Posted by: alece | September 4, 2008

today’s special: laughter at my expense

I just burst out laughing.

A friend posted this on his site, and it caught me so by surprise that I couldn’t contain myself. That was a gift.

Even though I should be mad at you, Joel, I needed that unexpected laughter too much to be anything but glad you posted that. (I may regret saying this someday…)

So if you want to have a laugh at my expense, head on over to Joel’s site.

Responses

  1. :-) That’s great. I love younger-pictures. I have no idea why, but it makes me feel like I know someone better. And I like that picture of younger-you.

  2. thank God for braces!

  3. So are ya’ gonna give the inside scoop? :-) What a fun shot!

    So you have always been a cutie! We saw the pic of you in the dance? uniform, and now this one. We jut gotta see a baby picture and we can feel like we have know you your whole life.

  4. Very yes. Oh, warm fuzzies. I really do like “knowing” people their whole lives… and not just the present. @ng, that’s why I’ve enjoyed seeing your home so much on your blog. I think I told you I love it - if not, I DO! :-)

  5. inside scoop?

    that picture was taken on an outing to a waterpark when we were but wee chillens.

    i have no idea where/how joel stumbled across it, and WHY he decided to post it. it was such a surprise to see it on his blog earlier.

  6. So what’s the secret?

    In that picture 12? now 30.. and you haven’t aged?

    …… so jealous!!!

  7. that’s stellar!

  8. ha ha…i think you were like 10 there..I may have been 12..

    it was at splish splash. And I just came across the pic a while back and have been meaning to post it for a while. the day I had to break out my dusty scanner seemed like a perfect day.

    And you look fine…My head is 2 times bigger than it should be. lol

    that year we also went to 6 flags and saw david meece in concert with kim hill. WOAH!

  9. heidi — you think i still look like that??!!

    danielle — stellar yeller!!

    joel — yeah, i’m guessing 10. and i totally thought we were at action park. maybe it was splish splash. that’s fred romano’s arm, isn’t it? and i was so in love with david meece back then. you have an impeccable memory, man!

  10. alece…Could be action park…we did that too…maike got totally scraped on that alpine slide…remember that?

  11. ha ha…I meant mike not maike

  12. NO MORE BEAUTIFUL….but still young!!!

  13. yes!!! rad pic!!

  14. thats so cute!

  15. a young kitty… those same great eyes!

  16. you look great.

    however, i am so glad no one who i know blogging knew me when. or maybe they do….

    i hope no one scans my 7th grade school picture (BAD HAIR!!)

  17. joel — mike and i had a good walk down memory lane. he totally remembers his road rash from the alpine slide. we’re sticking to “action park” as the location.

    heidi — i know what you intended, but reading “no more beautiful” cracked me up!

    kitty — gotta love those pre-braces teeth!

    sarah — it’s frightening, i know!

  18. It was pretty cool looking at your young(er) stunning eyes.

  19. kitty mentioned my eyes too. and you know? i just don’t see it when i look at that picture. but i don’t usually see it now either. so … i’ll take your word for it.

    thanks.

  20. I was going to mention the eyes too - those beautiful ‘mesmerece’ eyes.

    ::batting eyelashes smiley face guy::

  21. hee hee!

  22. Loved it Alece! Cool that you two were kiddie friends! I’ll have to post one one of these days of me and my brother…I first found your blog off of his. :)

  23. Alece, I see you had a great smile back than as well. How was your experience with braces?

    You both look like you enjoyed having your picture taken. Even at 12, your friend Joel has a very suave look about him.

    With your smile and eyes I think you will stay young looking your whole life. Are you still getting carded? :)

  24. jennifer — wait, wait, wait… who’s your brother???

    ed — i had braces for 5 years. 7th through 11th grades. night brace and all! oi vey! but, as you could tell, i clearly needed them, so i’m really glad i got them.

    and yeah, joel looks totally suave in that picture. it makes me chuckle even now.

    since i got my hair cut, i haven’t gotten carded even once. that, coupled with turning 30 a few months ago, is really messin’ with my head!

