Biokleen Your house! ***Giveaway CLOSED***

The awesome folks at Biokleen sent me some products to review. I couldn't have been more excited to work with this company! I had already tried a couple of their products before. We use Bac-Out in our house regularly, and I think EVERYONE should keep this stuff around! I had also used their dish washer detergent and laundry powder before. So I knew that they made quality products. Biokleen has won several "best of green" awards in the past, and for good reason. I have tried several other national brand "green" cleaners, and have been mostly disappointed for a number of reasons. But Biokleen has always exceeded my expectations! Check Out their website. You will be surprised to see how much they have to offer now.

Here's what Biokleen sent me to test out:



Pretty cool right? I've been using all of this stuff for several months now. I'm really impressed! It's safe to say that I am a total Biokleen convert now. I even gave away my other cleaners to friends because I simply won't be using that stuff any more!

Some things you should know about Biokleen:

*No animal testing!
*No animal products in their cleaners!
*Started in 1989, they have been at this for a while!
*All of their products are NON TOXIC!
*No known carcinogens, mutagens, teratogens, or pollutants.
*Readily Biodegradable-Does not Biodegrade to More Harmful Compounds

That's just a short list of why Biokleen holds up to their motto of "Tough on Dirt, Gentle on the earth" Read more about their history and commitment not just to the earth, but you.

I decided to review each product individually, here are the links:

Citrus Soy Solvent
Bac-Out Drain Care
Soy Blends Cleaners
Soy Lube
Bac-Out


Now for the fun stuff. Biokleen has very generously offered a nice package to one of my readers. Here what you will receive directly from Biokleen:

1 Citrus Soy Solvent 32 oz.
1 All Temp Laundry Liquid 32 oz.
1 Bac-Out Fresh Lavender
1 Bac-Out Stain & Odor Eliminator 32 oz.
4 Coupons

That's one heck of a prize!

Rules:
This contest is open to US residents. Please leave your email in the comments with your entry so I can contact you if you have won. Contest will run From today Feb. 18th, until March 4th at 11:59 midnight PST. I will draw a winner the next day.

Mandatory entry:
1.) Visit Biokleen's website, and tell me how you think they could help in your home!
2.) Like Biokleen on Facebook.

Extra Entries:
1.) Like Tidee Bums on Facebook
2.) Follow this blog via GFC
3.) Tweet about the giveaway using @BiokleenInc and @tideebums and #giveaway in the same tweet. (can do this twice per day for the duration of the giveaway if desired. at least one hour apart) For Example: "@tideebums has a @BiokleenInc #giveaway on her blog!http://tinyurl.com/4gjwbu8"
4.) Read and comment on my other Biokleen reviews (worth one entry each!)

Super entries (worth 3 entries each!)
1.) Post about this giveaway on another site, linking back to this blog. (leave the link in the comments so I can see it, please) You can do this as many times as you would like, up to twice per day!


Please note, because of Facebook's rules, I will not ask you to write on Biokleen's Facebook wall. Thanking them for the giveaway is completely up to you (always appreciated), and will not count for entry.

Ergo Winner Announcement:

I figured since not everyone who entered is a facebook fan or follower, I should announce the winner in a blog post.

The winning number was:



The winner said:

"lisad33611 said... 135
Daily tweet 1
http://twitter.com/#!/My2CentsFL/status/25598613417631744
duncan.lisa at gmail.com
January 13, 2011 9:03 AM"

Congrats to our winner! She has been emailed (and already responded) to claim her prize! I hope you will stick around for more fun on the blog!

ErgoBaby Carrier Giveaway *CLOSED*

If you haven't read my review of the ErgoBaby Carrier yet, you probably should (click here)! What an amazing carrier! The generous people at Ergo have offered to give a carrier to one of my lucky readers!

This is my way of ringing in the new year, so I am going to have this contest run from today 1/03/11 to 1/17/11 at 12 midnight PST. I will draw a winner on Tuesday the 18th. I will draw a winner and notify them via email. You will have 48 hours to claim your prize, or else a new winner will be drawn. The prize is being shipped directly from Ergo, and the style is at their discretion. I will put the word in for you on which one you would like most, but ultimately, it's up to them and what's available :)


Want to skip the wait and buy one?
Click the banner bellow:

The Prize:
One ErgoBaby Carrier

Rules:
This contest is open to anyone. Please leave your email in the comments with your entry so I can contact you if you have won.

