Let Your Cats Indulge in the New Fancy Feast® Broths!

Let Your Cats Indulge in the New Fancy Feast® Broths!

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Fancy Feast® Broths decided to choose my cat for this great sponsored post campaign. Princess Yasmine thanks you for allowing her to try this decadent treat!

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When Yasmine was younger, she was taken away and abandoned far too soon. We found her on the streets, took her in and bottle fed her, and when she was old enough, we started her on some wet kitten food. She probably ate creamy food for the first couple months after the bottle, then we transitioned her to hard food. She’s now 12 years old and has become picky in her old age, as in, won’t eat wet cat food anymore. Only thing I can think of is she got sick of it when she was a kitten. Now, she just likes the juice, which is why I was exited to let her try the Fancy Feast® Broths!

 

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:::Perk::: What!? Fancy Feast® makes broths?

I consider Yasmine my furbaby, I always want the very best for her, and I feel like we have found that with the new Fancy Feast® Broths.

  • The Broths are carefully crafted without any by-products or fillers. By-products are the parts of the animal that you don’t want your pet eating, like internal organs, blood and bones from dead, dying and diseased animals.
  • Real and recognizable ingredients are at the heart of every Fancy Feast® Broths recipe. Have you ever opened cat food and thought, what the heck is that? I know I have.
  • Each perfectly portioned, ready-to-pour pouch includes a variety of lickable tastes and textures and tender bites of high-quality real seafood cats are sure to love. I love this because of the real meat and for the no-mess clean up, for instance when you need a spoon to scrape the food out of a can of cat food and end up dripping it or spilling it onto the counter.
  • Fancy Feast® Broths also come in 8 varieties and feature either a Classic Silky or Creamy Broth with the main ingredient as meat with added vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes, spinach, etc.
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She knew something good was in the Fancy Feast Broths pouch, and as soon as I put it in the bowl she started to sniff and gave it a lick. Although she didn’t eat it all right then and there, she did come back to it later and finished it off. She is the pickiest of cats so if mine will eat it, so will yours!

Do you have a picky cat at home?

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf Fancy Feast®. #LoveABowl

The Greatest Gifts for Grads at Best Buy

The Greatest Gifts for Grads at Best Buy



graduationIt’s that time of year again, summer is starting and seniors are graduating. This last Saturday we went up to Stevenson, WA and watched a niece graduate. I had never been to a small high school, so it was kind of neat to see how other schools do it. I am from the city, so we had a class of 500+ versus our nieces class of 60. No matter the class size, it’s always nice to see your family succeed in life. So very proud.

I think the hardest part about graduation is deciding upon what to get the graduate as a gift. Last year, when my youngest sister graduated, we bought her a laptop since she didn’t have anything like that. We figured it would help her out with future college classes. About 2 weeks after we gave it to her at her party, a dog sat on it and cracked the inside of the screen. Thankfully it wasn’t much more than that and was an easily replaceable fix, minus the $60 it cost. We have learned that even though insurance options seem like an expensive, additional charge at checkout, that it is needed as it could potentially save your butt, like in our case.

But, we’re still trying to decide what to get the niece since she hasn’t had her graduation party yet, in fact, it won’t be until next month, which gives us a month to figure it out. I figure either money or something electronic since teens these days need to be up to date on social media with the latest and greatest gadgets like the iPhone 5s. My 19 year old sister has been wanting that phone so I figure that would probably be an ideal option.

Some other great options for the networking graduate that we found at Best Buy are:

 

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Regardless of what we decide to get our niece, I am sure she’d be happy with whatever we chose.

 

Do you have any family graduating this year?

 

This post has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card.

Ninja Ultima Blender Review

Ninja Ultima Blender Review

I’ve always wanted a Ninja Ultima Blender ever since I seen how effortlessly it blended ice beverages at a friends house. My current 15 speed blender didn’t blend ice all the way, which made me realize I needed to upgrade in order to have my morning smoothies ice chunk free. I have mainly just used the Ninja Ultima for my smoothies, but I am interested in trying out other things like salsa, guacamole, puree baby food (when the time comes), almond butter (not sure if its capable, but I am surely going to try since this stuff is pretty spendy at the store), ice cream using frozen bananas, soups, and much much more. As you can see, the possibilities in creations are endless with this fabulous blender.

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I loved that it came with 3 personal 16oz travel cups with sip & seal™ to-go lids, which means my husband and I can make a smoothie of our choice in the morning and not fight over whose using the to-go cup when we leave the house. The best part about them is that they have a screw on blade attachment for when you need/want to make a single sized serving. Just screw on the blade attachment and lock it into the ninja blender and press pulse. I noticed that the personal travel cups don’t work on the regular blend setting, you have to use pulse and it CAN be pretty loud (24,000 rpm). At first I was a bit scared by how loud it was, since I wasn’t expecting it. I mean, it does have 1500 watts in this bad boy, which is equivalent to 2.5 horse power. (Think table saw or air compressor.. lol)

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The blender features a 72 ounce pitcher, but for my morning smoothies, I find it more efficient to just use the smaller 16oz travel cups. Less clean up and less wasted ingredients. The pitcher is one of the biggest blender pitchers I have ever seen and can accommodate quite a bit of items. It has a convenient pour spout for easy pouring and less mess. I don’t know how many times I have had the smoothies pour down the side of the pitcher in my previous pitcher since it didn’t have that great of a pour spout. It is definitely convenient.

