My mom isnt that demented (dementia-al?) She's very careful with her jewelry. If she wanted the chain off of her pendant, she'd have me do it. (she's sometimes forgetful, but it's more of a "I cant control my anger" kind of dementia right now. She yells a LOT...and has a hair trigger temper)

I looked in her bed. You cant get under her bed because it's a pedestal and there's no access under there except thru the drawers (which I checked) I'd get on my hands and knees to look if I thought I'd be able to get back up off the floor. (It's disturbing how quickly I lost the ability to crawl around on the floor looking for lost stuff under things)

They use our vacuum for cleaning the floor, so if the chain is in the vacuum, I'll have to do an autopsy of the vacuum cleaner bag. I already looked to see if it's wrapped around the beater bar. Didnt see anything.


I dont want to accuse the cleaning lady, because I'm sure they're always the first person suspected. I've been there. (was accused of a theft once when I worked at McD's...someone opened my drive thru window, squeezed thru, and popped the cash drawer open and took the entire plastic drawer. I came back to the drive thru window to find my cash drawer missing and wondering what happened. It was actually another employee who did it. cops found the drawer in his car with the money still in it.) It's not fun to be accused of something you didnt do.

I'm thinking of saying that I think my mom dropped a chain on the floor in her room, and asking them if they could look on the floor before they vacuum the next time they're here. Maybe it is on the floor and I just havent found it yet? Might ask if they remember if the vacuum made any weird noises when they were cleaning my mom's room.

We have had stuff disappear out of our house before. Enough that we think there's someone in the neighborhood that's watching the houses and sneaking in thru garage doors or open front doors. I've gotten to the point where I'm obsessive on making sure the front door and the garage door are locked even if we go around to the side of the house.

It just drives me batty whenever stuff disappears or gets stolen out of our house. (not everything that's disappeared in my house has been stolen, but some has)