{PETS} Homemade Cat Treats!

We love giving are cats a little treat from time to time, why not try these Homemade Cat Treats.

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Yum Yum Cat Treats

Ingredients 1 large egg 1oz jar chicken and brown rice baby food (you can use something meaty or canned wet cat food) 1/4 cup chopped parsley 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil 2 Tablespoons Water 1 cup Brown Rice Flour 1/2 cup cooked brown or white rice Instructions Preheat oven to 325 F. with rack in middle of oven.  line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Combine egg, parsley, baby food, olive oil and water together in large mixing bowl, whisk together. Add flour and cooked rice stir tell well mixed. (the mixture will be thick but should be spreadable). spread the mixture on papered baking sheet, spread the mixture out until its about 1/3 inch thick. bake for 12-15 minutes. let cool until its a a temp that you can handle with your hands. on the baking sheet and still warm slice into bite size pieces. Place back into oven bake another 5-8 minutes allow to cool completely and store in an airtight container.

First Trip To Cancun Mexico

Hubby and I love to travel, We like to try and take a vacation at least one a year. This Year (Oct 2013) we went to Cancun, Mexico for a week, it was so wonderful. We went with a group of  9, my Inlaws, 3 friend's & my cousin Tianne and her new hubby. We all had a blast! I can't wait to go back.

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Arrival:

We all had different flights so we all arrived at different times of the day.

Hubby and I had a very early flight out of SFO so we ended up arriving in Cancun around 9:30AM by the time we got our bags, got on our shuttle (the Mayan has a shuttle you can request), and made our way to the resort 30 min away we arrived around 10:30AM. 

One thing about arriving early is we could not check in until later in the day, but we planed on this. we hate to waste one whole day of our vacation flying so we always try and get there as early as possible. In our Carry Ons we put our bathing suits and anything else we would want for the day, so that way when we got to the resort we checked our luggage in with the front desk and with our one little tote headed for the pool. After changing into our swimsuits and putting on some sunblock (a very important item). we grabbed ourself a spot at the swim up bar and started our vacation.

Around 2PM my In-Laws and 3 friends arrived so we met them in the lobby and went ahead and checked in and went and settled into the room and then headed right back down to the pool for some more relaxing.

My cousin and her Hubby arrived around 5PM so again we headed to met them in the lobby and helped them get set up in the room and get dressed for dinner. We all had dinner at the resort and then swam the night away.

* Image Credit Vidanta.com


   *Image Credits Vidanta.com

This Resort is 1000 Acres of Paradise, Over half a mile of beach, 17 Bars & Restaurants and my personal favorite swim up bars, 15 pools that are all connected in some way. This resort is known for its extra large pools, which means more space for you to find that perfect spot to lounge next to the pool. One of my hubbys favorite things is there Jack Nicklaus designed Golf Course.

We did two 2 bedroom suits for all nine of us. They are set up so nice with 2 master suits and then a livingroom and kitchen between the two, makes it more private. then you have a large balcony with a small pool on it. my favorite part of the room would be the bathtub. it a large two person tub that opens up to the bedroom it's so relaxing and romantic.

Day 2 Resort & Town:

We all spent the morning exploring the resort together and finding our way around. Had some breakfast at Green Break at the golf course at the resort. This ended up being our groups starting point most mornings.

Then we all took a taxi (little did we know that our taxi driver was amazing and would end up being our driver for the rest of the week, we loved him) into Playa Del Carmen to checkout the town, have some lunch and then did a little grocery shopping for some stuff for the room like, snacks, water, beer, and stuff to make some mix drinks etc... My hubby always likes to get beer that he can put in a small cooler and take down to the pool with him so he don't have to pay as much for beer.

Day 3 a day at XPLoR:

We went to XPLoR, Oh man this place was so much fun, If I ever go back I will definitely want to do this again!

Our Taxi Driver told us about this place and said him and his family like to go here rather than some of the other parks so we thought let's give it a try. so in the morning are wonderful Taxi driver picked us up and took us to this wonderful park.

Here we did Zip-lining (witch Tianne and I were so scared to do because we are scared of heights but this experience was so worth it.) The zip-lines are such a experience as you fly over the jungle you will get incredible views of the Mexican Caribbean. Some of the lines even have you going through waterfalls and some have you ending in the Cenotes. 

