How To Hide Unsightly Cables
House Style | Posted by Jannie on 23 July 2010 @ 6:44 PM 49 Comments
Hard to believe that last week the above corner looked like this…
And hard to believe (for me anyway,) how that corner has morphed since 1997 when it looked like this…
And uncropped…
Jim built the room with his own two hands, as many of you know.
Then we remodeled it.
He built 3 closets last year, in anticipation of it one day being the master bedroom.
(I’ll show you the whole updated room when I get my better camera, the iPhone can be so finicky with lighting.)
I got lucky with the light in this photo…
(Yes, that’s the exact same photo as the first one in this post. Just saving you some scrolling time. )
(Those are Kelly’s nunchucks hanging from the closet door handles, in case you were wondering.)
(And that’s her guitar in the corner.)
Anyway…
I was SO grateful when a brainwave recently hit on how to hide that jumble of cables, modems, chargers and such. The ugly cords had been hidden behind a sofa before Jim built the closet last year. But the sofa’s too big for that spot now.
What, oh what, was a Jannie to do?
Remember last year when I felt all awesome because I’d transformed one corner of our dining room into a little oasis for myself…?
Well… life being life — in just 13 short months, my little dining room oasis had, as of last week, evolved into a bit of an unwieldly mass…
Time for a revamp anyway!
So…
I nipped the table, moved it to where the tv and Internet come into the house, put the table cloth back on, and voila — cords all hidden. Whoo-hoo!!!
I think it’s a cute little spot now.
And I think I should show you that “after” shot one-more-once. Third time’s always utterly more charming.
Kitty LOVES it, as you can see.
Next tidying project — the dining room. 20 boxes and bags of treasures there to sort — I kid thee not!
(And funny – but I’ve noticed my tidying / decorating goes much faster when I get my nose out of the computer.)
Posted with Love, by Jannie,
xoxoxo
But wait — two more life updates before I let you go…
1.) In songwriting… I’ve settled on some pretty, simple guitar work to go with my new “Sail A Child” and I’m so happy — one part of the guitar reminds me a bit of the Zepplin’s ”Goin’ To California.”
1.) Our Broken Arm Girl had her follow-up X-Ray yesterday and got the go-ahead to resume gymnastics and Kung Fu! Whoo-hoo!!! Just no backyard trampolines until after January 20th when she gets her next X-Ray.
xoxoxo (again)
Oh, and I put all pix in this post as JPegs, and not PNGs, so hopefully they managed to load a bit faster for a few of you who mentioned my new big photos were taking a while to open?
Toodles!
xo
On 23 July 2010 at 7:25 pm Anne Bender said,
Oooooooo, I like! We don’t have any rooms that big, but we do have some tiny spaces that are getting a fresh coat of paint and a little love these days. Largish pictures coming to a blog near you, very shortly and soonish even.
On 23 July 2010 at 8:28 pm Daisy said,
It looks fantastic, Jannie! I wish you could come to my house and do some tidying up here! It could sure use it. Have a great weekend!
.-= Daisy´s last blog ..Food From A to Z – Z is for Zagnuts and Zeros =-.
On 23 July 2010 at 9:58 pm vered | professional blogger said,
Love it!
Love your plants too, BTW. I manage to kill all plants just by looking at them.
On 24 July 2010 at 12:39 am Hilary said,
Hi Jannie .. sorting stuff – ooh I know all about it .. such fun & so liberating .. your boxes look very pretty .. I love those coloured and flowery hideaways .. cables are always a challenge aren’t they? Glad they’re tidied away much safer for all folk .. Kelly & friends, BB, Jasmine .. and the cat! The background’s changed .. to match the tablecloth? All looks good and good for the soul ..
So glad about Kelly & arm .. she’ll be happy now she can go back and do some gym and Kung Fu .. then next year the full Monty!?
Must be back to listen to you waxing lyrical .. bye for now .. love and hugs for the weekend .. Hilary
.-= Hilary´s last blog ..Could this be a sitcom – or a break out sitcom Ever had a one word – at a time – conversation Fish and Chips – how do you spell it =-.
