Too Much Information

I stole this from Dave who stole it from Roba I am super bored and have nothing to do so how better to entertain myself than to talk about myself.

1. How old will you be in five years?
37 Holy crap I am old.

2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?
no one

3. How tall are you?
5′8″ or 173 cm.

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
Gosh, I don’t know. To get over the throwing up.

5. What’s the last movie you saw?
Horton Hears a who with my little one.

6. Who was the last person you called?
A co-worker, yeah I am at work, shoot me.

7. Who was the last person to call you?
That same co-worker.

8. What was the last text message you received?
A message from hubs that goes like this: “I love you Albi. Have a great day :) ” Awwwwwwwwww.

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail?
hmmm, I can’t remember. I think it was my husband, his hobby is leaving messages. LOL.

10. Do you prefer to call or text?
Text.

11. What were you doing at _AM last night?
Don’t get the question.

12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?
Divorced and my dad passed away.

13. When is the last time you saw your mom?
3 years ago, waaaaaaaaaa33333. Biddi Mama it is NOT FAIR.

14. What color are your eyes?
Green and Hazel

15. What time did you wake up today?
6:30 am 8O . Shoot me please

16. What are you wearing right now?
Jeans. Black turtle neck. And black boots.

17. What is your favourite Christmas song?
Check this.

18. Where is your favourite place to be?
Near a body of water.

19. Where is your least favourite place to be?
Work, haven’t you guessed it yet?

20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
Spain is where I want to be today.

21. Where do you think you’ll be in 10 years?
Wow. Donno dudes I mean that is too far from now. I hope I will be on vacation in 10 years from now. HAHAHAHA

22. Do you tan or burn?
Tan.

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
The chick from the exorcist. Like are my parents nuts to let me watch it??? I used to be afraid to go to my room when it’s dark because I was worried she’d be tied to my bed.
A little secret: she still scares the crap out of me.

I am also afraid of ghosts

24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh?
Check this.

25. How many TVs do you have in your house?
Three. One on each floor. OH THE SHAME.

26. How big is your bed?
King size.

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?
Both.

28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
What kind of question is that, ya pervert? (just gonna leave Dave’s answer here, very fitting)

29. What color are your sheets?
Off white.

30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
One.

31. What is your favourite season?
The summer

32. What do you like about Fall?
The trees here in Canada look soooooooooo amazing, red , orange , yellow, gorgeous.

33. What do you like about Winter?
Hmmmmm, OK this is the WORST time to ask me what I like about winter because this winter SUCKED ASS and it is too long so at this moment I HATE IT. Come ask me in August I might have a better answer

34. What do you like about the Summer?
Everything.

35. What do you like about Spring?
Everything is so crisp.

36. How many states/provinces have you lived in?
1

37. What cities/towns have you lived in?
Benghazi – Libya,
Amman- Jordan,
Toronto- Ontario – Canada,
Burlington – Ontario- Canada.

38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
Bare feet.

39. Are you a social person?
Most of the time.

40. What was the last thing you ate?
Pretzels. I am hungry, I am going for Sushi for lunch today :D .

41. What is your favourite restaurant?
The Keg.
Asian Legend.

42. What is your favourite ice cream?
Not a big fan of ice cream but I like pralines and cream and I like plain old vanilla.

43. What is your favourite dessert?
Apple pie a la mode. Apple crumble a la mode … you get the picture

44. What is your favourite kind of soup?
Lentil.

45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?
Strawberry.

46. Do you like Chinese food?
Yes.

47. Do you like coffee?
Yes but not at the moment .

48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?
Two or three.

49. What do you drink in the morning?
Hmmm, OK coffee normally but now I drink water cos I can’t drink coffee :( .

50. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
Left side.

51. Do you know how to play poker?
Yes.

52. Do you like to cuddle?
Who doesn’t??

53. Have you ever been to Canada?
Yes.

54. Do you have an addictive personality?
Depends on the subject matter. But as a rule, no.

55. Do you eat out or at home more often?
50/50.

56. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you?
Nope.

