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Please hold off on ordering the 2020 Balloon Juice calendars.

There has been some sort of hiccup with Cafe Press, and it appears that all calendar orders have been cancelled and refunds issued.

We will update tomorrow after we have talked to Cafe Press customer service.

The 2020 version of the Pets of Balloon Juice calendar is available!

Beth took John’s idea of including an In Memoriam component this year and made the calendar something truly special.

We have memories of General Stuck, efgoldman, Schlemezel, greennotGreen, and Scotian.

There’s even a picture of Charlie, along with the comment where the General first announced his new companion.  Check out January online, and I think you’ll be hooked.  Who knows, you might even find a fuckem from efgoldman, if you look hard enough.

Some of you will even find your own nym somewhere in the calendar, in conversation with some of the beloved jackals who have gone on ahead.

You can find the link to order the calendar – and all the ordering details – in the blue box, upper right, just underneath the balloon guy.  On mobile devices, the calendar link is the third item in the hamburger.

If you’re like me and you didn’t get your pet photos in (curses!) I think you’re still gonna want to have this calendar.  I’m getting one for myself, for sure.

I am also ordering calendars for Wolvesvalley, satby, Something Fabulous, Maze Dancer, Albatrossity, and Anne Laurie – as a small token of my thanks to each of you for your contributions to the new site. You all know what you did.  (So please send me your addresses so I can order your calendars.)

2020 Calendars – Order Now!

Beth really outdid herself with this one, and kudos to John for such a lovely idea.

Update: If you discover a problem with your pet’s photo or name, please speak up in the thread and wait to order – if there was an error on our part, it can be fixed and THEN you can order your calendar.

 

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  2. 2.

    Jackmac

    About to order. Thanks for all the hard work. The cover and January look awesome. Can’t wait to see the rest!!

  7. 7.

    Laura Too

    I ordered one (mumbles…or 6). Thank you Watergirl, Beth, John and everyone who makes this place so special!!!

  12. 12.

    Mary G

    It looks great, and someone who used to do photo arrays like that, I can tell Beth put in many, many hours. My cheapo phone photos of my two monsters who hate posing for pictures look better than I thought they would, ordered one.

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    @Mary G: Yeah, nothing seems to be a coincidence.  January is all black and white and gray, just like the month, and most of February is in pairs, I assume in honor of Valentine’s Day.

    We are so lucky that Beth does the calendar for us.

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    I hope you guys are checking the pages before you order.  Beth said there are a number of photos that didn’t come with names, and if you catch it before you order, Beth can still add the names.

  21. 21.

    CaseyL

    My cats are so excited to be in the calendar! With their names and everything!

    …well, no; they actually could not care less.  But I’m excited!  I told them they were now world Top 10,000 Blog famous (which also did not impress them).

    Thank you, Balloon Juice and all who sail in her!

  27. 27.

    Facebones

    Hey! Dany’s on the cover with her Chewbacca doll! This is going to go right to her head and she’ll demand even more space in bed now.

    it looks really great! I’ll be ordering!

  28. 28.

    satby

    @WaterGirl: I did! It’s all dusty in here now ?

    EDit, plus my dear Hershey And Rosie on November!

    And I want to know who is the proud pet parent of the snake  on the August page, because he’s a cutie!

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    @satby: Beth said there’s a whole story about the cozy blue blankie thing the snake is snuggled in.  If Beth shows up, or the owner, you will have to ask about that, too.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    @satby:

    …my dear Hershey And Rosie on November!

    oh, so sweet, I knew they loved each other, but now it’s dusty at my house, too.

  34. 34.

    Dan B

    Help!  Can’t find how to order.  I’m on mobile and there is no “blue box under the baloon guy”.

    I checked the hamburger and at the bottom of the page under new posts, etc.  Ideas?

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    @Dan B: Oh, no!  That’s me, I forgot to add it to the hamburger.  Give me a minute, I’ll be right back.

    edit: okay, it’s in the hamburger now, as item #3. So sorry!

  37. 37.

    Dan B

    @WaterGirl:  Thanks!

    Cover looks fantastic, and I know from having done some graphic design.  It takes an artist to make something look this vibrant!

  40. 40.

    cain

    It looks great! I didn’t get mine in time. We found out about two weeks ago that our shared dog only has about a year to live because of her ticker. Shes on medication right now. I will have to make sure that I have one for this year when the times comes to submit.

    Poor Trixie.. she’s such a sweet dog. I hope I get to spend some time with her before she leaves this plane. (yes, I know, Trixie is a stripper name :D

  41. 41.

    TomatoQueen

    Huzzah, ordered via paypal everything worked, so looking forward to having this. And next year, Merlinus Ambrosius will join.

  43. 43.

    TomatoQueen

    @satby: Um I may have missed him,  but if he’s there it could be the original pic, which was not my submission.I’ll look again.

  44. 44.

    TomatoQueen

    @TomatoQueen:

     

    @satby:  And sure enough, there’s our boy, in December, a pic I’ve not seen before (Merlin against what looks like a snowy background, which is scary).  Thanks for pointing that out to me.

  45. 45.

    Dan B

    @WaterGirl:  Thx! Ordered!!

    Furr Beast @ is in January.  He loved being upside down like the pic.  We had to put him down not long after this photo – 19 years, almost 20.  The easiest ( no brushing longhair ), most talkative ( alt name Mr. Peepers) cat.  Very nice to see him in the calendar- memories… drippy happy sad eyes.

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    @TomatoQueen: Did you submit a photo of Merlin by the deadline, that didn’t make it in?

    Because if so, Beth can still make a change if you haven’t already ordered your calendar

    edit: I see that you have ordered the calendar already.

  48. 48.

    HinTN

    Ordered one for the daily wall and one for posterity. Thanks, John, for including the tributes. Excellent touch.

  49. 49.

    TomatoQueen

    @WaterGirl:  The one in the calendar must be from Edith, it’s a lovely surprise. So far I have got 3 images on my new phone and a big problem with the phone that I’ve been putting off  solving, i.e. it won’t connect to the wider world, so I have to fiddle with the support people–I just don’t have the patience to try to do this without losing my temper. But it will happen.  Merlin still doesn’t alight long enough for me to get organized.

  50. 50.

    WaterGirl

    @TomatoQueen:  Okay, You hadn’t personally sent in a photo, but it seems like the previous person did.  Do I have that right?

    edit: Beth just confirmed that Merlin is indeed your Merlin, submitted by the other person.

    Happy calendar surprise!

  51. 51.

    Sandia Blanca

    Found our guys in July and December, checked their names, and ordered two calendars. Yay! Thank you Beth.

  52. 52.

    TomatoQueen

    Um, is the valid link to order the 2020 calendars supposed to take us to the main calendars search page? It did that just now for me so I got a-scared. Then in the big search box on the same page I put in “Balloon Juice Calendars” and got random objects. Even more a-scared now. Thought I ought to say something & then everybody can laff and laff.

  53. 53.

    thalarctosMaritimus

    @cain:
    I’m sorry to hear the news. Trixie’s lucky to have someone who cares so much about her. May your time with her be a blessing.

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