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Awesome sites

2009-04-28T20:18:00.004-06:00

So my husband has found out about a lot of amazing websites that I must share with you all.

www.slickdeals.net

www.woot.com

www.swoopo.com

www.tomsshoes.com

www.greendiyenergy.com

As more come to my knowledge I will share!

2009-04-07T19:01:00.003-06:00

So updates on my life since, SOOOOOOOOOOO long ago.

Got married September 1st, 2007 and moved into our house two weeks after our honeymoon. We honeymooned in Puerto Vallarta and LOVED it! It was gorgeous and quiet because it was more of the off season so not too many people.

So we have two dogs now, Betty the Beagle (she will be 2 April 17th) and Millie the mutt (born July 4th). Millie is half chocolate lab half Weimaraner. They play all the time and love to talk to everyone that comes by the yard.

We are still living in Saint Joseph, MO. My job is going really well (www.activateyourhealth.net) and I am learning so much that I never realized. I am so appreciative to my boss for all the great information and insite she has taught me about business. Andrew is the youth director at Ashland UMC (www.aumcfamily.org) as well as leading the praise band on sunday mornings and helping with the college student ministry. We are pretty busy to say the least. We really enjoy the times to just be home and be alone with our dogs watching tv or a movie.

Andrew's sister was married April last year and had her first born, Carter James Mussman, Jan. 4th! He is so adorable! And growing so fast. It's nice to have them 2 1/2 hours away in Kansas. Anne-Marie's husband was deployed to Iraq October last year and was able to be a phone call away for the delivery. He is going to be taking his two weeks break in a few weeks and it will be a site to see when he sees Carter for the first time.

My sister is expecting again, a girl!! Kayleigh. Her little boy, Davian, is doing well and getting taller all the time.

That's about it for our life right now. Just wanted to keep it updated. I will try to get pictures on here soon.

Shopping for "stuff"

2007-12-12T16:40:00.000-07:00

Check out this awesome informational clip about "stuff" before and while you are shopping for the Christmas holiday. It's 20:40 minuets long. It's well worth the 20 min. Please check it out!

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

ENGAGED!!!

2007-02-22T22:07:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been so long. I have been so busy with work and with youth stuff at the church my fiancee works. But I have to catch everyone up because I was basically blogging boring, nothing-ness to fill the dates and didn't really have anything to blog about. So here goes BIG news to make up for it!

It was January 19th, Friday, and Andrew and my anniversary of all our "starting again" dates. It was a normal Friday except he came out to eat with me and some of the ladies from work for lunch. We had a great time, went back to work and he picked me up from work (my car was in the shop at the time-totally other story). We had to go to the church to get a permission slip for a youth for the weekend trip the next day. Then we were going to go out to eat with friends.

I was playing on the computer and Andrew said he needed to get back to the apartments to get something before we went out to eat. So we drove back and took the stairs because I live on the 2nd floor. I opened the stairwell door and he kind of shoved me out of the way for him to go up the stairs first. I called him, "rude" and kept walking as he ran up the stairs. Thinking he was trying to scare me, I walked slowly and quietly up the stairs as to listen to how far up he went.

As I turned the first corner he was whistling "you who." I said "I'm coming" and turned the second corner which leads to the 2nd floor door. As I turned, there he was squatting on the middle steps with this grin and a red velvety box in his hand with these diamonds shinning at me. And then I hear, "will you marry me?"

Taken by surprise, I stepped back a little and said, "are you serious? No way?" And he said he wouldn't joke about it he means it. So I told him yes and gave him a big hug. I was about to try the ring on and stopped and said, "wait I think you are suppose to do this part." : )

You see it all the time in movies and when it really happens you forget all the particulars and just kind of wing it. : )

So that is the BIG engagement story - we still went out with our friend for dinner that night because we love being around friends when we can be.

We are getting married in Saint Joseph, MO on September 1st, Labor Day weekend.

Snowflakes reminder

2006-12-14T21:33:00.000-07:00

A website I am to readdressing from last year because.....well....they are that cool and fun! Enjoy

http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com/

- you can make your own snowflakes and also look at over a million other designs to print off and make yourself!

Can you truely get over the past

2006-11-16T20:44:00.000-07:00

So I have a few quotes posted in my bathroom so I can remind myself of positive things while I am getting ready each morning. It actually is a great thing that helps me. One of the ones I have up there now is from Romans 12:18,
"If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."
I got to thinking about people and times in my life where I have to remind myself of this. And usually the quote that follows is the other one that is on my wall from Hebrews 10:36.
"You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised."

So my blog tonight is this:
Are there always going to be people in your life that you never get over? People who did you wrong once, even though inside they are a good person, they just did you wrong once. Or what if they didn't really wrong YOU but someone close to you and those feelings are there? Do you ever get over those feelings towards those people?

I am thinking of a few people from my past that spark uncomfortable feelings within me whenever I encounter them, physical and nonphysical. There is a person who wronged me and his/her friends are acquaintances of mine, but these friends now rarely talk to me or acknowledge me because of the weirdness between us. I think this person feels I wronged them too (which in my eyes I TOTALLY didn't). The problem/concern I have with all of this is will this weirdness ever go away? Is it always going to be like this because of the past.

I always wondered about class reunions and such. You go back after you are all married with kids and have a great life totally better than high school life, and are friends with everyone because it all doesn't even matter anymore.

I guess my point is, I have a few people who just get to my feelings whenever I think of them or see them (picture or person) and I hate that. I don't want to have anything against anyone, even if I felt they did me, or someone close to me, wrong in the past. It's in the past and I constantly remind myself of the Romans verse, "live at peace with EVERYONE," to get my feelings away from that, but it seems to never change.

Why is it this way? Do they even feel that way about me or towards me, after all these years when they have a great life as well?

Ex's and "moment" friends (where they are only your friend for a moment and then it's gone) How do they keep such a hold on your life, your feelings, your thoughts? and I don't mean these feelings are all good ones, two of the three aren't.

Does anyone else have this problem? Am I a total clench-er who needs some therapy to deal with some past issues? Seriously, I feel like people shouldn't spark such a reaction inside of me, like they do, when it's all in the past.

So goodnight and I wait for any suggestions to help. : )

P.S.
I want to apologize for my horrible run-ons and grammar. I have never been good with English and fear I never will.

How do you feel?

2006-11-07T12:32:00.000-07:00

So I am sitting here in a Starbucks in St. Joseph, MO and I had to get extra chi flavoring because my soy chi was basically a soy late with chi. The little cup they gave me with the extra flavoring was this,

"History without war, a good plan for the future." - Nancy Wilson.

And then I thought of the quote by whom I can't remember,

"If we do not learn from our past, we are doomed to repeat it."

Isn't it a sad sign of today's times where we are repeating our past. It seems our government and country have not learned from our past or tried to learn from the past of our neighboring countries to know how to make peace and stay in peace. I always saw this quote as an explanation of why fashion trends always came back around. Knowing this fact in the 90's, I prayed the 80's style would never come back around, most of us did. OH MY GOSH, we are witnessing the 80's come back and there is no stopping it!

The first time I saw leggings under a skirt on a mannequin in a mall I freaked out. NO! SAY IT ISN'T SO! All I could see after that was a side pony tail, crimped hair and double layered socks in different colors with Keds. The kids in our youth group did and 80's theme and I felt so old. Must have been what my parents felt like when the "flare" pants and "Capris" came back into style.

Please learn from the mistake of the fashion style of the 80's and JUST SAY NO! : )

Back on the serious note of the first two quotes together, I pray for our country so badly. I almost cry at how things have turned out and where they are headed. Where has the brotherly love gone where we protect our neighbor and respect their rights? We profess freedom of speech and right to believe what you want, and then turn around and make people who are not like the greedy American to be just like us, to believe just like us.

I had a classmate in a Worlds Religions class who was Muslim. She told us about when she lived in her country where this war is all going on, and they would protect each other no matter what religion. Christianity was the minority religion over there. She talked about her neighbors who were Hindu on one side and Christian on the other. One day people set out to get all the Christians out of their land and the neighborhood helped protect the Christians on their block because that's what they did. They all lived in HARMONY with each other. They respected each other as they would want respect for their own beliefs.

Another quote we learn when we are kids and can use it for so much deeper meaning,

"Treat others as you would want to be treated. Do unto others as you would have done unto you."

We need to heed our own advice and take a look at ourselves and reflect on who we are. I use to be PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN, now, I am not so sure how I feel. Maybe after living in another country I would have a definite opinion again, but these past few years, esp. this year, I just don't know how I feel.

How about you?

It's A Girl!!!

2006-11-04T10:44:00.000-07:00

My friends Mindy and Jeb Archey just had their first child, Katy Susanna, on November 1st. They are so smart, they set up a blog site for her to post pictures. Tons easier than emailing to thousands of people all the time. So check her out. So precious!!

http://www.anewblessing.blogspot.com/

Record high

2006-10-09T22:13:00.000-06:00

So I know I need to type about myself more but here is the most recent. There has been drama with my apt. and the like but with work here is the low down.

I am working all week this week by myself because my boss has a seminar in Florida and is also taking it for a vacation to Disney World. (don't blame her, she works her butt off) anyways. This week I am flying solo and guess how many patients I saw today...... Come on guess before you read about it......

70! - ME, all by my little lonesome self. That is a record high for me!! How many people can say that after a month this Friday the 13th they see up to 70 pts. in a day. So awesome. This is why I love my job and life right now. All this great experience and patients to have the chance to heal. AMAZING!!!

K that's all for now. Just had to share my proud-ness of myself. I haven't been proud of myself like I am now, ever! It's my victory, my hard work, my choice. I have done this for me, so proud.

I think everyone should have a moment in their lives like this. Where you have done something solely FOR yourself, solely BY yourself, and actually accomplished it! Such a great feeling.

If you have had this in your life I would love to hear what yours was/is and if it's multiples even better.

Loves
~Dr. Allison (Al)

I am Official!!!

2006-09-13T17:49:00.000-06:00

I received my LICENSE today!

I can finally adjust patients now!

Hip-Hip-HOORAY!

