Wordless Wednesday – Mommy Moment

 

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Quickie’s Ultimate Summer Cleaning Kit #Giveaway

Quickie has been around since the 1920’s being a company of innovation when it comes to cleaning and tools. One of the first tools they created was the compound-action hedge shear and it changed the way Americans gardened. They continued making advances in manufacturing and now make excellent cleaning tools.

They sent me some sponges, we’re a sponge of a family. We just like sponges. We go through them like crazy, and I think this is our first time to try out the Quickie brand. They are super soft and I never knew you could have so many versions of a sponge for cleaning. They sent a microfiber pot and pan sponge, a microfiber dish and glass sponge, and a microfiber non stick cooking pan sponge. I’m going to be cleaning counters and pots. You can have even more cleaning fun!

QuickieSummerKit

From cleaning your floors, to your patio, and even your grill, the Quickie’s Ultimate Summer Cleaning Kit is perfect for getting your home in shape for the season.

Enter To win:

The Ultimate Summer Cleaning Kit contains $86 of Quickie Cleaning products including:

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To Enter:

Give me a cleaning tip, I need some help cleaning my house so give me some good tips! (required)

Extra Entries:

Tweet or hit the RT button up top:

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Advertise this giveaway on any giveaway site, your blog, or your facebook page and tell me where you advertised it or Use any of the share options below, digg, stumble…1 entry each 

The contest will run until June 28th  11:59 pm Pacific. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

 

This is a sponsored product post. Quickie is providing the prizing.

Giveaway Winners from May 31st

Yes please forgive me I’m behind. I took the weekend off can you blame me? ;-)

 

Head & Shoulders Endurance For Men Giveaway

May 15, 2010 By Momstart 301 Comments

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Robyn’s Online World says:

May 22, 2010 at 7:58 pmEdit

I tweeted http://twitter.com/RobynsWorld/statuses/14534963924

 

Favorite Children’s TV Shows Giveaway

May 19, 2010 By Momstart 199 Comments

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Dave says:

May 29, 2010 at 1:30 pmEdit

Thomas the Tank Engine. We also have some of the old Shining Time Station shows on VHS and he loves them. But these DVDs will be a big hit too. Thank you for the chance to win.

 

Baby Looney Tunes Tweety Plush Giveaway

May 18, 2010 By Momstart 36 Comments

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Jenna Wood says:

May 22, 2010 at 1:54 amEdit

I follow baby looney tunes on FB-Jenna Marie-Wood
six_one_nine_girlie86 (at) yahoo (dot) com

 

Disney Baby Books Review and Giveaway

May 17, 2010 By Momstart 65 Comments

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Jennifer says:

May 18, 2010 at 8:47 amEdit

I follow you on Twitter (@jkgorcery)

 

Old Orchard Healthy Balance Juice Giveaway

May 17, 2010 By Momstart 170 Comments

111

Carol says:

May 24, 2010 at 6:32 amEdit

I subscribe

 

 

Max Spaniel Funny Lunch Giveaway

May 17, 2010 By Momstart 248 Comments

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Debbie Stanton says:

May 30, 2010 at 6:53 amEdit

my favorite children’s story is Love You Forever… it makes me tear up everytime.

 

 

Great American Bake Sale Giveaway

May 13, 2010 By Momstart 349 Comments

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Summer Oleksy says:

May 14, 2010 at 10:52 pmEdit

I love to bake and I have friends who do too. If we pool out mommy resources and get the kids on the front lines … who could say no?!?

 

Who Grew My Soup Giveaway

May 12, 2010 By Momstart 136 Comments

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Josefine says:

May 12, 2010 at 7:17 pmEdit

I follow your blog.

 

 

Shrek Forever After Giveaway

May 12, 2010 By Momstart 308 Comments

Grand Prize:

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crystal says:

May 29, 2010 at 12:01 amEdit

tweet

cbrocious1984@gmail.com

http://twitter.com/lovemy21B/status/14962791290

236

Debra F says:

May 29, 2010 at 4:19 pmEdit

I subscribe to your blog

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Lisa Johnson says:

May 16, 2010 at 7:59 pmEdit

This would be good to give to my daughter whose nick-name is SHREK. pepsi_mom_6@yahoo.com

 

Eat Better America $1500 Grocery Sweepstakes Giveaway

May 12, 2010 By Momstart 713 Comments

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Anita says:

