***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.
Ashley says
Mg ME! I love Oxygen too…kinda necessary.
Liana says
Mg ME!! I like Lawrencium (LR) – doesn’t it sound like a knight from Game of Thrones? Also, I’m a fan of anything that starts with an L!
debi says
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I don’t have a favorite but I love the shirts that have names spelled out with the squares.
Natalie says
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I like Xenon because it’s a noble gas, and it has a great name. How many things start with X? Not enough, I say.
Randi says
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fave element is Helium because I love balloons! They are so happy!
Amy says
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Carbon just can’t live without it :)
Jill says
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I’m drawn to aluminum (partly due to the controversy of how to pronounce it – ran into that when we used to live in the UK) :)
Kayleigh says
Mg ME! My favorite element has to be potassium… I love bananas and the letter K. : )
Kristin says
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I love Barium, Zinc and Gallium because it spells:
Ba Zn Ga!!
Compliments of The Big Bang Theory <3
Lindsey G. says
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I love Oxygen… keeps me alive!
Stephanie says
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My fav element is Strontium because it’s abbreviated form “Sr” is my initials ;-)
stephanie says
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I’m going to go with He (Helium) b/c its so much fun to listen to people after breathing in the helium balloons.
Angie says
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I really appreciate the P (phosphorus) in the backbone of my DNA.
Erin L Thiele says
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Erbium (ER – 68) and Indium (IN – 49) – They spell my name – Erin. I used to work at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. They had a huge periodic table hanging in the middle of a staircase – each element had a big metal plaque. When they remodeled, they let employees have dibs. So I scored the ER and the IN. Pretty sweet piece of memorabilia for this science nerd.
Kim H says
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I think I skipped the whole periodic table part of school!
Mia says
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Sara says
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Oxygen- Love to breathe!! :)
Jane says
Mg ME! Cl is my favorite- it gives us safe drinking water!
Kate says
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Al, because that’s the element I use in all of my research!
Barbra says
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My favorites are Barium, Cobalt, and Nitrogen because they spell out BACON!!
Marisa says
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I love Ti (Titanium). It’s what my husband’s wedding band is made of. Nice and lightweight.
Ashley S. says
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I’m a born and raised Alabama girl, so Al seems fitting. Also who doesn’t love the diverse uses of Aluminum (foil), from crafts to keeping bake ware nice and clean :)
Kate says
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Americium (Am) since it’s nearly the 4th of July!
nole says
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Neon (Ne) is my favorite element!
Clint says
Mg me. I’ll take some Au if you’re offering.
Laura (Blogging Over Thyme) says
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Lauren E. E. says
Mg me! I’ll definitely say sodium, as boring as that is. But I love me some salt! (Mmm, now I want some french fries…)
Sarah says
Mg me! Definitely sodium, it’s okay to salt every bite, right?
Betsy Schnibbe says
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My favorite is Carbon. It is unique, vast and vital to organic and life processes.
Rachel says
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Breathing is pretty cool, so I will go with Oxygen!
Laurel S says
Mg ME! The most fascinating ones for me are K and Ca–I’m an emergency veterinarian, and it’s not uncommon to see some wild derangements in those that severely affect cats and dogs.
Hannah says
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I guess my favorite element would have to be Na – sodium… I live off of frozen food, sodium is essential!
Todd S says
Mg Me! I’m going to have to go with the big W (tungsten)
BeckyB says
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Emily says
Mg ME!! Hydrogen, because it’s number 1!
melissa says
Mg me! love K+ potassium in all the fresh summer fruits and vegetables and Ag!
kristen b says
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I’m going to go with potassium because its symbol is K, my first initial.
Juliet says
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Hg,Mercury Love the color liquid silver. Yes, it’s poisonous but still it was always cool to see the way it moved around when one of the glass thermometers would break as a kid.
Kendra says
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I’m gonna go with carbon.
angie says
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My fave is Pt…platinum! Can’t go wrong with platinum and diamonds! =)
Elizabeth McDaniel says
Mg Me!! My favorite new element is Sg, Seaborgium. I just like the fun name! Love, love, love your blog!
Emma says
Mg me. I like Helium (He) because it almost always exists as a gas, and because sucking that gas down your windpipe out of a fresh balloon means making children laugh hysterically. Also, according to wikipedia, its a Noble gas. I wish I were nobler…
Naomi Faraday says
Mg ME!! Oxygen all the way! I like to breath. :)
Amy Rode says
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Stephanie says
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Californium because I am a California girl!! It just sounds coool!
Sara S says
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I am an equal opportunity element lover…I love them all!!
Megan says
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I’ve gotta go with carbon because I so wish I had a cool carbon-fiber bike.
Angie Lee says
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I’ve never thought about it but my favorite element would probably be aluminum because it’s my initials!
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Erika says
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H for hydrogen. It was the easiest chemical to remember.