Our silverware has eight place settings. That said, you would think we would have eight big spoons. I'm pretty sure we started out with eight big spoons. However, their numbers are dwindling. I noticed a lack of big spoons in the drawer earlier this evening. I went to get one out and was surprised that there were only two in their little cubby in the silverware drawer. I checked to ensure that none were mistakenly placed with the smaller spoons (cause that's happened). Nope. I had just loaded the dishwasher, and I'm fairly certain that I hadn't put six big spoons in there. Hmmmm, where, oh where, can my big spoons be???
The somewhat humorous part of this story is that my mom always accused us of throwing away and/or giving away her big spoons when we were growing up because her big spoons also seemed to disappear. Maybe there's some kind of big spoon conspiracy. Aliens from a far away planet need big spoons to fuel their spaceships. Little people 'borrow' the big spoons just to watch mothers think they are losing their minds. Or, of course, there's always my mother's favorite reason: The big spoons just grew legs and walked away. Whatever the reason, I miss my big spoons. I tend to have OCD tendencies, and I really, really need to have eight pieces of each type of silverware. Hopefully, my big spoons will get homesick and come back soon!
They probably ran away with the missing socks from the dryer :)
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