John Deere Toy Giveaway

You guys.

I am so excited.

I received a package the other day of the most exciting toys to come to our home in a very long time. One of the reasons they are so exciting?

They are brand new. Like seriously, just out of production, scheduled for a June/July release date. Just try to find them in a store. Just try to Google them. You will be hard-pressed to find them.

But we have them.

And I have some for you.

The other reason they are so exciting?

Finally, finally someone (my bffs at Learning Curve to be exact) got smart and made
John Deere action figures.

Seriously.

Let me introduce you to the John Deere action figure team.

Meet Connor Biltmor. Connor is the Construction and Demolition Expert. He's strong and powerful, with exciting equipment ready to blast through any situation. His action equipment includes a backpack tool box with opening panels, rocket-firing hammer blaster, and Sledge and Saw Zawl tools.

The next member of our team is Eddie Embers. Eddie is the Fire Expert. Raging forest fires are no match for Eddie--he's ready to save the day! His action equipment includes a hover backpack with spring-loaded jet wings, a water blaster with launching water bombs, and a fire ax. Next up is Forrest Farrell. Forrest is the global Rescue Ranger--and there's no terrain too tough for him! Forrest is always ready to scale a mountain or rappel down a cliff to save the day. His action equipment includes a jump jet backpack with retractable grappling hook, and a hand-held power claw.

The final member of our team is J.D. J.D. is the Technology Expert, and is ready and willing to deal with any land emergency at hand! His action equipment includes a tank backpack, hydro-cannon with launching water missiles, and a launching aerial seeder drone.

No team would be complete without a super awesome vehicle, right? Check out the All-Terrain Team Hybrid Hover-Jet! The Gator Hybrid Hover-Jet is ready for the All-Terrain Team to drive or fly into any situation to defend and rescue! It transforms from a utility Gator into a super-charged flying Hover-Jet with a simple, kid-friendly design.
Can't you just imagine how much a little guy (or a big guy!) would LOVE to play with this set?! Just look at the joy on this face!


If you would like to win the entire set of John Deere All-Terrain Action Figures as well as the John Deere Hover-Jet...keep reading!

To enter to win:

Leave a comment telling me which John Deere action figure is your favorite! (Easy, right?)

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Fine Print:
*Winners are chosen by Random.Org. If you want all your chances counted, make sure you leave individual comments, not all of them in one!
*Winner will be contacted by email; be sure to include your email if it's not enabled
*Contest ends Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. EDT
*Open to North American addresses only
*Rules for each entry must be followed to be valid
*Good luck!

Wordless Wednesday-The Men

Weekend of Wheat

It was a busy weekend around here. Remember this?

Well now it looks like this.

And this.

A lot goes into harvesting wheat.

You need to clean out the grain truck.

Fire up the combine.

After doing that for awhile, you'll need one of these.

And these.

For this.

Please keep in mind that while I sound rather involved, running the occasional farmer here and there on the Gator is pretty much the extent of my responsibilities. Well, that and making this.

And at the end of a long day, you might just get one of these.


And that makes for a pretty wonderful weekend.

Honeymoon Winners!

Ya'll are good! And your guesses really made me want to go to somewhere tropical again!

We spent our honeymoon on a beautiful island 17 miles off the coast of Argentina. It is a Dutch island and therefore embraced the whole European beach way of thinking.

Meaning I may or may not have gone topless on the beach.

But just once.

That's right...we went to Aruba! We stayed here. It was gorgeous and wonderful and amazing. We snorkled, got too much sun, had a sunset dinner on the beach, went shopping, had plenty of fruity drinks, got in trouble at a casino for taking a picture, and saw loads of lizards.

The first person to correctly guess our honeymoon destination was Bren from Life in Maggie's World. Congrats! Let me know which sign you want and give me your address ASAP!

And now for the random comment winnner...

Random Number Generator picked 23! Congrats to Jen of Blessed Mom to 7. Let me know which sign you would like as well.

Thanks for playing ladies! That was fun. It was for me anyway.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful start to the weekend. Look for an amazing Learning Curve/John Deere giveaway with products not yet available in stores. Who loves ya, baby?!

9 Years and Counting

9 years ago today, I was busy doing this.

It was a long Catholic ceremony that flew by too quickly. The priest called me Amy a few times. (Yeah, my name's not Amy.)
I tripped over my train a few times. My new husband had to lift the train out of my way a few times.

But then we were married.

And then we partied late into the night.
There was way too much alcohol consumed.
And there may have been way too much inappropriate behavior in the limo on the way to the hotel.

*ahem*

But then we flew off to our honeymoon in paradise.

(Some people are confused. This is an actual picture taken from my actual honeymoon.)

And lived happily ever after.

But where was this paradise you ask?

How about you tell me?!

The first person to correctly guess where my sweet, sweet hubby and I went on our honeymoon will get their choice of these 2 signs.

My personal favorite:

or this cute one.

Don't worry if you're not the first person to guess correctly!
I will also choose one random comment (right or wrong answer) to win a sign as well. (And I have 2 of each so you both get to take your pick!)

Think long and hard...then guess!

*No comments accepted after 9:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 26, 2009.
*One comment per person.
*Real life people? No guessing!
*Imaginary people in my computer? Start guessing!

SAHM

Once upon a time there was a working mom.

Her busy days were full of committees, meetings, teaching, making lesson plans, grading papers, running errands, all with her daily planner within arm's reach.


She counted down the days until summer vacation.


And then summer came and she became a temporary stay-at-home-mom.


And quickly realized why she works.



Now her days are full of laundry, cooking, cleaning, whining, yelling, settling arguments, and running errands much more slowly with the added help of 2 kids.

She loves her children very much.



But she also loves working very much.



She is torn between wanting summers off with her children and longing for the busy days of feeling accomplished and successful.

For now, she will settle into the SAHM role and will get the hang of it.

Right around the time school starts up again.

Thursday Thirteen-Country Life

Thirteen things I love about living in the country:

1. No neighbors.

2. Wide open space for playing and exploring.

3. No noise other than the occasional moo.

4. Cows. (Except for that certain smell right before the barn is cleaned out.)

5. Watching my guys work.

6. Watching crops grow.

7. The smells-fresh grass, rain, that sweet smell of corn pollinating, the musty barn smell.

8. Gator rides.

9. Being able to tell the kids to play outside without worry.

10. Never knowing what kind of critter you might run into.

11. Planting season.

12. Harvest season.

13. The big, blue sky.

To join in on the thirteen fun, click here.