The Allison Show

This is an amazing post and something that we need to realize and pass on to our children.  And strangely enough, the topic of my research paper last semester. "The Pursuit of Perfection"     

Title: Terminal Care Author: Christopher Stookey Publisher: Silver Leaf Books Published: June 1, 2010 ISBN: 978-1609750299 Summary: Phil Pescoe, the 37-year-old emergency physician at Deaconess Hospital in San Francisco, becomes alarmed by a dramatic increase in the number of deaths on the East Annex (the Alzheimer's Ward). The deaths coincide with the initiation of a new drug study on the annex where a team of neurologists have been administering "NAF"-an experimental and highly promising treatment for Alzheimer's disease-to half of the patients on the ward. This book has everything I love in a novel.  Mystery, suspense, medical drama, (my FAVORITE t.v. show is House!) well developed characters, and even some romance. Phil is one of those characters that will stop at nothing in order to do whats right and I love that.  He is suspended for supposed medical misconduct but he continues to investigate the unusual deaths in the East Annex.  He teams up with

Since Blake has started school he has always hung about 10 keychains on his backpack. So when I should him the Battleship Keychain that actually opens and you can play the game, he was stoked!!!!! I was a little skeptical.  A tiny keychain that opens and what has pieces? that you can play? Well I was pleasantly surprised when we received it.  It is bigger than I thought it would be and much sturdier.  "The Battleship key chain features a miniature reproduction of the game box that opens to reveal original game board graphics and removable game pieces for limited game play.  Officially licensed mini Battleship game comes with a sturdy metal key ring." It is easy to open and close.  The battleships are small but not totally tiny.  Each person gets 2 battleships.  It is just like the real game but in miniature.  I wish we had had this game when we drove cross country.  It would have kept Blake and Kayla occupied and quiet without having having to lug around a huge game.

Title: Love Means Zero Author: Daisy Jordan Publisher: Llumina Press Published: August 14, 2010 ISBN:  978-1605945293 Summary: A chance encounter in a Rome hotel, two tremendously damaging photographs, and Hilton Joliet's life is instantly altered. Previously working a dead-end job as an assistant in a portrait studio, she is now a freelance photographer for Game Set Match magazine, "the Us Weekly of tennis," as she calls it. Thrown rapidly into a jet-setting life of world-class tennis, the best seats at the best matches, and trailing the hottest young tennis stars and their model and actress girlfriends, Hilton, a former tennis player herself, can't imagine a more fun job or a better way to jump-start her career while her boyfriend Luke finishes law school. This is literally my dream!! (Well minus the whole tennis thing.)  I am somewhere taking pictures and they are bought by a magazine!!  Then the magazine loves me and my photos so much, they pay m

Sorry it took so long for me to announce the winner.  I had school until 12:30 and then after we picked up the kids from school we ran errands and came home to eat dinner. I counted all the votes and the winner is JoAnna!!! Her winning comment was "followign Crazy Cupcake."   LOL  Wouldn't you know the one with the typo would get picked.  I'm sure JoAnna knows how to type and spell!!  She was just too excited from BlogFest and I don't blame her!!!!!   She has been emailed and has 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had 700 comments and even more than that entries into the giveaway (secret phrases and following The Crazy Cupcake, etc).  We started BlogFest with  about 345 GFC followers and now have 609!!!!!!!!!!!!  My new blog The Crazy Cupcake has 132 and I think it had 11 or 12 to start.  You guys are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  XXOO

In my first novel, Everything Happens for a Reason… , the main character, Jill, has a baby at age 21. The book tells the turbulent story of her pregnancy and her heart-wrenching relationship with the father. After that, because of feedback I got from readers who loved the characters, I went back and wrote about Jill and her friends in high school, in a 4-book series called Spin the Bottle that tells how Jill got to be where she is in Everything Happens for a Reason… . These books are full of excitement, drama, and the typical romantic suspense of high school. One of my biggest fears when I started writing Love Means Zero , which takes place 2 years after Everything Happens for a Reason… , was that readers would no longer find Jill’s life so fascinating. While Love Means Zero is mostly about Hilton, Jill still plays a large role as Hilton’s roommate and best friend, and I wanted to give her a significant side plot of her own for my readers who are true Jill fans. I knew they would w

WooHoo!  So glad that BlogFest 2010 is here!  Here is a review of the prize pack my winner will win. * Adam & Eve and  Michael & Carla from the Infamous Lovers Nail Polish Collection by B.B. Couture * Any sterling silver necklace and charm from Charm Factory * Your choice of any handmade Scrabble Tile Necklace from Unscrabbled * $25 E- Gift Card for the Charm School Etsy Shop * Vintage Inspired Moleskine Journal from Creative Visions * WAT-AAH Backpack, 4 bottles of WAT-AAH, and WAT_AAH Goodies (Just added 9/10!!) * $20 GC to winner's choice store/restaurant (off list).  * A surprise gift pack (as in Plural Gifts!!) from  SmartMom Jewelry (Just added 9/11!!) How to Enter: Mandatory Entry: Follow me on GFC.  (must be done for Extra or Bonus Entries to count) Extra Entries:  Follow me on Facebook or Twitter (leave a separate comment for each) Extra, Extra Entries:  Follow WAT-AAH on  Twitter or  Facebook (leave a comment for each) Bonus 3 Entries: Follow m

Do you want to win a brand new Kindle from Amazon??  Then head on over to Bitten by Books and enter their BlogFest contest!!!   (Or don't- I really want to win!!  LOL) They have tons of ways to enter and the only mandatory thing is comment with your First Name and Last Initial and your country.  Sorry everybody else!  This giveaway is only open to US peeps.  Have a great weekend and Good Luck (but not too good.. I need all the really good luck!)

I just noticed that my Facebook fan page has 199 fans!! So I decided it would be fun to have a referral contest.  The person who referrs the most "likes" will win a giftcard to STARBUCKS!!   Tell your friends about my Facebook page www.facebook.com/how.many.kids  and have them leave a comment with YOUR name on my Facebook wall.  The top referer will win the gift card and the amount will be determined by how many people they refer.  Refer less than 7 people (1-6 likes): Win $5 GC Refer less than 15 people (7-14 likes): Win $10 GC Refer more than 15 people (15 and up likes): Win $20 GC Referral Contest ends tonight at 12 midnight western time.  Good luck!!!!!

  Question of the Week: What birthday has hit you the hardest?  I think 25 was the hardest so far.  I turn 30 Jan 31, 2012 and that will be SO HARD so I am already making plans for a trip to Vegas with Hubby and all my friends.  I don't feel old enough to be 29 in January. So which Birthday has been your hardest??

I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason.  Hubby and I have been talking for a couple of weeks  that when I get my school refund (I get more grant $ then I have tuition) we should start a cafe/bakery.  I have loved baking since I was little.  I was never into cooking (until recently when with 5 kids it became a necessity) but I loved to bake. And Hubby has wanted to open his own restaurant since 2004.  So this would be a dream come true for the both of us. Well then I received an email from the financial aid office saying that since I have completed 100+ units, they were no longer giving me financial aid.  I freaked out!!  Not only could we not open the cafe but I would have to drop out a year away from graduation!! But I could appeal, so that what I did.  My counselor wrote a letter saying how close I am to graduation and I wrote one too.  I reminded them (in case they can't read my transcripts) that yes I transferred in with 64.5 units BUT I am actually only us