Cats, Goldfish, And Lots Of Sneezing!

Grandma Lu could hardly catch her breath she was sneezing so much. She finally had to go out to the Community Room to get a tissue. She never sneezed like that unless she was catching a cold or if there were cats around. She didn't feel sick and she knew that there were no cats at Marleewood. As she rounded the corner into the Community Room she let out a yell! "What in the world is going on here? There are boxes everywhere! What is a fireplace doing in the middle of the room. There are so many pictures of sunsets and sunrises I will never be able to use all of these. Why am I sneezing so much?" Poor Grandma Lu was about to cry when Grandma B and Marlee came in with sacks of things that they had bought at the store. They had books and a couple of gallons of paint.

Grandma B said, "Where did all of these boxes and furniture come from, Grandma Lu? Look there is a whole table full of snacks in the back. Where did those come from?"
"I have no idea. I was busy in the back with the fellows that were helping. I didn't hear anything because of all the hammering and tool noise. Of course, I was talking some."
"Really, you talk some? Grandma B laughed, "But what are we going to do with all this stuff? Our new Quiet Room is quite small. We thought we would just have a couple of chairs and a bookshelf. Wow, maybe there is more need for a Quiet Room than I thought."

About that time Grandma Lu started a new round of sneezing. She said, "I must be allergic to sawdust  or something. I can't understand all of this sneezing. I need a cup of coffee and a snack."

 Grandma B laughed and said, "Well, someone brought enough snacks to last us a long long time. I better freeze some of them." She started the coffee while Grandma Lu was rifling through all the packages of cookies and doughnuts. "Oh, I just love doughnuts. I wonder who brought these in. I would love to give them a big hug."

Grandma B said, "Why don't you go in the Sitting Room and relax a little bit. I'll bring you in a cup of coffee and we can discuss what we are going to do with all of these things." Grandma Lu agreed. Just as she was about to sit down in her easy chair she spotted the reason for her sneezing. There were cats in her Sitting Room! Not just one cat but at least two of them. One was sleeping on the stand right by her chair. "Oh Oh one looks like he's going to jump into a bowl with a gold fish in it. Where did the goldfish come from? This will not do. This will not do at all," grumbled Grandma Lu. She was not a bit happy. She was on her way out to the kitchen with the goldfish bowl in her hands when she heard a loud crash. Then she heard Grandma B saying, "You are going outside. Since you can't behave, out you go."

"Oh, I hope Marlee isn't in trouble, thought Grandma Lu. This day is going from noisy to really not good. I wonder what happened out in the kitchen. By the time she got out there Grandma B was going after a broom to sweep up a mess. Grandma Lu said, "What happened?" Grandma B said, "Cat! It broke one of my crystal balls I brought in. It was so pretty."

                                             
Well what are the Grandmas going to do now? They think they have troubles today.  More is on the way. Justin's mom is going through his bookshelf to see what books he would like to donate to the Quiet Room. She chose Jack And The Beanstalk and Thumbelina. "Justin is on vacation now, but he will be glad to share with Marlee in the new Quiet Room." She looked at his picture and thought,  "He would rather read books than watch videos. I'm glad that he does. If he can read, he can do anything he wants to when he grows up." She put the books in a sack and ran it over to Marleewood.

                                                   
Marlee gets so excited over the donations in tomorrow's story.