NAME: Jennifer Allyn

STATS: I'm now 34, mother to 4 wonderful children: Ashley, Nicholas, Jessica, and Nicole. I have a very loving and patient boyfriend who thinks the world of me. He is the very inspiration of poetry.

LOCATION: I was a Space Center baby, as my father was an artist for NASA. We moved to Cypress when I was young. I grew up in Cy Fair, still have quite a few friends from school. I've lived in Central Texas and Waterford, CT. For the most part, I know Houston backwards and forwards, it's a wonderful city!

SPARE TIME: In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my children. I'm involved in a few local social groups online. I'm currently helping with the sports charity for Josh's Dream. You can find it on My Cypress Directory online. When I'm alone, I enjoy a great game of scrabble or scouring the net for the next recipe sensation. One very non-conventional hobby of mine does consist of Tarot readings. Both George and myself have both fairly accurate readings, but we don't believe in charging for a dip into what's to come. After all it's all in fun, entertainment purposes only. We're both Christian and have gone to several different religious communities. We've yet to find one to satisfy everyone in the family.

FAVORITE SMELL: Both the soft smell of Magnolia blossoms and Gardenias are so sweet and pure. I enjoy Honeysuckle and the pollen of buttercups. All wonderful spring scents and great for added decoration!

FAVORITE COLOR: The color of the clear blue sea inspires me. From royal blue to pale clear blue, I love all shades. My favorite jewel is the beautiful aquamarine, go figure.

FAVORITE VIDEO GAME: Definatly FF7 or any of the Final Fantasy series

FAVORITE MUSIC: I love all music, I basically can adapt to whatever is playing at the time. My favorite bands include Depeche Mode ,Cure, Razed in Black, She Wants Revenge, Portishead, Evanesence, SmashMouth, 3 Doors Down, Creed, Nickleback, Jimmie eat world, Front 242, Jon Anderson, Siouxie and the Banshees, Incubus, Savage Garden, Rage Against the Machine, Switchblade Symphony, Deftones, SRC, Bile, Korn, NIN, Moby, Echora, My Life with the Thrill kill Cult, Coal Chamber, Skinny Puppy, New Order, Joy Division, Orgy, The Cult, NOFX,Funker Vogt,Suicidal Tendancies, DK, Dead Milkmen (punk rock girl), They might be giants(anag), Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Sade, Mindless Self Indulgence, Stabbing Westward, Coldplay, Oingo Boingo, Pink, Salena, REM, Nitzer Ebb, Anyhthing Box, Camoflague, Red Flag, Lords of Acid, Meat Beat Manefesto (the original), DMX, Jay Z, Opus, U2, Verve, Radiohead, Smiths, Morrissey, Rin Tin tin duffy. All the 80's club music rocks!

FAVORITE PLACE: I went on a road trip in 1997 and totally fell in love with Montana. The beautiful velvet hills, snow covered peaks, wildlife and even the fresh smell were to die for. We did some camping and sightseeing there on our way to Canada. I highy reccomend it. Oh and NO speed limit and NO sales tax are a plus as well!

MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: When nicole was like 6 months old my friend janeva and I went to wal mart to shop... this is out in the country (Brownwood, TX) and wal mart is the only big place there. Well, Nicole started getting hungry and was crying. I tried to feed her the bottle and she'd have nothing to do with it, made her cry even more. She was basically a breast fed baby, hated the bottle, wouldn't drink it unless she was absolutly starving. So I decided to go to the little mc donalds they have inside to nurse her. It was about noon time though and it was packed with men on their lunch break... Another thing Nicole really hated was covers.. when we put her in the baby bed, she'd kick off all the covers.. We'd drape the blanket over the top of the baby bed and she'd kick and kick until she got the covers off the top, then they'd drop on her and she'd kick them completly off until her feet couldn't touch them any more..... Well, my friend and I found an empty seat and sat down.. I had a blanket draped over me to nurse her, everything was going fine, no one was even paying any attention to me, I got her on the breast and draped the blanket over me.. well, one look at that blanket and Nicole flipped out completly -- SCREAMED bloody murder and kicked the blanket right off. You can imagine, every eye in there was on me. Of course the way I like to think of it is if these grown men haven't seen a boob yet, well it's time they had! And had they!

WORD OF ADVICE: Follow your heart, not what other people say. Advice is just another person's opinion and who, other than yourself, knows both sides of the WHOLE story?!

Mother's Day: Before I was a Mom: I made and ate hot meals. I had unstained clothing. I had quiet conversations on the phone. Before I was a Mom I slept as late as I wanted and never worried about how late I got into bed. I never tripped over toys or forgot words to lullabies. I never thought about immunizations. Before I was a Mom I had never been puked on... Pooped on... Spit on... Chewed on... Peed on... Or pinched by tiny fingers. Before I was a Mom I had complete control of my mind My thoughts... My body... And my money. I slept all night Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child So that doctors could do tests Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep. Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces When I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small Could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom. Before I was a Mom *I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.* (Isn't this one the truth) I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby I didn't know the bond between a Mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small Could make me feel so important Before I was a Mom I had never gotten up in the middle of the night Every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth... The joy... The heartache.. The wonderment... Or the satisfaction of being a Mom. I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.!