Family Memories and funny stories

After the funeral we were at beack in March, my cousin tasked us to let her know any funny/ touching/ silly/off the wall stories we had of Peter. I knew what mine was, but i didn't want to post until i'd written to Ann Marie and the kids to let them know.

Now - for this story, we have to go back 7years to my Dad's funeral. Ann Marie ws a great support to me both when my mum died in 2001 and my Dad died in 2004. She and her sister Eileen were a great help when i was in hospital 16 years ago - getting Matthew at school and taking him to nursery to pick up Peter and things like that. No big fuss was done, but they were among the best who helped us thru that time.

Anyway - that's background setting. The evening before the funeral, we were at the church. AM said that they wouldn't be able to make the Mass in the morning, but would meet us at the place we were having something to eat after - she just wanted to check where. Louise asked Eileen if Colleen (her daughter) was coming. Colleen and Louise were at primary school together and are good friends (along with Katie - AM's daughter).

So the next morning after church, i took the kids to the hotel while everybody else went to the cemetry. Walking in, i met one of the Ed Psychologists who had worked with Peter - she thought we were there for a meeting that was going on, but i told her why (we'd sen her a couple of months before and i'd said my dad wasn't well)

After chatting for a moment or 2, we went to have a cuppa. Then we heard AM, E and Colleen arrive in, Colleen giggling away and after hugs, she said "oh, Auntie Ann Marie - go on - tell them it's funny!¬ Meanwhile, E is telling her to shoosh, cos of what's been going on. I said it was obviously worthy of telling, so don't omit me from the giggles.

The story is this.......................
.....................................................AM had decided to have a shower that morning, but since she'd washed her hait the day before, wanted to keep it dry. So she was ducking round the water, getting washed and well - doing what a girl does in the shower. Next thing, the soap slips outta her hand and flies along the bath. She goes to retrieve it, but loses her balance, grabs on to the shower curtain, which was attatched to a cord with clothes pegs (a changing rooms special i was told!!), the curtain comes down and she falls outta the bath, bum almost thru to the downstairs neighbour!!!!
On hearing the commotion, Peter comes to the bathroom door and shouts to as if AM is alright. (loving hubbie, but he may havea been looking out insurance docs on the way!!). She laughs, saying yes, she's fine, but if he'd had a camcorder, he'd have got £150 from You've been framed.
His reply was "stuff YBF - i'd have put in on You Tube for the whole world to see!!!"

Did i tell you this pair were  are madly in love?!?!?!

And meanwhile, thru the laughs, Eileen is saying "but i was hearing this as i was dring along the M8 at the tail end of rush hour. AM and Colleen were giggling like kids, Colleen ket saying to Eileen - oh sure that's funny mum and nudging her!" THere was almost a pile up that morning!


It was such a funny story and i could almost hear my Dad saying "och, typical of her!!"

ANother wierd, but funny bit of the story is that AM has had a lot of problems with her back since she  had to jump out of a window to escape a fire! I know - we're all in to laughing at the gruesome in parts of my family.

Oh - and the hair - it stayed dry and perfectly coiffed!!

Peter may not have got it on top you tube, but we still laugh at the story now!