Blest Sunday: A Walk Down Memory Lane Blogoversary

(Dezi jumps up on mommy’s lap and Raena follows suit.)

Hey Raena, me was here furst. 

 

 Raena in a recursion frame.

 

          I’s want some luvvin’ too sissy. 

 

 Dezi lays in mommy's lap and gets lovingIt’s me’s Blogoversary and me was gettin’ luvvin’ furst.

 

 

Wait your turn. Me’s here now and me’s gonna write me’s Blogoversary posty. 

 

 

          Well sissy, mommy says it’s our Blogoversary.

 

Dezi sits and poses in a reflection frame of purple and gray

Well it’s got me’s name on it, and besides, you haven’t even been here a year yet. Me’s bloggy is 3 years old. That’s 2 years longer than you’ve even been alive. 

 

          I’s gonna tell mommy that you’re bein’ mean to me. 

 

 Dezi and Raena in purple frame with grayscale applied and reflections

 

Oh purrlease. Don’t be so whiney. Anyways…A lot of ya’ have heard the story of how we got started, but we do have some new followers that haven’t. So, we thought we’d give ya’ a little history behind Deziz World. We were all new to the world of computers and the internet. Mommy was terrified of the online world, so while taking a class, she set up our Facebook account under sis Lexi and me’s name. Not long after she learned ‘bout Facebook pages and created one fur sis Lexi so we could share the idea of Service Cats with the world. Sissy told a story almost every night back then. It was a lot of work fur mommy, but we started makin’ some pawsum furiends and found a whole community of cats and their peeps.

 

 Starry eyed Lexi in a multicolor frame of pinks, purples an turquoise.Sis Lexi was the only one old enuff to have a Facebook account.

So her name’s furst and her birthday’s on our account.

 

Soon after, one of those cats, Timmy Tomcat, asked ifin anypawdy would be innerested in guest bloggin’ at Blue’s Lounge. We had no clue what bloggin’ was, but mommy said me could do it since sissy had a Facebook page. Uncle Pete and Timmy, told us to create an account on WordPress that we would use to post from. Mommy bein’ catputer illiterate, created our account and answered each question as bestest she could. Befur we knew it, DezizWorld was created. Mommy was so confused and couldn’t even find Blue’s Lounge. She had no idea she had created our very own bloggy. We wrote to uncle Pete and Timmy and ‘splained what we thought we did, and he said, we now had our own bloggy that we could post on. ‘Member when we said we didn’t know what bloggin’ was? Well, here’s our very furst posty. Yep, we’ve come a long way since then. We wrote a total of 8 postys our furst month. We told the stories of how and when we came to live with mommy.

 

 Dezi lays in mommy's lap and gets loving

 

We didn’t even know how to comment on other blogs back then. We visited quite a few everyday, but had no way of commentin’. And then one day, the light bulb went off in mommy’s head and she figured it out. Of course, Timmy’s bloggy was the furst bloggy we commented on. We became Timmy stalkers really. MOL  Now we’re great furiends and feel so blest to have Timmy and his furmily in our lives.

 

 Cat Scouts Jamboree with Timmy, Andy, Nibbler, Dezi, Einstein, and Shoko
Timmy Tomcat and Dezi dance at a Cat Scout eventYep, dat’s Timmy and me dancin’. Me learned a lot ’bout

da virtual world in Cat Scouts.

 

Oh, me has to tell you a really funny story. Somehow, we had started following Sammy from the then One Spoiled Cat. At that time, he was postin’ ‘bout a “virtual” trip to outer space. ‘Course he never said anythin’ ‘bout it bein’ virtual. And every day we would get these emails ‘bout space ships with photos of kitties on human bodies dressed in space suits. Mommy was all like, “Who would let their beloved kitty go to outer space?” “What cat would even wear those space helmets?” “My cats are Service Cats, I couldn’t live without them that long.” (shakes head) Oh me’s dear sweet mommy. Turns out it was a virtual adventure Sammy was headin’ up fur his fellow Cat Scouts and bloggin’ buddies. And awnty Pam and Sam? They turned out to be great furiends and lots of help when it came to unnerstandin’ this bloggin’ thing. Me’s now taken several of those “virtual” trips meself. Me hasn’t been to outer space, but ya’ never know what the future holds.

