I’ve never liked Good Friday, both as a child and as an adult.
As a child it was too many chocolate eggs and shit television.
As an adult it is a lacklustre bank holiday weekend, often worked.
Today it’s cold and wet
And the cottage looks like the wreck of the Hesperus.
The reason for the disarray is that my wallet and car keys went missing.
Two hours of searching isolated nothing more than the dirty pair of undies under the bed and a mummified baby mouse behind the armchair.
I eventually found the wallet and keys frozen solid in a carrier bag with some pork chops in the freezer and spent an uncomfortable half hour in Sainsburys thawing out my debit and nectar card under my armpit before paying for cat litter
The day has been a bust so far, so I bought myself a bunch of flowers to make myself feel better and shouted at the neighbour when I got home for bellowing at one of his yappy dogs
Talk about transference..I’m making a beef stew
Happy Easter
My mom had four children who were under the age of six. One morning she awoke and found she had put the milk bottle on the stairs and the polished baby shoes in the refrigerator. Exhaustion takes its toll. Rest will help you. Llynn
ReplyDeleteI once found an. Expensive pair of reading glasses under abroody hen
DeleteOh, I'm sorry but I laughed....
ReplyDeleteI didn’t
DeleteThey get dogs of a yappy nature...the dogs may be bored...so they yap. They don't think of things from the dogs point of view, or think of the character of a certain breed or the particular dog. Shouldn't be keeping dogs
ReplyDeleteThe man of the house bellows at the dogs they live in a loud household, no wonder why they yap loudly
DeleteThawing your plastic cards under your armpit made me laugh. If I need to bring refrigerated insulin up to room temperature quickly before an injection, I nestle the cartridge in my bra for a couple of minutes. The Girls work quickly!
ReplyDeleteYes my favourite tiktok cook places her tea towel through her bra straps
DeleteOh, shitty days happen! Things can only get better - can't they? xx
ReplyDeleteI’m in front of the fire with a cuppa right now
DeleteMama said there'll be days like this
ReplyDeleteThere'll be days like this, mama said
Mamma was fucking right
DeleteWe’ve all done it. My partner and I once lost the car keys - cue at least an hour of searching and a lot of heated words exchanged. Eventually we found them, still in the lock on the back door … I hope the weekend picks up for you, John.
ReplyDeleteDone that too
DeleteWe have the wrong things end up in the chest freezer in the garage more frequently than one might expect due to rushing to stash things there before they get too warm. So it's one of the places we check. I've never had to thaw cards in my arm pit however. Poor yappy dogs.
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It was the very LAST PLACE I LOOKED
DeleteOf course it was in the last place you looked - you quit looking after they were found!! Wink, wink, nudge, nudge...
DeleteHugs!
Thanks for the morning chuckle about your wallet and keys. We take everything out of each grocery bag and put them in their proper places right away.
ReplyDeleteFlowers are lovely, but remember there are also yummy sugar-free chocolate and other sugar-free flavored candies to be had, egg shape, bunny shaped and many other shapes. Thinking Cadbury ....
Hugs!
Yesbabs
DeleteBut at least you recognize it as transference! :)
ReplyDeleteI’m a. Professional
DeleteWell done, you found them.
ReplyDeleteOur car keys were in the tent pocket when we broke camp and got everything packed away just before the rain started.
I will buy something large to. Add to the key ring
DeleteA pink plastic flamingo!
DeleteLizzy d
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who does this sort of thing. It is kind of funny though, only in retrospect obviously:)
ReplyDeleteI remember coming home from work one day to find one of the dogs had shit in the house and roomba had driven through it. I was mad as hell as I cleaned up and but I did think, one day this will be a funny story, just not now.
It could have been worse. There's an old joke about a waitress who can't find her pencil and then finds a tampon tucked behind her ear.
I wear hearing aids. Yesterday I sent an Instagram post to my daughter that had a guy at his doctor's complaining about suddenly losing his hearing in his right ear. The doctor examines his ear and pulls out a suppository. Then there's a beeping sound and the doctor points to the guy's rear end and says "Your hearing aid battery is low."
