Package will include:

• Wright’s Silver Cream
• Perfect Planet Floor Cleaner
• Weiman Furniture Wipes
• Weiman Granite Wipes
• Weiman Stainless Steel Wipes
• Wonder Mop
• WonderFiber Cloth

Just comment on this post telling me what product you are most looking forward to.  What do you need the most to help get your cleaning job done? Comments will close on Sunday November 30th at midnight. The winner will be chosen randomly and announced on December 1st.

Good luck!

I’ll admit, I hate cleaning. And ya know, I’m kind of a busy girl (I mean, you saw you wrinkled laundry that sits for days…).  So I was excited to receive this opportunity from Weiman Products to try their Furniture Wipes.  Not only was it a chance to try a great product, but well, it got some much needed cleaning done! These wipes not only cut through dust, grime and smoke residue, but also helps protect your furniture with an UVX-15 and 6 natural oils to prevent drying and discoloring. It also contains NO wax or silicones so it doesn’t leave a build up that dulls the wood.

I’m ashamed to even show the before picture of our coffee table, but I will just to show what a good job the wipes did (I promise it looks better in person). You can imagine how sticky and covered with gunk this table is thanks to Savannah’s tiny hands, and I’m just showing one corner. Oy. Immedietely these wipes cut through the grime of month old juice and crushed up yogurt raisins. Woo hoo! It also left a beautiful shine, like I hadn’t seen our coffee table ever shine.

However, with that shine it left a greasy residue, I’m guessing from the natural oils inside that are meant to protect the wood. So, I was a little disappointed in the final outcome because it just felt, well, oily.  But, those oils serve it’s purpose because soon after cleaning water got spilled onto the table and it immediately beaded up and protected the wood. I think over all it does it’s job well and creates a beautiful glow for furniture so I think I can live with the oiliness.

Good news for you? There is another giveaway coming soon, including these wipes, worth $100! Keep an eye out…

Edit: The Giveaway is up now!  Check out the list of great products you could win. Cleaning Giveaway this way.

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I chose to get labels with Savannah’s name and picked a girly theme to match her girly personality.  We ended up with butterflies, dragonflies, and other cute bugs.  First thing I stuck it on? Sippy cups, that’s the number one item our family has the chance of loosing when we go out.  And, it’s also helps to keep kid’s germs more to them selves at church and play dates.  Even though Savannah can’t read yet, she can identify her special sticker with bugs on it and know it is her’s. Next stop will be to place them in her shoes.

What I love about these labels?  They can go on anything!  These aren’t your typical paper stickers that fall apart when wet, these are made of vinyl so they are made for every day rough wear–even in the dishwasher and microwave!  I also love that there are so many choices in the style, to fit not just the personality of the person, but choices in what you need a label for.  Everything from generic-for-anything-labels, to shoes labels, pencil labels, to clothing and school subjects, they’ve got it all covered.  But not just in sticker form, but also as iron on clothing transfers, bag tags, and security wrist bands (love that idea!).  So many choices for every need, even just for fun things like wall art, party invitations, calling cards, notepads, and charts. Phew. Like I said, they have so many options. Though these labels can’t be another pair of eyes to find a matching shoe, they can help shoes stay together and make it back home with us after a play date.  I can’t say enough good things about this product!

And now…you can win a set of their holiday labels!  Just in time for the holidays to label all those gifts for family and friends.  The pack will include 20 assorted designs of their Christmas Gift Labels. Want to win it? All you have to do is visit Stuck On You and come back here to leave a comment telling me which label would you most like to use? Are you constantly loosing clothes, pens, or -gulp- expensive things like ipods?  What would you label?

Comments will only be open until this Sunday at midnight (November 23rd) so that you can get your labels in time for the holidays.  Winners will be chosen randomly and be announced Monday. Want more chances to win?  Tell others about the giveaway by posting it on your blog and commenting with the link directly to your post. Good luck!

Enter my new solution: Refresh’n Dryer Towel.  Sure, it doesn’t put laundry away for me, but it does help make my life easier when I’m scrambling to get ready before school with nothing to wear since it’s all wrinkled.  The water added to this towel creates a steam in the dryer to smooth out wrinkles and freshen up the appearance while the fabric helps loosen dirt. So, I just pop this wet towel with my clothes in the dryer and 10-15 minutes later I’m ready to go!  I know, I know, you can do that anyway without this towel, right?  But it does not just get out the wrinkles, but smells and small amounts of dirt as well!  It’s even safe for dry clean only and other delicate clothes.

