It was 1999.

We were drinking wine.

We were celebrating our first boat and feeling fine.

Actually, it’s been our only boat. Except it’s long gone now. It got all riddled with holes from dog claws and such. Go figure.

I know it was 1999 by my tan.

I usually keep my precious complexion as white as the driven lilies.

But remember the world was supposed to end at the stroke of Y2K, due to computers all freaking out and such?

So, I figured — what the hell.  If I’m gonna go out in a blaze of glory, I’ll darned well go out tanned!

I was extrememly toned back then too — I often Jazzercised twice a day in the pre-child era.

I was eating lots of red meat.

Hills of donuts.

Mountains of fries with ketchup.

And that summer I was apparently such a mystical force of nature, that flashing light formations often showed up in photos of me!!

Anyhoo…

It’s now 2010.

I’m drinking wine again.

And as far as posts go – this one’s at the end.

Except for 3 questions…

Have you ever drank wine in an inflated dinghy in your living room or had a cocktail in some other unconventional setting?

Were you worried leading up to Y2K that the world was going to end?

What do you think’s gonna happen in late 2012?

That’s all!

xoxoxo

P.S. This room was the first addition Jim built to our house. Remember the other end of the room?

Boogity-boo!

New Funsterment Feature!!  Editing in 740 pixels of the header.  Hey, BB’s mountain of fries might as well go with this post for all eternity!  He does put a lot of time and effort into these headers. 

xxoxoo

When I get My Amazing Camera
I’ll ease it lovingly onto my cake platter,
usher the glass dome down, and savor the ensemble
upon my Irish cotton runner in the middle of the dining

room table where I’ll sit in my kitty ears
(which all the kids agree is my best look,)
writing belated letters on fine stationery.

My Amazing Camera and I will flood this house
with twinking rainbows that will richochet outward
and off every beveled mirror from here to the Eiffel Tower.

And beyond, to ballet schools in Estonia! And Moscow! And Tokyo!!

And even further – to verandahs of raucous beer halls in Brisbane & Sydey,
where we’ll wave at all the people smiling by in boats, and they’ll wave at us.

And we’ll know we’ve reached life’s pinnacle!

(Pretty-much)

When I get My Amazing Camera
golden autumn sunsets from childhood wheaten hills
will suddenly rise from the hot Texas blacktop
as my minivan — which is not really a van at all,

but a wooden sailing ship, slices up spray, full wind
full sun, full adventure towards photographic shores
still uncharted — brand new eyes capturing this garden,
this deck and the reflex blue of these wonderful walls.

In short, when I get My Amazing Camera
possibly this one, I’ll still pretty-much be me,
but with better pictures. Waaaaaay better pictures.

And won’t it be grand!

(end of poem)

Next post I’ll show you how I’m going to pay for My Amazing Camera without having to borrow a dime. Let’s just say it has something to do with this jumble below (photo taken Jan. 12, 2010.)  Jumble a direct result of clearing everything out of Kelly’s bedroom for redecorating.)

That hanging quilt behind the jumble? A mystery lies beyond.  What could it possibly be?  Any ideas?

I’ll show you next post!

But wait — that next post is HERE! Mystery revealed!!!!!

Love, Jannie
xoxo

P.S. Kelly snapped the top photo yesterday afternoon. Both photos in this post were taken with my iPhone 3GS, and altho the lighting and color were enhanced a bit on both of them with my PaintPro program, that mommy-tummy blubber in the first pic is 100% totally unretouched mine, all mine!!

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As soon as my interview’s up I’ll post to let you know.

I’m going back to bed now.  Kelly’s school has an in-service today. No school!  No driving! Whoo-hoo!

Oh, speaking of that kid, we had the follow-up for her broken arm yesterday.  X-rays look good, both bones are in place to knit well. They put fiberglass over her plaster cast – she’ll be 2 weeks in that. Then, that whole shebang gets replaced with an all-new fiberglass cast she’ll have on for an additonal 3-4 weeks. Oy.  She’s in no pain tho, and is in great spirits.

Sleep, wonderful sleep, here I come. 

xoxo

Remember yesterday morning I took this picture of MY bench?

And remember I promised to go back that afternoon with my donut and decaf, after the sun had swung around for optimum light, to photograph the view from where I often rest my somewhat toned buttocks?

Well, here you go!

Blogging friends, wait until the leaves fill in! You’re gonna love that view even more!!

awesim, my jannie!! i luvs the bensh mutch too, as yoo kno, playing wit my skwirrle frends there.  but back to you, my jannie.

Thanks, BB!

And thanks also to  Wonderful Paige – a blogging poet and funny sweetheart –  for suggesting I photograph the donut!

yes, page iz almost as mutch awesim as me!

You’re BOTH awesim, BB!

Okay… so it’s not exactly MY bench.  But it sure feels like it.  

But moving right along…

… go, my jannie, go!  yoo so rokking todae.

Thanks again, BB!

Peeps, have you noticed my new “Spring Break Give-Away” button up yonder?  This ‘un…

Yep, things will be especially wild here next week in Funsterland!

FOUR prizes each day!!   Specifically…

–  7 Billy Collins poetry books (be sure to scroll down his link to read one of the most kick-ass poems ever written!)

–  1 Chris Edgar “Inner Productivity” book

– “Twitter For Dummies”

– “Blogging For Dummies”

– “Singing For Dummies”

– “The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Singing” (comes with cd)

–  One each day of My “I Need A Man” cds (songs I wrote) Yes, 5 of my cds over the week!!

–  A Tori Amos fingerstyle guitar book (comes with cd)

–  That Jannie-assembled ”Railroad Lover’s Special”  :)

–  4 Marilyn Monroe B&W notecards, one with a slightly-different-but-still-perfectly-functional envelope

I’ll be choosing the gifts based on whose comments touch me about why they would like a particular item.

Could I sell all these personal treasures on eBay and put the proceeds towards my Dream Camera? You bet your rootin’ tootin’ blog buttons I could!

But I’m GIVING them all away.

Because giving is good.

And so are you.

And I’ve been inspired by a very giving blogger to follow in her footsteps of generosity. (I highly recommend availing yourself of her RSS feed button — it’s free, easy and puts a smile on her lovely face.)

Toodles.  xoxoxo

(all park bench photos in this post were taken with my iPhone.)

So, friends, I think I figured it out!! A perfect blog posting schedule for me.

Wednesdays will be photo-only days, with a little description, of course. And Fridays and Mondays will generally see meatier fare offered here. Not that pictures cannot be meaty — I don’t mean that at all.  Let’s just say, Wednesdays will be a bit of a “breather” day for me. Whoo-hoo!!

So that’s the plan I’m really really excited about.

I was considering closing comments on the Wednesday photos, to allow me to keep up better with bloggity wonders, but as people offered their astute input on that query, I changed my mind.

Can you all handle the updated Jannie plan?!

Can I hear some doopity-doos????

Love to all.

Grannie Jannie Fannie Meister

xo

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