This giveaway is closed for new entries.
Our ten winners are Erin, May, Cheryl B, Amanda M, Stephanie, Britny, Amy, Karyl, Sara, Sarah. Congratulations!
Recently, a lovely lady named Stacey contacted me asking if I would be interested in trying Shaklee’s all purpose cleaner. Knowing I had a whole house in desperate need of a thorough cleaning, I emphatically said yes! I’m happy to say it worked, but I know pictures speak louder than words. Well, if pictures could speak. Anyway, take a look at this picture of our kitchen cabinets before cleaning.
The cabinets are sans handles and the previous owner was physically unable to clean for quite some time. Therefore, we have grimy hand gunk build up in all the usual places.
Check out that grime. And after a good scrubbing with a sponge and my new friend Shaklee, it’s clean.
Well, as clean as it can be. Those dark spots are sticker residue from bumper pads.
Shaklee also helped clean our railings. Kind of looks like dark wood grain, right?
Wrong! It’s the same sticky stuff the cabinets had.
And after:
Thanks to Shaklee, I don’t feel the need to wear rubber gloves in my own house. Or ask for a wipe, Monk style. Though V and E could come in handy for that. Speaking of V and E, Shaklee is a safe, all natural cleaner, perfect for using around the family.
The Goods: A sample vial of Shaklee Basic H2 cleaner.
To Enter: We ask that you please subscribe to Our Humble A{Bowe}d. If you don’t want to receive e-mail notifications, that’s fine. Let us know if you follow us through Google Reader or another form and it will also count. To subscribe, click the “Sign Me Up!” button under “Be the first to know.” Once you’ve subscribed, leave a comment, which can (but doesn’t have to) include our Just for Fun question.
Just for Fun: Tell us when you clean. Every day? Once a week? Only when visitors are coming over?
For additional entries:
Contest Closes: Thursday, May 10th at 11:59 pm, central time.
Number of Winners: Ten!
Ships: Anywhere in the U.S.
Other Info: We will select the winner using random.org and announce on Friday, May 11th. Good luck!!
P.S. Check out our wild back yard (and wild child).
Stacy
/ May 1, 2012I clean something almost every day. It’s hard not to when you live with a teen. LOL!!!
cindy
/ May 1, 2012Follow you on facebook. I clean when I can’t take it anymore.
Nora Rose
/ May 1, 2012Subscriber!
I need to get in a good cleaning pattern. Luckily it’s just the two of us but I tend to emphasize major weekend cleaning marathons before our parents come to visit over daily scrub downs. I hate that gunk on the cabinets, we had to clean that off too with toxic lemon pledge. This looks much better!
Nora Rose
/ May 1, 2012Liked on facebook!
Stephanie
/ May 1, 2012Follow you through Google Reader. I clean every day, but certainly more thoroughly if I know someone’s coming over. If people stop by, well, I’ve got four kids and we live here
Stacy
/ May 1, 2012I’d like to try the disinfecting wipes from her site.
Michelle
/ May 1, 2012I’m an email subscriber… and I hate cleaning but generally do it about once a week. I’ve tried breaking it into one room every day but I never get the same satisfaction of having the entire house completely spotless for at least one day. So instead I just do a general whole house “pick up” every night (like 20 minutes tops) and the whole house cleaning usually on Saturday morning.
Stacy
/ May 1, 2012Oops, forgot to mention that I’m a subscriber.
Elisa
/ May 1, 2012I definitely wipe down the kitchen counters almost every day.. and with two dogs and cat the vacuum sees the daily light.
Anne
/ May 1, 2012I just subscribed… I clean when, uh, I get motivated??? So yeah, when people are coming over.
Amanda M.
/ May 1, 2012Subscriber! I’m cleaning something every day with 2 children and 4 boxers and a husband!
Amanda M.
/ May 1, 2012I’ve been wanting to try the scour off for months now!
Tara F
/ May 1, 2012I am a subscriber
Britny
/ May 1, 2012I clean a little bit every day, but most of my hardcore cleaning is on the weekends unfortunately. It’s way too crazy during the week.
Jenna
/ May 1, 2012I follow you on Facebook. Also I obsessively check your website about 10 times per day, hoping for a new post.
I clean when the dirt, dust, crumbs, scum and grime become too much for me to handle. Then I go on a binge, which takes the better part of a weekend. Must. Be. Consistent.
Megan
/ May 1, 2012I follow in google reader. That cleaner looks great! Yucky what you had to clean though. Ew, ew, ew. I clean every single day and it doesn’t seem to matter. I may or may not have yelled at my house this morning “WHY DO YOU HATE ME?!?” I’m not dramatic or anything….
Britny
/ May 1, 2012I like Stacey on Facebook! Oh and by the way all of the other links are broken I think?
Jen N.
/ May 1, 2012I’m a follower.
I’m more of a every 2 week major scrub down kind of person.
Whitney Dupuis Photography
/ May 1, 2012I follow your blog already! Love it!
Whitney Dupuis Photography
/ May 1, 2012Unfortunately I only really really clean when people are coming over. If it weren’t for the whole working full time and being a mom to a two year old thing, I would probably do it more often. My house is always “picked up” though. I don’t like tripping over toys so we clean up every day.
