***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Wow. You guys are a lot more opinionated about the periodic table than I had assumed. Anyways, random.org selected the winner of this giveaway as… Andi W. (who likes Sodium for all of the salty snacks it provides, but admitted “My inner nerd wants to vote adamantium.”) Congrats Andi!
Hold onto your seats, chemistry nerds. We’re giving away some magnesium this week. It’s coming in the form of Oreck’s latest and lightest-weight upright vacuum ever – the Magnesium. In fact, at less than 8lbs it weighs in at about half the poundage of an ordinary upright. Not to mention its skinny but strong frame slides naturally under furniture and other hard-to-reach dust bunny havens. Oreck’s also throwing in the Ultimate Handheld Vac to round out your cleaning repertoire – and to boost the prize value to nearly $600!
- PRIZE: An Oreck Magnesium upright vacuum and the Oreck Ultimate Handheld Vac (a $599 value).
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “Mg ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … (you ready for this?) what’s your favorite element on the periodic table? Are you a big fan of Oxygen because of the whole breathing thing? Or Sodium because you’re a salty food addict? Or perhaps good ol’ Au & Ag (aka Gold and Silver)?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, June 27th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- DISCOUNT: 15% off any Oreck product with code YOUNGHOUSELOVE (valid through July 9, excludes sale or refurbished items)
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Oreck.
Katie H. says
Mg Me!!
Susan says
Mg Me
Gotta go with Cu
Allison Anderson says
Mg ME! Please! I am drooling right now. That’s pretty nerdy of me, but I enjoy my nerdiness. My favorite element? Manganese. Just because it is so fun to say. :)
Lisa says
Mg ME! My favorite is helium. I’m the girl who always buys balloons for people. Silly but I love them!
Meggin Holcomb says
MgME!!
I think Pt(Platinum) is my favorite!!
angie says
Mg ME! Is coffee an element? If not, I’ll take chocolate. Though I’m beginning to be a fan of Cu as well.
Kristan says
MG ME
Helium because it is so fun to breathe it in a talk like a chipmunk!!
Pam M says
Mg me! Gold – all the way!
Susan says
Mg me! I like helium because I still think floating balloons are neat. I still love the story and film, the red balloon.
Andy says
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I like Ah, the element of surprise :)
Dalnapen1 says
Thanks, guys! “Mg Me, please!” Fe (iron) ’cause I have the tendence to need more these days!
Mim says
Mg Me! I’m gonna go w/oxygen. I love me some breathing.
Julie says
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As a person with a chemistry degree, I am so stoked to see it represented in this week’s giveaway. It also is very tough to pick a favorite, but I’ll go with Co (cobalt) for its pretty blue color.
Sarahincola says
Mg me!
Cass says
Mg ME! I’ll go with Cm – Curium, my initials.
Diane says
Mg ME! Good ole Xe – Xenon is my fave. Sometimes sci fi is real.
Nicky says
Mg ME!
In near Future I have to clean a 205qm House. This Little fine helper would be so awesome to help me tidy- up the floors!
Love your Blog, really inspiring to read and check on your latest diy.
Nicky
Thao says
Mg ME!
Carbon! It’s in all living things!
Ashley says
Mg me…helium! How do you have a party without the balloons? Also good for its fun voice-changing qualities occasionally. :)
Bethany says
Mg ME!
Actually magnesium is pretty cool. I remember having some of the ‘leftovers’ from high school chemistry class and lighting them on fire… Pretty exciting stuff, as chemistry lab went.
Alison says
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Mercury is my favorite! It’s sooo pretty!
Rebecca Odell says
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When I was in middle school, my friends and I gave each other periodic table-inspired nicknames to help us remember the elements. My nickname was actually Magnesium! Winning this vacuum would allow me to translate my middle-school nickname into something that’s relevant in my adult life. :-)
-Rebecca
Kelly Britt says
Mg ME!!
Oxygen is my favorite for sure. Great giveaway–we need a new vacuum badly!!
Kylie says
Mg ME! I love to vaccum!
Katie Mu says
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Favorite element would have to be oxygen :)
Summer H says
Mg Me! PT – who doesn’t like platinum!?
Kirsten says
Mg ME!
Kr Krypton. Just because!
Lilly says
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Jill Foreman says
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Sodium for sure!
Britta says
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Favorite element is now oxygen, because our preemie daughter Elsie just came home from the NICU after struggling to breathe at birth. I am so thankful she made a strong recovery and is getting all the oxygen she needs on her own now!
Megan says
Mg ME!
Hands down, my favorite element is Unnilquadium. Obviously.
(I don’t know what I’m saying. I had to Google it.)
[email protected] says
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I’m a fan of C, H, O and N. Everything that’s organic! :)
Kristen K says
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Neon! Because I’m loving little unexpected neon accents to make everything feel bright and summery!
Sarah says
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I failed high school chemistry but I hope I can still be in the drawing!
Becky S. says
oMg ME (as in omg…I need this SO badly!!!)
Emily Kidd says
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Jen G. says
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I’m a fan of iron… I used to be anemic, and know how much more energy I had once iron supplements got added to my evening routine!
Caroline says
Mg ME!!!!!
Strontium because I had to do a project in 10th grade and it makes red fireworks!!!! Wahoo for the 4th of July!
Katie of Cabbage Ranch says
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Calcium, because I could always remember details, requirements, and toxicities in nutrition classes- very friendly to my brain!
Sarah says
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I love all the ones that sounds completely fake, like Californium.
Justin says
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H- Hydrogen because it’s explosive and part of water
joyjoy says
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H- Hydrogen! Seriously, just one electron? How is that not amazing?
Marissa says
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“I love Goooooooooooooold (Au)!”
Lauren says
Mg me! Ag is my favorite!
Kim says
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Gotta go with Americium… it’s so… American!
Stacy says
Mg ME!!!
Awesome little trivia question to bring back the good ole’ chemistry days. While oxygen is pretty cool, I will have to say C for Carbon since it is the building block of pretty much everything. like carbs and fat (yum!). oh and diamonds ;)
Kate says
Mg Me.
I have to say i like potassium. because it’s represented with a K, my letter, and also k? wtf, love that. (i do know it’s from the latin)
emily says
Mg ME! Curium! because of Madame Curie :)
Heather says
Mg ME! Obviously gold would be my favorite!!
Patti says
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It’s Gold for me baby!