All posts by Anne Younger

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 the Grand (RE-) Opening of @ZanyDezines & #WIN 50% OFF a Custom WordPress Blog Design AND $25 towards the cost of your new design!!!

 

Remember my friend Amber from Amber’s Life and Zany Dezines?

 

Well, Amber has just moved both of her sites to WordPress and has graduated to making beautiful custom WordPress layouts!  Not only is she making layouts, but she’s offer blog advertising cards too!!

Amber is a very, very talented young lady and with her Grand (Re-) Opening of ZanyDezines, she is giving one lucky reader of The Megalomaniac Mommy 50% OFF a Custom WordPress Blog Design!

And to help celebrate the Grand (RE-) Opening of Zany Dezines, I will also include a $25 payment to Amber towards the cost of your new design to help lessen your cost even more!!

So, you are entering to Win 50% OFF a Custom WordPress Design AND $25 towards the cost off that new design!

AWESOME!!!!

So, if you are feeling like your WordPress (self hosted) blog is in need of a makeover, then I encourage you to enter now for a chance to save some money on a great custom design!

Here’s how to enter!

MANDATORY 1st ENTRY: (MUST BE DONE IN ORDER TO WIN)

Subscribe to Zany Dezines RSS Feed and Follow Zany Dezines on Google Friend Connect.

For additional entries:
1. Follow me on Twitter for 1 entry. Leave a comment with your Twitter ID.

2. Tweet about this giveaway then leave me a comment with the link to your tweet. This is SUPER easy if you use the Twitter icon below. (CAN BE DONE DAILY!!!)

3. Subscribe to my newsletter and leave a comment with your email address for 2 entries.

4. Subscribe to The Megalomaniac Mommy via a reader for 2 entries.

5. Follow me on Google Friend Connect (at the bottom of this page) for 2 entries.

6. Like The Megalomaniac Mommy on Facebook for 2 entries.

7. Follow The Megalomaniac Mommy on Networked Blogs (at the bottom of this page) for 2 entries.

8. Grab my button and add it to your page and leave me the URL for your page for 3 entries.

9. For 5 additional entries, blog about this giveaway and leave me a comment with a link to your post.

10. Submit this post to the social networking site of your choice and receive 1 entry for each submission just leave a comment with a link for each.

11. Follow @ZanyDezines on Twitter for 1 entry.

12. Like Zany Dezines on Facebook for 1 entry.

This giveaway will begin on May 2nd 2011 and end on May 13th 2011 at 12 Noon CST.

Disclaimer:  Thank you to Amber Laha of Zany Dezines for offering this awesome, awesome giveaway!!!

 

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My Royal Wedding Recap

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So, I along with millions of others around the world, stayed up for many, many hours Thursday night and into Friday morning to watch the big royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William.

I began prepping by taking a nap with Alexander earlier in the day, eating an energizing meal (aka awesome cheeseburgers made by the @HardworkinHubby) and a 4 pack of SBUX Frappuccino’s (which I then regretted drinking for the next 12 hours as I ran to the bathroom to pee every 5 damn minutes!).

I curled up on the love seat in our living room and thanks to an invitation from the beautiful @BarefootFoodie, I joined in their #WAKSlumberParty (you know, William And Kate Slumber Party) on Twitter and tweeted away about all things Kate, William, Diana, Charles…..basically all things royal.

I even made some new friends.

And then the guests began to arrive.
And there were hats….
Lots and lots and lots of hats.
Big Hats.
Small Hats.
Red Hats.
Yellow Hats.
Even…..vagina hats!

Yes. Vagina hats.

Princess Eugenie of York also donned a vagina hat, however hers was in dire need of a trim!
Princess Beatrice of York looked like she was straight off the train from Whoville with her crazy head piece.

Then there was Posh and Becks, who of course always look amazing.
I was a little worried though that Posh would poke someone’s eye out with her hat but I haven’t read about any such tragedies.

Of course, Queen Elizabeth II….looked stunning as usual!

Moving on to the Bride and Groom.
William was as handsome as ever but Kate…..Kate was breathtaking.

The wedding was beautiful.
Every part of it.
Even Charles and his royal combover and ginormous ears.

The kiss….was perfect!

