Last fall I told you about the release of the Iron Man Armored Adventures Volume 1 dvd and now I’m back with Volume 2!!!

The Iron Man Armored Adventures dvds follow teen prodigy Tony Stark and his alter ego (and superhero) Iron Man.  Tony Stark/Iron Man isn’t like most super heros.  He’s not from another planet or been bitten by some radioactive spider.  His super powers come from his really cool technological inventions!

This time around Iron Man battles new threats, like Living Laser and Madame Masque, and old threat Obadiah Stane.  Every step of the way Tony and his friends encounter adventure and excitement.

My favorite part, Tony…um, Iron Man…is still in school!  I love watching him balance being a superhero with still being a teenager — which means school work and friends!

Iron Man Armored Adventures Volume 2 features six exciting adventures — “Meltdown”, “Ancient History 101″, “Ready, A.I.M., Fire”, “Masquerade”, and “Seeing Red” — along with some fun special features.

If your kids liked Iron Man Armored Adventures Volume 1, they’ll love Volume 2.

The Giveaway:

I have 3 copies of Iron Man Armored Adventures Volume One to giveaway here!

How To Enter:

1 entry - Leave a comment on this post telling me what super power you wish you could have.

1 entry - Subscribe to Stacey says… via RSS.

1 entry - Follow me (@Stacey_Says) on Twitter and tweet about this contest (you can do this every day and receive one entry each day!).

• • I entered to win Iron Man Armored Adventures (vol. 2) on dvd and you can too! http://tinyurl.com/ydlesq2 @Stacey_Says

5 entries - Blog about this contest and leave me a link to your post.

5 entries - Not a blogger? Send an email to 5 of your friends with a link to this contest. Make sure you CC me (staceysays (at) me (dot) com) on that email and then leave a comment here saying that you did so.

The Details:

The THREE (3) winners will be randomly selected from the comments posted by Friday, February 19. All entries will be verified and must include an email address where I can contact you if you should win. This contest is open to US shipping addresses. You can read more about Giveaway Policies here.

*Disclaimer: I did receive a complimentary copy of this DVD to review.  However, receiving the complimentary product in no way affects my opinions stated here.

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With the Winter Olympics starting in just over a week, I started wondering to myself “when did the parents of Olympic athletes realize they were raising an Olympian?”  Did they start training them at an early age and hoped for the best?  Or did they notice some special little spark in them from birth?

Either way, I’m pretty sure my girls are not going to be Olympic hopefuls.  They may have gotten their good looks from their dad but they, sadly, got their lack of coordination from me!  Seriously, if there is a brick wall within a 20 foot radius, they’ll find a way to walk into it!

While my girls may not be competing in the Olympics in the years to come, at lease they can look like Olympians now!

In celebration of the 2010 Olympic Games, Pampers will be outfitting Team USA athletes and their families with adorable Team USA Pampers Cruisers with Dry Max!

2006 Olympic gold medal speed skater, Chad Hendrick
and 2007 World Skeleton, Noelle Pikus-Pace

Now, while these special Team USA Pampers are not for sale, you can request a free sample three-pack of the Pampers Cruisers with Dry Max on Pampers.com.  Free diapers — what parent in their right mind would turn that down? But it gets even better!  If your sample happens to include a randomly inserted Team USA diaper, you and your baby will win a year’s supply of Pampers diapers!!!

What’s so special about the new Pampers Cruisers? Well, Pampers has completely redesigned the Cruisers, making them 20% thinner so your little cruiser can move more freely!  And the new Dry Max features helps lock wetness away up to 12 hours, making this their driest diaper ever.

One more thing…

Not only can your little one look and feel like a champion in their new Pampers Cruisers but they can also get a chance to be in the closing ceremonies of the Olympics, thanks to Pampers.  Here’s how…starting February 15 moms and dads can go to Pampers.com and upload a video of their baby crawling left to right.  Pampers will arrange randomly selected videos into a Pampers commercial that will air during the closing ceremonies!

Ok, now head over to Pampers.com to request your free three-pack sample of Pampers Cruisers with Dry Max and I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you win that year’s supply of Pampers!  And don’t forget to check back here in the upcoming weeks because I will be having a special Pampers giveaway!

*Disclaimer: While my family and I do use and love Pampers diapers, I am bringing you this information on behalf of Pampers.  I did not receive any compensation for writing this post.

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I’m a list person.  I make lists for everything.  From packing to errands I need to run to cleaning my house — you name it, I have a list for it!

The problem with my lists is that I don’t always get everything done on them.  So, I end up with multiple lists lying around my house, my car, even on my computer.  And the things that remain on my list are those nagging little tasks that I just don’t get around to doing…or just don’t want to do.

