Seriously Weird, The Pea | Posted by Jannie on 12 December 2009 @ 6:45 AM
deere lovly & intresting peepil,
my jannie was hopping to show yoo some new viddio todae of she singing, butt she komputer cot on fier and explodid last nite. she is fine tho, except for a milde konkussins. and i haz onlee a few berned wiskirs. and my tale. and the kat, but onlee his furs on his left sied.
so i posting wile my jannie stil asleeping. i hop she wil be prowd of me i up so erlee and werking harde. maybee she raze my salliry to $2.10 dollirs a week, espeshilly sinse my speling iz so improoving.
so heer we goes…
these fotos iz all frum the day my kelly got her casting off she arm. one monts ago, i tink.
i taeked all these myself.
heer iz my kelly in one of the big rumes in the texis kapitul bilding.
heer is my kelly in frunt of the bilding with some tall guys woo nevir moving a mussel. (i evin came bak next dae to wotch them, but they nevir evir moved evin one littel bite.)
heer is my kelly wating for the doctir to come and take she casting off. (she wuz hoping to brake she other arm, I think, dansing all around the tabel. she is mutch ennergees, my kelly.)
and heer is my kelly in frunt of happee noodle chubbie hugging time of funs. my jannie and my kelly lieks the name of it. and i lieks they karrits iz alweys fressh. and onse they gived me a free plastic spoone for my cabbige soop.
so that iz it for todae.
i hops we get yoo some viddio soone, i thinks next frydae the 18, becuz my jannie posting another exciting thing on tuesdae the 15.
wit love and infeckshuns — blue bunny manigemints 
BUTT WATE!!! THERE”S MOR!!!!! my jannie’s sister just opined up her very own new blogg. hoo-woo!!!!! I bet my rosie rosann would lov if you pooped in to say hello to she.
Friends, Just Good Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 8 December 2009 @ 3:20 PM
Friend, are you easily distracted at work, where your boss and co-workers are total jerks and the wallpaper is ugly as sin?
Do you complain about your work most of the time?
Do find yourself saying “I have no motivation?”
Do you often fall asleep at work and wake up a computer built into your right big toe and orange peels on your hair? (Oh wait — that one’s probably just my work place! Sorry.)
Do you threaten or shame yourself for not attaining what you’d like?
Do you tell yourself you’re trapped in your current job and feel guilty for desiring the job you’d really like?
Does contemplating a career change make you feel you’re going to jump off a cliff?
Do you feel the uncontrollable urge for “karrits” every two minutes to keep moving forward? (Oh wait — that’s probably just this guy! 
) (Yes, a guy! We have ascertained Blue Bunny is indeed a he of the male persuasion. hoo-woo.)
But back to the book review!
Are you miserable in your job because you figure “That’s just how it’s gotta be?”
Have you acquired higher credentials but still feel unfulfilled?
Or on the flip side, maybe you are afraid of being perceived as “too happy” at work, so you wear a facade which creates a split between your “work you” and your “real you”?
Friend, if you answered “Yes!” to even one of the above, or if you can state other reasons you’re not happy in your work — this gem of an excellent book is for YOU.
Even if you’re not considering a career transition, but just want to find more satisfaction in what you do, Inner Productivity is still for you!
Inner Productivity is not about organizing our desks, color-coding our post-it notes, or turning off our e-mail to be more productive.
It’s about reorganizing our hearts and minds!
About becoming aware of our perception of things.
About noticing our patterns of thinking and feeling that tend come up when our less-than-desirable work habits surface.
About trusting our innate wisdom.
Seriously?
Seriously!
Could our work enjoyment or lack thereof really be that closely tied to how our bodies feel?
Could fully experiencing our emotions without fighting or fleeing from them actually help us?
Can we actually feel the inspiration and joy of work in our bodies?
Yes, I tell you! Yes, yes, yes!
In Inner Productivity Chris guides us to become aware of and pinpoint tensions in our bodies we probably didn’t even realize we had. Then with concrete exercises — relatively easy exercises — turning negatives into happy results.
