Don't You Hate Forgetting Things?

Business By costumeczar Updated 21 Oct 2009 , 9:23pm by playingwithsugar

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costumeczar Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 1:19am
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I was writing an article for a local wedding guide magazine, and I had a brilliant idea for a blog entry. Of course, now I've forgotten it! icon_mad.gif Even re-reading the article hasn't reminded me of what it was.

This is why I need to travel with a notepad at all times. I also do the same thing with brilliant cake designs...

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all4cake Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 1:22am
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OMW! Yes!

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Ruth0209 Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 1:32am
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I have a magnetic white board on my fridge where I write stuff when I think of it. Otherwise, it vanishes into the ozone (what's left of it). I didn't do that the other day and it took me ALL day to remember again to call the lawn care people to blow out my sprinklers.

When I'm in the car, I often call the house and leave myself a message on the answering machine. If my DH picks up, I have him write it on the white board!

Menopause kinda' sucks like that...

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costumeczar Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 1:35am
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I'm not even menopausal yet! Is it going to get worse? icon_surprised.gif I'd better buy stock in whiteboards now, because I'll be using a ton of them if that's the case!

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Deb_ Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 1:35am
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Menopause kinda' sucks like that...




LOL.....I'm getting to the age where I can start blaming everything on that now too! icon_lol.gif

How long do you think we can use that excuse?

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costumeczar Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 1:54am
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Ahha, I remembered it! Toxic flowers and why sugar is better! Going to go write something now...

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hammer1 Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 1:55am
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LOL....as long as the hot flashes last, i am using this as an excuse for memory loss.
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pieceacake830 Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 1:58am
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The white boards are great...as long as you remember to look at them after you've written something on them!!! I write lists, then foget to look at them! LOL

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just_for_fun Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 2:18am
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I am way to young to blame menopause, but I must write down anything I want to remember (I also call home ahnd leave messages for myself). I have a notebook that we have lovingly named "Paper Brains", when it's almost finished, I get a new one. I have lists, and more lists, today's list, shopping list, list of ppl I have to call (and why!) what I should do on a rainy day list, what I have in storage for the kids for next season lists, I could go on and on. I once lost my notebook, and I went back in the pouring rain to look for it. It had my name & number in the front, the guy who found it didn't understand why I was so excited to get it back!

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indydebi Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 2:19am
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I'm not sure that age has anything to do with it. I remember I was in my 30's and went to a seminar on how to get more organized. We all had to stand, intro ourselves and tell why we were there. I said, "Well, I write things down but I keep losing my notepad!" icon_lol.gif

They actually had a good suggestion. Put my notepad on a clipboard. It's hard to lose a clipboard. (but yeah, I proved THAT one wrong, TOO! icon_lol.gif )

This is why I love living 3 minutes from the shop. I make at least 2 trips back home or to the shop for stuff I forgot. Just last night, I had to send my daughter back to the shop because I forgot to turn my desktop coffee pot off!

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cakesweetiecake Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 2:24am
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You could also use a small tape recorder to carry around with you, which would be handy if a thought came to you while driving or doing something else. I am not sure what type of cell phone you have, but mine has an option where you can record a memo. That may be another option if it is on your cell phone. My cell phone has an option to write down memos. That's what I use most of the time because I am so forgetful!

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just_for_fun Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 3:03am
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I can't put my notepad onto a clipboard, cause then I can't take it along with me everywhere I go, so I know where I'm supposed to be going, and so I can write things down as I think of them.

I know that my "problem" started when I got pregnant with my first daughter, and it never really got better, even when I was sleeping through the night. They call it "mommy brain". icon_wink.gif

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jlsheik Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 3:23am
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LOL....as long as the hot flashes last, i am using this as an excuse for memory loss.
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Ok...sorry for hijacking the thread....my DR put me on birth control for menopause. I am almost 46.... NO MORE HOT FLASHES!! Whoo whoo!!

lol it didn't help my memory!

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-Tubbs Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 4:55am
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I know that my "problem" started when I got pregnant with my first daughter, and it never really got better, even when I was sleeping through the night. They call it "mommy brain". icon_wink.gif



I did read somewhere that part of the brain exits with the placenta and that we never truly recover it!!! icon_lol.gif

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Ruth0209 Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 5:45am
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LOL....as long as the hot flashes last, i am using this as an excuse for memory loss.
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Oh, yeah! I'm going to milk it for all it's worth until nobody believes me any more.