On 24 July 2010 at 4:00 am SnaggleTooth said,
Amazing how fast stuff piles up- after cleaning it- Nice cover-up job-
Kitty sure looks pleased you made him a window seat! 9bet you had other plans for the table-top-)
I’d have more time to clean if I wasn’t unwinding on Puter too- but then I’d make an excuse to read my book!
I got files n plastic bins hiding cables- a previous cat used to chew on them, so they are out of kitty reach!
.-= SnaggleTooth´s last blog ..Other =-.
On 24 July 2010 at 4:16 am Lynn said,
That’s my motto – it you can’t get rid of it, cover it up.
When my contractor was working on my bathroom, he pulled down the old mirror which had been glued to the wall. It pulled out a chunk of sheetrock in one spot when he did that and for some reason (?) he couldn’t make that spot look smoothed out. (Even after my sad look and working on it a little more.) So I hung something over that spot. 
On 24 July 2010 at 7:20 am Tony Single said,
Now, if it were me, I’d have been too lazy to do any renovating or refurbishing or anything that begins with “re”. I’d probably have let all my piles of rubbish just build up and up until it was a mountain of stuff that fell over and crushed me. Sad but true.
On 24 July 2010 at 9:08 am Jannie said,
Hi Dear Anne, so lovely to see you again. (As always!) Well, the room probably looks bigger than it actually is, due to the way I have it breezily decorated. Paint! I love paint — single most impactful thing you can do to change any room. Ooo, and largish pictures coming soon? That piques me and I look very forward to seeing them!!
Hey Dear Daisy, I’ll be right over to help you sort and organize!!! Will you put the coffee on? And fry up bunches of chicken and donuts? And wear your blue chiffon?
And show me your tap dance steps? It’ll be SO much fun!
Hey, Dear Vered, thanks! Well, I’ve kind of let my whole plant thing slide a lot since 1997. Kelly’s my garden now.
But maybe one day I’ll go back to making plants a priority. Yes, probably I will!!
Hey, Dear Hilary, thanks as usual for your sunshine visit. Yep, lots of boxes indeed to sort, and as you say — fun and liberating! I can pick away at it as I sip my coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon, and beer at night.
Yes, I love this basket weave background! So many fun designs to choose from on the Net. I was actually thinking it matched the basket just behind Kitty, but yes it is the same color as the table cloth! Yep, fun storage boxes that have fallen into my hands over many years, the biggest ones are full of old letters, I’m sentimental for keeping those. Smaller ones with pretty stationery in. Others with my donut stash. Yeah, I guess doctor’s orders on trampolines is good caution, you know how unpredictable they can be with more than one kid on them — heck with just one kid on them, they’re unpredictable. Yes, she can go back to tumbling — whoo-hoo!! She does love her gymnastics. Hey, how’s that for waxing lyrical on this comment?? And song-wise I think Sail A Child will be one of the two I’ll enter in Kerrville! WHOO-HOO!!! I’ll most probably post the video of me singing it for you in the next 2 weeks. What do you think I should wear for you all?? 
Hey Dear Snaggle — yep, I DID have other plans for that table top, like maybe a letter-in-progress with a cup of tea on the side. Getting rid of that old beat-up venetian window blind was a good move too — with all the remodeling and clset-building going on, it bore the brunt of a couple 2×4 mis-fires along the way. What book are you reading? Oh, speaking about munching cables, we had 2 bunnies who did that. And did I mention they also munched about everything else they could that was not made of metal??
Hey, Dear Lynn — I have a few hung items too around this house!
yeah, drywall can be tricky. And soemtimes years later when the house shifts the nailheads start popping out. So I guess you go ahead and build a new house then? 
