The bowels of our home

Somewhere, deep within the bowels of our home, are the missing items from our home.

1. about 20 unmatched socks - that will never have a match because the other one got thrown out months ago when I could find a pair.

2. Meredith's Nintendo DS. (Olivia's was there too, but it came back to us last week... it had been placed in a duffel bag that was shoved in the back of a closet.)

3. About 3 pairs of sneakers... one for each child. They are new and were replaced when my children needed a pair of shoes and I couldn't find the ones I just bought.

4. Every pencil in our home that is sharp.

5. Our pencil sharpener.

6. Olivia's kindergarten and first grade photos... I placed them in a SAFE place. So safe, I forget where they are. Only important because I bought a frame for the school photos and now hers is empty in the first two slots.

7. Every pacifier Paige ever used. I gave the preschool ONE and they still have it. I bought 10 and can't seem to find any. Not a big deal because she doesn't use them anymore, but my point is that she doesn't use them because there was none to be found.

8. Many, many hair ties.

9. Quite a few missing puzzle pieces.

10. My sanity!!!!!!! Right?

There is much much more, too. But I'll let it go now.