It’s November already, can you believe it? Last time I paired up with Febreze it was Spring and I had just tried their carpet care cleaner for the first time, with wondrous results. Since then I’ve used it all over the house. I absolutely love the smell and of course I wouldn’t be talking to you about it again if it didn’t do a fantastic job.
It’s only been about 3 months since I last cleaned my carpets and I’m embarrassed to say I need to clean them again. Badly. Now that my baby has learned how to walk he’s making messes all over the place. Couple that with a 3 year old that’s like a tornado, and mix in all the autumn leaves and dirt that has been dragged in and, well, you get my point. My floors are definitely not ready for the holidays! and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. (Canadians I know yours has already passed so you should have some good stories.)
I’m betting a lot of you are in the same position. You want to get your house cleaned up before your family arrives for the holidays and then once they walk out the door you have another big mess to clean up. All those feet on your carpet. Try as hard as you can to prevent a disaster, it usually happens anyway. That’s why I’m glad to tell you that Febreze is once again coming to the rescue of my readers.
1 of my readers will win a $100 Amex Gift Card. That’s enough money to buy yourself some wonderful smelling Febreze Carpet Care Cleaner and get started on your holiday shopping! 4 runner’s up will win their choice of a full size bottle of Febreze Carpet Care Cleaner!
Learn more about Febreze Carpet Care Products below, and how you can win $100, $1000 or even $5000 from Febreze in the “It’s A Dance Video Contest”, then scroll down to enter for your chance at the $100 Amex gift card on First-Time-Mommy. Good Luck!
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This contest started back in May and there have been plenty of winners since then. They’ve given away $100 every week to people who voted and the person who’s video wins the monthly contest gets $1000!! In December the Top 7 Finalists are going to have a “dance-off” for a chance to win $5000!!
Think you can’t win? Think again! Go check out some of the past winners already! Get some inspiration, all the details and instructions, and get to making that video….. and make sure to vote!!
If you enter make sure to post it on the First-Time-Mommy Facebook page so that we can all vote for you!
Prize: 1 lucky person will win a $100 Amex (American Express) gift card. 4 runner’s up will win a full size bottle of Febreze Carpet Care Cleaner. This giveaway is open to U.S AND Canada! (You can use it for Xmas) (18 & older).
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I have never had a bizarre one it’s always been great to tell the truth!
Most of our Thanksgivings are normal but last year my younger siblings and I let the conversation deteriorate into almost entire performances of our favorite viral videos- the adults were lost most of the time.
My most bizarre thanksgiving experience is when all of a sudden my oven stopped working,and had to go to my friends house and used her oven,and it was such a hassle going back and forth!
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This is bizarre and sad. I’ll never forget the Thanksgiving holiday when my dad was having major spinal problems. He couldn’t walk even to go to the bathroom. I was the saddest kid thinking that that day was supposed to be a day of gratitude and my daddy couldn’t walk. The good news- he got better and hasn’t had major back problems since!
I don’t really know if I have had a bizarre Thanksgiving. I once cooked a turkey with the bag of stuff still inside, first and last time I made a turkey.
I’m from a very large family (11 kids). One Thanksgiving we went to my grandmother’s new house in Prescott, AZ (we lived in California) where we met up with our cousins. Everyone was bringing pies, potatoes, etc. and my grandma was going to take care of the Turkey. It was getting close to dinner time and still there were no good smells of turkey coming from the kitchen. It turns out the oven was never turned on. My grandmother, who wasn’t much of a cook had never used the oven before and didn’t know how to turn it on. We had a vegetarian Thanksgiving that year.
My birthday is sometimes on thanksgiving. I hate sharing it with a holiday. I always go to family so I dont have to cook.
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Most bizarre was the first time I cooked a Turkey and did not know there was stuff inside to take out before cooking….lol
I do not really recall any bizarre Thanksgiving experiences. My Thanksgivings have always been rather dull and uneventful.
