We’re still shooting for 2023 Balloon Juice Pet Calendars to be available for order on December 1.
We need your help TODAY in order to make our deadline!
There are issues with a few of the photos. If you don’t regularly the email I have for you, please check your email.
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We have 300 pet pics for the calendar, so there are two BJ Pet Calendars again this year. We are calling them Calendar A and Calendar B, just as we have been doing.
If you submitted photos of more than one pet, all of your pets will be 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.
If your pet is no longer with us, you can have a heart next to their name, if you like.
Please check for:
- Are all of your pets listed with your nym?
- Is the spelling of your pet’s name correct?
- Is the word “heart” there if you should have a heart for your pet? And empty if it should be empty?
- Are ALL of your pets listed with the same calendar? (look for either A or B)
The pages in the sidebar aren’t posts, so you can’t comment there.
If anything is incorrect for your pets, or if you have questions, please comment in this thread to let me know about it.
Update: Even if you find your nym in Calendar A, please check Calendar B to verify that one of your pets didn’t accidentally land in the other calendar.
WaterGirl
Who will be the first person to find the spot where I forgot to change 2022 to 2023, or something similar?
SiubhanDuinne
The five I submitted are properly listed (and hearted, in one case).
When I looked for Siubhan alphabetically, it wasn’t there. Then I remembered from last year that I might be filed under Subaru. Sure enough, LOL!
Dan B
Dan B here. These three should have hearts:
Furr Beast ❤️
Miss Peach ❤️
Oscar ❤️
Thanks
Alison Rose
Names look good, but Briery should not have a heart. (This happened last year, too, I think, LOL. I promise she is not a ghost cat!)
zhena gogolia
Hmmm, I’m in June A and August B. Maybe because I keep misspelling my goddaughter’s dog’s name as Dubi — it should be Duby.
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
Is this a test? Is there a prize?
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: If I could ever remember how to spell your actual nym, I would use it. :-)
cain
Howdy – looks like none of my pets appear in the side bar – hopefully it shows up. :)
middlelee
Everything looks good for Huckleberry, Rocket and Jessie.
WaterGirl
@Dan B: updated in the actual spreadsheet.
WaterGirl
@Alison Rose: So sorry! updated!
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: No intentional errors. No test. No prize.
It’s just that someone has caught something for all the previous years when I put up this post, so I am prepared for the possibility of corrections. :-)
Dan B
@WaterGirl: Thanks!
Miss Bianca
found mine, puddled up instantly when I saw the *heart* by Roxy’s name. Good on you, WG, for all the work you do putting these calendars together!
Alison Rose
@WaterGirl: Thanks! :D
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: Thanks I fixed the one Dubi misspelling and they are both in calendar A now.
*We haven’t figured out which photo of Duby to use in the calendar, so he is in there twice.
WaterGirl
@cain: Are you sure? You need to look in the A-K file. And you are in Calendar B.
Check again?
WaterGirl
@Miss Bianca: I wish we could fix that. :-)
daize
Everything is perfect, all pets accounted for in calendar A. No pets in calendar B. Thank you, WaterGirl, for all of your hard work putting the calendar together.
CaseyL
My two are correctly listed, and Jeannie has her heart.
WaterGirl
Thanks, guys! It’s nice to have confirmation on the ones that are good, in addition to the corrections for the ones that aren’t perfect. :-)
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: Okay. I just saw him on Zoom today and he is very photogenic! Today he was in an Ernest Hemingway sweater.
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: I assume it’s been changed somewhere that I can’t see.
Di
I’m listed as Adino on Calendar B. The nym should be Di. More importantly, however, the cats’ names are correct.
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: Correct! For the rest I was able to change it so folks could see, but I can’t add to the lists that are on the side, I can only correct things.
At some point tomorrow I will update the lists in the sidebar directly from the spreadsheet again, so you all be able to check my work once I do that. :-)
WaterGirl
@Di: Thank you! Fixed in the sidebar and in the spreadsheet.
Major Major Major Major
Looks good for me!
geg6
Lovey, Koda and Cleo present and accounted for.
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: He is a handsome boy!
pat
Mine look fine in A, thank you for all your hard work!
Joy in FL
My three animals are all correct and happy to be in BJ calendar 2023 B : )
Thank you for being so caring about getting so many details perfect.
raven
fine here
WaterGirl
@Joy in FL: I laughed. Can you imagine what a shitshow it would be if people’s pets were in two different calendars? Or if your guy got a heart and shouldn’t have, or didn’t have a heart but should have?
It’s totally worth it to do all this double-checking. :-
edit: I assume we all had the same mom? “If a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.” Pretty sure we all heard that a thousand times in my house.
cain
@WaterGirl: Indeed – I only checked A not realizing there was a B!
Wolvesvalley
Daphne + Chloe are fine in calendar B. :-)
emrys
All in calendar B but Yaoshi should be Yoshi. Thanks
Odie Hugh Manatee
Our three are on A and all is OK! Nothing on B. Thanks!! :)
Van Buren
Everything’s a go as far as the Van Buren household is concerned.
MollyS
All good for Bella and me … tnx!
Benw
My dudes look good!
persistentillusion
Thanks for all you do to organize us jackals and our pets. Phoebe and Spec are fine in Calendar B. Please add a heart for Spec.
WaterGirl
@Di: Is it Max + Minnie or Minnie + Max?