We Also did the Underground Rafts they give you a Raft and 2 Hand Paddles and you paddle with your hand underground in rivers that are within caverns & caves this was amazing. I can't even explain the experience.

After this we Headed to the restaurant at the park that is all you can eat buffet and is included in your admission price to the park. The park also have snack and drink shacks that our also included.

Next we did Amphibious Vehicles this was my hubbys favorite, of course he jumped in he driver seat. the vehicle's seat 4 but we asked if we could do 4 cars with 2,2,2 & 3 and they were happy to let us do that, this way all the guys got to drive. You drive through 10km (about 6 miles) of rocky jungle paths, bridges, caves and spots filled with water, you will for sure get muddy but that's ok because right after this we went swimming in the Cenotes.

Swimming in the Cenotes was my favorite part but honestly I wanted to try it but I thought I was going to hate it because I'm terrified of water, Yes I still get in pools, ocean and lakes but it still terrifies me. even shadows in pool scare the crap out of me. But I try very hard to not let it hold me back from trying something and experiencing something new. And oh boy am I so glad that I didn't let it hold me back because this was probably the highlight of my trip. When swimming you are swimming it the caves and when you look up you can see tree roots and even once and awhile you see a old hole for a well.

*Image Credit XPLoR

The last thing we did at the park was Zip-lining in a Hammock, You fly sitting on a hammock that's been converted into a zip-line. It takes you over the water of a cenote to a complete dunk into its refreshing water. This was a nice way to end the day.

If we wanted we could of gone and repeated something but by the time we did all 5 we were exhausted and ready for some dinner and relaxing. So we all headed back to the resort for a night there.

here our some thing I would Suggest taking to the park with you: 

• Sunblock- I like this one.
• Waterproof Camera 
• Change of clothes for ride home. (They have lockers there that u can use to put your stuff in.)

Here is what I would suggest wearing:

• Comfortable bathing suit
• Rash Guard
• Swim Shorts- I have these and love them
• Swim Shoes- I have these My Hubby like these Click Here

Day 4 Relaxing and Recovering at the Resort:

After a very long fun filled day yesterday we all felt like just having a nice day handing out by the pool at the resort. And we had a blast!

We spent the day playing mexican bino, We did a in the pool dance class, We met a family from oregon that was also a group of 9 they were a fun group. 

We had a Oregon vs California Pool Vollyball Game and even has this really old man from germany be the ref lol he was so cute up until the moment he mooned us for playing so poorly lol.

It was a fun day just getting to hang by the pool.

Day 5 Cancun & Isla Mujeres

We called our taxi guy and had him take us 30 min to Cancun for the day we spent a little time driving around looking at stuff and then decided we would jump on a boat and go to the island of Isla Mujeres, as we started talking to our taxi driver we found out that he was just going to wait for us in Cancun until we came back, so we decided to just ask him to come along for the day:)  so now all 10 of us hopped on a boat and headed to Isla Mujeres.

once we got there we took a little time walking around seeing the little town, and then rented 2 golf carts and 2 Mopeds My Inlaws & Taxi Guy Took one Golf cart, our 3 friends took the other. Tianne & her hubby took a moped & hubby and I did as well. Hubby and I always try to do Mopeds at least once wherever we go, It's a fun way to see stuff. 

Once we were all set with the Golf Carts and Mopeds we headed out to find a bar that my hubby really wanted to go to. We drove up and down looking for this place.

Finally found a sign for it but all there was was a house...interesting... we ended up walking in this places back yard and bam there it is Soggy Peso Bar This place is a must try. I had the best Chicken Wings & Margarita here yum ( I just asked for no ice, and they had everything else cold so it didn't need any). They had Goanna's running around and they had this one really big one, the bartender told us that they love chicken wing day because they love the bones. Then he throwS one at the Goanna and yep he ate the bone...crazy. If you ever find yourself in Isla Mujeres you have to check this place out.

Hubby was very happy we found this place.

• Beach Towles

• Waterproof Camera- We have a GoPro

• Snorkel & Mask- We Have these I always have a problem with my long hair getting stuck in the rubber strap on my goggles so i replaced it with this Strap click here

• Beach Tote to put everything in- like this one

• sunblock

• Ice Chest with water (and maybe even beer) trust me this will save you. we use one like this click here

resort, they were all pretty excited to get to go golfing. its a 18-hole, par 54 golf course. As you play you weave in and out of the jungle. The first tee time is at 7:30AM and I highly recommend doing that because later in the day it's just to dang hot. Also no need to lug all your stuff on the plan you can rent a set of clubs at the course.

