.. something happened. I did not want to tell you because maybe you would think I was stupid and leave me. But then I thought maybe you do stupid things too (I hope) and it would be a relief for you to read about other people doing stupid things (I hope). Though you should never CALL someone stupid – not to their face. If you tell someone he is stupid he will BE stupid. Name calling lowers ones game. It teaches us nothing.
But no-one called me stupid. Well, not recently anyway. 
You see, for a number of days my phone was not ringing. There was no sound at all just the vibration. I played with the buttons on the side turning it up and down. I went into settings and fiddled about – nothing. I discovered a few hairline cracks in the glass so I assumed it had been damaged. 
So (in the absence of a teenager) while I was in town the other day I took my phone into the shop where I bought it -I had all my insurance papers in order. I was ready for a long and protracted Carry On. I walked into the store, cockily said Hullo to The Greeter before she saw me, walked with confidence across to the phone department and was met by a terribly nice young man who was probably about twelve years old. He put down the device he was working with, giving me his full attention. I explained my predicament and he smiled and reached out his hand and said ” Can I see the phone?” “Sure”, I said and handed the offending device over. He took it in the palm of his hand, tilted it slightly to look at the side buttons, flicked one with a fingernail and said “You had the Mute on.”
My eyes widened, my pulse elevated and a blush spread across my face as I did a quick search of the immediate area to see if anyone SAW! “Oh”, I said, grabbing my phone and stuffing it back into my bag – at speed. “Thank you.”I smiled and laughed, as you would. “Silly me”! I said. “I am so sorry”. He was awfully gracious “Happen to anyone, sometimes the covers slip over the button, I love your accent, where are you from?” But with a wave I was already out the door and hurrying for my used cooking oil car, almost running down The Greeter who was outside having a smoke, as I bolted for the carpark . Can you imagine – the embarrassment?!
Now, if you think that was stupid listen to this. Yesterday I was off to buy feed and so I dressed accordingly and I took out my clean town shoes, (I never wear farm shoes where other farmers might be walking). These shoes are green Converse shoes. I love them. I put one shoe onto one foot then remembered something in the kitchen so with one foot shod and one in a sock I ran from the bedroom to the kitchen. Saved my coffee or whatever it was, I cannot remember, then I raced back to the bedroom to put the other shoe on but Icould not see it, i searched and searched but NEVER found the second shoe again. It had vanished! For ages I hobbled about the house with one shoe on and one shoe lost, backtracking and retracking myself looking for the other clean green Converse shoe. GONE.
I had to change my trousers to accommodate boots (I only have one pair of shoes) and then went Out and Back again. It was not ’til much later in the evening that I found my beautiful clean green Converse shoe on the shelf next to the microwave in the pantry. What WAS I thinking not looking for my shoe on the shelf next to the microwave in the pantry!
Here is another Stupid Story. Because of the cold breezes coming into the barn now I gave each set of pigs a whole bale of straw to play with and so they could snuggle down in the lea of the bale, out of the cold, and sleep. Well, the day before Yesterday I was talking to one the Plonkers in the barn, when behind me I heard a noisy excited scuffle namely Tahiti (above) and Molly, the two Hereford gilts, shoving their bale of straw up against the gate then climbing up onto it and launching themselves over the gate like fish sliding out of a bucket – straight onto my feet. “Merciful heavens”, I said much surprised, “how long have you been practicing that little trick.”
“It worked.” they screamed with delight to each other and merrily began to gnaw on my boots!
Needless to say I took out my trusty farmers knife and slit (there is that nasty word again) the strings on their bale of straw before opening the gate and letting them back in.
I think I need to drink more water! Obviously I am so distracted lately I am losing my MIND.
Did you see what Boo is looking at in the header shot? Here it is again.
The big hunter. Have a lovely day,
Our new Dexter heifer should be coming today! I will keep you posted.
love celi
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70 responses to “The other day…”
I have to urge to comfort you by sharing my own stories of oops. No worries. None at all. Just reminders to extend grace to others, eh?
You are so not alone – technology has me baffled more times than not! Boo is on the job, but where are the cats?!? Happy Day – Enjoy 🙂
Oh I do Stupid Phone Things all the time and then must sheepishly ask one of my kids to fix it for me. They try not to roll their eyes too much, but rarely succeed. And I’m also constantly losing my phone as i wander through the house. I’ll hear it ding, as if someone has contacted me but I can’t find it–and then it will be in some odd place, like your shoe. So I’m not judging!
