[shadha]

Bruinrab: Shadha: HGTV has a show called Design on a Dime. I'm sure they have a corresponding website or books for ideas. If you have any handy people in your family, you could have them make some furniture for you. MDF takes stain and paint well, and some reals woods can be had fairly cheaply.

Yeah that's what I was thinking. Even if I find a piece that isn't the right color/wood, I can always paint/stain it. Then take a sand paper to it...me and my love of distressed looking furniture.

I'm always fascinated how people can literally turn trash into a treasure. But sometimes it turns into a hot mess.


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[MuslimZ]

Oh and shadha congraats on the move out! For me it was the most giddy experience... and that lasted about 6 months. Then all I could think about was how much I missed being able to see the floor/eat edible foods.

Alhamdulilah my big, lovable, sudanese roommate has proven to be quite the replacement.

[sally]

Originally Posted by Bruinrab

Why? Because Shadha was using an anatomically correct term in reference to a serious illness that merits discussion? I'm sorry, but denial as Hussain advocates doesn't help - it leads directly to deaths. Squashing discussion is tantamount to denial.
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no. her post wasnt edited just because she had the word breasts 50 million times in huge pink font. she specifically said things like 'does it set your jollies off' and 'nothing like a nice set of breasts' etc.

surely, there are better ways of making the same point.

if you like, you can PM any of the other moderators/azher about this and they can take a look at the original post (in the reports section) and provide both of us feedback on this matter

anyway i dont want to discuss this any further in this thread.

[shadha]

Haramoobobi: Alas, I requested and I came up with a negative. Tis impossible Islamica's dirty minds have stained the name of HARAMOOBOBi!!!!

You purposely and inappropriately said 'tis' knowing that one letter can easily change to a 't' and thus create an AstaghfiruAllah word. AstaghfiruAllah Ms. Haramoobobi, AstaghfiruAllah on you.


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[shadha]

MuslimZ: Oh and shadha congraats on the move out! For me it was the most giddy experience... and that lasted about 6 months. Then all I could think about was how much I missed being able to see the floor/eat edible foods.
Alhamdulilah my big, lovable, sudanese roommate has proven to be quite the replacement.

Hahaha thanks. Today marks my 1 month count down. Not having my mom to rely on to pick up after me is going to be a traumatizing change.


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[Haramoobobi]

Originally Posted by shadha

Haramoobobi: Alas, I requested and I came up with a negative. Tis impossible Islamica's dirty minds have stained the name of HARAMOOBOBi!!!!

You purposely and inappropriately said 'tis' knowing that one letter can easily change to a 't' and thus create an AstaghfiruAllah word. AstaghfiruAllah Ms. Haramoobobi, AstaghfiruAllah on you.


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HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA--maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannn hahaha your too halal haramoobobi for me yo--my neighbor just FB-chatted me and asked me why I was laughing
LOOOLLLZ

HARAMOOBOBI! *CHAPAL*

[Bruinrab]

Originally Posted by shadha

I started looking in the craft section of my job. I was skimming through the Big Ass Book of Crafts [uh oh Bruinrab, another massive post edit is about to go down ]. It has 150 different crafts, with directions and pictures of each one. Many of the things made were made with common household items or items that are easily available at dollar store/garage sales/salvation army/etc. Granted, some of it was but some of it was also really cute.


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That guy's a little nuts, but fun to watch (although I wasn't quite sure why they had an interior designer doing 10 Years Younger... ). Anyway, I checked out that book, and it seems pretty cool. The only issue is that sometimes these crafty books require you to have or buy a lot of specific equipment. Sometimes local art stores will run workshops where you can make cool pieces and learn the proper way to make them too. Check out your local art museum, or if there's a craft center, they may have something cool going on (and ask about student discounts -- never know!).

[thejellymill]

Originally Posted by Variable

George Foreman grill... you can get them for like 30 bucks. They'll provide you with heat for food. And even your apartment if you need it.

