Reading, writing, movies (watching them and writing them,) public speaking, quiet time spent with God, sharing my testimony, encouraging and empowering boomer babes to achieve their dreams, time spent anywhere with hubby, eating out, concerts, museums, and teaching at writer’s conferences.
For me, maintaining a good balance between “life-in-general” and “spiritual strength and health” requires a focused effort. When I don’t have quiet reflective time, my life turns inside out. My priorities get all messed up. And I find myself overwhelmed and stressed out. I’m a “Type-A Choleric” personality with just enough Sanguine to keep me balanced (and fashionably dressed and shod.) Since losing 120 pounds I have developed a serious shoe addiction.
Music
Easy listening music and jazz are favorites, but so are the good old classic rock bands like the Eagles, Moody Blues, and Genesis. I’m a HUGE Motown fan (think Temptations and Supremes) and Disco-era music gets me to moving like nothing else can. Give me a Donna Summer or Gloria Gaynor dance tune and I’m on my feet groovin’!
Movies
A perfect kick-back day for me is going to the movie theatre for a double matinee ... back-to-back movies is almost as good as a box of chocolate. Well, almost.
Favorite movies I watch over and over again (really) - American President, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Independence Day, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Never Been Kissed, Notting Hill, Pretty Woman, Sabrina, Sarah Plain and Tall, Skylark, The Bodyguard, The Wizard of Oz, What’s Love Got to Do With It, When a Man Loves a Woman, When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail, and a ga-zillion old B&W classics featuring Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, et.al. I’m also a BIG fan of John Grisham thrillers, and any Stephen King book made into a movie.
Television
I'm not into TV at all ... unless it's Trading Spaces or What Not to Wear. Oh, but I take that back…I did get addicted to American Idol, and The Bachelor, and Dancing with the Stars (does that count?) And I do love House and Bones and CSI (when I can remember to watch them.)
Books
I'm a big lover of boomer-lit and chick-lit fiction, as well as a good murder mystery. I read everything by, Patricia Cornwall, Eva Marie Everson, John Grisham, Angela Hunt, Stephen King, James Patterson, Jodi Piccoult, Tracie Peterson, and Jennifer Weiner.
Heroes
Can Billy Graham be a hero? An amazing man...and how about Chuck Colson?
About me: From the author of "God Allows U-Turns"...a book she never expected to write...SETTING BOUNDARIES WITH YOUR ADULT CHILDREN: SIX STEPS TO HOPE AND HEALING FOR STRUGGLING PARENTS
ALLISON'S PHOTOS
Christian Writer for Baby Boomer Women - Fiction - Parenting Issues - Women's Self-Help Stories - Non Fiction - God Allows U-Turns - Strategic Planning - Public Speaker
Allison Bottke is primarily known as the official God Allows U-Turns Poster Girl, after a dramatic u-turn in her own life at the age of 35. An inspirational speaker at conferences nationwide, she is frequently a guest on radio and television programs around the country. Allison and her husband make their home in a suburb of Dallas, TX.
Allison Bottke is the creative force behind God Allows U-Turns, an international outreach that includes over 23 books, tracts, logo merchandise, and a speaking and teaching ministry. Along with compiling and editing the popular "God Allows U-Turns" and "God Answers Prayers" anthology series, her recent non-fiction is "I Can't Do It All - Breaking Free from the Lies that Control Us", co-authored with bestselling fiction author Tracie Peterson and Dianne O'Brian. Her next non-fiction book, "Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children", released February 2008. Allison's debut novel "A Stitch in Time", released in 2006 and her second novel "One Little Secret", released in summer 2007.
With her move to fiction, Allison has defined the genre of "Boomer-Lit...contemporary women's fiction-with-an-attitude!" A Christian who spent her first 35 years as a non-believer, Allison is in demand as a speaker and her personal U-Turn story has been seen on The 700 Club, heard on Decision Today radio, featured in Guideposts magazine, and has been broadcast around the world on dozens of other television, radio, and news media. She has been the featured cover story on five national magazines including; Writer's Digest, BOND, The Christian Communicator, OH, and CWO. Allison has become an advocate for empowering and inspiring Baby Boomer Women around the world.
Her web site and blog for baby boomer women is a popular place to visit: Boomer Babes Rock! Boomer Babes Rock!Blog
I just wanted to let you know that my CD, “Have Faith,” has finally been released and is now available! Also, if you get a chance, check out my new profile page (with videos on the right side) and my new Website. Leave me a comment and let me know how you are doing.
