Pretty is Gone!

By DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
United States
November 24, 2025 1:24pm CST
I woke up and went looking for Pretty to ask for her help separating meats and getting them packaged for the freezer and didn't find her in her room, the living room, the kitchen or bathroom. I checked the front door and it was unlocked so stepped outside and called her name... She didn't answer. I tried calling her phone and she answered it and told me Uncle Steve had taken her grocery shopping. *WHEW!* Normally, when Uncle Steve takes her somewhere, Pretty tells me in case I need something. She said I was asleep and she didn't want to wake me up. Pretty brought home a smoked turkey, sandwich meats and drink mixes. She forgot bread. I tried on all the jeans in my closet and several pair will fit me since I've been losing weight. We don't need to buy any more for me. I went to the kitchen after I talked with her on the phone and got the meats separated, bagged and in the freezer. The turkey is in the fridge thawing for Thursday morning. I also cooked ground beef and made pasta with some of it for late lunch with extra meat browned for something else in the coming day or two. We shall see. I also browned several sweet Maya onions for a side dish and to add to whatever else I make today or tomorrow. We still have half the pan of cornbread made in the fridge, too. Do you ever lose people?
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24 responses
Amber
@AmbiePam (112259)
• United States
24 Nov
That would have freaked me out a little. My imagination tends to run wild at times. Your food is sounding good!
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (67907)
• Centralia, Washington
24 Nov
I think it was last year that I suddenly was able to get ahold of a friend so I decided I would take her up on her offer and get myself to the Walk In. I tried to call upstairs to tell hubby I was gone. He didn't hear me. He was pretty angry when I got home cause I'd taken off like that. You sure have a lot of meat in the house.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
24 Nov
I don't like it when she just disappears like that but it doesn't happen often and she does carry a phone now so I can call and check on her. She doesn't lock the front door when she leaves me in the house because she hates carrying a key. She normally tells me when she leaves because she claims I might lock the door with her outside. I've only done that once... and then fell asleep. She went to the neighbor's house and he called and woke me to let her back in. I eat a lot of meat. She will eat some when I make stuff she likes but if she cooks for herself, she usually doesn't eat meat.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (67907)
• Centralia, Washington
24 Nov
@DaddyEvil Have fun eating meat.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
24 Nov
@sallypup Oh, I will, thank you. I am definitely a carnivore.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (185120)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Nov
Freaky. Sure glad all is okay. We will be getting the turkey out to thaw tomorrow. I used to get several pounds of ground beef and separate them into bags too. I haven't gotten any in ages. I looked at the price and even for turkey burger it is $10 a lb. Next month I am getting some to make goulash which I love. Cami has an onion, so we didn't need one. I am such a hamburger lover I wish it wasn't so expensive. Cami and Josh like the Hamburger Helper, but I can't stomach them. Maybe I will start getting some more (hamburger that is) even though the price is twice what I was paying a couple of years ago. I have my daughter's outings timed in my mind. If she is gone longer than her usual, we start to worry. She was nearly hit by a stupid driver out on the main street a few years ago. Since then, and because my daughter has an olive complexion (ICE nervousness) we tend to worry if she is gone too long. Cornbread. Mmm.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (185120)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Nov
@DaddyEvil ......Yes, with just my state ID I may not get much huh? I used to mix it like that when making meatloaf. It's all expensive here. But frozen stuff gets old too. I'd rather just eat out.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
24 Nov
@celticeagle I use that mix for burgers, in pasta and when making meatloaf. It tastes good together. Pretty will start saying we eat out too much if I suggest going out more than once every few weeks. She used to do that when I was still working and the money was mine. I'd tell her she didn't have to eat out but I was going to anyway and that would make her mad! I just started picking up burgers or Chinese on my way home from work, eat it before I got home and tell her I wasn't hungry when I got home. Now, the money is hers so I don't get a say in whether we spend it or not.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
24 Nov
All meat is expensive now compared to a couple of years ago but you know trump says groceries are cheap everywhere. Just don't forget to take your driver's license so the stores will sell it to you. We always buy a 5 lbs roll of 80/20 hamburger and a 2 lbs roll of premium sausage and mix them together (75% hamburger, 25% sausage) and bag them up for the freezer. (Hamburger is cheaper than any other type of meat right now, at least here.) I don't blame you. I'd worry about a darker skinned child if they were gone too long in this political climate, too.
