It’s been a while since a Tuesday post.

I went away.

Sister 2 took Mum away. (She is brave).

Mum and Dad went to see some friends.

I went on a Thursday instead (and it turns out that a change in day discombobulates us all), but this week we were back to…well, as normal as we get.

• Tesco: Mum had not pushed a trolley in three weeks.  In celebration, she even got the tv magazine (normally I am dispatched to get it for some reason I’ve yet to fathom).  She did have a paddy when I suggested a new shampoo though.  Clearly change is not really optional even when it’s obvious you no longer need ‘highlight activating shampoo’ as post stroke, the only highlights going on are the natural ones, sometimes referred to as ‘grey’.  A bit of distraction over what biscuits she might like though, and she is all Herbal Essence’d up…
• Celebratory ‘we did the shopping’ cake choice: Cinnamon bun.  I suspect these might be the regular ones – please see note above about change.
• Cooked:Ham and cheese pasties (second time; no recollection from mum at all about the first time).
• Music choice: Back to Abba.  We know what we like.
• Afternoon home cooked treat: We sampled miniature versions of the pasties I made from the leftovers.
• Tuesday blanket squares completed since last week: Six
• Tuesday blanket square grand total: I have lost count.  This deserves a post in its own right as Mum has gone knitting nuts and decided I need to sew the shapes together now.  I started last week but ran out of time.  It’s looking good though, if a little…lets say ‘wonky’.

But there is other news.  The Thursday that wasn’t Tuesday that I went to visit, I started videoing Mum.

I’d had an idea we could do a podcast as our chats over cooking can be interesting sometimes.  But usually, there are just a few gems.  So, I thought if I videos I might catch some.  And lo and behold:

I asked Mum what she thought of the idea:

And that made me giggle.

So, I thought I’d just film some random videos each week, pop them on Instagram and / or Facebook and compile them here.  Mum seems to really like being videoed and it turns out she is a bit of an entertainer (who knew?!).  And I did tell her I’d make her famous 😉

I’ll see if it works.  If it doesn’t, I’ll stick to the writing, but for now, this was Tuesday:

😁