  25. i wonder if she liked lizzard then?

    she did have nice hair then um i mean nicer um i mean longer like a girl should i mean…

  26. wait a minute, what are you trying to say?!?!

  27. and i didn’t even know what lizzard was!!

  28. shame didnt your moma sit you down with a little book and told you about the bees and the lizzards and how bad it is and how God made a mistake when he created adam because he will do bad things to you…..

  29. oh yeah! i remember that now.

  30. and was she right?

  31. my man is WAY better than adam!

  32. thats what she said…..

  33. i like your lizzard.

  34. You guys are making me cry!!!

  35. i love you baby and you grow up to be an amazing woman. amazing wife. amazing friend. just an amazing person…

    now we will see how you grow old……like a good red wine

  36. i just did the pouty lip when i read that. hombre, you are a breath of fresh air right now. thanks for that.

    and with my new wonder drug you don’t need to worry about me growing old. but yes, let’s drink lots of red wine!

  37. so are you saying anti, that women get better with age?

  38. oh my! this is so not G rated!!

  39. some.. others get to around 50 and then it seems to fall apert at the seems but it doesnt seems like you and alece will

  40. faith … g rated ???

    i do not ware those things i promise

  41. there are operations to put things back in place. too. I think I could use some already!! Growing a baby takes a toll!

  42. WHAT!!!???? I mean like a movie rating, like g, pg, pg13,r, x
    ya know? But thanks for the head up on the g STRING info!

  43. I saw it earlier today. WOW! funny!!!!

  44. faith — i hope you know he was totally pulling your leg up there. he just wanted to see if he could get you to say “g-string”. ha ha!

  45. and i did ..freakin awesome faith and i am so proud of you doing it serious ..

    mandy — what did you see earlier? g-string, pg 13 or my special girl like many years ago????

  46. haha! Maybe if it was someone else you might have trouble! But it’s me! G string is NOTHING! Now if we were talking about a “G spot” I might blush a little, but I would join in none the less! I thought you were being real, just in a South African way! Oh Alece, this comment section is SO not G rated!!

  47. why does it ALWAYS go south?!

  48. ha ha…i look suave…thats a new one. lol

  49. you totally do! it’s that little half-grin of yours.

  50. faith — i think the only time i had spots was with chicken pocks .. never had the g spots

    i think alece has a shirt with polka dots but also not sure if that is what you mean but then you are from michigan and do deal with the lake effect… isnt that what you guys blame for a lot of moisture and being hot and all that

  51. Well, ANTI wow that’s how you butter up an older woman?

    ” some.. others get to around 50 and then it seems to fall apert at the seems but it doesnt seems like you and alece will”

    PERFECT!!!

  52. Alece it’s all my fault! So sorry! when do you leave for the airport? what things do you need to get done before going home? and what things do you love to bring home with you?

  53. my man’s got slick moves.

    and faith, i can’t wait to see your response to THAT ^^^

  54. faith — we’re leaving tomorrow for NYC; we’re spending the day and night there (yay!) and then going to the airport saturday afternoon…

    we’re pretty much all packed already (my red heels fit!!), just still have the morning-routine stuff which we’ll cram in in the AM.

    i like stocking up on movies (we’re the “rental” company for all the staff!), coffee creamers, some other random food stuffs (not too much this time.. not any in fact!), make-up, facewash, etc.

  55. HAHAHA!!! That got a good LOL from me! Neil I do hope you are only joking!! If not, I feel SOOOO sorry for Alece!!! I will send a book with many drawings and “how to’s” in it your way.

  56. good stuff Alece. I always brought a years worth of tampons and shaving cream! oh by the way I am listening to McCain and he actually sounds really solid! If he doesn’t pick on the other guy too much, he might get my vote!

