Missing wedding rings

So, for the last 4 days, I have torn our house upside down and inside out because my engagement ring and wedding ring had gone missing. I knew the last time I had seen them, I had taken them away from Meredith and put them somewhere, but could not find them anywhere. I had gone through every single dresser drawer, every toy bin, every book shelf, under every bed and couch, etc., etc. I have probably spent at least 12 hours searching for these rings. Eric told me just to relax and they would probably just show up one day, and I didn't need to stress out about them. So today, Meredith went down for a nap, Eric took Melanie to the playground, and I started cleaning again. I was still looking for the rings, but I was trying to relax a little bit. I was vacuuming the family room when I looked out the window and saw our big trash can, which will be going out to the alley tonight for pickup tomorrow morning. I thought that I would go look out there, knowing the rings probably weren't there, but I didn't want to chance them being taken away tomorrow morning. So I got on rubber gloves and went digging through a whole week's worth of trash...banana peels, dirty diapers.....just pure nastiness. But I got to one bag, dumped it out, and saw 2 of the girls' bracelets in there that I know I didn't throw away. I kept digging through there, and low and behold.....my rings!!! My little dumpster diver had thrown my rings in the trash.....I am so relieved! I just can't believe if I hadn't gone out to look, they would have been gone forever!! It does make me wonder what else has been thrown away.... :)