grit and glory

i want to guess. i just don’t know yet. i have to look at it when i’m more awake, maybe? hmpfh.

oh i can be patient… when i have to.

haha! yeah. so can i. but i know for a fact that doesn’t mean we like it. ;)
wow, i’m sleepy. maybe i’ll go to bed early tonight and get up early to get to work on my greek homework?

go for it. if you’re even contemplating it, you must need it. i’m thinking i’ll be in bed by midnight tonight — 3 hours earlier than usual!

I totally give up!!!

awww, c’mon! not even gonna venture a guess?!?!

true. i’m thinking about it… but wishing i weren’t so tired! props to you for trying the midnight thing! i’ve been staying up ’til 1 or 2 lately, with an 8 am. ouch.

Okay … are you the coupon lady from Heck that I stomp and stamp my feet when I have one item?

Ha. ^^
And… I’ve decided that I have no idea what catches your eye about this.
But the name “Cream Oil” gives me the heebie-jeebies.

heidi — oh wouldn’t you like to know!!!

roo — i love the term “heebie jeebies”. i use that fairly often.

okay.. the hair color??

tummy rolls?

Hi Tam..

Elij has a broken elbow on the tip of his radius bone.

Same incident alece.

:( im sorry heidi! dang!

it ended up being broken???? i thought it was just a fracture! i hope that girl knows what he went through for her!

alece was at the hospital last Friday night and You were at this one.

hmmm us blogging are close

friends

um….
it “feels” more moisturizing ~ but that doesn’t mean it “is” more moisturizing. sometimes our feelings don’t match up with reality… but we listen to our “feelings” and give them the ultimate authority on defining our reality.

??????

nope. wait.
maybe it’s that, even though there’s a coupon attached to the ad, you can get a FREE sample online.

???
that’s all i got.

are you the prize?

Those dang cds have cost me $150 so far.

girls..!!!!!!!!!

oh wait — you had to go BACK to the hospital??? fill me in here…

Hey Mandy

am i the prize?!?!?! you might have to take that up with the anti-blogger!

oh dear.

(insert bug-eyed guy here.)

Alece: yep broken, Full cast from Shoulder to fingertips on Monday… Vicodin baby!!

how does one break one’s elbow?

that’ll be a nice outfit for summer. ouch.

(i’ve never broken anything. have you?)

:D now i know why i sleep deprive myself. alece’s blog is so much fun!
shame about broken bones… my little brother recently broke his kneecap. his kneecap of all things!

New Visit - because of pain this week.
Thank God for a smart dr. and xrayed the elbow this time.

kneecap?!?! are you kidding me? THAT must hurt unbelievably bad. how did he do that???

Falling off his bike to protect his girls cd’s , check by 7/04 blog.

please. he’s half-way across the world. you’re a free woman right now!

no kidding. and he’s the sports brother. so who knows. some baseball somethingorother. he’s in a brace now, but finds out the verdict in another week and a half or so.

yeah roo… how?

before I even read ANY responses….I’m going to guess it’s that she has ROLLS! :D

Awww, she looks like me!

so its not the tummy rolls?

hmmm…

is the coupon expired? i cant see the numbers.

it is expired.
but not by long…

oh, and tj has three options when that appt happens with the dr. brace off, brace on for longer, or surgery. *ugh*

mandy — true, true. does the prize-winner pay to transport the prize????

roo — why so long till the verdict?

tam and brandy and mandy — the only ones who have actually made real guesses — i’m not going to reply to the guesses for a while.

It has to be the rolls…

give us a clue???

It’s not going to be a week right?

roo — aaaah! i see. is he in a lot of pain? (which brother — namewise?)

I think we’re on to something with the rolls……

heidi — ha ha! hopefully not!

I am the oldest here and you know……

he’s on vacay right now with jmichaeldude and mom… my two youngest. and he’s been braced for a few weeks. dr. said 6 weeks at first, then they’d go from there. sucks for him, though, because he can’t do any sports, or even go swimming right now.

sigh…. we’ll never know.

will the winner pay to transport? hmm… depends on who the winner is! ;)

oh, and it’s tommy. middle-little brother. :)

man. i can’t even keep up with all this talk. i’ve not been on with this much activity before….
and i just realized i sound totally inept. i’m not, i swear! just sleepy and lagging. :D

to protect CD’s? that’s L-O-V-E if i’ve ever heard of it!

roo… you’re doing perfect…

me neither roo.
hi!

oh, crap. i keep forgetting to answer your ??s alece. no, he doesn’t have that much pain, but he’s annoyed and a bit depressed because he can’t do much on the active side. and he lives for sports.

