Thursday, January 25, 2007

Enough said, no?

Laura's blog got me thinking about flitting. Actually, I think she may have been the one that sent me the email with the following poem (and the inspiration for my blog). Whenever I read this poem I get a good chuckle and think to myself, "This is why I write everything down, label things and FLY!"


If You Give a Mom a Muffin
by Kathy Fictorie
Based on the book, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," by Laura Numeroff

If you give a mom a muffin, she'll want a cup of coffee to go with it. She'll pour herself some. Her three-year-old will spill the coffee. She'll wipe it up. Wiping the floor, she will find dirty socks. She'll remember she has to do laundry. When she puts the laundry in the washer, she'll trip over boots and bump into the freezer. Bumping into the freezer will remind her she has to plan supper. She will get out a pound of hamburger. She'll look for her cookbook. (101 Things To Make With A Pound Of Hamburger). The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail. She will see the phone bill, which is due tomorrow. She will look for her checkbook. The checkbook is in her purse that is being dumped out by her two-year-old. She'll smell something funny. She'll change the two-year-old. While she is changing the two-year-old the phone will ring. Her five-year-old will answer and hang up. She'll remember that she wants to phone a friend to come for coffee. Thinking of coffee will remind her that she was going to have a cup. She will pour herself some. And chances are, if she has a cup of coffee, her kids will have eaten the muffin that went with it.

5 comments:

Christy said...

I've read that before and it makes me laugh every single time.

justkc said...

Hilarious!

Laura said...

Hee, me too. :)

Melissa said...

How perfect is that? I love it!!

Lisa @ The Plain-Spoken Pen said...

Oh, so funny, and oh, so true.