Yep, the theme for this week is 'WHEEL AROUND THE WORLD' again and my episode will be airing on Wednesday, just like last time.  Check out WheelOfFortune.com to tour the set and read my contestant page.

This time, you can play a drinking game while you watch!   Take a drink every time I buy a vowel or guess the "L", chug when I solve the whole ( Read more... )

In October, I found out Wheel was coming to Chicago and went to the first audition ( Read more... )

As of this writing, it has been 71 days since my Wheel episode aired.   I have to wait a maximum of 120 days for the check to arrive, but I heard most people get theirs roughly around the 100 day mark.  So another month or so, right?

Yesterday, I open my mailbox and pull out a large white envelope with the words 'Wheel of Fortune' in the top left ( Read more... )

Hmm, okay so a while back I got the hotel confirmation from Promotional Considerations, Inc. for our first choice of dates ( Read more... )

From the Onion: 'Wheel Of Fortune' Contestants Hit Hard As Vowel Prices Skyrocket

Man, $600 per vowel?!?  Ouch!  Glad I stocked up on them as much as I could.

Oh and speaking of which, according to WheelOfFortune.com, my episode will be airing once again during the week of Jul 21, 2008.  Should be on the Wednesday like before.   Throw another ( Read more... )

So as you all know, I won a trip to Bangkok on Wheel of Fortune.  I had to choose three possible dates between 100 days to one year after the air date of my episode and send it to them.   Yesterday, I got a voice mail saying we are confirmed for our #1 pick.   Woo!   I call back today to confirm and the lady looks at my email and goes "Oh yeah, you ( Read more... )

We've been wanting to get a Wii for quite a while now. One time, long long LONG ago, we actually saw it in a store, but we were trying to save on cash so we passed on it. Of course, nowadays my frugality has been relaxed quite a bit.   Not that I've crazy with buying sprees or anything. I still have Max's college fund as top priority.  Anyhoo ( Read more... )

Woo hoo! Taxes are finally done. Got some money coming to us as usual. Next year... heh, not so much. I'm guessing I'll owe about $30k. Interesting side note, California game shows automatically take out 7% of the paycheck before sending it out. If you live outside of the US, they take an ADDITIONAL 30% as well. Wow. Something to remember ( Read more... )

Thanks everyone who commented or even just simply cheered in their homes for me. It's been a crazy whirlwind as you might've guessed. Here are some questions I've been answering lately ( Read more... )

My Wheel of Fortune episode

Uploaded to youtube courtesy of a fellow Al fan named Akrovak. Enjoy!