New controversial study

2006-08-27T19:42:00.000-06:00

ICPA Family Wellness First - 024 - Prenatal Ultrasound Update

A new study: "Ultrasound Can Affect Brain Development" is bringing attention to what has become a routine prenatal procedure. The use of ultrasound has dramatically increased in prenatal care however, its safety and efficacy are still highly questionable. Even the FDA cautions, "While ultrasound has been around for many years, expectant women and their families need to know that the long-term effects of repeated ultrasound exposures on the fetus are not fully known."
Most studies and authorities recommend that ultrasound is safe only when "medically necessary". The question really comes down to personal practitioner opinion: "what warrants medical necessity?" Here is where interpretation is undefined and practice protocol ranges vastly. While ACOG recommends that ultrasound examinations be done for specific reasons, such as a suspected ectopic pregnancy, a possible miscarriage or detection of possible birth defects, many physicians include at least one examination as part of routine care, usually at 18 to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Subsequent ultrasounds throughout pregnancy are not uncommon. The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation estimates that 70 percent of American women have at least one ultrasound examination during their pregnancy.
Perhaps a more prudent and safer approach would be to clearly define medical necessity as "life saving" and forgo prenatal ultrasound procedures for less relevant reasons. The original axiom of medicine "first do no harm" should always be considered when determining "medical necessity" for ultrasound.
"Lack of risk has been assumed because no adverse effects have been demonstrated clearly in humans. However, other evidence dictates that a hypothetical risk must be presumed with ultrasound. Like-wise, the efficacy of many uses of ultrasound in improving the management and outcome of pregnancy also has been assumed rather than demonstrated, especially its value as a routine screening procedure. http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/joewoo3y.html
In accordance with medical protocol, the safety and efficacy of prenatal ultrasound has not yet been proven via peer reviewed research. On the contrary, current studies are cautioning its use. Prenatal ultrasound, therefore may even be interpreted as, "experimental and investigational".
Now a new study presents data we have suspected all along: ultrasound may affect brain development...
A new study warns, exposure to ultrasound can affect fetal brain development. Head researcher, Pasko Rakic, is chairman of the neurobiology department at Yale University School of Medicine. Although Rakic says, "Our study in mice does not mean that use of ultrasound on human fetuses for appropriate diagnostic and medical purposes should be abandoned" he did, however add that "women should avoid unnecessary ultrasound scans until more research has been done." The study, funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke revealed that when pregnant mice were exposed to ultrasound, a small number of nerve cells in the developing brains of their fetuses failed to extend correctly in the cerebral cortex. The paper added that the since the developmental period of these brain cells is much longer in humans than in mice, that exposure would be a smaller percentage of their developmental period. However, the authors also made it clear that brain cell development in humans is also more complex than in mice and with more cells developing, the chances of developmental mishaps could be increased.
In Rakic's study, pregnant mice were exposed to ultrasound for various amounts of time ranging from a total exposure of 5 minutes to 420 minutes. The brains of the newborn baby mice were studied and compared with those of mice whose mothers had not been exposed to ultrasound. The study of 335 mice concluded that in those whose mothers were exposed to a total of 30 minutes or more, "a small but statistically significant number" of brain cells failed to grow into their proper position and remained scattered in incorrect parts of the brain. The number of affected cells increased with longer exposures. Prenatal exposure to ultrasound waves impacts neuronal migration in mice.
Concerned with nerve system stress, doctors of chiropractic are always on the look out for procedures that may cause more damage than benefit. Many doctors of chiropractic have been cautioning their pregnant patients to avoid the use of ultrasound unless there is life saving necessity. To find a doctor of chiropractic in your area who will support and respect your choices for natural non-invasive pregnancies and births check out the ICPA membership web site: http://www.icpa4kids.org

Take a Chill Pill!

2006-08-24T13:58:00.000-06:00

This was posted on the MSN homepage. I just moved from the 16th most angry city to the 56th. Awesome. You definatley feel the stress relief.

The last time an entire U.S. city got monumentally mad was back in 1864, when a guy named Sherman paid a little visit to Atlanta. This isn't to say that it takes 100,000 invading troops to make a town lose its temper—Orlando has never been a strategic military target, and yet the folks there are furious. Yes, Orlando, home of the Magic Kingdom and mandated happiness. Who knows? Maybe living in Goofyville wears thin after 35 years.
Our search for evidence of urban anger began with the percentage of men with high blood pressure, from the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (as calculated by Sperling's BestPlaces). We then factored in FBI rates of aggravated assaults and Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers on workplace deaths from assaults and other violence. And because rage and the road often go hand in hand, we also included traffic-congestion data from the Texas Transportation Institute, as well as speeding citations per state from the Governors Highway Safety Association.
Does your city's rank rankle you? We kind of figured it would.
(From most to least angry cities)
1. Orlando, FL
2. St. Petersburg, FL
3. Detroit, MI
4. Baltimore, MD
5. Nashville, TN
6. Wilmington, DE
7. Miami, FL
8. Memphis, TN
9. Jacksonville, FL
10. St. Louis, MO
11. Chicago, IL
12. Tampa, FL
13. Jackson, MS
14. Albuquerque, NM
15. Charlotte, NC
16. Dallas, TX
17. Houston, TX
18. Tucson, AZ
19. Indianapolis, IN
20. Wichita, KS
21. Birmingham, AL
22. Providence, RI
23. Durham, NC
24. Atlanta, GA
25. Washington, DC
26. Denver, CO
27. Philadelphia, PA
28. Baton Rouge, LA
29. Fort Worth, TX
30. Phoenix, AZ
31. Lubbock, TX
32. Cleveland, OH
33. Greensboro, NC
34. Cincinnati, OH
35. Arlington, TX
36. Los Angeles, CA
37. Buffalo, NY
38. Grand Rapids, MI
39. Boston, MA
40. Columbia, SC
41. Tulsa, OK
42. Aurora, CO
43. Seattle, WA
44. Sacramento, CA
45. San Diego, CA
46. Montgomery, AL
47. Raleigh, NC
48. Yonkers, NY
49. Oakland, CA

50. Fort Wayne, IN

51. Newark, NJ
52. Las Vegas, NV
53. Columbus, OH
54. St. Paul, MN
55. Charleston, WV
56. Kansas City, MO (45min. from St. Joseph-where I am)
57. New York, NY
58. Oklahoma, OK
59. Toledo, OH
60. San Antonio, TX
61. Riverside, CA
62. Modesto, CA
63. Louisville, KY
64. Honolulu, HI
65. Richmond, VA
66. San Francisco, CA
67. Bakersfield, CA
68. Spokane, WA
69. Milwaukee, WI
70. Jersey City, NJ
71. Lexington, KY
72. Little Rock, AR
73. Lincoln, NE
74. Billings, MT
75. San Jose, CA
76.Hartford, CT
77. Minneapolis, MN
78. Boise, ID
79. Anaheim, CA
80. Norfolk, VA
81. Austin, TX
82. Fremont, CA
83. Fresno, CA
84. Anchorage, AK
85. Cheyenne, WY
86. Rochester, NY
87. Madison, WI
88. Salt Lake City, UT
89. Omaha, NE
90. Pittsburgh, PA
91. Colorado Springs, CO
92. El Paso, TX
93. Sioux Falls, SD
94. Des Moines, IA
95. Burlington, VT
96. Portland, OR
97. Corpus Christi, TX
98. Fargo, ND
99. Bangor, ME
100. Manchester, NH

More Pics of Cutie Pie!!!

2006-08-09T22:46:00.000-06:00

<-- My Favorite one of him.

AWW Davian. So sweet.

I LOVE HIM!!!

MY NEPHEW IS HERE!!!!

2006-07-25T08:17:00.000-06:00

Yesterday morning at 6:30am Jessica's water broke. Her contractions started around 7:30am and she soon progressed to four centimeters by 10:30am. She stayed around a four and five till 2:30pm and then started progressing. By 3:00pm she was ready to push. They checked her and she was at a ten and ready to deliver. The nurse got her into position and she pushed long and hard like a trooper for a good hour and a half. The baby's head was not progressing down the pelvis very fast and Jessica was given the option to push another 30 minutes and see how he progresses or to get a c-section. She was so tired from working so hard and getting no where that she was taken in for a c-section. About an hour or so later here she came with Steve and baby Davian!!

Born at 5:44pm
7 lbs, 5 oz
20" long

Long toes and fingers and SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

What a strange turn of events?!

2006-07-20T22:09:00.000-06:00

So as I mentioned before I had the interview in Missouri yesterday, Wednesday, and Andrew had a few as well. Let me recap a bit and let you know how this has all gone down.....

So two weeks ago Andrew and I got back from PA where I had a great interview but was uncertain if this is where I needed to be. I had only one other prospect in VA in two weeks (this week) that would seal my fate of where I would be, and Andrew finding nothing in these places. So we got in around 4:30 Wednesday evening, I had a patient at 6:30 and then the rest of the evening is history. Thursday morning my patient cancels and so I was home with Jess and my phone rings. It is a doctor in St. Joseph MO who is an ALL Activator technique office with some other specialties and is so swamped she can't see all the patients wanting to come in, by herself and needs help ASAP. So I tell her I can go see her practice in two weeks (substituting this for the VA trip and post poning that one till further notice). It sounded great, check out the website to her clinic "Activate Your Health" and set up the travel plans.

She has a Christian atmosphere in her clinic and talked to her staff ladies and her patients about me coming and Andrew looking for a youth position in a church, Methodist if possible. So with the help of some staff and a few patients, Andrew had 3 different people to talk to when we got there, one possibly two with a Methodist church!

So Andrew sends Dr. Sivi his resume to send to the Baptist guy to interview with and then hears from her patient that Ashland UMC is looking and actually the Tuesday we fly in the district supervisor is there interviewing for the youth position for the church. (Now tell me this is not just happening as easy as pie and things aren't just rolling into place?) So Dr. Sivi gives her a copy of Andrews resume and she takes it to the church. The pastor calls Andrew and sets up a meeting time with him on Tuesday night after we fly in, and after they have interviewed with the other two guys they have flown in for the position.

Our flight is suppose to leave Dallas Love to Oklahoma City to Kansas City and we get there by 7:30 to get Andrew to the interview by about 8:15pm. And wouldn't you know the weather is bad in Houston and they can't hold the flight in OKC any longer so we get moved to the direct flight from Dallas to KC that leaves at 8:45pm and gets in at 10:25pm!!! So no interview. They agree to an evening interview with Andrew Wednesday at 7:00pm.

So Wednesday comes and I spend all day with Dr. Sivi and run around chasing her through the many patients and new exams. Then we did lunch and talked salary and bonuses with the growth of the clinic, etc. And Andrew had lunch with Joe from the Baptist church and then gets toured around St. Joe by Pastor Jon, from the Methodist church. Things go well and Andrews interview is over by 8:00pm. I went to dinner with Dr. Sivi and her husband and she offered me the position if I wanted it and I said most definitely, this seems like the place I was meant to be. We get done and go pick up Andrew to show him the clinic and show me the town till he hears back from the pastor.

