Austin's Antics

I think I'll start a series called Austin's Antics.

Appropriate, don't you think?

The latest?

Today I was trying to locate all the cordless phones. I try and keep tabs (in my head) of where all three of our cordless handsets are. You see, if they go missing for too long they go dead, and then I can't use the "locate" feature on the base to find them. Usually there's one at the computer, one in the kitchen, and one in the living room. Of course, at times they do migrate, and I have to go hunt them down. Most of the time they turn up without much fuss. Every now and then it takes a while to find one. One time one was missing for a few days. I had just about given up when I found it buried in a toy basket. Since the toy basket incident, I try and make sure I know where all the phones are at least once a day.

Back to today...I started the phone hunt, and immediately located two of the three phones. When the third didn't turn up quite so easily, I turned to my trusty "locate" button, and listened intently...nothing.

But wait...was that just a very faint ring?

I began to walk...nothing, but then...YES, I do hear a ring! I follow it, and then suddenly it stops. I run back to the locate button again and then back to where I was, I follow...closer...closer...No, not in there...closer...Not there either...Where is that thing?

There for a minute I thought I was going crazy. I could hear something, couldn't I? But I had checked EVERYWHERE! I was on my hands and knees looking under some shelves in our family room when something caught my eye. It was the lit up buttons of the phone! Not under the shelves, but inside the sub-woofer speaker that sits next to the shelves. It was waaay back inside of the speaker. I tried turning the speaker over, but there were all sorts of wires that were in the way, and I was really afraid I was going to mess up something. Then I got a big spoon to try and fish it out, (I am nothing if not resourceful!) but as soon as I turned the speaker upright, the phone fell down farther inside, and completely out of sight.

So tonight after work, a kindergarten picnic, and t-ball practice, my dear hubby came home and took apart a sub-woofer. I'm sure it was just what he was looking forward to after a long hard day.

Well actually, knowing my husband, it probably was!

At least I know where all the phones are.

For now.