Ellen DeGENEROUS

Ellen has been having a contest all summer to win amazing prizes. In June it was a trip to Australia, July was a trip to Australia or 12 days of giveaways, August it was a trip to Australia, 12 days of giveaways, or a 10,000 prize package, and in September you can win prizes from her 12 days of giveaways from season 11. Each day she posts a multiple-choice question online about one of her guests. I hardly ever watch her show on t.v. because I'm not home during the day but I thought I would take a look at the question one day and see if I knew the answer. It was surprisingly very easy so I filled out my answer and then the information about myself. At the end it asks you why you are deserving of the tickets and then you post a picture of yourself. I think I only entered 4 or 5 times knowing that my chances of actually winning were slim to none. I told my mom that I had been trying to win and I'm pretty sure she had her fingers and toes crossed every day since.

On Friday I was at work when I got a call from a 818 number. If I don't recognize the number, I never answer the phone so I rejected the call after a few rings. A few minutes later my phone said that I had a voice mail message. I started listening to it, thinking that it was going to be an operator or sales person, but the first thing I heard was "Hey Allison, this is Brian with the Ellen Degeneres show..." I hung up the phone and called the number right back, but it sent me to the Warner Brothers Studio machine and wouldn't allow me to leave a message. I dialed my voice mail again and listened to the complete message where he gave me another number to call. My hands were shaking and the number I wrote down looked like a Kindergartner writing numbers for the first time. When I called the correct number it took my to Brian's voice mail where I left as calm of message as I could. He called me back a few minutes later and told me that I had won tickets to Ellen's 12 days of giveaways! I couldn't believe it! He told me that studio is flying my mom and I out to LA for the taping, paying for our hotel, and a car while we are there. After he confirmed all my information I hung up the phone and called my mom.

I stepped outside and called my mom so the screaming wouldn't wake up my sleeping niece. She was just as surprised and excited as I was and we quickly started looking up previous seasons giveaways. We are so excited to take this trip together and I still have to listen to the voice mail message to remind myself that this is really happening. My dad and Chad are planning on taking the day off work so that they can come with us and have a man date while my mom and I are dancing with Ellen. UNBELIEVABLE!