by pldc 26 Feb 2015

Have you ever had one of those moments where you question your own sanity? On Monday we went to pick up some fabrics & a few other groceries but as I was right in the middle of working on a blanket & packing to go out of town for the following two days it is obvious I was distracted. So now that we are again back home again I spent the better part of today searching every where I could think of for my fabric charm packs & new ruler with a free pattern. I have to say I was getting really down & it was making me think I was having the worst memory issues ever? I had hubs helping me look & he was convinced we would find them but after 30 minutes of him searching I told to him to leave it & go work on the floor so he did. I kept looking to no avail. Finally I said maybe we left it in the back seat of my car? So out he went not once to search & no not twice but 3 times & nothing although he did find a Christmas card lodged between the seat & the console. Now he has worked on the floor all the est of today & I have to say that it looks really nice & he was productive I on the other hand well I did not fair so well. I moped around because I thought it was my memory that had failed me & was not able to find them. If your looking for a happy ending then you have check the following reply & you will have your answer. Come on now I couldn't tell you here or you would already know the ending SIGH..............

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by debswebster 27 Feb 2015

So glad you both came to your senses. It was not only you.....but Hubby too, that got confused. So glad you eventually had the happy ending ...now get on with the creating!!!

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pldc by pldc 27 Feb 2015

thanks Deb, ~hugs~

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by juanitadenney 27 Feb 2015

I know the feeling, I put something in a secret place and then I can't remember where that secret place is. I always go look in the spot I used to have it. Drives me crazy so it doesn't pay to have a secret place for a precious item.

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pldc by pldc 27 Feb 2015

well it does but it doesn't pay to change it from where it was. I do that all the time too. Safest place is where you put it the first time round lol

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by marianb 27 Feb 2015

So glad your not loosing your Sanity! they are really nice charm packs definetly to nice to misplace. Hope you gave your hubby a really big hug. But do know how you felt I have spent hours searching and pulling my sewing room apart trying to find that certain piece of material I know I bought and it's always in the last place you look..

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pldc by pldc 27 Feb 2015

I did (give hubs a huge hug) & I am quite relieved too. The good part is we know that we have it ....the hard part is where....Happy to know that I am not the only one Marian thanks. ~hugs~

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by justsew 27 Feb 2015

O dear. I know that feeling so well. and you know what I do . I sit down and say , there is another explanation I am missing here.and try to look at other possibilities. some time like yours it may have helped.
Hugs Pam.

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pldc by pldc 27 Feb 2015

I agree..... let it go just like the song. I did let it go & had given up on finding them again. So happy hubs remembered we took his truck & not mine. ~hugs~

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by pacmp 27 Feb 2015

I am so grateful that you finally found your items and just as you remember doing them. My brain damage seems to be like a large train station and tracks that go to the different areas of my brain, it seems as though the switches are switched from day to day so I must retrace how to find a specific word or certain details I want to recall and I may need to find a different way around a blocked railroad track. Sometimes I know certain details one hour and it can no where be found or remembered the in the next hour. Sometimes for days I will rack my brain and finally it is as if that train track switch is moved again and I can then again remember that detail. My long term seems to do very well, most of the time, it is just getting those short term details into those long term file areas of my brain and then hoping that the path to that area does not get turned off for any reason, for which I have no control besides trying to do things in the exact same way anytime I do something so that I would at least know on what train track I would need to be checking. As you have now found out, you were searching the wrong train track, as you had not been in your car as you normally would have been but in your husbands truck that day. Again I am so glad you have found your materials.

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justsew by justsew 27 Feb 2015

O dear. I know that feeling so well. and you know what I do . I sit down and say , there is another explanation I am missing here.and try to look at other possibilities. some time like yours it may have helped.
Hugs Pam.

justsew by justsew 27 Feb 2015

upps sorry wrong place

pldc by pldc edited 27 Feb 2015

you have said it beautifully! & since we are a big train family your analogy is perfect!. My long term is really good but like you say the short term is very poor. Organization is the key put everything in exactly the same spot so that it becomes second nature to retrieve. I try very hard to do just that but life gets in the way & the list gets lost so day to day challenges! I am so incredibly grateful for this site & the cuties who make it what it is. The help & encouragement I get take the sting out of the bad side effects. I am happy that you understand (with exception to the why you do)& I feel for you the challenges that you too must face on a daily basis. I hope being here brings you comfort too & knowing that cuties are just a question away no matter how big or small someone is always available to help. ~big hugs to you ~

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by mranderson 27 Feb 2015

I am very pleased that you found it. My memory bank is full too. Now I tell people that I only remember the important stuff ( just between friends, I am having trouble remembering that too). Hugs Marg

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pldc by pldc 27 Feb 2015

I quite like that one Marg.... I only remember the important stuff! A friend of mine once said when this happened to her that her "mind was taking a tropical vacation" I like that one too. ~hugs~

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by Leaha 27 Feb 2015

I feel like this is me everyday lately! LOL It just shows me you have too many vehicles!!!! Glad you found the items and can celebrate.

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pldc by pldc 27 Feb 2015

lol too many....? what does that even mean lol

Leaha by Leaha 27 Feb 2015

I'm thinking if I had 1 car, 1 closet, 1 room...I couldn't loose anything except in plain sight and all would be well. I wouldn't spend my time traipsing back and forth between rooms looking for things or get sidetracked and put things... lol I'm sure glad all the parts are still attached heaven knows what I'd put in the wrong place if some assembly was required! hahaha

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by airyfairy 26 Feb 2015

So pleased that you found them and that your mind was not playing tricks on you.

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pldc by pldc 27 Feb 2015

me too Sarah me too. Thanks ~hugs~

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by designgirl 26 Feb 2015

been there, done that. Glad you found your stuff.

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pldc by pldc 27 Feb 2015

Thanks Lynn, glad I am not alone in this lol ~hugs~

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by dragonflyer 26 Feb 2015

Gheeezzz...glad you found them...more glad it wasn't totally your sanity...

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pldc by pldc 26 Feb 2015

Kim you have no idea how scared I really was! I am more thankful then I can say

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by kalamazoo 26 Feb 2015

I think we try to cram 25 hours into our 24 hour days! I've been there way too often! My Grandmother had a postcard in her bedroom. It puzzled me as a child. It is way too real now!

"The hurrier I go
The behinder I get!"

Cindy

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pldc by pldc 26 Feb 2015

lol Cindy I get this too! & she must have been one smart cookie!

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by 02kar Moderator 26 Feb 2015

Too funny! I'm glad you are not losing your mind, and very happy you found the bag of goodies. Now could you please tell me I have left 2 pairs of scissors. It has been months and they have not shown up yet.

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pldc by pldc 26 Feb 2015

they will show up eventually & you will say OH RIGHT NOW I REMEMBER! lol

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by pldc 26 Feb 2015

a weight has been lifted because it wasn't only me...........remember I said hubs went out to look in my car 3 times well he went to go to the hardware store just now & he remembered we did not take my car that day we took his truck & low & behold it was right in the shopping bag like i had remembered just in his truck & not mine. The devil is in the details lol We are both relieved!

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graceandham by graceandham 26 Feb 2015

I would have been calling the store and saying, "By any chance, did I..." So glad it reappeared. P.S. It's not that we have memory issues. Our files drawers are just getting full, so lots to sort through.

pldc by pldc 26 Feb 2015

I need to reorganize those drawers too time to hit the delete button on some wasted memories lol

pldc by pldc 26 Feb 2015

maybe they have shifted & I am carrying all that extra weight in my backside but (haha butt get it) wish I could hit the delete on that too

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