Button Is Back Home

Lucky for me, I was able to find some of Button's things (I really thought I had packed them all away in moving boxes. I'm glad I was wrong). So I tried to put together her little shelf from before

I found the little tent that Leah had used back before all this, and the folding table and a chair. And I found her little garden bench too. Button seemed pleased as she checked it all out. She asked if she could have a second folding chair, for when we find Amelia, or if someone decided to come by.

So I found a second chair and that seemed to make Button happy. 

 

Button told me where she had stashed some of the stuff from the Potion Shop (she'd hidden it behind the boots where she'd been living). Most importantly, she wanted her jammies, slippers and the books she'd packed. 

She said she was looking forward to reading again (the light in the boot was not good for reading, I guess), but that she was very sleepy and falling asleep on an actual mattress sounded very nice. Reading would have to wait.

She got ready for bed and thanked me for finding Leah's little tent, but asked that I please keep my eye out for the big tent, just in case Amelia turned up. I told her I thought I knew which box it was in, and if I couldn't find it, we could always make a new one. Either way, she should be safe from the chaos of moving if she stayed up on her shelf. A brief look of... concern?... crossed her little face, and then she nodded and said that sounded like a good idea.

She wandered into the tent, and closed the flap behind her. I could hear tiny rustling noises as she got into her sleeping bag, and shortly there were very soft snoring sounds. Button had fallen right to sleep.

I didn't tell Button, but I am a bit concerned about where Amelia could be. She should be out doing her display gig, and if she's not in the cabinet, I can't imagine where she could be. And, where is Leah, for that matter? Was that who was staying with her in the boot?

Well, after Button has gotten a good rest, I'll see if she's got any thoughts on where to look and if she'd maybe like to tell me who was using that 2nd sleeping bag. I'll let you know as soon as I do!

I am so very happy to have Button back on her shelf. I really missed her a bunch. 

- Wendy

Where Button Has Been

After finding Button checking out the Christmas tree, I managed to convince her to tell me about where she's been hiding out for the past few months.

Imagine my surprise when she told me she'd been in my own basement closet! 

Once we arrived, she glanced around a bit, like she was looking for something,  but then turned and said "Yeah, so, this is where I live now."

She seemed to have made herself right at home in one of my boots. It had fallen on its side, making a little cave of sorts. She had bedding and a chess board, which I found curious. The pieces were strewn all over the place, like the game had been violently interrupted. 

"You play chess by yourself?" I asked her, and she just nervously laughed and said something like it was the only way to find an equally bad opponent.

She said she'd made her home here shortly after I found her stuff in the potion shop, and that it was pretty cozy. Ginny (my Chihuahua) didn't bug her anymore, and whenever she started sniffing around, Button could just run back, deeper into the boot and she was safe. She said it was nice that I had this pair of boots I never wore, 'cause they were brand new and perfect to live in. She was just like the old lady in the shoe, she joked. 

She seemed really restless and nervous about something. She didn't want to hang around her boot house and asked if I had any leftover pumpkin pie from Thanksgiving she could have.

In the kitchen.

Right away.

I said that I did, and she could. And off we went.

I will be moving Button out of her boot house into something (hopefully) nicer. I feel like such a bad companion, but at least she hasn't been alone all this time. Oh, she says she's been here alone, but I'm not so sure I believe that she's been playing chess by herself... 

 and I wonder why she would need TWO sleeping bags.

Hmmmm.

- Wendy

Finding Button

 It's been a while since I've updated here, but there wasn't much to report. I went to Florida for a magic convention, and had a great time. I've been packing and getting ready to move down to Florida permanently, so it's all been boxes and sorting and stuff. Nothing exciting.

I went back to the potion shop and found it empty. Whoever had been staying there was gone, so it was packed up with everything else, in another box. (I'm a little sick of boxes, to be honest).

Halloween came and went. Thanksgiving happened a couple days ago. My family puts up the Christmas tree right after Thanksgiving every year, so we did. I think it looks so pretty.

I went up to photograph it today, and imagine my surprise to find that I was not the only one admiring the tree today. Button? 

I called her name and she ran straight for the presents under the tree. 

Button is pretty fast, but I saw where she went, and with a little looking around, I found her hiding behind a present.

I said "Hi" and got a very tiny "hello" back. I gently pulled the package away, and there she was! Button! 

I had a lot of questions for her. Where had she been all this time? Why was she hiding? Was she the one who'd been living in the potion shop? 

 She seemed kind of reluctant to talk at first, but I assured her she wasn't in trouble or anything. So then she told me she had been living in the potion shop, but when she saw my note, she packed up and moved. She'd just been "around" for a while, she said.

It felt like I shouldn't pry, so I didn't push it. I was just so happy to see her again! She told me that she'd come upstairs to find Amelia. She figured she'd be out being a display doll again, so we went to look. 

Amelia wasn't where she'd been last year. She wasn't anywhere in the case.  "But she has to be SOMEWHERE!" Button declared. 

We looked around for a while, but there was no sign of Amelia. Button seemed at a loss for where else to look. I suggested "Well, maybe she's looking for YOU and she's back where you've been staying. I would love to see where you've set up house. Should we look for her there?"

Button reluctantly agreed and off we went to see where she's been staying. I'm just so glad to see her again. Things have been chaotic, and I admit, I lost track of her. I lost track of a lot of things.

I've missed her so much. It's nice to have her back....I hope she'll forgive me for being a neglectful companion.

- Wendy