 

 Dezi in her Sabertooth Cat Scout uniformMe has ascended da ranks to Sabertooth

 

I'z in da Tabby Cat Club tu!!
I’z in da Tabby Cat Club tu!!
Meez in da Tabby Cat Club!!
Meez in da Tabby Cat Club!!

 

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Me followed Timmy to Cat Scouts, and sis Lexi and me joined The Tabby Cat Club. And all the while we kept meetin’ more and more pawsum peeps and their anipals. We’ve made so many amazin’ furiends and have been blest to overflowin’ by your luv and support. Brian and his furmily were so gracious and sponsored our furst trip to BlogPaws. It was sooooooo amazin’ and we met so many of our pawsum furiends in the flesh and fur. We were innerviewed fur the Mousebreath Magazine by those crazy funny farmers over at Jan’s Funny Farm. We’ve since been featured on a few other blogs and have a few features comin’ up soon. We’ve joined the Chewy.com Influencer group and received and reviewed a lot of pawsum purroducts. And there’s many more reviews in our future.

 

 Lexi in a peaceful cloud frame with a dove

 

A lot of you were here when sis Lexi was diagnosed with CKD and mommy went in search of the best way to manage it. And more of you were here when sissy had to leave us fur her final journey to heaven. More of you joined us when me’s new sisfur and Service Cat in Training, RaenaBelle joined us. And still more when we innerduced our Service Cat Monday Series this past year. Deziz World the blog is always growin’ and evolving just like we are. We so hope you all stay with us as we continue to learn and grow. We hope to continue to bring you blessings, smiles, laughter, and a little education along the way. Ifin there’s somethin’ you would like to see, let us know. Ifin it’s within’ our power, we’ll try to do it.

 

 Raena in square gradient frame

 

Fank you all fur bein’ here and bein’ our furiends. We never could have ‘magined all the blessings we would receive when we started on this journey 3 years ago. And even tho’ there’s been purrlenty of sad along the way, we wouldn’t change a thing. Blessings abound each and every day. You just have to stop and see them. Sometimes they’re the very things we take fur granted, such as breathing, and the flowers that bloom in spring, and even sometimes those amazin’ furiends. So ‘member to take a minute today and every day to give thanks fur the blessings in your life. And don’t furget to tell your furiends what they mean to ya’ every once in a while. You never know what somepawdy might be goin’ thru and just how much your kind words might mean to them. Fank you fur takin’ this walk down memory lane and little glimpse into the future with us.

 

 Dezi and Raena cubed

 

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

 

Dezi: Vibrant Blue 

Raena: Navy Blue

 

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Deztinee and RaenaBelle and mommy A       

Gently Dried Beef Hearts #ChewyInfluencer

Hey, is anypawdy there? It’s me, RaenaBelle. We don’t normally post on Tuesdays, but we have another pawsum Chewy review we wanted to tell you about, so mommy said I’s could post it today. I’s thinkin’ that I’s getting’ purretty good at this bloggin’ thing, wha’d’ya’ think?

 

 Dezi lays on the arm of the chair

 

          Raena!!! Quit askin’ fur compliments!!! It isn’t pawlite.

