Thursday, May 20, 2010

no room for a sneeze

As I become well-acquainted with the warning labels and recommended application instructions for wall covering paste, the current state of my bathroom reminds me of the childrens book, "No room for a sneeze." The story is about a wise man's advice to a man who finds his house Too Small for his large family. The advice is to keep bringing more animals to live with them, until the house is practically a farm menagerie. When the man is nearly desperate with the tight conditions of his house, the wise man tells him to send all the borrowed animals back to their owners. After emptying and cleaning, the house seems enormous indeed.
My bathroom is filled with stacks of 5-gal buckets in an attempt to flatten the water-warped floorboards. Even though there will be five or more girls using it in a week and a half, hopefully it will feel big when we take out the nine bucket pyramid.

I'm looking forward to some cousin and Abbie time soon. :) Mama and Sarah are at the church for a meeting with the events coordinator. I'll be making some Wedding Week Stollen, probably tomorrow. And praying - that God would be glorified throughout this process, that He would give us good weather, and that He would richly bless this coming union of two of His children.