I have brushed my teeth with 3 in 1 antibacterial ointment…I don’t recommend!

Put things in the cupboard that should be in the fridge and vice versa.

I have done the dishwasher thing to…unloaded dirty dishes and put them away. (my hubs pretty much will pre-wash everthing…it looks clean)

Me?? Many, many such instnaces come to mind. How about a recurring one–

I’ve unloaded the diswasher–completely put away a full load–only to realize that I had never started the washer.

I’ve ruined lunch-from-leftovers though by leaving them out on the stove when I go to bed. Yeah, walked right past them on my way. They’ve never looked nearly as bad as your examples, but they’re just as inedible (unless you don’t mind a case of food poisoning).

I also leave my leftovers in the fridge when I go out of the house in the morning. Every day. Until they’re inedible.

How about the time I left Scout in his jumpy seat in the house and locked myself out of the house when I ran out to the van with an armload of stuff to go to daycare and work? H was at work. In the city. 2-1/2 hours away. Fortunately, I hadn’t shut the front door correctly when I went out for the mail the evening before so I was able to get in…because not only was it not locked it wasn’t even latched tightly! A double dose of sleep-deprived ditzyness.

I could go on. and on. and on.

Get ready to laugh at mine:

I started finishing my basement last fall. First with the framing and the insulation. I work slow, just because I’ve never done this stuff before and also because, uh, I’m just slow.

Anyway, I wasn’t sure if I should tackle the drywall myself, so I got a quote. Oops, too rich for our blood, so I decided I’d hang it myself and save a big bunch of money.

It wasn’t too difficult. I rented a lift, got the right screws, etc. Everything was working out just fine. Then one minor glitch… I put up one of the ceiling panels and, after screwing it all in, realized the end was not up against a joist. So, I thought, “I’d better cut about 6 inches off of that so it lines up with the joist.”

No problem. Drywall saw in hand, I simply cut along the edge of the joist to make a nice clean line from one side of the drywall to the other.

Only, I forgot something. Right before I reached the end of the board, my sole focus on keeping the saw blade pressed against the joist, all of a sudden I’m standing under a shower.

I had cut right through the plastic water line going up to the kitchen sink.

Totally ruined two boards of drywall, PLUS I had to pay a plumber $200 to come out and replace a couple inches of water line.

So much for saving money.