Mandatory entry:
1.) Visit Ergo's website (here) and tell me which carrier you would most like!
2.) Like ErgoBaby on Facebook.

Extra Entry
3.) Tweet about the giveaway using @ERGOBaby and @tideebums and #giveaway in the same tweet. (can do this twice per day for the duration of the giveaway if desired. at least one hour apart) For Example: "@tideebums has an @ERGOBaby #giveaway on her blog! http://tinyurl.com/34luh7h"


That's it! Please note, because of Facebook's rules, I will not ask you to write on Ergo's Facebook wall. Thanking them for the giveaway is completely up to you, and will not count for entry.

Child Safety Awareness Week 11/15-11/22

Because of the nature of this blog, my readers are all parents. This is why I wanted to have a special event dedicated to bringing awareness to keeping our children safe when they begin to travel further and further out of arms reach. I am dedicating this week to a classmate and friend who got kidnapped, and has never been found. Some of you may, or may not have heard about this case, depending on where you live. Here's some info from the FBI's website:




"Michaela Joy Garecht was nine-years-old when she was abducted by an unknown male assailant in the parking lot of the Rainbow Market in Hayward, California, on the morning of November 19, 1988. She was attempting to retrieve her friend's scooter that the abductor had moved closer to his vehicle while the girls were inside the market when she was grabbed by the assailant and pulled into a car. Garecht has not been seen or heard from since this date."

Please also see the Charley Project's website for even more info.

There is also a Facebook page set up by Michaela's mother, and you can feel free to :like" it if you want to stay on top of any and all information that comes in. As Sharon mentions, this case is not cold, and they do investigate any and all tips that come in.

Her mother has set up a website, which you can find here. Here is an excerpt from the home page written by her mother Sharon:

"I am filled with a desire not only to continue the search for Michaela, but to keep her alive by keeping her memory alive. Michaela was a bright and shining light in the world, and I am determined that her light will never go out. In her honor, I offer you this website. I seek information about her kidnapping. I offer a book I have written on child safety, and what an honor to my daughter it would be if that book should ever result in keeping even one child from having to endure the horror she did. "

The website created by her mother has several links and lots of information about the case, and I urge you to take a look at it. It is painful to think about something like this happening to our own. I feel it is important to think about though, so we can try to prevent it. There will come a time when our children will be out of our eyesight at some point. Weather it be walking to or from school, waiting for the school bus, in a store where you have averted your eyes for only a second, a crowded area where your hand accidentally slips from your child's without meaning to, or sometimes even in your own home while you are asleep at night. Or when our little ones, unaware of the dangers of the outside world, get curious and sneak away from us.

In honor of Michaela, I will be giving away one copy of the book that Sharon wrote "Listen To Your Smart Voice: And Stay Safe!"

This is the best way that I can think of to honor Michaela. To try and help make sure this doesn't happen to any of you. All week I will be posting other cases and products that can help protect your children and keep them safe.


To win the book, there is only one way to enter.

Please comment your thoughts below, leaving your email so I can contact you if you have won.

This will be open from today 11/15 until 11/22 at 12:59 pm PST

If you decide to like Michaela's facebook page, please don't post our usual "tidee bums sent me!" type of comments. Obviously, this isn't that sort of page. Supportive comments are always welcome to Sharon though. Thanks for understanding!

Tommee Tippee Explora Food Pots Giveaway

Now that you have read the review, here's how you can win a set for yourself!



This contest is open from today 11/05/10 until 11/12/10 at 11:59 p.m. PST. I will draw a winner and notify them via email. You will have 48 hours to claim your prize, or else a new winner will be drawn.

The Prize:
One 4 Pack of Tommee Tippee Explora Food Pots

Rules:
This contest is open to anyone.

Mandatory entry:
1.) Visit Tommee Tippee's website and comment here telling me which product of theirs you would most like to have.
2.) Like Tommee Tippee on facebook, and tell them "thanks for the giveaway from Tidee Bums!!" and then comment here so I know you did.


Extra Entry:
1.) Follow me publicly on google friend connect, comment here so I know you did.
2.) "Like" me on facebook, and comment back here to tell me that you did.
3.) Tweet about this give away using this in the tweet "@tideebums is having a tommee tippee #giveaway on her blog! tideebums.blogspot.com" or by using the tweet this button below. (you can do this once per day for the duration of the giveaway. copy and past your tweet in the comments)
4.) Comment on ONE of my other blog posts, and come back here and comment so I know you did. (you can only do this once during the giveaway)



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Quick tutorial for Giveaway fanatics.....