DeleteLOL!
DeleteThose cracked me up !
DeleteOh, dear, but it is funny, when you've had time to reflect on it . . . and warm up again.
ReplyDeleteThe house looked as though it had been robbed
DeleteEaster eggs on Good Friday? We had to attend, for several hours, the Stations of the Cross service. Chocs were for Sunday!
ReplyDeleteThat was my thought as well. We had to suffer on GF. Linda from PA
DeleteI think you both. Are right
DeleteHey, at lease you found them!! If it's any consolation, we've all put things in weird places, I know I have.
ReplyDeleteI’m. Always losing my wallet, I’ve washed it several times in the washing machine
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DeleteSo really Good Friday is Bad Friday to you! I bet Jesus never left his wallet and car keys in the freezer! If he had done he could have blamed that prick Judas!
ReplyDeleteTee hee
DeletePuts a new spin on the banking message, "Your account has been frozen".
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ReplyDeleteWell done for finding your wallet and keys, I have done just the same ! The joy of finding the missing stuff is always slightly tempered by wondering what the heck was happening in your brain when you put it there . You are definitely not alone :-))
ReplyDeleteThank the lord, I thought my greycellswerefading
DeleteSorry, I am laughing. A bit confusing, but conveys your frantic feelings oh so well. How did the frozen items get from your home back to Sainsbury, and what is a nectar card? Why was the card still frozen. Why aren't you resting!
ReplyDeleteLast, why were you eating choc eggs on GF, the Easter Bunny is supposed to bring them on Sunday. Naughty!
love
lizzy
PS Haven't you done this previously? The frozen wallet...? And you had already bought a replacement?
DeleteI’ve lost my wallet several times once it was found in the washing machine ( after a wash) once it was found under a draught excluder
DeleteI had pork chops in a carrier bag, also in my bag was keys and wallet. I overlooked them and bps the bag in the freezer for. 16 hours. Everything was frozen. Solid when I found them
DeleteMany years ago, my mother forgot her car at a store down the street. My father woke up in the morning and thought the car had been stolen. On his way to report it to the police, he noticed the car with the keys inside parked near the store where it had been waiting for them all night. Everyone has a story of distraction if they've lived long enough.
ReplyDeleteThat reminded me of an ex colleague who as a tired young mother, walked home leaving her baby in its pram outside a shop in her village. Luckily it was a small, friendly place where they knew her and rang her mother!
DeleteI reported. My car stolen at Meadowhall in Sheffield and the police. Found it where I had parked it n another car park
DeleteKath, when I was a newborn, my dad was home alone with me. He went to the hardware store and as he paid, he realized he had forgotten me as I slept in my crib. Safe though. Llynn
DeleteLucky you, chocolate on Good Friday! We had to suffer in silence. Linda from PA
ReplyDeleteOn reflection I think we had to wait too until Sunday
DeleteI'm sorry, I had to laugh. Been there, done that, although the details differ :D I'm glad you finally found your stuff!
ReplyDeleteI was pulling my hair out, and was just going to cancel my cards
DeleteMy partner once put ice cream in the closet. Thankfully, I found it before it really started to melt. Love the trick of thawing in your armpit. Hopefully I won't ever have to use it. Sheila
ReplyDeleteThe wallet was solid, lol I need not of worried , I washed one wallet in shot wash and the cards worked afterwards
DeleteThat was such great share and I loved reading all the comments. I, too, attended long church services on Good Friday - and certainly no chocolate! But Easter Sunday we got the jar that held all the candy that we had saved over lent!
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter to you, John. XO
Katie, my memory must be wrong, I suspect the eggs were given to us on Sunday
DeleteAh well. At least now, after all of your education, you know WHY you do certain things.
ReplyDeleteI always wondered why they called the day that Jesus was supposedly crucified "Good Friday." Not so good for old Jesus up there on the cross, right?
My mother always cooked fish on Good Friday with a god awful parsley sauce
DeleteOh lord, I loathe parsley sauce!
