I'm sure everyone here has 'lost' something, at least once--probably many times--over the years. I've lost things and never found them; I've lost some things and eventually found them.  

One thing I never did find was a 'lost' salt shaker. Our granddaughter had been here one weekend; so we eventually decided she'd done something with it.  Now, a few years later, I have a hunch that it somehow got pushed off the counter into the trash can. But who knows what really happened to it?

  Today's 'lost/found' story really is something else!  Last week, when I was playing around with music videos for my page, I decided to dig out my MP3 players and listen to some music.  I found the 'cheap version' easily; but, alas, it's "done for". It wouldn't charge; now, it won't even turn on at all. 

So I started to look for my iPod Shuffle--a gift a few years ago from my best friend. So you can imagine how much I prize it.  Well, I looked everywhere: every nook and cranny, as it were.  I really thought it was in the small file cabinet next to my desk--but no. I even checked a 2 drawer cabinet near my desk, which is mainly 'junk' drawers--it's only sitting there because I have my printer/scanner/fax sitting on it. 

I eventually gave up, thinking that "well, maybe it'll show up later".  Little did I know how right  I was!  But I never imagined it would  be 'in plain sight'!  

I'm not working at my desk right now, since with my back problems, I simply can't sit in the desk chair. I moved my laptop to a table next to this rocker/recliner and have been 'working' here recently. 

Well, today I walked over to the desk to get something out of that small file cabinet--and suddenly what do I see: my iPod Shuffle, sitting right there on the desk! I burst out laughing. Of all the places I'd looked, even while sitting right there, how could I have missed it? 

Maybe it was 'gremlins'--moving it back and forth. Who knows?  But at least I finally found it--and I can now charge it and put more music on it.