Sooooo….. we were walkin’ in the hood and came upon this giant agave.
So nice, so nice. I photographed it twice.
And of course, I had to get crazy with the 3rd shot.
Now, Dearest Friends and Enablers…
I am off to package up 3 eBay auctions that sold — some of hubby’s model railroad stuff.
Yay, my auctions sold! My auctions sold!!
Then… I have photos to take of 6 more railroad things and get those listed.
Whooohooooooo, Jannie can now hire her bassist and drummer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, I’m the luckiest person I know!!
Who’s the luckiest person YOU know? And why?
xoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxooxoxo
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The Pea | Posted by Jannie on 12 December 2011 @ 11:06 AM
Visit with Santa to say her only desire is an iPhone 4S — check.
Covering her iPhone prayer bases with the angels — check.
She then entered that house for a party with friends. They made cookies, ate dinner and went caroling.
Mardi’s Funster’s party for Jannie — check.
Mardi played her “fluke” and sang “Don’t Fence Me In” so beautifully for the two-steppers.
I played and sang a couple too, on my blue guitar.
Gymnastics show – check.
(Took that with my telephoto from waaaay across a huge gym.)
“The Nutcracker” — check. Great orchestra view from the cheap seats!
Gingerbread house social — check.
Pretty good start on the Christmas fun so far this year, eh!?
All this past weekend, except for the gingerbread social last Tuesday.
Oh. Posing by poinsettias on the way to get batteries for the camera for the gymnastics show — check!!
Now, my Dear Friend… back goes I to song lyrics.
See you soon!!
xoxoxoxoxoxooxxoxoxoxo
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The Pea | Posted by Jannie on 11 September 2011 @ 12:39 PM
Baby, you’ve hardly changed a bit in 10 years!
Even the hat still fits. Kind of.
Seems like 10 minutes ago I was doing up your birth announcement, not 10 years.
TEN YEARS!!!
Happy Birthday, Baby!!
Love Mom & Dad.
xoxoxoxoxoxo
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Child, everybody knows you popped out about as independent as a kid gets
but there’ll be times on your journey you’ll need a peptalk, as we all do.
And who better to pep you up than Maya Angelou, whom I fell in love with
forever about as deeply as I fell in love with and will stay in love with you.
Dr. Angelou advises…
“The most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”
“To those who are given much, much is expected.”
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”
“If you are not good to yourself, how can you expect anyone else to be good to you?” *
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
“Live as though life was created for you.”
“Whenever you decide something with an open heart, you usually make the right decision.” **
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
“When you get, give. When you learn, teach.”
Dr. Angelou also advises the following, but please don’t read until you’re 12, due to mild language.
In fact, don’t read any of this blog until you’re 12, okay. Thanks!!
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass. ”
Those old enough to read this blog, I hope Dr. Angelou’s wisdom enriches your journey today.
I know she has mine!!
With love from Jannie-Mom.
xoxoxo
(2 iPhone pix from about a year ago)
* and ** were actually written in first person, but I changed them to “you,” because I’m quite the rebel, as you know.
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The Pea | Posted by Jannie on 4 June 2011 @ 12:42 PM
Sometimes in the car the funniest kid I know and I play “Definition,” where I say a word and she guesses the meaning.
For instance, as captured via my iPhone’s voice recorder recently…
EDIT — Yes, SHE really did make these up. Jim didn’t believe me, but it was The Pea indeed.
Rosacea: An African dance in Mexico, also a type of food in Indiana.
Philately: A name they use in Kentucky for boys who are 17 and 1/2 months old.
Symbiotic: A type of car built only in Africa.
Filigree: A type of musical instrument in Georgia made from 4 tortoise shells, 1 tree, 2 lamposts and a Subaru.
Phylum: A cloth made for jackets in India, but was discovered to be very poisonous and set off the disease of the Malaguayas. But in 1949 they found a cure which was oak leaf tea with a spice of gingerale and cinnamon.
Fenestration: A math test you take when you are 13.
Ingenue: A lamp post that is 5 feet tall, 4 feet wide, 2 feet diagonal and only works on the 4th of July every 100 years.
Sequester: To put sequins on something then test it.
Fibrillation: Kind of like a celebrating, but you’re not celebrating – you’re going to jail.
Anticipatory: A special way you decorate your Christmas tree with gold garland in the south of Montana.
Dogma: Is like magma but is melted dog.
The funniest kid I know is also into The Far Side these days.
And wearing 3-d movie glasses and my black UV SunStop arm covers everywhere.
She cracks me UP!
Posted with love by: Jannie of the Moonlit Mist.
xoxooxxooo
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