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Giveaway: $100 Container Store Giftcard!!!

November 23, 2012 By Nony

I am sooo excited about this giveaway! Ebates is providing a $100 e-giftcard to The Container Store for for one lucky winner here at A Slob Comes Clean!

The Container Store! It’s like a candy store for people who dream of having an organized home!

And have you seen their wrapping paper? It’s gorgeous.

And . . . if you shop online through Ebates, you get 4% cash back! If you’re not familiar with Ebates, it’s a site I’ve been using for years. Anytime you shop online, just head over there and find the store where you’re planning to shop. They’ll have available coupon codes right there for you to use, and when you go to shop through their link, you get the additional cash back credited to your account after your purchase.

Different stores have different cash back rates. Cashback payments go out each quarter. It’s a great way to save even more on your online shopping, and that quarterly payment by check or paypal is a really nice surprise!

If you’re not a member, I’d love it if you would go here to sign up through my link. That will also earn you an extra entry into this giveaway!

If you’re signing up now, you’ll also immediately get to choose a $10 e-giftcard to one of several stores, including Target and Kohl’s! You’ll receive that giftcard as soon as you’ve made $25 in purchases through Ebates, which shouldn’t be difficult since it’s almost Christmas and Ebates most likely has cashback available at all your favorite online stores!

So what do you have to do to enter? (There are two possible entries so leave a separate comment for each!)

Well . . . first just leave a comment and tell me if you’ve ever shopped at The Container Store and if you found anything you loved.
For a second entry, sign up for Ebates through my referral link and leave another comment saying you did. (If you’re already a member of Ebates, you can have that second entry too!)

Oh, and the e-giftcard can also be used in the stores! (But if you use it online and go through Ebates, you’ll get that 4% cashback!)

This giveaway is open only to U.S. residents. It will end on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 at 10 p.m. Central time. The prize is provided by Ebates, and I received no compensation. I will, however, earn for anyone who signs up for Ebates through my referral link. (You can earn for referrals, too!) See all my giveaway policies here. The winner will be chosen randomly by my “And the Winner Is” WordPress plugin.

OK. And my last request. Please . . . . like pretty please . . . use an email address in your comment that you actually check. I can’t tell you how many times I have to choose another winner because the original winner doesn’t reply to my email in 48 hours. That email is only seen by me, and I never even collect them. They’re just a way for you to receive specific replies to your comments and to be sure you’re not a spammer. The only way to end up on a mailing list around here is to sign up for my email list.

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Easy Oven Fries Recipe and a Chicago Cutlery Giveaway!

September 19, 2012 By Nony

I shared last month that I’ve been selected as an ambassador for Chicago Cutlery knives.

Truly, these knives have been SO MUCH FUN to use over the past month. The cutting and chopping and slicing and dicing around here rose to a fevered pitch as we did our all-veggies-for-two-looonnnng-weeks diet, and these knives were a huge help.

The handle design and ultra-sharp Japanese steel blades mean that I can slice more quickly and precisely than I could with the knives I’ve always used before.

We’ve always loved this classic and simple oven fries recipe, but I’ve often just made the potatoes chunky. With these knives, it was easy to be precise and cut thin and uniform slices. This helped them brown more easily (and prettily) and Hubby commented (without ANY compliment-fishing from me) about how much more he liked the oven fries this way.

Oven Fries Recipe:

Ingredients

Potatoes (You can use any kind, but I like to use red potatoes, generally using one potato per person with a couple of extra to ensure there will be leftovers!)

Olive oil

Seasoning of choice (This can be fresh garlic, seasoning salt, salt and pepper, parmesan cheese, whatever sounds good to you!)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Slice the potatoes thinly, turning the last section on its flat side to continue slicing.

Spread evenly on a baking sheet with a lip and drizzle with olive oil.

Sprinkle on seasoning.

Toss the potatoes right on the baking sheet to spread the oil and seasoning evenly.

Bake in the pre-heated oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown and easily pierced with a fork. (Or until they taste just right, which may mean you have to test them yourself several times. Yum!)

Serve as a side dish with grilled chicken or steak.

There are really so many variations you can do with this.

And now for the giveaway!

I’m so excited that one of you who comments will get to win your own Chicago Cutlery DesignPro Chef Knife with a retail value of $34!

All you need to do to enter the giveaway is leave a comment on this post! One comment per person, and you can read my full giveaway policies here. This giveaway will close on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 at 9 p.m. Central time. The winner will be chosen randomly via my “And the winner is . . . ” wordpress plugin. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the winning notification email or the prize will be forfeited and another winner will be chosen.

Sorry to my international friends, but this giveaway is only open to those in the continental U.S.

I wrote this review while participating in a Brand Ambassador Campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Chicago Cutlery and received products to facilitate my post and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.

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Weekly Progress Report #3 (Summer of Clean)

June 21, 2012 By Nony

Thanks to Discount Cleaning Products for sponsoring this series!

Well . . .

Not sure how to write a progress report for this past week.

How about:

Nony struggles to keep her work area neat. While she exhibits great enthusiasm for creative projects and shows promise as a leader of group activities, her inability to balance the projects she enjoys with mundane (but necessary) tasks are likely to inhibit her future potential.

Plays well with others: Excellent

Participates in all scheduled activities: Very Good

Keeps personal space neat and organized: Needs Improvement (LOTS of improvement)

It’s been a crazy week.

Hubby has been out of town, the kids had swimming lessons, one boy is in the playoffs for baseball (in which they play SERIES!), we took a one-day trip to spend the day with friends, and we’re preparing for VBS next week at our church. I truly have no idea what we’ve been eating for our meals, except that on the day Hubby mentioned he was eating at a nice seafood restaurant, I had eaten so much trail mix in the afternoon that I just skipped dinner.

Yes. It’s been that kind of week.

We didn’t get much done as far as real cleaning, but we did do the laundry and one crazy (but focused) pick-up (with the motivation of making the house look nice for a missed-terribly-Daddy) made a Humongous difference.

Really.

As I said in the e-book, weeks like this happen. But the difference between these totally-made-up grades and a real grade book is that you are able to start over completely each week. Or each day. And last week’s grades get completely erased instead of bringing down your average for the rest of the semester.

How did you do this week? Anyone have a funny cleaning story? Anyone come up with a great way to get kids involved?

June’s sponsor for my Teaching Kids to Clean series is Discount Cleaning Products, and they’ve offered to give FIVE lucky commenters on this post . . . . a Microfiber Dusting Magnet Cloth! Just leave a comment telling me about your week (the good, the bad, or the ugly) and you’ll be entered to win! See my giveaway policies here.

This giveaway will close at 10 p.m. Central time on Tuesday, June 26th and the winners will have 48 hours to respond to my email!

And don’t forget, they also have a kit with the supplies you need to get going on your Summer of Clean!