Have you entered so many blog giveaways that you can't remember which one's you have already entered!? I have. Lots of times! I return to the giveaway to find that there's hundreds upon hundreds of entries, and I can't be bothered to look through pages and pages of comments to see of I actually commented or not! Don't worry, you don't have to do that anymore.

Here's how to search a page to see if you have commented.

Go to the blog's giveaway page. Once you are there, hit CTRL+F or COMMAND+F if you're on a mac like me. This should pop up a find field somewhere in your browser. For me, it's the top right. I use Safari. It could be different for every browser, but it will be there somewhere!

Now type in the name that you use to enter giveaways, probably your google friend connect user name. If you were say "crazygiveawayfan1", then that's what you would type in the find field.

What you searched for will be highlighted on the page if it's there. If not, then you haven't entered yet!

If a persons blog is set up to have paginated comments, then you would have to repeat this action for every page of comments. But in my opinion, it's better than reading through it all!

Obviously this works for anything you might want to find on a page. Hope someone finds this useful! Good luck all my giveaway entering fanatics.....

Laundry Sampler Kit Giveaway *Closed*

If you haven't settled on a detergent yet, or are curious about trying one of these "made for cloth diapers" detergents, OR battle stinkies from time to time, this giveaway is for you! And here's little story about what happens when you don't wash your diaper laundry, a personal experience :)

This contest is open from today 10/27/10 until 11/10/10 at 11:59 p.m. PST. I will draw a winner and notify them via email by friday 11/12/10. You will have 48 hours to claim your prize, or else a new winner will be drawn.

The Prize:
2 packets of RLR laundry Treatment (this helps with stinkies and so much more)
5 packets of Country Save Detergent
5 Packets of Rockin Green Detergent in your choice of available formulas and scents.
1 package of Bummis Biosoft Flushable Liners in size small

Overall value is $20.71!

This is enough to "strip" your diapers at least twice, and wash at least 10 loads of laundry! More if you have and HE machine. And I threw in the flushable liners to help you get the poop off before throwing in the diaper pail!

Rules:
This contest is open to anyone in the U.S. and Canada. You MUST be a follower of this blog to enter, or else your entries won't count!!

Mandatory entry:
1.) Comment below and tell me if you have used any of these brands before. If not, that's ok, just say so :) BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL OR SELSE I WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTACT YOU AND TELL YOU IF YOU'VE WON! And then I'll have to pick a new winner.

Extra Entry:
1.) "Like" me on facebook, and comment back here to tell me that you did.
2.) Tweet about this give away using this in the tweet "@tideebums is having a laundry kit #giveaway for #clothdiaper users on her blog! tideebums.blogspot.com" or by using the tweet this button below. (you can do this once per day for the duration of the giveaway. copy and past your tweet in the comments)
3.) Comment on ONE of my other blog posts, and come back here and comment so I know you did. (you can only do this once during the giveaway)
4.) "Like Rockin' Green Soap on facebook, and tell them Tidee Bums sent you!

Super Entries:
1.) Become a member of my blogfrog community, and comment here to let me know you did. This is worth 10 extra entries! (comment back here, blogfrog 1,2,3....etc.)
2.) Start a discussion, or join an existing discussion in the community for 10 extra entries.
3.) Earn 10 entries for every $25 you spend at Diaper Junction through my affiliate link (link bellow) during this contest. Comment bellow with the dollar amount of your order, and the order number so I can verify.




If any of this was confusing, contact me on facebook and I'll help you out!

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100 fan giveaway (Laundry Sampler Kit Giveaway)

I wanted to announce my next giveaway for you since it seems we may hit the next goal before the current giveaway is over. I am going to giveaway a laundry sampler kit when I reach 100 fans! If you haven't settled on a detergent yet, or are curious about trying one of these "made for cloth diapers" detergents, OR battle stinkies from time to time, this giveaway is for you!

The Laundry Sampler Kit includes
2 packets of RLR laundry Treatment (this helps with stinkies and so much more)
5 packets of Country Save Detergent
5 Packets of Rockin Green Detergent in your choice of available formulas and scents.
1 package of Bummis Biosoft Flushable Liners in size small

Overall value is $20.71!

