OMG!!!!
Posted by ledzepfan12 on Sep 18, 2008 · Member since Jan 2007 · 675 posts
Where did I put my keys? So, I get paid today and as I was leaving to get groceries, I noticed I left my debit card somewhere. I found it after about ten minutes of looking for it. Right, now to the store...not without my keys!!!
I could have sworn I had the keys in the car seat when I realized I didn't have my debit card. I found the card, but lost the keys too. WTF!! I've looked everywhere! Retraced my steps several times. I'm not supposed to have this kind of memory loss at 21. Oh well, it could be from my brain shrinking..... ::)
my old religious studies professor says that the best way to find something that is misplaced is to just take a step back, breathe deeply, and just be aware of the ENTIRE room or space. that if you're looking in specific places, you are less aware of where the thing could POSSIBLY be, but if you take in the whole room (as in, pretending not to look, but just kind of scanning calmly) you are more likely to find it. i don't know if this really works, but i can see how it would, and at least your looking process is less panicky this way.
Check your back yard. That's where it was for K2.
You probably just absent mindly put them someplace while you were thinking of your debit card... I've left mine: on top of the desk, the kitchen table, book shelves, the TV, computer, etc.
Once you find them, make copies & label them well & leave them in a good spot for emergencies
i've gotten into the habit of rechecking my bag/purse after 5 minutes of looking for my "lost" keys. That's usually where they are. :(
Ha, my trick is to have like 80 keys on the ring so they're more difficult to lose. I've got SIX keys to my house, 3 keys to my school/office, 2 keys to my friend's house, 3 keys to the scooter (ignition, top box, and lock), key to bike lock... Ugh. Ridiculous. All attached to a big carabiner.
Ha, my trick is to have like 80 keys on the ring so they're more difficult to lose. I've got SIX keys to my house, 3 keys to my school/office, 2 keys to my friend's house, 3 keys to the scooter (ignition, top box, and lock), key to bike lock... Ugh. Ridiculous. All attached to a big carabiner.
6 of the same key to your house?? haha thats great.. the good side is that you probably would never lose track of them, but the bad side is that if someone else ever found em then he'd be able to give a copy to each of his friends.
Oh well, it could be from my brain shrinking..... ::)
Curse you, vegetables!!!!!
;D
6 of the same key to your house?? haha thats great.. the good side is that you probably would never lose track of them, but the bad side is that if someone else ever found em then he'd be able to give a copy to each of his friends.
Nope, six DIFFERENT KEYS, canyoubelievethat? Two keys to the front door (security gate and door), three keys to the back (security gate, dead bolt, door knob), and one to the basement door. Heh, this neighborhood was kind of *rough* when I moved here 4 years ago, and I haven't gotten around to removing some of the Alcatraz-like security or swapping out the cylinder so that I can use the same key for multiple locks. Ridiculous.
I found them. They were on my bed covered by a corner of my blanket. I didn't even think I carried them in the house with me to look in my room.
Ha! When I was in college I lost my wallet. I looked EVERYWHERE. I called and cancelled all of my cards and went to the DMV to get a new driver's license. And then I found my wallet about where you found yours.
Check your back yard. That's where it was for K2.
HAHA... did I ever tell you guys HOW my purse made it to the back yard?!? Damn raccoon broke-in through the cat flap and dragged it out!!
I keep my keys on a caribeaner (<- crap I can't even spell it close enough to get spell checker to correct it for me) on my belt loop... I look like a janitor but I can usually find my keys. and people can hear me coming.
Glad you found your keys... nothing like a wee "ive lost me ____ " panic to get the blood going!
eta carabiner, c - a - r - a - b - i - n - e - r, carabiner
My old roomie was always losing her keys. She would come back from class and just throw everything off (keys, backpack, jacket), and since the keys were the smallest they always got lost. Except the one time she didn't lose her keys, she lost her backpack. Yeah, a whole huge backpack stuffed with medical textbooks in a room the size of a shoebox. I still make fun of her for that.
Ha! When I was in college I lost my wallet. I looked EVERYWHERE. I called and cancelled all of my cards and went to the DMV to get a new driver's license. And then I found my wallet about where you found yours.
So HH, what was your wallet doing in ledzepfan12's bed ???
Good for you that you find it. I always lose stuff. I am famous among my friends for being the girl that just gets so distracted by shiny objects that she loses her stuff (or so they say). I call at least once a year to get new debit cards or credit cards and I have three different set of keys for my apartment, just because I made new ones before finding the old ones. Oh well, that's part of my charm, I guess. ???
Ha! When I was in college I lost my wallet. I looked EVERYWHERE. I called and cancelled all of my cards and went to the DMV to get a new driver's license. And then I found my wallet about where you found yours.
So HH, what was your wallet doing in ledzepfan12's bed ???
:-D
HAHA... did I ever tell you guys HOW my purse made it to the back yard?!? Damn raccoon broke-in through the cat flap and dragged it out!!
HAHAHAHA! That sounds like a made-up excuse if I ever heard one!! ;) No seriously, that is hilarious!
Ugh, speaking of keys... I was so crazy on packing up myself and the dog this morning that I forgot my work keys this morning! Grrrrr. I'm only here for a few hours this morning and then leave directly from work, so I had all my clothes, laptop, etc... but no way of getting into work. GUH. What a way to start the day!
One day I lost my housekeys in the house...and looked and looked. I called in my neighbour and she looked all over. Then hubby came home and HE looked. I began to think I had put the darn things in my mouth in a fit of abstraction and swallowed them.
Halfway thru that afternoon I decided to do some laundry and found my keys in the clothespin basket. THEN I remembered that it had been raining when I came in for lunch and I dashed to rescue the laundry on the line, and dropped the keys in the basket to free my hands.