57. Do you want kids?
I already have one and another one is on the way.

58. Do you speak any other languages?
Only Arabic and English. I am language chalanged, I took French when I was younger and I SUCKED at it.

59. Have you ever gotten stitches?
Yes.

60. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Yes. For someone else though not for me.

61. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool?
It depends on the activity, I like to swim and lounge at the pool and I like to go diving in the sea/ocean so I love them both.

62. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat?
Window.

63. Do you know how to drive stick?
No thank you.

64. What is your favourite thing to spend money on?
OMG , I like to spend money on everything.

65. Do you wear any jewellery?
Yes.

66. What is your favourite TV show?
Heroes, House MD , Dexter and some reality shows I am embarrassed to name, I am only human people!!!

67. Can you roll your tongue?
Yes.

68. Who is the funniest person you know?
Me. HAHAHAHAHAHA.
OH OH Rambling Hal is pretty funny man, most probably her.

69. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
NO. Like what is this stupid question. But I know someone who does, HAHAHAHA. And someone: you know who you are.

70. What is the main ring tone on your phone?
As if you are gonna be able to tell, this question sucks.

71. Do you still have clothes from when you were little?
Nope. But my mom saved the clip they clipped my umbilical cord with , ewwwwwww. HAHAHAHA.

72. What red object is closest to you right now?
A Stewie figure from family guy on my desk.

73. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth?
Not in Canada, there’s lots of water, WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO.

74. Do you sleep with your closet door open or closed?
Don’t notice cause we have a walk in closet with a real door, but if it was a dresser it would be closed.

75. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
Bear. Bees scare me.

76. Do you flirt a lot?
Nope. I am surrounded by ugly people, HAHAHAHAHAHA
(Except for Bob and William of course, you guys are SMOKIN’) hehehehe.

77. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
Honey mustard.

78. What is your favourite food?
Arabic food.

79. Can you change the oil on a car?
If I had to do it I bethca I would figure it out. I’m pretty handy.

80. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?
No. ( nock on wood, knock on wood, nobody jinx me, knock on wood).

81. Have you ever run out of gas?
Nope, what do you think I’m stupid or something???

82. What is your usual bedtime?
Between 10 and 11:30 PM.

83. What was the last book you read?
The time travelers wife, currently reading little women.

84. Do you read the newspaper?
Sometimes if I don’t have a book handy.

85. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
Yes. Adbusters.

86. Do you watch soap operas?
No no and no.

87. Do you dance in the car?
Like who is the genius who wrote these Q’s? No I don’t dance in the car because it’s humanly impossible.

88. Who is in the picture frame closest to you?
My beautiful little 7aki.

89. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper?
A phone number.

90. What is your favourite candle scent?
Fresh apple.

91. What is your favourite board game?
I love scrabble.

92. When was the last time you attended church?
Never.

93. Who was your favourite teacher in high school?
Ms Nadia.

94. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent?
Oh man let me try and remember, 2 weeks?

95. Who was the last person to do something extra special for you?
My hubs most probably, he’s THE BEST.

Oh man that is A LOT of questions.
So do you guys DARE to answer it????

Charlie bi’ me and that realy hur’ Charlieeee

I have not laughed soooooooo hard for AGES. This is just sooooooooo funny. You have to watch it at least twice because the second and third time I watched it I had tears streaming . HILARIOUS!

Since I am youtubing and I rarely do that here is another one that is too funny

LMAO

On Throwing up and Such

I have developed a super power which is “Super Smell”. I am thinking of applying to the show “Heroes”, I will be the first pregnant super Hero.

Is that the villain I smell who hasn’t showered for a day? Yes it is. What to do to stop him? Projectile vomit on him in super sonic speed. LOL (OK EW)

Having the super power of smell is NOT by any means fun. Nope. You walk around thinking: “Are smells going to appeal to my over sensitive stomach today or not?” You will learn to fear what awaits you smell wise around the corner.

You will wake up thinking: “Will I like the smell of fries today? Or will I run like a mad woman to the bathroom alternating between holding my breath and breathing through my mouth and taking long deep breaths to avoid throwing up.