  57. heidi … any mom with boys ..like my mom and boys like me…might need some butter every now and then and then seriously reading your blog i dont think you are the fall apart at the seems mom , i think you are the one that most of these younger woman wants to be. your post on your daughter leaving for school were really amazing … i must admitt that i do admire moms who work seriously hard and then still have time to try and make something special out of their children for the world to enjoy….

    and then buttering my lady has all kinds of rewards remember.. acording to some readers and comentors we guys only do it for one thing ….

  58. oh and AB those from Michigan do blame EVERYTHING on the lake. Now I live on the other side of the lake by Chicago. People here like to pick on the lake too.

  59. faith dude please .. the word tampons should not be used around male readers .. serious girl .. that is like when someone used their nails on the black board in class … it make s my hair stand up

  60. (i do have a few months worth of tampons in our bins, too! i wish i’d bought a year’s worth!)

  61. never knew you were in the chicago area .. sorry about that

  62. Okay… “you got me at hello”,

    Anti, thanks and I am blushing. I wish I was all that you say.
    I have good days and I have some bad days. I am not a perfect mom.. But… I try to be the best example and I told a really good friend tonight, a really good friend, that sometimes I struggle making decisions from my brain first …. But I am work in the process kind of gal, I just want to be.

    thanks for the buttering, I have a HUGE GRIN!!!

  63. dudes enough with the girly talk stuff comon

  64. Why am I Heidi all of the sudden and not tv girl?

  65. ya what is it with men and tampons!? They go the same place you go, I would think you would see your commonality’s!

  66. oh my cow!!! I can’t believe you just said that!!

  67. Oh Heidi, from what I have seen you are a wonderful mom!

  68. ME?

  69. yes YOU! i just laughed out loud and covered my mouth with my hand from SHOCK!

    i love it.
    i love you!

  70. You just spoke for about a trillion women!!

  71. ok faith thanks now i will always think that i got beat by that stupid thing …. if i have issues ” getting up” in the morning from now on because of that pickture you painted it ill be shame poor alece

  72. Faith .. your an awesome mom too

  73. and ya cant believe you said that

  74. i am so blushing right now.

    holy crow.

  75. HAHAHA!!! I always tell Dan the same thing. Conrad is fascinated with them though. The clean unused ones!!!!

  76. dude buy the kid a truck common faith i am sending him some hot wheels .. what is his adress

  77. Yes, they are great for nose bleeds too!!!

  78. Thanks Heidi! I’m just a beginner, it’s not so hard to mother a 1 year old! Are the two of you sitting in bed with laptops? Oh I thought you guys were in NY already. Neil I am from MI but I like in Chicago now

  79. tv lady —- i did not need to know that because now these girls are going to keep saying what they are good for and i wil have to go pee against a tree to feel manly again

  80. HAHA!! He has plenty of boy toys! I only let him play with one once when he was being such trouble! Dan was upset about it, but I thought it was funny.

  81. dude i would be upset too…. troubloe should not mean getting to play with girly things … never !!!!!!!!!!

  82. OH Alece, I LOVE your header picture! it’s great!
    Neil are you ready to get back home? Sick of the US already?

  83. brandy’s having trouble getting my site to load… she’s bummed to be missing out on the crazy conversation. if she only knew we were talking about tampons, she’d be even MORE bummed!

  84. haha neil, i will not let him play with them again! I have a question. My older brother used to carry a tampon in his pocket for me. do you think he might be gay???

  85. well faith if you mean you blogging people as us then no not yet

    if you mean the good oll u s of a then maybe yes …
    i am in need of my stuff …. my people . my land and so on but there is also so much i will miss from here like people and so on

  86. oh poor brandy! that sucks!

  87. oh sorry i did mean US of A I always say us and dan gets mad! does your family live by you guys?

  88. cant judge another man for what he carries but where i come from it will defnitely been frown upon…

    the thought would have never been that he carries it for his sister but more like what you suggested or that he is a wild man and want to make sure he has something for his lady after he did the hugaboochin thingy with her during that time of usege…

  89. oh my, no my brother is just plain crazy. we think he might “come out of the closet” sometime in his life. he’s very weird.

