If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

• If you give Mom an hour to sleep, when she wakes up she's probably going to ask for some tea.
• If you give her some tea, she's probably going to want to sit and read.
• If she sits and reads, she's probably going to want a couple of hours to write.
• If she sits for that long, she's probably going to want time to go on a hike.
• If she goes on a hike, she's probably going to want to take nice long shower.
• If she is all nice and warm and clean, she's probably going to want to sit down with some lavender lemonade.
• If she has a tall glass of lavender lemonade, she's probably going to read for an hour while she drinks it.
• If she's sits down to read again, she's probably going to fall asleep for an hour.

So be careful if you offer mom an hour to do ANYTHING because she's going to want another hour.