Mum is not safe with a hammer. To be fair, as soon as we see things like that coming out, we all run for cover. I was supervising on this occasion. The challenge was to get a bookcase apart in a store cupboard before trying to take it out. When Mum put it in there in one piece she nearly killed herself, so thought trying to get it out in one piece might not be safe. It turns out that getting it out in several pieces wasn\u2019t all that safe either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Tap it gently,\u2019 I said, as Mum wielded the hammer to remove the back of the shelf unit. Sadly, she went more for \u2018give it an almighty thwack\u2019 and put the hammer through the back. I\u2019m sure it will still work very well as a shelf unit without the back. I tried to console her as quickly as possible as she was still wielding the hammer and I wasn\u2019t sure what she was going to do with it next. She wasn\u2019t having a good day. She\u2019d already shrunk her dungarees, which hadn\u2019t gone down well. They are still wearable, but not with socks and not if she wants any circulation in her legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today is another outdoor packing day as long as the weather stays all right. Mum has said we can help with everything in the summerhouse. I\u2019m thinking, after yesterday\u2019s episode, of keeping well out of the way. Although the cherries on the tree are ripe so there is quite an incentive to being outdoors. The thing is, I have to get to them before the birds. For that matter, I have to get there before Mum too. I do get in trouble when I start pulling off whole branches to get to them though. How else am I supposed to do it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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