Here’s the picture I’d planned to include in the Fathers’ Day Extravaganza Post. Kelly’s first boat ride, here on Lake Austin when she was 8 months old and I a mere 27 years young. (Interesting, as I was 38 when she was born.) 
Oh, but I forgot – I’m really not here today! I’m over at Joy Rebel Brandi Reynold’s in an Interview. Shall we meet there? I’ll bring the cheezi poofs. And beer.
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On 8 July 2009 at 6:52 pm
TheWeyrd1 said,
Nice pic…of Lake Travis when it HAD water… You might need beer in lieu of water soon…
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On 8 July 2009 at 7:46 pm
Caity said,
Haha you are so cute. I love the photo!
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On 8 July 2009 at 8:48 pm
Paige said,
Ah that’s sweet
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On 8 July 2009 at 9:24 pm
joaquin said,
that is a great pic – there is just something wonderful about snapshots on boats – and the bord on a wire post below made me laugh out loud. you always, always make me smile. on my way to the interview…
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On 8 July 2009 at 9:42 pm
brandi said,
cheesy poofs (said in cartman voice) LOL. Mmmmmmmm…..
brandi’s last blog post..joy rebel interview:: miss funster, herself!
On 9 July 2009 at 12:25 am
Jeanne said,
Jannie,
Cute picture! I visited Brandi’s blog earlier.
Jeanne
On 9 July 2009 at 12:37 am
Talon said,
So sweet!! How much and fast Kelly has grown!
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On 9 July 2009 at 1:20 am
Thomma Lyn said,
What a wonderful picture. And an interview with you… plus cheesy poofs? I am so there!
xxx ooo
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On 9 July 2009 at 1:51 am
J.D. Meier said,
I didn’t know cheezi poofs was a real word. One of my best friends says it all the time and I thought he made it up.
See you at Brandi’s.
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On 9 July 2009 at 1:55 am
Lynn said,
That looked like a happy day! Well if there are cheezi poofs and beer, I’ll be right over.
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On 9 July 2009 at 5:21 am
Lance said,
Hey Jannie,
So…you have kids, and it automatically makes you ten years younger! Hey, wait a second…who am I talking to (you’re not here!)???
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On 9 July 2009 at 7:07 am
sheila said,
So so so cute!
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On 9 July 2009 at 8:04 am
Mama Zen said,
On my way!
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On 9 July 2009 at 9:02 am
Jannie said,
Hey guys! This comment I’m gonna leave here below is actually a copy and paste from the one I just left over at Brandi’s Joy Rebellion. I’ll be aswering all your wonderfulness before too long, but I’m off now to milk my chickens. See you soon.
And here without further ado… is said copy ‘n paste from Brandi’s comment section…
[Wow, how fun to wake up to such verklempting comments here.
Freaking-A!
Chris Edgar: You're a hoot.
3rd Eye: Gigglies is what it's all about!
Lance: Shoot, my roosters just hopped up and ate all the cat's tuna. Guess I should start keeping them outside?
Jeanne: Guess what?! I'm sending YOU a book. Hope you like it. Oh, and sending a cord of wood with it too, the P.O. charges surprisingly only $4995.95 for delivery.
Patricia: Thanks for tracking me down! So sorry to hear about you falling up a curb. What you doing that for, Woman? That's no way to treat the concrete.
Vered: Cool. I just love doing these interviews, I think I'm 'way more interresting on other peoples' blogs than on my own. Maybe I should just "blog out" all the time.
Talon: You KNOW I'll be sharing my dark chocolate with you, Sweetie Bunch. Thank s for coming over here. And darn-it where is that Quite A Year For Plums book for you?
Thomma Lyn: You more than personify Joy Rebellion yourself. And if I do say so myself, I think I pretty-much rock as a mom, overall. How amazing that we get to create the relationship with our child we may not have had as a kid. Freaking-A!
J.D. "Early one morning the sun was shining, I was laying in bed, wonderin' if she'd changed it all - if her hair was still red..." Blood on the Tracks my all-time favorite album of his.
Lynn: Well, I don't like to brag of course but yes, we have a 50,000 square foot cottage. It'll do. For now.
Brandi, you sweetie-petitie. This is great. THANK YOU!!!!! And how are you liking your new shorter hair? Did you cut it yourself?
xoxoxo ]
xo
On 9 July 2009 at 9:38 am
wade said,
on your interview. I hate like hell that you are funnier than I am.I wish you’d stick to music.
On 9 July 2009 at 3:16 pm
Sara said,
Oh Jannie — I do love to visit your site. It is so much fun. I love to read the comments as much as post because you bring out the silly or funny side in people. That’s a real gift, you know:~)
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On 9 July 2009 at 3:41 pm
Sara said,
Jannie,
I wanted to give myself your CD for my birthday, but I couldn’t get to the purchase page (it took me to a review page?)Then I tried to email you and I couldn’t get the email to work…Has blue bunny been bad?. How’s that for alliteration?
Anyway I would like to order a CD. Can you email me about the best way to do this:~)
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On 9 July 2009 at 4:55 pm
Liara Covert said,
So many things are for each of us, symbolic. The idea of aging is a human invention. Every person is born, gains experience, and transforms. Fear about uncertainty begins to dissolve as you realize you are divine energy. You are reconnecting with consciousness. The implications of this are not beyond you but within.
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On 9 July 2009 at 5:35 pm
Jannie said,
Well, well, looks who’s back – your friendly neighborhood absentee blog owner. how y’all doin’?
Weyrd1: Lake Travis, you mean that big old bathtub that you can see from the Oasis’ deck? I ‘way prefers me some Lake Austin. And beer. Yes beer anytime, now that it doesn’t exacerbate my allergies anymore.