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I have used frozen fruits, ice, yogurt, protein powder, milk and juice in this blender and have had every smoothie be absolutely creamy and ice-chunk free. The blades are sharp, so I advise being awfully careful when cleaning this device. I recommend rinsing it out right away and letting it soak if extra messy that way the contents can soak away before you start scrubbing away at the blades.

I love love love this blender.

There is one thing, however, that I wish was different and that’s probably its size. This thing is tall and huge! I can’t fit it on my counter underneath the cupboards since its too tall. I have probably average sized space between the counter and cupboards so take that into consideration if you have no room. I just store it on my fridge. A little annoying to pull it down from there every morning, but I’ll live.

It also has convenient suction cups on the bottom so it doesn’t slide everywhere while its powerful motor blends away. The lid I found to be kind of awkward to get off. It has suction so you have to pull a little bit to get it off, which may or may not result in a messy facial explosion from the inside contents if they happen to be sprayed on the underside of the lid. This happened to me once. lol

If you’re a smoothie fanatic and looking for the perfect blender, this is it and at a fraction of the cost of Vitamix.

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Need recipes or ideas for the Ninja Ultima Blender? Check out their recipes.

Unique Volcanic Grown Flowers for That Special Someone

Have you ever seen or heard of a floral service provider who actually grows their flowers on a volcano? Neither did I until I found The Bouqs. The flowers are picked and cut when you order and are shipped directly from the farm in South America, so you know these are super fresh and aren’t sitting in a warehouse somewhere slowly dying. I love that since we all know how fast some flowers can die, more specifically my favorite flower, the lily. We have them planted in our garden and they last maybe 7 days at most and then wither away. So sad since they’re so pretty.

I ended up ordering the Desperado bouquet on TheBouqs for my sister and her husband for their recent marriage, which features 12 dozen pink roses and purple dianthus flowers or similar accents for $40 with free shipping. I loved how it popped in the online catalog photo, which is why I ordered it. But when it arrived, it didn’t have the purplish colored flowers; it was mainly all pink. I think the purple is what helped make it stand out more so I was slightly disappointed there, but they’re still beautiful regardless.

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You can also write a personalized message for free and have it sent out with the flowers, which I did. They also give your recipient a card featuring information about the company to show how unique your flowers truly are.

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The flowers had little cloth bags at the end of them that were filled with water to keep them fresh and well hydrated. You could tell that they were packaged with extreme care. I can even order them ahead of time every year and save 10% when I set up the concierge. I don’t think I will ever use another flower service ever when i can send these uniquely grown and well cared for flowers from TheBouqs.

6 Great Gifts for Mom at Best Buy!

6 Great Gifts for Mom at Best Buy!

Mother’s day is almost here! Have you thought about what you’re getting for mom for her special day? Although I think moms should be loved and adored everyday of the year, it’s always nice to know that you’re appreciated on at least one.

Mother’s Day happens to fall on May 11th this year, so you still have a couple weeks to find a gift if you haven’t already. And I decided to put together 6 Great Gift Ideas for Mom at Best Buy that all types of moms would probably enjoy.

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1.) Keurig Elite Single Serve Brewer (On the Go Mom):

I absolutely love my Keurig. It’s nice to have a single serve brewer that you can stick in a thermal cup and then head out the door with.  The best part is, you’re not wasting coffee, which means you’re saving money comparative to the the 12 cup brewers.

 

2.) Floor Mopping iRobot (Busy Mom):

If I had tons of wood/laminate/tile floor, I’d probably have this on my list of must haves for those times I don’t always have time to mop. I mean, who wouldn’t want their own personal robot slave?

 

3.) KitchenAid Ultra Power-Tilt Head Stand Mixer (Foodie Mom):

Although I don’t enjoy cooking too much, I think if I had one of these bad boys, I’d probably be more inclined to love cooking/baking for my family. Most of the time I am dealing with a hand mixer, which is annoying because it doesn’t always do or work the way I want it to. This would probably alleviate some of my cooking problems. One day you shall be mine KitchenAid Stand Mixer!

 

4.) Ninja Professional Blender (Entertainer Mom):

This is one of those things I absolutely feel is a must have when you have parties, BBQ’s or just random visitors. You can make delicious margaritas, soups, appetizers and much much more with this awesome blender! I can’t wait to use mine more this summer. I envision a lot of boozy slushies this summer.

 

5.) Samsung Gear 2 Smart Watch with Heart Rate Monitor (Fitness Mom):

This is one of those things that I feel like is a cool thing to have, especially if you take fitness serious and don’t like packing your phone around with you while you’re being active. Track your heart rate, take photos or videos that automatically get sent to your phone once you sync it, use blue tooth for calls, play music, watch videos and more. I don’t think it gets any better or easier than this!

 

6.) Samsung Galaxy Tab 4:  Tech Mom

I honestly don’t know what I would do without my tablet. I take this with me practically anywhere, everywhere cause wifi is the norm nowadays, which is nice, so I can stay up to date with the business aspect of this blog, social media, and family. I probably carry this thing around with me more than I do my phone, which is kind of sad. LOL

 

If none of these ideas work for you or have caught your eye, then check out the latest for the greatest mom in the Best Buy Gift Center that have a low-price guarantee and free shipping with qualified purchase . 🙂

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The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free