Rubbermaid Reveal Mop Review & Giveaway

Mopping made easier

I don’t know about you..but I don’t like to mop.  Rubbermaid has made this chore a little easier with the Reveal Mop. But as we organize, we need to clean. Our floors can get incredible dirty..even if they were clean before we started the job.

Here is a view of the new Rubbermaid Reveal  mop.  Please keep in mind that your mop will come already assembled if you purchase it in the store. It will come with 1 pad and only 1 refillable bottle.  (not 2)

I usually try to do my reviews on the same amount of info that I might have just walking into a store. I like to be “you” if that makes sense and not have all the info under my belt before I do the review. I want to feel fresh when I see the product. But sometimes like this…it can mess up my video a bit because I realize that I may mess up some of the info a bit.  But that is it… only 1 bottle, 1 pad and comes already put together when you buy it in the store.

Here are some “recipes” for cleaning solutions that Rubbermaid provided me with for you.
Cleaning Solution 1
2 Tablespoons ammonia
½ cup white vinegar
½ teaspoon of baby shampoo
Fill the rest with hot water
This solution works well on hardwood floors.

Cleaning Solution 2
2Tablespoons white vinegar
2-3 drops liquid soap
Fill the rest with hot water
This solution is perfect for glazed tiles, vinyl, soft tile, cement, brick, and laminate.

Cleaning Solution 3
2 Tablespoons baking soda
2-3 drops liquid soap
Fill the rest with hot water
This solution is great for unglazed tiles, marble, stone, and slate.

Cleaning Solution 4
1 Tablespoon white vinegar
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
Fill the rest with hot water
This solution also works well on hardwood floors.

Please follow all manufacture recommendations when choosing products to clean your floor.

The pad is made out of microfibers that are ultra-thin. They are 1/100 the thickness of a strand of hair. (wow!) the wide pad reaches further into cracks and crevices to pick up 50% more dirt than sponge mops according to Rubbermaid. This pad also helps your floor to not only get cleaner, but helps them to dry faster.

To Purchase:

You can find the Rubbermaid Reveal Mop online here or at Home Depot. They will be coming to Walmart and Target in August (so start watching your store for it!) .

To Win a Rubbermaid Reveal mop:

To ENTER:  Go to Rubbermaid Reveal Mop online and watch the video then tell me how much money on average you will save per year by owning a Reveal Mop **Be sure to come back here and leave me your answer in your comment. Your e-mail has to either in your comment or on your profile.

FOR EXTRA CHANCES TO WIN:

**Each of these HAS to have a separate comment to win. The winner is picked using Random.org. It just goes the number of comments….not by what you say.

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4) Follow me on Twitter. Leave me your twitter ID  in your comment

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This contest will run until 11:59pm est on Monday September 6th, 2010

Any comment that comes in after the above time will be deleted. This is open to US mailing addresses only. One person per mailing  address only.  Winner will be chosen by Random.org

You will have 48 hours to reply to my e-mail if you are picked as the winner, or else I will go on to the next winning number.

You can see my other giveaways going on here:  Bissell Lift-Off MultiCyclonic Pet Vacuum (ends 9/16)

Disclosure: I was sent this Rubbermaid Reveal mop free of charge.  I used their recipes for mixture and used some of the information about the pad for my desciption.  The pictures and video and opinions are all my own.

PileSmart Desktop Organizers

Help for the Those Paper Piles!

Does Your Desk Look like this …or worse?
Piles of papers can get overwhelming…and things get lost in them! I think most all of us tend to stack the mail and make piles. The problem lies in what you do with those piles.

There are vertical drawer files, vertical desk top files…but for some people – those just don’t seem to fit their style. They want to pile.
Pendaflex has come up with an answer for the pilers! It is their desk top filer and it is piling! The PileSmart® Desktop Organizer Tray! There are dividers that you can label to divide your piles and make some sense of what you have.

I think it looks great. You can label the tabs and they are erasable. They are sturdy enough that you just left them up easily to slide your papers under. The PileSmart® Desktop Organizer Tray is made of durable acrylic and is slightly slanted towards the back corner to keep your papers looking neat.