May 30, 2010 at 5:19 pmEdit

tweet…
http://twitter.com/HSBSuzanne/status/15076198414
roseinthemorning [at] gmail [dot] com

 

 

Getting Organized with Mead and Target Giveaway

May 27, 2010 By Momstart 529 Comments (Edit)

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Vanessa says:

June 6, 2010 at 2:38 amEdit

I Visited the product detail sheet at Mead.com and what you like best is it’s multifunctional and you can leave reminders essentially all over your house to remind you what you have to do daily. for a super crazy busy mom with a very old malfunctioning computer, it would be great to know that I would have a paper back up organizer some where to keep my life under control.

KitchenAid Favorite Memory in the Kitchen Winner

I spent last month hosting a giveaway for KitchenAid, the KitchenAid Stand Mixer. Our mixer gets tons of use and I love it. It’s Beautiful. They are durable machines that last forever, the only reason you might want a new one is for a new color. So they were smart enough to make attachments that you can collect.

For more on KitchenAid Follow them on twitter.

 

 

Out of 1657 Comments:random

 

 

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Timbo says:

May 24, 2010 at 10:47 pmEdit

I shared this giveaway on Facebook :D

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000628770520&v=wall&story_fbid=130031130340326

 

Timbo’s favorite kitchen memory:

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Timbo says:

May 11, 2010 at 1:29 amEdit

My favorite memory is a very early one where my Ma taught me for the first time how to bake cookies with her :D I almost lit the place on fire :)

Is your Monster Fencing in Place?

image Zoe has started believe in monsters. Why wouldn’t she? She watches Monster’s Inc, Sesame Street, and Ben 10. Yeah, that wasn’t mom’s smartest move letting her watch Ben 10. She knows that some monsters are good, but no all monsters. So she is afraid the scary monsters are going to get her. We gave her a night light and at first that worked.

Now, she gets up and says we need to check for the monsters because they are in her room.

Dad goes in and looks in the closet and under the bed and no monster.

That doesn’t really work because as soon as daddy is out of the room, she’s afraid again.

Dad took the next step, he installed monster fencing. They installed it together actually, it was pretend, if it stops working we might have to make something that she can actually see and place it against the crown molding in her floor. But for now, it is Invisible Monster Fencing. Every night they have to check the perimeter and make sure that the monster fencing is in place. I think doing it together made it more real for her. Then he can ask her at night if she checked the monster fencing and if she hasn’t then it’s something else they can do together.

Snapware Kitchen Organization

SnapwareOrganization of the kitchen is something that I actually put  a little bit of effort into. You would be surprised to see that I keep my plastic containers in another plastic container.

I organize my food and store them in plastic containers. Snapware makes this type of organization easy and I’m grateful that they sell it at Costco so I can buy it in bulk. I’ve purchased the Snapware cereal containers at Costco, and some other different sized containers. They just started carrying the glass snapware at Costco and I have my eyes on that set too.

Recently, Snapware contacted me for a review and I said, yes I would love more snapware. They have so many different options to choose from; the kitchen is just a starting point when it comes to Snapware. Organizational lines range from holiday storage to craft storage. But the kitchen is my favorite place to use the Snapware products. They sent me the 14 piece airtight set.

Why I like it so much:

Freezer safe

Dishwasher safe

Microwave safe

I make ice cream and store it in one of these containers, then warm it in the microwave to serve, then I throw it back into the freezer until I’m finished with the ice cream. I store flour, cereal and left overs in these containers too.

Drawback:

You can remove the plastic that provides the airtight seal for washing in the dishwasher. Once I do this, I have a hard time getting it back in, so I recommend that you leave it in place when you wash it.

Enter to win:

The 14-piece airtight set  (AVR 29.99)

MODS Slim Food Containers - 14 Piece Set by Snapware

Photo taken from Amazon.com I forgot to take my own photos of the packaging. Ooops, I was just too excited to get it open and started using it.

To Enter:

Visit Snapware and tell me what your favorite line of products is.

