Thanks for the tips guys. Hate to start off like such a noob around here, haha... I was assuming that when it restarted the phone my stuff would already be wiped and that would be my immediate confirmation. I blame damn daylight savings! Haha. It's all working now
Just put MightyRom on there and its smooth as butter... puts the stock ROM to shame. Ahh, I have a feeling I started another bad time consuming habit here. Maybe I should have stuck with the blackberry haha.