Places you've found things

[LoudRedSnail]

I am actually crying with relief (a little-not sobbing) that I've found my idiot/darling husband's passport after around 6 hours of searching! I wanted to tell you all that I found it stuck vertically between the side of the mattress and the bed frame. It must have been swept off the bedside table in the night and lodged there. I actually searched Mumsnet a few hours ago to see if anyone had any advice and so now I'm posting this in the off change it helps someone! Maybe others have found things in unlikely places? My favourite from when the children were tiny was looking in the seat of any ride on toys- often car keys and remotes were in there!

It’s one of my DM’s favourite stories of how she couldn’t find her house keys for days because I’d taken them to open my shop and put them in my till.

DS once found my neighbours wedding ring at the bottom of the driveway by chance. DS was only 4 at the time and had slipped and landed on top of the ring and when I got him up, it was stuck to the back of his hat lodged in flakes of snow.

I fondly remember a workmate telling us how she'd lost her house keys in the house. She said 'and where do you think I found them?'

I instantly replied 'in the fridge'. She was aghast at my knowledge, but forgot that she'd mentioned she'd been to the shop to buy milk before she lost the keys!

@Mumofsoontobe3 that is astonishing!

My mum lost a gold chain and after searching the whole house we just gave up on it. Several days later I went into her living room and as I was talking I rested my hand in the top of her high-backed chair and the chain was draped over the top, exactly where my hand was!

Aeons ago when dd1 was barely 2, she started playing with a friend’s bunch of keys, at their house. He didn’t mind at all, but when we were leaving she didn’t have the keys. We all started looking in their living room, under chairs, etc., but then he asked dd where she’d put them - never expecting a coherent answer.

She went straight to his sock drawer* and lo!

(*it was a small single storey house.)

Wallet- Freezer🙄
multi tasking, just back from shop, late for school pick up…

Wallet- side if the road to town.
Multi tasking, late for appointment, got there & realized id left wallet on the car roof.
backtracked & found it !

Many, many years ago l couldn’t find a white “interview” blouse. I searched the house high and low. Many times, over many months. Eventually I decided it had flown off the washing line or been nicked. A year or so later, I cleaned out the freezer. There was a mysterious icy white bag at the back/bottom. I thought it was empty and was about to throw it away- but there is was, a crumpled iced blouse in a bag in the freezer. Then I remembered. This blouse ws hard to iron & I’d read in a magazine that freezing helped ironing…. Well, yes, provided you remember you’ve left something in there! I haven’t changed. Last week I lost a credit card. Found it in the bed. The hours I’ve wasted.

When I was a child we went to a rented cottage for a week's holiday. My mother didn't want to take all of my dad's wages with us. He was paid in cash at that time and my parents budgeted very carefully to pay the bills. She also didn't want to leave it lying around in case we were burgled while away so she hid it very well. So well, that when we returned from our holiday she couldn't find it. She searched for hours and there were some tears. I was quite young back then and remember a sense of panic about what on earth we were going to do. My dad got exasperated but didn't shout. She worked full time too at the time and spoke about doing some evening work. After a anxious couple of days I heard a shout from upstairs. My mum was sorting the laundry out and what was in the bottom of the Ali Baba but the wage packet. Cue tears and laughter. 'Have you checked the Ali Baba' was a family refrain for many years when something was misplaced.
I'm absolutely dreadful with losing things. Luckily my daughter and husband have photographic memory so are great and knowing where things are. My son on the other hand couldn't find the feet on the end of his legs!