Well, 2009 hasn’t started off as good as I hoped it would and I am SO ridiculously behind on all my work.

I did spend a fair amount of time cleaning, until I hurt my back from mopping the floor so much…who knew that could happen? I do want to give a big shout out to Fabuloso purple- the BEST smelling floor cleaner in the world. I think I have sniffed the bottle one too many times…

The house isn’t even half way done and I have a ton of stuff that needs to be thrown out in the garage. Christmas tree is still up.

My husband has been grumpy for days now and is blaming everything on me…which really sucks.

Good news is Walmart finally contacted me about winning the Money Saving Tips Contest, so hopefully I will have my gift card soon! I know I am hating spending money on groceries right now.

Also the winner of a Free Can of Pledge is Sandy - I will be emailing you for your address

Other than that I have lots of reviews to post as well as more Disney pictures, including my mini tweet up, as well as my recent CVStravaganza.

Hope your New Year is going well!

OMG! I am SO happy to announce I was in the top 10 for the Money Saving Tips Contest hosted by Walmart and YouTube!

I WON a YEARS SUPPLY OF GROCERIES valued at $6,000!

Congratulations to all the winners, especially

Trisha at www.MomDot.com

Erin at www.FiveDollarDinners.com

and the #1 winner

www.BargainShopperLady.com

Thank you to everyone that voted! This is such a blessing at a time that we need it most!

Happy New Year!

DD and I made sugar cookies (with sprinkles and M&Ms) to give away as Christmas presents this year.

I learned rather quickly that baking is not our forte.

It started out pretty well. I mixed up about 8 dozen cookies…

DD’s job was to decorate.

Yes, that’s a whole shaker of sprinkles on 1 pan of cookies.

Then about halfway through my baking, I burnt my thumb on the hot pan!

It doesn’t look to bad here, but it hurt for HOURS and blistered up.

We finally finished all the cookies, and then FIL came over the next day and ate half of them with dd.

Luckily, I made extra.

I am already trying to get a kick start on those New Year’s Resolutions by spending more time cleaning around the house. Thankfully, Family Review Network and Pledge sent me a can of Pledge Natural Beauty Furniture Polish just in time.

For whatever reason, I usually do not buy furniture polish- although we have a fair amount of wood furnishings in our home. Using Pledge Natural Beauty was a new experience for me.

Since receiving my can of Pledge Natural Beauty, I have been using it to clean and polish our wood dining room table. I can honestly say, even after the first use, it has NEVER looked shinier.

I have no clue why I haven’t purchased furniture polish before, it really does bring out the shine. The consistency is not waxy, and didn’t leave any buildup on the wood.

I was VERY happy to see that Pledge furniture polish removes up to 84% of allergens in dust. I have some CRAZY allergies so I am hoping this will help alleviate some of them.

Another thing I was pleasantly surprised to see is that Pledge can also be used on stainless steel, leather, marble, and granite. I have yet to try it on granite, but that is next on my to-do list. It seems like I am always looking for a product to clean our granite kitchen counter tops.

So far, so good and I am loving the shine I now have on some of our finished wood pieces.

You can WIN your very own can of Natural Beauty Pledge and get a jump start on cleaning your home just by entering a comment below.

Winner will be chosen randomly on Friday, January 2nd 2009.

“This post was written for Family Review Network as part of a program by SC Johnson, who also supplied the product for review and giveaway.”