Team Up With Cat's Pride for National Adopt a Cat Month in June! #Giveaway

 Oil-Dri Corporation of America  a leading manufacturer of quality cat litter and the inventor of lightweight litter, announces the launch of the new Cat’s Pride® Fresh & Light Ultimate Care®, a revolutionary litter that delivers the ultimate performance  including 10 day odor control, the strongest clumps and low tracking. Cat’s Pride Fresh & Light Ultimate Care is the best lightweight litter and is 50 percent lighter than traditional scoopable litters. As part of the launch, Cat’s Pride® is partnering with award-winning actress Katherine Heigl, best known for her roles in “Grey’s Anatomy”, “27 Dresses” and “Knocked Up”, as the face and voice of their integrated marketing campaign. The campaign includes TV, print, digital and radio advertising. In addition, Cat’s Pride is proud to support the Jason Debus Heigl Foundation™, by donating a portion of every Fresh & Light Ultimate Care purchase to support the Foundation’s animal advocacy work.

Cat’s Pride started the lightweight litter trend and continues to innovate with its new product, Cat’s Pride Fresh & Light Ultimate Care lightweight litter. The product is 50% lighter and is formulated with highly absorbent minerals and no fillers, guaranteeing 10 days of odor control, the strongest clumps and low dust and tracking. Cat’s Pride Fresh & Light Ultimate Care offers the ultimate performance at a great value. The product is offered in a 10 pound jug, in both scented and unscented hypoallergenic varietie

The "Cats are Complicated. Great Litter is Simple.” Campaign has  integrated the marketing campaign featuring Heigl is the brand’s largest media launch ever. This concept features Katherine Heigl as a recurring character—a cat/owner couples therapist—who helps owners have a more meaningful and positive relationship with their cats. She continually reinforces how using the best-performing Fresh & Light Ultimate Care can reduce tensions all around and create healthier interactions between cats and their people. The campaign features the actress in humorous commercials directed by Anne Fletcher, known for films such as “27 Dresses” and “The Proposal”. The integrated campaign continues across all digital, social media, in-store and print platforms.

The Giveaway

One luck winner is going to receive a Cat's Pride Prize Pack that includes:

• Vera Bradley Camocat tote in black and white
• Cat Dancer toy
• Cat Collar
• Coupon redeemable for one 10 lb. jug of new Cat's Pride Fresh & Light Ultimate Care Litter

The estimated value of the giveaway is $75.To enter, simply fill out the giveaway form below. This giveaway will end on 6/12/16 at 11:59 pm EST. Open to the US only. The winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to reply. Thanks again to Cat's Pride  for offering this fantastic prize.

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Ho, Ho, Ho for Peanut Butter Cups - #Giveaway

The holiday season will be here before we know it! Don’t forget to grab some delicious treats that will not only leave the little ones satisfied but the big guy as well as he prepares to make his rounds on Christmas Eve.

Forget the typical tradition of cookies and supply Santa with something that he will want and of course, influence him to leave more gifts! With Justin’s, maker of all-natural, high-quality nut butters, you won’t have to limit yourself to only one! Justin’s offers delicious Milk and Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups, as well as new White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups that will leave no noticeable crumbs in his beard. Swapping out traditional treats for Justin’s will keep Santa fueled throughout his long night of deliveries which means that all gifts will be delivered right on time! 

The Giveaway

One lucky winner is going to receive a few free product coupons for Justin's!  To enter, just fill in the Giveaway Tools form below. This giveaway will end on  11/4/14. Open to the US only. The winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to reply. Thanks again to Justin's for offering this fantastic prize.

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Book Review: Carried In Our Hearts

"Product was received for free in exchange for an honest review."

153 million children in the world have lost one or both parents. Many, through no fault of their own, are destined to live out their childhoods in institutional settings or on the street, devoid of loving caregivers, sick, hungry and listless. Worldwide Orphans (WWO) is working to ensure that orphaned children can have a happy, healthy childhood in spite of their circumstances.

What many of these parents didn’t know before hand was that a child loses one month of developmental skills for every three months spent in an orphanage. By the time a child turns three, they are often a full year behind in development, and the disadvantages start to mount, including learning disabilities, motor delays and attachment issues.  Carried In Our Hearts also examines the often painful process of adjustment after the adoption process is completed.

Our Thoughts:

Having a friend who has adopted three children and has went through one bad adoption (agency they thought was credible was in fact false), this book hit home for me. I have always thought about adoping, with so many children out there already who deserve to be loved.

This book pulls the heart string of every parent, and would-be parent. With it's poignant reminders that adoption is hard; not just on the parents and children, but everyone involved. Good or bad, happy and sad, this book shows the ins and outs of adopting a child. 

Showing it's not "done" even after the adoption is finished is another heart tugging aspect of this book. There are check-ups and such that must be done over a period of time. Once again the beauty and devastation are depcited wonderfully with each story told.

I love that this book has stories from different perspectives, as it really allows the reader to grasp that just like children, not every adoption is the same. It's not a cut and dry process all the time, there is so much more than most people realize. 

Two thumbs up for this book (5 stars)! I am thrilled to have read this book and honored that I could read something so raw and heartfelt.

Reviewed by Steph

***Please note that I received no form of monetary compensation for this post. The opinions expressed in the review are my own and were not influenced in any way.***