Oh, and sometimes I find myself trying to change the tv channel with the phone. Doesn't work too well!

Geez, I'm glad I'm not the only one.

So far I have:

1) Gotten in the car and couldn't remember where I was going
2) Forgotten how to get places that I've been to hundreds of times... I spend a lot of time back tracking
3) I've misplaced half the stuff in my house
and so far

Have locked myself out of my house THREE TIMES!!!!

I would add more, but I can't remember what they were. :-)

Ok..sticky notes, and more sticky notes about EVERYTHING. I have forgotten lunch dates, telephone numbers that I have dialled for years, where my keys are...what did the vet say...UUUGHHH. It is truly widow/widower's brain and we all just have to get through it. Lastest one...I went to the store for some zucchini and came home with egg plant and onions. Did not do my recipe any good at all. 6 jars of mustard in the fridge..no eggs! UUUUGGGGHHHHH

I love you guys again! Thank you for the smiles your posts gave me. (And of course it's always great to know that I'm not alone...leaving the sprinkler on from 7 pm to 7 am...did I turn it on???)

I've locked myself out of the house so many times now that I finally got one for outside. Unfortunately, I cant remember which bush. As my neighbors watch I have resorted to telling them that I read it is important to "fluff" your bushes for healthy growth.

I dont know if it is still the stress but I find that I still twist the words in my sentences around. I dont engage in long conversations because i swear if a bug flys by my attention is gone.

zoebo, that is funny - fluffing the bushes. I've been thinking about hiding a key outside too and haven't because I'm afraid I won't remember where it is. Guess I'll do it anyway and take my chances - did give the neighbor a key just in case. Love it , fluffing bushes.

Fluffing the bushes! I have GOT to remember that one..... but how creative and what quick thinking. I'm impressed!

I needed these laughs today people, thanks for all your posts, I a amazed at how many there are..............love 'em.
Hugs, Wendy

Oh yes after almost two years I still have memory loss at times. I call it widow fog. lol. I have been more clumsy which is normal also.

Chris

What day is it? Did someone call me this morning and tell me I was supposed to be ?? where?? Or, wait, did I dream that?? Oh, and my car keys, along with the house key has always been placed in my purse. How did I get out to the unattached garage and into the car, but I don't have my purse -- uh, with the keys??
Thank goodness, my daughter lives right beside me and has a key to the house. I've had a key outside for a long time, but, the grandkids lost it. Now, I have another one in the garage and one in the car--just so I can get back in the house to find my purse, or the keys that were SUPPOSED to be in my purse.

I have found that calendars, sticky notes and notepads are the only way to keep me on the right road and to the right store or place, as long as I LOOK at the calendar and can find the notes!

Thanks for this thread! It is nice to laugh at ourselves. Joely

I put the pizza in the oven upside down.

now, let me see how many things I can think of.....I left my keys in the door and went to bed. The next day spent a bit of time looking for them. Have forgotten to feed the dog, but he reminds me!! Have locked myself out of the house so often, that a friend put a lock safe with a key in it next to the garage door. Put clean clothes in washer and dirty in the dryer. Misplace just about everything. And the list could go on and on.

Zoebo "fluff" the bushes!!!! I love it

Pat

started to add a reply....can't remember what I wanted to say.....

This was so much fun to read. I now carry both sets of car keys and a spare house key with me in my purse but I never remember where I put my purse. Right now I can't find my camera that I took along for my grandson's dedication in church 2 weeks ago. I have missed the stop for my step granddaughter several times for school, luckily she is 10 and can yell at me. I have driven half way to town only to have to come back to pick up my mom to take along. Cell phone - I don't know where it is most of time. Hugs to us!!

zoebo,
I'm going to take your advice and leave a key outside. I haven't walked the dogs in ages because I frequently forgot my key. My husband would always be here to let us back in, sternly warning that this would be "...the very last time!!"
Well, finally, it was. He's not here to let us in anymore. So I'm so afraid of getting locked out, that I don't walk the dogs at night. But I'll leave a key and then, "fluff the bushes!" I'm crying right now, but thanks for making me smile!