Left to Right - Crystal, myself, and Jackie enjoying a summer cruise on the Gulf of Mexico in Key West as we wait for the beautiful sunset to come.

My lazy days of wide brimmed straw hats with pretty bows, billowy sun dresses in carefree floral prints, sipping frozen margarita’s, and drifting down the Gulf of Mexico in a cruise boat as I watch the sun setting to a glorious canvas of hues too magnificent to describe are over. Read more

Zee and Zoey thank everyone for all of their support for the Petties 2011 Awards

Well, it’s finally here – July 29th – the final day to vote for Zee and Zoey in the category of “Best Designed Blog” for the Petties 2011 Awards. It’s been a long month of campaigning and Zee and Zoey thank each and every one of you for all of your support. We are hopeful that we will be able to present the Cat Network with the $1000 donation, but, win or lose, we still feel like we have won. We have met so many wonderful new friends along the way and learned so much about our cause – educating people on the critical need to have cats spayed and neutered to help stop the epidemic of cat overpopulation.

We did a three part series on this topic and if you have not had a chance to read these heartfelt and informative posts, I hope you will. I know they have changed my life with what I have learned, and I think it will change yours as well:

The Petties Awards 2011 – Making a Difference – Part One
The Petties Awards 2011 – Making a Difference – Part Two
The Petties Awards 2011 – Making a Difference – Part Three

Thank you again and hope to see you at BlogPaws soon!!

Nick with one of his cats, Katie

Okay – Bless Nick Sacco of Pet Talk Radio for his bravery. I told him I had never done a radio interview before, but he still decided to have me on as a guest today! Overall, despite me being a newbie and the sound of my voice, I think it went well! I really had a blast and Nick is a fantastic guy! If you jump in at around the 13:20 mark, you can catch the interview as it starts. There were times when I had difficulty hearing him, so sometimes my answers might seem a bit odd!! Whew…. did it and survived to tell about it!!

Me swimming with Dash the Dolphin at Discovery Cove, Orlando

This bird felt I needed some company!

I just spent a couple glorious days with the family in Orlando – only thing, I really missed my kitties! I guess the residing Orlando animals sensed my mood – Dash the Dolphin gave me a lovely ride across the sparkling Discovery Cove Lagoon, a pretty bird decided my head was a perfect landing spot to keep me company, and we actually found the sweetest kitty living on the Sea World premises – she arrived a few weeks ago and is a Manx. Sea World staff assure me they are taking very good care of her. I know it made me miss home just a tiny bit less, having these amazing creatures around me! 

One last reminder to vote for Zee and Zoey’s blog in the Petties Awards 2011 – the deadline is Friday, July 29th and don’t forget as well, I will be live on the air tomorrow at noon, EST, with author and radio personality, Nick Sacco, of Pet Talk Radio. Click for details.

Such a beautiful kitty... we were so surprised to find this feline friend at Sea World!

Nick with one of his cats, Katie

For all things Zee and Zoey related, this has been a summer to remember. First, we found out our blog was nominated in the category of “Best Designed Blog” by dogtime’s Petties 2011 Awards, with a chance to win $1000 for our favorite local cause, the Cat Network of South Florida (voting is open until Friday, July 29th). Then, we found out our picture and caption was chosen as the first place winner by BlogPaws for an all paid trip to the upcoming BlogPaws Conference to be held this August 25 – 27 in Tysons Corner, VA.

Well, in what is the craziest twist of all, we are going live! Please join me tomorrow noon, EST, as I interview with author and gregarious radio host, Nick Sacco, on Pet Talk Radio. Nick loves cats as much as I do and has written a book, In Heaven Kittens Play, that is his own compassionate explanation of where he believes pets go when they die. I will doing a review of this book in the weeks to come and am so looking forward to reading it.     

Am I nervous? Absolutely. It’s not my fear of the questions he will ask (okay, maybe I’m a little fearful of that), or even the size of the audience listening in. It’s any woman’s fear… we typically don’t like the sound of our own voices, and I am no exception. Zee and Zoey are my passion, so talking about them is not difficult. Hearing my voice talk about them…. Another story all together.

I’m trying my best to just relax and not over think it. This is my first radio interview and I just hope I don’t let Nick down! He is quite the fan of my larger than life cat persona that I have created for myself… Little does he know, deep down I am just a quiet, shy, and reserved girl from Upstate New York and not the “crazy cat lady” he is expecting!! Tune in to see for yourself how it goes!  Click here for details.