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FINAL CHECK: Find Your Guys in 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar A!

by WaterGirl|  December 6, 20224:30 pm| 74 Comments

This post is in: Balloon Juice, Open Threads, Pet Calendar

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 All corrections have been made (we think!) so please check for Calendar A pets one last time!

Originally posted on Saturday 12/3 at 7:05 pm.  Reposting on Tuesday, 12/6.  New comments start at #53.


This is the FINAL preview of the design for 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar A.

Please check the links in the sidebar to see which calendar and which month(s) your pets are in, or just browse through the calendar.

Please check for your pets and make sure that all your pets are there, that the names are right, that we have the right name with the right pet, and that there’s a heart if there should be one, and no heart if there shouldn’t be one.

Clicking on an image opens the image so you can see it more easily.  Use the back arrow to get back to the full post.

YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO CHECK BEFORE YOU BUY, BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE PLACED THE ORDER, WE CAN’T FIX ANY ISSUES YOU FIND LATER.  Well, we can fix them even then, but then you’d have to buy another calendar in order to get the fixed version.

These are really low-resolution for posting on the blog, but the calendar itself is very high resolution.

Here’s the cover for Calendar A:

Review the 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice: Calendar A!

FEBRUARY

FINAL CHECK: Find Your Guys in 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar A! 1

MARCH

Find Your Guys in 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar A! 5

APRIL
Review the 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice: Calendar A! 3MAY

Find Your Guys in 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar A! 6

JUNE

Find Your Guys in 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar A! 7

JULY

Find Your Guys in 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar A! 8

AUGUST

Review the 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice: Calendar A! 7SEPTEMBER
Review the 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice: Calendar A! 8OCTOBER

Find Your Guys in 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar A! 1

NOVEMBER
Review the 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice: Calendar A! 10

DECEMBER

FINAL CHECK: Find Your Guys in 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar A!

All feedback on the calendar is welcome!

We hope/plan to have Calendar B available for review later this evening.

We didn’t quite meet our December 1 goal as the first date to order calendars.  :-(  But we’re close.  Beth had food poisoning (salmonella) and was down for the count for the better part of 5 days, so all things considered, I think we’re doing pretty good!

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  1. 1.

    CaseyL

    December 3, 2022 at 7:12 pm

    The calendars just get better and better every year: great job!  So lovely to see everyone’s critters (well, half of ’em, with the others in Calendar B) – even better to recognize a few by name!

  2. 2.

    Joy in FL

    December 3, 2022 at 7:17 pm

    Is January supposed to be included, or is the Jackaltariat fast-forwarding to February?

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    @Joy in FL:  January is a surprise!

  4. 4.

    Joy in FL

    December 3, 2022 at 7:23 pm

    @WaterGirl:  excellent : )

  5. 5.

    Spanky

    December 3, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    Five days! Jayzus! That’s not something you just bounce back from.

  6. 6.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 7:29 pm

    @Spanky: 3+ days sick as a dog, then exhaustion.

  7. 7.

    NeenerNeener

    December 3, 2022 at 7:34 pm

    Looks good to me!

  8. 8.

    Josie

    December 3, 2022 at 7:57 pm

    Looks good. You two are the best.

  9. 9.

    zhena gogolia

    December 3, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    Duby in June is enjoying his vacation in Catalonia

  10. 10.

    RedDirtGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 8:04 pm

    My baby in August looks great, but I did notice two blank spots in that month.

  11. 11.

    Dan B

    December 3, 2022 at 8:06 pm

    June: Wobbles – is alive.

    December: Furr Beast – is not alive.

     

    Calender pics and layout look vivid and well arranged!

  12. 12.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 3, 2022 at 8:07 pm

    Wow! Hope Beth is completely on the mend!

    All five kitties showed up properly tagged and hearted. My friends will be delighted!

    As for me, I can’t wait to see the January surprise!

    Thank you for taking on this complicated job once again.

  13. 13.

    wmd

    December 3, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    My kittehs look great!