• Golf Hat - he has this one

• UV Golf Shirt - He has this one

• Golf Shorts

• Golf Shoes

Where We Stayed:

We stayed at The Grand Mayan at Vidanta Riviera Maya the rooms here are amazing. It's located on the Yucatan Peninsula. It's approximately 30 minutes from the Cancun Airport, in between Cancun and Playa Del Carmen, Seated in the lush Mayan jungle.

After lunch at Soggy Peso's we headed out to find a good spot to snorkel we took our snorkel gear with us cuz we knew we were going to look for a spot.

After a couple hours of snorkeling we were ready to head back to Cancun, By the time we got back it was around dinner time. Once we got back to the van we asked the Taxi Guy to take us to his favorite dinner spot, so he did we drove up to this dead end into the beach were there is a fences all around but with one of the gates open. he said this is it, We see all these locals going in, so we follow him in (and of course we had Taxi Guy join us for dinner) and wow it was a cute little Mom & Pop Restaurant right on the beach, as we sat there and ate the most delicious food, the candles flickered on the table as we hear the waves hit the beach and our toes are in the sand it was a little peace of paradise. The people there were so nice and so welcoming it felt like we have been eating there all our life. Now I have no clue where it was or how I would ever find it again but I was so Happy to of gotten the privilege to eat there and have that experience.

After that it was time to no longer keep Taxi Guy hostage and say good night lol.

Here was what we took on our day trip:

Day 6 Golf & Relaxing

After a day away we wanted to do another day hanging out at the Resort. After all this was our last day and we wanted to really take in the beauty of the resort.

The Guys started there morning off with Golf at the Nicklaus Design Golf Course at the

Items My Hubby Takes with us for Golf.

As the boys went Golfing 2 of the girls went to the Spa, another went to the gym, and Tianne and I Found a nice little Island in the pool to hang out at. We drank and ate the morning away lol one thing I love is this Resort has so many waiter walking around at all times. 

After the guys were done and the other girls were done with what they were doing the group all hung by the pool and played some games and relaxed for the rest of the day.

That evening we went to dinner at the resort and then headed to the Dance Club at the resort and dance until closing then after dancing we went for a swim.

Yep you swim a lot in Mexico lol is so dang hot.

Day 7 Leaving Day :(

It was very sad to see this day come, none of us wanted to go home yet. however our flights didn't leave until 5PM so we had a little time in the morning to still swim and hang out by the pool. The night before I packed up all my bags so I could get back to having fun in the morning and enjoy my last hours here. I packed in my Carryon bag a change of clothes to wear to the airport, alone with a large ziplock bag to put my wet swimsuit in. when we left our room that morning we just took all our stuff to the lobby and gave it to them to hold. yes it was not checkout time yet but we didn't want to have to stop the fun and have to go deal with it we wanted to keep having fun until the very last second and we definitely did.

When the time came to say good bye it was kinda sad we all didn't want to part ways, I especially didn't want to say goodbye to my cousin Tianne she lives 5 hours from me and I don't get to see her that often and so it's always hard when we have to say good bye.

It was even sad to say goodbye to Taxi Guy. And yes I do know his name but for privacy I don't say names unless I know the person is ok with it. In the end he gave us all his contact info and told us that next time we come we should give him a call aww so sweet.

One little Hiccup we had was when we got to the Airport my Father-in-law realized he didn't have his passport he forgot it in the safe in the suit...oh no... luckily we called the hotel and they found it and gave it to a driver to bring to up at the Airport and it got to him in the nick of time.

So there you have it our First Visit to Cancun Mexico.

Have you been to Cancun?

What's your Favorite thing to do?

{Pets} All About Pets: Pet Month

Most homes have some kind of Animal, Dog, Cat, Bunny Fish there are so many I could list. 

I feel like a Pet completes a home. But with having pets along comes a lot of work. caring for them and cleaning up after them. They can be a lot of maintenance, and can make it to were you need to dust, vacuum and Mop more. so I thought what would be better then Focusing This Month on Our Home's With Pets!

In the Next coming weeks you will see Post On:

• Cleaning  Pet's
• Keeping them Clean
• Caring for Pets
• Ideas for pet's
• Homemade Food for Pet's
• Cleaning and Keeping the Home Clean with Pet's

And so much more.