We all want to have an overall vision for the work we do, feel significant in our jobs and enjoy the process as much or more than the product of our work. Well, Chris Edgar of Purpose Power Coaching (that’s his blog link,) guides us concisely from his heart how to do this, in a most pleasant and well-organized read.
And Guess what I found out about ME through this book??
I am NOT lazy — as drummed into me in childhood.
I will NOT die from stage fright, or any other kind of fright. All fears can be boiled down to one basic fear, and Chris teaches practical ways to release that fear on a cellular level.
I CAN prevent the migraines I realize I bring on by worrying about work stuff, by tuning into the sensations in my body . [As Chris mentions in his comment below, with focussed breathing]
(Insert Handel’s Aleleuia Chorus here, loudly — with extra cowbell.)
Oh, and I especially love the section in Inner Productivity that encourages us to embrace those “blank moments,” a.k.a writer’s block, which Chris shows are actually the moments that spur us on to our best creativity. What writer can’t fall in love with that idea?
But Friend, don’t take my word alone on Chris’ gem of an excellent book — there are tons more positive Inner Productivity reviews from well known guys and gals who write about work productivity and such.
“Chris Edgar is an author, speaker and personal coach who focuses on helping people follow their true callings in their careers, and find more enjoyment and efficiency in what they do.” (I stole that wonderful sentence from Bold BloggerTess.)
So go, Grasshopper — go joyously forward with the great inner creation that is YOU.
Funny Typos | Posted by Jannie on 5 December 2009 @ 7:35 AM
image credit: sapiensgladio
On with my latest typos!!
1. I’m always trying to lure complete stranglers to my blog.
2. Please feel free to e-maul me any time of the day or night.
3. Only one of the new songs I’m writing is in a miner key.
photo credit: synthstuff
4. I had a hard-drive rash but I’m back in business now, Baby!
5. You must be in 7th heaven having found all those new blogs on immorality. [To Robin of Let’s live Forever! who blogs on physical immortality…]
6. With new friendships I always go rearing in expecting the best.
7. Unwrapped Halloween candy is something you really have to witch out for.
8. My sister brought me a chocolate mouse I gobbled down. [inadvertent guest bord from a Very Bold Blogger describing a cruise ship buffet treat.]
9. Nothing like running in the cold rain followed by a hot bath, hot chocolate and cozy sweet pants.
10. Our latest service to improve your blobbing experience…
11. You have GOT to enter her picture in a cut kid contest
12. Looks like it’ll be at least another couple years until we move back to Canada, but life is goo here in Austin.
13. Yes, little Emily had fur candles on her cake.
14. When’s the last time YOU ran around with a nag on your head?
15. My deviled egg tray was hand painted by Mongolian broccoli framers.
16. 
my jannie iz out drinking beets agin. [Amazing, as bb’s attention to spelling is usually so impeccably impeccable.]
17. Do you like your brownies with nits, or without? [Eeeeeeeewwwwwwww, as this person 
likes to say at least 50 times a day.]
18. Jannie Dumster [while texting on that miniscule iPhone keypad without my fabulous reading glasses]
19. Yes, Lance is so shiny he could read in the pitch darkness of a cola mine.
Hey, that guy again!
AND NUMBER 20??? BRACE YOURSELF, MY PEEPS….
OKAY, ALMOST THERE…
KEEP GOING…
OKAY — HERE GOES…
WAIT, A LITTLE FURTHER…
ALMOST THERE…
20. They say the penis mightier than the sword.
To which I can just imagine her saying…
eeeeeeeewwwww, you said penis.
eeeeeeewwwww
eeeeewwwwwww
eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww
(But give her 15 to 20 years.) 😉
No! make that 30 years, yeah, she can start dating when she’s 38.
xo
If you’re new to my typo series, you may enjoy romping through these…
Funny Typos 16… Funny Typos 15… Funny Typos 14…Funny Typos 13… Funny Typos 12… Funny Typos 11…Funny Typos 10… Funny Typos 9… Funny Typos 8… Funny Typos 7… Funny Typos 6… Funny Typos 5… Funny Typos 4… Funny Typos 3… Funny Typos 2… Funny Typos 1…
Friends | Posted by Jannie on 1 December 2009 @ 6:47 AM
hey peeps. blue bunny bloging manigir heer wit a big treet!! my jannie intervued lanse of jungle of life 2 monts ago and iz finaly posting him todae. hoo-woo.
Thanks bb, nice intro!
yoo iz wellkom, my jannie.
now, on wit the shows.
Lance, I’ve admitted I’m not really a songwriting bra-flinging beer-swilling blogger, but actually a former champion Russian mig welder living in a Mongolian hut with 14 cats and this laptop. And YOU? You seem like the nicest super-upbeat guy on the web, but ARE you? WHO are you, really? And, if you’ve been living a double life, here’s your chance to fess up for forgiveness.
Yikes, Jannie — our one cat, Rufus, wouldn’t stand a chance against your 14 feline friends and mig welding equipment!
Am I always upbeat? Hmmm…NO! There was that year the rascally rabbits ate all the veggies out of our garden. And the winter our snowblower quit working. “Upbeat”…well…”upbeat” up and beat it! I stand before you today, and ask for forgiveness. Jannie, I cannot tell a lie (see, there I go, lying!) – I have lived this double life too long. Please, please, Jannie – forgive me…
lanse, my jannie forgivs all yor many many sins. and i sorry i eeted yor veggies and put karrits in your sno blower gas tank wen i was not so mature as now. yes, i konfessing. can you forgiv me? i wil giv you two hours free bloging konsultashins to pay my det to you — a $.40 retale valu!
that’s nice of you bb.
thanks you. i am turnign a new leaf.
So… Lance, if you really are who we all think you are — the wildly successful blogger we all have come to love, devoted father, good husband, hard-working IT guy, basketball coach, triathlete, etc… how do you keep it all together?
Do you know Elmer? He has some glue he makes. Yep, that’s what I use. Once I tried super glue, it’s just too permanent though. That trip to the emergency room was downright scary! Anyway, Elmer and I are now good friends. His glue does wonders, I tell ya, Jannie! Except when it doesn’t. Then…well, it’s all about trying to find some harmony in all of it. Some days, that can be hard. Other days, not so bad. And such is the journey, and one that is so good to be on.
I’m thinking of having the cat start to write some of the posts at “the Jungle”…seems like a fitting place for him, anyway – jungle theme and all. Should free up some of my time so I can swim a little and bike a little.
And, I must come clean…I don’t coach basketball. I think I may have misled you, Jannie. I do coach soccer, though… My kids tell me I’m too nice on the soccer field. I’ll have to work on that…
(i see my jannie had annother blond momint wit thinking yoo in baskitball.)
wow, lanse, yoo are so nise. and i hop roofus will maek a big bloging salliry liek my jannie pays me — i gets 2 dollirs a weeke.
bb, as of today I’m raising you to $2.05!
hoo-woo, now i kan gets my newe icing skates. and a cabbige.
Good for you, bb. Now… back to our esteemed guest!
Speaking of your wildly successful blog, Lance, to what do you attribute its raging success?
I can’t help but read this question, Jannie, and be drawn to the word “raging”. Which makes me think of our summer vacation last year to Idaho, where we went whitewater rafting. And that’s a good place to go in search of this answer too. Life, and blogging, they are like a river. Sometimes we float along, sometimes we get hung up on a rock near the surface, and sometimes we have rapids that take us on a wild ride. So, I’m enjoying the ride – all parts of it – the good and the challenging. Success, I would say, is in the eye of the beholder. For me, success right now is in deeply meaningful conversation. And I attribute any success I have had at reaching this, to the wonderful and caring readers I have. They make all the difference in the world! And I’m so honored to have them visiting me. Like you, Jannie – you’re one of those making a difference in my world!
i liek deep konversashins too! and lettis.
(he is extra-extra nise, this lanse persin. no wunder so many peeps is lieking him so mutch.) And look – a nother picshur… wow!
Thanks so much for your inspiring words, Lance. Speaking of fatherhood, you have 3 beautiful bouncing kids. What’s your parenting philosophy?
Have fun. If I can leave one thing with my kids, it’s that life is what you make it. And having a good amount of fun mixed into each day is a great philosophy for living healthy (in all forms that healthy comes in)
fun is goods! my jannie iz mor sticking in the mud than me, but i teeching she to liten up.
Ahem…
Lance, remember when you camped out at your mailbox with your sleeping bag, some candy bars and a big bag of Cheetos to await the arrival of my 2 CDs you won in that 4-Leaf-Clover Contest? Well, when I tell you I’ve finally mailed those mis-matched socks, Dixie cups and Cheetos I owe you, what will you take out to the mailbox with you this time?
Fall is in the air here in Wisconsin. I’ll still need that sleeping bag (and probably an extra sweatshirt). After that whole baby food fiasco (what was I thinking??) I can tell you unequivicolly (that’s a mighty big word for me!) there will be none of that. I’ll have apples, the kind without worms. Oh, and coffee (I’ll need a long extension cord to keep that machine a brewing). Oh, and maybe an organic Snicker bar or two. And probably some wine. I’ve discovered a wonderful blackberry wine, made right here in the land of cheese. And I suppose it wouldn’t be proper for me not to include some beer and donuts. That should keep me happy for quite a while (should mail delivery be slow)…
lanse, now that my jannie final posting this, yoo mite need a snowing suit and mor than one bottel of wine. my jannie lieks wine a lot too. and beer. and margreetas. and everything.
Okayyyee…
Lance, of all your physical possessions, which one do you prize most? And why?
My wedding ring. It’s a bond to someone very special in my life – my wife Lora. It’s more than that, though. It also reminds me that I’m not alone in this world. Like the wedding ring around my finger, my life is surrounded by people who matter (they become the ring around “me”.). And that’s a pretty great reminder that life isn’t lived in a bubble, that each of us have connections to others, and have those who are connected to us. People who care and matter deeply. I very much feel that ring here, Jannie. And that’s you creating a very special place in this world. And, well…it all beats ring around the collar (that ring’s not quite so good…)
now i iz all verklemps. i needs a momint. i be rite back.
okae. i back.
I’m with bb on the verklemptitude, Lance. How sweet you are.
Okay! Moving right along…
Lance, what are 3 things you really want to do in life before you kick the proverbial bucket and go to your eternal reward?
I kicked a real bucket the other day – now my toe hurts! Hey, I can cross that one off my list now, though. Three more, eh?
– Climb a mountain. What a journey that would be! And I think there’s so much clarity that would come from being “out there”, and having to work with just what you have with you.
– Visit the world. This planet we live on is filled with so many amazing people (take a look in the mirror, Jannie), and getting the first-hand experience of really being in another place is such a powerful thought.
– Write a book. A real, hold-in-your-hands kind of book. If there’s a story I have inside of me, maybe just maybe that’s a story that others want to hear, as well. Hmmm…I’m working on this one as we speak, Jannie. And guess what? It takes discipline! And time! And creativity! And sometimes days turn into weeks – where I put it aside. So – thank you, my friend, for reminding me about what’s really important.
awesim lanse, except for hirting yor toe. i hops you gets all yor dreems. i writting a book too! called “karrits of the werld!”
Yes, just awesome, Lance! Count me in for buying and reviewing your book. We all know it’ll be a super one, since it’ll come from you — an extra wonderful person.
Lance, do you have any challenges in your life right now, and if so, what?
Challenges…we all probably have some we’re dealing with. I’m thinking I should attempt the 100 pushup challenge again. That would be fun and challenging. Hey, there’s that word “challenge”!
i kan do 500 pushing-ups!! and the splitz.
Yes, bb really kan! I mean can.
but moving on again…
Lance, who do you think wrote the book of love? And why?
The book of love, Jannie, is one that I believe is very personal for each of us. So, I happen to think we all write our own “book of love”. It can be so many things, and when we connect with what we deeply love and cherish – in very real ways – that’s us living from our true colors. And what’s in my book, may not be the same as what’s in your book. And that’s more than okay – I think that’s great! Because we’re all our own person, and while I believe very much that love is at our core – what that love means is different. And that’s what makes our world so amazing and wonderful!
heer i go all verklemps agin. annother momints, please.
okae, okae. (i iz a very emoshunul bunny, you iz lerning.)
