if you give a Bridget new plates...

(a re-telling of the classic "If you give a mouse a cookie" by Laura Joffe Numeroff)

If you give Bridget new plates, she gets to use them for a Midsummer party!

But if you give Bridget new plates, she needs a place to put them.

And if she needs a place to put them, she needs to clean out all of her kitchen cabinets.

If she needs to clean out all her kitchen cabinets, she needs to find a place to put all of her food.

If she needs a place to put all her food, she needs to clean out her closet and turn it into a pantry.

If she needs to clean out her closet to turn it into a pantry, she needs to completely empty the closet.

If she needs to completely empty the closet, the hallways will be full of stuff.

If the hallways are full of stuff, she needs to clean the other closet so all the other stuff will fit somwhere.

If all the stuff will fit in the other closet, she still needs to find a place to put the food.

If she needs to find a place to put the food, she has to go into the basement and find some more bookcases.

If she has to go into the basement and find some more bookcases, she has to bring them upstairs without a cart since WTP students are using them to move in.

If she has to bring them upstairs without a cart, she will undoubtedly become very sweaty.

If she gets really sweaty, she'll be even sadder about all the dishes she has to wash in her 95ºF room.

But since Bridget has new plates, she'll make the most of it and end up with a smashing new pantry and washed dishes.


That was last Sunday after the Midsummer party. I felt very accomplished (pictures forthcoming; still have a couple of details to iron out. Also---art! I'll be putting up pieces fairly soon. This apartment is getting prettier every time I turn my head!)