Silly word game turns into lesson learned

Things always get a little goofy around here. Just the other day while making dinner the kids and I decided to play a silly word game. We changed the first letter of each word.
It was a riot.

Somehow the the letter got changed to F.
Dinner was done and the game was still in full force.
Jake decided to tell Tucker it was time to eat only he was still playing the game.
If you change the T to F in Tucker...well that's what came out of his mouth.
The whole room got quiet and you could hear everyone Gasp.

Jake looked up with his big innocent eyes and said "What? you said to use the letter F."
I couldn't help it I burst out laughing. I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe.
Once I calmed down I told Jake that that word was a bad word and you aren't allowed to use it.
I told him it wasn't his fault because we were playing a game that I clearly had not thought through. But please don't ever say that word again.

Wordless Wednesday... Meet Faye

My husband decided that we needed a new puppy. He wanted an Australian Shepard so I found us one and we picked her up last Friday. She is the sweetest, cutest thing I have ever seen. Pictures don't do her justice. She's fit in with our family like she's been here forever. Of course it's like bringing a baby home so I haven't gotten much sleep lately. Oh well I really enjoy sitting outside and watching the sun come up with her. She has quite a few quirks. She doesn't like to lay on the bed. She only wants to lay on the floor. I've never met a dog that didn't like to lay in the bed. She also has two personalities. There is the outside personality, where she loves to play and romp around. Inside is all sleepy time.

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I'm horrible about sending cards via snail mail. If I actually remember to buy the card I forget to send it. Just last year I bought my dad this really cool birthday card.
His birthday rolled around and I could not find the card anywhere. So I was left with no choice but to call him and describe the card in vivid detail.

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Pirates vs Ningas Dodgeball for the Wii

I would assume that most everyone has played the sport of Dodgeball. As a kid this was my favorite and I always anticipated the days we were allowed to play. We weren't allowed to play that often because it seems like everytime we did someone would end uo with some sort of injury. Now it's brought to life in a new video game. All the fun and action of the iconic playground game minus the injuries.

Thanks to Southpeak I received a copy of Pirates VS Ninjas Dodgeball. The game is rated E 10+ (Everyone 10 and older). As soon as it arrived we put it in. Ava took over and played for what seemed like hours. She would occasionally ask me to come help. Which I would and then I would be sucked in not wanting to stop. Our favorite gameplay mode was Story mode. We enjoyed watching the story of each team unfold after each Dodgeball fight. I always picked to play Pirates, Ava always picked the Ninjas. She said the Mushroom Men freaked her out. Our opinion is you really should check out the game.

About Pirates VS Ninjas Dodgeball from Southpeaks Website.

Pit scurvy against stealth and cutlass against katana in the ultimate playground sport of dodgeball. Perform powerful special moves and melee attacks to eliminate your opponents. Choose your team and take them through a unique story mode or team up with or against your friends in dodgeball mayhem!

Pirates versus Ninjas is a social phenomenon; starting in online chatrooms and forums and growing to become a topic that everyone under 35 is aware of. It's a joke that has spawned online communities, Facebook applications and countless websites devoted to the subject. Finally, the phenomenon has become a video game, allowing millions of people all over the world to settle the debate once and for all.

Whose side are you on?
Features

* Battle across 8 visually breathtaking arenas that allow for teams to roam freely instead of being restricted to sides of a court
* Art style, theme, and gameplay suited for all age groups
* Full single player story mode that offer over 10 hours of intense single player game play
* 2 vs. 2 battle multiplayer
* 7 teams to choose from (Pirates, Ninjas, Zombies, Robots, Aliens, Monsters and Mushroom Men)
* Use an array of special moves, unique to each character: summon parrots, throw ninja stars, etc.
* Developed using Infyrno™, Blazing Lizard's next-gen proprietary game engine
* Improved camera angles add to fast paced action
* Get your sack lunch ready and prepare to go back to school in the all new classic dodgeball mode

You can purchase the game from Amazon and other retailers. I just checked and it's listed at Amazon for $29.99

Bake Me A Wish Giveaway

When I was contacted by Bake me a Wish to sample one of their Singular Sensation Cakes I drooled at the chance. Who can pass up a decadent, delicious, high quality gourmet cake??

About Bake Me A Wish

Bake Me a Wish! is the premium nationwide service for delivery of gourmet birthday cakes. Our cakes are made with only the finest, freshest ingredients by an award-winning family run New York bakery that also supplies pastries to some of Manhattan's most elite restaurants.

When you order from Bake Me A Wish! You are also supporting a Good Cause. 5% of your order will be contributed to Bake Me A Wish!’s Operation: Birthday Cake, which, with our partner Soldiers’ Angels, donates birthday cakes each month to soldiers overseas.


Bake Me a Wish offers so many delicious cakes. If you have a sweet tooth like me you better grab a napkin to catch the drool while looking at all the choices. I'm getting hungry right now thinking about the Carrot Cake, Tiramisu and Coconut Cream Cake.

I chose the Double Fudge Crunch cake. Can I say yum! The Double Fudge Crunch cake reminds me of a brownie and I love brownies. We all dug into our little treat. Before we knew it we had finished the whole thing. It was shipped amazingly fast also. I came home not expecting my sweet treat to be there already but it was.


Would you like to try your own singular sensation in Either Double Fudge Crunch or Cookies & Cream. Thanks to Bake Me a Wish! I have one 4" Singular Sensation to give away.

