JULY 11, 2012

Last month I wrote a post about our complete lack of A/C Unit maintenance knowledge. Hopefully our stupidity will be your gain.

 

I kinda snuck in a little announcement at the end of the post. Did you catch it?

 

Yes-sir-eeee, Bob. True Value requested that little ol' House of Hepworths join their famous (infamous?) Blog Squad. I'm thrilled to bits to be sharing the Blog Squad title with these heavy hitting bloggers:

Kate Riley of Centsational Girl

Layla & Kevin Palmer of The Lettered Cottage

Marian Parsons of Miss Mustard Seed

Sarah Saucedo of Thrifty Decor Chick

Chris Gardner & Bruno Bornsztein of Man Made DIY

Roeshel Summerville of The DIY Showoff

Taylor Ballweg of Maryjanes and Galoshes

Cassity Kmetzsch of Remodelaholic

"The Nester" of Nesting Place

It is such a privilege to be in a partnership with so many top-notch bloggers. I'm really not near cool enough to be a member of this team. Check out my profile on their Facebook Page and their website!

Well, to kick off the big ol' True Value Blog Squad Premiere here at the ol' H-oh-H, I thought it would be fun to share in the True Value FUN by offering up a…

True Value Gift Card valued at ONE HUNDRED Dollars!

 

You know the saying, "What's mine is yours and what's yours is mine?" That is how I feel about being a part of the True Value Blog Squad. I am just so excited that I want to share it with all of you (in the form of a giveaway).

The details for the giveaway are at the bottom of this post. But before I get to that, I want to show you the coolest tool that True Value sent to me. You know how I feel about tools! {Love Em!}

Check out this Master Mechanic Swift Driver Dual-Drive Ratcheting Screwdriver (29-Pc. Set):

 

So True Value sent me this cool screwdriver set and basically told me to go to town with it.

 

I was like, "Okay, this is cool, it's a screwdriver with 29 pieces.

No Biggie…

"Wait. Wait right there. What on earth is that round silver section in the middle?"

 

(Source)

And that's pretty much when I jumped up and simultaneously RAN while screaming "BEEEENNNNNNNN! Ben! Holy cow, you have to see this screwdriver True Value sent me!!"

Yes, I really do get that excited about cool tools.

Without sounding like an infomercial, I have to tell you how this thing works. And I probably won't even do it justice, because I literally had to have it in my hands playing with it to grasp how cool it is.

In a nutshell, you hold the middle section while twisting back and forth.

When you hold the silver textured collar in the middle, you can turn the screwdriver handle in both directions, but the bit only turns one desired direction. So, to screw in something, you hold the collar, turn left-right-left-right and so on, but the bit moves only clockwise. You save a boat-load of time with this ratcheting function. Because of this you can screw or unscrew in almost half the time.

So ya, pretty darn cool. If you want to buy one or read more about it, visit True Value.

Besides being probably the coolest screwdriver gadget I've ever played with (yes, I sat around and actually played with it for longer than I'd like to admit) it comes with tons of extra bits.

All the little bits that it came with (29 pieces!) had me at "Hello". I'm a sucker for the little pieces.

 

I know, I am such a nerd. But we established that years ago. Okay, so the reason I love Hex Bits is because of Ikea furniture. Without fail, if you purchase a piece of furniture from them you will have to assemble it. And every piece comes with these super annoying hex bit bolts and a hex bit tool. That little tool the furniture comes with is a big fat joke.

Well, I just so happened to have an Expedit shelf for my boy's room that needed to be put together. Perfect way to try out my cool new toy, er, I mean screwdriver.

 

The shelf went together in a snap. The screwdriver was awesome and really did drill in those bolts twice as fast. And it was really nice that the screwdriver is so compact. Usually I have to get out the big honkin' drill, and then hunt down an extension cord, and then lug the whole thing upstairs. So ya, it was a lot easier to just use the nifty little screwdriver.

 

And I seriously owe you guys so many boy room updates, but for now I'll show you the new shelf all put together and haphazardly filled with books and Legos.

 

His room is getting there. Someday, maybe when he leaves for college it will actually be finished. That gives me a solid 9 years to get 'er done. Ha! And in case you are thinking what I'm thinking, the shelf is not really working for me there and I've actually already rearranged his room. But here's a wider angle anyway:

 

Here's even more info about the Master Mechanic Swift Driver Dual-Drive Ratcheting Screwdriver. It retails for $26.99 and you can order it directly through True Value's website or at your local True Value.

Now about that giveaway!

 

True Value is so great that they want to give one of you $100 credit to use at your local participating True Value or online at TrueValue.com. Pretty sweet, right?!

To try your hand at winning this great prize, simply follow the directions below, which are very easy (leave a comment. Done.). I hate jumping through hoops for giveaways as I'm sure you do too, so I try to keep 'em light and easy. You're welcome. xoxo

PRIZE: One $100 gift card redeemable at True Value Hardware. One winner.

TO ENTER: Leave a comment on this post.

GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Thursday July 17th at 10pm CST

NUMBER OF WINNERS: ONE

PLEASE NOTE: The gift card is redeemable at participating True Value Hardware stores AND online. If you don't have a local participating True Value you may still redeem the card on their website.

USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Tuesday at the top of this post. Make sure you provide me with a legit email address, or I will select a new winner.

I was one of the bloggers selected by True Value to work on the DIY Squad. I have been given the Master Mechanic Swift Driver Dual-Drive Ratcheting Screwdriver for review for this post. I was also given the $100 gift card for use in a giveaway, to be shipped out to the winner by my elf. However, my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments.