Molly and Penny’s Christmas Update

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By Liz, back in Book Jail

Happy between-holiday week! While you’re all making New Year’s plans, I’m wrapping up Cat Cafe #8 – also known as Shock and Paw (cute, right?). And since I’m a little busy, the dogs decided to come on in and give you all an update on their lives. Five years ago they took over the blog to tell you about our first Christmas together. (That’s when Penny was still Wizzy, the name the rescue sent her with!) They wanted to let you know how it’s going. Take it away, girls!

How it started…

Molly: Hang on, I’m ripping the blinds off the door to try to get the roller blader guy—seriously, who roller blades in the winter? Penny, you go first.

Penny: Who would’ve thought you’d get in more trouble than me for barking, Molly? Things have changed around here! Anyways, hi, everyone! The last time you heard from us, we were about to get a trainer and get our butts whipped into shape. I’m not sure that happened exactly, but Mom says we’re much more well-behaved. Actually she says I am. I only go Tasmanian devil-level crazy every now and then instead of, like, every five minutes. Although I do still try to attack every dog I see on TV. 

Molly: That’s because you had the worst behavior in the first place. I’m just scared of everything, which admittedly makes me a little nutty sometimes. But I do love the beach! We get to walk on it every day. I love the sand and it’s nice and quiet. 

Penny: Except for those seagulls. I’m gonna get them someday, I swear. But otherwise, I love it. I get to dig holes and throw sand around and jump on Molly. She’s not that great at playing, but I try.

Molly: That’s not playing, that’s being annoying. Anyway, we really like it here at the beach. And we get to sit on the balcony when it’s nice out and bark at everyone.

Penny: Yeah, you’re really freakin’ loud, Molly. Like, worse than me. 

Molly: Well, no one’s perfect. And what else are we gonna do besides sit at the door and bark? We have no more cat friends to play with.

Penny: Yeah, no more cats to chase around and steal their food. It’s really a bummer. Mom needs to get more cats. Mom? 

Molly: Yeah, Mom? More cats, please. I miss cleaning out the litter box for you. 

Penny: I think she’s ignoring us. She’s so boring when she’s trying to write books. She hasn’t even played ball with me in days. 

Molly: Jeez. It’s always all about you. She took the time to go get us the fancy cookies from the fancy bakery for Christmas. And raincoats! We got raincoats. They’re pink and so pretty! I love mine. 

Penny: The raincoats are stupid. I hate wearing clothes…

How it’s going

Happy holidays from all of us! What was your favorite memory this year? Tell us in the comments!

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Published by Cate Conte / Liz Mugavero

Cate Conte writes the Cat Cafe Mysteries and the Full Moon Mysteries. As Liz Mugavero, she writes the Pawsitively Organic Mysteries, the first of which was an Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel. She lives in the Boston area with her rescue pals.

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  4. Think Penny and Molly look snappy in their new raincoats. It was fun to listen to their chat that made me feel like I know them personally and can relate to their activities with some of our past furbabies.

    Favorite memory of this year was being surprised with a Christmas dinner invitation! We got a phone call from the young Mennonite man that built our home that we’ve continued a friendship with to wish us a Merry Christmas. He asked if we were home this holiday and when we said yes, he insisted that we come have dinner with them. We had a totally amazing time! Needless to say, there was delicious food. After helping with clean up (with no dishwasher but great team work and fun chatting) we joined the men in the family room for some great conversation. Best Christmas for us in some time!
    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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      1. Happy holidays, Molly & Penny! My favorite memory of the year was watching younger kiddo go through Commencement, earning his degree in Music Education. Here’s to lots of good memories in 2024!

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  5. I love the raincoats and love the post. My favorite memory this year was being elected to one of my local boards. It really means the world to me and I enjoy it so much. aprilbluetx at yahoo dot com

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