Enter your Dog into the Merial “Doggone Funny” Contest Program: Doggone Funny Blogger Program

Disclosure: This post and contest is sponsored by Merial, a world-leading animal health company, providing a comprehensive range of products to enhance the health and well-being of pets, but all opinions are my own. Please see below for additional disclosure.   Dog owners go to great lengths to keep their dogs healthy and happy: from letting their four-legged companions ride shotgun in the car to holding their dog during a thunderstorm. Merial is asking dog owners nationwide to share stories about their laugh-out-loud dog and the funny things they do to keep their pets happy as part of the NexGard®…

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Staying Sharp with Purina ProPlan Bright Mind

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BrightMind #CollectiveBias Jada came into my life when she was nine weeks old. While I had several dogs in the past I knew nothing of raising a puppy, let alone raising a puppy on my own. I received Jada as an early Christmas gift over the Thanksgiving Holiday break. My mom jokingly called her “the gift that keeps on giving” as we both knew a puppy was going to be a handful. After the break Jada and I made our trek back to…

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How List help me Stay Focused

  I can’t remember the last time I said I was bored. Usually, I always have something going on or there is always something that needs to get done where I can’t even phantom being bored. So how do you stay focused and how do you stay on task when you feel like everything you have going on is just overwhelming you? One thing that I always do is make a list of all the task that I hope to accomplish for that day. Sometimes the list only has about 5 things on it and other times it can have…

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Fetching Water should never get in the way of an Education

For the past month, my Facebook timeline has been filled with captured moments from proud parents excited that their child is either starting or going back to school. It’s cute to see all the smiling and excited faces. For a minute, I felt left out and almost put a book bag on my dog to announce another year of her sleeping while I work all day.  One face I did not see on my timeline this year was Jennifer’s. It has nothing to do with the fact that I’m am not facebook friends with her family because even if I…

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Staying Fresh into Fall and Beyond.

I participated in this campaign as a part of a sponsored post for Socialstars and Tide. All opinions are my own. #TideThat Fall has to be my absolute favorite season. Yea it’s pretty and all with the leaves changing colors, but I love it for the fashion. During the hotter months I normally in jeans and t-shirt due ridiculous schedule as a Ph.D. student and the fact that I’m not allowed to wear anything cute inside the lab, because lets face it cute summer attire is hazardous when it comes to chemicals like Hydrochloric Acid and the like. So Fall is…

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