Thanks, Caity! She HATED that life jacket, I only managed to get a non-crying photo of her because I momentarily opened the top clasp on it.
Thanks, Paige. And so sorry about your carpal tunnel junk going on. Yet your spirit and humor still shine through. You are amazing!
Joaquin! You retuned despite my absence from your sphere. And I LOVE your gravatar. Who is that? Is that you?
Brandi: Stay tuned for me doing Cartman’s voice on video. I’m serious! You’ll never be the same after seeing me in that state.
Jeanne: You super Sweetie. Thank you! If all goes as planned, I’ll be mailing you a little sumptin’ via the lovely U.S.P.S in the morrow. And don’t you just love saying and / or hearing someone say “in the morrow?” It
soooo, so Shakespeareian.
Talon: It’s hard to believe she is the same creature now as that little diapered darling back then. She’s sure growing up great too, why just yesterday when I saw her playing with some kids she’d just met at the lake, I thought “Wow, Kelly’s a really nice kid.” (This follows 4 years of her beating other kids over the head with her sand pail.)
Thomma Lyn: Thanks! It was so great ot see you over at Brandi’s. And can I get your autograph (again??) And a box of coffee stirrers to go, please?
J.D. I guess you’ve never been a South Park watcher?
Thanks for checking out Brandi’s post.
Lynn, my Lynn. It was a happy day. That was our next-door-neighbor’s boat. Rich. He moved to NC a few years ago and we still miss him. He was next door for about 10 years.
Lance: Yes, who were you talking to?? I was elsewhere. Btw, I’ now 23 years old and quickly regressing. I could be 3 tomorrow.
Thanks Sheila. Kelly was bald until about 14 months, but a cute little bald head it was.
Mama Z: And what color is your bustle? Mine’s mint green. And my bloomers of finely spun 24K gold.
Yo, Jannie
Yo, Wade. YOUR writing is sooooo funny. I have no idea why you don’t have 500 fans commenting over there at Mills Of The Gods. Oh yeah, maybe ’cause you don’t go luring half the web to your site?
Sara: As I said, I LOVE these interviews and I’m funnier at other people’s places than I am here. Maybe my blog should be 100% made of interviews?! Oh, darn it on the email and Paypal glitch. Yikes. I’ll e-mail you yes.
Liara: Divine energy indeed. Flowing in ribbons and explosions of cosmic energy that dazzles beyond compare. But my energy body needs fuel at this point, yes some carbon based sustenance. Dinner time!
On 9 July 2009 at 5:59 pm
Tess The Bold Life said,
Jannie,
This is great. Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun. I went to joyrebel and laughed myself silly but my comment didn’t go through and I was too lazy to do another. Sigh…
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On 9 July 2009 at 6:08 pm
Jannie said,
Hey, Tess, your comment is probably just in moderation at Brandi’s. xo
On 9 July 2009 at 6:43 pm
Patricia said,
Nice picture…I fell up the curb to test my shoes and how strong my arms were.. arms really aching today but no black and blue face – everything healing…
thank you for you concern…
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On 9 July 2009 at 6:57 pm
Jannie said,
Well, at least no black and blue. You must be a “good faller.” My sister remarks on what a good faller I am. And if I were a guy I reckon I’d be a good feller.
Did you do push ups there on the curb to show everyone you are basically a bad-ass althlete who planned the whole move?
On 9 July 2009 at 9:32 pm
debbie said,
Great photo! Glad you found it.
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On 9 July 2009 at 10:19 pm
Jannie said,
Hey Debbie. Thank you for your visit and comment. It’s the photo that fried the library’s scanner. So I took a picture of it. I have a wonderful spot now for doing so, the book holder on Kelly’s piano keyboard. The afternoon light comes in at a wonderful angle to illuminate any book, picture or whatnot I might choose to photograph in that spot. And believe me, I have a plethora of whatnots to take pictures of! Totally livin’ the life of Riley here!!
On 9 July 2009 at 10:59 pm
joaquin said,
i wasn’t around my sphere much either – but i’m around now.
(the gravatar is edgar allan poe – with shades and a do-rag lifted from tupac. you know – street cred.)
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On 9 July 2009 at 11:09 pm
Jannie said,
Hey Joaquin. I thought he looked really familiar, but couldn’t quite place him. ‘Way cool look for him. I wonder what Mark Twain would look like in dreads and Elton John glasses? Or Hemingway in a mohawk with an eye patch? Wait, Hemingway had that look once, didn’t he?
Cool beans. Sorry, can’t stop saying cool beans lately, much to my daughter’s chagrin.
On 10 July 2009 at 4:13 am
SnaggleTooth said,
awww, isin’t Kelly all cutie-pie in her floatation device! n Daddy looks mighty contented at his feat of family hood.
Glad you finally found your mischief causing proof- N you DO look so youthful! It’s that new-motherly glow thing…
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On 10 July 2009 at 3:01 pm
DavinaH said,
Hi Jannie. How fast they grow… and us too! Such a cute picture. “Milk the chickens?” Did I miss something? Do cows lay eggs these days?
Jersey Milk eggs perhaps…
DavinaH’s last blog post..On the Edge of Being
On 19 July 2009 at 12:50 pm
Jannie said,
Snag: Hey, my buddy, my sweet. It was a lovely lovely lovely family day. And once in an while I get in a youngish mood for picture taking. Granted, that was 7 years ago, pretty-much a lifetime has passed since then.
DavinaH: Hello! That kind of chicken I made in my lab, but it’s top-secret, so don’t tell, okay. Our little secret?