To Enter visit Bake Me A Wish! and tell me what other product you would like to try.

Extra Entries:
Blog about this giveaway linking here and to Bake Me A Wish! = 5 entries

Tweet this "Satisfy your sweet tooth! Win a Singular Sensation Cake from Bake Me a Wish!" with the link to this giveaway in your tweet. = 1 entry per day.

Follow A Little Bit Nutty on Google Friend Connect. = 2 entries

Winner will be drawn on July 22nd via Random.org. Please leave your email address in your comment if it's not visible on your blog or profile. I will contact the winner via email and they will have 48 hours to reply.

Pledge Multi Surface Review & Giveaway

Thanks to Family Review Network and SC Johnson I had the chance to review Pledge Multi Surface. I love trying new things to clean with. With four kids a messy husband and our dogs. It's a tough cycle to get the house clean and keep it that way. What I love about the Pledge Multi Surface is that it cleans multiple surfaces. I don't need ten bottles of cleaner to get my job done.

Pledge Multi Surface cleans

• Wood
• Wood Laminate
• Plastics
• Stainless Steel
• Glass
• Mirrors
• Electronics
• Granite

Another thing I look for in a cleaning product is something that smells good. I don't like the products that make me gag from their chemicals. Pledge Multi Surface smells wonderful. It comes in two different scents. Rainshower and and Lavender Fresh. The can I got to review was Rainshower. The smell of rain is one of my favorite smells. I can't wait to try the Lavender though.

The MSRP for Plege Multi Surface is $4.49 and it's available Walmart, Target and Lowes as well as other grocery and Mass Merchandise stores. This can has lasted me quite a while now. My favorite thing to use it on is the fridge and dishwasher.
What is your cleaning style?

With life moving at a fast pace, cleaning always seems to fall last on “to do” lists. To keep up, Americans are adopting individual cleaning styles to meet their needs. Wondering what your cleaning style is? Pledge® Multi Surface Cleaner offers a quiz to help you discover your style:

1. Unexpected guests ring your doorbell, you …
1. Think, “No problem, my house is clean…it always is.”
2. Quickly toss a few scattered clothes into a basket on your way to the door.
3. See your spouse/significant other/roommate quickly putting things away and say “How can I help?”
4. Think to yourself, “This place is such a mess. I’ll pretend I’m not home.”



2. When you get home from work, you …
1. Pull out your bathroom cleaning supplies because today is “bathroom cleaning day.”
2. Pick up clutter as you move about the house.
3. See your spouse/significant other/roommate cleaning so you grab a dust rag to help.
4. Decide to leave the cleaning for the weekend.



3. How often do you clean?
1. Often – I designate different rooms to clean during the week.
2. Daily – I pickup throughout the day.
3. Whenever my spouse/significant other/roommate tells me to clean.
4. As least often as possible.



4. Do you enlist the help of your spouse/significant other/roommate when you clean?
1. No, I do it myself so the cleaning gets done the way I like it.
2. Sometimes, when I need help.
3. No, my mate is always the first to start cleaning. I jump in afterwards.
4. I usually let him or her do the cleaning.

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What kind of cleaner are you? If you answered:

* Mostly As – You’re a routine cleaner. You have a set system and schedule when it comes to cleaning.
* Mostly Bs – You’re an on-the-go cleaner. You pick up clutter daily as you move from room to room.
* Mostly Cs – You’re a follow-the-leader cleaner. You clean however and whenever directed by your spouse/significant other/roommate.
* Mostly Ds – You’re an avoider cleaner. You clean only when necessary, such as before guests arrive.




Want to know how the rest of America cleans? The Pledge® Multi Surface Cleaner survey1 revealed:

* 28 percent of Americans are routine cleaners
* Almost half (47%) of Americans consider themselves to be on-the-go cleaners
* Only six percent of Americans claim to be follow-the-leader cleaners
* 17 percent of Americans are avoider cleaners

I'm an the go cleaner. Yup that's me. I do what have to do daily.

Check out http://www.howicleannow.com and follow 5 bloggers as they learn how to clean more, faster!



Thanks again to FRN and SC Johnson I have one Pledge Multi Surface to give away to a lucky reader.

To enter take the what's your style cleaning quiz and tell me what your cleaning style is in a comment.

Please leave your email in your comment if it's not visible on your blog or profile so that I can contact the winner.

Contest will close on July 22nd and winner will be emailed. You will have 48 hours to reply or a new winner will be picked.

What the Funk

At least I didn't say the other word. If you are part of the big blog world I'm sure you've heard of a funk. I've been in one. I decided to take some time off, to rejuvenate myself. I love blogging, I love the relationships with other bloggers. I just felt I needed to step back and reevaluate my priorities. It seems like blogging has taken over my life. So it was time for me to do something about it.

While I was gone I played more, read more and just enjoyed "real" life. Now I feel better. I know where I stand and know when I need to take a break. What's funny though, is the entire time I was taking a blogging vacation. I felt guilty about it. Why? I don't know.

I've decided I need a schedule to accomplish everything I want to do. I want to go back to my roots and visit more blogs and leave more comments. I've slacked on that due to being overwhelmed. So Mondays and Wednesdays will be devoted to visiting others. Tuesdays and Thursdays I will fulfill my other duties. Fridays = no blogging. Fridays and Sundays are devoted to my family. My schedule is not complete I just have an idea of what I want and need to do.

So there you have it. I'm back and hopefully better then ever ;)

~AJ