Friday Fun

I've seen this before, but it seemed even funnier this time than ever - it is oh, so sadly true to my life! Anybody else??

AAADD… KNOW THE SYMPTOMS... PLEASE READ!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better even though I have it!!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the

garbage first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Pepsi is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye -- they need water. I put the Pepsi on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching

for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but

first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with

water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the

kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

The car isn't washed,

The bills aren't paid,

There is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter,

The flowers don't have enough water,

There is still only 1 check in my check book,

I can't find the remote,

I can't find my glasses,

And I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm

really baffled because I know I was busy all day, and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail...

Do me a favor; forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who I've sent it to.

The big girls have been going to Bible school at a large church down the road. They've had a great time, and it's given me a much needed break. Today was Silly Hat Day. Oh, great. Care Bear has to participate in such things, and was in hopes of winning the top prize. This morning at 7:20 she realized she needed to get a hat ready. I'm not good at these things - never was when my kids were young, and the second time around I'm no better. But Care Bear is nothing if not determined and persistent.

I perused the closet and found a Santa hat on the floor. Somehow we ended up rummaging through my sewing machine drawers - the sewing machine I "used to" use all the time. We ended up safety-pinning all sorts of stuff onto the red furry hat and tying on various other items from the drawers (note especially the two hanging zippers!) It turned out pretty good. She got some sort of prize, so she was satisfied. Don't you just love the long winter scarf around her neck??

This cartoon reminds me so much of Care Bear.

Finally - the littles brushing their one dozen teeth each. Note Emma's little wet knees? That's from playing on the bathroom floor while big sisters are taking their baths, and splashing water all over the floor!

Have a great week-end!