HOUSE DECORATING

I wasn’t surprised when my sister told me she couldn’t sleep one night this week, so she got up and rearranged furniture.  She likes to move furniture around a lot more than I do.  In fact, moving it an inch is more than I like to do.  But the result is that her house stays fresh and interesting, with knick knacks and centerpieces changing with the season.  At my house, no one moves the knick knacks because I would have to dust.  Besides, they’re kind of scary because of the things growing in them.  And it’s not houseplants.  As for centerpieces?  Mine’s a stack of paperwork. 

I told her I know how it feels when you can't get things placed just right in a room.  One day in Sunday School, the preacher asked for prayer requests, and I asked him to pray for me to figure out how to decorate my wall so I could get on with my life.  The class members looked at me in stunned silence.

What’s wrong with a little dry humor?  Haven’t they met Maxine yet?