***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.
Destiny says
Mg Me
I would have to go with Oxygen…just because you know…breathing is so essential.
Becky says
Mg Me! And I can hardly believe it, but I think I MIGHT have just found another appropriate use for a really, really lame limerick I wrote in my high school chemistry class (I had a cool teacher who provided neat opportunities like this for English geeks like me to scrape by with extra credit points):
Though a gold atom once tried to flee
from the scene of his late burglary,
when the cops yelled, “‘Ey, you!”
he thought he was through–
a most dim-witted gold atom, he.
(Say it aloud if it doesn’t make sense.) And thank you for the opportunity to share…I’ve been waiting twenty years for another reason to bring that up again. ;-)
Patty Catalano says
Mg me!!!
Heather McAvoy-Jensen says
Mg Me!
My favorite element on the periodic table is…. calcium since so many great foods are high in Calcium.. can we say cheese, yogurt, ice cream!
Sarah says
Mg ME!
I love Ar….argon….its just so fun. ARRRR
Sarah says
Mg ME! I prefer AG, my daughter’s first and middle initial.
Alana says
Mg ME!
Ni, Nickel is what makes up my Prius C battery!
Jessica says
Mg ME!
My favorite element is Pb. Not because I like lead, so much as it makes make think of peanut butter!
amber says
Mg ME!!!!
OXYGEN OF COURSE:)
Wendy Smith says
MG Me! Silver (Ag) is my favorite because majority of my jewelry is silver :)
Allie says
Mg me! My favorite is radium because I love history and it makes me think of good ole Marie and Pierre. Nerd alert!
Natasha says
Mg me!!
pri says
Mg ME!
My favorite is Hg – Mercury.
Joscelynne says
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Helium : cuz face it who doesn’t laugh at those funny voices it makes us produce
nysoonergirl says
Mg ME! I don’t have a favorite element but I do enjoy a good round of guess the abbreviation!
Cortney S says
Mg ME!
Caesium, it is the only one I remember from middle school because it is my initials!
Clarisa b says
Mg ME!
Lindsey says
Mg ME!
Helium…because it makes you talk funny:)
Gina F says
Mg ME!!
Y – I have no idea how to say it (Yttrium), but it’s found in moon rocks. Pretty cool!
Kelly says
MG Me! I love Al, mosty because of the way my Scottish college professor pronounced it.
Terry D says
Any other week it would be Au, however, this week it is Mg, cuz I so need a new vacuum to clean up after a Newfoundland/Lab mix and 3 cats.
Susan Wedel says
Mg ME!
N Nitrogen because it feeds the world.
Deidre says
Mg me!! Love helium (He)!!
kristin says
Mg ME, Please!!!
Pt, Platinum, #78
Cheryl Noble says
Mg ME!!! I’d have to say my favorite element is Pb (aka lead.) I’m a runner, and sometimes my legs feel like lead at the beginning of a run. But it totally makes my day when I can run through the tiredness and make Pb cry uncle! =)
Jo Mathis says
Mg ME! I have two- K (Potassium) and Cl (Chloride). I am a RN on a cardiac floor of a local hospital and your potassium level is extremely important to your heart functioning properly.
Serena says
Mg ME! My favorite is He because who doesn’t like having a high pitch voice?!
Tanja says
Mg ME! Au, of course. Bling Bling! ;-)
Jeanna says
Mg ME!!!!!
Favorite Element on the Periodic table… ugh, chemistry class flashbacks… gonna have to go with good ol’ gold. Can always use some gold~
Shirley says
Mg me!
Christy says
Mg me!!! I choose Ti, titanium b/c I’m digging the Sia song right now —it’s empowering me as a SAH mom to do more, be more!
Holly says
Mg me! Oxygen!
Michelle DeArment says
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Ashley says
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Ne (Neon) because it’s a noble gas. And I mean, it’s neon.
Elizabeth says
Mg me! My favorite element is molybdenum because the pronunciation looks so hard it is easy!
Vita says
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Jessica says
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Hydrogen because its number one!
Christina says
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Einsteineum because it has an awesome name.
Elizabeth says
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My fave element is Ag!
When I was in elementary school my A.G. teacher loved silver jewelry so that one was always easy for me to remember!
Holly W says
Mg Me! The periodic table? I think I saw it about four times in high school. Pretty sure I tried to figure out how to make a board game out of it.
ruth says
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I like Ga, As, and N. I won’t tell why though!
Laura says
Mg me! I’ll love all of the elements if I win. ;)
Ashley T says
Mg Me! Def am an over-user of salt so I’d have to go with sodium!
Katie says
Mg Me!!
My fave is zinc, just cuz I like the way it sounds :)
Karen says
Mg Me! Ne lights up my life!
Alissa says
Mg ME! Oxygen is my fave. :)
Molly says
Mg me!!!!
Who doesn’t love some good ‘ol potassium (k)? I love banana pudding, bananas foster, banana fondue etc…..
Catherine says
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I love AU – – especially in stacks on my wrist. :)
Stephanie Kowalski says
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I’ll take any of them that can make jewelry! :)
Yvonne says
Mg ME! i love anything Ag! Silver, whooo!