I was so excited to hear that today, Oct. 22nd is "National Nut Day!" Why? Because I love nuts! Cashew are my most favorite, but I love to eat most any kind as a snack, on my ice cream, in my baking, and almost any time of day. The health benefits are phenomenal, and I've credited adding nuts to my diet in helping me lose some of my "baby weight."
To help celebrate, Emerald Nuts is giving you a chance to sample their newest offerings (and some yummy ones, at that!) Introducing their brand new flavors:
Wanna win? Emerald is giving 5 lucky readers a prize pack of Emerald's newest nuts (2 of each flavor = 4 total) valued at $28 each prize pack! All you have to do is tell us something "nutty" you want to do before the end of the year, and post your answer here before next Tuesday, October 28th at 5 p.m. CST. Giveaway is subject to complete site rules. (Be sure to give us a way to reach you if you win, and remember that we will never use your email or contact info for anything other than to send your prize.) Good luck!
To help celebrate, Emerald Nuts is giving you a chance to sample their newest offerings (and some yummy ones, at that!) Introducing their brand new flavors:
- Cocoa Roast Almonds - Emerald Cocoa Roast Almonds' baked-in dark chocolate flavor boasts the same chocolate taste without the calories and fat of chocolate-dipped nuts.
- Sea Salt and Pepper Cashews - With an ideal combination of savory seasonings and delectable sea salt, the new Sea Salt & Pepper Cashews are sure to satisfy the salty fix of consumers across the country, while maintaining the great nutritional benefits of cashews.
Wanna win? Emerald is giving 5 lucky readers a prize pack of Emerald's newest nuts (2 of each flavor = 4 total) valued at $28 each prize pack! All you have to do is tell us something "nutty" you want to do before the end of the year, and post your answer here before next Tuesday, October 28th at 5 p.m. CST. Giveaway is subject to complete site rules. (Be sure to give us a way to reach you if you win, and remember that we will never use your email or contact info for anything other than to send your prize.) Good luck!
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Move to a farm from the BIG CITY wait i did that last week LOL
ReplyDeleteI want to hop a plane and fly to England.
ReplyDeleteMy husband is the nutty one! He loves macadamias best.
ReplyDeleteI am having a home birth before the new year, most people think I am nutty for doing so, so call me nutty then! :P
ReplyDeletejennifer.lleras@gmail.com
I doubt I get it done before the end of the year, but I want to hike the Grand Canyon!
ReplyDeleteI want to get glammed up, grab hubby, and go paint the town red! It's hard to do with busy schedules and little ones.
ReplyDeleteI want to get some extra sleep. It seems hard to do around here.
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I want to throw a snowball while eating nuts. Since I live in the south I probably will just eat the nuts!
ReplyDeletego to Hawaii!!! wheee
ReplyDeletestart a cake business
ReplyDeleteRun for president.
ReplyDeleteI am not the nuttiest person on the block..but I am a speed demon. I am going to take a road trip to visit my college friends in my lil convertible! Up and down the east coast.Thanks for the contest.
ReplyDeletesing karaoke
ReplyDeleteI would love to just get up one day and head to Disneyland with my husband and little man!
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I want to do a winter camping trip in 4 feet of snow this year. I'm trying to talk some others into it. :)
ReplyDelete:) Thank you for the wonderful giveaway! :)
My mother-in-law arrives in eight days, and I have decided to confront her about all of her evil, underhanded ways. This is "nutty", because I would have to be "nuts" to even consider it. In other words, I have a feeling that it is not going to go over very well.
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I'd like to ride in a Hot Air Balloon. Thanks. Charlotte
ReplyDeletecharlottewinters@cox.net
My tummy did flip flops of joy when reading about your sea salt and pepper cashews. Cashews are my favorite nuts, always have been.
ReplyDeletewalk for 15 mins in the deep snow of minnesota.
ReplyDeleteherry123_us@live.com
jump in the leaves we rake
ReplyDeleteEgg my ex's vehicle for leaving me the way he did. Heck, even that's too good for him...
ReplyDeleteiluv2pray@gmail.com
I'd like to try a rock-climbing wall.
ReplyDeleteI want to eat some scorpions; there'a restaurant near here that serves them Vietnamese-style!
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hottmomma_03at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteskiing. I have never been before so I might be risking my life. Thanks for the giveaway!
As usual, wear my chritmas wrapping paper after opening my presents.