Whitney Dupuis Photography
/ May 1, 2012Oh man, I would want the whole Get Clean Kit! Oooh, or the year of water!
Erin
/ May 1, 2012i’m a subscriber. i try and clean regularly, but it almost never happens with a newborn and a toddler in the midst of the terrible two’s!
Whitney Dupuis Photography
/ May 1, 2012I followed Stacey’s blog.
Whitney Dupuis Photography
/ May 1, 2012I liked Stacey on facebook.
Whitney Dupuis Photography
/ May 1, 2012I tweeted about the giveaway today!
Nicole
/ May 1, 2012I clean something nearly everyday — but the major cleaning happens every weekend. You can also bet your bottom that I clean the whole place before company comes over.
Krista
/ May 1, 2012I follow on Bloglovin and clean every day but only do major work about once every 2 weeks. Would love to try this product!
Debbie
/ May 1, 2012I follow on my Google reader.
I try to clean every Saturday but it ends up turning into every other Saturday or just before visitors are coming.
Donna DeLuca
/ May 1, 2012I follow your blog and always look forward to a new entry!
may
/ May 1, 2012I follow on Google Reader. I clean on Mon and Tues (the weekdays that I don’t work)
may
/ May 1, 2012I also liked Stacey on Facebook
may
/ May 1, 2012I’d like to try the get clean household mini kit
Liz F.
/ May 1, 2012I follow via email! As much as I would love to say I clean everyday, our life just doesn’t allow that sometimes. I always keep the house tidy (everything picked up) so that’s it’s a cinch to get the house cleaned when I need to!
Cheryl
/ May 1, 2012I “pickup” everyday .. but really clean on Saturdays
CherylM.
/ May 1, 2012Daily!!
Sara
/ May 1, 2012I subscribe!
Sara
/ May 1, 2012I would like to try the Basic H2 concentrate or the wipes. Sounds like great cleaners! I try and clean whenever I have a minute but I do a lot more if I have visitors!
Ericka
/ May 1, 2012I follow you on Google reader!
Kristen
/ May 1, 2012I’m a subscriber.
I try to clean every day since I have two toddlers (1 and 3) that get into everything and seem to leave sticky residue everywhere they go.
I visited Stacey’s site and would love to try the Soft Fabric Fragrance free Dryer Sheets.
Kristin
/ May 1, 2012Follow you on Google Reader. I clean when I have to! But that is usually every week…
andrea p
/ May 1, 2012Hi! I subscribe via email!
I clean about once a week….i can’t get away with less often because I have two cats!
Ashley
/ May 1, 2012I follow you on Google Reader. True cleaning, for me, comes about once a week to a week-and-a-half. Oh! And, for the sticker residue, you could try a product called Goo Gone. That’s helped me out more than once!
CP
/ May 1, 2012I clean about every 2 weeks. It’s hard to do more than that for me
Sarah
/ May 1, 2012I follow via google reader.
I try to do a little something each day.
Having friends over motivates me to get the rest done.
Elizabeth G.
/ May 1, 2012Nice giveaway. I follow via email.
I try to clean once a week.
Elizabeth G.
/ May 1, 2012I would like to try the ‘FRESH LAUNDRY FRAGRANCE FREE CONCENTRATE HE COMPATIBLE’.
Elizabeth G.
/ May 1, 2012I Like Stacey Lehn on Facebook.
Jessica
/ May 1, 2012I follow you through Google Reader!
I clean…uh, not often enough!
Teresa C
/ May 1, 2012I subscribe via google reader! I clean sporadically and not enough!
Karyl
/ May 1, 2012Just finally subs ribed after compulsively checking throughout the day for a new post.
With 4 kids it seems as if the cleaning never ends….
Karyl
/ May 1, 2012Would love the Get Clean starter kit or at the minimum something that might clean my stovetop grates!
healingoptions
/ May 2, 2012I’d love to try the all purpose cleaner after seeing the magic it did on your cabinets!
Cheryl B.
/ May 2, 2012I’m an email subscriber… I hate cleaning but generally do it about once a week on the weekends when hubby and I can take turns watching the kids.
Cheryl B.
/ May 2, 2012I would love to try out the Get Clean starter kit
Amanda H
/ May 2, 2012I subscribe!! and I don’t clean near enough
Brenna
/ May 2, 2012I subscribed! Love you blog & excited to follow your new home adventure. (I clean something everyday – try to keep a little ahead of the grime…Try being the key word)
Laura J
/ May 2, 2012depends what part of the house you’re talking about. I sweep the kitchen & do dishes nearly every day, everything else is pretty much as needed. i subscribe via google reader
Stacey Lehn
/ May 3, 2012Hey guys! This is Stacey {Shaklee Stacey!}
Just wanted to let you all know that membership if FREE this month
BTW, scour off would get that sticky stuff off or the fully concentrated basic H!
For more info check out http://www.StaceyLehn.com
Thanks Amanda for sharing Shaklee
Amy @ a new old house
/ May 4, 2012I try to clean up a bit each evening, but most of it ends up getting done on the weekend!
Amy @ a new old house
/ May 4, 2012Visited Stacey’s site and The Get Clean starter kit looks great!