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Top 31 Things You Should Always Remember--
But Probably Won't
By Catherine, Marni and Leilani
(who, collectively, forget a lot)

1. Your family members' birthdays.


2. Your anniversary.

  

3. To change the oil in your car every 3,000 miles.


4. To say thank you every time (even when you don't want to).


5. Meetings with your boss.


6. How to change a flat tire.


7. Did I turn off the oven?

    


8. To pay your phone bill on time.


9. To call your mother-in-law on her birthday.
10. To put out the trash the night before.
  

11. I know my reading glasses are around here somewhere….


12. How to program new numbers into your cell phone.
13. Where you put your keys. (Why aren't they in that special pocket in your purse?!)

14. CPR and the Heimlich maneuver.


15. Where you parked the car.


16. To vote on Election Day.
17. Your library book's due date.
  

18. Your Blockbuster rental return date.


19. Your original hair color.


20. Did you or did you not add baking soda to the recipe yet?

21. The last time you changed the smoke detector batteries.

22. The new price of stamps. (Be safe, buy Forever.)


23. How many sets of sit-ups you just did. (Overestimate for good measure.)


24. Husbands: Anything your wife told you an hour ago. (Miraculously, any sport stat is seared into memory instantly and forever.)


25. To roll up the windows despite the predictable weather.


26. Leap year is…?
27. Daylight saving's time starts…?
  

28. To check your teeth after eating anything green.


29. If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.


a30. The lyrics to Footloose.


31. Your new email password.