- I’m a rookie gas-pumper. My first pump was less than two years ago, and I’ve only pumped gas about six times in my life. When I filled up this week, I somehow managed to splash gasoline all over myself. Clearly, I need more practice.
- I watched a bit of the national spelling bee a few days ago. (Follow that link; you’ll be glad you did.) I can’t believe these kids are 13 and under. They are ridiculously smart, and some of them have more facial hair than my 32-year-old brother.
- In Wisconsin I ate my first (and second) piece of rhubarb pie. Granted, it was strawberry rhubarb pie… which is probably what made it taste so dang loverly.
- Kitty treated me to my first-ever pedicure in America earlier this week. It was wonderful! (I would pay just to sit in one of those massage chairs.) Even though I warned my pedicurist (is that really what they’re called?) that I have extremely ticklish feet, she seemed genuinely surprised every time I twitched, jumped, cringed, or burst out laughing. Kitty got a good kick out of it.
- I melt every time Silas calls me “Aunt Lizzy”. When he asked to snuggle with me the other day, I’m pretty sure I felt my heart smile.
- The Kitties and I had been hoping that Junior would arrive today. Because sooner is better than later for Amy. But mostly because we thought it would be amazing for baby girl’s birthday to be 06/07/08.
hot butt (yes, I have one…)
recipe for fried grits (uhh… I’m from New York.)
how does one get out of a catch-22? (let me know when you figure that out…)
brokenheartedness (I can relate.)
“i’m a little teapot” outfit (sorry, mine’s not available.)
male bathhouse (no thank you.)
hot nicknames (I don’t really have a nickname, but when I get one I’m sure it’ll be hot!)
swishing sound in head (are the sounds in my head bothering you?)
certificate for honorary redneck (I repeat… I’m from New York.)
who is cathi stegall? (i’m thinking “where is cathi stegall” might have been more appropriate.)
dangit! i was TOTALLY gonna post a list of search terms that led people to my site!
you beat me. guess that means you’re the weiner…er, i mean…winner.
;)
By: coloraturajoy on June 8, 2008
at 1:20 am
still do it, JR - i wanna see yours!
By: alece on June 8, 2008
at 1:20 am
and, as a humorous aside, with their african accents, people in SA sound like they are saying “you are a wiener” when you do something great. so … thank you for that touch of home.
By: alece on June 8, 2008
at 1:21 am
Nice post name.
I especially liked the “I’m a little teapot” outfit.
haha.
By: becca on June 8, 2008
at 1:33 am
i wouldn’t mind loaning it to you. you could wear it with your mootsie tootsies.
By: alece on June 8, 2008
at 1:34 am
I had strawberry rhubarb pie once when I was about 7. My Grandma made it. It was AWESOME. So awesome in fact that it has remained one of my favorite flavors of pie, despite the fact that I haven’t tasted it in over 20 years. Which is in itself an odd thing since I liked it so much. Hmmmm… maybe I should look up some strawberry rhubarb pie.
I’m with you on the pedicures. It takes a LOT of self control - and even then I jump and wiggle and cringe a lot.
By: annie on June 8, 2008
at 2:06 am
Seriously, where IS Cathi Stegall???
You don’t know whatchya got til it’s gone. heehee
SEriously though. Does she have a life or something???
I don’t pump gas either. Being from Oregon, we don’t have to pump our own gas. We get doted on and get to sit in the car while someone waits on us and pumps our gas and washes our windows. ;-) I love it. I’ve been pampered. Here, in North Dakota, I have yet to pump gas. I make Jake do it. HA!! Once, when we lived in Missouri, I forgot the gas cap. NOT.GOOD.
Pedicures…. are amazing! Yes yes, amazing. ;-)
By: brandy on June 8, 2008
at 2:45 am
what is mootsie tootsie
By: anti-blogger on June 8, 2008
at 8:53 am
Random!
By: Andrew Ronzino on June 8, 2008
at 10:45 am
Let’s not talk about Mootsie Tootise.
By: becca on June 8, 2008
at 11:29 am
Hey I really like your hair more and more these days. You are hott. Your butt, your hair. Whatever.
By: Kristiapplesauce on June 8, 2008
at 11:59 am
I still am in awe about the gas pumping thing.
By: whatireallywanttosayis on June 8, 2008
at 12:29 pm
So great you pump your own gas! I can’t remember if I’ve spilt gas, but I did spill battery fluid once - all I can say is that you can throw any clothes that it gets on, it cuts straight through - eek.
By: Birgit on June 8, 2008
at 12:50 pm
lol Alece, you crack me up.
How do you search for search items? I have no idea what leads people to my blog? But I have the search engine option unchecked because of my situation so maybe that won’t apply to me?
