We seem to be playing hide and seek a lot at our house lately. Not the kind where you look for hiding children but the kind where you look aimlessly for hidden stuff!
First, we lost a library CD, the Little Mermaid. We never listened to it, it just...disappeared. Finally, after endless searches & prayers to God asking Him to show me where in the world it was, the 30 day late period went by and we were charged for the CD & processing fee - over $25. I paid it on Monday and you guessed it, on Thursday I found the CD back. Not in some strange, out of the way place, mind you. Actually in a spot you would think I would've looked in at least 10 times in the last month. Really baffling! Thankfully I will get my money back for the CD but not the processing fee.
Second, in the last few weeks we lost the case to a library DVD. Thankfully we had the DVD but I had no idea where the case went. The kids like to play library with our DVDs downstairs so I had a feeling it was down there but even after moving EVERYTHING around down there, I couldn't find it. I asked at the library and the case only cost $2.50 to replace but of course there was a processing fee & I was going to have to pay for stickers so it was going to be probably $15 to replace it. Ugh! On top of the other money I had to pay, I was not looking forward to having to pay MORE money! It's been overdue the last week but I've just kept looking and thank God! yesterday I went downstairs one more time to look around, opened the right drawer and FOUND IT! (Note, there will be no more playing "library" with library dvds!).
Third and most devastating, at least to my husband, we misplaced our remote for our tv sometime on Friday and couldn't find it ALL DAY yesterday (you know how frustrating that is, you actually have to get up to change the channel). We tipped the couch over countless times, looking in cupboards, in the bookbin, even looked in the garbage but absolutely couldn't find it. I was starting to think we were going to have to buy a new one but I thought I'd go clean Matt's room and see what I could find. Yep, behind the changing table buried in stuffed animals, there it was! We need one of those remotes where you can push a button on the tv & the remote starts beeping. That's the only way we don't lose our phone.
I am happy to report that at this present time we do not have anything missing that I know of, yet.
Christmas 2008
About Me
- Kristie
- I'm a wife and mom desiring to live my life the best I know how for Jesus. Along the way I find myself homeschooling our 3 children - Cricket (3rd grade), Toro (1st) & Cuddlebug (PreK).
5 comments:
Argh! I know the feeling of searching for phones, remotes, cell phones, mp3 players, goggles, and library media stuff! Right now we are in the midst of searching for a cd from the library. I returned the case and got the call that there was nothing in it! Luckily we have no processing fees and our library is very forgiving! :) The other fun thing that happens during the school year is trying to keep track of what library we got what - school, public, or church library. It can all become quite a job!
Love,
Jenn
5 minutes after I blogged, I realized that when I returned the DVD to the library on Saturday, I put the WRONG DVD in the case. Sooo, I had to run to the library and hope I could exchange DVDs. Luckily, since it was a weekend, I was able to do that! Ugh!!!
This is hilarious! I love the last line. I lost a very expensive kids book once. Of course after I paid for it I found it. Grrrr. Ruby chewed a huge hardcover book from the library. That one set be back a good $25. I actually don't like getting books from the library for the kids for the very reason of the fear of losing them. Glad you found the remote. :-)
It is SO nice to know we aren't the only family that is continually looking for lost DVDs!!
Paige has the longest lasting "lost" story. She lost my cell phone about a year ago....we still haven't found it! It was my favorite cell phone, I liked so much about it. Maybe we will actually find it while moving although I am not the one packing so they movers will probably think it is a toy!
It is SO nice to know we aren't the only family that is continually looking for lost DVDs!!
Paige has the longest lasting "lost" story. She lost my cell phone about a year ago....we still haven't found it! It was my favorite cell phone, I liked so much about it. Maybe we will actually find it while moving although I am not the one packing so they movers will probably think it is a toy!
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