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2009! Juliette and I have many goals for 2009! I started the year with an appearance on Bill O’Reilly’s show, Fox News, debating Ann Coultur and her new book. Her chapter on single mothers is harsh and demoralizing to all of the well meaning, hard working, loving single mothers in our country and robs their children of their hope. We should lift each up not tear each other down. Check out the interview link on my website. A note for January of 2009 is that I am absolutely enthralled with anything C.S. Lewis. I started reading one of his books after my beloved horse, Maggie, died last fall. His words are brilliantly inspiring and tremendously thought provoking. Juliette and I read aloud his works every night. More to come as the year unfolds! Happy 2009. Live in the blessing!

2008 started with the book tour for my book, “Holding Her Head High”. I did many radio and television shows in NYC, Fox News, etc (many are on my website). Juliette and I then traveled to Philadelphia to promote my book. As I always try to combine promotion of my book with opportunities to volunteer, I spoke and visited with the single mothers at the local Boys and Girls Club. We were then on a train bound to Washington, DC. I gave a speech about my book at the Heritage Foundation and it aired on “C-SPAN BOOK TV”. I, also, visited the soldiers at Walter Reed. It was a tremendous honor to meet the brave men and women who have sacrificed so dearly for our country. I presented Presidential Volunteer Service Awards to many of the volunteers at Walter Reed. I also presented awards to exceptional volunteers of the Red Cross at the American Red Cross building in Washington, DC. It is a gorgeous building with Tiffany windows and also a wonderful portrait of Clara Barton. I took Juliette’s photo standing under the portrait. Juliette and I also visited the White House again for the President’s ceremony honoring women on International Women’s History Day as March was National Women’s History Month; a beautiful ceremony with special women from all over the world being honored. To learn more about my book visit, www.HoldingHerHeadHigh.com. My book made the Washington Post Best Seller List! We traveled to Los Angeles as I was asked to speak at a single mother’s event at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church – an honor. I was also a guest on Pat Robertson’s show, “700 Club” in Virginia followed by trips to Nashville and Texas. In June we held our first annual, “Holding Her Head High Awards Ceremony” in Washington, DC honoring outstanding Single Mothers such as Congresswomen Kay Granger and Ellen Tauscher, MSG Juanita Milligan and Elinore Pruitt Stewart’s grandson, the Mick and Joan Wire family. I traveled, and continue to travel, the country as an inspirational speaker and a volunteer. I encourage everyone to enjoy the most gratifying experience as a volunteer. Check out the following website for ideas, www.volunteer.gov . Juliette and I moved back to Texas in June. We enjoyed NYC but we missed our family and ranch! In July I booked a role on critically acclaimed NBC Show, “Friday Night Lights”. I portray the fun, eccentric Katie McCoy. I was hired for 2 episodes but I had the pleasure, as it turns out, to star in 12 out of 13 episodes. The show is great fun to shoot. You walk out onto the set and just start filming – no blocking, no rehearsal and improvisation is encouraged! A most creative atmosphere!! During the filming I commuted back and forth between DFW and Austin campaigning for McCain/Palin as a frequent guest on Fox News and also Larry King.

2007 brought many adventures. I continued writing my book fervently for an April 2007 deadline. The women in my book spanned across the centuries and I had great fun. They seemed to visit with me in my little office (the storage room of an office building with a card table -for $100 a month) as I researched their lives. The single mothers about whom I was writing inspired me immensely, prompting a move to NYC! The mothers were not afraid to embrace the course of their live blessing and fulfill them. They took their children with them and they blossomed in the process. Thus, I thought, “if they can do it, Juliette and I can do it too!” Before our move to NYC, Juliette and I traveled to Chatsworth, California where I starred in a Lifetime movie, “Primal Doubt”. While we were there we experienced three earthquakes! Upon our arrival in NYC, Juliette and I soaked up the culture and walked in Central Park around the reservoir. I quest starred in, “Law & Order SVU” and then sat back to endure the writers strike! I continued to polish my book and prepare for the 2008 book tour. Juliette and I attended many film premiers, operas, symphonies, Broadway shows, ballets, including the awesome Martha Graham productions. I briefly became a blonde, which I loved but others, and my scalp, did not! Juliette and I attended the White House Christmas party, which was beautiful and a treasure

2006 was a year of Christianity, Yoga and singing all combined into one. My partner, Mary Cunningham, and I produced, wrote and starred in our first Christian Yoga DVD, “Christoga”. It’s two workouts in one, physical and spiritual; great for the Christian Yoga enthusiast! Check it out on my website. I also wrote the title song and performed it on the corresponding CD, “Blessed Assurance”. It has one vocal, the one I wrote, and then the rest is ONE hour of meditational music with a Christian theme. It mixes the modern sounds with traditional. Very relaxing! It is for sale on my website too!!

