Not a real job! Bulbs, Colcannon and funerals

 I dare say some people do indeed give to charity anonymously - or without crowing about it, anyway.  I still fail to understand how the likes of footballers enormous wages can be justified - once they've bought a couple of huge mansions, plus maybe a holiday home abroad, and a fleet of cars (why? you can only drive one at a time), and loads of designer clothes etc, what else is there to do with the money if they don't donate some of it?  And how can kicking a ball around be worth so much anyway?  It's not like it's a real job, is it?  Before people jump on me, I know I'm taking a very simplistic view of things, it just annoys me that's all.  There are so many people in jobs which are difficult and really count (and I'm not talking about politicians!!  More like the caring professions) who are paid nowhere near the celebrity types, and yet do so much good and make such a difference to people's lives - like saving lives for a start.  It's all so skew-whiff. 

Anyway, enough of that, things will never change.  

It's definitely felt warmer the last day or two, and the wind that was bitingly cold has dropped.  We've moved some of the Spring bulb pots round to the front garden - that gets more sunshine (when the sun's out!) than the back garden at this time of year, the sun isn't high enough in the sky to cover much of the back garden as yet.  The ones I moved are narcissus and hyacinths and all are showing lots of leaf growth, hopefully being in a sunnier and warmer spot will encourage them to flower earlier than in the back garden.

I made Colcannon for dinner yesterday, using some of the frozen mashed potato with fried shallots, shredded cabbage and 2 small bacon medallions that were loitering in the freezer, I finely diced and fried them with the cabbage and shallots in a mixture of oil and butter.  I tipped the lot, including the buttery juices, into the mash and stirred it all in with some black pepper and sage, the little bit of bacon was enough to give it a lovely savoury flavour.  We had tenderstem broccoli on the side and husband had some of Sunday's chicken with his, no chicken for me but a sprinkle of grated cheese on the mash.  There's some leftover roasted root veggies from Sunday in the fridge, I'll chop and mix them with peas and pasta and a cheese sauce for a pasta bake tonight, husband can have more chicken with his.  Egg fried rice for tomorrow's dinner.....probably the last of the chicken (Betty will have whatever's left) with it for husband, and some tinned tuna for me.

Regarding funerals, husband and I discussed our wishes a few years ago and we both decided to have direct cremations, with no service.  I know funerals are for the living - the family and friends left behind - but my view has always been what's the point of spending thousands?  My family know our wishes and are in full agreement, we've told some of husband's family but not all.  His family are very fractured, not close at all (it's a large family) and there are always fallings out going on with different members at any one time.  I know there will most likely be ructions about it from parts of husband's family, but they'll just have to get used to the idea.  If husband dies first, I'm not going to be bullied into having a 'funeral' just because they say so.  Our wishes are on paper in black and white and that's that.  Since we hardly have any contact with most of husband's family, I don't think they are entitled to a say.  Those we do maintain contact with (his youngest daughter, one brother and 2 sisters) know and accept our decision.