahaaaaa! To my left are Owlie, Lil’ Hemmie, Hemmie’s bro (wearing a shirt that says ‘Whatever I…

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  • Abez
  • July 23, 2004September 24, 2015
  • Leave a Comment on Adventures in Amreeka

Adventures in Amreeka

Four years ago, when Owlie and I lived with our uncle in Karachi while the rest of the family till lived in Chicago, I hoped that the phone was ringing for us from the US, and the home I missed was in Chicago. Four years…

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  • Abez
  • April 14, 2004December 19, 2013
  • Leave a Comment on Would you like fries with that bride?

Would you like fries with that bride?

Three days ago a car pulled up at my father’s restaurant, packed with people, all dressed up. Now, I admit that Chez Daddy is a nice place, but it’s hardly fine dining. Three of the people got out, one of whom was a neighbor from…

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  • Abez
  • October 14, 2003June 2, 2014
  • Leave a Comment on Adventures in Taxistan

Adventures in Taxistan

I seem to have the most interesting luck with cab drivers. I always get the ones who don’t speak either language that I do, or sometimes, I get the ones with ‘stiff neck syndrome,’ a terminal condition that prevents you from turning your head either…

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  • Abez
  • September 3, 2003December 19, 2013
  • Leave a Comment on Mortein vs. Rocket Bug

Mortein vs. Rocket Bug

Phone line? We don’t need no stinkin phone line! Oh wait, yes we do. And we would like to have one, but as my Turkish students would say, “It isn’t in the Kismet.” Adventures in Abezistan: Struth, I have vanquished the mighty foe! Lots of…

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