I've been real busy writing my novel. It's a turning point right now and I hope to be done with it soon. I've also started a new novel and I'm very excited about that, because it is such a contrast to the other one I'm writing. They are opposite in character and setting. I'm still working on my new year's resolutions. I'm stuck at a certain weight with my "eating healthy" I'm so focused all day sitting in my chair writing; I need to incorporate some cardio work outs! When I feel I've been sitting down too long I open the door to my room and go up and down the stairs a few times! I've got to go back to writing my book now....
Have a great day!
-Janie
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Busy, Busy.....
Here is a recipe for a home facial
Juice from a orange: (squeeze the juice from an orange and apply to your face, like you would an astringent. Your skin will soak up the juice and you will feel your skin tighten.)
Vitamin E. (open a capsule and apply to problem area's and underneath your eyes. This helps with dark circles)
Omega 3's: (open a capsule and apply all over face. It will give your skin a glow and helps with elasticity) You can also apply it to your hair and it will add shine.)
Neutrogena Helioplex Sunblock: It is very important to use sunblock even in winter. The sun ages and adds wrinkles to your skin. You can still get extra vitamin D by sitting in the sun for 15 minutes but you should still wear sunblock.
This is my secret....it works....
Janie
Juice from a orange: (squeeze the juice from an orange and apply to your face, like you would an astringent. Your skin will soak up the juice and you will feel your skin tighten.)
Vitamin E. (open a capsule and apply to problem area's and underneath your eyes. This helps with dark circles)
Omega 3's: (open a capsule and apply all over face. It will give your skin a glow and helps with elasticity) You can also apply it to your hair and it will add shine.)
Neutrogena Helioplex Sunblock: It is very important to use sunblock even in winter. The sun ages and adds wrinkles to your skin. You can still get extra vitamin D by sitting in the sun for 15 minutes but you should still wear sunblock.
This is my secret....it works....
Janie
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
It's been a while...
Yes, well my sister had the "Roll Incident" and I had the "Tortilla Incident" She came in the kitchen and decided to reach for a croissant and my daughter told her to "put it down!" lol....I reached for a freshly home made tortilla yesterday and my daughter made me put it back and then let me have half of one....lol! Man I wanted the whole tortilla. I'm not losing weight as fast as I'd like because I'm sitting down most of the day on my computer. My sister and I are going to go for walks every day. Yesterday, we went for a walk. My mom wanted to go to CVS because she had a five dollar coupon. My older Nora said she'd give my mom and I and my sister Leticia a ride over there. So we all pile into her car. Nora begins to compare mine and Leticia's butt....saying mine is much bigger....so then she asks my mom and my mom pleads the 5th! As we drive off, Leticia notices that CVS is far away! Her face goes pale as we pass Walgreen's. She thought we were going to Walgreen's, which is just down the street from us. I ask her if she thinks it's too far. She says no. I ask her if she can walk that long and she says "yes" but shakes her head in the "no" position. As we get out of the car, my sister Nora says to call her when we're out and she will come by and pick us up. We are in CVS for around 20 minutes, looking at makeup and lotions. My mom buys the things she needs and gets five dollars off. We walk out and the sky is a beautiful light blue with shreds of light pink streaking the sky. We declare that we will not call to be picked up and that we can walk home.My mom says we should cross the street. I wonder why and tell her we dont' have to cross until much later. She says no we can take the short cut through Albertsons. I think to myself Albertsons is the complete opposite direction we are going in. I see that she's gotten herself all mixed up as to where we are. I convince her that we must go straight and not cross the street. I feel responsible for my sister and for my mom. I'm looking to see if there are cars coming as we cross the streets and I walk on the edge of the side walk. We stop every now and then to look at the sky. We talk about, girdles and hernia's and God and the bible and how beautiful the sky is. As we start to cross over into another side walk. I hear birds, lots of birds making a fuss in a tree across the street. We stop to listen and wonder what is going on. As we