Totally Perverse!

We had an amazing Christmas present from my mum, a set of Jamie Oliver saucepans. Robbie had been moaning for months about the state of our saucepans and in particular the state of the frying pan. This annoyed me because I had bought that set of saucepans shortly before Robbie and I got married, it wasn't cheap and there was only one reason why they were not in very good condition – Robbie!! Over two or three years he had managed to drop and shatter every single saucepan lid, they were made of glass and sadly proved not to bounce very well. The other problem was that Robbie had not treated the non stick surface with the respect it deserved. He tends to grab any utensil rather than using one suited to the surface and the frying pan in particular was looking sad. Robbie claimed that it would no longer cook eggs nicely, I didn't have too many problems but Robbie kept bleating on about it. I refused to invest in another good set of saucepans until Robbie became more responsible, so when my mum told us she intended to buy an extra special present Robbie was delighted. I asked my mum if I could choose a (relatively) Robbie proof design and after a long search we settled on the Jamie Oliver set because they were the only ones we could find that did not have glass lids! I love the new saucepans, they made cooking at Christmas a real pleasure but I'd had no need yo use the frying pan until a couple of days ago, it was nice to use and easy to wash. Yesterday I looked for it with the other saucepans and it had gone. I asked Robbie about it when he got home and he admitted that he had retrieved the packaging and packed the frying pan away again. When asked why he said he didn't want to use it and we could manage with the old one! I give up, that man is impossible! I will throw the old one away and see how he copes after that.

You Know You Have Lost The Plot When .........

Robbie went off on another rail tour at the weekend while I stayed at home and rushed around like a headless chicken. My step father is still in hospital and as well as my normal routine I have been driving my mum to and from hospital, taking her shopping and helping her with all the jobs that she can't manage to do on her own. When I got in on Saturday evening after visiting David and then doing my food shopping I was trying to get on with the washing while preparing a meal. I must have had a senior moment because I suddenly realised that I had filled the washing machine soap dispenser with frozen peas! It is much harder to get them out than to put them in, but eventually I got the meal and the laundry back on track.

My step father is making good progress, mum said that you can tell he is getting better because he is moaning all the time. When I went to see him on Saturday treated us to a monologue about his waterworks, eventually mum got cross with him and insisted on a change of subject, he started to tell us about his bowels instead until mum gave him a murderous look and he decided to discuss his laundry instead. I am so glad he is getting better, but it is hard work at times!

Robbie arrived home on Sunday afternoon, and on the way home he popped into Morrisons to buy meat and rolls for his lunch at work. He made an unauthorised purchase, a frying pan. I was furious because it was expensive, he hadn't consulted me and it was so small that you could only fry one egg at a time. I told him he had to take it back because I didn't want a frying pan, but when he told me that the carpet hadn't been hoovered for days (I did it yesterday!)
I decided I may have a use for it after all – he can wear it!