Oh my, no worries about any of us leaving you! I do things that make my husband shake his head all the time. A few weeks ago I had my favorite coffee cup with hot coffee in it, went to grab something, made lunches, and couldn’t find the coffee. Finally poured a fresh cup, and as I opened the fridge to grab my yoghurt, there was the cup of coffee.
Those gilts are too much! Wish we had a video of the whole operation!
We seem to be all in this together. But there is strength in numbers, if only in knowing we are not the only one who does such things! And we all manage to carry on in spite of our lapses. I think we’re doing okay, and thank you for giving us a reassuring (honest) place to feel normal!!
Ha! The phone muted itself Miss C, I am sure of that since my latest unasked for update that sneakily occurred in the middle of the night my phone does all sorts of odd things all on it’s own. When it begins levitating to me, in need of attention, I will BE DONE. You have some clever plonkers, and Molly and Tahiti, as companions to shenanigans need a serious discussion regarding their behavior. Silly pigs.
I might guess that missing Hugo, and his help, have something to do with all this disquiet around the farm.
Ha leave you never! We all do things like that all the time. It can be very frustrating though. It always seems to happen to me when I’m in a hurry! Ohh I had a pair of bright green converse, I have worn them out and they don’t do the same colour anymore 😳
Ha!! I laugh with you, not at you!
My dishwasher quit working one day when I was a young wife/mother. We were in a rental and so getting it fixed wasn’t as easy as calling a repairman. Channels, I had to go through proper channels. Finally after a week of handwashing dishes and thinking I’d somehow broken the machine, a repairman was dispatched. He took one look under the adjoining sink and said, “Why have you got it turned off. Of course it doesn’t work without power.” Turns out dishwashers can be powered by switch (think lightswitch). I had never heard of such a thing! Dishwashers are hardwired where I come from. Somehow, in fiddling under the sink for something, I had switched it off. Being 20-something, I was terribly embarrassed. He was so cruel to me about it and charged me the $95 service fee as well. That was real money back then! I cried for half the day.
So dear Celi, you are in good company, as the Friends are sharing their “stupid” stories.
Wow! Wat a stinker! Unbelievable!
You made me grin from ear to ear this morning. There are days where I do so many of those kinds of things, my son will look at me as ask if he needs to start worrying about me. I know then I’m loading my plate to full of things that need to get done. We start running in circles and get lost in the rush. I know then it’s time to step back and take a breath. I always use the word “foolish” because I know neither of us is stupid. I’m certain you are not! We do foolish things when our personal hard drive is full. 🙂 I could not see what Boo was looking at. But I loved every photo. Looking forward to the calendars so I can have them all on the wall. Have a wonderfilled day.
me neither. Misky said it was a mouse.
Look at the top of the lower row of bricks: the corner – two delicate see-thru’ ears clearly visible and the end part of the tail 😀 !!
Ah, good eyes are quite helpful. Have a wonderfilled day.
Oh my gosh, I do brainless stuff like that, too – putting a shoe, or the milk, or my keys somewhere ridiculous and then spending half the day looking for it. These brainless things happen more often in the hours before a migraine hits and when I’m grieving something. And, I’m not fond of the holiday season, or winter, it all makes me melancholy and dull, so I have to be extra on guard against my own stupid actions lest someone gets hurt.
I was just wondering what you could possibly pull off that would cause any of us leave you? I couldn’t think of a thing!! Ha ha I do these very same things every day… I just don’t tell on myself. In a desperate moment I ask FD for help. And that mute button, I have done the same thing… for days until I “accidentally” figure it out. Cell phones are a source of embarrassment for me anyway. My latest brain fart came when I was talking to one of my sisters (of course the one that will NEVER let me forget) and I suddenly announce to her that I must have left my cell at home because I couldn’t find it in my purse… but no, I was talking to her ON MY CELL. I have no earthly clue what was going on that day. Apparently I was very distracted or possibly I really am losing my marbles!
Been there. Done that. Love, Gayle
You are certainly not alone, I do it all the time.
I smiled. Or perhaps it was a grin. Here am I thinking I belonged to an exclusive club.
I’ve done that do. Salt and pepper shakers in the fridge. Stuff like that. I spend half my time looking for things or going back into my purse to make sure I’ve got it. I’m amazed at your smart little piggies. Next they’ll be making stilts!
I would have done the same exact thing…..I know I would because I have! I am still laughing at the smart pig tricks! Happy Thanksgiving!