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

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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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74Comments

  1. 1.

    CaseyL

    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!

  11. 11.

    Dan B

    June: Wobbles – is alive.

    December: Furr Beast – is not alive.

     

    Calender pics and layout look vivid and well arranged!

  12. 12.

    SiubhanDuinne

    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.

  14. 14.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

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

  19. 19.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    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

    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.

  22. 22.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @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

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

  25. 25.

    WaterGirl

    @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.

  30. 30.

    pat

    @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.

  32. 32.

    pat

    @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..

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    @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

    @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.

  38. 38.

    pat

    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

    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!

  41. 41.

    K488

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

    Many thanks!

  43. 43.

    kalakal

    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

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    @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.

  49. 49.

    Joey Maloney

    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

    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!!

  57. 57.

    Miss Bianca

    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!)

  60. 60.

    Josie

    @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

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

  66. 66.

    Steeplejack

    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

    @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

  71. 71.

    MomSense

    @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.

  73. 73.

    Scuffletuffle

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

    Thank you!

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