Hey Dear Tony, Tony, Tony, it takes a stout heart (and sometimes a bottle or two of stout) to attack those piles. But I know from much personal experience it can be done. So why does the stuff keep piling and piling up?? Never-ending detritus of life and love, I guess.
xoxoxxxooo
On 24 July 2010 at 9:09 am sheila said,
Gorgeous! And the cat in the pic makes it look very “magazine-y”
On 24 July 2010 at 9:25 am william said,
great tip dear, looking tidy, superb xxx
.-= william´s last blog ..DAILY POEM INN OF HAPPINESS PART 20 =-.
On 24 July 2010 at 1:05 pm Thomma Lyn said,
Such a nice corner, and a sweet orange kitty. Give him snorgles from me.
Yay that Kelly had good results from her x-ray. And guess what — you and I are declutterizing twins. After the harvest, I’m gearing up for a massive declutterization project.
Great news about your song. I love “Goin’ to California.”
And you are fabulous! xoxoxo <3
On 24 July 2010 at 1:42 pm Glenn Buttkus said,
Where did all those plants go that were in the corner in 1997?
What is the name of the orange kitty? You have a ragmop white pooch
too, don’t you? The broken-arm girl just has to find some other way
to snag attention. Kids at school are tired of the painted cast look.
What is up with blue bunny, is he fishing in Hawaii, or chasing butterflies,
or eating a lot of spinach? I have an old family room downstairs that I
turned into my end of the world, two desks, and 23 book shelves, mostly
full of DVD and VHS movies. I maintain what I like to call “controlled clutter”
in the midst of it. Now that I have some time, I do feel obligated to follow
through on some changes, some better filing, some throwing out of old
this and that, some reorganization for sure. Love your pretty organizing
boxes, makes your corners look like an advertisement for a crafts store.
I decided that since you like my Pennies and the Pea poem, I could post
it on my site, with your image, of course.
.-= Glenn Buttkus´s last blog ..1-000-000 Pennies and the Pea =-.
On 24 July 2010 at 1:50 pm Glenn Buttkus said,
sorry mr. blueness. You are obviously eating lettis and not spinneesh. I have to learn to pay better attention to your many looks and subtle changes from day to day. Momma Jannie is very clever in
helping you decide your many persona. I did adore your punk rocker look the other day. Your hit song might have been KARRITS ARE KOOL, or LONG EARS ARE BOSS, or WHAZ-UP, JOCK. It makes me envious that Jannie has both a mascot and a spokesbunny on her site, but you are unique in all the world of Watership Down or Up, and Miss Jannie needs to have you as a watch bunny; otherwise there would be an obvious abuse of her donuts and beer diet, And then she wouldn’t fit in her short shorts no more.
.-= Glenn Buttkus´s last blog ..1-000-000 Pennies and the Pea =-.
On 24 July 2010 at 2:15 pm Caity said,
Whoa Jannie it looks so awesome! The cat in the picture looks so comfortable and makes the photo even more adorable than it already was!
Thanks so much for making a button for me on your site! It means so much and put a huge smile on my face! I also love the button you made! It’s perfect!
On 24 July 2010 at 2:28 pm Jannie said,
Hi lovely Sheila — thanks, so nice of you to mention. Yeah,and the funny thing is I really didn’t plan that nice picture too much, just passed by, saw the light, and got out my iPhone. Now when I get really “magazine-y” some day … watch out Martha Stewart!!
Hey, William, well I know this rambled on six ways to Sunday, but I think overall, if someone ever types in my title, they should at least consider a camouflaging table!!
Hey Sweet Thomma Lyn. Ahh, thanks. I do like the look of it, and of course it’s already gotten a bit jumbled in the past week!!
Life goes on. Yes, I think I shall indeed snap a picture of the dining room with those 20 boxes and bags, for another Before & After, but this one will take a LOT more work than setting up that simple corner. The last time I heard Goin’ to California I cried. Car radio. Few months ago. 
Snorgles now transferred!!! 
Glenn — where did all the plants go. My goodness, I have NO idea now. Here and there. (Memory fails me.) I think the palm got planted outside.
Orange Kitty is called imaginitively Kit-Kat, but mostly just Kitty-Kitty. 
