General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...Part 30...! :-D, 1 by meezersfive

meezersfive wrote:
Dcat, I can sympathize with the garbage sifting....when I was taken to the hospital with my "cardiac event" my daughter took my jewelry back to my house, wrapped in brown paper toweling that she keeps handy in her big purse for dog drool (don't ask) and left them on the kitchen table. By the time I got home, they had disappeared. My first thought was someone thought it was just a wad of paper and tossed them. So, I spent several hours sifting our garbage, which was still all in the same trash bag as when I left, picking through some now decaying egg shells, coffee grounds, fast food leftovers, etc. Went through it three days in a row, as it gradually got worse and worse, because I was sure I would find my rings and bracelets. Nothing. Gone. I found out that the only other person in the house while I was gone was one of DH's alky brothers, and then I suspected, he saw them and in boozy delusion of hocking them, took them. He's always been a thief. Then, when he realized that the pawn shops would require ID,he just threw them away. Insurance was limited to $1000, after our $500 deductible, which was not even close to the value.
Two of the rings had been custom designed, and could not be replaced. Still makes me sick to think of them.

Brighter news!! Woohoo, It's RAINING!!! And I went out to take this photo. Sarv had asked in session 29 what the big vine was in front of the house, and I couldn't answer accurately because it had no flowers at all. Well, it finally has some but they are hiding under the arch!! When they are fully open they are saucer sized! So I guess it's a moonflower! oh lovely lovely rain....more, please...........all day if possible!!! Julie, Marcie, and Sarv, I hope it's coming to you too!! Doing the happy dance!!!

Edited so that you wouldn't think my daughter wrapped the house in brown paper toweling.

This message was edited Sep 13, 2005 8:22 AM