10:30 rolls around and he gets a phone call saying they have made a decision but wanted everyone to sleep on it and see if there are any change of feelings by 9:00 this morning and then he would call and let Andrew know the results, and asks if I go my job. (so we are still unsure what is the outcome but pretty sure he got it because of how amazing everything has just fell into being through all of this.)

We leave the hotel and our flight is delayed from 8:30 to 9:35 from KC to Tulsa, OK. So we were thinking we would hear from Pastor Jon before we left but no call. We arrived in Tulsa at 10:30 and Andrew turned on his phone, between the 10min to our next flight, and had a message. I awaited anxiously to any facial sign of a result. And after a few minutes, that seemed like forever, he shakes his head yes with a huge grin. HE GOT THE JOB!!! He said he wanted to listen to it again to make sure, and so I listened to it after and it said, "yahda yahda yahda, we are glad your girlfriend was offered her position and we would like to do the same for you and offer you the position here at Ashland UMC!"

OH MY GOSH~ WE ARE MOVING TO ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI!!! In a month we will be there. How much more amazing could this trip and few days have been for Andrew and I, who have been stressing and fighting about finding something we both like and want and the town and area we both want and blah blah blah..... IT IS HERE!!

Andrew and I are having such a time with this because, for those of you who know anything much of our lives together, it has been anything but smooth sailing and easy as pie situations and to have something like this, so HUGE, just kind of handed to us on a silver platter almost effortlessly...... WOW... and I truly mean.....wow.

So this is the beginning of my life~our lives

~Dr. Allison Patton (unofficially but National Board Certified and all test passed DOCTOR) : )

What is the movie?

2006-07-16T20:49:00.000-06:00

So I have been racking my brain on this one for a long time. There is a movie out there, quite some time old, that focuses on the movement of the trees, them moving all together. As if the movement is talking, a force. I can't for the life of me remember what the movie is. It also deals with someone important in the movie dying, I think. So if anyone out there knows, PLEASE please help me.

~Allison

My trip to PA

2006-07-16T10:51:00.000-06:00

Andrew's mother's parents had their 50th wedding anniversary. It was a huge celebration all weekend over the 4th. Lots of people I didn't know and a few I did, which was nice in making it not so uncomfortable. Andrew and I flew from Dallas to Milwaukee (layover) then onto Pittsburgh. He left with his dad and his sister's boyfriend, Kevin. I stayed to catch my flight to Philadelphia for my job interview the next day. As the blog before, the interview was really great. The offer is very tempting and will be a hard decision after my interview in Missouri next week. That night I flew back to Pittsburgh and spent the rest of the four days around the New Castle area.

The fireworks on the forth were amazing. We went with Andrew's dad's parents to a high school parking lot to watch them and it ended up you could see five different fireworks shows from the different places around. One area had what looked like a grand finale for 10 minutes! It was so great. And one of my favorite parts was the lighting bugs. We don't have those around here and so it's so awesome to look out on someone's yard or a filed and see the light spots floating around. Awwww....

So Wednesday morning Andrew and I headed back home the same way through Milwaukee and back to Dallas. I took pictures of the clouds because it looked so neat. One is while we are about to fly over Lake Michigan, which looks like the ocean, so big. and the others are from the storm clouds around Texas that we just missed when we landed. Meaning, we landed and pulled into the terminal and it started to rain.

That is my fourth of July trip and pictures. Hope you enjoy. :) The clouds are my fav.

The end. and yet the scary beginning

2006-07-10T19:42:00.000-06:00

So last Friday I found out I passed my fourth National Boards which means

I AM NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED!!!!!

I went to a job interview in PA and it went really well. The office was amazing and I would learn tons and have a great opportunity to learn how a high volume practice is ran very efficiently, along with a great office staff plan.

My next endeavor is to MO for a job offer there that is more along the lines of what I would want my own office to be. Her site is www.activateyourhealth.net

Prayers for the decision. I will keep you updated.

For clinic I need 4 physical exams and 30 adjustments then I am outie!!! Yippie.

~I will add pics from my trip in a few days~

TAGGED?!! - oh alright.

2006-06-13T21:19:00.000-06:00

I was tagged by Alison, so here's to you kid. ( I had more from other friends too. guess I am about the last one to do one of these. )

I am - tired and anxious
I want - to get all my credits on time to graduate and get my degrees
I wish - I was in Hawai'i
I hate - the unknown
I miss - the good ol' days before I had to know so little about so much to become a Doctor
I hear - my fan spinning and clanking and my computer humming
I wonder - where I will be in 2 - 3 months
I regret - nothing because I love my life after it's all said and done
I am not - as self confident as I would like to be
I dance - when the beat moves me no matter where or how.
I sing - if I know the song or tune, you can sing like instruments too you know. :)
I cry - more than I use to but not too often
I am not always - on time
I make - a good friend, cause cooking is out of the question for me on this one.
I write - to relieve stress
I confuse - easy, simple things with over analyzing too deep
I need - a long night sleep and a long back massage
I start - my day with the snooze alarm
I finish - my day setting the snooze alarm

How in Debt are you?

2006-06-09T15:46:00.000-06:00

Here is a survey to see how much it costs to "Be who you want to be."

Lets take my loan total for instance....

School:
Parker College of Chiropractic Graduate

Occupation:
Chiropractic Doctor

Debt:
$133,732.00

What's yours? I am interested! This is kind of fun. (till I have to start paying on it) ; )

New Link ---> Look ---> LOOOOOK ------->

2006-06-09T13:57:00.000-06:00

Check out my new site on the "links" It's the "astronomy picture of the Day" link.

AWESOME site. To see more pictures from past days click on the link at the top of the page that says, "Discover the cosmos!"

Enjoy!!!

~Allison

Everwood's final finale

2006-06-05T20:53:00.000-06:00

So I am bummed because the only show that I took time out to watch every week, that I have really ever done that for on a consistent basis, is gone. Gone off the WB forever because of new management, and there is word they are bringing back Seventh Heaven. That finale was so horrible and the actors on there are not the best. Keep the show that people actually like to watch. COME ON!!

So anyways..... the reason for this is because there was a quote that Andy Brown, a father on the show, said to his son. It was something like this:

"It doesn't matter who you are with in the picture (future) as long as you are happy where you are. What matters is what you look like in the picture."

It made me think of mine. I had a discussion today at lunch with friends about this very topic. Who would be in our future and the struggles we are facing now. Would we still be happy in the future if things didn't change? It was more on, "don't settle for someone who's heart is not fully in it, you deserve to have someone who loves you as much as you love them." And my thinking was, "well if I am happy and am fully in love with someone and am with that someone, what else really matters. I am happy." And they were saying that would just be fooling yourself and in the "picture" so to say, You wouldn't be happy.

Hence the profoundness to me tonight about the great quote (which was more astounding than my reverb of it). And I came to a conclusion about my life; where I am right now, who I am right now and the future I want to have, the person/people in the picture, I am happy in my picture and will be happy in that picture. I know how I feel and if the other person doesn't know or feel as much as I, but is still with me and happy being there, then why constantly think about it and worry.

So now the pondering question for you to share on....
Do you think it right (a true happy picture) to just go on being happy with your life because you are in love with all of it, and the person you love the most is in it. No matter where that person may be in their picture. They are there with you, right, so should you worry about all the other stuff or just be happy, because you are?

And this song comes to mind...... (Melissa this is for you)
OOOO ooo ooo oooo oo oo oooo oooo oo oo ooo ooo OOOOOO
oooooo oooo oo ooo ooo oo OOOOOOO
ooooo oooo oo oo OOOOOO
Don't worry, be happy now. (REPEAT X ~)

Sadness in the face of gladness

2006-05-21T22:09:00.000-06:00

So today I took my last Boards tests, my last tests for Chiropractic school ever!!! So yea! But yet tonight as I sit here I am not so happy. I need a dose of my last blog. : )
But why? Why in the face of all this gladness and time to be joyful am I so sad and on the verge of tears?

Could it be....
1) I have 80 adjustments, 8 physical exams, 3 new patients to still get in clinic and not alot of time to do it in and feel helpless and like I am a loser and have to pay more money to stay longer like the other cool kids and get more time to finish up what people actually finished 3 months ago.

2) I am taking a self paced Gov. class to get my credits to get my bachelors degree when I graduate and realized I have two weeks to do it all in before the dead line because I took this week for Board Review and now I am stressing thinking I won't get it done and fail.

3) I am tired of living in a place of nothing, where I don't know where I am going, where to look, where to be, when I will get to get out.

4) I hate being alone and miss my boyfriend so badly that I can't stand it, and why should I , it's not like I haven't been alone without him for 3 years off and on before. Why is this weekend of 3 days so hard.

5) I have to stay here and take a test and miss all my girlfriends, friends and boyfriend have the time of their lives at a wedding in the mountains without me.

6) Feel like even though I have passed all my classes and Boards that in some way I am still a failure. (I think this is the biggest one) But why do I feel like a failure when there is nothing that I have really failed at except the clinic part of school, meaning, ....
How am I going to survive my own clinic, getting my own patients and keeping them when I can't even do that NOW in clinic, in the practice round?

Time for my tired mind, body and spirit to rest. Thanks for listening!
Keep your hopes up for me, there is some out there yet.

Compliment yourself today!

2006-05-19T08:44:00.000-06:00

I was sent this link from a friend and tried it. Wow, how special you feel, if anything makes you smile and laugh a little. Please enjoy because you all deserve to hear this.

http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~geoffo/humour/flattery.html

Peek a boo

2006-05-09T21:44:00.000-06:00

Tonight I was walking up the stairs to my apt.

and caught a glimps of the moon through the trees.
It was such a shot I had to take a picture.
Please enjoy, it's for you all to see.

In the car (wash)

2006-05-09T21:12:00.000-06:00

Super Soaper

Brusha Brusha Brusha

Spot Free Rinse

Light at the end of the tunnel.

And the SCORES are IN!!!

2006-05-01T07:48:00.000-06:00

PRESENTS

Allison M. Patton

with a passing achievement on the

Part III and Physiotherapy

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See you in three weeks for the last and final PART IV Boards test!!!

- Destiny to follow in a month and three weeks. : )

The FINAL final!!!

2006-04-20T10:44:00.000-06:00

Can you believe it?! Three years and I have finished my last final in Chiropractic school FOREVER! What a great experience this has all been. Now all I get to do is go to clinic and work on patients all day! So great to get to focus only on practice and no more homework and such.

Thank you for all your support and encouragement throughout the years all you out there. You are great people and appreciate you all. Now on to BIGGER and better and more EXCITING things!

