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Balloon Juice Pet Calendar: Verify Your Info Today!

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We’re still shooting for 2021 Balloon Juice Pet Calendars to be available for order on December 1.

But we need your help to make our deadline!

Open Thread, 60 Minutes, I Will Vote Concert

We have 327 pet pics for the calendar, so there are two BJ Pet Calendars this year.  For now, we are calling them Calendar A and Calendar B.  If you submitted photos of more than one pet, all of your pets have been placed in either Calendar A or Calendar B.

Please check the Pet Calendar links in the sidebar.

This is your chance to make sure we get it right.

Please check for:

  • Are all of your pets listed with your nym?
  • Is the spelling of your pet’s name correct?
  • Are ALL of your pets listed with the same calendar?  (look for either A or B)
  • Is the information in the heart/rainbow column complete and correct?

Fine print:

If your pet is no longer with us, you can have a heart or a rainbow next to their name, if you like.

Note: there will be a separate post with pricing, ordering information, etc.

Reader Interactions

78Comments

  1. 1.

    RedDirtGirl

    This time next year I should have a dog pic to share. Am in the process of getting pre-approved to adopt from my local rescue group!

  8. 8.

    geg6

    Looks good with my menagerie!

    BTW, I got a 404 error at first but went back and hit the link again and it was fine.  On my iPhone.

  24. 24.

    WaterGirl

    @jeffreyw: It’s not like A and B, as in grades, or that A photos are better than B.

    With 327 photos, Beth sorted the photos into months, with themes.  To keep each person/family’s photos in their respective months, within a single calendar, we took everyone who had 4 or more pet photos and put them in one calendar, then filled in the rest to make sure that the 3-or-mores stayed together, and the two or mores, etc.

    No judgement, just logistics!  :-)

  26. 26.

    Mary G

    @RedDirtGirl: Congratulations! I’ve been toying with that idea, or maybe fostering.

    Pet calendar is A-OK, and thank you WaterGirl and Beth for doing it early this year!

  28. 28.

    Faithful Lurker

    I can’t find my entry on either A or B. Faithful Lurker and Diva (she’s the cat). Did we drop off the list?

  30. 30.

    jeffreyw

    @WaterGirl: I toyed with adding sarc tags to the b ark quip.  I propose “Jeffrey’s Law” – If you don’t know whether or not to add sarc tags, you need to add them. / If you don’t think you need them, you need them.

  34. 34.

    Faithful Lurker

    There we are! And December is perfect. I got her from the Humane Society on Dec 23 as a Christmas present for my husband. Thank you for all this work.

  38. 38.

    pat

    I see Pablo is on the A-list for January.  I sent two photos, tho and will they both be in that month or did one go missing?

    And seeing Susy’s name with a rainbow next to it got me a bit emotional.  Thank you.  She was the perfect cat….

    And of course so is Pablo!!

  42. 42.

    RedDirtGirl

    • @Mary G: it’s been a long process. And I’m very excited to finally meet my future dog. Don’t have my sights on a particular one yet.
  43. 43.

    WaterGirl

    @pat: We typically use only one photo per pet, unless they are in a photo with another pet.  I’m sorry to disappoint you; I had no idea you were hoping for both to go in the calendar.  :-(

    I think the hearts and the rainbows are bittersweet, and hope they are more sweet than bitter.

    Pablo is a handsome devil!  We picked the photo where you can see his beautiful tail in all its glory.

  47. 47.

    pat

    @WaterGirl:

    I didn’t know that.  Too bad, but that photo in our porch is from his first few days and he was still coming to terms with his new home.

    And yes that tail is amazing,  especially when he sits next to the keyboard and lays it across my hands.  Touch typing, anyone?

  55. 55.

    J R in WV

    Ours are good to print on A.

    And yes, it is very hard to type with a cat anywhere around your keyboard! Even down on the floor, as they’re only 1.2 seconds away from the action!

  60. 60.

    Rochelle

    2021 Calendar A

    Nym: Rochelle

    Pet’s name: Summer,

    Months: April and June? Okay!

    Stupid question:  I know what the rainbow is for but what does the heart signify?

  61. 61.

    J R in WV

    @pat:

    Been there, cats have done that!! Hmm, he thinks to himself… how did I get here? and where is here anyways!!?

  63. 63.

    cain

    @watergirl – can you change the names of my two kittens from Bubu and Zeus -> Kush and Lava?

    I’ve renamed them to be the twin sons of Sri Rama, (the character I was named after)

    Thank you!

  69. 69.

    Rochelle

    Nym: Rochelle
    Pet’s Name: Summer

    Images/Months:  Summer 1 pink hat, April; Summer 2, June

    Info looks good.
    I know this is a stupid question, but what does the heart signify?  I know what the rainbow means.
    Also, if this shows up twice, I apologize.  I posted it last night but, for some reason, it’s not showing up.

    Anyway, thanks!

  70. 70.

    WaterGirl

    @Rochelle: Good morning!

    The rainbow and heart both signify the same thing, a beloved pet who is no longer with us.  The two symbols resonate differently with different people, so we offered both as an option.

    Beth just couldn’t choose between your two photos.  The one with the little pink hat was too adorable, but the other one was objectively the better photo.

    One of the perks – as the person who is designing the calendar for free – is that Beth gets to make the call to keep them both.

  75. 75.

    A Lurker Named Jerry

    For the picture of Peter and Nebula in February, Calendar A, the names should be switched.  Nebula is the cat on the left, Peter on the right.

  77. 77.

    celiadexter

    For the picture of Rosco in Calendar B, August, his name is misspelled — there is no “e” at the end. Thanks!

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