It Ain’t Easy Being Queen…
… of a blog give-away and having to pick the winners.
But, I have deliberated and hereby decree the remaining recipients, based upon their expressed WHYs for certain items, to be…
for my I Need A Man cd…
1. K – for enthusing “I’d love one of your CDs. I need some new tunes to blast in my new minivan – what could be more fun!”
2. Sean – for offering “Oh wow, you have a CD? I had no idea you sung. Anywhere I can listen to the songs or where can I grab a copy of the CD so I could post a review of it?”
3. Robin – for her poetic plea…
“I’d really like Jannie’s CD
….if you please
The music and lyrics
….and nice melodies
I’m sure it has all
….to please a dear fan
Like loving the title
….of “I need a Man”
4. Anne Bender — for her certainty that “a cd of Jannie singing… may very well be the centerpiece of any musical collection…”
5. Brian Miller – for his simple but stunning “Your cd – why wouldn’t someone want that?”
Moving on to the Billy Collins poetry…
“Sailing Alone Around The Room” goes to Davina for her poetic yearing….
“Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
thy angels watch me through the night,
And keep me safe till morning’s light….
so I can awake and read my new book of poems by Billy Collins, of course…”
“Nine Horses” goes to… SuZen for her whimsied wonderings, “I can imagine painting one of the horses on the cover in an abstract… and I had a horse, Silver, back in the day, that I adored and the cover of this book reminds me of him in the most nostalgic and loving way.”
“The Art Of Drowning” goes to Shona Cole for trusting me to help quench her poetic thirst… ”I need a new book of poetry, as I just finished one and I hate to choose new poets on my own (on Amazon) ’cause usually they suck… but when someone recommends a poet or it is one that I already know I am rarely disappointed. So as I already ‘know’ Collins and you are recommending him too I know it will be a sure fire winner!”
“Ballistics” goes to Brian Miller for his thoughtful wish that… “as the [Billy Collins] dust jacket says, simple words capturing ordinary life…sure sound like what i try to do, so why not learn from someone who has gone where i would like to go. ”
Moving on again…
the three books below fall magically into the hands of these uncontested commenters…
Singing For Dummies – Cinderkeys
The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Singing — Jaymie
Tori Amos, Fingerstyle Guitar — Jeanne!!
And in case you missed it, the winners from earlier in the week were…
SuZen — my cd.
Fireblossom — Billy Collins’ “The Apple That Astonished Paris.”
Gina – “Blogging For Dummies.”
Toni Cross — the Marilyn Monroe notecards.
Snaggletooth — “Inner Productivity.”
SuZen — “Twitter For Dummies.”
Glenn – Billy Collins’ “Questions About Angels.”
Daisy — my “I Need A Man” cd.
Now, where did I put that packing tape? And that glass of wine?
I will be doing more give-aways of old stuff lying around my house in the future! Who wants 4 out of 6 Disney Princess drinking cups?? A slightly damaged brass door knocker in the shape of a squirrel? Half a bottle of Old Spice??
xoxo
On 21 March 2010 at 7:19 pm brian miller said,
woohoo!
cant wait…
so where do i send my addy?
On 21 March 2010 at 7:20 pm Susan Helene Gottfried said,
I LOVE the picture! And congratulations to the winners, too. That’s important stuff, winners.
On 21 March 2010 at 7:52 pm Robin said,
Yaaaayyyy..I cant beleive it…sooo cool..thank You..I hardly win things…Wooo Hoo..! should I send address to email..thanks again..!
On 21 March 2010 at 8:09 pm Daisy said,
I love that picture! So cute! What great giveaways! You are very generous to share such lovely gifts. Thank you!
On 21 March 2010 at 8:17 pm Jannie said,
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Hey you peeps!!
Brian!! Send your addy to janniefunster @ gmail dot come!! And congrats.
Susan!! Yeah, Kelly was 4 years old then, and her pal 3. Maybe you’ll jump in on the next give-away, eh!
Robin!! Yay!!!! Please send your address to me at janniefunster @ gmail dot com! Thanks And congrats. Hope you like my tunes.