 

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Whatever sissy. Not pawlite.? I’s’ll have to look that up on google later. Anyways, right now I’s wanna talk ‘bout the pawsum Chewy Blogger Influencer program. Ya’ll know that each month we get the oppurrtunity to try out and tell ya’ll ‘bout some really amazin’ and offen tasty purroducts. ‘Course you also know that we always tell ya’ the truth. We are so grateful that Chewy purreciates our honesty and doesn’t penalize us fur it. That’s a purretty good reason to shop with a place ifin ya’ ask me. And we’re glad you all have come to trust us, cuz we do tell da truth. Mommy says Chewy’s Customer Service is just as pawsum. She says she can shop with absolute confidence, which was really nice when me furst came to live here and she didn’t know what kind of foods I’s was gonna like. Not to worry, when she ordered with Chewy, even ifin she ordered the wrong thing, they would make it right. And you all know how much I’s luvs me a Chewy box. OMC  They are the bestest.

 

Raena plays in a chewy box

         

          Raena, you kinda wrote a disclaimer. And me luvs a great chewy box too. Are you gonna get to the treats any time soon?

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Yes, sissy. I’s getting’ there. When I’s was a little girly, mommy bought me these yummy heart treats. No, not the ones shaped like a heart, but real freeze dried heart organ treats. I’s luvved ‘em and so did sissy, but mommy couldn’t ‘member anythin’ ‘bout ‘em. So this month when Chewy offured us the oppurrtunity to try out the Evanger’s Nothing but Natural Beef Hearts Gently Dried Dog and Cat Treats, 3.5 oz. bag, we jumped on it. Furst, let’s go see what Chewy and Evanger’s says ‘bout these heart treats.

Key Benefits

  • Single ingredient beef hearts are nutrient dense treats that can be a treat, training award, food topper, or reconstituted in warm water for 3-5 minutes for a savory snack.

  • Grain-free, gluten-free product, endorsed by the cRc Kosher for Passover.

  • No additives or artificial ingredients

  • Highly palatable treats are perfect for finicky or picky pets

  • Suitable for both dogs & cats

 

 Raena sniffing the evanger's beef heart treats bag

We always luvs a purroduct that has an ingredient list we can read and doesn’t contain any of those controversial ingredients. These Evanger’s Beef Hearts fit that bill to a tee. Nothin’ in the bag but good ole beef hearts. Now let me tell ya’, there’s a big difference ‘tween Freeze dried and Gentle dried; and ‘tween organ meats and flesh meats. Anyways, mommy opened the bag of Evanger’s hearts and kittens, was she shocked!!! Inside the bag were these long strips that looked a lot like jerkey. Well, you all know sis Dezi and me like little bites, so as we waited rather impatiently, mommy took one of those strips and began to break it up. The beef heart strips were really hard and a little brittle, so they broke fairly easy. Mommy broke a couple of bite size pieces off to give to us and also gave us each a small strip. She thought it might be somethin’ we’d like to chew on ourselves. Ya’ know, kinda like a raw hide chew.

 Raena looking at the Evanger's beef heart strip

 

Well, she was wrong. When was the last time you saw a kitty gnawin’ on a raw hide? Mommy says she had a kitty that luvved things like that, but I’s can tell ya’ us girlys’ ain’t into that. Dezi and me both turned our noses up to that option really quickly. So mommy gave us the small bites she had broken off and took away the long strip. I’s sniffed ‘round ‘em fur a few seconds and took a piece in mines mouth and then spit it out. I’s looked at mommy and meowed ‘bout how these beef hearts was a bit on the hard and chewy side. So mommy took one of those strips and soaked it in some water to make it a bit softer. Yeah, I’s didn’t really like that either. What a bummer. Such a pawsum treat, bein’ good fur ya’ and only the one ingredient. But ifin I’s won’t eat it…I’s do have to give up 2 paws up, cuz it’s a quality treat and I’s can ‘magine doggies fur sure likin’ ‘em. Sissy? Do you wanna tell everypawdy what you thought?