keep walking I look to see how my mom is doing and I see that she is cold and tell her to put her wrap around her head. I see that she sometimes walks a little crooked and wonder if she's dizzy. I think to myself; "what would I do if mom can't make it all the way home? I'll have to call my sister Linda who would give us a lecture as to why did we walk this far with mom! So I'm careful to make sure she's okay. We stop and cross the street and then wait for the light to change to cross again. Just then a big truck passes by and wind blows at my mother, making her get off balance. I then stand in front of her making sure I get the wind and not her. We start laughing. We cross the street and I make sure we are all in the cross walk. My sister Nora had warned up about crossing the street because she says no one stops and give pedestrians the right of way in Vegas and to be extra careful. We cross the street with no incidents. Then as we walk I see that my mom looks tired and out of breath. I ask her if she's okay. She says she just wants to get home. As we pass by some houses, we smell roses or flowers blooming. My sister and mom declare that God sent us flowers and roses for our walk. It starts to get dark and I wonder how my girls are at home. I feel the need to walk fast and get home to see them. I ask if I should go ahead of them to get home and see the girls. When I purpose this, my sister looks faint and my mom looks lost. I say okay I'll stay. We begin to joke how if I left them they would get lost and turn in the wrong neighborhood and wonder for hours. I would then have to go look for them and tell everyone what happened and we would all get into trouble, mainly me....lol... So are almost home and we pass a community of houses, we have to cross to get to the other side of the sidewalk. I see a car coming fast, as we walk across I make sure he sees us and put my hand up making sure he stops. Anger rises fast with in me. Why was he driving so fast, through a neighborhood. I make sure to give him a look. My mom and sister are oblivious to this. I begin to think why do people do this, it's dark and you don't know who is walking, you could so easily run someone over if your not careful. It really gets me mad, when I see people driving fast through residential neighborhoods. I decide to let it go and just make it my mission to get them home. As we turn the corner I see a white truck and think it's Linda my sister and how she would get so mad if she saw us walking at night in the cold with mother! My sister Leticia says she's thinking the same thing. We joke how we would just tell her we went to Walgreen's. But we are holding CVS bags! Oh, and my sister says Walgrens, not Walgreen's. So we finally make the turn and are in close to home. I see that my mom is increasingly walking crooked. I walk on the street to give them more room on the side walk. As we get home, we laugh and say well we got spent mom's five dollar coupon....even if it almost killed us! We get home and my daughter looks at us and laughs....she said we had funny looks on our faces. She was sitting at home thinking CVS is really far away!
That was our adventure yesterday! I have a very eccentric, quirky, funny, and strange family. I love them so....I'm thinking of writing a book based on our family characters. I was going to call it The Functional-Dis functional....sorta like the movie Little Miss Sunshine!
And that's all I have to say about that....
janie
That was our adventure yesterday! I have a very eccentric, quirky, funny, and strange family. I love them so....I'm thinking of writing a book based on our family characters. I was going to call it The Functional-Dis functional....sorta like the movie Little Miss Sunshine!
And that's all I have to say about that....
janie
Friday, January 14, 2011
It's Friday!
It's been a long week, but it flew by fast. I'm looking forward to this weekend. Sunday is the Golden Globes and Saturday my family is going to volunteer at Heaven Can Wait dog shelter. So we've got some things going on for the weekend. My goals are slowing getting closer in sight. My "eating healthy" is going great and I'm writing every day. I need to make time to read though. I have to take a bit more time, writing in my book. I cleaned the whole house today and went for a walk. It was a nice sunny day, for a change it wasn't freezing outside. I'm feeling good and hope to continue on this path.
I'm going to leave you with an Amelia Earhart quote.
"Never do things others can do and will do; if there are things others cannot do or will not do" -Amelia Earhart
Live, Love, Laugh, Create, Make a Change
www.janiepoetry.com
I'm going to leave you with an Amelia Earhart quote.