STAY TUNED~~~

Health newsletters I suggest

2006-04-14T08:46:00.000-06:00

Here are some websites I encourage you all to go to and sign up for their weekly newsletter. Some are for health and American health information, some are for pediatrics and their health. If you don't like signing up for long term you can always unsubscribe after a few trial runs of information.

These two sites are phenomenal and enlighten our minds of information we might not have heard otherwise.

So sign up and enjoy! IT'S FREE, Why not?!

Your caring Chiropractic intern,
~Allison

Sleepy, rubby eyes

2006-04-03T14:02:00.000-06:00

Have you ever experienced the pleasure of rubbing your eyes when you are sleepy and feeling more relaxed after?

Have you ever rubbed your eyes so long and hard that you had to stop breathing for a while and then stop rubbing your eyes to breath and then hold your breath and start rubbing your eyes again (very intense like)?

Have you ever wondered why?

Well, I was going through this routine a few nights ago and thought, "I should tell people why your body (innate) does this very act for a reason." So here goes......

Once upon a time, in a far away dream there were 5 sheep............ okay not really! That was just to get your attention so you don't get bored already and leave my site.

Let's wake you up a bit with a brighter color, NOW let's begin.

You have this response called the "Oculocardiac Reflex"
With pressure on the eyes, the pulse rate should normally slow down from 5 to 13 beats per minuet.

Stimulation of the trigeminal nerve is thought to set off a reflex arc inducing a cardiac depressor response via vagal stimulation.

Cranial nerve V (5) "trigeminal" is for the muscles used in chewing/ moving the jaw, and also sensation of the face.
Cranial nerve X (10) "vagus" (meaning great wanderer) does all of your parasympathetic modes (rest/digest modes). It is the great wanderer because it goes everywhere, esp. the heart.
This reflex connects the CN V from the eyes, to CNX to the heart to slow down your heart rate and get you ready for bed. :)

So next time you rub your eyes from being tired and the like, just remember the beautiful way the body works without you ever even knowing how and why, till now. : )

2006-03-24T08:47:00.000-07:00

BOARDS!!!!

Finally the stress of studying for Part III National Boards and also for the Physiotherapy National Board are over!

This test was the most stressful because it is based on your own performance on the test. The ones before and the PT and part IV are all based on the average, so if the top score was a 750 instead of 800 then everyone moves up 50 points. NOW there is no curve and it's you against the test. It is over and low stress (while still freaking out about your future) till April 28th. Till then praying for no "asterisk."

Update on the whole, "Where are you going after you graduate," question. It seems that when you are not focused on this aspect of your life because BOARDS are two weeks away, everyone wants to talk to you about where you are going after graduation and bring up the fact that you are wasting time, and it it ticking away very fast. So the place I am now on this sensitive topic is, "I am focusing my sites on STATES!" -New Mexico -North Carolina -Tennessee - and maybe some other place to be decided.

I will keep everyone posted on my replies as they appear. Keep this process in your prayers, it's a BIG one for me. Thanks for reading and checking up on me. It's nice to know people are out there caring.

~Blessings~

What do 100,000 and Girl Scouts have in common?

2006-02-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

Well I am glad you asked! TODAY is a most wonderful day in history and I bet NONE of you knew it.

I was driving home today after school/clinic and after yoga was canceled when all of a sudden I look down to notice my odometer. It read 99994 as I was taking off for home.

**A girl today in class said she decided to start her diet and then her Girl Scout cookies came in and she is trying to get rid of them. I bought one Thin Mints and one Samoa and received the shortbread box for free!! **

So I am exiting 114 West on the President George Bush Turnpike. Crossing under the over pass to turn left onto 161 South and then it happened.... My odometer turns to "100,000"!!!!! And all the while I am eating my OHH so delicious Thin Mints, that's right THIN MINTS!!!
I called and talked to my dad while it turned the memorable 100,000. Only fitting since it is because of him and my mom I have that car.

So now you know why this day is famous in history and how Girl Scouts and 100,000 have something in common! How crazy would that be if someone else in the world had a story of 100,000 and Girl Scouts to share? Let me know!!

Also this week I received the Atchley Scholarship from the New Mexico Chiropractic Association for $500. That will definitely help out with the $1,025 for Part IV Boards.

AND I get to see Andrew every day and my two sisters (Mandy and Jessica) are both pregnant so I will be a double Auntie Allison!! Life is so grand all at once!

Mandy is my "sister" because we grew up together in church and have known each other since, well, birth. Her to be exact because I was born in July '82 and she in January '83

Aunt and Bridesmaid all in one!

2006-02-21T21:51:00.000-07:00

My sister is getting married to Steve May 13th this year in Hobbs, NM. He was born in TX but they met in Las Cruces, NM at work. He and she are here in Dallas with me and are getting excited and planning for the big day!

Back in December my sister told me she was pregnant and I was going to be an AUNT!!! I was so excited, esp. because I could finally get my first pregnant patient to adjust throughout pregnancy, YIPEE!!

We went today to her second ultrasound appointment and found out she is farther along that planned. She is 17 weeks (according to the computer) and is due at the end of July (maybe my b-day ;) ;) wink, wink) And also we were able to see his little peepee on the ultrasound.

I was so amazed at the whole thing. You saw his little heart valves flapping away and moving and then you saw his whole spine and ribs. I was so excited. I told Jessica that she has to ask for a picture of his spine next visit for me. :) You can't tell me there isn't life before birth after seeing that. NO WAY!!!

If you have never had the experience, I STRONGLY urge you to go to an OB/GYN and ask to sit in on one, if the mother doesn't mind. It is truly amazing!

This isn't her baby boy, just a pic off the internet to show. Definitely means more when you can see things move!!!

The day of Valens and tines...

2006-02-13T19:01:00.000-07:00

hearts stuck on a window with a curtain in front of them.
So this day has been one like New Years Eve; you wish you could spend it with the one you love and have that "oh so romantic" moment in time to reflect on each year, but your life just isn't meant to be that way. This February 14th will be one of the very few love days I will get to make those memories!

This is a happy blog because I have a love that has sacrificed and flew with a whip of hope to move here to be with me. Things like this don't happen in my life and, honestly, I think that if I am not careful enough it will all fly away again as gently as it came.

My boyfriend, Andrew, and I have been off and on for about 5 years now. There have been some trying times, exciting/fun/entertaining times, and all in all learning and growing times. We have a new phase this time because commitment is in both of our lives not just one.

So I am excited to start a new phase in my life of not having to "wish" on the romantic times that will not be, but to be a part of romantic times that will. What a crazy place to be in.

Honestly, never thought my life would ever turn out in any spectacular way.....
but...........................

My vacation!!!

2006-01-06T22:22:00.000-07:00

So we have three weeks off during the Fall and Spring trimesters and I took a little trip back home to NM and then a little trip to see my friends, Rebecca and James, in NC!
A friend told me I would fall in love with NC when I went and she was right.... it was so nice. Probably because it's so different than here.... but still every place has it's beauty I just have to find what I want to enjoy for the longest period of time. :)

Here are some from NC. We went to the Duke "West" campus to see the chapel, and then to UNC to see the campus for my friend Jason. He is a HUGE fan but has never been, so I called him to let him know I was there and enjoying it for him. Their pool is huge and it is supposable the "practice" pool. Man o man. What a place. If I was a stronger swimmer I would go there. :) I just get by.

Now school has started back up and clinic is back to the grind. I wish all of you who say you would be my patients lived here so Icould bring you into the clinic and get credits off of you. :) Ah well, at least I am still reaching people about chiropractic. That is the main goal.

Very busy so will keep updated on here when able.

New Year, new life, and getting sick?!

2005-12-28T16:08:00.000-07:00

So what usually happens this time of year and to most of you is already happening? Getting sick and snotty and coughing. Now the instinct response would seem to run to the MD and get a prescription or to detour the MD and pick up OTC (over the counter) drugs to "prevent" and help relieve the symptoms coming on.
Can I please have you resist this "instinct."

Chiropractic works with the nervous system in your spine and THROUGHOUT your whole body along with the vascular system. Your nervous system has a DIRECT connection with your immune system as well, THIS is because your nervous system has a DIRECT connection with the organs of your immune system. Your nervous system is protected by your skull, spinal bones called vertebrae, and your ribs. A misalignment (we call a subluxation) of these bones and other bones can cause a decrease in function of the nervous system and in effect a decrease in function of the organs of your body and your IMMUNE SYSTEM!

PAIN is the last symptom to appear but the FIRST symptom to go away with chiropractic care! This is why it is important to keep going AFTER the pain is gone, because your body is still out of alignment, subluxated. Ask a Chiropractor how often he/she gets an adjustment to stay well and prevent sickness and promote health. Most will tell you they get seen at least once a week, and when feeling sick will get seen more often, because of all people THEY know how important chiropractic is to improving the immune system and everyday bodily function.

Also there are vitamins and minerals that help with you immune system. Vitamin A, C, E, Zinc and Selenium are all great in boosting the immune system. Most of us know about Vit. C and take more and more of this when we feel we are getting sick. It was recommended to me, when sick, to take 50,000IU of A and 100mg of Zinc (but eat something before you take Zinc as it can make you feel nauseous). When I recommend this to my patients their response is, "I am drinking tons of orange juice and suking down vitamin C like crazy."

Let me put it to you this way.....
There are many things to protect you inside your home from burglars and others trying to break into your home such as locks, alarms, guns, etc. Now if you felt like you were getting broken into but it just hasn't fully happened yet, you make sure you lock all your locks on your doors and windows and maybe go out and buy some more locks just to have extra strength. Why not give yourself all of these defenses, the alarms and locks and guns, etc. to protect yourself?
Taking Vit. C helps but why not take MORE to help boost that protection, such as Vit. A and E and Zinc?

Regular chiropractic adjustments are like having a cop on your curb and one in the alley to stop the destructive things that are trying to get in. Nutrition is like the locks and alarms on your house when the cops are distracted and miss that one bad guy. Things such as stress, toxins, and trauma are what can "distract the cops," or misalign your bones and cause subluxations. Hence the decrease in defense, or immunity, and the more nutrients and protection you need. To help prevent these "distractions" from effecting your body, you need adjustments to keep things aligned and flowing properly.

So for the New Year, new life and NO sickness - please go see your local Chiropractor today!!

Blessings on your New year, and your new life with chiropractic!

For questions, please post a comment or email me.

Snowflakes!!!

