you sure that they have the right parent in the foo foo factory?

Me too...she called last night (right at the end of Dr Who as
predicted) and told us dad is being transferred to a medical unit as
he's no better maybe a bit worse.

She started telling me how exhausted she was and I was trying to be
sympathetic but what can you do with someone who says they're so tired
they are going to leave vacuuming the house until tomorrow, which she
says she really shouldn't but at least she's dusted everything and
swept all the carpets which she tells me she has to do every day.. I
tried to say to her perhaps with dad in hospital she should be a bit
easier on herself after all, she doesn't have many friends none of
whom would just turn up except perhaps her neighbour so who's to know
what the house looks like? I might as well have suggested she go forth
and perform obscene acts...........in the middle of the supermarket
with a fresh chicken.or a live one

I got the third degree about my housework skills- don't I wash the
curtains once a week? (No) don't I wash my kitchen and bathroom floors
once a day (once a week ) when I have finished with the bath don't I
scour it with scouring powder- which turned out to be the worse faux
pas you see I am a fan of wipes, I have a pack of them in the bathroom
(designed for bathroom use)  and wipe round when it needs done- sorry
if I just got out of the bath I want to dry off and warm up maybe have
a quick facial anyway scouring powder is not advised for the finish of
my bath and for a finale I don't iron- my mum ironed everything and
seemed to me to spend a lot of time of an evening while we were all
watching tely or something, standing there ironing and moaning about
it- as I've said before I pay extra for things that don't need ironed-
I mean take this interview tomorrow, some people would iron a shirt I
brought a new one! (Well it is very nice and apart from a couple of t-
shirts I haven't brought myself any clothes for over a year)

She made it perfectly clear that as far as she is concerned her eldest
son and heir has ended up with a slut...she actually said "perhaps
it's a good thing you're not married" like...on the day when he comes
round to her way of thinking (Dave said Hell will get awfully cold
that day!) he can just dump me and marry someone in her own image !
I'm the one trying to understand her, I',m the one saying to Dave
"She's under a lot of stress", I call her every day to check on dad
and she's always saying "Thank you for calling"- I do this on my
mobile because I get a certain amount each month to spend and normally
I don't go near it but since dad's been in hospital I am getting extra
large phone bills. I'm the one who is making arrangements to rush up
there if there is an emergency despite Dave looking for a quick way
out ! And right this very second I am totally p***ed off!

Okay she's always been set in her ways and perhaps cleaning the house
makes things feel a little normal for her when Dave was in hospital I
sometimes found cleaning quite therapeutic myself but she turned it
round to how bad I am and she says she's exhausted because this week
she had to visit dad three times instead of two (and the tribunal was
cancelled because his doctor had to go back to Ireland because,
ironically her father is also ill and she's mad because they must have
known she would have to go to Ireland and didn't call her to say it
was cancelled so she spent extra money and doesn''t see why another
doctor couldn't have taken the doctors place at the tribunal) Hello! I
visited every day after work!! Okay I didn't have her transport
problems but as I say it makes me really have to grit my teeth which
with my teeth at the moment isn;t wise.

And is she deluded? She told Dave 7 years ago, dad changed his will so
that Dave gets everything! Apparently he said it was because he didn't
think Dave had been treated well as a kid, Now it might sound like dad
having revenge  from beyond the grave but she's also told Adam dad has
left him everything or everything's been left to the grandchildren. I
don't for one minute believe any of it but it does so give her a
chance to moan about how when he dies she'll once again be hard done
by- cast out on the streets with no money (she talks about money more
than she talks about my lack of domestic skills! As you can guess it's
a lot of long phone calls)

And now I had better call her because she won't call me to update on
dad's condition because it costs money...

Sorry I hope you don't think I am being nasty about a poor old lady-
if you do then let me know and YOU can PHONE her!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs