Okay, I have something to confess.  When Tide contacted me about Tide Washing Machine Cleaner, my first thought was “Yay!  Awesome treat for my readers!” and my second was “I thought only MY washing machine stank!”.

I’m terrible about doing laundry.  Come on, admit it.  Some of you are like me and run your wash and then completely forget  to put it in the dryer.  Yeah.  I’ve done that.  For like three days.

Don’t you go giving me that whatever negative thing you’re giving me.  We get BUSY.  We forget.  I typically do everything in my power to have someone else do my laundry for me.

I live in a testosterone filled house.  Lids are left up, clothing is left in random places throughout the house and beds are never made.  What I do is put the lid down with my foot because I’m a psycho about that, pick the clothes off the floor and throw them in the washing machine (if I intend to wash them or not) and completely ignore the beds, because I’m just as bad.

Then I open my washer.  Ew.  You know that smell.  Mildew and nasty.  You keep your machines hidden away in the basement or laundry room for a reason.  Clothes STINK.  Stinky clothes will lead to stinky washing machines.

Well, not anymore!  Tide has just come out with the Tide Washing Machine Cleaner that’s been designed to save us from stinky machines!  Here’s some info from the company, because they say it SO much better than I ever could. (more…)

See that face?  That adorable, innocent looking face?  My wonderful little 4 1/2 year old baby boy who is the light of my life (along with his 21 month old brother, of course)?  You see the couch I bought just as my little angel was born?

Yeah.  He destroyed it.

In his short, yet obviously entertaining little life, that child has taken every opportunity to destroy everything I own.  Carpets need constant cleaning (I’m WAY overdue), the walls had to have that special paint that made it easy to wipe the destruction off and I have no idea what my children have done to my couches, but they gave it their all.

Right now, I’m watching them climb to the top of it and take turns jumping off face first into the main cushions.  I’ve caught them sitting there, entranced in whatever cartoon that may be on at the time eating their morning snack when suddenly, instead of using the napkin I’ve provided, my children wiped their hands along the arm of the couch.

Take a look at the arms of that couch.  (more…)

Got a tough stain while out with the kids but no idea how to get it out? Tide has an app for that.

Tide just launched a free downloadable application that helps to identify your stain and give step-by-step removal advice. The Stain Brain application identifies over 85 common stains and allows you to look up solutions, offer your own advice and even find which products to use and where to find them.

You can also rate the effectiveness of the stain solutions and connect with other community members to ensure everyone has access to the best remedies. The Stain Brain combines the advice of experts with recommendations from your own trusted community members and puts the information right at your fingertips (literally!)

The Stain Brain application can be accessed by clicking on the following link if you have itunes on your computer.  It can also be accessed via the app store on your iphone: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=335693703&mt=8

If you don’t have itunes or an iphone, you can access the tool online by clicking here:

http://www.tide.com/en-US/stains/top-stains.jspx

I love water.  I choose to drink water over everything else.  I actually always feel guilty when I go out to eat, because water is what I want to drink, I’m not trying to be cheap.  Honest!

Because I travel a lot and drink so much water, I can taste the difference in the various waters of the region.  I also get nervous because of all the chemicals that may be in the water.  I recently saw a commercial that said so many people have dumped expired medications in their toilet, it’s starting to filer into the nation’s water systems.  THAT scares me.

I go to Upstate NY a lot to visit my family and my mother has a gigantic water filtration system.  It makes the water taste fresh and crisp, but it’s very cumbersome.  I have a filtration system built into my fridge but the water just doesn’t taste the way I’d like and the filters don’t last too long.

Enter the Homedics Restore Clean Water System.

Utilizing the germ-killing benefits of UVC light, HoMedics, the leader in health and wellness products, developed Restore®, a complete water purification system in an easy to use pitcher. Restore combines UV Clean technology to remove bacteria, viruses and microbial cysts with a filtration system to reduce heavy metals, chlorine (taste and odor), and some industrial and agricultural pollutants. Continue Reading For More On Homedics Clean Water System

I don’t even know where to start.  I’ve always been a fan of Tide.  I’ve tried every other detergent and have felt that it was one of the absolute best products on the market.  I love that they have coupons available and find it reasonably priced, and I’m a frugal grocery shopper.

I was introduced to Tide Coldwater a few weeks ago and was very excited to test it out.  My favorite thing to wash is my sheets.  There is nothing better than fresh sheets out of the dryer.  I always washed my clothes on cold anyway but I wasn’t sure if they were getting the right kind of clean.  I honestly don’t know much about laundry.  I don’t separate colors and whites and figure if I wash them on cold, they hopefully won’t shrink. Continue Reading For More On Tide Coldwater