***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.
Hannah says
Mg ME!
CARBON! Carbon is the best. It’s in everything and when refined, turns into a diamond :)
Thad says
Mg Me! Pb all the way!
Sarah Clark says
Mg ME! Periodic table where I periodically sit and eat foods with sodium? Yeah, that’s it, sodium. Sarah
Aubree Curtis says
Mg me! Nerd alert! Helium because it makes you squeak!
Jess says
Mg me!
Cobalt!
Vickie M says
Mg Me. My favorite is mercury. Showing my age here, but as a kid that stuff was so much fun to play with when a thermometer got broke. Definitely a big no no to do that now!
Whitney says
Mg me!
My favorite element is Tungsten, because it’s weird like potassium, and has a different letter for its symbol – W!
Laura Griffin says
Mg Me! Oh, please. I have 3 cats and a really pitiful vacuum.
Anyway, my favorite element currently would have to potassium. I found out that I am potassium deficient because of several muscle cramps. Probably because I don’t like bananas, apricots, or beans.
Oh well. Good luck to the winner!
terra says
MG ME! In 8th grade we had to pick an element and “be” it for a presentation. I was gold, Au, aurum!!
Rebecca says
Mg ME!!! Ag, because drinks taste better from a silver cup!
Ashley says
Mg Me! I do like oxygen, but in my high school freshman science class, my friends and I created By = Bubbleyummi-yum. Really silly, I know, but it sure seemed hilarious at the time. Fun memory!
Anne Smyers says
Mg me! Oh, Mg can be my favorite, why not!
Rebekah says
mg me! I like He – helium balloons, dude!
TP says
Mg Me! Ununhexium is just so sexy!
Georgia says
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Oh geez, science was not my strong point. Is there an element for ice cream? Ha ha. I love ice cream. :)
Brandy says
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Na= sodium. May not be great for me but make food yummy ( and last longer)
Dan says
Mg Me Please… my favorite element is Love.
Virginia says
Mg ME!
FE! Iron… I think just because it sounds more hard-core. And it also makes some pretty great stuff.
Allison says
Mg ME!!
My favorite element is Calcium because I love milk, especially when i was pregnant with our son!
Pat C says
Mg Me!
How about elements: as in H2O
Happy Monday!
Colie Williams says
Mg Me.
I’m bananas for potassium
Drew Johnson says
Mg ME!!
Catch me rollin’ on dubnium
Kelly L says
Mg Me!
Carbon is pretty cool!
Ravelle says
“Mg ME!”
I love taking in a long deep breath of fresh air…..
Sandy says
Mg me!! Co….cobalt….its a beautiful color and 27 happens to be my favorite number too!
Brittany W says
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I hated science so let’s go with oxygen. :)
Shannon says
Mg ME! Oxygen—my six year old Jack is always telling me how important trees are because they produce oxygen and we need it to breathe. Oh, the science facts he loves to remember!
Katie says
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I’m going to have to go with Curium just because I like Marie Curie. She had moxie.
Gigi says
Mg ME! Carbon! We wouldn’t be alive without it!
Kelly says
Mg ME! I’m a fan of Boron!
Alexis says
Mg Me!
I don’t know if I have a favorite but I’m partial to the metals. Gold, silver, copper. What can I say, I like shiny things!
Ann Sato says
Mg ME! I, too, hated high school chemistry, but I do know the elements on the table. Just don’t ask me to make new elements unless we are talking about H2O.
Elizabeth says
Mg Me! My favorite element has always been plutonium. What can I say? I like a bit of danger in my life. It keeps things interesting.
BrandyN says
Mg me!
Um Calcium?
Kirstin says
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Curium – because I’m a big fan of women in science.
Kelsey M. says
Mg ME! I like Calcium because it makes my bones strong so I can be awesome.
Brandy says
Mg me!!!
Maybe this will make me vacuum more??? My fav is platinum., like my wedding ring. :)
Deb Beckett says
Mg ME! Ne = my fav
Amanda says
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My favorite is copper, because it was part of the protein I studied for my chemistry PhD!
Robin says
Mg me.
Not a big science person. Guess I’ll go with oxygen.
Rachel says
Mg ME!!!!
My favorite element on the periodic table would have to be Xe (Xenon) because the name reminds me of Xena the Warrior Princess!
Ellie says
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Potassium!
Make a potassium joke, K? :D
Christina says
Mg me! I like Ag :)
wendy says
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I’m pretty fond of the combination of barium, cobalt and nitrogen… Ba Co N
Elizabeth D says
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I like Ne (Neon) a lot – mainly because of John Mayer’s song (also Neon) from his Room for Squares album. Huh, yeah – I’m a dork.
bethany says
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My favorite is potassium, I’m pretty sure we did a demonstration in middle school science where potassim glowed purple when put into fire. Or I may have made that up… Haha
chrissy says
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Nicki says
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Gold (Au) clearly!
Brooke Simpson says
Mg me!My favorite element, Calcium. Maybe because I love milk.
Kristie says
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My favorite is Platinum – Pt.