 

 Dezi sniffs the Evanger's beef heart treat

 

          Sure Raena, fanks. Like Raena said, the Evanger’s Gently dried Beef Hearts are a good quality treat that can be fed to any of your meat eatin’ pets. They are large strips that are pretty easy to break into smaller pieces. They don’t have much of a smell, and we don’t think they reconstitute very well. ‘Course mommy only let the strip soak for just under 15 minutes (the bag recommended 2-3 minutes). Maybe a little more time would have purrduced a softer treat?. Anyways, me sniffed at the Evanger’s Beef Hearts a little and then turned mes nose up. Me didn’t even put a piece in mes mouth; so me can’t really say much ‘bout how they taste. Me agrees with Raena. These beef hearts would make a great treat fur doggies, and we’re sure there are kitties out there that would like them. We’re just a little spoiled and like a little softer treat. Cuz of the ingredients and the good fur ya’ factor, me will give these treats 1 paw up. 

 Raena bites the Evanger's beef heart strip

Fanky fank ya’ sissy. Evanger’s also offurs these treats in beef liver, beef tripe, wild salmon, beef lungs and beef tongues. All formulas are on sale right now. Ifin you’d like to try any of these good fur ya’ treats, you can get them fur $6.43 to $9.23. The sizes vary from 2 oz – 4.6 oz bags. Chewy offurs speedy free shippin’ on all orders over $49.00 and speedy flat rate shippin’ on all other orders. Chewy also has a great auto ship program that allows you to save an extra 10% and receive your pets favorites on the schedule you choose. But don’t worry, you can skip, cancel or delay at any time.

 

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Guess I’s oughtta wrap it up now. Check out the Chewy blog hop here to read ‘bout other pawsum purroducts reviewed this month. We hope you’re havin’ a great week.

 

Till the next time……………………………………Be Blest!!!

 

Raena: Navy Blue 

Dezi: Vibrant Blue

 

 

 

Luvs and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

RaenaBelle and Deztinee

Treat Talk From the Ledge #ChewyInfluencer

(It’s late afternoon. Dezi and Raena are both napping the day away. Mommy gets up and goes to the kitchen and stands at the sink washing up Dezi and Raena’s brekky dishes. Both girls awake and run to the kitchen to keep an eye on mommy and await some “specials”. Mommy then moves to crush up some ice into snow for her cold drinks. Dezi, feeling impatient, gets up and walks over to mommy and squeaks out a meow. Raena follows suit and jumps from her perch atop the stroller and lands on Dezi.

 

Dezi lays in the wheelchair while Raena meows t her from the top of the stroller.

Dezi hisses and and lets out a small low growl to which Raena ignores and runs to mommy. Raena stands on her back paws and stretches her front ones up on mommy and chirps. Dezi squeaks another meow and mommy says,”Just a minute girls. We’ll have some treats as soon as I get these ice trays filled, okay?. Both girls stand together intently watching mommy put the ice trays in the freezer and then run and jump up on the Liberty cat tree.)

 Dezi atop the Liberty cat tree

(While waiting for mommy to get the treat container open, Raena jumps from ledge to perch, to ledge and lands on Dezi’s tail.) Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Stop jumpin’ on me Raena. Mommy’s not gonna give us any treats ifin you don’t behave.

Raena licks paw while sitting on the small cat perch

          Sure she will sissy. These are our Chewy review treats. She’s gotta let us have ‘em, so we can write a review.

Have you learned nuffin’ Raena? Mommy don’t have to do anythin’. Besides, me doesn’t like it when you jump on me. That just ain’t nice.

 Raena reaching for the camera with the Weruva treats in the background

 

          Whatever. (Raena jumps back down to her treat perch and waits) We’re tryin’ the Weruva Paw Lickin’ Chicken freeze dried chicken treats this month. They come in a 1.91 ounce tube, and are chunks of white breast of chicken. I’s know that doesn’t sound like much, but there’s quite a lot of bits and bites in that tube. That’s them behind me there. Isn’t mines paw adorable?

