Hi Guys,
We had just got back from the patisserie with the days swag when Mrs Hitler snr rang young Ghengis on his mobile. I think this must have been the first time she had ever done this so there was panic all round. She is even less technologically minded than I am so we knew it was important, urgent, even. She has phoned us VERY early in the morning before now because she could not switch on her gas fire, well, she got the gas on but it would not ignite and I thought leaving things to take their own course seemed like a neat solution to a lot of problems. But, no, we would drive for two hours, light her gas fire, then drive two hours home again, no sweat, and this is what we did. I did say, before he answered the phone that if it was her gas fire again then she'd just have to wait til we got home, no way was I rushing home from the South of France to switch mil's gas fire on, to gas mil, yes, but not just to switch the fire on. I listened to the usual, nay, exact conversation that he has EVERY day with her before she got to the nub of the call. She wanted him to sort out a dentist for her, or did she want him to take out a dentist for her? Either way, this was a very difficult request to handle from so far from home and it will get sorted when we get back as she is not in any pain, shame!
Mrs H snr is actually a very nice lady, she is just getting old and cranky like, oh, let me think....oh yes, like her only beloved son. He once asked me to let him know if he was ever getting like his mother so I immediately replied, "You're getting like your mother" he was outraged, just like his mother. "I'm nothing like my mother, I've never worn stockings and suspenders in my life, that's why I could never be a tory M.P." was his strange reply, well, I've only got his word for that. The one big difference between them, other than personal taste in lingerie, is that she hates the demon DRINK! Thinks it's the work of the devil and we are both grateful to old Lucifer for that one.
My mum, on the other hand, loved a wee sherry and the very first time I left her and hubs alone together she drank him under the table, he refused to ever be alone with her again. Mothers, eh? who'd have them, well I'd have mine back in a heart beat.
Well, it's getting dark here so time to put on the music, pour out a glass of something and drink to mothers the world over,
Cheers,
Ballerina x
P.S. Hope tomorrow is less eventful on the forum