I think it's because I cut sugar out of my diet. Not only have I lost 17 pounds in the last month, I've begun to lose my desire for sleep. Go figure. I've also been cleaning the heck out of my house - Spring Fling Boogie (that's what the FlyLady used to call it, anyway).
However, in my fit of getting things done, I did not finish the apron for last month's "monthly contest", so I will be giving that away at a later date. Sorry...I dropped that old proverbial ball with a bang, didn't I? Got you all to guess what it was and then - psyche! you can't have it because it's not finished. Sigh.
So...I'm going to announce this month's giveaway now! (Don't you love the fanfare? woo hoo, huh?) Since it is Spring...and everyone and their Grandma seems to be in a cleaning and de-cluttering mood, I thought, "What better than some books on organizing?" These are from my personal collection and are in almost new condition -- I say that because I don't want someone thinking they are brand! spankin! new! and when they get them and see that they have been read to think I'm cheap. Let me assure you that I'm not cheap - the correct term is thrifty. Want to know what is up for grabs this month?
Here ya go:
The One-Minute Organizer Plain & Simple is the perfect handbook for busy people who don't have time for a top-to-bottom purge or a complete organizational overhaul. Instead Donna Smallin provides 500 fast and innovative ways anybody can become a bit more organized . . . right now. Each tip delivers instant gratification, makes your world a little less cluttered, and brings you one step closer to a more orderly life.
Smallin inspires readers by showing how much can be accomplished with an investment of no more than 15 minutes a day. Every tip is accompanied by a time estimate of 1, 5, 10, or 15 minutes.
But Wait! There's more!
This book is filled with so many 'gee wiz' ideas for cleaning and organization. Just everyday tips and tricks you don't normally think to do. There are some tips on using certain items for cleaning that I did not know about at all. There were so many that as I read sections of the book, I would highlight all that applied (which was a lot) then I would go back and read through those again to remember them all. I have made suggestions to friends and family. It always seemed that I never had enough hours in the day. Clutter had become a way of life. This book shows how to organize yourself, how to clean, and how to stay on track with it. Even if you are organized the tips on cleaning are very helpful. Would recommend this book to anyone! I read it just in time for Spring Cleaning :)
THE RULES:
~The contest begins today and ends Wednesday, 4/30 at 12pm CMT.
~One entry per person, please. (I will enter your name FIVE more times if you mention this contest on your blog or link to it in your sidebar using the html code I've provided here - just let me know you've posted in the comments so I can visit.)
~You do not have to have a blog to enter - just be sure to leave me your contact information in the comments.
~No Anonymous comments will be entered for obvious reasons.
~Random Number generator will choose the winner.
Good Luck!
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139 comments:
Here's me commenting so I can win!!!!
I posted a link Karen - great giveaway!
http://homebutnotalone.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/cool-giveaway/
I'm in!
ooh these look like great reads! i'd love a chance to win. :)
Greetings! These seem so handy! I can always use handy and helpful. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks,Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
hi Karen. Add me. You are linked at my site too, actually about three times!!!
Ok Karen I am in (even though I HATE to read LOL!) also you know I NEVER sleep (wish it was because sugar) so call me anytime and we will chat while we clean :-) oh yeah I added your ad thingy to my blog too
Love ya
Jeanette
Sounds great!
thanks for the giveaway!
Sleep is my second favorite thing after chocolate and I can never seem to get enough of either!
I would LOVE these books. I really need a little help in the organization area. And I put your cute little button on my sidebar. : )
My house is way too small with way too much stuff and definitely a major lack of organization. These books would really help. Thank you for hosting the giveaway :)
OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want that meal organizer so bad! I am putting a link on my blog now!
Oh, I need some books like this! I'm the most disorganized person around. Sigh! Please enter my name! One of my friends really recommends that Emilie Barnes book. She had a ladies' talk on organizing one time and read/gave tips out of it quite a bit.
Please enter me .... I need all the help that I can get in organization and sleep!!!
(although I know you didn't offer sleep help!)
Thanks for the contest!
~ Debbie (Misty's BFF)
I seriously need to win this! I am a packrat by heart, and try and try as I might, I can't seem to get things organized, no matter how hard I try. I hope I win this, so our next PCS move with the USMC will be so much easier, because I'll be more organized.
