http://my.greasy.com/janetk/ janetk's Blog en-us © 12:21:50 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Wed, Feb 12:21:50 8 GMT 30 http://my.greasy.com/janetk/moving_moving_moving_.html “If I knew then, what I know now…” How many times have each of us said those words? Those eight, futile, little words. If I knew then what I know now… I’ll admit to having thought those words in the confines of my little brain more than a few times over the past four or five months. I’ll even cop to saying them out loud a handful of times, sometimes to a friend over the phone, sometimes to the empty room around me. Most of the time, those muttered words are expressed in anger o ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/moving_moving_moving_.html#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:14:54 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/me_2.html I'm not really here. And I don't know what to say or where to begin and time is, as usual, not on my side. So here is the jist of it, I guess. I don't have Internet anymore. I only use my Mom and Dad's once in a blue moon and even then, not for very long and really only to check facebook. I miss blogging. Especially lately. My little boy is not okay. What we thought was autism is not or maybe is and there is no comfort in hearing anyone in the medical field tell you, "we've never seen anyo ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/me_2.html#comments Fri, 2 Apr 2010 23:58:46 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/pause.html We had a rough morning. Michael is transitioning again, I think. He will be two in only a few short weeks. Twenty one months, corrected age. I’ve lost track of his developmental age. It varies from area to area. He still has too many baby like tendencies. Cries like an infant. Sometimes wakes like one, too. That was last night and early, early this morning. Unable to settle himself. He never learned the skill. He is like an old man, at times, too. Too set in his ways, his routines, his s ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/pause.html#comments Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:24:34 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/solitude.html I am waiting for my Dad. Actually, I have been waiting for him all day. He assured me he would be here first thing in the morning to snow blow my driveway after our monstrous dumping of snow yesterday and last night but it’s now well past one o’clock and he still hasn’t shown. Luckily, I don’t have anywhere I need to be today. And even luckier, if I did, my car has four wheel drive. I am waiting for a woman named Tanya. No, not frogfenatic. I miss her, though. I know she’s busy b ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/solitude.html#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:07:54 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/janetks_guide_kickin.html It’s January and unless you’re living someplace tropical, winter is starting to close in around us. We’re all getting a case of the winter blahs and the cabin fever crazies. This is the time of year when we all have to get creative, throw caution to the wind and vow to keep the nutties away. I’m also thinking of a someone I know who has a little trouble kickin’ it and even though it will probably make him shudder, curl up in the fetal position and suck his thumb…. I’m startin ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/janetks_guide_kickin.html#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:51:43 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/btch_moan.html I am whiny and crabby today, so consider yourselves warned. I shouldn’t even be blogging at all, I’m that crusty, but here I am just the same…putting off folding the laundry, hoping that the weather holds out for tonight so that I can take the kids out for some birthday shopping for my sister, wishing that Kate would find something productive to amuse herself with (apparently she is having an off day, too) and missing him. A lot. That’s where the whininess comes in, so again, consi ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/btch_moan.html#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:22:44 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/crazy.html That about sums up my weekend. Crazy. Actually, fucking crazy is more like it. But who’s counting hairs? But rather than talk about the weekend of insanity, I thought instead that I would get on my list of ten things I love…all starting with the letter C, of course. This started on Meranda’s blog and with any luck, maybe it will keep going round and round Greasy. The deal is that you have to list ten things you like all starting with the same letter… the catch is that the letter is ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/crazy.html#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:58:02 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/night_stands.html Because, in the immortal words of Samantha Jones from Sex In The City, “you’d be surprised how many are ready to go again after a quick cat nap”. Ha. Actually, this morning’s blog post was originally going to be titled, “Bundled Up and Bitching” because, well, I’m bundled up and bitching. It’s is super fucking cold outside today. In the sun, it’s roughly minus twenty five. In the shade, more like minus thirty five. Fucking. Freezing. Cold. And I’m tired and cranky. Kate ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/night_stands.html#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:09:14 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/rice_cakes_camp_rock.html I didn’t think that I was going to blog today. To be quite frank, I’m not even sure that this will make it to posting but I’m feeling rather unsettled today…so much so that my stomach is aching and a bit queasy…and rather than watch Camp Rock for the thousandth time with Kate (it gets better and BETTER every time, let me tell you. Just how did those Jonas Brothers end up famous? They can’t sing. Two of them are pretty ugly. And they also can’t act. At all. And yet, Don tells ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/rice_cakes_camp_rock.html#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:41:35 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/cat_diet_schtuff.html “Schtuff” was the name of a zine a long time ago. And now I wonder whatever happened to Jason… I am still keeping silent on the thing that’s going on here in Janet Land. Some of you have asked me outright what the exciting news is and now I feel kinda badly since it’s not anything huge, just something that has the potential to bring even more nastiness to the land of single motherhood. Suffice it to say, the process has begun and it looks good so far. But it ain’t over, yet. An ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/cat_diet_schtuff.html#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:05:05 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/good_hair_day.html It’s going to be a good day. I can just feel it. How do I know? The baby is chilling out in his crib. He might be sleeping. I’m not sure. He does that sometimes…begs in his baby language way to be put down in his crib with a ba-ba and a blanket for a little, quiet time out. Sometimes he naps but very often, he just hangs out alone until he wants to see us all again. He has done this since he first came home to us. I think it stemmed from having spent so much time laying in an Isolett ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/good_hair_day.html#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:03:32 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/judy.html The band Oasis has always made think of my sister, Judy. Maybe because back in the day, when Judy was knee deep in several underground zines and had correspondence with several other zinesters, she was friends with this girl named Polly who loved Oasis. And I do mean * loved *. She was borderline obsessed with the band, who were just getting their start at this time. Polly met the brothers on several occasions, hung out with them and, if I remember correctly, even had a little “thing” ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/judy.html#comments Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:19:15 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/need_.html …to go downstairs and find my glue gun. …to fix the bird that broke in my purse and then hang it from the ceiling fan in the dining room. …a snack. …to lose some of this holiday weight. …to go to the bank. My rent cheque is going to be cashed on Friday. It will bounce like one of those balls out of a gum machine if I don’t get down there to deposit some money into the account. …to shovel. To get to the bank. Or anywhere else for that matter. It’s been snowing all day. Suppo ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/need_.html#comments Thu, 8 Jan 2009 01:11:08 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/i_part.html Kevin the fish died. I know. I was sad, too. Luckily, Don was visiting so I delegated him to the task of giving Kevin a proper burial “at sea”. I felt pretty badly about Kevin’s death until Don asked me how old Kevin was. I racked my brain, trying to remember exactly when Kevin had come to live with us…I know that Emma was really into watching “The Wonder Years” because that’s how the little gold fucker got his name, Kevin. I thought about it for a little while and remembered ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/i_part.html#comments Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:19:00 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/i_4.html Holy shit, it has been a while, eh? If I try to sit here and update all of you, you’ll fall asleep and my fingers will go numb. Likewise, if I try to catch up on all of you from beginning to end where I left off, it will take too long. So we’re just going to have to start over. Again. I suck. I know. So, even though my short posts are apparently long (wink) I’m going to give you a point form update on the happenings here in Janet Land before dragging my tired ass to bed. From the top ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/i_4.html#comments Tue, 6 Jan 2009 03:10:28 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/will_back.html This is going to be one short post. I can just feel you falling off of your computer chair at those words because normally, the pink hair Canadian Goddess is fairly long winded. It has been fucking nuts here in Janet Land. Real life has gotten in the way of any kind of blogging life. So please forgive me. Here is the short version of what's been going on. SNOW. Sick baby. SNOW. Sick baby *and* sick five year old. SNOW. Puke, puke, puke. SNOW. Sick baby. SNOW. Fight with Rock. HUGE fight wi ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/will_back.html#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:25:47 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/want_christmas_part.html I should be drying dishes. But I just saw Santa in my basement. No shit. The big guy in red was down there in the wood room. I caught him sneaking a peek at the poster of Jenna Jameson and licking his lips. He didn’t get to ogle the calendar of Stormy Daniels. I caught him before that point. But now that I think about it, that calendar was set to June, when Stormy was pouring herself a glass of milk and missed and made a big ol’ mess on her breasts. Silly Stormy. So maybe I didn’t ca ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/want_christmas_part.html#comments Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:31:14 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/penis_bed_stories.html Before we go any further, I would like to mention a few little things. First of all, I’m drinking coffee. I know. I * know *. I said I never drink coffee in the middle of the day. But I’m an adult, goddammit! If I want a jot of caffeine mid day then so be it! Second, I am not yet finished feeling relieved. And grateful. And overwhelmed. He’s alive. Now on with the show! I had the kind of day that is just perfect for blogging. Oh, you know the kind. The kind of day that seems full of ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/penis_bed_stories.html#comments Wed, 3 Dec 2008 20:25:56 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/comes_divine_.html …expect the unexpected. I should really be in bed. I am beyond tired at this point. I haven’t had a decent night’s sleep in a couple of days, with last night taking the cake. While I have been in bed with the intent to sleep, a sound sleep has evaded me. So I should be snuggled up in the dirty sheets, breathing deeply and inhaling his scent. I curl up in the spot he takes up in my bed even though it’s not my normal left side and pretend that the body pillow is his body. I should be ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/comes_divine_.html#comments Tue, 2 Dec 2008 04:19:59 GMT http://my.greasy.com/janetk/leave_message.html I’m taking a break. A coffee break, actually, even though I normally don’t allow myself the pleasure of drinking coffee in the middle of the day. But that new craptacular coffee maker was calling my name after I put the lunch dishes away and I decided to put a pot on. I don’t allow myself coffee except in the morning and very rarely, in the evenings (I’m one of those freaks who doesn’t get affected by coffee at night because I have such a high caffeine tolerance. Oh shit, I hope ... http://my.greasy.com/janetk/leave_message.html#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:20:40 GMT