This is that same pile of papers afterwards. Looks much better than that pile doesn’t it? I didn’t label the tabs, because I haven’t fully decided how I am going to use this….but I did want to show you what it looks like.

Here are the PileSmart View Folders with Write on Tabs

These are pocket folders that are open on the side to make sliding in things very easy. You can also use these in the trays if you would like.

Then check out these cute clips! The PileSmart® Binder Label Clips can clip together your documents quickly and see what they are at a snap. You can write on the plastic label’s with a pen.

You can find all of these products online.

1. PileSmart® Desktop Organizer Tray
-Buy Online Now

2. PileSmart® Binder Label Clips
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3. PileSmart® View Folders with Write-On Tabs
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PlanetSafe Planner Review

Do you LOVE sticky notes? ..Then you will LOVE this planner

This PlanetSafe planner is great for all those sticky notes (I used the large ones but the small ones could work great too) that we tend to leave ourselves all over the place. This is the combo weekly calendar and prioritizer.
This would also make an awesome Command Center for the family. Use it where it can be the most use for everyone. I mentioned it in my post about command centers for special needs families…but every family can use a command center – a central location where anyone and everyone can know what is happening in the family.

What I like about this is that anyone can easily add something to the list. What I ultimately did with this was to cut the calendar section off and I have that posted in our eating area. The kids didn’t really have the access in my office and it was not getting the use out of it that it is now.
We have the kids karate schedule (soon to add football schedule), my son’s work schedule and I added my exercise schedule. This is not very full right now with the 7 of us….give it another month and it will be a mess! LOL
BUT….what I love is how easy it is for everyone to see. We could have a full calendar up..but the squares are usually too small to fit all this in. The karate schedule and my exercise schedule stay the same. So my son just adds in his new work schedule each week and it works well.

This is the bottom prioritizing section. I really didn’t use it too much myself..but I know this can really come in handy for many people. I use a notebook and write out my list of my priorities.
But I can see this being of more use to many people …especially being able to use the sticky notes..than the top section. It is all just personal choice.

I already had my magnetic strip with my baskets on my wall…so it worked perfect to hold my sticky notes and dry erase markers for the PlanetSafe Planner. There is a wall tray that you can buy that goes below the planner, it is made of the same material as the planner. I would prefer a something a little more stable than that..such as this magnetic strip…but it could work out in a temporary location, so that you have a place to put your sticky notes and markers.

This model is the Sticky Note planner ( there are many more to choose from) and it runs $21.95.

Disclosure: I did recieve this planner at no cost in order to do a review. I asked them if I could review it while at the NAPO convention. I am not taking part in the affiliate program, so if you purchase one of these, I will not be profiting in any way.

Time Timer Review & Giveaway! *CLOSED*

Winner!!

Random.org #59 was Rachel Higgs.  Congrats!!

A visual timer!

I walked past this booth when I was at the National Association of Professional Organizers several times and each time wanted to stop and see what it was all about.  I finally had time near the end of the conference and stopped…and was glad I did.

The Time Timer is a simple product that can be used in SO many different ways.  It is simply a timer. That is it.  But what makes it different is that it shows the time left in red.  Some reasons that might be good:

*Someone who is visually impaired might be able to see this when they can’t see a smaller timer.

*A very young child who can’t tell time yet…can get a visual idea of how much time is left

*A classroom of children

*A car full of kids wanting to know..”Are we there yet?”

*When you are exercising, reading or doing chores that you need a timer on for. So many great uses.

This is the 8″ size Time Timer.

The timer is silent. When we first put the AA battery in and moved the timer hand…there was no ticking…no humming…nothing.  I didn’t know it was working for sure until I saw that the hand had moved!

There is a switch on the back that you can turn on a tone when the alarm goes off ….or you can have that off. (We have to have it off because it reminds my one dog of the tone from our old electric fence. We can’t have digital watches in the house either! LOL)

The triplets have been using it for their 20 minutes of reading each morning. Of course they think it is cool so they are trying to find all kinds of things they can time!

It is a great tool and can be used in many many situations.

To ENTER to win your own Time Timer 8″ size

Go to Time Timer.com and click on How it works.  Watch the short video on their products.  Tell me 2 other timer products (sizes or kinds) they carry. **Be sure to come back here and leave me your answer in your comment. Your e-mail has to either in your comment or on your profile.

FOR EXTRA CHANCES TO WIN:

**Each of these HAS to have a separate comment to win. The winner is picked using Random.org. It just goes the number of comments….not by what you say.

1) Subscribe to my Organize with Sandy blog This is for 5 chances to win! (use 5 separate comments)

2) Subscribe to my Chat with Sandy blog This is for 5 chances to win! (use 5 separate comments)

3) Follow me on Twitter. Leave me your twitter id in your comment

4) Follow me on Linked In

5) Tweet this out up to 3 times a day. (one comment for each tweet) Pls leave your link

6) Add any of my 3 blog buttons to your sidebar for 1 comment on each one you add.

See lots of way to enter!!

This contest will run until 11:59pm est on Monday July 5th, 2010  *THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED*

Any comment that comes in after the above time will be deleted. This is open to US mailing addresses only. One person per mailing  address only.  Winner will be chosen by Random.org

You will have 48 hours to reply to my e-mail if you are picked as the winner, or else I will go on to the next winning number.

You can see my other giveaways going on here:

Hanes Review & Giveaway - Win any one product from Hanes.com free  (ends 6/28)

Disclosure: I received the 8″ Time Timer at no cost to review.  The thoughts are completely my own.

Bed Pockets featured on Open Sky

Have everything at your fingertips with Bed Pockets!!

This Bed Pockets organizer one handy little bedside organizer!  I have been using it on my bedside since I did the review on it.  I know where the TV controller always is…I have a light up pen and tablet of paper ready to go. If I get a phone call or wake up at night with things I want to make sure I don’t forget to do the next day….I can write them down.  BE SURE TO SEE THE DEAL BELOW!!! ONLY GOOD FOR THE FIRST 20 PEOPLE !

My glasses, cell phone, book to read are all “Right There!!”.  There is even a holder for a water bottle if you want to use it.

You know how much I love things organized right?  Well I have yet to see another bedside organizer that stands up to this.

You can see in the picture by the chouch the frame for the Bed Pockets. I think this is what sets this apart from other bedside organizers.  The frame is adjustable.  It is sturdy and it slides right under the mattress.  You can see in this picture of what is on my bed….the metal frame you are seeing is what is available to adjust the bedpockets up or down.  The “L” shape part is underneat the matttress…not under the box spring.

This can be completely hidden by your comforter.  When your bed is made…no one even knows it is there.

It comes in 2 colors (3rd color coming soon..but not out yet).

The Cafe (as shown below) – Notice the fabric….this is a sturdy

The other color is the Vanilla: Below

You can purchase these Bed Pockets through my Open Sky Shop!  Here is the Deal!!!!

***FOR THE FIRST 20 PEOPLE TO PURCHASE A BEDPOCKETS DURING THE WEEK JUNE 21-27, 2010 YOU WILL RECEIVE 20% OFF!   THIS IS ONLY GOOD FOR THE FIRST 20!!  SO DON’T DELAY AS THEY WILL SELL FAST! JUST ENTER THE CODE:  BEDPOCKETS20 FOR THE DISCOUNT.

*Please note that the 2 colors above are accurate colors of the products. There are 2 on my Open sky shop that almost appear to be yellow and orange…those are not accurate color guides.  Thanks

In Place File System by Peter Walsh

Papers need to be handled! Peter has an idea!

Handling paper clutter can be done in many different ways. That is why I do not recommend just one way to do it. People are wired different. A solution for one person..might not be the right thing for another.  ( I apologize..I should have taken all those things off the lid…they look really messy!)

This “in Place System” by Peter Walsh is interchangeable with his whole line. There are some great products and I love how they all work together!  You all know I love Peter Walsh and I’m a fan of his products.

I am using this portable file box (which you can purchase a pack of 6 at Office Max for $11.99.) in my family room. That is where I do most of my work with my laptop. So it is nice to have something portable and small…but yet has a great file system.

