Hi,
Well it has been a crazy for the last two weeks, ever since I won a $1.2 Million dollar house in Maryland. I bought a raffle ticket in December and figured I would get an email in January telling me who the winner was.
Friday the 23rd was the drawing for the house and what do you know, I WON! I still can't believe it. I took a trip to Maryland last weekend and visited my new estate. I live in Colorado and plan to sell this wonderful house, so it is now on the market for $800,000.
www.fiftydollarhouse.com
One thing you have to remember is that since this was a raffle I have to pay gambling taxes on the win and this is about $300,000. Ouch!
What has been a blast is all the media attention. I have been on the local TV stations in Denver as well as Wash DC. I was on Inside Edition, Good Morning America and went to NY this week to tape the Tyra Banks Show. www.tyrashow.com
It was a very interesting experience, they took my cell phone at the door and it is crazy back stage. The green room is really 8 green rooms and lots of noise and people. Tyra was doing a show on how to save money in a bad economy and I won a $1.2M house with a $50 raffle ticket.
While I evjoyed the 30 seconds I got on the show, it was the other people on the show that were the most fun. Heather, Freebies4Mom.com, and I went to the Colo School of Mines together but had never met. We are now best friends and will stay in touch. Then Wendy, sweetiessweeps.com, does nothing but enter free contests and she wins all kinds of stuff. These lady's are my kind of girls!
Now that the media attention is starting to die down, I can get back to my normal life, I hope.
The Fire Station Buddies on the other hand are getting a lot of attention as well. They have been part of the print media interviews I have done and can now add the Washington Post to their resume. With the money that I do make on the house will get me more advertising spots and allow me to get more books, Buddies and gear available for sale.
We are all flying high and having a lot of fun.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
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