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Arm & Hammer Ultra Last Clumping Cat Litter

Seriously, I could talk about our cats all day long. I know. But Clyde was my first "baby", coming to us in 2001. My husband and I had only been married 2 years with no children, so Clyde was seriously spoiled. His sister Bonnie (equally View Post

Ungrateful

Yesterday, I had a pretty big bout of the "ungratefuls". I stomped around and huffed and puffed until I finally took a break and ran to the grocery store. The little "alone time" in doing that left me feeling pretty ridiculous by the time I had View Post

Pinterest Quotes- Adventure Edition

Seriously, what would life be without adventures? Sometimes they're exhilerating, sometimes scary, but then when it's all said and done, you realize what you could have missed out on had you not had the guts to throw caution to the wind and just go View Post

Mr. Chewy- Delivering Pet Happiness. For Real.

Shopping for our cats is a weekly thing around our home. A large jug of litter will last us about two weeks, but we're always making short stops at grocery stores and dollar stores for cat food. I've often wished there was a service that would View Post

Go Shorty, It’S YOUR BIRTHDAY!

My little short guy turned 7 last Friday.  I think a week to process this fact in my blown little mind (mah bay-bee is alll grown upppppp!!! *sniff*) is sufficient enough time to embrace it and become resigned to the fact that this really does View Post

Childhood Memories- 80’s Technology

Remember the 80's? Passing notes....watching the VCR....making "mix-tapes"? I never would have dreamed we would have the internet, cell phones (with internet!), and other gadgets and gizmos smaller than a Rubik's Cube square that could hold music. View Post

Smurf Cupcake Fail

Tomorrow is E.B.'s 7th birthday. I wish I had the time to bake him some homemade cupcakes to take to school for snack tomorrow, but I just don't. So, I did the next best thing...I high-tailed it to Kroger to pick out some cool cupcakes with mile-high View Post

Vintage Children’s books

I’m still getting a feel for my library, and every so often I run across vintage children’s books still on the shelves.  Most of them have been weeded out, but if they are still in pretty good shape, they are still there.  I found this old View Post

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