Congratulations to Chris Shaw, a 29 year old tattooed father of three who works as a clerk in aconvenience store in Missouri. According to Chris, he is just a regular guy working paycheck to paycheck at the minimum wage rate who have bills to pay and with only $28.96 in his bank account. He is the 10th largest powerball winner ever who has not decided yet whether to take the lump sum or the 30 payments.
The winning numbers were 11-34-41-49-55, powerball 20 and the power play was 2. Chris bought his winning ticket last Wednesday for $5. The convenience store who sold him the ticket gets $50,000. If Chris will choose to get the lump-sum, his total winning is almost $125,000,000. As of now, all he wants is to spend more time with his kinds and bring them to Disney World in Florida.
source: yahoo news
This is the line outside the Coach Factory Store last Labor Day weekend. I took this picture while we were the Atlantic City Outlet Mall. We were at a restaurant next door when I took this shot. I asked hubby if we could go inside, he said, "Ikaw nalang!" lol. The line moves every 10 minutes so probably it would take you around 30 minutes of waiting before you can get in. The weather was nice making ths customers stay with no complaints at all.
At this Nike Store, there was no line but some of the merchandise are already displayed outside the store. This is the chance to take advantage of the super bargain for summer clothes. Time to stock up for those balikbayan boxes.
There is a Walmart store right where we live but last Saturday we happened to stop by this Walmart Supercenter in Monroe, New York. Wow! It is HHHUUGGGEEEE!!! Never been to a supercenter before but I heard about it. It is similar to a warehouse store set-up, the only difference is that you do not shop in bulk quantities like we do in costco, bj’s or sam’s club. A supercenter has everything – produce, meat, fruits, vision center plus everything you see at a regular walmart and a lot more. There are more cashiers, wider aisles and this one is open 24 hours. I enjoyed shopping at this walmart unlike at the regular walmart close our house which is always crowded from the parking lot to the store.
One reason why I love going to IKEA is to have an idea how to decorate, furnish or style your house. The displays inside the store oftentimes influence you in your shopping. I have taken some pictures. Take a look at the different styles of kid’s bedroom both for boys and girls. They are all beautiful. I prefer the first picture with red drawers but I will change the bed to a single or full size bed. Kids grow fast and in a year that little bed would be too small for my daughter. How about you? Which one you prefer?
Other than furniture and household items, we go to Ikea to eat. Their Swedish meatballs paired with mashed potatoes with gravy and lingon berries on the side. Besides meatballs, Ikea serves, breakfast, ribs, chicken and fries, wraps, desserts, soft ice cream, hotdogs and drinks. Don’t forget, there is more at the Swedish market shop. The prices are very reasonable, one meal will only coat you around $5 to $6. So next time when you go to Ikea, do not worry if you have not eaten yet, you will not get hungry at Ikea. I love IKEA, one of our favorite stores. 
Macy’s 4th of July fireworks display will be seen tonight at 9:20 p.m. but with a difference. It will be at the Hudson river instead of the usual east river. New Jersey has the best seats especially in between Hoboken and Weehawken areas. Bringing the fireworks to the Hudson is in commemoration of Henry Hudson’s first voyage that took place 400 years ago.
Michael Phelps, an eight time gold winner at the Beijing Olympics is being suspended by USA Swimming for three months after the British tabloid News of the World published his photo smoking from a marijuana pipe. The photo was taken during a house party in Columbia, South Carolina in November during an extended break from training. His financial support from USA Swimming was also cut-off for three months. Kellogg's also announced that it is not renewing its contract with Phelps after the photo came out saying that his “behavior is not consistent with the image of Kellogg.” Michael has accepted the decision of the governing body and has acknowledged the regrettable behavior and bad judgement.
President Barrack Obama started his job as President of the United States today at 12:00 noon. He was sworn into office by Chief Justice John Roberts with wife Michelle holding the bible at 12:05 p.m. with millions of people from all over the country/world witnessing the inaugural ceremony at the National Mall. The crowd was cheering “Obama, Obama, Obama”. It was the biggest party in Washington, DC. Right after his swearing in was his first presidential speech as the crowd cheers; all with different emotions on their faces. They all want to be a part of history, being at the inauguration of the first African American President of the U.S.
“ I have,” Obama replied, smiling broadly, “What I said was that there areSmoking is not allowed at the White House but Obama said he will not do any violations once he starts living at the WH. Hope he will set a good example to the American people and the world.
times where I have fallen off the wagon.”
