My Name...

Wow! It's been a year of Saturday Evenings since I've been in here. But it's dawning on a new year. Resolutions?

So the next thing on my list to discuss is "My Name." Yes it's Jannet and has been for years and years and years. Hasn't ALWAYS been though and my mom either continuously reminds me of that.. or forgets.

OK... truth be told...I was born Janet. Actually Janet Lynn which both of my grandma's always called me.

My given last name was Horsley. I don't think it was until I was about 2 that I realized that the name was a bit different. But here's the story about that...

My dad's mom remarried a man by the last name of Horsley (waves to grandpa) after his real dad ran off (or so I'm told.) A while after she passed away he remarried (waves to grandma) and at the adoption hearing the courts gave him the choice of taking on his step-father's last name or his real father's name which was Lamoreaux. Actually, they just asked the young child which animal he liked better... lambs or horses. So there you go...

After I found that out I did practice signing my autograph for quite a while as... Janet Lamoreaux... but it just always felt so fake, ya know?

But then, one day when I was about 15, I decided to add an extra "n" to my name and it just really felt right! Of course mom told me I'd have to go to the courts and have it legally changed and all that... but I never did. And have still, somehow managed to get it spelled "correctly" on all my legal documents from then on, etc, etc.

Yes... I HAVE changed my name a couple of times since then yet again. But only the last name. Married twice, ya know.

Perhaps someday... like maybe when I die or something... I'll wish I had done it all legally afterall. But I've never had a problem with it. Not even with the border gestapos. And so I guess that says alot.

Anyway, so for now and most likely forever going forward... I'm Jannet, I guess. Cause that's just who I am and who I know.