Everyone could use more organization!
I wish I could get organized in one minute. Thanks for the fun blog.
Nice prize.
I SOOOOOOO need this. I am so unorganized and my small apartment is a wreck
I would love to see if one minute organizing would really keep up my messy place!
nice i can use some organizing help as my house is for sale.
I am a homeschooling mom of 4 and I need more books like I need more laundry, but I am IN!! :)
Count me in!
I could use these !!
one minute organization? This I've got to read to believe!
Looks like a book i could really use.
these books will com in handy. Thanks!
Mesargent813@yahoo.com
Organizing and cleaning
great prize
Please enter me! =)
I also posted your button on my sidebar!
WAY TO GO ON THE WEIGHT LOSS!!!!! Do you really think it was just the sugar? I'm a HUGE sweet tea drinker...if I cut it out...you think it will kick start my weight loss???
WAY TO GO FOR YOU!!!! =)
That ROCKS!!!
You lost 17 pounds in one month after cutting out sugar?!? Wow! I really didn't believe it would make that big of a difference, but you've convinced me.
And the books sound good, too. Count me in, please!
I could use this book
So all my rowdy friends (silly but true) said I had to come read your blog. And they were right! I hope to win, or maybe KL will win and I can "borrow" the books :).
Thank you for the nice blog. I posted a link.
Here I am!
ooh organizing! wouldn't that be a great read especially if one followed instructions in the book :-)
Can't tell you how loved and used this would be in our home!
arbrashears(at)msn(dot)com
Gosh, I could use some organizing, so this would be a great win!
nnst123@gmail.com
Thanks
Thanks!
This would be great!
cool prize, hope I win.
Id really hate to admit it.. but some people have told me I have way too much clutter... :(
I blogged you on Prize-a-Tron!
http://www.prizeatron.com
oh, how i desperately need to read this
i would like to win this.
Organized in a minute? Sign me up!
I am overwhelmed with paperwork, clothing that doesn't fit, and general clutter. I would love to win one of these books.
Organize me, please!
I'm in!
Thanks for the chance -- you've been blogged http://threedifferentdirections.blogspot.com/2008/04/organization.html
I'd have to take my organizing one minute at a time, so this is perfect for me!! Thanks for sharing.
I'd like to read the organizing book
Would love to read these!!
I need to get organized
Organization is key, organizing my thoughts right now!
Commenting for an entry! Thanks for offering a giveaway.
Simple Organizing and Tips are all magic words for me. Makes me think it could actually be possible!! Thanks for the chance!!! I will post on my blog also for the 5 extra!!! Thanks!
I would love this books so badly...a realy help for me...thanks for great contest :)
Great prizes! I could really use it!
I would love to win this, I so need it! I blogged about your contest here: http://scrappyd.blogspot.com/2008/04/sunday-contest-round-up.html
I need an organizer, the book is a start
The flylady would have a fit if she saw my house. So I could definitely use a couple of books on organization tips. Please enter me. Thanks!
I need organization help
I could use help as we get ready to be first time parents.
heather
heatherlbrandt@verizon.net
www.russianblessings.wordpress.com
I could use help as we get ready to be first time parents.
heather
heatherlbrandt@verizon.net
www.russianblessings.wordpress.com
Thanks! Please add me!
Please enter me in the giveaway. Thank you!
these look like books that are helpful and interesting.
Thanks for the contest. Count me in!
Enter me please
I love Emile Barnes' books, but haven't read this one!
I would love to win these!
Tarah
fireball351c[at]yahoo[dot]com
Help Me!!! I really need SOMETHING to help me get organized. These would be PRICELESS to me! Thanks for this giveaway!
This would be great, I need all of the help I can get to be organized.
This was my New Years Resolution, but I haven't accomplished it yet!
I really need this, enter me.
What a fantastic giveaway!!!! I could totally use it! i love new ways to organize better!!! Thank you sooooo much for the chance! have a wonderful day! :)
I wanna win! Thanks for such a great offer!
This is just what I need to get organized.
These look like good books. My life could use some organization!