It’s fitting that last week’s challenge for The Happiness Project was to tackle a nagging task.  Hmm, where to begin?

Now, please don’t laugh when I tell you the tasks that have been haunting me.  Really, getting some of this stuff done just takes time and time is something I don’t have in abundance.  As a matter of fact, I’m pretty stingy with what little “free” time I do have!  But here are the things that I tackled last week:

• Arranged boarding for Jasper (which also meant multiple calls to the vet and scheduling a trip to the vet for this week) for when we are in Houston in a few weeks
• Cleaned the humidifier  -  We have well water that leaves a lovely rusty deposit on everything.  So, in order for the humidifier to work properly it needs to be taken apart and scrubbed every once in a while.  That while was last week.
• Got my van in to the mechanic  - This was a long time coming and, thus, we had a long list of repairs that needed to be done.  However, two trips to the mechanic and a nice big check later, she’s running like new again!
• Cleaned out my old desk and the kitchen junk drawer to complete my organizing task from the week before.

Huh, I swear there is more that I did in the realm of nagging tasks but I’m drawing a blank.  Of course there are more tasks that I really need to get on top of  – cleaning out closets, reorganizing the basement, cleaning up the yard where a certain puppy has been doing his ‘duty’ all winter long (yeah, you probably didn’t need to know that one), and making a trip to the recycling bins.

It feels good to cross these tasks off my to-do lists.  I think that is why I make the lists: for the satisfaction of crossing things off.  Seeing that I’m making progress.  And, more likely, I’ll forget about them if I don’t write them down!

So, those are my nagging tasks.  What about you?  What tasks have been nagging you lately?

Since we are now into a new month we not only have a new challenge this week but also a new focus.  February’s focus, fittingly, is love.  And this week’s challenge is to give proofs of love.  I’m excited to see what happens this week!

* In case you missed it, I am participating in The 2010 Happiness Challenge created by Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project.  If you would like to know more about The Happiness Challenge or would like to join in on the challenge, visit The Happiness Project online.

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It may be cold here but the sun is shining and the sky is blue!  Let’s make this day a little brighter with some dvd winners!

The three winners of the Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian dvds are:

katklaw777

Tara from www.SouthernSavingsAndDeals.blogspot.com

Lina

Congratulations winners!  I hope you enjoy the film as much as my family did!  You should have received an email from me about claiming your prize.  If you did not, please send me an email at: staceysays(at)me(dot)com.

For those who didn’t win, the Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian dvd is available at most major retailers and online.  This is one dvd you won’t want to pass up!

Also, keep checking back here at Stacey Says… for more exciting giveaways — dvds, clothing, and more!!!

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Earlier this month I shared with you my thoughts on New Year’s resolutions and the goals I set for myself for 2010.  One of those goals was to take my blogs to ‘the next level’…whatever that might be.

In 3 weeks I will be exploring a little more about that ‘next step’.  In 3 weeks I will be traveling to Houston to attend the Mom 2.0 Summit.  And it’s all thanks to my big brother.

For those of you who don’t know me well, I have a brother who is 3 years older than me.  Now imagine high school where he is a senior and I am a freshmen.  Like most big brothers he was a bit protective of his little sister, especially when it came to boys.  Especially when it came to his friends or classmates taking a romantic interest in his little sister.  Lots of head-butting and “you’re not the boss of me” going on between the two of us.  Glad we both grew-up…sort of!

My brother now lives just outside of Houston.  He moved there from Michigan a few years ago and I have never had the chance to visit him.  Needless to say, he was a tiny bit enthusiastic when I told him one night about the Mom 2.0 Summit and my interest in going.  Seriously, the next morning I had an email waiting for me from him detailing out my trip, costs, and even flight times from MI to TX.  I did mention he was a little excited.

A few weeks later I broke the news to him about tightening budgets and postponing my trip until next year, but I would keep working on it.  Apparently he was going to keep working on it, too.

Another week went by when I get a voicemail from my brother.  I was a little surprised because we typically only call each other on holidays.  We’re more of a ‘text and email’ family.  Anyhow, to make a long story more bearable to read, I’m going to Mom 2.0!

Turns out that my brother contacted the ladies behind Mom 2.0 and is now exchanging some of his photography skills for a ticket to the event.  My ticket!  What?

Now I am beyond excited.  I get to attend this amazing conference, go to a place I’ve never been, and hang with my brother and his family.  And I’m excited to share with you all that I learn!

Who would have ever thought that one day I would be happy when my big brother meddled in my business?

If you’re going to Mom 2.0 this year, please do me a favor and tell my brother how awesome  he is — he’ll be carrying around a camera and his name is Scott.  And, if you are from the Greater Houston area and are ever in need of a photographer, check him out — www.CapturedMemoriesByScott.com.

Captured Memories By Scott
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