"Never do things others can do and will do; if there are things others cannot do or will not do" -Amelia Earhart
Live, Love, Laugh, Create, Make a Change
www.janiepoetry.com
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Another day to start all over...
I really messed up this past weekend and I'm having a hard time trying not to beat myself up about it. I did gain, but then I quickly lost it right away. I just feel like I should be making more progress. I'm vowing to have a great "healthy eating" day today. I'm off to a great start. Also I feel great about my writing. My hubpages is doing great. I'm getting more followers and meeting interesting writers. I do have a lot to do today. I've posted Faith and I am strong on my blogs. I like to post a poem on each thing I write. Instead I'm going to leave you with a excerpt of a chapter in the book I'm writing.
Here goes:
My house seems foreign to me, it feels stale and cold. I reach for the light switch in the darkness. Clumsily I lug my suitcase up the stairs. I pass the closed doors of my children’s rooms. The wheels of the suitcase running against the hard wood floor come to an abrupt stop. I reach for the door knob and I’m surprised by what I see. The bed isn’t made and my clothes are all over the room. There are bags, purses and suitcases spread on the side of my bed and on my dresser. I remember being in a hurry to leave with Ben. If Joe had been here I would of made the bed and I wouldn’t of made such a mess. He hated to leave the bed un-made and he hated the way I packed. My cell phone rings in my purse. I can’t find it, I begin to take everything out of my purse. Wallet, make up bag, keys, gum, glasses, lotion, hand sanitizer. Aha! There it is!
This is just a small paragraph taken from my book. Does it make you want to read more? My goal is to finish this book this year. I hope you all like it.
-Janie
Here goes:
My house seems foreign to me, it feels stale and cold. I reach for the light switch in the darkness. Clumsily I lug my suitcase up the stairs. I pass the closed doors of my children’s rooms. The wheels of the suitcase running against the hard wood floor come to an abrupt stop. I reach for the door knob and I’m surprised by what I see. The bed isn’t made and my clothes are all over the room. There are bags, purses and suitcases spread on the side of my bed and on my dresser. I remember being in a hurry to leave with Ben. If Joe had been here I would of made the bed and I wouldn’t of made such a mess. He hated to leave the bed un-made and he hated the way I packed. My cell phone rings in my purse. I can’t find it, I begin to take everything out of my purse. Wallet, make up bag, keys, gum, glasses, lotion, hand sanitizer. Aha! There it is!
This is just a small paragraph taken from my book. Does it make you want to read more? My goal is to finish this book this year. I hope you all like it.
-Janie
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
It's Wednesday already
I'm sorry I didn't write over the weekend. Saturday we ended up renting movies and buying groceries. Sunday we went to the Circus and then went to the movies and went to my niece's birthday party. I of course, deviated from my "eating healthy!" remember I don't like the word "diet"
Anyway, I ate pizza, and cake and a turkey sandwich and a lot of other stuff that I shouldn't have eaten. It's funny cause, I did gain a pound and then I lost it right away. So no harm done. I'm eating healthy today, that's for sure. I'm still working towards all my goals for this year. I've already written in my blog that's on my website and I posted a new poem on hubpages and now all that's left is to write a few couple pages in my book. I should start working on my new poem book and I should update a new poem on my website. I have to run some errands today and clean the house, do laundry and a bunch of other stuff. What I really want to do is work on a new cookbook! I'd like to know what goals or resolutions other people have. So please feel free to comment either on my blog that is on www.janiepoetry.com or this blog. Writing every day and eating healthy is on my top to do list, and then come the other goals. Although, they are all important.
I hope everyone has a great, positive, productive day.
-Janie
I usually like to leave my blogs with a poem.
I posted "I will not believe" on hubpages and I just quoted "The Tourist" on my other blog. Great movie by the way. So I'm going to leave you with "Stranger" It's a new poem on my new poem book that's entitled "Paris or Rome" on my website.
