Forever "lost" favourite item-at home

[Crankin]

Oh yeah; we are still searching for the "Swear machine" that we bought at a joke store in 1987. We hid it from the (little) kids, but it did manage to move across the country with us. Then, it suddenly disappeared around the mid nineties. My DH even questioned both of the grown up kids if they had taken it. Their reply was, "Are you nuts?"
It's definitely somewhere in our stuff, but... I know, it's pretty stupid.

[Biciclista]

i keep a list in my head of lost stuff going back to my childhood. When I was 12, my mother had a midlife crisis and found the first man she could who would take her to California and left... My sister and I were safe with my father, but most of our belongings (that we didn't take with us in paper sacks) was eventuallly disposed of. I will not bore you with the details, but I still miss some of that stuff and have labored over the years to replace it. As a result, I have had serious trouble throwing away my children's toys, even when THEY indicated years ago that they didn't want the stuff..

[redrhodie]

I somehow lost a Friskars self-healing cutting mat and large grid printed ruler that came with a rotary cutter (I still have the cutter). It's the best thing for cutting fabric. I have been looking for them for 2 years now. I almost bought a new one, but the set is really expensive, and I can't help but think it will turn up as soon as I buy the new one.

[OakLeaf]

I lost a string of prayer beads that I bought from some Tibetan Buddhist monks who did a presentation in our town. They have to be in my house somewhere (the beads not the monks ). I feel like I must not deserve them, and they will come back to me when and if I do

[Owlie]

Thought of another one:
I bought some buttons to put on a pair of convertible mittens/fingerless gloves. One of them is sewn securely to its glove. The other two are missing. They're somewhere in my dorm, but where exactly is beyond me.

[crazycanuck]

I seem to have lost my girl guide campfire blanket...It didn't come to Perth with us & I didn't see it on my short stop @ my mom's house last year...I don't have a clue where it is.

At least I still have my guide hat & my large collection of pins from round the world

[ginny]

Bah! Yesterday when I read this thread, I totally knew what you were talking about, but as I have moved two times in the past year, I have either tossed or found most things I was missing. Though last night I came up with a doozey (for me anyway). It has been really cold here. I have a 2003 Subaru that decided two years ago it really just won't start if it is below 0F outside. So, I put in an engine block heater. Being super cheap, I refused to leave it plugged in all night, so I bough an outdoor extension cord and a nice timer so it would turn on 2hrs before I needed to leave home. As I mentioned, I have moved 2x recently, and I just cannot find the timer. It's not much of a problem usually, as I ride my bike to work now, but it would be nice to warm up my cold little car a bit before I go see the equids at night.... now I just have to plug it in by hand... woe is me