Is Spring Really Here???

Spring has definitely taken its time arriving this year...

I have always dreaded cleaning, decluttering and trying to get my family involved.  This year has been a little different.  

My kids have got to be the "strangest" around, as soon as they realized we had these cleaning products, they were jumping in without me even asking them to help.  Some phrases that I have heard around the house are "If you finish the living room, you can use the Swiffer" and "NO, I want to clean that room"!!  

Can we say music to my ears!!  The scents that we have had wafting through the house have been tremendous and the joy at the fact that our house is staying clean, has taken me over!  I am not sure why I waited so long to have things like this in the house.  

Even Faith can help and loves using the Magic Eraser and the Duster.

Next year (or even throughout this summer) I plan on setting up a household notebook which will include regular daily, weekly and monthly jobs that I would love to see each member of the family participating in.  This way, it stays clean all the time and hopefully next spring, it will not be as big a job as it has been this year.

What tips and tricks, websites, checklists do you use when it comes to spring cleaning?

I have a giveaway for a Spring Cleaning Kit, open to Canadian Residents, that will end on June 6/13 at midnight.  The prize includes:

 Bundle valued at $80* includes:

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Select-A-Size
NEW Mr. Clean with Gain Spray
NEW Swiffer Dust & Shine with Gain
NEW Swiffer Sweeper with Gain Dry Refills
NEW Swiffer Sweeper with Gain Wet Refills
Swiffer Sweeper Kit
NEW Swiffer WetJet with Gain Solution
Swiffer WetJet Kit
Swiffer Duster Refill
Swiffer Duster Kit
Gain Fireworks Original Scent Booster

I am trying out Rafflecopter for the first time, I hope it all works well.  If you have any issues, let me know and I will try to figure them out.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Home Survival Kit Giveaway

Welcome to 2013!!  It is going to be a lucky year:-)

I know that with the holidays behind us, I have begun purging  my house.  I want this to be the year that I make our house our own. 

I need to lose a lot of “stuff”, and I am sure there are others out there who are in the same boat as me.  I have been picking small areas and cleaning them out, getting rid of things, and I feel such a sense of accomplishment when it is complete. 

I was sent a great Home Survival Kit, from Proctor and Gamble, to review (and even one to giveaway!).  Every single item in the kit is something that I have used and I really have grown to love. 

The Febreze has come in handy both in my house (the bathroom, in particular;-) and in my van.  I really love the Febreze Car Vent Clip.  A friend got into my van one day and made the comment that it smelled like “15 dryers had been opened at once”!  I never really realized how much I loved the smell of Fresh Linen…lol.

My kids were thinking that it would be great fun to use the Swiffer Wet Jet pads, while they were attached to their feet;-) Brings a whole new perspective to cleaning…

And I just love the candles…I even shared one with my parents!

The Home Survival Kit includes products from Swiffer, Cascade, Mr. Clean, Febreze, and Dawn.

This giveaway is open to Canada only. 

It will end on January 12, at midnight EST.

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