Okay, I just zoomed the picture and REALLY looked at it…. nothing “special” except the rolls.

Or is it the plain undies? HA!!

They were in his pocket where the grass was.

But he’s REALLY sweet on this girl so he went Right to the cement over the handlebars

For a Girl

can’t be the expiration date. it’s definitely something that can be seen in the pic ~ even when you click on it.
dang.

there’s nothing else there…..

ROLLS??

mandy hi right back!
i’m enjoying this chatter… i just am a bit lax in the paying-attention. ;)
greek is slowly draining my ability to keep up with anything else. ha!

she’s tan. Is that it?

Tan and roley poley?

heidi — whatcha playin’ the age card for????

roo — poor tommy. and who’s jmichaeldude? a friend in seattle and i always refer to someone she knows as kiwiworshipleaderdude. that’s what your comment reminded me of.

roo and mandy — i can’t keep up either. but the past 20 minutes have been more fun than i’ve had all week! ha.

Heidi: “so this is love… mm.mm.mm.mm.. so this is LOOOOVE. So this is what makes life DE-Vine!”

what are in ths small pictures?

ok. y’all wanna know the truth?
my first guess was her cleavage….

more faces and body parts

HOLY SMOKES!

roo — is this all greek to you?

and eating of the buffets… ha!!

I went straight to the rolls. B/c you never see rolls.

roo: my husband is trying to teach me hebrew right now. i have my own workbook and everything.

anyone else craving a warm roll with some butter?

or is it just me??

ha ha ha ha! i’m laughing OUT LOUD over here. all alone on my bed, laughing out loud.

What happened to Tam?

Mandy… you thought the way I did, but I was too shy.

Heidi: YES HA!!! sorry. i was slow on that one!

I think Tam is studying the picture. mmhmm

BWANDEE!!!!! how bout a roll with syrup??? that’s the deep south way to do things!

heidi? shy???

alece oh, NO. the sad thing is that i’ve used that line way too much this summer. the world is greek to me. *shudder*
oh, and jmichaeldude is my littlest, jared. middle name is michael. it’s a nick he got from pa.

TAMMY JO???????

Brandy- do you have any cinnamon and sugar?

syrup?! y’all like everything sweeter and richer down there…

is alece stalling because NONE of us have figured this thing out yet?

or… is it that she’s just dangling the carrot?

roo — what a great nickname for jared. i love it.

i think we scared tam off. all this talk of tummy rolls, panties, and cleavage. good lord. this is a MISSIONARY’s blog!

oh yes,I have syrup, but it’s sugar free….does that still count?!

Heide, I DO have cinnamon and sugar!

Mmmm, I’m getting hungry. I have homemade bread in the kitchen. And syrup. And sugar. And cinnamon.

This is very bad.

mandy that’s awesome!
mandy & brandy all this talk about rolls is going to make me incredibly hungry. i have some fresh homemade zucchini bread, if anyone’s feeling a trip to indiana! ;)

yes ma’am! tea, syrup, apple pie. ;)

i could go for a carrot right about now.

hi people. this is elijah th kid with radial head break or for short broken elbow. i just wantd to say hi.

Heidi, I changed the spelling of your name. HA!!

sugar free never counts..

roo: my brain hurts from the hebrew. backwards.

i have trail mix in the pantry. :(

mmm… does zucchini bread mail well?

haha! too funny! sounds like i’m not the only one who’s been “domestic” lately (as one of my friends puts it).

oh my word, zucchini bread…..

….with warm butter….

….is this heaven? Have I arrived?!

HI ELIJAH!!!!

leecy-pants… i have two slices of an apple pie in my freezer - how’s that for a carrot?

probably not. but i found a killer recipe that’s not too hard. i could get that to you! i like it… sweet, and it calls for walnuts. i <3 walnuts.

elijah — hey there! i don’t get how the medical term for “broken elbow” is “radial head break”.

I got a snickers bar and hotdogs

domestic. that ain’t right.

…. so. i’ve never actually heard of zucchini bread, but it doesn’t sound so great to me.
????

roo, lets bake together! HAHA!!

I’m always “domestic” sort of my job. HA!!

Okay people. I’m seriously hungry, and I just finished eating pizza.

On to the bread and butta!

roo — i call it domestic!!!

mandy — that’s a darn good carrot. that’s better than a carrot. did YOU bake the apple pie, hater of all things apple-pie-ish?

apple pie. mandy that made that stupid song pop into my head “apple bottom jeans, boots with the furrrrr”. agh, i think my iq just dropped.

