h.h. gregg & Frigidaire’s “100 Ways To Organize” Sweepstakes #spon

*I participated in a campaign for Mom Central Consulting on behalf of h.h. gregg. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating.

Looking at houses this past weekend, I realized that starting over in a new home will probably mean some improvements will be needed…at least based on what I could ever afford. As I walked through the homes, my mind started wandering to all of the fun I could have if I had an unlimited budget! Now that I’m in Virginia, I could actually shop at h.h. gregg and my parent like shopping there.

Check out this one that I found that's totally out of my price range, but I like it nevertheless!

Source: homes.com via Mimi on Pinterest

What’s awesome is, they have a sweepstakes going now through April 27th and they’re giving away 4 Frigidaire French-Door Refrigerators! Woot! Three of the winners will be selected through the register-to-win sweepstakes, and one winner will be selected through the ‘100 Ways to Organize’ game on Facebook, iPhone and Android. You can bet your sweet bippy that I’ll be entering to win and I hope you will, too!

Have you done any organizing in your home recently?

Wordless Wednesday: Tombstones and Spring

One of my favorite things is all of the “old” stuff in Virginia There are so many signs of history here, you can’t miss them. I found a little cemetery driving around town the other day. Amazing to see tombstones from the 1700s!

On top of that, everything is blooming!



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Cleaning With Formula 409: Time to Start Doing My Share & Give Away #sprayeverydrop

So, I kind of get off a bit easy around my house. Living with my parents now is much different than when I was a kid. They’re in a better place financially and they live in the nicest house they’ve ever owned. That being said, my mom has a gal who comes to clean every two weeks. That means we just do maintenance around the house.

A gal could get used to this.

My mom used to tell me I needed to marry a rich man because he’d have to give me a maid. I have an even better solution…move back home with the ‘rents! =)

Ok, all kidding aside, I’m not a fan of the daily tasks of cleaning counters, bathrooms, etc. One of the irritating aspects of cleaning is when you’re doing a job and you get to the end of the bottle, but you can’t spray any more out because the tube inside doesn’t suck it up for some goofy reason!

You know what I’m talking about, right? Do you do what I do and turn the bottle every single direction imaginable to see if you can get the last vestiges of cleaner out? And then what do you (well, I) do? End up dumping it out because you need to finish what you’ve started.

The people at Clorox have done us all a favor and created the Clorox Smart Tube Technology and since I have an awesome partnership with TheMotherhood, I was able to try them out for review! They’ve got this awesome tube that extends down the side/front of the bottle, when you get to the very end, it just keeps sucking up the juice that sits down there.

Now, since I don’t have to clean so much, it would’ve taken me ages to get to the bottom of this Formula 409 bottle. Problem solved, I decided to empty the bottle out until there was just a tiny bit left to give this fandangled idea a workout. Yes, I’m serious when I do these reviews!

I sprayed and sprayed (had to dump out more) and finally got to the end. I kid you not, I sprayed until there was only maybe residue left in the bottle. I shook it around and didn’t hear anything sloshing inside! It truly used the last drop of cleaner from the bottle! It does what it says it’ll do! Gotta love that!

I’ve used Formula 409 since I was a kid because it’s what my mom always used for her cleaning. Now I’ll get to use it to the very last drop!

Clorox just launched a new coupon on their SprayEveryDrop.com site. When you watch the quick video about the spray bottle's "makeover" you get a $1 coupon. If you share the video on Facebook or Twitter, you get a $1.50 coupon. How cool is that?! I’m all for saving more money. =)

Here’s a list of all of the products currently using the Smart Tube Technology:

· Clorox^® Clean-Up^®
· Clorox^® Disinfecting Bathroom Cleaner
· Clorox^® Disinfecting Bleach Foamer
· Clorox^® Bleach Gel
· Clorox^® Kitchen
· Formula 409^® (Original, Lemon, Stone & Steel, Glass & Surface, Carpet/Pet)
· Tilex^® (Bathroom Cleaner, Mold & Mildew Remover, Mildew Root Penetrator™)
· Clorox^® Antihongos
· Clorox^® Desengrasantes

For more information and to see SMART TUBE^® TECHNOLOGY in action, visit www.sprayeverydrop.com. Visit www.Clorox.com, log on to www.Facebook.com/Clorox, or follow @Clorox to receive the latest product news, tips, offers and more.

Guess what? One winner will receive 5 coupons for freed products! Be sure to enter to win!

Bejeweled by Hasbro Give Away

One of our favorite apps to play is Bejeweled. We actually liked it before it was an app and we could just play it online. My boys love it! When I found out Hasbro had a new game that the family could play together, I definitely threw my name into the hat to do a review!

Hasbro took the PopCap’s digital game and made it so the family could play the real game! It comes with 91 gems that slide just like they do in the digital version, although you’re the one sliding the pieces. =)

The game pieces will remind you of the digital game you’re used to. When we set the game up and started playing, we realized that we weren’t sure of one of the rules, namely when a person’s turn is done. lol The rules say if you see another match you go again. But do you go once more only or keep going until you don’t find any more matches?

We tried going until you don’t find any more matches and that became a game of Solitaire basically. So, we decided that each person could go twice. their first match and then if they found another one that was their last turn and it became the next player’s turn.


It was a fun game! I can see this being educational with younger kids, teaching them to match colors and to count, but for my boys and myself, we had to figure out how to get the most patterns at once.
Now’s your chance to win this family game from Hasbro!

*We were provided this game for review purposes. The opinions expressed are my own.

Wordless Wednesday: Becoming An Elder

Sunday was such a good and blessed day! Fred became an elder at his church. His parents, his kids, my boys and I were all there to watch him. I can’t tell you how sweet of a day it was!

Be sure to visit Full Time Mama because she always has great WW pics!