Wednesday 15 August 2018

Bringing Out The Best

Well the boys grandad decided hospital lunch wasnt for him and after breakfast and a natter popped his clogs quite quietly at the weekend . Middle son says its because he didnt want to hang around for the birth of the antichrist!!  Theres never been any love lost between him and Young Baldrick .  Mr Bah Humbug is quite upset, after all his ex father in law had been a mate for 25 years and he still used to go and sit with him up till a couple of weeks ago.  Middle son is quiet but I think he knows that it was for the best , hes still at grandads fending off various family members who could barely wait for the announcement before they were round shouting...MINE
There is a large family who all hate each other and it looks as if its going to be the whole familiar saga of greed and guilt. Grandad was a very Marmite figure , he didnt care for me and i was pretty ambivalent about him . The boys will attend the funeral , we are keeping our distance, the squabbling and fallouts will doubtless continue for weeks and unless it affects the boys we are not getting involved
On a completely different note . Im so glad the weather has cooled , ive cranked up the slow cooker cauldron of doom and im testing winter menu dishes , best discovery ,the cucumber glut that the munchkin grew can be incorporated into curry , sausage casserole and bolognese without anyone noticing . we have a mental amount of plums but they are gorgeous and dont hang around for long . Year of the wasps is upon us so picking fruit can be interesting . I need to pick the tons of windfalls from the apples , im hoping the rain swells them as they are tiny this year . Pears, its an average year small but plenty .
So life is currently remaining quiet and not very exciting , which is a good thing

7 comments:

  1. We had a similar situation with a family member who past a few years back. It's one of the reasons I bearly talk to my MIL now. I don't envy you and hope the boys get through the process without any trouble x

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  2. Families....nothing but problems, you probably guessed, my history button is needed for this amongst other things.
    When my Mother in law passed away I didn't ask for anything and when my Mum died my brother took all he wanted, I can't be bothering with material things.
    Briony
    x

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  3. What a sad situation Kate. I think you do well to keep your distance by the sound of it.
    Condolences to Mr BH on the loss of his mate.
    Hugs-x-

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  4. It's amazing how they come out of the woodwork isn't it .

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  5. It's crazy how family members come out of the woodwork when someone dies and think they should have a say in what happens! Glad you've got some good harvests.

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  6. same here with wasps, plums and windfalls! Worth risking the wasps for the victoria plums tho'

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  7. Condolences to Mr Bah Humbug, always sad to lose a mate.

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