It’s also a way to cut down on the use of water (did you know ONE load uses 40-50 gallons?!) as you “wear and air” more often and yet your clothes will still maintain a fresh look and smell?  I know that might sounds gross to some, but do our clothes really need to be washed after every use, just after wearing for a only a few hours with no dirt or stains on it?  I try to wear my jeans more than once because 1) they’re a hassle cause they shrink easily 2) I only have 2 pairs 3) It maintains their color better. 4) I hate laundry. The problem though is normally I have to wash often them then really needed because they get stretched out.  So this special towel helps all of the above problems saving me money and time!

The down side: It only can be used with up to 3 items at a time in the dryer. Which, means I can’t throw my whole laundry basket of clothes in there for a quick fixin’ but it’s perfect for a morning rush with one outfit! And, it can be used up to 25 times before it needs to be replaced again.  But, if you consider the cost of electricity and water you are saving, that still is a lot of savings and worth it.

There is so much more information on Refresh’n Dryer Towel’s website, including more directions and what more it can do for you to save money and the enviroment, so I encourage you to check it out.

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What makes these different that other juice boxes, you ask?  Well, for starters it’s certified organic in accordance with the USDA’s National Organic Program. That means there are no pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, growth hormones, and basically no yucky stuff that could harm our kids.  It has no added sugars, preservatives, or artificial flavors, just a bunch of goodness. Also?  How many of you moms water down juice before you give it to your kids?  I know I do!  This juice comes already watered down to make it convenient for us moms on the go.  It’s made with 50% organic juice and 50% water which reduces the calories by half as well as the sugar in take.

But the best part?  Savannah loves it, so we both win.  Which especially means a lot right now as she is sick and is hardly eating or drinking anything, but she asks for this one! We received both the Apple and the Fruit Punch and she has enjoyed them both.

It’s a thumbs up from this mom!

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But, I’ve found something that has lightened my cold-hearted mood and-gasp-made me excited to get out in the chilly weather: This beautiful Windfall Snow Sport Jacket by Lands’ End. I was lucky enough to be able to receive one curtsy of Lands’ End in the gorgeous deep teal.  Really. It’s a beautiful color.  And the inside? Oh my word, it’s brown! Can I tell you how excited the contrast of brown with a color makes me?  Well, a lot.

I was able to try it out in 42 degree weather today and it kept me quite warm.  Granted, it’s still not that cold out right now , but supposedly it keeps you toasty up to -5 degrees with a light layer added!  In fact, it kept more than just my upper body warm, but also my hands. I didn’t have gloves as a hiked my way around campus today and my hands were cold until I placed them in the fleece lined pockets and wa-la! Warm hands!

I love, love this coat (If you can’t tell).  I do have a heavier parka style coat, which also works well, but this one I like because it is less bulky and fits me better. I am very small, so to find a petite xs was wonderful!  I also like all the pockets they have; 3 outer ones, one cell phone and even a pocket for an mp3 player with a place to pull the headphone cord through. I like that the hood easily tucks away or pulls out if I need to. And have I mentioned the color?  Of course, there are several other awesome colors available as well.

Seriously, if you are looking for a new stylish winter coat for you (or Christmas gift?) as the weather cools down, I highly recommend this one. Me and Lands’ End go way back to when I was just a kid myself and I know they make quality products. Who’s ready for some cold weather? I am!

I’m all about some matching. I’m the kind of girl that needs things to “go” together, other wise it drives me insane.  Now typically, I would not consider my postage as a huge nuisance in my matching world, but being able to make super cute postage to match anything I can dream of? I love it.  I decided to create a stamp using the same design that is on the Christmas card I chose.

The process is extremely easy: Upload the photo you want. Get the photo placed how you want it by centering, zooming in, change the orientation, etc. using their tools. Pick the color of the background and text color (you can even click on the photo itself and it will match the color for you!). And, ta-da! You’re done and all you have to do is order.

I received mine today and I can tell you the quality is excellent, you get exactly what it looks like on your screen when you order.  I love that they are bigger than regular postage so you can really see the design.

A huge thumbs up from me. I’m so excited and ready to send out my Christmas cards…and it’s not even Halloween yet!

Also, Picture It Postage is holding a photo contest starting October 31st looking for the best of the worst family photos. Meaning, all those not-so-great pictures that get taken when trying to get that perfect family picture and something terribly funny and inconvenient happens? A baby spits up, or grandpa starts yelling to at the camera to get it over with. Yea, those. We’ve all got them!
How To Enter:
Beginning October 31, simply visit PictureItPostage.com, click on the “Get Real” contest button and upload the best of your worst photos

How To Vote:
Beginning November 21, all visitors to the “Get Real” contest website will have a chance to vote for their favorite photos.

