Last week, I took out a recipe because I had plans to bake
with it soon. It’s been on the counter ever since. I say counter but really it’s
been all over the house since Daniel has figured out that he can get to
everything on the counter if he just stacks up enough toys on top of each
other. Constantly picking up the recipe around the house was a total annoyance and
I remember thinking, “I’ll put this in a safe place where the baby can’t get
it.” Now the big question is, WHERE IS THIS SAFE PLACE? It is nowhere to be found.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time I have placed
something in a safe place for it never to be found again. Last summer, our
house was broken in to. We live in a nice, suburban neighborhood but are proof
that crime can happen anywhere. The short story is that I was eight months
pregnant and came home from a trip to Target with my two and one year old, to
find two men in our house. Luckily, I thought something was off and I left the
children in the car and was able to quickly call 911 as the men ran out of the
house. No one was hurt and I was able to
get a license plate, identify one of the men in a police lineup, and later receive
back most of the stolen jewelry (that they had pawned for drug money). After
the robbery, my Nana told me how her girlfriends used to hide their nice jewelry
in the pockets of their housecoats (aka old people bathrobes) in their closets instead
of a jewelry box. I thought this was a great idea, because our robbers went
directly to my jewelry box and my husband’s dresser. They were the only areas
of the house which were touched (clearly, they were interrupted, but it was
still their first stop). So when I got back the jewelry (which as a stay at
home mom, I don’t often wear!), I hid it in a safe place that the robbers would
not think to look. Again, WHERE IS THIS SAFE PLACE?? I have no idea. I have
since searched the house high and low in all the spots that I remember thinking
were a good idea at the time and no jewels. Perhaps, a robber came in one day
and made a bee line right to ________ (fill in the blank) and found them. My
hope is that one day, I’ll be cleaning out a closet and will stumble across them
and it will make my day. I will put them all on and continue my day looking quite
glamorous. Until then, I think I need to start writing down where these safe
places are. Then again, what if the robber finds my list of safe places?? Maybe
I should hide the list, too….wait…back to square one!
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| Okay, so I didn't have this many diamonds, but a girl can dream! |
