<p>thanks, dmd77, for explaining the holes. Explaining the holes is a wordy procedure and luckily the English language has a KISS word for this type of hole. </p>
<p>Haven’t had the opportunity to make new holes, (3/8" screw mounts for the secure mailbox). Its been wet and windy in Ore yesterday and today I’m off to the coast with grandma, to check on the family’s house. Last time we had a big blow, we found a douglas tree in our front yard. Opened the view up so we can see more of the macmansions on the breach front.</p>
<p>Yesterday I ran a red light. This was not a “trying to make it while it was yellow” thing…no…I blew though a light that was red when I got there. I could have killed myself or others. No cars were coming, thank goodness.</p>
<p>This light is a block away from another light. For years they have been timed so that as soon as one turns green, the other turns green…so you go through both. But yesterday the timing was off and I just drove through it. Scary.</p>
<p>I watched it today. When my first light turned green, the second light turned green, then yellow, then red…one second per color.</p>
<p>Yesterday I discovered a dumb thing I’ve been doing for a long time! I found out that you can google discount codes/coupons for online shopping. Why I didn’t know this, I cannot understand. I’m the resident expert in our large circle of friends and acquaintances for getting them the best possible and least expensive theatre tickets anywhere in North America! I feel so stupid that I didn’t know about the online shopping discounts. It never even occurred to me to look for them. At least I found out before much of this year’s Christmas shopping.</p>
<p>The lost glasses stories are so familiar to me. I have pairs of the cheapo reading glasses all over the house but my favorite ones are on one of those necklace glasses holders around my neck so I don’t lose them. :)</p>
<p>Also got locked out by one of our dogs one time. I was out in the yard with three of the four (the fourth refused to come out with us). Eventually, the fourth wanted to join in the fun and jumped at the storm door, and yes, her paw hit the lock. We were out there for close to an hour before one of my Ds came home and ‘rescued’ us.</p>
<p>I’ve done plenty of wacky things lately. But we’ve gotten a lot of laughs over my husband’s recent faux pas.</p>
<p>DH and I have a couple of pairs of pants that kind of look alike. After we do the laundry, the pants often end up in the wrong person’s closet. Usually that’s not a problem.</p>
<p>So one day, rushing to work, my husband reaches into his closet to get a pair of pants. He instead grabs my stone-colored Gloria Vanderbilts. (Apparently, without his glasses, he didn’t see the delicate swan logo. That would have tipped him off!) He found that the waist was a bit tight and the pants were too short, which makes sense because he’s almost six feet and I’m five six. Undeterred, he wore my pants to work and was even photographed in them to promote a school program that he’s doing! Dissatisfied with the fit, he returned home, put my pants in a plastic bag, and put the bag down the trash-compactor chute!</p>
<p>Two days later I was also rushing to get out of the house on time and feverishly looking for my pants. A bit embarrassed, my husband eventually came clean: “I think…I might know…maybe…what happened to your pants.” He then told me the whole sad tale.</p>
<p>Our D is a freshman at a college 400 miles away. When I later told D on the phone what her dad had done she replied, “Thank goodness my clothes are safe here with me!”</p>
<p>That would have tipped him off!) He found that the waist was a bit tight and the pants were too short, which makes sense because he’s almost six feet and I’m five six. Undeterred, he wore my pants to work and was even photographed in them to promote a school program that he’s doing!</p>
<p>Love it- your H sounds like he has a sense of humor :D</p>
<p>Dumb thing I did today - I went food shopping and went to put one of the bags onto my kitchen table, and completely missed the table. One of the jars of tomato sauce shattered all over the tile floor (luckily, only one of the jars broke - it could have been so much worse). It was just such a mess, with all that shattered glass mixed into the sauce!</p>
<p>LIMomof2, I’ve done something similar. Trying to grab plastic grocery bags out of the trunk, and the putting my hand between the handles instead of through them and dropping a half-gallon of apple juice in a glass bottle directly onto the asphalt. It was irritating, and pretty sticky on my shoes.</p>
<p>You know how when something rolls off the counter and you have both hands full, if you are lucky you can catch it between your knee and the counter before it hits the floor?
Don’t do this when the item rolling off the counter is a raw egg.
