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Medieval Times Giveaway!
When my family and I were invited to head over to Medieval Times, you know I had to say yes. What is better than spending a Sunday afternoon eating and watching a tournament and learning how to be a knight?
This summer, in honor of its 20th anniversary season, Chicago’s own Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament invites children between the ages of 5-12 to come inside the Castle for up-close-and-personal Knight Training sessions given by the Castle’s own Knights and hosted by the Lord Chancellor and the King himself! For the first time ever these exclusive sessions are offered free to children with a paid ticket, immediately prior to the first show each Sunday, between June 26 and Labor Day 2011 at the Medieval Times Castle, 2001 N. Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL.
Madison attended the training session and thought it was the best thing since sliced bread (this video is of Madison during the training. I taped the entire training session, so this video is almost 10 minutes long):
I do have to warn you. You definitely need to bring your wallet here. There are several gift kiosks set up where you can get your kids outfits, swords, shields, stuffed dragons, etc. Anything that would remind you of the medieval times, you can find in the gift kiosks (including real swords!!!!). While waiting for the show, we went and checked out the dungeon (the tickets for that are $2 a piece). You can also buy ginormous drinks and drinks in really cool kid cups that were shaped like old style cups. Here’s what our experience looked like:
The first thing that happens when we walk through the door is that you get assigned a color to root for. You get a crown that color. That also tells you where you are sitting in the theater. I can honestly say that I don’t think there is a bad seat in the house! I’ll be honest — I expected the tournament. I didn’t expect the back story that happened beforehand. The cool thing is that you are watching the story and eating. You’ll see in the pictures above that you eat dinner without utensils. Yes, you eat with your fingers! And the food? Yum! You get sooo much food. We literally brought home another 2 days worth of food (2 large containers of food came home with us). The show also always had enough action to keep the kids interested in it. Our yellow knight won the tournament too! (We also had our yellow knight throw us a flower!). After we left the show, I asked the kids what they thought:
As you can see, the kids loved it. Bill and I liked it also. If you are in the Chicago area (whether visiting or if you live here), I recommend checking out Medieval Times. My family had a blast! Tournaments, skills tests, cheering for your favorite knight, what more could you ask for?
Since we had such a good time, I’ve arranged for one lucky reader of mine to get 2 tickets for Medieval Times Castle, 2001 N. Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL. Here’s what you need to do:
Tell me why you’d like to go to Medieval Times. Is it the 4 course dinner? The Knight Training? The Tournament?
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This contest will end on August 10th at 11:59 pm CST! Good Luck!
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How to exterminate ants
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This is a guest post. Since we’ve had some of these come into my house already this summer, I thought it was a very timely post. 
Ant Killing, Starting with the Kitchen
If you’ve got ants in your house, you need to get the problem under control quickly, before the infestation grows.
This post is dedicated to a key aspect of ant killing: checking all areas of your kitchen, including ones most people don’t think about, for ants or food particles.
If you want to know how to exterminate ants, start by understanding the places these pests tend to use as hiding spots.
There may be an area of your house you don’t realize is home to ants. Read on to make sure you’re not overlooking these vital locations.
Refrigerator
When ant killing, it’s important to look in places you wouldn’t normally consider.
Start with your refrigerator. The top of your fridge is a hotspot for ant activity. It’s warm and often dirty, so clean here often to prevent an ant infestation. If you’ve got ants here, this is a great location to put an ant trap.
Besides the top of the fridge, look under it. Thanks to spilled food and drinks, it may be the ant buffet location of your kitchen. Pop off the grate and use a flashlight to look under. If you see ants, stick a trap there. To keep ants from congregating under your fridge, keep the area clean. If you have a spill, clean it up quickly before it finds its way far under and out of your reach.
Trashcan
Your kitchen trashcan is another key spot for ant infestations. Keep the lid closed and empty it often. If food gets spilled on the inside of the trashcan, clean it out.
Cabinets
Out of sight doesn’t mean it should be out of mind. The tops of your cabinets may not get your attention often, but if you see ants in your kitchen, you should clean this area. If you see ant activity on the top of cabinets, stick some ant traps there.
Inside your cabinets is another common spot ants congregate. Check under the cabinet paper lining, which is a great place for the ants to hide. When storing food, make sure it’s in airtight containers. If there are any spills, even the smallest crumbs, clean them up.
Carefully inspect the insides of cabinets for cracks, crevices and corners that can conceal the ants.
Sink
Your sink is the perfect place for an ant infestation. They gather there to drink. If you don’t see ants on the top, check underneath your sink. If you have a leak under your sink, ants could be gathering there, using it as a waterhole. Check your pipes regularly and fix any leaks as soon as possible.
Stove
Just like the underside of your refrigerator can hide food that has spilled, so can your stove. Crumbs find refuge under the stove.
Baseboards
And when looking under your stove, take a look at your baseboards. They often have sticky food residue, which is incredibly enticing for ants.
Now that you received more information about ant killing in the kitchen, your next step should probably be learning more about how to exterminate ants in other locations of your home. Post written by guest blogger Michelle Anderson.
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Free Pizza?
Who doesn’t want free pizza? If you don’t, well then you must be a little weird, since I (and my family for that matter) would love to win a free pizza a week for a year! Sounds to good to be true? Well, it is not.
Ristorante Pizza’s are offering this awesome Ristorante Contest that you can win a free pizza a week for a year. This contest ends tomorrow. However, you can enter once a day, so you can enter today and tomorrow and get 2 entries! It does not cost you anything to enter, so you really have nothing to lose and pizza to gain!
Some other cool things this site has is a store locator, so you can find the closest dealer that carries this awesome pizza. You can also sign up for the “12 Minutes to Romance” newsletter which will help you get the right vibe, food and drinks for an evening in. They also have deals and promotions listed which of course is my favorite. Who doesn’t like saving a couple of bucks!
Needless to say, you definitely need to check this contest and this site out. However, I recommend that you don’t do it hungry (or maybe you should!) or you will be running out to get some of these pizzas to eat!
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