I got a mini one for $9.95

Originally Posted by Hussain87

Seeing how this forum is supposed to be Islamic (judging from the word Islamica) surely it should be considered inappropriate for a sister to have the word "breast" highlighted in her signature!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow.. you just won the award for "biggest idiot of the year." Get a life moron. Wish I could've seen shadha's original response before it was deleted, i bet it was great

[thejellymill]

Originally Posted by Haramoobobi

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA--maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannn hahaha your too halal haramoobobi for me yo--my neighbor just FB-chatted me and asked me why I was laughing
LOOOLLLZ

HARAMOOBOBI! *CHAPAL*

CHAPAL?? HAHAHAHAHA!!

I dont know why (maybe it's late?) but I cant stop laughing at your post and the visual in my mind of seeing you cackling maniacally only to have your neighbor interrupt you to make sure you're not going insane laughing all by yourself

[shadha]

Will do Bruinrab.

I have a question-- sisters, even though you live with your husbands etc., how do you feel about being home alone, especially at night, when he's not there? Or no one there for that matter? What about if he goes away for a few days and you have the house to yourself?


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[thejellymill]

Originally Posted by shadha

Will do Bruinrab.

I have a question-- sisters, even though you live with your husbands etc., how do you feel about being home alone, especially at night, when he's not there? Or no one there for that matter? What about if he goes away for a few days and you have the house to yourself?


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i havent had to be home alone for a long long time alhamdulillah cuz one of my roommates is almost always here after 8 pm. Over winter break 07-08 though I stayed in Chicago w/ my husband for about 3 weeks (at his parents' house). For a few days there his brother and sister had to go away for school/work and his mom went to Florida to visit his dad so it was just the two of us in the big empty house.

Even though he was there I would still insist on closing the blinds on the back big window (that always stay open) overlooking the dark backyard. I would turn on the back and front porch lights, lock all the doors at maghrib and sit on the couch under a blanket and he would laugh at me. He made fun of me a lot esp when we watched Gothika and then a few nights later he went to walmart for something and was gone for like 30 minutes...he didnt tell me cuz i think i was sleeping or something. When I woke up I almost

I'm a wuss!!!!

[shadha]

jelly: I'm a wuss!!!

Hahahaha awww you and me both!

I'm just so use to having so many people in the house. Even when he comes, it's still going to be hard on me.

At least I'll always have my kitten.


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[Variable]

Originally Posted by sally

no. her post wasnt edited just because she had the word breasts 50 million times in huge pink font.

Just to say, as a healthy male of breeding age - in the space of one post I think of breasts on average 50 million times... in huge pink font. So me and other males probably wouldn't even have noticed it.

And yeh, I didn't know how Shadha was gonna pull it off, especially with all that expectation but, yeh, that was totally worth it. I feel priviledged I bore witness before it was taken down.


So... back to moving out. My mind keeps coming back to the George Foreman grill... I use it only for chicken and sirloins... but I guess I eat a lot of that stuff.

And I like Ikea yeh haters... at least for some things. I have a space saving closet shelf from there. Is there a Jysk nearby any of you?

[PhDGirl]

Originally Posted by Bruinrab

Why? Because Shadha was using an anatomically correct term in reference to a serious illness that merits discussion? I'm sorry, but denial as Hussain advocates doesn't help - it leads directly to deaths. Squashing discussion is tantamount to denial.


Shadha: HGTV has a show called Design on a Dime. I'm sure they have a corresponding website or books for ideas. If you have any handy people in your family, you could have them make some furniture for you. MDF takes stain and paint well, and some reals woods can be had fairly cheaply.

Yeah, we're not in the 1950s. What should we call breast cancer - cancer of the upper-torso lady parts?

Originally Posted by shadha

Will do Bruinrab.

I have a question-- sisters, even though you live with your husbands etc., how do you feel about being home alone, especially at night, when he's not there? Or no one there for that matter? What about if he goes away for a few days and you have the house to yourself?


shadha-

I'm alone a lot due to the nature of my husband's work. But, I think we're different in that I went away for college and my masters and lived on my own for work before I got married, so I'm more used it. One thing I think is important is to have your own stuff going on. If you're alone, lonely, and bored, that is a bad combination. If you're alone and have things to keep you occupied (school, volunteer work etc) then at least you have other things going on and it is manageable. Good luck.