This is enough to "strip" your diapers at least twice, and wash at least 10 loads of laundry! More if you have and HE machine. And I threw in the flushable liners to help you get the poop off before throwing in the diaper pail! This contest will open when we reach 100 followers on the blog. All rules and information will be posted when the contest opens.

Blog Kick Off Giveaway! *CLOSED*

Ok, the moment you have all been waiting for. Now that you've read my review, you are probably wanting to try this diaper out! So here we go.....

Since this is my first contest, I am going to run it for two weeks to see how it goes. It will start today, October 7th, and run until 11:59 p.m. (PST) October 21st. I will draw a winner as early as possible on Friday October 22nd. Mark your calendars! Save the date! I will ship this item directly to you from Diaper Junction within one business day of claiming your prize.

The Prize:
One Bum Essentials Bumbino diaper with one set of Terry Towel Bum Pads. (basically, one diaper).

Rules:
This contest is open to anyone in the continental U.S. You MUST be a follower of this blog to enter. (you've probably already met this requirement!)

Mandatory entry:
1.) Comment below and tell me why you want to try this diaper, and what color you would pick if you won.

Extra Entry:
1.) "Like" me on facebook, and comment back here to tell me that you did.
2.) Tweet about this give away. (you can do this once per day for the duration of the giveaway. copy and past your tweet in the comments)
3.) Comment on ONE of my other blog posts, and come back here and comment so I know you did. (you only get one entry for this)

Super Entries:
1.) Become a member of my blogfrog community, and comment here to let me know you did. This is worth 10 extra entries! (comment back here, blogfrog 1,2,3....etc.)
2.) Start a discussion, or join an existing discussion in the community for 10 extra entries.
3.) Earn 10 entries for every $25 you spend at Diaper Junction through my affiliate link (link bellow) during this contest. Comment bellow with the dollar amount of your order, and the order number so I can verify.




If any of this was confusing, contact me on facebook and I'll help you out!

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Blog Kickoff Giveaway revealed....

Since we hit the halfway mark here on the blog, I am going to reveal what the giveaway will be! I'm very excited to be giving away this product because I use it and LOVE it. And I think all of you will love it too, so I wanted to give someone the opportunity to try it for free.

Drum roll please......

The 50 follower giveaway (a.k.a the Blog Kick Off Giveaway) will be.....

A Bum Essentials Bumbino Diaper with a Terry Towel Bum Pad, in your choice of available colors!


*photo from diaper junction*

If you haven't used this diaper before, it's awesome. It has a lot of great features wrapped up into one neat little package. Elastic in the front to prevent gaps, snap in inserts and a reusable shell, neat trim fit that fits well under clothing, and so much more. Find out more about this diaper by clicking here.

As I said, I'm really looking forward to this giveaway, so if you aren't already a follower, be sure to jump in! Since this will be my first giveaway, I'm going to be offering lots of ways to play. This will be fun, so tell a friend!

***************************************ENTER THIS GIVEAWAY HERE*******************************************

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Do I hear GIVEAWAY???

Yes! As soon as this blog hits 50 readers, I'll be hosting my first giveaway. I already have an item in mind for this giveaway, but I am not going to announce it until we get closer to the goal. You're going to want in on this though!! In the mean time, tell me what you would like to see reviewed and what you would like a chance to win here in the comments. I need your help to reach this goal, so tell a friend!

Oh and don't forget to "like" the face book page too! I may announce giveaways there also.

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Seriously feed your stash!

In case you haven't noticed, Diaper Junction is one of my favorite stores to buy all things fluff at. They are so nice and helpful! They also host wonderful giveaways regularly for their blog readers. Their current giveaway is the "Super Stash give away"!! Just click on over to see what it's all about and how to enter, I've entered. If I win the big bucks, maybe I'll be able to share the wealth with one of my readers through a give away of my own :) And if I don't win, well I certainly hope one of you does!! If you decide to enter (or already have) come back here and tell me you did! Giveaways are more fun when there's more people involved, so spread the word about Tidee Bums to help me make it possible!


Have a great weekend. I'm off to do diaper laundry.......

This week's Giveaway

This week you will get the chance to “FEED YOUR STASH” with (1) one Bummis Swim Diaper, (1) one Small Bummis Fabulous Wet Bag and (1) one UV Moby Wrap

That's a really great package!