Taking Steps: Day 13 – Undeterred

I don’t enjoy the thought of short changing myself, however there are times when I feel the right decision is to bail.  I’m going through some issues right now that want me to bail completely.  What’s worse, it wants me…

Taking Steps: Day 12 – Get Right Back Up

I broke budget this week.  Not proud of it.  The only thing I can do is swap it from money in savings and try again next week.  Beating myself over it won’t solve matters, and it won’t give me any…

Taking Steps: Day 11 – Don’t Point Your Gun On Yourself

I went over to my friend’s birthday party tonight, and one of the party-goers brought their 7 year old daughter.  The little girl was playing with the NERF multi-ammo suction gun, when the ammunition ran out.  She pointed the gun…

Taking Steps: Day 10 – Not As Strong As I Thought

I guess I’m going to need to be more mindful on the pull video games have on me. I thought I’d just dip my toe into the water and play an app game.  One game became two games.  I almost…

Taking Steps: Day 9 – The Follow Through

I’m presently in my 2nd week of this and I’m still consistent.  I do a little reading daily, took a walk before having dinner, worked on my finances, and today I got a chance to speak to both my parents….

Taking Steps: Day 8 – Grace

Again, short and sweet this time because I worked a double tonight and I’m really looking forward to getting some rest. I was listening to the Dave Ramsey podcast for Tuesday, 9/17/13, and unlike most other episodes, he didn’t speak…

Taking Steps: Day 7 – Giving Permission

I’m going to make this one short, since it’s after midnight and I really need to get myself to bed for tomorrow. Today a friend of mine told me that a word that I gave her on New Year’s Day…

Taking Steps: Day 6 – Life of Legos

Have you ever played with legos as a child?  I think the most I was ever able to do with my set was make a wall.  I guess my mind back then wasn’t able to think outside of a linear…

Taking Steps: Day 5 – Uphills & Downhills

(This is going to get REAL, just to warn you) I have a stronghold of fear in my heart that I’m aiming to beat the tar out of. Yes, you read correctly. This stronghold, I suspect has been the cause…

Taking Steps: Day 4 – Day of Rest and Repair

Saturdays are generally the only day of the week where I get to sleep in, so I take advantage of it as much as possible, however I woke up to a very alarming picture. Overnight I found out a friend…

Taking Steps: Day 3 – Short and Sweet

Going to keep this one short. This morning I was praying because I woke up in fear.  I needed to get my heart right and as I was preparing to get myself ready for work, I watched a replay of…

Taking Steps – Day 2 – Physical Healing

Tonight I hosted a twitter party/chat on the social documentary “Hungry For Change” (2012) on my @janifer twitter account.  I had seen the film before, obvious to those who have read my blog, but this time I wanted to get…

Taking Steps – Day 1 – Getting the Funds in Order

Ok, I will admit, I’m still learning this stuff, but at least I took a step. What I basically did was make a reasonable budget for myself for the next six months, taking into account interest rates and other miscellaneous…

Taking Steps

When someone generally asks me “how are you doing”?  I tend to not know how to answer.  It’s not like nothing is happening, because life tends to feel like I’m racing from one end to another, however when I stop…

“Gifted Hands”, Moving Forward

Jason and I would like to thank everyone who came out on Saturday night to watch us perform at the Gifted Hands: Arts & Poetry event.  We were really blessed to be surrounded by so many talented people, poets, musicians,…

Juicing – Because You Asked

Hi folks, I want to thank you folks for following me and reading my blogs and watching my vids.  I’m happy that I’ve inspired a lot of you to go on a fast, however, a lot of you have written…

Spring Awakening – An Update

I want to thank all of you for sticking with me and for all of you who have just joined us, thank you for becoming fans.  Here’s the update. Singing – Sunday, May 12th, 2013, 10AM – I’m going to…

You Want to Help Get Me On The Voice?

You want to help me get on The Voice?  Tweet the following message, then have everyone you know tweet it: @MarkBurnettTV @TheVoiceCasting I want @Janifer on @NBCTheVoice #Artist19846 #Retweet http://youtu.be/Hq8glaRPE7k http://bit.ly/ZnRnkT We appreciate your support. #GoTeamJanifer (Updated 2/18) Postscript –…

The World as I Know it Right Now – an update

Have you ever looked at a blank screen and wondered “what am I going to write”?  Yeah, that’s where I am right now.  Not because I don’t have anything to write about, but because I don’t know where to start….

Hurricane Sandy – The Aftermath

Hi everyone, It’s been officially a week since Hurricane Sandy hit New York and there are still a lot of people who are without power in New York and New Jersey.  For those of you who wish to donate, head…