So not throwing up becomes an art from. You have to master it or you will be throwing up left right and center which makes you unfit to be around humans and humans are mean and they don’t have any sympathy for you until your belly starts to show.

One other thing that is soooo much fun about being pregnant ( I am being sarcastic) and in your first trimester is that you also feel like you were hit by a train and then you were forced to run a marathon because there is no other explanation to why you are sooooooooooo tired after just walking from the desk to the printer and in need of a nap ALL DAY.

But back to throwing up (EW) .

Baba 7aki , how to put this in a nice way, loves things to be a certain way around the house so he bought those really pleasant (well were pleasant before my super sense of smell developed) Glade plug-ins that you plug in the wall that SHOULD make the house smell nice.

So he is super excited and he plugs it in the hallway right outside of our bedroom.

Every time the bedroom door opens the room gets flooded with this scent that was turning my stomach. Just thinking about it right now makes me nauseous.

So after I investigated and at 2 AM in the morning I found the plug-in , Unplugged it and put in in the guest room (unplugged) far far away and closed the door to make sure the smell is not going to come out again.

I talk to Baba 7aki over breakfast:

Me: Oh man that plug-in thing almost made me throw up all night.

Baba 7aki: Why don’t you unplug it?

Me: I did that. I put it in the guest bedroom.

Baba 7aki: Good.

15 minutes later l go upstairs to get something and low and behold that thing is plugged in the wall again and I start dry heaving on the spot. I go to baba 7aki

Me: Baba 7aki, why did you plug that thing in again? I told you it makes me so nauseous and you told me to unplug it.

Baba 7aki: Oh I thought it only bothers you at night.

Me: HAHAHAHA (did not say anything mean but I really really wanted to) No it bothers me all the time so I unplugged it.

Baba 7aki: Where did you put it?

Me: I hid it so you can’t find it and plug it in again.

Baba 7aki: But where did you put it? I won’t plug it in again!

Me: I am not going to tell you. You will go get it and plug it in again! (After 7 years of marriage I know my man, he will go get it and plug it in)

Baba 7aki: Don’t be silly I won’t do it. I just want to know where it is so it won’t get lost and so I can plug it in after you are no longer nauseous.

So I told him where it is.

The next day there was this faint smell similar to the plug-in and that is soooo bad that was making me want to throw up all day. Mind you the definition of bad smell changes when you are pregnant. So I thought it is residue from the day before and I tried to ignore it.

As I was walking up the stairs to my room and as I glanced down at the living room I saw that EFFING thing plugged in and it has been plugged in ALL DAY. (HAHAHAHAHAHA, seriously it was just too funny)

I screamed: BABAAAAAAAA 7AKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII. What is this thing doing plugged in the wall???? All day I have been feeling awful and I have been wanting to throw up and I had no clue why. WHY IS THIS STUPID THING PLUGGED IN???

Baba 7aki: I thought it won’t bother you over there.

Me: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU THOUGHT IT WON’T BOTHER ME? EXPLAIN TO ME WHY IT WON’T BOTHER ME??? IT STILL SMELLS, I am still pregnant BECAUSE OF YOU. It’s all your fault, you have your fun and then I suffer for 9 months and then you plug it in? This is why I hid it in the first place, I knew you were going to plug it in. I bet you you spent all day yesterday thinking about that stupid plug-in. I think you are a freak. (HAHAHAHA, at that point I couldn’t hold myself anymore the look on his face was priceless)

Baba 7aki: OK OK I will take it away.

Me: FREAK! I swear to God if I find it plugged in ANYWHERE IN THE HOUSE I will take it, break it in 3000 pieces and throw it in the garbage.

Baba 7aki: OK OK. Relax woman ………. Just for the record though, you tricked me into becoming pregnant anyway so it’s YOUR fault.

And then he ran. LOL

I wonder where I will find it plugged in next. I know him. He will plug it in most probably in the basement next.

My husband is soooooo funny sometimes, funny I tell ya!

