Quick & Easy Clean-Up with Rug Doctor Portable Spot Cleaner

I received complimentary product for this review, all opinions are my own.

If there is one thing that I must have clean in my house – no matter how chaotic it may be – is my carpet. I have great vacuum cleaner and it’s ran on a daily basis. So when the kids, the dog, or even the husband, drags dirt/mud in, or spills something on the carpet it stresses me out a bit. I usually grab a bottle of Rug Doctor Carpet Cleaner and a rag, and put some major elbow grease into getting the spot out. But sometimes that’s not enough. I usually have to break out the big, bulky carpet cleaner and rope off the living room and spend hours and hours getting the carpets clean and then another few hours keeping everyone off of it! So when I was given the opportunity to review the Rug Doctor Portable Spot Cleaner I jumped at the chance.

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The Rug Doctor Portable Spot Cleaner is engineered with everyday life in mind. It is designed for quick and easy cleanup anytime, anywhere so you can get back to your life in minutes. There’s some great features unlike any other carpet cleaners, such as: 

  • Compact! It’s fairly small, so can easily be put away in any area without taking up a ton of room. The electric cord conveniently wraps around the back, there’s a carry handle that pops up and even a handle release that lifts up so you can pull around when you’re cleaning. The motorized brush clips on the front and the hose wraps under the tanks.
  • The two tanks hold plenty to get many jobs done and are extremely easy to fill and empty when finished. My daughter does this by herself and even helps her little brother with it.So super simple!
  • The Motorized Brush is THE BOMB! It has a button to use the brush and a button to spray the water when you want more. Just move it back and forth on the stain/spill and it works wonders.
  • The suction power is top notch. I’ve only used it a few times, but I love how powerful it is cleaning up. No worries about leaving behind standing water when cleaning on your upholstery and other surfaces. (So they can run right in and out without blocking off the whole area until it dries!)

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Want to know my favorite part??? Rug Doctor® Spot Finder UV Light
Spot Finder emits a bright UV light to illuminate stains and areas of odor caused by human or animal
contaminants. Use Spot Finder in a darkened Room to easily find the source areas of unpleasant odors on
carpets, furniture, beds and fabrics.
Once found, use Rug Doctor’s enzyme-based product (like Urine Eliminator) to penetrate problem areas and to
permanently remove the odor source. 

Awesome right??!

Check out more about Rug Doctor Portable Spot Cleaner on RugDoctor.com and Amazon!

 

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Summertime Great Grape Boogie Wipes Giveaway!

In celebration of Great Grape Boogie Wipes being sold at Walmart, I’m teaming up with Boogie Wipes to offer the Great Grape Summer Giveaway!

It's a Great Grape Summer celebration! Enter to Win a $50 Walmart gift card and a Boogie Wipes prize pack. One winner each week for the next 8 weeks. Enter now!

One winner will be drawn each week for the next eight weeks and will receive a $50 Walmart gift card and a Boogie Wipes prize pack.

How to Enter

From following some of our favorite bloggers on social media to instagramming a picture of your Great Grape purchase at Walmart, there are dozens of ways to enter – and a few ways to enter every single day.

Check back throughout the next eight weeks to enter again and see if you won!

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Visit the Boogie Wipes blog for all sorts of summer fun ideas – including Sidewalk Chalk Recipes, Crafts and Games to Play with Pool Noodles and DIY Board Games (for when it rains).

Good luck!

Giveaway is live Tuesday, July 8, 2014 until midnight on Tuesday, September 2, 2014. US and Canada residents only. One winner will be chosen each week and will be notified via email. All in a Days Work received no compensation for sponsoring this event, and is not responsible for the delivery of the prize. Prize delivery is the sole responsibility of Boogie Wipes.

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Healthy #GoodNightSnack with Kellogg’s Cereal #cbias

This shop has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone.

I have said it before and I will say it again, I love sweets! I usually work out, come home and eat dinner and then my favorite – dessert. Since I’ve been trying to eat healthier you would think that dessert would be off the table. But to keep myself from indulging I eat a healthy snack. My favorite late night snack (or anytime snack really) is cereal. It’s a great healthy alternative to candy, ice cream, cakes. My absolute favorite cereal is Kellogg’s Special K  chocolaty delight that I always find at Walmart. Mmmm… it’s fulfilling and curbs my craving for unhealthy snacks.

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Not only have I made the change – but so have my kids. Pretty much any type we get the craving to snack – if it’s not fruit or  veggies – it’s cereal.  I literally have about a dozen boxes of cereal at one time in our pantry. We all have our favorites, not to mention sometimes you crave different things so I always like to make sure that I have plenty ‘in stock’.

