Tagg Pet Tracker Review

I received a Samsung Note along with the Tagg device from Verizon Wireless to facilitate this review

In February we added a new member to our family, Theta. The cutest little runt Beagle you have ever seen. She is a handful, one I will admit, that I was so not prepared for. See I have never had a dog on my own. I guess I did it backwards. Most people have plants, then dogs then kids. Me...I kill plants and had three kids young, then for some reason I decided we should get a puppy since the kids are a bit older.

Fast forward three months and here we are with our soon to be six month old insane active puppy. When we adopted her the office mentioned getting her chipped and I immediately cringed. You mean like a chip implanted in her skin, that kind of chip? Yeah sorry that would be a no thank you. I just can't agree to chipping an animal. So when I was approached about reviewing a non invasive pet tracker I couldn't say no.

Tagg is a tracker that attaches to your pets collar. It is easy to attach and remove. There are three components to the tracker. Two of them attach together for you to slide onto your pets collar and then main piece (the tracker) then snaps into the other pieces and locks into place. To remove simply press the button on the each side of the tracker and it will unlock.

Now to the tracking part. We all know accidents can and will happen. A perfect example happened this past Friday as I was leaving to take the kids to school. We were all climbing in the car when all of the sudden my oldest starts yelling NO NO NO. Me thinking something bad happened I jumped out of the car and ran to him asking what what...what was wrong? To that he ran to the fence where our dog was halfway through this nice little hole that I had no idea was there. If my son haden't noticed her she could have gotten out and who knows what would have happened. The only thing I can think of is 1) thank god she didn't get out and 2) I am so glad we have the tracker if she had because then I could have seen where exactly she was. The Tagg tracker uses GPS to locate the exact cordinates of your animal at all times. 

To do a little test on this I took her out for a walk and waited to see what happened. When you set up your account online you input your home address and that is set to your dogs home. They give a little leeway around the home location but if they go out of that radius you will receive alerts such as this

That alert was sent to me via text and as a notification directly through the app so there was no way for me to miss it. When you click on the alert it will open the app and show you the last location of your pet similar to this. You can also view the map version as well.

We have since covered the hole in our fence but if this were ever happen again I have the piece of mind knowing that I could still find our littlest member of the family no matter where she may roam off too because through Verizon Wireless the Tagg uses GPS and 4G LTE wireless technology to track your pet's location from your mobile device. And of course part of the fun part about the app is that you can share information from the app about your pet on your favorite social networks. Gotta love technology right!

If you would like to check out the Tagg for yourself you can visit their site here http://www.pettracker.com/
This device is works exclusively with Verizon Wireless devices and you can download the app for free directly from their website or via Google Play or through iTunes.

You can also find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/taggthepettracker and Twitter too https://twitter.com/taggtracker

They love hearing from people on twitter and are always quick to respond to questions and/or concerns!

Disclosure: I received a Pet Tagg from Verizon Wireless to facilitate my review along with a Samsung Note to access the app. No other compensation has been given. My opinions, as always are my own.

Wordless Wednesday-A day at the park

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The other week my youngest got to go on his first field trip day. Seeing 19 little Preschoolers running around the park as if it was their first time there was the cutest thing ever.

When my soon to be five year old (totally in denial that my baby is almost FIVE) went down this rope thing I wasn't sure whether to run to protect him, keel over from a heart attack or cheer him on for being so brave and awesome. 

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Dinsey PLANES printables

We have only a little over two months left to wait until Disney PLANES gets released! With my families obsession of CARS and now watching and re-watching the preview for PLANES I plan on taking all three of my kiddos to see this the day it comes out.

In the meantime Disney has some great printouts for you and your kiddos to color. Just click the photo below and it will bring you right to them.

Don't forget, to keep up on the lastest with PLANES be sure to check out Disney’s PLANES on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/DisneyPlanes, on Twitter https://twitter.com/DisneyPictures
or you can visit the website www.disney.com/Planes

Chinese Chicken Salad Recipe

If there's is one type of food that I could live off of for the rest of my life it would be salads. I love salads. I love creating salads and the options are practically limitless. One could possibly say they actually are limitless. Since discovering a particular salad dressing a few years ago Chinese Chicken Salad quickly climbed my list of all time favorite salads. I may have even eaten four of this particular salads last week. What I really enjoy about it is the light yet full flavor of the salad, and I especially love how healthy it is. 

Chinese Chicken Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• 2-3 chicken breast
• Romain lettuce 
• Spring mix 
• Cabbage (Purple or Green)
• Green onions
• Green olives (optional)
• Hearts of palm (optional)
• Crispy chow mein noodles 
• 1 tsp Sesame oil
• 1 tsp olive oil
• Garlic salt 
• Onion powder
• Cayenne pepper
• Annie's Shitake Sesame Dressing

Directions

• Cook the chicken in the sesame and olive oil until done
• Season the chicken when it's almost done with your dry ingredients (garlic salt, onion powder and a bit of cayenne pepper)
• While that's cooking finely chop up the lettuce, spring mix and the cabbage as well as the rest of your veggies (onion, olives and hearts of palm)
• Toss it all together in a bowl and top with the crispy noodles 
• Slice your chicken (you can do it all pretty or chopped) and place on top of the lettuce
• Now top your salad with Annie's Shitake Sesame dressing

Now sit down, relax, grab a glass of wine or beer and enjoy this beautiful salad.

