***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.
Andrea Waddle says
Mg Me!
Julie says
Mg Me! I’d have to say potassium, just because I like that capital K.
Rachel says
Mg me!!! My favorite elements on the periodic table are copper and tellurium because together they’re CuTe ;) I’ve picked up on quite a few of the elements and their symbols working where I do, glad I get to geek out and use them in blog-land!
Paige says
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Na= Sodium. Makes food tasty.
Ashley says
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I’d have to say Iron- Fe because i am always trying incorporate more into my diet. I loved Chemistry- had one of my favorite teachers :)
Christine says
Mg me! I like C- carbon. Just because it’s my initials.
Nathan says
Mg Me! I’m going to go with lead, not because I like lead, but because Pb is an awesome atomic symbol. And comes from the equally awesome Latin plumbum.
Kristyn says
Mg me! I’m going to go with Hg-Mercury-because not only is it awesome to look at, but I LOVE the word mercurial. Word nerd!
Beth says
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I’ll say Ti, titanium since that’s what my husband’s wedding band is (I think lol)
Thanks and good luck everyone!!
Kristen says
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Definitely Oxygen
Krista says
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‘K’ because my name starts with K and it is blue :)
Kimberly says
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I’d have to say hydrogen… it’s crazy, all it’s special bonding…
Maryellen says
Mg ME!! I would have to say oxygen – life’s necessity!
Nicole M. says
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Ca, calcium….because it does a body good :)
Emily says
Mg me! I was a big chemistry nerd in high school so it’s hard to pick just one element, but I guess I’d have to go with mercury. It’s just so fascinating!
robyn says
Mg ME! I don’t know but I was always drawn to FE/Iron!
Candice says
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My favorite element is copper because I am from Arizona, the copper state. When I was a little girl I used my mother’s copper cleaner to clean my pennies.
sheila says
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Donita says
“Mg Me!” I love to vacuum, this would be so great to have! *have recently acquired a bad back!* ;-P I have to go with SILVER, sparkly and shiny!!!
sarah says
Mg ME! my husband would have a favorite, but i am NOT a science girl…..so….
Kylie says
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I love Boron!
Lynn says
Mg Me— PLEASE! As for the bonus question? Have to go with good ol’ number 6 from the periodic table, the C of carbon. A little C (as in carbon based life form), a lot of soul and a big dose of heart leads to some incredible creativity!
Kathy says
Mg Me! I’m a fan of Fe (iron)because it is strong and rustic!
Amber P. says
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I don’t know, I’ll take Iron. It’s strong, right?
Nicole says
Mg ME….Li because element 3 is as far as I still remember when from high school chem.
Quiana says
Mg ME! Au for gold – hey, I like pretty things!
Sarah T. says
Mg Me! I have to go with Americium (Am) because I always thought it was cool that our country had an element named after it!
KatieV says
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I’ll go with oxygen. :)
Brenda says
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Tungsten has always been my favorite element, ever since I was assigned that element in a college chemistry class (my maiden name started with W). I love it so much that I even have a wedding ring made of tungsten!
Kelly says
Mg ME! I always liked Pb (lead) because it was the first element my dad helped me memorize for school.
Patricia Smith says
Mg me. Can’t go wrong with Au – even if a
decorator friend pointed out I have overload in every
room! Go with what you love!
heidi says
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I have to pick Au, for all the Au in my life ;)
Amy says
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i have a periodic table of the elements shower curtain, no lie. i’m a nerd.
Natalie M says
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Lisa says
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My favorite is number 1, hydrogen, because it is number 1.
Chrissie Whitley says
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I think my favorite is Carbon (C) because it is present in all known life forms.
JB says
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Gold baby Gold!
Carrie says
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I’ve honestly never thought about my favorite element…oxygen is pretty good I guess!
Debbie says
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I’d have to go with Zn–it just sounds fun, ZINC, ZIPPY.
Erin says
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Fe most definitely! I love my cast iron pans, probably too much.
Sarah says
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I think its Au… gold is good :P
Karina Z. says
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My favorite element is potassium because my name starts with K!
Also, when i was in high school, I figured out that I can spell my name using the elemental symbols. I felt so cool!
Paula says
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I currently don’t have a favorite element. But, if I win this… it will totally be magnesium!
Somer says
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Carbon. Carbon. Carbon!
David Amann says
Oxygen :)
Jess says
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Lawrencium…It’s the most recently discovered element. It reminds me that there’s a big world out there full of new things.
Melissa says
Mg Me!!!! Oxygen is my favorite elememt!
Brenda says
Mg ME! Gotta go with Oxygen.
Jadee says
Mg me! Its tough to pick just one :)
Amanda says
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Na or Cl together a match made in heaven!