My guess is that you are blessed with access to clean running water. We don't really worry about getting parasites or other waterborne diseases when we turn on our tap.
But while we are blessed with clean water coming through indoor plumbing, are you aware of some of the environmental contaminants that are frequently found in that water? Traces of heavy metals like mercury and aluminum, pesticide residues, and volatile organic compounds can be found in our drinking water!

This is why the bloggers of Positively Real Media are so excited to be teaming up to bring to you a Royal Berkey 3.25 Gallon Stainless Steel Water Purifier giveaway sponsored by United Environmental Solutions!
Berkey water purifiers are truly unique water purifying systems. According to UES, they are able to remove red food coloring from water while still allowing beneficial minerals to remain!
As free-standing units that put the power of gravity to use, the Berkey systems don't use any electricity. This makes them excellent systems to have on hand while camping or during power outages.
Our family personally uses and loves the Berkey filter. You can read about our experience and find out why we like it so much here.

While whole house filtration systems can be fantastic solutions to the problem of residual water contamination, they are simply out of the budget for most families. However, a Berkey system is a fraction of the cost and can filter 4 gallons of water per hour, making it a great fit for families!
If you want to ensure that your family's drinking and cooking water is as clean and pure as it can be, a Berkey may be just what you need!
The bloggers of Positively Real Media, a network of naturally-minded Christian bloggers, are thrilled to be able to offer one of our readers a 3.25 Gallon Royal Berkey Stainless Steel Water Purifier, valued at $300! Many thanks to United Environmental Solutions for providing this fantastic prize to one blessed reader.
Just use the Rafflecopter form below to get your entries in!
Giveaway Details: This giveaway is open to the USA only. This exact same giveaway form is displayed on several other blogs in the Positively Real Media Network. If you follow any of these other blogs, you don’t need to enter the giveaway again on their blogs. In fact, you’ll only be able to enter once.
You will be rewarded with extra entries for liking my blog’s Facebook page. Liking my page, or any of the other blog’s pages, is not mandatory for the giveaway, but it will increase your odds of winning. Feel free to like the pages that resonate with you and skip the rest.
Giveaway is open to USA only and ends on October 24, 2014. The winner will be notified by email. This giveaway was organized by Positively Real Media and sponsored by united Environmental Solutions. I was not compensated for this post, but this post does contain affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Imperfect Homemaker!
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Rite Aid Tugaboos diapers. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.
I'm all about natural living here, but I don't do cloth diapers. If you enjoy it, kudos to you. I don't. Disposables for me all the way.
But as we all know, the cost for those babies (I'm talking about the diapers, not the actual babies) sure does add up!
I do a lot of shopping on Amazon for diapers, and I try to buy them in bulk so that I always have plenty on hand.
But there are those times when I just haven't paid close enough attention to how many were in the closet, and I find myself in panic mode. A last-minute run to the drugstore is not an option.

Of course I look for the cheapest diapers I can find, but there is a difference between money-cheap, and quality-cheap. I look for the money-cheap diapers, but I can't stand quality-cheap diapers. What is the point of even putting a diaper on a kid if it doesn't hold any of their messes inside of it?
If there are no diapers on sale, and I don't have any coupons, the store brand is usually the cheapest option. (Bonus if the store brand is the one on sale!)
I've used Rite Aid Tugaboos several times, and I'm happy to say that while they're often the cheapest option money-wise, they're not cheap quality-wise. They don't feel quite as thick as the name brands, but they hold the mess in, and have a nice comfortable fit. (At least, they look like they do. I haven't personally tried them on.)

Rite Aid Tugaboos have also received some upgrades recently, including increased leakage protection, hypoallergenic inner liner with a cottony soft feel, and a stretchable waist (love that stretchable waist thing!) (Well, the leak protection is pretty important too.)
And if you care about looks (please tell me you're not the mom who takes her kid to Walmart with nothing but a diaper on!), the diapers feature a cute, gender-neutral design.
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Next time you get into panic mode and have to take one of those last-minute drugstore runs for diapers, take my word that you can save a little cash buying Rite Aid Tugaboos and not have to worry that you will have wasted your money.
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Rite Aid.