Losing and finding things

Galen - that appealed to my (possibly warped) sense of humour!

Is it a Daimler hearse?

Lost my car keys just prior to going on holiday for 2 weeks, decided that there wasn 't a lot that I could do about it and would worry once we got back, finally found them on our return - in the ignition of my Daimler, alongside the house keys!! Guess we don't have too much of a crime problem where we live (or nobody would be seen dead in the Daimler!!)

I think we lose things because we have too much stuff. I spend a chunk of my life hunting for document s articles of clothing other people's passport s driving licenses I could go on.i would love one of those people who come and declutter your house. I have baskets of materials to make quilts and bags and so on and know I will never use them up and yet can never find the perfect piece to go with something else.

Since Mr.G died, I have had an increasing amount of panicky moments when I can't find things. I have now learnt to stand still, keep calm, retrace my steps in my head and say out loud 'if there's anyone up there listening, will you please tell me where the bloomin' form/keys/passport/ring is and, more often than not, I remember where it is - weird or what?

"Where are Mum's keys!!" used to be the regular cry around our house - as I would panic and turn the place upside down so it was very satisfying when DD and the little boys came down last week and she was frantically searching pockets/bag/changing bag/boys' toy bag/on the drive under the car... for her keys which she found in her gilet pocket. Hah! it comes with being a mum I told her. [smug] emoticon

Tried that. My train tickets were mysteriously quiet.

I read somewhere that saying the name of what you are looking for, several times, out loud (Car keys! Car keys!) works. Hard to carry out a proper evaluation but I've tried it and I'm almost convinced.

Somewhere in this house there is a an A4 piece of paper in a brown envelope that had the garden design that a friend who is a professional did for me.

I can't find it.

We bought a replacement log book for the car a couple of years ago and then afterwards round the original - naturally it was my fault

I was on the point of ordering replacement rail tickets when I said to myself, 'Just hang on; don't be so hasty. Look one more time.' And there they were! Saving me considerable expense!

Doesn't this phenomenon happen after you've bought a replacement for the thing you thought you'd lost?

Talking of 'stuffage' - a good coinage - I was frantic because I couldn't find my pre-booked rail tickets for Saturday when I'm going to Dundee. I'd searched my bureau umpteen times yesterday but one last search this morning revealed the envelope stuck in the middle of a bunch of bank statements. Relief! Same thing happened long ago with my passport, only that time I'd rushed to Liverpool to get a new one and spent a weekend in Paris before I found it in the very drawer I'd been searching. Disorganised? What, me?