Aren’t pedicures the bestest??? That is my spoil-me thing to do. I absolutely love them. I used to be very ticklish too but now it doesn’t get to me as much. Practice makes perfect!
By: gchyayles on June 8, 2008
at 12:52 pm
annie — your feet are ridiculously ticklish too?! i cringe just thinking about it. ::heebie jeebies:: let me know if you end up making some yummy pie.
brandy — so i’m not the only one who’s a rookie at pumping gas!
AB — they are strappy high-heel shoes. it takes guts, balance, and good posture to walk in them. the kind of shoes i only wear when i have to.
becca — let’s not talk about it? kumon! did you take a picture for megan yet???
KA — awww. thanks. hot butt AND hot hair?! woah…
natalie — i remember not telling you that first time until after the fact. i was too embarrassed to say i didn’t know what the heck i was doing or to ask for help. (mmm… i’m sure that applies to more than just gas-pumping.)
birgit — battery fluid? not good! i spelled so badly from the gasoline that i had to strip down and scrub when i got back to the house. and i still smelled it for hours. my hair-band that was on my wrist had gotten soaked. i just sniffed it. it still smells.
ayles — look under “blog stats” in your dashboard. i don’t know why i get such random ones; a friend of mine rarely has any and when she does they make complete sense. maybe it’s indicative of my writing — a mishmosh of utter craziness at times. (and yes! i’d get a pedicure every month if i could!)
By: alece on June 8, 2008
at 2:20 pm
Isn’t it funny what search engines pull up? I get spanish sex a lot as what people type in to get my site. I figure those that are looking for Spanish sex probably get disappointed when they read my site, but maybe they’re the ones who need it most??
By: blessed1 on June 8, 2008
at 2:45 pm
i havent pumped gas in over 18 years. its against the law here in oregon. oh poor me.
hot butt - hmmm…seems to be a theme lately.
les!!! love your avatar!!!
By: tam on June 8, 2008
at 3:21 pm
I was in the States about this time last year and caught some of the spelling bee. It was thoroughly enjoyable. The clip you linked to was funny. :-)
I have never had a pedicure for reasons of extreme ticklishness. I will have to try it out next time I am in the States.
We used to pick rhubarb and strawberries at my grandmas and she would make the most wonderful pies. We used to sit in the rhubarb patch and suck on sun-warmed stalks. :-x Sour! But oh so fun!
By: @ngie on June 8, 2008
at 3:28 pm
I just looked and I have zero search items LOL. I think it’s because I don’t have the search engine option checked.
By: gchyayles on June 8, 2008
at 4:06 pm
Oh yes. Ticklish feet. Although I will say as a possible point of helpfulness to yourself and @ngie - if you give your feet a good rub/scrub down right before the pedicure (as in possibly in the car right before) - it will ease some of the ticklishness. :)
By: annie on June 8, 2008
at 4:14 pm
so, people are looking for me through the great alece…I’m honored!
Now, who is cathi stegall, you ask…well, I’m me. I married a super hero, I like eating icing by the spoonfull, I believe in “smemories” where memories are linked to smells, I’m hyper-organized yet radically spontaneous, I absolutely HATE crying in public but secretly love sappy movies…oh, and most of all, after I realized how addicting blogging can be, I decided to take a few days off a week just to challenge myself. So far, it’s been a doosie!
By: cathi stegall on June 8, 2008
at 4:16 pm
hmm.. Never had a pedicure here in america either ansd I am much older. I just don’t like people playing with the toes. Maybe, I should just suck it up huh??
Rhubarb pie… yummo.. not my favorite .. but yummo. It’s good with Oregon Blackberries too.
I was a pump girl in high school. They have them in Oregon where I was raised. I still do the best windows and I always know where the dipstick is!!
By: Heidi on June 8, 2008
at 6:06 pm
HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1) i haven’t pumped gas since we moved to new england. yes. 23 months ago. i heart my husband. you should think about coming up here - and if you did, my drew would pump gas for you, too.
2) we talked about the spelling bee in bible study thursday night. you should think about coming up here - my bible study friend is a freak about the spelling bee. i could introduce y’all. warning: she’s from the south. could help you out with fried grits and her husband’s first two names are stonewall jackson (maybe he’d show you his honorary redneck certificate).
3) the dining hall makes rhubarb muffins. i didn’t even know what rhubarb was until my northern irish friend (who’s job i took over) explained it to me. you should think about coming up here and having some rhubarb muffins. i’m sure they’ll be just delicious.
4) if you did decide to come up here, we would NOT get the pedicure, because i, too, have uncontrollably ticklish feet. i absolutely LOVE the massage chairs, but i can’t get through the scrubbing part. yes. so, i would treat you to rhubarb pie instead.
5) i’ll call you “aunt lizzy” if it’d convince you to come up here.