 

Overall, I felt that is was definitely worth losing sleep. I enjoyed every minute of the whole thing, loved chatting about it with others on Twitter, and LOVED, LOVED, LOVED having Piers Morgan and the commentator on CNN. He was great and wasn’t afraid to dish out the details on certain members of the Royal Family.

The only thing missing from the whole celebration……

She would have loved it and her hat would have been fabulous!

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Please Vote!!!

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So, I have 2 contests that our family is currently participating in and would really appreciate your votes!
The first is our local newspapers Mother Daughter Look-A-Like contest.
As you can see in this picture, we totally deserve to win!

If you would like to Vote for us, you can vote daily now through May 1st by clicking HERE.

The next contest is for Parents Magazine.
I received an email this morning letting me know that my little Alexander’s photo is currently in the running to become one of their weekly Reader’s Choice finalists! Each weekly a finalist will receive $250, plus have a chance to be one of the 10 finalists chosen to travel to New York City for the Parents Cover Contest photo shoot.
The photo that is in the running is this one.

I know….totally adorable right?!
If you would like to Vote for Alexander you can vote daily between now and May 1st by clicking HERE.

Thank you for your time and be sure to share with your friends!

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Freschetta By the Slice = Yummy for 1!

This post brought to you by FRESCHETTA®. All opinions are 100% mine.

I am a pizza lover.

Pizza is probably something I could eat everyday and never get sick of it since you can get it in so many different flavors.

I do like to change things up from time to time.

My newest addiction……FRESCHETTA® By the Slice.

I recently took the Chicken, Spinach and Mushroom slice for a spin.

Let me tell you…it was good.

I was impressed.

I’ve always had an aversion to microwave pizza because I always fear it will be mushy and nasty, but FRESCHETTA® By the Slice,

it delivered.

The crust was nice and crunchy and it tasted like it just came out of the oven.

It was totally delish!

It comes in 3 other flavors that I am looking forward to trying too!

*BBQ Recipe Chicken

*Vegetable Medley

*Six Cheese Medley

I really enjoyed the pizza and I love that I can get it by the slice. It keeps me from devouring an entire pizza all by myself!

You can learn more about Freschetta By the Slice by visiting Freschetta on Facebook and while you are there you can enter to win FREE Freschetta Pizza for a whole year!!!

Oh and if you really want to take a slice for a spin, you can leave me a comment below and tell me what flavor you are dying to try and that will be considered as your entry to win a coupon for Freschetta by the Slice and a 6 piece Freschetta storage set!

If you want an extra entry, you can Tweet about this post and come back to leave me a comment with a link to your Tweet for an additional entry!

Earn one more entry by following me @Anne54304 and @FreschettaPizza on Twitter and leave me a comment with your Twitter name.

Happy Eating!!

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The Megalomaniac Mommy Turns 2!!!

It’s hard to believe that 2 years ago when we were out shopping for a new LCD TV stand that I got this crazy idea to start sharing our life with the rest of the world.  There we were standing in the middle of the big chain store when I decided it would be a great way to get some stuff off my chest and share our life, my thoughts and opinions with others.

What a long strange trip it has been!

774 posts, 117 categories, 1742 tags and over 5000 comments.

Pure craziness!

This blog has allowed me to do so many things.

I have reviewed a variety of products, given things away, tried new things, made all kinds of new friends and been given opportunities that I never expected.

You know, like that trip that the Libby and I took to NYC in November courtesy of Crayola…

Born to be a New Yorker!

yeah….that happened because of this blog!

AMAZING!!!

Not only has it given me the chance to do everything mentioned above, but it has also helped me to heal from certain parts of my life.

I have also received some amazing advice from other parents when I was struggling in my role as the mom who I am forever in debt too.

But mostly, I am grateful for all of the wonderful and amazing new friends I have made both near and far….even if for the most part they live inside my computer….they are still friends to me!!

So, thank you to everyone who has been visiting over the last 2 years and welcome to those who are new!

Also, thank you to those who participated in The Megalomaniac Mommy’s 2nd Blogaversary Bash!  All winners have been notified at this time.

Please leave me a comment below so I know you stopped by and I hope you will continue to do so!!

Plus, you never know…..I might just be giving something away to 1 lucky person who comments!!