Get UnCommon Review & Giveaway

UPDATE

HUGE Congrats to the winner, commenter #11...Carissa Rogers! 

I received a case to facilitate my review

I love seeing my kids artwork and having three children I am never short of it. When my daughters art was picked for the cities All-City & Faculty Art Show I was beyond proud, elated. My daughter and I visited her art and it was the cutest thing ever to see her reaction in seeing her art project on display with the rest of the schools out here. So when I was approached about doing a review for Uncommon  which specializes in making cases for your iPhones and iPads with your children's art I had to do it. What better way to cherish my child's art then having it on display for years to come!

This photo was from art night at the school before they had chosen her art work

 This is the photo from art night that I used to make my case with

And this is the beautiful case that I received

The colors in the photo don't do the case justice. They are exactly as her picture is.

The case is simple, not heavy but still protect the iPad. The important slots that you need access to are still open to you. 

 And the camera is open as well

UnCommon offers many different designs, either pre-made or one's you can make yourself with your photos. You can make cases for iPhones, iPods and iPads. They also offer deflector covers for MacBooks and screen cloths too.  Prices vary depending on the type of device you choose and design but they're pretty affordable. Seeing as some of us change cases for our phone's and iPads more often then we change purses that's a huge plus.

Using their website is easy as pie. Once you have created an account simply upload and image and then select "Customize & Buy". From there it will show your image on the device of your choosing. Make sure to choose an image that will fill the screen around the dotted lines as that is the recommended area for your design to look it's best. The entire process is pain free and fast. Once you have this step done simply add it to your cart and check out.

I personally love that I now get to carry around my daughters art work on my iPad. And yes I totally show it off just so they can see her art.

Today I get to offer a $50 GetUncommon.com Gift Certificate to one of my readers. Perfect timing for Mother's Day!

Mandatory entry:

• Visit GetUncommon.com and let me know which design you would choose if you won and if you have a specific piece of art already in mind.

Optional entries:

• Share the YouTube video above and leave a link here of where you shared the video
• Tweet about the giveaway and leave a link of your tweet

Example tweet "I just entered to #win a $50 GC to @GetUncommon from @Shanamama9197 http://bit.ly/10qfUQG"

This giveaway is open to residents of the US only and will end on May 3, 2013 

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. I received a case to facilitate my review. No other compensation has been given. My opinions, as always are my own.

BLT Grilled Cheese Recipe

Did you know that April is National Grilled Cheese Month? If not for shame! An entire month dedicated to the wonderful ooey gooey goodness that we call the grilled cheese. Yum. The best thing about a grilled cheese is that the possibilities are literally endless. Today I was craving something gooey and I wanted bacon with it. What else could I do but make a BLT Grilled Cheese.

BLT Grilled Cheese Recipe

Ingredients:

• Two pieces of Udi's Millet Chia bread
• Two slices of Gouda
• One slice of Sharp Cheddar
• Tomato
• Spring Greens 
• Two pieces of Turkey Bacon
• Butter

Directions:

• Cook your two pieces of turkey bacon to the desired crispness and set aside
• Butter both sides of the bread and place in a pan over medium/low heat. 
• Place cheese on each slice of bread (I do both at the same time that way you aren't waiting on a piece of bread to get cooked while the other gets cold)
• Allow the cheese to melt and the bread to become nice and golden brown
• Remove from heat and start your layering with the Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato
• Close your sandwich and bite into the crispy gooey goodness

The fact that you can satisfy two cravings in one with this sandwich makes it a winner in my book, I mean honestly folks anything with bacon is going to be awesome. But what I love is that you aren't killing yourself with fat here because it's Turkey Bacon and you do have some veggies so it's a well rounded meal. At least that's what I told myself as I scarfed this bad boy down.

Thank you to Udi's for sending me product in order to facilitate this posts. I couldn't have made such an amazing grilled cheese with any regular ole bread.

Wordless Wednesday-Spring is in the air!

One of the things I love most about Spring time is the blooming of new life. The grass gets green again, the birds come back and bring with them new babies and the flowers and tress bloom as if there is no tomorrow. It's a beautiful time of the year don't you think?

For more inspiring photos be sure to check out:

The Bonafide Life, Better in Bulk, From Dates to Diapers, Not Your Momblog, The Divine Miss Mommy, Colorado Moms, Rajean Blomquist, High Impact Mom, BrainFoggles, The Centsible Life, Rachel Ferrucci, Lil Kid Things, Resourceful Mommy and Zensible Mama and don't forget to link your own photo stories.