Left to right in the photo.
HinTN
Mine in Calendar A are correct EXCEPT Lightning should have a ♥️.
Thanks for the good work, WaterGirl.
WaterGirl
@persistentillusion: Updated, thank you!
WaterGirl
@HinTN: You know, beth and I both thought that was the case from memory from last year’s calendar, but since I didn’t have it listed we both assumed we were wrong. :-)
Tinare
My stuff looks good. Thank you!
eddie blake
think we’re all good, watergirl. thanks.
rekoob
Thanks for everything! I’m looking forward to seeing Floyd the Barber in May of Calendar A.
cthulhu
Niya is with JiJi (unknown cat)
KRK
All present and correct. Thank you!
WaterGirl
@cthulhu: Niya by the door is such a great pic!
Now that I know who the unknown cat is, we may or may not have a separate photo of JiJi. But we have to keep the one of Niya by the door. :-)
WaterGirl
@emrys: Updated in the spreadsheet, thanks!
C Stars
Hello, everything looks good with Tildy Bun in July in calendar B. Except, would it be possible to change my nym to C Stars ? It’s currently listed as cstars which is not that much different, but I do like me some capitalization and spacing.
ETA thank you, WaterGirl!
beckya57
@WaterGirl: I can’t find the sidebar. All I see is the 2021 calendar.
WaterGirl
@C Stars: I really try to get nym exactly right with spacing and/or punctuation, so I’m sorry I missed the boat on yours.
I changed it in the spreadsheet, and when I update the files in the sidebar at some point tomorrow, you will see that it’s updated.
nyms don’t actually show up in the calendar itself, just the pet names, but I am happy to have my spreadsheet corrected, thanks!
kalakal
All in order thank you. I’m glad the one of Cobweb’s in December.
WaterGirl
@beckya57: Ah, you must be on mobile.
I just looked and I see that I still had the 2021 calendar in the mobile menu. (That’s not embarrassing!)
The easiest way to get to the sidebar options on mobile is to be in any Balloon Juice post (not on the front page) and click on COMMENT in the white menu bar.
Then, if you scroll past the comment box, you’ll find all the items that are in the sidebar on a computer!
I copied them here for you for convenience, but if you know the trick to hit COMMENT, you can easily get to them on mobile without a ton of scrolling.
2023 Pet Calendars
2023 Pet Calendar A (Nyms A-K)
2023 Pet Calendar A (Nyms L-Z)
2023 Pet Calendar B (Nyms A-K)
2023 Pet Calendar B (Nyms L-Z)
WaterGirl
@kalakal: Where else would we have put that one? :-)
Such a great pic!
kalakal
@WaterGirl: Fair point :)
WaterGirl
@kalakal: It is not a quick task to figure out where to put 350 pictures in two calendars. It’s always exciting to find the Christmas-y ones! They are so happy and bright.
WaterGirl
I will check back in the morning!
CatRadio
Didn’t find Ziggy in the calendar. Did I miss something?
ETA: Sent her photo on November 5
NeenerNeener
Everything looks good for Boris + Natasha.
C Stars
@WaterGirl: Oh! I didn’t realize/remember that the nym doesn’t appear (this is Tildy Bun’s first appearance). Thank you for changing that and I’m sorry to have asked for an unnecessary correx
C Stars
@WaterGirl: Oh! I didn’t realize/remember that the nym doesn’t appear (this is Tildy Bun’s first appearance). Thank you for changing that and I’m sorry to have asked for an unnecessary correx
Annie
Mine looks fine, but I did not see Henry — won’t he be included WaterGirl? He’s adorable!
CatRadio
Found Ziggy – apparently I am blind :) – looks good.
Thanks again, Watergirl, for doing this!
WaterGirl
@CatRadio: Are you sure? Did you look in the A-K files for Calendar A and Calendar B?
I see that you are right there in Calendar A.
Check again
edit: never mind. I see that you found Ziggy after all!
WaterGirl
@C Stars: No problem, I’m still happy to have it right in the spreadsheet.
WaterGirl
@Annie: I haven’t done my guys yet, I guess I should!
WaterGirl
Okay, will check back in the morning.
justinb
Good to go on Thumbs calendar A in May
Joey Maloney
My info is correct.
Kristine
All correct for me and Gaby.
Miki
Late (as usual) – Sully in Calendar A, August, needs a heart. :-(
Thanks.
WaterGirl
@Miki: I’m sorry to hear that. I updated the spreadsheet.
currants
Good morning–all is good for mine!
(sorry I missed this yesterday)
Watership
Eliza, Sam, Percy, Madaline (heart) are perfect. For Tallulah, is she allowed to have her parenthetical (Lu)? If not, maybe we should just say her name is Lula or Lu. We probably haven’t said Tallulah out loud since she was a baby, unless she’s being naughty. Then it’s, “Tallulah Bell!” :) Thanks for everything WG!
WaterGirl
@Watership: Yeah, we weren’t sure what to do with that one, so we removed the parenthetical (Lu) and hoped you would chime in.
If you never call her Tallulah, shall we make it Lula for the calendar?
Tallulah Bell is cute, but we don’t want her to think she is always in trouble, forever. :-)
edit: I have changed it to Lula, but that can still be changed if you prefer something else.
Watership
@WaterGirl:
Lula is perfect :)
WaterGirl
@Watership: done!