Losing random things in the house

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Keys and socks are fairly standard. What has happened to my sunglasses case? And now I have lost two dog bowls. I fed the dogs with them last night not they have disappeared. Gone.

My grandmother used to dowse to find things, but then she also used to grow plants under a pyramid. Maybe it’s time I tried it. I have a friend who just asks the house for them back, seems to work for her.

What do you method do you use to find the stupid things that the house gremlins seem to enjoy stealing?

I love the idea of asking the house for the items back! I usually just give up if I can't find something - sometimes things will turn up years later; 6 years later in the case of them missing Ratatouille DVD!

6 years?! The dogs are currently looking hungrily at my arm. I feel a trip to Pets at Home in my near future.

Could the dog bowls have been pushed under units? Our old dog used to nudge his under while licking it clean.

An Irish friend swears by St Anthony.

I’m not Catholic nor even remotely religious, but once or twice in desperation I’ve given him a go, and he’s worked.
Last occasion was for a valuable ring I was given by a now dead relative of dh - I was doing my nut trying to find it, and worrying myself sick about having to tell dh I’d lost it. Not that he’d have thrown a fit, but I’d have felt so awful.

I suspect the dog bowls are underneath something - get down on your hands and knees and look from 'dog height'.

The main reason things get lost in my house is because I'm not looing for the right thing. I will get it into my head that the key ring I'm looking for is, for example, a blue rubber square one. When it eventually turns up it's a red oval. I literally cannot see a sink plunger or cheese grater if they aren't shaped like they are in my head, so if they are lying down, or on edge, they become invisible!

It took me 20 minutes to find my glasses (that I can't live without, usually on the bedside drawers overnight) this morning. They were under the sofa.

I used the age old method of swearing, cursing and blind (haha) panic...

St Anthony finds most of the lost things in our house🤣

Turns out I had left them in the garage because I took them in there on my way to sorting the recycling out . I tried Muppetry’s cursing tip - first time I went into the garage they weren’t there. Second time, after swearing a bit, there they were. So the dogs didn’t need to eat me .
I have another friend who parks wherever she likes and through a an invisibility cloak over the car as she leaves. She has never got a parking ticket according to her.

My method? I talk alound to myself - "Where is the fucking phone/my purse/my bag" etc "you stupid cow". Doesn't seem to help but eventually they turn up.
Frantically searching for my purse this morning. It was in a carrier bag with a box of tea and a jar of coffee. Duh!

I have to think through what happened when i walked through the door and what i did next!