Congrats to the winner: carol lewis
Last week, iVillage reached out to me to see if I wanted to host a giveaway featuring some of the products from their first ‘Stuff We Love Awards’ (www.ivillage.com/stuffweloveawards). I responded that I didn’t have the time to administer a giveaway (August is camp month!), so they just sent me the bag to keep for myself. It included the following:
-United States of America puzzle from Melissa & Doug (I love Melissa & Doug products, but we already have a USA puzzle, so I will be giving this to a local reader.)
-Johnson’s baby lotion (My sons have sensitive skin, so they only use Eucerin lotion based on their pediatrician’s advice, so I’ll be giving this away too. )
-Every Man Jack deodorant (After noting the correct spelling of deodorant – not deoderant or deodarent – I gave it to Reggie. The spelling actually makes sense, since it’s getting rid of odor. (As my husband lovingly jokes on occasion, “So, that’s what you learned at Columbia…” Oh well, that is why spell check exists!)
-Ped Egg foot file (I already have 2 – my mom gave me one. I thought that I had lost it, so I bought another one. Then, I found the first one, so now I have 2. My feet need the help!) I wonder…how can I give this away without insulting the recipient? 
-One Second needle (I will actually keep this. I am such an “As seen on TV” product fan that it is ridiculous. This needle is so easy to use that I just might end up sewing on some of Reggie’s missing buttons.)
-Lissé Leggings (With “peace love & great legs” as a tagline, will try out these “revolutionary tummy control” leggings!)
At this point, you’re probably wondering why I’m writing about this giveaway if there isn’t actually something for me to give away to one of you. Well, there was one item that was added to the giveaway, the Mint automatic floor cleaner. I just feel compelled to give that to one of you. The majority of my home is covered with carpet (thanks 80% carpet covering coop rule!), so I won’t be able to use it. I checked various shopping sites and the Mint cleaner has received predominately positive reviews. It automatically dusts and wet mops hard surface floors using “disposable electrostatic cleaning cloths” and reusable microfiber cloths. (Thankfully for me, Reggie is my Mint. He does the dusting and mopping. I clean the bathroom and do the laundry. It works for us!) See how it works:
In any event, enter to win the Mint automatic floor cleaner by voting for the stuff that you love over at iVillage until Tuesday, August 9th. Leave a “Comment” below saying that you did so. After the 9th, you can comment below by sharing another household chore (besides cleaning the floors) that you wish would be automated. This giveaway is open to Foodie City Mom newsletter subscribers and it will end on August 31st at midnight. Good luck!
“Do all things with love.” ~ Og Mandin
I'd love something that would do all my laundry!
I'm a subscriber and I wish that doing laundry would be automated. It certainly helps to have a machine at home, but gathering and sorting all of it is no fun at all.
I would like to have something automated to clean the tolets
i wish that cleaning the toilet would be automated. scrubbing bubbles has a gel that you stamp in the bowl to "clean it" every time you flush, but do i have to get INSIDE the toilet to do it? ew!
laureneshapiro at gmail dot com
I totally want someone to fold and put away my laundry!!! Please?!
I would like to see an automated duster!
brich22 at earthlink dot net
Dish washing! That would be so amazing to have an automatic dish washer! This floor cleaner would me awesome, as well…100% of my home is tile/wood.
Laundry…
yes please the toilet!!!! wheeeheee
kendraco22 at yahoo dot com
voted
amy16323(at)gmail(dot)com
I wish the laundry would fold/hang and put itself away.
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Filling the dishwasher, scrubbing the toilet, pulling weeds.
spcale at yahoo dot com.
I wish that the toilets and showers could be done automatically…I hate doing them! Thanks for the chance for a great prize!!
I wish the laundry would fold and put itself away.
I wish laundry would fold and put away itself.
traymona(at)aol.com
I wish that dusting could be automated. It makes me think of The Jetsons!
window cleaning- big job!
I really wish someone could automate cleaning the entire bathroom but especially the toilet.
I voted!
I wish laundry was automated.
I would love an appliance that automatically cleaned the toilet!
Hotsnotty2@hotmail.com
I would like to have the floors mopped automatically!
dgtwight at sbcglobal dot net
I'd love an automated cat litter box!
I wish washing the dishes was automated in my home. Aww I dream to one day own a dish washer.
I wish there was an automated duster. You know one of those that removes all the knick-knacks first and then puts them back too.
definetly toilets, I hate that job!
I wish that loading the dish washer could be automated!
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
I wish my walls were self cleaning!
I voted
I voted!
msjem2001 at yahoo dot com
tie between window washing and dusting. i hate dust. my allergies cause me to sneeze so hard im afraid my brain is going to leak out my nose!
ferriza2(at)yahoo(dot)com
I wish polishing windows would be automated. I have to say that's the one household chore I just can't stand.
I wish cleaning the showers and toilets was automated!
caryn9802 at yahoo dot com
I voted at Ivillage.
ky2here at msn dot com
i wish mopping would be automated!! i'm an email subscriber!!