My brain is where???



Ever have one of those days when you wonder if your brain is in Stand-by mode or has shut off altogether?

Yeah...me neither......

Ok, that was a fib. I am having one of those days today. Things have happened that had they been recorded might have won me some major cash on some stupid TV show.

What? You want some examples??? Ok, if you insist.

1. Got lost in a town that is as familiar to me as my own home.. Seriously...my boys were the ones to help direct me to where I needed to go.
2. Drew a complete blank when the teller at the bank struck up a very familiarly toned conversation. She even mentioned seeing my hubby mowing the grass at our house....still have no idea who she is.
3. Apparently the brain fuzz was catching because my sons kept looking at me with blank stares on their faces while we were shopping and people were waiting for us all to move out of the center of the aisle. I would say " boys, move" and then repeat 6 times while trying to not pinch a hole in their arm. Ok, so I am not perfect.
4. I looked up a recipe for homemade dishwasher detergent. The directions said to mix all the ingredients in a HUGE bowl......yeah I decided to skip that part and just dump it all in storage container and shake it to mix. Might have worked had I made sure the lid was secured. Are you seeing the picture of me shaking the container full of Borax, Washing Soda, lemonade packets and salt?? Are you seeing me shake it all onto the counters & floor??? Looked like a powder bomb went off. Lesson learned....directions are there for a reason....almost makes me wonder if the lady that posted the recipe was soooo specific because she too made that mistake. I am choosing to believe that just to make myself feel better.
5. Another on-line washing tip attempt was next. Decided to clean the inside of my washing machine. So I filled the tub full of hot water and added a quart of bleach. I let it sit and igitate for a couple hours. So I got the brilliant idea to scoop some of this bleachy water onto the parts of the machine that were not immersed. I was just sloshing and sloshing until I saw water running out from the bottom of my machine onto the floor.....so apparently there is not another drum under there catching all the water I was sloshing...who knew??? Not me!
6. And a tip to anyone else that wants to make anything with Borax....dont just dump an entire box of it into a container that has an opening at eye level.....that stuff produces a dust plume matched only by cake flour.....makes the eyes itchy too.
7. And lastly, don't you just hate it when you take the time to make a grocery list and are diligent and throrough in your preparation and then discover once you get home that you forgot something as important as trash bags??? yeah, me too!!

So I guess I need to go re-boot my brain with a combination of Coca-Cola & chocolate....now that is a cure all if there ever was one.

****update- not 3 minutes after I posted this, my youngest son walked in and told me his belly hurt. I asked him when it started and he calmly suggested that perhaps it is hurting because of all the pool water he was drinking. All I could think to reply was  "You think?" - told you it was catching........so be careful the next time you have a loved one that seems to be on autopilot.

Have a great weekend!!!!