     
     private func displayErrorAlert(errorID: Int, tryAgain: Bool) {
         
-        let alert = UIAlertController(title: title, message: "Important Message", preferredStyle: .Alert)
-        let action = UIAlertAction(title: "Try Again", style: .Default, handler: nil)
+        println("displayErrorAlert")
+
+        var errorMessage = "I have no idea what the heck is going on!"
+        var buttonTitle = "Dismiss"
+        var handler: UIAlertAction? = nil
+        
+        switch errorID {
+                        
+        case kErrorNotOkToAccessAddressBook:
+            
+            errorMessage = "If you don't let me access your address book I don't do anything!"
+            
+        case kErrorHomewardContactMissing:
+            
+            errorMessage = "You need to create a contact with the first name Homeward and your address!"
+            
+        default:
+            
+            println("Hey coder! You are missing an error code!")
+            
+        }
+        
+        if tryAgain {
+            buttonTitle = "Try Again"
+            
+            // will need to put handler here
+        }
+        
+        let alert = UIAlertController(title: title, message: errorMessage, preferredStyle: .Alert)
+        let action = UIAlertAction(title: buttonTitle, style: .Default, handler: nil)
         
         alert.addAction(action)
-        //presentViewController(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
+        presentViewController(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
 
         
     }

    
    private func getPersonByNameFromAddressBook(addressBook: ABAddressBookRef?, firstName: String?) -> ABRecordRef? {
        
        var result: ABRecordRef? = nil
        
        let people = ABAddressBookCopyPeopleWithName(addressBook, firstName! as NSString as CFStringRef).takeRetainedValue() as NSArray

        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }
    
    private func getOkForAddressBook(addressBook: ABAddressBookRef?) -> Bool {
        
        println("getOkForAddressBook")

        var result: Bool = false
        
        if ABAddressBookGetAuthorizationStatus() == .Authorized {
