You know when you run across a strange little piece of something and you are not sure what it belongs to. It looks important but it is little and has become separated from it's group so you feel sorry for it and you keep it safe on your counter in a little dish.
Because you now have a place for little lost things more tiny gaget-y do-dahs begin to gather there until you have a cluttering bowl that overflows with puzzle pieces, peices of crayons, a pencil erasure, polly pocket shoes, a coin or two, magnetics, a rubber foot from your electric fry pan, a twisty tie, parts of mcdonald's toys, a die, half of a keychain, etc etc.
One day you really notice this annoying cup and it makes you mad. You dump it out and decided that you need to put everything away, once and for all. Most of it, you discover is junk and worthless. You decide if no one else cares enough about this to put it where it belongs then you will keep the change and toss the rest.
You do. It feels wonderful. You clean the counters. They shine and are completely clutter free. You even take a picture of a sparkly kitchen. *happy sigh*
You feel so great that the next day you decide to make bread. (This is the day after the garbage gets picked up.) You get out your wheat grinder because your flour bucket is low. And it is then that you remember where you have seen that little plastic part before. You know, the one that started the countertop lost and found collection. It is the one part that you cannot work the grinder without. *gnashes teeth*
It only costs $1.75 to replace. Plus $5.95 for shipping and handling, of course. And allow 2 to 3 weeks for delivery.
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