SNICKERS SNICKERS!!!

snickers and HOT DOGS?! don’t eat the butt!

MANDY!!!!!!!!!!! You haven’t heard of zucchini bread?!?!?!?!

You poor poor thing.

zucchini bread… it’s kinda like banana bread, mandy mmmmm!

i like the rolls!!!!

they make me happy!

my gram used to bake some rockin’ zucchini bread. her secret? she’d bake it in an old (cleaned out!) coffee can.

2 bone make a arm. i guess.. im 15 member.
the end of the radius has a head.. that makes the elbow.

mandy do you have ice cream for the pie?

Please tell me you know what banana bread and applesauce bread is? Right? RIGHT?!

yay! tam is back!

so it wasn’t the non-missionary-appropriate topics that scared her off!

and snickers…
has anyone else had the fried candy bars they sell at state/county fairs??? wow. that’s all i can say. wow. (combination of grossed out and sheer amazement)

roo i’m so sorry!!!!

lece: nope. it was a gift…

brandy: you’re seriously making me hungry.

Tam’s back!!

zucchini pineapple bread! yum!!! the trick is buttering the pan and coating it w/sugar before you bake it. oh my stars - SO GOOD!

Hm. applesauce bread i have not experienced. i might have to try that sometime. the lady i’m staying with this summer makes homemade applesauce. :)

elijah — you are one smart cookie. answer this one question: was she worth it???

brandy — applesauce bread?! i think i need your recipe!

cannot do this fri jam without tam!!

non-missionary?? i havent read thru all the comments, but were you all talking about huggaboochin?

what do you like? I’ll bake it for you. :D Oh wait, as long as it’s not a pie. I can’t bake pies. Besides pumpkin.

Uh oh.

I have pumpkin pie mix, and cool whip.

Oh dear.

roo — fried candy bars? that sounds just plain gross.

oh, they are.
heebie-jeebies…. all the way.
eugh.
i tried it to try it. no more. ever.

Roo, applesauce bread with homemade applesauce would be AMAZING!

I also have a recipe for mini banana muffins….way faster/easier than banana bread. Also works with applesauce bread and I’m sure it would work for zucchini bread! Such yummy treats!

Tammy, I am TOTALLY trying out that trick with the butter and sugar. Oh yes I am!

fri jam, eh? do y’all set up times to meet on here!? ;)

tam — huggaboochin???? giiiiirl!!!

http://gritandglory.com/2008/07/11/guess-not-the-jeans/#comment-6771

elijah:well the girl is my best friends girlfriend and she is my best friend…. so yeah she was worth it

sorry. i went away…
i don’t like banana bread either.

hello tam.

roo — no… but we should. it just sorta happens spontaneously sometimes.

sugar added to anything = oh yah!

yeah, the butter and sugar sounds great. the recipe i have has so much sugar in it, though, that i don’t know if i can handle a sugar coating. :)

huggaboochin?!?! What the?!?!

hello mandy

elijah — your best friend’s girlfriend? AND your best friend? hmph. a little tricky… she’ll come around. especially once she sees your rockin’ cast.

BEST FRIEND’S GIRLFRIEND?!?!?!?! oh, NO.

Mandy and Tam is huggaboochin the same as eating off the smorgasbord?

alece - you should know by now that potty mouth talkin only inspires me girlfriend =o

roo, how much sugar is in yours?

I got my recipes from my MIL and she does everything with less sugar or with splenda.
I also have Sugar Twin Brown Sugar which tastes just as good!

Mandy, you don’t like banana bread? This is sad. Really. SERIOUSLY?!

tam —

bring.
it.
on.

huggaboochin!

dont make me explain this ladies!

and no banana bread for mandy? shamus. i’d much rather eat zucchini bread than banana, anyway.
oh. i need to get my mom’s recipe for rhubarb cake. mmmmmm. now, THAT is a true summer in dessert-form.

H: YES YES YES YES YES!!!

huggaboochin = i miss my man more now????

i just embarrassed myself.

uh oh

Alece just challenged Tam.

Alece, throw some nursing talk at her. She hates it.

oh wait….

elijah: well….. she did like me actually really liked but she liked my best friend at the same tim. so i told to go out with him cause she liked him first

i only recently (within the past month) learned what a rhubarb is.

nursing talk?! oh dear cow.

i was on boob patrol for several weeks… a friend does what a friend’s gotta do.

huggaboochin=bumpin uglies

got it?!!!

explain the boochin!

elijah — you are a true gentleman…

brandy, it’s not too bad, but it’s definitely sweet enough. i think it’s a cup and a half of reg. sugar and a third of brown, and it puts out 3 small loaves.
huggaboochin. i think i know what you mean, tam. and it makes me cringe to hear that term. i can’t remember which of my friends used it, but… it’s so awkward!

boob patrol? splain please.

bumpin uglies?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!

