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Top 5 Chores I’m so Thankful Dad Handles & Windex Touch Up Giveaway

It’s almost Mother’s Day! In light of the approaching holiday, I want to take a timeout to appreciate all “Dad” does on Mother’s Day – and on a regular basis – to help out around our house. I admit I sometimes give my honey a long “honey-do list” and often hassle him for not cleaning up just the way I might. He is notorious for doing the dishes and cleaning up dinner but neglecting to wipe down the counters or the kitchen table. Enter Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner sitting on the counter – a great reminder to use it for those easy spills and little messes we all make throughout the day!  I love that is attractive enough to leave out and that it’s antibacterial.

But, when it’s all said and done, I think my husband does a ton more “hard work” around the house than me. Especially the dirty work and heavy lifting that (admittedly) I don’t want to do!

1. Taking the Garbage & Recycling Out

2. Changing Light bulbs

3. Trimming our shrubs

4. Unclogging the Toilet

5. Taking apart and successfully fixing any and all appliances that break – garbage disposal, dishwasher, ice maker and more!

These are just a few of the ways my husband helps around the home. With two kids, we both love products that help make our busy days easier. To help your busy family multi-task this spring, from cleaning to getting ready in the morning to sanitizing on-the-go, we are offering a great prize pack!

Giveaway: Windex® Multitasking Prize Pack

Two winners will receive samples of Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner and other multi-tasking items that save you time throughout the day (e.g. instant coffee, face cream with SPF, anti-bacterial hand lotion, etc.)

To enter, leave a comment on my blog post answering the question “What jobs do you multitask while doing your home cleaning?”

Additional optional ways to win our Classy Mommy’s Windex® Multitasking Prize Package:

1. Leave a comment below by May 15th, 2013.

2. Daily comments as daily entries are allowed.

3. Tweet the following for an entry: “I’m hoping to win the Windex Touch Up Cleaner giveaway from @ClassyMommy”

4. Daily Tweets allowed.

5. Follow Classy Mommy Colleen Padilla on her YouTube Channel here. Leave a comment letting me know you followed me on YouTube.

6. Follow Classy Mommy Colleen Padilla on her Instagram page here. Leave a comment letting me know you following me on Instagram.

*If you are a winner, please leave a testimonial here once you’ve tried it out!*

Check out the Windex® Shineboard on the official Windex® Facebook Page at www.Facebook.com/Windex or visit www.Windex.com to learn more about the Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner.

Disclosure: I have partnered with Windex® and am being compensated for my posts. However, my opinions are my own.

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5 Tips for Spring Cleaning & a Windex Touch-Up Giveaway

Spring cleaning is like instinct. Here are my 5 Spring Cleaning Tips. With warm weather just around the corner, I find myself tackling all kinds of cleaning activities as the prospect of spring just motivates me!

  • Purge! Purge! Purge! Less is always more and donating items from our closets and cabinets make it easier for me to manage everyday cleaning since my home is more organized.
  1. Wipe Down Time. Keep it simple. Don’t worry about wiping down EVERY hidden surface. Instead go for wiping down those high traffic drawers like your cutlery drawer and top drawers or cabinets in your master bathroom and powder room.
  2. Spot Clean. Grab your Windex® Touch-Up and a paper towel and hit all those light switches, doorknobs and high traffic cabinets – like the pantry closet door – to remove fingerprints, smudges and grime.
  3. Wipe down window sills. Get rid of all that dust that accumulates all winter long. Spring is a great time to clean those areas that only need “occasional cleaning
  4. Let in fresh air. Open those windows and freshen up your home. Hopefully those winter germs will fly away and the scent of spring will take their place.

Giveaway Prize Package is for 2 winners and includes:

Two winners will receive samples of Windex® Touch-Up in a Spring Cleaning tool-kit (e.g. a bucket, gloves, sponges, product, etc.)

How to enter: Answer the question “Why do you need this product in your home?” in the comments section of my web page.

Additional optional ways to win our Classy Mommy’s Windex Spring Cleaning Prize Package:

1. Leave a comment below by April 30th, 2013.

2. Daily comments as daily entries are allowed.

3. Tweet the following for an entry: “I’m hoping to win the Windex Touch Up Cleaner giveaway from @ClassyMommy”

4. Daily Tweets allowed.

5. Follow Classy Mommy Colleen Padilla on her YouTube Channel here. Leave a comment letting me know you followed me on YouTube.

6. Follow Classy Mommy Colleen Padilla on her Instagram page here. Leave a comment letting me know you following me on Instagram.

*If you are a winner, please leave a testimonial here once you’ve tried it out!*

Check out the Windex® Shineboard on the official Windex® Facebook Page at www.Facebook.com/Windex or visit www.Windex.com to learn more about the Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner.

Note: I have partnered with Windex® and am being compensated for my posts. However, my opinions are my own.

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5 Cleaning Tips for dealing with the Little Mess Maker in Your Life – Windex Giveaway

Cleaning the messy house. The uphill battle in EVERY mom’s life right?

Do you have a mess maker in your house?

My little boy Kyle is my biggest ‘mess maker’ and constantly leaves smudgy fingerprints EVERYWHERE.

