Make a Powerful Difference Twitaway with Pine-Sol *Giveaway!* (Closed)

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Do you have those certain smells that bring back memories from your childhood? I do and one of those is Pine-Sol. This is all that my mom used and still uses to this day. I loved the smell as a kid and love the smell as an adult. I wanted to share some helpful cleaning tips from “The Queen of Clean” Linda Cobb & Pine-Sol:

Spring time ushers in warmer weather and the promise of outdoor activities. But, for many, it also means the daunting task of staying inside to spring clean the house of the dust and dirt that has collected over the winter. Linda Cobb, the “Queen of Clean®” knows first-hand the struggles of maintaining a clean home and tackling the challenges that spring cleaning brings. Here she offers her tips to make your annual cleaning successful and short, as well as some cleaning tricks to incorporate into your every day routine, so that spring cleaning doesn’t have to be a big chore each year:

Don’t clean your clutter. Spring is a great time to look through each room and remove things you don’t need or don’t use. By streamlining your housecleaning will be faster and easier. Hold a garage sale to sell unwanted items or donate them.
Trim your product collection. Gather all your cleaning products together and then get rid of what you don’t need. Look for multi-use products that you can use in all the rooms of your house and on many appliances and surfaces, like Pine-Sol® Cleaner, which will save you time and money. It’s not your grandmother’s Pine-Sol® cleaner, now you can even use it on wood.
Strategize your schedule. Start your spring cleaning in the room that requires the least effort. It will give you a sense of accomplishment and you’ll be ready to tackle another more challenging room.
Child’s Play. When you tackle the kid’s rooms, don’t try to clean the furniture with furniture polish. Instead, mix ¼ cup of your favorite Pine-Sol® cleaner with one gallon of water. Wash the furniture down well and then buff with a soft cloth. It will remove spills, sticky residue and will smell great.
Stay healthy. Germs are everywhere, and those springtime colds can easily be passed through the entire family. To keep your family healthy, dip a micro-fiber cloth in full-strength Original Pine-Sol® Brand Cleaner once a week, and wipe down doorknobs and handles to remove dirt and germs.
Got dirty laundry? Reach for inexpensive, fast-acting Pine-Sol® Scented Cleaner– it’s a great laundry spotter. Rub in product full-strength on grease spots or heavily soiled areas before washing. Try the Orange Energy fragrance. It even makes the laundry room smell great!
Fresh start to the day. When you are done in the kitchen and ready to run out the door in the morning, wipe out the sink with a little Pine-Sol Scented Cleaner and then pour a little full strength in the drain. This small move will keep your house smelling fresh all day. I love the Lavender Clean fragrance.
Lights get dirty too. Wash the globes on overhead light fixtures and dust lightbulbs too; it will make the room look cleaner and brighter.
Stop Dirt from Spreading. When you are done with your cleaning, don’t forget to clean your vacuum cleaner tools, etc. Just wash in a solution of 1 gallon warm water and ¼ cup Pine-Sol cleaner. Cleaning with dirty tools will just spread the dirt around.
Gadgets get grimy. Some of the dirtiest things in your home are things that most people never think of cleaning. Wipe down your remote controls, game controls, docking systems, cell phone, blackberry and iPods with an easy-to make-solution of 1 cup water and 1 tablespoon of Pine-Sol. Wring out a paper towel in the solution and simply wipe – no rinsing necessary. The fresh fragrance of Mountain Energy Pine-Sol makes me want to grab my Wii and get fit! Don’t forget to do the same to your purse and briefcase, which visit so many dirty places every day and land on the kitchen counter!

“Always read and follow precautions and usage directions before using cleaning products. Always store cleaning products out of reach of children.”

I hope these cleaning tips can help you get in the mood for Spring Cleaning. I know it has helped me!

With all this talk about cleaning, how would you like to win a Pine-Sol gift pack to help get you started?

We are having a Twitaway! This is a fun Twitter party in honor of the launch of Pine-Sol’s new Powerful Difference Facebook application, which launched TODAY, April 21, as part of Pine-Sol’s Powerful Difference program, and is a place where you can enter the names and honor the women who’ve made a powerful difference in your life. Be sure to visit the new Facebook page for more information & to nominate your powerful influences in your life!

For more than two years, the makers of Pine-Sol have sought to support, identify and reward strong, independent women who have risen to the occasion to make the people and their lives around them better, more productive and more fulfilling. Pine-Sol recognizes these women, and the impact they have on their communities, through its Powerful Difference campaign.

All opinions in this posting are 100% my own.

Pine-Sol Prize Pack that contains:

One bottle of Lavender scent Pine-Sol
One bottle of Wild Flower Blast scent Pine-Sol (perfect scents for Spring!)
Pine-Sol Powerful Difference reusable grocery bag
Twist Naked Sponge (100% biodegradable, 2-pack)
Polkadot rubber gloves
Pine-Sol Powerful Difference USB Flash Drive

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MANDATORY: (Do NOT use the TweetMeme or Tweet Button on this post – go to Twitter, copy & paste the below in to your Tweet)

Go to http://bit.ly/aI7KMJ and enter Who’s made a Powerful Difference in your life.
If you are on Twitter, TWEET the following:

Whos made a Powerful Difference in ur life? Honor them at #MommyGoggles/ http://tinyurl.com/momgog1. Tweet 2 win a @PowerfulDiff prize pack!

THEN, come back here and post the link to your tweet. This is how the company can keep track of tweets & entries!
If you don’t have a Twitter account (not everyone does), then go to http://bit.ly/aI7KMJ and enter Who’s made a Powerful Difference in your life. Let me know you did that in the comments below!

Winner will be chosen BY THE COMPANY, via Random and backed up by post content.
Winner will be contacted via Email. If no response in 48 hours, another winner will be drawn
For more specifics on how winners are drawn, click here
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Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday, April 26, 2010