Yep, our rag-a-mop is 4 feet away from me lying on the tile as I type this. Bb is out butterfly whispering yes, and just happened to take out a pineapple on his fishing pole. Yes, don’t yu have like, 10,000 DVDs? Sure — post away with the poem and pic. Awesome!!!
Glenn — again!! Ahhhhh, thanks for making me laugh wth that comment — I mean kommint!!! And funny — get your thinking cap on because I’m gonna be having a bit of a give-away contest soon, so come up with some ideas for what BB could have on his fishing pole. And another contest after that for what outfit or little scene Bb could be invlved in. And THANKS for reminding me that I need to be sure to put in his Punk Rock look in that post the other day that was up when he was dressed like that. (If I haven’t already.) I told ya the old memory is going.
But I think I can probably figure it ut — it was only last week, right??
Oh hi — lovely Caity! Yes, that fireworks photo you took was a shoe-in for your awesome sparkiality!
I also liked the sky pic behind that bridge you had in one post. It was a toss-up, but you see which one won! Ahhhh, I am just so appreciative of your appreciation!!! 
And yes, Kitty makes that shot! As would cute Moko.
xoxoxoxoxxo
On 24 July 2010 at 4:14 pm Patricia said,
I have a Shaker Grandfather clock and below the face is a lovely little door – behind that door, is every greeting card that has been sent to me since I got the clock – 20 years! I love to go over them and re-read, many are good for a chuckle or two. I like you lovely letter boxes.
Nice job! and sorting can be a rather fun task….I love taking my email down from 100 to about 20….feels liberating.
Great news indeed about the arm….longtime no trampoline, but maybe cast free and enough healing time will prove it worth the effort
“Third time’s always utterly more charming.” No doubt about it!
On 24 July 2010 at 5:33 pm Paige said,
that is so loverly. I have covered bankers boxes with wrapping paper to hide junk and treasures in, but yours are very fancy with the gold plated do-hickies.
You’ll be glad to know that Sam is doing fine, took us for a few bucks anyway.
BB I heard letis is just crunchy water; meaning there are no nutrients only water, and that is weird don’t ya think?
Oh BTW Jannie’s dear internets I heard a bit of her music and I so excited about her new work. I can’t wait to hear more and for y’all to hear it too!
.-= Paige´s last blog ..Copy Catter =-.
On 24 July 2010 at 6:16 pm Luisa Doraz said,
You are toooo organized….worst than me. lol
I am getting motivated to do some stuff here…real soon. 
Have a fun weekend. Love your photos. Thanks. 
On 24 July 2010 at 7:10 pm Jannie said,
hey, Dear Patricia, ahhh, what a awelcome break from sorting. oh, tedious in some parts, but yes rewarding. I’ve been at it for maybe 2 hours and I’ve uncvered some good things — Kelly’s Little Gym gymnastics medals from her agesr 2 to 4, a picture of me at age 5 as a flowergirl, standing with Melody, the other flowergirl, b&w, my mom’s mom in the background head turned looking so you can see her face very well, a Christmas craft Kelly made when she was 2, and lots of other great stuff — gems among the junk.
Wow! You get a lot of e-mail! Who is it mostly? Nosey Jannie! And that must be one BIG compartment on that clock. How many cards are in there? Paige has given me a good idea below for attractive letter storage boxes!! Yep, great on the arm indeed! She’s been tumbling a bit here at home over the past couple days — back to normal Kelly!!
Thanks, Paige. I very much like your banker’s boxes ideas covered with attractive paper. I might try that, and free up my 3 big Michael’s $12.00 brass-decorated boxes for other treasures, like some of my favorite Kelly papers. But at least for now I’ve got a nice big empty clear storage bin to put all her stuff I want to keep. And I’m keeping most of her papers. Some funny stuff she wrote in school cracks me up. Sam does like to rake in the cash, doesn’t he, even tho he’s now dead and all.
BB says “hay, paige in a bookspots,my jannie sed romaines has mutch vittamines?” Paige — whoo-hoo on the new song, eh? Whoo-hooo!!!