  14. 14.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    December 3, 2022 at 8:26 pm

    Beautiful as usual and our three are present and accounted for! Morty has his huge mitts visible this time…lol

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 8:28 pm

    @Dan B: I am so sorry.  I HATE when we get the hearts wrong.  Especially since I know that Wobbles is still with you, and that Furr Beast isn’t.

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 8:29 pm

    @Odie Hugh Manatee: Morty looks like royalty with his robes. :-)

    Did we not include his feet last time?

  17. 17.

    Anotherlurker

    December 3, 2022 at 8:31 pm

    All wonderful pictures of the BJ fur babies!

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 8:31 pm

    @RedDirtGirl: Some of that is intentional, to leave room if someone got left out.  Some is artistic.  In this case. there is one of each. :-)

  19. 19.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    December 3, 2022 at 8:42 pm

    Very cool. With all the talk about beloved dogs in various comments, I was pleasantly surprised to see so many cats. But of course, maybe more dogs in Calendar B.  Glad to see Henry and (sad sigh) Tucker.  Also Nick and Nora!

    ETA: Is that Lily on the cover? (Another sad sigh).

  20. 20.

    pat

    December 3, 2022 at 8:44 pm

    Pablo and I just spent a half hour lying on the bed, getting tummy rubs (him) and paw-touches (me) and gazing into each other’s eyes.  I wonder if he knows he is dying.  He’ll get a  heart next year.

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 8:46 pm

    Where’s Waldo?   Where’s Henry?

    Find Your Guys in 2023 Pets of Balloon Juice Calendar A! 3

  22. 22.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    December 3, 2022 at 8:47 pm

    @WaterGirl: His feet were there, just not as visible (he has 24 digits total, 14 in front). We call him “Thumbs up! Kitty” because no matter how he lies down, he has thumbs pointing up. :)

  23. 23.

    CliosFanBoy

    December 3, 2022 at 8:50 pm

    Well done!!!!  What a great-looking calendar!  (And Jazz and Candy look so cute!!!)  And I am glad Beth is feeling better.

  24. 24.

    zhena gogolia

    December 3, 2022 at 8:50 pm

    @pat: I’m sorry — the vet wasn’t able to help?

  25. 25.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 8:52 pm

    @pat: I imagine he does know.  That sounds like me and my kitty soulmate toward the end with his kidney failure.

    Speaking of Pablo, he is supposed to be in May calendar A but I am not seeing him there.

  26. 26.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    December 3, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    @pat: I’m so sorry to hear this. My best wishes to Pablo and you.

  27. 27.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    @A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan): Yes, sweet Lily on the cover.

    I was looking for Lily photos in the media library earlier tonight, and I cried my way through it.

  28. 28.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 8:55 pm

    @WaterGirl: I see that no one was able to find Henry in the pile with his friends. :-)

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 8:56 pm

    @Odie Hugh Manatee: That’s a lot of digits!

  30. 30.

    pat

    December 3, 2022 at 8:57 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    He is smelling the roses in the lower right corner, not sure of the month.

    He is having kidney issues and has no appetite.  We are trying “appetite stimulants” without much change in his eating.  It’s a matter of time, I guess.  We went to the vet and did the whole blood work etc.  Kidneys are the only issue.

    eta: February is the month.

  31. 31.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 9:03 pm

    @pat: Did you see my comment in the thread earlier this week about foods that got Quiver to eat when we were going through this?

  32. 32.

    pat

    December 3, 2022 at 9:07 pm

    @WaterGirl: ​
     

    That is interesting. He comes to me to be combed and brushed, and I can pick him up and cradle him in my lap and rub his tummy and he will stay for a long time. I really do think he knows the time is limited. I put some of his favorite food in front of him and he barely sniffs at it before walking off. Will Not Eat, most of the time at least. I will miss him so much..

  33. 33.

    pat

    December 3, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    No, I don’t remember that.  What foods?

  34. 34.

    Dan B

    December 3, 2022 at 9:10 pm

    @WaterGirl: Not a problem I’m the only one who’d know and friends would assume that Wobbles was my love.