Do I like it….yes. My thoughts are this:

If I were designing it…I would have not used a cardboard box.(or if I used cardboard…I would make them in fun colors).  I would have done a plastic colorful box. But of course then you lose the price point. They also did a lot of research based on feedback and this is why they came up with that. So this might serve the majority better.

Card Cubby Review & Giveaway *CLOSED*

Congrats!

Winner #1  Random.org # 127 is Cheryl G.

Winner #2 Random.org #106 is Busiemommie

A Rolodex for Your Purse

I love an organized purse and this Card Cubby makes organizing all those gift cards, reward cards, library cards, etc… easy to find.  I know that I had a pile of them in my purse before…and what do you do each time you need one? Yes….you sort through them until you find the one you need. No more!!

The other thing I think is great…what a cool gift for Graduation or a Wedding?  What does everyone give now? Gift cards right? Wouldn’t it be neat to put your gift card in this to give to them?

The Card Cubby has  alphabetized dividers. So you Target gift card goes under “T”. Your Subway rewards card goes under “S”.  Easy to find!!

I have been using one for over a year before I decided to sell them myself.  It has held up great, it has a strong magnet on the front. It is easy to clean if needed and the dividers are a sturdy and haven’t gotten bent up or destroyed.

Here is a video to show you how the Card Cubby works

In Celebration of carrying them in my “store” I am going to give away 2 of them to you!

To Purchase Your Own:

Go to my Store and order.  They cost $19.95 each.

To Win:

Go to Organizewithsandy.com/pouchee and tell me which color Card Cubby you would like if you win. **Be sure to come back here and leave me a comment.  Your e-mail needs to be either on your comment or easily accessible in your profile.

For Extra chances to Win:

**Each of these HAS to have a separate comment written please. (I know its a pain, but other wise you won’t have as many chances if you don’t)

You can find all the links in my right hand sidebar.

1) Subscribe to my Organizing with Sandy blog – 5 chances to win (be sure to leave 5 comments)

2) Subscribe to my NEW Blog Chat with Sandy for 5 chances.

3) Follow me on Twitter

4) Follow me on Linked In

5) Tweet out this giveaway up to 3 times per day. Write a comment for each time you do with the link.

6) Add any of my 3 buttons (Organize with Sandy, Reviews, Chat with Sandy) to your sidebar and come back to let me know. Separate

entry for each one you add.

See….lots of ways to enter to win!

This contest will run until 11:59pm est on  June 3rd, 2010 . THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED

Any comment that comes in after the above time will be deleted.

This is open to US mailing addresses only. One person per mailing address only. Winner will be chosen by Random.org

You will have 48 hours to reply to my e-mail if you win to be eligible. If I don’t hear back then I will go to the next winner.

Disclosure Policy

This was also linked with Consumer Queen’s forum

Findini Review and Giveaway *CLOSED*

Winner – Lori from Vann Clan She was #52 chosen by Random.org  Thanks!!

What the heck is a Findini?

It is a cute little holder for your cell phone or ipod and glasses.  I recieved this to review and figured I could  use at my bedside.  I admit that I am still using another bedside organizer for my tv controller, magazine etc.  But…I really don’t have a place that I use my cell phone in it.  So the Findini would  have been perfect.

See the cute pattern?  My cell phone is in it.  My glasses were hanging from a hook on the bottom of it. The problem for me is this.  My mattress is a very thick pillow top bed.  This has a piece that slips underneath the mattress.  So when I put the Findini under my mattress it was way too low on the bed.  My reading glasses were almost touching the ground.  So for me it didn’t work and I was disappointed.

I tried it on my son’s bunk bed.  It worked great there.  He wears glasses and uses his cell phone as his alarm clock. So he was thrilled with it.

Here is the piece that you put under your mattress. There are two snaps on the back of the Findini and snaps on this piece. This is a sturdy plastic piece.

Here is another alternative. They also include just the snap piece and some sticky tape.  So I put it up on work station by my couch.  So does it work for me here….yes!! It is great for my cell phone.

