The cats helping me as I type my final words of the manuscript

It was exactly one year ago today, that I finished writing the draft of my literary masterpiece, The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey – A Journey of the Extraordinarily Ordinary.  The first thing I did after I typed the last word of the book was cry. I cried with relief, exhilaration, pride, and sheer over-exhaustion. The next thing I did, was give it to Dan to read for the first time. I had holed myself in our office as a relative recluse for a whole year prior as I diligently poured my heart and soul into this story. I really hoped he would like the story – after all, much of it centered on him, since he is an integral part of my life with Zee and Zoey. I was definately a bit shy, hesitant, nervous, but proud to hand it to him for his approval. Not to mention, I had never written a book before, so I had no idea if it was even good! When I heard him in the background laughing out loud, I just thought I would burst with joy! Read more

 As time moves on in the kitty blogosphere, I continue to meet so many great human and feline friends. I had no idea how literate the cat population was until I became a blogger myself – it seems that thousands and thousands of cats have taken to the social world – some with twitter accounts, some with facebook pages, some with blogs, and many with all of the above. I am not sure if perhaps there is a subliminal plot by them to overtake the universe, but one thing is for sure – each cat is wonderfully unique and each cat  is worthy of our attention. That brings me to my “Cat-Stamps of Approval” for the month of April (hey, I still have a few days left before it is officially May). Read more

This sweet little Ragdoll named "Girlfriend" was just adopted from the Humane Society of Broward County!!

Since we started this blog last October, we’ve met so many great new feline, human, and yes, even canine friends. Some of you who are recently new to the site, might not be aware that we have a special photo album called “Other People’s Cats” in our “Photos” tab where we post pictures of your cats that you have sent us. I’ll admit that Zee and Zoey are not really fond of this feature, as it takes the limelight away from them. But I really enjoy it and just wanted to let everyone know that if you want to send a picture of your cat for me to post, just email me at info@zeezoey.com  with a jpeg image, along with your cat’s name and breed. Read more

I don’t know exactly when it happened. Maybe it’s the magic “Five-O” age, maybe it’s because I am going to a baby shower this weekend for my dear friend Madalina who is old enough to be my daughter, who is now having daughter’s of her own (she’s expecting twins), but I have been feeling a bit out of sorts lately coming to grips with the fact that I am no longer young. Wrinkles, sagging, aches, and pains… I have them all and despite all the miracle claims the commercials on TV make, there is no product in the world that makes all that magically disappear! So, rather than a long post bemoaning my fate, I felt nostalgic for some youth and thought I would just simply post a picture of one of Zee and Zoey’s kittens that was taken at 6 weeks of age – besides newborn babies, there is absolutely nothing more precious in the world than a sweet little kitten! I know this picture gave me my smile for the day and I hope it brightens your day as well! As far as who this kitten is… well… your guess is as good as mine! We found it virtually impossible to figure out who was who at this age, so this picture is either of Mia, Peanut, Rolz, or Zeuss!

If there is one thing I have learned since we launched Zee & Zoey’s Chronicle Connection last October, is that a lot of people LOVE cats and there are A LOT of blogs to talk about the love of them! While Zee and Zoey (primarily Zoey) don’t really like to share the limelight, I, on the other hand, do, and that’s why I have put together a new feature I refer to as “Deb’s Cat Stamp of Approval” where I recommend other great cat blogs and sites I have found along the way!

The first blog I’d like to introduce you to is called “Cat Chat” and features the sharp-witted writing skills of Cody the cat and his human Mom, Caren Gittleman. Cody is the self-proclaimed writer of the family and can be a bit harsh on his human as witnessed in one of my favorite posts, “The 2010 Annual Purr-fur-mance Review,” whereby he reviews Caren and Cat Chat on things such as words, pictures, and videos. Right off the bat, he quite openly berates Caren for her photography skills, likening her blog pictures to “Poop.” He’s not too crazy about her writing ability either, but does admit that she is a very kind person and that he loves her very much! Well Cody, all I can say, is that I think her blog is very well done – extremely informative, entertaining, and very current with the daily goings on in the cat world. But then again, I’m only a human, so I suppose my opinion does not matter that much! Read more