What’s The Prize:
Winners will be announced December 8.
1)Two Grand Prizewinners will each receive a new Canon Digital SLR Camera and five PictureItPostage coupon codes good for 100 customized photo stamps.
2) Ten First Prizewinners will each receive one PictureItPostage coupon code good for one pack of customized postage stamps.

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There is no need for greasy sunscreen lotions applied for daily use, and honestly?  Unless it’s summer or you live in a hot tropic climate all year round, who remembers to put on sunscreen every day?  This is the way to go for daily protection, it makes it so easy to protect your skin!  Of course, to go spend hours at the beach or gardening outside you would need a higher spf that is found in lotions, since the soap offers a spf of 10.

When I started reading other people’s testimonies, I really couldn’t wait to try it.  I found that people were using it not just as a body wash, but all over! As shampoo and facewash. I decided to test this myself. I mean, a bar of soap…as shampoo? Really?  Really. I’ve use it several times and it actually helps my hair obey and style better while still keeping it’s shine. It feels a bit different compared to bottled shampoo at first, it feels drier like a soap bar tends to feel, but I just use conditioner like normal and it does a great job!  It seems to combat my ultra greasy hair well, too. I also have been using it as a face wash, and that (along with the oil cleansing method at night) has kept my acne at bay. It just seems logical to use it on my face, when that is the part of my body that sees the most sun right now.

Draw backs: It’s a bar soap. Not my favorite, but it’s worth it.  Also, when I received my package it was a very strong “herbally” smell and I was concerned about smelling like that all the time or that it would be too strong for my sensitive nose.  But, as I have taken it out of the package and used it, the scent has seemed to change to a much more pleasant one.  And, my husband has not complained about it smelling bad as he has done with other natural products I have used.  Lastly, it seems to be a bit drying to my skin, but a little moisturizer takes care of that easily (you need to moisturize anyway!)

Really, there isn’t much that I don’t like about it now that I’ve experienced it. Plus, at $8 it’s not crazy expensive like other products AND one little bar has so many uses! How great would it be to only have to take one bar of soap to travel with and it covers it all?  I know my suitcase (or rather, my husband who carries my suitcase ;-)) will be happy with that. And my skin will, too.

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Number 9, Doreen from Treasured Giveaways! Please email me with your mailing address.

Thanks to everyone who entered, it was the highest number of entries we’ve had yet!  Welcome to those who found their way here There are sure to be more giveaways coming up!

The women’s fiction novel is based on a woman who’s life who is uprooted from the New York life and placed in what should be paradise…Hawaii!  When her husbands job is transferred, she expects the change will also be a chance to reconnect with her husband and her daughter after years of focusing on a career.  Instead, what should be a relaxing and simple life becomes burdened with a husband who wants time to himself, a daughter who wants to be home schooled, and redefining who she is again.

In short: I couldn’t put this book down. I had it done within 24 hours after ripping open the amazon box while drinking my morning coffee. I found it so interesting to be emerged into the New York mind set, and then shifting to the culture of Hawaii. I have not been to either place, so it was neat to experience pieces of places through the characters.  I loved how she developed the characters and the twists the plot I never would have guessed.  It was very entertaining!

Also, one aspect that I think Mia is genius at: her recipes.  I mean, sure people create and publish recipes all the time, but Mia does it in such a unique way. Throughout the novel she weaves them in with the characters.  For example, one character is pregnant and feeling the stormy seas of morning sickness and so she is offered Ginger Tea by a room mate.  The food and drinks are so much a part of the story that you don’t think about it until you flip to the end of the novel (or online) and find the recipe for it and think, “Oh yea! I remember that, it sounds good!”  It’s a brilliant concept. I also love how the food gives us yet another “taste” of Hawaiian culture and how we can recreate a bit of it ourselves, no matter where we live.

The only thing I didn’t like was the little bit of cussing involved.  I just don’t like cussing, but thankfully Mia used it sparingly and not as harshly as it could be.

If you browse Mia’s web site and read through her blog posts and answers to questions, you get the sense that she is very much a laid back person who just loves what she does all around. I think it’s her personality and sense that she is just like us, her readers, that ultimately shines through her work that makes this book such a pleasure to read.

I know I will certainly be reading more of her books!

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