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Tim and I brought our first baby home in June of 2005. Hattie, who was 3 years old at the time, was easy to spot in the cat shelter we visited that day. She was 12 pounds of fluff and full of personality; she was positively LIVID to be stuck in a cage, and we just knew we had to help her out.

This cat was not getting to do enough posing in that cage. Posing, as she is doing above, is her absolute favorite thing to do. This little diva loves to be admired more than anything else.

We’ve been admiring Hattie for 11 years, now. I can’t believe how long she has been with us! She’s got 4 years on our oldest daughter, and she’s been with us so long that it is difficult to imagine our family without her.

I can’t control the fact that at some point, it will be her time to leave this world, but I have realized that I can help optimize her health by providing her with nourishing, natural food. We’ve been working on cleaning up our own eating habits over the last 6 years, or so; why not extend that same intention to what we are feeding Hattie?

Muse Cat Food has been a great option for us. Have you heart of it? This product comes in a wide variety of flavors, and each recipe is made with natural ingredients (real fish! real poultry!) and contains essential nutrients for a perfect combination of the taste your cat will enjoy and the benefits they need for good health. Muse Cat Food is also free of preservative, artificial flavors and colors, corn and soy, and has a nice selection of grain-free options.

And since cats can be rather particular about their food (at least mine is!) it’s good to know that if your cat doesn’t want to eat it, you can get your money back! Visit MuseCatFood.com/clean-plate-guarantee to learn more about the Clean Plate Guarantee, and purchase without worry.

But I don’t think you’ll have to request your money back, friends. My Hattie goes absolutely bonkers every time I open a can of Muse Cat Food. She chomps and licks and feasts to hear heart’s content, and then she comes to find me and purrs like crazy to let me know how much she enjoyed it. I bet your kitty will love it, too.

Find Muse at Petco and bring some joy to your cat, and feel good knowing you are feeding him or her something that is so tasty and so full of natural, quality ingredients.

I participated in an Influencer Activation Program on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Nutrish for Cats. I received a sample of Nutrish for Cats to facilitate this review and a promotional item to thank me for participating.

Who Doesn’t Love Rachael Ray?

I credit Rachael Ray with being one of the people who taught me how to cook when I was in my early 20s. And if you are wondering just how badly I needed the help, ask Tim, who still likes to remind me about the meal I made served one evening that, among other things, had ground beef, tater tots, and Cheetos in it. It seemed perfectly reasonable at the time, y’all.

Rachael Ray and her totally awesome 30 minute meals have been an inspiration for me. She has such great ideas for getting food on the table fast…and GOOD food, at that (sorry bout ya Cheetos).

Just last week I made a crazy good, crazy easy salmon recipe of hers. It was fresh, flavorful, and colorful to boot!

Nutrish for Cats

Now it’s time for the kitties of the house to feel the Rachael Ray love. She has created a line of healthy cat food products called Nutrish for Cats and we recently got to introduce our cats to some of the offerings.

Up first, the easy-to-please newest addition to our family, Rose.

Rose was adopted from McKamey Animal Center a little over a month ago. She came from a hoarding situation, and as a result, we immediately noticed her very strong preference for human food over pet food (she likely had to forage around the house for scraps of whatever she could find). It took about a week, but we got her to start eating pet food, and now she’s pretty happy with whatever we put in her bowl.

Rose got the dry Nutrish for Cats to sample, gave it a sniff, and then had a little snack, right on the spot. Two paws up!

And now for the resident ice queen, Hattie.

Hattie is 12 years old, and we’ve had her for 9 of those years. She is an absolutely beautiful cat, and she’s also quite large! We think she might be part Maine Coon, actually. One thing she isn’t, though, is friendly. She’s not aggressive, just wants everyone to leave her alone. And she wants to be the only cat in the house, on account of her HATING cats.

So when Rose came home, well, that went over like a turd in a punch bowl, lemme tell ya.

The cats still don’t eat in the same part of the house, which is the way Hattie wants it. The poor old girl has been having such a rough month, what with the presence of that disgustingly adorable furball, so I thought she might want to try the wet Nutrish for Cats as a special treat.

OMG, y’all. SHE PURRED WHILE SHE ATE! She doesn’t purr, as a general rule, and she dang sure isn’t going to purr while eating…how undignified would that be?! But alas, she did just that, and she didn’t even look up from the plate once until it was completely licked clean. So, um, yeah…gonna call that one a WIN!

How to Learn More (and Save $!)

If #NutrishforCats sounds like something you’d like to bring home to your cats, then you should start by snagging some Nutrish coupons. Then you’ll want to look up where to buy Nutrish locally so you can redeem the coupon and make your cats SO happy that they might even start to get along (ok, I’m still holding my breath on that one…). You can also follow Nutrish on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to keep up with the latest promotions.

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