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Stop meowin’ fur compliments Raena. Anyways, freeze dried chicken breasts are our favorites, but not all freeze dried treats are the same. Let’s see what Chewy has to say ‘bout the Weruva Paw Lickin’ Chicken: 

Key Benefits

  • Suitable for all life stages that both dogs and cats can enjoy

  • A delicious single ingredient, protein rich treat that makes the perfect treat for pets on limited diets

  • No grains or glutens, a common allergy trigger for pets

  • Can be served as a treat or used as a topper, even the pickiest eaters will gobble down their food

  • Treats come in a convenient container for easy storage

 Weruva Paw Lickin' Chicken freeze dried treats

 

These are a one ingredient treat and are 200 kcal per tube. They are purrfect fur both cats and dogs or any other meat eatin’ pet you may have. They are mostly bite sized, but can easily be broken into smaller pieces. We don’t think in general they are dry enuff to crumble but there are a few pieces in our tube that might be. We do want to speak to the packaging fur a minute. As we said, these are in a cardboard tube with a plastic inserted type lid. Mommy broke a few nails over the holidays, and has some arfur-itis in her hands and fingers (all those years of piano playing and typing). Anyways, mommy did find them a little difficult to get open, and sprayed little chicken bites all over the place, the furst time. The more you open them, the easier it gets.

 

 Raena eats treats

          So, sissy, what did you think ‘bout the Paw Lickin’ chicken? I’s kinda liked ‘em. I’s do like a little bit of a smaller bite, so mommy had to break ‘em in half fur me, but they were purretty good. They’re not crumbly dry, but dry enuff that they don’t have much of a smell, so I’s kept losin’ ‘em. Did you know us kitties don’t see very well really close up? Not even our cross eyed meezer cousins. It’s true, that’s why we rely on our sniffers so much. Anyways, those that actually got in mines mouth deserve 3 paws up.

 Dezi atop the Liberty cat tree

 

That’s pawsum Raena. Me’s so glad you like ‘em. As you said, they don’t really have a smell to them and me likes a smaller bite too. Me didn’t really care fur them. Thinkin’ it might be cuz of the dryness and smell issue, mommy added some water to soffen a few up fur me and added ‘em to mes dinner plate. Me ate ‘round ‘em and left them to dry up again. ‘Course me thinks you came along and ate ‘em up befur that happened. Me will give the Weruva Paw Lickin’ Chicken Freeze dried treats 2 paws up. One fur the limited ingredients and 1, cuz you liked ‘em. Not every kitty is gonna like everything.

 

 

 Raena lays on the Liberty cat tree

          Well, you walked away, so I’s figgered you was through. They were a little smellier and easier to find once they had been reconstituted. I’s been readin’ the dictionary. MOL  Mommy says you used to like these fine, so we don’t know ifin there’s been a change on Weruva’s end or with you sissy; but as ya’ said, there’s no one purrfect purroduct fur every kitty. Ifin ya’ like freeze dried chicken breasts, ya’ just might like these. They also come in Blue Water Whitefish. Both flavors are $8.99. And there’s always speedy free shipping on all orders of $49.00 and up and speedy flat rate fur all other orders. Chewy also has an auto ship program that allows you to always get what you need when you need it and save an additional 10% at the same time. But don’t worry, you can skip, cancel or delay anytime. And Chewy has the bestest Customer Service, so you can shop with confidence fur all your pets needs.

 

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Let’s wrap it up Raena. mommy’s case manager will be here soon. You can check out other Chewy reviews by clicking here and see what other products were tried this month. We’ll be ‘round to visit as soon as we can.

 

 

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

 

Dezi: Vibrant Blue 

Raena: Navy Blue

Mommy: Black

 

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

 

Deztinee and RaenaBelle

Tower of Tracks #ChewyInfluencer

Hey, is anypawdy out there? It’s me, RaenaBelle. I’s so excited. I’s luvs Christmas. But we’ll tell ya’ more ‘bout dat Sunday. Today, I’s gonna get to write our very last Chewy review. Yep, da last one…of 2016 dat is. MOL  Did I’s get ya’? We didn’t receive our item till da day befur Christmas, so mommy decided to just save it and put it under da tree fur us. We ended up gettin’ so many pawsum gifts dat mommy waited yet another day befur givin’ it to us. Knowing how much we luv our track and ball toys, mommy got us da Pet Stages Tower of Tracks to review.

