Well, I'm hopping (again!) ..... there have been a lot of sudden downturns with mum just recently .... one 'upside' has been that she is appearing quite animated and confident ... trouble is it is often very much mis-guided self-confidence ....
This morning she has been proudly telling me about how she had organised having some trees cut down in her back garden (I think the tree obsession from last year is resurfacing but that's another matter) ....... I must confess, I don't regularly check her back garden for missing trees as I do, say her fridge for misplaced objects ........ I inspect and discover she has had a beautiful conifer completely lopped .... leaving a huge gap whilst magnificently dead specimens of overgrowth - which are due to be cut back by her regular gardening service - are still resplendent ....
"So how did you arrange this?" I ask .... "Well, this man knocked on the door ...... " (I don't need to spell it out do I?) But apart from a missing conifer, there is - you will have guessed - rather a large amount of cash missing too ........
"Mum, you mustn't give money to people offering to do your garden - I pay for the gardening service to come ....or anyone else for that matter who happens to knock on your door" ...... "Oh right" ... but I see her crumple ....... She was soooooooooo proud of herself thinking she had organised something without my help? How can I say - Mum - just DON'T!!!!!!!!???????
Karen, x
This morning she has been proudly telling me about how she had organised having some trees cut down in her back garden (I think the tree obsession from last year is resurfacing but that's another matter) ....... I must confess, I don't regularly check her back garden for missing trees as I do, say her fridge for misplaced objects ........ I inspect and discover she has had a beautiful conifer completely lopped .... leaving a huge gap whilst magnificently dead specimens of overgrowth - which are due to be cut back by her regular gardening service - are still resplendent ....
"So how did you arrange this?" I ask .... "Well, this man knocked on the door ...... " (I don't need to spell it out do I?) But apart from a missing conifer, there is - you will have guessed - rather a large amount of cash missing too ........
"Mum, you mustn't give money to people offering to do your garden - I pay for the gardening service to come ....or anyone else for that matter who happens to knock on your door" ...... "Oh right" ... but I see her crumple ....... She was soooooooooo proud of herself thinking she had organised something without my help? How can I say - Mum - just DON'T!!!!!!!!???????
Karen, x