Would love to win this - thanks!!!
Sounds Great.
Would love to win for my Mother.
The more I organize the more I lose. Maybe this could really help me.
thank you
I'd like these books to get tips on organizing my life.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
Great giveaway!
Count me in, I can use some help with organizing. Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for the chance to win!
please enter me :)
I want this!
Hi, please enter me! The books look great, thanks...Karen~
Those books look very helpful. I turn to books for advice on EVERYTHING, I swear.
Please enter me, I'd love to win these.
count me in, I could use all the help I can get, I live in an small house with alot of stuff that needs to find a place to live
Include me, please
yadgirl (at) chartertn (dot) net
Hmm - I would need a fairy godmother to get ME organized in 1 minute!
Am I too late to get in on this?
I need to get organized enough to find the rules for these giveaways...yikes.
The Other Elle<---needs serious help!
Those books look very helpful
sounds like a great book.
talk about being organized...:)
please include me in the drawing. :)
ivan[dot]girl25[at]gmail[dot]com
I really need to get organized :) I linked to you in my sidebar. *Thanks* for the giveaway!
thanks for offering this giveaway! who knows...maybe these books will be just what i need to get myself organzied...or maybe they will end up being more of the clutter in the office. hummm
How cool! Thank you. Please enter me.
What a great giveaway
I am sooooo disorganized. I need all the help I can get because I work at HOME! Please enter me. I've blogged about it.
With 4 kids in the house, I can use this...Thanks for the contest.
I would love a chance, thanks
gonzalezkate@yahoo.com
I need to get organized!
egreca [at] hotmail [dot] com
Organize me - PLEASE!
please enter me. I need to get better organized.
hafner611 {AT} gmail {DOT} com
Hi, Too bad we don't live closer together. I have had the exact same problem. I look at the clock and it says 2:30, 3:30 am. and I can't believe it! Please enter me into your delightful drawing. If anyone needs organizing, it is me. You could ask anyone in my family and they would shake their heads "Yes!" Thanks,Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
I am sooo unorganized! I need this!
this sounds so great!
Great giveaway & I added you to my sidebar! Thanks for the chance to win!
I would love to win these book. garrettsambo@aol.com
Thank you for the chance to win.
maggie0352@aol.com
Okay, your contest is being shared in my sidebar at my blog. Thanks for the chance to win!
I love your blog design, by the way!
I could definitely use this!
I wish I had a blog so I could get more entries, but I would probably spend all day blogging instead of organizing :)
willitara[at]gmail[dot]com
I can use all the organization I can get. : )
difaa3[at]gmail[dot]com
Yay! This is exactly what a disorganized procrastinator like me needs...a kick in the pants and a plan for getting it together. I just have problems finding a home for everything that makes sense. It shouldn't be that difficult, right? Maybe the books will solve the puzzle.
doot65[at]comcast[dot]net
Elizabeth
Great books! Love your blog!
I could use help digging out of my mess!
I could really use this prize.
I love to clean and organize. One of the few I guess.
I am really trying to get organized, this would help!
I feel so unorganized and have no time to fix it, so I hope that this book can help! Thanks!
I am so unorganized that I don't even know where to start. Help!!
kathleenyohanna@hotmail.com
I really need this.
I really need some organization!
There are no words for how much I need these! They would be so wonderful to win! Thanks for such a useful giveaway!
great giveaway!
I can't sleep either! I wish the rest of the world would sleep until 10:00 and stay up til 3:00.
Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!
It's like the first book is calling my name! I was up all night just last night. Not a wink of sleep. Oh, I tried...but I was awake, organizing. That stunk. Now I'm tired...and still unorganized. Boo!
I'm really trying to organize my life! Please randomly pick me!
I so need this!!
could use this,i have a problem,its being unorganized!! ahdrad2932 at msn dot com
I could definitely use this. Thanks!
Enter me please! I need all the help I can get in this department
fidgetblogs at gmail dot com
IF you saw my house. It would be obvious why I need this. 2 kids, 8 cats me and hubby in a 2 bedroom house. Yeah. I need HELP!
I need this baddd
I can really use this
dolls123[at]gmail[dot]com
I need it.
donna444444@yahoo.com
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