ReplyDeleteSubstitute meat for nuts.
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I want to tell my annoying coworker to shut up! I would probably get fired.
ReplyDeletefirrkids(at)gmail.com
I want to get away for a whole weekend. This hasn't happened since our two kids were born.
ReplyDeleteI would love to bake from a recipe and sit down to a homemade holiday dinner from me!
ReplyDeletehmm something nutty- walk into a car dealer and buy a new car without worrying about money- yep that would be nutty- never happen but nutty..
ReplyDeleteclean up the house so its spotless..haha- mrs.mommyyatgmail.com
Swimming in a race across the Mississippi...It is like 40' out now...I'm going to die of hypothermia I just know it!
ReplyDeleteI want to go to Morocco w/ my hubby!
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I'd actually like to find a day to sleep in. I don't think that's very nutty, but lack of sleep is making me nutty. Does that work?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to Germany for 10 days, which is a little nutty to me, because I've never left my little ones for more than a night before!
ReplyDeletekhmorgan_00 [at] yahoo [dot] com
I can tell all your readers that the cocoa nuts are out of this world YUMMY!!!!!! I tried a sample of them a few weeks back and they were GREAT!!!! The other flavor sounds AWESOME!!!!
ReplyDeleteSomething "nutty" I'd like to do by the end of the year? I want to take pictures INSIDE some of the buildings in an abandoned village near by. I have taken plenty of pictures of the outside of the buildings but I'd REALLY love to have some inside shots, especially those looking back out through a broken window. The reason why I haven't done it yet is because even during the day they are CREEPY!!! I'm afraid a ghost is going to be inside waiting for me. YIKES!!!!!
Thanks for a great giveaway and please thank the sponsors too!
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Have a drama free Christmas with the Family.
ReplyDeletelivlifelov at yahoo dot com
ride on a rollercoaster
ReplyDeleteTake all my money out of the bank and go to Disney World!! Wooooo!
ReplyDeletego swimming in december
ReplyDeleteI'd really love to go on a cruise to somewhere warm and sunny! Thanks so much for this giveaway.
ReplyDeleteGet another tattoo!
ReplyDeletemargelina@comcast.net
I want to go golfing in the snow.
ReplyDeletefarrell@crosslake.net
i am doing my first half-ironman
ReplyDeleteGo to the Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
ReplyDeleteI would love to take a day off work before the end of the year!
ReplyDeletejumping a house with a car
ReplyDeleteI would love to try some of these yummy sounding nuts, like the cocoa almonds.
ReplyDeleteTell my SIL that she needs to get her husband to get his act together, but I never will.
ReplyDeletehetz-junk(at)hotmail(dot)com
I want to chop off all my hair!
ReplyDeletekatiekarr at gmail dot com
Get a tattoo!
ReplyDeletedelilahhhhh@msn.com
I will be riding my Harley for the toys for tots ride. Its at the end of November and its either raining, cold or both, but I know its for a good cause.
ReplyDeleteLock the bathroom door, put music on, light candles, and soak for hours.
ReplyDeleteGo on a cruise. Ain't gonna happen, but I can wish, can't I?
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I'd like to paint my bedroom a bold new color.
ReplyDeleteSomething nutty I'd like to do by the end of the year is go on our first family vacation with my twin one year old girls. It would probably drive me nuts, but I'd love to try it. germandarius{at}gmail{dot}com
ReplyDeleteI'd like to really get 'nutty' and enjoy a lobster dinner again before 2008 comes to an end! <--but alas I have to pay gas & light instead, so it's ramen noodles for me. (BTW, cashews are my favorite also!)
ReplyDeleteI want to be on "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire"
ReplyDeleteBefore the end of the year, i'd like to try to get a family portrait done!! Last year we tried, but no one wanted to get their picture taken. So this year, i'm going for it again. I like to try and have some kind of memento for every Christmas.
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My nutty wish is to get pregnant be Dec31st. I am way into fertiltiy treatments (2nd cycle) and I already have one son. - but my friends tell me I am mad to want another one as they drive you 'nuts' at night with the feeding etc.
ReplyDeletePlease God..........if you can hear me.
SKY dive!! my husband thinks i'm nutty for wanting to do that though!
