optimistic answer......

ok, so i spent most of sunday searching my house for the lost book........still in its padded mailing bag......opened to make sure that it was something i had ordered, then hidden til birthday/christmas...........i thought i would focus on what i DID find while i searched, rather than what i didn't locate......so here goes.....i DID find stocking stuffers that i bought while in princeton, NJ's campus art museum......i had forgotten all about those......just like i had forgotten about the matted photograph that i had purchased way last summer.....and the needlepoint pieces tat my aunt finished for me that have yet to be blocked and put on te dining room chairs........i also found the missing pearl earring (yipeeeeeee) which has alluded me for months......i also got together a bag or 2 of stuff for the goodwill.....and straightened up mu closet.....noy a bad day in that light............and...if i go ahead and buy another book online...it still has time to arrive bu christmas.....and that purchase will assure that i find the lost copy......probably a cheap solution at the price......