The mystery of the missing white socks
ByThis weekend, I yelled at Lauren.
“What are you doing with all of your socks? I just bought you six pair and they’re gone! Are you taking them off at school and leaving them there?”
Lauren is a notorious sock-hater, sneaky about putting them on to appease me then ditching them later. She vehemently denied doing anything with her socks, and agreed that they seemed to be mysteriously missing.
I didn’t quite believe her. I have spent more money than any parent should on socks. I’ve even given the child my socks because she says they’re more comfortable. When I was getting dressed for the gym last week, I noticed I had no workout socks in my drawer. I checked her sock drawer and nope, no socks.
Had the mysterious sock monster that lives in the dryer struck again? Seriously, how could about 15 pair of socks just disappear?
Fast forward to last night: We hear the usual Daisy ferret scream, indicating either Jack or Teddy has invaded her secret Girls Only Hideout behind a lateral file next to the washer and dryer. For the first time in a while, Steve pulled out the cabinet.
“Lynn, you gotta come see this!” he called upstairs.
This is what I saw:
Steve counted 36 socks, 1 pair of white panties and 1 white T-shirt back there, all pilfered from the laundry pile in the basement. Also, note the shoe, which is Teddy’s favorite thing to steal, besides Steve’s wallet, phone and iPod.
We thought Teddy was the resident thief. Turns out he’s an amateur.
Daisy Ferret, master thief-stress. I owe Lauren an apology.
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OH. MY. GOSH. That is hysterical! I can’t even imagine that little guy dragging that stuff around, but wow, I’m impressed! That’s quite the collection!
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Wow! Daisy should go into business with my family cat Banana, he has dragged all of the same things PLUS blankets, note books, toilet paper rolls, baskets filled with bath products, scarves, sweaters, coats etc. He’s not a big cat either, he’s only 8lbs or so! The big things he just drags into the middle of the floor everything else goes into his cat condo.
If we only we could train them….no one would suspect a cat and a ferret stealing millions of dollars!
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ooh, a get-rich-quick scheme in the making? Banana, Daisy and Teddy Rob Fort Knox! lol