If you give a mom a desk....

...she's gonna want to put something on it and in it. And if she puts something on it, it must be useful for the things that will be in it. Once she puts that something on it, she's gonna want to use it. If that something is her sewing machine that has been held prisoner in her closet and only given reprieve for special sewing projects, she's gonna go bananas and spend many hours consumed with sewing things. And if she is consumed with sewing things, you better watch out: your jeans and your shirts all look like scraps to her. And if everything looks like a scrap and no one has any clothes left to wear, well, you better call before you visit so we can grab a blanket to cover our nekkid selves up! So, the moral of the story is, don't let your wife get her hands on a desk for her sewing machine.......