This is for my wonderful and amazing wife, Judy, and is based on actual events.

If You Give Your Wife A Picture

If you give your wife a picture, she’s going to want you to hang it on a wall. When you hang it on a wall, she’s going to notice how drab the walls look and ask you to paint the room.

When you paint the room, she’ll notice how bad the rug looks, and ask you put down a new one. When you put down a new rug, she’ll notice how bad the light fixtures look, and ask you to replace them. When you replace the light fixtures, she’ll notice how bad the furniture looks under the new lights, and ask to replace it.

When you replace the furniture, she’ll notice the hallway doesn’t transition very well, and ask you to paint the walls. When you paint the hallway walls, she’ll notice the rest of the house needs painting too, and ask you to re-paint it. When you paint the rest of the house, she’ll notice how bad all of the floors look, and ask you to re-carpet the other rooms.

When you re-carpet the whole house, she’ll notice how bad the kitchen and bathrooms look, and ask you to tile them. When you tile the kitchen and bathrooms, she’ll notice how shabby the towels look in the bathrooms, and ask you to buy new ones. When you buy new towels, she’ll notice that they don’t match the pictures, and ask you to buy a new one.

And when you buy a new picture , she’s going to want you to hang it on a wall…

Adapted from, “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie,” by Laura Numeroff