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May2k8
@May2k8 (19667)
• Indonesia
25 Nov
this will not happen to me, my parents can't go anywhere and my older brother is always in the room. But it could be that I am the one who get lost suddenly from them.
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May2k8
@May2k8 (19667)
• Indonesia
25 Nov
@DaddyEvil what if the person you live with loses his/her memory? It would be hard to find them.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
@May2k8 Yeah, that wouldn't be very funny, either... That would probably drive me crazy trying to convince them who they are and that they knew me.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
They might all hide behind the furniture to see how long it takes you to notice them gone.
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much2say
@much2say (57761)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Nov
You scared me! Well I'm glad you were able to locate her. If I leave the kids (they are well old enough), I always leave a note taped onto the hall mirror. This house is too small . . . I always know if anyone is here or not. I'm a light sleeper too - so no one can just sneak away .
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much2say
@much2say (57761)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Nov
@DaddyEvil We have alarms for when any of our outer 3 doors open - a "blink blink". Can't miss that. I never use earbuds but the kids and Hubby do . Maybe that means "I" can sneak out .
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
Normally, I hear doors open or close but I had earbuds in and fell asleep listening to a favorite YouTuber playing a game.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
@much2say Mom needed that type of door alarm when I was a kid. I was always going outside at night and she'd find me in the bench swing watching the moon or singing to the moon. She kept putting different types of locks on the doors and I'd still get outside. Yeah, but you'd go right back inside.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (371136)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Nov
Vince tends to freak out if he can't find me. Sometimes I don't answer as I know he won't hear me but in those cases I head towards him to put him out of his misery - so to speak.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
26 Nov
@JudyEv I'm sure it can be frustrating but yeah, she doesn't have a lot of patience.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
Pretty will walk out of the room we're talking in and keeps talking... I hear okay but when she's clear across the house or in another room, it just sounds like she's mumbling at me. If I say I can't hear her, she gets mad and starts screaming at me. I just go to her so she doesn't feel the need to scream at me. *sigh*
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (371136)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Nov
@DaddyEvil I suppose she finds it frustrating but she does sound a bit short on patience.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (167631)
• United States
24 Nov
That must have been a shock for you. I am glad it turned out okay. She should have left a note, or something since she did not want to wake you up.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
My heart was pounding when I couldn't find her. She never leaves the house without letting me know she's going and how long she's planning on being gone.
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Kareng
@kareng (80075)
• United States
26 Nov
That would have been freaky since she normally tells you she is leaving. Glad she answered the phone so you didn't have to worry any more about where she was????
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Kareng
@kareng (80075)
• United States
28 Nov
@DaddyEvil I'm guilty of that too! LOL!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
28 Nov
@kareng I always have my phone and ringer turned on. Too many doctors call for me to turn it off.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
26 Nov
Yeah, she hates talking on the phone and usually doesn't have the ringer turned on.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (82955)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Nov
My husband can be like a ninja sometimes. Slow in general since the stroke, but fast when he wants to be. Often times, he'll be quick when it takes me time to do something. Like, I'll get my chair out of the van, and then I'm ready to move, he'll be halfway to wherever it is we're going.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (82955)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Nov
@DaddyEvil Yeah, he'll do that sometimes. He'll wonder off, and then I have to wonder where he is.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
@kaylachan THAT would scare me! I'm sorry that happens!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
He just leaves you behind? Wow!
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (39450)
• Toccoa, Georgia
25 Nov
That would have really scared me.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
My heart was pounding until she answered her phone.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (492757)
• Italy
25 Nov
Oh my, I imagine you had a frightened moment when you could not find her anywhere. My husband has lost so much weight that I gave him one of my PJ and it fits, the pants were too long for me, perfect for him.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (492757)
• Italy
25 Nov
@DaddyEvil The clothes of my husband were too large for me.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
@LadyDuck My old shirts come down mid-thigh on Pretty.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
I was surprised she didn't leave me a note, at least. Pretty takes my clothes all the time. She likes my shirts for pajamas.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (129232)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Nov
Usually I am the one getting lost
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
@wolfgirl569 I figured the crazy old lady dragged you back.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
Uh huh... Running away is what that's called. Your hubby is just good at finding you again.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (129232)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Nov
@DaddyEvil He seldom finds me. I get bored or hungry and return.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (93995)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Nov
No more people to lose, I was a child who always felt terrified if I woke up and did not find anyone about, Usually that was not a problem in the apartments we lived in but during the summer my parents arrange it so I could live out in the Catskill Mountains in a bungalow, During the week my parents worked in the city and a lday watched me and then we all spent the weekend together, If I slept longer than anyone else and no one was in the bunglow I would start crying and run outside to see where everyone was,
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
I'm sorry you don't have anyone to lose anymore. That had to have been scary for a younger you.