2005-12-13T23:17:00.000-07:00

So I know this isn't Hawai'i pictures but you HAVE to go to this site. You can cut your own paper to make your own snowflake virtually. It's so much fun. So if you aren't so handy with the scissors and just want to see what it would look like without too much hard work, stop on by. ENJOY!!! (I sure did)

http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com/

Happy Holidays!

2005-12-08T12:30:00.000-07:00

Please go to this link. It is about dancing Christmas lights. Very awesome and amazing and worth your time. Whomever put this together is very talented and I would like for them to be my friend. Haha. j/k but they are very talented! Those of you who have experienced my reaction to fire works, imagine that to this. It's THAT good.!

http://members.cox.net/transam57/lights.wmv

P.S. More Hawai'i to come, just have finals this weeks so it's sporadic. Thanks for hanging with me.

The North Shore

2005-12-06T21:07:00.000-07:00

This was some sites from traveling around and also at the North Shore. This is where the BIG waves come and people surf around. So beautiful and the waves were so much fun. No we didn't surf, it was too rough, so we laid out and played on the shore. [had to go home with a tan, I mean, come on. :) ]

Lanaki Beach

2005-12-03T22:28:00.000-07:00

The most beautiful beach in the world! It's that picture perfect "movie" scene of a beach and the ocean. A native man, skiny as ever, came and told us some of the people who owned the houses on that beach, actors and actresses. Can't remember whom they were because the beach was more important.

So how it works is you drive to Lanaki and take a few side roads headed towards the beach, you are in the neighborhoods -k- All you see is greenery and gorgeous houses all close together. No side walks for parking.

There are random inlets between houses for you to walk through to get to the beach, that's the only way you see this wonderous site. And then you are there!!!.... here..... enjoy......

Day two of Hawai'i

2005-12-02T19:50:00.000-07:00

Scuba diving was today! We first played in the ocean while Marki and Michael took scuba "discovery" lessons, then all drove out and went diving. These are pictures of such.
Don't they just look cute after our outing in the PACIFIC OCEAN?!

Oh... and on our way back.... we saw TONS of rainbows!!! Amazing, maybe that's why their license plates have a rainbow on them. {just a side note how the same number of letters in rainbow, are the same number of colors IN a rainbow! freakin. sweet!} - be honest, how many of you knew that before now? Am I really that slow?

By the way, I WAS IN HAWAI'I!!!

Am I really HERE?!

2005-11-29T20:31:00.000-07:00

So here are some pics of the town on our way to the hotel and some shots from our hotel.

So this is from our first day here!

~ Wakiki Beach, right across the street from our hotel! Freakin sweet.
~ A tree that was HUGE. These root looking things grow down from the branches and become like a trunk. Crazy but awesome looking.
~ Cheesburger in Paradies, first place we ate. served with a slice of pineapple, SO GOOD!
~ View one of our first sunset.
~ View from our hotel balcony, GORGEOUS, Beautiful!
~ Some really cool ukulala players on the street. There were tons of different people out there, really fun. The cool part were different guys dressed up as statues! Fun times.
~ The beach at night, awww how romantic.... too bad none of us were there for that. And I never found a cabana boy. :(
~ View two of our first sunset.
~ The three babes of the trip with our flowers on the right side, single side!

Desination - HAWAI'I (11-16-2005)

2005-11-29T15:22:00.000-07:00

3:30 AM
- Woke up to get dressed to get to the airport by 5:00 AM!!!
- We arrived at 5:04 and were denied access to check our luggage because we were 4 min late for checking luggage 30 min. before boarding. Therefore were not allowed to board the plane. We were suppose to leave at 6:00 AM to head to Chicago and then head to Hawai'i getting us in at 3:30 PM Hawai'i time.

- We were transferred over to the 10:00 AM flight, direct from Dallas to Honolulu getting in at 2:30 PM! Let me just inform you that we are flying standby the whole time, there and back. This is why we are moved around and dressed up, in case we get first class! (eyebrows moving up and down with a smile.)

9:45 AM (Me, Marki, Michael)

- Finally boarded the plan in the LAST seats open to the public, row 43!! (all dressed up for first class and get last class)

We are still happy though, because we are GOING TO HAWAI'I!!!

(doing a little dance in my seat!)

- Between the bathrooms w/many visitors
- NO WINDOWS
- Are we seriously that far back?
- First class looks so nice
- Well at least we get two movies to watch
(Hitch and October Skies)

(Lucky Jason and Amanda got a window seat)

- They definitely look happier than the three of us.
- Don't you agree?
- 8 hours and 3,000+ miles later we arrive!

There would be pics but remember, we didn't a window seat.
(not bitter, no, because I am still in HAWAI'I!)

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We are REALLY here!!

ALOHA!

2005-11-27T21:24:00.000-07:00

So I went to Oahu, Hawai'i two weeks ago and haven't had time AT ALL to post my pics and tales of my most magnificent time there. I am hoping to have time this week since we only have one test and it's tomorrow. Thanks for being patient, I am having to be as well because I REALLY want to get these up so share/gloat about it. I finally have pics of a BE -E - A Utiful place I went instead of getting to be jealous looking at all the wonderful places "photo-a-day" gets to go. (so lucky -I am so jealous) So soon and very soon. {makes me think of a song. : ) }

~Loves

Movie critique `=-

2005-11-12T23:09:00.000-07:00

That is suppose to look like a video camera. Hope you can see it. : )

The movie is "Prime."
It is about the 37 year old lady dating her therapist's 23 year old son. Very funny and pretty good. The only thing I was a little caught off guard was the reality of the ending. To not give it away, I will do my best to explain myself. Movies usually end in traditional, mostly not-so-real ways, right? Well this one ended in a way that pertains mostly to what might actually happen in real life and THAT's what caught me off guard. I didn't care for it and I don't think it or life should be that way. It's just not right.

You should really see the movie because it IS quite HILARIOUS and very good. So enjoy but know the ending is a catchy one. Please let me know what you thought about it if you have seen it.

~Allison

Learn a Lesson!

2005-11-11T18:14:00.000-07:00

This might sound like a good idea to some, at least to me it did, but IT'S NOT!

I went walk/jogging this evening and had my cd player (yes still old school) in one hand and water bottle in the other, so where do I put my door key? I have no pockets but (*ding-light off in head*) I DO have a draw string on my pants! "Sweet," I thought, "That is perfect!" I am jogging and walking along and checking my key ever so often, also hearing it clink against the plastic on the tip of the string (like the tip of a shoe lace-plastic) every once in a while. It took me 15 min. to get to the park and I walk/jogged till I had about 41 min. of time to head back (knowing I would be tired and not jog some of the way and walk slower). I head back and get all the way BACK to my apt. complex and look down to notice my draw string is partially untied and THERE IS NO KEY!!!!!
Needless to say, I turned around and retraced my steps - ALL THE WAY back to the park, ALL THE WAY around the track and ALL THE WAY back home - and no key. I prayed the whole time, "God please just let it be out in plain sight. Please just let me find it even if it's after I have walked a mile around the track again and am back at the apt. Please, Please!"
Nope, no key after an hour extra of walking. (Man my butt is going to be lookin gooooood!) - oh...well it will take more than that. : ) ANYways.....
I was trying to figure out what to do. My neighbors are all gone and the only thing I can think of is my kitchen window is cracked.

*Side note*
I just finished telling my dad this weekend that my window is safe to be cracked because there are two panes and the way one latches you can't get in.
*End note*

LUCKILY I was wrong, and it was easy to get in through my window. Glad, because I had plans to go out and didn't have my phone to call and cancel or be late. From now on, though, the WINDOW IS SHUT!

So the moral of the story is:

DON'T go walking with your key tied to your draw string, just put it under your mat.
DON'T leave your kitchen window open thinking no one can/would get in unless you have tried it yourself.
Thank the Lord for making you naive at times in your life because it might just be that very thing to get you through a situation that seems to have no entrance.

*haha funny thought, "When God closes a door, He opens a window.) HILARIOUS!!! What a sense of humor The Big Guy in the Sky has. I know He sure gets a LOAD of laughs off of me and my life. I sure do!

Take care and be aware!

L(eye)fe???

2005-11-03T21:38:00.000-07:00

wanted a picture and found this and tied it in as best "eye" could. GET IT! : )

I have no life....and yet... no time for a life.

Ironic?!

I think not.

The life of a student doctor?

I think so.

281 days and that life will be over and it will be DOCTOR life!

"Where," you say? ~ only GOD knows.

so much for taking a break on blogging....that's why I say I have no life. Everyone else only updates there like every other week/month. I'm a cool kid-YEAH! (high side pony tail bob.)

Faith in a box

2005-11-01T21:13:00.000-07:00

"Oh ye of little faith"

- I am ye.

SCUBA! SCUBA! SCUBA!

2005-10-29T20:09:00.000-06:00

Okay so finally I am taking time to tell you about my scuba diving certification open water dives. Basically the performance of my skills to allow me to become certified! GO ME!

Amanda, Jason and I went the weekend of October 22, 23. Clear Springs Scuba Park Terrell, TX, was the scene of the event!
Take a look at their site for more pictures. See if you can find the ones of the shark, boat, and plane fuselage.

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We showed up at 8AM and were excited and ready to go.
Doesn't the Santa Maria looks so happy. (ahh precious car)

Dive 1:
Depth: 25' Dive time: 0:25
Skills completed: Mask clear, Mask removal and recovery, Regulator clear, Regulator recovery, Buddy breath, Octopus ascent, Buoyancy control

Dive 2:
Depth: 25' Dive time: 0:35
Skills completed: Buoyancy, Octopus ascent, Surface rescue

Dive 3:
Depth: 15' Dive time: none (snorkel)
Skills completed: Snorkeling, Surface dives

Dive 4:
Depth: 42' Dive time: 0:25
Skills completed: Compass surface and underwater (freakin hard), Buoyancy control, Deep dive
Water temp=75 degrees F, Surface temp=55-60 degrees F (freakin cold)

Dive 5:
Depth: 30' Dive time: 0:25
Skills completed: Emergency swimming ascent, Submerged rescue

Our instructor was Mrs. Paula Robinson. She was our Public Health teacher and Emergency Care teacher in school, and is the reason we are becoming scuba divers. She is a fun lady and has been scuba diving and instructing for over 20 years!
How cute is she!!

So that is the fun trip of scuba!

We ate at this yummy Mexican food restaurant Saturday night, and then we had to get money for the park so had to stop at this quick store. They had hilarious stuff in there. This one brand of chap stick was called "Chap off." I started laughing hysterically. It's like a saying you would say to someone bugging you, "Dude, chap off!" haha (I will have to start using that.) Well we all woke up sniffly Sunday morning from the cold hotel room, but were ready to finish up our last skills to get back home, sleep, relax and most of all STUDY!

