A Missing Purse And Cell Phone

Marlee woke up early this morning. Boy was she hungry today. She and her Papa had played hard yesterday afternoon. She had gotten a "new to her" riding toy at a garage sale the other day. Papa and her daddy had helped her get the hang of it. It seemed like it took a lot of thinking to get everything going at the same time. Zoe, Grandma B's really big dog thought that it was fun to play with her too. Even though Zoe is a big dog she isn't very old and she really likes to run and jump and play. Soon Ranger Rex, Stashia, and Zoe were all playing and jumping and "play biting" each other. "Play biting" to a dog is just a playful tug that says, "I'm happy, play with me!" to other dogs. Such fun it is to be outside on a spring day on a farm.
After Marlee finished her breakfast she asked Grandma B to help her get dressed. She was ready to go to Marleewood early this morning. Grandma B said, "Okay, I will help you, but just let me call Grandma Lu and ask her to meet us for coffee and a snack this morning."
After she helped Marlee dress she told her to play for a little bit while she talked to Grandma Lu.
Grandma Lu answered the phone and said, "Oh, I'd like that. It's been about three (3) days since I've seen you guys." Grandma B laughed and said, "I know. We have been so busy lately. Oh by the way, would you bring that golden egg with you? Marlee has been asking for it."

Grandma Lu said, "Oh my goodness. I forgot all about it. You tell that little one I will bring it with me this morning. See you soon."
Grandma B did just that. She and Marlee tidied up the kitchen and got in the car and headed for Marleewood.
There had been a series of bad storms the night before. The parking lot at Marleewood was a mess. There were tree branches all over the place. Grandma B and Marlee set to work and cleaned them up as soon as they got there.

When they finished they went into the front kitchen and fixed coffee and snacks. The cookies looked so good. Ginny's Great Aunt Diane had sent them. They were a similar recipe that Disney World makes. She said her son loves them. Disney makes them look like Micky Mouse, don't they? She sent round ones for Marleewood. They look so good!
While Grandma B and Marlee were working and getting snacks ready, Grandma Lu was getting herself dressed and ready to go have coffee with her friend and Marlee. She finished touching up her hair and went to the bedroom to get her black bag. She didn't see it right away. "Hmm, that's strange. I had it a couple of days ago. I know that because I put that golden egg in it when Marlee gave it to me for three (3) days. She quietly chuckled to herself. I can't believe she gave me a time limit on a gift." Then she grinned and remembered her daughter when she was just not much older than Marlee. She had done almost the exact same thing. For that matter, so had her youngest son. She just grinned and started looking through her closet. She needed to get going. B and Marlee would be wondering where she was.
While Grandma Lu was looking for her black bag, Kylee and Kenlee were digging through their nana's dress up closet. Their nana had told them that it was okay to do that while she was outside cleaning up the storm damage. They too, had branches scattered all over the yard. The girls said they would go out and help in a little bit.
Kylee said, "Oh look, Kenlee. There's that old old black purse Nana got us. You know what, I think that there is something in it. It feels kind of heavy. Let's look."
The dress up closet was big so they could both fit in it and have fun. They opened up the purse and there was a golden egg. There was a cell phone in it too. What a find! Somebody had gotten rid of a treasure in their opinion. The cell phone had a light on it. It even worked!
Before they knew it their nana called them for lunch. Oh, that looks good!
Grandma Lu found her husband and told him that she couldn't find her cell phone once again. She always was losing it because she didn't like it. She liked her land line phone. She only used her cell phone for taking pictures and video chatting with Marlee. Today she wanted to take some pictures of Marlee. He was not a bit happy with her. It seemed to him that he was always on a mission looking for something that his wife misplaced. Grandma Lu has M.S. It used to be really bad. She had trouble walking and always used a cane. Then she got better. But she still used to take it with her just in case she needed it. But she always lost her cane. It seemed like he was always going to stores looking for it. She finally was able to walk without it. She was always losing something it seemed like to him. "Now it was her cell phone again," he grumbled to himself.  If he only knew....