Daisy!! It is my pleasure! I feel good about sharing things I love that will bring others happiness. And did I get your address yet??
On 21 March 2010 at 8:35 pm Mama Zen said,
That picture is so cute!
On 21 March 2010 at 8:54 pm Anne Bender said,
That is so awesome! Thank you.
Gonna rock the house with Jannie’s singing, la la la la la
On 21 March 2010 at 9:17 pm Jaymie said,
Oh my! What a weekend! It’s almost my birthday…maybe I will sing to everyone else instead! Thank you! This is exciting. I’ve never been in a giveaway before….look, I’m blushing!
On 21 March 2010 at 9:27 pm MinnieRunner said,
Congratulations to the winners
On 21 March 2010 at 9:55 pm Talon said,
The photo is soooo sweet!
Congrats to all the winners!
On 21 March 2010 at 11:44 pm Roy said,
I’m too late for the CD?! What was I doing?
anyway, my daughter would love those Disney Princess drinking cup
and lovely picture, by the way
On 22 March 2010 at 12:10 am cinderkeys said,
Hey, wow, I won. Such an honor, even if no one competed with me.
On 22 March 2010 at 12:53 am Davina said,
Hi Jannie.
Yay! I’m happy to win one of Billy Collins’s poetry books. And there are SO many winners! Congrats everybody. You are very generous giving all these away Jannie. I’m looking forward to hearing how your singing week went.
On 22 March 2010 at 2:26 am Jeanne said,
Jannie who is not a Grannie,
Thank you for the Tori Amos book!!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!!!!
Jeanne
P.S. Please remember non-lemon verbena moonbeams when you ship it. Thank you kindly! <3
xoxoxo
On 22 March 2010 at 3:25 am SnaggleTooth said,
Congrats Winners All! (me too- yippie-)
I think the princess queen in the pic is so adorable, despite appearing miffed n perhaps bored to tears bossing around her assistant…
Looks like the giveaway was a complete success! Congrats to you too!
On 22 March 2010 at 3:26 am SnaggleTooth said,
oh yeah-
Happy Spring!
On 22 March 2010 at 5:40 am shakira said,
Poor girl… better she learned now huh?
CONGRATULATIONS to all your giveaways ‘ winners.
You are so generous, Jannie.
Awards and a CAUSE!
For the benefit of Children this Easter,I am inviting you to please join the good cause to bring HOPE to the Children. Me got some goodies for you too, come on over?
hugs
shakira
HAVE YOU A BOMBASTIC WEEK!
On 22 March 2010 at 7:28 am Lynn said,
Well that is a good way to clean out your house!
My house is about to explode stuff into the universe, it is so crammed full. So I can relate. 
On 22 March 2010 at 8:16 am Ji said,
http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/pats-surprise-roses/
roses for you, Happy Monday!
On 22 March 2010 at 8:59 am Glenn Buttkus said,
BB, thanks for all the special comments left over at my site. That Warhol look is just super too! Jannie, gosh, gee-whiz. I had not realized until this morning that I AM ONE OF THE FUNSTERVILLE WINNERS! WooooWoooWooo LOOK AT ME! Somehow in the plethora of commenting and commenting over this last week I had missed your initial announcement. Billy Collins will be happy on my poetry book shelves, I tell you. Nice to see Lance back in the commenting column, with his lance tilted and his wit intact. Hopefully you will have as much fun shipping out all your “treasures” off to the Funsters At Large.
On 22 March 2010 at 9:25 am suzen said,
Hi Jannie! WOW – so many winners and I seem to be the biggest hog – woohoo! You sure broke my streak of saying I never win anything! And I LOVE LOVE LOVE your post title – I say that almost EVERY day! I AM the Queen Mother of all times you know! I have a sleep t-shirt from my kids with your title as well. I am certified! haha! Your generosity is AWEsome kiddo, thank you thank you thank you!!!!
hugs
suZen
On 22 March 2010 at 10:05 am Sara said,
Jannie,
What a great picture! It makes me want to be a little kid again and have that magical gift children possess to cross over safely between the real and the make believe.
Congratulations to all your winners. This seems like a great idea for helping you get things packed up and clean out your house. I get such a kick of your creativity:~)
On 22 March 2010 at 10:15 am Jannie said,
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Hey — sweet thangs!!
I am going back into super-songwriting focus mode again for a few hours, so I’ll see you all when I resurface, and will speak to all these comments then!
xxoo
On 22 March 2010 at 11:09 am Lisa said,
Aw, I missed a blog giveaway?? I must find more time in the day for blog-reading!
Hope you’re out enjoying this beautiful weather today, Jannie!
On 22 March 2010 at 11:10 am J.D. Meier said,
Nothing beats a great “WHY” … or a half a bottle of Old Spice
On 22 March 2010 at 11:24 am Noha (The book of Noha) said,
I have a virtual easter basket for you and a worthy cause to join
http://wp.me/pIXdb-e3
On 22 March 2010 at 3:44 pm vered | professional blogger said,
LOVE the large photos on your blog! Yay for Kim.
On 22 March 2010 at 3:50 pm Hilary said,
Hi Jannie .. what a wonderful set of winners .. lucky things .. I can vouch for the I Need A Man .. I got one all the way over here .. No man yet .. but I enjoy the muzeeeeek .. and all the lyreeeecs .. such fun ..
Enjoy your prezzies everyone .. & the Queen – looks a bit like the Red Queen .. grumpy??!! Bye – xxoo
On 22 March 2010 at 3:58 pm Patricia said,
Oh this is fun…and you shared a great picture – it is tough being Queen…
harder than one would think
On 22 March 2010 at 6:40 pm shona cole said,
YEah! congrats to me & the others too. Thank you for your generosity!!!! I will email you my address and wait for my book breathlessly
Shona
On 22 March 2010 at 7:51 pm Paige said,
Yea! every winner and ahh every non-winner. I’m excited about your new songs and music. Hope lil’ Kelly had the bestest time at camp.
and yes BB you bet there will be kerrits and beer at my stupid blog party are you planning on getting Jannie too do a little stupid posting?
Hope to see ya there, in the mean time keep on singing it’s loverly
On 22 March 2010 at 9:09 pm Jannie said,
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Wow, what a day. Just slipped away from me. But enough of that!!
Mama Z!! Thanks. I tend to agree wtih you, not a bad pic at all!
Anne!! Well, it’s not heavy metal or hard rock but I hope some of the tunes will please your ear.
Jaymie!! Happy almost birthday. Hey, a bluch looks good on you — keep it up.
Minnierunner! hi! Are you running today? How swet of you to pop in and say hi. See you sooon!
Talon!! It’s YOU again, no mnarch butterfly. You are harder to keep up with than Blue Bunny!
Roy!! That’s just what I was going to ask. Where WERE you??
It as majorly exciting over here. 
Cinderkeys!! I can’t imagine how you can improve your wonderful singing voice, but I guess it never hurts to expand our horizons.
Davina!! Songwriting!! I worked on it again today for 3 whole hours, I did have the Internet on because I was using Rhymezone.com and Thesaurus.com.
Jeanne!! You are so WELCOME!! I hope you and your kiddo will enjoy it! And I can hear you both singing.
Snaggle!! I think all items went to loving homes, so I am over the moon with happiness. Gonna be fun wrapping them all up over the next few days.
Yes, sweet little queen. Happy Spring to you too!! Bet it’s getting nice up there now.
Shakira!! Easter goodies? Really? Sounds yummy. Is it nice and chocolatey?/
Lynn!! Maybe you and I could have a swap?? Pack our U-Hauls and meet somewhere in Louisiana for the trades??
Jingle!! Roses?? For MOI?? How did you know I adore roses? Thanks!
Glenn!! What?? you did not realize you’d won?? Yes, Snaggletooth did that Warhol look for BB. I LOVE it, but BB is over the moooooon with joy!!
Suzen!! Your thoughful comments spoke deeply to me. So fair and square! Now you’ll never have to relive the live turkey fiasco ever again.