7aki Peanut

The 7aki Fadi house-hold is happy to announce that there is another little 7aki on the way which we will call 7aki peanut for now because it’s just as big as a peanut and because we don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl.

So join me in congratulating me on this big endeavor.

Well it’s not big yet but I am still amazed at how such a tiny little thing can cause so much havoc . Yes, the whole nine yards, the 24/7 nausea, the fatigue oh the fatigue . How can I be so tired all the time???? I mean I just woke up and I am sleepy. I want my mommy :( .

BUT I am hoping I will get over these things soon so that I can eat and get fat , LOL.

My cravings so far :

Greek Salad and all fresh salads: OK I can’t get enough, give me Greek salad with extra Feta and extra olives, yuuuuummmmmmm. No oil, just lemon for dressing, oil kinda makes me nauseous.

Ice Cream: OK I hate(d) Ice cream, I do, I barely eat it but this is all I want to eat man!

Fresh fruit: WHAT???? Fresh fruit??? Since when do I like fresh fruit??? I want oranges and more oranges and pears and apples and bananas and watermelon and and and… I want it ALL.

Tomatoes: Everybody who knows me knows I HATE(d) tomatoes, but I want to eat them now, bizarre.

Sesame seed Bagel with cream cheese, tomatoes and cucumbers: Yuuuuuummmmmmmmmm. Every day for breakfast.

What I cannot stomach which I could eat EVERYDAY before:

Burgers: I’d rather die than smell a burger, ewwwwwwwwww.

Steak: Ew.

Chili: Ew but man I love chili :( I miss chili, but right now, EW, seriously, ew.

I guess all meat products in general. Kinda depends on the day mood and situation.

Anything that is heavy I can’t stomach.

Perfume: well it’s not food but makes me wanna puke.

OK this post was not what I planned to say, LOL.

I am hungry right now and I am going to go eat, it kinda helps with the nausea, the constant eating I mean helps…..hmmmm, spaghetti maybe? Yummmmmm

Show “My day in Music” some love will ya!

As you all know there’s a blog that I am really passionate about where a bunch of cool bloggers ( Asoom, BamBam, Dave, Isam, That Guy, Whosane and me)   are sharing the music we like and what we are listening to.

 There is a new member who is going to be rockin’ the my day in music blog.

Sister 7aki ( She is not a nun, she is my sister) will be blogging with us so it’s exciting to have her.

So join me in welcoming NeverMind.

And go show the music blog some love, it’s lonely. It told me. LOL.

When My Bro Was Hit By a Car

When we were kids my Mom used to let me and my brother who was only 3.5 at the time go outside and play on the street. I used to be maybe in 2nd grade so I guess that would make me 7 years old.

We lived in a Cull De Sac so there were no traffic flow by no means. It was a very safe area to play.

My brother who was always stubborn and would never listen to ANYONE was running around and playing, it was time to go home. I got a bit worried because there were some cars and I told him to hold my hand, he was refusing to do that, so I threatened him that if he does not hold my hand that I will never take him outside to play and it worked! He held my hand and I was walking triumphantly that he listened to me. Then like the sneaky little stubborn bugger he was he let go of my hand, dashes out on the street laughing and kaboom, he got struck by a car.

I WAS MORTIFIED.

The car screeched to a halt , there were 2 men in the car who left the car panicking like there was no tomorrow. They ran to my brother who was on the ground right by the car and they carried him and took him in the car and left.

I was stunned, first my brother gets hit by a car and then those 2 stranger men take him away, I was shouting at the men: “Where are you taking my brother, leave my brother alone” but no use, at that point all I could do is just watch the car leave terrified and bawling my eyes out.

I went running home. I was at that point incapable of saying anything and I was saying: “Brother, car , hit , men, gone, waaaaaaaaaaaaa3″

Like maybe 15 or 20 minutes later the 2 men brough my brother back, they apparently were soooo scared that they took him to the hospital to check and see that everything was alright.

ARE THESE MEN STUPID??? Like you took my brother away you bastards. At least take me too, or let me go get my mommy. BASTARDS.