Hey Dear Doraz!! Really?? You ARE organized? Awesome!! I’m getting better. As I mentioned above to Patricia, I’m writing this comment on a little organizing break. Have put 2 whole hours in on those boxes already!! My sorting plan is The Great Three… 1.) Put in an organized place. 2.) A give-away / sell pile. And 3.) Burn or trash. So — I’m actually Doing It! Wow.
And now, back to it for a little while longer…
xxoxoxxo
On 24 July 2010 at 8:25 pm debbie said,
Looks great! I love, love, love your walls.
On 25 July 2010 at 1:07 am Joy said,
Hi Jannie,
You do realize that all of this cleaning, organizing, sorting and stuff is going to make room for something magnificently wonderful in your life..everything you are physically doing is awe-some! Glad to see kitty likes it as well:) and now I’m excited to see what happens internally now that you’ve cleared an external spot..
.-= Joy´s last blog ..Fearless Fun Friday- Lessons… =-.
On 25 July 2010 at 5:40 am brian said,
hey there…sorry i have not been around much…every time i went to your blog internet explorer crashed…i dunno…working now…nice transformation! hope you are having a great weekend!
.-= brian´s last blog ..behind the scenes =-.
On 25 July 2010 at 5:54 am Megan "JoyGirl!" Bord said,
That looks really nice! I’ve learned to ignore the look of cables, acting as if they’re not even there. I live in a pretty sparse house (on purpose), so there’s not a lot of stuff to cover other unsightly stuff. (smile) So what do I do? Ignore it! That’s the German way, after all. Don’t face what you don’t like – instead, act like it’s not there!
I like your method better, truth be told. Hey, when you and Jim finish with your house, do you wanna come over to mine and start redecorating? Boy I’d just love that, and I’d hate to see Jim get bored.
Loving you lots, Jannie! And LOVING those iPhone pics of yours. Wow, they’re sharp!
On 25 July 2010 at 8:46 am Jingle said,
neat post,
love the plants indoor,
how cool Jim is as your husband, working tirelessly making your living standard well known and fabulous.
Happy Sunday!
On 25 July 2010 at 8:47 am Jingle said,
your rooms seem very classical,
I wonder: are you human? do you make trash?
simply joking!
take good care.
be proud of yourself and enjoy your sweet home…
your family rocks!
On 25 July 2010 at 9:18 am dustus said,
wow, that looks so much better than it did in ‘97!
Happy Sunday. Cheers
On 25 July 2010 at 9:20 am Jannie said,
Hey, Debbie, thanks. Jim painted the walls when Kelly and I were in Canada last summer. What a lovely surprise to come back to! I find it very relaxing.
Hi Joy! I love what you say, and all true. We have a lot of stuff that’s been slowly slowly piling up. And this internal release, as you mention — MAGNIFICENT!! And the top of that table with teh sun coming in makes and excellent photography area to take pictures for my eBay auctions.
Hey, Brian, darn — I’m so sorry about internet explorer crashing. Shoot. But so glad you broke through and made contact. Always puts a smile in my heart to see you here.
Hey Megan! Cords — the bane of the modern decorators existence. Sparse sounds so lovely to me. Minimal stuff — maximum Joy Girls. Oh yes, Darling. My travelling decorating show will stop at yur abode first on our 50 State tour!! Now… what to do about all the cords around Jim’s computer desk? Ignore sounds GOOD to me. Loving YOU too!!!!
Hey Jingle — you were very NEXT to visit after I post this comment — but again you beat me to a visit.
We must be on each other’s minds! Me — human?? Oh yes, too human. 
Well, yes Jim does work very very hard and stays busy building things in his spare time. We are just regular middle-class folks who get ideas and run with them.
