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Irony of Ironies (and a giveaway!)

As you all know if you are regular readers of this here blog, I am the World’s Worst Housekeeper.  It’s just not my forte, my friends.  When I do get around to cleaning,  I like tools that make it as easy as possible for me.  You are never gonna catch me on my hands and knees scrubbing my floor.  This is why I requested not flowers, chocolate, or new clothes for Mother’s Day, but a STEAM MOP.  Because a steam mop is gonna make my life easier.  (And I totally got it, too, thank you Bobby Rapson!)

Anycrap! I am about to give you a cleaning tool recommendation.  Which is ironic, no?  But it’s a GOOD ONE!

A few weeks ago I received an email from My Blog Spark on behalf of P&G asking if I’d like to review the Swiffer Sweeper Vac, and I was SOOOOOO EXCITED.  I’m not kidding, I was totally geeked out!! Because I have been a dedicated user of Swiffer products for years – they are one of those cleaning tools that make it easy for me.  And I had been jonesing for a Sweeper Vac for a long time, but wasn’t sure if I wanted to spend the $$.  Because what if it wasn’t as wonderful as it seemed?

It. Is. WONDERFUL!  It is all that and more.  It is the Starbucks of stick vacs.  Get one of these babies and you will NOT be disappointed!

When my Sweeper Vac arrived, it also came with a little “kit” to show me how well it worked.  It had stuff for me to dump on my floor and vacuum up, like little containers of Cheerios and even HAIR!

I totally cracked up.

Truuuust me, I don’t need them to send me stuff to sprinkle on my floor.  I got STUFF on my floor! Cheerios, cracker crumbs, and especially pine needles, courtesy of these two old ladies in my front yard:

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Thanks to these pine trees, my hard wood floors are constantly covered with pine needles.  Especially after a week like this one, which has been super rainy.  Pine needles everywhere.

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Argh!

Happily, the Swiffer Sweeper Vac is GREAT at picking up pine needles!  And Cheerios, cracker crumbs, pet hair, and dirt in general.  I big puffy heart it, and I don’t know what I’ve ever done without it.  The Swiffer dry cloth cleans up all kinds of dirt, and the Vac sucks up all the crumbs of my life.  It rocks!  My favorite, favorite, favorite thing about it is that the BATTERY lasts!  I held off publishing this review for a month or so because I wanted to give the battery a good test.  After using it several times a week, (true story!) I’ve never had the battery even come close to running out (which is a problem I’ve had with past machines I’ve tried.)  My living and dining rooms are pretty good-sized and I also use it on my new fabulous kitchen floor, and I’ve always had more than enough battery to do all three rooms thoroughly.  Woohoo!

Ok, so, now for the really fun part.   P&G not only gave me a Swiffer Sweeper Vac to keep, they also gave me a $40 gift card to give to one of you so you can get your own Sweeper Vac of Dreams (as I like to call it.)  Here’s how to enter!

1) Leave me a comment on this post telling me what room in your house you most hate to clean. 🙂

2) For an extra entry, tweet about this giveaway on twitter and leave me a link to your twitter URL.

3) For another extra entry, share about this entry on Facebook and leave me a comment letting me know you did so.

Entries will close and Random.org will pick a winner on Monday, May 20th at11:59 pm.

Good luck and happy Swiffering!

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92 Replies to “Irony of Ironies (and a giveaway!)”

  2. I hate cleaning our bathroom floor! It’s tile from ages ago that has turned a yellow dingy color. It looks dirty all the time and there is always hair in the floor no matter how many times I sweep! This vac could be just what I need!
    PS: I facebooked about it!

  4. I haye cleaning the family room. With two dogs we get lots of pet hair trapped under the couch and end tables. There are so many things to dust we end up with lots of piles of papers and magazines.

  15. I most hate to clean my kitchen. It seems that is where all the mess goes. From my counters to my floor it is always a chore to clean.

  17. I hate to clean the kitchen. It never stay clean. You clean the kitchen counter and within minutes it’s dirty again. LOL!

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  20. I hate cleaning period! My mom literally gets down on hands and knees to clean her floor…apparentley I didn’t get that gene! I would love a swiffer vac to help clean up after my 18mo old 🙂

  21. Well, I don’t have a most hated room to clean…I hate all of them the same b/c I HATE cleaning. Can I hire a cleaning lady…oh wait, that costs money, doesn’t it? Anywho, the swiffer sweeper vac would come in very handy in my bathrooms for the gobs of hair I lose when blowdrying! And also for all the crumbs my little Dominic drops over the edge of his highchair!

  23. Hi! I, like you, am a cleaning-phobic, and would rather do just about anything than clean my house. My least favorite room to clean is our great room (anything but great), because of its expansive hardwood floor, a magnet for things my crawler would love to put in his mouth. A Swiffer Sweeper Vac sure would make cleaning all that floor easier!

  25. The bathroom is the most dreaded room of the house!! I HATE even THINKING of having to clean the bathroom 🙁

    Thanks for the great giveaway, too!

  27. I HATE cleaning the kitchen. Hate cleaning the stovetop. Hate cleaning the counters. Hate scrubbing the sink. Hate wiping “where-in-the-world-did-this-come-from”-gunk from the inside of the fridge. But MOST of all, HATE cleaning the kitchen floor. On my hands and knees wiping up crumbs and dog and cat hair and toddler throw-off… So this would be awesome!

  28. Ugh! I constantly have to clean my hardwood floors because of the 4 cats, 1 (big) dog and 2 kids oh and the husband who REFUSES to take off his shoes in the house!

  29. I hate cleaning the kitchen floor, it doesn’t matter if I just cleaned it it stills looks dirty to me.

  30. That Swiffer Vac looks awesome! The room I most dread to clean are the bathrooms – yuck!

  33. I hate cleaning the kitchen floor the most! My daughter gets an amazing amount of food on the floor when she eats! 🙂

  35. I definitely hate cleaning my kitchen floor, but another major annoyance is the kitty litter that gets strewn about my laundry room floor. Yuck!

  36. Bathroom floors for sure! Mt hair is long and I shed pretty bad, so it’s always a job! 🙂

  38. Most definitely my bathrooms…
    This would really come in handy in handling that job.

  39. I most definitely hate cleaning the kitchen floor. With three kids three and under I can’t keep up with it! I’m happy to hear the Swiffer is such a great product…anything to make this working mom’s life a bit easier! 🙂

  40. Okay, I’m not sure if this contest is over, but I’m commenting anyway! I’ve been moving all week/weekend (6 of us to an apartment, mind you), and can’t figure out when Monday May 20th (the deadline mentioned) is 🙂 So I’ll just tell you that the kitchen is the room that goes the longest/I hate cleaning the most because I feel like there’s no point! I sweep it up and my 4 munchkins (5 and under) get crumbs EVERYWHERE before the broom is put away. I’ve been looking forward to your review of this product, thanks for posting!

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  42. This is a tough one. I despise cleaning period. I guess I most dislike cleaning my kitchen floor more than I dislike cleaning my bathroom floor; only because it’s bigger. Lol

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