Wish me luck at for tomorrow's (March 2nd) big chili cook-off at the Elk's lodge. It is open to the public for a $5 cover charge for all the chili you can eat. You vote with your quarters. All proceeds go to charity. I'll be there with my chili. Allison will be on a plane to Atlanta.
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so much easier for me. I had one really excited fan Angela that hollered to me that, “I rocked the house” she was so funny. We went to dinner at the Rokerij to celebrate and my kids were a sight for sore eyes. Next stop Atlanta, Georgia!”
It has been very hectic preparing for Allison's Seminar tomorrow. I will take pictures and let you know. I also need to post pictures from Allison's birthday party and share a story about Aurora. Thanks for your patience.
Buying Christmas presents for Allison is always hard. This year I did one thing she never expected, I listened. On her list of things to do before she dies is attend race car driver's school. Here in Phoenix we have the Bondurant driving school at Firebird Raceway.
They advertise now and then and she would always say that she wanted to do it. On New Years Eve day they had a half day class in which the student get to drive four different cars. I took my Christma present (a video camera) and made this short video. I hope you enjoy it.
for the hit NBC series Medium, featuring Patricia Arquette as a barely fictionalized version of her, but she's also an accomplished author. With her third book, Secrets of the Monarch: What the Dead Can Teach Us About Living a Better Life, hitting stores this week, TVGuide.com talked to DuBois about living life as a medium and what everyone should be doing to feel more fulfilled.
TVGuide.com: Secrets of the Monarch is your third book. What is it about?
Allison DuBois: My first book was more about my childhood and how losing my father impacted me. My second book was more about people who lost a loved one and how I gave them a voice. It was advice for others who lost somebody. This book is about what the dead can teach us about living a better life.
TVGuide.com: What can they teach us?
DuBois: To not take everything so personally, and connect with other people without fearing rejection. Take risks in life. I talk about how some of the cases I've worked on the past few years have made me reassess my life and what I want to do with it. >> read full article
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