The Reminder Frog

I have a tiny rubber frog inside a tiny wooden bowl. I call it my reminder frog. It lives next to the teapot but I move it to the kitchen counter to remind me of something. It could be to remember that I am washing my clothes and will need to hang them up soon, or that I have a window open, or that my dog is in the backyard.

I've never had a good short term memory so I have scraps of notes all over the place to remind me of things. I also have multiple kitchen timers including two on the stove and one I can wear because I can get distracted.

One day in winter I walked my dog holding my huge mechanical white plastic kitchen timer to remind me not to linger too long to chat if I ran into anyone because I was simultaneously baking bread.