To Purchase Your Own:

You can go The Findini.com to check out their site and order your own.

To Win Your own Findini!!!

Go to The Findini.com and tell me which one you would pick and what you would use it for.  *** If their site is still down (it was on 5/17) you can just tell me what you would use it for (based on my picture of it).  But you can still enter even if you can’t get to their site. Thanks!

**Be sure to come back here and leave me a comment.  Your e-mail needs to be either on your comment or easily accessible in your profile.

For Extra chances to Win:

**Each of these HAS to have a separate comment written please. (I know its a pain, but other wise you won’t have as many chances if you don’t)

You can find all the links in my right hand sidebar.

1) Subscribe to my Organizing with Sandy blog – 5 chances to win (be sure to leave 5 comments)

2) Subscribe to my  Chat with Sandy Blog for 5 chances to win.

3) Follow me on Twitter

4) Follow me on Linked In

5) Tweet out this giveaway up to 3 times per day. Write a comment for each time you do with the link.

6) Add any of my 3 buttons (Organize with Sandy, Reviews, Chat with Sandy) to your sidebar and come back to let me know. Separate

entry for each one you add.

See….lots of ways to enter to win!

This contest will run until 11:59pm est on Tuesday May 18th, 2010. *THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED*

Any comment that comes in after the above time will be deleted.

This is open to US mailing addresses only. One person per mailing address only. Winner will be chosen by Random.org

You will have 48 hours to reply to my e-mail if you win to be eligible. If I don’t hear back then I will go to the next winner.

Disclosure: I received 2 Findini’s to review.  The opinions are my own.

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Butler Bag Review & Giveaway *CLOSED*

Professional Organizers love the Butler Bag.

Why do Professional Organizers love the Butler Bag?  Well…I wanted to find out.  I had heard of them, I saw all the organizers in one of my NAPO local chapter meetings going ga-ga over one that someone had.  But I really didn’t have a desire to try one.  I think the biggest reason was because I sold the pouchee purse organizer, and I didn’t think I could use the pouchee and the Butler Bag together.

So when they called me from Butler bag and asked if I wanted to review one, I said …Sure. I told her that I sold the pouchees and I was curious to see if it would work.

Here is why the Butler Bag is different and special:

There is an organized section in the bottom of the purse.  It is removeable.  I had heard that the purse was very heavy. I don’t know if that was a “first edition” model or what, but this insert is not heavy at all.  The purse is a bigger purse that I picked out - The Day Croc and it isn’t any heavier than any other purse its size.

I would have liked there to have been a zipper pocket on the inside of the purse, so I did miss that.  There are two size pockets on the outside ends. I like that.

Here is the finished and full purse:

But guess what?  My pouchee worked! It is the light pink organizer with my checkbook and keys in it.  I had thought it would sit on top of everything, but it slide right down on the side of the organizer section. I fit my Card Cubby (dark thing to the right of the sunglasses) also fit down in there perfectly!!  Beside the pouchee is my little cosmetic bag that I keep all my little nick nacks in. It fit great.  I fit my camera, flip camera, multitool, gum, lipstick, stain remover stick and coupon organizer (slim black wallet looking thing that is behind the cameras at the back of the pic)

So my thoughts…I like it!  It’s not too heavy….I can fit my pouchee and card cubby and my other items.  It works.  The only thing is that I didn’t pick out a summer color. I picked out a dark brown. I would love to have a lighter fun color.  I think the only negative I could say would be that I would have liked to see a better color selection.

To Purchase Your Own:

Go to Butler Bag.com and purchase one. Butler Bag is so wonderful that they extended a discount  code to my readers!!  You can Buy 1 bag at full price and get your second bag at 50% off. (Great gift idea!!….one for you…one for them!)

To Win: A Butler Bag (Same or less than value of the Day Croc)

Go to  Butler Bag.com and tell me which bag you like the best.

**Be sure to come back here and leave me a comment.  Your e-mail needs to be either on your comment or easily accessible in your profile.

For Extra chances to Win:

**Each of these HAS to have a separate comment written please. (I know its a pain, but other wise you won’t have as many chances if you don’t)

You can find all the links in my right hand sidebar.