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Loretta
@noni1959 (12417)
• United States
28 Nov
Your food sounds so good. I was checking out smoked turkeys and seeing the actual cooked smoked at $54 up, I passed them up. A sliced turkey with Havarti cheese is so good.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
28 Nov
Thank you. A young hickory smoked turkey here was less than $20. It was a little over 11 lbs. Havarti cheese is sooo good! I bought sliced ham for sandwiches two days ago. I'll need to freeze most of the ham or it will spoil with just me eating it.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
1 Dec
@noni1959 I haven't checked the prices of regular turkeys in years and years. Once we tried smoked turkey, we've never gone back to raw turkeys again.
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Loretta
@noni1959 (12417)
• United States
1 Dec
@DaddyEvil My son has a smoker and if I see a small turkey on sale, I may get it and try it out. Maybe at Christmas. I couldn't believe Costco had it for that much.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54167)
• United States
28 Nov
Glad that you found out where she was.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
28 Nov
Thanks. Yeah, I was really worried by then.
MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (88537)
• United States
26 Nov
I'm certainly glad that Pretty wasn't missing but I can imagine how scary that was to find her gone. Hope you both enjoy your Thanksgiving
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
26 Nov
Thanks. It certainly made my heart pound for a little bit. Thank you. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving, too.
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (213171)
• United States
25 Nov
Your title made me panic. I'm glad Pretty is OK.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
Thanks. Me, too.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (213171)
• United States
26 Nov
@DaddyEvil You're very welcome.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (47160)
• India
27 Nov
It happened with you last year My mom never goes out anywhere without my father. One day when I came home late evening , my mom was not there. My wife told me she had gone out for an hour two hours back. For next three hours I kept waiting for her. Time was passing and I was growing worried and restless. My father was also waiting for her. I went to temples , to our relatives' homes and everywhere she could possibly go But didn't find her. At about 10.30 p.m. I saw a autorickshaw coming to our house When it reached to me, I saw mom sitting in it. I ran to her and asked where did she go She laughed and told me she had been near the outskirts of the town where she forgot which route she should take to be back home Finally she had to hire a autorickshaw to be back.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
27 Nov
I'm glad your mom got home alright. It can be scary to get lost trying to get home again.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
27 Nov
@Shivram59 You're welcome. I'm glad she was okay and just needed a little help getting home again.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (47160)
• India
27 Nov
@DaddyEvil Thank youl.She had gone almost out of the town covering more than 5 kms.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (111868)
• United States
25 Nov
I usually know when my wife has left the building and it's rare she is awake before I am. lol. As for getting sandwich fixings and forgetting to get the most important part? Now, that's priceless. lol
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
25 Nov
Pretty and I stay in our bedrooms mostly, so it's not unusual for me to need to do a little hunting but it did worry me when she wasn't in the house. She usually doesn't leave without letting me know. And yeah, it's a good thing I can make biscuits and cornbread. We don't have all the ingredients to make white bread homemade.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
26 Nov
@porwest We spend most of our time in our bedrooms. I guess the kitchen is my "man cave".
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (111868)
• United States
26 Nov
@DaddyEvil My wife and I live "separate" lives in the house a lot too. I spend most of my time in my man room. lol
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Aparna Sen
@Dreamerby (9920)
• Calcutta, India
26 Nov
Ahh I see. No I normally don't lose people. My mom and dad tell me before leaving the house. Great that your jeans fit you now.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
26 Nov
She normally wakes me up to tell me. I was really worried until she answered her phone. Thanks. I was sure I'd need to buy a new pair or two.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (167353)
• United States
26 Nov
@Dreamerby My weight has been bouncing up and down by 2 kg (around 5 lbs) every time I get on a scale this last two weeks.
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Aparna Sen
@Dreamerby (9920)
• Calcutta, India
26 Nov
@DaddyEvil I feel great when I lose even 1 kg
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