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I am going to the local winery and stomp grapes for their harvest festival!! That is a nutty thing for me to do. Then, I will get a bottle of wine to enjoy with my
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Holiday in Cuba, I've always had a fascination with Havana
ReplyDeleteThe nuttiest thing I have planned for this year is to decorate the outside of my home for Halloween. I have decided to totally change my decor this year and I am handmaking much of it. I won't be putting it up until Halloween day so the kids will be surprised (this is a tradition of mine).
ReplyDeleteSomething nutty I would want to do is next time it rains, go out and dance in it! Hopefully the neighbors won't see...
ReplyDeleteI want to clean out the storage room. It's scary in there!
ReplyDeleteGET A BOY FRIEND AN EAT SEA FOOD.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting certified for scuba diving!
ReplyDeleteThank you for having this! Something nutty I would love to do is to run away for the weekend with my wonderful husband. Leave the 3 kids at my mom's and just sleep in and have a great time. Thank you!
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I have a bunch of brass pieces that I accumulated years ago. I have gotten real bored with it and want to get rid of it. I HATE throwing things so...it occured to me to dress as a Pirate and make a chest out of a box and when the few trick or treaters I do get come to my door, I want to hand them a candle holder, a brass owl, or whatever I have in the box and say, "ARRRRHG! Matie, Ye be wantin to steal me gold, eh?"
ReplyDeleteI think the kids would either think I am a complete nutcase (I know their parents would) or they just might think it's pretty cool to get some "GOLD" for Halloween!
finish a project I started 5 years ago
ReplyDeleteI would hold a snake
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Go on a trip around the world!
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I want to invest in the stock market.
ReplyDeleteSpend a day @ a spa getting the full treatment. I have never allowed myself to be pampered!
ReplyDeleteI want to host Christmas dinner! I've never done it before, so PLEASE wish me luck!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI want to take ballroom dancing lessons with my husband. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteget tattooed
ReplyDeleteCall me nutty but I would like to spend the holidays alone with my husband and 8 month old son. I just want it to be intimate and relaxing (no high-stress family to bother me!)
ReplyDeleteThat was just a dream, that would never actually happen! THANKS, I love pistachios, almonds and cashews--A LOT!!
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I am going to take my daughter to the snow for the first time and we are both going to learn how to snowboard.
ReplyDeleteGo on vacation
ReplyDeleteclean out my living room.
ReplyDeleteHike the Appalachian Trail.
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Dye my hair an odd color.
ReplyDeletemove to a warm climate
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I want to sit on a sled and have someone pull me around the first snow fall we get befor years end
ReplyDeleteI've always had shoulder length or longer hair and I'd like to get up the nerve and chop it off...that would be nutty for me because I'm a creature of habit. m_huston(at)hotmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking of driving across the country (among other nutty things!). Anyone wanna go? ;-)
ReplyDeleteSell my home and move to a cabin in the mountains close to a roaring creek.
ReplyDeletei want to buy a nice bathing suit to wear during my son's swim lessons in november
ReplyDeleteI am going on a trip at Xmas instead of staying home.
ReplyDeleteI want to take my children up north to see their cousins they have never seen before and all of us make snow angels in the snow.
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I want to start learning how to sew. This may not sound nutty to everyone reading this, but I am a very nondomesticated person so everyone that knows me thinks that this is very nutty and odd.
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Try to invent my own recipe!
ReplyDeletei would like to go sled riding! imjessica@mail.com
ReplyDeleteI want to have my first parachute jump before I'm 55.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to make a bunch of Christmas gifts. That is pretty nutty considering I'm not very good at making things.
ReplyDeletethe_other_alice_(at)yahoo.com
with this WHACKED economy, I want to start my own business.
ReplyDeletethat is freakin nut-tastic. completely NUTTY!
karissag at gmail.com
(i think I lost it when I skydived earlier this year)
travel for christmas.. when money is tight
ReplyDeleteDye my hair red.
ReplyDeleteMy family thinks I'm totally nuts for getting DD breast implants next week so I can feel sexy before I turn 50!
ReplyDeleteMy nutty wish is to visit Easter Island.
ReplyDeleteTake a 14 hour car ride with my 3 children!
ReplyDeleteI want to go vegan!
ReplyDeletephathui5@hotmail.com
I want to sky dive before the end of the year.
ReplyDeleteWould it be nutty to wish that my bathroom, that has been under renovation since JULY 4, be finished THIS YEAR? :)
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have an overnite date with my husband
ReplyDeleteEasy...we already did our nutty thing this year. Hubby and I grew enough produce to open a stand...despite each having full time jobs and already owning two other businesses. We are truly nuts!
