Year end re-cap

Well I will have to say that this year has been the best year of my life!!!!!!!
I'm sooo excited to see what next year has for me!

Lets see here........

*Jan 2008- started it off in NYC right in Times Square, now I have feel in love with this city.
*Jan-was my 1st time attending a UofL/UofK basketball game. Fun times.
*In Jan I became the Athletic Director at my church, and man does that keep me busy, but it has been fun! Thanks to everyone that helps me out to make it work! Especially Angela Rivera!
*In April I turned 26 (took it kinda bad, but oh well life goes on right?)
*Easter weekend I invited my aunt Michelle to NVMC, she dedicated her life to Christ, now my uncle and her have restored their marriage and they are now serving God with their kids, and are now bringing abundance of family/friends to NVMC. God is don't great things.
*May-went to see my friend Chad in Orange Country, California.......had an amazing time. Saw 7 beaches, Hollywood, a few stars, stars homes, and so much more.
*July-moved back home after 8 years, what a CHANGE ! Whoa..
*July & September-I had the chance to work with American Idol being a Production Assistant, that was such a amazing experience.
*I marked my 1 year anniversary in August at NVMC, and i have met so many wonderful people whom are now my friends.......i love you all!!
*Sep-Saw my most favorite band........Rascal Flatts....they put on an awesome show!
*Oct- took my niece to NYC, also got a iPhone:)
*Nov-Went to PA to see my cousin for Thanksgiving, also had my tonsils taken out (ouch)
*Nov-Joined Urban Active-gym going towards a healthier life style. I have now lost 53 lbs since October 2007.
*Nov-we elected our first black president
*Dec-I have finished this year up with restless nights and laser tag! I'm exhausted and can't wait to sleep in New Years day:)

Other things I did in 2008:
*got another piercing and a tattoo
*read a book all the way though for the first time in a long time..lol
*been to many UofL games, and i'm a UofK fan (whats up with that?)

Goals for 2009-
*Starting it off a little different than ever before
*Getting rid of friends that are weighing me down
*Praying more than ever, I'm getting to old to be single
*Working on ME!
*Taking 4 classes a semester, and working full time
*Going to Dallas in Feb
*Going back to NYC in April
*Going back to PA for my cousin's Halloween wedding in Oct

God never ceases to amaze me! (i'm not going to make excuses anymore)

Wish this was my grandmother!

A 92-year-old great-grandmother from Queens accidentally discarded a winning $1 million scratch-off lottery ticket - but a scrupulous supermarket clerk saved the day.

At a state lottery press conference in Flushing Meadows yesterday, Mary Alice Fallon, a regular customer at Deirdre Maeve's supermarket in Breezy Point, recounted how she bought three tickets on Nov. 24.

The Far Rockaway woman scratched them, thought they were losers and asked the clerk to toss them.

But the employee, Chris Connelly, 24, decided to double-check the tickets, so he scanned their bar codes on the store's lottery computer terminal.

And one, a "$1,000,000 Mania" ticket, "popped up a winner," he said yesterday.

He had no idea it was a million-dollar winner, but he did have a clue it wasn't chump change.

The machine's instructions were for the winner to claim the prize at lottery headquarters, an indication the ticket was worth more than $600, the threshold for income-tax reporting.

"I told her, 'Wait, I think you have a big winner here.' I first thought maybe it was $1,000," he said.

He scratched off squares on the ticket that she had missed, "and there it was, a million dollars. She was in disbelief, I was in disbelief," he said.

"She kept asking, 'Are you sure, are you sure?' "

Fallon said she knew something was up when Connelly's face turned pale, then "I was almost numb" when she learned of her prize.

"If it wasn't for Chris and his honesty, I could have thrown away $1 million without knowing it. I guess someone was watching out for me," she said.

Connelly said he wasn't tempted to pocket the cash.

"I know this woman well," he said. "She comes in every day. It would have been bad karma if I kept it."

Fallon is divvying up her newfound riches - to be distributed annually over two decades, according to lottery rules - with her seven children.

After taxes, each one, or their designated heirs, will net about $32,000 a year, or $4,000 apiece, for the next 20 years.

"What a way to end your life," she said.

Connelly has been working at his parents' grocery since graduating from Siena College two years ago.

Each of her children gave the honest, hardworking young man a $100 gift to thank him for helping their elderly mom find her fortune.

An appreciative Fallon "hooked me up" with the family's generosity, said Connelly.

The state lottery also announced five other $1 million scratch-off winners, including Queens resident Lucille Kimble, 89, who is donating a portion of her winnings to a scholarship fund.

Who throws a shoe??? Seriously!

Finally Got it done!

I finally got my Monroe pierced! Actually it didn't really hurt, it hurts more now that it's trying to heal.