I don’t know that this is as strange as it is funny. I remember one Thanksgiving where my grandma overcooked a pecan pie and it was so hard that the dog wouldn’t even eat it 🙂
I really don’t have a bizarre Thanksgiving story. I don’t like Thanksgiving because I am vegan so I hate seeing the dead turkey and all the other food I don’t eat on the table. Plus, I like the idea of Thanksgiving, but I hate the glorification of the first thanksgiving. So maybe it’s bizarre that I don’t care about Thanksgiving.
I have not really had an odd thanksgiving experience…the worst would be having undercooked the turkey a bit…besides that..nothing too big!:)
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Well my aunt use to cook the thanksgiving dinner the night before and serve it to us cold. No one ever said anything. My mom would bring gravy and warm it up right before just so people could put it uon to warm up the rest of the food. Thank goodness my cousins who do not come came a few years ago and my teenage cousin told her mom why is this cold. My uncle stated isn’t suppose to be. Now my Uncle cooks the meal and it is great
We burned our turkey when one of our kids got hurt and we had to run to the hospital ER. We ended up eating Papa johns pizza that thanksgiving
the worst would be the year I volunteered to cook 100 full turkey dinners each to serve a family of 6. way more work than i want to do again!
It was when the dog ate the bird..need I say more?
Last year while preparing dinner, I put a chicken breast in to make a salad for lunch, didn’t remove all of the plastic wrap, and set the microwave on fire….sigh… The house smelled AWFUL for dinner….
The first time I cooked a turkey and didn’t take out the bag of giblets and other stuff. It burned really weird and made part of the turkey taste funny.
Last year I made pecan pies for dessert. They were okay but it seemed like something was missing. The next day I went to heat up some leftovers and there in the microwave was the dish of melted butter I had put in there and meant to go in the pies.
The first time I cooked a turkey, I didn’t remove all the “stuff” from inside. We had dinner at the Waffle House!
I honestly don’t think I’ve had a bizarre Thanksgiving. Hope I don’t either.
I was cooking a turkey in the oven. And then the power went off. We had to find a restaurent thats still open.
the turkey wasnt completely thawed and we needed a few extra hours before we could eat. by that time everyone was starving and most of the sides were cold
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We caught the turkey on fire one time. Yet we still atei t
My most bizarre Thanksgiving was when I was 13 I had some kind of attack with my stomach or gall bladder. I spent the holiday at the emergency room and came back to my grandma’s to have popsicles for dinner.
The first year I roasted a turkey for Thanksgiving and didn’t know the innards needed to come out. The paper started smoking pretty quickly and we got everything out and resumed cooking. It all actually turned out just fine.
Well one year on Thanksgiving, it was unseasonably warm and windy. My brother in law had a kite attached to a fishing pole, and was flying it.. LOL It was the most hilarious thing I have ever seen in my life!
We didn’t take the turkey out in time to unthaw it so we ended up eating THanksgiving dinner at The Boston Market.
i burnt the turkey once
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My most bizarre Thanksgiving moment came a couple of years ago. My mom always made home-made gravy to go with our turkey. That year it came out a little thick but it was still yummy so we took it over to our Grandma’s house to have with the family. We all gathered around the table and my Aunt started to make up the plates for all of us kids. After I got mine I noticed that the gravy was put on my plate as a side-dish. I asked her why she put my gravy on the plate instead of the turkey, her face turned red and she said she thought it was applesauce!! It was so funny and we still tease her and my mom about the ‘applesauce gravy’ incident! Thanks for holding such a great giveaway!
I really haven’t had any bizzare Thanksgivings…I guess I am lucky! I do remember the first time I attended Thanksgiving with my now hubby’s (he was my boyfriend then) family. He is the youngest of 7 children, all of whom had several children at the time, and it was a bit overwhelming to be surrounded by so many people.
We watched a flock of turkeys stroll through the yard while we were eating dinner!
Well it wasnt really all that bizarre. My bf hadn’t been feeling good the week leading up to thanksgiving and had went to the Dr. They told him there was nothing wrong and to go home. He kept feeling worse and worse. So thanksgiving morning we are making all the sides to bring to his moms. She made the turkey and some sides and his brothers family was in charge of deserts. It gets to the point where he is so sick I had take him to the ER. Turns out he had a kidney infection and kidney stones. We spent all day there because they were giving him pain killers and antibiotics in an IV. So many people were coming into the ER with Bad cuts from either cutting turkey or slicing veggies. Luckily much much later that night his mom brought over some leftovers to our house so we could finally eat!
