{"id":474,"date":"2010-10-17T11:30:35","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/?p=474"},"modified":"2016-01-17T10:31:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T15:31:20","slug":"the-almighty-zee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/the-almighty-zee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Almighty Zee…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Alright, recently I have kind of taken the blog into all sorts of directions and I would like to get back on track to start bringing you into the process of the \u201chow\u2019s\u201d and \u201cwhy\u2019s\u201d the book \u201cThe Chronicles of Zee & Zoey \u2013 a Journey of the Extraordinarily Ordinary\u201d began. I will delve a bit deeper into the personalities of Zee, then Zoey, and then we will start chatting about how the book came about.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Chapter Two of the Chronicles, the first sentence states, \u201cIn the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And then Zee. At least that\u2019s how the story goes at our house.\u201d I think you get the idea pretty quickly what Zee means to our household!<\/p>\n

Zee is a purebred Maine Coon cat, classic brown tabby colorings, who was born on 9\/7\/2005.\u00a0 He is named after his father, the infamous \u201cZeeba\u201d of which at the time was earmarked as the largest registered male Maine Coon in the United States at 35 pounds.\u00a0 Zee does not come even remotely close to the weight of his father, but makes up for it in personality and love.\u00a0 For those of you familiar with the breed, you know firsthand what a joy they are to have in your household.\u00a0 Loyal, devoted, friendly, playful, talkative, and sensitive are just a few adjectives I would use to describe this wonderful breed.<\/p>\n

Zee started out as a gift from me to Dan and they share a very special bond to this day.\u00a0 Zee as a kitten was very curious and into the thick of everything without a hint of fear \u2013 we were renovating our house at the time we got him and nothing fazed him \u2013 jackhammers, drills, saws \u2013 he wanted to be a part of all of it and was happiest watching from on top of a ladder. Much to our disappointment, he was not a lap cat and we didn\u2019t get much cuddling time with him. He got along very well with our other family members \u2013 Bandit our mixed breed dog, Kit our tabby, Jazz our Ragdoll, Harley our Tortie and had an enormous amount of energy.<\/p>\n

He enjoyed wrestling with Jazz, in particular, and soon started to develop quite an aggressive streak and that is when he was introduced into the world of \u201ctime-outs\u201d and would be sent to the bedroom for bad behavior, which is also a pivotal chapter in the book. We soon realized that he was in need of a younger playmate, as Jazz was getting up in age and was getting tired of Zee\u2019s non-stop antics. Kit was far too frail to play (she was 18 years old at the time) and Bandit just preferred not to be a dog and had no desire to chase foolish cats at this point in his old life. We knew Kit would not be with us much longer and it was eventually decided after her passing on, that we absolutely had to have a Bengal kitten, what with me being obsessed with leopards\u00a0my whole life, and just like that, Zoey entered Zee\u2019s unsuspecting life.<\/p>\n

Zee fell instantly, head-over-heels in love with her and all of his bad behavior vanished as he spent every living moment trying to impress and woo his \u201csweet\u201d Zoey.\u00a0 The relationship began as playmates and quickly progressed to a more \u201cromantic\u201d and mature stage – viola \u2013 3 months later, catnip cigar in paw, Zee was the father of four squirmy, squealing little kittens that he wanted absolutely NO part of.<\/p>\n

A neutering later, as time went on, our \u201clittle\u201d Zee has matured into quite the cat.\u00a0 He is clearly beautiful, but he is also kind, loving, gentle, and completely devoted to his babies, of which we kept three \u2013 Mia, Peanut, and Rolz. He is still very much in love with Zoey and has settled into a quiet and content life.\u00a0 Now that he is a responsible father and a mature role model, we finally get bedtime cuddle time with him, which is such a treat. He truly is a joy and my life is all the better for having him a part of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alright, recently I have kind of taken the blog into all sorts of directions and I would like to get back on track to start bringing you into the process of the \u201chow\u2019s\u201d and \u201cwhy\u2019s\u201d the book \u201cThe Chronicles of Zee & Zoey \u2013 a Journey of the Extraordinarily Ordinary\u201d began. I will delve a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1099],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-zee-zoey-cats-and-family"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16097,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions\/16097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeezoey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}