Earlier today I decided that I would flip the cushions on the sofa and vacuum under them. I do that from time-to-time when I think about it, but today ended up being a little different.
Before flipping the cushions, I took them off the sofa and tossed them onto the floor, and could see that it had been quite some time since I thought about vacuuming under the seat cushions based on the dust and kitty hair that was accumulated in the crack. As I was making a mental note to myself, something caught my eye in the far left corner that wasn’t dust or kitty hair.
I stuck my finger in the little corner only to find a ring that I’d lost many months ago. As I have lost weight, my rings have become too large for me. I wear my engagment ring on my middle finger now, and most of my rings I’ve either stopped wearing, or replaced them with old rings that I couldn’t wear in the past. This ring, a simple gold filigree heart ring that I wore on my pinky, slipped off my finger one day, and I noticed it when I was in the bath. I had no idea when it had happened, or when I’d lost it, and figured it was gone forever.
I remember looking around the bed, under the bed, plus on and under the sofa, but when I didn’t find it, I figured I’d probably lost it while out shopping or something. There it was- where it had been all that time, just waiting for me to discover it.
Just goes to show, that I haven’t been vaccuming under the seat cushions on my sofa nearly often enough. Try it, you never know what lost treasures you may find, and remember- “Finders Keepers”.
Here’s a good story for ya. I thought one time I had lost my wedding ring. I had taken it off and laid it on the bathroom sink when I was washing my face and later I realized I didn’t have it on and it wasn’t in the bathroom. I thought it had gone done the drain forever.
Later I found it while vaccuming under the pillows of my sofa as well. I was so surprised, and happy. Then I realized who the culprit was. My playful little kitten had gotten ahold of it and was running around the house and carried it to the sofa playing with it. And alas, it fell out of sight. I know it was her because she used to carry everything off. Nothing better than a shiny little object!!!
Comment by Beth — August 17, 2009 @ 1:57 pm
That is too cute! Thank goodness you found it though. I bet you were sick when you thought you’d lost it. That sounds like something that Mister M. would do.
How are y’all?
Comment by gardener — August 18, 2009 @ 8:16 am