I used to have to travel from upstate NY to Long Island for Thanksgiving and for those from the area, they know that the traffic to get across the bridge and onto the Island can be insane. I would always go the day before to avoid massive traffic jams, but one year I had a concert the day before and my girlfriend and I were out really late after the show….we didn’t get up really early as planned and ended up being stuck on the Whitestone bridge as my family ate Thanksgiving dinner. A 3 hour trip took me almost 8 hours!!! A nightmare.
I guess my most bizarre Thanksgiving was when my brother showed up with his new girlfriend, who would not stop cursing and just generally acting crass in front of my parents and other relatives.
HHAH cooked the turkey and forgot to remove the bag of stuff from the inside… oops
Our weirdest experience was when we went to a hotel and went swimming on Thanksgiving!
Nothing much “strange” is coming to mind, but we spent one Thanksgiving with my aunt’s family – Her brother owned a restaurant that he shut down and had a massive party. My first shirley temple!
when i was 10 my 14 year old cousin took way too much of MY mashed potatos… seeing as that was all i would eat. i may or may not have stabbed his hand with a fork to get them back…
My most bizarre Thanksgiving was when I was still living at my parents house. We had a dog who would always follow us throughout the house. My mother was cooking dinner as usual and it was about ready to be put on the table so we all helped. Well my mom didn’t want to pick up the turkey just yet so she just opened the oven door and let the turkey rest there for a while. While everyone was in the dining room setting up, our dog decided to help himself! He started eating it right out of the pan… then when we saw him and started for him he ran off with it. There were about 10 people running after a dog with a big chunk of turkey in his mouth… it was hilarious. Thankfully my mom had made a ham as well.
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Most bizarre Thanksgiving was the year my son got a unknown rash and was told he couldn’t be around any pregnant women. We couldn’t go to the in-laws where there were 2 pregnant women, but I was also pregnant. I had to stay isolated in my bedroom for the whole holiday. Very depressing, plus very hard to have Thanksgiving turkey dinner when your turkey that you bought isn’t defrosted yet. We wound up having pizza. Of course, mine was in bed by myself.
I guess the most bizarre would have to be last Thanksgiving. We dont divorce family in my family, just the spouse so everyone is always welcome at my grandmothers. Well my ex uncle showed up with his new girlfriend we had not met yet and their kids, my aunt was there with her new husband and his kids and it turned out my cousin was dating his dad’s new girlfriend’s daughter and had no idea of the fact. It was extremely awkward which was made worse by my grandmother accidently pouring flour in the mix for the stuffing and serving it anyways. It wasnt bad though.
One year I had a tooth ache was all swollen up and was trying hard to “enjoy” the holiday with family and not ruin it for anyone else. It hurt SO bad and I was trying to hide it, which is VERY hard to do. I LOVE turkey and was trying to eat too. Most memorable, but NOT the most fun, lol.
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I am hoping that you, and all the blogs that use rafflecopter can put
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We live in the country so our Thanksgivings are often shared with local wildlife….deer, pheasant, fox, wolves, and skunks! I love Febreeze, it is the only air freshener I use!
Thanks for the great contest!
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The first Thanksgiving that I was on my own I didn’t have the money to go home or even the money to prepare the usual feast. A close girlfriend was in the same fix so we decided we would spend the day at her house. Our dinner was to be Cornish Hens, potato, and a vegetable. Just as mealtime was drawing near my girlfriend received a call from her building’s front desk asking her to come down to pick up a package that was left for her. We were both shocked to find stuffing, candied yams, cranberry sauce, rolls, and a pumpkin pie with whipped cream. My boss had heard about our holiday plans and had left a care package to fill in the gaps. What a wonderful holiday that was, and what a great boss she was. I’ll always remember her fondly.