Yes, I actually did this.<br>
And (back when he lived at home) I mixed up son’s khaki pants and mine and then went to work feeling smug that they were so loose around the waist - I must have lost weight!</p>
<p>Lurkness…I laughed out loud at your H’s wardrobe “problem”… They must either be really long on you, or he had some significant “high waters” on that day!!!</p>
<p>Lurkness - I think our H’s may be related somehow. Recently, H who has started to exercise with our teenagers, grabbed S’s size Med. shirt out of the laundry rather than his size XL. He was thinking that maybe the two weeks of weight lifting with the teenagers had made him suddenly buff when the shirt was tight across his chest. The boys and I all had a good laugh over this. He could have avoided this by getting the bi-focals the eye doctor has been suggesting for a few years. Even though he can no longer read small print, he is convinced that we need to keep switching eye doctors because his glasses and contacts aren’t working correctly. Funny how my cheater glasses make the print readable to him.</p>
<p>Several months ago I made reservations on Expedia for our Thanksgiving trip, but I did not print out the itinerary. This afternoon I went to print it out and it was not there. I panicked because I didn’t even know what airline we were using! Luckily I was able to call Expedia and they sent me the confirmation over email.</p>
<p>I spent about 20 minutes online looking for the phone number of a “mom-and-pop” autorepair shop recommended to me by a former coworker, wrote it down, grabbed my cell phone and started calling. Turns out, I wrote down my own home number! Of course, I already closed the window with the search results…</p>
<p>H and pants - that’s a classic! H squeezed into my good jeans and went outside to spread topsoil in the garden. At least he was in the garden!</p>
<p>My husband did this Tuesday. After staying up late ( he leaves for work @5am), watching Monday night football, he got up an hour or so later with a sinus headache to sit in the shower for an hour. He finally went to bed,but woke up in a panic when his alarm went off. ( he sets it to go off about an hour early, so he can hit the snooze 7 x- now me, I would rather just sleep).</p>
<p>He dreamed he had been hitting it already, so he thought he was late.:eek: He rushed through the shower, again forgot he has the clock all screwy ( he also sets it about 40 min fast) and rushed to work, where he found he was actually 30 minutes early!
Poor thing.</p>
<p>Im lucky I actually have an internal clock & wake up when I tell myself to, unless I am really exhausted or sick. However Monday night I was sleeping on the couch, where I fell asleep after doing my homework, so I didn’t notice he was off schedule.</p>
<p>How about a dumb thing my D did - She called my cell while I was shopping in Trader Joe’s this morning to find out if she left her tickets to the HS play on her bedroom floor. She told me they were in a white envelope. I obviously wasn’t home, so she asked to text her when I got home to let her know whether I had found them. Well, I searched all over her floor - not easy, considering it’s covered with textbooks, folders, papers and a multitude of other things. I also checked her computer desk, dressers, and book shelves. No tickets. I sent her the text message to let her know. Anyway, she called me again during her lunch period and asked me to “please check again.” Well, I don’t know what made me do this, but I opened her makeup box - and there was the envelope containing the tickets! She was so relieved because her BF put her in charge of them because he was afraid of losing them…lol.</p>
<p>Drove to meet some folks at restaurant in NJ that I THOUGHT I remembered how to find. Don’t know Jersey very well. Went on the wrong highway,then got caught in awful jersey traffic circles and jug-handles. Stopped and asked a guy at a gas station who sent me the wrong way. Stopped again for directions - finally on the right track. Couldn’t find my cell phone (dropped between the seats) - so not able to call anyone. Finally found the place - 25 minutes late!</p>
<p>Wow, this thread brings back a lot of memories for me - I think I’ve done at least half of these things myself!LOL
It also makes me thankful for a few things:
Honest people - patsmom - I did the exact same thing with my purse in the cart. I called the store as soon as I realized my mistake and they had the purse at the service desk. What a relief!</p>
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<li><p>ATM’s that no longer take your card but just have you swipe it. All of them around here are like that now and it definitely helps forgetful people! Same thing for stores that allow you to swipe your own card so I don’t leave it behind with the cashier!</p></li>
<li><p>That I don’t yet need reading glasses ! LOL</p></li>
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<p>A few weeks back mistaking the tube of hydocortisone cream for the toothpaste. YUCK.
I now double check all travel arrangements as my eyesight is not what it used to be. After a few mistakes. Booking husband and D on the wrong date! Luckily they are good sports.</p>
<p>When I first started dating my now-husband, I was in a googly-eyed fog for… well, for a long time. The day after he had kissed me for the first time, I had to go into lab and run a group of mice through a maze. </p>
<p>I had a mouse in one hand and a paper towel in the other, and I went to the trash can to throw away the paper towel, but ended up throwing the mouse in the trash.</p>
<p>The mouse was a little offended, but I gave him an extra treat after I fished him out of the trash. :)</p>