 

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PetStages Tower of Tracks

So, let me tell ya’ a little ‘bout da Tower of Tracks. Maybe da most obvious is dat it’s bright orange and made of shiny plastic. Da Tower of Tracks is 10” wide and 5” tall and has 3 levels with a ball on each level. Each ball is lightweight, made of a thin plastic and sammiched ‘tween another row/level. Each level gets smaller in diameter as you go up. There’s a plastic “bar” on da top dat closes off da hole. It doesn’t move or have any function fur da toy itself, other than to keep kittys head from gettin’ stuck. And trust me, I’s tried fittin’ mines head in there, and it just doesn’t fit. So I’s guess da bar’s doin’ it’s job. Chewy lists da Key Benefits as these:  

Key Benefits

  • Durable toy consisting of three levels of exciting play, each level includes its own circular track and ball

  • Non-skid pads keep track from sliding around as cats bat and play

  • Spinning and rotating action of the balls entices cats to play

  • Great fun for a single cat or multiple cats

  • Measures 10″ diameter x 5″ high

Dezi and Raena check out the Tower of Tracks

 

I’s gotta tell ya’, I’s luvs me a good track toy. I’s like to get all 3 balls zoomin’ ‘round and ‘round. I’s haven’t yet figgered out how to get those balls off their tracks, but give me some time, I’s’ll find a way. MOL  All things considered, I’s give da PetStages Tower of Tracks 4 paws up. Dezi, do you wanna tell everypawdy what you think?

 Dezi checks out the Tower of Tracks

          Sure Raena, fanks. Me luvs track toys too, and this one is purretty cool. There’s no place fur catnip, but it’s small enuff fur me to lay down and reach all da sides to whirl da balls ‘round. Me thinks it makes a great toy fur a kitten or small kitty, but ifin me pushes da balls too hard, it falls over. Raena, still bein’ a kitten, really likes it; and it can keep her occupied fur a whole 10 minutes. Fur dat reason alone me gives it 2 paws up. Da PetStages Tower of Tracks is on sale right now fur $9.79. Mommy, what do you think bout da Tower of Tracks?

 Dezi and Raena play with the Tower of Tracks

     Thank you girls. Well, as Raena said, the Tower of Tracks is made of a thin plastic. And as Dezi said, it’s pretty small. Having recently fallen and broken one of the girls track toys, I can say that this track toy would have shattered and made a huge mess. But, it does keep Raena occupied for short spurts. Anything that can do that, deserves a thumb up. lol  Even at less than $10.00, I think it’s still a little overpriced. But if you have kittens, you’ll pay almost anything for a few minutes of peace. lol So again, 1 thumb up from me. 

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Fank you sissy and mommy. Guess we’re a little mixed here. But hey, you can’t expect everypawdy to luvs everything. Well, we do all luvs Chewy.com. They have lots of pawsum purroducts fur all da anipals in your life. They offur speedy free shippin’ on all orders over $49.00 and speedy flat rate shippin’ fur all others. They also have an auto ship purrogram so you don’t have to worry ‘bout runnin’ out of your favorite noms, treats or other items, and ya’ save an extra little bit of cash. But don’t worry, you can skip, cancel or delay at anytime. And Chewy has da bestest customer service peeps, so you can shop with confidence. You can check out other chewy reviews by clickin’ here. And befur I’s go play with da Tower of Tracks again, we’s gonna join with Rascal and Rocco fur da weekly Pet Parade. See ya’ll next year.

 Raena plays with the Tower of Tracks

 

Raena plays with the Tower of Tracks

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

Raena: Navy Blue 

Dezi: Vibrant Blue 

Mommy A: Black 

 

 

Luvs and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

RaenaBelle and Deztinee