Extra Entries:

Tweet or hit the RT button up top:

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Comment on any other non-giveaway post
Advertise this giveaway on any giveaway site, your blog, or your facebook page and tell me where you advertised it or Use any of the share options below, digg, stumble…2 entries each

The contest will run until June 21st  11:59 pm Pacific. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

Meal Planning grocery list link up

Monday – spaghetti

tomato sauce
spaghetti
tomatoes

Tuesday – Grilled Cheese

bread
cheese
butter

Wednesday – Hamburgers

buns
pickles
cheese
beef
mayo

Thursday – Pork Tenderloin

Pork Tenderloin
soy sauce
carrots

Friday – Pork Tenderloin

Saturday – Hot Dogs

hot dogs
buns
cheese
mustard

Sunday – Baked Potatoes with all the fixings

potatoes
sour cream
butter
cheese

 

I need to go to Costco and Albertsons. But not today in the rain.

milk
bananas
flour
sugar
yogurt

Omaha Steaks Father’s Day Giveaway

Omaha Steaks I love to save money as many of you know. On all of the lists that I see there is almost always someway to save money at Omaha Steaks, and I’ve always wondered if it was worth buying from there. Even my husband has been a little interested. I found out last weekend that they are worth buying from. They sent me some hamburgers and hot dogs. We have yet to open the package of hot dogs but we tried the hamburgers and I liked them. What I really liked was how they are already separated for you. I’m not one that likes to touch hamburger meat, well meat of any kind actually. You wonder how I’m able to cook at all I bet, well I do, I just don’t like to touch it. Love to eat it though!

Omaha Steaks is giving away:

A complete Omaha Steaks feast for six
All outdoor table toppers
A gas grill
A Flip Cam to film the fun
Click the “Enter Contest” to get started!

Retail Value of Grand Prize: $1500.00

To enter you need to like Omaha Steaks on facebook and write up in 100 words or less, why your dad is your hero and submit a picture to illustrate your explanation.

 

Contest Ends

June 10, 2010 @ 11:59 pm (PDT)

 

Giveaway On Mom Start

Enter to Win:

1 20.00 GC to Omaha Steaks

To Enter:

Visit Omaha Steaks and tell me what you are interested in ordering.

Extra Entries:

like Omaha Steaks on facebook

Follow Omaha Steaks on Twitter

Tweet or hit the RT button up top:

Omaha Steaks #Giveaway #contest http://bit.ly/aztYDu

Follow me on twitter tell me your twitter ID
Follow me on Google Friend Connect
Subscribe to my blog
Comment on any other non-giveaway post
Advertise this giveaway on any giveaway site, your blog, or your facebook page and tell me where you advertised it or Use any of the share options below, digg, stumble…2 entries each

The contest will run until June 21st  11:59 pm Pacific. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

This is a sponsored post, product was provided as payment.

Method Laundry Detergent HE Review

I just received some Method Laundry Detergent to try for free. They claim to be Smarter, Easier, and Greener.

The Positive:

image The container is small. With a very concentrated formula you can get 25 washes out of their smallest size, which is pretty comparable to other small sizes that aren’t so small.

It is super easy to get the right amount without making a mess at all. There is no measuring, all you do is squirt and the aim is really easy. I didn’t make a mess at all and there is no leaking.

Less waste, with a smaller bottle there is a smaller carbon footprint.

Better for the environment because of all the above. They are Smarter, Easier, and Greener.

The not so positive:

Not my favorite scent (it does come in other scents though)

My clothing faded (I find it really hard to find any brand that doesn’t cause fading though)

Finally We Have Sun

image Today was a beautiful day. The sun made me refreshed and I actually got some work done in the house today, but this afternoon, I spent it all outside with the kids.

We moved into our house about six months ago and I’m still not completely moved in. Since we ordered a new couch that is going to be delivered this week, I really needed to unpack some of the boxes that were just thrown in my room. I need to make room so that my husband and I can move the couch we have to the loft upstairs. Part of the organization that I did, required me to put way the rest of the Christmas decorations, yes they were still in the middle of the loft. In boxes of course but not put completely away. I can’t possibly be the only disorganized mother out there right?

I didn’t finish, there is still a lot of junk that needs to be put away, but I made a lot of headway and that’s why I spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying the sunshine. Because in the state of WA who knows when the sunshine will come back. I just checked the weather and yes it says RAIN is in the forecast for tomorrow.

I cherish the sun, relish in it. It makes me feel alive and gives me the needed energy to function. I mean, I’m a completely different person when the sun is out verses when it’s raining outside. Oh well, I guess it means that tomorrow is going to be a movie day after church!