do you dream in shades of green
and whirling twirling tangerine
floating in a summer sunset sky?
orange holding hands with blue
to paint a starry night for you
crimson cotton candy ‘way up high
gold and silver on a shiny day
rainbow magic in the milky way
do you dream the dream I do,
pretty…
I have all 3 song charts printed out beautifully for the studio tonight, thanks to the library.
Thank You, Library!
Thank You, God.
And how are YOU, my wonderful blog reader?
Can you see the corners above and below are actually the same one?
Yep! Above was 1997.
Below was yesterday. (by iPhone 3GS)
Jim, Darling — if you are reading this, (you ARE reading this, arent you?!) Thank you for all the work you’ve done on this beautiful room. And house.
You are an AMAZING, AMAZING person! And dearer to me each day.
I know I have my less than stellar moments, but I’m still awfully glad you’re the one I’m with, and plan to be with ’til the end of time!!!
Okay, heard enough mushy stuff?
About this corner…
It’s in a room we added onto our house and recently remodeled into what will be the master bedroom.
Really liking the new stone tile. Such a great color, only needs sweeping twice a year!
Poor old carpet had seen its day. We are totally not ”carpet people.” Are you?
Hey, did you notice the sweet Sisterly Person outside the window in the 1997 corner picture? She was visiting from Canada that spring.
She was 19 then. And I 33.
And guess what??
“Let’s Drink Up The Stars” is now offcially a love song, for my Jimmy! The studio deadline really helped me get that tune in shape. And thanks, Lane — no more “day dancing down to dark!” in the song. Great call!!
I look forward to singing you all a new song on video and posting it soon! On my next great hair day.
Whoo-hoo!!
So, tonight, songs for my two favorite people — Jimmy and our child who goes sailing like a ship out on the sea.
Hey! I have a 3rd photo of the room that could round this post out…
That was last summer.
But wait, I may have a 4th photo up my sleeve. (And a fifth under the seat!)
Now, THAT’S a cool picture to have — 1995, Jim doing trim. Baseboard, looks like.
And Dudes, I have about 700 more old photos to scan and post for you. So stay tuned!
House Style | Posted by Jannie on 23 July 2010 @ 6:44 PM
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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?
House Style | Posted by Jannie on 10 June 2010 @ 5:09 PM
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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.
Also yesterday, one super-awesome dad decked the deck out in this surprise furniture. 3 little chairs, umbrella with stand, and white wooden table from Lowe’s — $45 total. (One more angel seat needed.)
And just who could that super-awesome dad be? Hmnnn, I wonder…?
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Watermelon umbrella with watermelon snack — how perfect!
Even the broken arm kid’s cast is kinda watermelon colored. Thanks, broken arm kid! Color details make this blog the frolic it is.
And broken arm kid? Thanks for being born — this blog post would’ve never appeared if you hadn’t.
But wait! What about the super-awesome dad? Who could he be?
This guy?
Yeah, that’s him! The guy who built the tree house for the broken-arm angel two years ago.
Let’s zoom in on this handsome dad…
Ahh, so cute!
What a guy!!!
He pretty-much rocks. And deserves a slice of watermelon. Or two. Or three! Heck, that man deserves a whole watermelon patch all to himself! A huge field of it! With a ride-on garden railroad running through so he can survey his melon dominion without ever having to leave the comfort of his engine car seat.
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