  90. my mom lives on the property and works for us like miss pat in bots..

  91. oh, but is she as sweet as ms pat? Alece how do you feel about your in law so close?

  92. well if he is not carrying for a lady then i might have some sad news for you faith

    i dont know

  93. haha well he is a sad story right now anyways. i bloged about him the other day.

  94. i don’t think ANYONE is as sweet as ms. pat!!

    and honestly, we have to be intentional about getting together with niel’s mom because weeks (months!) can go by without me ever really seeing her. oops!

  95. sorry friend …

  96. it is because she — my mom- loves jesus but watch tbn a little

  97. what is her best quality Niel?

  98. well that is a good thing then! in laws can be a little much sometimes. When I get really mad about having in laws I watch everybody loves Raymond and that makes me feel so much better about any of my family! THOSE in laws are the worst!

  99. (we have all the seasons of raymond! we’re up to season 6 in our watch-age of them right now. and yes! frank and marie are the WORST!)

  100. The worst but so funny! have you been watching more friends?

  101. I miss my mom in law, she used to have the best prayers..

  102. yeah - we’re on season 6 right now… (the raymonds we’ll watch only back in SA. AND we treated ourselves to seasons 1-4 of the office. we’ve never really watched the show, but we’re “that’s what she said”ing all over the place these days so we figure we should watch! so that boxed set arrived in the mail today (just in time!) and we’ll have that to watch back in SA too! yay for evening entertainment!)

  103. i’m sorry, heidi… she sounds like she was really special in your life…

  104. aw i’m sorry Heidi. Mine is really nice, i guess i am just not used to them yet.

  105. tv lady .. she would do what ever it takes to see us ..me and alece .. succeed in live… she left my very wealthy dad when i was only 5 and raised me and my brother with nothing coming from him but just working herself to a crisp to give us stability at home and then even now she runs the food department for the ministry making thousands of plates of food for mission teams and so on , getting into kitchen at 5.30 in the morning going to her house at 8 or later in evening .. and al that for a salary of 150 dollars a month .. because she loves us unconditionally and want to see us and the ministry succeed.. an amazing woman at 66…

    and yes she loves God with all of her heart….

  106. i concur!!

    marie (pronounced maaar-ee) is an unbelievably hard worker. and she does love us a lot!

  107. oh the office is great!! Dan loves them and i bet neil will too!! I love watching tv shows with my man at night! we haven’t done that in a while.

  108. well me and mine mo in law are not sitting around the same table right now as i did not like the way she treated my beautifull wife.. and other things but that too shall pass…

  109. she sounds great neil! does she bug you guys for grandkids?

  110. ah mother trouble!! I’m there too Alece! I spent some time with my mother the other day ans it wasn’t so bad. I just try not to think to hard about how hurtful she can be!

  111. ok well i am about to setup friends and get naked in bed … yes naked

    good night all of you people and sleep til you wake up ..

  112. good night AB enjoy friends!

  113. there’s a joke there somewhere, AB!

  114. faith… no not really just once every 3 months she will ask nicely but none of this will i evver get gran kids from you guys thing so not too bad… i think she hattes the fact that she then needs to think about me having sex for that too happen and so that freaks her out

  115. ahaha thats funny. well i am sure she will be a great help when kids come long

  116. @Faith and Alece- I miss her Cream of wheat and Cinnamon toast. I miss her telling me that I was being a jerk at times, she was a great accountabily partner. Now there were times I hated her, but she’d loved God.

    @Anti- Your mom sounds amazing, what a good example for you too see and have.

  117. ok friends like in tv show and not like real people and then i get naked…that is called a strip club and people around here does not have enough money to see that happen

  118. that’s right.

    i pay big bucks to see the lizzard.

  119. i mean, umm, nevermind.

  120. ooooh, heidi. now i want cinnamon toast. i love how great your relationship with your mother-in-law was. that’s really special. and rare, i think.