This is the only turtle we saw on the whole trip. :(
I wanted to see one underwater, but at least I was able to see one. :) Can you find it?
You may have to blow it up. I think I am going to take a break on blogging for awhile. I am wearing myself out. So update yours so I can have something to do. :)

Drug + (side effect) or Nutrition + health

2005-10-29T19:56:00.000-06:00

To all:
I was watching some TV when a new drug commercial came on. Nothing new as the drug company makes mills off this. Anyway, my point is this new drug "Requip" is for a symptom called "Restless Legs Syndrome." Please do not take this drug if you feel like you may have this. (1) This can be helped simply with Iron supplements or eating more foods with iron in them. Also take vitamin C and E to protect against oxidation of the iron.

From a classmate in school who wrote me about her RLS:

I just wanted to let you know restless leg syndrome is sometimes iron insufficiency; however most of the time it's actually magnesium. I have several patients, as well as myself, that suffered from restless leg syndrome and in all cases, Magnesium supplementation was much more effective than iron and totally resolved it. Plus, many women who get restless leg syndromes also have GI complaints. What the correlation is I'm not sure. But adding Iron increases or can cause constipation and or nausea. Magnesium has the opposite effect (it softens stool) so is good to recommend to pts with GI or constipation problems. Also, Mg has been found that it alleviates depression in women. This is an incidental finding but one of my patients (I didn't tell her about it's affects on depression) commented that she felt much happier and less down than she normally does after supplementing the Mg for about 3 weeks. So to make a long story short, Mg is some good stuff! .
Your friend in health
XXXXXX XXXXX (confidentiality)

Please tell any of your friends or family members who feel the need to get this drug. There is no need for them unless you want the side effects from it which you may not have the restless legs but you can now fall asleep during activities of daily living, bouts of fainting and slowed heart rate, hallucinations, and many more for you to read about http://us.gsk.com/products/assets/us_requip.pdf
So please. What would you rather do? Take some supplements of iron, magnesium, Vit. C and E and feel fine plus improve other parts of your body as well. Or take a drug that "treats" restless legs but then have to take more drugs for the other side effects that your body is responding to the drug with?

Please, all I ask is that you always educate yourself before taking any drugs/supplements/herbs. Your life is at stake and is important to so many others as well. Do the research on everything, it's out there waiting for you.

~Intern Allison Patton

(1) Mosby's Handbook of Herbs and Supplements and their Therapeutic Uses; Bratman MD, Girman MD, MPH; pg.290-292

No STARS for me

2005-10-28T08:41:00.000-06:00

When you go to check your scores on the Chiropractic National Boards results you always look for a "star" asterisk by your score to tell you you didn't pass. NO STARS FOR ME!!!!!

I am officially half way through my program now.

I PASSED MY PART II BOARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for all your prayers and support. I couldn't have made it this far without you all. Have a GREAT weekend!!!

YIPEEEE!!!!!!

There are 4 Boards total and a Physiotherapy one as well, so really 5. In March, I will take Part III and PT. Then in May, I will take Part IV. So much more fun to come.

And I passed SCUBA as well. I am a certified SCUBA diver!!!! All in one. Yes it's a great package, take me as I am. :)

or not at all.....

Shout out...

2005-10-26T20:55:00.000-06:00

So this week is so crazy busy but I wanted to put something up because, well.... okay...

"Hello my name is Allison and I am obsessed with the blogging!"

Whew finally got that off my chest, oh no... where did it go. Man so small. haha
Anyways I wanted to put two things down that I thought were insightful and intriguing.

First is, my friend Amanda Hyde (have to say last name because I have another friend Amanda) gave me her fortune because I wanted to remember it. This is what it said (which she had to explain it to me afterwards, and is why I love it.)
"Enough is as good as a feast."
How great of a fortune, if you eat and it makes you fool it is like having a feast, because what would you do with the rest of the food once you are full? You ate what you could eat, so it's always like a feast. Be happy with what you have because it's enough. It's YOUR feast.
(just thought it was really cool.)

Second is , my friend and her fiance are having a troubling time right now. A couple of us at school were talking about the situation and how things can be seen as "signs" and can also be used as an excuse/justification of wrong. It's hard to tell, but there is always a reason for it all in the end. One of the girls said her pastor told her this insight once and it stuck with her, and will now stick with me forever.
"Don't marry someone unless you would want to be them, unless they are someone who's shoes you would want to be in."
Meaning, that person, for all they are inside and out, should be someone you would want to be like, because when you marry two become one. I never thought of it like that and really want to ask people who have long lasting marriages if they feel that way about their spouse. Very true in a sense though. If you don't like something about your significant other's character, it's time to evaluate the situation. It's not about if they snore or chew with their mouth open, it's a matter of principle and character.

Well this is more than I planned on but have many more topics in mind, like my scuba, but that will wait untill I get the results from my written test.
~By the way~ Big results this Friday - BOARD SCORES GO ONLINE!!!!!

Split Identities; Who is Allison Patton?

2005-10-23T14:13:00.000-06:00

Here is a funny story I thought to tell because it was brought to my attention in a reply to the hair blog.

My friend Michelle has always called me "Allison Patton" because she knows two other "Alison's" and to not get people confused which she is talking about I was/am referred to by both names. :) It's quite enjoyable really.
So the funny part, all her friends in Arizona thought she was always talking about her two friends, "Alice and Patton." Haha how hillarious is that!
I guess I told this story to some people and totally forgot who and so she reminded me of it. Just to share. :)

I guess my first split identity would be from my dad. As you know my parents had two beautiful, young, loveing, caring, fun girls. This holds the problem of him never getting to have the "boys" to teach things to and horse around with, therefore the split identity. Whenever we were "Jess and Al" we were my dad's "boys." He taught us many survival skills such as jumping off a roof and landing properly, how to fix things without calling for a repair man first, how to take things apart to see how they work just because, and finally how a woman should be treated.
Now you may think, "Woah, why do you, as a girl, need to know how a lady should be treated?" It's because we should accept no less from the man of our future. Now if things sway from this it's our own acceptance of the treatment, but at least we knew better. :)

So a case of the mistaken identity is now to a close. Thank you for playing. Come again.

Gone like the wind!!!

2005-10-18T21:40:00.000-06:00

So I couldn't take it, took matters into my own hands (or should I say scissors) and had to cut my hair. I cut about an inch and a half from the back so now it matches well enough with the rest and looks fine. I actually got compliments on it today. I think it might also be because they were asking to make sure I actually got it cut and it wasn't an accidental mishap from a fight with a fan.

So I curled it out today(10-18-05) and it was nice. I like it now. Feel spunky...or something to the affect. Haha.

{This was taken today(10-19-05) - picture this with an extra inch and a half tacked on to the back layer with the front looking the same.} my thoughts exactly, eeewww - mullet!

So no awesome pics of the mullet that was, is not and never will be again!!! So long, fare well, alviderzan, adieu. Ahh spelling or not you get the point. :)

So just to keep you updated I fixed the madness and all is well. :)

Hip Hip!! HOORAY!

~Al

Business in the front, Party in the back!

2005-10-17T15:45:00.000-06:00

Oh my gosh. So it's been forever long since I had my hair cut and the lady who did it last did a good job so I called to schedule an appointment. Well she isn't there anymore and so I figured it would be fine to still go there because it's a known hair place, Regis. Well so I went and told her I wanted it trimmed, more layers, and some bangs type style. So I am trusting her to look cute here right?!

So I am liking the layers in the back, feeling a lot lighter and she layers all around and does the bangs and then starts to dry it. I choose to have it curl under instead of out. So she gets done and I don't have my glasses on but from what I see I like the bangs and the cut seems a little interesting but I accept and pay. So I get into the car and check it out in the visor mirror. BAD MOVE!

So I see that the top is nice and full but then there is just this thin layer of long hair in the back. And then I start to think, "OH MY GOSH, I LOOK LIKE I HAVE A MULLET!!" There is no business or party, it's straight up uuuggggg.
It is shorter in the front and that long layer in the back. The only good thing is that I have a cute pony tail now and I like the bangs. So looks like my new do for two months is a pony tail. Yeah for the tail. Boo for a mullet.

There is no picture to show because I am too embarrassed. Please pray for the hair to grow fast so I can cut it!!!! and NOT there again. :* (

Just the update vent blog today...... AHHHH!!!

RED HOT-RED HOT- RED HOT- SSSsssssss

2005-10-15T20:01:00.000-06:00

We had our clinic camp this weekend (well Thursday, Friday and half of Saturday). It was a blast! Learned a lot about myself and my life as a chiropractor and how I need to change my thinking. Also I learned a lot about making my clinic experience better and improve patient communication. (very key because I struggle some with this) So... the clinic camp experience.

Thursday was the ropes course and team building challenges on the ground. Each were tied into our clinic experience and life lessons for each. All reiterated that we are not alone in this and we need to always use our resources because we all need to stick together. So we are all broken up into 6 groups, WE were no other than RED!!!!

We are judged on winning each event and also by spirit. Now, because they want to keep this like real life, you get more points for your attitude and spirit than winning. (5+ for winning, 10+ for enthusiasm) When we were told this we KNEW we had to be loud and known because we can't expect to be the best at all the events. Luckily this worked. By the end of Thursday night we were up with 60+ and the next group had only 35+. All but 2 events we received spirit points and then two events we won!! It was a blast. So let me give you a little taste of the RED cheers so you can see how "all over the spirit" we were. :)

"I don't know what I've been told (echo)
Red team's here to win the gold (echo)
You might think it might be you (echo)
But that just won't be true (echo)
Am I right or wrong? (You're right)
Am I right or wrong? (You're right)
Sound off (1-2)
Sound off (3-4)
Break it on down (R-E-D, R-E-D, RED HOT!)"

"Red Hot, Red Hot, Red Hot SSSsssss (finger to butt)" (repeat many times)

"Who let the REDS out? (Who who who who)" (repeat many times)

"Give me an R (R), Give me an E (E), Give me a D (D)
What's that spell (RED), WHAT'S THAT SPELL (RED)
Who are we (RED), WHO ARE WE (RED)
Who's gunna win (RED)!"

"Do a little dance, make a little love, get RED HOT tonight, get RED HOT tonight" (repeat)

"How funky is your chicken, how loose is your goose? Now come on all you RED HOTS and shake your caboose, and shake your caboose!" (repeat)

"Nah nah nah nah, Nah nah nah nah, Hey hey hey, Good bye"

Now can you see why we have the most spirit. We have an awesome team. We were all excited and pumped the whole time. Everyone participated in every event and never griped or complained about anything. It was a great team.