Stranger-
There's a stranger in my house-
She's angry, bitter and mean-
I've seen her before, seems like a dream-
Her mind races to places-
I've erased-
Let go of-
Faces I don't want to see-
There's a stranger in my house-
No it's not me-
I'm positive and strong-
And I know that truth of light, dwells within me-
There's a stranger in my house-
She's over emotional-
She's in the past-
I've got to get rid of her-
Throw her to the sea-
I know she doesn't want to be here-
I have to move forward-
Take the next step-
Climb the mountains-
Pass the bullets-
Meet the lightening-
Got to reach the other side-
The stranger's left my house-
Will she come back?-
Only in moments of weakness-
I've got to remain strong-
And sweep out the dust she left behind-
Janie Zavala
I wrote this recently when I was making my latest poem book. It's about staying positive even when you feel doubt cluttering your mind. I like this poem because every time I read it I feel like there's a story I could write behind this poem. It's mysterious, but if you pay close attention; you can see the meaning behind the poem.
Live, Love, Laugh, Create, Make a Change....
www.janiepoetry.com
Anyway, I ate pizza, and cake and a turkey sandwich and a lot of other stuff that I shouldn't have eaten. It's funny cause, I did gain a pound and then I lost it right away. So no harm done. I'm eating healthy today, that's for sure. I'm still working towards all my goals for this year. I've already written in my blog that's on my website and I posted a new poem on hubpages and now all that's left is to write a few couple pages in my book. I should start working on my new poem book and I should update a new poem on my website. I have to run some errands today and clean the house, do laundry and a bunch of other stuff. What I really want to do is work on a new cookbook! I'd like to know what goals or resolutions other people have. So please feel free to comment either on my blog that is on www.janiepoetry.com or this blog. Writing every day and eating healthy is on my top to do list, and then come the other goals. Although, they are all important.
I hope everyone has a great, positive, productive day.
-Janie
I usually like to leave my blogs with a poem.
I posted "I will not believe" on hubpages and I just quoted "The Tourist" on my other blog. Great movie by the way. So I'm going to leave you with "Stranger" It's a new poem on my new poem book that's entitled "Paris or Rome" on my website.
Stranger-
There's a stranger in my house-
She's angry, bitter and mean-
I've seen her before, seems like a dream-
Her mind races to places-
I've erased-
Let go of-
Faces I don't want to see-
There's a stranger in my house-
No it's not me-
I'm positive and strong-
And I know that truth of light, dwells within me-
There's a stranger in my house-
She's over emotional-
She's in the past-
I've got to get rid of her-
Throw her to the sea-
I know she doesn't want to be here-
I have to move forward-
Take the next step-
Climb the mountains-
Pass the bullets-
Meet the lightening-
Got to reach the other side-
The stranger's left my house-
Will she come back?-
Only in moments of weakness-
I've got to remain strong-
And sweep out the dust she left behind-
Janie Zavala
I wrote this recently when I was making my latest poem book. It's about staying positive even when you feel doubt cluttering your mind. I like this poem because every time I read it I feel like there's a story I could write behind this poem. It's mysterious, but if you pay close attention; you can see the meaning behind the poem.
Live, Love, Laugh, Create, Make a Change....
www.janiepoetry.com
Friday, January 7, 2011
New Years Resolutions
Hello world,
What's new? For me many things....
