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Post by KyMama on May 25, 2015 18:45:27 GMT
I've spent all day looking for my good scissors. I remember using them when I made my skirt last week, but now I can't find them. Normally it's the seam ripper that gets lost, I couldn't tell you how many of those I've bought. But I've never lost my scissors like this. I honestly have no clue where they could be, and of course no one else knows. The good news is that my living room is clean since it was last room I saw them in.  |
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Post by viggie on May 25, 2015 19:19:06 GMT
I have a bad track record with tape measures. I have at least 6 in the garage somewhere, but I can't find a single one.
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Post by bopeep on May 25, 2015 20:50:11 GMT
I think I spend more time looking for things then I do using them ;0)
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Post by hobbitlady on May 25, 2015 21:24:04 GMT
My problem is when I put something in a "special place" so I can be sure to find it when I need it. I must have lots of special places. Oh My;I do this too. It's almost better to leave something in familiar clutter than to Make Sure I can find it next time......ugh!!! he/he thanks for saying this....makes me feel "normal" ......... |
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Post by KyMama on May 25, 2015 22:11:31 GMT
Found 'em! They were under the couch, toward the back in the middle. I pulled it out to double check and there was the handles peeking out. No clue how they got back there, but just happy to have found them. I bought a sewing box the other day so that's where they're going as soon as I get my new apron cut out.  I have all kind of special places where I put important stuff that's never seen again. So y'all are not alone. |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 22:37:41 GMT
I try to keep my scissors in a secure place - mainly to keep them from being used on paper, plastic and other things by my family members, so I rarely lose my scissors (except when they have found & used them). But I'm like the OP on seam rippers, I think I purchase 1-2 a year and still have trouble finding them.
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Post by whisperwindkat on May 26, 2015 11:35:44 GMT
Scissors, seam rippers, tape measures....they all grow legs once they enter my house.
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Post by shellymay on May 26, 2015 13:06:29 GMT
Title....Do you lose your tools  ? Nope but my DH says I am good at losing his, thing is I have never needed that pipe wrench  |
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Post by barefootfarmer on May 26, 2015 15:22:15 GMT
My husband misplaces tools a lot. At one point, a friend of mine bought me a set of basic tools covered in pastel flowers kind of as a joke. That way I'd have a hammer and screwdriver because my husband wouldn't want to use mine- that was my friend's theory anyway. But sure enough...when you can't find your hammer the pretty pastel one works just as good in a pinch...kind of. It's still missing.
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Post by solargeek on May 26, 2015 17:45:43 GMT
For my outdoor gardening tools (hand tools only as I can generally find the rake and hoe and such...)
I spray paint the handles fluorescent orange -- works great and when it eventually comes off, I just re-spray. So far it does not turn my hands or garden gloves orange either. And I can find the hand tools.
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Post by woodwind77 on May 26, 2015 19:07:20 GMT
My problem is when I put something in a "special place" so I can be sure to find it when I need it. I must have lots of special places. Me, too ! Actually, I've gotten a lot better at having a certain place to keep certain things. because I know I'll forget where that "special place"was. My problem now is that people keep moving my stuff, and of course they "never used it", don't know anything about it", 'haven't seen it". It's amazing how much stuff can disappear around here, and nobody ever knows where it went ! |
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Post by Gretchen on May 31, 2015 0:45:10 GMT
I've been missing a ruler for several weeks. I finally decided to stop at JoAnn's and pick a new one with a coupon but it was the last stop and I was so tired after a long day, I didn't stop.
I went into my sewing room when I got home and there it lay, right on top of the card table. I'm glad I didn't stop and buy one, but now my other ruler is missing!!!
I think I'm just going to go to bed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 1:07:16 GMT
Scissors, tape measures, reading glasses and pens are always missing around here. I am a neat freak and everything has a place but I can not keep from losing my stuff. Every once in a while I will go on a hunt for the stuff put it all where I belongs and then it all runs away again!
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Post by woodwind77 on Jun 2, 2015 22:41:30 GMT
I finally found my 10ft household tape measure yesterday in the guest bedroom, of all places ! Now, if I could just find my good screwdriver, and my address book,and....and...and..............
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Post by dw on Jun 6, 2015 21:48:54 GMT
I do pretty good on the sewing tools b/c my son & husband know they'd be in trouble if caught with them. I have a good basket and nice table. NOW my husband is another matter. I can't tell you how many reading glasses he has and where they are. We got in the truck the other night and he says look in that pocket for my glasses, yes, and he has another pair in his hands!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2015 19:48:25 GMT
Hidden in plain sight - more like a parallel universe at my house.
Hefty slider zip-lock bags are saving me from this is a big way - keep one for projects so all the little tools go into that as I'm working. I guess we've all had to hide our "good" scissors from paper cutters, found that they stay much nicer zipped up away from dust too. My Ginghers have never been happier.
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