DeleteIt is called Good Friday due to the archaic meaning of the word “good” meaning pious or holy. I was also taught that good in this context was a derivative of god but I don’t see that as an explanation at the moment.
DeleteLizzy D
I stomped on a lump in my tent because it wouldn't fold completely then realized it was my prescription glasses in the tent pocket that I stomped on.
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DeleteI bought a bunch of chocolate Easter candy today for the candy dish. It's not Easter without Cadbury Eggs!
ReplyDeleteSorry you had a shit day.
I’d kill for a scotch egg jennifer x
DeleteI bought Alan a scotch egg for Easter but it was short dated ... so he's already eaten it. :-)
DeleteI'm surprised you didn't pay for the cat litter with cold cash!
ReplyDeleteWhat’s that
DeleteDuh I get it
DeleteAs a New York Jew , Passover was the holiday we celebrated with Bagels from 56 th street and 2nd
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No Easter eggs?
DeleteBagels for Passover?
DeleteLizzy d
Gefilte fish was my father’s favourite but gift bagels in between family members was a favourite Passover gift my friend
DeleteLee
Matzo ball soup , Lee, mmmm.
DeleteToday is the first day of advanced voting for Prime Minister in Canada. So off I went to the church where voting is happening. I walked in and almost walked into the church service. The choir was singing and I didn’t see many people and then I realized that I was in the wrong line.. it took me an hour to vote as they were busier than expected. I hate holidays so I was happy to have something to do on a cold dark rainy day. My husband once lost his car at the yacht club where he had driven across the parking lot from the boat to the clubhouse for a drink. He staggered back to the boat. When I got home and asked him about where was his car, he didn’t know. We had a good laugh when I noticed it parked in front of the clubhouse. Gigi
ReplyDeleteOK, but did the cold underarm compress help your arm? Maybe you were supposed to do this?
ReplyDeleteWill Jay
I lost my TV remote. By accident it got folded into a sofa blanket and put in the washing machine. While the remote was washing, I was looking high and low, even moving furniture. When I unloaded the wash, I found the remote and with a battery change, it still worked.
ReplyDeleteThat damn freezer. I remind my neighbor to check the freezer if I go missing. Never know, I could fall in when I'm head down, ass up, looking for something!
ReplyDeleteJohn, I haven't been on blogger in a while, but I think about Weaver/Pat. Has she passed? I know she said she was ready.
ReplyDeleteYes she has peacefully
DeleteYou win 'The Best Headline of the Year' competition (so far).
ReplyDeleteA pretty stressful morning! The flowers were a good idea to pick yourself up though.
ReplyDeleteOh dear. Things like this happen to me way too frequently. Usually right after I utter the magic incantation: 'this needs to be put in a safe place.'
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter, John. (We didn't get our Easter eggs until Sunday.)
ReplyDeleteI’ve spent a lot of time searching for my keys and wallet over the years but never have I ever found them in the freezer. I’ll keep that in mind.
ReplyDeleteYappy dogs. I've owned 'em too - shouting plus shouting just breeds more shouting but I know only too well that it's a hard habit to break......yelling at them to shut up.......
ReplyDeleteIt's no excuse though. Happy Easter x
Alison in Wales x
Thank goodness you found them! What made you think to look there or were you just getting the pork chops out for a meal?
ReplyDeletePut a pretty plate/bowl in a special place and always pop your wallet and keys in there as soon as you come in. Make it a habit, John. xo
I've just spent a week looking for a Lindt mini chocolate bunny, so I feel your pain!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like sometihing i would hae been franitic about.
ReplyDeleteAs a young mum I walked with my baby in the pram to the local dairy (sweetshop) to get some milk and I suspect some cigarettes but I can't remember. I came out of the shop and a friend stopped her car and asked if I wanted a lift home. When inside my house I said I think I'm missing something; the penny dropped. My baby was outside the shop, we zoomed back down and the shop keeper had seen me get in the car and brought baby inside the shop for safety. I was mortified! and very very grateful to the shop owner. I made a point of buying more stuff from him over the years.
ReplyDeleteWhat a funny story, though I know not so funny for you. I am glad you found your keys though!
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