Hello there! The darling kiddies returned to the throng today! We, yesterday. I must confess to feeling the January blues at this, however, needs must, and I am lucky to have a secure job in which I am valued! I was also lucky to have some PPA (non-contact time) so it was fine! The remedy for the blues must of course be a strict course of hat-wearing! This particular beret was a sale-purchase, the same Primark model as my red one, for a paltry centipede's legs worth of pennies! Worn with a lovely new Christmas present Fairtrade blue-beaded necklace (in my Northumbrian stocking!), M&S cardie, Primark kids dress (well aged 12-13!), White-stuff heart socks and Gap turquoise slipper boots (my winter essential!)
Yay for turquoise!!!
I used 1 tin of butterbeans, 1 tin of plum tomatoes (from the cupboard of doom), 2 cloves of garlic crushed, 1/2 a bag of spinach and ricotta 'fresh' ravioli (I say fresh as opposed to dried, but in the inverted commas because the stuff has been in my fridge for months and was a month out of date!), frozen sweetcorn, and loads of steamed spinach plus seasoning and mild-chilli powder.
Basically, fried the garlic in oil, splatted the tins in (literally went all over me! Spitting saucepans and all that), added frozen sweetcorn, pepperdew peppers, chilli-powder. Stirred it a bit, left it to do its thing- simmering.
Then I cooked the ravioli in the water, steaming the spinach over the top of it.
I probably put it in the bowl in the wrong order- spinach at the bottom, ravioli on top of that and the tomato mixture on top.
Would you make butterbean slosh???????
How was your day?
Hello! Brrrr, it's cold today! I've had a lovely day with special moments. I took my choir of 9-11 year olds to sing at an elderly nursing home at a nearby hospital. They were in good spirits walking up there. We sang in around 6 cluster lounges to a variety of residents some of whom were very very ill and the joy and delight and emotion we beheld in their eyes at the sound of the children was truly wonderful. It made me feel truly humble and priveleged to be able to offer the gift of music and reminiscence through the voices of my young proteges. I think it is so important for our children to serve the community they work in because it gives them a real sense of humanity, love, giving and humility- they were touched too. 2 particular old gentlemen were really affected by it- one had been a church organist for 60 years before he finally went blind, another conducted us as we sang. An old lady called Lillian had a tear in her eye as we left and the smiles were ample reward for the long walk there. There were many who could not speak and some who didn't seeem to respond to us but we do not know the blessings that we give in life sometimes. Tomorrow we are going to sing at another Elderly care home and I am glad and honoured. It will be the third public performance my choir has given in 4 days.