  121. yea you are right nevermind

  122. Oh Heidi I love cream of wheat!! its almost like baby food now that i think about it but so good! in Africa they have something like that too dont they Alece?

  123. yeah - slaap pap. it’s the runny version of mealie pap.

  124. You like cinnamon toast? Not very many people do. I love it with coffee..

    You pay to the lizzard??????????????

  125. do you guys honestly call “it” the lizzard? and why the second z in there?

  126. to see the

  127. i tell you if you mention sick close to my mom she is running to kitchen to make food so you can get better.. growing up i always had friends staying over as my mom gave us breakfast in bed on the weekend … eggs , toast, bacon, sausege, and all of the good stuff….

    i love breakfast in bed

  128. I like cinnamon toast too, i thought everyone did. That SA stuff was good too.

  129. no no no! see, this is how rumors get started!

    i don’t PAY!

    and we don’t call it the lizzard.

    somehow that got started with brandy the other night. i don’t even know how. and niel’s english spells it with two Z’s, so we followed suit.

  130. Okay… Alece has never really mentioned it.

    Can Alece cook things past meatballs?

  131. man your mom sounds great!!

  132. no it is not called the lizzard .. lizzard where brandys for kissing like the french … tongue and all

  133. are you hinting there, AB?

    and yes, your mom kicks into high gear when someone’s sick. rooiboos tea by the barrel. gross. but, kind of like raymond’s mom, she thinks food is the answer to everything! ha ha!

    wait, that actually sounds like my Gram. “eat, eat”

  134. i cant tell you what it is called dude that is like breaking a code that no man should break … just cant happen

  135. I remember the jokes about it. too funny!

  136. ((blushing)) or a hot flash!!

  137. so i think if 2 great woman agrees on it then it shall be .. food for everything ….

    tv lady … yes she can also cook cereal

  138. i make THE best cereal.

  139. haha everyone has their own couple names that NO one else should ever hear!! Alece dont you like that tea? I love it but I think mine is old. does tea spoil or turn stale? And food is the answer to alot of things, only in moderation!

  140. you make the best cinnimon toast crunch everrrrr

  141. eww. i hate rooiboos tea. and nah, i don’t think it can go bad as in frot (ha ha!), but it might taste stale if it’s YEARS older than it should be…

  142. oh Alece do you really not cook? I can teach you some cooking and it looks like brandy can make some good brownies!! who makes your food? we had steak for dinner tonight! yum!

  143. So how do you survive??

    cinnamon toast crunch?? or do you have a cook?

  144. no seriously she does make great food but that is not why i married her so it is not a big deal ….

    also i am not a very picky eater… i will take whatever is left over in fridge and put that in the pan with scramble eggs and eat it on bread with ketchup all over it …

    but she does cook mean dishes

  145. ya i think that tea is about 3 years old!! ooops! I will have to try it i guess.

  146. I make good microwave stuff. I abhor cooking!!!!
    Give me a Chevy to rebuild, ironing and cooking are for the birds!!!

  147. i DO cook. i just don’t like to!

    what’s so funny is that i already wrote my blog post that is going to go up tomorrow morning and it’s all about how i don’t like to cook! ha ha!

  148. ketchup and eggs?? ugh!!!

  149. hey AB — what happened to that promise of nudity??

  150. oh my!! thats funny i cant wait to read that post!

  151. dude i am nude you dont see it … maybe it is time to switch on light and loose weight … good thing you are not cooking to much

  152. well, i don’t know about AB, but i’m heading offline! you girls are great fun; feel free to stay and chat!

    goodnight, mary ellen.

    and the rest of you!

  153. ya dan and i gained some good weight after we got married because all we did was eat, sex and watch tv. you would have thought all that sex would burn some calories!

  154. tv lady — i will eat ketchup on everything but cereal …

    hot sauce , ketchup and i think mustard is the first things i would have loaded on the ark if i were noah

  155. So do you have some tassels when you do this nude thingy a boppin??

  156. oh good night john boy!! love to all, i will be praying for your travels!