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Next up is Oreck, the brand of the vacuum I grew up with!
One of the best features of Oreck vacuums is their “direct suction” – their latest vacuums produce air flow of over 100 miles per hour. It delivers dirt in a straight, efficient path right to the vacuum bag, while using a third of electricity of virtually any other vacuum motor.
The other cool features are antimicrobial protection and hypoallergenic filtration – their technology fights microbes such as bacteria, mold, and mildew. In other words, the antimicrobial agent is built right into their vacuums.
Oreck wants to give one Simple Mom reader an Oreck XL Gold Power Team Vacuum , valued at $599! At only nine pounds, this powerful machine is perfect for a home that values simplicity.
To win, here’s how to enter:
Leave a comment at this post, answering the following question: We all have our least-favorite chores – but what’s your favorite chore?
The giveaway is open to U.S. residents only, and it lasts until this Sunday, May 31.
I hope you win! Check back soon for one more giveaway.
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My favorite chore is sorting the garbage. Recycling when I can, donateing, and disposing of what I can’t.
I like ironing because I watch movies or listen to books on tape or sermons. It gives me a sense of accomplishment, too.
I actually really like vacuuming (I like the way it makes the carpet stand up and it immediately makes my kids’ rooms look cleaner because the lint is off the carpet).
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My favorite chore is definitely dusting. I especially enjoy it when there is visible dust, because I can see the results of my labor so quickly!
My favorite chore is dishes surprisingly. It’s somthing I can see the immediate impact of my labor on. And just tackling a sink full of dishes makes the kitchen look SO SO much neater.
I enjoy cleaning up the kitchen…. especially cleaning out the sink. When the sink is clean, life feels more orderly.
My favorite chore is doing laundry. For some reason, I just don’t mind it and folding laundry is relaxing!
I like to do laundry…even though it is never ending. I enjoy hanging it on the line and then having fresh smelling clothes all put away!
Can I say “making dinner.” I guess because I like it so much, I don’t consider it a chore. Of the cleaning-related chores, I’d say my favorite is washing windows/mirrors – but that doesn’t translate to actually doing it often enough!
Oddly enough my favorite chore is vacuuming and I REALLY need a new one. The hose on my current model is wrapped in duct tape!
Hmmm….my favorite chore? Decluttering. I need to do it often! I love the look of our home with less stuff.
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Vacuuming is actually my favorite chore. I love how quick it can make your house look clean.
It’s not really a “chore” so to speak, but I love cleaning out my daughter’s ears. =)
My favorite chore is actually scrubbing down the kitchen.. I know it’s tedious and takes a long time, but I like every surface to gleam and move everything out of the way to clean under.. and then the kitchen looks amazing!!
Cooking was always my favorite, especially when we were baking things. I’m not quite sure if that’s a chore or not because it always needs to be done and more so than other chores. Second would probably be sorting laundry and washing. I don’t really mind doing that, but we have a relatively small family.
Scrubbing the counter when it is all cleared off…
I love cleaning the bathroom. People think I am crazy, but it was my chore when I a child, and I loved it even then. I would beg my parents to let me clean it!
I actually love to do laundry….I hate sorting it out, but my favorite part is folding/hanging/putting away warm, freshly cleaned clothes! That reminds me – I need to go get a load out of the dryer!
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I love washing dishes. I don’t have to hand wash very many because we’ve got a dishwasher (which is probably why I like doing the few I have to wash by hand). It’s a chore the rest of my family avoids like the plague so I can get some good uninterrupted thinking time in!
I like organizing closets.
Oooohhh I really NEED to win this one!!! My vacuum is pushing 10 years and I am due for a new one! I wouls say my favorite chore is probably vacuuming (not be a brown noser) because that usually means that everything is picked up and then when you are done you have a clean fresh house!
Call me crazy, but I love scrubbing the toilets. It doesn’t take too long, shines bright, and gives instant gratification. No one else complains that I take that job!
My favorite chose is actually mopping. I alwasy put it off, but while I am doing it, I don’t mind it so much, and I love the feel of nice clean tiles under my bare feet.