A lot of work has gone into putting this series of post together and I hope you enjoy them.

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{My Pregnancy Journey} A Company I Love!

I have been wanting to write this post for sometime now to tell you all about a company a friend shared with me. I'm absolutely in love with there Company, Products and Mission.

Its called The Honest Company

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My Friend and her husband had been using Honest Company Bath & Body Products and 

Honest Company Cleaning Products for 2 years now and love it, She was always telling me how much she likes it. Well they just had their first baby and was telling me how they are going to be using Honest Baby Products. Well me expecting my first little one I wanted to Check it out more.

Now being over at her house I have use some of the Products before such as..

Organic Healing Balm
I love how creamy it is!

Honest Dish Soap


Honest Multi-Surface Cleaner
Love the the smell of this stuff.

After using these items at my friend's house I have have been wanting to get some but never got around to it. But now that Little man is on his way I really want to use better products around my home and once she told me they have baby Products I knew I have to look into them more.

Here is what I found:

The Company was Founded By Jessica Alba & Christopher Gavigan, They both wanted an Ideal Not only effective, but unquestionably safe, Eco-friendly, beautiful, convenient, and affordable - everyone should have products. And providing us with the best family essentials delivered right to your doorsteps.

There Products are made with safer ingredients for your entire family.

To read more about them visit Honest.com

When I visited the site I seen that they offer Free Trial* so I jumped on that and ordered.

  Honest Diaper Trial



Honest Essentials Trial

I'm have received my product and I'm so happy with them I will be writing a review soon on each product that I use.

I can't wait until Little man gets here so I can use my baby items but once I use them I will write a review on them.

I know that for sure I will be keeping my Essentials Bundle Coming as I do really love the products. as for the Diaper Bundle I love the Feel and look of the diapers but because my Little man will not be here until March I can't really say yet because I haven't used them. But once I do you will hear all about it.

Disclosure: Yes this post has Affiliate links in it, But what I write is my true honest to goodness feeling The Honest Company is not telling me what to say. I would Not write about a product if I Didn't agree with it and I would not be a Affiliates of a product that I don't 100% love.

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What you should read next:

-Essentials Bundle Review (Coming Soon)

-Review on The Honest Company (Coming Soon)

-The Honest Company Home Delivery Vs Target (coming soon)

-Diaper Bundle Review (Coming Soon)

{DIY} Homemade Butter!

I love making homemade butter.

Lot's of times I will find a really good deal on heavy cream, when I do I like to use that to make homemade butter and butter milk.

it's a great thing to get the kids involved in, so if you have a little helpers have them help you!

today I thought I would show you how to make your own homemade butter and butter milk.

so let's get started!

What you will need:

• 1 Quart Heavy Cream
• 3/4 Teaspoon Salt
• Mixer
• large Bath Towel

Instructions:

1.) using your whisk attachment put your heavy cream into the bowl of your mixer, add the salt cover the mixer with the bath towel you will need this due to a lot of splashing trust me you don't want to skip this part.

2.) put your mixer on high and whip until it becomes whip cream turn off mixer and change your whisk to your paddle attachment cover again with towel, mix on high, the mixture will become liquid again with some small butter chunks.

(at this point the splashing will get bad so keep that towel on)

3.)keep mixing on high until a large clump of butter is made, there will also be a lot of liquid in the bowl that is butter milk. once the large clump is formed the butter is done.

4.) stranger buttermilk out of the butter and set aside for baking or place in a jar and store in the fridge. (I like to use a mason jar)

5.) take your clump of butter and using your hands pressed out the excess of buttermilk under cold running water until the water runs clear. 

6.) shape the butter into sticks or balls.

Notes:

•  the butter will last up to four weeks in the refrigerator you can freeze it also.
• this butter is the best on bread and for baking
• use the buttermilk to make buttermilk pancakes.

{DIY} Homemade Vanilla Fridge Spray!

I love Wiping down my inside of my fridge with

my Homemade Vanilla Fridge Spray, after giving my Fridge a good clean. It makes it smell so good.

What is Vanilla Fridge Spray? It's a Household Cleaning product, It's a food-safe disinfectant that also smells wonderful.

I would not use this as my primary cleaning solution because Rubbing alcohol won't kill all microorganisms. but it still is a wonderful touch up cleaner and deodorizer!

