Upon reading to Jackson today, I realized that my life is much like the beloved children's book "If you Give a Pig a Pancake."
If you give a Mom a cup of coffee, she'll feel the urge to sit down and enjoy it while gazing out the window.
When she looks out the widow she'll see the
fish tank and notice how dirty it is.
When she goes to wash the tank, she'll not be able to because the sink is full of dirty dishes. So, she'll decide to load the dishwasher.
As she opens the dishwasher she'll realize that it's full of clean dishes and she'll need to unload it.
While unloading the dishwasher she'll see the cutting board and remember that she needs to prep dinner.
She'll get out the cutting board and chop up the veggies for dinner and reach for a cup towel, only to find that the cup towel drawer is empty.
When she goes to the laundry room to start a load of laundry and wash the towels she'll be reminded of how dirty the baby's highchair cover is and go to take it off and add it to the load.
While taking of the cover she'll notice how dirty the baby got while eating lunch.
She'll give the baby a bath and in the process become soaked.
When she goes to change her clothes she'll check her pockets and find her lost grocery list and realize that she forgot to buy milk at the store.
After loading the kids in the car and driving to the store she'll return home and go to put the milk away and see the coffee creamer in the fridge.
And if she sees the coffee creamer it's likely that she'll...
... remember that her full cup of coffee is still sitting by the window from earlier!!
See, you thought I was going to say 'pour herself a cup of coffee and sit down to look out the window', didn't you? But you'd be WRONG! She learned her lesson from earlier... never sit down!! You'll remember that you need to clean the stinkin' fish tank!!