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Kellogg’s has a lot of great varieties of cereals for everyone’s taste buds.  They just came out with 2 more great cereals Kellogg’s Jif Peanut Butter Cereal, and Kellogg’s Rice Krispies MultiGrain Shapes.  My youngest daughter is a big fan of Jif Peanut Butter so we figured we’d try it out.

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We are also a Corn Pops family well. That and Fruit Loops are my son’s favorite. We actually pack those 2 as dry cereal in his lunch, or he snacks on it while he has his T.V. time. He  drinks his milk instead of having it in the bowl, and that saves a lot of mess!

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Cereal is a perfect snack not only for a late night craving,  but a great movie snack as well! Kellogg’s agrees, and they are sponsoring a Movie Night at select Walmart locations.

Check out Movie Night at Your Local Walmart:

Store number: 3790: Address: 16241 S. Farrell Rd. Lockport, IL 60441. Phone number:(815)838-1027, Date of event: 7/26/14

Store number: 648: Address: 1661 Jungermann Rd St. Peters, MO 63304. Phone number: (636)447-4450, Date of event: 8/2/14

Store number: 491: Address: 5130 Hinkleville Rd Paducah, KY 42001. Phone number:(270)444-0066, Date of event: 8/9/14

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TMNT Birthday Party Fun!

This is a sponsored post on behalf of Oriental Trading. Though I received promotional items for my time, all opinions are my own.

Every year I spend hours – and I mean hours – going through the internet and magazines with my kids so they can decide on a ‘theme’ for their birthday party. I love when they pick something I can go all out for, especially if it’s something they really love. Earlier this year my daughter had a “Party in Paris” with some great items we got from Oriental Trading, so I decided to let my son take a look at their website so see what he might enjoy. Let me tell you he had a hard time deciding they had so many options to chose from in his age range.

They have super heroes, cowboys, pirates, Mickey Mouse, and the list goes on. We narrowed it down from 10 to 4 than  finally 2. He finally decided on a classic  – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

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We tried our hand at our own TMNT cupcakes (you definitely have to make sure you have the right icing)
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But we all had a blast dressing up as Ninja Turtles too!
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Even the dog (don’t you LOVE these masks??!)
TMNT5My son had a ton of fun giving everyone their masks – and of course opening his presents (including some TMNT Lego sets!)

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I loved being able to spend time enjoying his birthday, and not a ton of time trying to get overly creative with the decor – Oriental Trading did that for me for sure!
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He said the most fun he had was with the pinata!

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Quenching That Summer Thirst with Ready-to-Drink Kool-Aid Beverage

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As the summer winds up (I know, I can’t believe it either!) I’ve been trying to make smarter choices to get us back on track for a busy school year. We’ve started back with the bedtime routine (that has not been easy), cutting out some of the junk food (goodbye ice cream truck) and I’ve cut out the pop (or as some of you East coast folks call it, soda). Though I drink a ton of water, I miss that sweet flavor and Kool-Aid fruit drinks always hit the spot.

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In typical Walmart fashion, Walmart had a great selection of different Ready-to-Drink Kool-Aid bottle flavors. I love the ready-to-drink bottles because I can just buy them and throw them in the cooler and away we go!  You all know how I try to save time whenever possible (and messes) so these bottles are right up my alley.

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I was super excited to grab some and go for our adults only weekend camping. I made sure to have plenty of my favorite flavors and ice! We didn’t have a lot of room or ways to make the regular Kool-aid packets so the ready-to-drink bottles were perfect! These with plenty of ice made me one happy camper!

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Since I’m not the only Kool-Aid lover in the house, I decided to experiment a bit and make a tasty recipe with Kool-Aid. I decided to make a Kool-Aid snow cone since that’s another favorite summer treat. They are a guilt-free treat, and a great way too cool down from the heat and humidity.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup sugar
1 cup Kool-Aid
Ice
Snow Cone Maker or Food Processor
Bottles for your homemade syrup
Snow cone cups

Instructions:

  1. In a medium pan, combine sugar & Kool-Aid. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally
  2. Reduce heat and let simmer 3 minutes
  3. Stir for 1-2 minutes to dissolve completely
  4. Using a funnel, VERY carefully pour the syrup into a bottle
  5. Place in fridge to chill

Snow Cones:
Crush ice in snow cone maker/ or food processor
Put ice into snow cone cup, fill with syrup and enjoy!

 

Jim Dillard, pro fisherman, could be coming to your local Walmart to help promote the new 96 oz bottles! There will be product giveaways, t-shirts, games, and more fun activities!

Friday August 8th 5-7pm:

360 Harbison Blvd Columbia, SC WM Supercenter

Saturday August 9th  3-5pm:

1326 Bush River Rd Columbia, SC WM Supercenter

Saturday August 9th 6-8pm:

2401 Augusta Rd West Columbia, SC WM Supercenter

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