Things Lost, Things Found (Book of Me off month posting)

I am posting a challenge off our cycle of one per month, because I had something neat happen the other day and I plan on doing a scrapbook page about it.

Your challenge is to talk about a tangible lost of goods, what have you lost, how it made you feel, when did it happen, why was it important and who takes part of the loss responsibility.

How often do we lose things?

I’ve lost my keys, misplaced multiple pairs of glasses. Yes, I’ll admit, I have found my glasses on my head and now I always check there first.
I have sent things in the mail of been sent things only to have them disappear in the mail. Once or twice, things have mysteriously ended up in my mailbox weeks or months later.
I’ve lost my company badge, I was positive it was in my purse, only to get back from a trip to find it gone.
I’ve “lost” stuff I was going to use in a scrapbook project and had to buy another.
I’ve lost CD’s/DVD’s don’t ask how that happens, but when I open the case it’s empty. They haven’t popped up yet.


Things tend to disappear from my house, car, purse and etc. I find it terribly annoying. I know that with any luck I’ll find the things in the house that have disappeared, if I am lucky I find the scrapbook stuff tucked away in the wrong place, the same with the CD’s and DVD’s.

The mail is another story. Since it is completely out of my control, no matter how much insurance I put on the package, even if I ask for signature confirmation there is no guarantee it will make it to its destination. Is it the mail swallowing my package, it’s possible, but there’s no way to know?

I’ve been in several circle journal groups. I have one book back completed and it’s a great treasure to me from a local group in Texas. I have one back partially completed, where the instructions to the group got messed up, but I have the book. Two have disappeared, I thought permanently gone. But imagine my delight (partial delight cause I don’t have my book back yet) one book has popped up one year later in New Zealand. The CJ group was shutdown due to people not sending books on, so I figured I had lost both books, even though I have PO confirmation delivery of one book. I was positive the other book was definitely gone, because I couldn’t track in beyond last April 2006.

Cleaning up emails is my least favorite task, but imagine my pleasure at finding a second email address for the lady in New Zealand in my old files. The first address was going undeliverable, so I lost hope of reaching her. I sent an email to the address I just found and happily got an email back from her. She only now received the book, one year later. Does it mean that I may actually see my book again? It’s possible, I have hope again. I’ll let you know what happens. Can I blame the mail for the book going missing for more than a year, I don’t know, but I am certainly hoping it doesn’t take one year to get it back!

Hoping you find things lost,