{"id":5303,"date":"2021-11-04T04:05:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T12:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5303"},"modified":"2021-11-04T04:05:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T12:05:55","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-thoughtful-gifts-from-my-thoughtful-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5303","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 Thoughtful Gifts From my Thoughtful Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"My three daughters are some of my most enthusiastic cheerleaders\u2014as I am theirs. When I published my first book, they arranged for a celebration at a local outdoor bookstore. When I returned home from Dubai after having been invited to give the keynote speech at a Toastmaster\u2019s Conference there, I found a huge \u201cWelcome Home\u201d sign across my garage. Yup, a thoughtful gesture by my girls. They sent notes and cards of support, congrats, etc. when I began producing the mystery series. After I\u2019d published nine or ten of the Klepto Cat Mysteries, they presented me with a gorgeous throw with pictures of the book covers. (You can see it in this photograph.)<\/p>\n

This year I will publish my 100th<\/sup> book. Book 54 of the Klepto Cat Mystery series is going through the pre-publication stage now and will be a reality within mere weeks. Another milestone to celebrate, and my girls did so. Last week I received this beautiful bouquet of roses. What a life! I get to do what I love most\u2014write fun stories brimming with cats, I have hundreds of fans, a purrfect life full of cats, and a wonderful family who supports me in so many ways. I am blessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My three daughters are some of my most enthusiastic cheerleaders\u2014as I am theirs. When I published my first book, they arranged for a celebration at a local outdoor bookstore. When I returned home from Dubai after having been invited to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5305,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5303\/revisions\/5305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}