Hey, Dustus, thanks! It is amazing what a little elbow grease can do!!
xoxoxoxox
On 25 July 2010 at 11:04 am Tess The Bold Life said,
OMG when did Megan get so funny. Jannie you bring out the laughs in all of us;)
And then tell Jim he can come relax at my house and if he brings you I pick up the donuts and beer;)
.-= Tess The Bold Life´s last blog ..Why Is Life Good =-.
On 25 July 2010 at 12:04 pm Jingle said,
http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/thursday-poets-rally-week-25-poetry-awards/
5 awards for you,
Happy Sunday!
On 25 July 2010 at 3:14 pm Chris Edgar said,
Hi Jannie — I know it took a lot of strength to resist the temptation to Photoshop all those cables away — I know all about your prodigious talents in that area — and instead rely on good old elbow grease.
On 25 July 2010 at 3:26 pm Alice Audrey said,
The table with cloth is a big improvement over last week, but the plants were wonderful. Then again, I live in a jungle. Of course I’d prefer the plants.
On 25 July 2010 at 3:56 pm Jannie said,
Hey, Dear tess, I do think Megan was born funny! And sweet, wise, deep and wonderfully magical. As were YOU!!! Ooo, relaxing Chez Tess. THAT sounds like all my dreams coming true. We’ll be on the next train, Jim with his tool belt me with my guitar, and Kelly with her dancing shoes!
Hi, Jingle!! That was a very long and impressive list of poets and awards. I hope we all appreciate you enough. You are amazingly WONDERFUL!!!!!
Hey, Chris! Once in a while I do dip my elbows in that vat of lard I fry my donuts in. (Well, not while it’s boiling, boy howdy!) And — did you notice I DID photoshop out the unfinished outlet above Kelly’s guitar?? Well, in the before pix, I mean!
Alice Audrey — your jungle sounds great. Have you posted any pix? After Kelly came along, house plants slipped ‘way down on my radar — I guess the care of them perhaps had been partly taking place of the child I soooooo wanted, and had to wait so long and go through so much to finally be blessed with. And of course, songs became my babies along the way too.
xoxo
On 25 July 2010 at 4:53 pm Cath Lawson said,
Hi Jannie – Your house is lovely and it’s great to see what you achieved. As you know I really want to sell my house. And I’m trying to get rid of stuff on ebay and declutter but I really don’t have a clue how to make things look good, so I really appreciate you sharing this.
On 25 July 2010 at 6:27 pm richard north said,
you have done a fantastic job with this
.-= richard north´s last blog ..Drawing and poetry ‘Notions of beauty’ =-.
On 25 July 2010 at 8:09 pm Talon said,
Jannie, I love that kitty-kat knows that’s a primo location
Jim is one hard working man, isn’t he? It’s all shaping up so beautifully! I love all your patterned boxes – they’re lovely.
I’m so glad that “Sail a Child” is coming along just the way you like it and awesome that Kelly is back to burning off some energy
.-= Talon´s last blog ..Morning on the lake =-.
On 25 July 2010 at 10:58 pm Alice Audrey said,
Yeah, I can see songs being your babies the same way books are mine.
On 26 July 2010 at 12:15 am Rose said,
Looks fantastic. You could never tell it was the same spot. I bet she is so excited about resuming to gymnastics
On 26 July 2010 at 1:53 am J.D. Meier said,
Sorting bags of treasure sounds like fun
You hid the cables too well … they are now like ninjas in the shadows.
Did Kelly learn how to use numchucks from watching Bruce Lee, The Thundercats, or the Ninja Turtles? (or are you her sensai?)
.-= J.D. Meier´s last blog ..Lessons Learned from Dr K on Interpersonal Skills and the Art of Persuasion =-.
On 26 July 2010 at 4:40 am desk49 said,
Will I’m not sure what to say
I see a new wall some num-chucks
and a yellow cat on center stage
There was a wall
there wasn’t a wall
There was a wall again
There were some plants
There were some more plants
There were no plants at all again
Is the little room by the door
No little room by the door
Now even the little room is back again
And yes even the fire place bricks has changed
.-= desk49´s last blog ..2 Tales of the Sea =-.
