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Anne is a 30-something full-time SAHM mom of 5 ranging from 3 to 17 and grandma of 1 who resides in Ashwaubenon (Green Bay) Wisconsin. She started blogging in 2008 as a way to regain her sanity. She enjoys coffee, chocolate, cheeseburgers and vodka along with spending time with her husband and kids.

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Celebrate STAR WARS THE COMPLETE SAGA on Blu-ray with General Mills & Walmart #MyBlogSpark #Giveaway #Win – Ends 10/17

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Generals Mills and Walmart have teamed up to bring you an awesome promotion for STAR WARS The Complete Saga on Blu-Ray.

For the first time, this incredible collection brings all six Episodes together in high definition and includes over 40 hours of thrilling special features and all new content created exclusively for this set!!!

In honor of the release, select General Mills Big G cereals have a limited edition Star Wars good versus evil image on their packaging, which when combined creates a full panoramic poster.
Exclusively at Walmart, look for specially marked boxes of Big G cereals, including Honey Nut Cheerios®, Cinnamon Toast Crunch®, and Lucky Charms®. Collect all three to create a Star Wars panoramic poster showcasing your favorite characters, like Darth VadarTM, Luke SkywalkerTM, Han SoloTM, Princess LeiaTM and more.

Marking the first time ever that the full Saga is available in one complete collection, the 9-disc STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA will be available on Blu-ray September 16th, courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

I was lucky enough to receive one box of Honey Nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Lucky Charms to create my own Star Wars panoramic poster in addition to a $25 gift card to Walmart that we will be using towards the purchase of the collection.

Needless to say, everyone in my house is thrilled!!!

The awesome thing is, I get to give away the same thing to one lucky reader of The Megalomaniac Mommy!!!!
This prize pack includes: 3 Boxes of General Mills Cereal to complete your own Star Wars Panoramic Poster and a $25 gift card to WalMart.

Here’s how to enter!

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Tell me who you would share this prize pack with.

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This giveaway will begin on October 3nd, 2011 and end on October 17th 2011 at 12 NOON CST and is open to US Residents Only. Winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond and claim prize. For more information on giveaways hosted by The Megalomaniac Mommy, please read the Policies page.

Disclaimer: The cereal, gift card, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.”

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Potty Training Update: One Month Later

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Exactly one month ago, we began potty training TaterTot. Let me assure you, this has not been an easy task for us.
Today, you can stop by our house for a visit and I can guarantee you that TaterTot will tell you that he is wearing either underwears or boxer briefs.

For the last month, I have to say we have been pretty successful. TaterTot is now going to the bathroom like a big boy all day long. We do experience the occasional accident here and there but really, there are not that many.

We are still using night time Pull-Ups when he sleeps since he does have a hard time controlling his bladder while sleeping but are confident he will begin getting himself out of them over the next month because he wants to be big and wear his boxer briefs to bed like daddy and Zack. He really just wants to be one of the boys.

I have to say that I am mighty impressed with the progress we made and know that things will only continue to get better. TaterTot is also aware that once he is completely out of Pull-Ups and 100% potty trained there is a nice present waiting for him.

Until then, I will continue to enjoy hearing TaterTot get excited when he poops in the potty and not in his pants!!!

I have also enjoyed the extra savings of not having to buy him Pull-Ups every week now and have started investing that money into diapers for Ellie when she arrives!!

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Freschetta Proud To Support Pink #Giveaway #Win – Ends 10/16

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As a member of the Freschetta Fresh Connection, I am always excited to share great things from Freschetta with my readers.

Since October is National Breast Cancer awareness month, Freschetta is doing their part to support research by presenting the Freschetta Proud to Support Pink Program. From now until October 31st when you purchase specially marked-packages of Freschetta pizzas and Artisan Pizza crusts, you will be contributing to the cause and helping Freschetta reach their goal of donating $50,000 to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Packages that will contribute to the cause are printed with codes that you can enter at ProudToSupportPink.com. For every code entered Freschetta will donate $1 to the center up to $50,000!

Also, if you visit ProudToSupportPink.com and share your breast cancer journey or the journey of a friend or loved one you could win 1 of 50 pink iPod Shuffles being given away each week in October!

You can learn more about the proud to Support Pink program on ProudToSupportPink.com or visit Freschetta on Facebook.

In addition to the chance to win an iPod Shuffle, I am also giving away a Freschetta Proud to Support Pink Prize Pack that includes:

* A coupon to try a Freschetta pizza 12oz or larger FREE.
* Two pairs of Freschetta Proud to Support Pink earbuds – one for you and one to giveaway to a friend!

Here’s how to enter!

MANDATORY 1st ENTRY:
Tell me who you would share this prize pack with.

This giveaway will begin on October 2nd, 2011 and end on October 16th 2011 at 12 NOON CST and is open to US Residents Only. Winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond and claim prize. For more information on giveaways hosted by The Megalomaniac Mommy, please read the Policies page.

Disclaimer: The makers of Freschetta contacted me and provided products and/or gift for review. All opinions, thoughts and ideas provided are all my own.

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Knock Another Thing Off My 40X40 List!

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Last month when I was in California for The Lion King 3D Mom Blogger Event, I had the chance to knock yet another task off of my 40×40 list thanks to my friend Nicole that I graduated from high school with. Nicole currently lives in San Diego however when I posted on Facebook that I would be heading to Los Angeles/Beverly Hills for a few days it just so happened that she would be in town as well.

So, on Friday night after all of my Lion King festivities ended, Nicole and her friend picked me up at the hotel and drove me to the Santa Monica Pier.
I was absolutely amazed with the amount of people not only on the pier, but hanging out on the beach as well. There were kids running around having so much fun that it made me wish my kids could have experienced it with me.

Being at the pier was awesome, but what I did next was truly amazing.
I walked down a flight of stairs, kicked my flip flops off and put my feet in the sand on the beach and made my way down to the water.
And then, that’s when I did it.
I walked into the Pacific Ocean, for the first time in my entire life.
(I apologize for the picture quality, but it was night and was taken with a cell phone.)

Yes.
There I was, standing in the Pacific Ocean with the waves running up behind me, getting my pants wet while I sank further into the sand with each one.
It was truly AMAZING!

I even updated my Facebook while I was standing there! (I also checked in on FourSquare and Tweeted about it!)