Lance, you are amazing. And bb, I wouldn’t trade you for any other blogging manager in the world! You do know that, right?
i can gets $2.10 dollirs a weeke???
Work on your spelling and we’ll talk.
And finally, Dear Lance… Kelly, our 8-year-old who says the darnedest things, finds you wonderful too and she has a few questions she wants to ask you, so here goes…
What’s your favorite color?
Blue (maybe you know a bunny that color…)
I have heard of blue bunny. He is nice. But weird.
Do you like llamas?
I DO like llamas, although I’ve never ridden one. I llike that the lletter “L” appears twice to start this word. I don’t know why it does, but it’s kind of fun, don’t you think?
Lles, lli llo llike llat lla llot, Llance! (Translation: Yes, I do like that a lot, Lance.)
Could you live without a computer?
I’ve just had a computer built into my big toe on my right foot. I hope I never lose that toe. Does that answer you question, young Kelly?
I hope it’s not the toe you hit the bucket with?
What would you do if the Internet was down?
Hmmm…by the Internet being down, you mean sad, right? So, if the Internet were sad one day, I’d say we all give it a great big hug! How do we do that, you ask? (you did ask, didn’t you, Kelly?) Hug whatever net you can find! A hairnet. A fishing net. A net used to catch the bad guys in the cartoons. Any kind of net you can find. All the nets in the world, well…I’m pretty sure they are all related to the Inter-net. Yep, that’s it!
So, you mean you would hug your big toe?
Could you live without Cheetos?
I CAN live without Cheetos. I can’t live without all natural peanut butter. The stuff is like candy (messy sticky candy that’s good for me!). Have you ever had a peanut butter fight, Kelly? Ask your Mom! It’s where you get to smear it on each others faces! Fun!!
I sure hope you take a bath after that!
Could you live without coffee?
No, I cannot live without coffee. Some people drink Gatorade for energy. What are THEY thinking?? It’s in the coffee!!
Hey, what if they put the Gatorade in the coffee??!
Do you punch pillows when you’re mad?
No, I actually don’t, Kelly. I pull my hair out. It’s getting thin up there, so I guess I can’t get mad much more!
Well, I think your hair is quite nice, actually.
Do you turn the lamp on when you read?
Lamps have not yet arrived to our part of the world, here in Wisconsin. We use candles. My favorite books to read are picture books – I’m really good at reading picture books!
Well, does the book ever catch on fire?
If you kicked a bucket why would you do it?
Definitely to tip the bucket over, and set the frogs free! We catch frogs and put them in buckets. Then sometimes we each pick a frog and race them across the lawn, cheering them on. Good fun, Kelly. You should tell you Mom you want to do this!
Well, make sure you don’t kick it with your Internet Toe!!!
Does a light bulb appear over your head every time you think of a good idea?
No, it’s more like the flicker from a match. My kids try to blow it out. They know that if I’m having an idea, it might mean change for them. I guess enough change might buy them a candy bar. So, maybe they wouldn’t blow it out, after all!
Well, make sure the flame doesn’t burn your head!
And there we have them — all questions for Lance asked and answered. Unless any reading peeps have additional ones??
Lance you’re a gem, a shining light in the blogosphere. I’m sure we all agree. Thanks so much for being here today. And I hope you will feel free to speak to any comments that come in below.
Blue Bunny… any final words?
my onlee werds iz i am tired and going to bedd. this bloging iz not as eazie as it looks. ober and out.
Ober and out! 🙂
Friends, Just Good Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 27 November 2009 @ 7:26 AM
Is it a cooincidence Kit-Kat wants to snuggle each time I settle on the sofa with this book? (That cat almost NEVER comes near in the daytime.)
The feline senses your expanding positive energy. He knows something big is up.
This hardcover book is physically beautiful, feels like a precious gem in my hands. Every time I see it I smile and feel great, knowing what treasures lie within.
You constantly decide what matters to you. You value aesthetics.
It’s obvious a person of whole happiness wrote Self Disclosure. Dr. Covert laughs at things like lost luggage or mixed-up driving directions. She guides towards blessings and opportunities in everything one might label “negative.” Can I learn to do that too?
Learning and expanding is what you are all about. You just need to re-focus what you already know at Soul level.