Well the teams were divided by clinics. There is an Irving clinic (us) and a Dallas clinic (the other 5 teams). Another event given points for was the six way tug-o-war. (So much fun, and YES all six teams tugged against each other at the same time) RED won that one!! But we didn't get the spirit points. The next competition was the Trolly Race, where you have two boards with ropes and 4 people stand and have walk on them to the other side. We came in dead last in that event (haha), which put us under points and in 2nd place!

FINALLY the winning event was the skit at the end.

"P-I, A-S, Red is the best!"

Every one did great and they were all really good and HILARIOUS!! The instructions were only, "A skit that has to do with Chiropractic." So we ended up second in that event giving us enough points to win it all!! The underdog clinic wins again!!! (Whoop whoop!) This means we get a free lunch with the President of our college, and our staff doctors get a free night out on the town with their spouse.

Such a really great experience I am glad our school makes us all do before we graduate. It makes us set goals for ourselves to get us oriented and focused and on track. ON PURPOSE!! So hope you enjoyed my weekend, because I sure enjoyed sharing it with you all.

All Fun and Some Seriousness

2005-10-08T17:23:00.000-06:00

My friend, Amanda, sent me two cd's she made for me and this card.
I thought it was so hilarious esp. for how accurate it is!
Please enjoy it's truthful gesture. :)
haha.

So I went out with my friends Drew and Kristi, and some of their friends, last night to an awesome place called, "Pete's Dueling Piano Bar." It was a blast. They have two pianos on stage and they sing requests and it's non-stop music. Sometimes they do challenges between colleges or sexes. Really smart way for them to get tip money too. :)
But this place is the funnest. If you don't have a place like this in your town, you have to come here whenever you are in the Dallas area.

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The Prostate (It's not if you will get it but when)
Very common in males over 50. (women never have to worry about this one) Prostate cancer often turns into metastatic bone cancer if not stopped and treated.
It's the same old saying, "Use it or lose it." The best way to work out your prostate and keep it healthy is to use it often. (Congrats guys, you now have a real excuse.)
Something else you can do for when you get in the "older" ages is take the herb Saw Palmetto. It was found to be more effective than the drug Proscar in the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).

Breast Cancer (Men you don't escape this either!)
Second most common cause of cancer in women. 9 out of 10 breast lumps are noticed first by the woman herself, which stesses the importance of breast self examinations especially over mammograms.
One of the most common places for breast cancer is in the tail of the breast, the part that is going towards your armpit. Therefore, when examining yourself, it's not just the breast itself but it's surrounding tissue where the lymphnodes are stored.

** Very interesting finding tied to nutrition**
You have bile acids in your liver to help digest your food in your intestines. If you have a bad diet, dioxycholic acid is put out.
If your gut (intestines) is in dysbiosis, this dioxycholic acid is converted to lithocolic acid which is concentrated in none other than the BREAST TISSUE. This, not uncommonly, is an estrogen driven disease.

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This was a verse I enjoyed from one of my suggested sites, Vision Daily .....

I Cor. 13 says that without love we are nothing, and all our sacrifice, without love, is meaningless. Jesus said that the world would know His disciples by their love.

Blessings to you all
~ Allison :)

Scuba scuba scuba

2005-10-03T21:17:00.000-06:00

I am in a scuba class that is taught by a teacher at our school. She is the EMT and also teaches part of Public Health, with water purification and such. ANYWAYS.... SCUBA!!!!!
Today was our third day. We only go on Mondays and each time is it more and more fun and exciting. The first day was intro day and swim test day. Last Monday we snorkeled and learned how to clear out our masked if flooded, how to swim with fins and no arms, and to clear the snorkel after you dive. So that was fun until tonight!!!

Oh my gosh. I knew I loved water and such but not this much. We had our tanks and jackets on tonight and learned how to do things at the bottom of the pool, some from last time but now with a respirator in your mouth, and how to get your weight belt back on and your jacket back on. Those tanks are heavy out of the water, HOLY.

So while I was waiting for my turn, or after my turn had passed to perform the tasks, I looked up to the water level of the 10 feet deep pool and was so excited and amazed and thought, "Wow what a life of a fish, they have no idea how awesome this site is." This must be the mindset of every scuba diver out there. It's just not the same when you have a snorkel on and you are holding your breath trying to keep yourself underwater. To be able to just sit there at the bottom and look up at the reflections of light, movement of the water and bubbles rising to the top from the other divers and yourself. Such an amazing experience and gift to be allowed to witness. I can't wait till we are out in the lake, and oh man, the first time I will get to go to an island and scuba there. Life is grand when you aren't on land. :) hehe just made that up.

Well another song lyric for now...
"It's the little things, and the joy they bring. Got everything that I pray for, even a little more. When I ask to learn humility, this is what I was told ... It's the little things and the joy they bring, it's the little things." - India Arie

Shake it off.

2005-09-23T23:01:00.000-06:00

"My lovin ain't the same....
I really gotta get up out of here and go some where.
Gotta make that move for someone who appreciates all the love I give.
Gotta do what's best for me, baby and that means I gotta shake you off.
I JUST GOTTA SHAKE YOU OFF!"

LET GO! Why? Because you HAVE to!
It's a hard realization to totally turn your ways around, and in turn your life, because you can't be the same to people. You can't call them every day, you can't reminisce, and if you do something that reminds you of them you can't tell them about it and share it. The rules totally change once that all happens. It's almost like that person has died, and I guess in a way they have in your life. How horrible, but in some sad way it's true.
Why do break ups have to be mean? Totally ignoring/disregarding and totally replacing that one person in your life you were the most intimate with, the most open and truthful too, and who had your heart the most. How is this torture suppose to help you grow. Oh my goodness, to have to lose all of that and act like that person doesn't matter to you, or in some sense, that they were never as HUGE part of your life as they really were. This is insanity!
Why is this the only way to move on. What a hard reality and concept. Very harsh but in the end.... I guess..... when you are with the FOREVER person in your life..... all the the past "forever boys" really don't matter. That past you shared and had is EXACTLY what it is.... past.
Life is a difficult process. Props to those who didn't have to go through this as much or not at all, and congrats!

All the love.

Other songs that I am listening too quite often from my downloads.
"There is no Arizona....If there was a grand canyon, she could fill it up with the lies he's told her. She'll wake up and find there is no Arizona. She wonders why she's still waitin, she'll keep waiting cause there is no Arizona. Finally she tells them (friends) don't you know there is no Arizona." - Jamie O'Neal
"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone. It's not warm when she's away. And she's always gone too long, anytime she goes away. I know I know I know.... " - Marvin Gay (or Bill Withers)
"I put a spell on you. Because you're mine. " - Howlin Wolf (or Jay Hawkins)
"My friends feel it's their appointed duty. They keep trying to tell me all you want to do is use me. But my answer, yeah to all that use me stuff, I want to spread the news that if it feels this good getting used, You just keep on using me...Until you use me up" - Bill Withers

SICK? Try this...!!!

2005-09-15T20:52:00.000-06:00

VITAMIN A and ZINC

Who would have thought that health doesn't have to come in a medicine bottle? Well it is truly amazing what a little help nature can do for you. Putting what naturally heals the body into the body would only hinder it? WHAT? No... it would only help it! So why do we not latch on to this medical miracle of health?

So you are sick....
runny nose, congestion, soar throat, cough, feeling ill...

All you need is 50,000 IU Vitamin A and 100 mg Zinc* (once a day, in the morning with a meal)
add that to your daily multi vitamin and vitamin C and you will be a brand new person in a few days. Nothing is instant so this won't be either BUT it is healthier for your body and will also help build your immune system so next time you won't be as sick or you won't even get sick.

And as always, regular visits to your local Chiropractor will improve this process and keep you running strong like no other.

*Zinc makes about 3% of the population nauseous so to test it, place it on your tongue and see. If you are in this population, please take at the end of your meal and know that it's not hurting your body, but if you can't tolerate it then do without and still keep with the Vitamin A.

~Intern Patton

>> My experience was with a wicked nose cold. Only my left nostril would stay congested but it was so bad that my whole head hurt and my face would get red and a little puffy. I was DYING I tell you. I had Board reviews to go to and didn't know what else to do. So I took the advice of a trusted Chiropractor and bought some Vit. A and Zinc and took that in the morning for a week or so. And I tell you what. It was maybe two days and my sinus was so much better. The pressure was gone and soon after no more snot. It was like heaven in my head. I was also taking "Sinus Remedy," a supplement by Metagenics, with adjustments every other day to two days. <<

Eat more FAST FOOD for your HEALTH!!

2005-09-10T07:39:00.000-06:00

Fruits and Vegies the ORIGINAL fast food.

OOOO. Now you know as well as I do that fast food today is not healthy at all, but man so hard to resist as well. Those oh so yummy trans fatty acids taste so good to the tongue, but the body just screams, "NO MORE, PLEASE!"

So, why is eating fruits and vegies on an EVERYDAY, regular basis a MUST?
The highest % of vitamins per calorie come from fruits and the highest % of minerals per calorie come from vegies.

Green leafy vegies "foliage"
contain FOLIC ACID which reduces the risk of birth defects (neural tube defects), anti-carcinogenic, anti-depressant. Low levels are associated with poor cognitive function. dementia and Alzheimer's type degeneration.

Citrus, cruciferous vegies (cabbage, broccoli, kale, etc.) and cherries
contain CALCIUM D-GLUCARATE which help with your digestive phases to turn detoxed intermediates into water soluble products to be excreted from the body. Without this you will build up these reactive intermediates in your body... that just doesn't sound good right?

Strawberries, Raspberries, Pomegranates and Walnuts
contain ELLAGIC ACID which is a POWERFUL ANTI-OXIDANT, anti-viral and anti-bacterial. It also inhibits activation of carcinogens, PROTECTS THE LIVER from toxins, and promotes old cell distruction for new healthy cells to grow (in areas such as the skin and other areas of high friction).

Green tea
contians POLYPHENYL CATECHINS help with the balancing of the detoxification phases therefore also a potent antioxidant, promotes healthy bowel flora and PROTECTS AGAINST MANY CANCER types.

Remember FFROWP - Fresh Ripe Raw Organic Whole Produce

EAT MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES!!

Searching for Topics....

