The nominations are open for the BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Awards and my cats are always ready to share their advice and opinions!

With all the snow and cold weather in most of the country, it’s the purr-fect time to grab a cat, or two, or seven and browse through your favorite blogs to nominate them for a prestigious BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Pet Blogging and Social Media Award. There are several categories to choose from and the awards are not just limited to cats –there are categories for dogs and other pets too! And even better, you only have to nominate someone once for them to qualify and you can nominate them for as many categories as you want. You can also nominate yourself if you are a blogger and the best news of all, once the nominations are in, each category is judged by a distinguished panel of professionals, not by popular vote, based on the expertise, performance, and creativity of the entry!

The only thing, time is running out – nominations need to be sent in by Saturday, January 31, so get to your computers as quick as possible to make your selections. Click here for nomination details and if you would like to consider Zee and Zoey for any categories, we thank you in advance. These are some of our suggestions for this year, but we encourage you to surf through our site to make up your own mind. We also encourage you to nominate our friends too – the awards are meant to honor bloggers across all genres and there are so many talented bloggers out there!

ZEE/ZOEY SUGGESTIONS:

Best Cat Blog: https://www.zeezoey.com/blog

Best Designed Pet Blog: https://www.zeezoey.com/blog

Best Written Pet Blog Post – These are some of my recent favorites that received a lot of positive attention:

My Personal Farewell to Cat Fancy Magazine (I discuss the bittersweet news of Cat Fancy magazine folding after 50 years of publication) https://zeezoey.com/blog/my-personal-farewell-to-cat-fancy-magazine/

A Footnote to Cats and How Grieving the Loss of a Pet has Changed as a Result of Social Media (After losing my cats, Jazz and Harley, within the span of a year, I discuss how the grieving process has changed as a result of social media)   https://zeezoey.com/blog/a-footnote-to-cats-and-how-grieving-the-loss-of-a-pet-has-changed-as-a-result-of-social-media/

Cats and the Grieving Process – Reconciling the Loss of Harley and a Special Visit from Mr. Jazz (I share my reflective feelings of what it is like to lose a cat after an unexpected death) https://zeezoey.com/blog/cats-and-the-grieving-process-reconciling-the-loss-of-harley-and-a-special-visit-from-mr-jazz/

Saying Goodbye to Harley – Parting is Such Sorrow… (My tribute post to Harley after her unexpected death) https://zeezoey.com/blog/saying-goodbye-to-harley-parting-is-such-sorrow/

Scratching the Surface on Declawing Cats and Trying to Uncover the Reality of Martha Stewart’s Opinion on the Controversial Subject (A very topical and informative post on the dangers of declawing cats and the ethical responsibility of celebrities) https://zeezoey.com/blog/scratching-the-surface-on-declawing-cats-and-trying-to-uncover-the-reality-of-martha-stewarts-opinion-on-the-controversial-subject/

How to Live in a Multi-Cat Household and Keep the Peace and Harmony (I share my experience and expertise on how to successfully live in a multi-cat household) https://zeezoey.com/blog/how-to-live-in-a-multi-cat-household-and-keep-the-peace-and-harmony/

Best Pet Photo on a Blog: In conjunction with two of the above blog posts, I suggest the following photos that helped to enhance the article:

Scratching the Surface on Declawing Cats and Trying to Uncover the Reality of Martha Stewart’s Opinion on the Controversial Subject (A picture of Jazmine and her very beautiful and necessary claws) https://zeezoey.com/blog/scratching-the-surface-on-declawing-cats-and-trying-to-uncover-the-reality-of-martha-stewarts-opinion-on-the-controversial-subject/

How to Live in a Multi-Cat Household and Keep the Peace and Harmony (A picture of Kizmet reaching out to his new brother, Rolz, in a gesture of love, peace, and friendship) https://zeezoey.com/blog/how-to-live-in-a-multi-cat-household-and-keep-the-peace-and-harmony/

I also suggest this photo for National Hug Your Cat Day from this post: https://zeezoey.com/blog/its-our-favorite-day-today-is-hug-your-cat-day/

Here is further information you may need for nomination purposes:
Email: info@zeezoey.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/zeeandzoey
Facebook: www.facebook.com/zeezoey
BlogPaws Profile: http://community.blogpaws.com/profile/DebBarnes

Good luck to everyone – stay warm and if you’d like to attend the BlogPaws conference that will be held this May 28 – 30 in Nashville, TN, and have not yet registered, just use the code BP15-Speaker-10off to receive 10% off your registration. Click here for details.

I will be speaking on a panel entitled “Bridging the Gap Between Bloggers and Publishing” featuring holistic cat expert and award-winning blogger and photographer, Layla Morgan Wilde of Cat Wisdom 101; writer, photographer, and Editor of CatInTheFridge, Alana Grelyak; and award-winning blogger, editor, and author, Janiss Garza of Sparkle Cat.

Purr-fect words as we start the New Year… Let’s make each day count!

For this Caturday, I have a bit of this and that to share. First off, I put together quite a comprehensive list at the Cat Writers’ Association blog of all the pertinent dates for 2015 related to the special days, weeks, and months devoted to promoting causes and awareness for our feline friends (click here for link). Read more

Hey everyone!! We had planned on having a great giveaway today for the holidays but something came up! We found out our server is going to be switched over the weekend and as a result, there could possibly be some technical hiccups with our blog, emails, and comment section along the way. To be fair and rather than worry about it, I decided to follow the lead of Jazmine, who basically told me to relax, calm down, and just reschedule the darn thing… Pretty good advice if you ask me… Not advice I am good at following, but good advice nonetheless. So, that said, paws crossed  we will be back up and running full swing next week and will have an awesome review and giveaway opportunity for you! Until then, enjoy the rest of your week and see you soon!

This was Mom and Christine at an adoption fair last year… One look at the two of them and you know they are nothing but trouble… Who do they think they are? Cats?

Human Mom and her buddy, Christine Michaels of Riverfront Cats are heading out to the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Pet Expo today to represent their nonprofit, Pawsitively Humane, so that they can help teach people about topics such as pet responsibility and the importance of spay/neuter. Read more

This is the pandemonium that is MARTA… Need I say more?

Typically we associate spooky things such as ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and candy corn with Halloween. After returning last Sunday from the BarkWorld/MeowWorld Cat Writers’ Conference in Atlanta, I have found there are other things even more spooky, such as the MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) system I took to get from the airport to the Westin hotel where I was staying and where the conference was held. Read more