Wow – deep!
Love is deep. Infinite. The root of all creation.
The book is changing my life.
YOU are changing your life, with higher energy you always sensed but had long forgotten how to access.
I sometimes feel uneasy reading the book.
Bravo! That’s Soul growth in action. Love is on the move.
Yes, I guess. Then, at other times my Soul is so bursting with big chunks of joy and happiness while reading it, I can actually see and feel light bouncing from my skin through my walls out past the leaves on my trees to the fields, cities and universe beyond.
You ARE light.
Yes, we are all beings of light — I do tend to forget that.
I’d thought I’d pretty-much seen everything, but Self Disclosure’s format is like nothing I’ve ever experienced — truly original on multiple levels. (I’m pseudo-copying the format here, with apologies to Dr. Covert.) 😉
So many levels of goodness are going on at any given moment, so much more is happening at once than you can ever imagine.
Yes! Self Disclosure allows me to tap into things about myself I wasn’t even aware of. It’s a book I keep coming back to again and again to guide me in all levels of my life. I seem to reap new meaning from it at different times.
Your levels of awareness are increasing as you allow them to. Lessons are repeated until you finally get them.
Wow!
Did I mention that at the end of each of the 60+ sections in this almost-300-page book covering every aspect of human-ness you can imagine, Dr. Covert offers additional gifts via comprehensive open-ended exercises to delve into truest Soul? Therein the tools to apply the concepts to our daily lives?
No you didn’t mention, but I remember you getting closer to your core through the exercises, (when you actually did them.) 🙂
Plus, tons and tons of drop-dead gorgeous quotes woven into the flow of the book, snippets of wisdom from 100+ people?
Ah yes, those too.
I was surprised at such a lengthy section about romantic love and intimacy towards the end of the book.
Different sections will resonate more with different readers at different times.
One question: Was I selfish to not leave the book for my sister in Canada this past summer, tucking it back into my suitcase to bring back to Texas because I hadn’t yet finished reading it?
Ah, there you go judging yourself, Grasshopper. Worry is not the true you. Each choice on your path takes you right where you need to be, each a learning experience on the journey to highest self.
Thanks, I feel ‘way better now.
Ahhh, happy and jolly.
Anything else?
To sum up, I’d say Self Disclosure is more of an experience than a book — an investment in Soul, really. A gift you give yourself and others around you, thus the world.
I humbly agree.
Will others like it? Will it change their lives too ?
Duh.
Oh yeah, right. Silly questions.
There are no silly questions. Only silly Jannies.
Now YOU are being silly.
Well, yes, I do have a sense of humor too.
Speaking of which, the section on Laughter I fairly flew through. I almost felt as if I’d written it. I wish the whole world could read it, could read the whole book. I have read nothing that compares to Self Disclosure.
Soul knows what resonates.
Right-ho! I feel enlightened.
Then go do your dishes! You have reframed where you are.
Hey, who ARE you, anyway? What will my readers think?
Well, they’ll just have to experience Self Disclosure and decide for themselves, won’t they?
Of course!
But wait. They need to know where they can acquire the book.
Oh yeah. We almost forgot. They can follow any of the Self Disclosure links above or the following one to Dr. Covert’s website — the home page of Dream Builders Australia, her blog-journal.
Yes, Dr. Covert publishes a new blog post daily. She is amazingly prolific. Teacher. Healer. What a gift to mankind.
And that other thing that’s happening this coming Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m. EST?? Yep, November 29th... ??
Oh yes! Dr. Covert will be interviewing me (Jannie) at this link on Blog Talk Radio. She encourages you guys to “Call in to share your own stories or how you resonate with Jannie’s soul journey. This show invites everyone to be more honest with the self about inner passion and what is involved in more unconditional self-acceptance. Are you ready for self-disclosure?”
Whoo-hoo!!
Whatever is Jannie gonna wear for her radio appearance ?!?
Again with the humor!! Well, my blue chiffon, of course. And my orange felt beret, the one with the green dingle balls.
Why didn’t I think of that?
Um… you’re too busy thinking about Soul growth to concern yourself with the frivolities of fashion?
True!
