Category: Blog Hops

We’ve Been Memed: #BlogPawsorBust

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Well here we are half way thru another week. Lots of ya’ member our excitement last year when we were able to go to BlogPaws in Nashville fur da very furst time. Kittens, did we ever have a good time. It was a whirlwind and over way too soon, but we learned so much and met so many pawsum bloggers and company reps. Me had never been on any long trips like dat, but it was really fun. Sis Lexi luvved it. She luvs to travel and go on adventures wiff mommy. Now you may be askin’ your self just why me’s talkin’ ‘bout this, right? Well it’s cuz BlogPaws Arizona is comin’ up real fast and we wuld luv, luv, luv to go. But as most of ya’ also know we don’t have da green papers fur things like dat. But BlogPaws runs a contest every year called #BlogPawsorBust to give 3 bloggers da oppurtunity to win a trip to da pawsum conference.

 

#BlogPawsorBust
#BlogPawsorBust

Now mommy has been tryin’ to find us a sponsor among da companies whose purroducts we use. Part of dat purrocess is bein’ turned down, and we know a lot ‘bout rejection dat’s fur sure. So over da holidays mommy opened us up a Zazzle store. We had big hopes of makin’ da greenies, paper not treats; fur BlogPaws and even to pay da VET and buy noms. But alas, we haven’t even made enuff yet to buy a bag of treats. MOL  Course there’s a minimum you have to make afur they’ll even pay ya’ what yous made and we’s got a long way to go yet.

 

#BlogPawsorBust
#BlogPawsorBust

Wiff our Blogoversary comin’ up it seemed da purrfect time to post ‘bout BlogPaws. A lot of ya’ noticed sum of da changes we made to our bloggy after returnin’ home from BlogPaws last year. And a lot of pawsitive things happened fur us. We’s been honored to work wiff quite a few different pet companies to bring products and give aways to you all. So we can only magine more pawsumness ifin we kuld go to BlogPaws again this year. Fur those of ya’ not furmiliar wiff what a BlogPaws conference entails let me just give ya’ sum highlights. There are gweat classes to teach ya’ ’bout bein’ a better blogger, takin’ better fotos, appealin’ to da brands and even how to make money. Guess mommy fell alseep in dat class. MOL  You also get da chance to meet wiff reps from sum gweat pet brands. Member our review/give aways from last year? You know da Pet Safe toys, Pagoda fountain, SmartCat litter and more. And maybe da bestest part of it all is meetin’ up wiff your furiends in purrson.

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So dat brings me to da contest. There’s gunna be 3 winners over all and 3 prizes.

1st prize:  A trip fur 1 includin’ airfare, 4 nights at da host hotel and conference registration. (WooHoo)

2nd prize:  4 nights at da host hotel and conference registration.

3rd prize:  1 Blogger conference registration.

Fur sure we wanna win dat Grand Prize. To enter we have to submit a captioned foto wiff mommy and us at BlogPaws 2016 usin’ 1 of da 4 foto templates they purrvided. (Da fotos you’ve been lookin’ at)  Here’s our purrdicament. Mommy can’t decide which one to submit. She had it narrowed down last night, but still kuldn’t decide on just one. You know her captionin’ and foto editin’ be lackin’, so she isn’t sure we have a winner yet. So me told her we shuld ask all of you to help us decide.

#BlogPawsorBust
#BlogPawsorBust

 

You know we can’t wait to sit around in da #Phoenix Courtyard sippin’ lemonade and lookin’ out at da #Mountains and deserts. Da sky seems so blue and da #Clouds so soft and pillowy we kuld just stay outdoors fur hours. We luv horses and kuld spend a leisurely afternoon watchin’ da #Horses drinkin’ from da #Water troughs and listenin’ to da wind blowin’ fru da leaves on da #Trees. We might even be able to find a good tree fur climbin’. MOL  Or maybe we kuld go ridin’ on one of those #Horses. Mommy luvs da desert and #Cactus, she grew up out West. #Cactus be so amazin’ how they can live in such hot and dry conditions by holdin’ in their water supply. Mommy sez their purrickly thorns are their way of of stayin’ safe. Not many animals includin’ humans can handle a #Cactus without getting’ stuck.  

 

#BlogPawsorBust
#BlogPawsorBust

Tell us which foto you like bestest and a caption ifin ya’ think you have one dat wuld be better. (We know sum of ya’ are gweat at captionin’ and memes are not mommy’s thing) We sure do purreciate you all helpin’ us out.

And we have a winner fur da Morris’ Happy Kitty Kit. Ingrid Rickmar better known as Pipo and Minko of We Bees Siamese. 

 

Till da next time………………………………………..Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

At The Hop, Hop, Hop

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Me lookin' all purrpley
Me lookin’ all purrpley

 

Happy artsy Caturday to you all. Afur me goes any further, me wants to pawlogize to anypawdy what thought sissy had gone to heaven when they saw yesfurdays blog post title. We thought we had worded it so dat wuldn’t be da case. Sissy just wanted to tell mommy how much she luvved and purreciated her. Me will be writin’ one of me’s own to mommy, so we hope you stay tuned. Anyways, we messed up and furgot to add da link to da Pet Parade. Can you believe it? A hop dat we’s purrticipated in since almost da beginnin’, and we furgot to add it. Mommy gets more and more furgetful every day, and now it’s rubbin’ off on sissy and me. MOL  Check out sissy below in da same effect as me’s top foto. Mommy just adjusted da settings a bit and voila’. 

