Family, Just Good Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 20 June 2010 @ 6:07 AM
Yo, handsome pool guy!
What’s up?
Hey, I may not always check to see if the camera shutter’s open.
Or do the dishes every week day.
Or break dance like I used to.
But I love you.
And that girl does too.
We both think you’re amazing in at least 14,351,987 ways.
And we’ll forever remain in awe of your prowess at keeping a beach ball between your feet as you relax on a raft.
Happy Fathers’ Day, Pool Guy!!!
You’re the best guy we know.
All photos in this post courtesy of Jannie on a ladder chez Funster June, 2008 – a Jannie folks may not be surprised to learn was a little “different” even before she started this blog in September, 2008.
A Jannie who is whisking Jim and Kelly away today on a short vacation.
So see you when we get back.
Or before – if they have wireless.
oxoxoxoxo
The Pea | Posted by Jannie on 17 June 2010 @ 11:56 PM
Congratulations!
Wasn’t it amazing to enjoy a full bath tonight, after almost 7 weeks of partial baths with your cast wrapped in bags?
You’ve been such a trooper!!
Even with two broken bones you’ve kept on slugging away.
You’ve kept on shining up this town,
and shining up our lives.
You’ve stopped to not only smell the rosemary – but to roll in it.
Remember how excited you were 3 weeks ago when that big cast was switched out for the little pink one?
AWESOME day!
Wow – remember how clean that cast was? (For a while.)
It didn’t stay so clean, you being an active kid and all.
But you did keep it dry, as per doctor’s orders — that was important.
You kept it so dry that the day of your 3rd Grade day trip you cried and cried.
Boy – when the other kids hit the water and left you on the shore most of the day — that was NOT fun for you.
Or for me.
So much crying. You. And me. But I hid my crying, mostly.
Yet, you smiled some that day too!
You loved the sailing.
You were dubbed “Dancing Monster” in the nick-naming ceremony…
LOVE that smile!
That broken arm didn’t stop you from hanging out with really great people…
from playing board games,
from learning how to tie balloon animals,
or from getting the inside scoop on how to make really cool inexpensive costumes. (That boy’s a lobster.)
And that broken arm sure didn’t stop you from eating watermelon with your friends on your tree house deck!
So, congratulations again, Super Girl!
It’ll be fun to have a cast-off party for you tomorrow night and finally fill up your swimming pool for the summer.
Whoo-hoo!
BTW, you know that smile on you above? The one I captured a few minutes after your cast was off today?
That is one GREAT smile!! Do that more in pictures, will you? I know you’re self-conscious about your growing-in teeth, but don’t be. Full smiles look really, really good on you!
Thanks.
Love,
Funny Typos | Posted by Jannie on 15 June 2010 @ 2:19 PM
1. It’s so weird how your commets have started going straight to my spam folder.
2. Ummn, strawbeery rhubarb pie — one of my all-time favorites.
3. My friends all drive porches. (I MUST make amends!)
4. There’s 8% tax on top of that, of curse.
5. Your photos are always such a fast for my eyes.
bicycle photo credit : Key West Paddle Sports
6. I bet you’d look sweet on a bicycle built for tow.
7. Miley’s truly the teen poop sensation of our time.
8. The Final Living Room is no farther along than when I last shoed it.
9. Sorry to hear you haven’t been feeding well lately.
10. When I don’t have the exact postage for a letter to Canada, I put two regular stumps on the envelope.
11. Congrats on your “Celibate Blogger” Award! (Okay — why do I think that’ll be a favorite?)
12. At the top of the shutter attack another hinge.
13. You must be so jazzed with yourself, taking the bull by the horse.
14. Is there anything better than garden-fresh strong beans with butter!?!
15. Are you a direct descendant of Caption Cook, like me?
16. All first-timers’ comments will go into mooderation.
17. I think your blog is expanding to super greatmess lately.
18. I was absolutely thrilled to come home and seethe new deck furniture.
19. My Honda’s an older one – year model 202, but runs like new.
20. The kids are out spaying the cat with the hose.
Love, Jannie
xooxoxoxo
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Funny Searches | Posted by Jannie on 13 June 2010 @ 12:02 AM
What were some of the more notable searches in March, April and May that landed people on this site?
Funny you should ask!
My favorites…
QUESTIONS
–is there a national wedgie day?
–does glenn close play the ukulele?
–are mis-matched flip flops in style?
–what happened on May 10, 1970?
–where do I find green beer in austin?
–why do fire ants exist? i hate fire ants.
–is being a parent a constant nightmare?
–who is the constipated blogger from Dallas?
–how many bananas can I eat before I go crazy?
POEMS
–a poem to make my woman take out the trash
–dog surviving a hurricane poem
–peeing your pants poem
–poem about an ant bite on my pinky toe
ASSORTED BIZZARRO
–hi my name is austin and i love to go out and ride dirt bikes and go fishing so far my key board is working great, thats why im typing this
–my ghast has been truly flabbered
–i dont need any of your sassy frass
–my robot suit is squeeking
–medicare part d for dummies
–fun things to do with an empty ballroom
– a good recipe for donut holes
–!__ .. __! ….!..! love you! ….!..! 03!! __ !..!__ !______!”
–broken arm wine
–wearing pantyhose and sneezing
That’s it!
(and that’s my banana girl above when she was 5.)
xoxox
House Style | Posted by Jannie on 10 June 2010 @ 5:09 PM
Friends, I had to put all the stuff from Kelly’s bedroom redecoration somewhere to sort it.
So why not the front room?
But I’m proud to announce the jumble of yore now looks like this…
Well, the kids aren’t still standing there. (Not that I know of. I think they’re up in the tree house. Or running around with paper bags on their heads. Or spraying the cat with the hose. Poor Kitty.)
On those shelves are 36 sets of kids’ books (anywhere from 3 to 24 books per set) I’m putting on eBay! That’s how I’ll pay for My Amazing New Camera!! Whoo-hoo!!
What view of our house is that exactly? Great question!
Those two white posts off yonder are in the in-progress breezeway addition, at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the “final living room.”
Long before the addition, there was a window where that archway is…
After the addition was “dryed-in” we took the window out.
And of course, here’s how our entry looks now.
But back to the interior…
Where those not-so-pretty (yet functional) shelves are, our old fireplace once stood. There’s a skylight where the flue was.
The door in the distance that leads into the new garage will one day will be trimmed out, as will the archway.
Spindles and railings will grace the two posts.
And we’ll have REAL flooring in the entry instead of that plywood!!!
Oh yeah, and we’ll also finish and enjoy the room at the top of the stairs.
That quilt I hung 5 years ago to help keep the wallboard dust from the main part of the house? Gone – as of a couple months ago!
It’s actually a very nice quilt my godmother made for me. I have it draped over my toes as I recline here on the sofa with my laptop.
And I’m sipping hibiscus tea.
In my kitty ears, of course.
Below… I’ve PaintShopped in the type of cabinet I envision for that space.
To repeat — I have PaintShopped that cabinet in. It is not really there!!
Perhaps I’ll have one like it some day. Good-used off Craigslist maybe.
But if I never do, what do I really care? A lovely armoire is just a thing, and things come and go.
But blogging buddies last forever.
Now… how ’bout a slightly different angle of how things currently look inside our front door…
Don’t forget to look here again, to see those 2 windows and the door from the outside!
The untrimmed window is where the old front door was.
Jim did ALL the work, including the floor tiles, himself.
Got it all? I bet you do! You are very smart.
Whoo-hoo!!
Posted with love, from Jannie Banannie.
xoxo
