Toothpaste.

As the weather has turned to proper Autumn Mums focus has shifted from the garden to inside. One of her latest obsessions is putting things away. Leave anything unattended and it will end up in a cupboard somewhere, anywhere. Trying to prepare tea tonight and put a knife down for a second and its back in the rack, dishes and ingredients vanishing left right and centre. I am sure she possesses ninja like powers as she zooms round tidying and organising. Luckily the Archers came on as I served up, the one thing that is still sacred and not to be missed. Extremely tasty free range chicken with roast veg and sweet potato followed by home made apple crumble and custard. While mum sleeps that lot off time to relocate knives, forks, implements etc and check the cupboards for dirty dishes.

Sarah had a job this morning sorting through the toiletries and lotions and potions in mums bathroom and bedroom as we discovered she has been moisturising with shower gel for god knows how long, just a good job we haven't been out in the rain too much, visions of Mum covered head to toe in bubbles....

We also located more missing toothpaste.... this was one of the first signs that she wasnt just a dotty old lady and there were other problems, toothpaste would keep disappearing from the bathrooms. I just kept buying it thinking I was going a little mad until it we came to reorganise mums room for new wardrobes. Toothpaste. Tubes and tubes of it. So now you now where the title of this blog originates...shopping list..... tea, coffee, milk, we need toothpaste....