2005-09-04T23:02:00.000-06:00

So I was reading over my friend, James Burke's, blog and he had a lot of information about computer things whenever there were updates and such. I didn't read most of them because I am not into it as much as he and the others of you whom that stuff comes easily to. BUT... I am into Science and Health and the like because I am in Chiropractic school and will be a Chiropractor in 341 days and counting. :)
I really liked the idea of putting new topics on a blog for people to actually get helpful information from instead of just reading "random thoughts of Wonderland" whenever something comes to my mind. So I decided I would pick topics and "blog" about them. These topics I would like to be about health questions or chiropractic questions or anything of the like. If I don't know I will find out and respond. I have some topics in mind to start with such as prostates and CoQ-10 supplementation.
I would like to hear from you all if you have any others so I can share the information with the rest of whomever reads these. It will be GREAT practice for me as a Doctor, before I get out in the field. So..... BRING IT ON!!!

Let me hear from youO

~ Intern Allison Patton
At your service.

Great JOYS in Life.....

2005-08-19T21:31:00.000-06:00

I use to think that I would have a perfect life, be totally happy and be complete in life when I was married to the man of my dreams. Having children will be the icing but the biggest task was to have found that ONE. The one who is your other half and who just makes you know you are YOU just by loving you.
I have always had happiness with the true blessings in my life that were positioned along the way to finding that "totally happy" place/person. My life has been so IMMENSELY blessed with the family I was born into and the friends that have been along my path. WOW, I have been blessed without even asking or truly looking! Friends and friendships have always come into my life pretty easily and most have stuck very closely to my heart.

There are always those movies you see where, at the end, the girl finally gets to be with THE boy who has caught her eye and who seems to be so RIGHT; or even the guy getting the perfect girl of his dreams who he never really knew he was looking for. The perfect ending to a beautiful movie. Makes you leave feeling all full of love and at the same time, well for me (not having that path completed yet), feeling more lonely and heart stricken for that ONE SPECIAL person who is suppose to fit that space. Those movies make you feel as if there is that true romance out there and you could have it.
Then reality hits you the next day when you are back to the REAL grind of the world and guys just aren't romantic....or at least in YOUR life they aren't. You start to think that you are just going to have to settle for Mr. "who is right for you right now", whether he not be too romantic or charming or.... well you get my drift. (Do guys have this feeling too sometimes; where they just want the right girl out there who is... well I don't know, what do guys want THE "girl"?)

So the other day I was watching this movie with my friend and the ending was totally different than all those sappy love story movies, "Miss Congeniality 2." In the first one, it ended in the whole love story ending where she gets the guy/ he gets the girl scenario, ahh romantic; "You think I'm sexy. You want to hug me.... blah blah," BUT this one is so different. In the end they push for, "what is more important than having that "guy" in your life is having a friend to lean on and to save you when you are drowning." You feel like you are here to help save people and no one seems to think you need saving. No one has truly thought to save you or look out for you, when all of a sudden here they come. A friend as shiny as silver, but more precious than gold comes and saves your life.
I finally had a movie that made me see I have that perfect life, the totally happy life and that is complete and full. I have moments where I realize how blessed I have been with friends and family, but until this movie's ending, I never really understood what I truly had. It was nice to finally see a movie that supported friends as being the one thing in life you need to have that perfect life, NOT a guy.

Now don't get me wrong. I still am waiting for that Mr. Wonderland to come sweep me off my feet and romantize my future and make me his Allison Wonderland.... but I have realized while I am waiting, I am perfectly happy and complete in my life with the friends God has given me along the way. And if I should never be wed and die and aunt and sister to all, my life will have been FULLY complete for I was loved by many and loved many because of all who were placed in my life to carry me and keep me company along the way.

So thank you all, friends and family who are near and far from me physically today, for being in my life and loving me as perfect friends and family should. You have made my life perfect, totally happy and ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE!!

May God bless you all because you have done what He has sent you to do for me in my life... bless me.

THANK YOU
Y
~Allison

23!!!

2005-07-26T21:56:00.000-06:00

"Look at me, I'm 23. Beautiful sight to see tonight." ~Plumb

So yes yes, today is/was my birthday. It was nice because they canceled school for the trimester 6 class so we can study for our clinic entrance tests we have to take tomorrow and, for some of us, Friday. This test is to prepare us for part 4 national boards test. It is an accumulation of all the material we have learned from day one to now and put into clinical settings. Pretty crazy but I think it will go well. They give us one free retake if we don't make a 75% on it. So if anything, there are always redues. :)

The best thing, besides getting out of class, on my birthday was the shuttle launch!! It was amazing and please, tons of prayers, I heard there is already a tile missing, so major prayers for their safe return. But it is neat to have something historic be on your birthday. I am glad it all worked out. The picture is me watching the Launch at Natasha's apt. She made me poached eggs, my new fav., and biscuits/gravy and bacon. Such a great b-day breakfast and for dinner I had again my fav, SPAGHETTI!! Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm...

That's really about it other than all the awesome phone calls I received throughout the day from all of you wonderful people. They all came at the most perfect times too, so I never had to miss anyone and have them leave a message. You are all great friends and family and I love you all so much. You really make my life shine!

So I need to get to bed. Brain sleep for the tests tomorrow. Night and blessings.

REAL love

2005-07-03T16:32:00.000-06:00

One of my best friends was married yesterday! Michelle Lacewell married Andy Luikens and it was the most beautiful wedding I have been to. It was short and sweet and casual and AMAZING! I have never seen such great love of two people as I saw up on the altar that day. They both had amazing tears of joy during their vows and you could feel the fullness of love they both share for eachother. They have so much love that everyone in the church could feel and see it radiate from their souls. What a GOD filled love!

How great love can be. To see how happy she was getting ready the day before and, oh my goodness, the day of! You couldn't keep anything in the way of it happening.

The other two girl friends of ours, that were in the bridal party as well, and I were talking about how we have 3 more to do between all of us and how great it will be to have all of us there for the moments. I told Crissy that either her or Steph would be next and she said Steph. I agreed and we were trying to plan it so Steph would catch the bouquet. She didn't but we told her about our plan anyway. She didn't think she would be next because she hasn't been dating her guy, Christian, that long.

You should see how perfect they are together, though, and how she glows around him. You can just tell it's there. That is the love that we all hope for and would never let go of if found.

SO guess what happens TODAY!!!..... She calls to tell me she is INGAGED!!! How awesome. I couldn't contain myself. It was so beautiful and sweet how he did it and you could tell he knew from the moment he saw her in class he knew what he wanted and what God wanted for them as well. So I know it's going to be another great wedding like this weekend's was.

How awesome to see how God puts two perfect people together. You get so much joy and love from what they feel for eachother and you can't help but be so over joyed for their lives together.

God is so great and amazing!!

Love is a wonderful thing, everyone should have that, whether in family or a spouse.

P.S. Word of the blog, AMAZING! Hahah. just noticed I had to keep saying it.

Love to you all out there. May you find yours in time and NEVER let it go!

~ Allison Marie

A NObody!

2005-06-26T22:06:00.000-06:00

What do you do when people you are close to treat you like you are a nobody? Like you are nothing to them, or that they can use you when they need you and, who cares about your feelings and needs, it's all about them. You give and give and sacrafice and sacrafice and all you get in return is NOTHING! I guess when you are a nothing to someone that is what you get from them.... nothing.

Maybe that is how you know what you mean to someone, is by what they treat you as in return.

If they treat you with respect and love and compassion and caring, you know they respect, love and care for and about you. If they treat you like a phone, use you when they need you and know you are always around for whatever they need so they don't have to worry about showing you that they need you around. What would happen if all of a sudden one day you just weren't there for them? IF you just decided to not be around and actually be the "nothing" they treat you as. Would they ever realize how they treat you? Would they ever realize that you actually DO mean something to them, that they actually DO need you?

Would they ever realize they treated you like you were a nothing to them and that they blew it, and may never get to make up for it again.

Is it right to do that to them? To MAKE them see what they are doing? Should you ever let them in again to possiblly, once again, treat you that way, or would they? If they say they made a mistake and realized what a treasure you are to their life and wouldn't be anywhere without you, could it truely be possible for them to fall back into seeing you as a "nothing" again?

Honestly.... that is my question. Why can it happen again, why does it happen again?

WHY?!!

......... you tell me.

ANTS!!!!!

2005-06-23T20:15:00.000-06:00

Wow what a surprise I got today as I walked in my apartment and headed to the kitchen. There to my surprise was a pile of ants that followed a path of ants around my bar to the front door by the wall to the patio window and finally ending/starting at the fireplace. Oh and a nice pile or 4 under the white paper recycle bag! How lovely these little creatures came to visit me and surpruse me, and it's not even my birthday yet. Silly bugs, so forgetful. :)
So out came the RAID and the vacuum. Those suckers didn't know what was coming, what hit them, and what killed them and sent them to their dusty, dirty demise. Bwahhhahaha!!

So today was a nice wonderful day! I didn't have to wear clinic clothes because I didn't have to go to clinic. I didn't see any patients today and so I had a day off to just relax and be comfy! :)

So here's to a comfy weekend and day tomorrow.
Love you all ~Allison

Dealing with the world

2005-06-21T20:40:00.000-06:00

So I am really having to learn how to deal with people who are Christian but don't care how they live in HIS world. They live for themselves, as I know I do because I am human, and seem to only care about their actions when people question them as to their faith. How frustrating it is to me! Why can't people want to live for the Lord every day all the time in their thoughts as well as their actions? That is what is seen by the non believers and other believers alike, our actions. Wouldn't you think that that would be your first concern is how Christ in your life was being portrayed through you? Maybe I am a loner in this or a hard nose but I know that Christ wants you to live for Him and through him. Pretty sure living for myself and for MY worldly needs is not living for God.
Just something I have dealt with for a long time and it never seems to go over well with me till I can forget about it after a few days.

So just a venting blog today. Thanks.

On a better note I have an awesome patient that brought me cookies today. They are peanut butter and oatmeal. OH SO YUMMY!! So, a perk of being an intern now, doctor later. The people you help thank you by baking for you. Ahh the joys of hometown people. :) hehe.

Love ya.

My first bbbbbblog

2005-06-20T21:33:00.000-06:00

Well no other way to start it off than in PURPLE! So today was like every Monday, 2 labs in the morn. (8-12) and then clinic at 12, then class at 1 then last lab from 3-5. Finally my patient comes in at 5:00 and am done by 5:45. The co-ed tri 6 softball team plays Monday nights and so went to their game which use to be at 7:30 but was moved to 8:30pm. Thank goodness for the time change or I would reallly be dying. So that's my normal, every day routine, boring but that's how school life can be, mundane but always an adventure. Clinic is AWESOME!!! I definitely know THIS is what I am called to be doing. ~Blessings