I came across a post on Facebook the other day from The Paw Project, an organization based in California that is devoted to educating the public about the painful and crippling effects of declawing on cats and is working to create legislation to abolish the procedure in the United States. In this post they indicated that pet loving mogul, Martha Stewart, advocated declawing on her Sirius XM Martha Stewart Live radio segment that aired on May 5th, 2014. They politely asked people to help educate Martha by tweeting the following message to her: @MarthaStewart – Declawing cats is NOT humane – it is outlawed in 30+ countries for animal cruelty. Read more

This is what my counter looks like preparing for any holiday dinner – lots of prep work and a big mess! This was from last Christmas when my step-daughter Jackie and I were making homemade cookies!

I don’t know about your house, but in ours, feeding the cats dinner is like preparing a Thanksgiving feast that a mob of hungry guests is anticipating to be served. The prep time can take days and the cooking itself becomes an Olympic event. And then finally, after all that pomp, circumstance, and glory you sit down at 5:00 p.m. to eat that glorious meal. And at promptly 5:07 p.m. you are done eating… Read more

Here is Kizmet from just a few weeks ago. Despite that Kizmet is an old soul, he is actually still a young cat and he and Jazmine are only a year and a few months apart in age.

With each day that goes by, it seems that time is passing quicker and quicker. I say this because in the process of writing Mr. Jazz’s story for my newest book, I am forced to reminisce and go down memory lane with more frequency as I revisit how each cat in my life came to be. It was an odd revelation – especially with Kizmet. Even though we only got him a year and a half ago, time has deluded me into thinking he has been part of our family forever because each and every day has become one big, fleeting, blurry passage of time that has gone by in the blink of an eye.

I truly don’t know where the days are going but I guess having Jazmine around has caused me to reflect about Kizmet even more because they are such good friends. This caused me to take another trip down memory lane as I spent some time looking at pictures of him when we first got him… Shocking news, but he actually was a tiny little kitten at one time! See for yourself as I share some of my favorite pictures of him today for Wordless Wednesday and a bonus video that was taken of him a couple of nights after I brought him home from Pet Supermarket! Read more

Happy Mother’s Day and please click image to enlarge!

Holidays bring up different feelings and emotions in all of us and this is particularly true for Mother’s Day. For some of us, we are remembering a Mom who has since passed away and the day brings with it bittersweet memories. Some of us will be celebrating the day in person with their mother like I will and some will be celebrating with their mom’s, but not necessarily in the traditional sense.

To me, a mother is a state of mind and she can even be a he. A mother represents a certain love and responsibility towards a being and that can span across races, species, and sexes. Not all mom’s are beloved and some are. Some mom’s come in the form of a sister or an aunt and some mom’s can be a dad. To me, Mother’s Day is the celebration of that special someone in your life that you think of as “Mom.”

I am happy to say that not only am I daughter to a wonderful mom, but I am mom to my two fabulous sons, Chris and Joey, and my wonderful step-children – Crystal, Michael, and Jackie. I also consider myself mom to my beloved feline gang and I am also blessed to witness the relationship Zoey shares as mom to the three of her four children that live with us – Mia, Peanut, and Rolz. But perhaps more incredibly is the role she has assumed as mom to adopted cats Kizmet and Jazmine. I am in awe of her compassion and so in that spirit, all of us at Zee and Zoey’s wish you and yours a wonderful Mother’s Day. May it bring with it a day of peace, happiness, and reconciliation.

In the spirit of Wordless Wednesday, today’s post will be short and sweet. First off, I am thrilled to announce that the winner of the ModaPet feeding bowl from last week’s giveaway contest is Laurie Steiner who will be receiving a bowl in the beautiful Teal Appeal color!! Concats! I just know you will love it! Read more