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Lazy Caturday and Zee & Zoey’s Chronicle Connection Nominated for Dog Time’s 2013 Pettie Awards for “Best Designed Blog”

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First of all – thank you so much for all the awesome birthday wishes for Kizmet that you left for him on the 4th of July! He was completely overwhelmed by your kindness and wishes he had thumbs so he could personally send you all a thank you note. Since that is not the case, not to mention that he has a limited attention span and would forget to write them to begin with, please accept his humble thanks via me, his human slave. Read more

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane… Oh Wait, It’s Petties Time Again!

I sent the kitties on a wild goose chase to uncover a hidden message and they are looking high and low to find the clue! Check it out and see for yourself!

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Peanut says, “Is it around this corner?”

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“How about under here?” says Rolz.

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“I’m thinking, I’m thinking,” says Harley.

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“Whoa!” says Kizmet. “Is that it?”

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“Ho Hum,” says Zee. “I’ll get to it when I can.”

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“Guys!” ” I think it’s over here,” says Jazz.

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Sniff… sniff… “I think it might be here,” says Zoey.

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Good girl, Mia!! Just keep looking up and you should be able to see the clue!

Yup, little Mia has found the clue and you guessed it, hard to believe, but it’s Petties Nominations time again and once again we are asking for some support if you feel we would qualify for any of the categories.

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As usual, the kitties and I have to admit that we’re not big fans of having to ask you over and over to support us, but since we could possibly win $1000 for our Pawsitivley Humane non-profit that Christine Michaels and I are managing, we really felt we had to try to give it a shot. We are officially a 501c3 organization and our goal is to educate people on proper pet responsibility so that less animals end up on the streets and in shelters and we also are looking for ways to encourage adoptions for black cats, senior cats, and cats with disabilities that are harder to adopt. We will be officially launching the non-profit in the next few weeks with all the details, but until then, we at least wanted you to know we are on the map!

But, regardless of whether or not you want to nominate our blog for any of the categories, we still recommend you participate because you have the ability to nominate your favorite 501c3 shelter or rescue to win $10,000 which is an incredible amount of money that would go a long way to helping a lot of animals. Seriously, how often to you get an incredible chance like that to help a worthy cause – all it takes is a few minutes on your computer! You can also nominate someone for the Unsung Hero Award, which is an award to recognize the thousands of volunteers doing incredible work on behalf of homeless animals. DogTime Media is asking the public to nominate those who have gone above and beyond for shelters and rescue organizations in their area and the winning recipient with the most inspiring story will win a $10,000 donation to the shelter or rescue organization of his or her choice.

The nomination process is actually quite easy! Just visit the Petties site once a day (click here) between now and June 28th and nominate your favorite blogs as well as whatever shelter you would like to win the $10,000 grant.

The choice is yours, but we are thinking perhaps you might consider us for “Best Cat Blog,” “Best Designed Blog,” or “Best Blog Post” (you can nominate us for more than one category if you want). All you have to do is log in with your facebook account or your email address and plug in our url which is www.zeezoey.com/blog. And if you are considering us for any of our blog posts, these two were a couple of my favorites this year and very popular:

https://zeezoey.com/blog/dear-editors-my-response-to-the-cats-killing-birds-study/

(My editorial response to the cats killing birds controversy)

https://zeezoey.com/blog/zee-zoeys-spayneuter-series-part-one-the-facts-of-life-the-101s-of-kittens-and-conception/

(The piece I did on kittens and conception for Spay/Neuter month)

You can nominate your favorite blogs once a day, every day, through June 28th and after the nomination process closes, voting for the nominated blogs will begin on July 5th and close July 31st. Thank you for your possible consideration and good luck to all! Oh, and in case you missed last Saturday’s post announcing that June 8th was “National Deborah Barnes is Trying to get on the Ellen DeGeneres Show Awareness Day,” she has not called me yet, so there is still time to contact her to let her know I am waiting…

Saturday, March 30th – Pet Show Radio Podcast: “Cat Loving Women” Featuring Deborah Barnes, Susan Logan, and Marilyn Krieger

0256headpet_radio_show_headerWho’d have thought that when I met Susan Logan-McCracken, Editor of Cat Fancy Magazine two years ago at the Cat Writers’ Conference, and Marilyn Krieger, The Cat Coach, at last year’s Cat Writers’ Conference, that I would be speaking with them live on Pet Radio Show, but that’s exactly what is going to happen on Saturday, March 30th at 1:00 pm, EST! Read more

Zee & Zoey’s Chronicle Connection Nominated as a Finalist in the BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Pet Blogging Social Media Awards for “Best Blog Writing”

I'm a Best Blog Writing Finalist badgePlease forgive the abundance of words of this Wordless Wednesday, but I have been informed by the BlogPaws committee that Zee & Zoey’s blog has been nominated as a finalist in the Nose-to-Nose Pet Blogging Social Media Awards in the category of Best Blog Writing and I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all for your support and kindness over the years to make this honor possible. Read more

BlogPaws 2013 Nose-to-Nose Social Media and Pet Blogging Awards Nominations Open!

imagesBlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Social Media and Pet Blogging Awards nominations are here again! Has a year already gone by? I remember when I was in my twenties, life seemed to be infinite in concept, with all the time in the world. Now, time just goes by too quickly and the realization that there is nothing I can do to stop the clock, or at least rewind it a bit, is a disconcerting to say the least.

Anyhow, since last year’s nominations, we really feel that Zee & Zoey’s Chronicle Connection has grown and found its true calling. Yes, we are still known for our beautiful blog design and stunning photos of our lovely kitty cats, but we are so much more in the cat world. We have a voice… a strong one at that and have really made a mark in cat advocacy efforts, in particular, our passion to educate the mainstream public about the importance of spay/neuter as not only a safe and humane means of reducing cat overpopulation, but as a procedure that helps to ensure your cat live a longer, happier, and healthy life. as a means to control animal population. Read more