I Want To CTRL-F My House!

The library says we have a book checked out, and I can't find it. I'm pretty particular about our library books, so I was surprised when they said it was still checked out.

As I'm tearing the house apart looking for it, I realized how spoiled I am by working and practically living online and on computers. I'm impatient with actually physically looking for things. I want that CTRL-F "Find" function for my house! How convenient would that be? I'd have that missing library book in no time!

Lost your keys? "CTRL-F - Keys". And BOOM! They are highlighted for me! Maybe they could even beep at me in case they are someplace where I can't see the glow (like under the couch).

It would be amazing for the garage and the junk drawer, where I can't find anything, ever.

"CTRL-F - masking tape" - BOOM! There's the highlighted glow from the workbench in the garage!

"CTRL-F - rubber band" - BOOM! There they all are, scattered at the bottom of the drawer!

"CTRL-F - baby"

Baby?

Hey, it could happen!

Reckless Abandon via Remote Control

Our TV now speaks French.

I consider myself to be fairly tech-savvy, but I can never figure out the three remotes with 100 buttons that are needed to work our TV/DVD/Stereo combo. So, I can't figure out how to switch it back to English.

If I give the remotes to my 9-month-old son, I'm sure it will go back to English. Either that, or he will change something else. I think he likes watching me struggle...or maybe I've just lost the childlike love of pushing buttons and playing with reckless abandon. His joy is priceless...so priceless, in fact, that I let him play with the remotes.

Maybe tomorrow I'll throw caution to the wind and push all the buttons on the remotes with him. I'm sure it would be fun...and I can blame my son when my husband comes home and can't remember how to turn off the closed captioning.