In article >,
Gloria P > wrote:

> Nancy Young wrote:
> > Gloria P wrote:
> >> Pennyaline wrote:
> >>>
> >>> At least you remembered to put it into the oven.
> >>>
> >>> <did you set the timer?>
> >
> >> Yes I did, THIS time. I have forgotten in the past and had to guess
> >> how long something had been baking.
> >
> > I'm not alone in forgetting to look at the clock when something
> > goes in the oven? Is it that difficult to do? I often forget to do
> > that. Luckily I'm usually not baking.
> >
> > I got a kick out of you forgetting the eggs. Especially with quiche,
> > I've had to quick add the mushrooms/spinach/whatever
> > to already filled pie crusts.
> > nancy, needs to pay more attention
>
>
>
> Okay, this may be too late to save my reputation,

There was no loss of reputation.
I'ts never too late.
Hope springs eternal.

> but in the midst of putting together said banana bread there was a
> Very Important phone call from a neighbor about Someone Breaching the
> Neighborhood Covenants. Shortly after I got back to the mixing, Dear
> Husband demanded I find my last year's ski pass because he needed the
> code number on it to renew online IMMEDIATELY.

> Not Good Excuses, but excuses nonetheless.

My fifth grade teacher used to say, "I want a reason, not an excuse!"
(You provided a good reason <demanding spouse> for your lapse in, uh,
cognitive thinking.) :-)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller, and here's the link to my appearance
on "A Prairie Home Companion," <http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/
programs/2008/08/30/>