But they are good people.

So the little stubborn bugger had not a scratch on him and he was perfect thank God.

I looked at my brother and he was chewing something, I was like:

Me: What’s that in your mouth?

Brother 7aki: 3am bakol 3ilkeh ( I am chewing gum)

Me: Where did you get that from? Is that the 3ilkeh (gum) I gave you like 3 hours ago?

Borhter 7aki: yeth (he used to lisp, LOL)

Me: and I am here bawling my eyes out and I thought you were dead and through all this commotion you are still chewing the gum you were chewing when you were hit by the car? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. You didn’t even swallow it out of terror when you were hit by the car?

Bother 7aki: La2, ma heih thakieh (zakieh ( no because it was tasty)

Me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Oh man, my brother was such a nahfeh

And the whole lisping thing, my brother used to say, 3athr 2rooth (3ahsr 2roosh, ten piasters) We used to make sooooooo much fun of him.

My mom spent years trying to get him to stop lisping but he wouldn’t stop, he actually liked it and liked the attention.

So it was time for him to go to school, his first day of school, so my brother was very excited:

Brohter 7aki: Mama, biddi mathroofy, 2a3teeny 3athr 2rooth (mama, biddi masroofy, a3teeny 3ashr 2roosh, I want my allowance, give me 10 piasters)

Mom: Walak it’s 3ashr 2roosh, ma biddak ti7keeha sa7? (Aren’t you gonna stop lisping?)

Brother 7aki: Thu? (Shu) , I thaid 3athr 2rooth. (what? I said it right)

Mom: sigh, I don’t know what to do with this kid.

So my brother comes home from school on his first day and he runs to Mom

Bother 7aki: Mama, mama, biddi maSSary

Mom: What did you say?

Brother 7aki: 2a3teeny maSSary, biddi 3aSHr 2rooSH.

Mom: Walak batalet to2rot? HAHAHAHAHA (you stopped lisping?????)

Brother 7aki: Mahoo the kids at school made fun of me.

Can you believe that? My brother is a nahfeh 3anjad.

I have sooooooooooooo many stories about my brother, some day I might share the story of my brother and the dufda3 (frog)

And I Hate March Too

2008 so far hasn’t been a good year health wise for me.

Got sick From February 18th till like the 25 and now I have been sooooo sick that I have been in bed all week.

Every muscle in my body aches, coughing, sneezing, I got the chills, and then  the sweats, can’t remember sleeping for this long in my life. And been kinda disoriented; I was so disoriented I couldn’t even watch TV!

So I decided that I hate March too.

I mean what’s to love when it’s flu season?

The Coke Finger

I’ve always seen Men in Jordan with the infamous long pinkie nail and I always wondered to why they have them, I thought it was a taxi cab driver specialty.

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I always thought that they grow them to pick their noses (I threw up in my mouth a little right now just picturing it in action)

And then I came to Canada to find out that this phenomenon is not limited to Jordan only!

We have a manager (Yes. A manager who does not drive a taxi and who is in his late fifties) who has a long pinkie nail and one of my hilarious coworkers dubbed him “The Coke finger”.

This was the first time I learned that people use that nail to snort cocaine.

Since I always wondered why people grew that fingernail and to expand my knowledge base (OK it’s Friday and I am bored) I went on a google quest to find out why people grow it

OMG some of these entries are just tooooo funny!

First there is a blogger who lives in Honduras that posted about this issue. Apparently in Honduras there are A LOT of men who sport that long fingernail which resulted with her going on a quest of her own to find why. Fascinating read, hehe.

I continued my search to find out that the one and only Dave has already tackled this issue on his blog, he was so weirded out by it that he wrote a Treatise .

There’s even this page that is dedicated to this subject and lists MANY reasons to why some men choose to sport that disgusting VILE nail.

And last but not least the Urban dictionary confirms that people use the coke nail to , well, snort cocaine.

It’s funny how so many people are so interested in knowing why that nail is being grown all around the world.

HILARIOUS.

Hallelujah!

So do you remember our very UNtalented office singer?