On 26 July 2010 at 6:51 am Jannie said,
I will return to answer these comments later. I am SO tired, and going back to bed now that the sun is coming up.
xoxo
On 26 July 2010 at 12:57 pm Jannie said,
Dearest Cath, thanks. After over 17 years of adding on, remodeling, then remodeling the remodel, some places in this house are indeed finally spiffing up nicely. I love selling on eBay! Have you done much of it? You sell mostly to UK addresses? I just LOVE when those little prices start going from red to green — Oh yeah, Baby, gimme those bucks!!!
Dearest Richard, well thanks SO much! I do feel so happy and satisfied with myself whenst I gaze lovingly upon my grande accomplishment.
Have you decluttered lately?
Talon’s back — yay!!! You were only gone several days, but I missed your sunny visits a LOT! Yes, Jim almost never rests.
He’s so smart and handy, so awesome with woodwork. Yep, those patterned boxes have been amassing for about 20 years now. And I’ve seen your leafy ones — so pretty. You collect them too? Yep, Sail A Child — worked a bit earlier today on the 1 or 2 lines I want to improve. 
Dearest Alice Audrey, I so admire your book writing talent. I do okay sometimes with short pieces, but my mind so far has not worked itself around the enviable writing you do. I love how you weave your plots!
Dearest Rose, — yes back to Kung Fu tday,and gymnastics tomorrow. She especially loves the latter. She tolerates the Martial Arts, as long as I sit and pay attention to her class, instead of having my nose in my iPhone. Which is fair enough!
Dearest J.D. It really is fun, overall. It gets tedious going through ever paper, knick-knack and treasure in those boxes, but I do take breaks, and come back at it refreshed and raring. Whoops, I see maybe it’s actually nuM-chucks, not nuN-chucks? She has taken Kung Fu for almost 3 years now, buta poor baby — with 2 broken arms in the past year has missed about 6 months of it. Oh well, she’s only 8, and has maybe a few
years ahead of her to reach that black belt! 
Dearest Ellis,
I love your verse.
But your spirit first.
Are you Dr. Seuss?
Desk 49 just a ruse?
For your flowing and glowing ryhme?
xoxoxoxo
On 26 July 2010 at 1:47 pm Alice Audrey said,
Thank you so much! I can’t tell you what it means to me that you read Suzie’s House regularly.
On 26 July 2010 at 2:32 pm Jannie said,
Alice Audrey, ain’t no thang but the truth. And since I missed the earlier Suzie’s House installments, I have gone back and started at the beginning! Very enjoyable.
xoxoxoxo
On 26 July 2010 at 6:38 pm Alice Audrey said,
OMG! I can’t believe you did that. Ok, I’ll admit I’m always hoping for something like that, but I’m not big-headed enough to expect it. Did I mention that I adore your?
On 26 July 2010 at 6:39 pm Alice Audrey said,
Gah! “You”. not “your”. *eyeroll at stupid typos.
On 28 July 2010 at 3:36 pm Jannie said,
Hey Alice Audrey! I actually updated it a bit today, I like it better! Your button that is. And yes — I have lots and lots of weeks to get caught up with Suzie’s House, since you only post it on Fridays. Whoo-hoo!!!!
xoxoxoox
On 1 August 2010 at 4:44 am Jeanne said,
Late to the party but isn’t that just fashionable?!? Anyway, I ALWAYS love seeing pics of your home, it makes me feel like I’ve been there. OH WAIT, I HAVE been there, woo-hoo!
Jannie, your energy level is amazing, and even sometimes scary
can’t wait for your new songs!
xoxo
.-= Jeanne´s last blog ..We- the Observers =-.
On 1 August 2010 at 8:59 am Jannie said,
Dearest Jeanne — yes you HAVE been here – I keep forgetting that. Me and my energy level? I asked Kelly yesterday if I’m more obsessed with here of with Blue Bunny, and she said “BB!”
SO great to hear from you Jeanne, I think of you there in your amazing flowers. Hope you’re having fun!1
xoxo
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