Now, for a little break to talk to a man about some saltillo tile.
xoxo
On 22 March 2010 at 9:34 pm MinnieRunner said,
No problem. I’ll be running tomorrow night
On 22 March 2010 at 9:34 pm Jannie said,
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Wow, that’s nice saltillo!!
Sara!! Well, ya know, you never have to grow up here in Funsterland — so pretend all you want.
IT is a good feeling yes, to send these treasures winging across the miles. 
Jannie!! Awesome work today — I really like the lines about the donuts and beer up on the roof, and the fireflies floating up, and such.
Lisa!! I did enjoy the weather muchly today, yes. Went te ohter way from MY bench on the trail, but tomorrow perhaps I shall get back thre and see how it’s greened up around there.
J.D. And the Y.M.C.A. is one fo the greatest Whys too. Ys?
Wise!
Noha!! Whoooooo!! More easter goodies for me? The bunny has come early. I’m so lucky. Thanks.
Vered!! Yes, and did you notice I now have my post timestamp on the same line as my comments?? It has freed up over 2o px of prime bloggin’ real estate!!
Hilary!! Well, the queen yes, she did get a bit bossy and grumpy with her princess / servant, but that was 4 years ago now. Where DOES the time go??
Patricia!! You got it exactly!! Queendom is one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever had — all that waving on the floats, those speech to give, ribbon cuttings, it just never ends!!! I like the part about my meals getting cooked and other people doing my dishes, tho!
Shona!! You are welcome!! I actually forget what poems are in that book — I’ll be reading it again before packing it up.
Paige!! I dearly, dearly dearly wanted to give you abook of poetry . And I shall. Just not the ones in this particular give-away.You never know when those poetry fairies will come knocking on your door!
The stupid post, eh, on the first!! LOVE the idea. xo from BB too!!
xoxoxo
On 22 March 2010 at 9:35 pm Jannie said,
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Run, Minnie run!! I need new running shoes. And a bit more camping gear for this weekend. yay!! camping this week-end!!
xoxo
On 22 March 2010 at 10:20 pm karyn and barks said,
Barks and I just dropped by to say hello. We know we missed the contest.. and my only excuse was I got sick. sniff. But it’s ok.
Barks wants to know if Blue Bunny seen Alice in Wonderland yet? She thinks he’d really like it. He’s much cuter than the White Rabbit!
On 23 March 2010 at 3:23 am SnaggleTooth said,
BB, “skarboro fare? parsley, saige, rosemary and karrits… ”
I see you found my fav chicken soup recipe… I been sniffly too!
On 23 March 2010 at 7:58 am Ana Goncalves said,
Dear Jannie,
It has been a while, and I have been away.
How are you ?
What a wonderful way to do a Give-Away.
I love the little princesses.
On 23 March 2010 at 8:09 am Glenn Buttkus said,
Hope Brian doesn’t get lost in cyberland when he emails you at “janniefunster@gmail dot come”….another wonderful typo for the Bords Onna Wire books, enit?
Yeah, I started this week with the same old Monday blues until I clicked on over to Funsterville and found out that I AM A WINNER! I think you have my address from sending me your CD, but I will email you my data anyway, cuz Billy C. is calling to me, and I want to insure he finds his way to Washington state.
On 23 March 2010 at 12:08 pm Jannie said,
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Karyn, you did leave nice requests for the Cd. maybe a cd fairy will visit you before Dec. 24th??
And I hear that movie is fab!! Did you see it in 3-d? Hope you’re feeling better??!
deer snagglies, hi, it’s me – blue bunny. yes, my jannie maeking teh best soop for me, cause i has a snifle too. and my kelly wit snifels. my jannie godd,tho. she drinking a throte tee.
Ana!! Well,welcome back! How have you been? everythgin fine over on your island, I hope. Yes, I guess is was fun. Yep, and I will start wrapping books and cds in brown paper after I check in on these few comments. Thanks so much again for popping back over!! I’ll see you on your blog.
Glenn!! Darn, what a typo. Come one , come all to the Funsterment Perma-Party! Got your data indeedd! Might even break out a nice notecard for your enclosure with Billy C!
