Comments on: Lessons http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/ The stories of a part-time librarian mixed with nonfiction book reviews. Join in the fun! Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:11:36 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 By: Hava http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4254 Hava Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:52:21 +0000 http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4254 madrigalblue >> I'm glad I'm not the only one! LOL! I have been trying (since I wrote that post) to keep better track of what I'm doing at work, but I really don't think I'm doing much better than I was before. :-} I'm just a goof, and I don't think there's a way around it. And I'll go check out your post right now. Thanks! Hava madrigalblue >> I’m glad I’m not the only one! LOL! I have been trying (since I wrote that post) to keep better track of what I’m doing at work, but I really don’t think I’m doing much better than I was before. :-} I’m just a goof, and I don’t think there’s a way around it.

And I’ll go check out your post right now. Thanks!

Hava

]]> By: madrigalblue http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4245 madrigalblue Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:17:06 +0000 http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4245 You're totally not! :-) I do those things all of the time hehe. I also wanted to let you know that your question prompted a whole blog entry from me over at Merry Meet. I hope I answered your question. http://merrymeet.today.com/2009/01/06/recommended-reading-for-those-interested-in-paganism/ Thank you for reading! You’re totally not! :-) I do those things all of the time hehe.

I also wanted to let you know that your question prompted a whole blog entry from me over at Merry Meet. I hope I answered your question.

http://merrymeet.today.com/2009/01/06/recommended-reading-for-those-interested-in-paganism/

Thank you for reading!

]]> By: Hava http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4240 Hava Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:44:03 +0000 http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4240 Yeah, I just caught that! Thanks for the tagging, and I will put my thinking cap on and see what I can come up with. I have quite a bit to top, after reading your list, LOL! Hava Yeah, I just caught that! Thanks for the tagging, and I will put my thinking cap on and see what I can come up with. I have quite a bit to top, after reading your list, LOL!

Hava

]]> By: stephanieebarr http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4239 stephanieebarr Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:59:50 +0000 http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4239 By the way, I tagged you on my blog because, well, I did this twist on a standard meme that made it, um, different and I just KNOW you have stuff I'd love to learn. By the way, I tagged you on my blog because, well, I did this twist on a standard meme that made it, um, different and I just KNOW you have stuff I’d love to learn.

]]> By: Hava http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4238 Hava Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:53:12 +0000 http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4238 Stephanie >> I can totally relate to your story! That completely sounded like me as a kid, including the book part of the story. My friends literally used to hide books when I came over because they knew if I saw a book that looked interesting, I'd sit down and start reading it, and not pay any attention to them. Sad but true. The good news is, I am very blessed because my husband thinks it's funny (and even a little cute) when I completely forget things. He has complete patience with me, which is fantastic, because if he was a guy to be impatient with that kind of thing, we'd be in trouble. ;-) My sister is the same way - one time she ordered her food in drive-thru at a fast-food restaurant, but instead of pulling up to the window to pick up the food, she drove past the window and back out into the street. It was until she was partway down the street that she remembered that she was supposed to have food with her in the car, and the food was mysteriously not there. ;-) She had to turn around and go back through the drive-thru to pick it up. So it's genetics, although it doesn't make it any easier for my coworkers to put up with it. :-P Today, Brenda came up to me, asking me what I had done with a particular slip of paper, and it turns out I had completely forgotten to fill one out. It just slipped my mind. It's a good thing they seem to have high tolerance for mistakes at my library, or I'd have been a goner long before now. Karen >> I'm glad I'm not the only one who has disappearing stuff! I swear there is a little goblin following me around, hiding all of the important things I just put down. ;-) Hava http://nonfictionlover.today.com Stephanie >> I can totally relate to your story! That completely sounded like me as a kid, including the book part of the story. My friends literally used to hide books when I came over because they knew if I saw a book that looked interesting, I’d sit down and start reading it, and not pay any attention to them. Sad but true.

The good news is, I am very blessed because my husband thinks it’s funny (and even a little cute) when I completely forget things. He has complete patience with me, which is fantastic, because if he was a guy to be impatient with that kind of thing, we’d be in trouble. ;-)

My sister is the same way - one time she ordered her food in drive-thru at a fast-food restaurant, but instead of pulling up to the window to pick up the food, she drove past the window and back out into the street. It was until she was partway down the street that she remembered that she was supposed to have food with her in the car, and the food was mysteriously not there. ;-) She had to turn around and go back through the drive-thru to pick it up.

So it’s genetics, although it doesn’t make it any easier for my coworkers to put up with it. :-P Today, Brenda came up to me, asking me what I had done with a particular slip of paper, and it turns out I had completely forgotten to fill one out. It just slipped my mind. It’s a good thing they seem to have high tolerance for mistakes at my library, or I’d have been a goner long before now.

Karen >> I’m glad I’m not the only one who has disappearing stuff! I swear there is a little goblin following me around, hiding all of the important things I just put down. ;-)

Hava
http://nonfictionlover.today.com

]]> By: stephanieebarr http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4193 stephanieebarr Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:14:33 +0000 http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4193 And yes, I know I changed from 3rd person to 1st person, but, about the second sentence, I was pretty sure you all knew it was me. I was too lazy to go back and change it. And yes, I know I changed from 3rd person to 1st person, but, about the second sentence, I was pretty sure you all knew it was me. I was too lazy to go back and change it.

]]> By: stephanieebarr http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4192 stephanieebarr Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:13:29 +0000 http://nonfictionlover.today.com/2009/01/04/lessons/#comment-4192 It's not blondeness; it's absentmindedness and the best you can do is find steps to work around it. It will not go away. How do I know this? Picture a talented, efficient, brilliant, straight-A, helpful 10-year-child. She's doing whatever ten year olds who skip childhood do at that age (probably reading) when her mother asks (in an agitated tone), "Stephanie, the baby's spitting up! Run and get me a [cloth] diaper!" Those are in my mom's room. I run into my own room and think "What did I come in here for?" I yell, "Mom, what did you need?" She yells, "A diaper! Hurry!" I run into her room and think, "What did I come in here for?" I sometimes wonder how I lived to adulthood. My husband gets frustrated with my daughter because she is very absent-minded and with me because, when I remember something I need to do, I hold on to it like a bulldog until it's done - 'cause I know, if I put it off, I'll forget. Good luck. You're not alone. And I'm brunette. It’s not blondeness; it’s absentmindedness and the best you can do is find steps to work around it. It will not go away.

How do I know this?

Picture a talented, efficient, brilliant, straight-A, helpful 10-year-child. She’s doing whatever ten year olds who skip childhood do at that age (probably reading) when her mother asks (in an agitated tone), “Stephanie, the baby’s spitting up! Run and get me a [cloth] diaper!”

Those are in my mom’s room. I run into my own room and think “What did I come in here for?” I yell, “Mom, what did you need?”

She yells, “A diaper! Hurry!”

I run into her room and think, “What did I come in here for?” I sometimes wonder how I lived to adulthood.

My husband gets frustrated with my daughter because she is very absent-minded and with me because, when I remember something I need to do, I hold on to it like a bulldog until it’s done - ’cause I know, if I put it off, I’ll forget.

Good luck. You’re not alone. And I’m brunette.

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