I have to go with vacuuming, which means I need this prize!
My favorite chore is folding laundry, since I get to sit still for a few minutes and watch TV or listen to radio.
I usually enjoy cleaning the kitchen.
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My favorite chore is dusting, but that is because I make a music playlist of upbeat music that gets me dancing. It takes a little longer, but I have my own little dance party and sing into the duster.
I love to clean the kitchen and enjoy the sparkley, openess of clear counters, sparkling faucet and sink, floors that don’t stick. It is so inviting!
I actually like dusting–with my ostrich feather duster, I just zoom around the house dusting doors, baseboards, doorjams–everything!!
I love doing laundry!
My most favorite is honestly cleaning the bathroom…something about it being all shiny and smelling nice and it lasting for a few days is so satisfying to me!
Hanging laundry on the line
I actually like dusting! I know it is weird. I also don’t mind vaccuming!
I like outdoor chores – raking leaves, working in the garden, taking care of the chickens. I can’t stand any inside chores – I’m a terrible homemaker!
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WOW! What a prize! My favorite chore is cleaning the bathroom, actually. I hate doing the dishes, my husband hates scrubbing toilets. We gladly trade those chores with each other!
i actually like doing the dishes. I can usually zone out and look out the window…and I lvoe having clean counters afterward.
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Watering plants.
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I love to do laundry.
I strangely like vacuuming.
I do like to fold the laundry – I think of my precious ones as I fold their clothes.
I LOVE doing laundry
It’s refreshing 
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I think my favorite chore is vacuuming because it shows the most cleanliness in my home.
My fave chore is paying the bills, strange as that may sound.
My favorite chore is grocery shopping, because, well, it’s shopping, and shopping is fun.
I like to Vacuum. I feel better doing it myself than letting someone else do it too.
Mine is definitely unloading the dishwasher. I’m on it as soon as I start my morning tea, which is about 1.5 minutes after I stumble out of bed and into the toddler’s room. I love the dishwasher so much my daughter always insists on helping by handing me anything she can lift.
My favorite chore would be making the bed. I love having a clean bedroom.
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I actually like doing laundry. I think it’s the sense of accomplishment as the pile of dirty clothes shrinks and the clean ones get put away…I can apparently ignore the fact that the whole cycle comes undone one hour later!
I would have to say my favorite chore is dusting and polishing our furniture.
I love cleaning the floors and vacumming
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE to do dishes! It’s my quiet, thoughtful time. I also like puttering–putting things away, dusting, straightening up.
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No way! This is exciting! My favorite chore is doing the dishes because I love getting all the clutter put away in the kitchen!
My favorite chore is folding the laundry. It’s very relaxing for me to sit in front of the tv and fold the laundry.
Wow!!!
My favorite chore actually is vacuuming!!! I love how nice the carpets look when I’m done!
I love laundry – there is something very peaceful when it is all put away. You can either embrace it or fight it – I decided to embrace it….
Jamie
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Vacuuming is fun and I’m not just saying that. My 2 year old can always help, I feel like I’m getting a workout (especially if I’m also holding my baby while pushing it) and I can see a noticeable difference instantly.
i love to do laundry~!
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definitely vaccuming. Immediate results, and the noise drowns everything else out.
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My favorite chore is doing dishes. My daughter loves to help me and we get some great time together doing dishes.
I love to scrub anything that’s dirty enough to watch it come clean. The car is especially fulfilling!
Vacuuming is my absolute favorite. I have little ones and I love that I can just clean up quickly after them throughout the day. It’s a bit of an obsession
Folding clothes!
My favorite chore is doing the dishes. The whole kitchen looks better immediately and if I keep up on it, it takes very little time.
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My favorite chore is wiping down the kitchen countertops. We have shiny black granite and I love the feeling of finishing up the cleaning with clear, sparkly countertops!
I like to fold laundry, especially the kids clothes!