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 9:32 pm

    @pat: I did a search and found my comment.

    Based on my experience with my kitty soulmate, Quiver, if he isn’t eating I would suspect that his kidney disease is more advanced than originally thought.

    I am not a vet, though.

    When my dog’s kidneys were failing, I called my many trips to the grocery store “the quest for white food”.  Because that’s what she wanted.  Matza crackers.  Bread, Rice, etc.

    The magic bullet for her was Eggo frozen waffles.  I would get the mini-waffles.  Put them in the toaster and something about the oil or the fragrance worked and she would eat them every time.  It turned out that the ratio of fat/protein/etc matched the ratio of those things in the kidney diet dog food, which was helpful.

    When my kitty soulmate Quiver got really picky toward the end – 4 months from diagnosis to losing my sweet boy – there were foods that worked.

    Shrimp from the seafood case at the deli.  Fresh salmon from the seafood case.

    Ground beef freshly cooked up in a pan like you would for spaghetti sauce or sloppy joes.

    Really thin sliced ham from the deli case (where they slice while you wait).

    The Eggo waffle mini waffles, right out of the toaster.

    If he would eat a little bit of one of those things, then his appetite kicked in and he would eat other foods, too.

    Best of luck, it’s heartbreaking.

  36. 36.

    pat

    December 3, 2022 at 9:37 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Thanks.  My husband insists that cats love sardines.  I bought some this afternoon and haven’t thought to offer them yet.  Well, here goes.

  37. 37.

    eddie blake

    December 3, 2022 at 9:46 pm

    watergirl, it’s beautiful work.

    hamilton and catie look great in febuary. ty!

  38. 38.

    pat

    December 3, 2022 at 9:47 pm

    Sardines?  Are you kidding me?  You actually think I will eat that stuff???  No way!!!  (Pablo’s reaction, as tho I was trying to poison him.  Sigh….

  39. 39.

    Scuffletuffle

    December 3, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    So happy to see my babies. One correction needed in February, it’s Iestyn (i), not Lestyn, & Mumsy needs a heart. Toby in June also needs a heart.

    Thank you, Watergirl!

  40. 40.

    WaterGirl

    December 3, 2022 at 10:10 pm

    @Scuffletuffle: That’s 3 corrections, but you are very gracious to call it one!  :-)

  41. 41.

    K488

    December 3, 2022 at 10:23 pm

    It all looks beautiful, and my three are all present and accounted for, looking wonderful in the layout!

    Many thanks!

  42. 42.

    HinTN

    December 3, 2022 at 10:25 pm

    @WaterGirl: In June I would move Phantom’s name up and to the left (off her face) but that’s just me.  H

  43. 43.

    kalakal

    December 3, 2022 at 10:35 pm

    Thanks Watergirl. The calendar looks lovely to me. Cobweb looks suitably loopy in her Santa killing pose and it’s sweet/ sad to see Burma

  44. 44.

    Benw

    December 3, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    Classic Henry!

  45. 45.

    Anotherlurker

    December 3, 2022 at 10:58 pm

    @pat: I am so sorry. This special time is never easy.

    Cry when you need to and smile at his memory.

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    December 4, 2022 at 12:20 am

    @HinTN: Funny, beth texted me a few hours ago, asking me to add some things to her running list, and one of them was to move phantom’s name down.

    When you’re moving 300+ photos around, that kind of thing happens.  Not to worry, that’s the kind of thing we normally catch with the final run-through.

  47. 47.

    Barbara I

    December 4, 2022 at 12:22 am

    All of my fur babies are there, and the pictures look throat. Thank you WaterGirl and Beth!

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    December 4, 2022 at 12:23 am

    @Benw: That’s my boy! :-)

  49. 49.

    Joey Maloney

    December 4, 2022 at 2:03 am

    Hi WaterGirl, The listing you published earlier made me think there would be two pictures of Isadore+Slurpee in February, but I see only one. Is that a change or an oversight?

  50. 50.

    something fabulous

    December 4, 2022 at 3:46 am

    THere’s my girl in May (my birthday!) looking like she is planning world domination– so all present and correct :). Thanks so much to you and Beth, as always!!

