Self Portrait Tuesday....at 11:56

Does starting this post at 11:56 and finishing it well after midnight still count for Self Portrait Tuesday? I hope so, it was all I had to go with.

{After kick boxing, with smeared make up and flat hair}

Before the rundown of my day (which you can readily skip), this is what I see. A mole right above the left side of my mouth, in the same place as my mom, I've always liked it. In junior high I wanted to darken it like Brooke Shields. I tried one day (only one) and it was hideous! I always notice my crooked smile, my turned up nose and my full (ok bushy) eyebrows. But I don't get down on myself for these at all. I like (or better said) I am one with my wrinkles, my gray hair (colored of course) and my dark circles. Until blogging I don't think I have ever taken a self portrait. Watch out, I like it, even with me looking like this. I might do it more often.


Here is my Tuesday 2/20/2007.

-Woke up early thanks to the boys wanting to be up at 6:30. Um no, lay here and go back to sleep.It worked for 30 minutes. Just enough time for me to not be grumpy all day long.

-Worked in Kathryn's class, stuffing backpacks. I don't hate her teacher, I am just NOT impressed (in any way at all). After seeing what most of your kindergarten kids are doing, this teacher is way behind the game. Good thing Kathryn is such a good student (she is at the top despite her teacher being at the bottom. I'll stop. Can you tell I have an opinion on this?)

-Had lunch with my Grandma. She came into town (she lives in a town even smaller than mine!) to go to the doctor and so she always comes to see the kids and I. Here is how our lunch went. It wont be as funny here since there will be no visuals but just try. Her mouth was watering (her words) for prawns. Uh, the only place for those here is Skippers (yuck) so I take her there knowing I'm not eating there and neither will my kids. Thankfully I convince her to get it and take it back to my house. She licks her lips at the drive thru guy when he asks if she wants sauces. I guess that means yes if you are 83? I rolled my eyes and smiled at him, we definitely had that unspoken exchange of understanding. Onto McDonald's. We get the kids their food, and when we are at the window I remember I have a headache. I ask the guy to add a small diet coke and she starts to whine about forgetting to order her a drink. Pause for a minute. I HATE ordering her a drink anywhere, she always asks for lemonade with an inch of Sprite (sorry if you do this, for some reason I feel so lame asking for it). Ok so I ask the guy for a Sprite with some lemonade and she QUICKLY stops me and says 'No, no lemonade with an inch of Sprite.' At this point I started to laugh (thankfully she did too) and told the guy 'Sorry I can't take her anywhere' and again rolled my eyes (I might need to stop that). It was pretty funny. When we came back here to eat, she was just so happy with her prawns. Good. It was no small act to get her food, sauces AND the drink of course.

-Made 2 loaves of banana bread. One to keep, the other to give away as a thank you gift. Nathan has been trying to eat the whole loaf all day. I kept telling him it was too hot (at least an hour). Was that so bad? I want some for breakfast.

-Went to kick boxing for 1 hour. We worked out our arms with weights and punched with boxing gloves. I left with that good 'worked out' feeling, love that!

-Watched American Idol. Thankfully it was on DVR so I could watch it QUICK! This beginning phase really is too much of a tv commitment for me. 4.5 hours in one week, all on one show? Only with the fast forward button.

-At 11:00 (the reason for the late start and finish of this post), Nathan came out of his room crying because he was so hungry. I'm afraid it means he has an upset stomach and will throw up tonight. I'm also afraid to fall asleep, just to be woke up with throw up. Stay tuned for that one.

So there it is my day and my picture. I guess this means I get wordy at 1 am.