Seriously Weird, The Pea | Posted by Jannie on 19 July 2010 @ 3:30 PM
Yes, I’m a weird one
trailing eddies of x’s
and o’s as I flit about,
my comments sometimes
too long, rambling and / or
too Blue Bunnily cavorted,
and / or too frequent or
too infrequent, or just
too dancingly strange.
Yes, I’m weird and change
up my header a lot due to
my new PaintShoPro toy…
but please know I’m harmless,
and always so glad to see you
when you twirl on over here.
Hey, how’s that for a crazy 1-minute poem?
Now let me find a dancingly sweet photo for it.
Ah ha! One I took at the grand opening of Austin’s beautiful Butler Dance Center, when Kelly was 5.
It was a great dance party.
LL Cool Joe must’ve been the DJ – the tunes were so crankingly hot!
(Kelly only lasted 3 months at Ballet Austin because she was more interested in being a comedienne in class, but I did get some cute pix before we quit. And of course, she took tap / ballet at a couple other studios from ages 2 to 4, so there are those pix and videos to cherish forever too.)
No more ballet, yet life has continued! Who knew it ever could or would?!
And below, a little dance party break.
Friends, did you ever “quit” a class or an activity for you or your child? And if so, how did that work out? Was it a learning experience?
And are you weird too? (Feel free to share details of that!)
With love and confections…
Jannie
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxo
Nova Scotia, Songwriting | Posted by Jannie on 16 July 2010 @ 2:11 PM
Verse 1.
Sail a child like a ship out on the sea
Anchor her with love, then set her free
Stand upon the windy shore
Where so many have stood before
Sail a child to sea.
Verse 2.
Sail a child with all that’s good and true
From the deepest, sweetest, giving part of you
Listen when she speaks to you
Catch her dreams and sail them true
Sail a child, and true
Bridge.
Know that she’ll be safe out on the water
Know the love you show will lead her way
Know that you have raised a beautiful daughter
Know that she’ll be sailing home one day
Verse 3.
Sail a child and your heart around the world
Your tiny, shiny angel dancing girl
Hear the splashing of the spray
As she goes laughing far away
Sail her ’round the world
Sail a child like a ship out on the sea…
(end of lyrics.)
Ahh, feels good to finish those up and be happy with them.
“Let’s Drink Up The Stars” has not fully come together yet, but will some day, just have to let it find it’s own way up and out.
But…
My melody for “Sail A Child” is complete!
My camera tripod is set up!!
And I’ll post a video of me singing it when I feel it’s ready. I can’t promise an exact date, but know I’ll be working on it, and aiming for it to not suck.
Have a super-blessed day.
Love,
Jannie
xoxoxo
P.S. To hear me singing some of my songs, just click this “Videos” link. Whoo-hoo!
Just Good Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 14 July 2010 @ 3:01 PM
Just a favorite shot from a dress-up party she went to when she was four.
Birthday girl (in black and purple) was turning five.
xoxo
from me,
Jannie
(Oh, if you’re new here, mine’s in the white lace gown. )
Hey, the tiaras remind me of Lance?! Remember how he, the Grand Prize Winner of my tagline contest, looked about a year ago?!!
Good times, people, good times.
Like these times!
Like now.
Friends | Posted by Jannie on 13 July 2010 @ 12:40 PM
1 … who thinks driving to the store and back for chips and beer actually qualifies as exercise? (Hey, getting in and out of a car once – let alone twice, can be quite the work-out!)
2 … whose bras all need to be “taken up?”
3 …who can simultaneously eat spaghetti, blow-dry my hair and read blogs? (Okay, you know I’ll be posting a video to prove that.)
4 … who really misses jeans that actually came up to and surrounded The Waist? I’m so tired of my pants always falling down. Oh, I so miss Fancyass jeans from the 80s!! Remember that brand?
5 … who has cat hairs, cookie crumbs and something that looks like a glop of dried coffee ice cream gracing the keyboard of my computer?
6 … who has splashed hand sanitizer in my arm pits in a sudden odor emergency? Hey, it totally works in a pinch!
7….. whose speakers blew on my laptop one day after the factory warranty was up?
8 … who then fell asleep listening to music via headphones on said laptop, rolled over in the night and damaged the phone jack irreparably?
9 … who’s re-gifted? Pray do tell! Come on – it’s only the two of us here!
Later today I’m mailing that set of glass roosters we got for Christmas many many moons ago to a lovely blogging friend. Seems a right natural progression because of the decorations I see in her post-flood kitchen remodel. (Sorry those are not antiques, Paige. Re-gift if you wish.)
10. … who’s had a small parcel come back with this love note affixed?
July, 2007, eh? I really should keep up with these things!
So much for any future dreams of zipping merrily up the walkway to our mailbox to leave a parcel heavier than 13 oz.
Oh well, I have to go to the P.O. anyway — also have one of my CDs to mail to a really nice blogger in Sri Lanka. And something to Canada.
Awesome Poet Fireblossom’s gift coming back was probably God’s way of telling me to put in an extra little something for her. And to use nicer stamps. So I am, from my private stash…
And Rooster Woman’s parcel has these…
I am going now, to start sorting through 18 boxes of stuff. I know Wise Patricia’s audio cassette is in one of them!
(All photos in this post taken by iPhone 3GS.)
Toodles!
xoxox
Blogging, Poetry | Posted by Jannie on 11 July 2010 @ 11:08 PM
Chris Brogan loves me!
He reads me every day.
He lives for my photos,
loves that one above.
When I got the e-mail
he was following me back
on Twitter, I was all…
“Yessss, he knows my
brilliance now!” (That
feeling lasted a full 3
days until I clicked on
his profile to see he’s
following 130,000+.)
Anybody big following YOU on Twitter and hanging on your every bloggity word? :)
(That’s a photo I took here on Lake Austin last fall. I posted it once before, but much smaller. )
See you soon!
xoxox