  51. 51.

    Miki

    December 4, 2022 at 8:39 am

    All looks good – thanks to both of you

  52. 52.

    WaterGirl

    December 4, 2022 at 10:46 am

    @Joey Maloney: Answered by email.

  53. 53.

    WaterGirl

    December 6, 2022 at 5:32 pm

    NEW COMMENTS from 12/6 start here.

  54. 54.

    Curtis

    December 6, 2022 at 5:42 pm

    Everything looks good for Tilou.

  55. 55.

    WaterGirl

    December 6, 2022 at 5:50 pm

    @Curtis: Thank you.

  56. 56.

    MomSense

    December 6, 2022 at 5:52 pm

    I’m officially a cat grandma.  Trouble is home and enjoying his new digs.

  57. 57.

    Miss Bianca

    December 6, 2022 at 5:54 pm

    Is it my imagination or are November and December the same set of photos? (But remember – I am the person who couldn’t pick out my horse from a lineup of cats, so don’t take my word for anything!)

  58. 58.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 6, 2022 at 5:57 pm

    November and December are the same!!

  59. 59.

    WaterGirl

    December 6, 2022 at 6:07 pm

    @Miss Bianca: @SiubhanDuinne:

    You are indeed correct!  We are missing the replacement December!  i have texted beth and I will correct that as soon as I receive the correct replacement for December.

  60. 60.

    Josie

    December 6, 2022 at 6:07 pm

    @WaterGirl:
     Did you mean for Teddi and Duncan to be on both November and December?​
     ETA: Note to self. Always read all the comments before posting. Never mind.

  61. 61.

    jackmac

    December 6, 2022 at 6:08 pm

    As always, very nice job!  Looking forward to seeing Calendar B (where my guys have landed).

  62. 62.

    WaterGirl

    December 6, 2022 at 6:22 pm

    @MomSense: Tell us more!

  63. 63.

    WaterGirl

    December 6, 2022 at 6:22 pm

    @jackmac: Calendar B will be tonight, I hope!

  64. 64.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    December 6, 2022 at 6:53 pm

    Good to go, still!

  65. 65.

    WaterGirl

    December 6, 2022 at 6:57 pm

    Okay, revised DEC is back in place.

  66. 66.

    Steeplejack

    December 6, 2022 at 6:57 pm

    Was it here that we recently had a big discussion of Casablanca? Well, it’s coming up at 10:15 EST on TCM, preceded (at 8:00) and followed (at 12:15) by a documentary on Max Steiner and his music.

  67. 67.

    MomSense

    December 6, 2022 at 7:13 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    He is such a sweetheart and totally loving his new environment.  Roommate’s cat was a little inhospitable (nothing bad just a bit of hissing) but she has to establish herself as boss cat.  Trouble is now hanging out listening to Bowie on vinyl and playing with his toys.

    ETA I sent you some photos and a video

  68. 68.

    Dan B

    December 6, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    All correct, thanks!

  69. 69.

    Nicole

    December 6, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    Beautiful!  Great work.

  70. 70.

    WaterGirl

    December 6, 2022 at 8:00 pm

    @MomSense: I would be hanging with Trouble!

  71. 71.

    MomSense

    December 6, 2022 at 8:03 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    I want to go hang out with him.  I’ve already looked at patterns for cat toys.

    They put his carrier and blanket in with Pippin and Pippin has been going in the carrier and lying down in it.  They’re going to keep introducing them when they are both home to monitor them.  I think they will be fine  once she adjusts.

  72. 72.

    HinTN

    December 6, 2022 at 8:29 pm

    Phantom seems to have disappeared from March.

  73. 73.

    Scuffletuffle

    December 6, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    Sorry to be a pain, but my Iestyn (February) is still very much alive. Mumsy and Toby are correct now.

    Thank you!

  74. 74.

    WaterGirl

    December 7, 2022 at 11:14 am

    @Scuffletuffle: I am so very sorry.  No heart now!

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