Well she just moved to a different location now and she is miles away.

WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO .

You don’t understand what a relief this is!

Her favorite song was ”Big Girls Don’t Cry by Fergie” so I had to listen to her sing it BADLY everyday sometimes more than once a a day.

The funny thing is when I was talking to a co-worker she said: ” OH NO, I forgot to warn the people she will be working with” LOOOOOOOOOL, that is sooooooo funny, I have a friend that works in that office location and I can’t wait to talk to her , heheeeeeee.

 I am thinking of having a 4:47 minutes of silence with ”Big Girls Don’t Cry” playing in the background to mourn her move. It will be like a tribute. HAHAHAHAHA. Maybe I’ll even bring some doughnuts.

Ooooh maybe some Boston cream doughnuts. Yuuuum, my favorite.

P.S. I had to search for her favorite song to link it here and while listening to it now I felt myself die inside a little. I think she scarred me for life

Topless Babies, Cute or a NO NO?

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I was reading this post which made me remember my last visit to Amman almost 3.5 years ago

Little 7aki was only 4 months old at the time. A month prior to that I had some professional photos taken of her and one of them was her dressed up like a fairy, so she was topless in it with fairy wings, the photo was soooo cute.

I brought my Mom a copy of the picture because I was sure she is going to love it, and she did, right away she framed it and hung it up on the wall.

Some family friends came over to visit to see little 7aki , I knew these people since I can remember, since I was sooo little so I was super excited and was showing them little 7aki’s photo album and some photos I took in Amman and in a couple of them little 7aki was topless . The guy told me flat out that I shouldn’t be taking any topless pictures of my daughter and if I did I shouldn’t be showing them to people and that my mom should not put this picture up on the wall.

I had heard this comment in Canada before from 2 different men (who happened to be single with no kids of their own), one was pure Canadian born and raised and another one was Arab, at how I shouldn’t be showing this picture to people and how it made them uncomfortable.

Until this day I really don’t get it, how can a topless baby picture make people uncomfortable, IT’S A BABY that’s only 3 months old!

And if the photo was of a boy you’d be OK with it? I mean all babies look the same be it boys or girls! It’s not like the baby was naked or anything and I was showing any private parts!

It got me to thinking, do the men who feel uncomfortable have something wrong with them? Is it because they don’t have kids of their own that they feel weird about it? Culture in this case was not the factor since Canadians and Arabs alike said it made them uncomfortable.

I also remembered a statistic I’ve read somewhere that showed that men who fathered children especially men who fathered girls were very less likely to become pedophiles or to look at children as sex objects than men who never fathered children. I know that this statistic of course does not include all men, but it was done on the pedophiles and a huge percentage of them had never had a child or if they did have one they were never involved in taking care of them like changing the diaper or bathing them, etc etc (sorry I tried to find the source but I had read it in the newspaper)

Makes you think.

So I need your opinion readers:

Topless baby girl pictures, cute or a no no ?

Happy Birthday Tooooooooo Meeeeeeee

So yesterday was my birthday, I turned 28.

Hehehehe did you buy it? the 28 part? I really turned 29.

OK OK if you insist on knowing the truth I just turned 32 . YIKES.

So I had this conversation with little 7aki

Me: So what did you get me for my birthday?

Little 7aki: Nothing. Baba forgot.

Me: What does baba have to do with it? I am asking you.

Little 7aki: But I can’t go to the store all by myseeeeeeelf!

Me: Hehehe. FA3ES.

Then she went and drew me a picture and stuck some stickers on it.

A very special gift considering that she draws me a picture everyday but does not put her special princess stickers on it.

Baba 7aki took me out for dinner and we went and watched the movie Juno afterwords.

We had a great time :) .

Book Club Announcement: The Time Travelers Wife

Hi everyone!

This is to announce that the book club started reading the book:

The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger .

So if you are part of the book club lets read!

If you are not part of the book club, join us, go buy it and lets read!

You don’t have to join us actually, just go buy it and lets read!

You already read it? Good for you! Make sure to come back and share what you thought

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