So How do You make it?


Here's how:

• 1 Cup Water
• 1/4 Cup Rubbing Alcohol
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons Vanilla Extract

Combine all ingredients in a Spray bottle and The shake.

Print Recipe Click Here

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{Cleaning}- Spring Cleaning a Mattress

I love doing this to my mattress it spells so good after and the lavender helps me relax!

This mix help with dust mites.

The Baking Soda Helps draw up any moisture & Deodorizes. The Lavender Gives it a soothing Scent That will help Relax You and give you a good Nights Rest.

You can use any Essential oil you want or none at all its up to you but I Highly Recommend Trying it with the Lavender.

Print This Recipe Click Here

What You will Need:

• 1 cup Baking Soda
• Jar with lid
• 8 drops Lavender Essential Oil, or any other kind you like. (optional)
• Kitchen strainer or sifter
• Vacuum with hose 

If your not using essential oil's skip step 2!

What to Do:

1. Remove all bedding, Including bed skirt. and wash it all.
2. Place baking Soda and Essential Oil in jar Close Lid tight and Shake well.
3. Using strainer or sifter Sprinkle Backing Soda Mix on Mattress.
4. Let Sit for 1 Hour or Longer.
5. Vacuum Mattress
6. Place bedding back on bed

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{Cleaning}- How to Clean Your Ceiling Fan!

Ceiling Fan's can get pretty gross with dust all built up on them.

I have one above my bed, and nothing drives me more crazy at night, Then when I look up and see I have forgotten to clean the fan.

Now yes the ceiling fan can be a messy job all that dust you wipe off and drop onto the bed or floor or what ever is close by. Today I'm going to share with you how to clean your fan a easy and clean way.

What you will Need:

• A Old Pillow Case
• Vacuum
• Damp Rag

What To Do:

1. Take your pillow case and gently slide one of the fan blades into it. 
2. Slide the pillow case off the blade wall wiping the blade at the same time. This will make all the dust go into the pillow case and not on the floor. Repeat this with each Blade.
3. Vacuum all over the fan using your vacuum hose.
4. use you damp rag to give it a good wipe down.

See I told you it would be easy!

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{PETS} End of All About Pets Series!

Well it's been a good month, I have had so much fun reading all your Comments and emails on are Pet Series. I'm so happy that you all enjoyed it so much, As I put a lot of work, test and prep into the series. Because you guys enjoyed it so much and I have lots more Ideas, Recipe's and tips to share it seems I will defiantly will be making a part II of the pet series in coming months.

I Also Have enjoyed seeing all the Photos of your guys pets, From are February Pet Photo Contest!You all have such cute pets. 

The Winners Have all be sent emails and will Shortly be receiving there gifts. 

As for you who did not receive a winner email I want to give you a big Thanks! I  hope you will be entering are Giveaways again. To Keep up to date on are up coming Post and Giveaways Subscribe to are Email list.

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Here is a list of all the post in The, All About Pet Series!

• All About Pet's! (Click Here to Read)

• Pumpkin and Peanut Butter Dog Treats! (Click Here to Read) 
  

• February Pet Photo Contest! (Click Here)
• February Pet Photo Contest! (Click Here)
• Removing Pet Hair From Around The Home! (Click Here)
• February Pet Photo Contest! (Click Here)
• Grooming Your Cat! (Click Here)
• Grooming Your Dog! (Click Here)
• Keep Your Home Pet Odor Free! (Click Here)
• Selling a Home When You Have Pet's! (Click Here)

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{PETS} February Pet Photo Contest!

February Pet Photo Contest!

Meet Two of are Entrees!

Melody (the one on the ledge) an Mickey (the one looking up). They are 8 Weeks old. Mickey is the sweetest boy, and Melody loves to explore and try new things! They love to meet new people, and play all day!

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{PETS} February Pet Photo Contest!

February Pet Photo Contest!

Meet one of are Entrees! 

"Hi my name's Ouji (Oo-Gee), it means Prince in Japanese! I'm a Shiba Inu, and am very loved by my parents! I'm a hyper and very active puppy and love to play with all toys especially ones that squeak! My parents always buy me food, treats, toys and also take me for an occasional spa day at Petco so this will help them tons (not to mention me!"

"Thank your time and enjoy my cute face! hehe"

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