 

Sis Lexi in da same effect wiff adjusted colors

 

We also furgot da Pet Blogger Blooper Roundup hosted by The Lazy PitBull. Me’s gunna let mommy slide on dat one since this is only da second month. And altho’ we’s a little late, we’s gunna join up today. We’s also gunna join up wiff da gawjus Athena fur Caturday Art. And we don’t know how many of ya’ be purrticipatin’ in da BlogPaws #BoostYourBlog10K hop, but ifin you’re not, ya’ might wanna check it out. This month is all ‘bout fotos. There’s sum really gweat posty’s on da fotos we use in our posts and how to attract da brands wiff just da right foto. You don’t have to be a pro to take good fotos. Mommy’s a testament to dat. And da latest issue of da Daily Mews is out. You can see our February article here. And while you’re there, look around. There’s a little sumthin’ fur everyone. Don’t furget to sign up so you’ll never miss a publication (usually 1 – 2 a month). So wiffout further ado, let’s get on wiff da bloopers.

 

Mommy was shootin' fotos fur a review but me wasn't coop-purratin'.
Mommy was shootin’ fotos fur a review but me wasn’t coop-purratin’.

 

Kan you believe mommy cut off half minez face?
Kan you believe mommy cut off half minez face?

And don’t furget to enter our Happy Kitty Kit Give Away. There’s a few days left fur you to get in on this one. You may ‘member da Catit Lounger Scratcher we reviewed last year and just luvved and dat sissy be layin’ on in hers foto above… Well it’s in da Happy Kitty Kit as well as a chirpin’ chickadee toy and sum 9 Lives cat food. It’s open to U.S. addresses only, but those of you across da pond can enter and donate ifin you win.

 

Well we’s duin’ a lot of hoppin’ today, but there’s a lot of gweat blogs out there to check out. Ifin  yous not already purrticipatin’ in at least one of these hops, check it out now.

 

Do you have a Blog Hop dat you try to always purrticipate in?

 

Till da next time………………………………………………..Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

 

Blest Sunday: Bowl Selfies

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It’s time fur another Blest Sunday. Hope you all enjoyed me’s quote challenge. We sure have enjoyed readin’ others posts and have even learned a few new quotes. Anyways, today will be short and sweet cuz me knows a lot of ya’ watch dat ball game called da Super Bowl. Now we aren’t into sports here at our house so we don’t have a clue ‘bout who be playin’ what, but we do like a little kitten bowl. And we even went on over to da Hallmark site and made us up a kupple playin’ cards. 

Dezi in Hallmark Kitten bowl playing card

We’s got sum good things comin’ up this month. A few educational posts thrown in cuz it’s National Cat Health, Spay and Neuter and Pet Dental Month. And of course we have sum gweat reviews comin’ your way too. Our Blogoversary is this month; February 18th to be exact. We are so excited to be a part of the bloggin’ community and honored to be in da company of so many pawsum writers and furiends. We are so blest to have you all in our lives. So dat’s a little look into what’s comin’ up.

Lexi in Hallmark kitten bowl playing card

Me wuld like to ask you fur sum purrayers fur sis Lexi. She started havin’ sum pee purroblems last night and isn’t feelin’ real good today. When we see da blood in da urine we know sissy must be in sum pain and it breaks our hearts dat we can’t just take it away and make her feel better right away. But God can, and we purreciate all da purrs and purrayers we can get.

Lexi with outstretched paw rubbing head in mommy's hand

We’s also joinin’ da Kitties Blue fur Sunday Selfies today. Me’s gunna wrap it up now so you can get back to your bowl game. Mommy’s gunna be caterin’ to sissy today so we’ll be by to visit as soon as we can.

Dezi peering into the camera

Till da next time………………………………………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi   

A Day For Conversational Quotes

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Dezi in stroller outside
Mmmmmmmm smell dat furesh air.

 

Mommy it’s so purretty today, can we go fur a stroll later?

Dezi it’s time to write your blog post. It’s finally Friday dear, and yes, we’ll go for a stroll later.

Oh mommy today be da last day on da 3 day quote challenge. Me has a really good one fur today. 

You do? Well you need to tell everyone the rules of the challenge first honey.

Okay. Me also wants to thank da Menagerie Mom from Four Legged Furballs. Here’s da rules: 

1. Post fur 3 consecutive days

2. Choose and share 1 to 3 quotes each day

3. Challenge 3 bloggers each day

So there ya’ have it. As we have dun fur da last 2 days, we’s leavin’ da challenge open fur anypawdy who wuld like to do it. Just follow da rules and start quotin’. 

 

Yesfurday when mommy and me were out and ‘bout after hers doctors pointment we were talkin’ ‘bout all da quotes one uses in a day. Lots of us use quotes in our normal everyday language dat we don’t give a second though ‘bout. We don’t know when they started or who actually coined them. You know da kind, mommys are famous fur sayin’ to their daughters, “Beauty is in da eye of da beholder.” And then there’s da one, “if ______________ jumped off a bridge would you want to as well?” Anyways, you get da idea. Mommy uses a lot of them. Since we began writin’ mommy’s had to be very careful ‘bout “givin’ credit where credit’s due.”  Anyways, me’s quote fur today is:

 

“Adopt Don’t Shop” 

 

We searched high and low fur da name of da purrson respawnsible fur this quote and came up empty. It  was furst used as a campaign slogan to get more peeps to adopt shelter and rescue animals stead of buyin’ from breeders. Today, it’s almost as pawpular as sum of those old conversational quotes we talked ‘bout earlier.  So dat wraps up our 3 day quote challenge. This has been fun.

Dezi and Lexi in a red star frame, have a good weekend

Me has to go now, you heard mommy purromise to take me fur a stroll later, so me has to get ready. As we do every Furiday, we’s joinin’ Rascal and Rocco fur da Pet Parade Blog Hop.

 

Do you have a purrticular quote you use a lot in your everyday conversations?

 

Till da next time………………………………………….Be Blest!!!

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi