First... Ella's shoes. I don't like buying the kid cheap shoes because they give her blisters and fall apart. So we spend the money to make sure our kid is well dressed. But for some reason... one half of each pair is disappearing. We've searched high and low, but the search continues. Who would want these? A Hogwarts house elf? Who knows. All I know is I have to go out this afternoon and drop more $$$ on shoes for this beautiful girl of mine, who unfortunately like me, loves shoes.
Next... my baby sling. I spent good money on this, used it once... and it magically disappeared. I have a good guess where it might have gone, but I don't like to accuse unless I have enough proof. The point is... I could really use it right now. Claire is at the point where she doesn't want to be put down and not much is getting accomplished around the house.
My Coach perfume, my favorite fragrance. Not cheap. It too has "magically" disappeared. Where do these things go? I keep it out of arms reach of my children, and hidden... so they couldn't have done it... but did they? Have I looked hard enough?
Worst of all... and I'm sorry I don't have the pictures of these next two things that mean the most to me.
Ella's kindergarten pictures have disappeared. They turned out so well, and she is so beautiful in them... I want her to be able to look back years from now and look at those pictures and remember just how much fun kindergarten was. Yes, I know can reorder. But where did they go? How do things just walk away? I don't want to blame it on my children because growing up I got a lot of that... "the kids did it." When in actuality it wasn't us (or me.)
Probably the most painful for me to think of is my wedding china. Exactly one year after we moved in to this house I went to look for it, and couldn't find it anywhere. The crystal was there.. but the china is nowhere to be found. Jared and I have searched everywhere. My parents have searched their home. I think of the thousands of dollars these dishes are worth, but my heart aches most when I think of their sentimental value. Wedding gifts, my china... that I wanted to have for decades to come... to someday give them to my daughters. Just writing about it I tear up. Jared says, "They'll turn up." But how? And where? We've looked everywhere!
Does this happen to everyone? Do things just go missing and never show up again? It seems to be happening to me all at once. Or am I just losing my mind? (Don't answer that!)
Anyhow... I send out this message to the cosmos of missing items... "Please, please, please return the things that are most precious to me."
4 comments:
LOL I'm sorry to hear about your missing items, but I really do have to laugh because it's happened to me too. If you'll recall about a year ago, I posted on my blog about a shoe monster that was taking all of Danny's right shoes. The poor boy was walking around in 2 left shoes because I didn't have the money to keep replacing the shoes that were disappearing. And unfortunatly they NEVER reappeared.
And I can also sympathise about your china. Because in our many military moves I've lost all but 1 setting of my flatware. I mean, really? What am I supposed to do with 1 freakin set of flatware???
I'm sorry for your lost items, I really do feel your pain.
Oh Kat, I am sorry you have a naughty House Elf. Have you checked your closet for the smaller things? I believe that is where your last missing item turned up... Poor Ella. She is going to have to get a shoe locator on her shoes. One where you press a button and it beeps til you find it! Oh, and check the top of the fridge... Hunter lost one of his BRAND new John Deere boots and 3 months later, my dad found it behind a pitcher on the fridge. So glad I didn't throw the other one away! Good luck finding your missing items.
Oh, I know what you mean! Shoes? Always missing. My two 'my eyes tear up when I think about it' lost items are the baby blanket my mom made for my newborn McKenzie, and Brian's wedding ring.
Both, vanished. :( But, in the end, they're just things...right? *sigh*
I'm sorry Kat. I hope your missing items do turn up. We were having those moments happen with the girls' toys, that is until we moved the trash can into the hall, going into the laundry room, where the entrance to the hallway is fenced off. Things have all of a sudden stopped disappearing. I think the girls saw us throwing stuff in there, so they thought the could throw whatever in there. We did catch them throwing toys in the trash can one day, and that's why we moved it.
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