Where’s a Flashlight When You Need One?
For some reason, I can’t seem to keep tabs on a good flashlight. We have a lot of flashlights, but half of them either do not work or are very dim. Hubby insists on keeping them, claiming that he can fix them and use them when he goes hunting. But most of the time they just sit in the cabinet until I need one and try them out only to find they’re in the same shape as before.
When I do get my hands on a good flashlight, it always disappears. I’m not sure where it goes. Hubby doesn’t get them, because he’s always complaining about a lack of good lights too. Pumpkin rarely uses them. So they must grow legs and walk off.
Pumpkin got a tiny little led light from Girl Scouts for selling nuts, and I grabbed it one night when I had to go down to the basement. I was surprised at how bright it was! It only had five tiny bulbs, but it lit the area under the porch up very nicely. I used it a few times, and now it has disappeared too. 
I guess I need to get a good flashlight and lock it up when I’m not using it. Maybe then I can hang on to it.
We had constant problems with losing flashlights and when we did find one usually the batteries were dead because the kiddos left it on…
We from now on only buy the kind of flashlights that are wind-up powered – and we have one rule: there are two flashlights in places the kids can’t reach where you ALWAYS put it back when you’re done with it
Wasn’t easy at first, but man it’s nice to know where to find a flashlight when you need one!
Comment by Chelle — March 28, 2009 @ 2:23 pm