"Hey, I saw you on TV!"

In a fit of "this year will be different," I took the kids to Memorial Park for a walk on New Year's Day. Some offspring were more willing than others. Adam took his sister's phone and texted a totally inappropriate message to her beau as though it were her. Ugly fight ensues.

Then Jessica wants us to record her oh-so-spontaneous attempt to scale some fitness apparatus. Looked like some kind of wannabe "Girls Next Door" episode in the making. I'm trying to tuck her shirt into her too-tight spandex as she hangs unside down when a KPRC reporter-guy starts filming this scene. Since I stumbled out of bed and into this outfit, I can't get us away fast enough. But Jessica is absolutely completely ready for her close-up. She jumps down and tells him to wait a minute while she flings her hair back and pinches her cheeks for color. It is to be a New Year's Resolution story.

Jessica: "I'm going to exercise and eat right." Another hair fling. Yay team!

I have no New Year's Resolution. I hate them. But didn't think I should say that. So when the microphone was in my face I said, "To spend more time with my kids OUTSIDE." Ugh. The "outside" ended up on the cutting room floor. Here's the email from Tracy (who knows me VERY WELL) after the story aired at 5 and 10pm.

"Were you still drunk from the night before? Ha!!"

Adam told the guy he resolved to "drink more in 2009." Coulda slapped him. He doesn't even drink. *Fingers crossed*

Katy said she was going to "start paying attention in school." Jeez. "Because I don't pay attention at all. Really." These bits didn't make it into the story.

So last night I'm in my favorite Bookstop [used to be a movie theater] wandering around and someone actually calls out, "Hey, I saw you on TV!!!"

I am stunned. What exactly did she recognize? The bags under my eyes? It was a tight close-up so it wasn't my t-shirt. "Yes, and I still haven't taken a shower!"