1) Subscribe to my Organize with Sandy Blog – for 5 extra chances to win.  *Be sure to leave a comment for each time!

2) Subscribe to Chat with Sandy – for 5 extra chances to win.

3) Follow me on Twitter – @OrganizerSandy

4) Follow me on Linked In

5) Tweet out this giveaway up to 3 times per day. Write a comment for each time you do with the link.

6) Add any of my 3 buttons (Organize with Sandy, Reviews, Chat with Sandy) to your sidebar and come back to let me know. Separate entry for each one you add.

See….lots of ways to enter to win!

This contest will run until 11:59pm est on  May 4, 2010 . *THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED*

Any comment that comes in after the above time will be deleted.

This is open to US mailing addresses only. One person per mailing address only. Winner will be chosen by Random.org

You will have 48 hours to reply to my e-mail if you win to be eligible. If I don’t hear back then I will go to the next winner.

Disclosure Policy – I did receive this Butler Bag free of charge. All the comments and opinions are my own.

It’s All Too Much DVD & Book *CLOSED*

Peter Walsh It’s All Too Much DVD Reviewed

I think most of you who read my blog have come to realize that I love Peter Walsh.  So you can imagine how excited I was to watch this DVD and read the book when it came in the mail for me to review.  He breaks down the organizing and gets into your head to get to the root cause of your organizing problems. Plus who doesn’t love listening to his accent?

His book, It’s All Too Much, has been a great success….now he has that information on DVD form.  So many of us don’t have the time to read or find it is harder to digest  ”How To” information in book form.  Having someone do it for us makes it much easier.

Peter Organizes

1) Your Kitchen

2) Your Living Room

3) Your Entertainment Area

4) Your Closet

5) Your kids Room

6) and much more

He simplifies is and gives his reasoning and some great principles along the way.

I don’t have one of these DVD’s to giveaway (I wish I did…as I truly recommend it) But you can purchase the Peter Walsh DVD here. it

It’s All Too Much – So Get it Together Book for Teens – Review & GIVEAWAY!

It is best to break habits earlier better than later right?  If you feel your teenager is already having a problem with clutter, then this would be a great book for them.

It tackles the “head” stuff that goes along with clutter, but in a digestible way for teens.

The book discusses how to organize:

1) Book Bag

2) School locker

3) Bedroom

It discusses:

1) shopping

2) excesses stuff

3) extra curricular activities

I think any information that can start a teen off right before they have their own place is worthwhile.  Coming from Peter Walsh..it’s just icing on the cake.

To Purchase Your Own:

You can go to Peter Walsh’s site to order It’s All Too Much (Teenager version)

To Win a copy of the Teenager version of It’s All Too Much – So get it Together Book:

Tell me about a teenager who could use this book.

**Be sure to come back here and leave me a comment.  Your e-mail needs to be either on your comment or easily accessible in your profile.

For Extra chances to Win:

**Each of these HAS to have a separate comment written please. (I know its a pain, but other wise you won’t have as many chances if you don’t)

You can find all the links in my right hand sidebar.

1)Subscribe to my Organizing with Sandy blog – 5 chances to win (be sure to leave 5 comments)

2)Subscribe to my NEW Blog Chat with Sandy for 5 chances.

3) Follow me on Twitter

4) Follow me on Linked In

5) Tweet out this giveaway up to 3 times per day. Write a comment for

each time you do with the link.

6) Add any of my 3 buttons (Organize with Sandy, Reviews, Chat with Sandy) to your sidebar and come back to let me know. Separate entry for each one you add.

See….lots of ways to enter to win!

This contest will run until 11:59pm est on  Monday April 26th, 2010.  THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED*

Any comment that comes in after the above time will be deleted.

This is open to US mailing addresses only. One person per mailing address only. Winner will be chosen by Random.org

You will have 48 hours to reply to my e-mail if you win to be eligible. If I don’t hear back then I will go to the next winner.

Disclosure Policy I was given 1 copy of the Peter Walsh DVD and 1 copy of the Teenage book to review without cost.

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