ReplyDeleteI plan on riding in a hot air balloon again. I had once before and have the opportunity to do it again..
ReplyDeleteemeraldrose63@yahoo.com
Before the end of the year ... hmmm ... I want to win the lottery (or how about just one contest). Guess I better buy lottery tickets!
ReplyDeleteI want to go on a hot air ballon ride
ReplyDeletenessiebishop@yahoo.com
We just did. I don't know if it is nutty but we are moving from a house into an apartment and it's crazy.
ReplyDeleteI would like to scuba dive
ReplyDeleteOh, the cocoa roasted nuts sound amazing!
ReplyDeleteI don't call this entirely nutty, but I told my husband I wanted to visit a real drive-in movie soon. I think it'd be so much fun!!
Thanks for the chance,
Megret
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I want to do something really nutty - I want to elope! My boyfriend and I want to get married, but we don't want to spend money on a big wedding, especially with the bad economy. I love Emerald Nuts, so I hope I win!
ReplyDeleteWe're taking our 4 yr old son and my parents to Disney in December - I think I'm the one that will be nuts by the time we get back!
ReplyDeleteI want to learn how to drive race cars...there is a local driving school and this would be great at forty eight!
ReplyDeleteI want to buy a new apartment...in this economy!
ReplyDeleteJennifer, jennem22 at yahoo dot com
The only "nutty" thing I'll be doing over the next two months is baking with nuts! Candies pecans are my favorite, along with almond toffee, pecan pie, Russian Tea Cakes - I think you get it:)
ReplyDeleteI want to ride a hot air balloon
ReplyDeleteweblynx at hotmail.com
I would like to write a book. That would be nutty.
ReplyDeleteI would like to walk the United States and plan 10,000 little trees!
ReplyDeleteThat would be green and nutty.
(I really would like to do this)
Want to shave my head and put a flower tatoo on it.
ReplyDeleteThe nuttiest thing I want to do this year is to win one of these blog contests. :-D Thanks!
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I would like to fly in a small plane
ReplyDeleteI want to fly a kite at night during a full moon.
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road trip to NYC with my spanish class
ReplyDeleteI would love to dye my hair black with streaks of red and purple again...that was fun! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI want to ask my young adult children to cook me a complete meal as my Christmas gift! I can only imagine their faces--(from bajjmayer@aol.com)
ReplyDeleteI would like to run away from home ...but just for a week. Thanks!
ReplyDeletebraaisjo at gmail dot com
Yummmmm! Sometimes you just feel like a nut!
ReplyDeletedrive across the country with 2 preschoolers so I can see my sister!
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It looks like I'll be hitchhiking to a AC/DC concert in December. My car's down :( But I will get there!
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I want to take my three year old so see a movie in the theaters... Talk about losing my sanity.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, since it's been 18 months, I'd love to get more than 4 hours of sleep a night! Wacky, I know! I love the baby, but at this point I've become one big nut-case...
ReplyDeleteJump in a huge pile of leaves like my mom never would let me do :(
ReplyDeletefroggypartyof2@aol.com
Have another baby - we already have three but I must be nuts to even THINK it!!
ReplyDeleteGo to a casino!
ReplyDeleteerma.hurtt@sbcglobal.net
Get rid of all of the clothes, shoe, and purses I no longer use!
ReplyDeleteForget about the mortgage and the bills and take a fabulous island vacation with my wonderful DH! Thanks for the chance to win your great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteproudyaya04 {at} yahoo {dot} com
Dress in a leather mini skirt, sexy top, black leather boots, and go to a rock concert with my husband like I used to do when I was younger.
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move out west.
ReplyDeleteTake a road trip to some unknown place. No planing just get in the car and drive.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to run a 5k. I had a baby 6 months ago and running anything is nutty for me.
ReplyDeleteI have never been to Las Vegas-I'd like to drive there and explore the countryside
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I want to dye my hair red. I've always been a blond and want to know what it's like to be a red head!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to perform some belly dancing in front of an audience for the first time! Scary!
ReplyDeletei want to buy a house! everyone does it at some point in their life but it feels pretty nutty!
ReplyDeletehmmm...i want to take a trip to mexico with my girls before i get married! oh wait I am going!!!
haha thanks!
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I am enjoying reading all of the posts! Before the end of the year I want to go on a "date" with my husband and go salsa dancing like we used to do before we were married with children. We used to have some wild, crazy nights and we are still young! We should still do this every once in while and I am dying to go out and put my dancing shoes on and dance all night long!
