So, I left my keys IN MY FRONT DOOR last night.....

[Coventina]

A murderer on the loose, someone creeping in our back yard a few nights ago.....and I leave an engraved invitation to come right in!!!

My husband found them as he left for work this morning. He's going to be teasing me mercilessly about this, and I can't blame him.

My pathetic excuse is that I work 12 hour days on Mondays and yesterday was especially intense. I came home utterly exhausted, to find out that I couldn't get in the door because our big dog had pushed a bunch of stuff in front of it! I had to call through the crack to my husband to clear the way. In the process, I apparently forgot my keys were still in the door.....

[Baitball Blogger]

1. I did that one time.

Yeah, expect to get some ribbing.

[In_The_Wind]

2. It happens to the best of us.

It's not so bad when I do that at home but when I was traveling it could have been a problem.


Good morning! [img][/img] Calm down.

[Enrique]

3. lol at the dog barricading himself in the house

[Coventina]

4. Yeah, he's a really funny goofball.

100+ pounds of puppy-ish enthusiasms, even though he's well into middle-age in dog years.

He's just smart enough to get himself into trouble. But he's got such a sweet disposition you can't stay mad at him.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Thankfully, you're around so you can laugh this off...

after absorbing the attendant lessons, of course.

I've done that, not with an active man-hunt in the area that I know of, though.

Best wishes going forward.

[Coventina]

6. Thanks!

I know it's human to do something bone-headed once in a while.
This one was just particularly ill-timed.

[Wounded Bear]

9. I don't think that there's a good time...

to screw up.

Just sayin'.

[Dont call me Shirley]

7. Whew, good thing the lurker wasn't lurking last night. Stay safe.

[benld74]

8. Oldest has done this, the wife has done this,,,, it happens

[magical thyme]

10. I've done that several times this winter

You are not alone. And exhaustion, piles of stuff (in my case, in my arms), and big dogs play into it for sure!

[UTUSN]

11. Similar, housekeys into the garbage bins n/t

[Ron Obvious]

12. I've done it.

One time, the Shuttle Express van showed up early, causing me to be disorganised and rushed, and I accidentally left the front door unlocked for an entire month.

I've also accidentally left an expensive racing bike out front all night. It was still there the next day.

I suppose we live in pretty safe neighbourhood.

[NJCher]

13. Too weird! I did the very same thing!

Last night, too!!

And of course, this being NJ, there's a murderer just about anywhere you want to look. There was a terrorist/ serial killer murderer camped out in the woods behind my house only a year ago. He's in jail now, but who knows, there could be another one and we'd never know 'cuz in my town, they keep this type of thing under wraps until they catch the person. I was horrified when I learned this guy had pitched a tent in the woods, less than a quarter of a mile from me.

My only saving grace would be that to get into my area, the poor b@$#ard would have to fall down over branches and fall into groundhog holes to get here.



Cher

[petronius]

14. Probably made you safer - the murderer will just figure you were setting a trap, and

now s/he won't come within a country mile of your place. Good strategy, really!



(And there must be something in the air: I just rode home from the store--my wife was driving--with my keys dangling from the trunk lock... )

[Skittles]

15. I always work 12 hours nights, sometimes 12 nights in a row

so, not an excuse

scheduling Coventina for ass kicking

[Coventina]

18. Submitting dutifully, as I deserve it....

[hobbit709]

16. CRS is creeping in.

But as long as you don't get CRAFT you're OK.

[ailsagirl]

17. I've done it too

I could have kicked myself the next morning when I realized it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. glad it all turned out okay.

don't let it happen again

this is like collateral damage, an unintended (or really Intended) consequence of the Murderer.

While he killed he also stole a lot of people's Peace of Mind.

Take care, Coventina