A Very, Very Big Bowl of Soup

This is what we are going to have for dinner tonight. Hannah and I, I mean.

One of few things I like when Rob is away is that I can cook something that hardly takes any effort and yet is good enough. Hannah happens to like this chicken and sweet corn soup and I thought, why not.

I knew I would be very busy on Friday, doing the paper round, and driving Hannah to her gymnastic class after school which would hardly leave me enough time to cook when we get back.  The driving takes about 20-25 minutes (depending on traffic) and the class lasts for an hour. I usually stay in the parking lot with Pig dozzing off next to me in the car, and sometimes either with a book in hands or these days, knitting kits. I like to have early dinners and so I carefully plan everything in advance.

I had a spare time yesterday afternoon, after shovelling the mulch off the neighbour’s yard to cover the holes Pig has been digging, and I decided to make the soup. I thought I wouldn’t have enough time to do my own soup (yes, originally I was going to do Hungarian Bean Soup for my dinner) so I used all the  two sweet corns I bought, one chicken breast and they all made it in one big bowl!! It’s enough to feed 4 or 5 people!

Anyway, one thing left I need to do is just bake the bread rolls. And I have managed to squeeze doing it this morning and so they’ll be ready for dinner tonight, fresh from the oven!

Nothing beats the freshly baked rolls you make yourself with a very, very big bowl of soup in a cold chilly night!

It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To…

A pair of completely worn out pumps!!

I’ve been meaning to chuck them in the bin, but honestly, didn’t have the heart!!

I bought the pair about three years ago. They’re so comfortable and cost around 15 Bahrain dinnars. One mistake that I started was that I didn’t bring another pair of (flat) shoes when we had a trip to China. It was a monsoon season and it rained rather often. These lovely pumps got soaked, but still very comfortable. Who would have thought I would be walking in the rain? But anyway..

The soft leather was getting thinner with the frequency of the use and my nasty toe had apparently contributed a hole!! Had no idea how it happened! I just found a tiny rip one day and few weeks later it was getting larger! It should have been enough reason to bin them, but then again, I loved them too much to see them gone!

Until this time. I’ve worn them a lot around the backyard, while hanging my laundry. They have resided in the laundry room most of the time, for quite some time. And now, even I still love them, I’ve come to decision to actually bin them! It’s about time.

They will go the next time Mr Bin-man comes to collect all the rubbish..

But until then, I think I will take my time to have a long look at them, and say goodbye………..!
Ouh..

Not as I Have Expected!

I’ve finally finished the beanie (well, supposedly a beanie!) I was knitting.. 

I had few distractions as the process went along and I had to stop quite a lot. Rather too many things on my mind, I frequently forgot where I stopped and so, the pattern got a bit confusing!

I ended up with this……

A (smaller) beanie with stalk on top, as if it were a pumpkin! There was no way I would want to wear it and not feel silly! Thankfully, I had a great taker.. She happily wears it, as not only it is cute, it also keeps her head warm.

Not a total blunder then!