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I would love to win a sweepstakes before the end of 2008! Thanks! senekers@comcast.net
ReplyDeleteclean the house - if you saw the house, you'd say i was nutty
ReplyDeleteI would love to bungee jump!
ReplyDeletehebert024 at aol dot com
It's not technically by the end of the year but I'd like to swim w/ the L Street Brownies in on New Years Day.
ReplyDeleteNothing like a dip in ice cold water to start the new year.
I want to go snowboarding! I know how to ski but I've never tried snowboarding and I think it would be fun so that's my nutty objective.
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Elizabeth
i want to raise bees!
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I'd like to get a tattoo that says "Your Ad Here." My other nutty fantasy is to tour parts of Europe and stay in hostels! I'm still broke enough to qualify :)
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I want to raise chickens in my back yard. 10 chickens! I love chickens.
ReplyDeleteI wnt to become a vegan, but not real bad.
Be in front of a bonfire at a beach dancing to reggae music :o)
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definitely sky diving!
ReplyDeleteI want to buy a big screen tv by the end of the year. Nuts because of the economy we're in.
ReplyDeletemy nutty fantasy is to sleep till noon.
ReplyDeleteI've always wondered what was the attraction of "chess nuts, roasting on an open fire" -- so I guess first I have to round up some chess nuts... I predict reins, with a chance of scattered party mix.
ReplyDeleteI want to go sit in my car on the bridge over the highway, and point my hairdryer at traffic on the road below -- and count brake lights. And elapsed time (before someone with an official hairdryer stops to ask how I'm doing).
ReplyDeleteI want to walk on the beach while it is raining in a long, romantic skirt. I used to do that with my daughter Sarah when she was young and it was so exhilerating.
ReplyDeleteI want to send every credit card company I owe money to, a brief but short note- stating- Due to the market & economy, I would really appreciate some type of credit added to my account and /or this account be reduced immensely!
ReplyDeleteI want to get my kids a dog!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to learn how to paint!
ReplyDeleteVisit my son who recently moved to San Diego and try surfing for the first time.
ReplyDeleteSwim naked in the ocean.
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Climb a mountain.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to leave my email:
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get my license
ReplyDeleteI want to take up golf which sounds nutty to everyone who knows me including myself.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to pay someone to clean my house from top to bottom - that's nuts, it's never gona happen!
ReplyDeleteGet my daughter actually interested in potty training!
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i want to cut up all my credit cards :(
ReplyDeleteFlying in a hotair balloon is something I have always wanted to do.
ReplyDeleteI would like to go on a big shopping spree!
ReplyDeleteGo to Paris by myself. garrettsambo@aol.com
ReplyDeleteThe nutty things I would love to do before the year is up: heal my Daddy from colon cancer and pay off all my family's debt.
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I want to take my kids to a major amusement park. My husband won't be able to go, so it'll just be the three of us. That's definitely nutty!
ReplyDeleteLet's see: sing in public? Yikes.
ReplyDeleteI would love to go to Disney World and get "goofy".
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Have a day all to myself
ReplyDeleteget into NYC!
ReplyDeleteSomething nutty I would want to do is take a hot air balloon ride. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
ReplyDeleteI need to build a chicken coop for my chickens that I just got. Which is prety nutty since I live in the city.
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I would like to go on a trip around the world!!!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to take a whole day for me (just one day!). I'd go to tea and get a massage and go shopping and not worry about cleaning or laundry or anything! You said nutty right? : )
ReplyDeletejasonncaryn at yahoo dot com
Show up on my parent's doorstep across the country!
ReplyDeleteI want to go to Alaska and ride on a dogsled. Thanks for the contest.
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kathleenyohanna@hotmail.com
I want to go on to a nice beach house and enjoy the sun and ocean before I give birth.
ReplyDeletei'd like to go skydiving, thats pretty nutty, yyeres at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteDress up like a Pirate
ReplyDeleteGo skydiving!
ReplyDeleteGo skydiving!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be in Australia by the end of the year, not that I think that's nutty.
ReplyDeletealterna7 at hotmail dot com
I would love to go nuts and eat all my kids Halloween Candy- without gaining anything but brain cells.
ReplyDeleteWant to take my metal detector and treasure hunt on the beaches of Borneo
ReplyDeleteCut my hair off.
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