Top: Shadow and Jazmine; Middle: Zoey, Mia, and Peanut; Bottom: Rolz and Kizmet

All of us at Zee & Zoey’s Cat Chronicles wish you and yours a safe, peaceful, loving, and wonderful Thanksgiving. This year, we are blessed to have family coming from Boston and local family and friends we’ll be sharing the day with.

Take care, and, as always, we share these tips to keep our kitties safe and sound with all the treats that abound!

Mia…and Rolz!

Like clockwork, I feed my gang of seven cats at 5:00 p.m. After cleaning up after them and trying to close my work day down, from around 5:30 to 6:00, I have “me time.” This is where I get caught up on emails, play games on my phone, etc., before I start to cook dinner at 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. is also when the cats get a snack, which I guess equates to dessert if you are a human. Like a diligent soldier, Mia sits on the counter next to me during my “me time,” waiting for those two or three pieces of treats she lives for.

I decided to catch her waiting on camera, only to find out when I pulled up the picture that she had a friend in wait with her! That’s Rolz in the background! I should have figured as much. They are two peas in a snack pod when it comes to their daily ritual! How about you all? Do you have cats obsessed with snack rituals? Or do you have cats that like to photobomb pictures?

Oh, and P.S., good luck Mia. It’s officially that time of year when we set our clocks back one hour. Dinner time is dinner time to you, so you won’t be a fan of having to adjust your schedule! What am I saying? When it comes to cats and food, of course, it will be me adjusting to your schedule!

It’s a Blog Hop!

The gang’s all here! Zoey, Mia, Peanut, Rolz, Kizmet, Jazmine, and Shadow.

Technically speaking, I’m not a childless cat lady. I gave birth to two wonderful sons way back in the dinosaur age of the 1980s. But, if you do the math, they’ve been adults for eons, and I haven’t had to provide for their food, shelter, or basic needs for many years. My current gang of seven cats, however, is a different story. Ranging in ages from five to sixteen, I do provide them with food, shelter, and more daily. At this point in my life, I may as well be a childless cat lady. Read more

When we adopted Jazmine in March 2014, we had no idea how old she was. But, based on what we did know, it was easy enough to surmise she was probably born in September 2013. The date of September 28? I decided to bestow that upon her so that she had something official. But, truthfully, Jazmine is by far the biggest Diva cat I’ve ever had the pleasure of being owned by, and for her, every day is a celebration of her existence on this planet!

But still, being the princess she is, she deserves even more love, attention, and treats on this specially decreed day. Happy birthday, sweet girl. You bring sunshine into our lives every day, and we wouldn’t want you any other way than the spoiled kitty you are!

Our precious Zee.

When we lost Zee on March 18, 2022, our once eight-cat household, now seven, has never been the same. He was such a large part of our lives, and honestly, to this day, it seems surreal and impossible that he’s gone. I grieve him and all the other many pets I’ve had to say goodbye to over the years, not just on Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, but every day. But today, I don’t dwell on the loss. Instead, I humbly count my blessings, living in the past, present, and future of life. Read more