6) my birthday is 10.01, and drew’s birthday is 01.10 - if you come up here we can throw you a birthday party. when is your birthday, anyway?
7) one of my search terms was “is alece coming to see mandy?” …. well, not really. i made that up. but i’ll let you scroll through all my search terms if you come up here.
;)
By: mandythompson on June 8, 2008
at 6:25 pm
Mandy, you are so cute!
By: Michelle on June 8, 2008
at 9:05 pm
Just lurking…
By: Michelle on June 8, 2008
at 9:06 pm
hehe! michelle - lurk away!!! its on the http://www.
i just like her.
maybe she & i can hang out someday…
maybe…
By: mandythompson on June 8, 2008
at 9:08 pm
She’s a fascinating woman - I can understand. But then, you’re two of a kind in that arena!
By: Michelle on June 8, 2008
at 9:53 pm
I love it… the gas, the facial hair, pedicures, “snuggles”… good times friend, good times.
Your search engine terms are so entertaining :)
By: Amy on June 8, 2008
at 10:22 pm
Search terms sometimes creep me out, sometimes they just make me laugh.
By: Dan Morehead on June 8, 2008
at 10:52 pm
Umm…My birthday is fifteen minutes before Zero Hour…?
Guess that means nobody is going to visit me any time soon.
By: TheNorEaster on June 8, 2008
at 11:07 pm
blessed1 — spanish sex?! holy crow!
@ngie — yeah… i can’t imagine sucking on a stalk of rhubarb would be very tasty. blech.
annie — thanks for that tip! i’ll try that next time!
cathi — there you are! i loved your description of who you are. (and… i’ve missed you!)
heidi — seeing the word “dipstick” made me laugh out loud. and i think you should totally go get a pedicure. the pros far outweigh the cons.
mandy — oh how you made me laugh with your comment! your subtly astounds me. (as for the rhubarbness… i’d never even seen what rhubarb looks like until this past year. i randomly nicknamed my friend that, and her mom decided i should try it out… hence, the pie. funny, eh?) and yes. i will see you soon!
michelle — thanks for lurking on my blog. i’m sorry i wasn’t lurking at the same time!
amy — snuggles and my walk today made my week…
dan — got any good ones you’d like to share with the class?
NE — zero hour? i’m confused…
By: alece on June 8, 2008
at 11:22 pm
dipstick is a funny word isn’t it??
see me smiling :)
By: Heidi on June 9, 2008
at 12:21 am
Rhubarb crisp is my favorite desert EVER! You made me want some of my moms. I couldn’t tell you the last time I had any, but I wish I did right now.
By: Jamie on June 9, 2008
at 3:13 am
Trust Tam to notice Alece’s Hot Butt! :-)
( she always has my ‘back’ ;-) )
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie? oh SO Yum!!! - with Hot Milk Custard please! ( hey! - i’m English originally)
<B
By: lovewillbringustogether on June 9, 2008
at 5:14 am
:)
By: mandythompson on June 9, 2008
at 8:52 am
jamie — i think i’d like rhubarb crisp. can you get rhubarb where you are?
bub — tam is too good to me… and uhh… i’ll pass on the hot milk custard. ::GAG::
By: alece on June 9, 2008
at 9:32 am
mandy — your new avatar is kinda freakin’ me out. not because i dont like it. i do. i swear. but… i’m so used to your other one. i miss it, kinda. i’ll be all right. it’ll take some time, but i’ll get over it.
:begin breathing exercises now:
By: alece on June 9, 2008
at 9:33 am
I never pass a slice of strawberry rhubarb pie. I will even make a left-hand turn across traffic. Since it is basically fruit and vegetable, it is well within my diet.
My 20-month-old grandson, Jacob, and I each had a hot butt (for a few seconds) yesterday when he insisted on going down the slide in 98 degree sun. He at least had a huggies on. Me? No, I am old, just not that old.
Makes me wonder if all these people with “bladder control” aren’t simply using that as an excuse so they can slide all day long!
By: ric booth on June 9, 2008
at 1:53 pm
It’s freakin’ me out too, Alece!!
By: Michelle on June 9, 2008
at 2:17 pm
i’m gonna change it back!
i promise!!!
:)
By: mandythompson on June 9, 2008
at 5:34 pm
ric — you’re so right on the fruit-and-veggie-ness of it. i like that. and way to go on the hot butt…
mandy — michelle’s artwork is awesome; no need to rush back to your old one…
By: alece on June 9, 2008
at 8:12 pm
ok.
but i was plannin’ on changing it back, anyway. i’ve freaked out too many people all over the blogworld today!
By: mandythompson on June 9, 2008
at 8:31 pm
okay, okay…
By: alece on June 10, 2008
at 12:51 am