I've been writing about my new years resolutions on my blog; that's on my website. Some of the resolutions are to lose weight, finish my book that I'm writing, blog daily, read, laugh more, swear less. lol. I've started on eating healthy. I feel great and I've lost 3 pounds already. I'm just eliminating sugars, like cookies and for now I'm eliminating white breads. I've added more vegetables and fruit to my diet and whole grains. I feel great and I have more energy. I am starting to go for small brisk walks every day. I went today with my sisters and it was great. I'm buckling down on my writing, setting time aside every day to write. I feel focused and good. I find that each year I would start a resolution and then let it go after a month or two. This year, I am hopefully going to stick to it and it will help that I'm blogging about it. Please, feel free to share you're thoughts and goals for the new year. I'm also keeping a journal. I write down everything I eat and then I go to www.acaloriecounter.com and I add up my calories for the day. It's a great way to keep track of what you are eating. I find that I used to eat with out thinking. For example, I would just eat two cookies, and french bread and a sandwich. I wasn't eating vegetables or fruit on a daily basis. I was bloated and tired every day. It was hard a first and it still is.... sometimes I walk into the kitchen and smell cookies. I have a seven year old, who loves croissants and I baked her some, and boy was it hard not to eat a whole bunch of them! Instead, I made myself a salad filled with green leaf and red leaf lettuce, tomato and carrots, celery and cilantro and I had a baked chicken thigh. I felt so good afterward and I had so much energy. I don't need the croissant. I'm also trying not to eat after 7:00pm. If I do it's just celery or something good for my body. I'm not in anyway, advocating this for everyone. I'm just blogging about what I'm doing to try to keep myself healthy. I need to be a good girl now and write on my other websites.
I'll leave you with a poem. Dedicated to my daughters
Sunshine
When you smile-
You light up the room-
And when you laugh-
I can't help but laugh too-
You have a way of making me feel-
Things will be alright-
To me- you're my sunshine-
To me- you're my world-
Sunshine, sweet sunshine-
Smile for me one more time-
You're love fills me up-
You're smile makes my day-
You're laughter gives me joy-
And I wonder how lucky I am-
To have you, to hold you-
You're my sunshine-
You're all I need-
Sunshine-
Sweet Sunshine-
Smile for me one more time-
-Janie Zavala
What's new? For me many things....
I've been writing about my new years resolutions on my blog; that's on my website. Some of the resolutions are to lose weight, finish my book that I'm writing, blog daily, read, laugh more, swear less. lol. I've started on eating healthy. I feel great and I've lost 3 pounds already. I'm just eliminating sugars, like cookies and for now I'm eliminating white breads. I've added more vegetables and fruit to my diet and whole grains. I feel great and I have more energy. I am starting to go for small brisk walks every day. I went today with my sisters and it was great. I'm buckling down on my writing, setting time aside every day to write. I feel focused and good. I find that each year I would start a resolution and then let it go after a month or two. This year, I am hopefully going to stick to it and it will help that I'm blogging about it. Please, feel free to share you're thoughts and goals for the new year. I'm also keeping a journal. I write down everything I eat and then I go to www.acaloriecounter.com and I add up my calories for the day. It's a great way to keep track of what you are eating. I find that I used to eat with out thinking. For example, I would just eat two cookies, and french bread and a sandwich. I wasn't eating vegetables or fruit on a daily basis. I was bloated and tired every day. It was hard a first and it still is.... sometimes I walk into the kitchen and smell cookies. I have a seven year old, who loves croissants and I baked her some, and boy was it hard not to eat a whole bunch of them! Instead, I made myself a salad filled with green leaf and red leaf lettuce, tomato and carrots, celery and cilantro and I had a baked chicken thigh. I felt so good afterward and I had so much energy. I don't need the croissant. I'm also trying not to eat after 7:00pm. If I do it's just celery or something good for my body. I'm not in anyway, advocating this for everyone. I'm just blogging about what I'm doing to try to keep myself healthy. I need to be a good girl now and write on my other websites.
I'll leave you with a poem. Dedicated to my daughters
Sunshine
When you smile-
You light up the room-
And when you laugh-
I can't help but laugh too-
You have a way of making me feel-
Things will be alright-
To me- you're my sunshine-
To me- you're my world-
Sunshine, sweet sunshine-
Smile for me one more time-
You're love fills me up-
You're smile makes my day-
You're laughter gives me joy-
And I wonder how lucky I am-
To have you, to hold you-
You're my sunshine-
You're all I need-
Sunshine-
Sweet Sunshine-
Smile for me one more time-
-Janie Zavala
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