Cheerios 2 Packs (Giveaway!)

Let’s talk breakfast and big families.  We can easily go through a box of cereal in just one morning here!  So for us, it only makes sense to buy our cereal in bulk.  Previously, it came in a huge box with a bunch of smaller bags.  But now, they’re packaging it differently.  New 2 box Cheerios contains two individual boxes, making them easier to store and easier to pour!

By reducing the amount of air in each individual bag, these enhanced containers fit 10% more cereal than before and use less packaging.   This is a great thing- while each box contains more cereal, packaging material has been reduced by over 200,000 lbs, saving 1,000 trees and taking 130 Cheerios trucks of the road, decreasing CO2 emissions.

New and improved 2 box Cheerios are now available on the shelves of Costco, Sam´s Club and BJ´s nationwide.  I believe I’ve seen them at Walmart as well.

But you don´t have to take my word for it, check out all the benefits of new 2 box Cheerios packaging:

I received a prize pack including (2) new 2 box Cheerios packaging (four boxes) and I have one for one of you as well!  If you’d like to enter, just comment on this post by June 2nd.  Winner will be drawn on June 3rd.  US only please!

Cheerios® cereal, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.


Stinky!

Do you have a stinky family?  I know I sure do!  Aaron does PT a lot, and his gear gets all sweaty and smelly and gross.  Sometimes that PT includes running to the base pool, swimming laps, and running back to the squadron- so not only are the clothes damp from sweat, but also the pool- and then they sit in his locker all day while he works, fermenting.

And then there’s Aaron’s job itself- he’s an airframes mechanic.  He wears coveralls, which come home smelling like hydrolic fluid, oil, and whatever else is in the helicopter.  Since we live in North Carolina, it gets HOT on the flightline so there’s the sweat factor on his coveralls as well.

He washes his work clothes separate from the rest of the laundry because of this, but I’ve noticed that they still smell a bit coming out of the dryer.  It’s like the funk never fully leaves his clothes.

We were given the opportunity to try out the brand new Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator recently- and it’s fabulous.  In fact, I was sent an entire Febreze Common Scents Institute Kit, which included the full sized bottle of Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator,  Tide Odor-Absorbing Travel Laundry Bag, Febreze Common Scents Institute Towel, and a Febreze Common Scents Institute Top 10 Guide.

The bag is awesome- Aaron has been throwing his PT gear in it, and it keeps the stink contained so that it doesn’t spread to his street clothes hanging in his locker at work.

Laundry detergent alone is often not enough to remove the odors of a hard day’s work,  but Good Housekeeping- approved Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator is specially formulated to capture bad odors in the wash cycle and wash them away during the rinse cycle, the first time.  No more multiple washes for one load of laundry!

Right now,  you can get $10 worth of coupons from the Febreze site, which includes a $2 coupon towards the Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator!


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