Usually Payton does really well in school. We haven't had to get after him much, he's a perfectionist, and wants to do well. Well today I kept his paper that he got 0 out of 3 on so I could talk to him when he got home. I just sat down to read it, and died laughing!!!!
There were three problems:
1. Sally got her hamburger and fries. Then she saw her friend Pat had a chicken sandwich with a chocolate shake. Sally wished she had gotten what Pat had. She asked Pat if she wanted to trade. "No," said Pat.
"You know the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" a. What someone else has always looks better
b. If you water your grass as much as your neighbor does, you will have green grass too.
c. The way the light shines on the other side of a fence makes the grass look greener.
(Payton circled
c)2. Bill hit a baseball through the window. When his dad asked him how it happened, he lied and said his sister had done it. His dad had seen him do it. Now he was
out of the frying pan and into the fire. a. The baseball had fallen into a frying pan and then bounced into the fireplace.
b. Frying pans usually sit on top of fire so you have to be careful not to spill things.
c. Bill was in more trouble now than he had been to start with.
(Payton circled
a)3. Rebecca didn't finish her math homework last night. She played on the computer instead. She asked her mother to tell her teacher that she had been sick. her mother told her that she would have to
face the music herself.
a. When you play the piano, you must look at the music sheets.
b. Her teacher would ask her a musical question.
c. She must be honest with her teacher and accept the consequences.
(Payton circled
a)
John has been so supportive throughout all my training!
I did it, and oh boy did it hurt:). For 16 weeks I have gotten up at the crack of dawn and training. It's been a rough 16 weeks, our lives were turned upside down, but training for this marathon saved me. It was a much anticipated morning. Sara, Shannon and I have had a great time training, and I was so excited to run with them. Well, the race started, and I felt great. I thought that all the training I did was paying off!! I felt great all the way til mile 18, I think I kind of psyched myself out because when I ran a marathon 12 years ago, I totally hit "the wall" at 18. I tried to mess with my mind, and think positive, which worked for about another mile. At mile 19 I needed to stop and have someone apply bengay all over my legs. The bengay worked for about another mile, and then I started going slower and slower, and slower and Sara kept getting farther and farther away from me:( I just felt so sad because I had 6 miles and I had come so far, and my time was looking so good, and ........I stopped a little more to walk and tried to pick up my feet my legs just were in pain. Then I saw my cousin:) My cousin is a die hard, runs the marathon every year, and teaches a mean aerobics class. She is the mother of eight, and so tough. She didn't see me, and I thought to myself to let her pass, but I knew I needed some motivation, and I was not going to make the time I wanted on my own, so I called her name, and she immediately started motivating me. It was a ROUGH last five miles. I was in pain, but I kept running with her, and she kept me motivated enough to not stop. The last mile was pure torchure. But I did it:) I made it in at 3:47:05 that is 12 minutes faster than when I ran it when I was 20, so I was ecstatic.
I might try these cupcakes again next year, this year they were HORRIBLE! You're supposed to put meatloaf in the cupcake, and bake, then add colored mashed potatoes. Well I got this silly idea to try cauliflower. I have been hearing lately that you can mash up the steamed cauliflower for a healthier substitute for potatoes. It was YUCKY!!! 
