Life, Family, and Home - Simplified & Sweetened
With the start of summer, you may searching the internet for ideas to occupy your small children during the day. With so many fun crafts, games, and other activities on Pinterest, you are sure to find enough things to keep busy for this summer, but what about movies and other media? Sometimes it is difficult to find entertainment your kids will like and you will approve of. For this reason, I am sharing the new Chuggington DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment. [Read more…]
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A week or two ago, I started going through clothes for my upcoming, and much anticipated yard sale, and I also rearranged all my closets and drawers, putting away winter clothes, and getting those spring and summer clothes organized and accessible. Whenever I do my semi-annual clothes clean ups, I usually find there are a few things that need to be thrown in the washer for a little freshening up. Enter OxiClean!
I’ve been seeing OxiClean advertised on television for years, but I only just recently tried one of their products. The company has a number of powdered and liquid detergents for clothing and dish washing. In my case, I tried the White Revive Laundry Stain Remover.
The product comes in a small 3 pound tub, which is enough for 45 loads. As you can imagine from the name, it is especially designed to remove stains and keep your whites bright. But unlike other whitening products, the OxiClean is chlorine free, has no harsh odors, and is safe to use on colored clothes. And it is also dye and scent free, which means it is safe to use on baby clothes and on items for people with sensitive skin and allergies.
Personally I was happy with the results I got from this detergent. It did a great job of cleaning the clothes. Plus, I know a lot of people don’t like the fruity or flowery smells that go along with other detergents, so if you are one of those people, this detergent would certainly be to your liking in that regard.
Giveaway! One Simply Sweet Home reader will win a box of OxiClean detergent.
To enter, please use the Rafflecopter form below.
Disclosure: I received free product to facilitate this post. The opinions are my own.
I love using natural products for cleaning and bath & body. I love natural cleaning products because they generally lack the strong, harsh smells that other chemical cleaners have, and they are safer to have around my family and pets. I’ve been doing a lot of spring cleaning projects the last couple of months, and I was excited to try out some products from essential8 to help out the process.
essential8 is a shop on Etsy. They offer a variety of organic cleaning products, as well as products for bath & body, including sugar scrubs, lotion bars, and even bath products for baby and pets. [Read more…]
Don’t you just love to iron? I used to watch my mom iron clothes and have been amazed at how much time she’d spend on it and how great everything looked. I must admit, however, that ironing is not my favorite chore, but sometimes it has to be done. And since I’m not quite as good as my mom, I can use all the help I can get! Enter Hamilton Beach! Recently the folks at Hamilton Beach contacted about reviewing their Durathon Iron. [Read more…]
I was so excited to come home and find this big red box on my front porch! GoPicnic sends delicious, ready to eat meals right to your door. The packages include sweet and savory snacks, and for special diets, they have Kosher and Gluten-Free options available. [Read more…]
As we approach a new year, it’s a great time to reassess the blog, add new features, etc. For 2014, I decided to add a new Giveaways and Freebies Linky. My plan is to post a new linky each month.
The linky will be open to any giveaway that you are running on your blog, Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram, or anywhere else on the net.
The linky is also open to freebies that you are offering on your blog. This could include free product coupons, printables, sewing patterns, ebooks, or anything else you’re posting about that’s free. (No sales or discounts.)
To share your giveaway or freebie, please add the DIRECT link to your giveaway or freebie, along with the name of the giveaway prize or freebie, and an expiration date (if applicable).
Did you get your share of the chocolates this Christmas? If not, then today’s post is for you. We recently received a yummy supply of Merci chocolates. First made in Germany Merci is a brand of fine European chocolates. They are available online and at local retailers like World Market.
The Simply Sweet Home cats love their Tidy Cats litter! And now I can cheer because the litter we love has a new LightWeight formula!
Like other Tidy Cats products we’ve used, this litter does a great job of clumping for easy scooping and helps to eliminate odors 24/7. It’s also powerfully absorbent and dust-free. But the great thing about this new formula is that the jug (around the same size as the old jug) only weighs 8.5 pounds! This makes it super convenient to buy at the store, and it’s a lot less work to refill the litter box!
The litter also has a pleasant scent, and my cats quickly adjusted to this using new litter without skipping a beat!
I have heard that some cats had problems adjusting, in which case, I’ve read it’s good to swap litters a little at a time (just add the new litter in with your old litter gradually), as opposed to using a whole litter box with all new litter. But again, this wasn’t an issue with me. All three of our cats were fine with the new litter.
Giveaway! One Simply Sweet Home reader will win a a jug of the new Tidy Cats LightWeight litter.
To enter, use the Rafflecopter form below.
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Disclosure: I received product samples for review purposes; however, the opinions are my own.
While you’re doing a little last minute Christmas grocery shopping, consider a healthy snack to go along side the cookies and chocolate…perhaps some California mandarins from Halos! [Read more…]