Hmmn, what shall I do next??
xoxo
On 23 March 2010 at 7:55 pm Ana Goncalves said,
Jannie,
Happy to hear everything is fine with you.
It is an absolute pleasure being back.
I love browsing through my inspiring list.
I have been very good, and everything is fine on this side of the pond too.
Look forward to seeing you again on my blog.
On 24 March 2010 at 12:44 am Jeanne said,
Jannie,
THANK YOU AGAIN! I know I already thanked you for the Tori Amos prize but I just had to thank you again!
As far as singing is concerned, you may hear my sweet child’s voice but you will never hear mine. Heck, I lip sync when it comes time to sing Happy Birthday at parties. Seriously, my singing could induce auditory damage to anyone within a 500 foot radius.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeanne
On 24 March 2010 at 3:43 am gina said,
Hey ya Jannie! Love this pic of your girls – they are so beautiful (like their mum, eh)…and yes, my daughter would agree, it aint easy being a queen…especially with an annoying big brother in the picture.lol.
You’re a star lady
Have a great week.
Gx
On 24 March 2010 at 6:53 am Jannie said,
Oh, darn it. Another comment of mine vanished into thin air. What buttonon this little keypad am I hitting that disappears them.
Anyway, I’ll have to return here. You know I will!
Gina, got your addy — thanks.
later!
xoxo
On 24 March 2010 at 12:44 pm Jannie said,
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Jannie’s baaaack!!
Ana!! Things are kind of ridiculously good over here yes, thanks. i will be having left-over spaghetti for lunch. And maybe some applesauce. And a glass of milk, lo-fat. I dont ususally drink lo-fat stuff but it’s what my hubby bought, so that’s fine by me. You WILL see me over there soon on your blog, maybe sooner than you think!
Jeanne!! Well, look at you all fancy with your bolded part of the message. You really know some stuff, don’t you?? hey, I think I might possibly know the code too, let me try it now… to be bold or not to be bold?? that is my question today. Let’s see if that works, or jsut succeeds is messing everything up.
Gina!! Alas, I have but one child, the one seated. (That was her little frind in pre-school.) How old are your girl and boy?? Got your addy, yes, thanks. Good on ya, mate!
Wait, that’s Oz speak! What do kiwis say?
xoxo
On 24 March 2010 at 12:46 pm Jannie said,
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well, I may not have been bold, but I was extremely italicized!
xo
On 24 March 2010 at 2:37 pm Tess The Bold Life said,
Jannie,
I’ll take those crazy things you describe at the end and then I’ll make a small alter with your CD and stuff on it.
I’ll bow to your humor daily!
.-= Tess The Bold Life´s last blog ..My Dad and His Tool Shop =-.
On 24 March 2010 at 7:14 pm william said,
hahhaa brilliant, loved the pics, and ur humour always makes me smile, excellent xx
On 24 March 2010 at 7:23 pm Jannie said,
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Tess!! A Jannie altar — now that’s a far-fetched thing indeed. Shall I send you a lock of my hair, a pinkie fingernail clipping and one of my old bras to go with the rest??
Oh , shoot, all my old bras are up in the trees. How ’bout my old John Deere cap, the pink one?
William!! Hey, I love people who spell humour with the “u” in, as I grew up doing in Canada. Same for labour. makes me feel all at home, and such.
xoxo
On 24 March 2010 at 8:52 pm sheila said,
Congrats to everyone!! And I love love LOVE that look on kellys face! HYSTERICAL!
)
missed ya, thanks for visiting me while I was gone
On 25 March 2010 at 10:30 am Jannie said,
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Sheila!! You poor thing without internet for 2 whole days. And I had NO idea of that until you came back and told us. I totally FREAK wheni have no online access. Glad you’re back!!!!
xoxo
On 9 April 2010 at 9:19 pm gina said,
Hey Jannie, I just recieved a super suprise in the mail today! Thanks lovely lady
Hope your songwriting is going well. HUGS from NZ!
p.s. I think the book is helping already