She will ring me up to tell me stuff as soon as she hears about it e.g. my brother dropped in for a visit or other brother called and he is doing such and such, that an old friend phoned her. She will also say 'other things to tell you' and it will be really mundane stuff as she works her way through the list she keeps, just to tell me. She will never ask about what I'm up to. Best example is when I get back from holiday and ring her. First thing she says, every time "Is that you back? Nice time?" then it's bang, straight into what information she can give me about anything.