Very, very frustrated.

**Cynthia** · 23rd December 08, 06:01 PM

Oh no, Arlen! I'm so sorry to hear this

Panache is right, though. Stop looking for it for a little while and take a breather... you might be able to come across it again after you've had a chance to stop thinking about it for a moment. Sometimes that really is a great way to find something (I know, if you're anything like me you can't let something rest).

Could one of the cats have batted it behind or between furniture?

Good luck finding it

*hugs*

**Frank McGrath** · 23rd December 08, 06:30 PM

It crawled under th keyboard. Look there. Good Luck.

**Standard** · 23rd December 08, 06:44 PM

I really hate when I do this. It always ends up appearing when you least expect it, and almost certainly at the very top of a pile where you swear you have looked at least a dozen times. Go on about your business and let the search slip into the back of your mind. I'm sure you'll find it once the time is right.

**Southern Breeze** · 23rd December 08, 07:19 PM

It'll turn up. I was working on a fountain once and lost a bag of wire nuts. I had drive 20 miles one way to the nearest hardware store to get more. I found the ones I'd lost that evening when I got home. They were in my jacket pocket.

**pdcorlis** · 23rd December 08, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by Southern Breeze

They were in my jacket pocket.

I lost a cell phone once that way. My nephew had the idea to call my numer to help me find it. Problem was - it seemed like every where I looked I could hear the phone, just couldn't find it!

Have courage Arlen - You're way ahead of me!

**chasem** · 24th December 08, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by pdcorlis

I lost a cell phone once that way. My nephew had the idea to call my numer to help me find it. Problem was - it seemed like every where I looked I could hear the phone, just couldn't find it!

Have courage Arlen - You're way ahead of me!

haha reminds me of an episode of The Office [US]. (The Fire, if you haven't seen it and care to).

**runewolf** · 24th December 08, 07:32 AM

Sometimes you have to put out a little brandy or scotch to appease the fairy folk... or wait until they get bored of watching you stumble through the house to find it. For some reason, they like the better stuff, don't give them a shot of the $12 rum or you might not find it until the next decade lol.