Little crumbs and adorable smudged fingerprints are constantly appearing on my clean counters on the kitchen island and in my powder room. Areas I prefer to look spotless all the time – both for unexpected guests and my own sanity. However, little boys love to collect small things – Legos, pebbles, stones, and other random natural treasures – my son manages to leave a trail of them throughout our home which leaves little messes daily! His finds are precious and sweet but do leave me with the clean-up task of deciding: do we keep this item or throw it away? And let’s not even talk about the miscellaneous “boogers” young boys manage to misplace!

A clean living area makes me feel like I am in control of the chaos in my life. Controlling the organization and cleanliness of the living area downstairs in our home means I’m continually striving to stay on top of the mess my young children generate.

Here are my tips for dealing with little mess makers:

  1. Clean kitchen counters, crumbs, and those smudgy fingerprints immediately after they appear. You’ll appreciate the clean look right away and avoiding a bigger messy build up later in the day.
  1. Set an alarm clock for 5 minutes every day and ask the kids to return their toys or clothes back to their rightful home in the playroom or their bedroom.
  1. Leave a toy bin downstairs for miscellaneous finds, so if need be you can clean up in a rush for unexpected guests.
  1. Keep cleaning products in the kitchen and every bathroom to make cleaning up daily easy and a part of your routine. Windex® Touch-Up cleaner looks stylish on counters and works great for this purpose. It’s the best to have on hand for cleaning those little messes I talked about in tip #1.
  1. Make it a habit to make cleaning fun and involve the kids in the process. Reward them with compliments for helping out. And when that “big mess” hits which requires more effort to clean up, let the kids join in the efforts. We often play dance music or the songs from Annie – “It’s a Hard Knocks Life” from the scene where the kids are forced to clean, during our own clean up routine to make it more exciting for everyone!


Check out the Windex® Shineboard on the brand Facebook page for inspiration and tips to help you simplify cleaning and the mess in your life. Be sure to share your favorite tips and images from Shineboard on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest!

Instructions for entering our Classy Mommy’s giveaway for Windex® “Mess Maker” Prize Pack – 2 winners:

Prizing includes:  A prize package including a flip camera, one bathroom Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner and one kitchen Windex Touch-Up Cleaner. Approximate Retail Value of prize is $100.00 USD and will be given to two (2) selected winners

1. Please leave a comment below by February 15th, 2013, answering the question, “Who is the mess maker in your house?”

Optional entries:

2. Like ClassyMommy on Facebook here and leave a comment telling me you liked our page

3. Daily comments as daily entries are allowed.

4. Tweet the following for an entry:

“I’m hoping to win the Windex® “Mess Maker” Prize Pack giveaway from @ClassyMommy”

5. Daily Tweets allowed.

6. Follow Classy Mommy Colleen Padilla on her YouTube Channel here. Leave a comment letting me know you followed me on YouTube.

7. Follow Classy Mommy Colleen Padilla on her Instagram page here. Leave a comment letting me know you following me on Instagram.

*If you are a winner, please leave a testimonial here once you’ve tried it out!*

Visit the official Windex® Facebook Page at www.Facebook.com/Windex or visit www.Windex.com to learn more about the Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner.

Disclosure: I have partnered with Windex® and am being compensated for my posts. However, my opinions are my own.

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Excited to Partner with Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner

Don’t you love when one of your favorite trusted brands extends their product line to make your life even easier? 

 

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve partnered with Windex® to support the launch of the brand new, super convenient innovation: Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner.

And we’re giving away products to 10 lucky winners so you can all sample it too!

The idea behind Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner is to have a handy, convenient way to quickly clean up those small messes before they build up. As a busy mom with little kids constantly making smudge marks on my counters and tables, Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner is the perfect solution for me. It comes in stylish bottles that you can leave on your countertop, so it is easy to clean up those minor messes that can be a distraction – and even worse build up over time into a big mess! Plus, it kills 99.9% bacteria. That is really important to me, particularly this time of year when germs run rampant.

Take a peek at how you can leave Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner on your kitchen counter or your bathroom counter.

Doesn’t it look cute?

Just Dab it, Clean it, and You’re Done!

Here’s their official scoop on how to use Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner:

  • Push down on the pump to apply the formula onto a cleaning material such as a paper towel, tissue, toilet paper, rag, or clean sponge and then simply wipe on the surface to clean and sanitize.

Sounds simple right? It’s Windex® so you KNOW it works. And this new generation of Windex® both smells and looks great on my countertops too.

Instructions for entering our Classy Mommy’s giveaway for Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner – 10 winners: 

1. Please leave a comment below by January 31st, 2013, answering the question, “What messes are constantly in your house?”

Optional entries:

2. Like ClassyMommy on Facebook here and leave a comment telling me you liked our page

3. Daily comments as daily entries are allowed.

4. Tweet the following for an entry:

“I’m hoping to win the Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner giveaway from @ClassyMommy” 

5. Daily Tweets allowed.

6. Follow Classy Mommy Colleen Padilla on her YouTube Channel here. Leave a comment letting me know you followed me on YouTube.

7. Follow Classy Mommy Colleen Padilla on her Instagram page here. Leave a comment letting me know you following me on Instagram. 

*If you are a winner, please leave a testimonial here once you’ve tried it out!*

Visit the official Windex® Facebook Page at www.Facebook.com/Windex or visit www.Windex.com to learn more about the Windex® Touch-Up Cleaner.

Disclosure: I have partnered with Windex® and am being compensated for my posts. However, my opinions are my own.

OFFICIAL RULES – read more here:

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