[ key heart attack! ]

sooooooo... my boys, oscar 4 & flynn 2, & i took our beautiful husky, lennon, to be groomed at petsmart today. this dog is a hair machine!! it is literally coming out in clumps & it seems the more i brush him the more fur he generates!! i read somewhere that huskies fur can be spun & used for knitting. http://www.vipfibers.com/

i wish i could find someone that wanted it ~ or maybe i should blow the dust off my knitting needles & have a go... there's probably a few horrified faces out there thinking nooooo... not you knitting again!! i get a bit obsessive, not to mention frustrated when it doesn't come out right!! i remember knitting the whole way back on a flight from the usa to the uk & getting told to put my needles away for landing... the stewardess literally had to rip them out of my hands!!!

anyway anyway anyway... we drop off lennon. i remember putting my water & keys down on the counter to sign the waiver.

then the boys & i walked to home goods... (not a fan, i can never find anything i want in there). then onto best buy. we are all getting hungry so i say to the boys lets go get some lunch! that suggestion was greeted by a very enthusiastic response! i look in my bag & YIKES!!!! no car keys!! holy moly!! oh no no no...

ok ~ lets keep calm & retrace our steps... i start back at petsmart... i can imagine my keys on the counter so vividly i'm convinced they are there. so when i'm told that no you didn't leave them here i kind of find it hard to believe.... i'm trying to do sneaky looking behind the counter to check they're not there!

after she tells me for the third time they are not here... i can't think of anything else to say & have to leave... my heart sank... what if someone else picked them up by mistake. great ~ i'm about to have to camp out at the mall with 2 hungry boys & a groomed husky....

oscar says he has an idea!! EXCELLENT, things are looking up!!

oscar: mom don't worry... why don't you phone up dad & ask to borrow his car. ay ay good idea right??

me: well... the thing is daddy is at work & we don't have anyway of getting there... (checking my bag for the 497th time i suddenly realize i left my phone in the car...) er... there's a slight flaw in your plan oscar... mommy left the phone in the car...

great ~ i'm about to have to camp out at the mall with 2 hungry boys,  a groomed husky.... & no phone!!

okay okay... we go next to home goods... i'm not holding out much hope at all...

i see a store assistant, stop her & ask if anyone has handed in any keys... she very uninterestedly (is that a word?? well it is now!) didn't even stop walking & informed me i had to ask the lady wearing red... i'd just like to say thank you to that shop assistant... your care & concern really truly left me feeling warm & fuzzy!!

the lady wearing red was working at the returns desk that had a line of about 5 people... i stand in line for what seems like hours waiting to be put out of my misery... i try to stop myself going crazy thinking about 1 million ways of surviving living in a mall! maybe twe'll get made into a film ~ like that guy that lived in the airport!! i'm also trying to think what are we going to do if i can't find the keys... it's the only car key i have!!!

i'm having to listen to all these excuses why people had brought things back. i don't know why we have to come up with explanations... shouldn't it be enough that we are here with the receipt??

anyway... things are feeling more grim... i see another cashier open so i scoot over to her & pleadingly ask her if anyone has handed in any keys???? she replies yes!!! i follow her over to a drawer which she opens & pulls out my keys!!! cue hallelujah chorus!!!

i could have kissed that lady!! ...but i didn't!! i did thank her about 32 times though!!

then we all went skipping back to the car!! got to get more car keys!!