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It may sound odd, but doing dishes is my favorite chore, along with laundry because I like the idea of a machine running without me to supervise or direct. While doing dishes I enter a state of relaxation, and my grandson brings up all kinds of interesting topics when he can’t see my face
My favorite chore is probably vacuuming. I don’t really like carpet, but vacuuming is so much easier that sweeping & mopping a floor.
Probably doing laundry and ironing!
I do hope I win! Wow!!! That would be totally awesome! Thank you for all the giveaways!!!
my favorite chore is doing the dishes and vacuuming & mopping.
Definitely grocery shopping.
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Although I hate putting laundry away, I love sorting, washing, hanging to dry if I can and folding – there is order there that I crave.
I like doing laundry. I love the way it smells.
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I love to do the dishes. The home we bought 3 years ago doesn’t have a dish washer, so about 2/3 times per day I wash our dishes. It’s a nice relaxing time for me to stare out the window and watch the birds & day dream.
I would have to say my favorite chore is keeping my kitchen clean and organized (especially organized!).
I like dusting.
I actually really like ironing. It’s very relaxing.
I like to unload the dishwasher. Everything goes back to its place.
I actually LIKE cleaning my kitchen. I love to cook and have learned to clean as I go, some of the time. But I also enjoy giving it a good clean all over,even the floors. It DOES help that the kitchen is at the center of the house and we’ve recently (and finally after 7rs of waiting) gotten new hardwood floors and new counters. I like keeping it beautiful!
I like doing laundry but I HATE putting it away!
Honestly? I love cleaning the refrigerator out.
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Favorite chore? I’ll have to think hard about this because I’m not sure that I have one! I guess I’d say sweeping the kitchen floor – because when I get to that point it means that the whole kitchen is clean now. And there’s something soothing about sweeping.
folding clean laundry! love, love, love it!
I am not kidding you : my favorite chore is vacuuming!
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Hmm…a favorite? That’s tough. I guess laundry – until it comes time to put it away! I like the sorting and hanging mostly…
I love washing my appliances… I don’t know why, but making things shiny is so exciting to me!
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I actually LIKE vacuuming. My old vacuum died a few weeks ago, so I have been using a very loud cheap one that I got on sale. But I really do miss my old trusty red one
I like that you can always pull out the vacuum really quick and make the house look somewhat better as long as the floors are done.
Thanks!!!
Actually, I love to vacuum! I hate doing dishes. Vacuuming means all the toys are picked up and the floor is about to look great!
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My least favorite chore is folding the laundry. I don’ t mind sorting it, putting it through the cycles, but actually folding it STINKS!
Thanks for the great give-o-way!
Favorite chore: Folding laundry (just not putting it away!)
My favorite house chore is organizing. I really enjoy things being in order, so organizing is fun. I love the look of a sparkling kitchen, so that would probably come in second.
This is a fabulous giveaway, and i would love to win (like everyone else LOL)! Thank you!!
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My favorite chore is filing.
I actually really like scrubbing the kitchen floor. Seeing the grime go away is so satisfying!
My favorite chore is cooking. If I could cook and never have to clean up the dishes, it would be wonderful!
My favorite chore is probably grocery shopping. I really enjoy going through my coupons and making a meal plan for the week, it’s actually kind of relaxing for me…and then of course, I really love watching the dollars come off my grocery bill at the end when the cashier scans all the coupons!
I like cleaning the kitchen- doing the dishes, wiping down the counters, sweeping the floor. When it’s sparkling, it makes the other messes seem smaller.
My favorite chore is the cooking. O love to spend the day preparing meals for the week. Out of the cleaning chores I like to clean the mirrors. It is so satisfying when they are clear and sparking.
This give away is meant for me! I love to vacuum! I love when the carpets and rugs look nice and clean and I know I don’t have to worry about the boys playing in the floor.
My favorite chore is hanging the diapers out on the clothes line. I can close my eyes and listen to the sounds of the neighborhood. Soothing!
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My favorite chore is paying the bills and review the budget.
My favorite chore is cleaning the kitchen table. It makes a huge difference to the whole room!
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