Thank goodness for smoke detectors!  

Oh this has happened so many times with me. I had advice my friend not to get nervous during her speech and then got cold feet just before my turn came.Its so damn embarrassing. One of my friend always use to be late for the first class and I had asked her why not get up early if you are slow and now I am unable to reach on time most of the days!
So we all are there to accompany you.Have a nice day!

Hiya Dragon, Of course I have dished out great advise and have neglected to follow it myself. I am much better at dishing things out to others. LOL

The latest incident of this was last Friday night when Ghost Whisperer was about to come on. I had popped the popcorn and we got our sodas and were preparing to settle down to watch one of our favorite television shows. I could not find the remote anywhere; it was gone. We looked and looked and finally turned the television set the old fashion way - by hand. After the show, I was asked when the last time I had it was and to look there. Well, about 2 hours later I found it when I came into my office. There it sat at my desk and then I remembered putting it there when I took a call earlier that day. I had full intentions of bringing it back out with me, but got distracted and started doing something else.

The not so funny part of this is I had just gave the speech about putting things away when you are done with them so they can be found easy for when you need them next, to my partner, Thursday night. Needless to say, I took some razzing and teasing on Friday night.

One thing to remember, is we teach best what we most need to learn. lol

Haha.. yes I think almost people do that. It's a lot easy to say than to get it done. I think I did that everyday with my kids, I always told them this and that and I didn't follow my own rule..lol!. Don't forget to take your dinner out of the freezer this time ^_^.

Why is it that when I DO remember something I've forgotton to do, I'm always so far away from it? I keep forgetting to get bread out to defrost, but I only ever seem to remember when I'm over at the farm - 20 minutes walk away. Why does my brain never kick into gear as I walk past where it's stored?!

Thank you for the reminder about smoke alarms though. Truly, they are something I keep kicking myself about then promptly forgetting again. We have a wood burner so they really are something I should sort out asap.

oh my, dragon, hope your pan and burner still are working well. Doesnt sound great when the burner is red hot.
hope you really use a kitchen timer most of the time.

I solved my problem with ordering an electric kettle which was in an online store with a great discount.