A Safe Place
Did you ever put something away in a good, safe place, and then discover that it's such a safe place you can't find it again? I do this periodically. A couple of years ago when my husband was working at wiring on the porch, he took the light switch plate off the switches in the entry way. Then when he didn't really finish the wiring project, he didn't replace the light switch plate. So I put it away somewhere safe. Since then I've painted the entry way and filled in the holes and I could put the plate back on, ---if I could find it.
So today before I went for groceries, I went to the hardware store to get a replacement. It is a special plate with two circles on either end, one above the other and two ordinary slots in the middle. The two end switches control lights on the porch and just below the switch is a little light which shows you if the porch light is on. There were many different combinations of circles and slots on the switch plates at the store, but none like the one I need. I even looked in a catalog there. The clerk recommended another store, but I think the best bet is to look harder to find the safe place I put it in.
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