Michelle Obama won't give herself a grade for her inaugural year in the White House, but she is pleased with her debut and promises there's more ahead.
"I'm a 110-percenter," she said Wednesday, "and, yes, we can do more." Nothing -- not an episode, an event or an outfit -- would merit a "redo," she told reporters in answer to question.
Not even last year's infamous gate-crashers? "The state dinner was an outstanding success," she judged, dismissing the three uninvited guests at the Nov. 24 gala for India's prime minister as a "footnote."
Obama, who turns 46 on Sunday, spoke from the White House a week out from the first anniversary of her husband's inauguration. In an hourlong interview with seven reporters, she recapped a year with visits to 14 states, eight foreign countries and six military bases and with 200-plus events at the White House.
She touted her beloved garden, saying it had produced 1,000 pounds of food, as well as the White House bees, which were credited with 100 pounds of honey.
The first lady said, though, that she was most pleased by getting Malia, 11, and Sasha, 8, settled. "I was just really worried about these little girls and whether they'd feel good starting this new school and living this new life," she recalled.
Only in March could she breathe a sigh of relief, when the girls came home from school and said: "Mom, this is OK. This feels like home."
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