this is my whole life my husband loses things all the time but is terrible at finding them i keep telling him to look literally everywhere - like you saidit doesnt matter if it doesnt make sense look anyway things roll we have cats your memory is not reliable look and look again you might not have really looked the first or second time move things around take everything out account for every square inch of space   he still hasnt gotten the hang of it but its ok i almost always find it eventually