“explain the boochin!”

woman… how long have you been married????? don’t you have kids???????

tam — your “explanations” just keep gettin’ funnier and funnier…

and hey — they don’t call it the missionary position for nothin…

Rhubarb is the bomb!!

Tam, bumpin uglies always makes me think of Brent Dalbach….remember?

Wait, HEARING bumpin uglies. Not actually bum…nevermind.

hehehe!

AUGHGUGHGHGHGHGHGH!!!! alece!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mandy, I may have three kids, but I’ve never had boochin.

At least that’s what I tell my mama.

elijah is the bomb. :)
yeah… i second brandy’s call for a ’splanation on the boob patrol.
and rhubarb is an amazing thing. it makes me so happy.

When was the magazine printed? I noticed that the coupon has expired.

The only other thing I noticed was that you can get a “free sample today”…. though if you add in shipping, it wouldn’t be “today”.

“at least that’s what i tell my mama!” ha ha ha ha!

rhubarb is not the bomb. it’s this stalk thingy that has a sour bitter taste and people for some reason like to cook with it.
:)

I thought it was the military position?

oh, nope. my bad.

elijah: thanks but i got to go cause its wierd cause im talking older woman. thats something not to tell my friends about how i spent my friday night

rhubarb scares me. its celery gone wrong-er

jen — thanks for the valid guess. i’ll reply to guesses…eventually. for now we’re having all sorts of wild and crazy side-conversations. feel free to join the fray!

alece, that was horrible! *twitch*
but i’m laughing aloud alone in my bed, just like you. thanks!
;)

Mandy, you are hopeless. HA!!

But Tam.. mix it with fresh blackberries, Yummo

elijah — who you callin’ older!!! DANG!

did someone say blackberries?

slurp

slurp

rhubarb makes a great cake or pie with strawberries. it’s got tartness that goes great with the too-much-sugar in strawberries sometimes.
but i like to pull it up and munch on it plain. :D

roo — ::blush:: glad you’re laughing with us!

no heidi. rhubarb only belongs on veggie tales. thus sayeth me.

i am sitting on the couch beside drew. and i have to hold my breath CONTINUOUSLY because i am DYING over this conversation.

DYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rhubarb is what’s actually missing from this conversation. that’s my friend becca’s nickname… (sniff)

I like roo.

Oh yes.

I do.

Hey I hate to put my kid to bed b/c that means I’ll miss like 50 comments!! AGH!!

what to do what to do??

i agree with tam.

for once.

and only once.

good. dying is about where we’re all at, i think. it’s so awesome.
mandy, i bet you like okra, though, don’t you?

hell just froze over

okay — boob patrol: helping a first-time-nursing friend get the hang of it required lots of hands-on assistance… brought our friendship to a whole new level!

bwandee we will all stop for you.

brandy — awww… let them stay up later!

Elijah: Im 15.. we dont talk about rhubarb, we talk about girls and screamo music

oh Alece, you are the TRUEST kind of friend there is!!

Boob patrol DOES bring a friendship to a whole new level.

Ahh, that makes me love you even more!!

that was hard wutt-nit mandy!!!

bran - throw them a blankie. they’ll curl up somewhere and eventually fall asleep

(and i like roo too!)

ha!
i like you too, brandy!
(but i’m not domestic too often. the college-kid-ness kinda kills that ability/desire)
and that sounded like a cheer.
“i like roo, yes i do! i like roo, how ’bout you!?”
surprised evan and marco didn’t come up with that one a couple years ago, eh, alece?

I LOVE OKRA!!!!!!!

breaded.
blackened.

yummy!!!

now, boob patrol. that’s a little too much for me.
wow

i love tam’s suggestion for you, brandy. take her advice. she’s a mom. she knows better than i do!

elijah — come on! talking about rhubarb is like, so amazingly fun!

Tam, it’s A and he’s in my lap. Kids been in my lap for two whole days!!

And Alece, how’d you like helping her through engorgement? That is a form of torture from Satan I am convinced.

bwandeeee - your boobs send nations running. no one comes together when they salute!

What’s okra?

roo — are you sure they didn’t?! ha ha!

tam: LOL. i hear myself say it all the time. all. the. time.

HAHAHAHA!!!

Poor Tam, I sent her a full on boob picture of me nursing Owen. HAHAHAHA!!!

She is scarred for life.