Check out this rockin’ Texas Magazine. It is classy, fun and a great read!!

2005 was the year of my directorial debut. I wrote the screenplay, produced, directed, co-edited and starred in “Trip in a Summer Dress”. It was a tremendously challenging event in my life but I LOVED it! I won, Best New Emerging Director, at the Deep Ellum Film Festival in Dallas, Texas. Read more about it out on my website in the “Trip in a Summer Dress” section. Click on “Enter Here”.

I had the great pleasure this summer 2005 starring in Amy Talkington's "Night of the White Pants". Amy is a native Texan and a very talented writer/director and one that you should keep your eye on. Amy is going to be a lasting entity in Hollywood! Anne Harrison produced the movie with superb class and skill. I portrayed the role of Barbara, an upscale Dallas socialite and the divorcing wife of Tom Wilkinson's character. Tom Wilkinson is a super talent and it was an honor to work with him. Francis Fisher also stars in the movie. What a wonderful person she is! And the delightful Selma Blair and Nick Stahl also star. This is a fun movie about a dysfunctional Dallas family. Check it out in 2006.

I also had the pleasure of working on a sweet family movie entitled, "Miracle Dogs 2". I also filmed this in Texas, lucky me! The movie, directed by the talented Richard Gabai, is about a young boy and two miracle dogs that cure people. I portray the mother of the young boy and I had the fabulous opportunity to star beside the lovely Leslie Ann Warren and legend Charles Durning. Check this movie out in 2006!

You must check out Biolustre! It is a terrific new product that actually restores your hair and protects it against chemical processes!! I dyed my hair three times for the commercial. I started as a dyed Brunette then I was bleached blonde and then my hair was dyed red! I am staying red - FYI. I love the product. After all those processes my hair still feels soft and manageable. Try it!

In 1995, Janine returned to her beloved Texas and started to cultivate her beloved ranch, Mockingbird Hill (see: Longhorns). Her post Northern Exposure years have taken her to Vancouver, Dublin, Venice, Toronto and Los Angeles.

These travels have been for roles such as June Cleaver in the Universal film, Leave it to Beaver, movies of the week for CBS, ABC and TBS (see: Filmography), Robert Altman’s film Dr. T and the Women (filmed in Texas) and two and a half years on Lifetime’s, Strong Medicine, produced by Whoopie Goldberg and Tammy Ader.

Her most cherished role of all, however, has been the role of mommy. Janine’s greatest joy in life, her greatest blessing, has been the birth of her daughter, Juliette, n 1997.` Janine’s devotion is to her daughter and all of her decisions are what she calls, “life decisions”, regarding her daughter’s well-being. Thus, she has made the conscious decision to raise her daughter in Texas so that Juliette may be near her family and friends.

Upon their return in 2002 from Los Angeles, Janine has home schooled Juliette on her ranch but her creative fires are still burning. In 2002, Janine wrote and photographed a children’s book, (see: Children’s Book). She wrote, produced and made her directorial debut with her short film, Trip in a Summer Dress, (See: Directorial Debut). She starred in two independent movies, Birdie and Bogey, a Norris Family film directed by Mike Norris and No Regrets, www.noregretsmovie.com, a Curt Hahn film directed by Curt Hahn co-starring Brad Johnson, Lari White and Robert Merrill, (See: Current Films.)

She sang and danced in her church play this past Christmas and she continues to cultivate her ranch and her passion for Longhorn cattle. (See: Longhorns) Janine’s main focus is her daughter and thus her newfound determination is to stay in Texas and manifest one of her next missions: produce, direct and act in projects in Texas – even if she has to create them all herself.