Who took 'em?!!

One of the mysteries to be solved: not in the sewing room and the always elusive notion that seems to disappear moments before it is needed - this happened day before yesterday - one minute, it was in my hand and then I elected to screw in some extra hooks in my shelving supports - when I turned around, where did it go? I did find it eventually and then I put it back into storage until the next time.

Yesterday, I began the annual Christmas baking days: I made several jars of lemon curd; then I mixed up the date&walnut loaves = 3 regular loaves and 12 mini loaves (for gifting)....I admit that I nibbled the end off one of the mini loaves which left me with 11 for wrapping in foil for the freezer. I cut off 11 pieces of foil and began the wrapping, placed the minis to one side - left the kitchen for a nanosecond - returned to pack 11 mini loaves in a storage bag to find only *6* wrapped loaves and 1 nibbled one ......SO - WHO came into my kitchen last night and carried away 5 foil-wrapped date&walnut loaves?? They are still missing this morning ..... the cats had nothing to do with it - no molasses in the recipe ,otherwise I would check them for crumbs. jennellh

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So where did you find the notion? I searched for my small scissors yesterday for about two hours. Once I left my studio and rejoined the family, I found them in the pocket of my sweatpants!

Did you check the cupboard where you keep the foil? I've done that before - put away the foil AND what I was wrapping!

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On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:47:00 -0600, Jennifer in Ottawa wrote (in article ):

It wasn't me. I promise!

Elves?

Maureen

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.SO - WHO came into my

Did you maybe get ahead of yourself and actually put them in the freezer? This IS quite a mystery.

Rita

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Rita L. in MA

I'd been looking for a point marker tool and I found it exactly where it has always been kept except that it had been shuffled with a freebie point trimmer template. The foil was placed on the back ledge of the stovetop but no mini loaves! Everything was out in plain view on the stovetop so what happened in that nanosecond remains a mystery. jennellh

day for about two hours. Once I left

- put away the foil AND what I was

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Elves or goblins left over from the hallowe'en? Not even a crumb left behind or trail to the location of the missing items....jennellh

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With Winston as the gang leader, I would think it was a natural suspicion! . In message , Polly Esther writes

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In our house, if it's edible and missing, one of my sons probably ate it. If it's possibly edible and missing, Jo grabbed it, took it outside and buried it so that it will DEFINITELY be edible in a month or so. If it's a tool I use or need or just want, gremlins. We have an oversupply of gremlins around here. I try to keep them happy, but they're easily bored and thus need constant entertainment or they will cause trouble.

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You could be right ... the loaves are still missing 24 hours later! I wonder what will happen when I bake again.......jennellh

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When I bake, especially things with spices, fruit, or nuts, I set out portions for the deities, the wee folk, and the dead folk. It does not have to be a lot, a token of remembrance and respect is all that is called for.

Some things they like more than others. I am put in mind of a five gallon fermentation vessel of mead I put under airlock, and when I went to check on it a few days later was dry as a bone. I hadn't set out any honey, and all beings that are a large part spirit love honey dearly.

You do right by them and they do right by you. You forget them and they have a tendency to remind you.

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I hope Santa Claus notices quickly - or he'll never keep it up >gg< bless his dear little heart! .

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Maybe it's the Nasty Cat who patrols our neighbourhood fighting with all and sundry and coming into our house to fight with our cats, steal their food and.... eat my freshly baked blueberry muffins! Now, that is one desperate cat. We now have an electronic cat flap. Cats and muffins are now safe.

-- Jo in Scotland

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Winston seems to know when the calendar changes to December and he becomes quite angelic! This is Barnaby's first Christmas season and he has no idea at all....Sammie has told him that naughty IS nice especially between the hours of 5and6 am. jennellh

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