Seriously, I think that regardless of age, most women are so busy and responsible for so much that it's hard to keep it all in our heads. I made lists even when I was in college. And then when I had kids it was even worse.

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cocorum21 Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 1:40pm
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I know that my "problem" started when I got pregnant with my first daughter, and it never really got better, even when I was sleeping through the night. They call it "mommy brain". icon_wink.gif


I did read somewhere that part of the brain exits with the placenta and that we never truly recover it!!! icon_lol.gif




OMG! I have mommy brain too! Honestly before I had my son I was the most organized person on the planet. It would drive me nuts to have someone move something and not put it back in it's place. Still does to a point but now it's me moving it icon_redface.gif It's gotten sooooo bad that I've actually been in tears because I think I'm losing my mind sometimes.

I carry a notebook in my purse it has the different colors on he edges of the paper so I know where to write stuff, blue section is for cake related things, red is for house stuff, yellow is for random stuff that I don't know where else to write. I never leave the house without it.

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Mike1394 Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 2:16pm
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Now look two pages of forgetting. Don't ever B**** when hubby says he has to go BACK to H Depot cause he forgot something icon_biggrin.gif LOLOL

Mike

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tmcakes Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 5:47pm
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OMG!!! Last Fri I defiantly had two of my forgetful moments one being funny as H*** ... The first one happened at about 3:00 am when I completed cake order 1. I had completed the entire cake (all the while saying something just is not right) I sat the cake on the table getting ready to box it when it hit me like a ton of bricks "I forgot to add the shortening to my icing icon_cry.gif
Fast forward a bit to the delivery of cake order 2, well because I ended up having to take the kids with me on the delivery over 50 miles away I decided after dropping off the cake I would stop at McDonalds to get the kids something to eat. Normally I forget things when I'm on a cell phone or doing 3 things at one time. Well this time I was not on the phone I was not fussing with the kids or anything like that everything was calm! Well a little too calm, I pull up to the menu board look at it for a few seconds and pull around to the first window. Next thing I hear is my son in the back seat screaming "MOM!! YOU FORGOT TO PLACE THE ORDER"
One more episode like this and I visiting with my Dr. to make sure I'm just not loosing my mind!

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KHalstead Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 5:59pm
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I'm not sure that age has anything to do with it. I remember I was in my 30's and went to a seminar on how to get more organized. We all had to stand, intro ourselves and tell why we were there. I said, "Well, I write things down but I keep losing my notepad!" icon_lol.gif

They actually had a good suggestion. Put my notepad on a clipboard. It's hard to lose a clipboard. (but yeah, I proved THAT one wrong, TOO! icon_lol.gif )




I always figured this was the reason some men had chains on their wallets LOL!!! Couldn't be a fashion thing right? Maybe you could tether your notepad to your person! lol

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indydebi Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 6:15pm
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KH, I actually had one of those ink pens that you clip to your lapel or jacket pocket and the pen was on a retractible wire. I LOVED that pin/pen, even tho' all the "kids" I worked with teased me about looking like an old ENglish teacher! Always had a pen handy!

Uh .... until I took it off of my jakcet, laid it down and forgot where I put it! icon_redface.gif

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Ruth0209 Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 7:25pm
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Now look two pages of forgetting. Don't ever B**** when hubby says he has to go BACK to H Depot cause he forgot something icon_biggrin.gif LOLOL

Mike




Sadly, I think my DH is going through "male menopause". He's as forgetful as I am. This is my theory about why you need a husband when you get old. Usually with us, when I can't remember someone's name or the name of a place or where I put something, he remembers for me, and vice versa. Between us we generally have one complete memory bank!

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Deb_ Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 8:45pm
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Did you ever go upstairs to get something and when you got up there you forgot what it was you were supposed to get?

That's been happening a LOT to me lately.....it's scary!

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KHalstead Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 8:55pm
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dkelly.......all the time!!! Should put one of those wipe off boards at the bottom of the steps......gets tiring running up and down for who knows what! lol

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playingwithsugar Posted 21 Oct 2009 , 9:23pm
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Indy and I were just posting about this earlier! icon_lol.gificon_lol.gificon_lol.gif

Theresa icon_smile.gif

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