"If You Give a Mom a Muffin" and Other Absent-Minded Musings

This past Sunday we had friends over for lunch, so Mountain Man grilled hamburgers for us. (Yes, the weather was beautiful enough to do that.:)) There were supposed to be 18 burgers in the package I bought from Costco. After grilling the first 14, Mountain Man wondered where the rest were. I insisted that was all that came in the package, and boy, did we get cheated!

Well, Monday morning I discovered the other four hamburgers...in the microwave. I was defrosting each batch briefly Sunday, after having thawed them in the refrigerator overnight. And, in that short time of getting the rest of the lunch together, I had completely forgotten the other hamburgers. Not even Mountain Man's comments triggered my memory! Such are the crazy things that happen to this highly distractable Mom! So, of course, those hamburgers made me think of this little story based on the popular children's book, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.

"If You Give a Mom a Muffin"

If you give a mom a muffin,
She'll want a cup of coffee to go with it.
So, she'll pour herself some.
The coffee will get spilled by her three year old.
She'll wipe it up.

Wiping the floor, she will find some dirty socks.
She'll remember she has to do some laundry.
When she puts the laundry in the washer,
She'll trip over some snow boots and bump into the freezer.
Bumping into the freezer will remind her she has to plan supper for tonight.

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 the 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. (Of course!)
Her five year old will answer it and hang up.

She remembers that whe wants to phone a friend to come over for coffee on Friday.
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.

~Kathy Fictorie