Hey 2008!

It had been a long time since the four of us went out as a family....just the 4 of us.... ....our little happy family. ..we had things to do there....at carrefour....we all got hungry...but we had difficulty finding a place to sit at the food court. Baddin demanded Burger King...while the rest of us were thinking of KFC .... My beloved bought baddinz food first....2 burgers, coke and chips....my beloved then went to kfc..

Baddin started eating....I saw how famished hatice was.... i asked baddin whether he could share his fries with his sister.... he said yes...

They started to eat quietly... suddenly....baddin said...

"abla...sen bunu alabilirsın"

(u can take this)

while he pointed at his second burger...

of course...his sister immediately gobbled the burger quickly..

later her kfc came... and she too shared her chicken with the lil bro....

There was an undescribable warmth inside of me as i saw how they were sharing...

Alhamdulillah..my kids r decent kids... though they fight occasionally.....they r not like cats n dogs.... Hatice particularly is a very responsible- selfless and decent kid... baddin being the youngest...though he is a decent kid, i have some worries..

today he proved to me that deep down he has a good conscience...that is wonderful sign for me... ..i think he will be ok....

Yup..Hoşcakal 2007...Hoşgeldiniz 2008!

How time flies very fast eh? Well.... where did i go missing for a few days? Itz a longgggg storyyy.....

I said my farewell to the 2007 with my article being printed in the local english newspaper...

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=130405

I think i better say something nice about Türks soon before they disown me! hahahahahahah

We all had a big family dinner at baba's place that new year's eve.... Our first formal siblings gathering as a big family after baba's death. It went well i think...the siblings chatting ....all of us getting on with our lives....

It was on that 1st of Janary..at 6 am..i was soundly sleeping when my beloved woke me up and said..

"bilgisayar çokmuş"

(the pc crashed)

huwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

we went to techno SA to check out the price of a new cpu later that day.... the price is not cheap... halil consulted halim and halim said he will scout for a better priced pc for us....

and on the next day....he gave us this for us to use till we get a new cpu...

a can u guess what it is? it does look like a lact ptop isnt it? well...it is actually heheheh a laptop without a monitor... halim has this unused monitor free laptop... so for now we r using it...using our lcd monitor screen attached to it hehehehe

But getting connected to the inernet was another matter of course...we coulnt get connected...again...we had to ask halim's help to get connected..and finally...yippie!!! i am the happiest girl on earth!! hahahahaha..thanks halim..u just saved my sanity!!

i am having difficulty adjusting myself to the use of this semi laptop...i keep pressing something i shouldnt! hahahah

Anyway... a new year with a new beginning... today we have our first snow this year (in istanbul)..

this photo is snapped from my bedroom window... beautiful isnt it?? i have also started my weight challenge again...though i havent been able to update the blog just as yet... i have so many things to do..i dont even know when i can blog hop as well...i really miss reading ur blogs...

Here r some pic snapped during the family dinner at the new year's eve...

pehli....a turkish dish..made by afife teyze...made from ribs...

the cold food... pot luck style...made by the ladies

elo-ekrem-baddin-ediz


funny faces by keremcan-zynep-hatice-safa


merve-mhveş-safa



mother n son

funda n selim

iclal-minik mustafa-kerim

özlem-halim

halil-simah

how r my kids? obviously..they r still sad.... but hatice no longer sobs herself to sleep...yes..she still cries but gnerally she s better... time is indeed a big factor...and the listening of yaasin on th mp3 before bedtime actually works Alhamdulillah... nowadays both hatice n baddin are trying to follow the yasin reading bit by bit...it has become a subconscious effort for them to memorize it....hatice after every reading will make a doa..for example...

*ya Allah..please send a big bouquet of flower to my dede wth this yassin* etc..etc

she can actually somehow read the first 5 lines of yasin..and baddin.. i heard him reciting some parts too....they are in general soo much better....Alhamdulillah... over time.they will turn to normal....insyaAllah...

p.s...forgive my typing..i still cant get used to typing using this semi laptop!

Thank You for hopping by...Hope to see u again the next time..