***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.
Lauren says
Mg Me!
I love Gooooold (spoken like Goldmember in Austin Powers)!
Kristin says
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Definitely Silver :)
Hannah says
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I’m actually a chemistry graduate student so I am in my element with this question! (Did you catch that? lol)
My favorite element is Iodine. Easily displaced by anything so its so versatile!
Ryann Olson says
Mg ME! Tungsten…just because it’s fun to say :)
Rachael says
Mg me! Helium is kinda fun. But not as fun as vacuuming!
Stephanie says
Mg ME! And I couldn’t go wrong with Platinum, Pt, for it’s shiny color and nice jewelry :)
Blythe says
Mg ME! Neon is my favorite, of course….it’s so back in style, but I’ve always liked it :)
Heidi @ Decor & More says
Mg ME!! Would have to be hydrogen… just drawn to the letter H and when you combine it with O, you get water. :)
LOL — too much coffee!
Thanks for hosting!
Jesse B says
Mg ME!!! My favorite is Carbon organic chemistry is fun!
Andrea says
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Oxygen, because I do like breathing…
Amanda C says
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Paige says
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i love me some Ag!
Kelly Gross says
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I like Uranium because it sounds like my maiden name “Yeremian”, and its metallic :)
Thanks!
Megan says
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I’m going to go with Pu – Plutonium because I feel bad that Pluto lost its plant status :)
Beth says
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I’d go with berkelium since it shares my initials of bk. = )
V says
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Lv = Livermorium: I never finished chemistry in high school (sadly, my teacher was never present (a lot of unexplained absences, when was there she wasn’t very lucid and smelled funny, and she made us watch movies or just read the textbook)) and the subject was difficult for me so I dropped the class.
Perhaps winning the Magnesium will pique my interest in the periodic table and send me back to school to become a world famous chemist! That would be a much better ending to my chemistry story!
DianaP says
Mg ME!
Uuh 116 Ununhexium – Why? Uuh I just do!
Virginia says
Mg ME! I love me some Oxygen!
Lisa says
Mg me – I have 3 German shepherds inside – I really need this! Good old H2O is my favorite – gotta love water.
Alexis says
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Pt = Platinum!!
Suzi D. says
Mg me! Do I have a favorite element…Na. :) Hehe…my husband is a chemistry teacher, so I get corny periodic table jokes all the time! He also really wants a new vacuum, so I hope we win!
Kimberly says
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Neon for sure.
Cheryl D. says
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Pt is my favorite element, it’s a precious metal and who doesn’t love precious things.
Lois says
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HE (helium) is one of my favorites! One of my favorite childhood memories is getting a balloon and watching it bob about as it was tied to my wrist! : )
Jessica says
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I’d have to go with Oxygen, trying to remind myself to breathe as I prepare for a career change and a big move in the next few weeks!
Thanks!
Manda says
Mg ME!! I would have to go with Helium – who doesn’t love the balloon festival!
Lauren says
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I have to go with gold! One of my favorite accessory tones- in my home and in fashion!
Danielle says
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Helium – because it makes you talk funny!
Claire says
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Right now I’d have to say Mg is my new fav! Lovin’ that vacuum :)
Meghan says
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He, it’s so fun to play with…
Isaac says
Mg ME!!! Carbon! Diamonds are an allotrope of carbon, and my wife loves diamonds!
Lindsey says
MG me! Neon. Bright and cheery!
Annelisa says
Mg me! sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium BATMAN!!
Jessica says
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Lisa says
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Silver is my favorite.
Angel says
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Michelle Pokorny says
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I would have to say O – Oxygen! Where would we be without it?
Dave Krajewski says
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Cl, ’cause we need more of it to get our pool clear. It’s our first summer at the new house, so we have not completely figured out the chemical situation yet. I may need to look into the Periodic table a little more!
Grace Zegarelli says
Mg ME! My fav is Tungsten, simply because it’s represented by W and makes no sense! :)
Ashley Shinn says
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I like to mix my elements for some good ol’ H20!!! Especially in this summer heat!
Lisa says
MgMe….
I need this sooo badly. My favorite element has to be magnesium…what girl does not want a little magnesium coming her way in the form of a vacuum!!!
Beth says
Love me some Ag! What’s not to love about beautiful silver :)
Meredith says
Mg ME! Helium! King of the noble gases! These were the kind of things I thought about in chemisery class in college.
Christina D says
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I will go with Silver because it’s pretty :) Oxygen is up there also for obvious reasons!
Jenny says
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Elizabeth says
MG ME!!! I am going to have to say i’m a huge fan of oxygen! How the trees and other green stuff can take carbon dioxide and then produce oxygen – AWESOME.
Joanna says
Mg me! Although it’s not one element I pick H2O!
Rachel S. says
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I’m going to go with oxygen and gold, because I like breathing and love me some jewelry!
Hilda says
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I love salt on everything so it has to be sodium!
Karly Watkins says
Mg ME! Gotta love that Au.